Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR 4 ‘With Sunday Morning Editien. WASHINGTON, D. C MONDAY.........June 15, 1931 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company ivania Ave. o S Fai ey, it S8 Bttt Rate by cfinih :‘l: Ofi-y;‘m te Mall—Payable in Advance. 5o ..’lryfill‘ and Virginia. iy and Sunds: v only day only . Member of the Assocla d Press is exclusively entitled ublication of all news dig- i it or mot etherwise cred- s paper and also the local r.ews shed herein. All rights of publieatk pecial dispatches herein are also reserv - Cards on the Table. Uncle Sam has lost no time in lay- ing his cards on the table in prepara- tion for the great game to be played at the League of Nations' general dis- armament conference in Geneva in 1932. Secretary Stimson has submitted to the league authorities data setting forth in detall the land, sea and air strength of the United States. He sup- plements the information with “the hope that other nations may thus be encouraged to lay their figures before the public without delay.” Col. Stim- son urges that the facts as to Amer- foa's armed forces be disseminated among interested foreign governments and be given the widest possible pub- leity. TThe action of the United States is the second significant step this coun- try has taken to betoken its interest in the success of the Geneva conference. It follows close upon the utterance of President Hoover before the Interna- tional Chamber of Commerce in May, when he stressed the paramountcy of arms reduction as a condition prece- dent to the restoration of world eco- nomic equilibrium. The prompt sub- mission of our military and naval fig- ures in the public fashion adopted by Secretary Stimson cannot. fail to con- vince ‘the League powers that’ the American people mean business in going to Geneva next year. It is not to be the fault of the United States if. genuine results do not flow from the confer- ence. Suggestions that its opening may have to be delayed a few weeks or months is a matter of secondary con- sideration, from the American stand- point. Our principal desire is that the conference shall get somewhere, Wash- | ington wants it to succeed, and not to fail or end in pious resolutions. Furope, Asia and South America, of eourse, as they study the numbers which tell of America’s scanty land es- tablishment—a standing Army of 139,- 957 men and 13,080 officers—will not be unaware of the fact that such fig- ‘ures represent only a tithe of the United States’ potential man-power. The mil- lons we mobilized in 1917 and 1918 sup- ply the real yardstick of American mill- tary strength under the duress of an in- ternational emergency. Nor do these sta- tistics afford any conception of the “in- dustrial mobilization” power of this country for war. That, too, is a state of affairs with which the outside world is entirely familiar. But, as Secretary Stimson's memo- randum to the League points out, neither our Army nor our Navy pos- sesses any “formations organized on a military basis” capable of use “without measures of mobilization.” The Geneva conference necessarily will deal with military establishments in being. The American establishment, ashore, afloat and aloft, is the smallest in the world, by and large, the immensity of our ter- ritory, wealth and population consid- ered. ‘The United States lays its cards on the Geneva table with a clear con- -|in the coming national campaign. publicity move, if nothing more. But the conference may have accom- | plished a good beyond the mere pubd- Imunn as misrcpresentative of lcity which accompanied it ‘The ; Should he - Nanking - government fi G. O. P. is wise In striving to lnmut'unt itself with merely holdjng the revolt | THE EVENING STA men} “of the southern' provindes, but against the Chiang:Kai-shek adminis- China. con- the young voters, many of them new | within its. present area an anomalous voters next year for the first time. A political party which ceases to_interest 5¢ | or to hold the youth of the country can- not live long. It s to the young voters as well as to the old that the Repub- lican party must look nmext year. The Republican leaders themselves realize they have a real battle on their hands It is not surprising that they are seeking to marshal their forces this early in the contest. The conférence came to-an end with- out stirring: up controversial subjects, such as prohibition. The Young Re- publicans may have had their own ideas on the wet and dry question and they may have differed widely. But there was no effort in t.ls conference to drag prohibition into the foreground. And in this the Republicans have dif- fered consistently from _their . Demo- cratic brethren. ——————— : Another Excursion Horror. situation would ensue’ without any as- surance of early clearance, with a gov- honeysuckle, in its various forms, with its fragrance, at once deli- set powerful. ts end humsn beings alike are mmfluumkumn-wm‘gl sponsible throtighout Ohina, but with no authority over several of the most populous provinces, 1f the Cantonese effect a provisional government and themaselves ask for licensés for the export of arms to them, the United States would be compelied to deny the request, for to grant it would be to ext:nd recognition to a national organization, which, in fact, does not yet exist. ’ The Crippled Nautilus. If ever there was a fortunate mise chance, it was that which occurred to disable the submarine Nautilus on its voyage across the Atlantic to reach a point for starting on its North Polar expedition -under the ice. For in all likelihood the exhaustion of the craft's power and the crippling of its machin- ery, due to adverse weather in the At- Again the sea has taken heavy toll | 1antic crossing, necessitating rescue at of life. upon a small steamer bearing excur- slonists back to St. Nazsire from the Island of Noirmoutier, on the western coast of France, it caused the craft to careen and then, when the frightened passengers swarmed to the apparently safe side of the ship, to capsize, flinging 450 people into the sea. Of these only eight were rescued. There was no hope whatever for the other men, women and children, plunged to death on their return from a happy Sunday outing. The Isle of Noirmoutler is to St. Nazaire about what Catalina Island is to Los Angeles, an excursion point of great popularity, and lying at about the same distance from the port. Yes- Swirling with angry violence |8e& and the taking of the submarine in tow, mean that it will not be sent on its desperately hazardous mission. If the Nautflus could not withstand the stress of open-sea conditions, it could not be expected to endure the strain of prolonged submersion and progress under the floes and fields, with the perll of disablement from' snags of ice. ‘While there has been naught but ad- miration for the pluck of Sir Hubert Wilkins and his men who have set out on this desperately dangerous under- taking, the wisdom of the venture has been generally questioned. The chances are decidedly against success. The sci- entific value of the expedition is doubt- ed. The enterprise reduces itself to a terday the sea was rough, and so dis- | SPectacular stunt, almost certain to fail, turbed were the passengers on the run |8nd With fallure to cost the lives of a down to the island from St. Nazaire |5core of brave men. It is with a sense that on the return trip seventeen of |Of distinct relief that the news is re- them refused to board the two hun- |eived that the craft is erippled in the dred-ton steamer and remained ashore, | OUrse of the first leg of the proposed thus saving their lives. The fll-fated | TOUte and that the mad endeavor will ship was named the St. Philpert, in probably have to be abandoned. Such honor of an abbot who founded a mon- astery at Noirmoutier about A. D. 68 a fallure does not reflect in the least 0. | upon Wilkins and his men, although His tomb on the island is & pilgrimage | the Project itself does reflect upon their point. The tragedy is intensified by |Judsment. the fact that the ship bore the name of the holy man whose fame drew the hundreds of victims upon their fatal voyage. By a singular coincidence, the disaster near St. Nazaire came wiihin a day of falling upon the anniversary of the loss of the steamer General Slocum in the East River of New York twenty-seven years ago. On the 15th of June, 1904, that great excursion ship, which in the course of many years had carried literal- 1y millions of people on pleasure outings, caught fire and was burned to the water's edge with a loss of 1,021 lives of the 1,331 on board. That was per- haps the most ghastly tragedy of the kind in American history. A few years later, July 24, 1915, the steamer East- land capsized at her pler in the Chicago River and 812 of the 2,000 on board were drowned. The tragedy at St. Nazaire is the greater in proporiion inasmuch as only eight out of 450 were rescued. There will, of course, be an inquiry and perhaps there will be some attempt to fix responsibility for the disaster, which now appears to have been due to the overcrowding of s small boat in heavy weather. There could be no in- surance ‘against & storm, but the prac- science and a manifest willingness to do its full proportionate part in reliev- ing the world of swollen armaments, in 0 far as the dictates of national se- eurity permit. That, for us, as well for other peoples, is an irreducible minimum. ————— Tt used to be that one could spot egg on his fellow man's necktie and tactfully inform him of the fact, but rot this year! ) Young Republicans. ‘The first Conference of Young Re- publicans, held here last week, was remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it brought together a large group of young men and young women who have interested themselves in politics. They came from practically every State in the Unlon—North, South;- East and West—and their youth lndl enthusiasm were not the least of the sssets of such a gathering.. In the second place, the word was trumpeted forth, not by the young Republicans slone, but by the senlors of the G. O.P,, the seasoned leaders of the party, that President Hoover is to be renominated. This proposal to rename the President ‘was not new, but it was given especial emphasis at a time when “Progres- sives” and Democrats have been striv- ing to give the impression that such dissension exists among the Republi-| The purchase of munitions. for the when gun and swords can do no harm, ment discussion throug! eans that perhaps, after all, it would not be possible for Mr, Hoover to have thd nomination to succeed himself next year. ? The purpose of the Conference of mot alone to stir up enthusiasm among tice of sending excursionists to sea in unsafe numbers on frail craft is a bad one regardless of the weather. No ma ter how many times before the little ship had made the run with crowded decks in safety, it was, as this catas- trophe pro in peril on every occasion. —————eme—————— It is not known how many handker- chiefs Secretaries Stimson and Melion, |, off to get first-hand impressions of affairs in Europe, are taking along to cry into. 'If things furn out too heart- rending, however, they can always send a bell-hop out’ for & fet more—and those little accessories are bargains over there, anyhow. - ——————— Astronomers discover that\ certain nebulse are receding from the earth at the rate of 12,000 miles a second. About, the speed of year before last’'s murder sensations; — v Nanking Versus Canton, Dr. Chao-Chu Wu, who has just re- signed his commission as Minister of the Nationalist government of China to the United States, explained the other day that the immediate cause of his relinquishment of office was his un- willingness, as a Cantonese, to apply to the United States for export licenses for the shipment of large consignments of munitions to the Nanking authorities. Nanking government, he stated, indi- cated that they would be used against the new government at Canton. Within & few hours after Dr. Wu's resigna- licenses for arms shipments to China, e —— ‘The ladies, from =a psychological viewpoint, are queer. Now that their idol, Rudy Vallee, has exhibited a rough, “he-man” streak and has become a vagabord violinist kicker, they will probably love him even better. Nor will the menfolks, it must be admitted, dislike him any the more for the recent performance. ——e—— Now they have hurled 5,000 separate charges against Al Capone. It is hoped they make one stick, but one is re- minded of the old Western bartender who divided the day's receipts by throwing them against the cefling. All that stayed there went to the house. ————————————— Cato learned Greek at the age of eighty. Adolph Lewisohn of New York, two years older than that, is taking sing- ing lessons. It appears to be mot too late for George Bernard Shaw to buy himself a book on etiquette and study it. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Human Perfection. “I do not seek the perfect friend,” Sald Hezekiah Bings. “I'd be afraid he might extend A pair of angel wings; And when some ill-considered word He chanced to hear me say, His soul, with disapproval stirred, , ‘Would bid him fly away “I don’t expect you, sky serene, ‘To be forever falr. T don't expect the same machine ‘To run without repair. A man’s mistakes teach him o lend A hand where trouble clings; I. do not seek the perfect. friend,” Sald Hesekiah Bings. ‘The Will of the People. own?” “I hope s0,” replied Senator Sorghum: “at the same time I've got to remember that whilg I am supposed to make the speeches, my constituents represent the real intellectual authority.” . Jud Tunkins says there have been enough , fine .commencement speeches * | to keep the world runnin’ right forever , it. people. would only ,psy ~attention to 'em. Reversion te the Primitive. How can we make all men disarm? ‘In Hamlet's language, there's the rub! Some one is sure to grab a club. Morbidly Suspiclous. Children, at honeysuckle time, are glad to quafl the nectar from the blos- ‘soms. The flowers fade, but the vine still tands. s o ‘Therefore the glistening leaves, com- bined with the lJuxuriant habits of growth, must be regarded as the lasting charm of the plant. Not all_honeysuckles, of course, are vines. There is the familiar Some members of the family are small trees, othems perennial . The gardener who starts to unravel my: teries ‘of caprifoliaceous plants, includ- ing the genus Lonicera, which contains the most of us know and love, ‘find himself in & maze of relationships. ‘There would mbum to the honeysuckles, and viburnums, for instance, or between the bush and swamp honeysuckles and the azaleas and the columbines. Yet they are related, based upon the ahape of the leaves, which the fanciful botanists long ago decided had some- thing goatlike in their appearance. (Our word “capricious” comes from the same root, and means leapmg around in a goatilke or uncertain manner.) * ok ko Clover blossoms were once called honeysuckle, but so long ago that the usage is now obsolete. Today every one knows what one means when he talks about honeysuckle. ‘The Hawailans call #t hon as the residents of are known as the it honysocle. Picture to yourself a scene in ancient England, perhaps along some straggling viliage street, upon which is situated such an inn as Gerald Bullett describes in his recent novel, “Marden Fee.” You, miraculously enough, arée stand- ing there in your modern Summer suit and panama hat, and are bending down' over a fragrant vine of honeysuckle, which is growing fresh and green in the morning dew. Along comes a yokel of that period, & strange, Tough person, enough, but essentially human, as you know by the delighted wriggle which he gives his nose. “Honeysuckle!"” you explain, anxious to break the silence, just to some- thing to take his wondering eyes off your much more scene than would prevail out it. Muddy banks, for instance, which :::l‘ wash mz. present & bsautiful, if nce. mw honeysuckle bright and under the v . Perhaps 1s it for such bank usage, and cer- tainly nothing else is as cheap. hflnnmflle branch is placed held there; and we have a new plant. R Owing to its greenery and general tmhm'n the various honeysuckle vines, even the cultivated Japanese va- rieties, are almost in the class of weeds. A weed 1s any plant out of place. A weed also, to most gardeners, is any! plant which will grow luxuriantly and strongly, with deep green foliage, under the most adverse tel ‘home gardener wishes that I:eoe'ou;‘d :nd:entl his cultivated plants to take on n'lu of the h‘::dlnfi which n & vacant tbomwufl they are beauf these weeds! If they were sold at florists’ shops, the gardener to think, no doubt they would bring fancy prices, and re M;‘zmr:en xmw;nrbv wild, and can u cause , the asking—without any - Yet & fli‘t‘; burdock plant is a sight.-indeed, w its stout, ?nu!y Jeaves, with their splen. did, deep color. & Look at yonder mass of beggars' lice the homely, peasant-ish name for s certain weed. They make a brave dis- play, and if you walk through them, you will come away with a hundred tiny soft green burrs on your trouser legs. Pick up one of these “lice,” and let it drop upon a vertical portion of your clothing. No matter how hard the ma- terial, the slightest touch of the small burr will suffice. It will cling at once,| t0 mean that perhaps Mr. er | Mount Palu, Mr. Hoover is on his way West today to dedicate the Harding Memorial in Marion, o, and make in the Middle uf will be followed with the keen: terest. man whose running mate he was in 1920. Mr. Coolidge has been silent as the grave about his political plans, if any, ever ince he left the ite House. How- ever, the report was brought to Wash- ington last week by & man in a rosl- tion to know what he was talking about that Mr. Coolidge had positively sald, in private conm tion, that he would take no public office unless the country was at war, or was faced with the gravest kind of emergency that threatened the overthrow of the Con- stitution of the Government. In someé quarters, this report may be ln(g:,et«l and stands a hundred chances to one | could after all be persuaded to run for of being moved to a new location. t animals which rush through the plantation of beggars’ lice will clz away scores of these seed pods, whi will produce new plants in another season. CR The fragrant garden, rather than the pretty garden, would be an interesting experiment. There is a succession of plants which appeal to the nose, as well s the eye. The locust trees, for in- stance, have but recently ended thels fragrance, following the blooming of the 1acs. Now comes the boneysuckle, and shortly the valerian, or garden helio- will be in bloom. There is & cul thing sbout this latter plant— house cats are wild about the roots. “The secret of this fancy lies in a certain acid in the roots, which is, sct: “Honysocle!” says he, with. throaty intonation. * % % ‘The honeysuckle is held by some to be a nuissnce, but this only applies to vines which have been permitted to run d. Almost any plant, under similar con- entists tell us, the acid of perspiration. Let no cat fancler shrink from this fact. Their tastes, sfter all. It is well known what dogs will devour; and human MK will eaf goose livers, wh they call pate de foles gras. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Postmaster General Walter P. Brown's inclusion in the Hoover s through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois is all the proof that's needed to establish the political importance of the Presi- dent’s little dash into the Middle West. Mr. Brown is the one Simon-pure poli- tician in the cabinet, unless you except Pat Hurley. The Oklahoman has been coming on like a house afire since he became Secretary of War at the end of 1929. President Hoover has boundless faith in Walter Brown's political judg- ment and acumen. He was one of “the Chief’s” principal lleutsnants in the 1928 preconvention fight and, along with the late “Jim” Good, had chaige of Hoover fortunes at Kansas City. Months before that Brown engineered the pivotal Ohio primary campaign from which Hoover emerged tri t. For two years strife within the G. O. P. has more or less incessantl around the Postmaster General's but, 'lthnun Prluldun'n o backing, Brown always v job this week is to keep his rs wids open for reflection Early in June this observer risked the prediction that the President’s Indian- apolis speech tonight would be & 1932 keynote utterance. On the eve of the Hoover party's departure. word was out at the White House that the talk to the Hoosier Republican editors was to be “t.lnde;l ech of the we::. livered in In] mi 3 gehourummnor-nmdme distressful past and & look ahead, par- ticularly with Tespect to the Ides of November next year. Nobody expects Hoover in sa many words to announce his candidacy for l:-tlectlon. ‘That he More Years of Hoover,” and (2) that the dry side of the liquor contro- | versy is still the winning end of the argument. Charles Evans State’s population and is larger in area than six of the States of the Union. Katherine V. Parker, Massachusetts Repul Club, epigramming: your community is rotten, get into it ! bettter. and make it * x ok * Sir Henry W. Thornton, the Indiana- born giant, who is president of the Ca- nadian National Railway, told the Do- minion Parliament the other day that he didn’t know when depres- sion would but that he had a use- ful "formula”: “The accuracy of proph- ecy on this score will vary inversely with the accuracy of the prophet. The more one knows, or is suspected of knowing, the more unreliable will be the prediction.” * x x ok Here's a for some party's na- hthgll committee, or‘b:hé:“;, Step rs of the 'ge Wash- ington Bicentennial Commission and the amasing ballyhoo machine set up by that master-showman of poli- tics, Representative Sol Bloom, Demo- crat, of New York, associate director of the commission. It is the last word in intricate detail. It penetrates literal t of the land. l?t cords of “key” men and communities with Population of as few as t: ¥ g few 23 two people. pro- establ & name. Bloom has Celvable person And fact throughout tne ac zmud" States 'Wmllhl:::on-‘d mtlhe to a fc but forgetful country. States, nond' municipslities, churches, lodges, schools, colleges, clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Masons, Knights of Columbus, B'Nai B'Rith bret , Moose, Elks, ghriners, Rotarians, Kiwanians—each and every form of American organized life, re- rdless of creed, sex, color or purpose, been mobilized for the greater glory of ‘Washington in 1932. If some politician doesn't kidnap Sol Bloom' monumentsl card-index for next yea: -presidential campaign, a bet will overlooked, A division of the rganisation, in charge of a blind gir), :; conducting Washington propsgands Me stand! t :nfl deliver an address on the iversary of his class, that of '8l :R-l;buu ;ryn doubt un to Hughes' rever- in ‘the’ February, revived disarma.: hout the world, jouse_of Represental 1924. In these days of a “Hiram,” said Mrs, Corntossel, “what tion announcement Was made that the ' makes you keep 80 many calendars Young Republicans undoubtedly was|State Department had granted export!around the house?” “It got to be a habit. For a while the young people, but to focus atten-|requests for the licens:s having come | back a calendar seemed about the only tion on the G. O. P, its presidential eandidate for next year and jts “prin- eiples.” A conference of older Repub- lieans might have had the same effect. but the gathering of the younger group,; ‘wab something' new and also gave & goad excuse for a meeting of this char- acter. With delegates to the confer~ ence meeting in the National Capital from all the States, to be addressed by the leaders of the party, it was obvious that the proceedings of the conference would be given wide publicity. And they were. oy o ‘The. conference served as a forum of the first class for such stalwart Repub- licans s Senator Fess of Ohio, chair< man of the Republican National Com- mittee, and Secretary Hyde of the De- through the American legation at Peking. It seem that the Nan- king mvemm diplematic capi- tal remains at Peking, though the Chinese administration is tentered at Nanking—perhaps in aaticipation. or in consequence of Dr. Wu's refusal to present the request, has taken another route to the same end, this being de- scribed as “merely & temporary substi- tution of one official channel of appli- cation for another.” ‘The Chinese government recognized by the United States is that established at Npnking, It is still regarded as the sovereign power in all China, the south- ern provinces, of which Canion is the capital, included. Whether civil war follows the present set-up of govern- thing I could read without suspeectin’ there was some kind of propaganda ' in it Contingent Indignation. “Aren’t you angry because your hus- band bets on the races?” “I don't know yet,” answered young Mrs. Torkins, “I haven't heard whether he won today or not.” " SEEF satisfied to eat de Dey ‘sists on Die an’ cake. acerloving :e":vrof Americal ‘we must give to that invalusble * ok ok % R Ay “Young Repu o ton: Pat Hurley's in %’fl old’('uhlflwd stump speech. 8 amp'e; ership ment.” FERe £ it g i H burdens humanity. We wish | now, n influence and ex- of American Jead- = greal you e et y clap) Tha wtuny. and eueu.l‘:m: “Oh, |o=='| hwh-ml” ve sails on our §eiziBelE 85 ident of the | exalted than - York, t.h’:tl of President States.” the nomination next year. But those who know the former President well in sist that such an interpretation would be entirely incorrect; it when he said emergency, he meant emergency, end not a business depression. There are, of course, & lot of men and women, some of whom went out of office when Mr. Coolidge left the White House, or at least went out of ‘the spotlight, who would be glad to have Mr. lidge get into the race But they are & mere handful T , and in ad- dition to that Mr. Coolidge has very definite ideas of his own on this sub- ject of running for office again. The reception accorded the former Presi- dent by the assembled Republicans at Marion, however, will be watched with much interest, not only by the goli- ticians, but by the public. * ko % Up in Massachuseits a luncheon was given Saturday by Col. E. M. House, the Frank the Wilson ad- ministration—or perhaps he was some- thing more, though certainly not a more devoted follower of Mr. Wilson than was Mr. Stearns of Mr. Coolidge. At this luncheon was Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York and the principal Democratic political leaders of the Bay State, the two United States Senators, David 1" Walsh and Marcus A. Cool- . and Mayor Curley of Boston. m Morgenthau, American Am- r to Turkey during the Wilson a istration, also was a guest. Gov. of Massachusetts was not present. If he had been, probably the luncheon, which was declared to be an informal year. He is working for the nomina- tion of the New York Governor, and doubtless he had in mind aiding the cause when he invited Roosevelt to his Sum- mer home on the North Shore, and to meet him called in Senator Walsh. Walsh is the dominating political fig- ure in Massachusetts today. What Sen- ator Walsh had to say about the Demo- eratic presidential nomination after the :::udcheon is decidedly interesting. He “Let us be sensible. What's to be gained by refusing to face the situation as it exists? If Al Smith desires to have the nomination, then of course Massachusetts will be for him and none can prevent such a development. He is first in the affections of the Democrats of Massachusetts. Next to Smith of course, I am for Roosevelt.” The last sentence uttered by Senator Walsh is the meat of the whole matter. Democrats, am: them Senator Walsh, do not believe that Al Smith will be & | 37 candidate for the presidential nomina- tion. If that is the case, it appears that Gov. Roosevelt is practically cer- tain to bave the Massachusetts dele- gation with him at the national con- vention next ye: Certainly Senator Walsh will be a strong figure in Smith is not a candidate, he is the New York Governor. * X X% ‘Mayor Curley of Boston, who is one of m’.‘"ummiz of the Massachusetts politicians, although he does not hesi- tate to engage in intraparty fracases, went further than Senator Walsh, even. He said before a microphone, set up by the sound picture operators for the occasion of this gathering, that he hoped when Gov. It visited Mas- sachusetts next it will be in the capac- ity of an active e te “for a more ition Governor of New of the United * K KK blican _ politicians 0 | Republican presidential However, they insist that if the Gov- ernor into the race for the Penn- sylvania delegation to the Republican Convention next year, he will not cap- 3T oot “Trey admis thas he might at the most. a - the Republicans Hoover | likely that Pinchot D: ! ject of natio QM!MM&MMQM airplanes materially ?—S. A. In 1926 sbout 811,000 pounds of mail were while in 1930 there were more than 8,500,000 pounds, A. 1t was made in the Swiss Alps, by & German company. Q. Did the World War stow that the horse is no longer an important factor in war?—C. G. Q. How is the Mason and Dixon's Line marked?—A. M. E. A. The American Automobile Asso- ciation says 'that the Mason and Dixon's Line is marked by white mark- ers in the form of tablets. These mark- ers are located on all main highways, railroads and other thoroughfares. Q. What States were the first to try tick eradication?—C. D. C. A. The Division of Tick Eradication says that the first States were Virginia and North Carolina in 1906. The origin of the arsenic -dip to kill ticks is idge | claimed to have been Australia. It was used in the United States until 1911, at which time it was permitted to be used in interstate movement. Tbis was its first official Federal Q. How much did Millet realize for his great picture, “The us”?—T. V. A. He sold it for 1,800 francs—about $360. Later it brought 800,000 francs, or about $160,000, auction. Q. Why will solder melt at & lower ?lnl than its lowest ingredient?—E. . G, A. The Bureau of Standards says it is & common phenomenon that in many mnlrly alloy systems the addition of one metal to another will result in an alloy mel it & point or in a range lower than melting point of either con- will the utumnal I, e e T e —J. 8. A. “Arise! Arise!” “Columbia’s Song.” “Brother Soldiers. All Hzil,”. “Ameri- Perry,” N Star,” Church, ministers priests?—J. E. 8. A. In the Anglican Church, which is what is known as the higher branch of the English Church, ordained ministers are called priests. g. ghondmveud the Sargasso Sea? A1t was discovered by Columbus upgn his. first voysge to this hemi. sphere. Q. Did the engineer of the St. Gotth- ‘Tunnel live to see it completed?— 8. A. Tte contract for the construction the St. Gotthard Tunnel was award- to the French engineer, Favre. died suddenly in the tunnel a year fore its completion. . What was the purpose of the. sil- trade dollars?—A. L. M. . The trade dollars were not intend- ed for circulation in the United States, but for export to China to compete with the Spanish or Mexican dollar, which was in Tfit demand in the latter 70s and early 80s. The Government re- called them in 1887. Q. Who holds the major league cone secutive games batting record?—D, M. A. Willie Keeler batted safely in 44 consecutive ball games. Q. Please give the names of the fore mer Kaiser's sisters—K. D. W. A. The sisters of the former Kaisey of Germany are Victoris, whose first husband was Prince = Adolph of Schaumburg-Lippe: she married sec- ondly Alex Subkoff; Sophie, who mare ried thbe late King Constantine of Greece; and Margaret, who married Frederick Charles, Prince of Hesse. Q. What is the origin of the phrase, “To go like sixty”?—H. G. A. According to Murray'’s New Eng- lish Dictionary, the phrase “like sixty” was used in 1848 by Lowell in his Big- low Papers, Poems II, “Though like sixty all al ng 1 fumed and fussed.” In 1860 it was defined by the Slang Dic- tionary as follows: “To go like sixty, 1. e.. at a good rate, briskly.” In Mur- ray’s Dictionary a reference is made to a similar use of the word forty. The first illustration given is Shakespeare, who used it in 1607—"On faire ground I could beat 40 of them.” vel Pinchot White House Hopes Recognized in Power Issue Gifford Pinchot again becomes a sub- 1 discussion, as a result of his demand for public contral of utilities, in a spesch at the conference of Governors. It is assumed that he 1s making & bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Discussis centers around questions as to the cor- rectness of diagnosis of the situs- tion in the utilities world and as to his strength as a candidate, Many assume that he .would have some Progressive support. “Just how largely that issue will fig- ure in next year's campaign,” accord- ing to the Kalamazoo Gazette, “is a question which cannot be answered now, yet there are some sage students of politics who expect that it will push the old and familiar prohibition con- troversy far into the background. With Gov. Franklin Roosevelt leading the field of Democratic ities’ 1t is perhaps natural that the liberal-insur- gent Republicans should be anxious to find some candidate with similar ideas about power who can wear their own party label. Certainly Mr, Pinchot can- not be accused of afy pussyfooting on rits, ambitions, amined.” That paper, however, con- cludes that he “must buttress his ideas is rally any considerable of Ke An{me-n peopie round his White ouse standard.” The Newark Evening News offers the judgment: “All he says about the rapacity, domination and bad acting of the power companies can be admitted, and still the question re- mains of how they can be regulated 80 as to attain Mr. Pinchot's ldnl'o: fair play to them and to the public.” 3 * ok ok ok Referring to the Progressive of “public ownsrship of certain water-power sites and generation proc- m”p:he St. Paul Ploneer Press adds, “Whether the profits of such operation would be so great for the public a Gov. Pinchot thinks is another matter, but New York's ventures in that direc- tion, now in the beginning stages, will de‘s‘ehms:: mwc‘il:o"é:ur\?:u;c Temarks: e N g “power’ is the eurfent -?‘mem ;l ts. Just what it means ?’m‘flfiflm;nll secret. But the test of zeal is the ability to pronounce the word ‘power' with the approved degree of emotion and the proper intonation. * ¢ + Gov. Pinchot can say it with as uch feeling as the next.” m"m !B: Democratic point of view Pinchot's activity is all to_the good,” stir & very considerable revolt in the party ranks and make for an unha situation in s convention which shoul be enthusiastic for the President whom it cannot avold renominating. What Roosevelt could not do in 1912 it is un- can do in 1932 on | beg licy ofmewwermulntu.upcdflétheucum and return surpluses to the provincial gvernment besides.” The Asbury Park contends that “with such men as Gov. Pinchot and Gov. Roosevelt lies the only hope for awakening a lethargic nation against e titan that is already 2ginning to overshadow the Govern- ment {tself.” alyzing the Plnnh‘:: statement that of $500,000,000 annually in overcharges,” the St. Louls Globe-Democrat main- tains: “The whole ‘power-trust issue’ is 95 per cent bunk and Gov. Pinchot's assertion is 100 per cent bunk.” The Ann Arbor Daily News advises that “the investigators and the voters should be- ‘ware of being stampeded by the thought that a public service corporation is necessarily an evil because it happens tobe big. Power isprimarily a big t and can be handied best in a big way.” No Room in Canada. Prom the Hasmilton (Ontario) Bpectator. It is rumored in Toronto that Al Ca- pone, Chicago's overlord of vice, is the man behind a racing information serv- ice which has been established in the City. The story is told that the proprietor of an established informa- tion service was approached by Capone Tepresentatives and invited to form s merger of interests, which would result only in his dividing his profits with his partners instead of keeping them for himself. This is what is known in big cities across the line as “muscling- in” and the Toronto man is said to have rejected the overtures. The To- ronto police say the rumors are a lot that the Capone syndicate was no way implicated. For the peace of mind of the Canadian public it would be well, we suggest, to make sure. There is no room in Canada for Capone, for any of his henchmen or for the thi his name stands for. Much better it would be to keep Caponism out than ‘attempt to combat it after it had a foothold. The authorities ance to itching their indary line. Most of the cities of the United States have been “organized” by the racketeer- , and they might be tempted their operations to Canads. verity of our laws and the re- courts to compromise with class should be a deterrent, Labrador on the Market. From the Indianapolis Star. highest bidder. A European syndicate is said to have offered $100,000,000 for the 2 identity. of the buyers mot being dis- closed. The ‘sale, if one were to be made, would not involve transfer of il g | i i it !fi?fi : ] i & £ sg! s LE