Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1930, Page 8

et A-8 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D C ‘WEDNESDAY. .February 19, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor ‘The Evening Star NW Company e e Rate by Carrier Within the City. Ereting shd suaeay bia Sun ta_Ave (3 ilding. .. London, 48 per mouth 00c cer month oy All Other States and Canada. Sunday. IIDPIHD& X e bRy in are also eserved. The New Lehlbach Bill. Opposition to the new Lehlbach re- tirement liberalization bill is based more on fear of a jam in legisiation that ‘would threaten the passage of any re- tirement legislation than upon the ‘merits of the bill itself. It is altogether probable that Mr. Lehlbach’s new meas- ure would carry more relief than the measure passed by the Senate. But some of those interested in retirement relief are naturally fearful, with past experience in mind, that with the long road of hearings and study ahead of the new Lehlbach bill the present ses- sion of Congress might come to an end without any broadening of present re- tirement legislation. A half-way meas- | ure, bolstered to some extent by amend- ‘ments, they f2el, is better than no meas- ure at all. ‘The Lehlbach-Dale bill was put ahead of the tariff legislation in the Senate to get it out of the way. There was a lJong-drawn breath of heaity relief from the Federal employes when it was safely on its way to the House. In the light of subsequent events, with the Senate spending day after day on the tariff and slowly accimulating pressure for other business in the meantime, that new Lehlbach measure has been inter- preted in some quarters as spelling more delay. It is generally admitted that 1f any bill for liberalizing the retirement lJaw comes into the House now, the chances are that it will be quickly and practically unanimously approved. Mr. Lehlbach’s motives, however, are not to be questioned, and he is right- eously indignant that they have been questioned. He is endeavoring to put best foot foremost and do all he | the Federal employes the liberalived retirement at this farmers will take advantage of this finding and adopt new ways of treat- ment. If they do, says Dr. Reed, they will increase their sugar output by ten per cent. Heretofore farmers have been rather slow in following scientific ad- vice. They are naturally conservative as a class, preferring old methods to new, reluctant to change theif” processes. But if they are once shown by au- thoritdtive example they will follow the lead. A single crop will convert them to the new mode. This simple matter of cutting the beet tops an inch and a half higher !mly make the difference between bare cost meeting and a profit for many American farmers who specialize in sugar-root growing. It is but one of innumerable instances of the advan- ‘tueou.s application of modern labora- ;wry methods to man’s oldest industry. Police Manners and Efficiency. Maj. Pratt’s campaign to instill the principles of courtesy and consideration into the police force is being carried on through the medium of his principal assistants, who are about to begin a I e, | series of lectures to the personnel of the department on this subject. Inspec- tors Shelby and Brown will meet the men of the various precincts every afternoon at roll call until the entire force has been taught this lesson. The policemen are being told that the most effective police organization is one that avoids needless hostility, that uses force only in case of absolute necessity, that keeps its temper and that regards all persons as law-abiding until they are found to be in dereliction. It used to be, and perhaps is now, the rule in England to rate the policemen inversely according to the number of arrests made. The policeman was, in short, regarded as a peace-keeper and it he kept the peace on his beat without arresting people he was considered as the model man of law. Instead of being rated highly for numerous arrests, he ‘was required to justify every arrest. One consequence of this rule of dis- cipline was that the “bobby,” as the British policeman is called, was re- spected by the public. His word was law to all but the most incurable erimi- nal or miscreant. He gave his admoni- tory orders in the form of friendly ad- vice. Brutality by the British police- man was virtually unknown. It may be impossible to adopt the British rule of police conduct in its| completeness, but there are many phases | of it that can b: adapted to American police methods. A policeman should bear himself as a gentleman even in the toughest quar- ters. He should treat every person he meets with respect. He should regard himself as on duty in the service of the people, to help them as well as to pro- tect them, to advise them of their legal | rights as well as to admonish them | against wrong-doing. It may be impossible to build up a force composed entirely of such “Ad- mirable Crichtons.” The pay scale of the police job is not particularly high and does not fully compensate for the services of such superior creatures. But | the ideal can be maintained and those | policemen who most nearly attain to it can be marked with exceptional merits, to set a standard of behavior that will in time improve the relations between police and public without in the least giving him the benefit of the doubt. His action should be re- warded as a real desire to improve upon the legislation ihat employes have al- ready accepted as being the best that Such action doubt- In this connection the Central Labor Union's indorsement of both the Dale- Lehlbach bill and of the new Lehlbach bill is indicative of a reasonable stand on the matter. Both bills are acceptable to Pederal employes. Passage of either tirement legislation waters can only serve to defeat the best interests of those ‘who do the muddying. ——— One of the objections to “The Star Spangled Banner” is that it has a robust melody which is no good at all for & “crooner.” In Europe a statesman out of office always relies on being enough of a poli- tician to get back again. Saving Ten Million. Agricultural laboratory research has added richly to American soil produc- tion in the course of a comparatively few years. The Federal Department of Agriculture, the State services and the ‘university researchers have been at work 1o find better methods of planting, bet- ter soils, better seeds and better proc- esses of handling crops, all to the end ©f increasing the value of the yield and | in some cases reducing the labor of cul- tivation and harvesting. This is one Teason why the American farmer, se- vere though his difficulties are at pres- ent, is better off than his fellows of Some of this research in the labora- | has been aimed at the reduction prevention of loss through of improved methods of | t and crop handling. One | f the investigators working along this | just announced the discovery ! that by cutting sugar beets a little higher up the stalk, in preparation for | the mill, something like $10,000,000 may | be saved, in this country, or rather that that much value can be added to the that the supposedly barren “tops” of the ‘beets, heretofore thrown away as value- less, are rich in sugar content. At least one-tenth of the potential crop has been left to rot on the ground in the lessening efficiency. Spreading the Motor's Bumps.. The German aviator who during the war scored a brilllant record, which was closed only when he crashed and | lost his arm in the fall, has invented | a “crash absorber” bumper for automo- biles which he contends will greatly | reduce the peril of collisions. He tried | out his device yesterday in New York | in a series of tests that, according to | the reports, quite clearly demonstrated | the possibility of barging into cars and even into solid masonry without in- Jury. The three test collisions comprised driving a tourlng car at twenty-six | miles an hour into the back of another | machine, ramming at eighteen miles | an hour into a steel and concrete via- duct pillar, and finally smashing head- | on at thirty miles an hour into a sta- tionary small automobile. The first target machine was somewhat crumpled in the rear, the pillar was scratched and the smal] car was demolished. The | colliding car arrying the new bumper | had one headlight slightly damaged and the steering wheel snapped off its | support by the shock of impact, being ! otherwise unharmed. The driver was | uninjured. | This crash absorber consists of a | three-inch bar of solid rubber attached horizontally to the chassis by two pairs | of steel claws or scissors. On impact | the rubber stretches, spreading the | scissors, thus spending the impact pro- gressively to right and left before it ' Teaches the chassis. i This device, if it is adopted and | works as well in the line of service as | it seems to have done in the New York | tests, will undoubtedly lessen the danger | of casualties through collision on the | road. The question arises whether such | schemes are altogether to the good. Is | there not a danger that the equipment of motor recklessness through indifference as to ! results? It must be remembered that a shock absorber only protects the car that carries it and does not lessen the ’da.mla: to another machine that lacks | it. Nor will a shock absorber, however effective for the protection of the ma- chine which is equipped with it, save a { pedestrian who gets in its | B Even Mrs. Willebrandt, with all her | cloquence, is compelled to maintain the customary silence when a policeman hands her a ticket. —————————— Japan Votes Tomorrow. Japan votes tomorrow for members of the National Diet, or Lower House of Parliament, at the close of a campaign which has been in progress for nearly 2 month, since the dissolution of the Diet by the Emperor in January. One minor and two major parties have been active in the canvass for the 466 seats at stake, the minor party comprising four distinct proletarian groups. The major organizations are the Minseito, or government party, and the Seiyukal, or chief opposition. The Seiyukai held of- fice until last June, when it was over- {turned owing to development of scan- dals. The Minseito, now in power, headed by Premier Hamaguchi, un- form of discarded tops, which by s simple method of handling can be saved for the mill, while the leaves, which are worthless, are thrown away. ‘The question now is whether the beet covered some shocking conditions which in the campaign just closing have been featured in behalf of continuance of the present government in power. But | went to the 200 and got bit by a parrot | cars with collision-proof, | shock-absorbing bumpers might lead to | THE EVENI those same scandals have been used by the proletarian parties, which are re- spectively styled Social Democrats, Farmer-Laborites, People's party and National Democrats—titles which are strongly suggestive of political groups here and in Europe. The utmost that the proletarian | parties can hope to accomplish in to- morrow's election is the return of a sufficient number of members to form a balance-of-power bloc somewhat similar to the Laborite group in the British Par- llament. Indeed, the organization of & Laborite or a proletarian ministry in the event of a close division between | the two major parties and the electién {of a considerable bloc of independents { is not out of question. Interest in the outcome of the elec- {tion is keen in other countries than Japan. The development of the third- party sentiment, the unquestionable in- crease yn liberal thought and activity and the development even of radicalism have been factors in Japanese politics { for a decade or more. The government | has sternly suppressed radical mani- festations in Japan, has banned demon- strations, has checked as far as possible without arousing actually seditious an- tagonism the organization of the work- ing. people. Russian influence in Japan Has been insidious and somewhat effec- tive. Agents of the Moscow Soviets have worked through various channels to spread Communist doctrines. This has all been under cover. Nobody knows precisely how far it has gone. It would seem to be inconceivable that radicalism should gain a substan- tial foothold in Japan, and yet the pos- | sibility is -ared by Japanese leaders. Tomorrow's election may show how far Communist propaganda has been car- {ried in the Land of the Rising Sun. ———o——————— Singers are rorsaking the Metropoli- tan Opera Co. to go into films that |sing as well as talk. There will be a certain amount of bewilderment in so- ciety, but the opportunities for higher i diffused among the masses. ——t— Arctic explorers Will use horses in- stead of dogs, and eventually eat the horses. Enormous as has been the de- velopment of canned goods industries, they have not yet proved absolutely re- liable for a menu near the North Pole. —_—te Paris experts now say that skirts for walking will continue to be short. They started with other ideas, but even fashion submits to the dictates of those who do the buying. ————— e Subjects for investigation accumulate in a way that leaves a United States Senator little hope of participating in the benefits of a movement for shorter hours and more holidays. ——— vt Every great conference accomplishes at least one benevolent act in giving G. Bernard Shaw an opportunity for one personally conducted laugh, Koo Ao ek As an accomplished aviator journalist, Mr. Van Leer Black continues to dem- onstrate that he can go right on editing at all kinds of speeds and altitudes. e SHOOTING STARS. . BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Inside Information. She asked him for his photograph. For he quite frequently had said, “When are we going to be wed?” And she went on in tone serene; “An X-ray photograph I mean. Your face is O. K. for a start, But how about your lungs and heart?” Misleading Impression. “There is no reason why Washing- , D. C.,, should not be a model city.” “None,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But the town can't get the credit due it, owing to the fact that so many politicians reside there and insist on talking rough about one another.” Jud Tunkins says he is not so much | of a bird lover as he was before he tor and kicked by ostrich, Sleep Destroyer. My radio is impolite— It did not let me sleep last night— I turned the buttons with a will. In silence it defied my skill. So, through the hours awake I lay And pondered till the break of day On how I should proceed with care To put the old works in repair. Willing to Suffer. “Why do you linger in the torture | chamber of this old castle?” inquired | the guide. “I am fascinated by the medieval in- struments of torture,” answered Miss | Cayenne. “I have an idea of buying the one that pulled people’s knees and ankles apart. Judiclously employed, it might make me look as long as the woman pictured in the fashion magazines.” “Ages ago,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “a man was mercilessly cruel to a woman, and since that day women have conspired for vengeance.” Unigfluential Hospitality. The lobbyist in grief intense ‘Was heard by friends to say: ““Yon statesman dines at my expense— Then votes the other way.” “Some o' dem old-time tunes,” said Uncle Eben, “has lost deir inspiration. Dey don't mean no mo’ in de present day dan a set of sleigh bells.” “Creole,” as “Servant,” Not a Derogatory Word To_the Editor of The St In Sunday morning's paper was an item by the A. P. in which it was stated that Coolidge had started something by asking for the dirivation of the word “Creole,” and that the Creoles of New Orleans were wondering why the meaning of servant should attach to this term. I am inciosing below for publication an explanation. New Orleans people as well as the public generally will be interested: The word “Creole,” derived from criado, a servant, as applied to the an- clent Spanish nobility in the age of chivalry, was a term symbolic of the highest idealism. The Spanish knight spoke of himself always as in the serv- ice of his lady love who buckled on his armor. The same idea is expresied in the motto of the German Emperor, “Ich dien,” I serve. Ruskin also speaks of the true king as guiding and serving his ople rather than as ruling over them. t is also implicit in the sentiment “No- blesse oblige.” And in the practice of education in music will be immeasurably | sign! With joy intense it made him laugh, | very formal le of signing letters as “Your obedient servant.” And finall; in the words of Christ: “But he that greatest among you shall be your serve ant.” 8. C. McC. LESS. | THIS AN D THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Another great favorite of the read world of the '80s and '90s was H& Corelli, a young Englishwoman who became famous overnight with “A Ro- mance of Two Worlds.” We picked up her “Thelma” an- other sure-fire “hit” of those fine old days, trying to see if we could find out why we liked it when we read it many years ago. Yes, it was and is a good tale, in a melodramatic way, but that was not what interested us most in this second reading. Time can do a great deal to one, there is no doubt of that. The chief interest in the rereading lay in the amusement derived from comparing Miss_Corelli's opinions on government, | 50, art and so on, as set forth ip “Thelma,” with the present-day verdict of history and men upon the same. Her verdict on America, as expressed by one of her characters, is amusing, to say the least. It shows that the tend- e}?icy to look with alarm is no new thing. “Progress!"” exclaimed Guldmar. “Not a bit of it! It is all a going back- wa’x;d; it may not seem apparent, but it is so. “England, for instance, is losing the great place she once held in the world's history—and these things always hap- pen to all nations when money be- comes more precious to the souls of the people than honesty and honor. “I take the universal widespread greed of gain to be one of the worst signs of the times—the forewarning of some great upheaval and disaster, the effects of which no human mind can calculate.” Let us stop long enough to say that here Marie Corelli, considering that “Thelma” was written about 1888, did a pretty good job of predicting the World War. Of course, prophets and prophetesses always have been in- clined to dabble in ‘“great upheavals and disasters.” but that fact cannot detract from the fact that she did pre- dict “a great disaster, the effects of which no human mind can calculate.” | The London Conference bears that out amply. * ok ok % But let Guldmar continue, even more ificantly: “I am told that America is destined to be the dominating power of the future—but I doubt it! 1Its politics are too corrupt—its people live too fast and burn their candle at both ends, which is unnatural and most un- wholesome; moreover, it is almost des- titute of art in its highest forms—and is not its confessed watchword ‘the almighty dollar'? “And such a cmmu& as that expects to arrogate to itself the absolute sway of the world? “I tell you, no—ten thousand times no! It is destitute of nearly every- thing that has made nations great and all-powerful in _historic annals—and my belief is that what has been will be again—and that what has never been will never be.” All this sounds extremely familiar. Yes, Europeans in large numbers are i';i'l'l! shouting it to any one who will n. Our politics are corrupt! We live too fast! We burn the candle at both ends, indeed! And especially are we destitute of art in its higher forms! Ah, yes! And our con! almighty dollar!” Miss Corelli, however, got the jump on her compatriots by many, many years. Yet the change of the years, helped by that great disaster, that tre- mendous upheaval known as the World War, has done much to make America the dominating power of the world, even if she has not arrogated to her- self “the absolute sway.” * ok ok X Miss Corelli had a very poor opinion, evidently, of the American girl. She WASHINGTON Without any preliminary warning the Department of Justice last week an- nounced the filling of an anti-trust prosecution against a score of Pacific Coast ofl companiss including such industrial giants as the Standard Ofl Co. of California and the Shell Co. A price-fixing conspiracy is charged. A more vigorous anti-trust policy than had prevailed under Mr. Coolidge was foreshadowed soon after Mr. Hoover took office. There has been no fanfare of trumpets about it, bi. Attorney General Mitchell and his aides have been working along these lines, d their labors are beginning to bear fruit. Two months a series of important inst Fox Films, Warner Bros. other moving picture com- panies was sfarted, charging monopoly. Another important suit was against the Great Western Sugar Co. The present proceeding against the oil companies is the eighth anti-trust case instituted since last March. More suits of like character are said to be in near pros- pect, though there is no hint as to the particular targets of attack. It is of interest to note in this con- nection that during the five and one- half years Mr, Coolidge was in office a total of 75 anti-trust suits were insti- tuted by the Department of Justice and during Mr. Harding’s brief span in office 50 such sults were brought. This record does not bespeak any inactivity | in the anti-trust field. e . Future historians will not fail to note the fact that the momentous Senate battle on the confirmation of Chief Justice Hughes was started b fluke. Except for the stubborn objection of Cole Blease of South Carolina, who in- sisted on a day's delay, in order that he might offer medical certificates to buttress his fantastic claim that Mr. Taft's illness was greatly exaggerated, and his resignation procured under duress, the Senate would have confirm- ed Mr. Hughes immediately after his nomination was reported from com- mittee. Norris and Blaine were the only Senators to record themselves against confirmation and Norris alone desired to speak before the Senate acted. He read his statement with an air almost of apology for publicly voicing a word of criticism. When Norris had finished and the vote was to be taken, it was Norris who pleaded with Blease to withdraw his objection and permit im- mediate confirmation. But Blease per- sisted, the Senate recessed, and next day the smoldering hostility burst into flames and spread with incredible rapidity. W The swearing in of Chief Justice Hughes, which will take place next Monday, will be a ceremony of extreme simplicity. Mr. Hughes will file in with the other justices, when the court con- venes at noon, and take his stand by the chair in the center of the “bench.” He will take the oath in phraseology the same as taken by every Federal court judge, administered by Oliver ‘Wendell Holmes, senior associate jus- tice. Then the judges will sit down and the regular business of the day will pro- ceed. The Supreme Court chamber seats about 250 persons. No tickets of admis- sion for the Hughes ceremony will be issued. Some of the seats will be roped off for members of the immediate fami- | lies of the justices, and as to the re- mainder, first come, first served. * oK ok ok Massachusetts Republicans received two announcements last, week, close on the heels of their unexpected Waterlou in the special congressional election in the Springfield district, neither of which tended to add to their peace of mind. One" was a statement from former Sen- ator Willlam M. Butler that his hat was irrevocably in the ring for the Republi- can senaforial nomination. His battle cry is defense of Massachusetts business and industry from the assaults upon it by the West and South. His statement izes that prohibition is to be major issue also, and he promises to meet that issue squarely in a l\l!;ner fessed watchword is "'.he‘[ introduces one, a certain Miss Marci in the following \vords: . “At the sound of his voice, Miss Marcia stops and regards him with a surprised smile. She is very pretty, is Marcia—bewitchihgly pretty—and she has an air of demure grace and modesty about her that is perfectly charming. “Why, oh why she not remain m m’]t syl) h-gk: l!tltltufle l:l question- g silence? But she speaks—an charm lalbl'o){!ll'l.ne sy “ ‘Waal now 'w tell!* she exclaims. T n,\guxht E’x"' were X1nd!:l-n'-lll Ma, would yew have conclu to find Lord Algy here? This is too lovely! If I'd known yew were coming I'd have “?P.‘?ed at home—yes, I would—that's ‘The author continues on at this rate for several pages, with “Dew tell” be! shrieked by the pretty Marcia at almost every line. Miss Corelll had a ve) of Emile Zola, the tman, the great ist, and of Walt ‘Time has long si Bt R S e e relli and her - tion they were new, dlnurbln(‘etnorcufl. in the world of letters. In her oThelma” she has one character say, In brief’ what would it avail to write ashe%nndl:{ tu ]shakespeue‘ or Scott, i society clamors for others of his sehool?” ke leanwhile Thelma'’s blue e; o nof ow that name,” . “Zolal—what is he? He cl:lkl?lgo:‘llfile great. Shakespeare, I know—he is the glory of the world, of course; I think him as noble as Homer.” Zola could not be great, evidently, be- cause she had not heard of him. Such, unfortunately, is the attitude of thou- sands of readers. In another scene the roue nox is being carried to his room after an accident. “And there, in a luxuri- ous apartment furnished with almost feminine elegance, they lifted the in- animate form from the stretcher and laid it down, still shrouded, on a velvet sofa, removing two of Zola's novels to make room for the heavy, unconscious figure.” Thus the poor Zola was linked up with the worst sort of debauchery. But time has long vindicated Emile Zola of all such charges. Ty poor opinion at French novel- Len- * k% ‘Walt Whitman, America’s good gray poet, whose fame grows with the ymli and whose monumental “Leaves of Grass” is issued in ever-increasing edi- tions, comes in for Miss Corelli's par- ticular scorn. In one place she speaks of “the com- monplace sentence-writing of Walt Whitman,” whatever that means, and near the end of the book—for she never gave up hammering America and things American—she has a character declare: “That -any reasonable Englishman with such names as Shakespeare, Byron, Keats and Shelley, to keep the glories of their country warm, should for one moment consider Walt Whitman < poet! Ye ! Where are your thunderbolts?™ “He's an American, isn't he?" asked Errington. “He js, my dear boy! An American whom the sensible portion of America rejects. [Note—This, unfortunately, was true at the time. America has become more sensible since.] We, therefore, out of tion, take him up. regardless of music or Tl 5 A selected passage from Whitman is read. “Stop, stop!” eried Lorimer, putting | his hands to his ears. “This is a prac- ‘t;::njjoke. Butu!' No one would call that jargon ry!” "Oh,r.:mm't they, though!” claimed Lovelace. And he was right. No less a poet than Swinburne did. OBSERVATIONS | | statement soon. T h Mr. Butler has never eulogized eighteenth amendment or the Volstead act, he ran as a dry in his losing battle in 1928 against Senator David I. Walsh. Bay State political wiseacres are now pre- dicting that Mr. Butler will take a “lib- eral” stand on the prohibition question, and declare lor‘mgdlgca:lon. ‘The other announcement from Massa- chusetts of prime political interest was u statement from Robert M. Washburn, president of the Roosevelt Club, that “Senator Borah has accepted my invi- tation to 3petr in Boston before the Roosevelt Club or under other aus) determined by me, on a day to be determined, and speak against th peal of the baby Volstead act.” Refer- endum repeal of the State prohibition enforcement act is to be on the ballot in Massachusetts next Fall. Two years ago Washburn staged a joint debate be- tween Borah and Nicholas Murray But- ler on the prohibition question.” It is to be no joint debate this time, but a call to the Republicans by Borah to “back up the President” on prohibition, according to his Boston manager—a phrase which brings much derisive com- ment from the Bay State press. * K K X President Hoover recognized the fourth estate in naming his commission to in- vestigate Haitlan conditions. Three of the flve members are newspaper pub- lishers—Willlam Allen White of Kansas, James W. Kearney of New Jersey and Elie Vezina of Rhode Island. The first named got into a campaign row with Alfred E. Smith in 1928, the second was a close friend of Woodrow Wilson, who bolted the Smith ticket for Hoover, and the third is also secretary of the Bt. Jean de Baptiste Society, one of the largest French organizations in the country, and a Knight of St. Gregory. His selection was probably due to Sen- ator Hebert of Rhode Island. Both Hebert and Vezina are Canadian born, fine types of the French-Canadian American citizens. With such a per- sonnel, headed by Cameron Forbes, of Massachusetts, former Governor Gen- eral of the Phulpgolnes, Mr. Hoover ought to learn all about Haiti and how to solve the ve:lnk problems there. * ¥ % T The National Republican Club has secured its corporate charter, has per- fected its organization, elected its offi- cers, adopted its by-laws and appointed its standing committee, but is still with- out a club house. Many buildings and building sites are under consideration and it is hoped to have a house warm- ing long before 1932 rolls around. Sen- ator Watson of Indlana is president and congressional leaders in both branches are well represented in the charter membership roll. What the club needs most at the moment is some rich and generous benefactors. (Copyright. 1930.) e There’s Still Hope. From the Loulsville Times. Now, if a “goldfish disease” would only break out, maybe we could get rid of the two most useless domestic pests. ——o—s No Cure. From the San Antonio Express. A Philadelphia judge lately put a bibliomaniac on probation. Why not try curing him on a diet of best sellers? ———— oo Try and Prove It. From the Detroit News. An ambulance has the right of way because the pedestrian has the righ of way and there is a pedestrian in ambulance. [ . Or Forever Hold the Pieces. Prom the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Home rule is promised for Wales. I{ | there is to be a reform in the lg:lun[ of place names, it would better un- ! dertaken now. p. His | chief recommendation is that he writes | blatantly concerning commonplaces— | NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1930. Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. The entry of Mrs. Medill McCormick into the senatorial primary. this year against Senator Deneen will bring about | a loss in the woman membership in the House, unless the unexpected should happen. Illinois has two so-called Rep- resentatives at large, chosen in State- ide elections. There are nearly a :wre of candidates for the Republican nominations for these two places, and only the possibility, it is said, that one woman will be a_ candidate for the nomination, Harold L. Ickes of | Winnetks, in Cook County, just out side of Chicago. Her husband was na- | tional committeeman for Illinois in the Bull Moose movement and she has been a member of the State Legislature. * ok kK | d has come that Frank L. Sn-\‘;a:, ‘“l’ll;:; was nominated and elected | to the Senate in 1926, but who was not | permitted to take the oath of office and | who later resigned and sought the re- publican nomination for the Senate again, but was defeated by Senator Glenn, is to try for the nomination for | Represenative at large in Illinois. Col. | Smith was a member of the House a ber of years ago, before becoming| ::‘:flnnln ofyflm Illinols Public Utilities | Commission, a job he held when he entered the race for the Senate. It was the contribution of more than $125,000 to his cam) fund by public utility magnates t caused his undoing and prevented him from getting his seat in the Senate originally. It was reported that he will seek vindication again at the hands of the voters. If he is elected to the House Col. Smith will have the rivilege of entering the Senate cham- ger. the door of which was closed to him by a vote of the Senate. * % X ¥ will former Representative George E. Foss and former Representative Frank Foss was prominent in the House and served as chairman of the House naval affairs committee when he was in that body. Among the other candidates ‘for the nomination are Edward M. Willlams and E. J. Hargrave of Cook is generally expected, how- ever, that the winners of the two nomi- nations for Representative at large, on the ublican side, will be found in the list of former' members of Congress and the sitf member, Yates, who have entered the contest. The two can- didates receiving the highest number of votes will be the nominees. Illinois is strongly Republiccn and the Republican nomination will be tantamount to elec- tion, unless there should be a tremen- dous political upheavcl between now and next November—which is not likely to happen. b o il ‘The Illinois primary is the first oM the list this year, coming in April. Mrs. McCormick is conducting an ac- tive campaign for the nomination against Senator Deneen. The Deneen forces insist, however, that the Sen- ator has all the better of the situation and that things are looking better daily. Senator Deneen has been in Washing- ton the greater part of the time, at work on the tariff bill, first as a mem- ber of the finance committee which re- ported the bill and then during the debate of the bill in the Senate. It is expected, however, that he will get Into the State for a fast wind-up of the campaign after that bill shall have passed the Senate, or before, if neces- | sary. Mrs. McCormick has been making an anti-World Court campaign, a cam- paign which won the nomination for Frank L. Smith, very largely, against the late Senator Willlam D."McKinley, who had, like Senator Deneen, voted for American adherence to the court when the matter was before the Sen- ate. According to reports, however, there has not been a great deal of in- terest in this issue at this time in Illinots. * ok ok % Former Gov. Alvan T. Fuller of Mas- sachusetts has telegraphed Joseph L. Simon, chairman of the blican city committee of Salem, that “fully ex- | pects to be a candidate for States Senate.” Mr, Fuller’s message from Florida, where he is now avoiding the chill winds of the Bay State, was read here today with great interest. Some of the members of the Massa- chusetts delegation do not take the message too seriously, although it is perhaps the most finite statement which Mr. Fuller has yet made about the senatorial nomination. They sa; that Mr. Fuiler has shouted “Wolf!” too often in the past. They want a defi- nite announcement—"I will be a can- didate for the Republican nomination for Senator in the primary next Sep- tember”—before they are willing to ad- mit that he is really going into the Cvery cne In the Rerublioen ety every one party wl has been mentioned in connection wh the senatorial nomination. If b~ 5 into the race he may find a few orick- bats coming his way, too. All of this kind of thing is nuts for the Democrats, who remember how effectively former Representative Butler Ames tied the lobbx‘ut title on Loring Young, his suc- cessful opponent in the primary cam- paign in 1928 and who was later de- feated by Senator David 1. Walsh. Two announced candidates for the Republican senatorial nomination are former Senator William M. Butler and S. Draper. The latter is a wet and funning as such. Mr. Butler has lemhnd to state his position on pro- bition, If Mr. Fuller gets into a tri- angular race for nomination, he is likely to win. But if Mr. Dl‘lg:;e ease himself out of the pic laig®, provided Fuller was in the race, Fuller would have a real fight on his hands, with the organization and plenty of enemies attacking him. It been published many times that the Hoo- ver administration, which means Presi- dent Hoover in the end, is not anxious to have Mr. Fuller come to Washing- ton as Senator, fearing he would )r:#n the “bolsheviks” in the Senate. The fact of the matter is that Mr. Fuller is highly regarded by the White House and there would be no hand raised to prevent his being nominated for the Senate. Mr. Fuller was an ardent Hoover man in the early days of the presidential pre-convention campaign. * ok ok % The Republicans are ti to get themselves adjusted to Il‘;:‘nl'lcl tg:t the Democrats won the second Massa- chusetts congressional district with Willlam J. Granfield as their candi- date in the recent special election there. Despite the fact that there is unem- loyment and unrest in the district, the publicans who have looked into the situation insist that the liquor question had more to do with the result than any other factor. Pirst, because the district is wet, and second, because their candi- date, Griggs, straddled the issue, and lost many dry Republican votes he would otherwise have had. The wets believe they won-a victory in the second district, no matter what the Demo- crats say about industrial conditions and the Hoover administration having been factors in the special election. Republican leaders in the House were satisfled when Representative Guardia of New York arose and hailed the result in the second district as a wet victory. It took the curse off the assertions that the district went Demo- cratic because of unrest and dissatis- faction with the administration. They should have tipped off the veteran, Representative Treadway, dean of the Massachusetts delegation, however, they had a desire to make this impres- sion stick. For Mr. Treadway in his turn arose and declared that it was not the wet and dry issue which settled the election disastrously for the Re- publicaps but the industrial situation, due to the failure to pass the tariff bill, ete. g * ok k% ‘The Republican leadership is get! restive over the long delay el; the.:lgl? It does not lke frame of mind - that business is getting into because of this delay. It does not like the ing | ing the regular courses. (cent living in In addition to Col. Smith, Represent- | tive Yates, now a Representative at | large, will seek the nomination, and so | H. Funk of the Bloomington district. | pot, the “United | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Have we had the pleasure of serving you through our Washington Informa- By TS i o provemsr Our elp to in prol Dulrl‘nm yfl' to ’?u“mhh you with authoritative information, and we in- vite you to ask us any question of fac i o) The Eventot Star Informerion nquiry to The Even! r B\?;lelrlyl. Frederic J. 'Hllkin, director, Washington, D. C. Inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return 2 How many: :;c\woll- are using radios now?—E. 3 A. Of more than 600 licensed broadcasting _stations, 77 are owned and operated by educational institutions. Nearly 300 commercial stations report a weekly average of approximately 60 hours of broadcasting, including about 13 per cent classed as educational. In addition, several State Departments of Education employ the radio to some extent, Ohio ha a one-hour program for every school day. Lately the first program of the American ool of the Alr was launched, the audience con- sisting of 1,500,000 school children. Hereafter instruction will be given twice a week in various subjects, supplement- Q. How mmy—.e'fimenu have been discovered in the past 50 years?—S. L. A. About 20 h):‘v‘! been discovered in the last half century. Q. What is the population of Porto Rico to the square mile?—H. L. A. Porto Rico has an area of 3435 to the square mile. of the population is cities. Q. How cold is it at the bottom of the ocean?—T. D. A. In the ocean there is rapid de- crease in temperature with depth until about 400 fathoms is reached, when there is a very gradual lowering to the Ay nttof ab Trom 52 ‘degtess practically uniform a Fahrenhelt to 35 degrees Fahrenheit and is independent of latitude. . What was the name of the first lneflun chief ho verted to to Christianity in This happened August 13, 1587, on the Island of Roanoke, a part of the Raleigh colony. As there were Roman Catholic missionaries as early as 1502, lomew de las Casas came to America, some other Indian chief might have become a convert before Manteo, but it has not been recorded. Q. Do coast States show larger iodine content in their fruit and vegu- u.blsu than States in the interior?— R. 8. A. It is true that they do. Q. Is the number of child workers increasing in the United States?— M. M. A. It is decreasing. In 1912 there were 1,090,000 child workers, while the latest census reports show 1,060,000. Q. How much territory does the Colorado River drain?—R. H. A. It drains a territory of 300,000 square miles. ’Qé WT'hll is the tambour stitch?— ‘A, This embroidery stitch was made with a tambour needle, which was BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN, the process 400 tambour - stitch was in effect & chain stitch. Q. How did the Greeks celebrate victories?—J. L. A. To ocelebrate . & victory the Greeks placed laurel wreaths on the brow of the victors and erected small winged figures called Victories to com- memeorate some great event. Q. When was Carlyle House in Al- exandria, Va, built>—K. B. C. A. It was built by John Carlyle in 1752, at a period when Alexandria was the metropolis of the British Em- pire in America. Carlyle House was a center of momentous events in Co- lonial and early United States history. Q. Please E" an example of an m;ndo ‘which gradually submerging. A. “The Island of Capri offers an unusual example of submergence with- in historic times. In ancient times a ing is now partislly submerged. In suié caves of the Bermuda Island stalactites hang from the roof and ex- tend into the sea water, which partially fills the cave. Stalactites obviously could not have been formed in water, prov- ing that at one time the island greater elevation. These islands seem to be disaj , but in this case & very slow one. Q. Can an automobile be taken into Me free of duty by a n_move ing there for residence?—W. T. 8. A. Automobiles, musical instruments and articles of luxury cannot be im- rted into Mexico free of duty as ousehold . Only used furniture is admitted under this category. Q. When was the Band of H organized?—F. 8. - = was organized in Eng- A band of hope is any of many local temperance associations in the United Kingdom. 38 Rebecos West & pen name? A1t is the pen name of Clelly Isabel Fairfleld, an Who de- Q. Prom what language is the word "ll;ll‘l'{:!" u.ken’l—a.w!.b:!‘ o thought a eorruption of the Spanish “el lagarto.” Hawkins employed the term “alagartoes” in 1594. Q. If a foreigner takes out an Amer- ican patent, does it make him arf Amer- ican citizen?—S. E. W. 3 are of the citisenship of the person who applies for the patent. Therefore the granting of a patent has no significance as to one's cit N . Should raw caulifiower be kept in the vegetable basket or in the re- frigerator?—G. 8. . It should be kept in the refrig- erator. Caulifiower is in reality a mass of tiny blossoms and should be treated as flowers would be. Hold the cauli- | flower, encircled with green leaf bases, flowers down, under the cold-water Gently shake off all excess ‘Wrap in paraffined paper to ‘ve the moisture and to &'.ev'nt practically a crochet hook, and the conser! diffusion of odor throughout Te- frigerator. of » Democratic Represent- ative in from the second { Massachusetts district produces no unanimity of opinion as to the causes. One simple explanation is that the dis- trict voted wet. ther is that the Republican candidate by appesling to both wets and drys brought con- demnation on himself. Some observers believe that business conditions and dissatisfaction with administration achievements produced a weakening of party allegiance. Declaring that “nothing like the Re- publican crash has ever happened here before,” the Spri ld publican (independent), publi in the district, %m the course of its comnent: > public has as much reason for discontent with a party unable to func- tion in legislation, although iven heavy majorities in both houses, as it ever had with the same party turning out tari laws tdhn proyoke u‘:&mml B“; fen.ment and poj opposition. Bul the situation for mp“b}lclns in this c’strict was made worse by far when their candidate, somewhat belatedly, tried to play with both sides on the prohibition question.” * ok K % “As & matter of fact,” says the Raleigh News and Observer (Demo- cratic), “the Democrat elected was openly hostile to the eighteenth amend- ment and the Republican who lost pledged himself to vote to amend it in a wet way. Many voters, most of them dry, stayed away from the election.” The Topeka Dally Capital (Republican) concludes that “it is not likely that the capture of a Massachusetts seat in Con- gress will cause any grert Democratic enthusiasm.in favor of going wet again in the next presidential campaign,” and offers the explanation: “The result was expected because of the complete chaos of the situation when the candidate (Griggs) announced that he would favor repeal of the eighteenth amendment. As the Democratic candi- date was notoriously wet, the drys were up against it. They put in nomination a dry candidate on petition, but the only effect of this maneuver was to crease the Democrat's majority.” “All of New England not sur- rendered all attachment to old Ameri- Dally Tribune (Republican), “and where they are held important the Republican party is held responsible for the viola- tions of them, as it is. The Whig party, which was its father, and the Federalist party, which was its grandfather, both killed themselves by supporting oppres- sive laws which denied freedom. It may not be the coroner which the Re- publican party sees across the street, but then, again, it may be.” * Kk ok ¥ The Baltimore Sun (independent Democratic) finds logic in the statement of the Hartford Courant (independent Republican) ‘“attribut the upset to the wet sentiment in Massachusetts,” while the Providence Journal (independ- &"i’a'fi"‘ ‘;l"hoe convlct.tl‘on remains at Springfleld, Chicopee, Northampion :23 their :goclned towns have ldm'lhn- ered another muhmz blow at the rohibition cause. The ds of pro- bition repeal will take heart*by reason of it, and we shall hear, long before the ides of November, much more concern- ing the temporary abandonment of party lines by voters who think and feel strongly as to the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act.” 3 Griggs, the Republican nomi- idea of having the G. O. P. charged with inefficlency because a number of nts from the West have hooked the Democrats tlrelarlammnu But, whatever it is, the bill is still in the Senate after many months of talk, and not likely to get qut until some time toward the middle of March. If the country gets up in arms over the situation the blame is just as likely to fall on the publican | victory in the can principles,” thinks the Chicago | d Various Explanations Given For G. O. P. Loss in Bay State nee,” according to the New Ya’ Times (independent), * man of a ability. He was a little too clever. A good dry in the Legislature, he knew the district was wet. seemed a rather violent somersault. | mitigated and wabbled.” The Boston Transcript (indenendent) adds that “no political aspirant will try the trick of standing with one foot in a dry bucket and the other in a wet.” The St. Paul Ploneer Press (independent) comments: “The predominance given the wet issue might very reasonably prompt the con- clusion' that this district was le-s eager to draw Republican blood than it was to draw a liquid more suitable for bev- erage purposes. Possibly the Republican candidate would have got along more happily without the generous support and indcrsement given by the Anti- Saloon League and other ary organi- zations.” =¥ u ¥ “Well, it is a distressing mess,” con- cludes the Worcester Telegram (inde- ndent). “Republican State Chairman lor has_been devotedly journeying about the State exhorting the faithful to forget there is such a thing as a prohibition issue and stand by their party nominees. In the second district the estimable Mr. G evidently be- lieved they would do this little thing. He appealed to the drys as one of their own and to the wets as one who would vote their way. And he lies in a crumpled heap at the botf of the elevator mme s “The fact that an avowed ‘wet’ is preferred in this Republican Gibraltar to a ‘moist-arid’ candidate,” remarks the Birmingham News (Democratic) “is likely to be mur&:md by ‘wets' as a rebuff to prohibition. From this judg- ment that the ‘wets' have won a lasting second Massachusetts this now-snper is inclined to dissent. It would seem, that unemployment and dissatisfaction with governmental poli- ‘Washington—particularly with inept hfi:r;hi{hlun hfl.flblullhflon—ll responsil lor Republican reverse. The Roanoke Times (indépendent Dem- ocratic) records that Granfiel cessful candidate, “made his campaign largely on the unemployment issue, and lemanded that the voters elect him as- a rebuke to the Federal administration’s fallure to acknowledge or solve the problem of His 17,000 majority gives istration leaders molmu to think about,” concludes at paper. = “The election insures a special effort on the part of the Democrats to elect their te to the Senate in the Fall election,” tHe Columbus Ohio State Journal (independent Republican) believes, while the Haverhill Gasette (independent) states: at the busi- ness situation as a political factor can- not and will not be ignored is eclearly shown by tiis election. Our opinion is +| that President Hoover hds done about everything that he could do to restore the confidence in the national economic structure, that was impaired by the stock market decline of the Fall. Nev- ertheless, Republicans can consider that & serious handicap has been overcome for them if, when election time arrives next Fall, business conditions are satis- factory.” —— e He's the Head Man. Prom the Hamiiton Mpectator. C";I;or:' than 19,000 lmpumnu of Chicago are worl Wi m, but we haven't heard nfn pson is one of them. - So That's It! From the Port Worth Star-Telegram. Gen. Summerall says soldiers wei. dressed are better fij This ex- E\l‘l“". that old Mfl;m' ¥ “dressed 1o He Lost His Car. Prom the Asheville Times. :gmmmr-mn"fweu‘ m‘m. 88 upon e insurgents an ts. After all, the blicans majority in »m.. of w The State highwa trol announce: won't the have to be increased to find that rare bird? .