Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY......January 13, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 111 . and Pennsylvanis Ave. ko O ke Michisan Bulldfis icas B ake Michisan 2 Forovean Ofnce: 15 Regent' .. London: ‘Ensiand. Rate by Carrier Within the City. ivening St . .......45c Ler month Siinday Siar %) ... 60c per month Bunday Siar ) ‘85¢ per month r ...5¢ per copy ich month. grors ey Betet R ST [Ational 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland nis. = A e All Other States Fflv and Sunday..} only .. undsy only . in_this PAD a" 15 She rocal news er and wiso the 'ocal n Dublished herelt ALl rights of sublication o ial dispatches herein are also reserved. Trust the People! Much American history is written in the form of letters between friends. ‘The documentary files of government do not comprise all the records of hap- penings or developments, especially of the purposes and objectives, the ideals and motives of executives. Much light is thrown upon the policies and prin- eiples of officials by their unofficial correspondence. A recent exchange of personal letters, fortunately available for publication, between President Hoover and a friend in Ohio, furnishes just such a medium of understanding, valuable to the coun- try, regarding the concepts of his office held by the present Chief Executive. It moreover, in the terms of the Presi- dent’s reply, affords an understanding of his feeling of confidence in the ca- pacity of the people to reach sound de- cisions on matters submitted to their Judgment. The occasion of this exchange was wholly unofficial. Dr. William O, ‘Thompson, president emeritus of Qhio State University, wrote a letter express- Then Madison square, nine blocks farther up, became the recreation center of midtown New York. Now Madison square is down town and Central Park, thirty-six blocks northward from Madi- son square, is the midtown place of public resort. All cities have their trends and drifts of development, but some more than others. New York has had an especially definite extension movement owing to its peculiar configuration. ‘Washington has experienced pronounc- ed shifts in business centers, but there temain certain fixed focal points that prevent wide departure from the origi- nal plan. Here the movement is to the northwest mainly, business having drifted appreciably in that direction within the last two decades. It remains to be seen how far the Government's taking of a large ares in the heart of the city for public buildings will affect the “drift” of development. ———— Pay Bill and Tax Rate. The police and firemen’s pay bill is one of a.number of measures discussed for several years but not included in the five-year financial program for the District prepared last March by Auditor Donovan. This financial program con- templated, on the basis of the existing tax rate and continuance of the lump THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, people. Not long ago after a hideous tragedy in a picture House abroad there were several false alarms of fire, raised presumably by prankers. The trick of causing confusion in & crowd in order to pick pockets is an old one. The “artful dodgers” do not often resort, however, to tragedy-invit- ing devices to throw people off their guard so that they can readily and safely fiich their valuables. There is a certain sense of honor even among pro- fessional pickpockets. The panic- starter is in a class apart, and if caught should be given the severest possible punishment. o Uniformed Drivers. Commissioner Whalen's edict to New York taxi drivers to put on uniforms by February 15 or lose their licenses is causing consternation among the drivers because of the initial expense that they must undergo even though the police commissioner has arranged matters so that all and sundry may purchase caps and double-breasted coats for the low price of $3.50. As a matter of fact, Whalen’s order, outside of the temporary outlay on the part of the drivers, should redound to their benefit. Probably no one would prefer to be driven by a disreputable-looking character rather than a neatly dressed sum policy, the expenditure during the five years from 1930 to 1934, inclusive, of the sum of $230,616,000. An effort was made to include in this program those measures that were deemed most pressing. But not included in the pro- gram were other projects estimated to cost in the neighborhood of $28,000,000. Representative Simmons has made the police and firemen’s pay bill, favor- ably reported upon by the Commission- ers and the Budget Bureau, the occa- sion for raising a finger of warning. He says, in effect, that to grant the higher salary recommendations contained in this bill there must be an additional appropriation of $883,926 and that this additional appropriation will necessitate an increase in the tax rate of at least five cents. 5 In discussing his five-year program last March, Mr. Donovan wrote con- cerning the police and firemen's pay bill as follows: | During the last Congress bills were introduced to increase the pay of offi- cers and members of the Fire Depart- ment and of the Metropolitan Police ing the season’s greetings, with sym- pathy for the difficulties of the presi- dential position and some advice re- garding the need of patience and cour- age in the face of criticism and fault- finding. Mr. Hoover, in reply, states a creed of faith in the good sense of the people and their love of the truth and their ability to find the truth, despite the “vast clamor of half-truth and un- truth and injured facts” which fill the air and intoxicate the emotions of the public. Referring to Lincoln's “great formula,” the President holds that the most im- portant one-third is “government by the people.” To the end that the people shall govern themselves, their wishes and ideas are to be ascertained. But Mr. Hoover writes to Dr. Thompson: 8o you will know why, when you hear ©of more and more temporary com- mittees, commissions, conferences, re- searches, that they are not for executive action (for which they are anathema), but are one of the sound processes for the search, production and distribution of truth. And they are more. They spread co-operation with government among our best citizens, not only in finding truth, but also they aid to spread it and to get action upon it. The letter which evoked fhis reply was somewhat touched by cynicism, or perhaps it would be better to say sad- ness. Dr. Thompson has heard “the empty echoes of falsehood for which there is no excuse,” and which the President should nof permit to dis- hearten him even though they discour- age. The President’s reply is optimistic. He looks back over history and sees “periods of either moral, social, eco- nomic or political stagnetion while the truth was en route and some variety of untruth occupled the scene.” This is the correct view for any responsible public official to take, to see present conditions in the perspective of political and social evolution. There was never & time in the history of man when there were such facllities for the spread of truth, for the exposition of fact and the development of sound judgment as todsy. It is with knowledge and com- plete understanding of that fact that President Hoover writes, as he acts, with faith in the ultimate judgment of the people. ———rae—. Smuggling has increased to such an extent that some of those engaged in it assume that it ought to be accorded a little favor as one of the world's most extensive industries. e City Drifts. Ever since the establishment of the first little trading post on the tip of Manhattan Island, New York has been growing northward. Decade after dec- ade its “center of population” has moved toward Spuyten Duyvil Creek. At first the progress was slow, then it aceelerated, then slowed again and thus with alternations of speed the eountry's biggest city has marched up the island until it has not only completely occu- pled it but has spread far beyond its bounds. The southern tip, site of the first settlement, and a large space northward has long since virtuslly ceased to be a residential section, an immense acreage being given over to business. That zone is likewise ex- panding. Miustration of this procedure is af- Torded from time to time by the passing which has stood for almost fifty years at the corner of Broadway and Thirty- ninth street. When it was erected, in 1881, it was the farthest north of the New York theaters, There were those 2 the Broadway theatrical district, remaining below it, ting the Metropolitan Opera across the street, have been abandoned for more northerly quarters long for certain business difficul- g E gfiégga square at | ¥ & Force. H. R. 9346 was reported out by the House committee on the District of Columbia carrying certain increases in salaries. Had this bill been enacted into law it would have represented an an- nual increase in expenditures of the District of Columbia of about $700,000. This five-year -am does not include any money for such increases. In the event that Congress passes the bill and it becomes law, there will, of course, be sufficlent money to pay the higher salaries, If there is to be sufficlent money to pay the higher salaries there is no use hoisting the danger signal and pointing with alarm to an increased tax rate. ‘That is less interesting, however, than the fact that Mr. Simmons conceives higher taxes to be the inevitable result of meeting such’ expenses as do not come within the prospective budgets to increasing. They must be met. But raising & tax rate that by reason of the system of assessments in Washington is already high, is not the only alternative. For six fiscal years Congress has been dodging the fair and lawful method provided for sharing equitably between the local municipality and the Federal Government the heavy expenses of maintaining and upbuilding the Federal Capital. An inelastic lump sum, arbi- trarily fixed for some mysterious rea- son at $9,000,000, has replaced the law- ful forty per cent as the Federal con- tribution, The burden upon the Capi- tal community has increased steadily, while that of the Federal Government has remained virtually stationary. The result is that when all the taxes ex- tracted from the voteless residents of the District fail to meet the bill, the answer that comes from Capifol Hill is that there must be still higher taxes. 1If the needs of the munieipality alone were financed by local taxation, spent siecording to the will of those who pay the taxes, the threat of higher taxation to meet higher costs of government would be natural. But the people of the Oapital have nothing to say about how their taxes are to be spent. They are not allowed to choose between modern- 1zing their school system, bullding model reptile houses at the National Zoo, con- structing a $21,000,000 Municipal Cen- ter or paying adequate salaries to such public servants as police and firemen. ‘Their taxes are fixed without appeal. Their program of spending these taxes is laid out for them, cut and dried. If they advocate something not in this program they are told either to keep quiet or be prepared to pay more taxes. If they keep quiet they are accused of lacking in “civic interest,” and if they rebel at higher taxes they are accused of mendicancy and tax-dodging. The District is paying its fair share in taxes. The Congress should, recip- rocally, increase the Federal Govern- ment’s share by returning to the fixed proportion of forty per cent, or, in lieu thereof, increase the lump sum. As happens in most armament con- ferences, the League of Nations is ex- pected to come up frequently for inci- dental discussion. r—o One of the Meanest. Search for the “meanest man” has brought to notice a lot of scoundrels with varying specialties of contemptible tricks. Fortunately there is no spe- cific competition for excessive mean- ness, else this would be a hard world indeed in which to live. Newark, N. J., quality. A motion picture theater was well filled at an afternoon performance operator. New York taxi drivers, in both their vehicles and their dress, have little to be proud of, Their driving, of course, is highly skillful, as it needs must be in the congested traffic. So that with improvement in apparel there would appear to be every reason to believe that more fares, better fares and better tips would be their portion when the Whalen order becomes effec- tive. —_— et “My last primary contest” is an- nounced by Senator Simmons of North Carolina. The “farewell appearance” is always an uncertain enterprise, whether in statesmanship or the theater, a mat- ter in which the public always has an influential word. ———rwee = A zoning commission is entitled to every consideration that will encourage studious service. Its function relates to expert foresight of the law of supply and demand in its application to real estate. Discussion that goes with legislation for prohibition enforcement may he re- lied on to develop superior persuasive eloquence. If the great majority of citizens can be enrolled as enthusiastic abstainers, the rest will be easy. ———— e ‘The leader of a group of gangsters is likely to find enjoyment of his position hindered by the rule of rotation in office enforced by the arbitrary use of firearms. ———————— Descriptions of conditions in Russia emphasize the impression that Sovietism has not developed any very. good press agents. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Rule of Science. It is a long time since the day Of goblins, gnomes and elves. ‘The fairy folk are sent away ‘To hide among the shelves, ‘Where volumes very boldly stand In resolute array, And call for sclence to command ‘Whatever we may say. Each little impulse we may feel ‘That brings us grief or bliss Calls us all coldly to reveal Psychoanalysis— While gathering wisdom as we will ‘We feel a sense of pain. Of all the tales that used to thrill, Only the myths remain. Abstruse Politics. “That speaker evolves some exceed- ingly complicated ideas.” “He reminds me of Einstein,” an- swered Senator Sorghum. “He says things that nobody except himself is expected to understand.” Jud Tunkins says there are prizes enough for high speed. What we need at present is a safety-first prize. The Grind. ‘We say this life is but a grind ‘Which no one can relax. ‘You play & tune or trouble find In sharpening an ax. Good and Evil. “What is that wild, jerky tune that is coming in over the radio?” asked Miss Cayenne. “It's what they call a spiritual.” “Well, there are all kinds of influ- ences. I suppose this would be classified as an evil spiritual.” “Only they who have more than they need,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “can afford to gambie. To such the serious loss is loss of precious time.” High Stakes. I'd like to be a millionaire In politics, to claim A white chip with my fortune there To sit into the game. “If you thinks you is smarter dan yoh neighbors,” said Uncle Eben, “de surest way to prove dat you ain't is to start a general argument on de subject.” ———— et Advertising Pays. From the New Castle News. Advertising does it. Detroit has more killings per capita than Chicago, and yet nobody thinks of the town as a pro- ducer of anything that isn’t £. o. b. The Backward Human Race. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Scientists now say that the human race is at least a million years old. If that is true, it is even more backward than we thought it was. ————t— the other day when.some one raised a false alarm of fire. There was & great rush for exits, in which some were * | hold seems to be overdoing t ‘That was a particularly despicable variety of meanness because lives might have been lost in the panic induced by the alarm. It is bad enough for a per- son innocent of any criminal purpose to ery “Pire!” when there is no fire or any suggestion of it, just to see the people scramble for safety. It is a com- monplace to say that there must be something wrong with the mentality of such & person. Yet there are such Illumination Overdone. From the Saginaw Dally News. ‘Two fires within less than two weeks at the Government's Was] house- holiday fllumination business. Theater on “Last Legs.” From the Adrian Dally Telegram. Jane Cowl says she believes the thea- ter is on its “last beloved legs.” There seems to be quite a lot of them, how- ever, Out of Place in Reno. From the Long Beach Press-Telsgram. It is to be assumed that Reno, divbrce capital, does not have blazoned on its {0l SLSeTEy (B hlon, fow and tor- this: “Liberty Union, now and for- ever, one and insepagable.” ¥ THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL, Benjamin Pranklin, informed, to please or Ppersuade.” Information, entertainment, convic- tion are as much the products of talk Ehe great motor , he included no mention automobiles, it might be well for well meaning, sensible men to refrain from a domineering manner of speech. The know-it-all tone, he continued, seldom falls to disgust, and commonly defeats every one of the purposes for W [ was given to us. “A positive and dogmatical manner in advan your sentiments may pro- voke cot fon and prevent a can- did attention,” he went on. “If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself firmly fixed in your present opinions, modest, sensible men, who do not love dh?utltlon, will probably leave you un- disturbed in the possession of your error. “And by such a manner you can sel- dom hope to recommend yourself in pleasing your hearers or to persuade those whose concurrence you desire.” * ok K K One has but to recall such men as Roosevelt, Dawes, Shearer, Billy Sun- day—an ill-assorted quartet, it must be admitted—to know t in the above statements Pranklin was indulging in & bit of dogmatism himself. Conversation is not as easily solved as the wise one made out. Every one cannot have that precise balance of qualities, that "fifi 1 shrewdness com~ ined with aff; b sical presence, which distinguished amin Franklin. A man must be himself, and if this means & plain assertion of facts as he sees them, so much the worse for those who are too easily offended. Yet Franklin was right. be no doubt of it. He usually was. If it is ble, and if for no other rea- son ti expediency, a man should be There can 1 . Gen. B hdany. of the 1st Corps as easy going in talk as the first Post- master General of the United States. He further elucidated the matter in his autoblography: “I never use, 1 advance m&.t;m. that may be disputed, words certainly, un- doubtedly or nn{' other words that give the air of positiveness to an opini but rather say I conceive or appre a thing to be so and so; it aj to me, or I should think it so and so, for such and such reasons; or I ghmbe:o:oritulo.u!-mnot Surely this is as neat a lesson in - tle guile as any man would want to receive. It is a lesson, too, from which most of us may profit. How easy it is to believe and, therefore, to think one is right—undoubtedly! Doubt comes hard: he who doubts knows suffering. This believing world has now reached a pitch of faith in the printed word and spoken which has never been known before in the history of mankind. We turned on the radio the other morning at 7 o'clock and heard a voice which had come all the way from New York State telling the wide, wide world that there are just exactly 144,000 peo- ple who are going to be saved, and the ranks are rapidly. * ok kX 1t is so easy to believe (what we want to believe) that it follows logically enough that men think they know what they are talking about. There is a hitch in the logic somewhere, but most listeners are too polite to point it out. Nor can all of us be little Bennie was 2 months No, Pranklin wot self, even if he m pwo!'x:u vacuum s Ppers. a swee] wla-hflmmg hat (we cannot imagine him in & derby) he would say, gently: “I apprehend that t like new model. one you! "It t&pflfl might like this new one equally well. I should thén;l}":u would, because it is T, “"‘grer soa 1l afford it, you can wel just for the fun of the thing. It is 80, I am not mistaken, eh?” So Pranklin would do what the man on our front sf falled to do the etboolk, sure, he falled to sell us because he n’v:l such an air of positiveness to his on, o’c:mlnly the household needed a new sweeper. Undoubtedly it did. His obstinacy, per] pock tive and dogmatic manner pm& ::é three da: contradiction to & vented our most can ‘e had a candid desire to the front steps, but refrained he was so much hrgr than Mc ‘est, sensible, not loving disputation we closed the door firmly in face and left him undisturbed in the pos- session of his mo‘ : ‘Why, indeed, any words t-hnm give “‘tha alr o(l 'i.llle:eene‘l; " a worl . ul:ln|y nlo much articulate observation and experien hi &r all, may be neither inclusive nor ethmn! |.n: either of which may be and mun!ftmwflmthhllmtbew. while loubtedly a d attention. kick him off because we_ are. * % should one use misinterpreted? offering dangers, is in wntn:: to ;o‘i:n and trees and other animate an - animate which have no thoughts. Belief for positiveness. A world of soft speakers a la Franklin would lose much of that sturdy manli- ness which has ever stung lethargy action. To believe in anything is to feel that one knows, and knowledge is dogmatic, or tends in that direction. Conviction makes for positiveness. One only has eyt o o this Evers spesker 3 'ers ow . Hfln enough in his opinions as to relative merits of the favorites. It must never be forgotten that some men have contentious voices, while others possess what may be called dog- matic appearances. Such will have to egercise peculiar eaution to &revlnt others from being irked by their con- versation. An irritable tone of voice, residing in the mildest of men, may disgust as much as the wildest rantings of some insufferable F“"’“ who posi- tively knows it all. one aims to in- form or be informed, to please or per- suade, he must give some heed to the wise admonitions of Benjamin Franklin. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS The story now going the rounds of the Capital of the genesis of the mys- terious preliminary report on prohibi- tion of the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission is to the effect that in President transacted ed the hmn'-n mout. business with such mid-November, when the President Was | 314" in bed by drafting his annual message to. Con- gress, he asked Chairman Wickersham to send over to the White House a memorandum dealing with prohibition. This memorandum was to guide and as- SE T e e n paragraphs in his message. related to unification of the prohibi- tion enforcement agencies of the Gov- ernment, and to needed expansion of the legal machinery, at present ob- viously te, the President's own previously an- nounced policies on these points. By the mutations of time this memorandum became the commission's preliminary report, which the commission itself has never avowed, but which the White I-mu:e meu‘ had been 'o:e k'im Presi- '8 for many ":;‘ to make suitable ments to receive it. Congress and country is now to be treated to & perusal of this much-debated document. * koK % . Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, re- tlnd.w beloved commander of the famous YD (Yankee) 26th Division of s o hi:xlt."hut " assault. on of his own e presen prohibition. He declared in Boston last week that if the Army and Navy should be called ;pon to_enforce pro- hibition “every officer who is & gen- tleman ought to . He predictea that in such an eventuality both branches of the service would be en- tirely disrupted within & i‘“ In n: Area, sald the Army is - de of tersely, “The attitude e A s that it obeys the orders of Gent of e United States.” _According to reports from usetts, Gen. wards harbors various and sundry political ambitions. * ok kX bié It is & matter of frien wi to how long & time will elapse Mr. Hoover will ask the Senate to con- sent to adherence to ‘World Court protocol on the basis of th'l Root formula, in leu of the Senate's fifth reservation. Most observers do not expect that the President will lay the matter before the Senate before mext December, the earliest. But some incline to the opinion that Mr. Hoover will deposit the documents on the Sen- ate doorstep just prior to the Summer adjournment of the present session, to0 late, of course, for any debate prior to the November elections, but so that it may not be said that responsibility for delay in ratification lies with the White House. Meantime the substitution of Robinson of Indiana for Sackett of Kentucky, on the Senate foreign rela- tions committee, adds another rabidly anti-World Court member to the which will first deal with the subj 1s against American mm of any terms whatever. * ok X ¥ Nominated for the Hall of Fame is Gladys Moon Jones, high-salaried press agent on the side of low tariff sugar. By e Shough POpALY, Iy foF burme ing the g.blel on the Senate lobby in- quisitors, when her turn came at last week’s hearings. Satire, ridicule and indignation overwhelmed the committee. For once, the witness rather than the Benators scored in the repartee. It de- that Mrs. Jones is being paid . fore time being while the tariff rearraignment as soon as tariff out of the way. Senator Norris and colleagues, Blaine and Walsh of Mon- the subcommittee of be true to him- | of MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1930. “Mother Jones” Story Is Related by Friend To the Editor of The Star: Recently there have appeared in the columns of various papers articles con- cerning the émminent death of that well known savior of the down-trodden, “Mother Jones,” who, should she be spared to us until this coming May 1, will have attained her 100th anniver- sary. It has been my happy pleasure to know “Mother” for seven months past, and I have had many pleasant visits with her, extremely int incidents try between the Irish and the British. “Mother” married a man by the name of “Jones,” which name has identified her for so many ‘:‘-n past. Two chil- dren were born, but they did not sur- vive. “Mother” has been ,a widow for many years, and, in fact, is the only survi member of her family. One of her brothers was a Roman Catholic priest. All arrangements have been made for her passing. It is planned that her body shall lle in state at the Walter Burgess home on s road, for some church services Gabriel's Cat ys, after whic! will be held at St. Church. Foll ), be taken to Mount Olive, IIl, acco: nied by loving friends, and buried ji outside the cemetery there, in lot accommodating six graves. hese were filled some t! “boys” who died fighting for their rights, and the sixth space “Mother” has reserved for herself, where she may rest with whose cause she cham- ploned. ‘Today, “Mother Jones” is possessed of & fine clear memory. Often she recites in detail the many incidents of her 'c:ner. uwu each i ven exactly as before. Among % !nq'g:lh. she l;:hul the filfl\lbg Virginia mountains, Colorado mines and the Pennsylvania mines. One incident in connection with the latter State is her mun.wrouc‘ at one time, members of Pennsylvania National Guard, sent to quell some ukg; rising among She wor! right in the mines, in men’s clothes and passing under an name, that her identity be not known. She did this that she might gain first- infc as to condif thus enabling her to know whereof she spoke. She claims to have interviewed all the Presidents from McKinley to Coolidge. She has also transacted business with Was ‘Taft particularly kind and courte- ous to her. She was always given kind treatment by all the its with whom she came in contact, and says that in all her experience she never has had to employ the services of an ney. her efforts, the lives of 59 persons were from death, in- clu several of Mexico who were to have been extradited and shot. ROLLA G. G. ONYUN, Museum Plans Study Of Yucatan Highways Prom the Oskisnd Tribune. An alluring for reading in the near future is held forth by the Museum of the American Indian, which announces it intends to trace the mys- terious stone ways which leave d Maya ciulll of the Jungle. plan merely an inquiry into social or political history, but into the pre-Columbian American mind.” No one knows why these stone cause- ‘ways were constructed, though it may be the museum'’s expedition will find out. Whether they go to sacred shrines of former ages, to agricultural flelds long abandoned, to other cities, or to seaports of a vanished commerce are d questions which may be answered. conformity with | men tor statement that from the ori fected draft and the A. F. of L. tions a new and final draft will emerge, which will be submitted to the full com- mittee and pressed for early and fa- vorable report to the Senate and for passage there. He is by no means san- guine of tfi.‘axcg“l:'t buuc, x:;t dzut’arnd from waging ight ve organized labor the relief which it deserves from the present abuse of the * ok kR Representative Underhill of Massa- chusetts made the first pages of many of the metropolitan dailies one day | pen last week with his the abuse of the of remarks” in ord by members of both House and BSenate. Underhill is chairman of the accounts commitf and in economical int claims close kinship with Coolidge. Poin! to the mount- printing e cent years appen voluminous but undelivered apem reprints newspaper articles and much prose and poetry, had grown from a bare 7 per cent of the total record to nearly 25 per cent. Particularly to the ab- of pun he ted record.of the unspoken effusions with “applause.” “Too much applesauce” was the headline writer’s caption. (Copyright, 1930.) New York Leads Wa; In Peace Education Prom the Birmingham News. More than a public dmt?d‘“ ml: NQH York Btlm': !':‘lva_":hl:; 7 Kel Kue reaties. e wwogi do all in their power to '!‘unhhzlrhme alxnlflc&mie”%! 3!‘: ients which propose :rlgmof the world. A writer observes: “This is the way, mamn the only way, to bring about interna peace and maintain it: Put the idea of peace rtance into the consclous- dren. Teach the glories of peace instead of the so-called glories of war.” of to sharp criticism of vilege of “extension e Conj lonal Rec~ vie: Oal ing cost of rd, he cited iIres in re- rd he 1 ‘Who will not indorse that? Think the pi cts if all the the pact throughout the world's nation- alities would adopt the same 'meldun in their schools on a nation- scale? ‘What & leverage would be created ready to the use of the rising generation in the time s0 near at hand w] boys and girls now of school age must constitute the advisory and vof er determining the policies an formances of controll What better conceived or more timel genuine ly, the to increase left to worry ut. ‘The announcement as made by Mr. George G. Heye has aroused considerable interest, perhaps wider Lindbergh. flights over n ruins. Most students of pnm ‘Yucatan are probably inclined to see the high- ways as serving some religious purpose, also, of the temples because of thein as was probably Ee. numerous such number and variety throughout the whole extent of the former Maya empire, There is a pos- sibility, however, that the great high- ways served instead the more modern gods of commerce. That there were centuries of trade up and down the Atlantic coast of Central America in Maya times is probable. Yucatan un- doubtedly shared this trade, if it did not direct it. From seacoasts of the on the east and south com- mereial routes must have radiated to the inland cities, ruins of which still seacoast town, the . One such , ruined Tuluum, is still among the best preserved of Maya cities, although with evidence that it was built and occupied late in Maya history, after older and perhaps greater seaports had sunk beneath unknown Perhaps the greatest highways is their elevat capped embankments several feet above the plains that they cross. Commercial or military roads like those of the Romans or the Incas usually were built on the level. Ceremonial highways, the ‘Way of Ishtar in Bal or the Via Sacra of Rome, seem likely to be lined with walls or buildings, instead of elevated themselves. If recollection serves, but onc conditfon in all human history ever has led man- kind to favor elevated highways. swampiness of the land. Yueatan is now a country, but there are other evidences of past climatic change. Per- haps the elevated Maya highways may have traversed flooded or swampy areas, like the t dike roads of Holland, itudes. of Maya as stone- commerce m g land in the rainy season and to give communication with seasonally flooded farms in drier season when these could be reached at all. 25,000 Jobs Are Open To Micawber Today From the Toledo Blade. are 25,000 different kinds of Jobs in this country now. t was that the list could muster a isions and _amendme; the American bill rmitted to_partici) cBusting the printed | $5e7ed i her e be = This dry itry, ‘million school e serving o keep oving in the thr not rospe signatories . ’fl;oommwuonm hen these fin‘ “fltlflnl.l t. At vocat ly than ‘: this very lains that he Mr. text bool q d character. emulated. ‘pedestrians time her words are | "k the ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. you, write your ques send with 2 cents in coin or stamps to The Evening Star Information Bureau, ton, D. C. How does static get into radio S ? Is I-nyt.anlt.hlt g there it wfl.lsnot penetrate?—G. P. A. oscillation discharge between clouds, or clouds and earth. It travels in all di- rections from dh‘an'hnce s‘uuc pr:‘b- impresses varying frequencies m’upm the electric waves carrying broad- cast signals while they are proceeding from transmitting to receiving station, something like the mix- polnvum would occur if one were to throw a It rock into a lake upon the surface of which there were previously some mod- erate waves. thete "trequency would. probabl uency would probably tinue the same as before. Static waves will penetrate any substance that radio ‘waves can Denetrate. Q. What the human body be worth if sold for the value of the chemical elements?—F., F. timated to of about 98 cents or at most $1. Q. What kind of a climate has Ja- pan?—J. G. A, Since JIPN.I extends through f.hnl'l‘c, 30° of latitude, newnfllyhnagr“:‘a: range of climate. In the south climate is subtropical; in the north it is extremely cold. The southern is- lands have high temperatures in the Summer and no snow or ice in the wh:ur.nfl . the xmmwuam the Snow al ce_never en ppear. xfiuh; and Shikoku have a moderate Q. Has Mussolini’s campaign to crease the birth rate in Italy by off large fami n- {lies been effective: In the first 11 months of 1929 there were born in Italy 29,460 fewer babjes than in the Pagliacci means the “strolling players.” Punchinellois synony- fame—is an abbreviation of the name Punchinello. Q. When were the wonders of Yel- lowstone National Park first known to the world?—H, T. that wwgon had entered the region as a5 1808, but the Wwhich from time to time reached the clvilized world were given little cre- dence until Henry D. Washburn, sur- veyor general of Montana, pub the e reglon was explored and Tispped oy WaS and maj the United !mmfloolollnl us;ed Geo- graphical Survey of the Territories, and in i‘“ Congress made it a national par] Q. Is it sometimes “too cold to snow”?—J. L. A. A. The Weather Bureau says the greater number of more or i’m heavy orm | K 3 area. winds are rela- tively mild. Mmmmmm rumors of its wonders | in winds come from the northwest, rough- ly, and are relati cold. In short, precipitation comes with relatively warm easterly to southerly winds, and clear weather follows ith relatively cold the Winter pre of the saying “It is too cold to snow.” This statement, however, is not 1i vially true, for light snows can occur ©. any temperature, and, indeed, it oc- casionally happens that heavy snows | occur when the surface air is quite cold. Who is- umfiun young novel- sonal opinion, terview with Hugh lish novelist, quotes him Ernest Hemingway and Julian Green are the two greatest young novelists in the world. Q. What organization is to offer a ug.voogvmgu for scientific achievement? A. It has been announced that be- ginning next September the Popular Science Monthly will award a gold medal and $10,000 annually to “the American citizen who has been respon- sible during the preceding year for the achievement in science of the greatest potential value to the world.” A com- mittee of 24, including many prominent American scientists, will select the prize-winning effort. Q. When was the image of the Savior first placed upon the cross?—O. H. A. The crucifix or cross with the image of the Savior upon it appears not to have been used before the third century, and then apparently private persons. Syriac Evangelistry in 582. This is in the library at Florence, I Q. Are there two towns of the same name in any State?—E. P. A. The Post Office Department says that at the present time there are not two post offices in the same State by the same name. Q. Where is Sandringham House and how long has it been a possession of ol-heul(lnl and Queen of England?— A. Sandringham House is ringham, a village in Norfolk, England. The estate, of 7,000 acres, acquired in 1861 by the late King ward, when Prince of Wales, for about $1,250,000. at Sand- standing Dullt by Aloer: Bdward and Alotandra, an his , in the year of our mdm% Q. Please give in your colt liam Allen i l.n".ha s and delight is dried up, life is Ty was the o tain Americans in what be the solemn tragedy of his unde came the laughing water man sympathy, the touch of nature makes us wondrous kind and brings us to our only lasting happiness. So when he went, America lost & smile and hu- mganity a friend.” Q. What is the duty on a plowshare in, trom ‘Canadar—. o will have no duty assessed. All tural ;rq.:clfl dml;lp!lnmb are admitted & H: g 8 & : el T i 2 g g Brazen Dampness of Mullan, Feeds Fire ‘When the facts eame out concern- ing Mullan, Idaho, which paid for municipal improvements with graft of Dry Debaters “m'lth'hlehfinypmamm levied on prohibition violators, the in- | w; formation provided more fuel for the fiery debate on the Volstead law, which has recently begun with new fervor. Each finds a text for W sermon the brazen con of Mullan’s city fathers. ‘“‘Unprecedented” is the term that the country apj Mullan, T ), 8 'hisky “w] the fea- ttention is the fact tha ‘The incldent is described as a rel ,” although tures of belligerent acts, directed in comments to the ralds were made in the home State of Senator Borah, active in prohibition matters. * ok ok ok, “We salute the co , if not the Jjudgment, of those of Mullan, Idaho, who face pi as a re- sult of their ‘whisky rebellion,’” says the Omaha World-Herald. “They have brought into the open the often whis- B:xed but seldom defended arguments favor of an ‘OEI town' ¢ ¢ Mullan is one of few remaining mining camps of the West. Located in the heart of the Coeur d’Alenes, it is cut off by those forbid mountains from other human activity, * * * ‘The very existence of Mullan depended on law violations, officials admitted. ‘This was not whispering. It was actual contention of the defense in open Fed- ‘eral Court. Attorneys declared that if an occasional ‘donation’ was given to the officials it was not as a bribe, but as a fitting recognition of their services. * * * Mullan did not equivocate. Its whisky rebellion, however ill advised, was in the open. Its officlals fought for lawlessness, without taking refuge in technicalities of the law. The certainty of defeat did not drive them to hypoc- o “It does not impugn the sincerity of Senator Borah's earnest desire for en- forcement of the hibition law,” according the Iphia Eve- ning Bulletin, “but it ouw':Q to emghat.ln Tm his that prohibition enforcement roughout the United States is not to | this be ed merely by reorganizing the PFederal enforcement staff, The Mullan o individual the | this, “One of the most law violation that this seen,” is the verdict ible program And yfozl)? one of the m-uzx: features of the situation is that ci improvement appeared to be the only motive of eve,7 person mfi in the iracy. No publie ved profit from the wholesale wetness of Mullan, so far as has been learned. The liquor licensing poliey al;nvlded police and fire protection for e town, & street-] me. play- grounds and swimming pools for school children and other improvements.” The Daily News adds that “there may be some solace for the convicted men in the knowledge that they were martyrs to ‘clvic progress.’” * x x % The Yakima Daily Republic is con- vinced that “if they bldnv'g levied trib- ute on the boozlcg:n. ‘would have kept and, like as not, would have spent it lodhh& The Akron Beacon Journal blames the bootleggers for the fact that Federal officers were it into the matter, but it points out that “the license ordi- nance will be repealed, and Mullan will revert to the custom in other communities, where the sale of liquor goes on unabated, private toll is levied upon bootleggers, and both wets an drys are happy.” The Hartford Courant also asserts that “cos simifar to , but less flagrant and far less honest, are to be found elsewhere,” and emphasizes the fact that in this town in Idaho “it was simply a business &rgnuluon in which full account was m‘;‘z a{lw' prevalling sentiment of the “The picture has a certain appeal, if only for its novelty,” states the Wor- cester Evening Gazette. ‘“Some author could give us the right perspective for lal scene, if he put Mullan into & short story. ;rrue. the Federal Gove situation undoubtedly is & local condi- ( But the tion. And so are most of the wet spots it ] t,” corruption and unsavor & defective feeling for romantic . ‘The Walla Walla Bulletin is reminded of con- tances is a prac- tical impossibility, if the whole burden Tespol Idaho for the enforcement of a Federal may be lacl of enforcement is d eiisude ot Btate polise purpose an of power, rather than any reorganization T "Tost potent determintag Totos’ tn the pmblel: of prohibition enrorce- ment.” dw tions :mch were common in '-Iedr Wns of & quarter-century )" an gendu:u that it “will be & ull::‘o%cr for tter observance of the prohibition law in the whole country.” Fire Sales Next. From the Indisnsvelis News. Janus Should Sit in Here. From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel ‘The Européan make celebration The King May Investigate. Prom the Sprinefield, Mass.. Republiesn. Reports that the King of is Sreirs Eoobem Dave vatn " vomrid sympathetic interest with Emmanuel UL .