Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1930, Page 8

AR " < WASBHINGTON, D. C. consumer as well the corporations. But Senator Howell's position, elabo- rated elsewhere in today's Star, is founded on pretty good common sense THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ers. Thus yet another milestone in the tedious work of reconstructing a shell- shocked world has been set up. ‘The $300,000,000 German loan, which TUESDAY.........June 17, 1030 Briefly, he says that while the gas|has met with this handsome response, THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company | Business Office 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. York Office: 110 md gt icago Office: Lake Michigan Bufldine. uropean Office: 14 Regent St., London, Ensland. ‘Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Frenine Star . aia;ioc ver month e et Ry m"‘um it (when un . ; ms The Evening and Sunday Star (when § Punda +.88¢ per month ‘The Sunday Star 5 .S¢ rer eop: Collection made at the end of euch month. Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone NAtional £000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. 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Most of these newspapers, however, are listed among those which have for weeks at- tacked the tariff bill, either because their political views have been antago- nistic or because many of their large advertisers, importers, international bankers, have been bitterly opposed to any increases in the tariff. More im- partial consideration of the situation out of which grew the new break in stock prices vesterday, however, assigns a number of reasons for the decline. For example, there has been a tendency toward lower prices for the last six ‘weeks. Further, the bear raids on the market have been successful, and the bears doubtless seized on the dislike of the tariff bill, widely advertised in some quarters, to continue their raids yester- day. The psychology of the market sit- uation also tended to & continued lowering of prices. The tariff bill, if the supporters of the protective tariff theory are correct, is designed to give American producers a better break with their foreign com- company has promised many for the good of the public, he woull like to see the revised rate schedulq etc., put on paper and filed with th Public Utilities Commission before he approves a merger Tresolution tha gives many advantages to the cor- porations. In other words, the corpo- rations benefit under the merger res- olution. If the public is to benefit, why not give as definite & guarantee to that effect by filing with the Public Utilities Commission the proposed revision of | ~tes? The gas company stands to lose the benefits of merger if Congress, in the few days remaining, does not approve the resolution. Its best bet now is to g0 before the Public Utilities Commis- sion and put its good intentions on paper, for all to see. Such a move would probably turn Senator Howell from a foe to a friend and would tend to remove whatever suspicion against the merger may exist in the House. If the revised rates seem capable of | bringing the benefits to the people that will accrue to the corporations through reorganization, the Senate will un- doubtedly approve the resolution and the House will follow suit. Senator Howell is right in wanting to know what there is in this thing for the consumer. B S SR Two Kinds of Murder. Gen. Dawes® disclaimer of intention to return to Chicago to take a hand in the work of cleaning up that com- munity, made in this city yesterday, does not definitely preclude the pos- sibility of such an engagement, though probably there is small likelihood of his leaving diplomatic service for such a strenuous, dangerous and doubtfully successful undertaking. He, of course, deeply deplores the sorry condition into which Chicago has fallen. So does every American who regards the law with respect. But short of a revolu- | tionary action by the citizens of Chi- cago the present city administration, | responsible for the continuance of the | evils from which the community is suf- fering, cannot be displaced by a dic- tator or a syndicate. | The changes in the police adminis- tration announced yesterday do not in themselves promise results. There have been repeated changes in this depart- petitors in the American market. That has been the purpose of other protective tariff laws. The proof of the present tariff will be in the manner in which it operates on American industry. If American producers both of agricultural and manufactured products find that they can compete to better advantage with foreign products, that their market in this country is more sately protected, and that they can afford to pay labor good wages and dividends to their stock- holders, the bill will have justified it- self. The earning power of American industry and its productive power are to be considered rather than the antics of stock gamblers on the New York Ex- change. It is too early to say what the effect of the new tariff law on Ameri- can business will be. The same criti- cisms have been raised of other tariff laws that have been registered against the new bill 50 soon to become a law. America in recent years lost its head and made stock gambling a major in- dustry rather than actual production upon which values were to be based. ‘The inevitable crash came in the Fall of 1929. And when it came public con- fidence was greatly undermined. Be- cause of the fictitious values built up by the gamblers, a psychology had been developed that looked only to the spend- ing of money rather than the produc- tion of goods. The stock market had falled to represent correctly the true situation with regard to business and industry. The crash in the market | could not fail to bring further trial and tribulation to legitimate business. The process of rebuilding is not an overnight matter. Nor is it to be ex- pected that the mere passage of this| or any other tariff bill would cause an immediate betterment in the situation. Had President Hoover announced he would not sign the tariff bill, doubtless the same depression in stock prices that took place yesterday would have taken place. Probably it would have been even more severe. The final disposi- tion of the tariff should have a bene- ficial effect in the end. American busi- ness will now know where it stands after being kept in suspense for a year and a half. This goes for the import- ing business as well as for the manu- facturing. If business grows better, even slowly, under the new law, it will have proved its value. From a political point of view, the opposition to the Republican administration would be much grieved should times improve. The opposition’s main chance of suc- cess at the polls next November lies ina continuance of slack times and in further depression. r——— Air accidents are numerous, but not sufficiently 8o to cause indifference to the fact that the automobile and even the motorboat still have their catas- trophes. The Gas Company Merger. With the change in ownership of the local gas companies a merger agree- ment was drawn up and approved by the Public Utilities Commission and sent to Congress for the necessary ap- proval there. The big issue in the gas company deal was whether it violated the terms of the La Follette anti- merger act, but as the courts decided it did not, the merger was generally re- garded as a cut-and-dried proposition, the sooner settled the better. Lower rates were promised under the merger and other steps were to be taken that, in the opinion of the Public Utilities Commission, at least, would directly and beneficially affect thousands of consumers. Quick approval by Con- gress was expected. Within ten days of the probable close of Congress, however, the gas merger resolution is still hanging fire in the House judiciary committee. It has been approved by the Senate committee, but every time it has come up in the Sen- ate Senator Howell of Nebraska has objected and the measure has been de- layed. Senator Howell's objection might seem ment in the past, as public indignation has risen to the point of demanding re- form. and the reign of the criminals | has continued with but slight interrup- tion, That there has been in some de- gree & liaison between the gangs and ; the police is openly charged. That there has been corruption extending higher up in the municipal administration is strongly suspected. It is estimated that the annual profits of the criminal bands, the racketeers, the organized gangs, mount into the hundreds of millions. Yesterday a county grand jury was ordered by the chief justice of the Criminal Court to take in hand this matter of the eriminal gangs. Judge Normoyle, addressing the jury, said: ‘When the gunmen go beyond their guerrilla warfare and attack the ranks of private citizens, it is time to curb them. Gangsters are not only a menace to this community, but a disgrace to the United States. The city’s reputation all been injured, and it is up to us act. ‘This causes mingled emotions. It is certainly up to Chicago to end a condi- tion that is both & menace to the com- munity and a disgrace to the United States. Assuredly the city's reputation has been injured, but not merely by the latest crime, which has caused this | present arousal of public feeling and spurred the present activity. To draw a line of differentiation between what the gangsters do to one another and to the public, the law-abiding ciéizens, is to ask that the crime of murder be given two definitions, permissible homfl-‘ cide when the victim is known or be- | lieved to be a crook, and punishable homicide when the slain person is a member of orderly society. ‘Therein lies much of the trouble that afflicts Chicago today. It has tolerated | the crook gangs in their murderous | work so long as they merely bumped off one another. Therein arises the suspicion that is rife today that it has been profitable for the police, or, to speak more broadly, the city administration, to let the crooked work go on, with its immense profits, a part of which perhaps was shared “higher up.” oo Threats of tariff retaliation serve to revive interest in the ancient Chinese theory that & wall may be built big| enough and strong enough to shut out | the surrounding world. - The mortal remains of Lenin are in a | wonderful state of preservation. Russia | finds that some of his ideals are dis- | integrating. The jay walker is a proper object of solicitude. The greatest damage is likely to occur when two jay drivers meet in collision. e B German Reparation Bonds. Although Representative McFadden, chairman of the House banking and currency committee, has been in- veighing more or less persuasively against the flotation in this country of the “Young Plan” German reparation and surprising success. Not only has the American quota of one-third of the $300,000,000 total been immediately taken up, after oversubscription, but in Europe identical results have ensued. The $98,000,000-odd French allotment was oversubscribed at Paris at least five times on the first day the loan was available. ‘The portions assumed by Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Germany itself were all successfully and unhesitatingly absorbed. In Lon- don, where $54,000,000, of the “Young bonds” were available, subscriptions were closed within three hours. All this is a splendid tribute to the soundness of German credit, but per- haps even a greater tribute to the ex- cellence with which the Young Com- mission wrought its work last year. It does not seem many months ago that the commission’s negotiations at Paris were almost abreast the rocks. Now, thanks to its unremitting labors, the Young plan is a fait accompli, the bonds, the issue has met\ with pmmp!‘ does not, of course, represent anything but a relatively small proportion of the Reich’s total obligations under the suc- cessor to the Dawes plan. But it takes care of a sufficiently important part of it to permis the closing up of the rep- rations agency-general at Berlin, a col- fector's office which, despite S. Parker 'Gilbert’s tactful conduct of it, was an @nduring thorn in the German side. hstead of the agency, the Young plan dreates the new Bank for International ettlements in Basel, Switzerland. One-third of the proceeds of the “Young bonds” goes to.Germany for the improvement of her railway and postal services. Of the remainder, about three- fourths are allocated to France and will be applied to reduction of the French debt, while the rest goes to other cred- itors of Germany. All of the bonds are the direct obligations of the Reich gov- ernment, which pledges its full faith and credit to their redemption, Germany neceds foreign capital for economic development. It was found feasible to permit the Reich to borrow some $100,000,000 for that purpose along with $200,000,000 required for reparation purposes proper. The bbtter equipped the Germans are to work to advantage within their own realm, the | more certain is their ability to shoulder the heavy burdens of reparation pay- menls. From cvery angle, the succ ful flotation of the “Young bonds gratifying. is ——r———— . More Local Base Ball Changes. In their determination to strengthen the Washington ball team to the utmost and make the best possible showing in this present championship race, Presi- dent Griffith and Manager Johnson are effecting deals which at least give the local fans much to talk about and insure a continuing interest in the per- formances of the home club. The other day a trade was effected whereby the picturesque and eccasionally hard-hit- ting “Goose” Goslin was sent to St. Louis in exchange for a highly capable pitcher and an equally hard-hitting fielder, possibly a better batter. It is generally believed that the local team gained in strength, while perhaps losing somewhat in “color” by that exchange. Now comes another deal, more surpris- ing, whereby Washington gains, at the cost of a second-string catcher and a valuable relief pitcher, one of the most “colorful” players in either league, the redoubtable Shires of Chicago, to serve as understudy for First Baseman Judge. Shires has been one of the most pic- turesque characters in organized base ball of late, a man of overwhelming self-confidence, a hiphly successful ad- vertiser, a better than good base ball player, somewhat of a pugilist, and noted for “packing” the biggest quid of chewing tobacco in the ranks of the game. These qualifications may not make Him a star player. But it is be- lieved, however, that he will be a very handy man to have around in case Capt. Judge's trick knee continues to give him trouble. The fact that de- spite recent reverses the team is tied for second place and only half a game from first, with the season nearly #wo- fifths spent, warrants every possible move to keep it prepared for any emer- gency and strong in every department. Furthermore, base pall patrons like to see new faces occasionally on the team whose fortunes they follow closely. ‘These latest changes should add to the interest in the long home series about to begin, ——— Memoirs of a great statesman always reveal the fact that, however different popular illusion may have made him seem, he was at heart one of the sim ple brotherhood of mankind. v Fascisti at_first wore black shirts. Now, in deference to orders to repudiate the garb of political significance, they wear no shirts at all. Even in politics fashions will insist on going to extremes, r——— ‘The country used to take its polities frora Ohio. There is a growing tendency to regard New Jersey as the source of supply. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNEON. Salutations, Sun comes lookin' ’cross the hill, Shinin’ from afar, Blinkin' with a friendly thrill, Sayin', “There you are!” Days have come and days have gone, But I do not sigh, Since I salute the dawn, Sayin’, “Here am I!" Best of friends may have to part. Happiness reigns free, Arts of Entertainment. “I hope to find the radio acclaiming you its most popular artist.” “Not a chance,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Speechmaking i3 going out of fashion and I am 400 old to learn to croon.” Jud Tunkins says the tariff is mighty uzeful in taking the credit when busi- ness is good and in taking the blame when it's bad The Catch. My friend goes fishin’ all alone, T'd like to go along, I own. The sport brings pleasure to my mind, Although T must be left behind. I dream of fish both large and small, Or casts that bring no fish at all. My friend goes fishing and I'll wait | For fish yarns that are simply great! Forbe *rance, “Did you ever win a beauty contest?” “No,” answered Miss Cayenne. “I re- fuse to enter. There is already so much strain on the judicial mind that I do not feel justified in adding ques- tions of mere physical symmetry to its responsibilities.” “There are two kinds of happines said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. “One is indifferent to surrounding pain; the other rejoices in the hope of re- lieving it.” Opinions. T have opinons; so have you. Which we would willingly recite If, when the argument was through, {ihadvised and {ll-timed, as the reso- lution has been approved by the agency thet examines ru:7h things and regards economic field, and international peace Eben, “I allus feelgilike T was gettin' in yqf whole reparations problem has. been transferred from the political to the ‘We might be sure which one was right, “When I shakes hands,” said Uncle them from the point ok view of the and good will are the inestimable gain+. line to be told hew I ought to vote.” THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. A correspondent wants to know why children should be permitted to muti- late the statues in Washington parks. He says that already a finger has been knocked off the hand of one of the figures comprising the Dupont memorial fountain. The statues in Sheridan Circle and other parks are used daily as climbing devices by the juvenile population, he asserts. “Is it not possible to awaken enough protest on this score,” he asks, “to prevent the certain disfigurement and ultimate destruction of these silent forms of beauty?"” We regret to state that, in our opinion, sthere is little, if anything, to be done about- the matter. The children nowadays do about what they please, and it is vastly to their cr¥dit, given such liberty, that they do not do a hundred times as much dam- age as they do. 1t is the fashion today to let the little ones run at their own will and Dpleasure, without reproof or hindrance, just as it was the fashion in the so- | called “gay 90s” to hold them beneath the parental thumb. It is significant that the unrepressed kids of this generation are the sons and daughters of the repressed chil- dren of yesteryear. Maybe that is significant. If the psychologists are correct, char- acter runs rather to opposites. Few sclentists, of course, would admit the correctness of our language, idea is all right, we feel sure. Every one knows, for instance, that the typical “preacher’s son” of fact and legend tends to be as wild as his father is holy. This comes about, one may be sure, not because there is any perverse strain in the young one, but simply because | he has been brought up in an atmos- | ;. phere in which he has heard nothing | except goodness. Now, unfortunately, there is something in human nature which makes it shy from too large a dose of anything, be it good or bad, strong or k. * % %k & The child of wild parents is Jikely to 0 to the other extreme, and to be as righteous as his parents were uncouth. The boy in a family where there is continual talk of high and holy things is inclined to take the bit in his teeth and, by way of protest, go to the other extreme. Much the same holds good with the parents of today, who are wholly re- sponsible for the finger knocked off the statue, and any other monkeyshines of like nature. The American people must “go the whole hog,” as the homely Midwestern expression’ has it. This country can- not do anything by halves, or even by seven-eighths. We must go at everything hammer and tongs. So we ha - highest skyscrapers, the most movie theaters, the greatest crowds at them, | the banner number of motor cars, and s0_on. When the American people come to character formation they readily seize upon certain discoveries and attempt to put_them ‘into force, not hesitatingly, as befits them, since most of them are more or less theoretical, but in a “do or die” manner, as if they were the eternal truth discovered at last. We_refer particularly to this mat- ter of “repressions, swallowed, hook, line and sinker, by the people of the United States, particular- ly by the parents. The discovery, by certain psychologi- cal experimenters, that repressions of various instincts and desires led to cer- tain mental and physical difficulties, under certain conditions, has been Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands. L NUEVO DIARIO, Caracas—Tt happened on the train between Caracas and Carabodo. One of the passengers addressed a fel- low traveler, evidently more fa- miliar with the route, and asked, “Senor, how long will it take?” The gentleman addressed, thinking the inquiry had ref- erence to the time required to reach the next_station, replied promptly, “Ten minutes.” “Thank you, senor,” returned the original speaker. Two minutes later the train entered the Tacarigua Tunnel, and everything in the car was enveloped in the shades of darkest night. Another two minutes and the train hurtled swiftly into blaz- ing sunlight again. Throughout the coach there resounded a cry of stupefac- tion, for the passenger who had wanted to know how long it would take was standing in the aisle clad in little more than his undershirt. It seems his inquiry had been with reference to the duration of the passage through the tunnel, and he thought it a good opportunity to change to his new sult, before reaching his destination at Valencia. Tron and Steel Tired Vehicles Barred. El Telegrafo, Guayaquil.—New traffic regulations for the City of Guayaquil provide that all vehicular traffic operat- ing with tires of iron or steel on the wheels are to be barred from paved streets, and also from streets where pavement is under construction. The speed limit will be reduced to 20 kilo- meters (12!, miles) within the city area, except by special permission of the traf- fic police. * ok ok ok W Hymn Suggested For Those Imperiled on Road. Daily Chronicle, that when the Ancient and Modern Hymnal comes to be revised there ought to be included a companion hymn to the one which calls upon the Almighty to preserve those in peril on the sea, and it should be for assistance for those in peril on the road, as road conditions are today This remark was made by Mr. F. Row« land, the East Lalcashire coroner, at an inquest at Colne on Dorothy Hammer- ton, § years old. The child ran from behind a motor van and was knocked down by a motor car. The jury returned a verdict of ac- cidental death and exonerated the driver of the car. A The coroner said it would be a good thing if children attending school were given traffic drill; also that drivers be constantly prepared against all such emergencies wherein there is the possi- bility of children suddenly darting in front of their cars. It is becoming more and more of & dangerous adventure to cross a road in any industrial town, as is shown by the fact that pedestrians have to pay double the amount paid by passengers in mo- tors for insurance against motor acci- dents. i Cedags Must Go To Make Way for Road. North China Standard, Peiping.— Some of the old and historical land- marks of Peiping may have to go, in the opinion of the municipal department of public works. The many aged cedar trees around the famous Temple of Heaven, one of the beauty spots of this ancient city, will be felled to make room for a new road. The 36 large and 900 small cannon, weighing from 1 to 20 or more piculs (picul equals 133.333 pounds) each, now on top or scattered around the many city gates here, ill be sold | qnd the iron made into articles of utility. ok K % French Postal Deliveries Vary in Time. Le Matin, Paris—A market report, in an open envelope, postage paid to the amount required for this cheaper class of service, recently consumed the ex- tent of 65 hours for covering the dis- tance of 3,000 kilometers which t>pa- tes Danzig (in_Poland) from the little hamlet of Chageloux, near Mo- but the | which has been | London.—"T think | i seized upon by the average American as if it contained the explanation of the whole mystery of life. Nothl;‘“ could be_farther from the truth, course. The study of ab- | normality teaches nothing sure about | the vast ority of human beings: |every Tom, Dick and Harry is by no |means a “case” in the medical and | psychiatric_sense, although all may be | equally “off” in some way or other. But this makes no difference, for the | “repression” stuff is easy to understand, | at least in part, interesting to talk about and splendid for the home nerves when | put into practice. Every one of a certain age knows that the old-fashioned parent had a terrible time bringing up the family. Johnny | was told not to do so and so and not to do something else, and if he did hap- pen to do something or other, he was always in the wrong, at the mercy of any neighbor who chose to assume the role of accuser. In those days it was, “Johnny, why | did you do that?” without giving John a chance to explain his side of the case. He was assumed to have committed the crime. ‘Today all that is changed. Now John- ny is right all the time, and his ac- cusers must prove their case. and even then they will find themselves up against a stone wall of distrust and dis- approval. Nor is John slow to take advantage of this state of affairs. He knows that he wields a power formerly possessed only by court heauties and the like. One grin from him, and mother and father will believe him against the world. L bk We are not sure that this is not the right attitude, after all. In fact, we are willing to say that it is the right attitude. Al any rate, time will change it final- s0 all those who are today annoyed by the little ones or who belleve, and properly enough, that fine statues should not be used as gymnastic ap- parati, may rest assured that conditions will some day change again. And the joke of the matter is that they will be changed by the very chil- dren of today, who will then be grown up and have children of their own. The boys and girls of today are shrewd enough, one may feel sure, to see the errors in their own bringing uj The child who is permitted to run large, like a little dog without a tag. will not permit his own children such license, one may be certain, if the old laws of opposites continue to hold good. The boys of today fire off thousands | of dollars worth of firecrackers during | the month of June, so that when Inde- pendence, day comes in all its glory, they are “fed up” on both firecrackers and the day itself. Does any one think for an instant that the very boys who are thus, in a sense, desecrating the idea of July 4 do not see the error in their spending so much money, wasting so much money, and in their spoiling the glorious day itself? They do, and will, but who can blame them for taking advantage of the good nature of their parents? The boys are seldom to blamg. Any boy of any age | would have dop® exactly the same thing if he had beén allowed to. The boys are allowed to today, that is the only difference. Considering that they are allowed to do so very much, they are undoubtedly the finest bunch of boys ever seen in the world, and what's a stone finger on a statue every now and then? We repeat, that' when the utter free- dom of the juvenile population is taken into consideration, the amazing thing is | that life is-not intolerable. It speak: very weh for the youngsters, we think, | that the heads aren't off those statues, too. | lompize, in Cantal (a department in Central France). A similar piece of | matl, posted in Lecuwarden (Holland), and ‘addressed to the same destination, required only 35 hours in transit. This | distance comprises 2,000 kilometers. In view of these records, what are we to | think of interior French post expedi- tion, as compared with the postal services of the exterior, when a letter malled at Saint-Saturnin, only 46 kilometers from | Molompize, on January 2. at 18 H. 10 M., | D! | did not arrive at Molompize until 45 | days later—that is to say, upon February 16, at 8 H. 10 M. * ¥ ¥ & | Unemployment Tncreases in Germany. | Cologne Gazette—Unemployrient is |on the increase in Germany. Accord- |ing to the reports of the national bu- |reau of industry, the number of these | unfortunates has reached a higher to- [ tal than for the corresponding week a year ago. or almost for any previous period. While the situation has im- proved a liftle in East Prussia, Pome~ Tania and Bavaria, there are more un- employed in all the other parts of Ger- many than there were a year ago, but for the notable exception of Westphalia, where only 49,000 are out of work, as compared with 68,000 last year. The total number at present in Ge: many receiving assistance from the gov- ernmental agencies for the support of themselves or thelr families is 980,000. This figure was computed as of Novem- ber 13. This is an increase of over {200,000 since October 15. An equally | sharp upward trend in_these public beneficiaries was noticed last year dur- ing this same period. Fortunately, pres- ent indications are for a stabilization of the markets and rejuvenation of busi- ness and manufacturing. The depres- sion has been so prolonged that the reaction cannot be far distant. Public | necessity, if no other factor, will soon demand resumption of output, due to depletion of stocks on hand in so many lines and products. g | Fined for | Watering Milk. | Irish Independent. Dublin.—“This is a ‘very serious case.” said Mr. Collins, | D. J., 'when in the Dublin District Court | he imposed fines on a County Kilkenny | farmer convicted of selling milk to which water had been added. One sam- ple taken was found to contain 28.2 per cent of added water. It was shown | that the defendant had a calved cow at |the time the samples were taken and could not sell his usual production. | In Death Valley. | From the San Antonic Evening News. Parts of Death Valley—a barren waste {as far back as the “oldest inhabitants™ | can remember—now are covered with |a rich purple carpet of Springtime loom. An unprecedented rainy spell during May worked the transformation; flowers sprang up seemingly overnight. It took a botanist only 30 minutes to pick 100 varfeties, and Re covered a radius of but 50 yards. His collection includes asters, flowering grasses, wood sorrel, columbine, larkspur, lilies, blue- bells, geraniums, daisies, buttercups, poppies, paintbrush, purple sage, cactus, dandelions, hedge mustard and other species less common and familiar. How came all those seeds there, and how long had they lain dormant - ing for the water's life-giving touch? Probably some had been carried many miles by the wind; others had lain there @ half-century or longer. The vital ark is remarkably persistent. Mother ature is a prodigal sower, yet in an- |other sense she is economical—she overlooks no opportunity to propagate species. She seeds the desert on the chance that perhaps in 100 years or so it will rain. | S A Stimulant. D. C. TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1930. NEW_BOOKS AT RANDOM 1. G. M. THE BOSTON TRANSCRIPT. Joseph Edgar Chamberlin. Houghton, Mi flin Co. ‘The life story of a person—that is 8o my schooling in this re- D te: however, “The Adams Family” (Little, Brown & Co.) gave in good evidence that a group of indi- viduals insteac of & single one may secure legal occupancy of that particu- lar literary structure. And today “The Boston Transcript” furnishes equal proof that a public in- stitution even may also find itself legal- ly at home under the same roof. It looks, therefore, much as if it is not the mere count of one man, one woman, that offers opportunity for biographic consideration. Rather does it appear that the prime essential of such undertaking is & certain unity, unity of purpose and objective, of a complishment and effect, that opens the door of biography to the explorer of human activities and values in one or another of the flelds of man’ venturings. This year the Boston Transcript is celebrating its hundredth birthday. An interesting part of these commemora- tive events is this book wherein the famous centenarian goes back over the years, frem birth to manhood and mu turity, pointing out in pleased reminis- cence’ the way marks of its progress through such change and vicissitude as have involved not only its own com- munity but its own country as well. So used is the public to the press that the vital importance of newspapers as great civic institutions is obscured by such familiarity. That the daily paper ——————— e e THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC leen researchers who can get you any information on any subject are at your command without to you. A 2-cent stamp will bring you a per- sonal answer to any inquiry of fact you may make. Thousands of newspaper readers use this great service. Try it Make your inquiry easily read and easily understood, and addtress The Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q Who played the leading role of “The lgucmng Lady” on the stage?— W. H. R. A. Ethel Barrymore played this role. Q. How many enemy airplanes were destroyed by our air forces?—G. K. A. The United States air force shot ‘This number and many down 781 enemy planes. was officially confirmed, were too far behind the lines to be confirmed by our own witnesses. sumption each year in this country?— H AP A. The number of deaths from tuber- culosis in the United States annually is approximately 95,000 Q. What State was the first to li- cense motor vehicles>—W. J. A. New York. When were the North and South regions first explored?—T. D. R. A. The Arctic regions plored as early as 1588 by John Davis, who in that year reached latitude 72 degrees 12 minutes north. He was fol- lowed by William Barents in 1596, Henry is the great educator of the country fails to register as a rule. That it is primary and grammar school for mil- lions, that it is extension course for other millions, that it is the greatest of the Americanization projects of which we hear so much—that it is all of these and much more besides we da not stop to consider. There is, therefore, a tre- mendous obligation upon the paper. Some need this clear responsibility. Some do not. So, there are good daily papers and bad ones—just as the good and bad appear to meet and compromise in pretty much all of man’s engage- ments with life. This Boston paper steps over to the count of those dailies that have ever been on the side of clean hands and decent feet. Not that it says this here in the story. Says nothing about that part of the matter. Merely sets down the facts of its life instead. There is a fairly general im- pression that decency and dullness are likely to keep company with each other, that the Puritan is a prosy fellow— good enough for Sunday, but no sort of companion for Monday and Tuesday and Saturday night. A mistake, as you will find by reading here, though the Transcript ‘is unmistakably of itan blood and breeding. Here are embodied the essentials of journallsm in this country. Here is a record of the small beginnings, the pre- carious advances, the marked change in technic with print-craft inventions, the multiplication of processes, the startling increase of output, the grow- ing influence of the press in all col- lective undertakings—business, politics, finance, social programs, philanthropy, civic well being. When the mn.‘cr{pl set_out upon its venturesome he New England pulpit dominated affairs, This backward overlooking shows the division of this influence among other public agencies, the press included here. High standards of life are gradually be- coming the business of leaders who are not always within the church. Social behaviors, cultural acceptances, educa. tion, many sorts of civic enterprise growing to be of more widespread in- terest and concern. Here, among other vital matters, is the history of advertising in effect. Its usgent rise, its steady growth, its ulti- mate tremendous expansion as basic need to the existence of the paper it- self, its important part in newspaper ethics and policy—all this is ht out in the story of a single daily. Sen- sationalism comes in for a goodly share of avoidance on the part of this par- ticular New England member of the Jjournalistic brotherhood, with certain reflections upon the purpose and effect of this familiar quality of many press issues. Indeed, there is hardly an in- terest pertaining to this brand of pro- duction that does not find place in this communicable story of the first hun- dred years of a great American paper. High lights in accounting appear in the agitation over slavery, in. the Civil War, in reconstruction reports and on to other war-time periods of the United States. In its earlier parts there are items of deep concern over the modern tendencies in about every di- rection, amusing to us since we are so deeply agitated about actual dangers, as every age in its turn is. The Transcript finds it worth while to criticize feminine manners and why not? The specia grievance at one point is the.volumi- nous flummery of their apparel, so filling church pews that there is no room for the male persuasion to sit. So, in print, comes the plan to exclude these expan- sive members from evening service in order that men may have the benefit of divine service. Meanwhile, many interesting things are happening to Boston. Charles Dickens comes to town. A woman undertakes to edit the Tran- script, Cornelia Wells Walter, and makes a most triumphant matter of it. ‘Ter- ribly hard on Edgar Allan Poe this lady was for some suspicions rising against the true morality of that genius. A quite persistent and terrible nemesis did the lady editor prove to be to the uncertain character of Poe. The paper gives frequent glimpses of the intellec- tuals who adorned Boston and its neighborhood with experiments in plain living and high thinking, philosophers and transcendentalists. And so grad- ually the story moves into the present century, concerned over big business, and its expansions, over war and political problems of new cast. Always A paper of literary connotations, the Transcript grows in attention to art, music, literature, setting up a book room of its own where may be found many a writer of prominence and general interest. A remarkable accounting is here made of this centenarian of the newspaper world. It is authentic history of special brand. It reads like adven- ture, which it is. Its personal story of growth, influence and success is that of a few other dalily papers in the coun- try. These, along with the Transcript, are living up to the obligations of the profession toward public service in its real meaning. A fine story for anybody to read. a3 a chapter in the growth of this country. k¥ MODERN RELIGION FROM PUR! TAN ORIGINS? _ Henry Hallam Saundersen, D. D. The Beacon Press. A rich and seasoned study whose ef- fect is to change one's outlook upon Puritanism as a religlous influence. Latterly, under the influence of smart, and smartish, writers, there has grown a tendency to attribute to the per- sistence of Puritan influence every shortcoming of which America is pos- sessed or said to be possessed. A study of the nature and compe- tence of “Modern Religion” is cal- culaicd to give better balance to such improvised views and conclusions. It is a scholar's survey of the wide fleld of Christianity. It is a student's pawer of appraisal, distinct from any temperamental seizure of half fact and unripe knowledge and one-sided con- clusion. It is, moreover, beautiful read- ing—that is to say. this writer with his wide' learning is able to fit to it sim- ple and beautiful words of statement, explanation, illustration, of poetry even. It is the scholar's long sight that gives prime value to the discussion. By way of this it becomes clear that Puritanism is but & step in long ages of spiritual striving and, moreover, that e | used commereci; Hudson in 1607 and William Baffin in 1616. ‘The South Polar regions were explored by Capt. James Cook in 1774. Q. How many marriages are annulled in a year?—J. C. M. A. In 1925 there were 4,226 annul- ments. Q. What were the most important points in the Magna Charta?—H. T. A. The Magna Charta’s most impor- tant articles are those which provide that no freeman shall be taken or im- prisoned or proceeded against except by the lawful judgment of his in accordance with the law of tl , and that no scutage or ald shall be imposed in the kingdom tain feudal dues from tenants of the crown) unless by the common council of the kingdom. The remaining and greater part of the charter is directed against abuses of the King's power as feudal superior. Q. Does twirling the dial on a radio set burn out the tubes?—M. W. A. Turning the dial would not burn out the tubes. Q. What can be done to keep pilano keys from sticking?—M. McD. A. Open the' piano and take the front out where the music rack is lo- cated. Expose this place to the sun and air. If any sun comes into the room, move the piano to that spot: if it does not, move the piano to & place where there is sun and air. The reason piano keys stick is because the inside of the piano is swollen with dampness. Q. Is the smallest of r coins designated a penny or a cen{>—A. H. A. One-cent piece is the official designation for the lowest denomina- tion coined by the United States Gov- ernment. The term “penny” is often used colloquially, but incorrectly, designate the 1-cent plece. Q. Is it true that spider webs are ally?>—C. R. N. A. Strands of ‘the web of spiders are others were undoubtedly destroyed, but | Q. How many people dle of con-| BeTand. | (except cer- | %o | third. J. HASKIN, |used for cross-lines in microscopes, range finders and other exacting in- | struments. The web is wound on s | eard like thread. 4 Q. Where is the couplet found “And still they gazed and still the wonder grew, That one small head should carry all it knew"?—J, K. A. It is from Goldsmith's “Deserted | village.” Q. What crimes are punishable by death in Canada?—E. E. R. | _A. The Canadian criminal code of 1892 provides death for treason. mur- | der, rape and piracy with violence. | @ How long ago did jockeys begin to ride in running races with their | saddles across the horses' withers?— 5. L. G. A. The method of saddling was in- augurated about the beginning of this century. American jockeys were re- | sponsible for it. It was some time be- fore the English turfmen became recon- ciled to it, but it was demonstrated that riding forward did give the horse thus ridden a slight advantage, and such saddling is now the general practice. Q. Does the Gulf Stream warm the Eastern Shore of Maryland?—D. T. A. Generally the Gulf Stream does not affect the Eastern Shore of Mary land, because the prevailing winds there | are off-shore and not on-shore. Occa- however, and for short pe- he wind is on-shore. At thy times, especially during Winter, temperature of the air obviously little warmer, owing to the Gulf Str than it would otherwise be. Q. In what State is the Cooll Dam, and how much land will it 1 gate?—H. E. M. £ A. The Coolidge Dam ‘is locat across the Gila River, about 9 mil south of San Carlos, Ariz. It will stor water for the irrigation of 100,000 acres of land-—50.000 acres in the Gila River Indian_Reservation and 50,000 acres irf Pinal County, Ariz. Q. What land-grant college has the largest acreage?—S. J. B. A. According to a statistical bulletin |on land-grant colleges, published by he Office of Education, the Michigan State College of Agriculture and Ap- plied Science, at East Lansing, Mich, | has “the largest number of acres .of ‘Ilnd in its possession, having 51,825 acres, | Q. What popular song during the :;r\’“.;l praised by President Wilson? — A. When George M. Cohan wrote | ““Over There” he was personally coms | plimented by President Wilson, who | said he considered the song a genuineg | inspiration to all American manhood. Q. Where is the school for the biind where German shepherd dogs are used K. | as guides?—L. K. | . A. The school is on the outskirts & Lausanne, Switzerland. It “L'Oeil qui Voit." Mrs. Dorothy Harri. son Eustis, an American woman, col ducts it. She became interested in thi humanitarian work while engaged 1 breeding and training shepherd dogs for police duty. Q. Has New Orleans ever ranked second in population?—B. C. N, A. The Bureau of the Census says New Orleans has never ranked second in size. In 1840 New Orleans ranked New Yotk and Baltimore were both larger than New Orleans. The population of New York, Baltimore and- New Orleans at this time was: New York, 312,710; Baltimore, 102,313, and New Orleans, 102,193, Senator Simmons Punished For Bolting, Public Decides ‘There is emphasis on party regularity in public e:r‘;menu on the defeat of Senator Furnifold M. Simmons in the Democratic grlmnry contest for renomi- nation for United States Senator from North Carolina. His successful opponent, Josiah W. Bailey, is declared to have Tepresented a R:olat against the bolt! of the ticket ded by Gov. Smith o New York in 1928. It is pointed oul that the Senator was beaten by an organization which he had built up, and which had been taught by uphold loyalty to the party. “His repudiation of his own party's leadership was the ‘mere forerunner of party’s repudiation of his own lead: ership,” declares the Charlotte New: with emphasis upon “the simple truth that the self-respect and integrity of the Democratic party of North Caro- lina has been paramounted anew." That paper also calls the defeat “amazing” and observes that it was “a cataclysm, the thunders of which are reverberant throughout a Nation.” -~ “If Mr. Simmons had supported Mr. Smith in 1928," says the Raleigh News and Observer, “it is probable, though not certain, he would have been returned to the Senate without opposition in his party. In the first and last analysis, it was the charge of bolting the party's national ticket in 1928 that solidified and gave vigor and some vengeance to an opposition that might otherwise not have come to the front.” The Anniston Star thinks it was “because he brought embarrassment to his party in its most crucial hour of trial that he was re- by the Democrats of North Caro- and that paper declares that “the fate that was meted out to Simmons is awaiting Senator Heflin in Alabam: R “That he fua been defeated,” says the Charleston (S. C.) Evening Post, “must be cause for satisfaction, however tem- pered with regret for his passing out of public life in his old age. It is conclu- sive evidence that the folly of 1928 will not soon be repeated in the South. ‘That paper remarks that the State “has decisively, almost savagely, rejected this veteran Dgmocrat, who, prior to his defection tw(.lrgelru ago, was the idol of his party.” e Morgantown Dominion News states: “To repudiate a record and | dominating influence in the Senate chamber such as Furnifold Simmons gave his State and party is no light | matter. It can only indicate the in- tensity of the reaction to Simmons' party treachery in a public way. “Unquestionably there was a rebuke,” in the opinion of the Columbia (8. C.) Record, a judgment which is voiced also by the Memphis Commercial Appeal the Meridian Star, the Columbia (Mo. Daily Tribune and the Columbia (8. C)) | State. That the voters placed emphasis upon the requirement of party regu. larity is the conclusion of the Lexington Leader, while the Texarkana Gazette advises: “The political transgressor is in the same category as any other transgressor. 5o far as the path he must | tread is concerned. If America is to continue to have Government by | political parties, party members must learn what party loyalty means. “Those who take politics seriou: | remarks the Roanoke World-New: | quire their leaders to be regular. That | is & lesson Simmons himself had drilled | into his party for more than a quarter | of a century.” The Charlotte Observer holds that “Simmons’ record in the Sen- to the New World, where the religion of the Puritan is no more than a natural sequence of that which had gone be- | fore it. Strange as it may seem, this too, has been an expanding religion, a Iiberation of spiritual thinkings. From this standpoint the author marshals deep historic knowledge, keen psycho- logical insight, modern power of inter- | pretation and an illuminating grace | with the word itself to round this his- | toric study into an invaluable addition 1o literature of this cast. A most read- It was, relatively considered, a step fromr deep darkness into the light. A part of the great humanist movement of Prom the Duluth Herald. Now what would we get excited abou’, if it were not for the eighteenth amend- ment? which it was, in reality. a part. From depicting the' spirit of the Middle Ages the author defines the dasm of the Reformation and then from that point approaches the migration from Europe able book as well as a usefully inform- ing one. Controversy and disputation are worthless. Information, scholar- ship in its modern usage for the sake of truth, a clear scientific spirit applied | to & matter of momentous concern and | infprest are, instead, the instruments | excellent and.absorbing book. L | mum voting strength. ate was overshadowed by tI behalf of party ‘regularity,’” The Bir- ham News declares, ‘was not until Mr, Simmons deliberately placed his own selfish will above party welfare and the State’'s high interests that North Carolinians rebelled against hi ingratitude and his selfishness, Then, however, they dealt with him as they had dealt with the Revolutionary Tories. at has come to pass is in keeping ini moving story battle in i Giving attention to the prohibition question as a factor in political action, the Oklahoma City lahoman ex- presses the belief that e score board as yet does not indicate any reason for discouragement, notwithstanding _the um-r{ Digest poll,” and as to Sen. ator Simmons it remarks, “The emi- nence of the distinguished Carolinian, associated with the fact that he long has been an outstanding Democrat in the South, doubtless has engendered considerable lamentation among Demo- crats who left their party on account of Smith's Tammany principles and their own conscientious opposition to men and movements looking to emascu- | lation of the national liquor laws.” “Perhaps Senator Simmons' defeat.”. says the Chattanooga News, “is chiefly | due to his support of Mr. Hoover in the | last presidential election. If so, he s not the first statesman to sacrifice per- sonal gain for principle. ‘For 30 years | he has served his country and his State | brilliantly, and surveying the disastrous | result of the Democratic primary hes may say, undaunted, ‘All is lost save honor.’ s “He was the outstanding recruit of the ‘Hoover Democrat’ movement,” con= tends the Lynchburg News. “He was their shining example of-one who, as they so self-righteously expressed it, ‘pui ‘principle above party. He owned and ope-ated one of the most powerful of the surviving political machines gt the old regime. * * * He acted ace cording fo his convictions, as those who disagreed with him acted according to theirs. He is just in the minority.” The Lttle Rock Arkansas Democrat also. finds that “the poltical machine which, turned against him in this race was of his own making. He built up that or- ganization many years ago and alm. without exception it has done his bidding.” * ¥ * “Anger over a past betra, as viewed by the Baltimore Evening Sun, as quite strong enough to send every party worker to the polls to cast a Vote against this man. Furthermore, in a Democratic primary, Simmons was de- prived of the strength of the 200000 Republicans in North Carolina. 5o he was lest.” ’ “The total poll.” it is pointed out by the Loulsville Courier-Journal e ceeded the vote cast for John W. Davis and Al Smith, and amounted to mote than 85 per cent of the party's maxi- Eastern political observers were. correct In disg the interest from the big registrat Comment from the New Or Times-Picayune is in the statement: “In 1924 he was renominated without op= position and elected by ‘the largest ma= Jority ever given a senatorial candidate in North Carolina.’' His defeat in the Democratic primary last Saturday was plainly administered as a rebuke and punishment for his part in the delivery of North Carolina's electoral vote to Mr. Hoover two years ago. The Richmond News-Leader, believing that in 1928 “the State was thrown into the Republican column by the vote of thousands who did not usually partici- pate in elections,” concludes that “the Senate and the Democratic party will * be the better for the passing of Sim- mons: an abler man takes his place.” The annah News sees no indication of “the slightest excuse for the Repub- lican party to hope that it can begt , Balllely in the regular election.” “IThe party may be expected to take similar action in other Bop::hel‘n States | before the end of the year,” states the Chattanooga Times, but 'the Dal Journal voices the opmtzn that Ihm.hhq. North Carolina has definitely committaq itself to Democratic reg: will have to be demonstrated in thy th against g Ree decisive test of st publican contender,” |