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Evening star., 1926-10-29
Halloween.

Halloween, with It's pumpkins and
its masks and It's pranks and its fes.
tivities. will soon be here. It will be
celebrated on Saturday. and police
are making preparations to preserve
the peace. According to an Official
order to the department from the
major and superintendent, cooperation
will be given the public in a sane
celebration. but the police are in
structed to be firm and unyielding in
the exercise Of their duties when II
passes beyond that stage.
This is as should be. Rowdy ex-
hibitions should not be tolerated.
Ringing Of door bells. indiscriminate
blowing Of the horns Of parked auto
mobiles, throwing Of flour and other
such pranks are senseless and annoy.
ing. They result from a misconcep'
ton of what properly can DO viewed
as legitimate fun.
There are too many people who on
an occasion Of this kind step beyond
the bounds Of sane and appropriate
| celebration and become rough and in.
sultins. It Is this type that the 20.
lice will endeavor to suppress. The
police do not wish to interfere with
enjoyment. and the majority of the
public will have no complaint on that
score, but with those who refuse to
recognize the limits Of celebration
the guardians Of the peace will of
| necessity be forced to take steps in
carrying out their duties.
Evening star., 1926-10-29

case, against the north and south flow.
Work 1t out with a diagram.
In many cities vehicles making
right-hand turns are permitted to
cross either stream--that is, the halt.
ing Of traffic bound north does not pro.
hibit a car from crossing the east and
west pedestrian lane and then turning
to the right. Here in Washington this
is not allowed, certainly to the pedes-
TRANS advantage.
With the proposition clearly before
them. local pedestrians and motorists
may be counted upon to work 1t out.
Upon the right t-hand-turning motorist
devolves the obligation Of recognizing
the fact that he makes his turn
through pedestrian traffic, which has
the right Of way. He should proceed
with extreme caution. Upon the CO.
operating pedestrian rests the obliga.
ton Of crossing any intersection with
vigilance and alacrity. conscious Of the
fact that he has left his exclusive and
safe thoroughfare, the sidewalk. and
is upon dangerous ground, even under
the best Of circumstances, until he
gains the opposite curb
Evening star., 1926-10-29
Bus Line Ownership.

A speedy determination Of the law
point involved in the question Of the
ownership Of the Washington Rapid
Transit Co. is desirable from all points
Of view. The sudden interposition of
this question in the hearings on an
application for a higher rate Of bus
fare has checked all proceedings.
Neither the Utilities Commission nor
the corporation counsel rendered an
actual decision on the point, the lat
ter holding that the matter is one
properly for the courts to consider
and the commission thereupon taking
cognizance Of the doubt that has been
raised as to the legality OF the recent
change Of ownership.
The question is one OF law. The
public utilities statute provides that
the purchase Of the stock Of one util-
ity corporation by another must have
the sanction Of the commission. The
corporation counsel holds that this
provision was repealed by the Ia Fol
lette anti-merger act, which withdrew
this authority from the commission
and placed It with Congress. II the
matter Is taken to court a decision
may be rendered which clarifies the
case. The court may rule that the
authority for acquisition Of control
may be granted by the commission.
in which case legislation will not be
necessary. Or 1t may rule that the
La Toilette act governs. whereupon
1t Will be necessary to obtain an enact
ment. In either event some time must
elapse before the status Of the COR.
poration is definitely established and
the commission can proceed with the
consideration OF the application for
higher fare.
A factor OF interest in this con.
nection Is that the finance corpora
ton which has Just secured control
Of the bus lines not now owned by
the traction companies has q large.
possibly a controlling interest in one
Of the latter. The question Of this
relationship does not enter into the
matter. 1t may. however. eventually
figure.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
The Right.Hand Turn.

One Of the most persistent ohjec.
tons voiced BY Washington pedes.
TRANS as the local traffic problem
moves steadily forward 70 solution
deals with the dangers at street inter.
SECTIONS incident 70 the motorists
right hand turn.
Summarized, the tenor OF these OBJ
iecttcns is as follows: The pedestrian.
fully playing his cooperative part in
the equation, waits patiently upon his
csrnsr until the controlling ot'icer's
sisnal advises him that he may cross
in theoretic safety. Entering the street
- gain the opposite curb tho chances
are heavily in favor of his having to
mass, during the first half OF his Jour.
esy across, vehicles which have elected
60 make o right-hand turn at the in.
eefnction In question. Against the
dangers involved the pedestrian Wig.
grossly protests.
The objection would b. well taken
Il there were any way to avoid the
condition against which It is made.
not consideration Of the problem will
sAsw that there is none, short OF pro-
f,snst3nx all right-hand turns by motor
s%z. For the Inotorist proceeding. say.
aseeA and south who would turn to
the ytght must either cross occupied
t,edestrian lanes east and west against
he Cow Of tratf1e as is now the
Evening star., 1926-10-29
Disputes Bosch Sale
Quotation of Palmer
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
In this evenings issue of The Star
T read the sentence, 'Mr. IA. MITCHELL
Palmer said he sold the 'disloyai ana
enemy-owned Bosch Magnetic Co.
Tof Springfield, MasS.] at public sale,
after wide advertisement, to the high
est of several bidders, for $4,1 $50 600. !"
From November. 1917, to the close
of the war l was research engineer
for the Springfield Aircraft Corpora
ton Of Springfield, Mass. large
concern making airplanes for the
United States Army, and remember
the sale mentioned above. There
were only two bidders. Martin e.
Kern and Harry G. Ffsk-not several.
as Mr.. Palmer states.
Again. in November. 1917, It was
impossible for the Springfield Aircraft
Corporation, or even the United States
Army, to buy testing machines or
laboratory equipment, so I called at
the Bosch Magnetic Co.. requested
and received permission to use their
excellent laboratory facilities to make
important tests on materials entering
into the construction Of Army air
planes, making these tests every day
thereafter, for which privilege the
Bosch Magnetic Co. would not accept
cent Of compensation from the
Springfield Aircraft Corporation
This was several months before Mr..
Palmer seized this "disloyaI" COM
pany. PAUL II. FRANCIo'
Navy Department,
Bureau of Aeronautics.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
Why Eugene V. Debs
Turned to the Left
To the Editor of The Star:


Had Eugene v. Debs turned to in
dustry and conventional public hfe,
as you intimate he should have IN
vour editorial Of October 81, he would
perhaps have been what Is called
''successful," but in winning sue
cess he would have lost his soul, as
he would have been engaged IN g. lie
repugnant to his nature. instead, ne
followed the career that he believed
in and in following 1t he showed o
courage. a faith and singleness or
purpose that put to shame most sue
cessful" men in industry and pubic
life. :,
BY turning to what you call the
cleft" Debs was far more valuable
a citizen than If he had turned to the
fright" There are plenty OF men
and women who can make success
in industry and public life. but there
are mighty few that can hold to an
ideal while suffering scorn: hatred
and Imprisonment for their fa1th.
This Debs did, holding steadfastly to
the vision of a better economic order
and a better world for all. HIS VISION
NAV never come to pass. but that
does not alter the fact that he held
aioft the torch of idealism in a world
where idealism Is sorely needed.
Debs was a valuable citizen, just
as Wendell Phillips. John Brown,
John P. Altgeld and other great ideal
lists were valuable citizens. The Ma
tion is the poorer now that he Is gone
and his eloquent voice, ever raised
for the cause of justice, Is hushed
forever. He did not win his fight.
but he remained true to himself.
OLIVER e. CARRUTH.
Evening star., 1926-10-29

from the doctor. They may have
meant an acceptance to a the dansant
In Mars around Christmas time. II
30. the various airplane organizations
in England should begin to figure out
an attractive one.way rate, because
DR.. Robinson will want to stay over
the holidays anyway. and they would
surely have planes in Mars to bring
him back to earth. At any event there
would seem to be no desrth Of posi-.
bilities as far as the profits of the
radio companies are concerned. II
DR.. Robinson has trouble arranging
trip 1t will mean many messages
back and forth, much to the advan.
tage Of every one but the sender.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Z that they have never heard of the
propo. ition before!
Il II *
To be informed OF something of
which one is ignorant is, in a sense,
| a rebuke. and is often SO taken by
persons who have reached the age
| of 30 years and more.
Ordinarily such persons, in order to
| salve the mental wound made by the
| new information, will jump at the
slightest opening to prove the thing
untrue.
Let there be but visible doubt,
| the Informed one will assail the in
former. building up strong arguments
| upon the opening wedge.
This accounts. in part, for the
tremendous amount Of argument that
| goes on throughout the world on
propositions that would seem "open
ana SMUT, as the saying is.
feople who pride themselves on
using their brains often get involved
IN this sort Of senseless "arsufying, ''
on no better ground, as their sense
OF humor tells them, than that they
| round some statement too much for
tnelr sense of pride to swallow.
Fr!de, standing In the community.
"nat one has done for a long time
ana what one has not done, and manv
other considerations. are involved in
tne SHghtest arguments, so that II
taxes clear-thinking person to really
get at the reasons for the reasoning
Inc bulk OF humanity, 1t NAV be
stateo, Is utterly oblivious to the fact
that such considerations enter at ali
INTO the ordinary affairs of intellectual
consideration.
The prod,,o%c ~ <h.t. ~.zA, A.,
country. OF certain educational meth.
DDS, they have "cut.and.dried" opinions
upon practically every single topic of
conversation. Educational methods
sun put too much stress upon canned
knowledge" with the result that a
product OF our education system feels
that he ought to know everything.
even II he does not, and hence has a
sense of shame in admitting a lack OF
knowledge.
So we have the absurd situation
prevailing Of every man outwardly
processing knowledge Of every sub.
ject under the sun. Of every book, old
or new, OF every scientific subject.
Ask the average person ii he has
read certain new book, the chances
are 10 to that he will say, "Oh, yes:
'SIy 1IlcEeStliS, lSN II "A proper
curiosity. on the other hand, would
make him as easily say, mo. I never
heard Of it-what's it about?"
A healthy curiosity makes for real
knowledge. What do you care for the
sneerer who may be pleased because
he finds out he has read a book which
you have not?
II he can be pleased so easily, per.
haps 1t is your duty to accommodate
him. At the same time 1t puts you on
the same high mental plane Of the cat,
when investigating a new room, and
Of little Johnnie, when he dips into
the innards of the radio set to find out
what makes 1t work"
This, too, Is a state of mind, as so
many things are. It is helpful If one
but puts himself into the state of
mind in which he often reminds him.
self, Now I am growing old in the
brain-I hate to consider something
new"'
Let that get a firm grip upon a
man. he will mend his ways and be
glad to hear Of things that do not
please him, or Of matters that he feels
are not true.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
"Go to the Pictures campaign is now
in full swing from one end Of Eng.
land to the other.

"Go to the Pictures" campaign is now
in full swing from one end Of Eng.
land to the other.
Rumors that Federal Judge George
W. English Of East St. Louis will re-
sign before the start Of his impeach.
ment trial by the Senate, scheduled
for November 10, are circulating about
the Capital. Such reports have been
several times current before, but have
cropped up again. on the heels Of the
announcement Of the withdrawal Of
William F. Zumbrunn as chief Of the
legal staff slated to conduct the
judges defense. Zumbrunn quit fol.
lowing public disclosure Of his Ku
Klux Klan Affiliations. His retire
ment from the case may have no other
significance. But the talk Is very per-
sistent that Judge English has de-
cided not to face a trial Of the charges
against him. In the event OF his res
ignation it would be possible for Mr..
Coolidge to decline to accept it and
force Impeachment and removal II
convicted. But there are good grounds
for assuming that the Judge will be
allowed to resign, II he Is ready to do
so. and the trial abandoned.
Next to the Capitol Building. the
touring bureau Of the American Auto
mobile Association is probably the
greatest common meeting spot Of tour.
lists visiting Washington. On a single
day recently 81 States were repre-
sented in the visitors seeking informa-
ton at the touring bureau, and their
inquiries covered a large range-fron
the anxious mother seeking advice on
the best way to pack the baby's milk
bottles to the sweet young thing
who. after ascertaining the number of
miles from Washington to Cleveland,
asked: And how many miles Is 1t
from Cleveland back to Washington
\ X X X
The Post Office Department is losing
no time in procuring its quota Of ma
chine guns and armored mail trucks
in its defense campaign against mail
bandits. The new policy is motivated
less by a desire to protect the mails
than by desire to protect the lives
Of the postal employees. who are faced
with the ever present danger of being
ruthlessly shot down. The drivers
cabs on the armored trucks will be
miniature forts. constructed entirely
Of steel and embarrassing glass, with
accommodations for two guards
equipped with machine guns. beside
the driver. Small apertures in the
cabs are provided for those inside to
poke their guns through.
X X
Representative r. H. La Guardia,
running for reelection on the Repub
lican ticket from a district on the East
| Side Of Harlem in New York City
has placarded his bailiwick with huge
blue and white Autographs the size OF
barn door, bearing the legend: "Fo,
Congress, La Guardia and Lawful
Lager" Drawings Of two huge stems
| Of foaming beer add q decorative
, touch.
(Copyrtght, lo2d.)
Evening star., 1926-10-29
How is your curiosity?

How is your curiosity?
Are you interested in new things
as they come along, or are you re.
PEELED by them?
Many educators believe that the
instructive foundation Of the intellec'
tual life Is curiosity. and that he who
loses it. no matter what hts age. IS
in a. sad way.
Intelligence demands an alert curl
osity. but 1t must be Of certain
kind" warns Bertrand Russell, in his
Education and the Good Life
The sort that leads village neigh
after dark has no very high value
he continues. 1.-THE widespread in
terest in gossip is inspired, not by q
love Of knowledge. but by malice: no
one gossips about other peoples secret
virtues. but only about their secret
! vices.
Accordingly most gossip Is untrue,
but care is taken not to verify It. Our
neighbors' sins are so agree
able that we do not stop to scrutinize
the evidence closely. Curiosity prop
erly so called, on the other hand. is
inspired by a genuine love Of knowl.
edge.
you may see this impulse. in a
moderately pure form, at work in a
cat, which has been brought to a
strange room and proceeds to smell
every corner and every piece of
furniture.
you will see it also in children,
who are passionately interested when
drawer or cupboard. usually closed,
Is open for their inspection. Animals,
machines, thunderstorms and all
forms Of manual work arouse the
curiosity of children. whose thirst for
knowledge puts the most intellectual
adult to shame.
advancing years, until at last what
Is unfamiliar inspires only disgust,
with no desire for closer acquaint-
ance.
This is ths stage at which people
announce thar the country is going to
the dogs, and that things are not
what they were in my young days.
The thing which Is not the same as it
was in that far-off time Is the speak.
ers curiosity. And with the death of
curiosity we~may reckon that active
intelligence. also, has died"
The curious thing about curiosity
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Of it. yet find himself slowly growing
injurious. despite his best wishes to
the contrary.
So many human passions run
counter to it. such as prestige and
so on. that older persons (older in
relation to children) find 1t more con.
venient and satisfying to drop curl
osity out of their lives.
There are many men today who re.
sent the intrusion of the telephone,
who do not like to use it, and only do
so when absolutely necessary.
There IS more than one man who
looks askance at the fountain pen
and steadily sticks to the old-fashion.
ed types.
"New-fangled" methods of bringing
up children are held in much CON
tempt by older people. although this
science has made such strides of re-
cent years that this contempt Is more
secret than it used to be.
Even those who pride themselves
on at least a moderate use of their in.
telligence will often surprise them.
selves in sudden resentments, based
upon no more logical ground than
Evening star., 1926-10-29

Found Hard to Reconcile With
Votes by Mail.
To the Editor of. The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The recent discussion Of the rights
Of "non.residents" has not quite COW
cred the ground. ] do not intend to
comment upon the position OF private
citizens who live in Washington and
vote elsewhere. but there Is a vastly
larger class who stand on q somewhat
different footing. There are in Wash
ington some $4,000 Government en-
ployes Of voting age, and with the
exception of very small NUMBER tney
are carried on the books of the Clvll
Service Commission as residents OF
the various States from when tney
came. The head Of one of the bureaus
of the Department OF Agriculture
has been here 48 years in the same
department. but Is still recorded as
a resident Of New York.
There seems to be no disposition
to question the fact that these en-
ployes are also residents OF the DIS.
trict, unless they avail themselves or
the laws now in effect In most or the
States and vote by mail. II they sue
cumb to the indifference to voting.
which Is lately so much complained OF
their standing In Washington Is
as good as anybody's. But II
they undertake to discharge their
pubic uuly NY WILLIS 4AA kA0
way possible. it appears that in the
eyes Of a certain class they forfeit
any claim to be residents Of the Dis
trict. They may not have been IN
the State Of their former residence
within 10 years; they may belong to
citizens associations to the nth de-
gree of federation. but the juicy plums
Of appointment to District positions
are not for them II they commit the
crime of voting.
The point is not merely an academic
one, for it has been only a few years
since an eminent scientist was mem
ber of the school board, and at the
same time a resident Of Indiana, ac-
cording to the civil service register:
Were this condition to exist now, and
the gentleman were to vote by mail,
what would you do? Or II he were
to abstain from voting in order to
hold his Job. what would you think
Of him?
Residence" as a legal .erm cannot
mean the same in the District as IN
the States until we have District suf-
frage. Until then, the physical pres
ence Of a person in the District ought
to give him whatever slender privi-
leges 20 with the title Of resident. AT
least, this should be true Of Govern
ment employees. ]. M. ALDR1CH.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
Proposal to Wipe Out Slums
Excites Admiration of Press

mingham News gives assurance that
ut is an example which will be
watched eagerly by millions Of folk in
other cities" and holds that 'in
abolishing slums, cities do not merely
take far strides in abolishing disease
and poverty, but they stop the spread
of Bolshevism and anarchy"
The Kalamazoo Gazette feels that
even II the Heckscher program is not
adopted, 'it will serve to stimulate In
terest in q problem which New York
and many other large cities Of the
United States must approach vigor-
ously and intelligently In this age OF
human development and in q Nation
as prosperous as ours. slums are &
constant reproach to the city which
tolerates them" The Chattanooga
Times forecasts the extension Of the
plan ito every city in the land ulti-
mately."
Still. the Canton Daily News offers
the queries: Has Mr.. Heckscher
taken into consideration the will of
those who make and inhabit the
slums? Is It not possible that even
in this modern day you can lead a
horse to water and then not be able
to make It drink? Mr.. Heckscher
should first determine II the leopard
can change its spots. If 1t can, then
there Is hope for the lower East
Side OF Americas greatest city" The
Boston Post suggests that I'VE may
give them pretty and sanitary tene-
ment blocks. but II they are not will
ing to live in them, with clean and
orderly manners, how long will It be
hafNro THAR Now h0pnaa vxyiI1 ha ait,r,,
houses again?" The Post advises
that the way to correct the slums is
to correct the minds Of the people who
live in the slums." The Manchester
Union expresses grave doubt of the
practicability Of this project" but
favors suggestion for a decentral-
izing process.
There Is the question Of means"
says the North Adams Transcript.
Does Mr.. Heckscher think II would
be possible to replace the present
tenements without increasing rents
beyond a point which the inhabitants
could stand? And does he think that
those who would, II they could. live
according to higher standards. will be
able to do much better even in pleas
not make a home" The New York
Herald Tribune believes there Is little
to be gained except in cleanliness by
tearing down one type Of tenement and
putting UP another in a district al
ready crowded" but 1t suggests that
"Mr. Heckscher's half billion would
buy moro parks" The Elmira Star.
Gazette asks, why not move some
Of the crowded people into the open
spaces Of this broad land, where there
is work for them to do?"