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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-16
New York Avenue Extension.

Announcement that definite steps are
about to be taken toward the opening
of New York avenue from Florida ave-
nue. to the District line gives promise
of the completion of a project that has
remained in an unfinished state for
many years. When the work for the
abolition of grade crossings in the Dis
trict was undertaken, involving the con-
centration of the railway lines in a
Union Station, one of the features was
a bridge across the united lines of the
Baltimore a. Ohio and the Pennsylvania
Railroads just at the point of conjunc-
ton along the axis of New York avenue.
This viaduct was built. massive struc-
ture When it was completed its north
easterly abutment stuck out like the
where. No provision was made for the
continuation Of the avenue, though land
for that purpose was later acquired,
and the bridge stood useless thing for
years, its southwesterly approach being
occupied by an asphalt reduction plant
maintained by the District government
and its central portion rendezvous for
persons engaged in mischievous pursuits
The project is to provide a direct
boulevard from the Treasury to the
Bladensburg road, striking that road
near the overpass Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad line. This will add helpful
ly to the arterial communications OF
the Capital The now of traffic north
ward is heavy and is steadily increasing.
The roads leading to the northern sub
urbs are congested. This addition to
the direct routes into washington from
the north will relieve the congestion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-16
Permit Revocation.

One of the reasons for Washington
low standing in auto fatalities COM
pared with other cities of the United
States can be found in the report just
issued by the Trafflc Bureau which dis
closes that more than thirteen hun
red motorists were deprived of their
permits for serious violations of the
regulations during the past fiscal year.
While thirteen hundred out Of total
of more than one hundred thousand
may appear to be insignificant it is
the minority which is responsible for
serious accidents, and the removal from
the streets of this minority results in
q general improvement in conditions.
The Washington Trafic Bureau has
been called severe" and arbitrary" in
its policy In regard to suspension, re-
fusal and revocation Of operators per-
mits. but results speak for themselves
and the criticism is not well founded.
The National Capital has been one of
the leaders in insisting that it is a
privilege to drive and not right and
that IL the privilege is abused it should
be summsrily taken away. policy of
leniency is all very well under some
circumstances, but if accidents are to
be reduced and the lives of valuable
citizens preserved it can never be eXer-
cissd in regard to the automobile driver
who has shown himself unfit and a
menace to the community.
The drunken driver has no place on
the streets. If he drives once while
under the influence Of liquor he will
drive again in the same condition
and the second time may add a fatality
to the ever-growing roll. The same
thing applies to the motorist who hits
and runs He should not continue to
have the privilege of operating dan
gerous vehicle. Both classes of motor
lists should receive no tolerance from q
properly functioning trafic department.
There are the major offenses. too, such
rs persistent violations which endanger
life and property. These operators
should, after they have shown that they
cannot reform, be denied the use Of the
streets.
Only in this way viii improvement in
the trafic conditions be affected.
Mandy -pamby treatment Of a danger
Gus automobile driver will never make
him less dangerous. On the contrary,
it is likely to have the opposite effect.
He will think that he can get away
with anything. Stern enforcement Of
reasonable regulations will find favor
with the great body of motorists. And
in its revocation program the Traffic
Bureau Of Washington has performed a
notable service. --
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-16

only when the evidence would In case
Of trial warrant verdict of guilty, all
indictments would. theoretically, be
tantamount 10 conviction. or course, a
case that appeals to the members Of a
grand jury as self-convictins might not
50 appeal to the petit jurors Then
again, an indictment may be found by
the vote Of twelve of the twenty-three
grand jurors, while for conviction by q
petit jury all twelve must vote in agree
ment--a bare majority in the one case,
unaninity in the other.
The circumstances of inquiry by a
grand jury do not permit elaborate
ss-exsmination of witnesses. The
jurors are their own inquisitors, aided.
il desired, by the prosecutor of the
jurisdiction. They are all laymen and
require counsel in legal matters. which
the prosecutor supplies. 1t som mes
happens that they make mistakes in
their Interpretation of evidence. But.
as rule, in a great majority of cases,
with very rare exceptions, indictments
are substantially justified, especially
when the rule laid down by Judge Nc
Cook in the New York case is observed.
In this present inquiry into alleged
Manhattan corruption in the making Of
judicial appointments the whole coun-
try is interested. Not that there is any
particular novelty in the charge that
graft prevails in the Tammany man
agement Of the country's greatest city,
but that the circumstances of this case
are so fantastic as to arouse the mirth
as well as to challenge the concern Of
honest citizens throughout the land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-16

denomination Of American yechtAiS
supremacy, would like to see Enterprise
put to every possible test, from drift
ing zephyr to ae near q half gale as
craft of her design can stand. Thus
far there seems TO be little doubt OF
her superiority. She has performed pre-
cisely as the ideal yacht is supposed to
behave. Her sails have drawn without
q wrinkle and her nose has never buried
under the stiffest strain. on the other
hand, shamrock's nose has been fire.
quer lily under and her sails have been
either too nat to effect good footing or
have been too free for the best pulling
In respect to seamsnsh!p the naviga-
tor OF Enterprise has so far proved him
self the master. Perhaps this has been
due to familiarity with the c. :.
though Capt. Heard on Shamrock Asd
before the races began learned all that
was necessary about the tides that was
essential to the best management of his
craft. In both starts Vanderbilt has
outiockeyed his competitor. Yesterday
he got an advantage at the beginning
that he used with telling effect in the
tackine race TO the hrst mark. He
handled Enterprise as perfectly as
highly skilled motor'st handles his car.
And there seer1ed, too, to be smarter
work on the Fart Of the crew Of Enter
prise in the making of the tacks
There is talk about changes In the
ballast of Shamrock V. Yesterdays
work of the challenger was disappoint-
ing to her owner and TO her master.
And this disappointment is shared by
the admirers OF Sir Thomas Upton in
America, who have hoped that his nth
challenger would be the very best of the
series, and that even though the cup
might continue to rest in America. this
regatta would be a sharp fight for seven
races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-16
Enterprise Wins the Second.

The second race for the Americas
Cup, sailed yesterday, proved Enter
prise, defender, to be the better beat
in both lacking and reaching. On all
three legs of the course, ten miles each
in length, she gained on her rival. In
the beat to windward, on the FIRST leg,
her elapsed time was six minutes and
six seconds shorter than that Of Sham
rock v. On the second leg, a reach
with a starhoard wind, she gained three
minutes and four seconds. On the third
leg, a port-wind reach, with the race
definitely won barring accidents she
gained twenty-four seconds. Thus the
total margin of time for the defender
was nine minutes and thirtvfour sec
ends. the sum of all three legs.
Now Enterprise has shown her heels
70 Shamrock v in a very light wind
and in a slightly smarter breeze. To-
morrow the yachts sail again on q
straight-away course and return, fifteen
miles on each leg. The hope is for 0
sharper blow than that Of yesterday
when the sea was barely ruined. Those
who despite the sentiment for Sil
:SaSlaas Upton. wish for decisive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-16
Victims of AlimOny
Fight Against Odds

from the Baltimore sun
News that a national organization Of
the victims of alimony has been ef-
fected will doubtless send thrill along
the keel of many eX-husbands, forced
by court order to substitute their wives
for the mere virtue Of incompatibllity,
but celebration of deliverance will be
premature for a long time to come.
Even If the membership of the Ma
tional Sociological League should be
augmented by victims of the breach-ot-
promise racket, it still would be in no
condition to promise victory.
For one thing, the notion persists,
despite the number of husbands rotting
in jail in default of alimony, that d.
vorce and marriage laws are man
made" With the woman vote what 1t
is, this idea is not likely immediately
to be revised. Again. judges and Juries,
confronted with a pretty wife as
plaintiff in a divorce action, almost are
certain to see that nothing short Of
three quarters of her husbands income
will compensate her for the humiliation.
inconvenience and financial sacrifice OF
divorce II she married the poor fell
low with alimcny in the back OF her
head all the time her charms probably
viii be sufficient to convince the court
that the case is positively tragic.
The alimony fighters point to the
success of the women's organization in
getting their way AS If it were the
organizing that did it! AS if q man
with alimony on his hands had to be
told how the ladies got their way! They
got it because woman who wants her
way is that finest flower Of civilization
my friends, a woman, whereas a man
in similar mood is beast. The or
ganization opposed to alimony is not
likely to change this state OF affairs.
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GOOD, to forgive;
Best to forget"

0pOus " Ap4 $50
Browning.
Often one hears some one say, "Oh,
/ could never forgive him II he said
so-And-so to me-" or Il could never
forgive her If she did so-and-so!"
But why not?
Some people seem to have a positive
evil genius for holding resentment.
Forgetting something that one does
not like is best, because it is the only
forgiving. The other kind is merely OF
the lips.
One never forgives until he forgets,
at least in part
There is q queer mental alchemy here.
The hurt part of the remembrance is
what one forgets, not the actual hap
pening. or the words which perhaps
should have remained unspoken.
Unmarried girls are the most inclined
to saw positively. "Oh. IL I had a huS-
band 1 could never forgive him if he
did that!"
"Then you would not make a good
wife, said q wise man who happened
to hear.
Forgiveness of sins is only one phase
of the divine mercy, which is as surely
divine in this world as in any other
sphere
The quality of mercy, as Portia called
IL, is not strained if one is able to add
forgetfulness 70 the portion.
Those Who keep rolling their mental
tongues over the old hurts of affronts
and the doings and sayings which for
one reason or other they do not like
should hasten to remember to forget.
This life we are all living now,
wherever placed, is actually our life!
That is somothing which most human
beings are eager to forget, if one may
judge from their actions.
This curious fact is true because
'hope springs eternal in the human
breast" Man never Is. but is always
expecting to be, blest, Pope said long
ago.
1t is easy when some one offends the
precious ego to hug the wound to one s
breast and refuse to let ii 60, because
one is invariably hoping that some
thing will happen" to change matters.
The Joke Of IL is that something as
quite often refuses to happen as to
occur.
The real relief from unpleasant sit
uations, nsighbors, words. acts, is
neither to run away nor to expect a
miracle to happen, hut to change one
own state Of mind.
OF course, the necessity for that
change must be seen before it can be
put into effect. Some people have to
pay dear. either in experience or money,
or both. before they realize that a SIM
pie forgetting is the best and easiest
way.
1t is impossible to tell any one how
TO forget. often 1t is dificult enough
to achieve even when one knows how
or when one has learned his lesson.
Where most people fall down is in
expecting that through some magic the
incident which gave rise to the trouble.
the misunderstanding, the words, will
SUDDENLY disappear.
What you do you never can undo, "
said the old song.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEKELL.

Only the end Of all things perhaps
will wipe from memory deeds or words
which one would rather had never hap
pened or been spoken.
But, after all. what has ones likes
and dislikes to do with such thinss2
They have an uncanny way Of hap
pening, whatever one may think OF
them. There Is no life, however great
or humble in which they do not occur.
"Wherc lo"a had once passed. there
was it passing again" wrote Emile zola.
" Twas the eternal and endless re-
newal. with present joys and future
tears"
What mankind refuses to learn is that
the tears are no less inevitable than the
Joys.
What is forgotten when one starts to
forget is the hurt.
The incidents may stay well in mind;
in fact, one cannot forget them, but
what ones own mind does with them
ah, that is another matteTl
A hurt comes into the mind or into
the heart, whichever it is. The an
clients thought the seat of the emotions
was the heart; today psychologists are
more inclined to favor the intelligence
of the mind; few speak of the intelli-
gence Of the entire bodily economy.
The hurt Is there, the irritation Is
there; it is self-made. although the
original impulses may have come from
another.
In see cases out of 1000 the victim
thinks that another put the irritation
there.
The truth Is. as the rare man will
understand, that he put 1t there him
self.
And no one can take it out again
c cept himself
That is where the forgetting comes in.
Forgiveness is only a word, witSqut
forgetting.
When one forgets the hurt, deep or
superficial. he really forgives.
Especially himself.
Because the holding of resentments
is the greatest crime which a human
being can commit against himself.
Some neighborhoods are positively
surcharged with these unspoken resent
ments, all kept alive because their hold
erS lack the ability to forget, and also
because they lack a sense Of humor.
Those who are unable to forget in
the best sense never give others credit
for a sense of humor. They keep rub
bing their tongues over their hurts
thinking that the other is doing the
same.
All the time the other may be laugh
ing. not only at them but principally
at himself.
Yes, it is good to forgive; certainly
much better than nothing to say SOL
EMMY, II forgive you!"
1t is much better, however. to forget
II one can, and make forgiveness
amount to something actual.
The theory OF forgiveness is one
thing: the real forgiveness often moth
ing more startling than a child's smile
after pain.
Forgiveness Is not solemn thing for
Sunday only, but q working principle
for every day in the week. little
difficult to put into effect, yes: mostly
because human beings, like nations, are
shy OF getting together and talking over
their troubles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-16
HigghIigghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

med up, this compliment of the organ
players, entirely gratuitous to all that
could assemble within the house, gave
an evening of delight both to the au-
dience and to the obliging profession.
Ca6uthcOuc
Suggested for Paving.
FL Dictamen, Vera Cruz.-The latest
material suggested for street paving Is
caouthcouc, in the shape Of blocks in
various degrees OF hardness dependent
on the tonnage of the trafic passing
over the thoroughfare. Sometimes a
layer Of rubber, in sheets or compost
ton, Is laid beneath wooden blocks to
afford more resiliency to the pavement
and prolong both its life and that of
the vehicles. besides affording easier
riding qualities. Experiments have
been made with this material since 1876
in all the leading cities of the world,
located in Great Britain, France, the
United States, and even in the Island
of Ceylon, Akron and Chicago, in Amer
lea, and London and Manchester, in
England, are among the cities that have
tried caoutchouc for pavements. 1t
has proved satisfactory in service, but
its expense has been a detriment to its
extensive use. In Mexico so near the
eliminated when cheaper combinations
with other materials are developed.
\
Protest Improper
Numbering of Houses
Ell Diario, La Paz.--The numbers on
the houses in this city are anything but
well located. Many complaints have
been received in this particular by the
municipal authorities from those seek
ing persons at certain addresses, or
endeavoring to deliver goods or letters
to specified residences. Some Of the
houses. and particularly the newer cot
tages on the Avenida l6 de Julio, bear
no numbers at all. Houses on other
streets have, variously, either numbers
on the exterior Enclosures or walls of the
grounds, but none on the doors, or num-
bers on the doors and nowhere else.
Some houses. innocent Of any numeri-
cal identification. exist in nearly every
part of the city, while in other quarters
as many as five or six different num-
bers are bestowed by an obliging COM
mission upon a single property, the
dwelling, the dog house, the Summer
kitchen, the garage and the servants
lodges and gardeners tool box all bear
ing progressive figurationS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-16

Despite the apparent hostility Of
Hlpolito Yrigoyen to the United States,
the public in this country reveals appre-
citation of his qualities as statesman
and one who has contributed to the
material growth of Argentina. His
downfall as President of that country
Is laid to intolerable political deSpotiSm
in the face of his own tendencies as an
idealist in public affairs. There is a
belief here that the change will produce
greater harmony with the United States
and in Pan-Amsrican relations.
His first term as President Is de-
scribed by the San Francisco Chronicle
as IAN almost heart-breaking expert
ence," particularly as "he felt himself
betrayed by some of his lieutsnants."
The result was, as understood by that
paper, that he entered his second term
with determination intensified by dis
trust. The evidence is continues the
Chronicle, that his experience urged
him to attempt q personal supervision
of nearly everything in government. In
a country as large as Argentina no man
could be successful in such task. His
unremitting toll was not sufficient to
get around to the details. He could not
fulfill his own program, which included
even personally selecting appointees for
the smallest office. The result was a
breakdown of his own health and Of
the organization of government. Even
the courts at home and the diplomatic
service abroad were crippled. His party
followers clamored for unified offices.
Their dissatisfaction was communicated
to the populace through acute economic
conditions"
The new military group which has
come into control is described by the
Cleveland Plain Dealer as the equiVa-
lent of Gerard's list Of the SO who, he
said, ran things for America before the
SO was increased to 81 by adding the
names of a few labor leaders and up
filters" The Plain Dealer calls the
group what an earlier generation In
this country respectfully referred to as
the better element, but adds that
there are more colonies and generals
than one would find in a similar group
in the United States" The editorial
concludes: Here is chance for the
best business minds Of lively and en-
terprising nation to see what they can
do in governing Gerard's SO are mostly
too busy making money to bother with
such things"
I'm such a great country as Argentina,
thinks the Charleston Evening Post, 1T
is impossible to take such an upset as
matter Of popular ebullience due 10
frivolous or irresponsible disposition.
The Argentine people have a full sense
of the responsibilities Of government,
they are building up great nation, and
they desire and seek the respect and
the friendship of other governments. II
il impossible to think of their just
blowing up. But there is, for all that,
something decidedly disquieting in the
ease with which the army and the navy
came together in resolve to overturn
the government and set up a military
dictatorship. 1t is hoped these arbi-
trary forces will take steps without de-
lay to restore civil government and to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-16

the spur Of political ambition toward
the great American goal-the presi-
dency.
Making a President out of hcmespun
is a perfectly good American theme. IT
is the one which Mrs. Reyes has used
here with skill and breadth Of treat
msnt. Overland upon this Is an engag-
ing picture of the ofIlcial life Of Wash,
ington, always an acceptable and inter
esting subject to American readers.
And yet, standing of for better view
of the novel as a whole, it Is, above all
else. romanticism undilute, with even
the suggestion of sentimentality emery
ing here and there. In a word, 1t is
the old Cinderella theme advanced
adroitly in the externals of modern
political and social activities, particu-
larry as these spread from the Capital
CITY and drift back to it under the
shifting aspects Of political life in
great Republic. A truly romantic mat
ter Of heart. Why not?
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Manhattan's Judgeship Scandal.

Manhattan's Judgeshlp Scandal.
yesterday an extraordinary grand jury
was convened in New York City, under
direction Of the Governor Of the State,
to investigate charges that appointments
to the bench have Seen induced by cor
rupt considerations. The specific in
stance that is to be examined is that
OF the appointment to a magistracy OF
George F. Ewald, who was named i'm
mediately after his wife had, through
an intermediary, made loan of $4,000
TO a Tammany district leader, taking
note from the leaders henehman to run
for three years, without interest, which
note has never been produced. OF these
facts. as stated, there is no question
The participants in the peculiar deal
have refused to testify before Federal
grand jury examining into matters OF
income tax evasion, on the ground that
to do so might tend to incriminate or
degrade them. They are now to be
summoned before the extraordinary
grand jury, and II they refuse to waive
immunity, or TO appear, they may be
cited for contempt II is evidently the
purpose of the investigator, the attor-
ney general OF the State, charged by the
Governor with the particular conduct OF
the inquiry, to reach the bottom of the
matter and to go as much further in the
quest regarding other grating scandals
as the mandate OF the Governor per-
mits.
In his charge TO the grand ju"v yes
terday Supreme Court Justice McCook,
who has been specially assigned to sit
in this proceeding, MAJ Use OF Language
which warrants 2artica-ar attention on
the part of all Americans, whether OF
New York or elsewhere. for it bears
upon the duty of the body of citizens
assembled TO consider alleged or fasrant
offenses against the law Judge Nc
Cook said
TIE court charges you that you
! should never find an Indictment unless
/ you, sitting as a trial jury, would find
a conviction were the only evidence in
| the case such as had been presented 10
/ you as grand jurors. II that evidence
| would, under those circumstances, be
| insufficient to warrant a conviction, no
| indictment should be found. If, unex-
planned and uncontradicted, It would
warrant a conviction, then II is your
| duty 10 find an indictment
If this principe we're in every case
observed and ssaA-- iuries would indici