Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY........April 3, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor "The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Offic 11th Bt and Pennsylvanta Ave, cnicako Offce: Lake Michigan Bandtae. cago 2 e luran'un Ofnce: 14 Ri t St. London. - Rate by Carrier Within the City. Evening Star............ 45¢ per month Evening and Sunday Star Sundays) . 30 er month ia .85¢ per month Th The ne Surday Star .. < Collection made at the end of Orders may be sent in by mal NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday.....1 yr., $10.0( 6.00; 1 mo., 50¢ Daily only . Sunday only 4.00; 1 mo., 40¢ All Other States and Cznlfll.' Dally and Sunda; 1 mo. 81,00 sily only .. £ mo.. 158 unday only . yr.. $8.00; 1 mo. B0c Member of the Associated Press. xclusively entitled © use for republication of all news dis- atches crecited to it or not otherwise cred- ted in this 1 published herein. All rights of bt special dispatches herein are also reserved. —_—————— Clash of the Engineers! If Col. Grant and Maj. Somervell, both distinguished officers of the Corps of Engineers, fought their battle over the future of the Potomac River and Great Falls in words and phrases to be found only in their text books, the gen- eral public would be left pretty much in the dark as to what they were arguing about. Fortunately, both of them seem pos- sessed of a certain sense of humor that adds popular enjoyment to their duels in figures over esthetics and economics. Maj. Somervell evidently quoted a part of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s report on the Potomac River park project with malice aforethought wien he read to Senators of the District committee the follow- ing excerpt: The gorge of the Potomac is unusual from the biological viewpoint and has a continuous rature laboratory record of unusual length in the United States. In the cool shades below the stecp cliffs on the south bank are to be found ani- mals, insects and plants in unusual va- riety, Here the fauna and the flora of the upland mountain regions meet and hobnob with those of the coastal plain. The river has brought the seeds and animals from the hills and cut a cool gorge for them to develop in. Capt. John Smith found in this vicinity “Beares, Deere and other beasts” ... and Argoll described an animal which presumably was a “bison.” ‘Whether it was a bisor. or not re- mains a mystery and Maj. Somervell merely added his own comment that, under the proposed park-power develop- ment of the river, the flora and the fauna could continue to hobnob on the shores as in the past, while the river was developed commercially. But neither coes Col. Grant, in his reply to Maj. Somervell's statement, rest on statistics and intricate computations in compound interest to amplify his argument. He says, for instance, that Maj. Somervell is as “sincere and convinced himself as a prospector with & newly- discovered gold mine,” but his figures are all wrong. The obvious difficulty in making the statistics compiled by Gen. Jadwin jibe with those presented by Maj. Somervell reminds Col. Grant of the arithmetic of the harried husband who “spoke crossly to his wife about the delay in breakfast: ‘I want my breakfast now. I have had nothing to eat since yesterday and tomorrow will be the third day.’” If these were two ordinary mortals debating the future of Great Falls, there would be nothing extraordinary in the barbed shafts of friendly ridicule that both use. But they are Army engineers—both of them! e The Bermuda Flight. The encouraging feature of the New York-Bermuda flight attempt is that while it was a failure it was very much of a success so far as the lives of the fivers were concerned. When Lewis Yancey, Willlam Alexander and Zeh Bouck decided to attempt the Bermuda hop—a feat of extreme difficulty due to the nicety of navigation required to pick up the tiny islands seven hundred miles out on the broad Atlantic—they did not, as so many have done be- fore them, climb into a land plane and say to themselves, “We will make it or bust; if we fall in the ocean that is just too bad.” They first found the plane they thought would serve the purpose and sensibly attached pontoons to it for & possible water landing. That their caution was rewarded is history now. Sixty miles short of their goal darkness descended upon them and, again dis- playing the same good sense, they “sat down” on a smooth ocean to wait for daylight. When morning came they ‘were able to rise under their own power and make a trjumphant entry at their destination. . Although Yancey and his associates on their initial trip failed to demon- * strate the feasibility of regular airplane passenger service between New York and Bermuda, there appears to be no reason to believe that within a few years such a service will not be in regular opera- tion. It takes approximately forty- eight hours to travel from New York to the islands by ship. By plane it can be made in eight hours or less. The difficulty of a New York-Ber- muda service lies in the delicate navi- gation required, and in this connec- tion it might be pointed out that Mr. Yancey has few equals as navigator. If every plane that took off from New York could have a Yancey aboard as a steersman the trip to Bermuda would simply be an easy eight-hour hop and nothing more. But even without navi- gators of his ability an air service to Bermuda is well within the realm of possibilities during the next few years e Oklahoma oil is likely hereafter to use up some of its profits in fire in- surance policies. President Cosgrave's Re-Election. The world at large does not com- monly associate Irish politics with sta- bility, yet today’s news from Dublin successive year as the responsible head of the Irish government. Post-war his- tory in no country in either hemisphere has witnessed so signal an exhibition of political equilibrium. It augurs well for the Emerald Isle. It is the Dail, and not the popular votes, which elects the Free State Presi- dent, who is not the chief magistrate of the nation in the sense our Presi- dents are, but, rather, is prime minister, with supreme administrative authority. He depends, under the Free State's con- stitution, upon a parliamentary major- ‘ty in the Lower House for retention of office. The Government party has a working, but not an overwhelming, mar- gin of strength in the Dail. Mr. Cos- grave was sustained in the presidency yesterday by a vote of only 80 to 65. ‘The bulk of the ballots cast against the Government party came from the supporters of Eamon de Valera, one- time self-constituted “president of the Irish Republic.” Mr. de Valera is now in the United States in the course of one of his periodical campaigns among American citizens of Irish extraction. ‘The Republican leader himself was in the presidential running in the Dalil, ] but succumbed to an adverse vote of 93 to 54. Only de Valera’s own ad- herents, a formidable fighting minority of 54, rallied to his cause. ‘The Irish Free State, under a pro- longed Cosgrave government, will pro- ceed to work out Erin’s destinies under the virtually unrestricted soverelgnty it enjoys within the framework of the British commonwealth, 1t is confronted by manifold .and grave problems. The demonstration of solidity, which its popular parliamentary branch has just given, is an assurance to Ireland’s friends throughout the world that the Free State’s future is secure, in so far las wise statesmanship can make it so. | Myriads of those friends are in this country. They are not confined to men and women of Gaelic blood. Americans of whatever origin rejoice in independ- ent Ireland's welfare and hope for its continuance in ever-increasing measure. The Code of the Movies. The doom of the murderer, the tip- pler, the philanderer, the gangster, bootlegger, wife beater, dog stealer and other rough customers who heretofore have bid for fame as movie heroes and won it on the silver screen seems to be sealed by the Code—duly capitalized —adopted by the board of directors of the Motion Picture Producers and Dis- tributors of America, Inc, of which Will Hays is president. Adoption of the Code, it is announced, will not only determine the character of most of the pictures exhibited in 22,000 theaters in this country, serving a weekly audience of 250,000,000 per- sons, but unites by their voluntary ac- tion the twenty major motion picture companies of America in formal recog- nition of the dictum that Right Will Triumph in the End. The Code sets down & number of basic principles to be followed by the producers in grinding out their mil- lions of feet of film. Some of them follow: ‘That every effort shall be made to reflect in drama and entertainment the better standards of life; ‘That law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed; ‘That sympathy shall not be created for the violation of the law. Mankind generally has realized the difference in the entertainment which tends to improve the race, and the entertainment that tends to degrade. Crime, brutality, vice, are among the facts of life, but it is recognized that there is a right way and a wrong way to present such facts on the screen. Thus the new Code provides: That crimes against law shall never be presented in such & way as to throw sympathy with the crime as against law and justice; ‘That acts of murder or brutality shall be presented only in such & way as will not inspire imitation; ‘That methods of crime shall not be presented in explicit detail on the screen; that revenge in modern times shall not be justified as a motive; That the use of liquor in American life shall be restricted to the actual requirements of characterization or plot. ‘That is all excellent. Secondary only to the interest in the Code will be the manner of its interpretation by the ethical producers. For obviously much is left to their good taste and discrimi- nation. “Acts of murder or brutality shall be presented only in such a way as will not inspire imitation,” says the Code, which probably means that, for every cold-blooded murder on the screen, justice, swift and triumphant, must be the inevitable accompaniment and the murderer must indicate in unmistakable words and actions that the whole thing was most repuisive to him and that the punishment was a well deserved lesson. Otherwise, imita- tion might be inspired. But at the same time the Code forbids any sympa- thy for the criminal. Actors who take such parts hereafter must be most despicable fellows, devoid of any good. The directors doubtless will have a hard nut to crack regarding treatment of criminals’ mothers. Should they, un- der the Code, be permitted any rights at all? Criminals certainly have moth- ers. But if the mothers sob, will such heart-rending noises tend to forbid imi- tation of the crime, or will it merely enlist the sympathy of the audience for the criminal? The Code would accom- plish much if it banned sobbing moth- ers altogether. But here we run into the realization that sobbing mothers are, after all, among the facts of life, and the movies must present them. Some of the talking pictures have been eloquent arguments for the neces- sity for adoption of a Code. Whether the instrument under discussion is go- ing to answer the purpose is left to the future. But may every villain come to an untimely end, and do so without profanity! —_———————————— .\ Cangsters who take the law into their own hands are at least sufficiently modernized in civilization to use guns and avoid lynchings. The One Proper Lincoln Museum. Almost every American will rejoice when he reads the eventual news that the Government has properly and adequately housed the remarkable col- lection of Lincolniana laboriously and discriminatingly gathered here in Washington by Col. Oldroyd and which indicates that no administration now in | several years ago passed to. Govern- existence can claim such a record of longevity as that of the Free State. ‘wil- liam T. Cosgrave, president of the ex- ecutive council since the creation of the state in 1922, has been triumphantly re-elected, following the defeat of his cabinet in the Dail, or Lower House, by a slender vote last week. He enters now mmmmmun,mmmummnm git rid of 'em” ment ownership. Furthermors, doubt- less all would be pleased to hear that this invaluable aggregation has been placed in what was once Ford's Theater, scene of the assassination of ‘he great war President. Recently the House District commit- tee agreed to report favorably a meas- | of Pennsylvania which authorizes ap- propriation of $100,000 for the altera- tion and repair of this old-time play house as a repository for this special collection and also for other appropriate Civil War mementoes. These would by no means fill the renovated building, and it is proposed also to provide there- in suitable rooms for official headquar- ters for various patriotic organizations. Responsibility for the care and the maintenance of the building would be vested in the director of public build- ings and public grounds. At present the old theater, substan- tial enough and not too greatly altered in appearance, stands vacant. Across the street, in the littlz house wherein Lincoln breathed his last, the collection is still installed, badly crowded and subject to various hazards. The old play house could, with practically no alteration in its appearance, be made fireproof, or nearly so, and rearranged as to interior so that these treasures could be proporly shown, There is no better place in the world for them. The Government was long enough in acquiring Col. Oldroyd's treasures, but finally did so. Now it is somewhat like a man who, after years of deliberation, has bought a Stradivarius violin and carries it around in a too-small paste- board box. The house which was the scene of Lincoln’s passing should, of course, also be preserved and should be simply refurnished in the style of the sixth decade of the last century. — e Whalen's Difficulties. Commissioner Whalen seems having a time of it with New York's seventeen thousand taxi drivers. Some time ago the commissioner, himself sar- torially perfect, decided that something should be done about the nondescript apparel of those who have taken up hacking as a profession. Accordingly, he issued orders that after the fifteenth of February every driver should attire himself in & cap and duster, or have his license suspended. To make it easy and inexpensive for the men, the commis- sioner made arrangements with a cloth- ing firm to supply the outfit at some- thing over three dollars. And then came the hitch. While the drivers were not averse to improving their appearance even at some cost to themselves, they did not feel that they should be compelled to buy from only one firm, inasmuch as competition had sprung up and clothing companies were bidding for the busi- ness. In fact hackers have taken the case to court, claiming that they were refused licenses, although they had bought caps and dusters, because the outfit did not agree with that prescribed by the commissioner. Some of them have won support in their stand, one judge stating that to him it did not make any difference what the men wore and another that the plaintiff could go and get his license in “pajamas” if he chose and the court would back him up. After all, it would seem an easy mat- ter for the commissioner to settle these difficulties. ‘The big thing is that the drivers are willing to attire themselves properly. All that would seem to be necessary now is for the commissioner to specify the general color scheme and let the drivers buy where they choose. 1t is a desirable regulation, but one that should be reasonably enforced. o War plays are popular, owing partly to the fact that a younger generation is coming along that regards a war as picturesquely terrifying, yet not at all dangerous when viewed from an or- chestra chair. to be oot Women who are permitted to dress and behave as they choose in Turkey are sald to be wondering what it is all about. Free from all question or re- proof, they are probably beginning to fear that nobody loves them. e Some of the Nation's muiti-million- aires who were once interested In juries are now more comfortably occupied in figuring the chances for or against them in the races at Bowle. S SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Ins and Outs. Election time is nearin’; ‘We're happy as kin be, Not & cloud appearin® On the land or sea. Life is unacquainted With the ways of sin— ‘That's the way it's painted By the folks that's IN! Questions are two-sided And the world is sad! Safeguards once provided Goin’ to the bad. Pigures kind o’ twisty Fill our minds with doubt, And the future's misty To the folks that's OUT! Convincing His Customers. “I have been re-elected many times,” mused Senator Sorghum. “That's what I call fine politics,” re- plied the admiring friend. “I'm not sure whether you would call it politics or high-power salesmanship.” Jud Tunkins says time may be money, but he never saw any way of makin' a clock take the place of a bank account. Off for Chicago. Goin’ to Chicago town Fast as T kin- spin. Lay the old revolver down * And don't bring any gin. Have some pray'rful papers drawn Phrased in language warm-— Goin’ to Chicago on A mission of, reform. A Bad Dancer. “That man with whom you danced 80 often has the reputation of being a fortune hunter.” “So father has told me” answered Miss Cayenne, “If he can’t manage money any better than he does his feet he is not to be trusted.” “When you find yourself with many enemies,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “ask yourself honestly whether you have not in some manner deserved them.” - Thrift. A tolling friend of yore I met. He was no idle sleeper. He worked himself ‘most out of debt And then got in still deeper. “Don't try to forget yoh troubles,” said Uncle Eben. “Remember ‘em an’ try to s THE_EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1930. THIS AND THAT Seed catalogues are lmonfctm “best sellers” throughout the Nation, if one may judge from the informal on books which come from near and far. Everywhere persons interested in their !lrdenu are turning over the pages of he brightly illustrated booklets (some of them are large enough to be regard- ed as true books) in an effort to decide on what to plant this year. Is thers any more delightful perplex- ity than this? For every indecision is not tiresome, nor does it spell & fault in character. The perplexity which besets the i teur gardener at this time of the year, as he pores over his favorite seed cata- :;gues. 15 of the sort which makes life tter. ‘Well may he hesitate. Here are scores and scores of varieties clamoring for his approval. The truth of the matter is that he approves of them all! If the gardener had his way about it, he would put seeds of every one into the ground. Only by planting them all can the home gardener ever be satisfled, just as only b¥‘ reading every book that comes from the press could the booklover feel that he had kept up with the times. Both courses being out of the ques- tion, there is nothing left for either the I:lrdener or booklover except to make an telligent choice. Here is where the delightful perplexity comes in, and in some»ways the choice is more beset with doubt among seeds than among books. ‘There are many advisers, both formal and informal, in the fleld of books. Critics of various degrees are willing to tell one about the good books, the better books and the best books. But there are few ‘“seed critics,” although there are plenty of plant experts. In the flelds of horticulture every man is on his own, to choose as best suits his own needs. One seldom lets George do it. * ok k% Catalogues have been in hand for three months, but most of us have not paid much attention to them, despite the pleas of the seedsmen, except for an evening or two after they came. That is called “fireside gardening,” and most delightful it is, too. But January is too far from the planting season. Warmer days must lure one into the open before the mind really is fit to consider plants. Thus gardening is seen to be almost as much mental as material or manual. Every person has an exact degree of temperature at which he feels best outdoors. If one is particularly sturdy and warm-blooded, he may find that he is comfortable outdoors on a chilly day. Most of us, however, demand some de- gree of real warmth before the garden beckons in earnest. Not that there have not been days, now and then, when one was lured into the back yard. The neighbor's boy was raking furiously. We love that boy. He goes at everything hammer and tongs. Some day, when he is older, he is going to acquire the habit of stick-to-it-ive- ness. And when he does, there is go- ing to be nothing too big for him to ac- complish. When those first warm days came around recently, Junior was out in his back yard with a man's sized rake, in- tent on putting the world to rights. His raking would have won hands down in any raking contest. What mattered it to him if there was little grass to rake? The instrument went into play as if huge masses of old growth were to be removed and cast into the discard. ‘These strenuous rakings were relieved by periods of proper horseplay, in which handsprings were the order of the day. Now this is the proper spirit of the gar- den. One ought to want to turn hand- springs, or cartwheels, and, what is more, one ought to feel like doing it. The trouble with too many gardens is that their gardeners feel as if they are being spied upon by the neighbors. No doubt some of this is in the gardener's own head, but part of it is in the neighbors’ 2yes, too. The lack of self-consciousness of youth is an invaluable asset for a gardener, * ok ok ok Now is the time to get down to busi- ness about one's collection of seed catalogues. These entrancing books L _NUEVO DIARIO, Caracas— We have selected two of the most novel casualties spread upon recent police reports for the edification of our readers. In the first case Roberto Vatendo, a native of Santa Lucia, in the English Antilles, was enjoying himself merrily in a reunion with some old-time friends in an establishment in the pastoral street of El Silencio. In the course of the convivial festivities Senor Vatendo rose to vocalize an aria, but lost his equilibrium and sat down violently upon a bottle that reposed in the terior pocket of his pantaloons. is pro- duced & wound which required immedi- ate attention at the Hospital Vargas. The second case of unusual character was that involving Miguel Carrillo and Marcos Parra, who, discussing & mat- ter of intense mutual interest, but of divergent opinion, on the front seat of an automobile in the early hours of dawn, first came to vociferous argument and then to a boxing match, as they sat in their places. As the velocity of the car was not abated for the purposes of this fistic encounter, an alert police agent intervened, boarding Carrillo’s car while it was careening at top speed and brought it to a standstill Carrillo, suffering mainly from some enthusiastic drubs all over his body, was conducted to the police station, while Parra, with a blue eye not im- g:sed by nature and a nose which had come a fountain of bright vermilion, was transported to that haven of all unfortunates, the benevolent Hospital Vargas. * ok kX Bridge of Caesars To Be Widened. Cologne Gazette.—The old bridge at Trier (Treves), the days of the Caesars, widened to conform to the require- ments of the traffic now passing over it. The bridge, consisting of a number of red sandstone arches and showing little deterioration in the march of the centuries, will be enlarged with masonry the same as the original construction to a total breadth of 12 meters, 7.50 meters for the width of the traffic lane and 2.15 meters for each foot-passenger walk. This means that the present width of the bridge, amply sufficient for the travel of the province under the emperors, will be increased by approxi- mately 3.45 meters to conform to mod- ern traffic. * X X % Identity of Boy Still Unknown. Le Matin, Paris—In October, 1918, & boy of some 10 years, coming probably from Maurienne, took utufi at the farm house of M. Poignet, & large land owner of Frontenex. At that time he did not recall either the place of his birth or the names of his parents. knew only his given name, “Charles.” The boy never left the estate, but now, being almost old enough to be a soldier, investigations have been undertaken by the government in view of determining his civil lullll;. Popular Marriage Age, 25 to 29. El Mercurio, Santiago.—From Jan 1929 there was * x k. 3,428 nuptials were celebrated. Unions solemnized of “between ages 40 and 44 were 1,570; between 45 and 49, 1,166; and between 50 and 89, Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands Roman built in | use is be He“ have done their best to interest the ardener. Each one of them a vor of its own. Although all of them list, in the main, much the same seeds and plants, each one :gchl\nu upon one or more. One booklet will stress the rose, another the gladiolus, another the petunia. And eac! house has its champions among readers. Men are loyal to their seedsmen, just as they are to their safety razors, but they are always looking around for the per- fect seed—seed which will germinate 100 per cent, and never disappoint in color or any other matter. Now, every gardener, no matter how much of an amateur he is, knows that perfection is no more reached in seeds than in other things. A packet may contain fine seeds, but if the weather changes drastically after the plants are first up, something may happen. And then it is easy to place the blame on the seed, of course, rather than on the elements. These are chances seeds- men must take. There is no more absolute perfection in seeds than in human nature. So long as men are lazy, there will be injustice done seeds. No one can help it. This is the appointed time for every gardener to decide what plants he wants to grow this Spring. The time will shortly be here when it will be safe to plant anything Each individual fl lener must realize that some mil- llons of persons throughout the United States are thinking exactly the same thought. All of them are rushing to their catalogues. Soon the mails will be flooded with orders. “Mail early!” is not only a helpful slogan at Christ- mas, it applies with peculiar force in early Spring. The early bird not only fi:.s his worm, the early gardener gets wanted seeds with less delay and less chance of error. * x % If we have any advice to give the amateur this season, it is to make him- self happy with the annuals, and not spend so much time talking about and planting perennials, Every garden ought to have plenty of the latter, it goes without saying, but more gardens ought to have more of the fine old an- nuals. If we may judge from frequent trips through the "various suburbs of ‘Washington last Summer, there are literally thousands of wasted op- portunities for beauty everywhere. Many annuals, such as the zinnia and petunia, ask nothing more than to be planted. Such seed is cheap. Acres of their beauty may be secured for a few cents. Most firms specialize, too, in handling what is often termed “Cali- fornia wild flower seed.” Often vacant lots could be planted to this latter for as little as 50 cents, to the immeasurable gain of adjoining property and the entire neighborhood. The annuals suffer from the evil which often afflict those things in this world which are and com- mon. Their profusion detracts from them in many minds. Often their beauty is forgotten for no better reason than that they are easy to grow! Gardening hath its snobbery, too. no less than books. We will not shortly forget the sneer we received in & book- store some months ago, from a gentle- man who was purchasing one of the flashy “new biographies,” when we to ask for a copy Boswell's “Life of Samuel Johnsol Yet the book he bought already is forgotten, or almost so, whereas Boswell's famous work goes right ahead winning ever- new laurels with the discriminating. It is so with the flowers. After one has tried the fancy annuals, which may or may not succeed for one, he is willing to go back to the surety of the zinnias and the petunias and the rtulacas. They will bloom for him n bad seasons as well as good. He does not have to be an “expert” to have these pretty flowers. And they are beautiful, after all, are they not? ‘They are not roees, of course—no other flowers are. Nor are they gladioli. The iris and the peony stand sure in their favorite places of great dignity and beauty. We would not compare petunias and zinnias with them. Nor would we forget these latter old “standbys” for them, either, 1,122, But what we want especially to call attention to are the alllances of those between the ages of 60 and 70 years, which enumerate no less than 671, ‘There is no longer any doubt that the older people are becoming more and more of an unknown quantity. A curious feature of some of these cases is that many of these ancient brides and bridegrooms had not been previously married. It is as if they are unwilling, or afraid, after living in single blessedness so long, to pass the remainder of their lives without com- panionship, * k k& Life of Auto In Europe Is Six Years. Neues Wiener Tagblatt, Vienna.—How long lives an auto? There are, unfor- tunately, no reliable European statistics in regard to the life of an auto truck or moter car, but we should say that, to the best of our knowledge, derived from the opinions of drivers and dealers, the average life of an automobile in Austria, and in other European countries as well, is five or six years. In the United States, where the in- dustry is such an important one, these computations have been gone into very carefully, and the following table shows the result of a scientific investigation in regard to the matter. Of every 100 cars marketed in the United States— After 1%, years there were still in use 98. 9 After 2% years there still use 91. After 31, years there still use 86. After 415 years still After 51 years still years still years still years still 9% years still 10% years there still 11%, years there were still 121, years there were still 15 cars. We believe the average longevity of cars is greater in Europe and that we use them longer and drive them far- ther, but this assumption is not borne out by the statistics given in the above table, which imply an average life of seven years for an auto. There Aren’t Two of These. From the Dayton Daily News. ‘were were there were there were there were there were there were there were were A New Jersey flyer is planning a non- ht from Frisco to Jllnp.ln, and make a stop the chances are {t will be the only one. And Sit in It Than Keep Pressed. Prom the Grand Rapids Fress. Another sex distinction is that a man would rather have his chair comfortable than reupholstered. —————— Maybe Somebody’s Engineering. From the Charlotte News, ‘The Naval Conference is now - | isf appar: ently getting up steam. It has a crisis every day. —————— Then It Might Not Be Sin. Prom the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. Poverty has its advantages. We often much be wonder there would in the'world it y could afford it The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. The people in Oregon look on Presi- dent, Hoover as & “home product,” ac- cording to “Phil” Metchan, Republican State chairman. The President re- ceived much of his early education there. Mr. Metchan, who is now in Washington, has no_hesitation what- ever in saying. that Mr. Hoover could carry Oregon tomorrow if there were & residential election at hand. He also ooks on the renomination of Senator McNary and the re-clection of the senior Senator from Oregon as assured facts. The people of the State, he says, are well satisfied with the course Senator Mc- Nary has followed in connection with the tariff bill, His work in the interest of a duty on lumber is known through- sut the State. And if there is one thing Oregonians are interested in just now, it is that same duty on lumber. They are hoping that the Senate amendment to the tariff bill providing such a duty will prevail in conference. Business conditions in Portland, Mr. Metchan's home, are better than they were a year ago, he says. There is no great unemployment throughout the State and agriculture is looking up. cratic opposition in his State this year. .k ok X If “Phil” La Follette gets in the race for governor this year, it will be because of a demand made by the rank and flle of the La Follette Progressive Repub- licans of Wisconsin. The question of whether the younger La Follette should run for governor is being considered by the Progressive Republicans in State senator'al district conferences. About half of the senatorial districts have taken the matter up and have given their heartiest indorsement of the pro- posal to run La Follstte for governor. Apparently there is a real demand for the cundldncneo! La Follette for chief executive of t! senatorial districts have been heard from, it is expected that Phil La Fol- lette will announce his candidacy. Walter J. Kohler, present governor and “bathtub king,” is expected to be a candidate to succred himself. He has the job of defending himself in the courts still against charges of having violated the State election laws in the last campaign. It is probable, however, that the “stalwart” Republicans, as the regular faction is called in Wisconsin, will line up solidly back of the gov- ernor and make of the coming contest a real race. * ok k * Phil La Follette is the younger son of the late Senator Robert M. La Fol- lette and brother of the present Sena- tor “Bob” La Follette. He is 33 years old, which is just three years older than was his brother “Bob’ hen the latter became Senator five years ago. The youthful age of the Senator, however, proved no handicap and he has become a real power in the Senate today. Furthermore, Senator La Follette has won the respect and affection of the people of his State and he is regarded as unbeatable there now. If Phil La Follette wins the gubernatorial nomina- tion in the Republican primary, which takes place in Wisconsin in September, the Republican Progressives feel cer- tain that he will be elected governor. In that event the La Follette Progres- sive group will occupy an even stronger position in the State than they did under the leadership of the senior La Follette. Senator Blaine, now Senator La Foliette's colleague, is of the La Follette Progressive group. With two United States Senators and a governor, probably backed up by the State Legis- lature, the Progressives would be in a commanding position indeed. The younger La Follette has been in politics for years. despite his youth. He is an orator, a lawyer and at one time held the office of prosecuting at- torney of Dane County, the first public office held by his distinguished father. The governorship is an office of extreme importance to_any political faction in any State. There are thousands of offices under the State government, and it makes a considerable difference who ; has the dispensing of this “patronage.” * K Kk k¥ On Tuesday the stage will have been finally set for the Republican sena- torial and gubsrnatorial primaries in Pennsylvania, if they are not, indeed, already set. Monday is the last day for withdrawing names from the con- | tests. There are still those followers of politics in the Keystone State who ! insist that a “deal” will be effected at| the last moment which will iron out the troubles which have arisen among the Republicans there, But the chances of | such a deal now seem extraordinarily dim. Senator Grundy, for example, is apparently set for the contest for the senatorial nomination, and so is Secre- tary Davis of the Department of Labor. It promises to be a real battle, though, from the present outlook, the situation favors Davis. * ok ok ok Organized labor, through the leaders of the State federation, have gone on record in opposition to the nomination of Senator Grundy. This might have been expected. Grundy has for years been opposed, according to the labor people, to the interests of the workers. Here is what the statement of the labor people, issued last night, had to say about him: “Senator Joseph R. Grundy was unan- imously condemned by the conference and his defeat was recommended to the voters of the State because of his out- standing and consistent record of op- position to labor and humanitarian leg- islation.” The decision to op) Grundy was the only action taken by the labor lead- ers. They are withholding indorsement of candidates until after they have had an_opportunity to reply to question- naires on labor legislation which will be sent to them. There seems little doubt that labor will back up Mr. Davis in the coming senatorial race. The only question is_whether labor will give its support _to Davis' running mate, Francis Shunk Brown, seeking the gubernatorial nomination in opposition to former Gov. Gifford Pinchot, who has-been consid- ered a friend to labor. * k k¥ Incidentally, it looks more and more as though Grundy and Pinchot were being forced into the same camp in this primary campaign, although they have stood for diametrically opposite things in the past. Thomas Raeburn White, chairman of the Republican League and Committee of Seventy, has come out with an indorsement of Grundy for the Senate and Pinchot for Ffi;lemon Pin- chot is attacking the adelphia or- ganization, headed by Vare, and so is Grundy. Vare is supporting Brown and Davis. Mr. Grundy has turned his guns on Gen. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Republican national committeeman for Pennsylva~ nia, charging that Gen. Atterbury and the Philadelphia organization are en- gaged in a conspiracy to loot the State. How far Mr. Grundy’s attacks are likely to carry him remains to be seen. With the record of the manipulation of poli- tics and politicians which the veteran president of the Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation has back of him, it is not un- likely that his demands for a clean-up will fall on a number of deaf ears. The Republicans are planning more and more to enter the coming campaign with the Hoover standard in their hands. They have to go to the bat on the record of the administration, and they are putting its achievements for- ward at every opportunity. This is true up in Maine, where the State con- vention has recently been held. And it will be the same story in other State conventions as they are held. It be- to look now as though there would real success growing out of the London Naval Conference, and if there is, it will be put forward as one of the major accomplishments of the - tration. * % ¥ K ‘Tomorrow, according to present plans, Chairman John J. Raskob of the Demo. cratic national committee is to appear before the Senate lol ittee to the Tovesie of the repeal.of the elght: t of the of e Raskob’ eenth amendment. Mr. 's testl- mony will be followed with keen: Mr. Metchan is not afraid of the Demo- | State, and when all the | H. interest, and the ‘The resources of our free Information Bureau are at your service. You are invited to call upon it as often as you please. It is being maintained solely to serve you. What question can we answer for you? There is no charge at all except 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Address your letter to The Evening Star, Information Bu- reau, Frederic J. Haskim, director, Washington, D. C. Q. Where is the largest clectric light in the world?—W. L. A. It is in the Metropolitan Sound Studios in Hollywood. It has a 50,000~ watt globe in it, containing enough tungsten fillament for 156,000 ordinary sized house lamps. It is said that it can throw a concentrated beam of 12,- 000,000 candlepower, Q. Has the silver birch been made the especial tree to commemorate motherhood?—W, 8. P. A. The white birch has been desig- nated by the American Forestry Asso- clation as the tree to commemorate mothers, and the tree at Reading, Pa., is called the “Initial Mothers' Tree.” white birch tree was planted by Solon L. Parkes on the shores of Lake Antietam, near Reading, Pa., on Ma; 13, 1923, and dedicated to motherhood. Origirally designed to honor his own mother, it was later designated to honor other mothers of the world. The spe- cially marked spade which he used on that occasion has been presented to the American Forestry Association and is loaned to other States and organizations which wish to plant trees to honor mothers. It is always dated up ahead for occasions on which it will be used. ‘There has been no act of Congress on this matter. Q. What color is the prairie wolf?— "A. 1t is gray, Q. Who are meant by the Sons of the Prophet?>—E. J. G. A. This term is frequently used to describe the followers of Mohammed. Q. What well known song writer other than George Cohan was born on July 4?—J. N. A. Stephen Collins Foster was an American song writer who was born at Pittsburgh, Pa., July 4, 1826. He dled in New York, January 13, 1864. He was educated at Athens Academy and Jefferson College, Pa. He composed the music and wrote the words of over 125 popular songs and melodies, among which are “The Old Folks at Home,” “Nellie Gray,” “Swanee River,” “Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming” and “Old Dog Tray.” Q. Who was the father of the Dow- ager Queen Marie of Rumania?—C. H, A. She is the daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen | Victoria. from active politics on his death in 1927, Q. When was the thistle adopted as the emblem of Scotland?—W. B. A. It is said to have been adopted by the Scotch as early as the eighth century in commemoration of an un- successful night attack by the Danes on Stirling Castle. Their presence was unsuspected and was revealed through the barefooted scouts treading on the thistles and suddenly crying out. The | alarm was given, the Scots fell upon the party with terrible slaughter. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. She was crowned with King | Ferdinand October 15, 1922, but retired | Q. What is salt marsh land?— W.T. T. R. o A. 1t is land which is either con- stantly or at intervals covered with ses water or brackish water from estuaries 50 that normal upland vegetation will not flourish, and distinctive salt-resist- ing plants can grow. Q. Please give the limerick which was said to have been composed by President Wilson.—H. E. W. A. “For beauty I am not a star, There are others more handsome by far, My face I don't mind it, For I am behind it, It's the people in front that I jar.” Q. What sort of work did the Canary Girls of England perform?—R. E. M. A. You probably have reference to the munition workers in England who suffered from toxic jaundice which was contracted by working with TNT. In many cases the skin of the sufferers turned yellow. Q. What language did the ancient Ethloplans speak?—J. L. T. A. They spoke a language known as Ethiopic, also called lesana Ge'ez (the tonge of Ge'ez). It is closely allied with the languages of Southern Arabia and represents the southwestern branch of the southern division of the Sem languages. Q. Does alcohol create smoke when burned in a lamp? Does it give off as much _heat as 0il?—F. J. 8. A. It does not make smoke and does not give off as much heat as oil does. Q. What is the population of Soviet Russia?—M. M. C. A. In 1926-7 the population was 147,013,600, Q. What is the most common first name in Ireland?—S. G. E. A. 1t is sald that there are one-third more Irishmen by the name of Patrick in Ireland than by any other name. Q. Has the letter A always been the first in the alphabet?—A. F. A. Tt _has stood at the beginning of the alphabet as far back as its history can be traced. Q. What was the original name of Isle of Wight County, Va?—W. C. A. It first_bore the Indian name of Warrosquoyacke. Q. How can I make indelible some autographs that are written in peneil? () A. The Bureau of Standards suge gests spraying with the fixative used by artists for preventing the smudging of crayon -and charcoal drawings. The fixative is a weak solution of bleached shellac in alcohol. The color is so pale and the film of shellac left on the paper is so thin that it cannot be noticed. Be careful not to close the beok or turn the pages before the | alcohol evaporates and the shellac loses its tackiness. Artists’ supply houses | sell a cheap tin sprayer, but an old atomizer for spraying the throat can be used. The solution should be well rinsed out of the tubes with alcohol if you wish to use the atomizer again. Q. Where is the building which is a memorial to women of the World | War?—-0. M. G. A. The memorial building which commemorates the services and sacri- fices of women in the World War ad- joins the Red Cross memorial to the women of the Civil War. The new structure is a handsome marble building. Kentucky Rouses Criticism In New Ballot-Count Method Kentucky's new law, providing that the ballots cast in an election shall be | kept under lock overnight and counted the next day, is strongly criticized by the rest of the country, on the ground that it will add to the suspense in a close election. The measure became effective without the governor's signa- ture. The purpose is to minimize op- rtunities for fraud, the ballots to be ept under three locks, the keys of which are to be in the custody of trusted officials. “Stealing an election, like other kinds of theft.” agrees the San Antonio News, “is easier under cover of night. Pre- sumably acting on that theory, the | Kentucky Legislature forbids the count- ing of ballots after dark.” The News, however, emphasizes the objectionable features of the new law, statement: ‘“Prolonging the candidates’ and the citizens' suspense for a day or two is likely to prove intolerable. And will the rest of the country will- ingly wait 24 hours to learn how Ken- tucky voted for President? No prophet is needed to predict that the howl of protest after the first count under the new law will force its repeal. Would not the State do better—even at con- siderable expense—to adopt voting ma- chines? The new devices are proof against tampering; they register and count the vote as cast. No waiting for returns; that’s progress. The Kentucky Legislature has tried to turn the clock back 100 years.” * k% X “Kentucky is assured an eccentric publicity as the State which prefers to grace the tail-end of the electoral pro- cession,” declares the Syracuse Herald, pointing out that “the Governor of Kentucky declined to approve the bill, though he permitted it to become a law after 10 days without his signature.” ‘The Herald also comments on the effect of such legislation, with the statement: “The theory inspiring this queer legis- lation is that a day's delay in counting would work as safeguard against fraudulent manipulation of the returns. Up in our own State a suspicion has found deep lodgment that any prac- tice or influence that interferes with an expeditious count has a precisely oppo- site effect to that contemplated by the Kentucky legislators, Of the two hy- potheses, the New York one seems the more reasonable.” ‘The suspicion that “there must have been crooked work somewhere” is voiced by the Waterloo Tribune, with the conclusion that “Kentucky isn't going to trust its election officials to count the ballots hereafter,” and the state- ment as to the practice in its own State: “Here we proceed to count the ballots, while the balloting is going on. We do 1t right out in front. ¥h= only trouble we ever have is in the way of disputes as to spoiled ballots, and we try to count them in such a way that the voter will not lose his vote. * K ok ok ‘The method adopted brings the sug- gestion from the Harrisburg Telegraph that “maybe thgt's all right for Ken- tucky, but counting ballots the next day has overturned more than one election in Pennsylvania.” The Toledo Blade concludes: ‘““As for the merit in delay- ing the ballot count, it is difficult o see how potent that may be in pre- venting fraud. ith the ballot boxes collested in the county court house, it seems that the jugglers may have every- thing in their favor to put on the show to suit themselves. One may wonder, also, how many of the locked ballot boxes actually will arrive out of the mountain district down the river beds on muleback on election night.” “It is possible,” contends the Hart- ford Courant, “that the result of such elections will be held up for days untl the voters are counted in one State, since Kentucky is on the whole a ‘bor- derline State’ The law was because of recent charges of fraud in Kentucky elections. It is regrettable that the inability of one State to con- trol the honesty of its ballots should bring the bility of an irritatirg not alone by the Regubllunl. but also by the Democrats, who have their fac- tional différences over the wet and dry Mr. Raskob is likely to have a the wets difficult time satisfying in his party, { with the | | delay on a question of national impor- tance.” F ok ek ‘The Savannah Press ‘“cannot see where there is very much to be gained | by such a measure.” That paper com- ments also, emphasizing the disadvan=- tages: “Now it will be impossible to tell how Kentucky has gone on the night of elections if the new law remains in force through the campaign and the voting days of the future. In national | contests, newspapers cannot flash the returns from Kentucky because they will not be made known until the day after the election, and then quite late in the day because the counting of the ballots and the tabulating of results throughout the State will require much rebe e “It would look like a pretty good guess that the Kentuckians, having a reason- able share of curiosity, would tire of this new scheme after one or two experi- ences with its workings,” suggests the Manchester Union, while the Davenport Democrat says of the new arrangement: “In days when the public is demanding its election news hot off the griddle, such a law seems to be a step backward. Other States are providing voting ma- chines that make the results of the voting available within a few minutes, or at the most a few hours, after the polls are closed. Davenporters can look back upon the all-night and next-day vigils of the election judges in the Bloody Fifth, three or four decades ago, wien it required 24 hours to take the tally off the big paper blanket ballots, and allow the judges and clerks suffi- cient time for disputation, but we should not want to go back to that system now. Here we could now circulate & morning paper with the complete Scott County vote before they had unlocked the bal- lot boxes in Kentucky, under the new law. It would seem as if the folks dow there ought to wake up.” ’ s Parley on Whales Opens As Navy Conference Ends From the Atlanta Journal. 1t is only coincidence, of course, that the international conference on the preservation of whales is to begin at a time when the naval limitation parley is waning. But this new and large question involves, too, a matter of arma- ment reduction, and since the essence of the difficulty is economic rather than political, indications are that something practical will be accomplished. For no matter how lightly non-whale- conscious folk are inclined to treat the warning anent a diminishing supply. the simple fact is that whales cannot last forever—not at the present rate of extermination. The public has an in- terest in the matter, whether that in- terest is realized or not. A muititude of fine products, soaps and face creams and lotions, derive some of their pri- mary ingredients from whale oil. It is not sufficient for the playful citizen to say, “All right, I promise not to kill any more whales. I'll deny myselt that much.” This is a welcome and legiti- mate little piece of humor. Let us en- joy the incongruous aspects of a con- ference on whale preservation, by all means. Smiles are all right. But nations face the really serious problem of regulating whale slaughter. Thirty thousand of them were killed year, many more than the prob- able natural increase. Cannon shot, ns and swift boats, even air- planes, have been drafted into the merciless war on the huge mammals whose carcasses, unlike many, are as valuable as their size would indicate, Thoughtful scientists, “mammalogists,” in the new phrase, will discuss the salient m¢ of regulation and ar- rive at a set of conclusions which no nation involved in the whale-oil indus- try can afford to disregard. Just be- cause we are lelmlnf to be concerned nowadays about small things, there is no reason why thehlzil{ythmu, such as whales, should be w] neglected. ——oo—————— The Witnesses Disagreed. Prom the Asheville Times. Wets and drys have concluded their evidence before the House judiciary committee, With indications for & mis-