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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
American Press Brushes Aside
Alarmists i'm I'm Alone Affair

Hoover enforcement plan, exelaims the
Chattanooga News, an ardent prohibi-
ton advocate, which Is not so much
interested in other phases as In the fact
that "as result of the first real test
of the Hoover administrations deterni-
nation to enforce prohibition against
smugglers British rum-runner rests
on the bottom Of the sea-" The Grand
Rapids Press remarks that "'Stop' In
territorial waters means just that, and
Great Britain would hardly be found
claiming that nation has no right TO
enforce an order to halt in its own
territory"
THAT the schooner was sunk In the
spirit of the agreement under which
American Coast Guard boats may
search and seize within one hours sail
Of the American coast seems hardly
open to doubt" insists the Louisville
Times, while the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
holds that eff the pursuit began within
the limits prescribed by treaty, the
Smelling and sinking, occurring on the
high seas, after the captain refused to
stop and submit to search, can be justi-
fled as legitimate exercise Of rights
conceded to the United States by the
British government" ~
The Rochester Times Union declares
as to the "smugglers captain" that Ibis
ship would not have been sunk II The
had acted as an honest and sensible
man when the revenue cutter fred
across It's bows"
The Butte Montana Standard doubts
that Great Britain will advocate any
redress for ships which are chronic
offenders in violating international re-
lations.r Nevertheless, the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram upholds the position that
"the great body of reasonable citizens
in the Nation must surely occupy the
middle ground that prohibition enforce
ment is important, but not so much 50
that all other rights and liberties may
properly be sacrificed to it."
The Toronto (Ontario) Star con-
cludes: 1.-The outcome should be con.
sidered agreement that will prevent the
recurrence of any such incident and
the payment Of damages to the indi-
viduals who have suffered loss.
The whole case win need to be analysed
by competent and judicial minds, with
q view to arriving at just settlement
OF this case and a just agreement for
the future"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

what to do with ex-Presidents has
been O perennial problem in the United
States. The Boston Transcript proposes
70 solve the existing predicament by
sending Calvin Coolidge to the Senate
from Massachusetts. The suggestion Of
the cultured oracle Of the Hub Is ma
terially bulwarked by today's announce
ment that Senator Gillett, whose term
expires in 1881, IS ready to step aside
In Mr.. Coolidge's favor.
There Is but Q single precedent for
the election to Congress Of former
Chief Executive, and that happens, BY
the irony Of circumstance. to be the
case Of the only Massachusetts, man
b occupy the presidency in the hun
bred years preceding Mr.. Ccclidge's In
auguration. on March 4. 1925. John
quincy Adams, soon after leaving the
white House in 1929, was elected tc
the House Of Representatives from his
nay state district and became one Of
the earliest and most valiant crusaders
in the cause Of abolition.
Mr.. Coolidge undoubtedly would adorrl
congressional life. He would command
instant and incessant respect Is mem
her Of the body over which, as Vice
President, he once presided He has
had Wide experience As legislator n
the House and Senate Of Massachusetts,
Because Of HIS fiye and half years
in the presidency, HIS acquaintance with
national affairs Is. Of course, profound
The point Of view Mr.. Coolidge. q
e United states Senator, would brini
- heax a punlic raestinna Hould
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
Pipelines and Pipe Dreams.

One who reads Of O French plan
for a rans-Saharan subway might be
inclined at first to snort at what seems
to be an utterly fantastic notion. AS
one reads further of the details Of the
project it appears to be not nearly so
much of q joke, but rather sane and
practical plan, albeit . costly one.
The French are determined to work
out some safe, satisfactory and inde-
structible apparatus for getting across
that vast sandy waste and probably
they viii eventually do It, Camels are
too slow. Automobile travel has proved
entirely unreliable. The idea Of a
trans Saharan surface railway, now
under study, may be good; It's execu-
ton would be most difncult and the
task of keeping the rails clear Of drift
ing sand incessant, If not impossible.
The tunnel conceived by q French
engineer Is not Of the deeply buried
sort that traverses the Hudson or may
some day cross the English Channel.
Rather it Is in the nature Of COM
modious, lengthy and perhaps slightly
flexible tube, supported on q sunken
viaduct of cross-ties and piles. This
tube, indefinitely extensible by means
Of the addition Of units, could carry
not only vehicular traffic, but light and
power, telephone and telegraph lines
and. possibly, gas and water mains. In
time the desert blasts which can move
whole hills overnight would undoubt-
edly submeree the tube I'M sand, No
harm in that. for such . process would
insulate 1t from intense heat and would
make travel just rs safe and far more
comfortable.
Every one realizes that man now,
given suffeient funds and time. can
build Just about any sort Of . tunnel
he desires to possess. The Spanish
dream Of one which shall dive into
the earth at Gibraltar and emerge In
Africa. Before laughing too heartily
i at the idea Of continuous trip from,
| the Great Rock that Is geciosically u
! mot politically in Spain to . point
vel into to iizxloS ot Aries Y Y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

The good intentions Of the oil indus
try toward conservation by restricting
this years output to the 1928 level may
not have reached the end of the road.
But they have come to detour sign
that certainly blocks any rapid progress
for the time being.
The situation Is full of complications.
Responding to continued recommended
lions from the Federal OH Conservation
Board, the American Petroleum Insti-
tute, representing and controlling some
ninety per cent Of the production Of the
United States and about the same per-
centage Of the production Of the whole
Western Hemisphere. adopted plan for
limiting this years production and leav-
ing under the ground the excess oil in
natures storage tanks, instead Of piling
1t up in man-made tanks above ground.
About the same time the Secretary Of
the Interior, Is chairman Of the Fed
eral OH Conservation Board, asked the
Attorney General for an opinion as to
whether this board could sanction the
plan and whether the plan itself was
in violation Of the antitrust laws.
The Attorney General wrote q letter,
read yesterday at . meeting Of the oil
producers and the Oil Conservation
Board. 1t had the effect Of an explod-
ing bomb, although the explosion may
have been anticipated. 1t declined to
state whether the plan itself was in vio-
lation of the antitrust laws, but 1t was
most emphatic in its declaration that
the Federal Government was without
power to approve the plan. Such ap-
proval would constitute q grant Of i'm
munity to the oil industry from the
operation of the antitrust laws.
This letter evoked protests from the
oil men. They said they were not ask
ing for any immunity. They declined
to accept the implication contained IN
the Attorney Generals ruling, the I'M
plication being that their plan was g
violation Of the antitrust laws. Be
that as it may, the Attorney Generals
letter nipped the plan in the bud. With
out the backing Of the Federal Govern
ment, any cooperative effort among
oil producers to curtail their production
becomes . hazardous undertaking. Com
petition and throat-cutting tactics iden-
ned with oil production make it so.
E..B. Reeser, president Of the Petro-
leum Institute, asked, ''In the light Of
the Attorney Generals. opinion, have
We come TO an end?"
His question remains unanswered
The logical. way out Of the difhculty
might appear to lie through legislation
amending the antitrust laws, to al
low production controlling agreements.
The Webb Pomerene law is an example
of such governmental sanction. as 1t ape
plies to exports. But the Government
SHES at price-nxing agreements and
control Of production implies control Of
prices. The oil men may work through
the States, obtaining the cooperation
Of State regulatory bodies, to control
production. But whether this will re-
suit in anything more valuable than
q gesture in the right direction remains
to be seen.
The difficulties facing the oil indus
try will be watched with interest by
many other industries, such as coal,
where excessive competition and over
production run hand in hand and where
agreements to end such conditions are
Illegal under the antitrust laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
Two Measures Urged
To Honor Washington

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your paper says the commission to
commemorate the Washington ami
versary desires suggestions.
I have waited, in vain, to see two
measures, brought forward by men Of
prominence, which I would consider
the best tributes to Washington:
First-Open the 300-foot-wide vista
between the Capitol and the Washing
ton Monument. This feature, the most
imposing element in the L'Enfant
plan, was approved, If not instigated, by
washington 40 years ago u78s).
Second Complete the Washington
Monument, started about 100 years ago,
by building the dignified base recon-
n1ended by the Park Commission, our
foremost experts, % years ago 1s02).
GLENN BROWN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

wen 10 fold the hands lightly. LIT back
and let the mind wander. over the
achievements Of the past twenty or
thirty years. France wants to conquer
the banning Sahara for economic, for
political and for military reasons. II
there be stronger ones they do not
come readily to mind. Perhaps read
ers OF this page viii live to take the
envisioned continuous trip from the
south Of Europe to the heart of French
West Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
SHOOTING. STARS.
BY pHrLANpER JOHNSON.

Road to May Day.
Toiling along on the road that is rough;
Travelling Hard Luck Lane,
A robin brings courage and cheer
enough
To echo his old refrain:
$50, here we are, where we're glad
to be,
And the world was fashioned for you
and mel"
It's journey long, through the snow
and frost, i,
To the cline Of the pleasant bower,
With many traveller tempest-tossed,
In quest Of the woodland flower.
And the robin sings in his April glee,
49, here we are. where we're glad
to bei'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

order to make room for promotion OF
aspiring subordinates Of q particular
class within the Army, In times Of
peace, but, they confess, the bugaboo
Of the Regular Army clique" is hard
to overcome. This Is the situation COM
fronting Congress when it takes up the
confirmation 81 the four-year rotation
and promotion Of Colonel 176" to {,
major generalship, over the heads q
IT'S other eolonels. The password Is
aNow!n
tccDsrishs isas, by rsul y. collins.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

Skipper Of the I'm Alone is going
into the movies. Hitherto defiant Of
authority, he will respond in obedience
to the man with the megaphone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
Highly Conservative.

From the Sioux City Tribune.
Evening gowns, according to the
style edict, are supposed to show the
lines OF the wearer's figure. The quail
Tying words, Tines Of" sound highly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

One of the modern endorsements
results from an effort Of underworld
operators to keep up with the fiction
mystery writer's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

It Is frequently intimated that the
Congressional Record needs a so-called
"columnist." There are several matters
that craftsmanship would like to laugh
off,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

Soviet Russia regards the remains Of
Lenin with reverence. The embalmer
has replaced the ancient sculptor in
creating works of art.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
MANY VIII Be Stylish.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal
One OF the recent important edicts is
that the fingernails must match the
gown, and vice versa, and we expect to
smoker o little the nrst time we see q
gown with black trimmings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

Debts among nations, like those
among individuals, seem easy to ar
range by those who expect neither to
collect nor pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

Japan provides the cherry blossoms.
but cannot guarantee the climate that
should accompany them In order to
insure their full beauty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

Wall Street gamblers are confronted
by the old theory that vice may be
eliminated by rendering 1t expensive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

Recognizing police force brings
into action new personalities. but does
not automatically dispose Of the same
old problems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

Mexican rebels apparently insist that
an occasional revolution 10 q part Of the
governmental routine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
or Sent TO the Sqneakies.

From the Oakland tribune.
Now the man who wishes 4 sound
education win be directed To tte course
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
IRVING TO Be (,ood.

BE goodl Be goodI' my father said,
with Conscience free from sorrow.
BY new laws We today are led;
And Wen have some more tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
American Cocktails Abused.

FIom the SaBinhW Daily News.
And the epicurean French are now
storming about the invasion OF Arneri-
can cocktails. But the poor things hare
to 60 somewhere,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
Ask ANY Gardener.

From the san Bernardino Sun,
If Mr.. Edison really can make rub
Der out Of weeds he'll be guaranteed q
lasting supply Of the raw material.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

Jud Tunkins says an absent-minded
man Is In hard luck these days. He's
liable to be thinking about Beethoven
symphony when he ought to be listen
ing for an automobile horn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
Bowing TO influence.

lowing 20 IMMueMe6.
Are you in favor Of prohibition2"
"of course, am" answered Senator
Sorghum. aside from prohibitions
moral argument, pause for . moment
and look at its political pull"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04
ConversationaI Exuense.

Conversational Expense.
Talk is cheap" remarked the ready
made philosopher.
$50 1t seems" said the plain citizen,
until you take look at your telephone
BILL
1--WE bring gifts to the gods" said
Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, because
we have lost faith in our friends Of COM
mon humanity"
Inferierity Complex.
The trafdc cop
Says Go" or STOP"
With eminent authority.
10 him alone
! bow; and own
MY great inferiority.
what dey calls . good man gone
wrong said Uncle Eben, mostly was
never much good In de fust place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

@. Why was the turkey" given this
name?-F. K.
A. In view of the fact that the origin
Of the turkey is clearly traced to North
America, some may wonder how this
bird obtained Its present name, which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-04

@. Where is the original draft Of the
Declaration Of Independence?-P. ".
A. Thomas Jefferson's original draft
and the broad-arm chair on which the
document was written are owned by the
American Philosophical Society In Phil
adelphia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31

tion Of Labor, headed n delegation which called On
Prssi6ent Coolidge st the White House last week TO
rrSc him to support the Lchlbach bill, designed TO
libcralize the civil service retirement law The pres
ent average annuity is about $3.50. No matter hos
long and faithfully an employee has served the govern
ment he cannot look forward to a retirement annuity
exceeding $1,000.
In many respects the lot OF the government empioy9
in Washington is a comparatively happy one. lie has
no strikes or iockouts to worry him. The civil service
law ordinarily protects him from dismissal, save fo-
cause. His feet are set in a large room; he has no
skyscrapers hedging him about, no subway ride at the
cud if the day to look forward to with gloomy antici-
patton. All about him are the spacious avenues and
parks Of the city where he can find recreation and his
children healthful sport. As a rule he Is fairly well
paid, especially in the lower ranges Of the service. But
this matter Of retirement has always cast n shadow
on his future. The present allowance is plainly made
quate. A more generous provision would not only
take a weight off the employees mind, but improve the
service By giving it greater stability. OF course, the
actuarial factor will have to be carefully worked out
The employees contend that the change which they
propose will increase the governments payroll costs
less than ! per cent. That would seem to be a small
Price for a large measure Of content.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31

NEW YORK, Jan. 3O.-Tn this
town OF ours: The David Selznick-
Louis B. Mayer daughter betrothal
has faw down -. 1t no look like
Bert Lytell and Phyllis Haver are
that way any more, either The
Fred Lindstroms (he's the crack
third baseman for the Giants) an
ticipate a blessed event Der.
nard LohmulIer, technical director
for T.. Carroll. and Louise Brooks OF
the "Vanities" ensemble plot a seal
ing He went for n binding
sparkler last wk . Aleck Wooll-
colt, who will contrib a weekly page
on any topic to the Neiu Yaukur
Feb. rs, will pinch hit in the pulpit
az the Community church for the
Rev. John Haynes Williams, on Feb.
10. at III ante-meridian His
subject will be christened saints
Alive!i'
June Cochrane, the actress, in
plenty Giling in a Philly hosp !.
Sam Hoffenstein knows somebody
who Is supposed to be The Old Oak
cd Bucket in THE Well Of Loneli-
ness" . . Harry Thaw, who abhors
being teased. broke a disturbcr's
nose with one wallop Friday eve
! : The fayorite Childs beanerv W
Old Man Chiids is under the Para
mount edifice. where one counter IN
monitored entirely by brunettes and
the other by what Gents Prefer
Irene Bordoni, they say, took thai
night ] job SO she could stay up
g4l nrnhf and ira gstN -
raiders.
That out-of-town news stand IL
the rear Of the Times nets ~ grand
yearly The Keller tribe IS IN
Hollywood with Ruby JoIson !.
Arthur Hopkins and three other pro-
ducers snubbed street Scene. N
which rates the Pulitzer prize 10
date Hope Williams recently
divorced husband is an inferno now.
studying medicine In a local hosp.
Charles Bracket, Neiu Yaukcr
critic, has resigned defective in the
falD to devote more time u his
Lorimer pieces and novels He
will be succeeded BY Robert ".
Benchley La Guinan got a sum-
mary judgment against the Equit-
able Surety for 20 grand (back sal
airy for the paddock Revue.") I.
The divorced wife Of a man who re-
Gently welded another gets a long
distance call from him every night
Emanuel Modica, once IN.
Ihaw's b-in-law, now peddles autos
Ad copy will soon have bv-
lines Frank W. StorrS- who uau
Frank v. Strauss Of the theater nro-
grams, heavily angeled "Mimip II. (.
Barbara Barondess will Eve II IN the
noon pitcher. Ewes Leaves +. /.
Grace and Helen Menken will omen q
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31
The World and All
Py Charles p. Driseoll
IN NEW YORK
By Charles r. Driseon

- ~NAfF 5000
Suicide isn't much Of a news story in New York.
Most suicides never get themselves mentioned in The
daily newspapers, orr if mentioned, only for a line or
two. A rise Of five points in the price Of a good steel
stock Is worth more space than the suicide OF anybody
short Of n famous actress or a brigadier general. Even
the big suicides get comparatively little space in the
papers.
One hundred and fifty persons committed suicide
in New York last year by jumping from buildings and
from subway and elevated platforms.
The total number Of suicides in New York, by al
known methods, was almost exactly two thousand.
That. YOU see, is almost six a day. Much better
than six for every working day. IL l multiply correctly.
ss"s
When suicide becomes 50 common that six persons
die that way in our town every day, it is easy to IN
derstand why the newspapers do not make much OF q
news item Of a suicide. It comes 10 be looked upon
rs routine. and 50 nearly a normal way Of passing out
of life that it's not worth mentioning.
But the increase in jumping suicide has been re-
marlable. Fifty-two more persons jumped to death in
New York last year than chose that kind Of death IN
1926.
One Of the reasons for this was the subway disas-
ter which killed many people and created a terrible
sensation in Times Square late in the summer Of las,
year. The very next day persons who were $ lightly
cracked began jumping in front Of subway trains.
There Is a type Of emotionally Unbalanced person
who Is stirred TO MS moAAth N1PAho ~ any $50"
disaster that comes at all colse to him. IL there Is a
big fire in his neighborhood, he gets 50 excited about
il that he wants to set fire 70 something. He kills
himself when there Is a great disaster, and the man
ncr or his taking off is suggested to him by the na-
ture Of the disaster.
For a long time after the Times Square disaster the
suicides who chose subway and elevated trains as the
instruments OF their deaths averaged one a day. They
became 4 serious factor in the delay Of trains.
Reading in the papers about the terrible injuries
suffered by this and that person in the subway wreck
totally unseated the f~eathery minds Of these irrespot-
siblc folk. and they we're drawn irresistibly to the plat
forms past which the subway and elevated trains
roared.
The temptation To attract y crowd by dying spec
tacularly was too much. or jumped the maniacs
while the crowds gasped and the trains came bumpias
70 uncomfortable stops. The long roll or metropolitan
suicides grew.
Bad whiskey. q the sort that used to be called
squirrel whiskey out in Kansas when I was n boy, ~
held responsible by doctors for much Of the increase
in suicides BY leaping from high buildings. Many Of
these tragedies happen in the midst OF gay all-night
parties, when the host has been folled BY his boot
logger.