Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1932, Page 8

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For if he loses, it will have been in spite of a remarkably able demonstra- tion of his many fine points before hundreds of thousands of interested man and woman voters, and if he wins the victory will in part be credited to the manner in which he took his fight to the country. But while the Governor has impressed many audiences with the charm of his personality and the persuasion of his oratory, while he accompliched an ex- traordinary feat of physical endurance under conditions that exhausted many of those who traveled with him, it has been left to that able crusader from the camp of his enemies, Secretary of the Treasury Mills, to note the really sig- nificant attainment of his tour. This the Secretary did in St. Louls Fridey night when he stated, with a hint of regret, that: This, indeed, is a strange campaign. There is an entire absence of that de- bate of issues and questions of policy which is so necessary in enabling the people to reach a decision, and in giving those entrusted with power a clear mandate after the decision is made. For this situation, neither our candidate nor our party is to blame. Gov. Roosevelt has talked long and often and well since he first headed West. Yet he has left such an able critic as Secretary Mills powerless to debate with him “issues and questions of policy,” for unless one includes as the drawing of an issue the traditional plea in varied form of all candidates for confidence in such abstract images as| a “new deal” the Governor has left his oppesition with no real issues to shoot at or to defend. And this, the evidence indicates, has been the strategy of the Governor in his tour of the West. He has told the farmers what they want; he has said what is good for the railroads; he has paid his respects to the “power trust” without running afoul of "radical” com- mitments regarding unqualified indorse- ment of Government ownership and operation; he has lamented the high cost of Government and the entangled bureaucracy at Washington; he has commented adequately on the tariff; he has sald what he thought about pro- hibition and said it as the guest of a community that shares his thoughts, and, above all, he has talked about dis- tress and what might have been done to relieve it when and where everybody is talking about the same thing. In a markedly emotional campaign, the Gov- ernor has appealed to emotions. “For this situation, neither our can- didate nor our party is to blame,” said Mr. Mills. Nor can one consistently blame the Governor and his able staff of advising strategists. The search of party platforms for vital issues is fruit- less, for there are no such issues. There are none of the burning questions of the past that by their appeal create the sharp lssues. 1If the issue were in| truth one of real leadership during, the | present crisis, the reconstruction pro- gram would be debated hotly, far and | i wide, with the Republicans defending and the Democrats attacking. Except for a few impassioned utterances regard- ; ing delay here and there, as in the case of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion’s delay in granting loans for self- liquidating projects and & few inept and erroneous criticisms regarding the distribution of the corporation’s loans to benks, the underlying principles ot ' the reconstruction program have not been attacked. It is not subject to at- { tack—from Democrats. They have heen willing enough to let the inference sink in that Democrats can carry out this pregram as well as Republicans. i From this point of view, which is the point of view of a candidate seeking ! election in November, Gov. Roosevel has been as wise as his enemies have # been harrassed in his failure to build % up issues. He has made a good cam- ! palgn, as campaigns go, and his return { to New York Is doubtless the occasion for ¢, real rejoicing in his camp over escape ¥ from the many pitfalls into which one { more unwary might easly have stumbled. e Ocean Charting by Echoes. Report has just been made to the , Coast and Geodetic Survey of the dis- covery of a mile-high mountain in the ! Pacific Ocean off the California coast, ' about 60 nautical miles southwest of ‘jtm Golden Gate. The Survey ship Guide has been working in that re- gilon recently and making soundings ' and this hitherto unsuspected elevation + in the bed of the sea was found. This discovery is not of any material importance as far as the security of seafarers is concerned. No ship will ever strike the peak of the submerged mountain, for it lies some 900 fathoms, ' or 5,400 feet, a little more than a mile, beneath the surface. Some day, it is § true, it may be vital for cable layers * to know of this irregularity in the ocean ......October 3, 1932 conditions in navigation in both narrow and shoal and wide and deep waters. It was found by means of the “echo sounder.” This is an apparatus of com- paratively recent development, which measures the depth by electrical means whereby the time required for a vibra- tion of sound to make the circuit from ship to bottom and back is determined precisely. This device makes possible navigation in dangerous waters and in thick weather, such as the crossing of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland, where in the past heavy losses have been suffered. A ship thus equipped can with safety proceed in almost any con- ditions, provided her motive power is sufficient, unless there is no channel. ‘The mile-high mountain off the Cali- fornia coast, far from being a menace |to navigation, may: by virtue of the echo sounder become an element of security in affording a sea mark for | identification of position. ——————— The Condemnation of Japan. Before the world today lies the long and long-awaited report of the League of Nations Commission of Inquiry on |Manchuria. ~ From start to finish, though its language is studiously factual rather than critical, the report consti- tutes & sweeping condemnation of Japan, especially the action of its mili- tary authorities, in setting up the in- | dependent state of Manchukuo without | anything savoring of support by the Chinese inhabitants of the three east- ern provinces. Both in its inception and in its ex- { ecution, the whole story of Japanese | operations tn Manchuria since the fate- ful night of September 18, 1931, is characterized as a chapter of events written in violation of the League covenant, the Washington nine-power treaty and the Kellogg pact. Though there is no mention of it by name, the “Hoover Doctrine” of non-recognition of situations created in aggressive de- flance of international agreements finds inferential and ample vindication at the hands of the League investigators. The Earl of Lytton and his fellow investigators, who included Maj. Gen. | Frank R. McCoy of the United States | Army and representatives of France, Ttaly and Germany, conducted their in- quiries with transparent thoroughness. Not the least noteworthy passage in an altogether remarkable document is the commissioners’ recital of their diffi- culties in obtaining unbiased testimony about the circumstances leading up to the establishment of the Manchukuo government. Chinese witnesses were loath to subject themselves to Japanese terrorism and reprisals, and the com- mission was compelled to rely to a con- siderable extent on the evidence sup- plied secretly and through private cor- respondence. It left the investigators in no doubt that Manchukuo owes its origin as a sovereign state wholly to Japanese military machinations. { Riddled, too, by the League fact | finders is the basic Japanese contention that Tokio's policy in Manchuria origi- nated in the necessity for ‘“self-de- fense.” The commission tells of testi- mony emanating even from Japanese sources that the ‘“‘destruction” of the South Manchurian Railway in Septem- | ber, 1931, which immediately precipi- | tated the seizure of Mukden and sub- sequent subjugation of Chinese au- thority throughout Manchuria, was con- fined to the dislocation of thirty-one inches of railway track. That this break was of no vital consequence, the League ! found, is demonstrated by the fact that ‘expxus trains proceeded over it at full ! speed without damage and arrived at | destination on scheduled time. Happlly, the League Commission's findings are not confined, sweeping as these are in themselves, to a rebuke of Japanese military procedure in China. The commissioners are definitely con- structive in their recommendations, as well. They return to the principle laid down at the Washington Conference of 1922, that the stability of China is still an international problem and that its solution is just as much of & multi- lateral duty resting upon the world as it was when the nine-power treaty was concluded to bring it about. Therefore the league commissioners urge upon Japan and China the im- perative duty of settling the Manchu- rian question amicably between them- selves, with outside world co-operation if desired. Japan's undeniably impor- tant economic needs and interests in Manchuria and China are freely acknowledged. China’s responsibility | for misgovernment within her own do- main is as categorically affirmed. “Con- sideration of the interests of Russia” finds place among the ten concrete principles put forward as the basis of “a satisfactory solution for permanent peace.” But without Sino-Japanese conciliation as a condition precedent, that or any other solution is branded as devoid of any lasting promise of success. Perhaps the most constructive sug- gestion offered to bring about such a result is the recommendation of auton- omy for Manchuria, not as an “inde- pendent” state on the lines formulated by Japan, but as a special regime under the sovereignty of the central govern- ment of China. It goes without saying that such a development would become feasible only if there were & central government of China worthy of the name. Early Tokio cables reflect the ex- pected reaction to the League’s report. That reaction is hostile and deflant of Geneva's right to “dictate” to Japan. For the momeni the only action pro- jected as a protest against the League’s “interference” is Japan's withdrawal from membership. That would be a matter concerning only Japan and that body. But the commission’s conclusive verdict that Japan has wrecked the whole “peace organization” of the world is something else, and something that can hardly be allowed to end with the pigeonholing of & 100,000-word report in the archives of Geneva. Japan has requested postponement of the League Council's consideration of the Lytton report uniil November 14. It will then be the world's move. ———— A Remarkable Base Ball Record. The prompt and emphatic manner in i defeat the “Yankees” establish a record that is likely to stand for many years, that or winning twelve successive world series games without a loss. When a team wins, twelve games in a row in the course of a regular playing season it is doing very well indeed, and to win twelve world series games straight away, regardless of the lapse of time between games and serles, is an astonishing achievement. ‘There is little doubt of the reason for this latest accomplishment. The New York team had better pitchers and bet- ter batters than the Chicago team. In the four games it made 37 runs while the opposition was scoring 19. The “Yankees” made 45 hits with a total of 75 bases, a batting average of .313, while Chicago was making 37 hits with a total of 58 bases, a batting average of .253. Its greater run-making was due in part to the fact that 23 of its players were “walked,” while only 11 Chicago bats- men were thus put on base. New York hitters made 8 home runs, while Chicago scored but 3. Those 8 home runs from the Gotham bats were a morale-destroy- ing force that mainly led to victory. The fact that the series ran for only four games should put a quietus on the talk that is annually revived by skeptics to the effect that these interleague con- tests are hippodromed for the financial benefit of the two major organizations. It has been repeatedly noted that the players themselves, who are, after all, the sole factors of victory or defeat, have no interest whatever after the fourth game of the series in the distri- bution of receipts. As far as the money end of the contests goes it Is over with the fourth game, and there is a suf- ficient difference between first place and second place cash benefits to cause the two teams, apart from any sporting motive, to strive to the utmost to win as quickly as possible. ‘The New York American League team is a remarkable assemblage of base ball talent, in hitters, flelders and pitchers. Some critics believe that it is ageing and that it is perhaps at its best now, with changes about to occur in personnel and perhaps in quality. However that may be, its present performance of a four-time winning without defeat de- serves the acclaim of all who are interested in the national sport. e A wish is reported that the White House would welcome & poet who could write a work equal to Kipling's “Reces- sional.” The words “Lest We Forget” will hardly be equaled in solemn re- minder, but their meaning will be prac- tically emphasized when the income tax collector sends out next year's notices. P T AT S Perhaps there is an aspect of moral heroism in James J. Walker's uncom- promising decision that he would rather g0 on with the routine of an office desk in Manhattan than be a $100,000 favorite in Hollywood. T e Campalgn orators are quoting Shake- speare liberally, but there is no disposi- tion on the part of Alfred E. Smith to notify Franklin D. Roosevelt of & willingness to rehearse the reconcilia- tion scene of Brutus anf Cassius. TEE m R T The tariff is a complex subject which enables each candidate to present ques- tions that will be hard for the other to answer to the satisfaction of audiences that prefer epigrams to statistics. e Where Reconstruction Pinance loans are concerned some of the recipients are content to take the cash and let| the public congratulaticns go. T It is hard to argue with European statesmanship that regards money as chiefly valuable for what it can buy jn armaments. - SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Uncle Si's Willingness. Ef "Mandy wants to go to town An’ vote, election day, All right! I won't complain nor frown. She'd orter have some say— Pervidin® she first does the chores An’ makes the children neat An’ bargains at the various stores Fur what we wear an’ eat An’ keeps the house a-lookin’ trim An’ has the table set Fur supper when the day grows dim; An’ she must not forget To read a chapter from the book That helps us all go right. ‘You see, the children sort o' look Fur readin’ every night. An’ she must put their garments in A state of good repair An’ wake me up when I begin A-noddin’ in my chair. Ef 'Mandy wants to vote I'll vow ‘The scheme is somethin’ prime, Though I confess I don't see how She'd ever git the time! Publicity. “Of course you don't care for cheap notoriety,” said the man of ideals. “My dear sir,” rejoined Senator Sor- ghum, “there is no such thing as cheap notoriety nowadays. Advertising of every description costs something.” Mind Reading. “Do you think there is any such thing as mind reading?” asked the eminent diplomat. “Oh, yes,” replied Miss Cayenne. “If I pey very close attention to what you say and analyze it carefully, I often fancy I get a glimmer of what you are thinking about.” Talking of the Weather. When weather chat brings cheer, ~. Be careful what you say. ‘We mustn't talk too loud, for fear We'll frighten it away. general The Pet of the Cuisine. “You say your cook is a treasure?” “Yes; and a splendid judge of food. ‘We have to let her off four evenings & ‘week so that she can go out and eat at a restaurant.” The good listener is a great social favorite, but he suffers a lot. AutHority. She said farewell to that young man; It seemed to do no good. Her father came and said it once THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ‘The beauty of the Autumn garden is not floral. Even in grounds where many bright flowers still nod on healthy stems the real beauty lies in another direction. Change is the secret. ‘The charm of change! In a world where stability is only a dream of man, change still lies at the heart of things. Civilization is mankind’s attempt to set up stable states where all is move- ment. When & certain appearance of per- manence is achieved, mankind rests satisfied with having done the best it can. In the meantime Nature goes right ahead changing the very earth beneath our feet. Whether we like it or not, life is movement, and change; the movement creates the change, and the change results in a new motion. ‘There is nothing still or permanent, and there cannot be. This is a neces- sary lesson, if we ever learn it. The very changes of the Autumn landscape prove it, in little. No doubt some such thoughts as these lie at the bottom of the popular impression that Fall is the “melancholy season.” Like most popular beliefs, there is some truth in it. Physically spzaking, however, there is nothing particularly sad in Autumn, especially so early as this. The changes already wrought are subtle. They do not shout at one.\ As yet there are no particular amounts | of brilliant red on the horizon or flam- ing yellows in great masses. Change does not need any exclama- tion mark. It makes itself felt to the careful | observer through a plain prose without artifice or exaggeration. There is not much change in the appearance of lawns and shrubs as yet, but there is some. In places slight brownish touches have appeared in the grass, equivalent to the appearance | wrought by certain diseases of Summer. | ‘This time, however, the brown is no disease, but simply part of the change which early October ushers in. Slackening of growth is one of the most manifest signs of the turn in the season. Now the grass blades have six or seven months. More than half & year they grew, to find themselves cut down regularly, as often as once a week or perhaps even oftener, in some instances, where meticulous gardeners insisted on let- ting no grass grow beneath their feet. Now the grass no longer reaches a full stand every seven to ten days. It is possible to “let the grass go” for two weeks, three weeks at a time. Along with this lessened growth of the good blades there are springing up in a great many lawns great crops of wild cnions. These fine blades, tall, cylindrical, give an unusual appearance—part of Autumn'’s display—to grass everywhere. would not stop to notice, as a distinct | an_impression on the eye. The very landscape is changed, in some way or other—so much many passersby would note, ®lthough they might not go so far as to say, “There! It is the wild onion!" Scores of these minor alterations are taking place every day. The onlons‘ may be taken as good examples of the | type. When the lawn mower stops and J‘roo‘.g-r weather sets in they come to |life again, sending up their bright green shaft: The best way for the gardener to get even with them is to keep #) mowing the grass at regular interva’ although these may be as far apart as four weeks or_more. Even if the cutter runs mostly over grass too short to be cut, the bright onion blades will be chopped down. The few which escape may be decapi- tated with the hand. The first fall of leaves has occurred. On many trees this annual loosening has just begun, with only a scattering vote ‘cast down now and then On some trees, however, notably the sassafras. leaves already have put on their Autumn tints, much to the de- light of the observing eye. OHICAGO, October 3.—Democratic ! leaders in conference with Gov. Roose- velt at Chicago agreed that the prob- able and logical result of President | Hoover’s imminent sortie into the Middle West will be a temporary cessation of | the Roosevelt boom. They profess con- | tentment that this should be so. The Governor has had the floor, the lime- light and the front pages for the past three weeks without interruption, and it is time, his advisers think, for him | to do a fade-out. They trot out a| plausible reason for this eflacement. From the Democratic standpeint, the fight is won, provided Roosevelt does not stub his toe during the five wecks the fight still has to go. So far he| has evaded pitfalls. If he withdraws from active campaigning for a while the time and opportunity for possible “breaks” will be correspondinly cur- tailed. Within the next two weeks, when Gov. Roosevelt returns to the fray, the Democrats are convirced the anti-Hoover tide will be in 1ill flow again, and their chances of victory more solid than ever. * ok ok % Gov. Roosevelt told Mayor Cermak, Melvin A. Traylor, Michael L. Igoe and other Chicago Democratic moguls that the West is in the bag for the Roose- | velt-Garner ticket. He did not go the | length of Jim Farley in claiming “every- thing west of the Mississippi,” but the Governor feels that the vast majority | of Western States is irretrievably anti- | Hoover, and the others so much so | that they can beé classed as doubtful, | with strong Democratic leanings. The Hoover home State of California and the Hoover native State of Iowa are classified as “definitely doubtful.” biased participants in the Roosevell swing agree that anti-Hoover senti- | ment is rife and widespread every- where, but in no single place visited, with the exception of Seattle. found any evidence of outright Roosevelt en- thustasm. XX % Tlinols, Gov. Roosevelt could have| learned . even at Republican national headquarters in Chicago, is_dcubtful territory, with a capital D. Industrial Cook County, with its gigantic army of unemployed, is undoubtedly “rarin’” to join agricultural down-State in a “grouch”. vote against Hoover. The Democrats for tie first time in years boagt a copper-bottomed, non-factional orgdnization, and it is functioning like a steam engine for Roosevelt and the State ticket. With Senator Jim Ham Lewis’ staggering 750,000 majority in 1930, Tilinois Democrats have someching 0 g0 on. As that was largely a depres- slon protest vote, they expect to roll up a 1932 majority no less impressive. Low-priced corn is going to play havoc in the ordinarily Republican region ot Central and Sodifiern Illinois. * X X X It Roosevelt's basic purpose in doing a 10,000-mile figure-eight trip across the continent and back was intended to be a demonstration of human en- durance, as it is variously allowed to have been, the expedition must be ac- counted a triumph. The 3,000 banquet- ing Democrats Mr. Roosevelt faced in Chicago Saturday night never beheld stopped growing at the rate of the past | ‘They constitute a change which many | | change, and yet which actually makes WESTERN OBSERVATION BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. sumed, and then showered down in such plenty. in the coloration, but the real mutation lies in the destruction of the wonderful laboratories in each leaf. After that change there comes another and even greater one, that of the loss of the leaves from the branches. Then the streets and yards stand forth with bare trees, through which vistas of homes lcst to view for half a year appear as if by magic. Lost chimneys and doorways come back, and with them the people over there who belong o them. Late Spring wad characterized by the blotting out of much which vl.g fa- miliar. At the time few persons, even observant persons, thought of the mate ter in exactly that way. “growth of plants” and the “leafing out of the trees,” but few of them stopped at the time to realize that these same plants and leaves were obliterating & great deal of their familiar viewpoints. It is easier, at this time, to reall that_the old views are coming back as | the leaves make ready to drop to the ground. Slight coloration changes have taken place all around. As yet they are not vivid, or many, but a careful survey reveals them to the gardener. A few bright berries have appeared on certain bushes and vines. Certain stalks or leaves have slightly | turned color at edges. As yet the lilac leaves are fresh enough, as fresh as lilac leaves remain, owing to the mildew which so0 often touches them. Leaves of the sturdy altheas are still bright and fresh. What a wonderful plant this is! In sun or shade it does | well, Its blossoms in the single for are old-fashioned flowers of memor. In the newer, double form, its flowers | resemble roses. Some Autumns the althea bushes lose their leaves in early September, but this year, especially where planted in part shade, they are holding them ex- tremely late, thereby adding another good point to a most satisfactory garden performer. A mild sort of contempt has grown up, in the minds of some amateur gardeners, against this grand old favorite. Surely the althea does not deserve anything but the respect and admiration of the gardening %orld, Common? Yes, but so is eating, and no one thinks any the less of the neces- | sary intake of food because of that fact | The commonest acts may be made dear | to us, if we do them in the right way, Mllh the right mind, and in the right spirit. It is the same with flowers and shrubs. | Just because a plant has been planted 4 million times is no reason for turning up one’s garden nose at it. The fact that some one else may have an abun- | dance of it ought not to prevent one from having it and liking it. No cne refuses to eat bread because other peo- ple eat bread. Yet some amateur gar- deners harbor likes and dislikes on pre- cisely that queer sort of theory. For them to see a plant in a friend's vard is enough to make them refuse to have anything to do with it. Or they may search for flowers which are unusual, | not because of beauty of blossom or in- teresting habits of growth, but solely be- | cause they feel that ncne of their ac< | quaintances will know it or possess it. Such attitudes may be rcgarded as mistaken, because horticulture in all its branches, from the most humble to the largest planting, is as old as the hills.i for The worth of a worthy plant is too firmly established for any one to change its status now. The commonest and cheapest flowers look equally.at home in the rich man’s garden as in the door- vard of the lowliest cottage. A simple bed of zinnias stands beeutiful guard at the entrance gateway of one of the city’s smaller estates. No matter where planted, they would be fine. And. no matter where planted, small changes are coming over them. Suc-| ceeding nights of lowered temperature remind these growing children of Na- ture that change is their necessary fate. | Change they must, and change they will, in the amplitude of time. Tt is the world’s first wicdom and one we' | must all learn by heart at last. man. From the waist up, Roosevelt | has the build of a giant. He has a breast measurement of 48 and biceps like a wrestler. What most struck Chi- cagians, especially the women folk, is They talked a great deal of the|inay | Thomas J. Walsh the comment that Mr. CHICAGO, October 3, 1932.—Gov. after his big adventure in the West, and The apparent change is|some time before midnight President | Eve Hoover will start his jo Moines, Iowa, the heart gruntled corn belt. ~Gov. reached home 'l't'flout stubbing his toe m}me-giyg. For the most part, he ffd audiences on pleasant speeches which promised much but without con- crete plans for carrying out the pledges. The farmers of the West have yet to put their hands on any tangible proposal for their benefit so far as their surplus crops are concerned. It remains to be learned what President Hoover will tell the Towa farmers and through them the rest of the agricultural West. The Re- publican campaign leaders are expect- ing fie:t things from the President’s speech. They look for a favorable con- trast between the Hoover speech and dealing with the farmer’s problems by Gov. Roosevelt. Further, they are hoping that the President will in- still in the Repubiican workers and voters the courage to carry on in this campaign which is badly needed. Un- der the leadership of President Hoover the Republican campaign mi‘ take a ! new and more vigorous turn this week. * kK % The word brought back by trained observers who journeyed West with Gov. Roosevelt is that, while he made no mis- takes, neither did he prove a shining light, a rabble r: or “another Roose- velt.” if by that’term is meant a second T. R. If the West takes him to its heart and votes for him, it will be be- cause of the demand for a change—any kind of a change—and because it blames the depression on the present Repub- lican administration. That is the word that comes back with the Roosevelt train. The people of the West have not been thrilled by Franklin Delano Roose- velt. Yet they like him, pleasantly enough, and admire the courage with which he has fought hiswway back to full participation in affairs. * k% x Roosevelt goes home to meet the savage opposition of the Democratic organization in greater New York, un- less all signs fail. Tammany, it eppears, is planning to pursue relent- less oppesition to the Governor, not- withstanding the lip service which has been rendered him by John F. Curry, McCocey of Brooklyn and others. The | oganization, it is sald, intends to have its way in the matter of nominating a Mayor of New York and a Governor of the Empire State, even if it has to scuttle the ship for Roosevelt and Gar- ner. Perhaps these troubles may be ironed out. Perhaps Mr. Curry will call Off the fight and in the end go along with Roosevelt. Roosevelt proved too strong for Curry in the Democratic Na- tional Convention and won the presi- dential nomination over Curry's opposi- tion. He may turn the same trick and be elected President without the aid of Curry or even the 47 electoral votes of New York State. If Roosevelt wins his ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : BY FREDERI reader of this newspaper is wel- ‘The year has no more beautiful dis- | Roosevelt, the Democratic nominee for cuc."’ make use at time of the play than its Fall leaves, gradually as- | President, js home in Albany today rrn.l':lo!mn.don ltrvw of this de- partment. Address Star Inf inquiry to The formation Bureat, i, D, G andyou wil feosive s , D. C, and you ve & personal letter in reply. Inclose 3 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Be sure to state your ques- tion clearly and to write your name and sddress plainly. Q. How many membérs has the Cat lar Club?>—P. N. A. is mythical club to which Americans belong whose lives have been saved by parachute leaps from air-| planes has s membership of 478. A total of 496 jumps has been made—18 being repeaters—since the organization may he said to have come into ex: gaknen. Col. Lindbergh leads with four umps. | Q. When will the Winter series of body carillon concerts begin at Mountain |usually about one-thirteenth of the Lake Sanctuary?—H. R. | A. The first recital of the 1932-33 season of the Sanctusry Bells at Moun- | tain Lake, Pla, will be given Thurs-| day, December 15, at 3 o'clock. There | will be regular recitals on Sunday and Thursday at 3 and Tuesday and Sat- urday at noon until April 16. Twelve | special recitals are also scheduled. | Q. Can any one join the Navy who | cannot swim?—R. K. | A. Swimming is not a requirement to join the Navy. Men not able to swim are taught after they have entered the | service. Q." Why are some of the colors of the spectrum missing in some rain- bows?—P. W. W. A. In many rainbows some of the spectrum colors are missing, biue being color that most frequently drops out. The reason for the variation in the arrangement of colors is that the rainbow is not a simple spectrum but is instead the piling up of a large num- | ber of spectra, which have been form- ed in various complicated ways. It may be said that each rainbow is in reality & number of rainbows thrown together. | Q. What slipcover materials are best to buy if a wrinkled appearance is to be avoided?—S. W. A. The heavier and more firmly woven materials, such as denim, galatea. rep and upholsterer's sateen, will| wrinkle less than thinner fabrics. Q How many logs are there the cabin in which Lincoln was born? —R. M. A. The rough log cabin is composed of 143 logs. It is housed in an impres- sive marble memorial. Q. How long have the dimes been coined which have the fasces on the back?>—N. W. C. A. The design was adopted in 1916. ] Q. Why is the tune, “Garryowen” in | C J. HASKIN. Eight years later Custer heard his favorite tune for ‘haps the last time, when, with Gen. Terry, he and the 7th marched out of Fort Lincoln on the ill-fated expedition which was to end in the massacre of Little Bighorn.” Q. What is the unit ¢’ electrici _8 ¢ electricity? A. There are various units of elece tricity. ‘The ohm is the unit of resist- ance: the ampere. the unit of current; the voit, of electrical motive force. Q. Is there any organization whose is to encourage American ar- | purpose | tists?—C. B. | "A. The Guggenheim _Foundation | awards fellowships annually for the | encouragement of American artista Q. How long does it take the blood to ‘clr&xhu through the human body?— P | "A. The Public Health Service says that the blood in the human is body weight and requires from 1 to 115 minutes to circulate through the entire body. Through an error, the weight was previously given as one-third in- stead of one-thirteenth. Q. Why are tides so much higher at some places than at others?—J. A. R. A. The irregular shape and depth of the oceans and the obstructing land masses cause the actual tidal waves to differ very greatly. In the open ocean the amplitude of the rise and fall of tides is not more than 1 or 2 feet, but around the continents, where the tidal waves sweep into the shallow or nar- row seas, the waters are heaped up, and the rise is sometimes 20 feet or even more. Q. How often are American Legion officers elected?—H. J. N. A. American Legion conventions are held annually. The officers elected by one convention serve until the close of the succeeding convention and there- after until successors are chosen. Va- ncies occurring between national con- ventions are filled by the National Ex- ecutive Committee. | Q. Was Huey P. Long & candidate for Goverror of Louisiana in 1924?—B. F A. He was in the first primary. Since he ren third, in the run-off only Henry L. Fugua and Hewitt Bouanchaud ap- peared. | _Q How much money was spent by | Europe in the United States during the ! World War?—D. K. A. The purpose of making the $10.- { 000,000,000 in loans to the allies during | the World War was to enable thosc | European countries to pay for purchases made here. Nearly 2ll of the money was spent in this country in addition to | considerable sums spent by neutrals un- able to get their normal orders filled by | the warring countries elsewhere. Q. Who said “It is times like these | that try men’s souls?"—A. G. A. This is the opening sentence of way into the White House under those | assocated with Gen. Custer>—A. 8. R. | a1 article by Thomas circumstances, he may be expected to use whatever power the national organi- ?i:lyon has to crush Curry in New York * o %o Just when the Roosevelt Democrats thought that they had the “Jimmie” Walker case out of the way, along came the court and decided that a mayoralty election must be held in November. Possibly the Court of Appeals will re- verse this decision. If it does, then the danger of having Walker head the city ticket in New York will be at an end the presidential campaign. Tammany may not nominate “Jimmie.” The “Little Mayor” as Governor Roosevelt has re- ferred to “Jimmie” on occasion, has been shown up in a terrible light in re- | cent weeks by the present acting mayor, McKee. Tammany might have a hard time making the city swallow “Jimmie” again. After all, the citizens of New York are not anxious to have their money squandered, even by “Jimmie" Walker, * % Speaker Jack Garner, Roasevelt’s run- ning mate, has been vindicated. 3 said he was sure that Al Smith would support the Democratic national ticke.. Mr. Smith, as editor of the New Out- look, has announced his desire to see, the Demccrats win. But what an an- nouncement! It drew from Senator Smith might have been more about it. He might have, indeed. * % At last the Republicans are to get ' Calvin Coolidge into action in this cam- | paign. It is reported that the former President will speak at & mass meeting | in Madison Square Garden October 11. The Democrats have sought in recent months to show that Mr. Coolidge was | responsible in part for the crash in 1929 the Governor's cmile. xox ox % Nowhere did Roosevelt en kind of a topsy-turvy situation he found | in Illinois. Here in Chicago he was| greeted by a metropolitan press divided | on regula: party lines as between Hoo- ver and Roosevelt. but solidly arrayed | against the Republican nominee for | Governor, the notorious Len Small and his equally noxious chief ballyhooer, “Big Bill’ Thompson. The President’s chief newspaper supporter, the Daily News, owned by Col. Frank Knox. is fighting the Republican State ticket | tooth and nail. Another anomaly is | the alliance of Senator Otis F. Glenn, seeking re-election as a stanch Hoover supporter, with the avowedly anti- Hoover ' Small-Thompson machine. Democratic leaders scent a Small- Thompson plot to sell out Hoover in exchange for votes for Small. *x % % x Small's Democratic gubernatorial op- ponent is Judge Henry Horner of the Cook County Probate Court. Horner is a Jew, with an unblemished record of 17 years cn the probate bench. Unable to ‘attack him on other grounds, the Small-Thompson mud batteries have been turned Icose on Judge Horner's re- ligion, especially down-State, where the Klan still has a :mattering of strength. ‘The caliber of campaign being waged against Horner is indicated by two charges—one that his first act as Gov- i ter the | | | ernor would be to pardon Leopold Un- | Loeb, o e , now undergoing life imprison- ment at Joliet: the olh‘er—lhls lspah'nrd at the big farm vote in “Egypt"—that a Horner governorship would mean con- sumption of less pork in Illinois and therefore ruin the hog-raising industry. * X ox x Two local issues now uppermost in Chicago's thoughts—the 19;’3e Century of Progress World Fair and the colossal Insull swindle—are clervely linked with the Roosevelt campaign. One of the first things the Governor said in Chi- | ministration they had great prosperity, ecause when he was President he did | not, they say, try to head off the specu- lation by the public, nor take steps to hait the manipulation of securities. Yet the American people remember Mr. Coolidge as the man under whose ad- plenty of jobs and high wages. They are still inclined to listen to the man who, after all, personifies to them hard- | headed common sense and thrift. % %% The campaign of the Republicans is to convince the voters who still have | jobs and who still have property that, the Democrats have nothing to offer| except & continuance of hard times, | whereas if President Hoover and’ the Republicans are kept in office, the pro- gram which they have already insti-, tuted will bring back at least a meas-| ure of prosperity. If President Hoover | personally could be heard by all the| voters he probably would win the elec- tion even now. He may still do so, for he has a good case. But the Re- publican campaign managers admit today that it is uphill work and they are not sure victory can be accom- plished with so short a time remalning | before election day. * x % % Gov. Roosevelt has a flair for award- ' ing titles. For example, some years back he dubbed Al Smith “the Happy | ‘Warrior” and the name stuck to Mr. Smith, although he is no longer happy, but still a warrior. A few days ago. while in Nebraska, the Governor called Senator George W. perfect gentle knight of progressivism.” Just how that will go down with the Nebraska farmers remains to be seen. The regular Republicans will never agree that Norris is either gentle or| knightly. They say he does not know the first principles of loyalty. Rooce- velt, however, sees in Senator Norris loyalty to principle rather than te party. EE Just how long the Republican pro- cago was that he intends coming back on June 1 next ““as President,” to open the gates of the fair. crats contend that until Gov. Roose- velt at Portland publicly excorfated the “Insull monstrosity,” there was little momentum behind the criminal inves- tigation now under way at the hands of the Republican State's attorney. Democrats consider that the Insull scandal has come along at an ideal time to spotlight Roosevelt as the foe of the power barons. * K X * Opinion in the Roosevelt entourage is divided as to the prospect or neces- sity of the Governor's saying anything about the bonus. Those who claim to know his mind say he is anti-bonus. They assert he is already on record to that effect. Beyond that, the consen- sus is that Franklin D. will dodge the issue right up to election day, if he can. ———— Grads and Jobs. From the Bloomington Pantagraph. College gressives, Norris, Johnson of California, the insurgent Republican group will continue fond of and friendly to Gov. Roosevelt if he is elected President is a conundrum. They are likely to find® if some of the Democrats are to be believed, that Gov. Roosevelt will not fall in with their ideas regarding the farm problem and that he will not go | as far toward Government ownership and operation of utilities as these pro- gressives desire. The presidency of the United States has a sobering effect. Perhaps Mr. Norris himself, if he was A. A sound off, complied by Edward | Arthur Dolph, says: “ ‘Garryowen’ is the | most famous regimental march in our | Army. For more than half a century | this rollicking old Irish tune has been inseparably joined with the name of George A. Custer in the annals of the 7th Cavalry. In 1868 the 7th under Gen. Custer was engaged in & campaign against the Cheyennes near Washita, | Wyo. On the morning of November 26, after a long, hard march through the knee-deep snow, the regiment dis- | covered the camp of Chief Black Kettle. | put the difference between another year—certainly until arter | At dawn, just as the bugles were sound- |should be practically = ing the charge, the band struck up ‘Garryowen.' To its stirring notes the | Tth charged the camp from three sides and completely defeated the Indians.| peared in the Penn: during the Revolutionary period. Q. What is the difference between |single strength glass and double | strength?>—R. B. A. The Federal Specification for inlnlng Glass says single strength glass varies in thickness from 0.08 to 0.10 inch and double strength glass varies from 0.111 to 0.125 inch in thickness Generaily speaking, the thicker the glass the more color will be spparent, 1wo grades ibl>. Q What novel of Jack Londor's is about prisoners in San Quentin?—J. R A. “The Star Rover.” Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands C of urban mendicants who, not content | ORRIERE DELLA SERA, Milan | —There hzve been placed at the disposition of the questors | (magistrates), in the various | commissariats, & large number | with imploring alms from the charita- | bly inclined, in consideration of their evident destitution, seek to fortify their | appeals for revenue by feigning all sorts | of sicknesses and incapacities, including | specious deformities no less false than hideous. These queruious fakirs are all | being rounded up as promptly as pos- | sible, and will soon discover what they apparently do not already know, that| the honest man has no need to suffer | because of his poverty, while the dis- | honest, though poor, can bring but | further suffering upon himeelf through | deceit and fraud, no matter how cleverly contrived. All deformed and feeble beggars will | be conducted to the various stations, | ihere to be examined by sanitary.agents. 1f their disabilities are genuine, they will be hospitalized and cared for; if not, they will be punished under the manda- tory provisicns of the civil code, and made to labor in return for their| sustenance. % % | Book Costs Found | Burden in Costa Rica. sary for this purpose. Five thousand men cannot make separate statemen:s and grievances. Their wishes can be stated by a small delegation. The con- gregation of large crowds, on the other hand, affords cover for lawlessness. ‘Though the great body of the dem- onstrators may be law-abiding. a few malcontents may create trouble, and the presence of a big crowd makes it difficult and almost impossible for the police to deal effectively with law- breakers. We bave had proof of this in Auckland and Wellington. and it would be folly to run the risk of a repe- tition. The suggestion of the United Front organization’s executive that trouble may be precipitated by police “Inter- ference” is wholly unwarranted. It is the duty of the police to maintain orcer and safeguard life and property. In carrying out tnat duty they cannot be dictatea to as to whether they shall “igterfere.” . P English Churches Call For Liquer Abstinence. The War Cry, London.—One of the most encouraging aspects of the na- | tional conference to promote those rec- ommendations in the report of the royal commission which are unani- | mously indorsed by the Temperance Council of the Christian Churches, was La Tribuna, San Jose—The associa- | the call for total abstinence the tion of school directors of this city is | part of church members, in m-wl‘e‘:l that considering ways and means by which-an effective warfare may be waged the poorer children of the city may be | against the drink traffic. Possessed by relieved cf the cost of their school books, | this spirit of “touch not.” either di- most of which will be new texts in the | rectly by the lip, or inairectly by finan- coming semester. But for this fact, the | cial interests, the churches can indeed books of children uced in the previous pecome a formadable enemy of the classes could be employed, no matter | trade whose every step is marked by how gjlapidated these volumes might be. | sin and sorrow. Some of the directors favor instruc- | 2 e Norris “that very | chase tion entirely without books, particularly | Others in the more elementary classes. propose public subscriptions to a fund from which the cost of the new books may be defrayed. If it is not passible to provide all the books needed by the poor children, at least all of them should be given a copy, gratis, of the reader, “Mi Hogar y Mi Pueblo,” (“My Home and My People”), as the basis and essence of their education. Well- to-do parents might be willing to pur- two copies, ene for their own child and another for his less favored little friend. = *xxx Cruelties Deplored In Madrid Buli Fights. A B C, Madrid.—The bull engaged in the fifth action of the program arranged for the benefit of the Press Association in the Plaza de Toros horrified the spec- tators by goring the matador opposed to him, Marcfal Lalanda, most feroct- ously. For a moment there was intense Local Demo- | Frazier of North Dakota and others of | confusion and general uproar in the stands. Every one believed that the diestro (expert) had been fatally in- jured by the terrific thrusts of the bull, it, fortunately, when the animal was rebuffed and Lalanda carried out of the arena, he was found to have sustamed only some severe scratches from the sharp horns. The first bull was encountered by the ‘Valencian toreador Barrera, who gave & brilliant exhibition of skill and valor against the fury and aggression of this particularly formidable specimen, cut- seated in the White House as Chief Executive, would have a hard time pleasing the t of the crowd. Crashing the College. Prom the Charlotte Observer. It is not unusual for women to enter men’s but the Obsérver must confess to some little surprise at a statement in the Greensbaro News that ting off its ears and tail. During the same performa=e, in meeting his second bull, Barrera severed not only the ears and the tail, but al- most one of the Loofs.® We doubt, however, if these “fancy teuches” really | add anything to the traditional heroism of the sgprt. They seem rather super- fluous cruelties, tending to disgust and offend the patrons of the Plaza. * % % % l Lotteries, Here and There. { Prom the Baltimore Evening Sun. | Michael MacWhite, Minister of the Irish Pree State, declared in Baltimore yesterday that whereas a few years ago the Irish hospitals were destitute, to- day they have money enough to oper- ate on for two years were not another cent given them. In addition, they | have modernized their equipment and | the government is now considering | compelling every hospital, small or large, to provide a certain number of free beds for the poor. This transformation has been accom- | plished by means of a few great lot- teries, supervised by the government. ‘We have lotteries in Baltimore, but they produce no such socially profitable results as this. The very day Mr. Mac- White visited the town two men were haled into court and fined $100 each for operating a lottery. Such inci- dents are not uncommon, and yet there is reason to believe that fe every lottery operator caught several escape. Such social damage as may come from lotteries can be done as well by furtive, hole-and-corner, crooked affairs as by the Irish sweepstakes, which is run honestly. But what social profit there is in them cannot be extracted except by managing them in the open and under legal auspices. —Apparently what we have done is to retain all the worst features of lotteries while using the power of law to abolish what good there is them. oK. e Simple Answer. Prom the Omaha World-Herald. Railroads expect Calvin Coolidge to tell them what's wrong with their busi- ness. Only possible answer seems to be that not enough persons choose to rofessor urges graduates 10|75 male students are enrolled at the travel. Upnqmr! advice in these | North Carolina College for Women. days when it's a long way between jobs. | Approximately 50 of these are fresh- | Siops Demonstrations. ——————— men and 25 are upper-classmen, some | Evening Post, Wellington.—The Mayor Seismic Anglin of whom have been transferred from [of Wellington would have been failing gling. Guilford College, State the | in his duty had he not refused to grant From the San Antonio Evening News. University of North Carolina and Duke | a permit for the proposed march of re- Savants at Tokio University have dis-| University. ‘The number has increased jlief workers. No one gquestions the Governor echo this sentiment. They | govered that an earthquake will make' to such gn extent that the college au- right of relief workers to state their say every day he ‘weathered programs bite. It takes that sometimes, ob- thorities have estqjlished s lounging wants and grievances, but mass demon. that would have worn out the average serves the unlucky fisherman. room for men. strations and marches are flot neces. a more vigorous specimen of manhood as he sf them. Senators Pittman, Walsh of Massachusetts and Cohen, who accompanied the nominee cn all or portions of his Western me- anderings, are & unit in declaring him nothing short of a physical marvel. Newspaper men who traveled with the bed. Such information is never amiss. | which the New York “Yankees” won the | And then he understood. The point of particular interest is|world series from the Chicago “Cubs” that the mountain was found at all, | has not surprised those who follow the and by a method of sounding that has | game closely. There was, however, con- greatly increased the security of those | siderable expectation that the western | man kin keep beatin’ an’ starvin a hoss. who “go down to the sea in ships”|entry in this annual classic contest | But if he gits rough wif a flifver he's This great hill was discovered, not by | would win at least one game and that liable to break it an’ if he don’ keep up & line-and-lead dropped overboard, such the New York aggregation would not de gasoline rations it jes’ naturally . 8 were once employed on the Missis- repeat its remarkable performance of quits.” New nd Mayor ride by train. i Solace. Prom the Nashville Banner. Some folks kick because the radio so frequently produces a political talk these days. We should be delighted at the assurance that it will be another half hour or so befcre there is any danger of another crooner. “I likes sutomobiles,” said Uncle Eben, “'cause I likes animals. A mean