Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1930, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR,” WASHINGTON, D. C. M ONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1930.° _———mmmmmm—m—m—m— e . THE EVENING STAR |police the name of his assailants, and | caught, to fall to punish him properly With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.......October 13, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Ofice: 1y 6 and Pepnsyivants Ave, New York Office: 110 East 42nd r Chicago Office: Lake Michigan Buildin European Office: 14 Regent St.. London. glan Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Bvenine Star . ....si.;40 ver month e Evening and Bun Siar (when 4 Sundays) . .60c per month The Evening and Sur i ndays) . s¢ per monthy e Sunday Star .. _5¢ per cop: Collection made at each o jers mav be sent in by mail or telephone Rtond Sooo: Rate by Mail—Payable in Advanee. Maryland and Virginia. B:fly sand Sunday. 1mo., 85¢ iy only 1 mo- 80 Sunday only 1 mo., 40¢ All Other States and Canada. Dally and Sunday..] vr. $12.00; 1 mo., § 1 .1yr., $8.00: 1 mo. aily oply unday only 1 3500, 1 m¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dis- Patches credited to it or mot otherwise cred- ted in this paver and also the local news published herein. - All_rights of publication of apecial dispatches herein are 1lso reserved. 1.00 8¢ 50¢ 0 closely are these underworld secrets guarded that his murderers have never been caught. The Rothstein case re- sulted in & shake-up of the New York Police Department and its echoes are still being heard. Perhaps the Diamond case, in its entirety, will run along the same lines. Although arrested twenty-three times by the police, five of them in connection with mysterious murders, Diamond, ex- cept for a short reformatory sentence when he was seventeen vears old, has escaped the clutches of the law. But, | like so many of his ilk, he seems des- tined to meet a violent end. A few years ago while walking with “Little ‘Augie” Orgen, Diamond nearly suffered the same fate as his companion. Orgen | was killed with two bullets. Diamond, ! although wounded five times in the | fusillade, lived to receive the salvo of | yesterday. | It seems a pity that these men who possess brain superiority over their fel- | lows cannot make an honest living. {1t a gangster is clever enough to rise |to the head of his “mob” and to evade punishment by law for his crimes he | almost invariably meets his death by | being “put on the spot.” If he is not ! clever enough to fool the police he spends most of his time in the com- e o T'.x ]‘.a"' Necemr’," | parative security of a penitentiary, al- i gl ke Sl i b the | ihough cases are on record of gADE position of a man who finds that In- |,4q peing settled in & deadly manner stead of reducing his checking account |, "4}, various jalls of this country. to & possible deficit, he has merely for- | myp onjy ure, it would seem, of this gotten to include a comfortably Iarge |ivpe of criminality is the undoubtedly deposit that will leave him With & |, rious living which it furnishes. But healthy bank balance. For the tax- | i s jocinc game from start to finish. payes, since ':‘ t?“"“:fi‘ "‘}:‘ ""‘:":' 1t the Jaw does not succeed in putting on the appropriation s, ve N [ an end to a gangster's activities his given to understand that practically all | i riey in the underworld will, sooner surplus revenues Will have been ex- pended by the end of the current fiscal | year and in order to finance a budget | for 1932 more money would have to | come out of their pockets or from an | Increased congressional allotment of Federal funds. The apparent discovery that the sur- plus of unspent money at the end of this fiscal year will amount to some- thing like $1,800.000 and that the esti- mates now pending before the Budget Bureau can be financed without an in- crease in the tax rate is encouraging news. The explanation of the possible miscalculation at the District Building, which caused the Commissioners to base their estimates on & higher tax rate, will be awaited with interest. As it is now understood, the Budget Bureau is following precedent, and is unwiling to write down an increased Federal appropriation as representing the lump sum. As this is primarily a matter for congressional decision alone, the policy of the Budget Bureau is not surprising. The estimates for 1932, therefore, approximating $48,000,000, will go before Congress in December based on the Tevenue to be produced by Jast year's Jump sum of $9,500,000, plus the money from District revenues at the curreat tax rate, and the Sur- plus, whatever it is. This is desirable. Pending the thor- ough investigation of fiscal relations promised by the House Committee this Winter it would have been unwise to send a budget to Congress that would not stand on its own legs without being | bolstered by a higher local tax rate and some arbitrary and inadequate amount of increase in the Federal lump sum | recommended by the Commissioners. The present year-to-year system - of | financing the District, confusing to | everybody, insufficient from the point | of view of thoroughly progressive Capi- tal development and unfair from the | point of view of the local taxpayer, | must be changed. As Congress reserves the right and power to make changes, | nothing i$ to be gained by the sugges- tion of temporary expedients. ————— Great Fishing. What does one go fishing for, after al? ‘There are some amateur fishermen going around complaining because they have not returned with great catches. But they caught a fine sunburn, & good time and a great deal of fresh air. ‘They caught the comradeship of mod- ern men engaged in the most elemental sport in the world. ‘Por a few hours, out on the shining water, with blue sky and white clouds overhead, they caught a glimpse into the heart of Nature, They heard the voice of the great god Pan, although perhaps they mis- took it for the chirp of a cricket or the singing of a bird on the far shore. They secured, at least for a time, freedom from traffic problems an. all the hundred and one cares of modern city life, They caught, mpaybe, a more honest . laugh and a bit of communion with that strangest of creatures, one’s self. After all, is not that a gteat catch? A A e ST ‘Twenty-seven beauties entered in the international beauty contest are “stuck” down in Rio de Janeiro, due to the dis- _turbances of the revolution. This s | highly inconvenient for them, although probably no rTevolutionist, no matter how bloodthirsty, would dream of in- juring them and thus disturbing the world’s supply of pulchritude. But what a situation for future scenario| writers and musical comedy composers | to build around! PO It is always the same. Los Angeles, which prides itself on its balmy dryness, gets a deluge of rain, while the parched East continues to suck a sponge. o : The Underworld Cares for Its Own. Jack “Legs’ Diamond, who claimed that he “was so harmless that he would not hurt a fiy” when police departments of various European countries hung out the unwelcome sign on his recent trip abroad, was evidently wrong in his estimate of himself. Diamond may not have harmed a fly, perhaps, but he must have injured & human being, be- cause in traditional gangster fashion “he got his” in a New York Hotel yes- terday, and, with five bullet wounds in o his body, lies at the point of death in the hospital. And like all the other “harmiess” gangsters who have been wounded or who have m:t their death through the unrelenting warfare of the underworld, Diamond is “unable” to give the police any clues as to the or later, do it in a far more drastic manner. Diamond's assailants may never be found. If so, it is simply another case of the underworld taking care of its own. Confidence in Germany. Probably it is & calculated coincl- dence that the assembling of Germany’s newly elected Relchstag at Berlin today synchronizes with the announcement in New York of &-$125,000,000. credit to the Reich. A syngicate of i American banks, participants, Wil Lfidetwrite the trans- action. In Germany. itself he jssue will have the support of the Relchsbank and a group of other Insfifutions formed for ‘the Purpose: - - - * Money talks, it has been paid. It would be difficult to imagine its speak- ing & more eloquent Jangldge, &3 Tar as Germany is comcerned, than - this. important financial affaiy utte It breathes, as hardly anything else 3 a spirit of abiding confidence i the Relch's stability, present and future. Capital treads warily in these days of international incalculability. With four-fifths of South America in revolution; with half of Asia in Te- volt or civil war; Wwith Kurope squat- ting uneasily atop her perennial pow- der barrel; with Gerinasly ftself plunged | into gravest political unrest-by. the rise of Fascism and Compupism—amid this globe-encircling alarm, the masters of | money are naturdlly’ tonservative. It speaks all the mere significantly in the Releh’s favor that North American capital, at such an hour, is ready to come to its support. ‘It is a sign that here in the Western World, at least, belief in the fundamental qualities of the German people and their Hepub- lican government f untmpared. Meantime developments in .the new Reichstag, with its 107 Fascist and 77 Communist Deputies, will' Be’ Whtched with anxiety. The Hindenberg-Bruen- ing cabinet considers that it has the parliamentary situation well in hand. It will be strengthened in tHat convic- tion by the notable demenstration or- ganized by the Socia) Democrgts on the eve of the chamber'’s sitting. In the course of a massive rharifestation against Fascism and dictatorships in Berlin on Sunday, Dr. Loebe, Social Democratic President of the Reichstag, warned the Hitlerites that “the Socal Democrats will oppose: the Fascists with fron will, and, if necessary, with work- men’s fis Associated Press dispatches report that the OtStanding feature ef the. demonstration . was . the. pymber of middle class and laboring people in line. “These were familles,” we ‘até fold “obviously terested i stabMity and peace.” It is on .Germaps of that sturdy breed that world capifal, headed by American doflars,” fs' now ‘befting. Capital 18 ‘petsuaded - thad 4t s they, not the Hitler .hot-heads,. who wreck and repudiate, who are destined | to inherit the German earth. A baby whale, only twenty-five feet long, was recently found asleep in the | deep and spared by a ccuple of fisher- men Off the coast of North. Carolina. | If whales are geiting steadily more| scarce, as all reports indicate, the time | will come when possession of such an | immagure oceam mhabitans will. eall fos | a penalty similar to thag imposed on| an angler with a short trout among his catch. $q kel Students out at a Maryland girls' | college are forbidden to take more than | one bath a week, due to water short- | age. Their singing will probably suf- | fer, or is it only males who chant when | semi-submerged? | Hit-and-Run Drivers. Owen B. Augspurger, president of the New York Automobile Club and a noted student of traffic regulation, has become | alarmed at the leniency shown hit-and- | run drivers by magistrates in New York | and has filed & protest on behalf of his club, which, ke the District of Colum- bia division of the American Automobile Association, pay one hundred dcllats reward to any person whose information leads to the arrest and conviction of this despicable type of driver. The protest is based on an investigation Of “Rit- | and-run” cases for the six months be- | ginning in Pebruary of this year, which | reveals that during this pegiod six hun- | dred and eighty-one cases were reported | to the Police Department, resulting in one hundred and seventy-six arrests. Of this number forty-eight cases are still pending; various sentences—heavy | and light—were imposed in thirty-eight cases, and ninety defendants, or prac- identity of the men who suddenly burst into his room and fired point blank at him ‘as he sat on the edge of his bed. Dismond’s ceath, if death is to be the outcome of his latest adventure, will be strikingly similar to that of his ex-employer, Arnold Roth:ztzin. Roth- stein, 1 “Diamond, was shot in & 1 aeem, byt was “unable” to give * tically seventy-five per eent of the total, ‘were discharged. ‘This is indeed a sorry record of law enforcement, and the protest is well founded. The “hit-and-runner” is diffi- cult to apprehend. He is the lowest _ type of motorist and deserves no sym- pathy or lenlency, But when he is is a grievous. failure to recognise one of the gravest offenses of motordom. ‘Washington, happily, boasts of no such record as that of New York. The penalties for the. “hit-and-run” driver here are s0 severe that the practice is discouraged. And there have been few cases in which, when this type has been brought before the local courts, he has not recelved adequate punishment. It is to be hoped that Mr. Augspurger's protest will have the desired effect and that New York, with its heavy volume of traffic, both pedestrian and motorist, can no longer be' pointed to as the haven of the cowdrdly driver. s “Bert” Waters, famous Harvard grid- iron leader of.the .nineties, was killed by running into a steel pillar while hasten- ing for'a’ ttaf up fh "Bdston. " Ris Yale qppopepts .of the fiyipg, wedge .days would cheerfully testify that nothing tragedy, | to cover the floor of the great conven- tion hall in Atlantic City from eight to ten inches deep in order that a foot ball game may be held therein on No- vember 8. When the game has been completed, why not raise some sort of & crop during the Winter? — An offer has been made to Gen. Smedley Butler, Marine Corps, to make a five-month lecture tcur. Suppose, like many lecturers, he is entertained at private homes, and suppose his host and bostess, in a moment of forgetfulness, should serve cocktails! — ——— Among the real, genuine antiques of less rigid’ could hve ‘accomplished the | - Ten theusand tons of.dirt. are. needed | doo: THIS AND THAT" BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Beware those beautiful red leaves which grow A.km{‘ the ground and up tree trunks at this season of the year. y.The chances are they may be polson vy. We saw some beautiful specimens the other afternoon out Condult road, leaves of so glorious a color that one was tempted to gather & few branches. Don't do it! Refrain, not only because such cut- | ting is_vandalism, but also because it may subject the unwary to the discom- fort, itch and danger of ivy poisoning. | One should never plunge into thicket after pretty leaves without first | knowing his leaves. * ¥ * * ‘The general desecration of the coun- | tryside in order to get free material discovered that for some strange rea- son it did not look so beautiful to them as_they expected it would. Not only did it appear out of place, cluttering up an otherwise handsom fireside, but the leaves began to take on a withered Jook. It was Nature's retribution. ‘The great god Pan still watches out for his children, and those mortals who violate them he will pay back somehow in their own spirit. * o K * If one must pillage the woods, let him refrain from being a hog about it. Instead of cutting enough branches to fill the entire back seat of the car, let him content himself with a very small quantity of leaves. A little cluster, no larger than the with which to “decorate” a fireplace is very much beside the mark. | In the first place, branches full of | leaves do not decorate. There is an | incongruous, messy look about some- | thing dragged in from the great out- | TS, The old words, “East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,” apply beautifully to the outdoors, and the indoors. It is no longer permissible, according to the tenets of interlor decoration, to | haul in a chunk of the outdoors and blend it with the bit of civilization known today as the living room. They won't blend. They do not har- monjze. Hence the big cench shells which once | every mantel have disappeared | ’r’l,om the Jand. One may wonder what has become of them, but the sure thing is that they are gone. Oceasionally a traveler will find a couple of the large seashells placed primly, one on either end of & mantel, usually in a farmbouse or home in a small town where the principles of in- terior decoration, as applied most freely this country is Washington's rotary left turn. Yet only a few years ago we were kidding New York because it still had a few horse cars. r—— NG SHOOTI! STA-M_ BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Perpetual Candidate. He's running for an office, He started long ago, His picture’s on the banners And his pace is never slow; His fingers all are twisted By the handshake's constant clutch, And his legs are getting wobbly 'Cause he's had to run so much, et -l *® B Successful or defeated, He's never satisfied, To keep before the public Is his especial pride. He's made a lot of speeches, But there's nothing he has done— He has no time for working 'Cause he's always on the run. Seifish Considerations. “Don’t you enjoy seeing & man called when he's bluffing?” asked the energetic politician. “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I can’t say I do. Every time a bluff is called people get more suspicious, and it is that much harder to make the next one go through.” Difference of Opinion. “Women are very hard to under- stand,” said the callow philosopher, “Not at all,” answered Mr. Meekton. “Henrietta has never yet spoken her mind to me without making herself perfectly clear.” Insecurity. A statesman’s pose will sometimes shake And finish with s fearful fall, Because a barrel’s bound to make A most unstable pedestal. . Content. “Is your son doing well at college?” “Yes,” answered Farmer Corntossel. “He had his picture took after the foot ball game and it showed he had his regular share of arms an’ legs. I should say he was-doin’ right well.” A Wish, “Do you admire Omar Khayyam?” “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne. “But I wish so many people wouldn't offer him as an excuse for their bad habits.” Egotism. Whate'er befall, man thinks his pluck And wisdom quantities immense; ‘When he has lost, he thinks it's luck, And when he wins, he’s sure it's sense. “When a man runs foh office,” said TUncle Eben, “he ginerally finishes by feelin’ & heap bigger or a heap smaller dan de 'casion really calls for.” A e An Unsettled Question. From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Mr. Hohenzollern could give Mr. Hitler some good advice. But will he? s When Coal Bills Accu From the Detroit Free Pres ‘They are talking about making Amer- jcans “home consclous.” When coal bills commence coming in it is hard to mulate. avold being that way. — bl Seen as Inevitable Result. From the Milwaukee Sentinel. . We suppose, now that Russia has sold a loi of confiscated wheat, the people of the United States will be appealed to for donations to save the starving people of that happy Jand. ————— Infants Are Superseded. From the San Antonio Evening News. One North Carolind candidate churns, another cuts wood, as a bid for women’s votes. Either is more practi- cal than kissing babies. r———s. Expressed in Hoover's W From the Boston Transeript. As Mr. Hoover might put it: Buy and the world buys with you. - Accounts for Business Failures. From the Flnt Daily Journal. Boston police report that 262 speak- easies have been closed since May. Now We understand why business faflures in- creased during the Summer. i e Strain on Candidate. From the Toledo Blade, ‘ During a campaign it must be & feartul strain on the candidate to keep fram saying what he thinks. " Another Alimony Problem. From the Des Moines Tribuns-Capital. A Sloux City judge has a new prob- | lem in arithmetic. What should he do - with a family man who makes $10 week /and who owes $20 & week in ali: mony to each of two former wives? Then He Won't Believe It. Prom the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. A metropolitan mayor has a mLh job. It keeps him so busy that doesn't know there is any graft in his administration until he l", about it in the newspapers, 1 4 “Tcan Society of Industrial Engineers in -|'German ~governments. in the large cities, are as yet unknown. * x K ¥ The great trouble with “objects of Nature” is that they belong where they belong—outdoors. In the natural set- ting they fit in, something which they | seldom do 1n.an interior, which is pri- | marily & work of art, or at least an at- | tempt to be such. Nature, it it be applied as an art; motif, must be handled in a way which makes it unnatural. This is & ‘principle which many do not understand. 1t does mot mean that Nature is made | what it should mot be, but solely that it is made into something which it should be for an interior. Man has progressed, one likes to| think, since the cave davs. Caves were | and are Nature—but who today wants %o live In a cave? * X ¥ X | Therefore let the .glowing branches of leaves alone in their native haunts, Where for many weeks they will please, instruct and thrill thousands of persons. Another fault of the Nature vandal is that he or she never does the work skillfully. | 1t a branch were sclentifically cut, and the wound properly healed, Autumn specimens might be dragged home, perhaps. | ‘As it is, people merely rend branches | from trees, peeling away a great deal of bark, leaving an ugly wound, and causing 'what is left to take on an ugly | appearance. | st people who have eut such branches, at some time or other, either | thoughtlessly or at the suggestion of | some other thoughtless person, have had this experience: | prize home, they After they got the space taken by a dozen roses, will fill one small bowl and provide & fine patch of color, placed against an appropriate background. This is what one may call the Jap- anese_principle of decoration, by the use of flowers—a principle which may be commended to Americans, not only because it secures beautiful results, but also because it provides a lesson in the economics of art. As a race, we want to have the big- gest schools, the greatest attendance at | foot ball games, the greatest sales rec- ords, the largest in everything. As a people, we are better satisfled with & mass of Toses than one rose. This is the Occidental viewpoint, as op- posed to the Oriental. * KKK “I am ashamed to say it said a much-traveled woman, “but the lowliest coolle in China has a better philosophy | than tHe average American.” | “'We all know what she meant with- out any lengthy explanation.” A philos- ophy of living s something which one may or may not have. One may just live, as the animals do. Lions, tigers, dogs, cats live very nicely without once thinking about it. Thousands of human the world over live in exactly the same way, and_one would be talking only theoretically if he -said that they do not live. Sometimes it is fashionable to de- clare that such people merely “vege- tate,” but they live all right. Those who think about their living as they| The go along prefer to believe that they are {more civilized and get more out of life, as no doubt they are and do. WL W So small & thing as discrimination in the use of cut flowers or branches of leaves may show another a great deal as to the civilized qualities of the human being involved. A blue bowl, in which is placed = twig filled with red leaves, will give entirely different appearance to & bare wall. ‘The wall will no longer be bare. A green vase, in which are a few short branches of bayberry, will liven up an entire room in a discreet sort of way. Nothing flaming there, but some- thing eminently attractive in a well bred sort of way. Gather such material from your own yard if possible, or receive it as gifts from friends. But if one insists on cutting it from the fields, he should cut with & sparing hand, remember- ing that haste makes waste and that too little is better than too much. Above all, do not seize hoid of nice, Ted leaves just because they are red. First be sure they are not poison ivy, which grows luxuriantly all around Washington. g WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Hall the opening of the blithe lnd‘\ merry season of political prognostica- | tion—America's hardiest biennial! It always sets in about this time—three | ‘weeks before election. Party managers can indulge in it with gay irresponsi- bility and the sky's the limit. Theres a stronger ring of conviction in Demo- cratic claims this year than in the | prophecies of Republicans. The brutal truth is, though no loyal son of the G. O. P. will admit it, that President Hoover's oppressed and depressed party | will consider itself mighty lucky if on the morning of November 5 it discovers | that it still holds what “Nick” Long worth calls “nominal control” of Con gress. Republican Executive Chairman | Lucas says things are looking “splendid.” | Democratic Executive Chairman Shouse | foreshadows “tremendous Democratic | gains.” Col. Tilson, Republican House Jeader, and Eastern campaign director, is confident of “a safe Republican ma- | jority” in his branch of the next Con - | gress. Democratic Senatorial Campaign | Chairman Tydings declares that the | Democrats will win the House. Some- | body isegoing to be wrong. | * X ok * l Consplcuously less:is being said about | control of the Senate than about the | complexion of the new House. There is fair agreement. that the Democrats will | score at least four or five, and possibly | more, net gains in the senatorial elec- tions. They concede Steck’s defeat in | Jowa and “Tom” Walsh’s peril in Mon- | tana. But they contend with positive ness that theyll elect Gerry in Rhode Island, Coolldge in Massachusetts, Bay- | ard in Delaware, Neely in West Virginia, | Gore in Oklahoma and Logan and Wil- liams (long and short term candidates) | in Kentucky. Now that the independent Republican Cincinnati Inquirer has come out for Bulkley, Democratic sena- | torial candidate in Ohio, the Raskobians | will move the Buckeye State out of their | doubtful column and claim it. They believe “Jim Ham” Lewis' chances are improving hourly in Illinols along with | Democratic prospects in Minnesota, South Dakota and Colorado. If the | Democrats make six net gains in the | Senate the count after Margh 4, 1931, | will stand: Republicans, 50 mocrats, | 45; Farmer-Labor, 1. But that tabula- tion includes at least a dozen tempera- mental statesmen knowns as insurgent essives. ‘The White House and | “Jim" Watson know what that means. | * K X ¥ Mother, Eve's latest daughter to! achieve national limelight—24-year-old Secretary ,of State Alice Lee Grosjean of Loulsiana — expects, like her chief, Gov. Huey P. Long, to cap her career in Washington. She is coming here with him in 1932, she announces, to be his private secretary on Capitol Hill, | when ‘Long is in the Senate. * % x This week's meeting of the Ameri- ‘Washington revolves almost wholly around the achievements of one man— Harrington Emerson, who will be glori- fied as the first “efficiency engineer.” Since the dawn of the present century Emerson has been telling radroads and other great industrial erns how to 'do* more at less cost with the aid of | better paid and happler employes. One | of hfs edrliest triumphs was with the | Santa Fe Rallroad 25 years ago. Though Emerson is 77, he's still on the job, -and at this moment is preparing studies on_unemployment for the French and In his spare time he functions as railroad adviser to Soviet Russia and to the Nanking . goverhment of China. Harrington was born in New Jersey, educated all over , and became an efficiency engi- neer after starting out as a college professor in Nebraska. * ¥ x K With South America aflame—4 out | 10 countries in revolution—and affairs before Winter comes. Am- | year. League) is here, and next week Ambas- sador Edge of France will be home on his first leave. Edge salls this week, “to add my vote to Dwight Morrow's 500, 000 majority in New Jersey,” he says. Our Paris envoy will arrive in_time to confer with the United States Tariff Commission regarding the survey the French government has just made of Hawley-Smoot. effects on French im- poris in this country. M. Tardleu et al. hope the survey will persuade the commission to “flex” the tariff a bit in French favor. * ok x % M. Andre Maurois, whose biography of Disraell was a best seller in America a year or two ago, plans to write blography of Woodrow Wilson. The French author is visiting professor of English _literature in Princeton this He purposes utilizing his so- journ at Old Nassau for the garnering of first-hand material about the World War President. To that end, M. Maurois will visit Wilson's native haunts at Staunton, Va., and the varlous places in_which he’ lived before coming to Prince’on, _ including Charlottesville, Atlanta, Bryn Mawr, Trenton and Washington. i Maj. Paul J. MacGahan, Washington newspaper man, is back from the Amer- ican Legion Convention _at Boston, firmly convinced (despite his Pennsyl- | vania origin) that a slush fund is not what it's mashed up to be. Paul, al- | ready laden with many Legion honors, oveted one of the national organiza- | tion's_vice commanderships. One of the District of Columbia posts that were for him was the Bureau of En- | graving and Printing “outfit.” To add | color to the MacGahan campaign the post built a big wooden shoe and sent it to Boston filled with about $6,000.000 worth of “macerated” currency-—worn- out paper money of denominations all the way from $1 to a $1,000 “grand.” But_the monetary mush falled of ifs purpose, for Maj. MacGahan emerged from the balloting macerated, like his plcturesque slush fund. * X X * Representative Ruth _Bryan Owen spent the Summer in England. ~Did that have anything to do with last week’s action of the British Labor party in coming out for bimetalism? The MacDonaldites think a double | standard is all that can check the flow of gold out of Britain. (Copyright, 1930.) ——or “Academic Tree-Sitter” Scored by Dr. Lewis From the Atlanta Journal. Both because the phrase is piquant and because it possesses & shrewd valid- ity, much will be heard this year of “academic tree-sitters.” President William Mather Lewis of Lafayette College, is credited with coining the epithe It applies, directly, as fol- lows: “Fo the campuses of some seven hundred colleges a&nd universities in America they have been flocking during these past few days—to clamber up the tree-of knowledge, with the ambition to sit there patiently for four years, when, as a reward for their aimless endurance, th: institution will bestow upon them a diploma.” Apart from merits of the diagnosis, it is of passing interest (if the quotation is correct) to find a college president who hews clean when he finds an infinitive construction worth splitting. These academic tree-sitters are fa- miliar. Most colleges recognize them and tolerate them, though with an in- creasing distaste. The comfort of their perch, we suspect, will deteriorate henceforward, until such a niche will become sufficiently intolerable. If they sat quietly, remote from the stream of college life below them, they would do little harm. But their presence is in- The Pofitical Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. The boom for Franklin D. Rooseveit, Governor of New York, for President in 1932 is spreading far afleld. One of his latest boosters is James H. Moyle, Democratic national committeeman for Utah. As it happens, Mr. Moyle in 1924 was a McAdoo leader in the Madison_Square Garden National Con- vention of the Democratic party. His coming out now, as he has done in Salt Lake City, with publicity for Gov. Roosevelt for President is all the more significant of his adherence to the dry wing of the party six years ago. Mr. Moyle spent six months re- cently in New York City in charge of the Mormon mission there. He became impressed with the ablilities of the Democratic Governor, and now it ap- pears will endeavor to see that Utah sends a delegation to the next Demo- cratic National Convention ready to vote for Roosevelt for the presidential nomination. This notwithstanding Gov. Roosevelt’s recent proneuncement in favor of the repeal of the eighteenth amendment and his lining up definitely with the wet wing of the party, Democratic leaders in many of the Western States are following with keen interest the fortunes of Gov. Roosevelt in the present gubernatorial campaign in New York. If he wins and is re- elected, he is likely to have a big group of delegates from the West favoring his candidacy for President in 1932. ‘The wet sentiment in Utah, particu- larly in Salt Lake City, is causing the Republicans some embarrassment in the congressional elections. A new party—the Liberty party, so called, fa- voring repeal or modification of dry laws—has been organized. It is made L up, according to reports, mostly of Re- publicans in and around Salt Lake City. ‘The result is that the Democrats are hopeful of electing their candidate for the House in that district. The Re- publican nominee is Judge Loofbourow. * koK % ‘The re-election of Senator Charles McNary of Oregon, Republican, seems to be assured, despite the fact that an ugly fight has developed over the gov- ernorship, Senator McNary always has had a big following in his State ever since he became a political leader. ‘The Republican nominee for Governor, George Joseph, died several weeks 8go. State convention then nominated in his place Phil Metschan, long & power in the politics of Oregon. But Metschan has not proved satisfactory in his stand on the waterpower question to a considerable group in the Repub- lican party. The consequence is that an independent Republican candidate has been put forward, Jullus Meier, head of one of the biggest department stores in the Northwest. The Demo- cratic nominee for Governor is Edward F. Balley, a State Senator. Joseph's platform had pledged State develop- ment of hydroelectric power for use of municipalities and private consumers. Met n was not willing to go along with the platform advanced by the dead candidate, although he has been avorable to the development of hydro- Jectric power. plants by the Federal jovernment, especially the $45,000,000 project outlined for the Columbia Rjver. ‘The entrance of the independent candi- date into the race has made the situa- tion in Oregon, so far as the contest for Governor is concerned, difficult for the regular Republicans. * ok x % Representative Hawley of Oregon, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, whose name is at- tached to the new Republican tariff law, along with that of Senator Smoot of Utah, is facing a fight for re-elec- tion in his district. His Democratic opponent is William A. Dalzell. The attack made on Mr. Hawley in his home State is based on complaints that he did not get high enough tariff duties on some of the products of Oregon, particularly lumber. The Ore- gon Journal, an influential Democratic newspaper, is rapping Mr. Hawley for his alleged failure to obtain sufficient tariff protection for the State. Hawley has been under fire in so many other States, bécause, it is charged, the tariff Tates in the new law are excessive, that this report from Oregon is rather re- freshing. The tariff, once again, comes a local issue. * X K K ‘The Republicans have lost a chance to pick up a Senate seat in New Mexico, it appears. Everything was set for the nomination of Gov. Richard C. Dillon for the Senate at the State convention. Gov. Dillon, frequently called the *‘Cow- boy Governor,” widely popular, was ex- pected to defeat Senator Sam Bratton, Democratic incumbent. The. plan struck a snag. Gov. Dillon, it is said, did not approve of the man who had been picked by the Republicans for the nom- ination for Governor. In fact, he de- clined to run for the Senate unless the convention named some other candidate for State chief executive. The conven- tion, however, let the matter get away from it. Dillon was nominated, but de- clined. Bratton is now given more than even chance to be re-elected. H. B. Holt, Republican nominev, is not con- sidered nearly so strong a candidate as Gov. Dillon would have been. 7 * X X X In Indiana this year there is the keenest interest over the political make- up of the next State Legislature, Or- dinarily, the selection of a State Legis- lature i3 a matter of moment only to the State itself. But the next Indiana Legislature will have the job of redis- tricting the State, reducing the total number of congressional districts in the Hoosler State from 13 to 11. Under the new reapportionment law, Indiana loses two seats in the Natlonal House. This opens up all kinds of possibilities for gerrymandering. If the Republicans have control, they will do their utmost to reframe the districts so as to make it possible to elect Republicans in them. The Democrats, if they should have con- trol, will do their utmost to carve out districts which can cast a Democratic majority at the polls. The Legislatures of a large number of the States have similar duties to perform. Some of them must reduce the number of districts within State boundaries and others must increase the number. * X ® X The revolt of the Republicans leaders In Philadelphia against the candidacy for Governor of Gifford Pinchot has taken on alarming proportions. The resignation of Gen. W. W. Atterbury, Republican national committeeman, in addition to the defection from the' Pinchot stand- ard of many of the ward leaders of the Vare organization in Philadelphia, threatens to give Pennsylvania a Demo- cratic Governor for the first time in many decades. These disgruntled Re- publicans threaten to get behind the candidacy of Hemphill, the Democratic nominee for Governor. There is much more in this revolt against Pinchot than the mere wet and dry issue, though that is having its effect. The Vare leaders have had enough, apparently, of the attacks which Pinchot has made on the organization in Philadelphia. They do not intend to go ahead and meekly support him after being lambasted by the former Governor. Atterbury has frequently been attacked by Pinchot, too, particularly during the primary campaign this year. In the primary Atterbury and ‘the Vare organization supported Francis Shunk Brown of Pmuphh for the gubernatorial nomination, just as they supported James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, in the senatorial race against Senator Grundy. Davis_was nominated by a big vote, while Brown lost to Pinchot by a narrow margin. The fact that a third candidate, Phillips, was in the field for Goverhor really caused the de- feat of Brown. Phillips was runnin a wringing wet, Brown was “satisfac- tory” to the Vare organization, which evitably a drag upon the students who want to penetrate into the forest and observe strange foliage that is unfriend- 1y : uu-nm"-l.l & e trance rements are il in every a;z:utloml institution, b:! cause enroliment is Wi e. As tions' Ficiiies, “ancards adminis ‘World Gibson of and Sack- ett of Germany are in this country, Min- ister Wilson of Switserland (and the - mu’i‘zh:.eu ted. This process m vated. 1s like- ly to make entrance for the i dificult, seemingly should have made wet i {M Pinchot was th‘co bone i ‘The ~Phillips added that Brown would have defeated Pinchot. The pulled & for their cause when put up third can- didate in Pennsylvania this year. It ve Pi t the chance he desired. gmrpom has loomed up as an issue in the senatorial Colorado. George can candidate, has contest this year in. Shaw, the bli- Deon general soun ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ‘The resources of our free Information 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 an- swer for you? There is no charge at all except 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. ~Address your letter to The Evening Star's Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. Is J. Eris Powell an official of the | {)‘ :! Smith Investment Company?— ?fl ‘While Mr. Powell was :n&of t};!} original incorporators and presi- | dent of this company, he does not hold an offclal position in it at the present ime. Q. What State in the Union has the strictest censorship laws for motion pic- | tures>—W. McC. A. The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., say that censorship of motion pictures exists in the following States: New York, Penn- sylvania, Ohlo, Maryland, Virginia and Kansas, and a statute in Florida that provides that the elimination, if any, made by the National Board of Re- view shall apply in Florida. The statutes covering these were passed in the early days of pictures, and about 1915 there was a censorship established in Chicago for the city only. Since 1922 no State has passed a censorship law. | The. laws in the seven States having censorship are all very much the same, except New York, Kansas and Pennsyl- vania have in recent years amended their statutes so that news reels are exempt from the cen: ‘QL How large is the Vatican City?— ATt has an area of 108.7 acres. Q. How old is George Arliss? Has he always played old man parts?—E. M. M. A. He was 62 years old on April 10. Ha went on the stage in 1887 at the age of 19, and toured America for the first time in 1901. He has not always played the part of an old man. Q. Why is shoe peg corn given this name?—J. E. A. It is used to indicate a type of | grain in the corn similar in appear- | ance to a shoe peg. Q. Who founded the ‘sect called | Stoles?—W. T. | A. It was founded by Zeno, a cele- brated Greek philosopher, who was born about 350 B.C. It was so called from a spacious pamted porch in which the master taught, “stoa” being the Greek word for porch. The Stolcs ultimately absorbed the Cyrics. Q. Are there airplanes whose wings bave flat surfaces?—J, P. R. A. The National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics says that no plane has ever been flown with a flat surface wing. This, however, is not impossible it sufficient power is supplied. A flat | surface, however, is very inefficient. Q. When did Congress authorize the first appropriation for flood control on the Mississippi?—J. J. H. A. As early as 1820 a survey of the Mississippi, to c6bt $5,000, in order to Dromote safety from 'floods was en- ac L. Q. Does the position of s horses foot in an equestrian statue indicate whether the rider died in battle?— H. R. R. A. The position of a horse’s hoof | 1. HASKIN. means absolutely nothing, so far as an equestrian statue is concerned. Q. How large was the Yerris wheel at the Chicago World's Pair?—M. E. W. A. The Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago had a diameter of 250 feet. There were 36 carriages with a sealing capacity of 40 passengers each. Q. Can a horse which i not a thot- oughbred be entered: in & race?—R. R W. "A. A horse that is not registered as a thoroughbred cannot be run on &' licensed track. Q. What ships brought the first set- tlers to Jamestown?—E. M. ; A. The Sarah Constant, the Good- speed and the Discovery. Q. Where is the largest heavily for- ested area in the world?>—F. C A. The Lincoln Library says that the silvas of the Amazon Valley form the largest forested area in the world. Q. Please give an example of = bloodless revolution—S. N. A. The revolution which resulted in the establishment of the German Re- public has often been referred to as a bloodless revolution because the change in government was accomplish- ed without conflict, other than some street “fighting in "Berlin ‘and other cities. Q. How many members has the United States Marine Band?>—J. W. K. A. It has 77 members. Q. Has any diamond ever been sold for $10,000,0007—F. A. A, George W. Kunz gem expert, says that no diamond has ever brought this price. The largest diamond in the invemtory of the crown jewelry of France in 1791 was estimated at $2,- 400,000. ‘The Cullinan diamond—60 per cent of its value was set at 300,- 000 pounds—might possibly bring a million pounds if sold, especially after having passed through the crown period. Q. How many Russian exiles -are there who are still in need?—M. A. . A. United Russian Relief, Inc., says that there are still 800,000 Russian | exiles who are in tragic circumstances. | Already over 1,500,000 exiles have re~ established themselves and are self- supporting, Q. What is meant by “the ranch” in Hollywood slang?—M. T. A. A vast acreage in connection with a movie studio where exteriors are taken is called the ranch. Q. Why are Pullman tickets of dif- terent colors?—T. D, A. 1t helps in sorting and auditing. There are four principal colors—coral for lower berth, yellow for uppér berth, robin’s egg blue for a section for two, and white for a section for a single occupant. During 1929, 28,800,000, Puil- |man tickets were received in conduc- tors’ collections, 3 Q. How many books are there in the colleges of the country?>—R. G. A. The number of bound volumes in the libraries of the 1076 universities, colleges and professional schools of the country reached” 40,498291 in 1928. The privately controlled institutions have the largest libraries, Harvard ranking first, Yale second and Colum- bia third. _Among the publicly con- trolled institutions, the University of California has the largest library. Pr(;mpthiring of All Facts® Expected in New Oil Charges - , Great public interest has been aroused | in charges made by Ralph S. Kelley, | of the Denver division of the Federal and office, that there has been favorit- ism in the handiing of public tracts containing oil shale. As the South | Bend Tribune (independent Republi- can) observes, “any charge having oil lands as its basis is inherently sensa- tional since the Teapot Dome scandals,” and it is assumed that there will be a immediate and thorough investigation. While asserting that the charges “seem incredible,” the St. Louis Globe- Democrat _(independent) states that “these Jands hold an enormous reserve supply of ofl which one day will be of very great value, and it is not at all unlikely that some of the great ofl companies have had a speculative eye upon them.” This paper points _out, however, that in the oil shale Jands in Colorado, “no method has yet been found of extracting. this oil -that would be commercially profitable in competi- tion with the oil now obtained from wells at small cost.” “There is entirely too much bandying of slanderous charges and. reports in this ‘ country,” declares the Pasadena Star-News (Republican), holding that “Secretary of the Interior Wilbur quite rightly insists that Ralph S. Kelley pre- sent proof as to his charges.” ' The Richmond News Leader (independent Democratic) . concludes: “Oil shale, thus far, is not exploited. -Oil produced from 1t is too costly to compete at pres- ent with gushers. Perhaps the new methods of producing gasoline from coal may Tender the shale lands worth- less and refute all Mr. Kelley's pre- dictions. But why gamble when the law, properly enforced, establishes every just title' without plundering what s lefw of the publi¢ domain?” The Birmingham News (Democratic), | in a review of the matter, argues: “Mr. Kelley held an office of ' considerable importance under the Interior Depart- ment. He is presumably well informed | on the subject on which he speaks, and one would hardly suppose that he would speak very recklessly about so impor- tant a matter. If he has any political connections they were not-made known in the dispatches. What he ‘says, it seems to us, is said in' a very earnest tone, and there is no apparent reasef | why he should resign an position and make a grave charge against the Interior Department if he were not in earnest.” : * ok X “It would be most unjust,” says the | Louisville Times (independent), “to rush to the conclusion upon the-unsup- | ported testimony of a civil servant who | is resigning his office that the Depart- | ment of the Interior is at present deal- | ing too urbanely- with oil intefests as | to a $40,000,000,000 prize in Western shale which could be treated as a politi- cal asset if there were disposition to do | so. But thoughtful citizens can but | consider the history of the Department | of the Interior.” “Regardless of whose fingers are | burned or who is smeared, the public | wants the truth,” declares the. Scran- | ton Times (Democratic). “if it doesn't come out in the investigation started | by the Attorney General's office, then | we are confident that it will be exposed | by a Senate committee.” ~The Balti- more Sun (independent Democratic), emphasizing Mr. Kelley's quarter of a century in'the Interior Department, maintains that “on that record alone it would be imperative . to take Mr. Kelley's charges seriously.” ‘The Ra- leigh News and Observer (Democratic) contends that “only a full investigation will satisfy the country, and Mr. Wilbur tiid well to invite pitiless - publicity of every lease or dealing with reference to ofl lands.” The Asbury Park Press (independent Democratic) thinks “Mr. Kelley should be glad to supply what- ever information is necessary to sub- | [ sel for Henry L. Doherty’s public service corporation of Denver. Edward P. Cos- gfl. former member of the United ites Tariff Commission, the Demo- cratic mominee, is attacking Shaw as a tool of the power interests. Colorado is a Republican State election of Senators. Democrats y u-v{ ‘ld.-il Teports be true, may. important |- |Farm Boy Movement stantiate his charges, and Seecretary ‘Wilbur deserves an opportunity to shcw that they are not true.” * K ok ok The Little Rock Arkansas Democrat I, (Democratic) quotes Chairman Nye of the Senate Lands Committee as saying: “Kelley's charges do not go to the door of Secretary Wilbur. There is a door to which his allegations lead, however, and this door should be opened.” The Little Rock paper comments on this, “A highly significant statement and one which might cause suspicious-minded folk to believéhtnat another oil scandal, is in the offing.” The Milwaukee Jour- nal (independent) advises, “These are by Congress, ing Secretary Wilbur, but with the intention ‘of find- ing out what the practices and prin- ciples of Mr. Hoomer’s Interior Depart= ment are in dealing with public re- sources.” “It is hardly likely,” thinks the Charleston Evening Post (independent Democratic), “that Congress, with recollections of Teapot Dome and its vast ramification, will fail to pounce upon the new- development. Certainly the Democrats will not let this oppor- tunity to make medicine for the national campaign of 1932.” “Secretary Wilbur's record, character and present stand do not lend color to the idea that another ofl scandal is brewing,” concludes the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (independent Repub- lican. The St. Paul Pioncér —Press (independent) says that “it is now up to Kelley to bring forward a bill -of particulars.” The Flint Daily Journal (Independent) feels that “it is possible that Mr. Kelley has allowed what is an interdepartmental argument to become a matter of public charges.” a “After talking with Mr. Kelley,” states the Springfield Republican (Independent). “Senator Nye has de- tlared that the Kelley charges leave Secretary Wilbur, head of the Interior Department, wholly unsmirched. No at- tempt, then, will be made t6 put Mr. Wilbur in Secretary Fall's old shocs. One is left to assume that subordinates in the Interior Department are the ones against wiom the Kelley charges are aimed. A gencral agrzement that the Kellev charges should be investigated may b: taken for granted.” . —r—o—— Important to Nation From the Morganiown, W. Va., Dominion- When judged froiin & standpoint of the cause involved one df-¢he most im= . portant meetings held here ‘uring the past few days has been tMat Of-NOIS._ than 500 youthful farmers. While cur- rent thought is befogged by the miser~ able condition of business and industry and the so-called “best minds” labor at a ble remedy, these boys and their leaders go quietly but effectively about the work of improving our really basic industry. Considering the present plight of the farmer, the prices offered for his crops and the disheartening desertion of farms for metropolitan areas disclosed | in the last census the courage of any person working with agriculture is to be admired. Particularly is this true of the men who plug steadily toward their goal of perfecting farm methods, securing a fair income for the farmer through ~co-operative marketing and generally improving farm life, While the public at large seems use. lessly concentrated on business and in- dustry, few people realize the vast im- portance of improving agriculture. The farm-to-city swing must be stopped, If that is to occur, then the farmer's | position must. be strengthened. Through a program of edtcation and enoourage- ment the result can be accomplished. may years, t eventual 4 labor will be rewarded. e e Hands Across Sca Swell. Prom-the Wichita Beacon. ‘The American bridge team, which re« cently defeated the British team in London by nearly 5,000 points, certainly must have held some swell hands i