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Evening star., 1929-12-19
Street Car Passengers
Urged to Move Forward

To the Editor Of The Star:
There Is a practice prevalent in this
city that IS surely a handicap to the
best transportation that the car COM
panies might render. 1t is the fact that
people will not move to the front on
cars when moving forward would mean
that the car could accommodate many
more people.
To give you an illustration I will cite
a case out of my own experience. On
Friday, December 13, a one-man car
leaving Fourteenth and B streets south
west at 4:32 pm, bound for Brookland,
was so crowded at the front door that
the starter" had to ask a man to get
off the step, saying There is another
car Just behind" so that the car might
move on. I looked in the car and the
people were huddled together in the
front end Of the car no farther back
than three seats, and the rest of the
car was absolutely empty as far as the
standing space was concerned. OF
course, every seat was taken, but at
least 25 more people could have stood
in the back of the car If they had been
given an opportunity to get on. This
same condition exists on other lines and
at other times Of the day.
realize that the cars are especially
crowded from 4:30, on every day, and
particularly at this time of the year
when every one is in a hurry and the
crowds are large. But how much quicker
the crowds could be moved If the full
capacity of each car could be carried
each time the car moves from loading
point! The starters and motormen or
conductors cry in vain Move forward,
please" but the "standpatters" in the
car will not bulge.
Cannot something be done to make
people see their SelfishneSS in this mat
ter? Any help will be certainly appre-
ciated, not only by the writer but by all
those who have to ride day after day
on the crowded cars. Sometimes when
we are fortunate enough to edge our
way on and elbow through the jam at
the door until We reach the vacant por-
ton of the car, what do we get? Why,
those people look daggers at us and you
hear such remarks as "Well, don't knock
me down." ''Take my arm off," You
can't get through here" etc. You would
think We were at fault because we are
trying to make a little more room at the
entrance to permit others to get on, too.
BESSIE LEIMBACH.
Evening star., 1929-12-19
Market Site Urged
Near Patent Office

To the Editor OF The Star:
When Center Market Is torn down to
make way for Government buildings, I
for one think that there should be a
centrally located market to take its
place. AS site for such market I
suggest the present Patent Office
square, bounded on the north by G
street, on the east by Seventh street.
on the west by Ninth street and on the
south by F street northwest. This To-
cation is served by street cars on all
four sides and Is in the heart of the
retail district of the city; more conven-
lent on that account to more people
than any other available location
available because the Government owns
the property. The Patent Office could
be located elsewhere and serve its pur-
pose just as well as, If not better than,
where 1t Is. Now, while changes and
developments with reference to Gov
ernment buildings are being made,
would be an appropriate and opportune
time to consider this matter. If we
are to have the beautiful Washington
we all hope for, then a suitable Center
Market, ideal as nearly as possible in
its arrangement, modern and up to date,
is necessary part of the development.
The public, especially the women who
do most of the marketing for their
families, should have first consideration.
O. W. KERMQDEE n. d.
Evening star., 1929-12-19
''Mystery of Arlington
Is Somewhat Dispelled

To the Editor of The Star:
In the magazine section of The Sun
day Star of December IS there appears
an interesting article from the pen of
Enoch Aquila Chase entitled, THE
Mystery of Arlington" Mr.. Chase tells
us that at short distance to the north
OF the old CuStiS mansion there is a
small brick vault with a marble slab.
The inscription on this slab informs
the stranger that there lies Mrs. Mary
Randolph, who was born at Ampthill,
near Richmond, in 1862, and died in
washington in 1928. 1t is also stated
that the monument is the f1lial tribute
of her youngest son.
Had that son intended purposely to
conceal the identity of his mother from
future generations he could not have
devised more confusing inscription.
No wonder the quartermaster general is
concerned over the identity of this
woman!
AS pointed out by Mr.. Chase, Ampthill
was an ancient seat of the Cary family,
having been built in 1882, and became
the home of Archibald Cary, noted
patriot of the Revolutionary era. Just
across the James River from Ampthill
stands Wilton, an old Randolph man
sion. but Mr.. Chase's efforts to find a
Mary Cary who married a Randolph
of Wilton were doomed to fail. Never
theless it is true that Mrs. Mary
Randolph, who rests in Arlington
Cemetery, was born at Ampthill, but
she was born Mary Randolph and she
married a Randolph. .Mary's mother
was Cary and it would appear that
Mary was born while her mother was
visiting her parental mansion. Wilton
does not enter into this story.
William Randolph, 1651-1711, the
founder 0f tha CTrnot VIRGINIA family nf
that name, came to America in 1878
He married Mary ISham and settled at
Turkey Island, which is on the James
River but is not an island. From this
couple are descended more pre- e-eminently
great men than from any other in our
annals. Among them might be men
toned such men as Peyton Randolph,
first president of the Continental Con-
gress; Thomas Jefferson, author of the
Declaration of independence and
President of the United States; John
Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, and Gen. Robert E. Lee.
One of the sons of William and Mary
ISham Randolph was Thomas Randolph
of Tuckahoe, a fine old place on the
James River and situated few miles
above Richmond. He in turn had a
son, William, who married into the Page
family and had a son, Thomas Mann
Randolph of Tuckahoe, noted man in
his day. The latter married Ann,
daughter of Col. Archibald Cary Of
Ampthill. They were the parents of
Mary Randolph, who was born the 9th
of August 1862, married David Meade
Randolph and died in Washington on
the 23d of January, 1928. She rests
in Arlington Cemetery-tfle grand
daughter of a Revolutionary patriot,
the widow of Revolutionary soldier.
Mr.. Chase thinks that, with the
possible exception of some slaves, Mrs
Randolph was the first person to be
buried at Arlington. 1t is we'll to re-
mind him that three of the children of
G. w. P. Gusts, the builder of Arlington,
failed to live to maturity.
c. G. LEE, Jr.
Evening star., 1929-12-19
The Ethics of Friendship.

Some political sage remarked once
upon time that he could defend him.
self against his enemies if he could only
be protected from his friends. Current
events at the Capitol seem to suggest
that President Hoover is in need Of
such security.
There is no hint that any of the
sugar tariff revelations before the Sem
ate lobby committee disclose Illicit prac-
tices, or conduct that cannot be fully
justified in law. But it is fairly clear
that there was at least breach Of good
taste and sore strain on an influential
friendship when a foreign government,
vitally interested in legislation before
Congress, engaged as its representative
the personal attorney" Of the Presi-
dent Of the United States.
That the lawyer was expected to
deliver the goods is manifest from the
statement that he was engaged on a
retainer of $4,000 for roundly a years
services, the exact salary of the Presi-
dent himself. Correspondence produced
before the lobby investigators contains
frequent references to the importance
laid by his employers on the capacity
Of "President Hoover's personal attor-
ney" to achieve results.
Whether the lawyer tried or failed
to exploit his White House contact"
for professional purposes is rather be-
side the mark. He asserts that he did
not. But it is not seriously contended
from any quarter that he was engaged
for any other reason than his supposed
pulp in exalted quarters. In accept
ing the job of plotting through Con-
gress a sugar tariff favorable to his
clients he must have known that his
high legal abilities we're not the sole
occasion for his employment. He can
doubtless justify his retainer as a strict
matter Of legal practice legitimatized by
custom. But he is on far thinner ice
when he skates across the ethics Of
friendship. In the case Of the Presi-
dent of the United States, this Is very
thin and tender ice.
The President is entitled to be pre-
served from friendships which do not
with more thorough thoughtfulness take
into consideration how easily the good
name and high repute of his office may
be compromised by actions utterly be-
yond his control.
Evening star., 1929-12-19
Futile Store Deliveries.

The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association asks that when customers
direct a store to deliver merchandise to
their homes during the Christmas shop
ping rush they be sure to arrange for
its reception when the delivery truck
arrives.
There may be occasions and circun-
stances In which it is impossible to as
sure reception of delivered goods. But
those are exceptional conditions. Many
customers order deliveries without max
ing any provision whatever for recep-
ton, indeed without giving thought to
the question of whether there will be
anybody to receive goods. In apart
ment houses reception Of goods Is al
ways possible, even though there may
be nobody home" in the apartment
itself. In the case of separate dwellings,
however, it is unsafe to leave parcels
save in the hands of responsible re-
ceiver.
At this season Of the year merchants
cannot be sure of making schedule In
deliveries so that definite hours cannot
be appointed for reception. 1t Is really
up to the purchaser to insure reception
in such conditions. In some cases three
and four attempts are made to deliver
before the goods are finally placed In
proper hands. Every trip counts in the
cost of service whether the goods are
delivered or not. Yet there Is no charge
for fruitless calls. Perhaps If such a
charge were made there would be more
care on the part of purchasers to have
somebody home to take in the goods
when the wagon arrives.
Evening star., 1929-12-19

ditions there were chaotic, sent its
Marines into Haiti at the earnest re-
quest of representatives of the British
and the French governments who asked
protection for their families. The Ma
rines have remained in Haiti ever since
Under the present treaty they are to
be withdrawn by 1886. They may be
withdrawn at an earlier date.
President Hoover, in his annual mes
sage to Congress, was emphatic in his
desire that American armed forces
should be removed as soon as possible
from all foreign soil and especially from
the soil Of other American republics.
This country is not seeking additional
territory in the Western Hemisphere or
anywhere else. 1t has no imperialistic
policy. It does not look with acquisitive
eyes at neighboring republics, although
efforts have been made from time to
time to make it appear that the United
States is seeking to extend its boun-
darieS and its possessions. Nothing is
farther from the truth.
The immediate withdrawal of Ma
rines from Haiti might result in dis
turbances in that republic demanding
intervention again. The President does
not intend to act precipitately. 1t Is
for that purpose that he has asked for
the appointment of special commits
sion to examine into conditions in
Haiti. When he has that information,
he will make his recommendations to
Congress, if such recommendations are
needed. 1t is clear that the President
himself cannot make personal investi-
CATION of conditions in Haiti. 1t is his
purpose to send a commission, unbiased
in it's attitude, to Haiti. The resolu-
ton adopted by the House gives the
commission six months in which to
make its report. The commission will
face a difficult task. 1t must sift the
truth from a great number of facts and
alleged facts, with passion and preju-
dice debating much of the testimony it
will take.
Evening star., 1929-12-19
Hurley and Hoover Praised
AS War Secretary Appointed

/ tary IS pleasing also to the South, de-
clares many Of the country's papers.
The Houston Chronicle sees Hoover
strengthened in the Southwest, espe-
cially in Oklahoma, which feels great
pride in the fact that a young and
growing State can produce men of emf
nence when more ancient common
WealthS are barren of statesmen" and
"Hurley's selection will also appeal to
Texas. His mother was a Texan, and
the Lone Star State is glad to see her
sons in the seats of the mighty"
THE President in this choice Of a
comparatively young man who is both
Southerner and a Roman Catholic" &C
cording to the Fort Wayne News
Sentinel, has given new proof of his
continued interest in efficiency in gov
ernment without regard to either the
creed or the sectional origin of men
charged with governmental commits
sionS."
Some voices are raised asserting that
Oklahoma is not Southern State, but
this in no wise detracts from their
approval Of Mr.. Hurley personally. AS
Tar as being considered representation
from the South in the cabinet, the
Lynchburg Advance says that in the ap-
pointment 'of an Oklahoma lawyer he
mas no more met tn demand than If
ne had named some one from Massa-
chusetts." And the Charleston Eyeninx
Post, while declaring that the appoint-
ment OF Mr.. Hurley needs no justifica-
ton, was logical and proper, and a fair
recognition OF service well rendered"
adds that 'if it is to be given political
significance something more plausible
should be ascribed to it than recognition
OF the South" A sentiment which the
ASheville Times echoes in the remark
that oklahoma as Southern State
possibly will pass wherever approxima- -
tion replaces accuracy"
Another angle of approval comes from
the military establishment, as the San
Antonio. Express points out, for Mr..
Hurley has had notable career, both
in the National Guard and later in the
World War. The Express calls atten-
tion to the fact that "Col Hurley was
cited for gallantry in action in general
orders and was awarded the DiStin-
guished Service Medal"
His interest in things military is not
an undue one" says the Lexington
Leader, for "he is not strictly civilian,
but he Is by no stretch of the imagina-
ton a militarist" The Detroit Free
Press adds that while he is at its head
the War Department will be directed by
q young, able executive who knows the
difference between the muZzle of a rifle
and its butt, who can read an Army
report intelligently, and who has more
than a hazy idea Of what 1t Is all
about"
From every consideration the Presi-
dent has made a good choice" in the
judgment of the Los Angeles Express,
an opinion which seems to be very
widely held.
Evening star., 1929-12-19
Fog and Collision,

In the dense fog that prevailed on
the port of New York yesterday after
noon two liners, carrying about seven
hundred persons, passengers and crew,
came into collision near the Ambrose
LightShip. One of them was rammed
amidships and so badly injured that she
sank three and half hours later. All
the passengers of the stricken ship were
safely transferred to the pilot boat
within an hour after the collision. in
fact, within ten minutes after the order
had been given to abandon ship. The
crew quickly followed leaving only n
Evening star., 1929-12-19
Home for Incurables
Renews Fund Appeal

To the Editor Of The Star:
The appeal you so kindly printed for
the Home for Incurables has brought
in many pleasant and generous re-
sponses, but so far, only $306. For this
sum the board wishes to express its
most sincere thanks. But surely there
must be more than 119 persons who
can and will give trifle, even, to help
the board to pay off the small out
standing debt of $4,694.
There are many appeals at this sea-
son, but with a little more careful
choosing gifts for well. happy and pros
porous people the public is planning to
give to, many dollar could be saved
for the Home to pay this debt before
New Year. This would lift a very
heavy burden from the hearts of the
board. who in this letter speak for the
inmates, 108 patient suffering souls.
The executive committee of the Home
for Incurables:
MISS JULIA D. STRONG,
MRS. FREDERICK HICKS,
MRS. ROBERT S. CHEW.
Evening star., 1929-12-19

president Hoover has a faculty for
picking good men, and this is demon
strated again in the selection of
Patrick j. Hurley of Oklahoma to sue
ceed the late James w. Good as Secre-
tary Of War;" says the Albany Evening
News, which describes him as having q
"colorful and positive personality" and
as being "active and forceful." This
opinion is strikingly typical of the whole
range of comment on the appointment.
The enthusiasm Of the people of Okla
homa over the appointment moves the
Kansas City Journal-PoSt to note that
mot only is he the first Oklahoman to
receive a place in the presidential cabi-
net, but he is native of the new
State, born in the old Choctaw Ma
ton and educated in the Baptist College
for Indians near Muskogee, in the
Creek Nation" This paper finds 1t ro-
mantle that, born and brought up in
the Indian country and denied the
mayor until he was "a, Mr.. Hurley at
As is made Secretary of War;"
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In his career the Danbury Evening
News sees an answer to those who whine
that they have had no chance. for Pat
Hurley never had a chance" to make
driver at IL years of age, to help support
his mother and sisters, he early be-
came miner, and from the mines took
to the life of cowboy. He earned his
way through college. In fact. he has
earned his way everywhere he has gone
since that time"
BY his efficiency in his position as
Assistant Secretary of War he really
earned the right to his elevation to
his present cabinet Office, in the opinion
of many papers which are particularly
pleased at his promotion" The
Raleigh News and Observer notes that
"the law Of promotion was observed
by President Hoover" gratifying rec
0gnition Of this young man OF enter
prise and ability"
The Manchester Union also sees the
appointment as "a promotion-which
meets popular ideas Of the proprieties.
as due recognition OF capacity and
good service" The Providence Journal
approves President Hoovers following
"a sound policy of promotion" and
and popular official" whose future
career will be watched with sympa-
thetic interest"
BY indicating "his belief in promoting
efficient men," the Cincinnati Times
Star thinks 1.-THE President has MAIN
tanned the morale of offlcialdom in
while the Evansville
Courier, noting that "the next man in
the department was moved up" de-
clares that "Mr. Hurley in his brief ex-
perience as Assistant Secretary has
demonstrated the ability that merits a
promotion"
Interpreting his elevation as ere
ward for work well and faithfully done
in a position more responsible. perhaps,
than the title would indicate" the
Springfield Illinois State Register cred
its him with having shown unusual
and administrative ability,
a factor which undoubtedly attracted
the Presidents attention" In this con-
nection, the Kalamazoo Gazette points
out that 1.-The tendency, indeed, has
been to slight the well trained and
hard-working subordinates of the va
riouS Government departments in favor
of men who have no real claim on the
posts Of honor and distinction. The
of Mr.. Hurley Is crafty
ing exception to the rule"
X \ X X
Evening star., 1929-12-19
Photograph Fails to Improve
Rounding South American Caps

has population of 10000, most of them
in the single city, and official reports
omit details of domestic felicity.
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A white launch speeds out with the
medical and immigration officers. Mag
allanes has all the formalitieS of a
great port and with three f1rst-cabin
passengers aboard 1t took longer to land
than from an ocean liner in New York.
What looks like tWo-masted schooner
puts out from shore and slowly pro-
ceeds shipward. Closer inspection dis
closes that it is propelled by an ancient
motor and its deck covered with stand
ing passengers, holding on to ropes,
masts and each other to keep from
failing overheard as it rolls on the
waves.
1t was worse returning. Ship pas
sengerS and baggage were added to the
visitors. Though piracy is frowned on
in other parts of the world, MagallaneS
port authorities grant monopoly to
these ancient Austrian bumboatmen and
ships are not permitted to land their
passengers in safety. Taking up COL
lectionS for the widows of persons
drowned in the harbor is a local activ-
ity, but the unSeaWorthy, overloaded
craft are not stopped.
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Customs formalities are perfunctory,
conducted in a round kiosk which looks
like an ice cream stand in Summer
garden. 1t is too small to take much
baggage inside and as afternoons are
usually rainy and muddy the venerable
inspector is satisfied to look at one
handbag and take the new arrivals
word that no contraband is in the
others. MagallaneS once was free
port, center of trade for the south on
both Chile and Argentina coasts, and
the old habit persists.
Magallanes is the SouthernmoSt city
on the American continent, 53 degrees
IL minutes south of the Equator South
of it, across the straits, are only islands,
about 100, of which Terra del Fuego is
the largest, $4,000 square miles, of
which 1000 belong to Argentina and
the rest to Chile. 1t has a village,
UShuaia, and an Argentine prison camp
on the far side, 100 miles farther south
than Magallanes.
And, while Strengthening geography, it
may be explained that the worldfamouS
Cape Horn, which shows on maps as
the tip of South America, is only high
unlighted point on Horn Island, bar
rem speck of an island about a mile in
diameter, 70 miles south of UShuaia.
Dutch explorers named 1t after their
city, Horn, in 1861 and North Ameri-
cans who think it has some relation to
a horn" and South Americans who
write it "hornos" and think it relates to
a furnace, are both wrong. 1t marks
the line between Atlantic and Pacific.
and windjammers remember the weeks
or months they have passed beating
around 1t into the west, but Diego
Ramirez islands are SO miles farther
south and still part OF South America.
copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1929-12-19

Pecuniary advantage comes easily to
Al Smith, and Mayor Jimmie Walker has
no difficulty in securing liberal salary
raise. A victorious mayor or defeated
presidential candidate is assured of
financial comfort so long as they permit
themselves to remain in the hands Of
their friends.
Evening star., 1929-12-19
SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Mellowing Haze.
I prayed for vision clear
To view the scene with a contented
mind,
AS light came sparkling through the at
moSphere
To make all plain and leave each doubt
behind.
And then a haze at morn;
The outlines brought strange and
shadowy grace
This world would be spot, indeed, for
lorn,
With nothing left for Fancy's thought
to trace.
Evening star., 1929-12-19

Millionaires and movie stars achieve
divorces with picturesque publicity.
However, divorce is not necessarily a
privilege of discontented opulence. Vari-
Gus cities have placed it within the
reach Of moderate as well as affiuent in
comes,
Evening star., 1929-12-19
That All Depends.

From the Miami Daily News and Metropolis.
Detroit busses are being equipped
with radios, and when the operator
tunes in on THE Star Spangled Banner"
it's a question whether to be patriotic
or hang on to your seat
Evening star., 1929-12-19

The game of "craps" is of humble
origin. Like jazz music, it has pro-
gressed into circles of higher standards
and dice that used to rattle for two bits
now sound the suggestion of castanets
to the tune of hundreds and even thou
sands of dollars.
Evening star., 1929-12-19

A thirteen-month year has been tried
out with satisfaction by some large bus
mess concerns. The idea, at first sur
prising. may prove as easy to become
accustomed to as daylight saving was.
Evening star., 1929-12-19

Whatever happens in Wall Street, the
brokers' small charge on each transac-
ton is always reliable. The value of a
seat on the Stock Exchange is always
secure,
Evening star., 1929-12-19
Some Went Back Fast.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Eddie Cantor says the recent stock
market jamboree sent a lot of men
from their Sweethearts back to their
wives. A policy of economy, we take
1t, rather than bid for consolation.
Evening star., 1929-12-19

Oklahoma is not at present so much
concerned with deadly gas as a possible
war device as with its elimination from
mining industry.