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The Washington times., 1929-04-10
ROAD BUILDERS
! REPAIR HAVOC
Of WINTER
Rt--
By r. r. DUFFY

Is In spring the road builders fancy
Furns heavily to thoughts OF the
highway breakup" More Ameri-
can road dollars will be consumed
this year in repairing the havoc
wrecked by snow, ice and rain than
ever before, reports from all over
khe country indicate.
Ice coatings and intermittent
freezing and thawing weather have
30 weakened vast mileages of north
ern rural roads of low-type surfaces
that ordinary traffic has battered
them out of travelable condition, or
has made travel over them tedious
and uncomfortable. In the South,
moisture is taking its annual toll
. with countless country districts all
but isolated because of highway inn
passability.
Repair Gangs At Work
Unstable street surfaces, too, have
undergone extreme punishment dur
ing the last few months and repair
gangs are out patching up the ruins
of winter.
The high cost of travel over mud
roads is indicated in the recent ex
periencce of w. e. Buck, OF Geor'
gia, a Venturesome gentleman who
consumed IL hours ond As minutes
in making a 126-mile trip OF which
80 miles was over dirt. All it cost
him, in addition to gasoline and
changed attitude toward the world
was the slight total of $2O.9O ex
Bonded for these items: Pulled out
OF mud, 81; ditto, $3.50; ditto, 81
cents; rope, $1.40; chains, 80; bath
ing of car, $3.50.
Twenty dollars added to an au
tomobile license fee would doubtless
cause many motorists to paint
lurid picturees in the sky. Yet Mr.
Buck, in one trip, expended that
amount for the privilege of uncom
fortably using public highway
which, when the roads are dry
carries a considerable traffic. His
experience pictures graphically that
in one way or another poor roads
cost more than good roads.
Most States now enforce load
limitations on trucks, but even this
necessary but drastic step fire.
quently falls to keep the roads In q
passable condition for passengel
cars and busses. Consequently in
the early and late spring CONNER
cial transportation is not only fre
quently tied up for weeks, but also
pleasure and other business motor
ing is at standstill. Unfortunately
this means to many communitie:
that the world has stopped moving
South Carolina, in the effort tC
reduce the mud road bill immedi
ately, has just passed $65,O00,00
bond issue, which will place mos
of the State highway system be
yond the reach of winter destruc
tion. Georgia is considering SIS,
100000 ISSUE Economies effected
through such action are expected
to more than offset the improve
ment cost.
The Washington times., 1929-04-10

kets, enterprising business firms are
increasing business and lowering
costs by operating efficient motor.
lied delivery service"
The Washington times., 1929-04-10

slaughts Of armies of laundry men
riding in swift fleets Of motor
trucks.
I'm the present competitive mar.
The Washington times., 1929-04-10

Early in January HUPMoB1LE acquired plant in
Cleveland comprising than million square feet of
modern and advanced auomotve manufacturing facilities
This was first step 1929 program of
expansion giving doubled production
ity for its famous Century cars.
Now the second step that of passing along to the
public the economies which UPMOBILE extended pro-
duction plans make feasible
These price reductions embrace all models in the 1929
HUPMoBILE Century Six and Eight lines and from
$500 to $4,000.
Consistently for than 20 years. HUPoBE has and
held it's public by fine quality notably low prices
But today this schedule of prices HUPMOBE excels
itself in valuegivng
DU BoIs YOUNG, President,
HUPP MOTOR GAR CORPORATION
The Washington times., 1929-04-10

tack, F: r. Carson, IS, formerly
mayor Of South Bend, Ind, fell
dead in a Hollywood drug store
Yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-08

all transportation oficials to adopt the
devices that will lessen the chances Of
human error leading to tragedy.
A single-track line, whatever may be
the percentage Of It's mileage to rail-
road mileage in general, is q place Of
extreme danger, so long as the "fallibil-
ity OF the human mind" may effect a
catastrophe. A rail line, not equipped
with q CUTOFF or automatic stop device
which will reduce the chances OF the
human error to a minimum remains q
line of possible peril to all patrons.
Cars may be made of steel, heating and
cooking devices may be made as Sc
cure as engineering invention permits,
dispatching orders may be prepared
with the Utmost care, tracks may be
kept in the highest condition of de-
pendability, every feature of equipment
may be of the best. And all will be
rendered futile when the human error
occurs. The American railways are UNI
der orders, which they are only slowly
obeying, to equip their lines with de-
vices that reduce the "fallibility Of the
human mind" factor to the lowest pos
sible point of potential evil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-08
Johnson Was Senator
After Being President

TO the Editor of The Star:
In an editorial headed Coolidge for
the Senator" appearing in The Evening
Star, under date of April 4, the follow
ing statement appears:
There is but single precedent for
the election to Congress of a former
Chief Executive, and that happens, by
the irony Of circumstance, to be the
case Of the only Massachusetts, man to
occupy the presidency in the hundred
years preceding Mr.. Coolidge's inaugu-
ration on March 4, 1925. John Quincy
Adams, soon after leaving the White
House In 1929, was elected to the House
of Representatives. ="
It is my recollection that Andrew
Johnson, subsequent to his services as
President, was elected to the United
States Senate and sworn in on March 4.
1875. In this connection it is interesting
to note that Of the four kinds Of ofiice
attainable by citizen of the United
States under its Constitution-legi
tive, judicial, military and executive
Andrew johnson attained to all these
and was In addition both President and
Vice President in the course of his long
and remarkable career.
..s.....-...--.-.-.-- DUNBAR popSoN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-08

apparently In good si,aps again and
Red Barnes setting tremendous pace
in hitting and fielding, the outfield
should occasion no worry. Jack Hayes
at second base. has returned from Min
neapolis q much improved player, and
with the peerless Biuegc to work with
him should plug all holes in that sector
Of the diamond. Myer Is. certainty At
third base and the graceful Joe Judge
at first base. The catching department
is again headed by that eminent lawyer
from st. Louis, Muddy" Ruel. and is
ably seconded by Tate and Spencer.
With Hadley. Braxton, Jones and Mar
berry as the big four. the pitching stan
should make up in quality what 1t lacks
In numbers. Brown, Burke, Liska,
Campbell or Hopkins may show enough
to Join this select quartet Of starting
hurlers, thus giving the team a capable
set of sharpshooters from the mound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

This newspaper puts at your dis
posal q corps Of trained researchers
in washington who will answer ques-
tons for you. They have access to
the Government departments, the
libraries. museums. galleries and pub
lie buildings, and to the numerous as
sociations which maintain headquar-
tiers in the Nations Capital. II they
can be of assistance to you, write your
question plainly, and send with 2 cents
in coin or stamps to The Evening Star
Information Bureau, Frederic ]. Has
kin, director, Washington, D. c.
@. What Is the first bright star out
every night in the west?-O. H.
A. 1t Is the planet Venus. 1t is at
its greatest brilliancy, outshining all
celestial objects except the SUN and
moon.
@. Is the quartz for radio crystals
found In this country?-T. I.
A. 1t has never been found In suf-
ficient quantity to be commercial
commodity. The rock crystal used for
this purpose is imported from Brazil
and Madagascar.
@. How is the sale of liquor regu-
lated In Sweden?-T. F. r.
A. The present system of restricted
liquor traffic devised by DR.. Ivan Bratt
was put into effect in 1914. Briefly.
the Bratt system is this: All wine and
spirits in Sweden containing over 3.6
per cent alcohol are sold through the
Wine and Spirits Central, the only Or
ganization In Sweden having the right
to manufacture and sell liquor whole
sale. This organization sells to 100
local companies and these in turn sup
ply individuals, as we'll as hotels and
restaurants. Individual buying is con-
troffed by the "motbok," a booklet with
detachable slips on which its owner
must sign his name every time he buys
strong liquor Under this law Sweden
derives revenue of 10000, 900 crowns
from the liquor traffic Bootlegging Is
said to be unknown, and there Is no
enforcement problem.
@. How large is the site Of the
1bero-American ExpoSition?-L. E. N.
A. For the location of the hero
American Exposition, Seville has pro-
vided a park and garden tract of 2.400
River. This land has been under cult
walton for years. and is one Of the
beauty spots Of the world.
@. What Is forage painting used in
bookbinding?-A. G. N.
A. This is corruption Of the words
fore edge" used to describe the deli
cate painting or decorations applied to
the extreme front edges Of the book.
When the book was closed only blotches
or masses of colors showed. but when
the leaves of the book were partially
spread delicate tracery. artistic designs
and sometimes elaborate pictures were
revealed. Samuel Mearne, bookbinder
to King Charles II of England, is cred
tied with originating this form of deco
ration.
@. What was the first educational
endowment in America?-W A. S.
A. The bequeathing of $50 acres Of
land, an adjacent salt marsh and eight
milk cows comprised the first educa-
tional endowment in America. 1t was
left by Benjamin Symmes to found
free school in Elizabeth County, Va.
Mr.. Symmes died in 1884.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-08
Better Paper Seen
From Wood Pulp
From the New YORK Sum.

From the New York Sun.
Summarizing report on purified
wood nbers presented to the Technical
Association Of the Pulp and Paper In
dustry in New York City, the United
States Bureau of Standards says that
"it would appear that fibers approach
ing closely to cotton fiber in paper-mak-
ing value can be made from materials
having originally much less value than
cotton" As q result Of an investiga-
ton In progress ut the bureau it says: !
1T Is indicated that certain types OF
highly purified wood fbers which are
commercially obtainable ut the present
time are suitable for conversion into
high-grade bond and permanent record
papers, as well as any other types OF
papers where the qualities Of durability
and permanence are essential"
Papers Of such excellence are now
made of the best grades of rag fibers.
The bureau points out that ordinary
wood fibers, even of the best grades,
have impurities and degraded forms OF
ceilulose present which seriously affect
their permanence. Chemical treat
ments developed by a pulp and paper
manufacturer remove these impurities
and leave % fiber similar In its chemi-
cai competition to the cotton fiber and
having the desired paper-making char
MctertSticS. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-08

for precedence purposes, as his better
half. incidentally. Washington Cos
sipers, still busy with the richest morsel
they've had in moons, are suggesting
that the Vice President might put an
end to the controversy he's stirred up
by remarrying. The local political and
social set Is not wholly devoid Of eligi-
bleS.
A distinguished member of Congress
was recently quiz master at a Washing
ton law school. He asked every man in
the class to stand up and unblushingly
tell him what his average marking had
been to date One or two confessed to
90, few more to go quite number
to between 10 and 80, goodly bunch
to 60 and lower. Anybody here with
an average as low as 30?" the states
man asked. Rather shame-facedly one
lanky youth stood up and acknowledged
that he answered that description.
We'll" Quoth Senator -, one Of the
Nations recognized authorities on con-
stitutional law, go was just about my
average in law school, too
One Of the remarkable men in the
Federal service at Washington is
Clarence M. Charest pronounced
Sharay), general counsel Of the Bureau
of Internal Revenue in the Treasury
Department. Mr.. Charest for years has
been a one-armed man, but that didn't
prevent him from being tennis cham
pion of the District of Columbia for
several seasons. This past Winter he
established another record by rolling up
the top score In the interdivision bowl
ing contest among Treasury DEPART
ment teams.
Although Wall Street has been having
heavy going lately, thanks mainly to
the autocratS Of the Federal Reserve
Board, 1.-THE Street" can still wisecrack.
One of its latest witticisms has Just
reached Washington. It's to the effect
that when money gets up to 80 per cent,
1t will be split up ION three for lone
basis" Another quip has it that
merger should be effected between the
Federal Reserve Board and the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, and that
the Federal Oil Conservation Board
should be allowed to participate in the
merger on share-for-sh basis.
Members of Congress are steadily
drifting back to washington for the
special session. Their favorite pre-
session pastime is betting on the dura-
ton Of the war. Money is being offered
that 1t may be August before ad.
journment. PeSSimistS are ready to
gamble that 1t will be September before
the siege Is ended. A prolonged smell
Of hot weather would be the surest
means to an early end.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-08
Base Ball Weather.

II the blazing hot weather of the past
few days did nothing else, it has made
thousands of baseballites think long
mgly OF the season soon to start. and
this longing is intensified because of
the fine record Of exhibition games
compiled by the Nationals. This is pre-
eminently base bali weather, and the
cool seats in the now bare Grifith
Stadium beckon invitingly to those who
still have eight days to wait before the
curtain is rung up on the 1929 pennant
scramble. During the week that remains
Washington's warriors viii be working
their way north, and the rabid fans
who cannot control their impotence
until week from tomorrow, when the
Philadelphia team ii battled in the first
game Of the season, will have q chance
to glimpse their favorites next Thurs
day and Friday, when the New York
Giants are booked for two appearances
against the Griffmen at the local bali
orchard.
= This exhibition series with the Giants,
by the way. which begins this after
noon, is a most important one. While
the Nationals have, played twenty-five
games to date and bagged eighteen OF
them. q splendid record, the opposition
has included some minor league teams
distinctly below major league 'caliber
and some big time" arrays that had
not reached the training perfection OF
the Capital delegation. The Giants. 1t
seems. are always ready to put on, al
any time Of the year, q first-class fight
to win. These two teams hook up today
in the first game of . series Of seven
and the outcome Of these contests should
demonstrate decisively what Washing
ton may expect from its club in 1899.
Walter johnson, the beloved manager
has welded together q sinooth-workinf
aggregation. probably, the most har.
monious team that has represented thu
| National Capital since the halcyon day.
1 Of 1e24-25. with Goslin'a throwing am
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-08

9. What is meant by Dead Sea fruita
"A. l..
A. The expression is SYNONYMOUS
with Apples of Sodom" The apple trees
around the Dead Sea bore fruit lovely
to the eye but 1ne6ible. One explana-
ton Is that these apples we're a kind Of
gall. They were rich, glossy, purplish-
red In appearance, but filled with an
intensely bitter, porous, easily pulver-
lied substance. The term is applied to
anything wonderful in Contamination
but disappointing in realization.
@. Where did the phrase "feet Of
clay" originate?-C. @.
A. 1t is found in the Bible-Daniel,
H33.
@. Are pretzels more popular In the
Eastern part Of the United States than
In the Western?-S. H.
A. The Pennsylvania Dutch brought
this article OF food to America, and It
still enjoys its greatest popularity In
Pennsylvania and nearby States.
@. How long has Buenos Aires had
automobile shows?-F. r.
A. The automobile show held last
December was the eleventh. Nearly
all of the makers Of fine cars in the
United States and England exhibited
their models.
O. Is the rice paper of Japan made
from rice and, If so, what Is the
process?-N. T.
A. There is no rice in rice paper.
1t is the pith or core Of a small tree
native to Japan. The soft, white core
is sliced with very sharp knife on a
metal plate and subjected to heavy
pressure. Afterward it is cut into
smooth squares.
O. What is meant by light reading
and heavy reading?-W. J.
A. What constitutes light reading to
one person might prove heavy reading
TO another. Ordinarily light reading is
gay and entertaining and offers no tax
to the intellect; in contrast, heavy read
ing requires what might be called
mental gymnastics" and is more or less
educational.
@. Are the leis Of the Hawaiian
Islands made Of real or artificial flow-
ers?-B. D.
A. Originally they were all real fow-
ers. They are woven by expert lei
makers Of Ilumaria, ginger, carnations,
roses and countless other blossoms The
lima garlands are the ones which are
initiated with paper flowers.
@. Where is Robert Todd Lincoln
buried?-T. G.
A. He is buried in Arlington Gem
etery, across the Potomac River from
Washington, D. C.
@. Is the common horseshoe magnet
made Of cast iron or steel?-M. w.
A. Permanent magnets may be made
of cast iron, of steel carrying anywhere
from 3 to is per cent of carbon, or
from alloy steel containing carbon as
well as certain other metals.
@. What is used to put a coating of
wax on plaster casts?-B. B.
A. An artist informs us that he uses
white wax dissolved in turpentine to
wax plaster casts.
@. Is Nellie BLY, still lving?-W. McA.
A. Elizabeth Cochrane, the famous
Nellie BLY,, died in 1922.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-08
The Internal Machine Delusion

Just why anybody wants to effect the
physical destruction of Franklin
Roosevelt, Governor of New York, can
not be conceived. Yet such naurderous
disposition evidently prevails some
where, as evidenced by the discovery
Of a deadly bomb in the mails, adj
dressed to him at Albany and plainly
designed to effect his death in case Of
its handling by him personally. BY
good fortune the package was mislaid
in the handling in one of the New York
branch post ofices. A porter acci-
dentally kicked 1t as he was sweeping
the floor and noticed suffering Of
flame coming from 1t. Later 1t was dis
covered that the box contained enough
explosive material to have killed any
person opening 1t, and perhaps all
others in the same room. It had been
ingeniously contrived, evidently made
by a person familiar with explosives
and capable of making an effective
mechanism. "A return address" on the
parcel proved to be fictitious.
A disordered mind is usually the in
spiration Of such attempts to take the
lives Of public men. Gov. Roosevelt is
personally one of the kindest and most
lovable of men. He is of the type to
have no enemy. He is in public office as
a result of a remarkable demonstration
of personal popularity. given at the polls
in November. During the past few
weeks he has been conducting a vigor-
Gus campaign for legislation in New
York State making for what he con-
ceives to be the public benefit. But
even in this contest, which is purely
political in character, there has been
no element of personal hostility.
The internal machine" so rarely
reaches its mark that it would seem, to
be one of the most futile of means Of
vengeance. In many cases the device
is crude and ineffective and would fail
of its purpose even If it were to oe
handled by the person addressed. In
other cases suspicion as to its nature
causes the taking Of Precautions that
nullify the evil properties Of the bono.
Only in the very rarest of instances
does the deadly continuance get to the
intended victim.
A reasoning person would know that
in the case Of man in Gov. Roose-
velt's position a miscellaneous postal
package would not be opened by him,
would not indeed be opened in his pres
ence. A public oficial is constantly re-
ceiving matters by mail, and his CLERKS
attend to their disposition. In this in
stance, If the package had gone to Al
bany and to the executive onices 1t
would have been opened by one Of the
governors subordinates, who would
probably have lost his life. Only a
feeble minded person, victim of. some
delusion Of injury, would conceive the
possibility Of the governor himself
opening stray box coming through the
mails.
The motive behind the making and
mailing Of this box was murder. II
found the perpetrator, whether sane or
insane, should be treated as one too
dangerous to be allowed to live.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-08
Class Battle With Bankers
Inspires Warm Public Debate

this for men in powerful position
whether in banking, industry. transpor-
tation or whatnot-who are carried
away by an overweening appraisal of
their own importance, and who act at
times as if they thought they out
weighed the Nation. its institutions and
its laws" The Baltimore Sun also
feels that "a banker of Mr. Mitchell's
prominence, director of a Federal
Reserve bank, should have found meth
DDS of doing thing he believed neces-
sary to do, and which the Federal Re-
serve Board could not have prevented
his doing, without sort of bumptious-
ness which cannot but detract from
the prestige and authority of the
board"
Senator Glass demand that Mr..
Mitchell resign or be removed from the
board" suggests the Charleston Evening
Post, has the support of a number OF
Senators. and it is certain to be rally
ing point for movement against stock
gambling"
The Salt Lake Tribune advises that
$50 far the Federal Reserve Law has
strengthened instead Of broken down.
The Raleigh News and Observer main
tains that Senator Glass, as one of the
main sponsors of the banking system,
rs entirely within his rights in calling
the attention of the country to the
grave abuses of the system to serve the
spectators in New York.
"If Senator Glass and his fellow law
makers can devise safe legislation
against the improper diversion OF credit
into speculative channels says the
Chicago Daily News, they most aSsur-
edly should do So. However, to define
speculation In way to distinguish it
infallibly from investment is anything
but easy. Crude and arbitrary legiSla-
ton on the subject would be likely to
do far more harm than good" The
Asheville Times voices the comment:
What happens in the market during
April will largely determine the attitude
or Congress In the matter Excessive
speculation may become top-heayy and
bring about its own correction, or it
may not, at least In the near future"
Should they have let the situation
grow to panic proportions. although
well able to extend the helping hand,
which Mr.. Mitchell did in fact ex-
tend?" asks the New York Evening
Post, with the assurance that Mr..
Mitchell took the right and wise &C.
tion." and that no institution has been
more carefully and convincingly back
ing up the Federal Reserve Boards
liquidation policy for many months
than has Mr.. Mftchells institution, the
National City Bank"
The New York Times states that
senator Glass seems to have confused
temporary emergency with a perrna-
nent policy; that 1.-The banks did not
come forward with funds to promote
speculation, but to prevent what threat
ened to be a serious crisis in the money
market: The Louisville Times con-
cludes that 'the incident which pro-
vokes Senator Glass wrath reveals the
TACT that, like the block SYSTEM the
Federal Reserve system may fail to
junction because of the human ele-
ment"