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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
Oil About to Solve
Its Own Problems
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The formation of a committee Of ex-
ecutives Of 80 leading oil companies to
study means to control production of
crude indicates that this industry is
about to leave the haphazard methods
traditional since the Drake discovery
and strike out on a modern line. The
appointment of the large committee,
which is to work in four parts repre-
senting the geographical producing
areas, follows appeals for common sense
cooperation and coordination made at
the annual meeting of the American
Petroleum Institute in Chicago last De-
cember. An industrial car" or
small commission, was then urged to
give direction to the oil world: the COM
mittee now appointed will work out the
details The standing of its members
would give assurance that concrete re-
suits will be forthcoming in reasonable
time.
1t was pointed out in Chicago that If
all fields were worked to capacity, the
industry would be wrecked by over-pro-
duction. The statement was made that
running production, shut-in capacity,
heavy imports, known reserves under
ground and 100000. 900 barrels awaiting
distribution made cooperative methods
essential. The situation will be better
appreciated through the 1927 statistics
which show American production of
1874, ABS, 900 barrels, with total world
production of 1,252,145, 900 barrels The
ratio of preponderance of American
production is evidence that wildcatting,
profitable as it once was, is now thing
Of the past.
The appointment Of the committee
demonstrates that oil Is about to solve
Its own problem. The task is as gi-
santic as the industry is great. 1t will
individual brilliancy long associated
with oil Is able to work for general sue
cess as well as for profits. restricted to
q few. 1t Is now given the chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
New Appeal Is Made
For States Building

To the Editor OF The Star:
A recent issue of the New York Times
had quarter-page description and cut
of the incomplete Washington Memorial
and Convention Hall on B and Sixth
streets. Washington, D. c.
Largely through Mrs. Henry p. d.
mocks efforts was that building started
She founded the George Washington
Memorial Association in 1898.
I was in the Government service there
at that time and suggested the scheme
be enlarged to comprehend a great
auditorium and convention hall, a
States building that would be head
quarters for all the States congress
sional Representatives and Senators.
also States post Offices and information
bureaus, all that sort of thing. for the
visitors from the different States to
Washington. And. last but not least, a
great permanent exposition building
where each State OF the Union would
maintain permanent exhibit of its
chief products OF land and factory.
Inc scheme was loudly approved as a
great and fitting memorial to Washing
ton. Congress took notice of it. But.
as usual, the greater scheme had to be
cut up piecemeal. Mrs. Dimock got
her memorial hall through and started
and Congress built its office buildings,
But a great States building and per-
manent exposition were Sidetracked.
forgotten.
Now. then, with a new interest in
the Mall and Greater Washington in the
omng, SO to speak, right at hand and
millions in hand to spend in greaterfy-
Ing the city, why not revive that ancient
but none the less deserving and needed
scheme?
Fine thing to have States building
where could be found library and
data about each State, all sorts of in
formation. rest rooms and post offices
Tor the visitors, meeting places for the
states societies, ETC.! There is every
thing for everybody in Washington ex-
cept the visitors from the States-they,
indeed, are strangers In a strange land.
New York Is talking about a great
centennial in 1888 and Chicago Is start
ing her second world fair. l doubt IL
either will be great success-people
are tired OF such vast things. At best
they are architectural exhibits.
But a nice Sized convenient, per-
manent exposition in Washington would
really mean something and be of some
uSe-it would help bring the States
closer together, spread information
about each and arouse interest In each
for the other. I see it as one of the
most promising things that could be
done in the Nations Capital, a fitting
complement to the Capitol.
The cost. of course, would be borne by
the states. Congress furnishing the site
and little Sweetening if it saw At!
F. w. FITZPATRICK,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. H.4SKIN.

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing TO our Infor-
nation Bureau in Washington, D. c.
This offer applies strictly to informa-
ton. The bureau cannot give advice
on legal, medical and financial matters.
1t does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor undertake exhaustive re-
search on any subject. Write your
question plainly and briefly. Give full
name and address and inclose 2 cents
in coin or stamps for return postage
The reply is sent direct to the inquirer.
Address The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington, d. c.
@. How long do big trees live?-J. H.
A. The Forest Service says that big
trees attain an age Of about 1000 years.
Most OF those standing are about 1000
to $500 years old.
Q. When was the International Peace
Arch at Blaine. Wash. built. F.. w.
A. The Portal of Peace is a massive
concrete structure in the form Of a
gateway. 1t is located at Blaine. Wash,
and was dedicated September S. 1921
in honor OF the peace between the
United States and Canada, which had
lasted for more than 100 years without
break. The memorial which cost
900. stands 100 yards from the in
ternational boundary where the forty
ninth parallel meets Boundary Bay
Q. Why Is Poland called a buffer
state"?-A. w.
1t is because it lies between coun-
tries that are often at war.
@. How much does water expand
when 1t becomes ice?-J. o. NJ.
A. 1t expands so that GIT cubic
centimeters of water becomes 1000
cubic centimeters of ice.
@. How many men did John Sulli-
van Knockout in his tour of the coun-
try in 1882. A. r.
A. In September 1888 he made a
tour of the United States lasting about
nine months, during which he offered
81 900 to any man he could not defeat
In four rounds. During that time he
knocked out about so men.
@. What Is the origin Of the names
OF the planets?-M. T.
A. The planets were named for the
ancient deities: Jupiter was the supreme
deity; Mars, the god of war; Venus.
goddess of beauty and love: Neptune god
:,
gardening, ETC.; Uranus. regarded as the
personif1cation of heaven: Mercury, god
Of trade messenger of the gods).
O. After the fruit is picked, does the
banana tree die?-C. L. S.
A. After fruiting the stem decays,
or is cut down, and new shoots spring
! from the root and produce new crop
in few months.
@. When were samplers first made?-
P. N A.
| A. The earliest mention Of sampler
| so far found is in 1902, when Elizabeth
of York paid pence for an ell of linen
cloth to make one. A sampler IS re-
ferred to by John Shelton, the poet,
about the same time. Originally SAM
! piers were intended for practical pur-
poses. Needlework and embroidery were
practically the only relaxation Of women
at that time and samplers were made
for "handkerchiefs. tablecloths. sheets.
towels, napkins and pillow bearers"
The earliest American sampler was that
of Loara Standish. The next reported
was that of Mary Hollingsworth of
Salem, which was probably made about
1865. Sarah Lord made one In 1868.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01

@. What kind OF an organization 10
that called "Americanists"?-M .F.
A. The French Societe Americana de
France was formed in 1887 by several
French students who had become in
terested in the pre-Columbian civiliza-
ton OF South America and Mexico.
There was an international meeting in
1875. In 1856 the nineteenth Inter-
national Congress OF Americanists was
held in Washington in conjunction with
the anthropology section of the second
Pan American Scientific Congress.
@. How long have incubators been In
use?-W. l.. II.
A. Artificial incubation was success
fully practiced in very ancient times in
Egypt and China and probably other
countries. Reaumur. the eminent French
physicist. used successfully a very crude
form of incubator The first application
for a patent on an incubator In the
United States was in l847. Practical
success with modern incubators may b.
said TO date from the Paris Exposition
OF 1877. at which Rouillier and Arnoult
exhibited INSTRUMENTATION.
@. What year was Sweet Adeline"
published?-C. F.. b.
A. 1t was copyrighted in 1908.
@. What part OF the world is in the
British Empire?--J. NJ
A. The British Empire comprises one.
fourth of the worlds habitable surface.
an area of l3,226,749 square miles.
O. What is the right month to cut
down hedges that have grown tall and
woody?-N. J. F.
A. If the hedge is California privet
or other deciduous plant. cut down be-
tween the middle Of March and first Of
April.
O. What is the grain-storage capacity
Of the port Of Philadelphia?-A. j. B.
A. 1t is approximately 1000. 900 BUSH
els.
Q. Does the Dominion OF Canada be-
long to the Pan-American Union?-J.
B. T.
A. 1t does not
Q. How long have bikes been used IN
Holland?-C. P.
A. The bikes which protect the Meth
erlandS and the German coasts Of the
North Sea go back to the old Ro-
man times. Apparently even before the
Romans appeared the Batavians at the
mouth of the Rhine protected them
selves by bikes. Dursus, after the con-
quest of Holland. 10 BIC. built an elab-
crate system of artificial canals and
dikes. Pliny the Elder gives an interest
ing description of the artificial hills
which were erected as places of refuge
during the floods.
@. Who was the first President to live
IN the White House?-R. l.. B.
A. President Adams was the first
President to live there Washington
lived in two houses in New York City
and one in Philadelphia during his
terms and Adams lived in the house
vacated by Washington in Philadelphia
until the removal to the City of Wash
ington in 1900.
@. Who said. "It is easier to be critical
than correct"?-N. r.
A. This Is attributed to Disraen.
@. What stamps prior to the Lind
bergh stamp bore the pictures of living
persons?-W. A. w.
A. The law prohibits the placing Of
pictures OF any living person on postage
stamps. The air mail stamp called the
Lindbergh stamp does not bear a pic
ture Of Lindbergh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
A Move for Pistol Restriction.

The House has within a few days
passed bill to control the possession,
transfer and use of pistols and other
dangerous weapons in the District of
Columbia. This measure, of House
origin, must now be considered by the
Senate. Although it Is not completely
adequate meeting Of the requirements
regarding deadly weapons, it is a de-
cided advance upon existing conditions,
and its approval by the Senate and
consequent enactment into law Is to be
desired.
This measure is the most elaborate
OF long series Of proposals made in
recent years to cure the pistol evil in
Washington. 1t lays broad foundation
for the prosecution and punishment OF
persons who arm themselves with deadly
weapons for criminal purposes. 1t
makes beginning at the regulation OF
the vending of weapons, though it does
not go far enough.
Under this bill all dealers in weapons
must obtain licenses for such trade. All
persons who wish to carry deadly weap-
ons for purposes Of protection must OBJ
tain licenses for that privilege. No
seller of weapons shall deliver a pistol
TO purchaser until forty-eight hours
have elapsed from the time of applica-
ton for purchase. No vender shall sell
a pistol to any person who he has rea-
sonable cause to believe is not of sound
mind, or is a drug addict, or is per.
son who has been convicted of a crime
OF violence. Upon applying for the pur-
chase Of pistol the purchaser must
sign and deliver to the seller In dupli-
cate statement containing name, ad-
dress. occupation, color, place OF birth
and particulars regarding the weapon
The seller shall within six hours for.
ward one copy of this declaration to thu
superintendent OF police.
These precautions are admirable, bu
, they still do not 60 far enough. TIL,
imposition Of delay Of forty-eigh
hours In delivery covers a point Of i'm
pey;aaee and may. II adopted. proven
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
Paw Scale Equities.

Yesterday the Senate adopted amend
ments to the deficiency bill which. II re-
tanned in that measure In its final FORM
| will not only prevent threatened in
justice and hardship upon the Govern
ment workers of the higher subordinate
positions, but will correct the made
quacy of the WEIGH bill. which became
law at the last session Of Congress.
This outcome Is to be greatly desired
There are indications that the House
! will accept the amendments to the bill,
and that thus with its signature will
come about far better situation af-
fecting the Government workers than
has prevailed for year past.
The other day, owing to hasty action
in the House, it seemed possible that
not only would the inadequacies of the
WEIGH bill remain uncorrected, but that
large number of Federal service work.
ers would suffer severe curtailments in
pay. These people, occupying positions
of high responsibility. were allocated
under the new law last year to salaries
somewhat higher than before. That
enactment was so clunsily put together,
owing to the repeated changes in it in
the course Of its passage through the
two houses, that the controller general
found it extremely difficult of interpre-
tation. His ruling upon it, however,
favored the clerks in some particulars,
and in the legislative reaction the first
tendency was to set back those who
had secured advances in the higher
brackets of the service.
The utter absurdity and the grave in
justice Of such proposed action have
been recognized by the Senate. and the
amendment adopted by that body yes
terday promises correction that will pre-
vent the imposition Of grievous hard
ship. At the same time further adj
vances in the pay Of the lower ranges
are authorized. Thus the Senate amend
ment serves to equalize in equitable
manner the conditions which were made
unequal by the WEIGH bill, as inter-
preted by the controller general, and
which the House action would have
eqnalized by wiping out the increases
granted to the higher brackets.
Final agreement upon the bill in this
form should not be difficult of attain
ment. The Senate's prescription for the
trouble is sensible and sound 1t should
prevail to the end that with adjourn
ment of Congress the pay scale of the
Government service will be, II not yet
fully satisfactory, certainly approximate
to the needs Of the workers and fairly
even In It's betterments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01

| A recent article in this column con-
tanned the following statement: "zola
! had no purpose in mind when he wrote
'L'Assommoir' except to write as good
| novel as he could
Now we discover that Emile lola
doesn't agree with us!
Surely it is interesting to find man
who long ago passed away suddenly ris-
ing in print to contradict one.
Here are Zola's very words, taken
from an article of his on his novel THE
Downfall" LA Dabacle), a story of the
Franco-PruSsian war:
MY novels have always been written
with a higher aim than merely to
amuse
II have so high an opinion of the
novel as means of expression-I con-
slider it parallel with lyrical poetry. as
the highest form of literary expression,
just as in the last century the drama
was the highest form of expression
that it is en- this account that l have
chosen it as the form in which to pre-
sent to the world what wish to say on
the social, scientific and psychological
problems that occupy the minds of
thinking men.
But for this I might have said what
I wanted to say to the world in another
form. But the novel has today risen
from the place which 1t held in the last
century at the table of the banquet Of
letters.
1T was then the idle pastime of the
hour and sat low down between the IA
BILE and the idyll.
To-day 1t contains or can be made
to contain. everything; and 1t Is because
that is my creed that I am a novelist.
Il have, to my thinking, certain con-
tri m 80 of
the world on certain subjects, and I
have chosen the novel as the best way
of communicating these contributions
to the world"
ply to M. lola. Readers of books are
after all, the judges of books. They
constitute the Literary Supreme Court.
They have right to their beliefs.
An honest reader may we'll disagree
with any writer when the latter ex-
presses opinions about his own works
simply on the plain ground that the
writer is close to his own works.
May he not be too close?
1t Is we'll known that most men seek
for Qualifications for all that they do
and say. and oftentimes build up the
most astounding and elaborate struc-
tuiCS W QPAlOlo Vic pi lOI oIdUC.
ments.
That is why the average argument
between two persons gets nowhere Each
commits himself to something or other
and then spends the remainder of the
argument carefully backing up what he
said.
The original argument becomes all
but lost in the melee. as each contestant
devotes his time. not to the point at is
sue, but to what he has said about the
point at issue.
M. lola. in considering himself as
novelist, honestly thought that he had
a great purpose in mind when writing
each one of his novels.
He came Immediately after Charles
Dickens, whose reformatory novels had
set the world afire with their genius
He had sense enough to see the weak
ness of the special pleading which
Dickens used and genius enough to re-
frain from preaching sermons.
Yet the spell of the great Victorian
was over him. He felt that he must
have grand purpose" for each Of his
novels-at least. he felt this after he
had made a success Of himself as a
novelist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
Strongly Dry.

Any doubt which may have existed in
regard to the strength of dry sentiment
in the House and the Senate has been
effectually removed by the vote in those
bodies on the Jones-Stalker bill increas-
ing the severity of penalties for viola
ton of the prohibition law. BY vote of
2s3 to 90 the House put the bill through
yesterday The Senate went on record
overwhelmingly for the measure. The
bill will soon be on it's way to the White
House for the approval of the President,
and it is expected to become law before
the present Congress goes out Of exist
ence on Monday.
The vote in the House was not parti-
san as between political parties. The
great mass of Democrats supported the
measure, as did the great mass of Re-
publicans. In fact. while the Demo-
cratic party during the recent presiden-
tial campaign bore the wet label be-
cause of its candidate for President,
former Gov Smith of New York. its
representatives in Congress. except those
from New York City, New England and
certain other populous areas, are firmly
on the prohibition band wagon again.
Unless there should be decided change
in sentiment the Democratic party Is
not likely four years hence to give its
assent to the nomination Of any can
didate for President who is not an advo-
cate Of prohibition. and in sympathy
with the eighteenth amendment Ger
tainly not while the two-thirds rule of
selecting the party nominees prevails in
Democratic national conventions.
The penalties provided in the Jones'
Stalker bill are heavy. Fines of $4,000
for each offense, or jail terms of five
years, or both. may be imposed. II these
penalties are imposed on volators Of
the dry law, and it must be expected
that they will be so imposed in serious
cases Of law violation, they are likely to
act as deterrent. Bootleggers are like
~ to think twice before they place
themselves in the position Of facing
five-year jail sentence. Five years is a
goodly slice out of life, and to spend 1t
behind prison bars is not an enticing
prospect.
But, after all, the intent of Congress,
which is to put an end to the constant
violations of the liquor laws, is the main
thing to be considered There is grow
ing up a distinct feeling in Congress
and out that the conditions which exis.
today with regard to the liquor laws
are not tolerable. The conditions are
likely to be dragged more and more
into the open. The time may come yet
when it ceases to be respectable to vio-
late the prohibition laws. In wet quar-
tiers this view will be held to be decided
ay optimistic. But fashions change. To-
day it is the fashion to serve cocktails
in violation of the laws of the United
States. Tomorrow 1t may be otherwise.
The vets maintain that 1t is impossible
for nation to be happy without liquor.
On the other hand, remarkably large
number of happy persons never take q
drop of liquor and never have taken It,
This was the case even before prohibi-
ton came into effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
running past red signal lights in the
contested traffic area.


congested traffic area.
The act sets up commission on
licensure, which will appoint separate
boards of examiners in the basic
sciences, in medicine and osteopathy,
in chiropractic. in naturopathy and in
other branches of drugless healing. 1t
will not affect the practitioners of the
various healing cults who were prac-
ticing here in January. 1928. except
that they must produce duly certified
diploma indicating that they have COM
pleted courses in some legally char
tered" institution Of learning. Here
after. however. educational require
ments will be emphasized. and after
1885 an applicant for licence must have
completed two years of professional
education in a college or university and
a four-year professional course Of not
less than nine months each in a reg
istered school.
There are several interesting phases
of the measure. One is that the osteo-
paths have placed the requirements for
the practice of their profession on the
same plane with those OF medicine.
Another is that the Congress Of the
United States has gone on record as be-
lieving that no matter what sort OF
healing is practiced. it is necessary for
the practitioners to give evidence Of
fitness and ability. The measure, with
out working undue hardships upon
those who have established themselves
in the business of healing under the
loose requirements of the past. will
work slowly to rid the District and keep
out of the District the unfit men and
women who make a living by catering
to the credulity of a sick person.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
Early Beginning for Fisherman.

Early beginning Tor FlSherman.
DR.. Beebe appears as a scientist brave
Who tells OF strange fish meath the
billowy wave.
He says he'll find fish who 60 fishing O.
nights
And make electricity furnish their
lights
Oh doctor, dear doctor! It's very well
known
A fisherman often tells tales of his own.
When he comes back to shore with a
courage so stout
You step up and tell 'em before you
start out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
Davis Remains Labor Secretary.

Davis Remains Labor Secretary.
They come and they go in the cabinet
ranks,
But in the reports OF the day
1t is learned with feeling of general
thanks
Jim Davis is scheduled to stay.
When changes take place in the Gov
eminent clan
Our feelings oft cause us to sob;
So we're glad when an honest and hard
working man
Can remain on his regular Job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01

Many citizen engaged in making out
an income tax return wishes he could
find a way TO enlist the attention of
able minds in an effort to show that an
individual, like nation, ought to find
some consideration when he cannot
afford to pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01

Pugilism is no longer rough pastime
One Of its most interesting features Is
the list of distinguished personages who
occupy ringside seats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
Only Need Universal
Consumption.


From the Seattle Daily Times.
Now that the cruiser bill has been
passed, the United States has only peace
In prospect. One might say. We've
got the men, we've got the ships, we've
got the treaties, too"