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Evening star., 1926-04-09
A Public Utilities Commission.

A bill To create a public utilities
commission distinct from the Board of
District Commissioners has been
fra med by subcommittee of the House
and will be laid before the fun District
committee next Tuesday for considera-
ton and action. 1t Is Washington's
hope that this measure will be pressed
for passage and will be finally enacted
at the present session. When the public
utilities act was pa ssed by Congress the
Board Of District commissioners was
utilized for the purpose Of instituting
this principle of municipal control over
the local utilities. as 1t was felt that
the heads of the District governments
stages conduct the system Of supervi
sion. Experience, however, has proved
that this is not satisfactory method
of administration. The District Com.
mIssioners are wholly occupied in the
discharge Of their administrative du-
ties, and must Of necessity divide their
attention between those duties and the
public utility Jurisdiction to the dissd-
vantage of both.
Control of the public utilities Of the
District In a quasi judicial function,
the commission sitting as court as well
as administrative body. Full attention
to all matters pertaining to the utili-
tas, Including study et eesdttteaa slas.
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Terrible and the only surviving
, brother Of Ivan's childless heir--Feo-
| dor. Dmitri was carefully and thor
oughly killed in youth by the far.
sighted Boris Godunoy. This was IN
1891 and Boris made a successful Srab
for the throne in 1908, Dmitri, who
had in life been characterized by most
unusual physical characteristics,
promptly popped up in PVia nd. Who
ever he was, he VAS a first-ciass sol
der. for he invaded Russia and got
back the czaral crown. He was over
thrown by a rival, was slain and i'm
paled on Il spear. Later, in order
to settle him effectually, he was dis
inferred aud his ashes we're fred from
II cannon.
Did this end him? Not bit. He
reappeared la Poland, was cordially
accepted by his wife, again marched
on Russia and again captured Mos
COW. Next he was slain by a Don
toSs;trk, but reappcared. this time
IN several places al once, all the phys
real presentations being strictly ac-
cording To the original pattern.
In the end he decided to stay dead,
although his sons kept up the good
work until the Rouan. is replaced
the House of Rurik
This was probably at IL time when
he would have been an old man, and
that period is what usually settles
these strange recrudescences. Charlie
Ross, If still alive. would be well past
fifty. In time ii will be sixty seventy
and eighty years, and by that time
no possible claimant will give
whoop whether he Is Charlie Ross or
King Barbarossa himself. He viii
have other things to think about.
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whore that will guide to proper action
here. imposes a heavy obligation upon
the supervisory body; importation,
power and illumination questions are
constantly arising, with conflict Of
interests. Technical details must be
studied. The fullest acquaintance with
the administration OF utilities Is neces'
sary on the part Of the commission.
One feature of the bill which is now
awaiting action is especially crafty
Ing. 1t provides for the appointment
of peoples counsel to represent the
public In all matters before the com
mission. The need OF such an officer
or the court, SO to speak, has been re-
peatediy demonstrated. The corpora.
ton counsel, constantly occupied in a
multitude Of duties pertaining to the
municipal administra ton. cannot de.
vote the time necessary for fun and
adequate study Of matters relating to
the utility services. Under the law
which il Is proposed to amend he has
been merely a part-time utilities COM
mission law officer. with the result of
inevitable delays in adjustments of
many questions.
A utilities commission separate from
the District commissioners. with a
people counsel as its law officer rep.
resentins the public interest. will. as.
Stunning careful selection of the per.
Sonnel, be q decided ipprovenent ovar
the present system. and action at this
session would be gratifying to the Dis
trict,
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saws hawaiian prosperity il the best
bet in the world for America invest.
ment capital.
The Pathfinder, sprightIy' Washing.
ton weekly, of which David &. Barry 3.
the courtly sergeant.at.arms OF the
United states Senate, is the spiritus
rector. has just wound up contest
for the best definition of What is a
Democrat? Three men who ought
To know-Senators Robinson. Harri
son and Edwards-will announce the
prize winners on April 13, Jefferson's
birthday. Here are some Of the def.
nitions OF Democrat submitted by
contestants:
/. A gentleman
2. good loser.
3. A mad Republican.
4. An Old-time Republican.
). A moss.backed biped that
stays with the ticket.
b. An undaunted spirit of loyalty
and faith, shining as sunfower
among garden OF weeds.
Z. A person too radical to be
Republican and not quite radical
enough TO be Il Socialist.
s. A voter who Is convinced that
1t costs more to feed the elephant
than 1t does To feed the donkey.
3. A trial horse used in presi.
DENTAL race for the sole purpose
of enabling Republican candidates
to break former G.. q. r. ma iority
records.
Nobody should run away with the
idea that Uncle Sam isn't doing much
for the farmer. The governors of the
IL district Federal land banks have
just been holding their annual pow
WOW In Washington. While they
were here. Ii was announced by Rob.
ert A. Cooper. Federal farm loan
closed loans to 1905 borrowers total.
ing s127,355.45l. The peak dema nd
for farm mortgage money was In
1928, when loans aggrega ted 1891 sac.
75S. SO ruralists borrowed in 1925
just third of what they borrowed
In 1928. TO city folks that has a ring
like better. times down on the farm.
Since Federal land banks were es-
tablished in 1915 379.S75 farmers have
borrowed total of $1,169.35 600.
Mr.. Cooper contends that no other
institution devised to serve the farm
ers can present so unique and dis
tinctly successful a record. Farmers
ability to liquidate debts, as shown
by Federal land hank returns, shows
Enthusiastically that agriculture as
whole Is on the upgrade.
+&s
Franklin and Camden are the most
popular names for American towns,
according to the National Geographic
Society. There are 81 Franklins In
81 States of the Union. placing the
surname of the immortal Ben at the
top of the list, with Camden trailing
as the name Of 21 towns. The mayors
of all the Camdens have been in.
vited by Camden. n. j., to attend
the dedication. of the new bridge
which spans the Delaware between
Philadelphia and Jersey. Camden,
like Franklin, commentaries a revo-
lutionary hero. though he was an
Englishman. and not an American.
Charles Pratt, London lawyer, who
was ennobled and took the name of
fhe Earl Of Camden. became so ar
dent a champion of the American
colonists that they christsned towns
and counties galore in his honor.
tCopyright. 1s26)
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New Newspaper Row."

newspaper Row has gone, and most
OF the men who made il. They were
OF one day and another dav has dawn.
ed. Both were famous in their time
Inc president of the United States
yesterday laid the corner stone of a
building which. in a way. is TO succeed
Newspaper Row. 1t will provide Of
hces for men who represent n.,ys
papers the world over. 1t will lie
bulit of the finest stone. Its eouip.
ment VIII exempiify the latest devel.
opments In Office structures. II will
he modern in every sense of the word
IL BECOMES a symbol of the solidity
and the prosperity which the press
has achieved since The days of News.
paper Row.
The President at the same time
spoke to the men who are to occupy
inns building. the successors of those
men of old Newspaper Row. Among
them stood other newspaper men who
have come as the representatiyes of
the press OF twenty separate republics
to meet each other and to discuss
among themselves ways and means
Tor making their common profession
best serve mankind. As the new
building represents the material
growth Of the press. SO the Presidents =
hearers yesterday typify new spirit
i'll journalism.
The men Of old Newspaper Row be.
aueathed press which President
Coolidge characterized yesterday as
one OF the corner stones of liberty"
Their followers must seek to build
upon this corner stone not only lib.
erty, but truth and understanding.
They may well keep before them the
Presidents appeal yesterday to the
finest and highest ideals of journal
ism-love Of country, regard for the
rights Of others and reverence for the
things that are Gods
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Bring Pan.American
Flowers to Washington

To the Editor OF The Star
We have made an exchange, as
Nation, with Japan of a lovely floral
bit of plant life, and many thousa ndS
enjoy yearly the Japanese cherry
blossoms. Last year iri March. when
ii Is Autumn in the Southern ccnti-
nent of South America, / was In
Chile. There the national flower Of
Chile, the copihue pronounced ko-
pewa) was in bloom. The copihue
is n bell.shaped flower about 3 or
inches in length and about al inch
or more In width. 1t comes in the
brilliant red that is in ON flag. and
also in the white OF our Easter lily,
and in golden brown. The consistency
of the petal is like unto the petal of
a magnolia.
The copihue grows on vine in
sheltered. damp ravines and would
thrive in such beautiful spots as
Rock Greek and other ravines in
Washington afford. The copihue grows
in Chile from the Central Valley south
ward. At nearly all the railroad
stations in Chile where the flowers
grow men and boys come to the
trains and sell the flowers for from
10 to SO cents a bouquet tAmerican
money!. The center of the bouquet
of the bouquet is surrounded with
fern leaves. But the Chilean women
in their homes take the flowers and
let the pretty bells hang face down.
ward. They arrange them in hang.
ing ba skets and over cha ndeliers. For
decorative purposes-especially for
patriotic and pan.American celebra.
tions-the copihue would be very
beautiful.
Now that the pan-American editors
are here, perhaps there may be some
among them who. seeing the beauty of
the Japanese cherry blossoms in
Washington, may wish their nations
to exchange with ours SO that our
Wa shington may be more bea utiful by
the introduction of pan.A merican ma.
tionai flowers in our soil.
My GRANDPA ther. a Civil War vet
eran from Michigan. is buried in Old
Chillan, Chile, having died, 1884, while
OF visit there. ! decorated his grave
with bouquet OF blood.red copihues.
"a inches in diameter, surrounded
with ferns. 1t was lovely.
+. M. . DAWSON.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

designate windows made of coiored
glass. whether the color be produced
by metallic oxides in the melting pos:
by coating the surface with a MIN OF
colored glass. thus making nsshsn
glass, which is ground or etched away
where the color is not desired; by sn-
plying under fre O. solution OF s1Ver
yellow stsin), which turns yellow the
surface of crystal tcolorless) glass. an1
of the ground-away portions OF nashed
glass. and by which light blue glass ID
turned green; by painting the surface
with colored enamels that are attee'
ward fused into the substance The
so-callcd American glass Is an en-
tirely different product. From east
sheets OF opalescent glass. with en-
amels for the modelling of faces and
hands only, John La Fargo and Louis
Il. Tiffany developed an art that 10
absolutely and completely original.
The iridescent effects are extrsor-
dinary. and the colOrs are rich. hut
are apt to be too Opaque.
Q. How can rust be removed from
the inside of a bread box?-H. r. ~.
A. 1t is rather difficult to remove
rust from the inside of a bread hoI.
II Is advisable to paint II. Two
coats of Nat white paint should he
used with one coat of enamel.
Q. What intcrurban electric won
the speed contest last Fall?-W. T. u.
a. The Galveston Houston Electric
Railway Co. was the winner with
an average speed of 403 miles per
hour on its run from Galveston IN
Houston. The award was made In
October. 1925.
O. Why does snow crunch when
walked upon on very cold day?
*. 0.
A. The Weather Bureau saws that
on a very cold day the snow part
cles are hard. frozen and dry and
you hear a crunching sound In walk
ing over it because the particles are
rubbed together and broken. On the
other hand. when the temperature is
above freezing the particles OF snow
are soft and packed together and
YOU hear no crunching sound.
O. What does McKeever mean
]. J.
A. 1t is an old Scottish clan
name meaning the "son of Edward.
This name can he traced back to the
early eighteenth century.
Q. What part of the population of
the United States Is rural?-M. e.
A. According to the 1920 census
51.4 per cent Of the popula tion was
urban: rural population, 1876 per cent.
O. Is there more wool or more
| silk produced ~. G..
A. In 1923 there were produced
2.604,911, 900 pounds Of wool: in the
anne year there were 67.2ss.n0o
pounds OF silk produced.
q. When was standard time adopt
ed in this country?-N. II.
A. Standard time was adopted in
the United States in 1888, and by act
of Congress. March 49, 1918. was
made legal throughout the United
| States.
! Frederic J. Hds6in is empIoyed bD
/ this paper to handle the inquiries OF
/ our readers nad you are inuited 70
! coll upon him as freely and as often
| as you please. ASK anything that Is
| a matter Of fact aud the authority
UiH be quoted you. There is no charge
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sign your name aud address and in
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! postage. Address The Etenin0 Stor
! Information Bureau. Frederic !. Has
| Rim. director. Trenty-frSt and r
| streets northwest, Washington. d. e.
Evening star., 1926-04-09

States into the World Court is plainly
slipping away from him." The Spring
field paper asserts that take IL or
leave il is not the language OF good
diplomacy"
The Rochester Times. Union tinde-
pendent also states that we ought
not TO adopt a rigid a nd unyielding at
titude on the question of reservations:
we ought to he able to find a basis of
common action" The YOUNGSTOWN
Vindicator Democraticl makes the
further suggestion that lit could Ger
tainly do no harm 10 send such a man
az Elihu Root TO Geneva TO tell the
representatives Of the nations what
we have in mind.
Splitting hairs" is condemned by
the Providence Bulletin Gndepe ndent.
which holds that "a conference may
well he the most expeditions means by
which all details of the problem can
be adjusted" The Philadelphia Eve
ming Bulletin independent Republi-
cam. furthermore, feels that the
Geneva communication. rightly in
terpreted. does not in any way com
promise the World Courts essential
independence" In fact. the Chatta-
nooga Times independent Democratic)
points out that lit was even indicated
abroad that the conference might en-
deavor to redraft the constitution Of
the court in conformity with Amer-
can ideals of what il ought to he"
1--WE are so insistent." says the. New
York Work1 independent Democraticl.
that the simplest proposition laid be
fore us by Europe must he explained
from A to " with charts and diagrams,
and must he approached with infinite
precautions, Shudders and suspicious.
that II shows poor grace to say thar
we will ourselves explain nothing. II
the decision Of the administration In
final, 1t shos;6 feel the propriety of
doing everything possible. in separate
communica tions with the As member
nations, to make our position clear
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

! The psychological view Of Edgar
| Allan Poe, as outlined in Joseph Wood
krutch's study. reviewed in this col.
| unln yesterday, explains neatly our
| idea as to the poems of this genius.
Ii will be remembered by those who
have been interested in the articles on
| poetry printed here from time to time
| that Il year ago we considered Poe's
! poems, expressing our conclusion, ~
| follows:
"One fingers over them as he might
| over 'casket OF rare jewels. which
| belong TO some one else, but which
one would like to keep.
The reader enjoys the word music,
but he cannot call 1t his own, although
he loves IT. Do you know why?
Because these poems belong to
| Poe
These poems are more peculiarly
his than the poems OF any other writer
| are that writer's. The magic he put
in them is his alone.
only from dark, broOding soul
such as Poe could these poems have
come, and, although he gave them to
the world, he kept them fast 20 him.
self forever Perhaps no real lover of
Poe but feels this.
lie reads with delight. yet he goes
| away dissatisfied. Other poets sur.
| seem to say, Here are my poems,
they are yours.
But Poe Is different"
The above was our unscientific way
of expressing what Mr.. krutch saws
scientifically. that Poe was not nor
NAL, but was a psychopathic case.
~
In other words, it is not strange
that normal reader feels the alb.
normal quality of Poe's writings. even
! In his poems. and rea alizes although he
may not know how to express 1t, the
! wide gap that separates the two.
Other poets, writing with normal
brains, send their messages home TO
| normal minds, but Poe, expressing the
! fantasies that beset him, giving rein TO
his inhibitions, his sublima tions. etc.
as the psychologists say failed to reg
ester. so he repels. at the same time
he attracts.
In ii world where so many factors
enter. both physical and mental. il is
strange that there is as much nor.
| malcy as there is. Despite the insa ne
asNlums the sanitariums. the "skele
tons in the closet" the vast ma foritv
/ of men and women are more or less
normal.
In reading Poe therefore. they have
that stands between him and them.
selves, a something which we tried to
express by saying that Poe's poems
belonged to him alone.
In this regard we have discovered
in an edition of Poe's poems. a poem
called Alone" printed as the last bit
of verse in the book. at the end OF the
| poems written in youth. 1t follows:
From childhoods hour | have not been
As others are. have not seen
As others saw. ! could not bring
NV passions from . common spring.
From the same source | have not taken
NY sorrow: ] could not awaken
NV heart to i0y at the same tone:
Aud all | iOved loved alone.
Then. in my Chldhood. in the dawn
OF a most stormy hfe WAS drawn
From every depth OF good and i'll
/ The mystery which binds me stll.
y \
Certainly II the above had been
written To order ii could not better fl
| the ca Sc,
| Since this poem Is not included in
| the average edition, there is pos
| sibiity that II may not be genuine but
was written by some one TO explain
| Poe.
Evening star., 1926-04-09
The Lost Charlie Ross.

Another man is convinced that he
kidna ping back in 1875 caused ma
tional sensation and search lasting
through many years. lie is resi-
dent of Shelby, \. c., and is said to
he in correspondence with Walter l..
hv--, brother Of the ill-fated Charlie.
Throughout the years since 1915
many boy and man has claimed to
he the missing lad. and throughout
the centuries 1t has been frequent
delusion on the part of men and
women, some of them entirely sin.
cere, that they are the great ones. or
the notorious ones of the earth, lost
and found again, or credited with
having passed the portals of death
only to reappear.
Harold of England. defeated by
William the Conqueror at Senlac and
slain on the field, cropped up after
ward to the satisfaction of many of
his countrymen and the annoyance
Of the Normans. Learned books have
been written to prove or disprove the
claims of several different persons
who announced that they were the
Dauphin, Louis XVII of France, who
was slain in prison. There have been
similar cases in many nations that
will come readily to mind. SO far I'm
Russia the matter has progressed
only to the point where widespread
belief has existed that Nicholas III,
the murdered Car, still lives. No
actual claimant to that personality
has appeared, but doubtless one will
Rasputin. the murdered Mad Monk, :"
has come back once or twice, not
withstanding the affidavits OF the
young noblemen who shot him down
and stuck him under the ice on the
River Neva.
Russia has apparently always been
peculiarly susceptible to these magic
reappear ra noes and probably to her
history must be awarded the palm for
the ..ost spectacular and incredible.
rhis is ths case Of the Prince
pm!tyi, Msa vas q sea es lYan TIA
Evening star., 1926-04-09

Q. How much money in silver coins
was made last year?--W. r. s.
A. In the calendar year 1925 they
amounted TO xI9,S75,000.
@. Why do frosty nights and warm
days make good weather for maple
sirup?--H. r.
A. The reason that sap flows better
in a climate where the nights are cool
and the days warm is because the
cool nights check the activity Of the
sap. and the warm days stimulate
both the growth of the tree and tho
flow of the sap.
@. Who named the 42d Division the
Rainbow Division?-H. V. p.
A. The author of the term Rain
bow applied to the 42d Division is
Maj. Gen. Douglas Macarthur, who liz
now comma nding officer of the Sd
Corps Area, Baltimore, Md. AT the
time this name was given to the 42d
Division he was chief of staff Of the
42d Division, with the rank Of colonel.
The 42d Division was called the Rain
bow Division because of its composite
character Of selected groups from all
over the country.
q. What is the correct name for
white rabbits with red eyes?-A. j.
A. The Biological Survey says that
the rabbits you describe are albinos,
and do not belong to a distinct breed.
For instance. slbinos occur in angora
rabbits, Flemish rabbits, etc.
Q. What language is the most per
feet III. ID.
A. 1t is q matter of opinion. Many
authorities on philology have claimed
that the ancient Greek is the most
perfect language that has ever existed
In the world.
Q. What color is pure essence of
peppermint?-E. |. b.
A. it Is colorless. In making the
essence Of peppermint, bruised pep
permint leaves are used 10 give il a
green color.
O. is il better To color lace by dip
ping In tea or coffee?-J. r. p.
A. The tea stain is more perma nent
than coffee stain.
Q. What Is meant by grain alco.
hol?-R. l.. B.
A. In commerce ethyl alcohol
| which is made from maize or other
grain is called grain alcohol.
.. Please give the Indian name foI
Sleepy HollOW.-A. B. W.
A. The Bureau OF American Eth
! nology SAYS that the Onondaga expires
sion for Sleepy Hollow is otahwihista
| oya teh.
| o. Why do people yawn?--O. A. h
| \. Yawning is an involuntary AND
| wide opening of the mouth and inhala
| tion of breath, generally produced by
! weariness, intense absorption caused
! by an involuntary interruption of ful
| breathing. or by an inclination tC
| sleep; sometimes by hunger, etc. In
| some instances by the frequency OF
| it's recurrence it becomes a real dis
ease. Persons suffering from heart
| disease may be liable to yawning fits
! When yawning is troublesome, long
deep respiration. or drawing in the
! air st long intervals, relieves II.
| Q. How should a club sandwich bt
/ eaten?-H. NJ. G..
| A. club sandwich is eaten with I
| fork after the toast and other ingredi
ents have been broken. In doing thi.
one uses a knife and fork.
Q. How is stained glass made
r. s.
| A. Stained glass il the term useC
| technically as well AS popularity Il