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BUS INDUSTRY GAINS.

NEW YORK, February 9 Especially -
Outstanding in developments In the bus
industry in 1928 was the increased
stability in the operating field. reflected
In improvement in operations and
maintenance, as well as In sounder
business methods, according to Bus
Transportation. In its annual survey
of the industry, the publication points
out that the total investment in rolling
stock at the close of last year was $440.-
900 900, which compares with $415. 000,-
900 in the preceding year, and $170,-
soc, 900 back in 1924. Total investment
In terminals, garages and miscellaneous
items at present is $90,000,000, as
against $85, 900 900 a year ago.
The trend in the industry is toward
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larger and better organized carrier corn.
panies. 1t Is apparent that the short
bus line, operated and owned by single
individual, Is passing. the survey shows.
In this respect developments are fol-
lowing the trend of industry in gen.
eral and present figures indicate that
there are now so companies In the bus
transportation field capitalized at APP
proximately $1,000,000 or more.
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PLAN STOCK INCREASE.

NEW YORK. February 9 Up
Stockholders of the Phelps Dodge Cor
poration, copper producer. have been
s25 par shares from 100000 500 par
shares
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WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
YEAR 1929 TO DATE

by W. 4 Co. D
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WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY ., 1929.

Last Week. Date
Total sales. ............. % $50 14O472 $50
Same period year IL, 935,950 7S215422
Last Week Year Date.
Averageprfce of so stocks. 24564 242.O1 22838
Same period year Observation-Disclosures. 1888 17649
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10

HOW is BUSINESS?
Showing Compared
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
CLUB WOMEN TO MEET

The Federation OF Women's
Clubs meets at the Roosevelt Hotel
this morning at II o'clock.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
MIR. r. r. WALKER

Yes. said Mr.. WALKER, when
he called at one of the Peoples
Drug Stoes a few days ago, | read
the statements in Washington
papers about this medicine and as so
many Of them seemed to just fit my
case ! made up my mind to give it
a trial as | was under weight and
in a general rundown condition,
food | ate did not agee with me,
stomach would swell and blOat gas
pains troubled me during the day
and even at night | was so nervous
/ would roll and toss for hours
after going to bed. My kidneys
acted so irregular that / was up Al
all hours and when morning came
felt tired and worn out, before
I started the days work. l thought
all along that most of my trouble
was due to constipation, laxatives
failed to relieve this trouble and
for days the bowels would not
move AS l said before l was
skeptical about trying MTLLER'S
HERB EXTRACT formerly called
HERB JlfICE). but the first bottle
proved its value to me and the con-
tinued use OF it made such a won
derful change in my general health,
that | want to recommend it TO
others. Since using this medicine l
have not had any trouble from gas
or Indigestion. bowels also kidneys
aCt regular. | sleep sound at night,
feal refreshed and rested when
get M and have gained wonder.
fully in strength. Before using the
medicine I was also troubled with
rheumatic pains in my arms and
shoulders. they too, have passed
away and | give the HERB Elk.
TRACT credit for 1t all
Owing to the great demand for
MILLER'S HERB EXTRACT for
merly called HERB JUICE, we
have found it necessary to place
another representative in Washing.
eoa. These men who are here to
explain this great medicine are 10.
Gated at Store No. ?, sos 1th Street
\. W. and Store No, 9. 3lst and VI
Streets GEORGETOWN). Of the
PEOPLES Drug Stores. II yOu are mt
enjoying good health Stop At one
~ these stores today and learn how
this famous medicine has helped
thousands here In Washington.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
ADVERTISE N ENT
Interest Grows
AS Medicine
Gives Relief
Virginia Man, Who Was
Skeptical at First, Now
a Great Booster for Mil
Ier's Herb Extract.

Thousands here in Washington
are now using this famous medicine,
yet there are other thousands who
read the statements given by we'll
known people and say, we'll it may
be true. but I doubt it. MR.. f. F.
WALKER. ROUTE NO. /, VINE,
VA, says he belonged to the latter
class until he gave the medicine
trial now like others who have
used It, he ta great booster for
MILLER'S HERE EXTRACT for
nnerly called HERB JU1CE.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
PUTNAM, YOUNG
AND W|STER
HONORED

Herbert Putnam, Librarian Of Con-
kress, Is one OF three winners Of the
Roosevelt medal for 1929, presented
by the Roosevelt Memorial Associ'
alton. The other two are Owen Wis
ter, author, and owen D. Young,
banker.
The medals were presented last
Night in New York at dinner at
Roosevelt House. Citations were
read by Hermann Hagedorn, execu-
tive director of the Roosevelt Memoir
ial, praising Putnam as a builder
who has developed the Nations
library from provincial collection
into an institution national in scope
and international in renown.
Wister and Young Lauded
wister was lauded as a man who
~eaught an era in its flight and
holds it for all time for all to see"
while Young was pictured as man
whose name Is a Symbol of inteili-
Rent and effective craftsmanship"
Among those present were Mr..
and Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt; Mrs.
Douglas Robinson, a sister of the
former President: Mrs. Owen ID.
Young, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Evans
Hughes, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr.. and Mrs. William Allen White
and Nine. Curie, the noted French
scientist.
Planes Fly In Tribute
Earlier in the day nine airplanes
led by Col. Clarence D. Chamber
lain, paid tribute to Roosevelt on
the seventy-fifth anniversary of his
birth. They dipped in salute over
Roosevelt's birthplace in Manhattan,
then flew over Long Island to Saga
more Hill, his late home, where they
dropped flowers on the grave of the
former President and then returned
TO the field.
A bronze tablet in Roosevelt's
memory was placed on the front
Of the pew which he occupied in
Christ Episcopal Church, oyster
Bay. A laurel wreath, the gift of
President Hoover. was placed on
the coloners grave by Brig. Gen.
Hugh Drum.
@RIPN RaI~aRrM IN RArrr
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former Presidents should become mem
bers of the Supreme bench. The late
President Roosevelt, after he left the
White House, Travelled and hunted and
then tried his hand at return to the
field of politics and public service If
he had not died before the Republican
national convention in 1920, Roosevelt
doubtless would have been the party's
nominee for President.
Mr.. Coolidge has precedent from
his own State of Massachusetts II he
should finally entertain the idea of
seeking election to Congress, either as
Senator or as Representative. John
Quincy Adams, after he had served as
President, was elected to the House and
continued a member of that body until
his death.
Mr.. Smith, who has been out of Office
since the first of the year, when his
successor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was
sworn in as governor, is about to be
pitchforked back into the political
arena merely by the resignation OF
Judge George w. Olvany as Tammany
leader In its hour of need Tammany
is seeking to enlist the advice of the
former governor. There arc those who
say that tie former governor is by no
means unwilling to take again an active
as well as prominent place in the po-
litical picture in his own Site. The
fact that New York State went against
Mr.. Smith in the presidential election,
although it elected another Democrat
to succeed him as governor, has not
been a pleasant matter to contemplate.
The old urge to battle is apparently on
the former governor. 1t is possible that
it may have eventually similar appeal
to the former President.
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A resident Of Washington for nearly
sixty-fve years, Myron NJ. Parker, who
died yesterday at the age of eighty-two,
was one Of the most valuable citizens
of the Capital He came here shortly
after the close of the Civil War, in
which he had served with valor and
distinction, and from then on he was
identified with Washington ID all Of its
interests. He gained legal education
while holding a position in the Govern
ment service He was made assistant
postmaster of Washington, but after
two years OF that duty he left to CT
ganize a business in which he prospered
and which did much for the develop
ment of the Capital. In 1892 he was
appointed one of the District Commits
sioners and in that Office he displayed
exceptional administrative ability and
was enabled to carry forward the work
of Capital development, in which he
had become deeply interested. One OF
his most important contributions to the
welfare of the Capital community was
his participation in the organization Of
the Washington Board of Trade, OF
which he was the first president. With
tireless energy and with loyal devotion
to the District, he associated himself
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

was called the Willis Campbell act
when passed in 1921.
X
One of Chief Justice Taft's admirers
rises to remark that, unfortunate as his
slip of the tongue may have been when
he administered the presidential oath
on March 4, it wasn't 1.-THE as serious
as Vice President Curtis break few
minutes previous. When Curtis admin
istered the oath to one group of new
Senators he said, do you take this
oath freely, without any mental obliga-
ton or purpose of evasion?" What the
Vice President should have said was,
do you take this obligation freely,
without any mental reservation or pur-
pose of evasion?" The microphone was
working relentlessly at that stage of
proceedings in the Senate and millions
of listeners must have heard the new
Vice President ask in a stage whisper
mistake, Did I leave out something's"
\ !; x
Madison, Ind. will be the scene on
May z. and 8 of the ninth annual
meeting of the National Conference on
State Parks Stephen r. Mather, for
mer director of the National Park ServL
ice, Is chairman of the organization.
This years meeting place is one of the
most attractive in the park system
maintained by Jim" Watsons fellow
HOLSTERS. Clifty Falls Park. containing
$40 acres, is an unusually rugged piece
of Midwestern country. embraces some
splendid forest areas and has as its out
standing scenic feature Clifty Falls. a
90-foot cataract of spectacular beauty.
The outstanding event of the year in
the domain of State parks is California
voters approval of S6,000.000 bond
issue, which, with an equal amount
from other sources, will be spent on the
tional conferences purpose is to pro-
mote the creation of State parks, for
ests and game preserves.
tCopyr,Sht, 1927
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One can find all sorts OF interesting
things in the small items tucked away
! at the bottom of columns of news and
other matter in newspapers These
notes are called filters" self-explana-
tory title.
Here is one we ran into the other day
at the emo of a news story In this paper:
"All carnivorous animals kept in cap
tivity, such as lions and tigers, must
| fast one day out of seven If they are to
remain in health
If lions and tigers. why not dogs and
cats? And if these household pets. why
not men and women beyond certain
age?
If there is any animal kept IN cap
tivity" it IL an office or business bound
man, or housewife who really INDUCES
in her occupation.
! Office and home thus become the
cages of thousands of men and women
who are not used to regarding such
| places in such light.
There is. of course, such thing as
beneficent captivity. falling into
wholesome routine which constitutes
check upon too widespread activity,
such as may be INDUCED in by persons
O. wilder temperament.
X * X
| Yet the benef1cent prison Of home of
work may be sort OF captivity, none
| the less, and require some such alb
stinence as quoted above.
Why check up on the Zoo to see Ii
those in charge of such gardens" real
ly do withhold food from the lions and
tigers once week?
Let lis accept the dictum, for there Is
great deal of common sense in any
statement which advises human beings
to eat less than they do. The increasing
tendency toward fat which one sees on
| thousands and thousands Of men and
women shows beyond dispute that they
cat too much.
There may be some medical cases In
| which food plays no part in excess flesh.
but with the majority OF people fat
| means just one thing! Too much to
eat.
It Is difficult to convince many upon
this score. They like to eat, and they
intend to eat. Appetite with them
seems to have nothing to do with actual
supply and demand, but to depend en-
tirely upon the customary.
It has become customary for them to
eat heartily. therefore they consume
large breakfasts, lunches and dinners
after they have reached the age when
such plenty is no longer needed.
X X !;
Perhaps there can be no hard and
fast rule as to what this age is, since
no two persons are exactly alike. 1t is
somewhat true that what is one mans
meat is another mans poison"
The common mistake is made. we
believe. in overestimating the amount of
food necessary to an average human
being after the growth of the individual
has been established
Most people eat because 1t tastes
good" or ito keep up their strength"
The idea of eating because it is neces-
sary has never occurred to them, for If
1t had they would go to some trouble to
find out how much is necessary.
Any individual who makes a per-
sonal investigation of his real food needs
will stand very large chance-he may
call 1t risk--of discovering that he needs
surprisingly little.
Right here we hear some one chime
In, "Oh, but / need whole lot OF
foodi"
The reply must still be, The chances
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with many public and semi-public en-
terprises. He was for long period one
of the Washingtonians regularly called
upon for service in emergencies and in
special undertakings of community
character, and he always responded
with his fullest energy and with en-
thusiasm to these demands upon his
time. For a number of years Col
Parker has been in retirement from all
activities, but until few months ago
his health was good. He lived to see
the fruition of many of the plans for
the betterment of Washington that he
had conceived and nurtured years be-
fore. He had hoped to survive to wit
ness the celebration in 1882 Of the two
anniversary of the birth of
George Washington. His years, how
ever, had taken too heavy toll
and he has now passed, at eighty-two,
most highly respected, most sincerely
mournci by the community Of which
he was for so long member.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| are that you do not need half OF
what you eat And. besides. how dc
you know, because you have never tried
eating to see how little you could get
along on?"
We know a man In this town who
| has discovered that a frugal diet Is
best for him, and he made the discov-
cry in most unusual way.
His wife paying visit back home
/ for a month, this gentleman was
thrown upon his own culinary devices
Being lazy by nature, he shortly gave
up cooking his own meals
| Disliking restaurant cooking, he won
dered how and where he would eat!
1t seemed that he must go foodless
until he finally hit upon the plan OF
| living on$ ginger ale and buttered
crackers.
His breakfast consisted of half g
dozen buttercd crackers and glass OF
ginger ale. His lunch, of course. he
ate downtown. Dinner was served In
one course, six more crackers, accom-
panied by glass of ginger ale.
The trick, you may say, came in the
lunch? Nothing of the sort! This
gentleman ate nothing more than a
glass of iced coffee and couple OF
dcughnuts. or a piece of pie.
On this sparse diet he proved to him
self that the ancient Venetian, Louis
Cornaro, was right, for his mind never
felt clearer. He was bit hungry, at
times, but it did him no harm.
The point is that it did him good
and a similar diet--perhaps not specif-
ically but In a general sense-Would
be a good thing for most city-bound
human beings.
X X X
After all, what is city but sort
of cage?
Although the motor car has removed
something of the bondage, much of II
still remains Most of us do not feel
It because we are used to 1t, and never
complain because city life has its I'M
doubted good points.
The restrictions of the city, however,
are felt by every one at times. That is
why the Summer vacation" is so much
in vogue, why men want to go camping
and let their whisksrs grow, why city
men and women are so restless.
May we not be human tigers and
lions, with whom rushing here and
there has taken the place Of the cease
less tread of the creatures in their
cages?
GU have SJOUd DIV VIC COO diAS'
watched the lions pacing back and
forth, back and forth, and you have
wondered, perhaps, what went on In
that brain behind those eyes.
Poor fellows!" you may have re-
marked. Zoo authorities say, however
that the Gagged creatures are really not
unhappy behind the bars. but come
to look upon their dens with affection
and really want to get back to them
If they get out by chance. With food
and protection given them, their basic
needs are met. They do not ask for
more.
We have always wondered If the
tigers and lions take their captivity
so philosophically; at any rate. they
seem to keep in pretty good health
Maybe the one day a week without
grub accounts for it.
And If lions and tigers are the bet
ter for fasting at least once week
why wouldn't all of us two-legged
brothers be the better for similar alb
stinence? Then perhaps there wouldn't
be so many fat fellows walking around
nor so many of these larger women
one reads about.
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of Veteran
From u. S. Explained
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the EDITOR Oh me STAR
In a recent issue of your paper there
appeared story and an editorial cap
toned. When a Law Goes Wrong"
obviously predicated upon story
printed in the New York Times under
date OF the 18th instant, entitled
Americana born World War Veteran
Deported; Lost Citizenship in Joining
British Army at 49," The stories and
George Young. now 80 years of age
and a native of the United States, who
was excluded on the 10th instant at
New York upon applying for admission
from Belfast, Ireland. 1t was made to
appear in these newspaper stories and
your editorial that Young had served
with the British forces during the
World War and had sustained grievous
wounds. The statements in this re-
spect are so utterly at variance with
the real facts that I am sure you will
be glad to correct them.
The real facts are: George Young
had no shrapnel splinters in his body;
he did not participate in the Battle of
the Somme, nor in any other battle of
the World War; in fact, he did, not
serve in any military force during the
World War, but on the contrary he
evaded military service by remaining
abroad during the entire period of the
world conflict; during the year 1921.
when it was all over over there" he
enlisted in the British air forces for
two years, during which he worked as
y laborer in the shops at Shrewsbury.
England; his action in swearing ale
glance to the King OF England cost
him his American citizenship and upon
his return to the United States recently.
being without quota papers as an alien.
he was excluded as would have been
any other alien in such circumstances.
It may be added that this young man
served a term of two years In a re-
form school for stealing.
Amy sympathy which your story and
editorial may have aroused for this
young man is entirely misplaced. His
own sworn statements made to our
officers ct the port of New York prove
conclusively that the story given by
him to the press is fabrication of
falsehoods. HARRY e. HULL,
Commissioner General,
.BurekM Of immigration.
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Executives in Retirement.

Two of Americas most accustomed
and prominent Office holders are today
cut of office-Calvin Coolidge of North
ampton, Mass, and Alfred E. Smith of
New York. Both have been Office hold
ers since their youthful days, although
Gov. Smith was out of Office during
the two-year period from 1921 to 1923,
after he had been defeated for re-
election as governor in 1920. But al
ready there Is talk of drafting them
again for public service. A Boston
newspaper, the Transcript has sug-
gested editorially that Mr.. Coolidge run
for the Senate in 1880, to succeed Cen
ator Gillett. In New York, Tammany, in
its failure to agree on leader of the
organization, is seeking Mr.. Smiths
advice.
The former President, who has heen
out of office less than month, is not
commenting upon the Boston editorial
urging him to enter the race for the
Senate. Nor is Mr. Smith ready yet to
talk about the Tammany leadership. The
question, however is how long either
or both of these distinguished gentle
men will be able to associate them
selves from the affairs that have held
their interest during their mature years
and from the game" which both have
played SO long and so successfully.
What shall be done with or for for
MGR Presidents of the United States
has been discussed many, many times
As 2 matter of fact. the group of for
mer Presidents has always been small
There are two living former Presidents
today One is Chief Justice Taft. II
is not conceivable, however, that al