Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1930, Page 8

¥ HE EVENIN G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1930. MM_———————————‘————’-—W‘_—_——_——— THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY..........July 25 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor g o b AL The Evening Star Ne;lflp-m Company b &t g Euilding. usiness \ Offic 110 Ea: fln;' % it Sy, ok ey t.».n HA& = g A o ropean Rate by Even 9 F.“u hn: r Ter copy l‘g eetion made at the end of each n.onth. ders may be sent in by mall or telephene Ational 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. ryland and Virginia. XIY 1] and_Sunday.....1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 8¢ 1y, 36.00: junday only only : 1 mo.. 500 All Other 4smf- ll;?; g’!l:ldl. % E‘l“l" only Sunday..d 3 baa 0 1 mon Ve ay only 151, $5.00i 1 50c Member of the Associated Press. 7The, Associated Press s exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news i atches credited to it or not otheiwise cred- lted in this paper and aiso the local rews published herein. All rights of dublication cf #pecial dispatches herein are also :eserved. Londou, the City. 45c per month ¥ 60¢ per month 65¢ per month Carrier Within 8t S Sta 0.0 Mr. Huston to Resign. Claudius H. Huston has announced his plan to resign the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee irritation, being human, they lose their equanimity and take desperats chances to overtake him. It is a common sight on a Sunday in any State to see an anclent and dilapidated vehicle, which should never be allowed on the road at all because of its unsafe mechanical eondition, halding up a long line of cars for mile after mile. It is this practice that bunches automobiles on the road and causes the congestion that more often thar not results in serious ac- cidents. For this reason it appeass to be entirely logical that States should have, for in- stance, & minimum speed lintit of thirty {miles an hour with a maximum of forty-five or no maximum at all. Every State in the Union is now attacking with vigor the problem of getting the antiquated and unsafe car off the high- way and into the junk pile. In Wash- 3¢ |ington alone during the past few months many thousands of dollars’ worth of automobiles have been put out of service by the dealers in the safety campaign which has been inaugurated. So with every car on the road in good mechanical condition, a constant effort on the part of every State to bulld better roads and widen old ones and speed limits that move traffic fric- tionlessly and with the greatest celerity compatible with safety, the American public should receive a greater amount of. utility and pleasure out of motor~ ing than ever before. mext month. The intra-party strife over Mr. Huston and his retention of the chairmanship has been intense. His decision to resign terminates a sit- uation that was becoming increasingly more embarrassing for the G. O. P. With a congressional campaign, on which may hinge in part the success | of the Hoover administration, closely at | hand, the Republican national organi- zation has been almost at a standstill. It is true that the House and Senate Campaign Committees of the Repub- lican party have been functioning. But it has become the practice to have the National Committee do a great share of the work of providing funds for these congressional campaigns and gen- erally co-ordinating activities during the campaign. ‘The trouble over Mr. Huston started months ago when the Senate Lobby Committee inquired into his activities a8 president of the Tennessee River Improvement . Assoclation, in connec- tion with the Muscle Shoals lobby. Mr. Huston maintains, and has maintained from the start, that he has done nothing wrong. But also from the start he has been constantly under fire and subjected to a great deal of unfavorable publicity. ‘The particular incident to which at- tention has been paid was his collection of some $36,000 from the Union Car- bide Co. for the use of the Tennessee River Improvement Association and the deposit of that money in his brokerage accounts. Mr. Huston showed that eventually every dollat was turned over for the use of the river improvement association. The friends of Mr Huston in the Republican party, and he has many, ‘were loath to demand peremptorily the resignation of Mr. Huston as chair- man. Many of them felt that he had been “persecuted” by the Senate Lobby Committee. Mr. Huston himself de- clared flatly he did not intend to re- sign under fire, particularly while Con- gress remained in session and charges of one kind or another might be aimed at him from the floor of either house. Finally, he insisted upon remaining chairman until after the special ses- sion’ of the Senate had concluded its work on the naval treaty and adjourned. On the other hand, the agitation among a considerable number of Re- publican leaders for the elimination of Mr. Huston became more and ‘more pronounced. Under the circumstances, 1t was clear that unless Mr. Huston re- tiged from the party leadership there ‘would probably be serious dissension in the ranks, et Senator Fess of Ohio is prominently. mentioned as a possible successor to Mr. Huston. While Mr. Fess was member of the House he was chairman of the .Republican Congressional Campnign Committee and was successful in elect- ing a Republican House at that time. He is as regular as clockwork in his Republicanism and a stanch supporter of the administration, ————— ‘The Prince of Wales is coming again to see us. He has not yet visited the United States and Canada as often as Mayor Jimmie Walker has Florida, but give him time. His grandfather ———————— Our Citizen Soldiers. Midsummer finds tens of thousands of young Americans once again at work in Citizens' Military Training Camps throughout the ni . corps areas of the United States Army. Slim and trim lads in khaki have been picturesque figures on the sireets of Washington during the month of July, as they visited the National Capital on leave from nearby C. M. T. camps in Vir- ginia and Maryland. At Fort Myer, Fort Meade, Fort Howard, Fort Hoyle, Fort Washington, Fort Eustis and Fort Monroe, altogether 4,600 men will next week complete & month of training in basic or advanced courses of the Cavalry, Artillery or Infantry branches. The Citizens' Military Training Camps were authorized* under the national defense act of 1920. They are an outgrowth of the pre-war Platts- burg training camps and of the train- ing camps conducted during the Werld War. The 1930 camps are the tenth serfes held since 1921. Including the current year, a total of 302,781 young Americans have been trained in them. Congress by appropriation provided accommodation for 37,500 trainees this year. Actually, 64,561 applications for enrollment, or 172 per cent, were re- ceived. Figures talk, and these attest eloquently the popularity of the C. M. T. C. movement. Among the various forms of subver- sive propaganda peddled and promoted by Communist and other anti-American groups is a systematic campaign to de- popularize the enlistment of young men in the Summer training camps. Doubt- less the House committee now investi- gating Red machinations in the United States will run across this particular bit of mischief before its inquiries are ended. Opponents of the system of preparing a limited number of Ameri- can boys for the duty of national de- fense whine that it is breeding the spirit of “militarism.” 'The contention is preposterous. C. M. T. C. courses teach citizenship, not war. They seek to inculcate in Ameri- ca’s youthful mind the theory that the best way to preserve the Nation’s peace is to have ready, in case of emergency, at least a nucleus of men educated in the rudiments of armed defense. That is not “militarism.” It is simple com- mon sense. R A Fine New Highway. Maryland and the citizens of Calvert County especially arg to be congratu- lated on the opening yesterday of & new link in the State’s fine system of high- ways. The Southern Maryland Boule- vard, bringing Southern Maryland and its famed resorts closer to Washington and Baltimore and-serving the lower parts of Anne Arundel and Calvert Counties, is an outstanding example of the art of automobile highway con- struction. It provides a twenty-foot ribbon of white concrete that stretches in an almost straight line from a point to the east of Hills Bridge, on the old Mount Zion-Annapolis Highway, to Sunderland, on the Solomons Island route. The new road cuts off about eight miles from the old route that was & mighty nice guest and the grandson is even more so. —————— “Weather May Solve the Surplus Wheat Problem,” runs a headline. It 18 the surplus weather problem that has been bothering most of us lately. . Speed Limits. Virginia has joined the rapidly grow- ing number of States which recognize that the speed of automobiles in the open country is not a dangerous factor 80 far as accidents are concerned and that motorists do travel under proper conditions, at speeds considerably in ex- cess of antiquated limits. Forty-five miles an hour is now the maximum in the Old Dominion, and it marks a jump from the conventional and already out- dated thirty-five miles an hour, In the old days of motoring a speed of thirty miles an hour was considered terrific. Those were the days when ‘Washington had a limit inside the city of tfelve miles an hour and policemen on bicycles were darting to and fro picking up offenders. But in the years that have passed much has been learned not only about the building of automo- biles, but about the building of roads and such speed limits today would be ridiculous. Some States have dropped limits alto- gether depending on strict enforcement of the reckless driving regulations to prevent accidents. Others have jumped from twenty-five to thirty-five ‘or from thirty-five to forty-five, knowing that balloon tires and four-wheel brakes on good roads are a safe combination for greater speed. Forty-five miles an hour & the highest speed legally allowed in any State, but in rany the motorist will not be bothered by motor cycle police~ ‘men until he approaches the sixty-mile- - sn-hour mark, ‘The time is probably not far off when every State will have & minimum as well as a maximum limit in the open country. It is an sccepted traffic theory that congestion causes accidents and by the same token it is the slow driver o sets the stage for. on and went by way of Mount Zion and. sub- stitutes a broad, smooth highway for the circuitous and narrow road that formerly congested and slowed down the heavy traffic of pleasure-bound mo- torists. In addition to providing a quicker and better route for those who seck the cooling breezes of the bay re- sorts, the highway penetrates a sec- tion of Maryland rich in historic tra- dition and background and in the pos- session of many natural advantages. The peninsula’s development has been | retarded by the lack of adequate trans- | portation -facilities, mow. supplied by this new and modern highway. The building of the road itself was planned in 1928 with the formation of the Calvert County Improvement Asso- clation. A sympathetic State Legisla- | ture and the State administration's gen- eral plans for highway development brought completion of the $500,000) project within the relatively short space of two years, “Chicago Acts to Curb Unnecessary | Noises,” runs a headline. It is recom- mended that she begin with William Hale Thompson. | Yes, Sir, That's My Baby. | The silver lining to the cloud on the titles to ownership of the Bamberger and Watkins bables of Chicago is found | in the possibility that the flatr of pub- | licity over who's baby is which, or vice versa, may make even more foolproof the precautions taken in maternity wards of the land to guard against| such errors. Hospitals now follow & prescribed Toutine in the matter of branding babies, but the experlence of the Bamberger and Watkins familles illustrates the opportunity for traglc mistakes. No safeguard should be neg- lected. Today's dispatches from Chicago in- dicate that the parents of both babies have decided to keep the ones they have. That they reach:d their de- cision in the face of a thirteen-to-one verdict from a group of scientists, which concluded the babies really were mixed rectifying swap, is the 'fellow is bumped off, i have reached their decision, it is to be hoped that the scientists and everybody else, including the babies, will keep quiet. There has been enough tragedy elready. ‘The Bambergers and the Watkinses may put on a bold front and tell the world they are sure each has the right baby. But for all of that, the doubt will always remain. In years to come the little Watkins baby will steal the jam or break a window, and Mr. and Mrs. Watkins will exchange potent glances that seem to say, “The Bamberger blood is showing itself.” And when the Bamberger baby is old enough to smear black paint on the fresh wall paper the Bamberger parents will know, though the words remain qunspoken, that a Watkins trait has come to light. ‘The doctors should never have ad- mitted possibility of any error in the first place. The faintest doubt was enougly to ruin everything. The babies got a raw deal. Both will go through life ‘handicapped from the start, and neither will ever be able to escape the pests who Will not fafl to suggest: “Oh, yes, I remember now, you were the baby that the doctors mixed. How did all that ever come out? Imagine seeing you here! It is a small world, after alll” PR CAIRp Ve Averages. Averages are funny things. Here comes the National Confectioners’ As- sociation with statistics to show that the average American spends two cents a day for candy. “If he buys twelve pounds & year he is average,” it is said. ‘The above mentioned average person, if he likes candy, spends considerably more than two cents & day on it, and eats far more than a dozen pounds a year. The man who does not care for sweets will buy none at all. So the “average,” although interest- ing, means nothing at all. Perhaps the best thing such figures do is to permit those with curious minds to make comparisons. It is always intriguing to be told that the number of doughnuts eaten in the United States every year, if piled on top of each other, would reach to the moon and back five times. One is reasonably sure that this spec- tacular piling feat would be impossible, from every standpoint, but it pleases the imagination to picture that multiple pile of doughnuts, ‘Thus the American reader is deluged, year after year, with highly fancifyl comparisons, spiced with great distances and impossible stunts. No one is harmed, and perhaps the art of statis- tics is helped. L e—————r—————— So the possessor of India's Coral Strand will not become owner also of Greenland’s Icy Mountains, according to Copenhagen denials. However, siie certainly stands strong in most of the other regions catalogued in the .famous missionary hymn, e “Congress has become a national soup-kitchen, where every bowl receives Treasury soup,” declares a report sub- mitted before the American Bar Asso- ciation. This train of thought leads naturally to Oliver Twist as typifying the District. But at least Oliver got a first helpipg. . Out in Californis when a car hits a dog the driver is compelled by law to stop. No law is needed to cause him to speed up, and no_officer would think of eriticising him for so dding, when that little black-and-white striped - —oe . It is & funny thing, but most Ger- man statesmen, judging from their news photographs, look very much alike. Maybe it is something in the diet. e What will Mr. Mussolini do about this business of the defeat of Italy’s tennis team by young American play- ers? He has thrown cat-fits over less. o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. An ldeal. *Jes a little feller, With a welcome an’ & hug, Reckons that his daddy .1s about the biggest bug That ever started buzzin’ On this planet here below. An’ I tell you, his opinion Means a heap to them that know. Ain't no politician Nor schemin’ diplomat; Says he loves an’ trusts you An' lets it go at that. Thinks you're brave an’ honest; Knows you're good an’ true; Vows there ain’t nobody In all the world like you. Jes' a little feller, But he somehow gets command; Sort o' sets you thinkin’ ‘When he takes you by the hand; Helps you on life's journey, Though the way is rough an’ far; Makes you try again to be ‘The man he thinks you are. Cholice. “You people in America have no an- cestors.” “Oh, yes, we have,” answered the man whose daughter is engaged to a duke; “the best that money can buy.” The Result. “So Bliggins tried the faith cure?” “Yes." “Did it cure him?” 0 “Yes. It cured him of his fath in the faith cure.” The Morning’s Ice. ‘We don’t complain, although the stuff 1s scant, beyond a doubt; It really isn't big enough To makp 8 fuss about. Not a Philanthropist. “Would you lend money to a person in real need of it?” “Certainly,” answered Mr. Pinchum. “The more a person needs money the bigger the rate of interest he is willing to pay.” Not an Epieure. “Do you like caviar?” “No. It tastes, to me, & great deal like the Russian language sounds. Work for All. A woman can't sharpen a pencll, 'tis true, ‘But proudly she holds up her head When she notes whrt a man, clumsy creature, will do ‘When you give him a needle to thread. #Some men,” sald Uncle Eben, satisfied to eat de hfi:'d idleness. Dey THIS: AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Rain! Nature, into whose caprices man can lcok but a little way, had at last sent a real thunderstorm to break up the deadlock with drought. As the first clouds began to gather, those who had waited in vain for their coming for weeks falled to be im- pressed. There had been clouds before and no rain. What chance was there that these clouds would be different? It had almost seemed as if nature had d rain out of her cat ropped egory of accomplishments, so steadfastly had| she refused to send any down to the parched earth. Living things, men, animals, plants, needed water. In the great cities its need was felt more as a matter of pride in la’ , parks and flowers, but out in the suburbs and country there was felt a more drastic necessity. Rain, therefore, when it came took on the importance of an event. Even those the least sensitive to weather changes talked about the chances for rain. Physical discomfort made the city water-minded. iy Meager clouds, banking up to the north, were inspected closely. At last a peal of thunder broke across the city. ‘Was rain about to fall? ‘Were human beings to be taught that nature still knew how to rain? In about 15 minutes came a smat- tering of raindrops, but the sun, coming out mightily all of a sudden, stopped their downpour. It was some time later that the dark- ning process began again, this time followed by a real rain, which swept along concrete streets and sidewalks and across garage roofs in the old-time and almost forgotten manner. For solid satisfaction in observing rain nothing is better than the garage roof, not from which to*observe it, of course, bui along which to watch it swish. There is a vast satisfaction to the rain observer in watching the water beat on tin garages in particular; some- thing solid, satisfying. A rain observer must be born in order to get the greatest amount of satisfac- tion out of the process. Not every one is equipped to make the most of a thunderstorm. One class of human beings, for in- stance, regards rain as a mere nuisance. Another can see its utility, but is able to find nothing spectacular in_ the process. A third is much tco busy. Nothing short of a typhoon would hold their interest. ‘The genuine rain observer finds some- thing peculiarly intriguing in any rain. The very sounds of it, its swish through foliage, its drumming upon tin roofs, its uwh'lt along streets, gives him enjoy- ment. He can recall vividly the memories of seashore storms, with their vast black clouds racing along over the ocean, their terrifying lightning and mighty claps of thunder, their very seas of water let loose from the clouds at last. His memories of books recall many literary rains, used by the 'masters of all languages. There was a great stofm in Job, and the Bible is filled with allusions to rainstorms. 8 ) No rain of recent years has been more welcomed by human beings and the thirsty earth than the one which broke up the hot spell. Parched grass seemed especially grate- ful for the first taste of cloud water in many weeks. No doubt there is a pecliar quality to rain water which the growing things of earth appreciate more than we do. Surely the looked 'infinitely greener after the rain than before, al- though water from the hose had done its nigltly best to make up for the | absence of the more natural water— | the rain itself. S rain was to be commended for one thing—it came down more or less; straightly, so that householders might leave their windows, or at least part of them, open to catch such breezes as accompanied it. This is an important matter to human beings. To be forced to shut all windows tight while outside the rain falls and brings its breeze is ! {to suffer what the mariner did who spoke those immortal words, “Water, :rliwlr everywhere, but not a drop to i k. | The careful householder, too, might { take pride in the condition of his mot4 and foundations again, as all within was | snug and dry. Memories of the bigi rain of August, 1928, came to mind. Ah, that was a rain! If only the pres- ent one could go on as long! Almost three solid days of downpour, during which hundreds of roofs throughout the city developed leaks, during which water even penetrated brick walls. ‘That was a rain, indeed, and nothing less would be best now; but the city |and countryside were destined to be disappointed. About half an inch of raig fell-—far, far better than nothing, but still not enough to do crops much good, Still, beggars cannot be choosers, as the homely old aphorism had it. The | city gave thtinks for what fell and held up their plates, as Oliver Twist did of yore, with cries for “more.’ R Many 8 back porch, made dirty by the feet of icemen, got washed in the twinkling of an eye. We have often wondered about icemen, why their feet are so muddy. Some day the ice com- panies, in the face of electric competi- tion, are going to take stock of their assets, and when they do they are| going to give the electric boxes a run| for their money: for there is much to! be said for a 50-pound cake of ice in one's refrigerator, after all. We would | like to suggest clean and neat uniforms for their employes, the cleaning of the ice before delivery, the wiping of feet before trodding upon porches and the possibilities of using crushed ice, if feasible. Ice in this form would en- able small ice chambers to be filled to every inch, especially those of the out- side icer type, where a double set of doors often forbids the placing in the box of as large a cake of ice as the interior measurements call for. rain gave many a dusty bench a dousing, cleaned many a private walk, and washed clear the garage roofs, as| well as the roofs of houses everywhere. People speak of the air being “iresher” after a storm. While some of this is due no doubt to the effect of the wash- ing of the air, with subtle changes in the air itself, part of the effect, we are convinced, results from the veritable bath given the streets, “walks, houses, trees, yards. Dust, always musty, is swept away. The cleansing effect of rain in a city is much more marked than in the country, not only above the streets, but below them, owing to the vast sewerage |system which underspreads them. The long dry spell probably resulted! in more thought being given to rain, its effect and necessity, even in a city, than had been bestowed upon it by thousands of persons for a long, long time, It is to be hoped that, according to the devoutness with which it was prayed for, thanks were given for its falling. It would seem that man, although the result of nature itself, nevertheless is much in debt to Providence for the laws | which work with him in the main and which help to maintain him in a fairly | comfortable state in this curious, in- | teresting, beautiful and at times dread- | ful universe in which he finds himself. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Back to Ohio—where it hasn't been since 1896— goes the G. O. P. for a Na- tional Committee chairman. Whether Simeon Fess, who inherits the mantle of Claudius Huston, will scintillate in the job as Mark Hanna did, a genera- tion ago, is & matter on which opinions differ. With Fess as national chair- man, Nutt of Cleveland #s national treasurer and Postmaster General Brown of Toledo as the cabinet poli- tician, there's L‘omlnfwm be the bit of an “Ohio gang” in the party affairs of the Hoover administration. Senator Fess is no tyro in national campaign management. He had just completed three successive terms (1918, 1920 and 1922) as chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, being then a member of the House of Representatives when he entered the Senate in 1923. To him fell credit for the bumper majorities the G. O. P. won in the lower branch in 1918 and 1920, In 1922, as invariably happens in off years, the Republicans slumped—as they're doomed to do in 1930. For a uhonlm-sh;r on the "'I‘:l':e l:; 70, Fess is cgpable of general v':}’uge of pep. His real job is to pave the way for a Hoover renomination two | years hence. Moses, Steiwer and will bear the brunt of this year's con- gressional contest. x kK George Higgins Moses has his ene- mies :l"ld de’gr'lcwn within his party’s ranks—who hasn't?—but there never was any concerted intention, or serious thought, of ousting him from the Re- publican senatorial campaign chair- manship. The senfor Senator from New .Hampshire has the defects of his qualities, chiefly an incorrigible talent for cynical expression. But his polit- ical gifts far outweigh his deficiencies. His halr-trigger mentality has few peers in either party. His background of culture and travel makes him almost | the scholar in politics. He is one of the few men in Congress who are capable of thinking beyond the 12- mile limit, because of his one-time resi- dence and frequent meanderings abroad. Moses possesses one attribute that is probably both an asset and & liability in political life. He never ladles out apple sauce. Calling spades spades is his specialty. impending victory or defeat with al- most unerring eye, and trims his sails accordingly. * R OK K ‘W. Cameron Forbes of Boston, newly appointed United States Ambassador to Japan, has just completed a serles of conferences in Washington with President Hoover and State Department officials. He will sail for Tokio on the 8. 8. President Taft from San Prancis- co on August 29, timing his arrival in Japan_ for the return to the imperial capital of the Emperor, annual event which formally inapgura official and diplomatic “season. pon is not strange territory for Forbes. He's been there on 10 dif- ferent occasions and has many friend- ships in influential circles. Japanese are rted to have only one regret about President Hoover’s choice of a Toklo envoy-—Forbes is a bachelor. He'll be the first Yankee Ambassador to occupy our splendiferous new $1.- 000,000 embassy in Japan. Lok ok ¥ It's in Kentucky where 'tis said that the corn is full of kernels and the colo- nels full of corm. There's just been held at the Department of Agriculture in Washington a hearing designed to establish that corn is chock-full of sugar, too. Urgent representations to that effect were put forth by Willlam G. Holt, Kansas City lawyer, who repre- sented the Corn Products Refining Co. of the Southwest metropolls. He told Secretary Hyde, fellow Kansas Citian, that the concern refined and marketed 132,000,000 tons of “corn sugar” last year. Candymakers, bakers and ice cream manufacaturers use it freely, but it seems to be boycotted by 'indus- tries producing goods which come under the pure food regulations. No claim is magle that “corn sugar” is deleterious in any Certain _ food product nanu pject to having amazing | the He can sense | {fying that it isn't sweetened with cane or beet sugar. Walter G. Campbell, chief of th> Agriculture Department’s regu- latory division, opposes “corn sugar’s” ambition for parity with cane and beet. * ok % % “Dick” Oulahan, dean of Washing- ton newspaper correspondents, recently broadcast a talk on the political situ® ation. Next day he met a neighbor who was bubbling with enthusiasm over “Dick’s” radio style. “What struck me most,” the friend remarked, “‘was that you never seemed at a loss for a word!” That caused the New York Times’ vet- eran scribe toysmile inwardly, for he'd “sweat blood” all day preparing the 15-minute manuscript, from which he never once took his eyes while address- ing the “mike.” * kK R Here's a belated naval treaty-Senate yarn. An out-of-town . woman was§ being driven up Pennsylvania avenue for the night session the Senate held on the eve of ratification. Her escort pointed to the light which beams from ak of the Capitol when statesmen are burning the nocturnal incandescent. “Quite appropriate,” she observed. “What most of our Senators need is | more illumination in the dome.” * ok ok K Dr. C. C. Wu, Chinese Minister at Washington, has just heard of a unique distinction conferred on him as far afleld as Wales. At a recent celebration of the tenth anniversary of the League of Nations in famed Harlech Castle (cradle of Welsh liberty), four speeches regarding the League were selected for reproductfon by Welsh school children. Among them were the addresses de- livered at the 1929 Assembly in Geneva by Dr. Wu, Premier MacDonald and -Forelgn Minister Briand. The Chinese and Welsh languages have one feature in common—neither of them sounds like anything at all to foreign ears, or even worse than that. Just before departing for his Summer vacation, Dr. Wu signed a Sino-American treaty of arbitration with Secretary Stimson. Our first arbi- tration pact with China, in 1908, was executed between Dr. Wu's father, the gifted Wu Ting-fang, Minister at Wash- w:m, and Secretary of State Elihu (Copyright, 1030.) Venerable “Islander’ Recalls Days of Yore | To the Editor of The Star: I read with much interest your ac- count of the news of the southwest section of Washington; as I lived there all of my early life, I want to tell you I knew most of the parties that were mentioned in your papers. The row »|of houses you mentioned on Virginia avenue where Walter Carter and the Goldsmiths lived was bullt by my father, Joseph Davis, a well known carpenter of that section, near about 1850. The third house in that row was the Davis home, where the chil- dren were born, married and our loved dead were carried to their last resting place. 1 well remember playing around the Monument and Smithsonian when | they were being bullt; the Penny Post, the belt-line cars passing our house drawn by horses—the bridges crossing the creek to the market, the pumps at the corner of the alley where many times I drank out of the iron I which hung on the side, the only we had except the rain barrel. Just below the pump lived James Frasler, well known in Washington. I have seen Mrs. Southworth. We all attended the Ryland Chapel Church, still at Tenth and D streets sputhwest. You e of Sergt. Smith. He married my s ‘They livefl at the house 933 a number of years: his widow still lives in southwest, 445 Tenth street. As I told you I am nearing my ninetieth year, November 6. So excuse writing, etc, as my eyes are not o Am now living at Cleveland 3606 Ordway, with my son-in- law, W. W. Brewton. “What Do We Get for Two Cents More Fare?” To the Editor of The Star: In return. for the extra 3 cents per ride which each passenger must pay in the future, I would like to know what the street railways of Washington in- tend to give the riding public—if any- thing. Under existing conditions we must_travel in slow, old-fashioned cars unable to make two traffic lights in suc- cession and reeling ‘along from side to ;llde l;k! drutl]'lklrdm J:. Ry ihe our, frequently more, {from suburbs into the city. The cdrs toddre about the only ability motormen seem to have is clanging the bell. This they do at every available opportunity. For instance, a machine pulls out from the curb 200 feet ahead. There's no danger of the trolleéy hitting it. It couldn't| catch up to an auto 200 feet away if the cperator broke his neck trying. Yet the motorman flercely slaps on h! brakes, jumps up and down on the gong like a maniac, and acts as if a great; catastrophe has been narrowly averted. Silly? Sure it is! But ride the 'cars and see how true it is. Here are some cold, hard facts for you: In Baltimore a 10-cént fare has cently gone into effect. In return this the United Raillways have pur- chased 150 brand-new |cars with all modern improvements. Further, they are remodeling their old cars for greate! speed in startiog, running and stop- ping. The new cars and alterations to those now in use will cost $3,250,000 this year. New tracks are being laid and some routes lengthened. The Market Street Railway of San Francisco, operating on & 5-cent fal with jitney competition, constructs an puts into operation two new cars each month. San Francisco is a city of hills, long and steep, yet within the last five years this railway has increased its speed 11 per cent and reduced its acci- dents 3.1 per cent. In addition it has increased the wages of its employes and dren free of cost. The Brooklyn & Queens Transit Cor- poration has purchased 100 brand-new cars, the City of Chicagd has new cars with twice the power of old ones, the city of—but why enumerate them? The list would be too long. In the meantime, where does Wash- ington stand? Well, so far as I've been able to find out, just about at the bot- tom. This city is still running cars which were built 20 years ago and should have been junked 10 years ago. I cite as examples the Che' ‘hase and the H street northeast car lines. Their speed ‘is pitifully slow. A number of times I've misred a car and raced it to the next corner and caught it. And let me state right here—I'm no sprinter. Nevertheless, I'll guarantee to walk three blocks for every four a street car travels in the downtown section of this| city in busy hours. The newest cars we have are the one- | man cars on Wisconsin avenue, owned by the Washington Railway & Electric Co. The latest type one-man cars can maintain a schedule nearly as swift as| the two-man cars. The Brookland one- man cars are very poor examp! As for the Capital Traction Co., it's been anywhere from 7 to 10 years since| they've bought new rolling stock; they're | too economical. In silent testimony whereof witness the attempt they made ! last year to resurrect some of the Sum- | mer cars of a quarter of a century ago. Slow as their modern (?) cars are,| these miserable hulks were even slower. Please note well that they did not put them out again this year. And yet we're to pay 10 cents to ride in these quaint examples of Victorian craftsmanship! ~Well, wait until the 10-cent rate dq g0 into effect—what @ harvest the thxicabs will reap! In the menatfme let us wait for a public answer frcm the two ccmpmlel‘ to this question: What will we get for our extra 2 cents? WILLIAM DOYLE JOHNSON. e Psychic Tests Valuable In Detection of Crime | To the Editor of The Star: Mr. J. P. Glass is doing a real service in his contributions on “Psychic Experi- ences of Noted Men and Women.” There is need for information thus brought to the attention of a public trained by generations of prejudice and indifference to look askance at the Ppresentation of supernormal phenomep: and a thoughtful reading of Mr. Glass' narratives is a valuable education. The sooner we abandon our blind skeptic- |ism and adopt the famous slogan “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good,” ‘the wider will become the range of spiritual vision and the greater our appreciation of the dignity of man as created in the image of God. St. Paul himself is shown by the|record to have been endowed with ‘a strong psychic temperament which enabled him to foresee several events that were. hidden to common view. One ‘of the practical bearings of a serious study of this subject is the possibjlity of detection in crime. I do not claim that this matter has been reduced to such a point of accuracy as to insure the gaining of supernormal information merely by going to a good clairvoyant (and that there are good ones is beyond successful controversy). I do say that enough has been accom- plished in this line to warrant thought- ful investigation through repeated tests and comparison of results. I will cite three well numenuufiea instances of such_detectiol (a) The Star of February 28, 1923, contains a narrative of the clairvoyant discovery and capture of criminals, in which the testimony is recorded that a young woman 18 years of age “‘demon- strated that she could, through psychie powers, describe secret police records and suggest clues in| unsolved crime mysteries. (b) Edward B. Warman, well known as a lecturer on psychology, tells of a personal experience. The bank official from an Illinois town had absconded with $20,000. Having successfully eluded all nets spread for him by the police, he was located in Detroit, where he was living under an assumed name after having shaved liis beard, by am ac- quaintance whom Prof. Warman had hypnotized, who revealed his new name and the location of his residence, (c) This episode is narrated by Stan- ley De Brath, editor of the Psychic Science Quarterly, in his book, *Ps; chic Research—Science and Religjon’ Somewhat after midnight on January 10, 1919, & cupboard in the office of the Red Cross at Bourges was robbed of 7,000 francs. Through Mme., Morel, a noted medium in Paris, two s later the American police arrested a youn cl;‘nufleur and (:lpm S——, both, of whom were. court-martialed and Capt. 8—— was cashiered. e ‘WM. J. SEELYE. ————— Garbage Service Is Severely Scored To the Editor of The Star: While commissions are being es- tablished throughout the Nation for the betterment of conditions, it might be well to appoint ‘one to investi gate the condition of garbage collection, which is probably the poorest in | the District of any other American com- | munity. I suppose the best, with the allowance made for this service, is being along at 5 or 10 miles per hour, and, v, operates a special car for school chil- 1. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ial department, devoted dling of queries. This the services ity | t relates to information. This serv- is free. Failure to make use of it tHal ice 80 | deprives you of benefits to which you| are entitled. Your obligation is only 2 inclosed with | . Address | ion Bureau, director, Washing- cents in coin or stamps, ton, D. C. Q. When did Admiral Byrd speak on | Boston Common after his return from his flight over the North Pole?>—M. L. I.| A. Admiral Byrd spoke on the Park-, IS | man bandstand on Boston Common on July 4, 1926. The celebration in honor| of his return from the North Pole flight was a part of the Independence day celebration. Q. Are any widows of soldiers of the ‘War of 1812 still living?—N. T. | A. On July 1, 1930, there were nine of these widows on. the pension roll. | Nearly all of them are centenarians. ‘The youngest is 91. Needless to say,/ the solabers were advanced -in years| when they took young wives, since all these surviving were unborn at the time of the war. Q. Where was Oscar De Priest, the Chicago Representative, born?—A. A. A. He was born in Florence, - in ut moved with- his family to Kansas in 1878. He attended the pub- lic schools in Salina and the business department of the Salina Normal School. He was a painter and deco- rator by trade. He went to Chicago to follow this trade as a very young man. qs. Will water conduct electricity?— | A. Chemically pure water is a non- conductor of electricity, but as found in the earth water is an excellent con- ductor on account of the materials it| holds in solution. Q. Does the female brain much as.the male brain?—R. The bram of man is usually hefivier than that of woman, although at birth and at the ;_gs of 14 the female brain is heavier. e average weight of the adult male’s brain is about 48 ounces and of the female about 435 ounces. Weight of brains, however, has no direct relationship with intelligence. Q. Is it possible that jewelry and coins were marked in Portuguese more than 1,000 years ago?—D. T. E. A. The records show that there was a mint for making colns at weigh as g Ementa, in | * J. HASKIN, the island of his birth, he said that he would know it by the smell of its soil, even though he were blindfolded. Q. When did Hans Christian Ander- sen live?—S. L. A. He was born in 1805 and died in 1875. He.was 30 years old and had written plays and novels before he be- gan to set down his fairy tales. He had been in the habit of entertaining proups of children with them, and as adults joined the groups he adapted them@to the understanding of both. Q. When did tl American packers first_establish_their business in Argen- tina?—G. A. F. A. Swift & Co. was a pioneer when it bought a plant already in existence in Ju™, 1007, Q. When was the dispensary system of selling liquor tried in South Caro- lina?—M. I. C. N A. The dispensary act was passed December 24, 1892, and became e{ective July 1, 1893. It was & pet project of the late Senator Ben Tillman, then Governor of South Carolina. The law was suspended April 21, 1894, to Au- fust 1, 1894, then was more or less ef- fective until 1907, when all except five dispensaries were voted out of exist- ence. Affairs “drifted alc..g in this shape until September 14, 19°5, whe. South Carolina voted State-wide pro ::élln‘t:hn, which took effect January ., Q. What is malnutrition?>—C. P. A. Malnutrition is a condition of un- dernourishment or underweight. Chil- dren with malnutrition do not all be- have the same way. Some are pale, dull and listless, with dark rings under th. eyes, tire easily and have no ambi- tion for work or play. Their work in | school is often so poor that they must frequently repeat their grades. Others | are nervous and fretful, hard to please and hard to manage. They eat and sleep badly. 111 others are overam- bitious, constantly active, restless. They find it difficult to concentrate. Chil- dren get into a condition of malnutri- tion because their growth 1s not watched. To grow in height and, gaii regularly in weight is just as mui sign of health in a boy. or girl of 10 s in a baby. s a 9 or Q. Who is Hank Simmons, who has the Show Boat on the radio?—R. L. K. A. Hank Simmons’ Show Boat is the creation and work of Harry C. Browne, who portrays Simmons. He is a %ormer mort’ion ogfl'n““wd mt(.lh stage per- ormer, Who a e program shortly after he became affiliated with the Columbia Broadcasting System, two Portugel, established by the Suevic Goths between the years 430 and 457.( It is therefore quite possible that jew-| elry and coins of Portugal be marked| with dates of more than 1,000 years; ago. i \Q What is “kendye”?—E. P. i ‘A. 1t is an Asiatic plant which, it is claimed, produces a fiber which can be used as a substitute for cotton. Q. How much does & lion weigh?— . T. L. A. The average male lion weighs| about 500 pounds. | of Cersica?—OC. 8. A, The “macchi” is the dense tangle of arbutus, myrtle, tho: 1, laurel, broom and othcr flowering shrubs with which the mountainsides of Corsica are cov- ered. The aromatic fragrance of it can be detected far out at sea. It was to this fragrance that Napoleon referred | Q. What is meant by the “macchi” | years ago. He made his stage debut at the termination of the Spanish-Ameri. can War, and has been leading man for prominent actresses, such as Lillian Russell, Rose Stahl, Edith Talliaferro, Irene Bordoni, Mae Murray, Mary Pick: ford, Corinne Grifith and Constance Talmadge. Every member of the cast of Show:Boat‘'has a theatrical back- ground. Q. Who invented the De-ion circuit breaker?—E. F. C. A. F P. Baker and R. C. Dickinson are the engineers who developed this switch, that opeds any . high-voltage power circuit in a fraction of a second. eir paper describing the device won first prize * the Summer meeting of the American Institute, of Electrical Engi- neers, Q. What proportion of a hog is ham?—N. M. O. ' A. An average hog will yield a - agrance upon his deathbed, ately 13 per cent of its live weight in when, longing for | ham. With Young ‘Tem, orary dictatorship for Germany under conctitutional provision tu American attention to the present con- dition of reépresentative government in that country. The conflict between the executive and legislative departments is based upon ' financial measures which the Reichstag failed to approve, with the result’ that Chancellor Bruening, in agreement with President. von Hinden- burg, has decreed their enactment and ordered the legislative body dissolved until after the Fall elections. Blocs, instead of a two-party system, are blamed for the situation, which revolves about the taxation intended to meet the requirements following adoption of the Young plan and final reparations settle- ment. “The legislation over which the con- troversy has arisen,” according to the Charleston Evening Post, “relates to the finances of the nation and is regarded \by Chancellor Bruening and by Presi- dent Hindenburg as <ssential to carry- ing on the government. Opposition comes principally from the Socialist party, which appears to have a very powerful hold in the country, and may acquire control of the government. * ¢ Germany has mad t strides toward recovery from the effects of the war, but it is & long way yet from eco- nomic stabilization, and it will require able and courageous statesmanship to bring the nation through the difficulties ' that lie before it.” Discussing the budget program, which i “the immediate cause of the stir,” the Jersey City Journal saysy ““The im- portance of these hills is that they re- duce expenses, increase government rev- enues by imposing taxes on small in- comes (incomes of $2,000 and more), and in general constigute the govern- ment party’s effort to meet the recent criticism of S. Parker Gilbert, American agent general fo allied reparations. Mr. Gilbert stressed the fact that Ger- many, by improvident methods of gov- ernment, might be unable to pay what she has agreed to ray in the way of reparations. * * * The constitution in Germany will afford the people a chance eventually to assert themselves. But in the meantime the German people | are learning that powers given to a President for one purpose may be used for political party purposes.” Recalling that the Nationalists were def in their opposition to the| reparations settlement, the Salt Lake| Deseret News states: “‘But the Nation- list party is strong in the Parliament, and with such Socialist alliances as it has been able to effect it is practically in a commanding position and can \make or unmake the Reich's fiscal poli- cies. ¢ ¢ * There is warrant in law for the dictatorship, but no slight edinm will attach to those who shall be con- sidered responsible for creating it.” Taking up the provision in the Ger- man constitution which authorizes the government to decree legislation while dissolving the legislative the At- lanta Journal voices the opinion: “Re- course was had to this authority in 1923 by President Ebert when evism bared its fangs in the midst of an acute financial depression. The extraordinary power then was used with wisdom, and | effectively. Normal conditions soon were | restored and the usual processes of gov- ernment resumed. So it is likely to be| in the present instance. The country| has confidence, and confidence well de- | done by those who have it in charge, but other cities seem to have a higher regard for the welfare of their people. During the Summer months garbage should be collected daily. I can testify that mire s’inds for 10 and 12 days at-a time. A house next door contain: seven familles, each with from one to three little children, who have to play in a small space around the nrgln pails. If the District does not succumb 1o disease it will be a mirgcle. +The city is full of idle ‘men. Why not put some of them to work attend- ing to this vital necessity? Why should not some of the money appropriated for far less necessary things be devoted to sufficient service during the Summer months, with ‘!l:W\lI‘:I carts and eoll;c- tors, to make the city more sanitary’ Much might be learned & coms mso‘r:’;:\-t*‘ pect with . "'f- served, jn Von Hindenburg. He has| proved faithful to the republic, as well | as an instinctive believer in order, The preblem may be merely postponed, how- ever, unless the new Reichstag is of & different complexion and of a more workable nature than the one just dis- solved. The 489 members of that body were divided among no fewer than 14 diverse political parties. The ministry represented a coalition, but one which was not strong enough to, carry out a program nor adaptable enough to ‘upon a pelicy. Such are the difficuities. and th. hazards when party government is divided among more than two or three groups.” The object lesson as to the two-party system is emphasized by the Cincinnati ‘Times-8tar, while the Chicago Tribune advises that “Germany, whatever the German Dictatorship Linked Financial Plan developed their democracy—the power 1 to control taxes.” The Worcester Tele- | gram, g that “some insist that the dictatorship paragraph in the con- stitution can legally be used only in ccnnection with war or threat of war, or similar emergency,” conludes that | “4. is not easy to devise a system of government under which the e will rule, but under which in ous crises the people will be ruled by a master with absolute > As to the effect of the dictatorship, the Albany Evening News says: “Von Hindenburg can.be trusted. He has made a record in office that shows him as great a requblican now as he was monarchist in the days of the Kalser.” The Akron Beacon-Journal, holds the opinion that the first | clash of national interest it will be the same old Germany, marching with a dictator on its shoulders.” The Kansas City Star maintains .that “it is not a wholesome situation, but is probably better than to allow the financial sta- bility of the country to be further en- dangered at a time when the Young plan has just given Germany full re- sponsibility for her reparations paye ments.” The Hartford Times calls it “a uve:e‘ test of representative govern~ ment.” : Profitable Indecencies Of Theatrical Producer To the Editor of The Star: At more or less regular intervals Earl Carroll can be depended upon to crash- the front page headlines and furnish a new thrill for the morbid. When he is not in trouble with the courts it is cause for popular wonder. his time he is charged with im- morality in his “Vanities,” in which a fair exponent of the art of Terpsichore cavorts before the footlights with but two ostrich fans as raiment, and in which, it is also alleged, a certain male member of the cast actually changes some of the clothing on another of the lovely Carrollian damsels. This is not the first time that Mr. Carroll has contributed to the prestige and moral uplift of the American musical comedy, and has been—oh, so unjustly l—persecuted by the courts for his progressive conceptions of theatri- cal art. Once confined in Tombs Prison on & charge of displaying lewd photographs of his feminine stars, he was not so long afterward sent to Atlanta for several years as the result of his famous, or infamous, “bathtub party ¥ The consistency with which Carroll is hailed before judicial tribunals in- dicates thai he is really seeking the monetary reward of the questionable newspaper publicity that invariably acclaims his periodic adventures—and he is gett it. ~The press accounts of the shocking immorality of his pro- ductions impel the morbidly curious from gany sections of the country to pay outrageous prices for a seat at his peep-shows, He Is evidently quite will- ing to spend a few months or years in jafl now and then while such publicity fills his theater with gullible fools and his _pockets with their dollars. The newspapers are overlooking a wonderful opportunity in failing to charge Carroll regular display adver- tising rates for all items concerning him and his affairs. Such action might accomplish what . the police and jail sentences have so far failed to accom- or, if the newspapers will totally the producer he may become dis- couraged and automatically discontinue his obscene ventures when box of receipts decline. » At any rate, it is obvious that some method of curbing Mr. Carroll's mod- ernism, and of confining him in the straight-and-narrow path of theatrical moral propriety, more effective than police censorship, jail and newspaper publicity, must be found. Perhaps ultimate remedy lies within the profession itself? . ROBERT E. ULMER. r———— Law and Medicine. From the Grand Rapids Press. it} only power with the for this action, is taking chances o0k S - . C e A law i abe