Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1931, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, B C. SARURDAY ... ... .Juné 80, 1931 et e THEGDORE W. NOYES. ...Editor .z whmre R e Thi Eveiing Star Newspaper cwy s M : Lak in Building, . o Al ‘Hate by Carrier Within the City. R: 5 FEHL A vou-xmn,nl ‘The C n’ .- 68¢ per month -m-:finau Star .. “S¢_per copy orders may Tc'se::;' gt ".'el'c"véué: FA!WI! 5000. Rate By Mail—Payable in Advance, f $10.00; | g:: 'mi’ Sunday. gg Bul only ;1 mo. SRS ‘Al Other States and Canada. ! junday...] yr.. $12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 TR TR Mengber of the Associated Press. xclusively entitled, T piblshed "Bureln lntfls atchi 4" America.and Europe. . Althogh the White House specffically warns gainst any premature deduciions from: it, the President’s statement that the administration is considering “cer- tain steps which-we might take to as- sist in ‘etonomic ‘recovery, “both here and; abroad,”. is-an announcement ef undeniable. significance.. The. specific character of the conferences Mr. Hoo- ver i ‘holding, it is added, “have been particularly dirécted to strengthening the gitimtion in Germany.” It is mani- festly. too- early to foreshadow the re- sult of these deliberations, or “any. plan or fhethod”™ for giving them ‘effect;, but the.President, declares with undisguised significance that “the response met with from the leaders of both parties is most gratifying” 4 A 'few weeks ago Newton D. Baker venthred the hint that the United States - could - not indefinitely remain “the bump on the international.log.” It i8 not necessary to share that Demo- cratic statesman’s views with reference to wa-debt cancellation, or American membership in the League of Nations, to see in the White House announce- ment an evident purpase to abandon the passive role the Unitéd States is now playing in European economic affairs. Plainly to be read between the lines of President Hoover's statement is an acknowledgment that the time has ar- rived When, in our own interest, it may be ufywise to prolong our ‘inactivity with respect to the Old World's plight. It is, of course, as Mr. Hoover-has more than once stressed during theé past two years, not exclusively ‘an Old World crisis, ' “The New World, and especially our part of it, is in depression because the‘rest of the world is. Economic chaos in the modern state of interlock- ing relations between the nations knows no frentters. The American people would do well to withhold judgment, as the President bids, . before jumping to rash con- clusions, pro or con, about the “plan or methpd” that may be evolved for Amer~ ican interventioh in the European sit- uation.” . It may be a program for & German moratorium, for suspension ef war-debt, payments to the:United. States, for ‘s’ corresponding halt in German reparation annuities to allled countries, for ‘en .American Treasury. loan to Germfahy, or for other measures of al~ leviation. - Any alteration in the Eu- Topean- war debt settlements will re- quire the assent of Congress. The ad- ministration may propbse, but House and Senate are’ empowered to oppose end dispose. In Europe this Summer, Mr. Hoover will have two highly com- petent, fact finders—Secretary of the ‘Treasury Mellon, who is already there, and ‘Secretary of State Stimson, who-is about' to. cross the ocean. > The President apparently intends, in due course, to promulgate some ‘“plan or method,” after the necessary con- gressional support is assured and after his own fund of information is ampli- fied. and eompleted by Messrs. Mellon only nd also the local news [ 74ehts of nublicasion of erein are also reserved. and Stimson’s inquiries in Europe. With |' 1932 just over the horizon, it is perhaps too much to hope that the Hoover project for offering American aid tb Europe, no pgiatter in what form it eventustes, will not become the target of political opposition. But already the prophecy may be ventured that ‘im- mense sections of thé American peéople, in & spirit of combined altruism and en- lightened self-interest, will be disposed to follow the President in any program | which' he determines to be best for the disordered world at large, including thesg_disordered United States. ———aee— Washington, should be & pleasanter place this week end. A thousand Boy Scouts, many of them from nearby States, and each pledged to & good dee_g # day, will be camping in Rock Creek Park during that period. ————— It is Hoped. that the finés to be levied against Al Capone stick better than the famous $29,000,000 one as- sessed’ some’ years ago against the Stangard Ofl Co. by Judge Lands. AN Judicial -Absurdities. American judicial proceédure is re- plete with absurdities, growing: out, of the refention of ancient forms of Baw and rules of practice. Sometimes these absurdities cause defeat of justice. Now ‘again they result in mistrials when | the guilt of those standing before the court under accusation is patent. | A ‘case in point is that of the trial not “before the jury” in the of, A statement that the jurors could take under direct examination. They could have other items, but they could not have the foundaticn document of the ‘That, perhaps, was to the jurors the thought that even it they Had the paper in their hands they could not understand, it. They prob- ably could not have read" it with any comprehensive understanding. For the indictment, as are all indictments pre- sented to ezurt in this country, was & cryptic mage of circumlocutions and repetitions and indirect references and confusingly expliolt desériptions. Its many hundreds of words could have been reduced with safety fo a quarter 8t the number and its clarity increased infinitely. But it wes in accord with the doctrine of cbscurity that has pre- vailed in the American courts since their . establishment, brought over .to them from the British court procedure. The Rritish judiciary has in recent years adopted the simpler form of for- mal accusation, but the -American courts hcld to the archaic mode of in- dietment. . . GRd If the.indictment is not in evidence 1t should be. 1If it is not plain enough in its’ meaning to be understood by the laymen who constitute a jury it should be. The matter of the: evi- dential status of Ahe indictment is not of grave impértance. The matter of the clarity of the accusation is of the utmost importance. -Co-operation in Planning. Ratification by Arlington and Fairfax Counties of the co-operative agreement for trafic counts and highway investi- gation in the Greater Washington area will permit the study to begin July 1, as originally planned. It will continue for one year, representing the most exhaustive effort ever undertaken to base the future highway plan of the Greater Washington.area on facts and figures, instead of contours and scenery. Much good should come of the: survey, and Arlington and Fairfax Counties are to be commended for having pledged their aid, without which the scheme would have fallen through. ‘The parties to the agreement for lquucfin: the survey are the District of Columbia, the National Capital Park |ana Planning Commission, the Virginia | State Highway Commission, the Mary- land State Rosds Commission, the city of Alexandria, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Prince Georges County, Montgomery County and the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of’ Agriculture. Un- der its terms each of the parties agrees to shoulder a definite part of the cost of the work, the Bureau of Public Roads putting up one-half,. or twenty thousand dollars, and supplying the sta- tistical personnel; the National Capital Park and Planning Commission fur- balance of the amount among the remaining signers. Arling- ton and Fairfax Counties did not feel able, in the beginning, to make the necessary outlays. Arlington officials, in addition, took the point of view that they already knew where traffic was going—which was toward the four bridges into the District of Columbia. But to prevent failure of the plan, they have agread to shoulder their share of the expense. The. data accumulated in the next year, dealing with relative density of traffic along the highways now in use,’ the origin And destination of traffc, are to be used in the development of &, priority program of highway con- struction and betterment in the Great- er Washington area; in deciding upcn fthe location and connections of suitable belt lines, relief roads or necessary re- locations or extensions of existing roads. This undertaking is merely one ¢f a series of co-operative tasks that face the various separate 'political units comprising the Greater Washing- ton area. Refusal by any one of them Thour. faster than the Spirit of 8t. And it has beer - that ‘'women endurance far less spectacular and hazardous and Nichols should abandon her attempt. ‘It she does not, the oniy thing left to do is-to wish her Godspeed qn her journey. e The Dallas ‘“Hanging.” Prom Dallas, Tex., the other day came a blood-curdling story. A preacher had been found bound, and hanging from the chandelier of a church above the pulpit where he had greached. He was living, but in & sorry state. When taken down he told a tale of herror. He was accosted near the church by ‘a band of men who took him into the bullding, stripped him of his clothing and tied him up, intending to kill him, but they relented sufficiently to leave him partly suspended 'in the condition m which he was found after some hours. Various speculations as to the cause of this outrage resulted from the dis- closure.. It was suggested that the murderous attack had been due to a rancorous quarrel in the congregation | over the length and quality of the preacher’s sermons. The suspicion was also voiced that the clerical victim had been guilty of unclerical gonfluet. Now the mystery is solved. The partially suspended minister has pubi- g and assault and “hanging was a fake. He had in fact, he confesses, undértaken to commit suicide, but aftar he got the rope fastenied and his hands bound he experienced a change of heart and decided to-cling to life. Then he could not release himself, and when found he gave forth the cock-and-bull story of attack. Which still leaves ground for speculation, although it clears the matter somewhat, ——me Demotion, rather than fines, is urged for reckless minor traffic violators by Assistant Supt. of Police Brown. In other words, he favors a “back-to- school” plan involving a court order compelling such to undergo a special course of instruction. If such & plan goes through: there is no doubt that the nishing ten thousand dollars, and the’ daily publication of the pupils in these special classes, together with the dates of their- permits, ‘would be more remedial than the small fine that no one ever hears about. —_—————— Gen. Dawes should note that Ameri- cans apparently do not have to be in the diplomatic service to suffer pre- carious footing. No less than ffty- seven per cent of accident insurance payments by one of the largest com- panies are due entirely to alipping, sliding and failure to watch one’s step. There might be material here for the manufacturers and advertisers of rTub- ) ber-soled footwear. - e “Stagnant industry” is being blamed by ‘economists fof the business slump. Stagnant water is bad enough, with its green scum, but the deplorable thing about stagnant industry is that it bears a red scum. % . A IR SSSC S A buggy auctioned off at Winchester, Va, brought only forty cents. Such vehicles are in the unfortunate poei- tion of many other out-of-date articles —not now useful and not yet eligible to be classed as “early Americana.” ——or— " SHOOTING STARS. to join in the plans may react to the disadvantage of everybody. oo Col. Lindbergh wnakes it plain that his forthcoming trip is to be merely a vacatign, during which he and Mrs. Lindbergh “want to become a pair of air lovers.” Like Paul and Virginia, as it _were, except -that they. will be covered by aluminum wings instead of -a large cabbage leaf. ————— © The great mass of Americans re- gard art as merely .an adjunct, ac- cording to Homer Saint-Gaudens, whereas 1n Europe it is an integral part of life. If one is familiar with the modern trends in art and then con- siders a number of aspects of modern Européan lifé, a whole lot is explained. ———— Ruth Nichols Should Reconsider. Miss Ruth Nichols, one of America’s premier woman fiyers, has eome a cropper on the first 1ap of her ambitious transatlantic flight attempt and it is the fervent hope of many of her fellow countrymen that this mishap, trivial as it is, will result in reconsideration of her plans to essay the long ocean: trip alone, Miss Nichols was making the short hop from Clarence Chamberlain’s factory in New Jersey, where her plane had been put in shape for the ocean trip, to the Floyd Bennett Field on Barren Island, off Brookiyn, where she was to take on additional fuel for the flight to Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, the spot she has selected for the A~ lantic take-off. Despite the fact, however, that her big plane was not loaded to its capacity, BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Something Missed. There was & man who léarned the way A lot of things to do. He labored earnestly by day . And oft the whole night through. The lessons that in life abound He struggled to disclose, But in his search he never found ‘The secret.of repose. He spoke and read in many a tongue, And many & tome he'd lft. In gratitude his ‘praise was sung Each year for some new gift. And yet his life was often sad, While humbler folk seemed biest. With all the knowledge that he had He never learned to rest. A Modest Attitude. ; “Your constituents have stood by you for many years.” “They have,” said Senator Sorghum; “I have heard that republies are un- grateful, but my personal experience is that a generous people is mighty thank: ful for small’ favore.” s Jud Tunkins says he can remember when every home had a picture of a soldier or a statesman in the parlor, in- stead of the photograph of a motion picture star. The Great Uselessness. ‘The useless citizen is he— In sorrow oft we know it— Who rocks the boet With- careless glee And mocks at those ‘who row it. Easily Settled. , “Which do you regard as most im- of four officers of the Bank of the United ' she came down so hard at the Floyd|Portant in human n-mu-,‘ pursuit States in New York, accused 'of Bennett Field that the tall-skid cracked | Or possession?” . felonies in the misapplication of fuhds.| off, a bulkhead in the fuselage was dam- After twelve weeks of testimony taking and “arguments and instructions -the jury retired Friday afternoop. An hour or 50 later they came out with'a re- quest. They wanted the indictments'such an extent that the repairs re-| and: & list of the defense exhibits. The | Jjudge, with “considerable asperity,” ac< aged and the whole landing gear was | subjected to a punishing strain. Although, fortunately, Miss Nichols was uninjured, the ship ‘was damaged to quired several days. Holder of the women's altitude and “Pursuit,” replied the angler, man would rather go fishing than own & fish market.” B 3 Too Early, “Columbus digcovered America. “Yes,” replied Miss Cayenne, “but he | picked a bad time. He was slighted in reputation and reduced in fortune, cording to one report, denied their plea. | speed records, Miss Nichols is unques-{nseaq of being rewarded as discove “Thtee, times I have interpreted the in- dictment - to you,” he’ said sternly;. “it s not in evidence, and you are not er- titled to have it.” I'will Tead it 16 you, t tionably one of the best feminine fiyers and. with her fast ship, probably stands as good a chance as any of them to ! sucoeed in the hazardous transatlantic erers now are, with college invitations to lecture.” degrees and though,” It s, phrased in legal teris, | veniture. But fo what avail if she suc- | Another penalty mankind must heed and you have of it.” Under a_ strict interpretation of the to take my interpretation ceeds? [Personal glory, yes. ~Greater speed than was made by Lindbergh, yes. That a woman can sit at the controls When earth by war is smitten; “Twill take full half a century to read The histotles that are. written. s \ something to be sr'ouh." miowed, or planted, liely. avowed that his tale of kidnap- | o BY GRARLES E. TRACEWELL. or trans. of much -more scientific value. Miss | insist dence of work done. No doubt the automobile makers who, Shuld 20t 3% A" ember of_sompleted T :nr: "m& not be regarded as very The world does, indeed. want some- thing to be evident for certain numbers bor, and, with its usual of hours of Ial an s A , however, is ane place where these ordinary rules of performance and results do not hold true. ] wi At least, they do not hold entirely true. It is normal to expect visible- te- sults, ‘even in a garden, but there pa- tience enters in as it does in few situations. ‘monument, of whom Patience on & rmeeri oo AR hild does, who, having fnum in elementary horticulture, goes home, sticks some seed into the ground (inches toe deep), and then runs forth the next morning expecting to see tall plants. Nature does not Work so, and, though we know it, the child's inconsistent de- sire for immediate results often holds over into the so-called adult' stage. This is a mistake, one which often mateur gardener cannot expect m?é;n:npmn a great deal in a garden because in the vast majority of cases | he has neither the time nor the money to put into it, and lacking the first cannot put the labor into it which real esuits demand. - Most home alwnn-'l,l therefore, x;‘m“:‘ be content to gain only an appro: - tion of a genuipe garden. Let Gis admit thzt at the e time we claim that this approximation may be both beau- tiful and restful. Tt i one of the beauties of gardening that it is not a severe taskmaster, al- though it may demand all the time cne has to spare, and more. It is severs, because it is content with what it gets. Can the gardener say the same of ‘himself? * * x X Even if you lack the money to put in 4 pounds of grass seed where you do 'put in 1, the grass will amaz- well, considering is what it needs, and notgjust 1. Money makes the mare go, some per- son sald years ago, and he was emi- nently correct, as America has agreed, and as the remainder of the world would agree, if it were as frank about it 28 we are. -~ The ambitious home gardener has but to step into one of the show gar- dens of the United States, where maybe » hundred gardeners are at work every day, and where thousands of dollars ires a practical spplication atelligence {0 correet. in not | o 'lz'hi"? » Egg g i i 3 g i i z¥ £ *a o H . ig = 4 38 were not doing what they should have done; what you did was to put them in & position to do their natural best. Gardens n.l‘tmny m‘w h-)drem B , sometimes exten still momen! e wer {1t g ¥ . 1o any one, but must at all costs himself, even though he does know how 4o do it, seems, from at ist'one point of view, to be the under- that would have been an least it would have been 10 't ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC . HASKIN. pleasure of serving you through our Washington Informa- tion Bureau? Can't we be of some help to you in your préblems? Our business is to furnish you with “authoritative tion, and we invite to ask us any quéstion of fact in wi you are interested. Send wmm . , ditector, Washington, 1. ©. ‘Inciose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Euigd Q. Was' John Barton Payne of the i\nim_.m & cabinet member?— A. He was Secretary of Interiof in the eabinet of President Wilson, Feb- Tuary, 1920, to Marci 4, 1921. . Q. ¢t are the four wonders of ‘,l;:numed by British seci- 2 famous , ‘has suggested the follawing: | the turalist, ‘The power that keeps stars and planets on their axes, immensity of , the delicate mechanisms essen- to insect life, and the. orderliness of nature, 5 pletures?— ‘A 1t is expected that when the new | Bureau of Archives is completed, space will be occupled in it by certain seleeted pictures of .| Such &s “The Birth of a Nation.”" 1 Xes, Then after 27 years, a ly P R Y TR g bk Hlt to the town of his biF(h, where his ;| deterted wife and son lived, and, even mdre important, where _his wealthy -.| father-in-law lived. James Atweod, the father-in-law, and Lincoln Holt, the son, received the news that Ambrose Holt had been scen down around the lumber yard just as they would has been expected to receive it. The atti- tude of Mrs. Holt, the deserted wife, and Harriette; or “Blossom,” is what maks the story. Not animosity, but curiosity, was the predominant !eenn! of ‘both women. Both secretly foun it interesting that ' Ambrése Holt had returned. t was not of a sufficiently virulent type to Tast & aunnu of & century. Har- riette, at first alarmed by the return, because of its implications in regard to her husband, was impelled to see Am- found uch | brose Holt and to her molsture will bl “‘: not":rnue which would m , but in human impa e rdeners, an Yo our Incessant clamor {or. Pi we do not get the results which we sometimes thlnl’ ':hlhsulg l!t" f'r“t‘l.my nt in e garden, 2o bocatie.our lons have been too great,.to begin losphy faulty, in the end. ‘We sbould stop examining our plants day by day, and try to forget the facts of growth for a time. Every one knows how different the yard looks when he | comes back from a vacation: but if he | had been there day by day for the same period of time he would have ticed no particular change. ‘We expect too much of our gardens, a8 we do of ourselves and our friends: we have given in to the hue and cry of what futurity may call a silly age: we need the stabilizing thoughts of the timeless thinkers, and their motionless, no- basic sanity. Mexican Case Stirs Demand For Reform in Comment on the fatal shooting by deputy sherifts of two Mexican students in Okiahoms, made more conspicuous cause one of the young men was & ::uuve of the President of Mexico, takes the form of a protest against the too free use of firearms, the tendency to shoot first/and think afterward. and the placing of other objectives above the safeguarding of human life. It is insisted that there should be no lack of vigilance in protecting aliens, though it is shown that in this instance they carried pistols. Spectal obligation upon officers who are in plain clothes, as th | ercising questioning is_killing, is emphasized. lh"m G'% youths who were slain,” ac- cording to the San Antonio Express, “were under protection of both Federal and State governments, and a safe journey to the border was due them. While observing that one deputy sheriff reported that he “fired only after the two students had displayed pistols,” the Express holds that “the mental state described is not & proper one for a peace office;,” and concludes, “Not dip- lomatic cfi-l«mxm alone, but also discipline among the law enforcement organization at home demands action. “A nation is responsible. for the pro- tection of aliens who are within its borders and behaving themselves,” de- clares the Lynchburg News, adding that “international law and the law of hos- pitality alike see to that.” The News, however, feels that “it would be worse than foolish to permit t::kel Tddent ‘:n in -relations between the two coun- ::1':!." The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel concludes: “‘According to international law, a nation is responsible for ‘reason- able protection’ of aliens within its borders, as long as they respect the laws of the land. Such protection is presumably as much against law en- forcement ofllc‘!fll as against bane L * ® x ave their Arl Use of Firearms a result of nervous apprehension or overgealousness on the part of peace or prohibition-enforcement officers.” “Embarrassing to the Washington Government” is the verdict of the Flint Daily Journal, which states as to the. parties to the incident: “The Mexican youths unquestionably were violating the law in having arms and ammuni- tion in their automobile, although they may not have realized they were com- mitting any serious offense. In view of what they must have known about American outlawry, it is conceivable that they were afraid of attack and might have thought they were ac- costed by hoodlums posing as officers. It is apparent also that the Oklahoma ‘deputies might have been justified in acting in what they believed to be self- defense.” o x ‘Maintaining that “it is a principle of international law that nations are re- ible for reasonable ion to ns while they conduct themselves in | accordance with the laws of the land the St. Louis Post-Dispatch concludes: “We paid Italy a $25,000 indemnity for the lynching of 12 Italians in New: Or- leans in 1891, after diplomatic - tions had been severed in protest. The Italians were killed by a mob while, they were in jail in connection with the ‘murder of & New Orleans: mayor. For acts of violence against Chinese in the Northwest, we paid several hundred thousand dollars. Perhaps if there were zome way of forcing the lo- cality in which an' act of brutality toward aliens occurs to foot the bill, we should have fewer incidents of this nature.” < The effect on international relations is pointed out by the Charlotte Ob- server, the Salt Lake Deseret News and the Boston Transcript. ‘The last men- tioned thinks “the unfortunate incident should have an effect to make officials more careful in their treat- hor | ment of all Mexican citizens.” to | 2ffair except its interna ‘The deputy sheriffs \who d 24 ) y | the shooting are to blame for.not ex: greater care in overhauling and student unless the ts. officers are in uniform, they easily may be regirded as bandits in these times of frequent hold-ups, Fear of banditry is partieularly apt to possess the inno- cent, for they have mo reason to fear | officers.” “Many men who have been guilty of no. offense,” asserts the Texarkana Gazette, “have been shot United States by officers slight tion. Man, “Any | Whose The Chattancoga Times says in & review of the case: “Inasmuch as peo- ple are frequently murdered on public thoroughfares in this country by of- ficers on_the slightest pretext, there seems to be nothing unusual lrout this tional aspect. Gov. Murray penned, however, & most. extraordinary um.m?r in directing County Attorney Shilling to ‘make a complete investigation. The Oklahoma chief executive wrote: ‘Owing to the standing of the Mexicans and the in- ternational aspect witls a neighboring republic, it is essential that you make a complete and unprejudiced investi- gation.” Is one to infer from this that Oklahoma murder cases are handled according to the standing of the vic- s? Are Oklahoma gent in their enforcement of th against killers of obscure persons than t, slayers of person of - nence? It is a dmgm::l philosophy of law enforcement that shines through Gov. Murray's statement. It is ocon- trary to the American idea of equal protection under the law, and if it is to obtain what hope have the poor, the obscure and uninfluential?” [P e P The Flitter. Prom the New York Sun.7 . Europeans who have breakfasted with Oapt? Hawks and want 1o find him at lunch time have to try all cities within 600 miles. 3 Hats'and Calories. From the Oklahoma Oity Daily Okliahéman. with, and our phi- | he - | meagre reward. that he was the first wmwfl'u had ever treated her as if she were & human being and not merely a pretty fool. Events moved rapidly and feelings changed as rapldly (perhaps too rapidly to be altogether natural), until at the death of Ambrose the paper of which he had once been editor published his picture, an old one, with an obituary which spoke of his “keen mind, his wit,” and discreetly alluded to the fact that ;. been awsy from the town for years, “had but recently returned.” Yet he was the same vagabond, family deserter, irresponsible unmoralist, that he had always been. * ko * The secondary thcme of “Ambrose Holt and Pamily” is much the same as that of Ibsen's “Doll's House,” the re- bellion of a young woman who knows that she has some intellect, some per- sonality, against being treated as a pretty toy. Harriette, explaining hesi- tatingly to Ambrose her for in- tellectual companionship, says: “Lincoln loves me, but you know—you know how I look.” Ambrese smi'es. He knows. &s every one does, that Harriette looks charmi and that her looks do not suggest intellectuality. As Miss Glas- pell works out this part of her theme, Harriette ‘establishes her claim not to be considered a fool by actions which almost any practical person would call foolish. At least she asserts her right to think for herself. When her ‘tather say¥ to her bittérly, because she insists cn seeing Ambrose Holt, “You must be a fool.” she replies, “I have been a good deal of a fool, but I'm rather less of one now.” In the end what she gains is rather infangible, just the rec- ognition on the part of her husband and father (her mother-in-law has a- | ways known it) that she is capable of thinking and acting for herself. As “Blossom” is no theoretical f>minist, no agitator, she is fairly well satisfled with the outcome, though she knows that there will be slumps, that “it will net ilwnya*be like this.” * *x % A singularly. appealing “expression of opinion_about a ncw book is that of Helen Keller in regard to “Memories of Sixty Years.” by Lord Sanderson, the English educator and economist, who has been blind all his life. The book has just been published coincident with the World Conference of Workers for the Blind. “I am very glad you sent me a blind man? It is vividly interesting and stimujating, it is clear gain to us Who e hindicapped, for it strengthens our faith that with sufficient ability. de- sire and courage we can face any haz- ard and remove any barrier to worthy acconplishment and service. It is a happy coincidence that this book has appeared while the World OCongress of ‘Workers for thé Blind is in this coun- try. Lord Sanderson’s achlevements, wrought despite his handicap, give color and force to the endeavors of earnest workers to bring the blind, and those who see, closer together in the world of human activity, and the interest felt by many people in the congress should send the book further, scattering sparks of hope and inspiration. But, after all, ‘Memories of Sixty Years’ has a greater claim to public attention even than that of being the expression of an unusual blind man's personality. It is the story of a blind man who has had exceptional opportunities ‘for look- ing at the social and political problems of his time. duty of those who cannot see as of those with sight to study the life of the people, their toil, their long hours, their risk of health and limb and their Tane these prolmeome. Ne s cannor. o s lems, we /cannot do all we should to' help the’ blind who are also orto prevent unneces- sary b 4100 Sepderson has » seeing mind, and he has-bravely worked for the sociel principles by which alone the blind and the seeing can hope to gain their fair share of opportunity and life’s_satisfactions.” o bt Voltaire &% & sub; has such. s them. ?m." t“lm & 8u] a Mr. ", Vi Volta! it cynical, * feal of Sirven and . Morocoo, was admitted haremis and saw the life’ . | tlements they found their way ti Q. What is surance?’—P. B, A. Fire ‘insurance may be sald to date from the Great Pire of London, in 1666. Beveral compa: were formed during the remainder of the seven- teenth century and at the beginning of the eightcenth century, some of which still exist. In the United States, the first fire insurance company to be estab- lished was the Philadelphia Contribu- tionship, which was organized on April 13, 1752. This company was patterned in many resp:cts after the Hand-in- Hand of London, which was established toward the close of the seventeenth century. Q. How was mail delivered in colo- nial times?—E. C. A. The following is “History of the United States”; “The mail was carried by postriders, who fol- lowed the main roads as far as there were any; on reaching the roadless set- the origin of fire in- the forest as best they could by t left & city, not at regular interyals, but only when he received enough mail to pay the expenses of the trip. The re- mote settlements were fortunate if received mail once a month. B:njamin Franklin was appointed Postmaster General in 1753, and he served about 20 years. He soon made the service a paying one to th> Crown. Yet even then the amount of mail delivered in the whole country in a year-was less New York in one day. 1o 2 hat a\m’fl‘;; the Government o an individual sol yur?—l"l‘."‘c. soldier for a A. During the fiscal year 1030 the average cost to the United States Gov- ernment to maintain each of its sol- y, 8 ce, cl and medical care. 5 Q. What was the name of King Car- ol's morganatic wife? 1s the child of this union living?—S8. H. A. Before his marriage with Princess Helen of Greece, King Carol of R mania contracted -a morganatic ma: riage with Zizi Lambrino and by her ical interzst and value, | by th | trails and bridle paths. The postman | that now delivered in the City of | had one son, who, 1t is reported, tending sehool in Parls. " Atr haz one, which is :;':U to be the first plane constructed especially for this . It is a Fokker p, painted whife with a red cross on the side. Twelve patients, a doctor and at- tendant can be carried in the cabin. 0%, What is ‘squinting modifier?— 'A. A squinting modifier is 8 modifier incorrectly pieced between two mem- bers of ‘a°sentence in such a way as to it applicable to either member, and ‘thereby ambiguous. Q. What is the legend of the moss e?—F, V. 8. . . According to Gérman tradition, Jegend of the moss rose is as fol- lows: “Once upon a time an angel, having a mission of love to suffering humanity, came down on earth. He was much. grieved at all the sin and misery he saw and at all the evil things he heard. Being tired, he sought a place to rest, but as it fared with his master, 80 it fared with him, there was no room for him, and no one would give him shelter. At last he lay down under the shade of a rose and slept until the rising sun awoke him. Before winging tht heavenward he addressed the rose and said that, as it-had given him shelter which man denied, it should re- celve an enduring token of his love, and so, leaf by leaf, and twig by twig, the soft moss grew around the stem, ::d there it is today, a cradle in which e new-born rose may lie, a proof of God's power and love.” b Q. In what round was Pirpo knocked out by Dempsey?—T. C. A. Louis Firpo was knocked out in the second round of his fight with Jack Dempsey on September 14, 1923. Q. What is thunder?—T. A. 8. A..Thunder is_caused by the sudden expansion of air in the vicinity of & lightning discharge. Reflection of the sound from clouds and other objects causes the long, drawn-out roll some- times heard when the discharge takes place several miles away. Q. Has the industrialization of Rus- sia had an effect.on the rural populs- tion. of Rusela similar to the effect produced by industrialization in Amer- jca?—A. B.R. A. Before the World War 185 per cent of the population of Ruscia lived in cities. The disorders incident to the revolution. brought this percentage up to about 204 in 1917, hundreds of thousands of peasants having flocked to the cities. The terror and famine re- duoed this t0 15.7 per cent. Since 1924 there has bzen an uninterrupted climb of the urban population, the percentage dwelling in the cities having increased from 16.1 that year to 19.1 in 1930. Q. Was Dwight Morrow ever a can- :.H;!e for Governor of New Jersey?— | | A Senator Dwight Morrow has never {been a candidate for Governor of New | Jersey: in-fact, he never participated in State politics. However, he is gover- | mor for the State of New Jersey of the | National Aeronautical Assoclation of | that ‘State. This association, of which | Senator Bingham is president, has a | governor in each State. | @ How many stamp collectors are there in this country?—C. P. S. { A The American Philatelic Society | estimates-the number as approximately | two million. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands h was held up at_the revolver point while & gang of car thieves carried out a smash- and-grab raid on a neighboring shop in the heart of London. This -will not do. For months past the London pub- lic has gut up patiently with large- scale and audacious thefts of motor cars, and with equally audacious day- light raids on London shops. The po- lice have been singularly unsuccessful in either preventing these crimes or in bringing the criminals to book. It is with a certain degree of cyni- cism, therefore, that the average Lon- | doner reads of the new methods and latest devices employed by the “mobile” police force. Mobility is a relative term: and manifestly the mobility of Scotland Yard experts compares unfavorably with that of the thieves they so rarely. c.!dchd. But '.h!fllrniled b":,dnhfi'h‘ nenw and dangerous development wi can- not be dismissed with the familiar shrug of the shoulders at the ineffec- tiveness of police detection. Whatever else we may import from Amflu(we have no intention of im- porting the methods and characteristics of the Chicago gunman. The way to! encourage the gun-using habit amon| our. own criminal classes is to let al the early pioneers go scot-free, and so to give all ambitious gangsters the im- Ppression that they can terrorize London with impunity. London, however, will look with sternness to Scotland Yard to devise adequate means of protection and will not be disposed to accept tamely, the usual official excuses for failure. Has Scotland Yard any intelligent jdeas on the-subject? Is it intelligently concerned about the appearance of gun- men in Kingsway? Does it reg'-bvid g;:t successful experiment as & e - tent? We should frankly surprised o receive an affirmative er. Scot- Jand Yard needs shaking up; and it ca not be shaken up until the present ad- ministrative position is regularized and a new and active chief appointed who is capable of concentrating all his faculties on the creation of efficient and up-to-date methods for dealing with ef nt and up-to-date crime. * k¥ X Pays War - With Exports. Neues® Wiener Tagblatt, Vienna.—In German eeded German 30, exports exc Since -the what may be considered at least a gross - ments under profi nts practically the full ame ‘nl“ue the crepdlwr nations under them&mu plan for the year, while in e waiions o ke pay- other nations o T e the pact. lmpotu!eol;:l‘!, some degree, it is true, because nqul:remlm. for the raw materials , which may mean less mm for the current year. , Germany has learned so well the . lesson ‘of providing everyt necessary for her industry that it i8 likely. future production will be more entirely from her own natural resources. At any nu‘ e e doncc ofihe_ ndom evidence of the - ves further e Aariter v n and .disadvantage EWS - CHRONICLE, London.— thus: derived is generally mors than An sstonished street sweeper | ample .tosdefray the expense incurred {in maintaining these clearifig-houses of ittn- Campaign Launched Against High House Rents. ‘The Manchuria Daily News, Dairen.— The Manshu Nippo, our leading vernac- ular contemporary, has instituted & crusade against the existing high rates, such as house rents, coal prices, tele- phone charges, and electricity and gas Tates that have more or less monopolistic flavor. The strong cry taken up by the Japanese journal has created a general and profound sensation all over the city, and the Dairen Chamber of Com- merce and Industry is going to indorse the same stand in the all-important consideration of public interest. The Manshu Nippo lays stress on the lowering of prioes of all daily necessaries,- piece goods, imported sun- and even jewelry, by as much as | 20 to 30 per cent, pointing out that, compared with a year ago, various other articles are quoted at 50 per cent less. Quoting the same paper, the stiffest rates obtaining in Dairen are house rents, which are decidedly above those even in Tokio. As far back as 1923, the Daijren civil administration, after in- | vestigation, found that the rents for a shop in the city averaged 4 ven T | mat (. e.. “per Toom”), as ageinst 2'g yen pcr mat for a dwelling. After eight years, these rates are only slightly lower, The house-owners might peg their ex- cuses on the different style of construes tion from that in Japan proper, but, all the same, building materials now cost only about half as much as at the height of economic inflation. B Divorce Veto, From the Scranton Times & Pennsylvania for a while at least is not to enter actively into competition ‘Wwith Nevada and several other Western States for the doubtful divorce honors ‘of the Nation. Gov. Pinchot hus just vetoed a bill which he says would open the way to great fraud in the granting of” divorees. The measure,. sponsored by “R!;prmntl:tw! r:gxcl;l:r o'!l hncmert. wor i 3 Immediately ipom..the retarn. of b 1" subpoena. “Gov. which divorce can be granted. - As & matter of fact excepting for residence qualification, divorce 1§ com- p.ntlvelfl‘aduy under Pennsylvaniglaws. 1t is required that -vpuuntamuazpl:m- fide residents for at least one , and in ‘case of desertion two years must have elapsed from the time of abandon- ment until application for the-suit. The law permits divorce for a number of reasons—t00 many we believe. ly a divorce ring ‘&, un- earthed in some part of the State. Some few years back quite a business in getting divorces for residents of other States was exposed in Bradford County, where non-residents came in, and pre. tended to establish a residence while actually continuing to reside in" their home community. A vigilant judge can do much in breaking up this sort of Gov. Pinchot's action in vetoing the Strickler bill is highly commendable, Pennsylvania divorce laws i d of béing made easier should be revised e e (e Non-Silver Conference Prom the New :York Sun. b v ¥ Alitude and ‘Appearance. are ai off to the public at stated | From the Ashland (Ky.) Daily Independent. intervals, and generally after the find-| Another that makes the Inf;:.n ‘been At bureaus of the differ- | mountains ap) en sonable law of evidence the indictment, thc!of a plane for many hours, yes. All}- - wvery ‘basis of the procedure, the very]|these, except the first, however, have| “Flattery,” said Untle Eben,. “is de charge itself, was not available to the | been proved before, and so it must|hardes’ kind o" work dar is, 'h-: you jury. It Had been read in their hear-{remain that personal glory is all that nhswmnlouhdwnlfl':vdfi; sum= Doumer’s Fortune. Prom the Fiint Daily Journal. of and full of ; thing concessions for a rea- | that you look like thumnmg:lmu ! : . 4 or e 0 ing; it had. been analyzed by counsel is being sought by Miss Nichols. Cer- maflm‘mqunhkh‘u of time. The money | suit. and finally by the judge, ‘but it was tainly, if she gets to Parls, she Wil pin’ new” E Al X