Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. ' |/ WASHINGTON, D. C. STHURSDAY......March 27, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Iu'-:n Company Bu: Office: ! 1 d Pennsylvanta Ave. | gt S TR ; Carrier Within the City. S ventne S oer montn per month Coilection made st grders maz Be et Rato by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. E’, lwg" Sunday. oe mo. ay only " All Other States and Cana 7 and Sunday..1r. 51200: 1 mo. 81,00 z ly . 1yr. $800: 1mo. T3¢ ay only 1yr. $5.00: 1 mo. B80c Member of the Associated Préss. ‘The Assoclated Pri 18 exclus ly entitled to the use for ruummon of news dis- B il b ot b published. hereli ALl riehts of Bubication of &Decial dispatches herein are also ressred. The Airport Bill. After hearing the objections of in- terested citizens, the Senate subcommit- tee in charge of the airport legislation has evidently decided that they do not outweigh the merits of the proposal and a favorable report on the Bingham bill 1s expected. ‘The opposition was based, generally, on two grounds. The first was that the airport proposal involves an unneces- sary and unjust expenditure of the taxpayers' money and that the munici- pality does not need this airport. The second was that the area proposed in the legisiation is too small and that bridiges and other structures offer handicaps from the technical point of view. ‘The question of relativity enters into this first objection. It is contended, and correctly 5o, that the District needs other improvements than an airport. Recent discussions of the budget and the financial condition of the Dis- trict indicate plainly that on the basis of the present system of financing the Capital there are no available revenues in sight to pay for some of the proj- ects that now are pressing. The remedy for that condition, however, does not lie in defeating the Bingham bill or in defeating other proposed measures for Capital improvement. The remedy lies in a change from the present in- equitable system of Capital financing. Realizing the necessity of such projects as the airport, and examining the pres- ent financigl structure of the District government, Congress will, in fairness to the unrepresented taxpayers of the District, consider the necessity of a change that will increase the arbitrary amount now set aside annually in the District appropriation bills. Of course, the airport is a necessary project. The next five years will make that apparent. Opponents of the Bing- tion and the site at Gravelly Point Is the issue that divides them. The Bing- ham b7, providing for a contribution of I from the Federal Government and . . a loan without interest from the Federal Government by which the District is to pay for its share, conferring title to the United States but resting Jurisdiction and' control of the atrport in the hands of the municipality, repre- sents a fair division of the costs. It is contended in this connection that the District is left at the mercy of the Pederal Government; that the Fed- eral Government is permitted full use of the facilities at the field at no cost and that the Commissioners them- selves, as administrative officers of the Federal Government, represent the United States more than the taxpayers of the District. This is a condition that s not confined in its application to the airport. Congress exercises exclusive Jurisdiction here. Fairness to the Dis- trict is always dependent upon the moral obligations assumed by its legisla- tors; a matter that will not be changed until the District is given representation 'in Congress. As for the technical objections to the fleld, the experts themselves seem to be divided on that matter. Gravelly ‘Point, upon which there is apparently ,universal ' agreement, has not been abandoned. The site on the other side tof the river as defined in the Bingham ,bill can be construed as the nucleus for the great aeronautic development ‘that time will bring. When the air- plane industry reaches the proportions of the automobile industry and planes are as cheap as automobiles, the Dis- triet’s alrport as now proposed will be too small. But it is well to get start- ed now, with an eye to future ex- pansion. —— e Caligula was a bad example of what enjoyment of arbitrary personal power may lead to. By stopping the work to recover his barges in Lake Nemi, Pre- mier Mussolini cuts short interest in an ancient and unprofitable scandal. —e—ee—e Prohibition quarrels led to a duel in Mississippi in which a bondsman for a man charged with liquor law violation was killed. A twentieth amendment should not become necessary in order to prevent dueling. e e Florida's Unwelcome Guest. Alphonse Capone, who recently com- pleted a ten-month sojourn at a Penn- sylvania rest cure, or social sanitarium, after a brief visit to Chicago is on his way to his island home in Florida, ‘where, it is announced, he will spend ‘the remainder of the Spring in further Fecuperation from the strain of busi- ess cares. But there is some question ®bout hospitality that makes the situa- tion of Mr. Capone rather uncomfort- sble. A few days ago, while Mr. Capone was being told by certain authorities in Chicago that his presence in that city was not altogether agreeable, the Gov- groor of Fiarida, in anticipation of the soutnward move, gave orders that he should be arrested upon crossing the line of the State. Thereupon the busi- ness representatives of Mr. Capone— continues to feel toward Mr. in an inhospitable mood. He while Florida as a play- the nature of things more other States, it will not be the crooks and criminals or the headquarters for gangsters and gunmen. So it is indicated that if the writ of injunction now temporarily issued is not made permanent upon a hearing the governor may order Mr. Capone’s eviction. If the unwelcome guest is in a defiant mood the country may witness an interesting spectacle of beleaguerment and conflict for the purpose of putting one individual out- side the State boundaries. And all this secause in the past Mr. Capone has been a highly successful promoter of the industry known as racketeering in Chi- ago, in the prosecution of which he has been his own legislature, his own police oc | force, his own court and his own ex- ecutioner. Otherwise he is perfectly all right. The Governor's Gavel. Who is to be the next Democratic standard bearer, or, in short, the candi- date for President in 19327 That is & question that, despite the fact that two and a quarter years will elapse before the nomination, is now greatly interest- ing members of the party. Democratic hopes of success in the next election are unquestionably rising, in consequence in part of the troubles of. the Republicans in working out farm relief and a tariff measure, and the development of faction in Congress, not to mention the prohi- bition question, which may become a party issue in the next campaign. And there are certain signs of an ebb tide in Republican affairs, as in the municipal election at-Kansas City, Mo., where the Democrats have just elected a mayor and all local officials, in a complete overturn of conditions. Again, there is the economic reaction of last Fall and Winter, with its accompaniment of un- employment, which is always a Demo- cratic argument for a change of parties in control. Indeed, such is the rise of confidence as to the ouster of the Re- publicans from control of the next House of Representatives that Demo- cratic Speakership aspirations are being quietly canvassed, long in advance of a possible conting-ncy. So it is that there are evidences of an awakened interest in the line-up at the next Democratic national conven- tion, wherever it may be held—with Houston probably quite out of the range of choice. Pirst of all,.there is former Gov. Smith, on the principle that one good run deserves another. He is not making any signs of receptivity or desire. He is very busy with his new | work of erecting the highest skyscraper in New York. He gives not a single sign of any idea that he might make a third race for nomination, and, if suc- cessful in that, a second race for the Presidency. He. is altpgether sphinx- like, 8o is Franklin Roosevelt, Governor of New ‘York, one-time candidate for Vice President, Toward him is cast many & hopeful look from Democratic eyes. He would, many believe, but perhaps for his physical affliction make a wonderful candidate. He made a great race for the governorship in 1928 and won, against the handicap of an overwhelm- ing Republican vote for President. does not seem to have suffered par- ticularly in the stress of office. An in- cident is just reported that may have & possible bearing upon this question. The other day a caller noticed on the governor's desk at Albany -the gavel that was used in the San Francisco convention in 1920, when he was named for. the Vice Presidency. Asked why it was there, he replied that he was going to have a plate put on it. En- sued then this cryptic colloquy: Getting it ready for 1932? No: I'm going to send it home. That would not prevent its use in 1932, however. Oh, nll;l'll belongs to the prehistoric “Prehistoric!” Just what does that imply? Vice Presidency—1920—prehis- toric! But what about Presidency— 1932? Certainly nothing prehistoric sbout such a suggestion. Whatever may happen to the gavel, it certainly looks as though the Barkis of Albany might be quite willing. e ‘Washington, D. C., is entitled to & great airport. Presence of fog may cause delay in the consideration, as well as in future landings. Fog may relate to a mental no less than to a topo- graphical condition. ————e——————— America is expected to conserve her ofl, permitting Europe to take the cash and let the credit go. Wood and coal are growing scarcer. Fuel oll cannot be expected to remain available in unlim- ited abundance. ———————— March is an unsuitable month in which to hold an inauguration. | A lin- gering Winter leaves it a question as to how far ft should be advanced in order to guarantee satisfaction. 2 ———— et To Screen or Not to Screen. ‘Whether the public likes synthetic home runs better than a regular stand- ard article is again agitating base ball owners, but is quite likely to die a quiet death as long as the New York team controls the services of that expensive performer known as George Herman Ruth. During the past Winter President Barnard of the American League has been working hard on plans to put screens thirty feet high on bleachers or other stands three hundred and twenty- five feet from the plate, twenty-foot screens at distances up to three hundred and fifty feet from the plate, and make all other parts of the field legitimate home run zones. Everything went smoothly until he approached Col. Rup- pert, who balked immediately at any possible curtailment of Ruth’s pro- digious feats with the bat, and Ruppert is unlikely to change his stand on the matter until the “Sultan of Swat” puts away his mace and hangs up his glove. It is an interesting idea, though, and one, it appears, that merits the careful consideraticn of the base ball moguls Ever since Ruth began his march to fame along the home run route this phase of the game has been greatly ex- aggerated. The ball has been made who has an extensive organization— ! livelier and additions placed on bleacher nvoked the law, asking for an injunc-| tion against such rude conduct. Th2 and grandstand accommodations 1in many cities with the natural result that court granted a temporary \njuncuon,!le\-en the punlest of batters succeed in thereby assuring Mr. Capone free en- compiling remarkable records fo¥ round- trance into the State and permitting him upon arrival to procced to his stronghold, which, rumor says, is pre- pared for a slege. But the rmor of trippers. Such arts as base steal- !ing and general inside strategy are ncw scldom used, and the close, exciling games of the past have been replaced ‘ . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. T in most cases by general slugging matches with parades of pitchers. Both kinds of games have their sup- porters, and it might be a good plan for each team owner to canvass the fans for sentiment before making any altera- tions in the stands. Some persons do not like to sit behind screens, even back of the plate, and there might be a legitimate feeling that regardless of the desirability of standardizing the length of a hit to be classed as a home run attendance would suffer if most of the customers had to watch the perform- ances of the athletes through wire-net- ting. But with Ruth on the fleld doing his “stuff” discussion will probably be substituted for any action looking to & change. ———————————— March’s Closing Mood. ‘Whatever the next few days may pro- duce in the way of bad weather in this region, it is a fair assumption that ‘Winter is over and that further suffering will not be caused by any climatic rigors this season. Washington has evidently escaped from the worst phase of a storm that has just swept across country, in a more northerly range, and has caused distress and travel blockades, particu- larly in the neighborhood of Chicago. In that city one of the worst experiences of the Winter has been had, with a very heavy fall of snow, a bitterly low temperature and some fatalities. March is notoriously a fickle month. It is “behaving” quite In character this year. There have been very cold days and very warm days during the past four weeks. There have been buds and leaves and ice. The blustering winds that are the particular mark of the month have roared and torn through this section, like an organ prelude to Spring. Now, just as the cherry blos- soms are bursting open around the ‘Tidal Basin, in Potomac Park, comes this flareback of Winter. Almost regularly every year there is & fear lest the cherry trees may blossom too soon, only to be blighted by frost. Once in awhile this happens, but not often. It would seem as though Nature, after all, is a fairly efficient discl- plinarian. The present cold snap has not brought freezing temperatures, and with the passing of the “low” off to the Northeast the chances are altogether that the thermometer will steadily rise and thus bring about the annual trans- formation scene at the Capital for which & great multitude always waits with eagerness. % — e Millions of dollars spent for road improvement will be a form of life in- surance. Every highway now in exist- ence is entitled to recognition for long and honorable service. —————————— Fickleness of popular opinion asserts itself in the fact that a number of citi- zens who used to laugh at Henry Ford are now inclined to grow angry. ——————— Chicago is in no mood to approve of & blizzard, even though it calls for ad- ditional employment in the way of street cleaning. —————————— A hit-and-run motor driver may be hard to catch. The penailty should be the more severe on that account. —————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. True Story. At cards a wife And husband true Fell into strife As folks may do. She stoutly thumped And bruised his face Because he trumped His partner’s ace. If you would play A game that's fair, Do not delay To do your share. Do not be dumped Into disgrace Because you trumped Your partner’s ace! Bo be not proud, With care proceed. It's wrong to crowd And grab the lead. A good man bumped And lost his place Because he trumped His partner’s ace! Sharing Responsibilities. “What do you understand by coali- tion?” “It's supposed to give the back-seat driver a chance,” said Senator Sorghum. “You keep the wheels of legislation going without knowing exactly who is running the machine. Jud Tunkins says more children would obey their parents if the parents were on hand more of the time to give directions. Harsh Experience. A member I should hate to be Of a grand jury clinic, For what I learned might render me ‘Thenceforth & suffering cynic. A Liitle Encouraged. “I hear your boy Josh went broke on Wall Street!” “Yep,” answered Farmer Corntossel. “We feel a little encouraged. In order to go broke on Wall Street Josh must at least have saved up somethin’ to start with.” “Splendor,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “may cause a proud man to be overlooked because of his own magnificence.” Playing Favorites. My radio! My radio! My hopes you often sever. A learned speech you chop in two, While jazz goes on forever. “A clear conscience is mighty com- fortin’,” saild Uncle Eben, “but dar's allus folks willin' to sacrifice it foh de sake of a chicken dinnes ———— Borah Will Be Questioned. Prom the Lowell Evening Leader. We learn that a Philadelphia saxo- phone band of 60 pieces is planning | to serenade President Hoover. But whether the Western insurgents put them up to it our informant does not say. P ] Maybe They Should Meet. From the Hamilton, Ontario, Spectator. Forty-eight boys interviewed in a penitentiary said they started their careers by playing truant. So did some of our foremost and gul respected cit’zensy A good small book for Lenten read- ing is “Be of Good Cheer,” by the Rev. ‘W. P. G. McCormick, vicar of St. Mar- tin-in-the-Field, London, published by ns, Green & Co., New York. Here are 12 sermons written in a cer- tain breezy, modern manner (the authox has specialized in broadcasting talks in England), filled with the Christianity of Jesus Christ. ‘The book has the imprimatur of the Bishop of London, who says, in an in- troduction: “I am glad he has chosen the subject of ‘Joy.’ as joy is the one note most wanted in our religion today. So often religion is associated with much that is drab and dull, whereas if we really believed what we profess to believe, our hearts would be ‘shouting for Joy’ all the time. * * * If we are to revive Religion, we have got to re- store the idea of God to the world, not as a malevolent Power, or as a merely good-natured ‘Jove.' but as revealed in all His Holiness, Greatness and Love in Jesus Christ Hinaself.” ‘The hundred pages of the Rev. Mc- Cormick’s book take up successively the topic of the need of joy, the right idea of God, joy in God's will, the joy of the seeker, the joy of the worker, the joy of communion, things which destroy Jjoy, dullness (another destroyer), the joy of discipline, joy in the church, the joy of Sunday, and the joy with God. There is an epilogue, in which the vicar sa; “There you have my own faith as & parson whose work is in the center oll is noisy and bewildering civiliza- tion.” ‘Those’ who expect to find after res ing the above list of chapters a typical religious book will be disappointed; and, on the other hand, those who like to find somethi new will be pleased, for the vicar of the church with the inter- esting name is anything but a conven- tional clergyman. L ) He makes the need of joy emphatic. The statement is being made constantly, he says, that while people are at heart religious they are having less and less to do with organized Christianity. “This seems from my experience to be true,” he declares quite simply, with . He asks no beating around the bush. the following ludlns questions: Is the Church ly Christian in its terms or in its general attitude to the world? s Is pride of place, position, worldly power, the sort of attitude which we can call Christian? Is the Church really following Christ when it is censorious and hard and worldly? “The trumpet call to Christian m- ple today,” he continues, “is to get K to Christ Himself and His teaching about God, and to be ready to scrap rfl]m e&n;enthn’;lltlu, lnwd' :'v‘e‘: heologies - which are incompatil His teachi Then only can we unite and show the Spirit of Christ in such a way that the ordinary man may see Christ both in the Church and in Chris- tian people.” One of the troubles with the whole church question, he indicates, is that “‘some people won't read an: which differs from their viewpoin! r my- self, I believe we are all learners— children asking questions, desirous to find out the truth, and expecting to get help all the time from our Father. If we are like that, we must be ready and able to accept any new revelation when 1t comes. For me, the one fundamental fact which does not change is the fact oolodduul Christ and His revelation of ‘The author states plainly a thought which has come to thousands of think- ing Christians: “When one thinks of the crude theories of the Atonement that one was taught when I was young, the idea that e Father's sense of wrath had to be appeased by the sacri- fice of His only Son, or the idea of God Many sacrifices, one wonders how Christian-|made that Pennsylvania Republican |0Dly with initials, asking that the 'ty has survived.” ‘Tha could it is about as plain as Mr. Mencken put it, isn’t it? * kXX The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. For weeks the prediction has been leaders would reach an adjustment or their differences which have threatened a State-wide fight even more disastrous ‘There is no joy in such ideas of God.|than that of 1926. And’now it begins We all know it, yet how many Chris- tians hold such beliefs? “The Jesus Christ: at I am sure we have to get back to.” So says our author, pointing out that if we were perfect we would worship God as a spirit, but that for most men it is necessary to address Him in terms of personality. “There s no real love which hasn't got a cross in it.” This is the author's unconventional way of putting the sub- lime truth—that Love is service, and that it cannot always be happiness in our everyday concept of the word. “Our relationship with God and our fellow men is the relationship of the home, and not the law courts.” These are a few quotations, in order that the reader here may be able to savor a little book which will be by the wayside in the great welter of modern publishing. But to those who happen to find it, it will come as a genuine good word. It will show some who are wavering in their childhood faith that the Church as an institution still contains men of open minds who are willing to believe that God still lives, and, living, may yet have a few revelations for the world of aspiring men. Whether ministers recognize the fact or not, many good men and women are suffering under a bellef that somehow God hasn't functioned for the past 2,000 years; that the faith given unto the saints has been static, resting on its laurels, as it were. ‘This, of course, is a mistaken notion, but we have an idea that if you pricked the minds of a hundred men and women at random who comm are called “good Christians” you would find some such frozen belief. 2 * K K % Now, if there is anything of which the modern alert mind is surer than that God, too, advances with His crea- tions we scarcely know what the idea is. All around us we see a great and curious system in being, stretching from the dandelion beneath our feet to the new star which has just been dis- covered. It goes out so far and “up” 50 high that the mind of man is stag- gered. Infinity? The mind of man cannot grasp it, but he can admit it. So he admits God, if one may put it that way, as Napoleon did, who, looking up at the stars, asked, “Gentlemen, who made all that?” Some one asked Disraell what was his rel “The religion of any sible man.” he replie “But what is that?” “A sensible my never says,” he smiled. Now, the world is full of such men, and has always been. Some of them go to church and some of them do not. Some of them “believe” in the common acceptance of the word and some do not. Yet all of them are at heart religious. ‘Take Mr. Mencken, who recently pub- lished his “Treatise on the Gods,” which no one could call an orthodox Christian In it he is c ed, work. as if onstrained, against his wishes, to admit that the! Davis Old Testament contains the world's most sublime try, and that the story f | of Jesus, as told in the New Testament, is the most beautiful story we have. Revealed religion has nothing to fear in an advancing world, yet nothing is commoner for its votaries than for them to roll themselves up tighter than bears in Winter caves, or to stick their heads into the sands of theology, as ostriches do in the real sand, or draw into their shells of dogmas, as tortolses into their carapaces on a sudden alarm. Religion does not have to be craven, and such of its servants as the Rev. McCormick never are, but speak right out their faith in all honesty. They meet life where it must be met, after all, whatever one's pretensions—in life itself. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands L DICTAMEN, Vera Crus—To remedy the difficulties many fathers or heads of families have had in the past in getting their children either into or out of the public schools, Senor Antonio Moreno of the board of education has arranged a special office, where all fathers of fami- lies can obtain any assistance or infor- ‘mation necessary. Families who are having difficulty through lack of funds in matriculating their sons in the colleges also will be aided by this bureau. Others who have trouble en their children into or securing their ‘harge from the more elementary schools on aceount of in- ability to produce birth certificates also will be assisted in obtaining the neces- sary documents. It is thought this co-operation will result in the addition of many scholars to the school rolls. * x % % Orchestra Plays As Cinema Patrons March Out. ABC, Madrid.—The precaution. adopt- ed by the police for the safety of mov- ing-picture audiences had a severe test last night, which showed the efficacy of the measures and regulations adopted by the authorities. At the cinema Par- dinas flames suddenly shot from the cabinet of the operator, to the alarm and confusion of the audience. The orchestra, however, calmly continued playing, and the attendants sprang to the exits, throwing n all the doors, through which the crowd, now T from their panic, marched to the streets. gave remarkable exhibition of coolness, which undoubtedly saved many lives. Firemen confined the blaze to the oper- ating cabinet, the operator and his as- sistant being treated for minor burns. * ok ok ok Dispute Abolition Of Death Penalty in Japan. Japan Advertiser, Tokio.—A bitter conflict over the abolition of the death penalty in the nation's penal code has arigen between younger and older jus- tice officers. The dispute has been caused by the preparation of a revised draft of the code which has just been passed by a special research commis- sion of the justice ministry. The younger judicial group contends that the death penalty not only fails to pre- sent any real recompense for crime, but is an outworn and essentially barbarous institution. Their contention is that a life sentence for the same crime pro- vides recompense to the state, and to the family of the victim through long service, for the state contributes toward defraying the judicial expenses of the trial and, lastly, forces real penance and retribution fc: the offense. The older and more conservative group conte::ds that the extreme pen- alty alone i< sufficient to guarantee pub- lic'safety - n many criminals. * ok ok % Tram Fares Increased in Ieiping. North Ciilna Standard, Peiping.— ‘Tram fa e up in Peiping. There has been an increase amounting to about 20 per cent of the former rates. ‘The new schedule went into effect January 1. Unlike previous years, there was no suspension of the trolley service of this city on the Solar New Year day. Employes of the tramway, who used to Ry o o L T B vailed upon to worl year allowed 10 per cent extra pay for this benevolent consideration. A~ monthly ticket on the tramway now costs 5 taels. or $6. * ok ok % Case of Marrying Mamma as Well Girl, Manchester Guardian.—-It Is not often that the student of the ““agony column’ Both ushers and musicians is rewarded by such a heartfelt cry as one of recent days: Diana—8So, after all, he and your mother have won! I don't belleve you ever cared for me. I saw you at the Majestic, as you were str in its gardens.—Oswald. But cheer up, Oswald—a girl who was so painfully under the thumb of her mamma was probably not much good, anyway. It would have been a case of marrying mamma as well, and long visits from your mother-in-law might in the long run have been worse than seeing the faithless creature stroll- ing in the gardens of the Majestic. And, by the way, a girl who can stroll in any gardens, humble or Majestic, in weather like this must be a bit of a cold- blooded’ fish from start to finish. No, no, Oswald—let her go! She cannot have been really worthy of you! “So, after all, he and your mother have won!"—it is the cry of a man with some sense of drama and literary style. But he really should have added: “No matter, cru-el-l-l--el one!—a day will come!!!” * ok ok % Search For Cattle Thieves. El Telegrafo, Guayaquil.—The com- mandant in the third district of the na- tional police has begun a searching in- quiry into the theft of 12 head of caftle from the herds of Don Damaso Romero, whose ranch is near the town of La Victoria. The authors of this crime and :helr accomplices detllched th; t“ head rom & grou) g in one of pas- tures, and 'md’.en‘;fl with themh‘lnt" a gallop. It is not expected the trail will be hard to follow. KK ¥ Form Club For Reform in Men's Costumes. Le Matin, Paris.—A club has been organized in England for the reform of men’s costumes. Certain members of the club have just invented new costumes for skating on ice. One of them con- sists of a small round jacket, worn over & shirt of silver gray silk. Another has pantaloons of white flannel, and a pale pink vest, trimmed with red wool. A third has long parti-colored hose, with the skates attached to sandals. The ice is going to be doubly enter- taining, no doubt, with all these delicate innovations, but what we would love most to know, we women, in France, not so much with the idea of copying, as with the idea of harmonizing, is what these gentlemen intend to wear when fromcnpdml the streets? Perhaps they intend to wear tailorings all in green or rose, like the traditional Chevalier of Spring! * ok ok % Lack of Sidewalks Endangers Lives of Pedestrians, Imparcial, Montevideo.—Sidewalks in the Avenida Italia are conspicuous by their absence. Not only are they few, but on one side of the street they do not exist at all, despite the fact that this is a street much used by pedestrians, 1 Senate; the unexpired part of the term to look as if the prediction would be carried out. Announcement yesterday by Samuel S. Lewis, whe has been the Grundy candidate for governor, that he would withdraw from the contest in the interest of party harmony is regarded as the first step. Senator “Joe” Grun- dy himself is expected to make a state- ment today in Philadelphia regarding his future political plans, and the ru- mors are that he, too, is taking himself out of the race. ) * K kX If Senator Grundy removes himself from the picture as an active candidate for the senatorial nomination and the Grundy-Mellon forces®do not put into the field another ticket for Senator and governor, it looks like a walkaway for the Davis-Brown ticket, with Secretary James J. Davis of the Department of Labor a candidate for the Senate and Francis Shunk Brown of Philadelphia, former attorney general, a candidate for governor. Judging from Mr. Lewis’ statement, which luuug!he need of party harmony, the rundy-Mellon forces are not going to put forward another ticket. Secretary Davis insists ;‘P;'::hhe is in the race to stay till the “My petition will be filed before Monday, March 31, the last day for fllin1 and it will not be withdrawn by April 7, the last day for making with- drawals,” is the way Mr. Davis puts it. * ok ok K ., Burely Secretary Davis has had the ‘breaks” in this g::r of grace 1930, judging by what happened up to the present time. he. appar- ently shown considerable political acumen in meeting the situation as it has developed. When Senator Grundy was appointed December 11, 1929, to fill the vacancy in the Senate caused by the rejection of William S. Vare, veteran political leader .of Philadel- phia, use of excessive e; di- tures in the 1926 primary ca: . it was announced that he would be a candidate for the senatorial nomi- nation in May with the backing of the State Republican organization. That meant the Mellons, le:a the majority of the State organization. Notwithstand- ing the deflant statement of Mr. Vare that he would seek the senatorial nomi- natlon, it was widely published that Grundy would be nominated: that Vare was a sick man and could not make a campaign. e The picture now is absolutely the reverse. The “sick man of Pennsyl- vania” has again been the influence, in the last analysis, which has upset the apple cart for the Mellon-Grundy forces. Mr. Vare at the psychological moment withdrew his own candidac for the senatorial nomination, on ad- vice of his physician, and announced his support of the Davis-Brown ticket. Brown was his candidate for governor, and he was willing to take Secretary as the senatorial candidate of the Philadelphia organization. Up there in Pennsylvania the Republican leaders are very particular about whom they have in the governor's chair. It means more to them, as a general X than who sits in the Senate. Brown is of Philadelphia. The present gov- ernor, Fisher, is from the Western end of the State. Davis, like Senator David A. Reed, is also from Western Pennsyl- vania, * ok ok ok Secretary Davis has been in the cabi- net as Secretary of Labor for nine years and under three Presidents. He has been popular enough with labor and is no fanatic against the employers of labor. He has been helpful in the adjustment of hundreds of cases of labor difficulties since he has been in office. He has the ln{l.l Order of Moose back of him solidly, and the Moose are particularly numerous” and active in Western Pennsylvania, where the Mellon strength has been. What he lacked was the backing of an organi- zation. When Mr. Vare came out for him and threw the Philadelphia or- ganization back of Mr. Davis; it was a tremendous boost for the Secretary of Labor. It supplied an essential to a successful campaign. With it back of him and Mr. Davis’ personal popularity in the -State, the Secretary of Labor gxflm;lhmy became a formidable can- ate. It is quite true that tremendous pres- sure been exerted to bring Mr. Da- vis to withdraw from the senatorial race. But he is a Welshman, and the ‘Welsh are traditionally stubborn. Noth- ing was able to pry him loose. gradually it has dawned on the Gruns Mellon faction that they had a real fight on their hands. Many polls have been made by both sides and they have indicated that Grundy was not a win- ning candidate and that Davis was. To have Secretary Mellon back Mr. Grundy and lose would not be particularly pal- atable, it_is easy to concelve. Lewis, Grundy's _selection for governor, was not ;cyu mrw Gov. Fisher, Grune , accord! to reports, has been plr'.lclllll'lyp lfl:a‘rlry since he came to Washington as Senator, which has not pleased some of the organiza- tion leaders in the State. * ok ok X Until M. Grundy finally takes him- self out of the race—and he may to- day—and announces his course in the coming campaign there is still an ele- ment of doubt. suggested that Gov. PFisher, who ap- te, would Grundy and himself become a candidate for the Senate. If Fisher should yet do this, it would mean a real fight. The plan, as it was published, was to have the chief justice. of the Supreme Court run with er as a candidate for governor. The publication of this report, however, did not move the Davis-Brown leaders except apparently to derision and to statements that the withdrawal of the Grundy-Lewis ticket would be merely a confession of weakness. Seoretary Davis, if he is nominated. will run for the “short term” in the for which Mr. Vare was elected in 1926. This term expires March 3, 1933. The Secretary 1is not saying just now whether, if he be elected, he will be a candidate for the long term in 1932. He is not shutting the door to such a candidacy. .It is true, however, that he must come up for re-election before Senator Reed comes up again. Reed was elected in 1928 and serves until 1935. Not a little has been said in op- position to the Davis candidacy on the ground that Reed is from Pittsburgh and Davis’ home is near there, and that the eastern part of the State is entitled to a Senator. But Pisher, too, is from the western end of the State, and the same argument might be made if he was injected into the race, * kK K In some quarters it has been ur‘ed that Senator Grundy did not seek the appointment as Senator and that he did not himself state that he would be a candidate for the nomination this Spring, but that such a statement was put out by Gov. Fisher. The news- papers, however, carried a statement quoting Mr. Grundy to the effect he both by day and night. With the vehic- ular traffic so heavy, this condition pre- | sents a distinct danger to foot pas- sengers on the street, who, of course, yrace, there still will be lefl have to walk in the roadway. For some reason this important thoroughfare has been abandoned by the municipal au- thorities, who seem to have transferred all their aff e ections to the Avenida de vo de all a) V?"tll 50 far for them sidewalks, so people living in the neigh- borhood won't have to wade through the water when it rains, and be ex- posed to perils of traffic at all times, have had no resuits. However, we again call the attention of the authorities to this condition, in the hope this needed improvement may be accomplished. provide | that nel And | $2,800,000,000 would just about cover A few days ago it was | (i readers send in questions signed | plied to those in the ne per. The ited and would not accom- jon of such requests. The answers published are ones that may interést many readers, rather than the one who asks the question only. Afl‘ questions should be accompanied by the writer's name and address and 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send your I question to The Evening Star Informa- ition Bureau, ric J. Haskin, di- i rector, Washington, D. C. Q. Does the Hoover home at Palo Alto attract many visitors?—S. D. A. It is said that more than 110,000 sightseers visited the home of Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover at Stanford Uni-~ versity last year. Students at uni- versity acted as guides. | Q. Of the sugar consumed in the United States last year, how much was Louisiana cane sugar and how much was domestic beet sugar?—C. F. A. In 1929 157.573 tons of Louisiana cane and 856,640 tons ‘of domestic beet sugar were consumed. Cuban sugar was used to the extent of 3,014,594 tons; wailan, 774,939 tons; Porto Rico, 383,940 tons, and Philippine Islands, 604,501 tons. Q. Who sings “The Voice of the R-K-0"?—G. T. R. A. Tom Kennedy sings it. He also wrote the words and music. Q. Are there really champlonship belts for prize fighting? If so, what do they cost?—D. B. A. When boxing appeared to be in some danger of languishing in 1909, Lord Lonsdale drew up a new scale of welghts and conditions to govern title bouts, and, with the idea of adding dis- tinction to the bout, he donated a chal- lenge belt for each weight. These trophles are valued at $2,500 each, and consist of leather, gold and colored en- amel. The conditions make it possible for a boxer actually to possess the belt by winning the title three times, not necessarily in succession. Eleven of these belts had been won outright in 1924 and eight were up for competition. Q. Are there more men's names or ‘women'’s names in the Bible?—J. F. A. It is sald that the Bible supplies one-half the names of civilized men, and that there are about 5 feminine names to 95 names for men. .Q. Where was the Windsor chair first made?—A. M. H. A. The Windsor chair was first man- ufactured in the town of High Wy- combe, England. The town is still prin- clhp‘ltlly engaged in the manufacture of chairs. answers aj space is modate a Q. Is the temperature of the sun as high as that of an electric afe light?— "A.'The temperature of the sun is in the neighborhood of 6,000 degrees C., gr' hn‘.nrl! twice that of the electric arc Q. When were parties first called ‘Whig and Tory?—sS. B. A. The names Whig and Tory introduced in 1679 during the over the bill to exclude James, Duke of York, from succession to the crown. The term Whig was used of cattle and horse thieves and was thence transferred to the Scottish Presbyte- rians. During the seventeenth century, | therefore, it denoted Presbyterianism were {nrty badges until the nineteenth cen- ury. Q. Are jade figures carved by hand or by machine?—H. J. D. A. tal jade is carved by hand with primitive tools. Q. Was James H. Snook, who paid the death penalty for the murder of Theora Hix, a Mason?—T. W. A. He was not a Mason. Q. What is watered stock?—G. J. H. A. When the face value of the stock issued is greater than the property value represented by it at the time of its 1ssue, it is called watered stock. It will not increas¢ the property value of a corporation to increase its stock unless the same is exchanged for real value. Q. Pleage give a biography of Mont- gomery Wazd.—J. W. P. A. A. Montgomery Ward was born in Chatham, N. J., in 1844. He was the great-grandson of Capt. Israel Mont- fomery ‘Ward of Revolutionary War ame. He was a self-educated and self- made man. In 1872 he married Eliza- beth J. Cobb, and founded the firm of Montgomery Ward & Co. in the same year. . Q. Who was “Tree-Planting Mr. Adams”?—W. A. H. A. The American Forestry Associa- tion says that John Quincy Adams, sixth President, was so called because he urged the planting of forests in order to grow naval supplies. In 1828 what might £ called first forest experi- ment station -in America was estab- lished and acorns of live oaks were planted. Q. Into how many departments was France divided during the Fr nch Revo- lution?—N. K. A. The old provincial divisions of Prance were abolished the stituent Assembly country was divided into 83 depart- ments, Q. Do pigeons ever land in trees?— E A L. A.'They do when they cannot find &Ii}?lfl{l or other such places on which ight. Q. How did the Curies happen to discover radium?—I. F. A. In 1896 Henri Becquerel discov- ered that a crystal of a salt of uranium could in the dark reduce the silver bro- mide on a photographic plate, even when a sheet of black paper was placed between. Evidently a radiation differ- ent from light was given out by the t. Plerre and Mme. Curie found that the mineral pitchblende had the same properties. The mineral radium is white and turns black in the air. It belongs to the calcium family. Q. Is the Burning Spring at Niagara Falls a natural phenomenon, or is gn}efl;(tn: mixed with the water?— A. This spring is said to have been known to the Indians 200 years ago. Doctors and chemists from all over the world have analyzed they claim contains salt and fron. The: gether will not burn. It is thought there is an unknown mineral that amal- gamates with the sulphur and magnesia and rebell Tory was an Irish term a Papist outlaw and was ap- the light flow Nation as Finanecial ‘Le‘abder Finds Big Bank Significant Formation of the world's largest bank in New York by a merger of the Chase National Bank, the Equitable Trust Co. and the Interstate Trust Co. is a re- minder to the public that this country has achieved financial leadership since the World War. As the total resources of the new. institution are nearly three billions, the unified control of such a large amount is the subject of much discussion, and the possible public bene- nsidered. American banking, says the New York Sun, is put “a step f in advance of British,” for this country “now has two banks—the Chase and the National City—whose resources exceed those of the Midland and Lloyd’s, while the Guaranty *Trust is ahead of Barclay's and the Westminster. - A ‘billion-dollar bank,’” continues that paper, “is no longer the aim; there are now 12 of these in the world. The new merger makes the fifth bank with resources of two billions and the first bank to have deposits of two billions. It may make it easier to understand the huge- ness of the Chase-Equitable-Interstate resources d { the fare of 175 tenth of the X. Leaving them there, let us reflect with more solemnity that these resources of the cost of running the government of this city for the next five years. One word of caution to bank consolidators— it would be unfortunate to find that all the vice presidents of some future amal- gamation could not find room to meet in Madison Square Garden.” * ok % % “Change of headquarters in world finance operations” is reflected, accord- to the Grand Rapids Press, by the “shift of the ‘biggest-bank’ champion+ ship to the United States,” and it is held to be “a fruit of the war.” That paper also points out that “the war put us in the foreign investment business with a ven{ ce”; that “our syndi- cates went al , begging foreign gov- ernments, cities and private concerns to give us the privilege of loaning to them,” and that “we became expert in foreign exchange and credit technique.” “At the beginning of the World War,” recalls the Indianapolis Star, “the na- tional debt of the United States was $1,207,827.886, or not much more than one-third the resources of the Chase Bank. The public debt previous to that time stood at its highest on September 1, 1865, when it was $2,846,000,000, which was looked on as a staggering sum at that time. The new bank has deposits equal to almost twice the ma- tional debt at the opening of the Worl War. A few years ago a billion-dollar his supvort to Pinchot in 1922, when Pinchot was elected governor in a three- cornered race. * k% Chairman Jouett Shouse of the Democratic national executive commit- tee is setting much store by the elec- ‘tion of a Democratic mayor of Kansas City, Mo. He insists that it shows & wind blowing dgainst the Hoover ad- ministration in the West. The present mayor of Kansas City, a Republican, has been in office for two consecutive terms and Mr. Hoover carried Kansas City by 30,000 votes and sent a Re- publican to_the House in place of a Democrat. In the election now the Democratic candidate for mayor won by 23,000. Mr. Shouse insists that the Kansas City election, which might not be so important if taken by itself, is but & link in a chain which shows a would be a candidate and it was not denfed at the time. 1t Grundy gets out of the senatorial t om:oll.ns Mr. Davis a member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, Francis H. Bohlen, who stands on a wet plat- form. The withdrawal of Lewis from as or nomination. It is believed that it has lessened Mr. Pinchot’s chances. However, in some quarters the idea is put forward that Grundy will stay in the race and join forces with Pinchot. Such a line-up would be somewhat like placing Norris of Nebraska and Grundy on the same ticket. Nevertheless, Grundy is credited with having thrown decided trend toward the Democratic party. Other links in this chain, he says, are the election of a Democrat to the House in the old Gillett district in Mas- sachusetts, the return of the third Ken- tucky district to the Democratic fold, the victory of the regular Democrat in the fifth G innesota, the vic- tory of the regular Dem in the Virginia elections last Fall, and “the retusal of the Republicin Governor of Connecticut to call a special election to choose a successor to the late Re- blican Congressman, es P, Glynn, corporation was unknown in the busi- ness and industrial worlds, and was looked on as a fanciful proposition. The billion-dollar company is no longer a noyelty. There are several of them in this country—one even having grown to mare than two and a half billions—and the number is increasing. wealth is growing by leaps and bounds. The public has abandoned the idea, &opuhr a few years ago, that mere size to be avoided in its business insti- tutions.” * ok * ok Developments in the allocation of capital in the United States impress the St. Paul Dispatch, which quotes statis- tical rej showing that “of the 28 largest banks in the United States 16 are in New York City.” That paper continues: “The case of one New York bank is pointed to as a sensation. Starting as a new . institution in Jan- uary, 1929, it has already accumulated deposits of more than $100,000,000. The simultaneous marked increase of mer- ml!rlk;nd tihe ‘m;'rkedyeeg%flh&m ¢|)f leposits in New York City strongly indicate the kinship of cause and effect. Once a Greeley urged young men West- ward, where opportunities for creating wealth abounded. Now the merger ap- pears as the ritual of a financial influ- ence that sends dollars Eastward to a Manhattan Mecca.” The Richmond News-Leader thinks that “the history of the three New York financial institutions that consolidated to form the world’s largest bank would make an admirable commentary on the increase of American wealth during the | last 40 years.” and the Richmond paper quotes figures as. to their growth in re- sources and the similar growth of other institutions. The Roanoke Times states that “the destitiy of the world's largest bank will be in the hands of three men, one a veteran banker, one a Southerner who went to New York only four-years ago, and a lawyer who became a bank | executive only last December.” The Memphis Commercial Appeal remarks {that these three men ‘attained their positions without the aid of influence, wealth or heredity.” * ok ok K “Discussion as to whether such gigan- | tic combinations are of benefit to busi- ness and the country generally,” says the Utica Observer-Dispatch, “has never been settled. But when it is considered that this new combination, immense as it is, by no means has a monopoly of the banking business, and can never acquire it. no matter how earnestly it may strive, there doesn’t appear to be much cause for alarm. The three merged banks might as well be under one head and name as to be separate | units with a working understanding be- tween them.” “A race for leadership by financial giants” is feared by the Scranton Times, which continues: “The public is no longer alarmed at mergers with capital running into the hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars. It is now ac- cepted that consolidations and mergers are a part of the recognized business scheme of the day. However, if there is to be a continuance of these con- solidations the public must be made a beneficlary as well as stockholders. Most far-sighted business men realize this and pass on to the public a cer- tain part of the benefits accruing from merging.” An attitude of doubt on the part of President Hoover and Secretary Mellon less than a year ago as to big banking consolidations is a subject of comment by the Syracuse Herald, with the con- clusion that “many thoughtful citizens will be at a loss to understand what special need is served and what public interest is promoted by these tremen- dous banking combines. ———te——— Best Two Out of Three Wins. From the Worcester Evening Gazette. Ramsay outvoted in the floe:n‘tkmnt unless the oppositiont does Grave Crisis. Prom the Louisville Times. Another minor domestic tragedy ause his fear that the distri a t to'the seat. curs when the cen 'r_cannci found. ’ ’