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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
New Site Suggested
For Center Market

To the Editor of The star;
Now that q billsthas been introduced
in Congress by Senator Capper in the
Senate and Mr.. Bowman In the House,
which provides for q Center Market to
take the place of the one we now have
when that is torn down to make way for
Government buildings, this BILL a. gee
1t. is only the opening wedge" In this
important matter. and the passing Of
this measure, 10 has been announced,
will depend upon the number Of Dis.
trict residents who come forward TO de-
clare desire for such market" This
leaves two important features to be con-
sidered In connection with this project:
First. Do the people who patronize
Center Market want it continuedS If
so, IL has been plainly stated that they
should come forward and declare them
selves. Not only from the standpoint Of
buying domestic supplies at retail is
this matter to be thought Of, but as a
development Of city and national pride.
For one would like to see in the Ma
tons Capital o modern, up-to-date
municipal market In keeping with the
beautiful Washington we all hope for.
Without such a market I feel that the
developments, now on the way, would be
incomplete.
Second. II the bill before Congress is
passed, this bill leaves open for consid-
Grafton a most important matter, q To-
cation for such market. While I sug-
gested in former letter, published In
The Star December 10, 1929, the Pat
ent ONCE site, another location, on ac-
count Of parking space for automobiles.
farmers wagons and trucks, is suggest
ed, beginning at Seventln street, bound
ed on the north by Louisiana avenue.
on the east by sixth street and on the
south by Pennsylvania avenue north
This location would be convenient for
the people who buy at retail, fit in with
the municipal developments now on the
way ana help to bring about the beau
tiful Washington We all hope for.
G. w. KERNODLE, M. D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
Critics Oppose I. C. C.
Rail Grouping Plan
From the Kansas city Journal-post

From the Kansas City Journal-Post.
Criticism Of railway grouping pro-
posed by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission has already begun from many
sources. Prof. william z. Ripley, the
Harvard University specialist employed
mulgated by the commission, which
looked like a sieve when the country got
through with it, it is the most sweeping
and definite in his assault on the pro-
posed groups.
The professors chief objections, It
would appear, are to the relative weak
ness Of the new Wabash trunk system,
compared with It's competitors, and
the failure to cenfine the group to rate
River barriers were originally Fespon-
sible for the rate territories" and the
commission very wisely shapes its group
ang so that the whole future shall net
De bound by system that grew out Of
physical conditions which have passed
or are rapidly passing away. This par
tieular knock by Prof. Ripley is a bsost.
His criticism as to the Wabash "heing
plgmy among the giants likewise
overlooks the future. The Wabash, I'M
der the plan, is to be thoroughly indie
pendent of the Pennsylvania. Give the
pigmy 9 chance, and it may make the
older giants leok well to their own ia
terests.
Silence on the part Of officials Of
some OF the railways to be swallowed
up in groups was not unexpected Self
effacement Is not universal virtue.
The good of transportation rather than
the dreams Of the owners and officials
OF particular roads must govern, If the
real purposes of the transportation act
of 1920 are to be carried out.
The charge from some members of
the farm bloc that the changes would
not reduce freight rates on agricultural
products Is based on timidity rather
than on any features of the plans they
have been able to find. But If the plans
are we'll worked out. they will help agri-
culture rather than hurt it. Many Of
the small, unproductive lines which
must be taken care of in the grouping
serve the interests of agriculture AS
financial and operative parts. ef great
systems, they should serve it better and
more economically.
This does not mean that the details
should be ignored, for they are Of great
Importance. Particularly should the
proposed grouping be studied as to con-
nectiens with the inland waterways,
from which the Middle West expects
equalization of conditions with coast
sections, following the large use Of the
Panama Canal
The grouping may be improved In de-.
TAU, IN the light Of careful study Of all
factors. But sweeping condemnation of
the entire plan. Is net justified, and
those who indulge in 1t are not aiding
materially In the solution of the gigantic
problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

ment having been ordered By the Stats
Tax Commission because Of many In
eoualities due 10 alleged political FIX
ing. The reassessment was only re-
Gently completed, and tax bills for 1928
due a year ago, will probably be mailed
to Taxpayers by next May. The bills
for 1929, due now, probably will not be
mailed until october of 1880. There
has been no cash from taxes since 1928,
and warrants anticipating these taxes,
and appropriations paid by these war
rants, are in excess of what the re-
ceipts will be when they do come in.
A fight now Is In progress to make
the city base its 1880 budget on actual
revenue that will be received, instead
of upon hoped-tor but improbable reve-
nues. In the meanwhile more than
10000 lawsuits have been nled, pro-
testing the assessments made for 1877.
A more muddled situation could hard
~ be. imagined. Charges Of graft have
been made and some indictments re-
LuTueO. buO VIC RAOSPCSV AAAAOAAVnAS
the taxpayers for the next few years
is anything but bright. An enormous
debt must be funded, and city budgets
must be drawn to meet the approval
of bankers who lend the money, the
bankers having decided 10 take city
finances pretty much into their own
hands.
All of which seems to indicate that
while one may not fool the sovereign
people all the time, the sovereign peo-
pie of Cook County have been fooled
rather consistently during the last
dozen years or so. But while gang
sters' bombs failed to wake them up,
possibly the drain on their pocketbooks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
Chicago's Poverty.

Chicago has furnished more than one
text for sermons on the foibIes of
democracy and to the world outside of
Chicago the name of the city has be-
come synonymous with all that is wrong
In municipal government. Gangs and
crime have helped to paint the picture
black. but these have been forced OF
the front page in recent months by
Chicago's financial difficulties. There
was news when Chicago laid off 1000
police and f1remen because of thu eat
ened inability to pay them. and al
though these have been reinstated, the
difficulties of the school administra ton
and the threatened closing Of the
schools have relegated the uniformed
men TO second place.
In Q city of over 100000, the second
largest IN the United States and one OF
the industrial centers of the world,
such municipal poverty passes UNDER
standing. The story of h,w it has come
about is interesting, but the story Of
Chicago in the four years after 1891
when the administration OF Mayor Will
liam Hale Thompson happily GENES
to an end, viii be still more enhancing.
For years Chicago mas been borrow
ing money from banks on tax revenue
anticipation. Legally the city could
borrow money on tax anticipation war
rants up to seventy-flve per cent If the
expected income. The cash was used
to pay the bills coming due before the
collection of tax revenue. But actually
Chicago has been borrowing tor years,
and appropFiating for municipal use
a sum far in excess of the actual tax
revenue. and each year the debt be-
came heavier.
This situation was further compli'
Gated when Cook County real estate
was reassessed in 1928, the reassess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

Prem the Detroit News.
GO West, young man, 60 West" is
the sage advice often quoted as given
by philosopher Of a former genera
ton. The horizon of Americas posi-
bilities evidently is widening, as is in
dicated by the most recent direction
given to aspiring youth.
Probably the greatest general ops
portunity for the young man planning
to enter American business today lies
In the field of foreign trade" says
James A. Farrell. president Of the
United States Steel Cooperation.
One of the astounding features OF
the history Of our time IS the worlds
acceptance OF American leadership
While American craftsmanship loudly
prociainls the policy of aloofness from
foreign "entanglements," conservatism
In nearly every other country Is la
naenting the "Americanisation" Of the
world.
Americas future is on the sea-" says
Mr.. Farrell. This repeatedly has been
said Of other peoples who have been in
aseendancy in ages past. usually with
the sinister meaning that by ships Of
war and fighting men the nation pro-
posed to dominate its neighberH. But
such significance does not attach to
American activities.
The world is reaching cut for Amer
lean leadership because it recognizes
that In America have been soltsi eco
noniic problems that involved many Of
the essential elements of human well
fare. And 1t is this demand for the
products of American genius that gives
point to Mr.. Farrell's advice to young
men. That advice is put upon high
plane. THE first essential for contin-
ued expansion of our foreign trade"
said he, sis a realization that prosperity
abroad IS as necessary as prosperity at
home. The distinction between do
nestle and foreign trade rapidly is dis
appearing The commerce which will
stand the test of time must rest upon
fair exchange Of values"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

I c. What is monkey bread?-T. p.
A. It is the fruit of the African
baobab tree. The pulp has pleasant
acid taste and can be made into al
beverage. The trunk of the tree often
grows to q diameter Of 80 feet. The
leaves and bark are used incidentally
and the fiber is used by the natives
to make cloth and rope.
@. When was anthracite coal first
used in blast furnaces?-2. o.
A. 1t came into general use for that
purpose about 1910, although 1t had
been tried successfully some 10 years
earlier. About 1890 anthracite reached
its peak as blast furnace fuel when
7,S00,000 tons were used. BY 1925 It's
use had been discontinued, having been
superseded BY coke.
O. Please name seme Of the islands
which are farthest NoFth.-M. D.
A. The following islands are among
those fsrthest North: AxeI-Heiberg l,
Alexandra Land, Hooker Island, Nc
Clintock Island, Salm Island, Franz
josef Land and Leninland. These. Is
lands are either partially or entirely
within the UNEMPLOYED portion Of the.
Arctic Circle.
O. When was Tosti born?-C. T.
A. Sir Francesca Paolo Tosti was an
italy In 1846. His work at once at
tracted attention and In 1880 he was
appointed singing teacher to the royal
family Of England and remained in that
position for many years, receiving the
Order Of the Kingdom in 1908. In 1918
he returned to Italy, where he died IN
1915.
O. Is there United States penny
A. A penny is not the oficial desig-
nation of any eoin-sninted in the United
States. It is merely @ colloquial and
popular name for our 1-cent piece. The
application dates back to the beginning
of our money system.
@. Who wrote ''In the Spring young
mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts Of
love"?-H. p.
Hall"
q. Please describe the appearance of
Becker r. Washington.-L. G. s.
a. He was about feet inches in
height, weighed usually about 17S
pounds and was Of a reddish-brown
complexion, approaching light rather
IMAM aafk.
@. u Il possible 10 go into the sa-
hara Desert by motor?-A. H. T.
A. CitFeen has established line Of
sightseeing cars mounted on caterpillar
trucks which take visitors into the
desert.
@. How MANY islands are there in the
Fiji Isiands?-E. @.
A. This group In the Southern Pa
ciAe contains about $50 islands. They
feFsa British crown colony.
q. When was alcohol discovered
J. H. L.
A. Alcohol has been known from time
immenorial, but 1t was not until 1903
that its composition was determined.
The word alcohol is of Arabic origin
and literally translated means powder
for painting the eyebrows" It was pre-
pared by the distillation Of fermented
materials during the Middle Ages.
Anhydrous alcohol was first prepared by
Lavoisier, a French chemist. in 1796.
and its composition was first determined
by Soissune in 1893.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pH1LAEpER seHssoN.

Cententmeat Attained.
The wise man says he can ieresee
Just what the futures going to be-
Just what conventions great will do,
And how finance viii turn anew.
Whatever he makes bold 70 say.
Events do not turn out his way.
The squirrel and the bird. who claim
Ne record in the books Of fame,
Without "a effort to display
Foresight ana knowledge. day by day,
Are happy IN their lives well spent.
They take what comes and are content,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

washington, .. c., society has prof.
fered encouragement to some slightly
bewiidercd Statesmen by showing that
even the most complicated questions
may be solved with time. There was q
moment when the question Of pYece-
denes ct table, now almost forgotten
seemed to present insuperable difficulty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

An occasional earthquake does not
cause great alarm In California. A
State SO splendidly endowed in soil and
climate must have some passing expert
ences of discomfort to keep its home
town boosters from advertising 1t as
Heaven here below.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

Soyiet politicians declared they would
make the Russian people happier. A
vast element Of the population Is only
beginning to see through the old trick Of
iavishAess with promises end parsimony
with perfeFmanee. e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

American colleges are making 50
careful study of the influence Of col
lege athletics that the young gentlemen
will ind it necessary to take their out
door sports even more seriously. If pos
sible, than ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

II is not expected that aircraft viii
displace navies.> 4 few battleships viii
always be demanded by people whose
habit Of thought regards show of mar
tial magni3eence as ESSENTIAL to nation
al pride.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
Michigan Remarks.

From the Ann Arbor Daily News.
Harvard's president favors restricting
intercollegiate sports to one annual con-
test. He did not however, propose that
the 1929 foot ball season be restricted
retroactively to the Michigan game
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

A good lawyer can always And en-
argument that anything of which he
sisapproves Is unconstitutional. In spite
of continuous criticism the Constitution
stands In pnssssilable respect as the
most authoritative document of its time,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

Conversation may be sffectually used
to prevent any precipitate tendency to
war. At last the fiibuster when con-
scientiously handled may claim recog-
milton as q benign influence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
Perila for Foot Ball.

From ths Dayton Daily News.
Now that we've been told that
eflc;eney Is reduced II Per cent by
noise, we wonder what's going 10 be-
come of foot ball II We get few more
cheer leaders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
Superior Folk.

From the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat.
It's easy to. pick out superior folk
They are the people who don't leave
their car parked In the driveway used
by two homeA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
.Undercover Men.

From the toledo Blade.
An undercoyer man--almost any man
In bed as the whistles blow almost any
Winter morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

Prohibition is ten years old and those
dissatisfied with the methods of Law
enforcement insist that it is entirely toe
enaaIl for its age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

From the Toledo Blade.
Even when trade is slack the gasoline
station attendants do not have to pine
for company. Sooner or later bandit
comes along.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
Nsemher AZ the Associatea Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication OF all news dis.
patches credited to It or not Otherwise cred
Med u this paper and also the ocai news
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
Discrimination.

DETERMINATIONS.
DO you think q rich nan Is Msbls
to be upweleeins In Heayen?"
"Heayenl" echoed SeAatef Sorghum
why, out my way people wouldn't even
let him into the Senate"
Jud TuAkins says eyelutienists tall
SO much about monkeys, and finsneteFs
about bulls and bears end politicians
about elephants and denksys that he
no longer gets any pleasure out oi
going to the ZOO.
Behind the Times.
An ancient princess was dug out
From an old tomb mid jsweled pride
Our fair ones, as they stood shout.
All seusblanee Of respect denied.
She was descended frea Q King, 4
But, with patrenising smile.
Girls gsssd and ssid, THE poor ole
thingi
Her clothes are wholly out Of styis!
Mach Residing.
People new read enormously"
YES" answered Miss Cayenne. Most
books are 50 bad yeu have to hurry
into another in the heps Of getting
your mind on the last one"
"BragsartS." said III Ho. the ssgi
of Chinatown, should consider the hen
When she permits herself to cackle, she
has at least enriched the world BY
an egg"
Words and Music.
Ny radiol My radio!
The wherefore and whereas,
A. politicians come eae 60,
Have made me long for jaEs!
"Dar u power IN de influence Of q
great nsnae," said Uncle Eben, but II
has limits. You eaa't make baby
grow up 10 tell de truth simply BY
namin' him George Washington"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

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National 50o0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

O. How MANY islands are there in the
Fiji Isiands?-E. G..
A. This group In the Southern Pa
ciAe contains about $50 islands. They
farfa a British crown COLONY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
Words and Music

Ny radiol My radio!
The wherefore and whereas,
A. politicians come and 80,
Nave made me long for jazEl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

@. ID it possible 10 60 into the Sa-
hara Desert by motor?-A. H. T.
A. CitFeen has established o line Of
sightseeing cars mounted on caterpillar
trucks which take visitors into the
desert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

: 18th 81. and Pennsylvania ave.
New York once: ITO East %2nd 81.
EUROPEAN once: Il Resent st.. London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

Senator Jim" Watson in due time
may give up the Republican leadership
in the Senate, but certainly not while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

"BraggartS," said III Ho. the kage
of Chinatown, Should consider the hen.
When she permits herself to cackle, she
has at least enriched the world by
an egg"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-17

q. Please describe the appearance Of
Becker r. Washington.-L. G. s.
A. He was about feet Z inches In
height, weighed usually about 178
pounds and was Of a reddish brown
than dark
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-07
CTO BE CONTINUED
SMALLPOX IN SPAIN

osAFhALA Va ~
Madrid.-An epidemic of smallpox
is raging IN Southern Spain, partic-
ularly in the Valencia district.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-07
Bobbitt and the Election Law

An executive committee Of a political party does
not have the power in Texas to bar any person from
participating In the party primary who voted against
the nominee Of the party at an election after taking
part in the primary conventions and primary cleo
lions of that party.
This is the substance Of the ruling Of Atty. Gen.
r. l. Bobbitt. His opinion was delivered to State Sen.
Thos. B Love Of Dallas. who has made an application
for q place on the democratic primary ballot OF next
July as a candidate for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton.
Sen. Love participated In the primary elections In
the year 1926 and then bolted the democratic nomi-
nee for governor and gave his enthusiastic support
to DR.. George c. Butte, the republican standard
bearer for that office.
In 1928 he participated In all the primary conven-
tions and after Alfred E. smith and Joseph Taylor
Robinson had been nominated for president and vice
president at the Houston convention. he bolted the
action Of the convention and gave his enthusiastic
support to the republican standard bearers, Hoover OF
California and Curtis Of Kansas.
Texas was carried by the republicans In that year.
According to the best obtainable figures 100000 voters
classified as democrats followed Love into the Hoover
camp in 1928 and 10000 democrats who had partici-
pated in the primaries Of 1928 failed to 60 to the polls
on November election day 10 cast their ballots for the
candidates Of their choice.
According to some Of the wise men OF the legal
profession the Bobbittt ruling interpreted the cleo
ton laws to inhibit barring either as candidates or
bolters persons who failed to support the nominees
of the democratic party.
Chmn. d. W. Wilcox Of the state executive COM
mittee IS a lawyer and a lawyer OF high standing.
He gave It as his opinion in the not remote past
that the committee had authority TO bar the name OF
Thos. q. Love from the official primary ballot If It
IS decided to do so.
There are a number Of awyer members Of the state
executive committee. Now what action will the VIII
cox committee take?
Love won the count in the office Of the attorney
general. VIII he win the count when the WILCOX
committee takes decisive action?
Lieut.. Gov. Barry Miller and Sen. Thos. B. Love
are residents Of Dallas county. They are candidates
for the democratic nomination.
They were candidates for the office OF lieutenant
governor in 1928. Love lost the count. Miller won
the nomination.
Bobbitt's ruling made Love happy. Bobhitts rul-
ing drew this declaration from Miller:
Il was in favor Of putting Loves name on the
tickst two years ago and I am now, regardless OF
whether he has any legal rights or not. I can beat
him. whether his name is on the ticket or off"
Now il is up TO the wilcox committee
There are s. members.
If Loves application for a place on the official
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-07
Give the People Real Reforms

Lawmakers should give the people Of Texas real
reforms. They should reform the prison system
which is the most worthless to be found as well as
the most unavoidable and costly having an existence
In any American commonwealth
They should reform the fee system, which In many
instances and many ways Is q system Of legal piracy.
They should cancel the Travis county courthouse
lease and permit the taxpayers Of Travis county to
build q new courthouse on their own property.
They should do justice to the men and women
who support the schools Of Texas as well as pro-
vide the necessary funds for that which has been
known since the coming Of James E. Ferguson as
rural aid In the little red schoolhouse districts.
There are no little red schoolhouses" in Texas.
and the phrase Is taken from the vocabulary Of many
glib tongued politicians who are teachers and office
seekers and whatnot.