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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Naval officers, geese and golden eggs
are not often associated, but current
comment on Capitol Hill indicates that
II certain sailors don't trim their sails,
they'll be in grave danger Of killing the
bird that lays the golden egg of naval
appropriations. In straight English, the
attack launched by the General Navy
Board against the London treaty can
easily produce the exact reverse Of the
purpose 1t Is intended to accomplish.
Instead Of terrorizing Congress into
building ships beyond the treaty pro-
visions, the Joneses and the Bristols may
goad Congress into building below those
provisions. When Senator Joe" Rob-
inson exclaimed at the foreign relations
committee hearing that Il shall have
something to say about the General Navy
Board later on" he limited pretty plain
ly that the American conference dele
cation Is ready for knockdown and
dragout with the big-Navy contingent.
The ratification debate in the Senate
will provide the arena. Senator Dave"
Reed signaled his readiness to join in
the fray. AS the London delegates who
have the ear of the Senate, Robinson
der the Navy mems innuendoes that
our spokesman "sold out" and sur
rendered"
Congressional and naval boosters Of
superpreparedness will do we'll to re-
member that there is deep substratum
Of Little Navy" sentiment in both
houses, which has proved the undoing
Of big building. programs; They need
years ago to the Coolidge-Wilbur IL
ship project. It was blown into smith
Greens as the result of the most deadly
drive Congress ever knew up to that
time. The pacifist crusaders who won
that victory all but duplicated 1t last
year in the fight for the 15-cruiser bill.
They do not conceal their purpose of OPP
posing the expansion contemplated un-
der the London treaty. II men in and
out of Congress, and in and out of the
Navy, keep up the talk about the perils
Of war with Japan and about the grim
necessity Of an American feet every
solitary inch, gun and ton az strong as
the British heet-well, watch the pa
cifist harangue grow in volume Watch
how many ardent advocates of national
defense progressively lose patience with
the excuses committed in its name
Watch Congress react to such develop
gradually sung without trace.
It's curious thing that querulous
and clubbing Senators are unwilling to
concede 70 seven other eminent Ameri-
cans as much enlightenment and patri-
otism a. they arrogate to themselves.
Why y 1t supposed that men like Henry
L. Stimson, Charles Francis Adams,
Joseph T. Robinson, David A. Reed,
Charles q. Dawes, Dwight w. Morrow
and Hugh Gibson are any less Jealous
Of the honor and safety Of the United
States than gentlemen In Congress or
gentlemen in gold braid? Why Is it
airily taken for granted that Americas
negotiators ut London failed to grasp
every possible advantage to effect O fair
settlement? Why Ii 1t SO completely for
gotten that their mission was not 10
maneuver for the biggest feet they
could get, but the smallest compatible
with the countrys security? What leads
treaty critics TO conclude that our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

This Il . special department devoted
to the handling Of inquiries. You
have at your disposal an extensive or
ganization in washington to serve you
In any capacity that relates to informa-
ton. Write your question, your name
and your address clearly and inclose
cents in coin or stamps for reply.
Bureau, Frederic J.. Haskin, Director,
washington, D. G.
q. Is there GEAR" Of golf a. there
Is Of base ball?-H. J. d.
A. Albert r. Gates Of Chicago has
been named administrator Of the Pro-
fessional Golfers Association, and his
position has been likened to that Of
Gear" Lands In professional base ball.
@. To what Negro actor is there a
memorial in the Shakespeare Theater
at Stratford. on-Avon?-S. P. 8.
A. There is a memorial window in
the Shakespeare Theater to Ira AID
ridge, who played Othello to Edmund
Keane's Iago.
O. Is the Imperial Geyser in Vel
lowstone National Park now in erup-
tion?-W. G.
A. This new eeyser, which has been
in vigorous eruption for two years, Is
now quiescent.
@. What are the names Of the men
whose busts were unveiled recently In
the Hall of Fame?-W. K.
A. The nine most recently elected
| members Of the Hall Of Fame Of New
York University were John Quincy
Adams, George Bancroft. James Feni-
Patrick Henry, Elias Howe Horace
Mann, John Lothrop Motley and Joseph
Story. Bronze busts Of these distin-
guished men were unveiled on the uni
, versity campus on May 8. The bust Of
Adams was unveiled by Henry l.. Alb
bott, great-great-grandson Of the Pres
ident; that Of Bancroft by Prof. Wilder
D. Bancroft Of Cornell, q grandson;
C Cooper Grandson D Hen oye by
Howe's by his granddaughter, Mrs. Eus-
tice L. Hopkins; Manns by Horace
Mann, . grandson; Motley's by John
Lothrop Motley. jr, a great-great-
nephew; Story's by Federal Court Jus
| tice Martin T. Manton: Patrick Henry's
by Mrs. Henry Sampson, 90 years old,
Of Richmond, ereat-granddaughter OF
the patriot.
q. Are women finding places in the
crews Of commercial airplanes?-M. B.
A. Young women are now being en-
ployed to act Is stewardesses on air
| planes.
q. When were the Federal Reserve
| Banks started?-S. A.
A. The Federal reserve act was passed
in 1918 and the banks were opened in
1914.
@. Please give q short biography Of
| William Muldoon, the boxer-P. H.
A. william Muldoon was born on May
as, 1845, In what IL now the village
Of Belfast, N. Y. His early childhood
was passed on his fathers farm. At IA
his was the strength Of grown man
and at IL he volunteered for service
In the Civil War. Joining the 9Th
Regiment, New York. he saw action
under Gen. Sheridan through the Shen-
andoah valley campaign and on to
Appomattox. After the war he be-
came interested In wrestling while In
New York City. Later he became o
policeman and founded the New York
City Police Athletic Association. He
| won the Greco-Rornan heavyweight
championship. For o number Of years
he toured the country as wrestling
| champion, finally passing the title on to
Ernest Roeber. Subsequently he ap-
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seven representatives at the conference
were babes in the wood and had the
wool pulled over their eyes? What justi-
fies the haw-pickers In imagining that
they could have done any better? The
country before long is extremely likely
to be found asking some or all Of these
questions.
One Of the behind the-scenes expla-
nations Of the General Navy Board
broadside against the treaty Is that it's
the sailormen's reply to President Hoo
vers determination to send a civilian
ruled delegation to London. The Navy
never quite forgave the Commander JIM
Chief for that. 1t figured, and Still fig
ures. that all and sundry connected
with our defenses at sea Is the business
OF seamen, not statesmen. Hence many
OF these tears and fears and jeers. An
almost equally wide-open secret is the
omnipresence Of politics" within the
Navy. The feud between the Montagues
and the Capulets had nothing on the
vendetta that RACES between the fival
houses Of Pratt and Jones.
One OF the most piquant revelations
about the late Parker unpleasantness in
the Senate relates to the Dixon Newton
master political stroke" letter. It
shows what the busy signal over the
telephone can lead to. As the story
goes. Assistant Secretary Of the Interior
Dixon called up Walter H. Newton, the
Hoover political secretary, to tell him
about Judge Parker. Newton was i'm
mersed In long-distance call. Dixon,
1t appears, couldn't wait TO get things
on his chest over the wire. so he sits
himself down and writes Newton .
letter. The rest Is history.
NJ - - -
Chief Justice Rugg of the Massachu-
ton the other day and was comparing
notes In q shop talk with Associate
Justice Stone Of the United States
supreme Court. Rugg entered the plea
that State supreme courts work even
harder than the hiQiaest Federal bench.
Stone dissented. How many Opinions
did you write during the past Year,"
Rugg asked Stone acknowledged re-
sponsibility for 81. WELL" replied the
Bay State, chief justice, 81 wrote 81"
X y
Everybody has been wondering why
President Irigoyen Of Argentina in
bassadorship to the United States UNI
filled. It appears that there's nothing
anti-American In that circumstance. DR..
Irigoyen Is said to believe that am
bassadorships are unnecessary and ex-
pensive. Injuries for a. country. He has
allowed several Argenttnian ambassa-
dorships. IN various capitals to remain.
empty, after the last incumbents quit
them. and let business be transacted,
Is It has been at Washington for con-
siderably more than o year, BY q caaaroe
d'affaires. If the charge d'affaires re-
ports TO. Busnos. Aires that there. too
much work for him, the Irigoyen policy
u simply to send him an assistant.
Copyright. 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASK1N.

peared on the stage with Robert Down.
ing, Maurice Barrymore and Name. Mods
jeska. In 1859 he took John L. Suls
Ivan and in six weeks trained hin
for his battle with Kilrain. Some 10000
men have enjoyed the bentfits Of the
physical training institute OF which he
Is director.
@. In what mountains Il the Great
Stone Face?-C. II. p.
A. The Great Stone Face about which
Hawthorne wrote Is the odd Man Of
the Mountains" in the White Mountains
Of New Hampshire, ut, r. was discovered
Brooks while working on the Notch
road. It was first described by Gen.
Martin Field who visited 1t In 1877.
From the base Of the projection forming
the chin to the top of that forming
the forehead the vertical distance u
36-40 feet. The projection Is mainly Of
granite.
@. How thick Is the ice In the Arctic
Ocean?-O. B. H.
A. The entire Arctic Ocean Is practi-
cally covered by permanent heavy ice
or ice pack Of an average thickness o.
6 or Z feet, but through pressures and
undermining 1t may attain or exceed
30 feet In places. The average MAXI
mum thickness Of sea ice in the Arctic
as determined from observations over
q period Of 18 years at Is different sta
tions was rs inches.
9. How many portraits did suily
A. Thomas sully was one Of the bes'
known Of the early portrait painters IN
this country. He was extremely prolinc.
There are over 1000 listed Sully por-
traits and 500 subject paintings.
q. Can lacquer be put on wall papers
w. L. v.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says that
lacquer may be used to give wall paper
a glossy, water-resistant finish. It u
usually applied with Q spray gun.
@. What kind Of rifles does johnson,
the explorer, use?-N. A.
A. Martin Johnson uses several kinds
of rifles, chiefly the .4o5 winchester.
@. Which nervous impulse travels
faster, sound or feeling?-D. w.
A. Feeling travels faster.
@. What causes shellac TO am when
brushing?-W. L. d.
A. The foam Is caused by air buh-
bles entrapped In the brush or In the
shellac. They should be worked out.
9, Is there a large observatory In
xnola?-G. y. -
A. The largest observatory in India
Is located at Kodaikanal In Southern
India. It was built in 1900 to replace
In part the obser. atory Of the govern
ment of Madras, founded in 1892.
!, There Is also large observatory.
Mzamiah, at Hyderabad.
@. why do some paper bills have .
star before the serial rumber?-E. q. w.
A. Paper currency Is printed and
finished in sheets Of II subjects. The
finish includes inprinting the numbers
In series. It occasionally happens after
serial number Is imprinted that the
bill is discarded because Of some i'm
perfection. A bill discarded II replaced
! with o perfect bill, which has been
prepared for such an emergency, and
bears number not In the regular Sc
ries, but which IL distinguished by o
star preceding the number.
q. Was walnut used h, Colonial fur
niture making?-W. M.
A. Through Pennsylvania and the
colonies Of the South walnut was very
popular. Some of the finest pieces OF
Colonial furniture Ia these sections were
made Of walnut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

might mark their names only for the
short term and forget to mark them for
the long.
Miss Parkinson's nomination for the
short term In the senate u REGARDED -
O sop to the South Jersey Democrats by
the Frank Hague organization In North
Jersey, hoping for support Of their cam
didate for the long term. Miss Parkin-
son, however, Is no novice In the politi-
cal field. She has been O delegate ct
ventions of 1924 and 1923, and has been
o member of her county and State COM
rnittees. She Is graduate Of Smith Col
lege In the class Of 1870. She win be
the first woman ever to be nominated
By . naa1F party for the Senate In New
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f.
| worms for stills, and all the paraphef-
| MALTA that goes with o rectt1ers' and
| bottiers' business &c would seem to su9-
gest that It was for Illicit purposes. The
Government has recognised this now In
court decision and the still owner who
| uses and the seller rf theHk articles for
illegal liquor trafic are held prima facie
guilty Of violation Of the law.
.''No more powerful weapon has beeA
placed In the hands or the Agenc3ee
charged with the enforcement Of IL
prohibition law" Ia the Judgment Of tha
Salt Lake Deseret News, while n justice
cation the Long Beach Press e1egraG4
says: 1.-THE man who questions thu 3alES
ness Of such regulations would p0e
question o law that forbids the ed
Of firearms for felonious purposes. No
honorable dealer would knowingly m
pass key to o burglar"
Doubt Is expressed, ho2evef, BY The
Baltimore Sun, with the Easement that
eat the very worst, SO far as this deci.
sion is concerned, the home brewer u
faced with inconvenience, since it may
be that 1t viii no longer be possible TO
buy all his necessities In one shop"
The Detroit Free Press offers the iud9.
ment: .While the wets Misunderstanding
viii consider the decision a sdry one.'
they NAV And II difiicuit to dig IN any
very substanisl counter legal srsurnents.
The nracticai eject of the decision n
another matter. Thst the raiinS viii
accomn,ish much in the end tov~rd
nronnotion Of the enforcement If nro-
hibition seems hieniv. doubtful"
"a
rhs rsar,sora r,a,,v ,r,r,.. ,,s,r+.,r.
thst .nn,,,n,,s,, a. In a.... -
suaS. - w,sevs se $1,000, 10y 20
Sn,,ht. .,,st &c Ie .......,;M anssc
;r,rstr t t,sn s si ., WI ssrou ~.
,aar.,.u. s x Dususss VI suRpyMs "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19
A Gold Star Mother Speaks

My little lad Of other days sleeps there.
He bore the brunt of battle; must bear
The agonizing loneliness of years.
He played his part. Shall give way to tears7
He loved tall fragrant lilies, and they grew
In our old-fashioned garden, bright with dew.
I'm taking these; their beauty shields my loss;
They'll guard his grave, and bloom about his cross
VIRGINIA A. NELSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

Fame has its penalties. For what Is
now q considerable time Charles Lind
bergh has been obliged to pay storage
on the immense number Of valuable
gifts showered upon him by sincere adj
fnirers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

The portrait Of Gallant Fox has ap-
cesred In almost every publication that
uses pictures-a handsome creature Of
1sring relief from the celebrities Of hon.
ieide and even from the somewhat mo-
notonous array Of beauty prize winners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

American literature is regarded as on
the threshold Of a bright future The
spelling bee Is a step beyond the Cross.
word puzzle in demonstrating a readi-
ness to start from a rudiinentary basis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

A United States Of Europe may be un-
dertaken without carrying out the pre-
else ideas Of our own republic. The
name United States" has become q
valuable quantity and America holds no
copyright on 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

Having comfortably settled himself in
o congenial home, Calvin Coolidge shows
no inclination to allow politics TO con-
template washington, D. c.. with ideas
of another moving day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

Several Senators have become 50 sus-
picious Of balloting that they believe In
starting the investigation ahead Of the
election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

As q maritime expert, Josephus
Daniels is convinced that prohibition Is
even more at sea than when he demand
ed total abstinence for the Navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

From the San Antonio Express.
Izzy Einstein, nemesis Of bootleeuers.
asserts that New York IL "just as dry e.
any other city IN the country" The
famous sleuth 10 Enthusiastically con-
sentative.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19
Census Results Surnrise.

From the Buffalo Evening News
Census takers must be former police-
men. So faEsthey have reported finding
only six booueggers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

From the Tsrrs Aauts star.
The most difficult problem 3oe jeeei
after an Eastern daylight saving bed.
time story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19
SHOOTING STARS.
ny pHILANDER JOHNSON.

Lay Of the Modern Mariner.
He sailed on high with purpose fair,
The North Pole to explore.
He says what he discovered there
Was water-nothing more.
He sought the equatorial sea
To ind q tropic shore.
All that about him seemed to be
Was water-nothing more.
Upon the stock exchange he sought
HIS fortunes to restore,
And found that most Of what he'd bought
Was water-nothing more.
Then into politics he went
And helped the drys to score;
And even here the argument
Was water-notning more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19
Ask the Motorist.

From the Louisville Times. e
Next to o base ball umpire, nobody
can make thumb e. expressive 6 3
hitch htker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

From history the echoes come
OF grafters who have sinned.
Taxpayers always have been gilrn.
while bosses merely grinned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

Some men," said Uncle Eben, ''is
so smart dat dey pears to enjoy gittin'
into trouble SOS dey kin chow or setttn'
out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

OtScroet Dizziness.
"Your recent remarks have been
rather dull"
Intentionally So" answered Senator
Sorghum. "A statesman has TO be care
full Of his record. don't want TO make
the mistake Of saying anything 20 cpl
grArhniatic and apropos that It viii be
remembered against me In case choose
to change my mind" a#.
Jud Tunkins says you can't keep up
with Summer boarders. One OF the city
gals thinks q spelling bee u new kind
Of trained insect.
New Friendships.
From time-tried friends he turned away,
To them he would not stick.
Each handsome stranger. 20 they say,
Gould sell him gold brick.
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New FRIENDSHIPS.


1ndihefence 70 Slumbef.
Thomas Edison says he can do with
out Sleep"
$50 can q great many persons" an
swered Miss Cayenne. "You may meet
them any night. The remarkable fea-
ture of Edison's case is that he Isn't
dancing man."
ITO rejoice at another's misfortune. y
said HI FIo, the sage Of Chinatown,
"is method Of % influencing your sur
roundinss as to make happiness o little
scarcer for yntirself."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19

The drys In New Jersey and through
| out the Nation, who wish no change In
the eighteenth amendment, quite nat
urally are anxious that Mr.. Morrow
should not now become q Senator OF
the United States and further poten-
| tial tower of strength against the con-
tinuance of national prohibition. They
are eager to support Representative
franklin Fort, who has announced MS
candidacy for the Republican sena-
torial nomination as supporter Of the
eighteenth amendment. And should
Mr.. Morrow be nominated, or Mr..
Frelinghuysen, who also Is on the wet
side Of the prohibition issue, the drys
ia New Jersey are likely to put into
the field an independent dry Repupli-
can to split the party vote In November
and elect a Democrat Better q wet
Democrat. they say, than to lose grip
on the Republican party: Such was
the tactics Of the Republican drys In
New York in 1926.
New Jersey comes forward now with
woman candidate for the Senate. Miss
Thelrna Parkinson Of Vineland Is the
oniv democratic candidate for the short
term ia that State, according to Mrs.
Mary =. Norton, o member OF the House
from Jersey. Mrs. Norton the cam
paign manager for Miss PARKINSON.
Alex Simpson Is the Democratic choice,
1t seems, for the long term. The short
term begins when the election takes
place La November and ends March 4,
i03l. Dwight w. Morrow Is the only Re-
nrhlicen Candidate for the short term,
30 he and Miss Parkinson are bound 10
lock horns for the Senate seat In the
short term, no matter who the nominees
Of their respective parties may pc ior
the long term Of six years beginning
after March next. Neither Frelinghuy-
sen nor Fort have filed for the snort
term nomination, believing 1t better
strategy to have their names on the PAL.
lot only oncs. Thar ddeA y tnas SoteSA
Imperial Valley press., 1930-05-05
SEEK TO ENLIST
FARM BUREAU IN
GROWING BEETS

Frank Beyschlag, farm advisor,
appeared before the board of direc-
tors of the Imperial County Farm
Bureau at the regular meeting held
Saturday afternoon in the court
house, bringing up the matter of
the farm bureau S cooperation with
the Holly Sugar company of Santa
Ana in getting 5000 acres signed up
for planting sugar beets.
r. II. Tallman, agricultural super
intendent for the company, was in
the valley recently and stated that
if 5000 acres were devoted to the
sugar beet industry, his company
would be glad to make contracts
with the farmers for the purchase
of the crop.
The directors instructed Scott b.
Folds, manager. to look into the
matter in regard to the contracts,
feeling that it would be an excel
len thing for the valley if the sugar
beet industry could be established
locally, provided that the growers
interests be fully protected.
The quctsion rs to whether the
farm bureau should or should not
enter the life insurance field was
discussed at length, the directors
finally passing a resolution that
they felt they possessed to little in
formation to take a decided stand
upon the issue but that they would
abide by the action of the executive
committee of the California Farm
bureau federation. A further reso-
luton was passed expressing the
opinion that if life insurance should
lie written by the farm bureau. it
should be written for members only.
Scott B. Foulds brought up the
matter continuing as district agent
tor the farm bureau automobile in
suranee. stating that he felt uaable
to handle it and do full justice to
his dutie sas manager. 1t was the
opinion of the directors that the
matter of Fould IS resignation be left
to his own Judgment.
Law Explained
c. G. Halliday, attorney for the
farm bureau, reported on the recent
decision of the California supreme
court, to the effect that it is con
constitutional for the state to paw
an indemnity for cattle slaughtered
in accordance with the provisions of
the bovine tuberculosis act.
Emphasizing the importance of
this decision, Halliday stated that
il would be possible now to establish
tuberculosis-fre districts. whore all
re actors would he slaughtered and
the owners would be compensated to
considerable extent by the state
and federal governments, warning
his hearers. however that this would
be matter of the future and one
which would require considerable
thought before being carried into
execution.
T. l.. Dubois, vice-prcsident of the