Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1931, Page 8

A8 THE EVENING STAR { ‘With Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D. C. October 1, 1831 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th 8t. d Pennsy Ave. New York Office: 110 East nd St ghicaro Offce: Laie Michlcan Bulldine. | juropean Office. 14 Regent ., ndon, England. vania 42, arrier Within the City. | vening Star 43¢ per month | 60c per month | 65¢ per month The Suncay Star 3¢ yer ¢ Gollaction made at the end of each month. | §idere max be sent in by mail or telephone | Ational 5000, Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Virginia. iy and Sunday. $10.00: 1 mo., 85ic | iy onis ay oniy 17861000 1 m: | All Other States and Canada. 1 3400, 1 mo, 40c 7 and, Sunds $12.00: 1 mo. iy oriv " nday only .l ) 38,00 1 mo., 5.00: 1 mo. The Associated Pres 0 <he ure for republication of all news atches credited 10 it or not vrherwise ct n this paper and also local news published herein Al rizhts of t apecial dispaiches herein are $1.00 iy 1vr exclusively | reservea also Mr. MacDonald's Dilemma. 1 British politics, which ordinarily runs | In grooves and seldom violates tradi- | tions, is the world’s present-hour pr eminent example of topsy-turvydom Seldom, if ever, has such a chaotic situation prevailed as the one now per- turbing the mother of parliaments. On October 7 the Lords and Commons will be adjourned but, in making an| Announcement, to that effect Mr. Mac- Donald leaves the burning question of a general election suspended in mid- air. Ever since the prime midister saw King George earlier in the week re- porta have persisted that an election is imminent and would be held at the end of this month. In the House of Commons vesterday, where members hung with bated breath on the pre- mier's words, expectations on that score were doomed to remain ungrati- fled. - Mr. MacDonald has asked a hear- ing before his faithless constituents at | Seaham tomorrow night. He may ap- pease the country's anxious curiosity on that occasion. Meantime, no responsible statesman | was ever called upon to preside over so | anomalous a government. Mr. Mac- Donald is a minister without a party. He heads a cabinet of many and an- tagonistic views. It commands a coali- tion majority in Parliament, but it holds office without a mandate. It calls itself a national government of emer- gency, fashioned to meet & erisis and to function until it is surmounted. The dominant partner in the makeshift | regime, the Conservative party, con- | tends that the crisis will not and can- | not be surmounted except by the enact- | ment of a protective tariff. The junior | partner in Mr. MacDonald's disunited | household, the Liberal party, will not | countenance & tariff system. The prime minister and the handful of old-time Laborites who remain in the cabinet | with him are half tariff and half free | trade in their inclinations. Mr, Mac- Donald himself reveals a readiness to | lean toward protection. | The Baldwin Conservatives are pross- ing for a general election because they are convinced they can carry the coun- | try on that issue against a possible fusion of Liberal and Labor opposition. | Recent news from London suggests that the canny Lloyd George, conveniently | detached by illness from the recent polit- | ical upheaval, may regain his physi- | cal vigor at the psychological moment | when Liberalism and Labor are looking for & new leader to captain their com- bined forces against the tariff barons of Conservatism. King George, whose quiet upon the seething politics of his realm has been a notably steadying factor. is said to be anxious that, for the time being, the government should avoid an appeal to the country in a general elec- tion. The de-standardized gold pound sterling is described as requiring a period of recuperation, untroubled by the turmoil of a national campaign for the House of Commons. The King is | reported to have asked Mr. MacDonald | to carry on with his national govern- ment for an unfixed period, possibly for months to come. Politics being politics, even in a country as racked with economic vicis- | situdes as Britain now is, it may prove | impracticable for Mr. MacDonald to stabilize an abnormal situation indef- initely. Thirsting for power and vearn- | ing for the chance to repair the dam- | ages wrought by the late Socialist gov- ernment, the Conservatives are in little mood to prolong their banishment from mn earth they believe they are about to inherit. Yesterday's unemployment and dole- reduetion riots in London are designed to hasten the premier's decision on the subject of & general election. In " other times and countries an election has been found a useful method, of getting people’s excess energies out of their system, especially when the energies are of explosive nature. | | | | | | | influence | | | | ‘When FPrench statesmen arrived in Berlin, they found greetings so friend- ly and hospitalities so thoughtful that they now wonder how the temper of nations ever permitted & neighborhood ‘ quarrel to develop into far-reaching combat. ¥ v . Publicity has asserted new values, Aimee McPherson apparently refuses t> be downcast by family troubles. In fact, she rather appears to enjoy talk- ing about them. The Prevailing Wage Scale. The Commissioners' proclamation of » prevailing wage scale in the District should serve at least to bring a final test of the workability as well as the ! validity of the Davis-Bacon law, which | requires that the prevailing wage scale shall be paid by contractors on Gov- ernment work. The principle of that | law is & good one. It should serve to | prevent the importation of cheap labor { that competes on an unfair basis with | Jocal labor. It should serve to prevent unfair competition among the contrac- tors who bid on municipal projects. | It should serve to prevent the reduc- | tion of a standard of living that de- pends upon the payment of a standard | and recognized wage scale. Whether it will prove successful de- pends upon the court tests of the law ] oty :bmusly, become probable with i | ket | RO | The Britons at the present time are | i claim the advantage. the application of the prevalling wage schedule—as outlined—to bids. on municipal public works. On the advice of the Secretary of Labor, the Commissioners have adopted as the “prevailing ge scale” rates of pay that are substantially the union scale. The law provides for reference to the Secretary of Labor of questions aris- [ ¢{ the population, and this year 18 1o | life is ing as to what is the prevailing scale, and he will naturally be expected to back up his recommendation. In case an appeal is taken from his decision by some contractor the courts may have to scttle the questions whether, in the first place, he can be required to pay a “prevailing wage,” and, secondly, whether | that “prevailing wage" can be laid down | by the Secretary of Labor, regardless of the fact that Congress directed him to do it But the court tests of the law, if there are to be any. will come later. For the time being the Commissioners have re- moved a glaring inequality by stating the prevailing wage scale. Contractors competing for municipal works con- tracts may now base their bids on an established ,and agreed upon cost of labor, without facing the uncertainty of subsequent discovery that they are pa ing more or less than the “prevailing wage.” The action of the Commission ers is in line with the amendment to the Bacon-Davis law sought by the As- sociated General Contractors, who now demand that the Federal Goverrment state the “prevailing wage” when it in- { vites bids on public works. i s o The Southwest Market Deal. ‘The District Commissioners would do well to make a complete and frank ex- i planation of the various deals that are planned or have been made in connec- tion with acquisition of all the land needed for the Southwest Farmers' Mar- The taxpayers of the community, who are shouldering the major cost of this project, are entitled to know every- thing about it. And everything about it has not been explained. It is understood, for instance, that the Commissioners have contemplated accepting the use of some of the land in the area pending a final settlement on the purchase or condemnation cost of all the land. In other words, if the Commissioners are not able, under the appropriation, to buy all the land and develop it as specified by Con- gress, one of the owners has agreed to permit the District to use land and pay for it when Congress authorizes ad- ditional appropriations. As this amounts to & loan of money it is wrong. Under the circumstances that attended congressional appropria- tion for the southwest market site, it is peculiarly unfortunate that the Com- missioners should consider such action { the Commissioners cannot buy ail the land needed for this development which was not asked for by the tax- payers in the first place, their proper course would be to go back to Congress and in effect declare: “This is baby. You tell us what to do with it.” Work of grading some of the land for the site has already begun. Under what authority do ‘the Commissioners anticipate further appropriations® Why not wait until the cost of the whole business can be determined on the basis of what eventually must be paid for the land? = — Four Hundred Miles an Hour. The British are at it again, not content with the 379-mile-an-hour speed of their Schneider Cup racing plane, the ship that by its rare performance gave permanent possession of the famed trophy to England. conducted during the past week which resulted yesterday in Flight Lieut. G. H Stainferth pushing the record for the straightaway up to 408 miles an hour. The daring flyer made four successive laps of the three-kilo- meter co at Calshot, the best of which wes at the Tate of 415 miles an hour. It has long been the dream of fivers to reach the 400-mile-an-hcur mark and to England and its racing team must the credit for making it possible. supreme in the field of speed, in the air, on the land and in the water, and other nations must become imbued with the same spirit if they ever hope to offer serious ccmpetition. A Chief Justice is carefully shielded from the temporary influence of popu- lar opinion. Like many other great men, Roger Taney was dependent on | posterity to accord his name the full share of honor that was its due. = U The World Series. The 1931 base ball classic gets under way today with Connie Mack's sensa- tional Athletics tackling “Gabby” Street’s St. Louis Cardinals for the right to be acclaimed world champions. The Philadelphia team. composed of sea- son“d. veterans and flashy rookies, is | predicted by most experts to emerge the winner, but nothing is more uncertain than base ball, as has be*n proved many | times before, and the 1931 St. Louis ag- gregation may prove to be the team to upset all calculations. Connie Mack is trying for his third cons:cutive world championship, a feat that has never before been accomplished, and it is on this fact that St. Louis sup- porters are counting to turn the tables for the representatives of the Middle Western metropolis. Each team has its recognized stars. names known to all fandom, and each team this year possesses the leading batter of the respective circuits. Sim- mons of the Athletics leads the Ameri- can League and Hafey of the Cardinals the senior loop. The Mack men &re conceded thorough pitching superiority. In Grove and Earnshaw. both of whom beat the St. Louisians last year in the | world series, Philadelphia can call into action two of the best pitchers in base ball, and not only that but the schedule is so arranged that these two could pitch the entire series if necessary. St. Louis has an imposing staff of twirlers, but none who can compare individually with either of the Athletics’ stars. Haines, who is Street’s pitching star, is out of the series with a lame arm. In defensive play the Cardinals can With Adams or High, Prisch, Bottomley and Gelbert they present a tight infield and one that is likely to cut off many potential Philadelphia hits. Defensively the out- fields are about on a par. aithough the slugging Simmons ix likely to give the Athletics an advantage in batting. your | Tests have been | new world's | . ;] THE EVENING Philadelphia is superior in the catching department because of Mickey Coch- rane’s sensational work during the past few years. In any event. it should be a great series, and the forty thousand or more fans who witness today’s game are eager {scale. Disputes may be expected as to[#or the thrills of championship base ! whether this is, in reality, the prevailing | ball. ‘The national pastime never seems to lose its lure for a large percentage exception. , Besides those fortunate enough to be inside the park, millions will be listening to play-by-play radio reports. Base ball for the year will soon be over, but it always goes out in A& manner to whet the appetite for the opening of the next season, e ing About Car Titles. ! Another Warn it necessary to warn motorists of the results of procrastination in regard to the titling of their cars, { months remain before the year, and in that time more than ninety thousand motorists must secure their titles or they will find themselves without 1932 license tags. Applications are coming in at the rate of only seven hundred a day. It can readily be seen that this number must be almost dou- bled to get every one in under the wire before the new year begins. Whether Washington motorists are greater procrastinators than those in other localities is a question, but it {is certain that procrastination in this | respect will force many automobile | owners to lose the use of their cars for an undetermined period while the harassed stafl of clerks at the Traffic Bureau strives to keep pace with the last-minute volume of business. The Natlonal Capital has had many similar nection with the buying of tags, and the Commissioners have been lenient in glving the late comers some extension of time. In this case, however, there about it. states very clearly that no car shall be driven on the streets of Washington without & title of ownership after January 1, 1932, So it is up to the motorists to look out for themselves. With the continued { ableness of the Jaw and its value to the motorists in protecting them from buy- ing stolen cars, little sympathy will be extended to those who are without titles | Everything has been done that can be done by District officials to make it con- venient and easy to secure the proper registration. | hand to serve the needs of motorists. It is distinctly up to them, therefore, | that have been provided. ) | Wage earners are advised to refrain | from excessive economy, but to promote | the business activity which their earnings must depend, by buying | promptly according to their needs. Ben Franklin was a philosopher pledged to thrift, but it was the kind of thrift that prepares for a rainy day such as has been threatening in financial skies. on s ———— In some of the old-time mountain feuds there were traces of chivalry in- volving family honor. The frays of to the most sordid significance of which it is capable. Only an uncompromising worshiper of the late William Jennings Bryan would Tefer to England’s revision of the mone- tary standard as a decision that man- kind shall not be crucified upon a cross | of gold. Thre fighting spirit is never entirely cooled. When the world veterans laid down the usual weapons of war, they picked up the bung starter. Resentment is widely expressed at Dr. Clarence True Wilson's assumption that overseas men insisted on remaining “half seas over.” Demand for cotton is still sufficient to cause anxiety when there is not enough labor available to bring in the crop. e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Fierce Unrealities. There are troubles that leave us to sigh with relief And be glad that at last they are through. They are better by far than the per- manent grief Of the trouble that never comes true. There’s rest for the weary in toil or in fight When a genuine {ll comes to view: But there's dire apprehension by day and by night Of the trouble that never comes true. In humanity's struggle T'll welcome my share, Only asking, ‘as hope smiles anew, That my hcut may be free from the shedowy care Of the trouble that never comes true. Free Speech. “You have the right to give your opinions freely.” “Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum. “But there are occasions on which I'd rather be paid for them by a publisher.” Jud Tunkins says after studying a plcture of Justice he decided the lady ought to take off the blindfold and keep her eves on the scales. Substance and Shadow. The skies are full of beauty rare: ‘Through forest scenes the songbirds flit, And all the world is wondrous fair— And yet I scarcely notice it! Yet when art strives to imitate Yhe glories freely strewn abroad, I go with patience all sedate And pay and marvel and applaud. Fostering Talent. “Isn’t your boy Josh a help to you “Not much.” admitted Farmer Corn- tossel. “He's too artistic. He says puttin’ his hand to the plow is liable to spoil his tachnique on the ukulele The Real Work. Life's achievements we speedily reach. With the statesman ‘tis notably true. It takes him three hours to deliver a spe=ch, He can vote in a “If everybody tol Uncle Eben, “dar wouldn't be enough people on speakin' terms to make any conversation whatever.” = N Again the Traffic Bureau has found Only three ! the first of | experiences with its motorists in con- | is nothing the Commissioners can do | The law passed by Congress | publicity given the matter, the reason- | An adequate staff is on| | to make use promptly of the facilities | | angsters have reduced the word “feua” | STAR. WASHINGTQ! | .. THIS AND THAT D.. C., THURSDAY, r BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Whatever one offers to do, even at| random, he should fulfill scrupulous!: Forgetfulness in such matters is just one of the many small ways in which | made unpleasant. | We had this strikingly brought out in our own experience recently, and will relate the incidents, not that they are anything in themselves, but solely because every one else has had similar experience: | lking with a talented young man | who is very much interested in books, as young men are likely to be, we asked him if he had read so-and-so. No, he had not. On the spur of the moment sald | that we would bring it to him. And we meant it. o It was another case of out of sight, out of mind. | Never once did we think of our prom- | ise until several weeks later. when we chanced to see the young fellow. | He sald nothing. but our guilty ccn»; science made us feel as if he did not | greet us quite as cordially as usual. | Mentally we promised our inner seif | :'s bring that book to him the very next ay. Well, you know how it is. ) ‘We promptly forgot all about the book | and the reader until several days later, | when we saw him again By this time the thing had got on | our nerves. It irritated us so much | that we promised our inner self with-| out putting it into so many mental words that we surely—— Would not bring him the book at all! o ox o Nor have we, nor do we intend to now: and yet no doubt we should. ‘The joke comes in right here: Recently we purchased a pound of a special brand of coffee and were lug- i ging it homeward when we chanced to meet a friend in an elevator “Yum! Yum!" he said, sniffing ap- preciatively. “Coffee!" We admitted as much. “I'll bring you some real coffee.” he popped out on the so-called spur of the moment. R | We wished he had not. ‘We wished the moment had not been wearing spurs or something No coffee would we ever recelve, as a sample or otherwise, we were fully aware. Had we not promised the young fel- 1low & book. and had we not honestly meant to bring him the said volume? Had we ever done so” Would we ever do 50” And more, were we not rather re- senting his subsequent attitude, which perhaps we imagined, and which in any | case was entirely our own making? * oxoxox 11 bring you some real coffee.” sald [!h! kind friend in the elevator, mean- ing it, too. We ' felt for him. Everybody means such promises, of | course. They are not intended for airy nothings. but are based on a solid de- sire to share a good thing with a friend Cordially we thanked our friend for | his intentions. Yes, we went on, we | had tried every single brand of coffee in the world, we thought. Arabian _coffee. hot off the desert: French coffee, with chicory in it: Ger- il Soce Joedun Tonded As Great Leader of Humanity ! Although Dr. David Starr Jordan ever suffered the obscurity that often | befalls great men who live far into old age. his death has brought his name again into the spotlight of immediate interest, and the world has found much to praise in his career, with its many- sided achievements “The sturdy oak of Palo Alto and Stanford, the cleanshearted. clear- thinking and tolerant David Starr Jor- dan, is being paid tribute today in many lands,” says the Oakland Tribune, add- ing its own estimate of the man: “His passing removes cne who has been an ennobling ihfluence and friend at the nearby university for more than two score years. Dr. Jordan. who lived a useful life. left as his enduring monu- ment his unremitting and sincere labors for the benefit of humanity. “Dr. Jordan's life was one given fuily ta the service of his fellows” is the tribute of the Providence Evening Bul- letin, with the further declaration that “this was as characteristic of his long career in the class room and the presi- dent’s office as it was of his efforts to secure a better international under- standing " The Harrisburg Telegraph finds reason to praise him because he “was not merely an educator and a writer; he was & coer.” while the Louis- ville Courier-Journal offers the ap- praisal: “Here was not only an intel- lectual giant whose career might be compared with Eliot of Harvard, Hadley of Yale and others of a small but select company. but a thinker whose views have had a profound effect upon the people of this country.” In the opinion of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “his was one of the best-rounded lives of his times.” and that paper also feels that “in his retirement he was almost as effective & force as in his years of re- sponsibilities.” *x ok x x ‘The Rochester Times-Union pays high tribute to his achievements and influence in expressing the belief that “a battalion of men of his high stamp, scattered over the world, probably could do more to advance its people than all the politicians and militarists of the last hundred years.” ‘The number and wide variety of fields in which he worked impress many edi- tors. The Houston Cbronicle, quoting from Dr. Jordan's statement on his death bed. have lived three lives.” says of him: “Dr. Jordan possessed the physique and intellect necessary for the cuitivation of many and varied activi- ties. His energy was immense. permit- ting him to write countless works on science and travel: to become an au- thority on fishes. fresh-water and deep- sea, their haunts and habits: to discuss political and social and economic suh- jects with clarity and intellectual fresh- ness; to conduct the educational affairs of a great university with originality: to propagandize in high-minded fashion for international peace.” The Minne- apolis Star comments: “Scholar and | suthor, eiucator and peace advocate. naturalist and explorer—David Starr Jordan lived a life that was full and rich and teeming with the diverse ac- tivity of a man whose energies were deployed over a wide. fiel e el ton Daily News retharks: “He died in his eighty-first year after 60 years of educational. scientific and social activ- ity of high ‘value to his country ‘ndi race.” The Baltimore Sun finds cause for | admiration in Dr. Jordan's spirit, which | was of such high emprise that he “suc- | cessfully supported a wide range of in- | terests and held fast against all pres- suredw what his own consclence dic- tated.” The Pasadena Star-News points its appreciation of the vigor of Di. Jor- dan’'s character and personality with this quotation from an interview he gave just a few days before his death: “What we need to do is to stop whis- tling timorously in the dark alleys and get out on the sunny streets to see the world in the proper perspective. We need more optimism. more action and less talk. I am afraid that world af- fairs. like the remarkable report of Mark Twain's death, are greatly exag- gerated. The world may be sick, but there is no indication that it bas died or is going to die. We need to kick out the petly quacktitioners, the bickering | horse-doctor politicians, get together | the common-sense world doctors and go after our sick patient—our patient | that is sick with a severe stomach ache from the lusts of war.’ | * ok ok X | Those last accusing words against | war. which Dr. Jordan deemed the | greatest enemy of mankind. reveal him in capacity in which he was per- man coffee, with the caffeine out— there were few brands on the market we had not tried. And we had discovered (what, no doubt, every earnest coffee drinker has found out for himself) that the course of irue coffee drinking never yet ran smooth. One pound of it will be celicious, and one swears that he has found his brand for life. ‘The next will be not quite so good, and one looks around for a new sort. Or is it ti one’s taste becomes vitiated for any one of a hundred dif- ferent reasons? * o ox % “New Orleans coffee,” we sald, smack- ing our lips in anticipation. Good and strong, no doubt, one would have to be careful and not.use too much of it. The next time we saw our friend we looked casually at his hands to see if they bore a small package which by any chance might resemble coffee, but they were innocently empty. ‘We rather thought he looked gullty, but perhaps that was a reflection of our own mood. One can be entirely wrong about such things, of course. ‘The next time we glimpsed him he hurried past as if attempting to evade our notice. But New Orleans coffee, or the pros- pect of New Orleans coffee, still zmelled good to our sensitive nostrils. Perhaps he fancied we were sniffing at him in order to ferret out coffee. Despite the absurdity of the feeling. we rather felt that he should have brought it after promising it. A promise is & promise, ain't it? Well, lsn't it? * ok o * ‘The mechanics of the morals of the thing go something along this line: ‘The average human being is a great deal more sensitive than he likes to admit, either to others or to himself. Especially to himself, He is a curious mixture, compounded not altogether of the Inferiority com- plex of the psychologists, nor yet en- tirely of the craving for superiority, on which they also place great store Almost every man has some of each in his mental make.up. At one time he sways one way, at another the other, and sometimes not even the psychol- | ogists themselves could tell which way he is going. * % Happy Is the man—or is he to be pitied?—who does not so far partake of our common human nature that he will not mind when he fails to fulfill a small promise. The rest of us, however. will 50 mind, and all the more, too, because the prom- ise is very small and the total result more or less negligible. It is common with human beings to exaggerate trifles into large matters. Here is & small expansion which works both ways. happily, if scrupulously ful- filled. Unhappily, to some extent, i forgotten. He who is faithful in small things. he will be faithful in large. So the world has liked to think, and it be- hootes most of us, no coubt, to take particular care of the small promises of tre everyday, so that when our turn comes to make good in larger spheres we shall have had some good experi- ence behind us. haps best known—that of an advocate of world peace. Stating that “early in his life he concluded that it was possi- ble to abolish war.” the Salt Lake City Deseret News “All his love of the beautiful, the artist in him, hated the ugliness of war; all that was human and Jjust in him hated its violence, pain and needless grief.” The Buffalo Evening News credits him with h been “a g full quarter of a century ahead of his | time in de:eloping the spirit which now is embodied in the Kellogg-Briand peace pact.” But with all his zeal for peace he was ever loval to his country. as shown both at the time of the war with Spain and the World War. The San Francisco Chron- icle recalls: “Having opposed the Spanish War with all his energies, when it did come Dr. Jordan refrained from public eriticism. ‘I would,’ he wrote, ‘put no obstacle in the way of men en- gaged in loyal service’ * * * Dr. Jordan's zeal against war subjected him to riotous protest at meetings he held in Eastern cities earlr in 1917. But once the United States was in he ut- tered the striking declaration. ‘Our country is now at war and the only way out is forward.' This single sentence. seen against his profound hatred of war. reflects the greatness of his soul.” ‘The Scranton Times calls attention to the fact that “ten years after the be- ginning of the war the Senate ani As- semblv of California adopt. . a joint resolution praising him as ‘ti. ideal of American character and for his great work in attempting to rid the world of the scourge of war.'"” From Kipling “Recessional” the Worcester Evening Gazette quotes: “The tumult and the shouting dies. the cap- tains and the kings depart.,” and adds: “And so quiet shall fall at last upon the political and economic and racial con- flicts that marshal the peoples of the earth in warlike camps. But there is one sword that is never to be returned to the scabbard while the arch-enemv of human happiness remains alive. It is the sword of reconciling truth that Dr. Jordan wielded and now bequeaths to other hands.’ e No Tax, No Thought. From the New York Sun Senator Glass of Virginia. whose ‘opinions on finsnce are usually inter- esting, believes that Congress will have t> increase taxes. He thinks that we should do what the British have done— increass the rates in the lower brackets as well as in the upper. He regards this as necessary. not merely for the sake of the revenus but because Amer- cans should be made to fuel a “di- rect and personal interest in their Gov- ernment through taxation” thus pro- voking & more.intense interest in the selection of their public servants. ‘This argument is not new, of cours. It was the one thing which made con- servative students of taxation doubtful of the wisdom of the income tax law passed In February, 1926. Befcre that the exemption for married men and heads of families was $2,500 snd for a single person $1,000. These were raised to $3,500 and $1.500, respectively. The result was startling. The personal in- come tax returns dropped from 7,369.- 788 for 1924 to 4,171,051 for 1925. More than - three million perscns had been released from the vexatious shackles of the law. Forty-three per cent of those who had been making returns gained freedom from the h:adaches and ex- pense attending the payment of thes Federal tax. At the sante time, however, they doubtless lost personal interest in what Ccngr:ss was doing with tax money. ‘They were well out of it, so why should they worry? It is, or was, an axiom that every tax should reach everybody from whom it can be collected without loss. But the United States was dcing so well in 1926, and the taxpayers, big and little, had don: so nobly in paying on the war debt, that the Coolidge administration felt that the Treasury could safely ab- solve the low bracket folk from further impost. In prosperous times this idea was bcrne out by the returns, but there was that loss of interest of which Mr. Glass speaks. Sar N e War and Humanity From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “War,” says the English biole Arthur Keith, “is the pruning keep humanity wholesome.” ~ Anybody who has doubts has only to take note 8ir of how much nm;!‘ :hol-m humanity has been since 1 OCTOBER 1 to 1931 One congressional district in Mis- sourl does not constitute the United States, nevertheless the Democrats have cause to crow over the results of the election in the seventh Missouri dis- trict on Tuesday. when the regular Democratic candidate for the House seat there won by 9,000 votes over his Republican opponent. Not only did he win over the Republican, but he left far in the resr an independent wet Democrat, who polled something like 4,000 votes. candidacy of the wet Democrat, Col- lins, Robert D. Johnson, the regular Democrat. might have rolled up an even more impressive vote over the Re- publican candidate, former Representa- tive John W. Palmer. The seventh Missour{ district has been rated Demo- cratic, but by not more than 3,500 votes 1in ordinary times. There has been a jgood deal of bitterness in Missour, Sowever, and unrest because of the ag- ricultural _conditions existing. The voters on Tuesday, to a very large ex- tent, expressed their discontent. B Undoubtedly the results of the elee- tion in the Missouri district have given the Republican leaders something to think about, mot only in connection with the organization of the incom- ing House, but in connection with the general election next year. Six va- cancles remain to be filled in the House before the Congress assembles. Four of these are in Republican districts and two in Democratic. The Repub- licans have no hope of carrying either th: seventh New York district or the twentieth Ohio district—the two dis- tricts which have been held by the Democrats. Nor have the Democrats much chance or much hope of carry- ing the first Wisconsin district, the ieighth Michigan district or the sec- |ond Pennsylvania district. That leaves the first Ohio district—represented for 50 many years by the late Speaker Nicholas Longworth. And while the Democrats have nominated a strong candidate, State Senator David Lor- bach, the general impression prevails that they are not likely to overcome the Republican majority in that dis- trict, particularly in view of the heavy German-American vote in Cincinnati and the friendliness of the German- Americans to the Republican adminis- tration because of the efforts which it has made to lighten the burdens of Germany during the last few months, o ox % The odds. therefore, appear ‘to favor a party alignment in the House when that body meets similar in every re- spect to the alignment immediately after the election last November when the Republicans had a majority of one, 218 to 216 for the Democrats and 1 for the Farmer-Labor party of Minne- sota. But whether the Republicans I'will all stick together in support of a candidate for Speaker remains to be seen. There have been many threats on the part of Western Progressive Re- | publicans to kick over the traces, and | Representative La Guardia, Progressive Republican from New York, is an un- certain quantity, too. not to mention an independent Republican elected in Tennessee. Anyway you Jook at it, the contest over the organization of the House next December promises to have s plenty of ihrills. If reports are some of the Democrats have ende: to make a number of deals with insur- gent Republicans to assure their sup- port for the Democratic candidate for Speaker. John Garner of Texas. All the talk about the Democrats caring to organize the House” has been largely “bunk.” Of course, the Demo- crats will organize either or both houses of Congress if they can. * o ¥ x President Hoover has not said any- thing for publication about the article in the Saturday Evening Post. written 1 by Calvin Coolidge, in which Mr. Cool- idge urges a united front on the part ¢ the Republicans for the renominatic and re-election of President Hoov.r and announces that he intends to sup- pori the President. It seems entirely unlikely that he will make any public statement about the matter. Presi- dents of the United States do not an- nounce their candidacies to succeed themselves. It is just generally under- stood that they will stand for re-elec- tion, and their friends do the rest. If Mr. Hoover now thanked Mr. Coolidge publicly for his support. he would just as publicly announce his own candi- dacy for renomination and re-elec- tion. Furthermore, Mr. Hoover may have had the idea that he would be jrenominated any way by the Repub- lican party. Few of the Republican leaders. perhaps none of them, believed | that Mr. Coolidge could win the nomi- {nation from the President even if he '5ermmed himself to become a candi- ate. e ‘The late Col. Theodore Roosevelt tried to win such a nomination from the late William Howard Taft. then Pre. ident, in 1912. But Col. Roosevel fafled by a considerable margin in the Republican National Convention to ac- complish that feat. Mr. Coolidge in 1932 would scarcely have the support of the Progressive group in the Republican party which followed Roosevelt in 1912. And the conservative Republicans. even though acme of them hzve been urging the nomination of Mr. Coolidge, would in the great mass support President Hoover. Those who have attempted to visualize Calvin Coolidge *“dcing a ‘Theodore Roosevelt’ have been de- ceiving themselves and those who con- tinue to visualize such a performance on the part of Mr. Coolidge are merely proving their density. Mr. Coolidge has not yet stepped out of character, in the game of politics or anywhere else. * K ok % ‘The Missourl election on Tuesday may have encouraged the Democrats, generally, but how about the wets? Here was an independent wet Demo- crat running against iwe drys, one & Republican and the other a Democrat. and the wet didn't get to first base, let alone making the cirewrr. This may give the wet Democru?s something o think about as well as the Republicans. | Mr. Raskob, the national chairman of ! the Democratic party, who has heen urging the adoption of a wet plank in the national platform next been credited in some quarters with being more Interestad in the wet cause than in the success of the Democratic party. It looks, in- deed, as if the play the Democrats muast make in the coming national campaign is on the economic situation and unem- ployment in this country. It will be all right for the Democrats to be wet incidentally, but perhaps it would oe a mistake for them to undertake to put a wet plank in their platform, after all, LR In the eighth Michigan district the late Representative Vincent won by a margin of 20,000 votes over his Demo- cratic opponent only a year ago. Times were not good then. It does not appear possible that the Democrats could carry this district ncw. The primary for the party nominations is to be held Octo- ber 6. So well do the Republicans think of the ch.nces of election that 13 of them have entered the race for the nomination. ing their party nommation, and there is a Worker's party candidate in the field, tco. The wet and dry question, it appears, is mbmf‘up in the primary fight, with two or three of the Repub- lican candidates showing wet leanings. In part of the district, which includes Saginaw, there is considerable wet sentiment. If the Republicans nominate a dry and the Democrats a wet, the election campaign will perhaps be more exciting and the result somewhat closer, But, generallygspeaking, the chances of & Republican” victory In that district seem to be very strong. e A Waster. Prom the Lynchburs News. You can say this for the man who used 10 sticks of dynamite to commit suieide: He may have been extrava- sant, ul}'hlh but. he he wanted. If it had not been for the “not | Two Democrats are seek- ! ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS LG BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, Stop & minute and think about this fact. You can ask our Information Bureau any question of fact and get the answer back in a personal letter. It is a great educational idea intro- duced into the lives of the most intel- ligent people in the world—American newspaper readers. 1t is s part of a ul of a newspaper— service. There i charge cxcept 2 cents in cain or stamps for return postage. Get. the habit of asking aues tions. Address your letter to The Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Hi kin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. Who ;‘I‘n’“ Mary “Huckleberry Pinn"?—8. K. A. Charlotte V. Henry. Jane In Q. How many women were carrying life insurance in 1930?—R. C. A. There are no compiled figures. Based on the experience of a few of the larger Jife insurance companies, it is estimated that about 19; per cent carry insurance. Q. What is bull fighting called in Spain? How many bulls are killed in * LBl Aphtine the nationsy . ng, the national Span- ish sport, clflld tauroma ulap“;n 8 About 1,300 bulls are an- nually in Spain. At least six bulls are killed at each corrida (bull fight), Q. Where is the largest copper mine in the Eastern United States?—G. McG. A. The outstanding copper mine in the Bast is the Fontana Mine, on Eagle Creek, in Swain County, N. C. last year?—G. H. A. The largest attendance was that of October 25, 1930, when 20,000 spec- tators saw the Wilberforce-Tuskegee scoreless game in Chicago. Q. Please describe the Rocky Moun- tain jumping mouse—D. L. A. This tiny animal looks like a kangarco and hops about, using its }:13' forelegs as hands rather than r‘,vhf,t 1.1; the purpose of Yom It is the Jewish Atonement day. The American Hebrew says: "Judl!sl!‘n dividual sinner and transgressor for a direct, personal straightening out of his moral and ethical account with men and with God. This is the reason why fasting became one of the chief ob- servances of Yom Kippur. Let a man realize what a puny weakling he be- comes when self-deprived of food and drink for 24 hours and he will be more likely to confess his wrongdoing; to repent the damages his selfishness and acquisitiveness may have visited on others, and repair them; to seek and to grant forgiveness. Let him for the space of consecutive hours in the at- tate on his deeds and misdeeds of a 12-month that is past; devote himself wholly to a contemplation of the nu- merous opportunities for wellbeing and welldoing which he cast aside for whalever reasons; place himself frankly before the bar of his own conscience, being at the same time his own ac- cuser and his own judge, and. at the end of the Atonement day, he will emerge a better, a finer, a more sancti- fied spiritual being.” Q_ Does history _mention & nurse of Romulus and Remus other than the ‘wolf? 2 A. They are said to have had a nurse named Acca Laurentia. L UNIVERSAL, Mexico City. Agents of the detective bureau arrested a subject called Fer- nando del Campo, who has been representing himself as an in- spector of the central department, and making threats, based on alleged com- mercial violations against various shop- keepers and business men. According to our information. this individual falsified various complaint orders against these establishments, and threatened the proprietors with heavy fines unless they compromised the matter with him finan- cially. In some cases his demands were acceded to. but otders. conscious of their innocence, sabght explanations from Del Campo's subposed superiors— & procedure which terminated in his ap- prehension. * o ox % Seek to Restore Confidence in Metal Trades. Le Soir, Brussels.—A delegation of [the Central Association of Metal- lurgists of Belgium, headed by Senator Baeck and Messieurs Gailly and Tom- men, was received by the prime min- ister, M. Renkin. ‘This delegation desired to restore the confidence of the government in the satisfactory condition of the Belgian metal trades. following the announce- to be effected from Germany in even- tual execution of the Hoover plan. These repayments in materials, both metallic and mineral, will produce a cussion in the economic situation of the country, not only in the metal working but in all oiher activities liveries, constituting the return of ma- ‘war, will react for good, rather than for detriment, was the substance of calm- ing assurances to the prime minister. It is inconceivable that restitutions in kind can in any vital respect disturb the economic balance of the country Having made these comfortable declara- | tions in the name of industry, the delegates took their departure from the ministerial offices. P Lord Kylsant Staggers Under Sentence. News-Chronicle, London.—When Mr Justice Wright passed sentencs on Lord nt, the tall, gray-haired man in ock suddenly sagged as if stricken twice returning to bs instructed by the Jjudge respecting the words “with in- tent to deceive.” The judge told them that the entent to deceive must be fraudulent. Each time as the jury filed out the atmosphere became more electric, and | there was tense silence when they came i in for the third time. The nerves of the spectators seemed almost strained to the breaking point. | The chaige against Lord Kylsant was of issuing balance sheets for 1926 and 1927 which were false in a material particular with intent to deceive, and Mr. Morland was chargad with aiding and abetting. | Lord Kylsant alone was charged with a similar offense respecting & pro- spectus. ‘When the verdict was given the judge at onse said: “Let Mr. Morland be dis- charged.” Mr. Morland seemed scarcely able to move, so overcome was he Wwith emo- tion. Then a warder touched him on the arm. It galvanized him into sud- den nervous action, and hastily picking up his papers he pushed his way through the crowd and sat beside his counsel a free man. Meanwhile Lord Kylsant's great oak- like figure had drooped. His face was ashy pale. He seemed dazed, leaning heavily against tne cocx rail. Mr. Justice Wright, in a voice that scarcely could be heard in the court, said to him: “You have held very high positions, and you have had an honora- ble career, but the offense of which you have been found guilty is one which cannot be regarded as other than very grave and very serious. especially in the commercial community, and in o the fact that the Q. What is the record attendance for a colored college foot ball game | lays emphasis on the cail to the in- | mosphere of a house of worship medi- | ment that payments in kind now are | most immediate and redoubtable reper- | ', that the effects of these de- | terials taken out of Belgium during the | =2 Q. What sort of a fruit is the cala~ mondin?—B. R. B, . A. The calamondin is a variety of citrus fruit (Citrus mitis) which is unique among citrus fruits in being the hardiest of the acid species now being grown in America. Its dense head with bright green ieaves, upright habit and small fruits resembiing tan- gerines in shape and color make it one of the most ornamental of the citrus allies. The fruits are bright orange- red, 1 to 1. inches in diameter, with | deep orange flesh. The juice is well flavored and very acid. It is a valuable | garden fruit adaptable to those sec- tions where the satsuma and kumqua‘ are grown and is unsurpassed amom ade-making fruits, 3 Q. What is meant by piling Ossa on_Pelion? | A. Mount Olympus, Greck mythology, was the home of the gods. Ossa and Pelion were nearby mountains.' Pelion had a 115t summit and Ossa was conical. Accord- ing to the tale, the giants Ephialtes and Otus arranged to pile Ossa upon Pelion in order to reach the top of Olympus, Q. Why are mufflers not used on airplanes?—W. G. A. A. The common method of mufMing, which is to insert resistance in the ex- haust line so0 that the fluctuations in pressure which produce the noise are reduced, is objectionable in an airplane, since resistance causes a back pressure on the engine and hence reduces power. Mufflers of this type are heavy, which fact is another reason for their being impracticable for airplane use. Q When will Easter Sunday come in 19322—J. H A. March 27. according to Q. What is the most frequent cause of forest fires?—W. N. A. Careless smokers are responsible for more fires and greater losses than | any other cause. On protected areas smokers cause 17460 forest fires, or more than 20 per cent of the fires re- ported. Q. When was the Cathedral of Notre Dame built in Paris?—W. E. A. The present cathedral was begun |in 1163 and the towers were finished in 1225. The first church upon this site was built upon the ruins of a temple of Jove about 375. Q. Who pays air mail pilots>—G. B. A. They are paid by the private com- panies which hold the Government contracts. Q. Has an amendment to the Con- stitution ever been repealed’—H. G. N. A. Up to the present time no amend- ment to the Constitution has been re- | pealed, Q. How are sponges treated after they are brought out of the sea?—B. 5. ‘To cure sponges they are first spread about the deck of the vessel on which they are taken in their natural upright position, so- that they will die and while decomposing allow the soft- ened animal matter to run off freely. When they have been several days in this position they are taken to the shore and thrown into the water in little pens called “kra-l corrals), where the re- maining substance is soaked and squeezed cut, the sponges being removed at intervals and beaten with a stick to facilitate the process. Q. What part of beef is called the undercut?>—J. O. T. A. It is enother name for the lower or under side of a sirloin and is the same as a fillet or tenderloin, Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands | issued invited members of the pul subscribe their money. Sthtiohe I do not wish to say anything | further. It is my duty in circumstances ot this sort to decide and state what I consider to be an appropriate sentence, because some sentence I must pass upon you. “I feel T ought to take the most len- ient view in view of your past career. Any sentence that I may pass will be the least part of your punishment. The sentence of the court is that you shall be kept in prison in the second division for 12 months.” A thrill went through the crowded court. I could see the Earl of Cov- staring in amazement at the his bronzed face flushed, and s a look of agony on the faces of those other two outstanding figures, Sir Ivor Philipps and Sir Laurence Philipps. Lord Kylsant's brothers. Lord Kylsant stood leaning against the dock with sagging shoulders, look- ing piteously across to his brothers, un- tii his arm was taken by z warder, who motioned him toward the steps. On reaching the top he stopped and clung to the rails. He was helped down by a kindly oficial. without whose aid he might have crashed. * % ox % Silk Workers Agree to Wage Scale. North China Herald, Shanghai—8ilk filature workers and employers came to an agreement on July 7 regarding wages, & matter which had been dis- cussed since November, at which time the operatives agreed to accept a sub- | stantial reduction. owing to the depres- sion in the silk business. This agree- ment was a temporary one and expired about two months ago. The social bureau mediated the dis- pute and, according to the award, raised | the scale to within several cents of the | original scale. Substantial bonuses for consecutive working days are also a part |of the agreement. while one-third of a day’s wages is to be paid as a bonus for | Sunday work. ‘The agreement is to endure for one | year, after which revision will be dis- | cussed. % %% Women Need Rest After Holiday. Le Matin, Paris.—Most women who take vacation during the hot season of the year stat: that they do so for the purpose of recuperating their wear- ied bodies. Perhaps they believe this. though the reality is that no season of the vear is more exhausting for them than their so-called holidays. | In their mania about health, they lose no opportunity for exercise in the open First there is the hour of bathing; | then the session of sport upon th beach; then a little croquet or tennis: | then the hour of physical culture. These | diversions occupy the morning: after luncheon come the excursions, the | promenades, the rambles afoot, on horse- | back, bicycle, or via automobile. Then | bathing again, after which dinner and dancing. And even In this interminable category we are forgetting the periods given over to tennis, golf, gymnastics, | canoeing. sailing, and how many other recreations! Happily, Providence watches over all, and after the ener- vating frenzies of vacation time these poor women can find the rest they re- quire so urgently—in the resumption of household tasks and business oc- Icupltinns ——— Modern Pikers. | Prem the Jersey City Journal. | Many a gang killer must be wearing |a smaller hat today after reading about | the discovery in & German library of |a 1581 newspaper detailing the career | of Christmas Genipperteinga, sixteenth century Bluebeard, who slew 964 men and women. | e | Targets. | Prom the Ogden Standard-Examiner. 1A crusader against crime in New York urges_that peo‘me be taught how to shoot. But wouldn't shat be pretty | hard an the truck drivers who think the middle of the road is the place to ————