Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1930, Page 36

2 {THE EVENING ‘With WASHINGTON, D. C. BUNDAY...c.o..March 9, 1030 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... BEditor The Evening Star N Company . e Bonnevivints Ave °3I'a.;ti. n%ul'fi%g:: Bagiand. B | either the majority or the minority of the Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. ind and Virginia. oe 8 400 Ffly and Sunday only .. unday only yra # e soan e e, y and Sunday. G : 1 mo.. $1. L L Member of the Associated Press. 6 1 exclusively entitiea The ‘Associaied ot A o Pt at o bl B o8 it or ot otherwi ered- peper and 0 e I new! pul ied berein 1\l rights of publication special dispatches are also reserved. 0.00; 1 mo... i § mo. : 1 mo.. herein Speed in the Air. ‘The resignation of Lieut. Alford Wil- HNams, erack racing plilot of the Navy, to continue his experiments on high- speed craft with the object of bringing back to America the world's record in the air, will be welcomed by all those in aviation circles who feel that the United States is falling lamentably be- hind in development of fast aircraft. ‘Williams, who occupies a unique place in the fiying world because of his almost single-handed fight for the past four years to enter a ship in the classic Schneider Cup races, was removed ‘Wednesday from his specialized work | men who seek out the straight road for - | —not free thought for those who agree that there or feared in the There should be and it is devou be hoped that there always will be able dissenters on the bench of the highest court of the land. But the real pic- ture of this great man and great jurist is clouded and one loses its full per- spective by dwelling too long upon the mere fact of his dissent. Most of his opinions, expressing the thought of court, have added to the knowledge of those who must follow. Their pres- ervation is secured, for they become the {molds in which thought is patterned. | One may forget the points in law in- | volved, what the court decided or why it reached its decision in the Rosika Schwimmer case, but one does not for- get that “If there is any principle in the Constitution that more impera- tively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought with us, but freedom for the thought that we hate.” Such passages, and there are many, become identified more with the strug- gles of men to perfect their art of living together than with the musty records of the law. A great American, as well as a distinguished jurist, has celebrated his eighty-ninth birthday. ———— The Church Survey. Beginning tomorrow, some twenty- five hundred persons representing in all about one hundred and twenty-five churches of the Protestant denomina- tions in Washington will conduct & “di- and ordered to sea duty. His resigna- tion immediately followed. Despite his failure to enter the last two Schneider races with ships financed by private capital, the Navy pilot has unquestionably added much to the slender store of knowledge possessed by man in regard to high-speed planes. He s at present the holder of the American established seven years ago, but the extent to which the United States has fallen behind other nations can readily be realised with & glance at the new world mark of England, of 357 miles per hour. In fact, Willlams is so sshamed of the slow speed of Ameri- can craft that he facetiously cautioned Kaye Don, the English automoblle Tacer who is soon to attempt trials at Daytona Beach, not to go faster in his car than Williams did nearly a decade 8g0 in the fastest plane yet developed t's resignation follows it of Lieut. James Doo far i rected survey” of the Capital. They wilh go from house to house to make what may be called a church census of the Distriet. They will not be evangelists in the usually accepted sense. They will engage in no persuasions or arguments, but will merely record the factd as far as they may be obtained regarding the church affiliations or non-affiliations of the people. These facts will be recorded on cards which will later be classified according to the disposition of the indi- viduals and their denominational pref- erences. So that in the case of those who are disposed to attend or to affiliate with particular denominations or churches they may be directly invited at a later stage of this church crusade. This, in brief, is the method to be followed in the survey just about to begin. The preparatory work of in- struction of the members of the survey groups has been carefully done, and these 2,500 workers are ready to cover the whole District in a short time, per- haps three or four weeks. These are the scouts, the enumerators, the fact i i , who occupled almost in that branch of Willlams in the every other phase of the United States England and Italy pment of fast military the loss of two such outstanding felt. Assuredly it that the two could not offer sufficlent attrac- hold men who have contributed bly to the science of flying. i ' séparation from .the.Navy will mean much to civil aviation. The work is effect on for com- : s | i 1 EE e ; i g g £ B i 1 | il 1 H safety are the two main ccessful - commercial aviae not far distant will demand the former. of airplane travel, are getting a few times aloft or inordinate love of sensation of flying, is the amount ‘While the statement i seem quite safe to flying over long distances is in its monotony as train due to “bumpy” air conditions. landing flelds situated any- from fifteen minutes to an hour point of both departure and des- the amount of time necessary be saved by an airplane to render method of transportation attrac- to the public can readily be seen. is no uncommon experience of an air traveler to find that, while the ac- time necessary to reach his may be only two hours, the will actually take in the neighbor- four hours, due to the distant the mafjority of airports. , it is up to the commer- be. capable of making up time that is inevitably lost transporting of passengers to landing felds, and to do this it will become increasingly necessary to de- velop high speed in the air. That com- mercial aviation is not unmindful of this fact was shown by the eage with Which & civilian plane won from the fastest ships that the services could muster in the national air races in Cleveland last Fall. But continued work 16 necessary, and Williams' self- imposed task of studying the intricate Question of speed may result in putting America in the lead at least as far as ¢ommercial flying is concerned. ————— Occasionally & “Communist” parade is like & story which manages to at- tract passing attention by the selection ©of & startling title. —_——— A Great American. Mr. Justice Holmes is eighty-nine years old, but there must be more than & tinge of reluctance on the part of that unnumbered host of admirers who join in the birthday congratulations. Eighty- nine birthdays are so many! One could ‘wish that there were but sixty-two of them, say, and that for the next twen- ty-seven years, and more, there would be sitting on the bench of the United States Supreme Court that grand old man whose contributions to law and letters and the philosophy of living have set him just a little bit apart and & little bit ahead of his fellow men. In the twenty-seven years and three months that he has been a member of the court, Justice Holmes has been held up and praised as the “great dissenter,” 8 term that is unfortunate and in a way misleading in its connotation. For while he has never failed to exercise the right of dissent, there has been only one #ase where he stood alone against the ’E?ga v5E finders. They should be recelved with courtesy and given the information they seek. No person approached will be under the slightest obligation. No pledges will be asked. Nor later in the second phase of the campaign of “visi- tation evangelism” will any person be stressed or intruded upon in the en- deavor fo align “prospects” for church membership. 2 This 18 & new form of evangelism, replacing to a large extent the intensive campaigns of speakers. Better results have been gained by this quiet, direct method of what may be called census and individual approach. As & result of & campaign recently conducted in Norfolk and the Tidewater cities of Vir- ginis some 5,000 persons were received into church membership of various de- nominations. The results in additions to the churches are said to be from forty to sixty per cent of those visited. It is estimated that in this city out of 550,000 persons perhaps as meny as 250,000 have no church affiliations, and it is hoped that as a result of the sur- vey this number may be greatly re- duced and the church population of in this survey should give frank, full answers and should, if now without church affiliations, recelve in & co- operative spirit those who ecall later for the discussion, not of theology, but of the practical question of re- ligious relationship. ——— High-power telescopes are objects of especial interest to astronomers at present. As a student of the political skles Mr. Hoover does not need any- thing of the kind in order to discern a prosperity constellation, which in & short time will become distinctly vistble in all parts of the world. ——atee. The Michigan Avenue Death Trap. A difficult situation has developed in Brookland, in the matter of the cor- rection of the grade crossing st Michi- gan avenue. That crossing is one of the most dangerous ever known in the District, masked on one side completely and so nearly masked on the other as to prevent clear view of the tracks for & safe distance. Gates have been in- stalled and are for the most part main- tained faithfully. But gates are not a sufficient protection—have never been considered an adequate safeguard. ‘Tragedies have occurred at this point, and as long as the street is used at grade over the tracks they will con- tinue to be enacted. A block to the south of this crossing & street, off the direct line of Michigan | avenue travel, has been carried across the tracks by a viaduct with a street car line. It is not wide enough for the full flow of trafic if Michigan avenue were to be closed. It is now proposed to widen it; indeed, virtually to re- build it. An item to that effect has been recommended for insertion in the District appropriation bill, equitably di- viding the cost between the District and the raillroad company. But the residents of Brookland protest against the closing of Michigan avenue and the deflection of traffic to the Monroe street viaduct. They have just expressed themselves emphatically to that effect in a meeting. There should be two viaducts in Brookland, the existing one at Monroe street and & new one at Michigan ave- nue, the latter either on the present direct line of the street or on a slightly deflected line such as is proposed by the National Capital Park and Plannthg Commission with a view to a better utilization of the space at this point. There should be no mak:shift post- ponements of the Michigan avenue viaduct ‘work.. Even if the Monroe THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 9, 1930—PART TWO. accommodate the greater volume of traffic, there will be need of the other, which would serve a line of travel quite different from that which at present flows over Monroe street. Michigan avenue is being widened and straightened about half a mile to the west of the grade crossing for the accommodation of the constantly in- creasing traffic. It should be treated in the same way at the crossing point, given an adequate overpass in direct line, and not—even for provisional pur- poses, which may easily become perma- nent—deflected over a by-pass route which already has all it can handle and which, even widened, will be only of the right size for the assured increase. In any case, whatever the difficulties of adjustment, this Michigan avenue grade crossing should be eliminated. It has stood for years as a menace. It should have been corrected long ago. Further delay in settling the problem, for any reason or on any excuse, is an invitation to disaster. The Loss of Abingdon. A sentimental, if not historic, land- mark in this region has just been de- stroyed. Abingdon, the birthplace of Nellle Custis, George Washington's step- daughter, was recently destroyed by fire. The house was so old that the flames which spread from a chance brush fire could not be checked, though fire-ighting apparatus was sent to it from Alexandria. Abingdon stood in an isolated posi- tion. It was mot well known save to those intimately familiar with the neigh- borhood, but it was nevertheless re- garded as worthy of preservation. Efforts to that end in the past failed largely because of the surroundings, which would have required redemption to give the old bullding a proper setting as a “shrine.” ‘The original structure of Abingdon was erected in 1608. It was in after years the home of Mrs. Martha Custis, whose daughter Nellie was born there. Later George Washington, who married Mrs. Custis, was the owner of the prop- erty. For the reason alone of its being part of his holdings, it was worthy of preservation, however much it may have lost of its original fabric through re- pairs and past restorations. Virginia is rich in historic scenes and structures. Many of them have been carefully preserved and are today cher- ished by the American people, who visit them in patriotic pilgrimage. Abing- don has been lost forever through lack of enterprise or funds. Perhaps it may some day be reproduced in replica. Standing as it did close to the projected Mount Vernon Boulevard, there should in any case be a marker at the spot. ———— London players presenting Shake- speare have in one slight respect proved & disappointment to playgoers who think that English to be correct must show certain differences of tone and enunciation from American speech. It has been demonstrated that the culti- vated players of the United States and of Great Britain speak their common language in the same manner, ————— Justice Holmes of the Supreme Court is in his ninetieth year, and has never yet been under pragmatic suspicion that he has not done everything pos- sible to speed up the work of the Judiciary. ————— Lieut. Alford J. Williams resigns from the Navy in order to devote himself to aviation. The ocean as & scene of fascinating adventure has been dis- placed by the boundless sky. ‘Trotsky is not wanted in Spain. No doubt he has his trusty typing machine still with him and will soon be ready to make alleged persecution a theme for political publicity. ——ee——— ‘When there is no outsider due for investigation a member of thes United States Senate will occasionally request & confrere to report for martyrdom. ——————— Boston having had a tea party years ago now develops & group of citizens who deem it thelr duty to upset the demijohn. ————————— One of the definitions of unemploy- ment is “too much time to attend ball games and not enough of the price of admission,” v SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNBSON. New Leaves. On New Year day when hopes were gay, I shunned repentant grief, And in the good old-fashioned way ‘Turned over a new leaf. March winds are strong. Spring comes along. ‘The Winter chill is brief. Each tree in all the woodland throng ‘Turns over a new leaf. Educating a Constituency. “Every man should vote as he thinks.” “Of course,” answered Senator Sor- ghum, “provided he thinks the way I tell him to0.” Jud Tunkins says a speaker is some- times encouraged to talk a long time because it's cold weather and the folks are in no hurry to leave a nice warm hall, Efficiency. ‘The aviator in the sky ‘To work devotes his pow'rs, And no one says to Lindbergh, “Why Don't you keep office hours?” Dilemma. “It is impolite to stare at a pretty girl,” said the well mannered man. “Of course, it's impolite to stare,” sald Miss Oayenne. “And not to do so is inconsiderate.” “He who thinks only of himself,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “usually has scarcely enough on his mind to prevent him from going to sleep.” Padlocked Garage. John Barleycorn was impolite. Police drew near to picket. When he parked overtime one night, They handed him s ticket. “Dar is lots o' ways of committin’ suicide,” sald Uncle Eben. “One of 'em is to come into dis here settlement wif a set o' loaded dice.” Copying the Aviators. Prom the Cincinnati Times-St street visduct should be widened to laking “A PLACE OF RETIREMENT” BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D. LL. D, Bishop of Washington. Tezt, Jeremiah, vitii.2: “A lodging ‘place of wayjaring men.” | Somé I was talking with a man whe had been conspicuous in the industrial world, and for an avocation was_given to classical study, in which he had made himself a place of dis- tinction. As he talked with me he dis- closed & spirit of restlessness and dis-| fllusionment. He was tired of the so- cial occupations in which from time to time he indulged, the pressure of busi- ness cares, and even the pursuit of his favorite studies palled upon him “I wish I knew of some place to which I could retire and find complete sur- cease from the world of affairs” he said. He was not a recluse, but on the contrary was a lover of his kind. We believe that his yearning for a period of retirement was the expression of a normal-minded man. He was over- strained and neéded that kind of re- freshment that comes from a sense of detachment from the pressing activities of life. If Theodore Roosevelt called his age “strenuous,” what shall we say about the present? At no time in our history has life been more in- tense or the demands more persistent than in this present period. en the youth betrays fatigue. Everything is speeded up. This very condition makes imperative the reed of well defined periods for physical and mental rest and the more serious consideration of the real values of life. The only values that seem to be conspicuous are those that relate to gainful occupations, the pursuit of pleasure or the emolument of office. When the great Master of men realized the exactions under which His immediate followers were laboring, He called them apart into a desert place “rest awhile.” In His own brief, intense ministry He withdrew Himself from the stupendous tasks to which He consecrated Himself. It has been true of every great leader in any sphere of human action that his best work has followed a period of deep reflection and protracted quiet. It would be safe to assume that our efficiency would be greatly increased were we to have pre- scribed periods in which to check up and re-evaluate the things in which we are engaged. It is striking to read of an ancient prophet in a time remote crying out for a lodging place in the wilderness where a wayfaring man might leave his people. The exactions of his office had rendered him incapable of carrying on. e had grown sour and pessimistic. He had come to believe that there was little or nothing of virtue in the world. Hi habitation was “in the midst of deceit.” Like another great prophet, he was ready to plead for his abdication. There was nothing left for him to ds a situation he would seek “a lodging Pplace of wayfaring men.” Through the -long centuries, in the| parghal early Spring, it has been a universal ractice to observe a season known as nt; a season designed to yonunlty for breathing s for intellectual and s ment. It is a period when we may Teasonably allow ourselves greater free- dom from pressing social occupations; more time for the consideration of the deep values of life; more time for closer fellowship with the fine interests of our home life; more time for sober contem- plation of the trends of life and its ul- timate objective. It is a season in which we may recognize the value of “setting-up exercises” for the strength- ening of the things of the soul. That is has a distinct and definite value is clearly obvious. It is supremely needed for young and old alike. We can hardly find ourselves mentally and spiritually normal unless we take opportunity from time to time for the cultivation of those things that pertain to the mind and soul. We are all wayfarers. We live a hand-to-mouth existence. Most of us back order and system in our daily habits. Through an excess of indul- gence we “lay waste our powers.” No one has so emphasized the economies of In such | fpov life as did Jesus. To follow His way of living must mean for each one of us & strengthening and enriching of cha- racter and a better understanding of life’s deeper and truer values. LONDON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. M. Tardieu's disappearance from the Naval Conference is universally and sincerely deplored. Though it fell to his lot to place in the erence’s path the stumbling block which France's naval demands constituted, the late premier's fellow delegates acquired and retained the greatest re- spect for him. He was tenacious with- out being truculent, carrying his Gallic iron hand invariably within a velvet glove. The conference press gallery in particular will miss Tardieu. Journalist himself to the core, he was & past master of the art of dealing with newspaper men. He received them freely at his headquarters in the Carl- ton Hotel, talked with corresponding communicativeness, and, while regis- tering apparently complete frankness, knew always how to play France's ame with consummate cleverness. ile Tardieu played first violin in the conference orchestra the French had incomparably the “best press,” even in Great Britain itself, which is in far from happy mood over the naval pre- tensions of the neighbor across the Channel. Tardieu says he learned how to deal with newspaper men as the re- sult of his year and a half in war-time Washington as French high commis- sioner, B What's in names? In English, Tar- dieu can be freely translated into “late god.” His successor is- named Chau- temps, which can be as freely rendered into “hot time.” The radical Soctalist ministry which succeeds the Tardieu cabinet is, by general consent, headed for an extremely hot time. Its demise may be a matter of record even before these lines can be published in the United States. Since the armistice the French have had something more than 20 different governments—an average of nearly two a year. Tardieu reigned largely three months. * x % % Britons will tell you that nothing so aptly illustrates the prevalling respect for law in these islands as the volun- tary payment of radio-set license fees. Everybody who possesses a set is sub- Ject to a license tax of 10 shillings ($2.50) a year. No tax collector or in- spector is ever sent around to get the money. A &euon ‘who equips himself to listen-in is simply supposed, as soon as his outfit is in working order, to step around to the nearest post office substation and buy & license. The au- thorities believe that bootlegging of sets, i.e, non-payment of the tax, is rare almost to the point of non- existence. As license fees aggregate something 1like $4,500,000 a year, it means that roundly 1,800,000 persons voluntarily obey the license law. This year's revenue is expected to run far ahead of $5,000,000, as “wireless,” like radio in the United States, is increas- ing in popularity from hour to hour. It is practically a government monopoly, though nominally controlled by & pri- vate company called the British Broad- ration. The post office e authorities collect the license tax, but| hrook. turn it over to the “B. B. C.” minus only a nominal percentage for the work involved. All the money is devoted to maintenance of stations and furnishing % * x % If the American delegation at the Naval Conference is to develop a states- man star of the first magnitude, he has Capitlal_Si.de:lights BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Why is Maj. Charles M. Stedman, staff officer, who rode with Lee, the last Civil War veteran in Congress, who is to retire next March, called “The Rear Guard of the Confederacy”? Senator Tom Connally, himself & Spanish War veteran, who served 10 years in the House with Maj. Stedman, contributes an interesting bit of history to answer this question. ‘When the grand army of half a mil- lion soldlers with which Napoleon entered Russia, defeated by the cavalry of the hail and the infantry of the and depleted in numbers, was on disastrous and ever-memorable retreat and the last column of 9,000!is men from all arms of the service under Ney reached the Beresina, the bridge had been destroyed. Bi the efforts of the heroic marshal a bridge was built that night. When morning dawned 80,000 owl‘lfled the amphi- theater of hills, and while their ar- tillery and the floating cakes of ice in the river threatened the frail struc- ture, the enemy's cavalry and infantry made continuous assaults but were beaten The bridge was broken again and again, but was as often repaired, and at nightfall the last of the 9,000 had passed. Ney then or- dered the bridge broken down, and, snatching & musket from a private soldier, fired the last shot at the enemy. All night that weary and broken column tolled on. The marshal, worn out by constant figh and by days and nights without sieep, staggered gu alone far in the rear. Near d‘“t‘h‘ tary figure was seen climbing the hill at the first French outpost. En- seemed o size, The sentinel, alarmed at. the Appatition; brought his gun to the charge and o £ ;'herez; The n(ur; ey, the rear guar off.he grand army.” " i * ok ok % wnen the House was acting favor- apiy un the bill providing xor'n Fed- erai wppropriation to restore Wake- lace of George Wash- ToF liding & septonof o e ica me the Washin dens, stil to burst forth in all his Tuminosity. | Srajey o Many political prophets thought Dwight w. anw wlg cast for this role. His cated in London. Conference observers have come to the conclusion that Sec- retary Stimson is determined there shall be no individual plays. Nobody on the Delegation team, it appears, is to be sent down the field on a spectacular 95- yard run to & touchdown. Any scoring that is done is to be done by the team as a whole. The cabinet officers, Sena- tors and statesmen who comprise the American representation seem to ac- quiesce in this arrangement—with how much enthusiasm is not known. ok ok % Here's an episode that ensued the other day at question time in the House of Commons: Mr. Wardlaw-Milne (Unionist, Kid- derminster) asked the secretary for for- eign affairs whether any proposals had been made toward the repayment of the loans for industrial purposes in- curred by certain Southern States now forming part of the United States of America, before the Civil War, and the repayment of which was repudiated, and what was the amount of principal, with interest to date, due to bondhold: ers in this country in respect of such | debts. The foref En secretary, Mr. Henderson, replied: “The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. As regards the second part, I would refer the honorable member to the Council of Foreign Bondholders, who are in pos- session of such information as is avall- able on this subject.” LR ‘The London Times still publishes on its front page—which is filled with ad- vertisements as of yore—its lvn’-nmed “agony column,” or what is formally termed the “personal column.” Weird and mysterious messages from anony- mous advertisers flll it from day to day. Here's a typical one from the Times of February 20: “If you are in earnest, I should wel- come it, for after all there is no reason to_continue this state of affairs. 3228." Estranged couples and lovelorn men and women habitually communicate, in language known only to themselves, through the “agony column” of the ‘Times. * % k *x John Bull is vastly more interested at the moment in the “United Empire party than in the Naval Conference, The party has just been organized by London’s multi-millionaire newspaper rs, Viscount Rothermere and Lord averbrook. It is an effort to bring about protection in Great Britain, in place of free trade. Incidentally its object is to unhorse Stanley Baldwin as leader of the Conservative party. En- thusiasm for the “United Empire party” is temporarily confined to the columns of the widely circulated popular news- papers in London and the provinces, controlled by Rothermere and Beave! But as the result of the mendous publicity they can project, its steady growth is freely pre- dicted. How many seats the new party could win in a general election is an- other matter. Many politicians think the only result will be still further to weaken Conservatism and strengthen Labor in the House of Commons. (Copyright, 1930.) London Conference May Be Protracted By Anglo-French Diplomatic Duel BY WILLIAM HARD. LONDON, March 8.—The Naval Con- ference may last anywhere from two to six weeks longer. The American dele- fltlm has wired the State Department for further funds to last a month and the department has raised the estimate for the delegation to provide for six weeks longer. This is thought to indicate the firm resolution of the Hoover administration that the delegation must stay here until sllrgonlble results have been secured. e biggest problem the conference now has on its hands is the delegation from Paris. The keynote of the confer- ence these ensuing days is the diplo- matic duel between France and Great Britain. The Prench still profess that no drastic reduction of the French ton- nage demands is possible without fur- ther treaties of security. France would like two treatles, one covering the Med- iterranean, guaranteeing all wers there against an unprovoked attack, and one covering the whole world, pledging the signers of the Kellogg-Briand pact to rush to one another’s defense against an aggressive violator of the pact. * ok ok ok ‘The American delegation is con- vinced that these demands are prema- . The delegation is sure that the Kenunt figure of Prench tonnage should canndenblr lowered on the basis of existing security treaties, such as the hl{m of Nations covenant, the Kellogg pact, the s Locarno treaty and numerous special alllance treaties between France and Belglum, Poland and Czechoslo- ;:l;ée ‘The American view “d:“ already possesses more docu- mentary security than at any previous time in all French history and also more special alllance security than any other country in the world. On this basis the American delega- tion believes that France will reduce her tonnage figure before proceeding to make propositions for additional securi- ty treaties. No such proposition so far has been addressed to the Amerigan ‘The only knowledge sessed by the American delegation of such matters is from inspired French newspaper statements. Some such propo- sition is nevertheless expected formal- ly as soon as certain excesses of the :;ench tonnage figure have been pruned Then the American delegation will be overwhelmingly hostile to any Amer- ican participation in _the security treaty based on the Mediterranean, where there are no American posses- sions. The delegation here has been impressed by recollection of the fact that in 1922 the Pacific four-power pact, dealing with a reglon where American possessions exist, got through the Senate only by the narrowest mar- gin. The delegation has an open mind toward suggestions to do something to provide some mild form of concerted ac- tion between the signatories of the Kel- logg pact when there is danger that the pact may be broken by war. * ok x ok ‘The American delegation generally thinks, nevertheless, that such projects are not appropridte in conjunction wit this conference, since only five powers Gntil % 18 Dossibte” 40" opets engotistions possible to open engo! with all the nations involved. All these conversations should be carried on somewhere else than in England. Great Britain is the vexed center of the whole world in naval, military and Wgfl:lil. d.galomlcy. obliged to consider the United States beca ~ o use of Canada and the West | the Indies. She is obliged to conside . _She is ob] consider France and Italy not only be- cause of British in Mediterranean, but also because of the strong British desire to reduce land armament on the continent. If this conference is a failure and naval arms age not reduced, then there will be more difficulty for Britain at Geneva in the League of Nations dis- armament conference in the near future when she demands the reduction of the French and air force. France i mmammiwmxouow.umm discussion of this measure to put: Washington's birthplace in a state of proper preservation before the bi- centennial of his birth, Representative Greenwood of Indiana lowing statement, with reference to the Srmrvmun of many shrines in the | bed 1d Dominion: “Last Spring it was my good fortune | heavie: to take a trip through Virginia and to visit Westmoreland County. I was very much impressed with this location on the Potomac, the birthplace of Wi 8 place which should be ington, as made & national shrine, It will ot be | Ut the a nmur{ shrine in any sense of the word. It will be a shrine that will recognize an ancient colonial home that was the birthplace of a family that had a t deal to do with the establishment of our Government. “In Westmoreland County is the home of the Lees, at Stratf Robert E. Lee being born at this old home- stead. There also is the b of James Monroe. There are many other points of historic interests there. “I am pleased to see the Government _ co-operating Rocletelle;n :loundnum and also rists over the country, seeking historical in- ; .tlol; o ’::1331‘1 ‘Wakefle] :1“11 come not only 'u; visit these other old hmmmfi?‘m: ‘The up of the hea at the ?:pm for the mocng“ - tors of the bicentennial celebration dis- closes that & stupendous library can be assembled of books and manuscripts and illustrative of the life of and interpretations ideals and motives. A number of new books are being published to create Nation-wide interest 1Gne° theuhlcmtennill. ’P%- mple. rge Mason was one of Wasl n's closest friends and advisers. comes of Virginia, in ‘whose district the home of Wi is located, and who is ALASKA’S NEW GOLD FIELD BY FREDERIC J]. HASKIN. r lage of Poorman, in Alaska, may prove very rich is not disputed by the Geolog- ical Survey, in view of the information it already 'has the general region of the strike. e Te- state that the new discoveries are on the Wolfe and Beaver Oreeks, tribu- taries of the Poorman Cr happens that while the surrounding territory and many other creeks in the general neighborhood have been ex- plored by the survey, these particular water courses have not. CGold in mod- erate quantities has been found in the creeks which have been surveyed, so it assured that these streams drain gold-bearing hillsides. In view of these facts, geologists would not be surprised to learn that the new discoveries are very rich. Poorman is normally a tiny village, some 47 miles south of the slightly larger village of Ruby. Ruby’s popula- tion is stated by the survey to be 128. eries have been made are some seven miles from Poorman. The region is not difficult to reach, in terms of Alaskan travel, although in the United States the way would seem long. From Seattle one goes by boat to Seward. Thence a train may be taken over the Alaskan Rallroad, Government-owned. This 18 a well equipped line, with sleeping cars and other modern conveniences. Two days on this train will bring the gold- seeker to Nenana, on the Yukon River. ‘There is one irain a week. The rall. road operates a boat line, and this, in the course of a few days, will land the :x;:veler at Ruby, the metropolis of the From Ruby to Poorman there is no transportation and only an indifferent road. is scarcely a trail in some places. However, it is a Government mail route, with mail deliveries twice a month. At this season of the year it is traversed mainly by dog sleds. ‘The an district has been inves- tigated by the Geological Survey with considerable attention. It just hlvmnl that the particular creeks from which the new find is reported ly examined and there are no data con- cerning them. But in substantistion of the news there is the very ment de the Ruby district in general, which refers to the * =4 nected character of the pay streak.” This means that while the gold runs thin in some , the mlo'g: char- acter of the terrain is such t it 18 likely to crop out richly not far off. made the fol-| gq. L st basathones £ ] B & i e 2 E Fifty Years Ago In The Star The Star of March the following Representative R. Walton Moore | d fittingly a member of the bicentennial | the commission, and who himself has de- livered several addresses on George Mason. He has just advised the bi- centennial headquarters that a very complete blography of Mason has been written by the distinguished author, Armistead C. Gordon of Staunton, Va., which will be ready for the headquar- Sxected 55 be ot great vlug n Taking e of great value in historically correct plans and in making authentic details of the J"“ moving picture visualizing the life of Wash- Some years ago, Moore points- out, tains highly valuable material, but it left & field for such a work as that of Mr. Gordon, which will be welcomed by those making research on Washington's life. The l:pmemnl bicentennial has aroused widespread interest in books about Washington and_his friends, and there is a growing of the character of Maso; d the valuable service he rendered the Na- tion in Washington's day. now immensely in Britain on land and in the air. The British de- sire to go to Geneva and effect a re- duction of French land and air equip- ment and personnel. Britain cannot successfully do so unless there is a pre- vious exhibition of the successful re- duction of armed forces on the sea. ‘Therefore, ultimately, the British will possibly be willing to hand the French one more security document in return for France’s willingness to reduce her tonnage of cruisers, destroyers and sub- marines. * ok ok ok QGreat Britain is getting tired of giving more and more security to stronger tha France, as in the Locarno treaty for | ., wij the protection of France from German aggression. And the British also are more and more inclining to the Ameri- can view of the dangerousness of com- mitments to go to war to prevent war. But just the same, in the present cir- cumstances, the British may consent to attach their signature to one more promise of an armed guarantee in ref- erence to the Mediterranean, with the | It prospect that the signatures of France, Ttaly, 8 avin, Grosce, ‘Turkey would Mb‘ sleep easier. Britain probably will finally willing to lulg mix the sleep! potion, althoug] making faces while doing it. Japan would also probably sign the T eAn By oreech gD, intemma = . Honal .ux:lap.".l Thus, 'lfl‘ly nbr:ush and mi Japanese help, France and re a security unim and its absence only asc ed carefully weighing the coin, has h?,fl been a device of counterfeiters. Un a few months ago the gold coins were the only ones that were mutilated for fraudulent is dif- Complaints to this effect have been ceived at the Treasury Department. is almost impossible to detect the mut lators a8 a8 the people take coins. The; ve been so accustomed to pieces of silver with holes bored in them that they go on taking them. A srut portion of the silver in circulation uring the war was thus , not for fraudulent purposes, but as the coin ‘was scarce it became the proper to wear them as watch charms or around the neck. For this purpose holes were bored in them. “Much of the silver now in eircula- tion with holes bored through was the e ot the Tace vAJue, The Treas ever, wo! . not redeem them, which is the test of their valuation. The Govern- ment will only take them back in its purchase of sf v:r.bu!llm:." as v?;:e mfi;n:a leces Tepresent & grea n gn their face the bullion in them will bring. The holder of every one of these coins is in fact out from 1 to 13 cents, according to the denomination. But still the mutilated coins increase. is the work of ‘professionals,’ moi Te- Tt they are mmn1 2 it. ’:rhey can cut & every coin that comes pass the coin lzol holetnto and still 3 of Meanwhile the reduction of total | thi tonnages and expenses of vessels eX- ceeding 10,000 tons is already quite certain. The ultimate results of the conference still are in the balance, with the pessimistic scale unduly weighted by the extreme unfortunate- the pos of request that he inquire The postmaster found the name was on the coin. He ed to hear about it. During it 8 ness of the American delegation's tongue-tied timidity in dealing with the press. 4Copyright, 1980 young lady had given the cof all fixed up, and h watch cl ports which have come through so far | Creel The creeks where the new gold discov- | T8CK, definite state- | stream. but the general principle of washing the mn ‘materials free of the heavier gold e same. A good deal of placer mining has been done in the Ruby district, but there have been no rich strikes; nothing at all com- parable to what the Beaver and Wolfe k strikes are reported as showing. The first discovery was made near the present town of Ruby in 1907. It was not a rich one. In 1910 gold was found in Oreek not far distant and at- tracted many prospectors. The town of Ruby sprang up and had a brief pros- ty and ever since the district has en intermittently by hopeful prospectors, hardy enough to dare the temperature of 40 degrees below zero, which is prevailing there right now. A mining comun% brought in modern placer mining machinery and in 1912 there was considerable activity along the courses of Long Creek, Bear Pup Creek, Flint Creek, Trail Creek, Mid- night Creek and Glen Gulch. Prospect- ing wugmd on to Poorman Creek, Sulatna River and Swift, Birch, Tama- 3 t and Timber Creeks. While gold was recovered in quantities suffi- cient to keep a ulation of about 1,000 in the Ruby District, it apparently was ;oc ';’wnugt cnol:gh to vanmr‘:: kee, machinery there, and so '-hcp nter of 1920-21 it was dismantled and moved away. Hardships Await Prospectors. ‘The hundreds of prospectors who are to be rushing to the new find not find it easy to recover gold, for the Ooolo{l.l.:‘u eurvely says that much of the metal is overiaid by a layer of muck as much as 13 feet thick. The miner must, at this season, break the ice and down through muck frozen to solidity before finding pay dirt. A few nu t“ ht“l: been foum }n the region, but not Ilarge ones, argest reported having been worth but $50. However, if the mud pans out grains of ggld dust it is worth just as much to e seekers. An jally intriguing statement of the Geol Survey relating to such ngm a8 have been discovered in the t is that they are rugged and with few rounded edges. This, It pointed out by the geologists, means that the gold has been washed eompuluvfl( short distance in the . Had it traveled far the nui inded into peb- Dbles. in hope of finding the lodes of ore from which the particles found in the creek beds came. ‘When the mining machinery was in the district some lode mining was undertaken—that is, the sides of the hills were dug into instead of looking to the stream beds. Quarts of the ah Dartices of ‘g0 wers Glscovered were the deposits 5, 1880, noted the | the gain of approximately * estimates, however, for the year o:o.m.ooo for the fiscal * June 30, 1931, ide for activi- not. cent, or an advance from“ S50 ul - to #2,533,000.000. e Arguments now are be in Congress and eue-hz.v a8 to what the Government has done for the farmer, but it is an indisput- able fact that the increase in governmenm expenditures in the last 0 mbun for the Department of 1,32¢ cent. the funds availlable for !Tohd’: ald to rural highways. * * ok % The next greatest increase was in the department of buildings and the beautification of grounds in the Dis- trict of Columbis, with a gain of 924 per cent. The activities of the Inter- state Commerce Commission have mul- tiplied so greatly in view of its duties in the regulation of vallroads, railroad finance, mergers and acquisitions that an increase in appropriation of 636 per e Coast Guard was awarded increase o“t :u o - tionably is due the activities of the Cosst Guard in the enforcement of the prohibition amendment, al- though new vessels, light houses and other -qulgmem and personnel have ueonunud or -omly o: the gain, ere was only one decrease noted the compilation of these i paring 1909 with 1931. the account of the Canal, for which an appropriation of $41,365,900 was made in 1009. This com with an estimate of $11,845,000 for main- tenance in 1931, or a decrease of 186 per cent. In addition the Panama Canal is expected in the next year to show a profit over maintenance in operating costs. Y ‘The smallest increase noted was that for the Navy, which advanced 194 cent from an a) vwrrh!lon of l%‘: 789,401 in 1909 ptgmm.ooo.m. ‘m ar 1t & galp from $143,378,556 to $439,215,900 in 1931, or 208 per cent. The Department of (Copyright, 1930.) for its return. He gave a good quarter the memento, and the quarter sent to the ler of ‘making the