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An Act of Justice.

In clearing Lieut.. Al Williams OF the
charge that he was the instigator Of
the air investigation by q special sub
committee of the Senate committee on
naval affairs, Senator Willard Z. Tyd-
ings of Maryland has performed an
act of justice not only to the Nays
crack aviator, but to the public, which
has followed the case with much in
terest. Before Senator Tydinss' an
nouncement of yesterday, in which he
pointed out that williams had nothing
to do with the investigation and, in
fact, had tried to prevent 1t when he
learned that it was contemplated, the
impression unfortunately prevailed that
williams brought about the hearings to
air personal grievances against the
Navy, from which he has resigned. ef-
fective May IS, to continue his work
on the development of q plane capable
of bringing back to America the world
speed record.
In making his announcement at the
hearing yesterday Senator Tydings as
serted that the only time he had ever
seen williams before the investigation
began was when the aviator game 10
htsA and asked that it Be eallk1 OF or,
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Accepts Lewis Challenge.

Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick, newly
nominated by the Republicans of Illi-
nois for the Senate, has accepted the
challenge Of former Senator j. Hamilton
Lewis the Democratic nominee, to make
prohibition an issue in the campaign
i this Fall. She will run as a dry"
Senator Lewis will. campaign as a wet
Mrs. Mccormick made this clear, II 1t
| needed Qualification, in an interview
yesterday following conference with
President Hoover.
Il have always been a dry and am
entirely with the President on his law
enforcement program" Mrs. Mccormick
Is quoted as saying when questioned
about this matter. No stFaddling there.
Again Mrs. Mccormick shows political
acumen and common sense. The cam
didate who endeavors TO carry water on
one shoulder and whisky on the other
Is In O bad way these days. fOrfeiting
the support of both drys and vets.
This coming race between the dry
MRS. Mccormick and the wet Mr.. Lewis
will be followed with keenest interest
| throughout the country. 1t will be re-
garded as more than & Republican,
Democratic contest. 1t will be regarded
| as q test between the dry and wet senti-
ment in State which has twice voted
wet In State referendums on modifica-
tion OF the dry laws. Despite these
referendum returns, the question rs to
| the preponderance Of sentiment in I'LL
nois on this question has not yet been
definitely settled. Certainly the people
of the State, generally speaking, have
not put the wet cause above their party
allegiance up to this time. The late
George Brennan, genial Democratic
boss for many years. who ran as the
wettest of the wet against Frank L.
Smith, who had the Endorsement Of the
Anti-saloon League, and who was under
IRE because Of the expenditures made
for him in his primary campaign. was
defeated by nearly $4,000 votes. An in-
dependent dry Republican took another
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15S, 900 votes away fresn smith. Nor
did Alfred L. Smith. running AZ . wet
for President two years ago. have even
look in" In Illinois, bnt was beaten
by $4,000 votes.
The Democrats declare themselves
delighted with the wsy the night i
shaping up In Illinois. But any one
Democrat or wet. who thinks that thls
senatorial race Is going to be an easy
victory for Senator Lewis should have
another guess. The suggestion is made
that the city hall organization, the
Thompson. Grove elpin.snow outfit
which helped to carry the city of Chi
cago by more than 10000 for MRS
Deneen, will now switch over TO the
wet Democratic nominee and kill on
MRS. Mccormick, having taken the po-
litical scalp of Senator Deneeh. their
enemy. Any wide publiOs ton Of that
possibility, however, is likely to aid Mrs
Mccormick. The people doWnstate
will not stand for such double dealing
nor, indeed, will many of the voters In
wet Chicago itself.
MRS. Mccormick announces that she
Ia a regular Republican. that she wishes
to stand with the Republican admins
tration, although she will oppose the
entrance of the United States into the
World Court with or without reserva-
tons. The daughter of the late Mark
Hanna may turn out to be An in
sursent," but II she does 1t will be con-
trary TO the political breakfast 1000 Oh
her youth.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

Washington is the worlds greatest
Storehouse Of all kinds Of knowledge.
You can draw on 1t free Of charge
through our bureau here. Any question
Of fact you may ask will be answered
promptly in O personal letter to you
Be careful to write clearly, give your
full name and address. and inclOse q
cent stamp for reply postage: Send
your inquiry to The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskin,
director, Washington, D. G.
@. How much do business men lose
by bad checks?-R. s.
A. The secretary OF the National Re-
tail Credit Association says that bad
checks cost American business men
$500, 100000 In 1929.
@. When will the Kentucky Derby be
run this year?-U. M. p.
A. 1t Is scheduled for May II.
q. Why do crackers get soft while
bread gets hard when stale?-R. C.
A. The reason for the hardening Of
bread and the softening OF crackers
when stale Is q difference in compost
ton. In bread there is a great deal of
water in the starch, which is an i'm
portant ingredient of bread. AS the
the starch and the bread becomes hard
and dry. In crackers, on the other
hand! there is special drying process
used in the baking which takes the
water out OF the starch. Hence there
takes place in the cells of crackers an
absorption Of the moisture from the
air.
Q. When was the first important
boat race held?--F. s. p.
A. In IT'S an Englishman named
Thomas DOggett Instituted boat races
among the fishermen on the Thames.
The first English regatta of which we
have evidence took place on the Thames
of Ranelagh Gardens in ITS. This
was modelled on the Venetian regatta.
The first race in the United States
occurred in 1911 between two barges,
the Knickerbocker OF New York and
the Invincible of Long Island, the for
mer being the winner.
@. Has Arkansas a poet laureate?-
M. c.
A. C. T. Davis, on the editorial staff
of the Arkansas Gazette, was made poet
laureate by act of Legislature in 1928.
Q. OF the Chinese in the United
States how many are native born?-
A. The Census Bureau says that the
latest statistics it has of the Chinese
population In the United States are for
1920. At that time there was a total
Chinese population of 81, 639. OF this
number 1882 were native born and
43, l07 were foreign born.
@. At the time of the crucifixion was
Christ nailed to the cross as 1t lay on
the RrOuud?-G r.
A. In accordance with Roman Gus
tom, Christ probably mounted His cross
by climbing q ladder placed against it.
@. When were nails first made by
machine in this country?-J. A. s.
A. The first machine-cut nails were
made in America in 1885. Before that
time nails were made by hand with
hammer. Wire nails were made for the
first time in America by william Hen
sell of New York In 1851.
@. When did Rob Roy live?-K. F.
A. Rob Roy Robert McGregor or
CampbelD was born in Buchanan Par
ish, Scotland. 1871; died at Balqu-
bidder December %. 1874. He was the
younger son of Donald McGregor, a
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Higghlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

mystery has just been revealed to pub
lie observation by the raidinG O. the
Carrao Palace by the police This is
the name given to an old, stately struc-
ture, in the Grecian style, at the 800
numbers in the Rua Gen. Canabar
The sole inhabitant of this vast man
sion has been q woman known as
Senhora Amelia Carrao, a descendant
OF the old proprietor of the estate but
who rarely went away from her home
and OF whose resources little was known.
1t now transpireS that she is the fem
mine leader of gang Of thieves who
made her home their depot.
Criminal Insane
Made Study Of Alienists.
Diario del Concrete, BarranQuilla
The criminal insane are class who are
not known to be crazy until they have
committed some terrible crime that APP
pals Us with its atrociouSneSs. Such
criminals frequently give no evidence OF
insanity beforehand. Then, suddenly,
they lose control Of their reason and
their actions. To anticipate these out
bursts is becoming more and more Of 4
social and economic problem. What tO
do with these people after they have
committed crimes is comparatively SIM
pie. II insane, they cannot be made to
pay the penalty for their act, no mat
ter how heinous. But they must be pre-
vented from the opportunity to commit
further outrases-that is. they must be
incarcerated until cured, If they are
durable. The hard thing to do is to de-
eide between those who are normal and
those who are psychopathic-that is,
between those who will not and those
who may some time be guilty of san
culinary crimes. This Is the branch of
crime prevention which requires and,
fortunately, Is beginning to get, the at
tention of alienists and scientists in
every country. The day Is past when
society can be careleSsly exposed to the
dire Vaccinations Of disordered brains.
Reduced Rates
Brings Telephone Subscribers.
North China Herald, Shanghai.-In
order to induce more people TO SUBJ
scribe to the new automatic telephones,
q tremendous reduction has been made
in the cost Of the installation at Can
ton. Whereas 1t recently cost as much
as $3.50 Canton currency TO have one
Of these machines installed the price
has now been reduced to 800. The re-
duction seems to have had the desired
effect, as there has been quite a rush
at the telephone administration ofi1ceS
by new subscribers to the service. In
fact, the administration IS not able at
the moment to guarantee the immediate
installation Of the telephones.
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IL IL was not, that he not Be called
upon to testify. williams was charae-
teFized by the Senator as an "unwill-
ing" witness, and the Maryland legisla-
tor praised Americas speed king for
his refusal TO enter into controversy
with his superior officers at the
hearings.
The Williams case has aroused much
interest and has brought sharply for
ward the question Of the Nays Develop
ment of speed planes, not necessarily for
interna tional competition, but to keep
abreast of other nations in this vital
phase of military aviation. Backed by
private capital and aided by the Navy,
williams, who Is the holder of the
American speed record Of two hundred
and sixty-six miles an hour, has sought
vainly for the past four years to build
an American plane that would be fast
enough TO regain for this country one of
the major records of aviation. Ordered
to sea duty before the project was CON-
pleted, Williams, in justice to his back
ers, resigned from the Navy TO continue
his work.
According to testimony brought out At
the hearings, the Navy Is again consider
ing the study of speed in lighting planes,
and With Italy and England at least
fifty miles an hour faster in land planes
and one hundred miles an hour faster
in seaplanes, the step would seem to be
desirable one. Increased appropria-
tiOns from Congress will be necessary,
but America the birthplace of aviation,
cannot afford to draw up in the rear Of
the procession for better aircraft among
the countries Of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
Commissioner Salaries.

The fact that Gen. Crosby viii con-
tinue to draw the retired pay of a
ma jor general while serving as one of
the two civilian Commissioners of the
District and that DIR. Reichelderfer,
chairman of the Board of Commission
ers, will, therefore, receive less than
his colleague, develops an interesting
point of inequality of compensation I'M
der the new regime. But it Is improb-
able that anything will or can be done
/ to remove the inequality. The same
inequality exists on the Public Utilities
Commission.
Gen. Crosby's retired pay has nothing
to do with his services as a Commits
sioner. 1t represents. according to the
Interpretation of Senator George of
Georgia, "a portion of the salary of an
Ofncer reserved against the day OF time
when he will become separated from the
service" or, If one interprets 1t as
did Senator Vandenberg, it is q PEN
sion. In any respect, 1t represents
compensation already earned some thing
owing to Gen. Crosby by the United
States on account of past services to
the United States. His salary us q
Commissioner is the money he earns
by performing the duties VI \ Commits
SiOner. The inequality between his SAL
airy and that of DIR. Relchelderfer would
be analogous to the difference IN in
come enjoyed by poor man appointed
to the commissiOnership dependent
wholly upon his salary, and the income
Of rich man, who, in addition to his
salary, continues tO draw dividends from
past investments.
There is threatened. however another
interesting inequality i'll the pay Of
Commissioners which will probably be
settled during the term Of the inCum-
bents. The previous Commissioners drew
original salaries of $500, but the re-
classification act raised them to the top
position Of their grade, or $1,000. The
Reconsideration act, however. provided
that after the retirement from ONCE of
those occupying the top grades, only one
would be eligible for receiving the top
salary. 1t may thus develop that only
one Of the two civilian Commissioners
will be eligible for the salary Of $1,000
and that the other civilian Commits
sioner will draw less, possibly $1,000.
The Engineer Commissioner is not in
volved, however, as the difference be-
tween his pay as an Army offlcer and
that of the salary of the civilian Com
missioner Is made up by the District and
the salary due him is construed to be
$1,000.
II the Interpretation of the reclassifi-
cation act does result in two civilian Com
missiOners wing different rates of pay
the inequality should be removed by sp-
prOpriate legislation. This might take
the form of a bill fixing their salaries
at $1,000 or $4,000. The latter figure,
equal to the salary of member Of Con-
Sress would not represent lavish over
payment for the work the Commission
ers have to do and the responsibilities
and hazards of their Office.
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Canadians Bound to Win.

From the ottawa Journal.
National sentiment is q curious thing
The players on both teams are, with
one possible exception, all Canadians;
vet here We are all hoping that Cana
dams beat Boston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

Calvin Coolidge would rather write
maxa CINE articles than messages to
Congress. BY means Of popular print
he reaches q more discriminating and
at the same time more cordial class
of readers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

The Springtime gardener is peace
able householder who has no fellow
ship with the underworld individual
who gets a fsst-growing crop of. ex-
element simply by planting a bomb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

Shanghai bandits are reported to
have looted large areas and to have
beheaded ofIicials. Their methods are
even more ruthless than those OF
Chicago a4ngsters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
Feeding Neighbors' Chickens.

From the Louisville Times.
The backyard farmer soon will toll
to coax fOodstuffS from out the soil,
then find that he's worked like the
dickens to feed his neighbOrs' hungry
chickens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
Country Home Invasion.

From the Toledo Blade.
II you see half @ dozen automobiles
parked around Q country home on Sum
day IL means that the people who live
there didn't get away In time to escape
the invasion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

1t is quite possible that Ruth Hanna
Mccormick will prove one of the most
interesting and informing visitors en-
tertained at the White House In some
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

@. c. Martindale, s. j., at the Jesuit
Church, Farm street, London. Evil
dences of Sheila Kaye Smiths interest
in the Roman Catholic Church have
been app&Hent in her novels for some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

From the Fort Wayne News-SentineI.
There has been some talk of Nick
Long wOrth as Mr.. Hoovers successor.
That would settle the question Of where
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
Proof Of Good Manners.

The Arkansas Gazette.
The final proof of good manners is to
speak Sweetly when some rich guy ex-
poets you to sympatize because his
income tax Is so heavy. %
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Sad But True.

From the San Bernardino Sun.
1t doesn't seem possible there could
be much unemployment in this country
with so many Of US taking care of other
people,s business. -
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From the Indianapolis star.
The census Is another place where
you should get your story and then
stick to 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

BY starting q fight for prohibition
Gandhi proves that he regards no
economic problem as too hard for him
to tackle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

From the Louisville Times.
Before very long housskeepers will Be
Just about as busy as otttfieiders going
aftS- fliea. q
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Placing an Argument.
what persuaded the opposing candi-
date to give up?"
Our perspicacious arguments" an
swered Senator Sorghum.
You made him admit that he was
wrong?"
mo. We convinced his campaign
hacker that 1t would be q waste OF
money to 20 on"
Jud Tunkins says the danger of fiat
terry Is that it's liable to cause q man
to Overestimate his self and start more
than he can finish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

Like Wall Street, not long ago the
climate proves unreliable and promotes
the mistaken idea that the thermometer
can 60 one way for an indefinite length
of time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

Investigation, however revealing,
never fully satisfies the statesman who
is naturally a glutton for bad news.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHIhANDER JOHNSON.

Limited Manufacture.
The Communist declares he's through
With an existence tough,
And II he makes q bomb or two
He thinks that's work enough
Into an argument he'll go
To favor discomfort,
And IL he makes a bum or so
He thinks his time well spent.
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Don't Enjoy Being Reformed.

From the Bangor Daily Commercial
One explanation of things is that de-
cent men don't enjoy being reformed
by corrupt men.
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. InsidiAua Influence.

We know that alcohol will cause
Men to talk loud and break the laws
To swallow it we may neglect;
1t will promote the same effect.
Even the thought of 1t will start
quarrel that is from the heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

The Owl.
An owl Is sitting in q tree
As solemn as a bird can be.
And very soon the whippoorwill
Will show q most superior skill.
The nightingale with lovelieSt song
Will help to I'LL the night so long,
While variations will be heard
From the melodious hooking bird.
And through 1t all the owl they see
As solemn as a bird can be.
No music rises from his throat.
In fact, he doesn't know a note.
And yet the songsters fine and fit
Strive ON, with him to make q hit.
Opinions such as his we prize
Because he looks so wondrous wise.
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Longevity REQUIRED.

Longevity Required.
why did you come to Crimson Gulch
In the old days?"
Il wanted to forget my past" con-
fided Cactus Joe.
Did you succeed?"
mo. have kept on piling up a
record. If 1 want to forget it, I'll
have to live at least q couple Of hum
dred more years."
I'VE admire greatness so much" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, that
even where it does not exist we i'm
agine it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

Mystery Woyhan
Leader Of Hapdit Gang.
A, Note. Rio de Ianeiro.-.A woman Of
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"Dey tells me" said Uncle Eben,
"dsr ain nuf1n mo- precious dan hope.
De heaps O. hope 1 has had at de
race track ain never yit been de
moneys WORTH"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12

It Is reported that Sheila Kaye Smith
and her husband, the Rev. T. Penrose
Fry, were received into the Roman
Catholic Church last October By Father