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Still In Command It is unfortunate for the city and for the future of good government that Candidate Glossbrenner has not yet found it convenient to publicly repudiate not only the evils of Coffinism, which he admits when he promises reforms and changes from the rule of Dtivall, but Coffin himself. It is very unfortunate that Coffin still is the master and boss of the Republican organization. He rules the committee which was elected largely by fraud and whose membership exists at his pleasure and only as long as it does his will. It is that organization which has disgraced, humiliated and tyrannized the city. It is this Coffin machine which produced a Jackson who was later to plead the statute of limitations when charged with attempting to bribe a Governor of this state. It was Coffin who stood in the same dock with Jackson and against whom a similar charge "was dismissed because, said the prosecutor, the statute of limitations as interpreted by the trial judge prevented a conviction. It was Coffin who was the sponsor and hacker of Duvall, now under sentence to prison. It was Coffinism which produced the city council which pleaded guilty to crimes and misdemeanors in order to escape sentence for felonies. It was Coffinism which has raped the school system and produced such a condition that not even Coffin hopes to stem the tide of universal indignation which demands a house cleaning. It is Coffinism which rules the county finances and sends taxpaying organizations to the statehouse to appeal for protection against raids, extravagance and graft. It is Coffinism which forces a Governor to change an armory board after a legislature ordered an investigation, the plan now repudiated and condemned, under which armories were built, was hatched in the minds of the machine manipulators and the financiers who stood sponsor have never been very far away from the friendship of the boss. In pledging service and efficiency in the administration of his office, Mr. Glossbrenner stops just short of the assurance which the independent citizen will require. They want to know how he will treat Coffin after he is elected. Will he permit this chairman of his political committee to make suggestions and recommendations? Will he look upon his suggestions as a recommendfvtion or as a warning. A bold, open statement that, in the interest of good government, he will close the door of his office to Coffin would do much to add confidence to his promise of good government. The people know what Coffin does in offices he controls. They can see the two-score or more of his committeemen in the sheriff's office, remaining there as deputies until juries convicts them of violating the law. There is something more than merely efficient administration involved in this election. The system which produced bad government and the master mind which planned the evil control of government must be destroyed. Mr. Glossbrenner can, if he chooses, do much by a simple declaration that Coffin will be banished. Up to now Coffin is still in command.

Naval Rocks Ahead Another rock has been cleared in the naval negotiations. France and Japan have announced their willingness to attend the conference, and Italy now hardly can refuse. Other obstacles remain. But it is assumed from tha Joint statements of Premier MacDonald and President Hoover that the Intervening weeks before the January conference will be spent in informal negotiations on the points in dispute. Now that this method of informal preparation has been so effective in obtaining a partial agreement between Britain and America, it should be easier to apply the same technique in the case of the other three powers. Apparently Japan will go along with Britain and America, provided she is granted a slight increase in all classes of her present capital ship ratio of three compared with five each for Britain and America. Washington and London are understood to be open to this proposal. French and Italian interests will be more difficult to reconcile with those of the larger powers. Two issues have been raised. One is the submarine; the other has to do with the inter-relation of sea and land forces. In each case there is much to be said for the French position. Especially in the matter of submarines. America and Britain can afford to make concessions rather than sink the negotiations. From any point of view it will be hard to refute the justice of the French argument that Britain's proposal for submarine abolition would in effect increase the sea dominance of the larger powers at the expense of the smaller. 80 long aa Britain and America maintain offensive navies of large ships, they can not in fairness insist .00 abolishing the small powers’ cheap and effective defame weapon, the submarine. Any attempt to force uch outlawry'of the sub-

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marine would be used by the small powers as proof of their unfortunate suspicion that any Anglo-Amer-ican alliance is forming to dictate the terms of the naval treaty and dominate the seas thereafter. In such atmosphere of distrust, formulation of a treaty would be difficult. Once signed, Its value would be doubtful. The King's Henchmen Cotton, long considered king in the south, is becoming ruler of part of congress as well. A certain group of congressmen are its willing slaves and scarcely a session goes by but what there is cotton legislation, an investigation or threats of one, and more abuse for the department of agriculture. When the cotton price drops, or doesn’t rise as high as the congressmen think that it should, the department of agriculture is blamed and there is talk of changing the method of making crop forecasts. The dissatisfaction of the congressmen reflects that af certain of their constituents, who depend upon the rise and fall of the cotton market for their income. Cottoq reports of the department of agriculture are the only safeguard the cotton farmer has. They are the only way he can get the Information that the large cotton buyer has the money and the means to get for himself. The hullabaloo in congress over cotton may make a big hit with the uninformed, but it seems to do little good. Years of cotton legislation seem to have made the situation no better. The best course now is to give the federal farm board a free hand and let it wrestle with the problem undisturbed for awhile. Congress Can Help Secretary Wilbur and his aids are approaching the Indian problem in a way that will be highly successful if he is given support by congress. There is nothing haphazard about the Wilbur course. He has studied the Indian, discarded the old government policies and substituted new ones, radically different, but more likely to bring the desired result of making the Indian a useful citizen. Wilbur says two things must be done. The older Indian’s property must be saved and the younger In- ■ dian must be taught to take care of himself. To protect the property, Wilbur advocates employment of administrators capable of handling it hon- j estly and well. To make the young Indian independent, Wilbur desires to take him off the reservation, put him In public schools, and teach him a trade or profession. A little time, a little money, and a little brains will accompish results, says Wilbur. He is ready to devote his time and that of his department to the work and to supply the brains. Congress can help by giving him the money.

Parity Isn’t Complete Milton Bronner, London correspondent for this newspaper, points out that there are two elements in the Anglo-American naval situation not generally understood, although naval men recognize them as of great importance. These elements are merchant steamships and airplanes. England has a tremendous preponderance of steamers, many of which, in time of war, could be transformed quickly into very efficient commerce raiders. The United States, on the other hand, is vastly superior in naval airplanes—which easily might give her battle fleet an overwhelming advantage. Thus, in two important items, the two nations are far from parity. No agreement between the two governments will be worth very much if it does not take these two points into consideration.

REASON B y FR LANms K

'T' HE government is up against a stone wall, trying to convict ex-Secretary Fall when he is permitted to sit in court with a doctor on one side and a nurse on the other. So far as the effect on the jury is concerned, they might as well stick a cala lily in the hand that received the black valise, containing SIOO,OOO and let Falls lawyer sing: "Lead Kindly Light.” a a a It is just possible that Fall may be sick, but we share the evident doubt of the judge who is trying the case. We recall how he had to be carried upon the train when he left Washington some years ago to escape an investigation and how he leaped off the train like a kangaroo when he reached El Paso. People generally will not believe that Fall is seriously ill until the grim reaper comes along and grabs him. n tt tt Ramsay MacDonald and his fine, unspoiled daughter have made a great impression on the country and everybody is glad the President entertained them at the White House and that the house and senate let the premier address them. In fact, we wish they had let him distribute a few garden seeds. tt tt U TT is rather foolish for the senate to appoint a comA mittee to investigate those wlio have lobbied for high duties in the tariff bill and not investigate every senator who has openly said to his colleagues: ‘‘You vote for the duties I want and I’ll vote for yours.” This is corruption in broad daylight, yet it is the way that every tariff bill and almost every appropriations bill has been passed in congress. nun This kind of log rolling has existed in every parliamentary body, not only the national congress, but every state legislature. It is brazen dishonesty, but it probably will continue so long as law' makers are made of common clay. ana Thte senatorial committee wdll have a hard time, investigating the social lobby, for while it is the most insidious of influences, it is rather difficult to prove that one invited another to his house to hypnotize him with kindness or that a statesman did something while under the influence of an invitation. a a a THIS new triangular parachute is said to be much safer than the old umbrella kind, but the fact remains that one still has to make the wild leap out into space. The average person thinks he would lose all selfcontrol, forget to count ten and then pull the cord, but aviators assure us that up to date nobody has failed to pull said cord.

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M. E. Tracy SAYS:

Politicians Like to Be Fed and Those Who Have Something to Gain by It Are Glad to Feed Them. SENATOR NORRIS of Nebraska gives us "a vivid picture of the ! social lobby at Washington, with its ; butlers, silver Services, thirteen- ; course dinners, bright-eyed ladies and. perhaps, a little hooch under the side table. ; But now that we have identified [the evil, what are we going to do about it? Faced with a similar situation, Rome passed laws limiting the amount of officials, or their friends, might spend on feasts. It would be consistent with the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act were we to do the same. tt a tt Lobbying goes with democracy, and society goes with lobbying, when democracy can afford it. It is a refined method of seeking and obtaining favors. Policians like to be fed, and those who have something to gain by it are glad to feed them. Possibly, if experts, rather than politicians did the law making there would be less trouble. an u A Miserable Show WHY don't the people make their own laws?” asks George Bernard Shaw, and then answers himself by inquiring, “Why don’t the people write their own plays?” As he points out, it is easier to write a play than make a law, but there are not a hundred people in this country able to write a play good enough to stand the wear and tear. Back of the miserable show which we dignify by the name of legislation is the illusionment that anybody able to win an election can make laws, and that by some hook or crook the mere act of voting is sufficient to create genius. tt tt tt Business not only is, but will continue to be, good, according to the department of commerce, so why worry? What’s a little thing like lobbying. or even a social lobby, as long as the dinner pail remains full? Some dinner pails may not be so full, but gold is flowing in from Europe, there is plenty of cash to move crops, and the speculators will make the usual amount, even if the farms do not, provided no one has made a mistake in compiling government statistics.

No Cultural Rating HPHE chief trouble with government statistics lies in what they leave out. We have made real progress in discovering how to rate individuals, communities, or nations, financially. What we can’t do is rate them culturally, or intellectually. We still are puzzled by the question of whether prosperity means progress. ana Alexander Meiklejohn. chairman of the experimental college of the University of Wisconsin, is so doubtful that progress and prosperity mean the same thing, that he advises educators to war against the influence of material wealth. “We are a newly rich people,” he says, “and we are in serious danger. All agencies of enlightenment will fail, because we are rich. Riches and education are in conflict with each other.” Maybe they are, but what about poverty and education, or priestcraft and education, or, for that matter, politics and education? Politicians, as well as plutocrats, have a way of determining, or proscribing, what w r e call education. It is doubtful whether any money grubber in America ever imposed his personal ideas on the educational System of certain states more successfully than did the late William J. Bryan. Not All Dollar EVEN in this day and generation, influence is not wholly a matter of dollars. Forceful, magnetic, ambitious individuals still are able to achieve leadership and bend millions to their will, though they may not have enough change in their pockets to pay a month’s board in advance. We can not leave out the pulpiteer, propagandist, the apostle of traditidn, the panderer of prevailing sentiment, when we undertake to deal with influence. And when it comes to lobbying, they are right there with the boys from Wall street, promising to deliver' votes, while the lattre pledge campaign contributions, and making quite as much heaedway with it. a a a However dangerous material wealth may be, poverty has proved no guarantee against dishonest lawmaking, or the abuse of the educational system. There are plenty of poor countries in this world—countries where the people perish for the lack of bare necessities; where famine, flood, and revolution combine to double the misery that goes with ignorance. Are any of them without sources of pressure to warp their legislatures and schools?

Daily Thought

Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other. —Psalms 85:10. e a a Lenity will operate with greater force, in some instances, than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have my whole conduct distinguished by it.—Washington. What is the origin of the expression “according to Hoyle?” Hoyle was a noted English writer | on whist and other games, who is | generally recognized as an authority on all kinds of card games, etc. He i was the author of many books on ; the subject as well as a teacher of whist. Has “Elmer Gantry,” by Sinclair Lewis been barred from the Boston i public library? Yes.

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BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia. the Health Magazine. WHEN there is a deficiency of the secretion from the thyroid gland, certain changes take place very promptly in the human body. The skin becomes hard and thick, the face swollen and the tissues tend to fill with water. If a child is involved, it becomes stupid, the hair falls out sometimes completely, the teeth decay, and the person becomes generally weak and backward. Because of the deficiency of the secretion, weight is put on, the pulse is slow and all of the reactions of the body delayed. Fortunately, recent investigations in medicine have revealed the cure

IT SEEMS TO ME By BROUN

STARTING with today, I propose each week to list a few best bets among the current books and plays. Six will be the limit of selections in each field, but the beginning will be more modest. In fact, an effort will be made to keep it modest all the time, for there is no intention of saying, “These are the most noteworthy and admirable offerings of the current crop.” I mean to say no more than, “These are plays and books which I like and perhaps you will feel the same way about it.” No guarantee goes with any selection. I dare not trust my judgment to the extent of offering a rtfund to any who are disappointed. Os course, all protests will be hospitably received, but if you write to ask. “Why on earth did you like that comedy?” I may be unable to tell you. A liking, even an enthusiasm, often is difficult to define. And even if there is a violent difference of opinion between columnist and reader, it is quite possible that we may be right. The play which pleases me is a good play as far as I am concerned. If you hate it, then for your purpose it is bad.

No Dogmas IN literature there never should be a pope empowered to establish dogma. Maybe the pope hasn’t got that power anyway. Let it pass. Here’s the list: Current Books—“A Farewell to Arms,” by Ernest Hemingway; “Animals Looking at You,” by Paul Eipper. Current Plays—“ Sweet Adeline,” “Strictly Dishonorable,” and “June Moon.” I already have put in a good deal of space about “A Farewell to Arms.” I still think no living American novelist has written a finer book. The closest approach as far as I'm concerned is Willa Cather’s “A Lost Lady.” One of the soundest of all theories about art is that it is the wail of one distressed soul to another, and that on one who has not scar tissue can breed esthetically. That is almost invariably true, and can be proved over and over again—but it can and must take a lot of punishment from the other side. Sometimes it seems as if nothing made much difference in the world but joy. The overflowing of the full cup, and not the cup of tribulation either, can fill a dainty dish. It can make an art that is consoling, even if it is neither permanent nor profound. tt M tt Enjoys Zoos THE point of departure for these generalizations is Paul Eipper’s book, “Animals Looking at You,” which is a log of Herr Eipper’s satisfactions in all the zoos and animal circuses he could buy or work his way into, in a fairly long life bent to that one end. He began very early, and we find him first poking a very small nose between the bars of the animal cages in the zoos in Germany. He makes the best def ense of a

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for deficiency of thyroid action. In such cases, the giving of thyroid by mouth in the form of tablets or in other preparations promptly relieves the symptoms. Almost at once the thickness of the skin and the psychic depression begin to disappear, weight is lost rapidly and the patient soon approaches the normal. It is a significant fact that many of the patent medicines sold to reduce weight contain thyroid and therefore are extremely dangerous for those who have sufficient thyroid activity in their bodies. In the presence of any of the signs’ of deficiency of the thyroid in a child not a day should be lost in securing the proper measures. If

zoo, incidentally, that has appeared lately. He concedes to those who oppose the life of wild animals in zoological gardens much of what they say about the matter, but he reminds the carpers that what wild animals lose in freedom they majee up in safety, in a certainty of one

Questions and Answers

How many homicides are there in the United States annually? In 1927 there were 2,340. What is the value of a 3 cent United States proprietary internal revenue stamp of the 1862-71 issue? It is catalogued at sls if part perforated; at 25 cents if full perforated and on old paper and at 50 cents if full perforated and on silk paper. How many retail drug stores are there in the United States? There are 54,272, according to Hayes Druggists Directory. Who was register of the treasury of the United States from 1893 to 1897? J Frank Tillman.

MARIE ANTOINETTE Oct. 16 ON Oct. 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette, queen of France and consort of Louis XVI, was beheaded as a traitor to her country. Marie Antoinette was the daughter of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria, and was betrothed to the French Dauphin at the age of 14. She was married at Versailles a year later. The queen’s love of luxury and amusements and her indifference to the miseries of the people, combined with her efforts to influence Louis XVI to shape the foreign policy of France in accordance with the interests of Austria, made her unpopular. From the first hour of the French revolution, she was the object of a fanatical hatred. The unhappy queen and her husband were at last i imprisoned. Louis XVI was executed on Jan. 21, 1793, and in October of that year the queen was brought before the revolutionary tribunal and charged with fomenting civil war and lending counsel to the enemies of France. There is no doubt that the queen corresponded with her brother relative to the invasion of France by an Austrian army for the purpose of rescuing the royal family. After two days’ trial, the queen was found guilty of treason and condemned to death. She was exe- i cuted the same day. Her tragic | fate has given rise to voluminous literature.

too much time is wasted, changes may occur in the body which cannot be overcome. It is less than a quarter century since scientific knowledge of the thyroid gland began to be developed. In that period of time, it has been learned that there are many causes of swelling of the gland; that sometimes even when the gland itself is large, there may be a deficiency of its action. In this field, the chief and only reliance is on those who have made a careful study of the conditions concerned and who are familiar with the changes in the gland and in its functions that may take place.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most interesting writers, and are presented without regard to tbe.r agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude rs this paper.—The Editor.

or two square meals a day, and in a constant good-tempered environment. , As for the plays, “Sweet Adeline” is the best musical show New York has seen in several seasons. In addition to a beautiful score by Jerome Kern this entertainment possesses that rarity—an intelligent and humorous book. a a a Superb Cast 'T'HE cast contains such superb players as Helen Morgan, Charles Butterworth, Irene Franklin and Violet Carlson. I really don’t see what anybody can complain about and if anybody does protest my decision in this instance I am likely to be impatient. “Strictly Dishonorable” is in no sense an important play, but it is beatifuliy cast and directed and remains faithful every second to the best traditions of light comedy. “June Moon” is by no means a mamvel of play construction, but it is the funniest show of the season. This comedy about the song-writing racket contains almctet enough laughs to equip eac£ theater on Broadway and with notably few exceptions the laughter is legitimately founded on situation and character. Later on I may put “Jenny” in the list. This new comedy with Jane Cowl has a first act so atrocious as to be well nigh fatal. After that much of it Is excellent and Miss Cowl gives what seems to me a fascinating performance. (CoDvrimht, 1959. bv The Times) Do horses sleep standing up? They can sleep either standing up or lying down.

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SCIENCE By DAVID DIETZ —

To a Great Dutch Astronomer, J. C. Kafteyn, the World Now Gives Much of Its Knowledge of the Solar System. A GREAT catalog giving the brightness of 68,000 stars has been completed at the Mt. Wilson Observatory of the Carnegie Institution. This monumental work, done under the direction of Dr. Frederick H. Seares. assistant director of the observatory brings to a close a series of researches begun in 1909. It was such researches as this, requiring elaborate equipment and the sustained efforts of a number of workers over a long period of time, which the Carnegie Institution had in mind when it embarked upon its scientific career a quarter century ago with an endowment of millions from Andrew Carnegie. The vast amount of data in this huge catalog is the raw material from which much important knowledge of the universe can be drawn by means of statistical analysis. In fact, such studies already made by Dr. Seares materially have changed older notions of the structure of the universe and the place of our own solar system in it. Previously, it was thought that our own solar system, which of course includes the earth, was somewhere near the center of the great galaxy or universe of stars. From Dr. Sears’ work, it now is known that our solar system is far ts. one side of the galaxy, almost midway between its center and outer edge. It was to collect data for such studies that the catalog was undertaken. And hereby hangs one cf the most interesting tales in science. tt tt tt Kapteyn A GREAT Dutch astronomer, J. C. Kapteyn, one of the great astronomical pioneers of modern times, conceived the daring plan of attacking the problem of the structure of the universe. Kapteyn was born on Jan. 19, 1851, He was one of fifteen children, several of whom became leaders of science in Holland. At the age of 27, he became professor of astronomy at the University of Groningen. But he found himself professor of astronomy without a telescope, for the university had no observatory and practically no astronomical equipment. This lack of equipment, however, proved an aid rather than a stumbling block. It led to co-operation with some of the world’s greatest observatories and resulted in their magnificent equipment being turned to carry out his plans. His first ally was the late sir David Gill, astronomer royal at the Cape of Good Hope. Gill had photographed the whole of the southern heavens and Kapteyn spent twelve years patiently measuring the positions of 450,000 stars on these photographs. Kapteyn next turned his attention to the study of stellar matters. This led him to his famous twostream theory, which held that all the stars of the galaxy could be divided into two great streams which were moving through the heavens, forming an angle of about 120 degrees with each other. In 1906, Kapteyn evolved his famous scheme of the “selected areas.” Realizing that a detailed study of the billion and a half stars revealed by the world's biggest telescopes could not be made, he divided the sky into a series of great squares and picked out a little area in each one for intensive study. Just as a “straw vote” of a score of “key precincts” will tell how the wards of a city will go in an election. so Kapteyn reasoned an intensive study of the selected areas would give statistical data upon which conclusions concerning the whole universe l could be drawn.

Star-Streams ''T'HE sixty-inch telescope at Mt. Jl Wilson then was the world’s largest telescope and Kapteyn sought the aid of the astronomers there in his study of the selected arc's. They arreed to co-operate and as a result. Kaptevn became a research associate of the observatory and paid a visit to it each summer from 1908 to 1914. All the 68.000 stars listed in the new catalog are in the "selected areas” of Kapteyn. The Mt. Wilson observatory had been established primarily to attack the problem of the physical nature and behavior of the sun. The program had been extended to include the stars, since the sun is a star. Kapteyn paid his last visit to the observatory in 1919. He died on June 18, 1922, at the age of 71. mourned by the entire wond of science.