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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

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Washington, D. G.
@. How long has the Marine Band
been broadcasttng PM. Z. T.
A. It has been broadcaSting since
1922. 1t now broadcasts twice weekly.
Q. Is swordfsh becoming q popular
food fsh?-C. N.
A; In New England this fsh is par
ticularly popular. These fsh weigh
from 400 to 700 pounds. The fish is
cut into steaks which are usually broil-
ed or fried.
q. How deep do sponge divers In the
Mediterranean and pearl divers OF
Australia work2-L. v. s.
mum depth Of $50 feet, with short stays
at the bottom. The pearl divers work
at depths Of about 100 feet.
@. What is the difference between mo-
hair and velours in upholstery? -
l.. z. M.
A. Mohair is made from the hair Of
Angora goats, with wool sometimes
added. Velours may be q mixture Of
cotton and wool, cotton and silk or all
wool. The pile Of mohair is longer and
sitter and the material has better
wearing qualities.
Q. Please explain the game of bowl
Ing on the green?-W. r. T.
smooth piece Of turf. The players ar
range themselves in sides usually Of
three or four each and each man Is
provided with two bowls. The bowls
are made OF lignumvitae wood Of vary
ing size and weight, nearly round and
with a bias to one side. A smaller
bowl, generally q perfect sphere and
white, Is placed at one end Of the
bowling green. This is termed the jack
and the aim Of the players who stand
at the other end of the green 10 to
send their bowls so that they may lie
as near as possible to the jack. The
side whose bowls are nearest reckons
one point for each bowl 80 placed. Va
rious scores make the game, according
to mutual agreement beforehand.
Q. How many weeks will the calendar
have which Russia proposes to adopt?
ID. M. 3.
A. The Russian government, accord
ing to late dispatches, Is considering a
new calendar which shall consist Of 70
weeks OF flve days each.
@. Are Negroes admitted to the uni
versities abroad?-M. @.
A. The European universities draw
no color line in admitting students who
are otherwise qualified.
@. In what way was Anneke JAMS re-
lated to Dutch royalty?-L. I. S.
A. The maiden name of Anneke JAMS
was Anneke Weber. william the Silent
is traditionally credited with q clandes-
tins marriage by which he had two
children, whom he christened Wolfert
and Sarah Weber. Wolfert Weber
married Catherine Jonas, by whom he
had three children, one of whom was
Anneke. She first married Jan Roeloff
Jansen; her second husband was Ever
ardus Bogardus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Tax Rate and Budgets.

Emphasis upon the fact that the Blu
Teau of the Budget has forwarded to
Congress the largest District of Co.
lumbia budget in history naturally gives
rise to conjecture concerning the size
Of subsequent budgets and whether or
not the existing tax rate of $1.70 can
support them. For budgets usually in
crease. They have been growing stead
fly, as far as the District is concerned.
Larger budgets would threaten an in
creased tax rate.
It is to be remembered, however, that
this years budget is unusually large by
reason Of the inclusion as available
revenue of substantial portion of the
Districts surplus that has already been
collected from tax-paying residents of
the District. Furthermore, the size Of
the 1881 budget approximates the
amount set down by Auditor Donovan
last March when he drew up a sug-
gested five-year financial program for
the District. The Budget Bureau rec
commended to Congress a budget Of
$47,S6o,000. Auditor Donovan's rough
estimate was for a budget totaling
s4s,ss5, 900. That there would be some
difference between Auditor Donovan's
figures and those to be approved by
the Bureau of the Budget was, of course.
understood. and the difference is not
important.
The important thing to remember is
that while this years budget is large,
next years budget, according to the
6ve-year financial program, will de-
crease by nearly four million dollars.
The year following there will be an
increase Of about million dollars and
q like increase for the fiscal year 1884,
the fifth year of the five-year program.
Auditor Donovan has based his sug-
gested financial program on a tax rate
OF $1.70. at is proposed" he wrote.
"to finance the expenditure of these
large appropriations by maintaining the
existing tax rate of $1.70 and by the
United States continuing to pay the
District Of Columbia no more than its
present annual contribution of ST.
900 GOO"
AS long as the five-year program is
adhered to generally by the Commits
sicners and the Budget Bureau, it can
be financed on the existing tax rate.
The question is whether the five-year
program will be followed. The ive-year
program lists number of needed i'm
proven snts, but it does not contemplate
others. If others are included, there
must be additional revenue to pay for
them.
But this additional revenue should
not come from an increased tax rate.
The balance between available local
revenue, under the existing tax rate.
and that amount needed fully to
finance capital expenditures for the
District should be met by increasing the
already inadequate lump sum. Thought
should be given as to ways and
means for reducing the Districts tax
rate. Tax reduction, not increased
taxes, Is the trend now. Those argu-
ments for reducing taxes, so ably
sounded recently by the President and
congressional leaders, apply as we'll to
the non-voting District Of Columbia as
to the fully Americanized residents Of
the States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Woes of Others

Woes Of Others.
My sorrows cause me grief intense;
I wonder at their size immense.
magnify each pain or ache,
And every loss have to take.
OF sympathy 1 need lot
My troubles cannot be forgot.
I say as cruel Fate 1 blame,
This life is an internal shamel"
But when another would profess
His wrath at LIES unloveliness,
And show its record so replete
With thefts and fires and deep deceit
I try to tell him it's joke
To be half sick and wholly broke.
I said, I'VE know it's just too bad
But smile, my friend, and don't be sadl,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
German Resort Junks
TrOlleys for Buses

From the st. Louis PostDispatch.
Wiesbaden, famous German health
resort city, population 10000, scrapped
its street car system last April and sub
stituted motor buses. Although the
minimum fare is Is pfennigs (about 4
cents), cheaper by pfennigs than the
fare in the neighboring cities of Frank
fort and Mainz, the first six months Of
operation shows net profit Of approx
mately $4,000. In addition to other
superiorities the Wiesbaden bus line
has total length more than twice that
of the junked street car system.
Wiesbaden, like Northampton, Eng
land, and other medium-si7ed cities, is
writing new transportation history.
Because of the smaller volume of pas
sengers it is relatively simple for cities
of 100000 or less to take the step that
must sooner or later be taken by larger
cities-that is. to remove from crowded
streets traffic running on fixed rails. AS
lie Corbusier, the French architect,
points out. 1.-The surface car has no
right to exist in the heart of the modern
city" There simply isn't room for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

@. Why is K street In washington,
D. O., 60 much wider than the other
lettered streets?-W. M.
A. In 1792 or 1893 q bridge was con-
structed across Rock Greek extending
from K street, and the theory Of making
K street as wide as Pennsylvania ave-
niue was that great deal of wagontng
would cross the creek and go out to-
ward BlAdensburg.
@. Are silkworms kept on mulberry
trees or are the worms merely fed on
mulberry leaves2-P. o.
A. They are carefully kept within
confined areas and are fed on cut null
berry leaves.
q. Which Presidents were elected by
the House of Representatives?-H.D D.
A. Two Presidents have been elected
by the House Of Representative
Thomas Jefferson In 1900 and John
Quincy Adams in 1924. The Hayes
| Ttlden controversy was decided by an
electoral commission.
q. When was Tryggvesson King of
A. Olav I Tryggvesson was King of
Norway from 969-1000. He began his
career in exile, fought for the Emperor
Ohio III and frequently raided the coast
Of France and the British Isles until he
became converted to Christianity. He
went to Norway and was accepted as.
King in 995. He Immediately began to
Olav was defeated in battle by the COM
bined Swedish and Danish fleets. He
fought to the last on his great ship
known as the Long Snake, and finally
leaped overheard and was seen no more
After his death he became the hero of
his people who constantly looked for
his return.
q. What companies in this coun-
try manufacture silencers for guns?-
M. L. H.
A. silencers for firearms are no longer
manufactured in this country.
@. When is the best time to plant
evergreens?-V. M. r.
A. The Department Of Agriculture
says that the Fall season Is desirable
for transplanting or starting evergreens.
q. What places In the United States
have borough form Of government?-
G. r. 8.
| low the rank Of cities in four States are
Connecticut, New Jersey, Minnesota and
Pennsylvania. A further extension OF
the term borough" was made by the
New York Legislature In 1897 In ref
erence to the city Of Greater New York,
which has the five boroughs of Man
haitian, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and
Richmond.
@. Was King Tut's tomb intact when
the Carter expedition opened it?-R. d.
A. It had been entered by thieves,
| the contents disturbed and some plum
dering done. This happened not more
than Is years after the original burial.
@. Tow much gold has been pro-
duced in Alaska since we acquired the
Territory?-C. l.. M.
A. The total gold produced In Alaska
up to December 8, 1928, was valued at
1878 ,0S0, 900.
O. What university first offered ex-
tension courses?-E. F. w.
A. When DR.. william r. Harper be-
came president Of Chicago University
In 1891 he arranged for such o division.
Il offered courses conducted by regular
members of the faculty who planned
the lessons, graded the papers and as
| signed credit for the work done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Thomas Mann,

There will be little criticism Of the
award of this years Nobel prize in lit
erature to Thomas Mann. Nor will
this recognition add greatly to the fame
of the author of THE Magic Mountain"
the outstanding intellectual and artistic
figure of that remarkable renaissance
Of letters which has been a phenomenon
of the postwar psychology of Germany.
Manns previous work, such as Bud
denbrooks," placed him in the fore
front Of contemporary novelists. 1t
was, however, sim far short Of attain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Asks BallOu to Give
Free Text Book Data

To the Editor Of The Star:
In view of the fact that 1t seems like
~ that that bill for free high cl1ool text
books will be passed at this session of
Congress, would 1t not be we'll for the
Board of Education or for Mr.. Ballou
to explain publicly just what they ex-
pect to accomplish by furnishing free
text books?
They have asked for a considerable
sum of money for this purpose, and be-
fore it is appropriated it seems to me
that the taxpayers should be informed
Of the possible return on the invest
ment
Will some one kindly explain the
urgent need for this investment?
B. ]. COLLINS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

Perhaps it is as we'll for his peace of
mind that the eminent optimist who
invented the formula Every day, in
every way, We are getting better and
better" did not survive to get acquaint-
ed with the proceedings Of present-day
grand juries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

Members of the Byrd Antarctic ex-
petition are having a superabundance
Of Christmas scenery, but only limited
share Of the seasons festivities,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

The King Of italy visited the Pope Of
Rome. Meanwhile This is my busy
day." continued its regular service as
the motto Of Mussolini.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
One.Horse Advantage.

From the New Castle News.
Old Dobbin had 1t over the motor car
in this particular: If he was stolen.
thieves couldn't obliterate his engine
number.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

Work is essential to the maintenance
Of a sound business structure. Care
should be taken to avoid the kind of
activity that overworks the stock ticker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

When a public leader commends
Work" as solution Of economic prob
lens, it is not necessarily to be assumed
that he refers invariably to DR.. Hubert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

The Soviets having discovered a new
kind of trouble insist on a sort of pro-
prietary right to manage 1t In their
own way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Foot Ball Rules Sitter.
Runalo Evening News

From the Buffalo Evening News.
In view of the changes made this
year In the foot ball rules, it takes some
degree Of intelligence, II not Of scholar
ship, to play the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Business Getting Bad.

From the Indianapolis News
IT'S getting to be so a bandit has "a
rob two or three banks to be able TO at
tract any attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
It's Worth Debating.

From the Saginaw Daily News.
But the Senate might fairly enough
take Q vote to decide which is the DON'T
nant party or sroup--if any.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Chicago Progresses.

From the Florence (Ala) Herald.
chicago will celebrate O century Of
progress" From tomahawk to ma
chine gun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

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The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
20 the use for republication of all news Gis-
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published herein. All rights Of publication Of
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
First Ones Seldom Used

From the GAINESVILLE Daily Gazette.
Those new speed cars have two horns
one before hitting the pedestrian and
one to honk gleefully afterward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Common Errnr.

NUIHHIUH EFTOF,
your constituents expect a great deal
of you"
"A very great DEAL" Senator Sorghum
replied sadly. They appear to think
that Senator is another name for
Santa Claus"
Jud Tunkins says maybe fashions
cause divorces by changing appearances
SO often that man is constantly COM
PEELED to get acquainted all over again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Natural Product,

The Icy bough in bright array
Puts frozen rainbows on display
The Wintry scene prepares with glee
To decorate a Christmas tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Endurance,

"You heard me sing over the radiop"
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne, that
microphone is wonderful instrument
1t looks so fragile and yet is able to
stand so much!'
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de way lucky gambler struts" said
Uncle Eben, looks like he was tryin' to
take credit for sumpin' accidentally
done By de dice."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

ut is better sometimes to laugh" said
/ HI Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, land so
avoid the responsibilities of serious
speech"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Another Of Those Accident.

The soda water tank gave way,
And, just as 1t exploded,
I heard the salesman sadly say,
II didn't know twas loaded"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

@. What university first offered ex-
tension courses?-E. F. w.
A. When DR.. william r. Harper be-
came president Of Chicago University
In 1891 he arranged for such o division.
the lessons, graded the papers and as
signed credit for the work done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06

q. When is the best time to plant
evergreens?-V. NJ. r.
A. The Department Of Agriculture
saws that the Fall season Is desirable
for transplanting or starting evergreens.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
LEAVES
ASPR0MOTER
Dempsey Off For N. Y. With
Three Offers Az impress
sario Before Him

MIAMI, Fla, March 6.-P1-Jack
Dempsey left Miami and Miami
Beach last night for New York, not
as former heavyweight champion,
but in the role Of successful pro
moter Of the recent battle between
Jack Sharkey and Young Stribling.
x don't know what III do yet"
he said. Il have three things be-
fore me, but I cannot say yet what
the next step win BE-"
One Of the three lines OF activity
facing Dempsey Is understood to be
q berth with the Garden corporation
as a promoter. .
He has m offer from Humbert
Fugazy,. former rival Of Tex Rick
ard, for a partnership in = two-man
firm Of promoters.
The third opportunity for contin-
ued association with the business
side of fighting, he said, is a prop
osition to go in with Floyd Fitzsim-
SONS Of Detroit In the development
Of a worlds championship light
weight fight between Sammy Man
dell, champion, and Ray Miller,
Michigan youth who has forged to
the upper part of the list in his
class.
And then, Of course, Dempsey may
don the gloves again.
Jack said he had made an offer
to Pauline Uzcudun, Spanish battler,
for a bout with Sharkey, the former
having asked for a guarantee OF
S10O, 900.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
Valley League Expected
To Be Formed Tonight
At Mercedes Meeting
l9nncis1 ia The Herald)

Especial to The Herald)
| MERCEDES, March 6.-For n
first time in the history Of 0er-
cedes O meeting win be held mere
tonight, with the av0wed lntentlof1
of organizing q Valley Class y lea
que.
The meeting will be held in the
| city hall, starting at 1880 O'CLOCK.
Accredited representatives rom
Brownsville, San Berltto. Harllngen,
Mercedes, McAllen, Mission ana
| Corpus Christi, are expected to be
present.
Al Prince, Of this city, q baseball
fan. along with other Mercedes n
thusiasts, are making efforts to put
this town in the league. II success
full, Mercedes Will enter profession.
al baseball for the first time, and
will have the first ball team In many
years.
-Four towns have signified their
intention Of entering the league,
Brownsville, San Benito, Harrington,
and McAllen. Mercedes is expected
to do likewise. Mission Is uncer-
tain.
Corpus Christi is DESTROYS OF en-
tering q club, and may do 50.
The meeting tonight is the out
come of efforts of Bob Wells ana
o. N. Boston Of Brownsville, base
ball enthusiasts, and men with q
practical knowledge Of the game.
They were appointed q committee
by Cameron county baseball fans
in meeting several weeks ago, to
make an effort toward lining up
Hidalgo county towns, along with
those Of Cameron county, in the
proposed league. That their efforts
have borne fruit, is the announce
fneY1t from McAlien that she is rea-
dy to 60; Mission is talking base
ball, and Mercedes is doing likewise.
Wells and Boston have spent con-
siderable time in these three towns.
It is pointed out in this city by
fans that q baseball club, under the
proposed plan Of 1880 per month
salary limit, will be self-sustaining;
that the territory around Mercedes
with its thousands Of fans, and those
of this city, should make the Queen
City n Of the best towns in the
circuit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
Walker, Ball Player,
Buy. Country Club;
Is Business Man

GREENVILLE, 8. c., March g.
TIA baseball player buys a golf
course!
Frank Walker, outfielder. who a
few years ago bought his release
from the New York Giants and then
sold himself at a handsome profit,
IS more than q baseball player-he
Is a business man.
Starting as q player, he soon
graduated to the player-manager
ranks with the>local South Atlantic
Association club. next became pres
ident-owner of the club and now is
planning to buy the former Sans
Souci country club links here and
convert the course into q public
proposition, with the green fees to
bring him his reward.
And he is still a young ball player.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06

(By The Associated Press.)
indianapolis - Steve Mcdonald,
Canada, outpointed Eddie Ander-
son, Cody, Wyo., U0>. Otto Ander-
son, Terre Haute, Ind. outpointed
Billy Wallace, Cleveland, 90.
Minneapolis-Cuban Bobby Brown,
Philadelphia, outpointed Harry Dill
lon, Winnipeg, u0). Norman Ratz-
laff, Minot, N. D., outpointed Nor
RE Green, Minneapolis, go. Jack
Sharkey, Minneapolis, stopped Jack
Daniels, Omaha, (2). Jack Kearns,
Omaha, outpointed Bud Glover,
Minneapolis, "a.
Hot Springs, Ark.-Kid Adams,
San Antonio, outpointed Irish Mic
key McGill, Chicago, (10).
San Antonio, Tex.-Carlos Gar
cia, Mexico City, o%utpointed Paul
Wangley, Chicago, 10).
Fresno, Cal.-Jock Malone, st,
Paul ,outpointed Johnny Cline, of
Fresno, 00).
Los Angeles-Ernie Peters, Chi
cago, outpointed Bias Rodriguez
! Mexico, Q0).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
l BLAZING Tie
SPORTS TRAIL

the early hours of the next morning
and which for sheer riotous outburst
Of feeling rivailed that of Armistice
day.
No worlds series triumph ever has
been gained under more dramatic
circumstances. 1t was the peak for
Johnson. as great a popular favor
lite as any in the gaines history.
The following year, 1925, at Pitts
burgh and again in the final game,
the Big Train was battered to defeat
by the Pittsburgh Pirates as he tried
to turn in his third triumph.
Another year and another picture.
The heroic mantle Shed BY Johnson
is picked up by the rawboned, to-
bacco-chewing Nebraskan, Grover
Cleveland Alexander, the man who
had been sold down the river to
st. Louis. by the Chicago Cubs for
m~isbehavior.
"Old Pete as the players know
him, !, in rare form, twice stopping
the Yankee sluggers, his second vic
tory in the sixth game, deadlocking
the Series and forcing it to the limit
once more: Comes the seventh-and
drama again. Jess Haines. has a
sore thumb after filling the bases
with Yankees. Out Of the gloom
shaffles Old Pete. He has pitched
a fHll game The day before, but he
Is back again to face Lazzeri, the
hard-hitting young Italian, with
two out, and the Yankees only one
run behind. A roar goes up for the
veteran. New York appreciates its
dramatic circumstances, win or lose.
A foul drive, savagely hit that day
is only a few feet from being fair
and breaking up the ball game. Two
strikes. A vicious swing for the third
strike and Lazzeri is out, the Yam
KEGS stopped and the game just
about clinched.
A mighty roar again. Old Pete
shuffles in to the bench, doffs his
ill-fitting cap, takes a drink; Ali
In a days work for him, but he has
saved the series and, as Johnson did