Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1931, Page 6

A6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. o e ‘!, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY...November 14, 1831 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor Company Rate by Carrier Within the City. g 4% ver month 600 per month Mail—Payable {n Advance. d and Virginia. All Other lllTa‘---I Canada. Egi anf, Sunder.. . v, 913.00: § me. lay only’ i 1 m Member of the Associated Press. titled T Aogaied e sachngz sz r ited fo it or ‘M otherwise cred- d a) the A t aper 1 new: bul leretn. ALl Tiehts of Sation of Teser special tohes herein are No Treaty Navy? ‘There is bound to be profound mysti- fication over the flat-footed statement by Admiral Pratt, ranking officer of the United States Navy, concerning the fleet which the London limitation treaty authorizes this country to con- struct and maintain. “It was never in- tended to build the fleet up to Lon- don treaty limits,” says the chief of Naval Operations, himself the leading naval adviser of the American delega- tion at the 1930 conference. ‘The statement will both surprise and shock the country. Admiral Pratt ex: plains that ‘“no right-thinking Amer- ican naval officer” would favor expand- ing American sea power between now and 1936, when the three-power Anglo- Americen-Japanese pact expires, to the gross tonnage therein provided for. His argument is that the United States at present “is suffering from having rushed constructign all at one time, so that our ships become over-age all at onge.” It can only be said, in calmness and candor, that Admiral Pratt here pro- jecls a sensationally mew theory of ‘what the United States fought for and won at London. The great objective there, the American peaple were told over and over again on the most Te- sponsible authority, was parity with the British fleet. The treaty granted us the ‘right to that parity. It was an unwritten provision of the pact that the British and Japanese fieets should, in effect, stand still, constructionally, until the American fleet had, respec- tively, attained tonnage parity with the British navy and the contractual mar- @in of superiority over the Japanese navy. The British fleet is today sub- stai tially up to the treaty limit. At the’ present rate of construction, the American fleet will be 250,000 tons short of parity in effective under-age &hips by July, 1933. Admiral Pratt speaks of “other treaties” which may alter the Anmierican tonnage ratio. Whether he be thinking of the nebulous possibilities. that :may arisé from the Geneva oconférence— which is to deal primarily with military probjems—or naval limitation parley, it is Admiral Pratt's view that the United States should not ‘“rush” He wants to0:find “the eventual strength at which ‘the fleet will be fixed and thert build steadily up-to it.” ‘When the Hoover administretion held the Sgnate in prolonged session in July, 1930,; for the purpose of ratifying the Longdon treaty it certainly permitted the gountry to believe that the pact; wes ing more 1.!1-11 a scrap of paper. It was negotiated, its sponsors declared, for fhe purpose of asstring the United States “a balanted fleét.” Its corollary object was to guarantee us strength at sea equal to that of the world's largest navy, namely, tHe fleet of Great Britain. ‘What has happgned to change the administration’s mind about the neces- sity of “a balanced fleet"? - Why is the parity demanded in 1830 superfiuous in 1931% A day er two ago it looked as if Americans were ready and glad to Jook ‘upon the Hoover-Navy League im- broglio as a closed incident. But ques~ tions suddenly are raised, to which the people require clear answers. They will now welcome the airing of the whole maval situation that is foreshadowed in the approaching session of Congress. ————————— Chicago has progressed brilliantly, ‘but _has not quite lived down the past sufficiently to prevent an occasional bongb-tosser from asserting himself as a mminder of rough old times. S et Business prosperity is a normsl con- ditign. A recovery is sometimes re- tarled by too much irrelevant and distarbing conversation 3 et Canadian Communists Convicted. \ trial has just been concluded in to, with conviction and sen- tenges for unlawful organization and conspiracy against the Dominion Gov- ernment, that has no parallel in the history of the North American Conti- nent. Eight men were accused of sedi- tious activity and, chiefly on the testi- mony of a member of the Canadian ing men who had become involved in an cffense without realizing the serious- ness of it.” They were névertheless convicted and now they face prison terms and eventual deportation. The Communist party will probably be dis- solved and to & great extent its mem- bership dispersed overseas. Perhaps many of the members will flee before the law reaches them. What has been going on in Canada in the way of Communist conspiracy i unquestionably proceeding here in the United States. In every large city there are “nests” of these subversive e'ements, men and women, scheming and plotting jdisaster, preaching “revolution,” alming at ths destruction of the American Government. Many of them are known. Some of them make no pretense at con- cealment. Their meeting places are known. Occasionally they come out int> the open and engage in flagrant agitation. It is established that they have tried to break banks by inciting runs. They intensify dissatisfaction on the part of working people, They foment strikes. In almost all cases they are aliens or the offspring of aliens. There is no need of such work as that of Sergt. John Leopeld in this country. - | Enough is known today to make a fairly c¢omplete clearance of these nests of Communists if the Government would but proceed vigorously and persistently against them. This should be done. e Widows in Congress. ‘The appointment of Mrs. Hattie Car- away to fill the seat made vacant by the death of her husband, the lale Sen- ator Thaddeus H. Caraway, gives the Senate its first active woman member. Only once before in the history of the Senate has & woman become a member and then it was only for a day or two and as & measure of courtesy. Mrs. Re- becca Latimer Felton was appointed to the Senate to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Senator “Tam” Watson back in 1922. Before she had an oppor- tunity to take the seat, however, the Democrats of Georgia had elected Sen- ator Walter F. George. For a day after the Benate reconvened Senator George withheld the presentation of himself to take the oath of office and Mrs. Fel- ton had the rather empty honor of oe- cupying & Senate seat during that time. Other women have sought election to the Senate, but without success. The first woman to serve as a member of the House, Miss Jeannette Rankin of Montana, after a single term in that body, entered the race for the Republi- can nomination for the Senate and was defeated. Miss Rankin was elected to the House in 1916. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick made rong bid for the senatorial election in Illinois last year, winning the Republican nomination, but suffering defeat at tha hands of Senator James Hamilton Lewis in the election. But now Mrs, Caraway, as the politi- cal heir of her husband, is to serve in the Upper House of Congress, which until the present time has in effect been for men only. Arkansas has been kind to widowed members of Copgress in the past, Mrs. Willlam Oldfield was elected to the House to represent the secand Arkansas district after her hus- band had died, and more recently Mrs. ‘Wingo, widow of the late Representative Otis Wingo, was elected in the fourth district. Mrs. Oldfield has voluntarily retired from the House, although Mrs. Wingo is to serve in the coming Con- gress. Gov. Parnell of Arkansas, who has appointed Mrs. Caraway to fill the Benate seat, has announced his support of the election of Mrs, Caraway to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator, which closes March 3, 1933, at the con- clusion of the present Congress. The special election to fill this unexpired term s to be held January 12. Nom- inatian, which is equivalent to election, will be made by the State Democratic Committee, and if the committee falls in with the suggestion of the Governor it will select Mrs, Caraway. She might, of course, decline tp become a candidate for election, although that appears un- likely since she is reported to have ac- cepted appointment. Public office in the United States is not hereditary. Now, It appears, a congressional office is to be regarded as part of the estate a dead memblr of Congress passe: ¢n to his widow. With- out-in any way attempting to- reflect upon the qualifications and abilities of Mrs. Caraway to hold the senatorial office to which she is now appointed, it must be said that the placing of a widow in office merely becaume her hus- band held it is a sentimental action which might well become unfair to the constituents of the appointee and to the whole country. Widowed members of the House who have been eleeted to suc- ceed their husbands have proved their worth as legislators. Nevertheless, the practice of making congressional office an asset which may be handed on to the widow of a dead Senator or Representa- tive is not scund or in the interest of the pecple. The Governor of New Jersey has still to appoint a successor to the late Sena- tor Dwight W. Morrow. The selection of Mrs. Morrow to fill the vacant seat of her late husband has been suggested. If the New Jersey Governor followed such advice and Mrs. Morrow were | willing to accept, the Senate might have {two women Senators when that body convenes December 7. ——— vt By making him a member of the { American Academy of Fine Arts, a re- minder was offered that even the exact- Mounted Police, were found guilty and were: given prison terms, from two to five years. On the basis of this result some four thousand more people now face’ arrest and trial. Furthermore, confiscation of all the property of the Communist party in Canada will be ordered, and supon the completion of their terms the convicted men will be deported. Seven years ago Sergt. John Leopold of the “Mounted” laid off his uniform for ghabby clothing, changed his name, p the Communist ranks and sat at fhe party's councll table. He was out.to “get his man,” and, true to the tradition of that remarkable organi- zation of police, he succeeded. For all fhoge seven years he participated in Corimunist meetings. He got to know the, names of members. He attended conyentions, entertained the organigers. On'one occasion he was arrested in Torpnto and was released when the !ing career of a statesmlan could not overshadow the fame of Paderewskl |as a great musician. His is one case {in which versatility did not prove | destructive. ————————— The Lure of the Unknown. For more than two centuries a mys- tery in the South Seas has puzgled mankind. On Easter Sunday, 1722, an exploring Dutch satlor, Admiral Rog- geveen, came across an island about two thousand miles west of Chile, and landing on its shores, discovered traces of an anclent civilization, the origin and real significarce of which have never yet been dete:mined. He named the tiny fragment, which comprises only about foriy-two square miles, Easter Island, after the y of its discovery. He brought back a tale of strange monuments and figures and an undecipherable serles of inscriptions. In .later years Easter Island has been visited frequently by sclentists, seeking the solution of THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, stone fragments were believed to be symbols. Though every possible source of information has been examined no satisfactory theory of the settlement and the cultural development of the original people of the island has been deduced. Now it is announced that an expedi- tion is about to sail from New York under the patronage of a wealthy American, who has pravided .a large yacht for the purpose and is assembling a group of scientists for the purpose of solving this mystery, if possible. ‘They will spend as long a time on the island as will serve the purpose of an exhaustive research. They will have the benefit of numerous previous ex- aminations of the relics of the past that have made Easter Island one of the most fascinating fields of arche- ological study the world offers today. Numeroys articles have been written on the subject. Differences of opin- fon are of record in the attempt to account for this -strenge display of tilanie sculptures and masonry monu- ments. Perhaps this latest attempt at salution will succeed where others have failed to the satisfaction of science. Easter Island is volcanic. The ma- terials of the strange symbolic figures and structures are known to be of a volcanic character. There is evidence of a sudden checking of the work, of the swift disappearance of the orig- inal inhabitants. Were they over- whelmed by a catastrophe? If so, why have so many of their works remained to perplex modern students of the past? Was the disaster of which they were victims in the nature of an invasion of their lsland by hostile sea wanderers? Traces are evident of a peculiar form of bird worship in the cult of the Easter Islanders. Remnants of such a eult are to be found even mow in the prac- tices of the surviving or succeeding in- habitants, only & few score in number. | 4o Ethnologieal resemblances indicate a kinship between' the Easter Islanders and the dwellers on the Solomon Is- | ., lands, lying about 3,500 miles to the northwest. Other traces suggest a dif- ferent origin. Tradition remains alive on Easter Island of a great chief, who came in an expedition of two great canoes from the west and ‘who estab- lished there the civilisation of which the present remnants are the relics. That vislt cannot be dated. Present knowledge of the matter does not per- mit a later period than the fourteenth century of the Christian era. It may have been very much earlier than that. The unknown eontinues to lure man to research in far lands and in danger- ous situations. Easter Island offers a rich fleld for study, even though much has been already done, and without any greater risk than & long “voyage over sometimes violently stormy seas. Every | ° provision is to be made on this oec~ casion for the most exhaustive inquiry and it may be that at last the mystery of this fleck of land in the South Pa- cific will be solved. oo Capone in prison may not find Thanksgiving as cheerful as usual, But the holiday may be made brighter by his presence there for a number of persons on the outside who are afraid of him. —————— A loan of $150,000,000 for unem- ployment relief is contemplated by Canada. Even the man whose cash is at the vanishing point ean be hope- ful so0 long as he can command credit. About all that is expected of some of the gentlemen in the Capitol is an effort to make the Thanksgiving spirit seem eventually as nearly like s failure as possible. Russia has at last succeeded in get- ting enough business to make it seem desirable to attend to it, even in the face of temptation to mingle in affairs ing in the Far East. B ] SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Song and Variations. A little phrase may change its ways. ‘Through months that came and go They sound in tones if blame or praise ‘These words, “I told you so." When Winter skies are dull and drear, ‘The melancholy crow Observes a world bereft of cheer And croaks, “I told you s0." When blossoms welcoming the Spring Set every scene aglow, The robin joyously will sing And say, “I told you so!" Differences of Opinion. “Qpinions are likely to differ on pub- lic questions.” “That's very true," agreed Senator Sorghum, “and very fortunate. There have been several times in my career when the facts were distinctly unfa- vorable to my prospects. An active and highly persuasive campaign to create a difference of opinion is all that saved me.” Jud Tunkins says he used to hear about “joy rides,” but now with so much danger of getting smashed up or ar- rested, he doesn't believe there is any such thing. Bad Actor. To war aversion is immense. It meets with this arraignment. The show involves a vast expense For dreadful entertainment. Of all the amateurs we see In art sad malefactors, That old boy Mars appears to be ‘The champion of bad actors. Selective Society. “How's the new jail coming along?” asked the traveling man. “PFine,” answered Oactus Joe. “Crim- son Guleh has taken great pride in making it so handsome and comfort- able that the warden expects to have a long waiting list of the most promi- nent bhootleggers.” THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. . Waitresses are interesting creatures. “The huran being who believes in his fellow in this case it happens to finds novel about the girls who wait on him in restaurants, cafeterias, hotels, lunch rooms. gals may be pretty, or they may be ugly, or they may be just plain, like the majority of people, but in any event they hide human hearts and minds be- neath their silly aprons and eaps. Most of them are quick enough to spot the patron who regards them. not | soon as prey, but as human beings. Upon such customers they wait gladly, with- out any thought of a tip. ‘The “old boys” who insist on inviting them to the theater—well, these old fellows usually rile the girls although they seldom say as much in public. Treat 'em as human beings, though, and the girls will tell you a lot. “Do we have trouble with the custo- mers?” Mary will smile. the young fellow. It‘is these old boys. With gray hair. “They are the worst. The minute they sit down, they ask you to go to the theater with them. They are a gay lot, er at least they think they are.” . * Maybe one remembers Maybelle best. Undoubtedly she was the prettiest. She had her eyes on Hollywood, they said. It was comical to watch the male customers when they fist eaught sight of Maybelle. The average an sits down in a tea shop or the like, without paying much attention to the waitress who plunks the menu card down before him. Faced with the menu, he feels the old impulse to hurry up as he scans the long list of edibles. Often he reels off his order without paying the girl the compliment of a glance. Usually however, when he happened real Jook at Maybelle. 8he was, in the usual parlance, a knockout, & wow, a peach, as they used SAY. She had big blue eyes, and light brown hair, a dimple in each cheek. Her smile set you wondering at once h! his mouth dropped open, to take a ich famous movie actress she most resembled. * ok x Bhe was a capriclous girl, too, as beauties have a right to be, and, alas, are. 8he quarreled violently with those of her young men who offended her in any way, and only forgave them when %:y h:r“‘ an exceptionally good tip out 1t was in the old days, of course, ‘when every one spent money like water. Mr. Jimi he was called, was easily in the ratter of tips. Mr. Jimmie gave 50 per cent of the ice of the meal, and even mor2. “What is the largest tip you ever got?” he asked Maybelle. ks ?" she countered, with one of her best pre-Hollywood smiles. “I want you to get the biggest,” re- plied James. “One dollar,” said Maybelle, suc- intly. Mr. Jimmie left $2 beside the plate, and went away with the feeling of a righteous man who has done his duty PN * kK K “You shouldn't have done that,” said something | mie. “Never with | Maybelle, next day, in dimpled con- “Done what?” countered Mr. Jim- “Leave all that money,” replied May- p. “1 wanted you $0 get the biggest ever received here,” he went on. 'An:‘y he continued, gallantly, trying his best to remember the strictures on the old bays, “If you ever get a bigger tip than that, just let me know." Mr. Jimmie, by these pleasant wiles, became the favorite of the restaurant. For waitresses are practical people, who take the world as they find it, and recognize that favoritism has a place in it. coffee | belle, putting down the souj * K ok % Meg was at the opposite extreme. She had a face like a horse, and the complexion of a policeman, but she was an excellent waitress, and knew her customers. If you liked plenty of cream in your coffee, she never forgot. She had three children at home take care of, and needed her tips. ‘Alas, she never SZ‘ as many, nor as large ones, as Maybelle. That is what comes of having dimples in one's cheeks and the Hollywood air in gen- eral. But she chipped in, just the same, on the gala day that pretty Maybelle left for the West. All the girls loved May- belle, and helped buy her, as a parting gift. a necklace and so on. ‘There was a visible excitement in the demeanor of the girls that day. But here was Maybelle? An_ then Mr. Jimmie realized that the georgeous creature, in the very lat- est attire, who stood talking and smil- ing at the other end of the room, was not a patron, as he had supposed, but as none other than that latest rant to pictured fame, Maybelle 1. B Dolores was shorter than usual, and had deep black eyes and an intriguing smile. Most of the men who stopped ab the cashier's desk, as all did, bestowed the smile which male customers reserve for restaurant cashiers. Dolores’ worst trial came when Old Daniel came in. Dan resembled a cross between a human being and a wart hog, but he liked the ladies, and some- how thought they liked him. He, too, had gray hair. “My dear,” he would say to Dolores, “do you know what I would like to do?" Dolores mustered up & wan le, After all, he was ‘h 1‘v:unormr of the e, and perhaps money was as as the next fellow's, although Do her doubts about it. T would like to wear you on my watch chain,” declared Old Dan, with a tremendous leer. “Maybe that was gallantry in his day,” snorted Dolores, after he had left. “But it's silly now.” The ears of the waitress are not open, as 50 many men believe, for in- vitations to the theater and the like, nor are her hands always out for tips. She is essentially a human being, with the average human being’s likes and dislikes, and behind the smile with which she welcomes patrons lies & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1931. THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover ‘When Jean Cavelier and his wife, Catherine, carried the small bundle which was_their son to the parish ovember 22, 3 were chiefly concerned \ham chux?houfi not be led by the bleak November winds or the dank atm of the unheated church. It is al ther un+ likely that they gave a thought at that time to what the future of that mite of humanity would be. If they had done 80, it is certain that they would never have forecast a Jife of hardship and ad- venture in the wildernesses of New France and a death by violence in the forests of the Mississippi Valley. That child -was christened Rene Robert Cavelier de La Salle. The title of La Salle came from the fact that Jean Cavelier, though a burgher, owned a wooded estate called La Salle near Rouen. The unplacid life story of this little boy of Rouen is told, not for the first time, of course, by L. V. Jacks in pe his book, “La Salle.” * K K X When only 23 years old La Salle “abandoned his ancestral land and sailed to seek his fortune in Montreal.” As his vessel sailed into the St. Law- yence, after a wearisome voyage, he looked with intense interest upon the fir-crested hills and the broad, rolling river, fed by numerous small streams pltching down precipitous cliffs or threading their way through marshy meadows. “Quebec had already become a well developed town. Settlers had divided off land into many estates. ® * ¢ But the frontier lay about a hundred and eighty miles west, at Montreal. Beyond that outpost city bristled the wilderness. Thither went all adven- turous men, and in its chartless depths befell all manner of strange and splen- did and disastrous things.” Almost im- mediately La Salle became a land- owner, ugh the proposal ef Father Queylus, superior of the Sulpicians, that he take over and develop about nine miles of land extending up the river West of Montreal. His new seignory was called La Chine. “La Salle’s house still stands, within a stone’s throw of the bank, everlooking the mighty pan- orama of the La Chine Rapids.” Here he was obliged to do outpost duty, for the land lay directly in the path of Indian raids. The cruel Iroquois, most dangerous of Indian _enemies, came as downstream, from the West. * ok x % But outpost duty and clearing the forest were not enough for the adven- turous young man from Rouen. Some of the Indians with whom he had made friends had told him stories of a great river which flowed into the western ocean. Visions of a northwest route to China and Japan, and trade, riches and enlmlre, more and more ocoupied his mind. Pinally he determined to find this river. The Governor of Canada, Courcelle, authorized him to make a trip for purposes of exploration, but without furnishing funds. La Salie se- cured the needed money by persuading 5‘\: Sulpicians to buy back the land Hey had given him two years before, is information about the location of the mysterious river was vague. His Indian’ informants could only tell him, In thelr rude way, that “the easiest. Toute, as all woodsmen knew, lay by Wwater westward, and trip would mind which is not taken in by bun-|o: combe arbbml;.dhhmen:}-’w e Her job calls upon smile, what ghg is thinking is strietly her own business. k Hoover-Gardiner Navy Tilt Produces Sharp Comments Comment on the Navy League’s con- troversy with President Hoover shows many shades of opinion as to the needs of national defense. Some papers hold that because of the league’s unofficial character, its statements in criticism of the President should have heen ignored. Others are convinced that the matter L Bocpes B is sul &\ for the of the commission appointed by the m'l‘umgumt the league was wrong eriticisms. of “a nd inquisition by " are declared by the New York Sun to “provoke memories of the moxr: the Strand m: used to display s g show a pretty girl the Strand; the m e weuld gshow on its aoz;r'.h'-h;t :l:de oopy o 3 *" The Sun con- part too carefully and at too great length,” adding that “if there are sequels, it is hoped that they are nmdrh of accuracy, politeness and ity le inclined to believe that, “as a matter of fact, Mr. Hoover has right on his side,” the Roanoke Times sug- gests that “the President ought to have realized that the report of a commit- tee of his own sel would carry no eat weight,” and that “probably Wil ilam H. Gardiner, head of the Navy League, would not have any dlflcultx in picking a committee which woul rm‘h diametrically opposite coenclu- P “The 1a falo Eveni News, “takes no stock the npreunm‘:mm of the ‘big Navy' advocates, who always make & ‘men- ace’ to advance in support of thelr de- mands for greater naval appropriations et 5o Teksan for e great an can see no ldyom about the cut in naval expendi- tures.” The Lexi ocon- T e e en the Navy in & e it walt when thate 18 0 [ ‘wolf, wolf’ wi wol!r,zm The San Francisco Chronicle advises that “pacifists and jingoes com~ bine to prove that American naval roblems should be approached on the B e ::!her le‘;t:?me én;’:m" us or offen- ve misrepresent .’ The Fort Worth Star-Telegram be- lleves that “the present administration has sufficient legitimate trouble and e b oberavated 3y organiea: wi A - l"mpl.";' classification—un- blic impression that Was o R Gontroversy: T is an organi- “1t 15 possible,” said Hi Ho, the sage | TP of Chinatown, “to argue in defense of any, course of conduct since no man can see evil in that which he expeets to bring him presperity.” Irvesponsible Adviee, This Old World like a flivver swerves Along & road that's bumpy. The back seat drivers keep the nerves Of everybody jumpy. frsi s “Be ')A_n'nduuhu,“m don't be s0 feared of hoardin' money dat you yushes wif yob wages to de nearest crap ame.” 1t looks like a tempest in & teapot. Why it should ever have been started is a mystery. Hasn't Mr. Hoover, hasn't the country, enough to think about without being thrown into a tur- moil over the agitation of the Rig Navyites? There is plenty to be done getting the world back on an even 2nd into the mood of callaboration and amity that will permit further disarma- ment and make present naval figures obsolete.” “We can mnot build cruisers over- night, in a few months or usually in & year,” suggests the Rutland Herald. “If the committee is satisfied that we are in a reasonable way of preparation for December, 1936, that is one thing. If, however, the President, in the full flush and flare of his economy pro- gram, has really falled to go to work on our ships or if he intends to take part in a naval holiday without a pro- portionate amount of work done on them to give us our parity with Great Britain, then the point remains un- settled.” The New York Herald Tribune offers the conclusion: “We remarked at the outset of the dispute that in view of the long and honorable career of the Navy League and its established repu- tation for accuracy a presumption of innocence existed in its favor. That sumption will persist, we are sure, every fair mind until the President's charges, now formulated by his prose- eutars, have been examined in the open R an impartial body permitted to hear e evidence on both sides and con- sider the whole problem on its merits. To this end we urge that a Congres- ajonal Committee commence hearings #s soon as possible after the assembling of the new Congress in December.” The American Dole. From the Fort Worth Star-Telesram, Every man, woman and child in the United” States pays a dole of $1.50 a b annual bill for robbe e anni lor robbery, includ! hu'alnm and huukingl, is emmnlt:g by the statisticlans of the Department ::m mmmlu “,nt:rcunh "mu of the ce Tt associations, at ‘That merel ts G oy ly represents the “rough takes a toll of $100,000, “mm of $100,000,000 Fraudulent real estate transactions are given as another $100,000,000. e S e By C! wi aum of ,000,000, b Embeaslement amounts to $31,000,000 to asurety companies handl surety bonds, and a $140,000,000 is cal- culated as loss h unl cases. Frauds in merchandise stocks amount- & l‘l? lllfl“l: ':hoo&m'ooo-m total ding stockholde: cndlwul;. Glh'rllldllhnt lcrllu.md § BEe Y] 3 g° i i 1 o wers wen! o them never returned. % . Bearded and ragge ersk! clothes blackened l.:ld togr;.hl‘llild;mcc:‘j thtnhen Nm'mann rose like a ave” for exploration wzs in no w‘-l; lmnmhh S The year 1684 found him at the court of Louls XIV, attempting to fireé thag :.l::h:.aruuu“ al Itl:;ur‘gon with ambi- o emp! the new . ‘Down Valley, Ot as great as and I stream Orellana had XIV responded with s Salle went back to the derness—and death. Was a l-:mny' .:m:rx:‘ ;:u followers and La | bl‘l: ;;Wlf.h La w et b mering spark of b faint, for the csess of o sclony: s covered by impenetrable darkness, * * * | Ous Death and oy e night swallowed up the of the great N e terprise. Thus e Pttt nded, :’nfl r:::: utt:r n:nnlhnli‘mun, mem es of Rene Robert the Sieur de La Salle.” i) The death ety 15 14a ath ear] No Edvart Rolvaag, lit :;:“:frloll, ?rif evitably causes reflection on the irony of life—that, hlv‘lng struggled so long end through such hardships to the education and Ire!dmlnw to d:"’:;:: work he loved, he should for so short a time have been able to enjoy the sue- cess that came to him. He was born in ¢ poor fishing hamlet on the shores of Helgeland, Norway, where his only prospect was to become a fisherman, His mother laughed at him when he once said that he would like to be g t. He began writing a novel when o was 10, but eoncealed the manu- seript for fear of further ridicule. At 14 he was taken out of school because his: father thought he was not worth educating, and for the next six years led the usual life of a fig) . Then he refused the offer cf a fishing boat and its mumn};lp and left for America, whither many of his countrymen had preceded him. In South Dakota he worked as & farm laborer until he had saved a little money and learned o working amount of English. Then he xg’t‘emi the Avfluuno College at’ Can- , 8. Dak., where he remained thre- years, and then went to St. Qlaf Cal- lege, Northfield, Minn. H of hig early college experiences: “The mo- ment I came in touch with books and study it was as if a heavy curtain hag heen lifted.” His first novel was wrti- ten in his senior year, but it was never published. After graduaticn he studied a year at the University of Oslo, in Norway, on borrowed money. - He be- ceme a member of the faculty of St. Olaf College in 1906 and remained there until his death. In 1908 he be- came a naturalized citizen of the United States. His novels, which have made him well known, have been writ- ten during Summer vacations. All were ' first written in Norweiglan, in which he expressed himself m:re fluently, and then translated. The best, “Giants in the Earth,” “Peder Victorious,” ‘Pure old” and “Their Fathers' God" ree S"Norkelsen: pioncers in the Northe of Norwel a orthe west of the United States, * KF * u{:w [y !-;n‘l he: four unmarried sisters, none ye! or attrace tive, comunhur-ln-h'“:gq has been & famous singer, and her small daugh- ter, destitute, seel & home their only living relatives. This is the beginning of the novel, “The Lady Who Came to Stay,” by R. E. Spencer. The , 8us) sisters, unwilling !hfl.r ulllg are not mates for the little Mary, bu , §TOWS UP, marries, .ns all the time a tense a drama of J ences and near: 3 has a child, drama goes on, Mwmua.' Proper Punishment. From the Ashland Déily Independent. 1¢ it wasn't cruel, how would it do to sentence the killer to crass the street for 10 years? i As Congress and Wall Street From the Milwaukee Sentinel. it ?‘:a what when Congress i, We are Congress will some curi- will look FEes ander to be dangerous, and he there fore suspended the constitution, ch ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC 1. HASKIN, This great service is maintained by The Evening Star for the benefit of its o 1t ¢V;r“y day 1ves. they have te do is ask for any ‘ulnfinnd they will receive prompt answers by mail. Questions must be clearly’ written ang stated as briefly as ble. Inclose 2-cent stamp for re- postage, and address The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. What is the Navy League?— E G. T. A. It is an organization of civilians particularly interested in naval matters. Soon after the ratification of the Lon- don naval treaty of 1930 the Navy League stated its consequent policy to be “the carrying out of an orderly naval building and replacement program within the time limits of the treaty, as well as within its restrictions, dlong uch lines as may economically and efficiently serve the interests ofthe United States.” ¥ Q. How many games of professional foot ball are being played this Fall in the National League? " R. A. This year 62 games are scheduled. Last year the Green Bay Packers won the title. Q. Is the man of today taller than the average 1,000 years ago?—G. V. A. To judge by such skeletons as have been recorded so far, even the stature of pre-historic man presents little difference from that of the mod- ern inhabitants of the same areas. Q. How many church buildings are there is the United States?>—E. H. T. A. There are 232,15¢ listed. Q. Why are the original ihabitants of America called Indians?—J. I. A. Indian is an adjective originally derived from India and was properly applied to the people of that country. 1t was trar8ferred to the native peoples of America through a geographical and historical mistake. When Christopher Columbus began his first journey of exploration in 1492 his purpose was to sail to India. When two months later fvitigns and used 2,000 tare 60 o - ,000 yéars B.C. as Q. Does any street or park in Wash- D. &rw Q. What is meant by Ultima Thule? A. This was the ancient name for land north of Britain, which was the most northera land known; hence, any distant region. Q. Has China improved her educa- schools, and are exclusively writing of appropriate popular books. Q. Do more deaths occur at nmight or in the daytime?—B. D. A. A comprehensive survey has not been made, but the few hospital records points to the con- clusion that more deaths oceur during the night. he sighted land he believed he had | Year: reached that country, and as a natural consequence he referred to the natives Indians. misnomer has been applied to the races of the New World, with the exception of the Eskimos. Q. What are the principal imports of the United Statesr—g. iR Since that time the |. chief_imports are raw silk, [ &~ coffee, crude rubber, cane sugar, hides | «pel and skifis and news print paper. Q. What is pyrite or fools’ gold good for?—H. T. A. The principal uses for pyrite are in the maufacture of sulphuric acid and sulphite wood . Pyrite is used in smelters as a fluxing agent to furnish iron for the slag. Minor uses of pyrite are in radios, jewelry, vermillion paints, or for the manufacture of copperas, which is used in dyes, writing ink, wood preservatives, disinfectant and certain kinds of fertilizers. Q. Is it true that there is only one re- | high tide and one low tide in .the Gulf -H. A. D. cessive settlements on this site. ended By & sizang. wall 7 ; cf de! Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands' alone was, we are assured, recently invaded by 13,000 writer concluded with the ve com- ment that “the dingo and the rabbit should have taught Australia a lesson!” PR Children Must Be Sent to Certified Schools. Irfsh Independent, Dublin.—The Northern Mln}:?y has very properly introduced a bill to insure that private schools shall not be permitted to facili- the campulsory Attendance at nrival as compliance - with schools are certified to be efficient. which have. been ce suitable or efficient. ° Macedoriians Seek % To Work Out Own Ideas, La Macedoine, Geneva.— (Exterritorial publication.) After nearly three years of the dictatorship, King Alexander finds himself obliged to grant a con- ] in the anif o yiea » ngmnm‘."“n’a'-m"’" = stitution to his “beloved people.” What | Me this constitution is wortlh, and the rea- | dents in sons which have prompted the crowned | their autocrat to seek ministers courageous erough to consent to accept the re- sponsibility for the une - torship, and future responsibilities for the same regime disguised, might well form the subject of special investiga- It would be interesting to examine the assurances to those peoples, whom the new constitution is supposed satisfy, it only to dissipate the mis- understandings which have gained mund in some circles of public opin- . The claims of the erent na- tions constituting the kingdom of the Serhs, Croats an well known before the proclamation of the dictatorship ‘pan-Serb" 'mony practiced by all the govern- ments of Alexander, and llt«u'nk:d by all non. These claims seemed to King , which Slovenes were already | and will 0| ha iy B f. f ¥