Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edhtion. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY........August 28, 1081 T and are in fact being brought to light | Have propitiated Gandhi, the viceroy in Manhattan. The Governor's message | agreed to investigate alleged excesses was accompanied by specifications stated | by tax collectors in the Nationalist pro- in the letters of the Democratic leaders. Certain counties are pointed out in which wicked doings are charged, cer- vineial stronghold. ‘While the stage is thus reset for a thoroughgoing exploration of the Na- THEODORE W. NOYES. Editor | tin towns are named in which public | tionalist case at London, it is far from Rate by Carrier Within the City. ening "5‘3"‘“,‘" i i0c per month n 4 - .60¢c per month o Eve B Cenen Tesg pex montn semt in %h Yy L Rate by Mail—Payable in Adva I’lrybl‘.llvkllnh. e i 5 fig and Bund: only . ay only All Other States and Canada. i and Sunday...] yr., $12.00: 1 mo., 1, II only inday only 0 IR mo.. Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press is exclusively ertitied to the use for republication of all news dis- atches SSediied o 1 o ot Quwierelid cred: B fhis baper snd also the ooal new pislish Bl Al riehts of Sublication of ™) special rein are slso ieserved. = . ys) t i d eh month. A in by mail o telephone ed herein. “ispatches he: Eliminate the Unfit! President Hoover is right. The pub- lic, and officlals investigating derelic- tions on the part of a group or grouds of uniformed men, should not condemn the Washington Police Department as a whole. For in the ranks of the depart- ment are a predom'nanf number of honest, trustwerthy citizens, who have made police work a life career and who today are immune from charges of bru- tality, graft and collusion with criminal elements. These men ever have stood staunchly aga'nst brutalities directed against prisoners, brutalities which it is charged have made certain precinct stations “hell holes” for some who may have broken the law, or been held merely for “investigation.” These bet- ter police on occasion have stood staunchly against the practice of beat- ing prisoners. At times they have even threatened to arrest officers resorting to aggressive mistreatment of those their custody. Charges of police brutality are not mnew in Washington. For years there have been charges and counter charges. Always there has been a plentiful sup- ply of “white wash” to cover police trails. Where a prisoner has had the temerity to complain against the police, certain members of the department immediately have set outh either to discredit the witness or, it is charged, threaten such prisoner with fur- ther reprisals. It is charged that in some such cases prisoners have been forced, by fear of more beatings or hounding, to deny that they ever pre- ferred charges. This method is not new or particularly native to certain individuals in the Washington Police Department. Countless investigations have proved it to be a common prac- tice m other cities. In Washington, as elsewhere, there has been an unwritten law that ‘what occurs within the department is secret within the department. Thus it is that in some instances has been seen the banding together of men in entire precincts in order that “black sheep” may be protected and that ibere shall be no taint on the police department as & whole. “Police interest for police interest and the public go hanged.” has appeared to be the guiding precept. In view of the large number of com- plaints and charges that already have been filed with investigators, it is to be assumed that the Washington depart- ment is not free of those practices which are condemned by the public at large. Neither, as President Hoover indicates, is it fair that all police be placed in the same category as those who go so far as to vent their brutal instincts in merciless beating of help- less prisoners. There must be a separating of the sheep from the goats in the Washing- ton Police Department. Those who violate law and human instinet must be swept from the force. There should be no favoritism. If high-ranking officers have com- mitted or even condoned viciousness, they should go. No mercy must be shown. & Capable and trustworthy officers should be elevated to higher positions where their records and performances may be permitted to redeem the de- partment from the condemnation that has come by virtue of the actions of the few. Integrity, high sense of duty. cleanli- ness—these are the things demanded of | the Washington Police Department by the Washington public. They are ‘he things which by vir tue of the present jlnvesunflfln are in fair way of realization. S ——— In the formation of a new govern- ment British fair piay asserts itself by an effort to experiment with all kinds of political opinion at once. - British politicians who say that the U. 8. now rules England may base hopes of an amicable adjustment en the fact that England once ruled the U. 8, - - funds have been misused and wrong- fully absorbed. Some of the charges are trivial, as in Cortland County, where certain that Gandhi will succeed in ad- vancing measurably toward his goal of Indian independence. Already it is ‘an official whose duty it was to care | forethadowed that “modified dominion for the indigent patients in the county | status” is th> most the Mahatma and almshouse stole the eggs and poultry | his cohorts can hope for. Great Brit- and actually disposed of them in open ' ain's insistence upon a firm control over market and pocketed the proceeds.” the crown jewel of the empire” is a No amount of yelling of “You're an- foregone conclusion. She will have need other” will lessen the inquity of the of all the arts of compromise in the graft that has been practiced in New | arsenal of British statesmanship, an- in York City, graft that is not merely a financial loss to the community, but| that has bred crime, has cost lives and has utterly destroyed public confidence | in the integrity of administrators and | magistrates. The Hofstadter commit- tee, whose powers are now enlarged by | the extension of immunity grant to wit- nesses, has already uncovered much of | this corruption. It has, however, not yet been able to reach the root of the | evil, to find the final and major benefi- | claries of the millions of graft money | that has been flowing for years through ; devious channels into their pockets. | The laws just passed by the Legislature | will, it is believed, enable the investi- gators to get closer to the truth, if not to reveal it altogether. e o The Rising Tide of Concrete. One can well understand the ob- Jections of those who contemplate with Tegret and alarm the proposed submer- gence of another tiny island by the ris- ing tide of concrete. Their timely pro- test will probably result in a change of plans that will save at least a por- tion of the small park at the south jend of the Taft Bridge, a park that now serves “no useful purpose” beyond extending the balm to the soul that lies in & bit of green grass and shrub- bery. And while the little park can be Justly accused, on the other hand, of blocking the onward rush of progress, | typified in an endless stream of motor vehicles, and can be roundly denounced as a “trafic menace” there is a very real and important question tied up in its future. The park is one hundred and forty- five feet long and thirty feet wide. It | divides the heavy traffic on Connecticut avenue at the southern approach to the Taft Bridge and complicates a bad con- dition formed by the “S” curve that bridge-bound traffic must make to enter | the bridge City-bound traffic leaving the bridge, must make a sharp turn to | the right to avoid the park. The reduc- tion in the width of the traffic lanes, caused by the park, makes two “bottle i necks” that in the opinion of the ex- perts menace traffic by causing jams. When Connecticut avenue and the ! bridge are relatively free of trafic an additional menace is cited by those who |clalm that automobiles, to make the turn off or on to the bridge, frequently | skid because of the higher speed. The experts, one fears, have tackled the problem in characteristic manner. The park has no recreational value. 1t boasts of only two trees, which could easily be removed to another nearby location. Eliminate the park! In its place provide a wide and unbroken plaza of new concrete! Automobiles | can move faster and safer. Traffic jams | will be eliminated. Somebody *will get where he is going at least thirty sec- onds sooner. And the conclusions have plenty of | official backing. The plan originated in the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission &s a part of its traf- fic study. It was referred to the Co- ordinating Committee, on which there are representatives of the municipal Government. The Co-ordinating Com- mittee approved the elimination of the park, the plan was sent to the Com- | | missioners and they likewise approved it. But residents in the vicinity have ob- | jected. And they are right in objecting. | | The result is a new suggestion, that instead of eliminating the park entire- | ly, it be reduced by cutting off thirty { feet at each end and five feet on each i side, making an oval eighty-five feet | | long and twenty feet wide and affording | ! a twenty-foot drive on each side. An- | other alternative, along with elimina tion of the park in the center of the | | @rive, is to provide additional parking | extending out from the present curbing | on each side of the drive. | | This small park is relatively unim portant. It is located at a point wi { there is always heavy traffic. But there is significance in the ready agreement |among officials, before protests were | made, to eliminate it altogether. Such! | action 18 in keeping with an all too! | hasty willingness to sacrifice, on the) {1ap of the great god Traffic, the| precious spots of green that make | Washington beautiful | portant to pressrve these spots than| to facilitete traffic by spreading more | | concrete. Only in those rare cases where life and limb are actually en dangered by their prasence should they be destroyed ————— Portugal is said to be having a revo- . lution in accordance with a custom that | has been developing in the ne'ghbor- | hocd. Not so large as Spain, Pertuge! | proves that he is a man worthy of wide- | | his temper in spite of engine trouble. |as to silver coinage. An overproduction other classic exhibition of which has | just taken place in the prompt and peaceful settlement of the budget political crisis. John Bull has one extraordinarily strong weapon in his hand with which to fend off Nationalist Indlan de- mands for independence. That weapon is the bitter hostility between Hindus and Moslems. In espousing the rights and interests of the Mos- lems Britain will be standing for the rights of a vast and powerful minority of the Indian population. These Mo- hammedan subjects of the king-em- peror ate adamant in their requirement of representation in any new govern- mental set-up in India. They resent the domination of the Gandhi-Hindu- Nationalist element as resolutely as the Mahatma opposes British domination. William Y. Elliott, a professor of gov- ernment at Harvard, has just reminde$ the Willlamstown Institute of Politics that while the Nationalist Congress is the most articulate voice in India, th!l; voice cannot be forced ofi the minori- ties, Moslem and otherwise, without their consent. The native Indian princes, whose favor Great Britain has always been at pains to cultivate, are vet an- other bulwark against Gandhi's inde- pendence pretensions. — ———— i “Ambassador of good will” is usually the complimentary title employed in welcoming Lindbergh. The fact that he has deserved so serene a designation spread imitation. One who can keep - A mction picture actress is being di- vorced in order to marry another man. It is not necessary to say which actress i8 at the moment referred to. This is no longer an instince where names make any news in particular. i An announcement that a Harvard | College man has elcped with a St. Louis | heiress provides another example of the | manner in which brains and money are getting together. ———— While gun battles are fought in his | home town the cnly explosives to which Maycr Walker need to give his attention are the fireworks incidental to an ova- tion abroad. England will now face the problem of whether a new method of unemploy- ment relief can be perfected that will not eventually prove to be the same old dole. — e It was thought that nothing coulfi‘ add to local crime complications until | a stranded wild West show brought a few alleged horse thieves into the pic- ture. £ A it e Monetary theorists Tevive discussion | of silver cannot, as in the case of wheat, | be disposed of by burning it. R SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Introspection. As through this curious world we walk We find with sorrow most sincere The things of which we want to talk Are not what others want to hear. ‘What though you hate your daily toil? What though you lose your petty wares? What though your comfort Fate may spofl? Nobody cares. Each small annoyance ever known 1s common to the human race, And yet we seek to gild our own With pathos or romantic grace. What though your nerves are off the kev? What, though the eook may put on airs, And friends with your umbrella flee? Nobody cares. | | | | i The Short and Frequent Word. “If you want to be understood,” sald the vouthful orator. “you must employ short words.” | “That's true.” replied the full-fledged | statesman. “But it's a mistake to fol- | working the pronoun ‘L' Showing & man that he’s wrong won’t | stop the argument. It will only make him more angry. Revenue Energy. When Prohibition rules the hour And revenues grow small Can taxes run by water power Instead of alcobol? | | | | ness and . O, - THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘The gardener’s admiration for weeds grows with the ng years. What can greener, stronger, healthier looking than yonder clump of bitterweed? Farmers of nearby States assert that | the extra tall growth of this weed this Summer speaks of a cold Winter, with | much snow. Their_prediction is made on_the fol- lowing That Nature takes care of her children and that tall weeds are | necessary to enable the birds to secure nutriment when it snows. Householders everywhere will watch the development of the Autumn and Winter with special interest, owing to the problem of bird and animal life. The drought of 1930 played havoc with birds and squirrels, in particular, and probably the rabbits suffered se- verely. A cold Winter will put upon them further hardships, which nature lovers may do a great deal to mitigate by permitting tall-growing weeds which bear berries to flourish long past the | time for normal cutting down. * % % % Sometimes the gardener wonders if it would not do better to take the weeds into his garden and put the cul- tivated plants in the vhcant lots This turnabout would give him a green yard, fairly oozing health, and give the roses, etc. a chance to revert Probably cultivated plants are like human beings. If put on their ow they might develop new and unsus- pected strength. Roses which get mildew and black- | spot in the garden might lose both in the wild. Confirmed rosarians may doubt this, but it has yet to be dis- proved. There are reservoirs of strength left yet in Nature. Somehow she man- ages to do fairly well by her little ones, {I{ they possess the stamina to stick to ife. Any vacant lot at this time of the year is a perfect laboratory of interest to_the browsing student of nature. Here he finds the flat heads of the plant popularly known as Queen Anne's Lace, growing amid a jungle of other things. Here, at the bottom of the heap, and entirely lost to sight, are old specimens of iris, probably thrown out as useless | in past years. Maybe thes plants were simply thrown on the ground, but. liking shal- Jow planting, gathered enough soil about them to begin growth. ‘Today they are doing nicely, thank you, in the wild state Cultivation makes plants soft. just as civilization tends to make human | beings soft. It is easy enough to see, in human beings, why they deteriorate under tne processes of “mans own show,” civiliza- tion. It is not so easy to understand why plants which come from the wilds pick up so many diseases under cultivation and become pale in contrast with their former state Meddling of man must be the only its answer. Plants we call cultivated once grew wild. Nothing has been done to them to hurt them. If they have changed in any way for the worse, it is not the fault of ths plant. The blame must come back to this interloper, this meddler, this busybody | known as man, who ruthlessly has searched the world over for plant forms and determinedly brought then baci for the benefit of his own garden. Only the intensely curfous person will have any idea of the place of origin of scores of his favorite garden and house plants This lily came from China. This old-fashioned anpual, as he calls it, is a native of Mexico. ‘These Summer-flowering bulbs are WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS Though it is not being advertised, it is common talk of attorneys in at- tendance upon the rate hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission that the sfoundation is being laid by some of the opponents of the blanket | rate increase sought by the railroads for an appeal to the courts in the event the commission approves a rate insrease. Injunction proceedings, which might hold up any increase for many months, are within the possibilities of the sifuation. Six of "the Granger States, in a petition to dismiss the rail- road's application, challenge the power of the commission to authorize a rate increase approved solely upon a showing of the financial exigencies of the car- riers. Denial of this petition for dis- missal gives one avenue for recourse to the courts. Now comes the Southwest- ern Industrial Traffic League, an im- portant group, and attacks the validity | of the present proceedings from a dif- ferent angle. The 1. C. C. has already | ruled that the wage question shall have no place in the present hearings. The commission_sidesteps this sensitive sub- ject. The Southwestern Traffic League asks the commission to rescind this rul- ing and to permit the introduction of testimony relating to wages. These ob- jectors point out that wages represent 55 per cent or more of the total operat- ing expenses of the carriers and argue that the commission cannot make a valid determination of rates and cannot determine, as it must do, whether or not the railroads are efficiently man- ged, if it reviews less than one-half of the operating expenses. It is suggested that railroad wages today are double the pre-war wage scale and asks the commission significantly why railroad wages do not follow wage scales received by farm and industrial employes. * & 1t is a long lane which has no turn- ing, and the turn in the lone )an= down which Bishop Cannon, jr. has It is more im- | jow out that idea to the extent of over- | hobbled with his enemies in hot pur- sems to have been reached at Denunciations and defiance, 1ll- bsence, libel suits and peti- tiens for injunctions stalled but failed to finally head off a slow-moving sena- torial inquiry into what happened to the 60-cdd thousand dollars in bank bills which were pessed over to the bishop in 1928 by one of the financial angles of the Hoover campaign, E. C. Jameson of New York. Only a small rat of this cash ever found its way int» the coffers of the Virginia Anti- Smith Committee headed by Cannon. The bishop has long defied all efforts suit last. n al the descendants of bulbs which orig- inated in Africa. ‘There is no telling where a_flower came from by looking at it. Yonder innocent rock garden plant, which might have inspired Bryant or Long- fellow, came from Siam. Comparatively few of our favorite garden plants are natives in the best | sense of that word. | We have ravished the world for beauty and some of the beauties re- |sent their transter. | * ok | | On the wild rock of St. Helena there |are sald to be growing hundreds of | speciments of plants brought therc over the years from all parts of the world. A curfosity of that island is that it has neither thunder nor lightning, al- though it is drenched with tropical showers, If all plants had to face such condi- tions, alternate rains and heat, in rapid succession, there might be some excuse, from the gardener's standpoint, for them doing as poorly as they so often do. & The main causes for comparative failure with garden plants are too much shade, lack of sufficient sunshine and h\cAkn nxhnlnnt food. other cause and perhaps as respon- sible &s an yof the three others is aci |soil. It is amazing how few gardeners will go to the trouble to make an effort |to determine whether the earth in | which they are attempting to grow | plants is basically alkaline or acid. * ox % % No doubt many of the spindly plants |one sees, and about which their own- ers complain, are due to soil splendid for rhododendrons and the like, but not so good for zinnias, petunias, mari- |golds and the other common but much- |loved annuals. A recourse to litmus paper might show the erring gardener a great deal, and if he was not able to manage this sim'rle chemistry for himself, he would find it profitable to consult an agri- cultural expert. If he will not do these things, let him protest no more his amazement at the |strange conduct of his plants. He | might use lime in the face of the al- | most unanimous verdict of the garden riters liming the garden is old- ed and out of date. * K ok % | | ! fashion: | | Too much shads is responsible for many fallures with standard garden | plants, both annuals and perennials. { they were weeds they would not | Mind the lack of sun, but they are | cultivated plants at this stage in their | history and they need sunshine and plenty of it. ‘Those whose gardens thrive in full | sunlight need not pride themselves un- duly upon their amazing success. Old Dr. Sun is at it again, as he has been since the beginning. If plants are left to him for sight hours or so a day he will fill their stalks and leaves with ‘&:my of good green and see that they r properly colored flowers, each after kind. Let no aspiring amateur think that he can have beautiful trces and annua flowers together. He cannot. At least his annuals will not be the fine things | which they might be with more sun- shine. ‘Whether trees should be sacrificed to flowers is an old question. Much de- pends upon the trees. If they are good specimens and help frame the house they should receive the preference. On the other hand, householders who | love bright flowers should consider carefully before purchasing a place with many trees if they are so situ- ated that the flower beds will not re- ceive the proper amount of sunshine, By proper amount, of course, one means all the sun possible. from the Gulf. Few members of the Senate are so pleasantly circumstanced. Embarked upon his third term, with a commission renewable every six years | at his option for life; blessed with the | arts of an orator and a sense of humor, popular with his mates, wearing lightly the mantle of his office. he is already a Senate veteran, in senlority outranked by only a handful of his colleagues. at 8 time in life when most senatorial careers are just getting under way. He is ranking Democrat on the all-power- ful Senate Finance Committee and on the Rules Committee, ready and wait- ing to step into the shoes of Reed Smoot, on the one hand, and George H. Moses, on the other, when and if the scales are finally tipped against the G. O. P. And only a boy of 50. * k% % Senator Hiram Johnson is said to scriously flirting with the idea of plt ting himself against Mr. Hoover in the California presidential primary next year in the hope of obtaining an anti- Hoover, pro-Johnson delegation at the convention.* The President’s California nemesis is said to have no illusions and to realize perfectly that a Johnson dele- gation at the convention would be quite impotent. But if he could beat M. Hoover in the primary in the Presi- dent's home State Johnson would be satisfied. That looks like a big if. Gov. Gifford Pinchot is reported to harbor a similer notion in Pennsylvania, to seek a pro-Pinchot delegation in the Key- stone State. Pinchot appears to i:e[ looking further than that and at least | half ready to head an independent ticket next year, provided he is not re- guired to foot all the bills. La Follette is apt to have the Wisconsin delegation, Norrls Jmay be Nebraska's favorite son | hair shirts are hbrl::w.:m —— e ox o A noteworthy contribut; saga of that colortul ers sometings nominated the gay 90s, or, more gravely, the turn of the century” made fis appearance in the bookstalis this week |1t takes its title, “Peacocks on Pa- rade” from its mise en scene, New York's now departed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, megea of wealth and fashion. - In s day the Waldorf's Peacock Alley rendezvous. was the city's most famous That was the day of the Bradley Martin ball. the Seely’ dinner, Anna Held's milk bath and Diamond Jim Brad, s jewsled waistcoats, and when the pres- r-and-egg man bad { ent-day big butte FRIDAY, AUG UST 28, 1931 Bill and His Family on. An Island—A Parable ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS To the Editor of The Star: Contemplating ~existing conditions, Nicholas Murray Butler, at the 177th| commencement exercises of Columblal <The answers to questions niversity, said: “Repetition is perhaps here each day are specimens the only way by which & sluggish, & from the mass of inquiries handled by self-centered and somnolent public' our great Information Bureau - opinfon can be stirred to look deeply | tained in Washi y D O 'IhiS into these questions before it is too late. | valuable service is for the free usé of Too late to stem the tide of discontent, | the public. Ask any question of fact | ted Picked BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. of disorder and of political and eco-! nomic revolution. Great masses of men | will not indefinitely sit quietly by and | those dependent | upon them reduced to penury and; want while that which we call civili- zation has so much to offer, commands such stupendous resources and seems | clrlble of. accomplishing almost any- | thing.” And here is a parable. Bill was one of the six or seven million men in America who could find no opportunity | to earn a living for himself and family. In misery, they subsided on charity, once in a while stealing something to cheer them up a bit—because, as you have heard, necessity knows no law. Then something uncanny happened to Bill and of a sudden he found himself with his family marooned, like a Rob- n Crusoe or the Swiss Family binson, on a desolate island. In his own wants, the needs of his distracted wife and hungry children. he found the demand for labor, which he had heretofore been assured, did not exist. Although cut off from the enormous advantages of contact and co-operation and the machinery of production with which he was familiar, yet with his two hands to work with, did he fill the mouths and keep warm the backs of those dependent upon him. He worked hard and at a disadvantage. He could beg nothing. He could steal nothing. He must earn all he would get. On the other hand, he would get all that he might earn, which is not possible when some get more because the earning and gettings just balance, so he found some contentment in the security of his new environment. ‘Then, one day, a ship came over the horizon and a man landed on the island After looking around a bit and inspect- | ing the crude home Bill had estab- lished, he mid: I am scrry to disturb yeu, but this is my island. I don’t mind your staying here, but if you do you must give me half your time and we will make it & 54-hour week. Bill had been away from civilization so long that some of his education had been replaced by knowledge. He had become primi- tive. “Your island,” he said, “how the hell did it get to be your island?” So the man had to re-educate him and as- sure him that it wes all right. That a King gave the island to his great-great- grandfather, that God had made it and given it to the King. He told Bill that he was very sorry and that he would try to provide per- manent employment for him. After & bit it dawned on Bill that the other man had the police, the judiciary. the army and navy behind his title de=d and although it didn’t seem right to Bill, they signed up on that 50-50 bosis. Bill was to put in half his time col- lecting pretty shells and butterflies. Thereafter Bill got only half of what he earned, which wasn’t quite enough to provid- for them all, so his wife had to neglect the baby and the kiddies stop- ped being so playful and happy. Every- bedy had to work except the man who owned the island and he sent a ship every so often for the polished shells and the butterfly collections. In time they got adjusted to this new routine and more or less reconciled to their fate when the man who inherited the island from the renegade the King gave it to came again and said: “I've go more shells and butterfly collection: than I can dispose of. You have wcrked s0 faithfully and well that there 15 overproduction and no demsnd for labor on the island. I guess you will have to go back to ecivilizatios So they took Bill and his family Back on the ship and they are again submerged in the masses—“masses, indesd, every unit of which is a miracuious man, even as thou thyself art, struggling with vision or with blindness for his infinite kingdom—this life, which he has got only cnce in the midst of eter- nities, with a spark of the divinity within him, what thou callest an im- mortal soul.” And this is to teach that we should, even at this late day, frustrate that | divine-right-of-kings idea that ough have been shattered by the Dechgnt'u:: of Independence because “2ll men have equal right to the use and enjoyment you may want to know and you will get an immediate reply. Write plainly, inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for | return postag: and address The Eve- ning Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Maskin, director, Washington, D, C. Q Can the penalty tricks for a re- voke in contract bridge be counted by Q. What is the source of the the young idea” in referring to chil- dren or youths?—B. V. R. A. In Thomson ., the Spring canto, appears the lines “Delightful task to rear the tender | thought, to teach the young idea how to shoot.” ficient to go game?—K. J. G. A. The rule provides that the pen- alty tricks for a revoke shall count ex- actly as if won in play and assist the declarer to make his contract or to 80 game, but they cannot b: counted to assist the declarer to go game when his bid is not sufficient to go game, be- cause they could not be counted that way if they were won in play. If they give him a total number of tricks in excess of his contract, such excess is counted above the line. Q. In what big league base ball game were the most players used?— D. B. A. The tecord for the number of players in one game f5 37—St. Louls, National League, 19, vs. Philadelphia, 18, on June 2, 1928 Q. Which city is older, Berlin?—L. G. Paris or thentic history in the year 53 B. C. The history of th: city of Berlin dates from the early part of the 13th century. Q. How long will the Bicentennial last?—A. P. A. The George Washington Bicen- tennial will b:gin February 22, 1932, and will continue until Thanksgiving { day, November 24, 1932, Q. What causes the green appear- ance of bath room fixtures?—S. D. A. The green corrosion on nickel fixtures in bath rooms is a form of oxidation. It would indicate that the nickel has been worn off, leaving spots exposed to the elements. the declarer if his bid was not suf-| A. Paris was first mentioned in au- | 1t should be | Q. What will keep dogs away from hedges?—M. McG. A. One method is to spray them with a solution of nicotine sulphate in ’the proportion of 1 ounce to 1 gallon of water, Q. How old is President von Hinden- burg of Germany?—E. E. | "A. He will be 84 years old on Octo- | ber 2, 1931, Q. Did Gen. Johnston die from a cold | contracted when he acted as pallbearer at Gen. Sherman's funeral?—M. W. A. It would seem that this was not the case. According to press reports the general had been suffering for three | weeks with an affection of the heart, aggravated by a cold caught soon after Gen. Sherman’s funeral in New York. | The immediate cause of his death was | heart fallure, due more particularly to | extreme old age. Q. Has the Government made the Okefenokee Swamp, in Southern Georgia, a game reserve—A. B. C. A. Such a bill was introduced during | the term of the Seventy-first Congress. | The bill did not pass, and is now in the | hands of a special Senate Committee on Wild Life Resources, whose | investigator is Mr. Carl D. Shoemaker. No action can be taken this bill | until the meeting of *he Seventy-second | Congress in December. | Q. How long would the stock of wheat, on hand in this country last if none | were produced this year?—H. R. O. A. The total stocks reported July 1, 11931, were about 320,000,000 bushels. Last year wheat consumption was 720,- cleaned with an abrasive from time to | 0o, ls. At this rate the whea {ime, or the parts should be renickeled. | oo g amd lact between fve. and Q. What kind of wood is found in the petrified forest in Arizona?— D. D C. A. It is of historic coniferous or evergreen trees. Q. What is bootleg gas?—K. L. A. It is of two kinds. One is gaso- line bought in the open market in one another to avoid payment of the gaso- line tax. openly purchased, or of . _but adulterated with kerosense or other low- grade fuels to increase the volume. Q. Was there a privately operated ganization of the officlal agency?— eputed to have been the his time | A. Crassus, r richest man of of & private ‘When a fire would break out, or one of his agents would rush to the owner and offer to buy the burning structure at a very low figure. The owner usually would sell for almost nothing to get some salvage. ‘Thereupon, State and surreptitiously trucked into | Another kind i3 good gasoline | Crassus would call up his fire brigade and; in | | six months. | Q. What hotel was the first to install | an elevator?—A. W. A. The Fifth Avenue Hotel in New | York City installed the first in 185! Q. Does England still transport per- sons who have been convicted of cer- tain crimes?—F. G. D. A. | superseded by penal | and in 1868 transportation to Western Australia actually ceased. Q. When did Walter Wellman make his effort at a transatlantic flight?— N. A A. In 1910, taking off at Atlantic City on October 15. | Q. Of the men who took the examination in the United States dur- ing the World War and were bow many were rejectad because of de fective feet?—W. M. A. Atout 80 per cent. Place Among G ‘Tribute to the capacity of Mrs. Belle Case La Follette s paid by Americans as death ends the career of the Wis- her husband, the late Senator, as the counselor in his career. She has been called the founder of the ive i movement. Her influence is credited with the achievements of what is rec- ognized as “the La Follette dynasty.” though she refused public honors and gave her life to the home, her husband and sons. “Mrs. La Follette found full expres- sion for her femininity in her home,™ of the elements provided by Nature (God) and every man is entitled to benefits from society equivalent to the u%l,oe he n;defia." | e most bewildering puzzle becom:s | ridiculouely simple when ths answer is | known and if those who sit in high | places were sincere and hcnest they | would not strive so hard and hope- | lessly to find mitigation cr palliative or | consolation but display the truth and eliminate the cause of the poverty, the want and the fear of want that is the largest contributing factor in crime and &ll our social flls. J. B. CHAMBERLAIN. e Better Pension Urged For Enlisted Man To the Editor of The Star: Referring to articles published about the pensions for war veterans, and also to letter in a recent issue entitled “Full Retirement Pay Urged for Officers,” by Alice Campbell. It seems that there is no mention made any place for the poor enlisted man who is disabled through peace- time service. Although the Navy prom- ises in its recruiting propaganda that if disabled in the line of duty a man is | pensioned, 1t does not refer to the amount of pension. The writer, a World War veteran, re- mained in the service after the war. My last pay was $144.90 a month, and to this was added $72.46 monthly when 1 flew, and in addition I was given my ters and rations, Through an air- craft accident I was disabled, dis- charged from the Navy, and through a rating of “total disability” was allowed $30 a month from the Pension Burea: and an additional $7.50 for having ha over 10 years’ service. I am thrown out, unable to make a living, with family obligations, in the midst of a bad de- pression, unacquainted with civilian ac- tivities because of long sarvice, and with | a pension absolutely inadequate. I mention my own personal case be- cause I know it better, yet there are a says the Omaha World-Herald, adding that “from it sprang an influence of | national, even international, ance.” The World-Herald recalls that “her great husband credited her with being the true founder of the Pro. gressive movement in this country. "he Hartford Times also holds her contribution to the cause of Progressivism and good citizenship was distinctive far beyond its demonstra- tion in the family relation.” The Des Moines Tribune-Capital refers to her as “an important member of a dynamic dynasty” and ‘“constant adviser of her husband,” with the added estimate: “She “lived to see many of the once- radical ideas of her husband and made commonplace. Her influ- ence will be felt for a long time and in immeasurable ways, even though she kept herself constantly in the back- ground.” ‘The La Follettes were flesh and blood practitioners of ‘all for one and one for all’ They epitcmized family,” declares the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, with the further tribute to her quali- ties: “Mrs. La Follette showed Ameri- her husband and sons in the job of conducting the affairs of a democracy. She made the effort appear so that it required her passing to ati ract public acclaim to her achievement.” The woman” who was “content to remain in the background, serving not only, as many other women have, to give emo- tional inspiration, but acute and prac- tical advice as well.” cludes: “It is pleasant to think that her eyes closed for the last time on a scene in which her two sons were bril- liant leaders in the cause she did so much to create.” “She rose on eager wings." declares the Madison Wisconsin State Journal, “to catch in the distance the reflect’on of castles and temples in a God-made citadel of human justice and happine: She came back to earth to droop her mothering wings over her own_little |brood in the family home at Maple Bluff, Hers was a greater life because her cosmic vision could not dwarf her This, we believe, is consin woman who was described by | impor- | ntry. that | can motherhood how to be partner with | 5 Ofl Produc Baltimore Sun lauds “a fine and noble | The Sun con- | reat Leaders Given to Mrs. La Follette ht of what she did | bly she never tho particular credit as anything refle: tion Curb With Treops Approved order that the price of crude ofl might | be raised to $1 & barrel. In this | it was pointed out that this policy was | little different from that being pursusd | in Russia, where the workers are being fcreed to produce commercial erticles in their “Five Year Plan” which will sup- posedly put Russia “on her fec! Now, Mr. Editor, I think you have an | entirely wrong slant on this action and | heartily disagree with you. Quite evi- | Up-State Vs. Down-State Graft. |may be expected to make at leact a | his prototype in nesting instinct. | dently these Governors sre doing this the Pittsburgh mil- great many others. I receive all that Yesterday Giov. Roosevelt of New Yotk sent to the State Legislature a special message. immediately after the two houses hed passed bills enlarging the powers of the legisiative commiltee now investigating municipal corruption in Greater New York, transmitting request from the Democratic minority | leaders for 2n inquiry into the conduet | spesified | of government in ‘“certain counties, cities and towns” up-State in which Republican rule prevails. The political significane c. .his message is evident, Tt is. if politically inspired, intended to and will probably effect the placation of Tammany's rufied feelir?s. Whether it assul the Governor the united support of the Democracy of the State for the presidential nomination next June remains to be seen. Mean- while, it creates an interesting situation in the Legislature with reference to the willingness of the Republican majority to start an inquiry into the alleged in- l table without Gandhi would be a5 ab- | ynen 5 mountain top so high demonstration in proportion to its size and provide some one with an excuse | for a pleasure trip to Paris —vne. | Like Edison, Justice Holmes consented | to become just 11l enough to render the family doctor famcus. | t | | - Gandhi Goes to London. Mahatma Gandbi is going to the Lon- | don Round Table Conference on India. | after all. After vehement renuncia-| tion of that plan and abandonment of | nis sailing ar angements, the demi-god {of the Indian Nationalists, obeying the dictate of what he calls his “inner | votee,” takes ship at Bombay tomor- row. The conference which in Octo- |ber wili essay the herculean task of pacifying India is, therefore, not to be deprived of the presence of the one | upon whom its suceess largely, if not "mnnly, depends. An Indian round | Suspleion. “They've elected me a Tresponsible officer of our association,” said the busy man “That shows you are popular,” mented his wife. ‘Maybe not. They are planning to raise the dues. Maybe they were looking for some cne who was already so un- popular that he won't mind the criti- com- Admiration. do vou think of my obssrvations?” asked latest | one | series of scientist. “Wonderfully interesting.” replied the other. “If you had not been a scientist. you would have made a great press agent.” The Lucky Indian. The Indian. lucky man. could roam Where he might thoose and make his home iquities of county and municipal ad-; surdly imeomplete as “Hamlet” without | o where the waves come tumbling by. ministration under Republican control. 1n- | London in consequence of Viceroy Lord | . | the melancholy Dane. The Nationalist leader suddenly served notice of his non-sppea‘snce at 's refusal to name an arbi- And, when he wished, go on his way And never have a cent to pay, ‘While we, who wish to sieep or sup, Are charged six plunks per day and up. {to obtain an explanation of what he ldid with the balance. Jameson has testified he has no idea of what Can- non did with the money. Bascomn Slemp, who persuaded Jameson to give | Cennon the money, has testified he has no idea of what Cannon did with it But now at last the light of day is being turned on the personal bank and brokerage accounts of the churchman. Cannon, 3,000 miles way in Europe, | {beats his breast in virtuous indigna. tion, while the man who lighted the fuse which brought the explosion, Con- | ressman George Holden Tinkham of EBQI!M. likewise on a European holi- day, is quietly enjoying the last laugh. * % % * Perhaps there is more than meets {{he eye in the White House visit this | week of that very worthy Republican, Mrs. Worthington Scranton of Scran- | , nee Marian Margery War- ren of Scranton, Republican National committewoman from Pennsylvania. Mre. Worthington Scranton brings her pereonal compliments to the President ton, Pa. on his unemployment relicf program | parted and offers her unstinted aid and sures Mr. Hoover she and her lo followers in her State organization are out of sympathy with Gov tioned” as the as vice chairman of the Repul Netional Committee and aspires to that post. * ¥ * lionaires. The author, All Ve Crockett, veteran and vfffi.oi‘s"if porter, spreads upon the pages of his book an eyvewitness chronicle of the romantic episodes and the colorful fig- ures of those halcyon days when verita- E::d \;inmge champay freely flowed oy was uncor R nfined and oft un- * ok ok % A total of 38,566 emigrant al - untarily departed tmgo Un?'kdnét:?u {during the first seven months ef this year. 11,315 aliens were ds 7 aliens sublect to deportat g without recourse to legal and 831 indigent -lhn?"mm# part these shores had their one-way fare paid by Uncle Sam. The total of 57,876 oul aliens compares with 24,818 imimigrants admitted during this eriod. Citing these figures in an ad- dress at Binghamton, N. Y., this week, Secretary of Labor Doak rises to re- mark, “This means that for each immi- grant admitted 2.3 aliens have de- . 1 consider this a great con- | tribution to the general well being and welfare of the American wage ea | nd further demonstrating whnn::: | been done to protect home workers.” (Copyright, 1931) ———— { One Way Out. | Prom the New London Day. ‘The mayor of Chicago kas given voice iwmtuxus-tmcnymmbe closed because the mi ity is with- out funds to keep 5 not rent o the gers! concession the law allows, and while $30 a month might have been a fair living when the law was passed 40 or 50 years ago, it is certainly not much now. Those that lost their lives in the same accident that disabled me were better off than I— that is, the familles that they left are better off financially than is mine—they are better cared for financially. It would seem that if there is any- thing to be done the cass of the enlisted man sheuld be taken up. Where the of- ficer is advanced a de and retired, the enlisted man is wn out to suf- fer actual hunger. WALTER JOHNSON. r—— Motorists Must Be Careful. Prom the Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator. On some farms signs have been erect- | ed inviting motorists to stop and help themselves to the produce in tte. field. Drop a tear now for the short-sighted fellow who mistakes a “No trespassing” sign for his invitation. Ha e Says Execution Accidental. Prom the Seattle Daily Times. The Federal Supreme Court must de- cide if death by electrocution for mur- the key to the thing which most entitles th the gocd of the le in mind, for her to live in history. That thing was peop . for a persistent and orsve and intelligent | the people are bound to profit ‘rom B enoration o a program designed fo | this action eventuslly in the rise In the bring the influence of the home into |Price of crude oil. Incidentally the the affairs of government.” ame result will be achleved She was a woman whose love for | Curtailment in the production of cotten. humanity was deep and sincere, and | For the good of the people, I think it she had the qualities of leadership,” | Would be wise for a few of the Central avers the Oshkosh Northwestern, while | States to adopt a similar action in re- the Topeka Daily Capital advises that 8:rd to the production of wheat and “when ~monuments are erected to | COTD. American women in politics hers should rise as high as any. ‘The Rockford | Reglster-Republic believes that “there was no more politically astute woman in the country,” and the Y 2 Re- publie records’ that “she always has been given credit for having brought her husband to the front and for or- | this same ight page last n this was | pointed out. Ncw, if the Governors of h | the various States ‘take action to curtal ganizing and operating the machine |this overproduction, why won't it which kept him there for so many years” The Miam! Daily News feels| that her death removes “ong of the most effective influences of recent poll- tics.” The Worcester Eveni Gaz:f asserts that “she shared her husband's and deserved them in her own ight.” A well constructed, carefully main. t:insd machine was behind La Follette, state; the New York Sun, “and in build- der is accidental. Absolutely. The con- vietlon of any murderer in this coun- try is accidental. i Something to Do Is Needed. From the Lynchburg News. All n:y country needs, observes some- ‘hard-worki population. 1% comething 10 WOFk 8t heips tass and 12t no p La Fg 5] Bz i g !!! o