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from England that Capt. Malcolm
Campbell, noted British racer and one
time holder Of the record at two hun
dred and fourteen miles an hour, will
bring to America his new tweive-cylin-
der creation Of fourteen hundred and
fifty horsepower to compete with de
Paolo and Fengler in an attempt to
gather premier honors for his mother
country should the American drivers
succeed in lettering the world mark set
by the late Maj Sir Henry Segrave.
Maj. Segrave, who met death on Lake
Windemere in achieving his ambition
to capture the twin records for speed
on land and water, burned over Day.
tona Beach in 1929 at two hundred and
thirty-one miles an hour, the fastest
that an automobile has ever been driven.
In doing so he snatched the record from
an American, Ray Keech, who In turn
had bettered Maj. Campbell's mark Of
the previous year. Segrave's record
breaking car was of one thousand horse
power. Keech had twelve hundred
horsepower and Capt. Campbell q Brit
ish machine Of nine hundred and twen-
ty horsepower.
For the attempts this year much
higher powered cars are to be used, but
this Is no assurance that the record will
be broken. In the two-hundred-mile
realm Of speed there are many other
factors to consider. Stream lining,
steering ease, tires and driving skill are
all essentials. The greater the horse
power the heavier the car and conse-
quently the greater the difficulty Of con-
struction and handling. Both Of the
new machines are built for an estimated
speed Of three hundred miles, which is
conceded to be the ultimate in present.
day tires. The tearing friction of such
high speed disintegrates rubber, 80 that
both drivers will use especially con-
structed tires made almost entirely of
canvas.
America would like to regain it's lost
laurels, but will offer we'll deserved con-
CALCULATIONS to Capt. Campbell If he can
raise the mark of his late colleague Of
the speedways. 1t should be an excit-
ing event.
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EXPERIENCE AND VISION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES Z. FREEMAN, D. D., L. D.
Bishop OF Washington.

closed newer and finer talents than he
had ever known before. Every now
and again we meet some one who, like
Rip Van Wrinkle, seems to have fallen
asleep; they have lost step with the age
in which they live, but happily some
thing suddenly wakes them up and
they begin again with quickened pace
and freshened enthusiasm. We cannot
for ourselves conceive of life without in
terpreting 1t In the light of Him who
dared everything, suffered everything
and finally triumphed over q conspira-
cy Of forces that He might reveal to
men the Way, the Truth and the Life.
We think OF this supreme Master COM
ing to each new day with larger vision
Of its meaning and import. Every in
div1dual that came within His ken
form Of beneficent service. Repeatedly
He dealt with those whose lives seemed
to be spent, every virtue wasted, every
opportunity gone, and yet He saw In
each one the possibilities Of renewal.
As we read the brief ANIMAL of His life
1t Is filled with the spirit Of adventure.
Every new page is touched with fresh
ness and vigor. His penetrative vision
saw In the whole scheme Of being. q
new and finer meaning. His enemies
crucifled Him, but they could not stay
His power, nor halt His triumphant
march down the centuries of time.
We are closing the books of the old
year. We are reckoning our accounts,
and doubtless we are finding that the
records disclose conditions less favor
able than heretofore. To some 1t has
been a year of disaster, misfortune and
failure. There are shadows that hover
darkly over many flresides. Dare we
enter q new year with only these Sc
rious reflections, or shall they be to us
the rich experiences that teach us how
to live and live better, more wholesome
lives in the year that lies ahead. Our
experiences are designed to teach us
what to hold and safeguard and what
to cast away Of that which is unworthy
and improbable. Above all else, let us
approach the new year with a finer,
deeper vision Of life'S real meaning and
purpose. What more assuring word
might we quote than that Of the an
cient seer: Il. the Lord, thy God, will
hold thy right hand, saying unto thee,
fear not, will help thee"
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victimized. Now the police department
10 once more "shot to pieces" Trans
fers have been ordered and the morale
Of the organization has been broken.
The mayor has just held a conference
with twenty-five leaders Of welfare and
reform organizations whom he has
solicited to help him keep the city
clean In the emergency. He is afraid
that in the aftermath Of the corrup-
ton revelations New York may become
q wide open town. There are already
symptoms Of the return to the condi-
lions that were disclosed some years
ago In the course Of the Parkhurst
revelations. So the mayor asks for
help. His shoulders are too slender to
bear the sole responsibility for this
critical situation. And that is why the
belief obtains that when the time
comes in 1888 to elect a mayor for
another four-year term Mayor Jimmy
will announce that eight years of that
sort Of trouble are enough for any man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Capital Sidelights.
By WILL p. KENNEDY.

All school authorities throughout the
Omitted States have had their attention
called to q book on Elements Of Con-
servation," which they have been urged
by Representative William B. Oliver OF
Alabama to use as q text book. He
said that one eminent educator COM
planned that conservation could not be
taught in the schools, because Ito get
the message over to the children would
require them to study about a wheel
barrow load Of books on ornithology,
forestry, entomology, agriculture, itchy
ology, zoology" etc, and he had thrown
up his hands in despair, saying: ut
can't be done"
These are the days when veteran
employees of the Government are being
placed on the retired rolls. While
Uncle Sam does not provide retirement
advantages for his four-footed employees,
O precedent has been established in the
case Of "Old Nick" IS years Of age.
This Is an old horse who has been re-
tired on q pension Of two measures OF
bran, oats and alfalfa meal daily.
Nick went to work for the United
States Department Of Agriculture in
1899 when o gelding 4 years OF age,
and has been In the Government har-
ness CVCE SlTlCS-oO yCaAo Va A@AOAAAoA
plodding-until he has reached an age
which the equine-wise estimate rs COM
parable to about 90 years Of age for
man. 30 he is being given q WELL
earned rest.
FIRST ne worked at the Federal Quar-
antine Station, Athena. N. j. Since
1906 he has worked at the Government
Experiment Station at Bethesda, Nd,
about 10 miles from the department
headquarters in the Capital. Until
1915 he pulled q wagon daily from the
experiment station to the headquarters.
o round trip Of about 20 miles.
Born in the days when the horse was
the master of inland transportation
problem, Nick has lived to see his kind
gradually disappear from the high
ways Although he SHE'D at the FIRST
gas buggies" and later learned to pass
hundreds of them on the road without
notice, he, too, finally fell victim to the
relentless competition. Now a motor
truck does his old job while he graEes
'aisurely in his pasture.
The work Of Dr. John G. Fitzpatrick
in preparing the remaining volumes Of
the Library Of Congress edition Of the
Journals Of the Continental Congress
has brought to completion the matert-
ais for the years 17S5 and 1875 and
part of the year 1887. The two volumes
Of the journals for the year 1785 are
to be sent to the printer early next
year.
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chaserS Of crude oil and does not re-
fine except through q subsidiary. The
concern asserts that its stocks are top
heavy and its storage space entirely ex-
hausted. It is possible that the decision
Of this company may cause drop in
production, as 1t Is the only outlet for
some of the smaller producers, although
the johnson OIL Refining Co. will abb
sorb some Of the oil formerly handled
by Prairie.
The crude oil output Of the country
now Il ranging between 2,225,000 and
2,230, 900 barrels q day. This Is about
100000 barrels q day less than q year
ago. It would not be too much were
there not such tremendous stocks al
ready above ground.
With this river Of oil flowing from
the wells, and with bitter struggle go
ing on within the industry. the Federal
authorities are on the sidelineS warning
the contestants that supplies for the
future are Of far more importance than
the technical position Of oil stocks to-
day. They point out that once q barrel
Of oil = taken from the pools below the
surface 1t cannot be replaced. The sup
ply is not inexhauStihle, and the Stats
ticians are urging the industry for its
own sake to conserve oil for the future,
no matter what the excess Is at present.
There is no doubt that the position
of the industry Is improving, but 1t Is
gaining slowly and probably will con-
tinue to make only moderate progress
until q closer agreement u reached
within the industry itself.
(OopyEighN ieao.I
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Democrat-Insurgent Republican Bloc
May Be the Only Preventive of Chaos

Of It's Senators In the following parable:
The Republican insurgents are the
cavalry, leading the van. The Repub-
lican regulars are the heavy artillery,
always bringing UP the rear. The
Democrats are the infantry, In the
middle. They like TO fall back for
safety toward the artillery. but for Vie
tory they have TO march"
Today o great many Democrats think
that even for safety they have to march
New Federal economic regulatory legis-
lation is being urged upon the Congress,
jackass," but by many Of the tamest
animals in the national cage. Eminent
railroad presidents cry aloud for reg
ulation of petroleum pipe lines and Of
migratory motor buses and motor
trucks and Of lakegoing and canal
going steamships. Business interests Of
many various sorts implore legislative
activity toward prompter consultations
Of railroad properties. Wealthy mine
owners are resolutely fixed upon the
idea that the governments Of the world
should intervene to remedy the COM
mercial woes of silver. Mr.. H. Ennis
Jones OF Philadelphia, vice president Of
the Franklin Trust Co. and director Of
the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce,
appeals to the Congress to establish at
Washington bureau Of business, !"
composed Of representatives Of capital
and Of labor and Of agriculture and
headed by Q citizen who would mobilize
our national resources" for effective, or
dered stability In . now diSordered
world.
The demand for change, and for q
momentouS change, In the direction Of
"orderlinesS" in production and con-
sumption comes now to Washington Is
much from the managers Of great cor
porations as from the leaders of popular
movements. A widespread conclusion
in Washington is in these terms:
Neither the Republican regulars nor
the Republican insurgents nor the
Democrats can, as q single group, COM
mand enough votes to provide solutions.
The Republican regulars and the Re-
publican insurgents cannot tempera-
mentally combine upon solutions. The
only combination possible for solutions
Is Of the Republican insurgents and the
Democrats. The alternatives are, on
the one hand, that combination and, on
the other, Borah's "chaoS."
Copyright, 1e3o)
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Mayor Jimmy Getting Enough.

Major Jimmy Walker Of Greater
New York e probably serving his last
term In that ONCE. This does not i'm
ply that he will be defeated for re-
nomination or for election II nomi-
mated. The statement Is based upon
the assumption that Mayor Jimmy is
sick of the job Ofaeial life is Just
one trouble and crisis after another.
The executive chair Of the City Hall
Of Manhattan u full Of taekS. The
naayoral head finds no soft slumher-
INDUCING pillow at night. Scandals
break from week TO week. Municipal
administration has become q series Of
inquiries and consultations with boards
of strategy for the maintenance Of de-
fensive campaigns. There are scandals
aboUA judicial appointments-Vhich
somSr seem to regard as purehas-
able eommodities-scandals about the
schools, about contracts and about that
perennial subject Of public suspicion
and accusation, the police department.
The latest twist In this tangling coil
arises from the revelation Of corTup-
ton In the so-called vice squad. In
the course Of an inquiry into certain
police activities the fact has been de-
veioped that women Of the street have
been framed" and sent TO prison fol
failure or refusal TO pay privilege
money" Six Of them were recently
pardoned by Gov. Roosevelt On specific
proof q their having been thu
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SHOOTING STARS.
~ PHn.ANDR JOHNSON.

A New New Year.
Along comes New Year,
Next upon the list!
With joy-the- whole way through year;
Too precious to be missed.
OF Happy New Year we have told
For many years gone by.
Wen make it now in truth unfold
At least we're going to try.
Along comes New Year
With resolutions finO;
An honest and q true year
To hold EN- all In Incl
The same old Dreams we're cherishing
And when the year ia new,
We hope that Time some way VIII bring
To make 'em all come true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

Phillips Brooks was wont to say, ut
Is q good thing to come TO o new be-
ginning" He seemed to feel that q
fresh start in life lent new zest and
enthusiasm to 1t. To live in the attic
Of our LIES experience with the dry
and muSty folioS Of the past, the faded
and worn garments and the mementoS
of other years may be profitable to re-
Election, and it Is good thing to thus
indulge ourselves now and again. On
the other hand, it Is q more refreshing
and inspiriting thing to go forth in the
spirit of adventure in search OF new
worlds to conquer, new problems TO
solve, new ideals to be realized and new
discoveries to be made. To most OF us
there is much of monotony in life.
After we have passed certain mile
stone, midway on the road, the daily
round, the common task" seem so
prescribed, so fixed and unalterable that
we act like automatonS and do our
work very largely like machines. There
are some paths we have 'trod so fire.
quently that we could pursue them
toms, even certain phrases, become so
common to US that they come to be
associated with our personality. It was
said Of one Of old, Thy speech be-
trayeth thee" Some Of US become so
accustomed to the precise movements
Of our neighbors that we can even set
our clocks by their daily habits. There
is nothing to be said against precision
and definiteness Of practice In the
wholesome habits Of life, but surely
these do not preclude freshness OF
vision. Even with fair background
of experience and determination to at
tack new problems with earneStness
and quickened zeal, we should hesitate
to enter with any degree Of confidence
upon q new year. unless we feel that
our resistance were sufficient to over
come difficulties and to assume, need
be, new responsibilities.
We heard a man say some time since
that he had grown stale" He EVIL
IDENTIFY meant that his mind had ceased
to be resourceful, that he had gotten
into q rut from which he had not the
will or the power to escape. 1t is a
tragic business when such q stage Is
reached. We also recall that this same
man, who really had large gifts, sud
denly took fresh grip on life and dis
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Speed at Dayt0na.

The smooth white sands Of Daytcna
Beach. the worlds greatest straightaway,
viii be the acene again this Winter Of
Q determined assault on the speed
record for automobiles by both Ameri-
can and English drivers. Early in the
Fall it was announced that Peter de
Paolo and Harlan Fengler, two veterans
Of the tracks of this country, have near
ly completed new type monster ma
chine Of more than twenty-four hun
dred horsepower. Now comes word
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

There Is Q satisfaction in Q state Of
affairs which brings to attention the
failure Of financial institution. A few
Of them fail from year to year, but the
vast majority do not. They still repre-
sent the refuge of the investor who
seeks to handle his funds on q safety
first basis.
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Every man who has had predatory
access to millions is suspected Of hay
ing laid away enough cash to enable
him to live in extravagant luxury later
on. The old story Of the Count Of
Monte Cristo" is a classic encourage
ment alike to the innocent and the
guilty who hnd themselves behind
prison walls.
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Ordinary politics win scarcely enter
into the relationships Of Secretary Doak
and Labor Leader Green. They will
have things about which to confer
which viii exceed by far the interest
which attaches to the winning or losing
OF an election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

There are numerous relief plans I'M
der way. Human skill has done It's ut
most in mechanism. The world Is Jus
titled in expecting still greater genius
to manifest itself in the work Of ad-
justing the wonderful machine crea-
tions to the needs of mankind as they
arise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

Congratulations on the lower prices
Of meat and fowl may be q mistake.
Animal food becomes cheap when feed
grows scarce. When crops are good,
steak and chicken, working on the law
Of averages. viii cost as much Is ever
and perhaps more than ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

Reds are said TO be forging passports;
which would be going q little too far
even where people are anxious to pro-
duce whatever they need by their owa
independent efforts.
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Confusion and Contest
h the Oil Business
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

Whenever you see Q head hit IT,"
That seems 10 b thu battle cry
among many Of those engaged IA the
petroleum industry, and many au-
thorittes declare that that u Just
what 10 the matter with oil. Pro-
ducers, tranSporters, refiners, distrib-
uters, dealers and ultimate consumers
seem unable to agree on how 1t shall
be accomplished and who shall do It.
In Texas, Oklahoma and California
oil production Is being restricted on
pro rata basis. This Is not entirely
satisfactory TO the producers in those
States. Some declare that 1t is all to
the benefit of the large holders and
producers and hits the small producer
who has lease for Q limited time and
below the property within that time.
They also charge that the practice
favors some fields at the expense Of
others.
The men who advocate proration
assert that restriction Is necessary and
that pro rata Is the only fair way
and the only effective way to cut out
put. The pro rata arrangements In
Oklahoma have just been continued
into 1891.
Representative CARRIER Of Oklahoma,
however, has declared he viii 60 to
Attorney General Mitchell and demand
q thorough investigation Of proration
in the three States, believing 1t Is in
direct violation Of the antitrust laws.
He asserts the agreements have opened
the door for the larger units Of the
industry to food this country with a
stream of Central and South American
oil. He seeks suspension OF pro-
| ration agreements until Congress can
take some legislative action TO prevent
inroads Of foreign OIL
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Others have suggested that the tariff
on oil should be altered. It Is I'M
likely that this viii be done for some
time, according to congressional lead
ers, owing to the reluctance Congress
tariff debate. It has been suggested,
therefore, that the President be given
the right to place an embargo on i'm
ports of foreign oil.
All of these measures are opposed by
some oil men, who regard any action
by the Government as being fall OF
potential dynamite for the oil industry.
Attempts to bring up discussion OF
tariff changes and embargoes at recent
meetings Of oil men have been Wig
orouSly opposed.
The gas-wastage law of California Is
being supported and condemned with
marked bitterness. The small pro-
ducers say they cannot produce oil
without wasting gas because they have
no market outlet in some cases. Pro-
ponents of the measure declare it goes
| far to solve the production problem.
/ In the midcontinent field, producers
are worried about what will happen
when the Prairie Oil q Gas Co. ceases
TO buy oil on January I. The company
J Is one Of the largest producers and pgR-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

Some Of those New York policemen
have been forced into contacts with
gunner that have apparently proved
deHnoraliSing.
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the conclusion Of the committee. If
the plans Of the committee and Mr.
Sponord can be carried out we will
have q library creditable to the nation
and feature Of pride to Washington
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Heart and Hand.


Didn't you tell your constituents
that you were heart and hand for their
welfare"
That's what I told EN-" answered
Senator Sorghum. And that's how ]
still feel about 1t. My only trouble was
that I had my pocketbook In my coat
just over my heart, and when 1t was
matter Of campaign contributions,
simply couldn't keep my hand on IT,"
Jud Tunkins says misfortunes have
their compensations. Sometimes q
Congressman doesn't get to be real
prominent until after he Is lame duck.
Dreams.
How sweet indeed were dreams like
thesel
How gayly fancy would be thrilled
II all the trees were Christmas trees
And every pocketbook were Allied.
On the Safe Side.
Didn't your doctor tell you you must
not take any alcohol"
YES" answered Uncle Bill 8ottletop.
"He said it would kill me-"
80 you quit the bootleg stuff?"
eyes, OF course. believe In making .
man prove what he says, but In this
case I somehow didn't have the
curiosity to ind out whether he was
right or wrong"
your proverb has it," said Hi Ho,
the sage Of Chinatown, that we are
never too I'D to learn. But recollec-
tons Of fIAwplous hours must remind US
that we are too young to learn"
Combat Apparently without ProfAt.
In politics two champions fight.
with harsh words each the other meets,
Not much applause brings them delight
And not cent for ringside seats.
"A gamblin' game" said Uncle Eben,
lis no good 10 man dat says money
is his best friend. Money may say
] 'How-dy-do,' IS 1t comes yoh way for q
minute. but II won seem no time ct Ill
till 1t says farewell forever"
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Dreams.

How sweet indeed were dreams like
thesel
How gayly fancy would be thrilled
II all the trees were Christmas trees
And every pocketbook were Allied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28

Jud Tunkins says misfortunes have
their compensationS. Sometimes q
Congressman doesn't get to be real
prominent until after he Is lame duck.
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Combat Apparently without Front.
In politics two champions fight.
With harsh words each the other meets,
Not much applause brings them delight
And not q cent for ringside seats.
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wAsHIN g T ON, D. c.
-. December %, 1880
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On the Safe Side.

your proverb has it," said Hi Ho,
the sage Of Chinatown, "that we are
never too I'D to learn. But recollec-
tons Of fS1vplous hours must remind US
that we are too young to learn"