Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1930, Page 8

{THE EVENING STA With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY.......June 26, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor Rate by Carrier Within the City. ening Star 45¢ per month Sinday 3 i re ey B sont 12 b5 mell Ational *000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. l)x.l;uulfl. l==4!5t RS & R0 All Other States and d Bund: 1yr. 912 iy K nday enly Member of the Associated Press. 1 Tons I8 sxciysively entitjed blieation of il news dis- 1t or not otherwise cred- Canada. e e The Decision Should Be Made. ‘The House apparently prefers to ditch the 1931 District bill rather than compromise on a question that has been debated periodically for many years past. The House, rather than admit that there are two sides to a question, prefers to inflict all the inconveniences and actual hardships upon the resi- dents of the District that are threat- | ened by the failure of Congress to| function legislatively for the Capital. ‘The continuing resolution, by which maintenance funds for District activi- ties provided for in 1930 will be ap- propriated for the next fiscal year, has been drawn up hastily and dumped in the House hopper and is expected to go through that well oiled machine in @ day or so, possibly today. The terms of the resolution must be interpreted by the auditing authorities. So far no one knows exactly what they mean. So far none of the agencies at the District Building is sure where n; stands, or what it will be called upon to do or permitted to do during the fiscal year about to begin. It is doubt- ful if the terms of the resolution will have been made clear to them for some time after Congress has quit. The municipal authorities are pretty much in a funk, and all they can do is to wait. Has any attention been given, has any effort been made by the House to frame “this continuing resolution im such a way that the hardships to result from unemployment may be minimized ori that the emergent conditions apt to confront the municipality will be’ met? Have any conferences been held with the District officials to obtain their * advice on what should be the extraor- dinary provisions of this extraordinary resoiution? Apparently not. The idea on the part of the House is to bluff this thing through, hit or miss, and if the bluff is called, the people of the District will pay the price. No one has been able yet to sit down with pencil and paper and figure the actual cost in dollars and cents to the District if the bill falls. In the high- way department alone, however, work sight of man. And so, while the pilot gives a full share of eredit radio, it may well be said that it was he whe practieally originated its use, especially in two-way esmmunieation, for over-the-ocean flights, ‘The story of the latest success of the Southern Cross can be told in & few words. but the thoughts of those shoard the giant plane in its thirty-one hour flight from England to Ameriea as they faced what appeared to be almast ‘The opponents of the treaty complain that the Summer season is st hand and that it is inhuman to compel them to remain in Washington and work on this treaty. If these opponents eof the treaty had mnet insisted upon holding the pact in the Senate foreign rela- tions committee for seven weeks it might well have been disposed of by the Senate by now. Furthermore, attend- ance in the artificially cooled Senate chamber, kept always at about seventy- hopeless odds in wind and fog can probably never be put down, Each man had his work to do. and each one per- formed his task gallantly, They knew that upen their efforts, individually and collectively, depended their lives, but what must have been their thoughts as they circled in a dense fog high over the tip of Newfoundland with only & few gallons of gasoline left in their tanks? Whatever they were, they did not deter these brave airmen and therein lies the reason for the happy culmination of a history-making flight. e It has remained for Lindbergh to prove that genuine fame needs no press agent, Correcting the Evil at Its Source. Since the safe passage of the park legislation that bears his name, Repre- sentative Cramton of Michigan has again taken up his strong advocacy of the lump sum payment in lieu of fixed ratio, and again has become ome of the most persistent opponents of an in- crease in the lump sum. Washington regrets that this role is afsumed by Mr. Oramton. During the consideration of his fine park measure the people of the District naturally registered objection to the fact that its financing, under the lump sum system, would throw a dis- proportionately heavy burden upon them as local taxpayers supporting an- other semi-national project; a project originally conceived as being national, drawing its support from the contribu- tions of all national taxpayers. Mr. Cramton’s attitude toward these ob- jections was that any remedy applying to the appropriation system for the Dis- trict as a whole would apply tofinanc- ing the park measure as well. If the system of appropriating for the Dis- two degrees, will be no hardship on Senators who remain at their desks. Indeed, the members of the Senate should be able to put in far cooler days at the Capitel than the rest of the pop- ulation ef the Natienal Capital. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, the Republican president pro tempore of the Senate, the chalrman of the Re- publican senatorial campaign commit- tee, is among those who voted against the favorable report of the treaty to the Senate a few days ago. The Sena- tor from New Hampshire has been a leader in the demand that there be no consideration of the treaty at this time. He, too, has urged the need of a rest for the members of the Senate. Yet Senator Moses not long since has re- turned from an ocean voyage after hav- ing sojourned in Europe for several weeks. Probably it is his sympathy for the other members of the Senate, rather than any desire on his own part, which leads him now to protest against a continuance of the Senate in Wash- ington. Becsuse of the demand for the pas- sage of the veterans’ bill and because of delays in the Senate over the defl- ciency appropriation bill and other meas- ures, adjournment of the present session of Congress at an early date has been threatened. If there is to be no ad- Journment, the proponents of the naval treaty might with good grace call up the pact for consideration in the Senate without waiting for the President to call a special session. — Japanese cherry trees are things of beauty and sentiment. It is gratifying to learn from science that they have nothing to do with the incubation and distribution of the dreaded Japanese beetle. trict were changed, the system of financing the park measure would change as well. Now that the park bill has passed, Mr. Cramton has entered the lists again 8s an active crusader for the lump sum and the $9,000000 lump sum as well. He deserves credit for his hard work in support of an admirable measure for Capital improvement. But his concept of Federal obligation to Capital de- velopment and support, as shown in his ardent championship of the unfair lump sum arrangement, tends to place the park measure in another lignt—a heavy and unfair burden upon iocal taxpayers. ‘Washington admirers and supporters of the Cramton park development plan had hoped that Mr. Cramton would re- frain from fastening permanently upon the impotent local taxpayers a system of financing his fine project which will have to be done that otherwise would not have to be done if the regu- lar program for street improvement were carried through. Some estimates of the cost of this work already run as high as $100,000, which will be nec- essary fo prevent deterioration and even larger loss. There probably are other departments of the District that will be forced to spend money that otherwise could be saved. Counting up the cost of these items and including the wasted effort and confusion in municipal affairs that may be expected if the District bill fails, the attitude of the House is not only stubborn, but is based on a false conception of economy. In the long run it will cost the Dis- trict and the United States a lot of money. Throughout this controversy some of the members of the House have insisted that they have reason to believe the bill will pass in the end. If that is so, 1s it not time now to end the confusion already developing in District affairs? ‘There is work to be done, and the city should be at it. ‘The Russian language is not easy for | natives of other countries to learn. What is referred to as “Russian propa- ganda” is a laborious affair requiring so much translation that the average reader may be excused for remaining in doubt as to the original idea. R, A Stirring Flight. For careful planning and skillful exe- cution—a combination that generally assures success—probably no flights in the history of aviation have exceeded those of Maj. Charles Kingsford-Smith and few have equaled them. A born organizer with a genius for welding to- gether a group of expert technicians in | various lines and one of the finest pilots in the world today, Capt. Kingsford- Smith and his sturdy three-motored plane, the Southern Cross, have circum- navigated the globe by air with the single exception of the American trans- continental hop. This he plans to do within the next few days. ‘When the gallant Britisher, with his specially picked crew of Evert Van Dyk, co-pilot, Capt. J. Patrick Saul, navigator, and John W. Stannage, wire- less operator, glided to a perfect land- ing yesterday at Harbor Grace, New- foundland, he was the first to make the perfect east-to-west Atlantic crossing Many before him had tried the treach- erous flight—attempts that had cost nine lives during the past few years—with only one success, that of Maj. James Fitzmaurice, who, with his crew of two, spanned the ocean but unfortunately was lost over Labrador and was forced to land in bleak and almost uninhab- ited country. And while the Southern Cross did not attain its goal of New York, due to shortage of gasoline caused by adverse headwinds, the fiight was perfect to the extent that the plane was set down on the North American conti- nent in good shape to take off again on the next leg of its journey. To the magic of radio Maj. Kings- ford-Smith attributes_the epocl: m~king Atlantic crossing, and to a large d-gree he is right, as the plane was flying mocks justice and threatens to trans- form the Cramton law from a blessing into a curse. o Trash in the Parks. Now that the Summer heat is felt, the people are taking to the parks in the evening for the sake of such cool- ness as may be found there. Potom.c Park is thickly populated after dark on these hot nights. Many hundreds of people sit or lie on the grass, along- side the river, and ,gain refreshment from the breezes that waft across the water, even when the air is astillest. Some of them defy the dew and rest upon the bare ground. Others, fore- handed in preparation, take motor rugs or blankets to spread over the grass. Many, however, use newspapers for protection from the dampness. These are the ones who cause the littering of the park with trash, to give it a most unsightly appearance in the morning. The park users who take rugs and mats with them from home for pro- tection against the dampness of the ground do not leave these nrticles be- hind when they depart. They care- fully gather up their property and take it away with them. Why should not the others, who spread old papers on the ground. gather them up and take them away? Because they are sloven and indifferent, and because they give no thought whatever to the appearance of the park. To gain a concept of the disregard of many people for the proprieties of park use, it is but necessary to drive through Potomac Park in the early morning, before the attendants, a small squad of whom struggle with the refuse left overnight, set to work gathering up and burning the papers strewn over many agres, The place of natural beauty is transformed into a place of ugliness. Just a few seconds of con- siderate action by the hundreds of park users the night before would pre- vent this spectacle. But they should worry! This 1s their park, and they use it as they use their own domestic properties. Let the cleaners work. That is what the cleaners are for! It is a punishable offense to strew trash in the parks. A systematic effort should be made to enforce this rule. Only a few prosecutions and punish- ments would be needed, with attendant publicity, to check, if not to correct wholly, the deplorable habit of trash spreading on the part of the park users. The park i& their park only 50 long as they treat it decently. P ) Business is regarded as safe so long as/the great public continues to work willingly to purchase production, re- gardless of the frank expressions of uncertainty regarding stocks. ——— Archeology is a reminder of the final democracy that history establishes. King Tut with all his gorgeous power is not as important as the Neanderthal man. . ‘The American public has never been frightened by taxes. It is always easier to work a little harder and pay them— unless & sense of justiee is involved. —— o “Dictator” was once a term of patri- otic reproach. Mussolini has made it a form of complimentary address. —— e It would be unfair to judge any great city by the magazines for which it is| publication headquarters. ——— et SHOOTING STARS, BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Electric Light. Around the light arrives a crowd Of winged creatures strange, Some with a song exceeding loud ‘With many a tuneful change: And some with gold or silver wings, They strut in stately pride Among a throng of tinier things That humbly wait aside. Around that light they flock and fly In busy wonderment, And probably they question why Life brings them discontent, And ere this little hour is done For better or for worse, They say “This light is the great sun That makes our universe.” Truth and Fiction, “Truth is stranger than fiction.” “Why shouldn't it be?” rejoined Sen- ator Sorghum. “I have never known a campaign in which it wasn't scarcer.” Jud Tunkins says daylight saving doesn’t make the morning alarm clock sound any sweeter, i Publicity and the Baby. There's many a parent who, forbid To keep the public well advised, Thinks his own as fine as Lindbergh’s kid, Though not so widely advertised. Power of Suggestion. “What is your opinion of prohibi- tion?” “Same as it always was” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop. “It's a grand idea, but it keeps people thinking so much about licker that they are tempted to trifie with it.” “Many are disappointed in love,” Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. ‘Some weep and repine, others laugh and recover.” The Small, Important Difference. The story of a prize well won Remains a secret hid "Twixt him who says, “I might have done,” And him who says, “I did.” “What you believe,” sald Uncle Eben, “is whut you wants to believe, an’ dat’s de reason friends ought to be slow an’ Many a man aspiring to be rated as a gentleman farmer wishes he could be mentioned as a city boy who made good in the country. oo A Sign of Weakness. The “round robin” letter addressed to President Hoover by members of the Senate, urging delay in consideration of the London naval treaty until next Fall, is indicative of the weakness of the op- position, not its strength. Twenty- three Senators are reported to have signed the letter, which sounds formi- | dable. But it appears that fourteen of | these Senetors have indicated that they through dense fog for a large percent- cge of the time, which made naviga- tion extremely difficult. But in this eemnection it must be remembered propose to vote for ratification of the treaty when the ballot is taken. This leaves a met vote of nine Senators op- posed to the treaty on the final show- cautious 'bout tryin’ to tell all de truth dey thinks dey knows.” . ——.r . Safety First. From the San Antonio News. Princess Patricis, runaway lioness, voluntarily returned to her m! at lla Nev. Probably the beast tried cross a highway. ! Lol e New Aspects of Truth. Prom the Detroit Free Press. If truth is stranger than some of the fiction offered the public by modern writers it has taken on new aspects of late. Bad to Worse. From the Albany Evening News. Now it is that natives of the African jungle like to hear American jazs. But we ought civilize those natives instead of ‘worse. BY CHARLES B. TRACEWELL. men are pedestrisns at times; that hyat:um‘ m of the man afoot one. The peculiar dificulties of the mil- not affect most of us, nor the popular concert r. Most men are ne more screen stars or pianists than they are millionaires. But every man is a pedestrian, and, as such, is entitled to an opinion ss :"’hol'uhr iz, why he walks and w is ‘The pedestrian, in himself, and for himself, and particularly in relation u:“ :flnr walkers, is & most interesting study. “The proper study of mankind,” said P&gfl. with much point, “is man.” e meant pedestrian man. * X % % ‘The man afoot is the natural man, 45 he came from the hands of Creator. Nothing has been added to him to make him feel conceited. He has no horsepower under his hand, therefore feels no inclination to run over another fellow human being. One may walk around a great city for years on end—or however years arrange themselves—without once be- l"n"(.n in a cellision with another pedes- Here enters one of the most comical human evalutions, one W practically every one has participated, at some time or other, but one from which 1t is safe to say even the most solemn man manages to extract a smile. We refer to this dodging process in which two persons often indulge when they pass on & walk where there is just room enough for two. You go to the right, he goes to his left, which happens to be your right. Both seeing the inevitable collision, grin broadly, say “Excuse me” simultaneous- ly, and duck the other way. Still being face to face, the two of you attempt to right matters by exe- a;ung the same maneuver at the same e. Both Mfi left. 8o you still face each other. Usually by this time one or the other breaks into s hearty laugh, which en- tirely saves the situation. Usually the first one to smile stands stock-still, and thus permits the ‘other to go around him as he pleases. The problem is solved. * K k% ‘There is another little habit some pedestrians exhibit which has never been satisfactorily explained. Two men are walking in the same di- rection, one attempting to overtake and pass the other, The man in front often will so weave from side to side, although entirely un- consclously, that the one in the rear will be unable to get by. Perhaps in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred this action will be unconscious on_the part of the blocker. Yet the man behind will be unable to pass him. Sometimes this will become 8 nuisance, then the only thing to do is to_brush by at a rapid pace. Mest pedestrians are very touchy, lik- ing neither to be pushed nor even spoken to. Maybe once in a lifetime a pedestrian will find occasion to call the attention of a fellow walker to the fact that his pipe, hastily crammed into a side pocket, has set his mzmre. “Hey, there!” is the customary salu- Highlights on the P! hia | Sheta snd him. tation on such oecasions. Invariably man afire will lock terribly and be on the point of , i one may judge from his lon, just what you are about. The moment he happens to look down, following yeur point finger, and sees smoke arisf ‘om his coat, he forgets his 3 lr his hands to his coat, and does even '-hnn:‘zw for the service you have rend . Nor can you blame -him for his impoliteness. bly the insulted tle- does not return thanks, Dut“‘h::“y m:' anks, rectify the omission. wsid * % ¥ The man who walks for the pleasure of the thing, even if he is going soms- where, has several charming diversions :vll;:'chmuoe:upyhummdulum g. One of these is to select some nglml person about a half oc{ Intuitively such pace setters know that they are being followed, and In- variably try to keep from being passed. Thus two men, modestly walking along the streets of the National Capi- tal, imitate Mississippi River steamers of the old days, put on full steam ahead and plow up Connecticut avenue as if there were some prize in store for the man who reached Dupont Circle first. Another happy little amusement in- Yvolves the use of the eyes. The day has long gone by when women and girls re- sented being given the “once over,” as it has been called. A man may give a easual, clplblel glance at a nice-looking girl today without being called “‘masher” or re- celving a punch in the jaw. Both male and female pedestrians like to look at the ladies, since this portion of humanity is, by all odds, the most picturesque and therefore the most ;x&u\;ne . especially when one is out . Women, too, by their more revealing costumes, offer more opportunity for the of human anatomy on the hoof. gtml’: u;o:m thing, to such stu- 3 no two women are con- structed exabtly alike. We have heard women remark it! One will be fat one place, the next fat | Sim) another; one will have pretty I d poor arms, the next preuy.lnen': and ugly legs. It is an amazing pageant, indeed, and few pedestrians miss any of it, although perhaps few are as honest as your correspondent. We might_suggest one thing to the merchants: They should change their show windows oftener. “Window shop- ping.” as it is called, is a favorite recreation of pedestrians. Merchants should never forget that it is the man and woman afoot, not the man and woman awheel, for whom they deco- rate their choicest windows. Motion, the rage of the hour, should be incorporated in all show windows by the simple expedient of keeping their contents changed from day to day. This change need not be compiete. A single new object will satisfy the regular o mn{, b“l‘t,h!nde mhlall‘t much: or it, a sho dlalppnlnh:h fi g Pedestrianism not just & mere bringing of one foot in front of the other for a certain number of blocks or miles; it is at once an art, a recreation, :“d. with lo:n‘e ;3‘! : necessity. By means as ple: AL pleasant as _Wid; World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands ANAMA - AMERICA, Panama.— Pre-canal days in Panama were inexpensive. Board and room was 25 cents a day, and the food was better than some of the hotels have now. Numbers arrived from all over the world to work either on the long-heralded and revolutionary enterprise or to work upon those who intended to be so engaged. The earliest birds did not make much profit if of the latter mercantile classification, for no one needed to buy any furniture, and three large loaves of broad sold for a nickel. A large house of Spanish co- lonial architecture rented for $5 a month, or you could have it for noth- ing it you preferred. Meat was 10 cents & pound in 1903, and a yam as big as & watermelon the same price. The dig- ging of the canal began in 1904, and American laborers on the project were paid 16 cents an hour. Mechanics and higher classes of labor were paid as high as 35 cents an hour, which was plenty high enough, considering expenses. Lot- tery tickets, even for the highest prizes, were only 20 centavos silver, 50 no lux- uries, either, had to be dispensed with. The laborers could even have servants on such munificent stipends. All the Iatter required was something to eat, preferably goat. When wages got as high as 30 cents an hour, generally, a crime wave came along with prosperity. Before 1904 any one’s goods were perfectly safe, Thieves and burglars were unknown then, but there's no shortage now. Colen was in- habited chiefly by beggars and boarding- house keepers. There were no restric- tions whatever on the birth rate, and all the children that were born not only lived, but are still living. Rent collectors and undertakers had a difficult time of it in Panama in the days of three dec- ades ago. * o % % Bus Speed Endangers Passengers. Diario del Comercio, Barranquilla.— As the result of our recent editorial ad- dressed to the traffic inspectors, with special reference to the bus line running to Boston quarter of the city, a number of gentlemen have called at our office and asked us to give similar pub- licity to the bus service between the Plaza_de Mercado (Market S8quare) and Las Delicias (another suburb of the city). This line is conducted in such a_ way, say these witnesses, that one who travels by it in the hope of safely reaching his home is tormented with ve doubts of such a h-pgy finale to E excursion. The chauffeurs drive swiftly and without due caution, and any suggestion to the cenductor that the speed be moderated is acknowledged by a brusque response, even in the presence of the agents of traffic. Naturally, if these defects in service continue the public will not only lose its confidence in the authorities who permit these jeopardies, but will also cease using the busses, considering it preferable to walk home, even from the center of the city, to the most outlying precincts. This will relieve them not only of the expense of the trip, but will also insure their arriving home in safety and without having to endure the rudeness of the chauffeurs, who resent any comment whatsoever derogatory of the gervice. W . Author Sponsors Move for Library. El Telegrafo, Guayaquil—There is a movement under way, sponsored by the national author Senor Vinicio, for the establishment of a public library at Quito (the capital of Ecuador). It ha been suggested that this building be erected on the Plaza de San Francisco for the use of the whole population. Classes for those who can’t read are also part of the program—that is, for those of mature age who have had no schooling. 5 - - b no denying,” says Vinicio, “that the sight of all the books and newspapers that would be assembled in & public library would inspire the illiterate part of the population with a longing to read, the first step in an in- creased culture and intelligence for them. It is freely admitted that the up- lifting _efforts of the press count for little when confronted with ference of a large part of the the indif-| tire, popula- tion that cannot improve itself with what is in the papers. Small wonder laws are broken when so many people do not know we have laws, or what they are, nor of the penalties for infraction by others. R Australia Ahead. From the Oregon Journal. Business houses intending business with Australia will find value in facts brought by E. C. Souire, trade com- missioner of the United States Govern- ment in Sydney, the first city of Australia, with 1,300,000 people. Thirty-seven American industries have established branch faetories in Aus- tralia, with an investment of $200,- 000,000, says Mr. Squire. This alone indicates & market in the antipodes. It also mxfl”u another factor. The national industrial policy of Australia 1s hostile to importations of goods that can be manufactured in the ecountry: Therefore the system of tariffs and em- bargoes uniformly renders it more profitable to o te machinery in one of the Australian states than to ship goods from an American coast. An example of one of the most suc- cessful branch factories is that estab- lished in Sydney by the Jantzen Knit- ting Mills of Portland, makers of swim- ming suits. * A business connection with Australia calls for careful consideration of the credit situation there. Australia is passing through a period of serious re- adjustment. Its financial leaders say two years will be .required before the upturn. There are industrial as well as commercial problems to solve. Gov- ernment control of business presents difficulties. Mr. Squire quotes the fed- eral treasurer of Australia as saying, “How do vou expect Australia to buy $700,000,000 worth of goods & year from overseas when our exports amount to approximately $500,000,000 a year and there is something like $150,000,000 to be paid annually overseas on the na. tional debt?” And Mr. Squire adds “This explains why the Australia au- thorities have found it necessary to reduce the imports by such means as embargees. At the same time it shows that Australian authorities are fully alive to their situation.” Australia is on one of the sea lanes that lead from Portland. It belongs to the great group of Pacific common-~ wealths that will beeome more im-, portant and more attractive to this Jort as the years go by. ———— Indifference to Gandhi Prom the Charleston (8. C.) Evening Post. One remarkable feature of the Gandhi movement in India is that thus far it has falled in greater degree than almost any similar movement of the past to gain important numbers of supporters and enthusiasts among liberal and radi- cal elements in Europe and America. The principles underlying Gandhi’s peaceful revolt are not very far different from those which actuated the American Colonists in the eighteenth century. They are unquestionably in line with the nationalistic ideallsm which was highly regarded in the heyday of Wood- row ‘Wilson's achments on the re- organization of society. They are put forward at a time when the home gov- ernment at London is in the hands of the Labor party, a soclalistic element, The number of people affected form one of the world’s largest single na- tional ps. Nevertheless, the interest in other countries is only mild a s | and little is heard of any outside move- ments in sympathy with the mahatma and his cause. Per! it is the color of the people. Perhaps it is the distance of India. Per- haps people do not grow enthuslastic over causes any more; at least, for the time being. They are weary of any rights and w) but their own, Ma- hatma Gandhi apparently hit on a bad time. He has not caught the world in tune with revolution. oo o Conspicuou From the Racine Journal-News. Nothing shows . unless i 18 ' up as fast as a weak &.mfimuumr attempt to eatch up with | 410, The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. ‘The drafters of the New Jersey Re- blican State platform have adopted tht W. Morrow’s idea with regard to prohibition. The plank which they have written, indeed, is merely a para- of Mr. Morrow's declaration of is attitude on the prohibition issue When he opened his campaign for the Republican senatorial nomination a few weeks ago. This is the first time that a Republican State platform in New Jer- sey, or in any other State except Wash- ington, has declared for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. The State convention in Washington surprised the dry leaders in Congress from' that State when recently it declared for a big change in the prohibition laws. * ook % ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. The New Jersey platform declaration | %, on prohibition, which was awaited with the keenest interest, urges the repeal of the eighteenth amendment with ub- atitute providing that the National Gov- ernment shall see to it that States which wish to be dry shall have full mflkm -gum imports of liquor other States or from foreign na. s. It also declares against a turn of the old saloon, even thougl the control of the liquor traffic is to be left to the individual States, In these respects the New Jersey platform may be said to support the prohibition idea, just as Mr. Morrow supported it in his speech, although he declared that the control of the liquor trafic was properly in the hands of the State gov- ernments and improperly in the hands of the National Government. The s in N of 'hbl:ry i housands supported Mr. Morrow in the primary election, not because of his attitude toward the prohibition issue but because of their belief in his ability |2nd appreciation of his services in the past, are expected to vote for Mr. Mor- Tow in the general election next No- vember, despite the plank in the party platform. It is only reasonable to sup- pose that these dry Republicans, if they ‘were willing to vote for Mr. Mor- Tow's nomination for the Senate, will also vote for his election to that offce. Furthermore, the drys have nowhere else to go unless it be to the Democratic nominee, Alexander Simpson, who is wetter than Mr. Morrow, or to candidates of the National Prohibition party, who are not widely known and eould not by any ibility be elected. Their choice lies between Morrow and pson, and the reasons which im- pelled them to support Morrow in the primary campaign will cause them to vote for him in November. * ok x % g There are several dry Republican members of the House lrr,om ew Jer- sey, including Representatives Wolver- iton and Ackerman, whom the plank in i the State platform may embarrass, it is said. ut why should it, really? They are known to be drys and per- sonal platforms will be sry‘ just as Gov. Smith's personal platform was wet in the 1928 presidential race while the Democratic national platform was dry. * K ok ok In Pennsylvania the liquor question Is a live issue, as well as in New Jersey. The State Supreme Court has put off unil September 29 or later its final de- cision in the contest brought by the sup- of Francis Shunk Brown for the lican gubernatorial nomination against former Gov. Pinchot. This leaves the issue very much up in the air. So much so that the dry Gov. Pinchot is | said to be seriously considering quali- fying @8 an independent cancidate for e governorship .in the event that the | court should decide against him and throw out the ballots cast in Luszerne County, thereby giving the nomination to Mr. Brown. He must file before the date set by the court for its final hear- 1 ings in the contest cr it will be too late for him to file as an independen:. The Pennsylvania laws are more lenient to +independent candidacies than the laws in New Jersey. In the latte: State an independent candidate must file be- fore the primary election is held. That is the reasom that the Anti-Saloon Lelsue is unable now to put an inde- pendent dry Republican in the field against Morrow and Simpson. | ‘Gov. Pinchot must pick himself a new | party title in the event he files as an independent. He is sald to be consider- ma “the Roosevelt party” as the proper title for his party, in honor of his old chief. Other titles n:;(uud are the urx;ln party and the Washington L * ok ¥k The wet group in Pennsylvania which supported Phillips in the gubernatorial primary race and Bohlen for the sen- atorial nomination are still angling rround for a candidate for governor. ‘There has been a suggestion that the group might support the Democratic nominee for governor, who-is a wet and running on a wet party platform. The Democrat is John M. Hemphill of Chester County. And now comes Mayor Harry A. Mackey of Philadelphia just back from a trip to Europe, with the suggestion that he may be a wet candi- date, running as an Independent Re- ublican, for governor next November. t is inconceivable that Mr. Mackey would be a candidate for governor in the event the State Supreme Court up- holds the contest brought by Brown, for Mackey supperted the Brown-Davis ticket in the senatorial primary cam- g;lkn. But if Mr, Pinchot should ally be declared to be the Republican nominee, Mackey might then enter the race as a wet Republican. In a three- cornered race Pinchot the dry, against Hemphill and Mackey, both wets, might well be expected to win the contest for governor. R ‘There is one candidate for office in Pennsylvania, however, who does not appear to be worrying over his pros- pects. Nor does there appear to be any cause for worry. That is James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor and the Re- gublicln nominee for the Senate. There as been no suggestion of an inde- pendent wet to run against Davis. He seems to be fairly satisfactory to both wets and drys in the Republican party. And the huge vote by which he won over his opponents in the primary, Sen- ator Grundy and Prof. Bohlen, seems to have left the opposition cold. Mr. Davis is still holding down his job as Secre- tary of Labor, winding up the work for the fiscal year now closing and prepar- ing his report to the President. It is within reason that he may continue as Secretarf of Labor right up to the time of his election to Senate. One good reason for this might be the desire of the administration to have him hold ! on until President Hoover had the right | man for his successor. Dwight W. Morrow, another senatorial candidate, is still holding on to his office as Am- bassador to Mexico. The scnatorial campaigns in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are not likely really to get under way until late in September or the first of October and both of these candidates are in position to render valuable serv- ice to the Government in the interval. i ok, D The Republicans in Kentucky are go- , ing to back Senator Robsion in his con- | test for the Senate in November. Much | talk arose at one time of the possibility { of former Gov. Morrow's making & bid for the senatorial nomination. But it has come to nothing. The time for filing for the primary, which takes place i In Kentucky August 4, has gone by. | The Republicans have a real fight on | their hands in Kentucky this year, In | off years, the State usually goes Demo- cratic. Robsion, however, a member of the House for a number of years, is a seasoned campaigner in the Blue Grass State, and is likely to make the Re- publicans a strong candidate. He is running for both the short and the long terms: The term ends fext March, when the term for which former Senator Sackett was elected, now Ambassador to Germany, expires. Rob- sion is serving under dppointment of the governor. The. Democrats have two n against Robsion, one for the short term and the other for the long term. ‘They, too, are with opposition in the primary. They are Ben Williamson and Judge Miles M. Logan, respectively. I8 e o ) dominated North Dakois poiics with rty fold | that Bailey will win hands dow . D. A. president, Bishop Francis J. McConnell, is & Methodist; the general hm' Rev. Charles a alist; the Frank H. n, is & Presb the fl’:h minister, ‘T:V. 8. retary, Dr. 8. M. Calvert, is terian, and third secretary, Dr. John M. Moore, is a Baptist. Q. Upon what day in June, 1911, was King George V crowned?—N. K. A. He was crowned on June 22. Q. Should the phrase “in so far as” be used?—S. M. . 1t has merely the sanction of usage. The phrase contains a superfiu- ous word. It should resd “so far as.' Q. How much is the Arl n Me- morial Bridge to cost?—P. B. C. . A This bridge, connecting the City ashington with Virginia near the Arlington National Cemetery, is nearing completion. The entire project will cost $14,500,000. Q. How far South is the aurora bo- realis seen?—W. P. G. A. The frequency of the aurora bo- realis varies with the latitude of the the | tim; Q. When was Bil built?—M. P. A. Tt was built by George Vanderbilt between 1890 and 1895. S March of this year, this mansio: daily to the public. ’{he }l;oceedll are d; or the up! of estate. i Q. What is meant by a piedmont plain?—N. Mel. s A.. It means s plain at the foot of & mountain, Q. What race do the Moors bel to?—T. E. C. i A. The present-day Moors are a mix- ture of the Mauri, Numidians, Phoe- nicians, Romans and Arabs. Q. the leprosarium at c.lrvule. La.?—8. 'A."'The average during the last fiscal Dow patients admitiéa duing ths pe. new patient u riod. Nineteen patients were nlmfi no longer a menace to society, and six go::‘ ;vho could have gone forth elected Q. With the difference of height above sea level of the various Great How many patients are there in | bl Lakes, what retains the water in thetr various basins?—F. M. P, A. These differences result from the | restricted passageways between the | lakes. The outlets of the higher lakes are not of sufficient depth to permit their surfaces to reach the levels of the lower lakes into which they drain. Please give the early history of st recorded organized | speed with horses were the | chariot races at the Greek national fes- tivals, of which the most notable were the Olympic games held every fourth Greek sculpture frequen the horse as used for riding, ap- tly without a saddle in most cases, gul not as so employed for sport, except as an incident to the chariot racing. On the other hand, the horses in the Roman contests were to a very great extent ridden. All the formalities of entering and of differentiation of classes and of starting were minutely latd down and followed, even to the color of the riders’ uniforms. In the earlier times these Roman races e held on the open plain. There has always been a tradition in h‘llfld that on Salisbury Plain, just outside Stonehenge, the r mains of & Roman race course exist; and the oldest race which still tak: place in England s run over a flat meadow i\m outside the walls of the Roman city of Chester. A /Q Is it farther from San Franeisco ?ng Diego or to Seattle by water?— "A. It is 821 miles to San Diego and 926 miles to Beattle by water, e Q. Was the name Castle real or as- .lde by Irene and Vernon Castle?— A It was assumed. Their name was Blythe. Is_there much drinking in eol- leges?—H. D. 8. A. A survey of colleges by the W. C. T. U. indicates that there is less student nt trend against liquor. Q. What are the otterlike animals :‘h%hmumhnnmhdhv— A.'Mongooses are often caught and They are quick and sharp-eved, ;|and live almost entirely upon snakes and reptiles. They are often kept in houses as snake killers. They are in- telligent and make excellent pets. Q. Please name the Apostles who ap- pet i.nlle'gnlrflo da Vinel's “Last Sup- el 5 A. Rending from left to right, they are Sts. Bartholomew, James the Less, Andrews. Judas, Peter, John, The Christ; Sts. Thomas, James the Great- er, Philip, Matthew, Thaddeus, Simon. Q. What kind of a weapon was the Roman gladius?—A. J. A e gladius was generally s straight two-edged blade, rather broad and of nearly equal width from hilt to le. In a sketch which was examined the hilt of the gladius extended about § ches above the waistline of the Roman soldier- and the blade extended almost to the knee. Q. When kerosene or turpentine is used to whiten clothes, how much should be used?—E. F. R. A. If clothes are very dirty, kerosene tine (inflammable) may be from one to six boilerful of water. ress is Attack on. of P ‘harged into the freedom e [ in_the introductiol which would place a heavy tax on news- paper advertising and confer the right of public officials to take other action in connection with the newspapers. Gov. Huey P. , who has had some con- troversies with the press of the State, is declared to have requested the legisla- tion. General opinion is that the tax of 15 per cent on receipts for ad- constitutional as class legislation, and that the tax would be passed on to the donsumer, thus injuring the businéss of Louisiana communities. “The bill would impose a special tax upon merchants -and other business men,” says the Altoona Mirror, “for all advertising mblumd from year to year. As the merchants are undoubtedly taxed in various ways upon the annual busi- ness they transact, such legislation | would seem to be both superfluous and pressive.” The Charlotte News holds that “such & tax would be passed along necessarily to the purchasers of news- per space and, therefore, it would fall eavily upon the %I.lhrthml’l of ecommod- ities advertised.” The Detroit News adds that “customers could avoid the tax in but ‘one n)—h; buying outside the State”; that “the bill, if successful, would be an invitation to citizens of Louisiana to buy goods in adjoining States, where prices would naturally be lower.” * kK % “If the bill is enacted,” according to the Oakland Tribune, “it will fall shortly of its own weight, for the penalties will be many. Louisiana will be off the national map, so far as advertising goes: its papers will be made smaller, and the business man or manufacturer who would call attention to his wares will have to pay, not on the basis of circu- lation, but 15 per cent in addition.” The Kansas City Star comments: “It hardly necessary to say that modern business is bullt on advertising. With- out advertising, business would stagnate, there could no mass production, prices would shoot upward, and the whole system of modern Indunri and trade would be dislocated. It is ingon- ceivable that Louisiana would desire to penalize itself by discouraging the use of this essential instrument of progress.” “When city taxes amount to 2 per cent of the value of one’s property,” re- marks the Louisville Courier-Journal, “the property owner feels outraged. Nothing like this 15 per cent license tax has ever been heard of in modern times. It is not to be expected that the Legis- lature will enact this flagrant piece of legislation. The courts would knock it out quickly.” The Hartford Courant asks, “If Louisiana can take away 15 per cent of the gross advertising receipts of its daily newspapers, what is to pre- vent other State rfiv!mmen'& smarting under the editorlal lash, from doing likewise?" . * ok ok “The bill is designed to punish the press, for its impertinence by taxing it to death or slavery,” asserts the St. his Non-Partisan League, failed in his effort to stage a political comeback in the primary yesterday. He was seeking the Republican nomination for Congress against Representative Sinclair. Town- ley was running as a wet. He had the opposition in his campaign, not only of Mr. Sinclair but also of the two North Dakota Senators, who were cam- paigning for Sinclair, * ok % % Representative George M. Pritchard, the Republican nominee for the Senate in North Carolina, is laying his plans for an active cam against the Democratic candidate, Josiah W. Bailey, who defeated Senator Simmons in the primary. Pmtchard, ' however, has his work cut out for him. If he could count on the support of the disgruntied supporters of Senator Simmons, or even on a considerable fraction of the anti- Smith Democrats who voted for Hoover in 1925, he might have a fighting chance. But the indications have been the Democrats in North Carolina are back in their again, and This situation may change, it is true, but Louisiana Legislature of a measure |the mmln{nh.oppuu ive; that by selecting one bus mmmmldhun-b New Louisiana Press Tax Bill Sepil as Consumers’ Burden Louis Globe-Democrat, adding: “It is obvious that this measure would place daily newspapers of Louisiana, or d survive such a tax, wrpugen. and is cause their destruction or their subjec- tion to political authority. There be no freedom of the press under such a law. That the Louisiana Legislature will give serious consideration to such a vic is hardly conceiva~ ‘The Buffalo I'venmf News ad- Vises, “If the citizens of Louisians have any regard for a free press they will demand the defeat of the lnlflulwul measure.” The Youngstown Vindicator contends that “there is not! to be gained by ‘cutting off the nose 1o the face,’” and the Bangor Com | is skeptical as to legislative action. “Gov. Long once almost succeeded in driving oil companies out of busi- r‘}".l‘: cmchsum," !ec:lll the New ork Sun, “by means of a proposed occupational tax, relatively much less severe than the tax now pro newspapers. One session of the Legis- lature ref to do his bidding and adjourned; immediately he convoked another. It was not until about a year ago that he finally made a pledge not to push the project.” The Sun , “Once a State admits the principle that a public official or any set of public officials may impose puni- tive taxation upon the press because of criticism or o{)poln(nn. that State has delivered itself over to the mercy of any oppressor who may manage to win an election, ‘The Scranton Times calls the bill “unconstitutional, assuming thav the Louisfana constitution forbids class legislation.” Objection to the measure on the und that it -gphes to_only one business is voiced by the Utlea Observer-Dispatch, the Albany Eve- ning News and the New Bedford Stand- ard. The Albany per also points out: "Nempafien. through their pub- Nicity on public affairs, serve as & forceful check against misgovernment. They are in a sense public institutions, servants of the people.” The Utica paper, in condemning the proposed action, suggests t. instead of levying | on gross earnings, “15 per cent of their net might not be‘!o‘bld." * * “An insult to the press of the entire country,” is seen by the Rock Island Argus, while the Syracuse Herald con- demns a& “foul blow at the integrity and vitality of the press in an Ameri- can commonwealth,” and the Charles- ton Dally Mail argues, “The progress of the country and the preservation the rights and liberties of the peopk have besn on a free and untram meled press.” The Birmingham New |offers the judgment, “It is a deliberate | attack on the very life of the daily | press, if th's amazing bill should be- law and stand the test of the ‘The Oklahoma City Okla- homan views it as “an inexcusable as- sault upon one of the most vital forces of human society,” as well as “con-, fiscatory in character to an outrageows’ > The Atlanta Constituti unprecedented assaws people’s press. . Long is treading on dangerous " in the opinion of the Little Arkansas Democrat, “when he t1ife silence the press with a tax bludgeon. Wiser men have tried it, and among them all not one remains whose name can be found written high upon t!h"' roll of leaders enjoying publie Tespect. “A new daily publication,” records the New York Evening Post, “would actually have to pay a tax on busi- ness ii had not obtained. The bill reads, ‘* * * and as to new busi- nesges, the license shall be computed on the basis of an estimate of the nmmntr«;‘tareeelx:t« for the current prospects. But the details of this precious plece of legislation are of sec- ondary Interest. The main thing about it is that, instead of being designed to benefit the public, it is intended ta punish that part of the public which is most active in exercising the most T iy T e important function of democral - ernment--discussion of public mq:n