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Evening star., 1927-10-13
No Bus Terminal Solution.

Tentative consideration is being
given at the District Building to a
proposal that a central bus termiha'
might be built beneath the projected
plaza which. according to the present
IGovernment building program, Will he
bounded hy Pennsylvania Avenue, r.
street. Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets. The proposal is interesting
for il shows that the authorities at
the District Building are trying to hnd
solution for the problem constituted
! in Washington's present bus muddie'
! Rut there are several objections Which
present themselves Immediately. one
| is that the proposed plaza treatment
| of the area in question Will not come
for several years. First, the build
| incs themselves are to be erected 10
provide sorely needed housing fer sew
eral Government departments. The
nlaza and other landscaping work Will
probably come last In a program which
as vet shows few physical signs of
getting under way. Meanwhile. the
necessity for a union bus terminal,
conveniently situated in the downtown
area. becomes more acute every day.
Possibly within the next year the pres
ent haphazard arrangement of allow
ing the busses to make use of Little
Ninth street as terminal facilities must
give way before the Government build
ing program. The only substitute In
sight at present is another portion
of the public streets, located some
where else, to be allotted without
charge for the exclusive use of the
busseS.
If il were decided to construct an
underground bus terminal on Govern
ment-owned land. in line with the
suggestion now under considera ton.
much thought would of necessity have
to be given to the feasibility of
municipality owned and operated ter
minal for the use of which the bus COM
panies would have to pay. In the
first place, the Federal Governments
consent would be necessary, and in the
second the division of cost of con-
struction and profits from operation
would have to be decided by Congress.
The better plan would seem to be to
encourage the construction of bus ter
minal by private enterprise. And If
such enterprise is lacking, to force
the buses to solve a problem which
is peculiarly of their own making.
AS long as tentative suggestions are
thrown out now and then from the
District Building limiting that the Dis
trict may possibly enter the bus ter.
minal business, the bus companies
are going to wait until they know
definitely which way the wind blows.
AS long as the District generously
provides them with free parking space
on the public streets, the bus COM
panies have little incentive to bestir
themselves and look elsewhere.
The present is a good time for the
proper authorities at the District
Building to weigh the advantages of
municipality owned and operated bus
terminal against those of privately
owned and operated terminal. And
on the basis Of careful consideration,
some decision might be announced TO
the effect that the District govern.
ment does or does not intend to en-
ter the field. With this point settled
definitely more rapid headway in pro
viding a terminal-which must come
eventually-would be gained. Little
progress in The right direction can be
seen at present.
Evening star., 1927-10-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

NJ CREST hAfsk'ss sounti from great
S@lehe< 6aes MOI carry down well, as
wA s4v, ~ ths surface ~ the earth.
tssSfaeS, lightning discharges in the
upper ut,ftif.ns 1T clouds often are
isSbts 10 comparison 10 those that
strike 81 the earth hDd give but little
thunder Ihflskd. they may no Of
surh haf'1rs ss 10 pF0dUce very little
mise even close nv.
Il tl0w ratieh fSoftsy Naa lAvoived
in tbs great itumbsft swindle e?-W. 4
*.
\. On the representation that she
had Inherited u fortune ~ S20.0Oe 900
from an American millionaire Mime.
! liumbsrt ana her hiisb8 nd netted
about 1t0.609.91 while the amount
! Of notes In The form ~ original loans
and renewals sqnsled $40. 0.1o0, 900.
q. What is the oath taken by the
| Republican deputies ~ the Irish Free
| State?-T II.
| A. II is 8s follows: 81 DO s0lennnly
swear due faith ard aliegiane to The
| Constitution Of the Irish Free state,
as by law established, and that / will
he faithful to King George v, hls
heirs and successors by law in virtue
Of the common citizenship Of IreIa nd
with Great Britain and her adherence
to membership in the group of ma.
tions forming the British common.
wealth of nations
@. How old Is Richard Dix? IL
that his real name?-N. ID.
A. The actor is 80 years Of age.
His real name is Peter Brimmer.
@. In adding apple juice to fruit
l. If, E.x for oil nntr rffsrx
what should the proportion be?-G. r..
A. Half apple juice should be used.
Slightly tart, juicy apples should be
used. Combine the juices and use two
thirds as much sugar. Boil the juice
three minutes. add sugar and cook
rapidly until the jelly will fall in a,
sheet when poured from a spoon.
O. Are there many steam wells in
| the world?LC. l..
A. Geyser Greek Canyon. about -
miles from San Francisco. has seven.
IardeIo. Italy, has several. There are,
however, few localities where natural
steam wells are possible. Volcanic ac-
ton must have brought the heated in
terror of the earth's crust close TO the
surface, and conditions must be ia
vors BILE for water to reach the heated
rock masses through natural chan
nels. other such regions are the Val.
lev. of Ten Thousand Smokes in
Alaska, a region in Japan. one in
| northern Chile and one in New Zea-
land.
@. Why was Ypsila nti so nsmed?-
N G. 8.
A. Ypsilanti. Mich, was named in
honor of Demetrius Ypsilanti. the
Greek patriot. who lived from 1898 to
1882.
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all kinds of queries. on all Kinds Of
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Make use of this free service tchich
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Evening star., 1927-10-13

@. What is the total horsepower #
all the automobiles ia the tinted
| States?--S. NJ.
A. The aggregate hofssD0DsF ~
| the 10000. 900 motor ears registered 10
| 1926 probably amounts Ia sbnHit 4s6 =
100000 nominal horsepower.
@. When is st. Martins summer a-
| ii. j. ID.
A. In northern Europe there Is a
period of the Autumn. correspond
| ing to our Indian Summer. when the
chill of the season is broken by a week
| or two of comparatively mild wea ther.
| The legend Is that on bleak N0Vem
Der day st. Martin emerged from q
church and found beggar crouch
| ing on the doorstep, shivering viii
cold. st. Martin tore his cloak In
two and gave half of it to the beggar.
Since that time the season of the
year in which the event took place
is characterized by a period of mild
ness.
@. What is the origin of the ex'
preston "greenhorn" p. X. :.
A. The slang expression green
horn" was originally used in refer
ence TO a cow deer or other horned
animal when its horns are immature
In its applied sense we have traced
the expression as far back as 1852.
Q. How many kinds of goldenrOd
grow in the United States?-W. A. G.
A. There are about 125 varieties OF
gOldenrod. most of which are found in
| this country. They are cross-fertiliZed
| by butterflies and bees and are typi-
| cal insect pOllinated plants. The
pollen gives a positive hay-fever
reaction. but. not being wind-bOrne,
can cause hay fever only upon direct
| inhalation.
Q. What do the initials +. A. l.
stand fOr?-S. J..
J.. They stand for Federation Aero
nautics Internationale.
Cathedral in Rome the largest in the
| world?-W. r. r.
a. Recently a resort hotel has been
built at West Baden, Ind, whose i'm.
mense dome is 212 feet across, IL feet
greater than that of st. Peters, which
| was formerly the largest in the world.
Q. How should a club sandwich be
| eaten?-N. S. d.
| A. A club sandwich should not be
taken in the fingers. 1t Is usually
difficult. il not impossible, TO use SIM
ply the fork. In cutting the toast, etc.
! it is correct to use both knife and
| fork.
Q. Where is the largest airport In
the world?-T. l..
A. France claims it. lie BOurget
near Paris, is the largest. and the
largest aviation hangers are those al
Orly.
@. When may moose be shot in
New Brunswick?-E. B.
| A. The open season for moose Is
from October / to November 30. Deer
September Is to November so.
Q. Lately / saw large cloud over
| head frequently lit up with lightning
but heard no thunder. What caused
| this?-A. A. l..
| A. The Weather Bureau says that
this is a well known. though not very
common, phenomenon, at least when
1.-THE cloud is overhead. 1t probably
is owing to rather feeble discharges
Evening star., 1927-10-13
The Schoo,..,oy Patrol.

For the second successive year the
schoolboy patrol is organized and
functioninc. Under the supervision
of the American Automobile Associa-
ton and school officials. three huEsred
and twenty-five boys have been select
cd 10 carry on safety work for the
benefit of the school children of the
city. These lads. equipped with white
Sam Browne belts and silver badge.
and picked for their scholarship rec
ords and general ability, are charged
with the responsibility Of building up
safety ideals among their comrades.
They win in no sense act as traffic po-
licemen, but at intersections near the
various schools they will be stationed
to prevent students from running
heedlessly into traffic. and in the
fulfillment of this important duty they
are expected to set an example of con.
sideration for others that win be alb,
sorbed by their schoolmates.
The American Automobile Associa-
ton is to be commended for its spon-
sorship of this activity. Fatalities
among school children in the heavy
traffic of today are pathetically high.
If only one life year can be saved
by supervision at crossings the cam
paign will accomplish a decidedly
worth while object. But this is not
the only benefit to be gained. Chill
dren, by this method, will become in
terested In safety in traffic and the
special training in school and home
will add to their ability to avoid ac-
cidents. The schoolboy patrol, there
fore, teaches safety and consideration,
and functions as an organization to re-
duce the unnecessarily large toll of
school children fatalities.
Evening star., 1927-10-13

The Associated Press is exclusively ertItled
10 the Use for reuuhlication of all news dis
matches credited IA il or not otherwise cred
ited in this n3rer and also the ,ocal utw ws
puhlishnf herein All lights ~ public fat,on
~ snacial disnatches herein arc alsp reserved.
Evening star., 1927-10-13

There is no escaping the impression
that Remus would have been happier
if he had gotten himself a reliable hun
dred-dollar- -a-week job as white
collar man."
Evening star., 1927-10-13

Complaints by Mr.. Rickard that peo-
pie hear prizefight free Of charge
are partially offset by protests of ring
side purchasers located so far away
that they cannot see the punches.
Evening star., 1927-10-13

Public interest would welcome a
presidential campaign TO overwhelm
the attention demanded by the grand
jury.
Evening star., 1927-10-13

Notoriety no longer succeeds on the
and capital. The powers behind the
throne Of art are the auditor and the
publicity man.
Evening star., 1927-10-13

From the New York World.
The panel of presidential candidates
isn't exhausted by any means. There
are a number of prominent men who
have not yet declared that they VIII
not accept nomination.
Evening star., 1927-10-13

1t is easy for Americans to have an
interview with Mussolini. The circum'
stances are usually so formal as to
permit little expression beyond the
words PLEASED to meet you.'
Evening star., 1927-10-13

Disappointed candidates may be in
rlined to follow "The Sidewalks of New
York" with a good losers chorus of
"Whudduzit Mattah?"
Evening star., 1927-10-13
Escaping the RefOrmers.

From the New York Tribune.
IL the automobile builders don't
stop referring to them as pleasure
cars. the reformers will soon prohibit
their use. F
Evening star., 1927-10-13
From the Baltimore sun,

Modern ideas of matrimony seem TO
concern the aTrangements forscredit
at the department stores first and the
sociological problems afterward.
Evening star., 1927-10-13

As an in-and-outer Trotsky manifests
Soviet influence. But he is no Musso-
lini.
Evening star., 1927-10-13
Welcoming Contributors.

Welcoming Contributors.
"I understand your boy Josh has
become 'colyumist.
yep" answered Farmer Corntossel.
Josh decided on a litry career. And
he has a lot o. free contributors.
"Ail free?"
eyes. That's why keep tellin' Josh
that il he was good sport he'd en-.
title his 'colyum' Hello, Sucker"
1--WE hope for the best" said Hi Ho.
the sage of Chinatown, meaning
usually what may happen to be best
for ourselves"
Evening star., 1927-10-13

ing edition is delivered by carriers within
the city at 80 cents per month; daily only.
s5 cents per month: Sundays only. 20 cents
per month Orders NAV I've sent NV mail or
telephone Main 1000. Collection ie made by
carrier at end of each month.
Evening star., 1927-10-13
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Evening star., 1927-10-13
Agin the Classics.

To contemplate the case we pause.
1t can't be viewed as funny
Grand op'ry gets the most applause,
The Jazz gets all the money.
Evening star., 1927-10-13

"De more a man takes of time to
60 fishin'," said Uncle Eben, "de mo-
he hates Office hours an complains
bout oysrwork."
Evening star., 1927-10-13
Words and Music

Words and Music.
N, Radio! My Radio!
/ read while still you. madly play.
The book dispels the tune, you know
The tune helps drive the book away.
Jud Tunkins says a man who mar
ries a girl with money has to be
watched to keep him from getting the
money and forgetting the girl.
Evening star., 1927-10-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Arrived.

Arrived.
He toiled for his country with patience
obscure,
And offered full many thought.
A lot that was humble he strove to
endure,
With various penalties fraught.
He studied the numerous questions
that came,
Evoking a laugh or a sob.
At last, he is welcomed, in comfort,
to fame.
He's got political job.
No longer he works through the long,
weary night
To find what the public may need.
His name is presented in letters of
light,
Which any one passing must heed.
And every one lifts up welcoming
voice,
AS hearts are so wildly a-throb.
His labor sincere made nobody re-
joice-
But he's got a political job.
Terms.
"You have been sent to the Senate
many times"
81 have" answered Senator Sor'
ghum. "And l am proud Of the fact.
1t is always an honor to serve term
in the Senate when so many are
thr eatened with a term in the peni'
tertiary"
Evening star., 1927-10-13
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@. Why was Ypsilanti so nsmed?-
N. G. s.
A. Ypsilanti. Mich, was named In =
honor of Demetrius Ypsilanti. the
Greek patriot. who lived from 1898 to
1882.
Evening star., 1927-10-13

@. When may moose be shot in
New Brunswick?---E. B.
A. The open season for moose is
from October to November 30. Deer,
September Is to November 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-06
Another for Smith.

Senator Carter Glass of Virginia
says Gov. AL Smith of New York can
be elected President next year if he
let's the prohibition issue alone. I'm
der such circumstances, the Virginia
Senator apparently reasons, the dry
States will forget and forgive Gov.
Smiths wetness and the wet States
will be content to elect q President
whom they know to be at heart anti
prohibition.
Possibly Senator Glass sizes up the
situation correctly. But his deduction
is open to grave doubt. The drys and
the vets have been engaged in mo
quarter" struggle for years. Now
Senator Glass proposes that they lie
down together in the same political
bed. 1t may be. as he suggests, that
prohibition is not partisan political
question, but many politicians have
been elected to office on this question.
The outspoken declaration Of Sena-
tor Glass. a former member OF the
Wilson cabinet, that Smith can be
elected President despite the fact he
is a Catholic and a wet, is in line with
recent announcements by other Demo
Gratis of prominence in the South. The
idea seems to be growing that If the
Democratic party is to avoid another
devastating row when it meets in ma
tional convention next year it must
take Smith. If he is strenuously OPP
posed in convention old sores viii
spring open again. II he is turned
down the North and East are lost to
the Democrats. Gov. Smith may carry
some of the States Of those sections
but without him at the head of the
ticket a great body of Democratic
voters will lose interest or be actively
hostile.
The Democrats are playing with fire,
but they cannot help themselves.
There are no other issues or ques-
lions more filed with dynamite than
religion and prohibition, once they get
into the political field. Through force
OF circumstance-the leadership Of
Gov. Smith in New York and his big
following in many parts of the coun.
try-the Democratic party is face to
face with both these questions. Some
of the Democratic leaders have about
made up their minds that they must
let the matter run its course next
year and hope for immunity and bet
ter things in 1882. The declarations
of Senator Glass and other prominent
Southern Democrats In regard to the
Smith candidacy are not without their
significance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-06
The Gift of Wet Days.

No one should begrudge the days Of
rain that have just passed, days of
gloomy skies and dripping clouds. OF
soggy ground and no golfing. of slip
perry pavements and interrupted
pleasures. For they have been days
of preparation for Spring glories soon
to come. The soaking Of the soil has
been needed to bring forth the high
abundance OF turf and foliage and
flower. Today's sun and rising tenn
perature will start the unfolding and
this week will witness the burgeoning
that makes Washington place of the
rarest beauty at this present season.
The cherry trees blossomed a bit
early this year. brought forth by I'M
usual warmth in March. But they
are now succeeded by other blooms,
perhaps not so impressive because
not massed as are the japanese trees
in Potomac Park. but altogether lovely
in themselves. Plans are now in con-
temptation for the planting in the
same park of wild crab-apple trees,
which bloom a little later than the
cherries and add to the glory Of the
picture Of awakening nature.
Wet days are soon forgotten when
the sun shines again. They are to be
thanked, indeed. for what they bring
to this city of magnificent vistas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-06

them mankind, like moles, may be
safe enough, except for cave-ins and
diseases brought on by lack of light
and air.
Recalling the fate Of those who
poked fun at FULTON and Langley, no
one today would laugh at Maj. Sc
graves prediction. Unfortunately it
may come true! The question that
confronts tile thoughtful now is simply
whether mankind is able TO keep up
with his machines.
The tremendous list of crippled and
dead as the result of automobile acct
dents throughout the United States,
with automobiles making between
thirty and sixty miles an hour on the
highways, leads a conservative person
to wonder If man can ever co-ordinat
himself to escape from monsters tc;l.
ing down at him at $50 miles an hour
Fatal accidents at railroad crossings
show the utter inability of present
day man. built by nature to run, leal
ard walk with his own muscles, prop
erly TO estimate even SO little as ii
speed of sixty miles per hour What
can ne do, how can he change his ma
ture, when cars hurl themselves
adoWn roads ut rates far in excess o.
sixty miles? VIII man keep up With
his own procession?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-06

volume and 14,80S, 900 ems Of type in
the composition. The proofreader
must have been an unsung and I'M
known hero.
X X X
Chief Justice Taft is on record as
advocating judicial reform aimed to
remove some OF the laws delays and
speed UP justice. He has done his
best to keep the Supreme Court docket
clear and have it's decisions promptly
rendered. Nevertheless, the Supreme
Court is now in process of establish
ing u new record for length of time in
arriving at a decision. Case No. l OH
the docket--Federal Trade Commits.
sion VS.. Claire Furnace Co.--has been
pending awaiting a final decree from
the court for more than four years.
The case involves the power of Con-
gress to beStow upon the Federal
Trade Commission the authority to
obtain cost of production, profit and
investment figures from private cor
porations not engaged in interstate
commerce. The Claire Furnace Co. re-
sisted the demand OF the commission
for this information. 1t is a test case.
| Upon the decision rests the whole
question Of the authority of the COM
mission to delve into private business.
/ The case was first argued before the
Supreme Court in December, 1928.
Then after two years of elaboration
the court itself asked that 1t be re-
argued. The new arguments were pre-
scented in November, 1926. Since that
time nothing has happened. Mean.
while the Federal Trade Commission,
in this phase of its work, is merely
marking time.
II X
Headlines in Washington papers
this week proclaimed whisky Still
the Favorite," Senator Norris Beaten
by the Heathen," Great Inaugural
Event" But the stories underneath
the headlines related to the opening of
the racing season at the Bowie race
| track nearby in Maryland and
| Whisky, Senator Norris and Heather
were names of horses in the racing in
augural.
Copyright 1879
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-06
Too Much Is Tnerah.

The man on the street may be
forgiven for shrinking from two re
cent announcements of science. Mai
Segrave foresees automobiles travelling
at $50 miles an hour on the general
highway. Experiments are under way
looking toward planes of a type to
land readily on roofs.
The general outlook is disconcerting,
to say the least. At home one win be
harassed by a "ker-piump" on the
roof as any Tom, Dick or Harry drops
down for a rest Driven from home
by the incessant thuddlng Of planes
upon ones roof, the weary man OF the
future will be assailed by monsters
coming at him at the pretty speed Of
150 miles an hour or thereabouts.
A third improvement viii then be In
order. There win be nothing TO it but
to build tunnels for pedestrians. Ia