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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

House. A group OF Republican senators
from the Middle West delights to throw
monkey-wrench into the administra-
tons legislative plans far too often to
be comfortable for the administration.
A case In point was the vote in the
Senate on the farm relief bill last
Spring. This group of insurgent Re-
publicans, joining with the majority of
the Democrats, voted into the bill the
so-called debenture clause, which was
anathema to the administration. This
group, in which are found Norris of
Nebraska, La Toilette and Blaine of
Wisconsin, Brookhart of Iowa and four
or five more, may kick over the traces
at any time. It is not difficult TO see,
therefore, that the aim Of the Republic
can senatorial campaign committee is
to lose no seats in the coming election
and to fight tooth and toenail for adj
ditional Republican members Of the
Senate.
Senator Moses has announced that
the slogan of the coming campaign will
be 1.-THE constructive policies Of the
Hoover administration" In other words
the Hoover administration is to be the
issue of the campaign. Under such cir
cunstance the Senatorial and House
elections next year may have q great
bearing on the national campaign. Par
ticularly the preconvention campaign,
In 1882.
Mr.. Moses said further that the new
farm relief law and the prospective
tariff law would be the talking points
Of the Republicans. They doubtless will
be talking points of the Democrats,
judging from the criticisms which have
been heaped upon both by Democratic
Senators. The Republicans have a really
safe working majority in the House Of
just about one hundred. The congress
sional senatorial committee, under the
leadership of Representative will Wood
of Indiana. will soon follow the sena-
torial committee into action. Its task,
however, probably will be simpler than
that Of the Senate committee.
Twenty years ago following the re-
vision Of tariff law during the Taft
administration, the congressional cleo
tions were great disappointment to
the Republicans. Indeed. they were
merely an augury Of what was to come
in the national election of 1912. In more
recent years, 1918 for example, the
Democrats were trounced in congress
sional elections. and the last two years
of President Wilson's administration
were rendered futile. 1t is when the
party in control of the National Gov
eminent Is overthrown in these mid
presidential term congressional cleo
tions that the machinery of the Ameri-
can Government seems not only to be
out Of gear. but, in a measure, mistaken
in theory. The executive and the legis-
lative branches of the Government are
Immediately at loggerheads and Moth
ing constructive is possible of accom-
plishment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

of War, spearhead of the organized
pacifist movement. has just wrung a
priced concession from the Post once
Department Postmaster General Brown
has authorized the council to display
red-white-and-blue poster, about /
by 112 feet in dimensions, in all United
States post offices. It reproduces the
full text Of the General Pact for the
Remuneration of War" and is signed,
master General" So nowadays alluring
appeals to Join the Marines and See
the World" and Uncle Sans invitation
to become a rookie in khaki hang cheek
by jowl alongside the literature of the
organization which would like to put
both the Navy and the Army out of
business.
The following notice, posted to tree,
was recently discovered by Washing
ton fisherman who was trying to ''spot"
good location on the lower Potomac:
II hereby notifie all trespasser that
they will be delt with to the fullest
extent Of two mungrel dogs witch
amt never been over sochibil to
strangers, and one dubbed bari shot
gun wich amt loaded with no sofy
pillars. Dam If amt tire of all
this helraisin on my property"
The finder of this word to the wise
thinks 1t might be well to bring it to
the attention of Hoover week end
campers on the Rapidan in case they
become afflicted with piscatorial wander
lust.
y
Senator Arthur Capper's friends in
Washington are just in receipt of No.
Of Capper'S, which is described as "a
magazine of today with an eye on
tomorrow" Somewhere else it's called
"tte magazine without a continuation
line" The senior solon from Kansas
thinks the periodical market is far from
glutted, for his autographed greeting
in the maiden (September> issue of
Capper's formerly Public Affairs says,
For the busy man without time to dig
tnru an the reading matter placed
before him there Is need of a magazine
of brief comment on selected facts of
interest and Importance to him" The
publication is a monthly and is printed
in Topeka.
tCopyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

compare with the Atlantic and Pacific
coastlineS Of the United States?-
j. r. s.
A. The coastline Of Alaska is longer
than the Atlantic and Pacific coast
lines Of the United States put to-
ure: Alaska, 4,123; Atlantic coastline,
l,773; Pacific, 1871.
@. What is meant by perpetual care
of cemetery LOTT. c. S.
A. Headstones or monuments are
kept straight, fences or rails are pre-
vented from sagging ard grass Is
One pays lump sum to the cemetery
association, the interest on which is
sufficient to provide for these services.
@. Please explain the purpose Of the
Palais de France which Is to be built
i'll New York.-M. s.
A. The Palais de France, 65-story
hotel and Office building, is to be con-
structed on the Century Theater site,
Central Park West. This building is
to be financed and operated by
French corporation. with the approval
, and authorization of the French gov
eminent. The new building will con-
stitute cultural, industrial and
political center in America. The
French consulate will have Offices I'll
II. also the French commercial attache
and all official agencies for promotion
Of French interests in this country.
There will be a section of the building
used as an apartment hotel, space for
a permanent international automobile
exhibition, an Academic DIES Beaux
Arts, with Conservatives Of music and
drama, and q tourists bureau.
@. Is Elsie Ferguson now on the
stage or in the movies?-S. w.
A. Miss Ferguson has returned to the
legitimate drama and is soon to star IN
Shipman- Hymer play, Scarlet
Pages" to be presented by A. H. Woods.
@. What songs did Stephen Collins
Foster write besides My Old Kentucky
Home"?-D. H.
A. He composed total Of 1914 songs.
Among them were "Massa's in de Cold.
Cold Ground" "Old Black Joe" "Old
Dog Tray" "Uncle Ned" Come Where
MY Love Lies Dreaming and old
Folks at Home" Despite the fact that
some of these have become known the
world over, Foster died in 1864. at the
early age of SO, poverty-stricken ana
debt-ridden.
@. What is the meaning of suttee?
Fl. r.
A. Suffice is the self-burning OF
widows. The custom began in India,
when one of the wives Of Brahma, the
son of God, sacrificed herself at his
death that she might attend him IN
heaven. Seventeen widows have burned
themselves on a funeral pyre OF
raiah and in Bengal alone over TOO
have been known to perish in this way
in a year The English government
abolished suttees in December, 1928.
but they have since occasionally taken
place.
@. Are there any cannibals in the
world today?-L. @. H.
I A. Cannibalism still exists in some
tropical countries but is limited to the
area comprising the country 10 degrees
north and south of the Equator. It Is
found among isolated South American
tribes. in West Equatorial and Central
Africa. the Malay Archipelago. GER
tain South Sea Islands, mainly in
Melanesia, and in parts of Australia.
Head-hunting tribes are found IN
Madagascar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
The 1880 CAMPAIGN.

Congressional elections coming in the
middle Of the presidential four-year
term have been disastrous in the past
for both Republican and Democratic
administrations. In these midterm
elections, If they may be so called, the
incentive Of the national presidential
election is absent. Furthermore, the
party in power has been under fire of
the opposition; 1t may not have sue
ceeded In carrying out pledges made
during the presidential campaign two
years earlier. Failure of State political
leaders to obtain the patronage which
they have demanded-in the shape of
high Federal ofiice-may have les
sened their enthusiasm. All these may
be contributing factors to political
upset for the party in power. There
fore, wise party leaders redouble their
efforts, In the "off-year" elections, to
hold their strength in Senate and
House, and, II possible, to gain. Sena-
tor George H. Moses Of New Hampshire.
newly appointed chairman of the Re-
publican senatorial campaign commit.
tee, is already making plans for the
campaign next year--for the election Of
one-third of the Senate. He will 60
West to confer with Republican leaders,
although the campaign Ia year In the
future and the primary elections for
the Senate nominations are still to be
held by the Republicans In ell the
states affected.
At present the United States Senate
Is composed Of s. Republicans, 80 DEM
ocrats, ! Farmer-Lahor, and there is
one vacancy, In Pennsylvania, due to
the fact that Senator-elect William 8.
Ware, Republican, has never been per-
mitted to take the seat to which he was
elected in 1926. It would appear from
these figures that the Republicans have
q good working majority In the Senate.
But the figures do not give . correct
Impression Of the situation In the Upper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

Stop a minute and think about this
fact. You can ask our information
bureau any question of fact and get the
answer back in personal letter. It
IL q great educational idea introduced
into the lives of the most intelligent
people In the world-American news
paper readers. It Is part of that
best purpose of a r1ewspaper-service.
There is no charge except 2 cents in
coin or stamps for return postage. Get
the habit of asking questions. Address
your letter to The Evening Star Infor-
nation Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskip,
director. Washington, d. C.
@. Where was Gar Woods speedboat
record made?-J. S.
A. II was made at Miami Beach, Fla.
March %, 1929. His Miss America VII
averaged 93.123 miles per hour. This
speed was made in mile trials, which
Is an average Of six one-mile dashes.
@. Does zap belong to the United
States?-W. o. H.
A. The Island of zap does not belong
to the United States. 1t was awarded
7, 1919 There Is no town of impor-
lance on the island. One of the larger
trading settlements is at Dulukan. It.
has no separate governor, being part
Of the Caroline Islands.
@. How long has the Christian
Science Monitor been published?-O. s.
It's first issue was dated November IS,
1908.
@. Where is tin found in the United
States?-L. P.
A. Alaska is the only portion of the
United States in which tin is found.
@. How should glasses be held while
they are being polished?-W. A. T.
A. A Washington Cptometrist sug-
gests that one should grasp the glasses
and not the posepiece when cleaning
eyeglasses In this way the screws ii,
the nosepiece are not loosened.
@. In studying blood vessels I find
the term emigration" used. What
does 1t mean?-H. D.
A. White cells pass through the walls
of blood vessels and wander through
the body. This process is usually called
their emigration.
9. What is the name Of the port in
A. Lourenco Marques is the port and
is said to have the best harbor on the
eastern coast Of Africa. It Is often
called the Gateway to the Transvaal.
@. How many buffaloes were there in
this country in the days when they
roamed the plains?-P. B. E.
A. No more than an estimate can be
given. 1t is believed that there were
SO 900 900 bison between Manitoba and
the Staked Plains of Texas in 1885,
@. Why are zeppelins so called?
&C. J, c.
A. The term Zeppelin" refers to the
dirigibles built at the Zeppelin factory
in Germany They are named after
the inventor of this particular type O.
aircraft, Count Zeppelin.
Q. Why can't birds fly Backward
I. D. L.
A. The Biological Survey Says that
birds cannot fly backward because the
feathers of birds point backward, so
that IL a bird attempted to fly back
ward the air would force the feathers
forward and resistance of the air woulc
be such that the bird could make no
progress.
@. How does the coastline of Alaska
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
Genius and Ability
Know No Borders
From the st. Louis Times.

From the st. Louis Times.
When genius, personality, ability are
great enough there are no national
borders, no man-made limits.
The City of Paris has just placed Q
tablet to the memory Of the German
poet Heinrich Heine on the house
wherein he died In the French capital.
Both German and French lovers Of his
poetry put flowers on Heine's grave.
War mars the harmony and beauty
of the world. It retards the progress Of
mankind. But war cannot obliterate
from the minds and hearts Of thinking
men and women an appreciation for Al
that d best,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.

Singin' Along.
Robin bird was snappy,
Singin' on his way.
Mockin' bird was happy
With the same old lay.
And the world keeps goin' strong
We're singin' along!
Airplane seems cratic
Travelin' through the sky.
Still we gaze, ecstatic,
AS 1t goes on high.
While it's humming Nothing Wrong,
We're singin' along!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

Politicians have proved disappointing
in one respect. None of them films as
well as a qualified motion picture star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
Rate bv Mail-Payable in Advance.
Marian and Virrinia
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
patches credited to II or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local rewS
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

The "wailing Wall" is a sad reminder
that while triumphs sink into oblivion,
nations never forget their sorrows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

Washington, D. c., was not visited
by Eckener's dirigible. The United
States Capital is a great city, but not
yet a great airport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

In assuming his proper duty in keep
ing order among flyers, Col. Lindbergh
may be compelled to forget that he
was once a stunt performer himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
Coling in the Deep Sea.

From the Ottawa Journal.
There Is fish In African waters, we
read, which crawls over the ground for
miles for no apparent purpose. SOUNDS
more like q eol1ef.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

It would be a triumph indeed If
Ambassador Dawes could start a
fashionable vogue at one and the same
time in pants and pipes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

Getting the troops out of the Rhine
land will disappoint many a trooper
who has been having Jolly time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

Wall Street boosts the price of money.
The Spectator, like the horse gambler,
takes the gate fee and the commission
as matters of course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
Sad, But How True.

From the Albany Evening News.
And husbands very often give their
wives intelligence tests whenever they
make up o new excuse for being late.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

Snowden has his British public and.
as wise actor, believes in giving his
public what it wants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
Feathers His Nest.

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The farmland who eloped with the
i1ejress has safeguarded himself against
seasonal gluts and periodical surpluses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

Threats Of War.
whenever war is hailed as due,
We ask Of every voter,
Just who, with profit come in view,
Should be the Flight Promoter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
PrecautiOn.

Precaution.
"A group Of constituents awaits to
call on you," said the secretary.
"Show them In" answered Senator
Sorghum. But before doing so make
sure they are constituents and not gun
men,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
W. MOVES. Editor

The Evening Star Newspaper Compan
Business Once:
nth St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York once: ITO East 42nd &c
Chicago once: Lake Michigan Building.
European once: II Regent st.. London,
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
Horizontal and Vertical.

IEUINUNtWI dHhU VVHVhOuHs
care you interested in aviation?"
Every much" answered Mr.. Chuggins.
For many years have faced road
dangers horizontally, but confess am
confused by the danger Of being at
tackled vertically.
"An ancient tomb" said Hi Ho. the
sage of Chinatown, will reveal splendid
wealth and leave a sigh Of regret be-
cause it has had no good night club
promoters"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

Jud Tunkins says "the new dollar bill
not only looks smaller, but in purchas-
ing capacity 1t IS"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
Fish Stories.

Fish Stories.
I went a-fishin' long ago,
And saw the waters ebb and flow.
The catch was small, not like the tale
OF dear Old Jonah and the Whale.
"A lazy man. said Uncle Eben, goes
fishin'. An he ain got no proper COM
plant II de fish amt industrious enough
to bite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-02

eve may be sorry for Harry Sinclair;
we are sorry for him." states the Terre
Haute star, "but 1t is more important
that the law should be seen an equal In
its pressure upon persons of whatever
degree than that our sorrow or his UNI
happiness should be relieved by treating
him as though he were entitled to spe-
cial consideration. Above all. the larger
privileges that Mr.. Sinclair enjoyed by
season Of his wealth imposed upon him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-05

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-05
STOCK PR|CESREACT
in CREDIT SQUEEZE
Market Turns Downward in
Last Hour as Money Goes
to 10 Per Cent
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 5.-Ten per cent
money checked operations for the rise
in today's stock market. For three
quarters of the time the list was strong,
ard the copper and railroad shares were
buoyant. But in the last hour reaction
set in.
The market hesitated when money
was advanced from the renewal rate
of 8 to 9 per cent. 1t did not really
weaken until it became evident that an
other advance was imminent, and When
the 10 per cent rate was posted there
was a rush to take profits.
The banks called loans in consider
able volume. The hardening of the rate
took the Street by surprise, for easier
conditions had been anticipated at least
until the midmonth. Before the pinch
in money. a number of copper stocks.
among them Anaconda, Kennecott and
Chile had sold higher than ever before
in their respective histories, and there
had been spirited demonstration in
the railroad shares.
Anaconda was the leader in its group
Buying was inspired by the report that
the corporation planned to retire its
bonded indebtedness, raising the funds
therefor by additional issue of stock,
following the example of U. S. Steel
Corporation. This story, together with
the strength in the market for the
metal and the popularity OF Anaconda
as trading medium. put the stock up
RAPIDLY to a new high as it crossed 1855.
Kennecott moved forward sympathetic
cally to a new top for the present stock.
The demonstration in the rails be-
gan with Erie.
Baltimore e. Ohio assumed the lead
ership of the dividend-psying stocks
and after block of 5000 shares had