Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1931, Page 8

A8 THE EVENING STAR | With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY . .September 10, 1931 Editor THEODORE W. NOYES.. The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St. and Pl‘ln!ylvnmu Ave. New York Office: 410 Tast 42nd St Chicapo Office. Lake Michigan Buildl European Office: 14 Regent St., London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star 45¢ per month The Evening and Sund ar \'when 4 Sundays) ... 60c per month The Evening and Sunday Siar (when 5 Stndays) ..........65¢ per month The Sunday Star ...0. . ac er copy Collection made at the end of each month e imay be sent in by mail or telephone At al 5000. Rate by M able in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 1¥r., $10.00: 1 mo., 85¢ 1yr) $6.00; 1mo.. 30¢ 1yr, $4.00; 1mo.. 40c All Other States and Canada. 4 Sunday...1yr.$12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 ang, Sundar.. .1 5 *8.00; 1mo., * 78 13 8800 1mos soc Dai ; Binday onty . Daily Daily Ainday only ' s is exclusively er titled lon of all news dis- or not otherwise cred- ad also the local news his of publizition of are also reserse The A to the atches ted in this paper published he: pecial dispa Where Is the Issue? As President Hoover and Gov. Roosevelt both addressed audiences gathered in colebration of the goiden anniversary of the founding in Dans- ville, N. Y. of the first Red Cross chapter, and as both speakers sought in a way to combine with their eulogies of Clara Barton and the American Red Cross expressions of their view- points regarding the extension of aid and charity to the unfortunate, & comparison of those views at this time 15 both Interesting and significant. Said the President In its lifetime the Red Cross has raised and expended ncarly a billion of money in the relief of human dis- tress. The national organization has bacome our Nation's assurance = of adequate, prompt and efficient handling of any catastrophe within our borders is the flowering of the spiritual . to serve the common need. It conts both the common impulse mpathetic help and the mechanism for its practical expression. ps a monument to individ- ual and local initiative It proves the ability of a_democracy to create from | th> people themselves the agencies for their service Said Gov. Roosevelt 1f the teachings of Florence Nightin- le on the fields of the Crimea, if the | achings of Clara Barton in the great | Girtress of earthquakes and floods were | it is equal true that these same based on v and the St with 1al right to t suffering which stalk in our midst on this anniversary day. To this high aim. following in her footsteps. we Americans must devote | our every resource. To this high aim | We dedicate ourselves as individual men. and child To this high aim we decicate our community life in all manifold relationships. this high aim we dedicate our functions of government, our tOWRSs, our counties, our State and our country These statements will be interpreted as conflicting philosophies as to the principles to be followed in the exten- | sion of eid. and there doubtiess will be attempts to draw a clear issue as be- tween the viewpoints of the probable Republican presidential nominee and | the probable Democratic presidential nominee in regard to the relief of dis- | tres | But it is difficult in the extreme to | draw any such lssue on the basis of | the above-quoted remarks. The Red Cross, as the President says, has become the Natlon's tried machinery for the extension of relief in time of any catastrophe. While it is quibbling to| call widespread unemployment and all| that it means anythiog but & “calas- trophe.” it is not in the nature of those catastrophes with which the Red Cross | 1s fitted or is able to deal alone, It canj and will supplement the other agencies now preparing for the task that lies | ahead this Winter. And what are these other agencies? Gov. Roosevelt enu- merates them in part—"our functions of government, our towns, our oun- tles, our State and our country.” These, | under the direction of the President. and under the direction of far-sighted and energetic Governors, such as Frank- lin D. Roosevelt of New York, are being marshaled for a campaign that is unique in the history of the country. In re- sponse to the appeals of the President, under the guidance of men and women whom he has chosen to co-ordinate cn a Nation-wide scale the efforts of such communities as those upon whom Gov. Roosevelt relies to make his own relief program a success, the forces of the Nation are dealing with that “distress and suffering which stalk in our midst on this anniversary day,” and which will become more acute with Winter. One looks in vain for the issue be- tween the President and Gov. Roose- | velt that would divide them on the | question of how best to administer to' distress and suffering. It will have to be more clearly drawn. Until Gov. Roosevelt asks the Federal Government to appropriate money for the provision of food ang clothing and shelter for the people of New Yok, there will be no such issue between them. S 2 Chilean battleships were not all sunk in order to prevent them from partici- pating in revolutionary combat. To bomb the vessels looked a little like malicious destruction of private prop- erty without waiting to ascertain ex- actly whose property they were. o An Unsportsmanlike Act. Gar Wood has added no luster to America’s sportsmanship by his tactics in the Harmsworth Trophy speedooat race in Detroit on Monday, despite his denial that he connived with his brother George to trick Kaye Don, On the con- trary, he has given it a decided black eye. Beaten decisively in the first heat of the annual water classic on Sunday | and knowing full well that the Mlss; England, piloted by Don, was al- most sure to win the plaque that had been in his possession for eleven years, Wood engineered one of the meanest tricks ever recorded in the annals of amateur sport. Realizing that his brother, George, driving the Miss Amer« fca VIII, could be depended upon to finlsh the course even at a slow pace and thereby win the cup again for America, Wood deliberately disqualified himself in Miss America IX, but in doing so succeeded in foreing Don over the starting line too soon, thereby put- t|n;"Ml$ England also out of the com- petigym. The fact that Miss jgngland later sank and was t-~vehy auto- Qmatleeliy disquat el 23 what- | was in Washington. | have ever to do with the matter. Wood now denies that he publicly admitted trick- ing Don and calls the incident a “mis- understanding.” When it is realized, however, that in more than a quarter of a century of racing Wood has never before been recorded as beating the gun this version does not appear to hold much water. Wood, of course, had never been beaten before. He has reigned as undisputed king of the spezd- boat world, and kis name is known to all sections of the globe. Don's entry into the speedboat game was probably greeted none to cordially by the Woods, especially when it was discovered that the Miss England, which holds the world’s record at better than 110 miles an hour, was far faster than anything they had produced. When Miss America IX finished more than a mile behind Don in the first heat and Miss America VIII, driven byl George Wood, still farther back, the brothers were not at all pleased. So in the second heat, leaving George Wood in the rear and running almost neck and neck with Don, Gar Wood succeeded in getting both of them across the starting line before the gun was fired. This left only one boat in the race and George Wood took no chances of engine trouble by running too fast, averaging only 60 miles an hour for the 30-mile course. Don, a thorough spertsman, may carry back to England with him the knowledge that he has demonstrated superiority over the best the world has to offer In speedboat racing. and also the sympathy of the American people for the unsportsmanlike tactics to which he was submitted. ———— Gov. Long's Predicament. Gov. Huey P. Long of Louisiana, who is also Senator-elect from that Btate, has declined to go to Texas to address a mass meeting on the cotton situation. This is not, it is reported, because Gov. Long is not interested in cotton or anxious to make the speech. It is be- cause he fears if he leaves the State the lieutenant governor, Paul N. Cyr, may undertake to take over the office of Governor. He and Cyr are bitter po- litical foes, leaders in opposing Demo- cratic factions. If the Governor is un- willing to leave the State for a few days, fearing what the leutenant governor {may do in his absence, what chence is | there of his coming to Washington next December to warm the seat in the Sen- ate held for so many vears by former Senator Ransdell? He cannot retain the office of Governor and become ac- tive as Senator. He must give over the governorship into the hands of the lieu- tenant governor if he comes to Wash- ington. Gov. Long's term of cffice as chief executive of the State does rot expire until May, 1932. Long will try to pick his successor as Governor. Cyr, on the other hand, is a candidate to succeed him. But Long. ever since his election to the Sen- ate in 1930, has indicated that he might postpcne the active opening of his si ear term in the Upper House until the governcrship row is settled in Louisiana and until there should be no danger of his political foe, Cyr, up- setting the Long applecart while Long It looks as though the flery and eccentric Governor of Louisiana had for the time being bitten off more than he can well chew. If the Louisiana Senate seat is not occupled, then the Demograts in the coming Senate session will not be able to muster more than 46 Senators. Un- doubtedly this will be a sufficient force to cause the Republican administration and the Republican organization of the Senate & good deal of pain on occa- sion. However, the vacaney from | Louisiana will make it all the more difficult for the Democrats to organize | the Senate in the coming session, as it has been suggested they may do with the aid of Republican insurgents and perhaps the Farmer-Labor Senator from innesota, Henrik Shipstead. Gov. Long's hesitancy to give up his old job and assume the senatorial toga might have becn of even greater in- terest to his party had the Democrats in the last clection picked up two more seats in the Senate now held by Re- publicans. In that event, with Long in- luded, the Democrats would have had | a clear majority of the Senate, 49. The Republicans would have had 47, and Shipstead would have completed the roster. Shipstead in the past voted with the Republicens on organization mat- ters. Long's absence, under such a sct of circumstances, would make it impos- sible for the Democrats to organize the Senate and take over the chairmanships of standing commiitees. Under existing conditions, the Demo- crats may be able to get along without the presence of Gov. Long in the com- ing session of Congress. S A new rose has been patented. In a mechanistic era a rose which might “been born to blush unsee honored by being listed side by side with devices which represent the inventor's most cunning ingenuity. - - Rallways and hotels operated to the limit of their resources on Labor day.| There would be no complaint of unem- ployment if the demand for work the year through were equal to that created by this holiday. e Eating for Parades. Heat, cjcitement and empty stomachs —these were,the main causes to which | | physicians attributed the collapse of a hundred persons watching the firemen's parade on Labor day. 5 More than half of the prostrations were of persons under 21 years of age. But the day was pot very hot, after all, and the excitement of watching a peace- ful parade could not have been very intense. It is permissible, therefore, .to believe that lack of food was the primary cause of many of the collapses along the line of march. No doubt hasty breakfasts, or no breakfasts at all, have accounted for a majority of simflar collapses at inaugu- rations and other festivities in the past. The National Capital is a parade- loving place, and it attracts at such times a host of parade “fans” from all nearby places. It would seem the veriest dictate of common sense to eat wisely upon such a morning. No doubt too little food rather than too much should be the rule, however. Light refreshments, at suitable periods, would be better than one heavy meal before a parade, There is a'=~y- THE EVENING STAR, WASIHINGTON, time during the passing of the contin- gents when the individual spectator is not interested. Such times should be utilized by the careful person in withdrawing from the sidewalk to a place of refreshment, where a small light meal may be eaten. Thus refreshed and fortified, the pa- rade watcher may return to the lLne of march with every prospect of being able to enjoy the marching, and of not being hauled away in an ambulance just when the big band comes marching by. e Mail Men's Feet. While it is unlikely that the Gov- ernment will aceede to a resolution adopted by the National Association of Letter Carriers, in convention at Oak- |1and, Calif., that it establish foot clinics | for mail men, there is food for con- siderable thought in the matter. A letter carrier’s feet are his greatest “stock in trade. next to his head. He must have intelligence, but, in addition, he must have good feet. Mail men walk ! many miles every day, and it may be isaid with much truth that what the | Government is really getting from them | 1s mileage. At present a letter carrier who has foot defects must bear the burden of 2r=medymg them. Since this keeps him | fit for his job and elps him retain his job, it is but common sense that he look to his toes. Human nature, however, being as it lis, it 1s highly possible that many a carrier neglects going to a foot expert when he should do so. All people, no matter what their work in life, find it remarkably easy to neglect going to the doctor. A little pain, a little worry, then they hope it will wear off, and, remarkably enough, often it does When the United States bores its way from under the present cloud of depression, as undoubtedly it will, or our name is not the United States of America, the Government could do a great deal worse, among hundreds of small matters which it will have up for consideration at that time, than to investigate this suggestion of the letter carriers in convention assembled. An army may march on its stomach, | as Napoleon said, but the national | army of letter carriers marches solidly on their feet, and a little co-operation on the part of the Post Office Depart- ment, along the lines suggested, might | do a great deal to make the most | uniformly courteous and happy group | of public servants even happier in the | future. e It is suggested that there is an op- portunity for art in every human activity and relationship. Even taxa- | tion, | dered s nearly painless as possible As in dentistry, the appearance of | rough usage by superior force is to be avolded. R NPT No great gift of prophecy is requited to foretell better times, although opin- | fons may differ as to methods by which | they are to be hastened. In the course | of civilization, times of commercial depression have often arrived and have ! just as often disappeared. The Graf Zeppelin s doing every- thing possible to impress its determina- tion to establish itself on regular com- | mercial principles by empl ! most expert publicity available and an- | nouncing from time to time a reduc- tion of fare. — e Wet arguments that prohibition ie responsible for economic disturbances may be a relief to those who were be- | ginning to fear they were entirely duc [ to that ancient and inevitable institu- | tion, the tariff. o In spite of the average criminal’s !ing a gun he usually manages to keep | his identity a profound secret. s — SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The fan declares he views the game With abstract admiration For players who are known to fame Throughout this mighty nation. He says he likes to contemplate The points of science nifty. It is his joy to calculate Percentages so shifty. But some are savage, more or less, In their exhilaration. Their fierce emotions they express Without articulation. And—frankly—to the park I prance, And blithely pay my dollar, Not to admire, but for the chance To sit outdoors and holler. Counting Up. “Think of the golden moments you have wasted playing bridge,” said the serious friend. “Yes” replied Mrs. Flimgilt, regret- fully, “besides a lot of silver coin and paper curren The Sign of Superlority. | “Some of the primitive instincts linger {in the highest civilization,” said the statesman. | “Yes,” replied the ethnologist: “many {of our communities cannot get away from the idea savages all have that a man who manages to get possession of a high silk hat is thereby qualified tc be a leader.” To Be Considered. To found a library’s a task Which most forbidding looks, We've got the mortar and the bricks, But who will write the books? Celestial Comparisons. “Reginald told me my eyes were like stars,” said Maude. “His sister said something similar,” replied Maymie. E “Really? “She said you were moon-faced.” Formalities Discouraged. “Politeness is always desirable. “It used to be. But now when you say ‘please’ you are simply wasting the telephone operator's time.” “If de world jedged a man by what he starts,” sald Uncle Eben, “instid o' by what he finishes, every page in de city directory would be full o' great men.” st — Hardest Job for Politician. n the Ashland (Ky.) Dally Independent. Hard thing about being a politician is looking satisfied at the results. o Definition of anim:nker. From the Minneapolis Star. oesn’t limit A lawbreaker is one who d 1°m-='f to the laws broken by e though necessary, should be ren-| ying the | | eagerness for notoriety, when purchas- | D C., THURSDAY, SE 5 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. When Templeton Jones was down at the wharf buying a_watermelon he got to looking at the schooners and think- ing what great sport it would be to sail one of them around to the Chesa- peake Bay. River sailing would nct do at all for him, he thought. Nothing less than the bay would do. He was like the man making a comparatively small salary who nevertheless never said that he de- sired a competence of $10,000 a year, but always made it $20,060. Jones aspired not for the ocean, but he would not rest content with the river. The Potomac is a fine stream and the astounding claim is made for it that it is the widest river in America. Nevertheless it 15 & river and there- fore fresh. Templeton Jones longed for the tang of salt air. Now, Chesapeake Bay is just as salt as the ocean. Whe: you get out on some of its broadest reaches your nostrils are filled with the peculiar mixture of salt and fresh fish which makes up what we know as “salt air.” And the way it blows! No other breeze comes slanting at you like the salt wind, fresh from the mysterious depths, rolled over and over | by it, eternally kept clean. S ‘The ocean is wide, and lonely, and sad. It is inhuman, in a sense. But the Chesapeake Bay is a chummy sort of place, where almost always you can see the shore or never be far out of sight of other boat Jones, of being the only bay he had lever known. When he thought of | “bay,” since a child, he had thought of | the Chesapeakc. |~ Surely no_place is | finer body of land-loc a bay, than this o familiar name Why, there even is a dog named after it, and a fine dog. too! The Chesa- peake Bay dog is one of the best. a | homely, kindly sort of critter, a good | friend on land or water. You can always tell the man or wom- |an from the Eastern Sho' by a tanned complexion through which the blood shows red. It Is not so much a sun- burn (old-fashioned) or sun-tan (new- fashioned) as it is a complexion all its_ own. | Even fisher folk from the sea ftself often fail to have this peculiar blend, {the red show through the tan, { which is so prevalent among the peo- ple who live around the shores of the “hesapeake Bay. Naturally enough, many of them mi- | grate to Baltimore and Washingtor | and live in these cities the rest of tk |lives, but no matter how long the they still retain this Che look. this red blood through tanned skin. Even where it tends to fade (under the influence of office work the face itself, it remains In |its pristine state in the neck. especially of men, You can tell a man from the Eastern Sho' no matter where you find im. 2d water, called bearing ‘the so ap showing out, in oo % The bay can become as rough { occasion. as the sca itself | course, it is a veritable p |and smalfer sailboats can | great tossing and pitching. |~ Yet. for the landlubber. this motion |is still something short of the ocean. |and thercfore just that much better | Not that Chesapeske Bay storms can- not be severe. ‘They can, and often |'are. Still, they do not reach the sheer | fury of the ocean storm. Bell and other sorts of buoys mark | the various channels, even where out | of sight of land. The low-iying shoi present a pretty spectacle from a ves- |sel. usually fringed with trees and car- rving the impression of life behind them There is no more pleasing melan choly sound in the world than the moan | of & bell buoy. In its cage, tossing up and down on the waves, its bell sends forth over the waters a mournful tone upon of which. of Steamers work up a Condemnation for prchibition agents who employ Women as spotters is co ! bined with praise for Director Amos W. Woodcock for issuing an order that this work hercafter shall be done by men. Demand is made for such re resentatives of the Government as shall be able to mect the demands of the law in a more legitimate way. “There is something wholesome and refreshing in the realization that gal- lantry still takes a hand in the game now and then,” asserts the Gary Post- Tribune, with the contenticn that “it is a man's business to attend to this warfare.” Pointing out that “the New York administrator defended the prac- tice on the ground that there were no orders against it the Omaha World-Herald states: “The missing or- ders have now been issued. The ladies are out.” A reported protest by Baltimore busi- ness women on the ground that “it is paradoxical that women should be ruled out of the prohibition picture only when there is danger of their receiving a pay envelop inspires the statement by the Milwaukee Sentinel that “in this case,- at least, biology is & stronger factor than economics,” and the con- tention that ‘“prohibition snooping is not a nice jcb at the best, and cer- tainly no harm is done American women by keeping them out of it.” “Mr. Woodcock is as much interested in the decency of the enforcement service as in its record for speakeasy elimination.” thinks the New York Herald Tribune, and that paper com- ments on the present situation: “It is his hope that a species of enforcement which is free from violence or other scandal will gradually win public co- operation in upholding the law. It is 2 forlorn hope, we believe. but the only one in the circumstances with any logic behind it.” The Rockford Regis- ter-Republic argues that “the director's statement that he ought to have fore- ceen that this scheme might be adopted is manly. There will be no more of it.” | PR | “Most people will agree.” in the judg- ment of the Davenport Democrat, “that | if the present force of dry agents, draw- ing millions of dcllars annually from the Government for their work, are unable to gather evidence and make | arrests without resorting to the employ ment of women as stool-pigeons and | snoopers, it is high time that they be discharged and their places filled by men competent to perform the work de- | manded of them. Again the suggestion is made that instead of constantly in- | creasing his working forces, as appears the policy of the administration, Direc- tor Wocdcock would benefit more by looking after the quality and efliciency of his men, rather than to their num- ber. His edict against the employment of women as crime detectors appears to be a start in this direction.” “It is incredible,” says the Charleston ment should not only permit but encourage the employment of girls in such an occupation. Director Wood- cock has sensibly decreed that no more shall be used for undercover work.” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette quotes the rohibition director's statement that “it §¥ Sertectly horrible that any one should coneeive that that is the way to enforce prohibition,” and that paper adds: “But he decided not to dismiss the agent re- sponsible, explaining that part of the | blame should be placed on his im- | mediate superiors. There will be general | sgreement with _the commissioner's words, but not his action. If it is “horrible’ to ‘conceive that that is the way to enforce prohibition,” the indi- vidual or individuals who had this bright idea do not belong on the force. pice Tf the agent directly responsible was | rice Wl mecly foilowing orders, the official It had the acvantage, to Templeton | there a better, | |it to be blown off! | they are (8. C.) Evening Post, “that any govern- | |unlike that of any other bell in the world. Most of Templeton Jones' acquaint- ances with bel' . »y; was secured from the upper = eamers, These. and the occasional lighthouses sitting so snugly in the water were always fa- vorites of his. Up in the lee of the cabin (he was not sure it was the lee, but anyway it | was the side where one got shelter from the strong wind) he spent much time looking over the water for buoys. | There were other sorts, but none | equaled in interest the pitching, sound- ling bell buoy, with its superstructure, as he recalls, triangular in shape with |the big bell neatly encased below, the whole rising and falling with the waves, sending forth the strident tones muffied by distance and water. o w0k The variety of ships one passed, each |one knowing where it was going and | why, although the watcher could know | nothing about them at all except that they were on their way, intrigued with a vast interest. Yes, these men were sailors, too, and many of them were putting out to sea. Even when they remained in the bay they still were seafaring men. Their bronzed skins, their easy, carefree at- titude sank deep into one's conscious- ness when the steamer on which one was such a luxurious passenger came near enough to permit one to lean over and look down onto the decks of the smaller craft. Occasionall: head could be seen cab: st se y & womap' peering out an . or maybe a child, or dog. would t up from the hold; never did one cat on deck. The saifing vessels, mostly one and two maste that peculiar motion unlike anything else on earth. Part of the fascination of the seafaring life is due to that watery glide. Even a wide boat making but a few miles an hour gives one a great sense of getting along. And when the craft is neat and shipshape, and the sails white, and the mast new, and the water clear, and the brecze strong, and the sun shining hot. it is a joy to be out on the bay, sailing along in the ancient manner W Hold onto your hat if vou don't want Beiter, take your hat off, and let the fresh wind blow your hair around as it will. These fel- lows with patent leather locks, slicked down so neat, will be in their clement, no_doub! 1t is pleasant to sit here, with noth- ing to do, except watch the panorama of bay, with its green, oily water, its ships.” its st its bits _of paper (fl the way from Ba! more), its plangent bu Do not go down to the vou will run into the ex They are a gre lot They for fun, and they are having it is Mrs. Applebaum and Effie and Elsie Applebaum Effic has a m: a ukulele (or is it ilele?) singing “It e Girl, It's the with annoying reiteration. Be- fore ship had got past the steel works body on board knew that it wasn't the moonlight, and it wasn't the curl, but it was the girl, sure encugh. now Mr wer deck or are Girl Applebaum 15 fixin out the lunch. This cons| mainly of fried chicken. each piece done up separately in_waxed paper. The disi of the chicken is easy ugh, but what to do with the pa- ers? Effie discovers that by letting go of the papers they will be caught by the brisk wind and corried hither and yon along the deck. One smashes, greasy side down, fairly cn the bald head of that old fellow over there. Ha! Ha! Ha! Did to wipe it off! He butter, it is butter one slap; vou see him can't do i Haw! Haw! it is th Har! Har! Har! Women as Liquor Spotters Declared Properly Banned under whose instructions he should go.” * * Discussing a Buffalo Evening News of t ¢ “The general public, with cock, abhors the practice of u and wemen as decoys in enforcemer activities. It approves heartily hi order against the further use of them in this capacity. However, the public can hardly be satisfied with the way he has closed incident—with no more than a reprimand for the agent r does the public_approve the atti- tude of the United States Attorney in accepting responsibility for the defense of the agent. It is as if the Depart- ment cf Justice took the position that a crime cannot be committed in the rforcement of the Volstead act.” These and other misdemeanors,” ac- cording to the Baltimore Sun, “have been part and parcel of the enforce- ment regime from the very beginning. For the present chief of prohibition enforcement to say he had not ‘antici- pated’ such a situation is to confess his ignorance of matters of which his predecessors and_the general public as well have been abundantly cognizant.” e Urge Federal Curb On Sale of Firearms From the Philadelphia Urgent need for a Federal curb on the sale and transportation of firearms is the opinion of Police Commissioner Mul- Tooney of New York. He has conferred with ‘Senator Wagner on_ the subject, and it is likely that a bill will be in- troduced at the next session of Congress. New York has a law on the subject and higher up was acting incid de S Mr. Wood- ing girls atrer. 50 has Pennsylvania, but. unfortunately. | there are many communities where it is just as easy to buy a gun as it is to purchase a package of cigarettes. As a matter of fact, the country is H(‘d with “gun brokers,” who buy, sell and even rent firearms. The New York commissioner says we need a bill. sim- ilar to that now in effect for stolen au- tomobiles, which would prohibit the in- terstate transportation and sale of fire- arms. Such a measure, he claims. would Teduce crime and help the police in their difficult wo: “It is practically impossible,” sa; | Mulrooney, “to meet the bad conditions which now prevail as long as the coun- try is flooded with revolvers made in Belgium and Spain, to say nothing of those manufactured in this country. A fellow has only to go over to the Ho- boken water front, or make an hou run to some other place whete no re- strictions exist, to pick up a gun for a few dollars. I estimate that about 5.000 guns are brought into this country every year by, sailors and others, and sold at wholesale for a dollar or two. That makes the fight between the police and the criminal a rather uneven one.” This is a situation similar to that which sur- rounds many of our laws. With the Legislatures of the 48 States passing | their own kind of laws in their own way, there is bound to be confusion and often worse. How to overcome the dif- | Biculty is a grave problem. - o Tce and Ginger Ale Help. From the Roapoke Times. American hotels do a business of §1,- 000.040,000 annually. This {ncludes the amount spent by thirsty prohibitionists. | who are passionately fond of cracked ice and ginger ale. e Urges Wheat for Weddings. From the Lincoln State Journal. As long as something must be thrown at weddings, it does seem silly to throw o hen wheat would serve just as well. curdly tiny | glided by and away with § There d Elsie has | and | ts | try | That | t old gal on the ear.!| PTEMBER 10, 1931. The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. Alfred E. Smith, the titular leader of the Democratic party today because cf his nomination in 1928 for the presi- dency, has denied flatly a published report that he would not permit his i name to go before the next Democratic natlonal convention as & candidate for renomination. The same report had it that Mr. Smith would work for a wet plank in the Democratic national platform and added that the Smith- Raskob faction of the party is opposed to the nomination of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt for President and will swing in behind Newton D. Baker of Ohio when his candidacy becomes active. Mr. Smith declined to make any comment whatever on these predicgions. That he should deny quickly that he had eliminated himself from the presidential race was only to be expected That has been Mr. Smith's attitude ever since a barrage of questions was laid down soon after the 1928 election. He is not going to say this year what Lis position next year will be on that par- ticular subject. It is obvious that if he permitted it to be stated on ood au- thority” that he was cut of the presi- dential race next year his influence & a party leader might wane tremendous- ly. Calvin Coolidge, after his “I do not choose to run” statement during the last administration, kept the poli- ticians guessing right up to the end as to whether he were not the dark horse of the Republican White House race, and by so doing retained a great influence over the political situation. * ok K ¥ It seems unfortunate for the Demo- cratic party at this stage of the game that there should be growing talk the “Smith-Raskob faction,” the Roose- veit faction and the anti-Roosevelt fac- | tion. It is this faction business that | has plaved hob with the Democrats | ever since 1916, If there is to be a | Smith-Raskob faction operating in th next national convention, favoring de- terminedly a wet plank in the nati platform and opposing _strongly nomination of Roosevelt — pr Rousevelt is the leading candid: the time of the convention—there pretty good chance of another Madis Square Garden performancg by the Democratic party. Such 2 faction might | stop the nomination of Gov. Roosevelt | A similar faction halted the onward | drive of Willlam Gibbs McAdoo in the | {Madison Square Garden convention. | | But what happened in 1924 and what {may happen in 1932 under such cir- cumstences is not likely to fill any | Democrat with great enthusiasm 1 it happens next year, the G I certainly have been proved once more | a child of fortune. PR ided | at is a A possible line on t these ters are likely to st | the Democratic 1 obtained wt 4 meets here com- k a convention city | Chairman John J. Raskob has i mitted to the members of the N Committee ard to other party le | hout the country his pla rule” in regard to the He would not repeal | eighteenth amendment, but 8o | the whole prohibition structure t State, if it desired and so expressed itself by vote of its people, would b able to control the liquor traffic with wn borders. New York and M chusetts, if they wished, und plan_would be able to manufactu | sell_liquor for beverage purpe | chatrman submitted his plan | ctal meeting of the National Committec called last Spring. It had been his plan to get & vote of the committee on the proposal. But the dry faction of the party, aided and abetted by some of the | wets who did not want to bring the {issue up in the committee for ac caused him finally to postpone the m ter until the Winter meet ain fails to press for action on his plan at the c-ming committee g the matter will crift along t vention. It will be ex: 12, however, to sec the chairman calls in the committee on the his | Gov. Rooseve 7 thro'.gh New York national committeer. the State commitiee, was rey Spring to have sat down firr plan of Raskob to commit the | Committee to a wet plank for the De: | cratic national platform next year. attitude of these wets was that platfor vention and $hould not be und by the committee. But Roosev in the committee struggle wa preciated by the dry Democratic leaders of the South and the West. And right then the k of a Smith-Ras fac tion. opposed to the nomination of Gov Roosevelt for President, became ac and has continued actively in tk lic press ever since. If the chairman of the national committee, however, | undertakes to use the party organization to beat off the nomination of Gov Roosevelt or any other candidate, he is likely to find himself in a b ay. and the party, too. before it is all over e Former Senator Joseph I. France of | Maryland, who has announced his can-| cidacy for the Republican presidential | nomination against President Hoover,| didate for the Republican presidential nomination. It is not a designation that would carry him very far in a race delegates in many States of the Un including the States of the West. where | the Hoover administration is reported to be unpopular at the time. Mr France does not deny. however, that he favors the immediate Tepeal of the eightesnth amendment. He is against conditions relating to the liquor traf- fic as they now exist. substitute "for the eighteenth amend-! ment which he would have the country adopt. It is novel, at least. To quote the former Senator himself, he says on this matter: 1 propose that the eightesnth amendment as written be immediately repealed and that we write a new amendment which shall be a grant of power to the Congress to pass laws from time to time, concurrently with but not in limitation of the power of the States. to control the manu- facture and -sale of alcoholic beverages. This will restore the question to the {realm of reason. It will restore the American principle of popular govern- ment. It will recreate the atmosphere of sane and moderate discussion in which laws should be viewed and enacted.” | | e The latest rumor regardnig the chair- manship of the Republican National Committee is that some of the friends of Fresident Hoover are urging William M. Butler, Republican national chair- man during the Coolidge administra- tion, to Teturn to the job. The story saw the light of day first in Boston, where Mr. Butler lives and operates his business. In Washington, Re- publicans have not given it much credence, though here and there is found a Republican wHo declares that Mr. Butler certainly made a good chair- man when he was in command, and probably would do a good job again. But the fact of the matter is that Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, the present national chairman, has con- sented to hold on to the job until the next Republican national convention is held. The President, if he is the G. O. P. nominee again, as it is confi- dently expected he will be, after he has been renominated will pick the man to head the National Committee and man- age his campaign. He may or may not indicate his choice before that time comes. But it will be rather strange if he does make his choice known while Senator Fess is carrying on. * koK X Solomon Levitan, the veteran treas- urer of Wisconsin, who years ago en- tered the State as a peddler with a pack cn his back, addressing the Na- tional Association of State Treasurers’ meeting at Biloxi, Miss., this week, gave his recipe for meeting the economic dey pression. Mr, Levitan was an earnes follower of the late Senator La Follette and has been a supporter of his sons. making was the job of the national con- [ does not like to be dubbed the wet can- | t But_he has al ¥ ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKI} Any reader can get the answer (o any questicn by writing to our Informa- tion Bureau in Washington, D. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The burcau can not give advice on legal, medical and financial matters It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles or undertake exhaustive re- search on any subject. Write your question piainly and briefly. Give full name and address and inclose two cents in coin or stamps for return postage. The reply is sent direct o the inguirer. Addrcss The Evening Star Infermation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. Is there o 1bs?—R. L. not. Each manufacturer s the loft of his clubs. The loft for certain clubs does not vary much. The pu has th least loft and the niblick has the most. Q. When did it bec charge interest for mone land?—A. A. T. A. In the time of Henry VIIL Be- fore this interest had been charged for generations by legal fictions of part- nership, breach of contract, et T first English permissive statutes fixed 10 per cent as the legel himit whic could be charged. tandard loft for iron legal to lent in Eng- Q. When were the first Jabor unions formed?—B. F. S. A. The guilds of craftsmen of the Middle Ages were in rome respects labor unions, but of skilled workers. For unskilled labor the best protot furnished by the Six Men of Dorse They were lab who about 150 years ago banded together to demand Jf their employers meat to a weck. They were conspiracy n ms of pr cificall aga union prose to 1gland the | n | t labor unions in i since that time Q. Which of exicies arc There are (wo Q ch: it What P are S cor lieutenan: senior dep: ‘Amer per 1 rnished ere ertistically compositi bread? A. It conti a one-pou s 12 ounces of flour. Q. How can I clean some ordinary | sea shells?>--C. G. F. | A. Apply & mixture of hydrochloric {acid and water, or wash the shells with & stiff brush in cold salt and water, | with a little soap powder; a little chloride of lime Wil improve them: | then put the shclls in the sun |and bleach. R | @ wi is meant by saying that paint is tacky?—W. W. |, A. The term is applied to the condi- tion of paint or varnish before it is quite dry, so that it is slightly sticky when touched gently with a dry finger. Q. What is a which entire thoug one word?—P. K A. It is called holophrastic can Indian tongues are examples of this. They often compress a whole sentence into a word, the length of which is often remarkable. language called in s are combined in Ameri- Q. Did the Greeks and Romans be- | lieve in an after life?—P. J. A. Both the Greek d the Roman conception of the after was ex- ceedingly I but both included states of future blessedness or woe, according 1o the pleasing or offendin while on earth. AR | Q. what is the status of the dole England?>—H. C. J. te dole system provides for the by the governm of a weekly unemployed persons. was provided that the ribute a part of his d, but as there has nemployment for so zland the government ctically all of the is strong difference of € political leaders in Eng- i question ie Labor Party recer. resigned because of It now is proposed doie 10 per cent. is meant by G ion of statistice re- the American v aces” be scored In bridge?—B. C. 8. k says that they in Ireland M. F. d in Ireland 6. In big wind those blown e “big wind” of its kind { Ireland. om mire as the Lost R E P i there was. It and Supersti- Dutchman used ®. a short distance get drunk. He would his money was gone, No one would know hough persons tried and he never told. He to3 h large bags ever located b one has an out- Depew N. H that he director He served two nate and Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Land AZETA COMMERCIAL. Juiz de Fora e the extent of the econ cr 2] and the our seem offers to see ormal cond with the opt most such an abn, to come diture, Would Limit Entry of Japanese Into Ecuador. El Telegrafo, Guayaquil—The in- formation comes to telegraph 50,000 Japanese for transportation ave been a ative country uth America g which de n of our very few ves- will leave to come the ent, though, as contingents members here. of this first and Argentina, ries on the 1 influx into doubled. an the rate of nation is coi rather lin plication, for one by one many of ports of the world have been closed to Japanese immigration. British colonies in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada now exclude the Japane entirely. The United States first n prohibited under a “gent ment,” further ingress More recent r embargoes have extended to the v Union and to the Latin American countries of the Pacific Coast. There are at present 100,000 Jap- anese in Brazil, distributed among the states of Sao Paulo, Parana, Matto Grosso and Minas Geraes, and em- ployed mainly in the cultivation of coffee, cotton, sugar and rice. Argen- tina probably has the next largest number of Japanese within her terri- tories, and is to receive larger pro- portionate allotments in these annual incursions, for a time, at least. The Japanese are generally industrious, fru- gal and law-abiding people, and cause little, if any, trouble when transported to new fiel However, they are & race of a different color, religion and temperament from most of the people comprising western civilization, and do This is what he had to say in part at Biloxi: “The consumption of products taken care of automatically as soon as the masses of the people have money to spend. Good wages precede saturation. Thousands of people are yet without the small comforts of life which to those who can afford them are considered | necessities. Sound econcmics demands a more even distribution of the good things of life. Work is cne of great blessings of mankind. but should not be drudgery. With the es- tablishment of shorter hours with fair wages, all men should be in a position at the end 3f their working day to en- joy their share of recreation. A proper balance will maintain prosperity.” 1s | the are they would be well to their limited ent * % % % Pledging Pawn Tickets In Other Names Misleading. {on.—The South- ates have learned of vears old. was uspected per- lawfully being 34 pawn tickets "tective as fessional ere stated to uc of $400 t names He said his business was to buy un- I from pawnbrokers at_a profit and He added that 2 Hatton-garden of pounds’ worth of i ts on them. dismissing the charge. the chair- 1 of the magistrates said the police amply justified in taking the ste cid, but he would inform How the articles in other 1 Quantrill Last Civil War Reunion Quantri] Des M Tribune-Capital. men have held their last he fiercest and most feared aiders the Civil War ented by only re too feeble to keep annual meetings. This band-of M guerrillas that for years tern Kansas in terror and that the town of Lawrence in 1863 will do no more harm The Quantrill raiders would have been pretty well forgotten by now, ex- cept that some of them formed later the nucleus of the James-Younger band of bank and train robbers. The excuse of their friends was that because of the irregularity and cruelty cf their warfare they were unabie to surrender safely, as other Confederate soldiers, and thus were driven to a continuance of out- lawry. Frank James, in fact, sponsored the first Quantrill reunion in 1898. The reminiscences of these yearly meetings. if they had been recorded, doubtless would have made a colorful. but often blood-curdling, chapterof American his- tory. But neither the story of the war | raiders nor that of the bank and train robbers ever will be told in full. Some of those who knew most met violent deaths; others had excellent reasons | for_concealing their knowledge. Now the last roll has been called, and Quantrill's men have disappeared into the shadows. They gave violence to an age that demanded violence, yet most of them lived to prove that they loved peace more than war, sobriety and hon- esty more than crime. - Moth Balls Roll Out. From the Columbia (S. C.) State. That strong but peculiar scent float- ing over the State is merely the aroma ! of moth balls that rolled out of thou- sands of blankets taken out of storage for the cool week end. arvivors, and these - Short Week for Congress. vom the Yakima Daily Republic ‘We are not sure whether the six-hour day and the five-day week would work or not. We would be willing to_have them tried out in an experimental way on Congress when it meets this Winteny