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) THE EVENING STARE WASHINGTONE D. C‘! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1930. 5 y I THE EVENING WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY........October 17, 1030 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor r Newspaper Company usiness Ofiice: nd Pennsylvania Ave. oe; 110, Bast dand ,t ke Michigan Buildii.e. e: 14 Regent St.. London, England. ce: 14 gla; ‘Rate by Carrier Within the City. ........... 45 Der month ar #0¢ per month per month’ per copy undny undays) . «ods and Sunday St fwhen ndays) The Sunday Star .. . Collection made at ti Orders may be sent In by mal NAtional 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ily and Sunday. . $10.00: 1 mo.. ‘0': {lv only .. . $6.00. 1 mo.. 30c inday only . 15r., #4.00, 1 mo., 40c i sach month. il or telephone All Other States and Canada. T inday only Member of the Associated Press. iated Press is exclusively entitled The, Assoc fo the use for republication of all news dis- tohes credited to it or not otherwise cred- —_— Cost of Running Cities. In Philadelphia Mayor Mackey, who may be talking with his tongue in his cheek and his eye on the headlines, threatens to cut the city budget so drastically that a third of the munic- fpal employes will lose their jobs. In New York a committee of taxpayers, protesting rising taxes, formally noti- fles the city authorities that “the time has come when increasing city budgets must stop. The inabllity of property owners to pay their taxes is the reason for more foreclosure sales on property today than any other, and at recent fore- closure sales there have been no bidders.” In New Orleans Silas H. Strawn, banker and lawyer, addressing the Investment Bankers' Association, blames much of the rising cost of city budgets on “the higher standards of living of experi- enced politicians” and points out that interest payments on debts in 1927 in Jersey City, Norfolk, Camden, Wilming- ton, Kansas City, El Paso, Lawrence, Bayonne, Charleston, Newport News, Bay City, Mich.; Chelsea, Mass.; Lima, Ohio, and Muskogee, Okla., exceeded municipal expenditures for public im- provements, New York's current budgét, upon Which public hearings are mow in progress, amounts to $615,000,000, an increase of some $45,000,000 over last year, and representing more money than the Federal Government spent twenty-five years ago. Everywhere the increased cost of governing municipal- ities is causing complaint from the tax- payers. Much of the higher burden is caused by catering to the needs—Iux- urious needg, they would have been called a few years ago—of growing Populations. Much of it is due to in- competent and crooked city adminis- tration, with attendant graft. Much of it is due to great debts accumulated in the era of profligate ‘war. Much of it is to the numer- ous taxing bodies that work independ- ently of each other or to wasteful forms of government, as in Chicago, where there are fourteen separate tax levies on some property: Pittsburgh, ‘Where there:are 123 separate muniei- pal organizations, and Detrolt, where there are 145, Here in Washington, with the local Government free from' the politieal entangiements that beset the average municipality, where the assessor has more to fear from underassessment than overassessment and with no axes to grind to hold his job; where every penny about to be spent undergoes the rigid scrutiny of Federal officials no less exacting than those who later examine each actual expenditure, the cost. of running the city is put on a Tock-bottom basis. Assessments are as near true value as it is possible to make them and taxes are not levied 1o support the “higher standards of lv- ing of experienced politicians,” dummy pay rolls, fantastic purchases of land and fabulous contracts granted to fa- vored members of “the organization.” Yet the tendency is to raise Wash- ington's tax level, as shown by mere figures alone, to those elsewhere, with- out taking into consideration either the unique position of Capital City taxpay- ers, the nature of plans for the Cap- ital City itself or the returns from tax payments in other cities that are not enjoyed here—such as the public im- provements financed on borrowed money, State taxes, etc. Fair appraisal of all the conditions that go into taxa- tion shows that Washington's taxes are comparable to those pald elsewhere. Current opinion is that the taxes eise- where are too high and that real statesmanship is represented in ability to reduce them, instead of seeking excuses to increase them. ——— An American bullfighter, it appears, like the prophet of old, is not without honor save in his own country. Sydney Pranklin, after triumphs in Spain, comes | home to Brookiyn to find everybody | playing midget golf, and paying no at-| tention to him. | superior pee-wee putting is to bull ing as a national sport! PR Ifight- | This is Coach Bill Roper's last year with Princeton and also with Pinchot. e “Two Thousand Years of Vergil. “The soul doubtless is immorwal, ‘Where a soul can be discerned.” So wrote Browning, musing on the @im past of Venice with its musie, its | revelry and its glory. It may be an appropriate text on the two-thousandth anniversary of the birth of the Roman poet Vergil which was observed with special ceremonies in Washington Wed- | nesday by both George Washington and | Georgetown Universities. of learning throughout the world took | similar notice of the occasion. It is noteworthy that out of all that epoch of grandeur in the worid's history which was pagan Rome. with its !nr-l flung empire znd its legions, this pale, | gentle scholar and singer emerges into the present as the one man whose birth - gnily humanity would be at all ¥ W gelebrate. Vergll lives in the e name. He lives even in the face of the , handleqp of having written a book used as & school text, the living soul ely in the mmar.” He lives de- .he waanot one of rentest poets—nol a Holgr, s or He stitute one of those type characters so dear to the popular mind. He lives be- cause he was a mirror of the ideals of others. | "Even in the supposedly “dark ages,” which followed immediately the fall of Rome and continued until the revival of learning, the Mantuan poet re- mained a living memory. Even his grotesque transformation into a great musician could not relegate him to ob- scurity. And today, when the char- acter type which Vergil represented is perhaps less honored than at any other time in history, his birthday still is made a special occasion. The world has veered far from the underlying philosophy of the Roman poet with its emphasis on nature and not the affairs of men. But perhaps the birthday anniversary comes at an opportuné 'time, when the world has come into the closing days of an epoch and is ready again to accept the poet’s In any event, he is one of those choice few whose soul has lived—not in some far-off unknowable immortality, but in the minds and hearts of future gener- ations. His name is still “like a family name bf one whom God has taken.” Mankind sweeps on into the unknown future, led by its mailed horsemen, its statesmen, its scientists. But far ahead in the van are a few deathless, white- robed figures. Vergil is one of them. ] Our Policy Toward Brazil. A spokesman of the Brazilian rebels, speaking from the safe vantage point of Buenos Aires, rails at the readiness of the United States Government to permit shipment of arms to the Bra- zilian government. He says it is a violation of neutrality, and charges that the State Department’s attitude is tantamount to “interference” in the revolution. In announcing that this country will impose no embargo on the sale of munitions to the Rio de Janeiro gov- ernment, Secretary Stimson points out that this fully accords with long-es- tablished practice. ‘“Nothing has come to the notice of the department.” he says, “which changes the attitude of this government. We are exercising the same friendly offices toward the government of Brazil which we would exercise toward any government with which we are in friendly relations. Under those circumstances the govern- ment of Brazil has a perfect right to buy munitions in this country.” 3 There could logically be no other position for the Washington Govern- mwt to take up, unless the United States were to give its high sanction to the supremacy of the bullet over the ballot in Latin America. President Washington Luis holds office in Brazil STAR |ftted into each other so well as to con- [ this case the human nervoif' system, organizses and strengthens its own de- fenses. In any event, what happens is not directly observable and can only be explained by analogy. Such has been the history of influenza in the present generation. But it is fortunate that this advance of the meningococel did not take place a generation ago. For the past ten years medical sgience has sensed the possibility of such a raid out of the unknown and has been forging weapons to combat it. They have not found any specific, but they have secured serums which greatly increase the re- sistance of the stricken individual. Hitherto there had been practically no protection at all. Now the meningocoeci must fight for any ground they gain. ‘They may swarm over the barricades of medicine, but they will do so only |at the cost of such tremendous losses will be derelicts in any enemy country. 4 Orchids. ‘The first Fall exhibition of the American Orchid Society brings to the National Capital a display of beauty in harmony with the city, Here is a premiere which has a theatrical value, almost, for the exhibits are worth more than one million dollars. Included is a collection of rare hybrids in full bloom brought from Great Britain this week. The Intrinsic value, however, of this great exhibition, must come second to the amazing beauty of the spectacle, and the genuine interest which that beauty stirs in every garden-minded | person. Orchids have been called rich men’s flowers, and truly they are that, but when assembled in their peerless glory in such an exhibition as that which at present graces Washington, they are flowers for every ome to enjoy and appreciate. It is not alone the rarity of the orchid which makes and keeps it an expensive flower, but rather the excessive care which the grower must lavish upon It to biing it to its perfection. ‘This fact must be kept in mind by every visitor to the exhibit. The orchid is not alone interesting, from a garden standpoint, because it is rare, because it is expensive, but even more 50 be- cause its very existence tells of real horticultural skill. ‘The members of the American Orchid Society and the members of the co- operating garden and horticultural clubs are to be congratulated on giv- ing the people of the National pital this opportunity of seeing so “much beauty so well Dresented. o ‘The number of farms in the District of Columbis has dropped forty-eight per cent in the past decade, accord- as a constitutionally elected chief ex- ecutive. His successor, Dr. Prestes, was chosen under conditions held in the United States to have been regular, orderly and legal. The President-elect recently paid his respects in. Washing- ton to President Hoover. He strengt ened an advance impression that under after the | nis presidency Brazil might look 0 8D | oo 4ruction of storm sewers. Think eventual restoration of her disordered economic conditions and normal pros- perity. The revolutionary movement would dethrone the expiring regime and thwart Dr. Prestes’ inauguration as Dr. Luis’ successor. It would substitute military operations for elections. Without at all presuming to advise Latin Americans how they should conduct their political affairs, the United States does indubi- tably have the right to say that it will sustain, as far as in its power, an ad- ministration which eame into office un- der statutory conditions. If the soversign Brazillan people want to punish or ejeet such an administra- tion, it has the means to do so at the polls.. Brazil and the rest of the world are about to witness an American con- gressional election, from which the party in office may emerge chastised for al- leged sins of omission or commission. ‘The polls are the only place, in Ameri- can judgment, for nations so to right po- litical wrongs, real or fancied. If we can help to educate our sister republics to the South to appreciate the superior- ity of orderly elections to machine-gun politics, the United States will feel that it is doing something of lasting benefit to the whole cause of Pan-Americanism. To do anything that would restric{ the ability of a propefly established Latin-American government to maintain itself would be a travesty upon, and a negation of, vur conception of consti- tutionalism. ——— “All the glory is gone,” says His Honor, Mayor Jimmy Walker of Gotham. “It's just a hard job and somebody else ought to have it.” Per- haps somebody who would stay on it. - The Raid of the Meningococei. A dreaded enemy of man appears to be entrenching ftself in the United States, s ‘This is meningitis. The Public Health Service reports that during the past five years this malady has increased ing to the Census Bureau. As there were only 204 here ten years ago, that relieves our local farm relief problem a good deal. { S8 A Ballston, Vi residents insist that prompt steps be taken to afford them relief from flood conditions through the of being able to remember that far back! The proprietor of & Maryland minia- ture golf course reported that a thief stole all his equipment in the night. He probably used one of those new miniature ecars. B The “Legs” Diamond case is addition- al evidence that & new event should be added to the program of the New York police outdoor games—namely, throwing the dragnet. s SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Universal Appeal. The people may but ill requite The patient toiler’s care; Their thoughtlessness will often cause The wise man to despair, But this much must be said, although Their hearts are hard to reach, They’ll always listen to the man Who wants to make a speech. They will approve his sentences If they be gay or grim; But this'by no means indicates That they will vote for him. They’ll e’en neglect the big brass band ' With its alluring screech, And turn to listen to the man ‘Who wants to make a speech. 8o, gentle genius, grieve no more, ‘Though fortune seem unkind; There opens for you one avenue Unto the public mind. It matters not that you may feel That you have naught to teach; You'll be applauded anyhow, Break in and make a speech. Apprehensive, “You have made your name s by- word among le.” “Yes," mwer;!g Senator Sorghum, “but I hope I have not arrived at a point where my name at the bottom approximately 500 per cent—from 1,859 only a small proportion of the total population is affected. It is hardly conceivable that the same rate of in- crease will continue very long. But when, in the face of increasing sani- tation and more skiliful and generally preciated medical service, a disease th such a high fatality rate as menin- gococcus meningitis becomes more and more prevalent year after year there is cause for general concern. Curiously enough, the increase does not seem to have been notable outside the United States. In Europe the rate above mnormal. Apparently there is some condition associated with life in some variety of the meningococcus— there are four or five types of this hos- tile micro-organism distinguished by behavior rather than appearance—to survive and do its mischief. How such a malady obtains a foot- {hold is a mystery. The phenomenon |is not rare in history. For generations there will be occasional cases of some | such disease, causing no great damage |increase, in the face of any measures that can be taken against it. It may culminate in an epidemic, which grad- ually dies dewn of its own accord until the same conditiom ¥ ‘reached as be- fore the increase started. Perhaps the organism itself loses its of & check will arouse the suspicions of After all, how much | cases in 1925 to 9,660 in 1929. True, | the Senate Investigating Committee.” Jud Tunkins says he can remember when a boy who could afford to chop up a pumpkin to make a jack-o'- lantern didn't have to belong to a rich family. Superseded. No wicked pirate roves the sea ‘To rob, with flendish laughter. His sole successor seems to be The suave and polished grafter. Patronizing Assurance. “We don't pour our tea into the | since the war has been very slightly | 0.l wll aorntossel’s niece, who lives in the city. “Well,” was the answer, “I reckon | Institutions | this country particularly favorable for if T led the life you folks do T'd be too nervous to handle it that way myself.” Locating the Heart, “Home is where the heart is,” re- marked the man of sentiments. 'Yes,” replied the delinquent tenant; ‘but T wish my landlord wouldn’t keep my heart in my mouth.” Eclipsed d's Memory as & human being, not a | or concern. Suddenly it will begin t0| The busy bee now hides his head In grief and consternation great. T'll never learn 1o be,” he said, “As busy as a candidate.” “Dis world has been 'bout de same,” seid Uncle Eben, “as fur back as I kin hear anything about it. De man dat in their own ranks that the remnant THIS AND THAT version of laying at a spoke of his “quick apprehension alike | giving of the humor and the pathos of human experience, keen sympathy with “the wretched and miserable.” Of “Lilliom,” Louls Rittenberg in his critieal introduction to the book of WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. “Jim” Davis may not actually resign from' the secretaryship of labor—after his impending election as United States Senator from Pennsylvania—until the zero hour of his induction into the new office on December 1. There was some expectation that he would re- linquish his cabinet job on November a,"&. morning after election day. Davis is one of the two or three men to be elected on November 4 who will assume office immediately because they ran for unexpired terms. In the Secretary of Labor’s case, his first period of service on Capitol Hill will be that which Senator-eject “Bill” Vare once hoped to have. Davis’ decision to hang on to his Hoover portfolio an extra month may be due to the President’s troubles in picking a new labor chieftain. In- siders are assured the place is still wide | open, William N. Dcak of West Vir- lfill and John L. Lewls of Indiana still rank as leading ities, with a de- drive afoot for Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the Childrens Bureau in the Department of Labor. CE ok R % ‘When Secretary Davis took the air in the “Republican radio rally” of the Columbia Broadcasting System last night, he inaugurated the latest kink in u.sfn'ol the wave len[gu omrp cam- fttee has decided not to de- pend on casual listeners, but to organize gatherings of them all the way acrcss the country. Paul Gascoigne, Republi- can radio manager, estimates that at least 2,000,000 persons, assembled in Republican clubs and other arranged meetings all the way from New York to California, heard Davis expound the doctrine that the American working- man's bread is best spread with Re- publican butter. * kX * | Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, is sailing for Europe tM!l week to give the Old World economic | situation an expert and close-range ts to find out, both by personal obser o with the Department of Commerce's commercial attaches, just how hard Europe has been hit by werld economic %am lh &Mlnwwaumvh" Dt effect intends er’ wi 's woes u: Mvmuon Agmun trade, present and prospective. No man on earth understands international eco- ‘nomics more thoroughly than Klein, His storehouse of knowledge is amazing. He has at his tongue’s tip the per capita o Srach o of Qi exporte of pe: exact amount of our e . writers to Czechoslovakia, or how many tons of Malage grapes we import from | Spain. Big business continues to angle in vain, from time to time, for IIoln'-, services. To date he prefers the lure of Uncle Sam'’s relatively frugal pay roll. * % % x that Henry Clay stuff about be-President” has 'flo'."'“" one, Well, "n!her'-:e-ruht u;. 5 & counterpart, and & - now. It was sprung st Boston yester- day, when William Oreen was re-elected resident of the American Federation of galim{ormflflr‘d";; "l‘:zl.ld rather be president of e American Federation of Labor,” he ejaculated, in acknowlet his new vote of confi- dence, “‘than be President of the United is proving himself, the estimation of labor leaders and many others outside the ranks of organ- ised workers, & W SUCCessOr Bamuel Gompers. liealism, al t within ‘more or less chre Tampan the federation finds Green a resolute foe, So does Communism, which long since selected organized labor in the TR succum! no - ist fears about the red menace, though conscious of its existence. ‘‘Labor’s duty,” he says, “is to serve as the trum- peter on the wall—tp watch and to R experi- . o gsie it o falthough mi | proclamation of Mussolini’s concession of | chairman _of the board of the Navy BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘The excellent mll Ferenc Molna: v Jocal theater to smi , cal renewed attention to the hm ‘book containing 20 of his plays which was published in June, 1929, in the languages of their countries, in Bud: , Berlin, Rome, London and New York. The ‘Vanguard Press were the United States publishers. ‘This is & volume which every play Jover should own, and which very few do, we believe. It was one of the books bliched last year worth the of . ‘Twenty complete plays of such a ‘master as Molnar are worth that much of any man’s money any day. Molnar, if he were just a little bit better, would be a greater playwright than Shal re. Lacking that small extra “somef he ranks below him, along with the other writers of plays who lom;::w never seem to achieve es. Maurice ~Maeterlinck wrote startlingly effective plays, plays which gripped both the person who saw them performed and the reader who read them in book form. Yet not one of them ever contairied a line which one felt the urge to underline as he read. Perhaps we put too much stress on the “quotability” of stage s es. We are convinced, however, that in this matter lies one of the secrets of the difference between eseential greatness and near-gréatness, or even greatness of another sorft. Shakespeare possessed no such mastery of stage technique, of entrances and exits, as belongs either to Molnar or O'Neill. He will, however, be_ played long aftér their plays are forgotten. Shall we not say that Molnar, in his “Lilliom ” is more true to life than Shakespeare? None of his characters spouts “To be, or mot to be, that is the question,” because in real life peopile never talk so. Do they? Never yet has a man or woman of any one's ac- quaintance been heard to launch forth into blank verse which contains word formations well worth remembering and hauling forth on the appropriate occa- sion. You will find such “purple pages” only in Shakespeare. That is why he is Shakespeare, of course. * Rk X “Liliom” is one of the warld’s most beautiful plays: perhaps that explains why the theater was not half full the ‘we were there. It is a sad reflection upon the tastes of “talkie” goers that such a well handled film version, sticking so close to the play, should not have played to crowded houses. ‘This play is only sordid for those who choose to see sordidness. In reality it is an eternal statement of woman's love for man, a love which no man ever deserved, but which most receive, as Liliom received it from Julle. The tribute of tears which the motion pic- ture wrung from every woman's eye in the audience was not so0 much in praise of the actors and the director's work as for the understanding heart and mind of the playwright. Molnar is one of the most curious fellows in the world today. Always getting his name into international pews on account of his affairs with women, he writes plays which some- how show women that he “understands” them pretty well. There has been a great deal of bosh written for centuries about how no man can understand a woman, but there have been plenty of writing men who understand them, as well as any human being can understand another, either male or female. . The understanding of Ferenc Molnar is not on the surface of his words, but beneath them, far below in the very inception of his ideas. David Belasco plays, said: “The sheer humanity of it swept aside all critical carping and lis | its tender irony and wisdom struck a responsive chord in every heart. ‘Lil- fom’ is undoubtedly touched with the divine spark of genius.” That is & professional judgment. Nearer to the heart’s desire of this fanciful, truthful play is the verdict rendered all unconsciously by an elderly woman, who perhaps had never read a rhy in her life, having been busy with living. She had never heard of Ferenc Mol Yet, after seeing the film at Philadelphia theater, she wrote a sen- tence which we have had the privilege of seeing: “I saw a play which I will neyer forget. It's name was ‘Lillom.’ " And why did this woman see, in the story of & man who struck his wife, something which she would never for- get? Every woman reader of these lines will understand, d most men will, too, of them might ‘attempt to make out t they did not. “Lillom” is a great play precisely because it puts its finger on the fact that no man ever lived, no matter how much he loved a woman, who did not at some time or other hurt her, either physically or mentally—spiritually, if you will. He may have done it pur- posely, or he may have done it as a mistake of judgment, but he has done it. And the woman, no matter what the hurt, has always forgiven him. That is the secret of the power of “Liliom,” and of every ‘woman, such as the Julie of the play was and is, for she is a oomlnulnf character. It is all summed up in the the daughter asks her mother, “Mother, tell me, his it ever happened to you, has any one ever hit you, without hurt- ing you in the least?>” Julie replies, “Yes, my child. It has happened to me, t00.” The daughter continues, “Is it possible for some one to hit yo hard like that, and not hurt you at all Julle says—and these you you—and not hurt you at all. * % ¥ % There perhaps has never been a play into” which the next world has been brought so naturally, if one may so put it, as in this “Lilliom” of Molnar’s. Even the scene showing the coming of the heavenly police for the bullying Liliom (done with a train, in the film, but well done), is executed in relation to the character's whole mental atti- tude toward life. We have here a fanciful concept which both writer and reader, or play- wright and auditor, admit is highly fanciful indeed, yet like because it re- sults from the inner light of the char- acters conocerned. The swaggering Lillom would have liked to have been kinder, if he had known how. When the heavenly police tell him that, after his return to earth for a visit, his future state will depend upon whether he has some kind deed for his child, no doubt he had a mind to exe- | cute such a kind deed. But what he did was to slap his child. It was a Lilllomish gesture, natural satisfying, the act of & man who was determined not to bow his knee, to humbie himself, to fawn, at any price. He was the same old Liliom. There is something satisfying about that. The heavenly magistrate understood him. “Liliom,” he said, “we see through you as through a pane of glass.” The play “Liliom” portrays the bad in man, fighting with the good in man, and winning out; but above and be- yond that it pictures the good in woman, fighting with both the bad and J:od in man, winning out above them all. It shows love, crowning evil, for- getting not the evil but the hurt, for- because able to forget the hurt. There is scarcely a line in the play worth quoting, as there scarcely ever is in eonversation, but there is a great deal worth remembering and loving, as there is in life. tax official of the Department of Justice, has gone into private law practice at Washington. He embarks upon one of the most lucrative games now open to members of the bar—the business of acticing before the internal revenue 'h of the Treasury on behalf of clients with 'l?x axes to .fl.v;'fl Olp:r- ating generally on a ocontingent-fee basis, Igl! are tich pickings to be had by such lawyers. Hardly a month goes by that men, who have had long service in one of the di nts dealing with tax matters, do not desert the ship of state and become attorneys in the spe- clal fleld of tax recovery. Sometimes such an ex-Federal employe can make | a contingent haul in one case ten times the size of his surrendered Government pay. = * 80k From Ambassador Nobile Giacomo de Martino, accomplished Italian Ambas- sador to the United States, came & notable Italo-American gesture on Co- lumbus day at Boston. He made formal to this country, whereby Italy renounces its dncient policy of claiming allegiance of all Italians and their children who may be residents of this country. Here- | after, the Ambassador explained, these will be regarded at Rome as 100 per cent American, without reservations of any kind. M. de Martino pointed out that this, act of renunciation “applies exclusively to the United States.” The Fascist state has not relinquished its hold on the tens of thousands of Ital- ians, for instance, who live on the shores of the Mediterranean and under other flags. Mussolinl thus ends s situation which more than once in re- cent times has given rise to friction be- tween Wuhln:wn‘ ‘-tnd Rome, ®x Not all candidates for Congress this year are sitting on the anxious seat. A considerable company of distin- guished men, and some women, are, on the contrary, “sitting pretty,” without any cause whatsoever for worry as to what the fates may bring forth on November 4. Among Senators up for re-election who find themselves in this priviléged class are Borah of Idaho, Capper of Kansas, Robinson of Arkan- sas, Cousens of Mic) in, Harrison of Mississippi, Keyes of New Hampshire, Harris of Georgia, Glass of Virgls Shepperd of Texas and Allep of Ki sas. Candidates held to be good as “in” include Morrow of New Jersey, Hull of Tennessee, Long of Louisiana, Balley of North Carolina, Norris of Ne- braska, McNary of Oregon, Davis of Pennsylvania, Byrnes of South Caro- lina, Carey of Wyoming and Neely of West Virginia. There are numerous “cinches” for re-election to the House of Representatives, although in this year of depression d secession any- thing can happen anywhere. * x % % One of the finest and most informa- tive stories about the United States Navy ever compiled is unfolded within the pages of “The Navy and Its Relation to the Nation,” just issued by the United States Naval Institute at Annapolis. It contains special articles by Secretary Adams, As- sistant Secref Jahncke, Assistant Secretary Ingalls,” Chalrman O't of the Shipping Board, Admiral Chase, commander of the United States fleet; Maj. Gen, Fuller, commandant of the Marine Corps, and Walter Bruce Howe, . Rich in fllustrations and tistical data, the 78-paged booklet is the last word in facts and figures about our sure shield at sea. On the eve of the fight for the “treaty navy,” it deserves | wide circulation, last lines of the play, when " | a solid cannot be moved to generate a (Copyrisht. 190, e g Safety Exponent Falls. From the San Antonio Exoress. A National Safety Couneil executive toe at the Pi s IMore Early History Of Revolution Given To the Editor of The Star: Now that “the celebration of the Battle of Kings Mountain” has filled “the air” and our newspapers with pa- triotic sentiment, it is an opportune time to review a little history. Much of the history of our country has been written by men living east of the Hudson River, and President ‘Hoover, in the beginning of his address at Kings le:l‘nl:alin, Ozm 7, Jllu. very approj ly ' and very ' justly remarked: “This is & place of inspirin memories. Here less than a thousan men, by the urge of freedom, defeated a superior force entrenched in this strategic position. This smail band of patriots turned back a dangerpus in- vasion, well designed to separate and dismember the united Colonies. It was a little army and a little battle, but was of mighty potence. History has done scant justice to its significance, which rightly should place it beside Lexin, and Bunker Hill, Trenton and Yorktown, as one of the crucial engagements in our long struggle for independence.” One feature entering into the Battle of Kings Mountain I have not seen or heard mentioned, and that is the Battle of Ala- mance, fought May 16, 1771—the first armed resistance by American colonists to British autocratic rule in America. ‘The battle of Alamance was fought by Torfes on the one side, about 1,000, led by William Tryon, the Colonial Governor of North Carolina, appoint- ed by King 101, and the Regu- lators on the er side, about 2,000 sturdy yeomen of Piedmont, who had banded themselves gether for the purpose of resisting the unfair and unjust taxes demanded of them by Gov. Tryon and his clique. Tryon and his force repulsed the Regulators, and for miles around the Alamance battlefleld, demanded that the Regulators swear allegiance to the King of Great Britain and that they never again wouid take up arms against the crown. But what happened? Some of these sturdy yeomen, led by Tom Robinson, rather than - comply with Tryon’s demand, abandoned their farms, put their familles in their wagons, made their way across the Blue Ridge, joined the Watauga settlement and aided in establishing the first inde- pendent Government of American Col- onists in America—and over which no British flag ever waved. Citizens of the Watauga settlement, carrying their bullets with them from the Wythe sinc and lead mines, crossed the wilderness, 150 miles, to the Battle of Kings Mountain, and were a potent king the factor in breal backbone of Lc:rnwllll.l and his forces. So this is at. We teach and perpetuate our history by celebrations, monuments, Treserva- tions and the like. The battlefield of Kings Mountain, the battlefield of Ala- mance, a part of the Watauga settle- ment and the old shot tower of the Wythe zinc and lead mines, &5 & monu- ment, should be preserved as military parks. G. W. KERNODLE. AP s Motion Is Defined As Fourth Dimension To the Editor of The Anent Dr. Paul R. Heyl's remarks on the fourth dimension which appeared in a recent issue of The Star, it seems that little progress has been achieved with the concept. . About two decades ago a semi-technioal magazine conduct- ed a econtest for the best exposition of the fourth dimension. thi that stops a mathematician, per Drt.ngllyl) in &. method. A point, in generating a line, may move in any one of three major axes. A line in gen- erating & plai of two major axes. A plane, in gen- erating a solid, can move in but one major axis. The limit has been reached; next higher order, if there be one. To assume that a solid can be moved is an inconsistency which apparently does not stop certain mathematicians. Purthermore, & point, a line and a plane are imaginary because they pos- sess two or less dimensions. A solid is not imaginary because it three dimensions, and it would be quite con- sistent to assume that a four-dimension- al object is not imaginary, at least not to the extent which various expositions of it infer. Space may be Einsteinian in char- acter, nevertheless astronomers have no difficulty in locating a star in another galaxy than our own by the use of three dimensions. A fourth dimension in still space is non-existent and unnecessary. ‘When a body is moving, however, three dimensions are insi nt to locate it. Its motion must be taken into account. , then, is rightfully the fourth e hoped that Dr. Heyl 5 il devi further Tourih dimanaion ufi)on’ views it. These criticisms are written in an effort to bring about discussion on the subject. i B. CLAPPER. e Need for Beautifying Monument Area Doubted To the Bditor of The S 1 wonder if you are in sympathy with the proposed plan to “beautify” the ‘Washington Monument Grounds. As 1 understand it, the scheme is to surround that distinguished shaft with elaborate marble terraces, #unken gar- dens and whatnot—all, in my opinion, to the effect that the Monument itself es but little more than a pivot about which to radiate a grand dis- lay. I wonder if such splendor is quite aj pxorl’h(e to the inspiring George Washington we like to think of—the ‘Washington of Valley Forge, the Colonial gentleman, the surveyor of Virginia, the patriot, the far-seeing man of uncommon faith, courage and good sense—withal the kindly, unassuming type of since extolled to youth in Ki) 'S . ({ George Washington! I think it would be something of a shame to attempt to glorify a Monu- ment_already glorious. Like painting the lily, again. If there can be a more impressive setting for the ‘Washington Monument than its present one, I cannot imagine it. The broad green slopes could be better cared for—and should be, if you please—every weed out, every blade erect. Clean-edged walks as well. It would do no harm to sand-blast shaft itself and restore the interior carvings. But any attempt to beautify the setting by doing® away with its green lawns or adding a feature to them believe will detract attention from the Monument and discredit the best that it ltll;’ul‘xt for. So I want to protest “One flower in one fine vase and the finest room in China is adorned enough™ (Louise Jordan )llln).qulmuun from the Chinese approprial gotee sion. T like that kind of beautification. And lest you think I speak but of turn, I was born and reared in the shadow of Independence Hall, of and by native Americans. W. E. W. o Philadelphia Shows Speed. From the Cincinnati Times-Star. As we figure it out, everything is slow in Philadelphia except the pitching, , may move in any one | 1 | the | patriotic inspirational talk.” 1 | singularly fielding and base-running of the Ath- letics r——— Greasing the Family Wagon. From the Louis Times. With butter at a new low it ought to be easy for the housewife to put plenty of grease on the cost-of-living ——— o Where Spring Means Nothing, From the Charleston, W. Va., Dally Mall. The national game in:South Ameis foan countries is played at all seasons. -« At i, - Evil Is Winged. Prom the Port Worth Record-Telegram. i 3 . n one, has to lose the time necessary verified. % rism and mh foreign 3 ile designs . ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 7 BY FREDERIC Have we had the pleasure of serving you through our Washington Informa- tion Bureau? Can’t we be of some help to you in your problems? Our busi- ness is to furnish you with authorita- tive information, and we invite you to ask us any of fact in which you are interested. Send your inquiry te The Washington Star Information Bureau, PFrederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Q. Are the big feature pictures shortened in the smaller theaters and communities?—T. D. C. A. The Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., say tures are shown they are run. case of & pio length which is shown in the theaters as a road show attraction, is necessary to shorten it for ‘general distribution. This, however, does not occur once in & hundred pictures. Q. What is a solar heater>—E. P. A. It is one that creates energy by using the sun's rays to make steam vapor from water. numerous attempts to perfect heater; however, they have mot proved practical. | | the cypress belong to the e Al zh'n of the pine s called African Q. Does pine family . It does. family in Africa is cypress. Q. How did the ex to pot” originate?—H. P. A. It is probably of Oriental origin. A tailor in Samarkand, who lived near a burial ground, kept count of the deaths by dropping & stone into & pot for every funeral that passed. W he died some one remarked that he h: gone into the pot himself. Q. Please name the 10 morning and 10 evening papers’ w! lead in clircélll!llon-—nut Sunday eirculation.— A. The 10 morning newspapers in order of circulation are: New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, New York Mirror, New York Times, Chicago Herald and iper, Boston Post, New York World, Néw York Herald-Tribune, Kansas City Times and Philadelphia Inquirer. The 10 leading in the eve- ning field are: New York Journal, Chi- cago American, Philadelphia Bulletin, Chicago Dally News, Detroit News, New York Sun, New York Graphic, New York Evening World, Kansas City Star and Detroit Times. Q. What is a chitecture?—A. J. A. A. Either spelling is correct. It is defined as a small enclosure in & cloister, built against a window on the inner side and serving as a atudy. Q. What was the first silver coin made by the United States?>—N. C. A. In 1796 at the Philadelphia Mint the first silver money was .coined. - It was & 10-cent piece with a slightly dif- ferent design than the one now in cir- culation. - Q. What is the of the Holy Name Society and how many members has it?>—C. A. E. A. The National *Catholic’ Welfare Conference says the object of the Holy Name Society is to honor and reverence the holy name of God and Jesus Christ. “Gone rrel or carol in ar- ‘There have Se:fl this J. HASKIN, directing its members to practices of , 10 frequent prayer and to group action in worship and acts of devotion. An active campaign is directed against and all manner of obscene and indecent speech. - sions or rallies constitute the expression of the ideals of its bers.” Also the y v 9 -the Official. Catholic Year- book of 1928, the number of members in the United States and the English- speaking part of Canada is - -T 2,500,000. The Holy m ciety goes back as far as the thirteenth o and it wu“n;sed to the dig- n & confraternity by Pope Pius IV, ‘whose pontifical reign dated from 1559 | to 1565. Q. What per cent of automobile drivers is composed of women? What per cent .of accidents can be atéributed o A - vers 24.3 per cent of the total. They are lcmdl:d | with 6 per cent of the accidents. Q. Who discovered the Isle of\Trini- dad, off the Coast of Brazil?>—B, W, A. Trinidad was first discovered by the , but never claimed or made use of until 1700 when the Eng- lish astronomer Halley, in the course of a scientific cruise, raised the British flag there. In 1895 Great Britain an- | nexed the island for a cable station site. This, however, was opposed Brazil, and by mutual consent the dis- gnle Was submitted to the King of ugal. who decided in favor of :fllfll. The:llnd is 680 miles east Coast. Espirito Santo, Brasil. 1t 3s ‘4 miles long and 2 miles wide. Q. Who s considered Turk ‘worst ruler?—N. M. i A. Amurath TV, 1611-40, ] garded as Turkey's worst 3 was known as the “Turkish was a tyrant of Al the average i ;m-uw 18 years. '.? im of mulés hav- ' e of Rome, _ was the first tos-omul- m_ nighways. According to the Official Catholic Year- book this object is accomplished “by Hoover at Kings Mo Arouses Debate on President Hoover's address at the an- niversary celebration of the battle of Kings Mountain in North Carolina, com- ing as a climax in a series of speeches, has aroused widespread comment on the spirit of those early patriots who fought for freedom. It has also brought forth discussion of the danger of efforts of radicalism as distinguished from genu- ine battles for freedom. There is some expression of dissent, however, from his proclamation of the superiority of Amer- ican achievements. “Mr. Hoover turns to a consideration of the Constitution and American insti- tutions,” says the Manchester Unilon, “and utters a warning that they must be protected from foreign influences, which would mean ‘destruction of the driving forces of equal opportunity.’ Not that he overlooks t! nmt{ of guard- ing against the domination of the coun- try by selfish interests that also would mean a destruction of equality of oppor- tunity. There must be, he declares, no abandonment of the Nation's spiritual heritage."” Kings Mountain, according to the Erie Dispatch-Herald, “is the perfect example of the armed freeman springing to. the defense of his soll, but as an example it cannot be taken as indicating the in- evitable outcome of sugh springing. These were unusual “freemen. * * * They had gone to the frontiers to open up new lands and make new States. They were far from the reach of gov- ernment and had to make their own. They were individualists, each inured to hardship and hazard.” The Dis- patch-Herald finds significance in the fact that “the President journeyed to the scene and the British Ambassador was present to dedicate a tablet to Ferguson, the fallen leader of the fight.” L 2F Y ‘The Charlotte Observer emphasizes the fact that the President “gave com- plete recognition to the importance of the battle of Kings Mountain in the struggle of the American Colonists for freedom,” and concludes: “Void of political significance, the address was permeated with a spirit of optimism and might accurately be termed a clarion call to the people of America, millions of whom doubtless heard it and millions of whom will read it, to uphold and safeguard the true spirit of Ameri and refrain from undermining its insti- tutions—fundamentally and impres- sively superior to those of any other nation. It was a fine example of the “Mr. Hoover's plain recital of the fact that in spite of all its troubles, real and imaginary, this country today is in a fortunate situation from most standpoints,” thinks the Detroit Free Press, ‘comes from the head of the Nation in good time. It is well for the country to think about its blessin, a little instead of dwelling persistently on its woes.” Recalling that ‘“devoted generations have upheld our institu- tions,” and asserting that “we shall not change the: to ent with foreign ideas,” the Seattle Dally Times advises that “those who profess to ad- mire foreign political or economic sys- tems should compare what we have ac- complished in 150 years with the record le in other countries.” ‘But there is nothing ‘attomatic about the American system, rns the Chicago Daily News. ‘“There are forces at work which, if not coml feated, threaten to undermine it. Mr. Hoover mentioned some of these de- structive forces—corrupt, and selfish politics, tyranny and bureaucracy in Government, greed in business. the tendency to tolerate special privilege, Inientioned citent. sagresive " milia- In h jve milita- cifism. There that entertain the American reminded le in our American system, but, as Mr. the Nation, 'I!Il; real | to lack ardor and it is doubtful and de- | termy, more and more statement that “we as ocurselves bossed by prof nel R - “The President's speech,” inion of the Green Bay Press-Giazette, a refreshing contribution in the ficod of loose thinking on government and social mammmt is sweeping the any one could stand. They nuul;-n- have much advanced the politieal in- terests they were intended to 3 Mr. Hoover has hardly touched the sen- gitive _nerves. All-.in all. his Kings was ‘the best 's statement of Ameri- can rity in the extension of edu- cational advantages and ma ‘well- being brings the statement the New York World that it “is precisely the kind, of boasting which does us no Shrouts "The Rounoke Times coes un al L. e e es sees an attempt to emphasize the point that “under the blessings of Republican rule the people are. infinitely better off than are the folks across the ocean.” gzahe Lynchburg News points out thal peop peoples istening in,” and offers its eriticism of the effect of an American That paper, however, concedes: “It may be that he has brought the country in & measure back to solld rmuml from out of the spiritual morass nto which too many of us were slowly sinking without struggle. That remains to be seen.” says the News. “President Hoover declared,” states the New Orleans Tribune, “that there are many more opportunities for the boy growing up in the United States w{-y than there were 30 years ago. ‘We of the South know Mr. Hoover is correct. * * * The present is a period when many ple are thinking, as well as ou}”fl o] Breaking Promises Takes Time. From the Jacksonville Plorida ‘Times-Union. Give a politician two or three term: l'nonflu. Tt is impossible for him to back on all of his promises in one —— Or Kill the Black Sheep. no;n:u llnn?lll Commercial Appeal. Kill the woit at e dsor, | Tt 8 to SREEEG Officer Be Nice. Prom the Dayton Daily News. A Detroit_judge has warned & to 5 ceman’s R Sl “After you,” - Inventors Must Labor, Prom (he Hamilton, Ontario, Spectator. A fortune awaits the