Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1932, Page 4

A4 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, SATURDAY, E) JULY 16, 1932, _———— —— 0 uxefmmmmmnvepsruenc;the scene of rowdy if not riotous be- | THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY........July 16, 1832 e THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Cfe ylvania Ave. Michisan Buudine. t St.. London, th 8t. and Penns Sk e T lcago Omiee: iropean Ofice 14 Repen Rate by Carrier Within the City. e Evenine Ftar.. ... . 45 per month and Sunday Btar dass) . .60c per menth Star -.65¢ oer month The Sunday Star .......... per copy Collection made at the end of each month. Orders may be sent in by mail or telepnone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and_Virginia. §1H1 und Sinday....1vz. 310001 mo. ghc ally : b 1 mo inday”only 3i. 3400, 1mo. All Other States and Canada. fly and Sunday..lyr. $12.00: 1 mo.. $1.00 e § 00° 1mo. 75¢ Bailz ans € Tl 88 8inday’ only + $5.00: 1mo. 50c » 1yr Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news ~is- atches credited fo it or not otherwise cred- rew on of rved. ted in this paper and also the | q published herein. Al rights of publ; special dispatches herein are also rese e Sidestepping at the Capitol. An unfortunate misunderstanding re- garding authority over the Capitol Grounds in the course of the “inva- sion” of the legislative precincts by a section of the bonus marchers now in Washington has brought about a situa- tion. which, with Congress about to adjourn, may not be satisfactorily set- tled. Under the law the Capitol pre- cincts are beyond the jurisdiction of the metropolitan police. The District Commissicners have no authority there. ‘The police are not responsible for the maintenance of order. In theory they may not enter the grounds except as citizens unless their services are re- quested by the Capitol authorities themselves, They have often been thus summoned for service on occasions of great gatherings on the Capitol Plaza, the Capitol police force itself being used @s guards for the building only. The control of the grounds is vested in a Capitol Police Board, consisting of the Speaker and the Vice President, the sergeants-at-arms of the two houses and the architect of the Capitol. Gen. Glassford, chief of police of the District, is criticized by the Capitol Police Board for having assumed au- thority on the plaza when the bonus | marchers appeared on the scene Tues- ' He answers this criticism that the situation day night. by the statement was so delicate that it became neces- | sary in the emergency for him to take over from the Capitol police force the responsibility for maintaining order in the grounds and for enforcing the reg- | ulations as far as possible “without inviting violence.” The Vice President had told him that he did not désire violence. ‘The spectacle presented at the Capitol for several days past has evoked severe criticism, but the responsibility for it certainly does not rest with the chief of police. Rather does it rest with those Capitol authorities who failed at the outset' to define the degree to which the rule against public assemblages in of the #nsurance collected by them where violation of the fire department’s regulations existed at the time of the fire and two per cent where the fire, while not due to a violation, was caused by carelessness. Another item is to put a charge upon theaters for the services of the 218 firemen stationed in audi- toriums. Another is a ten-dollar charge for each monthly inspection of the theaters by the fire department. Still another is a charge of $1 for each search for violations of the rules in buildings. Fire regulations are drawn and sup- posedly enforced for the public pro- tection, but it has been repeatedly proved that they are violated or ignored in order to save small expenses. In places where the public is entertained the violation of these rules has in some instances been later found to have been permitted through the secret payment of fees to those responsible for en- forcement of the regulations. In the course of investigations conducted in New York numerous instances of this kind have been brought to light. In occasionally prosecutions have been brought, with the imposition of wholly inadequate penalties. To make a person pay for inspee- tion designed to require him to cbserve rules drawn for his own benefit is certainly logical. If the public can be assured that these imposts do not lead to further schemes for violations in the interest of economy it will be well served by ruch additions to the tax schedule even though they are designed pri- marily for the raising of revenues. — s e Anglo-Irish Tariff War. John Bull has been unable to come to terms with his other island, as a re- ! sult of the London conference between Premier MacDonald and President de Valera, and an Anglo-Irish tariff war is just around the corner. The Free State’s adamant refusal to submit the lJand-annuity controversy to the arbi- tration of an all-British commonwealth tribunal is the rock on which peace ne- gotiations foundered. Mr. de Valera is back in Dublin to- day, and it is expected that the Irish Senate on Monday will pass a projected retaliatory law imrposing cuties up to one hundred per cent ageinst British im- ports. This would be a reprisal for the recent act of Parliament levying twenty per cent punitive tariffs against Irish wares entering Britain. The British law is already in force, having taken effect at midnight, as previously pro- vided in case of a breakdown of the MacDonald-de Valera conference. Preceding the final break, there was one more attempt at a compromise which would have averted at least an immediate tariff conflict. Presicent de Valera proposed that a joint com- mittee should examine and. if poss.ble, compose the differences between the .London and Dublin governments. Pre- ! mier MacDonald was not opposed to | | this suggestion, but demanded that the |Irish land annuities, in arrears since ! June 30. be paid, as future negotiations | could not affect them. Mr. de Valera demurred. Then the fat was in the fire. ! Premier and President forthwith agreed some cases tragedies have resulted and | | havior. The police, as a rule, dread their coming lest they provoke danger- ous lawléssness. Of course, the suspicion of crooked- ness in the case of the show at Me- chaniesville did not justify murderous reprisal. There is no excuse for the action of the posse of indignant people, but it is possible to understand their sense of outrage carrying them to the hands with deadly intent. The cure for this sort of thing is to stop the cir- culation of these trouble-making organ- izations, which could not possibly thrive upon the giving of honest and decent | entertainment, and must resort to at ilrut questionable practices in order to subsist. e A breakdown in health suffered by ! Mayor Cermak of Chicago is attributed to the strain he was under during the recent conventions. American politics has many splendid prizes, but re- cuperative repose is not among them. ————. About the only prominent encourage- i i | distinction given to alfalfa as a means of providing Oklahoma with a sobri- quet for her Governor. e Ireland still has so many local prob- lems that she is unable to bestow her undbniable intellectuality on the world complications which grow daily more | sertous. | | = oo In the great game of European finance a new deal and a change of partners are always under contempla- tion — e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Summer “Don’t.” The sage advice That some men give Makes earth a place Where man must live In terror of A warning tone ‘Which ever shouts “Let that alone!” The cup which cools When warm the day: The outdoor game You love to play; The tempting dish For feasting shown— Let them alone! Let them alone! The sparkling spring Where germs may lie; The early fruit Within the pie; In martyrdom May bid you groan Let them alone! Let them alonel But most of all Avoid the man Who always does Whate'er he can To make the day's Discomfort known— Let him alone! Let him alone! point of taking the law into their own | ment the farmer has had is the popular | Midsummer calm settled down over the Templeton Jofies water-lily pool. Here was a little world, with its own laws and regulations, running along as smoothly as if it were as large as the universe. In this miniature cosmos the humble clam had a part. Black of shell, the clam played & shining part. Those who have not toyed with water- lily pools will not understand what this | role is, and hence may be somewhat mystified. The duty of the fresh-water mussel is to filter the water, taking it in murky and sending it forth clear as & crystal. It is a sort of natural hocus-pocus, a mumbling of queer unheard words by the forces of good and evil which re- side there. To look at a clam, you would swear he could never do it. ’ ‘What! This inert creature turn green-stained water into clear water? When first Templeton Jones heard | this claim for the clam, he repudiated it, as many a better man has. Just why human beings are inclined to instantly repudiate something or | other about which they really know nothing is another one of those mys- teries which will be cleared up only in a new heaven and a new carth. How fine it would have been if the | mind of man had naturally, as it were, | turned to belief instead of disbelief; 1f he had been able to believe the un- known Instead of doubting it instantly. It is the instantaneous character of such disbelief which ought to make man suspicious of it. It smacks too much | | of feéhr. The inner springs of compul- | sion are in it too largely. It is a men- | | | to run in the face of the enemy. | The first clam which Jones inserted into the sandy bottom cf his water lily | pool proved to be an unmitigated and compiete failure. | “I told you so," said Jones to him- self. | How could a simple clam—a mere slab cf shell. a veritable fish sandwich— convert itself overnight into a modern, fully equipped filtration plant? Jones had visited the mighty works which make sure that the water supply of the District of Columbia is free from contamination. He approved highly of all he saw there. | Every time he tock a bath he silently gave thanks to the wisdom of man as applied in such engineering. This small clam, by way of contrast, scemed to lack everything Surely it had no brains, no great dams, no pipes. no reservoirs. and so on It was a bivalve, and nothing more. J-nes plunged the creature into the sand and left it there At that time the pool had become a neat pea green in color, thanks to the active and intelligent work of the algae. Paint manufacturers and others specializing in colors might have ap- plied at the Jones pool for patent rights to that clor Jones pictured himself as a business man doling out rights to colors As absurd as it struck him. he thought he could do n» worse than the drug store which he walked into one day recently. He saw some article or other. priced around a dollar or so, which struck his fancy. He examined the display carefully There were at least 50 of the affairs in the window. Finally he walked in and asked a clerk for one. “Certainly, sir," replied he, bustling away. Shertly he returned with a very long face “Sorry, we are all out of that,” he BY CHARLES E. tal reaction akin to the physical desire | | ! continued. {up, and it has remained clear to this| THIS AND THAT TRACEWELL. “Out of it?” questioned the mystified Jones. “Why, you have a whole window full of them.” The clerk looked annoyed. Clearly he regarded the customer as lacking in that business perception which any run-of-the-day customer ought to display, at least once in awhile. “I can't take one out of the window,” said he, in a slightly lofty, gnd what Jones took to be somewhat superior, tone of voice. “Dou you mean, said Temp Jones, “that the window is locked?" ‘The clerk smiled, as elders some- time do over the foolish questions of little children. can’t open that window until 6 o'clock,” he said. It was then 3 p.m. ‘Templeton Jones drew a deep breath, preparatory to making another attack. “You are perfectly willing to permit a customer, with cash money in his hand, to walk out of this store abso- lutely unsold, then, when you have the article in stock?” ‘The man realized that there was a catch in this somewhere, so he wisely remained silent. The customer is al- ways right, of course, except when he is very, very wrong. THE LIBRARY TABLE BY SARAH G. BOWERMAN. A suggestive and more appropriate title for Van Wyck Brooks' “Life of Emerson” would have been “A Portrait with Background.” The facts in the book are entirely incidental; dates there are almost none. From the slowly mov- ing, dreamy pages & portrait does emerge, an impressionistic pottrait. cord, with its inhabitants, literary and eccentric. The scene shifts several times and we have a group portrait, Emerson and Carlyle, against the back- grounds of Craigenputtock and of Chel. sea. Table of contents and index are both missing in this biography. It is a book to read for pleasure and inspira- tion, not for information. Emerson's life drifts along, from the boyhood of dire poverty, when he and his brother Edward wore their one overcoat by turns, to the serene, forgetful old age, when the sage of Concord, looking down at the poet of Cambridge in his coffin, said: “I cannot remember his name, but he was a good man.” Emerson survived Longfellow but a few months. During his last days, when actuality had grown very dim, he often looked up at the portrait of Carlyle on his study wall and said: “That is my man!” Of his slow, peaceful ending. Mr. Brooks says: “Gradually, year by year, the Jones departed a sadder and a wiser man, believing that he knew at least one key to the cause of the depression, after all. The man who sold him the clam was perfectly willing, and quite able, to reach into a tank and remove the crea- ture. He put it into a cardboard box with a little sand and water. Jones took it home, installed it, and waited for the water to be cleared up, clamwise. The water did not clear up in the east. All that did happen, and the very first day, was that the much-lauded clam died, eaten out of its shell by the goldfiish, ' interesting rascals, who seemed to rejolce over their deed. Na- ture is queer. Templeton Jones told himself, “I told you 80,” and waited for a few days, hoping that some sort of modern mir- acle would result in a clarification of his pool from deep and deeper pea- green to crystal clear. When nothing of the kind happened, of course, Jones visited the clam em- porium again. and told the man how the goldfish had eaten the creature. “They sometimes do,” replied the merchant, cheerfully. “Try a copple of these,” he went ont, indicating a level bed of sand. “1 bury them beneath the sand.” he “They seem to do better there.” Jones wondered how they got at the: water, there, but he said nothing. In- | stead. with perfect modern supineness, | in the face of a good sales talk, he bought two clams Once home with them. he took them ! to the pool, and tenderly placed them | on tne sandy bottom | “You cught to like it here” said | Jones to the clams By evemng they had completely dis- | appeared into the sand. “Well,” thought that optimist fish wont eat them, anyway. something.” It will be noticed that Jones did not say “sumpin’” He hasn't heard Amos an' Andy but once in _a year, and prides himself on it. That once. he admits, he enjoyed. Jones is a per- fectly fair man For three days the clams stayed sub- merged in the sand. but on the fourth day. evidently having got their bear- ings. they stuck an edge into the waters, and proceeded to do a bit of clarifying In a day or two the water in the| Templeton Jones water lily pool cleared “the That's day. Jones admits it, and he is a fair | man, willing to give every clam i's due. | to leave it for a day outline had grown indistinct and the halo gayer and brighter, till at last there was left only a sense of presence. And the strong gods pined for his abode; for the universe had become his house in which to live.” x % x The Concord of Emerson’s time was as wild as Wordsworth’s Windermere, a place of simple cottages amid fields, or- chards, woods, streams and ponds, though only 18 miles from Boston “here in Concord were the men that make republics. * * * Emerson had found a circle, or the nucleus of a circle, that would call out in time all | his natural faculties. A few persons prepared to understand him, who em- bodied in some degree the ideas he wished to utter, who would serve him as models and stir him to formulate these ideas, pique and provoke him, ex- pect him to do his best, nourish the courage and insight his nature con- tained.” ~Margaret Fuller was there, drawn by Emerson. and soon she was | editing the Dial. In 1841 Henry Thoreau became a member of the Emerson household. “as a steward, an adopted son. a master of rural arts—chiefly, perhaps, to give Emerson lessons i) gardening. He had his little room at the head of the sairs and worked. when he chose. about the yard and barn, banked up the fruit trees against the Winter and the mice, looked out to see when a pale was loose in the fence or a nail dropped from its place, set up the stoves and put the shutters to rights” He and Emerson spent long afternoons together, walking to the top of the ridge from which they could see the dim outline of Monadnoc, or strolling. lingering. bathing, reading in the woods on the shores of Walden Pond. Bronson Alcott and his family lived near the Emersons, in the little red house at Fruitlands. Alcott lectured on his own system of Neo-Platonic philosophy and the family just escaped starving through timely generosities of | Alcott was often exas- | friends. Mrs. perating to her socialistic husbard, for she declared without shame that she| cared only its needs. for her own family and So Alcott lectured on and discussed with fellow philosophers such | subjects as “What Is Prophecy?” while Emerson collected a_purse to pay his expenses and friends brought in bundles of ciothes for the children and food that was often passed on by Alcott to “poorer” familics, * As the calm Mlif Emer-on som * x % at Concord flowed forced himself order to retain on, And for background there is all Con- | And | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC . HASKIN. Thousands of Government experts are working constantly for the benefit of all citizens of the United States. They will work directly for you if you will use our Washington Bureau. This newspaper employs Mr. Haskin to act as an agent for its readers. He will take your matter to the proper author- ity. State your inquiry briefly, write clearly, and. enclosing 3-cent stamp for a personal ietter in reply. address The | Evening Star Information Bureau, Pred- eDrtch Director, Washington, | Q. When was the first staff of um- pires introduced in base ball>—F. D. A. In 1879 a staff of umpires was introduced, consisting of 20 men, located in the different cities that were members of the National League. Q. What country has produced the most outstanding sclentists?—C. G. H. A. Prof. Joseph Mayer of Tufts College states that in the last 100 years the ' United States. France. Great Britain and Germany each has pro- duced more than 30 outstanding scien- tists, while no other country has pro- duced more than six. Q. Do birds zards?—N. R. F. A. The Biological Survey says birds that feed on flesh have stomachs, but birds that feed on seeds and grain have gizzards. Q. Does Russia extend as far to the East as China does’—M. L. R. A. The Union of Soviet Republic extends much farther to the East than China does. The Russian port, Viadi- vostok, is practically as far East as the easternmost part of China. Much of | “old Siberia” lies North and East of Viadivostok. . have stomachs or giz- A. Give the percentage of right- ,handed and left-handed persons —T. M. | A. Ninety-siz per cent are said to be born right-banded and about 4 per cent left-handed, Q. Are there many steam wells in |the world>—B. K. A. Geyser Creek Canyon. about 75 miles from San Prancisco, has seven. Lardello, Italy, has several. There are. however, few localities where natural | steam wells are possible. Volcanic ac- | tion must have brought the heated in- terior of the earth’s crust close to the .| surface. and conditions must be favor- able for water to reach the heated rock masses through natural channels Other_such regions are the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in Alaska, a region in Japan. one in Northern Chile, and one in New Zealand. Q. Did Nevin's “Rosary” originally have a different name?—C. H. A. Ethelbert Nevin's “Rosary” bears on the manuscript the title “Love's Rosary.” It was decided upon publica- tion to cali the composition ‘“The Q. Should such initials as N. Y. D. C. or U. S. N. be divided at the end of a line’—S. W. A. The style book compiled by the Government Printing Office says that such abbreviations should be kept on the same line Q. Did the Incas build stairways?— E. V. A. The Inca Indiant had steps or stairs to many of their buildings. The greater part of their dwelling houses were constr with only Y with steps leading to the roof. They also had steps leading to the tops of i towers. Q. What is a parsec>—M. T. { A It is a uni. of length used in ex- pressing the distance of stars. One nual parallax amounts to one second of arc. Q. What newspaper in the United !s_u!tu first printed financial news? — . E. L. A. On June 13, 1835, the New York Herald, edited by James Gordon Ben- nett, printed an article on the state of the money m.arket, whizh gained wide attention. Despite considerable oppo- sition, this became a permanent fea- ture. This paper was the first to pub- lish the stock lists and a daily financial review. Q. Was Robert E. Lee ever super- intendent at West Point?>—D. P. & A. He occupied this position at the Military Academy for three years Q. _What kind of bread was eaten by the Rpmans?—E. W. A. Various kinds of bread were used Wheat bread was the most common variety. Barley bread was eaten by soldiers and slaves. The dough was prepared by moistening the flour with water, adding salt and kneading In a trough of wood or pottery. The leaven was added. the dough shaped and placed in an oven to be baked. A coarse bread was sometimes made of spelt. Q Why is Kipling called an Anglo- Indian?—J. C. A. It is because he was born in Bom- bay, Indig.” At the time of his birth his Tather was professor of sculpture in the School of Art at Bombay. How long after the adoption of the dollar as our unit of exchange was English money still used in this coun- trv?—S. 8 A. The circulation of foreign money was 50 general throughout the United | States for 25 years approximately after | this adoption that it was a vital ele- ment in the circulation. Congress rec- ognized this great need by enacting a number of laws regulating foreign coins and making them legal tend-r. Finaily, Congress, on February 21, 1859. enacted & law repealing former acts which had made foreign money a currency or legal tender. Q. What is meant ing?—M. A A. This i1s a term used by card play- ers and means the playing of 2 card meant to deceive the opponents as to the player's holding in that suit Q. When did Phi Beta Kappa first establish a chapter in a woman's col- lege?—C. S. W A. The first was Mu Chapter at Vas- sar, established in 1899. by false card- Q. In judging jellies for prizes, how should they be rated?—M. M. +A. The following score card may be sed: Appearance, color. 10 points; clearness. 10; lack of crystals, 5; con- istency. 40; flaver, 20; container, label, neatness, 5. apprepriate size, 5. The pronounced vet natural color of the fruit is most desirable. Natural fruit flavors and colors are much more artis- tic than artificially colored and flavored fency jellies. Clear, sparkling. tra parent jelly, with no signs of crystalli- zaticn make the product attractive. The texture is tender and cuts easily. It breaks with distinct cleavage, and the angles retain shape. The glasses shouid be uniform in shape and of appropriate size, practical for use in the average heme. The clean covers should fit tightly, and a small, neat label should be properly placed. Q hand-carved bread tray mean I Chleba Gesci Nam Pot B. H A. 1t is Polish, and means What does this expression on a Do Soi With salt and bread we need guests Q. How many Roman Catholics ha oeen nominated for the presidency of the United States>—C. M. K said. parsec is almost exactly 206.265 times the mean distarce of the earth from the sun. A star is at a distance of one parsec from the earth if its an- Fame Recordéd for World- the legislative precincts should be en- !"" "‘“5""; i o forced. There was no such definition. | Eflm 5 “b',” f;{"dp""‘ it ;:' Nobody seemed t6 want to assume the |DUities squabble with the Irish Free responsibility for keeping the grounds»i,"?;e :"“"’ W e b'l’:!‘ "‘"': '°: “Well,” replied Miss Cayenne, “I am free of intruders and demonstrants, and | SE R Jmove UNpIODIOUR Tmoment e te ealth of | conVinced that thoughts are sometimes in these circumstances what Gen. Glass- | & UTBOR) e Commonwes o | conveyed without words. For instance, and renew his contacts with the larger world. represented by Boston. “Nothinz sa fearsome as too much solitude.” | Saturday wes the dav usually chosen | by Emerson for his Boston visits. In | well brushed black uit and silk hat he entered the stage which lumbered | past his door and after three hours A. There have been two. Charles O'Conor, in 1872, and Alfred E. Smi in 1928. Silent Communication. “Do you believe In telepathy?” | | ! British Nations meets in imperial con- ford did was undoubtedly in the public |, 0, o Ottawa to decide the future | tariff relations of the Empire. Ireland 15 to be represented in that vital mest- |ing. Whether Mr. Stanley Baldwin and ! his fellow British delegates, now on the | Atlantic bound for Canada. will consent interest in that it averted violent dis- order. ‘With Congress presumably adjourning in a few hours there will be no oc- casion or excuse for any further use of the Capitol Grounds by the bonus peti- tioners. But there is urgent need of the adoption of a policy which will in the future assure the maintenance of order without complication and con- fusion and without the exchange of re- criminations between the local and the legislative authorities. The feeling prevails that there has been a willingness at the Capitol to al- low the burden of responsibility to rest on the shoulders of the District police chief in order to avoid volitical re- prisals egainst individuals who officially are vested with authority at the Capitol. If that is the case there was certainly no warrant whatever for a formal eriti- cism by the Gapitol Police Board of that official for his assumption of juris- diction. If Gen. Glassford's services at the Capitol were not wanted there he | should have been 8o informed and the burden of keeping order in the grounds should have been definitely assumed by those who are by law charged with that responsibility. oo The bonus men are to have a band. | In addition to the disagreements likely to arise in the course of private politics, | they are now in danger of the artistic rivalries which so frequently where musicians are concerned. Y arise Breweries now all prepared to resume | ‘business failed to figure on the little matter of percentages involved. includ: ing the almost inevitable percentage of Ted tape in a public transaction. . Taxation for Protection. Uncle Sam has not the only budget- balancing problem in this countr Many of the States are troubled with the same difficulty and some of the larger cities as well. New York is one of these, and just now the heads of the departments of that municipality are at work on ways and means to cut ex- penses and to raise more revenues. At latest accounts plans for a net saving! of $357,311 have been proposed, and projects have been submitted for raising $6.000.000 by new taxation. The latest of these plans for additional revenue is submitted by the commissioner of the Fire Department, who proposes a sched- ule of special fees and charges for services rendered. Some of the items of this schedule are worthy of particu- lar attention as fllustrating the fact that regulations that are drawn for the protection of the public. and presum- ably the property owners themselves, have to be enforced by strict super- wvision. It would seem that rules of this character, designed to lessen fire losses and to reduce dangers, would be ob- served without the need of rigid and constant inspection, that property own- ers would regard such rules as made in their own interest. But experience shows that these rules are violated knowingly for the sake of smail sav- ings, with the result that it is necessary to maintain a constant watch., One of the, fire commissioner’s proposals is to ' !to treat with the Free State’s spokes- ' | man becomes problematical. in light of yesterday's critical develorments in London. At this long range, it seems obvious iin any protracted tariff war with the Free State. The British Isles are the i nearest and richest—almost the indis- pensable —market for Irish agricultural produce and manufactured goods. Hun- | dreds of thousands of Irishmen and { women now resident in Britain could be turned into aliens over night by act of Parliament in case anything savoring of formal disunion should ensue in con- sequence of a political rupture provoked by the Republican government at Dub- lin. {as to accept without resistance any drastic breach of the covenant which |links the Free State with the United | Kingdom. Undoubtedly a tariff war | will sow the seeds of an incalculably serious ruction. | | S France is now so famously rich as to | warrant a tourist tide to bestow a lib- eral shower of tips while seeing Amer- ica first. { | ! The Carnival Show Tragedy. A tragedy reminiscent of the old frontier days was enacted the other night near Mechanicsville, Md., when a group of residents of the neighborhood made a raid upon the members of a carnival show, pouring a lively fire from shotguns and pistols into the ranks of the performers and others connected vith the enterprise, and then disap- pearing into the woods. A dozen of the carnival people were wounded. This attack, it appears, was the climax of a feud between the local people and the showmen, arising from the charge that the games of chance operated at the carnival were crooked. These carnival shows which provide a sort of entertainment for small com- munities and the suburbs of larger places draw their attendance from two classes, those who seek amusement alone and those who like to take chances in various forms of gambling. They are fly-by-night organizations, here today and there tomorrow, usually staying in one place only a short time. They ab- sorb most of the small change of the ! neighborhoods they visit, and the great- er part of the money spent with them is that which is lost in betting games of one sort and another. “Cappers” are employed to lure patrons to the wheels and paddles and spinning jennies and other schemes of supposed chance. The cappers almost invariably win, and then the profits are taken from those who are tempted by this appearance of fairness and fortune to participate, with the result of the loss of their stakes. Perhaps some of these enterprises are straight, but experience is that most of them are tainted with fraud. They are breeders of disorder. It is rare that one of them moves from its “pitch” to a fresh location without having been | ! that Great Britain holds the whip hand ' The temper of the British is not such | when I step on a hotel piazza full of women who look startled and whose conversation suddenly ceases, exactly whom they have been talking about.” Pleasurable Anticipation. “What makes Bliggins so superior in manner?” “He has bought a new encyclopedia and can't help thinking about how wise he will be when he has read some of it." Arctic Convenience. An Eskimo, a traveler tells. Finds comfort which could not be greater. He builds a hut of snow and dwells Inside his own refrigerator. Easy “Does it cost much to clothe a family?” asked the economical man. “Not mine,” replied Mr. Sirius Barker. | “My only daughter is a barefoot dancer ln.d my only son is a marathon runner.” 1 In the Shade. The Third Degree is doubtless bad, But as our Summer woes we nurse, We must admit in accents sad, The ninety-third degree is worse. An Inducement to Try. was interesting?" “Yep,” replied Farmer Corntossel “The feller that catches one fish breaks | the record.” Sales Tax Rejected, Beer Tax Proposed To the Editor of The Star. In these hysterical days it is well for us to note occasionally the comic element that every now and then pops up in the political schemes of our con- gressional statesmen. How amusing. for example, ta note the loud cries and emphatic votes against the sales tax! How vociferously it was denounced - as an outrageous scheme for the taxa- tion of the working man! And our solons were all for the workingman! And now some of the same ones who so vigorously kicked out that measure because of their love for the worker are earnestly trying to induce Congress to legalize and tax beer, the working- man’s drink—at least so they say! Thus while it is perfectly criminal to tax his groceries, shoes, clothing and gasoline by way of a sales tax, it is highly com- mendable, declare these friends (?) of his, to tax his beer! Of course, one may well wonder whether such propositicns are evidences of humor or hypocrisy, but in any case it does clearly prove that when one’s own particular scheme, one's favored fad, is being boosted, the interests of the workingman are cheerfully sacri- ficed. It is not among such high fiyers in society as Raskob, the Vanderbilts, Dr. Butler or Senator Bingham that the beer trade need expect Wny heavy or | profitable patronage. No; it is from the homes of the poorer classes, from the spending money of the families of | workers, that the huge revenue predict- jed by these lovers of the toiling classes is expected to come. i And when one recalls the estimates i made of the amount to be so raised in ! revenue from beer alone, is it possible jto feel anything but considerable skep- ticism regarding the laudly expressed solicitude for the worker when the sales tax was discussed and rejected? And perhaps here it is well to remind these beer-minded statesmen that Can- ada, which beckons us along the liquor- taxing route, has both the sales tax e B E MeAbiE ne . C. Mc. 3 I know | “Did you say the fishing around here | In spite of the cresh in Central Furope which ended their hopes of breaking the r-und-the-world flight record of Post and Gatty, James Mat- tern and Bennett Griffin are credited with achievements in speed and fiving | efficiency. Their performance in estab- lishing two new records—the fastest transatlantic crossing and the first non- stop flight from the United States to Berlin—are recognized as definite con- tributions to the progress cf aviation “So far as records go. they have two to their credit—the best time for a transatlantic crossing #nd the honor of being first in ‘linking’ this continent straight with Berlin,” says the Baltimore Sun. predicting that they will try again for the bigger undertaking and remark- ing that “ncbody but record-seeking aviators will ever choose to travel in such style, anyway: and for most of us there is no comfort or even meaning n demonstrations that the eatth is only a week in circumference.” The Chicago Daily News feels that “the two latest | challengers cf fate are alive and well, with honors enough to console them, and that “such flights have distinct value.” for “experienced men gain knowledge that may be of service to others.” The Daily News concludes “Reductiton of travel time is important for a world that becomes increasingly interdependent. In so far as success is attained, confidence in aviation is strengthened. Even accidents play a useful patt by disclosing mechanical weaknesses that can be eliminated in later airplane mocels. “They have a new Atlantic record for their consolation,” advises the Rochester Times-Union, with the com- ment that “it takes courage and de- fermination and great physical en- | durance to make the at’empt, and these are qualities which cannot too often be demonstrated as an example to the race.” The Times-Union suggests that “probably in a few years some one will be offering a cup for the annual round- | the-world race.” The Birmingham Age- Herald states: “In flying from Harbor Grace to Berlin without stop they had ‘ accomplished what others have tried | and missed. It is from such failures as these men made that great triumphs | are wrought.” The Hartford Times | voices the opinion, “The airplane still | catches popular fancy when sent into extraordinary trials. It can do wonders, but everytbing musi be vight. It is| another thing which is as strong as its weakest link.” | Americans,” proclaims the Rock | Island Argus, “are surely taking avia- | tion honors in quick succession and the | press is chronicling these important | events one after the other. As the his- | tory of aviation is permanently en-| shrined in book form the United States | will figure very prominently in that | volume, as her sons and daughters have | greatly distinguished themselves in the | air” ‘The frontier at which Alexander wept because there were no more worlds to conquer should be due soon, for there is no distance left,” declares the | San Francisco Chronicle. “Everything | is speeded up, except politics and polit- | ical thought. We still run the Govern- | ment, at Washington on the horseback | schedule of George Washington's time We still, nearly all of us, do our think- {ing as if the world were organized es it was in Grover Cleveland’s time. Everything else, physical and mental, has become contemporaneous. How soon_politics?” “The unerring accuracy with which these two airmen spanned the tricky Atlantic. in spite of rain and fog.” says the Miami Daily News, “testifies not only to the ability of the pilots, but as well to the improvement of planes and ‘blind flying’ instruments used to navi- gate them when bad weather inter- feres.” Of tNe task, the Rockford Reg- ister-Republic declares: “It means a terrific, unrelenting concentration on i Flyers Despite Plane Crash the task in hand, clear, keen eyes and _Judgment; unwavering self-confidence, and it means luck. too. in generous measure. Not many there are who have the temerit: to fly into the face of such hazards, but to those who Go the world gives its accolade.” “Very probably,” in the opinion of the Charlestcn (W. Va.) Daily Mail “they will make another attempt, 2 fiyers such as they are don't give u easily. Although round-the-world fly ing against time largely is a stunt a fair, such undertakings do contribute something to aviation through the ex- perience gained by the fyers and the advertising value which it has for avia- | ticn. It, therefore, is not futile, and, those who undertake round-the-world air trips and other similar hazardous exploits in planes are deserving of ac- claim. Americans, generally, will hope that the next attempt by Mattern and | Griffin will be successful. “The speed with which it can now be done is the outstanding thing—that and the amazing reliability of engines,” thinks the Des Moines Tribune, while the Scranton Times makes the com- ment: “With the wonderful start they had their chances of making a new | round-the-world record appeared to be bright. Their mistake now appears to have been in hurrying away after reaching Berlin. Probably had they taken a few hours' rest and had the plane thoroughly inspected. the weak- ness in the controls would have been detected. Even machinery must rested occasionally to get the best out | of it." “Maybe they will succeed in another | plane and make the world even smaller than it has appeared since Post and Gatty flew around in 8 days 15 hours and 51 minutes/” says the Cleveland News, with the conclusion that “the world grows more neighborly and speedy travel shrinks its size” The News also states: It was good news to America when Gatty and Post made a record. just as it was good news in Spain when Magellan’s ship did it. and just as it was good news in England when Drake did it. And it will be gcod news if Mattern and Griffin do it some day.” S Tariffs and the Seaway. Prom the Chicago Daily News. { In both Ottawa and Washington the possibility that negotiations for the pro- posed St. Lawrence seaway may be af- | fected adversely by the injection of tariff items into the American revenue bill has been the subject of nnxlousl speculation. Some members of the Ot- :awa Parliament recently demanded that the Dominion government issue a sort of ultimatum to the American State Department to the effect that if the proposed duties on lumber and copper were retained in the revenue bill the seaway negotiations would be dropped. Prime Minister Bennett in answering questions raised in the House of Com- mons asserted that he and his fellow ministers deemed it unwise to inject the tariff issue into the seaway negotiations, the successful conclusion of which, he | stated, depended only cn certain agree- ments between the Dominion govern-! ment and one or two provinces having power and other interests to safeguard. Mr. Bennett prefers to deal with the tariff question separately. He would await developments, he intimated, and at the right time would‘entertain the idea of reciprocal tariff treaties with the United States. That is a states- manlike attitude. It is to be hoped that if a seaway treaty is about to be signed the United States will not overlook the vital rights of Chicago and the Middle West in the matter of divergion of water from Lake Michigan for “essential sanitary and navigation purposes. On that point, un{ortunltelfl‘ dependable information is lacking, the State Department being reluctant to discuss the diversion ques- tion while the seaway treaty remains incomplete. | lecturing. | and more prolonged werc | forget it was driving through the slums of the North End; then he was at the Athenaeum. where he joined Margaret Fuller in the sculpture gallery. After an hour among the casts of the La- ocoon, the Discobolus, and the Phidian Zeus, he would go to Dr. Peabody's book shop. where all the new foreign books were to be found. “You could stop and chat for a while, then carry off the latest German or French re- view. And there you were sure to meet the illuminati, talking and strolling 2bout, or browsing over the counters: Dr. Channing and Washington Allston, perhaps, the veterans, or George Rip- ley. or Hedge, or those two grave suitors of the Peabody girls. Horace Mann and the shy Nathaniel Haw- thorne.” When there was time. he would turn in at tke Masonic Temple. where the tall, blue-eved Alcott was shaking his _corn-colored locks and “Such were the rewards when Emerson left his study and slipped into town for the day.” Greater the rewards when he made his visit to England in 1833. “Never in all his life had he dreamed of so many dinners. break- fasts, receptions.” In addition to Carlyle, his great hero. he met Disraeli, Prince Albert. Lord Palmerston. Roths- child, Dickens, Leigh Hunt, Froude. Matthew Arnold Quincev., “a gentle little elf. with an old. old face. shabbily dres with exquisite speech and manners.” * x X % So long as the human body goes right. it takes care of itself so effi- cientiy that its possessor may “almost It maintains its own stabil- itv by hidden processes, the secrets of which have only_to a small extent been discovered by the dcctors. One doc- tor. who. after a lifc'ime of study. is impressed with great respect for the human body, has written a book on the subject, “The Wisdom of the Body.” by Walter B. Cannon, M. D.. professor of vhysiology at Harvard Medical School. Laboratory studies have given him a mass of material, from which principles have emerged. Some of the interesting facts about the body to which attention is called are that. outside the blood, there is no storage place for oxygen. because oxygen surrounds us at all times: that many organs exist in pai as extra emergency supply, and that single organ, like the brain, is given & strong bony covering: that storage res- ervoirs for salt, sugar and protein ex- ist and that certain glands regulate their distribution. Dr. Cannon asks: “If the body can largely care for itself, however, what is the use of a physi- cian?” ‘Nevertheless, he does not rele- gate the physician to immediate retire- ment. He says that the physician is i acquainted with the natural stabilizing | processes of the body and is thus often | able to ald in their restoration when they get out of order. Perhaps the most muresunT part of Dr. Cannon’s book is his philosophical deduction that the stabilization of the body offers an analogy for stabilization of races and nations. He observes that nations have not yet “achieved a full measure of success in maintaining constancy of the routine of existence or in assuring to its human elements a continuous pro vision for thelr essential needs. * * Stability would free mankind from a | vast amount of pain.” He then sug- | gests & number of concerted actions by which society could attain stabilization and improve the condition of mankind. * X K x A mystery story which departs some- what from the standard type is “Monkey Boat.” by Nicholas Trott. A trans- atlantic liner is dubbed by the pas- sengers “monkey boat” because it car- ries a cargo of animals, among them a large number of monkeys, for some 2z00. A professor of psychology who is on board takes the opportunity to study some of the mental reactions which are common to man and animals. He is called upon by the captain to solve the mystery of a theft and a murder and makes use of his ial knowledge of comparative peycl z i | i i | | Highlights on the Wide World 'l Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands E PETIT MARSEILLAIS. Mar- seille—The three inspectors of the Surete, sacrificed to their duty in the attempt made re- cently to rob the post office at Saint-Barnabe. have received the post- | humous bestowal of the Cross of the Legion of Honor. The homage was richly deserved. and was earnestly im- plored by the population of Marseille, which, almost in its entirety, attended the funeral of these heroes. | The action taken in behalf of these intrepid protectors of the people has given impetus to the decision to render equal acknowledgments to other brave members of the police force for similar- Iy distinguished service. Theirs is a hard perilous life, a constant “battle with all the powers of evil and desper- ation, and it is only fust that the gov- ernment, in exceptional cases of valor and devotion, should reward the agents with the red ribbon, a merit to be won not only for the loss, but for the im- periling of their lives. The high dis- tinction should be conferred. indeed, not only upon such of the police, who . have fallen upon the field of honor, but upon those, as well, who have emerged gravely wounded from tragic encounters _with malefactors, yet have, nevertheless, survived their in- | Jjuries. | Some who seem to deserve this vener- | able recognition will. perhaps. not ob- | tain it. These faithful servants of the order have always set such lofty stand- ards of conduct for themselves that, | judged from the viewpoint of ordinary behavior. it would be difficult. if not | impossible, to withhold the decoration from any of the corps. So it will be | bestowed only upon the most conspicu- | ous of these heroes in order that the infinite value of the award may not be | diminished by too prevalent a vogue. For the present, at least, though it | is not entirely consonant with public feeling. the badge of courage will go to those slain or to those surviving bloody ccmbats with the armies of crime, though circumstances alone have pre- vented many others wearing the same token for aimost equal act of courage, devotion and self racrifice. | * X % X | | New Street Cars | Reduce Milan Noises. Corriere Della Sera, Milan.—Some | street cars of a new type are soon likely | |to be put into operation in this city. { While it is not claimed for them that | they will be essentially more sightly, | . they will at least meet with public ap- proval in the matter of some features not possessed by the present vehicles. Fc~ one thing, they will not be so noisy; a new type of wheel and truck will | Temedy that old defect. They will be | much more convenient for the loading and unloading of passengers, and wm‘ have—a special joy to the public— windows that will open and close by the | pressure of a button. In addition to all these delights, there still another—a special compartment for smokers! Now there can no longer be any objection to tramways on the part of those so dependent upon the | solace of tobacco that they cannot exist as much as five minutes without it. This compartment is located at the front of the car, in the proximity of | the operator, who is presumed. in all limunceu. apparently, to be an addict | | of the pipe or cigaret, or certainly im- mune to such an atmosphere. lmr'rnved safety devices guard the wheels, and the steps and floors are covered with a composition which makes slipping practically impossible. Throughout, the last word in each sort of material is used the construction, and we have no doubt that the urban | public will be infinitely pleased with all Jews Not Allowed to Change Names. Jewish Chronicle, Cape Town, South Africa.—The prime minister. Prof Jorga. has sent instructions 1o the ministry of justice that Jews are no longer to be permitted to change their names by adopting Rumanian forms. the Bucha- rest daily Dimineatz states. The order declares that henceforth all applications made by Jews intending to change their names are to be returned to them. and that in future only applications made by Rumanians for changing their names are to be considered. “We know that Prof. Jorga does not agree that there are various categories of citizens.” the Dimineatza_comments. “With regard to the Jews he has re- peatedly and unanimously declared that they are not a minority. What, then, are the Jews? If they are not a mi- nority, they are Rumanians. How can the prime minister, then, provide for different treatment for Rumanians and for Jews? Since the government does not consider the Jews a minority, it must do everything possible to promote the efforts of the Jews to come closer to the Rumanian people, so why this order to prevent thery adopting names which will make them more Rumanian? There seems to be a contradiction some- where, if on the one hand the Jews are to be prevented from Rumanianizing their names, and on the other they are to be denied their rights as a minority.” T Tax Collections fficult for Irish. Irish Independent. Dublin —A diffi- culty has already arisen, the political correspondent of the Irish Independent learns, in regard to the new taxes. Fhe customs authorities at the ports are unable to define precisely what chil- dren's boots and shoes are, and con- signments have been held up in Dublin and elsewhere pending a decision by the experts. The order imposing the duty sets out children’s footwear as boots and shoes up to sizes 6. which would mean that shoes for children up to the age of 6 or 8 would be exempt from the tax Apparently a number of border-line cases have arisen, and the trouble now is to define what exactly is a child and what are children’s shoes. S — Europe’s Debts. From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin There’s a lot of loose talk ab-ut Europe repudiating her debts to this country, when as a matter of fact she wouldn't dream of such a thing. She just doesn't expect to pay them. Pitiless Posters. From the Pasadena Star-News. Letter postage has been increased to 3 cents per ounce or fractin thereof. and yet there are a few heartless creditors left whom this will not discourage from sending monthly bills. T e The Speeder’s Stimulant. Prom the Indianapolis News. Increased penalties for speeders are threatened, but the trouble is that a good many of them seem to think it's worth whatever it costs. S —_ Plenty of Pessimism. From the Butte, Mont.. Standard. A good year this for stump orators in one respect—there never were so many things to view with alarm. ———s Nonsense! From the Toledo Blade. Where did the Prohibitionists get the the innovations offered them in these modern street conveyances. idea that Senator Borah would like to be President? <