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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12

INCIDENTALLY, the series was
/ not exactly a triumph for master
minding. In his operations, Street
is as different from Connie as Fifth
avenue and Main street.
Entirely without guile or stately Illusions.
street accepted everv game as an ordinary
contest. He refused to be moved by the
added glamour and glory that is attached
70 the plavoG To him the world series
in effect. VS. Just another set OF games
He named MS pitchers in advance. There
was no mystery about his starting line up
When he nominated Young Paul Derringer
To start the series he shocked the gray
boards in the press box. John j. McGraw
of the Giants for one. refused to believe
Street would give such an important as
Segment to a frst-vear pitcher. He IS
merely kidding YOU reporters commented
McGraw.
"whv shouldn't start Derringer"?
asked street in rebuttsl He has been my
best pitcher all wear" In this instance,
Street was wrong. He followed the book
a little too closely. He failed to take INTO
consideration the human EQUATION. What
was lust another ball game to Street was
something quiet different to an magma
tive youngster. terribly intent upon max
ing good.
1t was his one strategical mistake IN
the series. Wild Bill Hallahan should
have been the starting pitcher. This would
have set the stage in such waY that
Wild Bill could. if needed. pitch three full
Games. AS matters turned out it was no.
necessary But if the AS had won. Street
handling OF his pitchers would have come
in for blistering criticism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-12
L ALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK. Oct. 12.-Natural-
= ~ l am very embarrassed. I
picked the Cards TO win the world
series, and they cross me up by
winning. AS result, it is certain
mat have alienated myself from
siza5le number of customers.
For wears. It has been the custom Of
these loval followers to walt until Williams
picked winner and then 20 the other
WaY. In he better conversational circles
mad come TO be known as the Jim Cor
oett Of the sports writers. whenever I
wrote and predicted that black was lack
was practically a sure thing that IL
was white.
But now all Is changed ] have finally
picked winner. Inevitably. this must
create considerable confusion and bewilder
ment fear that no longer will be
looked upon as a person who is Invariably
wrong and as such. to the reverse. left
handed bettors an unfsiling source Of de-
pendable inteIlipence. In the circum-
stances an apology is necessary. All that
] can saw is that didn't expect them 70
win either.
lust the same, I am rather glad
j that Gabby 3Creet won himself
q championship. l think it means
more to Street than victory would
have meant to Connie Mack
To be sure. If Connie had won he would
have set a glorious record. He had
chance to do something no other man
aRer had ever done before. namely. win
three world championships in a row.
/ entertain a vast admiration for Connie
and what he stands for in baseball. but
think it is lust as well that he failed
10 achieve this distinction. The highest
mountain peak ceases to be interesting
when even one adventurer reaches the top
Not all the romance has gone from hsss-
ball and it seems fitting to me that two
or three records should continue in the
books defying the magic Of any manager
or athlete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04

have combined TO thin out the ranks Of
washingtonis downtown trees and the
gaps should BE- fiilsd. II any section 81
town has TO walt, II sAoula be the newly
developed sections. The 6rst thing Mr..
Lanham and the rest Of us know the
traditional beauty OF Waslalngton's Tree
lined downtown streets win have van
islaed before the creeping tide Of ugly
concrete. Judging from some of the
plans. If the engineers had their way
now every precious grass-gTewn park
would be shorp Of its trees and covered
with paving. better to accommodate
trafic and aIi-night parkers.
If Mr. Lanharn is not getting all the
money he needs TO plant new trees
downtown, or II anybody is resisting his
plans, all he has TO do to enlist the SUPP
port of Washington Is to make known
his troubles. II the policy Of falling to
replace trees downtown - continued
many years . request for funds With
which to get q delayed start on the
project may be met By the statement
that We have done without them 20 long
we might as well save the money and do
without them permanently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
Philippines Place in Politics
Still Regarded as Uncertain

While II Is freely indicated that there
are many who believe that independ-
ence for The Philippines naay be made
an issue hetween the major parties n
the coming national campaign, doubt
Is expressed as to the clear division on
the subject. Chief cause for this doubt
Is seen in the continued non-political
difference Of opinion as to the desires
OF the Filipinos and the wisdom or
validity Of q pledge made at the time
the United States took jurisdiction in
the islands.
The promise Of Independence IS em-
phasiEed BY the Wella walls Daily Bui-
letin, with the thought that stiae SOON
er the pledge Is redeemed the better
for our national honor That paper
concludes: Sooner or later the Philip
pines will 60 free. It Is fairly safe to
predict that few Americans win suffer
any deep pangs Of sorrow when that
day comes; 1t might just as well come
next Winter as any time" The Des
Moines Register holds that regardless,
OF our own peor record - the matter,
and regardless OF the mixed motives
behind our present drift toward re-
demption Of our pledges, these exist snd
the desire Of thu Filipinos exists" That
paper remarks that, despite Tianks of
Endorsement in both party platforms.
neither party was really doing fnything
about carrying snt car pledge until
certain Philippine products came into
competition with our domestic prod
ticts"
The Filipinos ere not prepared for
ipameaiate independence" asserts the
Louisville Courier Journal, sapd 1t woHld
violate the spirit Of the JONES' law to
force this upon them Gradual with
drRwala from the islands, with gradual
adjustment Of the trade between the
two countries, is the only fair method
Of dealing with the situation The
Courier-Journal states further: The
Hoover policy toward Nicaragua end
Haiti looking to withdrawal from those
countries and the actual Withdrawal
trend away from imperialism by the
present administra ton" THAT paper
concludes: The traditional Democratic
attitude Is, 0f course, anti-imperiaiistic
It is set forth In the Jones law, holding
out the promise of independence to the
PHILIPPINES when they are prepered for
1t. But 10 has not taken the swing
toward immediate cutting loose of the
dependency economically as we'd as
politically. 1t has not been expressed
in terms of the high tarifites-Ta shut
out of Philippine products"
Belief that Democratic strategy IN
Congress nsxt Winter will be to support
the independence OF the islands and,
with the help Of Republican irregulars.
place an Independence bah on tlae desk
of the President, Is voiced by the Spring
field Mass Republican, observing that
this will he done IN the ekpaetat1On
that the President would vete the legis-
lation' The Republican adds: "T3aere
Is nothing convincing to show that FFss-
ident Hoover would yete legislation
sblishing > new nation in the Far
East. It ik'an assumption quite devoid
of reflection on ali the aspects OF the
political situation at home. It was the
West that over so years ago determined
President MeKinley TO take the Fhtlip-
pines from Spain. It may be the West
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04

ton Of the several thousand cars that
are brought down town every merning
and driven back every night By the
department employees.
Either the Government workers. IN
the days 70 eorne. must 20 10 and from
their otiees ~ public carriers, pr
parking spaces must Be provided, out
Of doors or within doors, for their per-
sonal machines. There are not pri-
yately maintained auarters down town
for car storage for quarter, perhaps
for as many rs Q tenth. OF the cars daily
used at present. II car storage is to
be effeeted by private enterprise begin
ming must sosn be made for the erection
Of garages in the downtown area. This
present period OF cheap vaeaHt-lot
storage will very shortly end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
Downtown Car Storage.

The chap who got away With the
dollars OF Post once and Internal
Revenue clerks by changing them
rental for parking space over which
he had no control Is Just another Of
the smart ones who get something for
nothing. He has vanished. leaving no
trace OF his identity Maybe some day
he will be found and II any one is
willing TO make a case against him ne
win be punished for his fraud. The
chances are that the incideRt Is eiosed.
and that the clerks who paid out their
dollars for August parking in advance
viii never see even small change Of
their cash again.
This fraud resulted from the rather
loose methods OF handling the areas
cleared for Government construction.
Al soon as the buildings have been
swept away enterprising parking man
ayers" have taken possession of them,
Car owners have not b2thered about
finding out whether thu space had been
LEI to q concessiona;re There was
the vacant ground. there was the park
Ing boss. and there went tire cars and
money changed hands ard that was
that. Now that the trick OF the ad-
vancaspasmsnt-fcr- August selsene haa
been exposed steps are to be taken 70
inMsre the proper control over the areas
frcm he FIRST hour Of the clearance
which win put . step to trickery, but
viii not solve the nsrkins pFahlem.
IT Is somewhat Ct : question whether
these spaces shenld be let out Tor thil
purpose. Eventually they win De with.
Nrawn for building. some Of them right
AWAY. Then the cars must 80 elsewhere
me oar wlll cons. within GeE months
when there viii be no downtown cper
spaces for ear storage. WHARF VIII IN
cam Or the Government workers b
Parted then9 There are no provisions
a khe hsildins plans spr hasepaenl
elee6e ~ - ~ - smalless fsne'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04

Pilot Ralph Wensinger, who Is doing
some work for the weather Bureau
around Cleveland, tells story Of ex-
.perience In a "thunderhead." OF storm
cloud. abofe that city that In manner
reveals the nature Of the great static
electricity machines that make the
lightning. He went into this cloud de-
liberately, to find out what 1t was like.
He learned that it was o mass of vapor
violently stirred by furious winds. 1t
was q yeritable tornado encompassed
within the limits Of the cloud forma-
ton. His plane was thrown around as
he had never before known plane to
be tossed. One Of his instruments in
dicated that at one time he was being
lifted at the rate Of Loo feet minute.
Thrusting his stick down to the limit
he spun his propeller 10 the tune OF .
speed Of 165 miles an hour, and still he
could not overcome the upward thrust
OF the wind. Not content with this ex-
pefience he sought anotheF. . smaller
cloud, when he finally made bis way
out of the first great ball Of vapor, and
this he found to be even worse. The
updraft carried him literally 10 the top
Of the cloud, and there II ceased and
his plane stopped, but he would have
been shot out by his eWp momentum
but for the fact that his parachute had
caught against the sowing and his heels
were hooked under the seat. This in
dicated that the furious gust OF wind
was confined within the cloud itself.
Here is an explanation of the manner
in which the atmospheric electricity Is
generated. The tearing, boiling cur
rents OF air confined within the cloud
grind It out even as the friction OF
brushes upon the glass plate Of the old
fashioned static machine" generates it
in the laboratory. The cloud becomes
highly electrified unit. When the charge
grows great enough. 1t lets se'' BY
leaping to q cathode. or negative pole,
which may be another cloud or point
on the surface OF the earth, from which
cone Of electric accumulation pro-
trudes, as Il were. That is the &C.
cepted hypothesis Of the discharge
which causes the phenomenon known
as lightning.
Just Why the swift movement Of the
yapcr-charged ar OF cloud should
generate electrieity b no more definite-
ly understood than why the friction Of
a piece Of silk upon . plate Of glass
creates . condition in which fine par
tielas Of matter are attracted and held
and, On > greater scale. . spark "
emitted when metallic contact is APP
preached. Numerous theories are en-
tertained on this score. The atom and
the ion play . part in these hypothesis.
but the real specific cause and the true
nature Of the process Is yet secret
The experience Of Eliot wensinger sug-
gests that there Is no longer reason
to question the manner in which
static Is generated IN the clouds. Frem
that point to the heart Of the mystery
Of natire's most violent manifestation
remains 70 be traversed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES :. rRAcEWELL.

what Is more delicious than turn
in the weather from hot to coolp
1t is especially nice when it comes
rs q result of simple winds. unconn-
plicated by thunder and lightning
Recently there have been enough
rains; many lawns have suffered from
the constant water causing the grass
| blades to lie nat and ugly, especially
under trees.
A distinct change IN temperature,
from very hot to cool. is appreciated
very much, indeed, when 1t comes as
the result Of blowing UP Of good
breeze.
A breeze Is such an unseen sort Of
thing. 1t Is q great Invisible. Although
its effects are marked. and may be
witnessed by destruction, even, II Of
itself has no visible presence.
There Is. therefore, to most persons.
an almost mysterious quality about
wind. which Is felt by even the least
appreciatiye.
Is 1t not true that the ordinary things
In life are lost, as it were, to many
people? Events must be resounding,
spectacular, before they give them the
honor Of their attention.
Such persons miss q great deal In q
world where every day the sunshine is
much the same, but always glorious.
q y
The wind comes whipping up out Of
the night, out Of the very sky, stealing
IN from nowhere ct ali, but very much
from some place or other.
Even those who live IN the suburbs,
and are in the habit Of Dragging to
once associates about how cool 1t rs
naaf THAR w1a a Sarfaaya thar,
awake In the night and discover that
fine breeze ripping in.
ITS not the temperature, it's the
humidity" It's not the heat, but the
lack of moving air. which makes one
hot In Summer. This is proved when
one of these mysterious breezes springs
up, following breathless hours.
One wakes half-frozen. or so it seems.
The truth is that one is never half so
cool as one imagines upon awakening.
In 4 doEe, sleepy hands reach for
covers, but what one should do is say,
tnaudibly: This is all foolishness. !
am not bit too cool. It Is as
Well, upon the occasion Of the real
wind arising, one does not find such .
speech. completed or tpcomplete In
order, for one Is really chilly now, thank
heaven.
49,
The heated feeling Of the face Is
gone, thanks to the wind,
1t is curious how much importance
the human face assumes, in regard to
hot and cold.
II the skin Of the face Is cold, one Is
cold.
II it is hot, one is hot.
The movement Of blowing air. while
J II tends to refresh the entire body by
causing more rapid evaporation of
moisture, has It's hRppiest effect on the
| face.
Every one recalls having seen adj
yertissments Of bath cabinets, with only
head pok:ng out, while the body
gWeltered sedately under cover.
This was TO permit the head to re-
main COOL AS long as the head is cool
one viii do reasonably well anywhere
and at any time
These young fellows who 60 in for
going around without hats in Winter
have this logic on their side, no matter
, What the old-timers may think OF
| them.
l. Their heads are cool.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
NFemher Of the Associated Press.
Seventeen Years Ago.

Seventeen years ago today, history will
record, the World War began. Germany
and Austria had already moved on thei.
French, Russian, Belgian and Serbian
enemies, but 1t was not until August 4
1914, when Great Britain entered the
lists against the central powers. that
Armageddon was officially born. That
day, too. marked Germanys first public
submission of her alihis and ains-the
egregious ebullitions which fell from the
lips OF Won Bethmann Hollweg, to the
eternal stigma of that Hohenzollerp
henchman.
How dizzy has been the march of time
In the brief intervals On August 4, 1914.
the German chancellor proclaimed in
the Eeichstag that. In the Teutonic war
and political code. necessity knows no
law" In the same Illumination. Won
Bethmann Hollweg announced to the
world that the German armies even
now are hacking their way through Bel
GUM" Before the day was over. the
Kaiser's chief spokesman was telling the
British Ambassador, IN Berlin, that
treaties Of neutrality ike the one which
the German siege guns IN Belgium were
at that moment blasting to pieces
after all were only scraps Of paper"
On this August 4. seventeen years
after. the nations which HohenEollerp-
Ism defied and attacked are engaged
In . herculeap elEort to rescue. Ger-
many from ruin. The war anniver-
sary nnds the Bank for international
Settlements at Basel IN extraordinary
session TO arrange for prolonging cred
its to the tottering Reich. Yesterday
the bank voted ninety-d extension
Of the existing slot. 900 900 short-term
credit. Later this week 1t viii confer
on ways and means to convert other
short-term obligations into loans with
substantially advanced due dates. The
international Bank win also examine
the whole economic structure Within
Germany, to ascertain how feasible q
series of entirely fresh world credits
70 her may be.
The lesson OF al this Is that time
has become an even more miraculona
worker Of cures thar 1t Is proVerbialls
cracked up to be. The Germans could
hardly have anticipated. when they
laid down their arms In 1915, beaten
to their knees that only thirteen years
later their conquerors. albeit y . spirit
Of self-interest. would be allied asain--
this time for Gerlnany's salvation. not
her overthrow. Nor could the French
British and American peoples have
imagined. in the first Hush Of dearly
bought victory. that the day 50 soon
would dawn which the world is now
witnessing and welcoming.
The moral OF the two Augusts-lsl4
ana is3i--will be lost II craftsmanship
fails to evolve . method for perpetual
ing it. Out of the new spirit inspiring
the nations must come determination
90 to order civilizations affairs that
never again shall they b condemned
70 rack and ruin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
The Thinning Trses.

Apparently unable, because Of lack Of
funds, to take care Of Eepiaeine tEaes In
downtown washington and, At the same
time, TO set out new trees on recently
opened streets. Mr.. Lanham, the Dis
trict's superintendent OF trees and park
ing. Is confpins his eifoFts 10 the lat
ter. Mr. Lapham doHbtless has the clty's
xes population nearer 70 Ms heaFt than
anybody else, and Wsshinstonis tres
represent. to him. the work OF q life
time. He would be the last to see them
safFer or diminish.
But this ought to be the last season
hst Mr.. IanhAm y wiling % nsslees
the downtown section in favor Of newly
OPENED streets. STRAIN shoyelss amhi-
tious enalneegs Nth frame samn2 snd
lasFe lsEss ~ srpashk - ans tsssg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04

stop . minute and think about this
fact. You can ask our Information
Bureau any question Of fact and set
the answer back In o personal letter.
II Is . great educational IDEA intro
duced into the lives Of the most tn
teiiigent people IN the worid-Ameri-
can newspaper readers. II y . part
service. There Is no charge except 2
cents in coin or stamps for return
postage. Get the habit Of asking CUES
tons. Address your letter 70 The
Evening Star Information Bureau.
Frederic J. Haskin, Director, wash
ington, D. G.
q. L. 1t true that only the American
League uses a new bail? Which ball
will be used In the world seriesf---H. @.
A. Both the American and Nati0na'
Leagues changed the hall this year,
Both the Spaiding National IAAgliel
bail and the Reach fAmerican Lkaeue)
ball will Be used in the world series.
q. How many drug aAdicts are there
in the Federal prisons IN. T.
A. AS Of June 80, 1890, there were
2,320, The total population NJ these
institutions was 1850. This makes Q
percentage Of is.s Of drug addiets.
g. How many life insurance. com
panies are there in the United 6tatss9---
w. B.
A. There are approximately $40 life
insurance companies 10 the United
States, not including purely industrial
companies.
q. On what day do the most auto
mobile accidents occur?--Z. G.
A. More automobile accidents result
ing in both deaths and injuries hap
pened on sunday than any other day
in the week In 1880, notwithstanding
the fact that upon the Sabbath there
Is less traf3c congestion In towns and
cities and fewer pedestrians abroad
than any other day Of the week. Eight
cen out OF every hundred motor We
More than ene-flfth OF all fatalities
happened on this day, with Saturday
Friday ard Monday ranking In order
in the number OF deaths.
q. What 10 o matched evders IN
the Wah Street yernsculer7-R. T.
=. ~ a. Al order . 70 by g1ysn, si9.ii-
liar number Of shares Of the sane
stock. Such m order really amounts "a
fictitious sale and gives the appear
ance OF activity IN 3 stock that has
no basis in actual demand for that
stock.
Q. What Is the salary Of the Pope2--
o. S. o.
A. He has no nxed salary or stipend
There are itumense revenues acciNine
70 the Vatican and the pcpe reeeiyes
from loyal members Of the church 81
over the world q voluntary cOnfRiAu-
ton known Is Peters Pence, witch ID
solely Tor his personal use, charities
and benevolences.
q. Is there place In the Hibls
where few" Is defined e. heirs
''eight"?--L. r. X.
A. This is found In the first Rpistle
Of Peter, lilo: When q few, that d
elght souls were saved Nv water
Q. Is 1t true that the Eifel Tower Il
heliotropic Pr. L. G.
A. 1t has been reported in the pres:
that 1t Is and that this structural pc
culiarity is more evident In warn
weather than in cold. II q said that
IN oppressive weather the tower moves
with the sun and during "a hours II
the hottest time Of the year the twisi
as the summit makes its eliipse from
east to west amounts to IL centimetsrs
g. Are all muskmelons known as can.
talOupes?--M. B. o.
A. The use Of the term "cantaloups'
has become Synonymous with the tern
'smuSkmellon," Commercially Techni.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04

the fellow Just as I wanted to have him.
This, only TO say that, In addition to Q
persQnel substance OF eelf-writtng. Cecil
much Of friendship, deep and wOftA-
while. so much AZ TIE activity ti7et
reaches out into GonkineuteA Europe
and neross to the American hemispheFe,
that the story of this nan II the half
way house Is as interesting for its wide
range as for its honest deep-diNiug into
the individual self af q &im. Gel
Roberts. compound of frifndliness. clear
ability TREMENDOUS driving force and
to be that he tell us aenae more about
the arest enterpTise,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04

Attention has been called with bril-
liant emphasis to the short time re-
CURED for travel between the U. 8. A.
and Turkey. Istanbul should proceed
without delay to perfect business organi-
nations that will take due notice Of the
commercial benefit to be derived from
this effective publicity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04

At this time Of year the insect whose
note is supposed to tell CT six weeks
till frost" is likely to be heard any day.
II requires an alert ear, however, to dis
tingpish between the eall OF the katy
did and that of the Feientless locust
pepuiarly known a. tise hot bug" Even
Nature does not always permit weather
prediction to be expressse In terms Of
unFnistakable ACCURACY.