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New Map of Chicago's Loop District
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

shown and all the wharves, docks AM
warehouses are indicated: similarly tho
features on the Lake Michigan water
front for distance Of 5 miles.
Within this Loop district are to b.
found 10 parks and the boundaries 81
these are shown as well as the drive
Wavs through THEM. ponds ana such
features. -Four bathing beaches along
the lake front are indicated and the
three golf courses to be found in the
Loop district. Nor can mention of the
fact that six cemeteries are preciSely
located be omitted.
Flyers and Engineers Assisted.
While this map was prepared under
the direction Of the Geological Survey, If
had other expert assistance. One rea-
son why It is so accurate in detail Is
that the Air Corps Of the United States
Army assisted by taking aerial pho
tograpf1s from Army planes. Further,
the work of the United States Lake Sur
vey was utilized and also that done by
engineers and surveyors of the City OF
Chicago. For exact details concerning
the railroad tracks and their buildings,
surveys prepared in connection with the
physical valuation of railroads, being
prosecuted bv the Interstate Commerce
Commission, were consulted.
Another advantage to the man who
wants to know every physical feature
of the Loop district is the Typographical
information which the map aHords.
The Geological Survey concerns itself
with every rise and fall Of the ground
and these are shown by markings on
the map So, the wanderer in the Loop
can know in &C g2rce whether he VIII
have level going over certain route or
viii encounter inclines However, Chi
cago is a very level city compared with
most. The mean elevation of the sur
face of Lake Michigan above sea level
is 578 feet and the highest ground in
the whole Loop district is only little
over 900 feet and such ground rising
IS feet above the lake is to be found
chiefly in the parks and cemeteries.
Gracelsnd Cemetery has a peak 607
feet above sea level or 90 feet above
the lake level. Many of the park knobs
are artificial.
especially interesting. In the last days
of the last ice age, glaciers occupied the
Lake Michigan Basin and innpnurded
the melted ice so that the surface OF
the lake was some so feet higher
than at present. So the modern CHI
cago stands on the old lake bottom,
merely a sandy floor. somewhat serried
by sand bars. No unusual minerals
underlay the city.
his new map OF Une CTuCdBO Loop
is but one Of series which, when fin
isl1ed. will fit together making one huge
map of the Chicago district and show
ing in great detail all the physical fea-
lures, natural and artificial. over an
area of Thousand square miles. The
aerial photographing, leveling, survey
ing. etc, has been done and the other
sections will be published as soon as
the engraving and printing can be COM
pleted.
The Geological Survey constantly is
preparing maps of various localities and
it has many hundreds Of thousands on
hand, all available at low prices. The
Chicago Loop map, for instance. can be
purchased for 10 cents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
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T0bn ri 5nh

Tert: 1T is crpedtcnt for u.s. est.
John rj.50).
1T is question of expediency'-how
often We hear this said! In the vast
majority Of cases it represents an effort
to avoid responsibility or to evade the
high claims of conscience. When the
high priests, who held their office at
the pleasure of the Roman government,
witnessed the growing popularity of
Christ, they determined to put Him
out of the way. Their conclusion was.
IF we let Him alone, all men will be-
lieve on Him: and the Romans shall
come and take away both our place and
nation. In response to this observation
their crafty leader declared. aye know
nothing at all, nor consider that it is
eXpedient for us. that one man should
die for the people and that the whole
nation perish not Jealous of his place
of power and conscious that the prac-
tees INDUCED in by himself and his as
Sociates were condemned he would de-
stroy one. however sinless he might be,
whose life and teaching were wholly in
imical to the common practice. 1t was
this conflict of the high ideals of the
Master with the selfish habits and prac-
tees of the ruling class that ultimately
brought about His crucifixion.
Much. too much, OF our world today
is governed py the rule OF eXpe0lency.
We are perfectly willing to recognize
the transcendence and power of an
ideal, to follow q great conviction until
it runs counter to our own conceits or
embarrasSes US in the pursuit of our
selfish aims. We readily recognize the
incompatible teachings of Christ, we
hold in reverence sacred uses and
sacred buildings and as convenience
dictates we recognize our obligations as
Christians. The Christian religion as
a system. as the conserver of a whole
some domestic and social life, together
with its poetic and eSthetic appeal. is
quite generally acceded to. All goes
well until we discover that obedience
to the teachings of Christ cuts across
our so-called self-interests or interfcres
with what we are pleased to describe as
our personal liberty" Then We find
1T is not expedient for us" The shrine
of expediency has many devotees. We
recall the incident of q distinguished
English barriSter who declared, on
hearing one of the strong sermons
preached in St. Paul's, London, ito
think Of the impertinence of it,, the
preacher actually sought to interfere
with our private habits" This Is no
extreme citation.
To recognize Christ as the sovereign
Teacher and Savior of men and to as
sumo an attitude of reverence in wor-
ship. and then in our daily habit and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Farm Agreement Held
Victory for President

through cooperative societies. In the
case Of wheat, which is the urgent prob
lem, there are some 1000 cooperative
societies owning country-town wf1est
elevators These institutions are scat
tered and are small. They have. 1t Is
true. certain State associations and q
national association. They remain, how
ever. very independent in their manage
ment and control They deal with small
dabS of wheat. In only two directions
have they moved genuinely toward any
concerted selling on an extensive scale,
One direction is the establish
ment Of cooperative grain commission
agencies at terminal markets. The
other direction is the establishment of
statewide pools of grain producers.
These two developments, however, in the
last year Of record and Of report to the
Department OF Agriculture, involved less
than 10000 wheat farmers. That is
an insignificant percentage of the to-
tai number of such farmers.
In q word the cooperative move
ment among wheat farmers is diffuSed,
on the whole, into small units and can
not possibly be regarded ct this mo-
ment as a truly nationally organized
thing. Out OF it nevertheless there
must now be constructed, somehow. a
wheat advisory committee" chosen by
the wheat co-operatives themselves;
and out of it must come also some
competent grouping of co-operatives
which will be worthy of being recon-
mended by the advisory committee" to
the Federal Farm Board as the proper
germ Of Sterilization corporation"
This preliminary labor of organizing
order out Of chaos among the co-opcra-
tives themselves must first be completed
before any governmental financing of
the wheat situation can even be begun
It follows that the President. while
he may riHhtfully rejoice in getting the
bill that he wanted, may also now
rightfully look forward to the actual
start Of his real farm worries.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

What might be described as a war
map of Chicago's gunner has just
come from the press of the United
States Geological Survey, one of Uncle
Sans chief photographers. 1t is de-
tailed map of the famous Loop District
Of the Windy City on which the atten-
ton of the entire Nation has been con-
centrated frequently in the past few
years because of the many killings by
revolvers. machine guns and bombs in
the hands of gangsters whose activities
have been stimulated by the beer war.
When one thinks of a map the
normal mental picture is of the school
geography book type-a map showing
oceans, islands and continents. lakes
and rivers with cities dotted here and
there When the Geological Survey
makes map. however. it goes into
greater detail and for this reason 1t is
suggested that this new map might be
called a gunman's guide.
Every building in the Chicago Loop
district is faithfully shown on the map.
Not, of course, a pictorial representa-
ton of every building, but blacked-in
space which shows the precise amount
of ground covered. In the more con-
gested sections the structures make
almost solid black masses. Where these
appear the observer can be certain that
the space indicated actually is entirely
covered by building. for every alley
and even the most insignificant court Is
revealed Reference TO the map VIII
show whether an alley is a tl1oroughfare
opening or a street in the next block or
whether it is in fact treacherous cul
de-sac with but single entrance. All
the twistings and turningS of the mar
ROY by-ways hidden behind the walls of
the skyscrapers facing the main streets
far V ls9 he
ence of small structures within court
yards, such as garages, toolhouses, store
houses and the like is shown.
No Structure Unmarked.
The most unfamiliar person, after
studying a given section as shown BIZ
this map. could not fairly say that he
did not know that a given spot was
occupied by some sort of structure: no
one desiring to take a short cut through
an alley could jllstifiably be surprised
at finding himself confronted by high
walls instead of an exit
Another intricate detail has TO do
with railroads. Twenty-six railroads
have terminals in Chicago and most of
them penetrate this Loop district. Every
railroad track is shown on the map. The
switching yards actually showing the
number of tracks are revealed, the
sheds, repair shops signal towers, round
houses, freight houses and passenger
stations are clearly indicated
If one is in hurry to get across the
Loop or, perhaps, get out Of it and out
of town. the map helps. The streets
which constitute through, direct routes
are emphasized in red, while the sec
ondary routes are shown by broken red
lines. For example, If you start West
along Diversey avenue and turn up Nil
vRukee avenue Ca through route, you
know that you can find Wheeling Is
miles ahead, because at the edge of
the map are lettered the names of the
neighboring towns to which the route
will take you and the distance thereto.
The meanderings Of the Chicago River
and the Chicago Drainage Canal are
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The Scientific DeteotiVe.

One of the most colorful characters
in modern fiction is the scientific de-
tective. When the actual man himself
steps occasionally into murder trials
with his prosaic details of technical
evidence the jurors yawn and the gen.
eral public does not recognize him. In
stead, 1t turns to the charlatan whose
only qualifications are his makeup.
He provides the glamour which news
paper readers have come to expect In
the supersleuth.
But the scientific detective is a factor
of increasing importance In the war
between society and the criminal.
Eventually hts microscopes, his stand
ards of comparison, hts precision IN
struments and his higher mathematics
may make the unsolved crime thing
of the past. Much of his work now Is
conferred at the National Bureau Of
Standards. 1t was explained the other
day to the delegates of the National
Conference on Weights and Measures
He is no superman. He possesses no
uncanny powers. He is not a mind
reader or a fortune-teller He is simply
a man of normal intelligence, scientific
training and INFINITE patience who has
been willing to devote years to the
mastery of one specific subject. One
Individual may have spent q lifetime
mastering the Identification marks oil
typewriters. Another has devoted tht
same attention to guns and bullets
Still another has solved all the twist;
of handwriting. No one man is com
petent in all these f1elds. The value
Of the scientific detective lies partly
m the very narrowness of his ffeid. Th'
individual cannot be an expert n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Weights Session Fights
Fraud and Carelessnes
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

Accuracy rallied It's forces at the
annual National Conference on Weights
and Measures at the Bureau Of Stand
srdS last week, with results which
promise n fresh assault upon the
pastllles OF carelessness inefficiency and
fraud In every State and hundreds of
municipalities.
Precision is the watchword Of the
Federal State. county and municipal
ot11cials who compose the membership OF
this National Conference. Their thought
is that ignorance or carelessness makes
for much more waste in the distribution
OF commodities sold by weight or
measure than does intentional fraud
Very often the dealer is deceived by
faulty weights or measures into giving
more than is due the purchaser; the
evil of inaccuracy works costly harm
Whfchever way it may apply.
The American people consume about
100000 tons of sugar a year. If all
this we're retailed from scales which in
reality delivered only Ia ounces to
the pound. and sugar were selling ut
cents per pound the consumer would
be out the rather neat sum of S45.-
100000 at the end of IL months: con-
Versely, scales which enormously de-
livered l7-ounce pounds would mean
loss TO dealers.
oAsUAs&tC Il amp AcbtS.
Considerable attention was paid by
the conference this year to methods
of testing gasoline pumps for motorists
IN various parts OF the country fire.
quently cry out against a short meas
llre, matter which more often is at
tributable to faulty devices than to in
territorial fraud Little public notice is
taken of the fact that a gasoline pump
may deliver too much. rather than too
little, yet this happens, too. with re-
sultant loss to dealers. With the call
cufations based upon a survey conduct
ed by the American Automobile Associ-
alton In various cities, a paper in behalf
OF that organization was read before
the conference in which 1t was es-
timated that motorists last year did
not receive 100 600, 900 gallons Of 'gaso-
line for which they paid, or about $50
100000 In terms of money. While this
frankly was an estimate, it is obvious
that II there was an error of l per
cent in all gasoline pumps In the
United States, 1t would be a loss of
l20.000,000 gallons either to motorists
or dealers In a years time.
What precise weighing means to
large industry is Illustrated by a paper
presented the conference on weighing
in the meat-paCktng industry. An error
OF 70 per cent In underweightng the
products of Swift e. Co, for example.
would have wiped out the entire profits
of that corporation last year.
Nor are the weights and measures
offlcials concerned alone with those
things which pass over the counter
They have their attention focused on
the penny-in-the-slot weighing ma
chimes which are familiar on the
streets and in the stores OF every city
and hamlet. The citizen is entitled
to an approximate idea OF his weight,
at least, when he steps on such scales
and drops in his coin, they believe.
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Some of these scales get out of order
through mechanical effects or lack Of
attention.
The result of a three-pound over
weight error upon a woman who
earnestly aoheres to system of diet
in order to attain, and hold, a girlish
form naturally is distressing. So the
official testers are going after these
scales with much energy. The best esti-
mate appears to be that there are 65,-
600 of these person-weighing machines
In operation in the country. and It has
been estimated that the average revenue
per machine Is SIS per month; in other
WORDS, each machine averages $500
weighing operations monthly.
lcopyTight, 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
A Needed Reform.

The crusade against lame duck" SIS
sions of Congress refuses to down. For
the fifth time the Senate yesterday put
through the resolution of Senator Nor
ris of Nebraska proposing constitu-
tional amendment which would do away
with the present short sessions of Con-
gress and bring into action both the
newly elected Legislature and Chief
Executive In January, following their
victories at the polls. The vote IN the
Senate vas "a to 9, far more than the
necessary two-thirds vote for the adop-
ton of a resolution proposing consti-
tuttonal amendment.
Although the Senate has FIVE times
approved this change IN the Constltu-
ton the House has never yet taken IA
vorable action on it. Some day, how
ever, the lower house will come TO it.
The proposal has merit, otherwise 1t
could not command the huge vote, en-
tireiy non-partisan, which 1t has re-
ceived on every occasion it has come
before the Senate for action. The House
leadership has been hostile to 1t in the
past.
Under existing conditions a newly
elected Congress usually does not begin
to function until thirteen months after
it has been chosen by the people. Only
in the event Congress is called into
special session. as in the case of the
present Congress, is this not so. Fur
tf4ernore, the old Congress continues to
lesisiate IN the so-ealied short session
even though change of party control
may nave been made at the polls. The
short session, which begins IN Deeem-
Der and ends on the following fourth OF
March, Is notoriously futile. Rarely is
any legislation of importance possible
in such a session, partly due to the
lack of time and not infrequently due
to obstructive tactics. Under the Nor
ris resolution Congress would meet once
every year In January and continue IN
session as long as 1t was necessary to
accomplish the work before 1t. There
would be no session m which a member
of the House or a member of the Sen
ate would continue to act as a legisla-
tor after ne had been defeated at the
polls. Instead of compelling the newly
elected President of the United States
to wait four months before taking once
and putting into effect the policies for
which he stood during the campaign,
under the Norris plan the President
would take Office the middle of January
following his election.
The proposed change is in the in
terest of ef1ctent Government. In the
early days Of the country. con1muniea
ton and travel we're slow. 1t took
weeks or even months for a man to go
from one part of the country TO
another. That appears to have been
the reason for adopting the present
system, which delays executive and
Legislative Offices In the assumption
Of their duties. Today, however, the
situation Is vastly changed. 1t Is pos
stbie for a member of Congress from
the most distant State to reach Wash
tngton within a few days. The country
knows how the election has gone the
night of election day. Certainly If the
Government is to be responsive to the
will of the people. 1t is not sensible
to retain in Office men and women who
have been defeated at the polls for so
long period as is now the practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

Many a deserving young aviator
would be thankful for slight share In
the ,superabundance of attentions still
showered on Ltndbergh. A man seldom
finds it genuinely easy to get his picture
into the papers until he has become
tired of It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1UANDER JOHNSON.
RunlNun1e MAY naYs.

Buntsunle May Days.
Straw hats are due,
And yet it's true
We do not know
How low
The mercury may go!
That Maytime tune
Sounded by far too soon;
1t was not gay!
I'll say;
"Oh, what a bunk was May"
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The Associated Press tS exclusively entitled
to the use for republication OF ell rews 6iS-
atches credited 20 1t or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the lcGal new:
published herein. All NIGHTS OF uubtieaflnn CT
special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

Detailed and comprehensive crime
survey will provide more thrills than
any detective story that whiled sway
an hour or so for an eminent toil-worn
public official
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

1t is. of course, universally admitted
that the value of diplomat is regu-
lated by what he thinks rather than by
what he drinks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

From the Salt Lake Tribune
Three members of the Lloyd George
family have been elected to the British
House Of Commons and they may get
something out Of 1t in case OF Q
coalition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

The reparations experts succeeded IN
putting into action the famous advice
Of Mr.. Dawes, Let's get together and
get somewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

1t is predicted that railroad rates win
be higher. There is some consolation
in the preparation under way for a
greatly improved service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

With no new penalties recently an
nouneed, Harry Sinclair possibly re-
CARDS himself as having had several
lucky DAYS.
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On Map hv Decision.

From the Utica observer Dispatch.
It took a decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States to put
O'Fallon, Ill. on the map.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

From the Ann Arbor Daily News.
Democrats plan party offensive"
says headline. We infer that the party
to whom they will be most offensive
is the Grand Old one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Much Snobberv Talk.

From the Trenton Evening Times.
Snobbery is urged by professor as a
laudable virtue for college boys. The
surprising thing is that any one had to
deliver a speech on the subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Pedestrians Restricted.

From the sprinshsld, Ohio, Daily News.
Tokio is planning IS miles of paved
streets, being another one OF those
cities which intends to restrict pedes-
TRANS to the alleys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
Patient Door Tender.

Didn't I tell you not to bother me
about trifies?" asked Senator Sorghum.
I'm sorry" said the secretary, but
the political picture thought maybe
you'd be glad to see anybody who
wanted to talk to you about anything"
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All Other States and Canada.
nanmhnr All Ahn Assnniafnd Prrss.

Daily and Sunday VI, si2 90; ] mo. 81 - O.
Daily only .........l VI, sS 90; J mo- &c
Sunday only I'LL W. $500: mo-. soc
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AutIitoFIaI Charm,

My radio! My radio!
I listen and rejoice.
Your thought may be trif1e slow,
But still I love your voice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09

Jud Tunkins says good COW is worth
a couple o. hundred dollars. A milkin'
stool amt worth as much as seat on
the stock exchange. But it's more
ca fe 4"
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Rate bv Mail--Payabie in Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
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Demand for Unanimity.

Demand for Unanimity.
Are you In favor of prohibition"
Every time!" answered Uncle Bill
Bottletop. What I'm hopin' for is
that the entire populace will combine
to make 1t unanimous"
y I'VE are willing to forgive our enc
miles," said Hi Ho. the sage of China
town. but not until we have rendered
them powerless."
Alcoholic Immunities.
A diplomatic figure I may be;
If have proper luck
I shall climb UP and let the nations see
How I can drtwe truck.
"Playin' de races" said Uncle Eben
encourages many a fong-shot hope of
bein' lucky, though foolish"
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