Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1931, Page 8

¥ Y o ) THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, f A et ————————eeeeee et ING STAR orning Edition. THE EVEN With Sunday WASKINGTON, D. C. . .Cctober 2, 1881 . NOYES....Lditor in the City. 45c per month Rate by Carrier Whhi he Evening Star 5e Evening and Sunday § Vwhen 4 Sunday inz end Sunday £.ar ) €0c per month ¢ Ftar mads ot the end of e e sent 1n by mall o per month ver copy & month. telepione y Mail—Payzble In Advance. Marvland and V +$10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ 25800 1 mo- a0¢ nday oaly © 3400 1mo . 40c ui All Other St Pally and Eunday. paily orly anday only Member of the Acsociated Press. The Associated Press 13 exclusively e1 tivled o the “ise for repudlicaiion of all news dis- atches creaited to it or ot gtharwise crad- iod his paper and slso the local news published 11 1 whits of publiztion of special dispa ercin are 215> reservea. Sight Unceen. What hes become of the devotion of 2 -t primary? &roup of urgan's m hes stead of votng thcir ovn ¢ President of 1d vots for p piadged to eny candidate, w pose of throwing the election of a P dent into either the cinctoraal colleg> or tre House of Representatives. Yet that is the report now coming from the West. Buying a pig in a poke has been always hailed as a piece of folly, even in conservative circles. But now it is proposed to obtain a Chlef Executive of the United States “in a poke,” so far &5 the voters themselves ere concerned. The plan does not eppear likely to sur- vive long. The proponents of the suggestion that prezidential elestors be placed in the inz, if the reports bs true, e clection into the House of tatives. This could b2 eecom- ed by the fai'urs of any cendidal for President to reseive a majority of the votes of the electoral collese. But n is there to ba'leve the of Reprosentatives would make a bztter sclection of a Chisf Executive then the people them- selves? Tie choice would te made by the Seventv-second Congress, elected in 1920. This Congress is almost evenly dlviced between the Republicans and the Democrats. In the event of the election betng thrown into the House, how the vote must be taken by States, each State having on2 vcte, and a majority of all the States is necessary to a choice In 1924, when a three-cornered race for President was on with Calvin Ccol- 1dge, Republican; John W. Davis, Demo- crat, and the late Robert M. La Fol- lette, independent Progressive, in the contest, the suggestion made In some | quarters was that the election be thrown | into the House by preventing any nnel of the three cendidates from obtaining the necessary majority of the votes of the electoral college. The proposal | made no headway in the country, how- r. Indeed, it added strength to the Republican eandidate, who won handily on election day. There i3 no good reason now why the people should undertake to dele- gate to the Houss of Representatives a job which they should rejoice in performing themselves. Nor will the people of the United States, or of | any group of States, fall in with such an idea. The major political parties will nominate their candidates. Up fo; the present time there has been no indication that a third independent party of considerable strength, as in 1912 and 1924, will be organized for the campaign next year. Th2 people in the end will have to decide whether they prefer the Republican nominee or the Democratic. The probabilities are that the choice will lie between President | Hoover and Gov. Franklin D. Roose- | velt of New York. If the matter were thrown into the House of Representa- tives the choice might still lie between thes: two men. The constitutional provision is that the House shall vote for the three persons having the high- est number of votes in the electoral college. The likelihood that the in- dependent presidential electors could unite on a candidate’ who could com- mand the support of a majority of | the House seems so infinitesimal as to be negligibl: ————ae A common human experience comes to the Lindberghs now engaged in re- lief work. Pleasure trips are easily ! planned. Usually they prove but hrief | side excursions which lead back to the | plain old path of duty. e, As a classical observer ex-Secretary of War Newton D. Baker would be in- | teresting to the American Legion if he wouid offer his opinions on how far the ultimate fate of Rome was due 1o the | extent to which the scldier asserted po- litical power. e The Recalcitrant Witness. i [against a recalcltrant witness in the!Mound City by holding his place at ipar:nn of Frederick A.Schenck, a former | the hezd of the queue for elghty hours peliceman now cerving a penitentiary | while waiting for the gates to open for ssntenes for robbsry. Mr. Schenck will | the first game of this base ball classic. not telk to the lawyers. He does not!He persisted to the end, and not only trust them. Hs wants witnesses to be gained first choice of the bleacher seats, | pres: either nswepaper reporters or [but win a wager of $200. Even as the |a United Sicies Conetor, He foars he|erowd was gethering at £t. Louls be- 'will b» “framed.” Ke has froming on|hind this ploneer two men took places % {et the bleacher gate et Shibe Park, in It Mr. 8shenck Is ectuated by those | Fhiladzlphia. .On Wednesday night cublipicly noble ceniiments that he|liey teok thelr & dstormined to claims moved him to break his silence 8tay at thcir pocts until Menday. If in ths firct place to appear bafore the |they succeed ine this cnterprise they +n4 jurr, he will be willing to tell| Wil hate broken the St. Louls record of tory, smply end truthfully, so|€8hty hours by having waited at the |that jusiice will be donme. If n:t, there 85te for at least cne hundred and thirty 1s noihing to be gained by sesking to|Nours. Relays of ascociates will keep 'humor him. The quicker he is cént them’in food and drink and attend to i ta the {ail wheie he belongs, the | their comiort. A | batter it will be. Whis 1s perheps A reflection of the condition of unemployment that pre- e NP AR ca-Amzriecn Unity. valls. Maybs these men in St. Louis & ! F i {end in Philadclphia have rothing else ! ‘Thst was red wes a fitting curtain which R o bty to. thia £ €0, WinDINg wegers of $200 each will monti's Franco-Am:rican emenites in ) Doy ap8 conéiitute employment, prob. . s e tal cttor th . > Weshing'on, whea President Doumer| s’ ’::,:";h‘_“::s:,;‘l" il e end Ambassador Bdge dedicated Persh- | 0 (U TS AR “J:ndm:ym'_"‘nflnl i Hul, the Amorican Logion's Parma- | o oo 10 goes not, however, set a nt memorial building in the French | i = |ecpite]. Addrescing not only a vistble ‘r’:l'l:',‘_:"”"’“"‘"hy example to their lie Tarista . but the people of 21l TSR e & The desire to be first manifested | France and the United States as well, | " by means of radiq, the President of the | !!€If recently in New York, where & new hotel was opened in substitution Republic made an cloquent plea for a ! n-‘:n:n-Amerlean enl:ntz. I,M. Dou. | 07 & famous hostelry destroyed a year rier called for co-oparation bitween |OF S0 880 to make room for & glant Ithe two countries &5 the urgent nesd |Puciness ekysoraper. Applications for e ortd whate salf-cone | the first reglstrction were filed weeks i pon 1 ba. | Deiore the structure was comploted. {ing, has baen shek ations. | Thfe was & veritable race for the Sk e peonles, | Privilese of holding the first receipted ; tiehbors ih botn | il for enteriatment, to be prescrved choses, il heat much of the |3 ® Priceless souvenir. Just what sat- ind of sent!ments this Octeber, | 1:faction is gained from such a distine- the United States is about to ' 'lOn pastes understanding. It may be e extraordinarily | cistin |that the tradition of American hustle inspires these competitions that yield hed eompany of Frenchmen to its They will be headed by Mar- |NO advantage and entail sacrifices of sial Petain, seldier-hero, and a group of descendants of Lafayette, Rocham- | beau 2nd De Grasse, who are coming to | pai ate in the 150th anniversary | of the currender of Cornwallis at York- ‘lt,o\'.'n. Ko sooner will this memorable | celebration have pessed into the an- nals than Piorre Laval, prime minister |of F.ance, will become the guest of Ni | y time such a mceting of French ad American minds would be note- werthy. Amid Mother Earth's pres- ent-kour tribulations, it is an event lof far more than ephemeral interest when the siatemen cf the two coun- ! tries holding between them the balance [of the world's meney power come to- | gether to consider ways and means of | re-establishing international equilibrium |in economics and co-related fields. | Senator Borah, who, as chairman of {the Senate Committee on Foreign | Relat'ons, naturally will figure con- spicuously in the confabulations with | M. Laval, bespeaks for the premier “a | cordial welcome.” Mr. Borah is rizht, | too, in suggesting that European power- | wielders of M. Laval's caliber cannot | be blind to certain “inhibitions” which | exist in the United States toward issues | weighing heavily upon the Old World's | distracted soul. Bui that nothing except good, good-will and good progress toward a better world, can eventuate from the forthcoming Franco-American interchanges is not to be doubted for a moment. Perching Hall takes its place among | the historic edifices of beautiful Paris at a psychological moment. Historians | may have to record that the date of its “unveiling” coineided with a new and far-reaching orientation in the relations of those old friends and com- rades in arms, the republics of Prance | and the United States. ——ee— Belated Awards. If the War Department does not speed up its work in regard to the award of honors for outstanding bravery during the Great War its list of heroes will probably either be depleted by the ! onslaughts of the Grim Reaper or the heroes will have forgotten just what they did to attain the medals. For in- stance, a stick full of type today an- nounces that Lucius G. Hughes of Monroe, La, a sergeant in the 15lst Machine Gun Battalion of the 42nd ivision, has just been given a sil- ver star citation by the War Depart- ment for locating a group of his com- rades who were lost in No Man’s Land in the early part of 1918. Sergt. Hughes is undoubtedly de- lighted at this honor, belated though it is, but how much more delighted he would have been if his achievement had been recognized before thirteen years had passed. The United States Government can claim no laurels for work in prompt recognition of its soldiers, sallors end marines. It took Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, America’s outstanding ace of the air, who downed twenty-six Germans in desperate com- time and energy and money. Analysts these manifestations perhaps instructive. it e i Restoration of the brewing industry may contribute in some appreciable ‘ie- gree to public revenue. It would not e expected to go so far as to remove tariff variations and innovations from tne list of favorite topics for congras- sional debate. Interesting and ———— According to Lloyd Gearge, the hor- rors of war ar® such that people should be able to realize at last the terrible meaning of the word. Eloquence may yet become as powerful to persuade men to live in peace as it has been to send them into battle. g Nobody can tell where a general movement in wage reduction will stop. Even the so-called lobbyis: may evens tually have to fear belng handled in wholesale classification as a white-collar man—and an excessively exponsive one at that. e Einstein was a lucky theorist as com- pared to the finanelal economist. It made no real difference whether the Einstein theory worked or not. The financial economist must put his the- ories to a practical test 2nd stand re- sponsible for results. o It occasionally appears that a grand juror is compelled to undergo more anxiety than some perscn concerning whom an offense has been alleged. ————— The historic situation has happily shifted far when Laval, bound on a mission to the U. 8. A,, departs with the German chancellor's best wishes for his | success. e ‘The King of England has a supreme authority that permits him to choose whether he will make his job a sinecure or hard work with long hours of com- ference. B New currency adjustment is expected to contribute to the custom of reviving old tunes by prompting a Chorus of Na- tions to sing “Take Back Your Gold.” ————————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. ‘Transience. Nature's never in repose— Here she comes and there she Daylight shinin' in the sky, Then the twilight drawin’ nigh. Next the shadows darkly close— Here she comes and there she Summer’s glory biightly glows, Here she comes and there she Autumn all the landscape tints, Then the wandering zephyr hints Of the silence and tha smows— Here she comes and there she goes. Beliefs. “You wouldn't punish 2 man for his bat, something over ten years to get his Congressional Medal of Honor, and the presentation ceremonies for that reason took on a somewhat farcical aspect. So, it the department wants to re- ward its heroes while they are still alive and can remember the stirring feats that brought them the applause of a grateful nation, it would be well to add a few more clerks to the staff which is now peering into the almost musty files of war days, to single out those to wkom honors are due. If it belief?” “No,” replied Senator Sorghum, “But {hat doesn't prevent me from thinking a few people ought to be pun- ished for what they are trying to make other people believe.” = Jud Tunkins says it's hard to con- vince & man that the world is getting better when he finds that his own par- ticular business is getting worse. Verbal lor. The man:who says he would delight In nothing more than in a fight : tton ifiod e The Commissioners’ committee of does not the country will probably be | ooy vt 'saiving while dismayed, lawyers investigating the late lamented ! grand jury's special report attacking | the Police Department has chosen to conduct its inquiry in secret. It has: examined witnesses and documents be- | hind closed doors and has declined to | discuss what progress, if any, has been | made toward discovery of the nugget of truth that lies buried somewhere beneath the maze of charges and vague acousations. The report of its find- ings will be made in due time. ‘The alternative procedure would have besn tc conduet another three-ring circus, wip the five respected and self- respecting lawyers, jealous of their own professional reputations and their own good names, holding the hacps and cracking the whip for a parade of ir- responsible publieity seskers thrcugh the headlines. It is belicved the lawyers chose the right method. They are interested only in getting at the truth. They are serv- ing the interests of the community and mot the accusers or the defendant Po- lice Department. Any talk of their be- ing influenced by sinister motives is silly/And shallow, and nobody gith three of sense will take it se ly. Por the moment, they have run up i i treated to the spectacle of white-haired old gentlemen in wheel chairs receiving their just dues for deeds performed “twenty or thirty or forty years ago. e China may yet grow cynical and in- timate that she does not believe in the League of Nations any more ihan she does in Santa Claus. The Race for Priority. Americans are regarded the world | over as a hustling people, em.arprmnx,; active, eager for opportunities. This reputation has been earned by several generations of intensive activity in in- dustry and in business. George Wash- ington’s standard of being “first in war and fizst in peace and first in the hearts of his countrvmen” has been adopted by millions of his fellow Arericans, who have tried always to be first in line in any gethering or endeavor, Just now this eagerness to be up in front is mani- festing itself in a characteristic man- ner with the sacrifices of time that are made by aspirants for the honors of being first to get into the base ball parks in St. Louis and Philadelphia for the world series games. A se*lh. Mo, man won that distinction in’the To hide the fact that he's afraid. Obscrvation. “We learn by observation." “Not everything,” answered Miss Cayenne. “I have known people to gaze at the stars for hours and never learn a thing about astronomy.” Sudden Deference. “Josh hadn’t been in town a week,” said Fermer Oorntossel, ‘“before he was on familiar speakin’ terms with some of the most wealthy and influen- tial families. An’ you'd be surprised at the way they pay attention to his idcas.” “How did he manage it?" “Got hisself a job as a traffic cop.” Under Conversational Cover. ©ld Satan favors discontent, Our lofty plans to balk; He starts an argument And works while others talk. too much time tellin’ said - Unele Eben, is gineier l “If you was'es yoh ftroubles,” “seoner er later yoh lose pa vight”® of the American psychology will find D. C., FRIDAY “THIS AND THAT A zerious-lookirg standing by a counter in a 3 cent ctore. His fece wcre a broad smile, however, which semed s> ccntrary to his normal exprission that pass:sby stopped to find the rescon for it. ‘The gentleman was picking up, from a huge row of th>m, small gayly col- | ored figures, and wlng them one by one on a slanted rd. When one of ths figures was put at ithe tcp of the incline, it started to walk down of its own accord. There were penguins, Klmll, Dutch iboys and g and othe: oon- structed in hion absurdly lifelike | yet_equzlly unlifelike. Their bodles were be’l shapad, and the'r legs fitted inside on a hinge. Their feet wer» monstrous, and so whitt'-d on the bottom that the figures wou'd have a somewhat unequal footing. ! Waen paced on the incline, 2s they {wer> now being piaced by the scrivus- aring gontieman with th> smile on c2, the figurss proceeded to amble gentlemen was i and 10 | bi ' | ut H to shorily began to hitch and slide, and twist £round, and finally to sto thers cet oul imm:diately, and lked as cleverly as you pleage to the very end of the board, where they tum- bled down in. short order. Perhaps the fantastically eolored penguins, or, rather, burlesques ¢f pen- carried off the honors of the (aay, although the gentleman himself seem:d to prefar the green parrots. * x x These absuréit'es came from a foreign Mana, sold here for ten cents { heard afterward that many a ! great laughter by the comical antics of | those simple t There are even said to be collectors ot them, men and women, whose minds and hearts are still young, who have their favorites, and will match them in races with any comers. A distinguished business woman, it may be said, might have been secn cheering her own favorite on to victory, while a group of persons sat and -up gathering has been split into | BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. interest, especially to ses what made them move so comically. . x o o% As with all things, whether toys or more serious inventions, the idea wa3 simpls, once some one thought of it. The hollow, bell-shaped body was so placed, in regard to the legs and their supporting wires, that when the legs kicked forward the back rim cf the body struck against them, thus stop- ping them for the time ‘being. Here was where the real craftsman- ship of their consiruetion came in. If their feet had been entirely flat on the bottom, once stopped they would have remained stopped. They did nothing of the sort, however, because the wood cutters of Czechoslovakia had “thunk it all out.” By deftly cutting away a bit here, a bit there and leaving the feet uneven | the figures turned and twisted, at each stoppage, so thot the law of gravity started them off again on their descent. Here again these little things are en- tirely lifelike. When they get to the bottom of the hill, they fall over and there is nothing to do but pick them u% and put them at the top again, whereupon they proceed with all the gra of wooden men (and human beings) to shufe down all over again. That is & lesson all boys learn with their sleds, when they go out to coast on a cold Winter's night, and discover that for every mile of glorious flight downhill there is a mile's slow dragging of the steps back again. One DECu"ll’lf good point which these primitive yet cl they permit, nay, invite, the meddling of the ultimate purchaser. If one | doesn't “go” as the owner thinks it | should, there is nothing in the world to prevent him from going in for a little wood carving of his own This absurd penguin, like no real bird een in the Antarctic, and yet marvelously like e, 100, one must think, this clumsy fellow has a great tendency to swing to the right when he is hgll way down the board. Every time he is put down for the run he swings around, and, after a few swzving motions and hoistings of his left leg In futile effort to go on, slows down to a complete halt. ! One thinks, “Ah, I cee where the l | OCTOBER 2, ver toys have is that | sprawled on the floor watching the out- come of the contest. | These bits of wood happen to belong | to the tyze of toys which appeal to men | and women as well as to children. In- deed, it is a question whether the aver- age child would have as much amuse- | ment with them as do those who may | purchase the walkers for them. | As in real life, the race is not always to the swift. but often depends on good ortune, the exact way in which th clumsy little wooden feet react to the | o iacql SOMELhing precious has been surface of the board and te the turnings | fajos v it ‘e 18 mede of wood ang fiom side to side which result, JISEgW Teyen e DIl ood g0n or . cost only & dime. . ;\l]s:_s < m‘ l!!:';‘l:i "‘m’ir:"‘-r ":tg‘ Human interest has been aroused, and small things in the world wfixc'h'c:n".':'.'v”;‘,'{"‘ o e et Diew it | it more, puts the figure back ;::'eig" much pleasure for so little ;z med top of the board, watches it ? escend— Novelty undoubtedly is partly respon- | sible in this case. We uvcphed for apoomei %{.‘;‘,fi‘ h:‘ .;:‘: y;;;‘{nx;f":n:p'k?:fi ;‘-T:d \":’I:le :{;e :h;mzu:m:ld. nrlg‘ui; to the bottom, where he executes the th m‘{l l!k “'Y selecting a hall | customary tumble into the oblivion S el T S I the inertness of the thing cut wom: uman_hands. went down that aisle stopped to watch | Only & moment ago it seemed alive, the movmzbll;unnu. And every man |almost, as it shuffled with a Chaplin- caught in some action of which he was it was cut so far -n? — slightls ashamed. but from which he| Well the world is not completely not intent udged, no matter | lost, as long as the men of all nations ;‘1‘1’;; severe was the criticism leveled :t‘hnlve‘;mu'z ‘:egu to turn their wood 9 into toys trigue and to amuse, not As a matter of truth, few persons who | only little children, but the perpetual looked at the bright puppets had any | child who lives in the heart and mind idea of criticlsm in their mind, only of | of every man and woman. rub is” and then one seizes penknife or file, and proceeds to whittle or rasp away at the foot, sure in the convic- tion that shortly a complete and speedy racer will be made out of this blue pengutn. But no, he does no better this time. One picks him up critically, and ex- mines the bottom of his feet as if hey were something precious. BY FREDERIC Idaho, whose borders are securely re- mote irom the sea, will lead the coming congressional battle for naval retrench- ment. At least her two most distin- guished members, respectively, of the Senate and House—Senator Borah and Representative French, both Repub licans—will be found fomenting Presi: cent Hoover's program for cutting naval =xpenditure to the bone. Mr. French for years has been chairman of the sub- committee of the Appropriations Com- mittee in charge of naval funds. He is +Navy's sils. It behooves the friends of ’pnpnxedness to realize that they have a first-class fight on their hands. Sen ator Hale of Maine and Representative Britten of Illinois, respectively chair. men of the Senate and House Naval Affairs Committees, will need all the ‘-‘u?flfl they can get both in and out of Congress. The situation provoked by th2 White House blast against the fleet budget is made to order for pacifist pur- poses. It will require the combinad re- sources 2nd resourcefulness of organiza- tions like the Navy League, the D. A. R. ths Amcrican Legicn and other advo- cates of national defense to meet the attack which Prederick J. Libby and | his sistors will launch on Capitol Hill. | They are no unworthy foemen. > % % & H. G. Wel's, who is due in the United States shortly on a reverse English visit —to cbserve and not to lecture—will be in Washington during the closing days of October. The author of “The Out- line of History” is coming for the pur- pose of X-raying the depressicn and how the richest country on the face of the earth is bearing up under it. Wells was in Washingtcn 10 years ago. He was here to report the armament con- ference for the Britisn press. His American writing colleagues have never fcrgotten the spoof perpetrated on him by H. L. Mencken at a barbecue given | for the conference correspondents at Folly Quarters, famous estate of the late Van Le>r Black, near Baltimere. Mencken was acting as Wells' special host. During the day “Heinie” told the Englishman that, the foreign visitors having seen a Wild West show, plantation singers, an ox roisted in open, an old-fashionea bar in full operaticn and other aspects of Ameri- can life, the piece de resistance was yet to cocme—a lynching. Wells s jowed the story, hook, line and sink according ta Mencken. EEEE A “Old Hickory II" is the title of four-page folder now being circulates hereabouts on behalf of “Alfalfa Bill otherwise the Hon. Willilam Henry Murray, Governor of Oklahoma. It's being peddled in quarters where its sponsor, I. H. Nakdimen of the East Oklahoma Publishing Co., thinks it will Go the most good—afnong the Wash- ington correspondents. e author of the glowing tribute to the life and times of “Alfalfa Bill” is Andrew De Shong_of the Dallas Daily Times-Her- ald. The folder is adorned with a por- trait of Gov. Murray, drcoping mus- tache 'n’ everything. It that “Alfalfa Bill” is only the laf of the nicknames accumulated by Gov. Mur- ray during his dizzy ascent of the lad: der of fame. “Cockleburr Bill" of Tishomingo” and “Dollar Bill” were some of the official sobriquets in days e by. No matter what the rest of e country thinks about/it, “Alfalfa Bill's” hat is evlflmay in the 10~ cratic ring for 1932. * k ok K One of Senator Borah’s ardent ad- mirers is “Bob” Washl , famous columnist of -the Boston Evening Transcript. In conversation with a New Englander who doesn't share Wash- burn's estzem of the Senator, “Bob" observed that it mustn’s be forgotien thet Borah was sent to the Senate not to represent Massachusetts, but Idaho. which he seems to suit. In fact, Wash- burn said, Borah measures up in sub- stance to the test of the Episcopal ritual, “H: has done his duty in that |65 state into which it has pleased God to call him.” a consistent advocate of hauling in the | WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE. |not & junior department of a college prep scho¥. The Washington Country School is said to be the first of its sort in the District of Columbia, which boasts of schools of nearly every oth . “A prep school for prep schools’ the descripiion of his plan by Clarke Winship Slade, headmaster. Mr. Slade |is & son-in-law of the late Dr. William {Mann Irvine, nationally renowned as the creator of Mercersburg Academy, |which John and “Littie Cal" Coolidge | attended. * k¥ x Here's & bit of official prohibition lore which tells its own story. ‘Woodcock’s prohibition bureau over at the Department of Justice announces that during the first year of its exist- ence, ended July 1, 1931, its agents made 62,902 arrests; seized 8.261 auto- mobiles, 67 boats, 21,373 stills, 27,834 fermenters, 5,003,239 gallons of beer, 1,833,276 rlllom of spirits, 291,582 gal- | lons of wine, and approximately 4,076, | 014 pounds and 142,785 gallons of dis- | tilling and brewing materials, together | with 30,918, gallons of mash. What was it that Queen Marie of Rumania said when ship reporters asked what she thought about prohibition? “I think . it's a fine thing,” sald th: bubbling beauty of Bucharest. "I hope you have it some day.” * xx ‘The National Capital has a new In- dian. He's a member of the Washing tan bar—Charles J. Kappler—who was recently inducted into the Crow Tribe by Chief Plenty Coos at a picturesque ceremonial in Big Horn County, Mont. Max Big Man, famed Crow, did the initiating. He is one of the most cul- tured of American Indians and tours the country lecturing on their rignts and trials, Mr. Kappler was made & Crow in token of his services in com- piling for Congress the fourth volume of Indian laws and treatles. * x % Let no Michelsonian Democrat charge the Uni States Tariff Commission with complicity in maintaining the in- iquities of the Hawley-Smoot tariff law. e commission is about to resume its Fall activities in ironing the “inequali- ties” out of the Empire State Building of all tariff walls. It will hold a series of helrlnmmmed to revise the rates on fresh atoes, green peppers, green peas, snap or string beans, lima beans, okra, eggplant, cucumpers and fresh pineapples. (Copyright, 1931) Cat License Law Urged As Health Precaution To the Editor of The Star: in your issue of September 18 I no- iced “a letter from Eleanor W. Hite relating to cats. She complains first that persons in ‘Washington were poisoning cats. This, of course, is :!mlly inhumane. The lady then goes on to tell about the value of cats as catchers of mice Tats. Our organization was formed for the purpose investigating the depred: tions of stray cats on our bird and small game in the woods and as carriers of disease in the cities. Ex- &e.m say there are 120,000,000 cats in e United States, 60 per cent of which are strays, heartlessly abandoned by these eats become hunters and are the worst we have of bird and small game life. This statement is made on the authority of the late John Burroughs, the late Dr. ¥dward Howe Forbush in his pamphlet, “The Do- mestic Cat,” and Dr. W. T. Hornaday, trustee of the Permanent Wild Life Protection Pund, who mnow lives in Stamford, Conn. All wild animals put together do not destroy as ‘nmv birds as do these “killer” cats in the woods. ‘What about cur cities? In the City of New York there are 7,000,000 cats, per cent af them s. These also have been abandoned by human beings who tcok them in as pets. They live on ml&ufl:blnm sk Medical owwmwmm-wim human beings. In the country distriots | o 1931. Law Cited as to South- west Farmers’ Market To the Editor of The B! Your editorial in The Sunday Star gives rise to the following thought: This market was authorized in an act ot March 2, 1929 (45 Stat., 1487), the nu!,rglnmph of which reads— J “That the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to ac- quire by purchase or by condemnation or partly by purchase and partly by condemnation, as they may deem best, the whole of squares numbered 354 and 385, as shown on the plat books in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, and when same shall have been acquired to close to public occu- pation and use as a street all of F street southwest within the adjacent curb lines of Tenth and Eleventh strects southwest, the area of sald squares and the portion of F street southwest, when seme shall have been acquired and closed, to b2 used and occupled by the District of Columbia as and for the purpese of a wholesale farmers’ producs market.” ' An act of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat, 952), carled the appiopriation of $300.- 000 for the acquisition of said squares, thelr leveling and grading and the de- velopment of the zaid matk:t; but noth- ing therein contained revoked or modi- fied any provision of the sald act of March 2, 1929. The language of the above-quoted paragraph seems to be clear and defi- nite. It contemplates the acquisition (to secure fee simple title) of the whole of both squares and by two methods only—namely, purchase or condemna- ion, Then follows language making such acquisition a condition precedent to the closing of a part of F street southwest, for the statute recites “when same (the said squares) shall have been acquired” the portion of F street south- west is to be closed. Further along in |the same paragraph both the acquisi- |tion of faid squares (in the manner | prescribed in the act) and the closing of F street southwest between Tenth and Eleventh streets southwest are made conditions precedent to the use and occupancy of the area for a whole- |sale farmers' produce market. An acquisitior. of any part of either of those squares by any free use, rental or leasing arrangement would not only not be sanctionea by the law. but would be violative of the clearly expressed in- tent of the legislation. Had the market in question been made the subject of a referendum, it would have been defeated overwhelm- ingly by District of Columbia taxpay- ers as a project that they neither needed nor desired, and that they were averse to payinz for. To resort to any unlawful thing to accomplish its «de- velopment would not increase its pal- atability. E. S. HEGE. ympathy for Jobless Needed, Says Observer To the Editor of The Star Saturday night's Star publishes a ) i W. Irving. who voices his objections to those urging a reduction of “ene-sixth in the salaries of Government clerks 1o be used to provide employment for i those out of work.” Although I am not a Government ployed, and heartily indorse Mr. Irving’s high opinion of the generosity of these advised insinuation that the jobless are jobless iargely because of their tem- peramental ersion for certain kinds of work. While that may be true of a negligible proportion, to intimate that such indolence is generally char- acteristic of the palling millions without & job is an aspersion as un- warranted as it is uncharitable. His sensible and humane defense of Gov ernment clerks does not. unfortunately. prevent him from adding the insult of laziness to the riready desperate plight of the myriads genuinely seeking work. In the columns of The Star we fre- quently read of the drastic wage cuts recently inaugurated in our major in- dustrie Yet there is no dearth of applicants seeking these jobs. For, re- gardless of their previous station in life, the unemployed with kith and it sternly borne in on them that an empty stomach is no chooser. More- of the commonplace fact that the ax of unemployment falls first and fore- most upon the unskilled, and these have never cultivated a taste for genteel jobs or comfortable compensation. Mr. Irving might have given better evidence of his humanity had he ex- tended his sympathy to all classes of labor whose standard of living is being nstantly menaced by the threat of wage reductions. JULIUS DAVIDSON. v 97 Pet. of City Noise Laid to Street Cars To the Editor of The Sta I was interested in Mr. H. C. Allen's remarks on the street railway system and habits, and also in Mr. P. D. Ga ible's answer thereto, which sounds like I that of a railroad employe from its ar- gument. I must say that an experi- ence of 50 years in Washington and some travel elsewhere makes my views largely coincide with those of Mr. Allen rather than Mr Gable. A little travel will show Mr. Gable what he fails find in the railway journals. In the suburbs of Boston, not the city proper, he will find just as noisy cars and worse streets and a 5-cent fare. For an example one is enough. If a lot of the financial and Statistical efforts were transferred to providing service, something would be gained. More would be gained if the Utilities Com- mission could cause a lessening of the 97 per cent of city noise caused by street cars, by making them adjust their gearing, tighten their structures and operate with less abandon. There is no fair excuse for a utility which carries but a small percentage of citi- zens mcmm the attention of every- body on streets, to the exclusion of colt'lvent.‘tlnn, by noises which can be cut out. As to loops and cutbacks, it is known that riders come in from all directions and it is just as easy and preferable to TUn ears ugh the city as to tie up car company m! get more business if it stuck te schedules as regularly as it did years ago when Mr. Gable to get his car regularly, instead of altering runs just as patrons get used to them. While many employes worl from 9 ‘rush’ m. to 4:30 pm., the extends from 7 to 10 a.m. and 2 to 6 p.m. or longer, or would if the companies furnished the service. Just now the an auto to get to work. one which requires a lot of straphangi | patrons can no like bees on a twig. Lastly, we are using the taxis be- | causc of the jerking, jolting and other discomforts of street cars and many consider the busses worse than the cars. Get that? And three in a taxi cost 20 cents as against 3 tokens or 30 cents in a street car. W. E. ALLEN. subject to the human form of tubercu- losis, d eria and to a more virulent rabjes than d:'a(l have. w.g stray cats would Our:’ bird life would increase and a source of spreading disease to children in the cities would be abolished. If Eleanor W. Hite, who undoubtedly is very tender-hearted, would look at this matter in this light she would be doing a very turn for her friends, the stray ea Such cats would bz picked by the proper authorities and either lvmumhoueorlwnunmdhu. Our organization has among its mem- bers conservationists, hu; iterians and others who have been stu 4 lntx this n;b- t for years and belleve a popular fin t for cat license laws is the only feasible way of solving the stray cat We have no affiliation for Prevention of or any other J. M. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Did ycu ever write a letter to Prederic J. Haskin? You may ask him any ques- tion of fact and get the answer in a personal Jett:r. Here is a grest educa- tional idea introduced into the lives of the most intelligent peopie in the world —American newspaper readers. It is & part of that best purpcse of a news- paper—service. There is no charge ex- cept 2 cents in coin or siamps for re- turn postage. Address Frederic J. Has- kin, Director, The Evening Star Infor- mation Bureau, Washington, D.C. Q. Did the Four Horsemen, Stuhldre- her, Crowley, Layden ana Miller, ever go through a season undeteated while they were playing at Notre Dame?—J. H. A. The Four Horsemen were members of the Notre Dame squad in 1922, 1923 and 1924, but the appellation of “Four Hors>men” was affixed to them in 1924. In 1922 Nebraska defe:ted Notre Dame, 14 t> 6. In 1923 Nebraska agein de- feat:d Notre Dame, 14 to 7. In 1924 Notre Deme won every game. Therefore, the Four Horsemen in' the year of 1924 went through the season undefeated, after they bzc:me known as the “Four Horsemen.’ Q. Where was Bert Williams, the negro actor, bern?—A. A. A. He was born in New Providence, British Bahamas, in 1876. He died in New York City, March 4, 1922. He was one of the mest popular comedians on the American stage. Q. Do oysters ever live in fresh water?—T. W. A, ° A. The true oyster lives only in salt ! water, although closely related bivalves do oceur in fresh water. Q. When was the first piano made in this country?—G. T. R. It was made in Philadelphia in 1775 by John Behrent. Q. Is Admiral Byrd planning enother trip to the South Pole?—B. V. R. A. It has been announced that he is planning another expedition to the Antarctic region. Q. What is a sorbet?—H. S. A. This oid-fashioned dessert was a { | | Q. Were church services ever held in the Capitol in Washington, D. C.7— & D. P. A: In the first years after the es- tablishment of the ‘seat of Government in Washington church services were held in the House of Representatives. The chaplains sometimes preached, but ministers of all faiths were invited to conduct services there. Q. Where were hussars first used?— 6. ) A. These light cavalry troops were {originally raised by Matthias Corvinus in 1458 to fight against the Turks. The name is probably from the Magyar word husz, meaning 20, the troops having been raised by selecting every twentieth man in the community. Hussars be- came & part of the British cavalry in Q. What is first book_known to have had-illustiations”—M. S. R. A. The eatliest known s the wonderful | set of Egyptian papyrus rolls called the | Pook of the Dead, written 15 centuries | before Christ. Q. Did Elwood Haynes, who construct- | ed one of the first antomobiles, make |any inventions>—T. H. A. He discovered tungsten chrome | steel in 1898, an alloy of nickel and chromium in 1899, and shortly after- ward an alloy of cobalt and chromium. | He introduced aluminum into automo- | bile construction and invented the ro- | tary valve gas engine. Alloys of cobelt, | chromium and ‘tungsten and of cobalt. | chromium and molydenum were also | discovered by Mr. Haynes. | @ What kinds of herbs arc in most gencral use for flavoring food in this | country?—M. W. | A. The kinds most in demand are | parsley, sage, thyme, savory, marjoram, spearmint, dill, fennel, tarragon. balm and basil, in the order named. Parsley leads, because it is used both as a gar- pish and flavoring. Sage may surpass iv as a flavoring only. . What _is meant by lingua franca?—L. E. M. water ice or sherbet. Q. How much does it cost our| |- Government to discharge a torpedo?— | G A It is a term used for a language used ip any country secondary to the principal language of the country. | provocative communique from Mr. G.| clerk, nor yet a member of the unem- clerks, I nevertheless deplore his ill-' kin dependent upon them have had| over, your correspondent seems oblivious | “The aed | Felegram. -0 A. The Department of the Navy says that it costs the Government ap- | proximately $8,000, depending upon the , type of torpedo. to disc! a torpedo | —that is, if it is not 3 Q. When were weather records first kept 11 this country?—R. 8. A. The first weather records Am-rica, s0 far as known, were kept by the Rev. Johann Campanius, who re- corded the weather each day in the | colony of New Sweden, neer the present site of Wilmington, Del,, for the years 1644 and 1645. Q. When did Queen Victoria celebrate | the sixtieth year of her reign?—E. H. M. | "A.'Queen Victoria ascended the throne June 20, 1837, and the diamond jubi- fle2, ion of the | jubilee, was held in St. Paul's Cathedral { June 20, 1897. ! meoee'—M. M. A. The English word moose is itself taken from the dialects of the Algon- “quin stock of languages. in/| Q. What :‘ls the Indian word for | Q. When peat is burned, what kind of a fire does it make?—M. M. | "A. In its natural state peat con- | tains as high as 90 per cent of | moisture and, to make it a satisfactory | fuel, it must be dried as much as - sible. It is almost impossible to elim- | inate moisture entirely from peat and thus it burns with a slow, smoldering fire and produces very little smoke. | @ How can cannas be kept so that thev will bloom again next year?— V. E. B. A. Cannas should be lifted from | #neir Summer quarters just as soon | as the foliage is blackened by the first | frosts. Cut_off the flowering stems | about six inches from the ground. | They should be closely packed together |in boxes, using dry sand, and stored | away where frost will not affect the ; rhizomes. | Q. Does a boy have to have & col- | lege education to go to an aviation school?—J. A. C. '""A. Commercial aviation schools do not requize a colleze education. Members of the American Legion win the applause of the country by their ;a\'urlblc Tesponse to m“l .:1“ ne& ient Hoover pre a for a bonus payment be ggiected. Their acceptance of the eontefition that the Treasury of the United States should be relieved of further burdens is called an example of patriotism which should have influence with other Americans. “The Legion's renunciation of the cash bonus claim was high-minded, patrictic, and worthy of emulation by citizens in all walks of life.” says the Chattanooga Ne! while the Cincin- nati Times-Star, observing that “some politicians have been doing their best to drag the Legion into the mud of short-sighted selfishness,” holds that it “took its own stand on the heights. where all right-minded Americans want and expect to be.” The Rochester Times-Union advises that “no politician can justify further bonus legislation on for * the American Legion.” that body has_spoken decisively. stand is deservedly heid up as an ex- ample that all organizations which are being urged to back requests for Fed- eral appropriations ought to follow at this time,” concludes the Philadelphia Evening_Bulletin, while the Charleston (8. C.) Evening Post comments: “There is nothing to be gained on speculating as to what may happen if the cash bonus should be seriously urged upon Congress. The Leglon has taken the correct stand on the matter, made a handsome response to the appeal of to | President Hoover for support of Gov- ernment economy and has called upon every able-bodied veteran to refrain from being an ‘unnecessary burden upon National, State or municipal gov- ernments.’ That is the right lpfl"ll. and its assertion by the Legion should prove helpful.” Y e with Mr. Hoover or not in his declares the Pasadena Star- 'ws, “one must admire his fearlessness in this. The great American Legian convention keenly sensed this courage in Mr. Hoover, and the Legionnaires chivairously gave Mr. Hoover a tre- mendous ovation, both before and after his speech.” Pointing out that “the Legion right along—to its credit—has insisted that the piea for the redemp- tion of the certificates was mnot its baby,” the Providence Bulletin voices the tribute that “the vote on the bonus was & magnificent victory for President Hoover and the common sense of the Nation.” * x %% country should respond com gintains the Fort Worth Star- m, “to the President’s warnings against added Treasury burdens when it is llrugfln' with an already badly unbalanced budget.” That paper also emphasized the point: “Mr. Hoover's closing appeal In his Detroit address goes to every hopeful American heart. “This is an emergency,’ he said, ‘and these are the times for service to which we must put full heart and purpose to help, and not retard the return of the happy days we know are ahead of your country and mine’” The Texarkana Gazette finds a general application of the address to requests for appropri- ations and remarks that “President Hoover evidently is assuming the post of watch dog of the Treasury and is taking steps to head off in advance a lot of the requests scheduled before the next session of a | trol. courageous action of President Hoover in appearing before the convention to ‘warn the members against new Treas- ury demands, the vote was decisive, 902 to 507. In so far as the Legion can speak for the service men—and no other veterans’ up has nearly so many members—it now sets its face against further gratuities for ahle- bodied men. It is an important victory for those who have b the tide of Iy % administration ‘Treasu day in which the and big business alike are too readily alarmed and made panicky it will re- both. It is & victory service men Mr. that h&vmllg he might more the ground that it has the support of | ‘he broad-minded and patriotic | Action of i,egion on Bonus Called Example to Country | Appreciation of the patriotic spirit | of the Legion is voiced by the Okla- | homa City Times, and the Topeka Daily | Capital predicts “a_powarfully favor- le reaction on tre business situation.” | The Rutland Herald finds satisfaction |in the prospect of increesed attention |to sick and disebled veterans, in a de- | mend in which “every citizen of the United States should join.” The Asbury Park Evening Press asserts: “The | American Legion has gained in public | esteem through the inteiligent manner in which its national convention de- feated the proposal to increase the | bonus, and then voted for a natioral referendum on prohibition. In an overwhelming response to President Hoover's plea against burdening the | Federal Treasury with additional de- | mands, the veterans cemonstrated a | spirit of patriotism no less to be lauded !tgun their achievements on the field of | battle.” “The President,” as viewed by the Ann Arbor Daily News, “made an ap- peal to the intelligence, the patriotism, the manhood of the Legion. and the Leglon came through with flying colors. Good leadership and clear thinking dominated the convention, and most of those attend: R Sheort Selling Foe Wants Evils Cured by Publicity To the Editor of The Star: I question whether the abolition of hort selling” on the grain and se- curities markets is a good thing, but the rapidly growing public opinion against it ought to awaken those in control of the markets to the fact that its abuse may result in legislation in- 1:11“1 to the managers of the ex- cha: T isn't any doubt in my mind that certain individuals and certain in- terests, banking included, have abused the practice of “short selling” repeat- edly during the past two years. There arc plenty of “small fry” selling the markets “short,” but the real “bears” e experienced financiers with millions at their disposal. Several of the worse offenders are those controlling the mil- lions of dollars invested by the middle class in the management type of in- vestment trusts, and probably a more influential class are the bankers who have financed great corporations, know the “inside” conditions of same and profit by such knowledge by “short sale" of such stock. When it is forced down to ridiculous levels, the same manipu- lators reaccumulate it. Sharp practice seems to be an im- portant element of business on the ex- changes, and no one on the " “inside” thinks it unethieal. The past two years have found the marts filled with the most terrifying of financial rumors, bandied from person to person as just s0 much conversation, with no attempt to stop it. If a person imputes finan- cial distress to a bank, there is a law to jail such person. but to date I have never read of a “bear” being jailed for the most heinous of lies against the financial strength of a corporation. It is a part of the game! < Who are these big “bears” that rald the market from time to time? Did you ever see a list of them published? I never did, and the exfhanges take pains to prevent such publicity. Selling America ort” in times like the pres- ent, to my mind, isn’t a very patriotic thing to do. In fact, I feel that such a man is an enemy to his country when he participates in raids ‘against the market like we have seen the ple of years, and then covers it up with & lot of “hokum” about the selling ecoming from foreign sources. If Congress or the President really wants to do something beneficial about this matter, let the light of pitiless pub- licity in on the manipulation that has been going on in the market for years. Tell the public who the raiders are, and gv: the people a chanoe to scan the come taxes paid by the profiteers, I venture to say that when “short selling” is regulated so that it cannot be abused, and when every one can tell who is selling the market “shert,” you will see a change in the present tactics. Mr. Whitney could do a lot to bring this about, and perhaps he would if it were a personal matter, but it is well not to lose sight of the fact that Mr. ‘Whitney is a servant of the New York Exchange, and many of the tes of such have to be hurt if a policy is enforced. N