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said that at Washington the moon
would begin to cross the sun at 1855
they accepted the statement without
doubt When the spectacle began on
time, and the full program announced
by students Of the skies was carried:
out, plain men took the thing much
as a matter of course. Thousands OF
our people looked for a few minutes at
the partial banking Of the golden disc
and then said enough" as though
eclipses of the sun were rather usual
things. Some thought that as there
have been eclipses throughout all
time, there will be eclipses through
out all time ''and / do not want to be
later than need be at the Office"
Many thousands of our people
thought of the splendid spectacle In
other terms. They thought of the
earth rolling west to east, Of the
moon rolling round the earth, OF
both the earth and moon travelling
round the sun. Perhaps they thought
that the sun may not be stationary
pivot, and that 1t is travelling through
vast spaces around some sun we know
not of and carrying along its little
satellites, which we have named
Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus
and the rest. Perhaps they thought
of the ponderous spheres whose weight
in quintillions Of tons stupefy our
senses, suspended, flashing. flying,
whirling in an air, ether or space that
seems to us SO light-all following I'M
changing laws.
The eclipse at Washington was a
success, but Washington feels that
those places in the path Of the full
shadow Of the moon had advantage
over us. There the sun was full
masked, and II the air was clear sew
eraI of our sister planets were seen
shining in the sky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-24
A Hopeful Sign.

Encouragement Is seen for hope of
averting the threatened strike Of TO-
600 anthracite coal miners in Pennsyl-
vania and ending the strike OF 12 900
men now on in the Pennsylvania Coal
Company's plant at Pittston in peace
negotiations commenced Wednesday
at Wilkes Barre, which progressed
favorably. An important feature of
the proceedings was a demonstration
of the failure OF the radical element
and evidence of the disposition of the
miners to listen to the advice of the
conservatives.
The meeting OF Wednesday was to
take a strike vote, but it adjourned
without such action. Neil Perry, per-
sonal representative of President
Lewis of the United Mine Workers of
America, advised the men against
striking. and urged that the 10000
now out should return to work. He
favored exhausting all the existing IA
cilities for settlement provided
through the board of Cancellation and
the miners commission, urging that
this was the best way to settle all
grievances. He pointed out that the
proposed strike would be illegal. a
violation of contracts and would work
disaster to the country, as we'll as
initiating against the miners best
interests.
1t is well that the present organi-
zation of the United Mine Workers
contains such wise counselors as
President Lewis and his immediate
staff and that they can be depended
upon to give the men such good ad-
vice, frowning upon efforts OF the
hot heads and the radicals, who in the
past have invariably led the miners
into disaster. 1t Is a hopeful sign OF
stability In the coal business, making
for the good OF the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-24
An Effective "Feeler."

If the speech by Deputy Marin in
the French Chamber on the subject
of Frances debt to this country was a
"feeler" to. sound out American senti-
ment it served its purpose most eff
fectively. The American response was
at once prompt and unmistakable in
tone. So decisive, in fact, that it per
suaded the Herriot government and
its supporters in the Chamber to ex-
ecute an about face. Whereas govern
nent supporters had wildly applauded
the speech upon its delivery. they re-
fused to give 1t official sanction by
ordering it posted" throughout
France.
'Ill-tempered speeches on the subject
Of the French debt are to be deplored.
whether delivered in Paris or in
Washington. Acrimonious debate will
not help toward a satisfactory under
standing. This country wants the debt
question settled, and wants to be gen
erous to France in the terms of set
tlement, but such outbreaks as that of
Deputy Marin make difficult both the
settlement and the generosity. 1t. Is
difficult for a creditor to feel generous
toward a debtor when the debtor holds
the creditor up as a Shylock and
bloodsucker.
There can be no satisfactory settle
ment Of the French debt except upon
terms which Will be regarded as fair
by the people Of both countries. Incl
dents like the Marin speech are calcu-
lated 10 make any settlement seem
unfair, both In France and in the
United States. When a people are told
by their spokesman that they ought
to pay nothing they are not going to
pay anything willingly. And when a
people owe money and are willing to
pay nothing, any scaling down of the
total is going to be distasteful to the
creditor.
IS If there remained in the minds of
the French government any doubts as
to the American view those doubts
could have been cleared away without
such an exposition as the Marin
speech, but that course having been
taken, Senator Borah's answering
speech in the Senate cleared away the
doubts. When official negotiations are
opened, as Is indicated in Paris may
soon be the case, the Borah speech
will furnish an excellent platform
from which to expound the American
position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-24
Closing the Old Account.

Some opposition to the District sur
Plus bill was voiced In the House last
District day on the ground that the
joint surplus committee had not stated
the account between Nation and Capt.
tai between 1874 and date, as instruct
ed, but had only gone back as far
as 1911.
w.: The report of the committee and the
evidence before il show that Account
ants Mayes and Accountant Spalding
had inspected microscopically all these
accounts to discover credits in favor
OF the United States against the Dis
triet; that over S2,000,000 had been
transferred from credit to the District
to credit to the United States as q re-
suit of this inspection; that the joint
committee sought, but could not OBJ
tain, any evidence or sustained claim
OF additional equitable credits in favor
of the United States; that the incom-
-pIeteness of the auditing of accounts
by Mayes and SpaIding consisted in
the fact that they stated only credits
of the United States and not credits
of the District, and that the District
Contended that a full and equitable
statement of the old accounts would
result in the Districts favor IN re-
.spect to specified items aggregating
millions of dollars.
The evidence before the joint COM
mittee evidently satisfied it that re-
statement of the old accounts could
bring no additional net equitable
credits to Uncle Sam. The effect of
the FONT committees action in closing
the account between Nation and Capt.
tai was thus not TO the disadvantage
of Uncle Sam, but of the District,
whose unconsidersd claims Of millions
Of equitable credits were thereby
barred.
The District was reconeiled to this
disposition of the whole subject only
cun the theory that this action would
wipe the slate clean of all the bitter
contention and recrimination over
contradicting claims Of Indebtedness In
the past and would give the Capital
community a fresh start to test fairly
it's financial veal or woe under its new
organic act of 1922.
The House on Monday, in approving
the District surplus BILL will merely
recognize as available for .appropria-
ton District money In the Treasury
which the Controller General certifies
to be there to the credit of the Dis
trict; and will close the old accounts
between Capital and Nation, which
nobody but the District has any
further interest in keeping open.
Elsewhere in The Star in elabora-
ton of this contention a portion Of the
brief of the citizens joint committee
submitted to the congressional joint
4lscaI committee is reprinted.
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historic document. Before prints could
be made, however, representatives of
the Treasury Department visited the
studio and destroyed the plates, on the
ground that they were technically in
violation OF 4. the law. {. This 5inrident
illustrates the scrupulous care the
Government takes to prevent en-
croachment upon the integrity of the
currency.
The idea of a carpet with dollar
mark design menacing the stability
of Turkish finances is. however, anus
ing. Even with all its care the United
States Government would probably
pay no attention whatever to such
production, for 1t does not ban the
dollar mark itself though its use. in
a design may be questioned on the
score Of taste, artisticsand otherwise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-24
independence Of Coolidge
Wins Editors Admiration

the Republican administration dis
credited go
President Coolidge may be treat.
ing politicians to painful surprises"
says the Chicago Daily News Cinde-
pendent), but the common sense of
the Nation sees nothing strange In
any of the steps he has taken since
the November election. He was the
peoples choice for President, and he
is expected to lead his party as well
as the Nation. He was nominated
and elected on perfectly clear and
definite platform. and he is carrying
out his explicit pledges. He Is not
invading the sphere OF Congress or
that OF the judiciary. On the other
hand, he Is not encouraging invasion
by Congress of the sphere of the
Executive"
Rejecting on the statement of a
Washington correspondent that the
President 10 demonstrating something
not hitherto displayed, the Sioux City
Journal asks: rs 1t a new Coolidge
May 1t not be the same Calvin Cool
idge in a little bit different role? Or.
perhaps. they m erely did not discover
the kind Of man he was until the oc-
casion demanded the action that he
was quick to supply" The Omaha
World-Herald independent Demo
-cratic), analyses the character OF men
who have resigned and those who
have. been named to succeed them, as
/. well as Senator Borah, whom the
World Herald points to as the power
behind the retirement of Secretary
Hughes, and adds: The real prob
lem-the'. unknown problem in the
/. equation---is Calvin Coolidge. We
know +Borah. very well, and Kellogg
fairly well But the country is not
yet acquainted as 1t is destined to be
with it's President pro tenn, as Leslie
Shaw has pfcknamed him. AS time
and events reveal him, we may be
surprised--and -Borah may be the
most surprised OF any"
+ President Coolidge saves himself
much annoyance by announcing a
resignation and naming a successor
at one and the same time says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer independent
Democratic). He avoids the i'm
portunities Of aspirants and their
friends and supporters. 1t is, a new
plan and one that ought to be made
permanent" .-r-
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--.-..-... .,',-
Blames .Motorman
For Passenger Loss
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star: o.. 49,. 1880.
On the front page of The Star OF
January 16 appears q story Of reports
OF tire street railway companies. to
the Public Utilities Commission in
which claims are made that the loss
of passengers Is due to a great ex-
tent to the Increased use OF auto
mobiles. 49, ..s
From; experience and observation I
can say that the Washington Railway
and Electric Company Is losing pas
sengefs BECAUSE, of the failure of the
motormen to stop for passengers.
Two. three and as many as four cars
each morning, for some time past
have failed to make stops on North
Capitol street at, L and M streets.
despite the fact that these cars were
not overcfowded. In fact some Of
them were but half filled.
- During the recent heavy snow, when
but a few cars were in operation.
these were crowded to capacity long
before they reached the streets re-
ferred TO-. but since that time. It APP
pears as II the rnotormen are en-
deavor1nge TO make up time lost dur
ing the snowstorn and therefore fail
to stop Tor the passengers. II bus
line were operated through that sec
ton the railway company would. find
that many more passengers would
not ride on its cars" -
-:-eE.AHENCE N -LINTHfCUE.
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The Eclipse.

Scientific Washington watched the
suns eclipse in scientific way from
1855 to 1922, and all the rest OF Wash.
ington made observations through
panes of glass smoked with gas or
candle SCOT, fragments Of glass BACKED
by the flame Of a match and through
old Photographic negatives-film and
plate. The days work was broken in
OH by the eclipse. and all the chores
of home and Office were off schedule
Washington scientists had much to
do with the eclipse. in foretelling it.
computing the time Of interpretation of
the moon, the time of transit OF Luna
between earth and Phoebus, the be-
ginning, end and width Of the deep
shadow of the moon and the breadth
Of the lighter shadow which bordered
it. A considerable part of the scien-
tific population Of Washington vent
to places on which the full shadow Of
the moon fell to make observations
Of the corona and to learn what is pos
sfble to know Of those millionaire
Hung off by the sun, and which show
,Iuminously in the sky when the sun
is shut from view by the moon. These
scientific observations will be the mat
ter of study and discussion for years
to come.
- The great body of Washington peo-
pie turned amateur astronomers with
considerable zeal. They have so long
known that the earth travels in a long
elliptcal path around the sun every
year, and that the moon revolves
about the earth and accompanies it in
its passage round the sun, that when
they saw the sun Of Washington near
Iy blotted from view by black object
they had none Of that fear which used
TO overcome men. They have come to
know something about the progress of
the science of astronomy and to rely
on astronomers, and when the men Of
Telescopes aAA higher mathematics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-24
A Counterfeit Carpet.

The Turkish authorities who have
refused to admit through the customs
a large carpet woven in Greece on the
ground that it is counterfeit money!"
because it bears in it's design a fac
smile of the American dollar, are GER
tafnly considerable OF the currency of
the United States. They are taking
no chances, even though the POSSIBLE
ity OF circulating such a medium rs
hardly to be reckoned as serious.
Strictly speaking, those Turkish
officials are right, though perhaps
their own laws do. not require them
to be so scrupulous in their denial Of
admittance to the dollar mark carpet.
In this country any fabric of what
ever material that comprises replica
Of the token of currency Is illegal.
The dollar mark, of course, can be
used in designs, provided it is not en-
ployed in what purports to be a rep
resentation of money. No fac-simile Of
bill or coin can be legally. printed,
nodded. stamped or made by any other
method. II is illegal, for example. to
photograph money, and to do so SUBJ
jects the photographer to severe pen
atty. ~
Upon the conclusion OF the war
with Spain and the ratification OF the
treaty of Paris a warrant was drawn
at the Treasury Department for $780,
oee 900. In payment to Spain OF the
amount provided for compensation for
the cession of her insular possessions
to the United States. An enterprising
cameraist of this city took several
photographs. AZ This warrant as an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-24

man and woman sat at q
restaurant table, q not uncoFnmo on
situation. sort Of tea-for-two'' stuff.
That bozo over there Is prime
mutt, If you ask me-" the man said
indicating with twist of his eye
Srows talkative counterman busy
dispensing. food.
What do you hold against him2
asked the woman. Her hair was
white with experience. framing a
kindly face, whose lines We're those
of smiles rather than wrinkles. 49,.
That bird hasn't enough sense to
wad shotgun, as the saying is"
returned her companion. Listen to
him GO on" U.s.,
OF truth, the eounterman was
going on. He was going on indef-
nftely. something on the principle OF
perpetual motion. Physicists declare
a self-runninR machine to be an i'm
possibility, but those who, say that
never heard Bill. the bozo -.... ..
Physicists who would say Bill was
not perpetual motion. as. far as his
tongue was concerned, come within
the definition of the member of Con
gress who, when asked what q
physicist" was. declared 1t to be a
sound like the opening of a cham
payne bottle. --... o.,
The woman turned 10 her table
companion.
Yes. he does run on she smiled
But did you ever Think.
Did | ever think what?" r.
That he was No. IT,"
"Eh2a ....
His shoes were No. II. his stock
tngs were No. IT, he himself was jus,
No. lat the orphanage"
snap Judgments. Judgments made
without full knowledge of the facts,
or lacking even the rudimentary ba-
sis OF fact, are so common that one
ordinarily pays no attention to them
until brought face to face with a par
ticular case, as above
such hasty weighings OF our fellow
human beings, however. are RESPONSE
bic for perhaps as much misery as
any other one factor in life. and the
sad part of II all is that nothing can
be done about IL. except through some
such consideration as we are giving
1t here.
Calling the problem to mind. how
ever, is good thing. profitable
thing, If each reader---as well as the
writer-would take to heart the. mat
ter. resolve to do his or her part. as
Tar as possible, in ending hasty judg-
..
The fact Is that none of us is In a
position to weigh others In the bal
ance and find them wanting. except IN
such cases as probably most of us con.
front seldom in our lives.
We simply cannot condemn without
running the great risk OF being un.
true TO the better part of ourself, as
well as doing grave injustice to the
victim of our snap Judgment.
Morally. we have no right to de.
clare fiatly. Il do not like him" Per
sonally, am given to liking and dis
liking people on sight-and am usu.
ally wrong
So are you when you do the same
thing.
The thing usually works out In thi.
way: You meet a man, he has a biz
nose, or something of thar sort" he
brushes his hair the wrong way, o,
his first name is one OF your pet aver.
sions.
Anupathy runs through you as tn,
radio impulses vibrate along an an.
tenna- II don't like that fellow" YOU
confide to a friend. He gives me 3
pain"
A year later that fellow is a very
good friend of yours. and, in a spirit
of confidence you tell him: -.
DO you know, when / first met yor
couldn't see you at all. You gavs
me an acute pain. Now, isn't that
funny7"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

@. What is the cost to the country
OF license plates on motor vehicles?
r. NJ.
A. There are no statistics that
would show the exact cost of license
tags to the individual States The
automobile license division of the
District of Columbia says that their
tags cost about 1874 cents in dupli-
cate.
Q. Who owns the land around the
North Pole.--L. Il;
A. OF the northernmost lands
Greenland belongs to Denmark,
sprbefgen fies the Norwegian flag
by consent of the allies, Franz
Joseph Land belongs TO Siberia and
the Grant Land to the United States.
Q. What is meant by holy year,
S. IT.
A. Holy year is the year of jubilee
inally this took place every so years,
but lately has been celebrated every
25 years. The holy door of the
BasiIica OF ST. Peters is one of the
sides of the principal doors which
remains closed except In holy year,
when 1t Is opened by the Pope with
proper ceremonies, indicating that an
enlarged entrance into the holy place
is granted to the faithful during the
period Of jubilee. The custom is of
great antiquity.
@ How many people were cleo
trocuted at Sing Sing in 1887
L. S. p.
A. The Prison Department of the
State of New York says that there
were 16 electrocutions at Sing Sing
during the year 1923.
.. When was old Fort Industry
built, which was located near the
corner of Monroe and Summit streets
Toledo, Ohio?- ]. S.
A. Fort Industry was erected al
the mouth Of the Maumee River by
orders of Wayne after the battle OF
| Fallen Timbers as safeguard
| against Fort Miami. The exact yea,
| OF It's erection is not known. Wag.
goner in his history of Lucas County
| publishes a letter from the War De.
| partment. which reads as follows
"A stockade fort was erected abou
| the year 1900 near the mouth of Swar
| Creek on the Maumee River, and a.
I near as can be determined upon wha
| Is now Summit street in the city Of
| Toledo, to which was given the name
| OF Fort Industry"
Q. Please tell something of TIL,
early life of Stanley. the explorer
who went in search of Livingstone
z. P.
A. Stanley. the explorer, was borr
at Denbigh, in wales. He spent min.
years in a workhouse and afterwarc
| lived with various relatives. At thu
| age of Is he was shipped as cabir
boy on a vessel sailing to New or.
leans. He found employment in thii
city and later In Arkansas. HI
served through the Civil War.
Q. When was the first Elgin watcl
made I'D. NJ
| A. The first Elgin watch was sem
out in April, 1867. The pioneer
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Eclipse.
The savage an eclipse would view
With terror in his eye.
He thought he'd found some trouble
new,
Up yonder in the sky.
He mourned the light 1t used to give:
He thought its work was done,
And wondered how the world would
Without the smiling sun.
The good old sun came shining clear
To gladden. every. gaze,
And laughed again at human fear
or Natures steadfast ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-24

A Nebraska worker in a lumber
yard on receiving information that he
was heir TO over a hundred thousand
dollars declares he will go on work
ing. Work and idleness are largely
matters Of temperament. A workman
loves his occupation, and 4 loafer, in
spite of wage inducements, will go on
loafing just the same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-24

A cabinet officials salary is con-
sidered too small to permit him to en-
terrain socially in BETTING manner.
The United States Government is an
up-to-date. institution except in the
matter Of its pay roll.