Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR m Sunday Morning Edftion. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.........March 18, 1931 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor ¢ o A T sl SRy The Evening Star Newspaper mpny e . “er“'xl"n'e“m London: ‘Eogiand. Rate by Carrier Withim the City. -giap ¢ DoT month s F (when 5 Sundays) -85 per month ind per copy ferian prade at thie enid of eac i lexs mag be sent in by mail or teieonone Ational Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. fi‘ and Sunda; o % 1mo nly .. ¥ ¥ oty " 3 10 RS All Other States and Canada. Efly and Sunda dorchiy Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press i3 exclusively etitied fo the use for republication of all ne tehes cradited to 1t or not othersis tred- Iois pever and also the local news publl:?!d hts of publ France and National Defense. Now that the official figures of the Franco-Italian naval truce, which is 1n reality an Anglo-Franco-Italian pact, are out, it is possible to observe that Parisian diplomacy has given an ex- tremely satisfactory account of itself. For the country which was already the world’s first land and air power to emerge as also the first submarine power, is an achievement which must bring pride and gratification to a peo- ple consistently consclous that national defense is a government’s primary and supreme obligation. There is a les- son for all countries, and, not the least, for the United States, in this sane real- imation of a country’s first line of duty. There seems to be a general im- pression in Europe that the new naval pact was sealed by the high contract- ing parties on the definite under- standing that it should serve as a cur- tain raiser for the greater drama of general disarmament to be staged at Geneva in February, 1932. France has now made sure that she will enter that parley well armed with negotiatory ma- terial. M. Briand's delegation will be sble to talk in something more than the sentimental terms of beatific peace | platitudes., He will “say it” with| divisions, flotillas and escadrilles. At disarmament conferences no less than in war, Providence, to paraphrase an historic epigram, fights on the side of the strongest battalions. ‘The United States will participate in the Geneva general disarmament con- ference, although, as ¥n insignificant | g military power, our interest in it is sec- ! ondary. The American Army is already on something hardly approximately ade- quate domestic police power. But in 1936 we are to attend another five-power naval conference, as provided in the London treaty of 1930. The present outlook is slender in the extreme that Uncle S8am will be able five years hence to “say it” with the substantial arguments which will bolster the Prench at Geneva next Jear. Congress by its insensate failure to make possible the commencement of the “treaty navy has definitely crippled the prospect that the United States by 1936, will possess the kind of & fleet which will enable us to bargain effectively for further lmitation. If pacifist-cheese- paring influence this Winter was able to thwart an initial treaty-navy appro- priation of $74,000,000, what chance is there that the next Congress can be induced to appropriate $150,000,000 for new construction, which its predecessor, by letting this year's segment of the building program go by default, now makes necessary during the years 1932-33? They do these things better in France. The Mayor's Smile. One of the big questions confronting the people of the city of New York is ‘Whether Mayor James J. Walker can “wisecrack” his way out of the trouble now hounding his holiday-bound trail. ‘The mayor is on his way to the Pacific Coast, and at each stop en route he has been pleased to fling back over Ris shoulder a characteristic jest de- signed to throw his enemies into hysterics of laughter. From Dallas, ‘Tex., the mayor has thrown a parting shot: “If laughing is a crime, then I am a criminal, and I shall keep on being one.” ‘Who knows but what the mayor's ability to keep on laughing may symbol- fse the success or faflure of one of New York’s periodic upheavals—brought about now, as before, by a realization of the inane helplessness of the decent but unorganized majority to rid itself of the muck with which a highly pro- ficlent and well organized minority has covered it? ‘There is such a thing as laughing at the wrong time. And Mayor Jimmy Walker, a combination of human ele- ments dear to the heart of the “typi- eal” New Yorker, may not have the last laugh. Laughing is not a crime, and the mayor is not a criminal for laugh- ing. But an absurd and silly tolerance in the face of intolerable conditions bears a close resemblance to a form of | erime to which the good ‘mayor by his actions has already pleaded guilty. One may hope for New York that it will be able to persuade its mayor from laugh- | ter. His smile denotes a good many | things that are wrong with New York, chief among them being the city's chronic complacency. Different varieties of success assert| themselves. A successful business man | 18 not always a successful politician. r———— “Meddling” in School Affairs. An editorial in the American School Board Journal, an organ devoted to| school system affairs, depiores the tendency of Congress to meddle with administrative problems in the Capital's public sechools and the humiliating process of picayune catechizing of school officials which accompanies the med- dling. councils are learning, after many years, to leave the administration of the schools in the hands of those profes- sionally equipped for the job. Con- gress has not learned that lesson, the editorial points out, and it is high time it should. H THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 13. 1931. measure of ancestral pride,” a member of the staff is quoted as declaring. Perhaps most sufferers from this pe- cullar form of headache would be only too willing to pass up any chance of jpride if they could get rid of their ‘The great difference between the city | malady. Of all the forms of headache councils of other municipalities and the “city council” of Washington is that in | the case of the former the city council represents the taxpayers who support the schools. Here in the Capital the congressional “city council” represents every community in the United States except that one from which the taxes are drawn, and for which the schools are maintained. Other city councils, representing the taxpayers, may dis- agree with the school policies and seek to make them conform to the wishes of the taxpayers. Here in Washington the “city council,” or a few of its members, may disagree with administrative pol- icles in the school system, but the dis- agreement has nothing to do with the o¢ | wishes or desires of the taxpayers. A single member of Congress, equipped ‘with the influence of a strategically im- portant committee chairmanship, may change school policies by exercising his personal whims. He mdy be no better equipped to exercise this power than a milk wagon driver, but that makes no difference. The complaint of a school teacher, who happens to be a constit- uent from back home, may bear more weight than the opinion of the superin- tendent. And anything is justified if juggling of figures can be made to spell economy without the necessity of de- fining the sort of economy it happens to be. The result may be deplorable, in that well conceived policies may be over- turned without proper examination of their merits. Another more unfortunate result is that unless the Board of Edu- cation and the school officials fight against great odds to retain their in- dependence of opinion and action, the tendency will be to run the schools to satisfy the vain opinions of & few mem- bers of Congress, instead of maintain- ing the system in the interest of the tax paying, but politically impotent, members of the community. The Progressive Conference. Out of the Progressive Conference comes a long list of proposed legisiation, which is to be followed by still more proposals. It is obvious that the Pro- gressive group in Congress does not hope to put through the entire pro- gram, certainly not within the confines of the next two years. But it will seek to have as many of its proposals as pos- sible included in the national platforms adopted by the Republican and Demo- cratic parties next year and it will fight for as many of the proposals as there seems to be any chance for passage in the coming Congress. Many of the proposals have been made In the past, including the aboli- tion of the electoral college and the extension of the presidential primary to cover the entire country. One of the proposals of the Progressives on which particular stress was laid at the con- ference calls for the creation of a pub- lic agency to lay down an economic policy for the country. Its purpose is to avoid as far as possible the emer- gencles and distress which have con- fronted the country during the past year and a half. Even this is not new. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, & prime mover in the conference just closed, put through a resolution calling for an inquiry by & congressional com- mittee into the advisability of setting up such an agency before the Congress adjourned. Just how successful such an agency might be is problematical. To many it will smack of interference with bust- ness by government agency. It has become a fixed belief with others that hard times and good times must alter- nate in cycles.~ Economists, however, take the view that hard times are not necessary, provided 1t is possible to look ahead and plan to meet the emergen- cles which may arise. Whether they be correct or incorrect, whether hard times must follow good times as night follows day or mot, it does appear that certain measures may be adopted, some plan devised. which will make the fall from prosperity to ' adversity not so sharp, some plan which will mitigate the {lls which follow the transition. In view of the serious conditions of unemployment and distress which have =xisted in this country in recent months, the note sounded in the Progressive Conference was farmilder than might have been expected. The “debenture,” advocated as a measure of farm relief by the National Grange and adopted by the Senate in the last Congress, the Government operation of Muscle Shoals, the curtailment of the power of courts to use the injunction in labor disputes, all were put forward again at the con- ference. The demand was advanced that the Federal Government take a hand in dealing with the needy, even to the extent of feeding them. However revolutionary such proposals may appear to the rockribbed conservative, the con- ference did not advocate fevolution; it did not set up a “Red” standard. The five-day work week was demanded. But that is a demand that has been ad- vanced by no less a capitalist than John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, supported in the demand by Alfred E. Smith, former Democratic candidate for President. It is the demand of organized labor, voiced particularly at the conference by Wil- liam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, who at the same time opposed recognition of the Russian Soviet government by this country. The Progressives in Congress will hold the balance of power when that body meets, It may be expected that they will seek in every way to advance the cause of their legislative proposals under such circumstances. More and more leaders in the business world in i this country are giving attention to measures and plans which a quarter of | a century ago would have been declared revolutionary, but which todsy are regarded as wise.' The world does not stand still. The radical of today may be the conservative of tomorrow. ——————— An American writer regarded as a good novelist abroad may be a rather ‘The Journal is to be commended for calling to the attention of its readers & condition that is notoriously tradi- tional in Washington. But the Journal does not know the half of it, It makes the comparison between the “meddling” in educational policies by the city coun- ells of other municipalities and the “meddling” by members of Congress whe take over some of the duties of city fi“mwflhm Other city inferior publicity agent for his own country. 4 8ign of Intellect? Julius Caesar and Napoleon were victims of migraine, or nervous sick headache, which disease 1is being studied intensively at the University of Ilinols Research Hospital. “It is & disease of x intelligentsia and for that it is the least understood, and the most persistent, and the one most likely to subject the victim to the misunder- standing of the members of his own family as well as of acquaintances. ‘The study which the University of Illinols is making of this headache is therefore very necessary, although | be there may be some question as to the advisability of confining their experi- mental “subjects” to one person. The work so far tends to show, speaking largely, that “fast living” and irregular habits are contributory factors. Yet there are many fast livers who never have migraine, and thousands of human beings whose habits can be called very irregular who never suffer from it. The university needs no subject to know that the disease is of an hereditary nature, What almost any medical prac- titioner can tell them is that few remedies are of any real merit in ending the disease, and that practically all cases tend to be vastly bettered, if not entirely eliminated, when the patient Ppasses the age of 35 years or thereabouts. Those afflicted with migraine know that the periodicity of the disease is its characteristic symptom, and the one which renders it least understood by others. Whether migraine is a sign of pecullar intellectual ability may be questioned. It usually is associated with what is generally called a “high- strung” nature, but whether this in itself denotes one is a member of the intelligentsia also may be questioned. The truth seems to be that no disease has a monopoly on brains, and that intellectual - ability is no respecter of persons. One does not have to suffer from headaches to be able to think, —on—. Feeding wheat to cattle is a deplora- ble method of using grain intended for flour and is not especially good for the cattle. The management of money is a dominant factor in a nation’s finance. The management of wheat bears a re- lationship to a country's prosperity which cannot be ignored. — e As a rule the position of mayor of the great Atlantic Coast metropolis is one which causes a cheerless outlook on life. Mayor Jimmy Walker has demonstrated that a man can hold the meemflbemppyatmunolm e. ————— A National Committee is always in danger of embarrassment, being sub- Ject to eriticism if it has money enough to pay its debts and also if it finds it- I:H unable to do so. ——— Disastrous stock market crashes are declared due to prévious inflation of prices. Yet the occupation of blowing bubbles never loses its delight for youth or age. Night clubs continue to flourish in spite of the fact that they have become less notable for their entertainment than for their “mornings after.” SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Uninfluential, A book is written which displays Irreverence which should amaze, Toward patriots who . ‘Went bravely through The trials fierce of other days. We think the Heavens in wrath must fall, But nothing happens, after all. How can a feeble present thought Affect the lessons which were taught By men of old Both brave and bold Whose lives with honor have been | th fraught? On monuments the flies may crawl— But nothing happens, after all. Perils of Publicity. “You have been highly successful in keeping yourself before the eyes of the “Yet,” commented Senator Sorghum, “the achievement is dangerous. When you are in the public gaze, your merits become conspicuous, but your mistakes become more s0.” Jud Tunkins says a great man has to wait so long to have his greatness measured that he cannot live long enough to know whether his statue fits him. In a Circle. The orator is like the circus hoss ‘Whose pace seems fast enough; but he must cling Unto the track. He cannot cut across, But just keeps traveling 'round and ‘round the ring. * Judging by Sound. “Are there any speakeasies in Crim- son Guich?” “None that I know of,” answered Cactus Joe.. “Every drinking place has & radio to attract attention. The speakeasy has been replaced by the loud speaker.” “To be always sure you are right” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “may be a comfort to the soul, so long , a5 you can be content with your own | wisdom without attempting to prove it to others.” When All Wants Are Satisfied. Machinery eats gas and ofl, ‘With self-expression all serene. Irksome may be our daily toil; ‘Yet who would be a mere machine? “De drought,” said Uncle Eben, “has made me glad to lend an umbrella. If de friend needs it so much dat he fohgits to return it, Il be puffickly willin® to stand de loss.” - Lawyers, Take Notice! From the Cleveland News. Omaha dentist’s theory that tooth trouble mi lead to insanity unless cured prove of some professional use to criminal lawyers. ———— Accept No Substitute. From the Hartford Times. Taxi drivers do not desire to have their photos exhibited in their cabs, These men prefer to stand or fall by their actual appearance. ——— Pot Likker Ban Feared. From the Memphis Commercial Appeal. that there will be no new to cover the BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Some one has called chickens God's ‘This is an interesting but mrcely apt description, for a comedian must realize he is funny and be convinced in his own mind that he is. Chickens are far too dumb for that. “Not enough sense to cross the road” was the old countryside way of speak- ing of chickens and certain human ings. No doubt it was deserved. Chickens are sul& enough, but amusing e; h to merit the esteem in which they are held by mankind. e We were reminded of chickens, as a tribe, by the sight of a bantam rooster in a neat cage, sitting solemnly in the center of the side yard of a great house. It was the sort of home in which the passerby knew instinctively that no one would keep chickens. Ordinarily, that pastime is associated with a type. This house did not belong to that type. Here was wealth—money on pa= rade, as it were, although not ostenta- tiously. No, this small rooster was a pet, and an esteemed one, too, else it would have been pemltwd‘w‘m:m‘at large. There it stood in its neat cage, per- haps 3 by 3 feet in size and as much high, every now and then flapping its and Joudly. y. Its high note, especially, was perfec- tion. It is seldom that one is privileged to hear such a citified crow, at once loud yet well bred. ‘We were fascinated. An irresistible temptation overcame us. ‘We, too, would crow, in imitation of the fellow in the cage. From past ex- periments with animal imitations, we felt sure that with the requisite amount of abandon almost any one with normal vocal chords would be able to duplicate the bantam’s cry. * kK K It is necessary at this point to say that this fowl emphatically did not make & noise in any way resembling the orthodox “cock-a-doodle-doo.” ‘We do not know whether his call was characteristic of his breed, but at any rate he used but three notes—a prelim- inary one as & sort of ging from which to launch himself skyward, & bigh note of vast intrigue and a per- fect landing. After a few trials, we were able to duplicate the triolet so well that we stood there for several minutes, alter- nately vying with the rooster, which seemed to-enjoy she performance, t00. * ok ok X It is needless to state that the human call was done sotto voce and was only heard by the rooster. At least, we may 0. veral times since we have attempted to resound that clarion call again, only to fail dismally, since our tutor was not present. He gave the key, and without him it is almost impossible to achieve it. And wmmut lhe fl'm note on which to be- one becomes utterly im- po-lb e Some day we hope to roam that way again and to find the little rooster in his cage and to sing a duet with him. * X Kk ok Chickens at large, however, offer more amusement to the discerning mind. It is only when it gets on its own WASHINGTON botrdthemulvuhyfltln. er decora N that the uut American fowl shows its nm lack of brains. One of the most ouutlndln demon= lhuflonl it gives is to to death m h sense * his ap- pllu pecunmy to the mbfrymg age.) e Yet there are those well acquainted with these birds who swear that they not unly are capable of affection, but are able to discriminate between dif- remt members of the household, and to show an unmistakable preference. The domestic fowl ordinarily handled without much sentiment, but many families can recall favorite old hens whose final destruction saddened the household. Perhaps it is the truth that the aver- age human being cannot work :f muc affection for birds of any kind, least in any degrec akin to the l.flec- gm which he often lavishes on horse, og, cat. The sheer physical construction of the fowl is against it in this 3 Its queer head, its ungainly event, it from reeelvln; nd -flecunn gwn its owner. only chick,” is by far the of the do- Who is there who has not been pleased at the sight of a bevy of chicks, or chix, as some say, running hither and thither (as others say), setting up such a cheeping and piping? A huge business has been built up in these little fellows by parcel post, wi h the result that millions of them Jhlpped every year about this time wmx ittle loss. The chicken is perhaps breathing thing that uks s or thousand, or maybe two ,mmue railroad journey on his hunowhanmun‘uhhed to the of After that is them except to tions. A long time ago down at Ocean City, Md., there was an old grocery man who inn;:my sent in hu bill as follows: hicki) rlx_s‘ No_doubt lcklnx" is as good as “chicken” in the long run. The white meat of chicken is esteemed by con- noisseurs and doctors. Fried chicken long has been the favorite dish of the United States. Fried chlchn dinners still hold first lace in the hearts of rural Ameflc-. 'w church “socials” are gotten u without the very necessary aid of the domestic fowl. ‘These are l few of the umm.rhn aspects of bird. And we hl'a d nothln‘ lbout the eggs, either. But still there are some who hold a 'emllde memory of some old hen which woul d would run up to have her feathers pet- ted, and in her queer way undoubtedly enjoyed the process. OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. nominee. very formally and defl- ly listed Hoover. Gov. Rooses velt'’s dampness wouldn’t Im.erut the Nebraskan = tling, as lar Republican n.htuu iine, particularly if it's the prohibition line, no matter how pro-power it may be. The La_ Follettes the cum.nn extremely likely to be alongside him, just as the Wheelers and the Costigans can be looked for in the regular Demo- cratic ranks. Party alignments, as ““Young Bob” puts it are melnl.n(lesl Solidarity for the Progressives in the immediate future s only when they need to wield of power in Congress. * % % % “mwlu Conference pick-ups: Steffens linking up acquaint- ances of the days, 25 yeln ago, when, | 4 the evils he says, he was assail which now perturb Messrs. Norris & Co. and inventing Philadelphia’s coat of arms, “Corrupt and Content When Borah remarked he “might ‘be thinking of Albert Gallatin” in brack- eting Alexander Hamilton with another aren Secretary otdth'; '{‘reuury Dlnlhl Roper, on han eel ssiv- hm safe for democracy, bef p pm‘k’:‘ of the title Democrats hlve ven Mellon—the greatest Secretary ry since McAdoo. . . . “Afin of lamentation and an ounce of cure”— cynical summary of the Progressive proenm by a disinterested bystand- . . . Norris taking a leaf out of ur Justice Holmes" eur]y contempla- tion of the Great Beyond and evok thunderous disapproval of the though! that his days are numbered. Alice Longworth, Washington's unfail- ing political first-nighter, imblbtn( Progreulve doctrine with heretical terest. . Bronson Cuf uhnd aristocrat, Groton, Harvard an Phi Beta Ka hl.n‘ shoulden with the proletariat. . . . Borah, ap- proaching 66, with hair as coal-black as the locks of La Follette, aged 36. * x % ¥ During the closing hours of the ! Progressives' family party the one 1932 | ter, Wi | presidential poulumy who graced the conference put in an appearance—the soft-spoken Senator Robert J. Bulkley, wet, of Ohio. Bulkley is not generally identified with the Democratic left wing whose shining lights are Sena- tors like Wheeler, Dill, Costigan and others who go “liberal” by fits and starts. Apparently Bulkley (he answers to the nickname of “Roy,” not “Bob") is throwing a Progressive anchor to windward by hobnobbing with the Nor- ris Utoplans who want "mnmer in the White House. One of Chairman Raskob's sleuths, “Dick” Linthicum, of the Democratic National Committee’s publicity division, held a watching brief at the Progressive coun- cil of war. * Kk President Hoover dodges all the speeches he can. He's just asked per- mission to make one. The Californian told Secretary Lamont he'd like to make a few remarks on the occasion ‘of the forthcoming dedication of the vast new Department of Commerce. The re- quest will be granted. They're still looking for an appropriate inscription to spread across the long, sprawling facade of the world's biggest govern- ment office building. Here's a text for the President’s address at the unveil- ing of “the house that Herbert bullt"' B s e : “Speech was made upe man to man, and not to hide him; to promote commerce, and not betray it.” * ok ok X P.New that it can be told, and Dr. ‘moment Mbl.hnee! by for his the induce _President ber Q.henwwu a futile fight it Hoover to send a lame duck to the hands of t.he Navy. | When he was asked his opinion of the Jame duck in question, he sald, in effect, that the ex-Representative was exlctly the kind of man the need and couldn't use. Mr. Brown u:- st includes & director of “musical activi- ties.” Watch for an increased exwrt Negro ‘spiritusls from jant in the Supreme Caun m argue, e e & writ of certiorari granted last month, on.behalf 1:01 a Negro, Alfred Scott Al £ murder of a white policeman in Wash- l.nflcn in July, 1929. Mr. Reilly took 's case to App! on the point that the trial court had refused to permit the Negro's counsel to question ive jurors as to whether they were prejudiced against the colored race. The Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the ’s disagreed. He retried, !ound guilty and senuncsfl to death. * K K K ver has made organized labor a llfl o! a t-hll'd against by vetoing the w-zner 1l providing for Btate employment agenc! bor’s other grouches include the Pnrker Su- freme Court. se- lection, 1abor l‘l‘ it peeved ministration’s Ilflul'e to put its influ- ence behind the an -lnl‘l 1, which fell liyj the wayside in the late congressional jam. Byrne De Boots in “Our Ame on the fateful night. “I was in the wi just opposite the ready to heard the Lincoln falling for- ward in his a:h-lr" the old actor once wrote. He quit stage immediately after the historical tragedy. (Copyright, 1931.) Pedestrians Urged To Obey Traffic Law ‘To the Editor of The Star: Having just read your article “Again the Leader,” on the editorial page of The Star, in which you cite the fatalities due to reckless driving in baby | some parts under conviction for | tarift Denies Irredentist Move in Slovakia situation in Slovakia. the subject anal, scarcely any argument or alternative open It was rather richly dpcumanud hit ‘would seem ther a serious at- B e discus- Lorrlne of ‘astern llavlkhmm.olhh dentist territory striving to be reunited with its mother country. I concede that in the whole article of Mr. Lengyel there is nothing at all to jum(y luch a tendency. On the contrary, Mr. Leng- yel himself very emph:uc-lly “affirms that even the Magyar minority of Cucho:tlov?kln ‘would hawdeurredm th? prospect of coming unt of their co-nationals in_the neilhborlnl state, much less n‘: g!‘ovln‘ “eqy ers” Olechodo Republic. Mr. 1 also says that u the prevalling tions in Slovakia are not lyet quite nqmul they are not “the fault of the Cnchl ‘who are doing their best to remedy them. are the outcome of centuries of oppression, to which the Slovaks had been subjected by their Hungarian taskmasters.” Can one seriously entertain the belief th.lt Slovakia would desire to return under the same allegiance which has, Mr. Lengyel so oonvlne!nc‘l: shows, reurded in such a manner her cultural and economic development and under which the Slovaks, as Mr. Lengyel quotes, were mnot even considered as human beings? ‘The term of Alsace-Lorraine is, there- fore, very probably used as an in- dication of possible danger of friction in of Eastern Europe and not as an indication of irredentist tendencies in Slovakia. Of course, for a superficial reader, it could prove exceedingly mis- leading. Very truly yours, R. FERDINAND V!VI‘RK Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenlpounflll‘! Economic Equality Is Plea of Kansan To the Editor of The Star: ! have just received the full text your editorial, the New in The Saturday, . 1 note with muun wh.lt alize that politlc‘l plrtes must h.lve & national vit t, and that yvu wiil realize further nm the time is over when you can shake down representa- tives from the midcontinent by waving before them the humiliation of and Washington isolation. regul ulue '.hn there can be no party gov- ernment and there can be no party regularity except when the parties have national and stand for eco- nomic and justice for every industry in every section of the Nation. Pvr 10 years agriculture has been cents for each dollar’s longer your situation is taking place in the mineral field. Midcontinent coal and lead flelds have been shut down and have been in bankru for several vears. For 2 long they carried on their strunle of selling their products below cost and purchasing highly woucm Eastern steel and mac! OD!rlL- their mines. Ofl u now in the same situation. The oil fields of the mid- t have been denbped by buy- it manu- wells are ofl with oo ‘Efl?fl with 1 com] lon ore! and Means Committee insolently re- jecudwrpubyuvmo{mm On the morning of Wi oo Mo Republican paper, o as treachery to America. On the evemng of hhnnry 18 the Baltimore Sun, ct Court of | Jikewise ‘The Republican members of the Kansas delegation who would not at- tend the caucus have been regular for e} w o for the cam] our-aquars fox Hawley-Smoot tariff bill. I asked the people 10 hold me to the same responsi- bility as l( I had been present in Con- gress and supported the bill. We be- leve in promtlon for American prod- ucts. We believe that America was never so in need of protection as it is today. However, we firmly believe that protection must ‘be American protection Ind not sectional pmflum you but ipported my position. cently a'letter was received from an edi- tor of a Republican paper in my dis- trict who has never supported me in a imary campaign. I quote & part of that letter: “You have shown good sense and lot of leadership in the matter of protec- tion for Kansas oil and I wish to tend my congratulations to you I have done itorial it fllp&lnfllmdoln‘ttl.flnlnme y issue.” morning ‘We do not want to leave.the b- lican party. If we leave the Repul party we are not bolting—we are ll.mply being driven from the ranks of the Re- publican party by the Eastern ship and control of the party practic; an economic tyranny which is dri us to another re; in the bvpe m our civilization t;hn 'x'hm nve ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Few Americans realize how much their Readers of and | Government does for them. mlvmlmaurmndnwonuloov- ernment activi u.mnn(hmrlm&; Q. Where were roller skates first uned?-— A. They wm invented in Holland in| the eighteenth eent However, roller | © skating had n r“rfimh vTe until 1863, when J. L limpton of New York designed a skate with four little wooden Wheels. Q. Are ect dhmona ever found in diamond rings?—E. A. C. F. Kuns says that 8 or 10 per cent of all diamonds that are found are perfect even under a strong, uum lens. Although many are perfect color, there are also a great many dlb- monds of an imperfect color which are really perfect stones, in that they do not contain imperfections or Iun of any kind. In purchasing diamonds should deal always with reliable nrnu. n-hamd Whn qmm:n)-;heony o Sl Ve butle :bmlttha ‘u- H received their name. ctmlnelleo Vite] l. ‘who llved in 1540, is the accredited inventor. A re- volver is a llnl‘le-bln’tled pistol with a revolving breech bers for the cu-md Q. Has lel? the nuv. tenor, ever nr“ Illn'ln‘nl ‘The Metropol What has become of Wublxuwn 4-cent mmw—-c C. Y. A. It has been discontinued. At the present time the Taft stamp is being used in its place. Q. What is the oldest American set- tlement in Alaska?—L. N. D. A. It is Juneau. It was named for Joseph Juneay, who discovered the quartz and placer riches which have made that 't famous. Q. What is meant by “Abyla” lnd “Calpe”’?—R. N. A. These are the ancient names lu the Pillars of Hercules—Calpe, modern Gibraltar, and Abyla, now Jebll Musa or Apes Hill. Q. What is a Greek chorus?—H. J. A. It was a part of the Greek drama sung by the chorus, typically consisting of a series of odes arranged for antiph- onal singing, interspersed between the scenes of the play. Hence in the mod- the prologue and explains or comments upon the course of events. Q. Where there are two street car companies in a_city, and the same both, how do they the phn Corps says that a biplane is lmufl than a monoplane because the wings permit truss construction !or combat, or where the plane gets sudden strain a biplane is better; also it per- mits the use of shorter wings to get the same lift. A monoplane has the advantage of getting full efficiency out of bhe wing and permits greater visi- The monoplane’s disadvan e e e e P“I'PGP- such as g, distance, , ete. Q. Before white people came to this country what did the Indians use to cut with?—L. A. B. A. The North American Indians had all sorts of stone tmplzmenu for phrc- ing, cutting, scraping and chopping. ‘These tools were very sharp. For in- stance, the tomahawk could cleanly cut off a person’s scalp almost as well as a steel fe. Indians also had harpoons and bows and arrows made of stone, wood or wood with metal points. Q. Which of our soldiers’ homes was established first?—J. R. D. A. The United States Soldiers’ Home the . | March 3, 1851, Q. Please name some famous brothers sale snd sisters. M. F. ventory of tokens on an equal division of the arrived at b; from the of rate of fare, a and by reason of used on the other company’s cars, they e fact that they are| I Dorothy and Willlam Words , Charles and Mary Lamb, and Willlam and Caroline Herschel. Q'hnllflndclnfimdm Italy and France Give Hope To World of Better Feeling Great importance United States to the agresment Italy and France by which naval limi- tation will be assured in harmony with the conclusions of the London Disar- mament Conference of the United Great Britain and is attached by the United have much reason to rejoice,” accord- to the Houston Chronicle, which points out that “neither our own Gov- but dis- umnponahench-nd! hnnlvl.l ‘The ‘escalator clause’ of the landon treaty,” eoncludu flnt " “would have compelled to increase her fleet at a ume when the taxation sltuation was decidedly acute. We would have had to build consider- ably more than a billion dollars’ of ships if Henderson and Gibson had not taken steps to prevent a potential building race bet'een France and Italy. The peaceful and amicable settlement will not hurt the feelings of the Anu'rl can and British taxpayers. They will be inclined to cheer the envoys whose tact and diplomacy have triumphed.” “No loyal citizen,” thinks the Sche- nechdy emu “would hne his coun- unprepared. He is ready to xt lll ne:d:'d expe'nllitlln'zs 10‘ keep Tmy an avy properly N“pfld But he resents a condition that his country to engage in com; with others—a competition which, car- ried to its logical conclusion, may spell bankruptcy. The London treaty, with the United States, Britain, France, Italy and Japan in accord, should ma- terially check this senseless race and * ok ok ok “This matter is one of vital concern,” Ing | the effect of the accord: “Bind says the Lexington Leader, “not merely as a means of saving enormous sums of money which would be sunk in fresh armaments as time passed, but as a means of paving the way toward further agreements.” Observing that “the Lon- don government, llrndy had served notice of its intention to invoke the “‘escape clause’ of the three. ln order ‘to expand its na programs of its neighbors com- pelled that added prof ,” the New Orleans Tl.mel-leyune declares that “the danger was so obvious that not even the statesmen could longer u-nore it,” and that “it appears they found a -way to avert it—a treaty formula ac- ceptable to all concerned—with: surpris- ing and encouraging ease.” “The way is chlnd for tackling the problem ot general disarmament,” uverl the Newark Evening News, while th Hamilton Evening Journal seu possibility of agreements on all those means by which wars are fought,” and t between | don,’ the Al Evening News feels that this ove the strain step “ 10 reme existed between m Britain France and it is Indicative that llu-o- lini, while he ks defl:nfly on oen sions, is I‘D! own _Igeo le.” e uvenotmv-lnw_urdu'm ing,” proclaims the Pasadena Star- News, with the further comment as to together in a clear-cut compact for naval limita- tion the five great naval powers—the 't | United Bfilffl Great Brlllln Japan, France and no concern need be felt lbml! any naval problem which Test the world might create. wers have the bulk of naval tonnage world. constitute at the London Naval Conference are be- flnnlnz to m their relcged are innuem:ln; e nations com- pacted, influencing them definitely tos ward propagation of 'fi ent peace sentiment throughout world.” Gk K K % = Ch!nc beh agreement is the direc- " states Chat- the in s BEERRNT the work begun at ting out that “before ved the idea of parity, Pprosperity. ':I,'h! weight of international inter- est,” says the Atlanta Journal, “lies in the amity thus arrived at between France and Ihb with Great Britain's ipation, a sense, incidental. torsign f‘?..fir;“"al“;“"h. anted pondent, = prey e i llml! ted pean m‘phfl! chlrud tely with divers factors of unrest, has perceptibly cleared. Tension is relaxed and the way is open for France and Ttaly to arbitrate effectively a number of e Sirnacraan. ol . -Hen considers,” records the San Antonio bm‘tfl. “that the understanding ought France, Italy and Great muun cluer and that it will help forward preparations for the it ternational mnlwumcemfln disar- meet at Geneva next February. That nnurlns should benefit Europe Sev- eral nations -on Hnent still maintain hm armies, ready for field service. Some such forces could be re- duced heavily by regional agreements, as the United States repeatedly has suggested at armament conferences.” Sex by the Snore. 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