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Evening star., 1924-05-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

Q. How many acres of ground are
there in Rock Creek Park and In the
Zoos. w. G.
acres in Rock Creek Park and ITO
acres additional in the Zoo.
O. When a player goes to bat and
Is walked, is he counted at bat?-O.
X. D.
walked, he is not counted at bat.
Q. What is the pledge to the flag?
C. A. B.
A. According to the new flag card.
compiled by the national flag confer
ence held June II. 1928. the pledge to
the flag Of the United States and to
the republic for which 1T stands; one
nation, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all"
Q. Are the wireless towers at Ar
lington taller than the Washington
Monument?-L L. H.
A One is higher and two are low
er. The highest tower at Arlington
Is 500 feet and the other two are 450
feet. The Washington Monument is
555 feet high.
@. On the desert is the temperature
much lower at night than in the day
time Pr. A. r.
A The sands of the desert grow
cool II not entirely. cold. In desert
regions the radiation at night is usu-
ally very high and, in consequence,
hours much below those of the mid
day periods.
Q. How can I straighten a pitch
fork handle that was Yarped?-P.
S. w
A It is suggested that the pitch
fork handle be boiled in water for
one or two hours and then held rig
idly in position between three sup
ports in such manner that the handle
will be sprung straight, the middle
support being at the point which
was the center of the bend and on
what was the convex side The han
die should remain fixed between the
supports until il is dry. 1t may be
necessary to repeat this operation in
order to have the handle remain
straight when removed from the sup
ports
Q. What relation to Napoleon was
the Prince Roland Bonaparte who
died recently in Paris?-J. r. A
A. Prince Roland Bonaparte was
the son of Pierre Bonaparte and JUS
N%AO GAc0k1Vtc Iuo uau6uIer OF
Paris working man. His grand
father was Lucien, brother of Ma
poieon ]. Roland. therefore, was a
grandnephew of the first Napoleon.
Q. What is tueum?-M NJ.
A This is the local name for a
Brazilian palm; the leaves of which
yield a strong fiber. 1t is used To-
cally for cordage and exported to
Germany to be made into hair for
dolls
Q. Is it true that lava in a vol
cano crater is liquid rock?-H H
A. Lava is molten rock. Iavas
OF siliceous nature usually have a
paSty or ropy consistency and flow
sluggishly after eruption. while ba-
saitic lavaS are usually fluid and
flow freely. The former built up
volcanic cones of steep slopes, as in
central France, whereas basaltic lava
forms volcanic cones of gentle slopes.
like those of Etna or the Hawaiian
volcanoes. Some lavas decompose
and disintegrate with amazing rapid :
ity and form a fertile soil for the
vine. Others, but slightly different
in composition, present for centuries
a firm, unyielding surface TO the ele-
ments. Lavas may be either compact
Evening star., 1924-05-09

dence in its public officials and its
government" Tho New Haven Reg
lister regards Mr.. Depew as a hope
less optimist" and adds: Let US
enough, rather a preponderance, of
the other sort"
In expressing such thankfulness
the San Francisco Bulletin observes:
ference we might have been spared
had more Of our congressman spark
of such playful philosophy. Their
blunders are due as much to a lack
of the sense of humor as to that
strangely irritating ignorance of
There is nothing" declares the
New York Evening World, more
charming than the man who grows
old gracefully and keeps step with
the music Of the drums in the onward
ing of Depew's "reminiscences about
the Victorian world, of which he was
part, adds: That world is 80 remote
that there is a certain charm in the
gallantry Of an old gentleman who
cries OF the days Of max e believe.
But 1t is a sign of age" To which
the Pittsburgh Gazette-Tfmes adds:
THAT a less iconoclastic ago might
be more enjoyable is shown in Mr..
Depews statement that he was far
happier in reading the Biographies
written by eighteenth century writ
ers, because in them the heroes were
idealized."
= r +
While Mr.. Depew no longer marches
with the procession, declares the
Topeka State Journal, "he derives
keen enjoyment from seeing it go by"
The Albany Knickerbocke Press de-
clares "his is the vigorous old teuch
of the certainty that goes with lead
ership," and adds:
His birthday recalls those other
days when the Republican party was
sending Depew and Root to national
conventions; when strong men rose
up and dominated in state and nation !:
when there was less of turmoil and
cat-calling, and more of action. The
old leaders have passed or are pass
ing. Mr.. Depew says truly, I guess
there won't be any in my class at
gestion," the Meridian Star ventures,
that keeps Depew so young; we
don't know, but certain 1t is that,
though full four. score years and ten,
he has kept something alive within
him that in most folks begins to die
line Of twenty-five or thirty years"
The Star continues: THE long-faced
wiseacres Of fifty may say the worlds
going to the eternal bow-wows, but
Chauncey sees in the so-called foibIes
OF the day merely evidence that this
old sphere and all the people on it
are daily growing wiser, nicer, richer
and better"
aTf denied Depew's wisdom and
vigor," suggests the Fargo Tribune
men and women should strive for
hts sense OF humor."
Evening star., 1924-05-09
The Teachers Pay Bill.

Inc Dill pfOVaOIng Tor an increase IN
the pay of school teachers and officers,
already passed by the House of Rep
resentatives, goes to the Senate with
a favorable report from the District
committee. Certain features which
were stricken from the bill on its pas
sage by the House are restored.
There has been no general change
in the law fixing teachers salaries
since 1906. and with the decreased
purchasing power of the dollar the
teachers became a very poorly paid
body OF people. They have shared in
the annual bonus, but will be deprived
Of that after June 80 next, and if the
pending measure does not become a
law by that date the teachers will
have a number of perplexities to face.
The pending bill is fair and compre-
hensfve, and its drafting represented
the thought and opinion of the board
Of education in conference with school
officials and committees of teachers.
1t was approved by every member of
the House District committee with
one exception, and had a relatively
easy course on the floor of the House.
In the Senate committee there was
a proposal to reduce the pay scale of
teachers as carried by the bill when
it parsed the House, but that pro-
posal was not accepted. On motion of
Senator Capper the bill was amended
to the effect that the maximum salary
by the bill when it was reported to the
House. The measure seems to be pass
ing along its Legislative course at a
fair rate of speed and with the mini
mum of jolts, and the outlook is prom
session.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

The organization of an absolutely
graft proof government is a very an
cient problem on which people will
probably be working for some time to
come. Each generation finds the game
a little more dangerous and embar-
RAISING and it will eventually be
played only by the most foolhardy.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

Germany once had ideas of or
ganizing and exploiting the unde-
veloped resources of Russia. Russia
now announces that because of the
= behavior of the Berlin police toward
the soviet trade mission commercial
relations will be summarily curtailed.
: The Bear That Walks Like a Nam
grows a little weary of being treated
like the under dog.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

It is scientifically predicted that in
the next war populations instead of
armies will be destroyed. No mere
sensible reason could be given for not
having any next war.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

Being strictly in favor Of proi1ibi-
ton. Gov. Pinchot is willing to have a
candid analysis of any conditions
which may exist tending to obstruct
it's enforcement.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

Such is the power OF advertising
that Teapot Dome and Muscle Shoals
have come to be regarded by the great
general public as the only pieces Of
property worth mentioning.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

- Although some time has elapsed
since his resignation, Mr.. Daugherty
is still investigating and being investi-
E lated.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

Occasionally a detective appears
who has a life work ahead Of him re-
discovering the clews he picked up
and then lost.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

Occasionally a clergyman attracts
more attention by what he does not
believe than by his efforts to persuade
others to have faith.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

y The Cleveland convention will do as
President Coolidge directs, thus afford
ing decorous contrast to some of the
proceedings in Congress.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

The public is justified in having the
The only project he has gone into that
did not prove successful was the peace
ship.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

The bobbed-ha bandit might have
disguised herself more successfully If
she had worn a wig.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

1O lilCOL ~LfSAI VINO S<huSCo SiCo
mense,
In actual experience.
The possibilities disclosed
When prohibition was proposed
Brought gayety. And now in woe
We shudder at the bootleg flow.
We used to laugh at wornan's rights
To smoke and stay out late at nights.
Dear father now gives out moan
And spends his evenings all alone.
We laughed at costumes rather brief,
But now they cause artistic grief.
We laughed at flivvers, day by day,
But now We dodge them in dismay.
We laughed at profiteering tricks
And propaganda so prolix
Now laughter seeks some theme quite
new.
A jokes no joke when it comes true.
Evening star., 1924-05-09
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All Other States.
Member OF the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
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N this paper and also the local news pub.
liShed herein. All rights OF publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-05-09

Mexico is still in need Of a reliable
peace plan for home use.
Evening star., 1924-05-09
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Cav to Grave.

Gay to Grave.
A jokes no joke when it comes true
In fact, it leaves you rather blue
To meet what once caused giee i'm.
menSe,
Evening star., 1924-05-09

Suspicious.
'"That man agreed with everything
you said" remarked the secretary.
Apparently answered Senator
Sorghum. I'm afraid he's one Of
those people who would rather agree
with you than be bothered trying to
understand your line Of reasoning"
Jud Tunkins says when he was a
boy he wanted to be a circus clown,
and SO far as earning capacity goes he
still thinks he showed good judgment
and wishes he'd had the nerve to
back it.
Evening star., 1924-05-09
Joyous Distraction

Joyous Distraction.
Almost had an accident yester-
day." remarked Mr.: Chuggins.
. How did it happen"
81 got to laughing at the witty
'safety-first' signs along the road so
hard that almost lost control of the
steering Wheel
'De early bird ketches de worm"
said Uncle Eben, "but de wise bird is
de one dat stays comfortable on de
perch an has his meals brought to
Atm."
Evening star., 1924-05-09

The Evenins Star. with the Surdav morning
edition. is delivered by carriers within the
city at GO cents per month; daily only, -
cents per MONTH Sunday only. 20 cents per
month. Orders may be sent by mail or tele-
phone Main 5000. Collection Ia made by car
tiers at the end Of each month.
Evening star., 1924-05-09
Conscientious Money

Conscientious Money.
Said Uncle Sam, in accents cool,
"Orr wealth in mighty sums is told.
Let's try to have the Golden Rule
Supported by the rule of gold"
Evening star., 1924-05-09
THEODORE W. MOVES. Editor /

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Business Office. 11th st. and Pennsylvania Ave
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Evening star., 1924-05-09

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Evening star., 1924-05-09

WASuIN TON, D. C.
......... May 8, 1924
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21
Life in a Dead Hand

The dead hand is often busy little
mitt in these days of speedy finance.
1t works full "a hours in the day and
brings results We refer to mortmain
in a broad sense as slgnifying funds
functioning ION their own" as it were,
without the disturbing influence of
human timidities and eccentricities.
AS the case in point there was the
A. Barton Hepburn estate of something
over $7,000000 which, because of the
intricacies of its settlement, remained
for few months in process of liquida-
ton, says the New Orleans Times
Picayune. Mr.. Hepburn died January
25, 1929, at which time the property
was carefully appraised at 81, 44O5 37.
Recently an accounting of the ex-
ecutors was approved by the court,
showing that since the decedent's pass
ing the increment to his estate has
been $1,73S,945.
At the present time most of the es-
tate has been distributed. but there
are still possibilities of further gains
by kind Of retroactivity of the power
of money. The proverbial green bay
tree has nothing on funds that are
wisely placed, in wise control, by those
who, realizing their end is near, wish
to make wisest provision for their
heirs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21

The last w c. T. I. meeting was
one of the largest and most i'm
portant since organization. Mrs. B..
b. Whitcomb, vice-president, pre-
sided and as it was her first ap-
pearanoe since her illness of several
weeks, she was given a royal wei
come
The following general committee
for county convention in Ellsworth
Wednesday, June A, was named:
Mrs. George s.. Hagerthy chairman;
Mrs. H. e. Springer, Mrs Carl Don
nell, Mrs. Edward c. Cochrane, Miss
Leonora Higgins, Mrs. Gambler, Miss
Elizabeth Belcher, Mrs. Day, Miss
Brown. Reception committee Mrs.
Tracy, chairman; Mrs. Clarence
Emery, Mrs b. B. Whitcomb, Miss
Holmes.
Among the new members enrolled,
the name of Miss Mary A. Greedy of
Ellsworth and Boston, was especially
gratifying to the session.
The next meeting will be with Mrs.
George S. Hagerthy Tuesday evening.
Nav 81.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21

Few of his relentless enemies know
that besides being a poet, a novelist,
q dramatist and a satirist, the volcanic
s rindberg was a deep thinker, a
chemist a geologist and a linguist.
His erudition was universal He wrote
a history of the Swedish people, a
work on Chinese linguists another on
the mutual relations of Sweden and
China and on Sweden and the Tartar
nationalities. This latter work was
given serious consideration by the
Paris Academy of Science. Strind-
berg was highly trained gardener,
an expert naturalist, and he possessed
a remarkably rich and complete aqua
rum and herbarium. He worked some
thing like eighteen hours out Of
twenty-four. His brain seemed to ig-
more fatigue.-Dui. Berlin.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21
Quintana Roo Better
Than Its Name Sounds

Quintana Roo left bad taste in the
mouths Of MeXicans in the days of Por-
firio Diaz because it was principally
known as the place to which political
offenders and bad Indians mainly
from Sonora, were sent to do time and
die in its unhealthful climate. But now
comes a report telling of the vast ma
tural resources of this practically UNI
known territory of $4,000 square miles,
comprising the eastern part of the pen
insula of Yucatan and extending about
800 miles north and south. Data brought
to United States Consul Q. Gaylord
Marsh at Progreso by prospectors,
chicle gatherers and psychologists show
that Quintana Roo has several ranges
of hills about nine lakes and several
short rivers. The western part is said
to contain wide rolling pampas, the in
terror is rich in valuable tropical woods
and the coast abounds in fish. The soil
is reported good for all sorts of tropi-
cal and semi-tropical vegetables and
fruits.
OF the some 5000 inhabitants of the
territory, 1900 live in Santa Cruz de
Bravo, the capital. Transportation to
the interior is lacking. but the recent
arrival of an American caterpillar
tractor has given the more enterprising
coast residents visions of Il speedy de-
velopment.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21
Mountain Has 10000 Deer

Despite the isolated and inaccessible
character of Kaibab plateau of north
ern Arizona it is one of the most beau
tiful in the United States, and it is in
fact a mountain with 10000 deer.
Nowhere else in the United States
can the same number of deer be found
in an equal area, says the Detroit
News.
The game preserve is thirty-five to
forty-five miles in extent, and the deer
are free to roam throughout this i'm
mense territory. Its isolation has
helped the government to keep the
hunters away. When the preserve was
established in 1906 it was estimated
that the area contained about 5000
deer. An estimate made by represen-
tatives of the United States biological
survey and forest service in 1923, af-
ter an extensive survey of the area,
places the present number at 10000.
This high, flat-topped mountain
sometimes called Buckskin mountain,
but better known as Kaibab mountain,
tanks the Grand canyon on the north
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21
Fragrant Musk Picrs
Is Losing lis Scent

Why has the fragrant musk lost its
scent? This is the question which
many English florists and gardeners
have been asking and wondering for
80 years, Formerly this little flower
was among the most fragrant IN the
botanical records. 1t was originally
found by David Douglas in 1926 grow
ing on the margins of the Columbia
river and was exported to various
parts of the world from there. When
discovered it was sWeetly scented In
1877 the musk was hybridzed in Eng
land and although much larger flow
ers were produced by this artificial
method of culture, the flower was often
devoid of fragrance. one theory is
that the loss of scent dates from this
time.
Only in one instance has an odor
been recently ascribed to the Eng
lish musk, and that was in 1917 when
the earl of WaIdegrav6 ,ent few rare
specimens to the Royal Horticultural
society in London. Although only
seven years have elapsed since the
earl made his report, the same plants,
unmolested and untransplanted, have
already lost their scent.
In addition to the hybridization
theory of the loss of the musk's fra
GRANGE other ideas have been advanced
to account for the discrepancy. One
is that the human sense Of smell is
no longer so acute as formerly and
cannot register the flowers odor. An
other theory is that the leaves of the
musk so years ago were very hairy,
but after Transformation in alien
countries the hairs were lost and with
them the scent
The idea most endorsed by the Eng
fish botanists, however, is that es-
sential oils, conducting to the flowers
fragrance, have been lost in the proc
ess of acclimatization.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21

Wesley Bridges of Easton, with
his family, has arrived at his farm
purchased last fall of Irving Closson,
Philip Smith went to the Hurley
hospital Monday for removal of
tonsils and adenoids.
j. Leroy Ray and Mr.. Berkender,
of Providence, R. l., and DR.. Jour
neay of Boston, were Sunday callers
on Mr. Rays mother, Mrs. Ada Ray.
They are enjoying a two-weeks' va
cation at Green Lake.
Harold Seavey of the coast guard
station at Islesford, who has spent
few days with his wife and family,
returned to duty Monday.
Miss Maud Grant of Bangor was a
weekend guest at Capt. w. G. Bow
den's.
There will be a meeting at 10 a.
m. Sunday, May rs, at Bayside
grange hall, to organize a Sunday
school. All interested are requested
to attend.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21
Old French Wedding
Custom Is Reuived

An odd old custom was revived last
October in the Flemish village of
Confines, tucked away in the north ot
France.
About 1854 the Seigneur Jean de
Confines, having been imprisoned after
the good old custom by a neighboring
prince, managed to reveal his where.
abouts by throwing the wooden uten,
sis given him for table use out of the
dungeon where he was confined
When his faithful subjects came to
rescue him, he established fair at
which the ceremonial of throwing these
"louches'-as the country people still
call them-among the crowd was al.
ways carried out.
But after few hundred years OF
throwing touches the people of Com.
ines got tired of it, and the custom was
abandoned. This year, however, some
enterprising member of the Confines
Rotary club thought it high time to
disinter the old tradition, and the white
bearded father of the municipalite sol.
EMMY mounted a platform guarded by
two huge and grinning wooden dolls
and hurled the wooden touches into the
assembled throng.
Not everyone in the crowd escaped
injury, but, according to a French ac.
count, you could see people Boosting
OF the fact that they carried on their
heads the marks of the blows received
in this rough distribution" Living
Age.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21

The community was shocked to
learn of the death of Mrs. Rose l..
Foss, after a short illness in Massa-
chusetts. She leaves six children
Levin of Madison, Gleason d. of
Hancock, Earl of Pittsfeld, Leonard
of Lexington. Mass, Elizabeth of
Somerville, Mass, and Mrs. Bert Car
son of Lexington Mass; also three
brothers and two sisters, Dallas Bick-
ford of York, George and Wallace of
Winter Harbor, NTs. Albert Perkins
of Madison, and Mrs. Lillian Car
michael of Lexington, Mass. Mrs,
Foss was born in Winter Harbor,
February 25, 1865. In early life she
married Willard Foss of Hancock,
and resided here until the last few
years, which had been spent with
her children She was of unselfish,
cheerful disposition, a devoted wife
and mother, a staunch friend and
neighbor At the last she was ten
derby cared for by those she loved.
All of the children, brothers and sis
ters were present at the funeral,
Many beautiful flowers testified to
the esteem and respect in which she
was held, not only by the immediate
family but by the community, There
were pieces from the grange and
Pocahontas, of which she was a
member. Rev. Clarence Emery of
Ellsworth ofticiated.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21

The Parent Teachers association
meeting was held Friday afternoon.
The chairman for the afternoon was
Principal Hodges. A short program
was carried out. The primary chill
dren sang little motion song, con-
Quoted by their teacher, Mrs. Emma
Eaton. Next was 1.-The Rainbow
Colors," by the intermediate girls
The grammar school boys and girls
gave a short original entertainment.
After this paper was read by Miss
Emily Lowe on "The Relation of the
Home and the School, Mr.. Hodges
then introduced Miss Edith Spiers,
district nurse, who gave short talk
to the parents. Both Miss Loves
paper and Miss Spiers talk were
very interesting and helpful. AS
there was no business to come before
the meeting, it was adjourned, and
the parents were invited to meet Miss
Spiers and to ask any questions they
wished. The association will not
meet again until fall, when 1t Is
hoped more parents will attend.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21

President, to profit by the old politi-
cal expediency of handing out public
money to a few voters.
Lest we forget, we record here how
the Maine delegation in Washington
stood on this issue. Senator Hale
voted to override the President S
veto: Senator Fernald voted to sus-
tain the President. Congressman
Beedy and Hersey voted to override
the veto; Congressman Nelson voted
to sustain it. Congressman White
did not vote.