Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STA With Sunday Mo Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. In this connection it is especially gratifying to the people of Washington T navigation ecould bring him through safely. He has already demonstrated that it is no easy task to get the plane, WEDNESDAY, September 17, 1930 | that the street work in the past year | overloaded beyond capacity and straincd has been conducted with the efficiency in every joint, into the air with sufficient THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor | that should characterize a city of the | fuel to carry it, even under favorable The Evening Star Ne Bustness e 11th St. and Pennsylva York Office: 110 Eas o Office: Office. Lake Mic] 14 Regen England. o nia_Ave. t 4and & gan Building. ' 181, London, T i Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evening Star.............45¢ peronth o Evening and Bunday Star (Ql‘h ‘nfin ndays) wee 68¢ per month e Sunday Star .. e 5¢ per copy Colleetion made at the end of each mont gmzn may be sent in by mail or (elepncne i tional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. {lz and Sunday.....1yr.$10.00: 1 mo.. 88c | ily only . .00; 1 mo.. 80¢ unday only . $4.00° 1 mo., 40c All Other States and ClnldL" {ly and Sunday..} yr.$12.00; 1 | iy only 1yr. $800: Imo. 78c undsy only " 1yr., $5.00; 1 moy 80c | Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news ais- atches credited # it or not dtherwise cred ited in this paper sand aiso the locul 1ews Bublished herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also rescrved = 60c per month Prohibition the Issue. The fssue of national prohibition | versus State control of the liquor traffic yesterday became paramount, in the elections which are to be held in Massa- chusetts and Delaware in November. At {ts primary election for the nomi- nation of party candidates Massa- chusetts nominated on the Republican | side Gov. Allen and William M. Butler, both supporters of the eighteenth amendment, for Governor and United States Senator, respectively. On the Democratic side, Joseph B. Ely was nominated for Governor and Marcus | A. Coolidge for Senator. Both are re- | garded as opponents of the present dry Jaws. In Delaware, the Democrats meeting in State Convention picked former Senator Bayard, an avowed wet, to be their candidate for Senator and wrote into their platform a plank call- ing for repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment. Senator Hastings, the Repub- lican senatorial nominee, is & dry. The issue, therefore, seems to be well joined in these States, with the Republicans supporting national prohibition and the Democrats opposing it. The wet sentiment in Massachusetts Is admittedly ‘strong. Yet the Repub- lican candidates elected to pick the dry side of the issue of national prohibi- tion. Gov. Allen led off months ago, when he declared himself against re- peal of ‘the “baby Volstead act,” the Btate enforcement law. Senator Butler followed the Governor's lead, he being strongly opposed in the primary yester- tay by Eben S. Draper, who, like But- ler, is a wealthy manufacturer. Draper s a wringing wet and campaigned as such. He rolled up a big vote against Butler, It seems obvious that if a large number of the Republicans who voted for Draper yesterday turn their support to Marcus A. Coolidge, the Democratic senatorial nominee, Cool- Idge should win in November. The Massachusetts campaign is still in the making, however. While the Re- publicans have beer. torn over the liquor question in their campaign for the senatorial nomination, the Demo- erats have been engaged in the bitter- est kind of intraparty strife. The Democratic ticket, as written yesterday, Is headed by two out-staters. The Bos- ton democracy has neither the gubern: torial nomination nor the senatorial. Both Coolidge and Ely are characterized as “Yankee,” too, ‘n contrast to the Irish-American designation of most of their opponents for these nominations. Just how the failure to recognize the Boston democracy and the Irish-Amer- lcan Democratic vote, the largest vote of the party in the State, will affect the coming campaign remains to be seen. There does not seem to be much for the Boston Democrats to do, how- ever, except to go along With their party ticket. The Boston Democrats are strongly wet. FPurthermore they would have little really to gain by ditching Ely and Coolidge. The Republicans in Massachusetts have their back to the wall. They saw their State carried two years ago by the Democratic senatorial candidate, David I. Walsh, and by Alfred E. Smith in the presidential contest. Despite the ruction over prohibition, they are likely now to do their utmost to line! up their full party strength for the Allen-Butler combination. They have, however, not only the liquor question to face, but also the unrest due to busi- Dess depressidn and unemployment. In Delaware the decision of the Democrats to name former Senator Bayard, a wet, to be their candidate at the polls in November means the sharpest kind of a fight for the Repub- licans in that State. Bayard is per- sonally popular. He has the support of prominent members of the du Pont family, so potent in Delaware, because of his stand on the wet and dry issue. ‘The stage is now set for a show- down at the polls in Massachusetts and Delaware between the friends of na- tional prohibition and its opponents, fust as it has been set in the senatorial races in Ohio, Illinois and Oklahoma, for example. In each instance the Democrats have the wet side of the contest and the Republicans the dry. More and more it begins to look as| though by 1932 there may be a real | division between the parties over this | issue. e It may be possible for J. Hamilton | Lewis to retain a terene attitude, while | hoping for the best as he preserves a | more or less independent posture as & spectator of the McCormick-Nye con- troversy. ————— Street Repair. The edict of Capt. Herbert C. White- hurst, District highway engineer, which bans all street work between Decem- ber one and January one in the down- town section, except in' emergencies, will be received with unqualified ap- proval by Washingtonians. At no time of the year are the streets more con- gested than in the Christmas shopping period, and in recognizing this fact Capt, Whitehurst shows foresighted- ness. In the past, unfortunately, cuts of all kinds in the streets have been permitted, greatly to the impediment of free traffic movement, and with dark- size of the National Capital. In former when a street was repaved it almost inevitably meant that the following month would see it torn up for sewer work, the next for gas work and the next, perhaps, in front of a business kind of work. was an entire lack much to the expense of the District and ! much to the inconvenience of motorists. | ‘This year, however, has seen a re markable and desirable change of policy, and to Capt. Whitehurst for his activity in this respect are due the thanks of the community. No longer are streets torn Apgparently there few days later. Every effort is toward co-ordination and ample notice is given that when a street is once repeired it is closed to further underground opera- tions for a considerable period. Capt. Whitehurst's Christmas shopping plan | is in line with this constructive policy, | and the prediction can safely be made | that conditions this year for the uni- | versal Christmas activity will be better | than ever before. —.— Buildings on the }all, A structure that for sixty years stood 4s & conspicuous landmark in Wash- ington, housing the Department of Ag- riculture, has just been razed, and its successor, a monumental creation of white stone lately erected immediately to the rear, has been exposed fully to view. While the old red brick building may be regretted as a familiar feature of the Capital scene, it is not to be questioned that its replacement by a classic creation is a decided improve- ment. The rather rococo structure that housed the Department of Agriculture when it was a new branch of the Gov- ernment—when indeed it was only a bureau and not a department—was at the time of its erection regarded as something quite elegant in architecture, It was a representative of the peculiar public taste of the period. It was con- spicuously placed, so that it commanded attention, standing on the southern side of the Mall with a long vista of view provided by Thirteenth street. Before it lay a terraced flower garden, which was proudly shown to visitors by Wash- ingtonians. The original placement of the Agri- culture Building in the Mall was a grave mistake of judgment ou the part of the Government officials of the period. To the east stood the Smithsonian In- stitution, until then the sole oceupant of the park. The setting of the Smith- sonian was appropriate, for its type was suited to the scene, The Agriculture | Bullding, however, was a trespass upon the reservation, inspired solely by rea- sons of economy, and it led eventually to other invasions, first the “new” Na- tional Museum—now the old one east of the Smithsonian—a most unpleasant combination of brick and colored tile, and then the strictly utilitarian and un- beautiful Army Medical Museum, at! Seventh street. With these four structures standing in the Mall, some thirty years ago, the move was made for the utilization of that park space for other public edifices. Eventually, the still newer National Museum was placed on the northern side, opposite the Smithsonian. An ap- propriation for a larger Agriculture Bullding was rushed into execution by President Roosevelt, in the form of two wings, flanking and somewhat in the Tear of the original structure, it being his thought that if the construction of these two wings were effected in the Mall the project for placing future buildings within the park would be es- tablished. So they stood for years, de- tached and inconvenient, symbols of a shrewd maneuver for the use of the Mall as bullding sites. Now there are altogether six struc- tures in the Mall, the three of the Smithsonian-National Museum group, the Preer Gallery, an adjunct to the in- stitution; the Army Medical Building and the finally completed and united Agriculture Building. A seventh is proposed, a home for the National Gal- lery of Art, for which a site is tenta- tively allocated immediately to the west of the National Museum, on the north side of the reservation. The hope is that when this is built two of the other structures that now stand in the Mall will be destroyed, the first addition to the Smithsoniag and the Army Medical Building. These are wholly out of the picture. The Smithsonian should, and probably will, Temain, even though it is not in harmony with the classic forms of the National Museum, the Freer Gal- lery and the Agriculture Building. It has its artistic merits, and as the orig- inal occupant of the Mall it has its es- tablished right of tenure that should not be disputed. - ——— A dictator looms in Germany. Ger- many does not exactly know whether to regard the idea’ as a threat or a promise. Wise Decisions. Lieut. Harold Bromley, the ambitious Canadian fiyer, who four times has essayed a nmon-stop trans-Pacific flight and four times has failed, has made two wise decisions during the past week. The first was made while he was flying twelve hundred miles out from Japan on his latest ll-starred adventure. Gasoline was flying in his face from a leaky feed-line, monoxide gas was almost suffocating him and his navigator in the cockpit and impene- trable fog was all around him. He de- cided then that it was suicide to pro- ceed and turned back to make a safe landing almost at his starting point e r—o— in the air. His second decision was made yesterday and that was to give up the trip for this year at least. More than a month would be required to repair the plane and by that time the typhoon s:ason would be setting in, so | Bromley will proceed to the United | States by prosalc steamship. Only one more decision remains to be made by this noted aviator who has already stamped himself as being cau- tious, skillful and courageous but pos- sessing the daring of a ploneer, That is to give up the trip altogether. He ness descending early and shopping at its peak in the late afternoon hours, the, situation that has arisen has been one, of extreme hazard formotorists aad pedestrians alike. The new order, has tried four times and failed, but in this case “If at first you don't succeed, try, try again” does not apply. Only the most stupendous luck combined with rare qualities of plane and motor f co-ordination, | | after being more than twenty-five hours | conditions, for the forty-five-hundred- pper Company | years, unfortunately, it appeared that ' mile journey. Only one place in Japan | could be found for the take-off and ihis, & long beach, had to be especially | prepared to insure even the minimum ! of safety in the fiyer's most dangerous moment. bullding or residence for some onheri It is all very well that the same thing | cou'd be sald of Lindbergh and Coste, Thelr planes were likewise strained al most to the breaking point for the get- away and they faced a forbidden and hazardous fliRht over the ocean in land P , an effort that had defeated many rs before them. But after all avia- n has pregressed to the point where is not a great deal to be gained up and repaved only to be cut again .| by proving that under exceptionally' faverable weather conditions a good plane and pilot can perhaps, with the greatest Juck, fly just a little farther from cne point to another or cover a [ course that has never been covered be- fore. The Pacific has never been flown non-stop, but Maj. Kingsford-Smith, in his magnificent flight westward in the Scuthern Cross, did about all that it was necessary to do to show that it was not only a dangerous undertaking but one that required the utmost in | preparation, in equipment, in skill and | in navigation ability even with two | 8tops ey route. Some day, probably, the { Pacific "will be flown without plane or { present planes and motor development it would app:ar that the outstanding abilities of a man like Bromley, who has | had more than three thousand hours in | the air, could be betteér utilized than in a needless bid for glory with the cards stacked against him, —_— et Soviet Russia is engaged In the pro- diglous task of trying to straighten out all the ills to which government is heir. Poor Hamlet of Denmark faced a no more difficult situation than that which confronts Stalin, who might easily be moved to say, “The times are out of joint.” r———— It is said that Sir Thomas Lipton looks a little discouraged. There is no excuse for such an evidence of depres- sion. Whatever may happen in yacht racing, the tea business is splendidly prosperous. r——— Movie star with weak heart insisted on playing tennis and died. It needs will power to be a big movie man. While it controls others, will power sometimes conquers its possessor. B ) SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Lingering Summer. About the “good old Summertime” ‘We used to join in song. But Summer made a torrid clime ‘That put us all in wrong. A blossom was supposed to make Existence less forlorn. We'd give up flowers for the sake Of some few ears of corn. “Heaven is yonder in the sky” Is what we used to say; But all relentless, hot and dry, It doesn’t feel that way. The Intensive Intellectual Quest. “A statesman is supposed to be searching for the truth.” “‘Supposed to be' is right,” answered Senator Sorghum. “What he is really doing these days is looking for votes.” Jud Tunkins says he doesn't care much for Injuns and he does revere Abraham Lincoln. He wishes they had let that nuisance, the copper cent, alone, | with the head of an Injun on it. Protean Politics. A politician’s most profound ability May be exemplified in versatility. He may be dryest of the dry, and yet In one short day seem wettest of the wet! The Big Contest. “What is your idea of sportsman- ship?” “A contest,” answered Miss Cayenne, “to decide what contender has the best press agent.” “In the old day sage of Chinatown, “we flew kites. Now we venture with aeroplanes. The kites did not fly so far, but they never hurt anybody.” The Secret of Dictatorship. Dictators arise And many a dunce Pretends to be wise. The populace cries— “Try anything once!” said Hi Ho, the “I never did see much sense,” sald Uncle Eben, “in what dey calls de law of averages. A Winter blizzard can't square up foh a Summer drought,” ———— A Likely Suspicion. From the Helena (Mont.) Record-Herald. The safe in the Eagles’ Hall at Butte has been robbed for the fourth time. password has fallen into the hands of unauthorized persons, ———— Male Attitude Unrevealed. From the Florence (Ala.) Herald. Mohammedan women are demanding 1 bands before marriage. The male atti- tude on the subject has not been revealed, - Founded on Coniecture. Prom the Detroit News. A philosopher said that one day of | supshine erases the memory of a week of rain. We hesitate to accept this statement, inasmuch as it is founded on the purest conjecture. et British Not the Boss. From the South Bend Tribune. The League of Nations criticizes Brit- ish administration in Palestine. Maybe this proves that London doesn’t domi- nate the League. S Backwoods Has Advantages. Prom the Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock). Culture is widespread, but there are backwoods regions where folk never heard of trying to run their neighbors’ affairs. .. | pliot coming to earth or ocean. but with | This leads to the suspicion that the | the right to see their prospective hus- | HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. R |’ however, should do much to relieve mlmd consummate skill of plioting and | already congested conditlon. BY CHARLES E. It was the first rain in nearby Mary- Jand for many, many weeks, one forgot ust how many, in the delight of seeing it at last. Upon many occasions during the past few months clouds had gathered, but each time they had dissipated as quiet- ly as they had come. This day's clouds, however, seemed different. Somehow one felt that there would be rain, if not a great deal at least enough to entitle it to a gardener’'s | gratitude. : | Maryland-just-across-the-District-line has been a severe sufferer from the drought. Even the birds have given it up. ‘Whereas there were thousands of songsters there during the Spring, just before the rains ceased, today the bird population of Chevy Chase, declared to be the largest in the land, is depleted to a tenth of its normal numbers. Just what has happened to the birds | we do not know. Perhaps they have died, but one hopes that they simply have flown away to wetter climes. i One could not blame them. The dried | grass and parched shrubs of the nearby suburbs, especially after the water ban was put into effect, could have no at- traetion for birds. Things have been | looking up since the section got Dis- trict water, but still everything looks | pretty dry. AR There was a preliminary patter of the customary big drops. Would they become smaller? ‘The drops ceased. y J\ffit another false alarm in the rain ine! But the clouds were gathering heav- ily to the southeast, from which good rains, and sometimes big winds, come. Surely this time there would be a { real rain, It did not seem possible that a community could go perma- nently without rain. Surely this time something would happen. Even the sturdy locust trees, outlin- ing their feathery tops against the skies, needed a real watering. It is al- most impossible to give a tree a drink with a hose. Authorities have announced that the best way to do it is to take the nozale off and place the hose 50 the water will trickle for at least three or four hours around the base of the tree. This means that the faucet must be turned partly off, so that only a trickle of water will flow. If the full force of the water is on, most of the liquid will run off. If the water is cut down, it manages to soak into the soil. Such, at least, is the theory. We tried it recently on some althea bushes, which had successfully withstood a Lrl“spllnllnl’ in the middle of the hot spell. We discovered that after an hour's ' watering according to this method the soll was wet to the depth of 1!; feet, whereas flower borders which had been soaked with the full flow of the hose (minus nozzle) showed a water pene- l'.ntv;(on only to the depth of about 2 inches. * % o % As the rain came down in Maryland the children ran from their houses e - stood in it, as if it were a rarity, in- | deed, which, of course, it was. Here was & rain at last which promised to do_some good! Even if it should last but half an hour, it would be better than nothing. | Trees and bushes would be refreshed, and washed clean, grass would receive | new life. Perhaps the grass would | benefit most of all. | Even those who have worked a great deal with grass, and know its surpris- | ing affinity for water, are always| amazed at the quick pick-up which it ' At last the agricultural Northwest, severe critic of high tariff enactments, | has on the United States Tariff Com- mission a man who understands the | economic needs of the wheat and corn | belts. Dr. John Lee Coulter, one of | the new commissioners, born in Minne- sota, holds degrees from the University of North Dakota and the University of Wisconsin. Before becoming president of the North Dakota Agricultural and Mechanical College, where he remained eight years, he was an instructor in the University of Wisconsin, the Uni- versity of Minnesota and Iowa State College. Dr. Coulter was an earnest advoeate of farm relief legislation when that subject was uppermost in the Con- the Federal Farm Board. 3 hei became chief economist of the Tariff Commission, to whose membership he is | now promoted. * X X % “The trouble with the flexible tariff is," Tariff Commissioner Alfred P. Den- nis once commented, “that, like one’s elbow, it will flex in only one direc- tion—upward.” He was stressing that | virtually all rate changes brought about by operation of the flexible clause had meant increases. His view is that re- ductions are apt to be equally essential in the making of a scientific tariff im- mune from future political consider: tion. It is reasonable to assume that President Hoover holds a like view, for | Commissioner Dennis is now reap- | pointed, being one of two members of | the old Tariff Commission to win Mr. Hoover's favor. Mr. Dennis remains on the commission as a Democrat high in | ?’:’guhncnn regard, due partly to his | e Business Man's View of Calvin | Coolidge,” printed on the eve of the 1924 election. * ok k% Representative Charles M. Stedman, fifth North Carolina district, recently | stricken, was a senior in the University | of North Carolina when Fort Sumter | was fired upon. Without waiting for his | diploma, he responded to a call for vol- | unteers and enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army. He served with Lee’s army during the entire war, was wounded three times and was a major when he suirendered at Appomattox. Stedman entered the Congress 20 years ago at the age of 70 and for several sessicns was its oldest Representative and last Civil War veteran. On his eightieth birthday, 10 years ago next January, his colleagues presented him with a handsome watch. This and a | letter he had received from Woodrow | Wilson he prized above all other pos- sessions. In the letter the World War | President thanked the veteran Repre- sentative for his aid in pressing emer- gency war legislation to the statute books. Each January 29 the House was wont to hail Stedman as its most beloved member. * %k k¥ Thomas Starr King, whose statue is to be placed by California in National Statuary Hall, in Washington, spent less | thar. four years in the State that is to honor_him ‘above all other citizens save one, He could be said to belong almost as much to New York, where he was born, or to Massachusetts, where he was an intellectual leader, or to New Hampshire, where he explored the White Mountains, as to California, where his eloquence turned the scale against the “Pacific Republic” and kept that State a member of the American Unfon. Still other States might be claiming Thomas Starr King as their own if death had not closed his career at an early age. The impress of his life on humanity, either individually or col- lectively, was great and lasting. * ok ok % In order to ascertain whether lack of interest in politics is prevalent among business women, 600 of them—lawyers, teachers, nurses, secretaries, saleswomen and othérs—were asked to fill out ques- tionnaires. The replies, according to the compilers, are overwhelming testi- mony to the fact that women are con scientious about voting, but are far from satisfied with present political or- ganizations, Eighty per cent of those Prophets Sure to Connect. From the Buffalo Evening Mews, Keeping u'o. it brings sWceess, and m prophets of re g pr sure to hit it if they keep answering vote from a sense of duty, | 17 per cent from interest in special is- sues and 14 per cent from interest in candidates. cent voted the straight O THIS AND THAT . TRACEWELL. shows, no matter how badly it looks. Grass which is yellow, ssemingly ex- tinct, can become green overnight; no one need despair of grass, no matter how it looks. Except upon terrace: Newly sodded terraces need water dur ing the first few weeks; failure to give it during that period means the end of the grass. Much watering later wiil do no good. Many homeowners are victims of the old tradition that “one should never water the grass when the sun is shin- ing.” That is mostly bunk. The trou- ble is that too many persons merely “sprinkle” grass, instead of watering it. There is a big difference. If one intends to turn on the fine spray, and play it upon the grass for & half hour, he is making a mistake, because the total amount of water Fllced on the grass will amount to a ew quarts, at the most. But if one intends to water the grass, in the best sense, he may do it at any time of the day, provided only that he does it thoroughly, which may mean hours at a time. The best way is to take off the nozzle and permit the end of the hose to lie in one spot for at least half an hour before being moved a few feet. Even if grass is white, it can be brought back to life by this method. It is & rather tiresome work, of course, and one that many persons will not bothér with, but the grass enthusiast will, and he will get his reward in & newly green lawn, ot o 8 2 As one stood watching the rain come down through the trees, he got almost & thrill out of the realizftion that this was the first time in so many days that the trees had received any drink. How wonderful the trees are, as they stand with their leaves uplifted, their roots deep in the ground, able to live when smaller things fade and perish! Here were the locusts, much abused trees, which showed a few browning branches, yet in the main stood greener than even a believing gardener might expect. The water now falling might do them little good, so far as their root systems were concerned, but it would wash the dust off their branches and leaves, and enable them to do better work with the sunlight. Perhaps some water might trickle down into the baked soil, but so much of it seemed to be running down the streets and sidewalks it seemed a pity that the waste water could not be converted and placed squarely around the tree trunks throughout the neigh- borhood. Yonder was a bleeding heart plant, which had suffered the last strokes as the result of the drought. Would the rain do 1t any good? It seemed doubt- ful, but it would be interesting to watch it, from now on, and see if the life blood of a bleeding heart would flow again. * ok k * And now the rain was over! Just half an hour of it, but just 30 minutes more than had been known since May or thereabouts. Already the section seemed refreshed, Shrubs that had crackled, they were 80 dry, now rustled softly in the slight wind, like silks at a tea party. Strange drops hung from the leaves of the favorite locust, which spread out its branches protectingly .over the front walk. They were drops of water! One looked at them curiously, as if one had never seen such pearls before. ‘The rain was over. Had it been a dream? No, there were the drops, glistening in the trees, to prove that there had been & rain. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS one woman was held to be illustrative of the attitude of many: “My part owes me the best candidate. If I am not offered the best, I protest by voting otherwise,” she had scribbled on the margin of her questionnaire. X % % One parallel is is to be noted in the outcome of the recent Canadian and German elections, notwithstanding ap- parent conflict in the defeat of the Liberal party in the one Instance and the ama: gains of the extremists in the other. In both countries, opposition the established government held sway. Desire for a change may be seen also in recent South American revolu- tions. Politicians throughout the world naturally are disturbed. Protest votes, reflecting discontent and a yearning for something differert in the hope of its being better than the existing order, are never conducive to peace of mind on the part of those who seek to control. Be- tween the Conservative party of Canada and the Fascists and Communists of Germany nothing in common exists ex- cept victory. Each group owes its pres- ent rise to the determination of a people to find economic relief. * x ok % ‘The Gutenberg Bible, now in the Li- brary of Congress and soon to be per- manently exhibited there, is one of only three perfect copies on vellum that re- main of the 30 copies on veNum in the original edition. One perfect copy is in the National Library in London and an- other is in the National Library in Paris. Nine other copies on vellum which have been located are imperfect. Dr. Her- bert Putnam, Librarian of Congress, who personally brought the precious Voll- behr copy from Europe, says that the date when the Gutenberg Bible was ex- ecuted is not certain, but that it was prior to August 24, 1456. Dr, Vollbehr | paid $250,000 for the copy now possessed by the United States Government. He obtained it in Carinthia from the Abbot of St. Paul of the Benedictine order, which order had held it in various places from the time of its printing. (Copyright, 1930.) ) — “Feeding the Fishes” With Science’s Care From the Fort Worth Record-Telegram. The State of Nebraska has appropri- ated funds from the State exchequer for the use of a group of piscatorial scientists, who will take the money and set about the task of feeding bass, crap- ple, channel cat and perch, as the up- to-date poultry raiser feeds egg ingredi- |ents to his flock of trap-nested layers and the dalry herd owner attempts to get back from his milk cows practically the same thing in butter fats as the value of his food offering. The scientific group is busy with vita- mins and calories in the menus of fish. They are acting on the theorem that a 2-pound bass properly caloried and shot with vitamins should be an easy 3-pounder when he takes the fatal snap at the dowagiac of his fate. They have a feeling that bigger and better fish are merely q. e. d. to the proper application of the same princi- | ples that go to make, in the human plane, either bone-crushing foot-ballists |or bathing beauties, according to the ay the dietitian throws his clutch into igh” or “reverse.” That is an idea! When the idea is perfected, they *will have pens of fish fattening just as we have been penning up the succulent shotes for the past several thousand years. We pen up the porkers so they will carry on with their hog characteristics without working any of it off. We wonder if a “fish pen” will be constructed to prevent the fat- tening trout from swimming off any of his scientific accumulation. WIIL the next logical step be that of & supercaloried fishworm that will add to the flavor of the catch, somewhat as & mast-fed hog turns out a little higher priced ham? This game of calories and vitamins is as hard to keep up with as the game of bridge that started with auc- contract. We never see the day when the fishes scien- l WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1930. Takes Issue With Sermon on the Dog To the Editor of The Star: We are all more or less familiar with the old expression “Gone to the dogs,” but in my opinion it was never more clearly illustrated than in an article of Mary E. Clark which appeared in a recent edition of The Star. This article dealt with a church service at which & dog occupied the sanctuary with its master, who delivered the address. have always been a lover of dogs, and haye raised them from pupples to ma- turity, but I shudder at the idea of % using & church for a kennel. The writer said that God spoke to| the people through the dog. In this age of education and culture I feel sorry for any one who displays such an utter lack of knowledge of the Scrip- tures. In the New Testament we read that the Lord expressly says that in these latter days He speaks to the peo- ple through His Son, and I find no record where He has canceled that declaration. Therefore, I fail to under- stand how a person can have the au- dacity to say that the Almighty is doing differently when there is no rec- ord to support the statement.. I wen- der if the writer ever heard any one testify that they hoped to reach Heaven by looking at a dog in church and| listening to a discourse on whether or not poor Fido should gnaw a chicken bone. How absurd! ‘When Moses saw the burning bush the Lord told him to take off his shoes because the place whereon he stood was holy ground. Why? Not because a dog was present, but because the Lord Him- self was there, and He desired to im- press upon Moses that wherever the Lord' is that is holy ground. Every church is dedicated to the worship of the Lord, and should be so used. The money changers and traders in doves were once driven out of the temple by Christ because they desecrated the place of worship, so that should be & warning to both pastor and People today. This article may sound like a sermon, but maybe our friend will take heed and read the Scriptures to see what they say on a particular subject before at- tempting to air her views before the thinking American public. M. E. READ. Peril From Possible Falling Airplanes To the Editor of The Star: ‘Together with many other readers of your paper, I appreciate your criticism of advertising through loud speakers in the air. Can't your camj g0 & step farther consistently? refer to the danger to our citizens in airplanes fly- ing over us at all. Almost daily some craft falls and we are, of course, sorry for the pilot and passengers. But how about the innocent spectator on the ground or the unprotected resident in his home? Fortunately, we have had no serious accident so far. Must we be taught care by calamity? Imagine what would happen if some airplane “cracked up” and dropped—perhaps exploded and burned—on F street at its crowded noon haur! Yet daily they soar over the busy streets. One doubts the wisdom of taking the risk, even on permit. In fact, one questions the authority, | whether Federal or local, of those who issue such permits. Of course, the air is free, but unruly planes, like noise, do descend. It seems to me aircraft should avold the densely populated districts and find their lanes above waterways or rural communities. Then in case of trouble and a forced descent the pilot would have a better chance for making his hurried landing, and the scarcity of people or dwellings below him would lessen the likelihood of injury to per- son or property. I believe a heavy plane did crash through a skylight in Chi-| cago. Must we have a similar or worse experience here in order to learn? Poor, suffering city dweller! Noises, smells, burglars, dogs and cats, even the children, overrun his premises, intrude in his home, rob him of the peace and quiet to which he is entitled. The huckster cries in the street, the peddler rings his doorbell, the ambitious adver- tiser reaches him through the mail and over the radio. Now we are being ex- horted from above to “use airways shav- ing cream.” But I, for one, prefer not to be flattened out on the street or in my dooryard by some cruising fiyer who comes to grief as he crosses the one thing yet left me—a clear path straight upward to Heaven. I consider that mine and want it undefiled. N. L. COLLAMER. L A Tribute to “Mother,” A Much Beloved Dog To the Editor of The Star: Since the dog has been included in interesting letters to The Star of late, I am inspired to write of my two dogs, one having just “passed on.” My most faithful companion was Mother for 16 years. Buck, her offspring, made a pair of responsibilities for me. My habit was to give them exercise every evening around the block, and much was the joy of the youngsters of the neighborhood to hold their leashes as I walked ahead. Great was the grief of one tiny girl when I had to tell her that she would never see Mother again; that she had gone to “dogs’ heaven.” ‘With tears in her pretty blue eyes and with arm lifted dramatically to the sky, she said, “Mother has gone to Jesus.” Such faith was inspired, and dares me to 'write, “Why not a dog heaven?” True it was that Mother had more sense than some of us two-legged animals. Must it be obliteration for her any more than for you or for me? W. G. KENT. ISR o Publie Utilities and Our National Progress To the Editor of The Star: When our national legislators are en- gaged in the political pastime of baiting the railroads and public utilities the: should remember: The world owes a debt of everlasting | gratitude to the pioneer in whatever line of human endeavor; for it was the | pioneer, urged by a great vision and the | spirit of adventure, who gave us our| railroads, without which we would be in the ox cart stage of civilization, and | also our public utilities. Both are necessary and of equal importance to and largely responsible for the unprec- edented progress, prosperity and de- velopment of our country. The public utility, by making avail-| able at reasonable rates light, xo‘,"‘ and heat, has greatly lightened the duties of the housewife and lifted crushing burdens from the backs of| labor. It has also thereby greatly con- | tributed to the ease and comfort of life and advanced the spiritual and mate- rial welfare of the people by affording them more time for recreative and cul- tural development. ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER. Detroit Bans Pistol ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC What do you need to know? Is there some point about your business or g:r- sonal life that puzzles you? Is there something you want to know without delay? Submit your question to Fred- eric J. Haskin, director of our Wash- ington Information Bureau, He is em- ployed to help you. Address your in- uiry to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C., and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Q. Why do we say “base ball pitch- ing” and “base ball pitcher,” when in reality the ball is not pitched—it is thrown?—S. G. A. Spalding’s Base Ball Guide says that the first pitching was literally pitching. The ball was not thrown. The present method has been a gradual evo- lution and the ball may now be tossed, pitched, jerked or thrown. Q. Is there a place in the United States where an artificial sky contain- ing stars and planets can be viewed by a person interested in astronomy?— A. The Adler Planetarium and As- tronomical Museum in Chicago provides just such visual instruction. tions of sun, stars, planets and moon are shown, but at a much ‘more rapid rate. Philadelphia has a planetarium under construction. existence?—B. V. 2§ A. The organization was originally the National Congress of founded in 1897, which became the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations in 1908 Parents and Teachers. Q. Please make it clear whether a son who bears the title “junior” con- tinues to use it after the death of his father—O. M. T. A. Following the death of his father, whose name the son bears, the son dis- continues the use of the title “junior.” . Is the city of Damascus in a state of preservation?—A. N. A. Liilian Dow Davidson, writing for the Rotarian, says: “Parts of Damascus are in ruins. Two years ago a large area in its center was destroyed by flames, and, due to droughts and other conditions, natives have not rebuilt it. Even more distressing were the ruins of another part which the French, who hold the Syrian mandate, reluctantly but effectually shelled during the re- bellion of 1925.” Q. How are appointments made to the Capitol police?—M. O'D. A. The office of the Captain of the Capitol Guards says that these are ob- tained through congressional mendation, each member having a cer- tain amount of patronage allotted to him with regard to service in the Capi tol. All applications should be made through a Representative or Senator of the State in which the person is a bona fide resident. Q. What is a landgrave?>—M. L. F. A. A landgrave was at first a German count, having a certain territorial juris- diction; later, the title of certain of the German princes. The title was first adopted by some German counts in the twelfth century, to distinguish them- selves from the inferior counts under their jurisdiction. Three were princes of the empire. Q. What is bird lime?—H. E. A. Tt is an extremely viscid substance usually made from the bark of holly, but also from other plants, such as the ever- cause a twig smeared with it will hoid small birds which light upen it. . How does a person get into the aviation unit after going to the Coast | Guard Academy’—F. G. A. The Coast Guard Service savs The mo- | Q. How long has the National Con- | gress of Parents and Teachers been in | Mothers, | and in 1914 the National Congress of | Yecom- | green, mistletoe, etc. It is so called be- | J. HASKIN. that upon graduation from the Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn., the graduates are assigned to gener:! Coast Guard duties which might or might not be in the aviation ‘branch, ‘The graduate has no choice of the du- ties to which he is assigned. Q. How large are the Solomon Is- | lands in the Pacific?—K. K. A. The largest of the Solomons is a little less than 4,000 square miles in area, while the area of the group is esti- mated at 17,000 square miles. | . Q Did Kreisler actually serve in the | World War?—L. M. J. A. Fritz Kreisler, the great Austrian violinist, served four weeks in the trenches during the World War. | Q How wide is the Seine River at | Paris?>—M. G. F. A The Seine has a width of 540 feet as it enters Paris and 446 feet as it leaves the city. At the island, La Cite, the river is at its widest, 863 feet. | Q. What are the supporting sides of a stairway called-—the pieces which hold | the steps?—J. P, A. The inclined sides.of a stairway, | supporting the treads and risers, are called strings. Q. Do people ever eat rattlesnakes?— |E.C. 8. A. This is quite a common perform- ance among the Indians of Mexico and | many travelers have tasted the unusual | dish” and pronounced the flesh of rat= tlesnakes to be not unlike that of the The poi- son of the rattiesnake is contained In certain glands and does not affect the | flesh of the reptile, Q. I would llke to know why we | sometimes see yellow fringe or border on the American flag?—W. C. B, | A, Fringe is not a part of the flag of | the United States of America. The flag in itself alone is sufficiently majestic and needs no adornment. The War Department says gold fringe may be used on regimental colors. Q. Are old Confederate bills of any value?—C. C. A. Confederate bills have no valus except to collectors. ?[. ‘What are Llre_;apum languages? —H. G. A. The Papuen languages are thoss spoken in New Guinea and the ad- jacent islands and in the Solomon group. Q. How many stars and stripes are there in the flag about which “The Star Spangled Banner” was written?— LM A | white meat of the chicken. A. The flag was the garrison flag g | Fort McHenry at Baltimore, and, accordance with the time, had 18 | stars and 15 stripes. Q. What kind of liquid is it lnm line gauges on the dashes of auf biles?—J. 8. A. The Bureau of Standards that kerosene colored_with red-O generally. used in gasoline gauges on the dashboards of automobiles. The | latter is an aniline dye, which is soluble in kerosene. Q. Please give directions for making | :dstmple Aeolian harp for a window?— | ""A. There are various methods of pre- | paring an Aeolian harp, one of the simplest of which is as follows: A thread is held taut above the opening at the middle of a window by two wedges pressed down firmly between the upper and lower sashes. The thread should be from 18 to 30 inches in length and fastened by means of a |knot in each end. Enough air come up through an opening 1-16 of | an inch’ wide ta operate the harp. Any | thread may be used or for a louder |tone fine wire may be substituted. | There is no need to yse any particular | kind of wood. The possibility of the return of Gut- zon Borglum to the work of creating the sculptured memorial of Confederate leaders at Stone Mountain arouses re- newed interest in that project. peace is being made between the sculp- tor and those who are financing the memorial, the proposal to make the enterprise larger than originally in- tended is attracting attention, It is pointed out that, if further support is to be expected, there must be a guar- antee of freedom from such contro- versies as marred the original proceed- ings. “They dld not exactly throw eggs at Borglum at the time of his departure from Atlanta,” remarks the Charlotte Observer, “but Borglum, at least, was not inclined to look back. Now he is being heroized, for he is hailed as ‘the only man who can do the work.' The Atlanta audience to which was intro- duced Borglum's elaborated plan for the Stone Mountain Memorial went wild, surging to its feet and throwing up its hat, It is now evident that the sculptor is to be permitted to carry the great project to completion without further hindrance. Much good time has been lost, but it appears that all is to end well, with the original Stone Moun- tain carvings looking as pigmies to the revised plans of the sculptor. “There is general gratification, agrees the Chattanooga Times, “over the turn Stone Mountain Memorial af- fairs have apparently taken. The great project has always gripped the imagi- nation of the public, and its appeal, now by the sculptor who began it, will, no doubt, be stronger than ever, provided the public is convinced that there is not likely to be any more muddling. And the very fact that Atlanta is to undertake direction of the work will go a long way toward establishing con- fidence, for Atlanta is known as any- thing but a muddler.” ; “Now that a reconciliation has been effected,” says the Newark Evening News, “the country will hope the proj- ect will be carried to a conclusion with- out any more differences.” The Eve- ning News feels that “admirers of the sculptor have cause for satisfaction that he is about to resume the work,” and assumes that “in the years that have done—hence the recall of Borglum * ok K X ‘On tiptoe, the South should clap its hands,” says the Birmingham News. “Atlantans merit felicitation. But if Atlantans and Georgians expeci to get the Confederacy’s majestic war figure finished, they must give Mr. Borglum free play. He will not be embarrassed Permits for Gunmen From the San Bernardino Sun. i It tends to make an American ratt r, thou .ful to read that' the Detroit! Police Department no longer will grant permits for carrying pistols to persons with police rec-rd.. This decision has been reached as a result of the dis- closure that permits - ‘ere issued recently . to more than a dozen racketeers and gunmen with long and serious records of lawlessness. 4 Isn't it & curious conimentary on the state of civilization in Detroit that gun- | men and racketeers were ever licensed to carry guns’ And the finger of scorn need not be pointed particularly at Detroit. same thing has been going on in other Am -an citles. So.ne of our cities and States haven't even any system of license for the con- trol of gun-toting, Wb h, honestly en- | | forced, might prevent the illegitimate tal posession of firearms, Still worse is the fact that as a Na- tion we hfll! not yet taken control of the manufacture and sale of deadly weapons. We try to disarm the world and yet allow our own crimjnals ane fools, openly or furtively, to get all the arms they want. d asiet in by bystanders or by critical bosses. Genius resents all manner of yokes and harnesses.” Similar advice is given by the Co- lumbia State, as it voices the hope of the South “that Atlanta will insist that hereafter, even should there not be great progress in the making of the gigantic memorial, there shall be dig- nity in the management by the powers that be, Five years have been lost,” continues that paper. “The work that had been done on the mountain side, including the head of Gen. Lee, was blasted off by the successor to Borglum. | Then some sculpturing on the rock face | of Stone Mountain was done, and then work stopped. * * * It is certain that if this great work is to be accomplished that money will not be given unless and until there is that harmony in Atlanta which is necessary to inspire| confidence elsewhere in the probability of the success of the great under- king." . * koK ¥ “Although many Southerners con- A that its conception has been elaborated | intervened, not enough of the task was | 'Stone Mountain Prospects Stir Interest in Bigger Plan scheme for a time seemed in danger |of complete collapse. * * * The peo- ple of the South are not going to offer any financial support until there is |some assurance that the memorial to | the Confederacy is not again to be | jected to a bitter controversy. * ¢ * The magnificent work of art ought to be completed without unnecessary de- ay. ‘The monument, of course, is chiefly an Atlanta enterprise,” in the opinion of the Charleston Evening Post. * * * It is to be hoped that Atlanta will carry out or abandon tne project, without in volving the rest of the South in any- thing like the row which attended the former undertaking.” “Latest reports from the Atlanta front,” recerds the Rochester Times- Union, “suggest that the long fight over the Stone Mountain memorial is draw- ing to a close, with Gutzon Borglum as the victor, His return to Atlanta |was without untoward developments | and he is expected to resume work on the gigantic Confederate memorial. From all accounts, the present plan is to enlarge the scheme, which will make | Stone Mountain the center of an ex- | tensive park system to include Kenesaw | Mountain and the Peachtree Creek Bat- tlefield of Atlanta. Settlement of the | controversy over this ambitious project | will bring general satisfaction. The idea of taking a mountain of stone and | transforming it into a great monument was a daring conception, for which Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor, deserves | the credit.” ———— Guayule Rubber Test Proves Plant’s Worth | Prom the Oakland Tribune. It was not so long ago when an ex- cursion of the Oakland Chamber of | Commerce went down to the Salinas Valley and was there shown the guayule experiment tract. The visitors were shown the plants from which rubber {can be made, were told of the efforts | to interest farmers in growing the same, |show long it took the plant to grow and | what processes were necessary in the production of the raw rubber, Announcement that work has started on & $150,000 plant south of Salinas to manufacture rubber out of guayule an- swers a lot of questions which since | have been propounded. The practicabil- | ity of the process jis evidently proved |and the adaptability of soil and climate | of the valley demonstrated. | . The experiments have attracted no | little attention. They were under way |at the time many advanced the claims of goldenrod as a source of rubber. Over a period of 10 years various sec- tions have been tested to find which was best suited to the cultivation of the sage shrub guavule, which grows wild in Mexico. The news from Salinas Is asswance of a decision having been |made and of enough confldence in the venture to start production in a large way. It is possible a new industry of considerable size, and one to interest farmers as well as manufacturers, is be- ing established. | When the plant which is being bullt |1s complete, it will be able to produce 10,000 pounds of raw rubber a day. In cultivation in the Salinas Valley are 5,600 a of guayule. As the shrub takes three years to mature, the yield TLe much money must be contributed, and | of g Jjttle less than 2,000 acres may be | used a_season. | Considering the fact that men have one to great distances for rubber, and hat the flelds have been controlled, in arge extent, by other nations, the move 0 grow rubber here, using other plants, ' has attracted a wide scientific interest. At Salinas, where there is a naturai tributed to the project, and even the | rejoicing over a new industry, it is said Government _ authorized the of memorial 50-cent pieces to *the movement,” states the Lynchburg Advance, “th orfal has been dragging alo S the Pederal the present plans represent but a start, and it s pointed out that certain bench lands, not adapted to intensive culti- vation of other crops, are to be put to profitable G