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Evening star., 1934-04-30
Disarmament's Gloomy Outlook.

Upon emerging from a White House
conference with President Roosevelt
and Secretary Hull on Saturday,
Norman H. Davis, Americas special
disarmament Ambassador, expressed
doubt whether it would be deemed
worth while for him to return to
Geneva for the revived conference
on May %. Hitherto consistently
optimistic as to the prospect of dis
armament results, Mr.. Davis admits
that ait does not look terribly en-
couraging now" He points out that
1t is the European political controver-
sizes that are inextricably entangled
with the disarmament problem, and
until these are cleared up hope Of
progress is dim in the extreme.
Mr.. Davis intimates that it is in
tended that he shall resume his two
year role as ringside observer at the
Geneva shadow-boxing only If the
United States is convinced that Eu-
rope means business and is prepared
to eschew its political chickering's in
favor of disarmament fundamentals.
Meantime, there are no signs that
Mr.. Roosevelt is minded to yield to
suggestions which have recently
reached him from American groups
that the United States make an elev-
enth-hour effort to salvage the Geneva
Conference before it totters to its final
doom. Apparently the President agrees
with Mr.. Davis view that the next
move is up to Europe. With her purely
political differences America has no
concern, and we are determined to re-
main aloof from them.
The crux of the disarmament situa-
ton is the Franco-German quarrel
over the Reich's demand for arms
equality" France firmly resists the
German claim, and, moreover, will, in
the face of the German rearmament
menace, agree to no disarmament
without security guarantees. To date
these have not been forthcoming,
from either Great Britain or any 9TH
er quarter. The result is deadlock.
If, under these unpromising circum-
stances, President Roosevelt decides
that the United States has gone as
far as it can to promote interna-
tional disarmament, the country will
approve his course as wise and sound.
Intervention at this late stage to bring
order out of the disarmament chaos
would inevitably involve us in Europe's
domestic disputes, for which the Amer
1can people have no fancy. Mr.. Roose-
welt during the past year has more
than once sought to lead the way to
peace and disarmament. Results have
not ensued, for causes entirely be-
yond his control, and he would be fully
justified in leaving the initiative for
further effort in the hands of those
whose conflicting interests are chiefly
to blame for the deplorable impasse
that has been reached.
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where as well-remains to be seen. It
will be infinitely better to have the
gunmen and human gorillas now raid
ing and robbing. kidnapping and slay-
ing tip their hats to the police than
to be covering them with machine
guns and stripping them Of their arms
Meanwhile. Dillinger remains at
large, perhaps wounded, and the
hunt continues. There are reports
that he is collecting a band Of des-
peradoes, all of them hunted men,
and other reports that there are sew
eral gangs now ranging through the
area of recent Dillinger activities, in
dependent groups, trading, SO to speak
on his reputation as a super gun
man. A veritable state of war exists
and every city in the country is feel
ing its effect in the wanton shoot
ing of innocent citizens. While the
question of disarmament is agitating
Europe, America has a problem of
its own, in the solution of which
every resident is vitality concerned.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

has half a dozen books on industrial
and social subjects to her credit.
U. S. S. Ranger, the Navy's newest
aircraft carrier, will be taken into
deep water for the first time off the
Virginia capes this week, to test her
steering gear and equipment. The
Ranger was built at Newport News
Part of the 1926 cruiser program"
the Ranger is the first of three sister
aircraft carriers with a capacity Of
ia planes apiece. She rises 80 feet
above the water line, is 765 feet long
| and has an estimated tonnage of 49,
800. Her flying deck is 709 feet long
and Sc feet wide. The Ranger cost
s16,273,000. Although the new car
riers are much smaller than the giant
Lexington and Saratoga, which have
| just arrived in the Atlantic from the
West Coast with the United States
fleet, they have the same plane COM
plement.
Ambassador Josephus Daniels is ex-
pected in Washington this week in
the course of his first leave of alb
sence since he was sent to Mexico
City a year ago by his wartime as
sistant in the Navy Department,
Franklin D. Roosevelt The North
Carolina editor diplomat will reach
the State Department laurel-crowned
as a result of his recent conclusion
with the Mexican government of two
agreements for sediment Of Mexican
loi, ;yua1uiYn hundreds
of millions Of dollars.
Both political parties in Pennsyl-
vania are going in for diplomats as
candidates for State Office this year.
George H. Earle, Sd, until recently
American Minister to Austria, is run
ming on the Guffey ticket as the DEM
ocratic candidate for Governor, and
David E. Kaufman, former American
Minister to Bolivia and Siam, has the
backing of the Philadelphia Ware Or
ganization for nomination for the
Lieutenant Governorship on the Re-
publican ticket. Penn politicians are
still speculating over the true in
wardness of Gov. Clifford Pinchot's
recent overnight visit at the White
House. 1t can hardly be that F. D. r.
is taking sides in the bitter Reed
Pinchot G. o. P. senatorial scrap.
Perhaps Pinchot is being Subtly en-
couraged to run independently against
Reed, if the Senator beats him in the
primary, and thus assure Democratic
senatorial victory in November.
~ - Aor,-,-
cultural Adjustment Administration,
is an Iowa farm boy, and can't for
get 1t. He tumbled out Of bed before
dawn the other day after somewhat
restless night, and presently his wife
discovered he'd gone down to the cell
lar to chop wood. His first observa-
ton to Mrs. Davis was one familiar
to all farm-wives out where the tall
corn grows: We'll, there's been a
pretty heavy frost tonight"
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To this observer comes a suggestion
that Congress should vote a grant of
funds to the widow of Federal Agent
Baum, who was killed in the recent
unsuccessful attempt to trap Dillin-
ger and his gang in the Northern
Wisconsin woods. Introduction of
bills for the relief of dependents of
men who died in Uncle Sans service,
outside of the Army and Navy, is an
almost everyday occurrence.
Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-04-30

The lilac, with its heart-shaped
leaves, first IF all to become green,
remains a perennial puzzle to many
plant lovers.
One year it blooms, and the next 1t
doesn't, but why it does, or why 1t
does not, no one seems to know.
There are as many explanations as
gardeners.
One says no lilac planted in the
Spring will ever bloom.
The next declares four quarts of
lime per bush is the secret.
Another asserts that garbage, as it
comes from the can, is just the thing
to make this tickle flower throw per-
feet blossoms.
Still another speaks up for old
shoes. Old shoes, he says, planted
deep near the roots OF lilac bushes,
will make 'em bloom every year.
X X " n
Then there are the advocates of
own-root lilacs, and of privet-stock
lilacs, and of tender varieties grated
on the roots Of certain vigorous rooted
ones.
At the same time, every one knows
of persons who have purchased just
any old plants, planted them without
thought, given them no care or at
tention. and yet each year had good
lilac blossoms.
Certainly under average home cul-
tivation the lilac, as much as we
would have it otherwise, is a very
tricky shrub.
And it seems equally sure that there
is such thing as good lilac year"
and also such thing as poor year
for lilacS"
We can recall one year, about 10
years ago, the exact date We forget,
when every lilac bush in Washington
and surrounding territory bloomed
profusely.
The flowers were so beautiful that
even persons without conscious inter-
est in gardening activities were forced
to speak of them.
The next year there was scarcely a
bloom anywhere.
This, Of course, is simply too bad.
because there is no more beloved flow
er than the lilac. no shrub more dear
to the home loving heart.
The very name has a perfume.
4 +
Walt Whitman it was, Washington's
poet as much as any's. who wrote and
entitled President Lincoln's burial
hymn. When Lilacs Last in the Door
yard Bloomed"
In the dooryard' fronting an old
farmhouse, near the white
washed palings,
Stands the lilac bush, tall-growing,
with heart-shaped leaves of rich
green,
With many pointed blossom. rising
delicate. with the perfume
strong I love,
With every leaf a miracle-and from
this bush in the dooryard,
With delicate -colored blossoms, and
heart-shaped leaves Of rich
green,
A sprig, with its flowers, I break"
Whitman wrote another poem
much shorter, which he called "A
Marble for Joy of Lilac Time"
Lilacs have that effect on some
of U.S.
Therefore, it is all the more to be
regretted that they will not bloom
to suit US.
If the flowers were dull, prosaic
things. such as the forsythia flowerets
1t might be different story, but they
are not; they possess glorious vitality
in themselves, strange ability for a
thing without voice or brains, in the
ordinary sense
Yet those who love the lilac will
Evening star., 1934-04-30
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

be willing to swear that to them the
or other which widely differentiates it
from most other shrubs.
A fine gladiolus in flower, an iris, a
rose-these may and no doubt make
the same appeal to their enthusiastic
friends, but Of the ordinary shrubs
planted by their thousands through.
out the world none other except the
lilac possesses this quality of which
we speak.
An old gardener, when asked how
to bloom lilac bushes, made the fol-
lowing pronunciamento:
Strip all the leaves off 'em in
August"
This seems revolutionary enough, so
much so that we have never had the
heart to try it.
1t may work, however-you never
can tell until you try-but to deprive a
shrub of all its leaves in hot weather
would seem, on the face of it, wrong
procedure
1t Is to be hoped that some more
daring soul will take some one bush,
now blind" as the florists say, and
deprive it of its leaves at the stated
time
Then await results.
What these will be we dare net say,
because We do not know. We doubt II
any one else does.
Perhaps most gardeners underesti-
mate the vast need which lilacs have
for nourishment.
Maybe if we all fed our bushes
better they would bloom better
Maybe 1t is as simple as that, and
maybe it Isn't
Yhere are some plants which expert
gardeners term gross feeders"
No one accuses them of being hogs
in the animal sense, but simply OF
being in real need of copious fertiliza-
| tion. A friend declares that he dug
up around one of his lilacs. one that
had never bloomed, and put in enough
fertilizer for 10 bushes, as he thought
He was told that he would ruin it.
1t did nothing that Spring or Sum-
mer-but the next Spring 1t bloomed
to perfection, for the first time in Its
life. Whether it will bloom as vel
hereafter remains to be seen. That
is one of the distressing points of talk
ing flowers to others; one always hears
about the successes, but seldom about
the failures. And often enough 1t !;
the floral failure from which one car
learn the most
| Those addicted to the pleasant vice
of reading flower magazines know
that the most common question asked
of their editors is why some flower oil
other has not bloomed.
Why hasn't my honeysuckl'
bloomed?"
In ten years Of reading such ques.
tions and answers. the reader vii
come to believe that somebody. some
where. has a bloom-free specimen Of
! every plant in the world
Every plant, then. is subject to thi.
failure. under certain conditions
Some persons declare, whenever 9
| question of this sort comes up, thai
some flowers are male and some fe-
male. This is true Of some plants
but as far as we know it does not ap.
ply to the lilac.
Writers agree that full sun Is bes'
for them, and that lime, bonemea
and good COW manure are the best
fertilizers. One experimenter fed hi!
bushes every week with liquid manure
made from the latter, and reported
successful blooming for the first time
If one has the requisite persistence
this plan would be worth trying.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

Of age. They serve as jockeys until
around the age Of IS, the age when
the average man begins to gain
weight. However, some have been
known to serve until so years Of age.
@. How many suicides are there in
the United States each year?-R.
M. B.
A. In 1882 there were 20,88o sui
cides in the United States. The rate
for loo, 900 population in the United
States death registration area for that
year was IT'S.
@. What kind Of government do
Maine towns have?-P. S.
A. The majority Of the towns Of
Maine have the form of government
which includes town clerk, board Of
selectmen, town treasurer and tax
collector. Town meetings are held in
the Spring, usually in March. A mod
orator is appointed and articles in
printed town warrant, previously
drawn up, are voted upon by the citi-.
zens of the town of 81 years of age or
more who have previously registered
on voting list. In some towns a
form of city or town manager plan
of government is being tried out.
@. What State has the most land
under irrigation?-O. H.
A. California.
@. How is the Empire State Build
ing heated?-O.M H.
A. The owners of the Empire State
Building contracted for an outside
supply Of steam for heating purposes.
This is derived from two entirely in
dependent steam mains. The build
ing has a two-pipe vacuum system
with steam turbine-driven vacuum
pumps discharging through suitable
heat exchanges into the sewer. The
| equipment is divided into four Sepa-
rate zones, the lower, up to and in
cluding the fifth floor, being supplied
from the mains in the sub-basement.
The next section is supplied down.
ward from a set Of mains on the
| twenty-ninth floor ceiling The section
| from the thirtieth to the forty-flfth
| floors is supplied upward from mains
on the twenty-ninth floor, and the
top of the building, including the
tower, from mains on the f1fty-fourth
floor ceiling. There are about 1000
radiators.
Q. When did Theodore Roosevelt
use the expression, hyphenated Ameri-
cans?-M. K.
A. The late Theodore Roosevelt used
the expression hyphenated Americans
in a letter to Senator Lodge, Decem-
I ber 7, 1915. In a speech at st. Louis,
May 81, 1916, he declared that there
was no room in the United States for
German Americans, Irish-Americans,
or any other hyphenated citizens, but
room only for those who were "Ameri-
cans and nothing else"
@. When did the last horse car
leave the streets of New York City?-
v. H.
A. The last horse car was taken of
the streets of New York City on July
81. 1917. 1t was on the line operat-
ing on Bleecker street.
O. What use can be made Of ma
terial found in meteors which have
struck the earth?-J. L. S.
| A. The Bureau of Mines says un-
doubtedly in the early ages the me-
teoric irons were used for their weight
for weapons and for making knives
and other tools. The National Mu-
scum has on exhibition knife blade
forged from a piece of a meteor to
show the possibility of such work.
@. What Is the area Of Manchu-
kuo?-M. H.
A. It is about 460,3S3 square miles.
The western boundary is underlined.
The population as of 1880 is 34,o74, $50.
The capital is Hsinking.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

Motor manufacturers have over
crowded the streets with automobiles
Their abilities and even a share OF
their profits might reasonably be de-
manded in efforts to provide cities
with parking space. Subways for mo-
tors will come up for consideration
in the course of events and the
processes of reconstructing municipal
tiles to meet new conditions will give
work to hundreds of thousands.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
D. Does Soviet Russia maintain 4,

@. Does Soviet Russia maintain a
censorship Of mail?-N. H. P.
A. The embassy of the Union Of
Soviet Socialist Republics says that
there Is no censorship of mail in the
Soviet Union.
@. How many Mexicans returned to
their country on account Of the de-
pression?-J. M. g.
A. The economic depression caused
many Mexicans to return to their
homes. In 1880 about 45,086 more
Mexicans returned to Mexico than left
the country and In 1881 about l2o,-
COO more returned.
@. How much Of the property in the
United States is tax-exempt?-H.L L. A.
A. According to an estimate made
by the National Industrial Conference
Board, the value of the land in the
United States Is $120. 0.286 .000, 900; the
value of improvements $77,878, ,000, 900.
One hundred and seventy-fiye billion,
one hundred thirty million dollars,
worth of this property was taxable,
and $23 ,034 ,000, 900 was tax exempt.
@. What is a very large pill called9
C. C.
A. 1t is sometimes called a bolus
while very small pills are called gran
ules.
@. When was Albert C. Ritchie first
made Governor of Maryland?-C. T
A. In 1920.
@. Who first explored Carlsbad
Caverns?-F. C. J.
A. They were first explored and
partially mapped by DR.. w. T. Lee
The main cave is about one-half mile
in width; length unknown; 2 miles
have been penetrated. The tempera-
ture never varies from Sc degrees.
@. What is a potlatch?-F. L. F.
A. The word is derived from q
Chinook word meaning gift. A pot.
latch is a feast at which the host
gives away most of his goods to hi.
tribesmen as an evidence of hi:
greatness The custom was genera
among Indians from Puget Sound tt
Southern Alaska. but led to such dis
turbances that it has been forbidden
by the Canadian government.
@. How many questions should 6
person ask in orS letter?-A. D.
! A. If the questions pertain to ont
subject, three or four may be included
| Otherwise it is better to write sepa.
rate letters, as it causes delay in pass.
ing the letter from one department
to another. Address your letter II
this papers Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskins, director, Wash.
ington. D. c., including coin or STAMP
for reply.
@. Where does the Potomac Rive
, rise?-D. D.
A. 1t is formed by two branche.
which rise in the Allegheny Noun
tains in West Virginia and unite /!
miles below Cumberland, Md.
@. What per cent of the clerks il
the United States are women?-
F. M. G.
A. In 1880 the total number Of per
sons in clerical positions was 4,025,
! 324. OF these, 49.4 per cent wer,
/ female.
/ @. What were the first pohtica
parties In this country?-S. S.
A. People divided upon the issu
OF the ratification Of the Constitu
tion. Those favoring it were callet
| FederaliStS. thoSa oUojpsf IN uer
Anti-Federalists.
@. How long do boys remain jock
eys? What do they weigh?-J. j. M
| A. A jockey usually weighs between
95 and l20 pounds. Jockeys usual.
start their careers from IL to Is year
Evening star., 1934-04-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON

Boot Legs.
Bootleg ticker; its detected now and
then
In spite of the precautions to protect
our fellow men.
Bootleg politics that wins with
crooked votes;
Bootleg novels that the naughty
nursemaid quotes!
Bootleg lawyers that help criminals
get by:
Bootleg doctors that give knock
outs on the sly!
Bootleg fighters with a referee that's
rough;
Bootleg statesmen with the propa-
ganda stuff!
Uncle Sam looks worried when so
many things annoy.
He'd like to start all over as a happy,
barefoot boy.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

Many books are worth $3.50 apiece
in spite of the fact that the old
Seaside Library used to sell Alexander
Dumas, Victor Hugo, Eugene Sue, not
to mention Cap Collier" at five cents
a copy.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

Lindbergh has tried honestly to
shun publicity, but could not avoid
the modern method of financial
showmanship which seeks to exploit
every reputation on commercial terms.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

Every collegiate parsonage loves his
alma mater, but cannot prevent the
old girl from getting into gossipy
quarrels over matters which are popu-
larly regarded as none Of her business.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

Stock exchange supervision involves
an effort to make the ticker tape con-
form to the ethical rule that governs
the printing press and tell the brief
and simple truth.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

In the rush to capitalize reputa-
tions, however acquired, it seems re-
markable that poor old Trotsky has
never been able to sell a single
scenario.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

Dillinger has at least simplified
crime by taking his money directly
instead of relying on the complicated
red tape processes of kidnapping.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
Go Him Some Better!

From the South Bend Tribune.
Now that Mussolini has announced
a 6o-year plan, it is up to some gov
eminent leader to devise a six-century
plan.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

A man may start as a philosopher,
become propaganda. then a high
power salesman and at last a mere
book agent.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
No Sale Safeguard.

From the Charlotte IN. CO. News
Couple Of new members have been
added to the State Board of Elections,
but we fancy it will be Just as hard
to 60 behind the returns as formerly.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
Speed.

| From the Rockford Register-Republic.
A message has been sent around
the world in 8 minutes 46 seconds.
1t must have been bad news to travel
so fast.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

Huey Long remains bad actor. but
a good spotlight grabber.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
Timely Tip.

From the Indianapolis News.
Locomotive prices are going up, and
II you have ous tn mind it's best to
buy 1t now.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

From the Chicago Daily News.
According to her secretary, Katha-
rine Hepburn, movie actress, has no
intention Of getting . divorce. What
an odd movie actressl
Evening star., 1934-04-30

Page the Attorney General.
From the Chicago Daily News.
One Portland housewife who found
81 worth Of gold dust in two ducks
seeks their home address. Maybe
they were Just gold hoarders.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
Small Change.

Small Change.
Though you some mighty work may
do
Which benefits mankind,
There is no thrift assuring you
A placid state of mind.
Your resolution may be strong
AS lifes conditions range,
The tax collector comes along
And leaves you just small change,
Evening star., 1934-04-30
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor
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Youth Pleads.
The boys and girls will not obey
Their parents, good and kind,
Each goes an independent way
With modernistic mind,
Dear father reads the sporting page
And mother wants to dance,
The youngsters sigh, please be youl
age
And let us have a chance!"
'Dis man Dillinger," said Uncle
Eben, "gets away so often and so easy
dat a war on crime begins to look
to me like a society fox hunt"
Evening star., 1934-04-30
Difference. .

I rIUfi tIit WICfIIta 1aEIts
Another difference between America
and France is that over in France
most of the swiudlers seem to commit
suicide.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
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Machinery.
1--WE are struggling in a machine
age"
Crimson Gulch isn't complaining
about that" answered Cactus Joe.
I'VE wouldn't care how much ma
chinery they brought along, if they'd
leave out the machine guns"
Hypocrisy often makes a great show
Of happiness" said Hi Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown, "in the hope Of luring
sincerity to share its discomforts."
Evening star., 1934-04-30

Apprehension.
Il am sure of my constituency"
said Senator Sorghum.
"Yet you are the subject of much
criticism"
Eyes. But the home folks have
gotten used to my ways, and they're
always afraid the next fellow might
be worse"
Evening star., 1934-04-30

Jud Tunkins says politics is like
patent medicine. Most everything
advertised as new turns out to be
pretty much the same old stuff under
| a different label.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

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