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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19
ODD II

LONDON. July IS. = When Mrs
Jane Hullah died recently she left
a strange request with her Teia-
tives. She desired that her body
BE- cremated and that her ashes be
scattered over the Wetherby race
course. she also requested that
mourners watch the racing when
her ashes were scattered and
back the favorite III each race
that day with her favorite book
maker.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19
Death Driver Held

FORT WORTH, July 10. Rl-
Charges Of failing to stop and rem
der aid after an automobile COLI
sion in which one person was killed
were filed in justice court today
against Douglas Eckford. 10. negro
chauffeur. William Wright. Is. also
was killed In a collision here at mid
night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19

with him. "A series of gripping
situations ard tense emotional con-
flicts brings the story to q happy
ending.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20

sition in another branch Of the Gov
eminent service where. presumably, his
qualifications as an engineer alone have
been considered. Mr.. Kings selection
as chief accountant was apparently
made on the basis of his fitness as an
expert and not because he won unin-
vited acclaim as a friend of the
people" or as an enemy of the power
trust" Mr.. Russell alone has not been
provided for. AS he is a lawyer who
has specialized in public utility regula-
ton, he will, of course, be considered
without prejudice in his possible ap-
plication for service in some other
branch of the Government. There
should be no further efforts to find
anything symbolic in the fact that
the new Power Commission does not
need his services
But the appointment of Mr. King
will not serve to mollify the Senate
critics of the new comm 'ssion. They
have sought to make an issue of the
commissions selection of subordinate
personnel. If the commission is now
acting in Difference to senatorial criti
cism, it cannot consistently appoint
Mr.. King without appointing Mr.. Rus
SELL One prefers to believe that it is
not acting in Difference to criticism, but
is merely upholding its undisputed
right to select its personnel according
to its own judgment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

dark -colored tobacco and 1000 pounds
for light tobacco.
@. Is slovak distinct language9-
r. T.
A. 1t seems that Slovak Is so closely
allied to Czech that most scholars de-
scribe 1t as a dialect. This alphabet is
founded on the Czech. Slovak books
were rare before the Great War but
since the formation of the Czechoslovak
State many have appeared.
@. For whom are Douglas frs
named?--J. d. S.
A. The Pseudotsuga douglasn, closely
related TO the frs and often regarded
as fir. is named after the Scotch bot
aniSt. David Douglas. He visited the
Pacific Coast in the first half of the
nineteenth century.
@. Please give some information
about Dicks Castle, across from West
Point, N. Wv. o. H.
A. Dicks Castle. near Jacksonville. N
Y. was intended for a residence. De-
scription recently received says that the
building Is a massive concrete structure
of Spanish architecture, containing
many spacious rooms II was about
two-thirds completed. but from neglect
and exposure for the past 20 years the
concrete has begun TO deteriorate and
break down. If completed. this build
ing would have been one of the largest
and most beautiful residences in Amer
lea, or at least along the Hudson.
Q. How is parrot taught to talk?-
K. r.
A. The Bureau of Biological Survey
says no hard-and-fast rule can be laid
down for teaching a bird to talk. This
is entirely matter of patience and per-
severance in dealing with the bird. At
first the bird should be kept in a room
by Itself and the cage covered on three
sides. Do not talk to the bird except
in repeating simple phrases over and
over again. Only one phrase should be
used in single day in the early train
ing. Gradually work up until several
phrases are repea ed over and over to
the bird each day. Put cover over
the cage when the parrot begins TO
squawk This is said to break 1t of this
bad habit.
@. Who were the Governor and Com
pany of Adventures of England Trad
ing Into Hudson's Bay?-M. M
A. This was the original name Of the
Hudson's Bay Co.
@. Please give some information
about the kinka1ou, commonly called
A. The kinkajou is member of the
raccoon family. 1t is a native of the
forests of the warmer parts of South
and Central America. 1t is about feet
long and has a slender body: long
TAIL large eyes and soft, yellowiSh-
brown fur, nocturnal and arboreal in
habits. It feeds on fruit. honey, eggs
and small birds and mammals. 1t is
often tanned as a pet.
@. Who was the first white settler
at Hot Springs. Ark. Pm. B. z.
A. Historians are generally agreed
that Manuel Pru1homme built cabin
there in 1907. and is given the credit
for being the first az, ual white settler.
@. Are bats bin m E. H.
A. Bats are not blind. All species
have Efficient eyes In one they are
likely to be small, beadlil1e and n>arly
hidden in the soft fur with which these
animals are clothed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20

Irish Free State. She becomes complete
mistress In her own vast house as far
as purely domestic affairs are concern
ed. These will be regulated by an In
dian parliament modelled generally on
the two-houSe system of the United
States Congress
Mother Britain holds out the olive
branch to Mother India in frank re-
alization that many suns will set over
the Himalayas before the dominion of
India" will settle into a contented unit
of the empire. Mahatma Gandhi is still
in Jail. His fanatical followers show
no disposition to receive uncomplain-
ingly the sort of independence that is
to be granted them. With it, the Brit
ish government proffers terms directly
designed to conciliate the Gandhi group.
Upon its readiness TO accept them, Lon
don is aware, largely depends the work
ability of the whole project.
There is to be amnesty for midas
$4,000 political prisoners If civil or
der" is restored. The Indian extremists
will be invited to take part in the de-
tailed deliberations necessary to set up
the proposed new Indian government.
Restrictions based on religion and caste
are to be lifted-a plain attempt to BAN
ish the grave animosities that embitter
Moslems and Hindus. The native ele-
ment will be urged and permitted to
settle their own communal problems
reference, perhaps. to the delicate
"untouchable" issue.
Early comment from Bombay, heads
quarters of the Indian Nationalist or
ganization, is, as was to be expected,
highly critical of and openly hostile to
the scheme that has been evolved in
London. Disappointment appears to be
keenest over Premier MacDonald's fall
ure to proclaim an immediate amnesty
for political prisoners, including Gandhi,
instead of their provisional liberation
following the return of civil order" 1t
is inconceli able that the question OF the
political prisoners alone could wreck
the plan which British craftsmanship
has generated.
You have opened new chapter
in the history of India" was King
Georges message to the closing session
of the round table in st. James Palace.
A grave responsibility to the public
opinion of the world will rest upon
those, in or out of India, who dare to
turn back the pages of progress just
achieved at London. Civilized man.
kind in full appreciation of the Indian
peoples right to determination,
will measure the justice of their claims
for more complete independence by
the capacity they demonstrate to use
wisely the wide-reaching charter of
liberty now bestowed upon them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20
The King Appointment.

Had the subordinate personnel Of.
the old Power Commission been treated
as individuals instead of as symbols
OF this or that, the tempest in teapot
over the choice of new personnel TO
serve the new Power Commission would
have been avoided. But as the three
men concerned--Messrs. Bonner, King
and Russell--suffered the involuntary
fate of losing their Municipalities in an
effort to make Of them important
ISSUES" and symbols. the matter has
been complicated to such an extent
that the announced appointment Of Mr..
King as chief accountant Of the new
commission viii not serve to end the
row.
Mr., Bonner, who was made the SYM
Dol Of point Of view favorable to the
wowek interests. has been given . po-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20
Modification of Jones Law
Pleases Both Drys and VETS

the Nation shall be compelled to accept
prohibition through force. In this they
nave played into the hands of the cp-
PonentS of prohibition and aided rather
than retarded sentiment for the modifi-
cadon Of the prohibition law
1T is no small victory for the anti
prohibition forces" thinks the Oshkosh
Daily Northwestern, Ito get this modi-
ticat.on of measure that aroused great
and spirited opposition from reasonable
drys as well as vets. There was general
tack upon the law as being too severe
and entirely too unreasonable and
fanatical in its tragic effect. The latest
action of Congress in the matter is
clearly stride toward sanity in pro-
hibition legisla ion. To endure its alb
surd provisions for casual or slight vio-
lations was too much for a sensible
Nation to stand. 1t was intended to put
teeth in the enforcement of prohibition,
but it was altogether too far" The
Charlotte Observer oismisses the sub
jsct with the statement that ''modiflca-
ton OF the law does not amount to
much; that 1T simply gives relief to
the pocket flask peddler who, caught
dealing in lots less than a gallon, may
escape the penitentiary'
This sensible measure" AYERS the
Worcester Evening Gazette, makes it
impossible for an overzealous judge to
misuse his authority in the case of petty
violators Of the law" The Charleston
(W. Va) Daily Mail points out
that "the faults of the Jones law were
not foreseen" at the time it was passed
and that paper says as to the surround
ing circumstances: Attention was CEN
tered on the great evils which it was
hoped the law would cure. 1t was only
when the law began to operate that the
evils that followed its enforcement were
disclosed. These were great enough
and numerous enough to require modi-
fication of the law, but so that it may
still apply to such cases as require
severity of treatment"
A feature of the change as suggested
by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
in harmony with the Senate's position.
is that it will have the advantage of
expediting the disposition of minor
liquor ofenses in the Federal courts.
since such minor offenses may be PROS
ecuted by information instead of in
dictment."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

/ Alternate freezing and thawing. as
has taken place so often in this vicin-
| ity this Winter, threatens to add to
the cumulative bad effect OF the pro-
longed drought.
1t is not freezing which hurts plants,
but thawing and refreeZing. A plant
was made to live outdoors. 1t needs no
blanket, as such, any more than a dog
does.
! Shrubs and evergreens and rose
bushes do not ask covering to keep
them warm SO much as they need it to
keep their frozen state intact.
This will forever be a mystery to those
home gardeners who feel somehow that
| blanket ought to keep out the effects
| of freezing.
Most amateurs when they are told to
put winter mulch" on rose beds, or
some thing of that sort. believe that
what they are doing it for is to keep
the roots warm.
That is scarcely it. What they are
doing it for is to keep the frost in, not
out. The alternate freezing and thaw-
ing is supposed to be worse than any
| amount of freezing alone. The roots
can stand being frozen. 1t is, in effect,
ma ,ural.
Freezing one day. however, and thaw-
ing the next Is said to be very bad.
natural process We are unable to say.
Probably in complete state of ma
ture plants would be protected by a
mulch of leaves which would blow over
them and be held by their stalks.
In civilization this does not always
occur. The leaf-burning mania takes
possession of so many that this form
Of protective covering is all too often
absent.
Then a mania for tidiness in the
outdoors asserts itself with fury.
Grounds are rid of all debris at the
| first touch of Fall in order to give the
place a neat look. This is all very well,
but what becomes OF the mulch?
The practiced gardener, of course,
went out after the first good freeze
whenever it was we have forgotten
and put branches and leaves over his
rose beds and such perennials as seemed
to need covering.
The truth is that the National Capt.
tai and vicinity is getting South, and
plants hereaboutS need no such amount
of covering as their brothers and sisters
of Northern New York and New Eng
land.
That they do need some, however, is
manifest by the extreme character of
the weather so far this Winter. It has
been no uncommon thing for differ
ence of 80 degrees to manifest itself
every week end
About Wednesday or Thursday the
thermometer has stood at 20 degrees,
whereas by Sunday afternoon we rev.
eled in almost Spring-like weather of
around so degrees.
This situation has occurred not once
but many times, almost taking on a
weekly character The result has been
constant freezing and thawing, one
after the other. The harm is not ap-
parent at this time. 1t may show up in
the Spring if the effects of such alter
nate changing states is half as bad as
the experts say it is.
AS for ourSelf, we yet have to be
convinced that in this vicinity it is as
bad. Roses which in the Middle West
cannot be grown at all do very well in
Washington with no protective cover
ing Many climbing roses, which must
be laid down for the Winter in other
places, no ably the West and North, can
go through the entire year without a
thought from their growers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20

Stop a minute and think about this
fact. You can ask our Information
Burs au any question of fact and get
the answer back in q personal letter.
1t is a great educational idea intro
duced into the lives Of the most intelli-
gent people in the world-Am: rican
newspaper readers. It is a part Of that
best purpose of a newSpaper--service.
There is no charge except 2 cents in
coin or stamps for return postage. Get
the habit of asking questions. Address
your letter to The Evening Star Infor-
nation Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, di-
rector, Washington. D. c.
@. Did Tunney ever fight in a pre-
liminary when Dempsey was staging a
championship f1ght?--C. T.
A. On July 2, 1921, at the Dempsey
Carpenter fl2ht. the fifth preliminary
was between Gene TlInney, former A. E.
IF. Interchangeable champion. and
Soldier Jones of Toronto. Tunney
knocked out Jones in the seventh round.
@. Is Virginia valli of Italian ances-
try?-L. A.
A. Virginia Valli was born in Chi
cago. She is of Irish blood and not
Italian, as many have thought because
of her name and her type as the cam
era TeCOIuS ~.
@. At what time should moles be
caught tor their pelts?-T. r.
A. The fur of the mole Is best when
the animal is killed in the Winter sea-
son. 1t Is also claSSed as prime in Mid
summer, although the animals fur is
somewhat shorter then. During the
melting periods in the Spring and Fall
there is a deterioration in the value of
the fur.
@. What are the opportunities for a
man wi h medical education outside
of regular practice?-R. Meg.
A. Besides private practice, medical
graduates now enter the field of medical
II search, teach in medical schools and
elsewhere. become public health Off
Gals in cities, counties, States and Fed
eral service, serve as medical officers in
the Army or Navy, are employed by in
dustrial concerns and insurance COM
panies. become medical missionaries,
and fill positions in laboratories, hos
pitfalls and corporations.
@. Where was the Biblical Teman?
B. M. H.
A. The Teman, spoken of in several
places in the Bible, is the name orig
inally given to section of lowlandS
southwest of the Dead Sea, in Pales-
tine. 1t was originally settled by Te-
man. the son of Esau. who was the
grandson of Abraham. Later names for
the locality are E3om and 1dumean.
@. Under how much pressure can
men work within a caisson?-A. S.
A. T. cannot be stated exactly. Pres
sure within a caisson used for subaque-
Gus workers must be increased by one
atmosphere of Is pounds per square
inch for every 3312 feet that the Gals
son is submerged below the surface.
Hence at depth of 100 feet a worker
in a caisson must be subjected to a
pressure of so pounds per square inch.
Al the st. Louis Bridge, where a pres
sure was employed equal to 4 l2 atinos-
pheres, out of 900 workmen ll9 were
affected with caisson disease and II
died.
@. How much does a house of to-
bacco weight. e. B.
A 1t usually weighs 1900 pounds for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

effort and employ their time in devious
and unwholescme activities.
x x X
Washing and Painting
or Houses Demanded by Law.
Ell Nueyo Diario, Caracas.-In ac-
cordance with the provision established
September 9 last by the civil council
Of the federal district, the fronts of
all the houses in what is known as
the Cathedral Parish of Caracas must
be washed or painted before the eXpi-
ration of the fifteenth day from the
date of the notice to the tenants or
owners of the property. The purpose
of this resolution is to embellish the
portion of the city most exposed to the
contemplationS and criticisms of visi-
tors. At least the central and most
important parts of the capital should
be kept in a bright and pleasing state,
and in such cases wherein the natural
pride of the occupants does not produce
these results, it is felt that official edict
will be more effective, especially when
associated with heavy fines fer dis
obedience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20
Suggests Business Men
UnderWrite Relief Fund

To the Editor CT The Star:
Has business. considered as business,
any adequate sense Of its responsible
ties for the present state of suffering due
to unemployment? One would imagine,
if it had. that it would arise from
conviction that its methods of DELHI
crate and concerted drives on wage
earnerS to buy. buy, buy--to budget
their incom S and chcerfully go into
debt, if necessary, in order to live up
TO the mounting standard of American
life-incurred some obligation on its
part to see the thing through.
Instead of seeing thu thing through.
business as such is doing what? Is IL
content to watch Congress appropriate
public funds to relieve distress so large
~ brought about by business manage
ment itself? To SEE persons of smell
means. but kind hearts. give their mite
in Red Cross drives? To read with
thrill i'll the papers of generous gifts
from philanthropic widows? To ap-
plaud the collections takn up from
hard-pressed employees, carefully re-
minded of their duty in the premises
not forgetting the prestige Of the firm?
To stand by while their distinguished
protagoniSts, in and out of public lfe,
ny W grow the ICIlOeT pldnJ OF tame III
the soil of human misery?
Should it not recognize rather, that
to them on a silver platter-to make
situation to prove up the truth of the
claim that the interests of capital and
labor are, and ought to be, identical?
That tn occasion is actually one made
to hand-a golden opportunity handed
to them on a silver platter--to make
good this much Wanted solidarity?
And what better way, pray, than for
the National Chamber of Commerce
and allied associations to take the lead
in plan to underwrite Immediately
the sums required by the Red Cross for
cid of the unemployed in distress?
The Red Cross could have the funds
from banks within "a hours and con-
tinue separate and distinct drive for
relief of drought sufferers.
What else could labor's reaction be
to so striking an example of business
cooperation but a sense of the truth
in the claim that its interests-its
h alth and morale, its hopes and con-
fidence in better times aheAd-are con-
sidesed by capital as identical with its
own? What else but heightened
morale would follow from this knowl-
edge that business is back of its old
employees in their hour of need-if
morale is built up in man by the
knowledge that his friends are behind
him, not merely the pity of q charitably
disposed public?
Besides-if American business still be-
lieves that ii is manly to face ones
esponsibilities--it would be the manly
thing to do. T. w. WAKEFIELD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20
From the Chattanooga News.

rum tue SnatthnOoge news.
Linoleumville, on Staten Island, has
voted to change its name, but Hush
puckena, Miss, Indignantly denies that
1t intends doing likewise. Nor will Owl
Hoot, near Reelfoot Lake, in Tennessee
seek another cognomen; nor will Nub-
bin Ridge, in the same neighborhood
Southern towns are loyal to their names,
even though loyalty requires nnuch
fortitude.
Some other strange names which re-
main are Horse Thief, Ariz.; Tombstone,
Ariz.: Black Bass, Iowa; Breezy Hill,
Kans.: Defeated Greek. KY: Prompt
ness, Pa; Smoke Ordinary, Va. Good
Water, Ala, and Hahatomka, Mo.
Another town is Bad Axe. Mich.
What city in the world has a more
picturesque name than CHATTANOOGA?
1t was happy thought to give South
ern towns and counties and States
Indian names One can easily grow
POLITICALLY eloquent about State with
such a musical name as Tennessee, or
Mississippi.
We do not however. blame Linoleum-
vile for changing its name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20

any reader who has had many con-
facts with Negroes in city where they
are numerous. Still, their desire for
education does come implicitly from
this book. Their wish to rise-some-
times above themselves, above their own
capacity-that comes out here. How
ever, we on this side of the line are
told that this is ambition, meritorious
quality. With a fun intent to be cold
and searching and accurate, these
writer's do. with the collaboration of
many a willing reader. read much of
value into the Negro that is not q sta
tistical import 1t seems to me that in q
few years the Negro has become wnIth
measuring, both exactly by way Of Mg-
ures and potentially by way of his spI6t
and attitude and endeavor. A goo
book, sure Of doing good service In its
own field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20
Independent India.

Yesterday at the closing session of the
Indian Conference IN London, Prime
Minister Macdonald made formal an
nouncement Of the terms already known
whereby the British commonwealth Of
nations extends to the great Asian SUBJ
continent the hand Of dominion fellow
ship. With the exception Of finance, de-
Tense and foreign affairs. India receives
the same independent status enjoyed
by Canada, Australia, New Zealand.
South Africa, Newfoundland and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20

Paris continues to send out notices
to the world as to what fashionable
women will be expected to wear. The
French capital has been slow in get
ting the news that American women are
now selecting designs in attire for them
selves under the guidance Of artists
over here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20

The change in the form of Niagara
Falls is due to natural causes which
have been pointed out for years. 1t
would be beyond even the most impla-
cable imagination to suspect that the
power trust has been cherishing a
subtle motive and is working out a
geological plot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20

Fear OF Communism grows less when
ever opportunity presents itself to OBJ
serve a Communist in action and hear
him try to explain his ideas and pur-
poses. The communistic personality
favors the unusual but persists in intel
lectual methods of vehement obscura-
tiOn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20
Optimistic.

From the Worcester Telegram.
Premier Steeg of France wants to i'm
prove French-American relations. That
man talks just as If he expected to stay
in office for three or four weeks.