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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

quire into senatorial primary campaigns
and elections just as 1T had in 1926.
Senator Norris resolution calling for
the appointment of special committee
of five Senators to carry on this work,
with a fund of $10o, 900, is now before
the Senate privileges and elections COM
mittee, and Senator Norris is confident
that it will receive favorable action by
the committee and by the Senate Cam
paign managers will have to watch their
step. as we'll as the candidates. with such
a committee in existence. Up in Penn
sylvania there are signs of a bitter con-
test with Senator Grundy and William
s Ware already declared candidates for
the Republican senatorial nomination
and the possibility of others getting into
the race. too. 1t looked like plain sail
ing for Mr.. Grundy when he was FIRST
appointed to the Senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the rejection of
Ware. But the political clouds are gath
ering. Mr.. Grundy will have strong OPP
position from labor. He has never run
for political Office himself, although he
has backed many successful candidates
in the past. The suggestion Is being
passed around that II he is successful
and gains control of the State he may
throw the Pennsylvania delegation
against the denomination of President
Hoover in 1882. when the Republican
party meets in national convention.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKrN.

This newspaper puts at your disposal
corps OF trained researchers in WASH
ington who will answer questions foH
you. They have access to the Gov
eminent departments, the libraries, mu-
seums, galleries and public buildings
and to the numerous associations which
maintain headquarters in the Nations
Capital If 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 j. Hasl1in, director, Washing
ton, d. G.
@. Who is the hardest hitter In the
National League?-G. D. G.
A. Most ball players consider Babe
Herman, the Brooklyn outfielder, tbs
hardest hitter.
@. Do the Chinese have more furni-
ture in their houses than the Japanese
DOS. H.
A. Unlike the Japanese, the Chinese
house interior is profusely decorated and
furnished with tables. chairs, beds. cab
inetS, screens and similar articles Of
household use. The Japanese use very
little furniture, and that is usually re-
moved from sight when not in use.
Q. Who was the man who forged
Shakespearean manuscripts to the point
of deceiving his own father?-L. d.
A. William Henry Ireland, 1777-1S35
was the son of Samuel Ireland who was
an author, engraver and dealer in rare
books and curios. Young Ireland first
forged manuscripts to tease his father
Upon finding how credulous ne was
these forgeries were foisted upon the
public. Many scholars were deceived
for time. but exposure followed. The
disgrace was said to have hastened his
fathers death.
@. What is the soapberry plantP-
C. T.
Sapindus-native of tropical America
The pulp of the fruit contains saponin
and Is used in washing textile fabrics.
@. If steel instrument is placed
in coal oil, will rust be prevented with
out injuring the sharp edge?--A. j. S
A. The Bureau of Standards says that
steel instruments placed in coal oil Will
not rust. nor will the sharp edge on
steel instruments be injured.
@. In an open fight between a full
grown grizzly and a full-grown lion
A. 1t would depend somewhat upon
circumstances. AS a general rule, the
lion, in addition to strength and vigor
has degree of cunning not found in a
grizzly bear. Consequently he would
have the advantage over the bear and
in most cases, would come out the vic
tor.
@. Is Jacobs Well still in existence?
g. r.
A. 1t is supposed to be. 1t is 1919
miles east of Nablus, at the foot OF
Mount Gerizim. In 1888 it was found
to be los feet deep, but 1t is now shall
lower and is often dry.
@. What keeps glider in the air?-
E. H. S.
A. The modern glider is a soaring
plane. 1t is, for all practical purposes
an extremely light airplane without ar
engine, while the construction is greatly
simplified, all parts being made as light
as consistent with strength and the
lifting surface so designed and set as
to give high lift at low speeds. The
fact remains that the craft is sustained
in the air by means of the lift on its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

While it is felt that some settlement
must be reached in the dispute over the
benefits to be derived by the several
States along the route of the Colorado
River, from the Boulder Dam project,
public comment indicates general be-
lief that the end of the conflicts is not
yet in sight. Certain phases such as
flood control and water supply are
mentioned as requiring prompt action.
Concessions and counter concessions
may bring peace between California
and Arizona" says the Long Beach
ess-Telegram, feeling that both
States realize the folly of continued
fighting when no one will benefit ex-
cept through united action" An "en-
couraging factor" to that paper is the
patience manifested by national repre-
sentatives in attendance at the meet
ings" which have been held, and it con-
cludes. Varied opinions are expressed
regarding the ultimate outcome, but
notwithstanding this diversity of view
point, the very force of circumstances
would seem to dictate final success Tor
the negotiations"
X X
"The West can wait, If it has to, in
definitely for the power which is to be
generated at the Boulder Dam project,
comedies the Salt Lake Deseret News,
but it adds: when it comes to the
matter of flood control, there is cur
able menace which ought not to be en-
dured a day longer than it has to, a
deadly danger whose removal all should
be concerned in fastening. Response
bility for the continuance OF this dam
ger is something which none of the
conflicting interests seem to appralSe
at it's full value, yet it is great and I'M
pressive. Unused as 1t is now, the
great river is of little value Its worth
will be in its being regulated, and no
stream has more peculiar and more
save the Imperial Valley, the eight
years during which it has been under
discussion have witnessed marvellous
growth of the coast counties of Cali
fornia, which include such cities as Los
Angeles, San Diego and score of 9TH
ers and this has created a demand for
water beyond that obtainable from
their own foothills"
"The particular merit of the Cali
fornia proposal" IN the opinion OF the
Los Angeles Express sis that it does
away with fixed allotments and leaves
it for the two lower basin States to
draw what water they want up to one
half by each Of the rivers flow leaving
no unclaimed surplus to cross the Dor
der into Mexico and there be lost for
ever to the Americans BY such ar
rangement all the water that had
passed Lees Ferry, excepting Nevada S
share and any to which Mexico already
had perfected title, would be available
~ hp mt IN hanefiCial usa in Arizona
and California. The rivers flow from
its source to its mouth was arbitrarily
divided by the Colorado River compact
among the four Imperialism States,
Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New
Mexico, and the three lower-baSin
States, Nevada. Arizona and California,
giving Z 100000 acre feet to each group.
That does not. however, represent the
full flow, nor is 1t likely that the up
per-basin States for many years to
come, If ever. will be able to make use
of their entire allotment, any more
than Arizona can make beneficial use
Of the portion claimed for that State.
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surface, caused by its motion relative 10
the airship.
e s. y What is the largest edible ii'h'
A. One of the European sturgecns,
huso huso, called huchen In Germany,
is the largest known edible fsh. It
reaches weight of 5000 pounds.
@. Is the crescent and three stars an
emblem of Ttrkey?-C. McC.
A. It Is an emblem of Egypt. The
emblem Of Turkey is q crescent and a
star.
@. At what temperature does sea
water freeze?--G. Z. u.
A. The freezing point for sea water
of average salinity-that "a, IS per
MILES 28.6 degrees F. The freezing
point becomes lower as the salinity in
creaSes.
Q. What proportion of English words
are Latin and Greek?-M. d.
A. Richard @. French, in his book
entitled "on the English Language.
Past and Present." says: IF the English
language were to be subdivided into a
hundred parts, forty-five of these might
be Anglo-Saxon. or Old English; forty
t1Ve Latin 0ncluding Latin that has
come through the French). Five, per-
hapS most of our scientific nomencla-
ture, are from the Greek, such as the
names of new instruments and proc
esses photography, telephone, telegraph,
etc j."
O. How old is e. Phillips Open
heim?-P. j. T.
A. He is "a. He was born in 1855.
@. How is the word data" nro-
nounced? Is it followed by singular
or plural verb?-W. E. @.
A. The first "a is long. as In "data ("
The second "a is short Data Is the
plural of datum and takes the plural
form of verb.
Q. Are relics of early Rome stin
found?--W M
A. The City of Rome still yields
many ancient works of art. Excava-
tions are still proceeding and rare and
beautiful relics are often found.
Q. Can a red neon light be seem
!artner In fog than red incandegcent
light?-C. B.
A. The Naval Research Laboratory
says that the light Of neon lamp has
no fog-penetrating capacity not ms
seSsed by other lights of the same color
and initial candlepower.
O. Who was the first white boy born
in Kentucky?-N. F. E.
A. The first white male child born
In Kentucky was Daniel Boones son.
Q. How is tomato cocktail made?
IS. c.
A. Bring one-quart can of tomatoes
to boil. Rub through a colander and
chill Season with salt and sugar for
children. For adults, season with salt,
red pepper and add little Worcester
shire and horseradish, If you choose.
Serve very cold in cocktail glasses at
| the beginning of the meal.
Q. When was glass first made In this
| country?-W b. H.
A. The first industrial enterprise in
the United States was a glass bottle
factory erected in the Virginia Colony
soon after 1907. 1t was located in the
woods about a mile distant from James
town. Window glass was manufactured
in what Is believed to be the first glass
factory in New Jersey. 1t was built
about 1889, a mile east Of Alloways-
town. Salem County by Caspar wistar
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declaration of ultimate hostilities against
the Marking government. The sup
posed purchase of peace by heavy pay
ments to provincial military command
ers is actually the replenishment of
their war-making resources. It is a
strange land, with strange ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

III COMERCIO, Lima. - Recent
- discoveries by the German ar
cheologist Lehman evidence a
IL high degree of civilization in the
states of Santiago del Estero
and Buenos Aires, in Argentina, and
particularly in the region known as 81
Chaco Santiagueno, existing as remotely
Vealed vast native cemeteries, from
which petrifed bodies were removed
Skull measurements and other investi-
cations showed a high type of intelli-
gence as did also all sorts of agricul-
tural tools, hunting weapons, musical
instruments, statuary and ceramics
DR.. lehman has proved that a great
and established people so centuries
ago were living in the luxuriant plateaus
of Eastern South America. His findings
show them to have been people OF
scientific knowledge and cultural at
tainments. With all the advantages OF
a mild and temperate climate, they ap-
parently remained for generations in
the same localities. tending their focks,
cultivating their crops, building their
cities and villas. They were not a no
madic people; they occupied greater
areas little by little, only as the in
creases in population or the require
ments for grazing and water demanded.
From sculptures and engravingS they
have left they seem to have been
monotheistic people, their god being
a triad of bird-and-man-s shaped divin-
tiles. usually represented with iaguar,
an eagle, a serpent or fish to indicate,
no doubt, their possession OF all the
qualities characteristic of these crea-
lures DR.. Lehman worked under the
auspices of the Wagner expedition, and
the result of his exploration Is so vast
that it will be some time before detailed
reports and deductions are available.
X 4 4
English Landlords.
Daily Mail. London.-Having seen
the conditions under which the poor
live in the slums of London, the Rev.
Desmond Morse Boycott declares that
mo landlord who is an Engllshman
could possibly sleep with ease in a
comfortable bed if he knew what his
tenants were suffering"
Here Is a pen-picture by Mr.. Morse
Boycott of the "twice-daily shift" in
Slumdom:
"At the command: Now you-ahtside,
while we gets the room ready! Six or
seven Youngsters in scanty attire skip
out into the cold and paper-littered
street. They huddle on the doorstep
while the nightly move takes place.
There are two rooms-three, if the folks
are fortunate. If they are top rooms, a
descent must be made every time a
bucketful of water is needed. And then
laboriouS, back-breaking ascent. If on
the ground floor, then there is the con-
slant maddening tread of footsteps
overhead. And often worse noises.
know a sick woman who has to lie and
listen to the almost constant saving
of wood"
Mr.. Morse Boycott goes on to say that
the beds are made while the children
SILVER. Heavy pieces of furniture are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Disappointment.
February stood in line
For little while,
Sent Miss Spring a Valentine
She answered with smile.
Then the storm came hurrying BY
AS the snowdrift, swirled.
Said Miss Spring-she breathed
sigh
Its a tickle world"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

The Mediterranean fruit fly. now fur
nishing pretext for sealing liquor cars,
calls renewed attention to an insect
whose versatility in rendering itself obi
Gus is practically unlimited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

A few discreet words of reminder seem
necessary just now in order to prevent
announcements of money-spending pro-
grams from causing decisions of gran
deur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

Haiti has always felt the lack of IA
cility for participating in a peace con-
ference that would produce permanent
results.
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One Radio Blessing.

From the Butte Daily Post
We're indebted to radio for at least
one blessing. 1t has demonstrated that
1t is possible to get hearing in Amer
lea without yelling, Say, listenI"
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Chautemps proved himself possessor
Of the discretion with which he was
originally credited by demonstrating
promptly that he knew when he had
enough.
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Several statesmen are annoyed by the
idea that they are being watched, when
all they ask is to be listened TO.
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France is showing how much political
discussion may arise even in nation
that has no prohibition problems.
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Quest of knowledge.

Quest Of knowledge.
Even so great a man as a United
States Senator should refrain from as
Stunning that he knows all about every
thing
That's the way I feel about it."
answered Senator Sorghum you can
see for yourself why am always de-
handing an investigation of something
or other"
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Edison's SIeep Ratio.

From the Adrian Daily Telegram.
Mr.. Edison is 83 years old In case
you are interested, he has had Isl, ATS
hours of sleep out of possible 627, $50.
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1t has not yet been possible to create
a Russian political organization that
will work as smoothly and accurately
as Russian ballet.
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Gangsters shoot one another, but not
fast enough to prevent the police from
having a constantly increasing amount
Of work to perform.
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UnsophisticatiOn Of a Sac.

UnsophisticatiOn of a Sage.
THAT college professor knows about
all that books can teach"
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "And
yet after he happened to attend a
rather wild party he admitted that
there is still an awful lot for him to
learn"
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Austrian Ladies'
Unaware of Long Skirt.
Too Short

From the Rock Island Argus.
Greatly distressed about Chicaro's
plight. the Peoria Journal hands out
the advice, Don't sell Chicago short. {"
But. dog-gone it, Chicago is shortl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Spring Bangs.

From the Muncie Star
Mingled with the popping of the
pussywillow buds will soon be the ex-
plosion OF rookie base ball regulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

Jud Tunkins says the way those old
story-tellers brag about Aladdins lamp
would tempt you to think he had some
thing as convenient and profitable as
an electric light.
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No Use Merely Swapping.
From the Fort Wayne News-Senttncl.
Burying the Ratchet won't do YOU
much good unless you're willing to hang
up the hammer.
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Terms Of FinaIitv.

AeTmS Oi runaHCy.
Long words we know will come and go
From thoughts eternal tount.
In that vast flow plain yes" and mo"
Are those that really count.
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Practical Demonstration.

Practical Demonstration.
Machinery is what we prize.
It's not much use to theorize.
In stories mistakes will lurk.
Machinery has Got to Work.
"a man dat never changes his mind.
said Uncle Eben, goes broke by allus
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Changing the Cast.

Changing the Cast.
Politics has made us fret
AS this rule 1t teaches:
Other orators we get
To make the same old speeches.
"Ornamentation does not make us
beautiful" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown. Gliding dragon serves
only to make him more conspicuously
terrible
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Q. Are relics of early Rome stiIl
found?--W. M.
A. The City of Rome still Yields
many ancient works of art. Excava-
lions are still proceeding and rare and
beautiful relies are often found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

Q. How old is E. Phillips Open
heim?-P. j. T.
A. He is "a. He was born in 1855.
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@. How is the word data" pro-
nounced9 Is it followed by q singular
or plural verb?-W. E. @.
A. The first "a is long, as in "date. !"
The second "a" is short. Data Is the
plural OF datum and takes the plural
form of a verb.
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III COMERCIO, Lima. - Recent
- discoveries by the German ar
cheologist Lehman evidence a
IL high degree of civilization in the
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-05-15

Fewer traps caught the same number of fish. The wider spac- Ing of traps is not a conservation measure because it affected no decrease in the number of trap caught fish.
 (4). Curtailment of seines, gill-nets and trolls. The argu- ment defending the fish trap is based on "eficiency," as if effi- ciency were an end in itself. We must grant that the fish trap is the most effective device now in use, except the weir on the Kar- lux. But why decrease the inef- fciency of the seine and other movable gear? The seine is linn tied to ten fathoms in depth. You might say that is deep enough. The trouble is ten fath- oms hung straight would be all right, but we have to purse which reduces the depth to about one third. The fish trap however, drops it's lead down to the bot tom. The limit of the seine's 250 fathoms, Q500 feet)-plenty long enough, the swivel chair fishermen would say-but the ef- fectiveness of the seine is deter mined by it's diameter, in such a case, of course. it is only 500 feet. All of this is done to de- crease the efficiency of the seine, but why not decrease the efi- ciency of the trap? MT. O'Mal- ley may say that he has limited the floating trap to 900 foot lead. However, this limitation was placed thereon because of the protests of the pile trap owners who could not build their traps in waters having greater depth than 100 feet. That is why the limitatio nOf 900 feet is placed on all foaters where the depth is 100 feet. Otherwise there is no limitation.
 What I have said about the
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-05-15

laws declare that 'it shall be un- lawful to fish for, take or kill'' salmon from Saturday night at 6 o'clock until the Monday morn following at 6 o'clock, and yet MT. O'Malley allows the canner- ies to brail their fish traps on Sunday. Tell me, how can this be done without killing" the sal mon in plain violation of the very fishery law that gives him his great power. If he enforced this law, it would allow some measure of real conservation. I have long felt that MT. O'Malley does not understand that "con- servatiOn' means reduction of the total catch, considering that he charges that Alaska is over- fished.
 Let me point out but one of many closed areas which illus trates what I mean. O'Malley closed Tenakee Inlet and forced out five traps besides all the seiners (natives of Alaska) The Seiners gave up, according to O'Malley's own figures, about 100000 salmon, nor could the seiner go elsewhere to catch a portion of that salmon. But the fish traps merely moved outside Tenakee Inlet and discovered trap sites that were even more effective than their former To- cations inside the Inlet. The re- suit is that ostensibly the traps gave up 180,000 salmon, but in fact they recovered the entire 180,000 and part of the 30,OOO given up by the Natives of Alas ka, who become O'Malley's ve- hicle for conserving fish. Many such places exist, as Saginaw Bay, Kasaan Bay, Hetta Inlet, Nutqua, Salmon Bay and dozens of other places. While the Na- tives of Rake are excluded from Saginaw Bay, the two traps at