Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1932, Page 8

A—8 THE EVENING STAR — Wik Sundsy Mersing Baltien. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY .July 91, 1932 .Editor THEODORE W. NOYES The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Ofice. 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave New Yotk Sfice: 110 East 43pd 8t gmrno Offics: Lake Michigan Butlding uropean Office 14 Rvgem 8t.. Londt England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. ¢ Evening Star . 45¢ per month © Flehing dnd sindss ‘Siar u ndevs) 60c per menth and_Sunday Star (when 4 The Evenin, (when 5 Supdass) - 85¢ ver month The Sunday Star L ....5¢ per copy Collection made at the snd of cach month Orders mav pe sent in by mail or telepnone NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Mar;land and Virginia. Dally und Sinday. ...} ¥r.$10.00.1mo Daily ‘oniv 1vr. 3600 1 mo Bunday only 1vr. $4.00. 1mo. All Other States and Canada. DPaily and Sunday. 1yr.$12.00: 1 mo Dailv onlv 1¥:0 $800° 1 mo. Bunday only 1sr. $500: 1 mo. Member of the Associated Pres: exclusisely entitl ! on of all news - a:ches credited (o It or not otherwise cre ted in this paper and also the local 1ew published herein Al rights of publication of #occial dispatches herein are also reserved. Railroads Ask Fair Deal. ‘The railroads of the country, acting through the Association of Railway Executives, have issued a statement asking the aid of the American people in the efforts they are making to meet their present “serious” condition. The raflroads pledged themselves to economy and the elimination of all waste. At the same time they asked for legisletion that will at least put them on all fours in the matter of regulation with the competing trans- portation agencies. Their demand for & fair deal in this respect ssems emi- nently reasonatle. The Congress at late session passed up entirely railroad and trans portation legislation. Bills for bus and motor truck regulation side- | tracked. Bills for consolidation and | other measures designed to help the railroads were not given attention. nor were measures for more adequate regu- Jation of water transportation. The railroads’ principal competitors today are the motor trucks ana busses and the water transports. Transporta- tion by air is growing in volume monthly, but so far it has not reached such proportions as to b> a serious| menace to the railroads. Nevertheless it eats into their business. Private- Iy owned automobiles ~have taken | & vast amount of passenger busi- ness from them. But that a matter utterly bevond the control of the railroads. If the people desire to transport themselves by vehicles of their own, they have that right just as | they have a right to go from place to Pplace on foot if they prefer that method | of travel The backbone of the transportation { system in this country has been and | continues to be the railroads In the| interest of the public and of fair and | adequate service many restrictions have been thrown about the operation | and financing of the rail lines. The Interstate Commerce Commission fixes interstate rates. The railroad and | public service commissions of the Slan‘t= have control over intra-State raiiroad 100 $0c its were, | the ferocity of the Reichétag campaign business. | Up to date. the Federal Government | has done practically nothing about the | regulation of the motof carriers. Ve since 1921 the Federal and State gov- | ernments, the railroads point out. have expended more than $13.000,000.000 on | highway improvement—the rights of | way of these motor carriers. Today | there are operated on these highwa: more than 23,000000 private automo- biles, 3,500.000 freight trucks and 96.000 passenger-carrying busses. i The railroads have had to meet this competition at the same time they have been faced with the severe decrease in business due to the depression. They have had to curtail expenditures greatly in order to live. They must continue to curtail and to eliminate practices of rate-cutting and of expensive methods | ©f competing with each other. The rate increases allowed on & considerable ' number of commedities months ago by the Interstate Commerce Commission, it * disclosed, have practically been nulii- fied through cuts made by the roads themselves to meet competition. i The statement of the railroads of | their case to the American people de- serves careful consideration. They are | not. as they say, secking special favor: They are demanding fair treatment in a | verv difficult situation. | — S Pennsylvania is placed on record by | Gov. Pinchot as an applicant for 45 mililons of Reconstruction Finance money. As an energetic and perspica- cious statesman the Governor knows exactly where the line forms and when the office is open for business. [ Unlicensed Taxicab Drivers. An fllustration of the very unsatis-| factory taxicab situation in the District of Columbia is afforded by the fact that at the close of business yesterday the last day on which drivers could | obtain licenses, at least 1400 of them | had failed to apply and are now in danger of arrest and prosecution. The | period for application for renewal and issuance of licenses ended July 1, but the Commissioners granted an extension | of three weeks and now announce that ! no further extension will be given. Severe penalties await thdse who persist 1n operating their cabs without licenses. | Bstimates of the number of cabs in ‘Washington range from 4.000 to 5000 Officials of the Public Utilities Commis- | sion hold that there are probably 3.400 actually on the streets. About 2.000 have secured licenses or had applied for them when the offices were closed yesterday. Mere application. for license does not insure ifs issuance, for a character qualification is included in the require- ments and it is possible that some of those who have now applied will not be granted permits to operate their cabs. A factor in the situation is the increase in the license feegrom $9 to §25, the higher figure perhsps preventing many of those who now operate cabs from obtaining renewal of their permits. The average earnings of the taxicab drivers are small, owing to the intense com- petition, Wwith, it is estimated. perhaps 1,000 more cabs in service than the public patronage warrants The general economic c-nditicns lead- fng to A large degrze of uncmployment have inecreased the ranks of ¢ rivess n Wachirgten s aer cities, In most insiances ey . | | purpose of turning | enforced sojourn. | work on the basis of rental, peying & certain amount dally for the use of the cab and relying upon an excess over that amount for their own earnings. In many cases they barely make their : rentals and operating costs. One conse- quence of this ccndition is that they are constantly cruising about the streets for fares, addingly seriously to the traffic congestion. While this condition assures service to the public with little delay, it | increases the dangers incident to traffic in the city streets. In view of the depiorable ccndition {which confronts these men it would 'perhnpn be advisable in rounding up those who continue to operate their cabs | without licenses to remit the usual pen- | | alties, at least in part. It is, of course, | not desirabie to allow the operation of ¢ taxicabs by unlicensed drivers, and those | v : { 8¢ Who persist after warning, having {ailed | of the home loan bank, the creation of 0c | to avail themselves of the liberal length | which was authorized in the last major |of time given them for renewal, | geserve penalties that will sur | them cff the streets. 1 U, will | take ! Dictatorship in Germany. Germany's woes seem endless. Yes- terday's proclamation of martial law in Prussia, the Reich's most important State, may be followed by the extén- sion of similar militarist-police sup- | pression of civil Government through- out the Reich. Chancellor von Papen, by decree of President von Hindenburg, is now clothed with dictatorial author- ity to curb disorder and conduct affairs regardless of all political considerations. It is the most drastic administrative regime that has been invoked in Ger- | many since the foundation of the old empire in 1871 Matters reached a climax following last week end's bloody political riots in Prussia and elsewhere in the country.! A score of lives were lost and hundreds were the principal provokers of trouble. Their favorite object of attack was the Hitlerites, whose arrogance has been | revived by the lifting of the ban against the wearing of their brown-shirt party uniforms. The new “monocle cabinet.” headed by Col. von Papen, resented the unwillingness inability of the | Severing Socialist government of Prus- sia to suppress the Communist excesses with becoming force, and peremptorily called for resignation. Premier Severing and his ministers. including especially his Prussian police officials declined to vield to anything but force. which thereupon was applied with | ruthless effectiveness. The recalcitrant Prussian authorities were virtually dragged from their desks and then ar- rested. but later released on pledges not ) reclaim their offices. Von Papen's| minions hold the fort. These strong-arm methods on the! part of Communists, National Socialists | and the Reich government elike denote which will end with the national elec- | tions on July 31. They seem to fore- | shadow the accurac, of predictions that | the Hitlerites and Nationslists would landslide into power with an indisputa- ble majority in the Reichstag. When the Bruening cabinet recent'y fell and | the militarist-monarchists “vons.” dom- inated by the Papens and the Schicich- ers, took charge in the Wilhelm trasse belief was common that they were mere- 1y placeholding stopgaps for the Hitler- Hugenberg group. A coincident re- habilitation of Hohenzollern prestige noted in Germany. strengibening t fear that a recrudescence of monarchy may be imminent. As to what effect the Prussian dic- | tatorship and all that led up to it! will have on the Reichstag elections is problematical. The Social Democrats, just ousted from the Prussian govern- ment by their foes, say the people will | give their answer on July 31 and save | the republic from threatened disaster. The Bavarian government has already instituted a test case in the German Supreme Court at Leipzig to determine the constitutional right of Berlin to in- terfere in domestic affairs of the states. The Social Democrats, toppled from | authority in the Reich when Chancel- | lor Eruening was dethroned and now dispossessed in Prussia as well. fulmi- nate that the Von Papen dictatorship was forced by Hitlerite pressure for the | the Reich’s most | populous and powerful state into a| citadel of Fascist nationalism. If that proves to be the case, “Nazi" Lanners may well ee long be destined to flutter | from the German ramparts, all the way from the Vistula to the Rhire. e, It is rumored that Capone and his| ssociates will purchase the tent show known as Ranch 101. Washington, D. C., may be pardoned for hoping to| be omitted from the itinerary until it is sure of being able to avoid another | = - = It may be necessary to restrain an impetuous interest in the eighteenth amendment in order to prevent the public from neglecting larger economic problems of more immediate financial concern. In order to be satisfactory the as- surance, “Prosperity is just around the | corner,” needs to be coupled with the reminder that “it is a long lane that has no turning.” B ) = Dakota's Dollar Wheat Plan. A movement to set a price of a dollar | a bushel for wheat is under way among the farmers of North Dakota, who ex- | pect this year to produce one-sixth | of the Nation's crop. The organizer is .sceking pledges from the growers throughout the State not only to main- tain this price, but to sell only ten per cent in one month, thus effecting an “orderly marketing system.” The dollar rate would be for the best wheat, with discounts on lower grades. Farm- ers participating in the movement who lack storage room will be allowed to haul their grain to elevators &nd re- ceive storage tickets. ) Theré Wwould be more hope for the success of this effort to fix the price of wheat if it included a wider area and consequently a greater num- ber of growers and a larger proportion of the prospective yield. Experience has not been favorable to such en- deavors to dominate the wheat market. If there 1s an abundant yield, with a consequent tendency toward lower rates, the holders of even so considerable a fraction as’ one-sixth of the total crop are in & poor position to dictate the price. ‘Wheat stored beyond the period of active marketing, especially if placed in elevators where it is subject to charges. becomes a liability rather than AN agsel i the demand does not rcach !cnse was that a plea was made In the | | of persons were injured. Communists | Senate that some other bill be chosen ! The better pertion of each day. | the question of whether he is going to | Growcher. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1932. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. it at the price fixed by its growers. the North Dakota farmers are unable to get a dollar for their wheat this Autumn and hold it in keeping with their pledges, they will find it a heavy burden next season, with it acting asan influence toward even lower prices then. With the fullest sympathy for the plight of the wheat growers, it must be said that their endeavor to stake the price at a doliar when the prevailing rate is about one-half of that figure does not promise success. R A Handy District Bill. An amusing incident of the agility o(i Congress to adapt itself to emergenc_v; concitions in the closing hours of the session was afforded Saturday night in the device whereby it was made possible to provide funds for the administration measure to pass both houses. That bill contained no such provision, merely creating the institution. So in literally the eleventh hour of the session the | Senate took up for consideration House | Bill 21768, to authorize the closing of & portion of Virginia avenue southeast, in the District of Columbia to permit | the erection of a gas container, and | despite an appeal that this particular | bill be left intact for its own purposes, an amendment was proposed and adopt- ed to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert an appropriation of $250,000 for the administration of the home loan bank. Thus this little local | legislative proposition, amended out of | all recognition and for a totally differ- ent purpose than that of its original form. was rushed back to the House where, without debate, the Senate: amendment was agreed to and the bill | became a law. An odd feature of the | for this purpose, the Senator who pro- tested averring that he was opposed to the bill and wished it defeated on its merits. It is not often that Congress finds a chance to pass “District” legis- lation with such expedition. Inciden- tally, 1t may be noted that by this ac- | tion a measure that had gone halfway through Congress was in effect wiped | off the books and must be proposed | snew at the next session. c——— = | Soviet Russia is thinking of putting in an application for membership in | the League of Nations. Immediate in- | quiry should be made “to ascertain | whether the idea is to expand Stalin's | influence as an autocrat. i \ " A more improvement in canals and air service as well as raiiways will make it necessary to encourage the farmer to raise more material in order to utilize available transportation | i tacilitles. - i 1t is expected that Mabel Willebrandt will throw a few oratorical bricks in the campaign which will have no rela- tionship to grape concentrate. The Aimee Semple family is able to | lecture convincingly on all branches of human conduct, excepting how to make | home happy. - - platform, the In, the case of & party the words | tunes ended, but linger en. are SHOOTING STARS. l ANDER JOHNSON. BT PHIL Be careful what you eat and drink And what you say or even think, And where you walk or where you run; Be careful of both shade and sun, For who shall calculate the ill To be sustained from heat or chilll And have the greatest care indeed Concerning what you choose to read Exciting stories you will find Extremely trying to the mind Let Caution guide each step you take. Just be content to stay awake. When vou have slept or dozed away | So let the days melt. one by one, Until the mild September sun Upon the seene consents to smile And living seems again worth while! | Varying Estimates. | “I put my reliance in the wisdom of | the plain people,” said Senator Sor- ghum “But suppose’ the plain people do not | happen to agree with you?" | “Then 1 refuse to be influenced by the clamor of the thoughtless crowd. The Tmportant Consideration. | “Are you fond of horses or dogs?"” “What difference dces that make?” | exclaimed the timid men. “When l; get into the eompany of a horse or a ! dog my entire interest is centered on | take a fancy or an aversion to me.” Insurance. When indignation ficrcely thrives And {lls must be endured, Our tempers are not like our lives; They cannot be insured. Experience. “We learn by esperience,” said the ready-made philosopher. “That's true” remarked Mr.| “We get a lot of informa- tion from experience, but it doesn’t seem to heip. What's the good of knowing what the weather was day | before yesterday?” The Unexpected. Same old story every year! Blizzards spoil the wintry cheer, As we murmur all together, “Isn't this surprising weather!™” Then when days with roses sweet Melt away in Summer heat, We exclaim: “The climate's very Sultry and extraordinar: IU's the same oid tale—and yet Annually we forget All the ills and just remember Joys of June and of December. “Some men,” said Uncle Eben, “is; like locomotive whisties. Dey don’ do no partic’lar work, but dey manages to keep & lot o' people awake nights.” — et Urban Failure. From the Duluth Herald. Possibly the repcpulation of the vil- lages of the country would be a good lhlr;g. The cities are not doing very well. [V Dreary Prospect. From the Oakland Tribune. With the noise of the Fourth and the conventicns over. there is no'hing to ienk for to but a maticnal cam- paign and a foot ball season, I(l | ing | the twenty-third dav Morning-glory time is here again. | These interesting twiners are now | coming into flower, to adorn fences, | bare without them. | Many a home owner will feel that he could spare many of his expensive n]nnu better than the humble morning- glory. He thinks back over the long history of flowers. At one time in the culti- vation of the peony it is said that flower became so common that certain persons |pretended to look down upon it. It is impossible for any one, nowa- days, to think of any one of our modern varietles of peony getting the “cold shoulder,” they are so beautiful and de- sirable. A few misguided persons today may choose to look upon the morning-glory as distinctly a thing for the gardens of poor folks,” but the vast majority of gardeners welcome it for its real beauty. It possesses the fault of most climbers and twiners, it blooms late. No doubt it would be more desirable if it got its growth earlier, and came into flower in June, instead of July. There is one consolttion, however, and that is that the morning-glory vines will be at their best the remainder of this month and during August, when ordinarily there tends to be somewhat | of a dearth of flowers. . | The feature which commends this| vine to many, above everything else. is its habit of being in full bloom at brrnkv‘ fast time, to fade later in the day. There is a great dez! to be said for all the flowers which open their blooms | at stated times, rather than remaining in bloom day and night. There are plenty of the latter. in fact most of our garden flowers fill in the category of all-day bloomers, Because this is so. there remains plenty of room for the various night- blooming water lilies, for the evening primrose, which opens its flowers just at dusk. as described here recently.” for the moonflower. a vine which blooms only in the evening, and for the morn- ing-glory, which biooms as its name implies. ‘There is something cheerful about the morning-glory in its steadfast de- termination to greet the day with fiowers. We may read into this. with- out obvious nature-faking. something of optimism, sorely needed by most human creatures. It is well if morning-glories may be planted on fences and the like where they may be seen easily from the house. ‘This will enable the household to see their bright inspiration at that low point of the day. the before-breakfast hour. when man is perhaps at his low- est eob, especially in regard to good humor. A good dose of morning-glories, taken through the eves, is guaranteed to put any human being into a better humor. both with himself #nd with the world. if only he will permit the gentle flow- ers to register their lescons. ‘Whether most human most to get in a good themselves, or with the world, is & question impossible of decision. as it varies with every man and woman. The most needv cases. no doubt, are those people who are odds with themselves. It is a great deal easier for them to be “sore” at themselves than at other people. Al men and women of a melancholic nature need morning-glories. not only for their own ake, but especially for that of others If the vines are planted nably lose to the house. so that one does not have to stir o » them well, a great end. a gr n end, is served easily and These pale blue fl these blooms of dainty pink. they are all worth walk- for. however: the gate at the end of the vard is not a bad place for them. and cert it is not too far to beings need humer with { go on a dewy morning These vines are somewhat messy in their habits: thev will require -ome ining on the. part of human fingers to make them go the way thoy should g0 for their best effect on the esthetic senses Morning- vines have a discon- certing hablt of wanting to climb straight up, thus sending up & bunch ol climbing tendrils, or whatever one wants to call the ends. 1 posts and other objects which would be| ~ These constitute an ugly group if left frce, especially at the top of & fence, where they have no place to go. ‘There they are In the unfortunate position of the musical comedy star who sang that she “was all dressed up. but had no place to go.” it will be necessary for the gar- dener to take the vines firmly in hand and bring them back to the other object on which they are their main climbing. Like most natural objects, the vines seem to know what they want to do and resent human interfererice. Two minutes after a bunch of shoots have been untwisted from each other and placed neatly along fenge rails they will spring apart as if filled with tempered wires and assume their old positions. Here is where the gardener must show the superiority of his mind, will power and determination. . Out he must go as soon as conven- |lent and put the stubborn vines back in_ the nngolnled places. They will spring back again as before, but not quite as_vigorously, and after a few trials will gyve up the attempt and meekly acceyp their new trails. If one does not possess the time— or determination—to thus force recal- citrani morning-glory vines to move in their right paths, there is an easy way to outwit them, as it were This requires that one pretend no| interest in the growing shoots at all One lets them grow unul they are quite long enough to bigin io .roop over of their own free will, as if they sensed, in a dumb vegetative way, that they were tryving to go in the viong dircetion and at last were willing to adnit it At this time the gardener issues forth from jis dwelling, scizes the vines with deft hends and begins to pull them through convenient wires or palings of the I'nce. The cenes are so long now that they must be looped and relooped. thus rendering it impos- sible for them to draw out of their new lines Actually the training of morning- glorles IS not as claborate as these descriptions might indicate. It is a pleasant few moments’ task, now and then, requiring a little persistence and a great deal more imagination. All gardening op°rations demand imagination. One must be able to see a bare fence covered before he dares to butld a fence at all The bare borders must be pictured, in the mind's eve. as clothed with shi and flow- ers before a spade is put in. With so simple a vin glorics, imagination still is needed in large quantities. Indced, no flower needs it more, because until the vin take held and re Tt growing. an until begin 2-glory not thoy the moix is look at Perhaps this needs the love which sense of beauty in the and heart Certain ¢s. to whom love of beauty is as natural as breath- ing, have made a greit deal of these funnel-shaped beau It is possible for the most prosaic American, even though plung-d business affairs, to stop for a few ma- ments, in t cool of morning. and admire the morni ries on hi n fence. or nebodv elee’s fence. Where they after all. makes Lttle difference things of beauty. the hat one them. admire with som= which s the beautiful ble much to flower a small accompant placid. re hu world holds so many strik cctacles. both mnatural end mar de, that it is easy enough for m ople to give them their meed of ad What remains more ne th> avcraze man imire vheie required and where witnheld. n it is too often Highlighls on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspape A, san Salvador — There s been brought to our notice evasion practiced by a cer- tain life insurance company whose principal offices are in Canada, upon the distinguished firm of Borghi. B. Daglio Y Cia. exceutors of the estate pertaining to our unfortu- e fellow Don Emilio Redaelli, 10 was killed in a political riot on of last January. Inquiring the motives which catised this said insurance company to Tefuse payment, when another Ca dian insurance company has already paid a claim for $30.000 upon the sam life. Senor Daglio advised us as follows Reporter: “Senor Daglio, Patria has been informed that you are making demands upon a certaln Canadian in- surance company for pavment of a pol- icy held in it by the late Don Emilio Redgell:. _Is that true? Senor Daglio: “Yes, sir; quite true. Senor Redaelli was our coffee-buver in Juayua and held a number of policies with various companies. Amcig them was one for $5.000 issued by # Toronto company, but payment of which was refused on the allegation that the polic had expired before Senor Redaelli re- »ived his fatal injuries. This statement is absolutely false, as can be proven by the official receipts of the company. now in our possession, and covering premiums paid by us for Senor Redaelll up until January of the coming year.” Reporter: “Did the company have any other grounds for refusing to pay the policy?” Senor D.: “Only that Senor Redaelli should have submitted to another medi- cal examination- before the policy be- came effegtive for this vear, a Tequire- ment which was specifically repudiated under the terms of the original docu- ment. Besides Don Emilio was In per- fect health, as all the world knows, and can testify, and It was only last Decem- ber that he took out a policy in another Canadian company, the full amount of which has alrcady been paid. b Reporter: “Do you believe that this other policy will eventually be paid?” Senor D.: “Up to the present, the contention of the company has been that it is not obliged to pay. But, if it does not, we intend to take the matter up with the senor general superintend- ent of insurance companies, at Ottawa and. we hope, with successful Tesults Reporter: “Many thanks, Senor Dag- lio, for this interview, which has a specially great interest for us all at this time, in which it is being considered whether the government should not make fire and life insurance a matter of | a local and national monopol Under this system, all insurance pre ms are to be paid into the governmental treas- ury and all ciaims paid out of it, thus safeguarding the interests of our citi- zens. We understandthat the company which you state is now in default fore- sees what is about to occur and is try- ing to withdraw from our country with- out fulfilling its obligations.” | g EEEE | Mexico City Acts | To Curb Night Life. El Universal, Mexico, D. F—The policy of the authorities in participat- | ing informally at balls and flestas staged iR certain quarters of the city, late at | night and early in the morning, is be- | ginning to show important beneficial results. A most happy occasion in a dance hall was quietly attended by the | police last night, and simultancously | with their appearance all the invited | guests essayed most earnestly to escape, many of them by the windows. Theré is no doubt that these re- unions are largely composed of “equivi cal” individuals (L e, “questionable e = and vhe 21t iney cannot only obviaie troubies that of Other Lands but zlso happe! some who likely to oscur, upon at these aflairs sought for previous offenses. Be of the unanimous gnerness of present to leave the building at 13 Calle de Panama last night, or rather, early this morning, the police had sympathy for no one. but transferred the whole contingent to the calaboose. Ther will be presented in court today, and the re suspicious and disreputable be se- * furiher judicial attention and ment append a long catalog of names and popular “half-world” de- nominations of these illustrious person- ages, among whom will be noted several arquises.” a “Wolf” or two, a “Luna- of Mixcoac” (and some from other places), not to mention a nomenclature embracing sush titles as “Gorilla,” Panther.” “Ape” and “Fox." “Gazelle.” a “Dove.” and an “Argentine Devil” added prestige to the gathering. We understand _that admittance to the function was efected by these celebri- tcs identifying themselves by these sobriquets in conjunction with a ceftain sign or token. o ox ok London Suit Shows Difference in Spend; Egyptian Gazette, Cairo—There was a legal action in London recently invoiv- ing a wife with a dress allowance of £600 a year who had run into debt for clothes to the tune of several thousands of pounds. The story was mot a new are the | one, for “a lady with a passion for spending” has been a familiar figure in social history from the earliest times. But the case induces the reflection how seldom it is in everyday life that the cost of living figures, beloved of statisti- cans, have any influence upon what it costs any given individual to live. The personal equation upsets the cal- culations of the experts, and nine people o of ten can never make the cost of living figures agree, for such expendi- ture is & matter of character, environ- ment and upbringing. There is & familiar story of a former Duke of Dev- onshire who called in a friend to advise him on the head of yetrenchment in his household and when told-it might be superfluous to keep four confectioners. replied with simple dignity, “After all a man must have a biscuit.” There were 1o cost of living figures in those days. but had there been they would have been perfectly meaningless to a man of his habit, as indeed they are today to his many spiritual descendants. But if one is amazed at the instances in bistory of the immense sums ex- pended by some people in maintaining what they considered to be their right- | ful social status, one cannot but admire the frugality of others when necessity demanded it. vt ——— The Last Straw From the San Antounio Expre: & Playing host to two great party con- | ventions in June sent Maycr Cermek of Chicago to the hospital. Previcusly his honor had known nothing more stren- uous than a gang war. — e Quote His Words! From the Altoona Mirror, A wire report says that a kick from a mule restored a man's speech. But what the world was really interested in is what he said. Style and Depression. From the Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail. Fashion now seems ready to con- tribute to relieving the _d ion. Lo < T P ach additional inch Wil require more cloth. as morning- | 0 bloom. | human mind | into | The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. The prohibition question promises to rise to peculiar heights in the congres- stonal elections this coming November. After all, the results in these congres- slonal elections will tell the tale so far as the submission of & repeal or a re- vision amendment to the Constitution, | dealing with prohibition, are concerned. { The wets must elect enough wel mem- bers, or the drys must elect enough dry members, tc control the situation. Many of the States, in their Republican and Democratic conventions, have this year | taken very definite stands regarding the | prohibition question. Perhaps none | 'more surprising or showed more of an upset than the action of the Indiana Republicans in their State convention, when they adopted a plank in their State platform calling for repeal. * ok ok Indiana has been considered in the past_overwhelmingly dry. It has had the dryest State enforcement law. per- {haps, of all the States. It had the reatest number of members of the Ku | Klux Klan, identified with the dry cause in bygone vears. Indiana, in- deed, 1n its Republican convention this year, offered an example of the change in sentiment on prohibition as striking as the recent senatorial election in North Carolina, where Reynolds, a wet ! candidate, defeated the dry Serator | Morrison. Senator “Jim” Watson, the Republican leader of the Senate, who 1s going back to his home State before long fo campaign for re-election, is going to (stand on the Indiana State platform ou | this wet and dry issue. Up in Connecticut *Senator Hiram Bingham, Republican will campaign as a foremost champion of the wet cause. He insisted upon bringing up in the Senate many times & e session just ended the prc posal that beer of small alcoholic con- tert be legalized without further delay He led the fight in the Republican Na- tional Convention for a plank in the | national platform declaring for straight Irepeal of the eighteenth amendment Out in some of the Western States however. Republican senatorial candi- dates will take a different position on the liquor question, for example, in Kansas and North Dakota, where the issue is not likely to be stressed as it will be in Connecticut and Indiana. The dry organizations have reached the con- | clusion that these congressicnal elec- | tions are the big battle ground this {year, and so far have declined to give | their support to any presidential candi- !date. It is obvicus they will not declare for Roosevelt in any event. What President Hoover says &bout prohibi- tion in his speech of acceptance may or may not bring him aid from the organ- ized drys. It is expected that the Pres. ident will stand on the Rcpublican plat- form. which has been denounced by the dry leaders, whep he does speak. Bu. one thing that seoms to be apparent 1= that a Democratic victory in the com- mng presidential campaign will be a blow to the dry cause. | x > %% Information received Hampsiire is to the efiect Winart will not cppose Senat H. Moses for the Republican senatoriai nomination this year. It is now prac- certain, it i said. that Gov Winant will run for re-election as Gov- Four eved in som | shire, Winant will seek the senatorial !scat now held bv Senator Keyes. The act that Gov. Winant will not contend with Senator Moses for the senatoria | nomination, ( is a fact, will mean tnat a real effort is on New Hamp- | shire to line up the Republicans solidly in the coming campzign for State and National tickets and to eliminate all factional rows. For months there has been speculation s to whether Winant ho has headed a so-called progressive wing of the Republican party in New 1 | Hampshire, would lock horns this year | ! with Senator Moses. At one time it scemed extremel. probable that this would happen, The Governor is young and ambitious and has such a follow- in New Hampshire that he able to smash precedent and have himself clected to a second term in that State Some of Winant's influential friends/ | however, have declared for the re-eleg- | tion of Senator Moses. whose noming { tion now seems assured. As recently ihe Republican National Conv Gov Winant, win was a delgate th s2id he did not care to discuss his fu- { ture political plans * x % % | Tre job of havaling the Democratic | National Convention in Chicego, from |a purely physical point of view. was a Luge task. That it was well done. the housands of gates thems win | of sergea convention, i conventicn rall was in his hani by scores of assictants and. of the Chicaco pelice fo crdes precerved ha'l the week convention session, feeling ran times. T o interrups the due O Re . but only tem- and there was no Col. Halsey i visitors and the dele- es will tostify. Col. Ed- / the job lonal ention the in boos P dicor ne time Even a| comi riguing the interest of It does not seem conceiva- campaign is int the public of Iduho and permit the conflict to go on without him. He has been extremeiv anti-administration on occasions, and the Republican plank on prohibition <o roused his ire that he arose on e Senate floor and denounced it and saic he cculd not support the Hoover-Curtis ticket on such a plank. But if Senator Eorah cannot support Mr. Hoover. can he go over to Gov. Fr:nklin D. Roose- velt of New York. the Democratic nom- ince? He has said nothing that would indicate that he intended to jump clear off the Republican reservation and go over to the Democratic enemy. The Idaho Senator has never taken any such step. He has never been a Dem- ocrat. More recently. perhaps in jest. Senator Borah has said that he would attend the Hoover notification cere-| monles if he were invited. This was Iinterpreted in _some quarters as mean- ing that the Idaho Senator would get back of the Hoover-Curtis ticket after all. But the last word seems to be that Mr. Borah may find he will not be in Washington_at the time of the Presi- dent’s notification of nomination by | the Republican convention Sooner or later Mr. Borah will make himself heard in this campaign. The prospects now are for one of the hottest campaigns held in recent years. Senator from Icaho is not likely to sit | on the sidelines in such a situation. It has been said that he might confine | himself to campaignine for individual members of Congress this Fall. but if he gets into the campaign at all he is likely to go the whole route. e e Economist. From the New York v _officer with authority to spend £70,000 on improvements on a nava' reserve did the job and returned $68.000 to the Treasury. Is thers a Navy cross in the audience? Sassaaa AWWeeiBit of Ij;fl:erzm—ce. From Cleveland News. Watermelon prices tumble, following those on the stock exchange. But they retain their water, and that's what a lot of stocks couldn’t do. e A Composer’s Chance, From the Rochester (N. Y.) Times-Union. If only some genius would compose band music to make us thrill with the glory of paying taxes. A e True to Life. From the Toledo Blade. We see the fletion writers are begin- to fashion stories about short- <t - ting in a few errors to make them appear real. Sun years from now, it is be- | s in New Hamp- ! ble that he will retire to the fastnesses The ! ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. When troublesome questions arise, avail yourself of the service of this de- partment. It costs you nothing—you have only to send 3 cents for postage on the personal letter you will receive in Teply. Any question on any subject of fact will be answered. Address your letter of inquiry to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Has- kin, Director, Wsshington, D. C. Q. How much weight does a wrestler lose during 2 match?—J. V. | A Jack Curley says: “A wrestler in | poor condition will Jose five pounds dur- |ing an hour. However, & few glasses of | water or light beer puts it back quickly. I have known Hackenschmidt to lose but one pound In & match three and one-half hours long. This applies to ’l‘.PFp fat and indulge in a fast two-hour | match can lost 8 to 10 pounds.’ | @ What currency reform did Wood- | row Wilson sponsor?—E. W. A Piesident Wilson sponsored the | basic currency reform embodied in the | Pederal Reserve System. It became a law in December. 1913, and the 12 Federal Reserve Banks opened the fol- lowing November. Q. When were box cameras first sold? —M. G. 3 A. The kameret was the first and ap- | peared in 1890 or 1891. This sold for $10. In 1893 or 1894 the bull's-eye ap- | peared, selling at $8. In 1895 came the | pocket kodak. at $5, and in 1900 the ‘hmwmo, at $1. | Q. What is the Union Jack Club of | London?—B. F. A. It 1s an institution where soldiers, sailors and airmen can go when pass: ing through London and obtain at ves reasonable cost good food and comfort- | able bed rooms, with the usual com- | forts and privileges of a club. It was ‘Iu\mdlld and opened by King Edward VII in memory of the heroes of the South African’ War and greatly en- larged by King George V in memory of the men lost in the World War. It now has 826 beds. It is available to anv man in the British service below the | rank of an officer. Q. Are national committeemen and commiftteewomen paid for their serv- ilces?”-R. H | A They are not paid for their serv- | ices Q. What is the history of the nam= Ena given to the former Queen of Spain’—D. A A. It had been agreed that the infant princess should be given the ancient | Gallic name of Eva. When the baby was christened the clergyman, Dr. Cameron Lees. misread the name as wiitten by Princess Beatrice, and gave the child the name Ena. l Q Does further south?—A. E A. The southernmost point of the mainland of the United States is Cape Beble, Fla, which is in latitude 25 de- grees 7 minutes. The extreme southern point of Texas is in latitude 25 degrees 30 minutes, Florica or Texas extend Q. Who originated the style of paint- ! ing called “Sante Conversazione"?— c.c w. | A. Palma Vec is generally cred- ited with orfginating the style. Q. Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripas’— B. D. A. The basic color white, and his stripes are black. This is proved by the fact that when a zebra is crossed with a donkey the offsprings are almost invariably of a light tan color with heavy black stripes | on the legs and faint black stripes on the neck and body. It is sometimes | difficult to tell which is the basic color. nce, In some species of zebra the bellf and hocks are white, ‘cies the hocks at least d in other in all species the nose of a zebra is are black, is black | men in A-1 condition, while men who | l | Likewise the stripes in various species | are of varying width, the black being wider in some and the white wider in othérs. The fact remains, neverthe- | less, that the basic color may be con- | sidered white. | Q. How large a sum di” ‘he mem- | bers of the Fourth Crusadc = st agre» to pay Venice?—W. A A. A vast sum—85,000 marks of 8> ver. They also agreed to divide conquests and booty equally | themselves and the Venetians. | Q. How large is Pear] Harbor, near | Honolulu?—L. N. D. | A. It has an area of 10 square miles. bewreen | @ Are as many civil service exam- | inations being held this year as usual? ~¥. % Q. A. Very few people ape being em- ployed in the Government service at the present time. There have been only 33 or 34 examinations held by the commission this year. Generally, by this time, there would have been | from 130 to 150. Q. What is meant by central heat- ing?—M. T. | A. In Europe the term usually ap- plies to the heating of a building with | one heating unit. In the United States it means the supplying of heat |to a number of separate buildings | from a central plant. Q Who wrote “Shore Acres”?—C. H. A. James A’ Herne, whose name was originally Aherne. Q. Can arrows with metallic shafts be shot from a bow with grea‘er ac- curacy than arrows with wooden &hafts>—T. A. C A. A metal shaft may be shot with Accuracy but not so consistently as the wooden shaft. The reason is that the metal shait does not have the power of recovery inherent in the well seasoned wooden shaft By re- covery is meant the action of the shaft in leaving the bow. Q _How many cigars does Cuba ex- port?—0. A. B A. Less than 50000000 ex- ported in 1931. This is only one-sixth of the number exported about 20 vears ago. were Q. What s the most primitive race of people?—85. A A. The Australian Bushmen are prob- ably the most primitive people now living. Q: Hovw are fellows of the Royal Geo- graphic Society selected’—C. W. A A. The Royal Geographical Society of England was founded in 1830. The object is to collect, register, digest and print in a cheap and convenient form such useful and interesting facts and discoveries as the society might from time to time acqui It has always welcomed to its fellowship th an: us to further this object by their interest and support as well as those able to take more active part in the work of discovery and exploration. Candidates for admitiance into the society must be proposed and seconded by the fellows Q. What was meant by a drunkard's cloak?’—L. N. A. This was an old English punish- ment for drunkenness. A spirits barrel was hung on the drunkard with holes in the sides, through which his hands were thrust. He could neither sit nor lie down. Q. Where does the new element, Haf- nium. get its name”’—B. M A. Hafnium. which is element No. 72, takes its name from Hafniae, the Latin name [or Copenhagen, where the re- search work of Coster and Hevesy, dis- coverers of the element, was performed. Q. Who conveyed to Washington the key of the Bastile given to him by La- fayette”—A. F. A. Through Thomas Paine the kev of the Bastile was delivered to Wash- ington St. Lawrence Canal Project Has Strong National Backin Keen appreciation of the benefits to ved from the propesed St. e Canal project is indicated in ¢ sections of the country. Water tation to the sea is desired by States covering a wide area, while the | advantages in power production as_wel 2s in shipping are acknowledged. Some Eastern ports indicate the probability of criticism when the treaty, an- rounced by President Hoover. comes bofore the Senate. Gov. Roosevelt's quest for a personal conference. With refusal by the President, is belicved by e papers to foreshadow attention to the subject during the campaicr “The entire Midwest country will benefit most direcily from the sea- way." states the Milwiukee Sentine will justly be gratified that a success- il termination of the long vears of scussion and study and conference 2t hand.” The Sentinel believes that it is sate to es;ume that in a relatively | <hort time the great entérprise will b: on its way to completion.” The Roch- ter T.mes-Union says: “W |awere that Buffalo and New York fear | loss of trade. we find it hard to believe that thiy State will be injured in the long run by placing the vast area ! tributary to the Great Lakes in direct | deep-water communication with the Atlentic. It is & wonderful thing to bring the ocean 1000 miles inland.” | The Providence Bulletin emphasizes the point that “a tremendously impor- tant by-product of the project will be hvdro-electricity of more than 2.000.- 000 horsepower that will be developed.” and adds that “a saving of nine cents 2 bushel on the cest of shipping wheat | from the West to Europe. and propor- | tionate eccnomies in the shipment of | otber commodities will, it is rlalmed,i result.” | * % % % ' “The sooner the seaway is ready for use. the better it will be for this | country, particularly inland America.” | according to the Oshkosh Dai Northwestern, while the Appleton Post- | Crescent calls the plan “a matter of | censible, practical. even vital public | improvement.” and the Asbury Park | Evening Press advises that “the cost. | although large, would largely be com- | pensated for by the power made avail- able and by the shipping facilities afforded the Midwest.” The Escanaba Daily Press finds “jubllant public in- | terest.” and remarks that “the fact | that the difficult task of making a | treaty between the two governments kas been accomplished may be con- sidered as a battle more than half | won." “Sentiment In the Middle West and | Northwest.” states the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, “has been keen for realization of this project as greatly cheapening the cost of transportation of grain to the European market. Opinion on_the Atlantic seaboard has been that the benefits of the improve- ment have been exaggorated. A con- siderable time must elapse before the matter can be tested by the actual operation of the waterway. But there s no question of its general ~arvice- ability as a development of watec: tra portation. And it 18 a vision notably cherished by a large part of the United States.” “Plenty of time remains for planning celebration of this billion-dollar project.” advises the Toledo Blade. stressing the necessity fcr disposing of many details, and concluding: “In the opinion of th joint board of United States and Can: dian engineers. seven to eight years wi be required to complete this under- taking—twice as costly as the Panama Canal—after the actual beginning of | operatio; ‘The San Antcnio Express predicts “continent-wide approval of the agreement” and adds that “the Govern- ment should push work on the Inter- coastal Canal of Louisiana and Texas so that through barge service mav be had between Chicago and Corpus Christi”; o ) that “ten years hence commodities may be shipped from the Rio Grande to the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River basin without breaking bulk.” The Indisnapolis News explains that “cities bordering on the Great Lakes may send directly to snd receive from Europe commodities that now must be shifted from water to land carriers.” The News says that “equal Amertran-Canadian sharing of electric power resources gets foremest notice in Eastern territory oxox o Cautlon ie urged by severa! news- pers. The Chicego Daily sug- s that i(s own eity and the M ppl Valley generally “await wiih anxiety the wiording of that part of the treaty relating to the diver: of water from Lake Michigan cinting to opposition in Quebec on account cf cost and effect on the railrads, the New York Sun avers: “To these cbiectimns another can bz added more important than sl the others. Nobody has vet been able to figure out how beneficiaries will be able t> pay the interest on an investment of more than $800.000,000 to say nothing of providing for amortization and making a profit.” The Baltimore Sun emphasizes the fact that “the money is to be used primarily to previde oceangoing transportation for a midcontinent region that already has abundant reil. water and motor facili- ties.” The J:rsey City Jeurnal, conced- ing that its own area may be adversely aflected ¢s to volume of transportation, continues: “A great istue, which will sure figure in the national politics of the nzxt few years, and may even enter int> the current presidential contest, will arise from the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes deep waterway scheme—water power, its control, use, sale and distribution For the project involves the creation of new water-power sites where electricity can be generated in enormous volume “The advocates of the - shi nrgue:fllze Buf{;lo Evening New up and down the country giving $252 000,000 as the outside flg:lrg I'Fuw it 1s said that the share to be paid by the United States for the St. Lawrence work will be $339.397,000. nearly as much as the Panama Canal cost the United Slates. The outlay for the Isthmian waterway was $388.000.000. ch in- cluded $50.000.000 paid to the Frcach canal company and the Repubiic of Panama and $20,000,000 for sanitaticn The expenditure for the intercceanic canal was regarded as enormous, since the World War such a sum seem of minor proportions.” xx % » “Would it not have been a good thing.” asks the Portland Oregon Jour- nal, “for President Hcover and his negotiators to have had full informa. tion direct from Gov. Rcosevelt cch- cerning New York State's stupendous interest in the negotiations?” The suggesticn that the matter might be made an issue in the campaign is made by the Providence Journal with the statement: “In view of Mr. Hoover's long-time and favorable interest in the scheme as a Federal enterprise, and in view also of Gov. Roosevelt's ardent espousal of the rights of New York, the St. Lawrence treaty promises to obtrude itself as an inescapable issue in the national campaign just now beginnin, A simllar position is taken by the Wall Street Journal, while the Hartford Times declares: “Professing desire to be of mssistance, it is difficult to believe W | Gov. Roosevelt was altogether blind to possible advantage to his own campaign | by identifying himseif with this under- taking. so popular in the Middle West. President Hoover, naturally, does not desire to aid in the latter enterprise. His allusion in his refusal to his 10-vear advocacy of the plan suggests pos Mot 10 have the issue taken away from him. & poeition emphasized by the in {‘e‘mnce thltrdme .Gnlvfl'nm is welcoms board & to gt aboard a train siredy movin