Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY . . .September 4, 1980 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star N per Company 11th St. !lul:tlinflnn‘! 'I:nll Ave, New 3 oe? 110 hn 4and & or} Ghicaso uropea; Rate by Carrier Within Oity. B Frovine star . K per moxith-| and Sun: ar dass) . 60¢ Der month- The Evening and Sunddy’ Siar (when 5 Fundays) ... ade at of a: +.8Bg per month | eal §iders may be sent in by mail or tional 5000, the sc -.5¢ per copy e menth. | | Kate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, fly and Sunda 1yr.$10.00; 1 mio.. s8¢ 7 only 1¥r.!"36.00: 1 mo.. 50c inday only . 1 mo.. 40c 10l 400, All Oth d Cana ily only . i nday only $500; 1 mo.s Member of the Associated Press: ] The Associated Press is exclusively entitled | to the use for republication of all news dis- atches credited 10 JL OF 1Ot Otherwise cied- ted in this paper and also the local news published herein. - All 1izhts of publication of | &pecial dispatches herein are also teserved. | er States an S0¢ Street Railway Losses. The 78 per cent loss in net revenue | reported for July, 1930, by the Wash- ington Railvay & Hlectric Co. was| shown to be nearer 30 per cent when a rental item was included in the month's accounts, as it had been for the same- month in 1929. And the identical 78 per cent loss in net revenue reported by the Capital Traction Co. is likewise shown to be closer to 50 per cent when an item set down as $6,395, represent- ing loss involved in car tokens sold at the old rat> of fare but used under the mew rate of fare, is excluded. This item could as well have been spread over the twelve months’ operation and the amount is only estimated. But a 30 per cent loss and a 50 per eent loss reflect a serious enough condi- tion on the part of the car companies The only compensating factor is that the new and higher rate of fare was charged for ten days of the month, and the full effect of the fare on the num- ber of passengers carried cannot be gauged. Next month’s operations should show pretty well how much the higher fare, added to the taxicab and other eompetition, has done to lower street car patronage. Whether fewer people are riding the cars now than would be riding them under the old rate of fare Temains a matter of conjecture. ‘The loss of passengers by the Cap- #tal Traction Co. for the month of May was 337,677 and the net revenue loss ‘was $23,309, compared with the same | month of the year preceding. For July the loss of passengers was 414,840 | and the net revenue loss was $17,631. | This would indicate that the higher | fave, even for the ten days of the month, reduced the revenue loss de- spite a continued and growing loss of revenue passengers. Amnd from this reasoning it is possible to credit one poble deed at least to the higher fares, for things are not as bad as they might be. ‘The significant figures, however, will Ule in comparisons of revenue passengers carried In August with those of July. Making allowances for the seasonal Buctuations expected under normal con- ditions, it is important to find whether the companies bave actually reduced street car patronage by the higher fare. At best, the higher fare seems to have served merely to reduce losses in revenue 00 | Horn, exgicrer, are coming across from tic, or they have slowed up in movement and’ have been: virtuslly dis- | sipated by the: time: they: have reached. the Plorida comst. ‘The fact that the ‘wind. rater of the bwiricane at Santo has been estimated at one hundred and fifty miles an hour— though such a: figure may be an: ex~ aggeration due to excitement—suggests that the storm was possibly at its height at that point and that it may fade as it moves westerly, Seemingly Porto Rico, so cruelly hurt by ame of thete Caribbean hurricanes a few years ago; has escaped: devastation: The center of the storm seems to have vassed to the west of that island; which has thus been spared a crushing :low. ——— Andree’s Diary. Bits of information regarding the contents of Andree's diary found with his body on White Island, east of Spitz- bergen, & few weeks ago by Gunnar Norway. Not much has yet been dis- closed' regarding the story told by the writings found with the remains of Andree’s party. But it is fairly defl- nitely established that the balloon in which they ce. out from Danes Island on ti. wesl coast of Spitzbergen very soon was disabled and the explorers were forced to make a landing. Just where they descended and how is not yet told. Later those details probably wil: be forthcoming. The three: men then made their way southward with such provisions as they could: carry on their backs: THhey had: no dogs and no sledges. It was a desperate chance they had to take, but it was the only onc possible for them. It proved to be a forlorn hope. That they made their way as far as they did so close to Spitz- bergen is remarkable. One of the three succumbed, it would seem, some days before the others, Frankel being the first to fall. Then Andree and Strind- berg reached White Island and there they too perished, perhaps eight weeks after the collapse of their balloon. That they lived so long is a marvel of human endurance. Andree appears to have taken the most determined precautions: to pre- serve his diary, in the hope, it would seem, that some day it would be found with his body. He wrapped it in straw and cloth, a bit of underclothing, and strapped it to his back. This is the third ,volume: that was found and was discovered underneath his body only. when the remains were examined on the arrival of the Bratvaag at Tromsoe. It wa. evidently Andree’s last thought tha’ the tragic story should be preserv~ ed. not for self-exaltation, but in the interest of science. e Alice and Irene. Alice and Irene Steff of Portsmouth, N. H, showed the true American spirit when they ran into their father's or- chard and picked up a chart which had been dropped by the French plane, the Question Mark, on its way to New York. 1t is seldom that souvenirs of authen- tic value fall into one's back yard. But when they do it is essential that they be picked up before some one else finds them. Alice and Irene were “on the job,” as the phrase of the moment has it. The moment they saw a white something-or-other fall from the far mous international plane they ran into the orchard and were lucky enough to find the chart at once, It was a small, but remarkable, souve- nir. But in some respects the two young, girls who found it are more interesting. l freight and Dr. Dornies’s creation has already demonstrated its air ability. This ex- perfment will show whether it can be ‘rated equally seaworthy. The DO-X designer claims that the ship can ride ajmost any sea if it takes the waves hemd on, but is skeptical of the result, | 5 not to the body but to the wings, should a huge sea be takem broadside. When the DO-X anchors to its mother ship on the Atlantic some night next month this most importamt point can be de- termtined. . A hundred and ffty-sevem foot wingspread womld seem to afford & tempting surface for playfulness by the waves and it cannot but be felt that dire results will follow should one of the wingtips take on a half a ton or so of water. Regardles of all this, however, an expectant world is awaiting' the flight across the Atlantic of this Imige vessel of the air. ——— o The Drought. A recent\novel gives its author's spec- ulation upen what would happen if fecundity siiould come to an end in the human race. About one hundred years is given for the end of man. But far femer years would be required to end life in ¢his world if the drought should remain permanent. No doubt it would require miany more months for men to realize that dryness had be- come a fact of Nature, not just an ah- normality. ‘What would happen them is any one’s their Jcorrespondingly ‘greater pay load i | passengers. BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. One does not loan books, but just ives them away. I ‘That 1s the experience of most book- + lovers, ‘The old joy of loaning books to one's friends has disappeared, because no one thinks of returning a ‘“borrowed” book any longer. , Pnendzhx. Dot _being able to im nd&hl-“lea ¢ & lending library, And there is nothing much that ean be_dome about it. Two friends were talking over their coffee. 1 don’t loan books any more," d one. " said the And sail “You can't loan thes other. “You just give them away. get no credit for it.” * K ok ok In the good old days—will that phrase ever go out of style?—a book- lover increased his pleasure twofold from s given book Dby loaning it to a friend. ‘Then he was able to laok forward to disct it with the new reader, and, when volume was returned, he had the pleasure of actually talking it over with him. Perhaps books were taken more seri- ously then; we do not know. It is only natural that the tremendous increase in the number of them printed since the Great War s| have some effect. Per] this is it, that no one values an individual book any more. It used to be that most readers valued the books they not only for their content, mhmulvu. as_indi- vidual examples of the art of the printer. speculation. Whether tie permanent drought would be ascribed to a plain intervention of Deitly, or be attributed to natural causes, would be left to every man’s education, heart and brain. That thousands of persons would begin to hoard water and all types of drinks. containing it, as all drinks do, would be inevitable, With all water hoarded for drinking purposes, the world of men would be- come dirty and diseased. Citles would become unhabitable. Utilization of sea water, by power of invention, might save for a time the doomed life of this globe. It is not without the bounds of speculation that animals might owerrun the cities in a mad attempt to get water. The present dry spell has led many a quiet home circle to some such specu~ Iations as: these. ‘Ehe quieting thought is that such bad dreams have no basis, as far as the world knows, in actualfty. ‘Tomorrow -the sun will rise, as it always has, and some day, and probably when we least suspect it, a real min will descend upon the country and the drought of 1930 will be & memory. In the meantime it is well to feel sure that “Ged’s in His heaven, all's right with the world.” e o The genius of the Far North world is stupendous and compelling, but it turns to tragedy and is the more im- pressive because it is the gemius of struggle and not of smiling. — e Farm relief recalls the words of dis- tinguished statesmanship designating the point at which political economy was confronted no longer by a theory, but by & condition. ————— There are moments when & touch of e supercilious is warrantable. The best way to treat a September ther- | mometer is to try not to notiee it. ———— Chicago politicians are said to have Ln mind the adoption of “Me and My Shadow” as & theme song. They exemplify the instant reaction of Pl ety rather than turn loss into gain. And |the people of this Iand toward the thrill| It is frequently repeated that aviation that was not what the companies asked for. Mr. Roberts’ Appointment. In selecting William A. Roberts for the newly created office of special &s- sistant corporation counsel, handling the legal work of the Public Utilities Commission, the Commissioners have recognized the good record of this young man as a & mber of the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Associations and its Advisory Council, and at the same time have obtained the services of an attor- ney whose specialized duties with the Interstate Commerce Commission should make him valuable in the work now confronting the local utilities body. ‘With William McK. Clayton, Mr. Rob- erts has taken a leading part in the proceedings of the federation, especial- ly as they concerned the regulation of local utilities, The position he now fills broadens his opportunity to serve the people of the community and calls for the full exercise of the abilities that heretofore have been given the city to a necessarily limited extent. ‘The Star wishes him good luck, and success. r———————— Failure of the peach crop cheers dry sentiment with the assurance that there wiil be no peach brandy. Adver- tisement, however, indicates an abun- dance of apples which may make hard | cider dangerously available. The wicked as well as the righteous find faith in the laws of average, ———— New and greater developments in aviation were freely predicted by Lind- bergh, who was wise enough to know that human courage and endurance are constant factors and that methods and mechanisms must continually improve. B A Caribbean Hurricane. The very name of a West Indies hur- ‘rieane is terrifying, and the announce- ment that has just come that one of these devastating storms is now raging suffices to cause distress and fear in the Southeastern part of this country, which has been so often in the past the vie- tim of these visitations. All that is known of the storm at present is that # has done untold damage in Santo Domingo, particularly in the capiral. which has been in a late report indicated to have been almost eompletely demolished. The destruc- tion of communications prevents the receipt of details, or even of the broad facts of the situation. Ap- parently, the hurricane is moving on a northwesterly course, whieh would earry % across the Bahamas. 1If it should per- sist in that direction and maintain its ! ferocity it might concefvebly cause a disaster in Florids. Experience fai’s to tndicate the probable outcome. Some- times these furlous storms, created in the Caribbean, a prolific breeding place ot cyclonic disturbances, gather strength #s they move toward the mainland, and it 1s such storms that have done of the moment. The occasion was historic, the day was fine and the aviators had come far, but far below were millions of persons interested in both plane and fiyers. The heart of America beat with that of| Prance. Perhaps the names of Alice and Irene may come to symbolize; not just souvenir hunters of an unusual kind, but young Americans typical of their country’s friendship. ————s Some of the experts in “efficiency” are being appealed to for decision whether age limitations are to cause dismissal of intellectual experience and leave the world to be conducted by infant prodi- r——— Boviets have s free hand in Russia. Any aspirations they may cherish of setting an examble in government for the benefit of the entire world are ab- solutely unhindered. A political raily is a little like a camp meeting in convincing a community that it has suddenly started out anew on the road to perfection, - The Flight of the DO-X. Passengers on the projected Atlantic flight of the famous Dornier flying boat will have the unique experience of riding in the air by day and spending at least one ht on the heaving open ocean in the same craft if present plans are carrled out. The DO-X, as Dr. Claudius Dornler's revolutionary ship is technically named, is the biggest airplane of any type ever constructed. It has accommodations for one hundred passengers and with its twelve motors developing more than seven thousand horsepower it flashes through the air at a top speed of one hundred and forty miles an hour. In a test on Lake Con- stance about a year ago the DO-X, car- rying one hundred and sixty-two per- sons, took the air in thirteen seconds and stayed up more than an hour with its load of approximately sixty tons. ‘The Atlantic flight, which is sched- uled to begin early next month, will be an ambitious and daring attempt of the plane’s designer to prove that the DO-X possesses to & safe degree both sea- worthy and airworthy qualities. And in order to do this a midocean stop be- tween Bermuda and the Azeres will be attempted with the huge plane riding out the night on Kirr Neptune's broad swells. A boat has cady been char- tered to meet the plane at & designated spot between the islands. From this vessel the DO-X will take on gasoline and oil for sn early start the following morning. While the number of passengers and crew on the epochal voyage have not been dstermined, it is a certainty that all who are lucky enough to participate will have an interesting experience. Dr. Dornler's idea is that huge planes of this type, flying to America by way of is only in its infancy, but what a vigor- ous, growing infant it is! ——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Battle of the Ballots. Said Tim with a smile, “Bvery once in & ‘while ‘We would vote in the home far away. We would first sing a tune and the ar- gument soon Worked up to & general fray. Election right here isn's half so severe, To the ladies we're very polite. It's & course to admire. But I pause to inquire, ‘Is this what you're callin’ & fight?’ “Somebody will teach with an elegant speech ‘The picture of earnest repose. ‘The conflict, we hear, ‘has become most, severe. Debating with eloquence glows. We're glad to assert that nobody was hurt, And the state will be guided aright.’ It is simple and neat, but I pause to repeat, “‘Is this what you're callin’ a fight?’” Shadows. “Have you ever been shadowed?” “Not that L know of,” answered Sen- ator Sorghum. “Maybe I'll give the idea a try-out yet. It may enhance my prestige to give out the impression that I have something under cover of great public importance.’ Jud Tunkins says you can tell your troubles to & policeman if you want to, but, after a drought, tellin’ 'em to a banker may do you more good. Summer of 19 The good old Summer time they say By heat was sadly spoiled, And I can scarcely tell, today, If I've been baked or broiled. Art Development. “Have the standards of journalism improved?” “I think so,” answered the veteran press agent. “When I was young in the game, an editor was satisfled to have his pockets filled with circus tickets. Now he wants to go to grand operas and symphony concerts.” “To complain of the weather,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “is an idle pastime in which the rivalry con- sists in ascertaining who ean be most uncomfortable.” ‘Troubles. A psychoanalyst I know Sald, “Unto me your troubles show.” I said in a sarcastic tome, “Have you no troubles of your own?” “Don’t imagine you kin put yohself over all yoh fellow men,” said Uncle Eben, “unless you is one o' dese here the Azores and with enough stops to make the carying of large quantities of Again the the greatest injury in Florida. they have either swung out of norMwesterly covr-e end :—} =asdPto spend (3 i fuel unnecessary, would make a com- mercial service entirely feasible, The north- small amount of zasoline and ofl neces~ pe wol'ing a parachute Allan- sary for short hops would permit a back-if-it-doesn’t-worl natural-born aviationers. e Zero Guarantees. From the, Loutsville Times. Zera in'the way of a guarantee would There are, of course, thousands of ms who still feel that way about fi’-. On the other hand, there are millions of readers who simply do. not know whas you are talking about when | you speak of treasuring a book for its own sake. * K K ok “Why should you buy & book when you can borrow it?” they will ask, not in an attempt to be comtroversial, but genuinely seeking information. T do net understand. Surely no one would be such & fool, they think, as to spend his own good money for & book, when he can get the same thing from a circulating library? ‘That any one who contemplates read-: ing a given book but once should pur- chase it is, for these readers, the height of folly. . “Why, I only want to read it once— why should I buy it?” they declare. To explain to them just why one wants to own a book, to keep it, to love it, is as impossible as it is to tell a cer- tain type the value of a college educa- tion. Often a young man who enters college secures & room at the home of worthy but uneducated people. After he has| been there several months he finds him- | self invited down to the “living room.” He has been accepted. But still there | remains a background of misunder- standing. At last one day the head of the house puts the question, “What do you expect to get out of your college course?” If the young man is wise—| wiser than his years—he will smile pleasantly and pass up the question and its answer. If he attempts to tell them, they will be more mystified than ever. L ‘The same thing holds true with books, except that perhaps one may do a bet- ter job of answering the question, why one should want a book of his own. We find that there are, in the main, two classes of le in the world, those who are individualistic and those who are communistic. We use these words in their larger, not their political, sense. ‘The man of individualistic turn of mind wants his own of everyt! . The reader who doss not worry whether others have pawed over the same Vol ume is a book communist, It is neces- sary to say that this differentiation presupposes no balancing of values. One is not declared better than the other. All that is said is that the two are different. The bookiover who wants his own books r=fuses to borrow them, not be- cause borrowing is not good, but be- cause he wants to possess his own. Whether he reads it once or many times makes no difference. He has found that it is impossible to assess books accord- ing to what one may or may not get ous of them. There is more to a good book than that. He has discovered that as much de- pends upon what one puts into them as what one takes out of them. The mere taking has little to do with it Many of his best books he has read but once. A few, whose very titles have done him good, he has never read at all, and never means to. Thelr presence upom his sheives is enough. E One only keeps what he gives away, such is a favorite conclusion of mem of good will, of all times and races. But it scarcely applies to books. One only has what he keeps in the beautiful land of bookdom. That is why the joy has gone out of as most acquaintances they are not so de- of being investigated themselves. *xoxow The Republican senatorial nominee in TMinols 1s a resourceful woman, She must realize that the Senate, which declined to seat Smith of Il- linois and Vare of Pennsylvania be- | cause of excessive expenditures in their plus side harges of corruption, may have difficulty bring- ing itself to seat her, should she be ate stage when they fail | tha turn a borrowed volume. Jover will continue to insist that books are not so much coal, to be purchased by the ton, used up and the ashes out. dug:ekds as coal are a failure, but books as friends are things to be kept as close as possible, to be cherished, and never let go. Often the ideal is not feasible. Life has a queer way of taking one's books away from one. They disappear and even their best friend cannot tell what has become of them. One vanishes, although the best care has been taken of it. The writer here treasured for years a copy of Lucre- tius’ “Of the Nature of Things.” It was never loaned, it was never out of sight, and yet one day it “turned up missing.” From that day to this no one has seen it. We would find it impos- sible to explain to any one just why that copy can never be replaced. be quite honest about it, we don’t know ourself why it can’t be replaced—but it cannot. * K ok K The end of the book-loaning era among friends must bring sadness te those who recall the days when a new book was mot only an adventure but so an o) ity. uumm does mot; loan, but adopts one of two policies—he simply recommends the book, or presents & copy of it. ?{ he does the former he runs the risk of being too enthusiastic and thus killing the book for his friend. If he makes a presentation (which, of course, he does if he “loans”) he must beware of praising the book too much. He should not forget that the very act of presentation says as plainly as words, “Here is a book I feel sure you will like.” There are, thank Heaven, still a nums | ) ber of good borrowers in the world. ‘These take care of the books loaned them, appreciate them, read them with an open mind and return them at last. Happy is the friend of books whe knows one or two of these. They keep alive in him an ancient faith and warm his soul when no one else will. Te them he may still loan books. Highlights on the Ede World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands worn-out cars. Even after all the usable of | or salvageable parts are removed from can afford little protection. The track s constantly to all the vicissitudes of the weather—to wind and storms, to rain and sun, to these manifesta- the vehicles, the greater portions thereof must still be disposed of, and this is pecomplished in many coast cities by taking large rafts loaded with these use- less cars out to sea and sinking them. In the inland cities of North America and [vast heaps of these cars, made with i) to sleepers rails. But these are fiu the only Jeiop-r- dies to which a rallway system is ex- posed. Herds of buftalo used to impede trafle on the American plains. Leco~ motives with all their power were he'?' less against them. In Bohemia, the army worm recently eaptured a streteh of track, marching seross the rails in such vast multitudes that the wheels of the trains could make no progress against them. In Australia and South Africa, ants, both white and red, are & constant menace, devouring the ties bed, as do and stream. Dangers from floods and land- inat™ T4 1 wbmost an 1 ot s amle z as - and inanimate forces and ele- ments of Nature were in league to produce trafic hin P Police to Man Fast Boats on Thames. The Daily Herald, London.— The River Thames flying squad will soon be a reality. High-powered motor boats issued to the river police, ca- pable of 20 miles per hour and con- structed for speedy maneuve: v will carry powerful searchl for night work. This is an attempt to pre- vent riverside robberies and smuggling from ships in the lower reaches of the Thames—crimes which have shown a | big increase recently. PR Folitical Rowdyism Must Be Banished. Der Bayrische Kurler, Munich.—Po- | litical rowdyism is an evil that must speedily be banished from the civil functions of the state. Our government should be dignified in all its menifesta- tions and should permit nothing that is either dangerous or ridiculous in the be- havior of its representatives. We have been too ready to overlook the umseemly | f utterances and actions of some parties, particularly the National-Socialists and the Communists, who are at any time to make resolutions that. are erous and to do things which are erratic, simply for the p of at- tracting attention and gaining support from the submerged quotas of our pop- ulation. The extreme Right and the extreme Left of the National Chambers are equally blameworthy in these particu- lars. They seem to consider it their duty to oppose any legislation, however | Under the the aid of derricks, are sprayed with oil and burned, Such are some of the comsequences of excessive production! R Plan to Arouse Interest in English Language. Imparcial, Montevideo.—The Clerical Union of Trades and Commerce will shortly hold what they denominate their “English week.” The preliminary meet~ Ing to arrange a program will be pre- sided over by Dr. Emilio Frugoni. The purpose of this week is to arouse inter~ est in the English language, a tongue so necessary, especially for those who come constantly in contact with the English- speaking visitors to Montevideo. One of the present requirements for railway and steamship “ticket sellers is a knowls edge of English and it is proposed te extend this qualification to collectors and mechanics on the tramways. Dur- ing “English week” drill in compre~ hending and answering short English sentences regarding locations and direc- tions will be emphasized chiefly. * ok ok % Games of Chess Dates 5,000 Years Before Christ. Kuo Min (Tramsocean), Yokohama.— A Chesshoard 7,000 years old was found in the tomb of the Egyptian high priest, Jarso Ankh. Besides the mummy and the chessboard the tomb contained statues of the priest and his wife. From this find it would appear that the game dates from a period of at least 5,000 years before Christ and that it is of and not Persian or Chinese as considered before. ‘The ancient sto: of the man whe agreed to pay & by placing a grain of wheat upen the first square of & chessboard, two grains on the second. four grains on the third, eight grains on the fourth, etc., seems also to have been Egyptian origin. The calculation, thus carried out, will be discovered to require, long before the sixty-fourth square is reached, more wheat possibly than has ever been produced in all the ‘world. * ok ok K Fagging Has Ms Advantages. ‘The Evening Times, Glasgow —It I8 difffeult to generalize about fagging ab public schools, for the systems er 30 radically. Roughly speaking, there are L " te'" systema. , each new beneficial, save their own, and to oh- | boy, struct other desirable functions of the government, but when it comes to lead- ing the working classes astray with false sympathy, erocodile tears and unsafe civic formulas they are exceedingly ac- tive and energetic. Parades in uniform are an impertant part of their political training. It u';u'nlflclnt that the National- Eocialists and the Communists are the only parties having regular uniforms. Whenever there is opportunity to ap- pear in public they are there and in their vlnllg-y trappi t;)'..l.;mh the es of the people. z not feel mt guiding the destin! of the country is akin to waging war ;‘rr m'hnt v‘lh-nu:hey -';‘mr in u.v-pr.u:- c function they must appear - diers. Governmental hnhutxhus( in- difference among those of who should be more alert about conditions bas virtually the very worst enemlies of .the state. We utter this warning with decp concern for the welfare of the Fatherland. * % % % Consequences Of Overproduction. A Noite, Rio de Janeiro.—Some idea of the extent to which automobiles are manufactured in the United States may be obtained from the reports our eoantry of the found in the disposing of wrecked and ficer or he remains for all pur- peses, owing no allegiance to any other. The connection persists until the senior boy leaves, The fag then passes to an< other master, but on the average will not serve more than two during his whele period of menial employment. It any objection is taken to fagging as & souree of harsh treatment of small boys, this is_the form most open to critis cism. But at its best the relation of the ies | elder brother, Mu. The Public Is Rolled.. Prom the Canton Repository. the Senat :Pll‘ml‘:‘t:" hould e latter should be against Mrs. M(:Colmlck'mllm.lm seated, she might have a very diffi- cult time entering the Senate portals, If the Democrats gain several more seats. as they may do in *he coming election, it would not make the situa- tion any easier for her. * ok ox % President Hoover's decision to make four addresses in October is widely in- terpreted today as meaning that he Will defend his own administration in the last month of the congressional campaign. He accepted invitations to Te | SPeak at the American Legion Conven- tion in Boston and at Kings Moun- tain, N. C., a long time nouncement of his inten to speak at a meeting of the American Federa- tion of Labor in Boston and at a meet- ing of the American Bankers' Asso clation in Cleveland did not come U e ci quite clear that the Hoover ministration is to be made as r-r.t g:ulble an issue in the ea by th Democrats and b the administration is to be the issue, it is quite understandable that the President may wish to get before the country his own statements in rd to his policies and what he has to carry them out. The blicans could have no better mout than the President to put forward their claims for preference in the coming election. What the President of the United States has to say is always Wwidely published and widely heard hese days, and is likely to draw the attention of the entire country, LR Desperate battles for senaf nomi- nations are by no :lfl i this th party. One of e contested campaigns the most bitterly comes to a close next Wednesday when hhl‘lndz m the prim: in Georgia voters o::l{hu Democratic party cl wee! Senatc Harris mmw: g.nv. S o= e ago al time celebra Frank case. s:a:' . its and did not desert his party’s na ticket in 1928. He is campaigning on his record for the last dosen years the ‘Senate and 1 Jam o inds are ns. into the. alleged. penditures of Mr. Slayton. " * ok % % Slayton s a man of and Harris and Bis’ supposters fusi that they are battiing odds in that respect. Slayton has the support of fq‘rmer Gov. Hardwick and ' other outs” who would like to get control of politics in Georgia. From an im- g:rull source in Georgia it was learned re that the chances for Harris ap- g:nr 8ood, although there is a real ttle on in_ the State. The Demo- cratic nomination in Georgla is equiva- lent to election, as it is in Mississippi, for example, where Senator Pat Harri- son was renominated entirely without opposition. Senator Joe Robinson of Arl , the Democratic leader of the Senate and vice presidential nominee of his party in 1928, came contest with flying colors. returns showed that he defeated his opponent by 133,000 votes and that he carried every county in the State. Morris Sheppard of Texas is another ?:wuc Senl'i.l‘)rl whdo,“IMIa he had n, overwhelmes » winning b more than half a million votes. i * ok ok X ‘Two Democratic nominees for the Senate from widely separated localities, who were in was Robert J. , the nominee in Ohio, and the other was Harry H. Schwarts, sevatorial nominee in Wyoming. Bulkley, who run- 0 is ning against Senator McCulloch in | & Ohio, is stand: on a wet platform. Schwartz is h?!mmng of the gy Itéu and r"wfi opposed by former lov. Carey of 'yoming, accounted a dry. In both States, therefore, the liquor question will have its bearing on the outcome of the election. Both the Democratic candidates were here in conference with Senator Tydings of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. They gave him good reports of the situation from the 'moeratic point of view in their respective States. Mr. is not counting alone on the wet issue to pull him through in Ohio this year. He is counting more particularly on the depression in and un- he says. According to ple are out of work today in the Buckeye State than be has ever seen before. Mr. Schwartz commented also on unemployment in his State, although it is not an industrial State by any means. - x ok K % ‘The battle of words being conducted between the leaders of the Republican party and the leaders of the Democratic party over the publicity put out by the Democratic National Committee through its director of publicity, Charles Michel- son, for many years Washington corre- spondent of the New York World, is not likely to win or lose any elections. Mr, Michelson has been unusually suc- cessful in having published far and wide in the newspapers of the country the interviews he has put out, quoting Democratic Senators and Representa- tives, Jouette Shouse, chairman of the to | discrimination against the Great Britain and Ireland than any 5 | American Executive Committee; John J. Raskob, Democratic National other party leaders. That, en, is the and the same | prin reason Mr. ‘was ted director of publicity for the | actual, The Republicans let the ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC may ‘hun!-mrn'u relu’ -uonenif be, - e Wikt s 4539 g o ’;;'nml f."z- ter. your question clearly and briefly, inclose two-cent stamp fo re- ummam.udmmsur, Q. Why is there no more alcohol in near beer>—M. E. G. A. The Bureau of Chemistry says that in the manufacture of near beer, beer is made and the alcohol is reduced to one-half of one per cent. Q. How are the shapes and contours of countries establ! ?>—N. O. A. The shapes and contours of the continents - and of the separate coun- tries have been determined by careful surveys. The governments of all the principal nations have undertaken sur- veys based on exact triangulation and hl]vlle published maps showing their re- sults, Q. Do the French refer to the caolors fll;.h;k flag as “red, white and blue”? T A. They reverse the expression and say “blue, white and red. Q. How much do the doors on a bank vault weigh?—D. W. A. The w& of the doors on bank vaults may range anywhere from 200 pounds to 40 tons or more. Suc! are made of laminated steel: is, layers of chrome steel alternated with Ilayers of softer steel. Q. When a man has a fur farm, are the animals he raises constdered domes- e P ey i L Ir- g animals bred d raised on fur farms are considered :fid animals in captivity, and not domesti- ::atrd stock in the ordinary use of the erm, ' Q. When was the first practical machine gun made?—L. A, A first modern practical machine gun was invented by Dr. Gat- ling of Chicago in 1862, and it was put into general use about 1870, Q. How high is Chilkoot Pass?— aen, ¢ B A. ‘This pass through the coast ran in Southern Alaska between Dyea e the headquarters of the Yukon is 3,502 feet above sea level. Q. How much weight will a too) bear?—M. W. " i A. A pontoon will carry 62.5 pounds of weight, including its own, for every cubic foot of water it displaces. . Why is the word Celestials used when of the Chinese?—J. McK. iz :gmed by The sitls Tics 3 n Chso (Hea Dynasty), which is a popular name for the Chinese Empire. Q. Was the statue of St. Joan at in Becon County, Wales. It is composed of two J. HASKIN. | Welsh words, “Bryn” me and “Mawr” me: “b nawme meaning “big hill | Q. Are people with long faces usually | tall?—A, L. K. A. Dr. McDonald says that the long face ypes more frequently with superior iing “hill” the whole | height. while a projecting, flat or short | face is found more frequently in short persons. Q. Whkh country has produced the most silvir?—S. g‘y A. In tie last 500 years Mexico has produced wore silver than any other | country in the world. . Who frsvented the machines that newspapers and books?—R. H. A. The foling of printed sheets for and newspapers was performed | by hand unijl (Cyrus Chambers, jr., of | Philadelphia/ inwented a practical fold- | ing machine in J856. Q. Is music printed from type or is |1t done from engr.oved plates?—D. E. | A Inexpensive music is usually | printed from type. (The better class of music is reproduced’ from plates. | Q. Should hot water be used in wash- | ing a refrigerator>—N."* 3. A. Tepid water in whivh baking seda [ has been dissolved in f\ae proportion of a teaspoonful to one-haif gallon of | water has been found to be the best | agent. Q. How long did it take Cicero to | deliver his first oration agamst Cata- line’—M. P, C. ; « A, Acccrding to the estimate of mod- ern orators, it required probably about one hour and a half to deliver. Q. When was Miles Standish born and when did he die?—R. K. A. Miles Standish was a Mayflower Pilgrim. He was born in England about | 1584 and died in Duxbury, Mass., Oc- | taber '3, 1656. Q. Do many countries use a decimal system of coinage?—A. C. N, A. Most of the leading countries use a decimal system with certain modifi- cations. Great Britain and India are notable exceptions. The United States led the way when its coinage was llsd:g)l(‘d. and France followed before . Q. What is disestablishmentarian- ism?—D.. D. A. It pertains to the annulling of the establishment of the' church generally, | including disendowment. The word dis- | establishmentarianism came into use when the Church of Iseland was dis- established. § Q. What countries are represented | here by Ambassadors?—J. E. G. | A. The following nations @re repre | sented in this country by ssadors. They are given in the order af length of service: Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Cuba, France, Chile, Belgium, Burkey, Germany, Japan, Poland, Great Brit- ain, Peru and Argentina. Argentina is not at present represented by an Ambassador, but by the counselor of embassy, who is acting as charge d'affaires ad interim. Q. How much corn is fed to stock?— J. H. N. A. In 1927 the com fed to stock amounted to 2,524,407,000 bushels. New Princess Raises Query As to Succession in Britain raises question whether the future ruler Great Britain is Hkely to be a Queen rather than the King that has been considered inevitable. Plans that may be made by the nation and the royal family are discussed in connection with the attitude of the Prince of Wales toward the establishing of a family. “Now that woman suffrage is fully established in the United Kingdom,” suggests the Springfield Republican, “feminist sentiment would seem to be under a special strain because of the the throne in the female line still recog- nized by the law. The Salic law was never operative in Great Britain; the British have had, their Queens Elizabeth and Victoria as rulers in the completes’s sense of sovereignty. Yet princes are still preferred to princesses when there are princes available. A reigning queen becomes constitutionally possible only when the supply of princes, recognized by law as in the direct line of succes- sion, has run out. Thus, constitutional- , Great Britain lags behind United States in the sense that there is now no constitutional impedi- ment to the election of a woman as President, while there is one to the succession of a woman to the throne. In practice, however, the infant prin- | cess born at Glamis Castle has a better chance of bécoming the sovereign of woman has of - becoming President of the United States during the next century.” “Should both Wales and York pre- decease their father,” says the Charles- ton Evening Post, “Prince ., Duke of Gloucester, would be the heir ap- parent. If the succession should de- volve upon the Duke of York, however, Prince George would fall out of line and the children of the duke. at pres- ent two small princesses, would be each & potential queen. The new baby, then, has a chance, but a very slim one of becoming queen. Well, of the seven sons of old George III there came at the last onlv the young Victoria to wear the crown of Great Britain and Ireland d the imperial diadem of India. Give the little girl a hand.” * ok ok X Referring to the report that “the Prince of Wales agreed to forsake his bachelor's state unless the child born in Glamis Castle were a boy,” the Mem- phis Commereial Appeal holds that, “the story does not sound convincing,” and adds: “The Prince has shown no in- cl to bend to the dictates of royal conventions for the sake of mere conformity. Perhaps he may feel that England will prosper under another Queen. even as in the days of Elizabeth and Victoria.” ~Yet the Minneapolis Star thinks that “the dearth of future male heirs to the British throne is probably now a matter of considerable wvrry“ to loyal B;lwn:l." ‘“The Prince of Wales,” aecording to the St. Louis Times, “has had a tem- peramental aversion to marriage, and it is appareat that this is constitutional, for he says that the next King, should he die betimes, might be one of his brothers, and he can exist comfortably without a domestic partmer. Wales has his own ideas of freedom, and he intends to stay single. So another great problem of state is settled—until he is smitten by a pair of smiling eyes.” ‘The tendeney to insist upon the direet male line of succession to the throne ! impresses the Columbia State as “odd, in the light of the twentieth century attitude on woman. In the light, too,” continues that paper, “still shed by the reigns of those illustrious monarchs Elizabeth and Victoria the feeling that & woman cannot satisfactorily fil the throne aj rs medieval, indeed. Also the fact that the business , 8 to AAll the prineely boots as a man.” * ok ok ok It is assumed by the Cleveland Plain Dealer that there is a ility of marriage by the Prince of Wales, and discusses the question of a with the statement: been so many non-British Queens of England that lh:‘ '?mulyl (])( ‘Winds -t retains comparatively little Englih blood in its Yoyal arteries. It is a scfe guess that if the Prince of Wales dces marry, his favored choice will not bLe & continental icess. Some good- looking and well mannered 100 per cent British girl of noble but not royal an- cestry is the outstanding likelihood.” “In the meantime,” remarks the S: Lake Deseret News, “the world's b wishes will attend the newly born rincess, and hopes for her health and ppiness will be universal, whether she is ever destined to come to the throne or not. There need be nothing ominous in the reminder that her eyes first opened to the light in Glamis Castle, where Shakespeare causes it to be said that MacBeth not only mur- dered’ Duncan, but did also murder sleep.” “Although royalty no longer plays the absolute part in the affairs of the Brit- ish government that it once did,” avers the Daytcn Daily News, “the country is still steeped in the tradtions, and the entry to earth of a some day possible if not probable ruler remains an event of outstanding importance. The birth of a daughter to the Duchess of York was attended by all the picturesque ritual of eustom which time has estab- lished as befitting such an occasion. ‘The story is reminiscent in some of its phases of the fanciful fairy tales of Grimm and Anderson. Even the ele- ments -oast their witchery over the countryside at the crucial moment, and | the entire nation lay under the spell.” ——————— | Doctors of U. S. Plan To Lower Cost of Illness | #rom the Chicago Daily News. Reducing the cost of illness was plainly the most exciting question be= fore the meeting of the American Medi- cal Association in Detroit. The profes- slon has no love for socialized medicine —that is, State control and adminis- | tration of some form of general health ance. Therefore its leaders call upon it to settle its own problems. Both the retiring president of the association, Dr. Harris of Chicago, and | the esident-elect, Dr. Morgan of Washington, in their respective address dealt with the cost of medical care. Dr. Harris held that State medicine was inevitable if the profession con- tinued to * neglect its opportunity to devise feasible and satisfactory substi- wtes. Renewing his suggestion of a year ago, he pointed out that the physi- cians themselves, with outside support if necessary, might establish medicel pay centers in every country, or other suitable geographical unit, for the bene- fit of the millions who, though they did not seek charity, could not afford to ugu present medical fees and hos- pital costs. The centers would be co- operative, of course, and would apply ll‘l\: famillar principle of group medi- cine. Dr. Morgan emphasized the disad- vantages of State medicine and de- fended the medical profession against the sweeping charges of selfishness, ex- tortion and indifference to public health which are made most unjustly. He neither approved nor criticized the pro- posal of Dr. Harris. ‘The American public joins with the medical profession in deprecating the growth of paternalism and bureaucracy in the United States and in demanding fair play for every liberal profession and every legitimate interest. But ex- pects broad-minded and candid treat- ment of any important problem facing the medical or any other profession, or the business world, and voluntary co- operation in wise efforts to solve the problem. That constitutes the best in- surance against State action. Among Puns. Prom the Muncie Star. pain $400 canvas and uncovered an “old master,” valued at $150,000, had good cause to say, “Things are not half as bad as they're painted these day. ————— Unsung Endurance Contests, Prom the Milwaukee Sentinel. After waiting in a Pullman diner for the early eaters to finish the repast, we are no longer amazed at the cndurance of the Wee-sittera. e