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Putnam patriot., 1929-12-12

William T. Jones, wire chief al the local telephone exchange. was in Hartford Wdnesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
The Traffic Hearings.

With today's testimony another "in-
yestigation" of traffic conditions in the
National Capital is expected to end. For
more than a month experts and 9TH
ers have appeared before the special
subcommittee of the Senate District
committee IN a steady procession to give
their views on Washington's trafic
problem and all its ramifications. The
hearings were originally planned to deal
entirely with parking, both in the day
time and the nighttime, but all angles
of the traffic situation have been delved
into by the witnesses and the members
Of the committee.
Much of the testimony has been con-
ficting and at times criticism has been
directed at the traffic department. One
witness, for instance, would do away
with automatic lights altogether and
another would do this, that or the other
thing In an endeavor to reach the traf-
fic Utopia. other witnesses simply COM
plain about specific instances Of what
is alleged to be trafic Encouragement
and criticize the traffic Office in general
terms.
When it comes to prepare Its report
the committee is quite likely to find that
nothing in particular has been gained
by permitting its investigations to go sc
far afield and that both Trafac Director
Harland and Assistant Director Eldridgt
are doing the difacult job Of regulating
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
Whitney Warren's
Opportunity

From the New York World.
Mr.. Whitney Warren, architect of the
memorial library of the University of
Louvain, has won his court fight over
the inscription on its balustrade. He
insisted on his right to place there a
Latin declaration that the library was
destroyed by German fury: rebuilt by
American generosity" Basing his de-
cision on legal points, a Judge has up
held this contention. Mr.. Warren Is
entitled to his expressed qualification
that he has INDICATED the right of an
architect in protecting his work against
changes by clients. But having vindi-
Gated this principle. he now has an op-
portunity to indulge in magnanimous
gesture. BY announcing that he would
not after all overrule the wishes of
Louvain University he could crafty the
United States, Belgium and Germany.
The United States relishes neither the
vindictiveness of the first clause of the
inscription ncr the boastfulness of the
second; Mr.. Hoover and the authorities
OF the Carnegie Foundation, the chief
donor, have made that clear. The best
Belgian opinion is against any such
perpetuation of wartime rancors. Ger
many, which refilled the. librarv's
shelves, would appreciate the dropping
OF the angry phrase. After all, though
Mr.. Warren is the architect, it Is not
MS llorary-it is Louvain's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
New York Anti-Noise Fight
Echoes Throughout Nation

that a large amount of noise can be
eliminated by moral persuasion and
that legal means can be adopted to do
away with much of that which is Gre
ated because nobody cares advises the
Baltimore Sun, Offering an example
from New York experience: LAS an
indication of the Importance of getting
rid of unnecessary racket it Is stated
that elimination of elevated railway
tracks on part of Sixth avenue had the
effect of sending up property values
from 200 to 800 per cent"
Due regard for the rights of others
and care in construction and operation
of all manner of modern Devices" in
the judgment of the Harrisburg Tele-
graph, will do more to stop needless
noises than all the ordinances that may
be passed - although there are times
when the strong hand of the law alone
can be depended upon to stop neigh
borhood nuisances. In that case the
police should understand that they have
public sentiment fully behind them In
taking whatever steps are necessary to
preserve peace and quiet" The Dallas
Journal offers something better than
laws" in the suggestion that inventive
genius can do much to reduce to a
minimum the noise of motors. street.
car wheels, riveters and like offenders"
Possibly something can be done to
make New York a trihe quieter,n re-
marks the Danbury Evening News, "but
as for us we confess we're very much
from Missouri" while the Portsmouth
Daily Times admits that sits a great
thing to live in a city," and concludes
that nobody is going to move away
because OF any of the noises"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
Aircraft and War.

The conversations just had in this
country between President Hoover and
Prime Minister Macdonald have doubt
less advanced the cause of peace in
the world through lessening the likeli-
hood of international conflict But
meanwhile the work of devising
weapons for military use proceeds.
There has just been held at Aberdeen,
Md, demonstration of Army ordnance
witnessed by a large number of OBJ
servers, probably including representa-
tives of other governments. Preliminary
announcements of the show indicated
that some remarkable improvements in
anti-aircraft weapons would feature the
exhibition.
Thirty or forty years ago race be-
tween heavy guns and heavy armor
was in progress in naval designing. AS
fast as a gun was developed capable
of piercing the protective shields Of
warships, thicker and stouter plates
were devised. Then came heavier guns,
followed soon by even heavier armor.
After time this competition ceased to
concern the naval architects and design
ers, for other types Of craft than the
heavyweights of the front line Of battle
came into vogue. Speed and range Of
guns rather than weight and penetratiye
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
Tribute Is Paid
To Thomas E. Mitten

From the Flint Daily Journal
Thomas E. Mitten was a man Of Pc
culiar genius whose distinction brought
him more than national fame: conse-
quently his sudden death from drown
ing on his Pocono estate is a shock to
the world.
1t Is said of this traction expert that
II college or university we're prepared
to confer such a degree as dcctor of
transportation science, Thomas E. Nit
ten would have been entitled to that
honor. His unusual ability lay in skill
at taking hold of troubled street rail-
way systems and turning Them into
efficient and profitable organizations.
The man whose death robs America
OF an energetic and useful citizen was
more than mere doctor of railways
He was genius in traction matters,
and his rebuilding of rundown systems
has been the basis of much study on
the part of others who. had similar
problems TO meet. His contributions TO
the cities where he worked have meant
much to the prosperity and happiness
OF those communities.
His sudden death means that America
has lost one of the militant pioneers
IN the movement to foster such present-
day accepted methods as old-age pen
stons for employees. saving funds, sick
benefits, stock purchase plans for COR
poration employees erd arbitration in
labor disputes. His contribution TO
American industrial life is immeasur-
able.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
The Future of
Fall Fashions

From the New York Times
Not for many an Autumn have the
new styles created such furry of ex-
element as this seasons astonishing
crop. The long skirts. the princess line,
the f1uttering draperies, are in violent
contrast with last Summers simple
fashions. Women generally are asking
each other, Are we really going to
wear these amazing things that they're
showing in the shops?"
In the last few years there have been
only minor changes in feminine style.
The stage seemed set for something
entirely new and different, a tempting
invitation to the extravaganza of scrap
ping old wardrobes. Women accustomed
to short skirts get a masquerade-party
thrill from donning trailing gowns, and
for f1appers of 10 and 20 their first
really long frock is a sensational event
Fannie Hurst steps forward to warn
women that they should organize
against such allurement- If they yield
without struggle they are lost, or at
least set back some seven years. If a
modern women consents to wear the
costume of the COS she will ind that in
spite of herself her mental attitude and
her economic situation will retroerade
into that era. No compromise is Miss
Hursts advice. Snap your fingers at
the dressmakers and walk out on them
Echoes of similar revolt against en-
Shaving fashion come from all quarters.
German women are protesting against
the servitude Of long skirts and fam
ing article" in the Berlin Vossische
pledges the writer never to wear them
while breath lasts-at least, not in the
daytime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11

power became the factors Of chief i'm
portance.
It is commonly believed that the next
war, II another one should be fought,
will be mainly in the air. Airplanes
and dirigiblas, many hold, are to be
the primary factors of offense, accord
ing to technical judgment. Conse-
quently race is on now in the design
ing of aircraft and anti-aircraft
weapons. At the Aberdeen show one
of the latest developments demonstrated
will be a gun capable of sending shells
40 900 feet into the air with extraor-
binary accuracy and of firing no less than
twenty-five shots a minute, each shell
capable of bursting at any predeter-
mined altitude. This gun, according to
descriptive reports, has a brain" 1t
is a veritable robot" gun. 1t is self
sighted, self-controlled and, after the
first sighting of an enemy plane, can
follow its course with precision and
plant It's shells in its path with deadly
effect with no further human super
vision.
If this weapon is capable of doing the
things that have been claimed for 1t
the aircraft offensive weapon Is as
suredly lessened in effectiveness. A
plane must fly at more than 40, 900 feet,
and 1t is believed that at greater alti-
tude than that airplane bombing is
uncertain and ineffective. But 1t does
not asSuredly follow that the new gun
puts the plane out of business as an
attacking weapon. For other develop
ments in planes, in bombs and in con-
troll are likely to follow just as heavy
armor and then heavier guns marked
the old naval duel Of design.
1t is by no means to be suggested
that these scientific improvements In
ordnance make for war between nations.
Rather do they make for peace. If the
next war, If one should come, is to be
fought from the air, its destruction of
life and property will be more frightful
than ever. The more terrible the pos
sible event, the more earnestly and
sincerely will efforts be made to pre-
vent it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
Washineton's heavy volume Of travel In
n nuiifa 4atisfanfnrv roaunar

Washington's heavy volume Of travel In
q quite satisfactory manner.
It is true, of course, that the rotary
left-hand turn. in use here, which is
frowned upon by practically every other
city In the country, causes dangerous
congestion of trafic But, taken as a
whole, the work of the department takes
a high rank with others of it's kind. AS
a matter of fact, some Of the innova-
items adopted first for washington have
been utilized in other communities.
The parking problem alone, not only
in Washington, but in any other city,
is enough to occupy any body of men
for as much time as can be given to
it. The National Capital is one of the
few cities still permitting regular park
ing in the business section. That this
condition cannot continue indefinitely is
conceded by even those who make only
a cursory study of the situation. 1t is
a we'll defined and accepted traffic
theory that when the point is reached
that dead" vehicles obstruct moving
traff1c, the solution is that the parked
vehicles must be swept off the streets.
No investigation is needed to deter
mine that on certain highways this
point has been reached and the TRAFFIC
Bureau, with commendable promptness,
has already cleared one side of high
way that was marked by dangerous
Under this conservative
policy recommendation will probably
soon be made to ban parking on various
other streets where the movement of
trafac must be expedited in order that
the business of the community may
be conducted.
There should be no quarrel with this
policy of gradually clearing up badly
congested spots on the city's traffic
map. The committee will have done a
good job with its hearings if it will
simply lend its support to the traffic
office in a program already we'll under
way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

on the continent we're organized In De-
cember, 1851, in Montreal and Boston,
both as a result of information received
regarding the society organized seven
years earlier in London, England. Forty
more associations were added within
three years, and the first international
convention was held at Buffalo, N. Y,
June Z, 1854.
@. Did a man walk in the Mississippi
River from st. Louis to New Orleans?
IN. H. G.
A. 1t is fact that man did walk"
from st. Louis to New Orleans on the
Mississippi River. This fact is attested
by old residents of New Orleans and of
several of the smaller cities between
New Orleans and Vicksburg, Miss. The
time of his arrival at New Orleans is
approximately fixed as being in the
month of May, in the year 1917 or 1918.
No record of the mans name or pre-
vious history Is available. His walking"
was accomplished by means of small
pontoons or boats, probably 3 or
feet long and / foot wide, strapped
to his feet in much the same manner
as would be snowshoes. and he shuffled
along the surface of the water as one
would on snowShoes. His wife followed
him closely in a skiff, and. wherever pos
sible, they stopped at night at the most
convenient town or settlement en- route.
@. How was fire discovered?--A. M.
A. This cannot be known definitely.
The most probable theory is that it was
discovered in the process of making
stone implements, when sparks were
struck off. Fire caused by lightning may
have been utilized by primitive man.
@. OF what does the Cathedral Of
BeauVais cOnsist?-E L.
A. Only of the famous choir Quilt
between 1927 and 1870 and transept
@. Who is the, author of the quota
ton on the New York City post Office,
which begins, Neither snow nor rain
nor heat'?-J. F. II.
A. It is taken from paragraph 90,
Book VIII. OF the work OF the Greek
historian, Herodotus, who wrote in the
fifth century BIC. 1t reads, Neither
snow nor rain nor heat nor night stays
these couriers from the swift compile
ton of their appointed rounds
O. What people first became civiisz-
ed?-W. M.
A. It is not possible to say definitely
which Is the oldest civilization on earth.
The Chinese claim this distinction. AS
| the early history of many of the ancient
| countries IS largely legendary. 1t may
be that there are other civilizations
which antedate that of China, such as,
for instance, that of Assyria or that
| of the Aztecs in Mexico.
@. What are the seven follies OF
science?-M. T.
| A. The so-called seven follies OF
| science are the quadrature of the circle;
the duplication Of the cube; trisection
of the angle; perpetual motion: trans
mutation of metals: fixation Of n1er-
curry; the elixir of life.
@. Why is certain style of under
garment for women called a teddy
| BEARS. N. o.
A. Several explanations are offered.
The most credible is that a manufac-
turer of ladies undertakings in New
York, by the name of Theodore Baer,
invented this style of lingerie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11

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@. OF all the theaters In the world
what percentage is located in the
United States?-E. D.
A. In THE Story of the Films" by
P. j. Kennedy and published in 1927,
the following statement is given: There
are fewer than 10000 theaters in the
world, and probably 10000 Of these are
in the United States and Canada"
@. How long have Brussels sprouts
been on the market?-F. I.
A. Booth claims that Brussels sprouts
have been grown from time irnInemorial
around Brussels 10 Belgium, but they
were not dRscrihaG by botanists until
1923, when Barhin names them and
tells how some plants had as many as
so heads. They were first mentioned
in America in 1906 by Mcmahon.
@. Who has been made president of
Leland Stanford, since Ray Lyman
Wilbur entered President Hoovers cab
inet?-M. l.. M.
A. The position has not been filled as
yet AS soon as the school term is
well under way, the board of directors
will meet to consider the matter.
Q. What is the meaning of line
breeding?-H. E..
A. Line breeding consists in breeding
within few closely related stocks or
families, no animals being interbred
which are not closely connected in the
general line Of their blood.
@. How many people were present
when the tomb of Tut ankh-Ame was
opened?-B. l..
A. Howard Carter says that on the
day the tomb was opened there were
20 persons present.
@. Where was the first soldiers home
established for disabled soldiers?-
A. The home In Washington, D. c.,
is the oldest. 1t was authorized March
8, 1851
@. What is reciprocal tariff by
treaty"?-P. M K.
countries established by treaty.
@. How many Masons are there in
the world?-C. A. j.
! A. The total number of Masons in
the world is about 100000. The num-
Der in the United States is estimated at
3,134,500.
Q. Describe the composition of chest
nutS-E. S.
A. They contain protein, fat and
sugar to supplement the starch which is
their chief component.
@. When did the Y. M. c. AS IN
Canada and the United States become
affiliated?-E. S.
A. Y. M. G. AS In the United States
and Canada have always beeh affiliated.
In 1902 promising organization was
added in Mexico. The first associations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
Sixteenth Street Ruling
Declared Injustice
To the Editor OF The star:

TO the EQltor Oh Inc STAR
As a property owner in the District
under discussion. I wish TO thank The
Star for the publicity given the subject
of the coming of lower Sixteenth street.
My house and studio with a frontage
of over 40 feet on Sixteenth street just
south of Scott Circle is a substantial
dwelling of Is rooms and baths, built
SO years ago by my husband.
The natural evolution OF the city has
changed this section from residential to
non-residential property; the street is
now one of the most crowded busiest,
noisiest, busiest streets in Washington
it is as impossible to live in the house
in comfort as it is to rent it profitably:
the type of house has gone out of
fashion. Thus 1t is a liability of a
valuable capital tied up by an arbitrary
ruling, and made drain under exist
ing conditions upon the owners other
resources, to which injustice he should
not be subjected This case is repre-
sentative of many, as a. situation which
can work direct hardship where a bene-
fit is in all reason to be expected.
Much property between Scott Circle and
H street is in this class, wherefore I
call attention to my own case.
No one in Washington values the
beauty of the city more than I do: no
one would have been more glad to have
preserved the dignity and exclusiveness
of the beautiful boulevard in question;
the change has come as the greatest
good to the greatest number, and to
hold out for a thing already past and
gone, at the expense of the present
status already here, and the future
which Is clamoring for room for ex-
pansion, is an error in Judgment and
an injustice.
MARIETTA MINNIGERoDE
ANDREWS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
No American Labor Party.

Not for the first time the American
Federation Of Labor yesterday, in an
nual convention at Toronto. affirmed
It's opposition to the formation of a
Labor party in the United States. The
president of the federation, William
Green, taking vigorous issue with Eng
lish trades union delegates who stressed
the accomplishment of British workers
in building an independent Labor party,
defended the -partisanship of or
ganized labor in this country. He ably
argued that while conditions in the
British Isles might justify the move
ment which has swept Mr.. Ramsay
Macdonald into Office for the second
time, the situation in the United States
Is entirely different. It is one, Pres
ident Green pointed out, which neither
enables nor justifes the political CO.
hesion to which British labor has
resorted.
It was a spokesman of the English
machinists who brought the American
Federation chieftain into the debate
at Toronto on Thursday. The Eng
lishman had belabored predatory
wealth." foreshadowed "the economic
and industrial revolution" which the
British Labor party will yet" bring
about, and urged capital Ito forego
its rights or court their abolition.
President Green lost no time in max
ing his fervid British colleague under
stand that such tenets are not in or
ganized American labor's code.
I'VE are advancing our interests In
the United States by pursuing a differ
ent policy from British labor" Mr.
Green declared. I'VE know we are
on the right track in abstaining from
political party organization. If the time
ever comes when the best interests of
organized labor can be served by
Labor party, we'll face the issue in this
Congress Of Labor"
President Green emphasized the vast
territorial expanse Of the United States
as compared to the tiny area of the
United Kingdom-"We have forty-eight
States, half of which are each larger
than Great Britain" He drew atten-
ton to our cosmopolitan population,
with its widely diversified languages
and interests. From every angle, he
asserted, "a single party organization"
on British lines is wholly impracticable.
if not practically impossible.
Mr.. Green might have gone further.
He might have told of the one signal
and ill-starred effort of large Ameri-
can labor group to enact a political
party role. In 1924 the powerful rail-
road brotherhoods of the United States,
and many other organized labor ele-
ments, officially supported Robert M.
La Follette's third-party presidential
candidacy. The result was an immense
popular vote for Fighting Bob" but
the capture of only his own States
electoral vote, purely personal tribute.
American labor in the Coolidge-Davis-
La Toilette campaign voted, as it habit
TALLY votes, either Republican or Demo-
cratic. 1t chooses it's man from among
the so-called great party candidates.
1t sees its salvation within the existing
political system. Its prosperity and
well-being evidently have convinced
American labor that experiment in the
purely political realm is not yet an ad-
venture upon which it can advanta-
geously embark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-11
Holding the South
Classed as Good Joke

From the Charleston Is. CO. Evening Post.
President Hoover's anxious efforts to
hold the four Southern States that
gave their electoral votes for him. sup
ply welcome bit of advertisement from
am administration that is long on So
briefly and short on merriment. It has
as many amusing aspects as anything
mat has happened in American poll
tics In a long time, not the least of
which Is the announcement that the
President Is more proud of his South
ern victories than of any other political
conquest. Recent developments" how
ever, are said to be showing that the
movement was anti-Smith rather than
pro-Hoover. If Mr.. Hoover and his DO
litical advisers had to wait for recent
developments" to learn this, they were
behind everybody else in the United
States. including the Hoovercrats them
selves, in political acumen.
There is not the slightest basis for
thinking that Florida, Texas, Virginia
and North Carolina voted for Hoover,
They voted against Al Smith.