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ton until next Winter" he said In re-
Spouse to queries as to whether he
would be a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for the Senate seat
row occupied by a Democrat, Senator
George McGill.
:. The grizzled campaigner expects to
travel over the State during his visit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
Whipping Left to Teachers.

When a motion ito consider the ques-
ton of the urgent necessity Of abolish
ing corporal punishment In the schools"
was placed before the school board Of
Edinburgh, Scotland. recently, it was
voted down. The sense of the members
was that they should leave the matter
to "the good will and good sense" of the
teachers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
FACES MURDER CHARGE

Arrested Tor HOusebreaking, Man
Held for Atlanta Police.
Wanted in Atlanta on a charge Of
murder, John Sampson. colored, alias
Johnnie Smith, was held without bond
when arraigned yesterday on charge
of HOUSEKEEPING before Police Court
Judge John P. Mcmahon.
No action will be taken on the house
breaking charge until Assistant District
Attorney Michael Keogh can confer with
Georgia authorities. Sampson probably
will be tried in Atlanta first, Keogh
said.
He was arrested for breaking into a
tailor shop at 1877 Fourth street south
east. Police said he took several articles
Of clothing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05

ment's Fine Arts Committee" the or
der says.
President Niceto Alcala zamora ex-
planned that the decree was not de-
signed as confiscatory measure
against the church or private citizens,
but was simply "a means of affording
SPANS artistic wealth a much needed
protection by the state"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-05
CURTIS is WATCHING
POLITICS IN KANSAS
Non Committal on Candidacy for
Re-Election-May Run
for Senate.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Topeka, Kans., June 4.-Vice
President Curtis returned home yester-
day for months survey Of the political
situation in Kansas before deciding
whether he will seek another vice presi-
dental term or his old seat in the
Senate.
Il won't be able to answer that ques-
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BAR TEST DATES SET
June 10 to 20 Announced for Elk
animation at G. U.

HmIHdLIUU dL VI U
Bar examinations will be held Thurs
dav. Friday and Saturday, June ID. 19
and 90, at the law department OF
GEORGETOWN University, SOC street &C
cording to an announcement posted by
John Paul Earnest, chairman of the
Examining Committee.
All applications must be filed with the
clerk OF the District Supreme Court not
later than June IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
Mr.. Hartman Under Fire.

Publication in the Washington Daily
News of alleged correspondence, the
authenticity of which is not denied,
between Harleigh H. Hartman, vice
chairman of the Public Utilities Com
mission, and Charles Hansel, public
utilities expert, comes after the Presi-
dents announcement Of Mr.. Hartmans
xeappointment to another term on the
commission, but almost a month in ad-
vance Of the legal expiration Of his
FIRST term, which falls on June 80. The
correspondence, which took place in
1925 when Mr.. Hartman had left the
Interstate Commerce Commission to go
into business for himself as a consultant
on public utility matters, raises natu-
Yal question as to ethical practice on
Mr.. Hartman's part, inasmuch as he
was at the time still retained by the
Government to argue railroad case
then pending before the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The question
Is raised, but not necessarily answered
by examination of the correspondence
itself. The answer will be given either
by the President in his consideration Of
oil the facts in the case, made neces-
6aEy by his reappointment Of Mr.. Hart
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Holiday Buyers Made the
Day Hard for the Clerks

TO the Editor OF The Star:
Any one who looked into any Of the
grocery stores on Decoration day morn
ing must have been amazed at the
hordes who had waited to do their
out the slightest consideration for the
clerks who had already been obliged to
work the preceding Friday evening to
make up for the expected Saturday
afternoon holiday. It seems too bad
that such things cannot be better man
aged or that people cannot be more
considerate.
When those In the stores are forced
to work so hard and under such pres
sure for several hours on supposed
holiday morning. 1t is apparent that by
the time the store is closed in the mid
die Of the day they must be too ex-
hausted to take any further interest in
the holiday.
This used to happen every year in
the department stores for several weeks
before Christmas when virtually all
the stores kept open every evening I'M
til late. Fortunately for the clerks,
and without the slightest harm to any
one else or loss Of any of the Christmas
profits OF the merchants, the practice
was stopped in enc city after another,
partly by the enactment of limited
hours of labor laws and partly sby the
realization by the merchants that aside
from humanitarian motives, with which
they can hardly be charged, 1t did not
help their business particularly and
probably only resulted in impairing the
efficiency of the clerks. Whafever the
cause for the change in the depart
ment stores, the chain stores are no diff
ferent on holidays and the clerks should
have similar treatment.
MARION STUART CAKE.
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was used as such until o relatively
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was used as such until q relatively
few years ago.
In the old days when the creek was
open barges entering it from the
river brought produce to the market
at Seventh street, then, as later, the
Center Market. There were little docks
here and there along its bank, where
these wares were unloaSed for sale.
When the work Of digging foundations
for the Commerce and Internal Reve-
nue. buildings was in progress, remnants
of these old decks were found, piles
buried deep below the surface, and even
some wharf planks, relics of a century
ago. Probably others will be found in
the excavations for the Department Of
Justice and other buildings along this
line Of old B street.
So Constitution avenue, extending
from Third street to Potomac Park,
will have an interesting history, but
probably very few will know 1t when
the day Of its full development arrives.
It will stretch between the Mall and
a series Of public buildings unsurpassed
in the world for impressive design and
size. Only in the old archives of local
conditions Of century and. more ago
will there be record or reminder of the
creek and its bordering market houses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Supreme Court cases Of contemporaries
GUS times relating to free-speech prob
lens. An earlier volume by Prof.
Chafee, entitled Freedom Of Speech, "
also deals comprehensively with Ameri-
can controversies associated with that
issue. THE Inquiring Mind" reviews
not only Supreme Court DEGREES on free
speech, but also on industrial relations,
especially injunctions. Chafee's treatises
command great respect among Chief
Justice Hughes and his colleagues, even
though compiled for the general reader,
rather than for the lawyer or the
Judge.
President and Mrs. Hoover settled
tactfully the squabble they ran into in
connection with their recent visit to
Valley Forge. The Rev. w. Herbert
Burk, founder and president Of the
Historical Society, was the first to in
vite Mr.. Hoover to visit Valley Forge
on Memorial day. The Pennsylvania
State Park Commission also extended
an invitation, which was the one the
White House accepted. AS soon as the
was out Of joint, 1t was decided, when
the time came, to mollify him. When
Mrs. Hoover visited Gen. Washington's
headquarters at Valley Forge she con-
sented to accept gorgeous bouquet
from the white-haired clergyman,
whereupon the President invited Mr..
Burk to travel back to Phila delphia in
the White House special train, Jour-
ney Of IS minutes, as the guest Of Mr..
Hoover and the First Lady. The Incl
dent now ranks as definitely and de-
lightfully closed.
X
Treasury authorities will not be sur
prised If the forthcoming issue OF
$500, 100000 31s per cent long-term
bonds is oversubscribed more than six
times. They anticipate roundly q
5000, 100000 subscription. Such q
result would tell graphically the story
Of the Nations gold-choked bank
vaults and capitals investment shyness
under depression conditions. It should
also dispel the notion that Uncle Sam
Is either broke or hard up.
(Copyright. 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
Stain and Steel.

Josef Stain, car of Soviet Russia,
whose real name Is Djugashvilli,
changed it to Stain, which means,
freely translated, man Of steel" News
comes out of the Communist COM
monwealth which indicates that Stain
is about TO live up to his pseudonym IN
literal terms. The Soviet promulgates
project to erect ninety great steel
plants. One Of them, now building, at
Magnitogorsk, on the southern side
of the Ural Mountains, will be the
largest in Europe, II not in the world.
No phase of the Five-Year Plan is
more boldly formidable than Stains
steel-making program. 1t has been
intrusted, as far as construction oper-
ations are concerned, to an American
engineer, JOHN Calder, who recently
was appointed adviser to "SoyuStroy,"
the government division which handles
new construction. The particular job
now assigned Mr.. Calder Is to direct
the building activities Of "Stalmost,"
the Soviet Union steel construction
trust. Within this combination are
existent or In contemplation-ninety
individual plants scattered throughout
Russia. Older establishments are to
be remodeled and modernized. New
ones will represent, under Mr.. Calder's
direction. the last word In up-to-date
plant construction and equipment.
Mr.. Calder Is best known In Amer
lean engineering circles for his work
in industrial relationship relations
between employers and employees. He
made his reputation while serving at
a Chicago packing plant during and
after the World Wa. Mr.. Duranty
cables the New York Times an indlca-
ton that Mr. Callers chief usefulness
as Soviet construction chief will be In
that field in which he achieved emf
hence here. It is also apparent that
Mr.. Calder's work Is cut out for him.
Despite marked success in certain
phases Of the construction Of Magnito-
gorsk," says Mr.. Duranty's dispatch,
land strenuous efforts by the workers
under dificult conditions, there is q
grave lack of coordination and rational
utilization Of labor and materials which
has caused anxiety lest the r,ant fail
to achieve its estimated production at
the appointed date. Such failure would
in turn seriously hamper other con-
struction enterprises and the Chelia-
binsk tractor plant, which will rely on
Magnitogorsk for iron and steel"
One wonders what the American ex-
pert in industrial relations thinks about
government In industry. as 1t exists In
Russia. Mr.. Calder, in 1922, when he
could hardly have envisioned his present
service, had this to say, when address,
ing the Society Of Industrial Engineers:
The great bulk of human industrial
effort must continue to be outside Of
the immediate control of the govern
ment. Industry in a democracy can
only progress with the consent Of the
governed. 1t Is the negative attitude
about this on the part of few promi-
nent capitalists that retards progress in
industrial relations. Capitalism holds
the field beyond any doubt It Is the
only system which has made good and
there is no other in sight that can
carry on.
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A Plea for Better Seats at
Arlington Amphitheater

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Something should be done to rectify
the amphitheater at Arlington. OF
course, naturally, the designers of the
Greek structures ! understand 1t Is
supposed to be-did not think how dis
comforting it would be to those that
would attend any exercise If it hap
pened to be held on a hot, sunny day.
Those lucky enough to know some of
the ones in charge Of arrangements,
and could get seats in the boxes, in the
shade would no doubt enjoy the pro-
gram, without fighting the heat, the
hot and hard stone benches-that
seemed to get hotter every minute
as the program went on. The worst
part OF 1t is that there are no backs
to the seats.
! wish to ask those that are in charge
OF the nesting or exercise, Why do
you have any tickets to enter the
Arlington Memorial Amphitheater?" II
any person is patriotic enough to go
and spend their time and money, and
If you were from out of the city, and
could not get any tickets, why have they
not the right and privilege as any
patriotic American. And the writer
happens to be a member Of the United
Spanish War Veterans. So why not
dispense with the tickets in the next
exercises? Let the doors be open to
all who enter and try to figure out some
way OF building shade over the OPEN
ing, at least on one side so as to keep
the sun from shining in the most Of
it, and in that way you will give some
comfort to those that have to sit on
the hard stone slabs. While have it
on my mind: Purchase about one
thousand cushions, like those used at
base ball parks, and give them to the
ones that must sit on the hard stone
benches.
hope that by next Memorial day
something will be done so as to get
every one that comes comfortable place
to sit and enjoy the program. But If
those that have the amphitheater in
charge do not make an effort to make
the audience comfortable there always
will be thousands ill-tempered, that go
away from there. unless they are lucky
enough too, or get acquainted with the
powers that be and secure q box seat
Unless 1t happens to be a cloudy day,
I am, Yours very truly,
FELIX A. URY.
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Constitution Avenue.

Work has started on the improve
ment of B street, as 1t used to be but
Constitution avenue as 1t now Is
ofhcially. Steam shovels are at work
In the vicinity of the new Commerce
building to widen the thoroughfare
and as time passes they will work
through to the junction at Pennsylvania
avenue. From Sixth street eastward
to the junction buildings are now
standing in the line Of the avenue.
These will later be RACED and the street
lines established for a uniform width
throughout.
Constitution avenue will be q re-
markable change from the original
travel course along the same route. For
there flowed Tiber Greek, which ran
westward to the Potomac from its
branching point at about First or
Second street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. One stream flowed easterly and
southerly to the Eastern Branch, and
was known as James Creek. Tiber
reached the Potomac a little north Of
the Lincoln Memorial site. After Wash
ington was established it was used as
a line Of communication and barges
went to and fro In fairly considerable
trafic. Eventually 1t became known as
a canal and was used as such. It
degenerated into veritable open sewer,
for into 1t flowed the drainage of the
city, very slowly moved into the river
by the sluggish tides.
These two water courses, Tiber Creek
and James Greek, made of southwest
Washington a veritable island, and that
section was early and is even now by
elder residents known as THE Island. /"
Time came when the condition CT the
creeks gravely affected the health Of
the community. James Greek was COW
cred over for part Of the way. Tiber
Creek became . covered sewer and It
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A Strange Problem of Law.

The death on Monday Of Arthur
Huddell, President Of the International
Union of Operating Engineers, presents
a singular problem Of law and at the
same time illustrates the stranseness Of
fate. Mr.. Huddell was one Of these Of
ficers of the Union who were assailed
recently by a gunman in a restaurant
in this city. The assailant shot one
man in the head, INJECTING q wound
that seemed almost certain to prove
fatal. Another shot struck Mr.. Hud-
dell in the breast and was checked by
notebook held in q pocket, causing
merely confusion. It was q remark
able escape from instant death. On
Monday Mr.. Langdon, Mr.. Huddell's
desperately wounded associate, was dis
charged from the hospital as cured, or
at least as past all danger. On that
same day Mr.. Huddell, who had been
taken Ill after the shooting, with what
appeared to be merely q severe nervous
shock, died Of pneumonia.
An inquest Is to be had tomorrow to
determine the cause Of death, and to
ascertain whether 1t was due to the
shock of the bullet that was so strangely
checked in its flight. Upon the verdict
Of the coroner's jury may rest charge
Of murder against the as yet unidenti-
fed and uncaught assailant. II he were
taken he could certainly be charged
with assault with intent to kill. He
could not be indicted for murder, how
ever, unless 1t is established that his
attack upon Mr.. Huddell was the cause
Of his death. AS respects q murder
charge the shooting Of Mr.. Langdon Is
of no consequence, unless within a year
the wound inflicted upon him should
prove to be a cause Of death.
Speculation regarding the precise ma
ture of the charge against the assailant
is merely academic 50 long as the man
remains unidentified and uncaptured.
Nevertheless the legal basis for a muir
der charge must be established by the
inquest into the cause Of Mr.. Huddell's
death, which will be held tomorrow.
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man, or by the Senate. when the ap-
pointee comes up for confirmation.
The public will naturally withhold
judgment pending the ofncial DISPOSE
ton Of matter which can be disposed
of only after unprejudiced inquiry.
As a lawyer with the Interstate Com.
merce Commission and as member
Of the local Public Utilities Commits
sion, Mr.. Hartman has won confidence
for his ability and initiative. His atti-
tude as a member of the local COM
mission has undoubtedly made enemies.
But regardless OF the motives on any
body's part which has brought to light
correspondence of nearly six years ago,
and regardless of Mr.. Hartman's own
explanation of the nature of the en-
ployment with which the correspond
ence dealt, the statements in some Of
the letters are subject to differences
which, 1t is assumed. Mr.. Hartman
himself will seek to clarity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03

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@. What Is a name for the intercol-
legiate boat races?-C. L. H.
A. They are usually called regattas.
@. Is the telephone often used t. re-
port fires or cali the police?-F. j. D.
A. The telephone company in Wash
ington, D. c., says that approximately
so per cent or 10 per cent of fire re-
ports over the country generally are
received in the various fire depart
ments via telephone. Approximately
80 per cent Of police calls or other
emergency calls come via the telephone.
@. Where did the Ringing Circus get
its sea elephants?-O. McC.
A. Both Goliath and Colossus, the
sea elephants exhibited by this circus,
were purchased from Hagenbeck Bros,
animal dealers of Hamburg, Germany
@. When are the great rose fields of
Bulgaria harvested?-M w. 3.
A. From May IS to June Is, depend
ing upon prevailing weather conditions
Q. What is meant by embracery9-
A. It is an attempt to corrupt or in
fluence jury by money, promises, let
&c IN
United States it is punishable by fine
and imprisonment.
@. What do birds eat when snow
covers the ground?-E. D. K.
A. Birds find insects in the bark Of
trees. They also feed on soft parts Of
seeds.
@. Was my Country. IT'S of Thee"
set to the music of God Save the
King"?-A. c. B.
A. The words were written by DR.. s.
F. Smith while a student at Andover
in the Winter Of 1882. In the writ
ings of DR.. Smith the following state
ment Is made: II had In my possession
a quantity Of German song books and,
finding God Save the King pro-
ceeded to give it the ring of republican
patriotism"
q. Does Germany have as many muir
ders as Great Britain?-E. B.
A. 1t has more. In 1928 Great
Britain had 1873 and Germany had
1854.
@. How many letters went to the
Dead Letter Office last year?-E. L. w.
A. The 1880 annual report Of the
Postmaster General says that unde-
liverable letters numbering 22,685 $40
were received in the Dead Letter Omces
during the year. which was a decrease
Of 393,679, or II per cent, from the
number received during the previous
year.
Q. Does any other naturalist compare
with the late Luther Burbank in &C
omplishments?-B. L. E.
A. For more than half a century Ivan
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

, has at bottom the desire to get
laugh at the other fellows expense,
and he may say this who realizes that
humor has as its aim discovery, and
appeals to the sympathies, and that
wit aims to throw light, and appeals
to the intelligent. Only satire and
sarcasm, as such, intend pain, and only
the latter definitely.
But let us see. These ore the public,
professed aims. on their good behavior,
as it were. Such distinctions were
makers, who, in trying to b truthful,
light.
A simpler truth, as we see 1t, is that
laughter Is the aim-all and be-all OF
every branch Of fun, and that to get
the laugh, TO cause the laugh, to create
the laugh, is the biggest function Of
talk.
Every man aims, in his secret heart
and mind, to exalt his own ego and to
depress the egoes Of others.
This Is a harsh doctrine, but not
mostly unconscious, and thus not work
ed out very well, or ruthleSsly enough,
In the huge ma ority of cases.
Mostly men stumble on, unconscious
| ly pleased when some one deity uses
psychological facts to please them, not
even caring when they realize that they
have been made the innocent victims
Of slight trick.
Even the most powerful men are
pleased when a man OF lesser weight,
as such things 60, asks them to do a
slight favor which does not cost them
much.
This deity exalts the ego Of the
giver and yet does not repress the ego
Of the asker. It gets the big man COM
! ing his way and is trick often used,
often unconsciously, by the astute in
the ways Of this world.
n II &A
Laughter Is no such delicate weapon.
Commonly 1t is a bludgeon, and Is
most often so used.
Laughter is the most intolerant thing
In the world. A laugh demands q
| laugh, and woe to him who refuses.
Like most mass propositions, con-
formity Is all that is required, and this
need only be lip conformity.
He laughs best, in group, who
laughs the loudest.
He laughs best who laughs FIRST, not
last, for laughter Is quick to detect
the non-laugher, and subtle in re-
sentiment, maybe not showing it for
minutes, or hours, or maybe days or
| years.
Like the offended elephant, which Is
said to hold grudge for lifetime, to
vent his spleen against the offender
years later when he has forgotten all
about it, laughter Is always ready to
find out the weak point in the defense
Of the non-laugher.
\
Laughter thus becomes. to many, an
unintelligent monster, which somehow
has got into possession of mems minds
and seeks its own satisfaction in dull
round Of cheapness, the sign manual Of
which is a loud, harsh noise.
Gravity Of face and conduct appeals
to some as the best policy, except when
! in group where the monster Laughter
has full sway. Then the only thing to
do Is to laugh as quickly as any one
else and even louder.
Let Joy be unconfined, indeed, then.
No doubt 1t Is good for the mind and
tissues to unbend, as 1t Is called, to be
human, as some say. Maybe 1t is; but,
after all, every one knows that laughter
Is somewhat silly, when it is the laugh
ter Of other people, and especially at a
| distance.