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Evening star., 1922-11-13
Speed That Kills.

Washington's latest street fatality.
in which an elderly woman lost her
life, indicates that speed Of motors
remains an element Of very great
danger. In this case, which will be
the subject of an inquest, it appears
that the victim was hit by one ma
chine and thrown into the path. of a
second. and before that machine could
be stopped she was dragged thirty
feet. Only one Of the machines has
been identified. the one that hit first
passing on without check.
Suggestion has been made that a
new rule governing speed be adopted.
which without imposing any limits
puts the burden of responsibility for
accidents upon the motorist when a
person is hit at street intersections,
and upon the pedestrian when the &C
cident occurs elsewhere. 1t has often
been said that there is little difference
between speed Of fifteen and thirty
miles an hour in point Of danger in
case person is struck. But at thirty
miles an hour there IS 4 much smaller
margin for avoidance Of q suddenly
appearing obstruction and smaller
margin Of control.
A machine that travels fast enough
to drag human body for thirty feet,
with suddenly applied brakes. must be
going pretty fast. OF course, the driver
had no knowledge Of the presence Of
the obstruction until the impact.
Thirty feet is two car lengths, long
enough to do much damage. If this
accident occurred at an intersection
clearly both machines must have vio-
lated the present rule of speed.
After all, the principal problem is to
identify the colliding machine in the
case Of an accident. A machine at
high speed passes SO quickly that it is
almost impossible to pick up the
license number. a mistake in the
number may easily be made by the
person who chances to see it. There is
only flash of the eye for reading the
often poorly illuminated numerals.
Furthermore, if the car bears two
license tags it is hard in the haste to
Gifferentiate between the local and the
Eeighboring tag. Some better method
may be necessary i'll marking cars to
insure identification by day and by
night in case motorist runs amuck
and Injuries people in the streets.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

cribed to the influence Of peculiar
planetary condition. Certain Of the
great orbs have fallen into conjunc.
ton. and Furthermore a sun spot OF
unusual dimensions has lately formed.
Just how these conditions affect the
surface Of the earth is not determined,
but there are records of similar CO.
incidences of planetary pull in the
past marked by violent seismic phe.
Eomena on the earth, and It is accept.
ed by science that the surface Of
this sphere is affected by solar and
planetary influences.
What becomes Of the vast quantity
Of water that is believed to have been
sucked into tho earth? Eventually
volcanic disturbances are certain to
occur. II the usual rhythm of events
il followed. Indeed. certain OF the
great vents are already showing signs
OF activity. In all volcanic explosions
great quantities Of steam are emitted.
The ebuilitions are. in fact. believed
tc be due to the formation of gas and
steam within the rock cavities for
u kich the volcanoes are but chimneys.
The explosions are due to the blocking
OF the vents and the blowing out Of
the obstructihg materials.
Water is continually passing into
the interior Of the earth. and Is as
steadily being restored in the. form of
yapur and steam. This Tremendous
volume Of water thus sucked into the
earth in midpac;fic is thus due to be
sent back. perhaps with violence and
destruction. possibly by placid passage
in more normal tranfornlation.
Meanwhile a catastrophe of magni-
tude has occurred in South America
that calls for saccoring measures. If
help is needed in the rescue Of the
people and the restoration OF their
homes the American purse will doubt
less open wide to render the required
assistance This disaster occurs just
as the people of this country are re-
enrolling themselves with the Red
Cross. 1t is reminder that member
ship in that body is duty Of citizen.
ship.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

To the E,litor OF The Star:
r read with some astonishment'
but with more regret.-the article by
DR. RuIkley on "CanceT week IN sne
s,ar NJ November 10. No one Will
call in question the eminence OF Dr.
Rulkley which he has attained in the
treatment of cancer. He Is one OF
our most distinguished physicians.
For this reason his statements shouia
and do carry great weight. I'm
sor+,,nately, DR.. Bullsley has fallen
into that very common fault OF LOGIC
known as non causa pro causa
pr- Rulkley says the great In
,-..se in the death rate from cancer
IN 1913 was due to the organization
A, .he American Society for the Con-
ira, Of Cancer in 1918, and to the
fact that in 1914 - Number OF cam
car surgeons who formed the society
toured the country urging early op-
Ar..,ons on all who had what they
called 'pre-cancerous LESSONS. The
authority he gives for this statement
a based upon the mortality statis-
tics published by the United states
government.
raelinr that Dr.. <Bulkley has mis-
taken the real cause, 1 have taken
trouble to look over the statistics to
which he refers, and at the times
which he mentions. namely. 1913. .1sl4
and 1915. The death rate per ioo. 600
from cancer in the United states. III
1919. was 7ss; the death rate for
1919, per 100000. was u. showing an
increase of 1.s per 100000 for the
year 1919; the death rate from cam
GER in the United States. per 100000,
in 1915. was t1.1. and N 1914, 7s.4.
showing an increase Of IL for tile
wear 1915. This is less than the in
crease from the year 1912 to 1913,
which v.aA IL. Dr. Bulkley would
not claim that the mere organization
Of the Cancer Society in 1918, before
Evening star., 1922-11-13
Here and There i'm Washington
BY THE MAJOR"

the very beginning It appeared that
the devils own luck was with the
one they had sought to enmesh.
Pass after pass he made-seemingly
impossible combinations were effect
ed by him with the ease Of one who
has made life study Of African
golf. Steadily upward, upward, up
ward his pile of currency grew, and
one by one the conspirators were
forced to withdraw from the fray.
The net result was that when the
party finally broke up he held the
I. o. U. OF every member of the party
-biters bitten.
\ FRIEND Of mine is one of the
"A most superstitious men that I
have ever met. In fact, I think he
has as fine q collection Of dream
books as any man in the country, and
he Is an authority on all things that
pertain to superstition. He can tell
you. without an instant's hesitation,
just what the action OF a black cat
might mean, what the finding Of q
ditions, signifies; Just how and when
a horoscope should be cast. But the
other night he came cropper
After a hard days work he had
tlmbled into bed, only to have his
rest disturbed by a most distressing
nightmare, the salient feature Of
which was the picture of his hand
some suit of black and gray hair
having departed. leaving him nearly
as bald as the front-row patron Of
the old-time burlesque shows. Did he
got up In the morning and consult
one Of the dreambooks that occupy
a prominent place in his library? He
did not. He hurriedly dressed, bolted
his breakfast and dashed around to
the corner drug store and bought
three bottles of hair tonic.
X 4 * 4
.0NE Of the greatest problems that
~ confront the citizens of the
just what is going to be done to pro-
vide space for the parking of the
hundreds OF automobiles that are
now owned in Washington. It is a
problem that will have to be worked
out before the coming OF next year.
because with the ever increasing
number of machines something will
have to be done to allow the placing
of these vehicles while their owners
are engaged in pursuing their voca.
tions. The number of complaints
that have already been made are
small in number to those that will be
uttered next year
Evening star., 1922-11-13
DR.. Wiley Defends Cancer Week Propaganda.

any missionary work was done, could
have caused a greater increase in
deaths by cancer than after the
missionary work was completed. DIR.
Bulk1ey has only to glance over the
annual variations in the death rates
from cancer from 1900 up to the time
cited to see that the rates have not
increased regularly. but. rather by
spasmodic variations. For instance,
from 1900 to 1901 the increase was 1.3
per 100000: 1so1-1so2. Is: 1soe.lsos.
81: 1905 1905. 10: 1sO4.1sO5. 1.2; from,
1So5-1s0G the rate decreased %: 1906
1907 it increased again is: 1S07-ls0s,
0.6; 1s0s-1a0s. 2.s: 190s-lsI0, "a; from
1S10-19i1 there was q decrease in the
rate of 10: from 1s11.ls12 the rate
Increased 2.7. ana, as stated above,
from 1s12-1s1s the rate increased 10.
These statistics taken from the au.
thority cited by DR.. Bulkley show
that he has fallen into a grave error
in his statements. 1t IS unfortunate
also that he has cast an unfavorable
criticism upon his colleagues. who
realise the great dangers that face
our people from the ravages of cancer
and endeaver to teach them as far
as they are 9ble proper methods of
avoiding this most mysterious and
fatal malady. The comparison with
the death rate OF tuberculosis is also
An unfortunate one for Dr. Bulkley's
logic. Surely, II there ever was a
propaganda Of publicity to frishten
people into tuberculosis. it has been
the cAmpaitn made against this for
merly the most ravAting Of all our
ills. Anti-tuberculoSfs has been
preached from the pulpit, the ros-
trun1, the schoolhouse.~ and the widest
possible publicity given to Its dan
gers. Thus II appears that publicity
In the case Of tuberculosis. according
to DR.. Bulkfey, hae been extremely
successful. while the citations in re-
gard to the increase Of cancer are
not supported In any particular by
the data to which he refers.
write this in the hope and ex-
pectAtion that Cancer week Will re-
suit in that kind OF publicity which
will lead at least to a check of this
disease. II. W. WILEY, MD.
Evening star., 1922-11-13
The South American Disaster.

An extraordinary phenomenon is be-
!;sved 10 have Been the cause of the
disaster from which more than a thou
sand lives have been lost on the west
srh coast Of South America. There is
svidefce that convulsion OF the
.arth occurred at some point in the
Pacific ocean, and that in consequence
he bottom Of the sea opened, letting
Il vast quantity Of water down. This
set up tidal wave Of such force as to
sweep over the shores at great height
ana In such volume as to destroy en-
ire towns and cities. Warning was
given but briefly, yet the greater part
Of the population escaped. The prop
erty destruction, however. IL enormous.
This CONFUSION in midocean is as
Evening star., 1922-11-13

leader Of q third party. Mr.. Baruch 10
the f1rst lieutenant Of former secre.
tary McAdoo, who is under discussion
again for the democratic nomination
for President. and who in an inter-
view. just granted, shows that he Is
greatly heartened as democrat by
the election returns OF last week.
1t may be advisable to organize
against the radicals. but It will be time
enough to do 80 after they are identi-
fed as respects the campaign Of 1924,
which is two years away.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

ICoME people have an odd sense
of humor and take devious
means Of expressing II. which
brings to mind an incident that
happened few days ago which re-
suited in the keen disappointment Of
three men who thought that they had
stumbled upon what, to them, would
have been a rare treat.
During the recent tearing down Of
former well known hotel rumors
were rife that one of the former in
habitents of the hosiery had hidden
away in q secret closet some pre-war
stun. The workers on this particular
section of the building that was be-
and castings with great care. because
they did not want the careless stroke
Of pick or crowbar to ruin what
might be a rich find. One of the
men, noticing that a floor board had
the appearance of being more re-
Gently installed than tho others, care
fully and skillfully pried it loose.
and in the recess underneath was a
bottle Of what appeared to be once
famous brand Of rye whisky. The
keen. observant eyes Of his fellow
workers had. however, noted his find
and he was duty bound to declare
them in as part owners. Carefully
wrapping up the quart container, he
left the Job and took it to his home.
his companions. however, having
taken the precaution to place strip
Of paper over the cork with their In
itials written upon IL. That night.
after work, all OF them hastened to
sample the contents Of the bottle.
only 10 find that some practical joker
had filled the time-stained bottle
with tea.
COMETIMES you hear Of a story Of
- a proposed joke being turned
back upon its authors, all of which
pertains to something that occurred
the other night. 1t appears that a
number Of chaps. all friends. had in
some mysterious way learned that
one Of their boon companions pos
sessed about a hundred dollars Of the
coin Of the realm and they decided
that it was entirely too much money
for one man to carry around on his
person, SO they hastily made up
little party and invited the pros
rGcuve victim to attend the evening
session at which they had decided
they would relieve him of his burden
of surplus cash. The mode of separa-
tion was to be by the way of the
galloping dominos. Promptly at the
appointed hour the friends foregath-
cred and the game was on. From
Evening star., 1922-11-13
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDEI JOHNSON
The Terrible Turk,

lllO leFFlOlc lOFk.
Oh. Turk, most irritating elf.
You always misconduct yourself:
Your family affairs are sad.
Your morals are extremely bad.
YOU marry friultitudinous wives
And then enbitter all their lives.
Appearances which claim respect
Ycu ostentatiously neglect.
Your whiskers are so very small
That they are worse than none at all.
Your costuming provokes smile;
The trousers are all out Of style.
Your thoughts and MANNERS both are
rude.
Your methods are exceeding crude.
You ought to be a scholar grave
And strive to study and behave,
Instead Of being all intent
On bossins Europe's government:
Evening star., 1922-11-13

patience enough to study the entire
American public could tell whether the
issue on which the election turned was
the tariff. the soldier bonus, prohibi-
ton or the league of nations. Winners
and losers can make a choice accord
ing to individual sentiment.
Evening star., 1922-11-13
The Most Popular Names.

n somewhat interesting census OF
Christian names has been taken in
the public schools of Stratford. And
ii is found that old and simple ones
continue to be favorites. Those
, which are represented by more than
! fifty pupils include: John, 1874; Mar
garet. ia; William. 115; George, 81;
| Mary. 80; Dorothy. "A; James. 81;
Helen. 5S. and Fred, 55. Gladys is
the first interloper to appear in the
list, with a score of so.
With all the names in the world
at their disposal, stage names. names
out Of novels. and made.to-o order
names which they or others might
invent. parents go on, in the same
old way, calling their offspring John
and William and Margaret and hop
ing in vain that they will not be
nicknamed Jack or Bill or Maggie.
Occasionally name is figured out
which is warranted to defy corrup-
But it's possessor probably blossoms
forth as Fatty or Sneoty. or in some
other guise quite foreign to the care
fully selected choice OF the fond
parents. Sometimes they telephone
their favorite Newspaper and deplore
the fact that they cannot find 4 suit
able name. Nothing is quite as differ
ent as their child. And will the news
paper please sukgeet. But the wise
newspaper thereupon processes utter
tinctive enough and noble enough for
the purpose. The parents sigh. And
in all likelihood another is added to
the long list of Johns and Margarets.
Toronto Star.
IL
the company that makes the misery
El Paso Times.
H. G. Wells ran third In a race for a
seat In parliament. That may mean
another story dealing with the downfall
Of the world.--Sewark Star-EAsle.
Having turned the government over
TO leading tory. Lloyd George turns
himself into political observatory
Tacoma Ledger.
Mfr. Ponzi acts as his own lawyer.
That's little more like 1t for a way
to get rich.-Detruit News.
New Brunswick should have had an
unofficial Observer instead Of SO many
"eyewitnesses. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Lots Of people drive a car for the
when they have to change tires.-Hart-
ford Times.
A scientist tells us that the earth is
growing smaller. But it will never be
able to keep up with the thfinkAse OF
the apartmAht.-Waterloo Tribune.
The man who thinks he can buy a pair
Of silk socks for the price OF a cotton
pair Is likely to get run for his money.
Iittl0 Rock Arkansas Gazette.
One way to solve tfaffic congestion
would be to make Illegal the manu-
facture of Fords.-AAheviIle Times.
What Mr.. Sumner needs and should
demand is q constitutional amendment
against the publication Of anything
stronger than aPoliyannA." or Watts
Hymns for the Young.-Columbia Rec
ord.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

Demands on parking space the coun-
try over would indicate that the cost
Of living has never gone high enough
to cause anybody to sacrifice the little
cid fiivver.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

1t is reasonable to assume that Mr..
James Cox. while modestly inclined to
avoid boisterous expression, is one Of
our busiest forecasters.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

In all his experience as forester
Clifford Pinchot never conducted
more interesting or satisfactory ex-
pertinent than the one just concluded
in Penns Woods.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

Great Britain is being deluged with
poison chocolates. If a nation must
have poison. chocolates are at least
more palatable than wood alcohol.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

A safety week will accomplish much
good and would accomplish more if
the bootleg consumers would sign the
pledge.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

A Washington statesman out for a
golf game is likely any day to en-
counter an extra hazard in the shape
of line of picketers.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

The gufgeousness Of Russian
ballet ID BY no means to be taken as
"A index Of the financial resources of
the Russian people at large.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

Motorists are expected to join an. in
tensive drive for safety instead Of
driving as if for dear life.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

One Of the problems confronting
the motorist is that of transacting q
days business within the thirty min
utes allotted by the parking sign.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

The Turks are widely feared because
Of q persistent policy Of doing every
thing possible to make bad times
worse.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

kemal's incendiary proclivities have
put a terrifying twist in possibilities
of fuel problem for CoIistantinople.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

Assertion that James Reed is not a
democrat gives the republicans no ex-
cuse for claiming a victory in Mis-
souri,,
Evening star., 1922-11-13
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated rr~ss 10 exclusively entitled
rA.rhss crefited TO g or not otherwise credited
in this paper and also the local news pub.
.eeriaI disns.che herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

New Jerseys police have outlasted
the politicians in this years autumnal
excitement.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

Jud Tunkins says people like con.
trast. One minute they're reading the
Joke page and next the murder news.
Evening star., 1922-11-13
Cunvivial Politics,

How do you explain Mr.. Volstead's
difficulty about getting elected?'
Maybe" replied Senator Sorghum,
thoughtfully, Its due to the fact that
he wasn't good mixer
Evening star., 1922-11-13
Musif,ks Of d Motor Con-.

Musings OF b Motor Cop-
Across the bridge Hortense Magee
Propelled the f1ivver, light and free;
When, horrors! 1t began to skid.
It jumped the bridge-that's what 1t
didi
AS she went plunging toward the
stream
And saw the wicked waters sleam.
She sighed, "1'm really not astute.
/ should have worn my bathing suit"
Evening star., 1922-11-13
Endurance.

UE8BCe.
"rhey tell me this poker game has
lasted long tirI1e," said the man who
stands around and makes remarks.
'Ever since . p.in.," replied Cactus
Joe.
THAT isn't SO very leng."
"t mean . pm. day before yester.
day
Zone difficulty" said Uncle Eberi,
''is dat while conscience speaks VIII =
stfll, small voice, temptation uses q
mesaphone.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

demand is constitutional amendment
against the publication Of anything
stronger than "FoliyannA." or Watts
Hymns for the Young.-Columbia Rec
ord.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

One way to solve tfan1c congestion
facture OF F'ords.-AsheviIle Times.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

The man who thinks he can buy a pair
Of silk socks for the price OF a cotton
pair Is likely to get run for his money.
Little Rock Arkansas Gazette.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

A scientist tells us that the earth is
growing smaller. But it will never be
able to keep up with the thrinkase Of
the apartmAht.-Waterloo Tribune.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

Mr.. Ponzi acts as his own lawyer.
That's little more like 1t for a way
to get rich.-Detruit News.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

Lots Of people drive a car for the
sake of exercise and then feel abused
when they havs to change tires-Hart-
ford Times,
Evening star., 1922-11-13

New Brunswick should have had an
unofficial observer instead of SO many
eyewitnesses.'- s.'--Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Evening star., 1922-11-13

Having turned the government over
to q leading tory, Lloyd George turns
himself into q political observatory
Tacoma Ledger.
Middletown transcript., 1922-10-07
BOILING MAY BE OVERCOME
Too Much Cooking Said to Be Fatal
to Vitamines, Which Are Neces-
sary to Life.

Ever since the mysterious little vita
mines have claimed the attention of
science, new theories have been eX.
pounded from tine to time.
Now comes the claim that vitamines
are bits of sunshine, Because of the
important part cooking plays in main
tanning or destroying these precious
vitality givers, tits well to learn what
the new theory asserts regarding ii.
Vegetables grown above ground. az
cording to this theory, are richer il,
yitamlnes than those not having til,
direct rays of the sun, otherwis.
known aS root vegetables
1t is declared thut Overlooking kill
the stimulating action of the vita
mines. The housewife who would sun
ply her daily menu with these vitality
giving items should look well to tn,
fresh fruits and vegetables in thu
market at this time of year.
II is claimed that because the vita
mines are actual rays of sunshine
artificial heat tends TO destroy theii
natural power. Therefore fruit an
vegetables that may lac eaten raw ar,
more beneficial than when boiled
Middletown transcript., 1922-10-07
Oldest Engines in England.

Two engines which are still puml,
ing away after a hundred years art
to he seen in the Brookmill Roac
pumping station of the London Watpl
hoard They We're built enc hundre
and one hundred and ten wears az,
respectively. Every day since they
We're installed they have raised on III
average 1,Tl0,000 gallons of water
and the total amount they have
pumped must be at least sixty thou
sand million gallons. These engines
which are probably the oldest work
ing machines of their kind in the
country, are Of fifty horsepower, anc
each works two pumps They are oi
the type that was once used in thu
Cornish mines, and except for a few
modern Improvements which hay,
been added during recent years, they
are exactly as they were IA centur,
ago.
Soon they are to be replaced b!
new engines not because they are no.
capable of performing their work. bu1
because modern engines work more
cheapy.