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All Other States and Canada.
The Bus Terminal Hearings.

The Public Utilities Commission Is to
be commended for its action in calling
the hearings, to be held this week, on
the tangled and unsatisfactory situation
In Washington resulting from the lack
of q plan for any union bus terminal.
The hearings will. provide an oppor-
tunity for the exchange of opinions be-
tween the bus operators and establish
their point Of view regarding use Of
union terminal should one be built.
Added interest attaches to the hearings
because Of the report that one OF the
large operators Of interstate buses has
offered to build the terminal imme-
diAtely, once assured that orders by the
Public Utilities Commission will compel
its use by other lines.
The obvious difficulties in the regu-
lation OF interstate buses running into
Washington result from the absence CT
any definite legislation relating to their
control by the Public Utilities Commits
sion, complicated by adverse decisions
in the local courts when attempts have
been made to test the commission s
authority in such fundamental matters
even a5 the designation OF routes. The
construction OF central bus terminal
has been delayed by the lack of any
definite guarantee that once built, ali
the bus lines could be forced to use 1t.
It Ii, however, unthinkable that the
manifest trafic problems now existing,
as well as the unsatisfactory accommo-
dationS of the bus-riding public, should
be permitted to grow worse and that
nothing be done either by the author
tiles or by the bus operators to find the
solution that lies in the establishment
of a central terminal, used by all the
buses and conveniently located for
their patrons. For many years now the
Public Utilities Commission has been
tend to their own business by uniting
in the construction Of terminal or
in agreeing among themselves to use
It, once It ID built. In the meantime
. 4SW &1tSLb b6VS DuSSCO AA9NS bCNOALAC
many; their use by the public has grown
from 4 novelty to q necessity, and two
or three. cWbstone stations have in
creased until room is made for them by
placing benches on the public sidewalk
and marking Of restricted zones for the
vehicles in front Of public buildings.
The Forthcoming hearings should de-
ter1nine the extent of opposition the
Public Utilities Commission may ex-
pect from the bus operators themselves
to the use Of . union terminal, If the
offer to build one stands. But 1t Is
unreasonable to believe that the bus
operators can afford not to agree on q
matter which will benefit their patrons,
which should benefit the companies and
which Is necessary from the viewpoint
Of the public good. The indiscriminate
use Of public street space by the buses
haS gone too far already, and 1t Is high
time that some definite action be taken
to stop it.
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The Germans at Chequers.

1t does not appear unlikely that the
immediate economic and political fate
of Germany may be strongly Influenced
II not finally determined, on British
soil this week. At Chequers, picturesque
Buckinghamshire estate of the prime
minister, Chancellor Bruening and
Foreign Minister Curtius are to hold
their long-projected conferences with
Mr.. Macdonald and Foreign Secretary
Henderson. They arrive in England at a
critical hour in the Reich'S tortuous
fortunes.
Burdened by their obligations under
the Young plan. Germans vociferate
their incapacity to continue these huge
reparation annuities in the face Of their
crumbling export trade, their devastat-
Ing unemployment situation, insur-
mountable foreign tariff, their lack Of
industrial capital and. perhaps, worst of
all, the steadily growing popular revolt
against these conditions. Dispatches
from Berlin indicate that Messrs. Bruen-
ing and Curtius are bound for Cheouers
with the intention Of laying these varie-
gated German woes candidly before the
British government. A proposal of q
moratorium, which the Reich under
the Young plan Is authorized to seek
IN certain demonstrated circumstances
Is in prospect 1t is suggested that un-
less the British government Is ready
to take the lead in a movement to afford
the Germans economic and financial re-
lief, the Bruening- Curtius regime will
bluntly proclaim itself unable to answer
for the consequences of refusal.
No word coming out Of Berlin exceeds
in orninous Importance the assertion OF
the Associated Press that the Hitler
movement, contrary to widespread I'M
derstanding abroad, lis by no means
receding." As a matter of fact the CORE
spondent states, "it is gaining" In
support of that assurance he points out
that the recent elections in Oldenburg
gave the Hitherto National Socialists
two-thirds of the Diet seats. Commu-
nistS also increased their strength In
Oldenburg. Hitlerisms principal plea
for the German peoples support is Its
condemnation of the Young plan and
the demand for Its obliteration.
But it Is not alone from the Hitler
Nails" and the Communists that the
Bruening- Curtis government finds it.
self under fire. The chancellor's main
Reichstag supporters, the Catholic Cen.
trist party, are angrily demanding
Young plan revision. The Social Dem
ocrats, the numerically largest political
organization, is assembled in national
convention at Leipzig this week, where
its leaders are faced by bitter fight
to keep the party loyal to the govern
ments economic policies, including the
back-breaking reparation payments.
Even the Rhenish- Westphalian indus
trialists, hitherto loyal bulwarks OF the
Berlin administration, are marching
shoulder to shoulder with the hated
Hitlerites and Communists in opposing
German adherence to the PREPARATIONS
covenant.
From all this there seems no posi-
bility OF blinking the gravity Of the
German problem. Overnight 1t can
fare into the European problem. The
whole world must hope for light and
leading from Chequers this week.
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Moonlight!
Since man first came on earth tn,
mysterious qualities OF moonlight have
been noted and commented on.
After all these centuries Of noting
and commenting, 1t requires only one
real moonlight night in Spring to sci
every one talking again.
It was inevitable that O great COM
poser should write a Moonlight So.
nata," and that years later q greatly
lesser musician, If one may put 1t that
way, should compose popular Inter
mezzo" based on the charm of the
light of the moon.
Moonshine-the real thing-always
has been a favorite theme with poets
and song writer's. The so-called popular
song finds something lifting in the sub
ject, and often manages to trip it of
pleasingly.
Moonlight brings up strikingly the
whole subject OF shadows, and the part
they play In the enjoyment Of life.
shadows.
They are not necessities, in other
words, but they do add a great deal to
the innocent pleasures of life.
1t is only now and then that one
stops to realize just what shadows do,
those shadows cast by sun and moon,
and even from electric illumination.
They give a scarcely realized illusion
of depth which Is lacking without them.
One has but to 90 into community
totally devoid OF trees to realize this.
Something Is lacking, and it Is not
just shade
Shade is all very well, but shadows,
cast on lawns and houses, are even more.
Shade Is practical, shadow Is theo-
retical.
An awning may give you the former,
but only tree the latter.
Yes, trees are the prime shadow cast
ers, in the ordinary walks of life.
Perhaps a great mountain side, sill
houetted against Gods sky, is better
shadow caster than a maple. but for the
garden there is nothing like q tree.
There Is no time to appreciate
shadow better than on a moonlight
night, when darkness-except for the
moon-covers the land. and the details
OF homes, trees, shrubs, streets, curbs,
are lost in the darkness.
Darkness-yes. but still not darkness.
for the moon Is up, riding like lighted
balloon through the sky to the south,
throwing its peculiar rays upon US.
4
Stand here in the yard, at some dis
lance from yonder oak, and enjoy its
perfect shape in the moonlight.
There is tree across the road, as
we'll as one up in the air.
There is tree on the ground, the
shadow tree, created out of insubstan-
tial moonshine and solid earth.
The old mystery of shadows Is here.
1t Is something, and yet it is less than
nothing, being but shadow.
Light. and the lack of light-this is
the Oldest mystery play in the world
Savage man. not yet risen on his hind
legs, as 1t were, saw the difference, and
marveled at it.
Like the children of later centuries,
no doubt he saw his own shadow, and
wondered at it, too He made it move.
and laughed in his way at the antics
which he could make it perform.
The enjoyment of moon-cast shadows
is at its best in the garden. It was no
wonder that Master Shakespeare placed
his Jessica in a moonlit gard-n. Moth
ing less would do. Nothing different
would suffice
The sun-thrown shadow is a bit too
bold, one thinks, as he sees what the
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The Dreamer.
from the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
She meanders across the crowded
street, looking neither to right nor to
left. 1t does not seem to matter thai
she is walking against the red light.
A motorist honks his horn and clamps
on his brakes so suddenly that he
stalls his engine. The edge of the
bumper touches her skirt, but she does
not even alter her pace.
She proceeds calmly to the next
corner. A trolley car is about to round
the curve. The motorman sounds his
bell. The crowd hears him and scut-
ties to the sidewalk. But she continues
smilingly on her way, directly In the
path Of the car. 1t misses her by
inches. The motormar1 catches the
eye of a bystander. tyansf1xed by the
tragedy which he expected to see occur
immediately before his face, and shakes
his head despairingly. as If to say
"Well. can you beat that?" She, ap-
parently. Is all unconscious of the ex-
element she has created.
Another crossing Is reached. A great
numbering truck thunders on the left
warning of its approach with Shrek
ing siren. Mere men fly to safety on
the curb. Still she saunters quietly
along, her mind absorbed no doubt ir
the contemplation of some vital matter
such as whether to take the light blue
announcement of a sale. The truck
rushes onward. It is too late now to
apply the brakes in time. The crowd
stands in awed expectancy. But no;
fate again is kind. Men shake their
heads in wonder.
Within half an hour she has braved
street cars, trucks, bicycles, delivery
wagons and other engines of dcstruc-
ton and a dozen times escaped death
by inches without being aware Of 1t
Calmly and smilingly she goes her way
She Is but one Of many. And, as like
as not, they will return home ct night
and comment upon the utter lack Of
excuse for husbands who do not pay
attention and have to be told the same
thing over again.
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pect Of the question, for it is upon this
the whole question depends"
The question ought to be decided
finally on the desires Of the Filipino6
themselves in the judgment of the
Hartford Times, while the Charleston
Nv. Va) Daily Mail points out that
more has been done for their advance
ment than they would have been able
to do for themselves" and adds that
''the indications are that the Filipinos
themselves are beginning to realize
this The Providence Journal voices
the thought: There is a body of opin-
ion in the United States which appre-
eiates the fact that the Philippines
transcend the economic motive in i'm
portance-that they are basis of our
Pacific policy. 1t is an ironical twist
that the FflipinoS must now look to
the forces they once considered enemies
to protect them from the iberty-loving
farmers of the West and the South"
The Boston Transcript concludes: "As
matter of fact. there has never been
any real evidence that the people there
want independence. The agitation has
been a'thing for the 'politicoe' to thrive
upon"
Citing efforts by Representative
Knutson Of Minnesota. the st. Paul
Pioneer Press says of his advocacy Of
independence for the islands: Mr..
KnutSon's position is frankly based on
the interest of the American dairy in
dustry, as we'll as that Of the beet sugar
and cotton growers. Congress is being
asked from this source to set the Philip
pines free so that the tariff may be
levied against sugar and cocoanut oil
from the islands, which at present come
into this country duty-free. A similar
sentiment exists on the Pacific Coast,
grounded on a desire to apply immi-
grafton restriction against Filipino
labor. To set the Philippines free for
such reasons as these would be to pro-
claim that the United States 80 years
ago took over the islands for what It
could get out of them and, finding their
possession an encumbrance, wishes to
wash its hands of a venture in eco
nomic imperialism that failed. This Is
matter to be settled in the light Of
national honor and moral obligation.
To free the islands because they are
Improbable would be as great a blot
as to hold them for the contrary rea-
son. America acquired the islands to
make them capable OF standing free
and having assumed that obligation II
in honor bound to discharge it,
ut is evident" observes the Houston
Chronicle. that the Filipinos have
| changed their minds about the desir-
ability Of immediately eliminating
America from the islands. Here are no
Gandhis crying for justice in behalf Of
submerged people, but shrewd gam
blero hedging their bets. The Senator
from Michigans statement that the
Philippines If cast adrift at once upon
the troubled seas Of political independ-
ence would precipitate an economic
collapse in that nation has not as yet
been challenged at Manila. On the
contrary, his point of view has been
endorsed by the sober and sound COM
ers. The Philippines may ultimately
become an economic and political en-
tity, but the development will and
should be q gradual one"
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| gal tender notes for use in constructing
| good roa0S. This In turn would make
employment for men who were out Of
work. Two years later a second and
more complicated measure was intro
duced providing for non-interest bear
ing bonds. The army Of the unefns
| ployed marched to Washington "as Q
scheme to provide fiat money. good
roads and work for the workers"
@. What fve jockeys lea in races WON
last year?-D. r. W.
A. II. r. Riley, r. Workman. K Rus
sell, A. Robertson and Z. Goodrich led
in the order named.
@. Do blue eyes or brown predomi-
nate IN the United States? Is the aver
age American woman tall, short, or Of
medium hefght?-M. K
A. The Public Health Service says
that blue eyes predominant in the
United States. and that the average
American woman is Of medium height.
Q. How long did Ambassador Her.
rick survive his friend Marshal Foch?
r. L.
A. But ii days elapsed. Marshal
Foch died on March 20 and Arabas-
sador Herrick on March 81, 1929.
Q. Who was the first physician TO
perform an operation for appendicitis?
%. w. D.
A. The year 1888 was distinguished
by the first operation for disease Of the
appendix as such. The first decisive
step In the direction of modern methods
was taken by London physician
named Handbook. The first operation
On the appendix performed in the
IInttAA State e4-ae 4 -
OF New York on May 8, 1885.
@, Who invented the machine for
attaching soles TO shoes automatically?
B. L. r
A. John Ernest Matzeliger, a Negro,
who was born in Dutch Guiana in 1881
and who died In Lynn, Mass, 1889, In
vented the first machine that performed
automatically all the operations in
volved in attaching soleS to shoes.
@. How many eolored regiments ara
there In the United States Army7-
A. There are four.
@. What is the average pay Of ware
eArners?-A. B. C.
A. According to estimates made BY
Anna Rochester, the average weekly
earnings of some 10000, 900 wage earn
ers are less than $25 a week ONLY
in construction do average wages rise
above $40 q week, although within
every one Of the industrial groups vari-
Gus skilled trades have gained through
themselves or through organization q
considerably higher status. The union
members who run our trains, build
our. skyscrapers, repair our plumbing,
make our suits and dresses. and others
"a very few groups in all-who with
strong organizations have forced wage
scales far above the average. include
among them possibly an eighth Of the
steel workers, even a smaller number
Of the automobile workers, 4 consider.
able number Of non-union building
trades and clothing trades and the
small number of the army OF stenos.
raphers and bookkeepers.
@. How many cigarettes were con.
sumed in the United States last year?
M T.
A. In 1880 the consumption was
about 119 ,944 AIS. 900.
O. Please name some Of the hardest
tenor solos.-A. L.
A. Among the most difficult are "Ce-
leste Aida,'' by Giuseppe Verdi, from
the opera Aida: "Vesti Ia Giubba."
from the opera "Pagliacci'' by Leon.
cavallo: "Cielo Mar" from la Clio
cenda' by Ponchielli.
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Have we had the pleasure Of serving
you through our Washington 1nforn1a-
! ton Bureau? Can't we be Of some help
| to you in your problems? Our business
is to furnish you with authoritative in
formation, and we invite you to ask
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are interested. Send your inquiry to
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Frederick j. Haskin. director, Washing
ton, D. c. 1nclose two cents In coin or
| stamps for return postage.
@. In aerol.autics what Co the three
Observation-Disclosures lateral and
verticaEsignify?-A P.
A. An airplane can turn to the left
and to the right longitudinal. A
plane may also turn to the left and
/ right in a curving direction NateraD
An airplane can go up and down (ver-
ticaD.
Q. In what country is gasoline the
cheapeSt?-N p
A. In the United States. Even across
the borders In Canada and Mexico the
prices are higher.
q. 1t is often stated that Robert E.
Lee stood second in his class at West
Point. Who stood firstly. C.
A: Charles Mason of New York was
at the head of the class of 1929 in
which Robert E. Lee was second.
q. While the record weight for boy
OF II may be 900 pounds, isn't it true
that some adults have weighed more?
*. w. p.
A. David Mcguire, who died at the
Carmelite Home in Kenosha, Wis, is
said TO have weighed ITO pounds. At
TINA HE h. ~ 4
over 500 pounds. He was normal in
size, although feet 4 inches tall. until
he was so years old when he was af-
nicted with glandular disease and
put on weight rapidly He was rs years
old at the time Of his death.
Q. How do Eskimos bury their dead?
j. S. M.
A, Methods of burial among Eski-
nos vary with the locality. but, in gen.
eral, 1t may be said that where there
Is any stone or rock to be had the BODY
Is placed in as secluded spot as pos
sible and then covered with rocks to
prevent depreciation by wild animals
and for protection from the elements.
In some districts along the coast the
body ID placed in 4 wooden box and
then erected on piles for the same rea-
sons.
@. How was such a large statue as
the Statue Of Liberty made?-C. G.
A. The sculptor. Bartholdi, has left
record about the execution Of the
Statue Of Liberty. He says that first
a statue which measured from head to
foot 20 metres and In its entirety, 285
metres, was executed. 1t was done with
rigid precision and then reproduced
four times as large by the ordinary
process. The model which was the
result Of this work measured about ii
metres in total height. 1t was divided
into large number Of sections des-
tined to be Reproduced separately at
four times their size The sections were
packed and shipped TO New York, where
they were assembled.
@. Which Is the proper spelling
Tokyo or Tokio?-J. H.
A. The spelling of the name Of the
japanese capital is q matter largely of
usage. The Japenese characters must
be translated into English characters
and both spellings Tokyo and Toxic are
given the same sound. The spelling now
most frequently seen in official usage
is Tokyo.
@. Why did Coxey's army march to
Washington-W. H.
A. Mr.. Coxey's good roads bill was
introduced in Congress In 1892 Under
this bill the Treasury was to issue le-
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campaign that II the Republicans were
retained in power there would be good
times. 1t is an argument that always
went we'll with the great majority of
the voters. They are hoping against
hope that business and employment will
take jump forward In the next few
months. They feel that if things are
on the upgrade they will be able to go
to the people and say, Conditions are
improving; this is no time to rock the
boat. Re-elect the Republican admin
istration and do not take chance with
the Democrats" It is the kind of argu-
ment that may work. II the G. o. P. can
have just break" in the matter OF
business Improvement.
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A bookkeeper Of Elgin, Ill, boast:
that he has used the same diamond.
pointed pen for fifty years. 1t is
thought that number Of post of1ces
in this country approach his record,
and with no jewels involved, either.
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The feeble-minded are usually short
lived, according to the Massachusetts
Department of Mental Diseases. True
but the trouble is that too many liv'
long enough to reproduce their kind
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And now, it is claimed in Paris, the
ladies are wearing novel faring yacht
ing pajamas" Go on! Sailors have
been wearing those for years.
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Ward Randall, twelve, went back to
Illinois with the proud distinction of be-
ing the boy who put the ~" in fou-
lard"
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'"Tex" Guinars failure to break into
France must have cost a petty penny,
but it may be chargeable probably to
the advertising account.
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Some Of the two-day holiday motor
lists returning home last evening doubt
less wished that they were driving
aquaplanes.
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Mr.. Melons $500, 100000 bond issue
at three and an eighth per cent shows
that the hand that manages the Ma
tons till has not lost its cunning.
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1t was indeed an exigent spectator
who regarded Saturdays air show as a
failure because not single plane ran
into trouble.
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Stellar Size.

From the Rutland Daily Herald.
It's small world but large uni
verse, what with stars $50 900 900 miles
in diameter being visible to the naked
eye.
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Wouldn't Know DishMater.

Fl ON the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
A modern girl wants TO know what
will take cigarette stains from the fin
gertips. Might try immersing them II
dishwater three times day.
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overdoses of drought relief may make
1891 such a wet year that another kind
Of relief will become necessary.
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Jack Diamond managed to get to jail
at Catskill without suffering another
attack of perforation of the epidermis
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He Wouldn't Have Thrown It.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel
A Canadian fan threw q bottle Of
gin ct an umpire. He was angry. In
the United States he would have been
called crazy,
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Mistakes Of the Amateur.

IT regard myself" said the confident
statesman, "as a man Of destiny"
"Well," replied Senator Sorghum,
you want to look out. I never saw a
man who tried to be his own fortune
teller who didn't keep prophesying good
luck till he got careless"
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The Pesky Mule.

The old mule has stubborn way
That loses many a trick;
For, when he doesn't balk, they say
He's almost sure to kick.