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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-14
BY MICHAEL GOLD.

(The conference starts
yelling and QuarelIing
again.
Notwithstanding out his
pistol and rapping on the
table for order)-What
is this, a prize fight, or a
c peace C onf creme e.?
Gentlemen, let's have a
minutes peace, anyway.
This thing can't go on
forever. We've been here
for six months now, and
all We've agreed on is to
disarm one Staten Island
ferryboat. If this con-
tinues Wen be the laugh
ing stock of the world.
France-But how can we
give up anything? Ma
lions never do that.
England-It's against our
tradition.
Italy-Mussolini wouldn't
allow it.
Japan-O, how l need you,
Siberia!
America trapping again. -
Can't we agree on any
thing?
All-No, no.
Italy-Nations never agree.
England-It's against our
glorious traditions.
France-Even if we agreed
we wouldn't stand by our
agreements. Look at
GERMANY. Psi
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finite variety of situations OF
course. the heroine had her perils, too.
graver even than those of the hero,
sometimes. It depended upon the
makeup of the interpreting company.
whether the ''star" was masculine or
feminine.
VIII they come back, these stirring
melodramas of the old stage? Perhaps
they are a bit outdated and can never
be revived in popularity. Some Of the
best Of them will be perennial. suit
able for occasional presentation. But
1T would seem that the talents of the
melodramatist must now be employed
in the making of scenarios for the
movies. There is a wider range of
possibility on the screen. The camera
can do some marvellous things. But
unless the synchronized speaking
movie comes into vogue the theater
public win miss great deal in the
absence Of the voices. Those soul
stirring tones Of emotion! How they
thrilled us in those days agone! The
quavering voice of pathetic old age,
the shrill treble Of innocent youth, the
harsh hissings of wickedness, the mel
lifiuous richness of virtue. Gone, all
gone, from that lively arena of the
thriller,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-21
Traffic Congestion.

Americans slre paying heavily for
the present.day traffic congestion on
city streets and country roads. A
prominent traffic research specialist
estimates that it costs the citizens of
New York $1,000.000 day because
of the delay in the conduct Of business
and those of Chicago at least $500, 900
a day for the same reason. Traffic
congestion is cited as one of the rea-
sons for the higher cost of living.
In one American city, it has been
discovered, it costs as much to de-
liver potatoes from the freight station
to the consumer as it does to trans
port them thousands Of miles by rail.
It costs six cents a minute to keep a
truck of average size on the street
regardless Of whether 1t is running
or not, and a taxicab company has
estimated that If it could save only
two minutes on each trip the saving
would amount to more than 100000
a year.
Traffic congestion is a problem that
concerns every thinking person. With
the tremendous increase in the num-
Der Of automobiles and the inadequacy
of traffic control in many cities, it is
no wonder that costs are rapidly
mounting. The public will continue
to buy automobiles. but cities can
correct and improve their traffic con-
troll equipment.
Money spent for automatic signals.
for policemen and equipment coupled
with an intelligent traffic administra-
ton will return threefold to the
investors in better business and pros
perity. The problem is becoming
more acute each day. American cities
should turn the searchlight Of investi-
CATION upon themselves to see whether
they are doing everything possible to
meet 1t.
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The Th1illers of Yesteryear.

A third, of a century ago devotees
of the theater greatly enjoyed type
Of play that has now passed from the
boards to the movie screen. This was
the thriller" or melodrama, the play
Of swift adventure, of deep, dark plot
ting, Of unrelieved villainy and un.
blemished heroism. There were many
plays of that type, and most Of them
appealed so strongly to the public
taste that their authors and producers
waxed wealthy in purveying them to
the people. One Of the most prolific
of the thriller playwrights was Lin
coin j. Carter, whose 1.-The Fast Mail, -
his first play, was.a great and lasting
success Carter has just died at Co.
shen, Ind, after an illness of year.
Many present-day patrons of the
theater, whether the entertainment Of
fered is of the spoken or the Silent
sort, have had no acquaintance with
this type of drama that Carter and
numerous others presented to the
American public several decades ago.
They have missed something. They
have failed to know the deep thrills
Of the climaxes when all seemed lost
to virtue and when vileness was about
to score Perhaps the hero was
strapped to board just going through
giant buzz saw. or was bound to a
railroad track with a train throbbing
just off stage in close approach, or
was dashed to chair with his mortal
enemy advancing with a red-hot bar
Of iron to rob him Of HIS sight or his
life. Just samples these Of an in,
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A new campaign against this OBJ.
noxious form of literature" has been
started, to contend against the reap
pearance OF these salacious prints.
Section S72 of the District Code
prohibits the distribution Of lewd and
indecent pictures. That 1t has been
repeatedly violated is evident to any
person who has ever looked over the
stocks of some of the stands where
periodicals are displayed for sale. Re-
Gently there has been a remarkable
increase in the production of these
prints. There is evidently market
for them. Some Of them are denied
the use Of the mails on the ground
of their improper character. Others
get by with the plea that they are
published in the interest Of art. All
are offered to feed debased taste in
indecency and somebody is making
heavy profit on this noxious trade.
The great evil Of this matter is that
the prints that are thus promiscuously
offered to the public fall into the hands
of the young, doing them serious in
jury. The vendor does not discrimi-
nate in taking the coins Of buyers.
Everybody's money is good to him,
adult or child. These prints are as
demoralizing in their effects as habit
forming drugs.
Washington should be closed to this
traffic. The renewed efforts of the
District attorney to rid the Capital
of this poison will be followed with
keen interest and if they are success
full they will win for all engaged in
the work a heartfelt vote of thanks
from the community.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

shaped into the rudder post below
the bend Of the poop. The rudder
post passed through the poop to the
lower deck. The tiller had at its rear
a rectangular mortise through which
the rudder post projected.
@. Is there a difference between
blueberries and huckleberries?-M.
e. w.
A. There is 8 botanical difference be-
tween blueberries and huckleberTies.
The burberry Is a Gofter and richer
berry and ordinarily grows on smaller
bushes. The burberry Is blue, and
the huckleberry Is blue-black and has
larger seeds.
Q. When was Natchitoches found
ed?-C. G. H.
A. The Louisiana Historical Society
says that Martin, Gayarre and For
tier all place the founding Of Natchi-
toches as having taken place in 1714
by ST. Denis, under the command OF
Cadillac. A fort was built three years
later. This refers to the town. The
parish was presumably part Of the
wanderings of De Soto in 1912. The
first mention Of grants in Natchi-
toches seems to have been In 171S to
the Brossart brothers, whose settle
ment fiourished."
O. Has the head Of Tut-ankhAmen
been uncovered?-P. T. D.
A. Photographs of the head the
wrappings Of which have bean re-
moved, are appearing in current Eng
lish magazines.
O. What kind Of rubber rings are
hast 10 use in canning?-H. T. T.
A. In buying rings for canning
sirnDle test to determine whether or
not. they are made Of a rubber that
win withstand the temperature OF
processing is to double the rings to-
eether and press the fold with the
finger. If the rubber is Of good quail
ity, it will net crack under this treat
ment.
@. Who is the ruler of Liechten~
stein?-L. G.
A. The principality Of Liechten-
stein is sovereign state, the reign
ing prince of which Is John IL: The
posts and telegraph are administered
by Switzerland.
Frederic J. HGsEin Is employed by
this paper to handle the inquiries OF
our readers, and you are tnUtted 10
call upOn him as freely and as oIten
as aou pledse. Ask anything that IS
a matter of fact and the authority
4CilI be quoted you. There Is no charge
for this service. Ask 1ChGt you qCGnt,
sian Your name and address, and tn
close cents in stamps for return
Dost10e. Address The EUentng Star
Information Bureau, Frederic J. Has
Kin, Director, Washington. d. @.
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THE FRENCH FRANC
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS

In the great discussion which is
now going on in France over the
question of a financial liquidation, the
real issue has changed materially
from the earlier phases. The diff
Guilty is no longer one of taxation,
for il is quite clear to all informed
observers, French and foreign alike,
that there is no real chance OF 1mpos-
ing larger tax burdens. This IS due
not to the obvious reluctance OF the
French people to bear the burden, but
to the simple economic fact that tax
alton has reached, if it has not passed.
fine point of maximum yield and that
new taxes would diminish, not In
crease, revenue.
What France is wrestling with Is
the issue of sterilization, which means
in practice writing of f1ve-siXthS Oh
the value of most investments. III
the present franc were valued at the
current market-that is, at something
like two and a half cents-this would
represent a shrinkage from 1913
cents. Thus the franc would assure
a fixed value of between a seventh
and an eighth of the pre-war figure.
OF course, the same result would come
if a new franc were adopted, as the
renten mark was adopted in Ger
many.
\ y r X
This sterilization would have for. its
first result the wiping out Of between
so and 80 per cent of the actual value
of the vast mass of government Sc
curities which exist and represent the
war and victory loans. These have
been absorbed by the French people
at various values, beginning when the
franc was at par in 1914. 1t would
also operate similarly for the $4,000
600 600 of government securities which
represented the prewar debt of
France.
OF course, this step would not &C
tually take anything from the present
market value of the franc, but what
it would do would be to abolish all
possibility Of any later return of the
franc to par or to some relatively high
level. When one considers that the
French people have in huge numbers
invested their savings in French gov
eminent securities, it is possible to ap-
preciate the extent of the blow which
will fall with sterilization.
The whole middle class, too-the
people with small but fixed incomes
derived from their investments in
government and other securities-will
suffer also. If the Germans expert
ence is any criterion, they will be
brought to the point of starvation,
because their income which was once
sufficient, measured in values of the
pre-war franc, will sink to insignifi-
canoe when sterilization operates to
raise all the prices in France.
4 n X X
Once sterilization comes, of course,
the first effect viii be an enormous
rise in prices. Today. while the
French franc is worth but one-eighth
Of it's pre-war value abroad, at home
it's purchasing power is very much
higher. Outside of Paris and one or
two other regions in France the cost
of living, measured in American or
British money, is almost absurdly
low. Thus, the mass of French peo-
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@. How much does ice cream
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that the weight of unit volume or
ice cream depends upon the charac-
ter of the ingredients and the pro-
portion of air incorporated in the
product. Fruit and nut ice cream.
also chocolate ice cream, Will run
heavier than vanilla ice cream. DIFF
ferent ice creams may range from
four and one-half pounds to five and
three-fourths pounds per gallon.
@. Are there any snakes in Scot
land?-L. r. G.
A. Like ireland, Scotland is singu-
larly free from snakes, while only two
species are known in England.
Q. How did soccer get its name?-
C. T. B.
A. Soccer is a variant Of socker,
which is derived from assoc, the alb
breviation of association, the game
played under association rules.
@. How hot is Italy in the Summer.
time?-A. G. z.
A. The mean Summer temperature
at no station in Italy exceeds 800 F.,
while nowhere except in the elevated
valleys Of Piedmont Is the mean Sum-
mer temperature lower than 70'.
O. How is snuff made?-A. C. T.
A. The manufacture of snuff is the
most complex, tedious and difficult un-
dertaking Of the tobacco manufacture
but It is now Of but little importance.
The tobacco best suited for snuff
making is the thick, fleshy leaf of a
dark color, but scraps and waste
pieces resulting from the preparation
of smoking mixtures and cigars and
the midribs Of leaves are largely used.
The material is moistened with a so
luton Of common salt and placed in
very large heaps to ferment for some
weeks. Various flavoring materials.
such as licorice, tonka beans dip.
teryx odorata) and other ingredients
are added, the natures of which are
often trade secrets. The mass Is
dried, ground and allowed to ferment
again, the process being repeated if
necessary. The peculiar properties of
snuff are dependent on the presence
of free nicotine, free ammonia and
the aromatic principles developed dur
Ing fermentation.
@. In what manner was the rudder
of Spanish galleon suspended
N. H.
A. Paul E. CARRIER Of the Smith
sonian Institution says that the rud-
der swung on pintles fastened to the
| rudder by iron straps, but free to
| turn in the bend Of similar straps on
| the hull. The rudder straps were
above the hull straps and the pintles
| were recessed into the rudder. flush
with the hinged edge. The rudder ex-
| tended above the water line and was
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nomination and reelection would be
pretty well assured. But ldr. Ware
will face terrific contest in all prob
ability. Should the Democrats win
control of the Senate in the Fall,
Wares seating would be nothing short
Of a miracle. Even if the Republicans
continue in control of the Senate, the
chances are decidedly against Mr.
Ware.
The Democrats are capitalizing as
strongly as they can the charges of
corruption In the Republican Pennsyl-
vania primaries. They hope to make
the issue effective in the elections in
November. Their eyes are turned
hopefully now to the senatorial inves-
tigation of the Illinois Republican pri-
mary, which is soon to get under way.
y X \ X
Mr.. Ware, If he be unseated by the
Senate, may go back to Pennsylvania
and attempt to come back again,
either through appointment by the
governor or by reelection, or by both.
The late William A. Clark of Mon
tana, millionaire mine operator, a
Democrat, was charged with having
brfbed and bought his way into the
Senate in 1898, when the State legis-
latures elected United States Sen.
ators. A Senate committee which in
vestigated the charges held that
Clark's election was null and void.
But he resigned his seat before he
was thrown out, went back to Mon
tana and was again elected, and this
time seated. 1t was shown that Clark
had expended $4,000 in his cam
paign for election. This amount pales
into insignificance when it is con-
trasted with the expenditures IN the
PennsylYapls primaries this year.
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Midsummer Heat in Paris.

There is no occasion for anxiety
on the score of the outbreak of tenn
permanent yesterday in Paris when a
crowd of French people made an at
tack upon a group Of Americans. The
incident, to be sure, is an indication
of feeling of animosity on the part
Of the French toward this country
growing out Of the terms proposed
for the liquidation Of the French debt
to the United States. 1t is unpleas-
ant to find them excited to the point
of open hostilities upon representa-
tives of this country touring France.
But, after all, account must be taken
of the immediate condition in France.
The franc is falling in terms OF in
ternational exchange. 1t is so low
that the national finances are in a
deplorably shaky condition. Business
is distressed. A feeling verging on
panic prevails in commercial and
financial circles. Naturally, the people
generally are in a highly nervous
state. They have been told by poll
ticians that the immediate cause Of
the financial distress is the failure
Of the United States to deal gener-
ously with France in the matter Of
the war debt, by generously mean
ing the failure of this Government to
cancel the debt.
There have probably been some
provocations on the part of touring
Americans. Unfortunately, some Of
our people who go to foreign coun-
tries fail to restrain their own emo
tions and prejudices and are prone to
express criticism. They do not do
as the Romans do" when they are in
Rome, or elsewhere. 1t is reported
in this case that much agitation yes
terday in Paris was due to the con-
duct of a group of youths from a
New England State, who stationed
themselves at a street corner and in
suited passers-by and tripped them
from their footing. 1t is not improb-
able. The American play spirit is
often rough. And there may have
been some provocation for the attack
upon the omnibus, in verbal ex-
changes instituted by some of the
passengers.
The fact that millions Of American
dollars are pouring into France and
other countries in Europe from the
pockets of American travellers gives
the latter no privileges. The French
have not particularly invited them.
They are going over there because
they wish to do SO, for their own
pleasure and profit. They are sgoing
at a particularly difficult time and
they should comport themselves with
the most circumspect regard for the
sensitiveness of highly temperar
mental people, who are just at pres
ent feeling especially critical of and
even hostile toward Americans.
This incident will pass, probably
without any unfavorable results. It
should be a warning, however, of the
extreme delicacy of the relations be-
tween the two nations. There is
every reason for them to be warm
and sincere friends, and the hope of
all Americans is that the present
breach of manners will soon be fol-
lowed by manifestations on both sides
Of cordial regard and confidence.
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Printed Poison.

Promises given several months ago
by dealers in periodicals in this city
to keep off the distribution stands in
Washington the Objectionable maya
zines that, under the specious title
Of art present pernicious matter
for the pubic consumption have ap-
parently not hsen kept in good faith.
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication If all news dis
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights Of publication
of special dispatches herein are also reserved
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The Weather Bureau plods along
with remarkably reliable predictions,
but fails 70 reveal the personal charm
that was once lent to it by Willis
Moore.
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A fish caught by President of the
United States is worthy Of place
in any collection. Gov. Smith has
made a suitable disposition OF his
gift in presenting it to a museum.
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Apparently there is so much illicit
liquor in circulation that the bootleg
vote commands consideration among
practical politicians.
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limitations that Charles Evans
Hughes has ideas of running for the
presidency again command credence.
a man must do something with his
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-21

The North Pole reveals no practical
benefits for humanity aside from its
permanent intellectual stimulus as a
subject for argument.
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An Urgent Need.

From the Springfield Daily News
What the country really needs Is
balloon tires for automatic yiYeterss :
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Ordinary agriculture fails to win
Harry Thaw from "reminiscences of
the old roof gardening days.
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Jud Tunkins says a. radio announcer
is important to a program in the
same way that a drum major used
to be to a brass band.
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HahiIiynent.

When Baby goes to bed she wears
A little garment cute,
Which is more clothing, nurse de-
clares,
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The Evening Star, with the Sunday morn
irg edition. is delivered by carriers within
the city at so cents per month; daily only.
45 cents per month; Sunday only. 20 cents
per month. Orders may be sent by mail or
telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by
carrier at the end of each month.
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"A friend said Uncle Eben. is
man who remembers you even when
be don't need You in bis business !.
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Fast WORK.

These modern methods we deplore
And often we repine.
You scarcely get a job before
You're called on to resign.
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Prompt Action.

What do you do when you catch
q bootlegger in Crimson Gulch?"
I'VE arrest him." answered Cactus
Joe, thereby preventin' him from
carryin' his supplies along to any
other settlement"
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Refuge i'm the UnknowabIe.
What do you intend to talk about
in your next speech?"
''The Einstein theory
Can you explain it?'
II can come as near explaining it
as anybody have listened to. And
it has the advantage Of not making
you enemies. no matter what you
say"
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

The Road.
We're speeding along with Father
Time.
He sits at the steering wheel.
Steep is the grade we may have to
climb. =
What will the height reveal?
There's always a hope to bring us
cheer.
In spite Of the present Ill,
And we wait to see what we're draw
ing near
On the road, just over the hill.
The pace is fast. but the hours are
slow
And the day grows weary and warm:
But there's always a change ahead,
we know,
For beauty--or maybe storm.
So we journey along with a jocund
smile
And we never feebly swerve.
We're sure there is something well
worth while
Just waiting around the curve.
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THEODORE w. MOVES. :. Editor
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

BUSINESS OncO.
18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave,
New York ONCE: ITO East 42nd st.
Chicago Office: Tower Building.
European Office: IA Regent St., London.
England.
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Than Mothers bathing suit.
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wAsHIN TON, D. c.
WEDNESDAY. -. July 81, 1926