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Evening star., 1925-08-29
Motor Killing and the Law.

a decision rendered yesterday by
Chief Justice Mccoy in the District
Supreme Court in upholding an in
dictment of second degree murder
found against two persons for the
killing of a woman in this city by
evoked an opinion by an assistant
district attorney that hereafter auto
drivers who take life may be indicted
for first-deSree murder and tried on
that charge, with the possibility of
capital punishment in case of con-
viction.
This opinion is challenged on the
ground that first degree murder is
defined in the law as killing with
premeditation and with malice
aforethought." Murder has been uni
formly construed as Il deliberate, in
territorial homicidal act. 1t is con-
tended that there can be no premedi-
tation and no malice in the case of "a
motorist who, drunk or sober, drives
recklessly and causes the death Of
another.
Chief Justice McCoy's decision,
however, does not uphold first de-
gree murder charge in such a case.
The charge upon which he passed
judgment was a second degree muir
der, which lies in a zone between
first-degree murder and manslaugh-
ter. This Indictment thus sustained,
differentiates between the deliberate
and motivated killing called first
degree murder and the purely acci-
dental killing which is rated as man
slaughter. The court holds that a
person who drives at reckless speed,
knowingly violating the law. indif-
ferent to the safety OF all other users
Of the street, cannot plead accident"
in extenuation. While having no in
dividual intention to kill and no mo-
tive to siay any particular person, the
maintenance of dangerous speed in
u motor car is a deliberate menace
to all in the path of the machine.
Maintenance of this charge, with
appropriate punishment. will surely
be helpful in correcting the evn of
reckless driving. Staying speeders
have been treated lightly in the past,
though the other day a man, who, in
this city, killed another by driving
his car upon a street car loading
platform, was given two years in
prison, upon plea of guilty. But the
average of penalties for recklessness
in motor driving has been so Slight
that there is no strong deterrent in
the law.
There is, therefore, reinsurance to
the public in the action of the court
in sustaining an indictment which, if
maintained on trial, will lead to d
punishment that should serve to
check the recllessness of motorists.
The killing driver should be rendered
inca pable of ever henceforth menac-
ing life in the streets.
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and the building Of machines gathers
speed. This is true of the family or
pleasure car. and in the output of
trucks. tractors and omnibuses pro-
duction goes on at fast-increasing
pace.
In value OF output the production
Of radio apparatus is not comparab BILE
with the value OF automobile output
because many sets call for the spend
ing OF less money than the purchase
OF an auto tire, but it is interesting to
watch the mighty out-turn Of radio
sets. 1t Is quite easy tc prophesy that
in time every house and apartment
will have its radio, and that many
homes will have several sets. Already
there are signs that the wife likes
one set better than another. that the
husband gets more satisfaction from
his particular set, and takes such pro
grams or parts of programs as he
fancies and turns off or hangs up his
head phones at will. Sons and daugh-
terS have not the same taste in pro-
grams as father and mother, and each
has set. This thing may go on until
nearly every member of every family
has his own set
Also, as in the case OF the automo-
bile, man or his family begins with
the purchase OF the lowest-priced ma
chine just to see how 1t works and to
get used to it. Getting used" to it
generally results in buying a higher
priced machine, and soon the family
has the best that money will buy
Radio engineers are not so busy with
working out new designs as in i'm
proving transmission and reception
Their ambition is to cure defects in
long-distance reception. Reception on
good set from ones own or nearest
broadcasting station is close to per-
rect, Dut when Washingtonian
gets Havana, Montreal. etc, he may
also get wheezes, jars and jangles. 1t
Is almost certain that trouble with
static in long distance radio will be
overcome, but the owner of a good
set, kept in good condition, has little
or no complaint to make against re-
ception from his nearest station. Gen.
orally the big stations send out
enough excellent matter to satisfy a
reasonable man. The Washington
stations call to their aid many local
musicians Of unusual talent and put
before the microphone many other in.
teresting persons. The local stations
broadcast the programs of Marine,
Army and Navy bands and give them
many times larger audiences than
gather at the Capitol, Sylvan Theater.
Marine Barracks or Washington Bar
racks. The local stations bring down
from New York concerts by the Phil
harmonic Orchestra, the Capitol The
ater gang" and many other nota BILE
affairs, and this season they gave
Washin gtonians the Goldman Band
concerts on the campus of New York
University. The radio field is widen,
ing.
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liquidation of his estate. and that his
heirs will be virtually penniless" II
would be interesting to know exactly
what virtually" means. When the
late William K. Vanderbilt was told
that deceased friend had left $500,
900 he said: Dear me, dear me, |
thought he was in easy circun1
stances" But there is a clear reason
why the circumstances of the SHINES
heirs are uneasy.
From a long time before the war
the elder SHINES was coal owner on
a fairly large scale with some minor
collateral interests. Not only after the
armistice but during the course of the
war he was the one man in Germany
to see clearly that the paper mark
would become valueless and that he
must profit every time he exchanged
it for something tangible. The more
heavily property was mortgaged the
better he liked 1t because the mort.
cages were payable in paper marks.
On paper SHINES had established
before his death an unparalleled in
dustrial empire. But to make it tangi.
BILE and operative he required two
things-iquid capital and unlimited
credit. With the depreciation of the
mark and the virtual reputation on
all bonds and mortgages, public and
private, credit had disappeared. That
is the inevitable price of unsecured
currency. With the credit liquid capi-
tai disa ppeared also.
SHINES industrial structure, there,
fore, became like a stationary engine
without fuel The moment it stood
stin it began to dtsintegrate.-E=.SM
Street Journal.
Evening star., 1925-08-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEEELL.

The proposed Spring festival of mu-
sic for Washington, which has re-
ceived the approval of the Board of
Commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia. arouses the interest OF music
lovers throughout the city.
Music, like literature, Is supported
by those who are not practitioners.
Most of the people who buy the "best
sellers" could not write one to save
their lives, and the great majority OF
those who attend concerts cannot play
or sing.
All. however. are apprecia tors. with
out whom no art could or would live.
To have great poets, there must be
great readers. too" said Walt Whit
| man. There is a great truth there.
To have Spring festival of music
here, Washington must have good lis
teners. Those who have watched the
musical development of the National
Capital know that there are thousands
Of them residing within the District
limits.
The part that every man, woman
and child who likes music" must play
in making the proposed festival huge
success is simply to be interested in 1t.
When all of us good listeners become
interested. those responsible for work
ing up programs, and the musicians,
will do their best!
In the last analysis it is not so
much the Board of Commissioners. the
musicians or directors who will make
that festival something of which
Washington will be proud, but rather
the great general public.
Our fine service bands, our cholrs
our singers and instrumentalists, all
will do their part. We can rest as
sured Of that. 1t remains for the gen
10 "a do hoi
In this matter / am afraid we music
| lovers who are not musicians may as
sumo an. attitude of Let George
| do It,"
George" will do it. all right, but
.'he" will do it much better if we help
him
So, if we want a Washington music
festival next May we ought to talk
about 1t this Fall and Winter, thus
working ourselves into the mood OF
anticipation which will make us en-
| joy 1t the more when it does come!
This public interest will put the
keen edge upon the festival not only
| for every person who hears all or part
of it. but also for every musician
who takes part in 1t.
One of the joys OF music. "the uni
versal language" is that of sharing
it with others. Fritz kreisler. prac
ticing, inspires the very few who hear
| him, but kreisler, playing before a
large audience, inspires his thousands
and undoubtedly gets more inspiration
himself than when practicing alone.
Human beings are made SO, and 1t is
to our credit, too. One of the great
benefits OF the festival will be this
sharing of the universal language
by so many thousands. Good music
inspires a community of feeling that
perhaps can be attained in no other
way so well.
Charles Darwin, hard headed scien
tist, realized this in his old age. wher
he said. If l had my life to live over
again, would devote half an hour tc
music a day"
X \ y
Every community may well devote
one week a year TO an organized
music festival.
In this work Washington is fan
Evening star., 1925-08-29

drive, calculated to stop the manu-
facture and sale of Intoxicating bev-
erages. The leaders of the Liberal
party, it is reported, will enter the
campaign with the cooperation II the
heads of many large industries. For
derstood, will take the active leader
ship of the campaign. The co-opera-
ton of industrial interests has been
secured as a result of reports from
this country that prohibition has
greatly benefited conditions here. An
effort is being made to enroll the
Laborites, but there is some doubt
whether they will stand for absolute
prohibition. or merely for local option.
This campaign Is to be started in
the Autumn. Whatever the present
chances of its success, the fact that a
definite movement headed by a man
of such great influence as David Lloyd
George and supported by the leading
industries of Great Britain has been
inaugurated is highly significant OF a
change of. sentiment and Of trend
of public mind. The difficulties Of en-
forcement in this country have been,
of course, noted in England, and much
ridicule has been expressed on the
score of what has been known as the
American experiment in sumptuary
legislation. Organized efforts to break
down the American prohibition law
have been conducted by Englishmen
for profit. The latest attempt of this
character failed disastrously, with a
heavy loss of money to investors in
the liquor-smuggling scheme. That
enterprise caused a decided reaction
in England, and since then there has
been a noticeable change of public
opinion.
Great Britain's prosperity depends
upon the efficiency of British labor.
Ii the Industrial leaders and workers
believe that through prohibition may
come greater efficiency and therefore
greater prosperity, great reform will
probably be carried into effect. 1t is
for England an economic and not q
moral issue.
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| behind other cities. There is no lack
of music here, nor is there any lack
of muse lovers. music appreclators,
but there has been a lack Of organized
community effort
Portland, Cincinnati and other cities
OF the country in recent years have
established great symphony orches-
tras; others have singing festivals:
New York and Chicago long have had
| extended opera seasons.
Have we in Washington been too
content to listen in" over our radios
to the Philharmonic. broadcast from
New York, and attend the many fine
concerts given here by singers and in
strumentslists?
These are all fine, but there is some
thing Acking-the individual. active
interest OF the citizens. Ii is one thing
| to buy yourself a ticket to q concert
and decidedly another to individually
| boost" such a civic art er..erprise as
| the proposed Washington Spring mu-
sical festival.
Only recently ] received letter
from a man in one of the Government
partments who l believe is typical
of men and women throuyhout the
city. He said that as far as he knew
the great new organ in the Washing
ton Auditorium had been played upon
publicly but once since Its installa-
| ton.
| He declared that he would be will.
ing to make donation toward secur-
! ing the services of a certain great or
| gan1st to give recital upon that or
| gan, or a series of recitals, and ex-
pressed the opinion that hundreds of
other lovers of organ music would join
him.
| Undoubtedly he was right To have
such f1ne instrument unused week
after week Is wrong. both from a mu-
sical and civic standpoint.
| instance this Government employe
as typical of Washingtonians. With
OUT question there are thouss nds just
like him.
To appeal to the particular fancy ri
each music lover, then. is one of the
duties Of the committee which is to be
appointed by the Commissioners
Music is no narrow thing, but is as
broad as humanity, and as charitable
as the sun. One man prefers organ
music, just as one flower lover likes
the rose best of all.
Another secretly confesses a han.
kering for high-class dance music.
The joy of working with music is tina t
from the latter taste one may be led
by easy, happy stages, to a genuine
liking for the worlds best organ mu
sic, and the grandest symphony mum
bers.
| The man who feels sudden clutch
at his throat when he hears some
sweet soprano voice sing Green's sim
pie Sing Me to Sleep" is ripe for the
true musical experience of Schubert's 4
| Unfinished Symphony" played by the
Philadelphia Orchestra.
| To my mind one of the greatest
goods that can be accomplished by the
Spring festival will be to give a death
blow to musical snobbishness. | want
to see the tickets so rea sonable tha
every one can come, and the programs
so diversified that every one will come
Under the electric influence of great
audiences, every band, every chorus
every Individual singer or instrument
alist will be inspired. This is the thing
that the general public. and il alone
can do for our Spring festival.
Evening star., 1925-08-29

greatest industry in the United States,
employing the heads of population
exceeding 5000, 900.
While there have been inventions
which greatly increase the OUTPUT of
mining. 1t is estimated that with the
application of advanced modern meth.
DDS in one-fourth of the mines the
output would increase to ], ,125 900 900
tons. or 625, 900, 900 tons in excess
of our annual consumption. This
would make superf1uous two-thirds of
the present miners and turn their
labor into channels of greater value.
In the last 80 years cutting machines
have increased from 500 to 10000,
and the machine-cut tonnage from
s,000,00o to 800 900 900, yet labor op-
poses further introduction of labor
saving machines while the men stand
idle half the year under present con-
ditions.
There is no substitute for bitumi-
nous coal in the industries. Coal is
used for producing electricity for
power and lighting. Last year the
output of electricity was much
larger than the year before. but such
were the improvements in It's produc-
tion that electric utilities consumed
5000, 900 tons less of coal than in
1923. Six years ago it required 80
pounds of coal to produce one kilo-
watt hour of electricity; now it takes
only 2.2 pounds.
The late Charles P. Steinmetz
viva rd of electricity. stated that
waterpower. even if fully developed
will never be capable of keeping
even the present volume of industries
going. and that means the ultimate
use of every waterfall practicable in
America, with no possibility of going
beyond that limit. Yet, with indus
tries expanding. more power must
be made available, and that increase
depends entirely on bituminous coal,
Eventually anthracite will be ex
hausted, for its supply is limited
but there is enough hituminous to
last 1000 years. In the meanwhile
inventors hope that means will have
been invented for using the heat of
the sun, the ultimate source of all
heat.
X y X
The United Mine Workers are de
ma nding an increase of 10 per cent in
wages and a recognition and enforce
ment Of the "check-off,'' which means
that employers would be required te
collect the union dues and fines. and
turn over the proceeds to the unior
treasury.
The trend of trade during the last
five years has somewhat weakened
the union mines, and increased pa
tronage of non-union mines. The total
consumption Of coal in 1924 was 81
per cent of what it was in 1920. but
the patronage of union mines fell tt
T6.5 per cent in Illinois and Indian ma
63-9 per cent in Ohio, Iowa and Okla.
homa and 55 per cent in Michigan. Al
the same time Q92G in non-unior
fields, Kentucky increased to 125 pei
cent, West Virginia to 1928 per cent
Alabama to 101.6 per cent and Virginia
to 95.S per cent. Yet the strikers viii
pay 81 600, 900 a day in loss of earn
ings while demanding 10 per cent fur
ther increase of wages.
Copyright. 1925. by Paul V. Collins
Evening star., 1925-08-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PIiILANDER JOHNSON.
Disarmament.

DiSarna ment
There is message in the air
That fills the world with charm.
Well do away with present care.
Some day we'll all disarm.
We will not see man who totes
A gun come riding by
To fight the pirate bold who gioa is
Ger gains from corn" or rye"
The f1ivvers will no longer smash
Like tanks in combat dire
Until we shudder at the crash
OF an exploding tire,
The auto trumpet will not sound
A signal of alarm
So let us wait and stand our ground.
Some day we'll all disarm.
Evening star., 1925-08-29

Poole's last novel The Avalanche"
1.-THE Dormeuse" is a story Of a Won
derful sledge, equipped like a de luxe
private car, used by a Russian grands
dame of the last century in travel
Ing about to her various estates. All
the stories contain many interesting
Russian fables, anecdotes and char
acter sketches.
X X
Another aspirant for the mantle of
Joseph Conrad is Francis Brett
Young in his novel Sea Horses" On
the book jacket Hugh Walope tells
us that Mr.. Young writes better
prose than any living English novel
ist." That is very generous of Mr.
walpole, who writes rather good
prose himself. However. most read
ers will consider that in prose, as
well as in plot. characters and atmos-
phere, Mr.. Young is follower of
Conrad only at a distance. The novel
Is, nevertheless, very readable and full
of the dramatic. A tramp steamer Is
chartered for trip to a Portuguese
West African settlement. Dangers,
treachery, villainy, chivalry, heroism
all come into action in the setting of
the ever-strfHen settlement sur
rounded by a tropical jungle.
Evening star., 1925-08-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASkfk.

each other. Then the freezing point
rises and the hard ball is held together.
Q. Do both male and female rein
deer have antlers?-A. l..
A. This genus of Cervidae is unique
in the possession of antlers by both
sexes, those of the female being small
er. The antlers are not alike on both
sides, the great palnated brow tine
being, a. rule, developed on one side
only.
Q. What were the mounds in the
Mississippi Valley used for-P. c. w.
A. The Bureau Of American Eth
nology says that they were generally
foundations Of superstructures, houses
or temples, but may in some instances
have been burial tumuli. In rare in
| stances they are made in forms or AMI
mails and may have been used IN
| wor ship. There is a law forbiddinE
any digging on Indian mounds located
on the public domain.
| O. How long did the Louisiana Lot
| terry operate?-W. NJ. w.
| A. The Louisiana State Lottery re
| ceived charter for 25 years in 1861
| In 1890 the renewal of the charter
was sought, but was vetoed by the
| Government.
| Q. Why do the marines sing of the
Halls Of Montezuma? pc. w. L.
| A. The reference to the Halls of
Montezuma" made by the marines is
significant of the battle in which the
marines were victorious in that an
| cient fortress about 1885. The song
goes on to say ITO the shores of
Tripoh," which refers TO another
victorious battle of the marines in
Tripoli.
Q. What does "Psscogoula" mean?
&c. r.
A 1t was the name of an Indian
tribe. and means. literally, bread na
ton"
Q. At military funeral which
should come first, taps o. the volley
of the firing squad II. NJ. II.
A Taps should he sounded, the ss-
lutte of the firing squad closing the
ceremony.
@. / am an American n-born citizen
and wish to 90 10 Italy to marry an
Italian girl. What arrangements must
] make to bring her TO this country
J. G.
A. Before you go TO Italy you
should petition the commissioner OF
immigration, Washington, d. c.. for
a non-quota permit for your prospec
tive wife. The Bureau of Immigra
ton will approve this petition and
send it to the State Department.
which department will forward il to
the American consul. You should then
go abroad and marry while in Italy.
then consult the American consul
there. producing evidence of your
citizenship and of the marriage.
Q. What is the term applied 10
words which suggest the actual sound
described, such as buzz, roar and pop?
F. d.
A. This sound value of words is
called onomatopoeia-
mo man cdR take EHouled0e from
you. 1t is the pass key to the door of
success. 1t is kfe'S greatest Treasure.
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Mastery Inactivity.

II suppose you are going to get out
and hustle for votes remarked the
CHEEKY friend.
No, sir answered Senator Sor-
ghum. Methods have changed. II
you don't have the votes passed on
to you promptly and peaceabIy, you
don't get 'em. If you hustle for your
self you're suspected of being ready
to take the bit in your teeth and defy
the organization.
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as calling for revenge, leaving out of
account his own responsibility for
crimes against others involving loss
and grief to their families. II is that
attitude which makes the criminal
what he is. 1t is the exaggerated ego
that makes whatever he does all right
and whatever is done against him =
crime" and that is the type that
must be wiped out with reasonable
expedition if there is TO be any real
safety for anybody"
For upholding the law and aiding
justice, Mr.. and Mrs. Hance are shot
down in cold blood on the public high
way" the Bay City Times Tribune
points out. They paid the penalty OF
honesty and of good citizenship" but
what about the man who slew them
Win their moron sympathizers shower
them with bouquets?" The Allentown
Call adds that ''if there was any tiny
bit Of favorable sentiment remaining
for Gerald Chapman, II is pretty well
dispelled," and 1.-The fact that in this
last crime the pals of Chapman dis
posed of members of society who from
their harboring of crooks were not
among the most desirable persons
does not mitigate the Nervousness OF
their crime one bit
The Kansas City Post questions that
the killing was revenge for exposing
Chapman. "A better guess" says the
Post, might be that the killer and his
companions attempted to eXtort
money from Hance and his wife, and,
angered at their failure, shot them to
death. In that case revenge may
have played a part of their mental
operations, but it was secondary
part"
The Durham Sun also suggests that
it was another case of thieves falling
out. Ben Hance turned up Gerald
Chapman" this paper concludes. "He
probably didn't talk until subjected TO
third degree" but "he convicted
Chapman. And the friends of Chap
man revenged him. Now Dutch An
derson is wanted His trail is cold
but sooner or later he will be caught.
Friends of Ben Hance and his wife
will see to that If the police don't.
Anderson is a marked man not only
TO authorities and the other half OF
the world but to his own world in
which he must hide. More than one
menace to security will be removed
before the Chapman-Hance feud has
run its course"