Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . . February 18, 1931 YHEODORE W. NOYES....Editor E Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave, New York Office. 110 East 42nd St. cago Office: Lake Michigan Bullding. opean Ofice’, 14 Regent .. London, gl Rate by Carrier Within the City. Evening Star 45¢ per month Evening and Star » cwhen 4 Sundavs) .... ..60c per month The Evening and Sundiy Star (when 5 Sun +... ..65¢ per month The Sunday Sta e per ¢ Collection made at the end of each month rs may be sent in by mail or telephone | RAtioRaT Sooo: Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. i y and Sunday.....1yr. $10.00: 1mo., 85c | only .. 1 ay only $6.00: 1 mo. 50¢ | 1 $400; 1 mo., 40¢ All Other States and Canada. ly and Sunday. $12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 E-u only . y only ' $8.00: 1mo., 73¢ $5.00: 1 mo.s 50 Member of the Associated Press. The Assoclated Press is exclusively en: to the use for repub. 1 atches credited (o it or not ted in this paper and al published herein. All special dispatches q 1yr The Limerick Murder Mystery. ‘With the report of the nd jury that there is not evidence sufficient to Justify indictments for complic in the murder of Beulah Limerick, four men, held as suspects in the case, are set at liberty, and, so far as now ap- pears, the case is closed. And it is closed, furthermore, with praise by the grand jury for the manner in which the investigation has been conducted by the police. Yet on the police books th2 case remains open. Whether it will so remain for all time is not to be now de- termined. If it does, Washington will have suffered another unsolved and un- punished tragedy. It was evident at the outset of the case that delay in discovering or in re- porting the cause of the girl's death was & serious handicap against the police in the search for the slayer. Four hours elapsed between the death of the unfor- tunate young woman and the beginning of the investigation, a loss of time whick clearly permitted the destruction of evi- dence or the hiding of trails, and which possibly permitted an agreement be- tween those involved—if more than onz was implicated—as to the stories they were to tell regarding their perscnal movements and their relations with the wvictim. The grand jury explicitly notes the fact that this delay was helpful to the murderer and harmful to the police. It recommends that requirement bs made hereafter that hospital internes, re- sponding to emergency calls, should in all suspicious cases notify the police im- mediately and remain upon the scene until coroner or police arrive. It 2lso recommends that the coroner, or a deputy, shall visit the scene immediate- ly upon notification of death without the attendance of a physician, and that the body shall not be removed until this occurs, and that the force of the cor- oner should be increased. There was much of what may justly be called fumbling work in connection with the early investigation. A police- man who was first on the scene under- took examinations for which he was not trained and without witnesses or assistance. After the discovery of the girl's condition, indeed, a decidedly loose procedure ensued, and yet it is impos- sible to ascribe specific blame to any one for the fallure. This may have been the so-called “perfect erime,” in which the evidence and clues were 5o fhrewd- 1y mixed by design that disentangle- ment and discovery would be impos- sible. It was assuredly an abominable crime, and it i an infinite pity that | it should not have been promptly dis- | covered and as promptly solved and | punished. | Perhaps there is room for improve- | | ment in the training of the police in |to reach a common decision on what | matters of this kind. Not that it is| to be expected that every policeman | shall be a skilled detective, but the | exercise of common sense should be insisted upon in all instances and cir- | cumstances. If the Beulah Limerick | murder 15 to go down in police history | 85 an unsolved mystery it should at | { of Massachusetts. of a resolution submitting to the States an amendment to the Constitution. It must be supported by a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress and then be ratified by three-fourths of the States. The Senate has again and again by overwhelming votes agreed to the reso- Iution, originally introduced by Senator George W. Norris and repeated by him every two years, and has sent the reso- lution to the House for action. The Hruse Committee on Elections of Presi- dent, Vice President and members of Congress, however, has now reported to the House for action not the Senate Norris resolution, but a House resolu- tion fathered by Representative Gifford This is a ridiculeus way to legislate. But there it is. If the House adopts the Gifford resolution, it will have to go to the Senate for ac- tion. If the House Committee had taken the Norris or Senate resolution and amended it, the usual course of legislating would have been followed. The attitude of the House smacks too i | much of feslousy, of an effort to take |few days. from Senator Norris the credit of hav. ing initiated the campaign for de away with the “lame duck” session Senato! ls, however, has declared at he is far more interested in obtain- ing favorabl> action on the proposal than he is in having his name attached to the resolution which shall ultimately be adopted. For that reason it may be expected t: he will move in the Sen- ate to pass the House resolution if it comes to the Senate, unless it be so amended that Senator Ni feels tha he cannot support it. The danger lies in the brevity of the present session. If final action on the proposal to do away with the “lame duck” sessions is not had by March 4, the resolt both Senate and House, will die. The work must start all over again in the new Con- gress. The country has been educated, how- ever, over a period of years, so that it understands what the proposal involves, The American Bar Association, through one of its committees, has given its ap- proval to the plan to do away with the “lame duck” sessions. Sooner or later the proposal will prevail. —— e The New Traffic Bill. Favorable action by the Senate last sners’ traffic bill new deal in traffic his city that six years of perience under the cld law demanded. In March of 1925 the city was hailing the creation of the office of director of traffic as the dawn of a new era which would ses the end of traffic problems. But the law, while carrying many good remedies for conditions then existing, served to create a new and more baffling preblem. It led to the divorce of traffic regulation from the other regulatory functions of the municipality, with con- sequent bickering between the various agencies in the District Building, con- flict of authority and lack of authority on the part of the responsible heads of the municipality, the Commissioners The amazing situation developed where- by the Commissioners could approvs or disapprove traffic regulations suggested by a subordir -te officer, but could nét themselves initiate changes in regula- tions or propose new ones. The new bill aims primarily to cen- tralize authority over traffic regulation in the Commissioners, which is ob- viously a good thing, and establishes a new department in the city government which will administer traffic regulation, replacing the office of traffic director. The bill was drawn by the corpora- tion counsel’s office after the report of the Trafic Adviscry Committee, which, at the request of the Commissioners, had made a long and careful study of trafic problems here. After its intro- duction in Congress disagreement as to some of its provisions, arising between some of the municipal agencies af- fected, led to many revisions and changes—so many, in fact, that grave doubt was raised as to the ability of the officials at the District Building ever they wanted. These differences of opinion, it is to be hoped, have been ironed out now and will not arise later to hamper the success of the new law. Among the many important provisions the measure are those requir- ing title of Janus: 1832: vesting in the Commis- vehicie ownership after | least result in reforms, through legis- | Sloners the authority to fix speed limits, | Jation and through administration, that | thlis ending the unsatisfactory business | THE EVENING 8 democratic government. He recently made a gesture of conciliation in the restoration of the rights of freedom of speech and press. But that move was followed almost immediately by a re- currence of republican agitations, and the present ministerial crisis ensued in consequence. There is no “strong man” in Spain today comparable with Primo de Rivera. The King himself is not a militant figure. Rivera's successor fatled to match him in firmness of rule #d capacity for dealing with intrigue and cpen revolt. Now the administra- tion of the country is placed in the hands of a veteran sailor, who is in- firm from years and illness and who responds to the call to service as the chief minister of state as a matter of duty in a crisis. He has chosen a cabi- net of excellent men, of varying views, and all of a monarchical trend. Whether this stop-gap government will serve to weather the storm that is now raging depends upon the events of the next s s The Borland Bill. The substitute for the old Borland bill has now been passed by both hous of Congress and the President’s s ture will furnish the Comm! with a new instrument for as abutting property owners for street im- provements. The new bill takes the place of the old law, virtually invali- dated by the courts and strenuously | opposed for many years by the taxpa: | of the District, who objected to it as| |unfair in principle and grossly dis-| | criminatory in practice. The n continues the old principle, but th | Commissicners believe they have be jable to remove the objectionable | metheds of assessment that were held | illegal by the courts. Their success With the new bill re- mains to be seen. It is difficult to un- derstand how the specific objections registered to the fundamental principle of front-foot benefit assessment by the courts in the old bill have been over- come in the new, and it is difficult to belleve that those Wwho successfully fought the old law in the courts will not renew that fight against the amend- ed provisions of the substitute. And if this is done, and the obnoxiéus Borland |law again ties the Commissioners’ ! hands in raising street funds by leading | to prolonged and involved litigation, it is most difficult to understand the logic that prompted the extraordinary efforts mede in behalf of its passage. The Commissioners would do well, however, now that an emergency in raising necessary street-paving funds has been met by this legislation, to study a really acceptable substitute law which would place the burden of ge eral street improvement where it be longs, which is in the general taxation fund, and to provide for the careful de- terminaticn of special benefit assess- ments for street improvement if and when those benefits occur, S Private employment in many cases shows advantages over Government | service. Yet it will always be difficult to convince some congressional watch- , dogs of the Treasury that the first duty | of a patriot is not to see that Govern- | ment workers have as long hours and as little pay as possible. e Exchange of merchandise throughout the world is expected to increase vastly in the next few years; so much, in fact, that dirigibles and airplanes will be | kept busy with merchandise with no time nor space for war explosives, S England is hopeful that Gandhi has enough of the quality of true leadership to know when it is time to compromise —————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Problematical Remainder. Sometimes a thought of gloom arrives | Which leaves us all bereft. | Yet joys again will cheer our lives— If there are any left. The drought has kept us il at ease, But we shall greet again The blossoming fields and rustling trees— If any still remain. The honored men of days gone by— In vain on them we’ll call It literary vandals try To scandalize them all. | FEBRUARY 1 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. If- you could become young again, what age would you choose? “Fifteen,” sald one gentleman. “Twenty-one,” said another. “Sixteen,” sald a woman. It was a poet who first propounded | the question, in the famous lines: “Backward, turn backward, O Time, in thy flight, Mak> me a child again, just for tonight!” He selected no definite age, one may | se2, but undoubtedly he had one in mind. Pcrhaps every one who at some time or other sighs for the return of youth has some particular age in his thoughts, Just what definite age will depend mortly on the life hitory of the pros- peet, for no man can get away from his are supposed to hold for each other, but which few, alas, actually feel! ‘The desire to become young again, to live life over, has been a popular one since mankind began to think. Ponce de Leon and the legendary figure of Fl?ust are two of the heroes of this de- sire. The thought is always complicated by the realization that if one could | begin over again he must take one of two courses. Either he must begin all over again as he was, and thus, no doubt, become again exactly what he i or he must begin again with the adde kncwledge which he has amassed through the years. & Perhaps few men would want to let go of the little knowledge of life and living which they have squeezed out past. although his dreams may d:li-|of the passage of Time. It is precious ciously include an unfathomable future. | to them. It represents all that shows g |they hate not lived in vain. 2 we !d begin all over again, but The man who found his childhood | without our prg:mus. thcuai beset, with eertain adolescent fears may | store of knowledge, a ¢ that he by no means would | experience, we would merely be ti ugh all that azain, not evn for | ing to c stionable jovs of renewed youth. | ter than it has been. often “is a nigh or | The chances, in that peculiar event, Not, perhaps, in an active | would mercly be that one's life migr ive sort of If you not be as little successful as it has Teport cards, you will 5°¢ | turned out to be. Perhaps that timo Nat_they 1 very well in their | we rolledd down a long fiight of stone classes | our velocipede might have h a broken skull, instead of ling, merely. e No, if we were priviieged to over again, no matter what chose to start, the want, to be able to p: gone before. low thm duri c day, yon mig leaders, popular with | | i ou could fo e of a schola i them cla: £-1low if —whi their Yot heads ov es with life uch a sh that som was b -autt bow. disliked the basic idea of ex Tity rhaps eminently snecessfal men are those whn are able to p the knowl- edge whirh comes their way nt, testing it personally. They swallo whols 1 0 make more than a fign- rative use of the light of the ag rhaps they do no such th fortunate, atded by i preme physical ability which enables them to achieve in the three dimensions which are all the huge bulk of human- ity n. No doubt if a man could begin life over again with his accumulated lor ? the first I them 2 fact whi uid not come to the s ace quicl nongh to be of use to them in a ¢ moment it it went deeper than that | The entire educational system, with its supervising principals and its jani- tors, its principals and its Seachers, its dim’ shadowy figures vaguely known as the ducation —all _these | uch a pupil &5 unnecessary. he grew up he sa: put W After been, to would do would be to bu: 1se of humor, Lo could, e, to con- vert him. i If he had lif derstand other check. H> might decide—or then again he might not—to spend less time on triv | alities, but here he would be me! itn | the eternal problem of whal ialities, and whether in his New Life he would not regard them | as_the real things, after all He might do a great many things he is not now doing, or he might, in mself pursuing the with the glory of the Even to this that the entire of a great city him_that att: rs if catior a large E dor t fail more often in this regard than is suspected. * % xk George Eliot, the novelist and wrote sev her day. he was doing day he will fee educational was un And he o was also ngs popu ibje’ is_one r in which ntom of Beaut if she had to begin life |one moment at the glory g better | plunged Into the depths the n It | because of the amazing cruelty and an |ugliness which lie at the bottom lik all brothers and sisters (a perpetual joke on mankind, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. is a tender a: affection whi London Punch once upon a time said | a k or two containing authoritativ that the United States isn't a r and illuminating facts. Recently som: of the Jerseyman's colleagues received some volumes dealing with birth e trol. The Senate still awaits Morrow maiden speech. The indications are it will be postponed until next Winter. He is thinking and listening, but s: nothing. FORT Sir John Joyce this week the da 3 loan bill was rammed through, used if he'd but a cir- T of the day. the Ho veterans’ he would have called us not oniy a pien s, Hilarity was the ord Overwhelmir cheered w has. has ji to Cuba, is the veteran of h majesty ten. He years of con: on the Potem: war period were pa pon ble. For four vears previous to coming Te he wa e consulate general at utmost dif h was able to decorum ‘Britann staff in Washing o he ha 3 credit c during the cer had freq! desist from den of the House, ch of Con standing work Sir John ha; ver than s ashingt o mensely poy Capital official socic nce that life would be bet- will lessen the chances of repetition. | SIS ‘The social life of Washington, D. C., attracts world-wide atten! It is succeeds in attaining a happiness. = e School children find that portation problem is one of mportant that modern edu to solve. —_— e The “Lame Duck” Resolution. The Hous is to have an oppo this week, unless the plans lJeaders change, to pass upon a mea: to do away with the “lame duck’ sions of Con i is a | that has been knocking at th: of the House for years, se the Senate. The prescnt session is a | “lame duck” sess.on whi members of the House feated &t the po tinue to serve as leg. tention by supporters of the pla away with such sess is that members of House who have been rej constituents have no business to act as th representati in the | Nationa] Legislature. There is much weight in tb content! | Congress makes the laws. The laws are made for the people by their resentatives in Congress. It is through such representation that express their will. On the thec the Government of the Unite “of the people, by the peop! the people,” and on the further th. that & majority rules, it seems obvious | that members of Congress who have been defeated for re-election to Con- gress should have no part in making the laws and laying down pr.nciples of legislation. There is no difference in principle between allowing a defeated candidate for re-election to take part in lawmaking and allowing any other candidate who has been defeated for the seme office to take part in law- making. who W of having to go to Congress every time a new speed lmit is fixed; changing | the scale of penalties for traffic viola- | tions and setting up a board for the co- n of the functions cf the Public n in regulating com- vith those of the other to o with traffic. as passed by the Senate dif- d-tails frem the House le difficulty is expected ence. The sentiment in Con- ressional” tags, and this action, ied in the Scnate bill, no doubt wil! o A patriot st n and hopes his efforts will be of Posterity gives d then turns him g house that tears | The Spanish Crisis. 15 in Spain 1t and con- le to see cting the or the preser- 50 8 is impo: est .announce- | M: id is to the effect that has been formed under the al Juan Bautista Aznar, the' oldest ranking officer of the It is designed to main- narchy, avoiding revolution the one hand and a dictatorship on he other. The fex is appar d that exr ly lessened and it repor tation now s t! new government will probab. move at once for elections in all the mun ties next month, for election of the general ccuncils in May and a parliamentary election in June, with possibly & constitutional convention later to revise the fundamental law of Spain. ‘These measures may only effect postponement of the crisis which seems to be imminent in Spain. That the monarchy is greatly weakened is evi- dent. The King’s personal popularity | ves to benefit his fellow ng of keen appre- | And while we show increasing skill, In plain, cold methods deft, We'll cherish our ideals still— | If we have any left. Clearing His Own Record. “Do you regard yourself as a Te- | former?” | “No” answered Senator Sorghum | “As far es T undertake to go s to show | that my heart is in the right place. | j me that anything I, ! can say will prevent my constituents | from going ahead as usual and doing | pretty much as they please.” Jud Tunkins says some men don't | really work hard for their money until the way they got it has brought them up before the Grand Jury. Summarizing the Evidence. A homicide now and again Wil leave a city sad. Detectives count the clues and then Remark, “It" t too bad!” Letting Well Enough Alone. “There 15 a man out: ," saitd the secretary, “who acts as if he recally has something important on his mind.” | him” said Mr. Dustin Stax. “He! | probably wants to finance something.” “What he has might make a lot of money.” | “It might. But supposing we were to take a chance on him, I alrcady | ve abundant wealth and nothing much to think about. if we leave him that way.” “He who offers to explain in many words,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “may be concealing the fact that he understands but little.” The 1932 Complex. The time will very swift] Toward an election new While folks are talking *'31," They're thinking “'32.” | “Human folks is natchelly generous,” | said Uncle Eben. “I never yit saw a man wif so much troubl> of his own ‘The proposal to do away with these has withstood the stress of a steadily dat he wasn’ willin' to give somebody h-mm"hmmu-frm growing public restlessness in favor of advice.” - several h at under the Buch ateur. which 1f in the e ate collecior of President Curtis gave him b others gathered on the H vas taken out to Buchk ate and shown some trees ¢ said, were among those which Gehrlg, ‘slugger of the New es, often fells for exercise ¢ n ax and showed that he it with no less deadliness lential ninished Yor! right, 1921) ity Peculiar Policing. From the Fort Worth Star-Tel A news dispatch out of Det veals a condition that would utterly unique a few years ag. of that city, it is report “war” on illielt liquor selling, resorted to “pi " methods speakeasi s stationed ou stop persons iames and the hiladel; | hands 5 of Con the citizen wi minded that he is contri ing to law violation that he will take himself and | his thirst home without geing on in where liquors are sold. Law enforcement, tion enforcement regions difficulties in such simple rcason given by thelr resort to they cannot obtain | dence to convict the prietors of law viol a perfect one, but it dos perfect t can find himself T 2 to do something on the oome being re: n th: memb ssion, ough millions bers' lips in words are pr : especially prohibi- rom = a H ot 1 sufficient alf a minu lia, Republ given 30 sec- ba n going to vote presentative Treadway, { Massachusetts, one of the g futiie ba i out that “the speed of the E: racer ai Ormond F veloped a specd of 3 allant but Undiscriminating,. From the Rockford Register-Republic lo 3 | Thieves certainly are no respecters of APEERTS JIky persons. ‘They stole a police car in comparison with the unseemly rapidity | Chicago and a riot gun it contained. of the Ways and Means Committee in | I g nelghboring State th ccnnection with this legislation.” with a pastor’s car while he was preach- ol ing on sin. Senator Dwight W. Morrow, Republic- = an, of New Jersey, has a unique system | of enlightening his friends who turn out to be misinformed or inadeguately informed on a given subject. Morrow talks to them a while, and, if he ob- serves that their knowledge is lopsided or baggy st the knee, he orders his bookseller to send the person in question —.—— Got a Comeback. From the Lowell Evening Leader. ‘Whatever you may think of his thesis, youll have to admit that Edgar Lee Masters :ucceeded in giving a definite fillip to the Linccin day epseches and editorials. P In| made off | 11 Effect of Bonus On Business Denied To the Editor of The Star: | Pertaining to the question of cashing the ex-soldiers' bonus at the present time, I am interested to know why an increase in the purchasing power of 2,000,000 or more veterans is going to t the recovery of business as by several of the witnesses ab the hearngs on bonus legislation re- cently conducted in the Finance Com- mittce of the Senate and the House Ways and Means Committee. The gentlemen who predicted the recovery of business will be retarded by the passage of the cash bonus mea: ure are representatives of some of the | leading financial and business interests in the country, and their judgment on pending legislation alv commands considerable attention in Congress. A special session of Congress in 1929 | was called for the purpose of enacti certain measuYes to stimulate ind | tries and to benefit the farmers. When this legislation was being studied somo of the same representatives of busine; 0 ‘are now arguing against the propo sition to cash the veterans' bonus, com- to the effe n & d and Jand farmers alike it will be s nisleading was the finan~ial and b v special fon How much dependence can Cr place in evidence comng from same source? The director of the Veterans' Bi & in these men, due to were un-mplaved or wor before the depre d at irreguiar m hit the of the num- flected by the tion exist- I do not res on the num- briefly that the the bonus as a the financial as well as physical s during the v se in their d be made mer men realized, present terms eased sur | eriminatior he bonus in ettlement in 1945 E The business on threw mil- | ions of people out of their jobs that include tionally large number | of ex-service men. Most of these men | had no funds to fall back upon to see | e h a long period of unem- {p and the re yment | of these men are ds { of the cash at th i bring home to Cc | sity of spcedt war | certil | | ! time should gress the great neces- g legislation to permit all 1s to cash in full their bonus JOHN JONES. r——— Are the People Really The Makers of Wars? 1 attended a woma which d briefly ter: and some- i e remarked, dogmatical ) days, of cours ments no longer made W | was the |t be thoroughly roused before a uld be brought to the point of and suf only right thing of the ad articl rum, en our lawlessness nd with an 2 rds f tion er Doctrine and then began to burn h as I have nown before. I do not ppose begirs to be Yoom in your paper I would like to s i0 he m T he name of nse, do tf andisis th: er ving to ref upon have stly for the act after it is com- e, of course, in a meas- natura . and we do lenc at way > my original con- £ e t rm people one tually most of the people, they v in all fairness be held re- | sponsib] the s that are de- | clared unt you, scathingly and stently, and you re I not largely respon s the rea at_the m {And if that which is written t, but seeks to stimulate the fons of the masses to a fighting pitch, are the people really then the war. makers? ETHEL RAYNOR McDONALD, Reciprocity a very able| This is a special department devoted solely to the handling of queries. This paper puts at your disposal the serv- ices of an extensive organization in Washington to serve you in any ca- pacity that relates to information. This service is free. Failure to make use of it deprives you of benefits to which you are entitled. Your obliga- | tion is only 2 cents in coin or stamps, losed with your inquiry for direct v. Address The Evening Star In- rmation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. the theme song in the —D. E. 8. peed_at shorthand?—J. M. A. The present holder of the world hand_speed record is Martin J. He held the record for 192 26 and 1927 and, as far as we are able to ascertain, his record has not been bettered. Q. Why was Bruton Parish Church, in Willlamsburg, Va. given the name Bruto? honor of the A | Ludwei in Bruton s | County of Som Q. What is th ment? -J. L. C, A. The name is given to the irregu- lar agitation seen when minute solid particles, suspended in a liquid, are viewed under a high magnifyng po er. It s named fo | observed it in 1827, N | which are put into a fluid, sinking steadily, are endowed with a vigorous motion _which is haj and {rregular. particles mov r d sink, maintaining rage state of y part Q. What is hyprocrisy?—T. S. | A Hypocrisy is the act or practice of | feigning to be what one is not, or to | feel what one does not feel, such’as the false assumption of an appearance of irtue or relizion; a false or insincere on of moodness by one whose are selfish or whos life 1s cor- Q. When did the Islander sink? {W. ALS. 000,000 in geld and many miners re- turning from Alaska, was sunk in a |storm by a reef near Douglas Island, September, 1901, Seventy lives were lost. Q. How old is Irving Berlin?—J. J. S. A. He is about 43 years of age. He ia in 1828. Q. Please give some about the new Fort Lee Bridge.—M. P. A. The Hudson River Bridge, due to be finished in 1932, extends from Broadway between th and 179th streets, Manhattan, to Leomoine ave- |nue in Fort Lee, N. J. Figures of cost are provisional and the total will not exceed $60,000,000, it is said. The tow are 635 feet high and there are four e _cables of 36 inches in di- ameter. The roadway will carry eight lanes of vehicles. Q. Who gets the money that is paid for stamps on leiters sent to foreign countries?—E. H. H. A. The Post Office Department says Q. Who holds the present record for | “instead of | A. e steamship Islander, with $3.- | information | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. that each country keeps the money de- rived from mail sent to foreign coun- tries. The individual country then makes payments to the steamship com- panies and those officials that need to be paid in the transportation of a let- ter that is sent to a foreign country. E% What was “Morgan’s Rifies”?— A. Morgan's Rifles was one of the ccmpanies of Washington’s Continent Army. The men were all backwoods- men from the Adirondacks in New York State. It was a very famous com pany and was noted for th> marksmar ship of its members. All membe wore buckskin unifor Q. How is wood alcohol made? —C. B, A. Wood alcohol was originaily pro- duced by the destructive distillation of wood; it 1s now produced synthetically from hydrcgen and carbon monoxide, Q. How far up the river is the Colo- rado River ?—G A. The Col g. It is as Ca. outh. It de navigable mers as from fits of the Grand The first at- tempt ate the upper part was made in 1891, In 1893 the stream was ved navigable for 130 miles between Green River and Cataract Canyon. When did the first Ronsevelt an- come to this country?—P. 8, he Roosevelt family in America s des to Claes Martenozen Rosenvelt, who came from Hol- 1 to New Amsterdam in 1649, Q. What do the initials F. A. C. 8. after a doctor's name stand for?—G. T. A. C. S. (Fel- > of Surgeons) is n a doctor when he has himself in surgery. This conferred upen any doc- » is a graduate of the leading 1 schools of the country. Q Q. How many, broadeasting stations has Russia?—P. C. B. A. Th 'm of broadcasting of uscia is under the supervision of the Ceommissariat for Posts and Telegraphs. impoertant city has one or more | broadeasting stations. the total number of which at the present time 18 47. Q. Was Ole Bull a wonderful musi- clan?—J. C. D. A. An account of him says: “Ole Bull was a remarkable Norwegian violin virtuoso. He showed remarkable musi- cal precocity. Bull was a rare phe- nomencn in th: history of music. In | the matter of mere technique he rivaled Paganini. And yet a critic could <rn the self-taughi musician behind this prodigious t:chnique.” Q. Is is possible to remove marks on china which have been caused by cut- ting food with a knife>—H. E. D. A. The Burcau of Standards says that it is not possible to remove what called cutlery marking. Q. How many women havs been cuted in Pennsylvania?—P. A. R. A. There has never been any female | hang=d or electrocut:d in Pennsylvania. | There have been three death warrants | made up, one for hanging and two for | electrocution. Two were commuted and i the third was granted a new trial by the court and received a lesser degree. | ex Much attention is given to the ad- dress by Secretary Stimson of the State cpartment on the relations between the United States and Latin American countries. He is held to be right in the po:ition that recognition of new or revo- Iutiorary governments should be granted n the de facto test as to whether a is in_control of the ad- ministrative machinery, enjoys the acquiescence of the people and is able | and willing to discharge its obliga- ns. The record of the Government in these matters is scanned in the various comments Declaring that the Secretary “frankly meets 2dmitted criticism of State De- ment cy as to recognition of { Latin American countriss,” the Phila- Iphia Evening Bulletin states that charges are of inconsistency and jiscrimination as to recognition, and in | the case of Brazil of reversal of policy | in first taking sides with the previous nistratic rgo on arms for the insurgents fight- it, and then immediately afterward Jizing those insurgents as the de facto government.” The Bulletin be- s that Mr. Stimson has shown that hington practice has always ex- ed recognition to a de facto gov- bt in the case of the illog- tration toward the Huerta g n Mexico.” It points out that in the case of Guatemala the State pastment followed a pledge given by ctary Hughes to the five Central can states which had agreed by not to recognize any regime in f the five which had originated v violence.” The Bulletin concludes: “The country at large is satisfied with > Hoover-Stimson policy, New proof of its desire to respect the sovereignty £ the minor countrics, even in the Car- glon, is furnished by the reve- the department purpose to from _Nicaragua at untry next knows there is * principle as to de facto sumption that Hoover administration has observed t sound and just rule in its treat- ment of Mexico and of the Latin | American _rep! s,” with “the only | exception in the case of the five-power 1 American treaty.” The Charles- ton (S. C.) Evenung Post comments: “It t for one naiion to say how another f, least of all for a self- g Nation Ii ited States. le of guidance and it | ted in the 1 of the clut- velt and Wilson and 1 by the succeeding Republi- administrations is thus swent away. is rather a curious thing that this Jeffersonian doctrine should be put into ractice by a Republican administra- tion, but no matter for that. It isgood ve it again.” nother important point in the ad- ss_which is recognized by the Hart- | 1 Times Is that “it gives a new pro- | nouncement with reference to the Mon- e Doctrine, asserting unequivocally that the doctrine stands only for the common protection of the Western Hemisphere against European aggres- sion, and not at all as a warrant for interference by the United States with the affairs of her sister countries in the | outh.” In the matter of export of | arms, the New York Herald Tribune | finds 1t is our policy “not only to apply the embargo authorized by acts of Congress and prescribed by treaty, but to endeavor to establish as an accepted rule of international law the princi- ple that a country should not allow its nationals to disturb international order by selling war materials to insur- rectionaries against a friendly power. used as a base from which revolution in other countries can be stifred up and supported.” The Buffalo Evening News astces, that, the Secretary spoke with o al forcwagd in the light of considgfable kny the good ef- fects of forbid ortation of om the Toledo Blade. To help take care of the jobless and hungry the man who works must needs earn a glvigg wage. ittt armg to insurgents.” ® K K % Migun ez tanding of the St dregs on the part of a portiol 2 ad- | f the thercby placing an em- | advised action of the Wil- | Stimson Revives Discussion Of Latin American Policies public is charged by the San Jose Mer- cury Herald, which observes that “the oddress began with a definition of the | Menroe Doctrine, which became anath- |ema to the Latin states after Presi- | dent Roosevelt made his famous declara- tion that it imposed the duty on us | to intervene in them to preserve order.” |and that paper concludes: “Our oecu: | pation of Haiti and the sending of Marines to Nicaragua were interpreted | as evidence of imperialistic designs. The | irritation was endangering friendly re= | lations. The straightforward declara- tion of Secretary Stimson removes the cause. It tells the Latin states that | the Monroe Doctrine, for all practical | purposes, is laid on the shelf; that the | right of the United States to protect its interests in the Panama Canal and | to protect the property of nationals in | Central America will be asserted, not | under the Monroe Doctrine, but under |treaties and international law. This puts the relations between the United States and the Latin republics on the ;ba s of absclute equality.” Criticizing the “assault on the Demo- cratic regime for its refusal to recognize Gen. Huerta in Mexico because he came into power as the result of a military coup d'etat,” the Lou le Courier- Journal quotes the existing Central American treaty, which is recognized here, as upholding the theory “that no | government that owes its being to | military coup d’etat will be acknow] edged by the signatory nations and that no leader of the rebellious move- ment can assume the office of Presi- |dent.” The Courier-Journal declares: | “Mr. Stimson has no need to defend | the course he pursued in Peru, Bolivia, | Argentina, Brazil and the other coun- tries where recognition was accorded immediately following the recent re- | volts. That was the Jeffersonian policy. | That is the policy for South America | and the rest of the world. But there is | another policy for Central America, and | it has all the objections that Mr. Stim- son raises against the course of the Wilson administration’ in Mexico with- out the high purpose of the Wilson policy. “Automatic statecraft” is denounced by the Chicago Tribune, noting that “the Central American republics and | the United States have treaty arrange- | ments which dispose effectualy of revo- The Cleveland Plain Dealer sees “one policy for the big Latin American fello and another for the | small fi The Columbia State denies | that the policy is Jeffersonian, but | “playing into the hands of dictators.” “Senator Berah declared correctly,’ according to the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, “that the Wilson recogni tion policy for Latin America, as de- veloped from the Huerta precedent, was based on high principles that the American people would have been glad to approve had it proved workable, Madero, President of Mexico, was as sassinated and Huerta, who thereupon seized power, was suspected with good lutfonists.” | reason “of having shared the guilt of | the murder. The Wilson administra- ion, with that case as a starting point, sought to discourage revolutions, based on assassination or violence, in the countries to the south of us, by refus- ing to them diplomatic recognition. In practice this policy was confined to the region this side of Panama, even by the Wilson _ administration. The _policy failed, first, because Mexico was too big a country t5 be easily disciplined or con- trolled from the outside by diplomatic pressure; second, because powerful American interests with property in Mexico _worked agair-* it The Baltimore Sun s2ys as to the jeffect of the attitude toward the for. mer head of the Mexican government “In view of the fact that the Huerta regime came to power after a coup detat of the most sordid kind, accom- panied by the murder of the former President, then under the protection of Huerta forces—a coup d’etat which Dr. Ernest Gruening, in his ‘Mexico and Its 1ritare’ declares would have been irap: without the ‘militant en- coursgement and support of the Ameri- can Ambassador, Henry Lane Wilson' it is rather remarkable that Mr. Stim- son has seen fit to rebuke the Wilson administration in the name of ‘princi- ple’ for refusing to recognize Huerta. It is all the more remarkable, in view of Mr. Stimsen’s praise of the ceanventimn among the five Central Amecrizan re- Ppublics.”