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Evening star., 1923-11-14
toni whereon to erect public offices
and buildings for a permanent house" +"

toni whereon to erect public Offices
and buildings for a permanent house"
Kingston, y. Y, through it's trustees,
in the spring of 1888 asked Congress
to erect that place Into u separate
district for the honorable Congress Of
the United States" Annapolis offered
to give it's statehouse and 800 acres Of
ground to Congress as q Capital for
the confederation. Virginia in June.
1888. offered to give Congress all the
state buildings in Williamsburg and
800 acres adjoining the town. Similar
offers came from other sources
When Congress, in 1890. passed the
act to establish u Federal city on the
Potomac the main thought was to
secure central location, a fine situa-
tion and safety from possible disturb
ance. Later the thought Of great
city came IN the minds Of some men,
and the plan OF L'Enfant stimulated
the imagination Of many Americans.
Washington. without doubt, pictured a
grand Capital, not Of marble, but Of
sandstone. and n city Of fine homes
and parks with such business as
might spring UP. From 1884 he was
Interested in the Potomac Improve
ment Company. which was part of a
plan to give trade connection between
the Potomac valley, the Ohio valley
and the great lakes region. He
thought large manufacturing city. or
city Of water mills, would rise at
Great Falls. The trade of this region,
principally the export Of tobacco and
grain and the import OF manufactured
goods. passed through Georgetown
and Alexandria. with some exports Of
tobacco from Bladensburg.
Washington may have dreamed that
the Federal city would become a great
Industrial place. Outside Of agricui-
ture and some iron mining and smelt.
ing in Prince Georges and Anne
Arundel counties. Md, and Prince
William county, Va, and the keeping
of stores and taverns there was little
OF what might be called industry in
this region. Most persons thought that
a new city between Georgetown and
Alexandria would not much interfere
with the trade of either.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

EDITORIAL opinion seems somewhat
divided on the merits Of extension Of
the right OF search for liquor to at
least the twelve-mile limit at sea
This is not because newspapers are
opposed to the demand that rum
row" be abolished. But some. at least.
incline to question whether this can
be arranged without a violation Of
the Constitution should an arrange
ment also be entered into permitting
alien craft to bring intoxicants into
American ports even though such
supplies are sealed and safeguarded
from abuse. Then. again, the Ques-
ton naturally is raised whether this
latter concession would not give for
eign vessels an advantage over bone
dry" craft flying the American flag.
The Baltimore Sun believes It would
be n disadvantage to American liners
because of many travellers who would
object TO dry" ships. and. except in
the first months of a new crusade, the
principal effect Will probably be to
raise the prices Of foreign liquors to
American consumers to increase the
activity of land smugglers from
Canada and Mexico and to stimulate
moonshine production in this coun-
try"
the whole business leaves one with
the impression that Mr.. Coolidge, Mr..
Hughes and Mr.. Harvey are idly toy
ing with the fringes Of questions
flied with nothingness. A paper
blockade twelve miles out will serve
only to make the administrations
policy more ridiculous than 1t Is at
present unless they put some real
action into the job of drying, up the
largest leaks at their sources" Then,
again. the New York Post feels what
is required to reduce rum running to
the vanishing point Is more and
faster government boats. not for
searching foreign vessels far beyond
the three mile limit, but for defeat
ing the attempts of smugglers to land
their cargoeS in our own waters. IniS
, policy demands two thlngs-increas-
selection Of enforcement officials
upon the basis of fitness. Iu this lies
the possibility OF an enforcement OF
prohibition which ntrs,1 We nave ,tSin not SEN tbs
power Of the government to provide
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"It would mean selling to one ma
ton, for a price, immunity to law
which had been affirmed by the high
est court in this land" asserts the
San, Antonio Light. This would put
the brand of insincerity anew
upon the governments prohibition
nroject. 1t would be necessary to
Violate or evade the law or else
amend 1t. In either case the transac-
tion would be made for political
ends"
ever argues that Secretary Hughes
standing as a constitutional lawyer Is
so high that no one can assume that
he would sign d treaty which he be-
lieved to violate the federal Consti-
tuition, Such a treaty would be
worthless." The Columbia Record is
not inclined to debate the merits Of
the case, arguing that "the Senate
would knock such a treaty into a
locked hat, for New Jersey, New York.
Missouri and several other liberal but
l temperate states are represented by
men who are not rearing to tie extra
] remnants to the Nolstead act"
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Q. Are the average weights OF
men and women also considered cor
rect weights?-J. p.
! A Average weights are usually
! compiled from insurance figures. and
are merely what the adjective implies.
Ideal weights differ somewhat. An
authority on dietetics says that aver
age and ideal weights are nearest
together when individuals are be-
tween twenty and twenty-five years
OF age. AS the years progress the
| average weight Is higher than the
Ideal weight.
Q. have been told that tire
snithy in Longfellow's poem of THE
Village Blacksmith" is in England.
Is this true ?-L. d. NJ.
A. Ernest Longfe,low. the. poets
son. in Random Memories" says:
"a short time ago saw in an Eng
! Iish newspaper that the village
smithy' was in a certain English vii
lage that was nared. AS matter
OF fact as everybody knows. 1t was
Q. Do rings bear marks setting
forth the amount OF platinum in
them?-R. C.
A. Usually there is no mark in a
platinum ring corresponding to the
is not sold by carat fineness. Eight
cen carat gold is a product. for in
stance. which Is eighteen parts gold
and six parts alloy.
@. Are animalculae in water suffi-
cient food for goldflsh?-Y. NJ
A. II ey are not sufficient food. If
commercial fish food is not available.
goldfish may be fed crushed vermi-
CELL, ants eggs. small worms. aquatic
larvae and green stuff in the form
Of lettuce and watercress. Bread
crumbs may be used. but they should
not be allowed to stand in the water.
Q. How many American negroes
fought In the world ward. G.
A. Over 400 900 negro soldiers par
ticipated. Eear'y one-half Of that
number went overseas. There Were
four entire negro regiments brigaded
Witr the French troops who were
awarded the croix de guerre. aside
from many individual citations for
valor.
Q: Should a dinner napkin be en-
tfrely unfolded when used?-D. H.
A; One fold should be left in the
napkin.
O.. For whom is tho DESTROYER
o'Brien named?-K. W.
A. It is named in memory OF Capt
| jeremiah 0'Brien. L. S. ", and his
four brothers. The FIVE O'Brien
| brothers were residents OF Mach las.
Me, whom the battle OF Lexington
was fought. April. 1875. When the
news reached Machias the patriotic
citizens erected liberty pole. A
British sloop of war. the Margaretta
arrived in Machias farbor under the
| command of Lieut.. Moore, and the
latter declared unless the pole were
cur down he would destroy the town
During the parley that followed "A
lumber s'oop left Machias and lazily
drifted toward sea, as il about to pass
near the warship. The sloop. appar-
| entity badly handled. fouled tte war
ship. and instantly scores OF Yankees
boarded the foreign craft. armed with
pftchforks, axes and muskets. 4 bat
tie followed in which the Americans
| were. victorious after losing six men
and killing ten of the enemy, inciud-
ing Lieut. Moore. This was the first
| naval engagement OF the revolution.
TT e lumber sloop was under the com.
mand of Capt. Jeremiah OBrien, anf
four OF his brothers were In his crew
Joseph OBrien. the youngest brother
was only sixteen years oil. an. his
| request to join the party WIS reFJsed
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The Capital and Trade.

A prominent man speaking before
= Washington club recently said that
Washington was destined to become &
commercial city, according to the plans
Of its founders and the belief OF the
r,atriots Of the period in which the
rians for the Federal city were being
drawn. Whatever were the thoughts
nf those patriots Washington has be-
como a commercial city, though with
many serious limitations, and will be-
como greater IN trade and commerce
as time passes. Opinions differ as to
what the projectors of. a permanent
capital thought about this matter It
would seem reasonable that there We're
different opinions among them.
Under the Continental Congress,
1.74.171S, and the Congress Of the Con.
federation. 17TS-1TS9, Congress sat at
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Lancaster.
York, Princeton, Annapolis. Trep ton
and New York in buildings loaned or
rented. Ainswortf l.. Spofford read
before the Columbia Historical Society
in 1899 that Congress forsook Phila-
delphia for Princeton In 1888 mainly
because of rude disturbance OF It's
proceedings by mob OF soldiers and
that this incident contributed much
70 the later hostility Of that body to
hxing the Capital in or near any large
city,
That incident was an uprising of
about 1900 unpaid Pennsylvania SOL
diers whose grievance was against
their state, but going to the state
house, in which Congress and the su-
preme council OF Pennsylvania were in
session, they set guards at the doors.
sent q threatening ultimatum to the
council and blockaded Congress and
interrupted it's proceedings. That was
in June, 1888. Long before that time
there had been talk OF q permanent
Capital where buildings and grounds
would be outside the jurisdiction Of
any state and would be owned by the
central government. BENJAMIN Rush.
member Of Congress-, wrote to a friend
at Princeton, n. j.. in 1878, that
"Sone members Of Congress are talk.
ing of purchasing q few square miles
6 territory near the village priace.
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The list can be supplemented with
4 score more OF industries. all show
ing In favor OF Americans zoo to 500
per cent in productivity.
What is today's tendency In Ameri-
can industry? Formerly our brick
layers laid 1900 bricks a day: now
they lay 500. at greatly increased
wages and shortened hours. Similar
ad jus tnents of other labor find reac-
ton in u marked slump In building &
operations. Builders, not only in
Washington. but throughout the coun-
try. are slowing down as 10 new
operations. and that affects not only
the skilled laborers but the unskilled l.
by stopping employment everywhere.
There is an uneasy feeling. as mem
ory turns to the 100000 unemployed
only two years ago, in contrast with
the prosperous condition Of the last
twenty months.
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For three years after tho war tho
United Kingdom followed policy Of
aiding unemployed soldiers. giving e
them 20 shillings a week for men and
25 for woman war workers during
the first year and 90 and Is Shillings,
respectively. after the first year. C-
william workers received the same for
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

lie smuggled himself aboard tire
| sloop. and during the fight proved
10 pc very much of a man. Lieut.
Moore's sword was given to JossriI
obrien' the baby of the crew. If
Q. Tell me whether there wei
any 1904 silver dollars minted?-J. u
"A. According to the annual repozt
OF the director OF tire mint. ther.4
were 321 silver dollars rninted bear
ing the date of 1904. ConfIctints
stories are current respecting thu
celebrated dollar. One that the ent
tlre coinage was aboard vessss
which sunk In the Mediterranean sa3
| and the cargo lost: another, fouHt
that any dollars were struck durirt
THIS year, tie belief being that doIl
lars bearing this date were strucH
are "restrikes Another disposes Of
the question by stating "all are r..
strikes or frauds" 1t is generalis
believed that not more than dom
genuine "restrikes" are in existenoc
The dies were destroyed in 1867
The first known specimen was so d
In Philadelphia. 1907. for s3.eno.
Q. What is free verse Pr. e. u
4. Verse which does not 6epend d;
rhyme or meter is called free yerse
II docs. however, have a ce-iai.
rhythm.
Q. How do the waterpower re-
sources of the United States compare
with TIE rest of the world?-M. z. r.
A, The total waterpower resources
OF the wor8d have been estimated M
about 100000, 900 horsepower o.
which over one-seventh Is allocated
to the United States.
@; DO birds ever use their wings
N
; y. Fledglings OF the hoactzin, a
singular South American bird. scrarr
be about the branches of trees h
the aid OF their wings, used TX
hands. They have temporary claR
on both the index and pollex.
O.. How many verbs are there !.
our language?-I. G.. r.
A. There are about 5000 verbs III
the Englisf language. OF these an
proximately 2 600 are ciassed as r.
regular. although some Of them hav,
regular forms.
Q. What woods are sold under
the name OF mahogany?-W. II.
A. The forest service says thai
over sixty different species OF timber
have been put on the market as ma
fogany The woods now commonly
sold under the name are true ma
hogany from tropical America. "Af-
rican mahogany" and "Philippine
mahogany" Birch ard red gum arc
usually acknowledged as imitation S
of the wood. although they are some
times used in furniture sold as gen
uine mahogany.
Q. What is tre origin OF the
| mourning band"-D. S. j.
A. The custom Of wearing q black
band on the coat sleeve in token o.
mourning came from England. II
was introduced there for Iiveried
servants whom X was not though
necessary TO III out in black uniforms
Q. When may a horse be said 10
be thoroughbred?- &C. W. T.
A. The requirements of an Amer!-
| can tF oroughbred horse are that tfr,..
pedigree contain five uncontam!nated
crosses. but the average pedigree
traces through sixteen TO eighteen
crosses, some having as many as
twenty-five.
(Hauc poW q question you tndrt
| 0nsUcredf Send it TO The Stur IN
formation Bureau. Frederic j. Has
Kin, Director. 1920 North Cdpito,
street The only charge for this serT-
ice is cents u stamps for retuTH
! POSTAGE
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price reduction will be shown in their
bills. One, must expect that many Of
his neighbors will say. mo matter
what they charge for gas the bill is
always the same, or more" But peo-
pile have being saying that and similar
things for 80 many years that they
have the habit.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

Before making Il serious effort TO re-
store the IIohenzollerns the mon
archists should go before the public
with an explicit statement as to what
try.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

There was n time when no one be-
lieved the discussion between the Gov
crnor Of oklahoma and the Legislature
could become 50 pcrfunctOry and
prosy.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

When his government Is adversely
criticized President Ebert can come
back with the retort that it is at least
as good a democracy now as II was n
monarchy in the old days.
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Poincare is So interested in repara-
tions that he might be persuaded to
open 4 school of his own for the cdu-
cation of experts.
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Any artful persuader who could in
duce Il IIohenzollern to &c back and
assume the throne could make more
money selling him oil stocks.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

Gov Pinchot mas at lecst made the
Philadelphia speakeasies understand
that they cannot go on doing business
without getting themselves talked
;brut.
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; Every days news from Europe
credits numerous Immigrants. regard.
less of their literacy, With wise dis
cernmcnt in trying to locate in this
country.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

While ats annihilation is not ad-
mitted there are melancholy refer
cnces TO the fact that the treaty of
Versailles is not what il used To be.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

Democratic leaders. by retiring Mr..
McAdoo from the list at this juncture
may enable him to come back next
summer as dark horsd.
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4 Reliable Friend.

There's comfort in each passing situa-
ton.
When politics is threatening q storm
Wen still retain Il touch of consola-
ton
While the weather man keeps say
ing, "Fair and warm
Evening star., 1923-11-14

IL case present runners hold good
thc former kaiser should prepare Il
song for family use to the tune Of
Where Do We Go From IIere?''
Evening star., 1923-11-14
A Popular Game.

From the Boston Transcript.
The interstate commerce commits.
sioners have gone back to Washing
ton, but the game OF redrawing the
railroad map continues to be as popu-
Lar as mah- -jongg. ..
Evening star., 1923-11-14
Victory Through Defeat.

What's your idea Of wrestling vic.
tory from the jaws Of defeat?"
There are always good jobs in pri-
vate life" rejoined Senator Sorghum.
"Onc way is to make your defeat silf-
fic.ently conspicuous to be cffectual Us
a Situation wanted ad.''
Evening star., 1923-11-14
Turbulent Reform.

.'You think. Crimson Gulch has a
great future?"
"Yep," answered Cactus Joe. "All
the boys want to get rid Of the unde.
sirable element. It's takin' time,
though, and some rough work. OWN
to the differences of opinion as to who
he is.''
"Whut l admires bout u prize
fighter" said Uncle Eben, :"is dat he
ain gineter lose his temper an hit
nobody. 'thout both parties gittin' paid
fur it,
Evening star., 1923-11-14

Jud Tunkins says he's not going to
prehend tine Einstein theory till he can
at least understand what difference 1t
makes.
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Selfish Man.

Selfish Man.
You are glad your wife has the
vote?'
Yes" replied Mr.. Meekton. at
gives her so much to interest her aside
from my own little shortcomings
"Is she happier"
"No. But l think maybe / am"
Evening star., 1923-11-14

"whoopee. % to It" cry the on
lockers Of this fray. Next round"
Evening star., 1923-11-14

Q. What is fres verse?--E. c. u
a. Verse which does not eepend d.
rhyme or meter is called free yerst
II does. however. have ce-tai..
rhythm.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

CRarc pou q question you tn1nt
ansUcredt Send it TO The Star IN
formation Bureau. Frederic j. Has
Kin, Director. 1920 North Cdpfto3
street. The only charge for this serr-
ice is cents u stamps for -etuIa
POSTAGE
Evening star., 1923-11-14

@. How do the waterpower re.
sources of the United States compart
with tfe rest of the world?--M. z. r.
a. The total waterpower resources
or the wor8d have been estimated ~
ABOUT 100000 horsepower, o,
Wnich over one-seventh Is allocated
to the United States.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

@. How many verbs are there Il.
our language?-I. G. r.
A. There are about 5000 verbs III
the Englisf language. OF these an
proximately 600 are ciassed as r.
regular. although some Of them hav,
regular forms.
Evening star., 1923-11-14

The republican national committee,
very much exercised over the claim
of the opposition organization that
the budget system is the child of the
democratic party in Congress, uses
harsh terms in a statement refuting
the claim. In point OF fact, tie two
committees are getting redhot with
each other--all by way of adding to
the gayety of politics for the nom
partisan, as well as satisfying each
party's adherents. Today the repub-
lican committee comes out with this,
by way of foreward to a lively retort
to the democratic assertions: 1t
was recently announced, says the
republican blast, that scientists had
discovered a drug which when taken
compels people to tell the truth.
There Is increasing evidence that the
democratic national committee should
lay in a supply of this newly discov-
cred drug, and should take ii fire.
quently." Commenting upon the re-
cent statement that the budget sys-
tenn is of democratic origin. the
committee goes on to say, This is as
true as would be an assertion that
the gold plank in the republican
pre ectiVe tariff in all republican
pia forms is Of democratic origin"
The republicans say that repub-
Iican Congress was elected in 1918.
which enacted a general budget law
nractically idential with the budget
law now on the books and In success
full operation. president Wilson
"There were 191 democrats in the
house at that time An even 100
voted to sustain the Presidents veto,
among them Champ Clark of Missouri.
, democratic leader, and Cordell Hun,
now chairman of the democratic ma
tional committee"
+ \ r !;
"whoopee. DO to It" cry the on
Yonkero of this fray Next round"
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Q. When may a horse be said TO
be 4 thorough bred?-G. W. T,
A. The requirements of an Amer!-
can tF oroughbred horse are that tho.
pedigree contain five uncOntam.nated
crosses. but the average pedigree
traces through sixteen TO eighteen
crosses, some having as many as
twenty-five.
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Q. What is tte origin Of The
mourning band?-D. S. j.
A. The custom of wearing q black
band on the coat sleeve in token o.
mourning came from England It
was introduced there for Iiveried
servants whom K was not though
necessary TO 1T out in black uniforms
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in climbing IT NJ.
\. Fledg1ings of the hoactzin, :
singular South American bird. scrarr
be about the branches of trees b,
the aid of their wings. used TX,
hands. They have temporary cIaR
on both the index and pollex.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-24
SEEING AND BELIEVING

In serious vein we approach the thought of the story published yester- day In this newspaper of the young man, paralytic for many years, who touched by sacred relic, threw away the crutches that had been his con- stant necessity, and turned from the altar, cured
 Often we have read and heard of miraculous" cures and have failed to be impressed. There must be some mistake, was our thought. We did not know the person cured; we did not know anyone who knew him; we did not know anyone who had seen the miracle"
 But this tale brings an impressive ness that can be brushed aside by no such general expressions of disbelief. We do know one of the persons who saw the cure and we cannot doubt the accuracy of her account. The young man was carried up to the shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre. "He had a pair of crutches with him and had been able to propel himself along only by placing both crutches under his arms and swinging his two feet forward. His right arm was useless, while his left arm was partly par alyzed.. When the young man had been. brought to the altar, the relic of St. Anne was placed on his afflicted members. In a space of about 10 min utes he was seen to rise, place his crutches against the railing, turn around, lift his two arms high over his head and walk down the aisle of the church." Thus reads the au- thentic report, and it is added that the man was not of the Catholic faith, but possessed the faith that he would be | cured by prayer. ...........,.
 No appeal is made to the supersti- tious, the credulous. The story is re- peated to stfngthen the conviction of men, wise in their knowledge of their own ignorance, humble in their sim cere belief that there are wonders as yet far beyond human understanding.