Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1931, Page 8

{THE EVENING _ With Sunday Morning WASHINGTON, D. C. WUESDAY.......March 10, 1931 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company 8t - }.C.n O?finll Ave, gk Ofice; e hn u‘é B . London: STAR Edition. » 1 New icago " Rate by Carrler Within the City. gl 'Vl;ll.l .!:ar iS¢ per month B (] 60 per month )\lndu a V. -Sc per Col id'0f ‘each month. Qiders may be'sert in by mail or telephons Ational 5000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia F |y uf Sundi in a5 oy ! All Other States and Canada. 0 E 1 mo. 1mo.s Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclysively entitled %o the use for republication of all new: dis- eI ThIS baper and. alfo he.Incal Siews uslished hereh ication o rlehts of publ special dispate rein are also reserved. t | cratic party. interject the liquor question into this assemblage of Progressives, he will make himself decidedly unpopular. The Pro- ‘| gressives are ready to make trouble for this administration, or any other | administration. They do not like to haye ble made for themselvés. 1t is their to have “Progressive” issues the main topic of consideration in the coming session of Congress and in the national campaign which fol- lows. , They would dislike intensely to see their pet issues sidetracked in their conference for the sake of the liquor issue. ‘The Progressives are to give their at- b tention at the conference to a return of representative government, and to un- employment and industrial stabiliza- tion, public utilities and their relations to the Government, agricultural relief and the tariff. This is an extensive program. It is clear that the Pro- 40c gressives are intent upon undermining the confidence of the public in the ad- ministration. There will be many at- tacks, criticisms and what not leveled at the President and his supporters. Perhaps the Progressive Democrats in the group will level some of their shafts at “reactionaries” in the Demo- But when 1t comes to real venom, the Progressive Republican — | has it all over his Democratic colleague. ! Gas Company Ownership. The most interesting feature of the fews concerning financial plans and changes of name by the holding com- pany ownership of the Washington and Alexandria gas properties is the fact that such plans and changes may be made without permission or even the notification of the regulatory bodies set up by the people to protect their inter- ests as well as the interests of Wbe utili- tles. The holding company device, through its operation in the field of power and transportation utilities, has successfully placed itself beyond govern- * mental control. In the case of the rail- roads, holding companies have been able to bring about mergers and consolida- tions in defiance of intended control over such operations by the’ Interstate Commerce Commission, and the matter of extending governmental regulation to these holding companies will occupy the mext Congress. Here in Washington the ownership of the fos properties passed from local eontrol’ to outside interests in the face of a statute written to guard against that very thing, and the deal, tested in the courts, was approved as not being in violation of the statute. Now the company which obtained control is able to float bond issues, change its name and make other changes it may see fit ‘without even going through the motions of consulting the Public Utilities Com- mission in advance of releasing the news %o the press. All the Public Utilities Commission knows about the latest de- velopment in gas company ownership is ‘what it reads in the papers. That condition is wrong. It will be eorrected eventually, but in the mean- time the local operations of the physi- eal properties of the gas company in the District of Columbia fall under the regulation of the Public Utilities Com- mission. Whatever policy is adopted by the gas company, in the furtherance of its legitimate business of making * money for the utility combinations out- side the limits of the District, must be spproved by the Public Utilities Com- mission. The commission must see to it that its various regulations, imposed for the safety, convenience and protec- tion of local consumers, are religiously obeyed. It will make due allowance for drives and campaigns to create more business for the gas company, but will #ee to it that growth of business is ac- companied by adequate improvement in the plant that caters to that busi- ness. ‘The Seaboard Investment Trust was able to obtain gas company control without violating the statutes enacted " to forbid a foreign public utility corpo- ration, directly or indirectly, to own, eontrol or vote stocks or bonds of any public utility in the District of Colum- bia. Now the Seaboard Investment Trust has become the Washington & Suburban Co. The Public Utilities Commission will naturally examine the fransaction, to see what is in a name. ———————— Senator Norris has been living in the West for a long time and is regarded by a number of admirers as still grow- ing up with the country. —— ‘The unemployment situation found a slight element of relief in Chicago. At Jeast there is snow in that city to be| shoveled. The Progressive conference, which meets here tomorrow, is bent, its pro- moters say, on the solution of the ilis of the country. However, Senator . Norris of Nebraska, ¢hairman of the|any naval reduction worthy of the| committee which called the conference, | s authority for the statement that the| conference will not tackle the question ' . of prohibition and its enforcement. ‘Whether this subject is beneath the notice of a true Progressive or whether it is too tough a nut to crack is not made clear. But it was declared definitely that the prohibition question had no place in the conference of Progressives and further, that it ‘was not to be considered. Prohibition, discussed from the angle of the Progres- sive, might take on added interest. ‘The Progressives are intent, however, on fixing the attention of the country on those economic issues and govern- | mental problems which do not include prohibition. ‘They prefer waterpower, for example, to a discussion of home frew, and the return of Government to ¥he hands of the people to a con- sideration of States' rights as applied to liquor control. Undoubtedly the Purthermore, the Democrats, Progres- sives and all, are intent upon electing a President next year, whether he be wet or dry, Progressive or reactionary. —_—r—t————— Freedom of the Seas. Over the transatlantic air a day or two ago an English voice was heard in discussion of an issue which, though old, is ever new. Lieut. Comdr. J. M. Kenworthy, formerly an officer in the British Navy and now a Labor member of the House of Commons, dealt with what he termed “the ancient American doctrine of the freedom of the seas.” Comdr. Kenworthy went straight to the kernel of that vitul maritime question when he declared that until Great Britain and the United States thresh it out and settle it, no genuine reduc- tion of their respective navies can or ever will be undertaken. From the American standpoint, Comdr, Kenworthy is indubitably right. Our whole naval policy rests upon the de- termination to remain sufficiently strong to enforce complete freedom of move- ment for our citizens, our goods and our ships on the high seas at any and all times except those which find the United States itself a belligerent; and even then, if we are powerful enough to “command” the seas. The young republic of 119 years ago went to war with Britain for the second time within half a century to vindicate the doctrine of American neutral rights at sea. The great naval program of 1916, keystone of the present proud American fleet, was enacted by Con- gress mainly under the influence of British interference with our sea-borne commerce during the early months of the World War. A year later Uncle Sam himself entered the lists against Germany because we were goaded into belligerency by the Kaiser's ruthless disregard of America’s neutral priv- ileges on the oceans. Comdr. Kenworthy advises the Brit- ish government to accept the Amer- jcan principle of the inviolability of neutral commerce which dces not of- fend against internationally accepted theories of contraband and blockade. He properly points out that no country stands to profit, in case of her own neutrality, more than Britain, “ringed” by Kipling's “leaden seas,” under an agreement whereby she could bring in her own food and carry on her overseas trade unmolestedly. On Armistice day, 1929, President Hoover offered informally “for the world's consideration” a scheme for giv- ing freedom of the seas in wartime at least to ships loaded with food for non- combatants. It has never been disclosed what response, if any, the President’s humanitarian gesture evoked. The pro- posal contained basic drawbacks. Now- adays a country wages war behind the front as well as in the battle zone facing the foe. Literally a nation is in arms when it goes to modern war. It might be difficult to estaBlish a line of demareation between non-combatants at home making shells or weaving cloth for uniforms and combatants in the field. Food for the home front might be considered as a very substantial factor in sustaining resistance in the fighting line. So zealous devotees of peace as Vis- count Cecil in Great Britain and Sena- tor Borzh in the United States have repeatedly and vigorously urged that the principal two naval powers come to grips with the freedom of the sea issue. They agree that it is fundamental. They econcur in Comdr. Kenworthy's view that it is a condition precedent to name. ‘The subject is revived at a timely moment. At London & year sgo the American delegation to the Naval Con- ference demanded and obtained parity with the British fleet. Why? For the simple reason that the United States intends to remain powerful enough to impose freedom of the sea, in case of emergency, against the fleet hitherto the strongest afloat. What a travesty— what a tragedy—that the Ten-Billion- Dollar Congress has adjourned without taking & single st2p to give effect to the treaty Navy for which we =o valiantly contended at London in 1930! Let the American people be uncon- fused as to the real issue: It is a United States Navy equal, ton for ton, gun for gun, with Britannia, or our supine acquiescence in her remaining “ruler of the waves.” e Four years pass quickly. But with Progressives are wise. They are no|industry a large number of highly in- more agreed on the subject of pre- hibition, amopg themselves, than are John J. Raskob, chairman of the Demo- eratic National Committee, and Sena- tor Cameron B. Morrison of North Carolina or Senator Simeon D. Fess, chatrman of the Republican National Committee, and Representative La Guardia, wet Republican from New teresting vetoes can be accomplished in that space of time. ————— Buying Car Tickets. If anybody can advance a sound to a pledge that “I1 agree to use these York. ‘The suggestion has been advanced, however, that Mr. La Guardia, who has urged his own party to take a stand against prohibition, may fina the urge to bring prohibition into the discusion | reading, but will assist materially in|had fled may have been strong in faith of the Progressive conference 100 |explaining to an interested public why | Put woefully weak in initiative. strong for him. Mr. La Guardia, in ad- being an ardent weeis aligned Progressive group at present members of the conference. Doubt- less it the New Yorker undertakes to b tickets only in the District of Colum- bia and for riding to and from school on school days only, in accordance with order No. 8 of the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Colum- bia,” it will not only be interesting the regulations enforcing the three-cent school fare are not a lot of tomfoolish- ness. 1s there any possibility that a school child is going to be able to use his three- cent ticket anywhere but in the District theory as to the necessity for compel- | ling & scjool child to affix his signature | that the brightest students are the poor- of Columbia, even if he wanted to? Is there any possibility that street car conductors are going to accept the three- cent tickets on any days but school|. days, even if the youngster proffers them? And will the bright young man or young lady who has the faintest idea of the meaning of “order No. 898 of the Public Utilitles Commission of the Dis- triet of Columbia” please raise his hand ar ' walk up to the head of the class? ‘The pupil who wishes to buy thirty cents’ worth of car tickets must first take the pledge, mark with an X whether he wants thirty cents’ or a dollar and twenty cents’ worth of tickets, ask teacher please to sign and take the application to the corner drug store, where he will be tempted to spend the thirty cents on soda pop and walk home. In addition, teacher must sign an identification blank for the! pupil to show suspicious conductors, who will carefully note same to guard against the possibility of bank presi- dents and bureau chiefs riding to work for three cents disguised as school chil- dren. How the teachers are going to get around to teaching, busy as they will be with filling out applications for street car tickets, is one thing, Whether the whole detailed procedure is not rather silly is another. A B Among the requirements to be met by those who, in Nicholas Murray But- ler’s opinion, are entitled to be consid- ered “educated” are correctness and precision in the use of the mother tongue. Some college boy is liable to inquire whether “correctness” and “pre- cision” do not in this connection mean 50 nearly the same thing as to consti- tute an overlapping significance not likely to be sanctioned by accurate rhetoricians. —_—— e ‘When Einstein gets back home he will probably have to tell friends and neigh- bors that the United States political system is like his relativity theory in being something that very few persons can hope to understand thoroughly. i r———— America delights in celebrating the birthdays of & number of grand old men whose retirement in accordance with any perfunctory actuarial plan would have meant a distinct loss to the welfare of the world. s His losses by fire did not include the manugeript of a Russian history by Trotsky. Stalin will possibly regard this fact as one of the comparatively few instances in which luck did not break in his favor. T ‘There may be some vague hope that by extending trade facilities to the Soviet it may become so rich that it will abandon Communism and adopt practical methods of seeking national prosperity. ity Any statesman who thinks prohibi- tion laws are easy to get rid of need 80 no further than the State of Maine, that has been for many years hearing protests from the local wets. -or—s. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Numbers. We're told that “playing numbers” Is a very wicked sport. Unless your conscience slumbers, You'll do nothing of the sort. Yet politiclans daily Are gathering anew To take their chances gayly On Nineteen-Thirty-two. They'll do a share of shouting— At dice they do the same, Not for a moment doubting 1t stimulates the game, ‘They'll welcome complications And boldly play them through, While seeking strange sensations With Nineteen-Thirty-two. Proceeding With Caution. “Have you decided on what you will say in your radio address?” “Not yet,” answered Senator Sorghum. “A talk like that has to be studied with the greatest care. You are being heard by millions of people, but the micro- phone has no facial expression to let you know whether you are going well with your audience. Jud Tunkins says a woman doesn't have the last word. The man has it, and it's always “Yes.” A Little More Parking Space. For the departing Congressmen we grieve, Although they sometimes brought a | serious frown. . The bjt of extra parking space they leave Amounts to little in so large a town. Fatherly Counsel. “Is your boy Josh making much of a fortune in the city?” “No, sir!” exclaimed Farmer Corn- tossel. “I cautioned him about that. He promised to make what money he needed to live comfortable, but not enough to get him suspected of bein’ a bootlegger.” “A revenge,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “may have only the effect of dignifying an enemy and perhaps of bringing him ignorant sympathy.” Investigations. The quizzes are going their way. There are few that we care to recall. They found out so much, truth to say, That no one can remember it all. “A sho' 'nuff good dog,” said Uncle Eben, “very seldom finds an owner in dis meighborhood dat's worthy of him.” e A Negative. From the Haverhill Gazette. ‘This investigation of the sl Xnfi habits of the young child, we fear, will mean time wasted. Our experience is that he hasn’t any. ———— Spelling and Laziness. Prom the San Antonio Evening News. A Columbia University professor says est spellers. That confirms an old sus- m the brightest are often the s No Starter. Prom the Toledo Blade. ‘That boy of the old poem who stood on the burning deck whence all but him - A Real Speeder. Prom the Cincinnati Times-Star ‘The news that a nebula has been dis- THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘The red dog saw the red cat. “Woof, woof!” barked the dog, mak- a dash at the cat. e latter humped up his back and stood his und, as cats must in the face of such immediate danger. Gln’efly the red dog, of a large and beautiful hunting breed, surveyed the eat, which was of the yellow striped | variety, but so dark as to merit the ad- Jective. ‘Then, as the cat advanced a step, the dog put its tail between its legs and made off around the house as fast as_he could go. It was a comical sight, such a dog fleeing from a cat. Somehow fact that both animals were of the same color tone added to the joke. 1iny That dogs are universally brave is another of the canine myths. Dogs show as much cowardice as other creatures, depending upon time and circumstances. Recently on an uptown streef a gen- tleman was sauntering along with his great Newfoundland puppy, a magnifi- cent_creature. Of course, he was only a puppy, and ;‘0}0 much was not to be expected of im. But when a pekinese attacked him, | with typical snarl and snap, not even his owner expected him to bolt. | ‘Tucking his banner of a tail between his legs, the large pup ran as fast as he could, much to the amusement of onlookers, the slight chagrin of the| owner, and the plain amazement of the | peke, which had not expected such an overwhelming victory. a “ e ‘The postman in our neighborhood is escorted on his rounds every day by a committee of dogs, assembled from va- rious yards as he proceeds. 1 Usually this self-constituted canine | committee is composed of five members. | The chairman is a collie, and leads the van, leaping and barking up each | walk, ‘The other four members, including the Scottie, and the bulldog, follow | their leader in the mysterious saluta- tions of the dog world. Just as this escort is augmented, dog by dog, as the carrier proceeds, so it dwindles as he goes farther away | from the composite source. ‘The bulldog drops back first, then | the Scottie, followed by the other dogs. The chairman sticks to the bitter end. ! One may doubt that the postman al- together enjoys this impromptu parade. of which he is the center, but no doubt | he is a bit flal.!cr‘ed by it, too. . Most dogs will learn to recognize & | habitual passerby, just as the commit- tee members have the postman, but occasionally there is a dog which does not care to become friends. He may see you pass twice a day for a year, but at the end of the year he barks at’ you the same as he did | at the beginning. One may say he enjoys barking. Many dogs do seem to prefer to bark, | rather than to keep their mouths shut, just as many human beings prefer talking to eating. One of these barking dogs sits on a | large porch, and salutes each pedestrian with a choice vocabulary. He sounds | as if he were saying all sorts of dire| things deep in his throat. It must be a wonderful relief to such a dog, to sit on a large porch, and ;’ent one's inner spleen on humanity at arge. No human being can say exactly what barking is like to a dog. but if one may judge from the expression in this particular fellow’s face, it is some- thing choice, ce e One of the most futile endeavors a dog can undertake is to chase a squirrel with any hope of success. If a dog takes out after one of these bushy-tails just for the sport of the it he earnestly harbors a taste for uirrel meat, he must be terribly dis- appointed. On our way home every day we en- counter a multitude of squirrels. Per- haps vou have noticed that squirrel tails are not so buoyant this ) That is caused by the drought, last- ing through the Winter. It is to be hoped that better natural conditions will restore their former fluffiness. We have watched many a dog chase many a squirrel, and have yet to see a dog menace one of them, in any real sense. Often the rodent will permit the chasing dog to think that it is gaining on, or even nearing, its fiving objective, but the truth is that the squirrel is only playing with the dog. “u e Squirrels seem to realize that they are in no real danger, but here have a splendid opportunity for a bit of fun. Hence they may be seen leading the dog in a merry chase all over the street, not often in a straight line for the nearest tree. Seldom do they temporize with a cat. When a cat takes after a squirrel, the bushy-tail knows it must run for its life, and no fooling. One might think that a squirrel would have no chance with a cat, since the latter can climb, but one is seldom caught in a tree. ‘The moment the squirrel hits the trunk, he twirls himself around to the opposite side; and squirrel and cat may go up the trunk side by side—but with | the tree between them. rel, and becomes confused, by which time the rodent is safely out on a slen- der tip-top branch where no cat would dare go. “o e Cats often are accused of being | garbage can rustlers, but in this ac- | tivity they cannot compare with dogs. There is an old dog that comes around every night, in the early morn- ing hours, and attempis to zoot off the Often he succeeds. He is more regu- lar than the garbage man in his visits, | but not so thorough, for meat is all he is after. Some day we are going to purchase one of these cans with a patent, trick lid, guaranteed dogproof. Then this fil(d fellow will get the surprise of his e. ‘ Dogs, it may be noted, seldom suff from this marauding, owing to the ex. treme shortness of their alimentary canals, whereas cats easily may become infected, and often are quite ill from such self-acquired meals. " Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newsp apers of Other Lands MPARCIAL, Montevideo.—In con- |the inmates according to their several formity with a recent announce- ment the Guild of Taxicab and Bus Drivers held a public parade and - demonstration as an act of protest against the withdrawal of certain of the rights and liberties of various members of the organization. A majcrity of the drivers of these public vehicles joined in the manifestation, assembling at the interseetion of Avenida 8th of October and Bulevar Artigas. Forming & proces- sion at that point, in & vast array. of | pected motor cars, they took up their route of march, accompanied by a deafel clamor of horns, along Aven!da 18th July and other central thoroughfares. The chauffeurs declare they did not mean, by this display, to express oppo- sition’ to any punishment justly meted out to refractory drivers affiliated with their union. Those deprived of operat- ing privileges for driving in an intoxi- cated condition, or in a reckiess manner, to the hazard of public safety, are justly suffering for their oftenses, but they contend that there are many other driv- ers who have been affectd with equ severity for misdemeanors in no W comparable with these two major de- | linquencies. Men who have been convicted of | minor and more or less technical in- | fractions of the traffic laws, and who | have lost their driving licenses in conse- | quence, should have their means of | livelihood returned to them, or at least | should not be permanently disqualified | from following the employment for which they are best adapted. The pa- rade was planned to direct the atten- tion of the authorities to this latter class, with a plea for judicial leniency. S Serums to Counteract Bites of All Snakes in Costa Rica. El Diario, S8an Jose.—The Senor Dr. Clorito Picado of this capital is very anxious that the Republic of Costa Rica shall not be excelled in its abliity to provide antitoxins used to counter- act effects suffered from the bites of poisonous reptiles, especially snakes. He has analyzed the venom of all such creatures found in Costa Rica, and has produced serums in his laboratories | which are calculated to nullify their deadly possibilities. At present most of these serums are very costly and Dr. Picado at present is conducting a series of experiments to see how the same ef- ficiency may be procured by simpler processes and less valuable ingredients. ks Statue of Liberty Inspires “Christ of the Andes” Statue. La Verdad, Caracas—Senor Daniel V. del Burgo, consul general of Chile in this country, gives us a most inter- esting description of “The Christ of the Andes,” the inspiring sculpture which stands at a mountainous elevation of 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) on the Chilean-Argentine frontier. Senor del Burgo says of this appealing figure that the suggestion for its establishment came from seeing the Statue of Lib- erty In New York Harbor. It is 7 meters high (23 feet) and weighs 3 tons. It can be perceived for many kilometers on all the routes connecting the two republics of Argentina and Chile and is held in veneration by the peoples of both nations because it was erected, in 1902, to seal and commemorate the peaceful settlement of the final disputes between the two great South American | republics. It was the women of these two countries who collected most of the funds necessary to defray the cost of the statue and its transportation and erection and whose influence was most exerted on the respective governments to provide a site and perpetual main- tenance for the monument. “The Christ of the Andes” stands in a lonely and desolate spot, much the same, no doubt. as the wilderness in which “The Man of Sorrows” spent 40 days of His life in prayer and fasting. Yet the statue| is mot really lonely nor deserted, but visited constantly by thousands in their journeys to and fro, who ecall it, too, “The Christ of Amity,” for this statue is the symbol of the bonds of friend- ship which henceforth and forever knit | these two peoples together in a Chris- tlan fellowship, * Model Penal Institution Under Construction in Argentina. La Razon, Buenos Aires.—A new penitentiary is being constructed for the requirements of Buenos Aires Province. The institution will consist of eight detached buildings, each of them some 46 by 12 meters (150 by 40 feet) area four stories in alti- the grouping o!nmedlnn necessities and characteristics, and each | |unit will be complete in itself, with no intercommunication whatever with the other seven buildings. The administra- tive offices, hospital and barracks for the wardens will all be in separate quarters, and every room and corridor will be constantly exposed to the air and sunshine on all sides. This institu- tion, which will include all that is new and in penal administration, is ex- 'ment and control. Those ds mana e- can be grouped according to| their offenses, history, social status, age and abilities and so especially first of- fenders will not be further contami- nated by contact with those with chronic_criminal proclivities. The new | establishment will cost | (U.8). * ok % % | Move to Bar Liquor to Mexican Laboring Classes. El Universal, Mexico, D. F.—President | | Oritz Rubio announces that efforts will | shortly be put forth by the national go: ernment to prevent the sale of intoxi- cating liquors to peons and other labor- ing classes throughout the republic. - Sentencing of Capone Held Heartening Sign From the St. Joseph Gazette. Six months in jail for Al Capone is not going to make Chicago a rosebed of ivic righteousness, nor will it loosen | the grip of the racketeer there to any great extent. But it will demonstrate to the motley horde of the half-world who have basked in the effulgence of “the big fellow” that he is not immune, and greater than his. Just as the medicine man of an Afri- can tribe loses his ip when a volley from the white men’s rifles demon- strates that his person is not sacred, so the scar-faced one inevitably will topple from his pedestal when his followers see him lodged in jail for no greater an offense than contempt of Federal Court —for presenting evidence that he was }mnlh‘l racketeer in the sunny South- and. Much of the power of the overlords of gangdom is built on the presumption that they are able to “fix” everything— the courts, the police and the political chieftains. At this sort of thing the swarthy Capone has been eminently suc- cessful, especially during the regime of Mayor “Big Bill” Thompson in Chicago. But when it came this time to the Fed- eral Court, with a district attorney whose specialty seems to be vice barons who have evaded the payment of in- come taxes, and a judge with no rev- erence for the rulers of the underworld, Capone was powerless. And after Capone finishes his stretch of six months on the contempt charge it looks as if he will have to reckon with prosecution for income tax evasion, on which charge several of his chief lieutenants are now spending time at Leavenworth. Of course, Al Capone is but a symbol. He Is the present “big shot” of the soon be another to take his place as | leader. But it is at least a heartening the ultimate in disregard for law is to be put away for a period. Eventually this clvilization of ours will make up its mind that there is no place in the scheme of things for Capones, but until then we can be grateful that our Gov- ernment is powerful enough at times to | Jail one of them. | —tne. The Holder’s the Thing. | From the Dallas Journal. Alfalfa Bill says that galluses are the sure sign of a he-man. That depends on whether a nail is used to fasten ‘em |on with, P An Innovator. From the Toronto, Ontario, Daily Styr. ‘The girl who is sald to hav the Prince of Wales.at Hav: ting her pictures in 3 thought up a new on —— . A Social Error. | Prom the Indianapolis Star. A high court has held that voice is not a t.r;g: Most of thing, he may have a great time, but | The cat thus loses sight of the squirs | to permit much more efficient | $3,360,000 | that there are powers and influences | too ill to come to court when it was | shown he was enjoying the life of a mil- | criminal strata in Chicago. There will | sign that the individual who stands for | nubbed | reward was due her, for she certainly | the member Edwina Booth. had 1100 years IARCH 10, 1931 AT RANDOM 1. G M. PAUL DU CHAILLU: Gorilla Hunter. Michel Vaucaire. Englished by Em- ily Pepper Watts, New York: Har- per & Bros. That “Dark Continent” much cut in the open nowadays. Mis- sionary and American slaver, soldier, adventurer, trader, hunter and empire builder have served in unplanned co- operaticn to let in the light, to pry ajar of Africa, Names gathered hit-or-miss note high points in the long and intermit- tent disclosures of Africa, earth's last isecret, and still mysterious, Stanley, Gordon, Livingstone, | Roosevelt, Rhodes, and among Iccrminly Paul du Chaillu. Among them, too, Aloysius Horn, trader, man of the passing minute, Not new to print, Paul Chaillu. Much has already been written about | this man, who, around the middle of the last century, began his career as African hunter. While the literal achlevements of Chaillu remain, of course, unchanged, both specific scene and general outlook are 8o strikingly different as to give the work of this ‘hunter a new status and to warrant |for it a new overlooking. Under such review, Chaillu takes legitimate place among modern scientists, whose a! are to expand the domain of general knowledge. Not merely to satisfy the cravings of the individual for adven- ture solely on his own account. And so another book about Paul du Chatllu steps out for a reading welcome. | Here the hunter becomes “man of sci- ience," gleaning from the mysterious continent hitherto unstudied forms of life which today have a place in more than one of the scientific museums of the country. ‘The story, as such, is deeply inter- esting. As a boy Chafllu lived in Africa with his father, a trader. He to follow the same career. At this time he came {finally to know many of the tribes, their various forms of speech, their | tribal customs—custcms of religion and |warfare. in the main, these—much |like our own in intent, though differing widely in methods of fulfiliment. The father died. Suddenly, Paul gave up the trader project; left Africa for Eu- rope and then for America. Still, the lure of Africa held, So, after a period of preparation—which included becom- ing a citizen of the United States—the young man, under the patronage of | Science itself, returned to the place | where his boyhood had becn passed. | This is the story of Paul du Chaillu's | big-game hunting in Africa. The story |of his definite contribution to scien- tific knowledge. By way of it the reader faces tribe after tribe, each rejoicing, no doubt, in its own unpro- nounceable name. es, oo, e changing front of Africa—desert, jun- gle, mountain, great rivers, tiny patches of cultivation, hut shelters and mystic ceremonial. Here, the paradise of ani- ma Beasts of every unbelievable pat- tern, they, too, tribal in habit; they, too. possessed of ritual and ceremon: |Here ends the successful quest of being human by so scant a margin as to rouse in man himself terror and wonder and pity. A packed adventure of vivid effect, wherein an exotic region and distinctly alien forms of life move into the im- mediate interest and per:zonal concern of ‘the reader. Yet, after all, it is the man himself that counts; it always is. Here is a knowing man and a wise one. A man who moves through dan- gers on the strength of being himself of friendly intent, of giving as well as of getting, of going much more than {halfway to meet these bewildered | savages, of interpreting their thoughts and moods rather than of expecting | them to understand him. His feelings j 2gainst his own errand are calculated {to count with any reader. To hunt the gorilla was so much like making war upon his own kind, so much lke a man-hunt, that one, trying to con- vert himself to the proper demands | of sclentific knowledge, goes along, but he goes reductantly and a bit ashamed, Just as Chaillu himself did. A fine story! Fine, because the man is that. Despite the great scenic gesture of the Continent itself, despite its still un- explored treasure of many sorts, it is the human element, this very Paul du | Chaillu, who gives to his adventure its | highest value of comprehension, of mellow accounting. And to this both the biographer and the translator have held fast, to the end that the chronicle takes its place beside kindred explora- tions that are, in the current day, being pursued within the same revion. | A great adventure for our sharing. * ok ok | A few years ago, three or four, a new | man and a new book stepped proudly out for inspection and certain approval. That was the beginning of a whirlwind sweep of “Trader Horn” over the coun- try, under thé “good-speed” of Simon and Echuster. Yet, had it not been for a woman sitting on her front porch off in Johannesburg there would havs been no man—not in print; no book and no moving picture. ‘This morning, here in Washington with the “Jo” city of South Africa as close in atmosphere as the Capital it | self, or closer, it is to the art of Ethel- reda Lewis in seizing upon Trader Horn and clapping him into print that we are in such immediate debt. For last night we took the magic carpet of the “movie” and were transported to the very places where this unique trader built himself into the African scene so vitally and so revealingly. The | special trail set for us was that mvolv- ing “the white goddess,” held in both fear and veneration by the tribal leg- ends of the country. By way of Horn's perilous jungle trip through the coun- try and his many tradings, the picture makes its way in scenic recordings that are a marvel of beauty and mystery and menace. A fricndly adventure, so it seems. But forest drums begin to | sound, afar and over there, and nearer. | Danger. The fanatical tribes gather- |ing to the “juju™ savage magic dances and rites, sacrificial in general char- | acter. Such the spirit and the man- | ner of the new moving picture drawn | from Mrs. Lewis’ “Trader Horn. k . story is that of reaching the Isorgi village, where the fiercest of the black tribes live. The search is for a white child said to have been held by the natives a score of ycars before. They find the villages They are captured— but you saw the picture last night, so why try the hopeless business of “tell- ipg how it was.” Why not, instead, | stop to consider a minute the wondrous art that has so magically transferred a distant span of earth in its full native content to a screen before which we sit, partaking—actually partaking—of | the savage adventures of natives in | South Africa. Think of tne genius of conception | that went into this show! Then stop a minute b-fore the monumental equip- ment that had to be transported more than half around the world, mindful of loss that could not be replaced so far from base, of other misadventure that could not be repaired. Think of the heroic temper of those picture-makers —managers, actors, and the other hu- man whatnot involved in this produc- tion before which we sit in such ease and comfort—save the mental dis- tress of going along- to share the haz- ards of the story! A great business organization, repre- | senting a vast sum of money, cmbodying | every possible kind of precaution against | disease or the actual ard ot putting the picture across. It is astounding to contemplate. Just for the sake of amusing the populace. Not alone that, for, in spite of itself, the “populace” gets the effect of travel, of study, of fmm. acquainted with the other half—gets on and enlargement of its bor- ders, in spite of itself, so to speak. I'd like to say som! g about those actors and that director. Van Dyke snd Harry Carey and Duncan Renaldo and Olive Golden and Mutia Omoolu and Edwina Booth. But you can read, as well can. However, while saying a word here and there about the “new generation’ and the “alarming young fo.ks” just re- If that girl old, she surely been’ 1 is pretty| servi the jungle-locked, desert-barred ~gates | mi the gorilla. that creature who missed | I}more all-around ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. rtment de- voted solely to handling of queries. ‘This paper puts at your the services of an extensive organization !in Washington to serve in any ca- pacity that relates to information. This ice is free. Failure to make use of you are °1nul.’ea’ ith 1ne c with your ply. Address The E‘v‘mln‘ Star Infor- fon Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin, di- rector, Washington, D. C. Q. Who announced the Vatican pro- gram in New York for NBC?—A. I A. Alols Havrilla announced the New .| York end of the Vatican program. Q. Who is the weaithiest Negro in the United States?—M. M. A. Edward H. Morris, a Chicago at- torney, is believed to be the wealthiest. He is .sul)“pvd have a fortune ap- proximating $3,000,000. Q. national forests recently created in Michigan?—G. M. A ey are to be called Hiawatha, Ottawa and Marquette, S%Whnt is a patent medicine?—J. “ACA patent medicine {3 a medicinal ims | formula on which a patent has been secured. It is very difficult to secure a patent on such a formula. It is neces- sar, and that the medicine represents some- thing other than a doctor’s prescription. Q. Was the sofa known as a daven- port named for its inventor?—A. M. M. A. The davenport (couch) is a com- paratively modern piece of furniture, and was not named for the inventor, Davenport. The davenport which is named after the inventor is a style of writing desk, small, generally orna- mented, and intended for a boudoir. Q. Who wrote “Sheridan’s Ride"?— M. M. A. The poem was written by T Buchanan Read. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan’s famous ride through Win- chester, his enthusiastic reception at the hands of his troops, his remarkable success in turhing a disastrous rout into a brilliant victory, formed a dramatic episode of the Civil War. Q. When should the word “cheeses” be used as the ptural of cheese?—H. J. A. It is used when more than one cheese as an object, is spoken of. The ural “cheese” 18 used when cheese considered a collective commodity. Q. Are Russians particularly fond of music?—R. B. A. In Russia music has always been closely connected with the lives of the people. From the time of birth through all the events of life until death claims them, they move to a musical accompaniment. The return of Spring is celebrated by a sort of choral dance, termed the khoroved; marriage, being a most important time, brings forth many songs, Birchwood Splinter” “The Matchmaker” ‘Svat oushka”). There are boating laboring songs, lullables an dance songs. Most of the dance tunes are in the major mode, the slow.tunes, and these are best in the minor. Cesar Cul, in his book “La Musique en Russie,” divided the Russian composers What are the names of the new | to show invention to be present | class by themselves as being less dis- tinctively national. Q. What were the cells used for in the basement of the old Carlyle House in Alexandria, Va.? . L. L. A. John Carlyle erected this mansion on .the site of an old fort, built as a protection from the Indians. The cells were used when Indians were kept in the fort as prisoners. * Q. Who colned the word “American- ism,” denoting words that are | American in derivation or use?—T. N, A. It is attributed to Dr. Wither- | spoop, president of Princeton, about 150 years ago. Q. How big a trunk did the Charter Onk hxve?——':l D. K. A. Charter Oak was neatrly 7 feet in dlameter. 1t was in Hartford, and blew down in a storm on A 21, 1853. 1Its age was computed to be nearly 1,000 years. A section of the trunk has preserved in the rooms of the Connecticut Historical Soclety; the remainder was kept or sold for small souvenirs. In a hollow of this three was concealed the charter of Connecticut, rescued from Andros in 1687, according to tradition. Q. What is the term for eouplets of words that are closely conn through use, such as “bread and but- ter"?—P. C. A. They are called correlative nouns, Q. How fast does the average passen- ger ship travel?—B. L. A. The average rate of speed of & passenger steamship is between 15 and 16 knots per hour. The speed of one knot is the speed of one nautical mile, 6,080.27 feet, an hour. Q. When an army is on the move | can carrier pigeons be used?—B. H. | A, Carrier pigeons must be trained in each new locality for a period of from three or four days to two weeks, Q. Please mention some authors whose work shows the influence of the Bible.—E. N. T. A. Such a list is endless, but we cite a_few examples: Coleridge said, “In- tense study of the Bible will ki any man from being vulgar in it of style.” Daniel Webster said, “If there be anything in my style or tl it to R S e paren mind an early love of the lc:flxmlfllmz A Scotch nurse taught to love the Bible and his “Hebrew Melodies” are wn wholly from the Scriptures. W Robert Burns’ “The Cotter’s Saturdas Night” there are some 20 biblical ref- erences. —A, Q. When one finishes & meal, where should the napkin be placed? How should one dispose of knife and fork ;htél ;.!he dinner plate is removed? — A. When one has finished a meal, the nlyk!n is laid at the right or the left of the plate, preferably the it side. The knife and fork are a little to the right of the center of the plate. The tines of the fork point up- ward. The sharp edge of the knife faces the center of the plate. New provisional alignments in Peru which follow the overthrow of Col. Sanchez Cerro, after only six months | as provisional head of the country, in- | spire confidence here. The selection of the chief of the Supreme Court as pro- visional executive and his support by naval interests are looked upon as likely { to lead to effective constitutional gov- ernment. ““To all appearances,” states the Hart- ford Daily Courant, “the activity of the navy in the present situation in Peru seems beneficent rather than otherwise. While, in its manifesto, the navy vields to none in its devotion to the principles of the last revolution, it wisely points out that more fighting not juired to uphold them. In all probability, no loss is sustained by the retirement of Col. Sanchez Cerro as provisional president in favor of the chief justice of the Supreme Court. Prom the moment that he flew down on the links of the Country Club at Lima, after leaving the garrison at | Arequipa in the south to take over the reins of office, he gave the im- pression of an adventurer rather than a statesman. His flamboyant state- ments since have done nothing to change the opinion then gained. What Peru manifestly needs is leadership which will promote political harmony in_the interests of economic recovery. ‘Whether or not the navy, which has apparently taken control, can supply it remains for the future to determine.” “Cerro was accepted as provisional | chief,” recalls the S8an Antonio Express, looking back upon the record of the defeated administration, “with the un- derstanding that a constitutional gov- ernment soon would be assembled to arrange for fair elections throughout the country. His followers generally believed he would not seek to retain office after the republic's return to con- stitutional government.” * X ok ok “When the naval officers join the army officers in demanding that Cerro et out,” as pictured by the Cleveland lain Dealer, “he bows to the inevitable and turns over the seals, or whatever it is that represents authority in Peru, to Ricardo ncio Elias, chief justice of the Supreme Court. The Peruvian navy is tiny, consisting of four second- hand and slightly rusted warships. But 1t has sunk a president. Cerro had been provisional president six months, but they have been such stormy months the period doubtless seemed longer. He is a soldier, chosen by a military junta which ousted President Leguia last Au- gust. Leguia had been a virtual dic- tator for 11 years, and a fairly efficient one, He accomplished much material improvement. Everything went well until the depression hit Peru. Such things are even worse for dictators than they are for constitutional presi- dents. Leguia fell. He is still in jail awaiting trial for a long list of high crimes and misdemeanors, the chief of them being failu “The new turn” as viewed by the Buffalo Evening News, “is distinctly a order in the government. With the chief justice of the Supreme ‘Court as provisional president and the heads of the navy and the army as his principal supporters, this movement is an un- mistakable rally against the disturb- ance of the old stability. The ambi- tions of radicals, so far as these may enter into the situation, will appear as a reaction against the new rej . ‘The _displaced provisional president, Sanchez Cerro,” though he was 4 capped by Communist as well as Con- servative revolt, was of a more radical type than m‘m: a’ucgum." “During the revolt in Brazil year,” says the New York Evenin Post, “when the federal governmen found itself attacked by rebel forces in both the north and the south, the sudden intervention of a military junta x Rio_de Janeiro brought about the wnfall of President Washington Luis and resulted in a new government which made peace with all the warring factions. A ently it was with the hope of Peru's civil war by similar tactics 2 naval junta in that country forced the resignation of Provisional President Sanchez could have been no more competent, mpetent, more built 4 id—hut never u to Africa of ghem. live, or reassertion of power by the established | Latest Peruvian Overturn Credited to Navy Influence and, after establishing a new provisicnal B with e Eerarien ooy 1 ons W e Peruvian ins | both the north and the south. ¢ * & Conditions have been unsettled ever since Sanchez Cerro's revolutionary regime was installed six months ago, and the present situation is confused }:y t.h: prle‘sén'.}erol tr'w less t.hu} five dif- erent political factions eager for power —the fo'lcers of President , the - most recent provisional government in Lima headed by Dr. Ricardo Leoncio Elias.” “By one of the ironies of life” re- marks the Hamilton (Ontario) tator, “the revolt against Cerro's from the district which placed ‘There may be a good chez Cerro faction and visi the losing sides of a revolution. * * ¢ The economic and labor troubles which had caused so much difficulty for the Leguia administration did not end. * ¢ * How the country will fare under the administration of Dr. Elias is a question.” Training in Grammar Is Thought Neglecte! Prom the Oklahoma City Dally Oklahoman. Heads of departments of in Oklahoma’s institutions of hmmhm- ing recently published a formidable tome weighted with tears and lamenta~ tions on the horrible mtemdot freshman than the average alderman, which is deplor- ably little. Comparisons reveal that Oklahoma is behind her sister States in this respect. which leads to the conclu- sion that greater emfihull is placed on English in the public schools outside our bordess, Moreover, the report goes on to the important assumption that our colleges are graduating English teachers who are not sapient enough, or assiduous enough, to sell the principle of the un- divided infinitive to the little ones com- ing up through all the doubts and tor- ments of the grade school. The report concludes that something ought to be done about it, and that | without delay. The requirements for en- | tering college neced stiffening, and so do requirements for obtaining & | teacher’s certificate. When the report indicates that our children should not be sent out into the world without & ugh knowledge of the language prevalent; in the we quite agree. B Mistaken Identity. From ths Dayton Daily News. Up in Michigan a flar fell asleep in a store he was r and was awakened the nextmmn;il:n‘ by hl:l po- the night watchman. - Mary's Modern Lamb. From the Little Kock Arxansas Demoerat. The old rhy:cle now reads: “Mary had a little lamb, she fleeced him white as snow.” —e—oe—s. Song and Crime. Prom the Roanoke Times. Up in Pennsylvania other '.heypuutht a man o was in the act of in jail now, not , but “beca nmmmmumm Sould be a $969 vy 2 & mmm.nolmh . ‘—which ‘him honar