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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j.. HAsKIN.

@. Why Is aytrackiess trolley car
system considered better than the old
style?-T. r. ga
A. Three advantages are claimed
for the trackless trolley. Fiubt, con-
struction costs are only about a tenth
of that of track system; second, the
cost of operation is less than that of
the standard car or gasoline bus. and
third, the trackless trolley can pull IN
to the curb for passengers and can 90
around other traffic.
@. How many members Of the Eagle
Order are there?-K. c.
A. The Fraternal Order OF Eagles
has about 100000 members.
@. Where was the first theater for
grand opera built?-C. N.
A. In Venice in 1887. It was named
the Teatro di San Cassaino.
Q. How many buildings were de-
stroyed In the famous Chicago fire.
A: Seventeen thousand four hun
dred thirty.
Q. How much electric current does
1t take 70 kill the average person.
A. 1t usually takes a tenth Of an
ampere through the vital organs 10
XIII man, but under some conditions
a current only one-quarter as strong will
do so. There is a wide variation in the
amount Of current necessary to kill for
different individuals To electrocute
criminals 1000 volts are used, If the
skin Is wet much lower voltage NAV
nave this effect. Many cases are known
~ which ITO volts applied to the wet
SKIN, so as to produce a current
through the vital organs, have caused
death.
Q. If widow is drawing a pension
VIII 1t be stopped If she remarries?-
j. R. K
A. The Pension ONCE saws that re-
marriage OF a widow bars her from
pension on account of her former
husbands service. It does not deprive
minor children or invalid children
from receiving the pension on account
OF their fathers service.
Q. How many black walnuts. hulled
are there in bushel?-P. F. A.
A. About 1920.
@. Why was the body Of Admiral
Dewey removed from Arlington TO Mount
ST Adams Cathedral?-M. D.
A. The Nation desired to pay to Ad-
mlral Dewey a tribute Of era tttude and
honor. The Cathedral at ST Adams is
designed TO be the repository of the
Nations great dead. similar to West
minister Abbey in England
O. Please explain the difference be-
tween Persian lamb and caracul-N D
A. Persian lamb is the commercial
name Of the skin from young sheep Of
variety whose native habitat is Bokhara
Afghanistan and Persia Persian lamb
is nearly always black, though occa-
sionally gray or dark brown skin ap-
pears. The best Persian lamb from
Bokhara is silky and.very tight in curl
Caracul (also spelled karakuI and
astrakhan are two names for the same
fur. This is taken from another type
Of sheep which inhabits the region in
Central Asia around Tashkent, and
also farther east in China and Mon
golia. Tashkent caraculs have the
highest luster and the finest MORE
markings. The color varies from brown.
black. brown and black. to brown and
white and white.
O. Why is rice showered on newly
married couples?-J. P
A The custom comes from India
rice being with the Hindus an emblem
Of fecundity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
Navy Budget Cuts Expected
To Produce Congress Fight

it now is. and where 1t is fast heading,
this country will not be able to bring
the best influence to bear on the other
nations at the parlev. The United
States has woefully fallen down on the
program to place and keep the Navy
! at the figure agreed upon at the Lon
don Conference, 7andEAlow- this latest
move will do more than ever to under
NINE what little influence this coun-
try had to bring about true disarma-
ment."
The full force of public opinion.
thinks the Providence journal. should
be mustered for the support of Presi-
dent Hoover's fresh drive for economy"
That paper. however. holds that 1T is
regrettable that the Navy Department
was selected" and that probably no
Federal department can make
stronger appeal to public sentiment
against any program that curtails its
activities than can the naval establish
ment."
In view Of rumors affecting the navy
yards at Boston and Charleston, S. C..
the Worcester Telegram finds cause
for predicting vigorous controversies
1t declares: About l 500 men are en-
ployed at Boston, it is estimated. In
these days, when every city is so jeal-
ously guarding its pay rolls. it is I'M
likely that the looping of of so many
from the list of employed will go I'M
challenged. Then, too, Boston will
want to know why New York is more
important. even as base And Char
lesion may ask why Portsmouth should
be kept in preference to the Carolina
yard. In these days, a navy yard is
no mean asset to a city. The alarm
which Boston and Charleston will ex-
press now-as they have in the past
at the prospect of losing such assets
will be genuine and highly articulate.
! The subject is bound to be something
more than a military issue. Politics
| has protected navy yards before it
undoubtedly will be invoked to their
protection again"
THE Charleston yard" comments the
| Charleston Evening Post. lis the only
f1rst-class naval station on the whole
coast line of the United States from
the Virginia capes to the mouth of the
Rio Grande. It ought to be one of the
last navy yards either abandoned or
its activity reduced. That no doubt, is
about what Senator Byrnes told the
Secretary of the Navy when he talked
with him about the Charleston navy
| yard"
ITO keep In operation more yards
and stations than are necessary in
| the opinion of the Roanoke Times, sis
an unjustifiable waste. Political angles
should not be allowed to prevail in ma
| tional councils when it comes to
matter of saving and waste, although
! they do all too frequently. If closing
Of some of these stations is recon-
mended they ought to be shut down
over any protests of vote-seeking Con
! gressmen."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

order to get the most out Of their cars,
while We are trying to tell them to 90
little slower In order to avoid acct
dents" said Morgan T. Ryan, registrar
Of motor vehicles In Massachusetts.
And George r. Wellington, Rhode Island
motor vehicle commissioner, expressed
himself in this manner: Il lay great
part of the accident problem at the door
of the manufacturers because they are
stressirg speed" I
The administrators are unquestion-
ably right. If an advertisement states
that the Thistledown Eight will do
seventy miles an hour, 1t Is only natural
that the buyer will at the first OPP
portunity make test Of this claim.
If an oil company advertiSes that Its
product will increase the speed of an
automobile, the same thing is likely to
happen, and the spectacle is presented
of motorists racing against time on the
highways of the United States.
Speed of itself that Is reasonable
speed according to circumstances of
traffic and road, is not the cause Of
accidents. In other words on an open
road with no intersections and light
traffic, a speed of fifty miles an hour
, in a we'll conditioned car is not neces-
| sarily hazardous. On a crowded or
slippery highway it would not only be
dangerous but should rightly be con-
sidered reckless driving. State after
State is removing speed restrictions or
increasing speed limits, depending on
the all-inclusive reckless driving" pro-
vision to teach motorists the value OF
reasonable speed according to the con-
! ditions encountered A motorist can be
just as reckless at twenty miles an hour
! in a congested street as he will be at
fifty on the highway under similar
! circumstances.
So it Is the psychological effect OF
motor car advertisements that is being
! attacked by the administrators. Few
| persons can probably resist the lure
| Of seeing what she can do" after they
are told that they are operating q
particularly fast car, and It is this
reaction that breeds a large percentage
of accidents. Motor car manufacturer
should take notice Of this condition
and eliminate all propaganda which
tends 10 create a group Of "wide-open'
drivers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
U. S. Ability to Meet
Crises Shown in Past
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
The history OF the American people
has been written largely in terms Of our
ability as a Nation to meet crises.
From the time the United States Gov
eminent began to function under our
Constitution TO the present moment
there has been one crisis after another
in our affairs. We have been beset by
dangers and obstacle. by depressions
and by wars and by internal strife OF
the greatest bitterness. We have wealth.
cred every storm. The guiding star OF
America has remained bright.
Every emergency has been courage
ously met. Each crisis safely past, has
seen us grow stronger and greater.
Are there some who have lost faith
that they fear America will not recover
from this depression? Do they think
this Nation has reached the end OF the
road marked out for it by destiny?
They are of little faith, indeed
The present depression is but pause
in the onward march of our country.
II is a time for us TO take stock Of our
resources and to dedicate ourselves TO
unselhsh loyalty to America and united
effort for her.
The United States will not only
emerge from this experience stronger
Nation, she will lead the rest of the
world to recovery and to higher plane
Of human affairs. H. r. LEE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
To the Glory
Of the British Navy
Prom the Toronto Daily star.

Prom the Toronto Daily star
Early In June the British submarine
Poseidon collided with a Japanese
merchant vessel in Chinese waters near
Weihaiwei. The Poseidon was new. and.
for that type Of boat. Of considerable
size. Nevertheless the shock sent her
10 the bottom.
Fortunately many Of the crew had
Just come on deck. and these jumped
overheard to safety. But "a went down
with the ship: went down with it to its
resting place in 100 feet of water.
What happened to the majority of
these men, in what way they met their
end, and with what suddenness or what
fortitude they died, will never now be
known, for the Poseidon has sunk
deeper and deeper into the ocean slime.
But the story of six of them has been
told. 1t has been told to the British
House of Commons by the first lord
of the admiralty, and it will ring
around the world as other stories Of the
sea and of British courage have done
these many years. -....
It is a story of men who were literal
ly buried alive. There is probably no
more horrifying thought than the
thought Of being buried thus, and burial
under water is as terrible in its irnpli-
cations as burial under earth. What
happened was that in an attempt to
save the ship. six men in the fore COM
partment closed the door upon them
selves, only to find that 1t was all in
vain, and that the vessel was sinking
by the bow TT, lights went out. This
men kneit In ! aver. It seemed that
the end had Gene. 49,"
After being for over two hours in
their living tomb, the water reached
their knees, the hatch was opened, and
two Of the men shot upward to the sur
face. Then the door closed again on
the others. The water within had to be
allowed to rise higher. 1t rose to their
necks. At last, after another hour of
agonized waiting, Willis and his three
remaining comrades managed to open
the hatch and start on their upward
journey.
OF the six men who thus escaped,
five survived. One of the first to make
the exit died before reaching the sur
face, but his companion, brave to the
end, risked his own life by supporting
the dead man in the water until boat
picked them up. 1t is story of I'M
selfish courage and sustained self-con-
troll which ranks with the best that the
British navy has given to the world.
Yet If any one had met these men, had
met them Just before the emergency
to be tested, he would probably have
found them no different from the men
who are met with everywhere and every
day; with no particular mark of cour-
age upon them for the eye to see or
even for the mind to sense. The fact
is that there are potential heroes all
about us--heroes who require only some
crisis to bring their qualities into the
light Of day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
Avoiding Undue Familiarity.

Genuine craftsmanship always re-
spects the truth" declared the idealist.
Always" agreed Senator Sorghum.
Some of us statesmen have so much
respect for the truth that we lock it up
for safekeeping and bring 1t out only
On the most formal occasions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHrLANDER JOHNSON.
Weeds.

Weeds.
By-products, once in slight esteem,
Become important in the scheme
OF modern progress when they find
The magic of the chemists mind.
Even the weeds out in the field
A usefulness are made to yield,
And cure our ills or help along
The travels of the l1urrying throng
The man who but an idler seems
May turn to truths his splendid dreams
And aid us in our joys and needs.
Do not despise what folks call weeds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
Advertisements of Speed.

Severely criticizing automobile manu-
facturers who stress speed of their
products in advertising, speakers at the
annual Eastern Conference of Motor
Vehicle Administrators, now in session
In New York, expressed themselves as
confident that If this form of advertis-
ing were abolished the accident and
fatality toll would show a sharp decline.
The oil and Auto companies are trying
to tell people to go little faster In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
Big Card.

The racketeer wore jewels rare
On buckles and most everywhere.
We said, with such embellishing,
You should be happy as king"
Said he, mo monarch's rank I claim.
The bower oft controls the game.
My boast is one you can't deny.
The knave Of Diamonds am l."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

The Navy Band is to remain a feature
among the attractions Of Washington
D. c.. along with the other bands &c
favorably identified with United States
official life. A new symphony orchestra
has been established. AS the number of
working hours is lessened in the Ma
tons industrial system. the desirability
Of rendering available in leisure hours
the best that music has to offer cannot
be overlooked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

1t was naturally to be assumed that
there were impetuous and ill-informed
persons in Manchuria who would insist
on fighting without waiting for the
League Of Nations to get the situation
properly in hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

Steamship lines as we'll as railway
lines arrange mergers Air ship routes
are already so veg eharted and sys-
tematized that thief easily do likevls.
In spite Of tendencies to resent new
restraints. the era is one of organization
and discipline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

Diplomats the world over have de-
cided TO leave prohibition to official
custom and avoid introducing it as an
element Of possible complication In more
important matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

Soviet Russia is reported by travellers
to be still far behind the living condi-
lions which permit use Of the line
all modern Improvements" in a for
rent" ad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

The stock market inevitably shows
variations as it progresses toward steady
conditions. 1t Is misleading to refer 10
every rise in prices as a boom" or to
every temporary recession as slump
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Postponed.

From the Toledo Blade.
Now comes prophet to declare the
world will not come to an end until
1888. So Wilbur Glenn Voliva. too, has
been beating the gun across the starting
line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

Jud Tunkins says circumstances have
a lot to do with innocence or mischief.
You never can tell in advance whether
an orchard is going to hand out apple
sauce or hard cider
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
A Name Maker,

From the Charlotte IN. c. News.
George Mortimer Pullman was Dern
100 years ago. Mr.. Pullman was known
for his invention Of the sleeping car
and for his outstanding contribution 10
nome0clature. u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

wage controversies have always
existed. It is unreasonable to assume
that prosperity will have to wait on
settlement of such differences for all
time to come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

A salute fired in honor of a distin-
guished visitor will impress war-weary
world as the best use to which guns can
be put at the present time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

The rule Of the old debating society,
A motion to adjourn is always in order, E"
has an element Of appeal even TO 50
august a body as the League Of Nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
Tip for Farm Board.

From the Ashland. Ky, Daily Independent.
The Farm Board could get rid Of
that 100000 900 bushels of wheat tenn
porarily by planting 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
Akron's Coming Out Party.

Prom the Charlotte News.
The Akron has left its hangar to
make its debut in the air. This is con-
fidently expected to break all previous
records for the cost of coming-ou par
ties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
Gamma Is Soloiet.

From the Omaha World-Herald.
In brief, Harold F. Mccormick
charged that Gamma was a soloist, and
not good in duet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
Adjusting the Farmer.

The farmer raised a bounteous crop
We had to tell him when to stop. &
Later we'll try with might and main
To show him how to start again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
r Sign of Mild Winter.

From the Toledo Blade.
No matter how thick the cornhusks
If Gandhi is coming to the United
States this Fall 1t Is sign Of q mild
Winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

Another trouble bout unemploy-
ment," said Uncle Eben. SIS dat it leaves
too many able bodied folks wifi nufan'
to do 'ceppin' tryin' to play de banjo,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
Something Like Suicide.

From the Florence (Ala) Herald.
A motor cycle exploded and did no
damage, except to wreck itself Per- 1
feet! Let us have more explosions
like that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
How Old West Got Results.

From the Buffalo Evening News.
The reason the old West got results
was that 1t suspended the bad man In
stead of the sentence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23
CraSherS,

OTdSHtTBs
IT have decided to be a society man.
remarked the confident youth. &
(which kind?" asked Miss Cayenne.
Us there a Distinction"
"Oh. yes. One kind gets invitations
to more parties than he can possibly
attend and the other kind attends more
parties than he could possibly get invi-
tations to-"
ct Is we'll" said HI Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, Ito restrain our admiration
of what Is ancient. In an old quarrel
there is neither dignity nor advantage
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-23

In a public address this week Leo
A. Rover, United States attorney for
the District of Columbia, took
good natured slam at the new set-up
In the Washington Police Department.
Between the Cavalry and the Artil-
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
BISHOP Names
NEW PASTORS

The reappointment of the Rev.
r. F. Coates as district superin-
tendent marked the close of the
sixty-eighth annual session Of the
washington Methodist Episcopal
Conference at Lynchburg, Va.
With Bishop William F.. Nc
Dowell presiding, the following
ministers were sent to the local
churches: Asbury, r. M. Williams:
Bennings, G. A. Davis: Central,
Eugene Williams: Ebenezer, w.
A. English; Fairmount Heights,
e. M. Mitchell; Calvary, Grant
Contee; John Stuart Memorial,
S. H. Brown; Mt. Zion, J. S. Car
roll; Mt. Vernon, A. J. Carr; Nash
Memorial, c. e. Queen; Randall,
T. s. Tilson, and Simpson
Memorial, Charles Sims.
Appointments to charges nearby
were Laurel. F. e. Nichols; Oxon
Hill, J. F. Monroe: La Plata, J..
w. Ford; Rockville, c. A. John.
son: Sandy Springs, p. G. Myers;
Bowie, c. C. Martin; Upper Marl-
boro, w. J. Tyler.
The Washington district re-
ported receipts Of $14,381.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
MURDER
JURY CALLED

AMELIA, Va, March 26.-Lead-
ing citizens Of Amelia county
are among the venire to appear
here tomorrow morning as pros
pective jurors for the trial of
Richard Lee, negro borer,
charged with the murder Of j.
Will Jones, wealthy dairyman, on
January 8.
Mrs. Justin Allen Jones, widow
of the slain man, is expected to
be among the most important
witnesses. She has been mar
ried twice. Her first husband,
Hampton McCraw, of Carroll
county, also was murdered.
The dairyman left an estate
of $4,000 and $4,000 life in
surance. The widow is to have
a life interest in $72,50O of the
estate and is reported to have
received $4,000 of the insurance
money.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
COLLISION
DEATH PR0BED

With the death late yesterday
of Miss Flora Dyer, II. Of Fran
coma, in the Alexandria Hospital
from injuries received Saturday
night when the automobile in
which she was riding collided
with a wagon on the F'ranconia-
Alexandria road, Fairfax county
officials began an investigation
into the crash. A hearing is to
be held before Justice of the
Peace Harry Shepherd at Fair
fax, Saturday.
Ephraim Brown, colored, of
Springfield, Va, driver of the
wagon, was arrested on a charge
of driving while intoxicated. He
is at liberty under a $500 bond.
The automobile was driven by
Frank Tolbert of Franconia.
Mrs. Thomas Dyer, mother Of
the girl who was killed, and Miss
Mary Ballinger, also passengers
in the machine, were seriously
injured.
The Washington times., 1931-03-26

MRS NORMAN'S CHILDREN
TWO NEW YORK MOTHERS taking different views
on birth control. Mrs Edward Norman, pretty young
society matron mother of two children, believes that
two children make ideal family and that she is in
favor of birth control Mrs Samuel Coppersmth wife
of cigarmaker and mother of six children declares
that she would not take million dollars for any of
her children. She adds "Birth control? don't know
what YOU talk about"
The Washington times., 1931-03-26
AnGcOstiG to Back
BicentenHlinL PLnnS

Cooperation in developing unity
of effort east of the ,Anacostia
River for the bicentennial cele-
bration was pledged last night
by four important groups at a
meeting of the Anacostia Citizens
Association.
President G. C. Havenner, of
the Anacostia group, announced
the intention Of that organiza-
ton to participate with other
groups in the celebration. The
same views were expressed by
E. L. Scott, of the Hillcrest Asso-
citation; John Driggers, of the
Kenilworth Association, and DIR.
e. z. Richardson, of the Congress
Heights Citizens Association.