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' THE EVENING STAR - ___With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. " THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor R RO R R A _The Evening Star N per Company 5 Business Ofce: ned o S A Shicago Offee | l%o Michizan Buil ine. ‘England. + London, Carrier City. per mor.th 3 ;80c per month Within the o s 458 Collection mads R = Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. " Paily'and Sund 1yr.,$10.00: 1 ily ‘o el s undas” only All Other States and Canada. y and Sunda: only . das” only Member of the Associated Press. e, Associated Press is exclusively entitied e use for republication of all news dis- to R'm'" credit~d fo it or not otherwise cred- ed in this paver and fi"' the local new: 11 rights of e ‘Publi; herein. ublicati Bustafe Rert ol b of gl Primary Results. Results of the primary elections in elght States yesterday demonstrate a considerable measure of political unrest. Bouth Carolina apparently has thrown overboard its senatorial firebrand, Sen- ator Cole Blease, and substituted for him former Representative Byrnes. The Democrats of Louisiana have nominated Gov. Huey P. Long, despite his youth a * political storm center for several years, »+4n place of the veteran \Senator Rans- ‘dell,. While the Senate loses one fire- brand from the South, apparently it gains another. The Democratic nomi- ~hations in these two Southern States are equivalent to elections. Sendtor Blease has been in the spotlight in South Car- olina for many years. His boast is that he has held a greater variety of publi~ _offices than any other man in South Carolina, including those of Governor -and United States Senator. While the more conservative candidate for the ' Senate nomination was winning yester- 'day in South Carolina, the more radical “was a victor in Louisiana. °. The upsets in party control were not “eonfined in yesterday's primaries to the Democrats of the South. Up in New -Hampshire the progressive wing of the Republican party has, according to the . Teturns so far received, nominated for ‘Governor John G. Winant, thereby #mashing a tradition that no Governor -Of that State is to have more than one term. Several years ago Winant served as ‘Governor. He sought re-election once _before, but failed. This year, in a three- cornered race, he appears to have won. His victory is a blow to the organiza- tion of which Senator George H. Moses 2+ 'has been a shining light. Indeed, there s réason to believe that Winant will XHE EVENING s s posed destination. no way to compel the 0 is.d visas. Their present instrihesns are to refuse them unless the applicants can however. WEDNESDAY, September 10, 1930 | Prove that they are assured of employ- ment in this country. Such proof is next to impossible in the present condi- tion of labor surplus, Thus this measure would seem to be an effective one for the checking of the inflow of work-seekers from abroad. Other countries have done the same during the present and for some time prevailing period of economic stringency. The United States cannot offer opportunities for work in any but highly specialized lines, if in those. It is a cruelty to allow work-seeker: o come here from abroad when they ¢.2a- not be given work, and an injustice to American workingmen to admit them wiille there are many more men than Jjobs in the United States. —— e ‘The Kuisance of the Skies. Those who are concerned about thie harmful effect of noise upon human nerves were yesterday distressed by an addition to the needless clamor that assails the ears in Washington. An air- plane bearing a sound-reproducing de- vice of great power soared over the ity for several hours and sprayed a roaring, blaring din upon the helpless populace. It was a startling perform- ance, sometimes bringing the sounds of song and speech so near as to seem to be emanating from the very roofs. This is a wanton intrusion upon the privacy of the homes and upon the serenity of business proceedings. It is, incidentally, of very doubtful value as a means of advertising, for the re- production of the voice is so muffled in the magnification of the sound that pital of Shantung Province, which, after being held in capture for some time, was invested by Chiang Kai-shek’s Southern Army and retaken, whereupon the Nanking forces were started in a campaign against Tientsin, also held by the Northerners. ‘This seemed to cause Chang Hsueh- liang to reconsider his position, and he recalled to Mukden the proposed Man- churian members of the Peking cabi- net. Thereupon Yen Hsi-shan, who had just been elected the president of the new political-military government at Peking, sent the “young marshal” a telegram declaring that if Chiang does not immediately join the North and does not insist upon peace on the part of Nanking, Yen will immeciately retire to Shansi, his own province, leav- ing Chihli Province in the hands of Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, thus putting the traditional enemy of the Man- churian leader at his very front door. To emphasize this threat certain move- ments of troops have been made which indicate a serious purpose even to menace Manchurian integrity in the case of Chiang's refusal. And the strange part of the matter is that Marshal Chiang has caused the official publication of President Yen's letter at Mukden, If anybody can straighten out such a tangle of Chinese politics he will in- deed be master of one of the most profound mysteries of the East. ————————— A New York judge draws $5,000 from the bank, buys one theater ticket and then disappears. What he wanted with all that money remains a mystery. Enormous as are the exactions of speculators, he could Mcarcely have needed $5,000 for one theater ticket. those who actually listen—by volition- are au & loss to know what it is all about. But whether effective or other- wise in the proclamation of wares, the use of the loud speaker carried by plane for such a purpose is a trespass that should be prohibited by law. It is bad enough to have radio pro- grams bellowed forth upon the streets from shops and hemes to the distress of those who pass or who work or live nearby. It is intolerable to have to suf- fer such performances from the air, The surface radio can be located and, under the newly adopted regulations in the District, can be quieted as a nuisance upon complaint. The aerial radio ad- vertising broadcaster is elusive and dif- ficult of reach with a restraining order. The development of outdoor advertis- ing devices, especially the great bill- boards that line the highways and even intrude upon the byways, has disfigured this country. Against his will the user of the roads is forced to observe these proclamations. The choicest scenes of nature are defaced. The perspective is narrowed to Wstas of beans, soaps, oils, hotels, fabrics, things good and desirable in themselves but out of place in de- scription in the rural terrain. Just so the “voice from the skles” seek the senatorial seat mow held by " Benator Moses when the time rolls _¥ound for the latter's renomination. ‘The Republicans of Michigan have 2 Osborn sought to . /supersede Mr. Couzens and made much *of the wet and dry issue. . Senator Cousens has never had a violently wet Ppolitical record, but he has in the past ‘made it known that he saw no harm in beer. The Couzens strength in Michigan - @oes far beyond the wet and dry issue, “however. Yet the wets in Michigan ‘were in militant mood yesterday, for seemingly they have defeated Grant M. Hudson, dry leader in Congress, and ‘have nominated a wet in his place. The count in the seventh Michigan district showed Representative Louis C. Cram- ton only 103 votes ahead of his wet op~ ponent, with a recount demanded. . Even more successful, it appears, were the wets at the polls in the State of Washington, home of Senator Wesley L. ‘Jones, long a militant dry leader. The Republicans hold four of the five House seats in Washinci~n, and it appears that three wet candidates may have ‘won over three dry incumbents there, The Republican State Convention in Washington several months ago stirred Nation-wide interest by adopting a wet plank in the party platform. Judging from the results of the party primary elections and aside from the fact that there may be a number of old members of the Senate eliminated in the general elections in November, the personnel of the Upper House is to un- dergo an unusual number of changes in the next Congress, which comes into being March 4, 1931. Ransdell and Blease join Senator Simmons of North Carolina and Senator Deneen of Illinois in the list of those who have sought re- ‘nomination in vain. Half a dozen or more Senators have decided not to seek Tenomination, among them Gillett of Massachusetts, Goff of West Virginia, Phipps of Colorado and Gould of Maine. . The failure of Senator Ransdell to win renomination to the Senate will be regretted. He has proved a valuable public servant during his long career, first in the House and then in the Sen- ate. His successor, Gov. Long, comes to ‘Washington with a reputation for the unusual. The Senate, however, has proved a quieting influence on many of his caliber in the past. e ey Men labor to hardship dnd yet find their greatest Joy in experiencing it in polar ex- ploration. _— e Barring Alien Job Seekers. President Hoover has moved to check the immigration of alien laborers to the United States during the period -of abnormal unemployment. This is to ‘be effected by instruction of American consuls throughout the world to with- hold visas from prospective immigrants who fail to convince them that they would probably not become prospective public charges in this country “even during a considerable period subsequent \ to arrival” Action to this effect has protect their lives from | that bellows something or other about this or that in the line of trade is an intrusion, compelling attention, ines- capable and impudent. There is no lack of mediums of effective communi- cation between manufacturer and pub- lic, or merchant and purchaser—medi- ums that may be noted'or ignored as the individual elects. It is not neces- sary, in order to establish contact in trade, to destroy the beauty of the country or to shatter the ears of the people. Back From the Inferno. ‘The steamer Coamo, which was caught in the hurricane that devastated Santo Domingo and made her way back to Porto Rico, reached New York yester- day showing signs of her experience with the fury of the sea. Five of the passengers on board were members of the ship’s company during that struggle. Theirs has been an experience that few have ever shared, for rarely indeed has a vessel been entrapped in the center of such a terrific storm and escaped. The Coamo actually steamed through the very center of the hurri- cane. The wind raged at a rate esti- mated at one hundred and sixty miles an hour. Then it dropped to almost a dead calm and this lull lasted for forty minutes. At first the wind hore upon the Coamo’s starboard beam, then after the forty-minute lull it hit her on the port beam. , Thus her company had a | direct demonstration of the cylonic character of these storms, which are, in fact, formed by winds pouring in upon a focal point at tangents, setting up a gigantic eddy with a “hollow” core. The ship’s commander had one domi- nant thought, to keep her off the coast, | against which she would have been | crushed a hopeless wreck. That he managed to do so was a triumph of navigation and of good shipbuilding. The entire experience lasted some five hours. In all that tribulation, though the vessel was canted by the hurricane to from twenty to forty-five degrees and was pounded furiously in the giant seas, not & single person was injured. | Truly a miracle! 1 o One of the characteristics of Lind- bergh calculated to preserve his prestige as the hero extraordinary is his perfect | willingness to appear in the ensemble | and help to make a background for| other heroes. s Putting Chang in a Corner. If a report just received from | Shanghai is correct, Chang Hsueh- liang, marshal of Manchuria, who has been playing a rather wobbly role for some months past in his relations with the Nanking Nationalist government and the Northern revolutionary party, must now specifically define his posi- tion or be faced with a most embar- rassing situation. At the outset of the contest between the South and the North of China, Chang Hsueh-liang | was strictly neutral. 'fis purpose, ob- viously, was to maiul..: Manchuria in been urged by labor organizations for some time. Last Winter the admin- istration undertook to obtain an amend- ment to the immigration law culting the quotas in half as an expedient of | which were rejected by Nanking, the venting men from a position of an independent state, not | subject to orders from Nanking or to | pressure from Peking. Then a liitle later he offered his mediatory offices, | r——e— Prohibition enforcement has become such a complicated procedure that even the trained legal mind of Mrs. Mabel ‘Willebrandt pauses before resuming the task of straightening it out. ——os. A trick fiyer, Al Wilson, fell out of bed and sustained serious injuries. Mr. wilson %hen he recovers may decide to devise a method of providing his pajamas with a parachute attachment. —_— o Positions of importance shift in the public eye. The distress of farmers gives the Secretary of Agriculture an unmistakable precedence in popular attention. r—oe—t Bootlegging leads to underworld ac- tivities that make the chorus, “Hail, Hall, the Gang’s All Here,” almost suit- able for the assembling of a coroner's jury, ————— . ‘The Soviet government, in control of unlimited natural resources, disdains wealth, but wants to trade, just the same. ., WASHINGTON, A book with a pink cover, coming in the mails, reminded us that Charles Boni's Paper Books had completed their first year. Founded “to place good books, well designed and carefully made, within the reach of any reader,” these paper- backed volumes have indeed accom- plished what their editors intended. General readers who did not sub- scribe may now purchase these books at bock stores, and we do not know where one may get greater value for 50 cents. The dozen volumes which are upon our home shelves are: “The Golden Wind,” by Takashi Ohta and Margaret Sperry; “Frederick the Great,” by Mar- garet Goldsmith; “Dewer Rides,” by L. A. G. Strong; “Prosperity: Fact or Myth,” by Stuart Chase; “Commando,” by Deneys Reitz; “My Reminiscences as a Cowboy,” by Frank Harris; “The Master of the Day of Judgment,” by Leo Perutz; “Prize Poems, 1913-1929,” an anthology; “The Return of the Hero,” by Darrell Figgis; “By the | Waters of Manhattan,” by Charles Reznikoff; “All in the Racket,” by William E. Weeks, and “Margaret Fuller,” by Margaret Bell. ‘There you have 12 books of which no publicher need be ashamed; the fact that they have paper covers de- signed by Rockwell Kent endears them to many. The covers are, in fact, card- board, heavy enough to be durable. With ordinarily careful handling they are as serviceable as cloth. The only fault which the critical might find with them is that in the longer books the paper inclines to be thin, the type small and the mm’g‘:s too narrow. * * In our opinion the “Prize Poems,” fssued in April, is the most dis- tinguished book of the list. One has to be genuinel? fond of poetry, however, to appreciate it, it is so filled with a mixture of poems in both the older and the modern forms. All of it had been printed before, but the collection ,of so much fine verse in so compact & form was a service to the American try lover. Our two favorites in the gggk are “The Chinese Nighungflle’ and “The Ballade of the Lost House." These are poems in the older manner, with terminal rhymes, although cast in a rough meter, as far as line length is concerned. “Frederick the Great,” Miss Gold- smith's biography, was a disappoint- ment to this reader, although no less an authority than Harry Hansen of the New York World says he liked it very much. To us it was incomplete, in that too much space was given to the youth of the subject and far too little to his mature years, the years which made him “the Great.” The effect this biog- raphy had upon us was that the author had grown tired, either of her subject or of the physical task of writing, *and ) halt. “Dewer Rides” by L. A. G. Strong, is a novel which was published several years ago in England, but never before put out in this country. It deals with the English countryside, the evil spirit of which is called “Dewer.” In charac- terization this book is especially satis- factory. It has something of the Hardy ring to it and does not suffer, by com- parison, with the magnificence of “The Mayor of Casterbridge.” This is a book SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Radio's Great Message, 'Twas not s0 many years ago Since first I heard a radio; And then I said, “What joy mankind In such a marvelous work must find! As it delights the distant throng ‘With serious speech or charming song, It also brings this precept wise To all: ‘It pays to advertise!’” Beethoven sent his measures rare In sweet perfection through the air; Shakespeare displayed poetic grace, ‘When recitation set the pace. ‘The demonstrations did not skip Philosophy and Statesmanship. They came quite ready to advise Because “It pays to advertise.” The “Comic” likewise came on call As entertainers great and small Sought with mysterious, mirthful pow’r To pass the quarter of an hour. As Business took the leading part, Publicity seemed more than Art, And every mes:age that we prize Includes, “It pays to ldlvenlle.“ Shadow of Doubt. “Do you notice that the crowds are following you when you appear on the streets?” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “What I am hoping is that they are loyal political admirers and not de- tectives.” Jud Tunkins says the producer mostly is no financier. If a cow understood trade, she'd be the one to collect on the price of milk. The Frivolous Post Card. ‘When I'm away my mood is gay And foolish pictures on display With silly jesting I will find Congenial to my state of mind. As I for relaxation call, My usual restraint grows small, And so I say, don't judge & friend By all the post cards he may send. The Canneries, “Are you in favor of ‘canned music'?” “No,” answered Miss Cayenne. “Canned music is like canned fruit. However expert the process, there is no possibility of its retaining the true charm of natural quality/” “The mistakes of our ancestors,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chihatown, “are justified by the fact that each new generation falls' into the same old errors.” Endless Chain. And still we're called to face the fray And never grow faint-hearted. ‘When through with one election day, Another is just started. “Don’t bet on a hoss race,” said Uncle Eben, “unless you knows all about hosses. An’ if you knows so much as all dat, you is so smaht as ‘dat you ought to make a hit in bigger business.” - But He Knows It Now. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, President Leguia of Peru is the latest to learn that while dictating is fine | while it lasts, it somelimes ends with a bump, ] Problem of the Uninvited Guest. From the Dayton Daily News. A Cleveland -incident indicates i is high time they are passing a law pre- joing to parties and relief from even the restricted inflow.|Nationalist government taking the po- | shooting guests without an invitation. falled through the uawillingness ess to act and now the ad- sition that Manchuria was still par! of China and therefore subiect to Na tion is compelled to resort to | tionalist comtrol. control over visas as a defensive| Eventually the Manchurian marshal 3 of limitation. turned his favor toward the Northern- courts have consistently held|ers. It is said that he supplied them | 2D 53y any immigrant possessing a con- | with munitions. Some of his advisers " sular visa and enough cash for imme- | were assigned to duty as members of . diate necessities may not be barred|the newly formed cabinet or ministry | From the Richmond News Leader. " from entrance by reason of the “public’of the Northern' coalition government !, of chasge” g : o verse of Northern fortupes at Tsluan, B On a Par, Prom the San Prancisco Chronicle. When the oil man drills & successful Wu&r:mfibflmd,mtm it for a mosquito. oo, Too Few See Red. Don't worry about Reds. They cen't o anything because there never are time, which is long enough, in sheer writing bulk, to give the reader a sense of the pm‘fi of time and the growth of lives it. “Commando,” by Deneys Reitz, 15 a personal history of a participant in the Boer War. The introduction is by Jan Smuts. Each book in this series, by the way, has its introduction. Some readers have a_great dislike for introductions, especially those which attempt to tell the reader how good the work is. Such readers feel that a volume ought to be rmitted to stand on its own merits. %\B writer here has no such grudge against introductions. All that he asks of them is that they refrain from “but- tering” the author with words of fatu- had suddenly brought her story to a| C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1 BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ous praise. We believe that, in most cases, authors could write their own in- troductions better than any one else could do it for them. After all, an “in- troduction” by a second party is most often nothing but a review. And who wants to read a review at the begin- ning of a book? Since a foreword, how- ever, may be skipped .or read, just as the reader chooses, we see nothing to growl about, one way or the other. o “My Reminiscences as a Cowboy,” by Frank Harris, is one of the most inter- esting of these Paper Books. Frank Harris is a name well known to all wr“.e"l:l h}ld t?tl:o:t readers. His monu- men e of that tragic figure of Eng- lish literature, Oscar Wflgeu,rthu h:t recently been issued—unexpurgated—in a cheap edition. Mr. Harris tells, with a light but sure touch, of his initial experiences in love, in a day when America was much’ given to cowboys, tobacco juice and the “wild and woolly.” “The Master of the Day of Judg- ment,” by Leo Peruiz, could have been written by none other than an Austrian, there is something at once so eerie, so compelling, so satisfactory. While it must be labeled a “mystery” story, it is entirely different from the run of such books, and packs a tremendous “kick” in the final chapter. “Prosperity,” by Stuart Chase, deals with some aspects of the American problem and handles them well, “The Return of the Hero,” by Darrell Figgis, is a book which has been at- tributed to severali authots. It is the only one of the dozen which we have not read, and so we reserve comment. As far as we could make it out, however, just by looking it over, it is an Irish “Helen of Troy” (Erskine). “By the Waters of Manhattan,” by Charles Reznikoff, is a novel done in the French manner, told in the objec- tive style which makes the fiction of that nation such a delight. This is a story in two parts—the first laid in old Russia, the second in America. Ordi- narily this is a fictional trick which we dislike, but in this book it is exception- ally well handled. The first part gives the childhood and young womanhood of the heroine, the second brings her to the United States, shows something of her life in the garment trades, but deals mostly with the inner conflict of her son, who is her own mind extended. The character of the son is one with which many a reader will identify him- self; this always lends a lifelike qual- ity to & novel apart from and above that achleved by the writer in the telling. “All in the Racket” is a swift-moving tale of modern crime and its punish- ment; in this case its unjust punish- ment. The story is obviously modeled on the “Little Caesar,” which was a “best seller” last year. The last book to arrive, the one on the cerise-pink cover, is ‘“Margaret Fuller,” a biography by Margaret Bell. It has an introduction by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, which adds or detracts from the book, according to the reader’s viewpoint on introductions, as explained above. ‘This biography will strike many read- ers as a bit dull, but to those interested in the history of the human mind it is quite readable, and on a par with most of the biographies which have been rushed into print during the past two years. Not every blography can attain the stature of Matthew Josephson's “Zola and His Time.” Margaret Fuller was an interesting woman only in that she was ahead of the mass of the women of her time in the everyday handling of such intelli- gence as she possessed. She did not have the glamour of beauty, and her life, despite its success, was a great tragedy in some ways. Perhaps that may be sald of most lives, which may explain why this is a good biography, after all. And if you know where to purchase a better one. for 50 cents, please let us know. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS No need in this campaign for the | American _voter to attend political meetings in order to hear the issu discussed. He (or she) may just home on Thursday ‘evenings and “lis- ten in,” for the Columbia Broadcasting System is going to conduct a series of “Radio Rallies” over a coast-to-coast hook-up of 48 stations, at which speak- ers denlgnaeed by the National Commit- tees will perform in the latest approved fashion. Senator Pat Harrison, arch- critic of the administration, will start the new service September 11. taking for his topic “Prosperity and Bread es.” A week later an orator se- lected by the Republican National Com- mittee will make retort to the flery Mississippian, at the same time making some party observations of his own. ‘Then on alternate Thursday nights un- ‘t’(l the election each party, through a es! air battle. ERE Senator Harrison’s name is not “Pat” at all, although he signs himself that christened “Byron Patton,” after his materpal grandfather, A Methodist and a Mason, the Mississippi Senator likes to relate an experience in Indiana when the Ku Klux Klan was up and doing in that State. Harrison was scheduled for a Chautauqua address and the Wel- coming Committee did not extend as glad a hand as he had expected. With- out sensing the reason for the chilli- ness in his reception, the Senator, on the ride to the hotel, happened to re- nickname “Pat” had clung to him since school days. This chance comment in- stantly dispelled the restraint. Coolness was supplanted by an excessive warmth of welcome, and the chairman, who in- troduced him to the audience, stressed the newly learned name, “Senator Byron Patton Harrison.” * ok K K Education by radio, which is the ob- ject of the air rallies the political com- mittees will put on, is more readily adapted to adults at home in evenings than to adolescents in schools, accord- ing to education specialists, who point out that 45 colleges and universities in the United States have established ex- tension courses in which instruction is and universities have established broad- casting stations of their own, while 80 | other institutions of higher education broadcast matter over commercial sta- tions. ‘The first college extension course by radio was offered by Massa- chusetts in 1923, when three students were enrolled for a course in_household ‘management. Since then 7,500 stu- dents have been enrolled in that State alone. e s, e Dwight W. Morrow, Ambassador ex- traordinary in more than the diplo- matic sense, will soon resign his am- bassadorship, which has added fame to a name long renowned in the business | and financial worlds. Relations between Mexico and the United States have im- proved immeasurably since the former partner in the Honse of Morgan under- took their direction, to the dismay of those persons who profess to belleve that distinguished representatives of Big Business are not qualified for Gov- ernment service. Morrow, at 57, is starting on a political career which his friends predict will carry him beyond the United States Senate. | * ok ok K In his autobiography in the Con- gressional Directory, Senator Henry F. | Ashurst omit: refersncé to a colorful | incident when he was & deputy United States marshal in Arizona tical office. The wet-and-dry ques- jon then as always was acute, and Deputy Marshal Ashurst was the cus- was to be used in court as evidence. In some mysterious manner friends of the defendant succceded in doing away with the_incriminating evidence before triel. “Why, you let ghh lquor disap- pear right beneath your nosel” in- ated spokesman, will carry on the | way, formally and informally. He was| mark in desultory conversation that the given by radio. Altogether, 77 colleges | n cf some confiscated liquor which | very furiated drys accused the young deputy, and for once Ashurst permitted a sense of humor to overcome discretion of retort. “Where else would good liquor disappear?” he asked. * ok ok ok Not as many straw hats are being thrown away this September. Fewer were worn this Summer, according to Commerce Department figures, and fewer were worn out. The college-boy custom of going hatless, expanded to include non-collegians of all ages, re- stricted the sale of straws by offsetting the normal increase in male popula- tion, while the panama, which was in vogue, has a longer life than the stiff straw, which is tossed into the dis- card after one season. The debris is apt to contain only those panamas— actually made in Ecuador, Colombia or Peru—which have been worn five or six years. During the building of the Panama Railroad, in the middle of the last century, a lot of fine Ecuadorian hats were sold by a Panama dealer to visiting Adnericans, Germans, English- men and Frenchmen. Hence the mis- nomer, which continues to this day. * K k% “Raskobism” seems to be as welcome an issue in this campaign to the Dem- ocrats as to the Republicans who in- jected it. The chairmzu of the Dem- ocratic National Committee, who left the Republican party to espouse the cause of Alfred E. Smith, is to go on the air and discuss the tariff from a business man’s viewpoint. Jouett, Shouse, who succeeded Mr. Raskob after the last campaign as actual man- agerial head of the party out of power, does not beljeve in catering to its crities, whether Republicans or Democrats. “No pussyfooting!” is his slogan, in further- ance of which he will feature as radio orators this Fall Gov. Smith, John W. Davis and James M. Cox, candidates for President in the last three cam- paigns, notwithstanding objections that each of these defeated leaders has critics within the Democratic party. (Copyright, 1930.) e A Sermon About Dogs and Their Care To the Editor of The Star: There happened in this beautiful city of ours in one of our splendid old churches an incident—call it that if you will—that made my heart rejoice, as indeed it must have many animal lovers', A dog stood in this holy sanctuary beside hi. master while the sermon was given—and such a sermon! I would we could hav more of them. The church was filled with people, und they wer. not ashamed—neither were they afrajd—for God spoke to them through the unfathomable eyes and the quiet dignity of a dog. ~ Think of it, and then say we are not gelting animal- minded or animal-conscious if you can. Not only was the sermon of a spiritual nature, but facts were given as to the care and feeding of a dog, barring candy and sweets, and, above all, the deadly chicken bone. Where in all the writings and talking about animal- do you find such advice, and what good is all our love for anything if we are not properly informed how to care for it? "Then, too, the speaker stressed the point that these particu” - dogs, often called police dogs but really are German shepherd dogs, a trained for service. What does that term imply? Trained | to watch, to protect with their 1=, if need be, those whom they love. Now, if you have such a dm in your family, do not indulge in idle rough play with each other to see what the dog will do, because he will resent it much and then will have to be ?‘n“:“hgg when you are l:u“d’ the cul- : you want a play dog, 8 collle or a wl;r‘xer A Mhaos;l l: centuries of training & no“le an :'\nuu creature. i ““MARY E. CLARK. American Inventors Work for Humanity To the Editor of The Star: In your editorial, “Birth ef = New Industry,” published August 19, 1930, you query who is responsible for new industries. I believe that you can find & positive answer to this question in a building only a few min: ..s’ walk from your office. 1 am referring to the| Patent Office, which is a repository of the bright ideas of millions of 1nventnrs.| You will there find miles of shelves containing an astonishing number of volumes_and papers, silently holding the dreams and hopes of unsung and un- known inventors. It is these men who g’ ‘e birth to new industries. Their vision and insight have penetrated and understoed all hu- man wants. . The inventor is sufficiently keen to appreciate a want which is only Jatent and hardly felt 1; most people, and he is, of course also aware of all refiaing and immediate wants of man- ind. Man wants but little here below, but the inventor has taught man to want much. Hence we have the steam en- gine, radio. telephone, steel, automo- bile, movie, phonograph, aercvlane, electric light and thousands of other inventions. Of course, in a pinch we could do without these things, but the inventors of these devices realized how useful they would be and how much more enjoyable life would be by having them. 3 Each on. of the Inv...tions just men- tioned is the basis of an immense in- dustry. These industries would never be in existence today if it were x .t for the Inventor with revoluticnary ideas who gave his brain child to the world. Scientists have unquestionably per- formed miracles, and they have ex- tended our knowledge into unknown realms. However, knowledge alone, no matter how penetrating and astounding it may be, never gives rise to new in- dustries. It is usually left to the in- ventor to utilize the facts and prin- ciples of science and to apply them to practical ways. Solid carbon dioxide was known to chemists for many years, but it tock the perspicacity and vision of an in- ventor to understand the significance of its properties and its commercial possi- bilitles. The papers in the Patent Office give mute testimony for this. Scientists knew for a long time that{M. when gases expand they absorb heat, and thus cool whatever they contact, but it took an inventor to appreciate ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC This is a special department devoted solely to the handling of queries. This paper puts at your dis) the ces of an extensive organization in Wash- ington to serve you in any capacity that relates to information. = This service is free. Failure to make use of it de- prives you of benefits to which you are entitled. Your obligation is only : cents in coin or stamps inclosed with your inquiry for direct reply. The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederick J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. Was Christy Mathewson a college man_and, if so, was he a fraiernity member?—C. F. T. A. Mathewson was & student of Bucknell and was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. Q. How much crime insurance is car~ ried by people in this country?—G. G. A, The public pays $85,000,000 a year for crime insurance on more than $15,- 000,000,000, but this amount is consid- ered insufficient agalnst the widespread activities of criminals. Crime costs the American people $500,000,000 annually, according to an estimate by the vice pres- ident of the National Surety Co. This represents both insured and uninsured losses. Q. Is Capt. Dreyfus of “Dreyfus Af- fair” fame still living?—H. W. A. He is living in retirement and is now 170 years old. He has lived to see a play written around his tragedy is being well received on the continent. Q. What is the daily transit capacity of the Panama Canal?—C. M. A. The daily capacity of the canal, with night and day operation( is es- additional water storage which will be made available on completion of the Madden Dam and the propoced addi- tional set of locks, which can then be operated, it is calculated that 74 tran- sits per day will be possible. The pres- ent use of the canal may in that way be increased by 300 per cent before its limit is reached. Q. When was Mcunt Vernon built?— F. B, A. The original Mount Vernon Man- sion—that is,’the central part—is sup- posed to have been built by Augustine Washington for his son or by the lat- this in devising a commercial refrigerat- ing_system. ‘The “roperties of nitrocellulose -were known for a long time, but the world had to wait for an inventor to utilize this knowledge in making artificial silk. Carbon was known to be a poor con- ductor' of electricity, but it took Edison | to make the electric lamp, using a car- bon filament. ‘The explosive force of gases was known for hundreds of years, but we had to wait fo. aa Inventor to show us how this force could be harnessed in a gas engine or in an automobile. ‘The force of steam was known by the ancients, but it was never utilized for lifting the burden from man's until a brilliant Englishman invented the steam engine. Man has seen birds fly for thousands of years, but we walted for the Wright brethers to shew us how to do it. Electromagnets and diaphragms were known .to all physicians and electrical engineers, but they did not make a telephone until Bell showed them how. Chemists played with all sorts of resinous substances made artificially, but Leo Backeland taught them how to make a new product from phenol, known all over the world as Bakelite. ‘The alchemists several hundred years ago were famillar with phosphorus, but it never occurred to them to make matches. We had to wait for an in- ventor to do that. The sensitiveness of selenium to light was known for many years, but photo- electric cells are only & recent d-ve:: ment. Faraday discovered the basic laws of electromagnetic induction, but the elec- tric generator was invented many years later by the inventor. Primitive man saw logs floating day after day, but it took an unmo;:im~ ventor to see its possibilities in ing a boat. ‘We might continue indefinitely with examples, but the point I wish to stress is that our entire progress, all our in- dustries are merely developments initi- ated by inventors. ‘The monuments to inventors in Washington, for instance, could be counted on one hand as contrasted with the number erected to the memory of generals, statesmen and politicians. In- ventors are makers and creators; all others are merely takers. _fieedlly, e in- Sad to say, we have taken ventor is often considered as a_!oke, & ter in the early 1740s. Q. Is tarweed really a weed or a flower?—P. B. A. It is a plant that has showy yel- low or white flowers, and one specles is a_valuable forage plant, the seeds of which yleld a pleasant edible oil. Q. What was the amount of the be- quest left to George Washington Uni- versity by Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew last year?—D. T. A." Last February Mrs. Depew gave the income from $120.000 to George ‘Washington University in perpetuity to establish a department of public speak- ing in memory of her husband. Q. Please give me the address of the National Safety Council. What is the name of the magazine which it pub- lishes?—A. L. M. A. The executive offices are in charge of W. H. Cameron, managing director, Address | himself completely exonerated, and now | timated at about 50 transits. With the | J. HASKIN. | and are located at 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Il. The issues four monthly publications: | Safety News, for industry; Public Safe- | ty, for public officials, police chiefs, etc.: Safety Education, for the schools, |and the Safe Worker, which is dis- | tributed each month to 200,000 workers 2 | throughout the country, | Q. How old was Grand Duke Nicho- |1as of Russla at the time of his death? | A, He was 72 years old when he died | on January 6, 1929, at Antibes, France. Q. How many women are enrolled at Johns Hopkins University?—H. T. M. | A. Of the total enrollment of 4,338 (1928-29), 1,600 of the students were women. | Q. How far is it from New Orleans |to St Louis by the Mississippt River?— A. It is 1,188 miles. Following the channel adds perhaps another 100 miles to the distance. Q. How does the present death rate from tuberculosis compare with lhk?“ from 20 to 30 vears ago?—G. O. S. A. In 1904 the death rate from tuber- culosls was 200 per 100,000. In 1027 | this percentage had’ been decreased to 81 deaths per 100,000. Q. For how long a time has com- me;dnl ivimon been in use in Alaska? | —H. A. L. ) | Al Commercial aviation ‘began. in | Alaska about 1922, with the award af | the first contract for carrying United States mail between Fairbanks and | McGrath. There are now 67 flelds aif- uated in strategic places in the interior of the Territory. | .. Q. What,is the circulation of Salva- | tion Army periodicals?—E. L. A. This organization has 122 periodi- cals with an average circulation per issue of 1,908,650. Q. How much tobacco does it take to make 1,000 cigarettes?—J. H. A. It takes about three pounds. Q. Does a snake hear?—B. M. A. Snakes have no organs for h which correspond to the ears o mammals. Snakes receive sense impres- sions by vibrations which are felt by the tongue. This explains the habit which snakes have of protruding tongues, since this is the only method they have of heari @ JVhere is Ste. Anne de Beaupre? A. This shrine is in Canada, about 23 miles northeast of the City of Quebec. Q. gvhut is meant by an astral body? It is a term loosely used modern literature to cover every of fantasmal or spiritual appearance of the human form. More specific defini- tions are given by spiritualists and by Hindu philosophers, G. What will take away the sensatiom caused by handling green canning?—S. F. . and water will mot relieve help. in milk National attention is given to the attitude of Senator Baumes of New York, author of laws in that State dealing with the control of crime. His belief that a parole board should have authority modifying the provision that fourth offenders must receive life sen- tences has found an echo in other States which have followed the New York ‘example, Supporters of this change emphasize prison riots as due to the hopelessness of such prisoners, and also point out that prison terms are essentially means to reform. Criticizing, however, the recommen- dation by the State Senator that it is possible to order parole “even for fourth offenders sent up for life,” the Cleve- land News finds some defects in_the propesed change, stating: he York legislator would make justice catch and convict a criminal five times before putting him away permanently, that even once. ‘State control’ has not proved very efficient in deterring pa- roled prisoners from further offending. The parole system has been instrumen- tal in bringing on the present reign of selfishly and unthankfully. visionary, a Don Quixcte on the con- quest of the world of matter. His praises and rewards have been few and stinted. Of course, we have our Edi- sons and Fords, but there are thousands of inventors sweating, toiling and labor- ing each day unrewarded, unpraised, unknown, but nevertheless confident, patient and hopeful in their work for humanity. JOSEPH ROSSMAN, - Racing Trucks Make Washington a Horror To the Editor of The Star: Reading in The Star about the rubber shoes now presumably being used by some milk dealer for the horses, I infer that few whose business is to look after the safety and comfort of the populace have any idea of what has been going on for a long time and is still con- tinuing in our section of the city by way of noise. Noise! Why, that is nothing; we are used to all kinds of noises and will not mention that. But surely the people in authority must be ignorant of the daily and hourly earth- quakes being produced by the actual racing of superheavy trucks right at our block. No, we must not complain of the floods and hurricanes and the ex- treme heat and the other extremities beyond apparently human control, for| our petitions will not be heard by the “higher-ups” until we here among our- selves determine, first, to consider ihe feelings of our fellow men and women resign themselves to the unnatural con- dition of things and aré waiting for something to happen by way of relief. Our housc - are shaken from founda- tion to ceiling many timgs a day, not because the trucks are too heav: nor| yet, because r have solld tires, but ather because any one and every one can actually race, ' is racing, and| it is this velocity, this abnormal use of | mechanica! power and the subnormal| use of regu’..tive authority incident with popular government and people too busy to even write and tell you about it, that is the cause of these deplorable condi- tions, prostrating women ‘and creating a generation of ‘“‘nerve wrecks” to add another problem to be probed in its turn. PHILIPS. Bright Headlights Invite Collisions To the Editor of The Star: . I noticed in The Star the other eve- ning that a policeman was hurt in a traffic_crash. It .': .reported that he| was blinded by glaring headlights on an approaching automobile, was fo: d to the side of the road, and crashed into a park.d car. He was taken to Casu- alty Hospital. crime. America’s task now is suppress- ing lawlessness, not encouraging it still | o, further.” Study of the matter is made also by The Kalamazoo Gazette. “Michigan’s habitual criminal act,” argues that paper, ‘resembles the Baumes law in many respects, but thus far it does not appear to have aroused the wave of opposition that has been noted in New York ever since the mandatory sentence plan became effective. New York’s experience, however, clearly il- lustrates the contention that efforts to deal severely with lawbreakers can sometimes be carried so far as to de- fea, their own purposes. Prison riots Jike those at Auburn have no doubt played their part in convincing many Empire State citizens that a great in- crease in the number of life-term con- victs may prove more injurious than helpful to the cause of public safety.” * ok ok X Belief that the proposed change “will be welcomed as a step toward modify- ing these laws with the necessary flexi- bility” is voiced by the Asbury Park Press, which is convinced that modifi- cation “will answer the most pertinent bjections that have been hurled against them. It is generally admitted, tinues the Press, “that in the majority of cases life imprisonment is none too severe for those convicted of four ma- jor offenses, although numerous in- stances have arisen when clemency ap- peared justified. Under .the present 0 Tnlike this writer have seemed £o | System the sole power of extending parole lies in the hands of the Gov- ernor, who, because of the pressure of executive dutles, is seldom able to give proper consideration to the innumerable Tequests for mercy that come before him. Senator Baumes therefore sug- gests that the power of granting a com- mutation of sentence be placed with the parole board, an agency logically empowered with the disposition of such cases. Under his plan the prisoner, even though his sentences were com- muted by the board, would first be com- pelled to serve the usual sentence that would haye been imposed had he not been a fourth offender. Thereafter his application for clemency would rest with the board.”. “Perhaps Senator Baumes has been in a better position than any one else to observe the effects of his original enactment,” says the New Orleans Times-Picayune, observing also that “the Senator's associates on the State Crime Commission are not satisfled that the enactment should be perpet- uated in its present form.” That paper adds that “this revised enactment will be designed to go along with the sweep- ing extension of the Staté parole sys- tem, the latter built around the policy of Gov. Roosevelt in commuting sen- tences while making it clear that the commutation is in no sense a pardon.’” ‘To require or permit thcse glaring and blinding headlights is the most dan- gerous, condition cf t driving .where such a foolish regula evists. When ht is into directly Dit light. sun and see how much of a picture can e St fou J most about_here is al l‘lm”um'mdm'm the Rock Oreek k, at 2 simply will not turn my chbm“a:hodnm to- ward me. lision. HARRY B. * koK % Quoting the State commissioner of correction to the effect that “the law is arbitrary,” the New York Times com- ments: “There may come a day when even lesser offenders of some eym n’iy g:ndmerutofflukflmln . Bt u‘rtn‘.y is far off. We must first a m.mm con- | View of the New Baumes Law Question: s Its Efficiency prisonment nor complete freedom et the elr;ld o‘fm: nm;t:; turg, but m?‘l. first prison an en parolc. The whole parole system m Stae has recently been rehabilitated, and may prove an aid to the sol et many of our penal problems.” “Error -of vengeance the jective of law,” is suggested by G&l Paul Pioneer Press, as it indorses t! new Baumes plan as ‘restoring flex- ibility to a law which is now im- mutable.” The Dayton Daily News states: “Not only did the existing laws fall short of their objective, but judges could exercise no discretion in cases obviously suggesting clemency. From one extreme the State had Jum&ed to another. New York is seeking its way now to & médium and more logical though it often proves unable to do| g tained. A fnml framed by the Crime Ct which the State always would have rvision over a person convicted of a felony more than once.” 2% Emphasizing the conclusion that “the purpose of prisons is s much to re- claim offenders as to punish them,” the Youngstown _Vindicator that “several other States, notably New Jersey, followed the example of New York, which finds that its drastic laws have not worked as hoped for.” In defense of the ments, the Worcester Evening maintains that their support is cou » That paper sa “New York's Baumes laws have vig- orously condemned by enlightened students of modern penology. a_life sentence mandatory for offenders, they set up two assumptions as a for dealing with criminals. One assumption is that four convictions for felony constitute sufficient evidence that the person convicted is ‘a «‘con- glrdm‘:d'lcr)l‘mlr::!ll. The other is that s lack either the intelligence the probity to fix a just um. 5: fourth offenders. Both assumptions are false. There are many first offenders who are a menace to soclety not to be at large. And the tion of the Baumes laws has plenty of fourth offenders who had mo anti-social tendencies and were { locked up for life because of crimes deserved to rank as misdemeanors.' ——— Fd ] | Hoarded Silver Now Sign of Hard Times To the Editor of The Star: I notice in The Star of recent date that the Cambridge Association, Ine., of Boston, Mass., contends that there |is a definite relation between wheat : nd | silver “rices. The association contends that when silver declines, the power of wheat-consuming people of the Far East is seriously affected; China, India, Japa ., etc., produce | thi one-tenth of the wheat of ‘;orfl and consume more than a) t are receiving numerous silver dollars ‘Waynesboro, in payment for chases. Virginia merchants state are more silver dollars in circulation than have been known for some time: that the silver dollars are a sign hard times; that they are spent when it is actually necessary. are hanging ‘the hoarders. of silver Russia now. I trust Virginia will hang any of its citizens for he silver gollars. But one wonders these Virginians hoarded their silver dollars. I agree with the Caml