Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY.......April 10, 1030 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor 24 BT E iy e R, Rate by Carrier Within the City. n- ;:on\m Star.... 45¢ rer month e G .'IDB per month THo Bunday Bar Collection made "t ‘sen 65¢ per month per copy | ollection ma the end of each month. otk ey ‘ i | in by mail or telephone Rate by Mafl—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. = mo.. 80c | B | All Other States'and Canada. | afl, Sunday..] yr.. $13. mg ll‘ig{ a7 only . 88.00: 1 mo., 60c | fated Pro i l;xlvely entitled | all news dis t otherwise ¢ ind also the | Ll i b} The New Commissioners. ! The Senate’s confirmation of the | President’s appointments gives to the | District its two new civilian Commis- sloners, Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer and Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, U. 8. A, retired. Both of these gentlemen are personally acceptable to the people of ‘Washington and both are welcomed to their new duties with the good wishes of this community. Both will receive the loyal support of Washingtonians, In the case of Gen. Crosby, his ap- pointment by the President and his con- firmation by the Senate were made over the protest of eitizens who challenged his eligibllity under the organic law. The Senate’s confirmation, however, dis- poses in practical effect of that issue in 80 far as the people of Washington are concerned. The United States Supreme Court in the Newman case indicated, in effect, that no one in the District is oualified to challenge in the courts the question of such eligibility unless it be the Attorney General, who, in this case, can be counted out, or a party in in- terest, the Supreme Court having de- clded that a taxpaying citisen is not such a party. There is no appeal from the Supreme Court, and that court has transmission and reception of easily recognizable pict foe " the purposes of the movies and the talkies— is already perfected to & point that promises television within the measur. able future. Yesterday's achievement is unquestionably an immense advance along the road that is leading to.it, slowly but surely. Accounts of the “ikonophone'’s” debut tell us that the picture as received by its users came through sharp and clear, with only an occasional slight flicker. ‘The telephone booths at either end were bathed in orange-colored light, and the “scanning beam,” which picked up a copy of the features of the speaker, was a blue ray not bothersome to the eyes, as was the strong light of earlier television: systems. Ten years from now—probably in less time than that—when we can see the whites of our friends’ eyes while in the commonplace act of hearing their voices—the marvel just wrought on Manhattan Island will be fully recog- nized for what it is. It is another epochal event in mankind's endless con- Quest of the seemingly impossible, ) ! Mr. Coolidge Has “No Intention.” For some time past political gossip has been playing with the suggestion that Mr. Coolidge was willing to receive the Republican nomination for Presi- dent in 1932 and that his writings and his travels about the country were for the purpose of keeping him in the public mind to that end. With characteristic aloofness the former President has until now ignored these suggestions, with no hint of acknowledgment that they have reached his ears. A little while ago, however, it was announced that he would touch upon the subject in a forthcoming article in a magazine in the course of his regular contributions. There has been considerable interest in the matter, and now it is satisfied. Mr. Coolidge says: When I left Washington office. It is an mcom::‘:;hewgltnmll’llg ::(it'l have no intention of returning If I were in the Senate it would not be agreeable to many of my colleagues, and with all my desires to be heipful it would probably oftentimes be an em- barrassment to the administration. To have a former President in Washington exercising political power would result in all kinds of uncomfortable complica- tions. Only the necessity of serving in some national crisis, so great as to subordinate all other considerations, would warrant it. Nor do I have un{ sympathy with those who are discussing again making me President. The service that I could decided in effect that there is no appeal from the President and the Senate. ‘The only doubt remaining as to Gen. Crosby’s status as a civilian Commis- sioner rests in the matter of his com- pensation, which will be considered in due time by the Controller General. His eligibllity to draw two salaries, one as a civillan Commissioner of the Dis- trict and one as a retired Army officer, cannot be contested, provided his eligi- bility to appointment as a Commissioner 18 no longer at issue. The prohibition against drawing two salaries from the ‘Government does not apply to those re- tired Army officers who are elected to public office, or appointed to public of- fice by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. While it was not sustained, the pro- test against Gen. Crosby’s appointment —based wholly on the issue of eligibility under the organic law—has not been in vain. It has served to emphasize the residential and other requirements that must be possessed by candidates for civilian commissionerships. The debate in the Senate, in which two of the Senate's foremost constitutional lawyers, Walsh of Montans and George of Georgia, argued against his eligi- bility under the law, is sufficient in- dication that the grounds for protest ‘were neither technical nor trivial. The debate renders improbable a violation of the residence qualification, & stipulation wisely inserted in the organic law. For both the President and the Senate have shown distinct disposition to observe the law where there is no possible doubt as to its mean:ng; as in the case of the three | years’ residence requirement. Whil Benator Walsh, particularly, took excep- tion to Gen. Crosby’s eligibility on the grounds of his residence, the Attorney | General's opinion “assumed” that in | this there was no dispute. ‘The debate further showed that the | question of retired Army officer eligibil- 1ty, if referred to a later Attorney Gen- eral, may otherwise be construed. For Senator Glass developed the point that while' Gen. Black's ineligibility was based on the residence clause, Gen. Helmick, another retired Army officer, was personally told by former Attorney General Sargent that he was ineligible because he was a retired Army officer. Dr. Reichelderfer and Gen. Crosby are now the civilian Commissioners of the District for the next three years. ‘They are good men, anxious to work for the District’s yelfare, the adequate maintenance of the Federal City and its ‘wholesome development. Such a task 18 a co-operative endeavor, shared be- tween the President and Congress, rep- regenting the Nation, and the Commis- sloners and the tax-paying, law-abiding community. They will work together enthusiastically for the upbuilding of Qreater Washington, the material city and the city of its people. ———ere An officer who knows precisely what 8 expected of him in law enforcement has to be a pretty good lawyer as well a8 a first-rate policeman. The “Ikonophone.” “Hello, Central, I want to see North 9009,” or words to that effect, may soon be the order of the telephonic day, in light of a wondrous demonstra- tion in New York. From that den of which permits persons at opposite ends of a telephone wire to see each In @ practical test at New York yesterday, two users of the “ikono- phone” met eye to eye as they con- versed over a distance of two and a miles. This latest miracle of the goes without saying, embryonic stage. But experiment of April 9, its place alongside Alexander 's historic first telephone his co-worker, Thomas A. on March 10, 1876: “Mr. please come here, I want you!” The Bell sclentists have made sight by telephone feasible in connection with E" to the people in that office I feel done. In all likelihood even this will not completely qulet the suggestion, for the same disposition that led to the ques- tioning of the sincerity of the “I do not choose to run” statement of 1927 pre- valls today. It is a perennial dis- position to disbelieve disclaimers of political aspiration. There will probably be references to the somewhat indirect manner in which Mr. Coolidge puts aside the suggestion of a renewed candidacy for the highest office. “Nor do I have any sympathy” is not precisely the same as “In no circumstances would I accept.” But “I do mot choose to run” was not a peremptory refusal, and yet it was ef- fective. It was as near to a specific and positive denial as Mr. Coolidge could characteristically come. Some will question Mr. Coolidge on the score of his possible participation in government as a member of the Senate. To be sure, no former Presi- dent has ever thus far sat in that body. But a one-time President did serve in the House of Representatives, and in point of pririciple there is no difference whatever between the two bodies of Congress. And John Quincy Adams did not as Representative cause em- barrassment to the administration by reason of his prestige as former Presi- dent, though at times he was in truth a decidedly embarrassing factor for several of his successors. That was be- cause he was a stout and outspoken op- ponent of slavery and of other institu- tions of the period. This statement by Mr. Coolidge ought to settle the matter. He should not be M™iered further with the use of his name in political gossip. His words | should be taken at their full value, as expressing & wish to remain in private lite. ] The work of Richard Brinsley Sheri- dan has lived. His play “The Rivals” gradually acquired such influence as a satire on dueling that men of distin- guished prominence may now call one another all kinds of names without fear of being summoned to the field of honor. R , XThe Vergil Bimillennium. While preparations are under way in this country to celebrate the bicentennial of one world figure, attention is turned to similar plans laid to observe the bi- millennial of another whose fame, while resting on quite a different basis, is and for centuries has been almost universal. He is Publius Vergilius Maro, commonly called Vergl], the bane of callow school boys and 'gitls, the delight of those same schoolchildren when grown up. How greatly he is their delight they seldom themselves realize, for it has been truly said that no peet ever lived who inspired 50 many other beloved poets. Italy's national celebration of Vergil's birth will take place informally through- out the year, but officially and with special emphasis on April 21, birthday of Rome. In every city and village he will be honored by readings from his works, fresh publication of his poems, lectures and public or archaeological works carried out in his name. The promotion and co-ordination of all these manifestations has been intrusted to the recently founded Royal Italian Acad- emy. Special festivities will be held Rome and Naples from Oc- 15, the latter the actual All over the world similar observances will be undertaken. The United States will participate by special commemora- tive exhibitions in museums and l- braries. Even Mustapha Kemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, has ordered a na- tional translation of the poet's works, declaring that classical culture is the “vertebral column” of that western civilization which he is attempting to substitute for Islamic or Persian influ- ences. Possibly the most original and the most appropriate observance of all, however, will be the planting of & grove in Vergil's honor on the shores of the River Mencio, near Mantua, on the very natal spot. This beautiful way of hon- oring gods and heroes has been seldom employed since antiquity save for the planted, including those he loved the best, as evidenced by his charming snd sccurate poems on rural life. Many other striking indications of his fame and modern populsrity are scheduled, including musical composi- 'tions, special excavations in Rome in his honor, while Vergilian pilgrimages to Italy will be numerous and enthusi- astic. Not the least interesting event will be a special cruise arranged to touch at every spot on the Italian sea- shore mentioned in his works. All these points are indications of the fact that Vergil's pecullar distinction is that he stands pre-eminent as & tower- | iakes ing mountain-isthmus between the an- clent and the modern world. Other thoroughfares there are, but Vergil is the high road by which the subtlest and the most precious influences have passed from the old civilization to the making of the new. “He grows out of the old, heroic poetry,” declares one of his en- thusiasts, “like a flourishing oak out of the stump of a primeval forest monarch.” Perhaps the number of efforts to translate an author may not be an ex- act indication of the extent of his in- fluence, but it is a pretty good one. There have been more than twenty Eng- lish versions of the major works of Vergil, besides twenty-five of the Aeneld alone and one hundred and four ver- sions of more or less considerable portions of his entire works, while on the list of his translators are such {llustrious names as Wordsworth, Shelley, Cowper and Dryden.) This implies an unusual affinity between the genius of the Roman of another age and the modern Anglo-Saxon mind. Therefore let all who use the torigue of the latter race unite in extending wishes for many happy re- turns. A birthday party is no novelty for him, for hardly had two hundred years passed after his death when ad- mirers observed that feast with sacri- fices and heaped imperial honors on his tomb, It is highly probable that the three-thousandth anniversary will far outdo the one planned for 1930. —————— It is estimated that motion pictures entertain many more persons daily than base ball. Base ball still has an ad- vantage in providing entertainment that calls for no trouble and expense in efforts to supervise its moral effect on spectators. —————— An increase in postal rates has been suggested. In the meantime charges are made that post office rentals are the services of a business doctor in this especial branch of economics. ————— Hanna McCormick as one who learned to lisp politics at the knee of an illus- trious father. An agreement in international rela- tions may be reached without much delay. But the subsequent interpreta- tions usually take time. oo Oklahoma should by this time be con- vinced that the control of oil output needs not only financial organization but a good fire department. —_— e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Back to the Whiskers. Chicago is turning to aid us in learning The facts as to fashions for men. i In books the big city has been wise and witty And in music it rules, now and then. But politics ranging through years has been changing, We welcome the past with a smile. Now giving the cue is J. Hamilton Lewis That whiskers once more are in style. Once more we'll be showing the winds that are blowing ‘Through foliage fluttering fair. The scenery splendid once more is ex- tended ‘When rheteric floats through the air. Parisian fashion we hold in compassion, Chicago will beat them a mile. The item that's new is, J. Hamilton Lewis Again has put whiskers in style. Signs of Influence. “Do you warn lobbyists not to visit your office?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “If 8 lobbyist never came to see me ft would immediately be suspected that I had lost my influence.” Jud Tunkins says the good old times aren't fully appreciated until you are reminded of what your grandparents could bring home from the market for a dollar. World’s Champion Politician. John Barleycorn, we must confess, Has caused the public pain. And now we find him more or less In politics again. Sel~cting a Name. “What are you going to call your new baby?” “Well,” said Mr. Meekton, “you know Henrietta is exceedingly fond of dogs. In order to make sure that Henpletta will lavish affection and care on him I think, whatever we christen him, we'll nickname him ‘Fido’.” “To seize more power than you can manage,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “leaves you in the position of a man who might have been comfortable driving one horse, but who insisted on holding the reins over half a dozen.” Dictatorial Election. I have a method which can be Relied on not to fail. All folks who do not vote for me Tl promptly put in jail. “Say yoh prayers, son,” said Uncle Eben, “but don't make 'em so long dat you'll be suspicioned of tryin’ to make good talk take de place of good works.” —_———— Excellent Training. p. — e Antics Should Be Funny. From the Loulsville canrln-.hunn.o‘ i Raymond L. Ditmars, curator New York Zoo, plans to make talkies with ants. This will be better than a Ppicnie. O R P Aviators’ Time Divided. From the Savannah Press. Aviators make great w when for lost " time isn’t taken up excessive. There is apparently room for | j¢ Tlling vidently has faith in Ruth | Dlssevicently { That is why more and more persons THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. love for trees may be considered f of man's monkey ancestry. It t, at this year, stood in delight before g of the Japanese cherries? but spectacular members of race of living things. ost monstrous plants, trees, class with mountains, rivers, nd other great natural phe- nomena. Man's love for them is inherent. He may live withput thought of them for many years, but when he comes to hunt a home he naturally seeks shelter be- neath their overhanging boughs. Many persons who prefer certain sec- tions of a city to others do.not realize that trees play a large part in that choice. The community denuded of trees exerts less “pull,” in the first place, and less holding power, in the second. And thirdly it never feels so much like home as the gracious setting of houses beneath trees, back ffom side- walks lined with giants of the forest. * ok ok ok ‘While all will admit the lure of trees, few seem willing to “loosen up” and purchase full-grown specimens for planting near their own homes. Many who would think nothing at all of paying $250 for a radio set would hold up their hands in horror at the extravagance, as they would call it, of alytnl!.heumemforlflnehil ee. ‘They would be willing to equip a house with a set of awnings, but would shrink, from a similar outlay for trees. Yet it may be argued that trees, ly placed, will do all that awn- gs can do, in the matter of shade, and in addition will give an appearance to a home and to an entire street which no other ‘“equipment” can hore to equal, for trees make us all feel that we are monkeys again, in a forest full of brother and sister monks. * ok ok K )‘omculturuu have learned a great deal about moving full,grown trees during the past few years, with the result that those of the largest size can be hx:'“e?“‘“uy transported and trans- P! 5 We were looking the other day through a nursery catalogue and were interested in noting the prices of Nor- way maples. This , located on Long Island, is of the type which one would designate as “fancy,” so their prices may or may not be representative. Prices for specimens 14 to 18 feet tall, as we recall, were $12, but those 35 feet high, with real trunks a foot or more in diameter, suddenly jumped to $250. This price, as far as we could tell, did not include planting. the price of a real tree mounts up to real money, but our point is that such a tree is worth its price, especially there is some guarantee given as to growth, which we suppose there is. * kX ok It must be admitted that waiting for trees to “grow up” is a tedious process. ought to think about buying trees full grown, The thinking is necessary, because so far the minds of the mass of the peo- Elle have not been so educated. Even 1930 the purchase of big trees is pogulmy held to be a rich man’s game. he people had to be educated to personal transportation before the auto- mobile came into its own. Once upon time the horse and carriage were re- rded in much the same light that the steam yacht is today, as the sign manual of great wealth. But today every Tom, Dick and Harry has a per- sonal means of rapid transportation. Perhaps the same thing will be done Highlights on the mwwm ‘Trees are the auto- mobiles, the steam yachts, of plants. Almost, ev-rimhoma owner feels able to buy a few shrubs and rflflnnl‘l plants, but if one may judge from the treeless grounds to'be “seen everywhere, few owmflu feel quite up o the purchase of full- trees. e e oo Wenknowh .hummh owner ol’twe y, who one regret today, fn“i'z"m did not plant two trees in front of his house seven years ago. He could achieve the same result, or better, by loosening up, as the phrase is, for two big ones now, considering that he had merely prorated the cost over the seven years. : But he is held back by an inferiority complex—a spending inferority, 4f you will, He has never got the idea ';l‘:t he has any right to pay $500 for a pair of trees, and until he does get the idea he will never buy them. . As the home planting idea, which has gained considerable momentum in the past 10 , further spreads among the people. as a whole, no doubt xmu-:“l and mre — e owners “Ktu come e point where they regard trees as a necessity. ‘When they do, of course, the price of big trees will go down. It must be remembered that a tree does not neces- sarily have to gtlnt to come within the classification “big.” It must have enough trunk diameter to look like a tree, not a uplmfi.und enough leaves to cast some real shade. It must meas- ure up, to a certain extent, to the house near which it is planted. * k% % ‘The proper placement of trees in re- gard to the house is a problem all by itself. No doubt there is something ex- tremely eozy-looking in a house tucked immediately against a tree, but the overhanging branches tend to cut down the chimney draft, offer more fire hazard, in case of lightning, and in other ways prove a detriment. ‘Trees placed at least 20 feet from a house offer better background values, and throw even better shade. Their picturesque or “homey” effect is the one thing desired above all; to secure this, trees in front of a house ought to be to one side, rather than directly in front, in order to frame the house. Thus two trees, one to either side, offer the maximum effect, in the frontal approach. Large trees to the rear give back- ground effect to be secured in no other way. Even here the center of lawns are best left clear, and the trees kept to the sides, unless they are at the ex- treme back limits of the lot, where they preferably may be in the center. * ok ko Wherever placed, however, a tree is | a most desirable adjunct to a home lot, and the home owner should go extremely slow in removing any. By reason of their mighty structure, trees are more closely and tightly related, if one may put it that way, with Mother Earth, and they mightily re- sent being torn from her broad bosom. But the thing can be done, with as perhaps reasonable expectation of suc- cess as attends any other transplant- ing operation. Only it will cost a great deal more, and cannot be done by ama- teurs. Men have waxed properly sentimental er's “Woodm: over trees (see poem), and indignant an, spare that tree!”). Bryant called the forest “God's first temple,” and other poets have sung their beauty and maj- esty. It remains for the average hu- man being, especially the city dweller, who is mostly cut off from forests, to love and take care of such trees as come his way, remembering always that they are the most colossal of living things, and the longest lived. Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands EUS WIENER TAGBLATT, Vi- enna.—Edsel Ford, with his 36 years, is one of the richest men in the world. He is presi- dent of the Ford Motor Co. Although the Ford enterprise is or- ganized as a “Korperschaft” (corpora- tion), nevertheless it is in all respects merely a partnership, and the only other partner is the founder of the company, Henry . Ford inducted his son, Edsel, into a part and share ‘in the business at a comparatively early age, and the re- markable thing about this is that, de- spite the predominntln, E:Hormlnc: and prominence of his father, he was able, nevertheless, to make a career and reputation for himself through his in- dustrious application to his work and diligence in all his responsibilities. He has become quite something more than a mere shadow of his father. He has acquired honor and distinction through his own merits and efforts. Neverthe- less, the two men, father and son, are entirely harmonious and mutually help- ful in all that concerns the promotion of the businen-" R Becomes Citizen Upon Residence in U. S. El Comercio, Lima—I have just been to New York to see my old college friend, Juan Shaeffer. Juan was born a_Vizcayan mother. In the_College “El Angel de la Guardia” of Bidebar- rieta, Shaeffer was ed “the Switzer," and enjoyed the prestige which, de- servedly or mnot, belongs to all other Europeans in Spain. Later on, at the university in Zurich, he was ealled “the Spaniard,” and tn!glrl:d the great- est admiration among his companions when he demonstrated the fine art of bullflghundul. in pantomime, with a cane and bandana handkerchief, on the campus. He also gave out that every letter he received from home was from Lolita, a flaming symphony of feminine pulchritude, who would rather stab you with a -handled l?‘o.lnm'fl than not. hat does Lol say?” his coterie would ask bruchlm, with wide none of them ld read much ish. “Oh, she just says she is very jealous, and that I had better be caremlkl s;\-e may drive over here some week end.” Now Juan is in America, and he is not a foreigner, but a_naturalized citi- zen. It i5 not so pleasant to be a turelfner in America. Instead of being extolled or pampered, they are general- 1y looked upon as rather inferior beings and do not come into full fellowship until they have professed their sym- pathy with all the institutions of the very mueh an American in New York. He' selects films_ for Spanish moving lcture hmgaa Héqh" mdo?:c.;.nr; ilding on Times Square an ment on Riverside drive. His clothes and his English are both very correctly Am * % x % Matter Of Common Honesty. London.—* it us ch error? ;nwdhrnh. Le Matin, world have been fllled in recent weeks with the danger of acquiring serious and fatal diseases from parrots, those bril- liant ans interesting birds which have 50 long been the beauty and delight of many homes. Inasmuch as serious sicknesses have been traced to contact with these feathered entertainers, de- mands have been made by certain un- reasonable people that ail pet parrots be exterminated. This f"mpoul has received encouragement this city due to the fact that a little girl pro- voking a parrakeet—that pretty diminu- tive of the parrot family—was bitten on the finger and has since been seriously ill in the hospital. Because of the comparative rarity of these cases is it advisable to destroy all the parrots? When one dog has hydro- hobia we do not kil all the other dogs, ut only the dogs known or suspected to be infected with the disease. The same considerations should govern the campaign against the parrots. * k% % Not All Are Like Oliver Cromwell. Cromos, Bogota.—A photographer, compelled by the exigencies forced upon him by the physiognomies of his cus- tomers, hung a neatly framed in his studio bearing the epigram of Oliver Cromwell, spoken to the artist who painted without the warts which are said io have ornamented his counte- nance: “Paint me as I am, moles and all, or, by my halidome, I won't pay for the portrait!” ‘To the gentle insinuation promulgated by this sign, one of the photographer’s sitters added in pencil: “When I pay you, it will be for making me look hand- somer than I am. When I wish to be- hold myself as I really appear, I can always look in the mirror. U. S. Passport Fee of $10 Protested by Shipowners From the Detroit News. Considerable fuss is being made by steamship companies about the $10 fee which the United States charges for a two-year rt, the argument being that this fee discourages foreign travel. It is also pointed out that the $10 visa charge which the United States exacts has caused various countries to retaliate with a similar charge when American citizens wish to enter them. The com- panies argue that before the war a passport could be obtained for $1, and that the price was jacked up not only to discourage travel during the war, but to | to obtain additional revenue. Now that the war is over and most of the war taxes have disappeared, they fee ought to be made reasonable once more. It seems to us that this argument is not broad enough, but merely nibbles at the evil. Before the war not a , except Russia, Tur- even it into that body. tained its “for men only” sign up to the present. Today many of the Sen- ators are astounded that a woman is now threatening to tear down that sign. Mrs., Ruth Hanna McCormick in_Illinols has the a very good lzhcud next Fall has made them sit up ]lnfl take notice. Probably some of the sitting members are wondering when clever women will assail their right to hold their seats in the upper house. The Senate is a clubby place, despite the violent fracases which take place between members on the floor over po- litical questions. ~And right now its members are wondering what they are going to do when a woman enters the Senate as a member, The Senate has the rule of unlimited debate. Wiil it be just right to turn a woman, or women, loose in the Senate with such a rule? Especially when women are be hed to the “last Senate, they should be entitled to mem- 'berlhi& in" the “greatest deliberative the world."” Illinols Republican primary, which nominated Mrs. McCormick for the Sen- ate over Senator Charles S. Deneen, was a_great “comeback” place, “Big Bill” Thompson, the mayor, and his crowd of political workers—fast workers—according to all accounts—are in the saddle in Chicago again. Deneen, the only outstanding Republican leader who has opposed the City Hall gang in recent years, has been swept away. His organization was hopeleul{‘ defeated in the city. Then there is the victory of Frank L. Smith in the race for Repre- sentative-at-large. Col. Smith ran sec- ond in a field of 23 for one of the two republican nominations for this job in the House. In 1926 Col. Smith was nominated and elected Sgnator. But the Senate would not seat because of the contributions and expenditures in his campaign.- He and William 8. Vare s s ol e o Sy ate’s pro y for investigating, wi "Jlm'PIu-d and his slush fund com- tee got on their trail. Col. Smith in 1928 t vindication at the hands of the people, trying for another nomi- nation for the Senate, but he was de- feated by Senator Glenn. On Tuesday, | however, in a State-wide race, Col Smith won a nomination to the House, al- though he ran second to Richard Yates, sitting member and former governor, by a wide margin. It is likely that the Democrats will concentrate on Smith in the coming congressional cunul(; and use the fact he was turned down by the Senate extensively in their campaign. Smith will run on the Republican ticket, however, along with Mrs. McCormick. | “Big Bill’ Thompson, who, according to dispatches from Chicago, is smiling again after two {un of gloom, is quoted as having sald of the primaries: ! "'l!:uth crushed to earth will rise ‘The World Court and Mrs. McCor- mick have had something to do with this particular vindication of Mayor Thompson and his regime, however. * ok %k ok It was a foregone conclusion that the Senate would provide another slush fund investigating committee this year. Benator Norris of Nebraska offered a resolution for such a committee weeks +8go and now the Senate committee on ‘| privileges and elections has reported the resolution favorably by a unanimous vote. It will be adopted by the Senate. | Then the job will come of selecting the committee. Senator “Jim"” Reed is no longer a member of the Senate, and with his departure the Senate lost its greatest and most feared prosecuting examiner. Senator “Tom” Walsh of | Montana, who lifted the lid of the Tea- | pot Dome oil scandal and who is a most. taking and successful in- vestigator, must be counted out, for he is up for re-election himself this year and it would not do to have Senators who have a personal stake in these | elections this year conducting such an inquiry. ‘The “committee is to be ap- pointed by Vice President Curtis. It is expected that the progressive wing of the Republican membership of the Senate, along with the regulars and the Democrats, will be accorded mem- bership in the committee. Senator “Bob" La Follette of Wisconsin is avail- able, for he does not have to run this year. He has had some experience, 00, for he was a member of the Senate slush fund committee in 1926 and passed on the Smith and Vare cases. Senator Wheeler of Montana, Democrat, who investigated the Department’ ot Justice during the regime of Harry Dougherty, also is available as an in- vestigator, * k¥ % Senator Norris has had in mind, it is said, that the senatorial campaigns this year in Illinois, Pennsylvania and his own State, Nebraska, should be in- quired into. The latest purist, Senator Joseph R. Grundy of Pennsylvania, is clamoring for an inquiry into the Penn- sylvania primary, where he is now a candidate for the senatorial nomination against Secretary of Commerce James J. Davis. It happens that the Vare ma- chine in Philadelphia is supporting Davis, the same outfit that fell into par- ticular disrepute with the Senate when rare ran four years ago. Grundy at that time backed the Fisher- Pepper ticket, though with particular emphasis on the Fisher end of the ticket, and the Fisher-Pepper people were found to have exp:nded several l‘;undred thousand more dollars than did are. * % ‘The Democrats are claiming now that Nlinois and Ohio should be debatable battle grounds in the senatorial cam- paigns this year, along with Massa chusetts and Rhode Island. They a hoping to put former Senator J. Hamil- ton Lewis across in Illinois on the wet issue, and in Ohlo their hopes of victory rest l;rsely on the fact that there has been industrial unrest. The Republicans are expected to get back of Senator Roscoe C. McCulloch, who was ap- pointed by Gov. Cooper to fill the va- cancy caused by the death last g:lr of Senator Theodore E. Burton. nator McCulloch was formerly a member of the House. One report has it that the Democrats will nominate against Mc- Culloch a former State chairman, Wil- liam W. Durbin of Kenton. However, there are other candidates for the nom- ination, lmong them John McSweeney of Wooster, former member of the House and & veteran of the World War. Ohio has been s Republican, gen- erally speaking, has not elected a Democratic Senator singe Atlee Pom- erene was chosen in 1914. It will be a tough nut for the Democrats to crack. * * x ¥ Representative Carroll L. Beedy of the first Maine eox:g:ulnnll district, ardent champion of cause, is to have Democratic ‘Thomas F. Docke, & Democratic member of the State ture, former mayor of Bid- deford, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the L * ok ok % ‘The Democratic troubles over the cighteenth amendment came to the fore Secstary of soe Navy in the Wil- mer of vy - Chairman affair. In the first | Coast, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, Q. How much of a recovery has there been in stock values since the Wall $16,000,000,000 in value in October and November recovered $260,000,000 in De- cember, $1,500,000,000 in January and $725,000,000 in February. Q. Where was the first radio beacon station established by the Bureau of Standards?—J. P. A. It was established at College Park, Md. LQ'A ‘Where are the Carlbad Caverns?— A. They are in New Mexico and are said to contain some of the most spec- of underground wonders in America. Q. Is there an inland waterway from New York to Florida?—A. C. L. A. There is a so-called inland water- way from New York to Florida. This route roughly parallels the Atlantic taking advantage of natural waterways, although canals are built wherever necessary. In some places the Toulc is only 4 feet deep. It starts from the New York Harbor, follows the Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, goes through to Albemarle Sound, thence by artificlal waterway to Pamlico Sounc It goes outside from Newport, N. C., Georgetown, 8. C., then parallels the coast to Florida. Q. Where is the Fahrenheit ther- mometer used and where the Centri- grade?—C. 8. A. The Fahrenheit thermometer is generally used in English-speaking countries and the Centrigrade in coun- tries that use the metric system. Q. At what age do children usually have mumps?—L. H. A. It usually occurs in children of from 5 to 15 years of age. There seems to be decreased susceptibility before 5 and after 15 years of age. Mul in adults up to not rare. Q. Should one say a “bed room suit” or “bed room suite”?—G. W. P. A. Either is correct. Q. How many knights sat with King Arthur at his Round Table?—P. H. 8. A. Although history of the Table Round is partly legendary, it is sup- posed that 150 knights composed it. Q. What does the name Alabama mean?—B. J. A. 1t is a Creek Indian word mean- ing place of rest. . Q. Please give the history of Ellis Island—E. M. H. A. Ellis Island is a small island in the northern part of upper New York Bay, a mile southwest of the Battery. It was sold by New York State to the United States in- 1808, and for many years was used as a powder magaszine. In 1891 it was an immigrant station. The present buildings were erected in 'Naval Treaty Is the refuse, sucl : | between the mps age of 30, however, is | ! 1897, when the original structures were Q. What is “mulching”?—K. L. R. A. For many years Hawailan sugar planiers made a gmuu of leaving as leaves and tops, Tows of growing cane. This served the double pu of con- serving the molsture in soil and keeping down the weed growth. Later the experiment was made of covering the ground between the rows with a cheap grade of asphalt paper, and still later the entire fleld was so cov ered when it was found that the stiff shoots of the cane would penetrate the pl;er. while weeds would not. These differing processes are known as mulch- ing. The same thing is now done with the pineapple crop, holes being made in the &aper 80 that the pineapples can grow through. Experiments made in the United States in mulching various vegetables are said to have resulted in production increases of from 30 to 500 or 600 per cent. It is said that 12 days after a rain soil protected with paper mulch will contain as much as 20 per cent more moisture than unmulched soil in the same vicinity. Q. Are railroad earnings increasing or decr ?—L. M. N. A. In 1929 class 1 railroads of the United States had a net operating in- come of $1,275,000,000, as compared with $1,194,500,000 for the preceding year. Q. When was the first Indian news- paper published?—F. I. C. A. The name of the paper was Shau-wau-nowe Kesauthwau, which means “The Shawnee Sun.” It was published March 1, 1835, and was issued semi-monthly. This is said to have been the first newspaper ever published exclusively in an Indian language. It was edited and published by Dr. John- son Lykins at the Shawnee Indian Mis- sion in Kansas. . Q. Why is the Book of Revelation called the Apocalypse?—A. G. A. The word “revelation” is derived from revelatio, the Latin equivalent fof apocalypsis, both words meaning un- covering or unveiling. Q. Are the Australian Alps snow- clad?—A. E. N. A. The highlands are covered with snow in Winter. The snows feed the streams of Southeast Australia and are the basis of present and potential de- velopment of agriculture by irrigation in his area. Q. What is an acrostic?—E. B. A. It is a short stanza so constructed that the initial letters of the lines, taken consecutively, form words. Such verse is of great antiquity, having been common in ancient Greece and Rome. Q. Why does the boundary of Massa- chusetts take a jog down into Con- necticut at one point?—A. E. D. A. The reason for the peculiar devia- tion from a straight line or boundary between Connecticut and Massachu- setts, known as the Southwick jog, is that when adjusting errors in the boundary line between Connecticut and Massachusetts, as previously run by compass, a long, narrow strip of land was given to Connecticut. The South- wick 1§ ceded to Massachusetts was inten to be an equivalent area. Q. How high are the falls that salmon jump when swimming upstream?—T. M. A. Salmon jump falls of from 6 to 8 feet. Commended As Step Toward Reduction ‘While only limited results are believed possible from the naval agreement of the United States, Japan and Great|ly Britain, the American press looks upon the arrangement made at London as one step in the direction of better world conditions. While it is pointed out that three nations cannot enter upon & pro- gram of extensive reduction, it is sug- gested that these nations may eventual- 1y influence others. The agreement, in the judgment of the San Francisco Chronicle, “is a notable victory for that sincere and de- termined spirit which held the dele- tes to their appointed task in the f:ce of undoubted internal discourage- ments and of noisy jingo defeatist clamor from without.” Observing that ¥ arrangement is intended to re- main in force only until 1936" the Hartford Courant suggests: “At the end of six ynbe. the x‘:lnvn} -uzhn“rllgg in Japan may be more deeply pers! of the mmfiy intentions of tg: United States and may consequently be more willing to abandon their continued claim for a navy 70 per cent as large as that of the United States. Since the conference at Washington in 1922, confidence between the two nations has increased notably. In 1936, relations should rest on an even firmer basis of good will. * ok ok X step forward is seen by the St. Plfil Plgnefl‘ Press in the realization of & policy that the United States and Japan shall “limit their navies in such a way that neither can ever be a menace to the other.” That paper adds that “for America, England and Japan one of the primary pu of the con- ference, eliminating competition among them, is achieved.” he Charlotte News feels that “Japan’s example might well be emulated by some of those governments that have far less at stake.” The Newark Evening News says that “cruisers are the pivot on which this conference turns and Japan has recognized it in an accommodating spirt.” p“'l'he conference has at least been educational,” thinks the Chicago Daily News, “in focusing the opinion of the world upon the conflict between the ancient and now illegal doctrine of al- liances for war to keep the peace and the new and logical doctrine of agree- ments based on general renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy. The former doctrine still has its ad- herents in high places, but there is evi- dence that the same philosophy under- lying the Briand-Kellogg pact is gain- ing ground. That eventually it will prevail cannot be doubted.” * ok ok Much credit for the action is given by the Detroit Free Press “to the pacific disposition of the Japanese government and people,” and the Free Press adds the comment: “Where a whole loaf is unobtainable, three-fifths of a loaf is much better than none—all the better when, as in this case, a_three-power pact including the United States, Great Britain and Japan would exert both a direct restraint on their own naval pro- grams and a_moral restraint on those of their neighbors.” In similar spirit the Houston Chron- icle says: “If England, America and Japan, the three ludl.na naval powers, get together on a definite program, A schedules unnecessary _expenditures for the next six years at least. the lib- portation. least | “Development of Zeppelins is from glar Hi Mr. Huston's political scalp wlmubnun the | the ‘ eral and radical elements of the conti- nental nations will no doubt immediate= open fire upon what they consider the blindly reactionary policies of thfl'r nations’ omchl.sp:ke‘snfn at London.” The agreement is looked upon by the Providence Journal as “the most en= couraging news for the United States that has come out of the London Con=- ference,” while the New York Sun sees “improvement over present conditions. Less optimistic is the contention of the Columbus Ohio State Journal that “it is obvious that the United States, Great Britain and Japan cannot guar- the world by agree- to limit al armaments,” and that paper also argues three-power pact will mean little or nothing in actual reduction or limitation. It is merely a gesture with which to wind up the diplomatic venture, and will give the delegates something to point to as a justification of their meeting after the conference has adjourned and some practical-minded people insist on asking just what was done there.” “In the most liberal interpretation of it,” maintains the Columbia (8. C.) State, “Japan will stand vis-a-vis—that is, confronted or offset by both of these ‘Western powers, who are shoulder to shoulder and regard the Asiatic mem- ber of the so-called triumvirate as a rank outsider. It will be an Anglo- American pact—agreement, alliance— with Japan merely a sort of associate or dormant partner. This is evident, whether we view the agreement her- alded as at least a partial triumph for both London and ' Washington _from the reports originating from London or those originating from Tokio. Japan has not freely and voluntarily accepted the terms of the treaty: she has been, as we say, for want of a - better or clearer term, ‘morally’ forced into ac- ceptance of an alternative which she must have rr@arded as imevitable * * * a lvanta\_us agreement instead of an Anglo-Ame.¢”an alliance.” —eore. Atterbury Gives Views On Railroad of Future From the Boston Transcript. Transportation systems that will in- clude railroad trains, motor trucks and , airships and the ships of the sea, trains on which the traveler may check his automobile, the abandonment of tracks where they are not needed so that their beds may be transformed into concrete highways for the opera- tion of railroad-owned motor vehicles, telephone facilities between car and car of moving train and with the people at home—these and other developments are pictured by Gen. W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, as among the attributes of tomorrow in the tion world. Here is no flight of fancy by a day dreamer. In- stead we have the predictions of a practical man of affairs, director of one of the world's greatest railroads. Gen. Atterbury has something to say and elim- i the the | executive must about the money being spent for the improvement of the railroads. It will amount to a billion dollars this year. Between eight and ten billions will be Ry TR years. such expenditure and the inclusion of other methods of travel in T s per] not_ fanc! o say that 1040 will lgk back to 1930 as in the pioneering stage of modern trans- bein watched,” says the Pennsylvania pnn! dent. Evidently the modern railroad the glisiening. vists of e, alls " An. &l of 3 when ul;e sug L"h: ullrud-ownecg recel e 'rs Of mz«we mw passenge! to lands afar he may be cturing a dream of taday gwmo one of the realities of the mor- Mr. | row. Lesson.” Call It “Moral . | Prom the Lynchburg News. ‘Will Hays having banned “the lure of iln';bln the movies, lboutt“ the ondJ‘y’ Hollywood magnates can is to on the same old stuff, a0dcall I & “Saoral Josson® 7