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The Washington times., 1929-06-12
TRAFFIC SPEED
GUT ASKED
1T CIRCLES

A recommendation made a
month ago, but voted down
by the traffic counsel that the
speed on Connecticut Avenue
from Chevy Chase Circle to
the Connecticut Avenue bridge
be reduced from 30 to % miles
an hour will be submitted to-
day to the District Commits
sioners by Director Of Traffic
w. H. Harland.
Inspector e. w. Brown in charge
of the Traffic Bureau said today
that about month ago he made a
survey Of conditions on Connecticut
Avenue, and at that time recon-
mended that the speed limit be re-
duced.
Death Hastens Change
Harland put the matter up to the
traffic counsel, an organization COM
prised of representatives Of trade
bodies, civic groups and the Ameri-
can Automobile Association, but tne
counsel approved the 30-mile limit.
The death of Ann Woodland, eight
years old, who was knocked down
by an automobile last night, so
stirred residents of that section IN
the vicinity OF Connecticut Avenue
and Albemarle Street Northwest,
that dozens of persons registered
protest at the traffic bureau today.
Inspector Brown said that he has
men on Connecticut Avenue every
day to keep motorists within the 80
mile limit as far as is humanity pos
sible, and that special attention Is
given to those crossings where there
are a number of children.
Police POweriess
In view of the fact that no action
has been taken by the District Com
missioners toward reducing the
speed there is n0thing the police de-
partment can do about the matter.
Harland stated today that he Will
forward his recommendation to the
Commissioners at once, 1t was indi.
Gated in the office OF Commissioners
Proctor L. Dougherty that the min
ute the recommendation is received
1t will be approved by the board.
The Washington times., 1929-06-12
Girl Injured by Auto
Improves in HOSPITAL

Emergency Hospital physicians
today announced Improvement in
the condition of Miss Louise Clark
son, 80, Of the Chastleton Apart.
ments, injured yesterday in an
automobile accident.
Miss Clarkson, formerly music
teacher, was crossing Thirteenth st.
In the 100 block when she was
struck by an automobile driven by
Charles Berkley Walton, 10. of the
900 block Thirteenth st. N. w.
She was treated for a fractured
leg and bruises.
Walton was not arrested.
The Washington times., 1929-06-12
Capt. Eugene Regnier's
Pets Will Arrive Soon

In addition to. "old Soak" secre-
tary stimson's pet parrot. the State
Department menagerie soon win be
increased by the arrival OF the
nets Of the Secretaryts military
aide. Cant. Eugene Regnier.
Captain Regnier's pets include
magnificent billy goat and > pair
OF blooded Filipino fighting cocks.
They win arrive in San Francisco
TODAY and win be shipped at once
to washington.
The Washington times., 1929-06-12
Mckinley Tech Dance.
AT MayfIOWer Tonight

The annual senior prom" of Me.
Kinley Technical High School will
be held tonight In the Hotel May
flower.
About $50 members of the June
graduating class are to attend. Ar.
rangements have been made by the
following committee of students:
Cleye Vanf1orn, Allen Pope, Chal-
oner Barnes, Elinor Vitting. AL
fbert Schriyer. Russell HebDard and
Annie Hoke. Six faculty advisers
Ind parents Of students are to act
with Frank r. Daniel as chap
1rones.
The Washington times., 1929-06-12
Warns Bridge Worker
He Must Remain
Sober On Job

It behooyes workers on the
Arlington Memorial Bridge to
keep sober. Judge Robert +. Mat
tlngly declared today in Police
Court.
william H. Grimes. who said
he works on the bridge, was
brought before the judge on .
charge of being drunk. Grimes
said he had been here two months.
and slipped off the water wagon
for the first time last night.
Park Policeman ]. H. Conyngton
arrested him on Third st. N. w.
"You had better not get drunk
again." said the court, eyeing the
bridge. worker grimly. You
might put = stone in the wrong
place and cause something to
fail"
He then suspended . sentence
of SIS or 80 days.
The Washington times., 1929-06-12
Field Day on Saturday
OF ScOttish-Aniericans

, FThe Scottish-American societles
IA washington will hold field day
exercises at Idlewild, Va. Saturday,
juhe Is. =,
The washington Pipe Band will
IL 1rnish Scottish music, and num-
II 81 of Scottish dances are on the
Irrbsran1, which also includes prac-
Iiidally every field event known.
Dne of these, tossing the caber," !"
n an old Scotch exercise. Gigantic
1oles are tossed through the air in
competition.
The Washington times., 1929-06-12
RHINE is REFLECTED

George w. Rhine. Of Alexandria.
Va. has been reelected president
of the National Standowners AS
sociation. The association keeps
in touch with roadside stands and
tourist camps. and strives to i'm;
prove sanitation, appearance ano
sarvine
The Washington times., 1929-06-12
Jack KeHeher Faces
Long Jail Term

Dapper Jack keleher sits today in the District Jail
ponderng what be will draw the result of his
conviction by jury the District Supreme Court yesterday
on A. 23-cOnnt gambling Indictment
The Washington times., 1929-06-12
Willebrandt to Stay
In Office Until June 80

Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt
will hold office as assistant Attorney
General until June 80, Attorney
General Mitchell announced yester-
The Washington times., 1929-06-12
Board of Trade Asks
u. c. Tax Inquiry

The Washington Board Of Trade recommends creation Of
commission Of economists and experts determine the
of money the Federal Government should contribute
toward the maintenance of the District it learned after
meeting of the officers and directors late yesterday
The Washington times., 1929-06-12

Iynused mlIeage-fOr sale-by the
used-car dealers of Washington makes
automobile ownership attractive. See
them in tOday's Classified ads
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
AntioinAtinp the Fourth.

More than two weeks before the
Fourth of July the town is resounding
to the explosion Of torpedoes. firecrackers
and other instruments OF torture ban
ned by the police but easily obtainable
by the ambitious yuungster or fond
parent who Is willing to go beyond the
borders Of the District. A torpedo i1url-
ed through window and exploding
against the back Of a peaceful citizen.
happily without serious damage either
to the window or the citizen, is a fore
runner of the usual number of such
episodes which mark the safe and sane"
observance Of Independence Day.
While the police cannot be expected
to restrict or prevent the importation Of
illegal firecrackers, torpedoes and other
such paraphernalia, the police can begin
now an intensive crusade against their
use after they are imported. The f1rst
few years after the adoption of wise
regulations against dangerous fireworks
there was a lessening in the annual
casualty list among children and an
altogether more serene and peaceful
Capital city. But In recent years the
use of fireworks, forbidden by law, has
increased. The Fourth OF July has
again begun to sound like the Battle of
Belleau Wood. The list OF injured is
again on the upgrade.
Maj. Pratt intends to issue the usual
bulletin later in the week calling to the
attention of the force the existing regu-
lations against fireworks. He might
supplement it with strong language or
dering every policeman to be on the
lookout for infraction of these regula-
tons. 1t is not necessary to launch a
campaign to bring into court every
youthful ,violator of the regulations. But
it is necessary to conflscate unlawful
goods wherever found, and personally
to warn the parents of erring youngsters
that another offense will lead to serious
results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
Identification at Last.

An important and long delayed step
IN the Identification of Washington will
get under way within two weeks when
workmen begin tearing down some OF
the temporary Government hotels,
erected on Union Station Plaza more
than ten years ago to house the war
workers who were brought to the Cap-
atal in large numbers at that time.
The architect of the Capitol has
called for bids, to be opened June IS,
for the demolition of fourteen OF the
wartime dormitories after July l. The
structures to be taken down at this
time are in the two squares bounded by
3 and C streets, Delaware and New
Jersey avenues, and as soon as these
groups are RACED the two squares will
be graded of.
The clearing of these two squares Is
the first move toward converting the
area between Union Station and the
Capitol into parkway In keeping with
the position this space occupies as the
main gateway to the National Capital.
This plaza, stretching from Union Sta
ton to the Capitol, is the first glimpse
the visitor gets of his Nations Capital
when he steps from the train. To-day
1t is not an imposing glimpse, with the
Capitol obscured behind the temporary
dormitory structures. But when the
project which gets under way next
month is completed, the vista from the
depot will be worthy of great Cap.
ital. Trees, shrubbery and velvet lawns
will replace the wartime buildings
nth a wide brn'everu extending Out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

diagonally from the station 10 Penn
sylvania avenue.
or course, the clearing OF two squares
this Summer is but small part of the
elaborate project and will not open up
an unobstructed vision of the Capitol
But it is beginning, and after SO
many years Of delay Washington re-
joices that start is being made. The
hope of those who are interested in
the improvement of appearance of the
National Capital now is that the rating
of the remainder of the dormitories
north of C street will not be deferred
longer than is necessary. Congress has
authorized expenditure of nearly
$4,000, 900 for the Improvement of the
plaza, to be appropriated gradually dur
ing the next few years. 1t would be
appropriate and fitting to aim at COM
pletion of the project in time for the
celebration of the 200th anniversary of
the birth of George Washington in 1882.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

Democratic anti-Smith party, now
formed. His absence from the conven-
ton was immaterial so far as that in
fluence is concerned. His influence was
felt from beginning to end Of the con-
vention.
There has been great deal Of talk
in recent months about the Methodist
Church seeking to go into politics in
this country. Charges that 1t main
tains a powerful lobby in Washington
have been made and been denied. But
II IA quite clear that the entrance of
the bishop into the fight for political
office would be hailed as distinct proof
that the church was getting into the
field of politics as never before. Bishop
Canrons determination not to be
drawn into any such position Is clear.
X y =
The latest reports from Pennsylvania
have it that Senator-elect William S.
ware has improved in health and II
now able to walk little without a
cane. His friends there believe that
eventually he viii win his right to be
seated In the Senate. They insist that
the contest brought by william B, Will
son, his Democratic opponent, will be
settled In Wares favor before long and
that then he will be seated, despite
the report e9 the Reed slush fund COM
mittee. Thy are optimists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

It is not often that an address to
graduating class gets more than per-
functory attention, but Prof. Robert E.
Rogers OF the English department of
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology broke into the newspaper front
pages with his remarks to the class
receiving degrees at that institution
with three words as his battering ram
BE a snob." The repercussion is still
I'VE take the broad position that
Prof. Rogers needs to look UP the
definition of the word 'snob'" says
the Kansas City Times, suggesting that
new dictionary sis an enlightening
volume" The Chicago Daily News
agrees with this advice, saying Had
this professor of English consulted one
of the dictionaries he presumably uses
in his courses he would have learned
that a snob Is q vulgar pretender,
a mean and ignoble fellow. person
element of society. but who affects vir-
tues or attachments which he does not
possess"
Bringing the definition up to date
with modern terms, the Flint Daily
Journal says: LAS matter Of fact,
the pronounced snob is suffering greatly
from an inferiority complex. He COM
pensateS himself by seeking TO appear
superior to those around him. The
person who has ability doesn't need to
be q snob to call attention to the
fact" To the Elkhart Truth 1.-THE snob
is a selfish person masquerading under
false colors. He has Q very small soul
and is not the genuine sort that all
of us admire most"
The use of this word "snob" and
the advice that followed it, which had
to do with dressing and acting like
gentlemen" cause the Wheeling In
tellieencer to say: "One cannot be
snob and a gentleman at the same time.
one of the essential attributes of the
latter is always to help the lame dog
over the Stile.'" contends the INTEL
ligencer further. while the Snob would
try to make the stile higher and then
smoker" The Brooklyn Daily Eagle ex-
plains that historically the term snob
sprang from Cambridge slang Cam
bridge England) and meant simply a
yokel or townsnAn as distinguished
from a university man"
The Detroit News thinks ga dead set
toward acting like a gentleman
scarcely will cultivate the qualities OF
one. We should say" continues the
News, that the meaning Of the word
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
Sloop's Ocean Voyage
Importance Questioned

From the San Francisco Bulletin.
Paul Muller, Berlin sailor, is resting
at Miami after conquering the Atlantic
in an 18-foot sloop. One may not ques-
ton the bravery Of the man who, alone
and unafraid, wfestled with the waves
and the wind for 10 weary months. Ills
blood is of the same redness that
Swelled the veins of Vikings and Pll-
grlnns few centuries back.
But one may question the Importance
and the significance of his feat. The
fact that man Is able to cross the ocean
in 10 months or less in a tiny craft Is of
no more consequence. II one discounts
the elements Of romance and the ad-
venture, than the fact that a Texas
plasterer apparently is going to win out
in his valiant battle to push a peanut to
the top OF Pixies Peak.
1t Is useless to hope that all Of our
braver-hearted Adventures might strive
for goal that counts for something
for the rest of the world. And so We
fall back upon the less brave--those
who do not seek the limelight or TO
do the spectacular to accomplish many
of the things that are really great and
are of lasting importance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC RiLLIAM VILE.

years later, at the Russo-Japanese
Peace Conference In Portsmouth, Ad-
miral Dewey present as President
Roosevelts special observer, encoun-
tered one of the officers who had Wis
tied him that day in. Malta. Got q
good joke on Belden," chuckled Dewey.
i've just helped bury him down South
and got my cane back"
Fred X. Nielsen, former solicitor OF
the State Department and one of the
country's recognized international law
authorities. has just received an hon
orary LII. D.. from his alma mater, the
University of Nebraska. Nielsen is at
present commissioner in the American
Mexican claims arbitration under ap-
pointment by President Coolidge. PreSi-
dent Harding named him to function
in the American-British claims arbi-
tration. Secretary Kellogg chose him
to represent the United States in the
Island of Palmas arbitration at The
Hague. Nielsen drafted the original
treaties OF peace with Germany and
Austria Hungary and the agreement
with Germany for adjustment of war
claims. During the World War he was
a major judge advocate In 1922
Nielsen was on duty as a technical adj I.
wiser at the Washington Armament Con-
ference. Once upon time this sea-
soned JuriSconsult Of Danish viking
ancestry was foot ball star at
Nebraska.
Calvin Coolidge is looking for a
painter-not house decorator. but a
portrait artist. The State of Vermont
has authorized a picture of the former
Presidents induction into Office, show.
Ing him being sworn in by lamplight on
the memorable occasion in Plymouth
six years ago. Mr.. Coolidge has some
one under consideration for the Job, but
has not yet decided the artist. Sittinks
for the historic canvas will be given In
the old family home where the oath was
administered Perhaps Senator Porter
H, Dale OF Vermont. an eyewitness
will pose for it, too. u
4 x
The National Woman's Party is to
the front with the announcement that
Maggie" Bondfleld's rise to cabinet
rank in Great Britain, while establish
ing a record, does not exhaust the re-
cent list of feminist political triumphs
In Europe. Belgium has just elected
Mile. Lucie de Jardin, 4 Socialist. Her
victory is described as ell the more re-
markable because women don't vote
in Belgium-yet Mile. JArdin was elect
ed exclusively by man voters. Nine.
Golde Liss, a Ukrainian (the Pauline
Sisters on Capitol Hill further an
nounced), has been made a member of
the Central Executive Committee, the
governing body OF the Russian Soviet
system.
<Copyrisnt. 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Sky Blossoms.
There are fireworks fit and ready
Where the shops make fine display
The bird song sounds unsteady
And the flowers fade away.
Other beauty will draw near us
When, as we look up on high,
Pretty pyrotechnics cheer us
With their poisoning In the sky!
It's form Of Summer dreaming
That will make us rather proud
When the fiery roses cleaning
Scatter petals from the cloud.
Though the garden spot may wither
And the air be still and dry,
Gayety will still come hither
with the poisoning in the sky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

relegAted In Washington to the limbo OF
the little red schoolhouse that stood on
the hill. The erection of more junior
high schools. to add to the twelve now
in operation. will establish the 6-3-3 sys-
tenn entirely. An age Of specialization
will enable a sixth-year student to
begin thinking about his speciality in
his seventh year at school and by the
time he leaves Junior high he will, in
theory, have begun his serious prepara-
ton for what he wants to do ia the
world.
May all of them know what they
want to do in the world and, closing
their books with bang, 30 ahead and
do It'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
School Is Over.

This is a big day in a big week for
some seventy thousand boys and girls of
the city's public schools. 1t is a day of
glad rejoicing for the thousands of them
who today have completed one tiny
step in their advance toward LIES
battle front; a day of sorrow, no one
knows how poignant, for those whose
steps have not been far enough or fast
enough, who must turn back next year
and do it all over again. To these,
ones sympathies naturally turn. The
boys and girls who, basking in the
proud light of accomplishment and
beaming in the Respondent glory Of
sunday clothes ana scrubbed faces, re-
ceive the praises of proud teachers and
fond parents are all right. They have
done the task set before them and are
stepping up in the world. Encomiums,
for them, merely gild the lily. But
there should be eloquent words for the
little boys and little girls who are not
stepping UP in the world, who must sit
silent with their own thoughts today
and watch their comrades go ahead
while they stand still. Their tragedy
lies not so much in actual failure, but
In the failure they magnify in their own
minds.
Graduation day is becoming a more
complicated process in Washington
every year. This year there are fewer
pupils advancing across that great gull
from the eighth grade to f1rst-year high
More than ever are leaving the
elementary schools at the sixth grade
and entering junior high, or leaving
Junior high and entering high al
sophisticated second-year students
Within a few years-three. perhaps
the old eighth grade will have beer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

"Dont's" for hot weather have al
ways stressed abstinence from alcohol,
And bootleg alcohol is more urgent
invitation to kunstroke than the old
kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

The psychology of politics is strange.
The early opposition to AL Smith for
a repeat candidate may enhance his
chances by getting him on peoples
minds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

In studying measurements of
strength, the "yardstick" comes into
attention as pleasing successor to that
once celebrated instrument of discipline,
the big stick"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
20 the use for republication Of all ews dis
patches credited to it or not Otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local itws
published herein All RIGHTS of publication Of
special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

With all his agreeable light-heart-
edness, Mayor Jimmy Walker finds
himself compelled to be serious even
when playing if the game happens to
be New York politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

1t would be regrettable, indeed, II the
matter OF a few drinks should cause a
disturbance in the time honored cor
Qualities of Canada and the u. S. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
They Last a Long Time.

From the Ann Arbor Daily News.
Pigeons we're beaten by an airplane
In a race from Chicago to Detroit, but
they still hold the long distance record
for silent motors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

Some cases of so-called Incompatible
4ty arise from the mere fact that
husband and wife do not happen to
enjoy the same night club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

The Weather Bureau makes no claim
to political Importance. Yet a hot
wave Is strong influence in creating
demand for a recess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
Sticky Stamps Needed.

From the Toledo Blade.
What is needed is a postage stamp
that will stick like union suit in a
temperature of 95 in the shade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
Yes, and Other Names,

From the Syracuse Herald.
A British poet Is now making portrait
poems. They have been made a long
time In this country under. the name
Of cesn'S valentines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
Looking Ahead.

"A statesman ought to be far-seeing. !"
"A number of us are trying to be So"
answered Senator Sorghum. We're
thinking even more of the 1880 cam
paign than we are of present legisla-
tions
Jud Tunkins says he's glad to hear
that a professor of psychology is going
to run for Office. If it could become a
custom to have every candidate psyche
analysed, politics might be easier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

Germany is a republic, but it still
shows evidence of what Freud might
call subconscious aristocracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19

1t is at least conceded In temperance
discussion that the sawed-off shotgun
is unsportsmanlike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
A Detroit Dirty.

IT'S a mistaken sense of fun
And times grow impolite
When everybody packs a gun
Aid wants to shoot on sight!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
Lonely Life,

Lonely Life.
wouldn't you like TO be a great
movie starr"
Perhaps I would" answered Miss
Cayenne. And yet from distance it
looks like lonely life compelling pop
ular pet to remain in seclusion so as not
to destroy the highly imaginative fic-
tions OF the press agent
ITO speak unkindly," said Hi Ho, the
sage OF Chinatown, lis TO release a
thought which may cause regret with
out carrying any hope Of usefulness"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
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