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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11

With more than fifty-onc million dol
lars worth Of new construction recorded
in the District in the last calendar
year, Tax Assessor Richards estimate
Of rise Of between forty and nifty mil
lion dollars in the total realty assess
ment for the next fiscal year represents
q normal increase which should be re-
garded as indicative of healthy growth.
So long as a higher total assessment
can be accounted for largely through
new construction, plus the resulting In
crease in land values, there is no par
ticular cause for worry on the part Of
the taxpayers. Mr.. Richards points to
the extensive construction on Connecti-
cut avenue north of the Million Dol.
lar Bridge" where there has been great
activity in apartment house building; to
the outlying sections in Northeast and
Northwest Washington, which have been
expanding steadily through creation Of
new residential communities. and to the
improvements and increased value Of
land in the downtown business area.
Washington's increasing realty assess
ment has been phenomenal and unique
among the cities Of the United States
1t was less than ten years ago that
the assessment, representing two-thirds
valuation, was under half billion dol
lars. In 1923, by reason Of the adoption
Of the full valuation basis, the assess.
ment rose to more than seven hundred
million dollars, and reached . billion
one hundred and forty million dollars
for the current fiscal year.
Increased assessment means more tax
revenue and, therefore. . greater con-
tribution from the City Of Washington
toward Capital building and mainte-
nance. Each year rising values and new
buildings will bring the total assessment
higher.
Those who believe that the Federal
contribution to Capital maintenance
should be based to some extent on the
assessed valuation of Federal realty
holdings, must also realize that annual
reassessments should be taken on Gov
eminent, as well as private real estate,
and that such reassessments would nor
mally show year-to-year increase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
Oil Lease Policy
OF Hoover Praised

TO the EDITOR OF The star:
A Nation which has honored Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Secretary OF Agriculture
Wallace and Gov. Pinchot for their
heroic lights to save Its natural re-
sources from ruinous and wasteful ex-
ploitation will in years to come equally
honor President Hoover Tor his cou-
rageous action in drasticaily refusing oil
and gas prospecting permits upon the
public lands.
During the years 1s23-1s24, as an ad-
Indicating clerk ct the General Land
ONCE. 1t was my duty to make graphic
plat or map of land applied for In every
single application, preparatory to send
logical Survey, who were TO report
whether or not the land described con-
tanned any known oil or other mineral
deposits.
The maximum amount Of land
covered by q permit was 1880 acres, or
four sections" Although the regula-
tons required the land to be fairly COM
pact or contiguous, it was the practice
TO "checkerboard" the land, so In many
cases a graphic drawing of the land
would have the appearance of twining
fabulous monster, spreading and twist
Ing into three and sometimes four
townships
The obvious purpose Of spreading the
land was to take advantage Of @ possible
underground draining from large tracts
OF adjacent land not covered by the
permit. Thus, It viii be seen that the
thousands Of acres, unapplied for, were
indirectly affected, In q wastefll man
ner.
The regulations required that work be
commenced within six months from re-
ceipt of the permits. Thousands of
permittees would do nothing. and, as
the time limit was nearing, would apply
for further six-month extension
of time. Handling hundreds Of such
requests, reached the conclusion, still
retained, that o great majority Of these
permits were obtained for speculative
purposes rather than with bona fide
intention to prospect.
Reasons given for requests for such
extensions were that the roads were
impossible machinery could not be
hauled. capital was slow In being at
tracted, biologists were difficult to OBJ
tain. etc, etc.
Yet at the same time, in the same
localities, q relatively small proportion
Of bona fide permittees had no difficulty
transporting their machinery, attracting
capital and digging wells ,of the speci-
fed depths within the required time
For these permittees, I have always
had considerable admiration, and 1t is
gratifying to learn that such diiigent
permittees will not be adversely affected
by the recent order
The acid test Of bona fides" In these
permits is whether or not the permit
tee has made q diligent effort to ex-
plore the land. What happens when
this acid test is applied The answer
is found in the report Of Secretary Will
bur that 1888 permits have been can
celed within q recent week Also, 1850
permittees have been required to show
cause why their permits should not
be Cancelled. A large proportion of
these permits will undoubtedly be can
celed.
In these statistics Is found the most
eloquent answer to the protestations OF
three governors and other directors to
the Hoover order.
HERBERT w. Goldman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
Promotion by Fraud.

Strange are the paths from normalcy
taken by the human mind. Strange
are the reasonings Of. otherwise normal
persons when they are thwarted in
reaching an objective by ordinary
means. Take, for instance, the case of
the policeman in New York who re-
Gently reported to his superiors that
he had saved a man from drowning
and was awarded valor medal for his
feat. This man wanted promotion and
recognition. Some of his comrades,
however, were suspicious Of his SWIM
ming prowess and shortly thereafter he
was subjected to a plunge in a pool to
prove his ability. The result of this
test was dismissal from the force. He
could not swim q stroke. Or take the
case of the aspiring janitor in the New
York post office. who was tired Of his
drab work and wanted something bet
ter. He, as the result Of strange rea-
soning, conceived the idea of manufac-
turing a bomb for the Governor of New
York, and visualized himself hero by
its discovery in the mails. He wanted
promotion. He viii get demotion or dis
missal, If nothing more serious.
Each Of these men would have posed
as q hero to obtain better positions.
Some viii say that 1t is purely human
trait to seek to attain glory. The point
is this, however: that If either Of them
had gotten away with It they would
have been pulling themselves up life's
ladder b. traua4i'of course, there Y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
Philosophers Wife
Is Ably Defended

From the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Classical Association, ct h an
nual meeting in Chicago this week,
heard with satisfaction an able de-
Tense Of Xanthippe, whose name has
become synonymous with . scoldtng
wife. Psyson Sibley Wilde, classical
scholar from Harvard. felt that there
was something to say on her behalf
after ]. 400 years. Socrates. her husband,
who never wrote q line about her or
anything else, for that matter, Is credit
ed with admitting that she had many
domestic virtues. Indeed, 1t Is more
than surmised that Socrates wife,
whose patience was sorely tried with
her husbands failure to provide at
times for the needs Of the family. was
made the butt of Athenian gossips. To
be a proper helpmate to an odd hus-
band she must needs be made as Pc
culiar in her way, and wits were ex-
ercised to match the couple with ex-
tremes Of temperament.
But If Xanthippe was moved to vio-
lence by her husbands absent-minded
regard of his household affairs, she
is not the only great mans wife who
has lost all patience. Jean Jacques
Rosseau's Therese was fully as tmpa-
tient of her philosophers obliviousness
to mundane necessities and yet escapes
the brand that reached Xanthippe.
Jane Carlyle found her Seer Of Chel-
sea" trying at times, but the grabbed
sage and not the wife was held blame
worthy.
Perhaps had xanthippe lived in this
day and age she would not have worn
herself to an edge trying to get Soc
rates to bring home pay envelope.
Two ways out would await her choice
to get q Job and earn the living herself
or to get divorce. AS those were not
open to her she has had to suffer under
the reputation given her by her hus-
bands enemies. It may be too late to
defend her, but 1t is not too late to
note the trials she sustained and pity
her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11

Ten different persons have though
well enough of the following poem 3,
send us a copy Of the same, for eacl
and every ore Of which we are indebt
ed, for a good piece Of poetry is Away
welcome.
It is called "Your Dog" and was writ
ten by Elizabeth p. Morse of Gimme,
Rock, N. c., but beyond that we canno
say, since none of our 10 copies CAV
any clue as to the magazine from which
1t was taken.
1t is good bit Of poetry, not only be
cause deity handled but also because
evidently likes both. We leave tn
reader to judge:
YOUR DOG.
ask you, Master, just as dog to mar
Explain It in our language, II you CAM
Why Tabby, there, should have Mint
lives to live,
When /. your dog, have only one Il
give?
A catl She's always greedy for he
cream,
And cares for nothing but to dose ans
dream:
So SNUG and satisfied, she rnaddens me
(She knows I hate her, sitting on YOU
knee.)
You taught me. Master, everything
know.
Your friend is my friend-and your foe
my foe.
Can Ta6by tell, or does she think sh.
can,
How close one-man dog lives to hi.
man?
Once, when you lost your bearings In
the fog,
Who was so keen to find you as you,
dog?
Did Tabby feel your danger, scent you,
track,
And leave your coy hearth to brins
you back?
When We came limping home, what did
Just walked up long enough to yawn
THAT you?"
oh, yes. cat may have nine lives to
But tell me, has sh. even one to sives
That stormy night you found me. picked
me up
A friendless, starving, vagrant little
pup
And brought me home, and named me,
1t was sweet
To lay my one life wholly at your feetl
1t isn't that I'm jealous Of the cat.
She may have nine, or ninety lives, at
that.
But just to see her sitting on your knee,
Gosh, Master, let me run her up that
tree!
This is good poem, we submit, be-
cause it shows every reader the proper
attitude for every one to take in respect
to the two best known domestic pets.
It is plain to be seen that the writer,
while preferring the dog, had some sort
of admiration for the cat, and even
made her canine hero admit q sort of
Sneaking fondness for Tabby.
This attitude Is one which every one
may ponder, especially those persons
who declare emphatically that they
hate cats"
Only the other day a gentleman came
into our ONCE to narrate the purchase
of pair Of white mice for his boy.
Knowing our interest In all animals, he
thought we would be interested In white
mice, too.
Somehow or other we are indifferent
to white mice. We have nothing against
other people liking white mice, but per-
sonally are able to get along very
nicely without them. Thousands OF
persons, we realize, feel precisely the
same way about cats. Hundreds feel
much the same way about dogs.
why didn't you buy Jimmy . dog?"
we asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
A Happy Ending.

While some may have regretted the
raising of the question of social preced-
ence in the case of the Vice Presi-
dents sister, the outcome of the affair
Is such as to cause general rejoicing
and to lead to mutual congratulations
on the part of all the parties to this
affair. First of all, the Vice President
and his sister, his official hostess, are
to be felicitated upon getting their
rightful station definitely established.
Next Secretary Stimson is to be COM
plimented upon the effective manner In
which he passed the issue on to the
diplomatic corps as the only court Of
satisfactory ruling. Finally. the diplo-
matte corps. headed by Sir Esme How
ard, the British Ambassador, Is to be
thanked for according to Mrs. Gam
at all official and ceremonious diplo-
matte entertainments 1.-The precedence
due the wife OF the Vice President OF
the United States" And this graft
tude Is not lessened in any degree by
the fact that the action Of the diplo-
matte corps is provisional, until we
can obtain some definite ruling from
q constituted American authority"
In the latter handling Of this affair
there has been only courtesy and con-
alteration. Perhaps there was some
awkwardness in the first stage. If so,
that has been corrected by the pune
tilious regard that has since been
shown for the sensibilities of the par
Elephants. The incident is closed
probably definitely closed, inasmuch as
there is no constituted American
authority" that can render q more
specific decision, and no probability that
one will be established-on the correct
basis of efficient and equitable diplo-
macy, namely, the recognition Of the
status quo in the establishment Of q
n,odus vivendi. The status quo. namely
that the wife or ofhcial hostess Of the
Vice President ranked next to the wife
or hostess Of the President, has pre-
vailed since the days of President Nc
Kinley, who so ruled regarding the wife
Of vice President Hobart. The only
difference lay in the fact that the OIL
cial hostess in this case was not wife
but sister. When the case was dis
tinctly stated, in its correct terms, the
diplomatic corps, which, as Secretary
Stimson truly says, is the only Con-
stituted authority" for ruling upon
social precedence in this country, did
not hesitate to decide that there is no
essential difference.
Rarely has q case arisen in diplomacy
that has been settled with SO general
q satisfaction over the result. Every
body concerned seems to have done the
right thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
The Leviathan Goes Wet.

The dry nag has been hauled down
on the Leviathan and the other ships
Of the United States Lines, Inc, which
have recently passed from Government
to private American ownership. The
reason given by the new owners for
permitting the sale Of liquor aboard
these vessels after they have left Amer
lean waters Is that it is necessary in
order to compete with the ships of for
eien lines in the transatlantic passen-
ger service. Now the new policy works
out, and whether there will be marked
increase in the number of passengers
on the Leviathan, the flagship of the
feet, and the other vessels remains to
be seen. In the past the Shipping
Board, which operated the United
states Lines through the Fleet Corpora
ton, received many letters congratu-
lating 1t upon the fact that the ships
we're dry.
The management of the Leviathan.
however, which in personnel is much
the same as was the management under
Government ownership, has apparently
determined that restriction Of the sale
Of liquor on these vessels was disad-
vantage in the strenuous competition
which exists for passenger traffic across
the Atlantic. There will be no open
bar on the Leviathan and the other
ships Of the United States Lines, Inc,
a. the new company operating these
vessels Ia named. This doubtless is out
Of regard for the slogan which has
grown UP in this country, "The saloon
Is gone forever!" 1t is a slogan to which
most Of the vets agree, especially those
who run for office where there is q
certain amount of dry sentiment ex-
lsting. Liquor aboard the Leviathan, ac-
cording to announcement, is to be
served presumably in the cabins of the
passengers or in some other manner
that will be strictly controlled and not
Objectionable in any way
In defense of the newly announced
policy Of the United States Lines, Inc,
II is pointed out that all other AmefI-
can lines which touch foreign ports, ex-
j cept the Dollar Line, sell liquor to their
passengers after leaving American wa
tiers. After American citizens leave the
jurisdiction of their own country they
are at liberty to buy, sell or transport
liquor as they desire, depending upon
the laws of the high seas and Of the
countries to which they 60. So far moth
! ing has been done to make the ocean
"dry" territory. except on the Govern
ment-owned ships Of Uncle Sam. And
even In the case Of these Government
sAred and operated ships. II Is now 3D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11

mitted. there has been . lot Of boot
Logging by stewards.
There are plenty Of Americans who
will argue that prohibition should fol-
low the nag and that on American ships
flying the American flag the prohihitory
law should apply just as 1t does in the
United States. These ships, they will
point out, are under the protection Of
the American flag and the United
states and for that reason, II for no
other, should respect the Constitution
and the laws of the land.
Admittedly it is only q subterfuge
which makes 1t possible for these ships
to clear from American ports in po-
sition, after they get outside the limit,
to sell liquors, A certain amount Of
liquor is permitted to be carried for
medicinal purposes" on ships leaving
this country. It is these medicinal sup
plies which will be sold to the passen-
gers as the ships travel eastward. On
the homeward voyage they may carry
as much liquor as they believe the pas
sengers will want to consume.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11

development Of the st. Lawrence Is 81
the part Of the river that Is an intsEG
national borndAry?-S. p.
A. There are lis miles Of the stvA
en- the boundary line included N tn
deep waterway plan.
@. How long has the State Of NeN
York had q chamber Of conmerce?aN
T. H.
A. It was formed In 1Tee and ID
charter granted at that time by KIN
George III to THE Chamber Of Com
merce in the City Of New York q
America" When the United States VT
established, the name was changed
state Of New York" when reincoG
porated. The chamber u. however, mo-
Statewide In scope. but local In char
acter.
Q. How long have speed trials bed
made at Daytona Beach?-M. K.
A. They have been run ut DaytonA
Beach for about 20 years.
q. How many doctors, nurses and
hospitals are there In the Unite0
States?-C. s. T.
A. The American Medical Associa~
ton says that there are approximately
100000 licensed physicians in the
United States and 100000 registered
nurses. The 1929 hospital number Of
the journal of the American Medical
Association, issue Of March 80, contains
the names Of 6,652 registered hospitals
In the United States.
Q. When did the term "shoddy"
acquire Its slang signidcance?-N. H. z.
A. During the Civil War some of the
soldiers uniforms we're made Of this
-l~Y A@.. &wzkA
eral use for describing anything that
was inferior or adulterated.
@. Is land or river otter a valuable
fur?-C. M. 2.
A. Land or river otter is used to
make fur coats. It Is one Of the most
durable of our native furs. 1t ranks
as one of the finer furs. Its value de-
ponds on the skin.
@. What is Sir Harry LADDERS fam
lily name?-U. L. D.
A. The family name Is MacLennan.
O. How were. the carly combs made?
B. B.
A. The first combs found-those
made Of ivory and anber-aS made by
the ancient peoples Of Rome, Greece
and Egypt, were entirely handmade.
6O1Qe % Tic engraving d1lu Col Wig VII
these old combs stands out today as
works of art Of that period.
O. Who developed the plan for the
city of Canberra, Australia?-E. r.
A. The architect who laid out the
ground plans for the capital city was
Walter Burley Grimm.
@. What kind Of wood is amape?
M. J. B.
A. The Forest Service says that
amape wood Is q wood Of tropical Amer
lea. It Is found In the West Indies,
Mexico, Central America and Venezuela.
A common name for 1t Is "roble," which Is
Spanish for oak" However, 1t Is not an
oak and bears only q superficial re-
semblance to it. It's color, weight and
strength are similar. 1t Is used for In
terror finish, for building purposes. OK
yokes. piling and boat building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
Henry Allen Expected to Prove
Militant Figure in the Senate

or to adjacent territory. . . Once the
treaty IS drawn, vigorous spokesman
will be needed In the Senate. It will
be to Americas good fortune II oppor-
tunity to lead . fight to ratify sea
way pact with Canada falls to Henry
j. Allen of Kansas" S..-.-.
ut is enough to say Of him." con-
cludes the New York Times, that he
is an upright, courageous, energetic man,
and, on the whole, singularly reason
able for a former Sunfiower progress
sive. Will the Senate deaden him or
will he enliven it7 A sort Of Byzan-
tine and hierarchic atmosphere en-
velops q Senator subdued to the ele-
ment he works In. If Mr.. Curtis re-
sisted 1t as Senator, some observers al
ready detect In him as Vice President
a certain rigidity."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
ANSWERS - QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.

What do you need to know? Is there
some point about your business or per.
sOnal life that puzzles you? u there
something you want TO know without
delay7 Submit your question to Fred
eric j. HaslEir, director Of our Washing-
ton Information Bureau. He II en-
ployed to help you. Address your In
quiry to The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director,
washington, d. O., and tnclose cents
In coin or stamps for return postage.
q. Does the prohibition amendment
apply to the Philippine 1siands?-T. @.
A. The eighteenth amendment applies
to the Philippines, but the vcistead act
does not.
@. Does America import many Of the
golf balls used In this country?-A. p. @.
A. While there Il no report that shows
the total number used or the number
imported, It Is estimated that not more
than one-sixth Of the balls In use are
imported.
Q. How high do military planes
usually hy?-L. 8. J.
A. The average heights the different
airplanes fly are ~ follows: Pursuit
planes, $4,000 to $4,000 feet: bombing
planes, 10000 feet; observation planes,
5000 feet; attack planes Tin action /,
800 feet; seaplanes, 5000 feet.
Q. When were the first United States
coins made?-D. J. w.
A. The first United States coin was
made in 1893.
Q. How are Dutch windmills made7-
M. g.
A. The typical Dutch windmill Is
composed Of four long sails at right
angles to each other, fixed on an axis
inclining about 10 degrees TO the hori-
zontal and mouAted on an incloSed
tower Of masonry or wood. Modifca-
lions Of this type include six or more
sails The web of the sails Is generally
of canvas, but wood may be subsn-
tuted. In the best forms Of European
windmills each sail Is composed OF arms
or whips, 80 feet or more IN length,
attached at right angles to the sail axle.
Transverse bars or rods are secured TO
the whip at intervals throughout It's
length and on these the sails are
stretched. BY setting the bars at vary
ing angles with the plane Of revolution
Of the whips q warped surface Is pro-
duced. This Is essential, because II the
DdEb WcIS Oil puEaucl W Otlc AllVOAACL
the pitch Of those at the extremity OF
the arms would be much greater than
that Of those near the axle. The result
Of this would be that the wind would
tend to turn the outer end Of the arms
much more rapidly than the inner end,
which would simply drag. The sails
are generally wider at the tips than at
the hub.
q. When q pilot boards o ship does
he take over the wheel?-R. F. K.
A. He does not take the steering
wheel, but gives his orders to the helms
man.
q. What Is B'nai B'rith?-F. A. W.
A. It Is q Jewish fraternal organiza-
ton founded In New York In 1043 for
the incubation Of charity, benevolence
and hrotherly love" and the disregard
of dogma and ceremonial custom.
q How MANY Yniies of the nrnn0sed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11

nothing particularly serious in either
case except the significance OF the IN
clination to grasp fraudulent means to
better themselves. There was man
rescued at the time the policeman
claimed credit. There was bomb in
the mail, but it was a harmless bomb
and was never. intended to reach its
destination. These two cases teach q
strong lesson. Glory and promotion are
hard to win through trjckery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
Don't Cross Bridges.

From the Fort Worth Record Telegram.
One of the vexatious questions con-
fronting the "uplift" Ii, When the race
becomes entirely careful, wise and
honest what will we do with that per-
centage now busy being doctors, lawyers,
policemen and firemen?