Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-16
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

| servatory and the naval head Of the
Mare Island Observatory, into a regu-
lar pitched battle OF throwing rock.
at each other clear across tho con
tinent.
The Mare Island expert ridiculen
the Einstein theory, and SAYS it is a
fake which is not even original. Tho
world loves an original fake, but
scorns one that is warmed over. The
Einstein theory is Il piece of Swiss
! cheese" says the Mare Island scien-
fist, and he traces it back 122 years
| to Soldner, a German. But that was
before the war. German scientists re-
pudated science during the war. 90
far as the rest OF the world was con
cerned, so perhaps Mr.. Einstefn, the
Swiss. thought that Soldner was out
IaWed.
The whole controversy hangs on
! whether there is ether in all space
and whether gravity rules light ana
causes it to bend around the sun, as
the rays from stars beyond the sun
pass the sun, en- route to Lick o.
Mare Island. What that has 10 d.
with the Newton theory Of gravita
ton remains relatively obscure yet
Ihat Is what he must mean by "rela
Now that we have made the frs
Einstein theory SO clear. we mus
wait awhile before explaining his
second theory. which. he says. is so
obscure that 1t can only be expressed
by logarithms or the multiplication
table.
There is some discussion of extend
ing the Botanic Gardens. which ad-
join the Capitol. so as to cover some
fifty acres. The gardens would run
from the Potomac river to the Union
Station. That land is far more costly
than land beyond city limits, but
what makes it valuable is its proA-
unity to the Capitol. If the gardens
spread out, it is argued, they viii
simply push the rest of the city
farther out into the country, SO ther"
is no extravaganza in locating them
where they will be most accessible
to the many visitors TO the capital
as we'll as to the Washingtonians who
must rely on street cars for their
visits TO the beauties and rarities
there displayed. NO pent-up Utica"
is Washington, but a City of Mag
nificent Distances"
| The leviathan of old was either a
! crocodile or a whale. Anyhow it was
whale of a sea monster So IL is
F., right and proper that the Leviathan,
| taken from the Germans in the war,
| should grow and become the might
| est monster afloat. under the careful
| feeding at Uncle Sans table. It is
| a strange way for a ship to increase
| in bulk bv ingrowing. The Leviathan
| had it's 'innards" ripped out, its coal
| bunkers operated on, and oil burning
| equipment substituted. That makes
| it several thousand tons bigger, go
| that now it is the biggest ship afoat.
/ Its gross weight Is 59,956.65 tons. It
| is $50 feet long. and 100 feet wide.
| The Majestic, which had been rated
| bigger than the Leviathan. will have
| to remove several cogwheels TO catch
up with such ingrowing increase.
| Gross tonnage is obtained by divtd-
| ing by 100 the contents in cubic feet
| of the vessels closed-in space. A
vessels ton is 100 cubic feet. Net
| tonnage is the gross tonnage, less the
space occupied by the machinery. the
the net space available for passengers
/ and cargo.
X X X
1t Is not historically accurate 10
quote the famous slogani Don't give
up the ship" and attribute it to the
kaiser, but when the Leviathan sails
/ upon her first American voyage since
her military transport service. July
4 next, that other slogan. Put none
l but Americans on guard will fit
perfectly. Capt. Herbert Hartley,
/ her commander. may well be proud
| of his responsibility.
! Copyright. 1923. by p. V. Collins.l