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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-03

The habit 81 stuffing ones
pocket with clippings, ifbteAd
Of using the neat and compact
note book, ii messy, and, BIZ
times embarrassing. They ret
tangled M with rent receipts,
deposit slips and those two one
dollar bills you have left over
from payday Only yesterday
/ handed i w. r. =. conductor,
instead Of 4 transfer, b clipping
which reviewed 1T some length
Eugene O'Neil's Strange Inter-
lude."
we rot into hot argu-
ment not about the negotia-
biIity Of the cutting, but IS 70
the relative merits Of ONeil and
Shaw and Sam Scribner. His
name was Norls, Leffingwell ].
Norks, and It developed that he
was dramatic editor Of Car
barn Banter, 4 humorous pub-
LEGATION got out on off days st
the repair shops.
Well, we had b Inerry-to-doi
Eleven people missed their
stops before the nnOtorman
brought the car to i nifty land
ing and sided back to our
open forum.
Listen, Leffie, we said, lets
let some Of these people OFF.
It's getting stuffy in here.
Do this for me and wen have
i SNOWFALL fight ut the end Of
the line and TIL let you win.
Blocks beyond my town lodg
ings, I got of, not unruffled,
you may lay to that. He had
my clipping and wouldn't give
It up. ! had the transfer but
you can't publish . transfer
The crummy fathead!
There are just four performs
ances remaining Of one Of the
best shows I've seen at Keith's
in ten years residence here. Il
Is ] unit show, with IN amiable
oaf named Ken Murray, doing
everything but stocking the fur
mace. Murray is new type OF
master of ceremonies and
most unceremonious lad he is.
He's in the boxes. in the aisles,
on the stage and at the rear Of
the house. Prod any scene on
the stage hard enough and
you'll find Murray.
Harry Carroll has the general
situation in hand with his dance
ing girls, his own songs and
Ann GreenWay to sing them.
Everything's as informal as
bread in the gravy. / have seen
$3.50 revues in the bigger houses
that couldn't touch this assem-
bly, Of speed and fun at Keith's.
The complete cast for Zieg-
feld's "Three Musketeers," which
will premiere at the National
here, is as follows:
Dennis King, Vivienne Segal,
Lester Allen, Yvonne D'Arle,
Louis Hector, Harrison Brock
bank, Douglas Dumbrille, Det-
mar Poppen, Joseph Macaulay,
John Clarke, "A. Kline, Reginald
Owen, Robert D. Burns, "A.
Jochim. Naomi johnson and vii
fred Seagram. The most recent
addition to the cast has been
Vivienne Osborne. Miss Os-
borne was until recently q
Belasco star in the principal
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Fat. No Worry

Sophie Tucker. jolly jester In
jazz song, who is the star stage
attraction at the Fox this week,
boasts and is happy OF the fact
that she Is a perfect 4S'' In
avoidupois, not in age! She il
probably the only actress on the
stage who has no message for the
female portion of her public on
reducing or diet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-03
n kseryboi,'S Condolences
THE GATE POST
I ~ z lips =

The weeks end hand II the time for good dramatic
eand those not goOo clear the desk Of such fugitive
items e are aways cropping W When you're looking Tor some
which pluck 81 random cean mOrsels tidy
il their but under ii those moments when
The hrain n
Evening star., 1928-12-22
America and Renarations.

Events are imminent in Europe which
sooner or later are bound to challenge
American attention and inevitably to
demand an official affirmation of our
attitude. Germany and her five prin-
cipal creditors are about to set up an
other committee of experts, who will
attempt TO work out scheme for final
liquidation Of the reparations problem.
The United States is to be invited,
either officially or unoff1cially, to par
ticipate in the committees labors, which
contemplate fundamental revision of
the Dawes plan. American citizens
having been the chief architects of the
original reparations arrangement, it is
not to be doubted that experts from
this country will take part in remak-
ing it.
The fact that the United States is
not directly concerned with the repara-
tions question lends to American rep
resentation in its solution that quality
of disinterestedness which is invaluable
when rival claims clamor for recogni-
ton and clash in the effort to reconcile
them. Europe recalls gratefully the
eminent service rendered by Charles G.
Dawes and Owen d. Young when the
present reparations plan was formu-
shted. There Is correspondingly the
Ryeliest hope On the other side that
Evening star., 1928-12-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKlN.

Lieut.. Hinton explored the Amazon
valley?-c. H. B. ;!
A. The Eleanor III, In which Lieut..
Hinton made the exploration trip along
the Amazon, is resting beside the his
toric Wright plane in the Science Mu-
scum, London, England.
O. How can make kodak prints
quite gloSsy?-F. r.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that glossy prints are obtained by plat-
ing the wet prints, face down on fer
rotype plate, and peeling them off when
dry. A piece of plate glass will some
times answer for the ferrotype plate. 80
@. In what direction is the solar
system moving?-R. F. G.
A. The solar system is travelling at
the rate of about 100000 miles "a
day IN the general direction of the con-
Stellation Hercules, or, more exactly,
the boundary between Hercules and
Lyra. The stars in these consultations
are not all at the same distance from
the solar system, and no fixed point
can be set at which the sun will ar
rive at specified time. Observations
have not been continued over long
enough period to determine whether
the sun is moving through space tn
a straight line or along a curved line.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
Pine Tree Drinks Two
Barrels of Water Daily
BY E. E. FREE. PHI. ID.

An average pine tree manufactures a
broomstick a day and uses two barrels
OF water to help do 1t. So reports DR..
D. T. MacDougal, distinguished biolo-
gist of the Carnegie Institution of
Washington, who addressed guests of
that institution recently in Washington
on the growth Of trees and the move
ments of sap.
For more than 10 years DR.. Mac
Dougal has kept records of the tiny
fraction of an inch that a tree grows in
thickness each day, us.ng a delicate
instrument devised by himself and
called the dendrograph. Side by side
with these daily measurements of his
forest wards, DR.. MacDougal has re-
corded the amounts of water sucked
up by the trees as sap and evaporated
from the leaves into the air. The rise
OF this sap Is due, DR.. MacDougal be-
lieves, to suction from the leaves, very
much as the sponge in a desk sponge
cup sucks up water to be evaporated
from its upper surface. Tiny pipes in
side the trees trunk make paths for
this water. AS it streams upward 1t
carries with it from the soil the min
eral food materials that the tree needs
to live and to grow.
From these materials, plus sugar
manufactured from gases Of the air by
the aid Of sunlight falling on the
leaves, the average pine tree of the
kinds studied by him grows enough
new wood each day, DR.. MacDougal
has determined, to equal an ordinary
broomstick. In this same interval the
trees roots drink" an average Of two
barrels Of water, most of which is ex-
pired into the air like perspiration
from an animal.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
A New Judge.

Condemnation cases. which serve as
a log jam to the smooth flow of justice
through the courts. have been increased
through the authorization of great
building programs for the District and
Federal governments. Last october the
District Supreme Court faced an ac-
cumulation of more than one thousand
law cases. some five hundred cases in
equity and probably a thousand or moro
criminal cases.. Added to these were
the condemnation cases, which, instead
of declining, are on the upgrade IN
volume.
The Presidents action yesterday,
therefore, in signing the bill providing
for an additional justice for the District
Supreme Court, comes at time when
the benefits of such legislation are
sorely needed. Another judge, devoting
his time exclusively to condemnation
cases, will leave the six other members
of the Supreme bench free to expedite
the transaction of court business In
other lines. While the new judge was
added primarily because of the congeS-
ton resulting from condemnation cases,
it is interesting to recall that there has
been no increase in the number OF
judges for the last forty years or more.
and that in the past decade the growth
of the city and the natural increase in
litigation have served to tax the six
justices to the limit in their efforts to
keep abreast of the demands.
Now that the needed legislation has
been signed, interest in Washington
naturally turns upon the Presidents
choice of a man for the new office.
Washingtonians believe that the Presi-
dent will find the right material from
the membership of the District bar, and
that a Washington man would take up
his new duties with the additional ad-
vantages of being familiar with condi-
tions here. President Coolidge'S past
acts in designating washington men for
washington duties may be taken as
good indication that he intends to fol-
low this praiseworthy practice IN ap-
pointing washington's new justice for
the District Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
Shenandoah Park
Urged for Home

20 the Editor of The Star: CO
In view of the fact that the State of
Virginia is preparing to furnish the
Shenandoah National Park free of cost
to the Government, and that the Gov
ernment will exercise jurisdiction over
and develop that area as a national
park. and in view of the fact that the
territory in question Is within about
two hours drive of Washington, 1t
would seem to be pre-eninently the fit-
ting place for the establishment Of
Summer home for the President
Few people in Washington realize
that the elevation on Stony Man
Mountain, just outside of Luray, and at
Skyland, adjacent thereto, is in excess
of 1000 feet, and that when Washing
ton is sweltering with temperatures Of
around 100 degrees it is uncomfortably
cool without coat at that altitude, ex-
cept when one Is in the sun. Any one
sitting still in the shade soon feels
moved to either get coat or get out
in the sun. There are many peaks in
the Blue Ridge area to be included in
the Shenandoah National Park, with
elevations well in excess Of $500 feet.
EG. CAMPBELL
Evening star., 1928-12-22

This Is a special department devoted
solely to the handling Of queries. This
paper puts at your disposal the serv-
ices of an extensive organization in
Washington to serve you in any capac-
ity that relates to information. This
service is free. Failure to make use
of it deprives you of benefits to which
you are entitled. Your obligation is
only two cents in coin or stamps in
closed with your inquiry for direct re-
ply. Address The Evening Star In
formation BureaV, Frederic j. Haskin,
Director, Washington, D. G.
@. How much more room does q foot
need in shoe, when person stands
on it?-P. M. l..
A. The actual expansion of the foot
when the weight of the body Is placed
on it is from lie to Il Of an inch.
@. Has any one ever gone by auto
mobile from this county to Mexico
City?-O. T.
A. The Pan-American Union says an
automobile trip between the United
States and Monterrey, Mexico, has been
made by several motorists. Some have.
gone as far as Mexico City, but this
trip was not advisable as there are sew
eral bad stretches of road between
Monterrey and Mexico City.
@. Where is the airplane in which
Evening star., 1928-12-22
The Fuel of Life.

Three times the Willard Gibbs medal
of the American Chemical Society has
been awarded to men in the Govern
ment laboratories in Washington.
The latest award--to Prof. Claude S.
Hudson of the Hygienic Laboratory
serves once more to emphasize the bril-
lance and fundamental importance of
the researches carried on by these Gov
ernment chemists from year to year.
Most of the time they work in unrelieved
obscurity, their only reward being the
satisfaction they feel in the advance of
knowledge.
The medal was established in 1911
and named in honor of the Yale profess
Sor who was one of the founders of
modern chemical science. The first
award was to the late Prof. Svante
Arrhenius of Sweden, famous for his
theory of the electrical conductance of
solutions. Other foreign chemists who
have received the medal have been Nine.
Curie of France, who discovered radium,
and Sir James Irvine of Scotland, noted
for his studies of sugars and cellulose.
The other two WaShingtonians who
have received the medal are DR.. William
A. Noyes, formerly chief chemist of the
Bureau of Standards, and DR.. Frederick
G. Cottrell of the Department of
Agriculture.
The work of this years medalist has
been largely with the structures of
sugars. He probably has thrown more
light than any living man on the nature
of the fifty odd varieties Of sugar, only
few of which are at present Of any
commercial Importance.
It is impossible now to estimate the
value of this work. It is certain to be
of extreme practical Importance in years
to come. The very nature of sugar
makes this inevitable. The human and
animal body is a machine which pro-
duces energy by burning fuel. The only
fuel it is equipped to burn is sugar, in
one form or another. It may have been
transformed into fat before it is fed to
the human furnace, but 1t Is still funda-
mentally sugar. 1t is difficult to over
estimate the value of exact knowledge
concerning the fuel that feeds the
furnaces of life.
Evening star., 1928-12-22

they, or other American economic ex-
perts Of their caliber, can again be
drafted.
1t is true that as a government. the
United States is wholly detached from
the reparations controversy. But how
long that splendid isolation" is going
to last is an extremely moot question.
Reparations have resolved themselves
into a simple problem in international
arithmetic. Germany contends that
the two billion five hundred million
gold marks she is now obligated
to pay annually to France, Great
Britain, Belgium, italy and Japan
are beyond her capacity. She demands
revision of the annuity downwards.
Germany's European creditors, France
in particular. are not averse to such a
re-arrangement of the Dawes plan, but
insist that any scaling Of Germany's
reparation obligations to her creditors
must be parallel with a practically
horizontal scaling of the obligations of
France and other allied powers to their
own creditors
That is where the United States
comes in. We are overwhelmingly the
largest of allied Europe's creditors.
But the position of the American Gov
ernment consistently has been that
German reparations and allied debts to
the United States Treasury are entirely
unrelated matters. Time and again
Washington has notified Europe that
under no circumstances would this
country consent to any scheme which
would interlock them.
The old world nations which owe
America more than ten billion dollars
have been granted funding agreements
of exceedingly liberal character. Those
agreements were made on the distinct
understanding that German reparations
are a. thing entirely apart. From that
attitude there is not likely to be any
retreat on the part of the United States.
Evening star., 1928-12-22

crippled submarine would have saved
the lives Of many lost in the original
tragedy had 1t then been applicable,
and that 1t greatly increases the
chances Of successful rescue opera
tions In the future.
For its activity in efflciently going
about the task Of so equiping subma-
rines as to minimize the likelihood of
a tragedy similar to that of last year,
the Navy deserves the sincere ap-
plause of the Nation. Too often in
the history of governmentally conduct
ed enterprises the lessons Of expert
ence are neglected when once public
insistence upon action has died away.
In this case, in series of experiments
to which the artificial sinking and
successful raising of the S-4 was the
climax, the Navy has sought to test
out, and will no doubt promptly install,
all practical methods Of minimizing
the risks of those who man our neces-
sarily dangerous undersea craft. This
is the spirit of humanity and resource
full practically in which the Nation
may take just pride,
Evening star., 1928-12-22
A Step in the Right Direction.

The agreement reached by the Sem
ate to consider the Kellogg treaty re-
nouncing war and the Navy cruiser bill
concurrently is a novel arrangement.
Both measures are to become the ''un-
finished business" of the Senate, one in
open executive session and the other in
legislative session, which serves to en-
phasize again the dual functions of the
upper house. This privileged status
given the treaty and the bill should in
sure the passage of both, and both
should be put through promptly. There
is scarcely corporals guard in the
Senate opposed to either of these i'm
portant measures. But in a short ses-
sion" of Congress filibustering tactics
by a handful Of Senators has fire.
quently prevented final action on bills
and resolutions.
1t would take majority of the SEN
ate to dislodge either the treaty or the
cruiser bill from its privileged position
for consideration. The impossibility of
obtaining such majority is obvious.
If other business is to be transacted
these measures must be disposed Of
first. Many Senators have other busi-
ness which they wish to have accom-
plished before the Congress ends. That
fact gives added impetus to the de-
mand that the treaty and the cruiser
bill be voted upon finally.
There still arises the question which
shall have the approval of the Senate
first-the treaty seeking to, make per-
nanent the peace of the world or the
bill designed to bring the Navy up to
the requirements of national defense.
1t is a question which eventually must
be settled, since both measures cannot
be voted on at the same time. An
agreement to limit debate and thereby
force vote on the treaty and the Navy
bill may be the solution. The support
ers of the Navy bill fear that the adop-
ton Of the treaty first might give i'm
petus to a filibuster against the meas
ure which they believe of vast impor-
tance to the country.
The Senate has remedy to meet a
filibuster, if it desires to make use of
it. 1t has cloture rule, which fixes a
definite limit on the time of debate and
the number of speeches that individual
Senators may make on the bills and the
amendments which may be offered
thereto. The adoption Of cloture rule
requires a two-thirds vote of the Sen
ate. In the cases of the treaty and the
cruiser bill both can command such a
vote. Usually it has been sufficient in
the past merely to circulate petition
for cloture on a measure which COM
mands the support Of the Senate to
bring about a definite agreement by
unanimous consent to vote on that
measure.
Certainly the agreement entered into
the Senate yesterday has advanced
the interests of the treaty and the
cruiser bill. There will be a measure
of disappointment to the friends of
both measures that they could not have
been acted upon before Christmas, but
there is also assurance that they will
be brought to vote before March 4.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
Super-Niagara Found
I'm Labrador Wilds
From the Atlanta Z Journal.

FROM tne Atlanta journal.
The discovery in Labrador of un-
charted waterfalls, estimated as double
the height of Niagara, is a reminder
that this odd world still holds q few
secrets worth surprising. Nor is this
surprising natural beauty altogether
out of sight, with no fate. except to
waste its magnif1cence upon the Arctic
air. Recent explorations have revealed
Labrador as land of picturesque and
quite accessible scenery, and already 1t
is limited that few short years will
see 1t transformed into q Summer re-
sort, with all its scenic grandeur out
spread for every tourist eye.
The new waterfalls discovery was
announced by Wilfred Grenfell, whose
representatives had photographed it
and charted it and proved 1t to be a
cataract transcending all known cata-
racts. Even so, the pictures had to be
made from respectful distance, since
mountainous projections and Jagged
walled ravines blocked passage to the
falls place. Scientists of the expedi-
ton estimated that some 10000, 900
horsepower was going to waste, and
that the least generous promoters
could do in the matter would be to
make this paradise available for habi-
tation If not industrial exploitation.
They feel, pardonably, that the spec
tacle of 4O,Ooo,ooOi horsepower squan-
dering itself upon cold rocks is one
that ought to be viewed and epjoyed,
Evening star., 1928-12-22
Tracks of Time.

Seventy-five million years! In the
presence of such sublime chaos OF
dead time the imagination is paralyzed
by its realization of inadequacy. Two
University of California professors re-
port the discovery of an area in the
mountains of New Mexico which, due
to peculiar geological circumstances, Is
a veritable highway running continuous
ly from the present into the past. One
can stand on a promontory there, the
discoverers say, and survey the history
of the world since the time when the
first four-footed animals appeared on
earth. The area contains fossil remains
of all the major geological periods from
the Permlan to the Miocene. It is
Natures own scribbled diary Of the
years.
Such an area should prove note
worthy addition to the wonders Of the
West, many of which have been pre-
served by the Government as national
parks and monuments. Evidences of
antiquity endow natural surroundings
with an aura of weirdness, the effect of
which increases with the number of
repetitions of the mystical drama of
life and death which have taken place.
individuals, races, species and orders
of life have had their little hours on the
stage Of this New Mexican natural
amphitheater. They have left behind
them something more than their fossil
lied bones. Something Of the lives they
lived and the deaths they died must
have been preserved in the atmosphere
of the strange, wild place which has
remained hidden so long from the eyes
of man.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
The S-4 Experiment,

There undoubtedly still exists in the
minds of great majority of the news
paper-reading public, a terribly vivid
recollection of the sinking of the S-4,
the submarine which, year ago, went
down off Provincetown with all hands
That recollection will include the agony
of the prolonged and unsuccessful res
cue efforts and the resulting criticism
to which the Navy was subjected, both
in regard to its seeming inability to
deal effectively with the specific prob
lem before it and its failure to have
equipped its submarines with devices
of various sorts which would have been
useful under the circumstances.
All this has been called to mind by
the recent experiments made with the
same ship, raised and reconditioned
for the tests off Block Island. So
called pad eyes" were fitted to the
submarines hull-the idea being that
lifting chains could be speedily attach
ed to these by divers, rather than hav-
ing TO resort to the old method of
running them under the hull. The
ship was sent to the bottom in about
sixty feet of water. In a relatively small
number Of hours Of strenuous work
on the part of the divers and hosting
crews, she was again on the surface.
The conditions under which this ex-
pertinent was so successfully conclud-
ed were necessarily not identical with
those which obtained on the occasion
of the S-4 disaster. But adequate
| steps were taken to insure that the
test of the pad rings should be
| thorough, and here is every reason
to believe that tnis means Of lifting q
Evening star., 1928-12-22

the Kansas City Journal-Post. 'No
better understanding of the progress,
American journalism In the last half
century can be obtained than by study
of the contrast between the 232-page
fiftieth anniversary number and the
first issue of that publication, which
was created by a merger of the Post
and the Dispatch by Joseph Pulitzer in
1873"
LAS nearly as it is humanity possible, +"
says the Omaha World Herald, "the
Post-Dispatch has lived up to the mag
nificent ideal of its founder. In doing
SO 1t has justly earned the reputation
Of being the great liberal daily of the
Middle West"