Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1930, Page 8

WASH D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 1930 ;e ; THE EVENING STAR s mmmm!mmuw--w THE EVENING STAR o With Sunday Morning Editien. WASBHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. .Beptember 18, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor ‘Rate by Carrier Within the City. nine Blar. . 48 per month A Bunda e . o 80c per month nd Bunday Siat 9 #5¢ per month g e Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. ryland a. 0 lnu.ma" A dax"only e yri 16.00 yr. $4.00 1mo. All Oul-‘dlllhfl and Canada. erwile or aper and also the locsl 1ews All rights of nublication of tches herein are aiso reserved The La Follettes of Wisconsin. Thirty years ago a La Follette was fominated by the Republicans of Wis- eonsin for the governorship of the Btate. He was #hree times elected to that office and finally resigned to take & seat in the United States Senate in 1906, & seat which he continued to oc~ eupy until his death June 18, 1925. He dug deep into the affections and the faith of the people of Wisconsin. He Jed them along progressive paths and they clung to his leadership, Today one of the sons of this same La Follette has been nominated for QGovernor by & sweeping vote of ap- proval. The bther son succeeded his father as Senator and has twice been elected to that office. The sons bear the impress of their father in char- acter and in the policies they advocate. ‘They bear his name, an asset of tre- mendous value at the polls in Wiscon- sin, although the senior La Follette has been dead for five years. ‘When Philip La Follette, now nom- inated for Governor and as good as elected, announced his candidacy a few months ago, he declared that neither he nor any other man was entitled to ‘win an electlon in Wisconsin because of family prestige. He wished, he said, to stand on his own feet and to win be- cause of the issues he raised. It was a proper statement. No man could go before the electorate and urge that he be elected because of his father’s. record. The inheritance of political power and office, from father to son, went out of the picture in this country many, many years ago. 4 Nevertheless, the memory of the late Senator Robert M. La Follette con- tinues s powerful influence in Wis- consin todsy. The nomination of his son Phillp for Governor must be at- tributed in considerable part to the regard with which the people remember the father, just as the nomination of Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr., in 1025 10 succeed his father must be attributed to the affection they bore the senior La Follette. But Senator Robert M. 1a Follette, jr, has besm re-elected. His re-election was a tribute to his own services in the tribunal where his father s0 long represented Wisconsin. The La Follette political eontrol in ‘Wisconsin comes as near being a politi- eal “dynasty” as anything ever de- wveloped in the United States, next to the famous Massachusetts instance. In that State many years ago John Adams ‘was the founder of a family line which has been distinguished for its services in public office. He himself was elected President of the United States, and later his son, John Quincy Adams, was chosen for the same high office. Today an Adams sits as Secretary of the Navy in President Hoover's cabinet. ‘The career of the La Follettes in ‘Wisconsin will be followed with the keenest interest. Senator La Follette i thirty-five years old, His brother Phillp is two years his junior. Pre- sumably they have many years of public service ahead of them, ——tee. 1f there are to be no more challenges for the America’s Cup it will probably sink into oblivion and carry into forget- «fulness the triumphs with which it was associated. On a rather different plane of sport was the Richard K. Fox dia- mond belt, coveted by pugilists. There are few persons who today can tell what became of it. —— e Shamrock’s Accident. ‘By & mechanical mishap Shamrock V ‘was yesterday defeated for the third successive time in the international yachting contest for the America’s Cup. In the first quarter of the race, while she held the most advantageous position she had enjoyed in any of the events, her main halyard, a steel cable three- quarters of an inch in thickness, snap- ped and let her mainsail down. This break could not be repaired at once, and, of course, the yacht, thus deprived of “her chief sail, had to drop out of the race. Enterprise was at first put about, #s if to yleld the advantage and cancel the race, but reconsideration caused her to be straightened off again upon the course and she completed the thirty- smile- run, uncontested, and thus won a hollow victory, the third in the series, leaving only one more race to be won for & final triumph. That fourth race may be won today. It would have been splendid sports- manship on the part of Skipper Van- derbilt if he had put Enterprise about snd made back to the starting point, effecting ‘“no race” for the day. He would have been applauded for his ac- tion. But the regulations governing the matches in this event do not eoun- tenance such a procedure. A definite precedent occurred in 1920, when in the first race of that year's conlest the de- fender Resolute suffered disablement through the parting of the throat hal- { yard—an almost precisely similar ac- cident to that of yesterday—and she dropped out while Shamrock 1V, the challenger, went, over the course alone, Sir Thomas Lipton notified the com- mittee in charge of the races that he would not accept such a victory, de- claring, “I don't want to win that way.” He was at once informed that under the rules governing the match the committee could not withhold credit for the ¥ictory from the cha'lenger, which automatically became winner y:‘.m when Shamrock V was erip- P The gear of & yacht is as much & part of her as & racing machine as her hull, Her spars and her sails. If any part breaks defeat follows. If & sall is ripped the yacht becomes an inert thing on the sea. If & spar cracks or crumples she stops. If her body is strained by the astress of her canvas and springs a leak she is handicapped | to the point of loss. Just so when & halyard snaps she is beaten. The rac- ing capacity of the yacht is measured by the strength of her weakest mem- ber. With all the precautions pos- siblé, a flaw may develop in some part of the craft. Calculations of strains may have been inaccurate, In this in- stance Shamrock was meeting a some- what stiff breeze for the first time in the contest. It may be that the weak spot in the wire rope was waiting fo- just the pound too much of strain to yield and cause the loss of the race. et et Courtesy to Policemen. For probably the first time in history & city official finds it necessary to warn the residents of a eommunity that they will siffer penalties if they “talk back to or abuse a policeman, regardless of whether or not the police- man is abusive to them.” And this unique warning was given not for the benefit of a tough mining town popula- tion, but to the citizens of the National Capital by the corporation counsel, on the theory, perhaps, that Washing-| tonians, being more literate, if less tough, might have greater vocabularies at their command to ruffie the sensitive | feelings of the guardians of the law. ‘The remarkable part of this state- | ment is that since time immemorial it | has supposedly been the policy to pro- tect citizens against onslaughts of brow- | beating policemen and yet the corpora- | tion counsel's warning would put the shoe on the other foot and protect po- | leemen against citizens. All police- | men, even rookies, know how to pro- tect themselves against the citizen who “gasses” them or is mbusive to them, For the citizen there 15 practically no protection. A typlcal case might be cited as fol- lows: The motorist is driving at night with his tail light out. He is over- taken by a policeman, The officer de- mands a view of his driving permit, in terms of biting sarcasm and abuse. Follows an inspection of the permit and with a dictatorial warning—if the motorist remains speechless in awe of the uniform-—the officer orders him to post eollateral at the precinct station. Now take the other side of }t. The motorist has been stopped for the same offense, but, feeling a bit belligerent, he responds: “Officer, how eould I know the tall Mght was out? If you spent your time chasing real offenders against the reguiations this city would be better off. You must be new on the foree and I'll report you for this.” What happens then? ‘“Drive up to the patrol box!" orders the police- man, and, after ordering the wagon, escorts his prisoner, none too gently, to the vehicle for a ride to the station ‘Now, going back to the first case, The citizen to complain of the offi- cer's tactics; but what must be the foundation for his complaint? Dismissal the case in court, of course. Falling that there is nothing for him to and he cannot very well suceeed be- his tail Jight was. setually out. 80 he must take the browbeating of the officer without redress of any kind. about the sensitive police- & citizen talks back to him? As & preliminary measure he sends him in disgrace to the police station in the wagon and as & secondary and quick punishment he charges him with dis- orderly econduct in addition to the traffic eount. And he sees to it that the motorist the next day is eonvicted on both counts, and if by any chance the motorist should escape penalty there are other opportunities if the officer cares to be particularly vigilant in re- gard to one individual. Naturelly, there should be no abuse or “wisecracking” on either side when & policeman arrests & motorist for trafe violation. But, and there must be some reason for it, it has been the policy of all police departmenta for many years to stress courtesy on the part of policemen. Consequently, a re- versal of this policy in the National Oapital would be considered extraordi- nary and its effect on the small minority of the department who still adhere to browbeating tactics in the arrest of reputable citisens for trivial offenses might be most deplorable. o More legitimate theaters are taking up with the “talikies.” The talkies manage to produce acceptable entertainment at | lower eost and the rules of commerce apply to entertainment as well as to more substantial commoditi e r——— November will demonstrate whether there is any substance behind the shadows which Mrs. McCormick believes are haunting her. AT AR Amerioa’s Water Supply Problem. Warning is issued by the Public Health Service to the residents of the sections which have been most seriously affected by the drought this Summer that there is grave danger of the spread of disease due to the shortage of water supply. Not only has there been & de- ficiency of water for drinking but the lack of moisture has affected the qual- ity of foodstuffs, and diseases due to the derangement of dietary systems may develop, Indeed in some parts of the eountry already there have been out- breaks of typhoid and pellagra, the latter being particularly feared by the Publi¢ Health Service. Were it not for the establishment of a flitration system in Washington the District of Columbia would have been very greatly concerned over the possi- bility of disease, particularly typhold, | prevailing in consequence of the low waters of this season. As it is, in some parts of the surrounding territory not served with fitered water in public supply much iliness from this cause has been suffered. American communities are not as well served in the matter of water supply as they should be. In fact, & very, grave danger constantly exists owing to the possibility of the contamination - of water systems. In almost all instances scientific degres. It now has a problem to solve which affects the health of millions of people. To assure abundant and pure water to all in this country may involve gigantic works and cost & vast sum. But those works eventually must be wrought and that sum must be spent unless with the growth of pop- ulation there come about conditions that will make this land a cesspool of disense. o Welcome to Fidac! Born of war, Fidac—Federation In- teralice des Anciens Combattants—has grown strong and prospered in its aim {of establishing and preserving peace among the nations of the world. Twelve years after the idea of the organization was first presented its delegates are meeting in Washington today, repre- senting some nine millions of veterans sf the World War who fought under the flags of the allies. The growth of the organization has been no less re- markable than its ability to keep be- tore it a single objective, and the ten annual congresses that have preceded this eleventh meeting in Washington today have been for the purpose of re- newing the pledges of ‘mutual under- standing among these men and women who took part in the “war to end wars” and to advance the ideal of world-wide seace. Midac has steadfastly shunned he dangers that beset organizations of the kind. Tt has kept away from po- litical discussion, from sectarian domi- aation of one sort or another and has sentered its aims within the sphere that affects the men who bore arms. Naturally, the ecause of peace con- tinues to dominate their discussions. The ideal which found expression in -he organization of Pidac was thaj the peace of the world could be left in no safer hands than in those of the men who made peace possible. In a recent letter Gen. John J. Per- shing expressed his satisfaction that the years since the armistice have not dampened the enthusiasm and the fine spirit of the veteran members of PFidac. but that they are “still marching for- ward shoulder to shoulder as they did in those war-torn days.” After all, the greatest problem that lies ahead of the organizations that form Fidac is to keep this enthusiasm alive. War loses its horrors in retrospect, and time tends to deaden the sentiment that rises strong against it as the first reaction. The next ten years will test the mettle of these veterans—a greater test, perhaps, than the one from which they emerged on the battlefields of France, Wash- ington is homored by their presence today. e N So-called “reds” demand the privilege of living rent-free. In order to inform themselves they should personally ex- amine conditions in Russia where ex- periments en such lines are being made in practice. ——— Discouraged motorists are beginning to wonder whether the only chance of solving parking problems will be to put wings on the old filvver and guide it into the clouds. ———— Booentricities of climate have again signalized Labor day as the best possible date on which to start a vaeation. ——— . Experience teaches. Sir Thomas Lip- ton Jearned years ago to be & good loser. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. , Another Confession. ‘We sang of the Summer in rhythms so Y Because it's the custom to warble that way; But M: that September is with us once more, ‘We own that the song was a cheat and & bore, Oh, those murmuring trees and the hum of the bees And the blossoms that perfumed the languorous ease and the glare Where mosquitoes like pirates infested the air! You watched the thermometer's jour- mey so high; The trees did not murmur, the wind did not sigh. And the worst of the season that drifted along Was that grim, garish bluff, the sweet Summertime song! Question. “That orator has accused you of being loaded with political Kles.” “Did he say ‘shackles,’ " asked Benator Sorghum, pensively, “or ‘shekels'?” Jud Tunkins says & man who talks in ciation of his style of conversation by slumbering on. Matder of Valuation. Politeness costs nothing at all. Some people no doubt you'll recall Who proudly refuse it, Disdaining to use it Because fhe expense is so small. Deeply Interested. “You seem very much impressed by all these explanations T have been giv- ing you about banking and currency.” “Yes, Charley dear,” replied young Mrs. Torkins. “It seems perfectly won- derful that anybody could know as much as you do about money without havipg any.” An Objection. “Experience,” sald the ready-made philosopher, “is the best teacher.” “Yes,” replied the sardonic person, “but who wants to depend on & course all your life?” One Type of Reader. The gentle reader finds no charm In statesmanlike conjecture | That points with pride, views with alarm Or condescends to lecture. Yet he is seen from time to time With eyes intently solemn, A low-browed murderer’s awful crime supply comes from surface drainage in watersheds adjacent to towns and cities, The purest supply comes from wells, and with the steady diminution of the rivers owing to deforestation and Devouring by the column! “De trouble wif some men,” said Uncle Eben, “is dat dey can't bring deir se'ls to holler foh work as loud as dey kin mben Resolute was disabled, Just so building q underground sources dmn-pmu-*-." Were scarcely observed 'mid the dust his aleep probably shows & proper appre- | of instruction that keeps you in school | acquaintance tells us that “w the seashore for his va- over us, because We have not seen the sea for 10 TS, Ten years without sight of the ocean! That is too much. Friends ean go to the mountains without leaving a regret behind in our mind. Pln:u and “great n spaces” no_lure. w;ut the seashore is something which instantly calls to us, and we are only the sadder for having it mentioned to us from time to time. Surely there is nothing quite like the sea—to the man or woman to whom it appeals. y “appeal” we do not mean simply -ppncmm of a mighty spectacle, or l&)va of water sports, or liking for “good imes.” The appeal of the ocean is peculiarly strong to some natures. One may have lived & life on the , and never have seen the great seas, yet carry in his heart a titanic love for it. No one can be sure how many sea- faring ancestors he has. Even the great books of heraldry run back only & few hundred years. Behind them, who? * ok ok x The love for the sea is & special love. Rivers and lakes will not do. are all right, in their way, but they k the elemental something or other, the grand perspective, the far- flung’ horizon, which the sea has. Go to Chesapeake Bay, get out of sight of land, which may be done at several points, still it is not the ocean. No, it is not so0 much that the waves are not high enough, nor that the air lacks the special salty “”RI. which the genuine ocean possesses. e one thi which the bay lacks is the ocean itself. You cannot make a bay into an ocean, nor yet a lake into a sex bodies of water, which tion to nation, have an atmosphere of their own. They have great liners, great birds, hugn fishes, great storms; something of this quality of largeness enters into the soul of the watcher, though he do no more than stand on the shore. Shore standing was in vogue thou- sands of years before any one ever heard of tree sitting. Who can forget the picture of Robinson Crusoe, in every one of his books, standing on the beach, peering over the breakers for a sight of the rescue ship? Crusoe remains as the immortal type | of beach stander. Every one who loves the sea knows that one does not have | to be a master mariner to Jove it. One may be a timid wooer, and yet be re- warded with the best smiles of the sea. * ok ok X Whenever an acquaintance says that he is going to the seashore for his vaca- tion, an old plan which has been kick. ing around in our head since we were | 10 years old comes to life, A purpose held tenaciously for all| those years ought to be treated with | I respect. We handle it tenderly, as one of our oldest dreams, as all old dreams | ought to be handled, because they are fragile, indeed, but made of stout stuff. This dream is none less than to live for at least a year by the seaside, to have a cottage stuffed with books and firewood, where ocean gales might blow, yet all would be snug and warm. Contrast! That is the especial lesson and glory of the seashore. Many lives are made intolerable because people fail to appreciate the necessity for contrasts, among human beings and in all the walks of life. Many men who love sports want all their friends to be athletes, too, but the real sportsman is able to appreciate the man who fis | not. Many who like their liquor de- i mand that all their friends drink, too, e cation a certain feeling of A MACEDOINE, Geneva.—The police authorities of Zagrab | (Agram, in Oroatia) have forbid- den the use of megaphones, horns and ether devices for at- tracting attention Wy peddlers. The of- ficials maintain that these adjuncts to the equipment of itinerant salesmen and the like are a constant source of an- | noyance to the public, and also dis- | turbing to traffic. | * k% Worry Merely Hallucination of Brain. Glasgow Weekly News.—Worry 1s seldom concrete; it is usually, especially | when about more or less trivial or purely material things, s hallucination of the brain, due to nerve strain. invigorate your nerves and enjoy live| | ing, regardless of discouragements that come to us all - « | Urge Adoption of California System. El Nuevo Diario, Caracas.—We have just heard of an excellent exercise in the training of school children, which we trust will be speedily adopted into | the curricula of Venesuelan institutions. | This scholastic novelty is practiced among the higher grades of California | pupils. Older pupils act as officers and |employes of banks, under the instruc- | tion of one teaching financial subjects. | These receive imitation money, both ocoin and notes, from the other students and transact with them all the forms and systems of the banking business. The “ecustomers” make deposits and withdrawals, and the bankers enter the amounts in their little books and carry out all the other ‘Erocodum necessary in the proper handling of funds. These courses are arranged in such a manner that every child, upon leaving the elementary school, knows how to | write and cash checks and has a knowl- |edge of the most important banking | procedures. * ok k% Paper's Success Due To Truth and Honor, | La Prensa, Buenos Alres.—The peri- | odicals of Madrid have been publishing | extensive commentaries in regard to the progress and universal diffusion of La | Prensa, now completing its sixty-first | year of publieation. The popular daily | Ia Libertad ex) astonishment | that a newspaper published in the cap- | ital of a nation comprising scarcely | more than 10,000,000 people (a popula- | tion destined to reach 100,000,000 at no | distant day) should surpass in impor- | tance and popularity the journals of so many greater countries. La Libertas then continues: “The cinematographic fiilm sent us for exhibition is an eloguent testimonial | of the grand enterprise, founded | {1860 by Dr. Jose C. Paz. The success of the paper has been secured by ad- herence to the principles of ‘truth, honor, liberty, progress and civilization,’ announced as keynotes in the first issue. ‘The fllm, showing vividly the ng-nflom ind activities of La Prensa, has been shown all over Spain and has inspired & new conception of the power and| benefaction of this wonderful journal. ‘The dally circulation of La Prensa, as of January 1, 1930, totaled 467,160 | coples, a prestige equaled by few other periodicals in either the New or the Old World.” * ko Call Attention to Abuse of Franking Code. El Mercurio, Santiago.—The ministry of the interior has issued a memoran- dum to the secretary of state calling| attention to the abuse of the postal franking regulations. According to the governmental laws and stipulations, the only persons authorized to use the mails for the sending of letters and packages without payment of rau‘e are, besides presidential executives of the republic, ministers and assistant ministers of state, presidents and secre- es8 &) e preside: - ury'rnt the supreme court of justice. At present members of both houses of and practically all other offi- 8o |0f the winds, the d d|of | axtra ounce. She livians. cers of the ent, whether in high o low position, are franking il thelr BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. but the wise man likes the contrast of the friend who never touches it. A year at the re would be wm not only for itself and in itself, but even more because it would present luel;nl v‘blem finwutr—g:: sen a few yards away, ;‘r;‘n h ’hm. the violent wind all around, but warmth in by the fireside. If it be objected that weather is weather any place, and that this contrast holds good in almost any Winter climate, we reply that the seashore is the seashore, and that it has & way of magnifying, even as the night magnifies. * ok k% A book, for instance, would actually read better under the condi- tions we have outlined. A booklover will find that at least 50 per cent is added to the normal enjoyment of a book if he reads it beside the sea. Those who spend their time aboard liners reading books know that this is true. Who will dispute the fact that the sea adds to the enjoyment of life, who has at any time heard a great band playing out over the water? Dreams come to life, then, certain small shivers run up and down the spine, music which in a drawing room would mean only a few minutes of pleasantry. ‘The ocean magnifies, - as the night does; the ocean at night, with perhaps & great moon shining, is alive with the dreams of whole races, with the aspira- tions of departed tribes, of nations which have gone to their doom. Some- thing of their spirit has been washed into the sands, and one may feel it as he walks along, especially at night, when the cool sand scrunches beneath the feet, and the waves beat out their unbroken muffied melody. * % ox A landlubber may even be afraid of the sea and yet love it. Sensible mari- ners will understand and respect him because they know better than any one else just how much the sea is to be feared. Better stay safely on shore and pay tribute than go to sea if one is afraid. The sea is no place for ‘weakl! A The admiring landlubber, however, might sit safely ensconced, watching the pageant of seasons, with no greater fear than an occasional storm which threatened to blow his cottage off its piles. There would be tidy tie-back curtains at the windows, curtains would be made of some simple material, not too fancy, because the salt breeze plays no_favorites. ‘Through the windows one might sit and watch the great breakers crashing, or see on the h n the smoke of pass- ing steamers. Mere black dots, they, | yet each one, the watcher would know, would be a city in itself, a distant black dot which contained a multitude, * ok % o Fill up the drum stove! _ See the leaping flames behind the isinglass window and feel the radiant heltflu it fights the chill blasts of the coast Hot tea, one might think, would be Jjust the drink for such a place. Here would be cakes and tea, books and music, with the rough bark of old ngr drifting in as he dug after fiddler erabs. There would be a trip to town every day, often against the wind, which would try to blow one bodily off the boardwalk. Friendly greetings from the “na- tives,” & purchase at the general store, & _few precious letters from the post office, perhaps a new book. A stop at the life-saving station, where deep-chested men sit playing checkers, waiting for the wrecks that come seldom, thank God! Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands mall matter, at & considerable loss to strpation ‘o priviege.on the.pers of n of on pa those last llluzd to which deserves to be terminated immediately, as an aid in obviating our increasing postal deficit. * o % Mah-Jong Held Menace To Japanese Morals. Japan Advertiser, Tokio.—Mah-jong, that Chinese game, is & menace to the morals of Japan, according to local po- lice. The authorities declare that not only men, but women, too, are engaging in the vicious practice of actually wa- gering sums of money on the vagaries and the pui Acco ly ‘thh. ch‘l’l“ ngs. ingly, the police have started a drive to d!lloflle‘”lhe monster Mah Jong from his hold upon the social vitals of the capital. Last year the popularity of mah-jong com- menced to revive, and the game has spread again like wildfire througl Tokio. There are more than 300 Jjong clubs here, and all-night sessions are being held all-over the city. While gambling is strictly forbldden in the clubs, much of it is going on, so the police have decided to hand down a new set of rules to preserve the Tokio health and morals. * k% ow Llama Characteristie of Bolivia. Bolivia, La Paz and New York (pub- lished exterritorially in interest of the country by the Bolivian consul to the United States) —When one considers animals. ome notices that there are many animals which are found in nearly all parts of the earth, whereas there are some few animals which are characteristic of certaln regions. For in- stance, there is the polar bear, found only in the very coldest districts; the camel, so essentially a of the des- ert, ete. In the nds of South Ameriea, and rticn in Bolivia, there is an animal, called the llama, which is always linked with this ter- ritory. The llama is an animal which stands from 3% to 4 feet in height, with a long neck, which makes her seem much taller. She is covered with a very fine wool-—black, white, gray or brown in color. She is a graceful animal, with the step of a woman and having the timidity of the gaselle and the arro- gance of the camel. ‘The llama is the faithful companion of the Aymara, or Bolivian Indian. Everything she has is for him; he eats the meat of the llama; he uses the wool to make ponchos (blankets) or cloaks, in| hats and stockings; he makes horns and flutes from her bones and ropes and sandals from her hides. The llama un- derstands, recognizes and likes her mas- ter, running instantly at the sound of his volce and obeying his commands like a child, for she has no reins nor halter, else, a stranger or enemy , ahe does not conceal her dislike and will have nothing to do with him, often spitting In his face. She is an economical animal, for her master ever has to worry about her food. She takes it when she wants it from the wayside, eal traw and vegetation. Like the camel, she, too, can go many days without r, The llama is used more for transportation than anything else. She carries from 50 to 860 pounds. Some carry 80, or even 100, pounds, but she knows her eapacity and refuses an is dear to the hearts of all Bol * %ok o ppeal to Superier Court.” Nuevo Diario, Caracas.—Senor ;maungn had & case at law. r:.u; aving to depart on & business he confided the entire proc his attorney, Dunn{h:m absence the case was decided in eourt, and the :-rdht was favorable to Senor Melenen- es. Over. , the a his Blfint.”"'.:llflee has triumphed!” ‘Whereupon Senor Mekn"c‘ndel :.nlmli&l- E:Nm, great excite- the Superior Court!” 1 friend and supporter. to | ever, The Political Miil By G. Gould Lincoln. If primary election figures mean any- thing, Massachusetts is still a Repub- lican State, Take the returns in the primary Tuesday. With only seven voting precincts of the total 1,649 in the State still missing, the count showed that for the three Republican candi- dates for the senatorial nomination & total of 337,539 votes were cast, while for the five Democratic candidates for the senatorial nomination the total vote cast was 200,759. In the guber- natorial contest the two Republican candidates for the nomination polled & total of 320,991 votes, while the three Democratic candidates received a total vote of 214,594, In other words, ap- proximately 137,000 more votes were cast for the Republican nominces for Senator than for the Democratic, and 115,000 more votes for the Republican gubernatorial candidates than for the Democratic, * ¥ X Any one who visited Massachusetts in recent weeks will admit that there was as keen a struggle for the senatorial and gubernstorial nominations on the Democratic side as there was on the Republican. Indeed, the contest among the Democrats for the gubernatorial nomination was far more severe than for the nomination among the Bepub- licans. It had been conceded months 8ago that Gov. Allen, the Republican incumbent, would be renominated. His only opponent, the former mayor of Malden, a wet, received only some 25,000 votes. Primary figures are sometimes de- ceptlve, The party organizations sup- porting candidates are largely responsi- ble for getting out the primary vote. Sometimes they function and some- times they do not. Occasionally the voters of one party go into the primary of another in considerable numbers, for one reason or another. The vote in general elections almost invariably is much larger than in the primary. * Kk ok x With the campaign just starting for the general election, it would be a bold prognosticator who said finally how Massachusetts will go this November. Massachusetts, generally speaking, has been & Republican State since the Civil War. Only twice has its electoral vote been cast for a Democratic presidential candidate, once for Wilson in 1912, when the Republican party was badly split, and again in 1928, when Al Smith, the wet candidate of the Demo- cratic party, was the nominee of the Democrats. And at same time Smith and David 1. Walsh were carry. ing the State in the presidential and senatorial elections, Massachusetts elect- ed 13 Republican Congressmen and only 3 Democratic, not to mention a Re- plu:llun Governor and a whole State ticket. ANSWERS TO QUESTION BY FREDERIC Many readers send in questions signed only with initials, asking that the an- swers lvrur in the newspaper. The space is limited and would not accom- modate a fraction of such requests. The answers published are ones that may | interest many readers, rather than the one who asks the question only. All questions should be accompanied by the writer's name and address and 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send your uestion to The Evening Star Informa- Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, direc- tor, Washington, C. Have players in the major base leagues been forbidden to become | the Winter?—B. L. L. A. Base 1 owners have objected to their players becoming boxers cause of possible injury or loss of worth to the team. Commissioner Landis after & conference with Art Shires, in which this player agreed to discontinue boxing, stated: ereafter any person connected with any club in this organi- zation who engages in professional box- ing will be regarded by this office as having_permanently retired from base ball. The two activities do not mix.” Q. How old is the movie actor Robert Montgomery?—M. E. H. A. He was 26 years of age last May 21. Q. What part of the price of a 15- i cent package of clgarettes goes to our Govgenment as a tax?—J. P, F. A. The United States internal rev- enue tax on the ordinary 15-cent pack- age of 20 cigarettes is 6 cents per ackage. Bulk price is $3 on every 1,000 cigarettes. Q. How many people in the United %u'gs have defective hearing?—G. A. The American Otological Asso- ciation says that there are 10,000,000 people in the United States whose hear- ing is impaired. Q. When and where was the Shen- m&o‘g bnuflt and when was it wrecked? A. The U. 8. 8. Shenandoah was fabricated by the Naval Alrcraft Fac- tory in Philadelphia, assembled and erected at the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N. J. Navy contract desig- nation of this ship is the ZR-1, It was completed Se; r 4, 1923, and wrecked September 3, 1925. Q. Please explain the terms “win” “place” and “show,” as used in reporting horse races—M. W. 8. A. In racing terminology, horses are %fiyed to win, to place or to show. win, the horse must, of course, finish first; to place, he must finish first or second; to show, he must finish first, second or third. In posting the odds after the race is over, or in publishing them in the racing results, the odds are ‘The Democrats have named this year Marcus Aurelius Coolidge, no relation to Calvin, for the Senate, and Joseph B. Ely for Governor, They are both “wets,” although Mr, Coolidge has not yet gone beyond 14 per cent alcoholic contents for beverages. * ok x 1t is this same wet issue that is caus- ing the Republicans the greatest amount of woe this year in Massa- chusetts. Butler, their nominee for the Senate, only won over his wet op- ponent, Eben 8. Draper, by about 7,500, while the clown of the contest, “Bossy” Gillis, who called himself a “moist,” polled 22,000 votes. It is obvious that if the wets and the ymoists” had voted together, the dry Mr. Butler would have been defeated. The question now is, can the wet Republicans support Butler, and will they? If they swing in large numbers to the Democrats, Butler's is cooked. The Democratic can- Suum are likely to make the most of the wet issue. Purthermore, Butler has & number of litical enemies in the State, among old Lodge following, and he has also to meet the issue of depression and unemployment. The Republicans might have had a better chance had they nominated Draper, the wet. But that is mere surmise. No one knows how the dry Republicans would have reacted in that event. The primary demonstrated, however, that there are as many wet Republicans in the State as there are dr{, if the fig- ures mean anything in the senatorial primary. On the other hand, Gov. Allen, a dry, had upward of 300,000 votes and his wet opponent only 25,000. It is nt that & lot of wets must have v for Allen in the primary. Perhaps they will vote for Butler in the senatorial election in November. If ever the Democrats of Massachu- setts had an intraparty row of major proportions, they had 1t in this primary campaign. Mayor James F, Curley, Bos- ton leader, and the State chairmen, Donahue, practically came to blows, though it was a supperter of Donahue ‘who received the blow which Curley is said to have aimed at Donahue. Curley attacked Ely, the Yankee Democratic nominee for Governor, on the ground that he was antagonistic to the Irish- Americans. And so it went. Can the Democrats heal their wounds any more | readily than can the Republicans, after this primary? On that, and on the will- ingness of the wets in the Republican ty to follow Butler and Allen, will he election this November turn in large part. * ok ox X If the Butler and Allen victories in the Republican primaries in Massachu~ setts are to be considered administra- tion victories, since President Hoover is standing by strict enforcement of the dry laws, the victory of Philip La Follette in the Republican gubernatoria primary in Wisconsin is certainly a crack at the regular, administration Republicans in the Badger State and, as such, a blow to the administration. The Progressives of the Republican party in the West have been generally successful in the primary contests this year. Norris of Nebraska won renomi- nation to the Senate, and so did Schall of Minnesota, McMaster of South Da- kota, Pine of Oklahoma and Borah of Idaho, None of them have been de- feated at the polls in spite of their o?pmnbn to thc"ldmmmrlnon in some of ‘major cles. Youl “Phil” Follette, if he is elected and makes as Governor of Wisconsin, is practically sure of re- election in 1932. It seems inevitable that he should be elected Governor next November. The Democratic or- ganization in Wisconsin amounts to nothing today. If it puls a candidate in the fleld, the expectation is he will | get nowhere, * k% ok Senator John J. Blaine of Wiscon- sin comes up for re-election in 1932. | Dispatches from Wisconsin have hinted | that Philip La Follette, after two years as Governor, may determine to be a candidate for the Senate against Blaine. Such a thing is farthest from the thoughts of Philip La Follette and of Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr., his brother. Senator Blaine has been | & La Pollette Progressive for years. He was Governor when the senior La Fol- lette died and aided Robert M. La Fol- lette, jr., in his campaign for the sena- torial nomination in 1925 and 1926. Senator Blaine took his coat off and worked ltke a beaver for the nomina- tion this year of Philip La Follette for Governor, Attempts have been made frequently by the “stalwarts” in Wis- consin to make it appear that Blaine and the La Follettes were at outs. The truth of the matter is that Senator La Follette and Senator Blaine have traveled amicably along in the Senate ever since both have been members of that body. It is not in character for the La Follettes to turn on Senator Blaine or any one else who has been a P given for win, place and show on the horse that finished first because tickets on that horse to win, to place or to show are cashable tickets. Similarly, the odds to place and to show are given for the horse that finished second, while only the odds to show are given for the horse that finished third. What stroke is used in swimming under water?—C. O. The breast stroke is usually used. Q. What is pate de fole gras?—V. D. A. Fole gras applies specifically to the livers of fat geese. Foie gras au naturel consists of plain-cooked full livers, put up in tins of several sizes. It is In- tended for use in the preparation of aspics, etc. Pate de fole gras is a con- coction of cooked livers, seasoned with 'd‘fi:d and aromaties, with cut truffies added. 1. HASKIN. Q. What ships does the Coast Guard use for practice?—C. C. A. The trade ship Hamilton is being used by the Coast Guard as a practice ship. "The Champlain and the Men« dota form the foreign practice squad- ron, q.nvnm is parafin made from?—N. | A. Paraffin is obtained from the many | erude petroleums that are designated parafin-base ofls because of thel content. Q. Who was El Greco?—I. G. A. El Greco was Dominico ‘Theoto- copuli, & Cretan artist, who lived in Spain and whose work is wholly identi- be_{fled with Spanish art. g. .y”;) there any woman pear] divers? A. There are many girl divers em- ployed in the Japanese pearl culture stations. Q. Has there ever been a woman Arctic_explorer?—C. K. B. A. Nina Petrovana Demney of Len- | ingrad, who is second in command of |an expedition of 50 men sent by the | Soviet government to study the Archi- | pelago of Fridtjof Nansen Land, is said to be the first woman Arctic explorer. | She is 28 years old. | Q. Who owns the rarest collection of | butterflies in the United States?—8. T. A. The late Dr. William Barnes, & surgeon of Decatur, Ill, devoted pr: tically half a century to callecting wh is the finest assemblage of North Amer- ican butterfiles in the world. Dr. Barnes' widow has been offered $50,000 for the specimens by the United States Government. Upon her acceptance they will be brought to Washington and placed in the National Museum, Q. What was the date of the Battle of Antietam?—C. D. A. The Battle of Antietam was fought September 16-17, 1862, .Q When was paper first manufac- tured in this country?—J. L. A, The first paper mill in the United States was built at Germantown, Pa., in 1690, ?. ‘When a softwood forest is cut why is it replaced by hardwood trees and vice versa?—-G. W. A. The United States Forest Service says that most softwood forests con- tain more or less hardwood trees as a mixture or as an undergrowth. Cutting usually removes the softwood seed trees, but leaves the hardwood. Moreover, hardwood can be reproduced by sprout- ing even if the larger trees are cut. | Hardwood trees grow faster than conif- |erous and occupy the ground before the softwood has a chance to seed in. In some regions, especially in the North, burned-over coniferous forests are followed by broad-leafed species, such as birch and aspen, because these specles have very light seed which is carried long distances by the wind, while the seed of the spruce or pine is seldom carried more than a few A hardwood forest is not so often replaced by softwood sec- ond growth. This may happen in cases where there are already small soft- wood trees under hardwood stands, and where the cut-over area is not burned over so as to destroy the soft woods. Similar results may follow on heavily grazed areas because stock tends to eat hardwood sprouts but not the softwood. Q. Where was the late 8. W. Straus born? How did he make his fortune?— w. 8. A. He was born in Ligonier, Ind. The real estate mortgage bond form of in- vestment which he originated was the source of a great part of his fortune. hundred yards. Both Partieé Extract Hope From Ballots Cast in Maine Disinterested comment on the Re- rubue-n victory in Maine emphasizes he point that both Democrats and Re- blicans are able to find sati: in the results. Some feel that if, as charged, there has been any dissatis- faction with the Hoover administration it should be shown, at least in part, by the citizens of the New England State. Critles of the administration are in- clined either to declare Maine a tr: ditionally Republican State or to hold that local gains made by the Democrats or reduced pluralities are significant of a change in the tide. “As was predicted,” says the Bangor Daily Commercial (Republican), “Gov. Gardiner ran behind his ticket.” That paper adds: “If one discards the re- turns for Governor, the Republican vote, or proportional vote, in the State is not far from normal, except for the Republican Jandslide two years back. In the decade before the World War Maine Republicans were satisfied with State majorities of a few thousand, but the figures have been much larger since the arrival of woman suffrage “There does not seem to be any Re- publican disaffection in Maine,” con- cludes the New York Evening Post (in- dependent), with the further comment: “Maine, it is true, has not been seriously affected by the drought or by the gen- eral business depression. Nor is it di turbed by the prohibition issue. Y. its citizens are in touch with the senti- ment of the rest of the country, so that its elections have come to be regarded as a barometer indicating the continu- ance of pleasant political weather for the party in power or the threat of approaching storms. Some prognosti- cators have tried to base a computa- tion of the party majority in the House on the size of the party majority in Maine, but it does not register the state of national sentiment with suffi- clent mccuracy for that.” * % Observing that “the people of Maine have considered their own best in- terests,” the Lexington Leader (Repub- lican) is convinced that ‘“‘the average American voter, when he has re od the matter out, will no doubt follow the example of that rock-ribbed and sturdy State which usually shows the way the country is going.” The Toledo Blade (independent Republican) sees ‘“noth- ing important in the Maine election to be turned against the national admin istration,” while the Topeka Dally Ca ital (Republican) views it as “an e pression of faith in the Hoover policies, and the Manchester Union (independ- ent Republican) points out that “the opponents of the administration, who hoped to see Maine cast a cloud of gloom over its prospects, have experi- enced & good deal of a setback.” “Maine Democrats, save the rainbow chasers,” according to the Boston Transeript (independent), “did not ex- pect to elect their candidates. The lack of interest on the part of Republicans did not spur their opponents to muster a yote as largb as that they have cast in past years, But Republican apathy in other States might not be duplicated by a similar state of mind in Demo- cratic ranks.” The Worcester Telegram (independent) assumes that “An un- prejudiced survey of the figures will re- veal only a state of satisfaction—placid, perhaps, but still satisfaction—with Mr. Hoover, his ways and his works.” “It has been shown repeatedly in the past,” declares the Philadelphia Even- ing Bulletin (independent Republican), “that the Maine electorate is sensitive to such phenomena as midterm re- action, industrial depression, embittered tariff controversy .and other factors which might tend to detract from the pular support of the party in power. Wlln! gives every indication that the administration and the majority y action ‘The defeat of Gov, Walter J. Kohler by Philip La Follette on Tuesday, how- ‘has practically el ated a strong contender for the Senate whom Senator Blaine might have had to face W0 years hence. It may be that Kohler 1 to | will still stand for the senatorial nomi- nation when the time rolls round. But he will not have the prestige of the &x'bemuwrlll office when he makes candidates will face normal pol conditions in the coming elections.” “One of the comforting features of the Maine barometer is that both ties can extract h from the res remarks the Seattle Daily Times (in: dependent Republican), adding that “it is a str.nge barometer that shows both d stormy weather, but that is states: “The administration party has reason to n&ufl the results with con- siderable satisfaction, having re-elected its four n?nunutlvu to Congress, & Senator and every important State can- didate. Democrats will take satisfac- tion in the gain of two Senators and ten Representatives in the House and in the greatly reduced plurality of the Republican Governor-elect. The sure rising feature of the election is the light vote. Although the Democr: show a relative gain, even their vote, | compared to 1926, the last preceding ‘off year,’ is off several thousand.” & “Any student of the Maine eclection | returns who carefully balances the pros |and cons,” suggests the Syracuse Her- |ald (independent), “will see therein an- other triumph for Republican efficiency in organization and appeal, and also unmistakably ominous signs of popular discontent and political indifference to the disadvantages of the same party in {the national field.” “The campaign was & sleepy affair. The Democrats offered little opposi- tion,” says the Memphis Commercial Appeal (Democratic), while the Bal- timore Evening Sun (independent Dem- ocratic) advises that “to look on Maine as a political barometer is about as sensible as to read strange meanings into a mocratic victory in South Carolin ‘The Dayton Daily News (independent Democratic) avers: “Meanwhile the practical gentlemen who manage our politics wfllgo ahead plug‘ln{ for New York and Ohio and the rest just as if Maine hadn't said anything at all. They don't believe in signs.” ~ The Columbus Ohio State Journal (independent Republican) ad- vises that “its significance and prestige are ususlly overplayed, just as they were this year.” “The 16,000 majority,” in the judg- ment of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (independent), “‘may reasonably be con- strued by the Democrats as an aus| clous augury. To citizens more coi cerned in the country’s welfare than in either party’s fortune a protest against the administration would be regarded as wholesome. Continuous sontrol of the Government by any party ‘would, obviously, be a political monop- oly, which nobody but the professional politiclans want. On the traditional authority of Maine such a protest will be registered in November.” “All signs int to a strong Demo- cratic sweep November, so the news from the Pine Tree State should be discounted considerably,” contends the Houston Chronicle -(Democratic), but the Charlotte Observer (independent Democratic) looks upon the Maine re- sults as favorazble to the Democratic chairmaw's “belief that the phrty this Fall will gain 40 seats in the House and 5 in the Senmate” The Rutland Herald (Republican) concedes that “the diminished Republican vote and the Democratic gains in the House | may ‘mean something simtlar in &b National Congrews. oo Reduce Weed Acreage! Prom the Toledo Blade, Once more reverting to the subject of weeds, our municipal authorities should consider the question of reduced acveage. oo Clay Bumps on Detour PFrom the Akron Beacon-Journal. You can tell when you're on a detour. Those bumps are clay instead of chickens. ——————————an Probably Not. From the Worcester Evening Gazette. Somehow are intrigued by the cal | speculation whether any of the cham- pagne was left in the plane when Coste and Bellonte arrived at Curtiss Field. ———— Hard on Wales. From the Terre Haute Star. The Prince of Wales has been pro- moted in the atmy, navy and air service, Viewing the bipartisan effect, City Times (independent) which may set him back at least three uniforme.