Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGION, D. C. FRIDAY, AuuUSYT 22, 1930. m ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. THE EVEN& G STAR Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY........August 22, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor by o XX W lew rk m.n'e‘:nom ice: 14 R i per month per )y S S Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. All Other States and Canada. y and Sunday..] yr. $12.00: ] mo.. only . {2 8590 § me- yr. $5.00: 1 mo. tar ade at t) may be seat tn $000. ted Press. w Associated Press is exclusively entitled $o the use for republication of all news cis- atches credited to it or not otherwise ered- R AR “fil‘l dispatches herein flno reserved. “Fewer but Better Cases.” There have been so many similar incidents in the past that the cur- Tent exchange of opinions between the prosecutors and the police over the fotbles of law enforcement and law en- forcement tacties is apt to leave one cold. At irregular intervals the court officials call attention to sthe number of “weak” cases presented to them by the police or the police throw up their bands in something that resembles despair over the low percentage of eonvictions obtained from the volume of arrests or seizares. In the present nstance, both Prosecutor Hart send the police are right in their joirt con- demnation of cases “worked up” without proper evidence, or with evidence il- legally obtained. But will anything come of it? few hours with this sort | and Vanzett! persists strongly in Amer- mischief may be | ica. * * * The August 22nd meeting volunteer spokes- | has” an added significance this year hunt is on, and |because, finding expression within the 1t 1s likely to be | walls of & building made historically former Governor | sacred during the American Revolution, air will teach the /it comes in the midst of the tercen- public not to accept at face value state- | tenary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. ments that are supposed to emanate from him, until verified by his indorse- | in the ment in person. ——— Shields for Dry Autos. Federal Prohibition Director Wood- | Was fully vindicated in the long-drawn- | cock earns the unqualified approval of | Out Sacco-Vanzetti trial. The accused | every motorist in the United States by | had their full and untrammeled day in his decision to equip each automobile | court—many days. Thanks to the zeal engaged in the enforcement sepvice with [ of their advocates and friends, the case a large shield, seventeen by twenty |eventually was divested of its character inches in size, carrying the word |asa common murder trial and elevated “Stop” in large letters at the top, with [to the rank of a clean-cut issue be- “U. S.. Official Bureau of Prohibi- | tween the majesty of the law and the tion” and the seal of ‘the Department sovereignty of the State, on the one of Justice at the bottom. The shield |hand, and, on the other, will be movable and will be displayed by the prohibition agent on the side of car nearest to the motorist whom he wishes to halt. If the agent is on foot, | Fesponsibility of enforcing it. he must display the shield conspicu- ously before attempting to stop s motorist. ‘This is most decidedly a step in the right direction, and one that should have been taken years ago. If it had, the lives of many would have been saved. No motorist with good sense will stop at the command of ununi- formed men riding in a car upon which no marking of official character is visible. Unfortunately in the past, however, the motorist who did not stop was often the target for overzealous agents, and in some parts of the country, what with bandits and stupid officers, driving at night was hazardous in the extreme. ‘While devising’ the plan for the use of the shields Col. Woodcock ruled that the uniforming of agents was impracti- ‘The experience of years should by this time have made every policeman, who is intelligent enough to remain on the force, sufficiently cognizant of the requirements regarding search warrants. Those who undertake raids on their cal. Perhaps it is, and the shields may be just as effective, but this will be & matter for the future alone to deter- mine. Certainly if the Coast Guards- men who killed Jacob Hanson, & re: spectable citizen of Niagara Falls, N, Y., had had either uniforms or shields on , | that dark, rainy night the tragedy would But insuflieient or poor evidence upon which to obtain & conviction is an- other matter entirely. More than one good man has been s™mped there. than one zealous officer has pre- that the evidence in hand was “Fewer but better cases” is what Mr. Hart wants from the police, and this involves the theory that minor infrac- tions of the law should be overlooked in order to concentrate upon those that really count. The theory is sound in to judge between what @ important and what is not. The nature of his duties brings him in closer contact with the small fry than with the big fish and one cannot blame him for the multitude of minnows that are dumped in the lap of the overworked prosecutor. selves thoroughly with the requirements regarding search and seizure. Beyond this, there is not much to be done, either by the police or by the prosecutor. ———te. For years the movies were showing stage robberies. Now the footlights have raided the raiders, snatching such plums as Mary Pickford, Rod Le Rocque, Vilma Banky and Colleen Mocre. It may be that the only char- acters safe from this sort of thing are Mickey the Mouse and Felix the Cat. No “Ghost Writing” for Him, Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, candidate for President in 1928, objects to having any “ghost writer” compose his political sentiments. He ‘wants to do his own writing, as he does his own speaking. At any rate, if any one does any “ghost writing” for him, he wants to know who it is. On Wednesday night the Joel Parker Assoclation, an ancient in New Jersey politics, held its Afty-second annual outing at West Orange. Mr. Smith had been invited to attend. A telegram came on the eve of the meeting, signed by his name, expressing regrets and sounding & ringing slogan of confidence in Democratic victory in 1932. The mes- sage went on with a resounding state- ment of Democratic principles, brought in the names of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland and ‘Woodrow Wilson, and enunciated this article of faith: “To my mind the Democratic party will soon be in na- tional control and will make this a happy as well as & prosperous Nation.” These were cheering words to the Joel Parkerites. They rushed the tele- gram to the newspaper offices and broadcast it to the country. It was played up in the news on Thursday morning. It set Democratic heads to nodding in hearty approval and it set Republican tongues to wagging in refutation and denial. But when it came to the notice of the former Governor, busy with his new sky-scraper on Fifth avenue, he blinked and perhaps said some curt words of indignation and dssued ‘@ statement that completely not have occurred. No innocent motorist and few guilty ones will fail to stop if properly noti- the | sition fled that those who are stopping them| y, Jersey City they are burning me- are clothed with authority, and the sen- chanically faulty death-dealing auto- sible use of the shield will save agents | ymopiles at the stake in & drive to rid many & needless chase and citizens|ine streets of antiquated and defective :I‘n:;. L3 m;ywmr u:e;l:nu. The Toads | yenicles, Plllories for the drivers country shoul made safe for | ¢hereot would not be such & badiidea the law-ablding driver, at least safe so either. . ;2 : far as the Government dry enforcement campaign is concerned. Col. Wood- cock’s plan is a move in that direction. bling or vice at Saratoga, Gov. Roose- —— e Track-Line Delays and Busses. Yesterday morning an incident oc- | getting after Chautauqus and Lake curred in the daily trarsportation pro- | Mohonk next. cedure in this city which causes many to think anew of the possibility of the eventual abandonment of “rail traction” | tic Circle in dog sleds, transferred to & 8s a means of moving people through | canoe, are now in Towa and expect to the streets. A short circult occurred | reach Havana in the samie craft. Per- close to one of the busiest junction|haps they have already had their first * * * We mvite all persons interested cause of American justice tc at- tend.” ‘The Justice “cause of American justice"— under the constitutional law— the capacity of an organized and highly vocal oppo= to circumvent the law by intimi- dating those charged with the solemn Tonight's affair in Old South Meet- ing House may do credit to the humani- tarian impulses of its supporters, but it 1s hardly a spectacle designed to pro- mote domestic tranquillity in an hour when America has great need of it. —e—t—————— 1t is & constant surprise to oldsters, used to gaff topsails, fore staysalls, baby jib-topsails, etc., how much the modern cup defenders and challengers resemble the simplest of toy-store boats. They are almost modernistic in appear- ance and they just will not look right to the old codgers who can recall Vigi- lant and Valkyrie III. Bowsprits seem to have gone the way of steam “cow- catchers.” But at least the sails are raised and sheets are hauled by real sneaker-shod seamen and not by noisome donkey engines. e The Chicago Civic Opera Co., accord- ing to Samuel Insull, experienced in 1920-1930 & season “more than unu- sually brilllant and successful and memorable.” The net loss, he an- nounced, was $558,528.26. It is won- dered what adjectives he would dig up if they should ever manage to break even. ——r———————— e Ot e Well, well, so there is not any gam- velt is ofcially informed! What an outrageous suspicion! They will be ————————— Three Eskimos started from the Are- points in the city and for an hour the | taste of Eskimo Ple. cars were blocked on three branches of the system for many squares, virtually| Three rousing cheers for Charlottes- putting the entire system out of com- | ville; what she cannot settle Williams- mission for that period. Shortly after | town will, while many & Berkshire mcmmcymwmmqmqmun superopinion is echoed in the Old moved sgain another trouble occurred, | Dominion. and a second delay resulted, of shorter duration. A loss of time was suffered| Next to keeping a steam yacht or & by the traveling public and & loss of | racing stable in expensiveness comes fares was felt by the salting a gold mine and getting caught ‘The underground electric system in|at it. vogue in Washington is as near to me- chanical perfection as it is possible to bring any method of transportation. It 1s, however, still subject to derangement, 8s is any method of transit. The dis- ablement of any unit, or the failure of SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Head of the Family. the current over any part or over all| Way over yonder in de wes' untll the fault is corrected not only the space. It is this element of reliance upon a that lessens the efficiency of the tracked the motor bus line, In the latter, the loss of time for those who occupy it, and usually a brief period at that. The “cripple” is abandoned and its passen- gers are transferred to the following phone call in relief. The route is not blockaded by any single fallure, ‘This is a self-evident condition. Whether the percentage of trouble on the rail line is such as to warrant eventual abandonment of that method is a matter of individual judgment. But it does not require many such protracted and extensive hold-ups as that of yesterday to create a public sentiment favorable to the independent- unit method as against the tracked system. — e Motorists in Colorado were recently imperiled by high streams. There are plenty of persons around these parts and in the Midwest who would cheer- fully face this peril. ———— e Sacco-Vanzetti Agai ‘Tonight in Boston “The Sacco-Van- zett! National League” is staging a me- morial meeting on the occasion of the third anniversary of the execution of “the good shoemaker and the poor fish peddler” in Massachusetts on August 23, 1927. Proceedings will be held in the historic’Old South Meeting House. Rabbi Stephen 8. Wise, Heywood Brcun, Editor Du Bois of the Crisis and former Mayor Henry T. Hunt of Cincinnati, chairman of the National Mooney-Bill~ ings Committee, are the advertised speakers, Robert Morss Lovett, chairman cof the Sacco-Vanzetti League, will pre- side. A film of the funeral procession of the executed men will be shown for the first time. Edna St. Vincent Millay will include, in the reading of her poems on the case, a new and unpublished sonnet inspired by Vanzett!'s letter from jail. Just what the promoters of this me- morial ceremony hope to accomplish is not quite clear. Most Americans, who took no fanatical side, one way or the other, in the BSacco-Vanzetti turmoil, repudiated the Joel Parker telegram. hoped it would eventually pass into the the system, stops the service, In the| De sun he say good-night; case of the disablement of & unit every- | De clouds dey pile de kivers up thing behind that unit is cheécked. The | So's he kin sleep all right. delay may be brief, or protracted, but | He travel far, he travel fas' Across de sky all day; original “cripple” is stopped but the | He reckons dat he’ll jes' turn in, cars behind in & constantly lengthening | Too tired foh work or play. But Mrs. Moon, she come along, A-lookin’ mighty fine, clear track and an unbroken circuit {An’ all de’family of stars Is startin’ out to shine. system’'as compared with the untracked, | e hard work's done by Mistah Sun. Dey've sent him f'om de sky, disablement of one unit merely means | whle all his kinfolks gathers ‘roun’ ‘To laugh an’ jollify. The First Consideration. “I think,” said the man who is politi- unit, or to an emergency bus sent on | cally ambitious, “that I will succeed in convincing our friends that my money is not tdinted.” “That isn't the point just now,” answered Senator Sorghum. “The first thing ‘s to convince them that you've really got money.” A Slowness Explained. “You English are slow to see’ a joke,” sald the forward young man. “Perhaps,” answered the Londoner. “But you see real jokes are so scarce in our country that one has to take a little time to inspect any article that's offered.” What and How. This world, so sadly incomplete, Shows contrasts strange, I vow; With rich folks wondering what to eat And poor folks wondering how. Merciless. “What do you think of that young author?” “Before reading his book,” answered Miss Cayenne, “I thought he must be more intelligent than he looks. After reading it, I have concluded that he looks more intelligent than he is.” Artistic Sympathy. “Did you get the sympathy of the sudience when you played Hamlet?” “Yes,” answered Mr, Stormington Barnes; “after the audience looked around and saw how small it was I don't see how it could help sympathiz- ing with me.” Pessimist’s Privilege. ‘We used to blame our earthly lot Because the weather was too hot; And now our plaints we will unfold Because the weather's getting cold. S0 let us smile and be of cheer! ‘There's cause to kick throughout the year., “I nebber could quite see de sense”| ot ‘The adaptability of many plants to the drought once more shows to the curious - minded the wide which Nature has planted in those of her creatures who do not intrude con- fi?}&? intelligence into the process of Here we have the mighty spectacle of trees, grass, rosebushes and some others living without a drop of water, one al- most might say, for weeks on end, without losing their ous grip on the interesting thing known as life. There has been nothing flamboyant about the process, only a steady per- sistence in survival. If trees were men, if rosebushes were human, no doubt they would hire publicity agents to spread the miracle of their persever- ance, . Not having eyes, or ears, or brains, they simply go right ahead living, with or without benefit of clergy, safe to a large degree in the wide latitude which Nature has put into them. It s wide, too. A bleeding heart plant, which bloomed nicely in the Spring, with its long sprays of curiously heartlike blos- soms, and pale green leaves, survived it all, being still very much alive. It had not had a drop of water for two months. Its roots were in perfectly dry soil. Yet a couple of buckets of water, poured on at last, made it pick up immediately. It is still too early to say whether it will come around all right; one must wait to watch the green come back into the shoots farthest from the roots. Once there, there will be no doubt of survival. ‘Those who live in sections where a p! ban was in force must not rest content with giving grass and plants what they deem a thorough watering. Only by digging down after the sprinkling is it possible to where the water has gone. In such cases the amateur will be amazed to discover that hours of wa- tering only penetrates the soil to & depth of 2 inches or slightly more. The sofl particles are so thirsty that they absorb water like sponges. In ordinary seasons, when rain had fallen intermittently, soil particles have their content of moisture, thus applied water would in a great degree flow past. But at present earth is so dry t it thirsts for replenishment. Hence the greater bulk of the water which is applied must go toward filling the natural sponges. It follows that more than ordinary perseverance must be put forth by ‘the gardener in order to do the old-time good with the hose. * x kX The grass must remain the marvel of all leafy marvels. Even more won- derful than the trees, the grass is, for it Has no mighty taproots which g down into the soil far enough to reac underlying water reservoirs. The grass is all on the surface, where the drought is. It is no wonder that it turns yellow, as the dry days follow one another, day after day, sun follow- ing sun in brilliant procession. ass has presented & mournful f: '&“tlbo? wt‘n’:nuum it the most_beau of gar the perfect frame for flowers, shrubs, fruits, trees, indeed for everything and every one in the garden. The proper color for grass is green, the darker green the better, although we have experimented with different shades for different situations, and are willl to admit that perhaps the best lawn is one in which there are several shades, ranging from a rich, deep to a pale, almost yellow tint. ese vmlt&:n set off each other, make the dark darker, the greenest greener, by comparisons, as homely women make beautiful ones even more beautiful. There is much to be sald, however, rfectly uniform spread of rich green of a glorious, unstreaked mono- tone. That is the way & neighbor’s grass always looks, of course. Before the drought hit the land golf courses his _ perfe green water for its maintenance, for grass gets all of its drink and most of its food from water, perhaps more so than al- most, any other plant. All grasses may be said to be aquatic, in a sense, Water is their very life, just as it is of a human being, although with us the thing is not so apparent. Yet even some human beings begin to turn yel- low when they not drink enough water. Often a doctor prescribes a pitcher of water, and you will see men sitting around in offices, now and tm,n freely of the same liquid grass, fléwers, dogs and occasionally cats prefer. basis of all drinks, as a Water is the matter of fact. No matter what you drink, you drink water. Milk is 90 per cent water. Alcoholic beverages have a varying water content, but there Eetewotmkgmcn:y“m;: . The pl gdom is unique its taking of its water straight. Trees ask for nothing better, although we saw an account of a Philadelphia tree which had been “fed,” to the story, on beer drippings. f 1t thrived on beer, it would have done better on plain water. You can't fool a tree. * ® %% ‘The green of grass is an almost di- rect reaction from sunlight working on cells saturated with water. No plant can create its chlorophyll quicker than a grass plant, and none can lose it sooner. But its powers of reaction are equally marvelous, and its survival a thing of continual wonder. Those who have surveyed their yellow, even white, lawns with mournful glances, need not despair, for any really first-class rain will put them all back on their grassy feet again. The roots have powers of petsistence far beyond bellef, as every one will see after a real rain. It is questionable whether drought can kill completely, for enough seed will all to keep the plot going, and this will spread. Some varieties of grass possess ld | better spreading powers than others, but all possess this covering capacity to some extent. Just how far the hurt of a drought extends is difficult to say. There can be little question that those plants which survive, and in this group we include the trees, suffer a great deal. Transplanting and drought seem have much the same effect. Each sets a plant _back considerably its growth. Even the mightiest trees have taken on a peculiar tinge, if the leaves are not yellow, and in many cases they are, they at least are not the true :{Irlnlzmwmh thley had when rain was g regularly. Some gardeners have an idea that chemicals used in the purification of ‘water for city usage have a detrimental effect upon plant life. We wonder if this it true. “As far as our observation goes, it is not. There are all sorts of similar beliefs held by gardeners. One is that cut flowers may be made to last better in vases by ln"vc:; tain chemicals in the water. one who has tried it knows that there is not to the and practice. Per] same holds good of the 1 effects of r sulphate and aluminum sulphate in the water from the hose. Plant life is not delicate in regard to ‘The chemical elements are commonly used thi would be rough diet, indeed, for human stomachs, but are regal fare for plant life, which hlmfly is freed from the mysteries of alimen! canals and the like, But water a plant must have; but even without it a plant possesses marvelous powers of survival. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. This is St. Lawrence waterway week end on the Rapidan. It pivots around Col. Hanford MacNider, newly appoint- ed American Minister to Canads, who 1s about to take up his post at Ottawa. The President and the Army engineers want to scquaint him with America’s views and hopes about the big ditch 1 respects coinc e p::: Canada. There, t00, the United States, rival schools of thought exist as to how the scheme should be carried out. Montreal, now the Dominion’s principal port, is far from enthusiastic over St. Lawrence waterway project. The metropolis of ebec, the mecca of so many thirsty Americans, doesn't relish the prospe: of & vast ocean traffic, long centered in Montreal, being diverted to inland points like Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago. The new ative government in Canada is waterway- minded, but a little less inclined to make concessions to the United States than the late Mackenzie King Liberal regime. All these angles are being thrashed out at the President's Vir- ginia camp. When Col. MacNider m— sents his credentials in Ottaws, i have the absolute “low down” on Uncle Sam's waterway attitude. * kK K This week’s Army orders, mwrlnl! a large group of officers to their Wor! War rank, included a full generalship for Peyton C. March, chief of staff dur- ing the final and critical months of the war in 1918 and until 1921, Just previ- ous to heading the staff, Gen. March was Gen. Pershing’s Artillery com- mander in France. No overweening af- fection existed between them “over there.” Time, according to thelr re- spective friends, has not softened the asperities of their feud. Both Pershing and March have volumes of war memoirs in the hopper. The gossip in the Army is that each of them is waiting for the other's book to appear first, so that the last to enter the lit- mlz arena may be in position to talk bacl * kR * Among the forthcos political de- velopments awalted with interest is the colfldemly expected revelation of Ruth Hanna McCormick as a wet, or at least willing-to-be-wet, senatorial candidate. If the impending Illinols State Re- ublican convention goes on record in ?nvnr of modification or repeal, Mrs. McCormick is credited with willingness to bend her neck, now devold of damp- ness, to the party yoke. She will justify her prohibition about-face, if and when she carries out that maneuver, on the ground that a good Republican has no alternative but to obey the organiza- tion's mandate. The resourceful Ruth has plepty of eminent company in adopting this program of pliability. Those uncompromising senatorial knights of the water wagon-—Jones of Washington and Walsh of Montana— have made public pledge of their readi- ness to be as wet or as as_thelr sovereign electorates want ‘em to be. * kK X Ogden L. Mills, Undersecretary of the Treasury, who returned from mu'og: this week, set an example which doubtless would like to see followed by his globe-trotting fellow citizens. He refused to avail himself of “the cour- tesies of the port.” ‘The collector of the port of New York, Philip lmn. and a group of other Treasury arrived at rantine in a revenue cut- ter to take Col. Mills off the Olympic, but the undersecretary insisted on en- tering New York like an ordinary pas- ‘There he underwent the rigors er. “Courtesies He had sent no such message. He did | imbo of the forgotten. The ‘league,” | sald Uncle Eben, “of some folks dat| wha pot disavow the sentiments contained ' which bears the men's names, is ap-'sings an’ plays de plano raisin’ as much parently determined to keep the issue, fuss as dey does ‘bout de n it, but he did deny suthorship. Now s research is being conducted to or what they allege was the issue, alive, :hu; extended u:“ some oot sraren ‘Women :{wlflly those who may aspire ations to the Rapidan, are quietly taking up horse riding, if they haven't done it before. The why and ‘wherefore of this sudden equestrian zeal is that Mrs. Hoover is an ardent rider, and generally invites her woman guests to join her in a canter at the camp. While complete freedom prevails there —the invariable rule for guests is do exactly as you please—there's & natural inclination” to join the First Lady in one of her favorite pastimes. ~Mrs. Hoover hasn't so far succumbed to the revived popularity of side-saddle riding * % ¥ ¥ "The local departmen t of the American | ct | for women. present Washin cauliflower industry must journey Maryland or Virginia if the; want to prize fight—as many of them do. The Army and the Navy not oi‘:" fi-- mit pugilism, e night recentl: t at Fort Washington, on the Mary- d side of the Potomac near the Caj there was & thrilling fistic by the Veterans of lirection of nival. Staged eign Wars unde¥ the d! ander selves might envy. e sport was fast, furious and clean. The arens Was pitched, as the 24-foot ring of Queens- berry ition would have it, in the democratic wide open and under the stars, Kleig lights threw a picturesque glamour over the embattled scene. Maj. Patch's arrangements were noteworthy in one direction—"ringside seats” didn't mean maybe, as they do at Yankee Sta- dium or the Polo Grounds, where some- times they are a block away from the main proceedings. * kX% ‘Thomas D. Thacher, solicitor eral of the United States, pald & tribute at Chicago yesterday to the British lawyers attending the Ameri- can Bar Association meeting. Discuss- ing President Hoover’s survey of bank- ruptcy in the United States, Judg Thacher sald: “We are accustomed this country to look with admiration upon the enforcement, administration and observance of law in England, and to take pride in the fact that our in- stitutions are rooted in English soil. | th But we have too long neglected the English people's example in dealing with and solving the problems which now confront us. or a word in the statéhent addressed to the House of Commons by Jme%h Chamberlain in 1883, when he brought forward his bill for ‘the reform of the the probl - facing the lems now fac Eoo?nmmnm.fluuym% have a good bankruptcy law.” (Copyright, 1030.) Refusal of Oil Permit Indorsed as Correct To the Editor of The Star: In estimation, Secretary of War Hurley should be congratulated on his refusal to grant a permit to the Sun Oil Co. of Philadelphia, Pa. for the asoline in the vicinity of Key Bridge, which would interfs \ban dnvllopmln;tm %@?‘ gasoline Wi ‘These the value and would people ago, which lyzin s ks ol e e R e e e but encourage it. e at the historic infantry ‘There is not a line |setting. diction under a corner stone of the Capitol. If my advocacy of his eminence the country’s history appears fulsorne, I am still ready to admit that in & few instances he erred in his long, :flv public career. that leading la and statesmen, as wel minded historians, will agree that the value of his leadership far out- errors of judgment that they Prom the Sena- as open- the Great Expounder, and the Defen fih;w Conmmggn). . some rs Mr. Webster was the undisputed r:lldlr of the American bar, an honor recognized in none buc the profoundest of men. The cases in which he icipated embrace a wide range of legal contests, including scientific and commercial suits. Many have become classics of legal argu- ment. Among the latter is the doctrine of interstate commerce. One of the leading lawyers of Oalifornia only a few years ago told the writer that he made it a practice to read one of Mr. Webster's speeches each month to culti- vate power of reasoning expression, His addresses instead of c under the shallow head of pom speeches have taken a pre-eminent place in our political literature. For instance: Nowhere is the Pilgrim b pose 50 vividly and completely set lpwmh Nowhere :ln I:Ahethn Flyma‘uth guon. causes of our Revolution so ably and so fully placed on record first Bunkmer gjflul oration. e e an ican statesman assum deliberately such direful mfln . to hlxmelle i flunmr;. ‘Webster '.h:hm ‘mad effor compose train- ing relations between the h the style was usually ropriaf the occasion. i e Mr. Webster was notable for his po- adherence to publlc intercet fealie pul traits which probal cost him the presidency npmn:g stood. His critical situation in Presi- dent Tyler's cabinet may be cited; He was Secretary of State; diplomatic relations were in a ‘serious condition; reason, .nm'rfl-;‘m an|of on. Tol te surpassing curring in that city, Infirm! grew rapldly upon Secretary of State as th itumn gressed, and in Ocmbn-! Sy if_you please, GERSHOM trict Is Scored For Open Trash Heap To the Editor of The Star: Foktio nunuo? ought to be 3 plunder yard whi the District government m:lnm:n :‘: the corner of Bryant and Sixth streets northwest. medn.mm. beggars head. ‘The District government would not permit a junk Foia R nuhln’ dealer to maintain & nuisance were dttempted in block nm.:l:; luthoflflu.l?v’&, it wa:i}dug 'r": en before the end of dog da; “t..m bh’c..klll progressive Freed sibtle |5 and repass this nuisan ;nmdcnoucoit.fi.mw ivoid suen u'%nm o avol such © are hearing s great deal about making Wi the most beautiful city in the . I hergby invite the members of the Planning Commission, e District Commissioners and, indeed, any citizen of civic s lation and spirit to drive by and & view of the bad example which the municipality is this inspection they could this process ity of these tanks on account of the fire hazard. If Jarge tanks that contain more than 5,000,000 any Nn}:- & ted, they would cause serious e. as well as property. I am sure the tax revenue which the Yet 1t 18 | Wy Q. What is the average length of program furnished try by radio?—L. G. A. About 18 hours. Q. the to any country?—J. E. mou:{hdlummwmv A, Ices he | g B8 B! 5 | g i F2 225 i H about dally over the coun- elevation will be an argument tal when foes of the crif legislators it produces.” llons of gasoline should at| from State of Virginia would. collect in ajwill s time would not half com; 5 5 H 35 Esf i 2l oS T T A . than 15 ¥ umyfl per cent are en. 1s Mardl” Gras celebrated in N, K. H b § ¥ %) I : | T %E? gsiing 8 g E . H ¥ ¥o5E e 2B large electorates a'r‘ lu’r;h alified aspiran g her polif qgonon.” New York Times (independent) believes that “Tennessec Democrats have mmfiz nr‘l'he the Sednne htvlfiltyo' A ence AN n K while the Ralel K The Hartford Times (ind Democratic) states that his el “assure an addition to the intellectual > | Battle of Kings Mountain the quality of the national Fought in North Carolina To the Editor of The Star: A statement was recently printed as- signing by inference the battle of Kings Mountain to South Carolins, which is misleading, as the battle took place on the North Carolina side of the boundary * * Combination of Things. Commercial-Appeal.