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Evening star., 1932-08-27
Accidents at Home.

There is something peculiarly tragic
in the great number of casualties re-
sulting from accidents in American
homes. Automobile and airplane crashes
are somehow more or less taken for
granted. But home Is synonym for
security, and the report Of o death or
serious injury in q purely domestic en-
Evening star., 1932-08-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A Retrogressive.
Wind a-bloWin' over dar an den a-blow-
in here;
Clouds a-travelin' back an fo'th all
thoo de atmosphere;
Sun a-risin' in de east and settin' In de
west
Oar ain no one but me dat seems to
take real rest.
De lazy day, it drift along: de bee is
on de wing;
De bird it keep SO busy dat it ain got
time to sing;
Dey all ain gittin' nowheres. not so
fur as I kin see,
I wonder why dey don lay of an loaf,
de same as me!
Evening star., 1932-08-27
Unreality.

OHrtduty.
A man may get little way
BY bluffng on his nerve,
And some will thus attain, they say,
Much more than they deserve.
But soon or late events will move
And such crisis bring
That to get by man must prove
He is the real thing.
If your pretensions are but small,
But honest, clean and true,
Fate takes your measure, after all,
And gives you what's your due.
And he who masquerades as steel
And is but stra1 or string
In shame is called on to reveal
He's not the real thing.
Evening star., 1932-08-27

Uncertain propositions In highly
Ponzi, who established an endless chain
for paying dividends to investors out
of their own money.
Evening star., 1932-08-27
The Real Menace.
e Louisville Courier-Journal.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Minneapolis has adopted an ordinance
prohibiting the private use Of red auto
mobiles that look like fire department
cars. What ought to be prohibited are
private automobiles that act like them.
Evening star., 1932-08-27

Announcement that the business
crisis is past is authoritative, although
the brewcries that speeded up in antici-
patton of an immediate relaxation of
prohibition law are still waiting to be
shown.
Evening star., 1932-08-27

His prompt and searching discussion
of pressing public affairs makes it rea-
sonable 10 assume that when Presi-
dent Hoover takes one Of his brief va
cations he includes note book in his
fishing outfit.
Evening star., 1932-08-27
U. S. Flyers Dog
Praised in Mexico.

Ell Universal, Mexico, D. F.-The re-
mains of the two lamented American
aviators, Senores Ray Gordon and
Clarence McElroy, whose plane crashed
in the wilderness of OaXaca more than
two weeks ago. have been found near
the wreck of their ship. The bodies
are being taken to San Jeronimo in
car belonging to the municipal presi-
dent of that place. Strangely enough,
it was the mascot, little dog Of Eel
Waco" which gave the first clue to the
whereabouts of the wreck The dog
was guarding two valises. one Of which
contained American banknotes to the
value of thousands Of dollars, and the
other clothing. The dog was uninjured
though almost expiring with hunger for
it is unlikely to have had anything to
eat in almost 20 days. The small ami
NAL seemed to consider itself commits
stoned to watch its masters effects until
his return The bodies of the two
gentlemen will be forwarded to Chi
cago as soon as preparations are COM
pleted.
Evening star., 1932-08-27

Photographers continue to convey the
gratifying assurance that in spite of
hard work and suspense the presiden-
tial candidates continue to wear the
same confident and engaging smile from
day to day.
Evening star., 1932-08-27

Whatever may be the outcome of
Mayor Walkers ordeal, it can never be
charged that he was unable to protect
himself against any possible attempts
at rhetorical third-degree methods.
Evening star., 1932-08-27

Back among old friends, Private Sec
retary E. T. Clark is improving the op-
portunity to enjoy great deal Of hand
shaking that has no politics In it.
Evening star., 1932-08-27
1t Makes a Difference.

do you want your boy Josh to get
into politics."
1T all depends" replied Farmer Corn
tossel, "on whether he's too smart to mix
in, or whether he amt smart enough" 1"
Evening star., 1932-08-27

"A man dat's workin' hard tryin' to
reform hisself," said Uncle Eben. don
seem to git nigh so much incourage-
ment and applause as de man dat gifts
up on q platform an scolds folks In
general
Evening star., 1932-08-27
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Evening star., 1932-08-27
A Prudent Preference.

II like an outspoken Adversary"
so do l." replied Senator Sorghum;
sooner or later a man who insists on
doing all the talking is pretty sure to
give himself a shade the worst OF the
argument"
Evening star., 1932-08-27
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Evening star., 1932-08-27
Uruguay Property
Wrecked by Phone Men.

impartial Montevideo.-The people
of this capital. tolerant and mild-man-
with appreciative interest the progress
Of the work In connection with the in
Evening star., 1932-08-27

IRISH INDEPENDENT, Dublin
The setting up by the government
Of a representative council which
/ would get in touch with Irish
manufacturers Immediately, for
the purpose of ascertaining the re-
ouirements Of continental origin which
reached the Free State through Brit
ish middlemen, with view to the
establishment, through special commits
sioners, of direct trading relationships
with actual sources of supply, was ad-
vocated at a meeting Of the National
Agricultural and Industrial Develop
ment Association in Dublin.
The resolution embracing the pro-
posal also assured the government OF
support, and condemned the opposition
that sought to make party capital out
of the country's economic difhculties.
Usual Deluge Puzzles
Venezuelan Editor.
Ell Nuevo Diario, Caracas.-The
meath of July has entered with the
usual deluges of rain. 1t is quite i'm
possible to conjecture where all the
water comes from that contributes to
these uninterrupted downpours in the
course of which for days not single
ray of the sun enlivens the gloom OF
the clouds. We do not know just how
acute the previous shortage Of water
has been for the crops and paintings,
but beyond all doubt these enterprises
are sufficiently dampened now, and will
need no more moisture If it never rains
again. Depleted cisterns in the towns
and cities, as we'll as on the farms, are
also filled to overfowing, and the streets
and alleys of the capital washed with
thoroughness that never distinguished
the efforts Of the sanitary corps.
People get unpleasantly wet, OF
course, in the pursuit of their daily
vocations, but certainly not as thor
oughly. nor as disagreeably as would
have been the case a few short years
ago before there we're vehicles to carry
us. at little cost, to any part OF the
city with a rapidity far more than
merely comparative to the speed Of
horse or mule.
Yes, everything has its compensa-
ticns. We are annoyed no more by
the hooting serenades, and nocturnal
alterations of the human owls, so wont,
on moonlight nights, TO haunt the
streets, and disturb our slumbers.
Evening star., 1932-08-27
The Prudent Brigand.

A brigand is a boastful bluff
OF bold bad men he seems the worst
Until you start to treat him rough
And then he hikes for safety first.
Jud Tunkins says the law of averages
asserts itself in the way man with the
smallest ideas uses the biggest words.
Evening star., 1932-08-27

into Central Ar@e erica ana mas recently
headed Z rmilar expedition for the
Museum OF the American Indian OF
New York. In his book, Land OF
Wonder and Fear he tells OF the dis
covery in British Honduras of buried
city, called Lubaantun. or the Place of
Fallen Stones. The party of explorers
was obliged to tunnel through the jun
gle and at last came to a place where.
beneath the jungle growth, they found
piles of limestone blocks, apparently
the ruins of city. On later trips the
writer and co-workers, with Indians
as laborers, cut and burned the jungle
and finally laid bare city Of about
six square miles in extent. The fear"
of the title of the book was represented
by all the terrors of the tungle-heat,
danger of being lost. polluted water,
poisonous snakes and insects and sharp
and thorny vegetation which cut like
knives. The beauty of the jungle was
some compensation for its dangers
the gay birds and butterflies. the luxu-
rant palms. artistically draped vines
and gorgeous oleanders, hibiscus.
orchids, water hyacinths and other
flowers.
The Peggy Eaton scandal had con-
siderable political importance during
Jackson's administration. Some his
torians represent that Jackson's belief
that Calhoun deliberately slandered the
wife of his Secretary of War caused
jackson to support Van Buren, instead
of Calhoun for the next presidential
nomination. AS late as this THE Auto
biography of Peggy Eaton" gives her
own account of the calumny. The
method of its appearance is interest
ing In her old age Mrs. Eaton lived
in New York. where she was member
Of the Church of the Strangers, of
which DR.. Charles F. Deems was pas
tor. Acting on his advice, she wrote
the story Of the whole affair and gave
the manuscript to him, for publication
at a suitable time. She wrote 1t in
1873, when she was IA years old. In
1893 DR.. Deems died and the manu-
script came into the hands Of his son,
who died several years ago. A daugh-
ter, Virginia Price Deems. n Tesponsi-
bic for the publi0toR
Evening star., 1932-11-30
The League on Trial.

%ust about the time the Seventy sec
aad Congress. Of the United States Is
ssanging into action for its final ses-
ana merit week, "the parliament Of
mAn," otherwise known as the Assem-
bly, eS the League Of Nations, will once
again BE- convoked in q special, and
what may easily turn out to be q cru
Mal. meeting at Geneva. The Leagues
continued existence may depend upon
Ia outcome.
On December the Assembly is TO
tAks UP the Lytton report on Man
ehiria. which for the past ten days has
been the subject Of acrimonious argu-
Ment between japanese and Chinese
spokesnen in the League Council. The
Council passed no judgment on the
merits OF their controversy or on the
Lytton report contenting itself with
transferring both without comment to
the Assembly. There months OF discus
sion, literally seasoned with acerbity on
both sidss. are In prospect. Geneva's best
suess II that 1t may be the Spring oi
1888 before mankind's greatest debating
society brings itself to the point Of de.
eaaon On an issue which had its In
esption IN the Autumn OF 1881.
Ths question the League at It's forth.
sening Assembly will have to decide Y
Evening star., 1932-11-30
Dialogue Between the
Debtor and Creditor

To the Editor OF The Star:
Eu-ope-But we can't pay. now that
reparations are remitted. We thought
from the way you talked a year ago
that YOU favored their remission.
United States-Reparations have
nothing to do with it.
Europe-Yet you formerly did con-
slider ability to pay" didn't you?
United States fslightly embarrassed,
changing the topic)-You could pay
II you would cut armaments. :.
Europe Qmpulsively)-Oh, wouldn't
we Just II only we safely could! But
you won't join us in security pact.
United States (disliking the turn the
conversation Is taking)-See here. we
might consider reduction If you were
to take your tariff off our exports.
Europe-If you would take yours on
ours, we wouldn't have to ask Tor It.
We could pay in goods. !.
United States-That would never do!
Think Of our manufacturers.
Europe-Think Of them II you don't
Our economic collapse would react on
you.
United States (nettled)-Come, now
you know you owe US this money.
Europe-Even II we do (though more
than half of 1t was for fighting of
your enemy as well as ours until you
could get going), by making US pay II
you're not helping yourselves nearly as
much as you're hurting US and In turn
yourselves. Revival of trade win be
indefinitely postponed.
United States (aside)-Arent these
debtors persistent!
Europe (asidetIsnt this creditor
Unfortunate!
STEPHEN B. STANTON.
Evening star., 1932-11-30
Protests Wartime
Milk Prices Here

ITO the Editor OF The Star:
Why are we paying war prices for
milk? With the war II years behind
us, why do these prices prevail for milk
In Washington? There appears to be
virgin field for independent milk deal
ers to exploit In this city, and no doubt
are being carefully looked over by pros
poets for that purpose.
Evidently distributors here are not
mindful of the fact that wages have
been drastically reduced and that COM
modities Of all kinds, especially farm
products, from where they are supplied,
are down about so per cent. This sit
uation has been recognized In all other
large cities, with the result that mlk
Is selling in Chicago at 9 cents per
quart. Philadelphia cents, Pittsburgh
! cents and proportionately cheap in
other cities. with good butter selling
right here in Washington at IS cents
per pound, there Is absolutely no de-
tense for this gigantic hold-up for Is
cents per quart for milk. 1t would ap-
pear that all concerned in the produc-
ton and distribution would get to-
eether. as they most likely have in the
past to keep up prices, and try to sta
bilize the price around 10 cents. We
would be delighted to have the price
around 8 or 9 cents, IS in other large
cities. but do not ask 1t, because 1t
would undoubtedly represent confisca-
ton.
1t would not be necessary to suppress
production, as the producers associa-
tion has now in effect. because 1t
would encourage consumption Of this
healthful product and provide a profit
able outlet. That would be much bet
ter than to wait for the Sinevitabie TO
happen and have an uncertain supply
at 8 or 0 cents per quart.
w. z. WILLHIDE.
Evening star., 1932-11-30
UnsOund.
From the Hartford Daily Times.

From the Hartford Daily Times.
The State Supreme Court OF Me-
braska has recently ruled that q law
guaranteeing bank deposits Is uncon-
stitutional, on the ground that 1t takes
property from one class of owners TO
give to others without any benefit to
the former. This Is such o funda-
mental principle in the public use Of
property that one may well douht
whether bank deposit guarantee law
would be finally upheld in any State.
Nebraska's experience should be q
lessen to others who entertain the idea
that the Government either State or
Federal. or banks should underwrite
all bank deposits, so that no bank
closing would result in any loss to de-
positors. Nebraska found the practice
intolerably costly and in 1890 reduced
the annual assessments which were
provided In the previous guaranty fund
law. The court has now ruled that
such assessments are confscatory and,
therefore, invalid.
The idea of guaranteeing bank de-
poSits has long enamored some minds.
1t was q lively campaign topic three
decades ago, William Jennings Bryan
being an advocate Of the plan. But
informed banking opinion has consist
emily seen In 1t premium for poor
management. The solution of tbs
problem to protect depositors lies
rather in the direction of providing
ready funds for all banks which have
been soundly managed and become tenn
porarily embarrassed by heavy with
drawals. That solution has not yet
been fully worked out, although the
Federal Reserve Bank System marked
a great stride of progress. But In
banking 1t Is particularly true that
means Of saving bank must be lin.
tied to those worth saving. otherwise
the remedy Is almost certain 70 b
worse than the evil to, be corrected.
Evening star., 1932-11-30
Use Commodity Index
To Settle Debt Problem
no tha YdIter of ma star:


One Of the greatest stumbling blocks
to our International economic recovery
Is the stupendous war debt problem.
1t appears that We have come to al
impasse. Both the debtors and cred.
itors seem to be permeated with sucn
q xelfshness that neither will listen to
reason or Justice.
It seems to me that II we would
weigh the matter carefully. the way
out would not be 10 difiicult. In the
first place, we must remember that
when these debts were incurred the
purchasing value Of the gold dollar was
only. say. Is per cent Of what 1t Ii now.
The same commodities for which the
debtors used the tventy-billion the
correct amount does not natter dol
lar loan could probably now be pur-
chased for SIS, ,000, 900 900 or less. Sup
posing that the commodity index figure
was 100 per cent In 1917 and Ia now
rs per cent. II we can get the same
quantity and quality Of commodities
for rs cents now, in 1882, which cost
81 In 1917, would We lose anything by
discounting the indebtedness rs per
cent. Clearly not. You now say, How
about the American taxpayer who holds
the United States Government bonds?
Well, the same principle would hold
true In their case.
We know that the commodity index
Is inconstant and fluctustes from day
to day. That being the case, we can
measure the annual payments by the
current index. II we start settling on
rs per cent basis and commodity
prices measured by the U. 8. index
figure should rise to 30 per cent, then
we would in all fairness be entitled to
the per cent increase In principal.
The same per cent would be passed
on to the American bondholder In due
process. Perhaps in the course Of five
or six years the commodity index figure
would be back to 100 per cent. In such
case the balance would be paid at par,
and the reduction from par would
amount to a mere trifle. Measured by
actual values we would not lose dollar.
I believe that the European nations
would be glad TO subscribe to this man.
ner of debt settlement. It would mean
a tremendous economy and reduction
of the debt to them, while we would
not lose an honest dollar, strange as
1t may seem. B. J. DANIEL
Evening star., 1932-11-30
Five-Year Moratorium
Proposed for Debtors

To the Editor of The Star:
The European nations do not seem
to realize that the sole question at
issue In the matter Of proposed debt
cancellation Is whether the war Is
going to be paid for by the European
nations who were saved from destruc-
ton by Germany as q result Of the
war, with the costs split between such
nations, or, whether 1t Is going to be
paid for wholly by the American tax
payer. My suggestion Is Is follows:
/. That there shall be no debt can
collation..
2. That there shall be no reduction
in the principal amount Of said debt,
since the original reductions granted
these various nations have already
placed a large part Of the costs OF
the war upon the American taxpayer.
5. That moratorium for five years
be made available to such nations as
desire to take advantage of 1t, but upon
the condition that the interest shall
be paid promptly annually: and that
II any nation shall meet both interest
and principal payments in any year,
then the interest charged for the sue
ceeding year shall be only per cent.
The net result of this would be to
secure to America the ultimate face
value Of the debts, but would save
enormous sums of interest to such
countries as made = bona fide effort
to meet their obligations.
r. @. CAMPBELL.
Evening star., 1932-11-30
Maiden of 10000 Years Ago
Offers Prehistoric Vistas

together in o common purpose, yet ap-
parently they were not averse to exter-
minating each other even for reasons
other than survival Of the fittest' They
were uncivilized savages; we have thou
sands Of years of culture behind us, but
the same ugly human traits crop out
now rs then"
she becomes the first lady of the
land" concludes the Providence Bulie-
tin, emphasizing her apron Of shells and
addressing the young woman as having
returned to her old home: Times have
changed. You wouldn't recognize your
old State. In many respects there has
been notable improvement. The reced-
ing forehead has gone out Of style, along
with the round nostril and fat nose.
Shell aprons have gone out, too, but
the ladies still wear necklaces when they
can get them, and few of them still
carry daggers, though for the most part
they take 1t out in talk-something
which you evidently started to do when
untimely cut of. But therel It's all
over. Let bygones be bygones, we say.
When we think of you out there in
Minnesota these 10000 years with an
arrow through your chest it gives us the
willies. Life,s too short to be doing that
kind of thing to folks. People ought to
be kinder TO one another"
Evening star., 1932-11-30

what q TO be done about the iufraction
Of its covenant by . member nation
which conducts aggression against an
other member nation. The japanese, 1t
Is true. have not yet been formally ad-
judged guilty Of such action BY any
Commission. which was League agency.
passed what amounted to q verdict Of
guilt against Japan for invading and
occupying Akenchuria. Nominally. it IL
Nippon which is about to so on trial be-
fore the League Assembly. Actually, Il
IL the League itself that faces trial, in
the sense that it must prove, once for
all, whether It Is or is not an institution
capable Of enforcing It's own law for the
peace Of the world.
The Manchurian incident constitutes
an acid test for Geneva. 1t is so looked
upon, not so much by the larger mem
Der states OF the League, which can
take care of themselves In q national
emergency as by the less powerful ones.
Countries like Switzerland, Spain, the
Netherlands and the Scandinavian trio
joined the League in a very real con-
viction that it would prove their bull
wark should their honor or territory
ever be violated by stronger asgressor.
China's plight and grievance, during
the past year Of quibble and procras-
unation At Geneva, have been repeat
edly pictured n the plight and sriev-
ance Of every minor state afIiliated
with the League. Ignore the Chinese
claims in the present crisis, say these
smaller powers. and their own are def
nitely menaced by similar League in
difference should the yoke Of oppres-
sion ever threaten them.
II the forthcoming Assembly ends Is
all the other League tamperings and
tinkerings with the Sino-Japanese i'm
broglio have ended-in impotence and
inaction-it is by no means impossible
that q host Of small powers. disillu-.
stoned and disguised, will abandon
what they will have come to consider .
very leaky, II not sinking, ship.