Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Editlon. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY. ... October 15, 1931 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Of 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave, New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t. icago Office: Lake Michigan Building. uropean Office’ 14 Regent At.. London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. % Evening ana sinday Biar ) o 60¢ per month (! ¢ e Sunday Star .. ver cozy T ifearion, made «( tne end of ench month ders may be sent in by mail or telephone Ational 8000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ily and Sunday.....13 ily onl Bl 58t All Other States and Canada. Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news ais- patches credited to 1t or not othersise cred: ted {n this paper end also th published herein. Al rizhts of pulicatio= of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Welcome, Marshal Petain! There were due off the Virginia capes today two splendid French crulsers, the Duquesne and the Suffern, bearing to | these shores Henri Petain, Marshal of France “savior of Verdun,” as his , in imperishable gratitude, stened the great soldier who thundered at the Germans: “You shall not pass!" Marshal Petain comes to tie United States as the chief rcpresentative of France at the Yorktown celebrations, which are to be climaxed cn October 19 with picturesque ceremonies com- memorating the 130th anniversary of America’'s decisive battle of the Revolution. With Petain is a dele- gation of distinguished French civil- ians, descendants of De Grasse, Rochambeau, Lafayette and the jm- memorial galaxy of other admirals and generals wh> shared with Gen. ‘Washington the laurcls of victory at Yorktown. It is fitting they should be welcomed in the name of the American people by the General of the Armies, John J. Pershing, who was a comrade in arms of Marshal Petain in France thirteen years ago. The Yorktown festivities will usher in an October destined to be historic in Franco-American annals. They will no sooner be over than Pierre Laval, prime minister of France, will become, as Secretary Stimson has just pro- claimed, “the Nation's guest.” The juxtaposition of the visits of Marshal Petain end Premier Laval, especially the sacred memories which Yorktown conjures up, will serve to remind us afresh that France in & very genuine sense was the godmother of American independence. That is not to say that the Con- tinental cause would never have triumphed but for the ring which French co-operation by land and sea permitted Gen. Washington to throw around the hapless Cornwallis. The Revolutionary Army was hard pressed in 1781, but it was not defeated. Yet there is no room for the scintilla of a doubt that it was the timely aid of Admiral de Grasse's great fleet, plus the French land forces, which, accord- ing to many accounts, considerably outnumbered the troops at Washing- ton’s disposal, that enabled the final blows to be struck and made Corn- ‘wallis’ surrender inevitable. The American people recall these facts in plous gratitude, as they cor- dially welcome the hero of Verdun to the soil and waters of the Old Dominion. He announced his purpose, before leav- ing Paris, to utilize his sojourn in the United States to clear up American imisapprehensions regarding France and French purposes in the world. If the “French month"” which sets in today, as the first scenes in the Yorktown Sesqui- centennial are enacted, accomplishes the object Marshal Petaln cherishes, the world cannot help but be a happier and saner place to live in. Conditions | being what they are, the burden of | bringing that about rests mainly upon the broad shoulders of France and the | United States. R R Effort is being made to emphasize | the moral and civic responsibility of banking, as well as its financial re- sponsibility. Honest, intelligent bor- rowers are needed in business, as well | as depositors. : — e Capone's attorneys were visibly dis- appointed when the prosecution sud- ' denly decided to close its case. The incident is, at least, one that permits no complaint as to “the law's delays.” | —————— Trying to Regulate Taxicabs. ‘The Public Utilitles Commission on Monday will begin public hearings de- | signed to suggest something that should | be done about the taxicab situation. The | hearings are called as a result of a com- plaint by the Merchant & Manufdec- | turers Association which demanded, | briefly, that order be brought out of the existing chaos. The Public Utilities | Commission may or may not have a| plan. It could accomplish something, however, by making a conclusive test of its authority over taxicabs and suh-’ mitting the results to Congress I'th‘ the request for whatever legislation is' necessary. i With some 5,000 taxicabs in the Dis-| trict under hundreds of independent operators, with authority over them | divided between the Commissioners and the Public Utilitles Commission, with no acceptable definition of fare zories and no agreed-upon scale of rates, with no financial responsibility demanded on the part of operators and with no great emphasis placed upon required stand- ards of equipment, the taxicab situation in Washington has steadily grown from bad to worse. Into this mess the Public | Utllities Commission must plunge on ., Monday with the chief question—con- | cerning its power to regulate taxicabs— | yet to be answered. ‘The public utilities act gives the commission authority to regulate com- mon carriers. In the beginning there | may have been no great disagreement over what constituted a common carrier. But the issue has provided juicy meat for legal jaws. The commission will 45c per month ; 3¢ per month : la police regulation promulgated by the Commissioners. But the regulation only touches maximum rates and no operator, as far as the records go to show, has ever charged ‘the maximum rata, The Public Utilitizs Commission, some time ago, sought to have the Commissioners broaden their authority over rates by requiring that every cab be metered, accomplishing this through the form of another police regulation. This the Commissioners dclined to do. The Public Utilities Commission also attempled to meke a rule stick requir- ing that taxicab opcrators give satis- factory evidence of financial responsi- !bility, furnish bond or cover their lia- bility to passengers through insurance. The rule was immediately contested in the courts and tre commission was de- featzd. There have also been attempts {at th» District Building to have the taxicab operators agree among them- | selves as to zones, rates, etc. That at- tempt has also been futil>. There should be in Washington 0 cheap and eficient and accessible taxi- cab transportation. It is foolish to rebel against the mere number of taxicabs, for the ‘number of cabs that can be op- erated at a profit is governed by a far more drastic law than any legislature can frame. And it will be unwise, In the public interest, to seek to destroy the competition that brings down cab fares or to establish a taxicab monopoly. But the taxicab business should be regulated in so far as the stardardiza- {tion of rates, the establishment of fare {zones, the specification of equipment !and the financial responsibility of op- | erators are concerned. And toward this | desirable form of regulation the com- | mission will begin to move on Morday | by whagever routes it believes bect. o - His Back to the Wall. If it be true that Englishmen love a fighter—eten if he happens to be a Scotsman—the contest Ramsay Mac- Donald is waging tor re-election to Parliament must extort the admiration of every man in John Bull's island. The premier of the National government chese to run for his old House of Com- mons seat in the teeth of the officially declared hostility of his former Labor supporters, Mr, MacDonald could have |found a safe seat in half a dozen other constituencies, the British system not requiring that a candidate for Parlia- ment be a resident of the district for which he stands. Labor's repudiated chieftain preferred to fight it out on the line along which he has hitherto battled and won and take his chances with the rank and.file of the men and women who reposed faith in him many times before. ‘The British conduct what Americans would call a “short and snappy” par- liamentary campaign. It will be over in a fortnight. The brief interval require: the prime minister to desert Lond-n at cne of the most critical hours in mod- ern Britich history, in order that he may ask from the hustings for the sup- port of his own peopie. When Mr. MacDonald talks to the grim ncrthern- ers of the Seaham Harbor country he is, of course, addressing a far wider au- dience than is encompissed within its narrow borders. He is speaking to the whole nation and, in particular, to the Labor party, when he appeals to the patriotism cf his one-time loyal politi- cal associates, end not only to the Brit- ish nation, but to the whole English: speaking world, for sympathy with Mr. MacDonald's cause is widespread throughout even our own country. The premier is using homespun lan- guage that seems irresistible. He is re- calling that he and his late wife were in & very practical sense the parents of the modern Labor party. They spent freely of their own time, substance and fortune in launching it. “In those days,” said Mr. MacDonald, “we had to pay for the postage of the Labor party We bought out of our own pockets—my wife and I—the very note paper upon which Labor's work was done. You borrowed our coal scuttles to sit upon at Labor meetings at our home. Now you criticize the men. who exercised their will power and ‘conscience in a time of national crisis.” It will be interesting to watch Sea- ham Harbor's reaction to this strzight- irom-the-shoulder stuff. The Briton's vaunted sense of fair play is on trial. “I hdven't changed a single fota of my principles,” MacDonald said at another of his reetings, adding: “But I have a | mind and conscience of my own, and I wil. not be a slave to the party cau- cus. I have no qualms of conscience for the steps I took in forming the National government. I should do it again, again gnd again.” The Sage of Lessiemouth was hurling these shafts on his sixty-fifth birth- day, last Monday. “My active life is not for long,” he remarked plaintively. “I can see the end of my work.” A young heckler suggested that MacDon- 2ld should retire and shift his burdens to more youthful shoulders. ‘“Perhaps voud be willing to take over the job,” the premier fired back. It will be a sorry day for Britain if it votes on October 27 to take Ramsay MacDonald from the “job.” ———— Possibility of secrious strife in Asia is more feared than it was when Orien- that encouraged no professional outsiders. s interference by Tyrannizing Tammany. This inquisition into the private af- fairs of Tammany officials in New York conducted by a legislative committee is going to lengths that must arouse the indignation of all fair-minded Amer- jcans. Questions are being asked of office holders regarding their bank ac- counts that are positively insulting in their implications. Methods of inquiry are being pursued that are tyrannical in thelr rudeness. One witness has just gree of questioning. An assistant coun- sel for the committee actually shook his finger in the witness’ face and hellowed the same question at him three times in succession. Against this treatment complaint has ben made and protest has been entered to effect a modifica- tion of the inquisitorial practices. The victim of this savage treatment, Jo- seph Flzherty, who holds the post of an assistant deputy sheriff, was so ups:t by this ferocious onset that it was not until he came under th: milder treat- ment of Judge Seabury, the chief coun- undertake its public hearing and its later attempted regulation with the knowledge that whatever order it issues will immediately be taken into court by ' one or more cf the taxicab operators. Taxicab rates are at present fixed by sel for the committee, that he could ex- plain how in some four months of of- fice holding he has been able o deposit about $20,000 in bank on a salary of $2.700 & vear. This was the perfectly lucid and Treasonable account finally tal wars were conducted by local talent been subjected to a veritable third de- THE EVENING given by “Big-hearted Joe,” as he styled himself in his testimony: Assistant Deputy Sheriff Flaherty, an ex-saloonkeeper, had for many years run s “restaurant.” But nine or ten months ago he gave the place to an invalid brother. The deposits in bank that aroused the so unjust suspicion of the inquisition were checks cashed in the place, the checks of honest working men, and Assistant Deputy Sheriff Fl | herty deposited them ip Lis own bank because his invalid brotner has no benk account. “That is all. That is the simple fact that “Big-heartei Joc” was unable to state to the finger-shaking and ques- | tion-bellowing assistant counsel at the | private hearing because his sensitive spirit was wounded by his rough treat- ment. asks that the terrifying assistant coun- sel be reprimanded for his harshness. ‘The “invalid brother” takes his place with the “wonder box" of Sheriff Farley and the thirty-four dependent relatives of Mr. McQuade. Doubtless some more fascineting economic exhibits will be brought forth bofore Judge Seabury and | bis finger-shaking assistants get through | thelr researches. A — The Louisiana Puzzle. Louisiana’s political situation, with two Governors, two Lieutenant Gover- nors and, as it might be expressed, one | and a half United States Senators, is| further complicated by the advent of | another Governor: Yesterday a private citizen named Aldrich of Shreveport took the oath of office as Governor of the State. He was never a candidate [for the office, never received votes for it, but offers his services and swears to discharge the duties of the executive faithfully on the ground that the po- sition is vacant and “all good lawyers know that any one may take possession i of and retain abandoned property.” This is Mr. Aldrich’s reasoning: If what Dr. Cyr, who was elected Licutenant Gover- nor, claims is true, that Huey Long va- cated the office of Governor when he was elected to the Senate, that office was then and there abandoned by him. On that hypothesis Dr. Cyr erred in continuing to serve as Lieutenant Governor and lost his title to that of- fice. Therefore he, Dr. Cyr, had no right to take the govetnorship tardily because he had forfeited his claim to| succession. Consequently in the absence of both Governor and Lieutenant Gov- ernor the highest office in the State is “abandoned property” and may be| taken by the first clajmant. ‘This fantastic proposition will prob- | ably have no support in the law. Gov. Long ridicules it. Dr. Cyr regards it as a trick on the part of Long to make his own assumption of the governor- ship appear absurd. Meanwhile, Gov. ong sits in the executive offices as chief of the State, and his orders are obeyed by the State Militia and his war- rants are recognized by the State treas- ury. Alvin King, President pro tem. of the Senate, has taken the oath of office as Lieutenant Governor, in re- placement of Dr. Cyr. So the score now stands: Three Governors, two Lieu- tenant Governors, maybe, and one and & half United States Senators. What the reckoning will be = little later is just one of those things that must await definition by events. oo Fears are expressed that the League of Nations may require s board of gov- ! sometimes they don' Now that it is explained, he | [y’ |in_their likes ernors to consider cases of members who refuse to abide by the rules. r——e—— Window smashing in Berlin leaves it open to question whether the destruc- tion of unprotected property is carried on by rioters or racketeers. 2fi)TING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Uncivilization. We stand all sorrowing and surprised. “We're getting more uncivilized As day by day we go our way To dance or hear the music play.” So says the man of deep research. We're leaving customs in the lurch That make us think of generous deeds. We long for feathers, paint an@l beads. | | The savages, they say, were kind } When travelers first their lands would | find. Men who were brave were also just i And honored those whom they could | trust. So, if we have to turn around And leave the thrills that now abound, | ‘We may not feel demoralized, But happier when uncivilized. | Silence Necessary. “George Washington was & man of few words,” remarked the student of history. “Naturally,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “A man WH® tried always to tell the truth as he did would be obliged to spend a great deal of time in studlous silence, checking up on his facts.” Jud Tunkins says he knows a woman who lavished so much affection on her husband that her pet dog got jealous and tried to bite him. H Refusal tb Hibernate, The honey bee pursues his way, | As Summer lingers day by day, To quaff the nectar from the flow'r That heeds not the belated hour. ‘They've told me I should imitate ‘This wakeful energy so great— | Oh, friend! Beware those busy bees | Who seem to do just as they please! Estimating Profits. “That artist” said Mr. Dustin Stax, “tells me he can paint a picture in a few hours that will be worth several | thousand dollars “Are you sure,” inquired Miss Cay- enne, “that he is an artist and not a fellow financier?” “Superior strength, id Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “claims admiration: but not for long unless it is governed by superior thought.” Lost Arts. “The tempering of copper,” sald the savant, “is a lost art.” “Only one of ’'em,” remarked Uncle Bill Bottletop. “Making a prerer mint julep is another.” Mixing In. Peacemakers deny ‘That conditions are right If you get a black eve ‘When you're stopping a fight. “Mebbe it's wrong,” said Uncle Eben, ' “to count a rabbit hunter favorin® unemployment. He's lll‘ to keep some pore rabbit powerful g | STAR, WASHIN N, b0 o1 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Dhlag you know any “sometime-y peo- ‘We are indebted for this phrase to an intelligent colored woman who does the family wash. “Sometime-y people?” we asked. “Sometimes they smile at you and “Oh!" Here was a universal matter, indeed. In every walk of life there are some- timey people. Sometimes they smile at you and sometimes they do not. Sometimes they speak and sometimes they do not. Not upon you, but upon them, de- 'nds the cordiality of their greeting, y. they are feeling glad, you get the reflex of it. xr' they are sad, you bear the brunt t it. They belong to that certain slice of the populace which sees no necessity: 1. For being polite. 2. For covering their emotions. The standards of everyday courtesy, on which many human beings were brought up, although in humble cir- cumstances, play no large part in their lives. & They are “sometimey,” you see, and think about courtesy only when it pleases them to do so. Sometimes. * if an; It * * “Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue,” went the old popular song. Such people are not schooled in hid- ing their emotions, but wear their heart on their sleeve, open to the gaze of the world. | And if the world chooses to criticize them for it, so much the worse for the weary old world, which is always snarl- ing about something or other. This type of person is emotionally | without reticence. He is not at all i terested in w! you think of him, cause he has a very ill-concealed col tempt for your opinion. This may offend one, at first. Few persons really like to understand that another I n being ts little store d dislikes. | Most men and women are so con- stituted, mentally, that they set a rath- er high value on their sonal opin- | fons, which constitute their likes and dislikes. They tend to wear a little chip on their shoulders, although some manage to conceal it much better than others. A few never wear it at all, but take life as it comes, and are amazed that any one should be interested in them at all. * % % % Just how large a part, then, does the so-called inferlority complex play in the recognition, by ordinary, average, everyday folk, of the “sometimey” at- titude in others? If one were not a bit sensitive on the score, of course, he would never recog- nize that another has greeted him cheerfully one time, severely or not at all_upon another. Even if he did, he would not care a { rap, one way or the other. One must possess a certain amount of what was once called “the milk of human kindness” to care whether oth- er people greet him nicely and treat him courteously at all times. It may be laid down as an axiom that those sensitive to such slights are in- clined to look upon the world through rosy glacses, and to resent the attempt by any one else to make them look through plain ones. There is no more optimistic attitude in the world than this of our gentie- man looking through these rose-tinted glasses. He thinks that every one he knows ought to zuk ktndli,h him! He forgets that he is not as interesting to them as to himself, and that unless he makes them fear him, or respect him for his power (in which are in- cluded money and publicity) they will treat him as they please. How they please depends upon a hundred different matters, ranging from a headache to a cold, from a setback in business to a poor score at goif, irom & personal snub they may havec .:zeived themselves (for the application of this 4 rule is universal) to the latest quarrel at home. . * o W “Sometimey” folk are interesting, and for that reason no sensitive person should permit their vagaries to have an inimical effect upon the spirit. Surely it is the spirit where the harm they do strikes home. If upon occasion one doubts the reality of the spirit of man, he may set his fears at rest in this singular contemplation. In the spirit, and in the spirit of man alone, lies the target of dis- courteous, the unfair, the thoughtless, the indifferent. It 15 not the body they strike, nor yet the mind, but a certain intangible some- thing or other which some call the ego and others the soul. The spirit is just as good a word, and means about as much. It is sensitive, soft, easily hurt, depressed, dispirited, as we say; elated, exalted, glorified. A human being must keep his spirit receptive, or it becomes merely so guch shavings, good for little, either for him- self or others, save a slow fire of anger. That is why a sensitive person nced not lament that he is not spiritually as tough as the carapace of the tortoise, or as hard as the shell of a beetle, whose outer covering is five times as strong, in proportion, as the bones of man, * % % % A man is not a beetle nor a tortoise. He may rejoice in his sensitivity, even as a good radio receiving set. What if there are some features he does not like? The inanimate thing of wood and wire. which we call & | radio set probably has obscure twitches, in its tubes, at some of the stuff it sends forth, Just as sensitivity is a great thing for a radio, so it is for a human being. It is Dbetter to fYesent ‘“sometimey people.” perhaps, than not to mind them at all. ‘There is just one qualification: Do not mind them too much! It is necessary to keep in mind the hundred and one circumstances which give rise to “sometimeyness,” and to realize that some are personal and some are not. Personality! All gets back to personality. Every person has a personality, or many personalities, indeed, each one a | reflection of the man as he sees him- others see him. arious personalities do. such slight-of-hand tricks with each other, popping up here. vanishing there, that the man himself is the last person in the world to know any one of them. He gropes along in the light and the dark—sometimes in the light—doing the best hg can with each one of them, fondly imagining that he presents a united front to the world, Let him beware of too much “some- timeyness,” however. It is an easy blot to fall into, and a difficult one to iall out of. Some may not taks the time to stop and figure you out. And 50 the “sometimey person” offends needlessly and uselessly. self, as His Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands TARIO DEL COMERCIO, Bar- ranquilla—There is_immediate need of duplicating the number of schools which exist in this country. ‘The present rural schools in particular, established by de- cree 491, of 1904, are as yet woefully inadequate to provide instruction for the children of the remoter districts, bot in their number and in the subjects taught. Apar writing and ciphering, a little raphy, petriotic history and agri have comprised the curricula. is beccming more difficult to sef | teachers, according to Dr. Abel Carbon- elli, minister of education, even for| thess primitive courses. It has long! been recognized that the teachers are the most meagerly paid of all our publia | servants, Regardless of their important conttibutions to the social welfare of | the nation, their stipends ordinarily are even less than those of the clergy, whose necessities do not include the main-| tenance of a family. Teachers, too, must be of a high moral and intellectual standard, or their | usefulness is short-lived. No other pro-| fession, with the exception, perhaps, of the sacerdotal, requires a more careful and elaborate preparation, nor imposes more rigid rules of future cnnducg‘ Nevertheless, the fecompenses for per- | sons of such high culture and char-| acter are the smallest of all those paid | any indispensable servants of society. The teachers naturally are sensible of such discrimination and the ministry of education almost daily receives let- ters and telegrams from different in-| structors pointing out their financially | embarrassed state and asking some relief. | Uniess there is early improvement in | these stipends there is likely to be a still greater paucity of schools and teachers, with a corresponding decad- ence in the capacities and intelligence of our future citizens. B | { t from the elements of reading, | geog- | culture Management Dominant Factor in Japanese Life. The Honolulu Advertiser—Nothing saner in its discussion of industrial affairs has come to the editorial desk {han this well written, well edited and handsomely printed folio of 44 pages with illustrated cover. The table of contents covers every major industry. The titles are plain statements of fact, avolding “boosting” of any sort. The | situation is well summed up in the; following: “There is no gainsaying that 1930 brought sharp declines in the earnings of the country's leading companies. The | fact remains, however, that practically | all these leading companies continued | to make money * * * Companies which | cut wages due to the pressure of losses | have restored them to their former levels. “The Mitsui Gomel Kaisha annually prepares figures showing the earnings of 1,250 companies, divided according to industries. The tabulation shows that there ‘was but a single industry which had no losing company and no industry that had no profitable cnmm during the latter term of 1930. statement is exeeedln{lly significant. If every industry had had at least one profitable company, the unavoidable conclusion follows that management and not general conditions is the dominant factor in Japanese life. indusf in the eountry which—cannot ade to pay if properly handled.” The final clause of the last pnmgn&.h t well be made the slogan for mfim interests of the entire world. The entire writings of this admirable publication’ have the ring of sineerity noticeable in the quotations. The an- nual is issued as a free supplement to subscribers of the Japan Advertiser. Extra copies may be obtained from the Toklo office. - R Original Siamese Twins Were Born in Siam in 1811. * El Nuevo Diarlo, Caracas—Eng and Chang, bly the original and cer- tainly the most noted of what have since been called Slamese Twins, were in Siam in 1811. Their mother had borne four sons previously, all per- fectly normal. Eng and Chang were There is no | P& abnormal in that they had a broad muscular ligament at the posterior por- tion of their bodies. An English merchant in Bangkok, Roberto Hunter, in 1824 saw the two boys rowing a boat—one occupation, by the way, for which they were par- ticularly adapted. Realizing the interest h | which would attend the exhibition of such a natural phenomenon, Senor Hunter persuaded the parents of the boys, and also King Chowpahyi, to let him ‘take the brothers on a tour around the world. They proved to be such And it|a marvel and excited such sensations, | there ure | both among the medical fraternity and [ Washington, a the laity, everywhere they went that to this day all persons similarly united by an inseverable ligature have been called Siamese twins, without the least reference to their race, nationality, color or religion. These cases, though very rare, occur frequently enough to fur- nish specimens for nearly every gener- ation. This is shown by’ statistics kept upon the subpect. At first it was | thought that Eng and Chang could be separated and continue their existcnces us individuals, but later this was found to be an impossibility, in the opinion of eminent physicians. ‘These brothers finally took up per- manent resdence in the State of North Carolina, in North America, where they assumed the name of Dunker. When they were 44 years old they married two sisters, cf 28 and 26, respectively. The femilies, or rather the family, lived together quite amicably for a while, but eventually discordances natural in such a close association necessitated & separate abode for each wife. It is sald that Eng and Chang spent alter- nate weeks, first in one domicile and then the other. Chang became the father of six children and Eng of five. The twins pursued, as far as they were concerned, their “double life” in harmony and iupplna-, and became devoted members of the Baptist Church. They died simultaneously in 1874, and a post-mortem was held by eminent surgeons, who ascertained that part of each twin's anatomy was contained in the adjoining portion of the other. ‘This corroborated the earlier view that their disunion was impossible. * x ok % Would “Two Answers Give.” The Bulletin, 8ydney.—An excuse popular with persons summoned to sit on juries is deafness, alleged or other- wise, but a man who pleaded this dis- ability at Vic. General Sessions the other day was able to convince 'Sonah without medical inspection. Asked to repeat after the associate that he would “true answers give,” the proposed jury- man said that hé would “two an- swers give.” Dismissed without further parley. * ok ko 1,400,000 Mexicans Living in United States. Fl Universal, Mexico City.—The cen- sus of the United there are 1,400,000 Mexicans resident in the neighboring republic. Seven hun- dred and fifty thousand of these live in Texas, 360,000 in California, 114,~ in Arizona, 59,000 in New Mexico, 50,000 in Colorado, and the remainder scattered. The same accounting manifests the existence of 60,000 Mexicans at EI 50, Tex. It is estimated that de tions and voluntary repatriations lnp%:e. last year have diminished by 10 per cent the total coefficient of Mexicans living in the United States. e U. S. As Peacemaker. From the Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mall. The United States asked Japan and China to halt—ths Japanese from as- | saulting the Chinese and the Chinese from running away. — s Business Etiquette From the Florence (Ala.) Hes Discussing business etiquette, a trade magazine tells salesmen that when leaving a busy executive they should rfllot expect, t)\ to escort ti:ca lohlhz loor. That, suppose, e hea bouricer's Job. 55 ted. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, States reveals that | 30,000 in Illinois|¢he 1931. The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. Now that the Democats, generally rflu. have pretty well made up ir minds that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York is to be their mmfim bearer, the interest in e Selection of a vice presidential can- didate grows. It is true that some- thing may happen between now and next June to prevent the nomination of Roosevelt for President. But even Demoerats who do not look with any great dr of favor on the selection of the New York Governor are saying | now they see no chance of “stopping” | him at national convention. When it comes to picking a running mate for Roosevelt a lot of potential candi- dates are at hand. *x ox ¥ ‘The Democrats, if they nominate Rooeevelt. must determine whether their second place man is to be a dry or & w&wmuurmuwwmymmzm States. It does nct seem probable that he would be selected from one of the Northeastern States, since Rosevelt is from that section of the country. The man most discussed today as the strongest contender for the presidential ncmination lfilflt Roosevelt is Newton D. Baker of veland, Ohio, Secretary of War under Wilson. If he could be persuaded to take the vice presidential nomination, in_the event Roosevelt is nominated for President, Democrats are convinced they would have a strong ticket, perhaps their strongest. But no one knows whether Mr. Baker would agree to any such proposal. Indeed, up to the present he has ed the idea that he become an active candi- date for the presidential nomination, although the Cleveland Plain Dealer and other Ohlo publications have urged him t5 cast his hat in the ring. Baker is for rcpeal of the eighiccnth amend-, ment. But the drys aie less hostils to | him than to many cther wets. | " * x ‘Then there is Gov. Albert C. Ritchle of Maryland. He comes from the East as well as Roosevelt, but from a State which is considered more Southern than Northern. He is the apotheosis of the wet cause and anathema to the drys. However, he has a wide follo ing in many of the States and cer- tainly would help to carry the national | ticket to victory in his own, where he has shown himself unbeatable for years. Gov. Ritchie, it is suggested, might not be willing to take second place after| being a prominent candidate for the presidential nomination. However, the Democrats regard their chances of suc- cess in the next national campaign as| bright indeed, and an opportunity to| become Vice President of the United States is not 1o be sneezed at under | the circumstances. Furthermore, Gov. | Ritchie has been chief executive of his State for more than a dozen years, and at the conclusion of his present term of office, in January, 1935, he may scarcely expect another election as Governor, unless the place is to go to him for life. He may prefer, it is true, | to run for the Senate in 1934, when | Senator Goldsborough. Republican, must | come up for re-election. The present go\e:’nur of Maryland would grace the enate, | | o riy ‘The Democrsts neminated Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas for | ’V:c: President in 1928. They could go | far and do worse by repeating this per- formance next year. Arkansas, through | its House of Representatives, has al-| ready gone on record as favoring the | nomination of Gov. Roosevelt for Presi-, dent. This is considered particularly significant, for the Arkansas delegation to the last two Democratic national conventions has been instructed for Scpator Robin'on. It looks as though | he had determ ed not to be a favorite- son candidate n-xt year. Senator Rob- | inson is from tie Southwest and is a dry. He is a forcaful cgmpaigner and | could be relied upon to make an active | campaign for the national ticket | throughcut the country. \ * ok ko Eaker and Ritchie and Robinson. | however, do not by any means exhaust the list of vice presidential possibilities if Roos:velt is nominated for President. Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, a dry and a Catholic, a national figure and regarded as one of the most able ot th» Senators, it is sald, would not look amiss upon the vice presidential | nomination. He halls from the great West, a section of the country to which | IR Democrats are anxious to cater. | And he s strongly favorable to_the | nomination of Gov. Roosevelt. Then | | is Senator Clarence C. DIl of}| n ardent Roosevelt sup- porter and one of the first. * x k% A couple of Governors, good Demo- | crats, alsc loom as vice presidential possibilities—George White of Ohio, who ran as a dry in the 1930 campaicn | as elected chief executive of i State, pcrhaps a pivotal Stote ! next year, and Joseph R. Ely of Mas:a- chusetts. Ely is a wet {rom a wet Stite which has been steacilv growing more and more Democratic_in recent years. He comes from the Northeast, which | would perhars bar him from con%ldflul ation as a running mate for Roosevelt. | Nevertheless, Massachusetts not so long 2o provided the Republi¢an party with a vice presidential candidate in most unexpectsd fashion after the party had selected Harding of Ohio to head its naticnal ticket. Going farther South, there is Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee, a wheel horse of the Democratic party for many years and a man of great ability. He, too, bas been a favorite-son candidate for the presidential ncmination in the past. And Senator Pat Harrison of Missis- sippi, one of the keesnest minds in the party and widely known and popular. B o ‘The Republican nomination for Vice President next year is still waiting the decision of Vice President Curtis. A statement of his political plans prob. ably will be made by the Vice Presi. dent no later than November. He has been urged by many of his friends in Kansas to for Senator there next ‘The Vice President for years had been a member of the Senate be- fore eier he was nominated for Vice President in 1928. He likes the sena- torial life. On the other hand, some | of the members of the Republican Na- tionsl Committee have been urging him not to make the jump from the national ticket next year to that for ‘Senator. They do not like the possible psychological effect of an announce- ment by Mr. Curtis that he would not be a candidate for Vice President next year. A few weeks ago all the talk was that the Vice President was pre- rred to get into the Senate race. But his impression has changed more re- cently, and the probabilities of Mr. | Curtis’ becoming a candidate for Vice President sgain are strong, it is said. * ok ok x Down in Texas there is published the Texas Wezkly by Peter Molyneaux. There is nothing to indicate Mr. Molyneaux's mllflcs. He lves at Dallas, where there are a considerable number of Republicans. At all events, he is ‘apparently much interested in blems which confront not only his State, but the country. Texas, he points out, is the greatest rting State of the country, pro- m' al the total ut 16 per cent of exports. In a recent issue of the Texas Weekly Mr. Molyneaux calls at- tention to the attitude of Representa- tive John Garner, Democratic of the House, in opposition to the in- tergovernmental debt moratorium, and a “One would think that com- ing from the leading exporting State in the . Union, Mr. Garner would be con- cerried a little about the export mar- ket.” And, finally, he says: “It is & fact that- there are Democrats who would regret exceedingly to see any progress toward economic recovery be- fore the next election. They would rether not have recovery at all than to have it at the of Herbert Hoover. The! notable exceptions to this—Al Smith, for example—but the attitude is sufficiently present to be dangerous.” This certainly does not sound as though Mr. Molyreaux was & Democrat., the South or one of the border |y ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]J. HASKIN. had the pleasure cf serving ir Wash! Informa- 't we be of some help our busi Can’ problems? ness you with authoritative in- 1« , and we invite you to ask us any question of fact in which you sre interested. Send your inquiry to The Evening Star Information _Bureau, Prederic J. Haskin, Director, Washing- ton, D. C. Inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return p-stage. © Q. In contract bridge, may a player #sk which player has played each card to a trick?—C. G. A. In auction or contract bridge, any rlayer (except dummy) may, before a rick is turned and quitted, demand that the cards so far played be indicated by their respective players. Q. Can Stone Mountain bé seen from the downtown hotels of Atlanta?—J. . 8. A. On a clear day it can be seen from any hotel that is high enough to over- look the city. Q. What State in the Union is the most populated?—W. K. F. A. New York leads with a population in 1930 of 12,588,066. Over half the population lives in New Ycrk City. Q. When was regular stagecoach travel established between New York and Philadelphia?—M. T. A. Not until 1766 was there a regular line of stagecoaches between New York and Philadelphia. The journey was then made in three days; but 10 years later a new stage, czlled the “flying machine,” was started, and it made the | trip in two days. Q. What is the difference betweer: Cl;‘:;ihsn walnut and English wzlnut? A. Botanically, Circassian walnut is the same as the so-called English wal- nut, the lztter name being used almost exclusively by those who grow the tree for its nuts, while the former name is the one generally applied by manufac- turers and other consumers of the wood. It is a hard, very beautiful wood. Q. Please give some particulars in re- gard to the fair held at Nizhni-Novgo- rod in 1928.—R. G. A. The annual fair held at Nizhni Novgorod is an important and spectac- ular feature of Soviet internal trade and trade with the Eastern neighbors. The trade turnover at the fair held in Septcmber, 1928, was $154,500.000, of which $17,730,000 represented trade with the East:rn countries. In all 2,050 business org:nizations participated in the fair, including 380 f-reign firms. Foreign firms represented at the fair included 263 from Persia, 82 from West- ern China, 20 from Afghanistan. ® from ‘Turkey, 3 from Irak, 2 from Mongolia. Attendance at the fair was zbout 200,000 persons. Q. How can Benjamin Franklin's philosophy be defined?—F. T. A. Reduced to a few words, it seems to have been embodied in the two terms. common sense and good-natured opti- mism. Q. Are tuna fish found anywhe: cept on the Pacific Coast? . M. A. 'The tunny is any of several oceanic fishes of the mackerel family, especially the great or common tunny of all warm seas. On the Atlantic Coast of America it is called horse mackerel; on the Pa- cific Coast it is called tuna. Q. How long is the Appian Way?— M. McV. ‘A. Three hundred sixty-six miles. The distance from Rome to Capua is 132 miles; from Capua to Beneventum, 32 miles, and from Beneventum to Brun- disium, 202 miles. Te ex- Q. What money standard was adopte ed Ih;nbuu United States was !ormgdl A In 1786 silver was adopted and de- fined. In 1792 two units were ldov;;. silver and gold, with the ratio of 15 to 1. Q. Why are nails designated for size Iy 1: be alls or §-penny nails?>— A. They have become arbitrary ss | standards of size. The expression orig- |inated in the fifteenth century, when | the terms designated the price of naily per hundred. Q. When is Indian day?—C. A. B. A. In some States September 25 celebrated as Indian day in honor the Indians. OQA.Wblhthemmo(pumeun— ‘A In the plural it means districts adjacent or lying near—out . In it re- of & crown forest, especially if once.;cn of the forest, later returned to its private owners. Q. How many books on Shakespeare are there in the Folger collection which is to be housed in the memorial build- | ing in Washington, D. C.?—G. R. A. The library of the collection con- tains more than 25000 volumes, in- | cluding 35 copies of Shakespeare’s first | folios (1623), the Gwynn volume of nine m{; b in the original quarto reprint Q. What was the Opium War?— J.F. B A. It was & war between China and Great Britain in 1840 resulting from the attempt of China to stop the opium im- | portation from India. | Q. What country is called the cock- | pit of Europe?>—M. M. | A. Belgium. It has been the site of | more European battles than any other country. Q. How many people have crossed the ocean by air this year?—C. R. ‘A. More than 250 persons. Of these nearly 200 have crossed in the Graf Zeppehin. Q. Is there any case in which the unanimous vote of an organization may be set aside>—C. W. A. When a vote has been cast which violates the laws of the Nation or of the State or the crganization’s consti- tution and by-laws it is null and void | although every member votes for it. Q. What was the Battle of Golden | Hill?—M. W. A. The Battle of Golden Hill is | ranked by some writers as the first con- | flict of the war of the American Revo- | lution. This took place on January 18, nearly seven weeks before the Boston massacre. The British soldiers killed one citizen and wounded three after the soldiers had destroyed a liberty pole set up by the Sons of Liberty. Q_Why was Von_Richtofen _called | the Red Knight of Germany?—B. H. | a\. Because his airplane was painted red. Q. How many Negroes have been made doctors of philosophy?—M. N. A. Fifty-threz Negroes had received the degree between 1876 and the end of 11930. This is the Highest earned de- ,gree conferred by educational institu- | tions. | @ Why does Ekaterinburg no longer | appear on Russian maps?—P. M. A. This town where the royal family lwl;kuuuinma is now called Sverd- ovsk. Eulogy of Nation Reflects Dwight Morrow’s Humanity The sudden death of Dwlght W. Morrow, financier, statesman and Sen- ator, brings a sympathetic tribute from the country, inspired in no little de- gree by the human touch he gave to his services. His influence in Mexico is still felt, his part in the London Naval Conference and his activities in domestic affeirs are commented upon with respect. There is recognition that his death means a great loss to public life. ‘That he “established an era of good will in Mexico which has continued,” | is the testimony of the Buffalo Even- ing News, which recalls that he “talked over informally with the Mexican gov- ernment the questions in dispute be- tween the two capitals and in a short time the whole complexion of the sit- uaticn underwent a change.” The News states that “through his good offices there was a haopy issue out of the difficulties that had disturbad re- lations.” The Minneapolis Star hclds ico stands out as a real achievement and his career in the Senate promised to be cutstanding.” The Erie Dispatch- Herald declares that he “had a touch states that he “exemplified in an emi- ]nem degree the quality of all-around efficiency which American conditions [And American democracy have a way | of developing.” His rank as a statesman | 1s recognized by the Charlotte News, |the St. Louis Times, the Texarkana ;Guetne;& e Davenport Democrat, the | Youngstdwn Vindicator, the Morgan= town Dominion-News, the Dallas Jour= nal and the Savannah Morning News. *x % % “It is to the credit of New Jersey,” | in the opinicn of the Jersey City Journal, “that when a man of Dwight ‘W Morrow's caliber was brought by | the logic of events to the political | stage last year his own party, and then | the State at large, hailed the new- | comer with general acclaim and made | him feel that he had come into & sphere of usefulness where the people, | regardless of party lines, were welcom=- ing the advent of new leadership. | that “his reccrd as a diplomat in Mex- David Baird never periormed more creditably than he did when, in those | November days of 1929, operating at )Ihe Trenton end of the long-distance telephone wire that ran into the Amer- all his own in diplomacy, displaving |ican embassy in Mexico, he had a large it first in straightening out our tangled | part in drafting Morrow for the United end chactic relations with Mexico, & |States senatorship.” situation of long standing and appar-| “A fine American, a man of presi- ently beyond hope.” That paper adds | dential stature pass: asserts the New that “his ability to concentrate and| York Sun. “It is bitter thought his capacity for grueling labor were that he should go at a time when so brought to bear upon a second greal much was expected of him. The most llever in “The di .” and ¢ | S eomingea:that f the leader | love diplomatic task at the Londcn Naval Conference, where he reached a posi- tion of first rank as a negotiator.” * k k% “When he left Mexico, where he had been United States Ambassador for three years,” remarks the Atldnta Journal, “Foreign Minister Estrada gave this parting tribute: ‘Mr. Morrow has mct left behind a single delicate problem of the many existing when he came.’ That simple but sig- nificant statement would be an apt epitaph for the useful life terminated 30 suddenly in New Jersey. Mr. Mor- row habitually left solutions for the manifold, diversified problems that his career brought him.” The Lynchburg News cbserves that “Mexico and the United States are closer together as a result of Morrow's mission to that country.” The Chattanoog: News be- lieves that as a result of his “fine diplomacy” relations with Mexic better now than in generaticns,” and the Green Bay Press-Gazette credits him with the qualities of “a wise coun- selor, a humanitarian and a firm be- the spirit of co-operation.” country has lost a man of courage and conviction, on whom it had expected to lean heavily for years to come,” according to the Roanoke ‘World-News, which recognizes that at the London conference “his patience -1 diplomatic skill again and again a complete deadlock with interests that resented every proposal to limit the mad race for naval co ction.” The Lexing- ton Leader voices a public belief that Mr. Morrow “saved the London con- ference from collapse by his fine & Providence Journal “certainly he was one en this era-making istic o strongest m interchange product “The removal of such a figure at the very threshold oi his usefuiness,” de- clares the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, “is the best of recent opportunities to employ the anclent epigram, ‘Death es & g mark.’ At this call of the Grim Reaper one of the most val- uable of American citizens of the cur- rent decade was the target. It might be said positively that no personage now known would have, left such a wide, deep and jagged hole in the affairs of & people as that one which must be filled after the passing of Dwight W. Morrow.” The Charleston (W. Va.) Dally Mail feels that “the country has lost the services of a rec- ognized statesman and the Republican t promising presidential tes to the force of Unio: an them%lm "-’r.fi,,“fi) nion _an A1 . The Phlhl’phh Evening Bulletin | vexing of national questions was to (have an expcunder. The- statesman- | ship of the East, poor these many | years, was to bz enriched by the voice | of one whose grasp of business was | complete and whose knowledge of in- | ternational affairs was second to none. The comforting thought is that Dwight | Whitney Morrow lived a more com- | plete life in his 58 years than most |men live in 70, end that he left & |lasting and inspiring record, full of courage and wisdom and kindness.” | [E—————— | Walsh Sees Federal Price Regulation From the Hartford DailyTimes. Senstor Walsh of Montana remarks that if the Sherman anti-trust law is | to be modified in the irterest of “busi- | ness_stabilization,” he believes Federal | regulation of prices will be advisable, and in the present mood of Congress inevitable. The Senator raises a point which is likely to become a large issue before anti-trust legislation, enacted after a long strugele, is modified to | permit _easier merging of corporations | and the elimination of competition. ‘The consumer is helpless in the face {of monopoly. Federal laws have beery passed to keep ccmpetition alive that prices might reflect the operatio of the law of supply and demand. I | this freedom of competition there likely to be considerable waste, dupli cation, misdirected effort and pilin up of surpluses due to lack of unifie Dlann%flut it must be evident tI any sys which will control a whole industry is by that very fact in a posi= tion to determine prices, perhaps to the disadvan! of the consumer. It will recalled that in Gerard Swope's recent plan for unifying indus- tries through trade associations there was provision made for semi-Governs, ment regulation. Much more thought needs to be given to the latter aspect of the situation before there is any likelihood that Congress will be ready to_modify the Sherman anti-trust law. By judicial interpretations this Fed- eral statute has already been greatly reduced in its scope and some of its sharpest teeth have been extracted. The country abounds in voters who will not permit further weakening of the legal curbs on monopolies unless there is sufficient regulation of them in an- other form. Senator Walsh is prob- aking. for a larg> section of the Nation la‘itrudn. the fundamental ture of is problem. If competi- to be permitted to