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Evening star., 1930-12-02
Russia at the CAPITOL.

"You just wait! You know what we
did to the Czar!"
Thus a young woman, of unmistak-
able Russian accent and aspect, as a
Washington policeman yesterday, with
appropriate emphasis, urged her to be
on her way, following the Communist
demonstration at the Capitol.
Note the I'VE" With its use, the
demonstrators from New York" and
points elsewhere gave their whole game
away. This mob of organized trouble
breeders, as any close-range observer
could tell at a glance, was almost
wholly alien. 1t is doubtful if there
was an American among them They
were as alien in origin as they are
alien in spirit to the institutions under
which they are now living q life of
freedom they never knew before, yet
which they would violently uproot at
behest of their masters in Moscow.
The men and women who Haunted
placards breathing defiance of laws of
the United States had about as much
right to engage in such protest as a
mob of Americans would have to march
on the Kremlin and protest the Soviet
dictatorship in Russia.
The Metropolitan and Capitol police
who discharged tear gas bombs on the
Capitol Plaza took part in a melee,
wholly unimportant in itself, yet i'm
mensely significant in its broader
aspect. Undoubtedly Red" G. H. O.,
in Russia will duly record the fact that
its shock troops in this country have
now fought their opening engagement
at the fountainhead of American
capitalism" It will not be set forth
that a handful of determined, though
conspicuously restrained, Washington
cops suficed to quell the historic skir-
mish on this sector of the world revolu-
ton" and turn 1t into Just another
Police Court case. The chances are
rather that December first in Wash
ington will be heralded at and from
Moscow amid the glamour with which
We capitalistic Americans enshrine the
Battle of Lexington.
The excesses at the Capitol were
instigated as a protest against the
deportation-of-aliens laws, the finger
printing of aliens and the restriction of
immigration. The misguided foreigners,
who obtained from their "demonstra-
ton" nothing but eyes set streaming by
more excellent reasons for maintenance
Of the wise legal precautions they came
to denounce. They personifled the very
peril against which a tolerant Uncle
Sam has seen fit to safeguard himself
Perhaps peril" is too strong term.
But government has the right to pro-
tect itself even against nuisance.
Evening star., 1930-12-02
Study of Anti Trust Laws.

The Presidents reference TO the need
for careful study Of the economic work
ings Of the antitrust laws will be re-
garded by many as the msst important
part Of his message. The country's
business depression has thrown new
Light on some Of the perplexing para
doxes that accompany legislative pro-
hihition against combinations. The
Nation that Is richest in its power to
produce faces conditions approaching
some Of the aspects Of poverty because
It has produced too much. There are
thousands Of idle looms, while men are
out Of work and in rags. The President
mentions the coal industry as one that
has suffered from the otherwise stimu-
lating effects Of unrestricted competi-
tion. and which might solve its own
problems IL the laws. set up in the be-
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Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

citing competition. These vehicles, each
one of French manufacture In the early
days of the industry, and now in various
stages of deterioration. presented star
ting and contrasting degrees of quaint
ness. but ran a palpitating career, in
which a Renault Of the vintage of 1900
finished first, and Delage, 1902 model.
second. A Peugeot, in its thirty-flfth
year, also gave good account Of Itself,
as did an ancient Berliet.
X \
Melbourne Scribe
Describes Indescribable Dance.
The Bulletin, Sydney.-A Melbourne
scribe describes that indescribable dance,
the "larrikin waltz" On the one side
you have an aggregation of undersized,
loathsome-looking weeds In high-heeled
boots, gaudy-c -colored neckties and bell
bottomed trousers; on the other a crowd
OF factory girls with faces SO hard you
could strike matches on them. They
tangle themselves together in some re-
markable fashion and gyrate. The
young lady keeps her head well on one
side, not so much from maidenly mod
esty as to get out of range of the young
mans breath. BY the evening they are
all more or less drunk, and you scarcely
wonder that social reformer, coming
across such scene, elects to give man
kind up in despair and let it 60 to per-
oltlon In its own Way!
Evening star., 1930-12-02
Position of City and Nation
Debated in Gangster Crisis

Debate which centers around the
curbing Of gangsters in the big cities of
the country has been aroused by the
recent suggestion that action by the
Federal Government might be taken.
While the interstate character of crime
and racketeering is the basis for argu-
mepts in favor of Federal action, there
are many who agree with a statement
by President Hoover that sentiment
should be aroused for effective local
action.
Crime in Chicago is out of the con-
troll of the city and county authorities" I"
declares the Champaign News-Gazette,
upholding the idea of Federal action,
with the belief that the mayor, chief of
police and civic leaders might as we'll
admit that they have been whipped bv
the lawlesS element" The Cleveland
News, in summarizing the situation.
says: "The President is correct when
he ayers that local authority should be
strong enough to handle them. Never
theless, there still is some comfort in
the assurance that the Federal Govern
ment is standing by; in the realization
ing devoted to the big shots and their
tax evas1ons. Local authority or no
local authority. Federal prosecution of
this sort should go long way toward
settling the gang menace for Mr.. Hoo
yer and all the rest of us, and, perhaps,
make 1t unnecessary to call in the Ma
r1nes. Which, it seems to us, would be
the next logical STEP"
"A public has been patient too long
with the racketeer," in the opinion Of
the Oakland Tribune. TOO long it
thorities in the large cities to handle a
problem which they cannot or will not
solve" The Tribune concludes: "The
gangster represents a definite threat.
During the past 10 years he has been
gaining in strength and arrogance
until he levieS tribute upon many indus
tries, enforcing his demands with
threats, bullets and bombs. That he
should have been allowed to gain so
strong foothold is not to the credit of
the great cities, nor to the States in
which they are situated"
** **
Quoting the head of the department
OF police administration of the Univer-
weaklings if we do not beat the crooks"
the Rock Island Argus adds: "It does
begin to look as if good prospects exist
In Chicago and also in other large
cities to bring racketeers and other
gangsters to justice and put a stop to
their high-handed criminal operations.
When all law-enforcing agencies really
cooperate, the gangsters will not find
the going so good"
The situation in this country" ad-
Vises the Boston Transcript. sis suff-
clently serious to warrant vigorous ac-
ton on the part of all charged with
the enforcement of the law, whether
Federal or State. 1t is of a character
to prompt continued effort to arouse
that healthy public sentiment which
VIII insist upon the restoration of law
and order in cities that now seem to
be dominated by the vicious and the
lawless. The President properlv re-
minds the States and the cities of their
responsibilities, but it would be .lnfor-
tunate If those who did not read his
statement with care were to get the
Evening star., 1930-12-02

Real cold weather brings a touch Of
something to life which the extreme
Of heat does not. Is it not sense Of
adventure?
We of the cities are so wrapped in
the routine that ordinarily we tend to
forget that life Is an adventure, il 1t is
anything at all.
1t causes a great deal of conversation,
does not often result in the complex
feelings which near-Zero weather brings
to the city man.
A low temperature, especially If ac-
companied by wind, plunges many Of
us back into childhood again, to a
small country town hundreds of miles
away.
or it may take us back to college
days, in Midwestern city where tenn
peratures of 20 below zero were not out
of the ordinary.
AS we walk along a busy avenue, the
keen wind cutting in around our neck,
We recall Vividly, out of nothing at all,
moment on street corner in that
town of long ago.
There was ice on the snow, and the
corner was slippery.
We sat down unintentionally, as one
often will, If he forgets the state of
the pavement underfoot, and insists in
gawking at pretty girl, as one will
Such scenes come to mind, brought
by the whistle of keen wind UP a
broad city avenue.
X y X
The adventure Of cold weather is felt
by everybody, for every one who walks
along seems inpelled to make grimace
of cold. when meeting a stranger. and
the other usually feels called upon to
remark Gold isn't it?"
A strange fraternity Of rich and poor,
white and black, old and young, Is
created out of sheer nothing by the
situation.
For, mind you, this state of mind,
existing III all except the hopelessly lost
to the good things of life, is state of
mind, after all.
The wind creates it, but it is not the
wind.
The bitter cold helps bring it about,
but it is not the cold.
1t is bigger than wind or cold. Al
though it depends upon them, 1t does
not depend upon them at all, In the
last analysis.
What it depends upon is the human
mind, II it can see adventure in little
things. The man who insists in believing
that only Admiral Byrd and his heroic
associates know adventure through cold
Will never De able 10 understand IllS
viewpoint. To him we leave Summer.
X X X X
Another paradox about Winter is
that one who appreciates it may net
like it at ALL
While we have only admiration for
the man or woman who proclaimS loud
ly-and usually they are very loud
about it-that he Cor she) revels in the
Wintry blast, and scorns the soft al
lurementS of Summer, We cannot per-
sonally join in their chorus of praise.
Winter is an expensive, dangerous
season, but even these drawbacks should
not prevent any of us from knowing
this sense of adventure Of which We
speak.
Winter demands the heating of
homes and Offices and places of gath
ering, and this costs money, no matter
what type of heating is used. That it
is money well spent there can be no
doubt. It is a poor economy which
calls for indoor temperatures below the
line of comfort and safety. usually one
and the same.
/ But Winter is peculiarly dangerous
to those who are susceptible to respira-
tional diseases. Lest this plain state
ment of fact subject us to the sneers
of those would-be sophisticated persons
Evening star., 1930-12-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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Frederic j. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, D. @.
@. When was the first foot ball game
played in the old Rose Bowl?-H. r.
A. On January l, 1902, between
Michigan and Stanford. The score was
40 to 0 in favcr of Michigan. The first
game In the present Rose Bowl was
played on New Year day, 1922.
@. What is the unusual feature of
the Pittsburgh tax plan?-P. j.
A. The unique feature of the Pitts
burgh tax plan is the graded tax law,
which concentrates the principal bur-
den of municipal taxation upon land
values and partially exemptS improve
ments.
@. Is Sitka, Alaska, ever icebound7-
L. M. j.
A. It is not. sitka has mild tenn
perature, the mean temperature for De-
cember being 80 degrees F.
@. Please give some information
about Haym Salomon.-C. M. T.
A. Solomon was an immigrant Jew
who was the financial genius of the
Revolution Writing of him, Joseph D.
Sawyer says; From far-off Poland
came Haym Solomon. the Jew, who had
much to do with the finances of the
Revolution. Born at LISA, Poland, In
1740, he arrived in the New World in
I'LL, four years before the Lexington
skirmish. The French appointed him
treasurer of their army IN America and
he became the financial intermediary
between the United States and France" "
The diary of Robert Morris, born in
England, the treasurer of the Revolu-
ton, has disclosed over 70 transactions
in Salomon's name.
@. How long has geometry been
taught in the United States high
Schools?-C. L. P.
A. 1t was from 1850 to 1875 that
plane geometry took It's definite place
in the American secondary school.
q. VINO discovered the use OF cOhee
as a beverage?-I. McC.
A. The Arabians are given the credit
for discovering and promoting the use
of coffee as beverage and also for the
propagation of the plant. This was
probably as early as 800 AID. The
coffee drink had its use in the classical
period of Arabian medicine, which
dates from Rhazes (850-922).
@. Please give an estimate of the tenn
perature and pressure at the center OF
the earth.-A. T. G.
A. DAILY estimates the temperature OF
the center of the earth at 90, 900 degrees
centigrade and the pressure at $4,000
tons per square inch.
Q. How Is the name Of the city Sac
Paulo in Brazil pronounced?-E. w.
A. 1t Is pronounced as II spelled Soun
Pau-loo.
@. Are dice and dice boxes Of ancient
origin?-R. r.
A. They were commonly used in Greece
and Rome and in the Orient In most
ancient times.
@. read that Lomazzo gave emblems
Evening star., 1930-12-02

he finds the whole of mantle savage.
the barbarian, the full-statured man,
the citizen, the human baing. It is
an astonishing career his own career.
that one traces in this book. Training
MS human nature, making it sophisti-
cate, by way of the abradings of life
through early history, through the ex-
periences of Phoenician and Egyptian
and Greek and Roman, these become
the preoccupation of the reader of this
book. 1t Is his human nature, his own,
that passes through the Renaissance
and the dark approaches to that period.
His human nature that in a thousand
expressions takes part in modern life,
in today and in tomorrow. What of
the future of human nature?" MAN
ners and morals will change" But,
profoundly. biologically, man and worn-
an will not alter their natures"
Whether you agree to this or MT mat
ters not the slightest. WE$ther you
discover yourself, or redisc ,&r your
self, by way of this significant md
illuminating survey-that matters very
much indeed.
Evening star., 1930-12-02

to the chief painters Of the Renaissance.
Please name some-S. w.
A. To Mantegna he gave the serpent
OF sagacity. to Michelangelo the dragon
OF contemplation, to Raphael the micro
cosm.
O. What does the French expression
''pis aller" mean?-T. d.
A. "Pis aller" means q last shift or
resource.
Q. Does person who has served Q
prison term get back his right to vote
when he is released?-C. l..
A. Unless pardoned by the executive.
ex-convicts continue to be disfranchised.
Q. Why do nails in a building work
out after a length of time?-D. w.
A. The alternate expansion and con-
traction resulting from changes in tenn
perature cause nails in q building TO
work out.
Q. Was the Lightship No. 1 which was
recently retired from service the first
lightship the country ever had2---
H. e. w.
A. All lightShips were numbered about
20 years ago. not according to their age.
but according to their geographic distri-
button at that time. While No. / was
the Oldest ship in the Lighthouse Serv-
ice at the time OF its retirement, it was
not the first vessel built or used for this
purpose, having been built as recently as
1855. Records show that the Govern
ment established lightship off Craney
1920.
Q. What was the date Of the eold-
standard law?-F c. B.
a. Congress passed the act making
~ Nf
March Il, 1900.
Q. What actress was It who was IA
C. #. ~~s -
A. Maggie Cline.
Q. Why is the division between the
states bordering the Ohio River on the
north bank OF the river instead of In
midstream?-T. G.
A.. According to an old colonial
treaty, Virginia had Jurisdiction to the
northern bank Of the Ohio River. When
the States of Kentucky and West Vir-
gina were formed. this boundary line
time.
Q. What does the phrase, "plumes de-
livered. nuts safely" refer to?--z. o.
A. 1t was secret code which was
SChI W ddTTlSDurg, Pa, when Abra-
ham Lincoln had arrived in Washington
soon after his election to the presi
dency. His original route of travel.
which had been through Baltimore, had
to be abandoned because of the bitter
feeling against the Union in MARYLAND.
Mr.. Lincoln went from Harrisburg to
New York secretly and took a through
train from there to Washington. Sew
eral books of Lincolniana state that the
code had no special significance other
than that those words had been chosen
to mean Lincoln's safe arrival.
Q. When was Charles Becker elec-
trocuted for the murder Of Herman
Rosenthal?-J. McC.
A. Charles A. Becker, q former po-
lice lieutenant in New York City, vas
electrocuted in Sing Sing Prison, New
YORK, at 5:45 am, July 80, 1915, for
instigating the murder of Herman
RoSenthal, gambler, July 16, 1912.
The men who actually committed the
crime were electrocuted April IL, 1914,
but Becker secured a new trial and
managed to evade paying the penalty
for three years.
Evening star., 1930-12-02

After a long and peaceful career as a
cabinet official, James j. Davis has to
face the possibility Of being subjected
to the ordeal of the senatorial interro-
cation point. AS a builder Of ques-
tionnaires. Senator Nye is even more
voluminous and searching than Thomas
A. Edison himself.
Evening star., 1930-12-02

There are men in America who under
stand Prof. Einstein's theory and the
professor is coming over especially to
see them. 1t will not be a large
audience, but nowhere will one be found
more enthusiastic.
Evening star., 1930-12-02

Mr.. Longworth and Mr.. Garner, al
though rated as antagonists in the
House of Representatives, are declared
to be excellent friends. One of the
things that distinguish an experienced
politician is his ability not to take his
politics too seriously all the time.
Evening star., 1930-12-02

There are three occasions when the
attention of the country Is focused
particularly on It's children: Christmas,
Fourth of July and such a national
child conference as has recently been
concluded here.
Evening star., 1930-12-02

Soviet Russia is regarded by many
economists as quite as likely to complete
its elaborate f1ve-year plan in four
years as now expected or even three
years IL at all.
Evening star., 1930-12-02

Man power is so abundant that it
means nothing in Russia. Conspira-
tors who broadcast their confessions
will be led to execution just when they
have begun to qualify as radio
announcers.
Evening star., 1930-12-02

There Is always a shadow Of gloom
after festivity. Members of Congress
note with regret that after the Thanks
giving turkey comes the lame duck"
Evening star., 1930-12-02

It Is always dificult to understand a
fred" demonstration. 1t has a way
Of spending valuable time that might
have been spent agreeably and profitably
In sightseeing.
Evening star., 1930-12-02
A Vital Problem.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
This is doughnut month, and It will
be most useful If the difference between
cruller and sinker is definitely es-
tablished.
Evening star., 1930-12-02
Easier Now.

From the Akron Beacon Journal.
Life grows simpler. In the old days
stunning parties had to leave their re-
spectacle neighborhoods to rub elbows
with the lawless.
Evening star., 1930-12-02
Bigger and BETTER.

From the Louisville Times.
F1oggisg may not be a cure for crime.
But If some one could invent a swetter
as large in proportion to the criminal
as fiy swatter Is in proportion to flyl
Evening star., 1930-12-02
Motor Car Us Feet Long.

From the New Orleans States.
A motor car l25 feet long has been
built. But just as sure as you park
it near fire plug some cop will fastep
% tickets on It.
Evening star., 1930-12-02

A vagrancy charge has been placed
against AL Capone. This is one of the
mildest offenses Of which he has yet
been accused.
Evening star., 1930-12-02
Friendly Luck.

Said Damon unto Pythias of old
"Wen each set forth as politicians bold.
I'll be Democrat; and you shall go
AS Republican with splendid show,
And each congratulations may extend.
He Is in luck who has lucky friend"
Evening star., 1930-12-02
Memher n1 fha Assnciafea prass

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication of all news Gis-
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
tted in this paper and also the local lews
published herein. All rights Of publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1930-12-02
Ancient Automobiles
Engage in Thrilling Race

LIE Soir, Brussels.-At the race course
known as the misunderstanding track, in
France, Is asthmatic motor cars, all at
least 25 years old, have just had an OK
Evening star., 1930-12-02
All Other States

All Other States and Canada.
Daily only .......:.i W. $500: mo-. 7sc
sunday only .......1 VI, $500; mo-, SOC
Evening star., 1930-12-02

'Noah built de ark in a hurry" said
Uncle Eben, mot bein' 'bliged to consult
with neighborin' countries bout how big
a boat he'd be allowed to build"
Evening star., 1930-12-02
A FauIt-Finding Life.

"A statesman" remarked Senator
Sorghum, has hard work preserving
pleasant disposition"
"He can't be blamed Il he is not
always cheerful"
mo. Many people regard It as neces-
sary to find fault with him and con-
slider it his duty to hunt up things to
find fault with"
Jud Tunkins says great deal Of time
is spent in worrying about things that
Congress viii do and more things that
it probably won't.
Evening star., 1930-12-02

411AO HUMAN NATURE. by CDdIleS
Dun. Cosmopolitan Book Corpora
ton.
The author declares this book to be
history" commentary" and "exposi-
ton" from the earliest times to the
present day of that most elusive thing,
human nature. The title, so neatly
divided, may cause you to fear an aca-
demic fronting upon the theme. No
trouble there. The three divisions
amble along comfortably together, with
no croWd1ng, no quarrelsome counter
claims. In no time at all everything of
mechanical import clears out, leaving
the reader in an engrossed pursuit of
himself, OF that which he really is in
company with the rest of mankind.
First, one is led away back where he,
along with the other animals, was con-
cerned solely with food and shelter and
the instinct toward his own r,erpetu-
ity-the sex instinct. 1t Is a marvellous
story-that of man today, having from
TINS triple basic source arrived at his
present stage of civilization and prom
Use Tor more astounding future-a
truly marvellous tale Such, in part,
from ones asserting to its probability;
such, In other part, from the vim and
vigor OF its manner. "a swift survey of
recorded history shows us that in the
mass human nature has changed very
little. Such the beginning of this
Story-such its end. To the verification
Of the theory, this author cites author
ity from every age and every land. Pre-
historic records, early chronicles, scien-
tific findings, ripened conclusions all
come to the proof of this belief.
One accepts this bulk of evidence
with gratitude, but it is not such sctol-
arship alone that constitutes the real
substance of the book Instead, it Is
the straight thinking, the stanch viril-
ity. the graphic setting out of knowl-
edge in terms Of story and drama that,
with a single addition, make up the
spell OF this book. That "single addi-
ton" Is the reader himself who,
whether he will or not. becomes COL
laborator with this man, going along
with hir', digging deep into his own
insides Of feeling, impulse, desire,
acton. AID there, right down there,
Evening star., 1930-12-02

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business ONCE:
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England.
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Maxim Life Interesting.

4H18 N71HC AHVCHCothHlB'
A monarch may himself amuse
With lack of great propriety
And so rejoice US with the news
OF doings in Society.