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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27

Then the gun car was run over this pit. Each
car had q transom bedplate similar to the cast
ing in the foundation When this bedplate was
directly over the casting, 100-ton jacks were
placed at the ends Of the car Orders and the
whole car was raised about inches off the
track. Then, by screw packs in the foundation
casting, the foundation casting was brought up
to meet the bedplate so that the load Of the
car rested on it.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

sens Of Maryland, the District Of Co.
lumbia and Virginia who like to fish
for bass in the fresh water streams and
for the rock, trout and tailors in salt
water viii no longer be deprived of
their sport by commercial net fisher
men, whose trap nets have been work.
ing day and night to exterminate these
fish.
1t will mean that the money spent by
the state for Matching and planting
bass in the streams will no longer be
unwisely spent in trying to maintain a
game fish which was sold as a food fish.
1t was the unanimous opinion of the
conference that the shad nets in the
Potomac and Chesapeake Bay be re-
stricted and spawning grounds provided.
If this is accomplished, it will mean
more shad and better fishing for the
anglers because the same nets which
catch the shad also catch other fish.
The visiting fish commissioners were
enthusiastic over the success of the
conference, and the hope was expressed
that another meeting would be held in
the very near future. This leading step
on the part Of the Bureau of Fisheries
to codify flsh laws and have more eff
cient laws enacted is highly commend
able and is also very pleasing to the
fishing fraternity.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
Prevent Motor Accidents +!

A new record for the past three years
and one not to be proud of, was set in
the District for the month of November
There are records and records, and
the District has many, too numerous tc
recount here, of which it may justly be
proud But there are others to be de-
plored, and the one just established is
not the least of these.
A statement just issued by Inspector
E. w. Brown, assistant superintendent
Of police, commanding the Traffic Bu-
reau, shows there were more deaths
minor injuries and accidents in the
month just past than in the corre-
spending month of either last year OF
Of 1928.
The ten deaths Of November of this
year represents exactly two and a half
times the number of deaths from traffic
accidents in the same month last year
and one more death than recorded in
November, 1928.
Likewise there were 800 minor in
juries in the month just past, against
only 248 last year and 299 in 1928. An
other feature, which well might be con-
sidered alarming, is the actual number
of trafic accidents. Last month there
was a total of 7S9, as compared with
542 last year and GOT in 1928.
That accidents were on the increase
last month over the number in the
same month during the two preceding
years should call for diligence on the
part of every policeman and every in
dividual in the city. Automobiles can
be replaced. But where human life is
involved the loss is irreparable.
There have been prevention
campaigns of great number and va
riety. All are useless, however, without
individual effort.
Therefore. as part of the Christmas
spirit, let every individual exercise care
with a view to preventing accidents,
that some home may not be over
shadowed with sorrow and death on
Christmas, the day which should bc
one Of happiness for every one.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
Better Fishing.

When Commissioner Henry O'Malley
of the United States Bureau Of Fisheries
called a conference of the Fish Com
missioners of Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia and Pennsylvania at the bureau
last Tuesday his action marked a big
step forward in the lives of fish in
our neighbosing waters and bright
prospects for the sportsmen in the i'm
mediate future.
The bureau and the visiting con-
servation officers went on record favor
ing a closed market for the members
of the bass family in our neighboring
States of Maryland and Pennsylvania,
the abolition Of the deadly purse net in
the waters of Chesapeake Bay, the re-
striction of shad nets in the Potomac
and the bay. and a representative Of
the Biological Survey advocated that
the Bureau of Fisheries ask Congress
for a migratory fish law the same as
the migratory bird law.
The Maryland Conservation Commits
sioner said his cface had prepared bills
TO close the markets Of his State to
the sale and shipment of bass and to
stop for all time purse netting in the
bay.
just what such action on the part
of the Maryland Legislature will mean
in dollars and cents to Maryland ma
tives catering to the wants of anglers
is hard to estimate, but 1t is safe to
say it will be up in the hundreds OF
thousands. II win mean that the citi-
Evening star., 1930-12-12

that Japanese oficial happened one
day to visit the primitive village school
at Inawashiro where the master called
his attention to the remarkable mind
Of one Of the pupils. This child had
suffered q serious accident In infancy.
The country doctor-one can imagine
what country doctors were in Japan
so years ago-had 30 butchered him
that one Of his hands was useless and
he had been kept out Of school for sew
eral years because Of his physical con-
dition. But in q single year he had
overtaken the pupils OF his own age.
The interest Of this oficial started
the boy on career In which he was to
achieve some of the most important ad-
vances yet made against snake venoms,
infantile paralysis, paresis, Rocky Noun
tain spotted fever, trachoma, yaws, yell
low fever and rabies. He became one
Of the greatest men of his age.
Most Of Noguchis work was carried
on in the United States, where he found
better laboratory and clinical facilities
Perhaps his greatest triumph came at
the convention Of the American Med
ical Association in Washington four
years ago. when he announced that he
had isolated the micro-organism re-
sponsible for trachoma, disease espe-
cially prevalent in the American South
Japan does well in making a shrine
of the birthplace of Noguchi. 1t should
be shrine not only for the nation of
his birth, but for the world. The little
Japanese doctor is one of the shining
lights of history.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
HedeYo Noguchi.

A peasants house in the mountain
village of Inawashiro in Northern
Japan has been made a national shrine.
The story Of the life which led TO
this apotheosis, as told by DR.. Simon
Flexner of the Rockefeller Institution
In the last Smithsonian annual report,
should become one of the classics OF
human history-although, curiously
enough. it is unfamiliar in the country
where its greatest heights were reached.
It is the story Of poor, ragged, Grip
pied boy born into an almost primitive
environment who became one Of the
supreme bennfactors of the human race
This boy was Hedeyo Noguchi, who
died of yellow teVer in Africa last veal
while close on the trail Of the elusive
nlterable virus which he believed le-
eponsible for that malady.
The story, as told by Dr. FlexneT. Il
Evening star., 1930-12-12
Time and Hard Times.

In these hard times it is pleasing tc
read of the prominent Mid-Western
clock company which reports that for
the eleven months ended with Novem-
Der, 1880, sales were more than four
times larger than for the corresponding
period of 1929.
While this ray Of economic sunshine
may not appear so bright to the mil
lions out of work, it nevertheless has
aspects encouraging in the general
situation
Time is something which the poorest
man has as much of as the richest
The man out of work feels that time
hangs heavy on his hands, while the
man employed sometimes spends the
time, so it is said, watching the clock
1t would seem to the general observer
of things American that clocks stand
on the border line between luxuries and
essentials. An alarm clock is an essen
tial to some sleepers. but not to others
Ornamental clocks may be necessary
to some and utterly beyond the pur-
chasing power of others, and hence
luxuries. Only the individual case can
decide.
If four times as many clocks were
sold this year by one company, it is
likely that the entire clock industry Is
increasing It's business If the clock
manufacturers do well, the chances are
that other house-furnishings manufac-
turers will enjoy a greater volume Of
sales.
Maybe this time the clock trade is
the proverbial straw which shows which
way the trade wind blows.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

| give q mixture which cannot be sem
arated by distillation.
@. Who discovered AlaskaP-I. S.
A. Vitus Jonassen Bering discovered
Alaska. Bering Sea and Bering Strait
were named In honor of him.
| O. How did the 10 Upson scholar
ships at Rutgers originate7-J. N, u.
A. The Irving s. Upson scholarships
at Rutgers University were established
in 1922. They originated through the
desire on the part OF number Of
| alumni to provide aid for worthy young
men on the basis OF Rhodes scholar
ships. For four years funds we're pro-
vided by interested alumni. After that
the scholarships were given directly by
the university. They are awarded by
committee Of the faculty.
O. How many members has the New
York Stock Exchange2-E. P. T.
A. The number Of members on the
New York Stock Exchange Is limited to
1875 by the constitution of the ex-
change. 1t is a voluntary association
and its constitution is a contract be-
tween the members.
@. How do Arabs bury their dead In
Agiers-the poorer class Is referred to2
E. r. N.
A. In Algisrs the body of native Is
usually put in cheap pine box and
carried through the streets on the
shoulders Of friends. who transport 1t
to the burying ground. Arab ceme-
teries are near every village. Friends
form q procession and take turns In
carrying the CONN. Little solemnity Is
observed The friends chatter and
laugh and greet the paSsers-by. At the
burying ground the coffin is simply put
into the ground with practically no
ceremony.
O. How many educational institutions
have their own broadcasting stations2
r. c.
A. There are % institutions which
own stations. Several others broadcast
| from time to time from a station not
owned by the institution.
@. Please tell something of the work
Of the American Association for Better
Photoplays.-W. B. T.
A. With headquarters in New York
City, this organization plans pro-
gram to improve the cultural, educa-
tional and, artistic standards Of motion
pictures. For student members it will
provide classes in the technique Of va
rious phases of cinema production. For
general members it will conduct series
Of lectures, concerts bulletins and other
activities to stimulate appreciation in
audiences Its organ is a monthly
magazine, the Movie Builder. The adj
visory board consists of Ruth st. Denis
for dancing, Katharine Cornell and Mrs.
Fiske for the drama, and Fannie Hurst
and Blair Niles for scenario writing.
The executive chairman is Marietta B.
Koop.
@. How deeply will a mallard duck
dive to get food of the bottom Of
streams?-A. H. q.
A. The wild mallard duck is the poor
est Of all divers. Three or four feet
Is the maximum depth this duck will
60 to feed from the bottom However,
other ducks have been known to dive as
deep as 100 to $50 feet for food.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

The British shipping magnate, Lord
Inchcape, contends that doles call for
too great a burden on active earning
capacity. The ideal solution of an un-
employment condition would, of course,
be one that stimulates a wage learning
capacity, with an assured market for
the product. 1t is a solution which
many minds, both ancient and modern,
have sought to discover as various eco
nomic emergencies arose No money is
as highly valued or as useful as that
which is commanded by serious and in
telligent endeavor.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
Good Prices Expected
For Carolina Tobacco
From the Asheviile Times.

From the Asheville Times.
Unless officials of the Carolina To-
bacco Corporation are mistaken in their
estimates of market conditions, the
growers of the leaf in this section will
receive good prices when bidding be-
gins at the Asheville warehouse.
Tobacco is now pouring from the
farms of Bunccmbe and adjoining
counties. The quality produced here
has heretofore commanded high prices,
the returns last year being especially
profitable to those who marketed their
product in Tennessee.
AS the marketing season begins,
present evidence indicates a conflrma-
ton of all the forecasts that were made
concerning the possibility of establish
ing here a tobacco market which will
be the foundation Of thriving in
dustry. The prospects are all the
brighter because the Western North
Carolina tobacco farmers are growing
the weed as cash crop and are not
tempted by the dangerous lure Of the
one-crop system.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

There Is no other agency in the world
that can answer as many legitimate
questions as our free Information Bu-
reau In Washington, d. @. This highly
organized institution has been built up
and is under the personal direction Of
Frederic J. Haskin. BY keeping in
constant touch with Federal bureaus
and other educational enterprises It is
in a position to pass on to you au-
thoritative information of the highest
order. Submit your queries to the staff
of experts whose services are put at
your free disposal. There is no charge
except 2 cents in coin or stamps for
return postage. Address The Evening
Star Information Bureau. Frederic j
Haskin, director, washington, d. c.
@. How tall are most Of the motion
picture actresses?-E. B.
A. Most Of them are of heights be-
tween feet and feet 5 inches. A
few are shorter, and a few are taller
@. In playing poker with deuces wild,
which hand wins-A has three aces
and B has an ace and two deuces?-
@. L. H.
A. In tie the hand containing fewer
wild cards wins. Three natural aces
beat one ace and two deuces.
@. Do old electric light bulbs use
the same amount of current when CIV
ing less light?-C. L. C..
A. Old electric light bulbs give much
less light in proportion to the current
consumed. 1t is therefore inefficient to
use them.
@. Why does q locomotive engineer
sit left-handed to his engine?-H. P.
A. 1t is because in America a train
runs on the right-hand track, and the
engineer should be on the outside OF
the cab
@. How long does 1t take the Big
Dipper to revolve around the North
Star?-B. d. S.
A. 1t revolves around the Pole Star
once in % hours Sc minutes, moving in
a counter-cloc direction.
@. Why are so many of the natural
springs in the West hot?-W. L.
A. 1t is due to geological conditions,
much of the Western country being of
volcanic origin and affected by volcanic
conditions.
@. Please give the quotation from DR..
van Dyke which begins, II want the
books which help me out Of the va.
cancy and despair of frivolous life
F. F. K.
A. 1t is from ideals and Applica-
tions" and reads: IT want the books
that help me out Of the vacancy and
despair of frivolous mind, out of the
tangle and confusion of society that
is buried In bric-a-brac, out of the
meannesS Of unfeeling mockery and the
heavinesS Of incessant mirth, into q
loftier and serener region. There,
through the clear air of serious thought,
I can learn to look soberly and bravely
upon the mingled misery and splendor
of human existence, and then go down
with a more cheerful courage to play a
mans part in the life which Christ has
forever ennobled by His divine pres
ence."
@. Is there any substance which
when dissolved in water cannot be sep
arated by distillation?-K., j. s.
A. Hydrochloric acid and water will
Evening star., 1930-12-12

An authoritative writer recently said {:
"Notre Dame men rejoice in the prowess
Of their gridiron heroes. but are prouder
still Of the less transitory traditions that
cling to their alma mater" If the ira
dition Of winner there is "transitory,"
then that word does not mean what
most Of us think It. does.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

When Ben Franklin by means Of q
kite drew an electric spark from g
thundercloud he had no idea of the
future expense of electric lighting mol
the dangers of the airplane. AS g
philosopher he favored scientific devel.
opment on practical lines He was wise
but like many thinkers he was not wist
enough to see the greatness Of the
things he had started.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

Favor Of the eighteenth amendment
by Thomas Edison could not be ex-
pressed more emphatically if he had in
vented it himself. His glory will be even
greater If he can design some way of
making it work as reliably as the cleo
trio light.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

Out In Chicago seventy-year -old
confidence man" faces a fresh prison
term, having already spent twenty years
Of his life behind prison bars 1t would
seem to be about time he lost confidence
in this hazardous mode of gaining a
livelihood.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

When Huey Long comes to flourish in
Washington, D. c.. he will no doubt be
permitted to wear pajamas If he wants
to, although in recent times the political
turmoil has become so strong that there
is not much hope of getting a wink of
sleep in the Capitol.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

Whenever public economy is demand
cd. a statesman usually arises who hon.
estly believes he has done his entire
duty in trying TO solve a complex ma
ttonal problem when he suggests hold
ing down the pay Of Government
workers.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

London society danes are taking up
fine needlework again, it is announced.
1t is those insidious long skirts, without
doubt. There is no telling where their
influence may end-possibly even blush
ing will stage a comeback.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Reform Reincarnat.

Reform Reincarnate.
"Of outlaws once I led band
The very boldest in their land.
AS reincarnated we appear
We now behold the racketeer.
And as the bullets grow more dense
Where general crime becomes immense,
I do not like the neighborhood.
I'm going to be good"
Says Robin Hood
Where once as archers we'd compete
Now gunmen hurry through the street;
Light-heartedly we went along
To take a purse or sing a song.
We were bad men. but we did not
Put one another on the spot
This trip, I want 1t understood,
I'm going to be goodl"
Says Robin Hood.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

A general investigation of the real
estate business is not especially favored
by Senator Tydings, who apparently
believes that life is too short to be
devoted entirely to the study of statisti-
cal details.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
Higghlights ON the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

natal town a legacy for founding a
library. But he forbade that this library
should contain single book written by
woman and, moreover, that periodicals
and reviews containing articles written
by women should be also prescribed
absolutely.
1t would be interesting to know the
reason Tor this misogyny. Was the
judge during his lifetime mortally
wearied by feminine trifling and frivol-
ity? Did he resent the effort of some
women to take the offensive against the
natural establishment of masculine au-
thority, or was he simply one of those
unhappy husbands, married to literary
woman, who made her art a more inn
perative duty than the maintenance of
comfortable home? Alas. we do not
know! The gentleman has taken away
his secret with him.
+ 80
Toxic Schoolgirl
Travels 100 Miles Daily.
Asahi Tokio-Niss Shinako Yaguchi
Is 16 and student at the Girls Higher
School at Tenjin-cho, Ushigome. She
lives in 1baragi Prefecture and so travels
nearly 90 miles every morning to attend
ScnooI and the same distance back to
ner nome In the evening. The girl has
regular schedule, which she follows
diligently. She gets up at am. and
has breakfast, after which she sets out
before 5, upon bicycle, for the Ryuga-
saKi Railway station, miles distant.
where she catches the first train. After
making one change of cars she reaches
Ueno station at 7:19, and from there
goes via electric line and on foot to the
school, arriving in time for class at 8.
MISS Yaguchi leaves Ueno by the $50
train in the afternoon, arriving home
for the family dinner hour. She has
not missed day from school in the
last year.
Municipal Leader Pays
Tribute to Gen. Weyler.
Ell SOL Madrid.--The president of the
municipal council expressed in behalf
OF That body an eloquent tribute to the
memory OF Capt. Gen. Don Valeriano
Weyler, whose lamented death occurred
recently. The president spoke of the
generals glorious and important services
to his country all through his life, which
from early youth until the maturest age
was dedicated to military pursuits.
Gen. Weyler rose from the humblest
10 the highest rank in the profession
OF war, and it will be long before Spain
Is fortified with such another hero,
The 1nterment ceremonies in San Io-
renZo Cemetery were of the utmost sim
plicity, and took place more than an
hour before the published time, so that
its decorum would not be marred by the
attendance Of vast multitudes.
Later Gen. Weyler will be eulogized
Tor his brilliant and courageous patriot
ISM In public recognition to be ac-
Ell Grande
Evening star., 1930-12-12

The fact that Bishop Manning and
former Judge Lindsey feel strong mutual
disapproval cannot prevent them from
making each other more famous day by
day.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

There is at least enough cordial un-
derstanding left to permit statesmen to
send one another the customary Christ
mas cards and New Year greetings.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

The large sums alleged to have been
circulated in certain elections ought to
go little way toward temporary relief
Of the stress Of circumstances caused by
unemployment.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

Alfred E. Smith This may be merely
whistling on the part of dry leaders
to keep up the courage of the drys.
Unless there is a very different atti-
tude on the part Of the Democratic
leaders In a great manyaof the States
NOT Of the South-the nRxt Demo-
cratic nominee for President is going
eighteenth amendment, whether II be
Roosevelt or another.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
Fashion Note from Chicago.

OF new average we're aware,
AS BARRIERS records we explore:
The girls no longer bob their hair,
But men wear whiskers more and
more.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
wedding Announcements.

No matter what the gossips say
OF matrimonial manners new,
Folks marry In the good old way
And live for an affection true.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
Difficult Harmony.

Difficult Harmony.
What you statesmen ought to do"
said the man who gives advice, SIS to
get together and harmonic"
mo doubt of it?" answered Senator
Sorghum, but we get confused by the
unexpected rapidity with which what
starts as q love duet may change to q
battle song"
Jud Tunkins says lot Of folks would
be happier If they didn't put in so
much time worrying about whether they
are as happy as they might be.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

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20 the use for republication OF all news dis
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
fted in this paper end also the local news
published herein. All rights Of publication of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1930-12-12

Some big speakers" said Uncle Eben,
sound like dey couldn't get sho' nuff
interested In de subject in hand wtfout
losin' DER tempers over t."
Evening star., 1930-12-12
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Not Much Difference.

"Einstein has discovered a new uni
verse"
IT have been reading the newspapers
closely rejoined Miss Cayenne, "and
can't see where it is any great i'm
provement on the old one"
Evening star., 1930-12-12

Our close friends" said Hi Ho, the
sage Of Chinatown, have so much OPP
portunity to observe our faults that they
generously cease to be interested in
them"
Evening star., 1930-12-12
Wars and RumOrs
Cause Jump in Vegetable Prices.

Jurist's Strange Will
Intrigues French Press.
lie Matin, Paris.-An American jurist.
dying, left to the municipality Of his