Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25

Senator Robert Beecher Howell, Re-
publican Progressive, of Nebraska.
comes naturally by his anxiety to see
Washington more firmly seated on the
water wagon. Howelfs whole career, so
to speak. has been soaked in water. He
came to the Senate in 1923 fresh from
the general managership of the Omaha
Water Board, on which he served with
distinction for many years and to the
substantial benefit of the citizens OF the
Nebraska metropolis. Senator Howell Is
also the creator of the famous Omaha
municipal ice plant, which helps the
city keep cool in Summertime at much
cheaper rates than were available oe-
fore. Howell took to water naturally IN
Omaha because he got his education IN
the United States Navy, having been
graduated at Annapolis in the class OF
1895. Perhaps the engineer-statesman's
zeal for prohibition in Washington IS
partially generated by the memories OF
conditions in his home city in Omaha
two or three years ago, when one OF
the great service mems ORGANIZATIONS
met there under somewhat convlVlal
circumstances.
Rabbi Stephen 8. Wise, the distin-
puished New York divine, VINO spoke
in washington this week on the crisis
in Palestine, revealed a piece OF history
hitherto not generally known. he as
serted that the Balfour declaration es-
tablishing the Jewish National home
land might properly be called tne ! pa
olr-Wilson declaration. President VIII
son DIR. Wise said7~ was fully as re-
sponsible for the manifesto WHEREBY
Great Britain assumed responsibility
for the Zionist ideal as the BRUSH lor-
eion secretary. whose name the dec!ara-
ton bears. Had the United States peen
at war with Turkey, as the BrltlsI
were. DIR. Wise suggests that the oec-
laration would actually have porne I.ie
double name. Wise Is one OF America
master orators. He has the leonlne as
meet of Bryan and the silver toilsue
If Borah. He coined, in his Wasnlng-
to,, address. a new name for the late
TS-e of the United States Gal
win the Frugal"
Gilbert Miller, the young American
theatrical genius, who divides ms tiIne
between London and New 4ork, oiS'
Closed to this observer that diplomacy
has a new branch. Hitherto It's con
fined itself to statecraft, and 10 mill
tary. naval and commercial anairs
During his latest sojourn In EUROPE M,
Miller ran across an "artlStic atCacue.
He carried the credentials OF ArgenCma
and his job appeared to De 10 opSer ov
1.-The trend" of the fine arts in the
Old world. Mr.. Miller, the SON OF the
late Henry Miller, is the fortunate owner
of the North American rights ~
".Iournev's End the bonanza play OF
the decade. Altogether four companies
are now producing it IN the Unlteo
States and Canada. The New YORK ano
Chicago runs, Miller thinks, VIII go on
until the actors drop IN their tracks
Journeys End is now appearihg .,,, II
paris and Berlin. The soul-stlrrlne
drama of life in the British trenches
before st. quentin is netting the young
E,n0lish insurance clerk who wrote II
a tidv $4,000 a week in royalties.
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Senator Henry j. Allen, Republican
of Kansas. has been trying for gooc
n1anv wears. unsuccessfully, to practice
! oirti1 control. He recently discovered
a brand-new method. Allen had darteo
in from the naval subcommittee propa.
ganda hearing to take part IN tall an
debate in the Senate. It was just after
the noon hour. For two mortal hour:
Senator Allen vainly attempted to catch
the presiding officers eye and get the
floor. But he failed to be recognised
THE result was that he missed his lunch
az wrote my wife," said Allen next day
"that at last had done what She:
been wanting me to do for long time.
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ANYBODY who wants to know how
the big radio companies can afforc
to maintain their vast organizations
with high-powered stations and high
grade programs, need only to consult
figures Just issued by the Bureau Of
the Census. It's commercial adver.
Using that does it. In the first sever
months of 1929 there was an increase
Of GAS per cent in broadcast adver.
| Using over the corresponding perioe
of 1928. Last year advertisers spen'
60 o7A 900 ON the radio compared X