Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1932, Page 8

A—8 THE EVENING STAR Wik Sunday Morsing Editien. WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNESDAY. -May 25, 1932 THEODQRE W. NOYES. . Editor The Eveaing Star Newspaper Company Business Offee and Pennsylvania Ave co. 110 Bast 4and st ake Mic Building. 14 Rezent S London, Enatend Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Bvening St 43¢ per waonth The RSB 47 eundey iar (W hen 4 60¢ per month The Evening and Sunday Star (when 8 v8) 65¢ per month The Sunday c per copy Collection t. Chicago Ofifee. European Office: et the end of each month. m made Orders may be senc in by mail or telephene NAtional 5000 Rate by Mali—Fsyable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. 1) Sunday.... 1yr,$10.00: 1 mo. E‘,” ::fy unday. y‘r‘.l“# mo. ¥ only 13 300 1 me dae All Other States and Canada. 15r. ily and Sunday.. ! yr.$12.02: 1mo. 31.00 iy only 1yl }mo: 18 £ finja: cnly 35.00; 1 mo.. 500 Member of the Associated Press. The exclusively entitled to the n of all This and also fhe iocal new: ed herein. ~ All riehis of publication o 3patches herein are also reserved. The Local Income Tax Bill. “Whatever plan be adopted,” the Bu- reau of Efficlency repcrts in connection with the proposed income tax and other House taxation bills, “these measures contemplate a substantiai i taxes in the District of ed Dublish special their considerzticn requires care to soe | that the burden is distributed equitably among tre several classes.” And in this les the nub of the whoie question over new forms of taxation for the District of Columbia. Of course. taxation should be equitably distributed. Such distribu- tion is commonly sought under any tax measure. Equally important, however, is whether the l-cal tax burden should by one penny be increased. The chief purpose of the Housc tax bil's is to increase tke local tax burden in order to recuce even lower than it is now the Federal ccntribution. The ex- haustive data ecmpiled by the Joint Citizens’ Committee on Piscal Relations Between the United States end the Dis- trict have shown that the loeal burden of taxation is already high in relation to such burdens in comparable cities. No increase in this local tax burden is justified. AL of the equitable consid- erations demand, if anything, a reduc- tion in tke local tax burden. NO meas- ure, no matter how cleverly portrayed as intended more evenly to spread the burden of taxation, should at this time be eonsidered if it has the additional | effect of increasing the tax burden. The Bureau of Efficiency is again to be congratulated for its thorough analy- sis of the new income tax bill proposed by the House and for correction of its more inequitable. as well worded, provisions. It has taken the fair approach by viewing the proposed income tax bill as a substitute for the ta® on intangible personal property and not as a measure designed to produce additional revenue: at least no ingrease is in sight for the immediate future. ‘The advantages of the income tax over the tax on intangible personal prop- erty are matters of opinion and not of fact. One distinct advantage in many ccmmunities is its relative ease of col- lection, so much intangible personalty escaping assessment. That advantage, apparently, does not exist bere in any demonstrable degree. The Bureau of as hazily | carried o the bil. but also it will be possible to exempt from the three-cent first elass letters delivered in the same community where matled; to reduce the tax on checks from two cents to one cent; to raise the exemption of admis- sions from ten cents, now in the Senate bill, to forty-five cents, the rate carried in the House biil. These are some of the benefits which will accrue should the Walsh amend- ment be adopted by the Senate and ac- cepted by the House. It is estimated that the Walsh amendment would raise $335,000,000 of revenue. Furthermore, the manufacturers’ sales tax has been demonstrated as an effective method of raising revenue, both in this country, where it has been applied so far merely &5 an “excise” tax on individual com- modities, and in Canada, where it has | i far more gencral form. The imposition of a manufacturers’ tax on a wide range of articles makes it possible to levy a low rate of taxation and still bring in a very large amount of revenue. It has been evident for a long time in this country that some adequate form of tax- ation must be adopted to supplement pressicn exists. In such periods, as to- day, the revenue from incomes falls off anced with huge deficits. The general | manufacturers’ tax is not only sure but 'it also falls lightly on the taxpayers, so widely spread is it. The man with | morey. who buys many articles during |a year. will naturally pay far more of this tax than th> man of moderate | means whose purcheses are compara- {tively few i { who voted egainst the Ways and Means Committce’s proposzl for a manufac- jturers’ tax say today that they regret | their action. Among the Sexators there |is a general belief that if the House had |gone on rezord for s manufacturers’ {tax, it would have been accepted by the | Senate and the revenue bill would have : been disposed of before now, helping to ! balance the Government's bucget. It is ! a0t too late to remedy the mistake made | in the House. Firm action by the Sen- | ate would, it is predicted, finally be ac- | cepted by the House. Europe's Moratorium Payments. Alihough it lacks the elements of suiprise, it i8 gratifying news that Eu- | ropcan governments are arranging to pay the 1931-1932 war debt annuitics | for whiich the United States, under the Hymer moratorium, granted a one-year | abatement. The British and American | governments, through normal diplo- | matic channels, are about to conclude negotiaiions to that end. Finland and Greece have already signed formal | agreements for the same purpose. Our | other European debtors are expeeted to follow suit in due eourse, until the en- tire sum of $252,000,000 has been pro- | vided for. The moratorium plan pro- years, with interest at the rate of four per cent, specially fixed by Congress. These arrangements, it should be | understood. apply exclusively to the | war-debt payments comprehended by | the current moratorium year. ture of the larger question of the debts themselves remains preblematical. Next month’s Lausanne reparations confer- | ence is not expected to advance mat- ters materially. Whether er not ker creditors grant Germany a long or short term moratorium on reparations, that will not, of itself, affect the relation- <hip between America’s war-debt credi- heen io operation for 8 dozen years in a | the income taxes when a period of de- | and the Government's budget is unbal- ~ Some of the members of the Ilouse vided fcr repayment over a spread of ten | ‘The fu-; THE E\l Iy ill in consequence. though Dot in im- mediate danger. He will probably not TIND —— | rate on first class mail now proposed all |resyne bis writing for a considersble time. The loss of even a few months to sueh a repid story teller as Oppen- heim is a serious matter. He began his writing of liis mystery tales about thirty years 850 and bas now to his eredit more than a hundred—an average of about three a year, or four months to a story. Which 8 & remarkably rapid pace. Wallace was fifty-seven when he “died. Oppenheim is sixty-seven, ; These British producers of the tales of mystery end crime are leading types of & new order of coutributors to the avid devourers of exciting fiction. There are scores of them busily at work, just as there are {n this country. They write imainly for the weekly publications, !just as did Cherles Dickens eighty years and more ago. Dickens set a sharp pace for his own contemporaries |and was a tremencous producer of copy. il' 1s interesting to speculate on what ihe would have done in the present-day mode of fiction. He migat nct have !been & Wallace or an Oppenheim, but he would surely have been a leader in | both preduction and interest. iR (s As a kindly and sympathetic railway on, as he considers the sosping of B. & O. tracks by unemployed marchs ers, to remark, “Boys will be boys" lor if occaston should require, “Girls | will be girls” Yet he is a man of fim decision and prompt action. Mis- chieveus youth shculd not attempt to impose upon him too far. ———- uous activities v lead to supicion that Sena- tor Tydings might, in the excitement of Swmmer politics, be persuaded to challenge even the long-establiched favorite son. e Again Mayor James Walker becomes the object of concentrated illumina« tion. After so many years as a centers doned for presenting himself as a unique figure: a New York statesman who has grown weary of the spotlight. e Public fecling often Cevelops marked reactions as time passes. The storm of | criticism faced by President Hoover is confidently expected to develop a rain- bow of promise in the Republican Na- i tional Convention. | His lawyer says that the loquacious boat bui'der of Norfolk profers to go to jail tecause of fear of the un- | derworld. As erime is at present or- | ganized. police protection requires the backing of a fortress. —te—e | siderably soothed if the evic organi- i zations of Danzig snd Gdynia could | arrange a joint session to discuss some sort of compremise e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Playing the Game. “This politics,” said Cactus Joe, “is quite a curious game, It's wrong to gamble, but we often do 1t just the same. The kings and queens across the sea i have been in frequent use, ace down to a deuce; Perhaps they have been cheated in the wicked days gone by. Efficiency comments upon the relative ! yoo ang the United States Treasury.| We will keep it on the level—or at least thorcughness of the assessment of in- tangible personalty in the District, and | upon the relative productiveness of the | tax in revenue. the income tax would p:olvce any reater revenue. It is highly probable that there might be even a decrease of revenue under the substilute pro- posed. Assuredly. when the Federal Government is proposing to place ex- tracrdi high levies on income:. practically mcnopoiizing inccmes for its own use in budget-balancing, Congress should carefully consider the practical advisability of making a switch that would doubly burden curtailed incomes, especially when local collections frem another scurce have become highly productive and are efficently made in a manner that escapes the traditional criticism of taxing intangibles e A decision not to interpret the word | #moratorium” as signifying a step in debt cancellation in accordance with Great Britain’s admired reputaticn for stricu precision in the use of the Eng- lish language. r——— The Walsh Amendment. Senator David I. Walsh has an- ed his plan for a manufacturers’ cales tan, intended as a substitute for many of the special sales or excise taxes and nuisance taxes now carried in the revenue bill. In the main ihe proposal of the Massachusetts Senator resembles the manufacturers’ tax written into the revenue bill by the House Ways and Means Committee and subsequently stricken from the measure in the House itself. The Walsh amend- ment will propose, however, a rate of 1.75 per cent on sales of manufactured goods instead of the 2.25 per cent rate | advanced by the Ways and Means Committee. Senator Walsh exempts from operation of the manufacturers’ tax all foods. all articles of clothing, except those highly priced; all agricul- tural products, fertilizers and farm implements and machinery and work- men’'s hand tools. The adoption of the Walsh amend- ment would make it possible to strike out of the pending bill many annoying taxes, some of which are unfair to in- dividual industries. There seems no Jjustification for the imposition of a sales tax on manufacturers of automo- bile trucks, for example; on manu- facturers of refrigerators, matches and many other manufactured products, when the great body of manufactured products are entirely exempted from this sales tax. Furthermore, the sales taxes proposed in the bill to be levied on these individual products of the factory are far higher in rate than the general 1.75 per cent rate proposed by Senator Walsh. The rates levied on the individual products of the factory run as high as 12 per cent and many of them are 10 per cent. The tax on passenger automobiles is 3 por cent and on trucks 3 per cent, while on accessories and parts the levy is 2 per cent. Not only will it be possible, if the ‘Walth amendment is adopted, to strike out many of these special sales taxes turning out thetr stortes tn serial form, | ¥ head Daniel Willard may be depended | n present de- | prestige of Gov. Ritchie as Marylands | of-the-stager, His Honcr might be par- International anxieties might be con- There is a dispositicn in many trans- | we're goin’ to try. atlantic capitals to consider that the But lerame give you this advice: It's precedent set by th> Hoover moratorium ! serious. by heck! It is improbable that | in interlocking repirations and war debts will automatically renew itself, if | Lausanno gives Cermanv fresh grace. That is not the conceplion of the sit- uation held by Cengress, which is the | supreme arbiier n debt affairs so far | @s this country is concerned. to the New York Times, its i ‘med London c-rrespondent. | Mr. Selcen, reports tlat Britain “does | not exrect to pay next year's American war Cebt anruity of $183.900.000. and. furthermore. does not believe the United States will drive her into default if she does not pay. Crancellor of the Ex- chequer Chawberlain h°s privately t-ld membe-rs of the House of Commons thot he had not en'y made no provisicn in | the regu'ar budget to pay the American | 1dsbv. but was not devising any supple- ' | mentary budget to provide for such' paymert. This does n't mean that| | Britain hzs the slightest intention of defaulting. Tt will not b> a default or repudiation if she cannot pay the full | amcunt wken it fal's due, but gets either an extension of time or a reduction of | the amount, or both. It is in ex- pectaticn of scme such development th-* Britain is now aweliting the reculis of the American eleztion.” i The British government has not asked anything of the United States and is not planning to do so, Mr. Sel- den states, but he adds. sigrificantly, | that “it expects the logic of events to convince Washington as well as Lon- don that there should be a new deal.” | One of Britain's moving reasons for! seeking a “now deal” is the sterling ex- change situation. British debt arrears, { as well as future annuities, will be pay- | able in gold dollars. These will amount to considerably more in pounds than would have been the case before Brit- ain’s abandonment of the gold stand- ard. In 1933 Britain is supposed to pay us $183,900,000. At the old parity that would have meant £37,839,506. At pres- | ent exchange it would take £49.972,826. —_— | i Notoriety seeking is usually under- taken as a method of personal diver- sion. In a kidnaping mystery it is| likely to prove an unsafe form of en- tertainment. ———— e Britain's Story Tellers. ‘When Edgar Wallace died recently in Hollywood a considerable portion of the reading public wondered what it would do thereafter for reading matter. He had been remarkably prolific in his pro- duction of a certain type of literature, turning out two or three stories a year. He had a large vogue both in this eoun- try and in England, his native land. Incidentally it may be noted that short- ly after his death his widow, in Lendon, disclosed the fact that despite his great earnings Wallace had died a bankrupt. He was a heavy spender as well as a voluminous producer. Now comes word that another of Eng- land's most liberal contributors to the entertainment of the reading public, E. Phillips Oppenheim, has had a “touch of the sun” at Nice and is rather grave- 2 i‘ens and claim to b2 s catch you dealin’ from the tom of the deck! Don'i 171 is worth winnin'. of plirin’ hard. won't get arvvhere e by holdin’ out a card You moay not be the type which we cspecially admire, But we'll congratulate you on the for- t7ne you acquire, f you st in without malice and don’t try to b> too smart, Each leter will esteem you from the kottcm of his heart. Eut let give 1 this advice: gusrd a wreck, Dcn't 12t us catch you dealin’ from the bettom of the deck.” Unbothered. “Are you bothered by lobbyists?* “Never,” answered Senator Sorghum. “I don't know whether to feel com- plimented, cr not. They must regard me either as strictly honest or entirely uninfluential.” We ap- vou I bt To Jud Tunkins says prosperity is just around the corncr, but vou've got to watch the corners in drder to be on land to meet it. Bulletin Frem the Bootleg Brewery. Cambrinus said in accents gay, “My anxious mood relaxes. T manzge still to hold my sway, And am exempt from taxes.” Society and Taxes. “What is your opinion of the tariff?" “I perticularly regret one featurs said Miss enne. “Which is that?” “Its soclal feature. Instead of keep- ing the Government a means of intro- ducing pleesant rnd agreeable person- ages, it gives too much official promi- nence to the bill collectors.” “The value of silence” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “depends on whether he who preserves it is thinking or sleeping.” Abundant Adviee Crop. The patient farmer goes his way ‘Tarough meny hopes and fears, With more advice in one short day Than he can use in years. “You is ginter git mixed up in yoh affairs,” said Uncle Eben, “if you allus 30es on de principle dat de folks who is most entertainin’ is de best company.” ————— Stop Kidnaping by Refusing to Ransom To the Editor of The Star: ‘Why not stop ki“napirg? It can b2 dune in 24 hours. Now is a good time to hit. When s relative or friend is kidnap:d let the wealthy husband, wife or peremt ann-unce “not a dollar will be paid to any one.” Say that and “tick to it. Make such rackets unprofit- able and se2 how long it will last I have studizd crime prevention for 30 expart. This wfiflm@ but s my own idea end glve it to the world. ‘round C. VEDNESDAY, MAY 193%. t THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. We left Templeton Jones the other day on a downtown corner in the sun- shine, in his right hand a paper bucket , Wl hml;c was transporting this everyday drama shows Mr. Jones gingerly get- ting into his tue, trying his besi to | give the impression that earrying gold- fish was an everydsy matter with him. | But since not a soul in the vehicle gave a whoop whether his bucket con- teined oysters, ice oream or what not, Jones' pretensions went for nothing. ! I fish were in no mood for %tirring uv . They had just been snatchca from a great tank, and now found themselves in a sori of midnight. One did not have to be a nature-| faker, in any sensec, to believe that the | goldfish knew something was wrong in their haebitat. Galdfish are used to 2ll sorts of liv- ing from round bowls much too | small fer them, to huge tanks in which | ) they swim hither end yen, mostly yon, | | with scores of their brothers and slsters. 1. Light, however, is the essence cf their lives, as one might judge from the | blazon which nature t upon their sides, the living coat J‘im which is | their red-gold coloration. | Here they were in the bucket, shut| out from the light, like the poor old horse which Zola told about in his| novel of the ecal miners, “Germinal.” | They were traveling at a speed un-| known to goldfish; they had no vay of knowing vhether this night in which they found themselves wouid last for- ever; pcrhaps they remembered, in their sluggish way, the great leint of o.her cays, as th2 mine horse did the sun of his m-adow life. While the humane Templeton Jonrs was deing ¥ this musing fo* s fih who, no doub:, vere in a pe foci tlan as well a5 a complete huddle, he sud denly diceovered thal the northwes. corner of the squar: paper bucket, or container, was becoming alightly damp. icea! Suppcse the bottom should ccme out as Jones sct there on the bus, and he should be left with three goldfish, a smuk and three oxygenating plants in p. Strerger things have happened aboard busses, and Junes knew it from meny years o intensive experi- ence. Qre can never be :ure Gingerly he felt the corner. Yes, a small leak had developed, thers could be no doubt of it. Jones movaed the box over on his newspapar. ond noted that there was a slight wet- ness where it had been He would sce if the new spot got wet in a similar manner. Here wes an experiment which might oe condugied quietiy. without attracting the aitenton of any of the cther pas- sengers, who did not for a moment realize, evidertly, that they were going hom> with an aquarium ‘The bus had zone tvo more blocks when Jones sid th» bucket over its | full_length “Out, damn spot!” said Jones. un- eizu:ly quoting Shakesp: are, wics: had a habit of fiouting in { public, but of reading in private. The spot would not go away, |began to grow larger. not very much !larger. but just enouzh to cause the fisherman a great deal of small worry Temwpleton Jones vas an expert small | worrier. however, so he did not mind the lezk very much, after all He had the happy faculty, which he shared ia commaon with many human beings (and it was always a satisfaction to him to reaiize that this list included some of the greatest men snd women who ever lived) of worrying less and less the | larger his troubles became. He worried terribly over a small matter, but lefi . the laige ones to Nature. or to Natuie's God. Just common sense. he sid: but many pecple have preferred to call it | religion Jones wondered what he would do . if the bottom came out, and the fish | All kinds of cards are sorted from an | With Gov. Roosevelt’s nomination in bag. as they now believe it is, his managers, headed by James A. Ferley. | ¢hairman of the v York State Demo- | czatic Committce, are beginning to look around for a suitable running mate | Th= woods; are full of him. If ¥. D. R. kes the grade, his mate will undoubt- y come fiom the Middle West or West. with former Gov. Harry Byrd oi second place is awarded to Dixie. It {<eems to be the plan of the Roosevelt | leaders to trade the vice presidential romination for second-choice votes for the Governor irom delegations pledged to siand ior favcrite sons on cpening ballots at Chicago. Thus Gov. George eny | vin A, John Garner of Texas, or 8:nator Oor- | dell Hull of Tennessee. Senaior Clar- ence C. Dill of Washington has been | consistently mentioned as & Raosevelt partner. One ¢! the newest Western Democrats to be named in this con- inection is Gov. Geoige H. Dern of Utah. Senator Lewis of Tllincis and “Jim" Reed ef Missouri will have favor- ite- votas, but their respective vint- ages probably bar them from second- 1 place considerstion. i x x o x Huey Long, Kingfish of wanders in and ouc of t A the perpetual moion of acst al the feast in “Mac: Senator | place on the Dzmocratic side for more then threc minutes at a time, except when he goes out for Tom Hedlin's time-killing record in a one-man fili- buster. The Louisianian is evidently bent upon ingratiating himself on both sides of the aiele. No matter what's going on. Huey is here, there and every- where, butto: , elbow-greasing, back-slapping and, at times, hugging. One of his fondest habits is to waylay a Senator, clasp hands around his col- leaguc's neck and, while their faces are cheek by jowl, impart a confidence. Despite his cantankerous manner in debate, Huey seems a genial soul and to bz disporting himcelf most of the time like ‘a mischievous scheolboy out for a lark. * % ok % Over at the State Department, where they've besn looking up all available dope about Admiral Baito, new premier of Japan, the Far Eastern division has disinterred a mmmhutm to Am- bassador Hugh G . When Gibson was leading the American delegation at the Geneva Oruiser Conference of 1927, which made about as much head- way &s the present talkfest over there is Tecording, Admiral Saito headed the Japanese delegation. They co-operated on almost every occasion. One day, when the atmosphere in the conference chamber became stifling, Gibson pro- posed more venti'ation. “By all means, remarked Admiral 8aito, solemnly; “Japan is a firm believer in the open ! window.” * K k¥ Mrs. Paul M. Pearson, wife of the | Governor of the Virgin Islands, who has been in Washingion with her husband since early March, has received a ten- der-hearted tribute from a native of the {islands He is the “tonsorialist” of St. Thomas. Having read that Gov. Pear- son had persuaded Congress to pass needed appropriations for the islands, the “tonsorialist” sent Mrs, Pearson & botile of bay rum. Aecompanying it is a letter seiting forth that it is not or- dinary bay rum, but some of his private stock of the vintage cf 1916, wken Den- mark’s flag still floated over the ter- ritory. It ic but a tiny mark of esteem, the St. Thomas hairdresser wrote the Governor's lady, but the rum (which is now the only kind legally exiant down there) was ane of his prized possessions and bestowed in a correspending spirit l&pxeclninn for Dr. Pearson's work e island’s behalf at Washington. of on Virginia as an atiractive possibility, if | | Whice of Ohio may be offsred the tail | d of in~ ticket in due course, or Mel- raylor of Illincis, or Speaker | in his| 15 flopped around; no doubt some indig- nent lady would call him cruel, a: indignant ladies have a way of doing, without once getting facts straight in their heads, or giving a hang whether the victim of their tirades is gentler than they are in many ways. Defends R. O. T. C. From E. C. Stanton’s Criticisms ‘To the Editor of The Star: The Ictier in a recent issue of your paper by E. C. Stanton, in which he refers to the Summer training camps for ihe R. O. T. C. as “outings for young men at public expense,” seems to ridicule the impertance of thi training. Mr. Stanton, from his article, is apparently a “beetle expert,” and, like many other people in this ecuntry, inclined to discuss matters he knows nothing about, instead of confining | Imm ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS This is a special department devoted to the handling of inquiries. You have at your disposal an extensive organiza- ‘Washington to serve you in any capacity that relates to information. Write your question, your name and your address clearly, and inclose two eents in coin or stamps for reply. Send Jones never forgot the time he came | himself to those things on which he is | 0 The Washingion Evening Star Infor- near being run over by a publie ve- hicle, driven by a young smart alec who thought the whole thing very funny. | A large fat lady, who bad not seen the performance. neveriheless pro- put_the blame upon him. “It was yowr own fault, my dear."| said she, to Jones' infinite disgust. | What can you,do with a woman like | g that? Jones devoutedly hoped the bottom would not drop cut of his bucket, for he could see half a dozen assorted ladies leaping up In defense of abused goldfish. It would be his fault entirely, he knew, and he would rather not; hoped the bottom would hold, at least uniil he could get off the bus. The paper began to get wetter and wetter, however, until Jones decided that something would have to be dene about it. Not that a serious situation was_developing, or anything, but the quicker he could get home the better, he knew. Out he got, at the next stop. He knew a taxi stand was there and, under the circumstances, he believed that a texi was boetier than a bus. Much better. More private. By this time the ladies were looking unsympathetically at the paper bucket, they knew he had poor, cd galdfish inside it and thought was hurrving down the aisle to get irom their stern glances. he villain stepped over to the stand and raised a free finger to a cab. Here was sympathy at last The driver thought it had been an excelient move on Jones' part to take ihe bull by the horns, the fish bueket by its handle and hail a cab. Next to an airplane, he assured his passenger, @ modern taxicab could goldish home quicker than any other, type of vehicle. “We'll get 'em there. all right” he soothed, pointing out that no serious leak had developed and that, uniess the entire bottom dropped out at once, nothing much eould happen until they reached the drivewsy, at the leasi Jones grew calm. He was awa from the baleful glare of the ladies’ eyes and suddenly he saw that the leak was not very bad, after all And yet it was Just as well; the gold- | fish would be out of their prison the’ suener. Jones dismissed the driver and galloped up the driveway. past the ga- rage, on back to the far corner by the big tree, between whose wide-spreading roots. in a sort of natural depressian, rested the sunk tub containing & water- Nly, a cat-tail, a water poppy and a floating hyacinth Since he was not used to handling goldfish, he cpened the top of the con- femer gently, so as not to scare the atures. No sooner had he let the light than the fish to flop ma themselves cut an the earth et > side of the water. Again Jones tcok the bull by horns, or the bucket by its bail. He turned it ups: the pool went th snail and the thrce cxygenating plants Jones heaved a sign of relief. Whew! Now he wou'd watch the in_their nzw home He did—for two minutes They swam and swam 2nd then went down beneaih the g water hya- cinth and stayed there All the Jonesian duce them to come even fish food. temt the surface, failed to Templ the happy fish . fles co to WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. held Club cn Ches 2y the other day (w) one-time congressicnal stars of the fi - tude were deploring the Lw state into which conaitions on Capicl Hili have sunk. One was a Damocrac. former Representative Finis J. Garrelt of Ten- nessee: the other a Republican, forme: Representative Philip Pitt Campbell of Kansas. They served together ir the House for yeais, m the days whan party leadership was honored in the cber\- ance and not the breach. Garrett was leader of the Democratic minority, and Campbz1l the resourceful chairman of the Committe: ‘on Rules. Campbell was reminiscing over the good oid t'me . when the G. O. P. sieam-rcller had but to squeak, whersupon the Hcuse haa not to reason why, but mercly to do and die. “On a cer.ain - cecasion in 1922,” recalled the Kansan. who is now & Virzinia squ re, “I announ ed that the Fordney-McCum ber bil' would e passed at 4:45 pm. on such and such a day. And it was.” * % % The National Cepiial Park and Plan- | ning Commiscioy recznily sent an agent {into the Virginia valleys to buy some | boxwood trees to adorn th: landscape | In the vicinity of the Lincoln Memorial. | He located just what he wanted on an !old Colonial estate and promptly came |to terms with the genileman farmer | who owns it. The price was fixed, ship- | ping instructions given, and th: deal apparently clozel. “Send your bill to | Lieat. Ca\' U 8. G ‘ani, 3d. Washington,” sald the Pa:k and Planning Commission man. Thereupan the unreconstructed : son of Dixle neariy threw a fit. “I'll be everlastingly damned,” he thundered, “if I'll send any of my boxwoed to U. S. Grant for the Lincoln Memorial!” s e On the mudbanks of the Wabash not far away from Terre Hautg there’s a &uburb called Taylorville, which recent- | ly attained the dignity of a place en- | titled to a subpostal station of its own. The Post Office Departmert couldn't | bapiize the station Taylorville, because there's already a town by that name in Indicna. While Washingion was mill- ing over the matier. a denizen of Tay- lorville wrote in and propored “Ofali- land." The suggestion was approved. When the news reachad Tayiorville there was a grand rumpus, becauce the Post Office Depariment had fallen vic- tim to a practical j “Offaliland,” it appeared on clos: examination, ' means a dumping place for waste mat- ter. Senator Jim Watson is now trying to have the substation rechristened Vor- hees, after th- “tall sycamore of th Wabash,” -or Dresser. the Hoosier bord I'hoh wrote “On the Banks of the Wa- i * ¥ ok ok Representative Fuller, Democrat, of Arkanca~. has introduced a bill which would compel every civil service emp’oye to demonstrate the abllity to sing. re- tite or write from memory the words of “The Star Sangled Banner.” A Princeton professor writes to the Neow York Times: “If the list were expanded to inciude our legisiators, both State and Federal, and the requirement be limited to the public singing of the an- them, I can think of no more effective way of cutting down the expense of government.” (Copyright, 1932.) e Regrets. From the Florence (Ala.) Herald. An exchange tells of a widow who has had so much trouble with lawyers in settling the estate that she sometimes wishes her husband hadn't died. R — One Reassurance. From the Ashiana Daily Independent. There's one hope. If China gets mad &t us, she won'y send over any more Pekingese. & |in Mother Earth and others who are {iook out in(a;mad, to the trouble of figuri the cost of the late war and whnm{he taxpayers of this country zre now paying and will pay for many years to come to cover | the i - It was dark in the container, and the ' ceeded to remonstrate with Jones and sl,;,,“ e of that war and will con- | e many young men who now lie maimed for life as a result of that war, pessibly he might reconsider his pinion as to spending $1,000,000 or $2,000,000 & year to train physicall and mentally a few young men thal this country might be prepared in the future to ward Had we been preparsd to go to war in 1917, Germany never would have per- | mitted us to deciare war. Mr. Stanton apparently knows noth- ing ebout these Summer training It is true the boys have a good time. The Army attempts to make it attractive for them and at the same time uses every means of develop- ing them physically and mentally, in- stilling discipline and obedience, qual- ities absojutely essential in event of service in the Army. Again, the Gov- ernment pays only the transportation and subsistence of these boys. Re- serve officers, likewise, go to Summer training camps, but if you can call th's a vacation, Mr. The Reserve officer works from early morping ard the Regular Army people kecd h'm moving officer is money w=Il spent; it is thing mor> than incurance against I wender ir ¢ denartments ta economize Le the locks o the doars cf his heame. Prcbably not, yet he would remove the little national defense that we have left. Mr. Stanton deplores the reduction of money for fighting the Japanese ectle. I would like to see the Japan- ese beetle stamped cut as well as the many oiher pests that we have in this day.” But if we are going to cantinue to cut our armed forozs we will have 2il Eurc in addition to the Jap: nese beetle we will themselves in cu for Ame:icars 1o lo-k ¢ httle farther ahesd t°p trusting in DCT treaties” and the o-called 5: canferences” which aceomp'ish nothing but lowerine the Treasury balance. Uncle Sam mus® or himself Mr. Stanton deplores the fact that th~ Geneva delegation must come home for lack of fuads. When they are home this time why not keep them home and savce the money wasted on such afiairs? Al the money this Gov- ernment has on disarmament confer-nces have extermina the “Japanece beetl~ N care eral years. by vantat part ve manner ns vacations kst ce manteining g I an to Save Covernmen! Proposes a Monev fe e refore ke th~ " A membcr auoted es having seid tr salaries weuld h al eficct o1 the people o im will A great e effect on their an: gosts a phin pari of their salary each the curation of the depresic and I venture to say tnat will b2 hit kard in belly. they will be mare cheer! way, and that it wiil of ‘the force to a great done cnly ment expenses or meont revenues. Tke d:zductions, if any be hoped there wiil 2 tie necessity for it cease:, cxiend to the end of the or forever, as weuld be r reduction of pay per annum. amount donated. or reallv d: from the pay, could be use the budget. help the un ta Guy horse cakes for who are unable to buy CHARLES J. e Remembers Seeing ihe Hoof of “Hero” Horse 10t ¢ Taitor of The S.ar se in a educted to balance en Mr. Ralph E. of Thae 18 and making inquiry as to the where- abouts of the grave of the horse wnose hoof was torn off while drawing a iece of apparatus to the scene of a ire, while T am not abla to throw eny light upon the place of burial. yet I recall very distinctly having seen the hoof itself many times in my young days. It was kept for quite a time in the building on Third strcz. northwest, between D and E streets, now occupied by the Unicn Storage Co. but then used by Frank Ward’s Dairy, for whose use it was built. I bolicve. Mr. Bates refers to this incident s having taken place beiween 1879 and 1875. but my cwn recoilection’ is that it occurred in the early 80's and that th> hoof was torn off around Delaware avenue and’ C street southwest, in the steam rail- road tracks which were ance there. and at the time there was naturally much talk about it and this horse was the hero of the hour. I should like to know myself where he is buried, but iame is very transient and there are E:'qbabiy only a few who recall the icident at all. CHA! Will Develop Garages To the Editor of The St I see in vour p:per of May 24 that the Police Department is g-ing to make a survey of the garzges and vacant lots, where cars can b2 parked, so as to eliminate all-night parking. The claim now is that there is not sufficient number of garages to take care of the cars. I, for one, will agree with this, but when we cannot rent the garages that we have aiready built for the public hcw can we be expected to in- vest cur money in building more only to have them to stand idle? If a law were passed to prohibit all- n’ght parking, in less than six months we would build ercugh garzges to hold sl the cars in Weshingion. WM. C. BLUNDON. e z Everybody’s Trying It. F.I.|!l'l:. !l:r‘ Buh;: !vlrnl&?‘ News. King we troul Cl ma! at this stage make the whole world kin. | off an expensive war. | |b1 Stanton has a | . poor conception of what a vacaton fs. | i that each province makes its cwn G E. Training the Ke- | Mr. Stanton would | The ! If Mr. Stanton would go:Mmation Bureau, FPrederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Q. When did base ball players start to use mitts?>—A. R. R. A. Unpadded gloves were introduced by Charles C. Waite in 1875. Padded gloves were intrqduced in 1891. Q. How much does it cost the motion pleture producers to give the newcomers | screen tests?—M. M. | A. Photoplay says that it costs Holly- | wood almost $1,000,000 a year. One test averages zhout $300 and only one { perron in a thcusand has made the grade an the sereen. Q. Does a campaign of publicity help to any extent in an effort to keep peo- ple from picking wild flowers and tree lossoms?—E. M. < A. The Wild Flower Preservation Society points to the campaign launched to preserve in Washington, D. C, and the surrounding country. It has been 80 successful that few branches are broken from the trees and the woods are increasingly beautiful each year when the trees are in bloom Q. Has the whole of Canada one ‘ marriage law?—A. H A. Canada is like the United States marriage laws, as do the several State: Q. At the Batile of Bunker Hill, hcw many men were lost?—A. McC. | A 5} n of but lost over wounded. The the crest of B 1.000 men Lill> | American loss was 441. | @ Has there ever been a time before | this that Bakimore could have Sunday | base ball games?>—J. L. B A. This is the first time in its his- tory that there could be legal buying and selling of any kird on Sunday. By the most overwhelming vote ever regis- tered on a oyestion the voters repealed the State’s 200-year-old blue laws in so far as they appiied to the city. The repeal became effective on passage of the referendum, which was authcrized by the last o n of the Legisiature after a 25-year-battle by the city to | gain to decide its Sabbath endent of the more elements. consery Q. What is the meaning of the word transpose, as applied to music>—L. A. C A. It means to change the key in which the music is written Q Is the present Duchess of Marl- barough, the third wife of the Duke of de:1borc?—W. A Th: prisent duchess is the second wife of th> Duke of Marlboro. She was Gladys Mary Deacci of Boston. H. fisst duchess was Consuelo Vanderbilt sbilt. did Leonardo ) . which 1 s on exhibition in Chicezo A. Probably in 1500 | | Q 1s the Washington Cathedral nearing completion’—A. H It is turally. It n chanels and fou the Cathedral. Thes Lo pain wiil doub:less be lo- k especaplly Tie! A. There 15 no & W ith(ira-wél of Owen Young o Siirs Hepes New possibilities in the can he Democradie p es a.e i f D le conceding ! sta‘us “he is in a e incalculsbly The Hartford "endent Demceratic) Yourg ‘that “manv have believed thet he is he vi best man in America to rssume le>dership in the prese ‘While recognizing l ro time an active candidete,” Houston Chreniele (Deraoc “it is regrettable that wven Ycung elcsed the coor behind him he w be~avse D mocroy him s ban el e 0 E nen aszentence of n cf hi~ unwillin-ne-s anA to arcent the rominaticn as £ ute to the high recard in wl mg is held. A msn of his kuown | ability and recogrired standing cen be of immess X at thic hour. | That is why v is renounce- | ment of the precid~ner an c'ement that has something of the heroic in it.” R kuown “That it removes from the field of | choice one of the best and most avail- | |eble of the ceveral Democratic po bilities is unfor.unate,” in the opinion jof the Lynchburg News (Demoeratic), | Which voices the hope that ‘“others. | whether seeking the nomination, or in- differsnt to the nomination, or avoid- ing the nomination, will not place themselves out of the running and de- prive the party of the opportunity to | make a choice frem a splendid field.” The Soringfield. Mass.. Republican (in- dependent) holds tkat his action “ne- cessitates a fresh appraisal of the pros- pects of those who can be regarded as candidates,” while the New York Sun (independent), remarking that “his let- ter will be read with regret bv thou- sands of admirers,” feels that “his de- \ cision may add sharpness to the Demo- | cratic contest.” “The mere removal of such a man | from the fleld of possibilities,” states | the Jersey City Journal (independent | ! Republican), “is the country’s loss.” The | Bo'se Idaho Statesman (Republican) declares that, as a candidate, “Mr. Young, a man of admitted business ability and high professional standing, who has a keen uncerstanding of politi- cal and economic preblams, would com- mand the respect of many intelligent voters of both ics.” The Danville, Va., T mocratic) offers the comment: “Mr. Young's declination, in one respect at least, should be deeply gratilying to the American people. Here at last has been found a great private citizen, of large fortune, who is willing to serve without political reward. The author of the Young plan for the pay- ment of reparations has been drafted for national and international service by botn Republican and Democratic ad- | ministraticns. Whether or not he would | be President, he will be as willing to | serve his country in. the future as he! been in the past.” % Wiai the country needs just now,” in the Judgment of the Newark Evening i Mews (independent), “is ideas, enlight- | enment and direction, more than a candi- ~ BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. the effect thas Shakespeare traveled abroad. Q. Where will the next total eclipse of th; suun be visible in this country? —R. E A. The Naval Observatory says that the August 31, 1932, eclipse of the sun will be total along a narrow path cross- ing~Canada and New England. Draw line across the map of Vermont passind. Jfew miles east of St. Albans ana “ontpelier, and the eclipse will be total i that part of the State east of the 1iné. A partial eclipse will be visible all over North America and in a small part of Afia and 8outh America. Q. Whitt is the verb used to signify the widening and straighteni of streets, razing of old buildings and the like, with little regard for expense or sentiment?>—H. D. T. A. It is called Haussmannizing. Baron G. E. Haussmann was a French municipal official who transformed the city of Paris under his administration. Q. Where did George Washington enfage in his first fight”—M. S, A. The engagement at Great Mead- ows, Pa., May 28, 1754, was his first fight. He was then 22 years old and in command of English troops which had gone forth to build a fort on the Monongahela. Ten of the French force were killed and the rest captured. Washington lost one killed and three wounded. Q What German dialect is consid- ered the standard pronunciation?— Germany there is no standard that is acknowledged ed by the mass of so-called stand- i3 (h~ pronunciation of the stage, which, again, is divided into the pronuncietion of tragedy and ccinedy. In the latter, of course, is heard the more natural pronunciation of everyday life. The sectional differ- ences are very marked, but in general there is @ North German and a South German pronunciation. Q. What is file powder made from?— A In of pr . H A Tt is a yellow powder made of sasszfras and is used in cookery as a thickening agent ow many cadcts go to the Coast and licv, many apply for n>—H. V. H A. The United States Coast Guard that the capacity of the academy nately 150 cadets. Iu the last few years the number oi applicants has been steacily increasing from ap- proximatelr 400 to 1,200 applications at the present time. It has been es- timated that approximately 900 of the 1,200 applicants will take the ina- t year between 60 znd 65 of ved appointments. 1at gbout the same num- dmitted this yea: Q. How men cobras n Infia A 5 ey are kilisd ¢ nnualiy snaki Most ¢f ‘nakes us species of cobrz. About 60,000 snzkes are killed an- peop’e are killed by 20.000 8 by treaty with nd the later country gdmin- its posts and telegraphs. Q Was A . A _country squire. was a cisdnguished poet and literary eritic. His mother was a gontlewo Jaceph Conrad's father an m c of Dark Horses date for the prasiden ing that the declinatio two reeent utterance g the equalizatio: " to open a path the other issue—were widely in ne.ghing of a dark horse. * % Mr. Young is evidently too far-see- ing 2rnd to broad-minded a Democrat o lend himsell to obstructive politics.” [ the Atlanta Journal (Demo- ¥ hile the Charleston (S. C) E Post (Democra . conceding th: oubilass he would meke an ac- zeptable and perngps a brilliant Presi- dent.” advises that “he is more than juctided in makirg a definite declara- ticn, since he is res not to per- mit himeelf to be used ag2inst anv other spitant.” The Roznoke Times (Demo- cratic) finds in Mr. Young's action the n that “the forces which are Roosevelt need not go E ¢ wiih plans to make Mr Younz the spearhead of their attack.” The Nashville Banner lependent “Mr. Young displaved a fine e of propriety a jurigment deciining to en: he ~could successful i have developed features have grated upon his sensibili- in ok As a result. “the Roosevelt campaign takes cn additional power.” in the opin- lon of the Omaha World-Herald (in- dependent Democratic). a view in which there is concurrence by the Davenport Democrat (Democratic) and the Chi- cago Daily News (independent). That there is resulting gain for Newton D. Baker is the view of the Des Moines Tribune (independent Republican), the Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail (in- dependent Republican) and the Phila- delphia Evening Bulletin (independent Republican). The Scranton Times (Democratic) sees gain for either Baker hie s the heed of one of the country’s large corporations,” says the Lowell Evening Leader (independent), “Mr Young has shown himseli as capable 85 he did in his conduct of the im- portant miSsions which he undertook abroad. Those qualifications would certainly not come amiss in the public service. But Mr. Young is well aware of the unfortunate prejudice on the Ell’t of the more radical elements in oth pariies. If he has any desire to ‘rve the people in such a position as the presidency, it is humiliating to think that he must yield to a foolish antipathy to success in big affairs.” — . Mr. Mellon’s Costume. From the Minneapolis Journal. Ambassador Mellon refused to pour himself into the “plush pants” that court etiquette requires and attended the Buckingham Palace function in ordinary evening wear. When Great Britain goes back to the gold stand- ard the Ambassadors may go into the rompers. B ) Russian Freedom. Prom the Hartlord Daily Times. Russia’s great automobile factory is iling. The worker engaged to insert u No. 36 tries No. 89 to show how free he is. fai ——c— Pest Fizhiers. From the Nashv wr. If the Depe ai of Agriculture is as good as it claims ca pest control, then how come all those flocks of lobbys ists around Wi 2