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Evening star., 1930-06-04

terday Senator McNary, assistant Re-
publican leader, sought unanimous con-
sent to bring this part Of the report to
q vote at pm. today. He was willing
to accept a later date. But Demo-
cratic opposition, backed by that Of in
surgent Republicans. made an agree
ment impossible. The plea was made
that Senators were not prepared to
speak on the report. Probably the
country might reply that it could very
well do with action and less talk at this
particular stage of the proceedings.
The unanimous consent route Is the
only practicable manner Of reaching
an agreement In the Senate to ter
inmate debate and Ak time for vot-
ing. Perhaps it may be possible today
to bring forth an agreement for a
vote. provided the desires of each in
dividual Senator can be satisfied.
Despite the refusal to agree to time
to vote so that Senators could debate
the tariff conference, it developed early
yesterday afternoon that no Senators.
not even those who apparently are so
anxious to discuss the tariff, were
ready or deSirous of speaking. The
Senate finally adjourned at AIS o'clock,
following the discussion Of other mat
ters than the tariff.
The tariff bill will pass or it viii
not pass. Why are the opponents of
the measure not willing to put it to
the test? The business Of the country
and the farmers have been waiting
for this measure for a year and half.
Many Of the attacks upon it now made
are mere attacks without basis Of fact.
The bill does benefit agriculture, as an
examination Of it should show the most
skeptical. But the opposition con-
tinues to deny this fatty. Why not let
the farmers try 1t out?
Evening star., 1930-06-04

This great service Is maintained By
The Evening star for the benent OF its
readers, who may use 1t every day with
| out cost to themselves. AL they have
to do Ii ask for any Information de-
sired and they will receive prompt an
swers by mail. Questions must be clear
/ ly written and stated as briefly as pos
sible. Inclose 2-cent stamp for return
| postage and address The Evening Star
Information Bureau, Frederic ]. Has
kin, director, Warrington, D. G.
@. n Babe Ruth more Of an asset 10
| his team as q batter than he was as
| pitcher?-L. r.
A. He was q very good pitcher and II
an excellent batter. As . batter he can
play every day, which Is an advantage
to his team.
@. What Is the meaning Of intelli-
gence quotients-G. 8. NJ.
A. The intelligence quotient or II.
O." OF a child Is determined by multi
plying its mental age by 100 and divid-
| ing by the actual age. Thus the intelli-
gence quotient Of normal child Is 100.
| A child with an l. Q. below 80 is rated
as subnormal, while one with an I. @,
above 100 is rated as gifted. About five
children in 100 viii be found to be 20
below normal, and about i've, 20 above
normal.
q. Who was the first person to make
q map Of the moon?---J. D.
A. The first map Of the moon was
made by Riccioli in 1850.
Q. How long does It take for the
soft spot on D baby's head TO disap-
pear?-H. M.
A. There are usually four such spots
discernible on the skull of newly born
| infant. All but the anterior, or great
fontanel, close. within few months.
This closes about one year after birth,
but In some cases persists during the
second year.
O. What Is the Society Of Woman
Geographers?-W. D. G.
A. It Is q society, organized In 1929,
by a group who felt that there should
be some medium Of contact between
women distinguished in geographical
work and It's allied sciences ethnology,
archaeology, botany, natural history, So
cioloVy. folklore, arts and crafts, etc.
For active membership In this society
only those women are eligible who have
done distinctive work whereby they
have added to the worlds store OF
knowledge concerning the countries In
| which they have Travelled. Correspond
ing members are those who fulnil the
requirements for active membership,
but who reside outside the United
States Of America and Canada. The
associate membership admits widely
travelled women who are interested In
furthering all forms Of geographical
exploration and research.
@. Who was the friend who saved
Alexander the Greats life and was
later killed by Alexander?--A. d. r.
A. Clitus.
q. Does billboard advertising con-
hict with newspaper and magazine ad-
| vertising?-C. o. A. ..
A. In most instances the billboard
medium is employed In reminder ca
pacity, supplementary TO newspaper or
magazine advertising, which 10 usually
employed In o primary way.
q. How long ago was what u known
as the Bronze Age7-Y. r. 3.
A. The Bronze Age In Europe y
fixed bv recognized authorities some
where between 1000 and 5000 30.
Evening star., 1930-06-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

q gentleman who had personally inves-
tigated conditions in the West Virginia
coal fields, we discovered that he was
neither impressed nor interested.
We refused to believe that Zola was
in error, but rather preferred to think
that our friend had kept his mind shut
to q glorious picture, . moving picture
Of human nature.
At another time we recommended
later that he found the lines dull. -
Now to Us there isn't duh line in the
book.
The answer, that one must be q
"realist" to like zola, viii not hold
water. The writer here Is far from .
"realiSt," whatever that Is. He likes
poetry, fairy tales and the imaginative
writings of such men as Robert Louis
Stevenson and Lewis Carroll.
He finds In zola certain amount OF
poetry which compels his interest In
every sentence, despite the fact that
particular grace or felicity Of the thing
we call style"
What is this poetic quality In zola
which may be called poetry?
1t Is, it would seem, nothing more
than the mans innate sense of Jus
tice.
Justice, as one may realize by reading
in the prophet Isaiah, Is the backbone
of much of the poetry Of the world.
The ringing measures of that old
writer Cor perhaps many writers) arise,
in part, through the mighty sense Of
justice (and injustice) which rings
through them.
- 4
Emile Zola was a blood brother of
Isaiah, as strange as that may sound.
Within the mind Of each reigned the
sense Of justice and in the heart Of
each boiled the righteous anger which
came when injustice was encountered.
1t may be objected that Charles Dick
ems had like sense of great injustices
and yet produced no poetry. 1t de-
pends, Of course, upon what one calls
poetry. The great world Of Dickens, :"
as Gilbert K. Chesterton calls it, Is
crammed with poetic characters and
with mass descriptions which border, at
least, on poems in motion.
Poetry, as every one knows today,
does not necessarily mean certain con-
ventionalized words. descriptions or line
is q condition of mind and heart which
searches for beauty.
4 y Il
Prose writer's who hold a1oft the
twin standards of justice and beauty
are likely to achieve poetry, despite
themselves, and their readers to read
poetry, although they may not real
ize 1t.
Thus It is with the novels Of Emile
Zola, the Frenchman. His indignant
mind, after it had gone into q subject,
made him identify himself with his
characters and situations to such an
extent that he came alive to their
innermost aspirations.
He longed for justice to prevail
throughout the world and out of this
longing came mass movement of
words, which, without particular beauty
of composition, nevertheless achieved a
moving effect.
Such Is the quality which distin-
guishes the description Of the march of
the miners in "Germinal." Both sides
Of the affair are depicted-the brutal
side, the glorious side, the futile aspect,
the immortal aspect.
To us, we repeat there Is not o dull
line in "Germinal," and we do not be-
lieve any one will find q dull line
either, If he keeps In mind the consid-
erations we have outlined.
Evening star., 1930-06-04
Pollution of Water
Dealt Blow bv Court

From the Buffalo Evening News.
The movement against pollution Of
water courses gets impetus from the
ruling Of the United States Circuit
Court OF Appeals upholding conviction
and penalty in the case of a steamship
company, one Of whose vessels per-
mitted the escape Of several barrels Of
The statute under which the COM
pany was hailed to court was passed by
the Legislature more than 40 years ago.
1t forbids the discharge Of refuse, dirt,
ashes, cinders, mud, sand, dredgings
and sludge." At that time ships did not
use ofl-burning engines, but the trial
court and the jury assumed that the
intent of the statute was to prevent the
discharge Of any and all kinds of poll
luting substances. Upholding the valid
tty OF the legislation, the Federal court
also accepted this view of the matter.
II this is good legislation for New
York Harbor, 1t should be good for all
other water courses, which as popula-
ton increases tend to become more and
more contaminated. Largely the water
courses are used as open sewers. Such
an order of things cannot 60 on in
definitely without endangering the pub
lie health. For instance, Buffalo can
not hope that the practice of discharg-
ing sewage into the Niagara River will
much longer be countenanced. The city
now and again considers plans for the
construction Of disposal works, but 1t
does nothing to carry them out. The
wise course is to proceed with the work
while Is yet the city may choose its
time, rather than to wait for orders to
proceed. The difficulties in which Chi
cago now finds itself eloquently attest
the distress that attends policy Of tenn
porizing. The decision of the Federal
court in the New York Harbor case is
likely to lead to o demand for action to
protect all water courses. Buffalo would
do well to anticipate legislation Of this
character,
Evening star., 1930-06-04
Government to Aid
Ships on Pacific

From the oregon Daily Journal. Portland.
Word from Washington indicates that
X. D. Dawson and associates are to re-
ceive the aid of the Government In
constructing a fleet of five fast and
modern ships and placing them in serv-
ice on the Pacific. It would be remark
able II such aid were to be denied.
It Is the announced policy of the
American Government to create and
maintain a merchant marine: That
policy was written into law by Congress
in 1920. Since that date the Govern
ment has gone long way in helping In
the establishment of ship lines, In pro-
viding ships for the trade routes, in en-
couraging construction of new vessels
and in aiding in keeping the vessels In
operation.
But most Of the ships have been
placed in service on the Atlantic. Much
of the activity in which the Govern
ment has had a part has been on that
coast Meantime there Is a heavily ex-
pandtng trade on the Pacific. That ex-
pansion will continue much faster than
expansion on the Atlantic. The era of
the Pacific, when the bulk of the COM
merce of the Nation will be on this
ocean, Is approaching. There are great
new markets OF the Western coast OF
America. There are rich resources to
be tapped there. There are great fields
for development. What about Amer
lean ships in that commerce? Is an
American merchant marine to be main
tanned in that tradeP
The speed records on the Pacific have
been recently broken by new Japanese
vessels. They are modern ships. They
are fast. They are less costly to op-
crate than ships that have gone before
them. They are on the Pacific, bidding
for the Pacific trade.
The only way that American vessels
can be expected to carry part Of the
huge cargoes of the future on these
trade routes Is to provide vessels that
can compete with foreign carriers, and
to get into that trade now. Private In
terests with q record of successful op-
Grafton are asking for the opportunity.
They are asking for the Government to
afford them the same aid that has been
afforded on the Atlantic.
1t is tnconceivable that it could be
denied.
Evening star., 1930-06-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

Q. where a the Natural Bridget
WIN you please ten me something about
A The Natural Bridge IS IN Rock-
bridge County. Va. It was left By
the collapse Of the remainder OF the
roof Of . tunnel formed BY water perco-
lating through o joint or fissure athwart
the stream. The tunnel thus formed
was gradually enlarged until all the
water of the stream was diverted from
the stream bed below the joint OF In
gress, leaving bridge. 1t has span
of 80 feet and Is from 30 to 100 1eet
wide.
@. What do the initials A. B. @.
stand for when placed before the cir
culation figure Of q magazine 2-B. B. T.
A. The letters are an abbreviation
for Audit Bureau Of Circulation.
q. What preparation do acrobats use
on their joints to make them more
pliable? e?-G. r.
A. The nexibility Of acrobats Is due
to constant exercise and intense train
ing and not to any preparation which
they apply to their joints.
Q. Why is nat money 30 calleda-
A. This name was given TO irredeem-
able paper currency during the green
back agitation after the Civil War,
from the claim Of the Greenback party
that the fat Of the Government could
give value 10 circulating medium.
@. What metals does the horseshoe
magnet attract?-R. D.
A, The Bureau of Standards says
that iron, nickel and cobalt are metals
that the ordinary horseshoe magnets
attract.
@. When was the last issue %
the Stars and Stripes published N
France9--A. F. B.
A. The last issue published in France
was dated June 10, 1919.
@. About how much Of the United
States has been mapped BY SOL sur
A. The Bureau Of Chemistry and
Soils has now completed the mapping
of approximately half of the arabic
soils Of the United States.
@. What was the first highway In the
United States2-L. o. G. Il
A. The first important road In ths
United States, says the Highway Edu-
cation Board, was the old York ROAD
between New York and Philadelphia,
established by the colonies In It'll. The
FIRST company incorporated to build and
operate q toll road was the Phlladel"
phia 81 Lancaster Turnpike Co. 1t waa
Incorporated In Pennsylvania In 1872
and had q road from Philadelphia to
Lancaster, q distance Of 50 miles. This
road was later taken over by the state.
@. What caused Joshua Reynolds
deafness2--R. e. M.
A. The young artist contracted cold
while studying In the Vatican. Lifelong
deafness resulted
q. How large an army did Britain
have when the Revolution beganP;-
w. D. 8.
A, Outside Of militia, the British
Army consisted Of but 48,647 men.
-
q. Row many names do followers ID
Islam give to God?-T. H.
A. There are 90 beautiful Arabic
names Of God 80 used.
q. How rapidly does the muskraa
breed?-R. w. A.
A. A female muskrAt win produca
from rs to 30 young year.
Evening star., 1930-06-04

turn was put into effect here. With q
very apparent change Of attitude on the
part Of the trafac ONCE regarding this
question 1t Is quite likely that the
recommended change will soon take
place. The traf1c ONCE believes that
the rotary turn is safer but In the
interest Of uniformity is willing TO
substitute the Hoover turn.
There has been q growing feeling on
the part Of Washingtonians as new
lights spring up seemingly at every
intersection that perhaps the city is
being oversupplied with automatic
signals. Lights are undeniably useful
at certain points, but these points should
be selected with great care and no light
should be installed without a close study
which demonstrates an actual need.
There can be no smooth now Of tradlc
II stops must be made without cause.
Many of the Stop signs originally
installed have already been discarded,
but there are probably many more
which should suffer the same treatment.
Any motorist who has driven across the
city knows the number of totally un-
necessary stops" that must be made.
The same sort Of study should be given
the installation Of stop" signs as that
accorded the necessity for new lights.
The Capper-McLeod bill for safety
responsibility on the part of those who
are reckless and insolvent and Judgment
proof has already passed the House,
and the Senate District committee re-
ported it out yesterday It appears quite
likely that it will become a law before
the end of the present session Of Con-
gress.
The program Of the trade automotive
association is sound in every particular
and striking benefits to the city will be
the result II Commissioner Crosby
approves 1t.
Evening star., 1930-06-04
Delay.

The spirit Of delay and further delay
on matters Of vital importance to the
American people appears to permeate
the Senate. Efforts by the leaders to
get action on the tariff bill, which has
been pending In the Senate itself since
last September, have been baked by
demands for more and more debate.
President Hoover is urged by some of
the Republican leaders to postpone call
ing a special session of the Senate until
next November to deal with the London
naval treaty. Mr.. Hoover, however, has
very properly turned down this advice
A handful Of Senator'S are opposed to
action on the treaty. They are anxious
to have the debate on the treaty put
on until next Fall, hoping that senti-
ment, which is strongly supporting the
treaty today, may change by that time.
There Is a suspicion, too, that opponents
Of the administration, some of them
prepared to vote for the treaty when
the showdown comes, are not averse
TO forcing a postponement now merely
for the sake Of embarrassing the Presi-
dent. The effort of the anti-adminis-
tration forces has been to make 1t ap-
pear that the administration is futile
and unable to prevail upon Congress
or rather the Senate, to deal with these
problems of importance.
The conference report on the tariff
bill now before the Senate is In two
sections That which has been laie
before the Senate for immediate con-
sideration Is the report dealing with
Nhs flexible provision Of the law. Yes
Evening star., 1930-06-04
Mussolini Threats
Do Not Prove Power
From the worcester gvenins oasetts.

From the Worcester Evenins Gazette.
The present generation Of Americans
has had little acquaintance with the
old-fashioned type Of politician who
used to make the eagle scream" Now
that we are, IN fact, the most powerful
Nation In the world we no longer need
to be continually reminded that ours Is
the fairest land on Gods green foot
stool"
Our politicians who used to indulge
In that kind Of oratory were compen-
sating for their country's obvious in
feriority. Probably the same explana-
ton may be applied TO Mussolini's full
limitations. Italy, lacking in mineral
wealth, overpopulated, stu suffering
from the economic results Of the war,
Is trying to make up In spirit for Its
inferior material resources.
MusSolini includes among his mani
fold duties that Of national cheer lead
er He calls his political undergrad
yates together for frequent pep meet
ings. Within limits, this seems harm
less form Of effervescence. France,
which Is the dominant military power
on the continent. takes these Italian
outbursts with marked composure.
And yet. though the Italian dictator
is not talking war, his talk Is 6iSquiet-
ing. For, while he roars and rants, he
makes more difIlcult the effort to bring
about such harmonious agreements as
were attempted at the London Arms
Conference. A f1ve-power treaty was
made impossible at London largely by
Italy's demand for parity with France.
To bring these two nations into
agreement and thus stabilize the entire
naval situation it is necessary, first Of
all, for Italy to recede from her posi-
ton: Apparently we must wait for
further naval adjustments until Mus.
solini lays aside his megaphone and
begins to consider his budget. In the
long run 1t will be the italian money,
not the italian statesman, that talks.
Evening star., 1930-06-04
Federal Movie Control
Proposal Is Assailed

From the Milwaukee Journal.
DR.. Fred Eastman, professor of re-
ligious literature and drama at the Chi
cago Theological Seminary, speaking
before a Wauwatosa church group, pro-
poses q Federal motion picture COM
mission to regulate the movie industry
in about the same way the Radio Com
mission regulates radio.
That is one thing we ought not to
want. In the first place there is no
analogy between the radio, with its
problems Of wave lengths, station power
and control of the air, and the movie
industry, which has none OF these ele-
ments present. In the second place,
such q motion picture commission Is
just q disguise for Federal censorship.
1t would, in fact, have to become q cen
sor to accomplish anything at all. And
censorship is rejected in this country.
But DR.. Eastman is on solid ground
when he points out the need of Federal
legislation, such as some sections en-
bodied in the Brookhart bill, TO break
up block booking and blind booking OF
pictures and the domination exercised
by great chains of theaters owned by
producers. All these things are harm
full to the movies. Block booking Is
device by which producers force upon
the exhibitors all their productions,
good, bad or indifferent. The exhibit
tor today has lost his independence. He,
to be sure, wants the good pictures for
his own community. To get them he
has to take a lot of ''potboilers" and
worse. Some producers have said they
would stop this practice, but 1t appar-
emily is still in existence.
And In the background, If the exhibit
tor is inclined to show any independ-
ence, is the threat of the powerful
chains of theaters controlled by the
producers themselves. 1t is not un-
reasonable to say that today they can
to break. This is not healthy condi-
tion from the standpoint of the movie
art And 1t Is not healthy from the
standpoint of the patrons, so many Of
whom are children.
Evening star., 1930-06-04

Satisfaction is expressed by Eckener
IN looking forward to the day when air
ships Of the Zeppelin kind are so
numerous as to attract little attention.
A great invention is never truly sue
cessful until it finds the comparative
obscurity Of acceptance as a matter of
course.
Evening star., 1930-06-04

Europe has learned to like American
cheese and is even beginning to nibble
at corn bread. To write the songs of q
nation is important. It Is, perhaps, no
less important to write the menu.
Evening star., 1930-06-04

Having served faithfully as an ofacial
Calvin Coolidge apparently finds COM
fort in reverting to type as a plain
American citizen who aspires to own
his home and get an occasional piece
accepted by a magazine.
Evening star., 1930-06-04

One of the theories Of constitutional
procedure Is that an amendment should
be sufficiently independent OF the
original text to carry a series Of amend
ments on its own account.
Evening star., 1930-06-04

Spectators in land cannot fail to de-
rive encouragement from the historic
imputations that George Washington
was a bit Of a realtor on his own ac-
count.
Evening star., 1930-06-04

Reminder Is offered that wars are
fought by boys" The idea presents a
suggestion OF grim responsibility for the
wise elders who undertake to regulate
international conditions.
Evening star., 1930-06-04

Political measurements now contem-
plate beverages In terms Of alcoholic
discomfort.
Evening star., 1930-06-04
Or Hot "Wires."

From the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
Maybe so many of the politicians
wouldn't be continually sitting on the
fence If the voters would see to it that
the political fences are made of barbed
wire.
Evening star., 1930-06-04

Beer was once . simple beverage.
Gangsters have made 1t deadlier than
the hemlock that finished Socrates.
Evening star., 1930-06-04
Or Worse, Even.

From the springfeld, Mass, Union.
Two students have walked 800 miles,
starting with $40 and finishing with 18
cents; but you don't have to walk near.
ly as far as that here to achieve thA
aanA HeG1ika.
Evening star., 1930-06-04
He Ought To.

From the Pittsburgh Post-0azette.
1t is probable that the British artist
who has painted his wtfe's portrait 81
times can choose his own dinner menus
Evening star., 1930-06-04
Getting Moneys Worth.

From the Louisville Times.
The Yankee management should now
be Jubilant because Its 100000 beauty,
Babe Ruth, has recently given 1t sew
eral runs for ito naone%
Evening star., 1930-06-04
Bring the Soup.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Hollywood advertises Public to see
stars eating" With sound effects?
Evening star., 1930-06-04

The ratio 6-6-3 In plain figures
adds UP to 13. Fortunately, superstition
has no place In diplomacy.
Evening star., 1930-06-04
Customary Experience.

OUSVOAA14SIy AAPCAACAAOCs
As each election time draws near,
We feel again a sense of fear.
Here is another crucial test
To ascertain just what is bestI
And when election leads at last
Unto serenity so vast,
We smile with confidence and say
Elections all are just that way!"