Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING With Sundsy Morning WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY..........April 6, 1831 STAR Edition. THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company P s e ke Michig 14 l'ti ent. Rate by Carrier Within the City. -4 .48¢ per month ‘mon! elephone ™ RACRT Foot: Rate by Mstl—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 1mes which there is wider generous supply in the United States than in any other country of the world. The value of natural gas sold in the United States since-its introduction in 1872 up to the close of 1015 was $1,- 164,717,474—and- goodness only knows how much has been sold since! In 1019, for instance, the amount utilized was 961,095,000,000 cubic feet and you can figure out for yourself what that must have cost! The Appalachian Field alone produced 349,557,285,000 cubic feet. Nor should one forget that the firs worshipers on the shores of the Casplan Sea, in the Baku region, Rus- sia, and those of Punjab, India, have y | preserved s continuous flame in their temples, caused by a steady flow of natural gas, for several centuries. It is obvious, therefore, that those who make a living in the gas business are Nature's Noblemen and those who THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, unlnfllml American forces at Managus under the direction of an officer of the Engi- neer Corps fought the flames that quickly followed the shock. American ! Marines worked jncessantly to rescue the survivors of the disaster, to main- tain order and to assist in the evacua- tion of the city. Had it not been for these forces the situation would have been much more desperate. Now the people are leaving the yuined capital, 25,000 having fled within a few hours. These services have been rendered almost spontaneously without orders. That they have been effective in alle- viating the sufferings of. the unfortu- nate people is evident. That they are appreciated is warmly expressed by the,| Fresident of the republic, who gives high praise to all the American workers in the hour of disaster. With the earth still trembling and fresh misfortunes befalling them, the 1mol 40c | complain over high bills should be|people of Managua will perhaps be in ; 1 mo., Member of the Assoclated Press. 18 exclusively ertitled ublication of all news dis- 0 1t or not otherwise cred- his paper and also the local news hereln. " All rishts of publication of ispatches herein are also reserved. Lest We Forget. 50¢ ‘World War is being celebrated as Army day. Originated by the Military Order of the World War, it gives promise of developing, as it deserves, into a fit- ting commemoration not only of the deeds and valor of our Army in France, but of the worth and value of our peace-time land establishment. pointed out by Gen. Pershing. It is ap- propriate, the commander in chief of locked up. The Persistent Mr. Raskob. Chairman John J. Raskob of the But that) failed to at the meeting of the Na- Committee, called by the chair- man to discuss party policles, which was held a few weeks ago in Washing- ton. ommendation, so far as its submission to the committe> though he did agree not to press for action at that time. written The true significance of Army day is | letters to the members of the He went through with his rec- was concerned, al- Now h2 has ational Committee calling upon them to get behind the “home rule plan.” He has also called upon the members the A. E. F. aserts, that the date|y, ,ong tneir ndividusl recommenda- forever to be associated with our decla- ration of war in 1917 should be selected #8 Army day. “The memory of the utter lack of preparedness for national defense on April 6 fourteen years ago,” Gen. Pershing admonishes us, “should serve to bring our country to realize the necessity of having an adequate Army, thoroughly organized, well equip- ped and capable of expansion to a force 8t least equal in size to the A. E. tions to the chairman, particularly with reference to national prohibition. The Democratic chalrman is forcing the fighting. He will be roundly criti- cized by those members of his party who are seeking above all things Har- mony with & big “H.” The Democrats who feel sure they can win the next national election will not applaud his insistence upon bringing up a topic | claimed by Canada. i e which 8o sharply divides the Democrats - sy d:’;;"’:"w:i‘:‘zfl themselves. At the time of the meet- of adequate preparedness as advocated | {18 Of the National Committee Mr. Ras- by those who had experience in the | XCP Was charged by Senator Robinson World War and who know the terrific | Of Arkansas, Democratic leader of the eost of faflure to make provision for | Scnste, with having needlessly precipi- L i tated a “crisis” for the party. The view It was along such lines that Gen.|Of Senator Robinson is the view of a Pershing, in his immortal “Experi-|8Teat majority of the Democratic ences,” recently published in The Star, | members of Congress, who see a chance sought to lead public opinion. He re- | f°r national victory at the polls next peatedly reminded the Nation, in the|Year and do not wish to do anything course of that stirring narrative, that|that will lessen that chance. & better prepared United States in 1917| Mr. Raskob, however, insists that it might have shortened the duration of |15 Up to the Democratic.party to take the World War and prevented a cor-|#& stand for “principle”—the home rule responding wastage of precious life and | Principle with regard to liquor. Only treasure. If that grim lesson soaks|by making a fight for principle, Mr. into the consclousness of the American | Raskob says, can the Democratic party people, as the result of successive cele- | hope to be strong enough with the brations of Army day, recurring sixths | people to win again and again at the need of help for some time. If the means of their own country are not adequate, without question the Ameri- can people will, through official or semi- Democratic National Committee is no! official agencies, go to their rescue with quitter. When he set himself to m,'mnds and supplies without stint. task of placing his party on record in B AT its next national platform for his “home =|Tule plan” of dealing with the liquor traffic, he knew that his proposal would; ise & rumpus: For the fourth time this anniversary ;:m. him s of the United States' entry into the|, o . Discovery of new land in Arctic re- glons is announced by a Norweglan whaling inspector. The land may be ‘While Arctic ter- ritory may seem to have little attrac- tion as an ordinary real estate proposi- tion, the possibilities of mineral wealth make it a matter of prudence to protect all claims. In the meantime the whal- ing waters may be regarded as worth more than the land. ————— An interviewer describes Mayor “Jim- mie” Walker as being in a very seri- ous frame of mind. Nevertheless, it is confidently expected that when he gets into action in the investigation he will as usual have his numerous moments es the life of the party. —_— e Men who took private contracts to administer floggings are being looked after by the Florida authorities. The reputation of the State is based on its opportunities for enjoyment. An fllegal system of surreptitious punishment spoils the picture. SRS T Speech ‘making will be early in evi- dence in connection with the next presidential campalgn. Oratory threat- ened to fall into comparative disuse. It has been revived as one of the most popular forms of American pastime. ———————————— Earthquakes in Central America cause no great fear in connection with canal enterprises. If every threat of Nature were to cause discouragement, the progress of the world would practically cease. ——te Naval negotiations between France and Italy are keéping the experts busy. All possible deliberation should be wel- come. It is the duty of the diploma- tists to tofl without repose in order to see that the gunners take & holiday. —v—t——————— ‘What is regarded with apprehension of Aprils will become anniversaries of | polls. inestimable value to the Republic. “If the Democratic party is interested ‘The United States Army is the small- | in winning only one election, it might est military establishment maintained | be argued with a great deal of force,” by any first-class power in the world. |says Mr. Raskob in his letter to the ‘The Women's International League for | committee members, “that we should Peace and Freedom chooses Army day |avold or straddle all controversial is- to announce Nation-wide meetings in |sues and resort to every expediency to May for passage of resolutions con-|gain votes, not through courageous cerning the general disarmament con- |leadership on our part, but through ference at Geneva in 1932. It is pro- | promoting dissatisfaction with the Re- posed to petition the Presldent to send | publican party in every conceivable “peace-minded” delegates to that meet- | way.” ing. Every time the question of land| The dry Democrats, on the other disarmament has cropped up, Mr.|hand, say that Mr. Raskob apparently Hoover has let it be known that the |can see only one issue, prohibition, and United States Army is already reduced | that his fight for “principle” ignores to the lowest possible level commensu- | their own ideas of what is right. rate with the country’s needs. Our| The appeal of the chairman to his spokesmen at Geneva will be author- | committee members and to the whole dzed to say that in maintaining an ade- | party through them is for an adjust- quate Army, the American people are|ment of the serious division between thoroughly—and intelligently—‘“peace- | the dry Democrats of the South and minded.” the wet Democrats of the North. But he wants the matter adjusted so that The Tuberculosis Sanatorium. |it will please the liberal element of the It 15 not suficient to explain a | NoTth to which he belongs. Mr. Ras- @elay in beginning work on the new|koD insists that his “home rule plan” Children’s Tuberculosis Sanatorium by | 4025 Dot call for the repeal of the eiting the differences of opinion con- | elghteenth amendment, but merely for cerning the type of bulldings, or the | the adoption of another constitutional proposed size of the superintendent's | 8mendment which would give individ- living quarters, or whether they out- |Ual States the right to determine shine, or should outshine, the quarters| Whether they wish to continue bone dry furnished & “four-star general” in the | OF to Permit traffic in alcoholic bever- Army. Nor is # altogether convincing|28¢s. But that seems to be merest to state that the sanatorium is being | Subterfuge. Anything that disturbs delayed because elementary school | the present scheme of national prohi- builcirgs are more important. Crowded | bition, that permits any State to take conditi-ns in the schools are chronic. | Over the control of liquor traffic and Bo is the neglect by the city of tubercu- | 8uthorize the manufacture and sale of Jous children, If the choice of reliet | lcoholic beverages, is in effect a re- falls between the two, the sick children | Peal of the eighteenth amendment. should come first. Mr. Raskob has asked all of the com- A difference of opinion as to the | Mmittee members to send him letters ap- architectural layout of the new sana- | Proving the “home rule plan” or sub- torium, or a difference of opinion over | mitting other recommendations by Sep- anything, is nothing mew in this old | tember. It is presumed that later in world. The common impression has | the Fall or Winter he will call the com- heretofore prevatled that the best ex- | mittes together and demand that it éuse for the existence of constituted |take some action on his plan. When suthority is that it may settle differ- | that happens, the committee members ences of opinion by definite action. It would be interesting, and possibly enlightening, to learn what elementary school jobs exceed in importance the senatorium, and what conditions cry more for relief than those concerning the District's care of tuberculous ehildren. ———————— ‘The cherry blossoms had to be al- Jowed to take a place among the nu- merous disappointments caused by re- oent extraordinary experiences with the weather. The Gas Report. ‘The report on the Washington gas situation, relating to high pressure, sdjustments, complaints over bills, etc., and delivered by a special subcommit- tee of the Public Utilities commxmel of the Federation of Citizens’ Asso- elations, lacked a few detalls that for the sake of completeness and to make the thing more readable should have been added. The report could appropriately have stated, for instance, that while an in- Sammable gas rising from certain stagnant pools had.been noted as far! back as 1669, the first practical use of gas for flluminating purposes was not made until 1792, which was fully six-|planes were launched yesterday With|girecting the unemployment should prepare for a long stay in Wash- ington, where the meeting is expected to be held. —— e Baltimore reduced the price of milk to a lower Agure than that collected in this city. There is no reason that can be readily discerned for starting Balti- more bables in life with so great an advantage. American Aid in Nicaragua. Bpeed and high efficlency mark the measures taken by the American Gov- ernment for the rellef of the stricken people of Managua, capital of Nicara- gus. Within a few hours after the news of the disaster had been received and ft became evident that urgent need existed for succor, supplies were being assembled for shipment to the zone of suffering. By ship and by plane they have been sent forward, and already some of them have reached the point of need. Manggua lies inland from the Pacific coast of Nicaragua and is reached only by difficult road. It being on the western side of the isthmus, plane supplies must be carried a con- siderable distance from the Caribbean. From the aircraft carrier Lexington five as a crime wave in Washington, D. C,, is not in reality enough to rank as a ripple in larger and wickeder cities. SHOOTING STARS. BY. PHILANDER JOHNSON. Beauty Show. Step forward, friends, both small and great, And be prepared to contemplate The wonders of the present day In a bewildering array! This the Exhibition Grand ’ That all await throughout the land! 8o, take your places, every one. The Beauty Show has now begun! The shy arbutus half concealed 1Is 'mongst the earliest revealed. The flaunting jonquil laughs to see The crocus in her modest glee. The birds draw nigh with music sweet To make the revelry complete. Step forward, friends, and greet the Sun. ‘The Beauty Show has now begun! No Balm to the Loser. “Even if you lose, you will get credit for having made a gallant fight.” “Your remarks convey no comfort,” answered Senator Sorghum. *“That kind of credit s no more real satisfaction to s politiclan than it is to a foot ball player.” Jud Tunkins says he's proud of his home town. It is naturally so well behaved that one pickpocket and two bootleggers are enough to get everybody talking about a so-called crime wave.” After the Rains. ‘The farmer now has taken heart. A happler tale he has to tell. ‘We've raised umbrellas. For a start, He says that's doing pretty well. Space. “Are you trying to solve the mysteries of space?” “Yes,” answered the great astronomer. “Where's your telescope?” “A telescope would be useless in this problem. What I am looking for is parking space.” In Political Waters. The lame duck may in course of time Pind an appointment offered him. | He may not rise in flights sublime, But he may still stay in the swim, “To look always on the dark side of life,” sald Hi Ho, “is to be as one who {only 111 dreaming.” Vacation’s Charm. The politician debonnatre By travel is elated. | He says that “home, sweet home,” is where You get investigated. “If I works only five days a week,” said Uncle Eben, “I can't look foh much chance to git by unless I kin shun temptation to put in the yuthuh two days shootin’ crap. Democrats Need Jobs. Prom the Dayton Daily News. It seems strange that President Hoover should insist on a Republican when teen years after the American Declara-| medical supplies, physicians and sur-|everybody knows the Democrats have tion of Independence. But the real|geons, and they landed at the Nicara- O‘M development of gas lighting must prop- erly be credited to the nineteenth cen- tury. A well in Ohlo was once aban- because of the strange fumes therefrom, but if the owner of cruiser and a transport are steaming at the well had realized it he was only . —pn-fl“sm‘mflph“dm“ guan capital late in the efternoon. More planes are being sent today. A naval hospital ship is on its way in the Pacific to the Nicaraguan coast. A high speed to take off all American far more experience in being out jobs. N These Lamming Literati. Prom the Albany Evening News. Sinclair Lewis and Theodore Dreiser are raising the tone of fisticuffs. But the literary Gene Tunney started closes his eyes in & slumber that brings | this ace-high in teem, The THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Rocking chairs are the secret vice of many a man. For several decades it has been con- sidered slightly unmanly for a male person to be discovered in a rocking chaf ir. . Rocking chairs, it was held, were for women, and for elderly women, in par- ticular. It is probable that the average flapper of yesterday would have scorned a nice, comfortable rocker. ‘There are signs, however, that this attitude is changing, and that before many more months the favorite char of our ancestors will be restored to its old-time position in our living room. How fortunate our ancestors were, to be sure! Interior decoration, @s such, had never been heard of. They were free to use such chairs as they pleased, without feeling that some dear neigh- bor would scorn their “taste” behind their backs. * K x *x ‘Taste, of c , is precious. Taste is mo‘:'r:eas tact is to conduct. ‘The tactless person is seen—and heard—everywhere in the land. Around him and her revolve much trouble, heartache and ultimate sorrow. ‘Taste causes no such mental per- turbation. Often enough the person with cutrageous taste in the matter of clothing, for instance, happlly will be unaware of lack. Those whose taste in household fur- nishings is somewhat questionable will cause even more worry to the worrying man and woman than he or she who insists on wearing an old'hat or other article of wearing apparel. Modern living rooms, in particular, must be just o so, as the expression has it, before they conform to the dic- tates of interior decoration. Often this means scme lack of sheer comfort. It will be found that in many homes a “den” is the place where old— and comfort:bl>—chairs are permitted, and where magazines and books are permitted to clutter up a table. Undoubtedly, an end table does not look well with papers, magazines and books piled upon iL e * In order to kesp up with the stand- ards of a certain proper interior seem- liness, which the art and of interior decoration, as such, has en- forced on thousands of homes, house- holders in & measure have sacrificed some comfort. Perhaps it is true that some of this ease was rather unsightly, in a mild sort of way; but most often it was “homey,” and had in it much good for the physical welfare of mankind. The honest rocking chair has been the greatest sufferer from interior dec- oration. Once the favorite of every “sitting room” in the land, it was shoved back into the dining room, and then upstairs, where, as a sawel article, it did duty as a “slipper chair.” Like a faithful old hound dog which had grown old, the rocking chair was best tolerated on the veranda of the Bummer hotel and cottage. Who is there whose heart does not thrill at the sight of one of those big comfortable rockers, rocking in the wind on a cottage porch? ‘They are a sitter’s heaven, with their rockers, their deen and capacious seats, their long and wide backs, and the fa- elility with which they permit the sitter to place his feet on t*he‘rallmg. * % “Horrors!” we can hear some good lady reader declare. ‘“Feet should never be placed upon railings, hotels or other- If this dear lady could suddenly be shown some magic motion picture film, which would incorporate flashes of all the Summer hotels and cottages in the world, she would see millions of men with the feet on railings. It is at once the most comfortable and carefree position in the world, restful to the entire body, and particu- larly good for legs and feet. It has a soothing effect on the brain. It con- duces to normal blood circulation, health of the heart and proper breath- Its invigorating effect on the mind may be understood by any one who has had the privilege of sitting along such a Tow, on & beautiful Summer night, and listening to the tall tales told there, perhaps of fishing, or other matters. ‘The rocking chair, at bottom, deserves the entire credit, for the elevated posi- tion of the feet is only incidental. The real effect comes from the tilted angle of the seat. Once again we must go back to the hotel, and this time to the country or small town hotel. Invariably the loafers, as some call them, tilt their chairs back against the wall, thus taking their fzet off the ground. This is the normal or natural method of mankind in sitting in chairs. It always is followed by men, if given half a chance, and would be by women, too, if convention accorded- them the freedom. e ‘The indoor fashion of men sitting on the small of their back, as it wer:, with their chests caved in, and back bowed, is due entirely to their effort to dupli- cate outdoor sitting conditions. Often a man who has a comfortable office chair go:s home to rooms filled with fashionable but uncomfortable sit- ting appliances. Modern office chairs with tilting seats glve & man an opportunity to get his feet off the ground, and permit the body to assume a position which makes it natural to hold the stomach in and the chest out, the shoulders slightly back, and the head high. The old-time rocking chair was the only type which enabled a person to sit properly at home, and it was finally banished, or practically so, by the edicts of modern interior decoration. Better times are at hand, however. There is every indication that the rocker is coming back, rockers and all. No one will dispute the fact that a rocking chair is no beauty. Its rockers are a bit too much. They stick out in a most unlovely fashion and are always getting in the way. Any one who has ever stumbled over a rocker in the dark will be able to understand their drawbacks. Is there any hurt which a shin can sustain more completely than that delivered by the rocker of a rocking chair? ‘The rocking chair was not made to be stumbled over, however, but to be |sat in, and here it shines. It still shines. As well chosen specimens return in ever-increasing number to the living quarters of modern homes, men every- where will heave sighs of relief. ‘Their minds will run back quickly to childhood days, when queer rockers on glides, somewhat resembling the glider hammocks of today, were favorites in the parlor. Perhaps it was a sort of combination sitting room and parlor, good enough for company, but not too good for the | family. The comfortable but squeaky rocker tield a place of honor by the front win- dow, but even then it was on the down- grade. In a few years it was gone. replaced by a soft but not really comfortable overstuffed chair. There was some- thing strangely right about the name. It was “over” something—perhaps over- done. i e Now the rocking chair is coming back, and it is a good thing. Newer and -better models will minimize the runners, hold them down to the mini- mum, but the seat will be slanted, and the slight motion will be pleasing. Mankind was made to be in motion. Man is happlest when on the move. Even if the motion is slight, it at least gives the sitter something to do be- sides listen to the radio. And, if the op- rtunity offers, a man can put his feet up in the chatr. It is wonderfully soothing. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Although Eastertide, 1931, finds the United States at protound peace with the rest of the world, the Department of State has seldom concentrated on mere foreign affairs of moment than are at present absorbing Secretary Stimson and his staff. East and West, North and South, events are pending or impending which call for vigilant at- tention by Uncle Sam. A mere cata- logue of them gives a glimmer of their importance. The Anglo-Franco-Italian naval accord amounts to a triple alli- ance against the United States Navy's battleship policy. The European sea powers want to reduce the maximum size of capital ships from 35,000 to 25,000. America opposes that plan. ‘The proposed German-Austrian customs union sooner or later will involve us in a controversy with Germany as to whether American goods would be let into the German market duty free un- der our “most-favored-nation” treaty with the Reich. In the Far East, the recrudescence of China’s demand for abolition of extraterritoriality and “the unequal treaties” brings a ticklish issue to the front. % % % Canadian-American relations, placld as a mill pond on the surface, are, in fact, stirred underneath by a number of grave questions, They are likely to be taken up with more than ordinary vigor after next month's arrival of the new Dominion Minister to the United States, Maj. William D. Herridge. Maj. Herridge will speak with uncommon au- thority, because of the matrimonial al- liance he is about to contract. He will bring to the Canadian legation here as a bride, after a honeymoon in Eng- land, the sister of Prime Minister Ben- nett of Canada. When Brother-in-law Herridge turns up at the State Depart- ment to air Canadian grievances, there’ll be no doubt of his right to speak for the Ottawa government. Can- ada is at more or less loggerheads with us over the St. Lawrence waterway, the Hawley-Smoot tariff, border prohibi- tion enforcement, our penchant for fir- ing at Canadian rum-runners on the high seas and America's alleged “su- of the Dominion’s radio o ‘Two members of the “little cabinet” of the Hoover administration are run- ning for office—not political office, but Jjust posts of honor in the corporation of Yale University. One is F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War, and the other is Thomas D. Thacher, solicitor general of the United States. Both have been nominated as Alumni Pellows, to fill vacancies which will oc- cur in June. Altogether, six candidates have been put up for the two places to be voted on. Davison was graduated honoris causa at Yale in 1918, and Thacher got his A. B. in 1904, later spending two years at the Law School. SR Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, ran into a spell of coldish weather in Washington on his recent return from the Hoover expedition into the tropical Caribbean. The result was that the sun-kissed medico-statesman like commoner clay, succumbed to cold. A friend, observing Dr. Wilbur's sniffie, asked him why he didn't go to bed. “Would, if I could find a bed long enough,” ejaculated the President’s closest cabinet comrade. Wilbur towers several inches more than 6 feet into space. Pullman berths and ordinary hotel beds not made for him. He is the bigg man in the administra- tion, " w Representative John Q. Tilson’s recent stay at the White House, with his wife and daughters, revives gossip that the Republican House ler may be Mr. Hoover's choice for the 1932 vice presi- dential nomination. The Connecticut Yankee, who got that way despite the handicap of birth in Tennessee, stands the Chief ve's es- President gave an effective account of himself on Capitol Hill last Winter in the teeth of harassing difficulties, The New Ha- ven statesman is considered to be in something more than receptive mood for any second-place honors that may be going around next year. At Kansas City in 1928 Tilson was an avowed as- pirant for the plum that Charley Cur- tis pulled down. He had headquarters 'nd everything. S e Senator Warren Austin, Republican, of Vermory, newest arrival in the Upper House, belbmes the first beneficlary of the revised salary law enacted at the Inte session of Congress. Hitherto the law provided that a Senator, leaving office under the circumstances which |so suddenly made Frank C. Partridge an ex-Senator, would draw his pay until the succeeding December. Under the law, which Partridge helped to change, Senator Austin scrambled onto! the pay roll the day after his election, last week. Partridge loses and Austin gains nearly $7,000 in consequence, Eow Here’s a Knute Rockne story that hasn't yet broken into print amid the shoals of anecdotes revived after the Irish mentor's tragic end. The man sent out by the Carnegie Foundation 1 limit APRIL 6. 1931, The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. New York and Chicago, 's first and second cities in size and popu- lation, are always in the limelight. ‘Today Mayor “Jimmie” Walker is back from California to make reply to charges brought against his tion of New York by the City Affairs Committee, and tomorrow Mayor “Big Bill” Thompson either will be‘re-elected or turned out of office by the citizens of Chicago. In a wisecracking era it is somewhat significant that both New York and Chicago have wisecrackers as their chief executives, and also that strenuous efforts have been set on foot by all kinds of better government organ- izations to get rid of both of them. Wik Wik Anton Cermak, the Democratic nom- inee for mayor of Chicago, seems to have the edge over Thompson, if re- ports from the Windy City are to be credited. Thompson's enemies in the Republican party have turned upon him en masse, it is said, and will go to the in support of the Democratic candidate. They prefer to turn the office of mayor over to the Democrats rather than to keep Thompson on. “Big Bill,” with his ballyhoo and his attacks cn King George, has been able to win over divided opposition in the past. But this time the Thompson opponents did not fall into the trap; they did not put up an independent candidate for mayor. This was a bitter disappointment to “Big Bill.” R K K ‘The Democrats are hoping much from Illinois if Chicago elects a Democratic mayor tomorrow. They point out that Benator James Hamilton Lewis was elected to the Senate by more than 700,000 votes last Fall. However, Sen- ator Lewis was elected with the aid of Mayor Thompscn, who turned on Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, the Republi- can nominee for the Senate, at the close of the campaign. Furthermore, the voters were antagonistic to Mrs, McCor- mick for cne reason or another, in large numbers. They did not love the Demo- cratic party particularly. The Demo- cratic candidate for mayor of Chicago will be elected, if he is elected, because the voters hate Thompson rather than for any concern about the atic party. However, the Democrats hope, if they have control of the City Hall in Chicago as they have control of it in New York, to build up a stronger or- ganization, o Wittingly or unwittingly, Senator Norris of Nebraska probably has pro- vided the Democratic party with its slogan for the next presidential cam- paign. When the Nebraska Senator shouted in the recent Progressive Con- ference held here in Washington, “What we need is another Roosevelt in the White House,” the slogan was made to order, provided, of ccurse the Demo- crats nominate for President in 1932 Gov. Pranklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Contracted to “We need another Roose- velt,” this suggestion of Mr. Norris is likely to go far in the campaign. And unless signs fail to prove correct, Sen- ator Norris will be cn the Roosevelt band wagon next year. He followed Smith against Hoover in 1928, and he has given no sign that he will stick to the Republican national ticket in 1932, if it is headed by President Hoover. Roosevelt-for-President Clubs are springing up like mushrooms in all parts of the country. They have them ih Oregon, in Towa, in Georgia, in Ohio and all intermediate points, it is re- ported. The New York Governor, his friends insist, is not encouraging the formation of these clubs, but at the same time he is throwing no cold water on them. For publication he continues to say that he is interested at present in being chief executive of the Empire State. i The drys in the South and the West ameng the Democrats are willing to take Rooscvelt next year because he does not insist upon talking about the need for the repeal of the eighteenth amendment at all times. It is that kind of talk which weakens Gov. Ritchle of Maryland among the Southerners and the Westerners. The Maryland Governor has come to be associated with one thing in the minds of the American people, opposition to the pro- hibition amendment. Roosevelt, on the other hand, is rated a Progressive, be- cause of his stand on water power and perhaps because of his name. There's something in & name in politics. If i you doubt that, go to Wisconsin and | ask if it means something to be named La Follette. True enough, both Sena- tor La Follette and Gov. La Follette, the most prominent pair of brothers in the country today, have ability of their own. But they also have the name. ‘The efite;: of the Rom;egl mov; ment an coming be known at 1m long time, the talk has been it Gov. Roosevelt tHe creation of Al Smith and the re’ completely in 1932. of fact Gov. Roosevelt ocrafilf nominee for Vice Presi- dent in 1920, 1y a dozen years ago, and before that he was Assistant Sec- retary of the Navy under Woodrow Wil- son. He carries more than a bit of weight himself these days and has twice been elected Governor of New York, once in a presidential year. It has been rumored that Smith and Raskob, especially the latter, were ready to dump Roosevelt and take Owen D. Young for the Democratic candidate for President next year. It does not ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN, the answer to ‘The Evening Star Information Bureau, wMerchcJ. Haskin, director, Washing- n, D. C. Q. How much money is paid in one year to the owners of race horses for winning races?—8. G. A. In 1930 the purse distributions in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Cuba was estimated at $14,200,000. Q. When serving a food which re- ires & spoon and fork, in which hand ould the fork be held?—i. J. A. It is customary to hold the fork in the right hand and spoon in the left. Q. How many branches has the Bank of England?—C. McG. A. It has no branches. Q. As people grow older, is it better to take on weight or lose weight?—C. P. A. Recent insurance experience has shown that average tables are often | g misleading. The average weights are best weights. At ages under 30, the best conditions tl; those whose we! to 10 pounds above age. age 30, the most favorable conditions are found among those whose weights are below the average. The amount below average increases with advancing age, and at age 50, persons seem to be at their best when their weights are as much as 20 or 3G pounds below the average. Insurance experi- ence shows that underweight is defl- nitely an advantage so far as long life is concerned. Q. When did Portugal decline as & colony-holding power?—R. K. A. Portugal hts are aver- l% ‘l‘l beaver meat ever utilized?— fi The body meat of the beaver has rather a gamey flavor, hut roperl; cared for and cooked, is ucellepnt.p:'nz was generally preferred ng‘trwnen to any other , even in the early days, ‘when Mm’ elk and deer were rich and palatable, and considered & great delicacy. Q. Please define an allegory, a fable and a parable—C. McC. A. An allegory is a tale of a ma- terial happening having a hidden spiritual meaning. A fable is a tale containing a moral. A ble is a story showing simple relation a parallel event of greater importance. uice of of dui | ¥as° Ehovn o Toe Tomotest of | times, as evidenced ‘Why do some Q. Se¢ & man in_the moon and of see & lady? A. To the unaided eye dark areas , |appear on the surface of the moon which t illuminated by s strong s along the terminator at sunrise and sunset, they are thrown into sharp relief, and are clearly visible. Q. Have the civil and criminal laws enacted in Russia since the Tevolution ever been codified?—L. U. A. These laws were codified in 1922. Is um;i;n;rfl Shaw English Q. or Irish?—D. R. A. George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland, and spent the first 20 years of his life there. Since that time, he has lived in England. Q. Was all Capo di Monte china made for Napoleon Bonaparte, or were the makers permitted to use his mark— a crown with N underneath—-on the china_they sold to the general public? —M. P, A. The Capo di Monte factory was started by Charles III in 1736. He took much interest in it and sometimes worked in the pottery. It was moved to Naples in 1771, and a branch was Ferdinand y | and N under it was made at the Naples factory. The N was for Naples rather than Napoleon. The public was privileged to buy the products. The manufacture was abandoned in 1821, Q. What was the first intoxicating drink known?—C. B. N. A. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley says that wine is the oldest and most important of fermented beverages. - “It could not escape early discovery, be- cause fruits of all kinds, when crushed and left to natural causes, undergo the alcoholic fermentation. Primitive man must, therefore, have been acquainted with the properties of the fermented pes. Historical by references to 1§ in the earliest literatures.” Q. What is the Harrlet Hurd Schelds scholarship?—C. B. D. A. This fund was founded in 1928 at Princeton University by an anone ymous donor with a gift to amount to $50,000 to_establish scholarships of the value of the annual undergraduate ¢ plus $100, to be known as the H abundant. The tail is fatty tissue, very | Presi ance thus ‘would, of the university authorif to obtain an education umve:lg. mt'lfll is made ance eral Rhodes Bcholmhlpm Plan. President Hoover's reference to the Virgin Islands as “a poorhouse,” in connection with his officlal visit, has directed attention to the needs of communities which came under Gov- ernment control through purchase from Denmark for $25,000,000. De- struction of the rum trade by prohibi- tion, misfortune in the bay rum in- dustry, wisdom of the purchase, im- mediate requirements and the obliga~ tions of the United States are debated. “Mr. Hoover ought to explain that ‘we did not buy a made one,” advises the Sun, while the tains that “having bought their home and assumed authority over the people with a long look ahead to possible im- portance of the islands as strategic outposts, the obligation of the United States Government to the 22,000 na- tives is as great as, or greater than, it is to the people of Ohio.” The Roches~ to investigate “overemphasis on ath-|look as though this can be done. In all letics” n‘f invited by ‘Hookne wnw:whh probability Gov. Roosevelt’s name will the Notre Dame varsity at practice. | be entered in the presidential preferen- That's an alert chap,” said the Car-|tial primaries next year. He is likely negle visitor, pointing to a curly-headed | to be the choice of the Democrats in back who was being catapulted through | many of these primaries, and, as a con: the line, adding: “Isn’t he a bit|sequence, to have instructed del@a young?” The wise-cracking Rockne re- | tions at the national convention. Will plied: “Oh, no,.he's just about the|the supporters of Owen D. Young put average age of our boys.” Then the|him in the race in these primary investigator asked What singled the lad | Stdtes? And if they do, will he out among his fellows. Quoth Rockne: | anywhere in opposition to Roosevelt? ‘Leadership. You see, he was at the | Probably not. The opposition to Roose- head of the American Legion in his| Vvelt may try the “favorite son” route home town!” to head him off in these primary States. * % % X But that has not been so effective in One of the very newest things under the sun is & proj to transfer the Jewish National & -from Palestine to China. It is put forth in the current issue of the National Jewish Ledger in Wi n by Judge Paul Linebarger, legal adviser of the Nanking Nationalist government. Following two visits to Palestine, Judge Linebarger says he's convinced that “Zionist endeavor can 1o longer be bound down to that tiny land.” He advances the theory that China needs the Jews just as much as the Zionists need “that realm of wider opportunity,” and bespeaks a hospitable welcome for them and their ideals at the hands of the Chinese people, with their reverence for ancient culture. (Copyright, 1931 Laud Wet Weather Man. From the Jackson Citisen Patriot. The most prominent man of the month is the weather man. He didn't hold a conference, he merely broke the drought. ) Wilkins’ Trip Troubles. From the Goshen Daly News-Times. ‘They're not going by automobile, hut the Wilkins e: tion to the North Pole will have to get out and get under Jjust the same. o Wants Constitution, From the Butte (Mont.) Standard. Gandhi says India should have & constitution like the United States. Probably Mahatma hasn’t been reading the recent amendments. ————— Trotsky Sues in Fire. From the Newark Evening News. Trotsky is suing for $5,000 for the loss of his books in a fire. It might have been a case of spontaneous com- recent years. * ok ok Senator James J. Davis of Pennsyl- vania must make up his mind before very long whether he is to be a candi- date to succeed himself next ryear. Rumors have spread around that he is not particularly anxious to continue on in the Senate. It has even been said he was considering resigning from that body to go into business, But he has denied that, and insists he will stick to his seat. Report has it, however, he has not been satisfied with life in the Sen- ate, particularly. And now comes_the story that Maj. Gen. Smedley D. But- der, U. S. M. C,, is about to retire, and that he is seriously considering enter- ing the primary next year for the Re- publican senatorial nomination. Wheth- er Gen. Butler would be able to wrest the nomination from Senator Davis if they clash next year it is too early to say. But one thing is sure, with Butler in a campaign it would be a lively and probably & picturesque affair. Just how the Butler candidacy, if it materializes, would be received in Philadelphia, which Gen. Butler undertook at one time to dry up and make behave, is also a ques- tion. Gen. Butler is a son of the late Representative “Tom” Butler of Penn- sylvania, who served for years and years in the House and for a long time was chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee. s The stage has been set for a legal battle of major proportions over the appointment of Dr. George Otis Smith to be chairman of the Federal Power Commission. With John W. Davis rep- resenting the Senate in this case and former Senator George Wharton Pep- per of Pennsylvania administration, the show is lkely to be a good one. Roth are outstanding members of the bar. The Senate 5 seeking to take Dr. Smith out of office on the theory that it had a right to reconsider the vote by which it confirmed his nomina- tion, although notifled ef sbe nd Dad the President had beem bel anlrmation ter Times-Union remarks that “pur- chase of these islands was not the only costly, and, as afterward proved, un- n , expenditure as a war meas- ure; for , consider the wooden shl’r which never made a voyage.” “Inasmuch as, whether the acquisi- tion was desirable or undesirable, we must fulfill our responsibilities, we are obl to do our best for these people,” the Boston Transcript, while the 1 says Charleston (W. Va.) Mail re- calls “a threat against ountry” as among “the possibilities ‘#during the war,” and adds, ‘“Whether Germany would have purchased the islands if we had not may be doubtful, but in war time, when such contingencies arise, it is best t: t:ke‘ no chances.” * ‘ Virgin Islands as Poor House Stir Sympathy of Country United States did not purchase the Vire gin Il:.hx u“:nr{‘nve;hmnt; they were purel primarily for strategic e .” ‘The Post-] el would be inex- them in case of ‘war menacing our control of the P::’l:ml Canal.” g * ok k¥ Doubt that under prohibition the “The $25,000,000 paid for the islands | See™, as an incident of the war,” thinks the Des Moines Tribune-Capital, “is noth- ing to gnash our teeth about. It will not even hurt us much if we are obliged to nd a lot more money improving conditions on the islands. We, in com- mon with the people of other powerful nations, talk so much about the services we render and the burdens we assume with respect to subject populations, yet shoulder those burdens so cheerfully when there is an incidental profit in it, that doing a little of that kind of burden-bearing without a profit may be good for our souls, Those things aside, however, how refreshing it is to hear a President say things vigorously. A dozen or so demonstfations of Roose- le had of self-determination in relation to pro= hibition, “the islands, instead of being & poorhouse, might still be thriving upon their foremost native industry”; that “it is unfair to chide them for l‘xhnvmg that of which we have robbed em.” Possibilties in stock phasized and t.hle raising are em- g the San Antonio Express, morcegxtf’:- ‘Telegram offers the veltian or Clevelandian bluntness may | has q: not wholly counterbalance the loss of pularity that Hoover unluckily suf- lered because the economic deflation happened to hit his administration, but they will help some—that is sure. The le like their Presidents with fight- gumption and at least occasional forthright speech.” A statement by Maurice Francis Egan, former Minister to Denmark, that “when we bought the islands, we acquired the ‘Gibraltar of the Caribbean.’” is quoted by the St. Louls Post-Dispatch, with the remark that “Uncle Sam did not purchase them in haste, for negotia- tions had been in progress since 1865,” | gis and that “all reports were favorable, including such expressions as that of Senator Lodge, ‘Important in time of peace, such a station would be essential to our safety in time of war.’” That paper also recalls that “Denmark not rush rly to unload the islan for her Parliament once rejected the American offer, and.actual sale was preceded by plebiscites in Denmark and the colony.” Senator Kenyon's com- mittee is quoted to the effect that “the completed the appointment. ter of fact, the Senate is remove Dr. Smith not because of any- thing he did before he was appointed to head the power commission but be- cause of an act of his after he took office as chairman. This really amounts to impeachment by the Senate or to usurpation of the power of the Chief Executive to remove. Under the Con- stitution the Senate has no power to impeach, a power which is reserved to the House. And of course it has not power to remove from office any one except members of the Senate itself or its . However, the purists are seeking to maintain the right of the Senate to make a rule which retains to the Senate the power to reconsider a vote by avhieh a nomination was con- As a mat- d | hopeless and helpless. ‘That con States—a Iiberty they could not enjoy under Danish rule. Islanders, indeed, may yet solve their own problems.” “If rum is their way out of an eco- nomic hole,” argues Chicago Trib- une, “ they should be allowed to make their rum. An extension of the most- favored state vision would cover this situation. If California can be indulged in the grape concentrate production with the sanction of Volstead and & Islands could be allowed to make their own brand of intoxicant. It at least would not be imported legally into the United States. The California in- toxicant goes all over the country. As Mr. Hoover saw the they are is a scandal to the United States, which seems to have bought so many slaves of 3 ‘The Virgin Islanders seem unable to understand,” states the Hartford Cou~ if the Phil be trying to | S5 is beyond the hension habitants of mm« But the Pres- ident is probably more immediately con- cerned just now with tion devel- opments nearer home.’ suggests the Buffalo Evenings News, “that Hlling in the cases of the and Rico warrant the opis that the Con- stitution does not extend automatically * to the Virgin Islands. In that case, Congress has authority to exempt them from the Volstead act. Nevertheless, some consideration also must be given firmed in the Sen ter the President has n officially notMed of confirmas tion and has actually issi siog of office. The who largely political, however. made to slap Mr. Hoov Dx, Smith, i