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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

ton of the American Oficers' Club. He
was a member OF Parliament between
1918 and 1929.
Ambassador Debuchi Of Japan is
brimful of enthusiasm over the re-
suits Of the recent visit OF Prince and
Princess Takamatsu to the United
States Their imperial highnesses will
skirt the northern fringe of the coun-
try for a few days next week, as they
return from Canada fer brief visits to
automobile plants in Buffalo and
Detroit. en- route to their steamer at
Vancouver. Mr.. Debuchi thinks it a
peculiarly happy circumstance for
Japanese American relations that no
fewer than four members of the present
imperial house in Toxic have come to
know America at first hand" They
are Prince Chichibu, the emperor's
oldest brother: his wife, who was once
Setsu Matsudaira, a washington school
girl. and now the sovereign's ether
brother, Prince Takamatsu, and the
latters consort
An American diplomat. recently home
on leave, made his debut on the radio
in Washington. Like many another
before him, he succumbed to micro
words badly twisted. because he blurted
out to the choir invisible that This is
my first appearance before the micro
scope
Appointment of former Representa-
tive F.. Dickinson Let's Republican,
of Iowa, to the District Of Columbia
Supreme Court bench Is the latest (but
hardly likely to be the LAST evidence
that there's always room for one more
on the roost where lame ducks light
Federal tribunals at Washington are
adorned with many of them. Once
upon time Judge Let's is understood
to have aSpired to the governor general
ship OF the Virgin Islands. He sat on
an Iowa district bench for IA years
prior to his election to Congress in 1924.
Let's was one of the victims Of the
@. o. P. turnover In the Hawkeye State
last year.
James G. Rogers OF Colorado, who
recently became al Assistant Secretary
OF State, brings dramatic talent to the
State Department, where now and then
it ought TO come in handy For years
he has been the spiritus rector of the
Cactus Club OF Denver, which periodi-
cally stages Campfire plays" in the
ROCKY MOuHIdIhS. MT. Rogers nlmSell
has written most OF the plays and gen.
orally enacted one OF the leading roles.
The purpose OF the Cactus Club, which
bears couSinly resemblance to the
celebrated Bohemian Club OF San Fran
cisco and its annual links" Is to keep
fresh the memory Of early American
history in the Great West, especially
Colorado. Rogers says the dramatic
bug got into his system when he was
an undergraduate at Yale. Next to
play-writing, mountain climbing is his
hobby.
There is keen disappointment that
owen D. Young will not speak as he
was expected to do. at tomorrow nights
International Chamber banquet. Fam
lily illness kept him from Washington
this week. Young. 1t was thought, had
up his sleeve q 1892 keynote utterance.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
Long Ton Out of Date
In Coal, Says Letter

To the Editor of The Star:
Why all this fuss about selling coal ir7
even 2, pound lots? If want to buy
?. 600 pounds. or 500 pounds, or 10C
pounds of coal. and my dealers is will
ing to sell it to me at the right price
whose business is 1t? What public off,
cial has any real right to interfere? II
I was a little short of money or ex-
pected to move soon. 1t would be better
for me to buy 1000 pounds than the
larger quantity Of 2240 pounds.
Our absentee board of aldermen
(Congress) some years ago decreed that
the antiquated long" ton, 2,240 pounds
shall be the legal ton for coal in the
District. So If buy ton OF coal, that
Is the number OF pounds that have g
right to get. But Congress has not beer
foolish enough to say that must buy
coal in ton or half-ton lots. If 1 want
different quantity. ! used to buy
coal by the net ton Of 1000 pounds
In New York 80 years ago, and the Dis
trict is one of the few places that still
clings to the long" ton.
Now as to price. Our local dealers
base their prices on the wholesale prices
charged them by the mine operators
Retail prices for all other commodities
are made in the same way. as a matter
OF course. This Spring, I understand
the prices Of egg and stove sizes of an
thracite and some semi bituminous Goals
have been reduced, and the prices oil
smaller sizes and Of coke have beer
increased.
The difference between the long tor
and 1000 pounds is a trifie less than
IL per cent of the long ton, so any
buyer who wants to compare prices
should take off ii per cent from the
lowest price of ton last Spring, and
if the remainder is greater than the
lowest price quoted this Spring for 2.0OC
pounds of the same kind and size OF
coal there has been a reduction; If the
remainder is less there has been an
increase.
The rosy circular that received from
one of the largest dealers is skillfully
worded so as to make the reader think
that prices Of all sizes of anthracite
have been reduced, and a careful exam
nation of the language Is needed to
show that the statement applies only
to egg and stove sizes. This is pretty
sure to make customers who use other
sizes, as do. feel sore, but 1t Is not
a false statement
To me 1t seems that the only matter
that can properly be investigated Is
wis Their prices are reasonable. The
mere change from a weight difficult to
remember to the even 20 hundred.
weight is certainly an improvement.
FREDERIC A. FERNALD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
Second Generation and
Federal Voting Rights

To the Editor of The star:
In an article on THE Case for Fed
eral Suffrage in the District of Column
bia." printed on page AS Of your issue
OF May 3, 1881, some reference is made
to the second generation of United
States Government employees here who
maintain legal residence in a State.
One paragraph concludes thus:
Born in the District and without
claims upon any State. they are resi-
dents of the District Of Columbia and
therefore DISTINGUISHED"
Does the second generation apply
to the sons and daughters of that
United States Government employee
with legal residence in State, or to
the descendants of such children?
II the idea Is to be used. there should
be some Qualification to assist In proper
elucidation.
If my recollection is correct. the son
OF q United States Government em-
ploye in the District of Columbia. ap-
piled through the United States Civil
Service Commission for a position, CIV
ing as his residence the legal State
residence Of his father The commits
sion declared him to be a resident Of
the District of Columbia. II remem-
Der Alright. the matter was taken into
court. where 1t was decided that the
-on5 claim to residence in the state
was correct.
iosEPH w, CExNax. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
Combined DAY. Suggested
For Mothers and Fathers
To the RdItor of The star;

To the Editor of The star:
Nav suggest that Mothers day
celebrated on the second Sunday In
May, and Fathers day, observed In
June, be combined to constitute Par
ents day and observed Sunday, May 10.
gress. passed in 1912, the American
flag must be displayed at half mast on
all Government buildings on Mothers
day. Despite this ofTicial recognition
the day has long since lost It's original
significance. To-day Mothers day means
little more than the occasion for In
creased profit for certain commercial
interests.
II parents are to be h-nored. why
should it not be done in a suitable
way? Why not honor both parents
on one day in recognition OF their
joint share in homemaking and child
rearing? The fathers contribution to
family life has too often been con-
sidered merely a financial enc. But
with a better understanding OF the
Importance OF family relationships has
come realization that the father
eXerts strong influence on the lives
OF his children. A Parents day would
foster In children a proper recognition
and appreciation of love and devotion
NJ b1th mothers and fathers.
But more important, the public OBJ
servance OF Parents day would serve
to emphasize the responsibilities OF
parenthood. Instead OF this being lust
another day to celebrate or to send
kilograms or presents to either ore or
both parents, the day would have A
deeper significance because Il would
make clear the fact that parenthood
is the greatest OF all professions, one
requiring great skill and much knowl-
edge. On Parents day the attention
OF fathers and mothers should be
called to the fact that the care and
training OF their children demand their
NEST careful thought and study.
am convinced that an Inspiring and
truly helpful program for Parents day
can be planned by churches and schools
and other social agencies.
have no quarrel with the fine senti-
ment that created Mothers day, but
1 feel the significance of that day will
be UNNECESSARILY greater Il Mothers
day becomes Parents day-its dual
purpose the honoring of parents on the
part of their children and the dedica-
ton CT fathers and mothers to the
great ideal Of creating throughout the
country an enlightened parenthood.
CLARA SAVAGE LITTLEDALE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
Republican Leaders Upset
American Tariff Theories

revision, however. Il to produce results
through the elastic provisions OF the
HawleySm act end the Tarih Com
mission"
THE President Is wise, We believe"
AYERS the Flint Daily Journal adding:
Tariff stability is more valuable than
either upward or downward revision.
Changing the tariff in either direction
has an unsettling influence on business
both here and abroad. Mr.. Hoover u
tends to keep on with the slow ADJUST
ment of rates through the Tariff Com
mission, his associates maintain. BY
the time Congress reconvenes IN De-
cember, a dozen or more rates may be
changed, but so far as tinkering with
the general rate structure Is concerned
1T Is out Of the question"
Giving attention to a protest from
President Green of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor against "a downward
revision Of duties" the Hartford Cour-
ant argues: ITO assume that our do
mestic business would be better If lower
duties encouraged imports. goes directly
contrary to experience. To say that II
we reduced our tariff there would be
less discrimination against our prod
uctS. hence an easier market for our
surplus, overlooks the overproduction
and depression that exist elsewhere.
1Tuc, the new UdEIl1 has IlOb IldQ lIl6
promised effect of reYiving business, but
it cannot justly be charged as being
blamable for the condition in which
business finds itself. 1t might be high
er or it might be lower without mate
rally affecting the existing situation.
which has its causes in various malad-
justments of the economic system"
Foreign trade conditions are believed
by the Atlanta Journal to reveal the
penalty of blind adherence to a tariff
policy which economists long ago pro-
nounced unSuited to the twentieth CEN
fury world" while the Schenectady
Gazette warns that "onIy through the
development Of a worldwide demand
for what we have to sell can We corL
tinue mass production" and the Bir-
mingham News, noting that Gen. At
terbury quoted statements by Owen D.
Young with approval, maintains that
sit is liberal thought like Atterburys
and Young's that is sounding the doom
of the political concept that permanent
economic isolation can bring anything
but disaster to the nation that attempts
it." The Morgantown Dominion News
states: Perhaps there will always be
isolated instances where protection is
desirable, but we believe that even the
most rabid Republican will some day
agree that general policy of protec-
ton Is no longer necessary or wise"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06

Q. How many languages are there in
the wofld?-R r.
A. Since it is dificult to decide what
constitutes q language. authorities Diff
fer. Some give the number as 1000:
others as high as 5000 and 1000. The
actual number OF languages recently
computed by the officers of the French
Academy Is 2,7s6.
@. Were chickens included in the
live stock brought over on the May
iower?-J. r.
A. One authority says: 1T appears
TINT the only domestic live stock
aboard the Mayhower were goas, swine,
poultry, and dogs"
O. Do electric storms occur at sea-
H. N. g.
A. Such storms do frequently occur
with great intensity and there is one
spot particularly in the North Atlantic
Ocean, between latitude 4 G-~~ces and
10 degrees north and longitude Is de-
grees and % degrees west which IL
companied by lightning and thunder
with violent falls of rain.
@. Must one be a Government en-
ploye in order to go on the Alaskan tour
in August?-C. H.
A. 1t is not required. The tour Is
organized for Government off1cials and
employees. their families and friends
for all, In fact, who care to go.
Q. why were the Virgin Islands given
this name?-E. NJ. @.
A. Columbus discovered this group on
his second voyage in 1893. It Is said,
amazed at the number. he feared there
would not be enough saints names to
= --.,A L.. -
sacred patronage of the II 900 martyred
virgins Of st. Ursula.
@. Is the immigration quota from
Australia and Tasmania usually filed?
H. E. A.
A. The quota is 100 year and IL ia
used each year.
@. What does the word Episcopal"
mean?-E. NJ.
A. 1t means governed by bishops, and
u taken from the Latin Episcopals.
@. How much money did the woman
leave who lived so many years in New
York City and never left her home on
Fifth avenue?-M. H.
A. The estate Of the late Ella Virginia
Won Echtzel Wendell was placed at more
than SIS 900 900, the bulk of which was
left to institutions About SIS 900 zoe
was set aside to further theological re-
search OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Other institutions benef1ting
are the Flower Hospital, the New York
Society for the Relief of Ruptured and
Crippled, and st. Christopher's Hone
for Children at Dobbs Ferry, New o..
@. Was there ever q race Of pygmies
in Tennessee?-H. s.
A. The existence of pygmy race In
Tennessee is believed to be a fallacy by
modern ethnologists. The story owes
its origin to the discovery In the early
half of the nineteenth century Of nu-
merous small stone cofhns containing
skeletons, the largest Of which measured
"a inches in length and . inches in
depth. These were assumed to be the
remains OF a race Of pygmies. How
ever, they have proved to be in many
cases the skeletons Of children. Those
Of adults were deprived of flesh &C
cording to the common custom in the
mound region. then disjointed and the
bones packed into a very small spaes.
O. Is grohoma . kind Of wheat7-
M. r.
A. The Division Of Cereal Investiga-
ton says that the grain called grohoma
is not wheat, but a grain sorghum
which originated in Oklahoma and
which is now grown in surrounding
States such as Kansas and Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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@. When was the first league game
played in the Yankee Stadium7-W. c.
A. On April 8, 1928.
@. How long does 1t take q normal
head Of hair to grow inches' -
A. THE American Hairdresser" says
that hair on the human head grows
from 8 to inches in year.
G. How many glaciers are there In
Glacier National Park?--B. S.
A. This park in Northwestern Mon
tana has 30 glaciers, ranging from 5
square miles down 10 q few acres.
Q. How large Is the Mexican Army?
p. c.
A. Mexico has an army Of Se,633.
Q. Why are Governors conferences
held?-D. C.
A. The factors which BROUGHT about
the establishment of the Governors con-
ference were the growing Capitalization
OF power at Washington, the shifting.
uncertain status of States rights, and
the lack of uniform laws The frst
meeting was held at the White House
in 1908. 1t was called by President
Roosevelt, and the principal subject
considered was the conservation of
natural resources. The functions of the
Governors conference are oflcially de-
clared to be: Exchange of views and
experiences on subjects OF general i'm
portance to the people OF the several
States, the promotion of greater uni
formity in State legislation. and the at
tainment Of greater efficiency in State
administration.
O. How large a nugget Of gold has
been found?-W. d. P.
A. The largest recorded piece of gold
ever found was a nugget called the
Welcome Nugget taken from the Bakery
Hill, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, on
June II, 1853. at a depth Of $50 feet
from the surface. 1t weighed Abs troy
ounces and was also one of the purest
ever recorded, being SO per cent pure.
Q. Are horoscopes the fastest turning
wheels in eXiStence?-T. H. S.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
that the speed at which horoscopes turn
Is from 10000 to 10000 revolutions per
minute. Small internal grinding wheels
are sometimes driven at $4,000 revolu-
tons per minute.
@. How many members have the
American Legion and the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars?-R. @. L.
A. American Legion has about S24.-
900 members and Veterans Of Foreign
Wars about 100000
@. Does the Speaker of the House
vote on any question before the House
II he chooses?-F. B.
A. The clerk Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives says that the Speaker is also
member and has every right to vote
the same as any other member. He
does not often exercise this right.
@. What is the present government
Of Armenia?-H H. NJ.
A. A Soviet Armenian government
was established in Erivan in December,
1920. Since that time the Armenian
Communist party has been governing
the country. With the financial sup
port of Soviet Russia, Georgia and
Azerbaijan, the Armenian government
has established peace and measure of
prosperity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
Mr.. Mellon Tells the World.

Secretary OF the Treasury Mellon Is
one OF the worlds public men who, like
the late George F. Baker, consider that
silence Is the secret OF success. The
perennial chancellor Of the American
excheQuer does not make many speeches.
when he does. he invariably has some
thing to say There was no doubt on
that score among the foreign bankers
who heard MIR. Mellon in a group meet
ing OF the International Chamber CT
Commerce yesterday.
His theme, naturally, was the world
economic crisis, the gravity OF which
he made no attempt TO minimize. MT.
Mellon reminded his hearers that he
spoke both as q Government of1cial and
as 4 business man. With an exquisite
deIica teness OF touch. he went straight
to the topic uppermost in the minds Of
many Of the distinguished men OF anairs
now in conference at Washinston-@war
debts and the United States attitude
toward reduction or cancellation thereof.
May make one SUGGESTION" Mr..
Mellon said, land that is, do not lose
sight Of the fact that solutions which
may seem to you ideal cannot always
be put into effect for reasons which l
am sure are apparent to you. One Is
that in each country governments must
deal primarily with the facts of their
own case and are free to act only
I'D hy M a
traditions, economic organization and
the limited understanding that exists
in every country OF other peoples
problems and OF the extent to which
all of us are affected by conditions out
side Of our own borders. The troubles
which all Of us face at this time can
not be cured by any quick and easy
method, or at some one else's expense,
and 1t Is well to face that fact"
Secretary Mellon did not specifically
mention war debts or the American
tariff, but these are what he had in
mind. He meant to indicate to those
who think that all would be merry as
wedding bells in June II only Uncle
Sam would give partial or full receipt
for war debts, or rae tariff walls,
that neither our traditions nor our
interests permit such action. More
than that, Mr.. Mellon distinctly dis
believes that hot-house methods OF
combating depression would be effective.
Apart from these plain words, the in
ternational bankers cannot fail TO have
been impressed by the Secretary Of the
Treasury's views on what he terms the
severest crisis through which modern
business ever passed. He registers sane
optimism that, "as in the past, the day
will come when we shall find ourselves
on . more solid economic foundation
and the onward march of progress will
be resumed"
No more useful sermon could have
been preached at the solemn conclave
Of commerce in Washington this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06

Gene Tunney, ex-pugilist, is return
ing from Moscow with the expressed
opinion that the Soviet Union is "a
going concern, right or wrong" which
suggests that Mr.. Tunney may have
political aspirations and is practicing
the art Of saying thing several ways
at once,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06

Whoever killed the peccary at the
Zoo is perhaps the same individual who
recently cut of lot OF tulips and left
the flowers on the ground. Vandalism,
which has been called the meanest Of
all manias, takes many forms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06

The leopard cannot change his spots,
says Shakespeare, and other biologists,
but the tiger sometimes changes his
stripes. Witness Tammany now plead
ing for public hearings on charges Of
ofncial malfeasance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06

Jack Diamond is. after all, recover
ing from his latest dose of lead, but
the authorities are not letting him loose
even if he should care to minsle again
with his none too trustworthy fellow
beings,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06

Evidence of q revival OF public taste
for the spoken drama-both stage and
acreen-is furnished by a demand in
New York for the quieting OF motor
horns in the streets, which now make
hearing impossible inside the play
houses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
Not Only Live.

From the Detroit Free Press.
1t is hard to believe that there are
only between 100000 and 100000
pet 6ogs in the United States. Some
times almost half that number seem TO
live on a single street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
Early Results.

"You don't mean to say your garden
Is already a SUGGEST"
yes, SIR"
But a garden is not supposed to pro-
duce 80 early"
Mine does. I have dug six cans OF
the finest fishing worms ever saw"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06

China, adept in the art of counte-
nance control, abolishes extraterritorial-
ity with an air Of perfect earnestness
and hnality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
One More Expatriate.

From the Altoona Mirror
The Paris hotel at which Alfonso
resides charges him $500 4 day. They
look upon him, apparently. as just
another tourist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
He's a GeorRian. Too.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Probably as big 4 threat as any. 70
the perpetuation OF the present regime
In Moscow is the failure OF Stain 10
develop . sense 09 humor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
A Word Of APPROVAL.

How does your boy feel about stay
ing on the farm"
Better than he used to-" replied
Farmer Corntossel. He has looked 1t
over and he says the place has the
makin's OF some fine golf links"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
6,..sIraI cnrresnondent.

while Caesar fought, he'd also write
And send stuff on in batches,
Convinced, no doubt, that half the fight
was In the news dispatches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
Advantage.

From the Duluth Herald.
Though the majority may not always
be right. IL Is In q position to ask the
minority what It y going TO do about u.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-06
The TactIess Ones,

They tell you when your woes you nurse
That your mIsfortunes might be worse,
And think they're due for thanks from
you
II what they say proves strictly true.