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Evening star., 1924-01-07
Member OF the Associated Press.
The Winning Peace Plan.

d. There should be no surprise at the
announcement that the winning peace
plan in the Box prize contest is sim
States adhere to the Permanent Court
q international Justice, and that II
should Cooperate with the league Of
nations and participate In the work
Of the assembly and council under
defnite safeguarding reservations
This Is almost precisely what has been
heretofore proposed as the United
States contribution to world peace.
SO there IS nothing new in the plan
which wins a present prize Of $4,000
and a prospective additional fifty thou.
sand contingent upon public approval
In: q referendum to be conducted
through-the newspaper : =
For how could there be anything
new Of q practical nature IN the way
Of world peace proposals? The sub.
jeet has been thoroughly, thrashed out
II was debated at Versailles, 1t has
heen debated in every parliamentary
body III the world. 1t has been dis
cussed IN this eountry Oh public
forums to the last degree of detail and
theory. And the net Of ali this discus
sion, as far as this present con,peti.
tton goes, is the world court and the
league, of nations, with American par
ticipatior in. the latter limited and
modified. ..--..
Public approval OF the prize-winnins
plan is not assured. Public sentiment
IN this country. so far az it has found
open expression. Is decidedly against
participation n the league Of nations.
Whatever may be the feeling OF the
people with regard to the world court.
association. in this project for peace
OF The world court and the. league
tssseh the strength OF the world court
appeal. E
A vote on this question is not likely
to be cast on the strength OF the In
trinsic merits OF the plan. That is to
say, II will not be viewed BY. the people
who take the pains to record their
feelings in the matter as an idealistic
project. Already the suggestion has
been made, in the form OF protest,
that this peace plan competition. lead
Ing SO directly. and. # must be said,
inevitably to the league. is but
propaganda Tor American entry into
the league. Thus Il prejudice has
arisen against the award In Advance
Of. announcement. The question re-
nains' how far this prejudice will af-
feet the recorded judgment OF the peo-
pie to the extent tina. they register
themselves in favor OF or In opposition
to the plan which, whatever the yer.
dict. wins for its proposer the hand
some sum OF $4,000.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
Kept Mckenna Out of Cabinet,
But Gets a New Year Peerage

ates by surprise. and the cabine,
would not have sustained Its defea,
at the recent general election. In
one word. had Sir Frederick Banbury
been lses vain. less convinced. of his
political and financial pfe-eni inence
and accepted the peerage that was
offered him six months ago, Great
Britain would not today. be confronted
with the advent to power of "a Iabot
government committed to all sorts
OF socialist policies, including cspi-
tai levy, naturalization : of public
utilities and drastic revision in the
ownership OF land.
x II = =
Sir Frederick Banbury, although "a
new peer and baronet of modern
creation. comes from an old War
wickshire family, the ancestry Of
which goes back to the reign OF
Henry VII. that is to say, to q
period antedatins the discovery of
America by Christopher Columbus.
His grandfather and father were
both of them we'll known London
bankers. and he himself has lived up
to the traditions OF his family IN this
respect. His only son. a veteran of
the Boer campaign of a quarter Of a
century ago, fell during the great
war IN France. He was a general
favorite in his regiment, the Cold
stream Guards, where he was known
by the nickname OF Cakes" After
Josephine Reixach, only daurhter
and heiress Of the owner of the
huge Manningham mills, at Bradford.
gave posthumous birth to a little boy.
now eight years old, who will in due
course inherit his grandfathers hon
ors ana estates, and especially his
Elizabethan country seat, Warne-
ford Place. HiShworth, in Wiltshire.
which stands IN g. large old park of
near 5000 acres
Evening star., 1924-01-07

panying the schedule OF changed tax
rates. No figure is given Of the COM
puted income. The scale is changed.
but. the "sun' remains indeterlninat6
1t has been intilnated that the dem.
ocratic plan Of tax reduction will be
accompanied by proposal of a bonus.
This does notHappear in the present
Mr.. Mellon's plan was
distinctly based upon the non pay.
'ment Of q bonus. II the Garner plan
is so framed as to meet the require.
,Y,eIts Of q bonus it must follow that
,it would yield a lGrger, revenue than
that advanced by the Secretary Of the
Treasury, and therefore that the net
reduction to the taxpayers would not
be as great as under his, schedule.
Coincidcntal with the publication OF
the democratic alternative. comes a
statement from the progressive cor
ner' Of the House that not even the
Garner bill meets the tax-reduction
OF that faction. It's own
plan will soon be forthcoming. and 1t
is indicated that it will be more sweep
ing in it's low.incofne reduction and
more at variance with the Mellon plan
for surtax reductions than the Garner
plan. And unless the unusual hap
pens 1t will not be accompanied by
an estimate OF the total yield OF rev
enues based upon careful study and
Treasury, experience. So
Herein lies the danger of competi.
tive bids for favor through tax re-
duction. Something more is desired
than mere Tightening OF thoS burden
on the low taxpayer. Revenues must
come out of the tax system in suf-
'ficient volume to run the government.
And, moreover, consideration must be
had for business and for the release
Of investment funds to supply the
needs Of the industries of the coun.
try, which are the foundation Of ma.
tional prosperity Any tsx-reduction
measure that fails In these respects
will prove a burden rather than a
benefit. -.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
U. S. Aviation Progress Duty
After Long Lead, Say Editors

were building their machine nor bv
the sneers of many even on the dav
oL victory twenty years ago. Nor
shouid there be discoura cement here
LLWenty years is only a brief period in
history. Every day of every one os
tnese years can be a day of accom-
plishment." And happily" as IT,.
Providenee Journal sees it, there
who did not know enough to know II
could not be done. And SO II was done" :"
Revfswing all that is now being
done, especially emphasizing the con.
tempIated polar fight, the Saginaw
Mews-Courier insists that these tri-
jumps are made possible by tie spirit.
enterprise, faith and labor of two
americans, one still living and work
ing daily in his laboratories az
Dayton. Ohio, is 10 small source. OF
pride to all other Americans. But
for the inescapable evidence it would.
be difficult indeed to believe all that '
has happened in the science OF mas
Cering the air in twenty years" Yet.
after the lapse of two decades, we
our place" says the Davenport Dem
ocrat, and it does nos belong to
them. We should ask ourselves
what, as American citizens, we can
do, to bring back TO America that
supremacy which once was here" In
apoiis Star suggests no conflict is
Imminent and progress in the devel-
opment of the plane as an indispensa-
bic Institution in peace is satisfactory
/ to Mr.. Wright, who says, oddly
enough, that he is no longer con
nected with the commercial side Of
the business. Is he experiencing the
frequent fate of inventors-that OF
seeing others reap the rewards
Characterizing the celebration last
month as "the anniversary Of a mir
acle." the New York Times feels ''no
mention of it would be accurate cTt
just IL it did not emphasize the fact
that the invention Of the airplane,
like many other famous inventions,
was the fruit of many mans endeav-
ors. AS early as 1887 the late Prof.
Samuel Langley was experimenting
scientifically with air pressures on
plane surfaces and planning model
airpIanes. In 1896 one of Lang
Iey's models, weighing twenty-seven
pounds and driven by q small steam
engine-of course, without a pilot
was flown for three-quarters Of q
mile. In October, 1908, Langley con- 4.
generally agreed would have flown
had it not been for the breakage OF
a part of the launching gear
"Other pioneers were Otto Lilien-
thai. the German engineer, who made
1000 flights with a glider constructed
of arching planes, finally sacrificing
his life. octave 6hanute; who made
400 flights with giiders in his expert
ments on the shores of Lake Michi-
gan; Lawrence Hargreave. q New
Zeaiander; who experimental with
gIiders and incidentally, invented the
BOX kite, and Capt. Ferber.. a pioneer
in French aviation. Other Europeans !
were making progress toward suc-'
cessful flight at the time OF the
Wrirhts' first trials at Kittyhawk.
So. resardless of the success or fall
ure Of any individual inventor, the
airplane was destined to appear in
fhe world shortly after the beginning
of the twentieth century,.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
Potomac Park Golfers.

: Potomac Park golfers may, rest
from pleasant labor on the .-31st of
January and remain in winter quar-.
ters till dandelions bloom. The vaca-
ton will be short as the calendar
marks time, but the hours will be
long and weary to- the golfers. Per.
haps while February breezes,. blow
and March SHOW tumbies from the
sky devoted men and women will
stroll penstve through the park and
Look with fond and. longing eyes on
the course where they have made Sc
many remarkable shots-shets that
were remarkable for being good and
otherwise. As they gase across the
sWaxd they VIII think that socn q
Evening star., 1924-01-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKlN

Q. Was William A. Pinkerton, who
died lately. the founder OF the detec-
tive agency which bore his name?-
II. N.
A. William A. was the son of Allan
Pinkerton, who founded the Pinker-
ton National Detective Agency in Chi
cago in 1850.
E., B. r.
A. The players are about 500 in
NUMBERS, .all villagers, who are in
structed by the priest.
Q; Who discovered aluminium
a. It was first >isolatedtf in 1898 by
scientists Davy and wohler.. In 1886
hamlIton v. Castner of New York
clty perfected a plan of manufactur-
ing aluminium as a sheet metal.
Q. Why isn't rotary engine-the'
true rotary, not the turbine-a sue
A. Most types of rotary engines, at
ieast, nave nearly all Of the disad-
vanat; samtases of the conventional recip-
Iocating engine without It's advan-
tages, and in most cases also there
are certain serious mechanical diffi-
enasies tsase in the design which prevent
hieb theSe gns, ,ypes OF en engines developing as
as the recfprocating engine.
Q. What Is the name Of the disease
or desire which impels q person to
wish to Jump off when on high places?
A. Acrophobia is a symptom of a
condition known as. neurasthenia or
psychoneurosis. Persons who are af-
fected with this peculiar condition
have the desire to. jump from a great
to write The Widow in the Bye
Street" "A. NJ. B.
A. In speaking Of this poem and of
The Everlasting Mercy" MasefieId
himself says: Each Of these two tales
was written in three weeks and three
Q. Do, Jews have celebrations Of
the nature Of Christmas, as far as the
1estiVal and exchanging of gifts are
concerned?-L L.
A. The American Jewish World
says that Christmas candles can be
traced to the beautiful Hanukah
ni,1 rHns; ana the custom of exchanging
eltts mas its counterpart in the fun
or Shlach Monos. The harvest fes-
tival of Sukkoth corresponds to the
American Thanksgiving.
Q. Are there any gold mines in
Switzerland?-C. W,
a. Switzerland is not rich in min
erals and has no gold mines or de-
posts OF any Importance
q. Whose was the first official mar
rage after the Mayfiower landing p
A The New England Register says
that the first wedding ever Celebrate
In the New England colonies took
place May IL. 1921, Ave months after
the landing OF the Pilgrims on Plyn1-
outh Rock. The bride and groom
were Edward "inslow and Mistress
susanna White.
q. How does the number Of miles
OF railroad compare with the number
OF people in the United States ID. c.
"A. In 1880 there were forty miles
OF railroad, with a ratio to the pop
ulation OF one mile of railway to
32l.317 people. The ratio for 1929 was
one mile to 400 people. At present
there are approximately 265, 900 miles
ef railroad I'm the United States, or
two -hfths of the total OF tho rail-
roads, of the entire world.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
A British Labor Ministry in View.

According to q dispatch from Lon
don everything is all "doped out" in
the parliamentary situation. scheduled
almost to the hour. n week from to-
morrow parliament will meet and will
be addressed by King George. with
the usual elaborate ceremonial. The
kings speech will then be made the
subject Of debate, and on the next
day. according to the present plan of
the laborites, an amendment will be
moved which will express lack of con-
.fidence In the government, which Will
be debated for two days, and 1t is ex.
pectcd that on Thursday, night Janu-
ary II, the amendment will be carried
by the combined votes Of the labor
and liberal members, and thus the
government will stand defeated. Pre-.
-n1ier Baldwin will then tender the
resignation Of the ministry, and the
king, 1t is believed, will summon j.
Ramsay Macdonald, leader; Of the
largest party IN opposition. to form a
cabinet. Current gossip has 1t that
Mr.. Macdonald, anticipating. this
summons. has already framed his list,
and will at once submit the names OF
his proposed ministers to the king for
approval. Approval will In that event
doubtless be given, for the king does
not object to, individuals. Then par.
lament will adjourn for ten days or a
fortnight ito give the new ministry
time to prepare it's program. Thus
about February a remarkable situa-
ton will be presented in London, q Ia.
Dor ministry in charge Of the British
government, with d minority party in
support. Save for the cooperation Of
the liberals there is no prospect Of any
constructive procedure, and the. out
look is therefore that within a; few
months Great Britain win have an
other general election, with q result
not now, to be foretOld.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
Tax-Reduction Connection.

When Secretary Mellon made his
nx.feduction- -,, proposal :: to Chairman
Green Of the House committee on
ways and means it was quite well
assured that there would be a
counter proposal on the democratic
side OF the House Of Representatives,
going the Secretary lone better. in
the matter Of reductions on the low
range Of incomes. For tax reduction
Immediately became a political qi,es-
tiorl and. with national campaign
close at. hand, a competition for pub
lie favor through a lessenins Of the
tax burden was inevitable. Now
comes the democratic proposition IN
the form Of a bill advocated by Rep.
resesatative Garner, the leading minor
ity msfnber of the ways aid means
committee, which widens the reduc.
tton in the lever ranges and lessons
them In the upper ranges, especially
in the surtaxes. Thus under the
Mellon plan the reduction Of the tax
..,n the net income Of $1,000. would
30 % pei cent and under the Garner
l,latt-:t ss per. cent; on incomes Of
$4,000 the Mellon plan reduction
would be S6.6 per cent and under the
Garner plan SO. per cent. And 10
On down the line, with the democratic
percentage '.of reduction decreasing
with The increase in income.
There is, however, accompanying
tie G4rnerr plan no estimate Of q net
result of tfis, proposed reduction In
terms Of Treasury income. Eecretary
MeIlon.: on his part, has, set forth
quite !explicitly the probable saving
to the taxpayer, about 10000,
which, he points out, is approximate
Iy equivalent to the. surplus OF the
;stsuffent; fiscal year. In other words,
. the Secretary has proposed q scheme
sof reduction that Will leave the Treas.
,iry, solvent and suhlcientiy supplied:
Ttare sas no assurance that the
sltetnattye plan now: advanced will
yiSld- enough revenue to maintain the
sg6tltnnts8sx without q deficit. There
ate no aetuashi computattnns aeecn.
Evening star., 1924-01-07

q. or all the American soldiers
VINO went overseas, how many we;
actually engaged in battIe?-W. A. (
"A. Two out of every three AnerS
can soldiers who reached France wen<
, to the battle sectors. Those wing
saw foreign service were 2.Os4 o1f and
OF these 100000 saw active service
at the front
g; What is the coat of arms ox
Wales?-L. S. X.
a. The coat-of-arms of Wales con-
s1sts or three feathers with the motto
'Ich diem" meaning Il serve" n Is
related that this coat -of arms oriei-
naliy belonged to the blind King OF
Bohemia, who was killed in the battle
| OF Crecy' In 1886. Edward, Prince OF
Wales at the time. distinguished him
self greatly in the battle. and at this
time adopted the motto and crest or
| the former King Of Bohemia.
used?-A. @.
A. Aristophanes of Alexandria
used punctuation to soma extent in
250 Be. There was no system OF
| punctuation. however. until about
| 1900 AID. Aldous Manutius, learned
venetian printer. noted for the beauty
| OF his style. employed it at this time.
| Q; When Sunday was abolished
curing the French revolution, was
! there no day OF rest?--C. c.
1t was then arranged that every
| tenth day should be a day OF rest.
I Q. Is maple sugar made generally
| throughout the world?-M, E. G.
A. The production of maple sirur
/ and maple sugar is purely an Amer
lean industry, Canada being the only
country other than the United States
| where they are made.
| @. How many criminals do not be-
| lieve In God?-H. NICK.
a Complete data are. not avail
| able, but Prof. T. ". eIorsIey re-
ported an investigation of 2s.57S
criminals In English jails and Of this
number only fifty-seven described
themselves as atheists.
J. & 8. K Kave the Philippines a fe1'-
A. The Philippine Islands have
celebrated the fourth anniversary OF
the adoption Of a flag. 1t is composed
| OF horizontal stripes OF blue and red
! with an inset triangle Of white. On
| this are imprinted q golden sun and
three golden stars. representing the
| three island groups composing the
| Philippine archipelago.
Q. Is there a country named Brit
| tany?-G. A. D. 3.
A. Brittany is the old name giveH
| to division OF France. It is 8
! peninsula which projects into the At
| lantic ocean and is bounded on the
north by the English channel.
| Q. When was the Victoria Cross
| first given and what for?-H. K. L
| A. The Victoria Cross. given for
! conspicuous bravery, was Instituted
| in 1855 on the close Of the Crimean
war, and was given to citizens who
| had borne arms against the Indian
| muttneers. In 1911 the decoration
| was extended to the Indian army
A bar may be awarded for an add
tional act Of bravery. With the deco
/ ration is a pension for non commits
| stoned officers and men OF ten pounds
a. year, with an addition OF FIVE pounds
| for each bar.
(H1re yoW O question you tpart
dnsUered7 Send IL to The Stur In
formation Bureau. Frederic j. Has
Kin, director, 1890 North Capitol
street. The only charge for this
| SerU;ce Is e cents in stamps for re-
turn postage.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS !
/. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

on January 10. The trials
and triholatiohs OF the rural north :
west will be Johnson's theme. He 10
being dsluKeds with invitations to
speak throughout the Atlantic SEA-
board. Another tentative New York
engagement Is on his books. Mime
sofas roaring cataract imposes only
one cofdition-he won't wear a dress
suit. - 'ts
Sinclair LOWS, glorihsr OF Main
Street. and creator Of "Babbitt," 10
at work on his newest novel In Lon
don. It will be tho tirst he has
ever published In advance as q serial.
Lewis recently took a house In Chel-
sea-. London's classic literary haunt.
but is writing his book In the down
leased musty old "chambers" in the
Middle Temple. between Victoria EN-
bankment and the Strand. where
Britain's most celebrated barristers
and some Of her men Of letters main :
tain ofhces or "diggings" that still
smack OF the medieval past. Lewis
pounds out hts masterpieces on q time
schedule, allotting himself SO many
hours a day from which he lets moth
ing distract him. That's why he isn't
working at home.
", y ~
Cyrus e. Woods, American am
bassador to Toxic. will sail for Japan
from San Francisco on January 10.
Though not entirely recovered from
the illness that afl!cted him at Phila-
Ldelphia in December. he felt he should
return to his post without further
dolay. Mrs. Woods and her mother
Mrs. Marchand, VINO WAS injured in
the Japnnese earthquake, will accom-
pany the ambassador across the Pa
cific. He will proceed to Manila
shortly after reaching the east, os-
tenstbly 70 pay a friendly call upon
Gen. Wood. Actually. without doubt
Mr.. Woods will be the beArer~of con
fidential advices from Washington on
recent developments in the Philip.
pines. The new year IL destined 70
witness q reorudesoence OF Japanese
American diplomatic liveliness IN con-
nection with Nippon's dislike Of the
Supreme Courts decision on the Cali
fornia land laws. ~"
This is the season when somebody
or other Is always claiming to have
been the original" Coolidge or the
Original McAdoo or the Original
La Toilette man. Vallejo, Calf,
claims the man who Originally" re-
elected Woodrow Wilson President ir
1916. He was the Democratic post
master. He contended that he was
personally. individually and solely re
sponsible for the fact that the S.1I3
ma jority by whoh Wilson beat
Hughes in California consisted OF
s,173 republicans whom he had in
due ed TO vote the democratic ticket
The postmaster submitted statistical
evidence. with names, to establish his
claim. One of the democrats who
were impressed by 1t was Postmas ste
General Burleson. who proposed to
disnies the Vallejo patriot for some
reason or other. The democratic nA-
tthnal committee interferred and saved
his job.
Evening star., 1924-01-07

Merchants in the wholesale section
OF Cincinnati are compelled to move
their goods because OF the rise in the
Ohio river. That stream has asserted
itself in this manner many times, but
no definite steps have been taken to
meet the recurring situation. Con.
servative business men have apparent
.ly learned to accept it as one Of the
regular incidents of commercial ac-
tivity. So. -.
Evening star., 1924-01-07
Lauds Police Order.
D. c. Residens Glad Night Force I.
To Be Doubled.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Thanks be! tho police force on
duty at night is to be doubled In
this city. With every. day or two
accounts Of assault, robbery, mur-
der, I've walked the streets of the
Capital OF America with much trep-
idation.
For over ten years I lived in q
city Of more than. q million popula-
tion. AT no hour of day or, nirht
did I. fear to tread alone any Sec
tion of the town. Never did I, In
all that period, hear Of single
case of street attack. Some rob-
berries. by thieves sfeakinE in over
garden walls: some murders within
doors, to be sure.
The police force heavily augment
ed at night so that the man on one
beat was In sight Of the man on
the next. and the day sticks re.
placed by rifles. Safe and secure
and content I went my happy way?
Where?-
In 'China--Tientsiu. in the Chinese
city proper. Now here Is STANDARD
for the city Of Washington to strive
to rise to. Come on; don't. lot the
Chinese put. you to the blush.
Oh. about those dreadful bandits ?
To be sure, but they don't, operate
on the F streets and Broadways of
the leading. cities. Inland, in small
frontier towns mostly.
But 50 many OF, them? Well, they
would not have chance In small
groups a. they operate in this coun-
try; twoS and tthrees and foure
would he controlled there, even on
the borderA
And then add together the small
groups Of bandits daily reported as
operating In American cities and. like
an itemized bill Of cents and dimes, ii
makes q fearful total. You may be
surprised to learn that the total OF
American bandits operatinf In small
groups and in a country of a quar-
ter Of the population Is sproba,blytnuch
in excess Of the total of. Chinese
bandits. -
am going back. as soon as cir
cumstances allow, but I should like
to be able to tell my Chinese friends
that America Is making progress In
somo Of the essentials of civilization.
Encourage the good work, Mr.
EdIter-Do your IsxsI best; nsn tr
blues .--s-... ESC1 IA sT1eIpxs Z