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Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-24
PELTS FUR COATS OF 7.0O0 WOMEN
 STARTING SOUTH
NAVY TRANSPORT IS IN PRIBI- LOTS LOADS SEAL SKINS
 WORTH $2,O0O,OOO

Sealskins by the shipload! En- ough to make rich black, golden chestnut or logwood brown fur coats or jackets for more than 1000 wo- men! That will be the cargo of the
 United States Navy transport Vega, due in Seattle September Is from the Pribilof Islands of Bering Sea.
 The Vega sailed from Seattle July 24 with 4,O00 tons of supplies and coal for the Pribilofs. She arrived off St. Paul Island of this group August 6 and landed her cargo in bidarrahs, surf boats made with wooden frames covered with sea lion skins. There are no docks in the islands capable of accomodat- ing large vessels AS soon as she gets her cargo ashore the Vega will load 49,515 Alaska sealskins for Seattle discharge.
 VALUE NEARLY $2,000,0OO
 Officials of the United States Bur eau of Fisheries estimated that the cargo of the transport at present market conditions, would be valued at nearly $2,OO0,0OO. It takes from six to eight sealskins for fur coat, so striking an average of seven, the cargo of the Vega would make gar ments for 7,073 women. The skins should bring $4 each, which, to be exact would make the vessels cargo worth $1 ,98O,000.
 If you went to the Bell Street Ter ninal of the Port Comm m ssion, where the Vega will discharge, to see this huge fortune in furs put ashore, you probably would be dis appointed. Instead of bundles of sealskins, you would see hundreds of barrels being discharged in cargo sllngs from the transport, the ship ments having much the appearance of a consignment of herring or sal mon. The skins are salted down in barrels and shipped to St. Louis where they are dyed and machined. This winter they vii be part of the garb of well-dressed women in the big cities of the country.
 FUR EXPERTS RETURNING
 The U. s. Bureau of Fish cries tender Crane arrived in Seattle last week from the Pribilofs with l2 experts from St. Louis who had charge of the work of skinning the 49,515 members of Pribilof Island herds and providing the cargo of the Vega. The 12 men went to the islands early in the summer on the Penguin.
 'The take of seals in the Pribilofs his summer was the largest in any season since the government took over the herds in 191O," said J. R. Russel, field superintendent of the United States Bureau of Fisheries with headquarters in Seattle. From that time the killing of seals has been regulated by the government"
 Only the males three years old ] are taken which causes no injury to the herds. Crews of natives welding clubs which have the appearance of 1 baseball bats, dispatch the seals. Since 1910 the seals of the Pribil-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-04
Publicity Seekers.

OF course there have been tree sit
terS, marathon dancers and other
equally useless publicity stunts, but for
sheer time wasting futility in an effort
to attract attention, take the case Of
the young Philadelphia who, on a bet,
is trying to play golf with Bobby Jones
and John D. Rockefeller, sr, ride
horseback with the Prince Of Wales and
dine with President Hoover within the
space CT a year. Although he has only
recently started out on the trip to win
his bet to prove that "a man can do any
thing If he has sufficient presence, good
manners, certain ingenuity and an in
difference to rebuff" this ambitious
youth claims that he has already full
filled one Of the terms of his contract
by dining" with the President when he
managed to secure an invitation to q
large banquet at which Mr.. Hoover was
the honor guest.
Advices from Florida tell OF his first
rebuff; but inasmuch as he is attempt
ing to show that indifference to re-
buff" is an admirable attribute, he prob
ably is not very much worried. Five
times he has asked Mr. Rockefeller to
play golf with him and five times hai
he been refused. OF course, he has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-04
OkIahOma's Exiled COnvicts
UnweIcOme in Other States

population Of Texas and other States.
In the early days Of the eighteenth
century it was the custom in England
for certain countries to keep down their
poor rates by sending their indigents
TO other jurisdictions. The scandals
which presently developed aroused strong
public protest and resulted in dis
continuation of the practice. Probably
Oklahoma will find that 1t has eased
it's prison burden bit at the expense
of the good will of its neighbors, a
costly price to pay for an unsound and
only temporarily advantageous policy.
IF Oklahoma penal institutions.
under Gov. Murray" argues the Lincoln
State Journal, were reforming crimi-
nails in addition to Furnishing them, the
Governor, through the proper authorl-
ties, would keep an eye upon paroled
men and see that they make the effort
TO live respectfully. But the Governor
is concerned only with shifting the
responsibility and expense of protecting
society against criminals TO other
States. The Governor in effect. tells the
convicted man to get out OF the state;
that Oklahoma wants nothing to do
with him. Oklahoma owes it to her
neighbors and to the country at large
to make an effort to reform criminals,
and if they prove incorrigible to put
them where they can no longer do
harm. This country would be crlml-
nails paradise if every State shlrked its
responsibility as Oklahoma, under Gov.
Murray. is doing"
mo wrongdoer who is sincerely de-
slrous of rehabilitating himself in the
regard of his fellows" thinks the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat, does so COM
plete a job of it as the man who makes
the effort in a community that has
known him. Oklahoma should give its
paroled prisoners this chance. And It's
a duty of the State. not its neighborS.
The Globe Democrat also states: II
this is a hard-apd-fast rule 1t may be
accepted as proof that the Oklahoma
executive is more willing to create a
responsibility than he is to accept 1t;
that he has no care whittier the chips
may fly so long as they fly beyond Dor
derS of his State. Missouri, Arkansas.
Texas, New Mexico Colorado and
Kansas, to mention only the neighbors
of contact, may have the discard and
welcome. Parole of prisoners Is based
or should be based on the willingness OF
society to give delinquent men every
opportunity to build themselves anew
That there is good remaining in pris-
oners who are released before expiration
of their sentences is implied If not ex-
pressed by their parole"
Gov. Murray probably would be among
the first to protest if any other State
complicated his States law enforcement
problem by adding to its criminal popu-
lation." asserts the Detroit Free Press
while the Rock Island Argus, protesting
against having oklahoma undesirable
citizens palmed off on other States
offers as the single exception to such
criticism of Gov. Murray's attitude:
"Transients may be- exiled without
scruple in most instances, but crime
committed by native Oklahomans
should be dealt with by the Oklahoma
authorities on their home territory"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-04
Coal Weights and Rates.

When is a ton not ton? That ques-
ton is now before the District Commits
sioners in the matter of the announce
ment of coal dealers Of the Capital that
hereafter all shippers of coal to the
District Of Columbia will sell on 1000
pound basis instead of the statutory
basis Of 2.240 pounds, and that the re-
tailers of fuel will discontinue the gross
ton and will adopt the short ton unit.
although the word ton is not used.
This change, It is announced, will be
accompanied by reductions in prices.
The intimation is that the lower rate
will more than compensate the con-
sumner for the smaller tonnage.
The law is explicit on this matter OF
coal vending in the District. 1t specifies
that coal shall be sold by the long ton,
consisting of 2,24O pounds avoirdupois. D."
An effort was made some time ago by
the coal dealers to secure an amend
ment of the law, permitting the estab-
lishment Of the shoTt-ton basis for fuel.
This failed. and the law stands now as
it has stood for years.
If the law requires that coal be sold
BY the long ton of 2,24o pounds it is
difficult to see how the vendors can by
their own initiative establish the short
ton basis. A ton of coal" Is 2,24o
pounds. Anything less than that Is
short weight. 1t is not material whether
the price be lowered with the pound
age. The law does not. specify price. 1t
specifies weight. II the ton" can be
reduced from 2,240 pounds to 1000
pounds. by dictum Of the wholesalers,
repeated by the retailers, it can be
brought down to l 800 pounds, to 1900
pounds
II coal were sold by the hundred
pounds. instead of by the ton" there
would be no question. But universally
and from time immemorial the ton has
been the selling unit, and the ton has
been the "long ton" Of 2,240 pounds
The householder orders his coal by the
ton. calculates his seasons use by the
ton and estimates his expense by thai
unit. To offer him now the short tor
is to confuse his calculations, to re-
ouire him to amend his estimates.
The vital question after all is not
the technical definition Of ton but the
cost of fuel to the consumer. 1t may
be that the scale announced will give
the user more coal for his dollar thar
the former scale of weight and price
But the suspicion not unnaturally arise:
that when the short-ton basis Is once
established-n that is per1nitted-the
price may be advanced, perhaps back tc
the point at which the long-ton Goa
was sold previously.
So there is more than question OF
Technology in this proposed change ii
the meaning OF the word ton" The
District Commissioners, charged WITH
the enforcement of the law, will prob
ably take the view that whatever the
rates may be the statutory definition
cannot be amended by the coal pro-
cucers and the coal dealers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-04
The Spring Invasion.

The good drive on Washington has
begun Il begins every year about this
time and each Spring the city is happy
because Of it. From all over the United
States visitors flock TO the National
Capital at this season. Washington has
come to look for them, and TO greet
them. In their numbers are thou
sands Of smiling school boy and girl
faces. imbued with an intense interest
and sparkling with the zest Of the real
sightseer. They come by railroad and
automobile and they come from every
State in the Union. Along the trails
from North and South they come, and
from the Far West and nearby Eastern
points.
They see this year a Washington in
transition. The great building projects
which are afoot have only been COM
menced, but the beginning is worthy
one. and will give any visitor an idea Of
what the Washington Of the future will
be. The background Of the Washington
Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the
Mall. the parks throughout the city.
the wide avenues and the many and
varied historical exhibits, serve to bring
home 70 these visitors the essential
greatness Of Washington as the heart
Of the Nation.
Just as every citizen Of the world Is
said to have two homes, his own city
and Paris, so every American has his
own home town and Washington, for
the National Capital is, in peculiar
sense, the property Of every man, wom-
an and child in the Nation. 1t is fitting
that the youth Of the land, in par
ticular, should have this annual OPP
portunity OF visiting here, and OF in
speeding the work of the Federal Gov
eminent at FIRST hand. When it can bt
combined, as at this season of the year
with the freshness Of air which dts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-04
Honoring a Hero.

In issuing an invitation to young
Bryan Untiedt of Towner. Colo, to
spend a night with him at the White
House, President Hoover is recognizing
heroism in a most gracious manner.
For Bryan Is hero, II there ever was
one Trapped in q school bus in q
raging blizzard with other children
and placed IN command by the driver.
who vainly started for aid, Bryan met
the situation with q resourcefulness
that is more often found in an adult
than in a thirteen year-old boy. Know
ing that to permit himself or his
charges to go to Sleep-the sleep that
is 50 alluring when death stalks In
freezing air-Bryan struggled manfully
to invent games for the little band.
For more than thirty-slx hours he kept
up his vigil. finally sacrificing his own
clothes in an endeavor to ward of the
black specter from others.
The driver, Carl Miller, died in seek
ing aid, but Bryan did not know this.
All he knew was that he must per-
form a superhuman feat If any Of the
children were to be saved. Nor did
he falter in his appointed task as, one
by one, Ave Of his charges succumbed
to the tempting sleep of a freezing
death. He carried on with the others
despite the agonies he was suffering,
and when help finally arrived, said 10
his father: I'm all right, dad. knew
you'd get here. Take the other kids
first. can make it all right"
So it Is a singulsrly happy thought
on the part OF the President TO honor
such a lad. Bryan is still in the hos
pital suffering from his injuries and
will not be able to leave for some ten
days or more, but 1t seems assured that
the invitation from the White House
will speed his recovery. And in later
years he can look back with pleasure
on his visit with the President. Mr..
Hoover, in a most kindly way. is in
deed giving a lifelong thrill to boy
who has won the admiration Of the Ma
ton by a superlative act Of heroiSm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-04
Electric Firms Asked
To Paw Better Wages

To the Editor of The Star:
The efforts Of the Public Utilities
Commission to keep excess earnings Of
the Potomac Electric Power Co. down
TO a lower figure by further rate reduc-
ton bring to mind the fact that cleo
trio light and power corporations are
inclined to pay low wages. And the
question arises, why not, under such
circumstances. pay better wages and let
the employees rejoice as we'll?
The average yearly wage OF most
electric light corporations is about
81 5C0-rather less than more-which,
for such a highly technical and at
times risky business, may be considered
1alray low.
If all of our American corporations
would intelligently pay as high wages
or bonus equivalent, as business would
permit, instead Of limiting wages, as
has usually been done, the purchasing
power of the country would be kept
nearer its proper place, at the side Of
production, for, after all, what good Il
mass production without mass con.
sumption?
America should always work toward
the ideal-for therein is our salvation.
ROGER SHERMAN WHITE,
Secretary, Order Of the Golden Ruls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-04
Demand" Traffic Lights.

Interesting experiments are being
conducted by the Traffic Bureau at
isolated points with the "demand" type
of signal At Connecticut avenue and
Albemarle street tests were made with
the newly developed light which at
the pressure Of button by pedestrian
or the crossing of a plate in the road
by an automobile will cause the signal
to change. and now it is announced that
similar experiments will be conducted
at the busy intersection OF Massachu
sets and Wisconsin avenues
1t is well for the Traffic Bureau to
go into all phases Of automatic control
Only by doing this will the National
Capital be able to take advantage of
the latest developments in the ever
perplexing problem Of motorist and
pedestrian regulation. The use Of the
demand" signals, however, is strictly
limited and there are probably only a
few points in the District at which
their operation will be satisfactory. Ac-
cordingly, 1t will be wise TO make haste
slowly in installing such signals, and
in making its present tests, in which
every angle OF the situation is being
studied the traffic Office is working for
the best interests Of the community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

The answers to questions printed here
each day are specimens picked from the
mass of inquiries handled by our great
Information Bureau. maintained in
Washington. D. c. This valuable service
is for the free use of the public Ask
any question of fact you may want to
know and you will get an immediate
reply. Write plainly, inclose 2 cents in
coin or stamps for return postage, and
address The Evening Star Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington d. c.
@. Did Walter Johnson pitch big
league base ball longer than any other
pitcher?-C. d.
A. Cy Young pitched a year longer
His total was % years, Walter johnson
q years. and Grover Alexander is next
with 20 years. johnson holds the record
in the American League and Alexander
in the National League. Cy Young
pitched half his career in one league
half in the other.
@. Why do the searchlights on Nj
agara Falls flicker and fiare?-D. @. G
A. flare or flame is occasionally
seen in the huge searchlightS used to
illuminate Niagara Falls. These lamps
are operated with a carbon arc, which
is automatically fed throughout the
period of lighting, and during perfect
operation there is no flare in the lamp
the carbon being perfectly adjusted and
its content pure. However. when the
carbon is being fed toward the arc q
slight imperfection or a small particle
of foreign matter will cause a flame.
@. Where is the next Confederate re-
union tn he held ?-J B F.
A. II will be held on June 3, 4, and
8 at Montgomery, Ala.
@. Does hamburger contain pork?-
A. True hamburger consists Of ground
beef 1t should not be mixed with
ground pork.
@. What is pleant by "sokoI?"-J
A. It is the name Of great gym
nastic organization in Czechoslovakia.
@. Why aren't English skylarks i'm
ported into this country?-E. M. @.
A. Permits are not issued by this
country allowing the importation Of the
English skylark, since it is considered
an undesirable bird The habits Of the
skylark are similar to those Of the star
ling.
@. In "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde
which character is the fiend?-E. F. D
A. Mr.. Hyde is the character thai
represents the bad in man in contrast
to the good.
@. How are oilskins made?-E. D. P
A. The material should be fine tWilleC
calico. 1t is dipped in bullock's blooc
and dried in a current CT air After
ward two or three coats Of raw linseec
OIL with little litharge in the proper.
ton OF about one ounce to one pint 0.
oil, should be applied. Each coat SHOULD
be allowed to dry before the next i
applied.
O. Was Christ born on Christina.
day?-M. z. E
A. There are no data which wouiC
prove conclusiyely at precisely wha
time of the year Jesus Christ was born
Many are of the opinion that the brit
occurred in March or October TIL,
fact that at the season observed a.
Christmas now a great Roman feast wa
held which had been held for centurie.
probably influenced the early Chris
tians to celebrate the birth Of Christ a
this period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-04

played on the same golf course as Mr..
Rockefeller. and II dining with the
President can be stretched TO cover
dinner in the same hotel, then he has
succeeded in winning the first two
events on his program
Certainly the publicity seekers Of
these days adopt strange means. They
may get the publicity, but it IS dim
cult to see where 1t will add to their
self-esteem The worlds plaudits are
seldom won by time-wasters and
notoriety seekers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-04

tinguishes the city from many another,
the combination is an ideal one, not
only from the standpoint of education,
but from that of sightseeing as well.
While the boys and girls may be
tempted to feel that their visits are
pure play, they are at the same time
receiving a visual education in citizen
ship. Washingtonians greet them, and
wish them joy of their happy days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-04

Q. To what part of the Western
world was the name America flrSt ap-
pHed?-M. II. r.
A. It was originally used only for
Central Brazil. and was applied in honor
of the italian Amerigo VeSpucci, who
claimed he had discovered it. 1t was
first employed for the entire Western
world BY Nercator in 1541.
| @. Did Abraham Lincoln upon see
ing Walt Whitman say, He looks like
[ q man ID. A.
/ A. This remark has been attributed
/ to Lincoln, but his biographeIs do not
credit it. DR.. w. E. Barton says, Lin
/ coin did net say it or know how Whit
man looked"
/ @. What is the weight of the skeIe-
/ ton of an individual of average height
and mature age?-H. C.. w
A. The weight Of an adult male skel-
eton is usually from 10 to IL pounds
/ A skeleton with light bones would weigh
/ a pound less; a skeleton with heavy
bones would weigh pound more.
Q. Where we're Hitchcock chairs
made?-W. f. Il.
A. Lambert Hitchcock was the best
known OF all the men who devoted
/ themselves to fancy chair making in
! the early days. He was born in CheSh-
ire, but later lived in Hitchcockville,
! Conn. In 1918 he left his native town
and settled on the Pennington River,
2 miles west Of Winstead. The Hitch
/ cock factory and Joint house are still
| standing. Since 1868 the town has been
! called Riverton.
@. What are the young of fish called?
M. H.
A Young fish are called fry while
i tho yC1Ir en- n HyrlNf
lasts, which is usually 80 days. When
a fish passes out of this stage 1t Is
called a lingering When a fish is q
I year old it is called yearling When
it reaches the age Of years it is called
q 2-year-old, three years a 3-year-old,
Q. What is "angeloIogy"?-R. M
a. It refers to a discourse on angels
or body Of doctrines in regard TO
angels.
/ Q. When did the last troops leave
! the Rhineland?-P. NJ.
A. The last French troops left on
June 80 1890
Q. When is work on Strengthening
the Missouri River to begin?-W. F. L.
A. The project Of Strengthening the
Missouri River is being worked on all
A4AE AAllAC L AAS "a PCllIAbALC vi liiC
Missouri River from March l, 1929. to
date amounted to more than $50, ZOO, 900,
the work being concentrated on the
channel below Kansas City. AS the
work nears completion 1t is expected
that expenditures between Kansas City
and Sioux City will increase.
@. When was the great stock market
crash?-M N.
A. october % and 90. 1929, are the
days that go down in history as mark
ing the collapse Of the market.
O. How did the expression Show the
white feather gets its present meaning2
r. w.
A. According to Brewers Manual, the
term SHOW the white feather" origi-
mated in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, when cockfghting was a
principal sport. Game birds used for
coCkighting are entirely without white
feathers, and one CHANGING TO show IT.
self in the plumage Of the bird indi-
Gated a crossing or inferior bird, and
therefore probably loss Of courage and
fighting qualities.