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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
EQUIPMENT SAVED
FROM OIL CRATER
!loIe 80 Feet Deep, Covering
10 Acres, Results From
Sinking of Earth.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BEAUMONT, Tex, october a.
After two days of salvaging oil well
equipment from the sides of the crater
formed by sinking earth in the Sour
Lake oil field, the novelty of the phe-
nomenon had subsidized today and prac-
tical oil men took up serious discussions
of future action in the disturbed field.
The settling apparently had stopped
this morning. or at least the earth
movement was so gradual that 1t was
not noticeable.
Final estimates on the depth of the
hole at the center still are fixed at
approximately 80 feet, altSo-gh the
area covered by the huge bowl is set
at to 10 acres. However, an area of
about so acres has been affected by this
central depression.
Biologists of the Texas company have
recommended an entirely new explora-
ton of the field, with the theory that
after such giant disturbance the
earth structure would bear a marked
change, likely resulting In producing
wells where dry holes had been drilled
before, and vice versa.
The estimated daily loss in production
in the field is fixed at 600 barrels. Four
leases, those Of Gilbert, Terry, Minor
and Texas companies, are most affected.
Large cracks In the earth have been
noted a mile or more from the scene of
the sinking, but old-timers say 1t Is
not unusual for the earth to crack after
a dry season such as is being expert
enced here, and are confident that the
assures have no connection with the oil
81eld phenomenon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
Banker Wants Dog,
Stolen With Auto,
Regardless of Car
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHENIX CITY, Ala, October
IA Texas banker, whose dog
and automobile were stolen re-
Gently, has appealed to police
here to find his dog, regardless
Of what happens to the car.
Chief j. M. Blair Of the local
police force, however, believes he
has already captured the auto
mobile and the two youths re-
sponsible for stealing it, but the
dog apparently is still at large
somewhere between here and
Texas.
Two youths arrested here, who
gave their names as Reuben
Funderburk and Norman Allen of
Columbus, Ca, are being held
for authorities of De Witt Coun-
ty. Tex. According to Chief
Blair. they have admitted selling
the dog in Morgan City. La, for
SIS, which was used to buy gaso-
line.
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mond, president of the American In
stitute of Architects Of Chicago, as the
principal speaker. Representative Ell
lott of Indiana, chairman of the House
committee on public buildings and
grounds, also will speak.
Several other speeches will be given.
and a special committee Of the local
chapter of the American Institute OF
Architects, composed of Louis Juste-
ment, chairman; Robert F. Beresford.
present illustrations of the outstanding
buildings here designed by Washington
architects
After the meeting buffet supper
will be served. Special attention has
been given to the seating arrangemeO-s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
Cheaner Nitrates Sought.

Promotion of the chemical industry
until Spain will produce nitrates as
government body. according to consular
advices to the Department of CON-
merce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Miss Emily Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth Ora
per, Miss Esther England, Miss Harriet
Evans. Miss Carrie Fuller, Mrs Char
lotte Grunwell, Mrs. Laura p. Hester,
Miss B. B. Howell, Miss Ruth Kirby,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
TRADE BOARD OPENS
SEASON WEDNESDAY
President of Architects Institute
Will Be Principal Speaker
at Fall Meeting.

The first Fall meeting of the WASH
ington Board of Trade will be held
wednesday evening at o'clock in the
Willard Hotel. with G. Herrick Ham
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

and also to the loud speakers so that
all the members and guests will be able
to hear without diff1culty the entire
program,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13
New Gasoline Production Mark.

The Bureau of Mines announced yes
terday that the natural gasoline indus
try established a new high record for
1928, producing 1,8l4,034, 900 gallons.
This. however, represented an increase
of only IL per cent, as compared to a
20 per cent increase in 1927 and 81
per cent increase in both 1926 and 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Mrs. Madeleine Mitchell, Miss Juliet
Searle, Miss May Taylor, Miss j.. Anna
Tennyson, Miss Margaret E. W!itzell
Mrs. Ruth M. Wilson and Mrs. McClin-
took.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

A 2-inch bass placed in a stream will,
under favorable conditions, reach 10
inches in about two years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

What is said to be the largest dog
cemetery in the world is located near
Radnor, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Mrs. Anne Tillery Renshaw speaks on
the Philosophy of Self tomorrow eve
ming. $50 o'clock, at the meeting Of the
Washington Practical Psychology Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Miss Mabel Boardman will speak at
the. meeting of the Stanton Park Citi-
zens' Association tomorrow night at
o'clock. Ofncers will be elected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

James w. Mcclure and DR.. j. N. B.
Hewitt, ethnologist of the U. S. Geo.
graphic Board, will lecture this evening
at the Washington Lodge, Theosophical
Society, 1918 H street. DR.. Mcclure
will speak at $50 on the life and teach
ings of the Apostle Initiate, st. Paul.
DR.. Hewitt will lecture at o'clock on
THE Myths of the Iroquois." Admis-
sion free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Holy Trinity Players will put on a
comedy, Mrs Templeton's Telegram"
at Gonzaga Hall tomorrow and Tues
day night at BIS o'clock for the benefit
of Holy Name Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Industrial department, Federation Of
Women, viii meet with the chairman,
Mrs M. D. Butler, Tuesday night at
1913 S street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Afternoon hike of Red Triangle Out
ing Club will be along Rock Run across
country to Whitewater. Meet at Cabin
John Bridge at 2 o'clock. - Campfire
party. BRING lunch, cup and spoon.
Bill Richardson, leader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Northeast Washington Citizens Asso-
citation will meet tomorrow night at
o'clock at the Ludlow School, Sixth and
C streets northeast. Election Of ON
GERS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

D. C. Society, U. S. Daughters of 1912,
meets tomorrow night at 1880 at the
national headquarters, 1851 Rhode
Island avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Homemakers' group of the Home
Economies Association will meet with
Mrs. John Hardy, 1901 Twenty-fourth
street northeast, at o'clock Tuesday
evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Homeopathic Laymen's League of
Washington will meet Tuesday night
at o'clock at the headquarters of the
American Foundation for Homeopathy,
1911 H street. Subject for discussion,
Fifty Reasons Why Am a
Homeopath.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Adult Bible Glass Of Foundry M. E.
Church will meet at the home Of Mai.
H. L. Buell., SOS Broad Branch road,
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock for the
first social and business meeting ct tile
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Alpha Chapter, Sigma Epsilon
Sorority, Is giving subscription dance
Friday evening from 10 to ! o'clock at
the National Press Club, Fourteenth and
p streets,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Card party will be held at st.
Stephens Church auditorium, Twelfth
and K streets, for the benefit Of the
church Wednesday evening at $50
o'clock,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Ways and means committee of Joffa
Lodge, Chapter No. 81, o. e. S.. will
hold a final activity Friday evening at
8 o'clock, a bridge and 500 party at
the home of Past Patron Herbert
Ludwig, It's Crittenden street Phone
Col s4l0 for reservations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Loyal Knights of the Round Table
will meet at the University Club Tues
day for luncheon, 1880 pm. j. Frank
speak on who I Am and Why?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Delaware Society of Washington will
meet at the Raleigh Hotel in the new
ante room, tenth floor, Tuesday night
at o'clock. Election of ofdcers. Dane
ing after business meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Dorothy Hancock Chapter, D. A. r.,
Is completing plans for benefit bridge
party at Wardman Park Hotel Tuesday,
october %. Mrs. @. Clark Ober, chair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

Committee on public health, Wash
ington Board Of Trade, meets Tuesday
evening at o'clock at the Y. w. c. A.,
Seventeenth and K streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

that he learned very little Thousands
Of others must make the same confess
sion.
There is another phase which he did
not mention, although it may have
been in his mind. This is the acquire
mhent of the poor but-honest-
gritty college-boy" complex, than
which there are few greater obstacles
to success. The college community is
inclined to make much Of the penny
less student. Easy jobs are thrown
his way. He is patted on the shoulder
and assured that he is the type from
whom the world will hear later on. He
enjoys an artificial social position.
Then he leaves the sheltered atmos-
rhere of the college for the real world
whc'c he must make his living without
favor--a real world which may demand
more of him than the school curriculum
and the outside work combined. At
the same time he drops in the social
scale. Naturally he does not like it. He
tries to be the poor but-hOnest-fel-
iow-determir1ed-to- in the
real world and expects the same SYM
pathetic understanding he got in COL
isge. But he gets kick instead of g.
pat on the shoulder. The world places
little value on the "poor-but- deter
mined" bluff. 1t wants results. 1t
makes no allowances for handicaps
such as arc made in the educational
institutions.
Sometimes man is unable TO under
stand this and spends the rest of his
life In this ineffective pose, wondering
why riches are not placed at his feet
and confident that the world is not
giving him a square deal.
Generally speaking, the world can
afford to be supremacy unconcerned
over a delay of four or FIVE years in
the process of an individuals education.
Better wait than receive half eda-
Gated product from the halls Of learn
ing. Youth is impatient, but art Is
long.
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Colleges and Comnlexes.

Don't work your way through COL
lege."
Such Is the contribution of Robert
M. Hutchins, new and youthful presi-
dent of the University of Chicago. to
the showers of good advice on matters
scholastic delugtng the press these June
DAYS.
With certain noteworthy exceptions
this warning. so strangely different
from the traditional American philos-
ophy of higher education, seems sotnd
Working ones way through college
long has been considered as valuable
character training. Commencement
orators have declared that the average
student learns more from his outside
activities than from the curriculum. He
becomes familiar with hardship. disci-
plined to deprivation, and appreciative
of the value of time and money. We
are all familiar with the character of
the rich man who forces his son to 90
through college without cent from the
parental purse for the moral value of
Ilf- CApcItruCt.
But the true picture never has been
exactly as it was painted There has
been too frequently reversal of values.
The acautrenIent of an education IN
letters and sciences the primary rea-
son for going to college at all. becomes
secondary to the necessary outside ac-
tivities. The main business is that of
earning living. The student acquires
not onlv the discipline of hardship and
deprivation but the art of Stimulating
successfully mastery of the curricu-
lurn which he does not possess. He sets
UP as an objective the passing of ex-
aninations rather than the accumlila.
ttnn Of knowledge. Getting a htgt
mark IN French is quite a different
matter from knowing anything about
French We are not sure that tt1ert
is much relation between the two &C.
ronplishments.
President Hutchins himself worked
his way through college. He admit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
"A Dangerous Rule"
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, LII. D,
Bishop OF Washington

practice to deny His authority and to
dtsobey His specific teaching, is to do
violence to our so-called Christian faith.
We call this by the stern name ''hy-
pocrisy." Christian conviction sets so
lightly upon us that We easily displace
it as convenience and caprice dictate
1t is demonstrably true. If business and
religion cannot mix. If the habits of
daily life cannot square with the pro-
LESSONS of our Christian faith. the lat
ter is valueless and the former is i'm
periled. If social practice is not af-
fected by what we hold of Christian
conviction, then it is only an adorn-
ment and nothing more. The cause of
the Christian religion and reverence for
its sanctities are imperiled by those
who, adhering to the rule of expedienCy,
deny the high claims of the Master.
Our age is witnessing, even in the
churches themselves in some places, the
secularization of its sacred aims and
purposes. The employment of any
method inconsistent with the dignity
and spiritual ends of the church is
not only recognition of failure to hold
the favor and adherence of its people
but 1t is willful violation of the high
and holy ends for which it stands. Too
frequently today we find the church
setting forth it's appeal in terms of
secular entertainment of one kind and
another, testifying thereby to its i'm
potence and Subjecting itself to the
stern and just criticism of Christian
and un-ChriStian alike.
Either Christianity means a regu-
lated and disciplined life in accordance
with the teachings of Christ. rendering
those who believe it different from
those who do not, or else it is only
an expression of admiration for that
which appeals to the artistic and
esthetic. To find it expedient to be
a Christian on one day and expedient
tn live like a pagan on another. is to
play the role of the hypocrite. 1t
was of such that St Paul wrote They
cruelty the Son of God Rfresh and
put Him to open shame" The relaxing
of the disciplines of religion, indiffer-
ence to its claim to that which is
heroic, has deprived 1t of the adherence
Of those who love consistency. The
appeal of the manly man. Christ
Jesus. has lost none of it's force; it is
only where 1t Is diluted by our mistaken
methods and still more mistaken yield
ing to the rule of expediency that 1t
proves futile and unavailing. When
the Christian Church stands infleXibly
for q rule of life in harmony with the
teachings of its professed Master, it
will once again make its universal APP
peal to those who honor consistency of
profession and practice.
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everything. This applies to the hunted
as well fas the hunter.
The scientific detective works with
aminute differences not visible to the
naked eye. In his special field such
fine bits of evidence as excited the read
ing public when attributed to such a
character as Sherlock Holmes probabl,
would be passed over as insignificant
crludities. He deals with measurements
as delicate rs thousandth part Of an
inch. To these he applies the mathe-
NAUTICAL laws of probability. No Grim
inaB possibly can conceal every posi-
BILE adetail visible under the microscope
His .cause is hopeless from the start.
Doubtless the field of the specialists
in various phases of criminal practice
will become broader and broader as
mous men are developed. But no single
line of identification procedure can be
mass cred by few months course in
correspondence school. The individual
mus devote lifetime to his speciality.
He will not emerge from his study of
his spscislity glamorous. romantic
man7hunter, but gray-haired, modest
scholar.
The supernatural, ambitious to
commit the perfect crime" can af-
ford to laugh at the scientific detective
of fiction. He knows he is charlata1l.
But there is moose around his neck
when his path crosses that of the I'M
romantic man Of the laboratory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Much.Moved Tree Nurseries.

The Capitals tree nurseries nave
been moved and removed so often in
the past that the Bureau of Efficiencys
recommendation for another moving
day fails to arouse that intense en-
thusiasrn at the District Building, which
otherwise might be expected The
nurseries have always been squatters
on land belonging to some one else. They
have never had a permanent home. No
sooner has money been well spent in
preparing land for tree nursery than
orders have come to get UP an get
the land being needed for some other
purpose.
A few years ago Congress specifically
set aside land at Poplar Point for tree
nursery and from fifteen TO twenty
thousand dollars have been spent i'm
developing good nursery. According,
to the superintendent of trees and.
parking, MFR. Lanham, the nursery there
is the most satisfactory the District
has ever had. The Bureau of efficiency
UCICFES ~ WOulu pC EODo pOhSS W
transfer the nursery to Lorton. But.
If the nursery were established there.
the Board of Public Welfare would
probably sooner or later find the land
so occupied needed for other purposes.
A nursery used for older trees and
for varieties not suited to the low
lying land at Poplar POINT is now
maintained at Fort Dupont. That land
is occupied nov because eie Park and
Planning Commission does not, for the
time being, need it for park develop
ment Eventually it must be given up.
And one suggestion has been that
nursery in place of the one at Fort
Dupont be established IN part of the
territory to be developed as an ar
boretum. Nothing DEFINITE his ma
terialized from that suggestion.
There is no good reason why the
nursery at Poplar Point should be
moved nov. But II 1t is TO be moved the
transfer should not take place until
some location is chosen that will possess
a degree Of permanency. The Capitals
trees are great assets, and the ad-
vsntages Of obtaining them from
nursery outweigh the ad-
vantages of buying them elsewhere.
The maintenance and development of
suitable nurseries are important parts
of the program for continued develop
ment of the Capital as the worlds
greatest tree city. If the nurseries must
be moved, due thought should be d.
rected to finding the best location avail
able and one that will not be changed
by whim or fancy. It Is question
whether Lorton meets such require
ments.
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Juvenile Lawlessness.

TheEe are many phases to MWless-
ness, as the Presidents commission
will discover after it gets down to work.
One of these is that of juvenile delin-
| quency. Two facets of this phase are
| cruelty to animals and disregard for
the property of others.
An interesting attempt to mitigate
these evils in Washington has been
Imade with the recent formation of the
iECrusaders which is intended to teach
lchildren in all sections of the city a
.twofold practical application of the
ltGolden Rule.
Children are asked to- pledge them
lselves Ito champion the cause of all
animals, to protect and treat them al
ways with kindness, and to defend
them from cruelty by others" and ito
consider the property of others, to
ttavoid tf1oughtless, willfua, or malicious
obstruction of property, thereby help
ing to make our city beautiful"
The relationship between cruelty to
sthe pet animals of others and the de-
.struction of property is closer than it
might seem. A boy who will capture
JsoEae ones pet cat and subject it to
torture is likely to be- the same boy who
;breaks windows or enters empty houses
ifor the purposes of theft.
Such cruelty and depreciation, how
|bever. often are the result, not SO much
I&of inherent vicious traits as Of the well
known desire Ito do something which
assails most healthy boys. Perhaps
there is no man alive, who, as a boy,
ibid not throw stones at cats.
The purpose of the new organization
isis to capture the fancy II boys by
senIisting tlTem in work which puts them
lin the role of crusaders in the cause Of
kindness and property conservation.
Every boy with dog would resent the
factions of other boys who would at
tempt TO hurt his four-legged friend. 1t
His remarkable how quickly a boy be-
Itconnes interested in keeping terraces in
condition and lawns and flowers in good
llsi7ape when he becomes the master OF
This own lawn, terrace and flower b~ds.
Reports of cruelty 10 animals, In
vdlved in the fasseing Of cats and dogs,
and their subsequent torture in empty
garages, have led to the formation of
the NEW organization. The aificulties of
this work are manifest, but even the
reclamation of few boys will be emf
nently worth while; and If the organ
izers could receive the cooperation of
every one interested in its objects there
is little doubt that it would do a great
deal toward breaking up juvenile law
iessness in the National Capital.