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Evening star., 1923-10-12
Citizens Oppose Boxing.
Seat Pleasant District Dwellers
Gain Ban on Matches.

To the Editor OF The Star:
The efforts of certain sporting
element in Seat Pleasant district, just
over the District line in Maryland due
east Of the Capitol to make it a box
ing center have failed.
A large delegation of citizens, in
cluding pastors Of various churches.
and Representatives of banking, busf-
ness. legal and other interests. went
to Baltimore last week to protest to
the state athletic commission against
ing at Seat Pleasant, and today one
of the delegation, Mrs. Francis S. Car
mody of Seat Pleasant, received a
letter from Secretary Joseph NJ. Kelly
advising her that said commission,
after giving the matter very thorough
consideration, had decided to issue no
further permits for boxing contests
to be staged at Seat Pleasant.
- The Law and Order League of Seat
Ffea SAINT started this fight. which Is
d esfgned to put a quietus on any at
tempt TO revive the bad old days OF
the Chesapeake Junction" regime,
under which "dead-game sports once
gathered from all parts to the detr1-
the home of thousands of prosperous
and self-respecting people. The Eve
ming Star had a large share in help-
ing put the undesirable element out
of business, and that help Is still weil
remembered and appreciated here.
chesapeake Junction" no longer
exists in reference to this section, but
that name is now applied to an ex-
nress office of very meek and inoffen-
sive character located at Deanwood,
in the District, two miles west OF the
Tt is realized here by many that
the Young people must have sport of
some kind. and the citizens are plan,
ming to help the boys secure a baii
aeId. where games can be Played
nnsier a management that VIII elm
;naIe any possible undesirable feature,
and a community center Is also under
anpsid eration. where the young of
both sexes may spend their evenings
pleasantly and profltably, espselaaiiy
in winter. LINDSAY .. ZEN nAt>''
Evening star., 1923-10-12
Member of the Associated Press.
Lloyd George Proposes an Alliance

- An Anglo-American entente is pro-
peace insurance policy. The proposal
apparently comes from the heart of
Britain's war premier, now distin-
Guished visitor to these shores. OF
all the great nations of the world he
picks America to stand beside his own
country in the interests of peace.
But an entente between two nations,
or among several, as a means of pre-
serving the peace of the world is
scarcely a new idea. The centuries
have seen many such understandings.
, In the end they have invariably led to
war. They have been based upon
: might, manpower and the caliber of
artillery. Lloyd George frankly says
that an Anglo-American entente would
be a combination that no other nation
or group of nations would dare TO op-
: pose today. But that scarcely reekons
with tomorrow or the day after.
1t is but natural that nations ION
the outside would form an under
standing. The nations on the outside
OF other ententes have done SO, and
in the end combinations have been
found which dared to throw down the
gauntlet to the older alliances, en-
tentes. or whatever they might be
g. termed. There is not only no assur-
ance that such combinations would
not soon shape themselves in opposi.
tion to an Anglo-American, but every
reason to believe they would do so.
The perpetuation of world peace
= has been the dream of many states.
. men. Efforts have been made time
after time to assure it. Until fright
is might" in very truth, however,
there seems little chance for such a
condition.
AS practical proposition in the in
terests of the Anglo-Saxon speaking
nations of the world an entente be-
tween the United States. and Great
Britain might be another thing entire
. ly, though certainly Mr.. Lloyd George
will find in this country some opinions
to the effect that Britain would reap
Lilt 81 cdtSl bSilSiil ~ Oii oASh hii oAi-
derstanding. AS a practical man, also,
the former British premier recognizes
the fact that there would be strong
opposition to the establishment of an
unwritten alliance with European
nation, even for peace. in this coun.
try, where millions of people are still
congratulating themselves on the fail.
ure of the United States TO enter the
league of nations.
In reply to a question as to what
immediate steps might be taken to
hurry along an Anglo-American en-
tente, Mr.. Lloyd George showed his
understanding of the situation here
when he said:
We'll, the less Immediate the steps
are the sooner they will come to-
.gether."
There cannot fail always to be an
underlying feeling Of warm friend
ship between the two great English.
speaking nations of the world. Blood,
customs, a spirit of fair play, help to
bind them together. In the world war
they were allies, and since the war
the two nations have found themselves
to have much in common. This very
feeling of sympathy and understand
ing is in itself a measure of war pre-
vention. -.
Evening star., 1923-10-12

Wv. K. T.
A. The bureau of standards says
the proper equivalent for a measuring
cup is one-half pint liquid or four
huid ounces. The most ready means
of determining the accuracy of a
measuring cup is by comparison with
standard liquid measure or glass
graduate.
Q. Are walruses covered with hair?
B. H. ].
A: Young ones are thickly clothed
with a faded brown fur, but as age
advances the hair falls out and the
ola animals are almost hairless.
Q. Is blood TRANSMISSION a new idse?
| L. H.
A. The TRANSMISSION of blood from
the veins of one living animal to
those of another, or from those of
man or one of the lower animals
| into man, is a very old operation
having been performed in 1892.
Q. What Is the difference between
/, a couch and a lounge ?-F. J. r. !
A. Often in the furniture trade a
couch Is distinguished as having one
arm, or raised end, and no back; q
lounge as having one arm and back;
sofa, as having two arms and q
back.
Q. How. long have we had travel
| ing libraries?-F. G. NJ
A. Travelling libraries were known
j IN England as early as 1917, while
the hrst general American travelling
! libraries supported by public funds
| were authorized by the New York
| state legislature in 1892.
! Q. Was the treadnlill devised as a
mode of punishment?-D. S.
A. The treadmill was invented by
! Sir William Cubic as a mill to be
operated by man power and was later
! and introduced into the prisons OF
| England about 1920. 1t has been
generally abolished.
@. In a second growth forest.
should the trees be thinned or
| pruned?-F. w. C.
| A. The forest service says that it
would be advisable to thin the trees
to increase their growth.
] Q. Would the Sahara desert be
fertile If water could be provided:
ii. H.
A. The soil of this desert contains
! all the elements of fertility except
| desert and the valley of the Nile is
one of the most fertile territories
in the world.
I hS e~S hhS 90 t1t oNOPtSo %
3. Measure B. '0F weighing s0io'
| A. Carat derives it's name from
"qirrat," which in Arabic signifies the
| pod of the coral tree of Abyssinia,
| the seeds of which have from time
| immemorial been used in the east in
! weighing gold because they never
vary in weight when they are dry.
| @. Who invented the machine for
/ carding wool?-O. c. A.
/ A. The process which wool. cotton
| fax, ct cetera, is made 10 undergo
! previous to spinning has been done
| for many years by, machinery in
vented in 1913 by Lewis Paul. a
Birmingham mechanic.
! O. Is It correct to say that capital
| is money?-W. II. l..
| A. 1t is mistake to say that
| capital is money A work-horse is
a form Of capital, but capital Is not
lwork-horses, neither is capital money,
| although money is form of capital.
(If you hare question you tcdnt
| onsuered send it to The Star InfoT-
nation Bureau, Frederic j. HGSSeiH.
director, 1920 North Capitol street.
| The only charge for this service IS
cents IN stamps for return post
G0e).
Evening star., 1923-10-12
ords OF the Jail for earlier years
would show higher figures.

would show higher figures.
Consideration should be given to the
matter Of crowding at the jail. II the
condition should prove to be per-
manent an addition to the jail should
be built or preferably a new jail should
be constructed in ample grounds out
side the city. The uses to which
reservation No. Is was put many
years ago have operated as a check
upon the development OF a large sec.
tion Of East Washington. On that
reservation : stood the workhouse
buildings for male and female prison.
ers. The almshouse was there. So was
the "potter's field" The workhouse
has been removed and transformed
into modern work farm on Occoquan
creek, and the almshouse has been
given a pleasanter name and is now at
Blue Plains. Potter's field has been
done away with, but the public crema.
torium and the smallpox hospital are
still on the reservation on which the
jail stands. If there is to be a new
Jail it should be on new site.
Evening star., 1923-10-12

/, British interests. 1t is now con-
structtng the most powerful raolo
the purpose of regular transpacihc
communication between China ana the
United States.
\ X 4. X
Senator UNDERWOOD of Alabama. the
only avowed and by far most active
aspirant for the democratic presiden-
tial nomination, is contending for the
honor as an out-and-out candidate OF
the south. His organization has just
issued a remarkably graphic Under
wood map of the Union, depicting
the senator as Dixie's fayorite son.
The outstanding feature of the map
is the segment of ten southern states
roped off under the title of The Great
White House Desert" An explanatory
statement asserts that in 135 years
there have been no Presidents ano
only two Vice Presidents from Mis-
souri,, Arkansas, Texas. Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama. Georgia, Flor
Ida, North Carolina and South Caro-
lima. In that area, the map. relates:
is 81 per cent of all of the farms OF
the country, with a value Of hfteen
billion dollars and population OF
Desert" is labeled "Closed always to
ten southern states-by order of the
politicians" Then: "Open after June,
1924-by order of the people"
Lineal descendants of James Mon
roe, apropos this years centenary of
the Monroe doctrine, will meet In
Washington on November II, to form
the Monroe Association. Mrs. Rose
Gouverneur Hoes, one of the three
sisters who are Monroe's nearest fe-
male descendants, still alive, is a prime
mover in the project. The male next
of kin Is Minor Fairfax Heiskell
Gouverneur of Baltimore. Only sew
enteen or eighteen persons of au-
thentic Monroe descent are extant
They will be guests of honor at the
centenary in Virginia during the first
week Of December.
Il X X
! Harry NJ. Daugherty, who hopes
some day to write a biography Of
Warren G. Harding, will begin the
narrative with the story of how he
first met the late President. Harding
was running for the Ohio state SEN
ate in 1900. Daugherty, then on the
| threshold of his distinguished career
as a political manager. was passing
through a small town in Harding S
county on the day the young Marion
politician was billed for a speech on
his own behalf. In the back yard OF
the country hotel Daugherty ran
across tall, prepossessing fellow
i'm the early thirties. engaged in the
homespuH pastime of having his boots
blacked. Daugherty introduced him
self and asked who the stranger
might be. I'm Warren Harding" the
latter replied, land I'm down here
trying to interest this burg in my
candidacy for the state senate" Then
and there began Damon and Pythias
comradeship destined to land both
men in the seats of the mighty.
| Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-10-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

@. What organization erected the
zero milestone?-K. d. w.
A. This was gift to the nation by
the Lee Highway Association. 1t marks
the point for measurement of dis
tance from Washington on the high
ways of the United States
Q. What part did Jefferson Davis
play in the construction Of Cabin John
bridge?-J. G. 81.
A. The construction of Cabin John
bridge was supervised by Jefferson Da-
Wis, who was at the time Secretary of
War.
Q. What papers has Col. House
promised to give Yale University
r. d.
A. Upon the completion of the Ster-
ling Memorial Library, co. Houses
personal collection of political papers
dealing with the origin and conduct of
the world war and with the peace con-
ference are to be deposited In the IL
brary vault. For a certain period they
will be accessible only to specially
qualified students.
@. Who coined the word "yahoo" p
A. II. E.
A. Swift coined it to apply to an i'm
aginary race of men whose passions
and intellect were on a level with those
Of the lowest animals.
Q. What Is the popular abbreviatior
for cable bodied seaman"?-K. o.
A. "a. B."
@. How many newspapers has Rus
sia?--C.. =.
A. La Semaine Litteraire of Geneva
recently stated that there are 545 Jour-
mails of various kinds in soviet Russia.
of which 174 are dailies. Their total
circulation for a population Of 50,000,-
900 reaches only 100000 copies. The
Izvestia of Moscow has the largest cir
culation.
Q. Can you tell me when the first
| barber shop was opened in the United
States?-M. n.
A. The first barber shop of any pre-
tention was opened in New York city in
1S45 by man named Edward Phalon.
@. Did Henry VIII put on black for
his various wives?--M. T. r.
! A. Jane Seymour was the only con-
sort for whom the king wore mourning
Q. Can you tell me to which incident
the following newspaper clipping refers
"In the old days they took eclipseS sc
seriously that two armies, about to
| fight, turned tails and went home in a
hurry when the sun began to disap-
pear."-F. /. K.
A. This eclipse occurred on the 2Sth
of May, 5S5 BIC. According to Herod-
otus, it took place during the battle
Of the Hays between the Medes and
Lydians, and caused an immediate ces-
sation Of hostilities. 1t is said that
| Thales OF Miletus had foretold this
eclipse.
Q. How can an old family chart be
kept from crumbling away?-M. A.
A. The Library of Congress uses
crepeline to preserve manuscripts. This
material Is mixture Of cotton and silk
gauze. 1t should be pasted on both
sides Of the chart with a flour paste
made as follows: To one cup Of wheat
| -four add three cups Of cold water, one
| half teaspoon Of powdered alum, four
grains of white arsenic. Beat smooth
and cook over boiling water for ten
| minutes. Coat the chart with paste,
using a cameps-hair brush. Lay on the
crepeline, cover with paraffin paper and
pulp board and press for fifteen min
utes.
@. In our household we have three
measuring cups, each of which is diff
ferent in content from the others.
How can we ascertain which COM
Evening star., 1923-10-12
Fourteen in One Day.

Yesterday two grade crossings took
heavy toll of life. Near Rootstown,
Ohio, a school bus laden with children
was hit by fast train and eight chill
dren were killed and six were badly
hurt. At Hepburnville. Pa, motor
bus making a regular trip out of Will
Transport was struck by a train and
six persons were killed. A days total
of fourteen lives lost at crossings, in
circumstances which afforded no pos.
sible excuse for the blunders of the
drivers.
In both cases the vehicles were MAX
ing regular runs, on schedule, over es-
tablished routes. The drivers knew
the conditions, knew the presence Of
the tracks, knew the imminence of
danger. Yet they took chances. They
carried their charges into deadly peril.
In the Ohio case inspectors for. the
Evening star., 1923-10-12


Julius Caesar, somewhere about. the
time of the beginning of the Chris
tian. era.
During the last eighty years. Of the
existence of the site as a livestock
market the center thereof was Occur
pied by an equestrian statue, really
That Of King John Sobieski, King of
Poland and savior of Vienna from
capture by the Turks. The horseman
had been altered to represent Charles
II, while the prostrate Turk who
was being trampled upon by the
king,sehors was intended to repre-
sent Cromwell. However. the sculp-
tor who effected these alterations
omitted to remove the. turbap from
the Turks head, and thus he still fig.
ures to this day in the group OF
sculpture, which, on it's removal from
its site to make way for the Mansion
House was conveyed TO. Newby Hall.
near Ripon. There 1t is still preserv-
ed to this day. being the only statue
in existence Of Cromwell bonneted by a
Turkish turban.
Evening star., 1923-10-12

Liquor was discovered in New York
in an ocean shipment Of barrels sup
posed to contain raw hides. The sub
stitution of rum, if persisted in, will
inevitably raise the price of shoes.
John Barleycorn is one of our most
expensive smuggiers.
Evening star., 1923-10-12
SHOOTING STARS.
by PHILANDER JOHNSON.

War Is Over.
War Is over.
Strife is through.
Life in clover
Now is due.
Airship fioaters
Bid US frown.
Reckless motors
Now us down.
Men get sicker
And grow pale.
Bootleg Ticker
Tells the tale.
And bichloride
Brings it's doom
That long slow ride
To the tomb.
War is finished
Joy is brief.
Cndiminished
Is our grief.
Evening star., 1923-10-12

European nations are arming again
and filing up their arsenals, declares
Lloyd George. The program is expen-
sive, and Uncle Sam may be pardoned
a mild curiosity as to. where the money
is coming from.
Evening star., 1923-10-12

Representatives Of electric railways
in convention at Atlantic City say
there is no more hope of returning to
nickel carfare than Of reviving the
five-cent cigar, If the cost of ride
continues to advance number OF
men will insist that they will have to
get cheaper tobacco or else quit smok.
ing.
Evening star., 1923-10-12

Rudyard Kipling says that the first
use of speech by man was to lie. Very
few, however, succeeded in making
their flctions as attractive as those Of
Mr.. Kipling:
Evening star., 1923-10-12

The program Of Poincare is simple
enough. Germany is expected to pay
all she has on hand and owe a Balance
sufficient to keep her safely in debt
for an indefinite period.
Evening star., 1923-10-12

: The Stokes divorce case is a revela-
tiop in human nature: There is evi'
IDENTIFY no limit to the amount Of scan
dalous publicity man may learn tc
endure without embarrassment.
Evening star., 1923-10-12

: The A. F. of L. will never be strong
enough in, politics to compel cabinet
officers to form union and refuse to
work overtime in an emergency.
Evening star., 1923-10-12

Narcotics are being smuggled from
Mexico. The method Of raising funds
is at any rate miider than those for.
merly practiced by brigands.
Evening star., 1923-10-12

Coal at $40 a ton gives the weather
prophet who holds out for mild WIN
ter a strong grip on popular affec-
ton:
Evening star., 1923-10-12

Poincare would rather deal with
SHINES than with the Berlin govern
ment., SHINES represents real money.
Evening star., 1923-10-12
Ina Few Words.

The old axiom that the government
which governs least is the best gov
ernment has long been superseded by
the theory that the government which
undertakes to guide with the creates,
particularity the life and manners of
the people is the most effieient.
GEORGE GORDON BATTLE.
Evening star., 1923-10-12
Always Pleasant.

distinguished visitors to America
always seem happy and interested
That's because they have to keep
smiling all the time,'' said Senator
Sorghum. "They never know when a
camera man may be after them"
Jud Tunkins says the tremendous
influence of woman is shown by the
number Of men who attend classical
concerts when they'd rather be at a
county fair.
Uncivilization.
The Indian gravely smokes his pipe of
peace,
But travellers observe with much
regret
A lady Indians thralldom does not
cease.
She doesn't even smoke cigarette.
improvements.
81 understand Crimson Gulch has
new hotel.''
|. Yep" answered Cactus Joe.
Are the sleeping accommodations
good?" &
You're not supposed to sleep. We
had that hotel put up SOS to have a
comfortable place to play poker all
night
"You disapprove Of publicity for
divorces among stage artists?'
"I do" answered Miss Cayenne. 1T
encourages people who are not artists
to get divorces under the impression
that they are entertaining the public. T"
"'Taint how smart a. man is,s said
Uncle Eben, dat counts in politics as
much as how smart he kin make = ks
ina gine he is.''
Evening star., 1923-10-12

GEORGE GORDON BATTLE.
Mussolini has. been of great service
to his country. but as an international
factor he is as great~a dan ger to the
peace of Europe as the kaiser's sword
used to be.
ISAAC r.. MARcoSsoN.
I cannot but, feel that. the church is
placing undue confidence in her en-
phasis upon formal creeds. The moral
and spiritual emphasis has u higher
place than the doctrinal statements
OF the creeds.
BISHOP. WILLIAM LAWRENCE,
When you go out to dinner in Eng
land you must take. with you all you
have In the way of mentality, for you
are sure to need 1t.
ETHEL BARRYMORE.
am firm in the. conviction that IT is
impossible for any one to get the
amount of fun out of q dollar that
can ssbe extracted by the man or
woman who has earned 1t,
GENE STRATTON PORTER.
!, Not one or the empty old theorists
of the league can tell one end OF O
irifie 'front.' the other.
| OLIVER BALDWIN.
Evening star., 1923-10-12
Rate by MaiI-Payable in Advance
Maryland and Virginia.
All Other States.

Daily and Sunday. L yr.. sS.4o: mo-, 20
Sunday only i yr., So 40: / mo-, 20
Evening star., 1923-10-12

Q. In our household we have three
measuring cups, each of which is diff
ferent in content from the others.
How can we ascertain which COM
Evening star., 1923-10-12

@. What organization erected the
zero milestone?-K. d. w.
A. This was a gift to the nation by
the Lee Highway Association. 1t marks
the point for measurement Of: dis
tance from Washington on the high
ways of the United States -
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-19
IF BACK OR
KIDNEYSACHE
: DRINK WATER
Drink Freely and Often to
Flush the Kidneys, Also
Take Salts.

Flush your Kidneys by drinking q
quart of water each day, also cake
salts occasionally, says a noted au-
thority, VIII tells las that too mucn
rich food forms acids which almost
-paralyze the kidneys in their efforts 10
e6pel it from the blood. They become
sluggish and weaken; then you nay
suffer with dull misery in the kid
ney region, sharp pains in the back
or sick headache, dizziness. your stom-
ach sours. tongupe is coated, and when
the weather is bad you have rheu-
matte twinges. The urine gets cloudy,
full of sediment, the channels often
get sore and irritated, obliging you to
seek relief two or three times during
the night.
To help neutralize these Irritating
acids, to help cleanse the kidneys and
flush off the body's urinous waste, get
four ounces of Jad Salts from any
pharmacy here; take a tablespoonful
in a glass of water before breakfast
for a few days, and your kidneys may
then act fine. This famous salts is
made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia, and
has been used for years to help flush
and stimulate sluggish kidneys: also
to neutralize the acids in the system
so they no longer irritate, thus often
relieving bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive: canno.
injure and makes a delightful effer-
vescent Whitewater drink. By all
means have your physician examine
your kidneys at least twice year.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-19

groups are agitating in my behalf,
the statement continues, 81 feel that
the entire country energeticall. invokes
my duty as Mexican citizen and
fear the implacable menace of dis.
qualification as loyal son of my
country unless l comply"
Gen. Emiliano Ortiz. former chief OF
the rurales in the state OF Hidalgo, has
revOlted and taken to the mountains
with 80 followers.
He has raised the flag of lagrarian-
ism. according to reports from Pa
chucha. 80
Neither the newspapers of the capt.
tai nor government circles had received
at a late hour last night word of dis
orders in San Luis Potosi. to which
state there is n controversy over the
govcrnorship,
Developments are expected, however.
in consequence of the orders given to
General Gutierrez to 'isa:m the fol-
lowers of the Cedllo brothers. who
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-19
Cheerful Credit! We Trust You!

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| high grade Suit, In the newest jayz styie Of a
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