Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1930, Page 8

A-8 # ‘THE EVENING STA With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.. Beptember 22, 1830 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evenipg Star Newspaper Company Business ice: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. fetee Sac Like ddin Bidle — En m ler Within the City. T, e {5¢ er azonth .60¢ per month F -65¢ per month Star A .lerrr m] llection made at the end of each month. sdors ma3 De sent in by mall of (elepRCRE RARaT 000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia ily and Sunday. ¥r., $10.09; EIIJ only .. inday only . All Other States and Canada. . $12.00; 1 0., $1.00 $8.00: 1 mo.. i3 $5.00; 1 mo.. 50c ¥ 1yr. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusivels entitled to the use for republication of all news air- tehes credited to it or not Jtherwise cred- ted 1n this paper and aiso the local 1ews published herein. All rights of publication of pecial dispatches herein sre iso ieserved -— Running Afoul the Law. The fact that nearly a fourth of Weshington's population was arrested in the last fiscal year is more signifi- eant in its bearing on a relatively new sociological phenomenon than ' as a commentary on the lawlessness of the | residents of the American Capital. For the situation revealed anew by Po- lice Department statistics is not pe- euliar to Washington alone. Every | American municipality is likewise af- | fected in greater or less degree, depend- ing a good deal upon the zeal and activity of the police force. Every American municipal council and State Legislature, not to mention the Congress, has adopted the same formula in dealing with the inevitable saccompaniments of what we are pleased to call progress, and that formula is to ensct more laws. Every law pessed means another law to be broken. The sutomobile brought conditions un- dreamed of forty years ago, and the laws dealing with regulation of auto- mobile traffic alone cannot be passed fast enough to suit the average official. The radio brought other conditions and & whole code of radio law is in the making. So it has been with prohibi- tion, aeronautics, heating plants, ele- vators and beauty parlors. That one- fourth of the population of Washington last year ran afoul some of the count- Jess laws and regulations tbat now control the coming and going of every citizen every day is not nearly so amaz- ing as that the remaining three-fourths of the population went scot-free and kept out of trouble. | | | wet wing of the party this year has be- transcontinental journey to Oregon, the Army has chosen to reproduce some of the scenes of the covered wagon days. In addition to this pageant, however, the War College grounds will be trans- formed into an assemblage of military exhibits in which all branches of the service will participate. Cavalry, Artil- lery, Infantry, Alr Corps, Tank Corps, Engineer Corps and others will join in providing a three-ring circus for the youngsters and & really valuable dem- onstration of military craft and skill for the grown-ups. Washington's support of the relief ex- position has grown as the Army has enlarged and improved the show and as the public has become famfliar with the nature of the event. r——rs New York a Battleground. The Republican-Democratic campaign for Governor of New York will have its groundwork laid definitely this week. The Republicans are to meet in Albany Thursday to name their candidate and to draft their party platform. The Democrats, who do not meet until next Monday, in Syracuse, have determined in advance that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt shall be the party nominee and that their platform shall generally | follow the line laid down by Gov. Roosevelt recently in his statement fa- voring repeal of national prohibition. The Republicans, in a considerable measure, therefore, will have the deter- mining of some of the important issues which are to come before the voters. Prohibition has been the great stum- bling block in the way of party harmony for the Republicans of New York. The come far more militant and apparently more numerous in voters than in the past. It has declined flatly to go along with the drys of the party. It remains to be seen how far the drys are willing to go along with the wet wing. Strenu- ous efforts have been made by party leaders to effect something of a com- promise between the two groups, a com- promise which will permit both to vote for the same gubernatorial &andidate after he shall have been nominated. United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle, who recently came out for re- peal of the eighteenth amendment, and at the same time submitted his resig- nation to President Hoover, is the ex- pected choice of the wets for the nomi- nation. Mr. Tuttle has declared for the full enforcement of the dry laws pending repeal of the eighteenth amendment. It is now suggested that this may sat- isfy the dry Republicans and bring them to support Mr. Tuttle if he is nominated. From the strictly dry point of view, it may be good politics to get behind Mr. Tuttle in this contest with Gov. Roosevelt. The Democratic organiza- tion in New York has been wet for | vears. It has sought to impose its views on the national Democratic What will come of it in the end fobody knows. Some one may hit upon & new formula, translated fronf or into & new philosophy, that will not depend upon statutory law or regulation to govern the lives of men. But that Utopia is far away. In the meantime & new point of view has developed re- garding the incidental and almost necessary violation of law in the com- plex social order of the day. Our best citizens chuckle without shame over having been arrested for some infrac- tion of law—running past a red light or permitting a tail light to burn out. The virtuous housewife and faithful mother zestfully describes the after- math of a burst of speed down some smooth avenue. The architect of the United States Capitol does not conceal his grin when served with a warrant for violating the smoke regulation. Such transgressions have become the rule. The reason the volume of these trans- gressions leads to great interest and possibly to viewing with alarm is that ‘we still apply the old point of view to violation of law as a principle and interpret the figures alone without tak- ing into account the nature and the inevitability of such violations. The time has come when the otherwise up- right citizen pays his fine for law violation in the same spirit with which he writes his income tax check, some- thing that is necessary and unavoid- able, if unpleasant. In spite of the hundred thousand odd arrests in the District last year, how- ever, it is encouraging to note the de- crease in cases involving felonies. In the fiscal year 1929 there were 4,061 felony cases. In the last fiscal year there were only 4,057. We are better, by four good citizens and true, than we used to be! ———————— Boviet Russia does not fully repre- sent the sentiment of the entire public that it rules. The question is likely to arise as to how much of the authority asserted is Russian and how much is only Soviet. —— ‘The electron is now mentioned as the last word in atomic subdivisions. Further revelations of the infinitesimal may arrive. There was a time when electrons were undreamed of. ————————— The Army Relief Show. ‘The fortunate thousands who attend the military exposition and carnival on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week at the Army War College grounds will, of course, see a fine show. The expositions preceding this one, inau- gurated in 1927, assure that. But what is more they will, through their ad- mission prices, take part in aiding one of the worthiest of causes. Their money will swell the funds administered by the Army Relief Society, which every year pays out more than a hun- dred thousand dollars for the relief of the widows and orphans of men who die in the service. These dependents, left to subsist on pensions that are often entirely inadequate, have come to rely on the Army relief for preven- tion of actual hardship and suffering. Members of the military service con- tribute out of their own salaries to the fund, while the receipts from the mili- tary exposition here and somewhat similar affairs elsewhere increase it. As for the show itself, the annual ex- position has already become an insti- The Army peo- ple regard the exposition as an oppor- tunity not only for entertainment, but to show the taxpayers who support the The become tution in Washington. Army what their money goes for. expositions have, therefore, party and two years ago its most prominent member, Alfred E. Smith, was the Democratic nominee for Presi- dent. If Gov. Roosevelt should be elected Governor again this year, he is likely to be the candidate of the wet New York Democracy for President in 1932. The drys have no desire io see the national party nominate a wet for President again, nor to see the party gradually shift over to the wet cause. If they can kill off the candidacy of Gov. Roosevelt in 1932 by supporting Mr. Tuttle, perhaps they may be will- ing to compromise with the wet wing of the G, O. P. in New York. One thing appears rather clear out of the muddled New York Republican THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1930. Mmm ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS cuperation and waits for & more favor- able opportunity. And it is not at all assured that if Chang Hsueh-liang pours his forces into Chihli Province and establishes himself at Peking he will quickly leave and turn the field over to Chiang Kai-shek, the Nationalist chief. There are certain details and principles regarding the status of Manchuria that remain to be estab- lished to the Manchurian marshal's satisfaction. Meanwhile there is a renewal of fric- tion ‘with Russia on the Manchurian border, caused by what Moscow calls the failure of the Chinese to carry out the terms of the protocol signed at Khabarovsk, which effected settlement of the trouble over the Chinese Eastern Rallway last year. White Russians, opponents of the red regime, are re- ported to be again active against Soviet interests on the railway, and complaint is made that the Chinese have done nothing, as required by the protocol, to check these activities. Sinister hints come from Moscow of the possibility of a renewal of the contest, the Isvestia, official journal of the Soviets, remind- ing China of the “pitiful results” of the 1929 enterprise and saying that it is difficult to believe that the Chinese de- sire a repetition of the “experiment.” This affects the part that Chang Hsueh- liang may play in the present situation, as he still relies upon the Nanking gov- ernment for his foreign relation service, and his military performance in the Russian campaign was not particularly effective or brilliant. Radio’s Legion Appeal. It is doubtful whether in time of Wwar a more impressive call to the colors could have been made than the Na- tion-wide invitation the other night by means of radio to the American Legion convention to be held in Boston, Oc- tober 6-9. For an hour and a half a Nation-wide network carried a program dedicated to the organization of veterans of the Great War. Again the marvel of the ether waves stirred listeners in all sec- tions of the country.. With only the necessary few seconds intervening between the various sec- tional programs the volces were heard of the representatives of Maine, Massa- chusetts, New York, the National Cap- ital, Florida, Illinois, Texas, California and Oregon, all of whom were seated by the microphones in their respective cities. Military bands and orchestras from each section followed with ap- propriate selections. In Washington the voices of Gen.! John J. Pershing, Secretary Patrick Hurley of War, and National Comdr. Bodenheimer of the American Legion were heard. In New York the rendi- tions of opera stars were features of the program. Praise of the Legion's work Wwas expressed by goverriors and mayors of the respective States and cities, Closing the program was the enact- ment of the hanging out of the lanterns from old North Church and a sketch of trench life overseas. Another epoch in history was made —patriotism and radio combining. B Many citizens in Maryland are cart- ing water for home use. They need it for bath and laundry and do not in all cases intend the interest in water to be regarded as an evidence of devo- tion to the eighteenth amendment. r——— Farmers are reproved for not feeding Wwheat to their cattle, in the absence situation. The nomination of an out- and-out dry for Governor by the Re- publicans would probably be followed by defeat. The wets are in a fighting mood this year, While the Democrats have no diffi- culty this year over picking a candidate for Governor, they are beginning to wonder what will be the effect of the revelation of the scandals over the ad- ministration of the Democrats in New York City and the talk of sale of judicial offices, with Tammany leaders prominently mentioned in connection therewith. What a few months ago looked rather like a runaway race for the Demoerats in New York this year has taken on a different aspect. The Democratic majority in New York City itself is likely to be cut to a very great, even an alarming degree, due to the scandals. And if the Republicans should get together, the Democratic cause will be in worse case than was supposed to be possible. Charles H. ‘Tuttle may be the Republican to lead his party out of the wilderness, provided it will unite behind him. — e ons. European tendencies to encourage dictatorship leaves room for grave doubt as to what may happen when dictators disagree among themselves. ———— Manchuria’s War Lord Intervenes. A little less than two and a half years after Marshal Chang Tso-lin, the war lord of Manchuria, who aspired to the dictatorship of China, left Peking in virtual flight from the troops of Yen Hsi-shan, then Nationalist com- mander in the North, today Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang, his son and suc- cessor as marshal of Manchuria, is about to enter Peking, in command of a large army of his own troops. An advance force of Manchurian soldiers has already occupied Tientsin and meanwhile a conference has been held between Marshal Chang and the repre- sentatives of the short-lived Northern governmerit formed by Yen and Feng Yu-hsiang. The Nanking government headed by Chiang Kai-shek hails this move of the Manchurian marshal as assuring the end of civil war in China. This, however, i§ not established. The role that has been played by Chang Hsueh-liang has bcen one of mystery throughout the period of revo- lution in the North and Communism in the South. H: has made several moves that have apparentiy contradicted one another. He has quite successfully held himself aloof from the struggle and maintained persistently the part of peacemaker, at the same time preserv- ing his status of commander of an of corn. It is no time for a cow to be finical in taste, but human intel- ligence has not yet quite reached the point where it can argue with a cow. ) Americans love political speeches, if only for the reason that they serve at intervals to chase jazz and crooning off the radio. ————— East India has a complicated system of social relationships. An effort to nationalize it leaves the Einstein theory of relativity scarcely more difficult, ————. A reliable weather prophet could have done a great deal to render the straw hat season continuously profitable this year. —_————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Time and Toil. When every day was working day, The task seemed rather sad. We find vacations under way— More than we ever had! When holidays arrive anew, It doesn’t seem half bad. If every day were pay day, too— Oh, would we not be glad! Political Finance, “Would you use money in politics?"” “Not if I could help it,” answered Senator Sorghum. “You have to de- pend on a financial backer, and that leaves you in the position of transacting risky business on an indorsed note.” Big Town Aspiration. In politics a chance I'd see, With prospects very clear, If I ecould only learn to be A high-grade racketeer. Jud Tunkins says we try to pass our troubles along. The drought worried the farmers, and the farmers are worry- ing the politicians. ‘Why Worry? Some club must gain the pennant, Some one must win the fight, { T cannot see it's up to me To stay awake all night. History With Best Seller Thrills. “I have a device in mind,” sai¢ the inventor, “that will be so terrible as to render war impossible.” “I hope 80, ansvered Miss Cayenne, { “but & morbid state of mind has been cultivated that renders war as it be- comes more terrible more fascinating.” independent army and administrator of a separate state. It has bewn ap- parently his game to pick the winner in the filght between South and North and to side with that faction that in the final stage of the contest showed the greatest strength. That side is the South, But there are hints in the dispatches demonstrations of military science and equipment, made more attractive by colorful pageantry based on some his- torical event. bezn taken from incidents in the World ‘War, but this year, which is the cen- failed to effect a winning coalition at Eben, “in a heap of cases ain’' got no 4gugial of the first covered wagon traln’s that a secret understanding has been reached between Yen and Chang, the Mukden marshal agreeing to swing into ‘These heretofore have | Chihli Province at the critical juncture, who has while the Shensl governor, “We give advice to our friends,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “and as time goes on are often rejoiced to see that they had too much wisdom to take it.” Flaming Youth. The modern generation’s joy Leaves older persons biue, And makes them fear old “Peck's Bad Boy" Is somehow coming true. “A man wif a big voice,” sald Uncle Peking, retires to his own provinee for re~ big idea to it " l THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. About this time every year we write an “end-of-the-garden” article, and in- variably receive several letters in which we are told that the chrysanthemums ;;(‘l’ other delightful flowers have yet to m The gist of these letters is that we are “all wet,” as the saying has it, about the garden being at an end for the sea- son. *“Why, this is the best time of the garden year!” they say. Not for us. We are tired of cutting grass, trim- ming borders, fighting ants. The small chores of the garden bore us fearfully. Now we are willing to call it quits until another Spring. Spring! ‘There one has something worth writ- ing about. It is in Springtime that the old naturalistic explanation of life fails to satisfy. To be told that Spring is the result simply of a new nearness of the sun to the earth somehow fails to convince. ‘There is more in Spring than that. It must take a God to create Spring, when the greenness comes back to the grass, and the leaves to the trees, and gardeners back to their earth. * x * * Lawns undoubtedly will take on their Autumn brown long befoye time this year, owing to the effects of the drought. Gardeners everywhere will find much terial for mental adventures in watching the effects of the dry spell upon their plants. ‘Will the tulips come up next Spring s usual? Ordinarily there is no doubt in any on’s mind concerning them. They lie concealed for the Summer, Fall and Winter, resting in the earth, waiting for the first warmth of Spring to send their green shoots above ground. During their hibernation they quietly build up the latter portion of the tulip blossom. The petals are created before- hand. No doubt an average supply of mois- ture plays an important part in this process. This Spring and Summer have been sadly lacking in this respect. How will the lack affect the tulips, the cro- cuses, {he daffodils, jonquils, snow- drops, hyacinths? e ik Shrubs and roses which may have been transplanted during the extremes of the drought probably will show the effects of it for several years. Weather officials tell us that, owing to the lack of water this Summer, there probably will be a smaller portion of it fall as rain for at least two years. ‘This means that, no matter how much rain the country has from now on, the underlying stratas will be drier than usual. It means that the home gardener will have a different problem to face next Summer, one somewhat resembling this, except that he will have this ad- vantage—that he will be warned in ad- vance. Even with such advance notice, there would seem to be little that he can do about 1t except water his shrubs, plants, grass, in early Spring and Suthmer, no matter how much rain falls, ‘There is a period between the latter part of Bpflng and the middle portion of Summer when the average gardener of the strictly amateur variety is in- clined to let the garden take care of 1tself. i Save for a timely comment of the George Washington Bicentennial Com- mission, the 137th anniversary last week of the day George Washington, as Pres- ident of the United States, laid the co ner stone of the Capitol passed en- tirely unnoticed. September 18, 1793, the commission recalled, Washington, clothed in the symbolic regalia of the Ancient Order of Free Masons, and wearing the Masonic apron made for him by the Marchionee de Lafayette, was the chief figure in elaborate cere- monies. There were songs, prayers, ora- tions and artillery volleys, and then, according to original records of the Alexandria Lodge of Masons, the whole company retired to an extensive booth, where an ox of 500 pounds’ weight was barbecued, of which the company gen- erally partook, “with every abundance of other recreation,” departing “before dark with joyful hopes of the produc- tion of their labor.” * ok kX of the important tasks of the 03:'1:! Washington Bicentennial Com- mission 1s to discover unpublished letters of Washington, of which there are sup- posed to be many, fo: inclusion in the publication of Washington's Wwritings authorized by Congress. The first Pres- ident was a prolific writer. His papers, journals, diaries and letters in the Li- brary of Congress will ill 25 volumes of the new Washingtonia, but Dr. John C. Fitzpatrick, who will edit the Con- gressional Memorial, estin.ates that only one-half of Washington's letters have been published. Every now and then a heretofore “hidden” Washington let- ter is discovered in scme remote place, usually by accident. Some have been found in Europe and still others in Australia. The Centennial Commission is not asking any one to part with original writings, merely requesting the privilege of making reprints of them. * ok ok % Since publication of former Ambassa- dor Gerard's list of 64 men who “really rule the United States” suggestions have been made that the members of the dis- tinguished group devote their talents to some modern complexities, such as the trade depression or the prohibition prob- lem. A New York newspaper, which enterprisingly sought to ascertain how the “rulers” would set about to over- come the present economic snag, did not get far. Twenty or more were on vaca- tion, and of those reached all but one or two modestly declined to voice an opinion. One “ruler,” who is chairman of the board of a large public utilities holding company, permitted himself to be quoted to the extent of eight words. ““The remedy is more work and less talk, he vouchsafed. * ok k% Are American smokers forsaking the pipe?—“the historical, the original and probably the most leisurely manner of smoking”—the Commerce Department inquires while submitting production figures which reveal a steady falling off in the manufacture of pipes in the last docade. Other reports show a constant increase in the number of cigarettes consumed annually since the World ‘War. Meanwhile chewing gum manu- facturers are doing an unprecedented business, while tobacco manufactured for chewing purposes has almost ceased to be a source of Government revenue. * ok x K Fewer counterfeits and fewer at- tempts at counterfeiting have marked the use of small-sized currency now 15 months in circulation, Chief Moran of the Secret Service has reported to Sec- retary Mellon. Distinctive designs and the type of paper selected have reduced counterfeit operations to a minimum, despite unemployment, which is calcu- lated to breed crime of this sort. Moran looks forward to the time when the money-handling public, which includes every one, will examine their currency and detect counterfeits as soon as they appear. The same portrait is_carried on only one denomination, For in- stance, Washington's portrait appears only on the one-dollar bill. This makes the new currency easily recognizable, which is an essential factor in preven- tion of counterfeiting. oW ok k Seventeen Governors of States, 8 ex-Governors, 17 State supreme judges and a large number of distinguished civilians in all walks of life agree with Representative Louis Ludlow of Indiana that something ought to be done to curb centralization of government in w . They have written to Ludlow in commendation of his reso- lution to provide for a commission to study the centralization trend with a sew %o susgesting ways of | grass, may be applied at this time, with In such a season as we have just doing it, certainly. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS been through this was a mistake, and will be an even sadder one next year, if the conditions which are expected to prevail actually occur. We may hope that the experts are mistaken, and that there will be enough rain to supply all needs, especially the one created by the superdryness of the present growing season. ®RIN Jone meal, the old stand-by for the prospect of much good to the lawn in the Spring. The coarser grades of meal will be the best for Autumn application, although probably even the finest will not be lost. It is questionable whether fertilizers are completely washed out of the soil at the point of application, as some gardeners seem to think. This might be true on very sloping ground, but the average garden is flat, hence most of the fertilizer elements stay in the soil until needed. ‘Those who find their lawn beginning | to turn brown at this time need mnot worry about it. The grass has had a tough pull for many weeks; it is no wonder if it begins to fail now. The early browning will not affect the roots, however. The rust which comes into the grass during the Fall is not the same as.that which makes a lawn un- sightly during the growing season. * % K ‘The movement for better and lighter lawn mowers is one to which most hom: owners will give their hearty indorse- ment, The trouble with the average lawn mower is that it will not wear out. ‘We know several which have been in operation for 25 or 30 years, and are still going strong—and heavily. The owner dislikes to discard such a faithful servant. If it would balk, now and then, go on a strike, and refuse to cut at all, he would not hesitate a sec- ond about junking it for one of these new-fangled pressed-steel affairs, But the old coffee mill still cuts its weekly grist of hay as faithfully as ever, if one is persistent in wheeling it around rose beds, tugging it up ter- races, holsting it up the basement steps. Rugged it surely is; sturdy to the last degree; well built' in every sense. It will never wear out. But in the meantime it becomes heavier with the passing years. When you and it were young, Maggie, it whirled along fairly well, but now that it is old and rusty, it seems as heavy as lead. * ok k% Terraces, flower beds and short turns are what make grass cutting a bore. A terrace is the invention of the devil himself. Cutting grass on the level is merely a matter of straight away, but on a terrace it is a nuisance. Flower beds demand that the per- spiring mower be too careful, and that he twist and turn the mower too many times per square yard covered. The short turn, as we call it, is simply the situation wherein the mower finds himself unable to back away far enough to turn the grass cutter in the very act of cutting. There is nothing for him to do but pick the thing up bodily and turn it around. This is another garden nui- sance. Taking the nuisance out of gardening is something of a feat. Why not hire & gardener? Well, that is one way of steps toward the kind of government the forefathers contemplated. Among the indorsers are Thomas A. Edison, Owen D. Young, Samuel Untermyer, Bernard Baruch, John Sharp Williams, John W. Davis and George B. Cortelyou, “The only vocal opposition,” commented Ludlow, “comes from persops who freely admit that Federal bureaucracy has be- come a great menace, but who contend lugubriously that it has progressed so far and has become so thoroughly en- trenched nothing can be done about it.” * ok ok X “It 1s most gratifying,” Commission- er Lafount of the Federal Radio Com- mission recently commented, “to note the trend by many broadcasting sta- tions from jazz to informative and in- structive talks by officials and experts. This is one of the most important uses to which a station can dedicate itself. No one can estimate the bene- fit to the American people if selected educational programs are brought into their homes daily. Healthy discussions among members of a family naturally follow. In the end death blows will be dealt to provincialism and collogualism Which lead to sectionalism and strife. The government of Mexico is purchas- Ing receiving sets and establishing listening stations in order to raise the cultural level through educational pro- grams. Germany at the moment sur- Ppasses the world in educational broad- casts. Microphones there are taken into factories, shipyards, government as- semblies, etc., in order that air stu- dents may hear the buzz of industry and actual debates as a background for the instruction of the radio teacher.” (Copyright. 1930.) ——ee— Senator Pittman Plans To Boost Silver Price From the Kansas City Star. Benator Pittman of Nevada has s new plan for bolstering up the price of silver in the interest of the mine operators and at the expense of the country at large. His latest proposal is to lend 500 million silver dollars to China to build railroads and highway: He proposes that after the silver dol lars are shipped the United States Treasury shall purchase enough do- mestic silver to replace them. He would undertake to get other countries to join the United States in making the loan, but no doubt he would be willing to have this country shoulder the burden alone, if he thus could create an arti- ficlal market for silver and give the mine operators a big bonus out of the United States Treasury. It is difficult to believe that Senator Pittman is serious in making such a proposal, but it is no more preposterous than the project he carried through Confl‘t!' in the war period. When the proposal was made to help Enfllnd solve " its exchange problems with India by selling 200 million ounces of United States dollars to England for shipment to the Orient, Senator Pitt- man_persuaded Congress to authorize the United States Treasury to purchase enough domestic silver at a dollar an ounce to replace the silver dollars sold to England. In carrying out his plan, the Treasury paid the silver miners about 30 cents an ounce more than silver was worth in the world market, Tepresenting a bonus of about 60 mil- lion dollars to a mine industry, which had no possible legitimate claim on the Government. Some time, it is hoped, the lawmakers will awaken to the realization that silver is merely a commodity to take its chances with other commodities in the markets of the world. For 50 years silver mine operators have been inter- mittent recipients of benefits from the Government, under the pretense that stiver still was a standard money metal. 1t is time to give up the delusion. Even | for subsidiary coinage, silver has almost | ceased to be used except in the United States, and this country goes on buying silver bullion to coin into halves, quar- ters and dimes. The rational thing for The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. After prohibition, what? This is & question which must be answered if the voters of this country are to act favor- ably on the pro) to do away with national prohibition. It is a question which the Jeaders of the Anti-Saloon League and other dry organizations are putting up to the anti-prohibitionists, and it is a question that some of the oufshl’ldmg men who have turned away from the with it—have attempted to answer. The drys insist, however, that the | suggestions advanced by these anti-pro- hibitionists are not sufficiently definite. They claim, for example, that Dwight W. Morrow's stand on the liquor ques- ton, as stated in his first speecl his primary campaign for the Repub- lican senatorial nomination in New Jersey last Spring, is far too vague. They do not accord to the more recent statement of Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt of New York credit for being much more definite than Mr, Morrow. * K Kk Some of the wets_are more interested Jjust now with getting rid of prohibition than they are in what may follow it. But generally speaking the leading spokesmen for the wet cause, like Gov. Al Smith, Roosevelt, Ritchie, and Mor- row, all insist that there should be no return of the “saloon.” There is pretty %:‘nel'al agreement, too, that there shail ¢ & return of control of the liquor traflic to the State governments and that the Federal Government is to have nothing further to do with con- trolling that traffic, except to collect taxes, perhaps, on the liquors which may be manufactured and sold. * ok ok % How the liquor shall be dispensed, however, brings differences of opinion among the wets. Some of them would ry cause—if they ever were |d! BY FREDERIC The resources of our free Informa- tion Bureau are at your service. You are invited to call upon it as often as you please. It is being maintained solely to serve you. What question can we answer for you? There is no charge at all except 2 cents in coin or stamps for return tage. Address your letter to The Evening Star In- formation Bure Frederic J. Haskin, n, D. C. Q. How many stamp collectors are there in the United States?—G. T. A. It is estimated that there are about 2,000,000 stamp collectors in this country, o Q. How many times has Sir Thomas Lipton raced for America’s Cup?— W.D, H. b . A. He has challenged for America's Cup five times, in 1899, 1901, 1903, 1913 (this race was postponed until 1920 | because of the World War), and in 1930. Q. Is the seal used on the place cards at the White the United States?—W. A. S. A. Tt is not the seal of the United States, but is the seal of the President of the United States, and is distinctive in several respects from the seal of the United States. Q. Are there any talking pictures done in Yiddish?—R. C. A. The first complete Yiddish all- talking and singing picture program was recently given in New York City. One and two reel pictures opened the program, which closed with the seven- reel feature, with a title the Yiddish equivalent of “Eternal Fools.” Q. How large a cigar has been made? have the Government of the United |—C. T. States sell the liquor. Others would have the State governments handle the liguor supply, and still others prefer to have liquor sold under strict regulation by the States, but with private con- cerns doing the selling. Another ques- ton that might arise is the manufac- ture of alcoholic beverages. Would the Government, either Federal or State, control the manufacture as well as the sale of liquor and malt beverages and wine? * k% ok Leaders of the Anti-Saloon League insist there is to be nothing “after pro- hibition” for the simple reason that prohibition is here to stay. They say quite frankly they are glad that the opponents of prohibition have now tak- en to demanding the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, for the drys are confident that the repeal of the prohi- bition amendment to the Constitution Is an impossibility. They do not believe, and apparently ‘nothing can yet con- vince them, that there would not be 13 of the 48 States of the Union which would reject a proposal to amend the Constitution by doing away with the eighteenth amendment, or for a re- vision of the eighteenth amendment so as to hand the control of the liquor traffic back to the individual States, for example. Since the Constitution can be amended only by & three-fourths vote of all the States, one more than 12 States would always be sufficient to block a repeal of the eighteenth amen- ment. It would be a dangerous situ- ation, however, should the time come when 35 States of the Union demand a repeal of the eighteenth amendment and 13 States should undertake to stand out against the demand of this over- whelming majority. Just how long the tail could continue to wag the dog un- der such circumstances no one could foretell. It may be presumed, however, that if the time ever comes when 35 States are favorable to repeal of na- tional prohibition it will be so unpop- ular in this country that some of the other States will also yield to popular opinion and agree to repeal. g * K ok X ‘The Senate Slush Fund Investigating Committee and Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mc- Cormick have stopped for the moment hurling charges at one another. ator Clll‘!ncchf- member of the Senate committee, now in Washington, insists, as did Senator Nye, chairman’ of the committee, that neither the committee nor any of its agents had anything to do with tapping the telephone wires running to Mrs. McCormick's home. If the wires were tapped, and apparently photographs have been taken to establish the fact, the tappers were not employed by the Senate committee. Some of the enemies of Mrs. McCormick go so far as to suggest that she had them tapped her- self so that she might make a case against the committee. The claim of Mrs. McCormick’s supporters is that the Senate committee has through its per- sistence in investigating Mrs. McCor- nrick's expenditures and activities in her primary campaign actually made votes for her in Illinois. That may be true, but the Senate in the end is going to pass on the credentials of Mrs. McCormick, if she be elected Senator. In view of what has so far been de- veloped in the Illinois investigation and in view of what the Senate did to Frank .. Smith and Willlam S. Vare after they had been elected to the Senate, no one can well suppose that Mrs, Mc- Cormick’s entrance into the Senate will not be challenged. It is one thing for critics of the Senate to say that the Senate should not undertake to dictate to the States whom they shall elect as Senators. It is quite another thing, however, for the candidates for sena- torial nominations to win nomination and possibly election by the expenditure of huge sums of money. The Senate put Mrs. McCormick and other candi- dates on notice what they might ex- pect, should they transgress the rules lald down by the Scnate when they acted on Vare and Smith. There may be some doubt as to the wisdom of having the Senate supervise primary elections in the States. But there can be no doubt that the Senate is right when it says that seats in that body shall not be lol:l to the highest bidder. * * x Sen- ‘This week will see the Republican and Democratic parties of New York State write their party platforms and nominate their candidates for Gover- nor. There is Nation-wide interest in what the platforms may contain and also in the gubernatorial nominees. Governors of New York have in the past been drafted as presidential can- didates. The Republicans are in the midst of a big row over what their platform shall say about natlonal pro- hibition, as well as the selection of a gubernatorial candidate. United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle, who re- cently created a stir by handing in his resignation to President Hoover be- cause he has become convinced that national prohibition cannot be en- forced and he now favors repeal of the eighteenth amendment, seems to have the call for the Republican nomi- nation for Governor. The drys, how= ever, are bent on preventing his nomi- nation, or at least on preventing the inclusion in the party platform of a wet plank. * kX X Franklin D, Roosevelt, the present Democratic Governor of New York, is slated for renomination by his party. The Democrats, too, will have little trouble writing and having adopted a wet plank in their platform which will conform to the views of Gov. Roose- t. But the Roosevelt campaign for re-election may have its troubles, de- spite the split of the Republicans over the liquor question. The revelations of the sale of judgeships in New York Clty and the corrupt influence of Tam- many, now brought into the open through the inquiry going on, is having its effect, not only in New York Cit) Congress to do to authorize the Treasury to cease these purchases and to melt up into small coins, from time to time, the useless silver dollars piled up in the Treasury, S Humble Grasshopper Humbles. Prom the New York Sun, A reader reports the presence of a grasshopper on a window ledge on the sixty-first floor of a midtown building. This should Coste, Bellonte et feel rather but throughout the State. No one ac. cuses Gov. Roosevelt of having any- thing to do with the scandals. But he happens to be chief executive of the State in which they have occurred. Furthermore, he is to have the support of Tammany in the coming campaign. He could not hope to win without it. And Gov. Roosevelt Is likely to incur the displeasure of the voters in New York City because of these scandals. ‘Throughout the country the Democrats this year are counting on the voters of o whack a4 Republican eandi- Dill of Washington, a | A. The Retail Tobacconist says that one of the features of the recent expori- tlon héld at Seville, Spain, was a cigar made in Cuba by Senor Fonseca which took four and a half months to com- plete. The cigar is valued at $2,500. It is 815 feet long, 50 inches in circum- ference, and weighs 121 pounds. Ninety- six pounds of tobacco were required for the filler and 25 pounds for the wrap- per. Q. What are the unexplored parts of the world?—J. M. B. There are still large tracts of un- explored country in various parts of the world, notably "the Amazon Basin in Brazil, in the Antarctic, in Central Af- rica, and among the islands of the Southern Pacific Ocean. Q. Has an iceberg Why does it float?—A. B. F. A. When salt water freezes, the percentage of salt in the ice is so small as to be practically negligible. One of the peculiar properties of water is that it expands on freezing. Ice, therefore, is less dense than water, and floats. Q. Why does the blood rush to the face and cause blushing?—E. G. A. Blushing is caused by dilatation of the blood vessels of the face due to excitement or nervousness. The blood vessels expand and the blood rushes to the face. any salt in it? P. Q. What is the meaning of the word “fabliaux?"—H. D. G. A. Fabliaux is the plural of fabliau, which is one of a kind of short metri- cal tales, composed chiefly in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by the trou- veres and told for amusement merely. House sthe seal of | J. HASKIN. Fabliaux are usually comic and satirical and strictly coarse, and are cal, especially in women. They throw light, however, on the state of soclety and the manner of everyday life. Such are the fabliaux P r from which Boccaccio and other Ital tale-tellers, Chaucer and Moliere got directly or indirectly some of their material. Q. When were priests first forbidden to marry?—F. D. E. A. e first church council which definitely forbade marriage to the high- er clergy was the local Spanish Synod | of Elvira in the year 305. | Q. Is Whistler rtrait of his mother in the Luxembourg or in the |Louvre, in Paris?>—I. P. 8. | "A. 1t was originally in the Luxem- | bourg, but is now in the Louvre. Q. How long has Palm Beach been & ‘Winter resort?—-B. A. W. | A. The development of Palm Beach as a Winter resort began in 1892, Q. Where do we get the word chan- delier” and when were chandiliers in- vented?—J. M. N. A. “Chandelier” is a French word. Clusters of hanging lights were used as early as the fourteenth century. Q. What is a limited partnership?— |G. H. C, A. In a limited partnership the | limited partner is given the character of an investor rather than a gen partner and does not participate in management of the business. Q. Has Ecuador one or two chains of mountains?—B. N. A. The Andes pass through Ecuador in two chains, known as Eastern and Western Cordilleras. They run parallel to each other and to the Pa. cific Coast. Q. Where are the sessions of the Pennsylvania State Nautical Academy held?—-C. F. 8. A. They are held on the school ship Annapolis, which makes annual cruises with its students. Q. Who played the title role in the original production of * BSecond Mrs. Tanqueray”?—R. C. V. A. Mrs. Patrick Campbell created the role of Mrs. Tanqueray in the Pinero play on November 20, 1888, at the Alexandria Theater in Liverpool, ‘England. Q. Why are large thumb tacks pl;:mxi‘ in some of the streets in cities? A. In approaching a hospital or other quiet zone, careless motorists sometimes fail to observe the warning These tacks jolt the car to & certain extent and act as a reminder of the entrance to such zones. Q. When were the first people tat- tooed in the United States? 3 A. Tattooing fashion in this country was set by Capt. Constantinus or Con- stantenus, who in the early 70s of the last century traveled with Barrum as the first tattooed man to be shown in the H'Jnlled States, l.nfl‘ 'hhfi.;klfl markings were regarded in a8 the most elaborate exhibited in Eu- rope or America. Q. Is Selma a ish name? What does it mean?—J, C. E. A. Selma is of Celtic derivation and means “fair.” ‘That President Hoover has taken a sensible and helpful attitude in his mg gestion to American consuls abroad restrict visas to immigrants under the quota who give ample proof that they will not become public charges seems to be the consensus of American news- paper opinion. The President is de- clared to have made a popular move toward one form of assistance in the country’s unemployment problem. “Curtailment of immigration, while it won’t make jobs for jobless Amer- icans, will at least avert distresses re- sulting from a multiplication of a) plicants for such jobs as are to be had,” says the New Orleans Item, and the Hartford Daily Courant remarks: “In ordering the consular offices of the United States in every part of the world to refuse visas to applicants who have no employment in prospect here, Presi- dent Hoover has made a gesture that will be popular. How effective it will prove, in ameliorating conditions re- mains to be seen,” concludes this paper. “Logical enough, too!” exclaims the Rutland Daily Herald, which reasons that “if there are not jobs enough for American citizens, there are not enough for alien newcomers.” Explaining the legality of the action that has been taken, the New Orleans Times-Picayune says: “Discovery of what might be termed a ‘flexible clause’ in the immigration law, to permit this tightening up, is credited to the State Department, which conducted its search therefor at President’s rec Authority for the more drastic restric- tion, it is explained, is found in, or in- terpreted into, that provision of the law requiring the exclusion of jmmigrants who, if admitted, would be ‘likely to be- come public charges.'” As the Walla Walla Daily Bulletin puts it: “The President’'s new order will mean that close watch is to be kept at European ports and on both the Canadian and Mexican borders. Just now, we need exactly what the President has ordered. His latest move ought to give definite and lasting assistance.” * ok kX The Erle Dispatch-Herald calls at- tention to the fact that “broad powers of discretion in the matter appear to be given the consuls. Certain preferred classes will not be interfered with by the order, but the general run of immi- gration will be materially reduced, if the full possibilities of the instruction are applied It is estimated that it will lower by half the arrivals that would be likely in the absence of such a reguii- tion,” concludes this journal. That America does not have today the “bur- den of hordes of nmewcomers” such as she had in the “days before restricted Immigration” is pleasing to the Oakland ibune. Tr'n\nv. the order has a humanitarian side also is pointed out by the Worces- ter Evening Gazette, which says of prospective emigrants from other coun- tries, “To protect them, as well as to protect ourselves, we ought to prevent their coming when we have no work to offer them.” The Chicago Daily News sees the order as “sensible and in no degree unfair to would-be immigrants of the desirable types. ‘They retain their priority and will get their visas when normal business conditions of emn- ployment. are restored in the United States,” the News explains. \ That “the country would not be doing any kindness to its prospective immi- grants by letting them enter and swell the ranks of unemployed,” is the posi- tion taken by the Kalamazoo Gazette, which considers that “special vigilance | in the enforcement of this immigration rule seems to be well justified at the present timé. While there is evidence that the economic depression in our country has just about ‘touched bot- tom,’ and that the turning point is al- ready in view, recovery certainly would not be hastened by the admission of job seekers from the outside,” continues the Gazette. AN, The opinion is expressed in some dates because of depression, unemploy- ment and the drought, because a publican President has been tm power when these unfortunate happenings oc- curred. The Republicans in New York State, on the other hand, are counting ‘on the New York City scandals to be a heavy llability to the chief executive Order to Check Immigr ation Proves to Be Popular Move quarters that a permanent tightening made. ‘Th Fhilsgelpmia. Eveaing. Buse made. elphia - letin 'uglu that “admissions should at all es be regulated by m labor conditions. times of depression there ought to be, exclusion of all alien workers, save such as_come to fill places here for which sufficient home labor is not obtainable and whose labor is of such a kind that it helps speed up home industry ine- stead of bringing new competition into & crowded market.” is a ad- vanced by the Bulletin. Discussing the selective views of Secretary Davis as “common= sense views,” the Pittsburgh Post-Ga= zette classes the present order as “in that direction” and goes on to say that “Mr. Davis would have the genius or onde. " That 15 Siply e e ap once. at is simply the ) plication of the principle osf‘mlelm?: paper avers, e ith Bend Tribune believes that “if unemployment is not materially lessened in the near futuu;e & drastic order may be antiel~ pated.” Some editors advise the deportation at this time of all aliens unlawfully in the country. n our years of pros- Tity we madé the mistake of import- Ng too many laborers, and now that there is a scarcity of work, we are find~ ing that we must p-i for our former mistake,” says the Abilene Dally Re~ porter. Coincidentally with the Testriction on immigration the e field Union thinks the “‘Government might well pursue its course of o ing-up plainly undesirable aliens and lhlrpln; them which "t ;Iflbuwne"ny:, mmigration restrict but we 4 He\';fi in selection.” o . “Something is awry in a coun offering unlimited opportunity for mfl‘w employment that is bothered with g problem of unemployment!” exclaims | the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. The new policy is described by lfn St. Paul as “well enough so far Pioneer Press as it goes, but if left stan by itself ve ena"u without nta;r and really effec ures,” continues the St. Paul might do more harm than good." 1n the past when the business cycle turned and depression began, the condition has been left pretty much to work out in its own way, according ‘o the forces of economics, like a disease running its course. Almost all elements in the eco- nomic system have taken their defla= tion, and then when the ground has been completely cleared of inflated fac- tors and the bottom reached, ess attains a new, healthy .tate of Mfun- ment and begins its upward climb, This is a brutal process, as the vivors of 1893 can attest, or even the farmers who went through deflation in 1921, and the brutality will DM‘ always be to some extent present unti fluctuations of business are entirely eliminated in some future millennjum, . By Putting Two Together. From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Now that the bathing season is over, the girls can use their swimming cos- tumes for penwipers. » — e ee Aud That Was Extra Touch. From the Passaic Daily Herald. We could never believe there was any- thing exciting in the game until we read of the golfer who threw his clubs and his caddy into the lake. ————— Now It’s “One-Cow” Town. From the Akron Beacon Journal. Population figures are hard to remem- ber, but you can guess the size of & town by the number of cows in what it calls a landing field. oo And They Say Canada Wet. Pro the Seattle Daily T4 3 Provinclal — authorities at Toronto, Canada, are prosecuting an American ellm“fwm liquor. Eventually s will become & coals to Newcast statutory offense. Eliminate Them Alogether. P the Ne 'k Eve News. ‘After ‘they have perfected the process the Empire State. It may not but i i politics, of making rubber Ppotatoes, ma: be e clevtels"can 0" omceing i