Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1931, Page 8

THE i WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY. ... .September 18, 1931 EVENING STAR Edition. e THEODORE W. NOYES. .. . Editor Rate by Cartier Within the City. N 45¢ per month Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. y and Si yr.. $10.00: 1 mo., r., $6.00: 1 mo.; Bl e All Other States and Canada. w fif’ Sunday. 44 $12. mt jay only T 3400 1 mo., Member of the Associated Press. ¢ The Atsociated Press is exclusively & ighe ‘gl‘...fl::n T u?tlt‘:unn of all - i s Weels Frpzen Assets. ?lln rl‘“ i i lnel ne 1 Bevein e iso. aserv The amount of “frozen assets” in the Dnited States today, some “irozen” vol- * untarily and others involuntarily, is enormous. These frozen assets are 2 eontributing factor to the doldrums in Wwhiéh business and industry find them- selves, with accompanying unemploy- ment 6f labor. 'The administration, it 18 reported, is sesking to find some way in which at least part of these frozen fssets may again become liquid. Esti- mates have been made that $1,500,000,- 000 is tiéd up in deposits mn closed banks, that anotber $1,500,000,000 may be in frozen real estate assets and 800,000,000 is out of circulation becluu! ot private hoarding. If this money could Be brought again into circulation it; would in large measure give relief ho(h' to individuals and to business. The officials of the administration, in co-operation with the Federal Re- gerve Board and its advisory council, are seeking some avenue of approach, fome means of loosening the log Jam which ties up:this vast sum of money. A Nation-wide movement among the member banks of ‘the Federal Reserve 5 | e profifvition. 'This, they sdy, does not quelify him for the nomination, but tends to- weaken him. But now Gov. Ritchie confounds this argument. He has taken, more- over, & stand in direct oppesition on the power issue to that assumed by Gov. Rooseveit. There is not the slightest doubt that power and publie utility interests are strongly opposed to the nomination of Gov. Roosevelt for Presideént, but it is equally true that many of these interests have not been able to se¢ how the New York Governor can be headed off. Gov. Ritchie in his speech yesterday suggested that some of those who are discussing the power lssue “so passion- ately” at this time aré¢ anxious to keep it before the public in place of the prohibition jssue. He charged that some of them are anxious to use it as a smoke screen with which they hope to hide other fssues, ineludifig prohibis tion, “about which they may not think it politically wise to speak so beldly.” Here, il a word, is the line of attack upon Gov. Roosevelt developing in that section of the Denfocratic party. which is wiinging wet. The New York Gov- ernor has been accused of seeking to curry faver ‘with Democrats of the South and West by soft-pedaling the liguor quéstion. Certainly he has so far received strong backing in both of those sections of the country. With the partisans of various candi- dates for the presidential nomination réady to hurl the prohibition issue and the water-power issue into the next national convention, the Democrats must watch their atep if they are to avoid a repetition of the 1924 Madison Square Garden performance. - r—v— The Moratorium and After. Financlers believe in taking time by the forelock. 1t is in the natural course of events that they should already, many months before its expiration date, be considering what is going to happen when the “Hoover year’ comes to an end on July 1, 1932, There are cir- cumstantial reports that the President has recently been urged by the Advisory Councll of the Federal Reserve Board, a committee of private bankers, to ex- tend the German and intergovernmental moratorium. On White House authori- ty it is asserted that Mr. Hoover has determined, for the present at least, to make no new proposals along the lines indicated. He is sald to hold such ac- THE By ‘Washington situation and my observa. tions indicate generally that such ad- Justments probably do not exist, or, at best, should be verified.” A But, on taking the stand as an ex- pert witness for the gas company, peti- tloning for higher pressurés, Mr. Peck said that three to ten inclies would be satisfactory. It required the legal mind of & bright lawyer to sec a way out of the dilemma. “Mr. Peck, are you an expert on §as pressures?” “No, sir.” “That is all.” And Mr. Peck left the stand. All of this s relatively unimportant, except as a commentary upon the duties involved in serving two. masters. - Thé importance of this case exténds above and beyond Mr. Peck's status as an expert. It lies in whether the gas company s pursuing a policy of skimp- ing on necessary plant improveménts in order to pay tribute demanded from Chicago and whether increasing gas pressure is an expedient to save money, not for local consumers, but for the profit-taking owners, —— -t o ] | The Conquering Hero Coming Home. Tear up the telephone books, save the old ticker tafre, collect all the scraps of discarded corréspondence! They will be needed in a very few days, to be scattered down upon A traveler from abroad newly come to New York City. He s not altogether a stranger there. Indeed, he is a native son of Man- hattan. Indeed, again, he is the mayor of New York. He has been taking a “hard earned rest” in Europe, having spent fully four months at his desk , since the last preceding vacation, which took him to California. New York can certainly do no less than give him the reception due to a conquering hero, for that has been precisely his role during the past six weeks or so on the other side of the Atlantic. . Germany, Austria, PFrance and England have hailed him and wassailed him, have wined him and dined him, have cheered him and beered him, have feted him and medaled him, have sung to him | and orated to him. The least New York jean do on his return is to dump a few tons of ticker tape and telephone books upon his sleek poll. His tour has been a triumph, marred by only one misadventure. That was his fail- ure to meet up with Mahatma Gandhi in London. Mayor Jimmy tried his | System and ‘other banks to DriNg gion at this time to be premature andipest to see the sage of India, but he about co-operation with the receivers of closed banks is said to be under way. The hope is expressed that it will be possible to advance to the re- | not designed to accelerate European recovery. The President'’s hesitation appears to be based primarily on the conviction that further economic er- rangements must be preceded by po- litical readjustments, especially in the relations between France and Germany. Before the League of Nations As- " | sembly at Geneva last week, German E depositors mot only would be vene- | through & greater period of time ! i tion and from business activity. this money could be employed in in- dustry again, the unemployment prob- lem would vanish quickly. Lack of eonfidence plus overproduction 'in Tecent years has been responsible in large part for the “freesing” of these assets. That they can emerge from their hiding places is readily discernible be- eause of the oversubscription of the new | issues of Government securities when- | ever Mr. Mellon puts them forward. ————r—e—————— Caution as well as speed is beimg studied in aviation which, though de-| scribed as “in its infancy,” is not to be| encouraged in regarding an airplane as| & play toy for reckless youth. ————rmt—— Ritchie-Power-Roosevelt. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland $as the courage of his convictions. In an address before the Public Utilities Law Section of the American Bar Asso- cistion, at Atlantic City, Gov. Ritchie took a strong stand .in opposition to Government ownership and operation of power plants and the distribution of power and electricity. He took the posi- tion nothwithstanding the fact that|revision downwards, can safely be put many leading De:rocrats in many States | down are urging that “power” be made a leading issue in the coming national campaign and that the Democratic Party range itself nationally on the side | necessarily indicate intentions to par- Foreign Minister Curtius blurted out that there would be no resumption of reparation payments next year. He was just too busy to find the Hindu patriot at a time when Gandhi himself was not girding up his loin cloth and throwing his sari over his shoulder and making calls himself. It would have been extremely interesting to have a picture, preferably a motion picture, of an encounter between the best dressed man of America and the least dressed man of the Old World. et Some of the far, nmorthern nations | discussion bound to ensue on Capitol |the desirability, States’ standpoint, of permanent re- argued from the premise that the|think that adventurous explorers should Reich's creditors, having given her ®|pe required to supply a financial guar- twelve months' breathing space, would | antee to indemnify relief expeditions. recognize the necessity of prolonging | Rescuers are heroes also, who may it indefinitely. The wisdom of such A | e excused for hesitation about bearing prognostication may be questioned, but | most of the expense while the recipients it is almost inescapable that world {of their attentions get all the glory. statesmen will be called upon to‘con- —— sider the international financial situa-| A call by this country of & parley tion anew in the light of the “Hoover [to revive trade will, it is understood, year's” results. meet with world-wide welcome, Uncle Since the moratorium was proclaimed, Sam being perhaps somewhat in the po- British finances have turned out to be | sition of the affable onlooker who might, almost as precarious as those of Ger- [if he could be persuaded to buy chips, many were three months ago. National | help to revive a languishing poker game. treasuries everywhere, including our IR A 1 T opulent own, have grave budget diffi- Interruption of & routine of living is culties to surmount. Economic rehabili- | sometimes regarded by physicians as tation should.be definitely on the march | unfavorable to & patient. This may be by Midsummer of 1932, but whether it |Why Jimmy Walker, while seeking will have advanced to a point justifying | Nealth abroad, has not been required to | the resumption of pre-moratorium con- | abandon his customary program of late ditions in Europe 5 & problem about | hours and after-dinner speeches. which_it would be extremely hazardous RS i1 e S PR 10 risk & guess. ¥ SHOOTING STARS. American public sentiment on the question is likely to crystallize during the coming Winter when the country's attention will be drawn to congres- 3 sional debates over moratorium rati- | Dreamin’ through the uytm?, floation. President Hoover assured| AS the minutes alip along; bimself in advance that the assent of | MAKIn' life & piaytime House and Senate will not be with-[ AD' 8 story an’ & SOAE. held. In the course of tracted Hear that rooster’s crow ascend e co of the protrac 'As day begins to peep! Get up an' get busy, friend, An' don't you oversleep. Leafin’ up the highway visionary measures. An’ loafin' down the lane; One thing is certain—the early and | Loafin’ in the byway persistently held theory in Washing- Far away from toil an’ pain. ton that reparations and war debts are An't you got no chores to tend, unrelated issues is scrapped. It went No promises to keep? to the refuse heap the day the Get up an’ get busy, friend, “Hoover yea was launched. The An’ don't you oversieep. American people cannot long refrain from making up their collective mind whether, if Germany's reparation creditors determine to grant her a more extended period of grace, Europe’s| creditor—the . United States—will not have to be correspondingly patient and generous. Some kind of a new deal on debts, either continued postponement | of payments or semi-cancellation by BY PHILANDER JOHNBON. Daydreaming. Hill, opinion will manifest itself as to from the United An Experienced Subject. “Do you fear & censorship?” “No,” replied Senator S8orghum. “I'm used to it. I've worked for years under campaign managers who rigidly super- vised everything -I had to say.” Darwin Disputed. “Do you believe in the survival of the fittest?” “No," replied Miss Cayenne. “When several men call on the same eveming, the greatest bore is always the last to g0 home.” ¥rom Relaxation to Labor. as inevitable. 3 e 1t is made clear by Gandhi that an { irreducible minimum of attire does not ticipate in a ballet or a beauty contest. ot Government operation “if it be neces- sary.” Notwithstanding the fact that| Gov. Ritchie is quoted as declaring that | his remarks were not intended specifi-| cally as an attack upon Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York and the New Yorker's position on the power question, they Wwill ‘be generally so interpreted. Purthermore, it appears that there may be wide divergence of opinion among | the Democrats over this power issue when the Democratic National Conven- tion assembles next year to pick candl- dates and to draft a party platform. Gav, Ritchie is & contender for the presidential nomination of his party. S0 1 the Governor of New York. In- deed, the claim has besn made recent- 1y that the seléction of a Democratic nominee for President practically has heen settled and that the choice will be Roosevelt. 8o far, although he is an opponent of the eighteenth amend- ment and the Volstead act, Gov. Roose- ‘velt has indicated that the campaign next year should be waged over eco- nomic issues, including theé tariff, tax- ation, unemployment reliel and par- ticularly water power. The Governor of Maryland for years has been a de- terminéd’ assallant of the eighteenth smendment (ind a defender of States' |xights. 1t hasz ‘beeh charged by those | Democrats who “do_not fancy Gov. Ritchie for the nomination presidential he stands for just one thing in the mrh.-w to national ‘ The world was once & blissful place, A garden for the human race. The world is one great workshop now, S0 toll the best that you know how, A e Gas Family Troubles. The gas company and its engineer, Bert H. Peck, really” chose the graceful way cut of what was becoming a most embarrassing situation regarding the | correct thing to fay about gas pres- |sures. Gas pressures long since have Cynically Defined. “Pather,” said the small boy, “what 1s & philosopher?” “A philosopher, my son, is usually a passed from the realm of tangibls fact:, | man who is trying to jolly himself into understood by the layman. Only ex-|the bellef that he is happy though perts can discuss gas pressures with & | poor.” fair amount of intelligence. f As the Public Utilities Commission's i chiel englneer, Mr. Peck last October had made a report that “the mcst .‘SIKLSIICI,DI')‘ pretsure from a consumer's { standpoint 15 undoubtedly from 4 to & inches of water. This gives him rea- sonably rapid service and also gives him the maximum burner em:lgncs“.‘" Bven give’ Rim grestings béexty, Later, in his report of Pebruary ¢,| But—Hand it to him right! 1931, Mr. Peck stated, “These con-|If you find it is your duty siderations lead me to the opinjon | To condemn a man for crime, (hat ecity-wide pressure limitations | Speak in phrase of simple beauty. within a range of three inches minil-| Save your temper and your time. mum to eight or nine inches maximum | Do not add & single wrinkle will better serve the consumers than| To your brow as time takes flight. the two-inch to six-inch limitations Give your eyes s genial twinkle; which are now required, even if such| But—Hand it to him right! limitations were observed by the dis- s tributing companies. This statement is| “Whut makes some of de trouble," predicated upon the assumption that!sald Uncle Eben, “is dat a man's Nable consumers’ appliances are properly nd- iva git mo’ neighborly applause foh win- justed to the general pressure condi-' nin’ six hits in a craps game dan foh tions prevailing in their respective dis- esrnin’ two dollars by de same tribution ardas. The history of the amount o Uma” w 4 Diplomacy. "Might as well be kind and gentle In the things you do or sy, Even slightly sentimental, Till you have to change your way. When you catch a shifty party, Speak to him in tones polite, ‘fir‘-smnm day the ‘was summoned to attend BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ~ be kmwm many vomnu it one 18] A E‘ém—tfit enough in books to want to own one's own. , of course. Tt So much is necessary, 1s scarcely possible to write in borrowed books, and writing is rather essential in keeping a diary. It will be a diary of moods. The way it is done is this: Always write your name, and date, in your new books. If in another city or courftry, put that own. A o If with a friend, note that down. Put in any small comment thft the time and piace brings forth. 1f the s been discovered in a back hop At the seashore, make & In this way. in the course of time, one's books will harbor a large amount of interesting data. N We were privileged recently to look over the hon:x:o iibary of & much-trav- eled Washingtonian. He had treated his books in this fash- jon for many years, and glances at th first pages revealed much interesting matter. ‘And if these formerly blank pages, before the title pages, intrigued a wan- dering fancy, it can be imagined that they meant & great deal more to their % Phis gentleman had the advantage of being a large traveler. This fact, of course, added an immense amount of interest to his library. He had books purchased in London, Paris, Berlin, Budapest, and many other European cities. Some of these were in English, more of them in the languages peculiar to their places of printing. He always found it easy to purchase something by Mark Twain, he said, al- most any place he went. Several of the books were his own favorites among classic European authors. R He read the languages indifferently, It was & pleasure mere- te them, he asserted. to be a genuine book- Jover, fo appreciate that, but it is true enough, as far as it goes. Any one who Tas enjoyed Emile Zola's “L’Assommoir” in an glish translation would appre- ciate being the owner of a copy of it in the original French, even if he could not read it. ing the books. 1y to contempla Novw, one has well as any book he has for the pur- poses of notation. When he opens the covers snd looks into the volume, the first thing that strikes his eye is the name of the hotel in Paris where he stayed. It was his first experience with a Prench hotel, and those who have trav- eled the most say that there is no other which ‘looms quite as large in memory. 1t must not be thought that this book- lover purchased -books merely for the pleasure of writing in them. With him 1t was an entirely unconsclous process until he had been doing it for many years. Thus he had the advantage, perhaps, of those who, hearing of his idea, might attempt to emulate it. It seems to come natural to some booklovers, and it is these who get the most out of the habit. 1f one becomes too conscious sbout it, the entries will tend to become slightly artificial. That, however, is the any one must run in any matter of interest to humanity. ‘The gentleman about whose books we | have written began his entries in his boyhood books, and was fortunate enough to keep most of them after maturity. He often spends an hour or 80 ruf over the pages of these old books to catch the queer writing of the boy that was. but that did not keep him from enjoy- | The Washingtonian's copy served as | How positive, he told us, those Boy- comments h@d were! et they were strangely correct, he went on, lack of ex- perience of their auf At that period of his life. He plainly showed, in talking about that boy of the past, that he felt rather | proud of h}m today. | Only a few of those scribbled com- | ments would be | most of these changes would y |in the form of lessened | upon matters of which there ¥ ::ally | no_proof, after all. It will be realized that mosi book- | lovers who insist on inscribing interest- | ing bits of data on the front blank | pages of their books also will be in- | terested in making comments on the | conténts of the books themselves. | Yet this is & habit which somehow | seems to lessén as the n-n&o by. { A young reader is a great deal more | likely to put itive agreements, or | disagreements, down in black and white, | a8 he reads along, than an older man |or woman who may have arrived at e | what has been called the age of dis- | cretion. The battle for truth goes on, just | the same as ever, but it must be Wi by the young bloods. That is the way | some of the oldsters feel, at dny rate. | * K k% | Another interesting thing which may | be done with books is to make them | nto a sort of extended and informal picture gallery. Almost every one has scores of snap- | pete: shots which ordinarily are permitted to lie around loose, or to huddie in an album where each picture, in a sense, detracts from every other pictute. What to do with the snapshots of the years, is A real problem for many, espe- | cially those who really would like to | preserve them, It seems peculiarly appropriate, there- | fore, to ‘paste ome photo on a front | blank page of a book, especially where | that volume has some connection or | other with the person in the picture, * % ok % This method of handling random snapshots gives a small pleture an in- dividuality which it ¢annot possess when it is one of & heap. Ordinarily, one of the most unsatis- factory experiences is in looking through an album, where half a dozen pictures on & call for inspection .:h each ~detracting from the other. If one's average snapshots are getting in each other's way, all the time, one becomes used to the and they lose all the vividness which they possessed when first taken. ‘When they are put, oné by one, into one’s book, and those not re- ferred to every day, or every week, by |any means, such snapshots become | finds, when run into in selecting a book from the case. One is thinking of the book, not about | the possibility of discovering an old | snapshot in it, when he takes the vol- | ume out of the bookcase. ‘The sight of the picturs, therefore, comes as a complete surprise, in most cases, and the reader may m some moments eontemplating it, as if e Ty, L3 com- ments on margins and small photo- graphs pasted in, or even slipped be- tween the pages—these are three ways of i the interest and personal value of one's book treasures. It should not be necessary to state that this sort of work should be done vith the greatest neatness. wl love books enough to own their own will see to this. Many booklovers have dis- covered these methods for themselves, but to those who may have overlooked | them, we recommend them as pleasant ways of immensely to the pleas- ' ure nne gets from reading. | { WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC ‘With for the session, or dropping sniff of the political situation, piles up uu:““ depression will overtowering the moment the bell ri indications there will other. Hardy annuals like Muscle Shoals and bonus tion will be with us, but their chances for con- sideration are sliim. Without exception, no matter where they come from— town or country, east or west, north or south—Representatives and Sena- tors sing the same doleful song. In- sistence Wi must do something is universal and non-par- tisan. Par unanimity, unfortunate- ly, exists on just what should or can be done. On that score Congress will ring with almost &s many schemes and panaceas as there are members to brain- wave them., The als appear to be set for bringing the Hoover administra- tion under attack on one count—for concentrating on mere alleviation of distress instead of simultaneously or- iginating plans for averting it in evidence be the . On present ly be future. In other words, the President |51 is going to be panned for directing Dr. Gifford to apply a poultice to Uncle Sam's afling body without thought of & remedy to prevent the malady, * ¥ ¥ Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Governor of Porto Rico, has arrived at New York en route to the American Legion Con- vention in Detroit. bu! holed “young WILLIAM WILE. {ler who'd suddenly fallen ill. As the doctor u‘:ad thrmmtno ‘!’:flu Toom e on Capitol Hill from | tor any | prompted hibition, | you course, president of Lord & was a tableau when “Doctor, 're dent of 'zgu Un.lhg ‘When Mrs. Hoover recently visited the restored President James Monroe law office in Predericksburg, Va., was reeznd by the attendant, a Vir- ginia belle, who failed to recognize the unnlumlu‘ First Lady of the Land Observing . Hoover's interest in the personal fons of the fifth Presi- dent, hearing her say to a com- panion that a certain piece of furniture | resembled relic of the Monroe asked: * you live With a twinkle in her eye, Mrs. Hoover replied: “Yes, we're there tem- | porarily, just as the Monroes were.” In case anybody has forgotten, Monroe was President for two terms. X % X William R. Castle, jr., Undersecretary of State, is indulging at Hot Springs, Va. in his first vacation since he be- came Secretary Stimson’s next i com- " There Lasker ejaculated: , he's Viee Presi- tates!” * % ed | mand last Spring. Before, during and after the moratorium business “Bill” weathered single-handed about the most hie | strenuous season of work that has be- over, Gov. A to Department recommendations just made in his annual report on Porto Rican conditions. Tk X l;'xna h.d'v';.‘ making whoopee in New impersonating Mark Sullivan, falr-hairéd boy among the White House scribes and star boarder on the Rapidan. Mark has just sent the New York Herald Tribune the fol- lowing letter: “Will you permit me the use of enough space to express my regret at not being able to live up to glamorous expectations created about me by & young man who apparently has been generous enough to tempo- rarily confer my unworthy name upon his own much more attractive personality? That the youth has enviable charm is suggesfed by the letters coming to me from young Iadies, who express appreciation of agreeable Summer experiences, coupled L:elll’«lh gracious willingness to repeat o “The young ladies whose romantic nat have been stirred by the ambulant and temporary bor- rower of my name can relieve them- as & family, and was 57 years old on ber 10. “To the young lady who works in s Hampshire County bank and sug- » vacation week of exhilaration the White Mountains when the Fahouid e especialy to sxirece my 8| Tegret that the only dhtes I am Just now akle to permit myself are with an osteopath (male), who has under- taken to correct a tendency. to senile lumbago.” - * ok ok X Vice President Curtis, who is back in 'llh‘a‘” at cabinet meet- TeSently ' pusst tn 1 Chicast. home of his crony, Albert D. Lasker, advertis- and former 8 Board fallen any State artment higher-up since the World War.” Castle made notably successful use of the chance to do his stuff, and it is an open secret that although he was already high in White House graces, he signally enhanced his that quarter. , AR Eight Government cfficials, includ! two United Btates Senators (Walcott o Connecticut and Norbeck of South Dakota) and one member of the House, Representative Carter of California, are bubbling with enthusiasm over their Summer farthest North. The others were Henry O'Malley, commissioner of fishcries; Asistant Attorney Generals Charles P. Sisson and Charles B. Rugg: Paul Redington, chief of the Biological Survey, and Carl Shoemaker, secretary to the Senate Commiitee on Wild Life Resources. The perty left Seattle on June 28 on mmissioner O’Malley's inspection ship, U. §. 8. Penguin. Put- ting in at Metlakatla, Alaska, the way- farers proceeded in turn to Ketchikan, Anan Creek, Juneau, Western Alaska, Bristol Bay, the Pribilof Islands, Wal- rus Island, Unalaska, Kenai Penin- sula and McKinley Park. At Anan Creek they saw something to make & fisher- man’s mouth “counting weirs” which the Bureau of Pisheries maintains in Alaske under the White law, providing that there shall be a 50 per cent escapement to spawning beds. Sctme 350,000 fish were ing themselves in the first 115 es of river at the time, At the Pribilof Islands the Wi g-dumswluf:umhnuh. nators Walcott and Norbeck went ic Alaska to brush up on wild life re- sources. Messrs. Sisson and Rugg want- ed to it of (Coprright. 1031 Rehearsal. Prom the Goshen Dally News-Times. £ ball team is Sing ll‘l.(‘l iR out for m-m how to gnt p.u-'..l: .'tllll‘l'l: The Only Contented Ones. Prem the Gmate Brasing werkd-Nenid P, o S 4 changed today, and | fol "8y | Becound 18, 1931 Wi my and order as main- t this the fountain-head of the In lurid head fuined Nation's laws. 1 adlines 1 have read of erimes within the city’s ANSWERS TO QUESTI¢ BY FREDERIC 7, HASKIN, you need to know? Is there t about your business - uulmmtpu’uu . PO- | eric J. E:' FN institutions—j stations and Gallinger Hospital. ‘The Wickersham Commission’s report lashed, with s words of no un- certain meaning, e "tmrd-flaru" ctices of police and named Wa ington. Claims and counterclal s usual in all cases of gen- eralities. But the Washington newspa- pers came out with two specific cases of alleged fiendish atrocities, committed, not in dark alleys by gangiand's grow- ing cohorts, but under roofs of city in- stitutions. A" World War veteran while & pa- tient at Galling Hospital is beaten, “Attacked in Declares.” “On Hearing Tale of Hor- ror” the grand jury was ordered to probe. Later we read, “Gallinger Gets Jury's Praise.” ‘What seem to be the facts? A World War veteran was sent to Gallinger for treatmeént for illness. He seems not to have been satisfled with his tréatment and wanted to leave the hospital. He wasn't allowed to. leave, but was put in the “strong room” of the thic department. Presumably be placed in such a depart- ment only after a doctor had diagnosed him as & mental case. It seems the doctor, or doctors, made a_mistake. The vet was the wrong man. But there was a proper subject for that psycho- pathic ward left unrestrained because of those doctors'—dare I say--incom- nce? In’' “a maniacal rage” this patient beat up our vet, “and it was ted out in the grand jury's report hat these incidents will happen in an institution of this kind.” May I be permitted to ask “What kind”? One criminally, carelessly con- ducted at great expense to the tax- payers? L ‘Words of commendation for Gallinger seem to end the episode of the beat- ing-up of a Harvard-graduate-and- ‘World-War-veteran patient who, in ill- ness, entered a dangeér zone unwittingly. What magical powers for muddying waters and producing confusion in tg;lnkin: so-called psychiatrists seem to vel Note the difference in cases. Tt is alleged another man is beaten-~this time in a police station. It was alleged he was suspected of robbery. News- res show marks of brutality the vet's and the sus- pect’s. The { suspect, untainted with psychiatrists’ muddling and jargon, arouses public indignation, which grows and grows day x‘dny until the newspapers men- tion President of the United States and the Department of Justice of the United States as concerned about an investigation. Soon other cases are cited, and Gallinger's name appears as having received some “third-degree” victims. e If the suspect’s case cannot be|p, trusted to regular procedure in regular jod | trols. ter—one of the many ihas channels, are we satisfled that our vet got a fair deal when his case went through this now superseded or aug- mented legal course? W1l not some of | da; national uplift, rescue or Jjoin me in asking for.a rehearing of the case of World War Veteran J. E. Jaffee? ZOE T. the city or aid societies Gar Wood’s Tactics Were Not Unsportsmanlike To the Editor of The Star: I am sorry it is necessary for me to take issue w. ' your editorial of Sep- tember 10, in ‘hich you condemn Gar Wood for wha -ou state are unsporfs- ?‘m‘;’fi“ lubgt'rnt'im!ep'tlemm 7. i y race in 5 1 do not feel that it is quite fair to convict & man wl reputation for mfl sportsmanship has stood the acid over a long period of years. Gar Wood, without question, has done more to_promote epeedboat racing than any other in this country and has ‘ard, Bleeding Patient | M. Washington, D. C. in coln or stamps for return postage. If a base ball W forfeited is the score?—P. @ o clared by the umpire the score shall be 9-0 in favor of zmmmn%n Q. Is is true that President Roose- "nt"f: an unusually rapid reader?— A It was sald of Presi- dent, Rmnlm g had & photo- Ea (e contenta”of an entire mp‘n of & book. Q. What in Wilmington, Del? A. ld (Holy Trinity), built of brick in 1608. Q. Please & short of Ph B A g A. Paul Robeson, colored zl. botn at Princeton, N. J., w 9, 1898 B. A, Rutgers University, 1910; LL. B, Colum. bia University, 1033. He has in “Emperor Jones,” “All God's By b London. B4 sppesred-in e ), Alph: appa, Cap ) s Phi” Alpha l;nm and Alpha, . Actors’ nquny‘fle Q. In peeling peaches in is 'uavor and food value mp-m?f—!.. A. The use of lye solution for ing peaches does not impair the or food value of the peaches, Q. How is Hawail pronounced?— E Y. W "A. Either “hah-vy-ee” of “hah- Q. what A, the Q. Who was known as thé “Pather of Ridicule”?—E. M. C. Rabeiais. . Please give some the gl ST R A." The school is Opseated by w! Corporation at Wings Pleld, uz’f th nut Hill. The school started as an periment last October and now has students ranging in age from 14 o years. Q. What is & “life-lock”?—R. J. A. It 18 & new device which enables the driver to have absolute control over the rear door locks, preventing children in the tonneau from opening the doors. qéwm: was Ann Hathaway?—E. A. She was the wife of Shakespeare. { The marriage took place when he betwesn 18 and 19 and about eight years older. hter of & farmer in - | Herman Lauter and Sam Skia: M| 110 to 18. Q. How many fish are it in Yellowstone National Park?—E. A. ers have taken 64, this season from the lakes and streams ?:’sheup:lrsk. For z“h:hm period in , 54,4 ‘were caught, while in 1920 the figure was 27,500. Q. How many people have won the Gregg diamond medal?—T. B. N. A. Since this award was inl\flrl“ in 1924 it has been won fol- lowing writers, writing at 200 words & minute on solid, literary matter, with better: Schne! Helen W. Evans; 1929, J. E. Broadwater, T. A. 1930, Pearl Hough; 1931, Estelle rew. Q. How old s the idea of the steam engine?—N. B. A. Hero of Alexandria in 130 B.O. invented a rudimentary steam engine which embodied the same i) That employed In the modern tynae, Q. When is the national dairy ex- hibit?—A. M. A. The National Dairy Exposition will be held in St. Louis, Mo., October Q. What is ' Germany's tariff on wheat?—C. P. A. It is 162 a bushel. :nmt o; the olives raised Q. Where are n this country?—J. A..The olive industry is centralissd in Chlifornia, where s total of 20.000.- 000 tons of oiives was produced in 1930. Q. Which Indian trail was the long- est?—H. L. B. rom Chadtauau, K. o 1o Georpia, s 13 ua, N. Y., * the longest m-lw known. u‘i» Please describe the devil fish?-— A. Devil fish are hug‘ rays of the family Mantidae, which have a lozenge- shaped disk broader than long, the head free from the pectoral fins and provided with a pair of anterior and the tail long and pearl belief that it attacks and devours men after enve! them in its great ‘wing-like il ‘which reach & breadth 20 feet. It is common in 1 American waters and occurs the Atlant'c and Pacifis m'fl the United States. The name applies to_the and allied eight-armed 2: xmc .t is a tramp vessel?—J. E. P. one which picks up s cargo Wherever possible. King ’s Desire for Lower Pay Declared Good Public Policy of ST BB SR e mnm"gwbe umarn-n which is sure to have a on Britishers. It man spent hundreds of thousands of dollars | 50N8 Harmsworth hy to defend the against all foreign invaders. really desired for several years to with- draw from competition, but he has been urged to continue because there is no one else who would spend the time and money to defend the trophy. Gar is 50 years old, a man of very it wealth and has eve to live or, and he realizes, since mechanic, Orlin Johnson, has nearly been killed twice and after Ma). Segrave's death, he is taking his life in his hands every time he enters a race. Gar Wood realized after the first heat how difficult it was to follow in proved it turning over when it I feel it was remark- able driving on Wood’s part on Sep- tember 6, with a boat 10 feet shorter, : follow Miss England II without turn- over. ar has nothing to do with the con- His job is to handle the wheel, | and, on account of the noise from the ry to use signals johnson, who regulates the speed. Johnson shot the boat over the line Miss England II, hoping to ithin the five seccnds’ allowance, and did not know he missed until the officials waived his boat off the course with & red flag. It very often happens that the driver ts overanxious and 5 ge b goes over the line the gun. I had charge of & regatta about a month ago, wr:ero six out of nine boats in one race went over the line of the gun and were disqualified. This is a frequent occur- T ive Don hus sad. “‘ge."‘" perien b ex| ce in different kinds of racing and it was his | duty to-look out for lf. There were five balls on the official doc! indica the five minutes before the race, and as each dro; it indicated & minute less, and the dropping of the last ball indicated the start. Kaye Dan recelved the time from the official chronometer and had it indicated before him on a sto] reason for Wood in starting, and i ErL et b with only M America VIII to race against. ;o ‘Wood developed a very much faster boat for this race by placing super- chargers on his engines and he had every reason to believe he could win the race even though he did not develop hie tmumun Tevolutions in the frs eat. I note that Miss Carstairs, the Eng- lish girl, who witnessed this race -:u sup- from the public fun His ac- hfl::m. hw M" use = ggfiis ig s gilly § g H which could not possibly dispensed Secrge s himself ovliged evers eorge every year to supplement the money mniei“w Parliament with & portion of his pri- vate income.” “The tra) of monarchy.” de- clares the Omal Wofla-lculyd‘ “are al sentiment de- , Who or- it fl!sl ly very little personal luxury or comfort out of his revenus Like most men folks, he gets his tobacco, his toddy, the clothes he wears. the bed he sleeps in, the chair in which he sits by the fireside—and maintenance, overhead and . He probably has his moments of longing for the pleasures of simplicity.” “The Prince of Wales.” observes the Rockford Register-Republic, “has the income of the Duchy of Cornwall for his support, or about $350,000 a vear. He has informed the prime minister that he desires to donate $50,000 to the national exchequer. The lish royal family is a large one and high total of the civi' list. of York receives approximately $120,000 who has raced egainst Gar Wood twice, states that he cannot be blamed for disqualification of Miss 1 think, in justice he should be encouraged, rather than criticized, for the tremendous he done the sport of motorboat raciny until such time as there is actual proo; that he is not a good sportsman. W. A. ROGERS. ——or—s Peace and a Clean Slate. From the Pasadens Star-News. the world other war until they had complete] paid for the last one, all would be well. s Foolish Frankness. Prom the Toledo Blade. visitor said he saw a five- You'd think he would Danger Ahead. From the Ban Antonio Evening News. i e teels this criticism very keenly." thag | O a s er is given t IEE E.EEE%.%E O.hnrmmtforl e | 8 gt g k e 8. % : i Friend of Cats Asks Their Protection To the Editor of The Star: poor helpless -creatures when from poison is distressing, and move a heart of stone (which a r many have), when witnessed. eir value ‘as catchers of mice and rats is well known and generous credit ven them for their valuable serv- ices in killing the destructive rodants Dublin, Irish Free State, statement that it honors its cats, which there a are thousands, survey having shown that, were it his | for the feline rat catchers many te: ments would be uinhabitable, and from