Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1931, Page 8

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In a Navy day statement President Hoover, who is the target for criticism because of his demand for a $61,000,000 | slash in the current naval budget, re- weals himself, in principle at least, as # firm believer in adequate defense at ®ea. “The first necessity of our Gov- ernment,” he says, “is the maintsnance | bl & Navy so eficient and strong that, | in conjunction with our Army, no gnemy may ever invade our country.” At the end of the London Naval Con- | Berence In 1030, Secretary of State | Stimson, reviewing its results, said: “In | American cruisers there will be an! wctual increase under the new agree- | ment. But this is due solely to the fact that we have been idie in cruiser | building for nearly ten years anc. now | find ourselves with less than a quarter of the normal proportion of cruisers which we should have in respect to the | pest of our fleet. Therefore, in order to achieve parity with Great Britain, $t 15 nmecessary for us to increase our | That was the official attitude of the| Hoover administration a year and a| half ago—it was on April 13, 1930, that Secretary Stimson made his public and eandid avowal of American inferiority in the highly essential cruiser arm of modern naval force. Since that time hot a single step has been taken by the United States toward attaining the “normal proportion” which we should have in respect to the rest of our fleet. WNeither from the White House, which lbriginated, sponsored and achieved the Yondon Conference, nor from Congress, which is the authorizing power, has lany action emanated looking to the ful- fllment of our “treaty navy" rights, ‘excepting provision for eleven destroy- ers—only five of which, by recent ’::anm decree, are actually to be down. ‘The American ; people have just flearned, to their undoubted chagrin, Bhat the second strongest power in the world, France, is unwilling to consider Misarmament. If M. Laval's recent visit $o Washington had any one concrete, 3 ehts of O are ais | | result, it is the revelation §932 or any other idealistic attempts Mersations between President Hoover M. Laval was informed that the house in order, unless attempts are doa would be interested. It would | smore hope to remain permanently aloof 4deen years ago, when its stake in the If the incalculable conditions prev- =y @nd their powder dry, what about the an ultimatum by the League of 16. Tokio Tesents these orders cial part the United States has tak- Jutcome of which is wholly unpredict- | ent declares that “Our problem is to the world” It would be wide of stretch of even the most altruistic ‘@essation of its legitimate preparations essary for us to increase our cruiser to do 50 in October, 1931, as we survey e p oomb e e ' #onal game. Charles A. Comiskey, prin- “White Sox.” Not many of the patrons of the maost efficient performers on the ¢ nothing revolutionary is to be ex- from the Geneva Conference of #0 demobilize the world's war machin- ary. The corner stone of all the con- And the French premier was the po- Rtical instabllity of Europe. ‘United States has no interest in Europe's efforts to put its political to accomplish that process h war. Then, inferentially, Amer- e interested for a very practical rea- #on. The reason is that it could no grom embroilment in another European ieonflict than it was able to do so four- Dld World was incomparably less than 8 is today. t in Burope admonish the Ameri- people to keep their sword sharp Rhe situation on the other side of the ? Japan has just been served tions to take her troops out of non- Sreaty sones in Manchuria by Novem- Geneva. The Japanese particu- resent even the tenuous and un- {en in the deliberations leading up to She League's manifesto, the eventual able. President Hoover's Navy day state- the adjustment of our forces to minimum based upon the outlook mark to say that the outlook sug- 1 the imminence of war. But by w can it be depicted as one b, Justifies the United States in any Jor international emergencies. If, as MBecretary Stimson asserted, it was “nec- tonnage” in April, 1930, it is immeas- urably more important that we proceed e world that, compared to condition: $hen, brims with menace now The main hope left to Capone is that Jome news may be too bad to be true. Charles A. Comiskey. Death has taken a veteran of the na- «eipal owner of the Chicago team of the American League, best known as the ©f the aport of today remember him as = player, though at one time he was one diamond. He started his working lfe ‘8s & plumber, but at the age of seven- the year that he served there. Later he Swent to first base on the St. Louls Browns, where he developed & new tech- active fleld duty he became & manager -«-n‘m-nymudm@mq franchise of the new American League The creation and maintenance of jthe funfor organization were In large | part the result of Comiskey’s energy and ponent of clean base ball and square sportsmanship. When in 1019 scandal arose because of the dishonesty of cer- tain members of his pennant-winning tesm in the world series contest with Cincinnati he all but wrecked his | combination by insisting upon the ouster !of these men from that club and their blackitsting, which barrsd them per- manently from organized base ball. Out { of this misfertune came the present ad- | ministration, whieh hes carried the game successfully through the seascns |1 ncommand of the highest confidence of the public. To Charles Comiskey, the Old Roman” of the game, es he was | affectionately krown, is due the eredit !in chief for saving the sport from dis- | ruption and d°moralization | rears he has been in virtual retirement | resporsibllity for management having | passed to others, but he maintained his : |keen Interest in the sport with which |dered at trial m of | his name was so inceparably identified. | favor expectation of almost indefinitc He was a steriing player, a successful manager and a contributor to the pisas- ure of millions through his devction to the development of America’s foremost sporting institution ————— Futile Police Methods? It is pointed out as significant that and held by the Washington police on suspicion, have adcpted an openly de- flant attitude, laughing at their cep- The bizarre theory has aleo been re- portedly advanced by anonymous po- lice “authorities” that thieves and gangsters from other sections of the Nation are heading t> Washington, safe in the knowledge that the third degree and other forms of “rough stuff” are barred in this jurisdiction. If such stories are deliberately in- spired by some members of the police force the incident presents a reveal- ing commentary on their intelligence. It has been consistently maintained that the third degree has never been sanctioned here and that those guilty of its practice have been a few errant members of the force, the sooner got rid of the better. Yet, in almost the same 80 out that gangsters and other un- desirables will come to Washington and make the place a haven for crim- inals because the deughty weapon that lles in the third degree has been re- moved from the hands of the police, Wwho are therefore left the helpless and hapless victims of gangsters’ taunts. It the third degree has never been sanctioned here, then the public con- demnation of its practice and the pro- ceedings against those alleged to have practiced it will have no effect upon the work of the police in detecting crime. If the vast majority of the force has been able to get along well enough without the third degree in the past, they will be as able to get along without it in the future. But if the department has been using the third degres and is now bereft of that method of moral suasion, there is nothing for good policemen or good citi- zens to become alarmed about. It simply means that the police must substitute intelligence for strong-arm stuff. The same complaints that one will hear con- cerning the abolition of brutal tactics to make prisoners talk were doubtless heard when the rack and the wheel were done away with as approved instru- ments of torture and it is probable that a lot of people went around with long faces when they were notified that the business of burning witches would be dispensed with in future. Far more interesting than the theory that the police are unable to make their suspects “talk” because of the fact that such supposedly incriminat- ing evidence as the discovery of a small arsenal in the hotel room occupied by the suspects is of no legal value. The ask for them, will probably be charged with “vagrancy,” and if they can fur- nish bond they will go free. They ap- parently have a legal right, in the Dis- trict of Columbia, to secrete pistols, a sawed-off shotgun, ammunition and burglars’ tools in their “place of resi- dence,” which happens to be a hotel room. Is it not time that such characters be made to assume the burden of proof that the possession of such equipment was for a legitimate purpose? In New York these men could be sent to prison for ten years for possessing those weapons without a permit. Here in ‘Washington no charge can even be placed against them. How long is this community going to permit the exist- ence of suck. an absurd state of affairs? In the meantime, the police are to be congratulated on doing their part and picking these men up for investigation —however futile that gesture may be because of the lack of adequate laws. R Cameramen may yet be more popular than reporters. The photographer may not always be flattering in his repre- sentations, but he at least guarantees | rogation or commentary. ——————— A phase of German thought frankly assumes that those who have the larg- est amount of money should do most of the worrying about debts. ———— Freedom After Conviction. However the plea of Capone, for free- dom from prison on bail pending his appeal from conviction in Chicago for the evasion of income tax payments, may result, the case illustrates a con- dition which has shaken public confi- dence in the effectiveness of the law in this country. It has come to be almost invariable practice for persons accused and convicted of crime, even major crime, in some cases homicide, to secure their freedom on bail after verdict is rendered and sentence is imposed. They have been at liberty throughout the pre- liminaries and the trial. Sometimes the difficulty in obtaining security, but as a rule they do so and so slow is the | of hearing appeals that it is not unuseal for them to be at large for | | enterprise. He was always a stern ex- | three underworld characters, picked up | tors' futile sttempts to question them | | without the aid of the “third degree.” breath, the impression is permitted to ! abolition of the third degree is the suspects, if no other police nuthmtlu‘ freedom from embarrassment in inter- | bond required is so high that they have | THE _EVENING STAR. taken on technicalities, sometimes tri- [fiing in their nature, and frequently greatly prolonging the process and | sometimes leading to acquittals or mis- | trials through lack of evidence due Xc] ! the lapse of tirg:. { appeal his case is not to be denied But resognition of that right should not militate against the effectiveness of the judicial procedure. The presump- tion is that the accused has been fairly tried and that the verdict rendered is just. The chances are that there is nc | substantial ground for appeal or for doubt as to the fairness of the trial The public welfare demands that the first verdict and the sentence imposed should be executed promptly. The possibility cf a prolongation of the trial process through appeals with the defendant at liberty on bond unguestionably a factor in weakening | the effectiveness of the law, even to thc jextent of encouraging crime. Th | and audacious “mouthpiece.” as he callc | his eounesl, expeets to snjoy protracted fresdom, whatever the verdiet ren- The records, indeed | continuation of his case. If he were compelied to “take his medicine” imme- diately, going to prison at once upon conviction and sentence, leaving his ap- peals to be heard by the higher courts { while he is serving his term, bis atti- |tude toward the law, which he now flouts even in the very court room itself, would probably be changed for the | greater good of society. ———— “Strictly business” must be regarded {as the motto of a French statesman whose American visit is distinguished by vo golf, no trout fishing. no movies and no foot ball. It is quite evident that M. Laval has no intention of mak- irng his visit the basis of literary com- ment on the popular customs of this Nation. e No excuses need be offered by Sena- | invitation to visit Paris. Representa- regard him as likely to be for some time to come a worker who puts in approxi- metely twenty-four hours a day seven days in the week. 1t appeared so easy for Judge Wilker- son to dispose of Capone that it is a little surprising that underworld chief- itains should have been allowed to flourish in war paint and feathers for so many years. — By taking himself with so much seri- ousness G. Bernard Shaw may yet suc- ceed in spolling a splendid’ asset which he enjoyed in his reputation as a humorist. Great emergencies are said to develop great men to meet them. A political genius equal to Edison in the domain of electricity s being called for at the present moment. | b A waste of material is shown in ter- rifying crime stories from Los Angeles, which are too sensational to be utilized as scenarios in neighboring movie studios. e Clothes do not make the man, but they indicate changes of condition. Some of those who first saw Mussolini in a black shirt will not be greatly sur- prised if he eventually wears ermine. ——— A railroad management may be in something of the position of a theater management called on to decide wheth- er to raise prices or offer greater popu- lar inducements. — v SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. As the Band Plays “Home, Sweet Home.” It is time to depart And the music will start Farewells that are cordial and hearty. No one can be sad, All agree we have had A perfectly beautiful party. The phrases polite | AN were spoken just right, | Nobody tried to play “smartie.” | And each said at the close Before seeking repose | “What & perfectly beautiful party!” | No onme drifted up stage In a rivalrous raze Or tried to be uppish and “arty.” Our minds grow content | Since the world can present | Such a perfectly beautiful party. Chemistry of Thought. “Are you always sure you are right before you go ahead?” “Not absolutely,” admitted Senator Sorghum. “Yet you never hesitate about ex- pressing yourself.” “That is by way of studying Teac- tions. Statesmanship is something like laboratory work. You may have to conduct a lot of experiments before you | can be sure you have hit on the right | tdea.” Jud Tunkins says he hopes s five- day week will help to head off the feller who never learns to make much of anything except mistakes. Progress Toward Peace. This world has said in days of yore, | “Of battles there shall b2 no more We will bring peace with plow and pen And always love our fellow men.” | Intentions good have gone astray, Backslidings happened to delay. ‘We'll journey on and make it plain That we shall never skid again. Salutations in Court. “Did the court respond to your salu- tation, ‘Good morning. Judge'?” “Yes,” answered Bill the Burg. “The sentence was so long, it sounded like he was coming right back at me with ‘Goodby, forever.'™ | “Pame” said Hi Ho, the sage of | Chinatown, “is a penalty as well as | reward, since it immortalizes a great ! man’s errors no less than his achieve- ments.” This Small Earth. !This earth grows smaller, all agree, As politicians swiftly roam Across the sea that they may be Stronger in influence &t home. | two and three years after conviction. | The effect is that a verdict of guilty and a prison sentence are not regarded land you in one of three places—whar “Fast goin',” said Uncle Eben, “may they succeed, with the regult of retrial. | 1 The right of the convicted person to tor Borah if he is unable to accept the | tives of all phases of political thought | Autumn i not exactly Autumn to many people uniess they can make bon { fires with fallen leaves There is some possibility of danger frem the pretty conflagrations, however, |45 well as & chance of actual street property damage. including that of in | jured shrubbery and trees. It i not aiways realized by those | who set these leaf fires that certain |fypes of street paving are hurt by | them { Many persons confine such blazes to gutters, thinking themseives models of civic virtue in deing so. when all the {time the heat is melting and tending | to_crumble the edges of macadam and | certain other types of streets, especially in_the suburbs Some cf the cutlying suburbs, in an | attempt to stop this sort cf unconscious schief. have acopted strategy. In- | stead of asking citizens to desist from For some | gangster with means to hire a clever | their beloved bonfires, they have pointed |out to them the great desirability of saving the annual fall of leaves in jorder to compost it with lime and cer- |tain chemicals for mulch for next | season. *xox o | _Psychologists point out that more memories are stirred, perhaps, by odors { than by any other factors whatsoever | A certain scent, caught in childhood, clings tenaciously to the memery as | well as to the olfactory organs, as it | were Years may go by without that fra- | rance being caught again by that indi- | vidual, but once he smells it, though it | imay be in a crowd, memories of child- | hood days come flcoding back to him. He sees himself on the great pile of | sand near a home under construction. {He sees once more the faces of his |oild playmates, forgotten these many |vears. He realizes that he is looking {again at certain shrubs, giorious with | | flowers, and smelling the same old fra- | grance. It comes in a flash, like the life his- |tory of the drowning man as it reels | through his brain_ faster than any mo- | tion picture Allm could be projected, even |'in dreams. | . This is the spring of memory which is touched, one may believe, by the smell of burning leaves and furnishes one of the real pleasures cf the bon- fire to many, although they may not ! realize as much. They may not stop to consider, either, | that the odor of leaves burning is acrid | to many nostrils and utterly lacking in any pleasure content. * ok ok Making compost out of fallen leaves and permitting them to mulch the lawn “as is” constitute two excellent ways of | disposing of them without any particu- {lar fuss and bother on the part of the home owner. The latter way is coming into great- er vogue every year as householders begin to see that the annual ' flurry about leaves is largely unnecessary. The leaves will take care of them- selves if given a chance. Nature will take care of them, as she does in the forests, by piling them up around shub- bery bases and permitting them to nestle down in the , and send something of fertilization into the soil all Winter long. It is true it dry leaves will blow around, but if a rain wets them down good before they do much blowing they are not inclined to be =o restless. Per- haps a good sprinkling with a garden hose would serve the same purpose. Stray leaves, especially if small and in sufficient quantity, tend to mulch a lawn. They protect the grass roots from the cold of the Winter, and no doubt furnish some elements of fertility, as suggested. E MATIN, Paris—In all the ho- tels these days, placards adjure the guests to be considerate of the sleep of their fellow travelers. Such appeals are indeed to be L little the fault of the women that thess notices are necessary to be displayed. Not that you are to infer that women are usually more boisterous and turbu- lent than men, but that they too often forget their role of moderator and pre- ceptor. If all women reared their chil- den with a real regard for the peace and comfort of others: if by their ex- ample and suasion they discouraged all noise in their immediate surroundings, little by little all the din and uproar in the world at present would disappear. And surely the places where these re- forms are most needed are the halls, stairways and lobbles of hotels, where far more frequently should be pro- nounced the most beautiful word in the French language: “Chut!” (Hush!) * % % & Man May Stray But Always Returns to Religion. El Nuevo Diario, Caracas—Every- thing that man does or thinks has for its motive either the satisfaction of his | necessities, or the avoidance of evils which menace him. As his intelligence has developed, at the expense of his physical prowess, his necessities have increased, and so have his susceptibili- ties to pain and discomfort, both spir- itual and physical. In this evolution, until recently, at least, science and re- ligion have kept pace, the one minis- tering to man's bodily needs, while the other has afforded solace and comfort in tainties of the future. The race has not emerged long from a brutish state when religious theories ing definite form ultimately in a cosmic theory which installed a deity, first in the semblance of a man, and then in the conception of an omnipresent spirit in authority and jurisdiction throughout the universe. These religions soon created a sacer- function of intermediary between the people and the divinities, but as_this genius began to usurp and arrogate to itself powers and privileges in secular, as well as in spiritual affairs, demonstrat- ing the gnmhood in many respects to be no different and no better than ordi- and even in the existence of the Su- preme Being or Beings they professed to represent, has been from time to time a general manifestation But there has always been a return to | some religious system. Sometimes man |{ has solaced himsel mythology or superstition, and sough® to gain the favors and help of natural forces or of inanimate things which he has contrived himself. With the de- vastness, mony and beauty of his natural sur- | discrepant standards of achievement— | these perfections of nature with the fu- tilities of human science, he has been forced to confess that there are powers and attributes in the physical world immeasurably superior to any creations possible in the functions and faculties of man. Thus, if science is incapable of pro- ducing myu;l::g except '&hnt which is temporary, cient and inadequate while the works of nature are eternal, perfect and sufficient, there must be in nature some factor which does not exist in man's knowledge and calculations. All the theories and opinions of science fail when they try to establish an acc!- dental or mechanical formaticn of the world. Such accounting never progresses be- yond the obscure point where it begins, for it disregards entirely the presence of & designing, impeiling, and peforming by the public as an assurance of the you stahted for, or & jail, or & Dos- force in nature. omnipresent and LY om- sbility o respected, but it seems to us that it is a | mental anxieties and spiritual uncer- | and formulas began to be conceived, tak- | dotal caste which took upon itself the | nary men, disbelief in their prerogatives | with a religion of | roundings. In trying to reconcile these | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Making & compost pile. however, is the disposal of failen leaves which ap- peals most to the intellect, and hence W the sense of thriftiness which besets all_mankind at times Good manures of the old-time sort are difficult to get, and expensive. They contain weed seeas, and often are dis- agrecable in actu ge Humus is the basis of all f s igers. ‘The dictionary defines humu s as fol- wn or biack material formed decomposition of vege- T ¢ constituent of all , what human Dbeings cail good soil. Nature has no names for anything, and especially no quali- ng adjectives. We should keep in mind that humus is only one conscituent of a good soil. In this respect it does mot come up to the Laiin, where it was born. 1n Latin, humus™ means earth, soil, ground. In English, humus is not interchange- able with soil, but is only a part of soil. It may be bought, and in its simplest form consists of disintegrated vegetable matter fished up from the bottom of century-old driea-up lakes. In this form it is a wooly, soft mate- rial, about the color of dried coffee grounds. Offhand one might think coffee grounds would make a good hu- mus, and no doubt they would if they were exposed to the air for a season and permitted to “weather.” The average family might use as much as 50 pounds, more or less, of coffee a year. Now 50 pounds of ferti- | lizing material, in any form, is only & beginning. With humus and fertilizers | —not thee same, in some ways, but re- markably alike in others—most home owners tend to economize to the point of uselessness. Too little of these materials is used, rather than too much, pi | cause the average gardener of the ama- | teur variety does not see their use. | * x % % | _As to the latter point, it must be admitted that a great deal of horticul- tural data, as in every other walk of }“eth.nd activity, must be taken on aith. Varfous experts declare that so and 80 is good for our plants, that certain mulches are just the thing for broad- | leaved evergreens, that certain fertil- izers do this, and certain others do that. ‘The homeowner, who is not an expett | in any sense, must be content to fol- | low the advice of those who claim that | they are. |, Not always will he be able to prove | their assertions, either. That is one of stumbling tlocks of home horti- culture. One puts in a plant, treats 1 it according to the best advice, and ‘uu no results. Whose fault is it? ©Or is there any fault at all? ‘The home er does not know, and he is foolish if he worries about it. | _One thing that he can repose con- | fidence in, is the oft-repeated state- ment, which he meets everywhere in | garden literature, that humus, or the | organic gonlon of the,soll, 1s essential. | It ought to be in the earth one hap- | pens to dig, and aften enough it is | not _there in sufficient quantities to | absorly the moisture and ammonia from the air, which action constitutes one of its chief functions. Another is the so-called amelioriza- tion of the soil, or bre-klnr it up bodily, by the intrusion of its softer particles into the mass of the harder stony bits of soil or compacted clay particles. Now if leaves make the best humus, and if one has a whole yard full of them—well, isn't it sheer waste, as well as rather silly, to send them up in smoke, just to get rid of them? | | Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands | define, fathom or grasp. The underly- | ing spiritual and invisible quality, mov- ing in all and through all has become the fundamental axiom in all religions which have raised and benefited man- kind. Measured by no instruments, weighed in no balances, it has furnished the basic truths of Islam, Confucianism, Bral and Christianity, * ik Luxemburg Imposes Heavy Penalties for Motor Fatalities. Le Sofr, Brussels—The courts of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg have been imposing for some time very severe ‘nalties against automobilists who wve caused by their own recklessness or negligence serious accidents. Just a few weeks since, a young doctor who killed a workman who was walking on the pathway reserved for pedestri- ans at the side of the road, was con- demned to four months’ imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 francs. The following week & lawyer who caused the death of another pedestrian received a sentence of three months’ imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 francs. Penalties like these would do much to reduce fatalities on our own thoroughfares. | Urges Hired Thinkers To Revive Depressed To the Editor of The Star: A worthy member of the President’s cabinet, speaking on the radio some time ago, plainly declared that “we have all the tangible resources as a nation now as we had 10 or 20 years ago, but do lack the more intangible resources.” Here is the clue to the whole situation faced by nearly all nations more or less under the sway of the spirit of modern civilization. The com- plexity of modern life and learning has so incapacitated the masses for the perception of intangible things and their value in the scheme of life that they don’t know that they are minus some- thing which the honorable speaker par- ticularized as “faith and courage.” Of course, not all civilized peoples have been unconsciously deprived of these, their essential parts of being, but it is safe to say that a large number of them are, in contrast with the so-called uncivilized peoples, who are spared such misfortune by chance of circumstances under which they still live. It appears to me that, next to the efforts of pro- viding funds or work for relief under consideration, the equally important service should be found in so systema- tizing the conditions of human existence as to enable men and women to recover themselves, their moral or mental bal- ance. Any buts, ifs or excuses are certain- out of place at this juncture if we t men and women who Iy | storing’ the intangible th society and partly for providing immediate work | for trained may we propose | that each city pay regular wages to one or more philosophical, original thinker, who would try to evolve some helpful | step, novel though it is, is sure to dig- | nify the art of thinking, as well as | promote general interest in the duties | of intelligent citizenship. C. | | Shirts Out of Blind Pigs. Prom the Ne York Times. Al Capone's haberdashery bills prove that you can make silk shirts out of blind pigs. s Cal Seems Satisfied. Prom the Cincinnati Times-Star It seems that Cal likes private life bfirst rate, P J | cause they are expensive, and 8150 be- | 1u AT RANDOM ‘Tuesday, October 2° “Theodore Rocse- velt day” in New York, by proclamation of the Governor. Therefore, throughout State, in ceremonials of one form or another, tribute is being paid to a great native son. Press ency and rsdio wizardry for an actual and general partaking in the events of this memo- tisl day. Right now men and women everywhere are giving pause to the | day's occupations for an instant of homage to the forthright manliness of one man. } Perhaps all of these, the New Yorker ! away from home stands in the front {line of these | Roosevelt. Ground roots of the i vidual run deep. The scrap of ac that sprouted and grew one, any one is & very special spoi, different irom ali others. Around it the deepest affections gather. These grow with time and separation. The old neighborhood is next of kin to him. Town, county and the commonwealth itself are his also, in proud possessiveness. And so, no matter where he may be, he is taking gcn in the matters going on up in old New York today. Here is a testimonial, offered as part of this day’s celebration of the good substance of Theodore Roosevelt's serv- ice to the world: ROOSEVELT IN THE ROUGH. Jack Willis. As told to Horace Smith. Illustrated. Ives Washburn. ‘Theodore Roosevelt picked his friends. Of his own choosing, they were natu- rally of his own kind. This book is a case in point. It is a straight record of young Roosevelt by way of Jack Wil- i e mouintainess . T "Abied frends best l;unte‘rs" L shrewdness, great courage and reso- lution.” . . . “He saw facts as they were, fild h@‘ellal. them as they were.” a L, d the “capacity to teli the truth.” “A philosopher of happy skeptical turn of mind.” A man of “broad and genial tolerance.” Sounds interesting, doesn’t he? He is. It is by virtue of these very parts and powers, so shrewdly appraised by Roosevelt, thac Jack Willis' story of the man is in the nature of an intimate revelation not surpassed by more formal and erudite writers on the Roosevelt theme. I think, not reached by them. Roughing it in the West with Jack Willis, hunting both game and adven- ture, toc, here is the same man as the later Roosevelt. Governor, rough rider, Qfifl”'r Prr'flldent, wrlt;:‘r. member by of the_ “silk-stocking” group, old- est of New York's tribal units, and. i summed, clearly a world man, this friend of Jack Willis is df the stripe and pattern to arrive at all of these points along the way of man's life, Along the way of this man’s life, A most enjoyable chapter of recol- lections, without which ohe is not going to seize upon the whole of Thecdore Roosevelt. Besides, without the story we should not know Jack Wilils, and that ‘would be loss to us. By the way, what did Roosevelt chcose as his own monuments? There gcm reference to the statue-stricken ty of Washington. Then, in sudden gravity, Roosevelt pickea the two for Wwhich he chose to be remembered. Do you kncw them? * ok ok X Biography. By agedorn. Illustrated. New %:rk. Harper & Brotiers. “There was a very interesting . Wood of the Army there,” Theodore Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy, writing to his wife of a din- ner in Washi . Such, the meeting of these men who, thereafter, sustained Much in common, forceful, passionate, straints’ that served the both, without question, general outlook engrossed in a. the country as 1 gos of m and not mn & small man’s sd!-&ulmu toward celeb- ggyéedl’rgbnbly ey wcre.m“t both con- of wer and , each himself, mpo pointed i = And why not? Who better o they who possessed them? Hermann Hagedorn has given two big volumes of Leonard Wood to read- ers from a great mass of original ma- ll:‘f‘hl. sifted to its essentials, which he g 4 sented and interpreted Leonard.Wood. Authentic and literal through its deep searchings of original material, the big book is, in effect, sheer drama—a one- man piay, whose theme is defeat and disappointment. heroism that, as a rule, is relegated to romance or to the fables of classic times. Not so here. In this great play by Hermann Hagedorn is portrayed the herolc figure of one man on his way to disaster. On his triumphant way to disaster. For so it seems at the end of this tragic matter. The author is clearly an advocate, a champlon, almost a devotee of Wood. Fiercely, when the time comes, he makes his accusations, face to face, and in open speech of this or that Jjustice to Wood at one critical point or another in the career of a highly trained and gifted soldier and leader. He names Pershing, openly, as jealous and un- (tax grateful. He names Wlison as recreant to public demand for the most efficient service at a point of world crisis. Later, he removes this charge from Wilson to Baker, where, by the latter’s open avowal, it belongs. But, setting aside these high moments of indignant pro- test on the part of the writer, let us go back to the beginnings of this young Wood. These are set out in opening chapters of the life of the boy. Point is made of his early resistance to the time-wasting formalities of school and college, to the deadening routine of performance and performance. A bad trait, you see. Conformity is the very heart of all public agencies of procedure. “Red tape” is the life-blood of public institutions. But this youngster refused to accept these Ted strings as any sort of adequate life current. And so he was in trouble. Dismissed from hos- pital training, as I recall specific in- stance of a perfectly pestiferous insub- ordination. And yet, and yet, if there ‘were not rebels here and there, now and then, this wou!d be a werld too deeply moss-grown for cny possible penetra- tions to its genuine content, to its true promise and possibility. man worked for a better Army, if we are going to have any Army at all. And the lawmakers found him trouble- some. Armies cost money and, save in of actual conflict, this is not a . Stirs no enthusiasm, far away, also, for any pra in the supreme crisis, should command the A. E. F.? Why, Wood! Who else? But the man is too secure in himself and too impetuous. One would call these exactly the qualil for ‘:Ihe n:m-um Wrong again. And so, military trative heads, Gen. Pershing was chosen. Then, undaunted on_ the outside— “a_man of much|¢ are two. The disclosure comes in & | These sustained in a |iDE So all along thc way this fighting | Passing Did | convicted, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. What do you need to know? Is there some point about your business jor personal life that puzales you? Is | there something you want to know { without delay? Submit your question | Washington Information Bureau. He |is employed to help you. Address your sinquiry to The Evening Star Inform: [tion Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Di- | rector, Washington, D. C.. and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return | postage. \ | Q Did Jack Dempsey. while cham {pion, box in public for charity? — 2 B. isays that Jack Dempeey took part in |several benefits for war veterans at |various campe. He went around ti country to appear for the Liberty bond |fund, and appeared for Ann Morgan's | Devasted France Fund. Dempsey boxed | extribitions at various places around the country on behalf of charity. Q. Is it true that a small percentage of the population controls most of the wealth of the country?—P. N. A. Dr. Wilfred I. King estimated that |the richest 1 per gent of the income recipients in the United States re- ceived in 1926 about one-eighth of the realized income in the country. Nine- ty-nine per cent of income receivers secured in 1926 87.84 per cent of the total income. In another estimate Dr. By | King concludes that 10 per cent of the | inventions of Thomas A. United States own N. M. G. people of nearly two-thirds of the wealth, while the poorest 25 per cent own just about 3% per cent. Q. Why didn’t Lindbergh fly to Paris by way of the Azores?—J. S. A. The route he ciose is about 473 iles shorter than the Azores. The A. The new Chicago Post Office is 5G acres of floor space. The New York City Post Office all other post offices in the postal receipts. Q. Is Theda Bara still in the movies? —R. K. A. She is married and has retired from the screen. Q. In making a cream soup what pmremom of white sauce and vege- table should be used?—S. E. A. To a cup of white sauce add two- thirds of a cup of been pressed A White sauce mixture should cupofmflk'nlbfi:hhtnoon of flour and tablespoon of - Q. How many students attend the University of Zurich?>—E. 8. A. imately 1,600 students at- tend university. It is in Zurich, s.v;i’t-rland. and was in Q. were railroads first built “icross country instead of north and south?—V. R. A. This was tation on the the deepest friendship for each other.|M. M. E | 'A. The Nationa! Boxing Assoctation | flwhr‘efiln(he'flfldmmtnhn‘ | continued and the ore is 1 the cars. Steam-shovel mil {ing is the principal method of m |in” the Minnesota iron mines, |rapidly coming into favor for min the Empire |ty Prederic J. Haskin, director of our |copper ores in Afizona, Utah and vada. | Q Was Crispus Attucks a eal-&u man?—F. T. L 1 A He was & mulatto. He was offe of the first martyrs in the cause of | American liberty, having been shot by | British soldlers on the night of the Sth of March, A. D. 1770, known as the }Bannn Massacre. Q. About how long ago was | manufacture of cards of wooden matches discontinued?—F. A. 8. | _A. The manufacture of this type of matches, at least on a commerelal scale, was discontin about 1910, | Q. What were ncient ky&:us‘ ;;ecmng contributions to civilization?— . AL G, A. Though their literature is exten- sive and interesting, the most note- | worthy work of this moss ancient peo- iple is the system of architecture and |art which deveioped. i worid, too, is under a heavy debt to the early dwellers in the valiey of the Nile, for many of the mechanical arts had their beginnings there. > Q. What were the most | A. Many of his inventions were | fundamental and their future develop- | ment will give them their places in a |list. Among those generally accepted as his most important are the incan- | descent Jamp, the phonograph, meticn | pictures, machines for quadruplex abd 'sextulil:x telegraphic transmission and line storage battery. Q. Is coffee grown in Hawali?—A.8. A. It is one of the oldest industries. The coffee is of a superior quality and is known as Kona, from the district in Western Hawail where it is mostly raised. Exports of coffee in 1929 had a value of about $1,300,000 Q. What did the new mooring mast at St. Huberts Airport, near Montreal, Canada, cost?—A, A. C. A. About $750,000. Q. Why did our flag have 15 stripes at one time?—M. T. | A The original flag ordinance pro- vided that upon the addition of each new State a stripe and a star should be added. In 1794 stars and d Bank of In- Settlement for?—W. A. organized s a de- Capone Conviction Declared Only Beginning of Big Task is feared its final stages. Regret is expressed ce | local authorities have failed to press than the more serious charges income- tax offenses, and it is felt that the pres- ent case offers little of crush- land. rmmtme murder of a rival “czar” by gunmen on the day follow- the mn;"lctim;l A‘); Capone, the Springfield (Mass. nion _ declares: “The object lesson of his conviction ap- pears to have failed, at least so far as it applies to activities which fall outside the: scope of the Federal income tax law. Coming so soon after the verdict Capone, it seems to carry a message of deflance to the State and city authorities, if not to the Federal Government.” with his control and the city’s vice and racketeering? It looks like a ‘defi’ And the it m‘; mmlm will Chicago continue to for it?” As to the intended punishment of the Chicago defendant, the Sioux City Journal declares: “This rabbit may have been caught, but he is not going into rabbit stew for some time to come.” ‘The Savannah Morning News advises: “Crime doesn’t allow a failure now and then to halt it; justice must not allow a victory to stop its steady work. There are more Capones in the making. There may be reason for some more convic- tions shortly.” The Toronto Daily Star concludes: “One cannot go so far as to say that the case of Al Capone will be pushed to its conclusion. The most one could say as yet is that it could be.” * ok x * “The jury has vindicated itself in principle,” to according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “convicting the defendant on five counts. While it is eriticized somewhat from the technical stand- | point for its acquittal of him on & num- ber of others, the I !(': of de- to be congratulated on a victory, no one more than they should realize that they have but made a beginning.” “When are regular] Een;npfiv sentenced and 1y to ‘might return some prison, that inside, too— | with A really tragic tale of one man's ad- venturing in the fields of high endeavor. And to its tragic element Hermann Ha, has donc more than full jus- tice. He has given this biogiaphy the power and the effect of life, of one man'’s life. of Leonard Wood's life. Not to Teed ‘Wood ;:mw miss a partof the common can story. 3 s to miss & period of current history . — o § is Eifil g