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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-07
Two-WaY Passing.

To eliminate waste and to make the
fullest use of Washington's wide
streets traffic officials are considering
the resembling of the present regula-
ton requiring automobiles to pass
only on the left when overtaking an
other car, and substituting a rule
which will allow passing on either
side. Two.way passing is permitted
both In Philadelphia and New York,
where traffic is congested and where
the most modern theories are put into
practice in order that the tremendous
volume OF travel can be moved with
the greatest expedition.
In pictures and by story The Star
yesterday showed that almost a third
of the available street space is being
cIassed as useless by. the motorists Of
the city. Despite the presence in the
traffio code Of q strict keep to the
right" regulation this wanton waste
goes on undated. Motorists hug the
center of the street. traffic is delayed
and driving is made extrahazardous
by the seemingly instructive tactics of
large percentage OF motor owners.
Enforcement of the drive-to-the-
right regulation has been tried and
found wanting. Spasmodic attempts
TO cure the evil by this means have
met with little cooperation from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-07
Ridge Route Preferable for
Mount Vernon Boulevard

To the Editor of The Star:
The objections pointed out by w. r.
Chambers in The Star of January 81
in regard to the river route of the
proposed Mount Vernon boulevard are
indeed timely suggestions Of great inn
portance and merit careful considera-
ton by Congress before action is
taken. Indeed, to construct such a
highway for all time western route
along the highlands overlooking the
river has manifold advantages the
river route could never acquire.
The direct, most feasible and less
expensive route should follow the
ridge overlooking the river to a point
about one-half mile west of the res
ervoir at Alexandria, crossing the
pike and railroads above grade, thence
to the schoolhouse on Telegraph road,
to the Richardson and Collard homes,
direct to it's objective, thus avoiding
the many street crossings in Alexan-
dria-veritable death traps all
That the surveyors should have so
carefully avoided this route is indeed
passing strange. Did these gentlemen
ever go to a point near the old Collard
house, look north to the Washington
Monument, then turn and look south
right over Mount Vernon? If not,
why not? This survey of the eye
would have been worth much work
with an instrument. Congress should
at least require that the merits of
this route be looked into. Safety is
Of first Importance, and a direct road
is safest. JAMES E.JOHNSTON.
Urbana. Ill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-07

public. With the increase in the num-
Der of automobiles the situation has
grown progressively worse. The
thoughtless driver and the defiant
driver with increasing consistency
make It impossible for more than one
line of traffic to move where three
are feasible and necessary.
This condition permits of but one
alternative. Two-way passing to utilize
the wasted space is the only means
that can be found to remedy 1t. The
change is comparatively simple to
make. Washington motorists must
drive in straight line, veering
neither to right nor left without first
looking back to survey the situation.
Parked-car drivers who are about to
pull out from the curb must for the
nonce regard themselves as inter
lopers in the traffic stream and be ex-
traordinarily careful not to disrupt
that stream. Pedestrians who are in
the habit of stepping out from behind
standing automobiles will have to give
up this practice; they are liable to
step directly in front of an oncoming
automobile which cannot be stopped
That is all there is to it, and there are
few thinking people who will not
agree that every requirement of the
system makes for better traffic condi-
tons, straight-line driving, non-inter-
ference with moving traffic and care
on the part of the pedestrian.
The National Capital is blessed with
extraordinarily wide streets. In com
parison Philadelphia and New York
have narrow ones. Yet q much
greater volume of travel is moved in
those two cities, and there is little or
no waste of street space. Washington
should by all means try the plan that
has worked with such success in COM
which have battled the traf-
nc problem with every available weap-
on and have proved or disproved
scores of regulations that other cities
might benefit from their experience.
has arrived at the turn.
ing point with its more than one hun
dred thousand automobiles, and It is
time for decisive steps to be taken for
the betterment of conditions and the
resultant benefit to the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-07
A Tribute to a Veteran
Northwestern Journalist

To the Editor of The Star:
wish I might call public attention
to the career of O. country editor in
the Pacific Northwest. In Lewiston,
Idaho, recently died Albert H. Afford,
editor of the Lewiston Tribune since
1892, period of 35 years. He began
when Lewiston had about three thou
sand population, which has now in
creased to some ten or twelve thou
sand-although during all the years
the commercial importance of the
place was much greater than the
numbers indicated. There was a
considerable outside field for the
journal, which has been for many
years modestly profitable enter
prise. 1t has been, however, no ordi-
nary small town daily, for it had
no ordinary editor. A Texan by birth
Lee, young Afford was and remained
a Jeffersonian Democrat by convic-
ton; yet with such amiable serious
ness that in a strongly Republican
community no competing journal
could survive. He was unswervingly
devoted to maintaining the stand
ards of the Tribune, into which the
whole energy of his life was poured;
and the reputation of his paper for
fairness, impartiality and candor is
wholly admirable. He was COM
pletely self effacing, his name al
most never appearing. But to those
fortunate enough to know the man.
as l was, the high standing of the
paper was simply inevitable. He
was one of the great editors, but
he was the most modest of them all.
J. M. ALDRICH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-07
The Price of Peace 2

Farmers and bankers have pooled
their interests in an effort to obtain
action in the Senate on legislation
dear to their respective hearts. Con
fronted with a situation-due to the
shortness of the session---in which
both the McNary- farm relief bill
and the Pepper banking bill appeared
lost in the legislative jam, the East
and the West have temporarily Joined
hands. The bitter-enders in the Sen
ate opposing the banking bill on the
one hand and opposing the farm bill
on the other have not hailed with
much JOY the coalition of the two
groups. But they are in the minority;
so far in the minority that they have
small chance of preventing final
votes on both these measures.
Twin petitions invoking the cloture
rule of the Senate have been signed
by approximately two-thirds of the
Senators. 1t is believed that newt
ably cloture can be invoked If it be-
comes necessary on both bills. AS a
rule, the threat of cloture has been
sufficient to bring about unanimous
consent agreements to fix a time to
vote. That may yet be the turn
events will take in the Senate.
Criticism of this "unholy alliance"
comes from opponents of the banking
bill and similarly from opponents of
the farm bill on the ground that
maneuvering of this character might
cause the parceling out of all the
time of the Senate and the enactment
of much legislation that otherwise
would fail But the criticism lacks
something of sincerity. 1t is no secret
that for years such alliances have
been in effect, though not so openly
as that now entered into. The rules
of the Senate almost force such tao
tics to obtain legislation at all in a
short session.
The situation, so far as the farm
bill is concerned, is filed with political
dynamite. If the bill is passed, sent
to the President and is by him APP
proved, the chances of several presi-
dental possibilities on the Republican
side, among them former Gov Frank
o. Lowden and Vice President Dawes,
are notably diminished. The Demo
Gratis also will see the only element
of discord in the Republican party
about to disappear at a moment when
their own party is rent over the wet
and dry issue, over Smith and Nc
Adoo. On the other hand, If the bill
Is passed and the President disap-
proves it, then he lays himself open to
a severe attack from the agricultural
States OF the West and Middle West.
Is the McNary bill to be the price of
peace in the Republican ranks, or will
it yet be blocked on Capitol Hill?
Much of interest to the 1928 cam
paign hangs on the answer of these
questions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-07
Enthusiasm at 80.

BY the Arkansas Democrat.
John D. Rockefeller danced jig
and whistled merrily when he broke
so" Wednesday In his daily eight
hole round of golf, we are told In
a news story from Ormond Beach,
Fla, where Americas first richest
man" Is spending his Winter.
He beamed at the first hole when
his sixth shot was dead to his cup.
He whistled gay tunes when he
found the lip of the cup with his
fourth shot on the second. The Jig
came. we are told, on the third hole
when he made a remarkable recov-
cry after overshooting the green and
was down in Z.
An octogenarian dancing Jig isn't
exactly the last word" in what
might be called senescent dignity,
but it carries an obvious moral les
son. 1t reminds us that dollars are
far from first life's pursuit OF
worthwhile pleasures. This man,
whose daily income is far beyond the
annual earnings of the average
American, finds his keenest joy not
in money, but in breaking So" And
what's more, he Is able at more
than 10 years past the biblical three
score years and ten to dance a Jig to
demonstrate that joy.
He couldn't buy those extra strokes
he saved" by playing better golf any
more than you could buy enjoyment
of book, or play or music when
you have reached his age. There
may have been a day in America
when a mans social worth was
measured by his bank account, but
each year brings us closer to. the
belief that the best measure" of a
man Is his enthusiasm at so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-07
Monument Window Bars.

Bars are to be over the windows of
the Monument to prevent would-be
suicides from climbing through to
jump to their death. The Office of
Public Buildings and Public Parks
has designed steel frame crossed
by four horizontal bars and this at
tachment is to be fitted to the win
dows. Bars of the frame will bend
outward and will not interfere
with the view. Suicides from
the Monument have been rare, but
recently two men on successive days
took the long drop to eternity. These
tragedies and the belief that perhaps
the open and unbarred windows were
somewhat of an invitation to the per.
son bent on self-destruction cause the
parks officials to order protecting bars
for the memorial. 1t is a desirable
measure and will effectively put an
end to this form of suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-07
Vaughn Class Voices Praise
For The Stars Policies

To the Editor of The Star:
At recent meeting of the Vaughn
class of Calvary Baptist Sunday school
some one mentioned the influence or
the press on Righteousness and public
morals In our land. With a unan1mity
that would have sent a wave of deep
qualification to your heart one and
all voiced a very positive approval OF
your policies in this respect.
The Evening Star has at all times
stood for loyalty to the laws of God
and man. You have upheld the eight
zenith amendment. You have lent your
support to the suppression of vice, you
have fought indecent literature, you
have studiously refrained from pub
fishing the salacious details of certain
court actions. AT all times The Star
has been conspicuous for it's high
moral tone and for its sympathetic,
helpful attitude toward all work max
ing for right living. 1t is paper that
homemaker unhesitatingiy places on
his library table.
The qualities of The Star were
spoken of with such unreserved APP
probation at the aforementioned
meeting that /, as secretary, am di-
rected by the executive committee to
convey this sentiment to you. Most of
us are quick to condemn, but slow to
commend. To the man or men, great
or small, who are endeavoring to give
the public pure product commenda-
ton must undoubtedly be very vel
come.
L take sincere pleasure. therefore.
In addressing this letter to you and
your associates down to the humblest
employe, with the hope that The Star
may shine with ever-increasing bright
ness, a trustworthy beacon in the
storms of evil that menace our country.
RICHARD A. SAUER,
Secretary
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also for his excellent work in con-
nection with the equipment of these
ships for mine-laying duty" Capt.
Belknap was retired after long and
creditable service on June 80, 1926.
X Il y X
California is up against another
case designed to test the validity of
her alien land laws approved by ref
erendum In 1920. Their object was
to make virtually impossible any set
Element of land in the Golden State by
Japanese. Now comes a group of
Japanese physicians and business
men In Los Angeles, who want to
build a Japanese hospital and operate
1t on a commercial basis. California s
secretary Of State, Frank Jordan, de-
clares the law prohibits corporations
from owning or leasing land. The
Japanese and their attorneys believe
the law will not hold water so far
as leasing is concerned. They have
begun mandamus proceedings on the
ground that the statutes permit alien
corporations, as we'll as individuals, to
lease land for residential and business
purposes. Probably the controversy
will reach the United States Supreme
Court, as like causes In California
have done in contemporary times, be-
fore it's finally settled.
X X
Maj. Julia c. Stimson, superintend-
ent of Army nurses, delivered witty
address to graduating class of nurses
at Walter Reed Hospital in Washing
ton the other night. She discovered
that some of the eulogistic language
that automobile manufacturers are
using nowadays about their new mod
els could be quite aptly applied to the
modern trained nurse. So Maj. Slim
son took the announcement of the
Washington Automobile Show, insert
ed nurses" where cars" were re-
ferred to. and found that with only
trifling changes in the text 1t could be
turned into a perfectly good gradua-
ton speech. Her peroration, which
brought down the house, after 1u-
merous illusions to the trimness of
lines. the speed, the endurance, the
reliability and beauty Of the nurse of
the era, concluded as follows: when
better nurses are built, the Army will
build them"
X X X X
Pennsylvania continues to demand
it's place In the Interstate Commerce
Commission sun. but President Cool
idge's experience with the ill-starred
Woods appointment Is said to have
determined him to fill the vacancy on
the railway rate-making body with q
man wholly outside of Interested ter
rttory." The idea Is reputed to be
that the nominee will be Republican
of so eminent reputation that his ap-
pointment will add prestige to the
commission and pretty well insure
speedy confirmation. Some worthy
senatorial lame ducks will be states
men out of jobs, as the late John ].
Ingalls, used to put 1T, after March 4.
Perhaps the President will dip into
their pond for suitable candidate.
Copyright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Snap judgments on personalities are
VIGOROUSLY insure.
! A we'll known Washingtonian makes
! it his rule never to allow an instructive
! like or dislike for another to go be-
! yond his own mind for at least a year.
This mode of action. or. rather. non
action, is taken simply as precaution,
not through any particular belief in
the old saw about not speaking i'll of
another
/ There are a great many who really
ought to be spoken i'll Of!
/ Perhaps there is not enough of this
/ good speaking i'll for the ultimate good
of this good old world. Who knows
but that if all of us spoke our minds
! in many of the century-old habits of
mankind?
| The instructive likes and dislikes of
our Washingtonian are known in one
form or another to every one.
! There is no escaping them.
Most of us are SO constituted that
the moment we lay eyes upon another
something in us seems to say, 4 like
him." or 81 do not like him." as the
case may be.
So many different factors enter into
each case that it is impossible to place
a finger upon any one trait. manner
ism, factor, and declare positively,
This is it,"
The great majority of men make no
such attempt. They are satisfied with
| the snap judgment, for is not every
man, in his own regard. perfect?
Every man is, to himself, the meas
ure Of all men. He can look at the
{ l.
its appeals with no other senses,
know its wonders with no other mind
than his own. Each one Of us, strictly
speaking, is the center Of the world
Our attempts to think outside our
selves would be pitiful If they were
not. at the same time, glorious.
Pitiful, yet glorious-such is the
description of mans effort to look
upon others as others look upon them
selves. Robert Burns task, ito see
ourselves as others see u.s." is easy
in comparison to this. To see others
as they see themselves-this is the
biggest job in the world, and. as a
man succeeds, so he becomes a leader,
a helper, a savior.
Y x
Need it be said that some are lead
ers. fewer still helpers, and few, in
fdeed, saviors Of mankind?
We are in bondage to those dead
and gone, who, for better or worse
have set the seal of their PERSONAL
ties upon us. and force us to- do that
which we would not do, and hold us
back, also, too often, from doing that
which we ought.
Yet we are not altogether losers in
this game of the centuries. In which
Father Time plays the leading role,
but are urged forward to the best
we know by two immortal factors:
The best in those before US and the
best In ourselves.
II our heritage be poor, on the
one hand, it is thus great. on the
other; but which shall win out, in the
long run (which is the only run that
counts, no one can tell until the
finish is reached.
X X y
We meet another, and Immediately
sort of electric bell is punched
some place inside us, informing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-07
L. J. Gage Called Alchemist;
Changed Patriotism to Dollars

The recent death at Point Iona
Calf, of Lyman J. Gage. Secretary
of the Treasury under both Mckinley
and Roosevelt, recalls this able finan-
cier's discovery of the art of turning
wartime patriotism into dollars for
Uncle Sam. A generation which went
through the Liberty Loan drive finds
it hard to believe that Secretary
Cages similarly successful plan of
floating a popular loan during the
Spanish-American hostilities was first
hailed by the bankers of his day as
impractical.
This achievement, commentators
point out, was only one Of many of
the farsighted statesman's able acts
as head of the Treasury.
America will remember Mr.. Gage"
in the opinion of the Brooklyn Daily
Eagle, chiefly for his origination of
the idea of patriotism as a motive for
the buying of United States bonds. For
the prosecution of the war with Spain,
Congress authorized an issue of $780,
100000 at 8 per cent interest. Finan-
ciers predicted that these could not
be sold save at a discount Mr.. Gage
proved them wrong. He succeeded in
disposing of the whole issue almost
entirely to individual buyers, who took
an average of less than 81 900 apiece. :"
The Eagle concludes: Lyman j. Gage
deserved well of his country. In our
financial history he will always have
distinct place and a place of distinct
significance"
Describing him as one who was
looked upon as a level-headed finan-
cier." the Savannah Press states that
the success of Mr.. Cages plan had
much to do with convincing the world
OF the resources of the country" The
Louisville Courier-Journal speaks with
satisfaction of the fact that "he lived
to see his plan applied with success
to the stupendous task of financing
the World War" and that the so.
called visionary scheme of the earlier
Secretary became the accomplishment
that under McAdoo and Houston
startled the world. Nothing could
demonstrate more forcefully," contin.
ues that paper, 1.-The growth and eco
nomic strength of the United States
than a comparison of these two ex-
ampleS of war financing"
HE who spoke to the American
people in terms of two hundred MIL
lions" remarks the Cincinnati Times
Star, "lived to hear, 20 years later, the
American people answer their Govern
ment in terms OF twenty billions.
Doubtless 1t was an interesting devel-
opment to the great financier as he
viewed this Mississippi of dollars roar
ing into the reservoirs of the United
States Treasury. He saw wildly that
with greater demands our resources
had developed almost infinite POSSIBLE
tiles. What he had regarded as latent
in 1898 had become in 1918 an i'm
pressive actually and a living force
for victory"
His death marked the passing of
one of the outstanding figures in the
Mckinley and Roosevelt administra-
tions," according TO the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. while the Hartford
Courant holds that "he was financier
rather than a politician, and a safe
adviser to President Mckinley in
many matters other than financial"
The Reno Evening Gazette. with COM
uent upon the modest beginning of