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Evening star., 1927-03-31

are taken as far as humanity possible
against such occurrences. The value
OF another canal to world commerce
and to the United States In particular
for national defense as well as for
commerce, is Immediately apparent.
Estimates of the cost of increasing
the facilities of the Panama Canal and
of the construction of the Nicaraguan
Canal place the expenditure for the
hrst at about one-haIf of the expendi-
ture for the latter. 1t Is reckoned it
would cost a billion dollars to build
the Nicaragtaan canal.
At the time the Panama Canal was
projected. such cost would have
staggered the Congress and the Amer
lean people. Even today, billion dol
lars is no. small sum. But the coun-
try is accustomed to dealing i'm billions
rather than millions. The Panama
Canal was constructed for about 1915
600, geo
Evening star., 1927-03-31
A Grade Crossing Care Campaign.

Believing that educa tion provides
the most effective means of combating
highway grade-crossing accidents, the
railroads Of the United states, through
the American Railway Association, are
about to inaugurate nationwide
essay contest among school and col
lege students, offering cash prizes OF
considerable amount to the authors of
the ESSAYS containing valuable sug-
gestions for prevention of such acci-
dents.
The railroads hold that. short Of
the total elimina ton Of all highway
crossings at grade. the best way to
reduce such accidents il by public ed
cation. stop. look and listen" the
roads claim. should be literally obeyed.
Railroad executives view with increas-
ing alarm the mounting total Of deaths
from gradecrossing accidents and the
enormous destruction of property at
tendant on them. Only recently Wash
ington had an alarming example of
the care necessary in crossing railroad
tracks when a Baltimore and Ohio
flyer snuffed out FIVE lives at Ken
sinston Md.
Last year there were 5,921 highway
grade-crossing accidents. in which the
appalling total of 2,4S2 lives were
taken. Nearly 1900 persons were in.
jured. In 1925 there were 5,479 &C.
cidents, In which 2,2O6 persons were
killed and 6,555 injured. Notwithstand nd
ing the campaign of educa ton which
the railroads inaugurated many years
ago and have recently renewed with
increasing diligence. the total of
deaths from grade crossing accidents
grows every year. The railroads cor.
rectly believe that only through the
cooperation of the public with the
carriers can reduction in such ac
cidents be brought about.
Total elimination of all grade cross
ings in the United States would cost
in the neighborhood of nineteen bill
lion dollars. only a little short of the
physical valuation of the railroads a nd
their equipment. Complete elimina
tion is hardly possible, not only be
cause of the financial burden, which
the travelling public would eventually
have to pay, but because of the time
factor involved.
Public education, total subservierce
( on the part of those who drive auto
mobiles to the stop, look and listen
policy, Is now the step the carriers
believe most necessary. AS the total
OF automobiles increases more than
keeping pace with population growth
1t also follows that rail traffic grows
Unless the public itself takes to hea ri
! the lesson Of caution, 1T la inevita BILE
that the total of grade crossing acci
dents will increase When automo
bile and train meet there can be but
! one conclution.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

/ lay the article aside to dry. In this
way the bureau has mended a spec.
tacle bow so strongly that when il was
broken again the joint held. The acid
is not poisonous. for vinegar In q al
lutte solution Of 1t, but IL will blister the
skin. 1t has very pungent. suffo-
eating odor. 1t is best to apply IL
with thin glass rod such as chem.
lists use. or with a slender stick Of
wood.
q. How much money does the
| United States derive from the sale Of
Army waste material?-J. r. G..
A. Reports complied by the Ofice
of the Quartermaster General show
that the War Departments turned, into
the Treasury Department from the
sale of waste material, garbage, ma
nure and SO forth. $21S.443.S0 for the
months OF October, November and
December. These sales occurred at
| camps, posts and stations all the way
| from Portland, Me-, TO Tientsin,
| China
@. How long has a Nobel peace
prize been given?-R. W.
| A. The award last December marked
| the twenty-fifth anniversary Of the
| first distribution of the Nobel peace
prize.
| O. Has the United States ever called
| in any of the silver dollars 1t has
coined M. r. s.
| A. The United States has never
called in any of its currency.
| O. Since the Olympic games were
| revived. where have the meets been
held? ID. s. ID.
| A. In 1896 they were held I'm
Athens; in 1900, Paris: 1904. st.
Louis: 1906, Athens; 1908, London:
1912, Stockholm; 1920. Brussels; 1924.
| Paris.
K +. nat "'"' '' ''"N ''''
A. Black Friday is any Friday
marked by a public calamity, as in
England. by the advance of the Pre-
tender to Derby december s. 174sl.
or by the financial panic OF May IL.
| 1866, and in the United States by sim
| liar disasters in New York on Septem-
ber "a. 1869, and September 10. 1871.
Good Friday is also termed BLACK
Friday" from the color OF the vest
ments worn on that day by the clergy.
@. What Is the nationality Of
Michaei-Arlen? OF Sabatini?-L. o. L.
A. Michael Arlen is a pseudonym.
His name Is Dlkran Konyoumdjean.
He is an Armenian. Raphael Saba
tint is an Italian.
| You .tU0nt to knoU something. You
| irish to be positire before you 90
ahead Well. The Evening Star t1ill
| tell you tchat you rant to knotr, and
0ire you assurance before you proceed.
/ Our Wnsbila 0toH bureau can dnStger
amp question of fact propounded to It..
Here Is the university Of Information
"a great free educational Institution
estG bHshed solely to series you. Send
in your question and get the right
| GnstCer. IHclose cents in stamps to
c0Uer the return postage. Addrsss
| The Evening Star Information Blu
| renu, Frederic J. Hdskin, director,
] Wdshin gton. ID. C..
Evening star., 1927-03-31
Perry S. Heath.

As journalist and as public Off
cial Perry $. Heath, who died in
this city yesterday after an illness Of
some months. held a high position In
public esteem. lie was personally
beloved by a multitude, for he had a
wide acquaintance gained through
his active newspaper work, which
began at Muncie. Ind. when he
was only twenty-one years Of age.
A few years later he came to Wash
ington as correspondent for the In.
diana polls Journal, and i'm the course
he gained the confidence OF all
with whom he came in contact
An ardent Republican, Mr.. Heath
rendered invaluable service to that
of 1896, when he directed the pub
licity work, putting it upon the
broadest and most efficient basis ever
known up 10 that time. After the
Inauguration of President Mckinley
he was made First Assistant Post
ma aster General, and Ii was under his
administrs tion of that branch of the
postal organiza ton that the present
system of rural free delivery was
started. He has been called the
| father of that service, which has de-
,, veIoped to the point Of incalcula BILE
benefit TO the people. Newspa per
! work summoned him out of the Gov
ernment duties and he established
himself in Salt Lake City as pub
Usher and editor.
| Possessing the intimate confidence
Of public officials, including Presi-
dents of the United States, Perry
Heath was in his day of active jour
naiism one Of the best equipped
newspaper men In the country. He
| loved his profession. and maintained
it. best traditions. Ee was one of
the founders Of thk Gridiron Club,
Evening star., 1927-03-31

Q. Did the United States ever coin
silver twenty-cent pieces?--C. c. =.
A, Twenty-cent pieces were coined
from 1875 to 1873 to the amount of
s271 200. There were 1855 900 pieces
coined. The coinage of these pieces
was discontinued under the act of
May ?, 1873.
Q. When were 'pullbacks" worn?
-P"S. X.
"a. They were worn for the first
time about 1858. They came into
style a second time about 1885.
q. When a military execution takes
place, how many men make up the
firing squad and how many of the
guns are loaded?--L. NJ. Y.
A. The number varies: there are
usually about IS men. however. A
good percentage of the guns are
loaded.
@. Can parsley he grown in a win
dow bOx?--J. II. G..
A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that 1t is possible to grow parsley
at least 10 inches deep, since the pars.
ley has A taproot
Q. How long does it take hydropho.
bia to develop. A. c..
A. The Public Health Service says
that hydrOphobia usually does not de
velop within less than 10 days after
the person is bitten, three weeks being
the average period. In rare cases the
disease has appeared many months
after the receipt of the injury.
Q. Who was Queen semiramis?-
B. d.
A. Semiramis was the half legend
ary wife of Minus, the founder of MIN.
even. She was the daughter of the
Syrian goddess Derketo. She was re
| nowned for great beauty and wisdom.
O. What Is the significance of 10.J
on Federal Reserve notes?-H. A. w
A. The designation 10-J on Federal
Reserve bank currency gives a history
| of the note. For instance. 10-J repre-
sents the tenth Federal Reserve dis
trict, Kansas City, Mo. This is put
| in several places on the note in order
to identify ii in case 1t becomes mutt
| lated. The Federal Reserve banks are
not allowed to pay out over their
counters notes of another district
Consequently, IL one of another dis
trict finds its way to the Federal Re.
serve Bank of New York, for insta nee
| 1t Is returned to the bank of issue.
Q. Does Berlin lead in the designing
of mems suits and oyercoats?--
| G. M.
A. London is said to lead in this re-
| spect. Many Of the most fashionable
| mems tailors of the world are in Bond
street, London. There is, however, a
growing tendency on the part OF
Americans to give preference ia
American.made clothes.
Q. How can spectacle bows made OF
celluloid be mended?-R. s.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that glacial acetic acid. not just the
ordinary strong acid. dissolves cellu'
loid. 1t therefore can be used as a
celluloid cement. Apply a little of the
acid to each of the surfaces to be
! united, press the parts together and
Evening star., 1927-03-31
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

| "It is really question: said Tenn
, pleton Jones, whether Ludwig van
| Beethoven, the hundredth anniversary
! of whose death is being observed this
week, could have stood as much music
| as the average American of today is
subject to.
Now please do not mlsunderstand
| this muse since boyhood. l play upon
several Instruments, In small way
| seldom miss a concert. IL | can get
| to 1t and have the price. / own both
! phoDOgraph and radio, and run both
constantly.
II am perhaps the only man In the
, world who has played through the
entire score of Bizet's Carmen on a
| ma ndolin, both treble and bass. with
all intermediate voices.
I'm my youthful days I spent all my
| spare change. which at no time was
very great. on the scores of popular
operas, principally those OF Victor
Herbert and Reginald de koven, now
both gone to their rest, unfortunately
for us who love melody.
II can show you, in the score OF
Herbert's Wizard OF the Nile the
place from which that master took the
theme for his wonderful dream mel
| ody in one Of his last operas. This
was one of the few times this i'm
mortal musician copied himself - he
| never did any one else--but the Use
he made Of his own theme thoroughly
| justified him. One can scarcely plagi
arize himself, can he?
X Il -
II GO into these details to show you
that l have no spleen against music
when l say that we have music too
| much with us, late and soon, as Mr.
| Wordsworth might have said.
principally late. ! believe.
I'VE have music with our meals
both in public and in private. Al
various eating places one is assailed
| by strains emanating from three
young gentlemen expert in the ma
| nipulatiOn of pia no, violin and drums
| or maybe banjo. or saxophone.
tAt home. there is the luncheon and
dinner music over the radio.
"One can't even get a shoe shine
any more without listening to the
! latest jazz number ground forth or
the phonOgraph, to the strains oi
which the ebony artist fiicks his shin
| ing rag back and forth.
Various orange cOncoctions are
dispensed to the sounds of mechani
music, produced by machine which !:
| really one of the marvels of the age.
Then there is the child performer
| the little dear who. at the bland age
OF Z, can sing Irving Berlin's latest
| and does SO whenever there Is com
pany to show off in front of.
ITO the sensitive ear the screech
emitted by little Geraldine as shs
reaches for that high note Is anything
in the world but music. but her font
mamma sits there all the time with
an absurd smile on her face, horribly
unimpressed by the fact that the poor
child is running her voice forever.
| Then the high and other schools
take turns at singing. One CAM
even walk down the street past q
high school assemblage without hear
ing The Three Grenaders' and WHO
Is Silvia?' sung with the gusto OF
| 500 lusty voices
! AT the collegiate age we have glet
| clubs and dance orchestras, each one
| of the latter fondly hoping that II
will be able to get a vaudeville en-
| gagement.
This plethora of music comes
about because for so many years
Europe kept poking fun at America
Evening star., 1927-03-31

which was organized in his ofYice, an
institution that has become world
famous and that is a credit to Amer
lean journalism.
Though he had passed out of active
service, Perry Heath continued up
to the last the keenest interest In
public matters, and his knowledge of
past events and his exceptional judg
ment rega riding current affairs made
OF him an invalua BILE guide to the
younger generation of correspondents
at the Capital, who now revere his
memory.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
The Attack on Henry Ford

Henry Ford, it would seem from the
tardy reports OF his mishap on the
road at Dearborn Sunday night.
his life to his skill as motorist.
Driving alone in a light car he was
"sideswiped" by another and heavier
machine moving rapidly aud was
forced off the road over bank at
rivers edge. Had he not ma
neuvered his car expertly when he
realized that he was being crowded
by the passing motor he would prob
ably have been thrown into the
stream and doubtless drowned. As
it was he sustained painful injuries.
which will incapacitate him for a
fortnight.
That this was a deliberate attempt
upon the life of the motor manufac-
turer is indicated by the known cir
seen idling along the road prior to
Mr.. Ford's appearance. One report
is that 1t pursued him on his down
trip, but did not overtake him, and
that the occupants waited for his
return, when they managed to hit
his car. At all events, statement
today comes from Detroit that sew
eral persons have been arrested for
examination, and it may therefore
be concluded that the theory of a
murderOus attempt Ia held by the
Ford's own account of the happening
Henry Ford has aroused some
sharp animosities, not among those
who work for him, but among per-
sons who have been disturbed by his
peculiar views on certain subjects
But there has not been heretofore
any suggestion, so far as the public
knows, of a mischievous purpose on
the part of any individuals or group
of people. 1t now develops that Mr.
Ford has himself always resisted al
suggestions of the establishment of a
personal guard to check unpleasant
approach or to avert danger. Re-
Gently such guard was provided
without his knowledge, and upon his
discovery of the fact he Indignantly
dismissed the men from .that duty
and rebuked those who had assigned
them.
Such a crime as that which is in
dicated by the Detroit dispatches
will be instantly and emphatically
denounced by the people of this
country. Henry Ford has won the
esteem OF practically all, despite the
alienation of those whom his per-
sonal publicity organ has attacked
He has been in great measure a
public benefactor, through his re-
| markable industry and the spread ol
means of cheap transportation. His
immense success has been well de-
served. Personally a kindly man
with none but mild motives in his
activities, that he should have en-
emies bent upon his secret assassina
ton is a shocking surprise. IL this
was indeed murderous attempt
upon him 1t is to be hoped that the
instigators and the perpetrators viii
be promptly found and punished as
they deserve.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
RadiOlOgIcaliy Speaking.

RadiOlOgicaliy Speaking.
Sweet music sounding everywhere!
1t can't be verasting.
There must be clashes, here and there.
Too many are broadcasting.
There's oratory far and near,
With an effect erratic.
Some OF it comes with thought so
clear.
But most OF it is static
As revolutionists afar
Demand a warlike clearance,
The world Is shaken by the jar.
There's too much interference.
Evening star., 1927-03-31

saying that the United States was not
a musical Nation, and that when we
wanted musician ms we had to import
them.
"The answer Of this country was
and Is characteristic. Every one IL
turning to music, with the hope or
making a mass attack upon foreign
sneers. We have tried manfully TO
write an American opera Herbert
failed. but he did stick to an Amerl-
can setting-the Indian. The latest
effort along this line harks back to
European setting-I wonder why
"In homes we have music morning,
noon and night. We arise to setting
up exercises, eat lunch to the radio
and have 1t going full blast in the
evening until midnight
IF we visit friend, the first thing
he does is try to impress US with his
radio. 1t used to be the phonograph.
try my best not to look bored walt
fully say. Fine, fine" That's the kind
Of liar | am.
Even in my own home ] find my.
self getting terribly fed up as the
vernacular has 1t, upon the radio
programs.
when | first got my set. I lis
| tened to everything and anything.
can recall sitting up until midnight
to listen to horrible jazz bar nd that
was not worth minutes Of any one 5
time.
To-day find myself becoming
bored at a great symphony orchestra
The old familiar melodies. the really
great concert numbers-one and all
| find me cold.
"Why?
What else can it be but that !
hear too much music? We all do.
Beethoven himself, | honestly believe,
| would have gone crazy at hearing
music all the time.
I'VE listen to so much music that
it has become sort of habit. Ciga
rettes would harm no one, ] honestly
believe. IL it were not for their fatal
ease, the simplicity of throwing one
away and lighting another.
$50 1t is with music. When one Is
really fond of it. the temptation to
pull the switch on the radio is too
much for one. We get into the habit
Of listening to music whether we are
in the mood for it or not.
"How many persons that you know
resoIutely turn off the set If the music
does not come in we'll? Not one,
| Every one begins to jiggle immediate.
ly with the batteries. or turn the ad.
justment on the loud speaker. What
one should do is turn the set off and
call it a silent night.
Hundreds of listeners-in are mar
| tyrs to their sets and do not know 1t.
| They are fed up on music, through
OVERRIDING. and then kick about the
announcers. and the selections.
What we need-some of us, at any
rate-is a rest from music. This
| great art. and it's practitioners, would
| be the better for period of Austen.
| ton. {.
Think what an impetus would be
| given music II there was to be a uni
versal ban placed upon it for even so
| little as week,
Suppose there was not a note
| heard, either in public or private.
Music shall not sound tonight BY
the end of the week the whole world
would pine for music. 1t would rise
In its might and demand music.
Give us music" the starved world
would say. And then-ah, how beau
tiful would the radio sound, the phono.
graph. the player.piano, the singer,
the violinist. the orchestra, the band!
| "As 1t is, 'Aw. shucks,' we say,
turn that thing off"
Evening star., 1927-03-31
A New Interoceanic Canal.

Traffic through the Panama Canal
has increased until, it is now reported,
the canal facilities must be further de,
veloped or an additional interoceanic
canal constructed. President Coolidge
is to study the situation with q view
course. IL any, should be adopted.
The Nicaraguan Canal route leaps
Immediately into the picture under the
conditions now revealed. The United
States has paid to Nicaragua 50, 900. .0oO
for q perpetual option on the canal
route through that country. The
way is cleared internationally for
the construction of the additional
canal. Peace in that country and
stability of government become in.
creasingly important 10 the United
States II the new canal is to be con.
structed.
The first steamer passed through the
Panama Canal on January Z, 1914, and
commercial traffic through the canal
began on August Is of the same year
The canal has been in operation, there
fore. only since the beginning Of the
World War. Vet its importance in the
world of commerce has become sc
great. the demand for passage through
the great canal has become so insist
ent, that it's capacity already i,
reached, or nearly so. The vision OF
the men who planned the interoceanit
canal has been more than justified.
The operation of the canal was halt
ID from September, 1918, to March
1915. becaus of slides. interfering with
navisstion. There Is always danger
that ckHsr slides may tie up the water
way Il sths future. though safeguard
Evening star., 1927-03-31
Ridicules Questioning
of Smith on Election
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
The article in Sundays Star by G..
Gould Lincoln regarding the open let
ter of Charles G. Marshall to Gov. Al
fred r. Smith of New York, published
in the Atlantic Monthly, inquiring
whether he would, IL elected President
of the United States, regard the Con-
stitution Of the United States as para
mount in the conduct of that Office
or the law Of the Catholic Church
would be the final control, is very
amusing.
If Mr.. Marshall is a reputed au-
thority on canon law, as the article
states, he knows the position of the
Catholic Church, it's teachings and the
position of its members. and there is
no reason for him making the inquiry,
and If he doesn't know, he is not an
authority on canon law.
PHIL 8. WILLIAMS.