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Victims Of the Atlantic.

1t looks very much as If the Atlantic
ambitious flyers. Already more than
forty hours overdue at the Azores on
their two-thousand-mile hop from Ber-
muda, Mrs Beryl Hart and william S.
MacLaren are being given but the re-
hottest chance Of escaping the relent-
less fate that comes to those who make
q single mistake in the battle with
the elements at their worst. For 1t
is quite evident that in the raging
storm that swept over their course on
Saturday night the two flyers missed
their objective and were forced down
at sea. 1t is perhaps possible that
they succeeded in landing near a ship
without wireless or an uninhabited
island, but 1t is conceded that this is
only a slim chance. If they were
forced down into the heaying ocean
their chances for survival. unless picked
up Immediately, are nil. Their frail
plane could never stand the buffeting
Of the waves.
And so, If Mrs. Hart and MacLaren
are gone, they have joined the twenty
nine other flyers and their ship, the
Tradewind. the thirteen other flying
creations which have essayed to con-
quer the treacherous ocean. Too many
Of this adventurous band of pioneers
met their fate because of faulty
equipment or lack Of plotting skill.
They were the daredeyils who started
out with the odds hopelessly against
them. Others met nature in an ugly
nanod or encountered unpredietable OBJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Roosevelt Renews' Interest
In Local Government Needs

assume that those whom he entrusts
with the business of government will
see that it Is properly and honestly con-
Quoted"
AS to the reference to outworn meth
DDS, the Dayton Daily News states: BY
archaic he means that we are running
government by wheelbarrow while rum
ming everything else by truck. He Is
more right than it is pleasant to re-
member" comments this paper.
X x
Apathy in matters of government can
be proved statistically, according TO the
New London Day, which says: GO
back and look at election returns. On
the average about so per cent of the
voters turn out for presidential cleo
lions. About 60 per cent vote for Gov
ernor. Given a purely local election,
and in most towns and cities the aver
age of voters to the total eligible to
vote will be less than half, sometimes
less than 20 per cent. Yet local affairs
are of primary Importance to us all,
this paper contends, since local govern
ment costs the average man nearly half
of all he pays for all government. IL
gives him by far the most of all the
benefits of government. To 1t he de-
votes far less thought, far less sacrifice
of effort"
Calling the Governors address "a brief
philosophic discussion of government"
the Cleveland Plain Dealer comments:
Pointing out that the problems of local
government have increased enormously
in the last three decades, that in addi-
ton to enormous growth of city popula-
tions q new type of community, the
suburban area, has been born, he re-
minds his fellow citizens that they 'ex-
pect the old machinery of local govern
ment without redesigning to carry the
new load. Here is message as perth
nent to the people of Ohio as to the
citizens Of New York The Governor at
Albany has not diminished his politi-
cal stature by this interesting discussion
of government as he begins his second
term
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

Take advantage Of this free service.
II you are one Of the thousands who
have patronized the bureau, write us
again. If you have never used the
service, begin now. 1t is maintained
for your benefit. Be sure to send your
name and address with your question,
and incloSe 2 cents in coin or stamps
for return postage. Address The Eve
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric j. Haskin, director, Washington,
d. c.
O. Where can I obtain Yorktown
victory medal?-C. L. q.
A. They have not been struck off as
yet in fact, they have not yet been
authorized.
@. Where is the largest carlton in
the world?-C. K.
A. 1t is the Laura Spelman Rookie
Teller Memorial Carlton of Riverside
Church, New York City. There are 70
bells. with range of six chromatic
octaves. The chimes weigh from IL
pounds to 40926 pounds each. The
large C bell gives 523 vibrations min
ute. The chimes are a gift from John
D. Rockefeller, jr., in honor OF his
mother.
@. Why is 10-cent piece called
dime?-P. H.
A. Dime is derived from the Latin
"decima," which means "one-tenth."
@. What is the origin of the slang
phrase Smart aleck"?-M. M.
A. The expression Smart aleck" Is
said to be traced to the character in
history, Alexander the Great, whose
mentality was unusually well devel-
oped.
@. Please give some information
about Dick Garfield, the famous Broad
way gambler.-T. F. M,
A. Dick Garfield, whose full name
was Richard Albert Garfield, died in
1914 as a result of fractured skull,
sustained from a fall on the Subway
steps. He was born in Providence, r.
l., in 1855 of ScotefR Presbyterian stock.
For a while he was a clerk in various
Summer resort hotels, and opened his
first gambling house in 1879. Later he
moved to New York. His estate was in
excess of a million.
@. What is used to polish high grade
lenses and prismS?-G. l..
A. The Bureau of Standards uses
pine pitch for polishing high-grade
lenses and prisms for optical use.
@. OF what material was the colos-
scum built?--L. E.
A. The part of it which is still stand
ing is made of concrete. This material
was combined with marble, but the
marble has long since been removed.
@. Why is Bowling Green, Ky, SO
named?- B. M
A. The name Bowling Green was
probably adopted because of Moores
bowling alley on the open green.
@. How do the housewives of Oberam-
mergau solve the menu problem during
the tourist period in the little town.
C. T. G.
A. The menus are standardized
CHESTS in the home of Alois Lang, for
example, have the same food as do
guests in the home of Guido Meyer
This prevents dissatisfaction among
tourists when they meet and discuss the
accommodations Of the little Bavarian
town.
O. What is rock wool?-M. c.
A. 1t is the same as mineral wool.
Tt is a thin, vitreous fiber, used as
non-conductor. Some mineral wool is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Tracks in the Triangle.

After long consideration of the
problem agreement has been approached
between the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, the Treasury De-
partment and the local transit COM
panies upon plan for providing trans
port for the Federal employees who will
be housed in the Mall-Ayenue triangle
when the building program therein is
completed. This problem has been ex-
ccptionally difficult of solution because
of the changes in transportation meth
DDS which have been effected during
the period since the building plan was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

undertaken. The utility Of the street
railway, the tracked line, has been
lessened by the development of the mo-
tor bus. 1t is q question whether rails
are needed for the movement of the
people now as in the past. However,
there can be no changes in the area of
the Government constructions that viii
disrupt the existing traction systems.
Through lines crossing the triangle will
probably continue to be required.
Whether they will be carried by subway
to avoid surface congestion is one of the
questions involved in the immediate
study of the matter that is approaching
conclusion.
Certain of the rail lines that now
exist within the area of prospective
building must be removed from their
present routes. Whether they will be
replaced in any manner or degree is to
be later determined. The answer to this
lies probably" in the final decision re-
garding Subways. A factor in the case
of considerable importance is the pos
sibility of a, merger of the two traction
companies. Adjustment of the lines of
the local companies can wait for later
settlement. In the case of the suburban
line, however, there can be no postpone
ment because the space occupied by its
tracks lies within the area of actual
building construction soon to be started.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

attitude of intelligent comprehension
and actual participation. Now, if you
are not overzealous toward serving the
public, suppose you sit down here and
read one of the most natural, livelike,
interesting stories imaginable of a man
who for many years lived right here in
Washington, one whom you have, no
doubt, seen many time walking along
our streets
you know all about it now. I'm going
to tsll you a few things about Il before
Interesting things, / thing. and
you win think just that, too. I have to
go over thef over on -, NE
several timd before te1z - - !,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

Men of large ideas are in many cases
tempted to tire their audience. Prof.
Einstein proves himself wise man in
human relationships. He could lee
ture on the highest of higher mathe-
MATES, or he could accede to numerous
requests to play the violin. He gra-
ciouSly insists on doing neither.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

Washington, D. c., will not look quite
the same as when j. Hamilton Lewis
was in Office before in the Nations
Capital For that matter, neither will
Mr.. Lewis, who IS described as having
taken on a manner and appearance of
imposing dignity worthy of the splen-
didly improving city in which the Gov
eminent transacts it's business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

An airplane disaster is an independ-
ent incident of news. It's exact numer-
ical position in the long series is not
emphasized. Events Of the kind have
been sufficiently frequent to weary the
imagination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

If Stain is as clever financier as
he pretends to be he will show dividends
as early as possible. An impatient
Soviet would not hesitate, If sufficiently
aroused, to make date to broadcast
his own funeral grafton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

Oklahoma is surprised and probably
pleased to find that alfalfa Bill is q
student who apparently enjoyed the ex-
traordlnary ability to do the kind of
Glowing his public liked, long enough
to acquire the votes he needed for the
govenorship. People like a nickname,
and Alfalfa Bill may be title that
will have distinct value In shaping a
career,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

de best use you kin make of yoh
spare time" said Uncle Eben. lis work.
in on de house an in de garden fob
yohsef regardless of de fact dat maybe
you hasn' much money and ain got de
name of bein' very good pay It's yoh
only chance Of dom business on credit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
60 the use for republication of Ill news dis
PATCHES credited to IL or not othsrwtse cied-
Tied In this paper and also the local Lews
published herein. All rights OF publication of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Bang!

From the New London Day.
One of the biggest o-phonograph
factories is reopening. Prosperity, re-
turning, announces itself with a loud
noise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Coming and Going.

From the Lynchburg News.
There is almost as much controversy
now over what the Wickersham Com
mission will report as there will be soon
over what it did report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
OratOrical Impulse.

Since human beings learned to walk
Erect, their fault was this 'un;
Each individual tried to talk
And no one cared TO listen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
For the Sake Of the Exercise.

my small boy makes highly amusing
said the proud father.
Tell us some of them" rejoined the
patient friend. "Of course, you mustn't
expect me to laugh, but I've just been
appointed to an executive position and
the firm expects me to preserve my dig
nifty and be good listener under all
circumstances"
ITO speak i'll of friend% said Hi Ho,
the sage OF Chinatown, "is to begin a
habit which must soon leave you with
out friends worth speaking Of"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

Liberia is accused of promoting slay-
cry, having gone altogether too far back
in getting ideas TO be initiated in the
establishment of a social system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

AS was freely predicted great deal
of the Happy New Year cordially in
Government circles has been called
back for further consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
A Matter Of Proportion.

From the Racine Journal-News.
An alienist says insanity Is decreas-
ing. But it may only seem so because
you Rave TO be crazier nowadays to be
crazy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Woman's Worries.

From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.
Between her own complexion and her
husbands completes, a woman has lot
to worry about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Imitation.

From the Worcester Eveninf 7azette.
Nobody supposes Prir George fell
off that horse Intentions but it does
lcok as If he was steal ( brothers
stun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Passing Of the FIapdOOdIe Bird.
A statesman once appeared to me
AS one it wasn't hard to be-
A spreading coat, an ample hat
And an abundant line of chat
Would cause us all to pause and stare,
And listen with the closest care.
Through hard work now his praise he
seeks.
He has to think before he speaks.
No more can eloquence be tossed
On high, mid rainbows to be lost.
No more the audience is stirred
To gratitude by one kind word.
The audience now is growing rough.
1t scorns mere complimentary bluff.
The statesman tolls through weary
weeks.
He has to think before he speaks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Venezuela Has Many
Natural Resources!

FL Nuevo Diario, CaracaS.-Venezuela
has an area of 912,050 square kilometers
and a population Of 3,026,928. For
more than $500 kilometers the waters
of the Caribbean Sea wash its shores,
and its great river, the Orinoco, is al
most as long as the Mississippi. 1t has
plains, valleys and mountains and
lakes half as large as any of the Great
Lakes of North America. It's fertile
coffee districts extend for thousands OF
kilometers in all directions. Its cattle
ranches are limitlesS, and yet only the
choicest pasturage is utilized. The
cattle industry, despite its millions OF
stock. can still develop to an extent as
vet undreamed of. The cacao planta-
lions are limitleSs, and produce crop
that is unsurpassed in quality. Its OIL
areas are vast, and only beginning to
be exploited. Forests of valuable wood
are numerous. Cotton growing, silk
culture, gold and copper mining and
fisheries are all occupations that are
followed, but very imperfectly and in
sufficiently. For instance, with the
seashores and rivers crammed with
edible FISH, nearly 100000 bolivars
5000, 0O0) worth are imported annu-
ally. Nature has been lavishly gener--
GUS but man as yet rather lazy and
indifferent to the rich possibilities Of
the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
The Big Ride.

There are in distant space
Worlds without number,
And maybe some such place
Well yet incumber.
Though here on earth we grope
With courage shaken,
For such Ride hope
I'll not be taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Meeting the Home Folks.

Meeting the Home Folks.
do you enjoy the frivolities of social
life?"
Very much" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. eff there weren't card parties
and receptions, my wife and daughters
wouldn't let me enjoy their society
without the necessity of entering into
deep discussions Of political economy"
Jud Tunkins says you can work too
hard for your pleasures. When he was
a boy he carried water to the elephant
at circus and got so tired he slept
through the entire show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
OLOGNE G AZET E.-Hsnry
Ford, during his visit to Eu-
rope, uttered several brief dis
sertations upon his projects
- lie rnnoflnndc He rnaNu

ana his metnOOS. his new
Dagenham (er) factory, when it is oper-
ating at capacity, will turn out 1000
completely finished Ford cars Of all
types in an eight-hour day. The fac
tory at Cork, Ireland, will turn out 200
agricultural and industrial tractors per
day.
Fords factories in Great Britain,
Germany, Denmark, Russia and other
countries are largely the result of tariff
embargoes which make it cheaper for
him to build his cars abroad than in
America for foreign delivery. MI.
Ford's operating system and efficiency
will now be studied closely all over Eu-
rope, and the same methods applied as
far as possible to all other lines OF
manufacture.
Mr.. Ford also stated at London that
he will permit no alcoholic beverages
not even beer-in the vicinity OF his
European factories. Only non-drlnkers
will be employed by him, because OF his
conviction that drink is the greatest
enemy of industry and the home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Cigars for Women
In Demand In Paris.

News Chronicle, London.-Cigars for
women are being sold in Paris. They
are slim and elegant and OF delicate
shade of gold.
Slightly fatter and longer than a
cigarette, they are already in consider
able demand, for the FrenchWoman IS
gradually becoming a heavy smoker.
The directors of the French govern
ment tobacco monopoly are hoping for
great things of the new cigars. They
are being sold in neat little packets, and
their golden brown color is supposed to
harmonic with the sunburned COM
plexions Of returning holiday makers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13
Girl Blacksmith
Treats Washers Roughly.

The Bulletin, Sydney.-A mining
township up north possesses, among
other attractions, a sweet girl black
smith who has nearly all the trade OF
the district. She, is nice-looking girl,
too. and could stun an average bear
with one blow of her fist If she wanted
to, but when rare masher comes
along and tries to make himself agree
able at the expense of her occupation,
she generally subdues him with re-
proachful glance out Of her big brown
eyes. If he takes the hint, and goes
away, well and good; but If he hasn't
enough sense for this. and continues to
hang around, she simply throws him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

@. Do Amos n Andy broadcast in
costume?-S. E.
A. The National Broadcasting Co.
says that as a rule Amos m Andy and
other radio artists do not broadcast in
costume. There have been exceptions,
however, when there has been a studio
party following.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13


enterprise should be enacted into the
law of the land. That is no reason why
money and its agents should become
automatically objects of suspicion and
distrlISt. Such, in effect, was the in
intelligent and progressive and fair adj
vocacy of this member of the Supreme
Court in interpretations for or against
the legality of this or that in the
multifarious decisions of the body for
the encouragement and practical regu-
lationS of the business world. Under
stand, DR.. Swisher makes no pro-
nouncement whatever in this direction.
What one does get from the whole vital
story Is that here is q undetermined
man, one who gathers in the whole
field of economic and political values,
one who, in so far as his influence
runs, is bound to correlate these two
into a lawful. workable seizure of the
economic import of this great country.
To me that is the sum of this great
story. And 1t is a great story. Great
because its purpose was to deliver out
of our immediate past a live man of
efficiency and forth-looking influence.
Here is no encomium of a worthy citi-
zen who has passed on. In the first
place he has not passed on, nor will
he. Alive as in his own immediate
years he moves through this book-a
Va oJdOCoAidAiAy AIM
influence. A man of passionate ma
ture, whose tempers override the man
of mild intent now and then. a man
of strong feelings very frequently
manifest in their various moods, some
times an autocratic man-but a man
and a statesman.
A pretty good way to gather up our
history, this way, out of the hands of
scholar, out of the hands as well of a
great teacher. AS moments, and years,
of pointed and applicable events arrive,
what better thing for us to do than to
take from such practiced and waywise
hands the body of fact-of authentic,
ordered. Illuminated ract-that man,
like this one, offers us for better UNI
of the political and social
complex of which you and are part
and toward which We owe at least an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-13

@. Why is 10-cent piece called
dime?-P. H.
A. Dime is derived from the Latin
"decima," which means "one-tenth."
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-01
HOMEMADE PLANE |s
 SMALL BUT WINNER

CLEVELAN, O., Sept. 1. R- Ben o. Howard of this city has a plane so small that no larger man could get into it. Among the other small" dimensions which his craft claims is that he has to get into the plane sideways, be- cause of it's narrowness and he has to fly without shoes. How ever, this did not prevent him from challenging other and much larger planes in the National Air races here.
 He entered race, "just to be ornery," he said and succeeded in coming in third. He made an av- craze of 162 miles per hour
 He built the plane in his yard in back of his garage.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-01
NOTED BRITISH AUTHOR
 SIR HALL CANE, DEAD

LONDON, Sept. l. (H) Sir Hall Caine, 78 years of age, noted Bri- tish author, died at 1O:5O Monday night.
 Sir Hall Caine was born May II, 1853, at Runcorn, Chesire, of mix ed Manx and Cumberland parent age. At an early age he went to live with relatives on the Isle of Man where his boyhood, spent in a condition of poverty, consider ably influenced his imaginative writings in later years.
 Sir Hall was married and had two sons. One of them, DerWent Hall Caine became an actor of note anu appeared in the leading roles of many of his fathers dramatic works.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-01
EXCELLENT ADVICE |s
 GIVEN BY ALFONSO
 RELATIVE TOLERANCE

OSLO, Norway, Sept. 1. (P)--Dur- ex-king Alfonso's, of Spain, recent visit to a small Norwegian coast town he warned in an interview. that some day. the world would re- gret its tolerance of Russian Con- muniSm.
 T noticed a Russian ship in the harbor," he remarked. T hope you Norweigians are discreet enough not to allow a crew to come ashore The Russians seem to me to be the important cause of our economic troubles which exist ali over the world"
 Of his own country he said: Do you believe that the deeply relig- ious Spanish people would have footed and burned their own con- vents had there been no Russian in fluence at work?"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-01
TAMMANY ATTORNEY
 CLEARED 0F CHARGES

NEW YORK, Sept. l. (P)-Thomas c. T. Grain, Tammany district att torney of New York City, was clear ed of charges of incompetency in office and Governor Franklin Roo- sevelt dismissed the allegations pre- ferred by the City Club after re- csiving recommendations of Sam uel Seabury, antiTammany demo- crat council for the legislative conl- mittee Investigating city govern ment.
 Seabury found there had been no proof of personal dishonesty or gross incompetence to warrant At torney Grains dismissal.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-09-01
PRESENT HARD TIMES
 FINE GUIDE FUTURE
KIRKCUDBRIGHT, Scotia II d

KIRKCUDBRIGHT, $ c o t l 9 d, Aug. 31. (P)-The worlds exper- fence in the precent economic dis tress will be of great value as a guide for the future and in bring ing about needed domestic reforms in the various nations, American Ambassador Charles G. Dawes said in a speech here at the dedication ot a memorial gymnasium, given to Kirkcudbright by Thomas Coch- ran, New York banker.
 The ambassador said that at the same time, the hope of constructive accomplishment in international negotiations is advanced