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Evening star., 1932-05-23

Augustus Swanson, senior Democratic
Senator from Virginia. Sitting far
away in placid Geneva, Swanson is
thousands of miles from the madding
throng now pickering and barterilg at
the Capitol. With the daily necessity
for decisions chock full of dynamite,
the Virginian's detachment from the
embattled scene fills Senators in both
parties with green-eyed envy. Swanson
has a general pair with Senator Jones,
Republican, of Washington, which in
most cases prevents the Seattle states
man from voting. Secretary Stimson
reported to President Hoover that Mr..
Swanson is proving himself tower of
strength for the American delegation at
Geneva. Although he went to Europe
far from well, Swanson turned out to
be the one and only member of the
American contingent who has success
fully withstood the Swiss climate.
One of the hardest nuts Col. Stim-
son has had to crack since his return
from Geneva is whether it's worth an
additional 81 100000 to maintain the
whole United States Fleet in the Pa
cific q while longer. The extra cost
is entailed mainly by the presence OF
the Atlantic Fleet, which went to the
West coast last Winter when the jap
anese invaded Shanghai. In light of
recent developments at Toxic and In
Manchuria, the State Department is
called upon to ponder carefully the wis
dom Of withdrawing from Pacific
waters the unprecedented concentra-
ton of American naval strength now
there. Another poltico- financial prob
lem that's been perplexing Secretary
Stimson concerns the forthcoming
Nicaraguan elections. They're to be
supervised by the Navy. But as the
Navy needs every nickel 1t gets now
adays for regular service purposes,
there was some question about the cost
of seeing that Nicaragua casts ballots
without bullets AllS been arranged
now, and Marines will be on the job.
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Mrs. Charles D. Walcott OF Washing
ton, one of the two woman members OF
the Board of Indian Commissioners. has
Just returned from a periodical trip OF
inspection of Western reservations. Her
tour took in the northern sections OF
Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa.
A particular object OF study was the
great Indian School of Agriculture main
tanned for the Chilocco Tribe in Okla
homa, where 5000 young redskins are
taught practical farming. Mrs. Wal
colt, widow of the longtime secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, was ap-
pointed to the Indian board by Pres!-
dent Coolidge in 1927, in succession TO
her late brother, George Vaux of Bryn
Mawr, Pa.
Herbert Corey, washington writer,
has taken up the cudgels for Herbert
Hoover. In book entitled "The Truth
About Hoover" to be published June !,
Mr.. Corey purposes taking the hide off
some of the Presidents contemporary
traducers. He says: "As a journalist,
scented something stirring when I be-
gan to see book after book on the idea
that President Hoover was something
he oughtn't to be. I got into corre-
spondence with the people that have
done business with Mr.. Hoover. They
produced original documents. I have
run down the truth" Author Corey
began life as a cowboy. sheep-herder
and stage driver on the Western plains.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-05-23
Murder of Lindbergh Baby
Incites War Against Crime

the Pasadena Star-News proclains: "If.
through cowardice or indifference. gov
ernment and people accept this crime
without a tidal wave of condemnation
and indignation sweeping the land and
outlawing such crimes, then God pity
the United States" The Columbia
IS. c. Record affrms that "the blood
Of this baby and the other babies that
will be slain will be on a nations head,
nation that delivered itself from
decency into the hands Of the foulest
tribe that degenerate brain or gutter
morality ever spawned"
X X
The Ann Arbor Daily News calls the
crime "a symbol of awfulness. threat
against the foundation of human happi-
ness, the last straw for a public too
long tolerant of ruthless violence" The
Toledo Blade sees a tragic hope in that
perhaps babies everywhere shall be
safer and happier. and mothers less
fearful of what may overtake them, as
a result of the hard sacrifice the world
known baby and his parents have been
compelled to make
"Only a fiend could be guilty Of a
deed of this kind" says the Schenectady
Gazette, with the conviction that no
tice must be served that justice will be
speedy and merciless" In like manner,
he Hartford Times views the murder as
'the most diabolical of all crimes"
while the Boise Idaho Statesman be-
lieves that unless we are to sink into
state worse than anarchy, the problem
must be solved"
Only condemnation is found for the
activities of John H Curtis. who is de-
scribed by the Newark Evening News
as leading the distracted parents on jh
brazen swindle." That paper adds:
ut was a hoax, not upon the Lihd-
berghs alone. but upon the Government,
upon the country. and upon the Whole
world, which has been straining itS eyes
for every bit Of hopeful news" Qf the
opinion that 'the penalty for thoJe who
have deliberately blocked, the way $hould
be all that the law will allow the
Roanoke World-News declare$ that
men like Curtis have done much to
drag a red herring across the trail."
Says the Philadelphia Evening Bulle-
tin: "Gangsters we know-a yellow
crowd. degraded humans, without heart
or soul or any of the essentials which
mark the difference between intelligent
civilization and the savagery of bar
barism. Kidnapers we recognize. even
If we cannot quite comprehend how any
villain could steal and murder a baby.
But the Curtis type, as confessed, that
could deliberately add torture to the
woe of that father and mother. forge
false hopes. impose added and futile
burdens, perhaps help the kidnapping
gang to escape justice by diverting at
tention to faxed trails-that is almost
beyond realization. Real men and
women do not want to believe that there
could have been such despicable
knavery."
Evening star., 1932-05-23
The New Japanese Premier.

Admiral Viscount Makoto Saito, "a
year-old veteran of the japanese naval
and diplomatic service, has been in
vited by Emperor Hirohito. on the ad-
vice of Elder Statesman Prince Saionji,
to become premier in succession to the
recently assassinated Suyoshi Inukai.
Toxic dispatches report that the capital
and the country breathe more easily,
following a week of almost unprece-
dented gravity, over the prospect OF
strong emergency cabinet headed by
Admiral Saito.
With the Seiyukai, hitherto the
ruling party, and the opposition party,
the Minseito, participating in new
cabinet together with members Of the
House of Peers, the expectation IS that
Premier Saito will preside over a
government satisfactory to all elements.
Presumably the impending regime will
strongly reflect the militarists' demands
for nationalist, rather than political,
policies, particularly such policies as
are comprehended by the Manchurian
affair. One of the first decisions the
new ministry will have to make is the
provision of further funds for the
Manchurian army, which faces prob
lens that were not fully anticipated
when the invasion and occupation set
in last September.
Meantime there is cause for salts
faction, especially abroad, in the repu-
tation for moderation which Admiral
Saito possesses, even though his first
loyalties must be to his naval tradi-
tons. For ten years he was Japanese
'viceroy in Korea, where his rulership
was Of the type personfied by the iron
hand within the velvet glove. His latest
aaltstanding public activities. following
Evening star., 1932-05-23
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Templeton Jones stood on a street
corner on warm afternoon, swinging
in his right hand paper bucket, ir
which reposed three goldfish, one snail
and three oxygenating plants.
He was homeward-bound, the reader
will perceive, to stock his new pool
which nestled in a depression near the
foot Of great tree behind his garage
He was going to restore the balance
of nature.
Nature was somewhat out of balance
as 1t were, in the small confines of the
Jonesian pond.
A small hardy waterlily was there, a.
also a cattail, q water hyacinth and q
water poppy.
But these were not enough.
What that pool needed, Jones hac
thought, was clam. But, alas, no one
had clans.
The fresh water clam, he had read
was a prime necessity for the small
pool.
1t has a habit of getting its food
from the water. filtering it out, SO that
keeps the pool as clear as a crystal,
according to the book.
Now Templeton Jones believed In
books.
Not that he believed everything hi
read, either, but books were books, after
all, and nothing else in the world coulC
quite take their place.
He thought this, as he stood on the
corner, sympathizing with his goldfish
and waiting for the public vehicle.
He waited so long that he had time
to improvise the following
Book Song
done in the manner of the Negro
spirituals:
rs a-goin' to hebben wild a book on
nah knee,
To teach de angel Gabriel his A,
B, c;
I'll be hyar a-readin' Massa Gibbons
When dey tex me way frum nah
earthly home
Oh, Lawd, gimme a Book,
Oh, Lawd. let me look:
Oh, Lawd. ah amt took
Nothin' to hebben but little book.
I'll be dar a-readin' on de golden
stair
When de Lawd comes up an
SmootheS nah hair;
One thing Sho, If yo see me,
Deyu be a big book, a-restin' on
nah knee.
Oh, Lawd, gimme nah Book;
Oh, Lawd, let me look;
Oh, Lawd ah amt took
Nothin' to hebben but little book.
I mayn't have wings, when 20 take
a look,
But dey's one thing sho, I'll have a
book,
doan care much bout a robe, or
such.
But wifout my books, hebben
wouldn't be much.
Oh, Lawd, gimme Book;
Oh, Lawd, let me look;
Oh, Lawd, ah amt took
Nothin' to hebben but a little book.
Can you see this queer cuss, Temple
ton Jones, standing there on the down.
town corner swinging bucket of fish,
making up his book song line by line
to a melody of his own improvising?
The fish were quiet in the bucket be-
cause it was dark in there and the air
was giving out. They had enough for
two hours, the man had said: one
ought to be able to get to Rockville in
that time, or even points farther West,
and Templeton Jones wasn't going
that far.
He was just going to restore the bal
ance of nature, that was all, and one
doesn't have to go all the way to Rock
vile for that.
He felt sorry for the fish.
They had been scooped out a big
aquarium, where they swan blithely
with what looked to Jones to be hun
dreds OF their companions, darting in
streams of red-gold from place to place.
Evening star., 1932-05-23
ANSWERS TO QUFE"TlONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

company concerning the amount II may
collect on the value of the salvaged
pr0erty. If the owner of the salvaged
slri6 cannot be located. the salvage
company has title to the property.
@. Was Walter Damrosch born in this
country?-L. r.
A. He was not. He was born in Bres-
lau, Prussia.
O. What was the vehicle called which
Indians dragged behind their ponies TO
carry luggage?-H. E. OH.
A. Travois was the name given to q
temporary combination Of tipi poles and
tipi cover used when moving camp. 1t
was so constructed that it formed lit
ter upon which household belongings.
including sometimes the old people and
children, were carri-d.
Q. Can four-leaved clover be propa-
gated?-A. j. D.
A. This is possible. -Four -leaved
clovers will not come true from seed,
as they are mutants or sports, but can
be propagated BY cuttings.
@. What is the decoration known as
the Purple Heart?-M. K.
A. One hundred and fifty years ago
Gen. Washington wrote the general or
der establishing the Purple Heart as
a badge of distinction in our Army.
The badge was to foster and encourage
every species Of military merit and re-
ward not only instances of unusual GAL
lantry, but also of extraordinary fldel-
ity and essential service. Those to
whom it was awarded were permitted
to wear on the facings over the left
= L. zyF fV7 rVN1n
cloth or silk, edged with narrow lace
or binding.
@. Does a cup of coffee stimulate a
person who does not often drink coffee
as much as it does a person who drinks
coffee regularly?-W. K.
A. A Cornell survey points out that
the non-user receives a greater stimula-
tion.
@. Do goldfish sleep?-E. B.
A. Goldfish. like other fish. do not
sleep. They have no means of closing
their eyes and they derive the rest
which comes to higher animals during
sleep by merely remaining quiet.
@. How often do expert wood chop
pers sharpen their aXes?-J. II. F.
A. The Forest Service says that It
depends on many things, such as the
axes themselves and the kind of trees
which are being fe'led Generally. how
ever, the men who fell the trees take
their axes in every two or three days.
The limbers. on the other hand. must,
as a rule, have their axes sharpened
after every days work. The hard knots
in the limbs dull them very quickly.
@. What is the most expensive musi-
T. B.
A. Probably genuine st-adivarius
violin.
@. We have a photograph taken of
a soldier during the Civil War. On the
back is blue stamp. 1t is an Internal
Revenue 2-cent stamp. Why is it on
the picture?-H. NJ. r.
A This was placed upon the photo
graph to indicate that the tax had
been paid This was one method of
raising revenue during the Civil War
period.
@. What will eliminate the garlic
taste in milk?-W o. c.
A. The Bureau of Dairying saws there
is no remedy which can be used to de-
stroy the taste and odor of wild onion
or garlic in milk. 1t is suggested that
cows should be taken out Of pasture six
or seven hours before milking In this
way the onions will have had time TO
pass through the system
Evening star., 1932-05-23

This Is q special department devoted
solely to the handling Of queries. This
paper puts at your disposal the services
Of an extensive organization In Wash
ington to serve you In any capacity that
relates to information. This service is
free. Failure to make use OF 1t deprives
you Of benefits to which you are en-
titled Your obligation Is only Q cents
In coin or stamps enclosed with your
Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, Director, Washing
ton, D. G.
@. Please give the record Of the
famous horse Exterminator?-M. C.
A. Exterminator was started In 100
races. He finished first SO times, sec
ond. IT; third, II, and unplaced, 16.
His earnings totaled $252,5s6.
Q. What per cent of the wives who
get divorces receive alimony?-C. P.
A. The Literary Digest says that ali
mony was requested by only per cent
of wives obtaining divorces In recent
years, and 1t was granted to per cent.
@. What hand in cribbage counts
29?-s. z.
A. A hand consisting of three fives
card Is the other five and is of the same
suit as the jack in the hand.
@. Do farm horses live longer than
city horses?-V. L.
A. The average life span OF horses is
IA to Is years on the farm and IL years
in the city.
O. How many Americans enlisted in
tIa4 no, II
A. There were $500 Americans en-
listed. OF these 2,l3S died or were killed
in action.
O.. How did the French Panama
Canal Co. get its pay for relinquishing
its rights?-H. S. H.
A. When the United States negoti-
ated the purchase of existing canal
rights in Panama, John Pierpont Nor
gan arranged for the payment of S40,-
600, 900 In gold to the French Panama
Canal Co.
@. What is the derivation Of the
name Cinderella?-W C. C.
A. The name means lust what it says.
The girls name was Ella. During the
period OF her persecution and employ
ment as kitchen maid she sat among
the cinders Of the hearth. She was
given the name Of Cinder Ella which. in
the repetition Of the tale became Gin
derella.
@. Where do the Moros live?-L. M.
A. The Moros are people inhabiting
the southern islands of the Philippines
They are Mohammedans by religion.
The origin is Malay. with a possible
mixture of Arab,
@. How much land around Wakefield.
the birthplace Of George Washington.
Is owned by the United States Govern
p1ent?-W. T. K.
A. Nearly 400 acres is contained with
in the reservation known as the George
Washington Birthplace National Monu-
ment.
@. Why was the Madonna del Viog-
gio" so called?-O. P.
A. Because its owner, Grand Duke
Ferdinand III priced the painting so
greatly that he took it with him on his
travels and into exile The picture is
also called "The Madonna of the Grand
Duke
@. If a salvage company raises a YES
sci. does the cargo and ship belong to
it?-R. H. p.
A. If ship is salvaged whose owner
Is known that ship belongs to the orig
inal owner, and the salvage company
must make its arrangements with that
Evening star., 1932-05-23
Direct Tax Comparison.

The simple, direct method Of meas
uring Washington'S tax burden, elimi-
mating controversy over methods of rep
resenting the tax burden either by "ad-
Justed" tax rate or by per capitas and
escaping criticism for the selection of
cities chosen for the comparison, would
be TO compare such important totals as
receipts in Washington with those of
the cities that approximate it In size OF
population. If such total in Washing
ton exceed such totals in the cities
ton would thereby be shown to be
adequately taxed.
The Citizens Joint Committee on
Fiscal Relations Between the United
States and the District of Columbia has
made numerous comparisons from all
conceivable angles of approach to DEM
onstrate the adequacy of the Districts
tax burden. With these comparisons are
those suggested above, where WASH
ingtons tax burden has been pictured
In relation to those of Minneapolis and
New Orleans, the cities most closely
approximating it in population. de-
tailed discussion of the results will be
found in today's article, elsewhere IN
these columns, describing these and
other data placed before the Senate
Subcommittee on District Appropria-
tions.
Washington'S expenditures on munich
pal governmental functions are shown
to be in excess of those by the other
cities with which it is compared. That
excess is wholly justified by the fact
that this is the National Capital. For
obvious reasons more money must be
spent on Police and Fire Departments,
on streets, schools, recreation parks,
Fairgrounds, etc, in Washington than
in the average self-supporting cities.
This excess OF expenditures should not
be confused with excessive expenditures.
Congress has not erred on the side OF
extravaganza in appropriating FOR It's
National Capital. The error has been
in the other direction. Proof OF this
lies in the many and important under
takings that have been postponed until
later years because of a lack of revenue,
In spite of the fact that expenditures
here for necessary maill1fnance OF Ma
tional City functions Src in excess Of
those in other comparable municipalities.
In the table numbered 2 and ac-
companying today's article there Is
graphic showing of what Washington
taxpayers are called upon to pay in
comparison with the demand upon tax
payers in Minneapolis and New Orleans.
When Washingtonians contribute nearly
$5,O0O.000 more in total taxes dncluding
special assessments) than taxpayers Of
Minneapolis, and nearly $l2 ,000, 900 more
than the taxpayers Of New Orleans. and
the greatest difference in population
between the cities is $4,000. it Is difd-
cult to maintain the assertion that
Washington is lodging any taxes. And
when it is considered that Minneapolis
and New Orleans are together paying
more than $1,000 900 a year in interest
on Indebtedness, and their total taxes
Excluding special assessments) are still
below that Of Washington minneapolis
$l,718219 less; New orleans nearly
$500 900 less), the adequacy Of Wash
in2tons tax burden Is irrefutably es-
tablished.
Evening star., 1932-05-23

X
When the Roosevelt Democrats seized
control of the Democratic State Com
mittee last week in Pennsylvania. oust-
ing John r. Collins, anti-Roosevelt
leader, as chairman and putting in a
man OF their own, it became pretty
clear that Roosevelt is to have the bulk
of the delegates from the Keystone
State when it comes to vote in the
national convention. Joe" Guffey, who
has been strong Roosevelt supporter
In that State, insists Roosevelt will have
81 of the total 76 Pennsylvania votes.
The Roosevelt people are counting now
on not less than so, despite the Smith
claims Of A for Alfred E. Smith. In
New York itself the Roosevelt delegate
strength on the first ballot. it is claimed.
will be not less than As. no matter what
may undertake to do about it. Senator
Huey Long of Louisiana has practically
promised to deliver his States 20 votes
to the New York Governor, and the
Roosevelt people are counting on 18
votes from Arkansas and from Porto
Rico.
The States which select their dele
gates to the Democratic National Con-
vention in June are: Florida and MisSis-
sippi, June z; Virginia, June 9; Idaho,
June 10; North Carolina, June 16, and
Indiana, June 20. Roosevelt has good
chance to take all of them, except Vir-
ginia, which will send its delegation to
the convention instructed for former
Gov. Harry Flood Byrd.
r r
The Republicans in their Pennsylvania
State Committee meeting last week took
no action on the prohibition question.
They left that, along with other matters
OF policy, up to the delegation when it
meets in Chicago before the Republican
National Convention. That's habit Of
the Pennsylvania Republicans, appar-
emily. Four years ago the Pennsylvania
delegation trouped into KansaS City
under the leadership Of Andrew w.
Mellon, then Secretary of the Treasury.
They had said nothing about which
candidate for the presidential nomina-
ton they would support. Indeed, the
anti-Hoover Republican coalition was
hoping that Pennsylvania would fur
nish them big block Of delegates IN
their effort to prevent the nomination
Of Herbert Hoover. While Mr.. Mellon
still remained silent, william 8. Ware,
the Philadelphia Republican boss, stole
all the thunder by announcing for
Hoover. After that there was nothing
for the rest Of the delegation, unless It
wished to split ii strength and lessen
Evening star., 1932-05-23

its prestige, to do except go to Hoover.
They went. What the Pennsylvania
delegation will do this year about the
prohibition issue when it gets to the
national convention remains to be seen.
It has been supposed, however, that it
would come out pretty wet, in view of
the victory Of Senator James j. Davis
In the Republican primary and in view
Of the recent statement by Senator
Reed approving the Swedish plan for
liquor control and sale.
Evening star., 1932-05-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHIANDER JOHNSON.

Endurance.
Events had put the farmer in a some
what mournful mood.
A mocking bird with melody had ven-
tured to tntrude.
The farmer said, This world Is full of
darkness and of doubt!
I'd like to know, you silly bird, what
you are singin' 'bout!"
The flowers smiled at him when he was
plowing in the field
He looked upon them all with a dis
favor unconcealed.
He pushed a tractor over them and
quickly laid 'em out,
And said, I'D like to know what you
had found to smile about"
And yet he heard the mocking bird.
Twas singing just the same.
He found the flowers blooming in the
cottage window frame
No matter how the shadows fall, Hope
is forever strong,
And there's nothing so enduring as the
smiling and the song.
Evening star., 1932-05-23

Oratorical contestants at the age of
sixteen offer eloquent discussions of the
merits of the United States Constitu-
ton. Early genius such as this justifes
the confidence Of our forefathers that
the Nation would be safe forever in
the hands of posterity.
Evening star., 1932-05-23

It is explained by Mrs. Amelia Ear
hart Putnam that she few for fun. A
sense of humor is variable quantity
in the human makeup. To public
anxiously awaiting news of the out
come, the adventure was strictly serious
business
Evening star., 1932-05-23

Assassinations are carrying horror
throughout the world. The most ter
rible Of them all was that of the Lind
bergh baby. It had not even the faint
justification of political fanaticism
Evening star., 1932-05-23

Assumptions. in connection with tax
requirements, that the country is in a
state Of war illustrate the exaggerated
state of imagination that quite fire.
quently mistakes a quarrel for a fight.
Evening star., 1932-05-23

Fact is proverbially stranger than
fiction. Japan would be happier today
If it were possible to depict her GUS
toms III the comic opera spirit of w. S.
Gilbert's "Mikado."
Evening star., 1932-05-23
A Rare Opportunity.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
What we are looking for is a great
statesman who will invent lot of taxes
that nobody but the other fellow will
have to pay.