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personnel Of teams may change com.
pletely in the course of few seasons
and yet these hoodoo thoughts prevail
1t is a sociological propolition." Well
the Philadelphia jinx on Washington
which was SO powerful in 1929 seems by
some magic Of the diamond to have
been driven OF, dispelied, routed. exor-
cised. At any rate, there are the six
wins to one loss out of possible twen-
ty-two games between the two clubs for
the season, and instead Of the old feel
ing of confidence on the part of the
Athletics whenever they tackle the Ma
tionals, they are now suffering from an
inferiority complex in the presence OF
the representatives of the Capital.
But anybody who tries to dope out
the season as a whole on the strength of
the first few weeks is taking very long
chance. 1t is always well to remember
the case of the Boston National League
team that was in last place on the first
Of July, 1914, and apparently doomed
to remain there, but won the pennant
and the world championship Any
thing may happen In base ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

sist, ut the risk of life and limb, in
"hoeging" the entire time on the street.
The signals at these points do not
regulate motor traffic In relation to
other motor trafic, but are designed to
halt all vehicles, thus giving pedestrians
the undisputed right of way.
In view of this fact, it would seem
that on an equitable basis pedestrians
should use to the full their unrestricted
passage across the street, but with the
red light against them should allow
motorists to do the same. But do they?
They do not In the majority of cases
the walkers never even glance at the
signals or take any notice of the plainly
displayed signs which caution them to
cross only on the green light If they
find themselves in the middle of the
street with traffic swirling all around
them, they will either make wild dash
to one curb or the other, endangering
their own lives and strangely enough,
the lives of motorists who will risk
collision with another machine to avoid
hitting them, or will stand def
sntly in the middle of the street, NUT
tering uncomplimentsry things about
all motorists
Commissioner Whalens regulation for
New York is not aimed at piaces of
haven for the walker such as Washing
ton circles. 1t encompasses the whole
city and, according to the commission
err is to be enforced strictly. Washing
ton likewise has jay-walking regula-
ton which is just as comprehensive as
that about TO take effect In New York.
Spasmodic attempts have been made
TO enforce it here. but they were half
hearted and brought no benefit.
There may be some reason why
general iay-walkins regulation in Wash
ington should not be enforced. although
it is difhcult to find It, but why the
regulation now in the trafiic code in
regard to pedestrians should not be en-
forced at circles is impossible to under
stand. Decidedly, it is something for
the Commissioners to consider.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
No Brotherly Love in Base Ball.

From almost the beginning of the
present base ball season Washington
enthusiasts have had visions OF another
American League pennant for the Capt.
tai. Despite the bad start of the loss
of the initial game to the usually !owly
Boston team, the local representatives
on the diamond have looked good to
the fans as worthy successors of the
world champions OF 1924. This feeling
has been strengthened in the course of the
meetings with the world champions of
1929, Cornelius McGillicuddys Athletics.
Last year the LAS" were The Nemesis
of the Nationals. Indeed, it might al
most be said that the Philadelphia team
Won It's pennant at the expense of the
washing on aggregation. In the course
Of the season series between the two
cities Philadelphia won sixteen games
and Washington 1our. That first GENE
be wesn them this year was a Phi;adel-
phia victory. Since then the Nationals
have trimmed the pennant holders
steadily. Yesterday they took two
games from them, and in Philadelphia
at that Yes erday's double victory over
the champions makes the record thus
far Tor 1880 stand at six to one in favor
OF Washington, two more wins for the
Nationals than all of 1929 yielded. In
deed the Washington team at the close
of yesterdays hostili,ies hao won more
ssmes from Philadelphia already tbs
season than any other team has won
from any oppanent in the American
! League.
This is one of the oddities OF the
national sport, the uncertainty OF tn,
game, the freakisil1ess of results, tn,
uncxpeatsdneSs Of Developments. 1t Il
a tradition of the sport that certain
/ cities are poison to certain others
For instance, there Is long standing
belief that st, Louis OF the American
League Is jinx TO Washington. Thu
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Great Interest in Masefield
Is Expressed by Americans

Hood, to its Song of the Shirt" AYERS
the Dayton Daily News, referring to
Mssefield as "the spokesman of the man
beneath" and that paper concludes,
"One may confidently expect that he
will sing with bare hands now, as he
did in the anguish of the war, his old
contempt for that blind fool in power
who leads to destruction his dust and
scum Of the EARTH"
\
IF he celebrates the royalties in duti-
full verse" suggests the Boston Tran
script, he will dress them in flesh and
blood, and not in Kohinoors and
ermine." That paper also remarks that
Masefield lis a real poet of the age
and time" whose manifold experiences
have been woven into the texture of his
poetry" that he will never disgrace the
laurel, but rather the chances are that
ne Will pass 1t on greener to the brows'
OF his successor. 1t is likely that he has
written more verse that will live than
any other living poet
He occupies the place which Chaucer
held, in the judgment of the Birmins-
nam News, which feels that "the same
general trend in affairs which has lifted
Ramsay Macdonald to the premiership
mas shaped John Masefield to be the
voice OF the human hunger for freedom
under the Entertainments Of the ma
chine. There is profound appropriate
ness, continues the News, lin the
browning during Macdonald ministry
OF the discoverer of glory and power
under the dirt and CRIME, the toll and
the misfortune" The News concludes: :
He needed no lauresteship to make him
famous, or to rise to his country's needs.
LOCKING upon her ships, he could say
OF himself, i touch my country's mind
l come TO grips with half her purpose ;
Looking upon her people, their 10y and
tneir tragedy, he could behold the
image OF hfe's need, beauty in hardest
acton, beauty indeed"
His selection ought to satisfy nearly
All schools of literary taste and thought. !"
thinks the Kalamazoo Gazette. paving
tae tribute: 'Masefield is unouestion-
ably one of the foremost contemporary
Poets IN the English language. Unlike
MS predecessor, the late and scholarly
Or. Robert Bridges. he may be classified
10 some extent as poet of the people, :
yet MS verse has all the form and polish
OF the accomplished stylist."
=, he mas drunk life to the dreas" saws
tne Hamilton tOntario) Spectator. add
ing the verdict: THE appointment will be
a very popular one: for the new poet
laureate Is known by his verses in ali
classes OF people,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
The Merger Resolution.

The Senate District committee has
disposed Of the merger resolution by
reporting favorably on it, but unless
there are developments that do not now
appear TO be probable the committed
action Is merely a gesture that has no
particular significance. In the first
place the prospects for action in the
House do not appear so favorable as
those in the Senate, and action in the
Senate, by previous informal agreement,
10 contingent upon action on the Blaine
court bill, first a proposed section of
the merger resolution, but now considered
as separate piece of legislation. Debate
ON this latter bill has hinged upon in
depreciation of 1.-The evidence" that the
Public Utilities Commission would have
to submit to court to make its orders
nnal. Evidence" might include any
evidence, while 1.-The evidence" connotes
. specific restriction that probably would
not change materially the procedure
that now Is followed in appeals from or
ders of the commission. There is some
talk of compromise by inserting the
adjective substantial" as modifying the
sort of evidence required from the
Public Utilities Commission. But a IA
vorable report from the committee would
merely transfer this highly controversial
measure to the Senate, where it might
be smothered in debate.
On the House side Mr. Hull of Wis
consin has developed the fact that the
merger resolution Is an excellent prop
osition for the North American Co.,
but the benefits to the people of Wash
ington are left in such shadowy and
intangible form that they appear I'M
convincing. Further hearings on the
resolution have already been postponed
twice, with the session drawing to
Q close.
On Monday the street railway prob
lem shifts to the District Supreme
Court, where argument is to begin on
the street railways petitions for an
increased fare. The Public Utilities
Commission will endeayor to have the
petition denied, while the Peoples
Counsel has conferred his guns on the
proposition that before a new rate OF
fare, is granted, the property of the
nnmDsnies should be revsiued His plea
is that the case be referred back TO
the commission for revaluation. The
ruling of the court will be final in so
far as the District Supreme Court is
concerned, although fare cases do not
end with decision from one court.
Extended litigation is inevitable.
Meanwhile the street car companies
are losing their revenue passengers
steadily and the advent of cheap taxi
cab service, in the minds OF some, has
hastened the loss. What the companies
can. expect to recoup by boost in fares.
that will drive more street car riders
to the pavement or to the cabs, is a
deep mystery. Their whole effort should
be directed to obtaining merger, by
the grant of proper concessions TO the
people, and by batter and cheaper car
service to put new life into he business.
Increased fare will not do it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
Virginia Blue Laws.

The prosecution of an Alexandria
man under the old blue laws OF Vir-
ginia for painting his house on Sunday
should give impetus to the movement
for repeal OF all such laws in the Old
Dominion. The late Theodore Roose-
welt, while commissioner OF police of
New York City, once said that the best
way TO get rid of undesirable laws was
to enforce them rigidly. II this is the
case In Virginia, when a householder
was arrested and fined Ave dollars in
court, in addition to costs, making a
total fine OF more than fourteen dol
lars, ali we'll and good, and an aroused
citizenry will probably work for speedy
repeal.
One of the troubles with blue laws
rs that they are enforced spasnodically
in different sections OF the State and
sometimes are invoked merely TO vent
spite on a particular person. OF course,
the laws are still on the books, and
there is no question of the legality OF
prosecuting offenders. This Is The year
1880, however, and not 1880, and times
in the hundreQ-year span have changed
To-day the American public is liberal IN
its views toward Sunday work and sport
It must be, because with the advance
of civilization and the speeding up OF
all forms OF labor Sunday frequently Is
the only day. to perform innocuous
household tasks or 10 relax in the way
Of athletic pursuit. II certain commu-
mites wish TO abide strictly by laws
governing their conduct on the Sab
bath, let them do il. 1t is thcir in
alienable right. Statewide blue laws
however, have no place in the civiliza-
ton of today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
Jay.Wa lking.

With Commissioner Whalen's new jay
walking regulation going into effect IN
New YORK Monday, regulation on
which the police commissioner has in
sisted after the death of five hundred
careless walkers last year and the in
jury to more than fourteen thous nd
attention again turns to the National
Capital, which possesses probably the
worst class of Jay-waikers of any COM
Ynunity In the world. This class il
composed of those thoughtless pedes-
TRANS who, despite the fact thAt Wash.
ington is unique among cities lalinstall'
ing trafic lights &C circles solely fol
their protAetion and conysnience. per,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

Did YOU ever write a letter to Fred
eric ], HaSkin? You can ask him any
question of fact and get the answer in
a personal letter. Here is a great edu-
cational idea introduced into the lives
of the most intelligent people in the
world--American newspaper readers.
1t is a part of that best purpose of a
Observation-Disclosures. There is no charge
except cents in coin or stamps for
return postage. Address Frederic j.
Haskin. director, The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, Washington, d. C.
@. How long is a single performance
of the Passion Plays. D. w.
A. The play begins at o'clock in
interval for lunch, continues until
o'clock in the evening.
O. What nationality is Gus Sonnen-
berg, the wrestler?-A. F. C.
A. Gus Sonnenberg is German born.
He came to this country when very
young. He attended Dartmouth and
played foot ball there.
@. How did Sarah Bernhardt lose
her leg?-M. I. v.
A. During performance OF Jeanne
d Arc in 1890, Bernhardt injured her
right knee in falling while on the stage.
At that time it was feared that ampu-
tation would be necessary. It did not
become imperative until 1915, when the
leg was amputated.
O. What is the speed of the new TO-
o00-ton United States cruisers? How
fast can the Valmy go?-N. j. S.
A. The new naval 10,000-ton cruis-
ers have a speed Of 32.5 knots per hour.
Frances new destroyer, Valmy, broke
the speed record for destroyers on jan
uary 20, 1880, with rate of speed Of
1895 knots, or approximately As miles
per hour.
@. What crop loss do weeds cause?--
H. G. F.
A. The Indiana experimental station
some time ago made survey of the
losses occasioned by the growth of
weeds on lands prepared for useful
crops and found the loss or reduction
In yield In the case of corn to be 10
per cent: tame hay, 3 to Is per cent
potatoes. 6 to 10 per cent: Spring grain,
IL to IS per cent, and Winter grain,
to per cent.
q. What is vodka made Off. C. W.
A. Vodka is a Russian distilled alco-
holic liquor, commonly made from rye,
sometimes from potatoes, and rarely
from barley. Sometimes, in Russia
the term is applied TO any kind of
whisky or brandy.
@. Will there be coins struck COM
memorating the 200th anniversary of
George Washington's birth?-H. B.
A. Such coins have not been author
lied.
@. What is the name of the new
planet?-E N.
A. 1t has not yet been named. It Is
known as Planet x.
Q. How many times was the Liberty
Bell rung before it cracked?-E. T.
A. The Liberty Bell. which was
brought to America in 1852, cracked at
the first ringing after its arrival. 1t
was then recast and cracked again on
July 8, 1885. while being tolIed in
memory Of Chief Justice Marshall.
@. What is known as colonial
architecture?-B. w.
A. When speaking of colonial build
ings. none should be included of a date
later than 1776. In New England most
of the buildings of colonial times were
of wood and were built by carpenters
who were also Shipbuilders. These
artisans developed q style that had a
flavor of its own, and differed in many
respects as to detail from that done in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

they breed. has shown that insects OF
various sorts attain great attitudes IN
the atmosphere. Apparently they are
enabled to reach the upper air cur
rents and so are transported over thou
sands of meters until they reach regions
very remote from the places in which
they had their origin. These discov-
cries have besn made through the use
Of ingenious traps fixed to the wings
of the machines, and insects, such as
mosquitoes, have been found at eleva-
tons of two or three kilcmeters above
the earth in numbers which pass COM
putation.
Now that the warfare against these
creatures must be transferred from the
earth to the air to obviate or lessen
not only the annoyance of their Stings
but also the dangers from contagious
diseases which they convey, the most
effective means of overcoming them
bas been found in powder or dust
composed of arsenic calcium, which ID
launched into space from the airplane
in the form of clouds where swarms Of
these insects are found. This dust Is
dissipated long before 1t reaches the
earth, so no harm is done TO plants or
animals.
Australia Has
Her Book Prohibition.
Sydney Bulletin--With the war came
prohibition, not yet rescinded, of hum
dredS of looks deemed dangerous for
Australian eyes. When the many regu-
lations authorized under the war pre-
cautions act were repealed, there was
re-enscsed as amended q literature
proclamation, June l6, 1921, which still
prohibits the importation of Literature
wherein are advocated force, violence,
assassination, destruction of property,
intemperance and sedition. Until 1927
more than zoo periodical! publicas lions
and innumerable books were barred
from Australia On the strength of this
act, and many more have been refused
delivery here since then. This Austria
liam government can comprises an "In-
dex Expurgatorius" or no an dinen-
sions. Book dealers nave to watch their
step constantly not to run afoul of the
law by handling prescribed publications.
The big majority Of the books and
periodicals on the list are printed in
English In England and sold openly
throughout Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Old World Keeps Fit.

The Old World Keeps Fit.
THE world, alas, Is going wrong.
Mistaken lives we've ledi"
And this, in story or in song,
Is what folks always said.
Humanity is ever bold
And, as time takes its night,
New plans we patiently unfold
To set this old world right.
And though we may not quite succeed
We argue on and smile.
1t is such effort that we need
To make this world worth while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

Long sustained interest in a murder
mystery is encouraging, as 1t calls at
tention to long lapse of time without
the development OF q new atrocity to
drive the old one out Of popular atten-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

The issue between vets and drys
causes more complicated questions to
be overlooked. If it can overwhelm all
other debate, it will represent simpn-
fed politics in an unprecedented de-
gree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

The fact that so capable and discern
ing q player as Maude Adams considers
the time propitious for return to the
stage is one of the strongest possible in
dicstions of renewal of artistic pros
perity in the American theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

Germany is Woodworking and thrifty.
AS new emergencies arise in Europe
that kind of nation may find new
friends among old foes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

Clues to q homicide mystery when
too abundant serve only to make the
matter more mysterious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

Haiti has President. A surviving
spirit OF conservatism leads the country
to prefer the title to that Of dictator
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
Caution.

Your lawn is overrun with dande-
lions
MY wife %on't let me take them out. "
answered Farmer Corntossel. There
is such a thing as dsndelion wine and
she dent want our kitchen to come
under the suspicion of the authorities. +"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

when you fesls Lucky said Uncle
Ehsn. "be sati:hed VIII kh'ppy frame
o. mind an look foh q good job instid
OF q crap aams,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

Wealth" said Hi Ho, the sage OF
China town, lis the golden weapon
which can conquer everything except
envy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
Question Of Time.

The market drops then up will 90
Again.
I would be rich, could / but know
Just when.
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PeriIs of Fame.

Some day statue will be made in
your honor"
Maybe my family will feel better
without it." answered Senator Sorghum.
They have been sufficiently agitated
By political fault-finding without being
worried by the art critics"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

Jud Tunkins says a Woodworking
statesman must consider public senu-
ment as we'll ss public need. He cam
not permit office occupation to interfere
with his enjoyment of base ball and
fishing and grand opera and golf and
all the varied past;mes that appeal to
the different elements of taste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
Forbearing Mechanism.

Nv dial phone behaves with grace.
Though numbers are in doubt,
I, looks one sadly in the face,
But never hawls me out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

s"Black Genesis" is collection of
stories of the creation and development
of man as told in the dialect OF the
Gullah Negroes of South Carolina. the
stories are compiled by Samuei -.
foreword is by Du Bose Hayward, alithor
OF .PorGy." The stories are fun OF
hulnor and characteristic local color.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17
South America
Fertile Field for Aviation.
Airplanes Us.d
To Combat Insects.

Ell Teleggsfo, Guayaquil. use OF
airulanes tts combat the plaques Of
insects which oftentimes infest the air
through the distribution Of sprays or
powders destructive to them over the
areas. whether land orssW AMI z;here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-17

All Other States and Canada.
paily and sunday. ! VIZ. Si2 90: mo-. 81. 90
patly only ] VI. $500 ! mo-. ass
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-06-15
WILL CELEBRATE IN
 HOME TOWN

The people of Metlakatla are going to celebrate this Fourth of July in their own home town instead of in the First City.
 Roderick Davis, Mayor of Met lakatla will be chairman of tho exercises and he will be assisted by James Evans, manager of the Metlakatla Commercial Company and Raymon Wolfe, principal in charge of the U. s. Bureau of Education station in that town The address of the day will be given by Reverend Edward Mars den of the Presbyterian Church and Herbert Joshua Murchison will read the Declaration of h. dependence" The local bard of 42 members under direction of Benjamin Simpson, will furnish music for the day
The Alaska fisherman., 1930-06-15
From The Progressive

pdDCi Ol Ndy ,, QllOCeS q 1eJUef from the Chief of the Agricul- tural Department to Senator Deneen, questioning the right of the Eskimo natives of Igloo, Alaska to complain of treatment as was published by Dan Suther- land, Delegate for Alaska.
 I wish to ask:
 Have representative of the Agricultural Department ever been on the lands involved in the claims, or visited the herds of the natives making the con- plaint?
 Do they know what lands were occupied by the lglo natives IS range before the Lomen corpor.- ation occupied ground on the Seward Peninsula?
 Are they acquainted with the reported counts and apportion- nents If the Lomen corporation specifically relating to the rein deer of the Igloo nati@es?
 Do they know that t is gen. orally understood that the Lo- uIen corporation has r. ade ap. I'catiOn under the leasing Act of Congress for certH.ii. lands east of the American River and North of Igloo Creek which has been cOnsidred to have been the range of the Igloo natives. The natives are presumed to have preference on the lands occupied by them, Grazing Land Act, App. Mar. 4, 192D.
 If the Lomen corporation has applied for that land, it is an ag gressive salient forced into the native lands, pursuant to a poli- cy which has been followed for fifteen years to acquire native lands and reindeer and the na- tives have the right to protest.
 The report of counting and :'>nCrtiCning of reindeer in the Lcmen-Teller herd, which lies