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Parking Ban Vetoed.

A decided showing of public oppo
sition has caused the Commissioners
to veto the plan to bar all-night park
ing on the streets of Washington:
Following Commissioner Fenning s
original proposal thousands OF letters
We're written to District officials and
newspapers commenting on the plan.
\ large majority were clearly op.
posed, and the scheme. therefore was
dropped.
The Commissioners in their de
rision, however, have not solved the
problem. They have merely post
poned it. Parking, both day and
night, is reaching proportions that are
bound eventually to require drastic
and perhaps unpopular action. The
dead storage of automobiles on the
streets of any city Is fundamentally
opposed TO good traffic regulation.
The streets are primarily for moving
transportation, both day and night,
and any factor that either delays or
STILES this transportation must be
eliminated
Washington is extremely fortunate
in being able to permit downtown
parking in the daytime. This, of
course, is due in a large measure to
the width of the streets. But as traf.
fic becomes more congested and the
number of automobiles increases
there is every reason to believe that
daytime use of the public thorough
fares for longtime parking will be
prohibited. And when this action IS
taken the question Of all-night park
ing will come up again and motor.
lists will probably find themselves un-
any part of the city, either day or
night.
1t is not a rosy picture TO paint of
future conditions in Washington. The
motor car has come to be large
factor in the daily life Of the people.
1t has made itself vital to business
development and progress. However
the time will come, whether ten or
Illcch y ears Ollc Ndli
| when an automobile occupying fifteer
or more feet of the highway canno,
[ daily serve the individual trans
portation needs Of a single person tt
and from work, unless storage space
can be found at both terminals of the
! trip. There Will be too many cars
and too many people, granting, OF
course. that the rate Of increase in
automobiles in the United States con
tinues at its present rate.
This future condition will not apply
to Washington alone. Other cities
will have to come to it long before il
IS found necessary here. 1t is the
hope of every motorist and every citi
zen that the time for such drastic
action in Washington will be long de
layed and that full use Of automobiles
will be a privilege Of those residing
here for many years to come.
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Still Deadlocked.

Hope for Il prompt settlement of
the coal strike induced by a resump.
| ton of the negotiations between the
| miners and the operators has faded
as the days have passed without any
approach toward agreement The
operators have declared that they
stand where they stood in July The
| miners insist that they have not
changed their position. Perhaps they
| know just where the issue lies. The
public has forgotten If it really ever
| understood. The consumers merely
know that through the unwillingness
Of the miners to arbitrate on the basis
proposed by the operators, and the
| unwillingness Of the operators to ap-
| proach a settlement on the basis pro-
| posed by the miners, the production
of anthracite has ceased. stocks are
| dwindling, prices are mounting and
suffering is prevalent.
The operators want an adjustment
that will not increase the cost Of pro-
| duction; the miners want an agree
ment that will increase the wages
and diminish the price of coal. The
| operators want arbitration, with a
long contract; the miners want a set.
tlement that is not an arbitration, and
a short contract. The public wants
| coal.
Both sides, it is said, are looking
hopefully to Washington for inter
vention. The President cannot inter
vene under the law. He can only act
persuasively to induce the contend
| Ing sides to submit to a settlement
, by Government-named board, which,
however. will be without any power
Of forcing an agreement.
Congress might act. Indeed 1t has
been asked to act, but there appears
| to be no disposition on the hill to
but, rather, to 'let nature take its
course" and to hope for a settlement
through the pressure of circumstances
upon the contenders.
There is every indication Of dis.
position on the part of the miners
themselves to return to work They
want the strike settled on almost any
terms. It IS not the business of the
| leaders, however, to allow this pres.
| sure from within the organization to
| force their hands. They are fighting
/ for principle" they say. which
seems to be the principle Of debating
the terms on which work will no ra
sumed. And meanwhile the public is
paying the bin in increased coal prices
in chilled dwellings. in sickness and
in death.
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Fog!
You recall how Dickens went on
about fog. Fog, heavy. impenetrable;
fog that cut off the sight Of one face
from another; fog lying thick in the
streets; fog almost as dark as night:
fog making the stage coaches lumber
more than ever; fog hiding the vice
in the evil heart; fog conceaIins the
good In the bright and precious soul
fog, fog, fog!
Washington had its first real fog in
years recently. The Post Office De
partment Building stood almost lost
to sight from the north sidewalk of
Pennsylvania avenue. Lights on va
rious floors, especially at each end,
stood out through the gloom, while up
in the tower a few more lights
CLEANED.
The Capitol was quite lost to sight.
Often the top of the great dome is
obscured, but that day not even a
stone of the huge edifice was visible
from any appreciable distance up the
Avenue.
A strange sense of being lost stole
over one. To stand in a window, say
six or seven stories from the ground.
and look out over the business sky
line Of the National Capital was an
unusual experience
coal smoke to add to the fog itself
Atmospheric conditions solely were
responsible for the misty covering that
had settled down in the streets.
Familiar stores were effaced. Yonder
on the corner, one realized, still stood
an eating place where the bows gather
at lunch to consume we'll made sand.
wiches, but as far as eyes could tell
now ii was gone.
1t was there undOuht ediy and Vet
II was gone,
This was some of the evil work of
the dismal fog, we told ourselves
secretly. The phenomena, rare I'm
these parts. except in the vicinity OF
the so-called Foggy Bottom land often
not seen there for months at time
affected us adversely.
High above the traffic roar sounded
the siren Of the Fire Department
They We're going out in the fog! VI
sions of wrecked apparatus, hurt men
and confusion filled our hearts.
1t was too bad, we said, that the
engines had to go out In this fog
To us, from our high position. col
lision seemed inevitable How could
they miss hitting something
We forgot that down there the
human eye could see very we'll for ar
appreciate distance, especially since
there were lampposts, street cars. au
tomobileS and other objects close al
hand to furnish some standard of com
parison.
From our perch everything seemed
blank, mostly because we were look
ing into space, with no objects close
enough to furnish guides 10 the eye
Those familiar with the sandy beaches
of the Maryland and New Jersey sea
line will appreciate this feeling.
On those beaches one may look for
miles, in some localities, perhaps see
ing from afar a bit of wreckage. Since
there is nothing to be seen but sea
sky and beach. the walker has alb
solutely no standards of comparison.
Surely 1t is the hull of a ship. He
walks faster and faster. Perhaps he
was mile away when he spotted
the thing-he walks and walks. and
to his eyes the wreckage grows larger
and larger.
1t is not until he is almost upor
1t that he realizes his eyes. his
imagination and the lack of other oh
| jectS for comparison have fooled him
| woefully.
What he took for hull of a wreck
! ed ship turns out to be an old soar
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Two Old Landmarks Pass.

Two Of Washington's old landmarks
are going, both hostelrtes of note in
the past. These are the Capitol Hotel
and the Ebbitt House, which are being
RACED to make way for important i'm
provements. 1t IS rather a striking
coincidence that these two old build
ings should begin to fall before the
picks of the wreckers at the same
time. They were not precisely CO.
temporaneous. The Capitol Hotel had
passed from its prosperity and de-
Perforated into a cheap place Of lodg-
ing by the time that the Ebbitt House
as 1t has 4tood for many years was
erected. Yet it was the scene in its
time Of notable gatherings. 1t was
a favortte of statesmen of a century
ago. The Ebbitt was a social and
semi. official center half a century ago.
OF the two the Ebbitt gained perhaps
more national renown than the Cap
itol. other hotels were more famous
In that early period Of local history
than the Capitol, though 1t sheltered
some of the most famous personages
of that time. The Ebbitt was for
many years famous for the residence
there of statesmen and officers Of the
Army and Navy. Men who con.
tributed to American history during
and Immediately following the Civil
War lived there. OF late years 1t has
passed from it's eminence among the
Washington hotels. 1t now passes to
make room for a notable improvement,
a building erected by the National
! Press Club, which viii b ene Of IL
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largest in the city and ono Of the
richest contributions to its business
development of recent years. 1t is
appropriate that the new Press Club
should stand on that particular site,
for 1t adjoins and in some measure
comedies with old newspaper row."
where fifty years ago most Of the
Washington correspondents" repre-.
sentatives of papers printed elsewhere,
had their offices. Thus tradition is
restored, even though a distinguishing
feature OF the local downtown land
scape disappears.
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End of Wheeler Case Seen
In Latest Court Action

A satisfactory end OF the Wheeler
case is seen by most Of the newspa
perS in the action of the Supreme
Court of the District Of Columbia,
which declared defective an indict-
ment against the Montana Senator i'll
connection with land deals.
While it is difficult to believe. -
says the Springfield Republican I'm
dependent}. that the Department of
shamelessly used to satisfy Harry
Daugherty's thirst for vengeance
since his forced retirement as Attor-
ney General, the limit has been
reached in regarding the prosecution
of Senator Wheeler as the necessary
performance Of a public duty. That
Attorney General Sargent will take
this view of the case seems virtually
beyond question"
No likelihood Of further proceed
ings is seen by the Dayton Daily
News independent Democraticl, be
cause there is a different atmosphere
in Washington from that which pre-
vailed when the original charges
were brought, and to Senator Wheeler
Is due. in large measure, credit for
the publication which has come"
The Memphis News Scimitar dnde-
pendent also expresses the Judgment
that it will be well for the case to
come to an end, and adds: "A goodly
part OF the country has the impress
sion that the case is persecution and
whatever fault attaches to Senator
Wheeler is purely technical. Nothing
has been shown in the proof to indi-
cate that he profited from any Of the
permits he Is alleged to have helped
/ his friends secure
* ~
The country, while criticizing the
Senate freely" remarks the Lexing,
ton Leader Republican,. likes to
feel that its membership, whatever
| weakness may be apparent. consists
| Of men who are honest and honorable
and incapable Of engaging In any
corrupt transactions for profit and al
the expense OF the Government. Sen
| ator Wheeler's colleagues professed
| their faith in him from the beginning
| but 1t was necessary from every
| standpoint to have the case tried.
| The Syracuse Herald independent
| adds that "it Is good to know that
justice has been done to an innocen,
man."
| The New York Evening Post dnde
| pendent) thinks three generations
would seem to be enough" and de
clares 1.-The Department of Justice, un
der Attorney General Sargent, ha.
| done it's duty" while the case "ha,
been tried in two courts" in addition
to action by Senator Wheeler's legis
lative associates.
| The Little Rock Arkansas Democrat
Democratic) expresses the hope THAI
| this disgraceful act of persecution
really has been wiped of the books.
and the Williamsport Sun dndepend
ent) declares 1.-The country will be
very we'll satisfied If no effort is made
! to revive the charges through an ap
peal to the higher courts"
| X
While disagreeing very emphatical
ly with Mr.. Wheeler's views, the Du
luth Herald independently says it sis
glad the charges against him have
0nnaa to nothinG," and hopes thai
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Pass the Plaza Bill!

Agreement by the Senate commit.
to report favorably the bill to author.
sze purchase of the additional land
needed to complete the projected Cap.
Stol-Station plaza puts that measure
on the way to speedy enactment by
khe upper house. Il II is passed there
st should receive equally prompt at
Eention in the House of Representa-
Asves, 90 that this long.delayed work
tnay be finished.
The space in trent Of the Union
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the effort to use the machinery of the
criminal courts to punish men for
their political views will not be re
peated in this country. About the
Wheeler indictments there has al
ways been a faint of politics. ac-
cording to the Philadelphia Public
Ledger independently. which empha-
sizes the fact that they followed his
activities in the oil inquiry" and when
"Dougherty was fighting for his po-
lltical life In fact, as viewed by the
Iynchburg Advance Democrat icl
1.-The whole proceeding has been of dis
credit to the Department of Justice
and it has cost the American taxpay-
ers a considerable sum of money" and
in the opinion of the Atlantic City
Daily Press independently "if ever
there was a case filed with evidence
of bad faith. it was that of the Wheel
er accusations"
The Columbus Ohio State Journal
tRepublican says the case bore all
the earmarks of a counter offensive"
To the Hartford Times dndependent
Democratic) the action of the court Sin
finding the charges too trivial to war
rant trial confirms the view that the
Wheeler case has been a spite case"
Senator Wheeler'S opinion that from
the outset it was "a case of political
persecution" is believed by the Utica
Observer Dispatch independently to be
warranted, and the Buffalo Evening
News Republican, calls the proceed
ing "a legacy of hate" The Milwaukee
Journal independently declares ut is
performances like these that break
down confidence in government. and
about which men who have the in
terest of the country at heart should
be concerned
X X
1T is distressing to note" accord
ing to the Rochester Times Union On
dependent). that the department. with
much pressing business on its hands,
continued to spend time and money
prosecuting a man against whom it
had no valid case" But the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch independently is con-
WINGED the shattered Ohio gang will
stalk him no more" The Great Falls
Tribune Democratic), stating that it
has never committed itself to the sup
port Of Senator Wheeler" quotes from
its own correspondent 1T Is hoped
| that this Will be the end of the scan
dalous practice of using the Federal
| machinery for purposes of political
vengeance"
Much of the comment is far from
| friendly to Senator Wheeler himself.
1.-The public may now rest assured
says the New LONDON Iay tRepuDll-
CAM, that the war is over, and that
| neither muck raker ever proved any
thing on the other" AS to Senators
| doing 'favors' of this nature in Wash
| ington," the st. Paul Pioneer Press
independent Republican, observes,
1--WE believe 1t a highly reprehensible
practice, whether or not the courts
construe it as involving a technical
violation of the law" The Lafayette
, Journal and Courier independent Re
publican) concludes that Wheeler has
been more fortunate than were the
men he assailed in his fanaticaI ss-l
for political capital for campaign pur-
poses,'' and that wheeler, assassin of
character. is enabled by the courts 70
escape Tetr1butive assassination
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Assertions have been made abroad
that workingmen cannot be happy
without light wines and beer. This
makes it appear remarkable that 80
many Iaborers should be waiting at
the gateways to be struggled into this
prohibition country.
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National temperaments are vastly
different. 1t is feared that this coun-
try could gain nothing by asking Mus
solini what he would do in case of an
anthracite strike.
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Predictions that in years to come
the oil supply will seriously diminish
the gasoline supply has not discour.
aged the manufacture of motors. The
disposition is to make time; while the
Juice lasts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09

At least we may be sure any enbar-
rassment about rubber can be settled
with nothing like the difficulty that
arose in the Republics early history
concerning that great American lux
inv tea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09

The fuel consumer has about given
up counting the days till the anthra-
cite strike is ended. He now begins to
find hope in counting the weeks until
the arrival of the balnly springtime.
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One Of the hopeful signs Of the
times is the fact that any plan for
permanent peace is greeted with at
least a show Of enthusiastic approval
the world over.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09

It is perhaps a sad commentary on
human nature that any person who
sees a chance to establish a monopoly
of any kind almost invariably does so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09

When an heiress weds song writer
matter-of-fact parent is very likely
to prove impervious even to the most
sentimental ballad.
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One Consolation.

From the Rutland Daily Herald.
Nice thing about wearing an old
overcoat is you can eat in q restau-
rant without watching tho QYerODA&s
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Dealing With an Outlaw.

OU1H0"s
What was that crowd running
Mesa Bill out Of town for?"
For bein' a bootlegger," answered
Cactus Joe.
us Crimson Gulch that strict?"
Just between ourselves, have my
suspicious they was hustlin' him on
his way for q new supply"
Politics." said Uncle Eben, "gits
dangerous when some O. de men in it
gifts way past bein' politicians and
'magines dey's hypnotizers."
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The appointment Of Gerald Nye is
referred to by many Senators as only
disappointment
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

A Little Tribute.
What citizen has never held
An admiration true
For one whose eloquence compelled
Great thoughts to rise anew.
His sparkling phrases finely cut
Would make us laugh or sob.
We put him into off1ce-but
He didn't know his Job.
No moro unto a bold display
OF bluff will I defer.
I'll seek the man who plods his way
And makes but little stir,
Who scorns pretenses. while his hear,
Beats with an honest throb.
hail the nan who does his part;
The man who knows his job.
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China's Chief Industry.
From the Durham Sun.

FrOu INC DUCUdW sun.
Prosperity fingers in China. The
wars are lasting SO much longer than
they used to.
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Making an Impression.

Making an Impression.
"You print long speeches in the Rec
ord, but you make them uninterest.
ing"
II don't want them to be interest
ing" replied Senator Sorghum. MY
friends at home will not read enough
observe the length and give me credit
for great industry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09

Jud Tunkins says children should
listen to the wisdom Of parents; only
too many parents disappoint their au-
dience.
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Missing a Familiar Voice

MISSING Familiar Voice.
The traffic signal causes doubt,
Remaining silent as I ride.
I'd rather it would bawl me out.
Please put a phonograph inside!
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The historical character play con.
tinues to fascinate John Drinkwater.
He has followed up his abraham
Lincoln" and Robert E. Lee" by a
six scene play, Robert Burns" This
play consists of six more or less dra-
matte episodes not very closely uni
fed. There is much quotation from
Burns poetry. The loves of Burns
naturally form most Of the material
Of the plA1h
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09

The January Scribner's might also
be called a Carnegie number. for 1t
not only has the article by the presi-
dent of the Carnegie Institution Of
Washington. but also one by President
Frederick P. Keppel Of the Carnegie
Corporation Of New York. entitled
"Playboys Of the College World" Dr.
keppers article is an enspiriting &C.
count Of the recent developments in
the production of classic and modern
plays in American colleges and the
writing and acting Of plays by under
graduates. DR.. Keppels theories of
this development are interesting He
believes that the labor and enthu-
siasm put into this work are an evil
dence that the normal youth still en-
joys working with his head as we'll
as with his feet and that for many
students dramatics represent an un-
conscious escape from the trivialities
Of the complicated and highly arti.
fetal life they have built up for them
selves"
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While disagreeing very emphatical-
ly with Mr.. Wheeler's views, the Du-
luth Herald independently says 1t 'is
glad the charges against him have
0nna to nothing" and hopes that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-09

President John c. Merriam of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington
should write more popular scientific
articles like his thrilling story of the
finding of Ancient Footprints in the
Grand CANYON" published in the
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Traffic Fatalities.

Eighty-six persons were killed IN
traffic accidents on the streets of
Washington during the past year, ex-
actly the same total as the year pre-
ceding. Seventy-two met their death
through automobiles. thirteen through
street cars and one was killed in an
accident with a horse-drawn vehicle.
On the face of 1t, this latest report
of the Traffic Bureau shows no i'm.
provement over the preceding year.
There are. however, many factors in
the situation which must be consid-
cred. Due to congressional inaction,
court rulings and friction in traffic
enforcement for the past year, Wash
ington has been thrown into such an
uproar that 1t is small wonder that
many more did not meet death in the
confused tangle.
Congress has acted now, and from
this time on there should be a steady
Improvement. The directors powers
are clarified and he is receiving CO.
operation from other law-enforce1nent
agencies. Motorists know now that
they will receive no leniency from the
court and that II they persist IN vio-
Iation their licenses will be summarily
revoked.
There Is every reason to look to-
ward the future with optimism, as q
with the proper functioning of a we'll
eo-ordinated city traffic administra-
ton.