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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01

ed oil interests, not only falling to up
hold the rights of the public, but APP
parently to its detriment; and that the
grant Ct these concessions has been
brought about by political and "other
pressure" on the Secretary of the In
terrier. The activity of these companies
so favored by the Department of the
Interior has been shown "in great de-
tail' by reports from Mr.. Kelley during
flve-year period, he says in his letter
of resignation.
1t ought to be simple matter to
secure the reports, examine the basis
for recommendations contained therein
and to obtain from the Secretary Of
the Interior his explanation of the de-
partment's policy, which was obviously
contrary to what Mr.. Kelley thought it
should be. If the policy was dictated
by political or other pressure, an ex-
animation of the history of each case,
together with the individuals interested.
ought to show whether Mr.. Kelley had
just cause for his suspicious.
Few questions are more subject to
bitter controversy than those involving
the correct administration of public
lands. Those who disagree with the
policy in force can always attribute
sinister motives behind it. Mr.. Kelley,
with a good record of lengthy Govern
ment service and familiar as he must
be with the various phases of public
land administration, must have been
moved by something more than mere
personal disagreement as to policy when
ne preferred his charges. If not, the
results of his charges may be serious
to himself. But that is a matter that
an inquiry Will settle in short order and
the Department of the Interior is as
anxious for an investigation as Mr..
Kelley is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
An Earnest Plea for a
Cleaner Washington
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
1 have a suggestion to make. It is
that The Star make campaign for
clean streets in our beautiful city.
We used to have them before the
automobile came into such general use.
Now the people who ride in automo-
biles drop papers or whatever small
waste they have in hand into the
street and are whizzed away so fast
from the place where it dropped that
they hardly see the untidiness they
have made. Then the pedestrian comes
along. He has letter in hand which
he has finished with. He tears 1t to
bits. What shall he do with the
pieces? Why, there is already trash
in the street, little more or less will
make no difference, so down onto the
street, or sidewalk. go his bits of paper.
The next person to come along is en-
joying a nice piece of chocolate candy.
He has no use for the tinfoil in which
it has been wrapped, so onto the street
it goes to join the rest of the trash.
Besides, it is the business of the Street.
cleaning Department to clean 1t all up,
so what difference does it make how
much trash we drop about.
1t makes just this difference: We
never see the streets clean any more,
for as soon as the cleaning is done the
dropping begins again. And the clean
ing is never thoroughly done-it can't
be, for the wind takes a hand and
puts many a bit of trash beyond the
reach of the cleaner and the big street
brooms always leave residue OF small
trash in the corners.
Only If every one in the community
will stop dropping trash around will
we again have clean streets. For the
automobiles who come in from out
side we might put up signs on the main
thoroughfares leading into the city,
something like this-"Welcome to our
clean city-please help us keep it so"
We might offer prizes for the shortest
and best legends to put on these signs.
The police might help the campaign
by having any one they saw dropping
ANYTHING stop and pick it up again.
The District government should buy
vacuum cleaners for our streets to take
the place of the out-of-date apparatus
now being used on them.
If you will just start campaign
for clean streets, and get the COM
munity interested and everybody WORK
ing for it, individually and collectively,
we can have them, and this, our city,
will be q much pleasanter place Tor
each and every one of us to live in.
People used to refrain from dropping
paper in the street because 1t would
scare the horses. Get them to thinking
of another reason just as good and you
will see that they will respond. Take
us by and large, we are not such q
bad lot in this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
Americans Debate Results
Of Russian Dealings in Grain

the slate of our troubles clean and leave
the administration with a spotless rec
ord. The Red menace seems to have
completely supplanted the Yellow peril
in this country"
Charging that "the Red menace has
been feverishly pressed into use" the
Omaha World-Herald exclaims: What
a pity that the simple facts dissolve the
DaSe suspicion! How unfortunate that
me chicago Board of Trade admitted
that 1t is a recognized world market.
and hedges, protecting grain in all DO.
Sltlons all over the world, are Gus
tomarily placed with it." The Salina
Journal asserts that whatever the Rus
sian influence, 1t must not remove
responsibility from the machinery of the
Farm Board to show effective results"
4
Secretary Hyde reveals" accordins
TO the Louisville Courier Journal. Chat
the total of all the Russian sales dur
ing four days was 100000 bushels
OBVIOUSLY, this amount spread over four
gays could not have influenced greatly
the price on a market where the daily
bushels"
indianapolis Star, should mot ALLOW
thelr attention to be turned from the
real and fundamental problems in
vowed IN the agricultural situation and
al the reIlef policies of the Farm
1DodIo' Inc American farmer is not
likely to be persuaded bv these reveIsO
lions OF Russian trading In the Chicago
market that his troubles are traceable
10 the maleyolence of Moscow. That Is
giving MOSCOW credit for more mower
IMAM 1T is able to exercise"
Even II their motives were as base
as thelr bitterest enemies imagine"
says the New York World, "the net re-
sun OF Their short selling would do little
more tnan create ripple in the mar
ket" The New York Sun states: "The
poitlclan dresses his maleflc spook In
carp 70 suit the times. Golden Club OF
the 6OS, money barons of the COS. IN
Iernatlonal bankers, imperialists and
Bolshevists Of this century, ali are the
same gobble-uns, evoked by the same
poSe." PuA
The Springfield Union, on the other
hano, contends that Russian export
tvat Is quite enough to force down
the price by undertaking the market !,
ana the st. Louis Times Concludes that
no oouot the Chicago board will see to
~ that whoever plays short in the flu
lure VIII nave a legitimate business rea-
son ana That no trader will be per-
nlGted 10 act for Communism in dis
tufplng prices" The Erie bisnatch-
Herald emphasizes the charge that RUS
Sla is starving her own peasants to
ouild up vast export surplus and 10
sell 1t under the cost of production I"
1aKlng a similar position, the New York
Herald Tribune advises: "The lesson of
the present situation for the farmer Is
lnescapable. 1t bids him curtaii his
gram production within or close to the
limits of domestic demand. only tbe,,
can he enjoy the protection of the tariff
and declare his independence of 4 world
Stain" N0A'
suggestions OF general reform In mar
ket methods are made by the Worcester
Evening Gazette, the Houston Chron-
lcle, the Charlotte Observer and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01

ton of the common Spanish and Portu-
gueSe Christian name Diego"
@. How did the expression with a
broom at her masthead" originate?-
r. NJ. H.
A. Admiral Van Tromp. who was the
hero OF 80 sea fights, defeated the
Spanish fleet, then the English one,
Alter this he fastened a broom to his
masthead to show that he had swept
the English from the sea.
@. Is steam visible?-R. C. L.
A. Steam is the invisible gas into
which water is converted when heated
TO the boiling point. The white cloud
OF vapor which rises from boiling water
commonly called steam, is Vapor COM
posed of small particles of water sus-
pended in air and formed by the con-
densatlon OF the true steam gas coming
IN contact with the cool air.
@. Did Franz Shubert compose an
Ave Maria? How many Ave Mariss'
are there? p. M.
A. There are 81 Java Marias" pub
llShed, besides many variations and diff
ferent arrangements of the original
song. Franz Schubert composed one of
tne pest known. Among the other well
known composers who have written
songs by this title are: Cesar Franck,
franz List, Pietro Mascagni, Saint
Saens, Giuseppe Verdi and Johannes
Brahms.
y. When did Shadwell, the birth
place OF Thomas Jefferson, come into
the possession of the Jeffersons?-T P.
"A. Peter Jefferson Gather of
Thomas Jetferson) in 1885 patented
LULU acres OF land. Not long after
ward he purchased" as the family
land rolls specify, 400 adjoining acres
OF another tract. An authenticated
copy Of the deed shows that the con-
Slderatlon paid for the 400 acres was
Henry Weatherbourne's biggest bowl
characteristic of the times and entireIv
characteristic of all the intercourse be-
tween these devoted friends.
Q. Is there a simple way to clean
platinum rings set with diamonds?-
M. I. c.
A. Immersing them in a bowl OF
water TO which ammonia has been
added, and Scrubbing them with a.
small, soft brush which has been din
ped in the water, is efflcacious.
@. In the Jewish Feast of Lights are
all the candles lighted each night?-A.
N. u.
A. The Feast of Lights is Hanukka, the
Jewish Feast of Dedication The dis
tinctive ceremonial feature of this festival
today is the kindling Of lights in the
home and in the synagogue, one on the
flrst evening, the number being in
creased by one on each consecutive eve
ming, until eight lights are lit on the
last evening of the festival. Special
prayers inspired by the historic event
commemorating the triumph of mono
theism over heathenism, of the forces
of light over the forces of darkness,
are reclted. Special scriptural portions
are read in the synagogue In modern
times, children's festivals, in which the
story and significance of the feast are
recounted, have become a marked fea-
ture IN the celebration Of the Feast Of
Dedication.
Q. Until what age is education COM
pulsory in Scotland?-A. d. p.
A. Education is compulsory In that
country to the age Of is years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
Better Street Car Service
Would Draw Patronage

To the Editor Of The Star:
In s. recent issue of The Star Mr.. w
E. Allen hits the nail squarely on the
head when he says that the street Cars
Are Doomed" and gives the outstanding
reason, the proneness Of the traction
companies to fight the public and give as
little service as possible.
l wish again to call attention to the
outrageous condition Of the street car
service in Southeast Washington on
PENNSYLVANIA avenue east of Eighth
street, low joints, fiat wheels, rough
tracks and old dilapidated cars making
day and night hideous with reverend
ing nerve-racking noise.
Why is it that street car corporations
are not compelled to keep abreast OF
the times with modern equipment such
as motorized cars with noiseless tires,
comfortable seats and sheltered stations
and rest rooms? Why are they not COM
PEELED to keep their tracks smooth and
in good repair? Why are they not COM
PEELED to have a schedule that will meet
the requirements and necessities OF the
travelling patronsP
If the street car companies would
merge their interests and cut their over
head expenses in two, give comfortable
quick service, reduce the fare to cents
and show a disposition to serve their pa
irons instead of gouging them, they would
soon find their patronage more than
doubled and a profit instead of q deficit
in their monthly reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

planned to broadcast both of Mr..
Hoover's Boston speeches, morning and
afternoon. But as it was discovered
that the Federation of Labor address
would conflict with q clash between the
Athletics and the Cardinals, it was I'M
hesitatingly decided to can" the presi-
dental broadcast and give way to the
ball game. It is said that Hoover him
self so ordained.
n = \ 4
From Illinois comes word that "Jim
Ham" Lewis is rousing the rabble with
a prohibition wisecrack that unfailingly
gets across. "a man was making q
speech" says Lewis, land declared that
If he had his way, he'd take all the
wine and beer in the country and dump
1t into the deep deep sea. Somebody
in the audience yelled out to the
speechmaker. What are you, pro-
hibitionist? The speaker replied, No,
my friend, I'm deep sea diver"
Allen Sinclair Will of Columbia and
Rutgers, the gifted biographer of
Cardinal Gibbons, was in Washington
the other day. He said he was almost
tempted to write a third volume be-
cause of a brand-new story which only
recently came to his attention. Gibbons
was a great diner-ou in Baltimore and
much IN demand as an honor guest.
A hostess more famed for the brilliancy
of her entertainments than for her
tact once fired point-blank at the
cardinal this leading question, Your
eminence, do you really believe in the
1nfallibility of the Pope?" The cultured
old prelate paused a second and/ then,
with one of his most engaging smiles,
replied, well, madame, when was
last in Rome. the holy father said, as
was taking leave, Farewell, Jibbons.' "
e
Harry F. Guggenheim, American Am
baSsador to Cuba, has just had pub
lished in de luxe edition his essays on
aviation, under the title of THE Seven
Skies" The edition is limited to 100
copies and many of the aviator
diplomats Washington friends are the
happy recipients OF personally inscribed
volumes. Mr. Guggenheim Is Lind
bergh's closest personal friend. He calls
the colonel Slim" Lindy'S old nick
name in the airmail service. THE
Seven Skies pays the worlds most
famous flyer eloquent tribute.
Raymond IT. Baker of Nevada and
points East is back in Washington from
years trip around the world. as
debonair a fashion-plate as ever. The
former director of the mint and Mrs.
Baker have toured Russia, Japan, China,
Siam, India, Egypt and most of Western
Europe since october last Mr.. Baker
was particularly interested In obs irving
under Soviet conditions the Czarist
Russia he knew as secretary to the
American Ambassador at Petrograd in
1914, 1915 and 1916. "Red Russia"
says the sheik of the sagebrush, has
undoubtedly many pluses to its credit,
but great many minuses, as well. The
day may come when it will be all right
for the United States to recognize
Moscow, but if my advice were asked.
I should say that we should move
slowly In that direction"
Copyright 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
Nations Future Rich
With Possibilities

To the Editor OF The Star:
Since the World War the prediction
IS frequently made that the total COL
lapse of our American civilization is
inevitable. A review of our previous
history produces an optimism that
positively precludes any such probable
lty. 1t may be true that we have
reached another crisis in our national
progress-that we are passing through
a transition similar to or, at least. no
more cElinous than previous ones, only
TO emerge more Self-cognizant and self
confident for the experience. We admit
That there are elements of weakness in
our present social and economic struc-
ture, but at the same time even the
amateur analyst must concede that
there is abundant evidence of underly-
ing forces fully adequate and depend
able to remedy these weaknesses before
they develop into catastrophe.
The most obvious and deplorable
weakness in our present life Is the al
most total absence of poise and Seri-
BUSINESS III our young people, who APP
parently lack the dominating stamina
ana decision that must underlie any
stable, secure and satisfactory national
structure. This condition may be due
to the fact that no special emergency
exists to call into exercise the dormant
forces that would quickly spring into
action and control at the beckon of an
incentive.
Again, our national destiny is not so
obvious as at some previous periods
our immediate future is beclouded and
complicated by perpleXing problems
pressing for solution. This makes the
planning OF career on the part of our
young generation somewhat difficult
ana hazardous undertaking, which may,
IN part, account for their apparent in
difference and lack of seriousness.
For years the Jazz characteristic has
dominated our music, but is now de-
cisiyely on the decline. The flimsy and
Jazzy has permeated our literature, but
Is now remaining unSold. It has af-
fected our art and architecture, but the
public is sllrfeited with the superficial
in all lines and is reacting with a most
healthy and hopeful disapprobation.
Yet with all these positive reactions our
immediate future reveals a field rich
with opportunity for those who will
recognize life as real and earnest and
who will respond with serious and de-
term1ned will to the call for men to
blaze the way to new national life.
II our young people can inject little
more soberness and practicability into
their outlook upon life and come to a
fuller realization of the part that they
must inevitably play in our future
civilization, we have no fear of the
success of the high ideals which have
hitherto guided our course.
DAVID A. TAYLOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01

The tree sitters certainly demonstrated
nothing of value to science or to
society. So far as is known none OF
them is the richer for his waste OF
| time unless here and there a long dis
lance percher got a job from an
emotional admirer.
William Sullivan of Philadelphia
makes a record for 1880 that stands
out beyond the tree sitters. Just as
soon as it was decided beyond question
that the first base ball game of the
world series would be played in Phila-
delphia, he took his position in sfront
OF the general admission ticket window
at Shibe Park in the City of Brotherly
Love, equipped with a folding chair and
suit case containing toilet necessaries.
That was last Friday night. The first
game is being played today. Sullivan
had before HIM wait of four and q
half days before he could have the
great honor and privilege of being the
first through the gates into the arena
of classic contest this morning. Soon
after he took his position Frank Yaco-
vone, also of Philadelphia, joined him
in the line, and following Yacovone
were Byron r. Anderson and wife of
Belvedere, Ill. These names are worthy
of note, for their owners are to be
hailed as endurance competitors of
high quality. Sullivan's fame has been
assured by the taking of motion pic
lures of him engaged in shaving at the
ticket window, surrounded by a crowd
of admiring persons to whom the spec
tacle of man reducing his facial
foliage was seemingly novelty.
Now that Sullivan has made a four
halliday record for heading the
line of the world series base ball spec
tators, it is almost certainty that next
year somebody will try to beat him to
it. 1t may be that the standing at the
gate will start even before the decision
is rendered as to the lineup for the
series. Thsre may be contestants for
the honor in half dozen cities taking
their chances on their favorite teams
winning pennants. The endurance
game is coming even to rival the ma
tional sport ITSELF in variety and in the
ardor of it's devotees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC }. HASKIN.

Few Americans realize how much
Their Government does for them. Read
ers Of The Evening Star can draw ON
all Government activities through our
Tree information service. The worlds
greatest libraries, laboratories and ex-
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mand. Ask any question of fact and 1T
viii be answered, free, by mail direct
to you. Inclose 2-cent stamp for reply
postage and address The Evening Star
information Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin,
director, Washington, d. G.
@. What does the abbreviation "tk."
in prize fighting records mean?-F. @.
A. Tx" is the abbreviation for
technical knockout.
Q. How many people in the United
States live in cities of 100000 or over.
and how many of these cities are there?
j. H. c.
A. According to the preliminary fig
, ureS of the 1880 census there are "a
cities of 100000 or more In the United
States, and they have an aggregate
population of approximately $4,000, 900.
@. How big harrow can be used
with a tractor?-F. r.
A. Harrows to be drawn by tractors
have been built that are IS feet wide
in 16 sections.
@. What is the greatest pressure that
can be created?-F. d. A.
A. The record pressure Is said to have
been 600 900 pounds per square inch
with which Prof. Percy w Bridgman OF
Harvard University turned water into
ice hot enough to boil an egg.
9. What ship has the highest masts?
H. A.
A. The transatlantic liner Majestic
whose mast tip is 229 feet above water
line.
Q. What does the word ''cover" mean
in stock market transactions?-L.O O.
A. Cover is an English expression and
is rarely heard in this country, It is
the equivalent of margin-the money
| deposited with broker when one does
not purchase stock outright.
@. DO royalties call each other cousin
because practically all the royal fami-
lies are related?-T. c. F..
A. Since the sixteenth century the
word cousin" has been used by sovereigns
as an honorific style in addressing per-
| sons OF exalted, but not equal sovereign
rank, the term brother" being the
style used by one sovereign in address
| ing another.
@. What kind of a flower is the
! gcwan?-D. S.
"A. Gowan is the name popularity
gwen in Scotland to the daisy.
@; How much money did Henry Clay
Prick leave to charity?-M. K.
A. Mr.. Prick divided his residuary
estate, estimated at $50 600, 900, among
! various hospitals and educational and
charitable institutions.
Q. What is a gambrel roof?-R. E. s..
A. A gambrel roof is one in which,
on each side of the ridge, there are two
slopes, the lower more steep, the upper
less so, and which has gables at the
end walls. 1t is particularly character
istic Of Colonial construction in New
England, New York and New Jersey.
Q. What is the origin of the word
"Dago," as applied to an Italian?-
o. G. F.
A. "Dago" is believed to be corrup-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
Safety Zone Should Be
InViOlate Even at Night
To the Editor Of The star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In reading the editorial in a recent
issue OF The Star headed "Unreason-
able Enforcement" it becomes apparent
that the motorists are once again being
eulogIzed. The implication is that their
movements are always 100 per cent per-
feet. 1 am not a motorist myself, and
do not want to get into any argument
regarding this question. In this particu-
lar instance you say thatrthere was no
other traffic ON the street when a mo-
torist, at a late hour, ran through q
safety zone" Such being the case,
why was 1t necessary for the motor car
to De driven through the safety zone,
since IL Is the law that you are not to
drive through them whether they are
occupied or not? This law Is sometimes
violated. and 1t has been known that
people have been knocked down when
standing therein, waiting for the street
can HENRY j. HAIIaAAG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Life Mechanistic.
We're making living easy
AS we use the telephone,
And the radio is breezy
With a message of its own.
Even though the snowflakes glisten
Well repose with joy complete
And be happy while we listen.
With the automatic heat.
Philosophers discerning
Still assume to have their say,
But life's lessons we are learning
In mechanistic way.
The speech that seems unending
May bewilder, more or less;
But our Joy is now depending
On the button that we press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01

1t Is said that the old-fashioned
stump speaker" is going out of the
political picture. In the process of de-
forestation that leaves stumps in slight
regard, the microphones stand ready
to replace them in popular attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-01

Another yacht will be built by Sir
Thomas Upton for racing purposes
Perhaps Sir Thomas might do well to
call in a modern business doctor who
will subject his yacht building to I'M
compromising scrutiny on scientific
lines of efficiency.