Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1930, Page 8

A—8 {THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.........June 16, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editer The Evening Star Newspaper Company ‘Business Office: ind Pennsylvania Ave. icago Of ml::k l{z L 'Ig‘ufl cago Ofige” Lake zan Buildihe. uropean Oflcelgo Rey - unlol':. Rate by Carrier Within the City. Too Frevine Star 456 per month nen ¢ & 60c per month en. --85¢ per month r Li.U 0 5C per copy Colection made af the ¢id of' each month ¥ be sent in 1 g rders mas e ¥ mail or telephone Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ily and Sunday. ¥7..$10.00: 1 mo., 85¢ "l only »r. $6.00. 1 mo., $0¢c junday only 1yi. $4.00; 1 mo.. 40¢ All Other States and Canada. FH; ;:Ifi_ Sunday %w.s;;gg.)mo‘nm unday’onty "1 s $E00: MOt 3¢ Member of the As Pres ;The Associated Pr I e i i Approved in Advance. For weeks prior to the passage of the tariff bill President Hoover has been under pressure to veto the measure upon its delivery to him by Congress. Varle ous interests have urged him thus to repudiate the work of Congress, sum- moned in extra session more than a year 8go in part for the purpose of tariff amendment. He has now, in advance of the formal signing of the bill at the Capitol, anticipating its receipt at the White House, declared his intention to sign it and thus complete its enactment into law. This is an unusual eourse for the Chief Executive thus to announce his purpose before the occasion requires, but it is & wise course in the present case, for it saves the President from a week or more of intensive besiegement by the friends and the foes of the meas- ure. Furthermore it spares the country 8 week or more of uncertainty. In the present condition of industrial and eco- nomic affairs the sooner the fate of the tariff bill is known the better. The reasons given by the President for signing the bill are sound. It is not an ideal measure, but it serves as a ful- filiment of the pledge given by the Re- publican party in national convention. It serves furthermore as an aid to the farmers, inasmuch as ninety-four per cent of the increases effected by the bill are on products of agricultural origin, while only six per cent are upon strictly non-agricultural products. If there are unduly high rates which operate un- Justly against the welfare of foreign na- tions, the Tariff Commission, under the flexible provisions of the law, can adjust to meet any such inequity. *The President takes his stand square- Iy upon the platform of the party which majority of the Democratic minority, or from these two minorities combined, at the climax of the contest in 's defeat. psychological proposition the ent is wise in his prompt state- ‘The country is still state after the severe col- k market prices in the is on the upgrade indus- trially, but slowly. It would be most unfortunate, possibly disastrous, to nega- tive the tariff legislation that has cost 80 many months of travail and throw the question back to Congress for a probably longer discussion. Now, with the bill signed in advance of its receipt, the basis of economic readjustment is sssured, without further delay. The President has shown commendable cour- age In thus speedily meeting the issue and giving the country assurance of an immediate basis of stability. —_——————————— ‘There can be no question as to Sen- ator Grundy’s capacity for fast work. It his public career should prove brief none can deny that, after its fashion, it has been brilliant. o ‘Heroism is taken for granted in time of peril at sea. The sailor who becomes panic-stricken delivers a sad blow at faith in human nature, — e Carol of Rumania needs only & little music to be the hero of a genuine comic opera. “Hell and Maria” for Chicago. It is not at all surprising that in the desperately bad condition of affairs in Chicago suggestion should be made that Gen. Charles G. Dawes, now Ambas- sador to Great Britain, may be ‘“re- called” by that city to take full charge of its business. There is no doubt of the extremity to which Chicago has been reduced by maladministration and, it is belleved, by actual corruption of the ad- ministrative forces by the lawless gangs that have made countless millions in racketeering and blackmail. Just a few months ago the city was on the verge of bankruptcy, was, indeed, insolvent through failure of the fiscal system under the wretched mismanagement of the political crew in charge of its af- fairs. That crisis has been passed by the adoption of extraordinary expedi- ents, but the basic conditions which led to the troubles of last Winter have not been cured. Now comes renewed evi- dence, in the murder of a newspaper Teporter, obviously a gang execution, showing that the criminal class has no fears of the law administration of the eity. This single crime has evoked a tremendous upheaval of public feeling, and there are at last indications of a determination on the part of the law- abiding elements of the city to effect a housecleaning. The latest dispatches from Chicago tell of the resignation under pres- sure of the commissioner of police and the demotion to the ranks of the chief inspector. The mayor, Willlam Hale Thompson, i§ “in con- sultation” today with his chief ad- visers, doubtless to determine upon & policy that will perhaps prevent the ouster by extraordinary measures of the entire city administration. Such an outser could be effected only by a vir- e an rest of the public welfare. It is in these circumstances that the name of Gen. Dawes is mentioned. He is now in this country on vacation from his post In London. The suggestion of his name comes from Chicago. There is nothing to indicate his attitude to- ward the as yet only tentative hint of his assignment to duty as clean-up man. It is a job that no one would wish to undertake except as a sacrificial offering to the public interest. But Gen. Dawes is perhaps just the sort of man to do that very thing. He would, of course, have to be assured of com- plete and sustained public backing. He could not afford to take hold in Chi- cago in any capacity in the interest of city reform without the support that was lacking in the case of Gen. Smed- ley M. Butler in Philadelphia. But if given that backing to the full, if en- listed “for the duration of the war” against crime and corruption, he would probably score results and Chicago would be redeemed, au least for a time. ‘The country at large would like to see Gen. Dawes take charge at Chicago un- der such conditions, for it has confl- dence in his ability and his courage. But if he does not somebody else must serve, whether by public selection or by legal election, to purge that city of its 1lls and give it “face” once more before the world. —_————— Fire Hazards in the Schools. The most significant part of the story on the fire marshal's annual re- port on fire hazards in the public effective in the drafting of the naval treaty now pending before the Senate forelgn relations committee, a treaty dear to the heart of President Hoover. Both Mr. Fort and Mr. Freling- huysen were strong supporters of Pres- ident Hoover in 1928, and Mr. Fort has been a close personal friend and ad- viser of the President. Whichever candidate the Republicans of New Jersey select at the primary to- morrow, provided he be elected in No- vember, will be in all probability a sup- porter of Mr. Hoover and his adminis- tration. Whatever the belief of Mr. Morrow and Mr. Frelinghuysen in regard to the wisdom of national pro- hibition, no one believes that either of these gentlemen would not back the President in his effort to enforce pro- hibition while the law remains un- changed. Doubtless if Mr. Morrow or Mr. Prelinghuysen should be nominated tagonistic to President Hoover to prove that the administration had been “re- pudiated” at the polls in New Jersey. As a matter of fact, there is no question of repudiation of the administration in the New Jersey senatorial primary. The very outcry against the statement made by Senator Baird, in which he sought to indicate that the President desired the nomination of Mr. Morrow, dispels all idea of “repudiation”-of the admin- istration. The candidates, it 18 clear, are anxious to prove that they have the friendship of the President. —are Another King enters the list of “best bets.” Subjects of Alfonso XIII are said to be enthusiastic backers of their mon- schools, as published in yesterday's Star, is contained in the concluding paragraph: “A copy of the report was forwarded to the school board by the Commissioners without comment.” Judging from the record of the last several years, the fire marshal’s recom- mendations will now follow a channel worn deep by routine. The school board will include in its estimates an item of $200,000 “to comply with recommendations of the fire marshal” and the item will be eliminated when the estimates are being trimmed at the District Building for submission to the Budget Bureau. This means one of two things. The fire marshal’s report is merely a matter of office routine that is not to be taken seriously, as it repressnts the views of a theorist on fire prevention and is not to be regarded as indicating that the dangers outlined actually exist, or else the authorities do not agree with the fire marshal, while the school board, as & matter of courtesy, graclously in- cludes his suggestions and the Commis- sloners perfunctorily strike them out. ‘The danger in this procedure is the danger that always lies in a cry of “Wolf! Wolf!” In time the fire mar- shal's report may be inadvertently sent to the waste basket, without even the formal acknowledgment that exists in the $200,000 item in the estimates. A school fire, ending in some appalling catastrophe, would be followed by an investigation from which the fire mar- shal would emerge triumphant with a carbon copy of the report that some- body forgot. ‘THe fire marshal, in this case, cannot be blamed for shouting “Wolf!” His duty is to report on fire hazards, and this duty he faithfully performs, as witness the almost identical reports of the last eleven years. The fault lles in the casual acceptance of these reports. Some of the recommendations, such as those relating to the proper dis- posal of waste paper, probably will be carried out immediately. They should be followed rigorously. The other part of the report, dealing with inadequate fire escapes and other conditions in old school bulldings, probably will re- sult in no action at all, if the last eleven years have set the precedent to be followed. If the Commissioners doubt the exist- ence of the fire hazards outlined by the marshal, they should say so and call upon the marshal to substantiate his findings or qualify them in s manner to show that they deal merely with con- ditions that, while not perfect, are or- dinarily safe, and the expenditure of the large amount of money required to make them theoretically as well as practically safe is not justified. It the Commissioners believe the fire marshal is dealing with facts and not with fanciful theories, no matter more urgengly suggests positive action on their part. e As & wet, Mr. Morrow will take pre- cautions against allowing the platform on which he is to stand to dispense di- luted opinions, R — ‘War correspondents are safe enough. The journalist who encounters actual danger 1s the Chicago police reporter. ——— Dragging in Mr. Hoover. The effort to drag the President into the Republican senatorial orimary fight festation of the desperateness of that struggle. Priends of Representative the campaign to prove that Mr. Hoover is particularly anxious to have Mr. Fert nominated, and now, at the eleventh hour, Senator Baird, supporting Dwight W. Morrow, Ambassador to Mexico, for senatorial nomination, made a speech ly interested in seeing Mr. nominated and elected to the Senate. The statement of Senator Balrd, con- tained in a speech delivered Saturday night, brought a prompt denial from the White House yesterday afternoon that the President was taking any part in the primary fight. This, by the way, 15 the second statement issued on behalf of the President from the ‘White House declaring that Mr. Hoover is keeping hands off in this fight. atorial nomination. In New Jersey the three principal Republican candidates, Mr. Morrow, Mr. Fort and former Sen- ator Joseph 8. Frelinghuysen, scrupulously refrained from attacking the Hoover administration. Mr. Mor- row and Mr. Frelinghuysen, it is true, are opposed to a continuance of national prohibition, which the President has de- clared a “noble experiment,” but one which must be worked out construc- tively. Mr. Fort, on the other hand, has espsused the cause of the eighteenth tual revolution. No election is at hand, and the only way to remove the mu- nicipal organization, which is strongly suspected of collusion with—at least amendment and his friends insist that in New Jersey is just another mani- | Franklin W. Fort have sought during | declaring that the President was great- | Morrow | There is every reason why the Presi- | dent should prefer not to mix up m' a primary fight for a Republican sen- | have | arch as a marksman with rifle, shot- gun or revolver, and they bet to win, not for sentiment or to curry favor. The word king itself means “the man who can do it and original Kings were apt to be their tribes’ best all- around athletes. Those who wagered on Henry VIII at hammer throwing usual- ly cashed in, while one of the Scottish Stuart Kings was such a good golfer that, with a cobbler as a partner, he cleaned up the two best players among his nobllity, winning, in effect, the na- tional championship. ——e—s It pugilism is to enjoy the absolute confidence of the sporting world, it should appeal to science for a device that will register every blow accurately and leave no room for question as to fair or foul. —————— By refusing to answer questions Bishop Cannon encouraged a one- sided form of argument which enabled his interrogators to think up inquiries without limit. ————— Long speeches are having their day in connection with the theater, where vast fortunes accumulated by promot- ing dramatists and actors are now used in promoting lawyers. R A flaming ofl well recently spread terror in Oklahoma. A blazing tanker has brought shocking disaster. Of1 is hard to control physically as well as financially. ] ‘Tong wars over here are likely to dis- courage philanthropists who sent mis- slonaries to China to inculcate American civilization. B ‘Two points are next to be decided: Whether the new tariff will do as much good as expected by its friends or much harm as predicted by its enemies. - ‘To the reckless speeder in the under- world every pedestrian is a “jay walker” who takes his chance of having placed himself accidentally on the spot. ——————— Aviation affords social relief. In an airplane the seat oceupled by the pllot implies precedence beyond dispute, ot Radlo distributes news, still depending on the newspaper for announcements of when and how it is going to perform, r——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Great Objective. Hear the old Band Wagon play, Comin' down the plke! “Congress’ friends are feelin' gay, It's the tune they like, It's the echoing glory Here or far across the foam. It's just the same old story We all love, “Home, Sweet Home!” Hear the old Band Wagon sound, Not with pride so bold, But with sentiment profound, Known since days of old. It's & lay of simple beauty, That from labor bids them roam. For the object of each duty Is at last just Home, Sweet Home! Evidence of Studieus Cares “You changed your mind about your vote?” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum, “I sometimes consider that course de- | sirable in order to assure my constitu- ents that I have been attentively con- sidering both sides of a question.” Jud Tunkins says he hopes for a harp and a halo, but doesn't want 'em forced on him prematurely by & gun man. Wooden Performer. | The Trojans had a wooden hoss, I think he's running yet— At least his kind has caused me loss On every little bet. Anticipating a Program. “A gasoline price war will benefit you?” “For a while,” answered Mr. Chug- gins, “but we're not changing our family customs. We're goin’ on econo- mizing as usual, hoping to save up enough to meet the additional expense when companies mutually agree to put up the price.” “He who hopes to succeed by arts of flattery,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “enters upon a competition in which unrewarded rivalries are in- i numerable and perpetual.” i | i Economics. The old experience comes again To all the conscientious lands, With many striving to explain ‘What no one clearly understands. his course is in line with the stand of the administration on this lssue. Mr. Morrow, however, has served ag a mem- “De man wif de loudest voice,” said Uncle Eben, “gits & heap of attention. But when it comes time foh money to complacence toward—the criminal ele- ber of the American delegation %o the talk he lets it whispes/” efforts would be made in quarters an-|g D. €, MONDAY, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘The sounds of plano music, agree- ably softened, were coming from house to the left. Some oné was play- a theme with variations. ere would come the melody, then & few ornaments with the right hand, ut in as if the unseen player were oroughly enjoying every note. Now that is the type of plano playing we like, and we believe that every one else likes it, too. It may not display perfect technique, but that is a matter of secondary portance, except to concert performers on the concert stage. A few mistakes, now and then, never hurt a work of music, in its execution or reception. ed persons who are forever listening for mistakes, and feeling that they have been defrauded if a finger so much as S, These fault-finders take their mission very, very seriously, and may be seen at any public concert, waiting like cats at mice holes, eagerly hoping for a flaw. Very rarely do they hear one, of course, for lack of them is one of the cardinal points in the repertoire, &s much so as the very works played or sung. * Nk The happy point for the ordinary cause most often he is not familiar “catch” the mistakes. Improvising, or making up a “tune” As one goes along, has been an inpor- tant part of the work of the real com- poser, who most often is an artist on the technical side. To play the works of others in the same spirit is one of the most enjoy-- able’ ways to play muslc, and certainly one of the best to listen to, everything considered, for a certain informality is then introduced both into playing and into hearing. 4 The very genius of music, it would seem, demands the impromptu. Such renditions are much the same as the fine table talk which once distinguished the use of words. A musician, of whatever degree of ability, cannot play either his own or other men’s compositions ‘“offhand” without some degree of acquaintance with them. An unstaged rendition, therefore, bespeaks an easy familiarity. And it is this familiarity which makes music which otherwise would be too fine for us as “easy as an old shoe,” and as acceptable in the quiet home as in the concert hall. After all, formal gathering places have much to be said against them. Usually there is & ocontinuous low murmur, or the sounds of steam radi: ators clacking somewhere off f nd in Winter the clear atmosphere of music, pure and undefiled, is mutilated by sundry coughings and sneezings. R There is much to be said for what may be called, for want of a better term, the impromptu playing of music for_enjoyment's sake. The better class of home playing, we believe, falls into this category. The best illustration of it comes when the erformer permits his hands to wander dly over the keys as the organist did in “The Lost OChord,” not con- sclously thinking of his mission. He will find that his musical memory takes perfect charge of his hands. For this type of fi:lyln( there is no musical instrument like the piano. The ability to sustain notes, the perfect ease with which glides and other ornaments may be introduced, together with a certain “feeling” which comes to one upon careful playing we have in One may feel sorry for those misguid- | listener to mus?c is that he may enjoy | it as it comes, mistakes and all, be- | enough with the notes, as written, to | the | mony, in the | playing or hearing this instrument, | means of their ears, makes it ideal for the type of carelessly | and more serious mas include the organ, for the sake of har- piano classification. The “feeling” of the piano is a thing apart, induced by the large and res- onant chords which may be held over a duration of time, the rapid transitions which may be made from grave to gay, the ‘“volce” of the instrument, and, above all, the huge repertoire of music :;Ihlch the masters have left behind em. No other instrument, not even the organ, has such a musical heritage. ‘This is bound to have its influence on its practitioners, even the most hum- ble, who at most knows only a piece or t and runs the risk of playing them “in the ground.” * ok ow o If one attempts to play the piano in the way we have outlined, it is neces- sary for him to have a good working knowledge of the compositions which he wants to play. He must have, even more, a good musical memory. The musical memory is something which many fine performers lack. It is amazing how many persons who play the plano well have no ability to play from memory. They must have the sheet music before them before| they can strike a note. ‘The ability to memorize what one learns to play is essential, as shown b¥ the fact that all the great masters of piano, violin, voice, or even bass drum, are able to go through every- thing they know “by heart,” as the old expression has it. But the musical memory is even more essential for the player who would just ramble along, especially on the piano, evoking a succession of musical pic- tures or sketches. There are several well known series, especially by the German masters, which are set together in exactly this fashion, as if the com- poser had “made them up by heart” as he went along, and they had been frozen into musical notation. R In the old days, before the promiscuity of radio reduced music to uniformity, it was a pleasant thing to be able to listen in the cool of the evening to a distant plano, at which sat some performer who played in the fashion indicated. He—most probably she—played lel- surely, as if music was not something to be got through with as quickly as possible, but rather a thing to be en- Joyed note by note, melody by melody. It was noticeable that she played “tunes,” a good old word, and that she played them with what was universally called “feeling,” in those days. Never was a last note clipped of?, as is the modern tendency, but each such was given its full value. Then there might come a brief pause, or there might come a “run,” a glide, a subtle change of key, made with several chords. These modulations were not fixed or arranged according to any routine. They were unexpected, vet musically, never hurried, but part and parcel of the “musical feeling” of the player. One melody changed into another, rather than glided into another. Even the faster portions went slow enough to permit the player to interpolate orna- ments with the right hand, up in the clear, cool treble, that same treble which today, on all too many radio sets, becomes merely thin and reedlike. Often it is impossible to tell whether one is listening to a clarinet or a flute. ‘The contemplative style of piano play- ing, musical “reminiscing,” if you will, permits the playing of all types of musical compositions, e after the other, wtthout disrespect th any. At the same time it satisfies the musical mem- ory of listeners who may recall, by many of the light terpieces of music, mind. We | the world's one universal language. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. By common consent Watson's wind-up speech on the eve of the tariff bill vote was one of the finest—if not the finest —speeches delivered on the whole dreary subject during a whole year of debate. ®f course, “Sunny Jim” has been orat- ing about protection for the better part of & generation, including his services in both houses of Congress. He knows the pros and cons of the subject as few men still left in public life do. Watson glorifies the tariff with sometHing more than knowledge. He believes in protec- tion to the marrow of his political soul. It's been the fashion in Washington to belittle Watson's leadership in the Sen- ate. It 18 no mean tribute to his skill that he held in line all the votes that were needed to pass the Hawley-Smoot bill. “Jim” had no votes to spare, but he had enough to win, and that is all which mattered. His leadership of the capricious Republican “majority” in the Senate met and survived its supreme test. ok x Former Assistant Se Robbins, who hails from to town to take a hand in the fight Senator Brookhart has launched against Hanford MacNider's _confirmation as Minister to Canada. Robbins is a sup- of MacNider, whom the former succeeded at the War Department, but he also is on cordial terms with Brook- hart. 'To what extent the revenge-seek- ing rifieman-statesman can be per- suaded to cease fire on MacNider is very much of a question. Brookhart considers the would-be envoy to Ottawa as the architect-in-chief of the Sena- tor's woes when he was battling for the contested seat finally given to Senator Bteck, Democrat. Borah's foreign rela- tlons committee is the first arena in which the Brookhart-MacNider scrap will have to be fought out. If “sena- torial courtesy” considerations prevent the favorable reporting-out of the ap- pointee’s name, MacNider is probably sunk. The young Iowa banker-farmer i one of the gods of the American Le- glon. That very potent and watchful | organization will not forget the names jof the Senators who vote against Mac- Nider. That's & factor which may im- press some of them as much as “sena- tortal cmmuy.: e On July 1 the Bureau of Investigation !in the Department of Justice will as- sume a new role in the program of as- sisting local police officers to detect crime and apprehend criminals. The { bureau already maintains for the serv- (ice of peace officers the world's largest criminal fingerprint bureau. Next month it will take over the work started last January by the committee on uni- form crime records of the International Assoclation of Police Chiefs. This con- sists of tabulating and publishing crimi- nal statistics on a Nation-wide basis. Monthly publication of these figures will inform the public of the quantum, distribution and fluctuation of crime and invite popular attention to the specific conditions calling for study and rectification. Such statistics will also afford American criminologists the same source material for study that has so0 long been of advantage to foreign authoritles in approaching their own crime problems. o e “Eddie” Savoy, for whom Secretary Stimson 1is seeking a permanent com- mission as dean of the State Depart- | ment messenger staff, has guarded the office door of every Secretary of State in succession since the Grant adminis- tration. His first chief was Secretary Hamilton ‘Fish, sr. The 76-year-old Ne%ro. ‘whose bow legs are as weil known a feature of the State Department's architecture as its mansard roof itself, has had a speaking acquaintance with two generations of foreign envoys sta- tioned at Washington. He has a fabu- lous memory. “Eddie” has only to see an Ambassador, a Minister or a charge d'affaires once to be able to welcome | him by name and with a courtly bow the next time the diplomat shows up at the Becretary of State's office. Savoy's Jjob, under ordinary conditions, should have terminated years ago and ended in his retirement. But Colby, Hun}e-. Kfll?' and Stimson found it was public etary of War | owa, has come | | | salary of $10,000 a year. In New York movie-star circles the story is current that one of the queens of the silver screen recently sought— and obtained—the honor of a" invi- tation to meet Becretary Mc.on at luncheon in Washington. It appears that she’s had & row on with the ‘Treasury for some time about her in- come tax, which runs into six figures. She came, , but did not eonquer. “Uncle And; insisted upon talking about his pictures (not talkies) and the architectural splendors of the Wash- ington which is to be—one of Mellon's hobbies—and the actress Judfl left town with her financial objective Unattained. * ok % X Representative John Q. Tilson of Connecticut isn't going to have to live any longer on his mere congressional The colonel's alma mater, Yale University, has just appointed him special lecturer on par- liamentary law in the New Haven Law Shcool ~Whether the G. O. P. House leader will discourse upon parliamentary law in general, or on the Longworth- Tilson-Snell system as exemplified at Washington in these times—well, that's something else again. (Covyright. 1030.) o Galapagos Suggested As Wild-Life Refuge From the Chicago Tribune. Southwestward from Panama, 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, the Gala- pagos Islands lle scattered across the Equator in great drifts of rock and sand. Few men live there, but the wild life of the islands is unique and unequaled in all the world. Fish as no Izaak Walton ever dreamed of, dwarf penguins (known nowhere else), flightless cormorants, ducks, gulls, albatross and singing birds, the marine iguana in countless thou- sands, all of them unique to fhese sun isles; flamingoes, land iguanas, giant turtles of land and sea, goats and wild asses live there in their Eden. The tropic birds will alight upon the trav- eler's shoulder. The sea lion will eat out of his hand. To preserve this place for future gen- erations several wealthy sportsmen have considered buying the archipelago. Yachtsmen anchor there in Winter, but Wwithout protection the wild but friendly life there soon will be gone. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania suggests the Galapagos for a wild-life refuge. The Tribune has urged their purchase by the United States Government for a wild-life preserve, a meteorological and sclentific ‘station and a casual refuge for ships of war and peace. Following this a suggestion comes from C. F. Ket- tering, head of research for the General Motors, and E. F. McDonald, jr., presi- dent of the Zenith Radio, that & group of wealthy men might well consider buying the Galapagos from Ecuador and glving them to the Nation. It would be & gesture of magnificence and meaning to the United States. A group, say, of 400 wealthy sportsmen could buy the islands probably without great difficulty or sacrifice. Should the problem be too great for private means, Congress could well afford to duplicate private sub- scriptions for the purchase. Cession of these islands to America must, of course, be made through treaty with Ecuador, but the terms and pro- visions of the treaty and the purchase could be adjusted to the special situa- tion. With Ecuador unquestionably the gainer by having the Galapagos in our hands, & low price and an easy treaty should not be hard to arrange. The port of GusyaquisTh Ecuador could ex- pect increasing trade and the whole western coast of South America would be opened more to American travel and investment. The 400 men who may buy these islands will find the venture nationally worth while, —— b — Need Meat Machine. Prom the Philadelphia Bulletin. Now they have a machine in Kansas which harvests and shells corn and shreds the stalks all in one operation, but you stil] have to feed it to the hogs in order to get porl, JUNE 16, 1930. The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. Republican members of Conj particularly those from Eastern States where wet sentiment has been stronger than in other sections of the eountry, have their weather eyes out for what happen in the Republican sena- torial primary in New Jersey tomorrow. If the wet Mr. Morrow or the wet Mr. Frelinghuysen comes in a winner against the dry Mr. Fort, members of the House from New England States, from New York and a half dozen other States who have been rated dry in the past, may have to meet wet candida in their primary races for renomination. Some of these drys are “jumpy"” tod: they don't know just what to make of the alleged wave of wet sentiment which has rolled up in the last six months. They are not sure but what the wave after all is little mora than a wavelet, beating against a sturdy dry shore. That's what many of them would like to believe. But they wani to know, if it is humanly possible to know. Despite claims by the wets of a great increase in the number of persons who are actively opposed to national pre- hibition, these dry members of Con- gress say that the results at the polis have not yet given any advantage to the wets. A victory by Dwight W. Mor- Tow, now rated as one of the foremost opponents of national prohibition be- cause of his prominence, would give the wet cause a considerable boost. On the other hand, if Mr. Fort should be nominated, the Republican drys would heave a long sigh of rellef. * % % The first real scare which the Repub- lican drys in Congress suffered came at the time of the special election early last Spring in the Springfleld district in Massachusetts to fill & vacancy caused by the death of the sitting member. This was the district which Senator Gillett represented for thirty or forty years in the House before he went to the Senate. It has been Republican stronghold. Buf ballots were counted last Spring a_wet Democrat, Representative Granfleld, had won handily. Admittedly, this was a dry reverse. It is true that the Re- publican nominee, getting cold feet on the liquor question, had said he would vote wet if his district went wet in a referendum. This gngered a lot of the drys, who refused to support him. But the effect was bad so far as the drys were concerned. The Association Against the Right- eenth Amendment, which apparently has plenty of the sinews of war, is greatly interested in the result of the Morrow candidacy in New Jersey. Equally, the Anii-Saloon League is straining every nerve to nominate Mr. Fort. The Anti-Saloon League leaders fairly froth at the mouth when they speak of the New Jersey law which com- pels all independent candidates to file in that State five days before the pri- mary election. They say this law is designed particularly to make it hard for such organizations as the Anti- Saloon League. In other words, the league, if it is not satisfled with the way the primary election goes, cannot, after the primary is held, put up an independent dry Republican candidate for the general election. The league is stopped from doing what it did in New York State in 1926, when it ran an in- dependent dry, a Republican State Senator, and so made the defeat of former Senator Wadsworth by his Demo~ cratic opponent a sure thing because of the division in the total Republican vote. The league had been out to get Mr. Wadsworth for some time because he was a wet and because he was talked of as a presidential possibility of the future. The league does not like prominent political leaders if they are wet, and especially it does not promi- nent Republican leaders who are wet. It regards the Republican tinctly dry political territory. * ok ok ok Writing for a magazine, former Pres- ident Coolidge gave Mr. Morrow a tre. mendous send off. He said in effect that Mr. Morrow was the kind of man t was Morrow's speech declaring himself a foe of national prohbiition. Since that speech, the former President has made & speech himself urging the country to stand by President Hoover. The drys are linking the two speeches together and declaring that Mr. Coolidge, by his indorsement of President Hoover, has taken his stand against Mr. Morrow and his stand on the eighteenth amendment. Perhaj h‘&b wcoul?dclnrlfyht'he’ alr, how- ever, r. Coolidge s or hi 1t on this matter. e S * ok ok X Mr. Hoover has the tariff bill finally before him for his approval It without either of the provisions written into it by the Senate ‘coalition” against which Mr. Hoover made earnest protest, the debenture clause and the Senate amendment doing away with the flexible provision of the tariff law. The Senate, in its effort to embarrass the President, went the limit on these two amendments. But it failed in the end. The Democrats are attacking the tariff bill vigorously, although many of the provisions were written into the measure, carrying higher rates, with Democratic aid. It has been a fa- vorite pastime, however, for Democrats to vote for high dutles on the products of their own States and then to vote against the passage of the bill. That happened in connection with the pres- ent Republican tariff bill. The Demo- crats may say with considerable jus- tice that if plums are to be passed around, thelr constituents are entitled to them, too. Only five of the Demo- crats, however, were finally recorded for the passage of the bill in the Senate. But as the bill passed only by & margin of two votes, it is clear that it could not have passed at all without Democratic ald. Too many Republicans opposed it. * ok ok Franklin W. Fort, whose candidacy for the Republican senatorial nomina- tion in New Jersey on a dry platform has brought the liquor issue to the front there as much as the candidacy of Dwight W. Morrow as an opponent of national prohibition, has had an un- usual and almost meteoric career in politics. It is only six years since he was first elected to the House of Rep- resentatives. In that time he has be- come a recognized leader in the House. He has been a power in national Re- publican politics, both as secretary of the national committee, an office he re- | signed not long ago, and as one of the Imen who had a prominent part in | bringing about the nomination of | President Hoover, Mr. Fort has un- doubted ability. He is a clear thinker, an able debater. If he should be nom- inated for the Senate he has a hard battle ahead. Jersey has a decided wet leaning, which might make it difficult for a Republican dry this year to win in the general election. Frelinghuysen, who s now a candidate for the Repub- lican senatorial nomination as a wet, in 1922 ran as a dry Republican against Senator Edward I. Edwards, a wet Dem- ocrat, and lost by about 90,000 votes. Fort is a good campaigner, however, and doubtless will make a streng effort to bring other issues into the campaign besides liquor. Much will depend, in the Fall campaign, upon business and em- ployment conditions in the State. Should conditions grow worse, any Re- publican will have a hard time being elected in New Jersey next November. . * Kk % The senatorial primary in Minnesota, Wwhich comes off today, has been lost sight of in the interest which has centered about the New Jersey contest. Senator Schall, the blind Senator, is running against Gov. Christianson, and an ou'sider, John F. Selb, who is campaigning as a “wel.” Selb has no chance. ‘x%w. only possible effect of his candidacy may be to draw enough votes from one of the other candidates to affect the final result. Christianson has had the support of the Anti- Saloon League in the past, but in his present battle with Senator Schall the liquor question has been omitted. The governor and Senator Schall have con- ducted @ bitter fight, ome rded as when the | party as flh-, ANSWERS TO . QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC Any reader can the answer to any question by writing to our infor- mation bureau -in Wi D. C. This offer applies strictly to informa- tion. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles or undertake exhaustive re- search on any subject. question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. ‘The reply is sent direct to the inquirer. Address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin, ‘Washington, D. C. Q. Please tell something of Richard Crookes' history as & singer—P. 8. | A. Richard Crookes is & native of New Jersey. He began singing as a boy soprano in a church choir and kept this position from the time he was 9 years old until he was 14. His choir- master, Sidney Boune, urged him to go into music as a profession and was at eat pains to lay for him the necessary oundation and study. He went to New York City and continued to sing in church_choirs, later going into the | larger fleld of concert work. Not many | years ago he made his first appearance on the concert stage abroad and is con- sidered there as well a8 here one of the finest American-born temors. Q. What States have laws against hitch-hiking?—G. A. A. At last report hitch-hiking was | unlawful in Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Jersey and Malne. Q. What city has the largest China- —8. C. town?—S8. Francisco has the largest| A. Ban Chinatown outside of China. g.‘ ‘Where v:'n the Cass Grande ruins?—J. 8. W. A. Casa Grande is s ruined structure of prehistoric origin in the valley of the Gila River near Florence, Aris. It may have been seen by white men con- ected with the Coronado expedition, 1840; 1t was certainly discovered by Padre Kino in 1694, and was revisited l;{ him in 1607. In 1889 Congress pro- ded for the protection of the ruin as & monument of antiquity, and in 1892 the structure and the adjacent grounds were set a in care of a custodias or pise eonstruction, 1 adobe or mud, molded in place, in walls 3 to 5 feet thick at the ground, thinni upward. The surfaces were plastered with a slip of adobe clay. There are five rooms in the ground plan; portions of three stories remain, and there may have been a fourth in elrt of the structure. Re- cent exploration under Dr. Fewkes has shown that the mgin structure described above 1s only a small part of the ruin. The buildings are assembled in at walled rectangles called compounds, of which four exist at this ruin. The Casa Grande ruin is almost in & class by itself, but in pottery, etc., it shows very strong affiliations = with the Pueblo ruins of which it may perhaps be con- sidered a frontier example. It may have been built by the ancestors of the modern Pima who inhabit the country today, but it seems more likely that its builders were er people of & more distinct Puéblo type. Q. How many trees are there in the Hall of Fame?—C. N. A. The American Forestry Association says that there are now nearly 300 trees which have beén brought to its atten- tion and found eligible to enroliment in its Hall of Fame, which is a register of trees of historical interest. Q. How many Harvey Eating Houses are there on the Santa Fe?—O. 8. A. There are 40 Harvey Houses on the Santa Fe line. The Grand Canyon Harvey House has the largest seating capacity. The systém on the Santa Fe line in 1876, Q. Is the camel used anywhere as & mount for a traffic officer?—N. A. In Egypt some speed cops are 1t is of cajon Write your | sag t as a public reservation | J. HASKIN., &.‘\" and the traffic officers resorted camels. Q. What is & phylactery?—W. B. H, A. Figuratively speaking, it is a re- minder. It is, in reality, a small leathe ern box containing slips of parchment on which are written Scriptural pas. es. Two such boxes are worn by Jews, one on the head and one on the left arm, during the time of prayer on all mornings except those of Sabbaths and holy days. The passages are Eie odus, xiil.1-10, 11-16 and Deuteronomy, vi4-9 and x1.13-22, and are reminders of obligation to keep the law. Q. What women's college has a golt course on its campus?’—R. O. B. A. Wells College at Aurora, N. Y, claims to be the only women's college with a golf course on the campus. Q. What is a tracer bullet?—C. E. M, A. The tracer bullet consists of a steel jacket with a core of smoke-pro- ducing material. When fired the core burns and the bullet in flight can be traced by the stream of smoke. The material of which the core is con- structed loses practically no weight in burning, so that the tracer bullet takes the same path as the regular bullet ‘ Q. Where was the first Protestant church built in America?—R. V. D A. It was the brick church built at Jamestown, Va., by the earliest English colonists, who landed in 1607. The church was dedicated in 1617 and was built of brick brought from Engiand, It was destroyed by fire and rebuilt and was afterward destroyed. At the pres. ent time only & part of the original tower remains. The Island of James town 18 preserved for the benefit of the entire American people. Q. What is the pulj duction in %tnad.n and the Ymfltresuuu’—-z. A. The Forest Service says that the total pulp production in Canada has risen from 1,716,000 tons in 1918 to 3,608,000 tons in 1928. In the Urited States the production- 4n 1919 wag 3,517,000 tons and this production has risen steadlly up to 1028 when {t amourfted to 4,510,000 tons. Q. In the statement that Mrs, Charles Phelps Taft has given $2,000000 to the Uhiversity of Cincinnat{ to endow the study of the humanities, what is meant by “the humanities?"—W. W, A. A. In her letter to the board of die rectors of the university with reference to the fund established as a memorial to her husband, Mrs. Taft defines ner meaning thus: “In referri “t humanities,’ I include particularly liters ature and language, philosophy and his« wishing to lessen, or to regard in any way lightly, the great efforts l’v“ul funds are everywhere being devuh& 3 belleve that, there is some danger vaue of and I have therefore confined my to ‘the humanities’ which are econe acter.” Q@ How are pigedns used to taks plee used in making aerial photographs. A small automatic camera is fastened to tures which are later used as the drafting ef accurate maps for the used in city paving?—N. G. A. Canal street, New Orleans, La, ¥ like, made of chipped rock, laid in » series of diamonds, shaped with brass mounted on camels. Most of the horses at Luxor perished during recent Chief Interest Much skepticism is expressed Americans as to the ummy of cu:{ of Rumanis, who has seized the throne with the applause of the populace, to rule his inherited kingdom. To many the plot 1s of the musical-comedy order, and a mockery of government. Others are willing to concede that his play days are over. Some interpret the ease with which he returned offers some evidence of dissatisfaction with the existing |ordelr‘ 1ul::delr the regency for ung King Michael, yfl“'l‘!\a event carries to the American mind] according to the Syracuse Heral fatuous mockeries of the monarchical system. Yet we must turn to the reali- ties of the case, and note that Carol's latest fantastic ente: is » signal for popular rejoicing the homeland; and for a unanimous rally of Rumania's legislative body to the standard of Ferdinand's insubordinate scion sud- sceptered ruler. Experfenced observers already tell us that the return of Carol and its main accomplishment will work for the stability and unification of an erstwhile distracted kingdom. That, after all, is the arch-significance of the latest act in Carol's speckled romance.” “The fact that there was no opposi= tion to Carol's seizure of power, and that his elevation to the throne was carried out amid evidences of popular enthusiasm,” in the opinion of the Roanoke Times, ‘“indicates that the regency which had carried on the government in Michael's name had not met public favor., For Carol the easy, carefree days of his life in Paris are definitely behind him. A new and more serious chapter in his career is begin- ning. He wanted to be King. Very well, then let him show himself to be a real King, one worthy of the respect and good will ‘of ‘cm world.” R “The acclaim given the returned prince, and the speed with which he was proclaimed ' says the Pitts- burgh Post-Qazette, “show plainly that it had become thoroughly organized and | systematic. Carol was an idol of the army. Although the action was op- posed to the views of Premier Maniu himself, his Peasants' party appears to have been the main foundation for it. * * * While the action all around will strike many as of a comic-opera char- acter, it is traditional that regency rule, waiting for a monarch to grow up, is seldom satisfactory, tending to breed uneasiness.” “In his storles of the Esmonds.” re- calls the New York Sun, “Thackeray represents the personages concerned with the feturn of the Stuart Pretender as implying that there is a limit to the crop of wild oats which even a prince may sow and be forgiven. In its willingness to forget, Rumania may consider that its prua}lfu prince did not reach that limit.” Noting, however, that “Princess Helene sets her foot down firmly” the Cleveland Plain Dealer remarks that “her independence is as pleasing as it is uncommon among royal and near-royal wives,” and adds against the other. Both are strong against the tariff bill. Schall has been a member of the “coalition” in the Benate that fought the administration on the tariff bill and the farm relief bill, and Christianson has declared himself perfectly willing to join such a coalition if he be elected to the Senate. The administration, it appears, could expect little from either of them in the event of their election. Both sides are claiming victory. Schall ap- hich -has ht att Whic! brought a peared beaten some weeks ago, but has apparently gained strength re- cently because of criticisms of the govetnor's administration. A number of his appointeés have been indicted, tack upon the “another impression of the | d denly transformed by its act into a | be! tory, and with these I have also in mind forth for the material and physte: lack of emphasis on that cerned particularly with the developw tures?—S. N. the bird's body and as it flles the shute army. : sald to be one of the first cities to use striping and then sanded down and pol- economics and mathematics. Without terment of mankind, to which greay thought and conduct and ment of ideas, of thought and of chare A. In Germany carrier pigeons ard ter opens and closes, thus mnmflflu Q. Have colored sidewalks ever beem colored pavements. They are terrazzoe ished, : Fate of Nation, Not Its King, in Carol’s Coup pthr:u'lgl'mm of her fellow women T courage.” “This unlovely scion of royalty,” des clares the Danbury Evening New: “plays ping-pong with the feelings an destinies of the people he ‘rules,’ we are left to wonder how it was th for so many centuries ‘the divine righ of Kings' was upheld and defended by the blood of commoners who wers stronger, better, more worthy human beings than the general run of royalty before whom the ordinary folk bowed the knee, and at whose royal orders hua: fell and men were tortured to * k% * ‘The incident is described by the Charlotte News as ‘“better than any musical-comedy plot since “The Merry Widow",” with the thought that it was ‘“‘opportune that he could confront thp arful pleas of a woman about to be discarded with the clarion call of his 17,000,000 countrymen, and that he could secede from the union with some vestige of gracefulness.” “At that,” suggests the Ann Arbor Daily News, “Carol's experience may prove to be an asset for a benevolent reign. ‘Tolerance for human frailty. ought to be his watchword, for he knows something about such frality. At the same time, he should hesitate to indulge in the kingly pastime of preache| ing to his subjects regarding moral| restraints. With such a past, even af King will have to watch his step. H!: first action, imagine, will be to abol ish the office of court jester. He doesn really need one.” The Altoona Mirror| thinks that “if the King has actuall abandoned his fondness for frivolity, He and his people may really be happy ¥ and fairly prosperous also.” “In monarchical countries, where ao' erning prerogatives can be inherites realty and bank stock are inherited,’ comments the St. Louis Globe-Democrat| ‘a sentiment persists that the right of succession is a paramount right. Lack. ing other expedients, certain leaders and groups of Rumania see ga themselves by catering to this s just now, and relying on the romantic movie stunts of roy keeping the masses interested Wichita Beacon, recognizing t formal love affairs are not taken seriously in the Balkans as in Ameriea,’ feels that “if the Rumanians want Kinj Carol, the rest of the world should nof object. Long, live his kingship!” con. cludes that ‘plge 3 P The bellef that “previous hnsnmgr : the errant prince had been more pro. nounced on the part of the cabinet offi. clals. than of the public” is expressed by the Bangor Commercial, while Asheville Times states that “the alter. natives seemed to be civil war or the diversion and temporary peace of full-grown kingship under Carol.” ‘A great deal depends upon who i directing the boulevardier in his requests rformance,” advisek the Baltimol un, “In any case a great deal mol than applause for the good-by duet of ‘dashing’ Carol and Mme. Lupescu is at} stak ————— No Doubt They Are. Prom the Terre Haute Star. Those Brooklynites who made & lion dollars’ worth of eounterfeit are likely to be convinced that mon is extremely tight. —————. s Adventures Foiled. From the Duluth Herald. By ruling that it isn't unlawful buy booze from 'a bootlegger the, Su. Court has spoiled an mm}t only know &)