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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
Suggested Control of War
BY Industry Stirs Doubts

News. Even If the gentleman,s agree
ment were made. what would ston a
Delllgerent nation from buying through
neutral intermediary? The agreement
Goes not mean that the production and
sale OF the strategic materials would
cease; and once they are out of the hands
OF the producer, what would stop their
now to the belligerent nations? Then
there Is the urge to make money. Dr.
rectorates can be changed and q new
BOARD, tempted by the prospect of large
profits from hard-pressed nations at
war, might cancel its signature to an
agreement not to deal with a belligerent
Ihe proposed agreement has no legal
standing; 1t Is not treaty-and trea-
ties have been broken"
assuming that the project Is impos-
sible, the Columbus Evening Dispatch
comments: Granted that international
olIierences mad got to the point where
Wsr was imminent, private citizens,
even If they were industrial leaders,
would no longer be permitted to say
what could or could not be manufac-
tured and sold. The way to lessen the
probability of war is to cultivate the
idea of the peaceful settlement of in
ternational differences before they have
got to the war STAGE
Revealing an open mind toward the
III the basic commodities with which
war is waged were denied the bel
ligerent nations, if nations contemplate
ing war knew certainly that once they
started the butchery their credit in the
international market would be stopped
so far as these essential raw materials
were concerned, peaceful settlement
70 any International controversy would
De practically assured. No nation will
fight if it has no hope of winning.
ana, Whatever may be the final dis
poSal OF the idea advanced by Mr..
Hurley, it is now, at least, still another
manifestation of the universal EFFORT
That is being increasingly made to place
peace on the f1rmest and most reason
able basis"
- An assumption by the indianapolis
work to the disadvantage of the world
Is set forth in the statement: "It is
probable that control of raw material
might, IN an international crisis. be
subjected to great pressure, especially
10 the temptation to jump the boycott
When the prospect of profits became
especially bright. An attempt at a war
corner OF essential basic material might
nave tendency to stimulate peace.
time competition for control which. in
itself, would be an Indictment to war"
The New York World feels that the
idea implies much faith in the un-
selfishness of industrial leaders" and
continues: 1T is interesting, too, in
that 1t indicates that private indi-
vlduals are so powerful that they NAV
determine the course of nations and
governments by an agreement among
themselves. 1t is another way of pro.
claiming that big business has really
become the supergovernment of the
world. And that is an ominous thing
for while it is assumed to have the
power to do good in the interest of
humanity. it manifestly has, in thai
event, the power to dominate govern
mentS and peoples to serve its selfish
ends"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09


From the Santa Barbara Daily News.
In the first decision issued under
the new law providing for State con-
troll of dams, State Engineer Hyatt has
denied Los Angeles County flood con-
troll district authority to build high
dam at the proposed site on the San
Gabriel River.
1t was planned to erect at the Sc
lected site a dam about 500 teet nigh
which would impound vast store OF
water in the canyon.
The decision, which IS BASED on find
ings of eminent biologists and STUDIES
by expert engineers. declares tnat lne
geological formation in San Gabriel
Canyon is so badly broken and TN
stable as to make he proposed dam
a menace to residents OF the district
farther down the valley.
In the territory under the proposed
dam site Is a wonderfully rich and
populous farming country, and In ad-
dition, a number OF towns lie down the
valley.
The report of the experts shows that
a great dam at the place suggested
would be a menace to every one living
below that site.
While this is a matter that chiefly
concerns the people of the San Gabriel
Valley and Los Angeles County, the
precedent that has been set is of in
terest to the entire State.
Hereafter, dams will not be construct
ed on the hit or miss plan, at sites
selected by municipal or corporation
engineers. State engineers and geolo-
gists will have the final word to say in
the building of such works.
No precautions can be too great If
they will make impossible tragedies like
that of the ST. Francis dam. which
spread death and ruin through fertile
lands in Ventura County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09

Why does any one want to under
stand women?
Their peculiarities, as men insist or
calling them, are to be liked or for.
given, as the case may be.
That's what women do with men.
To investigate the feminine character
as II 1t were mysterious to the point o.
the supernatural, Is to invade thu
laboratory.
Yet thousands of men fret about moi
being able to understand women.
Writers become famous through theil
ability to understand" them.
The problems, as well as the solutions
looked into critically, are seen to bt
molehillS rather than the mountains
that such writer's and readers woult
make them.
And I learned about women from
her." sang one of Kiplings characters
Women are pictured all the way from
vampires to angels, without common
sense ever once stepping into the pic
ture.
So persistent has been this tradition
that women themselves to great ex-
tent become victims of it.
But we are convinced that theil
mysterious" smiles, upon occasion, are
nothing but good-natured raillery.
y X y
The supposed great difficulty" about
understanding women lies in the mys.
terry complex.
Let us admit that women are mys.
teriouS. So are men. So are children
So are lady bugs. horses, dogs, cats
antelopes, bears and ants.
There isn't thing that has life that
isn't more or less mysterious. No one
can read any one of the diverting books
about ants. for instance. or bees, with
out coming face to face with the mystic.
rious.
A woman is no harder to understand
than the course of history. We defy
any one to do more than marshal word;
together who would explain" the so.
called Dark Ages.
Look UP to the galaxies in the night
and see mystery enthroned. Life OIL
lifeleSS, there is no getting away from
the unSolvable.
Little strange things come running
from beneath upturned stones; greeniSf
creatures that seem plants, yet are ami
mails, swarm in brackish pools; where
grass won't grow, moss will; bacilli of q
beneficent or Ill nature I'LL the human
intestines.
All is mystery, and woman a part oil
it. To call her mysterious" in par
tial sense is to misuse the general ap-
plication.
In her mysterious nature the universe
has share.
X X X \
The sex of the creature no doubt has
most to do with it,
Man, the masterful-or so he thought
himself through SO many centuries
evolved q neat way of solving his prob
lens.
He blinked them.
Unable to solve the mystery Of sex
he chose Gin his masterful way) tc
blink it,
Unwilling to recognize the majesty Of
life and birth, except upon special &C.
casions, he preferred to make it less.
He transferred the legitimate wonder
to a less tenable mystification.
Instead Of worshiping the good In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

that the safest chemical for invisible
ink Is ammonium chloride, often called
sal ammoniac. A solution made by dis
solving the salt in five times its weight
of water can be used for writing with a
pen. 1t is developed by heat.
@. How much alcohol does it take to
make "a man crunk?-G. d.
A. The amount Of alcohol 1t would
take to intoxicate a person would de-
pend entirely upon the individual.
O. Who was the first head of the
medical department of the troops which
fought In the American Revolution?--
G. A. B.
A. DR.. Andrew Craigie of Cambridge.
Mass, was the first apothecary general
of the Colonial Army.
@. Which noted French officer was
Basque?-A. r. S.
A Foch and Joffre were both
Basques and born within a few miles
of each other. Joffre was born at Rive
saltes Pyrenees, January 4, 1882, and
Foch was born at Tarbes, department
of Hautes-Pyrenees, october 2, 1851.
@. Please describe the flag of the
Olympic games.--G. H
A. The flag used for the Olympic
games has an arrangement of five cir
cles on white or neutral background.
The three upper circles, blue, black and
red, do not touch, but they are Joined
! by the two lower circles of yellow and
green, which in turn do not touch each
| other. The blue circle represents
Europe; the black, Africa; the red,
America; the yellow, Asia, and the
green, Australasia.
@. How many animals are slaughter
ed annually for the meat packers Of
Nashville, Tenn.?-W. F. T.
A. Nashville is the largest meat
packing center of the South. Local
firms slaughter 100000 animals an
nually.
@. Is Journeys End" to be pro-
| duced in the movies?-G. L. v.
A. There is to be an all-talkinR
screen version of this popular play.
Colin Give, seen as Capt. Stanhope in
the original production, will play this
role in the picture.
Q. What is the oldest town in Mas
sachusetts?-V. S.
A. Plymouth is the Oldest, and SALEM
comes next.
@. What were the principal cities
of Philistia?-G. r.
A. In ancient geography this coun.
try lay to the southwest Of Palestine,
along the Mediterranean. The prin-
cipal cities were Ascalon, Ashdod, GAIA,
Gath and Ekron.
Q. Was the present Lord Waldorf
Astor born in America? If so, when
did he become British citizen7--
E. F. M
A. He was born in New York City
before his father became a British sub
Ject. He was, therefore, born in Amer.
lea. His father became naturalized in
Great Britain In 1899, when the present
viscount was 20 years of age. Since
ne was still a minor, the fact of his
fathers naturalization also made him
a British subject.
Q. How many American BUYERS 90
to Paris for the dressmakers' OPENINGS?
III. D.
A. The number varies with the i'm
portance of the openings. The Feb
ruary and August openings usually at
tract about 1900. Not quite so many
view the collections that are shown in
midseasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09

Many readers send in questions signed
only with initials, asking that the an
swers appear In the newspaper. The
space is limited and would not accom-
modate q fraction of such requests. The
answers published are ones that may in
terest many readers, rather than the
one who asks the question only. All
questions should be accompanied by the
writer's name and address and 2 cents
in coin or stamps for reply. Send your
question to The Evening Star Informa :
ton Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin, direc-
tor, Washington, D. G.
@. How many colleges are broad
casting?--C. l.. N.
A. The Federal Radio Commission
says there are SO colleges and universe
broadcasting at the present time.
@. Is the Michigan Canada Bridge at
Detroit completed?-M. b.
A. The Ambassador Bridge, connect
ing Detroit and Canada, is now COM
pleted ard open to trafic. It is the
longest Suspension bridge in this coun-
try.
O. What is the highest temperature
recorded within the Arctic Circle?-
c. E. B.
A. The maximum record is that of
Fort Yukon. where an extreme tempera-
ture of 100 degrees F. has been re-
corded.
@. What are the cheapest seats in
the Chicago Civic Opera House?-T. w
A. The top gallery in the new Chi
cago Civic Opera House will have seats
at IS cents.
Q. What carol is the oldest known
IN. H.
A. The Etude says that the oldest
| carol in existence Is in Norman French
| in thirteenth century manuscript. 1t
is a song of festivity urging the lords
Of the castle to drink In honor of
Christmas. In 1921 Wynken de Worde
printed the first known set of Christmas
| carols.
@. Does the Victoria Cross carry
| with it any monetary reward?-D. H. S.
A. special annuity of 10 pounds
year is granted to every recipient of
the Victoria Cross below commissioned
rank, with an additional pounds a
year for every bar. In the event of the
| annuitant's being unable to obtain q
! livelihood on leaving the service the
amount Of the annuity may be increased
to SO pounds.
@. When was the name Fifth avenue
New York City, given to that street?
Fl. 8.
A. The name Fifth avenue first ap-
pears on what Is known as the Com
| missioner'S Map of New York, which
was published by william Bridges and
| dated March ~, 1911.
@. What causes windows to steam?-
! A. M.
A. One of the main causes of the
steaming OF windows is lack of proper
ventilation. The main thing is to in
sure circulation of air. The applica-
ton Of gelatin Is often helpful. Wipe
down the windows with rag squeezed
| out OF gelatin. or use a soft potash
soap to which sufficient glycerin is
added to make a thin paste. When a
| thin film of either of these is applied
to the glass the condensed moisture
! spreads out to a film and does not COL
lect in fine drops, which cause the
dimming of glass,
Q. How can invisible ink be made?-
G. L. I.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09

and, in the case Of Brazil, Portuguese
speaking-representa of the Colos-
sus Of the North were essential to the
knitting Of genuinely close pan-Amer-
lean ties.
Mr.. Hoover learned something else
on his good will tour OF the far SOUTH
land. 1t finds expression in the brief,
but to the point. allusion to Latin
America In his message. The Presi-
dent-elect discovered, If lie did not
know before, that our Latin American
friends are sticklers for punctilio. They
lay great store by form, preciseness and
the unconsidered niceties and pro-
prieties of international intercourse.
Yankee diplomats" IMMERSED in those
arts are capable Of doing far more
harm than good among people who
rank politeneSs and correctness high.
Given the man who speaks the Ian
guage Of a Latin American country and
who, besides, is past master in the
etiquette Of the diplomatic code, and
you have the ideal envoy.
European governments have long filed
their posts in Central and South Amer
lea with ENJOYS who measure up 10
these standards. The American foreign
service possesses many members no less
qualified, especially among the younger
career men," Upon these it is Presl-
dent Hoover's now proclaimed inten-
ton to draw in pursuance of his de
sire to establish more firmly our I'M
Outstanding and relationships with the
Latin American countries"
1t is a step, and long step, in the
right direction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
Scotch ''HOme Rule
Fight Is Held Absurd

From the Ottawa Journal.
A correspondent of Scottish ancestry
upbraids us for being lukewarm about
home rule for Scotland, though you
always championed 1t for Ireland" Our
correspondent is wrong. All that we
say is that we can't for the life of us
see what there is left for Scotsmen to
rule in. Scotland or England or even
Wales. If Ireland had given England
four prime ministers within q genera
ton, and If southern Celts had been
bossing everything and everybody
around Whitehall for years and years,
then instead of sympathizing with Par
nell and John Redmond and the rest
of them we'd have said that they were
mad.
That is what the Scotch have been
doing. In the past 80 years there have
been seven prime ministers in Britain.
Two of them were Englishmen. one a
Welshman, four from the land OF
Burns. Balfour was Scotsman; so
was Campbell Zimmerman; SO was Bonar
Law; and there is Ramsay Macdonald.
Asquith, somehow, was an EngliShman,
Yorkshireman like Philip Snowden,
but all his life he sat for a Scottish con-
stituency.
Scotsmen don't merely run EnglandS
governments; they lay down the law
and they run the church. Loreburn,
Haldane and Finlay, all lord chancel-
lorS, were Scotsmen, and so are the
archbishops of Canterbury and York.
You can't beat q Scotsman at making
the best of both worlds.
What is there leftP If Scotsmen are
ruling England, and Scotland, too, boss
ing governments and banks and the
church and the courts. what more can
they get? Or Is it that this home rule
for Scotland movement is just q dis
guised generous movement to do some
thing for poor old England?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Well, the Boy Scouts" are about to be
formally organized, and in the Senate,
too. 1t happens they're not the Hoover
Boy Scouts of Senator Moses wise
crack fashioning, but the IS or Is pages
of the Upper House. These blueclad
messengers have just decided to form
the Senate Pages Scout Troop" Also
they've induced an eminent member of
the chamber to become scoutmaster of
the rganiZation-Senator James Couz-
ems, Republican, of Michigan, whose in
terest in youth is famed. Whether the
multimillionaire Detroiter intends turn
ing up at the Capitol in khaki shorts,
bandanna, Sombrero and the rest of the
Scout kit hasn't been disclosed.
\ n
Secretary Stimson has had the ad-
vantage during the recent ruction with
Russia of the experience and advice OF
Foreign Service official, David B. Mac
gowan, secretary Of the American lega-
ton in Latvia, now In America on
leave. While Mcgowan left Europe
long before the Russo Chinese border
hoStilitieS in Manchuria, he knows the
Soviet situation from A to q, as the re-
suit OF his duties at Riga, Uncle Sans
closest observation post for listening In
on Russian affairs. Mcgowan is an
pld-time newspaper man and q Ten
nessean by birth. For many years be-
fore the World War he was on journal
istic service in Germany and Russia
He speaks the Muscovite language like
a native. Macgowan's son-in-law. Roll
lin r. Winslow, now in the Western
European division of the State Depart
lnent, is one of the rising youngsters
Of the foreign service. He wooed and
won Miss Mcgowan when her father
was consul at Vladivostok.
n X II
Few more beautiful and inspiring
books have left the press recently than
Washington, Past and Present" the
work of Charles Moore, chairman OF
the Federal Commission of Fine Arts,
The story of the National Capital,
which dips into the future. too, is ex-
quiSitely illustrated with the etchings
of E. H. Suydam. No Yankee heart can
help beating faster as Moore's epic OF
Washington is read and Suydam's draw
ings are glimpsed. The author calls
Washington 1.-The barometer OF the Ma
ton. recording the temperament OF the
people of the United States" He says
that unity, orderliness and beauty
have once more become its watch
words"
copyright. 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
Hello, Neptune!

Now comes the extension Of the
telephone service from shore stations
to ships at sea. This latest marvel Of
communication" was inaugurated yes
terday with an elaborate demonstration
in which a number of guests Of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company in succession talked from
New York with Comdr. Cunningham Of
the Leviathan, two hundred miles out
toward Europe. The transmission was
perfect, every word being clearly under
stood, and the quality of voices was SO
perfectly preserved that identities were
discovered by the ships master. regard
less Of a scheduled program.
1t Is stated that arrangements are to
be made for the extension of the phone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
The Greatest Executive.
From the Louisville Times.


The Secretary of Labor, Mr.. Davis,
declaring the working mans wife the
greatest business executive in the world,
pays tribute where tribute is due.
The Times publishes today a car
toon by j. N. Darling, in which the
executive in the swivel chair, with his
stenographer taking dictation and his
golf sticks by his desk, is represented
as an exponent of the sort of work that
enables a man to retire at so.
The woman at the washtub Is pre-
sented as the worker whose utmost eff
forts never result in relief from daily
work. Something, the cartoonist holds,
Is wrong.
The working mans wife must COM
bine the executive capacity of the man
in the swivel chair with the capacity
for daily work which makes the woman
at the dashboard a constructive factor
in human affairs without giving her
much recompense. For although the
working mans wife may send the
family wash to the steam laundry, or
elsewhere. her executive duties are only
part of her work. And the economic
miracles she accomplishes are forever
a puzzle to the well-to-do.
"She may not be a saint, queen
or goddess. Sometimes she gets tired
and cross" says Mr.. Davis. why not
consider the load on her shoulders?
Let us add up the list of her occupa-
tions-wife, mother, nurse, bookkeeper,
cook, laundress, seamStress, shopper,
flnancer. master of every trade" And
the peer of the working mans wife
If the term working man" is used
in restricted sense--is the wife of the
whi heol boy so-called. who may be
a bookkeeper, a bank clerk, shop
salesman, an educator or a men,
Der of the 100 callings in which white
collar pay is such that keen executive
ability is required to make 1t serve the
needs of family. For the man who
works all day and comes home at
night tired"-as he expresses it-leaVes
the greater part of the executive work
to his wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
Finds Judges Wrong
In Spelling of "Wye''

To the Editor Of The star:
According to the article in The Star
of December S, the judges in the Dis
trict spelling contest, held at the Mount
Pleasant Library, appear to be little
off in the spelling of the word wye"
"Y" is an abbreviation Of the wcrd
wye" and represents the shape of an
object. In spelling contest a word
should be spelled out. unless the abb
breviation or symbol is asked for. The
article in The Star used the small let
ter 'y" several times; when the let
ter "Y" is used to represent the shape
of an object it should always be a
capital letter.
GEORGE A. BIRDSALL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,

Sword and Carving Knife.
Although the turkey we release,
When banquet cheer is stirred,
We all declare the Dove of Peace
Is still our favorite bird.
Yet sounds of battle still we hear,
And anger RACES free,
Until we find that we must fear
For our friend d. o. P.
Lest We in apprehension starve,
Our motto ought to be,
THE turkey We'll draw near to carve
And not the D. o. p"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09

In order to make Washington, D. c.
a model, it will be necessary to do little
more than persuade those who have
come from elsewhere to adopt the law
abiding methods of residents of long
standing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09

The recent crash in the stock market
is referred to in the language of expert
finance as "a passing episode" Some
of those who felt the blow may get over
It, but their bank accounts will never
look the same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
A Latitudinal Difference.

From the Muncie Morning Star.
In this country a distinguished dele
cation notifies candidate that he has
been elected. Down in Mexico the APP
pearance OF troops notifies a candidate
his rival has been successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
Love Bugs and Tear Germs.

From the Hartford Daily Times.
physician at Munich diagnoses love
as being disease attributable to germs
IL reminds US OF the chemist who re-
duced tears OF Joy and sorrow to Just
few elements that are held in a Iabora
tory tube.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
Otber States and canada
Memhcr Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
90 the use for republication OF all news Gis-
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also .he local news
published herein. All rights of publication Of
special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09

A street railway merger with no In
crease of fare for two years at least
indicates a willingness not to be pre-
cipitate about cashing in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09

Small investors are again taking an
interest in Wall Street. AS usual, the
stock ticker will find it impossible to
say Happy New Year" to everybody.