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Evening star., 1923-07-24
Anacostia Park.

Ground will he broken for the Ana
costa Park system on August ,. and
the ceremony will be participated i'll
Icy the Secretary of War the chief of
engineers, one of the District Commits
s:uhers, the officer in charge of public
Buildings and grounds and various
celebrities of the ancient village of
-hnacostia, which in the early sos,
when things were booming beyond the
Eastern branch, was dubbed and took
unto itself the title Queen Suburb of
the District
This ceremony will mark first
step in the Identification or the ac-
tual parking of the reclaimed Eastern
branch flats. That part of the made
land or reclaimed flats to be first
transformed into park land is at the
southerly end of the Navy Yard
bridge and along what was the shore
line of the village of Anacostia. Final
~ all the land reclaimed and to be
reclaimed from the District line be-
tween Benning and Bladensburg to
Giesborough point will be transformed
into park after the manner of Poto.
mac Park. but that improvement
which will greatly advance the charm
OF the capital, is still some way in the
future. But it is on the schedule of
things to be, and perhaps only a few
years may pass before thousands of
autos will be rolling over smooth park
roads, groups of people will be loung-
ing in the shade of trees and all the
sports and pleasures now going on in
Potomac Park will be in full play in
the Eastern branch park. BY that
time this section close to the town of
Anacostia will be well established as
park, and perhaps it will be spoken
uf as the old park or the Original
park" or by some other term to dis
tinguish it from the new sections.
The development of the Anacostia
fats has been going on for a genera
ton or more, but it may be recalled
that Rome was not built in day, and
that Potomac Park has been in the
making since early in the sos. Many
Otu l1lfldDlIdnIS remember the ureQSeS
that smoked and churned and pumped
far out in the mile wide stretch of
river between Water street and the
Virginia shore and between the Long
bridge and Arsenal point. They recall
tho slow building of the first lines of
rip-rap or broken rock laid down as
retaining walls and the first rows of
young willow trees planted on the
mud banks.
Work on the Eastern Branch Park
has gone on slowly. There have been
many suspensions of work for lack of
money, but year by year hundreds of
acres of land have been built several
feet above high tide, where twenty-five
years ago there was an expanse of
shining water at high tide and green
ur brown marshes at low water. The
people of Anacostia can be congratu-
lated on inducing the authorities to
begin the work of making a park of
the reclaimed land.
Evening star., 1923-07-24
EDITORIAL DIGEST

in the event of the national emer-
gency, the Wheeling Register points
out that the man who is conscripted
for service gives his ali-his home.
his family. his friends. his earning
power and perhaps his life. Why
should those who remain behind
make money out of the war, or. to
put 1T better, out of the fighting
strength and enduring qualities of
the flower of nations manhood? :?
When 1t is necessary for the gov
ernment to conscript man power to
save the nation. 1t should likewise
conscript industrial power, assume
charge of all industries and CO.
ordinate and combine them to carry
on the work at home"
Inasmuch as there "is little likeIi-
hood" of MIR. Harding being President
when the next war" comes the
Springfield News suggests, why not
institute at once universal draft
in behalf of peace such as might be
forced upon the country in the event
of war. Peace, after all, isn't such
a complicated sort of thing. It is
simply happiness and conteHtment
among nations. What other coun-
try is better fitted for the task Of
leading a movement looking to uni
oontentment than the United States q"
The fact that the plans Of the Army
general staff already provide for
drafting Of everything" Is comment
ed on favorably by the Birming CHAM
News, because ''it is the only way
to end war profiteering. The
"saturnalia Of greed in the last war
has pointed out the way to avoid II
in the future" the News concludes.
Those who themselves fought will
Herald insists. because "the dough-
boy who lay with his face in the mud
while the strafng was on. Won
dering when he would get his. feels
he and his buddies were cheated out
Of the kind of peace they were fight
Ing for; disguised, too. because of the
slackers and the profiteers."
approval OF the efforts of Repre-
a plan backed by the major politi-
cal parties. is given by the worces-
ter Gazette. which points out that
la Guardia's service, as a soldier
in getting the machinery Of gov
ernment prepared for the drafting
of the wartime dollar The COM
plete failure Of the government to
secure. the punishment Of any of the
reason for adoption of this plan in
the future, the Columbia Missourian
insists, because much OF the dis
content and social unrest in this
parent benefit which has come to
those who used the resources of the
nation for their own selfish. ends.
This plan. is at least. a democratic
principle, since It comes nearer to
rious elements of the nation during
the period Of fighting" The Pater-
SON Call approves the entire plan
and insists that the suggestions that
"it would be in violation of the Con-
stitution" are unfounded, while the
Miami News Metropolis, for it's part,
would also have "all our mental and
moral resources drafted in behalf OF
universal peace
Evening star., 1923-07-24
Street Crossing Safety.

y short time ago the Washington
Safety Council placed posters through
out the city calling upon the pedes-
trians to cooperate at street crossings
with the police by obeying sema-
phore signals and listening for the
whistle before crossing. The Star
called attention to this effort to effect
a closer cooperation between the peo.
pie on foot and the officers in control
Of traffic, and urged that those afoot
would find greater degree Of safety
IL they would "look and listen" after
stopping in accordance with the ira.
ditional rule. and obey the signals and
take advantage of them. Police officers
were instructed to blow their whistles
in sufficient time to allow all pedes-
trians then in the street to cross to
the opposite curb in safety. .t
Since this admonition was given 1t
has been observed that although the
police have been alert to give the
pedestrians this opportunity, few have
availed themselves of it,. At the busi-
CSS lHhCt oCStiOuS LlOot VI LILO pSOQl6
afoot still take chance by hurrying
across the street regardless Of the
semaphore. or start out from the curb
to the line of passing vehicles, ready
to rush through at the hrst break in
the line. They are intent upon saving
a few seconds, and they not only risk
their lives. but tend to weaken the
regulation Of traffic, which can be ef.
fected only by teamwork between all
classes Of street users.
Much impatience is felt and mani.
tested by pedestrians at the crowded
corners on the score Of the tedious
waits that are necessary to insure safe
passage across the streets. But these
waits are far better for everybody
-. ,..e-t MS y. iks.tes eatsshlS and
Evening star., 1923-07-24
If Man Power Is Needed, So Are
the Resources of Wealth.

Probably because the next war"
has become the universal subject OF
discussion because of the race for
control OF the air between Great Brit
ain and France and their failure to
reach any comprehensive agreement
on international questions. discussion
has been renewed of the declaration
of President Harding that wealth as
well as men" will be conscripted by
this government should it again be
menaced by conflict. This address at
tracted only passing attention when
it was delivered at Helena But in
the face of the comment on the Euro
pean situation editors now are exam
lining II somewhat carefully. Many
seem to believe that there would be
no necessity for conscripting either
man power or wealth for strife should
the administration get behind an or
eanized effort to conscript the, "in-
tclligence" of the country to compel
universal peace agreements. There
war" no matter with whom it IL
fought, will. as the Christian Science
Monitor points out. tax every re-
source Of the world"
Every war of which the people of
the United States sa have ,s first ,f,aas hand
"has left in its trail pncounted prof.
teers who became rich through the
misfortunes OF others. The most re-
cent war was no exception. So why
shall It not be agreed. II war should,
unhappily, be the only recourse at
some time in the future, that every
national resource be drafted and made
subject to governmental controi ana
use? BY such a process would the pur-
de be distributed as fairly and evenly
as possible. Perhaps It would be az
we'll If it were understood, even now,
that there will be no profits In any
future war. With its horror and de.
struction nothing in the last war. ter
rible as 1t was. will be comparaple
to that which may come. Should am
other war be declared 1t would mat
ter little, when tho anal accounting
was made, whether the country's re-
sources were drafted through the ope-
ration Of law or whether they were
inevitably be pursued. There viii be
no general provision for preferred
exemptions or for Industrial contracts
containing 10 per cent plus charges"
The mere +, fact that. President
mstSod % .s eommentsd on by the Bal,
timore Sun a. noteworthy 'in that
Il comes from man who has con-
stantly refused To support feasible
nsr.ton sna q sss. :s:D. In xsrla HARD
ing regards the league OF nations ~
impractical md visionary. But to
draft ell OF capital. industry, cona-
!. sad a. sx:syshiRSs T. tSss sss.. s,ss sy
other war would, In his opinion, be
eminentiy feasible and successful"
Expressing the hope that the plan
Twin be made operative in every way
Evening star., 1923-07-24

pital. These men were noncomba
tants and were killed in. the line of
duty, but not in action.
na; is h there land atasthe north
A. This northefnly extremity Of.
the earth Is In the midst of a hoI.
low which holds no land in the
ne nelg nnorhood OF the pole itselG
me most horthernly land possesses
animal lffe-:musk COX. reindeer. po.
birds. as well as insect life, and dur! M
ing few short weeks in summer, bril-
liant hoWers. Human life Is found
pole.
9; Is II true that spring OF ex-
cellent drinking water made its ap-
pearance at Andersonville prison
during the civil war?-G. S. B.
=. A. The appearance of the spring al
Andersonville prison Is generally &C,
cepted as q fact. It's appearance Il
described by various eyewitne sses
who were inmates Of the prison al
that time.
Q. Why does glass exposed to the
sun often turn violet in color?-H. {
A. The violet color acquired by some
glass after exposure TO light is ger
orally attributed to a. change in the
state oc oxidation OF the manganese
In the glass, which Is produced bn
ultra-yiolet. or actinic light Tit:
effect is not characteristic of any To-
cality, but may be found anywhere. II
is especially noticeable in glass bulbs
of arc lights.
@. WHO started the Y NJ. c. A. !.
K. A. K.
A. 1t was founded in England Nv
7
merchant, In 1874. On the occasion OF
it's jubilee its originator was knight
ed. The Y. w. c. A. was founded IN
1856. in two places simultaneously
In 1877 the two branches united.
equator than the same object woul5
at either pole?-R. S. G.
A. The Naval Observatory says 2
body weighing ie1 pounds at the
earth's pole would weigh 100 pounds
at the equator. This loss. in weight
Is caused, in part, by centrifugsl
force and in part by the cEaet that a
the equator the body. Is farther from
the earth's center. and hence the
earth's attraction is slightly less.
Q. What plants were grated 10
gether TO produce grapefruit?-G. H
A. The Department Of Agriculture
says that the grapefruit belongs 10
the same family as the lemon and
orange, but represents a distinct bo-
tanical species. The tangelo is a
hybrid form of the grapefruit recent
ly developed from cross between the
tangerine, orange and the grapefruit
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Evening star., 1923-07-24
Stealing Speeders.

Definitions differ. Most people thus
interpret the word "speeder" as "a
dangerous nuisance" But some town
officials, county constables and rural
magistrates change the phrase to "a
source Of revenue"
This latter definition of speeder pre-
walls in the hinterland around New
York. where the smaller towns and
boroughs do thriving business out
of the excess PAGES of the gas.step-
pers. But this enterprise brings its
troubles and its competitions that
make for bitter suburban jealousies.
Out in Westchester county, for ex-
ample, formal protest has been entered
in court because one town is disposed
to steal the speeders that belong to
another. The rivalry between New
Rochelle and Pelham. for instance, and
between Larchmont and New Rochelle
has reached the point where the state
authority may have to be invoked.
1t surely is provoking for an enter
prising traffic cop to chase a perfectly
good speeder across a borough boun.
dary and round him up in the next
jurisdiction only to have him taken
before the judge there and soaked for
a good, round fine that goes into the
Golfers of the place of arrest. These
towns are close together, and metro
politan gas-stepper can run from one
to another in q few minutes AS a
matter of fact, these boroughs ought
TO pool their speeders and have a divi-
sion of proceeds at the. end of the
month. Apparently what is needed is
an interborough police force and a
clearing house for the division of fines.
Evening star., 1923-07-24
SHOOTING STARS.
RY PHIt.ANDER JOHNSON.
Pancllo Villa.

Pancho Villa, fare you well.
Far off sounds the funeral knell-
In your law-defiant day
You were ready for the fray.
Riding boldly to the raid
All unhurt and unafraid.
You escaped from serious harm
Till you tried to run a farm.
Soldiers fled to give you room,
But the farmland brought your doom
Prizes offered for your life
Could not check your bandit strife,
But about you broke the storm
When you struggled to reform.
Earnings hard luck, truth to tell
Pancho Villa, fare you we'll.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

Cooking experts are advocating the
use Of honey and molasses in order to
cope with the expense of sugar. How
far this policy will boost the price of
honey and molasses statistics have yet
to show
Evening star., 1923-07-24

Magnus Johnson is depicted as a
man who expects everybody around
him to be industrious. 1t will be in
teresting to see how far he can i'm
press his views on this point when he
comes to take up committee work in
Congress.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

British courage is famous through.
out history, and is again in evidence in
a Willingness to approach as nearly as
possible to the position of an umpire
in the troubled conditions of Europe.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

Purchasers of spurious art works
would have saved great deal of
money if they had been content with
the productions, both beautiful and
bizarre, available at nominal cost on
the magazine covers.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

For every stock market prophet
who predicts depression there is an
other who predicts prosperity. The
only uniform utterance in the diver
gency Of expression is the melancholy
bleat of the lamb.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

During July and August the states.
man is compelled to make delicate de-
cisions as to whether il is worth while
to make a ringing timely utterance at
the risk of spelling a summer vaca-
tion.
Evening star., 1923-07-24
Substitution.

The raiders took several bottles of
turpentine from the bottlegger's
home"
why not" replied Uncle Bill Bot
tletop. ''If you drink it. turpentine
will make you jis as sick and dizzy
as the regular stuff
Evening star., 1923-07-24

! antOhio man has developed flying
machine to be operated by foot power
The small boy will be enabled to aban-
don his velocipede in order to en-.
counter new perils.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

a device for sounding an alarm may
purse.snatchers. An intricate and or
nate mechanism of this type might
make the prize more valuable.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

All that Alaska needs to complete
the adpliration in which distinguished
visitors now hold it is a little more
political influence
Evening star., 1923-07-24

Republican leaders naturally assume
that Minnesota yielded to an emo
tional impulse, and is likely as not to
change her mind within the year.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

y, Drink is blamed by William II. An.
-derson for his troubles, only in this
Instance he il not the man who did
the drinking.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

Conditions have become such as to
encourage the opinion that some kind
of receivership ought to be devised
for Germany.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

Germany will read England's notes
atteHtively, but the most significant
comment in response to them may be
expected from France.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

California will never admit that
Magnus Johnson is in reality as big a
man as Hiram.
Evening star., 1923-07-24
Agitation.

1T has been limited that you are an
agitator.''
That's unjust" replied Senator
Sorghum. During a campaign the
crowds seem comparatively calm. I'm
the one that's agitated''
Evening star., 1923-07-24

In order TO help the farmer. the res
taurant might revert to the ancient
and almost forgotten custom of MAX
ing no extra charge for bread.
Evening star., 1923-07-24
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Evening star., 1923-07-24

Jud Tunkins says he knows a man
who Is so orderly that he never does
anything much except Strengthening
things around.
Evening star., 1923-07-24
Difficult Selection.

The landlords lot II full of strife.
The tenant hnds no giee.
I cannot tell to save my life
Which one I'd rather be.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

edition. is delivered by carriers within the city
at 60 cents per month: daily only, Al cents per
ders NAV be sent of Sy mail or telepbone Main
5000. Collection is made by carriers at the
end Of each month.
Evening star., 1923-07-24
Unnoted.

Unnoted.
There are never any more sea ser.
pents sighted from the shore"
Maybe they're around Just the
same. but not noticed. The summer
beach costumes are calculated to keep
people from looking much beyond the
first line of breakers"
"These seif.starters are responsible
for considerable loss Of life" remarked
Mr.. Chuggina. gioomily. "They let q
reckless iiivverist jump right into his
pace, instesd Of spending harmless
hours cranking his car"
~ likes do ulrulele better dan Dc
piano." said Uncle Eben. ''It dom cost
so much II somebody gifts tried o.
Iistenia, an decides TO. smash il Sp.;'e
Evening star., 1923-07-24
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Evening star., 1923-07-24
IN THE WAKE OF THE BUCCA-
NEERSs A. Hyatt Verrill. The

No more than a passing touch here
and there. this. to an experience that
possesses every quality of pure ad-
venture. And lusty with life is this
adventure from the moment when,
sailing away on our pirate ship, We
cruise the waters that have been
made forever famous by the most
reckless and daring and unscrupulous
men that ever forgathered for deeds
of violence and outrage. Yet, despite
all this, there Is a fash of splendor
upon it, even in the face of our soft,
modern recoilings from its hard and
brutal actualities.
"In the Wake of the Buccaneers"
rich as it is in adventure gorgeous
as 1t is in pageantry and spectacle,
stands as neither Of these to the ex-
clusion of its value as fact. For this
is good history. documented stuff.
signed and sealed with authenticity.
Moving on the Vigilant from port
to port, Mr.. Verrill makes landings
to gather in every sort Of considera-
these cast back in evidence. of the old
wild days. others merely show the
changes that time has wrought in
the ancient order. These changes are
recorded in specific countings of
cause and effect. There is here an
amazing amount of information
known as the useful kind. Yet, the
background and the approach itself
are of the buccaneer stripe. This is
the iiluminant, the Interpretation of
the whole. A sumptuous achievement
for an, author. a thrilling experience
for the reader. ]. 9. M.
Evening star., 1923-07-24

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Evening star., 1923-07-24

Q. Were any members of the A.
Z. F. killed before Enright, Gresham
and Hay were?-J. A. B.
A. The War Department says that
they were the first killed in action
Two months earlier. four members
of the Medical Corps were killed by
bomb which was thrown on a hos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-04

Colonel Bainbridge held out his hand. his eyes lighting with admiration. In the clash that followed they silently pledged all thev nad Tn wealth and talents to the girl in the shadow of the gallows.
 There is one hope left in connection with this will mystery" said the colonel 'Dr. Selden made me administrator of h;s estate." VI --''
 You have copy of the will?" nave the original. have found m tune in which to record it."
 From drawer of his desk he took folded document and silently passed it to ms young partner. Bristow opened and hastily perused it several times.
 "lt is the most abominable thing ever heard of" exclaimed Bristow after the third reading of the photographic will. ''Thst father should disinherit his only daughter, and one who had been the sole light of his existence for years, seems utterly inhuman and unwarranted."
 '1t is utterly damnablev' morted the colonel.
 'I cannot believe that the reason Me- rissa assigns for her sudden diish1p sh1ppearance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-04


 prosecutor with unconcealed skepticism. Colonel Bainbridge was framing an irate retort when messenger boy entered with telegram. The old lawyer tore open the envelope and ran his eyes hastily across the typewriter lines. When he looked up the angry light in his face had been replaced by one of satisfaction and triumph.
 "Gordon has found the girl and is bring ing her here on the next train. "He says she is innocent-that she did not know of her fathers death until he told her of the tragedy"
 'Humphr
 Prosecutor Davis took up the receiver of 8 telephone at his elbow.
 "Give me the city marshals office" he said. Hello! That you, Metcalf? We'll, Bristow and the girl are coming on the next train Meet them and bring them both to the jail Understand? All right. Good by."
 He hung up the receiver.
 "We will see what kind of story the young man can put up," he said. "I do not wish to misjudge him or do him any in- justice but I must have the full facts in the case before l can show semblance of leniency. Duty, my dear colonel, must come first"
 The words were uttered with cynical sigh, long drawn out and potent for evil against the coloners protege.
 "You are devilsh kind," snorted the col onel with fine irony. "But be careful what you do. Napoleon once said "A blundef is worse than crime, and in this case it will