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THE EVENING STAR
Vkh Sunday Moraine Edition.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
WEDNESDAY.. .October 1. 1924
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Brookhart Prepares to Bolt.
Senator Brookharfs denunciation
of i Jon. Dawes and demand that he he
withdrawn from the Republican presi
dential ticket, on the score that he
has hurt the party's chances in the
A\> st. is a remarkable development of
xln: campaign. Mr. Brookhart is nom
inally the Republican nominee for
Se nator in lowa. He has conducted
throughout a strictly personal cam
jxiign, at no time saying a word that
‘•"Hid lie construed as favorable to the
party’s presidential and vice presiden
tial nominees. H© has not aided the
national ticket, and by his silence has
served the opposition, notably that of
the third party. Recently rumors have
spread that he intended to declare
himself fur I-a Follettc. This present
demand that Dawes be withdrawn is
to be interpreted as an index of that
purpose. If Chairman Butler, to whom
the demand is addressed, declines to
respond or to consent—ono of which,
of course, is assured —Air. Brookhart
may seize upon silence or refusal as
justification for an open avowal of
preference for La Follettc.
Just why Senator Brookhart de-1
laved until now to emit this donuncia
ti"n may be left to the imagination.
Ills seizure upon some of the gen
eral’s speeches as shocking to his
sense of political righteousness is
obviously an excuse. His proposal
that a "farm-blocer” lie named in his
stead, specifically proposing Senator |
Norris of Nebraska, is an instance of j
the determination of that minority |
group to run the entire party.
lowa will perhaps he one of the |
pivotal Slates in the election. It is an ;
important factor in the equation, with j
its thirteen electoral votes. It has a :
Republican record unbroken save for !
the 1912 split, when the division of j
Votes between Roosevelt and Taft 1
gave the State to Wilson. Senator!
Brookhart lias a large following, suf- '
flelent to give him a plurality of 160,- j
Oil" two years ago and a heavy ma-
Jority in the recent primaries. !
Whether, if he declares for the third-j
party candidate, he can carry his fol
lowing with him to vote for I.a Fol- ,
leite for President is one of the inter- !
esting and important questions of j
these final weeks of the campaign, j
Again, rises now the question whether I
a declaration for Follette. which
Will he a bolt from the party that |
nominated him, may not cause a de- |
fe<'t ion of his own following and the j
endangering of his senatorial candi- i
dacy.
In one respect this Brookhart out- |
burst against Dawes has a somewhat i
Important reaction. In case the elec-|
toral college fails to make a choice }
and the election is thrown into Con- ■'
gross, and the House, by reason of
divided State- delegations, fails to j
choose a President, the Senators will j
vote for Vice President, who will be- !
come President. It is plain that Mr. j
Brookhart will not in such circum- |
stances vote for Dawes. Ho will pre
sumably vote for Bryan. He must j
\ote for one of those two unless the 1
wholly unexpected and apparently im-1
possible happens, and La Follettc and j
Wheeer poll more electoral votes than I
Davis and Bryan. Docs this portend j
that all the others of the farm bloc |
in the Senate will vote in the same j
. way? Does this Brookhart denuncia- j
tion, therefore, serve as notice that *
Bryan is the choice of the Progressive- !
Republicans for the next President? j
If so. it may have a somewhat boom- i
erang effect upon the voters, leading j
them to vote in such manner as to j
present no such chance to the Senate. !
A "straw vote” in September is j
limited in the matter of reliability by j
'the fact that the people have more j
than a month of busy argument !
nh< ad in which to think it over.
1 mtm «
!
The use of tar and feathers as a t
means of intimating that a member i
of the community is no lady is now |
admitted to be. of itself, an unladylike !
tuition.
Jr >lr i 1
i
Earthquake and Storm.
Earthquake, hurricane and flood
vgews comes from many parts of the}
United States, and severe storm losses ;
have been sustained at points not far |
from Washington. Earth tremors wore j
_ felt throughout northern New Eng- .
Wand and eastern Canada. An earth- i
quake or tremor in that region per- i
c -ptible without the aid of sensitive j
Instruments is unusual, and scientific
men who follow earthquakes say that
•, is the sharpest shock felt in New
England in ?0 years. News of the
wrecking of the earth is sent out from
gooreu of towns in Now England, and
ffrom Koi.ic places come reports of elec-
disturbance in the sky. The
England scientists say that the
earth's disturbance seems to have be
jjpm in the maritime provinces of
*« anada, but there are other opinions.
There are no reports of damage at
this time, but an earthquake any
“ttjhere in the eastern United States I
?ferhich shakes houses so ihat ordinary j
people know an undorearth disturb-1
iuice is going on sets many persons to |
thiiiing of the Charleston earthquake
i ■ f Aiigu.st 31. ISSC. and of the San 1
FraABBCc- quake of April IS, 1006. j
i (MRKO in our part of the I
world are being recorded by seismo
graphs at nearly all times, but they
are relatively few and feeble on the
Atlantic coast. They are more nu
merous and stronger on the Pacific
coast Perhaps the earliest earthquake
in the East of which men have kept a
record was that in 1811. which caused
considerable change in the face of the
country In the Mississippi Valley
south of the Ohio, was felt in New
York, and no doubt shook houses in
Washington.
In addition to the earthquake news,
wind and flood news comes from many
places. Points along the coast from
Georgia to Connecticut send reports
of high wind, and in some places wind
of hurricane force. In the Carolines
rivers have overflowed their banks
because of extraordinary rains. New
York sends news of storm damage,
and Baltimore sends reports that the
Patapsco and other rivers reached
flood stage.
The Conquering Heroes.
Washington’s ovation to its base
ball club today is a natural expression
of gratitude toward a group of young
men who have faithfully served in the
name of the Capital to bring the high
est honors in the national game to the
District. Many of them have played
"major league base ball” in no other
city. Walter Johnson, for example,
has worn no other than a Washington
uniform in till of his long career in
"big league” company. Stanley Har
ris, the manager, has earned his serv
ice stripes at the Capital. Others have
come up directly from minor league
engagements to this city’s team. In a
degree remarkable in base ball history
this combination of pennant winners
is local in its development.
It matters not. however, how long
or how briefly the ball lossers who
have just won the American League
pennant, and who will on Saturday
cross bats with the New York Giants,
have worn the Washington uniform.
They are the "home team,” and as
such are admired and welcomed to
day with all the honors the city can
pay. The President of the United
States is to receive and address them,
thanking them in the name of the
Capital City for their contribution to
■Washington’s history.
To make a gala occasion of the re
turn from their triumphant tour of a
team of base Ikill players is the more
appropriate because of the fact that
this city hast been so persistently
throughout its membership in the
major leagues merely one of the "also
rans." Yesterday The Star printed a
graphic chart showing the annual
standings of the Washington club
since its organization, in both leagues.
Save for two occasions, when it fin
ished second, it has never been seri
ously considered. This year t » most
observers of the game it was con
signed to a minor position. Those who
did so did not reckon upon the new
element that had entered the equation,
the youthful leadership of a manager
gifted with a remarkable degree of
skill in inspiring his men to do their
best in all circumstances.
To every man on the roster is due
the credit. All of them have helped.
All of them at times during the sea
son have had the misfortune to err in
omission or in commission. The best
of the batters have failed in the
pinches, the best of the fielders have
slipped at critical moments, the best
of the pitchers have had their bad
days. But, taken altogether, every
man has done the best he could, and
that best has been better than the
best of seven other teams, and it is
now the hope and bclii f of the Capital
that Ihat best will be better than the
best of the National League cham
pions.
If Clarence Harrow could be per
suaded to interest himself in a
minister of the gospel who so far
forgets himself as to commit homi
cide, he might put forward an
eloquent plea for one whose calling
secludes him from the world and its
ways, and, through lack of practical
environment, may. if of a type of
peculiar susceptibility, find himself
psychologically unqualified for coping
with temptation.
La Follette managers in California
are undecided as to whether the word
“socialist” as recently employed is
intended as a political designation or
an uncomplimentary epithet.
♦
Literature is attracting many
public men. Gaston B. Means, if he
would produce an autobiography,
could easily find a publisher to pro
mote him as a fiction writer.
In estimating the desirability of a :
league of nations Japan is perfectly
frank in considering its possibilities
of usefulness in her own business.
Gompers Backs Smith.
Yesterday in the Mew York offices
of the American Federation of Labor
a group of labor leaders met under
the chairmanship of Samuel Gompers
and decided to give the unqualified in
dorsement of organized labor to Gov.
Smith in the State campaign. The
American Federation of I,abor having
at its Atlantic City conference elected
to go into politics, this New Y'ork
move is quite logical. Yet it leaves a
question that remains to be answered.
The American Federation of Labor
at Atlantic City indorsed the presi
dential candidacy of La Follette. Its
chiefs have taken prominent part in
the Ixt Follette campaign, and con
tributions to the La Follette war chest
have come from members of the or
ganization. Presumably Mr. Gompers
and those of his followers who are
willing to follow him into partisan
politics arc earnestly and sincerely
desirous of the election of La. Follette
and Wheeler.
The Smith candidacy in New Y’ork
is designed to aid the presidential cam
paign of Mr. Davis. Democratic nom
inee. Here, then, is the American Fed
eration of Labor at Atlantic City de
claring for La Follette and the Ameri
can Federation of Labor at New Y'ork
declaring for Smith, and therefore
stepping out to aid Davis. La Follette
has an electoral ticket up in New
York, as in every other State, under
one party designation or another. La
Follette expects the voles of organized
labor November 4.
So in all honor and obligation the
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. Q.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 1. 19*24.
-1 American Federation of Labor must
• split its ticket in New York and vow
> for La Follettc and Smith. It is known
- to a virtual certainty that there will
: bo some other splitting of ticket*.
> many voters casting their ballots for
i Cooiidge and Smith, because of the
I popularity of the governor. Does this
» not leave Mr. Davis in a rather pecu
; liar position? It likewise puts a severe
7 strain upon tho political acumen of
» the politically minded members of the
American Federation of Labor, under
, the guidance of Mr. Gompers. who, in
’ addition to the role of President
i maker, is now seeking that of gover
nor-rnaker.
i
1 Under Whose Flag?
The New York "drys” bid fair to
' find themselves in a quandary when
; they come to vote for governor No
■ vember 4. Unless Col. Roosevelt, in
his speech of acceptance tonight, suc
ceeds in convincing them satisfac
torily that he is dry—and they have
declared in advance that he is not—
; they will be confronted on election
i day with no choice of candidate on
r the dry issue. Gov. Smith is admit
-5 tedly in favor of light wines and beer
. through proposed amendment of the
; Volstead act. and the Anti-Saloon
1 League insists that Col. Roosevelt’s
- record has been consistently wet or
t near-wet, and that the circumstances
! of his nomination and his association
i with Senator Wadsworth indicate that
. he is still wet.
The Anti-Saloon League, almost in
. the shadow of the Roosevelt home
> where he will be notified tonight, has
L expressed its disbelief of Col. Roose
- veil’s ability to assure the voters that
5 lie is not wet. Orville S. Poland, head
of the legal department of the Anti
. Saloon League, in a speech last night
, declared Col. Roosevelt is "Wads
worth’s puppet,” and his answer
would be Wadsworth’s answer. The
Anti-Saloon League speaker charged
that Senator Wadsworth forced the
• nomination of Col. Roosevelt without
having made a careful analysis of the
, political situation, and believing he
I "would have a pliant tool” at Albany.
The speaker classed Gov. Smith as an
. “out-and-out, straightforward and
i probably honest wet.” Col. Roosevelt,
he said, in 1920 had his choice of tak
ing his stand with Gov. Smith for 2.75
beer or taking a position with Presi
, dent Cooiidge. He stood with Smith.
If that is the way the drys feel
about the two candidates their lot will
be an unhappy one on November 4
, It would seem their only alternative I
will lie to stay at home.
, A statue to base Kali 'should bo |
easily arranged for. And every
Washington, D. < ’.. fan will allow you
ime guess as to the city in which it
ought to be located.
I I Conservative society may us well
j < onfess to a certain disappointment in
j observing the frank predilection of |
i the Prince of Wales for lobster a la I
1 Newbuvg instead of afternoon tea.
- ttr ,
Perhaps no more Is asked of Gov.
j Charles Bryan than that he will work
i as hard during the campaign as his j
i brother. W. J. Bryan, habitually ]
i works at conventions.
'
With a pennant-winning hall team
in town, there are, of course, moments '
when even President Cooiidge is not j
expected to keep absolutely cool.
After November several gentlemen i
now discussed as candidates will lie
. classified as myths.
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
And Yet—
i I’ve heard folks refer to the man we
oppose
As a creature of baleful intent
i Who hates little children and laughs |
at their woes
i And on smashing the statutes is
bent.
’ And yet, when 1 saw him. his manner
was kind.
His visage was gentle and sad.
I ventured to hope that perhaps we
may find
That he isn't too fearfully bad.
! I’ve heard folks allude to the man wc
sustain
As a person of merit so rare
A frivolous moment would give him
j a pain
i And add to the gray in hia hair.
And yet, when I saw him. the glint
in his eye
Showed a jest wasn't misunderstood.
1 ventured to hope we shall find
! by and by
That he #sn’t too awfully good.
Cordial Formality.
“The crowd cheered you wildly,”
. remarked the encouraging friend.
"Y’es,” answered Senator Sorghum,
. "but a lot of those people think they
i have discharged their entire obliga
, lion of hospitality by cheering, and
: then go ahead and vote any way j
they happen to feel like.”
Jud Tunkins says it beats him to
i find out how much petroleum there is
j in the world with none of it repre
i sented In his bunches of oil stock.
Quibble and Quip.
The quibbler in a legal quest
Makes points that seem delirious;
lie’s at his best in simple jest
And at his worst when serious.
Irresponsible Finance.
I “I understand they have a moon
shine still over at Snake Ridge.”
“Don’t you believe it,” answered
Cactus Joe. “Them Snake Rldgers
arc tryin’ to get capital interested by
pertendin’ that they’ve at last got up
some kind of a municipal enterprise.”
A Way They Have.
The Autumn leaves are falling;
Which, after all.
Is not so queer.
This fact there’s no forestalling;
They always fall
This time o’ year.
“I speck Congress gineter transack
quite some business,” said Uncle
Ebcn, “as soon as it gits organized
foh de same class o' team work dat’s
been done by dls here base ban dub.**
THIS AND THAT
BV C. E. TRACEWELL.
If there la a street in Washington
with real individuality, it is Wiscon
sin avenue, that narrow, ill paved,
somewhat dirty way striking out
f through Georgetown to Maryland. No
> need hero for emulating the cigarette
, ad.".
Wisconsin avenue Is ns distinctive
' as Hubert La Kollette, bristling son
i of the far Western State. It has a
flavor decidedly its own, redolent of
old things and new things strangely
mixed.
It docs not belong to the National
Capital at all, in one sense, yet in an
other there is no more important
thoroughfare in the Capital of the
, Nation. Hating from 1754, with an
honorable history, ft can look forward
1 to even greater things.
Wisconsin avenue does not need to
sot up signs declaring itself •'dis
tinctive." or "There's something about
it you'll like,” or “I’d walk a mil© to
walk on Wisconsin avenue."
i If it ever adopts any motto at all.
. it should be that mouth-tilling, classic
phrase of the organisation that came
near splitting the late lamented na
tional Democratic convention:
“Wo were here yesterday, we are
. here today, we will be here tomor
row."
Who sighs for Bagdad and Us
quaint streets, when right here at
i home he has Georgetown and its Wis
consin avenue?
Bagdad was one of the first cities
to have a press agent. The guy who
got up the “Arabian Nights" put Bag
dad on the international map. More
children today know more about Bag
dad than they do about Washington.
Narrow, mysterious streets of that
famous eastern city appeal mightily
to the imagination, but probably
bore the inhabitants of Bagdad to
tears. Imagine a romantic Kagdadian
standing beneath a minaret or
something like that, sighing;
“Gee. if only I might travel to
that romantic city on a far river,
Georgetown. Oh, that I might trav
erse for a brief while that curious,
odd, unique Wisconsin avenue!"
This is our privilege, without tak
ing any particularly long journey. It
is only our unforunate habit of al
lowing the familiar to become com
monplace that permits us to overlook
Wisconsin avenue.
***■*.
High street was tne old name for
Wisconsin avenue—a better name, in
some ways, it seems to me, than Its
modern one.
Those w. re the days when George
town, then a part of Frederick
County, was chartered, a quarter of
a century before the Revolution.
Those tirst settlers chose George
town because it was on the J’otomac,
sitting picturesquely above the river
jon its hills.
Hence the name of High street for
I the "Main stre-t" striking up over
(the rises ont into Maryland In the
j direction .of Rockville and Frederick.
The latt-r town was In existence
then, being a point toward which
G*orge Washington lat-r projected
his canal.
Today, as then, Wisconsin avenue
is a high street. Rising abruptly
from the river, it runs a few blocks
north, then makes an abrupt turn
and stage by stag© rises higher and
higher.
When it Was laid cut no seer pos
sibly could have foreseen modern auto-
I mobile trafli. , so the street was made
j narrow. Rood building was expensive
J in those days as well as today, hence
the necessity for keeping a road as nar
row as possible.
So High street grew up. rambling out
over the hills into Maryland, and so it
j lias remained, useful, picturesue. nar-
I row. Os late years the thoroughfare—
I Wisconsin avenue—has been widened
from Massachusetts avenue to the Dis
j trict line, but improvements to the rvad-
I bed are needed badly.
| In town the street is far too narrow.
! U w.is all right in George Washington's
! day. and can be struggled aJong with
j even now. but it ought to be widened
I and repaved clear in to M street. Just
j how the widening process could be car
ried out it is difficult to say. As it is,
j the street cars are so near to the side
| walk that there is scarcely room for
automobiles to pass.
The way to see Wisconsin avenue,
the Wisconsin avenue in Georgetown,
is to get off the Toonervillc trolley
at K street and walk down the street.
That way you get a taste of it not to
be gotten otherwise.
This is a high point, U street, with
its old houses, and the ancient reser
voir on the southeast corner. Is
there water still in that battlemented
place? Some say there is, some say
there is not.. Take your choice.
Frame houses sit side by side with
brick as one walks slowly along past
where Thirty-third street outs in.
• <IT to the right, there is the Seventh
Precinct station, where Caps. Bean
presides. t
Sand and dust mingle on Wiscon
sin avenue. The sand comes from the j
car tracks, much of it being needed
on these steep slopes, while the dust
is everywhere. I have never been able
to make up my mind that Wisconsin
avenue is actually dirty, but cer
tainly it gives somewhat that impres
sion. Cobble stones are hard to clean.
It is an old street, with old houses
along it. The color of age, that inde
scribable dull, olive gray, is over all.
Surely the street cleaning depart
ment neglects Wisconsin avenue! If
the fire department would get out
some day and give it a good washing
and the street cleaning department
give it a good scrubbing. It would
look better for it.
** * *
At th> car pit at P stree.t stands a
grocery store, a meat market, an un
dertaker's shop and a drug store, side
by side, as chummy as can be. On
the undertaker's steps play happy
children, barefooted, carefree.
This is a happy street. People mind
their own business here.. If one
wants to walk along with a bag of
cookies, eating as he goes, no one
will say you nay, or even so much as
notice you.
There are several old bakeries
| along Wisconsin avenue, so old that
i one hesitates to ask as to their age.
; Here you find old-fashioned cakes and
j cookies, the kind they make in coun
try towns.
Inside a pleasant girl doles you out
a dozen immense cookies for CO cents.
You proffer a dollar bill. She searches
the cash register, then returns.
"Haven't you something smaller?”
she asks.
“Well, I have a good dime and a
bent dime. I didn't want to offer it
to you, but I guess It Is good.”
“Oh, it is all right, thank you,”
smiles the young lady, who looks as
if she might go to Western High
School, only a few blocks away.
Saturday night sees Wisconsin ave
nue in its glory. Like a small town,
with its thronged Main street, George
town turns out on Wisconsin avenue
every Saturday evening. Tanned men
and women from out Rockville way
are in to make purchases.
Up and down everybody roams.
The street cars come plowing along
every hour or so; automobiles thread
their way along, trying to avoid run
ning 4nto the lamp posts; children
run in and out, followed by their
dogs. Sinclair Lewis would like It.
To think that this has bden going
on, in much this same way, since
Revolutionary days! They turned out
like this, undoubtedly, when George
town was branded by a foreign vis
itor as a "city of houses with no
streets,” In distinction from Wash
ington, “a Ctty of streets with no
houses.”
Shades of Gen. Washington and
other mighty ones walk here, throng
this Wisconsin avenue, amble to and
fro on M street, cutting it just north j
of the river.
1 But M street, old M street, ta dls- 1
htlnctly another story!
| IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT |
BY PAUL V. COLLiyS.
So rapidly do changes of conditions
develop in radio service that what
were considered ample provisions for
carrying on tho traffic 18 months ago
| are today inadequate and largely ob
solete. Consequently, the Secretary
of Commerce, Herbert Hoover, has
called a third national radio confer
ence to be held In Washington next
1 week for the purpose of bringing
radio, rules and regulations up to
date.
♦♦ * ♦
The entire science of radio broad
casting dates back only three years.
; It is fortunate that in the beginning
of radio development there were no
| rules hampering the freedom of ex
periment by amateurs, though It
, would be, perhaps, difficult to define
what constituted an amateur and
what a qualified expert In those days.
’ The "experts” of 1921 are not now
Inclined to tell their 14-year-old sons
how little they then knew of radio
and of ether waves.
** V *
Much of the marvelous progress
must be credited to tho 16,000 regis
tered amateurs who, having no pre
conceived ideas, were free to "try
anything once” —or a thousand times
i —without fear of being unscientific.
Between the amateur and big busi
ness, or between the amateur and the
thousands of ships that sail the seven
seas, there now arises sharp compe
tition of privileges and conflicting
interests.
♦* * *
In 1912 there was an international
radio conference held in London. At
that time the use of radio was lim
ited to ships, and was restricted to
wireless telegraphy, in code for sig
naling the movements of vessels.
There was then little thought of
wireless telephony. Nor during the
, war was there any radio telephony,
although the wireless telegraphic
code service was extensively used.
Tho 1912 conference, dealing only
with ship problems, became the. basis
of laws in all countries, affecting
ether communication.
The United States is far in advance
of'all other nations in radio develop
ment. It was in this country, in 1921.
; that the broadcasting of music and
speech was first made possible.
♦♦ * ♦
i In 1922 Congress passed a law put
! ting radio control under the Depart
ment of Commerce, though, even
then, it had relation particularly to
marine use. In February of that
year Secretary Hoover called the
first conference, and in March, 1923.
a second conference was held. At the
second conference the country was
zoned and In each zone certain wave
lengths were assigned.
{ Broadcasting stations have been us
• ing a wave of 530 meters. All ships
j carrying the American flag are re
; quired to carry radios, and to use a
i wave 300. 600 or 7"6 meters long, but
; it is recognized that although Hie wave
I set for 600 meters, it will vary.
I perhaps, JO or 20 meters above or bo
! low 60". Both marine and land opera
-1 tors have been encroaching upon each
I other, to their serious interference.
Amateurs have been assigned waves
■ from 222 to 150 meters, with low
power. They are now menaced by' the
! Incoming of vastly increased power of
! large companies who propose to aban
| ilou their present maximum of 500 kllo-
Vital Change in Steel Trade
From Federal Ruling Doubted!
■ ■
i While welcoming as an encourag-
I ing sign the decision of the United
t States Steel Corporation to accept
* without a fight in the courts the Fed
j eral Trade Commission’s ban against
1 the Pittsburgh plus price system.
many editors doubt that the actual
' effect upon the industry will be im
! portant. As the Birmingham News
j puts it, “the ultimate effect of the
commission's ruling—certainly so far
| as Birmingham is concerned —will not
be great. The ruling, in other words,
( will have brought about a distinction
without a great difference.”
If the effects of the Pittsburgh plus
■ system have been as they have been
| represented by i*s opponents, the
j Cleveland Plain Dealer feels, "we may
properly anticipate more rapid
' growth of the steel industry In the
Middle West, possibly in the far
' West, and in the South, a growth
j probably at the expense of the
| Eastern steel center.” On the other
' hand, this paper suggests if the
| position of the Steel Corporation in
i defense of the practice is sound “the
j result of its abandonment will be
j keen competition between the several
i steel centers and a degree of insta
bility in the industry which in the
lend will prove more disadvantageous
jto steel consumers than the price
i fixing policy.” Finally, however, the
) Plain Dealer points out that the fail
| ure of the steel people to “carry the
i case to tho courts is an indication
j that they are not greatly concerned
j over the industry’s future —either the
' importance of Pittsburgh plus has
| been overemphasized or a substitute
| price policy is being formulated to
I take Us place.”
♦* ♦ ♦
There is a chance, according to the
i Indianapolis News, “that inanufac
i turers at other points than Pittsburgh
, may continue to charge the old price,
; or even to increase it, thus giving the
jpurchaser none of the advantage of
| the new arrangement; but the order
! made by the Steel Corporation is de
signed as a safeguard against such
a possibility.” and, at any rate,
"whatever the advantage may prove
to be, it is a great deal to have es
tablished a principle that is correct.”
Should the Steel Corporation ever
contest the order, the Pittsburgh
Gazette-Times hopes “the fact finding
will be intrusted to a more competent
body than tho Federal Trade Commis
sion.” The order against Pittsburgh
plus was made, the Gazette-Times de
-1 dares, on tho basis of conclusions of
■ Us cffe>cts that were wholly unwar
! ranted and "the disclosures of inepti
tude or prejudice, or both, that have
followed issuance of the prohibitory
order have had the sad effect of
greatly reducing public confidence in
the commission.”
The New Orleans Tlmes-Picayune,
remarking that “arbitrary additions
to steel quotations of freight charges
that were never paid, for a haul that
was never made, never has been sat
isfactorily explained.” adds: "Opposi
tion to the ‘system’ has increased
from year to year, and the final line
up against it. In the proceedings be
fore the Trade Commission was al
most National in Us sweep.” There
fore, tho Milwaukee Journal claims
wisdom has directed the course of the
Steel Corporation in conforming to
the order, because "public opinion
had grown so strong against the prac
tice that legislation against it would
have been only a matter of time."
The policy of accepting the Gov
ernment order, the Detroit News also
holds, "Is one which should win tho
public’s friendship, not a bad thing
for even the largest corporation to
possess.” In fact, the Albany Knick
erbocker Press feels the "United
States Steel has set a precedent, and
the incident Is an interesting index
of the new day in relationship be
tween the Government and business.”
** * *
The Duluth Herald regards the de
! velopment as "a great victory fur fair
trade practices, and also a great vic
tory for Duluth, which led In the fight
against the wrong practice that is now
abolished, and which ought to be oaa of
the chief beneficiaries of a reform that
i watts and install machines producing
; 5,000 kilowatts. One tirm la said to
r be planning a 40,00u-\vatt power. It is
> claimed by the panic-stricken ama
teurs that such a powerful broadcast
• Ing would put out of service all small
i er instruments.
The lar“e lirms offset this statement
: by asserting that their service will
• greatly enlarge the range of listeners
i in. In the.-absence of a precedent, it
may bo left to the conference to ad
vise the Secretary of Commerce to
grant a tentative license, subject to
immediate revocation in case the great
■ power operates against the general
; Held.
There are those who claim that, In
, stead of the long wave and tremendous
’ watt power for transmitting long dis
tance, equal results can be obtained
with short waves, and comparatively
low power, which would not interfere
. with more general use of the ether.
t Like the doctrines of the contending
schools of medicine, it will be inter
esting when the high-power radio
"allopaths” and the short-wave “home
opaths’* undertake to keep the patient
alive by their conflicting theories.
** * *
Shall broadcasting be construed to
1 be a public utility? A public utility
is something in which every citizen
possesses equal rights. Is there an
eminent domain in the heavens above?
A certain candidate for Congress re
cently demanded the right to make his
speeches over a radio, without expense
to himself, upon the ground that the
radio is a public utility and the public
ought to have the privilege of learning
j his views on general governmental
j questions, since he was a candidate
j for Congress. He was told that the
1 j rates were $lO a minute, but that
1 his speech was not desired, as the com
j pany did not want to jeopardize the
popularity of its service with unen
tertaining addresses. Did the radio
company have a right to bar bim, if he
was willing to pay the announced rate?
** * *
The greatest problem is how to j
1 , produce a revenue without lessening j
j the interest of the listeners-in. This
i question does not seem to differ from
j that of jmblishers. “It pays to ad
j vertise,” and advertisers will pay for ;
! the privilege. Entertaining and in- i
formative reading must spice the
columns of publications to keep the)
readers interested; otherwise, adv^r-I
1 tising values will cease. Similarly, |
the radio, in its proximate develop- i
I ment, will become self-supporting
through a limited volume of adver
tising. mingled with high-grade ar
tistic talent.
A large business firm recently of
fered, free, the finest band in New
Vork City to play into the radio, pro
vided the. announcement would be
j broadcast that the music was fur
i nished by that firm. The off.-r was
j refused. The price of S6OO an hour
I was quoted.
** * *
N'i broadcasting company possesses
any vested rights to its license. No
matter how great may be its invest
ment. it* license is held at She option
of the Department of Commerce, sub- |
ject to revocation at any time, j
Wiiether this danger might be ctirb.-d !
by a court of equity in case of ar- j
bitrary official power remains to be
! tested. This is one of the problems
j which will be discussed at the coming
| conference.
' (Copyrlgnt. 1924. by Pan! V. Collins. >
* sets stffl manufacturing free to dr- !
i vilop where it is natural for it to de
velop. Ihe Oklahoma City Oklahoman !
believes it also is “a long step toward I
agrarian relief. ’ For, as the Minneap- j
olis Tribune believes, “if the economists (
are right in their expectations, abolition j
;of the Pittsburgh plus system will
stimulate the steel manufacturing in
dustry' in this State and contribute to a
better balance of its agricultural and
industrial activities, lairger industrial j
employment in turn will create a larger i
purchasing power and consuming ca- 1
pacity for the products of Minnesota
farms and dairies.” Tho St. Paul
Pioneer Press is also sure “the way
is now' open for price reductions on !
steel products in the Northwest and for
a great expansion of the steel manu
facturing industry in this territory, par
ticularly in Minnesota near the sources
of the raw material which hitherto have j
served chiefly to sustain the great mills j
of the Bast.”
FLOWERS
For the Living
Elsie Janis.
BT GEORGE ADE.
How do you measure life, anwway—
by' the calendar or by what happens?
If you measure by the calendar.
Elsie Janis is a young woman, and
will be for a long time to come. Now,
you other girls, don't be catty! It
has been several years since you saw
her starring in “The Vanderbilt Cup.”
but she was then so young that she
was under the shadow of the Gerry
law in New York.
If you measure by what has hap
pened, then Elsie Janis has lived
longer than any inmate out at the
Old People's Home. She has whizzed
through the combined experiences of
Queen Elizabeth, Sarah Bernhardt,
Joan of Arc and the lady who swings
on the flying trapeze in the circus.
She has been a theatrical star in
t the capitals of the world, a war hero.
. Inc, a globe-trotter, a little friend to
the nobility, a sister to dozens of de
sirable young men, a playwright, a
t stage manager, a contributor to mag
; azines, a composer of music, a dis
. ciple of symbolic dancing, an apostle
of athletic training, somewhat of a
public speaker, and so on, and so on.
When she started years ago she had,
! among other assets, a radiant smile
> and a very old head on very young
shoulders. She has come through a
perfect whirl of experiences without
losing her head or the smile.
When she emerged from Columbus.
! j Ohio, carefully chaperoned by her
| mother, she was a child reciter, and
! they called her “Baby Elsie.” It was
[ then she remarked;
I “I am starting so young that by the
■ time I am 30 years old people will
I say I am 80.”
And she did become almost an in- ;
j stitution at an age when most girls
, ! are learning how to make fudge.
Elsie Janis achieved popularity in |
, her profession and among the dress- |
coat aristocrats and with thousands!
i of doughboys In Prance because she
went ahead endowing the world with
good cheer and lighting up the dark
places with her genuine Columbus,
’ i Ohio, personality.
Elsie has received a good many bou
, quets. but another will not spoil her.
' If adulation and curtain calls and
floral offerings could have changed
[ her she would have gone tempera
mental a long time ago.
. She has been a marvelous combina
tion of girlishness and gumption. Os
her almost miraculous talent as a
.nimic there is no need to speak, and
to mention her salary when she dips
Into vaudeville would not be to the
. point. We arc taking off our hats not
to the dramatic star, but ,to Elsie
Janis, American girl,
r (Copyright. 1934, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
t ■
I Tomonwrt MetrWo R fl<m
Politics at Large
BY X. O. MEHSEM.EK.
One of the Important practical
problems before the Republican cam
paign managers at this time is to
stop the drift of the Clerman-de
scended voters away from the Repub
lican presidential ticket. A careful sur
vey has convinced the managers that
there is disaffection to the Republican
ticket in this class of the electorate
which cannot be regarded as negligible.
It is especially noticeable in Illinois and
in Missouri.
President Coolldge has been ap
prised of the situation and the man
agers are making strenuous efforts to
counteract it. The aid of German
descended Republicans of national
importance is being enlisted in the
effort.
*♦ * *
A spirit of restlessness and dispo
sition to‘dissatisfaction with the ad
ministration among the negro voters
is discerned by the politicians, and
some of the leaders fear that the
national ticket is in danger of being
hurt, especially in the border and
Middle; West States. The negro voters
are said to he demanding a more out
spoken attitude on the Klan issue by
the administration. There are pro
tests from the negro voters on the
administration of the civil service
and of alleged discrimination against
the negro in the governmental de
partments.
** * *
From Towa come persistent reports
that Senator Brookhart. who is Re
publican candidate for Senator, will
soon come out in support of Senator
La Foliette for President. Strong
pressure has been brought to bear
upon him to induce him to support
ti>e Republican national ticket, as he
was elected as a Republican, but it
is said that some recent attacks upon
him alleging, him to be a “traitor”
to his party have embittered him so
as to make it very probable that he
will support Senator La Toilette.
** £ *
Senator Norris of Nebraska is an
other Progressive who is worrying
the regulars. He is a candidate for
re-election to the Senate and is cam
paigning under the auspices of the
State committee, which is organized
;by the regulars. Thus far he has
| not jumped the traces, but neither j
! has he lent President e'oolidge out
| spoken support. The leaders would
| not be surprised to see him "fly the
j coop ‘at any time, and. anyhow, his
quiescent attitude is regarded as not
doing the President and the ticket
any good.
** * *
The department of La FolDtte
electors from the bal'ot by the S.u
premo f curt of California and the
secretary of state of Louisiana is
likely to cause a flurry in the cam
paign. President Coo iid ge himselt,
in the Louisiana case, has deplored
the existence of a State law winch
caused the debarment and has ex
pressed himself in favor of the full
est exercise of the right of tpe
voters to register their preterences
for candidates for oihce.
| Chairman Butler of the Republican
- national committed lias issued a
j statement disclaiming any responsi
, tdlity by the Republican management
for Instituting the California action.
** * *
It is regarded as inevitable that
these incidents will star*! a move
ment in the next session of State
Legislatures in those States that
! have such laws on their statute
j hooks for their repeal or modification,
j as it is calculated that public senti
) ment has been so aroused by these
j occurrences as> to create a demand
i for the repeal of laws which permit
! ted them.
J .. ♦* * *
( It is paid that in Xew York one
i would think the Democratic national
] ticket is “Davis and Smith” and not 1
| Davis and Bryan, for that is all that ]
'is being heard. It is said that (Jov. i
(Smith, running for re-election as gov- '
j ernor, is carrying a large pan of the '
i load of the national campaign as
well as the campaign for the State
ticket.
Tomorrow night is to be a big night
for tiie Democrats in Xew York City,
i when John W. Davis and Gov. Alfred
j E. Smith are to address a great mass
meeting in Madison Square Garden.
Thereafter the presidential candidate
is to go upstate and later speak in
Rhode Island and New Jersey. Gov.
Smith will also make speeches in Xew
England before he starts on a tour
of several of the Midwest States,
** * *
Gov. Smith is entering into the na
tional campaign for his party whole
heartedly and will do his best to try
to induce his followers in New York
not to split the ticket, but to give
Mr. Davis the same support he ex
pects them to give him.
* * * ■*
Democratic politicians are awaiting
with interest the announcement ol
details of that much-advertised coast
to-coast trip of William G. McAdoo.
** * *
The Democratic managers plan to
have John W. Davis exert a last
herculean effort to win the Middle
West. It is realised that there is
much to be done yet in that section.
The Republicans are confident that
they have Illinois, Ohio and Indiana
“cinched” for the Republican ticket,
and the Democrats depend upon Mr,
Davis to shake some of that confi
dence.
Inside Democratic gossip, how
ever. is that they do not feel at all
certain of Illinois. Their forlorn
hope is that the gubernatorial con
test in Illinois may militate against
the Republican presidential ticket
and that the disaffection of the Ger
man-descended vote may work to the
undoing of the Republicans.
The vote in Chicago is expected to
determine the outcome of the elec
tion in Illinois, and there are so many
factional complications in that city
that the forecasters axe hampered in
trying to sizo up the outcome.
♦* * ♦
There is a shrewd suspicion in the
minds of some of the neutral observ
ers of the campaign that after elec
tion day there will be some prophets'
regalias for sale cheap.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia is
to have a rival for re-election to the
Senate, incredible as the suggestion may
seem to old-line Virginians. W. X. Doak
has accepted the Republican nomina
tion, and was indorsed by the conven
tion held in Roanoke last week. Mr.
I Doak is the vice president and national
legislative representative of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, one of the
best known railroad men in the coun
try. He is a warm supporter of Presi
dent Cooiidge and an ardent defender
of union labor. Mr. Doak declares he is
in the race to fight, and takes the
; ground that the railway labor vote can
not be delivered.
** * *
i The Democratic national committee
! makes the charge that the Republican
! administration is trying to “bunk a few
hundred thousand former employes into
believing that it is going to put them
back on the federal pay roll” The gold
brick the administration is trying to
sell these former employee is gilded
with a letter advising them that they
are to be restored to their former civil
service status without further examina
tion, and that there are fedora! jobs
available for which they are eligible.
The statement goes on to say ;
“The ‘gold brick' letter is advising
former employee that positions are about
to be opened up in the adjutant gen
eral's office in the War Department in
connection with the work of paying the
bonus to former service men, and in
forms them that 'a person who is able
to do typewriting and who at any time
has held a clerical position in the Gov
ernment service under permanent ap
propriation as a result of examination
may now be certified to the adjutant
general's office wHjMBt further exam
i Answers fvi Questioi^P^
MV FTtEIIERgI J. HAMiIV
1 Q. Why are we fthirsty after eat
ing much salt or sugar?—VV. W. Mcf,
, A. The reaction thirst comes
from taking Into th*y system more
•salt or sugar than is V ceded. This
excess arrests the secretions of the
nuicuous membrane and"' the result
ing dryness is relieved* by water
which dilutes and carries off the ex
cess salt and sugar.
Q. How are lead pencils made?—
m. p. n.
A. To make the wooden tube In
i 1 which the lead Is Incased, the menu
j faoturer cuts out a board about seven
( j inches long, the width of six pencils,
j and as thick as half a pencil in diam
j eter. With a machine he then shapes
[ it into six semi-rounded or semi ■
| hexagonal sections, and grooves one
side to hold the lead. When the lead
I is inserted, the halves are glued to
1 j gether. The “lead” in a pencil i« com
! posed of graphite.
' | Q- What percentage of the in
habitants of large cities own their
: j homes?—G. T. B.
A. Baltimore, 27.9 per cent: Bo =
I ton, 15.9; Buffalo. 32.9: Chicago, 25.1
I Cincinnati, 20.9; Detroit. 39.1: Indian -
j apolis, 33.7; Xew Orleans, 22.2; New
(York City, 13.1; Philadelphia, 22.1;
I San Francisco, 24.1.
Q. What kind of domestic, an.muA
I makes the most efficient use of food
j —R. O. A.
I A. The, Bureau of Animal Industry
i says that considering the amount of
j human food produced by the animal
| from the feed raised on an aero of
j land, the dairy cow leads all othe--
I animals. Next to tho dairy cow
i comes the hog.
Q. When were fountain pens firs’,
j used? —C. W. A.
j A. Fountain pens were made it.
i England as early as 1935 by Schaef
I for and Parker. The modern fountain
j pen is bases! on the principle patenl
ed by L. K. Waterman in 1884.
Q. What was the weight of the
first base bal! used? —W. T. F.
A. The first base ball used, in 1845
weighed three ounces.
Q. Please state the facts regarding
j President Garfield's assassination and
the trial of Guiteau. —J. J. P.
! A. President Garfield was shot at
j 9 a.m., Saturday, July 2, 1981, while
| walking through the waiting room of
I the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
! station, at the corner of Sixth and K
jstreets. Washington, with James
G. Blaine, Secretary of State
! Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin, was
i tried before the Supreme Court of
1 Washington, I). C-, by Judge Walter
j S. Cox, Monday, November 15, 1882.
He was defended by George Scovill
( of Chicago, the plea being Insanity
He was convicted, sentenced, and was
i hanged in Washington, D. C., June 2,
! 1882.
j Q. Is tne juice of choke
! poisonous?—L. R.
j A. The fruit of the choke cherry is
( generally inedible, although now anil
i then a large fruited variety is founrV
1 that is fit for eating. The leaves om
1 the coition choke cherry contain prus-«
i sic acid and both fresh and wilted
leaves are poisonous.
Q. What were the different medal
awarded to the unknown soldier.
T. T.
A. The decorations awarded the un
known soldier were; Croix de Guerre.
France: Legion of Honor, France;
Gold medal for bravery, Italy; Virtu
tea Militara, Rumania; War Cross,
Czechoslovakia; Virtuti Mililari. Po
land; Congressional medal of honor,
j United Stales.
I Q. Should children of a given ag'
| eat a fixed amount of food?—O. H.
! A. Child specialists inform us that
j between the ages of 4 and 12 years
I a very active child requires double
1 the total calories of a very quiet child,
and a moderately active child requires
one-third more calories than the quiet
child. Because of tho demands inci
dent to rapid growth, ail children re
quire highly nourished food.
Q. How many different kinds ol
living animals are there? —W. W B
A. An estimate has been made
which gives a grand total of 866,00"
distinct species.
Q. Who first used the word*
“Cleanliness is indeed next to God
liness V—M. O. K.
A. They were first used by John
Wesley in his sermon on "Dress."
Q. Does the outside of a wht-e
--travel faster than its axis?
; answer the question yes or no be
fore explaining?—S. X. R.
A. All questions in relation to the
i speed of different portions of wheels
j are relative matters; that is. one
1 must be particular to state that th*
! speed in relation to some definite
point is desired. The Ispeed of a
point on the outside of the wheel is
something greater in relation to the
ground than the speed of the axis and
sometimes less. The resulting speed
in a given direction >s necessarily the
same as that of the axis, as it iaj
obvious that the wheel would hav. »
to fly to pieces if one part reached a
• destination before the other.
Q. Will you please tell me tho sig
nificance of the third beam, s anting.
often seen on the spire of Russian
churches? —A. 11. M.
A. The third beam represented as
i oblique on Greek and Russian crosses
is so placed because, of a legend tha’
one foot of Jesus when suffering, was
drawn higher than the other. This
beam is called a “suppedaneum”—a
projection or support under the fee*
of a person crucified.”
Q. How is a French crown lining
made? —G. H.
A. For this type lining for a bat
crown, cut an oval for the top, an>
size desired. Cut a cord the length
of the circumference of the oval and
over this gather a bias strip of ma-£|
' terial the length of the head size plus
one inch and wide enough for seams
and to allow a generous turn at th<
head. Sew to the oval with seams at
the back, then slip-stitch the seam
together. Pin the oval in place to
1 the top of the crown, then pin to
1 place at the head-size, turn in the
raw edge and sew*.
Q. What is the meaning of the
Italian proverb: “Saffri e tocci?"—
W. S. M.
A. The phrase means “Suffer and
be silent.”
ination.' Nor is the allurement held out
exclusively to former employes, for the
letter adds that 'a person who passed a
typist examination at any time within
the past five years, whether appointed
or not, is also eligible for this tempo
rary work without further examination.'
\ t 1
"At the peak of war work, on Ar
mistice day, November 11. 1918, then:
were 917,760 employes on the civil serv -
ice rolls. By July, 1921, this number
had been reduced to 597,482, or by more
than 300,000. At the beginning of this
year it had been reduced to about 540,-
000, so that during the last five years
more than 300,000 employes have been
. let out.
“The administration is now endeavor
ing to have all these former employes
believe that if they want the Jobs, and
will only flie for them, they may b«
restored to the federal pay roll. As a
matter of fact, the adjutant general’,--
office in the War Department has ad
vised that a force of only about 2.50"
clerks will bo necessary to do the bonus
work, so that, with about 2,500 Jobs to
give out, the administration, through
this civil service letter, is endeavoring
by this subtle method to fool more
300,000 man and woman voters Into be
lieving that they ore going to got Gov
ernment Joba”