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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

and more. Whether ranging the plains
with cattle, rounding up lawbreakers
as deputy sheriff, grubbing for GOLD
| in Alaska, selling booze in mining camp
dives, running games of chance ir
frontier towns or directing the activ-
tiles of the corporation that built the
$6,000.000 Madison Square Garden in
New York that will stand as a monu-
| ment to his memory, he was a square
shooter-and to that may be attributed
the fact that he passed on possessed
not only of town and country houses,
palatial yacht and other evidences of
a fortune running into seven figures,
but with the admiration of persons in
widely divergent walks of life.
Richards strongest claim to enduring
fame, however, is that he was a pioneer
in the advancement of the ring game
to plane where it deserves the appella-
ton of boxing industry rather than
prize fighting business. Entering the
promotional end of the so-called manly
art Of self-defense" when 1t was an
outlaw among sports in a great majority
Of the States, harried by constables and
sheriffs, with barrooms usually the scene
Of preliminary negotiations and with
spectators restricted for the most part
to the beetle-browed and red-necked
unwashed, he lived to see boxing attain
the status of welcomed, not merely
condoned, big business.
1t was Richard who first startled the
sports world with the then unheard-of
purse of 100000 which he hung up for
his initial venture in fistic promotion.
the scrap between Nelson and Cans at
Goldfield, New. Subsequently he staged
battles of increasing financial magnitude
until at the finish he had a record of
attracting nine million dollars in gate
receipts on heavyweight championships
alone within the last eight years. And
by his example in aiding the socially
prominent Miss Anne Morgan. sister of
j. P. Morgan, to conduct a f1stic exhibit
ton for war charity in which she was
interested he paved the way for attend
ance at boxing bouts of persons who up
to that time would have been startled
by such suggestion.
A true disciple of P. r. Barnum, who
earned the reputation of being the
greatest Snowman on earth, Richards
ability correctly to gauge the pulse of
the public and his genius for obtaining
publicity enabled the pupil ultimately to
surpass the master and with his death
the world has lost the most successful
exponent of what is known in sports
circles as the art of ballyhoo.
For glamour, color and thrills a
parallel to the life of Tex Richard can
be found only in fiction. He was
unique.
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The Democratic Future.

Representative Box of Texas, newly
elected Democratic whip of the House,
insists that the future success OF the
Democratic party depends upon Kidding
the organization of those forces which
nominated Gov Smith and controlled
his campaign. This is plain talk from
a man chosen by his Democratic col
leagues in the House to an important
position. It is not difficult to believe
that it will fall harshly on the ears of
Democrats in New York, Massachusetts,
and other Eastern and New England
States. Here is no note of harmony.
Mr.. Box proposes a major operation.
The opinion given by the new minority
whip Of the House, who succeeds the
late Representative William A. Oldfeld of
Arkansas, may have come as something
of a shock to Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
to whom Mr.. Box wrote his views in
reply to a letter from the New York
governor congratulating him upon his
election. But there is not the slightest
doubt that many of the Southern Demo
Gratis feel as does Mr.. Box. Texas was
one of the States of the solid South
which topped over to the Republican
column in the recent election. Mr.. Boz
Is worried by the idea that Texas may
continue to vote Republican, unless the
Democratic party takes different posi-
ton from that which was taken by its
presidential candidate in the recent
campaign.
eff the situation and forces which
nominated Gov. Smith and controlled
the campaign continue to dominate TIT
party" wrote Mr.. Box, Texas and the
South will cease to be Democratic, TIT
East will not be controlled, the Wesr
will n" permanently estranged. and tn
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

This is a special department devoted
to the handling of inquiries. You have
at your disposal an extensive organiZa-
ton in Washington to serve you in any
capacity that relates to information.
Write your question, your name. and
your address clearly, and inclose two
cents in coin or stamps for reply. Send
to The Evening Star information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington, D. c.
@. Who furnishes the bodyguards for
the President?-L. D. M.
A. The Presidents bodyguards are
members of the United States Secret
Service.
@. What we're Theodore Roberts
most recent pictures?-G. T. S.
A. Masks of the Devil and Ned
McCobb's Daughter"
@. Why weren't aviators equipped
with parachutes during the World
War?-R. M
A. ct that time, parachutes were In
airplanes. and were not considered Of
much help.
O. How does the life of a wooden
sailing vessel compare with that OF
steel steamship?-A. G. c.
A. The average life of a wooden sail
ing vessel is about 80 years; that OF
steel steam vessel. about 20 years.
O. Is the temperature ever above
freezing within the Arctic Circle?-F. c.
A. Instances of temperature above
80 degrees Fahrenheit have been record
ed in Arctic regions. In SpitZbergen
the average temperature of July is 40
degrees Fahrenheit, at Lady Franklin
Bay 81 degrees. The distribution OF
the average temperatures for July
shows a circumpolar area of 35 degrees
Fahrenheit. which lies mostly north of
latitude 80 degrees between North
America and Europe.
O. Does the earth lose weight due
to the consumption of coal and other
fuelS?-C. F.
A. When coal or other material Is
taken from the earth and converted
into gas, it does not make any change
in the weight of the earth. In con-
sidering this question. it must be re-
membered that the atmosphere itself
weighs down upon the earth with a
pressure proportional to It's density and
its height and that the weight of any
floating body, such as gas, etc, within
it, is added to the total weight OF the
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Cornstalk Paper May Prove
Boon to Farmer and Forests

uses 1t for fuel, as was the case a few
years ago." remarks the Salt Lake
Deseret News, "he need not even then
despair of his crop and decide to quit
raising it. He may still, if he will, burn
the grain on the cob, yet at the same
time make his farm pay by selling the
stalks to the paper mill or other
factory" The Port Arthur News directs
attention to bill introduced by Senator
Schall of Minnesota, authorizing an
appropriation "for demonstrating plants
in the utilization of waste products from
the land" and suggests provision for
cotton growers as well as those inter-
eSted in corn. There are millions of
tons of cotton stalks that go to waste
under Southern skies. What provision
has Senator Schall made for a demon
strating plant in Commonwealth where
the f1eecy staple grows?" asks the News.
"The newspaper world for some
years." according to the Columbus Ohio
State Journal, "has been somewhat
apprehensive of the time when the
supply of wood pulp from which news
print is made will be inadequate to the
demands upon it. The feat Of the DAN
vile paper in successfully publishing a
100-page edition shows that the corn
stalk pulp has practical possibilities. 1t
suggests, too, that in the deSpised corn
stalk lies another way out for the
American farmer"
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Virginian Railways
Engine Rated Best
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the EQlJor OIL Inc Star.
Appearing in The Evening Star OF
January S, was picture of what was
reputed to be "the biggest and most
powerful" steam locomotive ever built
The locomotive pictured is the largest
in the world but it is not the most
powerful. To the Virginian Railway
and not to the Northern Pacific must
go the palm for possessing the most
powerful steam locomotive in the world.
incidentally, this same road, the Vir-
ginian, had the largest and most DOW
erful electric locomotive in the world.
but I believe, now, that Henry Ford S
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton has won
this distinction.)
There are at least three steam loco
motives in use on American railroads
today that have greater tractive efforts
than the new Northern Pacific locomo-
tive. Hence. since locomotives trac-
tive effort is the measure of its power,
we must conclude that these three loco
motives are more powerful than the new
Northern Pacific locomotive.
A locomotive is classified according to
the number of wheels it has. Hence a
locomotive with a 1882 classification
means, counting from the front end.
that it has a 2-wheel pilot truck, 8
driving wheels for the first pair of
cylinders, driving wheels for the sec
ond pair Of cylinders and a 2-wheel
trailer truck, usually found under the
cab.
Most Of the above information is
taken from the article on the new
Northern Pacific locomotive appearing
in the Railway Age for the week of
December 20. 1928.
WALTER F. WALTON.
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party will break up, some of its voters
going TO the Republican party, others
remaining with the organization, and
others becoming independent"
This Is gloomy picture, indeed
which is laid before the New York
governor by Mr.. Box Nor does it seem
possible that the great Democratic party
which has weathered many storms in
the past will succumb now. But there
is no doubt there is need for wise
counsel in the party at present Mr..
Box represents one extreme in his party.
Millions Of popular votes were cast for
Gov. Smith in other sections of the
country, although he won few electoral
votes. 1t is not likely that these ardent
supporters of Gov. Smith will allow
themselves to be waved aside cavalierly.
Mr.. Box makes an interesting sugges-
ton in his letter when he proposes that
the enforcement of prohibition be made
a real political issue. He demands that
there shall be constructive handling of
such Give" political issues as prohibit
ton, immigration and the tariff, and
that the party do something more than
merely criticize the opposition. He
asserts that while prohibition sentiment
prevails, there are more than 100000
saloons and several hundred thousand
bootleggers in the United States today,
without a real effort being made by
those in power to clean them out.
The Republican party is likely to find
itself in real difficulties four years from
now unless something constructive is
done about prohibition and its enforce
ment. The country is not likely to
permit the present situation to continue
Indefinitely. Mr. Box may have placed
his finger on real issue that will come
to the top in future campaigns
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atmosphere. No change in the actual
weight of the earth could be effected
unless the gas and smoke escaped en-
tirely from the atmosphere and passed
out into space. This does not occur and
the floating products of combustion do
not remain permanently in the atmos-
phere. but sooner or later are brought
back again, partly by the direct effect
of gravity and partly as the result OF
combining with other floating sub
stances that finally subside, as when
impurities are carried down by rain.
Although the weight of the earth as
whole is not altered by the conversion
into gas. the distribution of weight on
the earth'S surface may be affected.
Q. What was the property loss by
fire in 1927?-R. Nice.
A. In 1927 the fire losses in the
United States amounted to 1920, 1885,
600, according to statistics compiled by
the Journal of Commerce OF New York.
@. Why was Death Valley so
named?-H. K.
A. Death Valley received it's name
from the fact that in 1850 a party of
gold-seekers with their families made
one-day camp in the valley and less
than half of them survived, the re-
IlduIuST DelLlS ONeTCOIIlS Uy IltdL anu
thirst. A few escaped over the Pana-
minis to the bountiful Californian
plains; the others returned to the East.
@. How old is George Gershwin?-
NJ V.
A. Gershwin. who is probably best
known as the composer of the "Rhap-
sody in Blue" is now 20 years old.
n ITpdar what pan,e was the John
Barrymore divorce secured?-T. w.
A. Under the name of Blythe. which
is the real name of the Barrymore
family.
@. Is it possible to tell a criminal by
a glance at his physiognomy?-B. E. G.
A. Tests by criminologists and physi-
clans conducted at Sing Sing show con-
clusively that the criminals features
and physical makeup are no different
from those of law-abiding citizens.
O. How did the name Freemason
originate?-S. D.
A. The term grew out of the fact that
only craftsmen not under control OF the
guilds were eligible. AS the election was
required to be unanimous, the members
denoted themselves Free and Accepted
MaSonS.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Course of Wisdom.

Course of Wisdom.
A wise philosopher retired
Into lonely cell.
His thought was very much admired
Wherever mortals dwell.
But, oh, It's sad to say that when
He came to pay his rent,
And studied his affairs again
He didn't have a cent!
Next day he found a motley suit
All trimmed with tinkling bells.
His phrase, once rated as astute,
Mid smiling aff1uence dwells.
And soon these sapient words he spok
Unto the listening town:
while philosopher goes broke,
1t pays to be a clown"
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An Epochal Flight.

Once again an American alrplane-
American built and American manned
wings its way to Immortality. The
Army's flight monoplane
Question Mark, breaking all records
landed at Los Angeles airport yesterday
afternoon at the end of a nonstop
cruise aloft lasting $50 hours, 40 min
utes and IS seconds.
For well-nigh seven days and nights
the intrepid craft scared serencly
through the California heavens, a gal
liant crew aboard her, succored from
time to time by mates no less skillfuliy
heroic, who fueled her in midair while
endurance plane and nursing ship alike
tore through space at a dizzy speed of
more than a mile minute. Question
Mark and her flying filling station take
their places in aviation history along
side the Spirit of st. Louis and the
ships which carried Chamberlin, Byrd
and Maitland to glory across the seas.
The Army sent Question Mark to the
skies on a tour of experimental duty.
1t was the assigned task of Maj. Spatz
and his four ShipnateS to stick to their
aerial job as long as human endurance
plus motor reliability permitted. The
mere numerical tabulation of the joint
achievement is romance. During the
150-odd hours the monoplane was en-
circling the ethereal terrain above the
airport she covered an approximate dis
tance of 1880 miles, consumed 5,205
gallons Of gasoline, made So contacts
with the refueling plane, received $4,000
pounds of supplies and gasoline, aver
aged 10 miles an hour, attained a maxi
mum speed of 121 miles an hour, main
tanned an average altitude of $500 feet
and a maximum of $500 feet and the
three Wright "whirlwind" motors re-
corded the fabulous total of 42,552, 900
revolutions
Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of the
Nays Bureau of Aeronautics, paying
generous tribute to the epoch-marking
accomplishment of the sister service,
rightly emissions wondrous things as
the result of Question Marks flight. A
heavier-than-ai machine which, prop
erly husbanded by flying fueling equip
ment can sail continuously for the bet
ter part of seven days and nights should
have no difficulty in girdling the globe.
Such fight, Admiral Moffett points
out sis now brought well within the
realms of possibility"
The resultant effect upon naval war
fare is obvious. During q prolonged en-
gagement at sea, the admiral explains,
it is now plain that fighting planes
can be retained in fight over battle
areas, with special cargo planes Serv-
ing them with fresh fuel and ammuni-
ton. In the field of civilian aviation
Question Mark opens up no less Sug-
gestive a vista. In all directions the new
avenues of aviation development, on
both sea and land, become illimitable in
their possibilities.
But these are matters of the future.
What counts at the moment is the deep
pride that fills America in the posses
sion of men, motors and machinery
capable of Question Marks achieve
ment. To the Army air force, to the
monoplane's builders, to her magnifi-
cent crew, the country signals grateful
congratulations.
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of outrage. Has done away with
capital punishment, too, has Brazil,
with nothing fatal ensuing, but with, it
must be, fine expansion of the spirit
instead Not Brazil alone, but all the
countries of the continent join here to
make q living pageant of the develop
ment of peoples. An incompatible
writer on his own theme is Herbert
Adams Gibbons. To miss a Gibbons
map" is to miss rare combination Of
knowledge informed by art.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

Sorrow because of the death Of Grand
Duke Nicholas is widely expressed IN
Russia. Fear of the Romanoffs has de-
parted, but affection for them still re-
mains. A human sense of loyalty, once
established, cannot be wholly destroyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

The world admires clean sport.
Tribute is paid to Tex Richard as one
who saw to it that any game which
came under his supervision was played
according to the rules.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

So many questions OF immediate sig
nif1cance assert themselves that the
necessity of discussing the Monroe Doc
trine all over again appears to make a
serious demand on valuable time.
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Rate by Mail-Payable I'm Advance.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

1t Is feared that Booth Harrington
will suffer loss of sight. Every reader
of books and attendant at the theater
will hope that a calamity affecting so
many millions Of persons may be
averted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

The goodwill service performed by
President-elect Hoover in Latin America
is memorable. He will next have bril-
liant opportunity to exercise goodwill
influence among opposing factions in
Congress,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

Senators Borah and Reed are not
afraid of each other. They listen re-
spectfully and neither could ask bet
ter audience than his antagonist.
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She's to Be Congratulated.

From the Sioux City Tribune.
Passing of another leap year means
nothing to a maiden lady who credits
her single-blessedneSs to extra shrewd-
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

A very simple inauguration becomes
hard to manage in view Of the loyal
desire of so many who voted for Hoover
to bring along the home town band and
get into line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

Maryland, famous for expert road
builders, finds its admirable highways
demanding the supervision of expert &C
countants as well as engineers.
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Well. Who Are They?

From the Lynchburg News.
Some persons pose as authorities on
the next cabinet who couldn't name
all present cabinet members for a
Durant prize.
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That's a Long Time.

From the Ell Paso Herald.
To be considered we'll constructed
the new house should stand up at least
as long as the initial mortgage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

Every new airplane test brings new
and remarkable story. The sky ship
has the true fascination of infinite va
rintv
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Irate ArtificiaIity.

Irate Artificiality.
"You sounded as If you were speaking
in anger" said the friend.
"An orator often has to sound that
way" answered Senator Sorghum.
There are many persons who, If you
appear to be keeping your temper, can't
believe you are thoroughly in earnest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08
Features of EesfivitY.

The Fourth of March may bring about
Some blizzard long delayed.
Well get the old snow shovels out
To start big parade.
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AS Nature Takes It's course.

Children are very destructive"
which is rather fortunate" said the
nervous lady. by this time all the
drums and other noise making devices
are broken and cleared away"
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Friendly Game.

The gunner in poker room
Set pistols flashing in the gloom.
There was some killing. Just the same
1t was a friendly poker game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

Jud Tunkins says he knows several
politicians who are liable to need relief
more than the farmers.
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We Neither Are Nor Have.

From the Lincoln State Journal.
With 10000 millionaires in the coun-
try, they are as common as fur coats.
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"Talk amt de bes' way to git atten-
ton fob good advice" said Uncle Eben.
When de traffic officer blows a whistle
everybody stops an listens"
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Avoiding Miniature.

AfoIuAhB AANAN0SuAS'
why do you cultivate sarcasm?"
IF you try to correct fault" said
Miss Cayenne, you should try to be as
gentle as possible. 1t is better to be
sarcastic than brutal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

II have concentrated so much on try
ing to say wise things" said Hi Ho, the
sage of Chinatown, that often be-
came absent-minded and did foolish
things"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08

If a book, once begun. does not please
the reader, why should he continue
with it?
There are too many other books, in
the first place, and, in the second, there
is no point in boring ones self.