Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1930, Page 8

THE With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY......September 1, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The lvulu!fia:nr:wpn Company 11th 8t. Ghicaso Lake ropean L4 Engl Rate by Carrier Within the . ine Star. . ) B B by X e Ave. ind 8t 1 iean Building. ice: 14 Regent St., London, nd. City. per morth "60c per month T +.85¢ per month Sc per coby ers may TAtiona) Rate by Mail—Payable in lA‘:vAna. and Vi ily and Sunda: 1yr.$10.00: 1 mo.. 88c ily oy ... . $6.00: 1 inda; e t3800: 3¢ ¥ only " 13T, 1400 1 mo.. 0¢ All Other States and Canada. fly and S yr.. $12.00; 1 m 1 flx only . unday only ” Member of the Associated . ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- rlh:hu credited to it or not otherwise cred. cial dispatches herli: are :bo S:I‘Q?\“!‘!’lf — m each sent in by mail or telephone $8.00° 1 m $5.00; 1 me The Questions of Labor Day. Labor observes its annual “day” this year in a questioning mood. Will the depression that has prevailed in busi- . Itrict could expand its boundaries and Virginia, and if the population of Metropolitan Washington were included in any per capita computations the as- sessment of property in Metropolitan ‘Washington would likewise have to be included. Property values in business Washing- ton are enhanced by reason of the growing population outside the city that caters to Washington as a market and a shopping center. But the offsetting factor is the loss of tax revenue from the great population that, while cen- tertd in Washington, lives beyond the constitutionally ordained boundaries of the District of Columbia. If the Dis- 1 other cities expand their boundarie-. it would receive additional revenue from the larger number of taxpayers. And while this additional revenue might be depreciated by additional needs in administering to a greatly enlarged ter- ritory, no cne has yet struck any sort of a balance to show the theoretical re- sult. Such factors must be considered In studying Washington's peculiar and iso- Iated condition among the cities of the United States. Like the result of con- A8 THE EVENING ' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1930. ANSWERS TO. QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]J. HASKIN. EVENING STAR Idn assessments of adjacent Maryland | though hope of success had long ceased. This is in keeping with the spirit of scientific adventure that has sent so many courageous, unselfith men into the forbidding spaces of the earth in search of knowledge. Andree doubtless knew that though he perished the world would be keen to read the story of his failure, perhaps hoping that the details of that failure would be of serv- ice to later adventurers in the North, He did not, of course, dream of the great advance that wes to be made in a pitifully short time in facilities for travel by air to and over the goal which he sought. . More Laws, More Felons. In his annual report the superintend- ent of police asks for legislation to make drug addiction in the District of Columbia a felony, and for amend- ments to the medical practice act “so as to provide for adequate regulation of persons practicing as chiropractors and osteopaths and all other persons who attempt to treat disease, injury or deformity.” The purpose of a law making drug addiction a felony is, presumably, to tant transfers from the taxable to the exempt list of Government-acquired land within the limited area of the Dis- trict of Columbia, it is not to be dis- missed by calling into play & cavalcade of theories. ness and trade for the past ten months and has greatly increased the ranks of the unemployed lift and be succeeded by a return of prosperous times? Will the numbers of the idle workers, now ‘controverted in dispute, be lessened be- yond the point of doubt within the year to come? Will the tendency toward wage reduction, observable in a few lines, but fortunately not widely preva- lent, spread to precipitate a secondary industrial disaster? These questions are the natural re- sult of the experience of the working population of this country during the greater part of the past year. It was shortly after Labor day in 1929 that the reverse in business conditions be- gan. It was due in no measure to any part played by organized labor, but it was the result of the reaction nat- urally following a protracted period of inflation and speculation. The “house of cards” of false-basis booming fell by force of economic gravity. Contrac- tion suddenly succeeded expansion. Pessimism succeeded optimism. Every- thing was suddenly reversed. It is & tribute to the constitutional scundness of American organized labor that the members of the groups, large and small, into which the workers of the country are formed, did not stam- pede into foolish movements in this crisis. They were hard hit by the straitening conditions. Works were sus- pended, employment was diminished by an untold percentage, but labor held its confidence in the fundamental sound- ness of economic conditions, though they were temporarily disturbed. It did | anqd that liberal spirit is what involves | CUSDt to be able to have & pretty good not “go bolshevik.”. as had been pre- | the Federal administration in the risk | tUle COnverting those who assemble in dicted by pessimists and hoped by the | of g crippling loss if, as and when a frivolity near the domain of “Old advocates of a trial in America of the Russian experiment in Communism. ——atee Two Lessons From the Fire. Reports indieate that the loss of ords in the fire of Saturday wl gutted the building housing the Fed- eral Trade Commission, the Children’s Bureau and the Women's Bureav is not as serious or extensive as first ap- peared. Some of the records which were burned, it is noted, may be re- produced from the notes of the ste- nographers, kept in another place. This is gratifying, but not wholly reassur- ing in respect to the risk the Govern- ment is running daily on the score of the housing of precious paper files in .ighly inflammable structures. Doubt also has been raised as to whether the files that were lost on Sat- urday were of the kind that would be placed in the Hall of Archives when such structure is provided. These records, it is indicated, were more or less of the “working” type, kept within close reach of the administrative force. If that is so, then again the Government is running a very grave risk in main- taining a system of record keeping that even in a fireproof structure would menace files with complete destruc- tion. It is well known that the filing sys- tem in some of the Government offices, even with the use of metal cases, is haphazard and unsafe. Immense quan- tities of material are accumulated be- yond the capacity of the fireproof equip- ment. A very liberal judgment prevails respecting the kind of material that should be held on the lot, so to speak, fire occurs. Suppose a fire were to occur in the provide the police with power to place drug addicts behind the bars and, pre- sumably, to treat them while they are behind the bars. Certainly the police do not believe that any person con- templating the choice between being and not being a' drug addict will rest his decision on the fact that drug ad- diction is or is not a felony. But are no other ways of providing the drug addict with curative treatment than to make him a felon and put him in jail?> The man who becomes jnsane does not thereby commit a felony, nor is the mere act of becoming hopelessly intoxicated a felony. Why make a felon out of a depraved and helpless creature who needs all the care and aid that society and medical science can supply? Why not concentrate the full power of the police on apprehend- ing the illicit purveyors of the drugs that make the addicts, and treat the addicts as wards of society who may be saved? Are there not enough felons, under our array of laws, with- out manufacturing more of them by statute? As for the “adequate regulation of persons practicing as chiropractors and osteopaths”—and one’s sympathy goes out to the police superintendent who singles out these schools of healing by name—does the police superintendent’s report denote that the recently amended medical practice act is a failure and is inadequate? Is it not being enforced, or is it impossible to enforce it? If not, the discrepancies in the law should be pointed out. The community has been led to believe that all healers, urder this law, were subject to strict ex- amination and license. Has the com- munity been misled? R Atlantic City says visitors must be- ve themselves, Evangelist Aimee Man Ocean.” . ———e e Now the turn of the tide 15 clearly | patent Office, already visited long ago| Cornfields are burnt by the drought. observable. The results of the protec- | by o destructive blaze, Records of a | The supply of illicit liquor will be eur- tive measures adopted by the groups of | priceless character would be exposed to | talled, but so will the honest produc- citizens assembled for conference bY | gestruction, involving the titles to in-|tion of hoecake and hominy, The President Hoover when disaster was Im- | yention properties worth billions of dol- | Ti§hteous must suffer with the guilty. minent are now evident. There has lars. Again, a fire in the Veterans' ————— been an increase in employment, With- | Burequ, with its mass of documents re-| Labor day s a creation of human out any lowering of the wage scale. A|jating to the military services of more | sentiment. The thermometer is a spirit of confidence is prevalent in the | ghan five million men, surviving par- [ mechanism and cannot be depended on country. Happy answers to the ques- | yjoinants in pur wars, would inescapably | to assist intelligently in the celebration. tions labor is today asking are expected to be returned. In the experience of this past year has been demonstrated anew the prin- ciple of partnership between worker and employer. The utmost considera- tion has been paid in the main by em- ployers to the le whom they engaged to perform m"zm hecessary to the conduet of business, the production of material and the transaction of trade. For the losses inci”-nt to the depres- sion of business were shared alike. “Capital” was hit as hard as labor. Now in the recovery that is indicated hy all signs both will share in the re- turns. —— et News items refer to Al Capone in various localities, Wherever he is, he always appears to be making money, thereby meeting the test by which small popular intelligence measures success. e ot Parking experts continue to compli- ment Henry Ford in spite of the un- deniable fact that he is the man whose busy brain started most of the trouble. — e = A garbage scow .off the Atlantic Coast has destroyed the picturesqueness of many a bathing suit. ———— Assessment and Population. Assessor Richards injects an inter- esting theory into the discussion of what ratio there is between the increase in population and the increase of as- sessment. He believes that in comput- ing the number of dollars of increased assessment, that normally should follow the increase of the number of inhabi- tants, the population of Metropolitan ‘Washington and not of the District of Columbia should be used. This would, of course, tend to lower the per capita assessment 25 usually applied to Wash- ington. Mr. Richards points out, with truth, that to all intents and purposes the district served by the city of Wash- ington extends beyond the geographical limits of the District of Columbia, and that additional residents of Chevy Chase, Md., are, in effect, additional residents of Washington. Thus, if higher assessments are a natural ac- companiment of increased population, part of the higher assessments in ‘Washington are due to the growth of population in the area adjacent to the city. This theory may be applied as com- forting balm for those who search the explanation of the tremendous increzs: in assessments in the last six years &5 . mmwmmcmummpu- trict’s population. But for practical purposes 'he theory 15 uselgss. Per capita comparisons be- tween Washington and other eities will continue to be based on the popuia- tion of the District and the attractive corners of Maryland and Virginia can- |:lanc:s in which the remains were|ang not be combed for addi'ional ciiizens. For taxes in ths Di: 120 paid. by th~ee who live in the District. y those who live in Yirgln nd not | records to the laat. Maryland end ' found on examinztion of the diary that If you could take his advice to de limit Tirese taxes ar: based pg es- on uwm‘umumw_omr do irreparable damage. Two lessons are taught by Saturday’s fire. The first is that the utmost speed should be shown in the erection of the Hall of Archives, to put at the earliest possible time wholly out of range of loss or damage the precious records of the Government's activities since its beginning. The second is that reform must be had in the method of handling and keeping what are called the current files of the Government’s work, ——— o Plays popular on Broadway are dis- approved by London censorship. Drama, in the analysis of time, speaks a uni- versal language, even though it is often hindered temporarily by differences in dialect. 3 ——————— Novelists used to write about “Dark- est Russia.” The need of a proper light- ing system grows greater as history progresses. Lo Labor day is looked forward to for repose and often proves only another of those hard-working holidays. —————— - Andree’s Diary. Probably in a few days will come from Norway some details of the finding of the bodies of Andree and his compan- fons of the ill-fated polar attempt of thirty years ago. The steam sealer Bratvaag, bearing the melancholy relics of this tragedy, has reached land on the homeward voyage and her sad cargo will be sbon discharged. Interest chiefly centers in the story that is told in Andree's diary, which was found near the remains that by this eircumstance are identified as his. This precious volume must be examined with the greatest care. It has been exposed to three decades of Arctic cold, snow and fce. It s to be treated with the delicacy required in the handling of relics of the far remote past taken from the tombs. Prom this little book will probably come the revelation of Andree’s fatal disappointment, as the balloon in which he and his two comrades went forth so confidently was presumably blown back to the south by adverse currents, and the failure of the expedition was assured. On a previous occasion Andrze, all set for a balloon flight poleward, turned back at the last mcment before his start because he realized thet the wind would probably be wrong for “'s venture. In & letter sent to him shortly before the second attempt Pridtjof Nansen, with a wide &xperience In (h: Irozen sones, implored him to “have the cour- age” to turn back a second time. But Andree still believed in the possibility of & wind drift across the Pole and per- sisted. In & reply to Nansen he acknowledged that he did not have the courcge for & second self-denial. N ———s ‘The peach crop is a failure. The imported peach, lacking in substance and flavor, serves only to emphasize the melancholy fact. R A generous American sentiment would be perfectly willing to present Sir Thomas Lipton with the cup. But, of course, he would not want it that way. —_——— ‘When a philosopher marries he makes the chivalrous admission that he has met some one with more brains than he had. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The World, a Stage. The drought has plaved a saddening part Where “All the world's a stage.” Yet heroes must preserve the art In which all men engage. So must we meet the same demands Of “drama” in the past, And honest hearts and willing hands Will save the day at last. Such words as critics often say We cannot fail to heed; “The Dialogue promotes delay ° And Action’s what we need!" Willing to be Disbelieved. “I understand you have told your constituents that you are a ‘dry.’ " “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But as sentiment shifts I am rather inclined to hope that some of them won't believe me.” Jud Tunkins says he resds a lot of advice on how to produce crops, and is getiin’ kind o’ scairt for fear too much of agriculture is jes' literature. Harrowing Suspicion. I'd hate to be a Communist. It I should jeer or scoff, Some “friend” might land me on s list «For foes to bump me off! The Culpable Public. “The public demands cleaner and more wholesome reading!” declared the high-minder. “Maybe s0,” rejoined the girl at the book counter. “But did you ever yet see a publication that increased its sales by advertising iteelf as ‘expurgated’?” “An audience applauds;” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “often in couf> teous forbearance and in hope that the | present performer will make yay for & better one.” Intensive Sport. Fresh air and sunshine were the things Which gave to golf the charm that clings— It weuld appear from tae eircum- found on Whit> Isiand by Gunnar Horn and his mates that Andree kept his It will probably be e war faithiful to his last breath to the But now you stay awake all night play it by electric light. “A friend who tells you to fohgit yoh troubles,” said Uncle Eben, “meats well. he'd be afraid yoh mind had gone all One of the greatest pleasures among books is have a friend fall in love with the same book rou do. Here is a joy seldom spoken of, at least we have never found it, in any of the essays upon booky subjects. Yet it is as solid a one as bookdom knows. The reading of a book is not enough. One wants to share it. A k leaves a mental glow, a radiance which extends into the heart. best stirs emotions, leaving the reader pleas- ingly excited. That is why the noble books of the world are those suffused with senti- ment. Many of them are even senti- mental, and yet hold the suffrages of readers. It is when a book is crammed with sentiment, but utterly without senti- mentality, that it achieves its grand- est_effect. Such books are few and far between, but v\l‘:n they come into belng readers all o the world recognize them and never let them die. * X * * The discovery of such a book leaves a booklover torn between two desires, one to hug the precious volume to his breast and keep it a secret forever, the other to go to the housetops and broad- cast his find to the world of reading men. ‘The latter usually wins. He cannot refrain from telling all his friends about it. He becomes something of a nui- Iunu. for all that he speaks of is of his new book, as if no other dream had ever been put into print before. Has he forgotten the holy and wise books of past ages, the serious produc- tions of mem who wrote with the pens of angels? No, he has not forgotten; he remem- bers them all to well; that is why he is ready and willing to place this latest dreambook alongside theirs, thus pay- ing tribute to both. The effect of his enthusiasm, how- ever, often is the reverse of his de- sires. We have discussed here before this phase of the matter. It is suffi- cient to repeat that often the surest way to kill & book for a friend is to recommend it to him too enthusiasti- cally. * ok ok % For after all there is not joy like discovering & good book for one’s self. ‘When you recommend & chosen volume, unless you do it with discretion, indeed, you deprive the other of the chance of running onto it by himself. Finding & new good book is like coming across a chest of hidden gold in the sands. The book is found in the sands of time, and its message may be more precious than all the golden coins ever minted. Who knows? No one can say just how one runs n a good . Book publishers often insert postcards in their volumes, asking the purchaser to check off whether he bought the book as the result of advertising (and if so, where?), h reading a review, as the result of a recommendation of a clerk, or whatnot. Even an ardent lover of books often finds it difficult to say how he met a certain book. Often he does it in the most wu:.lhn:nnner‘ ‘rtenuch as a man may go the street upon a day and suddenly see the girl of His dreams doing nothing more poetic than sweep off the front porch. Perhaps the booklover may resent . |in which th THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. sun shining, there should be bells ring- ing. there should be streamers thrown across the street and fanfares played by trumpets when he comes along to buy the best book written in 500 years, 1,000 years, 2,000 years! second thought he is willing to concede that actuality is better than dreams; the casual manner of finding a gooc book is the best, after all, be- cause it adds to the romance, and there is no department of life, not even love, ere is more ce than among books. * ok x He wanders into a book store, with no particular volume in mind. He looks over the shelves; he paws over the books upon the tables. He not know what he wants; he finds nothing that he likes. The ‘“publisher’s re- mainders” are that and nothing more. Idly he wonders why so many books are published, Surely ninety-nine out of a hundréd books here, he believes, could never have sold more than two or three thousand copies each. Each author probably bought several hundred to send around to his friends. Now the remainder lie helplessly upon such tables as these, hoping down in their paper hearts that some one will come along and like them well enough to give them a home at last. Then & dh:rmhmmd. up with a fair volume in 5 sure you will like,” “Here is one 1 am she says. ‘The booklover accepts it with hesita- tion. Yes, he has seen it mentioned with favor in several . Well, he is not particularly interested, but he will risk $3.75 on it. But even as he carries it home he forgets the price and finds himself thinking only about the book. Some- thing strange is happening in his heart and mind. He has experienced the feel- ing before; he knows that he is on the eve of a discovery. Do not ask him how he knows. He could not tell zou, he could not explain it to himself, but he suddenly becomes very sure that he will like this book. He puts it off, even as a child does a favorite plece of cake until dessert. When he begins reading it at last every word he finds exactly right. As he goes on he discovers himself wor- ried slightly—but only slightly—that he may at last find some one word which is not appropriate. He need not worry! This is the one book of the month, the year, perhaps a lifetime, for him. He has felt that way before about books, and his mind tells him from his experiences that he will find every word the right word in this book. A book, a great book, is like that. There is no word that could be changed, Just how an author achieves this supreme command of words is a mystery. Often successful professional writers fail of it, although their books may sell by the thousands of copies. Then, again, an obscure person, writing from a full heart and mind, will put onto paper dreams which thrill all readers, which are so exact in phraseology that by no exercise of mere intelligence could a committee of the best writers who ever lived find them- selves able to change a word of it with benefit. In this good book one finds Dickens’ sentiment without his sentimentality, Isaiah’s poetry without his sternness, Browning's thought without his harsh- ness. ‘This is & book, my friend, and happy will I be if you can find it in your his impromptu finding of a gorgeous book. Surely there should be a bright heart to love it as I do. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. ‘No feature of the outbreak of revo- lutionary symptoms in South America interests Washington more than the probable effect of turmoll in Argentina on the Prince of Wales’ plans. Britain's most successful ambassador of trade has been intending to visit Buenos | issued Alres this Fall. Elaborate arrange- ments for his reception are in progress. The prince’s tour is designed to seal the far-reaching new bond of commer- cial friendship between Argentina and Great Britain, Last year the two coun- tries negotiated one of the most re- markable treaties of business alliance ever concluded. Its underlying purpose is to give the JBritish the inside track in the Argentinian market. With Presi- dent Irigoyen in a semi-state of siege and the land of the La Plata rumbling with litical unrest, it Is extremely unlikely that the Prince of Wales will actually venture into Argentina. If he does, the outside world may safely as sume that the Irigoyenistas, like the Marines, have the situation well in hand. * Kk K Republican primary rivalries in Colo- rado, with ng well backed candidates, William V. Hodges and George H. Shaw, battling for the senatorial nom- ination, now threaten to give the Democrats a very considerable look-in at. the November election. Their candi- date will probably be Edward P, gan, native Virginian, and well known in Washington as & one-time ‘member of the United States Tariff Commis- sion. Senator Nye's slush-fund sleuths are sald to have evidence h to make the Colorado G. O. P. ry fight remind the country of Pennsyl- vania or Iliinols, One alleged discovery is that in the 187 out of 314 Denver incts in which Hodges and Shaw iou(ht it out $100,000 was spent. The primary election will be held on Sep- tember 9. Whomever the Republicans nominate, sccording to his friends, Costigan will trim, as the joint conse- auence of the Hodges-Shaw feud and slush. SR When Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur Dbecomes chief of staff in November he’ll find three of his West Point 1903 class- mates also in posts of high responsibility at Washington. Lieut. Col. Ulysses S. Grant, 3d, is director of public bulldings and parks, Lieut. Col. Campbell Hodges is military aide to ‘President Hoover. Lieut. Col. Max O. Tyler has hief engineer to the Cor ion. Another 2 nll““" andant of commi [B'eonm and Rear Admiral George H. lo:r. chief of the Bureau of Construc- tion and ir. Another '89 classmate of Admiral tt is Rear Admiral Rich- mond Pearson Hobson, Tetired. * ok K K t Russia is making trade w! m“:t‘fn high seas with ‘m"guofln. fleet which not long ago of the United States Shipping Board. beg: in January, transfer of registry. The now in Soviet jon. The chaser covenanted not to operate and for the Viadivostok: trade. All of the vessels had been in “lay-up” for six years or more, ranked as surplus, and were considered of no the London naval treaty, has now taken the fleld in favor of “ out an orderly naval building and ment, within the time I of the ty.” Walter Bruce Howe, chair- man of the league's board, has just e e Wavy Lesgue, e pivs, s ! avy e, says, Bor Vithe fullest - compiiance by the United States with the letter and spirit of the treaty.” are already visi- ble that friends of “the treaty navy” are going to have a fight on hands in Congress next Winter and after. Representative Burton L. French, Re- publican, of Idaho, veteran chairman |Lodg of the House Subcommittee on Naval Appropriations, on his recent return from g:umpu signaled his hostility to legislation designed to carry the London pact into full execution. Our profes- sional pacifists are with him, * ok k* Dr. William M. Jardine, newly cre- ated American Minister to Egypt, is salling for his t, with Mrs. dine and their two daughters, on September 6. He has never been abroad before—a distinction he shares with Senator Borah, “Cotton diplomacy” is what the former Secretary of Agriculture ex- pects to specialize in at Cairo. One of the major lems facing American growers is increasing production of short lengths and of “untenderable” ades of cotton. Just what Egypt, t‘:om which we import long-staple cot- ton, has to teach us in the fleld of its growth is Jardine's principal assign- ment in p: . d land. l"We dm:"t e:; t to be lonesome in uy{».' :yem “T understand that about 12,000 Americans visit there every year’ Uncle Sam has a fine legation at Cairo —leased from an Egyptian who now represents his country at Paris. 5 * kK X Drought relief will call into wide- spread usefulness the 12 Federal inter- mediate credit banks, whose resources are to be made avallable through ag- ricultural credit corporations. The in- termediate credit banks have a poten- tial lending capacity of $660,000,000. They are capitalized at $6,000,000 each, one-half of which has been paid in by the Fedgral Treasury and the other half is on call from the same source, In addition to discounting farmers' notes through local institutions, the 12 intermediate banks make direct loans B. [to farmers’ co-operative marketing or- ganizations on receipts resenting staple agricultural commodities stored in acceptable warehouses. Since the banks were o! ized in 1923 they have advanced, inclus Tenewals, the tidy total of $500,000, to 92 farmers’' co- operatives, which handle a ascore or more of commodities. The financial aid thus rendered needy agriculturc ex- actly equals the revolving fund which | ej Chairman e and the Federal Farm Board play . * ok ok * When Sir William Jowitt, attorney of Great Britain, was riding Mount Vernon last week aboard the Navy's most de- crepit scow, U. 8. 8. Porpolse, he men- tioned something in that morning’s pa- pers which set him to thinking. “I see that the United States” Jowitt re- marked, “is spending $125,000,000 a y on Tom Thumb just what Great Britain is paying you and on account of her war (Copyright, 1920.) i s Where Chivalry Is Buried. { | Prom the Little Rock Arkansas Gasette. A skeleton wear a -hilted sword has been found mmsuspm remains of ehi 3 Uneasy Heads in Chicage. Prom the Davenport Democrat and Leader. If courses. That's| % Probably the fossil | Pa: The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. Rhode Island this year is expected to rovide one of the closest and most in- Eemun‘ of the sena contests. Senator Metcalf, Republican, is seeking re-election, and his Democratic oppo- nent, it is irmly ‘will be former Senator Peter Goelet Gerry. Both are millionaires and able to provide the funds necessary to carry on the cam- pafgn. Both, however, are likely to be careful of their expenditures in view of the activity of the Senate Slush Fund Committee, headed by Senator Nye of North Dakota, which is poking its nose into many of the primary campaigns al- b Gerry was defeated two_years ago by Senator Felix Hebert, a Republican of Prench extraction. While Gerry was losing, Al Smith was carrying Rhode Is- land by & narrow margin, a little more than a thousand votes. Hebert's lead over Gerry was approximately 3,000 votes. Both Senator Metcalf and Mr. Gerry are having intraparty troubles. Met- calf has established separate headquar- ters, He is, or has been, at outs with the Republican national committeeman, Peck, a political power in the State. He has fallen out with some of the other State leaders, too. This lack of h mony, in a State as close as Rhode Is- land, may be fatal to Metcalf. However, when he ran in 1924 against his Demo- cratic ogponem., Flynn, Metcalf won by 33,000 votes. Senator Gerry has been campaigning for a return to the Senate ly ever since he was defeated two years ago. He is'a liberal contributor organizations, charitable, otherwise. He is a wet, and is wet in sentiment. Metcalf, however, is probably wet enough to suit the voters on that e, too. The Senator several months ago vecelved considerable publicity when he invited Senator George Moses, chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, to keep out of Rhode Island this Fall. Moses and lswall have been none too friendly in the past. But Mr. Metcalf apparently belleved that Moses could do him no good. ok ok X Senator Gerry is one of & half dozen Democrats, formerly members of the Senate, who have seized upon this “off year” in national politics to seek to stage comebacks. In Oklahoma, Gore, the blind former Senator, has been nominated on the Democratic ticket. ‘West Virginia Democrats are putting forward former Senator Neely, defeated a couple of years ago in the Repub- lican landslide. Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska is challenging Senator Norris for his seat, and former Senator James Hamill Lewis, Democrat, is all that stands between the United States Senate and its first invasion b; an elected woman Senator, Mrs. Rut! Hanna McCormick. Former Senator Bayard of Delaware will carry the Democratic banner in that State. Should all these former Democratic Senators be successful at the polls in November, what a homecoming there would be in Washington! In at least five of these States the Democrats have 2 real chance of winning, and in the sixth, Nebraska, much will depend upon whether the regular RQEIIbllL‘Im flock in numbers to the polls to vote for Hitchcock and against Norris, who turned his back on the Republican na- tional ticket in 1928. s EIE R O PFormer President Calvin Coolid now one of the lei contributors to newspapers and m: nes in the coun- tg. is stanchly lined up for his old friend and supporter, William M. But- ler, in the race for the¥" Republican senatorial nomination in Massachusetts. When Mr. Butler can'foisard as a candidate for the senatorial nomina tion, Mr. Coolidge took his pen, or his typewriter, in hand and contributed a special article to the Boston Herald, setting forth the reasons he believed Mr. tler should be elected to the Senate. He gave Mr. Butler, in his article, full credit for handling the na- tlon,llgumpsln in 1924, which resulted in the election of Mr. Coolidge to the presidency. After that campaign, the former President said, he wanted Mr. jutler in his cabinet. “But just at this time” said Mr. Coolidge, “that stout old champion of Massachusetts, Senator Lodge, full of years, loaded with honors. passed on to immortality, and Mr. Butler was -&polnud to_succeed him in the ate of the United States. It has been said that this was the wish of Senator e. Senator Despite this statement by Mr. Coolidge, the members of the family of the late Senator Lodge are out for the nomination this year of Eben 8. Draper, Mr. Butler's principal opponent for the Republican nominaticn. The former President paid high tribute to Mr. Butler's business ability, honesty and loyalty. How much effect the Coolidge support will have remains to be seen. Probably considerable, for Mr. Coolidge still is ed by the great majority of the people of Massachusetts as the foremost citizen of the Bay State if not of the entire country. Doubtless the Republicans will seek Mr. Coolidge's aid after the nominations have been made and the general election campaign is on. The 10~ crats are hopeful that Al Smith, the idol of their y in Massachusetts, will come into the State to an address or two this Fall. Several Democratic leaders have said Mr. Smith will do so, but he has not personally confirmed this report yet. At all events, Massachusetts is to be one of the principal political battlegrounds of the country this year. * ok kK ‘The last of the party primaries will be held in the middle of October. Tomorrow Senatcr James Couzens will be renominated as Republican candi- date for the Senate in Michigan. The Nevada primary also takes place to- morrow. A week hence Arizona, Colo- rado, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Ver- mont and Washington all hold primary elections for State and congressional tickets. On September 16, the pri- maries take place in Wisconsin, Massa- chusetts and New York. 5 The campaign in Louisiana for the Democratic senatorial nomination has been bitter and vicious. Gov. Huey P. Long is running against Senator Rans- dell, who has a record of long and efficient service in both the Senate and the House. Long has been a storm center in Loulsiana politics for several years. He is seeking to litically afloat now by the entry into e United States Senate. If Long is defeated, he is to drop out of ht. While he has Governor an ort, was made to lm&nnh him. Whether he can rally sufficient votes to defeat ;l&mwr nl‘am';“them‘m be seen. ap) more or less unthinkable mmenu in the State. Out in California James Rolph, jr., mayor of San Francisco, sprang a dis- tinct surprise when he captured the Republican nomination for Governor last week. Gov. C. C. Young, who be- longs to the wing of the party headed by Senator Hiram Johnson, was de- feated, which will, doubtless, be inter- reted as a blow for the Senator. But Young also had the indorsement of the Anti-Saloon League as & dry. Rolph had declared himself & “Liberal,” with- out making any great play on the pro- hibition mue.‘ B‘I:t l,l': ‘Alafl-Sl oor; League promptly gave indorsemen to guov. E!uunl and turned its back on Rolph. There was a third candidate, also a dry, District Attorney Buron Fitts of Los Angeles, W] the back- 8¢ | when atmospheric Have we had the pleasure of serving you through our Washington Informa- tion Bureau? Can't we be of some help to you in your problems? Our business is to you with authoritative in- formation, and we invite you to ask us any question of fact in which you are terested. Send your inquiry to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Q. How Ion“ has cricket been played in England?—N. D. A. Cricket seems to have evolved slowly from an older game. It is prob- ably a mhuud form of club ball. It was cel ly being gl:yed under the name of cricket by boys of the Free School of Guildford as early as 1550. Q. Whose stable does the horse Pro- tector, which broke the world's record at the Bay State circuit races in Wind- sor, Conn., belong to, and who was the driver?—A. 8. A. The horse Protector is owned by Ralph R. Keeler, proprietor of the K Stable, Auburn, N, Y., and is trained and driven by Mr. Caton. <] Q What is Paul Mun's real name?— | "A.” Muni Wisenfrend is known in mo- tion pictures as Paul Muni. Q. Is it true that the Government will accept private donstions for the National Institute of Health?—M. M. van, under the provisions May 26, 1930, which authorizes the Gov- ernment to accept donations and® to create a system of fellowships, etc.. in the National Institute of Health. The object is to encourage post-grad of extraordinary ability, and to =4 them to follow permanently their scientific bent in the interests of humanity. Q. Is the Summer extremely hot in Jacksonville, Fla?—T, B, W. A. The temperature of Jacksonville is said to avoid the extreme of many more Northern seasons. The highest temperature recorded for the month of July is 104, while the average tempera- ture for the months of July and August for 33 years has been 82. Q. How many divisions of Negro troops had we during the war?—B. H. A. Therc were 42 divisions of Ameri- can troops durin~ the war, Of these 40 were white divisions, and two, the 92d and 93d, were Negro divisions, Q. Who was fusan Coolidge?—M. 8. ho:h s?e vu‘ the author of many , largely for young people, espe- cially girls. Her real n:mn was Sarah Chauncey ‘Woolsey, -and she was born in 1835 and died in 1905. Q. Why does a well sometimes seem to whistle and the water pressure change?—L. B. J. A. The phenomene. are largely the result of disturbance of the balance be- tween two forces—air pressure and hy- drostatic pressure. So delicate is the balance that some wells show dally fluctuations, accord'ag to the daily barometric changes. Around 3 a.m. and 4 pm., when atmospheric pressure is usually least, such wells exhale air, the water table tends to 7° : and flows tend to increase. Around 10 . and 9 p.m., pressure is usually greatest, such wells inhale air, the water table tends to drop and flows tend to lessen. Q. What is the purpose of the good- Iuc“k, b;x often leenwln a lemhe A.’ Among Orthodox Jews it is & com- home? | Af; mon custom to have & small box in the living room in which small sums of ‘money may be placed. While the money i\n these boxes is often used for private | purposes, the contents are more | quently, particularly 'y the Orthodox | Jews, devoted to the needs of the poor | Jews or for the Jewish cause in Pales- | tine, o. for the acquisition . land in | Palestine by the Zionist organization. There are a great many boxes put out | by she Ziorfet organization for this pur- ! pose, These are blue boxes, decorated with the Shield of David. Visitors to | the home frequently drop a small con- tribution in the box before leaving, and it is reported that the name “good-luck | boxes” originated in the custom of drop- | ping into the box gains from cards or other recreations. | Q How long is the mainspring of a | wateh?—P. M. | A. It straightened out, it would be about 2 feet long. Q. When was the Crom-Magnon man ' | discovered?—G. T. M. A. Four skeletons were discovered in the Dordogne area of the Crom-Magnon Cave, near Les Eyzies, France, in 1868. They indicated that a tall people with large skulls—larger than those of mod- ern man—had inhabited that part ef the world. Q. Is the silk hat, or high hat, a miodern article of dress>—R. G. o B e ettt o Rsbers worn 3 - dasher of the Strand, London, in 1797. It is recorded that its a| ce on the street caused s...h excitement that its wearer was arrested for disturbing the peace. Q. Has the King of England more than one crown?—T. D. A. He has Confessor’s crown, crown, and the imperial crown of Tndia. It is King Edward’s, or St. Edward's, crown as it s Lnown, which is the crown of England, and is the one used at Engl'-1 coronation ceremonies Q. How old is the Curb market in New York City"—S. V. A. It had its origin in 1792. Q. Where is tobacco grown in Can- ada?—C. C. T. A. It is grown '~ Quebec and On- tario, Q. Please differentiate between com- !dx ll’l\)d tragedy.—E. 8. . Drama is a composition in prose or in poetry, usually intended to be acted upon the stage, presenting a story by means of characters, and acting in" situations contrived to de- velop a plot, with such accessories as scenery, etc. Tragedy is that form of drama or of dramatic composition in whith the theme is solemn, lofty or pathetic, being a great action or series of acts. Comedy is that branch of dra- matic art that portrays laughable inei- dents or characters, or the lu 3 Lhe ntmcfli clrr the gay, in a familiar or umorous style. It is opposed to trag- edy or ceremonial drama. Q. Who is now at the head of the Pullman coms 2. K. . J. Frank Drake is chairman of the board of the Pullman corporation. Q. Is there a lan kn “Alrikaans™?— . B S . Afrikaans is the name given to the hn&uue spoken and wmm'.‘ by tle :i“eseen lnuh:g Du}:n:h. !;rfi;\é:h and Ger- an colon; who sel in South Africa prior to the British oocupn:t]on of 1806. It is also known as Cape Dutch ok m,‘deve;ulr]ed hfro:n Lhtha seven- centus ect | of Holland. i by i Radio’s Service Emphasized The Arctic’s cruel and easy i .. s over Andree three decades has stirred comment on the po t~.1 which radio has placed in the hands of man as he battles hature. Expeditions undertaken hardly a generation ago ap- pear “primitive” compared with :ga achievements of the modern adventurer. Looking at the ballor flight which ended so tragically on the Island of Fridtjof Nansen Land “in retrospect,” it suggests to the Syracuse Herald “the very extreme of dtive unprepared- ness and hazardous folly.” ~To the Omaha . ’orld-Herald 'l these men— Andree, Peary, Amundsen—"intrepid, fearless, death-defyin,” as they were, resented “primitive” explorer. “They will always be heroes for mental courage and un-ienchable thirst for adventure in the ri North; they braved perils seemingly stupendous in comparison with the object of their search; they seemed to dares!.. the love of daring, with the faseination of & terrible, insatiable spell of the Unknown upon them. In the pursult the precautions in the minds of human be- ings seemed to be waved aside and the whole stake made on the theory that destiny determines all, and therefore Wwhy hold back, why be afraid? * * ¢ Now the day of the dashing explorer is ended. We have more modern, well equipped scientific cxpeditions, with every precaution in the plan- ning and a motor that will roar its way in any temperature into any nown land. There will always be available warm clothing and the well cooked meals will be Delmonico compared with the rations of pemmican, fat and what- not of the old-time Arctic explorer, The mystery for the daring is out of the picture; somé other undreamed-of Un- known must provide the lure.” * ok ok % “Andree had no modern facilities for flight,” recalls the Newark Evi News, “but he took what was at han and made his bid. He failed, but he proved himself a man. A p.ignant story, but containing no element of cowardice.” The Evening News .feels that the discovery of those frozen bodies on White Island, in one of the most in- accessible spots in the Arctic, “is like harking back to early history,” and de- scribes it as “a solemn last chapter in a thrillin~ story of devotion to explora- ce of what proved to be “Andree and his men,” the New Orleans Mt ‘Tribune, “ventured as gallantly as any men tho ever lived. They assumed great risks in cutting themselves from earth with a hydrogen bag and trusting winds, which they hoj, d them across the Pol' and around the earth's curve to civilization again.” The Salt Lake Deseret News views this last development as “probably the most dra- matic of all tales of recovery, by reason of the long silence finally brokep and particulars of he 1.st lonely hours. The one yet unlocked mystery of North is the fate of the intrepid Amund- sen, by some believed to be yet alive, but by most regarded as invoived in a and to name dry candidates for office, In Massachusetts Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, prominent prohibition advocate, has issued a warning to Republicans gen- erally, while urging the voters to sup- port Butler, the dry candidate for the nization in the southern In a measure, this it possible ir support that | the thinks its name may be written in the Zuta safety deposit boxes. A Real Gamble. - The Navy Leegue of the United 2% From the Indianapolis Star. ‘The ¢ the Iake sore BeAe s i Compared Witk (e Jikelihood of catehing any fsh. Senate nomination, against Draper, the :'n‘ un.w 'l.‘ltl'ummo‘m that ouw'ge & narro territory along the Eastern Seaboard, the rest of the coun- Republican in 1“1%. ‘Tilton, however, i | to revise her view of the prohibition ituation 1f there are many more such to| April 25, to Humanit y by Andree Fate hopelessly unsolvable mystery;by reason of his airplane having “ur.ynm;ym d been lwnllom‘up bt".l the Polar Sea. * * “In the pre-wireless age,” declares the Richmond News wzl'. pathfinder was lucky if could news to the world within a year he reached his ‘farthest North' If lost his ship, every day on the ice was a gamble with death. Now the world knows where he is every moment as long as his radio operates, and if he goes down, not too far from his base, search- ers can_be looking for him within 48 hours. It is m old story now, but those who ere born before the age of radio never cease to marvel at the change the ;mploy:::n: ok‘arl;h.h:. .Any‘:urlm wave as m. in ging ice fleld to Main Street.” “The fact that Zndree had to depend on pigeons and floats to carry his mes- good outfit might easily have saved the lives of the party by keeping the world in touch with its progress and leading rescuers to its final camp.” “Andree was confident, but the world feared for him,” says the Oakland Trib- une. “The North was a mystery, and no one had ever made a balloon follow a course over a long distance. He et off. and there was no wireless to speak of his pru.ress. When he failed to r turn, romantic tales came from the North. Me-sages were found. Men be- lleved that somewhere in the wastes the Andree marty was alive. For months the hopes endured. In a day when alr- planes and dirigible have crossed the P(‘)1 “‘:hefln “hpglou" ullrwnfi: ‘worl v fly, the mystery of a sertal expedition -into the North is * ok ok % ‘The history of exploration in the region where Andree landed is reviewed by the San Antonio Exvress with the statement: “Several well equipved ex- peditions visited there between 1898 and “fl:f including those led by ce B. Baldwin and Anthony ? last three sailed under the American flag, and vainly endeavored to reach the North Pole. Capt. Umberto i, an Italian navy officer serving d Duke of the Abruszi. resched 86 4m1:'%nm=|'xm m |-csmae&n 3 a eV over e ice from the Stella % r. Rol A the Stars and Stripes at the Pole itself. He had reached thpe“ml which Andre'e sought.” R Weather Out of Control. From the Toledo Blade. AD. 1930 will long be remembered as the year the weather got beyond control of the meteorologists. ——o——— Just How High? From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The battle for congressional seats is to be fought largely by radio, emblem- atic, perhaps, of the fact that both parties are fairly well up in the ——————e——— A Bet They Missed. Prom the Haverhill Evening Gazette. %&Mmbflumm iture. but not one provided rain. Yet will farmers t& vote for them. —————— Time for Fuel. | From the Oakland Tribune. Arguments big game tick- ets having started, it is time to order the Winter fuel. g Reserving Ratification. Prom the Ann Arbor Datly News I only with reservations. -