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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-14
APPLE CONSUMPTION
DECREASES y PER CENT

ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 14.-Ap-
PIE consumption has been on thu
decline. 1t was developed here in
discussions before the joint com.
rntttee meeting, Of the American
Pathological Society and the Nsw
Jersey State Horticultural Society.
However, more ana better apples vt
fairer prices win be had under
plans outlined at the conferences.
Legislation to prevent the ship
naent Of inferior apples outside the
State linnits was recommended by
b. C. Bassett, Lennesville, Nd.
Professor j.. g. Blair, Of the
University OF Illinois. said that,
although the population Of the
United States increased IS per cent
between 1910 and 1920, consumption
Of apples decreased per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-14

sparks from 4 train sst IRE To-
400 acres Of her woodland 1t
Risley. N. j.
The defense denies the identity Of
the locomotive and states that the
Reading locomotives are NeQuipped
with spark arresters, making It
impossible to shower embers along
the road.
Evening star., 1924-08-18
The Parking Problem
To the Editor Of The Star.


Your editorial on the abuse of the
"Curb Stone Parking" and my article
in Sundays Star on Parking and
Shopping Garages" have put the
problem squarely up to the public and
the city authorities. I failed to call
attention to two serious objections to
the erection and ownership by the
municipality of these parking and
shopping garages, and especially here
in Washington, where the dominating
control over such establishments
would be in Congress.
= Under such conditions 1t is prob,
able that the Federal interests would
receive first consideration and that
citizen" and business man would
take second place.
II the Federal Government would
provide parking space for the cars Of
take many thousads Of cars, which
now stand all day in front of pri-
vate property, off the streets. The
other objection to the city-owned ga
rage is that such garages, In order to
help out in the congested districts,
must necessarily be convenient to
shops and business buildings where
property is Of relatively high assessed
value; and the Government owned ga
rage would withdraw large pieces Of
valuable property and buildings from
taxation with q tendency to make up
for such withdrawals by increasing
the taxation on unexempt private
property.
In Baltimore, where such public or
city owned garages are under con-
sideration, the city authorities have
control, but not SO here in WASH
intgon.
II these parking garages had not
been shown to be q safe and profit
able Investment thers might be some
excuse for the city goyerunaent 70
Evening star., 1924-08-18
The Watchman Went Home,

Yesterday afternoon the watchman
stationed at a grade crossing on the
New York Central line near Mount
Kisco, n. Y, quit for the day. His
time was up. 1t was still quite light
and many motor cars were going
over the road. But the hour had
struck, and he rolled up his flag and
closed his shelter and went home.
A few minutes later train came
down the track just as motorist
came down the road. There were
six people in the motor car. The
view Of Ahe track was blocked by
factories and other buildings. A
gong was supposed to ring upon the
approach Of the train. Nobody seems
to. know whether it was ringing or
not. Tho motorist got on the tracks
and was hit, and five were killed.
Some evidence points to the fact that
the motor stalled as the driver tried
to stop and back off when he saw
the danger.
OF course, every motor driver
Evening star., 1924-08-18
Nearby Apple Crop.

Fruit-crop reports from nearby dis
tricts east. north and northwest of
Washington have been mixed, a few
sections promising full return, many
sections Indicating a reduced yield
compared with other years and a num-
ber Of sections reporting that the yield
will be poor. On the whole the fruit
prospect for u considerable part of the
Washington territory may be rated as
between fair and good. The Virginia
apple crop holds out much hope. The
August forecast Of the Department Of
Agriculture is for a yield Of 1885 900
barrels. or coo, 900 barrels less than in
dicated by the July forecast. A heavy
drop of apples from the trees and
damage by scab and cedar rust are re-
ported from many sections. a drop Of
100000 barrels under the July esti.
mate is uncomfortable, but, reckoning
that loss, the forecast is still for a
yield of 1886. 900 barrels, which would
he more than quarter of a million
barrels over last years crop. The in
dication is that the yield in the north
ern part of the Shenandoah Valley,
the great Virginia apple region near.
est Washington, will be below last
years crop, which was not particular.
~ profitable to the growers.
Evening star., 1924-08-18
Specie Payments and Parking.

When John Sherman was Secretary
of the Treasury, nearly so years ago.
the problem Of resuming specie pay
ments, which had been suspended
during and following the Civil War.
was one of difficulty. \ solution had
been proposed in various terms. but
not until Secretary Sherman declared
in language that could be understood
by everybody, THE way to resume is
to resume" was headway made. So
Secretary Sherman resumed" He
made his preparations, and to the
country's astonishment specie pay
ments were re-established without the
slightest difficulty and with no reac
ton whatever unfavorable to the eco
nomic conditions Of the country.
Let Washington take u leaf out of
Secretary Sherman's book and attack
the parking problem In the same
spirit Let it declare. THE way to
prohibit is to prohibit and impera-
lively forbid the use of the streets for
the storage of idle motor cars day
and night. AS in the 70s it was walled
that the money market would never
be able to adjust without panic to the
specie payments, so now it ls de-
clared that it is impossible to enforce
such d rule. Why impossible? Be-
cause, is the answer. there are not
enough policemen to do the work. OF
course there are not enough police
men to enforce the rule throughout
the congested district on the same
day. 1t would take several hundred
policemen to do that, and Congress is
not going to authorize such an in
crease of the force for that purpose
only.
Popular habit was the cause of the
fiscal problem half a century ago.
Popular habit is the cause of the
parking problem here today. John
Sherman corrected the soft-money
habit with one stroke. The District
can correct the all-day parking habit
practically with one stroke.
Concentration of the available po-
lice force upon a single square, or two
squares, in day will demonstrate to
the car owners Of Washington that
this rule has meaning and that it will
cost money to break it. Supposing
5000 cars are parked on a given day
in the congested district and GO of
them are 'pinched" for breaking the
rule. That may seem a very small
percentage, but all the other 1910
car owners are made to realize that
they may be taken next, tomorrow or
the day after. In short, there will be
no security for anybody at any time
il the rule is enforced in this manner.
1t will be only a short time before the
habit Of using the streets for free
storage, to the enlargement of Pc
pestrians, the discommoding of busi-
ness and the blocking of traffic will
be cured.
Evening star., 1924-08-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

q. When did Magnus Johnson en-
ter politics?-F. II. D. =
A. Senator Magnus Johnson's first
political ONCE of any Importance was
that OF member of the Minnesota
House OF Representatives In 1915 and
1917.
@. Please distinguish: Radio
operator, radiotrician, and radio en-
gineer.-W. s.
A. radio operator is one who is
skilled in the manipulation of radio
transmitting and receiving sets and
has knowledge Of the Continental
Morse code and has passed the
United States Government examina-
ton for proficiency in the foregoing
His duties are mainly those Of han
and those of others. There are ship
and land operators in commercial
and Government service. A radio
trician Is one who is skilled In the
maintenance and repair of radio ap-
paratus and should have a knowledge
OF radio superior to that of the aver
age operator. A radio engineer is a
highly specialized graduate electrical
engineer and must be thoroughly
skilled ip the science.
allowed for each person in theaters
and such public buildings?-E. S. G..
A. Generally speaking, theaters
and similar places of public assem-
bly, are constructed under a compu-
tation to hold twice the weight that
will be imposed by a full attendance.
For the District of Columbia, the
regulations require that in all
theaters or public buildings with
fixed seats there must be allowed a
space OF not less than feet 6 inches
from back to back of chairs, with
an aisle width of not less than feet,
this width to be increased with the
increased size Of the hall. Where
there are no fixed seats, 8 square
feet per person must be allotted.
Q. When was the Boston police
strike. and how many men were in
volved?-H. H.
A. The Boston police strike was
instituted in September. 1919, and
1,127 officers went on strike.
Q. Can States increase the number
of their counties?-J. E. B.
A. Since 1920 new counties to the
number OF % have been created in
the States of Virginia, Georgia, Flor
ida, Tennessee, Montana, New Mexico,
Texas, wyoming and Minnesota.
Q. How much of an army and navy
does Cuba maintain?-C. S.
A. The peace strength Of the Gu
ban army is 519 officers and 1o,74s
men. and the personnel of the navy
numbers 144 officers and S07 men.
Q. What do the farmers of the
United States spend for farm imple-
ments in tho course Of a year:-R
e. r.
A: In 1922 the farm equipment
products to the value of $222,90s, 900
were sold in the United States.
Q. Are there as many mules in the
United States now as there were in
1921?-C. A. c.
a. In that year there were $4,000
mules. valuel at s46335,00o, while
in 1929 there were $4,000 mules, val
ued at s35,S4s,0o0.
Q. What was paid for the new
Evening star., 1924-08-18

Should. upon approaching q known
grade crossing, bring his machine to
q full stop before getting on the
tracks or attempting to cross them.
That is the first principle Of safety.
But often the driver does not know
that there Is q crossing. There may
be signs alongside Of the road giving
signs. OF course, he should see them.
He should obey. the primary rule
which commands him to "Stop, look
and listen." But experience shows
that he does not in many cases, and
those are the cases that make the
casualty record.
Here, then, is grade crossing
acknowledged to be dangerous by the
presence of a watchman. But the
watchman Is on duty only part Of the
time. He is off duty at the very
time when he Is most needed, the
hours Of dusk and darkness, when
the danger Is greatest. Yet in the
usual language Of description, this Is
rated as a guarded" crossing. 1t is
no more guarded than buzz saw
with a shield that Is absent half
the time.
This is typical grade crossing.
There are thousands Of them in this
country. 1t is just the kind OF cross.
ing that should be banned by the law
with a definite time limit for the
abatement OF the nuisance. II the
lives sacrificed at these death traps
were capitalized at an economic
valuation the deaths in five years
would pay a large percentage Of the
cost Of eliminating these man.
slaughter canditions.
Evening star., 1924-08-18

national park Crater of the Moon"::-
A. The National Park Service say,
that during the past year the national
monument In Idaho. Crater of the
Moon" was taken over by the Govern
ment. Nothing was paid for this ma
tfona1 monument. as tho land was
original Federal public land and was
set aside by the President upon the
authority of Congress.
Q. What does our gold production
amount toc-E. r. N.
A The country's record production
OF gold was in 1915, amounting to
slo1 ,035.700. Last years product was
valued at s51.37s,70o.
O. What does Iceland produce be-
A: Fishing is the great industry
OF Iceland, the yearly catch being
valued at approximately sS,0o0,000.
Hay, potatoes and turnips are thc
chief agricultural products.
Q. Is the Atlantic Ocean saltier
than the Pacific?-J. L. B.
A. The Geological Survey says
there Is practically no difference in
the saitness Of the two oceans.
Q. Where did limburger cheese
get its name?-A. X.
A. The cheese bears the name OF
the town in which 1t was first made
Limburg, Belgium.
@. Where is the most buckwheat
raised?-W. A. H
A. In 1923 Pennsylvania retained
n1.o iv.
wheat. with a crop Of 4,S50,00O bush
els, while New York was second with
4,o66,0o0. No other State produced
100000 bushels. Michigan being third
with $4,000
Q. Is there a printed list of the
National Guard units with their new
numbers?-W. J. i.
\. The chief of the Militia Bureau
says a book is being printed which
contains a list of all the National
Guard units, with the names OF all tho
National Guard officers and their
services. This will be ready for dis
tribution in about a month.
Q. What is the record number OF
business failures for single year in
this country:-T. w. B.
"A. In 1922 there were 23,676 CON-
mercial failures in the United States,
the greatest number ever recorded In
single year. In 1923 business fail
ures totaled 1920.
Q. How many buffalo are there in
this country?-C. B. I.
A. The last report of the American
Bison Society contains a census taken
January 1, 1923. which shows there
are 147 herds of buffalo in the coun-
try, with total of 3,752 head.
fTnkc advantage Of the fire. in
formal ion bureau tchtrh this ne7Gs-
paper maintains. II there is q Qres-
fion yon tudnt dnstcered, don't hcsl-
tote 10 use this Sertice Au replies
are sent direct to the inquirer. Ad-
dress The Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hdskin, director, Ttoea-
ty-frst and c streets north1rest
Inclose ? cents in stamps fof return
postage. Do not send inquiries to
The Erening Starr
Evening star., 1924-08-18

wild West posses were men as daring
and perhaps more courageous than
the bandits. When railroads were
built through wild and thinly settled
regions. the train robber appeared.
The chronicle of train hold-ups in
which express and mail cars were
looted and passengers in the coaches
were lined up and robbed Is a long
one.
In later years the bandits generally
came to overlook mere passengers
and specialized on the robbery OF ex.
press and mail cars. When these
criminals committed robbery and
got away, pursuit was often prompt
and long-continued. and always reso-
lutte. The chance that a bandit could
escape grew small and the trade Of
holding, up trains waned. During the
war, and especially in postwar times,
there seems to have been 4 revival
Of desperate crimes. and mail wagons
in cities and mail cars on railroads
were objects Of many attacks. Mail
truck robberies in large cities became
numerous and the Government took
rigorous protective. measures, and
there seems to have been an abate.
ment in crimes Of that kind. Re-
Gently the railway mail car became
the subject Of attention by desperate
thieves. and sometimes their booty
tracted for 5000 81 |cially designed
and armored mail cars. and one of
them has been delivered. The others
will follow soon. 1t is believed that
these cars with armed men inside
will give full protection to mail in
transit through the country. A
few days ago the Post Office Depart
ment gave a handsome reward to u
postal clerk who killed "a mail bandit
and routed others when they at
tempted a robbery Of the mail in New
Jersey. The successful postal clerk
was received at the White House and
congratulated by the President.
Evening star., 1924-08-18
Protecting the Mails.

The Government is taking ener.
getic and costly measures to protect
the mail against bandits. Robbery Of
the mails has become perhaps a IA.
vorite form of theft with class Of
particularly bold criminals. 1t has al.
ways been attended with great risk,
but if carried out the reward to the
cvil-doer is often very large. The
stage-coach bandit was a daring and
spectacular figure in our earlier an.
nails, and the stage.coach drivers and
guards had thrilling experiences.
Many of them were killed when the
West was young and wild. The way
Of the mail coach robber was often
hard, and his career was frequently
closed at the end of a rope. Those
old mail drivers and coach guards
were Of stern stuff and would shoot
311ck and straight. A posse would
~ - the bandits trail, and in those
Evening star., 1924-08-18
Can This Be McGuirk?
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The finding of the skeleton recently
at Seventeenth and U streets is per-
haps the solution to one Of primitive
washington's mysteries. In 1902 a
bricklayer Of convivial habits and
living on street between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets went home
one night, perhaps urged by
the tavern keeper, and indulged in
an argument with his wife. His side
of the question was accompanied by
blows and kicks that brought about
the premature birth of sttll-born
twins and the death of the woman.
to the horror Of the little Federal
City.
Justice was swift in those days
and, after Incarceration for short
time in the city's first jail on c street
northwest near Sixth street, the con-
yict, McGuirk, was taken to tho foot
of Capitol Hill, in the vicinity Of
the Garfield or Grant statues, and
bung before a large assemblage.
McGuirk's body was taken for burial
to the Western. or Holmead's, grave
yard, in the square bounded by Nine
teenth and Twentieth and 8 and r
streets, but the indignant relatives
and friends of others who were
therein inferred dug up the body Of
the murderer and deposited II out
side o1 the cemetoey. Tho friends
Of 1Gc0uirk again rsstored the body
Evening star., 1924-08-18
10 the original grave, inside tn

to the original grave, INSIDE the
cemetery.
Once more the indignant element
reinterred McGuirk's corpse and, ac-
cording to rumor, burying 1t In the
channel Of Slash Run. that coursed
through the squares between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets north
west Some one once claimed 70
have come across the coffin while
digging post holes for a fence In the
vicinity, and as the recently founo
skeleton was found near the edge OF
the lot it is possible that the loca-
tions are the same.
Several hundred feet to the north
of the corner of Seventeenth and U
streets ran the old turnpike to Bal
timore and the famous road that was
the line of travel between the North
and South, so that the corpse may
have been carried down this road to
its latest resting place, and not d.
rectly from the graveyard, because
the intervening route was notorious
ly swampy/
This event was the sensation OF the
day in early Washington and long
before the streets of the neighbor-
hood were laid out and graded. One
hundred and twenty-five years are
perhaps responsible for the absence
of some OF the bones and perhaps
the wandering McGuirk remains vii!
now FSeoivo q fnal and permanent
intsrmeAG JAMES =. DCHAAEA
Evening star., 1924-08-18
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Yesser.

Beware the man who when you state
The views that you profess
Will never even hesitate
To greet you with a "yes.''
For you at times will surely grieve
At human fickleness
If in that person you believe
Whose sole reply is "yes."
He makes you feel exceeding wise,
Correct in every guess;
Too frequently he will disguise
A sneer while murmuring yes"
Evening star., 1924-08-18

The Maharani Of Jind was per-
fectly willing to be interviewed before
the boat sailed from New York, but
her husband abruptly ordered her to
her stateroom. Evidently these East
Indian potentates have not heard of
the new status Of women in affairs.
Evening star., 1924-08-18

make an outlay OF public funds for
such a public convenience.
But unless the city is prepared to
monopolize the business and furnish
all the down town garages needed by
the public, it would interfere with
and discourage the investment Of pri-
vate capital which will ultimately
meet the growing demand for such
buildings. SNOWDEN ASHFORD.
Evening star., 1924-08-18
Americas Best Role.

the welfare Of the world.'' So ran
the cahlegram dispatched yesterday
by President Coolidge to Ambassador
kelloSg. in acknowledgment Of the
R;tec'S message announcing the COM
pete success Of the London confer
encc on remrations.
When the record cf the reparations
settlement has been completed it will
be found that the influence and the
services Of the United States have
been paramount in the adjustment
Having no direct stake in the settle
European welfare at heart. this
country has been able to participate
effectively with advice and practical
PROPOSALS to solve i problem that had
proved greater than the statesmen
and economists OF she other countries
could master.
Three Americans. Gen. Charles
Dawes. owen Young and II. NJ
Robinson. were upon invitation desig-
rated Us unofficial representatives of
of experts TO seek plan for the
settlement. They did not actually
represent the United States. They
went to Europe as Individuals but
with the prestige of designation by
The President of the United States
To them is given the credit for the
development of project of pay
ments and refinancing methods meet
ing all the difficulties Of the situation
Then came the question of secur-
ing it's adoption by all Of the
interested powers. After protracted
and at times dangerously complicated
conferences between representatives
of the governments. Il meeting was
called in London. attended by the
premiers of the allies and ultimately
by Il delegation of German represent
attves. At this conference Am
hassador Kellogg, though not directly
u participant, was in the crisis a
factor for agreement
In his relations to the conference
at London the American Ambassador
was free of any trammelS of alliance
or interest. He WIS working con-
s!stently for the adoption of Il practi-
cable plan to end the disputes and
misunderstanding and war-inyiting
complications that had grown out of
the failure to enforce the Versailles
treaty. The presence of the Ameri-
1f
London during part of the time in an
individual capacity as a member of
the American Bar Association.
gseatly aided in bringing about the
settlement
In all the critical conferences held
between the British and French
premiers and other heads of govern
ment, Ambassador Kellogg was con-
suited. He was frequently present at
these meetings. He was the only
man on the ground who could advise
without prejudice and could propose
solutions and compromises without
arousing suspicion of self interest.
He was, in short, in effect the umpire
ing been 80 designated by the
participants.
No more effectively could the ad-
vantage Of the present American
policy of relationship to foreign
affairs be demonstrated than by this
successful indirect and unofficial
participation. This is no policy of
aloofness. 1t is a policy of helpful
ness. Membership in an interna-
tional organization would limit the
services of this country in any crisis.
In the present circumstances the
United States is a free agent for
peace. which is a much more helpful
role for world welfare than direct
organic association could possibly
create.
Evening star., 1924-08-18

Boxing has been described as 1.-The
manly art of self-defense' A few
careers on the lines laid down by so
dignified definition: asserting them
selves as cavemen afflicted with
Narcissus complex.
Evening star., 1924-08-18

\ New York magistrate spoke
harshly to 4 woman for powdering
her nose in the courtroom. No
doubt her intentions were entirely
No woman feels that she
is adding to the dignity Of an oc-
casion by appearing with a glossy
nose.
Evening star., 1924-08-18
Farm Finance.

The price of corn is going some
AS loans approach maturity;
A hoe cake will perhaps become
A form Of good security.
Evening star., 1924-08-18
Ins and Outs.

Il suppose you are familiar with
the ins and outs Of political life?"
"Only the ins," answered Senator
Sorghum. "The outs haven't enough
influence to make familiarity worth
while.''
Evening star., 1924-08-18

AS usual the joy Of the farmer is
hindered by the fact that scarcity
In the production Of grain is one of
the principal reasons for it's high
prices.
Evening star., 1924-08-18

The fact that a visiting prince is
being abundantly entertained does
hot necessarily imply that he is being
at all amused.
Evening star., 1924-08-18

Germany is prepared to give the
world earnest assurance that she is
now ready to manufacture Zeppelins
ooly for the export trauc.