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A8 : THE EVENING 'é'rég WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, ANUARY 8 1081 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. 'THE EVENING STAR |myse . WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY.....January 8, 1081 Pl 0t S A OIS A THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor Company 60c per month 85¢ per month 46 st ths end of each monty, sent in by mail or telepbone ay St tion ma "Yood" Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. nd and Vi y d &i-d Bl e Member of the Associated Press. Associated Press is exclusively entitled $o use for republication of all news dig- itches credited to it or not othas - in (his paper and. al ocel G I: .g it publication of [1s also reserved. 1mo. 1mo.. Modifying Consent Decrees. Commenting on the decision of Jus- tice Jennings Bailey in the packers’ ©ase, Mr. David Lawrence thus points to one of its significant aspects: It establishes a_precedent so that &ll eonsent decrees hereafter will be re- garded as subject to modification by the upon the hearing of testimony, and not necessarily as contracts re- quiring the consent of the original Eruu to the decree before the; modification. ol Mr. Lawrence states the case broadly, but there is little doubt that he not only reflects the opinion of Justice Balley but of the Government attorneys, who in the packers' case conceded the point. If there are appeals from the modification of the consent decree, the Tule may not stand, but there is 1o rea~ son to suppose it will not stand. 1If so # has important bearing on the consent decree under which the rates for elec- tricity in the District of Columbia are annually adjusted. The Public Utili- ties Commission will doubtless give due oonsideration to the precedent. In the recent hearings before the commission it was developed that no reasoning under the sun could sub- stantiate a concept of the consent de- cree as an instrument that worked to tie the commission’s hands indefinitely, or that took from it lawful preroga- tives regarding the regulation of electric light rates. But the point was made that unless the Potomac Electric Power Co. was willing to agree to modi- fications in the decree, and on this basis the court asked to ratify, the Public Utilities Commission would have % take action that, in effect, would abrogate the decree and reopen liti- When he is called on for a speech, Museolini takes the trouble to learn sufficient of the language in which it s . t0 be delivered to prove that he has searcely hold him to diplomatic tech- nicalities, but it would have the advan- tage of immensely flattering an audi- ence even if it did not fully under- stand it. i e — Every man is expected to do his duty, but the present tendency of the time may strike the conservative citizen as fties of behavior indicating that the Tammany tiger has not changed its more than the leopard spots. Meanwhile, the carries on, the former now on trial on a charge a magistracy. Recently the Tammany district leader who got Ewald Bis job, and his henchman, who is alleged to have served as go-between @ the purchase of the appointment, ‘were tried twice and on each occasion the jury disagreed. That may be the sesult of the present trial, which the other day with recital of familiar circumstances of Mrs. loan without security or in- the Tammany leader for the buying a house for himseif. had not proceeded far when i i i i to i i ; ] : H gd assistant district attorney, B 5 ES | a 5 E i : pEees d i | e ih] EiF 5] is 3 cgfi !gf of aberration or unbalance to the discrediting of his testimony. ‘This would appear to be the first time that the mental condition of a witness has been thus put to test. The news Teports of the session indicate that the witness stood the scrutiny and that the defense will have no basis for chal- lenging the competence of his testimony. ‘There will doubtless be other novel- ties in the course of the successive pro- ceedings in the uncovering of the mu- nicipal corruption in New York. But most of these innovations will be sim- Public office is a private investment rather than a public trust, according to the Tammany doctrine. It is just as it was in the Tweed days and in the Croker days and the Murphy days. Methods change, details are different, but the essential procedure is the same. Get a public job and work it, is the standing rule. Why was a magistracy paying about $10,000 a year worth the payment of more than that—Ewald's “fees” for securing the appointment were alleged to have been $12,000—as a means of getting the place? Why was he willing to pay $75,000, as his former secretary testifies, to get a higher judgeship, the salary of which was about $15,000 & year? Because, according to all the revelations that have led to the suspen- sions and resignations from the ju- diciary recently, a magisterial position of any grade is a potential gold mine. i e S N Home Rule for India. ‘The Earl of Reading, well and favor- ably remembered in Washington, appears to have cast the die at the India Conference in London. As one of the spokesmen of the Liberal party at that epochal round table, the former viceroy of India announced that the group which holds the balance of power in the House of Commons is ready to come to grips with the ques- tion of “dominion status.” The Liberals are prepared to give India home rule. “Unless some argument is adduced which calls for a change of views,” said Lord Reading, “I do not hesitate to say now that our recommendations to the Liberal party in Parliament will be for Great Britain to go the full length of granting to India a government re- sponsible to its own elected legislature, except in matters of self-defense and forelgn relations, which must for the time being be left as crown subjects, and with certain reservations in finan- clal affairs.” The news cables report that this pronouncement from the most authori- tative voice at the conference has stirred it to the depths and all Britain, as well. It is bound to do so, for Lord Reading speaks not only from five years' background as viceroy, but as the mouthpiece of the half-hundred Lloyd George Liberals who can, at their sweet will, make or break the Labor govern- ment. Prime Minister MacDonald has re- vealed an inclination also “to go-the full length” of bestowing self-govern- ment, for purely local purposes, upon India. Assured of the support of the Liberal bloc in the Commons, Labor would have no difficulty in enacting the necessary legislation. Sir Samuel Hoare, a Conservative representative at the conference, addressing one of its sub- committees & day after Lord Reading spoke, indicated that the Baldwin group s not disposed to make the wide-flung concessions which the Liberal leader favors. But in the face of a Labor- Liberal majority capable of imposing its will, Mr, Baldwin's die-hards, sooner or later, will have to bow to the inevitable. Mahatma Gandhi’s son was being jailed for six months at Bombay while the London round table was recording these developments. It was a symbol of the undiminished resentment ram- pant among the native extremists over any settlement of the Indian question that falls short of sovereign independ- ence. Dominion status is not acceptable to Gandhi, but at present it is obvious that such is all he can expect. When & man secures 50 important a compliment as the Nobel prize for an American novel, it is the unquestion- able privilege of Sinclair Lewis to as- sume that much of the unfavorable criticlsm of his. work is inspired by envy. It is no less the privilege of the critic to assert the right of his profes- sion to disagree with mere prevalence of popular liking as a test of quality until it has been tried by the years. ———————— It is conceded that Soviet Russia has some of the shrewdest minds now en- gaged in world affairs. Even this fact will hardly entitle it to claim more knowledge of finance and political psy- chology than all the rest of the habit- able globe put together, o e A <There is one military lesson that should by this time be learned more readily. It is never safe to take liber- ties with the U. 8. Marines. The ex- periment is occasionally survived in some degree, but as a matter of good fortune rather than of skill, —_———— A Second Hudson River Bridge. Announcement of agreement between the executives of a number of railway | systems upon & plan for their consolida- uon into four distinct groups has brought about the revival of a project | for the construction of a second bridge | across the Hudson River at New York, to | accommodate rail lines and to permit { the construction of a terminal station in | Manhattan. This is not a new plan, | having been proposed some years ago | and, after an exhaustive inquiry by the War Department, rejected on the ground that the immediate project would cause & blocking of navigation. The Depart- | ment, which has jurisdiction over rivers and harbors, decided that the proposed headway clearance of the span would be too low and that no structure should be thrown across the river with less than 200 feet of space at the center of the span and 185 feet at the abut- ments. These dimensions were regarded {as prohibitively expensive and so the project was abandoned. .Now it is re- vived, in connection with the contem- plated rallroad consolidation, as a means | of giving one of the “big four” systems, | now barred from New York City, access bility when the project was broached. The dimensions were all on such a great scale that the merely mechanical interest as showing that the necessity for additional vehicular accommodation across the Hudson is keenly felt. There are now three tunnels between the Man- hattan and the New Jersey shores, the so-called McAdoo rapid transit, the Hol- land vehicular and the Pennsylvania Railroad tubes. The Holland tube has abundantly proved its economic eM- clency and is surpassing the expecta- tions of its projectors in point of earn- ings. Whether a second vehicular tube would be as successful is not assured. The combination of vehicular and rail- road service on the projected new bridge would perhaps meet the immediate need for additional factlities. 0ld Ladies in Traffic. The problem of the elderly woman in traffic is one which has not received the consideration’ which it deserves. It is no uncommon sight in Washington to see some feeble, white-haired woman, almost at what might be termed the tottering age, attempting to make her way across crowded downtown streets. Every man in the crowd, whether on foot or in automobile, intends to be par- ticularly courteous to her and her like, but the practical problems brought to them by their own situation in the hustle of the street divert their atten- tion. The elderly woman, then, is thrown on her own resources, and presents one of the most pitiful, though mostly un- regarded, sights of the modern city. It is well enough to say that she ought to be at home, but emergencies and living itself often demand that she go into the street. Often no one else in the family is able to go with her. Furthermore, many an elderly woman resents, with a show of feeling, any implication from her relatives that she is not able to get around as well as she used to. The plain truth is, of course, that no one, no matter what his or her age, is able to “get around” as well as in the past. Traffic of today presents a practical problem to the agile and sure-footed as well as to the man or woman upon whom time has taken a toll. To the latter, however, it offers peculiar diffi- culties. Perhaps it might be suggested that escorts be sent with elderly women into downtown traffic, i they must go on foot. No doubt various agencies would be willing to send messenger es- corts for a nominal sum. The taxicab rates now have reached a level where they might be more used for this pur- pose. Let old ladies themselves, unmindful of the term, feeling in it no reproach, but only the solicitude of every mother’s son for every mother, realize that when they step into & modern street they are rushing in where angels might well fear to tread. Let them go warlly, if they must. —ee—. Observers who claim to permit them- selves no illusions assert that there will be another war. It should not be nec- essary, in order to avoid an {llusion, to fall into & nightmare. Rumors are circulated to the effect that Rudyard Kipling is becoming al- most as {ll-natured as G. Bernard Shaw pretends to be. et SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON, Mediation. Sald January, one chill day, “Some mutual friends have we, Who I believe with gentle May Will help us to agree. “For here comes February bold And March with boisterous cheer, Who as the wintry tale is told Whistles as he draws near. “And April with her gentleness Perhaps a tear will shed, Or smile to lessen the distress Of those ‘mongst shadows led.” Said January, “We must turn To good friends, for a while, And ewen gentle May will learn To greet us with a smile.” A Memory Overburdened. “There is a great demand for blog- raphy.” “I have observed the fact,” answered Benator Borghum. “Why don’t you write your memoirs?” “I'm afraid.” . “You must have a lot of inside in- formation.” “My friend, I know so much I'm afraid if I once let myself get started 1 might not know when to stop.” Jud Tunkins says unemployment is s great problem, but around his house it's just a habit. A Preity Good World. It i & wondrous thing to see 8o many men at such a time ‘Who never yet have proved to be Suspected of some serious crime! Sleigh Riding de Luxe. “Do you remember when you used to go sleigh riding?” “It was grest fun,” answered Mr, Chuggins. “I had a horse who would take the bit in his teeth and when Mrs. Chuggins wanted to drive from the back seat I simply told her to help herself.” “To speak only the truth” said Hi 'Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “would leave many of us with but little whose interest was worth the saying.” The Age of Motors. The vehicles that smoothly glide Show genius that time cannot smother. Unless, perchance, the men inside Decide to shoot at one another. & rock in a snow- liable to grow gits a friend Jes’ when he s < “De boy dat puts ball,” said Uncle Eben, “is up to be de man dat wonderin’ what hit him thought he was playin' financial game.” nice, easy, airy J Hansen kindness vicarious drum by th drum. In tions. . This 60 persons. Canada posse 11 ). Powers iths and possessed While peace concur, back h hine guns. 1 larger buf Like every one else, we l\lmt. we continually are running head- into statements with which we do not . Recently we came across one of in Harry Hansen's column in the New en on sense about books. When he says, however, that Dr. Axel Munthe's best-seller, “The Story of San :Michele,” is not literature, we do_not understand him. If “San Michele” isn't literature, we will have to begin all over again. We suppose Mr. Hansen has much the same definition for the word as the dic- tlonary. The largest dictionary we could find glves the usual string of them: t, second, third and so on—from which we extract the following: “Literary productions as a collective “The class or total writings, as a g.v-n country or period which is nota- for literary form of expression, as distinguished, on the one hand, from works merely technical or erudite and, on the other, from journalistic or ephemeral writing.” “Belles-lettres.” “Any kind of printed matter.” “Writing distinguished by artistic form or emotional appeal.” * ok % is thus seen to be & “Literature” rather difficult thing to define, just as “gentleman” is, but almost every one bas his own idea. Few who read books, perhaps, would fall to wunderstand the meaning of “literature™ when applied to the wrap- per which comes around the tent medicine bottle. It is a specialized meaning, probably coming down from the grandiloquent language of the old- time patent medicine man who stood on the street corner beneath a ‘flickering 5‘5 torch and sold large bottles of black luid “guaranteed to be good for man or beast.” All those educated in the standard schools of the United States will have some conception of the term “belles- lettres.” It is at once inclusive, and does mean something, although one might be hard pressed to limit it exactly. Personally, we prefer the last defini- tion given above, “writing distinguished by artistic form or emotional appeal.” Surely if one accepts this, we do not see how one can fail to class “The Story of San Michele” as literature in the best sense. It is not Dr. Munthe's fault, surely, that the American people have taken 50 kindly to his volume cf belle-lettres. The fact that it is a “best-seller,” in the usual sense of the term, undoubtedly was more of & surprise to him than to anybody else in the world. ‘The publishers (Dutton) have ad- mitted that they themselves were very much astonished by the rousing recep- tlon in sales given to this work, which they at first lumped off as a “travel book.” Dr. Munthe's 500 pages of per- sonal reminiscences in reality is a vol- ume of f tales for adul “The Story of 8an Michele” does for %" what Hans Andersen’s “Fairy :" does for the chiidren of the world. ust as the latter puts boys and girls in touch with mystery, wonder and ten- der kindness, so “San Michele,” as Mr. 8o well pointed out himself, permits the average reader to do deeds of li More than that, however, it lifts him out of the hums y the very gates of hum- L other words, the life and Highlights on the 15323 EH 8 The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. Gov. Roosevelt, in his message to the Legislature of New York, in effect sald that if the Legislature believed there should be an inquiry into the govern- ment of New York City, it was within the power of the Legislature to go ahead and make the investigation. He did not ;yh-l:fl!dmm y nor did quel::ey,mfle'eork'rlm says: “After this let no one say that Roosevelt is using his official position to shield Tammany from visita- conse- flls | tion_and exposure.” The New Y Y | as much right to Dis | City as he has of the * not literature, but later they may be inclined to believe that they fool themselves into regarding it too highly” We belleve Mr. Hansen Is now in that stage, but feel sure that later consid- eration will cause him to revamp his opinion. * k% x Another statement we heard the other day, from a lady reader of the same book, was to the effect that “Dr. Munthe must be afraid of death.” It is true that there has been no book since Walt Whitman's “Leaves of Grass” so filled wl;h the theme, t is rather beside the point, how- ever, to feel that consideration :{ any- thing shows one up as afraid of it. Perhaps just the opposite is true. may suspect that Dr. Munthe, like any sensible person, is afraid of death in the same way that Christians fear the Lord. The term “fear of the Lord” is rather & stumbling block to many a religious aspirant, until the happy day when he begins to realize that words, after all, are free, and that he may substitute “respect” for “fear” without undus vio- lation of the meaning and Intent. Dr. Munthe the same respect for death which any one has who has seen it. That he has placed his attitude so scrupulously in his book is one of the bravest literary deeds of the century. The whole alm of modern sophistica- tion, it would seem, is to pretend that such a phenomenon does not exist. It is left to the churches, to time, and to necessity. It took supreme courage, and a real indifferenice to literary fame, as suoh, to deal 20 plainly and courageously with & theme which most men and women are willing to forget about until life makes them remem| it. Yes, it is life which makes us know death, not death, for death is part and parcel of life, and the seeds of it are incorporated in us all at the beginning. Dr. Munthe brings this out so plainly that many readers, no doubt, will turn themselves into amateur psychologists, and think themselves clever by speak- ing learnedly of the author’s “fear of death.” But it is not that. ‘It is won- der, and intellectual honesty, one of the rarest qualities in the world. ‘We rather suspect, indeed, that those who are: themselves too much in fear of death will not like “The Story of San - Michele” for that very reason. They resent the very mention of it. But the: magazine Time is correct in its formula when it says, “Death, which comes to all nen,” etc. It does, in- deed, whether we wish to think about it or not. It is one of the glories of “The Story of San Michele” that it per- mits one to think without too much de- pression, even with a sense of surety akin to the consolations of religion. Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers .of. Other Lands EUES WIENER TAGBLATT, Vienna.—In the United States there were on January 1, 1939, 18,500,000 mgphone connec- cent of the installations in the ent world. In the United States there are 16 telephones to every 100 persons. The average in Europe is a like number of telephones to every 1,000 sses some 218,000,000 hectares (490,000,000 acres) of land under cultivation, while the United |5 States, despite her 10 times population, has only 000 acres). 9,000,000 hectares (268,000,- * ok ox % Italy Must Face Hostile Alone. La Stampa, Turin.—By this time the words of Il Duce uttered at Milan and Florence months ago have become less mcryphnl. The premier did not mean t cannon, swords, guns and lm'gfl of the air of the sea were in them- selves rich and beautiful, but that they & fatal lure—just as does a siren—in dazzling the eyes and in- triguing the affections of all European peoples. the League ‘of Nations prates ot and disarmament and repre- sentatives of all the different powers ur, ome these same nations are privately strengthening their for- tresses, building great war vessels and developing new types of artillery and mac! 3 . If such activities are right for other nations, they are right for Italy, for the best way to maintain peace is to be ready for war. Can Italy be criticized for having a army than in the years 1915 to 1918 when even her present forces are it & or a quarter of the military establishments of the nations surround- her? interests opposed to Italy and to are powerful, for they are united. Italy must face all these hostile ro'm alone, for none are neutral when it comes to maligning and threatening the itical reforms for human better- ment, which, originating in Italy, shall ultimately to every nation of the Signor Mussolini has been patient. He did not prematurely alarm his people regarding the hostile activity of other countries, but there is a time to speak as well as a time to be silent, and Il Duce’s utterances merit and require the ‘l.onlmn consideration of every loyal Ital- * Kok % Brussels Actors Mourn Loss of Cat. Le Soir, Brussels—The entire cast and personnel of one of our Brussels theaters is in tears. It is not that the public bestows sour looks upon the spectacle. The performance draws a E:“ crowd every evening. It is not t any discord has riven the pleasant relations of the company. knows that in the realm there never is evidenced any of symptoms of jealousy, rivalry nor spite. Alas—it is nothing of that sort, but— Poj has disap ! was beloved by all the men and—no all the women. No one ever her without stroking her fur with a tender caress. Despite her popularity, she was not in the least proud or reserved—and what a wonder she was for hunting out the mice, to say nothing of rats! For Popette—our readers have al- ready divined it—Popette was a cat. Cats and comediennes naturally get along so well together, and even more eor:fsl are the understan of cats and comediennes. In brief, though Popette was pampered and petted by all, the i te has disappeared. Was she en! away by some unprincipled tomcat of the neighborhood? Was she coveted for giblets by some low pot- ? Heaven alone knows house - whether such an one would be above putting her in the stew! Meanwhile the actors and actresses weep and call “Popette—Popette!” until the echoes . “Where is Po- pette?” “Has any one seen Popette?” !r;wo(o\lrnnmun or one of our charming readers has seen Popette, let the ‘announce- ment be given out immediately. Such news is all that will dry the tears of ‘v.\rlm Cellmene“'l‘he‘::ter. 'r'_‘x,l: t;un pee inctory . smiles lore lootlight will disguise heavy hearts. Drew Naturalist’s Attention. Evening Post, Wellington.—When, in 1769, Capt. Cook visited these shores, he had with him Sir Joseph Banks, the famous naturalist. B8ix mon were t here and cam uring that time an insect, popularly known as the bronze beetle, forced itself upon the notice of the naturalist. was much more interested in plants than in beetles, but apparently the bronze beetles were so numerous that he felt oconstrained else as a diet was available. But with the advent of the white man as & per- manent settler there came into the country all kinds of introduced fruit trees and shrubs. The bronze beetle ap- preciated a change from the diet of its ancestors, and now, whenever and wherever it gets the chance, it does in- calculable to apple and Ofi“ crops and also to small fruits. er trees, too, it will strip bare of follage, with the result that it is now one of the major insect pests of the Domin: It has been estimated that a seri- ous infestation of an orchard results in the destruction of 40 per cent of the annual crop. The loss to the country is accordingly heavy. Control of t.\'m pest, whech, when Summer comes, will again be in ample evidence, is a matter of great economic importance. Halts the Stampede. From the Charleston (8 .0.) Evening Post. Pointing to one case where an annual rental of $20,100 is being paid by the Post Office Department for a garage valued at $37,000, Senator Jol Blaile recently successfully against the passage of the House Treas- ury and Post Office Department's appro- priation bill, unless an amendment pre- viously submitted by him and stricken by the conference were restored. In the subsequent. ‘voote the sem denpate 1&: stampede pass an and ge home for Christmas, defeated the bill, 43 to 24. The amendment would per- mit the Government to cancel {u‘-u leases when Federally owned buildings became available. It may be hoped that it will be restored, and that the House will find it acceptable. Post office leases at excessive rentals, sometimes as high as 60 per cent of the whole value of the rented buildings, must cease, whether or not Government replaces buildings at present leased by its own. The mere fact that Govern- ment must rent does not mean that Government must be mulcted, as seems to be the administration feel ‘The scandals of earlier administra in at least one case made more objection- able still under the present regime, do not call so much for Government-owned buildings as ior administration-inspired notice to the Postmaster General that the days of prodigality are over. One way to end unjustifiable leases is to have no leases at all, but that is not the only way. It would be impractical for the Gov- ernment to own all the premises it needs in whole (:r part fg post nfllmhpur- . Main post offices in the Cities and the garages which serve them should unquestionably be owned. Other premises, might be,owned or leased as occasion demands, but leases should al- and | them, J.|to 'ter pointing oul Gov. Roosevelt has just recommend an in- vestigation of the affairs of New York ‘village govern- ment in Cattaraugus County”—which in effect he did recommend—concludes: “We can find no answer to these ques- tions which does not indicate an obvious reluctance on the part of Gov. Roose- ;’n‘lh to je the power of Tammany * Kok oW It has been obvious that the Legisla- ture has a right and a duty—if it be- lieves that an investigation is needed— to investigate conditions in New York City. It is also true that the Repub- lican leadership in the Legislature had some days ago determined to go ahead and put through resolutions providing for such a legislative investigation. The Republicans have the majority in the Legislature. Sooner or later, therefore, it appeared that the question of hav: such an investigation would be puf up to the Governer, when the appro- riation of funds for the inquiry went him for his signature. stood that Gov. Roosevelt has agreed approve the expenditure of funds for the investigation if the Legislature acts. ‘The Democratic preconvention cam- paign for the presidential nomination is on. The factions in New York's democ- racy are lining up for one candidate or another. While Gov. Roosevelt has been much in the limelight and has been referred to many times as the probable nominee of the party, there are Demo- crats in New York and outside who pre- fer the nomination of Owen D. Young, if he can be drafted for the job. Still others are favorable to the remomina- tion of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith. World, however, editorially that the next Democratic National Con- vention will line up solidly for one candidate or another, since the State democracy will not wish to waste its influence in the convention by splifting up among u'erll‘candldl.u& * % %k % Gov. Roosevelt has been bearing down strongly on the water-power is- sue. His message to the Legislature deals with that subject. He has been declared by Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska to be as near right on the ‘water-power guuon as any man in public life, nator Norris, on the other hand, in an interview sald that he believed the water-power trust al- ready was working to secure the nomi- nation by the 'mocrats of Owen Young. 1t is obfious that Mr. Young, becduse of his business connections with electrical power, may be frowned upon as a candidate by the Progressives in both ies. However, there is eno in New York about the cang of Mr. Young at this time to cause Gov. Roosevelt and his sup- porters for the presidential nomination some uneasiness. There is one factor in the situation—+ {grhvlhlch Gov. Roosevelt is in no way ing and who is regarded in muur- ar as & semi-invalid. 5 " * ok o % New York is not to have the exclu- the Democratic presidential nomina- with Gov. Albert . Botl ;nrdmvelt have had the nomination o1 e in the were Tous years, politically, lox"rme mcnu. ¥ g ern Democr: of are intent upon bfln‘“’mm‘nu’h) it the nomination of a candidate for Pres- ident who supports the eighteenth smendment, if they can. They are will- ing, it is sald, to have a wet Democrat gg:;mu& tnrnvtlu Prefldent,h‘u [ . ut they must have dry to the ticket. It is flflm‘ll., however, that any Democratic State of lormance the South will the of 1928 and go over to the Republican column on election day 1932 even if the puar‘:ly nominee be a wet. Just what ‘would happen in the South in the event. of the nomination of Al Smith is still & moot question, with on both sides of the happened Democrat Dry South- ern Democrats are still talking about Oeo' r'.ph‘ White, new Governor of Ohio, or though Mr. White has been “wet” since his election. Still he ran as a dry for election last Fall, while Bul.u:x'. the Senator, was rus as an AVow! opponent of the eighteenth amendment. R Rumors regarding plans of the Re- publicans are gaining more and more circulation. One of the latest is that Col. J. Hanford MacNider, now Ameri- can Minister to Canada, will his post there next Summer to come back country to take an active part in a pre-convention campaign for the renomination of President Hoover. President is faced with the need &cklnl & new secretary, owing to the iminent retirement of George Aker- drubbed ts who regular in 1928, as an executive in a big business corpo- ration. Mr. Akerson was an assistant and a secretary to the President long before he entered the White House. In other words, he knew his job before he became secretary to the President in March, 1929. He was qualified, and he performed valuable service. Within & stone’s throw of the White House the President could find, if he d , another secretary well qualified for the ition which Mr. Akerson is vacating. e could go to the Republican Con- gressional Committee ani pick Earl Venable, who has been the secretary of that tion for years. Mr. Vena- e b members of any other sec: the President could se- lect, not’ excepting a member of Con- gress himself. He has ‘wide exggl- ence in dealing with golluu! matters as well as executive and with the press. Nor is 1t on record that he ever made ANSWERS TO QUESTION vember 17 $8,248,502.66, to $9,640,034.3: Q. What is a lachnite diamond?—L. G. B. A. Lachnite is a trade name for an llamond. imitation di Q. lowmmhrmm.mh Q. fuel for locomotives?—A. E. G. A. The cost of locomotive fuel used during 1929 in the United States was $345,198,897. Q. What umu-; to become bow- lu{ed;;n K. . of Cornell Uni- versity -y.”&'fi“mm is the usual cause. Cod-liver oll, butter-fat and sunshine are both prevention and cure for this condition. Q. Where is the biggest coral reef in "’1'?':'355%"5 largest coral reef in e Tee the world is the Great Barrier Reef of Australia mn&sfl the coast of Queens- land. It is 1, miles long. Q. What degree of cold is required to freeze ice for skating?—A. J% A. No definite Presumably New York's delegation to|Many perature goes to Q. Why are apples called the fruit of Eden7;‘-,A. V. 8. % T many centuries it was sup- posed that the which Eve, under of serpent, ate and gave to Adam to eat the Garden of Eden. This view is no longer held, many more troj being sted as the the garden, among granate. fruits le fruit of 'm the pome- Rqémzhgmmmmr— A Itisa broad-seated chair without {sive right.to the fleld of candidates for cede presidential nomination, al- | 2 rather The | hl of son from that position to accept a post|to & blunder in his position as secr :g‘ t.ha” Committee. Dur Venable has been a key man in the Republican organization, to whom Mr, ‘Wood, chairman of the committee, and others have looked for aid. ways be for short periods and termi- |, nable evén within those periods if Gov- ernment ids its own structures. It should be gratifying that Senator Blaine, w] special committee has made a study of certain lease ¥ plainly in this matter. Plain speaking is needed. Calendar Flexibility. From the Ann Arbor Daily News. If the calendar sim| tionists really want popular support they should 1930 considerably Nat 1 ‘Treasurer : no whatever of the literature which Mr. for Mr. out & way to make years like ent ¥ Q. What of the potential 'Ml. guvm at Nisgara Falls is used?— A. A recent estimate states that only 30 per cent of the potential water of Niagara Falls has been devei Samuel S. Wyer is using the total h 3 X -3 T BEEE =8 : £ = i i ; g £ i § & En 1 1 3 H 2 P i i i i § | E:S g ¥ i 3 : E i i 5 3 B i éé i i3 Lt 5 " i : i Loss of Genius by Annapolis May Be a Gain for Industry “Discipline must be enforced,” con- (i iike g8 ecessarily strict. Yet it pity the Navy should let go of anybody with such talent. Under right fce, the special bent which tricks might be toward perfection of electrical de- vluelolmi.llu’mflw:.wo‘ - ing practical .hum%hlhhfio’d do things worth while.’ fi“fim':gmm a run-out capsule. But the to grab that chap and make per.” The Columbus Ohio given him a lal work day and night.” nal also comments: * genius out of school? We are Dnext war is going to be one of Chemical Warfare and genius. Our ice and our munitions Tts daily are adg’ : fof gsis g H .i § § ) gi ; £ H g L G RO »!Effsgfifg OB E 238" bt 5 i . &?Egie