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Evening star., 1924-12-30
Firing q Chancellor.

At the instance of the Governor Of
Kansas the chancellor of the Univer-
what the governor says Of the chan
cellor is true a man should be at the
head of the university who is bet.
ter mixer with the people and one
with more of those charms of manner
counted graces in Kansas. 1t might
be interesting to hear the chancellor's
opinion of the governor, and surely
the spirit Of fair play runs SO high and
the doctrine of human rights is so
deep rooted in Kansas that the people
will give even an educator a hearing.
Gov. Davis charges Chancellor Lind.
Icy with characterization political &C,
Evening star., 1924-12-30
Uniting On the Traffic Problem
H.-Information the First Essential.
By ERNEST GREENWOOD
Secretary National Conference Street and Hgtuy Safety.

If any one should ask Goodwin of
Massachusetts,, Stoeckel of Connect
cut and Baughman of Maryland, VINO
are the motor vehicle commissioners
of their respective States, to define
in one word the foundation of any
accident-preventi program, they
would reply in a harmonious chorus,
Statistics" These three States are
probably in advance of any others
in the Union, both in study and in
definite results, with regard to q So
luton of the traffic problem. A
marked reduction in the accident rate
has resulted from their efforts.
The committee on statistics of the
National Conference on Street and
Highway Safety, after deploring in
the first sentence of its report the
almost total lack of systematic eff
fort to secure accurate and complete
data regarding the types, causes and
methods of prevention of accidents,
SAYS: 1T is hardly necessary to en-
phasize the fact that the traffic ac-
cident problem cannot be successfully
approached, and certainly no solution
can be attained until the extent and
character of the problem have been
fully ascertained." Having reached
this conclusion, the committee stated
most emphatically that the collection
and analysis of statistics regarding
street and highway accidents are alb
solutely essential.
Probe for All Accidents.
The report calls for State legisla-
ton making 1t the specific business
of some State agency to receive traf-
fic accident reports and to inVesti-
gate all accidents, whether within
or without the corporate limits of
municipalities. It also recommends
a law making it mandatory for those
concerned to report all traffic acci-
dents, with an adequate penalty for
failure to report. The committee be-
lieyes that methods of reporting and
tabulating should be reasonably uni
form throughout the United States, in
order that the data gathered may be
comparable and to this end recon-
mends some standard definition of
terms. 1t also recommends that the
information gathered be sufficiently
detailed to indicate clearly whether
the accidents occurred because of
recklessness, carelessness, or inca
pacity of persons, the fault of the
mechanism of the vehicle, physical
conditions of the locality where the
accident occurred or any combination
of two or all of these reasons.
Valuable In Maryland.
Behind these conclusions and rec
concentrations there is sufficient
volume OF available Information to
prove that they are not only sound
but essential. The authorities of the
State of Maryland, for example. say
that because they have an adequate
system for reporting and investigat-
ing accidents they have been able
to cut the annual number of traffic
fatalities squarely in two. This
alone justifes the expenditure
Lo8 any Rneput OF thA kaxpaperss
Evening star., 1924-12-30

lnouce him to part with a IS cent
solf ball, when he loses. Funny
thing, human nature.
X y * u
Midwestern newspapers are author.
ity for a story that reveals Presi.
dent Coolidge in the role of bie-stick
wielder on the postal pay bill. on
which a showdown will presently
take place in the Senate. About a
fortnight ago, 1t is circumstantially
related, delegation of perfectly good
republicans called at the White
House on patronage business. Six
members Of the House of Represent
atives were In the party. The nara
tive runs: THE House members
were bluntiy asked to indicate how
they intended to vote IL the Senate
should happen to override the postal
pay veto. The President actually
asked those intending to support his
veto to hold UP their hands. It was
an embarrassing moment. Two or
three of the amazed group shot up
their hands, while the others blushed
and remained motionless. The House
VISITORS were interested In an ap-
pointment of q Wisconsin man to the
Canadian Boundary Commission. but
the President caused confusion when
he changed the subject and said he'd
like to know If they intended "a
stand by the administration on the
Veto"
For many weeks past the press con-
ference at the White House, for the
first time in years, If ever, has been
attended by three or four negroes
representing newspapers published in
the interests of the colored race. II
any objection from any quarter was
raised to their presence 1t has proved
unavailing. Negro journalists have
hitherto not been members Of the
press galleries of Congress, but now
that the color line Is no longer drawn
at the executive end of Pennsylvania
avenue the innovation may be in
prospect on Capitol Hill. too.
X y \
Joseph Stewart, executive assistant
to the Postmaster General, whose ca
reer at the Post Once Department
dates back to 1882, Is the hero Of a
poem which has become part Of the
record OF the current hearings on the
postal pay bill. Although Stewart is
under heavy fire in connection with
the departments claims on operatfn q
costs, he Is recognized as the coun-
try's foremost expert in postal ad-
ministration. Stewart has served
under 30 many Postmasters General
that he can hardly remember their
names. Charles r. Jenkins Of Phila-
delphia. who represented the agri-
cultural press protesters before the
Moses committee. praised Stewart In
rhyme as the real power at the Post
once Department, and the verse was
ordered placed in the offiMai pro-
ceedinHs
Copyright, IsA.)
Evening star., 1924-12-30
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

President Coolidge will make his
one and only appearance at a ball in
Washington this Winter at the annual
charity function for the ChiIdren's
Hospital on the night OF January 2.
But he will not dance. The light
prohibited list, and apparently has
been ever since youth. A biographer
in recent search for human interest
material about the President elected
sound evidence on this score. 1t ap-
pears that when 'CaP' was a young
fellow. he took a girl to a dance at
nearby farm in Vermont. The
couples drove home In buggies and
stopped at Col. John Coolidge's farm
time, Calvin?' his father asked.
"Ya-as. father-I didn't dance"
whereupon the old gentleman rejoin-
ed: That's a good boy. Here's q
quarter for you" Col. Coolidge sub
seQuently was besought to confirm
this tale OF Calvin's terpsichorean abb
stemiousness. The colonel reflected a
moment, then said: THAT part about
the quarter don't seem natural"
y X n
Secretary Hughes Is going to in
wade Dixie during the second week of
January in his capacity of president
of the American Bar Association. It's
executive committee will hold its an
nual meeting at Atlanta on January
IL, IS and IA. Two or three matters
of special interest are on the agenda-
First. the place and date of the as
sociation's 1925 meeting are to be
fixed. Consideration is to be given
to two issues upon which the academy
of our legal immortals is just now
concentrating. The lawyers are back
of the project to advance the dates of
the Inauguration of a new President
Of the United States and the sitting
of a newly elected Congress. The
Bar Association also Is vigorously
supporting raises in salary for the
members Of the Federal judiciary. 1t
sent a deputation on that subject be-
fore the Judiciary committee Of the
Senate the other day. Another mat
ter, close to the associations heart, is
q pending act of Congress incorporat-
ing the organisation under the laws
of the United States, like the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
Lord Cecil of Chelwood, who has
just received the $4,000 Woodrow
Wilson Foundation award for peace
work, won't have to disgorge any of
IL for American income tax For
lecture or sing or act aren't so
lucky. AS the noble viscount's homo
rarium was a gift, within the mean
ing of the act, Secretary Mellon has
| no claims upon 1t. Lord Cecil is
poor man, as British aristocrats 60.
His distinguished father. the late
Marquis OF Salisbury. was q great
landed proprietor and left huge es-
tate, but practically all OF 1t. in ac-
| cord with ancient tradition. went to
the eldest son, the present Marquis
Of Salisbury. Two othre sons, one
OF them the Bishop of Exeter, share
with viscount Cecil the heritage of
a famous name without any portion
of the ancestral fortune.
William Mcclellan Ritter of Wash
| ington, who has just scattered two
or three million dollars among friends
and servitors, plays golf at Chevy
Chase. This observer knows q man
| who periodically vanquishes the
| knightly philanthropist-Ritte by
| the way. means knight In German.
The deponsnt In question says that
KS apparently vastly easier to de-
kfa6A Aix&ae fEom hie Mi1lioAk than -
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Dead Sea Ashes.

In the course of the pungent di-
alogue yesterday in the Senate be-
tween Senators Harrison and Bruce
with reference to the failure Of their
party's campaign this year, the latter
made statement which has a certain
historic value apart from the interest
which attaches to the spectacle Of two
eminent Democrats quarreling over
the possession of the scrubbing board
for the washing of the party's soiled
linen. Senator Bruce said:
L am betraying no secret when I say
now-though no human power could
have induced me to breathe the words
before-that after Mr. Davis had been
campaigning for weeks during the last
presidential contest, he said to me on
one occasion, Senator Bruce, I cannot
SEQ that there is the slightest reaction
in the United States anywhere to the
oil scandals" l replied, But suppose
that those Investigations had been just
a little freer from partisan extravaganza
than they were; suppose that the MEM
bers OF those Investigating committees
mad in some instances been just a little
more carefully selected than they were,
and suppose that those Investigations
had been conducted in a more impartial
judicial spirit, might not the result have
been different? Might not some real eff
rect upon public opinion have been
s1 worked?" In my humble opinion these
questions can be answered only in the
affirmative. Bad as were the scandals
that were exposed the people of the
:. United States came to believe that they
were nothing like as bad as they were
: represented to be for extreme partisan
purposes of one sort or another. And so
n from those investigations, which seemed
v to be such fair, luscious fruit for a
political campaign, came nothing but
dead sea ashes.
The more than 100000 plurality
~ given to Mr.. Coolidge in the election in
November certainly verifies the judg.
!, ment of Senator Bruce as to the value
4shof the scandal investigations as cam.
paign material. Indeed, the public re.
faction from those investigations. con.
81" Quoted so obviously for partisan pur.
poses and with such disregard for
= = judicial propriety, was evident before
- the nominating conventions were held
Whereas 10 months ago an avalanche
seemed to be in motion to overwhelm
the Republican party, by the time the
campaign was opened this movement
y had diminished to trickle Of what
= the Senator from Maryland SO aptly
,Aksns to dead sea ashes.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

money for such a system. II it saves
the life of single child It Is worth
all the trouble and expense. II, how
ever, one wishes to think in terms OF
dollars and cents, the actual cash
saving to the citizens of q State more
than counterbalances the cost
The study of accident satisfies up.
sets many preconceived notions with
regard to the causes, frequency and
severity of accidents. Furthermore, il
serves as a guide to those charged
with the drafting of laws. Conneoti-
cut tells us that legislation should be
directed, not at speed, but at reckless
driving. The committee on traffic con
troll of the Conference on Street and
Highway Safety, on page Il of its re-
port, says without ambiguity: THE
excessively slow vehicle on such a
highway highways of heavy traveD
which impels all drivers behind II to
overtake it may be as serious a men
ace to traffic in the opposite direc-
tton as the speed maniac who wants
to overtake all others"
Running Slowly Dangerous.
Such statistics as are available in
dicate that more accidents occur at a
comparatively slow rate of speed
than at high rates of speed. It Is of
course, necessary for the purpose of
rtaffic control to establish some limit
of speed beyond which there Is pre-
sumption of reckless driving. This
limit the authorities are more or less
agreed should be 35 miles an hour.
On the other hand, 1t is considered
bad practice for any municipality TO
establish maximum speed limit low
er than Is miles per hour.
Taxicab authorities, having studied
the question for years, tell us that
cars equipped with bumpers cause
more severe personal injury accidents
than cars without bumpers. Probably
this Is why one never sees a taxicab
with a bumper.
More children are killed going def.
nltey somewhere, such as to school
or on errands, than are killed playing
in the streets. Many more persons
are killed or injured during the peak
hour of the traffic in the afternoon
than at the peak hour In the morn
ing, even though the congestion may
be the same during the two pertodA
This, as in the case of Industrial ac-
cidents, Is due to fatigue on the part
of both pedestrians and drivers.
Summing up the conclusions to be
drawn from such statistical studies
as have been made, and which can
be accepted with safety by sensible
people. 1t is definitely established
that accidents do not happen when
there Is free flow of traffic. Areas
of graet accident frequency uncov-
cred by statistical Investigations in
almost every case seem to possess
Instructions which upset the law gov
erning the flow of traffic. These laws
are quite as definite as those govern
ing the flow of water, and cannot be
violated without danger Of oataB-
trophs.
Evening star., 1924-12-30
Another Trotsky Tale.

Now comes another Trotsky story
from Moscow, by way of Berlin, differ
ing materially in detail from recent
accounts of the whereabouts and the
situation of the Soviet war minister.
According to this dispatch, Trotsky
has not gone to the Caucasus, but is
virtually a prisoner in the Kremlin.
The story goes that At the end OF last
Evening star., 1924-12-30

The cold wave that failed to arrive
as scheduled in December has at least
three months ahead in which to fill
the engagement. with especial tradi-
tional encouragement for the days
just preceding March 4.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

In determining the attitude Of vari-
GUS nations toward the possibility of
another war; the plain old law Of
self representation ought to exert some
influence.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

OF course, it will be remembered
that when Presidents consented to
tread a measure at inauguration time
jazz rhythms and the dances related
thereto were not so prevalent.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Even the most enthusiastic admirers
Of the new head Of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor do not go 30 far as
to predict that he will be reelected
as often as Samuel Gompers was.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Congress used to view the possibil-
ity of an extra session with more or
less disapproval, and the public is be-
ginning to feel the same way about it.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Americans in Paris have ordered
two trainloads Of champagne for New
Year eve. They may sing There's no
place like home" but it will be with
certain mental reservations.
Evening star., 1924-12-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON.

No GIutton for knowledge.
In life there are some things
That few may ever know
'Tis thus the poet sings,
And doubtless it is so.
From what I hear and see,
My own Impressions this;
Some things in life there be
That I'm content to miss.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

For the man who forgot his 1926
license tags, wishing the motor cop a
happy New Year will be the hollowest
of mockeries.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

After these years Of experience
kid" Mccoy ought at least to be
willing to drop the nickname.
Evening star., 1924-12-30
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Evening star., 1924-12-30

- Each year the Nation points with
pride to the growing number Of auto.
/ mobiles. but views with alarm the in
crease in traffic accidents.
Evening star., 1924-12-30
When Speeding Counts.

From the Topeka Capital
Notwithstanding all that Is said
about speed as the American vice.
little objection is heard against CHIEF
Justice Taft's plea in behalf of speed
ing up justice.
Evening star., 1924-12-30
Has Some Peruuisites.

From the Marion Star.
A writer claims that $4,000 isn't
q big enough salary for the Presi-
dent. OF the United States. but pos
sibly he has overlooked the fact that
the President gets his THANKSGIVING
AnA Chlds$rnaa &ux3saHD keon
Evening star., 1924-12-30

II admires all desc new inventions" :"
said Uncle Eben; "but jes' de same
when gifts tired an needs recreation
I can't git over my sense OF obligation
to de man way back yonder dat In
rented da 6sh hoolrfs
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Nitrate may be secured from the
air. but oratorical agitation IL of no
assistance in that direction.
Evening star., 1924-12-30
Where the Bad News Starts.

Where the Bad News Starts.
There's only one trouble about this
fellow who wants a Government job.
He has a lot Of influence, but he's a
confirmed pessimist"
WELL" answered Senator Sorghum,
"mebbe we can find him some sort OF
q congenial position in the Weather
Bureau"
Evening star., 1924-12-30

The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning
edition, is delivered by carriers within the
city at go cents per month: daily only, As
month. Orders may be sent by mail or tele-
phone Main 5000. Collection Is made by car
riers at the end OF each month.
Evening star., 1924-12-30
Suspicion,

Suspicion.
'I understand your father says he
would never permit you to marry the
duke"
Il never had an idea Of doing So"
answered Miss Cayenne. "It looks to
me as II dear father were inclined to
start an argument and see what hap
pens.''
Evening star., 1924-12-30

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business Once, 11th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York Ofice: 10 East 42nd st.
Chicago ONCE: Tower Building.
European ofice: is Regent St.. London, England.
Evening star., 1924-12-30
MythdOgies.

Mythoiogies.
We need some officer to pause
And act as our protector;
They take away our Santa Claus
But leave the tax collector.
Jud Tunkins says nowadays a man
has to have so much education to com.
pete for a prize that in some respects
the old Louisiana State lottery seemed
more liberal
Evening star., 1924-12-30
Overheard in S,siety.

The human male doth now attain
A most submissive lot;
A lady may use words profane;
A gentleman may not!
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Q. What is the roof OF the
world" IT. A. r.
A. The expression roof OF the
world" is applied to the Pamir
Plateau, in central Asia It's Persian
name has this significance.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Q. How much silver is there in
spoons marked sterling?-F. ].
A All sterling silver must contain
.e25 fine silver and .075 alloy.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

THEODORE w. MOVES. 8. Editor
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Q. How much ground must he
devoted to cemeteries in cities in
proportion to the population?-G. l. r.
A. If 1000 corpses are crowded
into an acre, and a mortality rate
of Is per 1000 be assumed, then
nearly four acres per 100000 pop
ulation are required annually to bury
the dead.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Q. What does Erin Go Bragh"
mean?-R. r. P.
A. Erin Go Gragh" means Tire
land Forever" 1t is the old war cry
of the Irish
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Q. What gives rain its peculiar
odor-G. G. w.
A. Rain has no odor, but in falling
purifies the air. Often rain is pro-
duced by electrical charges in the
air, and these charges produce a gas
called ozone, which has a delightful
fresh odor
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Q. Is there any way of reducing
the evaporation of alcohol In q
radiator?-W. B. T.
A. About a pint of glycerin poured
into the radiator will float on top
of the anti-freeze solution and will
tend to prevent rapid evaporation.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Q. When was the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel in New York built?-N. Y. T.
A. The original hotel structure on
the site occupied by the Waldorf
Astoria was built in 1893.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Q. What is the population Of Tulsa
Okla? .?-P. T. D.
A. The population of Tulsa was
10000 in 1928.
Evening star., 1924-12-30

Q. Who are the most northerly
people in the world?-F K. G.
A The Bureau of Ethnology says
that the Eskimos of Smith Sound,
Greenland, are the most northerly
people in the world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-14
MiIady Should Have
Individual Perfume

Perfume, which has always been re-
garded as sensitive gauge of taste,
is having a merry vogue. Every wom-
an nowadays must have her own selec-
ton, something as characteristic as
her stationery. The perfumery indus
try has grown into large proportion
Oriental, Persian and Chinese per-
fumes are popular. These and the
newer French varieties are costly,
though this does not seem to diminish
their sale. It issquite a common thing
nowadays to pay $25 for small bot
tie of perfume that is to be used a
drop at a time, and dealers supply
their most indulgent customers with
varieties that are even more expensive
Perfume containers are among the
latest entertaining novelties. Beauti-
ful ornamental bottles of many shapes
are shown; rare glass, antiques and
little animal forms of Venetian and
Bohemian glass serve to hold the pre-
cious LIQUID. Birds, deer and all the
animals of the barnyard are made into
thin glass bottles to ornament the
dressing table. An especially dainty
CONTINUANCE is a pair of dice made Of
thin blown glass, each filed with one
of the new odors and fitted into lit
tie box of kid that fastens with a
metal clasp.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-02-14

suitings-for there are broadcloth,
twill, flannel, charmeen and other
weaves to choose from.
Scarf collars and tunics vary the
coat frock and the scarf is an attach
ment that is becoming noteworthy in
dresses and in suits. Many two-piece
models, in barred flannel, have been
presented, with straight coats and plain
skirts the boyish lines finding favor
with women who are already arrived
or travelling South. Stock collars Of
silk are often worn With these simple
and smart outfits that achieve an
amusing masculine afr.
If the styles approved by visitors
to the summerland resorts may be
taken as an index of what is coming
later in the North, we are to wear
flannel in suits and frocks, capes and