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Evening star., 1924-02-16
Disagrees With Writer.
Correspondent Declares Letter on
Treaty Misinformed.

| To the Editor of The Star:
| A writer in The Star on Sunday,
February 10, speaking of the Mica
4 raguan canal route, remarks:
"A treaty between this country and
/ Nicaragua gave sole rights in the
proposed canal to the United States
as far as Nicaragua was concerned.
| but as part of its contemplated route
would have touched Costa Rica, that
| country for many years objected to
Nicaragua trying to dispose of
waterway held in joint use without
Costa Rica's permission. The Central
American court of arbitration re-
| fused to consider the dispute, because
| the treaty already was in effect"
| j assume that the gentleman refers
to the Bryan -Chamorro treaty of
1916, refers to the international boun-
dary river. along which the route was
projected, ard refers to the Central
American court of justice. These are
! the only things to which he could
refer; and yet his facts about them
/ are subject to correction. 1t is not
] true that the court refused to con-
slider the dispute because the treaty
| already was in effect The court
/ did decline to assume absolute 1uris-
diction because the United States was
a party to the treaty and not a party
to the court. CIV. X. Shepherd, His
panic Nations of the New World"
p. 219) But it did express it's
opinion against the propriety and
tators on the subject have criti-
cized the United States and the
American made government of Mica
ragua for thus damaging the pres
| tige of that body. which might have
been so useful toward pacific Cen
| tral America ana toward a useful in
ternational organization. Thomas
! cone Hundred Years Of the Monroe
Doctrine p. 295) charges Mica
! ragua with defying the court. ia
! ibbean, Clark University Addresses"
PIP. 307-30S) says that the Nicaraguan
government was set up and directed
! by the United States. Graham III.
| Stuart f'Latin America and the United
States, D. 276) says that the Bryan
Chamorro treaty Indirectly caused
| the downfall of the Central American
court Latane ("rnited States and
/ Latin America" p. 2S7) declares that
the court "received its coup de grace
from the United States" John Bas-
sett Moore tPrinciples of American
Diplomacy" PIP. 401-4O2) states that
the court rendered judgment against
Nicaragua, which Nicara qua declined
| to accept.
, Whether the United States is to be
| blamed for the actions of Nicaragua
or blamed for inspiring Nicaragua, it
is interesting at least to notice that
! this government did not press the
acceptance of the judgment on Mica
ragua as strenuously as Mr. Hughes
! pressed the acceptance of the Lou
Eert-W hlte award in the Costa Rica-
iahama Iraras over the Coto terri
! tory upon the Isthmian republic /
90 not criticize your contributor who
probably was misled by the mass of
nlSlnformation in existence concern
ing our Latin American relations. |
| DO not criticize the policy of our
country. | merely am Interested in
seeing that so far as possible Your
readers and the American people as a
Whoie become somewhat correctly
and more fully advised concerning
those foreign relations which ALWAYS
concern the nation.
ELBRIDGE COLBY.
Evening star., 1924-02-16
The Surtax Is the Thing,

The storm center in the considera.
ton by the House of the tax-reduction
bill is the amount of the surtax to be
levied, and it is, storm of proportions.
Developments yesterday show that the
vote is to he close. the democrats and
| the administration republicans each
claiming to have the edge" on the
situation. with the insurgent republ-
cans probably holding the balance of
power which will decide the rate.
With a gesture of compromise. the
republicans have abandoned their in.
sistence upon the % per cent surtaX
carried in the Mellon bill and hoisted
the rate to So per cent. This PROPOSE.
ton is rejected by the democrats. who
want at least A per cent, and so per
cent if they can get it. The democrats
have the whip hand in their caucus
rule binding the entire democratic
membership. save one who was ex-
cused, to support of the Garner bill,
giving them a solid block of zoo votes.
with the radical republicans to draw
upon.
The republicans have 20S votes for
the 80 per cent rate, which is eight
short of majority Of the total mem
bership. There will be some jockey
ing for position in the order in which
amendments are to be voted upon and
tactical advantage is at stake. Demo
cratic leaders are confident that the
higher rate will be sustained. while
the republicans are hopeful that their
contention will prevail.
1t is a close contest and the out
come is important to the country,
spelling the difference between a bill
based on sound economic lines and
one based on theory, with politics the
controlling factor.
Evening star., 1924-02-16
SHOOTING STARS.
sY PIIILaNDER JOHNSON.

iiad News for the Doctor.
Since DIR. Coue left our town
A little while ago.
We're getting wusser and wusser
every day.
Although the news may bring a frown
It's right to let him know
We're getting wusser and wusser
every day.
We used to sit and ruminate
Without a thought unkind.
And seek the law to demonstrate
OF matter ruled by mind.
! But grafters breaking loose of late
Indignantly We find.
We're getting wusser and wusser
every day.
And that is why we now declare,
Like Topsy in the show,
We're getting wusser and wusser
every day.
Just naturally grow
We're getting wusser and wusser
every day.
The lid of Teapot Dome blew off
And hit the starry skies.
At peace plans statesmen frankly
Scoff
And f1out the generous prize.
Oh, Doc. to you our hats we doff.
We know. you're good and wise,
But we're getting wusser and
wusser every day.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

nation They must at all hazards be
protected from demoralizing motion
pictures. which today are the scourge
of the world.
There is one feature I hope Will be
added 10 this list of evils needing
censor, namely, those films either de-
picting cruelty to animals outright,
as in trapping scenes, or which III
the making. though less apparent
afterward. have caused fear. suffer
ing and even death to the subjects.
AS sunday school teacher and work
er in humane education and animal
welfare I know that these are as IN
furious in their way as smutty sex
scenes. murders. robheries, etc. in
fact might very easily be respon-
sib!e fOr such. Children allowed 20
absorb such scenes. hard of hand and
heart toward helpless creatures, with
little or no education in sympathetic
observation and treatment of the
Creators beautiful works IN animal
and plant life. are not likely TO pc
come the men and women consld-
crate OF the oppressed of human KIND.
Naturally great imitators. All 70"
many boys and girls practice the
wild west roping and shooting Oh
nlaynlates and pets. often with fatal
results Crime. oppression and even
bloodshed of fellow men that may
blot later life prove to be only tht
next sten to continual cruelty to the
lower creation.
We welcome the motion picture
conference to our city. We hope
that among the splendid assemblaG.,@, =,
of clergyTen and up!ift workers VIII
he those to stand up for the DUNN
beast as well as the human victims
of the evils discussed: 50 that thn
clean-up planned may he thorough,
one. The reform is one OF most vital
importance to us all. for the ChriS
tian citizenship of our great land. for
VINO but today's youth will make our
laws Of the morrow. and whose dutS
is il to prepare them for that citizen
ship but their parents reiSlouS anu
educational instructors?
VIRGINIA w. SARGENT.
Evening star., 1924-02-16
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

1t is undeniable that statesmen and
lesser mortals in Washington are
watching their step" these days.
! Nervous anxiety. bearing cousinly
resemblance to cold feet, is in the air.
Nobody is quite sure where the light
ming will strike next or what or
whom. On Capitol Hill there is a re-
lfreshing taciturnity. 1t will pass and
Washington soon again will lapse
back into loquacious normalcy. Mean
time oil has Enthusiastically calmed the
waters of loose talk. Where there is
mot uncommunicativenes there is an
uncommon preciseness of statement.
The "they-say'' fraternity is in re-
treat. If it remains scared Teapot
Dome will not have boiled over alto
gether in vain.
Amy number Of United States sena-
tors will be up for reelection this
year. Some of them who voted
iagainst the Denby custer are woII =
ing IL their action will come home to
iroost in November, as -Newberry
votes did in 1922, in the case of sew
eral prominent republicans who now
write Eek" before their names. There
are two or three quaint points of per-
sonal resemblance in the cases of
Secretary Denby and former Senator
lNcwberry. They are both Detroiters.
Newberry was Secretary of the Navy
Gin the closing months of the ROose-
,velt administrator and DENLY occu-
pies that portfolio now. Both New
berry and DENLY are Spanish -Ameri-
can war veterans. They served on the
same warship. Newberry was Denby's
superior oticer--a junior grade lieu
tenant aboard L. s. =. Yosemite. on
which DENLY served as eunner's
mate. Newberry rccounts their eX-
periences in q book called The Log
lof the Yosemite"
Dr. Hjalmar Schacht. president of
the German ReichSDauk, who is now
In daily contact with Gen. Daw wes
and the other Anne rican reparation
commissioners at Berlin. has an
American background. For many
years Schachts father was the proc
urator' or general agent of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
the United States at BE rlin. AS "A
young man, the present RciChSDank
head was employed in the Equita BILE
offices in Germany and co-operated
with his father in the construction of
the companys fine office building on
the eF'riedrichstrasSe at the end OF the
nineteenth century 1t was Berlin's
first shyscraper-siN stories high.
* . :; j:
When the Senate WAS ii, batting the
Robinson resolution calling for Sec
, rotary Denby's retirement. Il cele-
brated republican irreconciIabIe set
! the cloakrooms into pals of merri-
ment by an ironic qn:p about the
junior senator from Alabama. Why.
Coolidge" he said. lis entitled to tell
us To go to the other place. just as we
Evening star., 1924-02-16
Hliterate Shoemaker
Rose to Be Physician

To the Editor Of The Star:
Some forty or more years ago, in q
small shop near the Capitol, an in
dustrious young Italian pegged away
from early morn till late at night
mending shoes and faShioning, en-
tirely by hand, the original product;
and. because of his uncommon ability
in the latter particular, enjoyed the
patronage of several congressman
fastidious in the matter of well fit
ting and comfortable shoes.
One of the congressmen-an altru-
istic soul-taking a particular inter-
est in the shoemaker, inspired, no
doubt. by his industry and apparent
ambition. undertook to have him
study for the profession of medicine,
contributing to this end several books
on the subject. though how he di-
vined the illiterate cobbler had in
him the makings of a doctor is
matter known only to himself. How
ever, the cobbler was a man of more
than ordinary determination and re-
solved that he would reach the goal
thus arbitrarily set for him, how
ever remote and distant it seemed.
Accordingly, under the patient tu-
.elage of his congressman friend, he
first mastered the simple principles
of reading and writing and then at
tended school to pursue other subjects
Wn1Cn WOulQ De necessary 10 HlHl pre-
liminary to the study of medicine.
After more than eighteen years OF
ceaseless study. always carried on in
the wee small hours of night, for he
did not close his shop till late, he was
finally rewarded with the degree of
doctor of medicine. Nothing was
dearer to the heart of the man than
this degree, for which he had worked
so long to obtain; and surely he was
most deserving of it,
The doctor began to practice here
and prescribe for number of friends
he had formerly served in the ca
pacity of shoemaker: he was elected
physician of several Italian lodges
here and altogether enjoyed an ex-
tensive practice, particularly among
his fellow countrymen.
But today the doctor is dead. The
years of hard work and study under
the most trying circumstances took
their toll from what was once a pow
erful body and left him with little to
fight off a most persistent enemy. But
the memory Of him shall long linger
in the minds of those who knew him; /;
him who rose from a humble shoe
maker to respected physician. His
name-Frank A. Mazzei
JOS. FitATANTUONO.
Evening star., 1924-02-16
Enforcement and Stray Shots.

The shooting of Senator Greene on
Pennsylvania avenue last night was
a most lamentable accident which has
IA particular meaning. The fact that
the victim of a stray shot of an en-
forcement officer firing at fleeing boot
leggers chanced to be a member of the
United States Senate gives the case
perhaps greater significance than if
he had held a less prominent station
in life. But the fact remains that
the pursuit of prohibition violators
through the. streets Of the city in
open warfare is a grave public danger.
Yet the question arises whether be-
cause of this sad happening, whatever
the result of the wound suffered by
Senator Greene, there should be any
slackening in the, pursuit of law
breakers or any change of method.
Perhaps the enforcement officers in
this case were too 'quick on the trig-
ger" Possibly they showed poor judg-
Ment IN firing after the fleeing viola.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

should extend to him the same kind
of an invitation If he'd ask the SEN
ate to unseat Tom Helm"
X X 4 u
Harry S. New of Indiana. Postmas-
ter General, seems to have the knack
of remaining the confidant of Presi-
dents. No one in Washington was
closer to Harding than the Hoosier
republican, and now he ranks as one
of the powers behind the Coolidge
throne. Politicians were quick to
note that no other member of the
cabinet was invited by the President
to accompany him to New York for
the Lincoln day speech at the Ma
tional Republican Club. The friend
ship between the Coolidges and the
News dates back to Senate days, when
the President was employed on Cap
itol Hill. What New doesn't know
about politics isn't worth the trou-
Bile to learn. These are the times in
which Calvin Coolidge has use for
hardhoadedness of the New brand.
Talking of political knowledge,
Boies Penrose was once told by a
sycophantic admirer: Senator, I
guess all that "a well
known Pennsylvania G. o. p. leader)
knows. you taught him. Penrose
soliioquiZed moment, then said: II
may have taught him all he knows.
but l didn't teach him all / know"
:: = * *
Eminent New Englanders in Wash
ington, goodly company. are quietly
amused over the project of Henry
Ford to re-.stablish Longfellow's )
Wayside Inn at Sudbury, Mass. and
turn IL into Il shrine Of "compara-
tive American history" Quite evil
IDENTIFY, they say. Uncle Henry no
longer thinks history is bunk" The
| Cabots and the Lowells are said to
be conServatively chagrined over the
spectacle of a mere middle westerner
! invading the Pilgrim country for the
purpose of revivinE it's languished in
tereSt in American history. Ford was
born in Michigan and had no known
forebears aboard the Mayflower.
= i = ::
Senator Copeland is not th. only
NJ. ID. VIII" basks in the sunshine of
IL democratic presidential boom. DR..
William j. Mayo, world-famed sur
geon OF Rochester Mimi. is the lat
est medical favorite son. Mime
sofa isn't exactly the camping ground
of the democratic party. which has
practically been blotted out in the
state by the farmerlabor upheaVal.
Eut DR. Mayo's friends appear to
, think his candidacy could easily he
galvanized into a nation-w wide move
mcnt because of the enormous
. s-@quaintance his operative practice
has given him and MS brother. DIR.
William Mayo is approaching the age
OF siXty-three, being four years the
senior Of his brother. He has never
held political Office. Medical and sur
gical societies throughout the world
have showered the MayOs with hon
ors. In 1915 they established So
000, 900 foundation for medical edu-
cation and research at Rochester.
Copyricht. 1924
Evening star., 1924-02-16
Electricity and Parks.

Among the bills of local Importance
lately reported favorably by the Sen.
ate District committee are those pro.
viding for the development of hydro.
electric power from the Potomac, for
declaring Lincoln's birthday a legal
holiday. for adding parts of Klingle
and Piney Branch valleys to Rock
Creek Park and for purchase of part
of the Patterson tract.
The Potomac power bill has behind
it the surveys and plans of eminent
engineers, who have measured the fall
and flow of the Potomac and COM
puted the amount Of energy that may
be developed. Different estimates
Evening star., 1924-02-16
Candl1i Out of Jail Less Perilous
Than lncarcerated, Say Editors

tsr-sting living man. and the world
will be watching him"
The Cleveland Plain Dealer also is
convinced that "if he is insane, then
millions of Hindus who have Joined
with him in casting off machine made e
Gotten. gone hungry rather than to
.eat bread made of British milled -four.
and walking hundreds Of miles rather
than to employ modern methods of
transportation are insane, too
Til" fact that the anti British ele-
ments in England can expect no en-
couragement from the Macdonald
ministry" has much to do with the
decline OF the Gandhi influence. the
Butte Miner insists. while the Pitts
burgh Sun argues his release will
counteract the plans of the agitators
and assist in maintaining order dur
ing the present critical period in In
dia. Those who admire the man. ac-
Cording to the Detroit Free Press,
ARE unwilling to entertain the Sug-
CeStion that the nationalist idol. hav-
ing taken his medicine. will eclipse
himself. On the contrary, they look
forward 70 new explosion of nation
aliSm. all the more to he reck oned
with for the simple Reason that here
after the popular fanaticism. kept
ablaZe by a national hero. freshly
made martyr. will have the Swaraj
Legislators, close to the doors of the
vice regal palace, at its service
This view meets opposition from
the Newark News, which feels the
liberating movements now taking
pla"e are probably signs that Britain
is getting back her customary conf
dence. The elements in that country
that stand for law and order under
the monarchy at home and the main
tcnance of the empire abroad are be-
ginning to feel at ease in their sad
dies again. British rule is in the
saddle again, and the 'disintegration
of the empire that so many people
predicted would follow the war has
probably been postponed for another
hundred years"
Evening star., 1924-02-16

| Q. To what tribe did Pocahontas
| belong?-E. c.
A. Pocahontas belonged to the
Wahun-Sona-Cook tribe, OF which
her father was chief. She warned
the English of the attacks of the
Indians and furnished food to the
| famishing colonists. but it is the
rescue story of Capt. John Smith for
| which she is chiefly remembered
Q. Which nations have the largest
army and navy?--S. b.
A. Russia has the largest stand
| ing army, numbering 100000 mon.
Her reserves, including militia
| amount to 100000. Great Britain
| has the largest navy in the world
| 2,412,146.
Q. What is lanista?-J. II.
| A. This was a term applied to the
! trainer of Roman gladiators; also to
| fencing master.
@. Who invented the rule Of
eleven" used in auction?-M. r. ".
A. This rule was invented by r. r
Foster in the days when whist was
| in vogue. 1T is. of course, equally
! applicable to auction.
Q. Has a British ambassador been
| handed his passport in this country
|
| A. Sir Lionel SackvilIe- West was
handed his passports in 1883. At
| that time Britain's representative
was minister, not an ambassador
| The minister wrote home that
| Cleveland's reelection would be ad-
vantageous to England, whereupon
President Cleveland felt it necessary
to hand Sir Lionel his passports.
| q. In what part of an oyster is
| pearl found &C. =.
a. BY far the greater number Of
round pearls are found in the thick.
| 1eshy portion of the mantle near the
! inhalent or eXhalent orifice. and gen
orally near the mantle edge.
Q. What do the names Baraca and
| Phlathea mean?-J. +. IT.
A. These are the names of two
! interna tional Bible classes. Baraca
means blessing and Philathea lover
| of truth. There are 5000 of these
| classes in Protestant churches. which
! include thirtY-two denominations.
and the membership exceeds 100000.
| Q. What would be the procedure
| cabinet official?-L. V. f.
a. An impeachment proceeding
may be set in motion in the House
by charges made on the floor on The
responsibility of a member or dele
| gate; by charges preferred by a me-
| MORTAL. which usually is referred TO Il
! committee for examination; by
message from the President; by
| charges transmitted from the legis
| lature of state or from grand
! jury. or from facts developed and
| reported by an Investigating COM
mittee Of the House. After the i'm
! pcachment has been voted by the
| House the trial of the case is before
| the Senate.
a1. Ia
K. r. u" f. were ''' N- ''''
| fused by the translation of Molier"'S
| well known play, Les Femmes Sa
vantes" noted for its lively raillery
| at abiding social foibles.
| Q. How much does tho Washington
| Monument weigh?-P. K.
A. The total weight is s1,12o tons.
! Q. What are Zeta rays?-G. II. {.
A. Prof. w. D. Harkins of the
University of Chicago, through an
analysis Of II 900 photographs Of
/ atomic collisions discovered new ray
| which he named "Zeta rays" which
partial disintegration of atoms in col
| iision with Alpha particles, the nuclei
| of helium atoms.
(If you hare question Non tcnnt
ons7reTeH send IL to The Star IntOT-
nation Bureau. Frederic J. HGSki2,
| director 1920 North Capitol street.
Inclose , cents in stamps for return
! p1st1ge.)
Evening star., 1924-02-16

The students Of relativity have
never gotten far enough along to fig
ure out just what the present rela-
tionship is between the price of a
bushel of wheat and the cost Of a loaf
of bread.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

United States Treasury accounts
provide for conscience fund. which
is not getting anything like what is
rightfully due.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

Women make better jurors than
men, particularly where they sit in
Judgment on women, because they
understand their own sex. Men will
not convict women where there is
the slightest excuse for letting them
MRS. CLARENCE NJ. SMITH.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

Uncle Sam is expected to go to the
assistance of Europe just as soon as
own economic affairs thoroughly ad-
justed.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

There is no more unhappy tendency
in our American life than that to
persecute those individuals and those
doctrines with which we ourselves do
not happen to agree.
DIR. N. MURRAY BUTLER.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

The old political organizations
threaten to split into enough sections
for the makings of several new par
ties.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

A survey of the present situation
should cause Henry Ford to congratu-
late himself on his early decision to
keep out of the campaign.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

Statesmen are so hardworked them
selves at presen. that they do not
care whose vacation they may happen
to spoil.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

The soldier bonus is not the only
proposition before Congress that had
to give precedence to other business.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

\ theatrical performance designed
TO shock the public has a hard time
competing with Senate investigating z
committee.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

It will continue to be my object
to support by every means IN my
power the steady growth in influence
KING GEORGE.
Evening star., 1924-02-16

While the investigation goes on the
oil continues to flow. An oil well has
no conscience.
Evening star., 1924-02-16
In a Few Words.

The modern spirit has descended to
the indescribable mental degradation
of trying to abolish the abuse or
things by abolishing the things them
selves. -
Evening star., 1924-02-16
&C. X. CHESTERTON.

AS nation the English are in
diyidualists, they are not Coop
Il. F. EASTERBROOK.
Evening star., 1924-02-16
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