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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10
Atterbury Gives Views
On Railroad of Future
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Transportation systems that will in
clude railroad trains, motor trucks and
buses, airshipS and the ships of the
sea, trains on which the traveller may
check his automobile, the abandonment
OF tracks where they are not needed so
that their beds may be transformed
into concrete highways for the opera
ton Of rallroad-owned motor vehicles,
telephone facilities between car and car
of the moving train and with the people
at home-these and other developments
are pictured by Gen. w. w. Atterbury,
president Of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
as among the attributes Of tomorrow in
the transportation world. Here is no
stead we have the predictions of a
practical man of affairs, director of
one Of the worlds greatest railroads.
Gen. Atterbury has something to say
about the money being spent for the
improvement Of the railroads. It will
amount to q billion dollars this year.
Between eight and ten billions will be
spent on hetterments in the next 10
years. With such expenditure and the
inclusion Of other methods of travel in
the great railroad systems of the coun-
try, 1t Is perhaps not fanciful to say
that 1910 will look back to 1880 as in
the pioneering stage of modern trans
portation.
Development Of zeppelins is being
watched" says the Pennsylvania presi-
dent. Evidently the modern railroad
executive must look up as well as along
the gliStening vista Of the rails. And
when he suggests the railroad-owned
Zeppelin receiving the passengers Of
the railroad train to carry them over
the oceans to lands afar he may be
nietIlrin0 n dream If fadaU Su1atnH1 mill
become one Of the realities of the NOR
row.
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The "Ikonophone. !"

Hello, Central, want to see North
$685." or words to that effect, may
soon be the order of the telephone
day, in light Of a wondrous demonstra-
ton In New York. From that den OF
wizardry known as the Bell Telephone
Laboratories there has now emerged the
s'Ikonophone," o miraculous device
which permits persons at opposite
ends Of q telephone wire to see each
other.
In . practical test at New York
yesterday, two users Of the "ikono-
phone" met eye to eye as they con-
versed over a distance Of two and a
half miles. This latest miracle Of the
telephone art, it goes without saying
Is still in the embryonic stage. But
the triumphant experiment Of April o
1880, takes its place alongside Alexander
Graham Bells historic first telephone
message to his co-worker, Thomas A
Watson, on March 10, 1875: "Mr
Watson, please come here, want you'll!
The Bell scientists have made sight
by telephone feasible In connection with
their ceaseless efforts to bring about
teleyision. Apparatus to permit the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
1897. when the original structures were

1897. when the original structures were
burned.
q. What is "muiching"2-K. L. r.
A. For many years Hawaiian sugar
planters made a practice Of leaving
the crop refuse, such as leaves and tops,
between the rows Of growing cane.
This served the double purpose of con-
serving the moisture in the soil and
keeping down the weed growth Later
the experiment was made of covering
the ground between the rows with q
cheap grade of asphalt paper, and
still later the entire field was so COW
cred when it was found that the stiff
shoots Of the cane would penetrate the
paper, while weeds would not. These
differing processes are known as mulch
ing. The same thing is now done with
the pineapple crop, holes being made
In the paper so that the pineapples can
| grow through. Experiments made in
the United States In n1ulching various
vegetables are said to have resulted in
production increases of from 80 to 500
or 900 per cent. 1t is said that IL days
after a rain soil protected with paper
mulch will contain as much as 20 per
cent more moisture than unmulched
soil in the same vicinity.
@. Are railroad earnings increasing
or decreasing?-L. M. N.
A. In 1929 class railroads of the
United States had a net operating In
come Of $1,275, 900, as compared
with $1,194,500,000 for the preceding
year.
@. When was the first Indian news
paper publiShed?-F. I. G.
A. The name Of the paper was
Shau-wau-nowe Kesauthwau, which
means THE Shawnee Sun" 1t was
published March /, 1885, and was issued
semi monthly. This is said to have
been the first newspaper ever published
exclusively In an Indian language. 1t
was edited and published by DR.. john
son Lykins at the Shawnee Indian Mis-
sion in Kansas.
Q. Why is the Book of Revelation
called the Apocalypse?-A. 9.
A. The word revelation" is derived
from revelatio, the Latin equivalent for
apocalypsis, both words meaning I'M
covering or unwilling.
@. Are the Australian Alps snow
clad?-A. e. N.
A. The highlands are covered with
snow in Winter. The SHOWS feed the
streams of Southeast Australia and are
the basis of present and potential de-
| this area.
@. What Is an acrostic?-E. B.
A. 1t Is a short Stanza 50 constructed
that the initial letters of the lines,
taken consecutively form words Such
! verse is of great antiquity, having been
common in ancient Greece and Rome.
@, Why does the boundary of Massa-
| chusetts take jog down into Con-
necticut at one point?-A. E. D.
A. The reason for the peculiar devia-
ton from straight line or boundary
between Connecticut and MasSachu-
sets, known as the Southwick jog, is
that when adjusting errors in the
boundary line between Connecticut and
Massachusetts, as previously run by
compass, a long, narrow strip Of land
| was given to Connecticut. The South
| wick Jog ceded to Massachusetts, was
intended to be an equivalent area.
q. How high are the falls that salmon
| lump when swimming upstream?-T. M.
A. Salmon Jump falls Of from to 8
] feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10

Expert researchers, who can get you
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A 2-cent stamp will bring you per-
sonal answer to any inquiry of fact
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paper readers use this great service.
Try 1t today. Make your inquiry easily
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The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, D. G.
@. How much of q recovery has there
been in stock values since the Wall
Street crash?-I. w. w.
A. A list Of $40 stocks which lost
SIS 900 ,000, 900 in value in october and
November recovered $3.50, 900 900 in De-
cember, $500, 000, 900 in January and
$725,o 100000 In February.
Q. Where was the first radio beacon
station established by the Bureau Of
Standards?-J. p.
A. 1t was established at College
Park, Md.
Q. Where are the Carload caverns?-
A. They are In New Mexico and are
said to contain some of the most spec
tacular Of underground wonders in
America.
@. Is there an inland waterway from
New York to Florida?-A. G. L.
A. There is q so-called inland water
way from New York to Florida. This
route roughly parallels the Atlantic
Coast, taking advantage of natural
waterways, although canals are built
wherever necessary. In some places the
rouIe Is only ( feet deep. It starts
from the New York Harbor, follows the
Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, goes
through to Albemarle Sound, thence by
artificial waterway to Pamlico Sound.
It goes outside from Newport, N. c., Is
Georgetown, s. c., then parallels the
coast to Florida.
@. Where is the Fahrenheit ther-
mometer used and where the Centri-
grade?-C. s.
A. The Fahrenheit thermometer is
generally used in English-speaking
countries and the Centrigrade In coun-
tries that use the metric system.
q. At what age do children usually
have n1umps?-L. H.
A. It usually occurs In children of
from 5 to is years of age. There seems
70 be decreased susceptibility before B
and after Is years of age. Mumps in
adults up to the age Of 80, however, is
not rare.
@. Should one say bed room suit
or bed room suite"?-G. w. P.
A. Either is correct.
@. How many knights sat with King
Arthur at his Round Table?-P. H. s.
A. Although history Of the Table
Round is partly legendary, it is sup
posed that $50 knights composed it.
Q. What does the name Alabama
mean?-B. J.
A. It is a Creek Indian word mean
ing place Of rest
O. Please give the history Of Ellis
Island.-E. M. H
A. Ellis Island Is a small island In
the northern part Of upper New York
Bay, a mile southwest Of the Battery.
It was sold by New York State to the
United States in 1908, and for many
years was used as a powder magazine.
In 1891 1t was an immigrant station.
The present buildings were erected in
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planted, including those he loved the
best, as evidenced by his charming
and accurate poems on rural life
Many other striking indications OF
his fame and modern popularity are
scheduled, including musical compost
'tions, special excavations in Rome In
his honor, while vergilian pilgrimages
TO italy will be numerous and enthusi-
astic. Not the least interesting event
will be special cruise arranged to
touch at every spot on the italian sea-
shore mentioned in his works.
All these points are indications of the
fact that Vergil's peculiar distinction is
that he stands pre-eminent as tower
ing mountain-isthmus between the an
cient and the modern world. Other
thoroughfares there are, but Vergil Is
the high road by which the subtlest and
the most precious influences have passed
from the old civilization to the making
of the new. "He grows out of the old,
heroic poetry" declares one of his en-
thusiasts, like a flourishing oak out OF
the stump of a primeval forest monarch "
Perhaps the number of efforts to
translate an author may not be an ex-
act indication of the extent of his in
fluence, but it is a pretty good one
There have been more than twenty Eng
lish versions Of the major works of
Vergil, besides twenty-five of the Aeneid
alone and one hundred and four ver-
sions of more or less considerable
portions of his entire works, while
on the list of his translators are
such illustrious names as Wordsworth,
Shelley, Cowper and Dryden. This
implies an unusual afinity between
the genius Of the Roman of another
age and the modern Anglo-Saxon
mind. Therefore let all who use the
tongue Of the latter race unite in
extending wishes for many happy re-
turns. A birthday party is no novelty
for him, for hardly had two hundred
years passed after his death when ad-
mirers observed that feast with sacri-
fees and heaped imperial honors on his
tomb. 1t is highly probable that the
three thousandth anniversary will far
Guido the one planned for 1880.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10
!. The Vergil Rimillenninm.

While preparations are under way in
this country to celebrate the bicentennial
OF one world figure, attention is turned
to similar plans laid to observe the BIZ
millennial of another whose fame, while
resting on quite different basis, Is and
for centuries has been almost universal
He is Publius Vergilius Marc, commonly
called Vergil, the bane Of callow school
boys and girls, the delight of those same
schoolchildren when grown up. How
greatly he is their delight they seldom
themselves realize, for it has been truly
said that no poet ever lived who inspired
so many other beloved poets.
Italys national celebration Of Vergil's
birth will take place informally through
out the year. but oficially and with
special emphasis on April II, birthday
of Rome. In every city and village he
will be honored by readings from his
works, fresh publication of his poems
lectures and public or archaeological
works carried out in his name. The
promotion and coordination of all these
manifestations has been intrusted to the
recently founded Royal Italian Acad-
envy. Special festivities will be held
In Mantua, Rome and Naples from &C.
tober to Is, the latter the actual
date of his birth.
All over the world similar observances
will be undertaken. The United States
will participate by special commemora.
tive exhibitions in museums and IL
braries. Even Mustapha Renal Pasha
dictator Of Turkey, has ordered q ma
tional translation Of the poets works
declaring that classical culture is the
''vertebral column Of that western
civilization which he is attempting to
substitute for Islamic or Persian infiu.
ences. Possibly the most original and
the most appropriate observance Of all
however, will be the planting Of grove
in Vergil's honor on the shores Of thu
River Meneio. near MAntua, on the very
natal spot. This beautiful way Of hon.
oring gods and heroes has been seldom
employed since antiquity save for the
dead Of the great war. Twenty five
thousand shrubs and trees are being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10
U. S. Passport Fee of $40
Protested by Shipowners
From the Detroit News

From the Detroit News.
Considerable fuss Is being made by
steamship companies about the $40 fee
which the United States charges for a
two-year passport, the argument being
that this fee discourages foreign travel.
It is also pointed out that the $40 visa
charge which the United States exacts
has caused various countries to retaliate
with similar charge when American
citizens wish to enter them. The COM
panieS argue that before the war q
passport could be obtained for 81, and
that the price was lacked up not only
to discourage travel during the war, but
to obtain additional revenue. Now that
the war is over and most of the war
taxes have disappeared, they claim the
fee ought to be made reasonable once
more.
It seems to us that this argument is
not broad enough, but merely nibbles
at the evil. Before the war not q
European country, except Russia, Tur-
key, Greece and Portugal, required even
q passport. Any American citizen could
travel all over England, France, Ger
many, Italy and the Scandinavian coun.
tries without passport, and with no
questions asked, just as he can travel
all over them today without showing
any papers, once he has been granted
q passport then, what excuse is there
for requiring one now? Not only has
peace been restored, it has been safe
guarded. There is no excuse for q
police regulation which mulctS the trav-
eler and finds salaries for q lot Of PEG.
pie whose only duty is to press rubber
stamp on q piece Of paper and make
some illegible marks upon it.
II the State Department were to take
up with other nations the question Of
aholishing not only the visa but the
passport itself. and returning to the
comfortable conditions Of 1918, several
hundred thousand American travellers
would give three cheers for the enlight-
ened Secretary who could then show
Congress not only the iniquity Of charg-
ing SO fee but the uselessness Of the
passport itself,
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Mr.. Coolidge Has mo Intention. u

For some time past political gossin
has been playing with the suggestion
that Mr.. Coolidge was willing to receive
| the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent in 1882 and that his writings and his
travels about the country were for the
| purpose OF keeping him in the public
| mind to that end. With characteristic
aloofness the former President has until
now ignored these suggestions, Uith no
hint of acknowledgment that they
have reached his ears. A little while
| ago, however, 1t was announced that he
would touch upon the subject in a
Forthcoming article IN a magazine in
the course of his regular contributions.
There has been considerable interest
! in the matter, and now 1t is satisfied.
Mr.. Coolidge says:
When left Washington I left public
ONCE. 1t Is an incomprehensible relief
ana l nave no intention Of returning
| to it.
If were In the Senate 1t would not
be agreeable to many OF my colleagues,
and with all my desires to be helpful
it would probably oftentimes be an en-
| barraSSment to the administration. To
have former President in Washington
exercising political power would result
in all kinds of uncomfortable complica-
lions. Only the necessity of serving
| IN some national crisis, so great as to
subordinate all other considerations
| would warrant 1t.
| Nor do I have any sympathy with
those who are discussing again making
| me President. The service that could
give to the people in that office I feel
| Is done.
In all likelihood even this will not
completely quiet the suggestion, for the
same disposition that led to the ques-
tioning Of the sincerity of the II do not
choose to run" statement of 1927 pre-
walls today. 1t is a perennial dis
position to disbelieve disclaimers Of
political aspiration.
There will probably be references to
the somewhat indirect manner in which
Mr.. Coolidge puts aside the suggestion
Of renewed candidacy for the highest
office. Nor do have any sympathy"
is not precisely the same as In no
circumstances would accept" But II
do not choose to run" was not a
peremptory refusal, and yet 1t was eff
fective. It was as near to a specific and
positive denial as Mr.. Coolidge could
Enthusiastically come.
Some will question Mr.. Coolidge on
the score Of his possible participation
in government as member of the
Senate. To be sure, no former Presi-
dent has ever thus far sat in that body.
But one-time President did serve in
the House of Representatives, and In
point Of principle there is no difference
whatever between the two bodies of
Congress. And John Quincy Adams
did not as Representative cause en-
barrassment to the administration by
reason of his prestige as former Presi-
dent, though at times he was in truth
a decidedly embarrassing factor for
several Of his successors. That was be-
cause he was stout and outspoken OPP
ponent Of slavery and of other institu-
tions Of the period.
This statement by Mr.. Coolidge ought
to settle the matter. He should not be
p~tered further with the use of his
name in political gossip. His words
should be taken at their full value, as
expressing wish to remain in private
life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Back to the WhiSkers.
Chicago is turning to aid us in learning
The facts as to fashions for men.
In books the big city has been wise anG
witty
And in music it rules, now and then
But politics ranging through years hal
been changing,
We welcome the past with smile.
Now giving the cue is J. Hamilton Lewis
That whiskers once more are In style
Once more we'll be showing the winds
that are blowing
Through foliage f1uttering fair.
The scenery splendid once more is ex.
tended
When rhetoric floats through the air
Partisan fashion we hold in compassion,
Chicago will beat them a mile.
The item that's new is, j. Hamilton
Lewis
Again has put whiskers in style.
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their national chairman served at least
temporarily to remove the Republican
national chairman, Claudius H. Huston
of Tennessee, from the glare Of the
spotlight. Mr.. Huston's political scalp
has been demanded by Republican
Senators who feel that the disclosures
before the Senate lobby committee re-
garding his activities as head Of the
Tennessee River Improvement AsSocia-
tional Republican leader. But Mr.
Huston is due for more discussion as
soon as the Senate lobby committee
lays its report on Muscle Shoals before
the Senate This will be soon, it Is said
Indeed, such report was expected be-
fore this. But the committee has been
delving further into the Muscle Shoals
lobby and has withheld the report until
that phase the inquiry n completed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10

It is estimated that motion pictures
entertain many more persons daily than
base ball. Base ball still has an adj
vantage in providing entertainment that
calls for no trouble and expense in
efforts to supervise its moral effect on
Spectators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10

The work of Richard Brinsley Sheri.
dan has lived. His play THE Rivals"
gradually acquired such influence as q
satire on dueling that men of distin-
guished prominence may now call one
another all kinds Of names without fear
Of being summoned to the field of honor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10

An increase in postal rates has been
suggested. In the meantime charges
are made that post office rentals are
excessive. There is apparently room for
the services of business doctor in this
especial branch of economies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10

An agreement In international rela-
tions may be reached without much
delay. But the subsequent interpreta-
tons usually take time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10

Oklahoma should by this time be con-
WINGED that the control of oil output
needs not only financial organization
but O good fire department.
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Illinois evidently has faith in Ruth
Hanna Mccormick as one who learned
to lisp politics at the knee Of an illus
trious father.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10

An officer who knows precisely what
q expected Of him In law enforcement
has to be a pretty good lawyer as well
g q first-rate policeman.
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Call 1t "Moral Lesson. -

From the Lynchburg News.
Will Hays having banned 'the lure
Of sin" in the movies, about the only
thing the Hollywood magnates can do
Is to keep on giving the same old stuff
and call i Q moral Lesson"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10
Antics Should Be Funny.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Raymond L. Ditmars, curator Of the
New York Zoo, plans to make talkies
with ants. This win be better than q
picnic.
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Excellent Training.

From the Indianapolis Star.
A Polish oculist has been intrusted
with the task of forming a cabinet
which may be laudable effort to get
some far-sighted craftsmanship.
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Aviators' Time Divided.
From the savanns

From the Savannah Press.
Aviators make great progress when
their time isn't taken up looking for lost
dyerM sN
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Signs Of Influence.

Signs of Influence.
do you warn lobbyists not to visit
your of1ce?"
mo-" answered Senator Sorghum. "If
lobbyist never came to see me It would
immediately be suspected that had
lost my influence"
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Selecting q Name,

Selecting q Name.
What are You going to call your new
baby?"
Well" said Mr.. Meekton, you know
Henrietta is exceedingly fond of dogs.
In order to make sure that Henrietta
will lavish affection and care on him I
think, whatever we christen him, we'll
nickname him 'Fido'."
ITO seize more power than you can
manage" said Hi Ho the sage of China
town, leaves you in the position of a
man who might have been comfortable
driving one horse, but who insisted on
holding the reins over half DOZEN"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10

Jud Tunkins says the good old times
aren't fully appreciated until you are
reminded of what your grandparents
could bring home from the market for
q dollar.
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Worlds Champion Politician.
John Barleycorn, we must confess,
Has caused the public pain.
And now we find him more or less
In politics again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10
Dictatorial Election.
I have method which can be
Relied on not to fail.
AL folks who do not vote for me
I'll promptly put in Jail.

Say yoh prayers, son." said Uncle
Eben, "but don't make 'em so long dat
you'll be suspicioned of tryin' to make
good talk take de place of good works. !"