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Evening star., 1925-11-02
Two-Hour Parking.

Washington motorists are united in
supporting the recommenda ton of
Traffic Director Eldridge for the ere
alton of two-hour automobile parking
zones just outside Of the congested
business section of the city Not only
will adoption of this plan make ii pos
Sible for shoppers to make purchases
at leisure, but it will materially clear
up congestion by keeping large num-
ber of cars away from the center of
both pedestrian and automobile travel.
Not great deal of time is left for
WashinStonian to enjoy downtown
parking privileges. The time is not
far off when it will be found necessary
TO sweep the streets clean of park ed
automobiles. 1t Is evident that as the
city continues to grow and the num-
ber OF cars increases Washington will
have to follow the lead of other cities
in keeping the streets clear for the
great volume of moving vehicles.
In the mea antime, however. every
possible use should be made of the
d alldDlS SpdCeS-
ton of the parking regulations at this
time will aid the general situation.
The Commissioners should lose no
time in adopting the recomme nda ton
of Director Eldridge ,-..
II the new rule goes into effect it is
up to the Police Department to see
that it is rigidly enforced. This en-
forcement should also be aimed at the
one-hour parking zones. 1t will do no
good if two-hour zones are turned into
all-day parking spaces, and the one
hour into two hours or more
1t has been frequently stated that If
the one-hour regulation was strictly
enforced congestion in the downtown
section would be a thing of the past.
Although this statement is an eXag.
geration. it can be readily seen that
if motorists We're compelled TO move
promptly at the end Of one hour the
business district would be able to ac-
commodate d tremendous volume of
traffic, both parked and moving.
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to choose from among many

compelled to choose from among many
propositions.
In the main. the reductions proposed
by the Secretary OF the Treasury
were in the line OF lowering the scale
of income taxes and of surtaxes. In
addition proposals have been made for
the remission and repeal of specific
ia Xes as follows, in terms of millions
OF dollars: Automobiles, so. capital
stock, %; stamps. 81; cigars. 40; admis-
sions and dues. So: alcohol. %; jewelry
s: firearms. nearly 4; bowling and bill
lizards. .; brokers, >: cameras and films
nearly 112. Fractional millions are
represented i'll pleas for art works
S6o0,o00; yachts. S5o0,0U0, and pipes,
$4,000. The total of these SPECIFIC
taxes, the repeal OF which is proposed.
is s4l6,440,000, a figure greater in IL
self than the total reduction proposed
by Secretary Mellon.
If the ways and means committee
of the House should heed all pleas
made at the hearings il would write
a bill completely altering the fiscal
policy Of the Government and postpon-
ing debt eXtinGuishment by more than
half a century beyond the time pro.
posed by the Secretary. Fortuna tely
partisanship is not. it would seem, to
be dominant in this measure. Both
parties are agreed upon reduction All
individual members Of the House, and
of the Senate as well, are desirous of
gratifying the public demand for a
lessening of the tax burden. but all D.
preCiate that the Government must
not be suddenly denied revenue nee.
essary for maintenance Of ordinary
opera tons and for a judicious retire.
ment of the debt.
In the framing Of the revenue bill
1t would now seem, no reckoning will
be had of the possible income from for
eisn debtors at present negotiating
or soon to negotiate for a settlement
of their obligations To the United
States. That indeterminate factor is
not part of the present equation.
Without it there is a certainty of a
very material lowering Of the tax
scale and tightening OF the weight
now bearing upon the people.
Evening star., 1925-11-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC BILLTAM RILE.

anniversaries more than .009 regional
Jefferson centennial commit ees have
been formed throughout the country.
The schools are being specially or
ganized. At Monticello. on April 49,
1926, Jefferson's 1880 birthday will be
celebrated by the dedication cf his
homestead as national shrine for the
school children of America. Governors,
mayors and civic leaders everywhere
are cooperating to make Jefferson
year a, triumph.
Henry L. Sweinhart, president of the
National Press Club congratulated
Franklin Adams, counselor of the Pan
American Union. on having been spe-
cially mentioned by President Coolidge
the other day at the unveiline of the
statue of Gen. Jose DE- San Martin.
Hadn't heard a thing about it" blush
ingly pleaded Adams. who said he was
at the ceremony and had his ears wide
open. why, Coolidge talked abou;.
Franklin and Adams halt a dozen
times, said Sweinhart. ''and we all
thought he meant YOU" DR.. Rowe s
r1ght-hand- man of the Pan-American n
Union is named after no fewer. than
three distinguished Americans, his full
name being Franklin Pierce Adams.
L "A
famous coiumnis. of The New York
World.
Herbert Hoover now has alongside
him at the Department of Commerce
In the capacity of assistant to the
/. Secretary" a native son of Cali.
fornia-former Representative James
Henry MacLafferty. Ever since leav-
ing Congress last March MacLaffertv
has been contributing his long ex.
perience as practical business man
to the Governments big business de.
partment. He is one of the few men
California sent to Congress who isn't
lawyer. MacLafferty was brought
up in the lumber trade and then
became one of the coasts big whole.
sale paper dealers. He represented
the bustling Oakland district in the
House in the SiXty-seventh and Sixty
eighth Congresses. Hoover sends him
all over the country. making busi.
ness talks to business men and sell
ing the Department of Commerce s
service to the commercial world
X y x x
There's already talk about The in.
tentions of Col. Mitchell and his coun.
sci eventually to carry the free
speech issue TO the United States
Supreme Court. They are said not
to be disposed to take lying down
the verdict of the military court that
the free speech" provisions of the
Constitution do not extenS to an Of
f1cer amenable to the Articles of war.
Lawyers concede me proposition
raises a pretty poiIt in constitutional
/ law. They diff, as to the construc.
tion the Supreme Court, in a test
case, might put upon it. They are
also at Variance in their views as TO
just how controversy which arose
directly under military law could be
piloted through the civil courts to the
Supreme tribunal.
tCoNyright 1927
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Street Conditions Near
Farragut Square
To the Editor of The star:

To the Editor of The Star:
A short time so ii was proposed to
widen Seventeenth street from II TO
X and to expand the width of Con
necticut avenue from * TO Dupont
Circle, which would necessitate the
sd acritice of all the trees on the west
side of the avenue, which would pro
duce a very lopsided appearance,
which would he suggestive of a man
going about with one side of his face
shaVen and the other in full growth.
AS for Connecticut avenue, the pres
ent condition of the pavement between
The rails Is far from what ii should
be. Necessarily there are great
many ma nholes, traps, and plates in
order to have access to the electric
conduit, bp there is no reason why
the pavement between the outer rails
should be in such abominable con-
dition. In some places it consists Of
wood. stone blocks, brick, patched up
with asphalt and all in very crude
condition and very unlike the smooth
surface of II street between Four
teenth ard Seventeenth.
Now as for public utility, 1t might
be great scheme if the II street
cars could extend to Eighteenth
street. thence north to p street, and
over to Dupont Circle. from which
point they could be routed to Mount
Pleasant and Georgetown as usual
An excellent plan would be for the
Washington Railway and Electric to
continue its line of auto busses up
Seventeenth street to Mount Pleasant
and on. These busses should be dou-
BILE deckers, like those in use by the
Washington Transit
By the way, Ii street west of Seven
teenth street is 10 feet narrower than
1t is east of Seventeenth street. 1t
should be widened TO the extent Of
s or 10 feet. Even this expansion Of
the street would leave ample room for
an adequate sidewalk or pavement.
Necessarily the hedgerows would have
la be dispensed with, or ser ba ok the
same as they We're on Fifth avenue,
New York, when the avenue was wild
ened some years ago.
II seems that the curve Al Seven
teen'h and II streets is hoodoo.
The track is constantly undergoing re
pairs and it is not an uncommon
thing for s or 10 cars TO be hung up
on Seventeenth street at great in.
convenience to those who are on their
way to the Union Station or their
places of business 1t seems that on
this corner they have a drag rope or
cable in case of the failure Of the cars
to operate and round the corner. For
some reason or other the cars operat-
ing on this line are exceedingly noisy,
which is very disaSreeable. Just why
| they cannot be operated in more
quiet manner, as on other roads in the
city, Is a puzzle.
FRANKLIN STEELE.
Evening star., 1925-11-02

lish communications and to maintain
"a completely independent position.
Reza Khan has been strong man
capably handling governmental affairs
during a trying period. The absence
of the young Shah has not been an
embarrassment. On the contrary il
has been Of assistance. His deposition
is merely a matter Of form.
Persia has great potential wealth,
but needs capital for it's development
1t needs railroads and improved agri-
cultural methods. 1t can produce
much more than it has in the past
few genera tions il means can be pro-
Nided for transportation. 1t has rich
mineral resources, including oil, which
are The object OF proposals by for
eign capitalists for development
Whether king or president, Reza
Khan is likely TO advance Persia ma
terially and 10 give that present rem
nant of once mighty empire a. stable
government.
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Persia's Bloodless Revolution.

OVerturn of the monarchy in Persia
has been effected without revolution
though with an indeterminate result
as affects the form of government in
that country. The National Assembly
on Saturday, by vote of so TO 5,
adopted a resolution deposing the
Kajar dynasty in the person of Sultan
Ahmed Mira. The deposed Shah has
been living in France for some years.
quite indifferent 10 the duties of his
rank and office, giving himself to
pleasure and spending freely the lib
eral allowance sent him by his gov
ernment. His deposition means, there
fore, nothing TO him personally,
though it ends a dynasty which has
ruled Persia for nearly $50 years.
Some question prevails as to the
new form of government in Persia
1t was expected at the time of the de-
position that Reza Khan, VINO has
been the virtual head of the Persian
administration in the absence Of the
Young Shah, would assume the leader
ship of a republic, with the title OF
president. A dispatch from Teheran,
however, refers to him as king"
Pahlavia Reza Khan, whose first act
was the liberation of all political
prisoners, the grant of amnesty to
the late dynastic family and members
of the royal household and the de-
cree of a government subsidy to re-
duce the price of bread.
Persia has been progressing rapidly
during recent years, though seriously
distressed by it's financial situation.
A heritage Of earlier international in
fuences and aggressions has handi-
capped it's administrators in their
effort to modernize methods, to estab-
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Locarno Pact Declared
Genuine Peace Bulwark

Europe has at last raised at Locarno
a great and lasting bulwark against
war. in the opinion of American COM
mentators. Permanent peace is pre-
dicted by many as a result OF the
pact pledglng France, Germany and
Belgium not to invade one another
territory, while Great Britain ana
Italy promise action in case OF any
future violations. Some surprise is
expressed at the speedy CONCLUSION Oh
the negotia tions.
The consummation of this great
work for peace and friendship in
Europe declares the Salt Lake
Deseret News, meets the enthusiastic
Endorsement of the Washington ad-
ministration and the approval and
blessing OF the American people.
The News views it as "a change IN
spirit, a revision of feeling OF greater
promise than anything that has come
TO Europe for generations" The sig
nificance Of the achievement is made
the greater through the facts. noted
bv the Birmin CHAM News, that mo
force has been used: no coerclve
tactics" and that these peoples enter
the agreements in perfect accord.
while the Philadelphia Evening Bull
Ietin also says that the important
thing is that all parties are strongly
possessed of the will to peace.
How was it that an agreement was
reached so completely and promptly?
is the query of the Charleston Eve
ming Post, to which it's own answer Is
that Europe has tried the other way
hopelessly for seven years and now
it is going to try to realize peace.
The Schenectady Gazette sees dra.
matte force in "a formal consent OF
any sort on the principle that there
shall be no more war between certain
most important nations" and that
the most fortified border in the world
never again shall have forts or
soldiers" Credited as the fruit OF
English diplomacy" the Roanoke
World News sees in it the beginning
Of new chapter in European ar
fairs" written, as the Manchester
Union points out, by the nations OF
Europe. weary of war.
Germany is going into the league
on one condition only" the Charlotte
Observer remarks, and that condition
is that only the league shall he re-
sarded competent to interpret the
covenant. Germany will enter INTO
the league family under the terms
and the only terms President wilson
would have indorsed.'
AS result, the Sioux City Tribune
predicts that 'the present-day Ger
many can develop into a prosperous
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Financial Philosopher.

'Those who dance must pay the
piper," and Never put off until to-
morrow what you can do today" and
"a lot of the other old adages appar-
entity have a strong appeal for Secre-
tary Mellon, He seems to think in
such sententious terms. He himself
has come through with Pay your
debts while you can" Here is a d.
rect saying that ought to be knighted
or sainted or embalmed or whatever
is done to pat sayings to make them
permanently seryiceable. -.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
Just been making reply to those who
complain that we are paying of the
Evening star., 1925-11-02

Q. Why does Halloween always
come on October 31?-T. G.
A. Ii is festival celebrated on
the evening before All Saints day,
which falls on November /.
Q. Hearing of the amazing prices
paid for some OF the undeveloped
land in the South moves me to ask
what the United States paid per
acre for Florida and for the Louisi
ana purchase.-H. j.. r.
A. Florida cost $5,000,00O. or
about 81 cents an acre. while the
Louisiana purchase cost about $27,-
00,000, or a little over cents an
acre.
Q. When is the proper time TO
eXercise?- X
A. According 10 the Public Health
Service better results are obtained
from exercise If taken about three
hours after meals and one should
preferably not eat again until an
hour has elapsed after exercising.
Q. How long have textiles been
leached?- e. A.
A. The securing and bleaching Of
textiles Is one of the oldest technical
uses of lime. Authentic records date
back TO $50 b. c., at which time the
Greek writer, Henophon, records the
wrecking of a ship near MarSeillc
the cargo of which was raw linen
and the lime necessary for its
bleaching.
Q. How many tobacco leaves are
there in a hand of tobacco" IS.
Q. p.
A. The Bureau OF Plant Industry
SAYS that the number of leaves Of
tobacco in "a hand of tobacco"
varies but runs usually from 8 to
~ leaves or more. depending upon
Tie type and grade Of the tobacco
and the size of the leaves. The
heaviest tobacC" and best grade
usually contains small number,
the dark Kentucky tobacco. for III :
stance. The weight is variable also.
From three TO five ounces IS fair
average for hand. but they may
run as high as or ounces.
Q. How many railroad ties are
there TO mile on the Southern
Pacific IT. McC.
A The Southern Pacific Railway
Co. says that the number varies
from 2,4e4 TO 1850
@ How much money do tourists
Canada "A. L. S.
A. Tourists from the United
States took s150,OO0, 900 in reyenue
TO Canada in 1925. according 10 esti-
mates OF Canadian government ON
cials. This sum is equal TO quar-
ter Of the value of the Dominion S
wheat crop and approximates the
value OF the annual mining output
OF Ontario, Quebec and British CO.
iumbia combined. More than 2,OUG,-
900 American automobiles, il is esti-
mated, have crossed into Canada
this Fall. They carried approximately
1000, 900 people. or number equal
to the total prpula tion Of Canada
O. How many cities have adopted
The platoon plan in their schools
II. NJ. c.
A Ninety nine cities in thirty-twC
States have one or more schools or
ganized according to the work study
play, or platoon plan. During the
past year the Department of the In
terror. Bureau of Education. has re
ceived requests from every State in
the Union except three for informa
ton about the platoon plan.
Q. Do flies have diseases M
r. H.
A. There are a number If parasites
which are probably annoying to flies
but not especially destructive. and
there are also certain mites which at
.ach themselves TO these insects for
migratory purposes. Worms of sew
] erai species invade their internal or
sans Adult flies are subject to al
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Italy's Debt Negotiation.

Italy's ability TO pay" will be the
important factor in the negotiations
looking to settlement of the ltallan
war debt to the United States which
begins TODAY. The Italian commission
has come here with expressions OF the
utmost good will toward the payment
Of the debt an attitude that cannot
fail to have a favorable effect.
The American Debt Commission Is
faced with a difficult problem In
fairness TO all its debtors, the United
States can scarcely be expected TO de-
viate from the principle Of debt set
tlement which has been established
Yet in fairness TO Italy the present
and future capacity of that nation to
settle it's debt of $2,138,543,S52 must
be taken definitely into consideration
With France the same question of ca
pacity to pay was an important factor
in the recent negotiations here. The
French and American commissions
were unable to agree upon that ca
pacity TO pay. Furthermore, the
French sought a security clause
which would have authorized France
to cease payments at any time and 10
seek further review of the situation.
The French negotiations were unsuc-
cessful, and the United States offered
finally kind of fiveyear moratorium
of the debt, with the payment of /
per cent interest during that period,
I1A
resumed at the conclusion of that pc
riod. This the French have not looked
upon with favor.
1t is we'll recognized here that
Italys ability to pay the war debt to
the United States is limited at the
present time. 1t is no secret that the
situation in Italy is regarded here as
very different from that in France.
]taly's revenue resources have been
considerably lessened, even by hun
dreds of millions of dollars a year.
They have been lessened in part
through the loss of money heretofore
derived from American tourists
abroad through the loss Of revenue
because of the American prohibition
laws and through the loss Of money
due to the limitations now put on i'm
migratio into this country. Today
many tourists in Europe dodge into
Italy and out again in automobiles;
instead of making prolonged stays in
Italys historic and beautiful cities.
The expectation of Italian wines for
consumption in the United States has
and whereas in years gone by thou
sands of Italians have poured into
the United States to reap a golden
harvest with their labor and have
then returned with American money
TO spend in Italy, the immigration
quota law now in effect has reduced
this source of income greatly.
The United States is no Shylock
fairly and with consideration toward
Italy and France and all other debt
ors. The relations between Italy and
the United States have always been
cordial and the same pleasant rela
tionship is expected to continue in the
present negotiations. Yet the Amer
ican Government must also look to
the interests of the American people
An acknowledgment of the Italian
debt doubtless will be made For the
rest ItAly's present financial situation
must in large measure be the guide.
Evening star., 1925-11-02

war debt too fast. Secretary Mellon
does not resort to a lot of hnancial
gibberish that would go over tne
heads Of most Of us. He stated: Inc
country today is exceedingly prosper
Gus. 1t can afford to pay off its debts
without undue burden upon the tax
PAYERS. It's history has always peen
prompt extinguishment of its war
debts. 1t is ready for the next emer-
gency when it comes. The time TO
repair your roof is in good weather
not when it is raining. The time TO
pay your debts is when you can.
The world turns awful fast these
days. He would be rash. indeed, VINO
would attempt to say what the ma,
tionaI problems of so years hence VIII
be. 1t does not appear that this gen.
Grafton is leaving the generations that
come after as great heritage as we
have received ourselves: but this we
can dove cen leave the coming gem
Grafton out of debt. But, anyway,
sound governmental philosophy lis
summed up In ssoay your debts when
you can-Lansfag State Journal.
Evening star., 1925-11-02

Prohibition enforcement has the
support Of the general public, accord
Ing to Wayne B. Wheeler. A few in
nocent bystanders have been shot.
The fact stands. however, that the
public demands a fair trial for a law
as we'll as for a citizen
Evening star., 1925-11-02

An Arctic expedition that brings
back all it's men alive is an achieve
ment well deserving of the congra tu-
lations the Macmillan party has re-
ceived. In order to reach the North
Pole there must be patience and pru-
dence as we'll as courage. There are
no scientific secrets TO be discovered
that are worth a wanton and specta Gu.
lar sacrifice of men.
Evening star., 1925-11-02

Only ten or fifteen per cent of the
motion picture industry is claimed by
Adolph Zukor. He was popularly
credited with more, but this is enough
to keep the wolf from the door for
several seasons
Evening star., 1925-11-02
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
Inquiries.

Inquiries.
Letters into words we weave
And words we set in line
To make our neighbors laugh or grieve
Ger thought rough hewn or fine.
But when the times are out Of joint
AS parts of speech we scrawl
The old Interrogation Point
Is greater than them all,
Evening star., 1925-11-02

Jud .Tunkins says the interest in
Halloween is soin' to grow less as
people realize that they're ruinin' the
prospects for a pumpkin pie to make
a false face.
Evening star., 1925-11-02

The Shah of Persia has been in.
vited TO retire and no longer subject
himself 10 the temptation of allowing
business to interfere with plea sure
Evening star., 1925-11-02

There are no dictators in America
any one else TO the assertion Of un-
questioned power, and he has his
troubles.
Evening star., 1925-11-02

Foreign monopolies of rubber, nj
trates, etc, may call for a revival Of
the slogan, Down with the trusts"
Evening star., 1925-11-02

Around our settlement" said Uncle
Eben, de problem of supply and de-
mand is gettin sumpin' serious. De
huntin' dogs is gittin' mo- an mo- nu-
merouser an de rabbits is gittin mo
an mo- searcsr." n
Evening star., 1925-11-02

The cooperative movement will
give the farmers an opportunity TO
show that they are better business
men than they have been politicians
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Candid Appreciation.

Candid Appreciation.
What is your opinion of the Elm
stein theory?"
Il admire it," answered Senator
Sorghum. Il don't understand it, but
/ take off my hat to it's expert pub
licity."