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Evening star., 1923-07-04
Smith and Underwood.

Evidently Gov. Smith of New York
has returned from his visit to Indiana
unaffected by the advice of the demo-
Lick Springs, and who counseled him
to clay off, the wet issue as a losing
venture. Yesterday Norman E. Mack,
democratic national committeeman for
New York state, announced after a
conference with the governor that
"Al' would enter the next democratic
convention as q contender for the
nomination for President. Further
more, Mr.. Mack said, he believes that
the next democratic platform will
carry a plank calling for modifying
or liberalizing the Volstead act. These
two statements together mean, un-
doubtedly, that the governor is going
10 the convention in person or by
proxy demanding a wet, or at least a
moist, plank, He is now the foremost
of the democratic vets through his ap-
proval of the repeal of the state en-
forcement act. He has taken the lead
in this respect away from Edwards Of
New Jersey. He will probably go to
the convention as one of the big
four delegates at large from New
York. 1t is hard to see how he can be
ignored In the forming of the delega-
tipn, unless as d potential candidate he
would prefer to be in the background.
Committeeman Macks announce.
ment comes at an interesting time in
conjunction with the return OF Senator
Underwood from Europe, and the re-
vival Of talk about him as the possible
democratic candidate. An Underwood
''boom" started in his state last March,
when the Alabama legislature ad-
dressed a letter to him asking him to
enter the presidential race. He has not
yet replied, but it is expected that he
will SOON make answer. The legisla.
ture is to reconvene at Montgomery
in a. few days, and something may be
forthcoming from the senator then.
Evening star., 1923-07-04
10 the Editor Of The Star:


Allow me to reply to an article that
appeared in your issue of June 20, by
Virginia w. Sargent, and under the
caption Circus Act Protested" The
lady is misinformed In regard to some
side-show animal aots. and this one
In particular. She says she is inter-
ested in fair play toward all creatures.
and claims to have witnessed one OF
the most brutal and cowardly acts
toward an animal. namely, Sultan,
the untamed lion," which. she says.
was a torment to the broken spirited
Jungle denizen.
Do not think for minute that
Sultan is broken spirited. One who
thinks 30 has but to try to get into
his cage. q stranger. He will change
his mind.
The lady goes on to say that at
given signal the red-uniformed cap
tain, little more than a boy, armed
with a broom, pistol and iron bar,
enters the cage to infiict punishment
to this broken spirited jungle denizen.
Capt. Jacobs goes into the cage only
with q whip and q broom, and not an
The writer Of the complaint OBJ
serves the beast breathing hard.
don't blame him in such hot weather
as we nave hao, ior preaSne naro
myself in such a climate. She says
the lion roars in agony. If she
knows anything of performing lions,
she will understand that their roar is
not In agony at times, but signifies
willingness to go through the act.
Capt. Jacobs has put Sultan through
his act on an average OF twelve per.
formances per day, or 3,756 perform
ances a season, for the past two years
and without q mishap. and Sultan
knows just what In expected of him.
Capt. Jacobs uses q whip to make him
Evening star., 1923-07-04
An Oasis Of Silence and Safety.

Who would go back deliberately to
the old forms of Independence day
celebration? Is there any one in
Washington who would willingly re.
turn to the banging, burning, MAIN
ing practices of the past? This city
has been free Of these barbarisms for
some years, and yet it seems but yes.
terday, comparatively, that the air in
the District was from dawn until long
after dark filed with acrid odors and
rent by deafening explosions and the
clangor of the bells Of ambulances and
fire engines Fastening to respond to
calls. The casualty lists were long, in
cluding the loss Of fingers and hands
and eyes, and even deaths.
1t took some years to bring about
the reform, when the effort was seri.
ously made. to save the youngsters Of
the capital from the effects Of sense.
less celebration Finally there was
an official response to the demand for
restrictions, and then one by one rules
were adopted that. through successive
years limited the practices of "ob-
sefvance." The toy pistol was the first
to go, that pernicious promoter Of
tetanus and destroyer Of fingers and
eyes. Then the giant cracker, treach.
Evening star., 1923-07-04
A Movement of Unrest.

That national convention of the
farmer labor party, now in session in
Chicago together with representatives
of other political organizations seeking
TO perfect a unified political front in
next years elections. 10 worthy Of the
attention of the country. 1t typides a
movement of unrest among the voters
who are breaking away from the old
parties. and a long step toward radi-
calism of an extreme character. Orig
tnally called as a farmer labor conven-
rion. the meeting found itself unable
no maintain it's individuality, and had
no. seat delegates from other units,
therein sowing the seed Of possible
future disintegration.
But it might well be asked how the
farmer -laborites could expect to keep
out other units working along their
own lines to accomplish identical OBJ
jects. Brothers all they must be,
though with different shadings Of in
tensity Of their socialistic, paternalfs-
tic and even soviet aims.
Hear some Of the things that were
advocated on the floor at yesterdays
meeting and ponder them well. One
suggestion urged was control Of the
government by the working classes. Is
not that sovietism undiluted? Then
there was advocated abolishment Of
United States courts and limiting the
power of the United States Supreme
Court. Government ownership of rail
roads, of course, was recommended.
The Associated Press dispatch says
that among other things urged were
elaborate measures looking toward
the stabilization of agriculture, labor
and the currency and revision of taxes
in many forrns,' whatever they may
mean.
1t is significant that among the dele
gates was William q. Foster, recently
tried in Michigan for alleged commu-
nistic activities. The 500 delegates in
cluded representatives from forty
states, Of a score Of political and CO.
operative units. If the object Of this
convention is accomplished, that is,
the unification of applied endeavor in
the next presidential campaign, the ef-
feet may be serious.
Evening star., 1923-07-04
Denial of Cruelty to Circus Lion

respond readily and does not las
him to pieces" as some may think.
A lion Is not as quick and IS intellil
gent as a tiger and has to bS
prompted to know just what to dol
therefore, the whip.
She further states that the pool
beast is left in his prison cage alonI
and friendless to await the next bat:
tie. In this she Is also misinformed
Tor an animal act is good asset and
every care Is taken of the creaturts
He is well watered and his comfort
Is well looked out for in every way
While q stranger would not dare ts
go into Sultan's cage, Capt. Jacob
could go into 1t, and if he did MOI
start the act he would be pretty safe
as animals get used to their trainers
But, of course. an animal is an animal j
and an iron bar is used on the outs
side to separate lion and trainer 4
case. of any undue excitement thai
would tend to get the cat panic
stricken, for Sultan weighs much
more than the slender-built Capt
Jacobs, and its weight against hin
would be dangerous to him.
CHARLES c. DAVIS.
Evening star., 1923-07-04
Leviathan Sabotage.

AS the Leviathan, formerly the
Eaterland of the German lines, sails
for Europe today on her first regular
passenger trip since the war started
In 1914, controversy is revived over the
question whether she was deliberately
disabled by the Germans while she lay
in internment in these waters, before
United States upon its entry into the
war. It would seem rather futile to
discuss the matter at this time, in view
of the long record of reports that have
been written and the miles Of news
paper columns that have been printed
on the subject.
1t may be taken for granted that an
effort was made by the custodians Of
the ship before the United States went
into the war to disable her, to make
her useless for service. They would
have been derelict in duty had they
failed to do so. No blame can attach
to them for any sabotage that was
practiced upon their own ship, in view
of the possibility that she might be
employed for war purposes by this
government against their own. Had
they run her out to sea in defiance Of
the guard placed upon her and sunk
her they could not have been scored
for their sacrifice.
Despite the damage done to the
Vaterland and other ships interned in
these waters and seized by the United
States upon entry into war, they were
put into condition in remarkably short
order. During the war, that is to say
during the year from the time they
were first used as transports to the
armistice, they carried in all 557 900
men overseas, q great army, and un-
doubtedly a tremendous factor in the
ultimate victory. The Vaterland's
share Of this was a large one.
Let it be accepted that the Germans
endeavored to keep the Vaterland out
Of use by breaking some Of her parts.
losing others and infiicting hidden
damage upon her enginery. Let it be
believed that. they even thought by
their sabotage to make it possible for
the ship to become disabled or per-
haps to sink in midseas while carrying
American troops to Europe. Such de-
structive acts would have been wholly
legitimate. American custodians of
ships caught in a foreign country in
similar conditions would probably have
done the same, would have been faith
less to their responsibility if they had
failed to do so. The only question now
Of interest to the American people is
whether the ship that was so damaged
and was finally taken under the Amer
lean flag has been properly recondi-
toned and is capable of. maintaining
American trade proftably in time OF
peace. .
Evening star., 1923-07-04

be fighting for bare $500 to pay &C.
tual training expenses. After the fight
is over, if tho champion wins, which
he is expected to do, he will be bit
richer, though not perhaps as much
SO as he had hoped, and with him
coterie Of manag gers and associates will
form a veritable court about this
king Of the ring. The challenger will
have won nothing but some bruises
and bit Of brief publicity.
This is. the commercial fight game.
1t is sordid, mercenary business.
Once upon a time there was perhaps
some thrill in pugilism. Men fought
with their fists for small purses and
big fame. They made no nretenses Of
gentility or that sort Of thing. but
were frankly bruisers, in the business
partly for love Of it and partly as a
profession.
Now things are changed. Never an
elevating spectacle, the professional
prize fight has become grossly COM
mercial, promoted by shrewd men who
work publicity to the limit and appeal
to the gambling element for the prin-
cipal support Of these expensive bouts.
Enough money is spent upon the build
ing Of the arena for one Of these
fights to put hospital In funds for
all time. The gate money at big fight
would endow a college literally. Re-
Gently in New York fight game was
used as means of raising funds for
a charity, but the participants pulled
down large sums, and nobody yet
knows how much the promoters got.
Pugilism has become strictly a
moneymaking affair. Sport is for.
gotten.
Evening star., 1923-07-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By Frederic ]. Haskin

Q. How many persons are employed
by the bureau of engraving and
printing?-A. c.
Q. Where can day-oId chicks be
bought?-D. L. H.
A. Baby chicks may be bought
from farmers who have their stands
9. who built the old National
A. 1t was erected in 1927 by the
Saiyert "a @ estate. Henry Clay made
In room 81. June 29, 1857.
Q. What is the roof of the Lin
coin Memorial made of?-C. T.
A. It is of marble cut in slabs five
feet long, three feet wide and only
through this the sunlight enters,
softened and diffused.
@: What is the name OF the hill
in Paris from which the boulevards
radiate,. similar to the manner in
which the avenues radiate from Cap
itol Hill, Washington, d. CT. K.
A. The name of the hill is Place
dEtoile (Place OF the Stars). This
hill commands the Seine, which can
9. What is the difference between
belgian police dog and a German
police dog?-K. D.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that a Belgian police dog is q
Belgian sheep dog, police trained,
while a German police dog Is Ger
man shepherd dog, police trained.
They are separate breeds.
Q. In order to settle an argument
please give the name of the author of
You can fool some of the people all
OF the time. and all Of the people some
of the time, but you can't fool all OF
the people all of the time?"-H. r.
A. This has been attributed to
Abraham Lincoln. In the Wisdom of
Lincoln" published in 1908, it is stat
ed that the quotation is an extract
from a speech of his made at Clin-
ton, Ill, September 8. 1858.
Q. What kind of sugar Is the sugar
contained in fruit?-H. NJ. l..
A. The sugar of fruit is usually an
admixture of deXtrose and levulose
and Is called invert sugar. 1t is un-
crystallizable and forms granular
masses in dried fruit. 1t consists OF
fve parts levulose and three parts OF
hydrated dextrose, some of which
arises by inversion of saccharine.
Evening star., 1923-07-04
People of Norway Deeply Stressed
Over Modernism i'm State RELIGION
BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

BY THE MARQCIsE DE FONTENOY.
Popular excitability is usually at
tributed to southern nations, where
the blood is supposed to course more
hotly through the veins than in more
northern latitudes. But Scandina-
vians are quite the reverse of phleg-
matte. and in Norway, indeed. which
of all the countries Of continental
Europe is the most northerly and
to get all worked UP on the least
provocation. 1t is only few years
ago that the entire country was in
an uproar over a question of Ian
guage. The official language until
then was exclusively Danish.
But in 1850 the eminent Norwegian
philologist, War Aasen, invented a
construction much Of the ancient
Morse of the sagas, as well as some
Of the dialects of the remoter re-
gions of the kingdom, where the
peasantry had clung through the four
centuries of Danish domination to
bears in the days Of the vikings EN-
ploying these and other materials,
adapting them to modern require
ments, Ivar Aasen succeeded in evolv-
ing SO melodious and so poetic Ian
guage that the vast majority of his
countrymen, commencing with the
rural population. accepted 1t for their
songs their plays, their sermons,
their schools and their >vernacular.
Known as the 'Landsmaal," it
caught their fancy, it appealed to
their pride in the romantic past. when
the sway of the Morse vikings ex-
tended over Scandinavia northern
Germany. Russia and the greater por-
tion of the British Isles, and it be-
came identified in their eyes with
Norwegian nationalism. The spurious
Danish in which Ibsen wrote, and
which in that most remarkable of his
works. Peer Gynt." he held up to
ridicule in the person of "Huhu," the
language reformerS of Norway, re-
minded her people OF those four CEN
turies of Danish oppression and per-
secution, when. robbed of her inde-
pendence, she was ruled from Copen-
hagen. not even as a province, but as
a colony fit only for spoliation, eXac-
tton and tyranny. Everything that
serves to recall Danish domination is
Elections were fought on the sub
ject of this language issue, the lib
erals .championing the cause of the
new "Landsmaal," and the conserva-
tives defending with equal vigor the
Danish tongue, or "Riksmaal." Sew
eral cabinets were overthrown. Civil
war almost resulted. Finally a COM
promise took place, with the result
that the Landsmaal was admitted for
official and educational use on the
same footing of equality as the until
then exclusively official "Riksmaal.'' .
X X X n
And now the Norwegians, who
broke so many of one another's heads
and wasted such torrents of mutual
abuse upon this issue between the
'Landsmaal" and the "Riksmaal,"
are once more up in arms on the
subject of modernism in connection
with their state religion. The estab-
Iished church OF Norway and the only
Evening star., 1923-07-04

erous agency Of disablement and blind
ness and death. After these the course
was comparatively easv.
OF course, Washington is not now
Maryland and Virginia fireworks can
be bought Of kind that the local
regulations prohibit, and they are
smuggled in and exploded. But the
trouble Of getting them is just enough
to put check upon the community
indulgence in powder burning and
noisemaking. so that the city is well
freed Of the disturbances and dangers.
1t is an oasis OF comparative silence
and safety. -
Evening star., 1923-07-04
EDITORIAL DIGEST

nations abroad" There likewise is
emphasized in this entire transaction,
in the opinion Of the Minneapolis
Tribune that "of all the nations of
most firmly disposed to mind its own
business, to put its nose to the grind
stone, and to do it's level best to re-
cover from the wounds Of war and
peace-the Versailles peace" This
argument has the complete indorse-
all the transformation that has been
going on. Austria. and the Austrian
people have carried on in a coura-
geous and exemplary manner But
for this circumstance naturally the
whole scheme for helpful service
would have completely collapsed. The
leagues standing in the world, once
this organization took up the matter
of sufficient support for the under.
taking, has been a bulwark OF
strength ,, to the ,s.s enaerpsiss v;.rna won
derful among the world capitals
never died; the will to live, and thrive
and achieve-and, more than this, to
meet all obligations--persisted::", in :,
sists the Atlanta Journal. With
loan not only amply secured. but
guaranteed by eight nations, It is not
to be wondered that subscriptions far
outran tho bonds available" And
this very overeubscription convtnces
the Albany Knickefbocker Press that
land was not q wild yearning to lend
money to Austria but to have a part,
however small. in welcoming q nation
back to the paths OF probity and COM
mon sense" and indicates that any
nation-even Russia-"need not fall
can be satisfactory. assurances Of
good faith" The Austrian people
"have surely plunged deeply upon
the promise Of their future" in the
opinion Of the Indianapolis News.
which insists the fact that France
ect in advance "must have a founda-
ton of good business judgment.
Austria is on the road to bringing
her resources and prosperity into
conformity with her achievements
for the advancement Of civilization
One unnoticed political aspect" of
the loan is pointed out by the New
York Post rs significant in that
Austria 10 pledged to maintain her
independence, thus ending "the wild
and easy tank .rf.,1n nSoqs the n.s,rs sIscie &c
enter into . union with Germany II
Austria 10 to survive, and with the
general necessity Of revising. the
frontier provisions Of tho treaty Of
xer:sillss To ,alx frontier s .Shaass changes
solution in Europe must be worked
out on the political foundations laid
down in the treaty" The loan was
q contribution to world betterment,
to resumption Of international trad
ing and exchange" as the Columbus
State Journal sees 1t and there was
glory and profit and satisfaction for
all participating, all Of which brings
from the Allentown Chronicle the
bold statement that Austria ts .
good bet"
Evening star., 1923-07-04

one endowed by the state is Luther
anism, and for this purpose the king
dom is divided into six bishoprics
The bishops are named by the crown
in conjunction with the government
of the day, the appointment being
usually preceded by a vote of a
purely consultative character in
which the clergy anu the representa-
tlves OF each congregation OF the dio-
cese participate.
When recently the diocese of
Trendh1em became vacant, the votes
OF the diocese went by a large ma
1ority to the Rev. DIR. Freihow, very
conservative in all matters relating
to the church and to the interpreta-
tion Of ecclesiastical doctrines. The
king, on the advice of his govern
ment- declined to conform to the
wishes of the diocese as represented
by the consultative vote, anu taking
the ground that all the other bishops
were conservatives and that the lib
eral church party was entitled TO
at least one representative on. the
Episcopal bench, appointed the very
Rev. DR.. Gleditsch, the radical dean
advanced views on biblical criticism.
indeed the leader of the modernist
school in Scandinavian theology
At once the people took sides IN
the issue, and, egged on by their
spiritual advisers, the fight between
the rival factions became fast and
furious, the conservatives insisting
that King Haakon and his govern
ment had been guilty of a violation
of the rights of the NATIONAL church
without parallel in Norwegian his
tory.
The crown and government have
declined to lend ear to the clamor
or to recede from the position which
they have taken up, and which from
legal point of view is perfectly cor
rect. But now the primate of the
state church. the Bishop of Christi
an1a, In a speech most abusive of
throne and government. has declined
to undertake the task incumbent
upon him of consecrating the new
bishop, and as his four remaining
Norway have followed his example.
1t is proposed to invite either the
modernist primate of Sweden, the
Archbishop of Upsala, or the equally
modernist Anglican Bishop of Dur
ham, who as Canon Henson, was for
merly so well known as a popular
lecturer and preacher in the United
States, to perform the ceremony
The Bishop. of Durham's consecra-
tion of a Lutheran bishop in Norway
would certainly not meet with the
approval of the remainder of the
primates and episcopacy OF the es-
tablished Church of England. But
DR.. Henson has shown so great and
marked an indifference to the viewa
the pretudices and the i'll will Of his
brother bishops and even archbishops
that he is not likely to be disturbed
by any such consideration, and so il
will have to be either this EngIisB
Bishop OF Durham who will have 10
perform the conservation of the neI
Bishop of Trondhjem, or else the
Swedish Archbishop OF Upsala, which,
in view of the animosity which stilk
prevails between the Norwegians and
the SWedes. who a few years asS
were on the eve of war with one
another. would be still more unpopuE
lar among the Norsemen.
Evening star., 1923-07-04

Q. How much does gasoline expand
in volume when it Is changed from
liquid to gas?-J. NJ. B. .fax
A. Gasoline expands 1880 times
on yaporizing.
Q. How many tons of coal are used
yearly in the United States.-L. r. l.
A. The average consumed in thr
United States during the past three
This was an average of 139, 900 tons =.
day and included both bituminous
and anthracite.
F. B. w.
A. A minnow is a small European
cyprinoid fish common in gravell!
streams. 1t never becomes large
fish, three inches being the length OF
the adult.
Q. How soon should ties be re
moved on grape vines after grating
mas been done?-E. L. d.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that ties should be removed a.
to hold the parts together and be
fore the branch where the grating
has been made grows enough to en-
danger its being girdled.
Q. Did Shakespeare gather his
world wide experiences from actual
travel?-C. K. A.
A. 1t is estimated that William
Shakespeare never made a continu-
GUS journey so far as a round trip
from New York to Boston.
@. What is the population OF
Europe?-I s. X.
A. 1t is estimated to be about
552,0oo,oo0.
Q. What became of the gold spike
which was the last one driven in
completing the Union Pacific rail-
road?-M. W.
A. The spike, the last tie and the
hammer used are now in Stanford
University Museum, Palo Alto. Cali
fornia.
Q. Does the Darwinian theory
state that man is descended from the
ape?-D. T. L.
A Darwin's theory is one Of
natural selection. This led TO the
general theory Of evolution.
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