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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19

Of that athletic prestige which many
believe to be vastly overrated coll
legiate asset"
''Of all thingsl" cries the Worcester
Telegram. Or. Butler wants to elm.
mate the spirit which puts good half.
back above q Phi Beta Kappa man and
gives the varsity stroke prestige be-
yond that OF the student Of advanced
composition whose weekly theme might
grace the Atlantic Monthly. Hereafter
tne trustee control (and that means
than, many realize) will deprive a good
Of many possibilities of re-
Enumeration. In other words, Columbia
win play foot ball, base ball and basket
bah, row and run on the same basis OF
competition which actuates students at
the small colleges where athletic prowess
brings little or no revenue To say that
DR.. Buffers tactics will kill sports at
Columbia Is to argue blindly. An
example may be pointed right here In
Worcester. At Worcester Polytechnic
Institute there are foot ball and base
BAH teams. They fill no giant stadia.
But the students play their games, and
enjoy them. They benefit individually
as much as do the students at Iowa
and Illinois, Yale and Princeton"
There Is every prospect" says the
Akron Beacon Journal, that this re-
form, wholesome as it is, will not get far
beyond Columbia. The populace seems
to want collegiate sports. and the more
expensive and spectacular they are the
better. This demand has its beginning
in the public schools, where the athletic
Idea is emphasized to the exclusion of
the larger concern of education. For
example. the county prosecutor of
Wetzel County, w. Va, has Just had TO
threaten enforcement of the truancy
laws against 80 students who have been
On an S0-day strike because the school
board dismissed favorite coach at
Magnolia High School. The prosecu-
tors action broke the strike, but It did
not abate the spirit that caused it. This
spirit OF superior interest IN sports As
80 prevalent In every school that It win
AXE more than the mandate Of a college
president and his supporting boards
completely to break it. But in spite Of
The effect Of his action, DR.. Butler Is
right, and If he keeps on crusading the
schools that are supported by public
revenue may be brought back to a bet
ter regard for the cause which thew
were created to serve"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19

much sorrow be felt with the removal
CT the island at the Taft Bridge. A
bread white line to divide trafflc where
the island now stands will permit q
greater street width and frictionless
now.
Thomas and Logan Circles have long
been danger spots due to congestion.
Not only should the street car company
benefit by tracks through the middle
and around the statue of Thomas Cir
Gle, but motorists will no longer ap-
preach this point with fear and trepi-
dalton. Thirteenth street, where 1t
rounds Logan Circle, carries an enor-
nous body of traffic, especially in the
morning and evening rush hours. The
solution Of the problem there is so SIM
pie that probably many people wonder
why it was not thought Of before.
Inasmuch as neither of the two plans
at the circles will disturb their beauty
or the statues now in place, the Com
missicners should give their approval
to immediate commencement of these
sound plans for improvement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19
The New German Navy.

"Our future lies upon the water"
said William of Hohenzollern on q
famous occasion some twenty-five years
ago, when Germany was basking in the
heyday Of imperial glory. 1t turned out
to be no idle prophecy. Until the
Germans, blindly led to the slaughter
by the Prussian militaristS, staked their
all on the throw Of war in 1914, their
proves at sea was vast and growing
greater from day to day. The Kaiser's
navy was the second strongest afloat.
The magnificent fleets of Hamburg and
Bremen comprised a merchant marine
which was fast crowding that of Great
Britain for supremacy.
Memories Of their glorious and only
recent past upon the water" will le-
Ultimately crowd into Germans thoughts
today as they launch their newest and
mightiest postwar cruiser the already
famed Ersatz Preussen. The soldier
president, Field Marshal Won linden
burg, will christen the ship which
marks the birth of the new German
navy. The whole world has been talk
ing about Ersatz Preussen for two
years, because Of the secrecy in which
her construction has been yelled. Re-
stricted by the treaty Of Versailles to
the building Of q navy including only
six capital ships aggregating sixty
thousand tons, German marine engineers
were confronted with a task which
taxed their ingenuity.
Just how they have met 1t is not
known in detail; hence. Ersatz Preus-
sens nickname of the mystery cruiser. I"
She is called west pocket battleship,"
too, because enough about her design
has leaked out to make certain that,
though Of only ten thousand tons, there
have actually been packed into her
twenty thousand tons Of fighting
strength. Ersatz Preussen, In other
words, is accounted the equal Of any
two ten-thousand cruisers now afloat.
II she Is that, the Germans have con-
trtyed, within the supposed naval
limitations imposed BY their eonquerors
in 1919, to get the equivalent Of twelve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

man, who hurls his tub" at you in fic-
ton, by all Independent accounts knows
less about 1t in absolute fact than you'd
imagine. Somebody in Sydney was tax
ing Johnny come lately with the alb.
sence OF baths on his native mudbank
the other day. "Oh. but you know" he
protested. nearly all the modern houses
have bath rooms" "Ah! That must be
since the Australians began going
'Ome," said a still, small voice.
X y y
u. S. Trade Activities Held
Greater Than Education.
Excelsior, Mexico City-The United
States has not entered South American
countries with the same eagerness in
educational and cultural matters as in
trade. They have been willing to ex-
plot Latin America industrially, but
have not cared to exert themselves so
much in bringing American ideals be-
fore the people. In South America most
OF the white race of pure strain cling
TO the traditions and culture of the ma
tons from which they came. Thus,
Spaniards, Portuguese, Germans and
Italians living in Argentina, Chile, Uru-
quay and Brazil continue to cherish the
sentiments and customs Of their native
lands. In other countries, like Colon
bia, Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil, Peru and
Ecuador, where mixed blood predomi-
mates. American intellectual penetra-
ton has been perhaps most intensive.
Venezuela, because Of its location, has
been most Americanized OF South
American nations.
Use BIoOdhoundS
To Track Auto Thieves.
News-C Chronicle, London.-Faced with
new difficulties in tracking down the
thieves of today, to whom the motor car
has given a vastly increased mobility,
the police are adopting new methods.
A striking development IN Essex was
the use Of bloodhounds in an effort to
trace the perpetrators Of a robbery al
legged to have occurred in the county.
Following the report that q car was
missing from a garage, the police threw
a Gordon around the district concerned
and pair of bloodhounds belonging to
w. Goodchild, farmer, were called in.
The hounds were those used in the
search last year for the assailant Of the
Romford schoolgirl, Mary O'Connor,
who was attacked in a wood between
Romford and Brentwood.
Picking up trail, the hounds led
the way across fields, over a stream and
through covert.
Later two suspects were arrested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19
Circles. Islands and Traffic.

Hearty public support will doubtless
be given to the proposals Of Capt.
whitehurst, Chief Engineer Of the
District, for changes in street plans at
vexing points TO provide a freer flow OF
frafnc. On Saturday the Engineer
officer laid before the Commissioners
his completed plans for running the
street car tracks through Thomas
Circle, for cutting Thirteenth street
through Logan Circle, for elimination
Of the island which divides trafdc at
the intersection Of Massachusetts
avenue and r street, for removing the
island at the south end Of the Taft
Bridge and for widening the approach
to the bridge at the north end and for
improving the intersection Of Eigh-
tenth street and Columbia road. All
Of these proposals are based on study
Of the points In question and are the
logical solution Of traffic problem that
has been crying for attention for many
years.
Particularly Is the proposition attrac-
tive from a financial standpoint. Forty
thousand dollars is estimated for the
work at Thomas Circle and fifteen
thousand dollars for Logan Circle, a
total Of only fifty-five thousand dollars
for clearing up two Of the most con-
gested tTanic points in the city. Be-
sides that, Capt. Whitehurst states that
once the Commissioners give their
approval work can begin at once.
With more cars appearing on the
streets daily the trafic problem has
really become an engineering question
and 1t Is from this angle that Capt
whitehurst has attacked 1t. Only q
certain number Of cars can be accom-
modated at q specific point and presum-
ing that the operators Of these cars
handle them properly it then becomes
O question Of providing road space
for the freest low Of trafdc. The in
tersection Of Eighteenth street and
Columbia road, for instance, has al
ready been improved by cutting through
O roadway north Of the corner for
motorists desiring TO go over the Calvert
Street Bridge, but the further widening
Of the streets at this point win do much
to clear up the remaining congestion.
The island at Massachusetts, avenue
and r street is q particularly useless
and annoying obstruction In the street
Il cuts the trannc rounding Sheridan
Circle into two narrow lanes. Tor whisf
there - no warrant when the width d
the street Il considered. IT'S pa3Etna
win be p16Nrned by none. Neither til
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19
What of the Olympia?

From the San Antonio Express.
It is almost two years since a Navy
board, headed by Rear Admiral George
C. Day, inspected the protected cruiser
Olympia and recommended either sale
or "such other disposition as may be
warranted by her historical value" This
newspaper then urged that the ship
which led Commodore George Dewey's
Asiatic Squadron in the battle of Manila
Bay on May l, 1898, and bore the I'm
known Soldiers body from France to
the United States after the Great War
be not junked under any circumstances.
The question of the Olympia's final
disposition was recalled when veterans
of Deweys squadron and their friends
lately gathered at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard, where she has been laid up for
some years.
The Olympia should be preserved
like the Constitution, the Constellation
and the Hartford-as memorials to gall
liant deeds by officers and men Of the
Navy ana the Marine Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19
Russia's Latest Bluff.

Before the League Of Nations Council
ct Geneva yesterday NJ Litvinoff, Rus
sia's commissar for foreign affairs, put
forward the Soviet's latest trade bluff.
He submitted a plan for economic nom
aggression" whereby contracting powers
would jointly and severally agree to
"coexist" alongside one another with
out attempting in any way whatsoever
to interfere with normal and natural
commercial intercourse The Commu-
mist proposal would specifically debar
determination against the trade of
any country. This, Of course, Is the
Soviet's way Of celebrating tho en-
bargoes which so many countries are
now invoking against commerce with
Russia. Our next-door r-ighbor, Can
ada, has recently resorted to such
measures.
The Ltvinon proposition on its face
breatheS innocence, good will and
brotherly love. It exudes, too, the
spirit Of fraternal tolerance, for it cate
gorically espouses the plan Of "eco-
nomic non-aggression, no matter what
political or economic system may be
In vogue in this or that country. The
outside world, thus, IL not to distrust
the Soviet system just because 10000
900 Russians are harnessed to It like so
many serfs chained to juggernaut.
But that, after all, is their business.
What Is the business Of the rest Of Us,
IN connection with this latest flower Of
Communist impudence, is to contem-
plate how much value could be attached
to any Soviet pledge Of economic nom
aggression. Presumably If Russia ex-
acted from other countries an agree
ment not to discriminate against her
forced-labor produce, they would de-
mAnd from her . covenant not to del
uee their markets with dumped goods.
If and when the time comes for the
flies to accept an invitation to walk
into the Russian spiders parlor, they
win need only to inquire into the extent
to which Moscow has kept other inter-
national promises. Would the Soviet
exhibit q 1.-THE more respect fer a
ncn-economic aggression contract than
iE has for non-propaganda pledges?
Experience Is the only safe guide In
such matters. Europe's experience
with Communist undertakings has not
been of the confidence inspiring kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19
Wage Cuts Opposed.

The administration, this time through
the Secretary of Labor, Mr.. Doak. has
again gone on record in opposition to
wage cuts in this period of business de-
preston. Mr. Doak has very properly
pointed out that any general move by
industry to cut wages would be in vio-
laticn Of the agreement entered into by
representatives Of the great industries
and of labor meeting at President Hoo
ver's call at the White House in 1929,
soon after the business slump had set
in. Labor, through its leaders, at that
time agreed to carry on without de-
mands for increases, without strikes and
through mediation to adjust differences
which arose with employers. Through
out this period of depression the coun-
try has been singularly free from labor
disturbances, even though there has
been a great amount of unemployment.
This fact may be attributed largely to
the maintenance of the wage scale gen.
orally, despite the fact that it has been
necessary to lay off men in order to cut
production with the markets slack.
An attempt now generally to bring
about slashes in wages might find a
vastly different situation in this coun-
try. Mr.. Doak said that so far as he
knew suggestions for wage cuts had not
come from leaders in industry but from
bankers. The banker who has loaned
money against stocks and bonds of in
dustrial corporations not unnaturally is
interested in having these corporations
pay dividends. If there is no manner
except through the reduction Of wages,
then, in the opinion of the banker,
wages should be reduced.
In boom times, however, when divi-
dends have piled higher and higher.
there has been no particular demand
from the bankers that wages of labor
be increased. The bankers and their
clients took their profits and growled
If labor demanded more return for its
efforts. The worker, Mr.. Doak has
pointed out, is entitled to more than
what Is necessary to provide bare
existence, with food, clothing and
shelter. Furthermore, there has been
too great effort in the past to keep
labor down to such bare existence.
The suggestion now advanced that
labor be returned to such condition Of
~~vST1 .nk 70 al
Further, no more short-sighted policy
could be devised If industry is to get
upon its feet again and proceed to
more and more prosperous times.
After all it is the workers who provide
the market. the great army Of men and
women who toll, whether IN factory, on
farm or in the white collar job. Cut
Of the purchasing power Of this market
and industry fails, production Is cur
tailed, work Is reduced, and the fight
for mere existence Is resumed with mil
lions of persons suffering. Capital must
stand its share Of the losses In this
period Of reduction, a far greater share
than labor, If trouble of serious nature
is to be avoided. Capital in times Of
great activity In business has reaped
profits far in excess Of labor and
through the efforts Of labor. The swing
Of the pendulum has brought new con-
ditions and capital must be willing to
face those conditions. To do other
wise would be q step backward in our
boosted civilization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

for FIRE fighting, but the number va.
ries from year to year, the maximum
number being 1000.
@. Please give me information con.
corning the origin Of the Girl Scouts
A. Girl Scouts. the American sisters
Of the Girl Guides Of Europe, were or
gained in 1912 by Mrs. Juliette Low, q
friend and associate OF Sir Robert
Baden-Powel1, the father Of all scout
ing, who urged and inspired the under
taking.
O. What is the full name Of Prince
Leopold of Belgium w. N. T.
A. He is his Royal Highness Prince
Leopold Philippe Charles Albert Mem
rad Hubertus Marie Miguel, Prince Of
Belgium, Duke Of Brabant.
@. What is the meaning Of the slang
word "gadget"?-S. H. B.
A. It is applied to q thousand diff
ferent things. It is a kind Of generic
term applied to anything. It takes the
place of the old term 'thing-um- "a Jig
meaning something one does not
know the name OF, or has temporarily
forgotten.
@. Does one sip coffee from O spoon,
or drink 1t from the cup?-Z. A.
A. When tea or coffee Is served, first
one sips q little from q spoon, later
one drinks from the cup.
@. Is the branding Of cattle with
M. T. L.
A. A little delving into history con-
vinces one that the branding Of live
stock with hot irons Is probably as old
as the industry itself. For instance,
British histories make direct references
TO the branding Of cattle and horses
as early as the eighth century.
q. Is it true that a mind works at
its best when person Is tired?-F. v.
A. It is generally agreed by psy-
biologists that the threshold Of highest
mentality is reached at about IL am.
One authority says that tests made in
various colleges prove that the mind is
less active when fatigued.
q. What Is the purpose Of the Cit
liens Alliance Of Washington, d. Co.
a, It Is . group Of washingtonians
organized to promote the cause of ma
tional representation for the District
Of Columbia.
9. OF what are sea shells COM
posed?-A. L.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
that shells are made up Of alternate
layers Of q horny material and calcium
carbonate containing q little organic
matter.
9, What flowers grow Wild in Call
fornia?-V. M.
A. Some Of the wild flowers Of this
state are Clarkia, California Poppy,
Blazing Star, Baby BMe-Eyes, White
Daisy, Wild Canterbury Bells, Blue
Lupine, Scarlet Honeysuckle, White Eve
ming Primrose and California Fuchsia.
@. When did Disraen become q
Christian?-S. D.
A. When a boy Of IL or Is, he, with
the other members Of his family, was
confirmed In the Church of England.
His father had lost sympathy with the
tenets OF the synagogue and felt that
the time had come for the family to
embrace the Christian religion,
g. How long has Cheyenne had a
Frontier Days Celebration?-E. B.
A. The f1rSt one was celebrated all
most IS years ago. Cheyenne claims
% be the originator of all wild west
shows and rodeos. This year the dates
are July n to IS inclusive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19

What is your question: Whatever 1t
may be. unless 1t be q request for legal,
medical or financial advice, 1t will be
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will receive the reply in personal let
ter Write your question clearly and
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postage and address The Evening Star
Information Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin,
director. Washington, d. G.
@. Are all the olympic games to be
held In Los Angeles?-G. l..
A. The track and field games are to
be held in Los Angeles. The Winter
games are to be held at Lake Placid,
N. Y, February Alb, 1882.
@. Who wrote the theme song, 1.-THE
Devil Is Afraid of Music"?--S. s.
A. The composer is Willard Robson.
Q. What percentage OF the people of
the United States can borrow money
from banks?-J. H. S.
A It is estimated that about 10 per
cent of the people keep their affairs in
such shape that their credit would be
good with banks.
@. When was the rank Of commodore
discontinued in the United States Navy?
r. r.
A. 1t was abolished by Congress In
1899, when commodores became rear adj
nirals.
@. How long does it take for bees to
develop from eggs?-C. e. w.
A. In their metamorphosis bees pass
through four stages, namely. egg, larva,
in Is days. the worker In 81 and the
drone in 25 DAYS
@. How many people are there to the
square mile In China and Japan?--
G. A. S.
A. The area of the whole territory of
the republic Of China is 4,277 900
square miles, with a population Of AGO.
100000, giving the population per square
mile about 95. However, this is hardly
an indication Of the great density OF
population in some parts of China
proper. For instance. the Province of
Kiangsu, with 100000 people in an
area of $4,000 square miles, has a density
OF 874 persons to a square mile and is
the most denSely populated political
unit In the world. japan with an area
of 148.756 square miles and a popula-
ton of approximately 62,940 900 has a
density of population Of 423 persons per
square mile.
@. Why does the Government pay
the funeral expenses Of members Of
Congress?-G. z. @.
A. 1t is provided by law that the ft1-
neral expenses Of members Of Congress
shall be paid. It is considered a lust
and fitting tribute to men who have
died while in the service Of their
country.
Q. What Is Fletcherizing?-A. T..
A. The word is derived from the name
OF Horace Fletcher, who advocated a
continued chewing or masticatinR of
food.
@. When and where was the first
paper mill started In this country?-
NJ NICK.
A. The first paper min in America
was established in 1890 by William
Rittenhouse at Roxborough, near Phiia-
delphia.
Q. How many people are employed
in the national forests-M. B.
A. The Forest Service says that there
are 2,700 regular employees In the ma
tional forests. In addition there are
5000 forest guards employed In the
Summer to protect the forests against
fire. From time to time there are ad-
dittonal temporary workers eYnploved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Rates.
It won't be SO long ere the song Of the
sea,
And the sunshine that glistens 80
bright and so free,
VIII tempt us to wander once more
Where the Summer hotels are so thick
and so tall
That the view you can buy is exceed
ingly small
OF the waves as they break on the
shore.
But each year we assemble and faith
fully try
To obtain all the pleasure our purses
will buy;
And we figure by day and by night
On q debt whose small items win hourly
increase,
Where freckles are twenty-five dollars
apiece
And mosquitoes cost ten cents bite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-19

A man who claims he is Al Capone's
father says he is coming to America
to box his sons ears Whether or not
his claims TO parentage are true, by
all means let him come. Uncle Sam
has been shaking his finger at the little
"skeezicks,' and even threatening him,
but Just cannot do a thing with him.