Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1931, Page 8

4 Editor te by Carrier Within the City. enins Sta 386 cer month and mmd-y “Siar ifil ndase) - 60c per month flr ening an diar, when 5 Aundass) - -85¢ per montn r%o Pocuon peds T copy made s the end of each mort aders maz be sent in by mail ot telepbor Ational 3000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Vlr[hl l 90: 1 mo. fly and Sinday. nly jay only . An Other '=um and Canada and Sunda (3 ¥ mo.. 5 3 1508 ien 38 only . n only " All ri h‘lo 'rmvblfl“l on o Fights of Bublication o @necial dispatches herein are also reserved. A Joint Effort, The decision of the Community Chest authorities and local Red Cross officials to make a single campaign for the funds which must be raised in Washington in the immediate future is to be ap- plauded. The needs to be met by the respec- tive organizations are separate and dis- tinct. The local Red Cross, playing its part in response to the presidential ap- peal for $10,000,000 for national drought and unemployment rellef, is charged with the responsibil vy of raising $100,- 000 as its proration of this sum. The quota is fair, the need to which it will be applied is imperative and the duty of Washington is clear. The sum will be forthcoming. Yet there should be no misunder- standing as to the purposes for which this sum 15 to be expended. It will 80 to performance of the essential and laudable task of alleviating acute dis- tress and need in centers of the country outside the National Capital. Not a dollar of it will be expended locally. For the President and those in charge of the Red Cross call have wisely deter- mined that local relief, here and in all other communities equipped to face their own problems, must be handled by the community and State, rather than through a joint natiomal fund. THis accounts for the relative small- ness of the Red Cross budget. The Jocal needs of Washington, whether they be the normal charitable Chest. The quoté to be raised, after the most careful pruning on the part of the Chest's Budget Committee, stands &6 close to $1,900,000. The com- bined goal of Red Cross and Chest will thereforé be $2,000,000. This 8 a large smount. The effort and work incidéntal to its subseription by the Washington public is vast. Seven thousand of our citizens will devote to is & whole and each citizen thereof. They are entitled to the thanks and suppor} of every Washing- tonian. ‘That the support to which they are entitled will be forthooming is confi- dently to be anticipated. Relief, both in the national and the local field, must promptly and fully afforded. These and despair. Men and women grow desperate under a prolongation of suf- fering. Fantastic and ruinous reme- dies are advocated. The fundamentals of our established principles for demo- cratic security and progress are in jeop- ardy. Washington will meet these facts squarely, discharging its obligations w0 the Nation and to its own. There i no man or woman or child within the city who has the mrcans whereby to gratify anything more than the basic necessities of life who should not own to a re- sponsibility for those who are today less fortunate. With that responsibility rec- ognized and the hearts of each of us searched as to how great our contribu- tion can be, the goal of the forthcom- ing campaign will be achieved. e Psychologists might get Interesting and valuable results if they could trace the number of actual mysteries that appear to have copied some of their detafls from crime fiction. The human mind is intenscly imitative and Is capable of but little that is absolutely original even in the way of emotional impulse. SRS Ritchie Makes His Bow. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie has entered upon his fourth term as Governor of | Maryland. His inaugural address, de- livered before a joint session of the two houses of the State Legislature, went far beyond the confines of Maryland. It passed State boundaries, not only in its range of topics, but also physically. Over a Nation-wide radio hook-up, Gov. Ritchie's message reached the people of Florida, of California, of Washington, as well as those of nearby New York. His friends have interpreted the Gov- ernor's inaugural address as a declara- tion of his purpose to be a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomi- nation next year. The Ritchie bat is in the ring. Marylanders and many others will hail Gov. Ritchie's candidacy with satisfactions They have seen Albert C. Ritchie prove himself an able chief ex- ecutive of his State. They have seen him, because of his popularity, and be- cause of the satisfaction of the voters during his administration, break down, first, the tradition that no man should succeed himself as Governor of Mary- land and, later, win not only a third but & fourth tegm of office. The Gov- ernor of Maryland is a Btates' rights many He 18 opnosed to centralivation of Government in Wasalngton. He is an earnest opponent of national prohi- cept perhaps the fact that lnryhnd boasts only eight votes in that elec~ toral college which picks the President of the United States. Gov. Ritchie’s inaugural address will flndlnacholnuuhe-molm-ny Democrats. His demand that there be no overcentralization of governmental power may be seized upon by some of the progressive group as a ground for criticlsm. Gov. Ritchie, however, has added a paragraph calculated to allay such criticism. He says: 1 do not mean to convey any sense of sympathy with those who are op- posed to the necessary regulation which Government must exercise over the operation of such public utilities as the railroads and the giant combines of power companies in order to protect the public interests, nor do I mean to com- fort those who would thwart a proper and effective application of such nec- essary regulatory measures by obstruc- - [ tive tactics. If the Democratic party, as it seems, is bent upon making the “power trust” an lssue in the coming campaign, ap- parently it is not Gov. Ritchie's inten- tion to throw anything in the way of that purpose. ——————————— Toward the Treaty Navy. Action yesterday by the House Naval Affairs Committee, recommending ex- penditure of $74,030,000 for naval con- struction, is the first step toward the creation of the American fleet author- ized under the London limitation treaty. The building of the American armada therein provided for will entall an eventual and total cost of anything up to $750,000,000. If construction is progressively carried out at the ratio indicated by the initial proposal of the House Naval Committee the aggregate expense of ‘“parity”—equality with the British fleet, which is America's irreducible objective — will spread, roughly, over a period of ten years. Parity under such conditicnz will be comfortably purchased. The plaints of the pacifists to the contrary notwith- standing, there is meither penury for the taxpayer nor provocation for other nations in such an ordered, rational increase in the United States’ strength at sea. Apart from this commendable move toward the treaty Navy, Chairman Britten's committee reveals itself as unmistakably air-minded. It does not ®0 along with the naval philosophy un- .derlying the one-time famous dictum of William II, who believed that Germany’s future lay “upon the water.” Repre- sentative Britten and his House col- leagues obviously believe that America’s naval future lies over the water, namely, in -the sky. The committee's most significant vote was in favor of a new type of cruiser to cost $20,780,000 and to be equipped with a deck capable of carrying thirty-six airplanes. Such a craft, admittedly experimental in char- acter, was approved as against a recom- mendation by the Secretary of the Navy to build a $16,605,000 relatively old- type cruiser mounting 6-inch guns. It has not yet been determined what the new 36-plane-carrying cruiser will have e shape of armagent—whether 6- or 8-inch guns. The House com- seems to have turned thumbs on any more 6-inchers, though London treaty contemplates their ction on a considerable scale. Mr. Britten announces that it is “barely possible that all future cruiser tonnage will be cf the 36-plane-carrying type of ship.” That statement is based on the belief of experts that a cruiser of such style may revolutionize nave] war- fare. In further pursuance of its air- mindedness the House committee yes- terday also provided for 260 airplanes, i Five million dollars is set A new aircraft carrier with a comple- ment of 114 planes, $17,600,000 for four submarines, $3,000,000 for experi- mentation with Diesel engines, $47,000,~ 000 for 10 destroyers already author- ized, $5,000,000 for a new air base on the California coast and $3,000,000 for & new Navy dirigible airship are among the House Naval Committee’s recom- mendations, All and sundry of these proposed suthorizations are in direct line with the treaty Navy. The country will hope that the House will enact them into law, that the Senate will promptly follow suit and that the President's signature will give the final signal for converting themi from paper into steel. Every rivet driven into them w... pe a blow for defense—and peace. —————— In order to get the happy and smiling expression suitable to those honored by Government appointment, it is desirable to have photographs of a new commis- sion taken early; as far as possible in advance of harsh criticism that may arise, ——— The Fire at Center Market. Yesterday Washington had the un- usual experience of a four-alarm fire that, though it blazed for the better part of an hour, did no “damage.” The flames consumed considerable material and the water soaked the premises, yet on the books of the Fire Department the conflagr lon is listed as harmless. This for the rare reason that the structure that burned was in the process of demolition and the flames, rather than doing harm, actually aided in the work. ‘The old Center Market structure, bullt many years ago, was never a good “risk" in the sense of being fireproof. Its walls were of brick, and some of its inner structure was of metal. But in the main it was fire-inviting, and it is a matter of great good fortune that it served for so many years without dis- aster. Yesterday's blaze, which was quickly extinguished, was a suggestion of what might have happened in the times of the market’s full service. ‘This blaze attracted a great multitude to the scene, and probably to most of those who gathered it disclosed the fact that work had started in the demoli- tion of the bullding. The rare spectacle was presented of laborers tearing down one wall of the market while firemen were pouring water upon another to quench the flames. It is doubtful if this combination was ever witnessed before in this eity, Probably most of those who saw the fire wondered why any effort was made ty check it, In view of the fact that' is doomed to immediate answer lies In the THE EVENING fact that it would be highly demoral- izing to allow a blaze to continue withe out the most determined effort to quench it. It is the business of the fire fighters to put out flames wherever they occur and in ‘whatever circum- stances. However frail or worthless the structure that has been attacked by fire, they must strive to save it, not necessarily for its own sake, but for the safety of adjacent property. Had Cen- ter Market yesterday been allowed to burn, just because it was miready in the process of being razed, the flames might have spread into a tremendous volume and damaged, possibly destroyed, other structures, Moreover, there must be no slackening of the spirit that animates |, the Fire Department to put an end to every blaze, whatever its size and what- ever the situation, ————— Talk of removing Mr. Longworth from the Speakership finds a share of en- courag:ment perhaps among those who do not appreciate the famous land- marks that lend interest to this center of Government. ———————— Economists are surprised by the great sums of ready money at the disposal of Russia, Possibly the great mass:s who work over there for the lowest possible wages and pay the highest possible taxes could easily explain the financial phenomenon, R it is too late in life for Mr, Raskob to start a public career with a small office and a meager bank account. Like other prominent politicians, he must struggle along as best he can with the handicap of great affiuence. ————— That Gov. Ritchie should go through the ceremony of the Governor's inaugu- ration with impressive ease and dignity is not to be wondered at. His public has acclaimed him a good acter in a iong familiar role. —————————— It might have been an economy to allow the old market house to burn; but there are formalities which must be obscrved. Laws do not.permit those whom it has condemned to commit suicide. ——————— A five-day working week will give leisure for more study or more recrea- thon, according to the taste of the in- dividual. On personal decision will depend the kind of benefit to bé.cnjoyed. —_———— Fears of drought are not entirely allayed. The youngster who hopes for & few snowstorms now has more than the usual support from adult members of his family. o SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Old Market House. ‘The good old market house we knew ‘With smiles or With a frown, Fate deemed it something to pursue And tried to burn it down! But it a natural way will go, Upon the ancient site Like a great tomb at last will show New walls of splendid height. And in memoriam we’ll tell Of bedf ands fish and fowl And various other things they sell ‘Where hungry buyers prowl; Of blossoms gay and spices sweet And simple friendly chaff. Upon your monument complete ‘We'll write your epitaph. The citizens who recol The days of long 8go Kind thought of you will ‘not neglect Amid the statelier show And, laughter mingled with a sigh, ‘Will mention memories dear And say, “Good friend, in days gone by The Market House Stood Here!" Valued Reward. “You have labored faithfully in the service of your country.” “My country,” replied Senator Sor- um, “has rewarded my efforts.” “What reward do you ‘especially value?” “If you are speaking in a purely practical sense, I don't know of any- thing I appreciate more than the spe- clal parking facilities a statesman en- joys in Washington, D. C.” Jud Tunkins says he's studying up on the stock market so that he can make up an excuse for being broke that sounds more high-toned. No Mercenary Service. The politician tofls indeed As hard as any gob. ‘The salary he does not need, But how he loves his job! Home Supply. “Many great philosophers have whiled away moments of leisure by playing the violin.” “Philosophers,” commented Miss Cay- enne, “are eminently wise people who prefer making their own music to ac- cepting anything the radio happens to be handing out. “To smile and bow low,” said Hi Ho,! the sage of Chinatown, “make an easy task that sometimes proves surprisingly remunerative.” Terrors of Crime. I keep my conscience clear indeed. And yet I yleld to fright. ‘The murder mysteries that I read Keep me awake all night! “I don’t belleve all I hears” sald Uncle Eben. “In fact..what I don't believe frequently pervides de best part of de entertainment.” PSR The Truck Blockade. From the Toledo Blade. Judged by the number of trucks he must pass to get anywhere, the motor- ist can't see any industrial slump, — No Haste Here. Prom the Duluth Herald. In any event, the Wickersham Com- mission is pot likely to be accused of jumping to a conclusion. ——— Our One Concern. From the Omaha Evening World-Herald. All we care about is that the Pana- mans do not knock a hole in the canal. J e — Mere Misdemeanor. From the Minneapolis Star. : Another gangster\ has been arreste in Chicago. Ptnhsbl for parking his mnchlmminmm.nlllnpluc Kidding Some One. Prom the Terre Haute Star. In his New Year day broadeast to America Premier Mussolini was either mu-hm*m STAR, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. are coming to the conclusion &;:ethe liking for animals is a special May we not say gift? In this regard the world seems to be divided sharply into two classes, those who regard animals with npecul ten- derness, and those to whom they are no more than inanimate things. ‘Those in the latter class may or may not be cruel, It is not so much cruelty, with many, as sheer indifference. To them a dog or a cat or a horse or & rabbit or & squirrel is simply a thing. If it meets certain demands, it is ac- cepted; if it does not, it is brushed out of the way with no more thought than if it had been a block of wood. The psychology of such a person is utterly outside the understanding of a person in the other class. And his mental make-up, of course, is regarded with wonder by the other. The person who has no liking for animals fails to understand the keen personal, humanized way in which the animal lover regards his furry friends. To him it is absurd that real money should be spent in order to protect them, or that inconvenience is to be sustained to care for them, or any par- ticular thought be placed upon them in any way for any reason. Here one finds as hard and fast a division of thought as exists in the everyday paths. It would seem, at the present state of human progress, that both lines of thought are necessary. No matter how much the animal lover might desire that all men be even as he, in their regard’for the creatures, he is willing to admit that it is im- possible, in the very nature of things. His susceptibility to the appeal of dumb brutes, as they are called—not, it must be sald. with much point, be- cause they are far from voiceless—is not possessed by the person at any less ad- vanced point in civilization. Thus the animal lover unblushingly puts forth his claim to be civilized in a special degree. While he is willing to admit the necessity for those Whose livellhood makes them cruel to the beasts, he claims for himself, by con- trast, a much higher point in the ranks of civilized beings. * ok ok * ‘Whether this point is necessarily bet- ter, as viewed as from a distant star, he is not able to say. All that he can say is that it seems better to him. Those who are able to maim and kill without compulsion are not his kind, and he knows it, although he offers no particular strictures against them. Where he differs from them is in being fair. These others, once they perceive that he disapproves of them and their activities, instantly resent his difference, and immediately call him all the names they can think of, unable to understand that one may differ and still respect, or at least— what shall we say?—tolerate.. ‘The inability to differ is one of the strangest restrictions of the human spirit. Whole groups of men set them- selves into a fury merely thinking about the way that other men disagree with them. Nations are unable to stand the mere thought of difference of their neighbors. Thousands of men in the United States, who by no means have ever seen a member of the Russian communistic republics, and who never will see one, nevertheless begin to froth | at the mouth every time the subject is mentioned. Yet that land presents an interesting spectacle to him who is interested in mankind as it is, not as he might like it to be, or thinks it should be. The friend of animals fights an up- hill battle in a world still overwhelm- ingly utilitarian.. If the fur of this creature can be sold for & profit, and thus supply necessas bread and but- ter, who is the K who shall tell any one that he shall nov trap what he can, and sell it where he can? WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 19af. The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. Coincidental ideatist stands sadly nonplussed ety Joka.J Democrat such logic. ble, except hvmnd the Ml! bfeld and h-mr 18 not a question based love, but mostly upon economics! And who knows much about econothics? Even the L‘wfl admit themselves at a loss before such phenomena as overproduction and its following under- consumption. The friend of animals will continue to do what he can to promote the safety and peace of the creatures, con- centrating upon’ the welfare of horses, dogs and cats, for whom thousands of human beings, in both classes, have some lpect. It must not be thought that hundreds of persons in our second class do not have a theoretical respect for animals, especiall; the members of this Cflc If you as like or “Do you like cats? nmnfly they will respond with some such answer as, “Oh, {u certainly I like 1" They think they do, at any rate, and much can be done with such a lever as starting point. There can be little doubt that in the humani- tarian work for animals, if such a phrase can be used, there are many persons interested who are so only on the mental sides of their beings. They have no love for the areatures of field and forest, but they think they have, and often do a great deal of real to them. If it is real, perhaps i’ is better than the theoretical bene- fits which the sentimental person would bestow but lacks the time or money or physical energy to bring into existence for his small friends. 2K ¥ ¥ ‘Thus no one is to be despised in the fight for the rights of the animals, but every one who can help is admitted to the field, to give his or her contribution to the work in hand. It will not do, therefore, for & worker in one branch to belittle the efforts of a worker in another, simply because it does not exactly meet his approval. Every friend of animals is needed and common sense must be the slogan. The animal lover who appreciates his position in the great mass of hu- manity will not rall, therefore, at facts and conditions which he nor any one else can help, but will see to it that in every way possible he meets his own personal obligations in regard to the creatures which come across his own path. Charity, it is sald, begins at home, and kindness to animals often begins at the front door,.or the kitchen r. Here comes & rabbit, lippity- lippity-lippity, as the slumber hour tellers say. Refrain from ‘sicking” ‘Tige upon him. Tige by no means will catch him, but you, if you indulge in the sport, will surely catch the fever of exterminal ‘They say that the world of men is getting ready to ex- terminate itself entirely in the “next wat,” 80 why hurry ghe process? Let Mr. Bunny go, with his powerful hind legs kicking him through space at the rate of 30 to 40 miles an hour, or however fast he can an go. All one may know is that he lemonstrating as pretty a piece of locomotkm as one will ever see, We had been wondering what had become of the rabbits. Dogs, cats, squirrels, we had plenty of these, but what had become of the rabbits? And just as we thought that, here came & brown one from the g- by the side of the garage. S the driveway he came, a bluffld bit of brown against the faded green and gray of Winter grass and leaves. Four cats were there, but not one of them saw him, so fast did he go, with his ears held fast to his head to cut down friction. He got out of sight across the street so fast that we began to wonder if we had seen him ourself. Maybe he was a dream rabbit, in a dream world where no one kills and nothing is killed. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands ANISH COMMERCIAL RE- VIEW.—Street traffic in most I of the great citles in the world has increased immensely dur- consequence of the role now played by motor vehicles. This development has created an imperative demand for an effective system of traffic- regulating signals, The supply of suitable apparatus for this purpose has given rise to a new industry, and in this connection the Danish concern “Sirene-og Signalbriken” (the Siren and Signal Works), Klampenborg, near Copenhagen, is playing a quite signifi- cant part. The factory was established in 1920 by a Danish engineer, M. Axel Klein, and at first was mainly engaged in the making of electrical motor sirens, including the siren used in American banks, which are operated by floor pressure in case of emergency. Other types made by this concern are fog, fire-alarm, factory and ship sirens. On_the strength of this experience, the firm took up the designing and manufacture of apparatus for regulating street traffic, and in this branch it has met with great success. Its masterpiece is a four-way suspension type crossing signal, fitted with the three interna- tional signal colors, red, green and am- ber. It is not & clockwork apparatus, but an electrically driven machine with very economic current consumption. One great advantage of this type 4s that the traffic officer may at any mo- ment shut off the automatic changing of the signals and take direct personal con- trol over the apparatus for so long as special traffic _emergencies may make necessary. When the officer releases the direct-control lever, the mechanism reverts again to automatic operation. U. S. Indian Among British Film Types. Morning Post, London.—Two thou- sand film actors lined up outside the Regent street office of British Inter- national Pictures had to be kept in order by a large detail of constables. The management had called for a large crowd for the filming of the production “Cape Forlorn.” Various types were Te- quired, and the gathering included scores of Negroes, Turks, Hindoos, Chi- namen, Arabs, Algerians ‘and one Amer- ican Indian with war-bonnet and paint and tomahawk. * x ok x Driver of Train Free In Tokio Crossing Death. Asahi, Tokio (Japanese vernacular pa- per).—The question whether the driver of a train is culpable in running over & pedestrian at & railway crossing has been settled.. The Bupreme Court, rendering a decision in the case of a motorman who killed a pedestrian on the Ikegami tramway, has acquitted the man, reversing the decision of the lower court, which had fined him 60 yen (about $30). The ruling is important in that it makes it arbitrary for a pe- destrian to cross the railway tracks at his own risk. This is contrary to the popular idea which holds the driver responsible for an accident to a peges- (.rlan crossing the track. The new rul- g 15 good, so far as it goes. It is one whlch wm be welcomed by everybody with a desire for speed in transporta- tion. But it puts new responsibilities on the operators of services. If the blic crosses tracks at its own risk, it RIS. at the same time, a right to require the operators to provide for the safety of pedestrians :& :h:‘m?smn. ing later years, largely as a|to Beggars in Corral Object to “Clean-up.” El Universal, Mexico, D. F.—The di- Tector of public beneficence, Dr. Ilolseu Saenz, has not yet decided what is to be done with* un mendlunu lm‘l des- titute musicians who have recently been removed from all the city streets. It must be confessed that there has been & certain void created by the lhunco. brie! as it has been, of picturesq) ypes that used to touch their lun-n m‘ Lh:h:ln ’ol mnflnl harmonies c;r elancholy songs so appropri- ate o their state, 8 mfi“w have all been placed temporarily the yard of the penmenuary. Carcel del Carmen, where they are being batbed, shaved, 'barbered, and reclothed, much their displeasure in many cases. Howevrr, all these sanitary pro have been, carried out by '.he aut ties despite the protests of the 'ml and the next move of the district com mission is awaited. It is believed uut most of the indigent wretches banished from the capitel will be sent to the Tlalpan -voudo and cacao punuunm for employment at such is within their strength and clp-cny. * Kok Thrift Is Claimed To Cause Depression. The Evening Post, Wellington (Let- 'r to the Editor) —Sir: Many theories are being aired in print ‘with re- gard to the cause of the present slump, the latest being & it of the views of the Bishop of Walapu. l‘ly I add another suggestion? The bish speaks of thrift. Now, what is the eor- rect meaning of the word? If T am not mlsl.lkm in the implied interpretation, t appears to me that if all people prac- uced thrift the present economic state id be 10 times worse than it is. Just imagine the amount of unem- ployment nobody bought radio sets, motor cars, afternoon teas and the other = hundred-and-one extras that people must make, buy, sell and buy to help in the clumsy and inefiicient methods forced upon us by the present social and economic state, to distribute l.he wnlth of the world s0 that all can however. unequal, to en- llxble ln-.glm "o eke out an existence, or ve in luxury, as the chance of birth and environment has decreed. ‘The root of the evil is not lack of thrift in this sense, but in the result of an out-of-date and wornout social Bys- tem and the wholesale waste of every- thing that lws with it. Is it wise ad- vice to counsel people to refrain from . spending what they can to help to make prosperity return? Money is useless till spent. I am, etc. DO IT NO' Training for Government. Prom the Pasadena Star-News. Government is business. It is the most important business conducted in this country. It should be in the hands of business experts—men with business acumen and with vision. As the Amer-, ican people advance in knowledge and in _comprehension of governmental problems they are going to' be more in | and more careful and exacting as to the fitness of men elected to governmental positions. In truth, the .people, ulti~ mately, will be as particular in choos- ing public officials as a carefully man- aged private corporation is in choosing its executives. This will demahd careful preparation of men to hold public office —and the term’ “men” is used. here generically, for women will be holding public offices, i future, in greater and greater numbers, ‘The time is coming when men and women will be trained carefully and thoroughly not only in the rudiments of civil government, but in the details and ramifications of public service. And from persons thus trained public of- fices will be filled, Statesmanship will not suffer debasement by being put upon a basis more nearly like success- ful ate_business. Men and women'| should be trained with the utmost thor- mllhne- for public’ service and should be elected and advanced on their dem- onstrated merits. The United States may be far from such & condition and course as this, but it is sure to come; in that greater future toward which this Nation and people are moving. R Bones and Brains. Prom the Columbus Ohio .m. Jflumll Sclence, in its aston] of do- ing things, has found t.hn Lhe mlml of lmluntmvlluhrmnmm non-genius, of course, the head. develop n terest. It has been assumed that Clnlr- man B;l’:gbh:nd the “m” - party wl Tepresents Wi ve & ydml 10 say about the selection of 'mocratic candidate for , it has been as- Mr. Raskob and his friends will favor one of three outstanding mocrats in New York—Owen D. ‘oung, Franklin D. Roosevelt or Alfred Bmm'l. ‘This (rmlg of New Yorkers naturally does not‘include Gov. Ritchie. The challenge of the Raskob leadership of the nal Democratic organiza- tion may not have been made in the interest of Gov. Ritchie, but at least it may serve as a check upon the Ras- kob group. Sa Mr. Kent has d to the attention of the Democrats at large the fact that John J. Raskob, a man of great wealth, has contributed, out of his own pocket, something like a quarter of a million dollars to pay for the upkeep of the Democratic or‘!mntlon and has under- 'lrlmn, lhf with his associates, great the million-and-a-h: dollsr denclt which the Democrluc party faced at the close of the 1928 campaign. In the opinion of Mr. Kent this gives the Democratic chairman a lien on the Democratic party. On other hand, there are plenty of crats who consider that Mr. ob, ing run the party into debt, is in duty bound to see that the obligation is paid off. Indeed, some of them would be perfectly wfllll‘l'g to have Mr. Raskob pay it all and then fade out of the icture. Mr. Kent fears, however, that aving paid off this large sum the Democratic chairman will stick closer than ever and demand a quid pro quo. L Efforts have been m:de since th close of the 1928 campaign to shake Mr. Raskob loose from the Democratic or- ganization. They have been made in the main by the Democrats of the South. It is not long ago that Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Nnvy under President Wilson and also newspaper publisher, demanded That Raskob quit on the ground that Mr. b was more interested in the suc- cess of the campaign to repeal the eighteenth amendment’ than he was in Lihe success of the Democratic pmy Mr. Raskob has withstood these efforts to pry him away from the chairman- ship. Indeed, the wet element in the Democratic party has been so strongly in the ascendency that it was a fore- gone conclusion that Mr. Raskob would not be disturbed. Mr. Kent's charges, if they are to be considcred charges, are something else, The report that the Democratic party’s national organization is merely a vest pocket adjunct of a millionaire wlll not fall I;umnuy upon Demo- an onmnl news “thm-er and observer the fact that a nuuonnre. say Mr. Rockefeller, was providing all the funds for running the Republican national flon what & howl would have gone up from Democratic throats! How are the Demccrats going to make head- way in the next campaign with their charges that the G. O. P. is owned, bought and paid for by the wealtny men of the country if the Republicans can retort that the Democratic organ- ization is & one-man affair, bought snd p.m for and pmummy owned by on millionaire, Mr. Raskob? Mr, Kent hn! succeeded in raising an I'k'lrd ques- tion for the Democrats to answer, Ihme who would like to see Mr, Raskob ofl the Democratic deficit, and parf cu- Lholewhomldnkewmllr ob and his grou nomlnnu the next Democratic ite for Presi- dent. The Republicans, who have seen their own national organization under fire for one reason or another during the last year will chortle over this dilemma of the Democrats. * ok oE ok It has been obvious for a lohg time that Gov. Ritchie would make his seri- ous bid for the Democratic presidential nomination mg“&i‘ Su:xhlsdlgzll he was supported by ary] elega- tion at the Madison Square Garden Convention as a “favorite son” candi- date, At that convention Ritchie threw his strength, such as it was, to Al Smith and other opponents-of William G. McAdoo. In 1928 again Ritchie threw his strength to Al Smith. But friends of Mr. Ritchie three years ago were g consistently of 1932. In deed, more work was done out in number of the States for Ritchie at that time than appeared on the surface. In a meuuu the Ritchie forces have played the game with wisdom. There seemed lmle chance of the nomination of Ritchie until Al Smith had been given his chance. Furthermore, there seemed little chance of Ritchie's being elected President, even should he be nominated, until after the pend\llllm had lwun‘ further away from the height of hibition’s popularity. Ritchie has & crusader against national prohlbmon ever since the eighteenth amendment ‘was adopted. * koK ok In his inaugural address, delivered in Annapolis yesterday and broadcast all over the Nation by radio, Gov. Ritchie uttered the keynou speech of his cam- paign for the presidential nomination. It was an eloguent speech, based on Democratic principles. He attacked th Republican administration, centraliza- tion of government and national pro- hibition. The administration, he said, has over a period of years taken no proper account of the economic condi- tions which were developing. The fact that so many Americans are unable to find jobs, he insisted, was due to poor lmenhlp by the Republicans. His h dealt almost entirely with na- onal problems, although the was the inauguration of the Governor of Maryland, an office to which Gov. Ritchie was elected for the fourth time last November. Ther¢ are many Demo- crats who believe that Gov. Ritchie's nomination would be acceptable to the country. They believe that can carry the South notwithstanding his opposition to prohibition; that he could carry the border States and the popu- Jous States of the North and Middle West. They point out that he would not have to meet the religious issue, as did Al Smith; that he will not have w meet the Tammany issue, as will Gov. Roosevelt, and that he is not the official or a great cumnuon.’ as is Owen D. ‘oung. other hand, business wnuld not be alarmed, they say, by the selection of Ritchie as Chief Executive. * k% K A letter written by Robert H. Lucas, executive director 'of the Republican National Committee, to Republican pre- cinct leaders all over the country ap- pealing to them to defend the President, has been hailed in some quarters as the ODenlnl of a drive for the renomi- nation 8And re-election of President Hoover. Probably Lhnt drive started more than three years ‘A candi- in his| W ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC nd | however, . Who sings “The Hdh of Monte- " in the opening of the Marine Band mm? ‘What instrument does he nlly?—c . M. of the band, Capt. , is the singer. While play often now, his instru- menb used to be the B-flat clarinet in he band and violin in the orchestra. Q. When and whefe will the harness | races open_this year?—J. G. A harness racing season of the Grand Cireuit will open July 13" at %1 0f the humble July 29; Hlfllm'd Conn,; Al cf“hfn' nt 247 1o ‘:x'xl"ntpl‘fiu \ugus N 1] {e‘mber"r. London, Ohio, sepwmm 14, and Lexington, Ky., ptember 21, Q. Do post offices ¢ isplay the Amer- day?—L. V. A. The Pm! Office Department says that post offices follow the Treasury partment regulation concerning the u! the Am:rican flag. flag shoul displayed on Christm: [ New Yz-r. -ccoflhng to this re(u\auon Q. Due to other - forms of refrfgera- tion, dld the sale of ice fall off in 19302 ~a- Yoo oompantes report an average gain of 6 per cent over 1929 tonnage. About 65,000,000 tons of ice were con- pumed n 1930, against 61,000,000 tons 1929, Q. If & case is carried into court and the decision is handed down in the first court and aj led and then carried into the Court of Appeals, how long is allowed by-law before the case is thrown out between the Court of Appeals and Lbe Supreme Court?—S. G. months are allowed to ap- pecl on writ of certiorarl (error) to the Buprema cou Q. How much money is oo b stidenta w;'un.“é'io?}’ N t«hrwih ge?- . Le A. In 1928 »udenr.s in 611 American couqum earmned approximately $33,- Q. When did the U United States ac- quire the Virgin Islands, uzd when we{e filqon ufl:lthugfled?—w E. el 1, 1917, the Unlud States took E‘aueulm of the former Danish West Indies, renamed the Virgin Islands of the United States. The rati- fleations of the treaty of sales took place on January 17, 1917, confirming the purchase by the United States of thm hhnd. from Dm for $25, 000, The first permaneat set ment the Virgin Islands was ef- :(mdzf:m):l‘;; l;llnd of St. Thomas on 8y y an expedition of the Danish Indies . under Gov. Jorgen Ivflwn From that time the islands' were continuously owned by Denmark until their sale to the Uniud States, with t.hu excepuon of brief oc- cupations by Bri tish warships. Qi Is natural gas found in Canada?— A It h found in abundance in Al- hue::l and some parts of Western On- 0. Q. lh)n& ]g?flwy when it is A. A cubic yard of solid stone when broken into pleces will occupy about 1.09 cubic yards when it is perfectly up?— flag on cnmunu nd New Year| ‘What space will a cubic yard of | fung broken J. HASKIN. Doummn.\nhllmthbl- llndl '-\1??' in _t‘_ht higher regions of —G. A. As a general rule, authorities say, more ain falls in_elevated than in low ones. Local pecul sometimes reverse thi also cause great differences in the amounts of rainfall in places quite near ' | each other, Q. Where did the expression “Let her ‘o Glllllher"' originate?—W, C. V. Dr. Prmk H. Vizetelly in -his dioms and Idiomatic “Let her go, Gallagher!” is an Americanism of unknown origin, traced by various persons to different sources. He gquotes, however, C. E. Gallagher of Youngstown, Ohio, who wrote in 1921: *‘Let her go, Galla- gher!’ was first seen by the writer (Mr. Gallagher) on posters advertising a |dance at Salamanca, N. Y, about 35 | years ago. My father was postmaster at that place, and working in the post office were a number of very popular young ladies who were always active In the social affairs of the town. posters referred to the gixls who 'orked for Gallagher.” Q. Row long has A Allon.w XIIT been €ing of Spain?—H. A. A. King Alfonso Xl" was_ literally born King of Spain May 17, 1886. He is the posthumous son of Alfonso XII and his consort, Maria Christina, Archduchess of Austria. He did not ss- sume chay of the government uni 1902. Onrfiny 31, 1906, he 'll mar- ried to Princess Ena, who daughter of Prince Henry of nm burg. Q. What races now lead the most primitive lives?—C. S A. Probably the Bushmen and Hot- tentots of South Africa. Q. What will take the grain out of , is no way of removing the 1t is Inherent within the paper. Q. 1s & woman's sllowance -omnu:nu called “pin money”?—D. E A. “Pin money” got its name because years ago pins were costly and the sum allowed @& wife for their purchase was relatively large. Q. Are letters sent to & Senator in ‘Washington opaned by him or by his N ls vustowary 1 tor's A. cu: secretary to open his mll vhe?.hu lhe letters are received at' his home or at his office. Ordinarily the best way to approach a Senator is through his sec- retary, and, generally speaking, any confidential matter may be taken up with the secretary. Most Senators pre- fer to take up as many things as possi- ble in writing, since there are so many demands upon their time for interviews. Q. Why are Brazil nuts so often spofled i purchased?—F, C. A. When handled Brazil nuts keep very ‘The Brazil nuts found spoiled on " market are spoiled .. before being shij or dufln| ship- ment because being In wet places whaenanrun:etwthm.' Q. Where are the original plaster casts of the face and hands of Abraham Lincoln?—H. H. L. A. The o:iginal orl.uur casts of the face and hands Abraham Lincoln and also the first bronze casts of the face mold and of the hands were pre- sented to the National Museum on Jan- uary 25, 1888, by a committee comprised o( the late Augustus ln'»-Gludlnl‘ Thomas B. Clarke and Richard W/ Gilder, acting rw the subscribers to the d ¢ o finance the making and l‘h of the um chased from Douglas Volk, son sculptor, Leonard D. Volk, who made - them from the living face and hands v! ‘nm. Benefits of Building -Loan: System Seen on ten nary Credit is given to the building and loan associations of the United States for the remarkable home owning in the country as the first h‘m of their hmnry s com- centen: Was observi lhll month, lnd the of such or- country is em) Lt 'fl‘;l lllngumb o re phasized. The are declared to show that the system has been a mcc-oge‘{on&" the conception “The 12,000,000 members of building and loan associations in the United Butu. 1t 1s pointed out by the Newark Evening News, “are one-tenth of the enttn national population—men, women th -t b&hl $9, 000300000 ey own v%ww the assets of th sociations. That huge sum is omly a little less than the sum of the deposits | in the savings banks of the country. It is one-third as large as all savings accounts in all American banks of every character. There are 11 building and associations for each savings bank in the land, and the buildin membersship rolt is but little smaller than that of savings bank depositors. Whll. savings deposm in all the Na- banks, State and National, de- cll.nad in 1929 by $195,000,000, building associations’ increased = their assets by more than three times that amount, $600,000,000.’ i as viewed by the Omaha World-Herald, “is essentially the meeting place of the small lender and the small borrower. It takes A's small savings and lends them to B with which to build a home. It becomes thus one of the great national pro- moters of thrift for both transactions. ‘The borrowing for home building pur- poses as well as the saving which makes lending possible are practices in thrift. The method of repaying loans in small monthly installments, like rent, has made home owning possible to thousands of persons who would not have had the hardihood to take on the ordinary mortgage loan. And it has served to create a sufficient fluidity of assets necessary to accommodate tem- Knry savers and to make continuous ning possible. * koK K “During 1929,” says the San Antonio ess, “the associations loaned $2,- 000,000,000 for nnnnncmg, repairing; remodeling and building American homes. No_ doubt the ‘lB!O figure, yet to be tabulated, will be still higher] That impressive sum represents an in- vestment in something more than land, Jumber, brick and mortar. The money is spent on self-help, thrift, foresight, stability, love of home, community spirit and other elements of good citi- zenshi] ‘The building and loan asso~ clation was one of this country's earli- est essays in co-operation. Iis sturdy success undoubtedly encouraged similar enterprise in other branches of busi< ness and industry.” “One hundred years ngo,” records the date for President of tha nited States te naturally a candidate for two terms in the White House. If it were not for the unwritten law which limits Presidents to two terms, they would rohlbly be candidates for three or four So Mr. Hoover must be con- lldend & candidate to succeed himself. Ty President seeks re-election n : flndlumon of his administration, if be expected that Mr Hoover will prove no exception to the rule. * t t n lsvorod l Mll- = Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, “38 men came together in a tavern in Philadel- phia, and five men were the leaders in f people. but in the midst of abundance of agricultural and industrial produc- tion we have want and suffering. “Unless we can solve the nmbhm of the distribution of this Abll ) un- less we can in all of his plen wul be ule m greatest tral of his- of | to raise a roof of “|low: a movement to enable each thrwvuflv.bey&nofflwhn ] and his own over the heads :.fnhi.s family. There was drama in unconscious 'fln Mem- Ahzd Ml "mm d o= velopment: lv New Jersey,” but sho tl growth, and concludu nut “it -we-n ave the sVEAE habiL" - The Fexackans e . e Gazette Suggests that the founders “probably never dreamed that wben they organized what they termied a ‘building club’ they were ina |ing ntmovzmem. mlx:h&he S of & century would fll‘ United States and al of millions of homes.” mm‘z in the result “a powerful American financial system.” “The lnconsplcuous frame dwelling on which l.he first loan was made is standing,"” t. g and loan | b building and loan is characteristic of the system in its modern form. Men who labor, paying a small of their salaries back systematically Bave Deneited by the o 0k el ve 2 that time.’ B * ok k% “A fine record for safety, fair dealing and good management has been made,’ avers the Youngstown Vindicator, while the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin em- phasizes the fact that “even during th period of depression the general b\lfld- ing and loan balance has shown & con- sistent betterment of the credit side,” and the Jersey City Journal remarks: “It has been possible for such organi- zations to provide funds for prospective home owners that it was lmnmslble fm- banks to loan. It has taught thousands of people to save mn'iv which might ye otbenvl.se been rittered away, it has made saving vir- tually compul.mry, since dues must be paid at a certain time or penalties fol- ‘The result‘is that people, having once become members, are forced to fi e regularly, and soon acquire the Nl The building. and loan move- IdEl that 'Ml lm:z&f‘iflg‘ o hAn ast ears. has Drovod ‘the ‘merit behind it. .7 tions are justified in lool'ln; forward to momer cemury of increased usefulness,” states the Jack- son .Citizen-Patriot, the growth being as “an {llustration of American genius at its best.” The Kalamazoo Gazette decldres tHat “there is scarcely a com- munity of any size in the country which does not have at least one of these or- ganizations constantly at its semyice.” ‘The Fort Worth Star-Telegram con- cludes: “Reports from certain States indicate that pullding and Joan deposits have continued to increase, all gh not nearly so rapidly as new demands for mortgage loans. Building and loan associations have found f a real field for econamm service. Thus soundly founded, W& m\ut continue to mw. Ame; saving money and tn future years as well a3 in past.” ———r———— The Best Economic Practice. From the San Bernardino Daily Sun, Instead of buying things in good times and paying for them in bad times, we.should buy in bad times and pay in good times. e —p——— ‘Eve the Innovator, From the Richmond News Leader. Jobless men may restore normal Follette's clulnf&-m ' Bhort and to the p disposing of lpplu mt' race started to themw m " 89t the i