Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR ~ i Sundey Sisening Stiim. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. .January 27, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor ‘The Evening Star = iper Company 3 Pennsyl . w2 STk, Sk hlllm‘r.m 5 g Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Star. . .45¢c per month and Btar .60c per month ' 65¢. x:vrtmenlh ‘Collection made at the end of cach month. th. Orders may be sent 1n by mail or telephone National 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. afll!ryhn‘ and Virginia. and Su; ; 4. All Other States and C: Baily and Sunday $12 00: 1 mo., § - Baify & 2 '$8.00: 1 Sinday’'only A% B 1m: Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the nse for republication, of ell news dis- atches credited €0 it or not otherwise cred- ted in this paper and siso the local news ublished herein. ~All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Boosting Water Rates Again. In order to finance a two-and-a- quarter-million-dollar program of ex- tensions and improvements to the water distribution system over a period of five years, the Commissioners have approved the short-sighted expedient of recom- mending to Congress an increase of 20 to 25 per cent in water taxes and an increase of 50 per cent in main assess- ments. Their decision is the easiest ‘way out of an admittedly difficult situa- tion. But it reflects no great considera- tion of the equities involved and is at best a make-shift. In 1926 the Board of Trade adopted & special report urging that the water system be placed where it belongs— under the supervision of the Public Utilities Commission—where water rates ‘would receive the same systematic and intelligent consideration given to rates for privately owned utilities in the Dis- trict. The action of the Commissioners on Saturday again directs attention to the necessity of making some such ar- rangement. The water rate question is not being properly considered. Boosting rates again is merely side-stepping an issue that should be met squarely and disposed of on its merits. The alternative that might have been chosen by the Commissioriers lay in recommending to Congress that the ad- ditional expenses of expansion be met out of the general tax fund of the Dis- trict, plus the special levies against property owners for benefits received through water plant extension. Such & course was recommended after thorough study by Capt. Hugh Oram, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, and concurred in by Maj. Brehon Somervell, United States Engineer Commissioner for this district, who supervises the supply sys- tem. But acting on the advice of Auditor Donovan, the Commissioners chose the easier way, which lies in raising the water rate. Mr. Donovan's point of view is of course understood. The general fund is now being stretched almost to the limit. Pinancing water extensions from the general fund would futher reduce the slim margin between revenue avail- abilities and appropriations, But that margin is slim because of the Federal Government's failure to contribute its just and lawful percent- age of Capital expenses through the general fund. Having withdrawn alto- gether as a contributor to the water |’ plant, yet continuing to get its water free, the Federal Government has been steadily reducing its proportionate con- tribution to the general fund. To boost water taxes because congressional parsimony has pared the general fund is to proceed on the theory that two wrongs make a right. The last increase in water rates was decided upon in 1928 when the Com- missioners were faced with the same dilemma that faces them today. Rates were raised 122 per cent. But the additional profits thus taken from the sale of water have not created a surplus large enough to finance extensions necessitated by the growth of the city, ‘The Commissioners therefore ask an- other increase of from 20 to 25 per cent in rates, 50 per cent in assess- ments, and hope that the profit will be large enough to cover expansion ex- penses beginning July 1, 1931. By the end of 1936, however, there will prob- ably be another increase in rates, for the present policy tends toward steady increases. ‘Water is a necessity that should be furnished at the bare cost of produc- tion. The cost of producirs water in ‘Washington is about two-thirds of the amount collected from sales and as- sessments under the present system. With property owners paying bencfit assessments for new mains and with the remaining cost of extensions to the system borne from the general fund, the correct tendency would be a reduc- tion in water rates toward the ideal of free and unlimited water for all who use it. The wider the distribution and the greater the number of users the Jower should be the cost of water. Exactly the opposite is taking place in the City of Washington and the cost of water is mounting, while rates for other essentials furniched by pri- vately-owned and profit-making util- ity corporations are decreasing. The system of financing the water plant should be changed. Water should be reduced, not increased, in price. L S N, Many whales are discovered in Ant- arctica. Exploration may yet develop n’ revival of basic features In the oll business. Washington’s Police Needs. If heed is given to the report just submitted to the Commissioners by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, and its recommendations are adopted and carried into effect by amendatory and appropriative legisla- tion, Washington will have for the first time in its history a model police force in point of numbers and efficiency. These recommendations are all of a character to command general approval by the community and by the Legisla- ture. ‘They make for a more competent, a more dependable and a more adequate law-enforcing organization. In view of recent happenings, especial attention should’be paid to Maj. Pratt's report and proposals. The District’s police force has been subjected to & sayere inquisition with the |result of acquittal of all charges insufficlent numbers, & charge which reflects not upon the police organization itself, but upon the appropriative au- thorities. The inadequacy of the force has been Tepeatedly brought to attention in the hope of securing corrective provisions of funds. Maj. Pratt brings things down to a focus when he shows that of a fofce of 1,313 men there is never & time, except in cases of great emer- gency, when more than 214 patrolmen are actually on the streets enforcing the law. Furthermore, the Washington police are called upon about two days, out of every three to supply special de- tails for such occasions as the arrival of distinguished guests, further reducing the number of patrolmen on duty. The three-platoon system, the special as- signments to guard duty in what is vir- tually the Federal service, traffic details and depletions due to {llness, cause this disparity between the potential and the 8¢ | actual number of street duty men. In respect to the quality of the force, Maj. Pratt makes two lines of recom- mendations. He proposes a more se- vere system of discipline, with the penalty of mandatory dismissal for a certain category of offenses, and he also urges a system of training, now lack- ing, which will equip the members of the force for their duties and insure a greater degree of efficiency and guard | against unbecoming, unjust and mis- chievous lapses from standard. The Washington police organization has stood the test of long service. It has come through some severe trials with, on the whole, a remarkably high record of character and efficiency. Its main lack for many years has been in point of numbers. It has now reached the point when it must be increased in size to meet the requirements of a com» munity of nearly 600,000, a community unlike all other American cities and presenting exceptional problems owing to the fact that it is the seat of the Federal Government, —_———— “Seein’ Things at Night.” President Hoover is now suspected of attempting to build up a great polit- ical organization and to accomplish this end it is alleged that a card index of all Government employes has been de- vised. The Democratic opposition has swallowed the tale whole and through its publicity bureau has put forth a statement attacking Mr. Hoover and all his works. A diabolical plot by the Republican President is pictured for the edification of the country. If the tale were true it might or might not be important. There is a list of civil service employes in every department, which shows when and where these employes were appointed. A duplication of such a list would scarcely be important. Furthermore, under the rules of the civil service, these employes cannot be disturbed for political reasons, and they are not so disturbed. A statement issued by Walter H. Nor does the card, wonderful to relate, ask the employe what his particular brand of politics may be. This is ‘a serious oversight. - - ‘The President of the United States is the Chief Executive of the Nation. It is his duty to know as much as pos- sible ‘about ‘the personnel of the execu- tive branch of the Government. When a Democratic President is in office, he appoints to office members of his own party, and the same is true of Re- publican Presidents. An examination of the records will show that the latest Democratic President, Woodrow Wil- son, was not given to appointing Re- publicans to office, certainly not until the World War came along and politics was temporarily forgotten in the ef- fort to win the war against the foreign enemy. This is no reflection on Presi- dent Wilson. .A President is elected in a political campaign. His admin- istration and his policles require him to have men in office who will give their best services to carry .out those polictes. The fear is expressed that President ‘Hoover, through having a secretary or two more than has been the custom of, Presidents in the past, is intent upon doing things to Congress, though just what the President could do along this line is not clearly disclosed. Congress seems to be well able to take care of itself in any conflict between the two branches of the Government. Any ef- fort to bring the executive and the legis- lative branches into harmonious action, even through a secretary of the Presi- | dent, may be helpful, although a Demo- cratic minority naturally dotes on a conflict between a Republican President and the Republican majority in Con- gress. According to the White House, the card index of presidential appointees is an anclent system—so ancient that it might have cobwebs hanging to it. It is reported that during the Wilson ad- ministration such an index was kept. THE EVENIXG Judge Fuchs is of the opinion that y to see the games are their favorites on the for the maximum period of play, the Brat proposition at the forthcoming eeting of the joint rules committee of the American and National Leagues. The reaction of the magnates to of base ball have been left pretty much alone for a good many years, it would seem hardly likely that it will be adopted. Fewer players are thrown out of the game nowadays than in the Ppast, but when they are they generally find themselves in possession of a tele- gram from league headquarters noti- fying them of an additional three or five day suspension. In other words, umpires have grown somewhat lenient in view of the heavy punishment which banishment entails. It would not be much of a hardship on a sweltering Summer day to be al- lowed to rest quietly on the bench for @ couple of innings and cap-throwing might become a popular pastime. All in all, it would seem that Judge Fuchs’ | suggestion is something on the order of the one which would provide for a ten-man ball team, with the pitcher never getting a chance to go to bat, and that it is slated for the same fate. —_————— ‘There is a slight element of relief in the demand by New York's energetic commissioner, Mr. Whalen, that any evidence of graft in connection with ball bonds be brought to light. The subject is at least one which does not involve painful suggestions of irregu- larity in prohibition enforcement. —_— . Suggestions that the “freedom of the port” be discontinued may make it a little easier for men to handle luggage. One of the elements of delay in getting ashore has been the suspicion of scandal that must be so often disproved or confirmed in order to satisfy Vol- steadian vigilance. —_—————— Florida is enjoying a prosperous Win- ter season, with many excitements in the way of sports. Its realty experience calls attention to the fact that specula- tion, however wild, cannot turn the tide of interest away from genuine values. ————— Lenin is held in the highest honor in spite of his neglect to provide solu- tions for the problems which continue to arise from his period of leadership. Communists who have trouble with the police usually run considerable risk in insisting on speechmaking which offers no new ideas whatever. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. ‘Unexpectedness. ‘The snowdrift is chill ‘Where it lies on the hill. We view it with grief undisguised. It is sure to draw near At the same time of year— And yet we are always surprised! ‘We know that the heat ‘Which in Summer we'll meet ‘Will make us use words ill-advised, For the climate, we know, ‘The same record will show— And yet we are always surprised. Of each joy and each fear ‘We're to meet with down here, By plain sense man is fully advised. Yet what makes life worthwhile ‘With a frown or a smile Is the fact that we're always surprised. Overwhelming Abundance. “By this time you ought to know all about the tariff.” “Nobody knows all about the tariff,” replied Senator Sorghum. “New facts come up so rapidly that the mind couldn’t possibly store up such a tre- mendous accumulation of information.” Jud Tunkins says when you have made the same mistake more than twice 1t ceases to be a mistake and becomes & habit. Polite Intrusion. My Radio! My Radiol You bring a lot of folks ‘Whom I have had no chance to know, ‘To sing and tell me jokes. Classic Comparison, “That foot ball hero,” said the girl who gushes, “reminds me of a Greek god!” “I am similarly reminded,” answered Miss Cayenne. “The last time I saw him he was being dug up out of the ruins.” “The ambition to dwell in idleness and achieve flattery,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is easily gratified. Every one may look forward to a tomb- stone and an epitaph.” No Hasty Enterprise. Peace, like a garment, we may find, If it keeps out rough weather, In patience has to be designed And stoutly put together. “De beauty of de snow,” sald Uncle Eben, “depends on whether you is No apology is made for it, and none is needed. A President must know when | the terms of presidential appointees to public office expire, who hold these jobs and on whose recommendation they were appointed. Apparently another mare’s nest has been discovered. ————————— A holiday in battleship bullding Is being recommended because of a sav- ing of not only lives and property but conduct on the ball lookin’ out'n de window or transactin’ business wif a snow shovel.” Due to Loss of Strength? Prom the Racine Journal-News. when a husky teamster STAR, WASHI.LOION, 3 JANUARY 27, 1930, BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Waking s a literal coming back to ‘To some mnh it is the most diffi- cult task of day. ‘These include not only schoolboys, no- torlous for their inability to wake up, but also hundreds of their elders. Some temperaments seem to cling to sleep as if it were something precious, something m:th to be let go lightly, something wot on to until the last second. Almost every sleeper has experienced | la this strange reluctance, although it may not be a habit with him, upon some cold, gray morning, when bed seemed the best place in the world. Physically speaking, eyes will not open. A bemuddled vision places tiny | springs upon the eyelids which per- sistently pull them shut. The fluids of the eyes, as if not yet used to light,.although they have been transmuting Mght rays into objects and colors for a lifetime, shrink from the feeble gleam of the street lights filtering | through windows. There is in addition a psychical something, somehow related to the soul state, which likewise indulges in a pure shrinking process. This is not a shrinking exactly, but a withdrawal, as if the whole being, far too sensitive for a world of light and motion, attempts to go back to dark- ness and inertia and achieves a sur- prising success. * ok ok x ‘The process of waking is almost the opposite of going to sleep, yet amaz-| ingly like it in essence. In the one the | so-called nerve ganglia separate; evi- dently in the other they unite again. ‘Awakening, then, is a putting together of the cal, mental and psyclic forces for the day before one. Most of this task is done unconsciously, aided by a bit of will power. ‘Waking in a pure state would be an immediate and, above all, happy grasp- ing of the light by all the various forces of the being. One seldom ex-| periences it or sees it in full operation. Only those who can honestly obey the injunction to “spring out of bed” know such automatic wakening. There is with them no sleepy period, no miser- able longing to sleep all day, but in- stead they desire to get up at once, These fortunate beings are almost unknown, let it be said in all frankness, although often written about, especially in what is somewhat ambiguously de- scribed as “physical culture literature.” Many claim to indulge in such rapid wakings, but one may suspect they are a great deal like those who say they enjoy hopping into a tub of cold water in Winter or prefer the dark meat of turkey to the white. Nothing can make us believe one of the trio. He who claims to “wake up with a bang” is in our estimation in a class with the lover of a cold tub and of dark meat of turkey. A cold shower, yes; but a cold tub never! Who, offered breast of turkey, would eat leg, except to show off? Sim- flarly, he who claims to need no pre- liminary period for waking in the morn- ing is mistaken. Perhaps he does not know his own mind in the matter. He is in a class maybe with the small boy who has the | covers dragged off him at 7 am. and who prefers to get up to shivering with his big toes stuck straight out into the atmosphere, * k% % The sweetest sleep of all, if it can| be called sleep, is the 5, 10 or 15 minute periods, or maybe a full half hour, just after one wakes up for the first time. One can scarcely say he is back to earth yet. Tenuous fibers 1l him | back to dreamland. Invisible hands beckon, invisible rays, some of light, m'h.f:.' of color, make their silent ap- pe: The hideous clamor of the alarm clock, breaking in on this unreality, bids the dozer return to the solid earth before it is too late. Too late for what? Too late for what? He struggles under & monstrous necessity, a sad urge which tells deep-hidden intelligence that :;mtflnnx must be done to silence that Maybe a miracle will take place and & kindly hand, unknown, unthanked, yet nevertheless real, in a world where all things as yet are startlingly unreal, Wwill reach out of a vast chaocs and do auzeflflnl to the clock before it is too Too late for what? There is a me- lange of getting up, of washing a face, of eating breakfast, of getting to work; a conglomeration of faces—faces sad, glad, grave; even unnecessary faces, glowing with evil smiles, with one smil- ing one placed squarely in the middle of them, as a white rose in a bowl of A The clat clatter of the merciless clock, which now has been ringing for decades, is getting less and less. Even the longest spring must unwind at last. Even the weariest river runs some- where to the sea—to the sea, to the sea; An ocean of gratitude wells in the lethargic heart for the inexorable workings of time and chance which have resulted in the ending of that horrible clamor. Peace reigns once more. The early morning milkman clatters up a back porch, but his harsh footsteps are music compared with the clangor which has ended. Vast waves of peacefulness surge on and on, sending out blissful rings, ever wider and wider, into the pool of for- getfulness. This is the sweetest sleep of all, worth sleeping all night to at- tain. Tread lghtly, enilkman, wake me not! gy ‘What absurd things one thinks of in those last-minute dozes! Why are men ashamed of their first names? Why does John Russel Tompkins invariably become J, Russel Tompkins? Why does George Gould Littlebrown become upon attaining his majority G. Gould Little- brown? This universal longing of male crea- tures to escape from their simple, standard given names strikes one as inexpressibly queer. Women never mind theirs. Who ever heard of a woman named Mary Jane Smith sign- ing herself “M. Jane Smith”? Mary Jane she was christened, and Mary Jlneh sbemu e ‘The eory of names, intriguing though it is, gives way to a blissful con- sideration of the abstract utility of sun~ beams in the daily diet. One hazily wonders if the phrase “in the daily diet” is exactly correct, but somehow it makes not the slightest bit of dif- terence. Perhaps it should be “in the daily diet of elephants,” but that makes no difference, either. Elephants or men, it,_makes no difference. Sunbeams are what count, and they count tremen- dously. A system crammed with sunbeams will judge as the sun judges, as Walt Whitman said. There can be no doubt of that—a huge scroll rolls to the fore wl]b: the words printed in letters of gold. And Portia comes, in her cap and gown, declaiming about the gentle dew of Heaven, which falls alike ugon the just and the unjust. Surely the dew has been in fault all these years. Really it should not fall alike upon the un- Jjust. The unjust have no right to dew. Dew is for the just. Let no unjust man have a share of our dew. ! Those unwilling shutters of the eyes open protestingly, but with a foreboding intelligence in every one of their little springs that the thing must be done at last. The time has come for many things, but particularly to get up. One must come back to earth now or mever. One makes a supreme ef- fort—and is surprised to find himself actually awake. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS In Maine, former Gov. Ralph O. Brewster is definitely in the field for the blican senatorial nomination. In Massachusetts, former Gov. Alvan T. Fuller is almost, but as yet not quite, in the senatorial race on the Republican end. In Pennsylvania, former’ Gov. Gif- ford Pinchot is at least as possible sena- torial aspirant. These three ex-governors have many things in common. All three are liberals on every other issue, but ardent in their devotion to pro- hibition; their Republianism is in- surgent to a high degree, and each is bitterly opposed by the Republican or- ganization in his State. Pinchot and Fuller are both extremely rich men, and Fuller and Brewster are al Hoover men and outspoken in their allegiance to the President, though severely criti- cal of almost every other Republican office holder, Brewster has already stated that if and when he gets to ‘Washington, his first mission will be to take up the task of reforming the Senate rules from the point where Gen. Dawes left off. ler has confided to friends that the reform of as an g his talents. Should he conclude to re-enter public life, Mr. Pinchot’s reforms lie in other but all three are Reformers | ,; directions, with the capital letter. Heaven help the tot Old Guard if all three arrive beneath the Capitol dome! * ok *x x ‘The new Senator from Kentucky, John M. Robsion, who succeeds Am- bassador Sackett, serves to further in- crease the already large number of Senators to_the upper branch of Congress from the lower branch. By actual count more than one-quarter te members] of o Hamy sach 8, well dis: If the House is act such a wel - ciplined and highly efficient legislative body as it is held up to be, it would be reasonable to suppose that the Sena- tors who have graduated from this zchm;lmwauld wield a mighty lnn;x:cnce or sefficlency on a suj ly - citrant, dilatory and unmed Sen- ate. Such does not appear to be the case. Rather the ex-members of the House make the most of their new- found freedom from rules and limita- e * ok ok k ‘This r’s class of senatorial come- back cn’l"l‘dldlfu promises to be un- Former Senator Joe ing] in 1922 by Edwards, Democrat, heart set on after th nomination despi scene of Dwight Morrow. ator Peter Gerry, Democrat, Island, beaten in 1928 by publican, is ttfinkr clusions with Senator M aware, former Senator Thomas F. Bay- ard, Democrat, probably will attempt a comeback against Dan Former . Senator | ters un) % Gus Stanley, Democrat, may be per- Who_recalls couldn’t lift two dollars’ worth of po- tatoes? . Referred to the Ad Bureau. From the Port Wayne News-Sentinel. Merely a Change in Fashion. Prom the Detrolt News. 2 We never actually saw s wolf i Fedmal Court the Siner aay in a camel's-hair ceat. Think it Over and Shake. their own account was too good to pass up, and have jumped into print and jumped all over the Republican lady's quite harmless suggestions. According to Mrs. Nellle Tayloe Ross, Governor of Wyoming, “Democratic women are more interested in the tariff than the teacup.” * K ok ok ‘The Democrats omitted their Jeffer- son day dinner this year, but the New York Republicans are going to hold their annual Lincoln day dinner on February 12 this year as usual. It will ge m‘t;he t;)l;'g-ffim;:h flmm itive Lincoln er of the Nation: ublican Club. Charles D. Hilles is chairman of the committee. Col. Patrick Jay Hurley, new Secretary of War, will be one of the headline speakers. Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, retiring American Ambassador at Berlin, will be another, A message of cheer and good will from Mr. Hoover will be in order. The occa~ sion will mark the formal opening of also | the 1930 campaign. * ok x % Bishop James Cannon, jr., clergyman, financier and politician ’exmr g has just set sail for Africa after de- livering a valedictory denunciation of his enemies, and proclaiming his native land to be in a state of whisky Tebellion. He has so timed his trip to Suggests That Corzress Take Up the Starling To tho Editor of The Star: It strikes me that the starling con- troversy is being used as the basis for more or Jess facetious airing of disbelief in a Divine Creator. this beside the point? Some years ago a man by the name of J. Gadsby was given 1al permission by Congress to rid the of the dome of the Library of Congress of a flock of pigeons. Mr. Gadsby, who is dead. was a marvelous shot, and he obtained the desired result of ridding this building of what was considered a pest. Yet the pigeons now are not only tolerated, but fed and protected as well. _After all, one's opinion is greatly affected by personal experience. My bird sanctuary is the delight and admiration of all who visit me, yet I chase the handsome “luejay whenever I see him gobbling down the suet and gg:cln put out for the wildlings. Why? 'ause he or some member of his tribe stole the gold fish out of my lly pond. Personnlg‘ the starling has not annoyed me any more than the English sparrow_(in front of the National - ater). I, for one, would feel no more compunction in destroying either of their tribes than I do when swatting a fly or a mosquito. If a special act of Congress was once called into Flly to cope with a pest, why not again? LAURA WOOD. Writer Doubting Need Of Market Gets Answer To the Editor of The Star: On January 23 you: editorial page of The Star contained an article written by W. G. Kent, giving his opinion as to the lack of a need for a central market. It is not often that a person puts a question of this character (What for?) and answers it, too, in the same article. He relates that the city now has an abundance of public markets and in lo- cations, according to his opinion, con- venient to the housewife, which are not flourishing with business, besides nu- merous stores, He evidently believes it is just for the Government to “kill off” the only flour- ishing market in Washington to try to bolster the business of other establish- ments. Perhaps he would like to have similar treatment in his business or pro- fession on the theory that he was one too many for the good of all. Should it not also be quite apparent to him that even with such facilities available, if the public prefer the central market as evi~ denced by their patronage, there is a reason, and should not that alone be sufficient cause for continuing the cen- tral market? In the minds of the pub- lic, there certainly must be something lacking in the so-called nearby or com- munity market to induce the people to pass the institution and go much far- ther to a central market. H. L. WALKER. belief or Isn't all Mexican Peon Is Held Immigration Menace To the Editor of The Star: Most interesting is your current story on immigration. Upon immigration control nds the future mlkm of our Nation's population mass. alien admitted ought to be scrutinized as the ancestor of future Americans for the generations to come. Most of us give little thought to the working of the law of births, which tends to displace the pres- ent high-power American stock by only, too often, low-grade aliens. If ‘a fine old American family averages three children and an alien social inadequate does not hesitate at nine children, in guslg’nnenum the score stands 27 The chief menace today is the swarming across the Southern border of the Mexican peon, against whom we have no_quota. C. M. GOETHE, President, Immigrati Study Commission. 3 Small Bank Failures Shown to Be Serious From the 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. ‘The controller of the currency, Mr. J. W. Pole, in his annual report, just 't::“:ga gives veryoxunnu‘ consideration i Africa that he runs no danger of en- = countering in the jungles there that famous congressional lion hunter and bishop baiter, ham, M. C, o{r;ly when Congress is not in ses- sion. George Holder Tink- | P*O! “The Intter goes to Africa | OURtry 1t was only recently that Bishop | 9€] Cannon returned from three months in | Yantage to South America, and last Summer he was in Europe. In responding to the high call of duty in foreign lands, he leaves the home firing line at a most critical time, if his estimate of the pro- hibition situation is correct. * ok % The congressional scene last week was wittily epitomized as boots and shoes in the Senate, and shoots and booze in the House. At the other end of Pennsylvania avenue, Mr. Hoover smilingly dismissed his press conference. with the remark that “All the news at preuntmll in london.’; &mn;l:mdon came the report that the news ts of the (Copyright, 1930.) Blackstone Passes From Modern Law From the Loulsville Times. ey a rt thal long Htmn and Coke are to be eliminated as major factors in teaching law stu- Passiie Of the ald-time lawyer snd. hia - awyer an passing wye! d ception of ‘modern methc of handling legal mat- in a new world. Lawyers of the old school would be lost in these days. They would hn.l“: ks |Iack abllity, for many of them L headquarters bestirred themselves, concluded that ‘, little or no income from {;e;: mentalities. But they would not their way about if brought back. T nomtalhndlnl ;\:‘c;l '.h:! en- pe from w! prac- f.h:a;ot law has not been able to free ‘would nf'l'h away. They 1re find _that a living been taken ‘would have Mrs, Dodson’s agents had made her slightly lous, and that the opportunity for a little publicity on bank deposits had a some years ago, but it is fundamen unsound, and ce, where it has been tried, has proved it to be so. The b.mnw would seem to lie in T nking tions b of country, & movement for combining & nm‘:e'zbt banks in coun- communities & single operating group under a central bank or holding company. is a progressive move- ment, but the controller is of the opinion that “these holding companies are at- !zmpfin{ to do under the sanction of 55 the purpose, what should be ible in a simpler manner by new ition,” and he evidently favors the specific authorization of branch bank- ing, which, he thinks, would obviate the need for such combinations of local groups. or- | influx from Mexico to Johnson bill, which would | g o ANSWERS TO QUE TIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. is a al department, devoted to hlndlfido! inquiries. You have at your disposal an extensive organiza- ington to serve you in any capacity that relates to information. e | Write your question, your name and your address clearly and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send to The Evening_ Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. What is meant by “push-pull” amplification in radio?—E. J. G. A. It is amplification obtained by means of two tubes which are so ar- ranged that one is always in a manner opposite to the other to offset distor- tion. Q. How many hours does the average ‘housewife gend in home-making pur- suits?—A. C. M. A. A survey of a group of women in cities of from 2,500 to 50,000 population showed that the average time was 51 hours & week, while in cities of 50,000 and upward the average was a little more than 48 hours. The farm women group averaged more than 62 hours a week, making the general average for all women observed slightly more than 51 hours a week. Q. Where will the next world’s Chris- tian Endeavor convention be held?— R. J. A. It will be held in Berlin next August. Q. What is the flagship of the Pacific fleet?—N. V. 8. A. It is no longer called the Pacific fleet. It is known as the battle fleet, and the California is the flagship. Q. How many causes for divorce are a?—G. P. J. A. The number of causes varies in different States. One State recognizes 27 causes, while there is one State in which divorces are not granted for any cause. Q. What was the first opera given in the Chicago Civic O House?—C. G. A. “Aida” was selected for the open- ing performance. Q. If the temperature has been around 32 degrees for several days and goes to 31 degrees, will ice form that can be skated L. ; longer than the m& ever remain constan! ‘The formation of skating ice | the United States was attained in 1907, observed |¢ Seguin, Me. s wis spou at , Me. was about 30 g.;m of the 'mfin ym.‘ m;um average more hours of fog | other place in the United States. ik | Q. How many cities in the United States have zoning tions?—M. B, A. There are 754 cities, towns and villages which have some such regula- tions. Of the 68 cities having popula- tions more than 100,000, 56 are zoned. Taking the total number, 754, it is found that 475 have comprehensive or- dinances regulating the use, height and area of buildings. Q. Are there times when mobs bent up’?!lynchmx are actually restrained? A. This often happens. In 1929 10 men were actually lynched, but upon 27 occasions officers of the law pre- vented lynchings. Q. Why is John often abbreviated as “Jno."?—P. T. R. A. This custom seems to be an an- cient one. “Notes and Queries” of June, 1864, says: “Our forefathers wrote ‘Jhon’ oftener than ‘John,’ and the ‘h’ in former days frequently assumed the form of ‘n’ ‘Jhon’ contracted into 'JJho.‘ and writing the ‘h’ as ‘n’ becomes Ino s % Tw:y is the game poker so called? A. This game is evidently an adapta- was ly played, with only cards, d:cflflm to four players, and went to the United States by way of New Orleans. Owing to its resemblance to the French game of poque and the Ger- man game of n, the Prench colo- nists called it “poque,” and this spelling wnmmuprfiwnced by the English- speaking iyers as “po-que,” easily converted fnto “po-ker.” Q. Is it unwise to try to remove a stain from a garment without knowing the character of the stain?—W. N. A. The nature of the stain should be known, if possible, before its removal is attempted, because this determines the treatment. If an unsuitable remover is used, the stain may be “set” 5o that its removal l;camu dl{nmfiz,bn or even im= possible. For example, fling water, Which easily removes most fresh fruit stains, is applied to stains containing protein, such as those from mflk, blood, eggs or meat juice, it coagulates the al- bumen and makes it extremely difficult to remove. Q. When was the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. started?—E. D, A. The business was started in 1858, 1f| The company was incorporated in New the | York in 1916. HQ. In what key are bugles pitched?— . M. A. Bugles may be built or pitched in any key, but the most common are G and B flats. erential | Revolutionary European bridge ‘The object ntwv‘er\nxfl;hcmwnyo(memm was for protection possible Q. What place in the United States has the most foggy weather?—P. C. A. The maximum record for fog in Selective I Q. Is & holder of a United States bond which is registered reimbursed if 1t is stolen?—f. B. R. i . n owner S e y AN lers Aare w e w r practicabls, o take advARIAgS Of the Faas oc%ont registered bond, of le loss or thef a nd, ed in blank r»rc for ucmls hs 83 to 85 of Departme: tcl“ paragrapl o nt Cir- cular No. 300. Holders of registered bonds receive interest checks drawn on the Treasurer of the United States in payment of interest as it falls due, and their names are all recorded on the books of the Treasury De) t. Q. Are Cliff Edwards and Ukulele Ike thzm?—-mA. ation Approved But Methods Held Imp_ractical Suggestions offered to limit immigra- tion in connection with the Johnson-Box bills do not meet with general satisfac- lon our American fellow nations to 50,000 per annum. The mere men- tion of an undertaking to raise the bar- Sentinel, “would admit annually from any country in the Western Hemisphere three immigrants for every citizen of the United States who emigrates to take up lperm-.:-wm residence there. This would limit tion into the United States to some 55,000 annually. Of these about 50,000 would be admissible from Canada and Newfoundland, but only about 2,200 from Mexico. P tries. We would be no_dis- crimination against Mexico. We would simply be avoiding an unfair discrimi- nation against of countries which have more easily assimilable and more Speaking in favor of the selection of immigrants, the Manchester Union ar- gues: “Under the present law immi- grants are admitted to the United States in the order of their application. on the waiting list, and whose admis- slon cannot be secured for one or some- times two or more years.” “The faster this country moves in the direction of an established ‘selective’ system the sooner will it be adjusted the | ypon a basis that has made Canada fa- "~ | comment: mous for the high standard of its peo- ple,” in the judgment of the Charlotte Observer. ‘This position as to selection is taken also by the New York Sun, with the “It does not seem to be an intelligent arrangement to permit mere i mfll’fiv of application to admit men there | fuiness—if properly Hemisphere worth the involve.” More &: Express emphasizes lower Rio Grande Valley, especially for “additional workers to gather its great variety of fruits and vegetables and to pack and otherwise prepare them for shipment.” It directs attention to a shortage of labor, and continues: Congress pass that measure, which would reduce the about 3,000 a year; or the fix & maximum quota of 50,000 immi- work at trades already overcrowded and at the same time keep out others for whom there is a useful place in America. The seniority plan serves in considerable degree to prevent favorit- ism, but selectivity on the basis of use- careful and unprejudiced in — would be a more businesslike pl:nm ———— | Gullibility of Public For Frauds Is Deplored From the Fort Worth Record-Telegram. ‘The American consul general in Lon- don reports a deluge of letters from Americans who are inquiring into the certainty or likelihood of there being a huge “in London, Liverpool, ichester or else~ Where, by some one who can be estab~ lished as the progenitor of the writer of the letter—he having been so assured the person calling his attention to ancestral carelessness. Of course, it 15 but the swlnf around circle of one of the oldest of cupidity grants a year for all New World coun- | A¥ousers. tries combined? drastic measure, this region needs some relaxation of the present restrictions.” ted | & year or two ago. s Sy m '.l';w “Spanish "—moth-eaten an MOSS-COV~ ered—had a round at the old “racket” . It will not be strange if the bewhiskered old “pros- pector” with his “Indian guide who is all this for me because I saved kin “does not know the value of gold.” In| It 18 too bad the inventors have run 80 far away from the faithful old “light- ning rod t.” He was a very special in his day and time. are no fortunes in the Bank “in chancery” % g3 ‘