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THE EVENING With Sunday Morning Edition. | WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. ..June 22, 1931 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The lmh;ni;n Newspaper Company ellth 8t and hmufilu?nal«;a cug i chtan nuusl' E Regent fon, gmcnu gmue opean Ofcy Eni Rate by Carrier Within the City. g- l'vnnlnx Star. 45c per month ning and (-hm "4 Sundass) 0c per month | ¢ per month ~and_Su -8e_pe mont! Ational 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and St aily only. junday only mo., 88¢ | 0 | 4 All Other States and Canada. fly and Sunday...]yr., $12.00: nna.n no g;nv only $8.00; nday cnly 3838 1o 80| Momber of the Associated Press. The Assoclated Pross s exclusively entitied to the use for republication s dis- patches credited to it or not GHerwiss ered- in this paper and also the local news Diblishedhetstac” AL iehts of ublication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. — A Year of Grace. Eleven years of European malediction and misapprehension to the contrary notwithstanding, altruism has not taken | wings from the United States. By a stroke of practical statecraft that finds few parallels in modern history, Presi- dent Hoover has risen (o a noble op- | portunity and disarmed a worid of | skeptics of their belief that the Ameri~ ean people are chronically callous to | the distress of nations beyond these shores, The proposal of the Washington Gov- ernment to “postpone “or one year all payments on intergovernmental debts, reparations and relief debts, both prin- cipal and interest,” is not only the | United States’ answer to ancient taunts | of American selfishness and indifference, but—and that, of course, !s far more important—is a concrete and construc- tive contribution to world econcmic re- covery. Uncle Sam intervened in 1917 to turn the tide of war. He intrudes now to divert the currents of peace. Herbert Hoover has added new luster to our country’s fame as a consclentious member of the family of nations, Viewed in its purely financial aspect, President Hoover's project, which happily seems to be assured of the requisite approval of Congress, is an avowed attempt to relleve the des- perate economic plight of Germany. ‘The White House, moving with appro- priate caution in a situation fraught with so many grave possibilities, made certain that the Reich’s position is in reality one that has brought 65,000,000 Germans to the brink of despair. A confidential communication to the ‘White House from President von Hin- denburg appears, to have been the final factor in spurring President Hoover into action. Germany is required under the Ycung plan to pay the allled powers during the coming year $425,000,000 in gold. The allied powers in the aggregate under debt settlements with the American Treasury are obligated to pay the United States Some $240,- 000,000 during the same period. Under the Hoover proposal, this country would be making the heaviest sacrifice during the twelvemonth starting July 1, 1931. France would make the next heaviest—roundly $100,000,000—because the difference between the reparations she receives from the Germans and the principal and interest due from her to the United States works out at about that figure. Great Britain, Italy, Bel- glum and other reparation creditors of Germany stand to lose little or noth- ing by the plan Mr. Hoover puts for- ward. Their assent to it is apparently in immediate prospect. France seems to be making reserva- tions. That circumstance should not be taken amiss. Almost alone among the peoples of the world in that globe de- pression has not hit them approximately | as hard as it has struck others, the French yet have problems with respect | to Germany that merit consideration | abroad, as well as at Paris. To begin | with, there is the $100,000,000 deficit ln the French budget which will automati- | cally ensue, if the Hoover program u; carried out. In the second place, France has to bear in mind—as she so as- siduously and invincibly does—ihe full effect of a financially galvanized Ger- | many at this stage of the European situation. i Is it to the interest of the French that | they should so soon after Verdun make sacrifices to restrengthen a chastened Reich? Her necessities for military and | naval “security” being what France conceives them to be, can she afford, in | & Europe surcharged with fear, sus- picion and uncertainty, to spend $100,- 000,000 less on na'ional defense, colonial | development and the other purposes ' which German reparations for ten years have been helping to finance? These | are questions causing the Paris govern- ment and public opinion to move slowly in accepting the Hoover moratorium ! proffer. . It is not for the outside world to judge the French too rashly amid | their contemplations on these scores. President Hoover projects no sheerly idealistic idea, nor is he reluctant to concede its direct importance to the United States. “The purpose of this sction,” he says, “is to give the forth-| coming year to the economic recovery of the world and to help freé the re- cuperative forces already in motion in the United States from retarding influ- "ences from abroad.” Therein lies the doctrine of enlightened self-interest * which is the legitimate mainspring of all national and international policy. ! America asks nothing for herself that' she does not believe will accrue simul-' taneously and automatically to the ben- efit of all other peoples. 1t is inconceivable that .uwsmnn.shtp‘ in the capitals of the Old World will| feil to follow the lead which is now given it by the young giant of the New‘ World. The issue is clear-cut. It is; world co-operation or world disaster.! The consequences of a Germany driven into Communism and the arms of Soviet i Russia could no more be confined to| Eastern and Central Europe than it has ‘been found possible to dam up economic depression within the borders of one or two countries. ¢ Mr. Hoover, for manifest reasons, the 2l ¢e \elePhONE { 4o fact that it is not a partisan po- | leaders remember that the late Presi- frighted universe. Nor will the Presi- dent's hint that the United States links up limitation of land armaments with this economic gesture be lost upon & Europe giving so ruinously of its sub- stance to maintain the weapons of fear. o Sniping Hoover's Proposal. President Hoover's proposal for & one-year moratorium on all intergov- ernmental debts growing out of the World War is an American proposal. It was made by the President of the Untted States after he had first ob- tained the approval of leading Demo- crats as well as members of his own party. The President has emphasized litical problem, but & national problem. Yet the anti-Hoover political snipers {are already seeking to belittle the plan advanced by the President of the United States to help lif the world out of the economic morass into which it has sunk in the last few years. These snipers merely belittle themselves. Their criti- cisms will have been forgotten long, | long before th> statesmanlike proposal now advanced by the American govern- ment. Fortunately for the country, indeed, the” leaders in ‘the Democratic party have not let themselves be led away from approval of the plan proposed by the President, merely because the suc- coss of such a plan might redound to the credit of a Republican Chief Execu- itive. The plan is designed to help the American people through helping the peoples of other nations in the present alt\mt.an Probably the Democratic dent Woodrow Wilson had in mind easing the burdens of the peoples of | the world immediately after the Great War, and that his idea of what was best for the peace of the world was not & continued and seemingly perpetual grinding down of any people econom- ically for the benefit of any other peo-; ple. But the snipers are Insinuating that the motivating purpose behind the pro- posal made by President Hoover to give the next year to economic recovery throughout the world through a mora- torium of international debts is a de- sire to strengthen himself as a candi- date for re-election next year. That,| they insist, is what the President really | had in mind, not the relief of the peo-’ ples of Europe as well as the people of | the United States. And thereby the snipers reveal their own caliber, which is small indeed. Other critics, like Representative La Guardia of New York, find it a cause for grief that President Hoover has undertaken to advance this plan of re-| lief without calling Congress together. Mr. La Guardia's contention is that this was a function for Congress to per- form. Judging from the past perform- ances of Congress, however, speedy action on such a proposal, not already formu- lated and offered to the world, would be highly problematical. Mr. La Guardia, who aspires to the “Progres- sive” leadership in the House, is mourn- ful because Progressives were not con- sulted, although he admits that Sena- tor Borah of Idaho and Senator Wag- ner of New York were among those whose approval was obtained before the President’s announcement was made. But Mr. La Guardia does not say that he would not have given his own ap- proval of the plan if he had been con- sulted, too. Indeed, he says that the Congress undoubtedly will pass the necessary legislation when the time comes next December. President” Hoover has put forward, with the consent of all political fac- tions, an American plan for aid to the world in the present depression, a plan which may make it possible for the German republic to survive despite cir- cumstances which have threatened the overthrow of government in that coun- try. It is time for the country as a whole to advance the cause, not to en- gage In picayune politics. P SRR ‘The Washington base ball team long ago lived down whatever opprobrium attached to the nickname “Senators.” Out-of-town writers and fans always use the term. While the title “Na- | tionals?} is an honorable one, .and one commemorative of long-ago glories, it 1s none the less confusing. If the play- ers continue to perform as they have | been doing, lh!y can be called “Rep- resentatives” for all any Washingto- nians care. o Financial Optimisn. Evidence that the depressed condition of European countries is & factor in the | depression of business in this country is afforded by the reactions in the stock market which have on successive days | followed the public statements of the President regarding international debts. On Saturday, in direct consequence it is believed, of the first statement made the day before to the effect that some- thing would be done toward the relief of Europe, the stock market advanced appreciably, with a strcng buying ten- | dency. ‘Today, following the announce- ment that the President proposes a moratorium of a year, the market again advanced and the buying tone became even stronger, with the “short interests” scurrying for cover. News of the same condition came from London and Berlin and Tokyo. It is an axiom of the “market” that good news is always discounted. That is to say, tidings that make for advances in stock prices have their effect before the fact. Not often does b2d news work the other way. The fundamental tone of the “Strest” is normally optimistic. This present “good news” had no pre- liminary circulation in the form of rumor. The Friday statement caught the market unawares. If the current sentiment regarding the future was pes- simistic the Saturdey uprising of quo- tations would probably have discounted th> statement of Saturday night. The | “Street” had all cf Sunday in which to consider the effect. This morning’s positive upward reaction suggests quite clearly that it is generally felt that the best is yet to come, that this present improvement is but preliminary to a revival of trade end a restoration of business to a normal basis. ‘That this may be the case is the fer- vent prayer cf all. Whether c not the | American depression—which ¢ -rted from the collapse of an over-eanded speculative market—is in large measure due to the world depression, it is cer- tainly deepened by it and recovery from it is certain to be retarded by contin- THE EVENING STAR, STAR !nwubmmm-p-o(mll- tlmm Therefore it is that those who deal in securities are quick to discount the prospect of betterment abroad by setting forward the price standards in the market. Just so long as the feeling prevalls that better times will result, here and abroad, from the rescue of the European debtor nations from their present sorry plight optimism will pre- vall, and optimism means a rising market. ——r—e— Bweopmkel and Frauds. Enormous winnings from the various “swecpstakes” based upon horse races have stimulated the avarice of millions of people in all parts of the world. Tales of laborers and others of smell Incomes made suddenly rich by huld- ing lucky tickets in this or that inter- national lottery have spread far to make it possible to sell “chances” on any- thing that runs on four feet, whether in Ireland, or England, or India. And in’ consequence fake “swee) es” en- terprises are springing up, with. pros- pect of large winnings before they are detected and suppressed. One of these has just been overtaken in Boston. A huge swindle was in the course of being floated, which would perhaps have earned for the operatives no less than $2,500,000 a week from now until next September. A raid on a sulte of luxuri- ously appointed offices in Boston yielded ample evidence of the projected fraud. This scheme purported to be an Irish Government tace’ lottery for hospital charities, such as that based upon the British Derby. Elaborately engraved plates l:ad been prepared, to give the enterprise the appearance of an official operation. But inquiry elicited the fact that the Dublin government has no such plan and countenances no such scheme. The whole thing'was a fraud. Unfortunately the operatives had al- ready started work, distributing and selling a large number of tickets in New England citles and in New York. The police are now looking for the chief of the fake, who has disappeared, and are broadcasting the worthless character of the tickets that have gone out to buyers. ‘This disclosure should put all on their guard against ‘“race lotteries.” Imita- tors of the Boston crook are likely to be setting up in business here and there through this country. There is no trouble about selling tickets in a scheme that suggests enormous returns for the small sums asked. There is only a very slight chance of winning in the genu- ine “sweepstakes,” so huge is the num- ber of tickets issued and sold. But there is no chance whatever of winning anything in the fake scheme. To buy a ticket now in any kind of a sweep- stakes is tantamount to betting at heavy odds that the game is straight and that there is in fact a contest. —rate——————— They are not only having apple blos- som festivals and cherry, cotton, rose and goodness knows what not sort, but now comes a rhododendron festival. There are some girls who would even be eligible for queen of a cactus festival. e Secretary and Dr. Ray Lyman Wil- bur, president of Leland Stanford Uni- versity and just granted an extension of his leave of absence, is enjoying, not a “sabbatical year,” but a “sabbatical administration. e i Gen. Gomez “consents” again to head the government of Venezuela. And it is not unlikely, unless all past dope is wrong, that later he may have to “con- sent” to removing himself. * —_————————— ‘The story is yet to appear about the young lady who, forced to disembark from a speed boat, was compelled to swim back. ———r—e—— Almee Semple McPherson now finds herself up against the “four-square in- come tax.” N SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Arithmetical Era. ‘The classics now are not desired In education’s realm. It's mathematics that's admired. In those who take the helm To guide the world upon its way As perils gather thick. An intellect depends, they say, Upon arithmetic. A man to measurements inclined, As fame he strives to reach, May oft reduce his breadth of mind To aid his length of speech. And out among the stars in space Our w27 with care we pick, Not by the aid of heavenly grace, But by arithmetic. The Best Politics. “Do you think a practical politician can afford to place patriotic duty above personal interests?” “He can’t afford to do mherwhe. replied Senator Sorghum. “A practical politician i1s one who succeeds in get- ting elected; and the voters out my way haven't any use for a man who doesn't love his country.” Jud Tunkins says that after hearin’ his daughter make & commencement speech on the higher responsibilities of | life, all he asks is that she'll stand pat on them sentiments in the years to come, Habitual Gloom. And still the pessimist will frown And rall against his lot; The cost of living may go down, The mercury will not. Abundant Occupation. “Speakin’ of unemployment,” said Farmer Corntossel, “I have my doubts about whether. there is near as much of it as has been represented.” “I s'pose,” commented his wife, With a shade, of sarcasm, “you know more about it than the people who get up the statistics.” “Statistics are all what I'm restin’ my opinion on." Nearly every family in the country now has an automobile, and anybody that ever tried to keep a flivver in runnin’ order knows as well BY CHARLES E. TMCK'BLL. WASHING..ON, D. c'., 'MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1931 President . Hoover's recent Western nmhm luad'l'hflwhlkntmmm trip, although not intended as a po- laudation of weeds, which are interest- ing, enterprising, fine looking speci- mens of the floral family. When it comes to the dandelion, however, we are at present in a mood “All you have to do,” we said, lol'.fly as we Tecall, “Is to pull off the leaves, and then put in grass sees The th is that the grass will kill out the dlndcll&ml And the thecry is col ‘The only difficulty nu in the sheer stubborn persistency ol the small weeds with their wling leaf systems. The gardener may pull off leaves and put in grass seed, as we have done, for three successive growths of dandies, only to find himself faced with another upcropping at thla um. “Even this mun M away,” ran the legend on the ring o( an anclent king. Perhaps we may reull ic in con- sibl 1ecticn with the dandelion: And as we write & (elthcry bit of substance comes floating through the open window, seven floors up, and lights on the blotter of the desk. ‘Those who believe that tr\lt.h is stranger than fiction will be m know that this is a puff of dmdellnn No doubt it has blown clear across the District of Columbia from nearby Maryland, to remind us that the dande- lion 1§ a mighty plant and not easily subdued. Well, who would want to subdue it anyway? Not us! We stick to our guns; it is an interesting, pretty little thing; the only trouble with it is that it is determined to grow somewhere or other. * K ok K Most people think the whole dande- lion family has taken it into its com- | ir own lawns. ite head to grow on b 2 t right for Conditions must be them on the average lawn. Perhaps their growth shows a lack of soil fertility. They do say that weeds will not grow so well in earth which is full of plant nutriment. More complaints of dandelions in lawns have come to this desk this year than ever before. Evidently the mild Spring and fairly copious rains com- bined to give the weeds a fine start. A factor in their growth is the in- difference of many persons to them. They do not start work on them early enough, with the results that millions of seeds are blcwn to the ds on gossamer urphmu. Al 1t all those mumwd in good lawns | —and who is not?—would combine to | fight them at_the proper time, they | could be largely dlmmned from any given section of the cit) That they could be compl:uly wlped out is scarcely possible. Few would want them to be. With the flowering | trees and shrubs, the crocus and the early tulips, they are among the first bright flowers to show in the home landscape. For that reason they will continue to be loved, not only by the children, whom they invariably fascinate, but also by their elders, who may or may not be home grounds. mra are few plants which look worse in a lawn. Many ‘weeds unnof will pass ticed in the grass. ufi‘mmmdmumhmm ‘The mlwlln character of dandelion, hnw:ver. n-u.le- it a con- spicuous plant in the la which invariably offends the house- holder who strives for good.grass. * K K X Let us say here that a perfect lawn should not be the goal o turally ambitious. Such grass is more trouble than it is worth. Only the gardex will worry hl-l head and mm hec-ule his lawn is not mch a “‘carpet of green” as is described .in English mdznm: There are such lawns, and they are beautiful, and much to be desired, but | an they are almost as impossible of achievement by most householders as & million dollars a year competence. Either would be highly desirable, but few pine and waste away because of the lack. There are so many factors mak- ing for poor lawns, especially in or near clf u.thahsmnhn!oolvhom good grass, that is en- tirely another matter. Olu of the first desire is to rid the grass of dandelions as quickly and as completely as pos- le. LR Here the ingenuity of the individual has full scope. Some pin their hopes on ‘weeders, trick devices with knives and springs and wires and such, which, ln- serted in the ground. are supposed to pull up the weed without harming the rrass, Often they bring up a quantity ol earth. Others go in for the old strong-arm method of dragging 'em out by the roots, - catch-as-catch-can, willy-nilly, and so on. It is a good way, if you can be sure of getting all the tap root, which of course is exactly what you cannot be sure of, and if you do not mind digging a hole in the lJawn the size of an old-fashioned dinner plate. Plates as well as homes are growing smaller, by the way. Some of the new- est dinner sets have dishes scarcely bigger than old-time breakfast plates. Perhaps the vogue for a reducing diet mey account for it. | Salads, however, will bring back the big plate. If one subsists on salads, and the like, small quantities will not do. Most people nowadays have discovered for themselves that a bushel of salad, even with oil, does not stick to the ribs, as the homely saying bas it, more than an hour, A couple of gallons of salad, eaten with a crunching noise, will not stay with one a tenth of the time a fair | portion of beefsteak will. * = Dandelion greens are liked by many, | and perhaps furnish as good & way to | get rid of this weed as any. It cne gathers them just to throw {away, be sure that they are thrown | completely away, else their seeds will ' blow back on the lawn. Remeruber that for persistence few created things equal this plant. The fourth determined growth period—from | the same plant, or new seed—is now in | progress. ‘Those who have overcome them so far must take new heart, and persict; in pulling off their leaves and putting in fresh grass seed. Put bonemeal over the seed. Dande- lions do not like it, it discourages them, and discouragement is what they need. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Probably it would be ungracious to suggest that Mr. Hoover's plans to res- cue Europe from economic chaos spring from selfish motives. The fact remains that the President’s dramatic action is one of the shrewdest strokes of politics | standing to his credit—some say, the shrewdest of all. It deserves that de- scription from several angles. In the first place, it takes the wind out of certain sails which the Democrats relied upon to breeze them into victory next year. The Hoover administration was to be raked fore and act on a vast varlety of counts. On none were the Democrats prepared to view with greater alarm or point with more vitriolic scorn than on Hoover’s callous indifference to the heartaches of an ailing universe. That | issue, as far as any usefulness to the Democrats is concerned, has now pretty nearly gone where the woodbine twineth not. Hoover has completely turned the tables on the opposition. The Democrats may yowl that he stole | their foreign-policy clothes while they were in' swimming, but he has seize the leadership of the crusade for world | economic recovery at & T%syc!wlo:l moment all the same. e effect on the President’s fortunes, acknowledged by friend and foe to have slumped almost to the brink of ruin, cannot be fully gauged at this early hour." That | Hoover stock, like Wall street prices, is now due for a bull movement can hardly be doubted. * k kK Both the Republican and Democratic parties are influentially Tepresented in the list of congressional sponsors issued at the White House on Saturday as back- ers of the war debt moratorium scheme. With Republlun Senators like Smoot, Capper, MOITOw, Moses, Reed and vmdenber:, and Dem- ocratic Senators of the caliber cf Rob- inson, Glass, Swanson, Ashurst, Harri- son, Hull, King, th: two Waishes and Wagner, lined up in Hoover's support, the -‘.dee and rom*n:' of the Upper House are well nigh zunnnbeed. ‘House concurrence would se:n: to be equally assured with power-wislding Republi- cans Tilson, Bacharach, Hawley, Dar- row, Ramseyer, Snell, Mapes, Wood and Treadway and Democrats Crisp, Byrns, comer and Cuilen saying aye -oye. Crisp of Georgia reprasents House Democrats !on the World War Debt Fundint Com- Capture of Owenr D. Young's assent was Class A politics. The Pres- id:nt looked before he leaped this time. Little birds, doubtless Democratic spar- mwa, are whispering that Young had a de:lmdnwlthuunoover pro- * X KX No Republican Progressive except Senator “Jim” .Couzens of Michigan appears to have got onto the morato- rium bandwagon so far, He’s one of the colons whom Hoover converted by tile- phone during the hectic week end. As the ives openly and gloatingly boasted at their Wuhlnlum ¢ ch that theyll hold fairiy | OD the gas. Bod!dm-nhume Hiram business speedsters. were demant as you an’ me that idle moments is | the mighty scarce, The Cheerful Giver. ' A man resents taxation’s plan. Yet when he meets & bunco man He gives away with gentle cheer . More than his taxes for a year! does not paint such a picture, o P i uhmistaxably, there, uation of the present’ Européan condl- de rallroad traia® 1 States. The President and Secretary Stimson were deeply impressed by the Ambassador’s recital of the critical con- ditions prevalent in Germany. Sackett |saw- many of his old-time senatorial | cronies. y, too, were moved by his account_of the Reich’s toltering for- tunes, Ondoubtedly, when the Ambas- sador_encountered Chancellor Bruening jand Foreign Minister Curtius aboard the Europa, as the German statesmen were returning from their conferences in England, Sackett was empowered to foreshadow the action with which Washington hac just electrified all mn'vpe. * kK ok Mr Mellon Iound himself in London week later. gether. The Britishers were able to ac- quaint the American Treasury chief | with the desperateness of Germany's | plight, as Brueping and Curttus had d |just depicted it. Mellon re-established |contact with Washington—probably the transatlantic telephone was used for the purpose, as Hoover and Stimson so reg- ularly used it during the London Naval Conference. Then events moved fast and - furiously, culminating in White House conferences with congressional leaders on June 19 and this bistoric communique of June 20. * x ‘Washington newspaper men had to hark back to the thrills of war days for a parallel to the highly charged at- mosphere that enveloped the White House on Saturday. Correspondents were suddenly notified that at 4:30 o'clock the President would have some- thing important to say to them. From ‘heat-baked offices, from golf links, from week end retreats in the country, hur- ried and scurried the scribes. At 4:30 o'clock dnw?t ;o:}l}tn, d}lloa;let 's _secretary, emerge: e doleful tidings that the President’s outgl ready till 6 o'clock. 3 !flnfl the Executive presence, it !u{n the Chief flanked by Secret2ry of State Stimson It now was clear that the hour and & half’s delay was caused by final conference with Stimson and Mills. ly lit cigar and clad in his Summer outfit of blue coat and white flannel, Hoover, left hand in trouser pockets, was as unperturbed as if he were reeling off a prosaic state- ment of budget figures. Yet he was starring in possibly tac most porun tous_international drama staged since ‘the World War. * ok ok Ok Well, there's at least one member of the “Lmh Cabinet” wno's henceforth going to carry’ his license or %ome other mark of iden tion when e - | friend flew, and it was past mi occurred to the deumnmm chM that he’d better point homeward. 3 to in Arrest_ensued. Credent There were cop whose calls to thluw (Copyright 1981.) of the horticul- | m requisities along this medium plane of |ing | the way, it is going to ‘b’m litical venture, is not without its po- litical effects, From Indlana, where Some | he addressed 5,000 Hoosiers at a dinner given by the Republican Editorial As- soclation of the State, comes the report that the President has put heart into the rank and file of the Republicans -Mfimherthuhchuhrmuhtm— gether old enemies in the In- :unm. saw a revolt last Democrats turned out several sitting embers of the House and a ma- ‘when the jority of the delegation to the new Con- u. But the Re'publlclnl are rcport- er|ed to be perking up since the Presi- dent’s visit and pl to 80 1 with an u:tlve cam] next year. ‘The it at the dinner ad- crelgluur!n( oy Senator “Jim” Watson, the lican leader of the Senate, the present idol of the Republicans of the Hoosier to make the race State, is ” it next year. He veteran of many political cam| most of which he has won. N " standing the feeling of political unrest | ¥ in Indiana, Senator Watson is not go- to turn his back on the situation and take it sitting, down. An editorial from the Terre Haute Tribune rather ans look at Watson today, under date of June 15. It uld. in P'-“ “Senator James E. Watson yesterday nnde the first public utterance by him garding his senatorial intentions for 1932 ‘The Senator grew jocose on the subject, saying that we have depression, but that the whole world has it. He sald: ‘We have got the Democrats call- ing it “deprenslon " When they hld‘it. by the eternal, we called it “a panic.” “By his announcement, the Senator, doubtless intended to silence those who have been suggesting that he lay off in 1932 and conserve his forces for the battle of 1934, on the théory that '32 is going to be a Democratic year in Indiana. His reply to this is: ‘I've been beaten before. I am a candidate for the senatorial nomination in 32’ The war horse of Indiana politics scents the battle from afar. He is not turning back. No one ever questioned Senator ‘Watson's political acumen and sagacity, and his position in this matter will stir the imagination of every one who cher- ishes a good political battle. Senator Watson obviously is not dismayed for a moment by the fact that there may be untoward conditions which may presage defeat.” ok ok * Political observers in Indiana insist that President Hoover is going to have the Indiana delegation to the Republi- can National Convention next year sol- idly for him. They say that the Presi- dent’s visit and his speech and recep- tion in the State have practically been party, S year, Fook Pr by hits in their he Repu is | the figure’ from fled ublic: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS league players who hlu in their first major league season.— A Earl*Combs, Lloyd Wener, Dale Alexander, John Frederick, John- son and Charles Klein of the present major league a'om of players made 200 or more first major league Q. In the Baj mdmClflledfll of Seville is a famous pain of “St. Anthony and the Christ 14” by Murillo. Has this pnntln: ever been in New York?—E. L. D. A. In 1874 the knoeunt figure of St. Anthony of Padua was cut from the canvas. Soon it was offered for sale in New York by a Spaniard, who sought |t & well known collector, Mr. Schaus. latter, who knew of the theft of the Murillo painting, paid $250 for the work. He then noti- the Spanish consul. The e was returned to Seville, the painting was Tepaired and amid public festivi- ties it was restored to.the Baptistry. Q. What scholarship was swarded the boy who discovered Pluto? Where does he go to college?—A. R. A. Clyde 'n:mbluzh. discoverer of the new planet, been given the Edwin Emory Slosson $500 scholarship in science. He will enter’the University of Kansas in the Fall, either as a freshman or unclassified, as he has had only one year in high school. Almost entirely self-educated, Tombaugh has been hon- ored by the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain for his discovery, and is now on the staff of Mount Wilson | Observatory, at Pmden-, Calif. ’ Q? };u ‘Henry Ford taken up farm- | ng?—] A. Mr. Ford is doing intensive farm- ing on a 3,000-acre tract of land in Lenawee County, Mich. A group of farms has been purchased by him, and will be operated as an experiment de- | signed to solve some of the problems of agriculture. Q. When was the first police depart- | ment in the United States orgu.niud?—— J. B. H. A. The basis of the modern police organization was an act of the New York | Legislature in 1844 providing for a con- solidated “day and night police.” Dur- ing the next few years similar measures were taken in Boston, Philadelphia, | Chicago, New Orleans, Baltimore, New- | ark and Providence. Q. Did the late Wallace Eddinger | | ever play in “Little Lord Fauntleroy”?— | ! notice to the other possible candidates g B, for the Republican nomination for President they might as well not bother with Indiana. In 1928, when there was a free-for-all struggle for the Re- publican_presidential nomination, with former President Coolidge out of the, picture, Senator Jim Watson went into the primary and won by some 25,000 votes over Candidate Hoover. President had a real fight on his hands in that primary, and the run he made against the favorite son candidate, Senator Watson, was remarkable under | the circumstances. It developd he had many strong friends in the State, and he still has. Senator Watson has aided himself with many of his former po- litical enemles in the State by the| manner in which he has turned to and given his support to the Hoover admin- istration. If he doesn't run for the Senate next year it will be because many of them wish him to get into the race for the vice presidency. At pres- {he sugpesiion that he become 3 candis that ome a candi- date for that office. But if there should be a real movement for him in the na- tional convention, and Vice Presi- dent Curtis should decide next Winter not to seck re-election, it would put a very different face on the matter. * kK % Speaking of the Vice President, Curtis is at present cut in his home Staté, Kansas, delivering addresses in many cities and touring th? various se- tions of the State. He is “looking cver” the political situation. Kansas also staged a political revolt last year, because of a number of things, and elected a Democratic Senator and a Democratic government. The principal trouble was because the Republicans fell cut and fought a bitter factional war, although the Democrats attribute the results to the unpopularity of the Hoo- ver administration and the “depression.” The Vice President is torn between two loves. He may run for Vice President again if he so desires, as has bzen made perfectly clear to him by President Hoo- ver. Or he may, if he desires, seek to win back his old seat in the Senatz, rnning against the present incumbent Democrat, McGill. He has sald he will make his decision next Winter and not before. A number of his friends ara urging him to go out for the Sen- ate. They feel that there is little doubt he can turn the trick if he does. There are others, less friendly, who say he should run for Vice President on the theory that not to do so would be like dese the ship with a hard cam- Some of these advisers W\Ild llke to put Henry Allen in the race again for thc Senat:, believing that he would make a far better run next year than he did in 1928, when he was il and unable to be in the State for the most important part of the cam- palgn. Sznator Curtis will remain in Kansas another two weeks and then go| Pac to New England for Summer months and back to Kansas in Sep- tember 'to give the situation the once- over again before making his decision. 5 * k% lot has been said about the Presi- dent’s speech in Indiana as outlining a WY | platform on which he may run for President next n md not so much about his s inois, where he rededicated the wmb o! Abraham Lin. colm:. It was his Illinols speech, how- ever, which caught the eye and the fancy of the dry leaders. The President in that speech pictured Lincoln as de-~ voted to the Constitution and the prin- ciple that the United States'is a coun. try governed by law. “law enforcement,” ding the enforcement of the prohibition laws, trend in the speech and llke it. And, take away from Pruldene Hoover f«he support of the dru in the next campaign, whether it be nomination or re-election. * ok ok k | California comes the news that tional | pleases most of the Republicans as well Democrats. 4 Mr. | dicted 2s the Navy Department carries | a lot | officer, points out, ‘the development of A. He was one of three children who originated the title role. At the time | he was only 7 years old. | Q. Who invented the electric pipeless | organ? How does it work?—T. H. A. Capt. Richard Ranger of trans- | oceanic radiophotogranh fame. It is | ‘The | both pipeless and reediess and responds | {to a series of electrical switches, tone generators and amplifiers when its standard pipe organ keys are played by | ian organist. The sounds are generated in groups, each group consisting of a |series of "alternators in simple ratio, | Ioon'.rolled by one motor. Each tone is | | amplified and transmitted to the speak- | BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. er when the corresponding musical key is depressed. Q. Does the National Bureau of Standards issue a periodical or other publications describing its sclentific work for free distribution?—A. M. R. A. The Commercial Standards Month- ly is published by the Bureau of Stand- ards, but a mulur subscription rate of $1 a year is charged. - The magazine 15 devoted to reports of standardizing work, especially important to business, carried on by the bureau in co-opera- tion with other branches of the Gov- ernment and with private interests. The bureau also publishes special re- ports on resuits of expe'fimentl ‘which are available at nominal prices. Q wruc is the name of the device in testing the alcoholic content of beer1—-0 T. P. A. It is the ebul“nmeu’r Q. Is there an Ameriun organization opposing censorship?—H. D. A. The National Council on Freedom from Censorship, 100 Fifth avenue, New York, recently was organized by the American Civil Liberties Union. Its members include authors, playwrights, clergymen and publishers. It actively opposes Federal and State censorship of motion pictures, periodicals, the radio, books, plays and any interference with constifutional guarantees of free speech and press. Q. Who is the “waving girl of Ty- bee”?—K. M. A. The waving girl is Miss Flofence Martus, for half a century known to coastwise mariners and travelers. Liv- ing on Elba Island at the mouth of the Tybee River, she invariably waved to every passing ship. Her brother, George W. Martus, has been keeper of the light since 1887 and she has lived with him since that time. There is & romantic legend built up around her faithfulness to the effect that, many years ago a sweetheart was lost at sea and that she has waved to every incom- ing ship since in the hope that the lost man might be aboard and expecting to see a signal from her. Mr. Martus, | the keeper of the light, is retiring and moving to Savannah and she is about to abandon her long vigil. Q. Is John Lawson Stoddard, the lecturer, still living?—M. G. A. He died on June 5, 1931, Q. What is Constance Bennett's sal- |ary?—s. M. A. Thirty thousand dollars & week. Q. Do many people vuit the Plan- etarium in Chicago?—R. P. A. Since its opening May, 1930, the Adler Planetarium has been visited by three-quarters of a million people. Q. Where is the Kellogg Bird Sanc- tuary?—G. O. A. It is at Wintergreen Lake, near ‘Batlle Creek, Mich. Q. What newspaper in the United SL;LesE first printed financial news? A. On June 13, 1835, the New York | Herald, edited by James Gordon Ben- nett, printed an article on the state | of the money market which gained wide | attention. Despite considerable opposi- tion, this became a permanent feature. This paper was the first to publish the stock lists and a daily financial review. Q. Will the Cheyenne Fronti Celebration include a parade’—B. T. A. This is one of the oculstanding events, Among its features are Gen. Dodge’s surveyinz party, the original Cheyenne-Deadwood stage coach, floats portruying branding and the Vigilantes. Just as Guam was practically un- known to the average American when the Navy was ordered to seize the fs-| land in the course of the Spanish- American War, so its return to the status of a sleepy Pacific island is pre- | out the administration plan of aban- | doning its base there. Its impor:ance a: a station in the national defense is af- fected by the provisions of the Wasr- ington arms treaty as well as by the| development of the airplane as a naval | weapon and the strategic position of the Hawalian Islands as an aerizl base. “The decision of the President and | his advisers,” in the opinion of the| Louisville Courier-Journal, ‘may indi-| cate a change in the Foover policy in the Pacific not unlike that in the Caribbean. Abandonment of Guam as a naval base may be a step toward withdrawal similar to the withdrawal in Nicaragua and Haiti. But with- dran dfrom Guam suggests with- drawal from the Philippines, and there has been considerable agitation cf late for our cutting loose from thcse islands, not as a matter of right ard duty, but because cf econonuc reasons.” The Baltimore Sun, however, holds that “the real ‘demilitarization’ of Guam came at the time of the Washingioa Conference for the Limitation of Arma- ments, in 1921, when, in order to induce Japan to accept the 5—5—3 ratio for capital ships, the United States agreed not to fortify any naval bases west ¥ the Hawaifan Islands. And that ‘demil- itarization’ was of potentialities, not of actual armament, for Guam had nol been developed and equipped.” “Views on naval stratcgy have altered considerably since a generation ago, when this island was ded as one | of strategic ‘keys’ to the North c Ocean,” says the St. Paul Dis- patch, pointing out that “diplcmacy has tremendously reduced its military value,” and concluding tha! “as long as the Washington treaty stands, the naval base at Guam might just as well be dropped.” The Hartford Courant states that “as a coaling station in peace time, and in a war fought entirely in the ines, Guam still has its value, but as a base in a nawal war of any extent it is useless in its present state and its discard by the Navy in the in- terest of economy scems wise.” * ok ok x “The importance of the little isolated naval base established there,” accord- ing to the Buffalo Evening News, “has lesscned with the years. Guam now is held to be of no strategic value. As Capt. Dudley W. Knox, retired Navy aviation has substantially altbred naval strategy.’ Bases of formerly of ‘service to harbor ships in case of war now may be made valueless because they are open to aitack from the air. Capt. Knox further remarks that much large, in a State-wide contest. This as the * % % % Ohio Democrats are talking more and more of Newton D. Baker as the Buck- eye State’s candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination next year. The former of War in the Wilson saying Blnrvluluve.locot old Wilson the race, an B2 i i ed.norm wrmnx. Guam’s Return to Oblivion Predicted as Status Shifts stronger defenses of land, sea and air are necded in Guam then are now pro- vided — defenses, incidentally, that would be forbidden by the naval treatr® of 1922. In the circumstances, the ad- ministration cannot be criticized for demilitarizing Guam. If it cannot be defended in war there is no sense in meintzining it as a naval base.” “The Navy Department should con- tinue to supervise Guam. which has prospered under its direction,” advises the San Antonio Express, recalling the history and position of the island and its surrounding group: “Guam long has been a junction for cables from Hono- lulu, Manila and Yokohama, and its powerful radio station is operated by the Navy. It is protected by the naval base at Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu, and the Navy's well equipped statior at Cavite, 8 miles from Manila. Cavite is 1,727 statute miles southwest and Pecar]l Harbor is 3,880 miles northeast. Guam is the largest of the Marianas. That groub was wholly Spanish until the United States captured Guam. Soon after the island was ceded, Spain | sold to Germany the rest of the ar- chipelago, together with the Carolines and the’ Palaus. In 1914 Japan seized all German possessions in the North Pacific and now holds them under a mandate from the League of Nations. ‘They cannot be fortified and are open to ail nations’ trade on equal terms.” E HE* “The proposal to strip Guam of its naval trimmings is interesting,” says the Kalamazoo Gazetle, “as part of the long-discussed plan for unifying the administration of our country's overseas dependencies, which are now divided as to control among the War Department, the Navy Department and the Depart- ment cf the Interior.” That paper com- mends this as a step toward “efficiency and economy.” The Charleston (W, Va.) Daily Mail offers the comment on these possessions: “When we annexed them, we annexed trouble. Then_ began our abandonment of isolation. We became a world power, or at least we made the berinning of what the World War later extended. The problems this country then assumed continue and will con- tinue. But we have had enough of jingoism. Perhaps, even, a little too much.” “Apart from its value as a naval and cable station,” as viewed by the Detroit Free ss, “Guam is of little use to the United States. The trade we enjoy with 1t amounis to only about $450,000 a year, all told. The island is inhabited by some 18,000 Chamortos, a gentle and not un- }nteuxmt people. A year or so ago they let it be known that they would like to become American citizens. Congress has not yet humored this wish. With the re- moval of the naval station from Guam the island is likely tq fade even more remotely into the quiet spaces of our national consciousness. The fact that it belongs to the United States will be re- membered chiefly by naval officers and telegraphers. The insistent need of economy jin Washington and changes in naval strategy are thus greasing the waysfor one of the most beautiful is- lands in the Pacific to slip gently back w the‘ otl'gmoé\ m')sn;x mlc}: the ‘Xgr- es, of the Spanish-Americcn War tempdrarily rescued it.” e — Summer Storage. From the Albany Evening News. Mr. Coolidge ought to be able to save up quite a few words during the Sum- mer time, when he will forego his daily o The National Alibi. | | Prom ‘the-Clevelana News. ‘Thre sre 18,000 more married men | than“wcmen. in Ohio, survey :hr*s Reno. Maybe their wives are in e o—— Must Lo From the Fort Worth Su-.A-n. Eitter one must Xesp 1) ‘wim. . . | next-door neighbors or th» irstalimesw collector—trying to do both°is one &« the things the mattar with the couniry.