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Col. Sheriff. Praised
For Cincinnati Work

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Friends of the city manager idea are
sorry to see the resignation of Col G. o.
Sheriff. as manager Of Cincinnati.
This quiet and able soldier in four
and q half years of service gave the
second city Of Ohio a quality of mu-
nicipal government 1t had never had
before.
1t is to Cincinnatis credit that she
appreciated 1t, and so far at least has
shown no disposition 10 let the foes OF
that kind Of city government upset the
plan.
Col. Sheriff. disclaimed any knowl-
edge of politics, but he had a thorough
knowledge about everything else a city
manager needs to know, together with
pleasant personality and a winning
smile. These qualities have now opened
to him place in the business world
where they command a higher remit
neration.
Those who know Col. Sheriff. wish
him success, with the hope that Gin
cinnati may also succeed in the difficult
task OF finding his equal as its next
city manager.
Another upset in the city managerial
world occurs in WATERFOWL, N. Y,
whose city council of five has just fired
its manager, j. Walter Alderman, with
an abruptness that would make Masch-
ke's boys blush at their own moderation.
At this distance one would not ven-
ture to pass upon the merits Of the
controversy, but the storm 1t has aroused
In WATERFOWL suggests that many OF its
citizens look upon the precipitate &C
ton Of their council as a bit indecent.
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Mexico City
Hears First Spanish TAlkie.
Wisdom of Nebraska
Policy Is Questioned
rom the Omaha World herald

From the Omaha World-hefaio
Nebraska has won a complete legal
victory over the men who wrest q
meager living from the Missouri River
by commercially fishing its waters along
the western shore. The United States
Supreme Court has upheld the validity
of It's statute which prohibits the TAX
ing of fish from the river by nets, seines
and traps. The State may now proceed
without let or hindrance to a general
cleanup of illegal fishing devices all
along the stream from Falls City to
Yankton and points west. The State
game warden announces that he is going
to do just that.
While the States war on the CONNER
cial fishermen is constitutional, the
question is still open whether 1t Is wise
or not. The advantage of the law is
that 1t makes 1t supposedly easier for
game and fish wardens to prevent sein-
ing in lakes and streams wholly within
the State. The fish taken from the
Missouri in nets probably don't make q
nickel's worth of difference with sport
fishing. but enforcement officials suS-
pect that nets used in the Missouri are
sometimes employed in lakes and other
streams, resulting in the sad depletion
of the game fish therein.
The fish are in the Missouri in COM
mercial quantities. Other. States, no.
tably Iowa, permit them to be taken
with nets. But this source of livelihood
is denied to Nebraska citizens because
some of them, under cover of pretended
Missouri River fishing, might drag an
illegal seine somewhere else.
The question, then. is whether the
good that Is accomplished Is sufficient
to offset the harm done: for harm IL
done when the State by one Of its laws
takes the honest bread out of the mouth
of single one of its citizens. Indus
trially, nobody will ever notice the diff
ference. No community's bank clear
ings will be affected. If the industry
were big enough for that the law never
would have been enacted In the first
place. II is possible only because 1t hits
ically uninduential.
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than MS benencent ruiership within the

than MS beneficent rulership within the
Reich itself.
When Hindenburg assembled the presi-
dental throne at Berlin in 1928, there
was widespread fear both In Germany
and abroad that the work Of the revo-
luton and the safety Of the republic
would be imperiled. Hindenburg was q
militarist and q monarchist, It was said,
and the ambitions of the class and caste
to which he belonged would be certain
to find favor at his hands. Those who
succumbed to such anxieties ignored one
an-governing trait in the man. The new
President was soldier. He had the
soldiers passionate devotion to his oath.
When Paul Won Hindenburg stood on
the steps of the Reichstag in April five
years ago and swore allegiance to the
constitution, all manner of doubt took
wings as to his course in office. 1t
would be steered sternly and uncom-
promisingly in the direction of main
tanning the republic.
Hindenburg it was once remarked by
the late and lamented German Ambas-
sador to the United States, Baron Won
Malzan, made the republic "gesell-
schaftsfaehig" (faShionable) in Ger
many. Millions of his countrymen said
to themselves that If the new order Of
things was good enough for linden
burg it was good enough for them. They
accepted it. They joined with him In
sustaining 1t. They became his earnest
coadjutors in developing it against a
reactionary opposition which once de-
luded itself into believing that the hero
of Tannenberg would be putty in its
intriguing hands.
President Hindenburg has resolutely
insisted upon remaining above and aloof
from German party wrangles. He Is
guided consistently by what he con-
ceives to be the best interests Of Ger
many, regardless of partisan politics.
Characteristic of his presidential phi
losophy was his stand last Autumn
against the anti-Young plan referen-
dunn and his readiness to sign the new
reparations laws in the teeth Of Ma
tionalist jeers and threats.
There is a new "Hindenburg line"
in Germany and in Europe. That the
grim and genial gentleman who has
so effectively adhered to 1t may be
spared to carry on along the same line
for another span of usefulness is wish
echoed far beyond the borders Of the
new Germany which he is SO construc-
lively leading.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWELL.

One may feel sorry for a human
It must be an unhappy thing, since
it is doomed to bear the weight Of 50
much sin and sorrow.
Yet 1t has its happiness, too, and no
one can be sure which will win.
That Is why the conscience of an m
dividual, invisible though it is, and
practically non-existent though 1t be, is
nevertheless one of the most real things
in the world, and one of the most IN
teresting.
Conscience, says the dictionary, is the
faculty, power or principle, conceived
to decide as to the moral quality OF
ones own thoughts or acts, enjoinlng
what Is good.
The basis of conscience is knowledge.
The Latin from which it comes means
Ito know"
It may know what is right. but there
is many a slip 'twixt the cup and the
lip" as the foolish old maxim las 1t.
Conscience. in the last resort, is really
the human mind.
The word has come INTO use as con-
venient way Of saying something, but
in so doing it has taken away a bit OF
the prestige of the brain.
we do not intend here to go into q
discussion of the relationship OF the
brain and the mind. # one wants to
throw in the word spirit" too. one
gets q pretty kettle of mental fish.
For all ordinary purposes the mind
may be regarded as a product OF brain,
although this definition may not be
scientific, either from physiological OF
psychological viewpoint.
7 ;Fa Dc ai0uor than either nf these de-
partments, however, so our viewpoint
viii hold water.
Conscience is q faculty, q power OF
a principle.
dictionary admits as much.
It Is thought to decide as to the
moral quality of ones own thoughts OF
acts.
The first sure fact about this intan-
gible thing, conscience, then, is that II
is a power which works for righteous
ness.
The second is that 1t is a strictly per-
sonal possession.
involved.
ones conscience can no more func-
ton for another human being than
ones stomach can digest his food for
him.
one cannot appreciate q fine paint
ing for another person, or enjoy great
symphony for him.
Similarly, one cannot be another
mans conscience.
X \ + \
AS near as two consciences ever come
to meeting is In verbal discussions OF
the problems Of good and evil, or in the
writing upon such themes and the read
ing thereof by others.
"Enjoining what is good"
That is the key Of the human con-
science. Enough latitude is left in the
definition of what is good" TO engage
the attention of civilized beings FOL
thousands of years.
The nub Of the question is there
What is good? Some say one thing
some another. Even religion has
brought forth world of different opin-
ions. We were interested in the follow
ing, from an article by DR.. j. s. Wade
of the United States Bureau OF Ento'
noloEy in the March number OF the
Scientific Monthly:
THE first IL years Of Muir's life
were spent at Dunbar, Scotland, where
he was born on April 81, 1888. Hi
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to Congress o list Of proposed changes
IN the laws looking to more strict and
efficient enforcement, not alone Of the
prohibition but of other Federal laws.
Among the recommendations sent to
Congress was the transfer Of prohibition
enforcement from the Treasury to the
Department OF Justice. Another recon-
mendation looked to relieving congestion
in the courts, so that law violators may
be brought to justice. A third proposal
was for a unified and more efdcient
border patrol to prevent smuggling OF
all kinds. The President also recon-
mended the passage Of a prohibition
enforcement law for the District which
would meet the needs of the situation.
One of these proposals has been put
through the House, the transfer OF pro-
hibition enforcement to the Department
of Justice. That is all. It still awaits
action In the Senate. The judiciary
committee Of the Upper House, which
has among its members some Of the
severest critics of the administration
who have not failed TO discuss the short
comings of the administration in the
matter Of prohibition enforcement, held
this House bill In its committee room
for months while 1t considered, or some
of its members considered, the advisa-
bility of a Senate investigation OF the
prohibition enforcement officers Of the
Government. A few days ago, however,
the committee finally decided to go
ahead with a favorable report on the
transfer bill, and the measure with some
amendments was ordered reported to
the Senate.
AS for the other recommendations OF
the President to strengthen law enforce
ment practically nothing has been done.
Members of the Senate and House have
criticized some of the recommendations
severely, but they have suggested no
substitute remedies. There has been
lack Of all constructive effort, appar-
emily, on Capitol Hill. 1t is not yet
too late for Congress and its committees
to deal with these important measures.
But 1t is exceedingly doubtful that a
serious effort will be made to get
through any legislation now except the
transfer bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-29
All America Cheers Upton
For His True Sportsmanship

batter down the barriers and bigotf1es
that divide the nations AS to that we
have no opinion, though we do believe
that the sportsman, be he merchant
prince or village storekeeper, is inva-
riably a person of tolerance, friendL-
ness and understanding. Anyhow, If
Upton lifts the cup, Americans viii join
as heartily In the cheers as the Irish or
the English"
Forecast Of "the greatest yachting
season in years in American waters" is
voiced by the Providence Journal, with
emphasis upon the fact that four
American racers are to enter the con-
test, and offering the opinion that
probably never before has there been
such furious, though friendly, competi-
ton among designers and builders for
the honor Of defending the cup" The
Journal also predicts: There will be
arguments galore as to the respective
merits of the four defender candidates
from the day they sail their first race,
vast display of information, actual or
fallacious on the subject of yacht rae
ing, and many an exhibition of intense
partiSanship. If all the tall talk does
not stimulate activity and competition
down through the classes even to the
sail skiffs, the world will surely be out
OF joint"
The Salt Lake Deseret News joins the
well-wishers with the statement that
there would be some consolation in be-
ing beaten, If that must happen, by so
gallant and persistent an opponent"
AS to the conditions that have been
imposed upon the challenger, the News
points out that they were met by the
America, when in 1851 she sailed across
the Atlantic. met the Briton's best in
the races around the Isle of Wight, and
beat all competitors out of sight,"
Similarly recalling the ancient con-
test, the New York World states the
American yacht met at of the best
boats that could be mustered against
her." and that "she not only raced but
won so handily that Queen Victoria re-
marked that after the America there
is no second" The World concludes
that properly conducted, such q con-
test must be a real factor in promoting
international good feeling"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-29
The New Hindenburg Line.

Field Marshal Paul Won Hindenburg,
second President of the German Repub-
lie, has just completed Ave years in
once. The Grand Old Man Of the
Reich, now in his eighty-third year, who
hardly more than decade ago persona
ned Prussian militarism, now incarnates
the spirit of democracy which is steadily
accomplishing the renaissance OF the
war-stricken Fatherland.
Had he not urgently requested that
there should be no celebrations Of the
event, Germany would have marked in
signal fashion the nations appreciation
Of Hindenburg's merits. The world at
large could appropriately have joined in
such fluctuations, for the venerable field
marshal's service to the cause Of Euro
pean arnity has been no less eminent
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Higghlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

sponsible for the greater part Of mod
ern welded infelicity.
The morals Of gentlemen living in the
provinces are particularly undermined,
says the lecturer, at the sight OF those
delicious feminine contours they see
upon their visits to the city. They UNI
consciously compare these litheSome
outlines of graceful femininity with the
obese and somewhat shapelesS wives
they have at home, very much to the
prejudice Of the latter. Whereupon they
regret their first choice exceedingly and
desire very much to make an exchange,
even in cases where the wife has always
been very pleasant helpful and amiable
heretofore. The sylphlike form Is a
novelty in the eyes Of the countrymen
and glimpse of 1t is quite sufficient
to jeopardize the happiness Of many
rustic couples.
opinion of our authority, no asset to
contugal relations, from the standpoints
of permanence and contentment. OF
the two varieties, the mother of the
husband is generally the one that ex-
erciseS the most unfavorable influence
upon the cordial relationship of those
recently married.
We are inclined to believe there is
some justice in these allegations. es-
pecially with regard to the interest
evoked by the slender form, in con-
trast to the unbroken periphery.
Mexico City
Hears First Spanish TAlkie.
Ell Dictamen, Vera Cruz-At the
Olympia Theater, in Mexico City, re-
Gently was seen and heard the first
talking picture in Spanish. The title
of this film is "Sombras de Gloria"
(The Shadows Of Glory, enacted by
Jose Bohr, an Argentine, and Carmen
Valenzuela, Mexican girl, whose stu
dio name is Mona Rica, in the prin
cipal roles. The reel. in our language
gave a most pleasing impression, both
in the natural rendition of the spoken
word and In the mechanical effects,
such as the rattle of the rifle fire, in
the course of the drama.
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would prevent the recurrence OF nooQS
and be Of other beneft to the Lake
Okeechobee district.
@. How many English ships took
part in the battle against the Spanish
Armada?-R. 8. H.
A. There were 1870 Spanish vessels
in the Armada. The English had 1877
boats that took part during the battle:
However many were small boats ana OF
little use. The fighting was done almost
entirely by the large boats on both sides.
@. What was the known extent of
the world four or i've hundred years
ago?-H. G. F.
A. In 14O0 the then known world ex-
little-frequented Far East. north TO the
Scandinavian Peninsula and south TO
the north coast of Africa.
@. When did China change from a
monarchy to q republican,. w. -,
/ A. The Chinese Republic was estab-
Hshed February IL, 1912.
O. Please give formula for cleaner
such as opticians use to clean the lenses
of spectacles.-S. d.
A. Most opticians use one-fourth lis
terine and three parts plain water for
cleansing spectacles.
@. How long has landscape gardening
been done2-M. A.
A. The ancients practiced landscape
gardening, but little is known about the
styles in vogue among the different peo-
pies. From the early times of the Chris
tan Era to the thirteenth century the
art was mainly practiced in the adorn-
ment of walled gardens connected with
castles or converts. Lenotre was q
celebrated French landscape gardener OF
the seventeenth century.
churches are there in the United States3
r. 8.
A. There are about $50.
@. Who was the fourth of a group
composed Of John McCutcheon, George
AIDE and Booth Tarkington?-F. L. T.
A. Usually George Barr McCutcheon,
cluded in this group Of Indiana &C.
lebritieS.
Q. What was q person called who
played lute?-D. w.
A. He was called q lutenist or lutist.
@. Are martens increasing or decreas-
ing in number?-E. P.
A. Hunter, Trader, Trapper says that
for the past five or six years martens
have been diminishing at an alarming
rate, due partly to advancing civili-
cation, partly to the fact that they are
closely trapped. The marten Is one Of
the choicest furbearers.
O. Why is it considered bad luck to
break a nirror?-K. r. M.
A. An early belief was that one saw
the will of the gods in the mirror. To
break a mirror accidentally. therefore,
was interpreted as an effort on the part
of the gods to prevent the person from
seeing into the future. This was con-
strued as a warning that the future
held unpleasant things.
@. Is the word archipelago" applied
to an island-studded body of water or to
the islands themselves?-B. B.
A. It was first applied to the water.
but is now applied to either. It was
originally the designation of what Is
now known as the Aegean Sea.
Q. What year did the first Congress
convene in Washington D. C.?-E e. r.
A. The second session of the Sixth
Congress was the first session held in
washington, the National Capital. The
Congress assembled November %, 1900.
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"The Powerful Arms Lobby"

In the course of a series of articles
printed in the New York World regard
ing the evil of free armament by the
criminal class in this country, resulting
in wholesale slaughter, attention Is
given to the sources of supply. Manu-
facturers of weapons take no pains to
prevent their products, pistols, machine
guns and other terrible devices for kill
ing, from getting into the hands of the
lawbreakers. The laws themselves are
lax in this respect. Some States have
fairly effective weapon restrictions, but
these are nullified by the slackness Of
adjacent States, from which endless
supplied are obtained. The District OF
Columbia, according to the writer in
the World, is one Of the readiest reser.
voirs of criminal armament. The fol-
lowing passage occurs in the latest
chapter in this chronicle of crime:
The District of Columbia is another
source from which gunner draw much
OF their arms supply. The National Cap
ital is without law of any kind to
prevent the sale of pistols or any other
weapon. Attempts have been made at
various times to obtain legislation 10
free Washington from the indiscrim-
mate sale of arms, but these attempts
always have been frustrated by the
powerful arms lobby. You may buy
pistols at any one of twenty or more
stores in Washington, and nobody will
ask you why you want the pistol or what
you are going to do with 1t.
Specific reference is made to the
powerful arms lobby" Would it not be
well for the Senate lobby investigating
committee to turn the light of its
inquiry upon this branch of law-pre-
venting enterprise? For many years
Congress has been asked to enact a
workable and effective pistol restriction
law for the District of Columbia. Moth
ing has been done. Objections have
been raised session after session of Con-
gress to this proposal, recommended by
District Commissioners. by police chiefs,
by citizens. On a few occasions bills
have been approved by committees only
to die on the calendars. Elaborate argu-
ments, based upon a fallacious reading
Of the constitutional injunction against
denying the right of the people to bear
arms, have been advanced. Somehow,
in some manner, by some method, some
influence has always managed to pre-
vent legislation.
There are only two conceivable in
terests that are concerned to prevent
legislation laying restriction upon pistol
buying in the District of Columbia-the
arms makers and the criminals. Hair
splitting about constitutionality of pistol
imitation--which is absurd-has never
been believed to be sincere. Meanwhile
Washington has been free market for
deadly weapons, an armory for the GRIM
inals, local and metropolitan, and the
crime record here is extensive in con-
sequence
Let there be light on this question oil
who is preventing legislation to reg
ulate the sale Of deadly weapons in
the District Of Columbia.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Daylight Saving.
heard an ancient person say:
THAT daylight saving brings dismay,
And experience shock
Whenever observe the clock!
I have perused the ancient lore;
One slight thing interests me more.
murmur, How sublime it isl
I wish I knew what time it is'
IT seek my radio friends in vain.
fear that shall miss the train.
My watch intensive thought demands
To know which way to turn the
hands.
don't care for the statesman's
speech.
Nor what the scientists may teach,
Nor even what new crime 1t is
I wish I knew what time it isl"
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New diseases are brought to attention
every year. New cures are also being
discovered, and reports of science that
the average span of life grows longer
would indicate that humanity has
rather the best of the situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-29

The next great telephone invention
may equip the dial with a device to pre-
vent loquacious subscriber from hold
ing up urgent business to make way for
idle conversation.
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Fame is not always enduring. The
United States Marines will always be in
historic attention, and whenever they
are mentioned there will be suggestion
for an admiring thought of the late
Gen. Barnett.
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The sky continues to monopolize the
interest Of Lindbergh in spite of the
fact that an admiring public was ready
to equip him for life with mahogany
desk and a political Job.
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King Belongs to Union.

From the Canton Daily News.
King Alfonso has been made a mem
Der of the cigarmakers' union, and you
never can tell these days when king
may have to 60 to work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-29

When rivals appear on the political
scene in Pennsylvania, there is always
enough financial backing available to
stage an imposing production.
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Summer Dresses, Indeed!

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
OF course, 1t will be said of the lT4
dresses, worth $4,000. which were car
ried away from a Philadelphia store BY
thieves in q small sedan, that they were
designed for Summer.
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Woman's Brain Equal to Mans
From the M

From the Muskegon Chronicle.
The henpecked husband will be
cheered at the announcement of the
Cornell professor who said that wom-
ans brain 10 only equal to that Of man.