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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24
Community Inspiration.

Those residents of the Capital who
last evening attended the opening re-
cital of the Community Institute of
Washington have reason today to be
thankful for the organization of this
cooperative system of presenting
musical, literary and scientific talent
to the people. The Community Insti-
tute is now in its third year. 1t de-
veloped from the course formerly con-
Quoted by the Washington Federation
of Fine Arts, and from the outset it
has proved successful, in point of the
quality of offerings and also in point
of attendance and appreciation. More
than score of high-grade features of
instruction and entertainment have
been furnished during the past two
seasons, and at cost to the public so
slight in the aggregate as to constitute
the presentation virtually as a gift. There
are no profits" in this undertaking,
save that there may be slight margins
of receipts over expenditures, which are
turned back into the service, as it were,
to extend the courses with added at
fractions, or to secure higher grade and
more costly features in succeeding sea-
sons. Thus it is truly community
enterprise, which has been so admirably
conducted as to meet the public tastes
with remarkable fidelity and Judgment
and to afford wide range of attrac-
lions, arousing the interest of the great
est possible number.
This current season opened with a
musical number, the famous and ex-
ceptionally artistic Kedroff Quartette, a
group of Russian male singers whose
work stands alone for skill and quality.
1t is a gratifying induction of the
musical taste of the Capital community
that such exquisite performances as
that given last evening are not only
enjoyed but understood and appreciated.
The succeeding items of the current
years program are all attractive, rang
ing through science, philosophy, litera-
ture, travel, art and music, a rich treat
for those who seek inspiration as well
as entertainment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24
Concerted Thought
On Peace Is Urged
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
wonder how many people realize
that public opinion, when directed on
one object, is the most irresistible force
in the modern world? Public opinion is
nothing but the collective thought of
individual men and women.
Consciously or unconsciouSly, Volun-
tarily or involuntarily we create public
opinion every hour of the day, by our
example. by our expressed opinion and
above all by our thoughts out Of which
words and actions spring. Thought
transference or telepathy, the power we
all exercise of mental broadcaStiug, is
now universally admitted. We may
abuse our power of thinking by habitu-
ally expressing fear, depression, envy,
jealousy and greed. We may waste our
power of thinking by yielding to the
direct our thoughts, by repeating mental
catchwords and the opinions of others
without examining them.
We may use our power of thinking for
the good of our country and the world,
by thinking strong, courageous, helpful
thoughts. Thus we may avert future
war with it's waste of love and life and
happiness by keeping always in our
minds the thought of peace, especially
during Peace week, November to IL.
Hundreds of thousands of members of
the World Peace Union in 43 countries
of the globe will think, aspire and act to
this great end, eliminating in the Great
Silence at IL o'clock on November IL,
with the thought Gf this simple prayer:
20 Almighty Spirit. fill our hearts with
eternal love and peace"
DOROTHY M. w. BEAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24
Defends Light System
OF Directing Traffic
To the Editor of The ctar:

To the Editor of The etar
I read with interest the very able let
ter appearing in The Star October IT
from B. Stanley in defense of our traf-
fic lights.
I heartily approve the attitude of Mr..
Stanley regarding the value of these
lights. Having served the District 10
years directing traffic on our streets
and avenues. feel that he is indeed
well qualified to venture an opinion on
traffic problems. 1t is therefore re-
freshing to note the earnest manner in
which he lends approval to the lights
The territory of the Mid-City Citizens
Association, of which I happen to be
president, extends from Fifth to Six
tenth streets and G street to Florida
avenue, covering the entire congested
district of Washington. AS traffic is
one of our problems, our committees
have made an intensive study of that
question. From the results of these
surveys it has been definitely concluded
that the only safe and sane way prop
erly to handle traffic is by the traffic
light system. We therefore stand solid
ly behind our director of traffic, Mr..
Harland, for the extension of traffic
lights. This is the only means whereby
the maximum of protection is given to
both the autoist and pedestrian.
A. j. DRISCOLL,
President, Mid-City Citizens Association
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24
Prosperity in Northwest
Noted by Reserve Bank

From the Utica Observer Dispatch.
Figures given out by the Federal
Reserve Bank of Minneapolis indicate
that farmers of the Northwest have
greatly improved their condition by
diversification of products. They are
no longer depending upon one crop,
or even two CrOps-Wheat and corn-aS
they have done for many years. They
are now raising stock and have gone
largely into the production of beans,
potatoes, sugar beets, honey, hogs,
poultry, dairying and different varieties
of. grain. Fruit also is receiving atten-
ton and is proving profitable product.
One movement that is doing much
to help the situation is greater atten-
ton to agricultural colleges and schools.
Methods which are developed in these
schools are being followed on the farms.
and agriculturistS are gaining much
information and help through this
means.
AS a result, mortgages are being paid
off and not nearly as many applications
for loans are being received.
All this Is the natural result OF get
ting out of the rutS which have been
followed so long and in some places
The greater the diversifl-
cation, the better will be results. Over
glutted markets for wheat and corn.
which have been rival kings in the
past, often brought failure, followed by
low prices and increased debts. Not
all crops are successes every year, but
If one has number of bargains in his
products he Is quite sure of coming
out ahead OF the game with some of
them
AT least, this appears to be proved
az results IN Northwestern States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24
Influence Of Macdonald Seen
In Australian Labor Victory

why this upheaval has come about, It
it not easy to say. The Labor leaders,
apparently, were able to convince Aus
tralian workers that Mr.. Bruce was
out to destroy the arbitration laws.
That cry, of itself, however, could
hardly have been responsible for such
an enormous turnover of votes. There
must have been some other factor, some
underlying spirit of dissatisfaction and
unrest, operating against the govern
ment. The new premier Is
an experienced politician, though not
the strongest man that the party has
available. A much more considerable
figure is Mr.. Theodore, ex-premier OF
Queensland, who will undoubtedly be
in the cabinet"
premier Stanley Bruce lost his con-
troll over Parliament" the Hartford
Times explains, because of his sponsor
ship in behalf of judicial determination
of labor controversies. The coalition OF
the Conservatives and the Country
party broke up over this issue, and q
general election became necessary. The
Labor party, which had the largest
number of members in Parliament, but
fell short of majority, has stood solid
In the campaign in support of the pr1rl-
ciple that labor questions shall con-
tinue to be umpired by appointive
boards of arbitration. Labor sees in this
arrangement better opportunity for
keeping a responsible share of the
negotiations in its own hands than II
the whole process of arbitration Is
placed in the hands of the courts"
For the fifth time in the % years
of Federated Australia, but for only
the first time in more than a dozen
years" records the Fort Wayne News
Sentinel, 1.-The country has Labor
majority in the Lower House Of
the Commonwealth Parliament. Mr..
Hughes, who led the Labor party into
the wilderness of political exile, is
probably to be credited with having
most to do with bringing it back
triumphant to Canberra. AS
war leader, Hughes policies won for
him the admiration of the allies and
the attention of the entire world, but
he could not carry his party with him
on the issue of CONSUMPTION.
Labor has been out of power In Aus
tralia ever since, but it has nevertheless
constituted a formidable opposition"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24
Accurate Data Asked
On Textile Mill Paw

From the Raleigh News and Observer.
What is the truth about the pre-
vatling rate of wages in the textile in
dustry? It seems that nothing which
ought to be matter of record seems so
mysterious. There Is no debate about
the wages of railroad workers, of print
ers. of men in the steel and other in
dustries. It is only when we come to
the textile industry that there are so
many conflicting statements as to the
wages of workers.
AT the meeting of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor at Toronto state
ment was made by Thomas F.. McNda-
hon, president of the textile union,
that 1856 was the average wage for a
55-hour week in South Carolina, as
against an average wage of $16.47 for
48-hour week in Massachusetts,. South
Carolina mill owners deny this differ
ence, and add that when the low rent
is figured in, the difference in the fig
ures is not so great as it seems. At the
same meeting a statement was made
that girl employe at EliZabethton
was engaged to work in the rayon
plant at SIG a week and was paid
only $10.08.
Samuel r. Fuller, jr., chairman of
the rayon mill at Elizabethton, denies
the truth of the statement by Mr.. Nc
Mahon and says:
Inc average wage IN our Two EllZ-
abethton mills during the three weeks
ended October was 10 per cent above
the figures given on the floor of your
convention for Massachusetts, and $50
per cent above the figures given on the
floor of your convention for section
of the South. To be exact, this average
weekly wage on 55-hour basis of all
of our employees was $19.65."
Mr.. Fuller added that he had no
knowledge of the facts as presented to
the convention in the case of Miss
Bowen, who said that when she was
engaged to work for the rayon plant in
Elizabethton she was promised SIS a
week and was paid $10.08.
Uncle Sam has q costly Department
of Labor and North Carolina pays a
special agent to study mill conditions
and look after the enforcement of our
laws (some of them antiquated. Is it
not possible for these public agencies
to obtain and furnish accurate state
ments based upon the facts so that the
average citizen can know the truth
about this important matter?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24
A Split in the Ranks.

The Democratic Republican, Progress
sive coalition in the Senate struck a
snag yesterday. In vote on the duty
on calcium carbide thirteen Democrats
went over the side of the finance COM
mittee and voted for the higher rate,
which was attacked by coalition leaders.
The cynically minded have predicted
that the coalition would go on the rocks
as soon as the Senate got down to
the actual consideration of rates In
the tariff bill. 1t was one thing to
vote against President Hoover on the
flexible tariff provisions and on the de-
benture plan of farm aid but decidedly
another to vote against home indus
tries. Whether the split in the ranks
Yesterday is a forerunner of further
trouble for the coalition remains to be
seen. 1t is quite possible that the
coalition will be able to have its way
in dealing with farm products and in
reducing some of the rates on indus
trial products.
The vote on calcium carbide, how
ever, is significant of the manner IN
which the tariff operates as local
issue. The Democratic Senators who
voted for the higher duty hail, in the
main. from States where calcium car
bide is produced. 1t was in vain that
Senator Norris of Nebraska, leader
of the coalition, Numbered against the
power trust which it is charged VIII
benefit by the higher duty on calcium
carbide. It was in vain that he held
up to the Democrats the picture OIL
AL Smith, their standard bearer in the
last national campaign, and declared
that had Mr.. Smith been in the White
House there would have been no propo-
sition in the Senate to have higher
rate of duty on calcium carbide. the
thirteen Democrats were deaf to his
pleas and to his sarcasm.
It has been obvious for some time
that the Senate coalition was in con-
troll of the tariff situation in the Senate
provided the coalition was able to
remain solidified. The coalition is IN
a position to improve the tariff bill. to
bring a greater degree of parity" be-
tween the benefits bestowed by the
tariff on the farmer and those bestowed
ON the manufacturer, if it will hang
together. The fight Is just beginning
In the first vote on tariff rates the
coalition stood firm. But calcium car
bide was apparently too much for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24
Times Own Calendar.

A fascinating story of scientific detec-
tive work is revealed by the Natlonal
Geographic Society, under whose aus
pices DR.. Neil Judd of the National
Museum worked this Summer. among
the ruins of the ancient Indian city OF
Pueblo Bonita.
DR.. Judd sought to determine the
approximate age of these ruins, some
times called Americas first apartment
house" In the structure he found
ancient timbers, which provided him the
clue he needed. 1t is well known that
each years growth of tree is marked
by a ring. The size and appearance OF
this ring varies according to the season.
dry Summer will result in small
ring. and the size will increase approx
mately according to the extent OF Dry
ness from year to year
Two trees of the same variety growing
in the same locality will have rings very
similar in appearance for any gwen
wear. Thus it is possible to obtain a
continuous record Of the probable
weather for some time in the past. A
tree may reach its limit of growth ana
die. but a young companion tree grow
ing beside it will reveal the same sort
of rings as that with which the old
giant closed its career. In this way the
record can be picked up from year to
year.
DIR. Judd's task was to compare the
rings in the Pueblo Bonita timbers TO
the rings in timbers of known age. He
has succeeded in establishing chronol-
ogy as far back as 1860 AID, working
back from recently felled trees to tim
bers used in other Indian ruins, and
finally picking up the beams OF the
ancient apartment house"
Now it is necessary to work forward
from still older timbers until the trail
can be picked up at the other end
When this is done, it not only will be
possible to tell, within a year or two
the date of the ruins, but to determine
the sort of weather encountered year
after year by the vanished inhabitants
1t is not unlikely that this weather had
great deal to do both with their pros
perity and their decline.
Thus the seemingly impossible is &C.
complished by knowledge Of a simple
fact of nature and infinite patience
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24

These losses include the master films Of
several new screen productions.
While no positive word has been re-
ceived regarding the fate of Urban
Diteman, who set out from Newfound-
land for England in small airplane on
Tuesday, a radio message comes from
the sea stating that an unnamed ship
had found a piece of wreckage, black
and orange, those colors indicating that
it was q fragment of the aviator's ma
chine.
An attempt was made on the life Of
Crown Prince Humbert of Italy in
Brussels this morning as he was about
to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier. The italian prince
is in Belgium to celebrate his betrothal
to Princess Marie Jose, daughter of the
King. The assassin is believed to be an
italian war veteran.
Finally-at least at this immediate
writing-an attempt to wreck the train
bearing President Hoover from Louis
vile to Washington was thwarted near
New Albany, Ind, when a motor car
that had been deliberately placed across
the track by three men was removed a
few minutes before the train passed.
The men, who were caught, have con-
fessed that they were planning to col
lect damages for the destruction OF the
car.
And that is about enough of stirring
news for one day. A remarkable fact
about it is that in all this there is. out
side of the pilot of the Golden Hind,
only the loss of single life, that of the
victim of the Hollywood fire, unless
some of those marooned by storm on
the Lakes are victims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Genius.
A small boy with freckled nose
Said, Genius, as rule,
Has some new method to propose
For sending me to school.
And yet the Genius admire
His lessons would forget,
And never show the least desire
To be a teachers pet
Hockey perhaps he sometimes played
And sought to catch a fish
Where he beneath the rustling shade
Might cogitate and fish.
I'd like to be genius, too,
But all that I can win
Is saying Here when am due
And being next, kept in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24
Danger to Pedestrians
By ''Stunt'7 AviatOrs

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
Added to the perils of the streets is
that of having stunt man" fall on
you, unless city fathers are wise and
forbid this performance. Rudy Cimino,
described as stunt man of New York,
undertook to slide down a rope from
the top of the Civic Opera Building in
Chicago, a structure Al stories high.
More than that, he started the journey
sliding head first. But he was soon
seen to be in trouble. For one thing,
his feet showed tendency to overtake
his head, perhaps because his head
was the lighter, making the feet the
harder to control. Then he shot down.
ward faster and faster until he lost
his grip and plunged 20 stories to the
sidewalk, his body striking boy who
shortly afterward died of a broken
neck. Another bystander was injured,
although not seriously.
Why should any city tolerate such a
performance? What useful purpose is
served by the human flies who, unless
accident overtakeS them, go up the
walls of buildings instead of plunging
down? Such exhibitions add to the
perils of the streets, even if those en-
gagged in them are not killed or injured.
The sight of man sliding down rope
from the top of a building of nearly so
stories may cause the driver of motor
car to look up when he should look
ahead. 1t may bring the pedestrian to
a stop with motor car bearing down
upon him. It carries suggestion that
in safety campaigns it may be well to
consider those things which tend to
distract the attention of drivers and
pedestrians from the complicated task
of avoiding accident and death.
The Chicago performance which
ended in the death of the performer
and his victim was arranged by news
reel concern. Enough of it was re-
corded by the cameras to provide
thrills for millions of excitement lovers
in motion picture houses, if the film
is used. But it is possible to incur too
high a cost even in the making of
movie holiday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24

a depth at low water of 80 feet mini
mum. The canal is $50 feet wide at the
bottom and 800 at water level, giving a
good start on a ship canal. While 1t
was not built for navigation, a project
has lately come under consideration to
extend it to the Gulf Of Mexico, making
much shorter connection between New
Orleans and the Gulf. There is SINH
lar industrial canal at Seattle, connect
ing with Lake Washington.
The total mileage of the 40 improved
rivers in the United States now exceeds
23,500 miles-practically enough to
reach around the world-and all has
been constructed since 1900.
The one great financial failure has
been the rebuilding of the Erie Canal
across New York, from the Hudson to
Lake Erie, at cost Of $4,000, 900,
which traffic has never justified. 1t IS
525 miles long and contains 81 locks,
with capacity for barges 300 feet long.
1t was rebuilt between 1905 and 1918,
and there are local influences still advo-
eating its further deepening and i'm
provement into an ocean-ship canal, in
competition with the project of st.
Lawrence River Canal around the rapids.
Most Of the canals receive their sup
plies OF water by the natural flow of
their rivers, but at Oswego, N. Y, there
is remarkable system by which the
water is siphoned, both to empty and
| fill the lock.
X y X X
While the United States has been
very active in the last quarter century
in the development of its rivers by locks
and canalization, Europe has gone far
Their than we have in dependence upon
her inland waterways for commerce,
especially in bringing ocean traffic in
land-much as we hope to do with the
st. Lawrence Canal, which will let
ocean vessels into the Great Lakes up
to Cleveland, Toledo. Detroit, MilWau-
kee, Chicago and Duluth, and prob
ably new ports to develop upon the
lake shores
Holland has a ship canal between
the North Sea and the inland ports of
Rotterdam and Amsterdam, which car
ries barges of 1000 tons, 400 feet long
with draught of IL feet. Its locks
measure, inside, 855 feet by 521s feet.
France has the Canal du Nord, which
was destroyed in the war, but which
has been repaired and Is in operation.
This is remarkable because it crosses
two watersheds, with many locks and
two tunnels. Germanys Kiel Canal
brings an ocean port far inland.
In proportion to population, France
leads all nations in its canalization.
1t has 5000 miles of canals, and 1000
miles of canalized rivers. Belgium,
however. eXcels France in proportion
! to its area, with 1900 miles of water
ways, or one mile of waterway to every
81 square miles of area.
The canal is far from being q mod
ern invention. Canals were familiar
to the civilization of ancient Egypt,
Babylonia, Persia, China, Greece and
Italy-centuries before the Christian
era-although the principle of locks
does not appear to have been known.
The differences in heights of the
reaches were overcome, In traffic, by
hauling boats up inclined planes by
means of capstans. The invention Of
the lock is credited to two Italian engi-
neers, in 1881; also to Dutch engineer,
about the same time.
Copyright. 1929. by Paul v. Collins)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24

The people of Pueblo Bonita left no
efforts were concerned. their past might
have become a complete blank. But
nature wrote their history for them In
this strange, cryptic shorthand Of tree
rings.
always is a clue if the seeker knows
where to look for it, All nature is tied
together. Men, cities and trees are parts
of nature and they cannot live to them
selves alone. While this ancient drama
of human life and death was on the
stage of this Southwestern desert back
in the dim past, the trees were watching
and keeping records.