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»• \-JM * » , ri v : ' *c - V «V «fWK«4T .yppy^ 7^" ^ .,'• Our: Washington Letter ^ --By-- National Editorial Association <?< a. <? ?*'.'> " ' K ":'; ^ " • •- 1 \ £ " " Wk , & */?-•: i/. : Cr*t • •. >h :• &SLsrfc. V : I . Washington, January 25--Converfeatiorvs with Democratic legislators ' (Mid other politicians on his two '"-I:official visits to Washington have cor- :' ^TOced President-elect Roosevelt that the first major problem is the sup- ,: jjression of factions. There is no fear |n the Roosevelt camp of a dispirited ?•' Republican minority during, the first • '• two years. It is the menance of a . Congress, which insists on discrediting Itself with the public. How much =n- : - fluence the new President can or will \ .Vield is the subject providing food for thought in all quarters. Opinion pre- • '"Vails that the Democrats have been -I .Enfeebled before they cpme into full ^ "tontroi'of the government by the C?~ current filibusters and other disteni- C pers of the Senate and House. Those *'i^rho read the : sipr)51 in, the^ political s$y ' contend that the special session. which ! ', ^'>11 probably be called, iti Apvil, *$H-| s\ "jpither establish,, JSp. 1 RooswH'.is.'sfl t- '-•^pnquestic'nabW"' -iMdgtv W* sound the , "'knell of his career:. . j :is; James Farley. JJavional ChaifmakI ^:i)f the Democratic party, arrd his aidfis <• tiave been besieges! by their fellow . partisans with a demand for jobs- The Civil lists, even those technically^nder Civil Service, offer an attractive opportunity for patronage. The hope of political rewards was largely reportable for the failure of the Democrats In the present session of Congress to agree with President Hoover's proposal for a complete re-organization of : the government departments. The Democrats have followed the doctrine •to the victors belong the spoils," which is probably a fair political standard considering the uncertainties ;«f partisan control. There have been ©ther equally important legislative jjostponements, which indicate that the ; tiew administration will, have a tre-j tnendous task on their hands begin-1 fling March 4. With the continuation pf heated debate in the Senate it is unlikely that majot" legislation will escape the parliamentary blockades. Senators, who liave been selected for oblivion March 4, have been reluctant to change the parliamentary rules which would >3- Ftrict filibusters. The disgusted public has sent telegrams, letters and newspapers expressing protest at Congressional tactics. The more conservative leaders realize how quickly the torrent of public opinion can change its course. The word has been passed that out of the welter of factions . something must come to improve the . bankruptcy situation this session- The cliques may put thumbs down on other essential project*, but they are cognizant that there is a limit to the public's endurance and patience The seemingly endless debate in the Senate and House has revealed the gains made by advocates of inflation of the currency. There is a small, but powerful group in the Senate that would like to see America forced off the gold standard. In the House Representative McGugin of Kansas proposes "an honest, frank reduction of the gold dollar." McGugin claims he does not want to give up the gold standard. This young Kansan says, "Let us slice the gold a little thinner, let us spread it a little further by slicing it into dollars of about 15 grains." The present gold standard is 22.23 grains of gctfd to the dollar. It is an old political game to "feather the nest" while feathers are available. The latest stunt may succeed because of the audacity of the employees at the Capitol, who owe their positions entirely to Senators and Representatives. They ndw seek the privileges of retirement--at the taxpayers expense. A coterie of these schemers had Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, a "lameduck," bring a ^special retirement bill put to the floor of the Senate Without heaiingis and withsut publicity. This m^asurp, would permit Capital employees to draw retirement fund benefit's it they had been fortunate enough fo hold their political jobs over a period 6f fifteen years. Jt is in reality;,, an extension of the notorious, spoilsJsystem, in polities. . Capitol employees continue on the payrolls as long as their political sponsors survive the elections. Unlike the rank and file of other Federal employees they are not subject to Civil Service examinations and usually enjoy a nine months vacation with pay during the recess of Congress each year. The Moses proposal would fix these political appointees for life by providing them with a pension- -5?f; # Recovering Civil Rights If citizenship rights are forfeited by confinement in a federal prison, the President of the United States would have to restore them. If conviction in a state institution carried this penalty, the restoration would have fb come from tlie governor of the state. Direct Primary "Law The early system of direct* selection of candidates was the Crawford county system used in Pennsylvania In the 1860s. Minnesota adopted the direct primary for Hennepin county in 1899, but Wisconsin was the first state to adopt this method for all nominees in 1908. . - ' U«ed Up Forests TM aiding manufacturing Industry In • the Colonial period was lum bering. fttr: TRAILS VE CROSS By JAMES V. BROOKS : i i . EMPLE OF JUSTICE OF YESTERYEAR ®nce upon A time; "fee ofTical jurisHibfion of "Hii5 old court house in Wincfo^^,Virginia reached into fir Western wilda, "ihe cental diy ofwhth it> now cevllccl Chicago. There is no record wrthin i{& walls howler "Hiat aJiy sheriff had %c handihood fo veniure/ "H»T fer on oTficiai bu&inesot \rs&fr% VOLO Deputy Warden William Roseduestcher of Joliet spent the week-end here with Mr- and Mlrs. C. Rossduestcher, Mr. and Mrs. Joesph Lenzen, Mr. and Mrs, Herman Rossduestcher, Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Rossduestcher, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rossduestcher and Mrs. A. Lusk. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wegner and family of Griswold Lake visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 1^. Wagner Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Eddy of Grayslake spent Friday with the latter's parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Passfield. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gould and daughter of Libertyville spent Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mlrs. Arthur Kaiser. A number of»friends and relatives pleasantly surprised Anthony Wegner Tuesday evening. The occasion being Mr. Wegner's birthday anniversary. -Three tables of airplane bunco were played. Frizes we# awarded to Mrs. Sylvester Lefferman and Miss Laura Wiser, also Arthur Kaiser And Anthony Wegner. Miss Carmel Wiser of Denver, Col., who for the past week has been, visiting her parents, left Tuesday to visit her sister, Mrs. Lewis Brown, at Crystal Lake. , Miss Sarah McEmnteT of Racine, Wis., spent the weeTc-'eniil liere With Mrs. A. Lusk, Mr. and Mrs. C. Rossdeutscher and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lenzen. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Wagner were Friday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Bohr at McHenry. Mrs. Lloyd Fisher Spent Friday with her mother, Mrs. Albert Hafer, at Fremont Center. John Wortz and daughter, Mrs. Laura Wray «f Chicago are living in Mrs. A. Stadfield's home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rosing and daughter of McHenry spent Wednesday evening here with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Wagner attended the card party at the St. Gilbert hall a$ Grayslake Thursday evening. Mrs,, Wagner received second prize. Mr. and Mrs. William Waldmann and Adolph Waldmann of Chicago spent Thursday here with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Waldmann. Mrs. Frank King entertained company from Chicago the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Benwell and daughters of McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Vasey and son and little Richard Fisher were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dunfeer. The occasion was little Ralph Dunker's sixth birthday anniversary. w Miss Lauro Wiser, Miss Eleanor Dillion, Miss Mary McGuire, Mrs. Joseph Wiser, Mrs. Joseph Lenzen, Mrs. Herman Rossdeutscher, Mrs. Alex Martini and Mrs. Henry St-offel attended a quilting party at the home of Mrs. Joseph Wagner Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krueger of Wauconda, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kautenberg of Waukegan and Mr. and Mrs. William Dillion and family spent Sunday here with John Walton. Misses Yvonne and Winifred Benwell of McHenry spent the week-end here with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs- G. A. Vasey. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dunker, Jr., and family (of Cirystal Lake, Mirs. Henry Dunker, Sr., and William Ritt of Algonquin spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dunker. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Molidor of Libertyville spent Wednesday with the former's mother here, Mrs. Catherine Molidor. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis and daughter of Slocum Lake spent Tuesday at the Dowell Brothers home. Mrs. Henry Stoffel and daughter •pent a few days at Johnsburg with her father the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hayes of Woodstock spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dunker. Mrs. Charles Rassmussen and son of Barreville spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Vasey. Mr. and Mrs. H. €. Michalson attended a party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maypole at King's Island, Fox Lake, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Oeffling and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller spent Sunday *t the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Miller at Lily Lake- Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlin of Chicago spen Friday here at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. Henry JJtoffel. Peter Wortz and son of Chicago ipent a few days here recently at the home of his father, John Wortz. Mr. and Mrs. William Lenzen of Grayslake spent Sunday here with the former's mother, Mrs. Mary Lenzen. U. S. SEEKS TO STOP SEA FLIGHT FOLLIES New Regulation* Insist Rigid Preparation*. on Washington.--Shades of the score of aviators who have vanished In sky or sea while trying, as did Columbus 440 years ago, to develop a quicker route across an ocean, must be heartened by steps taken to minimize future failure In ocean flights. And perhaps such gallant men as Nungesser and Coll, as Frost and Scott and Pedlar and Knope, have not died in vain while trying to leap across the dark waters on flimsy wings, If the new rules, resulting from such tragedies, make rare any further instance of "no trace found." ) New Regulations Made. • The new Department of Commerce regulations, requiring both pilot and plane to be adequately prepared, equipped and tested before Uncle Sam gives sanction for (light Into any foreign country, has two chief objectives. One Is that this nation does not wish to be embarrassed any more by having its citizens drop In by air on any other nation without^ passport or permission. Secondly, the cause of aviation and the lives of good men are too often endangered by risky flights with little chance of success. . And although the new rules apply to flights over the Mexican border «s well as over the ocean, the latter are most significant Since 1873 when the first balloon attempt to cross the Atlantic ended across Long Island sound from the starting base in Brooklyn, air adventurers have been trying to reach Europe by way of the clouds. The Alcock:Brown first nonstop flight across set an example which Lindbergh, making the fifth nonstop flight across, transformed into drama and tradition. Many Make Plans. Arid the forty-fifth nonstop flight, the Herndon-Pangborn victory, still found airmen of varied abilities and with all kinds of craft making up their minds to be the next. The fact that 21 out of 40 aspirants for the pioneer honors had vanished from sight did not daunt enthusiasm. So Uncle Sam stepped in. No more ships held together with haywire must take chances of success where there were none. No more stripling youths with a few /hours In the air must rlsK damaging the American people's flying morale by futile rainbow chases. Yaqui Indian Last to Speak Ancient Tongue Berkeley, Calif.--The last of his race to speak his own language is Ralph Moore, f,ull-blooded Yaqui In-" dian, residing in Round Valley, Mendocino county. For 30 years Dr. A. L.s Kr6eber, chairman of the University of California anthropology department, has been studying Moore and his language. Evidence seems to point to the conclusion that the Yaqui are a survival of an ancient people, says Doctor Kroeber. Nothing similar to the Yaqui language ts in existence, he declares. Kroeber, who is an authority on western Indians and their languages, has been recording the Yaqui language from Moore for many years. He described Moore as a well built, stocky Indian of unusual intelligence. He is married to a woman of the Wailaki tribe and has two children. Loss of Foot and Ankle Brings Woman $61,3^) New York.--Loss of a foot and ankle, when suffered by a high type of young woman, is worth $(31,350. That, at least, is the opinion of SO* preme Court Justice Albert A. Conday, In Brooklyn, in refusing to set aside a jury verdidt for the amount returned In favor of Marion A. Wrlnn, librarian. Mrs. Wrlnn sued the" Boston & Maine railroad for Injuries received In July, 1928, when a train she was boarding at the South Lawrence station began moving before she was safely on the platform. T As a result, It was necessary to amputate the lower part of the leg. Cook to Circle World on Inheritance of $1,000 Seattle, Wash.--At sixty, after many years of hard work, Mrs. Harriet Smith, cook for the priests at Maryknoll" Procure here, inherited $1,000. On November 1 she left on a roundthe- world tour of the Orient, Germany, Italy, England, and France. She has the hope of seeing Pope Plus XI when In Rome. When she returns she will have her job back as cook. & Army's Motorized Artillery Is Demonstrated Most College Girls Tell Mothers All New York.--The secret Is out Mother is still the college girl's confidante. The boy who murmurs sweet things Into his companion's ear may rest assured that his honeyed words will be relayed back to mother. In the study of "Problems of Freshman College Girls," released at Columbia university. Dr. Eugene Andrus Leonard reports 66 per cent of the co-eds interviewed at Syracuse university talk over their love affairs with their mothers.. The survey also Indicated, although Doctor Leonard deems It unlikely, that "31 per cent of the girls Interviewed have had no lore affairs." •fm. ludtaU mt Hima RcUllou The Institute of Human Relations was established at Yale university In 1929. It Is devoted principally to the study of biology, sociology, psychiatry and psychology. Cherokee* Have No Chief The Indian bureau says H>at then Is no chief of..1 the Cherokee Indians. The Cherokee nation went out Qt existence a long time ago. Eaay to Mi»* Tkwffi ' It Is not well to seek learning always afar," said HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown. "One who remains continually on the roof with a telescope may miss much of Interest In bis own home." ' Jud Tunldu Philosophy jnd Tunkins says wealth might be happier If It were less exclusive and poverty less formidable if It were not 90 companionable. . Airship Macon Nears Completion Dog* and Foxes There are persons who believe that some of our dogs are related to the foxes, but scientific Investigation would seem to disprove, this and to establish rather that all of our dogs are descended from wolves* jacks U and dingos. The huge navy airship Macon, sister of the Akron, Is shown above 95 per cent covered. Two of the four flns are in place and installation of instruments in the control car soon will be made. The ship is scheduled for completion some time In March and following Its trial flights and acceptance by the navy, Is to be based at Sunnyvale, Calif. En route under its own power from I forlzed battery of field artillery N. C., to tort Ethuii Allen, Yt,, for a test, an experimental mo BACK TOGETHER AGAIN Canon Roblson (left) and Frank Luther, just after signing the contip® . that reunited them. > -' - ther is now a radio soloist, a former member of the Revelers' quartet. Robison returned from London this winter, where his Buckaroos were the sensation of the British Ttage, to open as a headline radio star In his own right. The two met again in the radio studios. This week Robison and Luther s&t down across a desk and signed a contract that brings them togethei again, this time singing together aa radio stars, over an NBC-WJZ network.-" TWO popular and almost inseparable friends in show business were reunited again this week. In the days when the phonograph was the music centre of every home Carson Robison and Frank Luther were the biggest selling duo on phonograph records, with their renditions of mountain and plains songs. They had come from the same midwestern region, and were strong friends. Thai destiny separated them. Lu- Lascaer Cmmi From Tree Lacquer, properly so-called, and as used In China and Japan, is s natural product, the sap of a tree, Rhus ver* nlcifera; subject to the removal of Impurities and excess water. It can bt used In its natural state, though it Is frequently adulterated. The tree* which is indigenous to China, and has certainly been cultivated in Japan at least since the Sixth century A. D., Is. tapped at about the age of ten years* lateral Incisions being made in the bark and the running sap collected during the months of June to Sep* ®»n»ber.' -v" Shy Youth Hot So Sty It a shy youth will only tell what he is thinking about, he will be talkative enough. A amati dowm payment tmd :f;r; WEEK (payable monthly) now buys this brand new Thor as pictured ;>'• $49§0 Think of it--a guaranteed new Thor Washer for only $5 down and $3.95 a month! (This figures only 91 cents a week.) What a chance to save money. Buy now. PUBLIC SERVICE STORE and Other Thor Dealers , V > • FRESHER THAN FRESH Sbe photograph Am"(f CaES T? ,""TctM b? « «>e army war colleg* tommandlng officer of th. aray ™ c™o l1le.g1e1. * " <»« «">t"re. to General Slmond., Or Full of Anything Else The temptation when thrown with a man full of folly Is to go away ud let him go hls-way^ NONSENSE, yon say? There isn't any sndt thing as being •^fresher than fresh." But there Is! The explanation lies I* the lack of real freshness In most city market vegetables. So time honored and real Is this lack that a large metropolitan newspaper recently printed this iV lamToin aFtirnegs h"ehno uVseehgoeldt ahbinlte*s*: --When yt>u know your "fresh" vegetables •re stale, let them stand in cold -Water for several hoars before peeling or catting them. This, in part, replaces the moisture they have lost and makes the fiber tender again. "In part!" Very much "In pSirt" we should say! Think of getting your vitamins and nutrttive qualities out of the cold Water faucet! It takes a fssting Gandhi to do that! On the Other Hand Did you ever wish for a weHCUltivated vegetable garden light Obtside your kitchen door? Peas and corn, tomatoes and beans, *«nd everything good that grows? The reason you delight in the fought of that kitchen garden is at your vegetables, gathered in '•.•"the morning and brought right iiraight to your kitchen table, and immediately cooked, have that wonderful fresh-from-thefarden flavor. Ripened in the freeh air and sunlight, and not M particle of their natural moisture lost, these are truly fresh Vegetables that do not need to lie immersed in water to be **ln Bart" rwtontf t* A Wish Cosie True Wed. yon can have just sadh a garden right Ln your own pantry all winter long, and yxra wont have to grab out weeds, either; you only have to supply your pantry with quality canned vegetables; then open the cans and use the contents as you need them. AH their delicious fraotmeas and natural flavor la saved tor you by the process ot commercial canning, The modern cannery la built close to the fields where the vegetables grow. Hence within a few hours after gathering the vegetables are tn the eanner*s kitchen. Inspected, washed, prepared, put ln cans and cooked. It is all done so quickly that the vegetables don't have time to wither and grow stale. Bvery hit of their freshness and flavor is locked up in the can, preeerved unchanged until the can is opened, and awaiting your convenience, no matter how long you keep tt. Mo Exposure to Air Now if your garden was a tboosand miles away, as it must he for most people daring the winter months, yon would have your vegetables gathered before they were fully ripened, and they would be hauled that thousand miles by track or refrigerator car, and every hour daring the three to seven days ln transit your vegetables would loee a little more of their natural moisture, and they would reach you withered, stale, with their original flavor and most of their vitamin tlkey he frssh vegetables. And that la the sort of market vegetables to which the "household note" quoted above refers. Lots of people think ttat canned vegetables are cooked in one large vessel and then put la cans sad sealed. On the contrary, Om vegetables* after washing and preffmlnary scalding or "blanching," are pat ln cans, sealed, and then the eealed cans are put In large steam retorts and cooked. Therefore, tbe contents of your can of peas were individually cooked tn the can* sealed so that thij contents were not nTgnasd to the air during cooking. Vftamtae An Pveservw! And here Is another advantage of commercial canning over home cooking. There are different "Mff of vitamins In different kinds of vegetables, and each kind has Its particular work to do. These vitamins are easily lost when vegetables are cooked ln open vessels, exposed to the air. When, however, the cooking Is done ln the little tin cans, hermetically sealed, excluding the air completely, almost none of the vitamins are lost. For this reason many doctors now recognize that canned vegetables are actually more healthgiving than so-called fresh vegetables, because they were cooked when absolutely fresh from the fields, and in their cooking they retain more of their valuable contents than when cooked an. your kitchsa "'*•"•••#" **4 y.' '$<:•.