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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
Liquid and Gas Coal
Processes Forecast
From the Detroit News.

From the Detroit News.
Recently an agreement was disclosed
whereby the Standard Oil Co. of New
Jersey acquired from the German dive
trust the North American rights to the
new German process of converting GOA
into petroleum products. Is there rea-
son to inquire how Zealously the Amer
lean company will attempt its use?
The point raises more than the protec-
ton or advantage sought by a live oil
company in the uncertain future when
for motor fuel. gasoline made from Goa
might compete with gasoline made from
natural petroleum.
The process reduces coal to a number
OF fuels. Scientifically and to some ex-
tent commercially, this German inven-
ton Is a demonstrated one It's use on
great scale should cheaper 1t and the
scientific news of the day tells of al
least two other processes which have
promise and which, practically to 100
per cent, transform coal of low grade
or high into less bulky and cleaner fuels
In short, there are reasons for believing
the day need not be far away when
almost universally. coal may be cheaply
transformed into liquids and gases and
thus consumed IN both homes and fac
tories.
That would be great day in the story
of the world. 1t should be fastened
by public interest live enough to keep
the door to the advance fully open in
the worlds of finance and industry
Practically the whole United States east
of Denver is on coal-burning basis.
Millions in the chief industrial cities
are habituated to the present system
and a tremendous investment rests upon
1t. While the change depends upon
public opinion and government should
be awake. No greater boon could be
bestowed by invention and progress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day.

Gen. March, chief of staff, an
nounces an amended report on cas-
ualties received from Gen. Pershing
which increases the American casual
ties in the World War from 236,117
to 262,723. A feeling of hostility
develops against the Americans across
the German border as the Ameri-
Sd Army approaches. Soldiers and
workmens councils are urging the
population to remain calm and dig
nified toward Americans in order that
they may be sure of food from America.
The Hungarian government has
decided to intern the whole of Field
Marshal Won Mackensen's army of
10000 men, in accordance with the
demand of the French government, and
Won Mackensen has declared that he
will yield to the decision. The
Germans are puzzled over the evident
Joy of the AlSatians at the return of the
French to power in the province.
AuStrianS are almost unanimous for
joining the new German republic and
are very bitter toward Charles.
American forces are victorious in North
ern Russia. Aided by Russian volun-
teers, they advance SO miles up the
Pinega River. taking prisoners on the
way. Swiss people welcome Amer
lean captives as more than 400 of them
the first to come out of Germany. arrive
at Bern. Their welcome at Bern sur
passes anything of the kind seen In
Switzerland since the war began.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
Changing Conditions
Cause School Mergers

From the Springfield, Mo, Leader.
Much has been said in recent years
about college mergers, suspensions and
other changes among small town insti-
tutions Of learning. This is still going
on, brought about by changed conditions
which call for larger expenditures. A
case of the kind comes up soon before
the North Arkansas Conference of the
Southern Methodist Church, now in ses-
sion at Jonesboro. Hendrix College and
Henderson may be consolidated and
made a university.
The colleges are located at Conway
and Arkadelphia and the plan Is to
move them both to Little Rock. The
removal Of colleges from one town to
another is quite usual and has frequent
ly happened in Missouri in recent years.
We have witnessed the upheaval in
Southwest Missouri and no doubt there
will be much more of it. Newspapers,
colleges and nearly everything else are
seeing remarkable and revolutionary
changes every few weeks, the cause
being the radical advance In the cost
OF administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
Pedestrians Rights
Decision Held Equal
From the Schenectady Gazette.

From the Schenectady Gazette.
That pedestrian, as we'll as an au-
tomobilist, has rights in the street is
the decision of the Court of Appeals
of the District of Columbia. This de-
termination may set precedent that
will be followed generally throughout
the Nation where other courts are called
to pass upon similar matters.
Since the installation of traffic lights
became common there has been ques-
ton as to what rights belonged to
pedestrians. Automobiles in general
have been prompt to start when the
many were not equally prompt in stop
pedestrians often found themselves
lodging about in the middle of the
street, although when they began tc
cross they had the right of way.
The District of Columbia court holds
that where pedestrian has started to
cross. with the light favorable to him
the right to complete his crossing un-
molested and uninterrupted continues
In short, motorists must not start tc
move when pedestrians are properly in
the way.
This does not mean that the walker
may cut into traffic. The driver has
the same right then to expect a clear
channel for passage of his car.
But the decision will appeal to every
reasonable man as fair. 1t gives to each
group which must use our streets equal
rights. 1t imposes on each similar
obligations.
Best of all, 1t helps to clarity a con-
fuSing condition that carried with il
the constant possibility of accidents
fatal and otherwise. Extension of the
rule laid down In the District of Co.
lumbia to all States of the Union will
prove beneficial. To women and chill
dren specially 1t will prove boon.
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

secretary OF the Treasury. Mr.. Strawn's
present occupations include the chair
manship of the board of Montgomery
Ward e. Co., fair-haired child of the
recent New York stock market. He Is
former president of the American Bar
Association. President Coolidge wanted
him to be one of the Governments
prosecuting counsel in the oil cases, but
Strawn's Chicago banking tie-up caused
him to decline the appointment.
X
Michael j. McDermott of Massachu-
sets is the obliging and soft-spoken
young chief of the current information
division at the State Department. INC"
was narrating at a newspaper dinner
the other night some Of his experiences
on Secretary Kelloggs trip to Paris last
Summer for the signing of the anti
party was a New York newspaper
woman. Half way across the ocean
INC" gave out some news which he was
astonished, a few hours later, to learn
that the lady reporter had wirelessed
to New York in his name. He told her
she'd better withdraw all mention Of
him, and explained that a simple
message to her paper reading kill Nc
Dermott" would do the trick. When
the wireless operator of the French
liner was handed a radiogram bearing
that terrifying text, he hit the deck.
1t took considerable explaining to make
him understand that a correction, not
murder, was being done.
X y X
Nine. Inouye, widow Of the heroic
Japanese military attache who died
in her own gallant arms after
CHI - t1NA t~ir lNnr .rk
left Washington en- route to Japan.
she was the central figure in several
events that transpired during her So
journ at the Japanese embassy. AS
an adherent of the ancient Samurai
tradition, Nine. Inouye at one time
contemplated suicide as the only hon.
orable thing left for her after falling
to save her husbands life. In the
midst of her mournful reflections, there
came cablegram from her father, a
distinguished Japanese. 1t read: "Provi-
dence has spared your life. You owe
it to Him to cherish and preserve it,"
AS respect for parents is second only
to reverence for the Mikado among
Japanese, Nine. Inouye decided to heed
her fathers injunction. Before she left
Washington she learned that the new
ly enthroned Emperor had given post
humous promotion to a lieutenant COL
onelcy to the late Maj Inouye.
X X X
Frank o. Lowden of Illinois, has book
ed passage for some transoceanic desti-
nation and will sail away from this
country on January for a trip of pro-
longed duration. Washington politicians
opined that the governor is going abroad
to drown his political sorrows.
Copyright. 1921
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The President in Virginia.

President Coolidge ate his Thanks
giving day turkey in the Old Dominion
Yesterday instead of in the Old Bay
State. He attended the annual foot ball
game between the Universities of Vir-
ginia and North Carolina instead OF
journeying to Northern classic OF the
foot ball field The President OF the
United States is the President of all
the States of the Union-North, South,
East and West Nevertheless President
Coolidge in his own person typifies the
North and East, New England. And
every friendly gesture between the Sec
tons which were divided sixty-five years
ago in a struggle for principle, every
indication that the country lives and
thrives as a whole Is happy augury
for American future.
Fact is often stranger than fiction.
A year ago a prediction that. Virginia
and North Carolina would cast their
electoral votes for a Republican candi-
date for President would have been
regarded as an incursion into the realm
of fiction alone. Prediction that Massa-
chusetts, on the other hand, would give
its adherence to Democratic nominee
for Chief Executive would have been
held a mere fight of fancy. But facts
are facts and hindsight is more &C
curate than foresight. Mr.. Coolidge is
the first Republican President to tread
foot on Virginia soil after Republican
victory at the polls in that State since
the days of President Grant.
No President has diversified his visits
out Of Washington to so great an extent
as President Coolidge. He has seen
many parts of the country during his
incumbency and for longer stays than
any of his predecessors A Summer in
Che Black Hills of South Dakota an
other In the lake region of Wisconsin
hnd stu another in New York's voun'
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tain region. not to mention his many
speaking trips, have given the President
a clearer idea of the magnitude and the
problems which confront the country.
His has been an experience valuable to
any Chief Executive of the Nation, and
he has set his successors an admirable
example in his catholic choice of places
in which to spend the Summer vacation.
The warm welcome extended to Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge in Virginia by
the governors Of 10th the Old Dominion
and the Tar lieel State while they
attended the foot ball game at the
university which vas conceived and
built by Thomas Jefferson must be par
ticularly satisfying. President Coolidge
has many friends and admirers in the
South, and 1t may be recalled that when
he was nominated and elected in 1924,
there were many expressions of ap-
proval from the States of the Solid
South" although all their electoral
votes went to John w. Davis, his Demo-
cratic opponent.
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Save Columbia Hospital !

It is unthinkable that the only alter
native left for the Columbia Hospital
for Women, provided financial relief is
not forthcoming, is to close its doors
after January /. 1t Is unthinkable that
in this enlightened day any semi-public
institution such as Columbia, which
serves the community day in and day
out, should die an impoverished death,
starving in the midst Of plenty. But
such is the prospect Columbia has
placed its cards face up on the table.
The view is anything but encouraging
Columbias troubles lie chiefly in its
hay classification, and whether 1t
should be treated as a public or pri-
vate agency. The fact that its deficit
has been incurred through charity work,
and that the paying" patients pay not
only for their own care but for the care
of charity cases, should remove this
doubt. Columbia Hospital-any hos
pital. for that matter-clothing itself
as strictly private hospital and charg-
ing accordingly, would have no trou-
bles with a deficit. Private hospitals
usually pay good dividends. But more
than half of Columbia's work is charity
work. For those patients who cannot
pay, the District allows the hospital 81
a day, when the actual cost to the
hospital is S547 day. The Der diem
10 he fol fhnCA
tients is $347. Another class of char
ity patients pays half the cost, while
the Board of Public Welfare furnishes
half. Still another class of patients
occupies a ward where the charges a:e
low. and can be considered as coming
within the charity classification. Their
care costs the hospital more than the
patients pay. The hospitals deficit has
arisen through its inability to make
bricks without straw.
In 1922 the hospital was considered by
the House as public institution, and
surplus it had accumulated during the
war, when the equipment was new and
the city was lacking in hospital facili-
ties, was ordered refunded to the
Treasury. But since then the House
has inclined to the opinion that Coluni-
bia Hospital is private agency, despite
the fact that the Senate takes the OPP
posite view. Columbia, in consequence,
has suffered. It is neither fish, nor
fowl, nor good red herring. The city
has grown, charity work has increased
and Columbia's equipment has deteri-
Grated.
Not all Of the blams for Columbia's
failure can be conveniently heaped upon
the House, however. The responsibility
for generously supporting institutions
such as Columbia devolves In large
measure upon the community. If Con-
gress will decide Columbia's status and
support it accordingly, there are hopes
that the Community Chest, now IN the
process of organization, may see fit to
adopt the institution and put 1t under
a sheltering wing. But Congress must
meet the emergency now existing and,
representing the voiceless residents OF
the National Capital, save Columbia
from extinction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

Popular imagination is aroused by the
plan of President-elect Hoover to pro-
vide a fund of three billion dollars to
guard against hard times before they
arrive, by use of the money in advanc-
ing public works. The proposal was
made to the conference OF governors
through Gov. Brewster OF Maine, VINO
spoke for Mr.. Hoover.
TT should go very far in the right d.
rection," thinks the Asheville Times,
which states further: 1.-THE annual con-
struction bill of the country is seven
billions, and of this public authorities
spend a billion and a half. Private
business may confidently be expected to
follow Government leadership in sucn
an enterprise because it is matter OF
concern to the big bank account and the
smallest pocketbook. This IS a
field peculiarly suited to Mr.. HooVers
talents and the country will await with
great interest his advice and leadership
for stabilized prosperity"
The Cleveland Plain Dealer also holds
that IF in his tenure of office HERBERT
Hoover can find a means of levellng the
peaks and valleys of industry and OF
keeping business generally on an even
keel, he will perform an invaluable serV-
ice"
THE very fact that Mr. Hoover in
tends to act to relieve any unemploy-
ment," in the opinion of the worcester
Telegram, lis in itself great step
toward the prevention of unemployment
in the first place, since it will tend to
promote business confidence. Fear Is
always the enemy of business. Mr.. Hoo
yer proposes to do away with fear" The
Long Beach Press-Telegram believes
that "it will be possible to outline a
program of construction that not only
will contribute indirectly to the prestige
and assets of the United States, but Will
be direct benefit to labor and bust
ness during off times. In fact there
will be no off times under such an
arrangement"
X X X y
ut Is an ambitious program" OBJ
serves the Boston Transcript, but Mr..
Hoover has given evidence OF the zeal
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Traffic Officials
Plan Is Commended
TO the Editor of The Star:

TO the Editor of The Star:
desire to NEST heartily commend
your interesting editorial of November
q, under the heading "Unwise Criti-
cism," wherein the local unit of the
American Automobile Association is
sharply chided for their statement ap-
pearing in the daily press, in which
they attempt to embarrass the officials
of our Traffic Bureau in their efforts to
impose upon both trivial, as we'll as
the more serious offenders of our traffic
laws. that their driving conduct is open
to question and serious consideration by
the department, and inviting all so
charged to confer with them in person,
with view of giving word of caution
to the trivial offender and to determine
whether the permit of the reckless and
more serious violator should not be
revoked
I consider such activity on the part
of our traffic officials very communicable
indeed, and such as will merit the ap-
| prevail of all, both pedestrian and
motorist alike. I fail to see wherein
there is any attempt to harrass the
autoist as stated by the A. A. A. people
but rather commemorate attempt to
make our streets and highways more
safe and to eliminate accidents and
death.
Throughout practically every State
in the Union a demand is being put
forth for a more strict operators per-
NIT law, and it is only along these
lines our local Traffic Bureau is
working.
The American Automobile Association
is splendid organization, is perform
ing a great service in each of our AZ
States as well as the District of Co
lumbia. I realize, however. any action
on their part that may hamper safety
work in our Traffic Bureau will not be
viewed with approval.
A. j. DRISCOLL,
President Midcity Citizens Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

One of the duties Of good policeman
is to stand firmly In the line of duty
even when he is being Unfortunately
criticized.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

At Mothers Knee.
The songs I learned at Mothers knee
Were simple. long ago.
The dancing rhythms now SO free
Produce a wondrous show.
I hasten on jaZzful way
To seek joyous grace,
Where Mothers knee Is on display
To set a rapid pace.
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Eager Support, Too.

From the Tulsa Daily World.
A Red Fork lady wants $4,000 from
the city as compensation for three teeth
she lost in fall on a slippery sidewalk.
And it is suspected she will have the
moral support of the entire dental
brotherhood In hsr demas&.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

A mammoth gun has been invented
to discharge air currents that will break
I'D cyclones. This is one form of arma-
ment that will be generally approved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

Popular attention concentrates on
reports of distinguished weddings.
Romance, though regarded as the
domain of poets and novelists, continues
to demonstrate that it is more powerful
than politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
Selecting a Subject,

Selecting subject.
What are you going to talk about
next?"
Haven't decided" answered Senator
Sorghum. 81 hope my bosses will let
me evade politics and make the topic
something comparatively easy, like Elm
STEMS relatively or Darwin's evolution"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

Ticker tape has been as gleeful In its
bull news as when it is torn from its
moorings for a special celebration and
made to serve as confetti.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

When Charles Curtis takes up the
gavel in the United States Senate he
will find it necessary to make a decision
as to how far he will carry out the
policies Of his predecessor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

A humorous hint is passed out by AL
Smith that maybe he will drive a truck.
He might be welcome and persuasive
influence in traffic management.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

Investigations are valuable not so
much in suggesting indignations for the
past as in outlining precautions for the
future,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

A President of the United States can
have anything he desires. One of the
hardest things he can ask for is a
simple Inauguration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

Jud Tunkins says he can't quite for
get that Thanksgiving day was started
when turkey didn't cost SO much.
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It's Only an Expectation.

From the Flint Daily Journal.
Science now gives man an age eX-
pectation of II years. That's no reasap
why you shouldn't look at the trafhc
lights before crossing the street,
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The Awful Driver.

The splendid motor car speeds on,
With swift and glittering pride.
You get glimpse ere it is gone
And oh, what is inside!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

It must be regarded as highly sue
cessful administration that can make its
Thanksgiving proclamation come true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30

Size of campaign funds tends to dis
pute the new theory that there Is no
Santa Claus.
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Responsibility.

why do you always insist on having
the same caddy?"
IT don't play much of game. I've
tried that boy out. He can keep Sc
cret"
"One who wishes to believe himself
wise" said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town, must find some way to silence
his wife and daughters"
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Shooting Might Be Preferred.

From the Dayton Daily News.
An Ohioan was mistaken In the dark
for a burglar by his wife and she shot
him, which shows the folly of men
going home before daylight.
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Depends on Your Taste.

From the Lynchburg News.
Eating spinach, they now say, makes
a man brave. A perfect example OF
getting effect before cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-30
True Test.

Although of Art we talk with glee
And over its shortcomings sob,
The Artist who succeeds is he
Who gets the contract for a job.
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He May Say "Three Words"

From the Indianapolis News.
The first thing President Coolidg
knows he'll lose his reputation TO-
silence.
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Ode man wifi de loudest voice." said
Uncle Eben, attracts heap O. notice,
but he is mos likely de one dat busts
up de choir"
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@, What engine speed does racing
car have?-M. w.
A. The modern American racing cars
have engine speeds of about $500 revo-
lutionS per minute.