Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSD. AY, AUGUST 21, 1930. secret, it 13 likely that it will develop] whistle, sharp and clear, unless the THE EVENING STAR nearly three hundred miles an hour. officer is inclined to twitter a bit with With Sunday Morning Editlon. __|,.",. ., , janding speed of more than|it as if he were playing the mouth WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY.....August 21, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor A T S The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Ofice: 11th 8t. and Pennsyiv Nicneo. SMfce. Take Mickivar Buigine 3 i u X uropean Office. 14 Regeat 8t.. London. Englan Rate by Carrier Within the City. venine Star_. .. 4tc rer month e Evening and Sunday Star s 60c per month undays) s d Sunday Star '8) peaas u: per month Ational 5000. Rate by Mail-—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. | 1¥r..$30.00: 1 mo.. 88¢ 1yr. $6.00: 1 mo. S0c 1571 $400: 1 mo.. 40¢ ily and Sunday. iy omty inday on.y Franco-German Ruction. Leagues and Locarnos to the contrary mnotwithstanding, Franco-German con- troversy and mutual suspicion seem eternal. Paris now rumbles with sug- gestions that Premier Tardieu has be- come impatient with the Germanophile tendencies of his foreign minister, Aris- tide Briand, and is mindsd to put an end to the conciliatory policy which in- spires the veteran of the Quai d'Or As a token of the stronger hand Tar- dieu would employ, he is credited with the intention of himself playing the first violin in the French delegation at the September meeting of the League Assembly and assigning Briand the sec- ond fiddle at Geneva. To emphasize the import of Briand's demotion, the premier proposes to take to the As- sembly, as an additional French d gate, his Nationalist minister of war, Andre Maginot. A Tardieu-Maginot dominated representation in Geneva would rather effectually dim the glory of M. Briand. come armed with his pacificatory plan for a United States of Europe. It is Germany’s proclaimed attitude toward European federation that has apparently brought new asperity into her always sensitive relations with France. Berlin assented to the Briand scheme in principle, but accentuated the Germans' desire, amounting to de- mand, for sweeping revision of the treaty of Versailles. Italy, Hungary and Russia are counted among the re- visionists, who may well, some day, ele- vate their program to the level of a paramount, if not perilous, European ssue. Within the past few weeks Dr. Gott- fried Treviranus, German minister of occupied territories, set forth the Reich's claim for Versailles revision in categorical terms. It was not a pro- nouncement designed to popularize M. Briand's peacé moves in France. In- deed, Dr. Treviranus' outburst forth- with led to a violent attack on the for- eign minister from the Nationalist camp, which claims the allegiance of one hundred miles an hour and the Marine pilot found difficulty in even setting it down on, the commodious Roosevelt Field. On the other hand, Capt. Hawks, who flies as a civilian, will pilot his Mystery 8 in which he recently meteored across the country. This plane, of much less horsepower than the service entries, is almost identical with that which so easily won the race last year, except that improvements in streamlining and additional horse- power give far greater velocity through the air. While it is not possible thit the maxi- mum speed of any plane will be chalked up as the speed of the winner, because of the fact that the race is a trian- gular affair neeessitating the rounding of pylons which materially reduce the time that can be made on a straight- a » it is almost a certainty that a new record will be established. Great 3¢ | progress in speed has been made during the past year, and with the world's most skillful pilots competing, old rec- ords are apt to be replaced by new and very high ones. Time-Wasting Delay. Theoretically, at least, the Govern- ment has merely to prove that Herbert M. Campbell, now in jail in Alexandria, is the man wanted by the District on 2 charge of murdering Miss Mary Baker; that he was in the District of Columbia, the jurisdiction now seeking him, on the day the crime was com- mitted and that there is “probable cause” to show his connection with the crime. These things shown, Mr. Camp- bell should be brought across the river to Washington and tried here for the crime for which he stands indicted As a matter of fact Mr. Campbell has admitted that he is the Herbert M. Campbell named in the two warrants that have been sworn in the Govern- ment's efforts to bring him back to the District. He has admitted that he was in the District of Columbia on the day of the crime. And the fact that he has been indicted by a Dis- trict grand jury would ordinarilly con- stitute probable cause of his connec- tion with the case. But on August 4 Mr. Campbell was released from the Arlington County jail and, rearrested on a fugitive war- rant, lodged in jail in Alexandria. On August 6 a hearing was held before the United States commissioner in Alex- andria on the Government's effort to remove him to the District. Next day. August 7, the hearing was continued before the United States district judge in Norfolk, Judge Groner, who sent the case back to the United States commissioner in Alexandria, and in effect, told him to recommend what action should be taken. On August 15 Mr. Campbell was indicted for the mur- der of Mary Baker. Yesterday another hearing was held before the United States commissioner in Alexandria, the Government submitting & new warrant for Campbell, sworn to by an agent of the Department of Justice. The de- fense introduced testimony from wit- nesses who sought to prove an alibi for Campbell on the day of the crime, the commissioner ruled the evidence was irrelevant, would not hear all of the M. Tardieu. Briand was roundly blamed for the recrudescence of German dis- content with “the new map of Europe.” The Germans go to the polls in mid- September to vote or withhold confi- dence in the Hindenburg government’s fiscal policies. If there is a visible Na- tionalist scoring at the German elec- tions, which happen to anticipate the League Assembly by only a few days, the French will in all likelihood pitch things in a firm key at Geneva. If the Briand plans for a less warlike Eu- rope miscarry in consequence, aggra- wated tension is bound to be the highly undesirable repercussion and at a mo- ment when the Old World’s grave eco- nomic conditions clamor for political tranquillity. —————— A boat chartered by John Wana- maker came into the Montauk Yacht Club landing with a small whale, prize of its fishing expedition. Was, or was not, Grover Whalen on the dock in morning coat and carnation officially to greet Mr. Finback? —vor—e. The National Air Races. That should be a great Tace in Chi- eago the first day of next month when the “big shots” of speed climb into the tiny cockpits of their racing planes and attempt to set up & new record for the main event of an air carnival that is scheduled to last for an entire week. Plyers from all parts of the ‘world are preparing to participate and the entry list s an imposing one, com- prising such names as Capt, Frank ‘Hawks, who recently crossed the United States in less than twelve hours and & half at a speed of approximately two hundred and thirty miles an hour; Ex-Lieut. “Al” Williams of the Navy, one of the foremost racing pilots of the world; Maj. James H. Doolittle, crack Army pilot, and Capt. Arthur H. Page of the Marine Corps, with hi.S‘ specially bullt monoplane powered with ® motor that develops close to eight bundred horsepower. Besides these eminent aerial speedsters there will iprobably be present Marcel Doret, noted French racing pllot; R. P. Atcherly of England, Frederich Loese of Germany and Marshall Columbo of Italy. These foreign representatives were invited to participate by Williams on his recent trip abroad and are bringing the fast- est planes of their nations. In Eng- land’s cate it is possible that one or | more of the famous Schneider Cup racers equipped as land planes will compete. If they do, it bodes ill for the \American contestants, because with these planes England holds the world's speed record of more than three hun- dred and fifty-seven miles an hour. One of the most interesting features ®f the forthcoming tilt which will end the annusl National Air Races wijl be khe contest between service planes and pllots and the commercial planes driven by civilians, Previous to last year, the Government services have won every race, but they were handily defeated in the 1929 classic by a speedy com- mercial ship which attained a speed just short of two hundred miles an hour. That the Government intends to put up a stiff fight this year to alibi witnesses and decided to certify a recommendation, to be approved by the Federal judge, for Campbell’s re- moval to the District. ‘The defense has announced that it would appeal from the decision of the United States commissioner and con- tinue its fight before Judge Groner in Norfolk. Judge Groner is on his vaca- tion and is not expected back before September 2. It will probably be a full month, and more, from the time that Campbell was arrested in Vir- ginia on a fugitive warrant, charging him with murder, and the time that some decision will be reached on the question of whether he can be tried in the District. All this delay may be highly inter- esting to the lawyers and possibly to Mr. Campbell, who is in jail while they continue their talk. But to the layman it sounds like a lot of time-wasting foolishness. The guilt or innocence of the accused has nothing to do with the case, 'because the United States com- missioner is not the person to decide that. If the legal machinery were functioning efficiently Campbell would be preparing for his day in court right now. e Pictures of 8ir Thomas Lipton taken here twenty-seven years ago and photo- graphs taken on his latest arrival show comparatively little change in the genial Irish baronet. Even today's polka-dot tie is a replica of that of 1903. It may please him to know that to all of us he will never change. Whistleless Traffic Police. New York, it seems, is to go in for silent traffic control. Not only will there be no bells installed on the autor matic signals, as has been done in many cities to warn the pedestrian or motorist of a change, but even the gallant police- men themselves must remain mute so far as the blowing of whistles is con- cerned. Commissioner Mulrooney’s official ban on whistles, which was made after a period of experimentation, does not prevent traffic policemen from using their vocal cords in their tradi- tionally bright and witty manner such as “Where ya goin,?” or “Watsa mat- ter. Are yer learnin’ how to drive?” It merely prohibits the use of what has {come to be known throughout the country as the useful whistle. { The commissioner, of course, may be right but an “I'm from Missouri” at- titude is likely to be adopted in regard to this drastic mggsure by about ninety- nine per cent of the country's popula- tion including even those who reside in the metropolis. If the barring of whistles was In line with the noise- abatement campaign there might be some logic in it, but the head of the New York Police Department states that it has nothing to do with the laudible effort of the eity to reduce the incessant din. He asserts that he feels that traffic can be better directed with the hand than by the whistle method. It is difficult to agree with this view- point. In fact, most motorists and pedestrians are of the opinion that policemen shculd be permitted to use not only whistles, but their hands and feet and all other physical attributes gegaln its lost laurels is evidenced by the assignment of crack pilots who will ddrive new and especially fast ships. Capt. Page's new plane was given its | first tryout enly recently, and while i_‘wun-nw-uduuam with which nature has endowed them. Traflic officers come nearest to uni- formity in the blowing of whistles, and even at that it is surprising to find out how many different ways a whistle can be blown, But % is, nevertheless, a organ, and this blast indicates a cer- tain, definite thing, a change in signal or a warning of a forthcoming change. All users of the street have become accustomed to the whistle and it locks very much as if New York is taking a step backward in the difficult matter of traffic control. Even in that city there is comparatively little uniformity m the manner in which traffic is handled, although the officers go through an intensive period of train- ing, especially for the purpose of har- monizing the method. It is fervently to be hoped that Washington will not take a leaf from the note book of its biggest neighbor, as nothing but con- fusion and congestion and danger is likely to result. - The United States is beginning to get back at Europe for the hordes of immigrants she has sent here and which she would like to continue. Three Americans have recently settled and become naturalized in Liechten- stein, that independent principality which looks like a dot on the map and which is smaller than any one of the twenty-two states composing Switzer- land. ———— It is claimed that Belgium, with her small territory and non-sympathetic racial groups which keep the peace for mutual protection and welfare, proves that the “United States of Europe” is a perfectly feasible idea. Just because out West one burrow will contain prairie dogs, snakes and owls, all living in amity, does not prove the whole ani- mal kingdom could do it. —————e The most spectacular anti-drought action yet recorded is that up along the border between New York and Connect- icut, where they are using confiscated beer pumps to augment local water supply. They may yet get to using whisky stills on land to make fresh water out of salt. ———————— Racketeering is not so modern; about & hundred years ago the Dey of Algiers was really the “big shot,” and could have made some of those Chicago chis- elers seem like the weakest of imita- tions. ——— o An increase of nineteen per cent in the purchasing power of the dollar since 1926 is disclosed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,. Some people may be glad this agency has noticed fit; most people have not. —— . Dancing teachers convened in Lon- don have invented a new dance. This is an annual occurrence. To see pne of them all you have to do is to attend & convention of dancing teachers. ——————— ‘Whether Tom Lipton goes back with his longed-for cup or not, he will take with him the admiring good wishes of some 120,000,000 Americans. ) SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, In Extenuation, Don't allus be too everlastinly rough On the feller that's made a mistake, 'Cause mebbe his feelin's has suffered enough. For the trouble he's managed to make. An’ even sometimes when he holds his head high An’ has an impenitent look in his eye He’s bluffin’ it out fur one more chance to try To square up his former mistake, An’ perhaps there’'s this much to be said on the side Of the feller that's made a mistake: He jumped into life an’ he really tried His share of the burden to take. An’ instead of the idle, contented an’ free, Who eats up the honey an’ sneers at the bee, It's more credit to be—or it seems so to me— ‘The feller that made a mistake. Easily Swayed. “How did that Interviewer come to misquote you?" “Shortly after he left,” replied Sen- ator Sorghum, “I heard something that entirely changed my opinions on the subject we were discussing Likely Solution, “I'm told you are so rich you don't know what to do with your money,” said the old-time friend. “Yes,” answered Mr. Cumrox. “But I expect to have an imported son-in- law and I guess maybe he'll show me.” Lay of the Loser. ‘The race horse is most fortunate. While human beings sadly frown; Though I walk home disconsolate, He gayly rides from town to town. Educational Precautions. “S80 you have decided to have your youngest boy complete his education at college?” . “Yes,” answered Farmer Corntossel; “I want him to get where ther's foot ball an’ secret socleties to distract his attention. He's gettin’ to be a regular ‘bookworm.” Observant Youth. “Say, Bob,” said the small girl to the small boy, “what are relations?” “Relations,” was the answer, “are folks that keep mother working so hard for fear they'll come around on a tour of inspection and say she isn't a good housekeeper.” An Impression. In all this great and bustling land ‘Two kinds of citizens we see— The men who are in office and The men who think they ought to be. “Some men,” said Uncle Eben, “spends so much time lookin' foh trouble dat dey's mnever prepared to handle it when dey sho' nuff runs acrost it.” ot Congress Should Investigate. Prom the Waterloo Tribune. ‘The merger business is going too far when four hot waves merge into one. —t——————— No Dry Spell Here. From the Helena Montana Record-Herald, So far Mr. Legge has said nothing about reducing the acreage sown to wild oats, but he probably has some sensible views on the subject. B And Expect Better Author. From the Duluth Herald, Dollar books will riean that many THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “I think T will go to France,” he said. “Then you don't like America’ the foolish question, number something or other. . He wondered why some persons are | permitted by God to have such minds. What had one’s desire to see France to do with liking America” Every educated man wants to visit France before he dies. France! The home of great books, great paintings, great history, great ro- | mance, great love! France More filled with Roman ruins than Rome! France! The intellectual capital of the world! * ok * ‘The desire to travel lurks in all men, even the most lethargic. “See America first” has never been an acceptable substitute for “See Eu- rope at least cnce.” No matter-when our ancestors came to this country, early or late, the blood | of the old country-—some old country— flows in our veins. But that is not all. Our very education is based on Eu- | rope, For Greece is Europe, in a sense, at least; Rome is Europe; Gaul is Eu- rope; Caesar and Charles Dickens be- come one, in relation to what is, to us, the eastern side of the Atlantic. ‘There is a glamour about Europe which no person of sane mentality can resist. Only he or she who lives as the an- imals do can forget Europs. And that is a slander upon the brute creatures; if they could know as we know, no doubt " they would go to Europe in shoals, flocks, herds and packs. * ko Frenchmen have written the greatest fiction in the world. The list of their productions is the catalogue of genjus. Just why the typical French novel, once so feared by proper Englishmen and Americans, is as great as it is con- stitutes a most difficult task of ex- planation. Perhaps better than explanation is direction, placing other readers on the right track. 'Go read the accepted French master- pleces, and know life reduced to its wordy terms in movel form. ‘There is something about the best of their work which sets it apart. Great may be the Hardy of England, the Goethe of Germany, the Lewis of Amer- ica. but their work lacks a certain something inherent in practically every one of the great French writers. Honesty. That is the quality which shines in the typical French romance. The fact that the book may or may not be bordering on What the Anglo-Saxon mind likes to call “salacious” has noth- ing at all to do with it. The real point lies in the honesty of mind, the intellectual honesty, which rvades it with shining light. That why the French writers are writers for maturity alone. * x x x Then these curious peoples have man- to saturate life somehow with a spirit of fun, romance and love, sur-|ba prisingly mingled. These may be all one, or three separate entities, we do not know, it mostly depends upon the way one looks at it. ‘The French have managed to get fun out of their romance, romance out of their fun, love out of both, and life take the three of them. They have lived so long, and beer through so much, that even their despair has a bright lining | unknown to our professional optimists. Living Frenchmen are the production of the centuries—in the same places. Each little town, each little city, has its history extending back over the hun- dreds of vears. It is a varied history, one replete with bloodshed, intrigus | yet based solidly on the instincts of humanity for peace and love. Those for whom the word “Ros has a thrill not possessed even by the magic name of Greece must find a place |for France in their hearts, as they | realize that this was, indeed, the Gaul of the Romans, and that here were Roman colonies second to none. Today in France incomparable Ro- |man ruins give a taste of what the | world might have possessed there if | thoughtless ones had not torn most of | them down in the middle ages to make | fortifications. Yet these were ever a practical peo- ple, and many of those great coliseums, aqueducts, walls, houses, temples, were | ruthlessly torn apart, after having with- stood the depredations of the barbarians for many centuries. * X kX ‘The booklover, no less than the stu- dent of life, will find in France material of infinite intrigue. It is a curious but certain fact that love sharpens thought, and thought love. The intellect be- comes brighter under the influence of madam’s eyes. As one };m in_ America and thinks over the overwhelming contribution of | Prance to the world, it is at two points | that his thought lingers. He sees that romantic love, the place of womankind in it, and the lure of romance, through the ages, has escaped into freedom best. in Prance. Here there are no mawkish pruderies to trample down life and love. One either loves sanely and gloriously or foolishly and terribly. ‘The other point of mental departure is that of intellect. How is it that these volatile peoples, with a range of char- acter as 'Ilfe as that of the Breton and The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. ‘The wets are making claims of big gains in the next House. They esti~ mate, through the officials of the As- sociation Against the Eighteenth Amendment, that at least 29 seats in the House now held by drys will be oc- cupled by wets in the next Congress. Any such gain in the strength of the wets would be politically significant, to say the least. But an estimate is one thing and the election results next No- vember are another. It is true that in several of the primary elections so far held wet candidates. have won over their dry opponents. This is true, for example, in Tennessee, where Edward H. Crump, & wet, has been nominated in place of a dry Democrat. Mr. Crump is in the Memphis district, & wet spot in the State. While his election, which is expected, will give the wet group in the House another vote, it does not neces- sarily mean that Tennessee is any wet- ter today than it was before the nom- ination of Mr. Crump. As it happens, Mr. Crump has been a power in Demo- cratic politics in Memphis for many years and the organization of which he is a leader has functioned with all the smoothness of & well oiled engine. * K ok X One thing appears probable, however, and that is an increase in the group of wet members of the House in the next Congress. There does not at the present writing seem to be the slightest chance of a dry’s taking a seat now held by a wet congressman. And some of the hitherto dry members of the House have either flopped over all the way and now are willing to stand for repeal of tha eighteenth amendment or at least It is possible that in the Senate the wets may gain a seat-or two, too. But when these gains are all chalked up, the drys are likely still to b in the overwhelming majority. ‘The House has a total of 435 members and the Senate 96. Just how strong the wet group has been in the present Congress is not determined. But no one has placed the number of wets as greater than a hundred and it may be appre- the Provencal, combine in setting up a certain national intellectual character which is at once the envy and despair of other nations? ‘They have held onto an almost child- ish faith in the worth of pure intelli- ence. With them, as far as we can iscover, there still are thousands of young men and women who believe in the powers of education, of thought, of creative intelligence, in and for them- selves, and not because from them they | some day may wrest either money, fame |or any other consideration. ‘This, you say, is the spirit of the | young American, the young Englishman? | Well, perhaps. But that it is so univer~ sal and so loyally held and believed in, one may well question. That is why Franee must ever be the “other home™ of intellectual men and women. Just as its perfumes excel, so the aroma of its mind has spread over the world. In & history of blended intrigue and wran- gling, Prance has held fast to its better part—and that without bragging about it or patting itself too much on the ck. ‘That is why, when wq think of brains, we think of France; why, when we dream of love, we think of France; why, when we thrill to history, we look to France; why, when we read, we must come to French books last. With- out this dear, human, unbelievable country the world would still be savage. Indian in Traditional Role i Appeals Strongly to Country High commendation of Commissioner Charles J. Rhoads for his skill in trans- forming the Indian Bureau into a most efficient organization is coupled by the ss with vigorous opposition to his heory that there is lack of dignity for the race of red men in activities con- nected with Wild West Shows. On the contrary, many observers contend that it is_a source of pride on the part of the Indians and of satisfaction on the of white Americans that the tradi- lons of primitive America should be preserved. “Mr. Rhoads is doubtless right in con- tending that such careers sometimes subject the Indian to moral and finan- cial hazards,” says the Cleveland Plain Dealer, agreeing that “he is likely to become a less noble nomad than his ancestors who roamed the plain before the white man came and grabbed his land.” The Plain Dealer, however, adds: “We cannot suppress the hope that Rhoads won't be very successful in his campaign to make the Indian like every other man. If the modern Indian gets a thrill out of the feeble imitation of his old-time glory that the rodeo and medicine show afford him, why deny him? What if' the rodeo ponies are brokendown nags? What if Wild Chief Smoke in the Face is merely a well trained family man Who rides around in a car when he's off tour? If it gives the Indian pleasure and a little profit let him have it. America is getting stereotyped enough. Why seek to push the poor Indian into the mold of the average? Surely the white man has done enough to the Indian without robbing him of his last dying ‘whoop.’ " Conceding that “the process of the Indian’s ‘Americanization’ is probably not helped much by his participation in the Wild West. Show,” the Springfield Republican, nevertheless, suggests that “the commissioner might be asked whether or not he considered that the late Buffalo Bill, in participating in such a performance, was undignified. There is possibly a danger,” continues the Republican, “that a philanthropic view of the Indian may overlook certain habits and characteristics that are an ancestral inheritance and undesirable only from an alien point of view. After all, the Indian was here first, and if, affer yielding most of his possessions to the white man, he still persists in being an Indian, he can scarcely be blamed.” ok The suggested policy is interpreted by the Charlotte Observer to mean that “if there are to be any more repre- sentations of frontier days, white men will have to daub their faces with red paint and whoop it up, while the Indians watch from the side lines,” and that paper adds: “We dislike to see even the privilege of performing in shows taken away from the Indian. In our youth ‘we have thrilled to Buffalo Bill and his ited savages in the show ring. led war bonnets and paint have made our blood course faster and in these warriors of another day we have seen something of the spirit of America. Indians still have hearts that beat with the spirit of their ancestors in the Happy Hunting Grounds.” “‘The basis of the theory is undoubt- edly correct,” agrees the Ann Arbor Daily News, commending the “oppor- tunity to learn practical trades” but that paper continues: “We rise to re- mark that a Wild West show without Indians would be a misnomer. The traditions of ploneer days are worth preserving, along with the Indian's dignity. And it is possible to combine the dignity with the traditions. The trouble is that in too many Western exhibitions the aborigine has been obliged to play an inglorious role. But that is not invariable. * * * If they want to revive the old days, and in fancy roam the plains once more, they are entitied to engage in such an oc- cupation. It is an honest way of pro- curing the dally bread.™ * ko x “If this part of the commissioner's gmm'nm succeeds,” according to the harleston Daily Mail, “future young- sters will be deprived of one of the greatest thrills and even educational treats of normal child life in the United States. The Indian is a natural horse- man, and that he should exhibit for money his skill as a rider along with the customs, warlike and others, of his ancestors should attach no ATyt - an educational value for the beholders and offer profitable and honest em- ployment to the participants.” “This matter is of considerable inter- est in South Dakota,” declares the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, “Indians are numer- ous in this State and they are frequent- ly employed at rodeos and other festivals. ‘They usually appear at these events in picturesque costumes and present native dances. Often, they participate in parades and various horse-riding events. The Indians enjoy these appearances immensely and so 1o those who observe them. This ml‘ not be dignified, as Commissioner Rhoads says, but it is quite necessary to the proper develop- ment of the Indian. His spirit is one that is far removed from that of the averege white man.” The hope that “the Indian will not be too much standardized” is voiced by the Kansas City Times, and the Tim draws the comparison: “We believe it would be found, on close scrutiny, that if the Indian has come to be regarded as a show and an entertainer, there are other Americans in the same category. Shall these latter be taken in hand, too, and induced to speed the wheels of in- dustry? Where, we wonder, would gov- ernment start on that job? With the Marathon dancers, perhaps, the cabaret singers or the tree-sitters?” The Times also pays the tribute to the typical representative of the red race: “He is & lnk with our past, with the times when nobody was standardized in our free-for-all country, and as such is a noble figure of independence and in- dividualism, especially when standing wrapped in his blanket on the roof of his pueblo at Taos, watching the sun go down. There is a poise about him then, a calmness, one might say an indifference, that contrasts favorably with the unreserve of the American business man who has just read that his stocks are down five more points.” N Movie Show and Theater In Fight for Supremacy Prom the Baltimore Evening Sun. An _interesting development in the struggle between the films and the legiti- mate theater appears with the an- nouncement that five motion picture stars will abandon the taikies this Win- ter and e seen on the stage. They are no less than Mary Pickford, Colleen Moore, Vilma Banky, Lya de Putti and Rod La Rocque. .The challenge of the films has in past years caused no little uneasiness among those who have the interest of the le- itimate theater at heart. The movies ined the legitimate theater of many of its patrons and also drafted many of its actors. Yet the movies were a dis: tinct art, and success on the stage di not guarantee success on the screen. A few legitimate stars, such as the Barry- more brothers and Lowell Sherman, ac- complished the transition with consider- able success, but for the most part the movies produced their own stars in the ‘Talmadges, Rudolph Valentino, Anita Stewart, Wally Reid, Charlie Chaplin, Blll Hart and others who. though they may have originated on the stage, had not risen to great heights before the movies made them famous. ‘The advent of the talkies produced a new and more serious challenge, for here was an art far more akin to that of the stage. It called for diction and it called for considerably more acting than the weeping of glycerin tears. Thus while the talkies assumed a skeptical attitude toward the previous Hollywood colony they looked more than ever toward the- legitimate stage for re- cruits. There were many who prophe- sied a rush from the stage to the talkies lndmlhe gradual extinction of the legiti- mate. Now, however, the stage is getting recruits from the talkies. How far these stars of the fllms go in legitimate roduction no one can say. Neverthe- less, it indicates that the stage is not going to lose everything without some gein. Thosc who have periodically sounded the death knell of the legiti- mate must of necessity pause and look about them. ] Or Probability. Prom the Bavannah Morning News. s tht there iswmot enough ciably less. A gain of 25 or 30 seats by wets would scarcely make an impres- sion on the voting strength of the drys. It would, however, have a distinct psychological effect and bring about an increasingly strong drive by the wet or- ganization to win more seats in 1932, * ok ok % ‘The victory of former Senator Gore of Oklahoma, running as a wet, in the State primary held recently for the Democratic nomination for the Senate, is hatled as a big wet victory. But Mr. Gore still has to defeat Senator Pine, the Republican nominee. Owing to the dissension in the Democratic ranks, Mr. Gore may not win out. ,If he loses tha wets will have gained little in the end. * Kk w Gifford Pinchot becomes the Repub- lican nominee for Governor of Pennsyl- vania by virtue of the vote cast in the primary last May and by the decision of the State Supreme Court, jusi handed down, denying the petition of Francis Shunk that the vote in Luzerne County be thrown out because of the use of “per- forated” ballots. If the court had de- cided ‘against Mr. Pinchot, the former Governor would have run as an inde- pendent candidate in a three-cornered race with Brown and the Democratic nominee, Hemphill. The decision of the State Supreme Court, while it has cleared the atmosphere in one respect, has _clouded it in another. The wets in Pennsylvania have been furious ever since Pinchot won the nomination. Brown was wet enough to suit “Bill” VhAre and the Philadelphia Republican organization—which is wet enough. Former Representative Phillips, how- ever, ran as a candidate of the wringing wets and the Association Against the Eighteenth Amendment. He polled be- tween two and three hundred thousand votes. If all these wet votes had been cast for Brown, or a good portion of them, Pinchot would have been defegt- ed. The drys have been laughing “up their sleeves at the way the wets de- feated themselves in the gubernatorial primary. A ‘What the Vare organization in Phila- delphia will do about Pinchot has been a question. The suggestion has been advanced that it would not support Pinchot, that it might run Brown or another candidate as an independent, or that it might even throw its strength to Hemphill, the Democrat and a wet. It seems quite clear, however, that if an independent were put in the field he would merely divide the opposition to Pinchot. The chances that enough Re- publicans would vote for Hemphill to bring about the defeat of Pinchot also appear slim. It looks like a Pinchot victory. All the candidates for office backed by the Vare organization won in the Republican primary except Brown, who lost to Pinchot. Included in the list is Secretary James J. Davis of the Department of Labor, who was nomi- nated by a big vote over Senator Grundy. Mr, Davis' election apparently is as- sured, despite any claims that are ad- vanced by the Democrats. Davis has a strong personal following in the State. ‘The Philadelphia o3 ization plays the game. It is not likely to run out on the regularly nominated Republican ticket. It could scarcely gain by bringing about the election of a Democrat as Governor or Senator. * kK X% ‘The resignation of Claudius H. Hus- ton as chairman of the Republican Na- tional Committee and the election of his successor, Senator Fess of Ohio, and Robert H. Lucas of Kentucky as executive director of the national or- ganization has galvanized the Repub- lican National Commiitee into action. Statements attacking the Democrats and replying to Democratic attacks are being_sent out by the dozen. While Mr. Huston remained as chairman the Republican National Committee was silent and grave. All the attacking was done by the Democratic publicity bu- reau of the party's National Committee. The Republicans are making up for lost time. * ok K X “Down in Maine” the congressional State election and State elections are to be held September 9. The Pine Tree State still clings to the early election date. It has been the custom to look to Maine to give an inkling of the way the political wind is blowing. Strongly Republican, it is expected that the State will go as usual this year. But the Democrats will do their best to cut down Republican majorities this year, and the Republicans, on the other hand, are working hard to make as good a showing as possible. Wallace White, the Republican nominee for the Senate, is regarded as virtually elected. ‘The only question is how great his ma- Jority will be. st If the Republicans of Alabama un- dertake to support Senator Thomas J. Heflin for the Senate next November they will do a very foolish thing po- litically. ‘The re-election of Senator Heflin could not be considered a Re- publican victory in any sense of the term. Heflin has always been a Demo- crat. The fact that he did not support Al Smith for President in 1928 does not change that statement. On the other hand, if the Republican organi- zation should back Heflin, it would be & decided slap for ublican candi- dates running this Fall for office in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York and other States, where such tactics | are becoming “‘moist” and are willing to| | vote for modification of the Volstead act. Brown, one of his opponents, | —C- ‘There is no other agency in the world that can answer as many legitimate questions as our free Information reau in Washington, D. C. This highly organized institution has been built up and is under the personal direction of Frederic J. Haskin. By keeping in con- stant touch with Federal bureaus and other educational enterprises it is in a position to pass on to you authoritative information of the highest order. Sub- mit your queries to the staff of experts whose services are put at your free dis- posal. There is no charge except 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Address The Evening Star In- formation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D, C. Q. Where is the course over which the America’s Cup Races will be run?— G. McC. A. The starting and finishing_line of the America's Cup Races will be at a point 9 miles southeast of the Bentos Reef Lightship near Newport, R. I. The races will be held over courses 30 miles in length. The first one will be 15 miles to windward and return; the second will be over a triangular course, 10 miles to each leg, and as alternating until either the challenger or the defender has won four races. Q. When copyrighted music is used over the radio, is a royalty paid?—W. C. A. It is. The royalty varies with the size of the station and the amount of music used. Q. Please give me an idea of the ap- proximate cost of an automobile trip from coast to coast for a family of three.—G. 8. P. |, A. A general estimate of the cost of \traveling by automebile in the United |States has been made by the American | Motorists Association. A trip from Los ‘Angeles via the southern route to Washington, New York and Boston, and return via Niagara Falls through Canada to Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Zion National Park, and thence to Los Angeles, was found to total $1,041, or an average of $23.13 per day for three people. ‘This included gasoline, oil, accommodations, meals and incidentals. The total time consumed was 45 days; the actual traveling time, 30 days. Q. Please describe the English sys- tem of living upon manors—N. 8. A. The manors were a degree less in infportance than the castles, and fre- quently one earl or baron would also be & holder of several manors. Accord- ing to English records feudalism reached its height in the thirteenth century. There were included in the manor proper the lord’s demesne, the land of free tenants, and the land of the villeins. A virgate, which was the average amount of land cultivated by a land- holder, was about 30 acres, and in ad- dition to this the villeins, the free tenants, and the lord himself (or his work people) gathered what might be available in crops or pasture from the waste lands which were unallotted. Q. How large were the big stones in the Temple of the Sun at Baalbek? . H. A. The limestone forming the Temple of the Sun was quarried in that vicinity. Some of the stones were 60 feet long and 13 feet thick. Fifty-four columns supported the roof, and these were 72 feet high. Q. Is the original Magna' Carta in existence?—A. N. A. The rough draft is not, but four ANCHESTER GUARDIAN.—It would be interesting to know which firm in Manchester is the oldest. A census of Lon- don’s business houses shows that more than 600 firms have had a continuous_existence for more than a century. London's oldest firm is the Oxford University Press, which was founded in 1468, whie many other city firms are more than 400 years old. cover every trade and profession, and some of them have been handed down through seven generations in the same family. * X * % Sex of Flies ; Easily Distinguished. ‘The Weel Scotsman, Edinburgh.— Jackson and wife were doing a little fly hunting about the house. “How many have you caught?” she asked after a while, “Six,” replied her husband, “three males and three females.” “How absurd!” his wife sniffed. “How could you tell if they were males or females?” “Easy, my dear,” he retorted. “Three were on the sugar and three were on the mirror.” et o Clinics Established To Guard Against Disease. El Nuevo Diario, Caracas—Sanitary conditions in the principal ports of Venezuela—that is to say, La Guaira (Caracas), Puerto Cabello and Mara- caibo—have been the special and inter- ested attention of the national govern- ment. As these localities have been, in the past, particularly susceptible to con- tagious diseases and epidemics, well equipped clinics and laboratories have been established in all of them, the fa- cilities of which are available to all without charge. The poorer classes are especially urged to avail themselves of the protection and help of these estab- lishments in the prevention as well as in the treatment of disease. In' these coastal cities the government Palgns wgainst Tats and mosqulioes & igns against rats and mosq 3 s‘?e‘rv‘l:e of medical supervision and in- spection also has been prescribed for the schools, and the children are examined regularly, and suggestions made to their parents for better care of them, and a smore vigilant and energetic household hygiene. Surgeon dentists also visit the schools and keep the teeth of the chil- dren in good condition, and the same important service is free at dental clinics for those unable to pay. Other specialists are delegated to examine and treat, when necessary, eyes, nose and throat, both in the case of school children and in adult clinics. Caracas, in pa; T, s now one of the best equipped cities of South Amer- ica with its scientific installations and administration for combati diseases of all sorts. Great furnaces have been erected to burn immediately upon col- lection all the garbage and street sweep- ings of the capital. This measure against the plague of flies will be one of the most important factors, it is be- lieved, in disease prevention. Xk % % Strong Thieves Make Away With Chest. A B C, Madrid —Complaint has been.. lodged with the commissariat of police by a representative of a firm dealing in automobiles situated in the Calle de Alcala, at No. 62, that its establish- ment was robbed during the night of their money chest, containing 1 pesetas. The circumstance is truly a curious one, inasmuch as the ohest weighed more than 200 kilograms (440 pounds) and had to be carried down- stairs. It is not cnmgrehenflcd how the thieves mustered si t strength to commit the robbery. would be resented by many voters who have been affiliated with the Republi-| can party, g Senator Willlam E. Borah of Idaho | has been renominated. No one expect- | ed any other result at the State con-| vention. Mr., Borah has done more to put Idaho on the political map than any other dozen citizens of that State. * %k & % Japanese Train ' Birds to Catch Fish. Japan Advertiser, Tokio.—Cormorant fishing is one of the interesting sights of the Japanese seaboard. The cormo- Tants are large, web-footed seabirds, something like pelicans, but not so large or heavy, and with a sac heneu.h the —_——— the side of the Hoover administration. But he is regular enough when th campaigns A ‘Tetirement 'of existence, Museum, one in Salisbur; and one in Lincoln Cath named is the most perfect. Q. Who invented the game¥diabol>? me ap- ~F.G.T. § A. It is not known. The & pears to have originated in ina. It first became popular in France in 1813, and had a revival of popularity when a French engineer, Gustave Phillipart. in 1906, devised a top with a double cone, Q. How many miles does an_aver postman walk on his rounds?—W. F. A. It is estimated that postmen cover on foot about 12 miles and deliver mail to about 1,500 people on their daily rounds. Some carriers have shorter routes than others, but the results are the same, as two trips will be maae on a 6-mile route, four trips on a 3-mile route and three trips on a 4-mile route. Q. Has George Bernard Shaw ever written anything for the movies?—E. T. A. The famous playwright, who for 15 years refused the tempting offers of American producers for film rights to his plays, recently has signed his first film contract. His production is called “How He Lied to Her Husband,” and will be filmed in the Elstree studios of British International Pictures. Q. How large is the Free City of Danzig?—H. P. E. A. The Free City of Danzig has an area of 791 squi-: miles and a popula- tion (1924) of $83,000. Q. Are the waves on the Great Lakes ever as high as on the ocean?—D. B. A. Waves have been measured in va- riqus parts of the ocean reaching Helghts of from 30 to 40 feet, In the South Atlantic and South Pacific it is thought that storm waves in their full- est development have reached 50 feet Lake Superior has the largest waves and it is thought probable that during se- vere storms waves may be encountered in deep water of a height of from 20 to 25 feet. Q. What bird has the greatest wing- spread?—J. H. G. A. The albatross, specimens of which 1‘1_7\/‘: b:en known with a wing-spread of eet - %.vwno first used needles of steel?— A. The Chinese are believed to have been the first, and these implements gradually found their way westward ;{:d were brought into Europe by the 0ors. Q. What is a mustang?—H. D. A. This name is given to the hardy, half-wild horse of the American plains, descended from stock introduced by the Spanish conquerors. Q. When was the first Alpine club formed?—W. C. C. A. In London, in 1857, was formed the first Alpine club to foster “the com- munity of feeling among those who in the iife of the high Alps have shared the same enjoyments, the same labors and the same dangers.” Q. Who suggested the installation of rural free delivery?—D. E. C. A. It was first officially suggested by Postmaster General Wanamaker in his annual report for the fiscal year 1891. The first rural free delivery of mail was established October 1, 1896, simultane- ously at Charleston, Uvilla and Hall- town, W. Va. age Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands beak, like thlefellcln, Domesticated, they are trained to deposit fish, which they dive for, in boats of the fishermen, stead of devouring them. In early stages of their education, a band is tied about their neck, to prevent their swal- lowing the specimens of the finny tribe which they capture. It is an amusing as well as an impressive spectacle to see these birds half-swimming, half- flying, with a flapping fish in their bill, to their master's boat, into which they proudly deposit their catch, and then promptly disappear again beneath the waves in search of further prey. Some commercial fishermen prefer these feathered assistants to their nets in the pursuit of their occupation. * ok x X Diarfo, La Paz—An excellent im- pression has been created throughout all the continent by the adoption of the agreement whereby Bolivia and Para- guay have delegated to the government of Uruguay the right to occupy all the fortifications of both those nations in the dll?ubed territory, pending arbitra- tion of the momentous controversy. ‘These strongholds will be restored to their respective authorities upon the re-establishment of amity and diplo- matic relations between the countries. It appears that the work of the neutral commission at Washington has borne fruit, and that the decision regarding the proper boundary between the coun- tries will be settled without the effusion of blood. ‘The press of the South American re- publics and La Prensa and La Na- cion—the great papers of Buenos Aires —in particular, are enthusiastic over this evident desire to adjudicate the conflicting claims of the two countries calmly and fairly. War, with all its sanguinary horrors, is at most an un- certain d unsatisfactory method of reaching a settlement. Too often one war brings on_another, when the de- feated nation has recouped its losses, and is inspired with a mnx; for re- Yenge. Arguments dispassionately set- tled in the council chamber ing no suchy consequences in their wake, and are invariably far more just decisions than the verdicts imposed by battle. o Schwab’s $150,000Salary Classed as “Moderate”™ From the Knickerbocker Press. Charles M. Schwab, chairmafi of the board of the Bethlehem Steel Corpora- tion, is revenled as an underpaid execu- tive. For a long time he was supposed to be ane of the million-dollar execu- ;Jn\i;:,"l::;/ Ml)c is shown that he receives ,000 & year, a “in- centive bonus.” 2 sl g Mr. Schwab doubtless could ceived a higher salary had be He evidently was satisfled with dends he obtained as a hea holder. He must have been uable to the company than t he received, and he is scarcel ve re- nted it. e divi- stock- re v salary among executives in lary ’f‘!om s in corporations in_that et. S It is often said no man can be worth & salary of $1,000,000 a year. This only represents the deadline idea that pre- vails regarding salaries. Probably more :l. executives are underpaid than are Had Henry Ford been working on a salary basis he never would have re- :exvea an; d:gch Al‘um- as he obtained as 3 2 e A‘ m‘w matter of fact, he les} expand several years aj the other stockholders thought he w‘l: wildly tive. Had they controlled the company they would have ousted him. They went to court instead, and he bought them out. There were some good business men among the stock- holders, and they probably were fairly representative of business in general. The human equation is what makes any corporation successful, and often that equation is the executive at or near the top, who receives a salary that is @ small fraction of the cividends he is coining for the company. ———— That's Someth would | Prom the Omaha World-Herald. H . this buried® '