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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
PENALTY IS FIXED
FOR Low FLYING
1000 Fine Assessed in
Maryland, With $500 for In
authorized Chute Jumping.
special Dispatch to The star.

BALTIMORE December 6.-An-
nouncing that they had fixed fines OF
81 900 for low flying and $500 for I'M
necessary unauthorized parachute jump
ing, members of the Maryland State
make flying safer in the State.
Under the new rules parachute jumps
will be permitted only in case Of ener-
gency. or where special permission has
been obtained. This permission, it was
said, will be granted only when the
parachute to be used has been packed
by a rigger approved by the Department
of Commerce or the State commits
sion's inspectors, and when the jumper
has had at least primary training and
Is to make his leap under the supervi-
sion of an experienced jumper.
The commission members set 1000
feet as the minimum for flying over a
crowd or a congested area, and pro-
hlbited stunning under such conditions.
Department of Commerce law pro-
hibits stunning under 500 feet at any
time.
The State commission also included in
the announcement a stipulation that
special permission will be required to
tow a glider, and that flying of any
glider without air controls will be pro-
hibited. This type depends for control
on a shifting of the pilots weight in
the cockpit.
The commissions rules, it was an
nounced, will be handled through the
State courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
L0UD0UN STILL FEELS
EFFECTS OF DROUGHT
With Fauquier County Declared
Driest Spot in the
United States.
epecial pispatch TO rhe star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, December 5-The
drought conditions in Loudoun County
are continually growing worse. Ac-
cording to j. r. Lintner, county agent,
Loudoun and upper Fauquier Counties
are the drieSt sections in the United
States. There has been less precipi-
tation in these counties since the
drought set in than in any other
section.
To add to the farmers losses from
crops and cattle this past Summer,
extra expenses must be faced now to
furnish adequate drinking water to the
stock. The recent cold weather has
frozen the little water that remained
in the streams, so that many have
resorted to hauling water from long
distances or meeting the conditions by
drilling wells on the farms.
The Fall grains have made only a
feeble start, and the county looks as
barren and dry as it did during the
past Summer. There was less seed
corn produced this Fall than ever be-
fore. Added to the indications of a
hard Winter. the farmers of this county
must face the possibility of next sea-
sons crops being shortened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
EXHIBITS ARE GRADED
State Forester Visits Fairfax Coun-
ty All Clubs Attractions.

special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, December 5-Wilbur
0,Bryne, State extension forester, from
Blacksburg, Va, spent Wednesday in
Fairfax grading the forestry exhibits
made by members of the All Clubs un-
der direction of County Agent II. 3.
Derr.
First prize in the Annandale Club
went 10 James Sipes, at Woodlawn to
Raymond Norris, at Potters Hill TO Dom
aid Petit. at Mclean to exhibits were
90 uniform that both we're awarded
flrst prizes, Haydn Davis and Everett
Davis; Vienna, Eloise Portmess: at
Floris the prize-winning exhibit was
not signed. but County Agent Derr is
of the opinion that 1t belong to one of
the four Smith brothers A book, THE
Harvester" by Gene Stratton Porter,
VIII be presented to each of the FIRST
prize winners
OBryne gave talk on forestry over
Radio Station WJSV Wednesday on
County Agent Derr's farm and home
hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
WILL SING FOR ALUMNI
George Washington U. Glee Clut
Quartet on Program.

The George Washington University
Mems Glee Club quartet, under the
direction OF Dr. Robert Harmon. will
sing at the luncheon of the General
Alumni Association tomorrow at 1890
o'clock at the Hotel Lafayette The
programs of the monthly alumni lunch
cons are being devoted this year TO the
various phases of activities of the uni
versity. Tomorrow the physical educa-
ton program will be discussed.
James Mcpherson Proctor, president
Of the association, will preside
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
HEADS BARRIERS UNION
Charles J. Bovelio Unanimous
choice-other Officers Elected.

Charles J. Bovelio was elected unan-
imously president OF the Journeyman
BARRIERS Union, Local 239, at recent
meeting. it was announced today. Other
officers chosen we're T. f. Simpson, vice
president: Joseph Handles, secretary
treasurer; Frank Fabrizio. recorder: j.
W. Poole, guide, and Anthony lombard.
guardian.
Delegates to the Central Labor Union
are Charles j. Boyelio. Joseph Suraci
and Joseph Handles. The following
trustees also we're elected: Thee A.
Leeckert. Thee W. Wetzel and q. Mical-
lizzi. The Entertainment Committee
consists Of Frank Fabrizio, J. w. Poole
and H. H. Hanna
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05
MOTHER OF 8 HELD
IN WELL POISONING
Woman, 50, Denies Vengeance
Attempt Against Grocer
Who Collected Bill.

ny the Associated Press.
SAGINAW, Mich, December 5.-A
55-year-old woman, mother of Is chill
dren, eight of whom are living, was
in Jail here today, held for questioning
in connection with the poisoning of a
grocer's family well.
The woman. Mrs. Catherine Krow-
czyk, was taken into custody after it
was established that poison in the ratio
of 90 gallons to 1000 was taken from
the well of John Lugiewicz in the vii
lage of Carrollton. She protested that
she is innocent, but Sheriff Leonard ".
Schleich declared that three witnesses
saw her near the well Tuesday morn
ing, shortly before the poison was dis
covered.
Off1cers said that the grocer recently
obtained Judgment in court for $37
for a bill against Joe Krowczyk, hus-
band of the accused woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-05

The Qld-Worid village Of RottingdeaI1l;
other famous men once lived, is being
transformed into a modern seaalde re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
Education's Values.

The season of commencement ad-
dresses and baccalaureate sermons Is
upon the land.
There is much platitudinous moral
1zing and ignoring Of realities in pious
conformity to the pattern established
by generations of speakers to gradu-
eting classes. But occasionally bit OF
original thought breaks the bonds Of
the pattern. Such was voiced yester-
day by President Nicholas Murray But
Ter of Columbia University in defining
the purpose of higher education.
He said: "NarroWneSs Of knowledge,
hsrrowness Of sympathy narrowness OF
understanding and narrowness Of con-
eiction are the marks of that insulated
life from which there is no escape save
over the bridge which liberal education
builds. That bridge leads to those fields
Of perennial wisdom which are the
coveted resting place of the thoughtful
In every age. 1t leaves behind the
world of illusions which the insulated
man calls facts while so often entirely
and blissfully unconscious of that world
Of realities which he derides as ideas. 3"
There is not necessarily any economic
value to liberal education. Only Incl
dentally, if at all, is it road to sue
cess" But it is essentially a bridge by
which one may escape from the illusory
prison Of conformity-of thinking as
other men think and doing as other
men do-to tie nlountaintop Of ideas
which towers high over the present and
commands far views Of the past and the
future. 1t provides an advantage in
dependent of fortune.
The student who has passed over this
bridge of liberal education with the
proper spirit already has achieved sue
cess. 80 there is no purpose in advising
him how To achieve it. He has acquired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Made proud by princes, that advance
their pride
Against the pride that bred it."
To save the reader the disagreeable
necessity of looking up in the diction-
airy the meaning Of that interesting
word, 'pleached," we have done it for
him, and present the following, from
Webster:
INTERVIEWED; formed by bleaching of
branches; fenced or covered over by
intertwined boughs."
Sir Walter Scott, in his "Marmion,"
remembered our vine in the following:
and honeysuckle loved to crawl
Up the low crag and ruined wall"
One of the most famous references to
the honeysuckle (often called Lonicera)
Is from Millions "Comus":
II sat me down to watch upon bank,
With ivy canopied and Intervene
With Haunting honeysuckle."
As far as We know, Rossetti is the only
poet who devoted an entire poem to this
vine. One verse goes:
1T piucked a honeysuckle where
The hedge on high is thick with thorn,
And, climbing for the prize, was torn,
And fouled my feet in quag-water;
The blossom that took was thinn'd,
We cannot commend these verses of
RosSettiS. Such phrases as climbing
for the prize" in relation to honey
suckle, are stilted and typically poetic"
of the type which long ago disguised
many an honest man with poetry. One
has the feeling that the word "thinn'd'
would not have been there had it not
been necessary to find a rhyme for
wind"
At any rate, we like the poets con-
clusion that he found it sweet and fair.
X X
In the garden the honeysuckle, ex-
cept in some of its related forms, has
little place, unless the place be so large
that Fankly growing vine is not out
of place.
Some of it's relations, however, such
as the bush honeysuckle and the be-
loved columbine (Aquilegia), are gar
den favorites everywhere.
1t is easy to see the relation between
the honeysuckle and the columbine
when one stands over fine row Of the
latter
There is the same form Of flower, in
measure, although the resemblance
may not go much farther. There are
many such obscure relationships among
flowers; an interesting book might be
written upon them.
* X X X
BY reason of its intense root growth
ordinary honeysuckle is a rampant
feeder, and should not be grown in
gardens near other flowers, as it will
steal their nourishment, if given a
, chance
For the same reason it is scarcely
practical to permit it to grow near con-
crete walks, as there is some danger Of
its splitting them.
If it is to be extirpated, the job must
be done thoroughly, or it will grow up
again. Few vines grow more rapidly
after being trimmed. New shoots are
sent out Immediately, and those that
touch the ground will take root and
grow entirely new plants therefrom.
Honeysuckle, then, partakes of a dual
nature: it is beautiful, interesting
vine. in its place, or in moderation, out
of its place; but when permitted to
usurp the landscape becomes consider
able of a nuisance. Yet, even as a nui-
sance 1t may be tolerated for its fresh
fragrance in early Summer. After that
it must be kept cut back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

haps it would be better to have no
memorials at all, for such an object Is
worth while only rs 1t contains values
which self-obviously transcend money
and size values. It will be the duty Of
education to inculcate appreciation Of
a higher order of values.
The visitor is to be congratulated for
calling attention to this crude vulgarity.
The guides cannot be blamed. They,
for the most part, merely are reciting
something composed in accordance with
public demand. Certainly a few indi-
viduals among the numerous parties of
Washington visitors are above listening
to the stock-i trade talks and receive
real inspiration from the memorials of
the Capital City holding in sculptured
stone the spirit and glory of the Ma
tons past. If there is one such indi-
vidual in hundred the memorials are
well worth while Otherwise we only
can hope that the standard of values
OF another generation will be on a diff
ferent level-that they will be values of
mind and soul rather than values of
the bank account. The visitors COM
plant is a sad commentary on the
present state of American appreciation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
Washington's Memorials.

Valuation of the Lincoln Memorial
as one would value a carload Of pota-
toes-in terms Of size or moneys
evidence of vulgar mind.
1t Is easy to appreciate the senti-
ments of recent Washington visitor
after hearing a guide inform his pa
irons Of the money value of the va
rious monuments in the National Capt.
tai. His complaint has just come to
the Board of Trade. The guides say
in defense that this question is most
frequently asked by tourists. Many
are interested only secondarily in the
beauty or sentimental associations of a
memorial. They think mostly in the
relatively low plane of money values.
The same frequently has been re-
marked of American tourists in Europe.
1t is a favorite theme of those Euro
pean satirists who would stress the
vulgarity of visitors from this side of
the Atlantic. Art and sentiment, it
would seem, do not exist for them un-
less they can be expressed in terms Of
money. A building or monument i'm
presses them by being the biggest or
most costly object of its kind in the
world, not by being the loveliest or the
most hallowed by the lives Of those as
ISOLATED with it.
Now we see this lamentable attitude
demonstrated in Washington. If 1t u
q true index Of American taste per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
North America Good
To AnthrOpOlogists

From the New York Sun.
To anthropologists the North Ameri-
can continent is almost a virgin field;
what has been found here gives but a
hint of the relics of humanity awaiting
searchers. Finds in the United States
in the past few months have added
few more pages to the history Of ancient
man on this continent.
The most recent discovery is one of
the richest in several years. Last week
DR.. Mark Harrington uncovered in Gyp-
sum Cave, New, some 900 implements
and household objects used by men who
inhabited that section of the country
probably 10000 years ago. The collec-
ton contains unique find, necklace
of centipede joints strung on fiber. The
HolmeS-Moore expedition pursued its
search for relics near Sarasota, Fla. A
skull and bones dug up there indicate
that men inhabited the everglades %
centuries ago and that in the PleiSto-
Gene period herds of mammothS lived
on the Florida fatlands. A party of
scientists from the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition also visited Florida in February
to excavate systematically for prehis-
toric fossils.
AS for the animal life that anciently
inhabited this country. New Jersey
yielded a fine set of dinosaur tracks
in blue clay when pits were opened near
Woodbridge in March. About the same
time a man in Union dug up in his
back yard a fossilized tooth identified
at the Newark Museum as once used by
q maStodon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

session of Congress is nearing it's
close with a disappointing lack of any
progress by the Joint Pay Committee
penssticn Of the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, Coast Guard. Coast and Geo.
dstic Survey and Public Health Service.
The proposal for general revision up
ward in pay for these services has no
outspoken opposition, as far as Is
known. The necessity exists for relief
and there is evidence aplenty to sup
port it. The matter is complicated
one, however, requiring intense study
by the legislative committee that will
have it in charge. Senator David Reed
of Pennsylvania, who, in addition to
being chairman of the committee on
military affairs, is a member of the
Joint Pay Committee and is personally
interested in the proposed legislation,
has devoted most of his time this
session to the naval treaty. His alb
sence in London and his duties in
connection with the pending treaty
have contributed to delay by the Joint
Pay Committee in getting down to
brass tacks.
It is improbable that any action will
be taken at this session, unless there
is approval of some measure carrying
temporary relief But House leaders
early in the session stated in inter-
views for The Star that II the joint
COMMITTEES were able to have measure
ready at the beginning of the next
session it would be put through. BY
meeting several weeks in advance Of
the converting Of Congress in Deem
Der the joint committee could have the
first draft of its proposed bill in shape,
and with SUCH an early beginning the
chances would be bright for passage.
The "Army-Navy pay BILL" so called,
although it includes the other services,
demands action. Another session of
Congress must not be allowed to pass
without it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

wet sentiment in certain parts of the
country.
Clifford Pinchot, Republican nominee
for governor. and Senator Grundy, de-
feated candidate for the senatorial
nomination, lost their fight to control
the Republican State committee of
Pennsylvania by very decisive vote.
This looks as though Senator Grundy
were nearly through" as an important
political factor in the Keystone State
Will he cont nue. to be the raiser of
big G.. o. P. campaign funds in the
future?
The House elections committee has
given former Representative John Phil
lip Hill of Maryland, one of the wet
test of the vets and Republican. a
chance to stage a comeback. 1t has
voted 5 to 3 that Mr.. Hills Democratic
opponent in the last election Is not
entitled to a seat in the House be-
cause of fraud in the balloting, If the
House suStains the committee out goes
Mr.. Palmisano, Hills opponent, and
special election probably will be held
next November to I'LL the vacancy. Mr..
Hill has made remarkable runs in his
district, ordinarily Democratic, and has
had strong support. If he comes back
the vets will have another insiStent
voice on the floor of the House. Mr..
Hill doubtless would be a candidate
anyway in November for The long
term. Palnisano was declared elected
by less than 400 votes two years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

slugs which leave Shiny trails in cellar
and garden?-M. F. s.
A. All decayed boards, debris, bricks
and old fiowerpots which serve as hid
ing places should be removed and air.
slaked lime busted literally through
out the infested area. Moreover, q poi-
soned bait, such as boiled potato sprin-
killed. with white arsenic or Paris green,
should be distributed in this area. Col
lect the masses of translucent, yellowish
eggs found in dark and damp locations
and destroy them.
@. How long has Delhi been the cap
ital of India?-T. B. L.
A. This has been a capital of prov
inceS of India almost from the begin
ming Of the history of India. 1t was
made the British capital of India by
proclamation Of King George v in 1911.
Q. How many slaves were there in
this country at the time of the Revolu-
tion?-D. c. K.
A. In 1850 it was estimated that
there were over 100000 slaves in the
colonies.
@. Why is Friday chosen as a day
of assembly by Mohammedans?-F.D D. N.
A. The observance of Friday as the
Moslem day of assembly, corresponding
in some respects to the Christian Sab
bath, originated in the Mohammedan
revelations. According to the instruc-
tons of the prophet. Friday was the day
Adam was created, the day on which he
entered Paradise, was expelled there
from, the day of his repentance, the
day of his death, and 1t is to be the
day of his resurrection.
@. When was William Howard Taft
governor of the Philippines?-H. G..
III. 81 - kI1n AQ
as president of the United States Philip
pine Commission in 1900 and became
the first civil governor OF the islands in
1901.
@. Is there any truth in the state
ment that children form rs per cent OF
our motion picture audiences?-C. H.
A. AS a matter of fact, only per
cent are children. Impartial surveys
made by disinterested organizations
show that In the Manhattan theater dis
trict of New York City, for instance, the
proportion Of the children in the audi
ence, by actual count, is as low as 3 to
per cent and in the residential urban
districts it is per cent.
Q. Was Nevin's music for Mighty
LAX Rose" published before his
death?-J. G.
A. Mrs. Nevin says that the manu-
script was found on his desk after he
had passed away. This has become
one of the most successful songs ever
written.
@. What is the Ohio Idea?-E. B.
A. From 1868 to 1875 the Demo~
cratic party's demand for paper money
and the taxation of Government bonds
was so consistent that the initiation
movement was commonly known as the
Ohio Idea.
O. Is 1t not true that meteors add
to the weight of the earth?-H. j. w.
A. To this small extent, the weight
of the earth is increased. Young esti-
mates the number of meteorites that
enter the atmosphere daily at from
$1,000 900 to 100000, and the an
nual total weight at from 5000 to 1000
tons. But it has an effect in slowing
the rotation period of the earth by the
increase in its diameter, and so
lengthens the day, but only by less
than one-thousandth of second in a
million years.
O. How many radio sets are now In
use?-W r. e.
A. Radio Retailing estimates the
number at 11,500,000 sets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-09

a world rather than a tool for acquir-
ing an insignificant portion of the old
world which before had bounded his
vision and which DR.. Butler calls the
world of illusions. This new world which
college education gives is as boundless
as the idcas of the individual. 1t has
no geographic or economic barriers. The
limit of the possessions Of the literally
educated is set only by the human po-
tentiality for thinking.
DR.. Buffers hearers will corae to ap-
preciate more and more this philosophy
as their university degrees are further
behind them and the illusion of the ma
terial pattern of things more obvious to
their understandings College has not
insured them success. Rather it has
placed them in a position whsre they
have no great need OF succsss-where
1t is a matter Of only incidental i'm
portance in the scheme of things.