Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1931, Page 8

T A—8 THE EVENING STAR Fith Sunday Morning Edision. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.......August 31, 1931 there are other bodiss or not. But there may be. And Mr. John D. Driver | and his family hope to be right there when a shocking souvenir of this flend's | crime is brought o I'ght. = Children were taken upon these ex-! THEODORE W. Norzsiig_ peditions by the hundreds, perhaps' e % thousands. They must have kml‘n‘ ERSErRing Sir e, jwhat it was all aboui. Their parents ety B and Feonsslanie e must have explained to them at least o Lake M:chigan Bullding. | the outlines of the erime. They were' ce._14 Regent M. London, Enelana. probably as keenly agog for some evi- | dence of the atrocity as their elders. | What a lesson for them! What a sweet and wholesome influence to bring to' {bear uppn_the'r sensitive natures! Can' any pevchologist mearure the evil effect ! upon these juveni'e minds of this con- | tact with one of the mast abominable ! crimes ths country has ever witnessed? | r——— i Mr. Rover's Responsibility. I The revelation in yscterday’s Star AN O R G that the grand jury will pass on the Fepnne et 1 ma. s1a0’ Charges of palic> brutality now being | Rhis oA Trri e 1 met prepared by the Departmant of Justice ot Talses the question of ths presentat'on Member of the Associated Press. of thete cases to the grand jury and, | I7Cped it indictments are found, of their pros=- | cution n the court q As the invesiigation has been taken | entiraly cut of the hands of th» Poli Department, it would only be natural for United States Attorney Rover to| k thet his office be relieved of th~ responsibiliiy attendant upen possib'e court. action and to Tequest that th solicitor general ass'gn a sp*cial prose- cuter to work hand in hand with the, investigators Surh a request, Rover, would be received in the epirit | h which it is made, with no refiec- | n en the integrity or the ability of th~ members of hir staff i Office: 110 Eact 42nd 8t Rate by Carrier Within tke City. oo Bienine s 43¢ per month » Frening anc when ¢ Bundi The Brening and Sunday Siar \when 5 Sunasys) ..... ....63¢ per month e Sundas Sis Se per cozny | fection mane at the snd of eacy menth Qidgrs maz be senc in by mail or jelephone Fational 5000, 5 ' Rate by Mail—Payzble in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. il 1l Sundar. 1vr.$10.00. 1 mo. 88c iy Saf SUndeTo sl SEiTieeR 1 ma Sec only BRI IR o S Sunday Sear \ #0¢ per month Sundar niy’ ‘ed Fpecial 11specen ——— Berrowing a Billion. Tt e of course, no more t Incidence that immediately Britigh financial crisis American and French cradits to th Bank of England to stabilize “zlerling” | the Treasury of the United States should find it necessary to eall for a lean of £1.100.000.000 to meet & deficit in revenues. Thers is no connection whatsoever betresn the tao. There ic, in fact. no similarity between the tno y o e g e ed States ed Staces sttornes’s office are closely for the momant inadequate to mect the | related through the const?nt as<ociation | #xpenditures, while the British d Mcul.y | of personnel in the work of criminal Arisas out of the Jack of budget bAlaNce. nvestigation and criminal prosecution. (ocThla Treasury announcement of 150 The rolstionshp hae exined In_ he | S R S ) rast, and it is neceszary that it exist in 2 :::,::p‘.nl;e -\:;nn:;:m d;fi;‘m“" T2188 the future, Personal relationchigs ere of St—] anie Y AN eX- - T ” | embarracsing in matters of 1hi T lb--nnne‘-l):?- ':e'-l:.n::’; 'x-‘(.ff E:”":::Mnd ihere should be no possible fric vme of out a.'mmn St T D el = e o circumstances, to mar even the official ile enlargi e v of the long- | 5 ::“[" :';‘_:i;'f’:(":h T':‘:mr;.ai‘:hl hl"‘l-‘r' | relationship of th+ two branches of ihe Gkt P i o nay | JaT=enforcement machine in the futurs debt. ;nr;";\:( I lv;r 1\"1“\" signl- o Ry ZEason) fies & auspension of the policy of antici- the Department of Jusiice lies in th» ating marusities for the estiier extin. | UMPeludiced manner of ts condict b p Hl\l\fl'r\“fi(“)‘lp national tl’ob' et disinterested agency, 1If there are to e : e L AUE 10 be eriminal procscdings, they should the Great War B ewni b gl epecint i)y | e BTTECUCHBBEERIAR RGNS S HORIAE - : not the remotest commection with th- made necessary by the falling off in ptinial . Federal revenues, particularly these! LolCe DePartment and is a stzanger to ite personnel, from income taxes. The Government =\ "o | " . ' " " if now fesling the depression tn terms | AT ROV 1% of course, the judge | of curiailed revenues, just as the tax- o0 rn;'::mn "}"‘. ’D!“‘ l_'"f "" ; parers themselves have fell the diminu- | 1 oo oo B TR el G tion of revenues through shortened I Uil ¥ =pesinl invastigator, the community will sym- stipends And dividends. The average 3 ity of individual income has been lessenea PoURI?¢ With and appreciate his motives Guring the pas. two years. The Gov-| ernment now feeis the efect of that, Record-Breaking Air Training. sibrinkage. | Records are being broken in aviaiion after the was mot by | coming from Mr.| - 5 | Body was found. Nebody knows whether | Lempty street. | be THE EVENING ditions frequently works & hardship on drivers of motor cars. Of course, com- munities that have dropped this type of regulation take on the enforcement of a reckless driving provision with the utmost vigor, and it is obvious that a person can be just as reckless at fifteen miles an hour under certain conditions 25 he can be at forty under others. Thus the reckless driving regulatior properly controls the motorist who i a menace to traffic. If enforced with good judgment on the part of the police it 18 far more effective than any speed rule that has ever been devised bacause it is flexible enough to take into con- sideration the conditions of traffic. For Instance, a person could hardly be charged with reckless driving if he reached thiity-five or forty miles an house far out on Sixteenth street with ! no other traffic or practically none on vet if there was a! the thorcughfare, heavy volume of trafic he could very properly be arrested. Or if a speed of fifty mi'es were maintained in the middle of the night in an otherwize That is what makes the regulation a reasonable one. It would seem, therefore. that the National Capital could well do without & speed limit. but it is a question for the Traffic Diractor to study before the change is made. At the present time and before a decision is reached Wash- inglon shouid operate under the same limits as in the past - When there is business to be trans. acied with the und:rwogld, such, for instance, as the restoratioh of a citizen held for ranzom, Capone is found to #n affable and obliging person. By promoting transactions of this kind. and establishing himself 23 sole agent for negotiationz, he may hope to assum» so much importance that even the Jaw will be persuaded to deferential forbe:rance. - c——— = Litsreture hss become commercial- d to such a degres th2t the author of Coin's Financial School inevitably falls under ispicion of running for President in order to put his book bick into the best-seller clas. Aside from its abstruze caleulations, work has its merits. It contains direct scandal nor gostipy inf ] When England and the U. S. 3age 1 tran-actions involving ciedit. there 15 1o fear that zome mis- guided commentztor will revive the erence to “Uncle Shylock.” Between thote who believe in frankness and fair pla dedt is made in friendship and b-comes a debt of honor. the the neither rences. A. en- ——— Prssengers on the DO-X spent part | the time dancing. Even the most extracrdinars may in a short time become so familiar that humanity turns to ita ordinary amuae- ments to help the hours to pass. r——— Manufacturers of firearms depend to cxperiences they would not care to associate. So financial } old countrywoman, “mto can't make £00d baking-powder hiscuits.” There is wisdom In little for you. A baking-powder biscuit. like & pan- cnough to bé mighty good. ‘What is nicer. among the mundane ( things, than a plate of hot biscuits, right out of the oven? And wraped in a napkin? Let those who will. enjoy terrapin, {and mushrooms, and caviar. | For us. let the butter be fresh. and the biscults good. and the milk cold, and we ask no more. ok ow ok Thousands of us, born in the States this Union, would rather have a Gozen or so baking-powder biscuits for dinner, ell by themsclves, than all the rare foods of foreign lands. We do not know whether this delicacy {1= a native American product or not, but we rather hope it is. At any rate, the inhabitants of the | United States, have made it solidly, ! ¢electebly their own. | This cvening, in millions of homes, people will sit down to hot biscuits and butter, hot biscuits and honey, hot bis- cuits and grape felly. | Tomorrow morning. bright and early. I millions mote of our fellow citizens will arise to the aroma of hot biscuits, right out of the oven. stcaming, waiting for ! the melting' butter. i Medical men, who sometimes seem bent on taking the joy out of life. hate | presented a united " front against hot breads in their various forms. We may suspect. however, that doctors { 2t as many hot soda biscuits and bak- | ing-powder biscuits as the rest of us, | and in this they show rare judgment. Surely there can be little truth to the blief- that hot biscuits, and hot corn- bread, and hot cakes. and hot pie crust {do the human economy any particular harm | If that were so. men and women would be falling like flies all over the United States. Of course. 1o one should eat as many as four dozrn hot baking-pov biseuits at a sitting. One must exercice discretion, no mat- | ter how good they taste. | There is no point {out of one's self, powder biscuits R | When one stops to think of the thou- {sands of city men who. perhaps. have neer eaten these delicacies in all thefy lives a sigh of pity for them must go up. for they e missed much. | Good bicuits were born on the farm | and in the small town. Neither South nor Norti vest nor East has an; | monopoly o hem The so-called typical city girl may ATy without this aid toward a success- happr married life, but the : Iy is missing a great deal, | Even the pancaze. beloved of 130.- 1000000 himans. cannot compete with the baking-powder biscuit. for the latter |is a breadstuff fer all agez, whereas the honest gridrle cake, by and large, is 2 juveni'e dish Flapiacks and the like appeal to the small boy in humanity. That is whr Ithey are a favorite with those great i rough feliows who pit tobaceo juice and i fell the logs of the world. oxoxow ( making & hog even over baking- ‘Tbe hot biscuit. on the other plate, is a thing for all ages and all conditions I'a large extent on customers with whom | of mcn Folk: will s who have it and nothing else vet have enough «well. almost), There are two ways of meeling such in more than the relation beiween dis- 9id the manufacturers cf intoxicants. while millionaires. sitting down to dam- # condition, by Increasing the tax ralcs tance flown and the time required for in the hope of getting a Jarger volume the flight. Capt. Hawks is not the of Tevenue. or by curtailing expendi- only smasher of marks. Up at the tures. In the immediate situaiion, with' Cursiss “Airport, on Long Island, a new Congress out of session. nothing can be it of record-breaking is being done in done in either direction. Fconomies ' the length of time required for the ef- which can b practiced in administra- | fective training of a pilot. Until Sun- tion are so slight as to be immatrial Tax rates cannot be administratively L day the shortest time in vhich a cava- | |ble Airman was turned out was three changed. The Treasury’ situation re-|nours and twenty minutes. In that quires early action, far earlier than!japse of time the finished product of could be effected through congressional | pilotage was produced from raw mate- "“I’-"fl"‘""""‘ and enactment. rial. The new record is two hours and n & way this transaction will be lit-| twanty minutes. Exactly one hour has tie more than a “matter of boOKkeep- ' pean cut from the score i ing” at the Treasury. The offerings of | p o ceriifioates -are. sorioin o ke tiepviy] It 18 not explained i the dispatch wsibdnod gl Ay [which tells this tale of new speed oversubscribed. pcrhaps as greatly AS giether an effort is being made by ®as the Spring issue of $800,000.000,! . 00li trainers to score lower and| which was elght times in‘demand. The., o 0 B b er. set forth! ‘"‘r":;t’;f":-‘“::"“:"‘} e 1oW, thIee. that the young woman. nineteen years :’:rm’ e tweniy-four-year ma-|ar yge, was actually reads for a solo R ":“ one and one-eighth | fgigh seventy-six minutes After her in- D o e welre-month ceTtifl- ctruction began. but she was not allowed Gt et btndance o ataian |10 take the stick until she had been: even at the low rates the Treasury now: Fi'é AN bour and four minutes more {of drill. e oy Ia g0od national banking 0, "oy, pygggts that the day will come. ake advantage of this condition to & mread the debt, while cnlarging it| DTAPS soon. when over the gates of temporarily, at the lowest rates knpwn | 1 IPOTts where instruction service e riy years, | 1& maintained will appear signs reading somewhat as follows: “Pilots devcloped | white you wait; licenses guaranteed | within two hours or money refunded.” Will there be some recording and per- mit-granting authority at hand at all times to certify to the proficiency of the applicant for a fiving warrant? Will it be passible to engage an instructor at nine o'clock in the morning. get a li- cense at eleven and buy a machine within the mext hour and by noon go soaring off home? | Serlously, however, it Is imporiant to bring to note the question of public | security it air pil to brcome a ' matter of such ease and factity. It | used to be said in the early davs of | aviation that the development of the ' | plane was chiefly a question of th~ development of th» fiyer. Nowadays, it would scem, the pilots are ahead of the | machines, with all the advance that| has been made in plane perfection. Anncuncement by Chancelicr of the Bxchequer Philip Snowden that he will retire from public life musi be accepted ax authentically defining a present in- tention. However, as conditions shift and call for renewed efort by a well known man, public life may be found as hard to relinquish as it was orig- inally hard to attain. s At present the man who tries to fol- he good old advice, “tell troubles to a policeman.” may oceas allr find the policeman inattantive be- cause of troubles of his own. is - A Sunday Show. A dispatch fiom Ciarksburg, W. Ve. describing the Sunday scene at that little eity, which has becn so tragically brought into the news by the diseovery of & wholesale murdeier there. says “Siate police and county officers fought to keep huge crowds of curious persons from hampering the diggers. Peddlers did a brisk business selling ‘souveni:’ photographs of the confessed slayer and nis victims." | It would be interesting to know just | how many thousands of prople. out for Sunday motor rides, turned their courses - 16 Clarksburg just because of the mur- ders that have been committed there It would be also interesting to know Just how many thousands of gallons of gasoline were burned yesterday in the pursuit of this gruesome objective. And how many domestic duties were neglect- ed to permit these journeys to the mur- der house. The total of these items would be an illuminating commentary rector should promptly designate the upon morbid human curiosity. same limits that bave been approved in Just what did the vovagers to Clarks- the past by the District Commissioners. burg expect or hope to see on arrival’Simply through a slip-up in the Traff there? A view of the monster himself| Office there cannot be any change in who slew two women and three chil-|\Washingten's well ordered speed reguia- dren, perhaps more? Of course they tions, nor can motorisis be permitted must have known that such a glimpse{to run amuck on any such technical would be utterly impossible. A look at|grounds. If the inadvertence, how- the premises where the murders wers ! ever, does nothing else, it does bring committed and the bodies were buried? |up the subject which has grown to be| of absorbing interest to those who di- rect the trafic destinies of cities and | States. shovels. Just that and nothing moie.| There it no question but that Wash- Gangs of men digging in the soil have'ington's twaniz-two-mile-an-hour lmit been neted thousands of timss and' i« reasonsble. Many cities have a much Bave never attracted the laast attan- move rigid But the opinion tion. Whet difference. then, in the among ‘traffic experts hes gradually €larksburg ease? ust this, that preb- ervstallized that it is not speed alone Ahly over pne of thace harror-taurists that esuses accigents and that an arhi- =aped to B¢ on ‘s tst when another trary speed law Aihder present day con- e Lindbergh is not dsclosing his future itinerary in detail. There will prob-' ably be enough natural obsticles with- out inviting additional interruptions in the form cf ovations. : - S Washington's Speed Limits. The inadvertence on the part of the Trafic Director in failing to speeify| speed limits in Washington should have | no other effect than to bring up for dis- cussion the question of whether the District should follow the lead of other communities and abolith all speed lim- ' its. In the meantime, it there is any doubt, tschnical or otherwite, in the minds of motorists here that there is not a speed limit law in force, the di- How interesting! town dwelling, with a garage dstached. An ordinary smlll-l and with men at work with picks and Where profit is concerned, financial sponsibility s often considered ! moral responsibility is neglected R SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Shining Marks, There was a man vho alvars tried To lead a life sincere; His faults he never once d-nied. He'd strive and persevere To reach a greater moral height. And oft his hopes grew dim For thoughtless people took delight In pickin’ onto him The town he lived in was a place All orderly an’ neat. It did not go a sporty pace An’ stay up nights an’ treat, But all its efforts zo sincere, They failed to make a hit. Communities both far an’ near K°p' pickin’ onto it. An’ that's the way it goes, my son, With nations. towns an’ folks. The ones that run to careless fun Are eased along as jokes. If you should seek, with purpose strong. A course cirect and tiue, Don’t worry wh°n they come along A-pickin’ onto you. Studied Superficialities. “There were some things in your speech that I didn't quite understand.” “Probably,” replied Senator Sorghum “Those were probably the topics I re- ferred to in a confident, offhand way, 50 s to avoid disclosing that I don't understand ‘em, either.” Thoughts and Words. “T always think twice beiore I spe sald the loquacious person. “I should think." replied Miss Cay enne, “that you would have to think ‘oftener than that in order to tkink of 50 many different ways to say the same thing.” Vocally Overwhelmed. “You say that man has no con- scienc: “Well,” replied Farmer Corntossel, “mebbe I oughtn't to say that. But if he has one, it can't be much use to him. They say conscience is a still, small voice, an’ the way he talxs would keep it drowred out all the time.” Marksmanship. “That was a wild pitch.” said one fan. “Mebbe it was" replied the other, “but it was g good shot. It hit the umpire.” The Sunrise. It is the glory of each clime, Yet fraught with disappointment deep. It always happens at a time When everybody wants to sleep “Gratitude,” sald Uncle Eben. “is what a man allus thinks somsbody cise ought to have. P, Capt. Hawks' Prob From the Miami Daily News. What puzzles a good many persons 13 where this man Hawks finds all those records that he takes delight in breaking. lem. oo Cuba Not Alone. From the Glendale News-Press. It srems to be a fact that Cuba ha: not the breins for successful self-gov- ernment. But whai coun s ——— Taxpayers” Rights. From the Indianapolis News The rigints of taxpayera are now bring defined in preparation for m: bnd- gets. inc'uding, perhaps, the eight to keep a litile of their own m¢ | sk and silver, may not have anything white | The White House is sorely puzzled at the ease with which storics start and the rapidity with which they spread that the President has shifted his posi- tion and is shortly to announce a right about face on this or that vital issue of the Four. Denials and more denials fail to end these stories. Their persist- ency is amazing. One such is the extra session of Congress business. M. Hoover's opposition to convening Con- gress in special session is firmly grounded. He has made his_position perfectly clear on that score. Yet each week the secretariat are obliged to offer renewed ascurances that the President te maintenance of wage scales at the pre-depression level. By word #nd deed Mr. Hoover has vehemently opposed wage cuts private industry are assuming the pro- portions of an avalanche, the President has not budged on this question—and will not Yet first from one quarter and then another comes a report that the administration has shifted its posi- tion or is about to do so. A third ex- 2mple Is protibition. All Summer long the country has been in the grips of a whispering campaign that Mr: Hoover was going to declare for the restoration of real beer s a grand stand play 1o pep up business as well as to alleviate the vices inherent in Volsteadism. All of which i< an Arabian Nights enter- tainment. for a White House prohibi- tion medification pronouncement is not cven remotely within the realm of pos- sibilities. * o ox o Sunny Jim Watson, the Hoosier statesman. came to town last week and forecast events in the new Congress this coming Winter with glowing pre- cision. Congress can be safely counted on not to attempt to revise the tariff law, not to enact a dole law, not to in- crease_taxes, eccording to the Repub- lican Senate leader. Affirmative legis- lative action dealing with the railroads and with the banks, he thought, was within the realm of possibility. “Drastic curtailment” of the Farm Board's funds and prerogatives was clearly indicated. Watson put in a good word for the five-day-week plan for industry. Rigid economy to balance the budget. and Federal funds distributed tirough pri- vate agencies to fecd the hungry. if that became neceseary, were other high lights of the Watcon forecast. 'EEE Ratification by Congress of the one- vear debt moratorium is assured but not without plenty of oratorical fire- | works. Senator Hiram Johnson of | California_is going to muster all the irreconcilables he can and ring the changes on the international benkers nd upon Hoover policies “tbat favor wope at the expense of the United ates.” Approval of the one-year moratorfum will he only incidental to | the larger question of whether the mor- atorium s to be - further extended, whether in_the end it is to become per- manent. No student of finance now supposes that Germany will be able to resume reparation payments next July. Recent events in England have shown the ramifications of the German situa- tion. Mr. Hoover has assented to the proposition that the collapse of Ger- many would bring a financiel and pos- sibly a social debacle abroad. which in han one to the United States. He ac- epted that viewpoint in initiating the moratorium. Its extension next year will almost certainly be as vital as was its initiotion this year. But if he say: o to Congress he will unloose a hornet’s nest there, and yct he cannot pledge that tterc will be no extension. * ok ¥ % An_interesting story is going the rounds of the Capital anent the selec- tion of the new chairman of the Re- | publican National Committce, who will be named next Spring. if not sooner. It is to the effect that the “Old Guard” are pressing Mr. Hoover very hard to STAR. WASHINGTON, D. | MONDAY, A THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “No woman can keep a man,” said the | on the board one half so good. ‘The girl who can make good baking- wder biscults may or not be able to eep her husband with them. but at |least she will kave the reputation of cake, is not very large. but it is big being & good cook. Not even a fine apple that most difficult of artifices, can give a woman such a reputation as a cook, as the smoking platter of hot biscuits, muffied in a snowy napkin to keep the good- ness in. We wait for them to be_brought on. Words fall to describe this delectable minute, for which the hungry house- hold has waiied, meanwhile taking small sips of cold milk. tampering with the chow-chow, and nibbling at the olives. Nothing s right until the biscuits ppear, and then the world is rosv. Here 15 the very triumph of the ages covered on a piate, waiting for impa- tient fingers to burn themselves. o owox ‘The art of seizing a hot biscuit betveen the thumb and forefinger of the right hand and convering it quickly to one's plate is a triumphal action which must be learned through experi- ence. Carefully an opening is mace in the napkin, so that only one of the bis- cuits s expored to ilew, thus keeping the others well toasted. Quickly the fingers are Inserted. and even more quickly withdrawn, This is a critical moment. If one hesitates, one is sure to say, “Ouch™ And, of course. no one wants fo say “Ouch” or anything else. One merely wants to eat. There is the biscuit on the plate. there is the knife, there the soft, yellow pat of butter. Deftly grasp the biscuit with the left "hand (the more deftly the better), and has not changed his mind. Another is | Though wage reductions in | lower the right hand upon it. One pull. And the thing breaks apart in the middle. sending up. as it does s0. a small cloud of aromatic steam. Now releace the grip and apply a piece of butter to the section on the Teft. and quickly elamp the rignt-hand piece back in place. Permeation it now taking place It is this subtle act which makes a hot baking-powder biscuit the very won- derful thing it is. The butter melts and permeates the texture of the biscuit. both upper and lower half, forming one of the most perfect blends under heaven. The only thing left, now is. to eat this creation: but caution must. be exer- ised, for the biscuit is still pretty warm. e oww Some connolsseurs prefer to allow the biscult to be apread out, after cutting. claiming that the metion of psrmeation is quite a< effective as when the halves are clamped together again. ‘The real experts, including those born in Indiana. Illinois. Ohio and Maryland, believe that best results are secured by ghutting up the biscuit after the butter ut in. Phere can be little doubt that this ie the true theory. The biscuit mar be opened eastly enough, and more butter put on before eatin, A warning: Por the greatest delight in eating these masterpieces. refrain from too many other foodstuffs at the same meal. Biscuiis, like fried mush, are good enough to stand alone. A plate of piping hot baking-powder biscul! glass of very cold milk, and plenty of butter. and even Omar could not ask for more. We always have had icion that Pitzgerald made translation. and that what the old poet really wanted was not a loaf of bread. and a jug of wine. but a plate of hot biscuits and a bottle of milk. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS cording to the present report. for his chairmanship choice. They are per- fectly willing that Mr. Hoover shall min the compaign in his own way with his own personal Advisory council. as was the case in 1928. provided only that the titular head of the organiza- tion may repose In one of their own number.” The dublous feature of this story I the part that cradits the Presi- dent with felling in with this plan. R The United States Army Band is set- ting out this week on a transcontinental teur, a grand swing around the circle, plaving one-night stands for eight con- secutive weeks without a single pause for breath. Though the Army Band hes often on the air in Nation-wide hook-ups, many of the cities to be visited will see the band in the flesh fcr the first time. The first concert is in Youngstown. Ohio. next Wednes- day and the last in Pit{sburgh. Pa.. on October 27, and in between the band will have traveled through the North- west. the full length of the Pacific Coast—eight California cities will be visittd—and _returning through the Southwest. Civic celebrations in hcnor of the Army and in honor of Gen Pershing will mark its progress. The G. A. R. annual encampment at Des Moines. Towa. will hold the bind in that city for four days. Will the pacificists protest that the tcur is fostering a martial spirit? R The Hon. C. Bascom Slemp. having lived a long life in that state some- times described as “single blessednes: hss been nevertheless a great with the so-called “gentler sx.” can distribute _the most charming compliments. This Summer he has distributed something f even greater velue—free trips to Paris to act as off- cisl hostesses at th: American exhibit at the French Colonial Exposition. Mr. Slemp is the American commissioner Distribution of tkese invitaticns has required tact and diplomacy of & high He | order. but that is Mr. Slemp's long suit. turn would be ruinous in more ways | | | ‘ agree to nermit one of their own num- | ber to have the ch:irmanship. In th-ory the committee ftself elects its cwn chairman. In aciuzlity he is hand- | picked by the President or the presi- dential nominee. Commiteeman Hillis of New York, David Mulvane of Kansas and Ralph Williams of Oregon are the The list of ladies who, in the words of Mr. Slemp, “kindly consented to go cv'r and help us properly represent the United States” is too lengthy to be reprinted here, The American Com- niyisefon deplores the suggestion that these trips are “junkets” and shocked bv the qu-stion as to whether the ladies are being paid salaries in addition to their expenses. There are no salaries. The ladies dcnate their services. “We Dbave spent not more than $300.000 for everything _in connection with our exhibit in Paris.” says Mr. Slemp, “and the French appreciate the effort we have gone to." R Bishop Cannon ought to shake hand: with Dr. Ccok, who elaimed to have discovered the North Pole, statement anent the Cannon dis- closures, says “from the nature of the evidence adduced it §s not to be won- dered that a physician gav> the bishop a certificate to the effect that it would endanger his life to explain his bank account to the Nye Committee.” (Copyright. 1931.) - ———— Tmmune. From the Worcester Evening Gazette. Gambling houses in France say they can't make anv moner, because their taxes are so high. That's one thing tbat never troubles gambling hou:zes in America. S Purgatory Localized. Prom the Toleco Blade. Instead of hell being abolished. as provos:d s few vears ago. it has been oealized to various cities and com- munities. ——— Eggs Good for Audience. From the Lynchburg News. The Richmond Times-Dispatch is authority for the statement that some- body wishes to know whether eggs are good for singers. e don't know. hut it they are ripe encugh and the aim is trio of vetsran orgsnization regulars good they are often good for the audi- who are proffered to Mr. Hoover, ac- |ence. - favorite | Senator | Carter Glass of Virginia, in a peppery | UGUST 31, 1931. The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York is certainly making the most of the special session of the Stale Legis- lature, although the Legislature is dominated by the Republicans and the apecial session was called at the request of the Republican members of the legislative committee investigating con- ditions in New York City, Afier mani- festing his independence of Tammany by declining_to fall in with the plan of the New York organization's leaders to block the bills giving the legislative committee more power in dealing with the investigation cf the city govern- ment, the Governor turned on the Re- publicans and put it up to them to vote yes or no in regard to expcsing alleged corruption in~ Republican-con- trolled cities up-State. But that is not all. The Governor, sensirg the impor- tant part the problem of unemployment relief is to play in the campaign next year, put up to the special session of the Legislature a very complete plan of relief for the unempioyed in New York State. o0 Since Gov. Roosevelt is now consid ered the probable nominee of the Dem ocrats for .the presidency next year against President Hoover, this last move on the part of the New York Governor is significant, to say the least. | Rocsevell supporters have immediately | b:gun to point out the difference in the attitude of Roosevelt, who took up the matter of relief with the New York | Legislature now. with that of Presi- {dent Hoover, who has turned a deaf ear to all demands for a special ses jsion of Congress to deal with the un- employment _ situation in a national way. THe Roosevelt supporiers see a aistint gain for the New Yorker in! | this matter, i A | dominant force in the Democratic party {in tnat State, took occ Saturday, | At an ouiing of the Mohavks, cratic organization, not only to hail | Roosevelt as the sure nominee of the ! ]D‘PMMTIM for President next year, but | {Also to compare the attitude of the | | Governor and that of the President! toward the unemplovment problem | which faces the country this Wints If the mayor has his way. the Massa | cusetts Democrats will send a delega ]\vmn to the national convention next | vear pledged either openly or privately | {10 the nomination of Gov. Rocsevelt. | | Tt has been rumored that Senztor David | 1. Walsh, an outstanding member of the Democratic party in the State, favors an unpledged delegation, re- | membering the strong Al Smith senti | ment in Massachusctts and waiting to | | #scertain whether Smith wishes or | ieculd have another nomination for the | presidency. Mayor Curley, wecks ago ' at a luncheon given by Col. E. M. House | of Wilson administration fame, atiended by Gov. Roosevelt, indicated strongly his support of the Governor for the | pres:dential nomination On Satur-| | day. however, the mavor went the| | whole route. He declared ihat he was| opposed to sending State delegations | | Pledged to “favorite son” candidates 1o | the next national convention when the Democrats had at hand a candidat: | like the Governor of New York. e e | The meeting of Democrats in Lexing- | !ton. which was addressed by Mavor | | Culey. was attended by James Roose- : velt. a son of the Governor. Mr. Roose- | velt made a brief address. declaring his | Delief that next year was to be a Dem- i ocratic vear at the polls. The meeting was presidad over by Francis X. Tyrell. | Mr. Tyrell mentioned a list of Demo- | cratic possibl‘ties for the p:esidential | nomination. afthough he did not urg: | the nominatiom of any one of the list. | His list covered a wide fleld and was | a3 follows: Ncwhon D. Baker. Bernard | Baruch, Mayor Curley. Gov. Ely, Sena- tor Carter Glass of Virginia, Senator | Pat Harrison of Mississippi. Gov. Al-| be:t C. Rifchie of Maryland. Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas. Gov ' | Roosevelt, Al Smith, Senator David I Walsh, Senator Thomas J. Walsh of | | Montana and Owen D. Young of New York. There has been talk among the Dem- ! ocrats in Massachusetts of sending a | delegation pledged to Smith, or to a| favorite son candidate, either Senator | Walsh or Gov. Elv. Curley. who hus | plenty of enemies in the party. is out to beat any such move, however. and | ! apperently has seized hold of the | Roosevelt band wagon as one means of | helping himself in his fight with other | Massachusetts Democrats, | o winin i So far has the Roosevelt boom for the presidential nomination proceeded ! | that the Roosevelt supporters are now | | claiming the New York Governor vill| be nominated on the first ballot in ! the Democratic National Convention | ! and have produced figures to show that {he will have more than the necessary | two-thirds vote for the nomination, un- | der the rules of the Democratic Na-| | tional Convention. Tt looks today almoct | | like a sure thing for the New Yorker. If | |4t were not for his physical infirmity. | | due to an attack of infantile peralysis | |in 1921, there would probably be not| the slightest doubt of his nomination | next vear, Some of the Democrats are | ! fearful of a drive by the Republicans| against Roosevelt on the ground that | he is a cripple, if he be nominated for | the presidency. When Al Smith pre vailed upon Roosevelt to run for Gov {ernor of New York in 1923, there was | some talk against Rocsevelt on the ground of his lameness. But Gov. Smith pointed out in his biting way that the Governer of New York was not selected because of an ability to waltz. And | Roosevelt was the victor in that cam-| paign, notwithstanding the fact that the State went for President Hoover. | e w e A story of a mysterlous visit of two | Vermontors to Washington to_discus with Republican leaders there in Con- | gress the advisability of drafting former | sident Calvin Coolidge for the Re- publican presidential nomination in 1932 has 1eceived wice circulation in New England. It is not recorded. how- | er, that the two Vermonters re any great amount of encouragement in their effort to launch a Coolidge boom. | In the first place, doubt was expressed ; that Mr. Coolidge would permit himself to be put forward as a candidate, and secondly the Republican leaders are not to be weaned away from President Hoover easily. However, this story of the Vermonters and their visit to Wash- ington is only another evidence of the fact that the next ten months will se= | many efforts to get the former President |into the field, partly bscause some of | the Republicans believe he would be a | | strong candidate next year and partly | because opponents of Mr. Hoover wish to weaken him with the G. O. P. and | with the voters by suggesting that an- | other Republican would run bstter than the President. Py ‘When Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon recently declared that he fa- vored a resubmission of the eighteenth amendment to the voters he gave ex- pression to a devcloping sentiment on | the Pacific Coast. The Senator did not | declare himself against prohibition. But the ardent drys are stoutly against Tresubmission of the eighteentih amend- ment. They have what they want and | they see no reason for taking eny chaness in the matter, even though they insist that if the amendment were | resubmitted it would win overwhelm- ingly. In the third Oregon district, normally Republican, Represantative Charles H. Martin, & Democrat, de- claring himself against the eighteenth amendment, was elected last Fall. His ‘wetness was not the only lssue, to be sure, but it has been held that it aided him materially in Portland and some of the wetter territery. Senator Mc- Nary is one of the most astute of the; Republican politicians in public life to. day. Whatever the Republican na. tional platform and the Republican candidate for President may zay about prohibition, or not say, next year, it is| fast becoming apparent that the Re- publican party in many of the States does not intend to he hooked to ‘the water wagon any lenger. Among the States where the revolt is on against ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. ‘This is a special department devoted to the handling of inquiries. You have at your disposal an extensive organiza- tion In Washington to serve you in any | capacity that relates to information. Write your question, your name and your address clearly and’ inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send to The Evening Star Information _Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. When will the last major league mes be played this season?—J. M. T. A. On Sunday, September 27. Q. What is the most expensive wild animal in_zo0s or menageries’—T. F. A. The Indian rhinoceros. The diffi- culty iIn ecapturing this animal and keeping it alive makes it cost from $18,000 to $20,000. Q. For vhom was August named?—E. W, A. It was named for Augustus Caesar by the Roman Senate. It previously had been called Sextilis. July had been pamed for Julius Caesar, and Augustus thought he should have equal honor. the month of Q. Whatever became of the prize- fighter, Kid McCoy? Is he devd?— W. C. B. A. McCoy 1s serving a sentence in the San Quentin, Calif., Penitentiary for killing a woman. Q. What causes rain to fall>—H. | A G. A. Dr. Humphreys of the Weather Bureau has presented an explan:tion in which he states that the actual falling of Tain results from the fact that addi- tional condensation takes place on the drops of water already formed and aus- pended in the cloud. They graw in ize and become tco heavy to be re. tained in the air and fall down as rain. Q. How many kinds of goldenrod grow in the United States?—C. A. A. There are about 128 varieties of goldenrod. most of which are found in this country. They are cross-fertilized by butterflies and bees. and are typical ect-pollinated plants. The pollen gites a positive hAyfever reaction, but not being wind-borne. can cause hay | fever only upon direct inhalation. Q. How can a person make sterilized gauze at home?—E. T. A. The Public Health Service says that gauze ean be sterilized by boiling for 15 or 20 minutes at a tempersture of 212° F. or by heating in an oven t this same temperature for this same length of time. ©. What was the Orphan Brigade? A. H. D A. This name was given to the lst Brigad» of the Kentucky Militis during the Civil War. which on account of boundary dispute was cut off from its original base. Q. What are the words which ex- press the property of substances to be magnetized toward or away from a magnet’—C. J. C.. A. Those which are magnetized in a direction opposits to the magnetic field are diamagnetic. those attracted to the magnet are paramagnetic. Q. Why is George W. Russell called A E2—F. R A. The letters A. E. have been used as & pen name by Mr. Russell. Irish | essavist, pnilanthropist and speaker. for !'a great man | ary effort was s'gned AFon. The printer years. His earliest litsr- could not decipher his handwriting. 80 set up only the first two letters. Russell adopted this and used 1t for subsequent work. Q. How old is ln,lhh calico?—B.O.P. | A Prints and cslico are of great an- tiquity, but the printed cotton clot® which is kighly calendered and knows as calico in England, appears 1o ha% | been first developed, to & point approx- imating its present perfection, in the eighteenth century, | Q. Of what class of society was Capt. John Smith, the Virginia colonist?— "A. His parents occupled the social | estate. Q. Who said. “England was made by adventurers. not by its Government?” A. This is attributad to Gen. Charles Gordon, better known ac Chinese Gordon. who was killed in the defense of Khartum. | Q. Is Carlsbad Cavern a government reservation’—L. D. | A Carlsbad Cavern J= a national | monument under the supervision of the | National Park Service. It was created October 25, 1923, It contains 719.22 acres. These limestone caverns are of | extraordinary proportion and of un- usual beauty. Q. How many davs of the vear ar in one place or another, holidays- & W A. Of the 365 davs in the vear, 289 are bank or public holidays in one country or another. People engaged in international transactions find it |mecessary to keep track of them sll. Q. What is a Jenny Lind bottle?— R. M. A. The Jenny Lind bottle was a bottle with a globular body and a long siender neck, originated in 1850 when Jenny Lind came to America. The bottles were firet decorated with her picture, but later other designs were substi- tuted. Q. Who _invented the shell>—F. E. S A. The streamline projectile was de- oped and first perfected by an Eng- lishman. Sir Joseph Wittworth. in 1366 The French have used the streamline projectile zince 1893. It wasz used by this country during the World War. streamline Q. How far from Washington is Presi- dent Hoover's Rapidam eamp>—R. A A. By airline it is 80 miles. By highwar it is 96'. miles over one road and 100': miles over another. Q. How did it happen that a Kansas judge sentenced Legs Diamond in New York?—A. M. B. A. Judge Richard J. Hopkint was sitting as & guest jurist in the Federal District Court of the Southern District of New York, in which the case was tried. Q. Does any State have a populatinn of less than two pecple to the zquare mile of area’—B. N A. Parts of several Stafes have 8 population of less than twn persons per square mile. and almost all of Nevada is so shown in the 1930 Cen- sus report. Q. How long is the Himalavan moun- tain Tange? K A. About 1,750 miles, Q. Do many veterans of the World | War take the Civil Service examina- tions>—N. M. | __A. In an examination in which 19.- 000 competed about 1.100 were entitled to veterans' preference. ‘Personnel of Relief Board 7 Wins Country’s Confidence Selection of Walter S. Gifford, head of the American Telephone & Tele- graph Co. as head of the commission o meet ths problems of dstress in the country during the coming season 18 widely commended. Other names on the commission represant. in the judg- ment of the press. leadershin in admin- istrative work. There is much interest in the details of the methods 1o be cmploved. although President Hoover's statement i sssumed to mean that the board wl solve the laigsr problems, while leaving the actual task of reliel to local organizations. Mr. Gifford's qualifications are strong- ly commended by the New York Sun, the St. Lou's Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer. the Davenvort Democrat. the Roanokc World-News and the Lexing- ton Leader. among the terms employed being that he is an “industrial giant,” “a business genius” and that he “has one of the most acuie business minds in tke country.” Th: hsi of alds. ac- cording to the Philadelphia Evening Bullet'n. “is lone and its array of per- sonal ability and resources is imposing.” “Punds for relief.” says the New York Sun, “must be raised in the States and their local communities. and those funds must be administered astutely, perhaps in many cases speed- ily, but in every case wilhout waste or red tape. Work must be found for mil- Yons if thet is humanly possible. and his. tco. must be done with dispatch. If any State or community is appalled by the magnituds of th2s: problems the Gifford commission should be at its service with expert assistance and wise couns: *x %o “The prompt ard ample preparation against conditions that may bscome worse when Winter comes.” according to the Cleveland News. “sets a splendid example. but should not be regarded as rendering other efforts superfluous. State, county. municipal and other public administrations should lose no time in doing likewise. The full co- operation of every public agency will be needed if the crisis really proves serious and citizers will judge their governing bodies according to the practical help they are able to give in time of need.” “We even dare the ccnfident hope that Mr. Gifford will be so competent that he will be unperturbed by criticism and unmindful of obstructive agitation.” de- clares the St. Louis Times, with the added comment: “We hope and believe ‘hat next Winter will find small occasion for his services. Mr. Gifford is on the job may have & salutary efiect in heading off what might ccnceivably have been the final convulsion of our subsiding hysieria.” “President Hoover,” interprets the Philade!phia Inquirer. “considers that the primary responsibility for relief lies with the State, county and community, and he feels that the Federal Govern- ment should mct only in an advisory legislators to meet in advance of the regular time seem to think this would be a cure for all our troubles. Biiter experience teaches us otherwise. Again. others clamoring fcr the extra session are ‘passing the buck’ in order to avoid local and State responsibility.” * %ok % “The uncmployment problem.” savs the Roanoke World-News, “takes on & | different aspect from that of last Win- ter,” and that paper points to two phases of the changed conditions with the statement, “The farmer generally bas had bumper crops. Gardens were never more flourishing. Vegetables are in the greatest abundance. The peach crop cannot be sold at any price. With gar, the opportunities for can- ng and TVing were mever better. The farmer still has his of the depression. He may not get the cost of production out of his money crops. Because what he has to sell brings so !inadequate a price, his purchasing pow- er is again at a minimum. But this year ths farmer has no threat of star- Massachusetts, Tlinoiz. New York. Ne Jersay, and now_it 160ks to be spread- ing to the Coast. Indeed. the fact that | ‘vation. His bins are full His store- houses are plentifully supplied. He will have plenty to eat, even though he has but little money with which to buy The dther phase will affect the city and town to a degree not yet fully determined. Last year and the year before. community funds for relief of the jobless were widely supported. This vear many of those who contributed are faced with lowered income. and may feel the necessity of curtailing their subsciiptions, at the very time when such subscriptions will be needed most.” “Mr. Hoover has coped with the de- pression in a bold. decisive way,” states the Pasadena Star-News. “He has stead- fastly abstained from proposing nortrums. He has moved influent to array industrial and business inters ests on the side of employment promo ticn.” The San Antonio Express of- fers the comment. “In any event, the nced—however great—will be met. This country has ample resources—grain in the bins, clothes in, the warehouses, money in the bank. The problem is one of distribution and. it will be solved. Many other plans have besn advanced— some plausible, some obviously imprac- ticable. Chairman Gifford and his s~ sociates probably can work out a bet- ter scheme of relief. They should, and | doubtless will, receive the fullest pub- lic co-operation o ox % “There is no blinking the fact” in the judgment of the Akron Beacon Journal, “that there is an_increasing demand that the Federal Government should do more than shunt the relief problem from its own doorstep to the cities and counties”” The Scranton Times holds that “more and more peo- le are realizing that the short cut to the whole problem is through congres- sional action and Federal relief.” “This Winter, we imagine.” comments the Chattanooga News, “the Govern- ment will have to appropriate money which will be in the nature of doles. True, whatever is appropriated will be distributed in the most expensive and indirect manner possible. But the pri- vate charitable organizations. the cities and the States are being bled drv. It is now up to the Government. Appoint- ment of Mr. Gifford is a good move. But. as Gov. Pinchot says. the need for definite action is imperative. We don't know whether a special session is nec- e:sary or not. but we do know that the Government will have to get off | the sidelines and get into the game.” ———— Reduction in Number Of Counties Advocated From the Oklahoma City Times Realization of th- fact that there are too many ccuniies is gaining widespresd recognition. In a recent issue the Iola (Kans.) Register demands that Kansas counties be reductd to one-helf their present number. Greater efficiency in government would be attained were there not more than oane-fourth as manv. The Kansas paper also advo- cates the abolition of township govern- ment entirely. Oklahoma snd other States of the Nation should encourage [lctlon for this reform. Our system of | county government is notably wasteful and inefficient, and present counties were organized in the horse and buggy era. With modern highways and motor transportation, one county seat might | well serve four times as much territory | as it does. | These facts are generally accepted, .but a long campaign of education will be needed to bring about the relief from taxation that might be thus at- tained. Every county official is a poli- 1tll:lln. and their opposition to such a | movement is formidable. There is also | something of civic pride in being s resident of the county seat, which many will refuss to yield for the benefit of | consolidation. Yet the saving possible | struzgle. Tip for Turf Fln;. ldry domination of the G. O. P. are Prom the Louisville Times. oo i that oty 2 vhiel s safe to it Shirt 18 & elothes horeer o T | under a more efficient system is worth a