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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
The Tragedy at BerWyn.

One seeks in vain for a reasonable
explanation of such freak accidents as
that which caused the tragedy at Ber-
wyn yesterday afternoon. No automo-
bile driver, with normal regard for
his own or the safety of others, will
disregard danger signals and DELHI
crately drive his marchine upon the
path Of an oncoming locomotive. Yet a
large proportion of grade-crossing IA
talities result from what appears to be
that very impulse. There have been
an astonishingly large number of ia
talities that occurred when automobile
drivers deliberately ran into moving
trains at grade crossings, hitting the
cars long after the locomotive had
passed. Locomotive engineers dread
grade crossings knowing that accidents
are as likely to occur from being struck
by automobiles as from striking them.
At Bc-wyn yesterday the warning
hell was ringing at the crossing, accord
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

ing less-is what Hoover is now doing,
with his latest proposals" for snatch
ing order out of the German chaos be-
fore it's too late. The Presidents
impatience with recent international
lodgings reached the breaking point
more than once since June 90 One
country in particular has got his goat
He intends. as far as in his power lies,
to keep the record fo- American initia-
tive and leadership clear before the
world, old-fashioned diplomatic ethics"
to the contrary notwithsta nding. IF
that is treason" Herbert Hoover can.
be conceived as saying, make the
most of it!''
Democracy at the CROSSROADS" is
the arresting title OF symposium soon
to be published by the Woman's Ma
tional Democratic Club. The book will
have an eminent list of contributors.
John w. Davis will write the chapter
on the tariff. Newton D. Baker will
discuss war. Senator Thomas j. Walsh
of Montana will deal with his favorite
theme, power. Huston Thompson, for
mer chairman of the Federal Trade
Commission. will write on monopoly.
The final chapter, a sort of summing
up Of Mother Democracy's trials, tribu-
lations and hopes, will be the work of
Claude G. Bowers.
X X X
Lieut.. Col. George P. Ahern, U. S. A.,
retired, entertained an interesting guest
in Washington this week-Capt. Fred
erick Funston, jr., son Of the late Mai.
Gen. Funston, captor of Aguinaldo.
How rapidly the whirligig of time heals
old wounds is exemp,ified by the fact
that Funston, jr, and Aguinaldo's son
were classmates and comrades at West
Point. Col. Ahern knew both Gen.
Funston and the George Washington
of the Philippines" well, having been
on active service in the islands during
and after the war of 1898.
Fred K. Nielsen. American commits
sioner on the American-M Mexican Claims
Commission, who seems to have in
Cured official displeaSure in Mexico
City, was once a line-bucking Uni
versity of Nebraska foot ball star, so
he comes naturally by his pugnacity
incidentally, Nielsen is Uncle Sans
most experienced international arbitra-
ton expert. He is a Dane by birth,
but has been an American since he
was l year old Since Nielsen entered
the solicitors office in the State De-
partment in 1918, he has served as
the United States representative on a
dozen arbitral occasions all over the
world Presidents Wilson, Harding,
Coolidge and Hoover commissioned him
in succession. Broad-Shouldered and
husky, he's tough customer either in
physical or legal combat.
X X X
Revelations that Mrs. Charles E.
Mitchell, wife of the New York banker,
has written an orchestral composition,
thus entering the select group adorned
by Gen. Dawes, makes it timely to dis
close that Washington official society
has a Beethoven of its own. It's
another woman-Mrs. Patrick j. Hur-
ley, wife of the Secretary of War. Mrs;
Hurley is not only an accomplished
pianist, but composer Of sonatas, con-
when not in the surf at Atlantic City,
where she's living, she's generally toy
ing with the octaves.
Copyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
China Defies America.

A grave complication may ensue be-
tween the United States and China in
the case of DR.. Francis Tucker,
treasurer of the Porter Memorial
Hospital at Tehchow Shantung, who
has been. arrested for murder and Is
now being held at Tsinap by the
Chinese for trial ane punishment.
Under the extraterT1uoriality treaty,
which remains in force despite China S
effort to displace it with new arrange
ment affecting the rights of American
nationals in that country, DR.. Tucker,
of whose technical guilt there is
specific doubt, should have been turned
over to the American consul for trial
by the international tribunal. A dis
patch from Shanghai states that the
Kuomintang, or Nationalist party,
which is virtually the government of
China, is seeking to make this case a
test of the extraordinarily laws.
It will be most unfortunate for
China thus to proceed on the basis of
a condition of international law which
does not now exist but which 1t hopes
to establish after January l next. IN
fortunate especially for China. Indeed
it is hardly to be believed that the
Marking government will act so I'M
wisely. It's advisers in international
matters are surely shrewd enough to
realize that the United States could
not condone so fragrant violation of
existing treaty rights.
Some time ago, in the Spring, the
Marking government proclaimed tn
extraterritoriality would be abo,i. a Il
on January l, 1882. Negotiations be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

ing to reports of eyewitnesses, and one
of the gates had been lowered when the
young woman driver of the automobile
dashed under the other gate, then de-
scending, and stalled her machine. No
driver, no matter how foolhardy, would
deliberately take the risk she ran.
There could have been no real hope, or
desire, on her part to beat the train
to the crossing. Undoubtedly she suf-
fered a temporary alteration, fastened
by fright and confusion, and simply for
got what to do Without the timely
assistance of bystanders she probably
would have remained in the car, para
lived by fright, and watched the train
approach. There have been such cases
oeeore.
The highway at Berwyn, a paved
road. leads from the Baltimore Boule-
ward to Edmonston and many cars pass
Lack and forth across the main line
tracks. The grade crossing is protected
by gates, operated frcm\ the depot about
100 feet away, and by an alarm bell
that signals the approach of trains
from both directions, starting to ring
when trains are about a quarter OF
mile away. The tragedy yesterday
shows that even with these precautions
the crossing is not foolproof. Nor is
any grade crossing foolproof. Accidents
of the sort will never lie prevented until
grade crossings have been eliminated.
Until they have been eliminated, high
way and railroad authorities should be
able to devise some method of so block
ing the roadway as to impede automo-
biles in their approach to the crossing,
rendering it impossible Tor them TO
reach the tracks faster than a crawl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

we're popularity coupled in this country
with India's coral strand"
THE claim of Norway" suggests the
st. Paul Pioneer Press, comes as a sur
prise to the public, in view of the gen.
eral assumption that Denmark has SOW
ereignty over the entire island This, 1t
would seem, was conceded by the Nor
wegianS themselves as recently as 1924.
when convention was signed between
the two countries, in which Denmark
granted Norway certain commercial
rights on the cast coast of Greenland.
Perhaps the most significant aspect Of
the dispute. as far as the rest of the
world is concerned. is the readiness with
which both countries have referred their
differences to The Hague"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

This is special department devoted
to the handling of inquiries. You have
at your disposal an extensive organi-
zation In Washington to serve you IN
any capacity that relates to informa-
lion. Write your question, your name,
and your address clearly, and inclose
cents in coin or stamps for reply.
Send to the Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Heskin, Director,
Washington, D. C..
Q. Must a referee count 10 when
awarding a decision on a technical
knockout?-A. C. S.
A. 1t Is not necessary. The term
means that boxer is "out on his feet"
and Is at the mercy Of his opponent.
Q. What were the names of the sire
and dam of Old Hambletonian-l +?
When was he foaled and when did he
dte?-A. B. T.
A. Hambletonian-10, was bay horse,
foaled May S, 1849; bred by Jonas Seely,
passed to William M. Rysdyk, Chester,
N. T., and died, the property of his
estate, on March 81, 1876, at the age
of 81. His sire was Abhallah I, and
ms dam Charles Kent Mare by Imp.
Bellfounder.
Q. Why was Gen. Winfield Scott
called Old Fuss and Feathers?-N. P.
A. The nickname was given him be-
cause of his strict military discipline
and his fondness for personal display
O. How is the name Of the swiss
city Basel pronounced?-H N.
A. 1t Is spelled either Basic or Basel
and pronounced Bah eel by English
speaking people.
@. Has any one ever circumnavi-
gated the world at the Equator?-C. G.
A. No one has even gone around the
world at its 25,000-mile circumference
at the Equator. Magellan sailed a
greater distance as he had to GO far
south to round Cape Horn and the
Cape OF Good Hope and return north
OF the Equator to his starting place.
The Graf Zeppelin followed almost
zigZag course over part of its route.
Byrd usually is said to have flown
| around the Pole rather than around the
earth. These records are relative AS
matters now stand Post and Gatty
have the record for the combination of
the greatest distance in the shortest
time.
@. At what angle should a flag be
displayed on special days?-B. S. A.
A. 1t must depend to some extent on
Ilic way the IldSpOle Is placed, DuC the
usual angle is an angle close to A de-
grees from the face or the front of the
building.
@. Who was the young French noble
man who was the first to rise in the
French Assembly and renounce his
feudal rights?-H. D.
A. The Vicomte de Noailles rose in
the French National Assembly August
4, 1889, and suggested the remuneration
Of feudal rights.
@. What is the meaning of the term
Kings Highway?-D M.
A. The term has been used from an
early period, particularly in England,
where it designated the chief or princi-
pal roads travelled by the public and
brought under the protection of the
Kings peace. In early Spanish Amer
lea the term referred to public high
ways constructed at the expense of the
state.
@. State the automobile and motor
cycle registration throughout the world.
L. H
A. Automobiles, including trucks and
buses, registered throughout the world
this year number 35,805, 632, a per
cent increase over 1880. At the close
Of 1880 motor cycles registered in all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

Jargon Of the underworld gradually
makes its way toward responsibility.
Twenty Grand" originally meaning
$4,000, Is, as the name of a great race
horse, mentioned with Difference by
some of the socially exacting patrons of
the turf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

Now a very old man, DR.. Charles
Parkhurst lives at Atlantic City. He re-
marks that there is still room for in
veStigations into manners and morals,
but believes that New York City has
more need Of them nan the gay towns
along the coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Foot Rail Forecasts in Order.

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The Californian who has predlcteo
extremely heavy rains for 1938-4O may
be expected to be out any DAY WIZ
forecasts on the foot ball scores Of
next Fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Freckle a Coat of Tan.

From the Charlotte News.
A Canadian city requires that all
women's bathing suits reach 8 inches
below the knees. Given such equipment
as that, coat Of tan for the Canadian
miss is probably made up Of three
freckles across the nose,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

When a street riot is reported much
of it frequently depends not SO much on
the demonstrations of a crowd as on
the impressionable imagination OF the
reporter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

AS center at present for the dis
tribution of bad news Germany might
instruct her publicity philosophers to
execute some variations on the theme,
'"it is Away darkest just before dawn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

Current fiction deals SO freely with
guns and gangsters that even some of
the biographers are tainted with under
world literature and devote laborious
pages to character assassination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

Farmers are threatening to use wheat
for fuel. Coal miners will not welcome
such an idea. 1t is not always easy for
farmers and other workers to maintain
a reliable cooperation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Parents Get Movie Excuse.

From the Dayton Daily News.
Boys of a London school are for
hidden to go to the movies unless their
parents take them, thereby providing
the parents with something like legiti-
mate excuse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Drafting Time Recalled.

From the Worcester Evening Gazette.
With all this talk about drafting
everybody and everything in time Of
war, you can't blame the man out of
work if they wonder why they can't
be drafted into a Job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

American statesmen who object to
foreign entanglementS do not always
find it easy to persuade American in
vestors to feel the same way about their
relationships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
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TO the use for republication OF all news as
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

One of the farmers hardships is the
likelihood CT his being criticized as a
public menace when he has applied
faithful and honest work to raising
another bumper wheat crop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

AS time goes on apprehensions that
seemed serious fade out. Numerous
pleas and protests leave no further
room for fears that the railroads are
going to own the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Patrol Wagon Thief Caught.
From the Cleveland News.

from the CIeVeIand news.
Auto thief in Amesbury, Mass, who
stole the police patrol wagon, was finally
run to earth and charged with falling
to stop on the signal of an ofdcer.
Clearly he was guilty Of something.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Kind of Horn to Blow.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The man who said, Teach boy to
blow a horn and he'll never blow a
safe" wasn't talking about automobile
horns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
A Palrnist.

Baron Fucash is something Of
palnist," remarked the very rich young
lady.
What makes you think SOP"
Every time he looks at my hand he
thinks he seems money in it, and says
he would like to have it in marriage"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Oh. for a Panacea.

From the worcester Telegram
Surely. out of the thousands % o xy,
cala,Ireates issued during the last re"
weeks. we ought tn discover some way
to cure the depression.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Production of Wills.

From the Indianapolis Star.
When a fortune runs into six figures,
the number Of wills it can produce is
truly remarkable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
In Agreement.
No OppOrtunity.

Does your cook ever answer you
back?"
ooh, dear, no." replied young Mrs.
Torkins Il never think of presuming
to address her in the first place"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Cheering Up.
The best of us sometimes feel lonely
and sad
And feel we're deserted and left to
repine.
But there's always attention sincere to
be had,
Though it may not be quite with your
wishes in line
Companionship oft relieves misery's
grief.
We sneeze or we groan and In sor-
row agree.
So I pause and reflect with a sense
of relief
That somewhere microbe is waiting
for me.
Though fortune be tickle and cast me
aside
There is one who will seek me with
interest great.
With a cordial persistence which can't
be denied,
He will teach me to share in human
ity's state.
So there's little excuse when my spirits
get low,
AS I think Of future of sociable
glee
I'm never forlorn or neglected. ]
know
That somewhere a microbe Is waiting
for me.
In Agreement.
How is your boy Josh getting along
with his employer"
WELL" replied Farmer Corntossel,
"they have come to an agreement at
last. Josh said he was goin' to quit an
I-asr l.a caid Too
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
The Nature of the AssembIage.

The Nature OF the AsSemblage.
IT understand you folks had a lovely
family reunion"
WELL" replied Mr.. Crosslots, that's
what it started out to be, but some of
them got to talking our rich relations
over and the occasion resolved itself
into an indignation meeting"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Macdonald as July i Speaker.

From the Omaha Wo=!d-Herald.
Macdonald can mcke- very good
Fourth of July speech for the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

WHICH FOUNTAIN Fen W Orkss
From tie Akron Beacon journal.
An agent is man whose fountain
pen won't work until he darts 1t at
your best rug.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Father Times Lament.

The pictures that we often find,
The proverbs that we see;
Must make it plain to any mind
That there are flies on me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Cautious Communication.

Speak gently. It is better far
To rule by love than fear;
Besides, lot of things there are
That few should overhear.
Speak gently. It is more polite
To voice your thoughts that way;
But never telephone or write
The things you have to say.
Some folks said Uncle Eben, "has
a way Of rcnindin' you of yoh troubles
by continually tellin' you not to worry
about EN-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

@. Who said What this country
needs is good scent cigar?-J. A. w.
A. It is attributed to Vice President
Marshall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22

Q. State the automobile and motor
cycle registration throughout the world
L. H.
A. Automobiles, including trucks and
buses, registered throughout the world
this year number 35,805, 632, 2 per
cent increase over 1880. At the close
of 1890 motor cycles registered in all
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-06
WOULD FAVOR BREAD BASKET
LIVING STANDARDS

reduction attempted
Stephenson official of the American Bankers
Business Policy Forum Of the College of
the city of York.
recently made by Albert Wiggin chairman
board of directors
financial institution the North American continent.
unhaenged preliminary massed attack
atmosphere educated the value of high
purchasing
belief that
lasting prosperity base This would be accomplished by
need for lower These kites will be
editors and other socaed
"moders of public opinion
make prosperity He revives
that decreases costs and
employment
Stephenson nsamn buying that has resulted he
saws n automobiles, washing machines electric
refrgerators and endless other products
He SAYS nment buying high
possible substitute cash buying He pleads that
does not reducing explain how he
positions
Mr. Stephenson says hgh wages
This commonplace class wisdom ignores
industrial machine rusting
mass-pr production output.
In Mr. Sephensons Indiana magnificent
automobile plant Why reduce to lower
purchasing power citizen in his community
theory other activity and every other com
munty enforce low purchasing power on those empoy
tinue guted mari and expand unemployment
These bankers the bread basket standard of living
learn nothing.
They ran the ditch brought untold suffering
millions of sending kites
prepare the public condition that will make matters worse
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-06
Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton. 0hie
Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council Of Middletswn. g.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1881
THE PASSING OF
HARRY FITZGERALD

Harry r. Fitzgerald, main owner of
the Danville cotton mills, was the big
gest figure in his town.
Outside of his town he was little
known until he elected to fight against
the wishes of the employees for a
union. By holding them in battle four
long months he became nationally
known. Then heart failure put Pc
riod to his dream of empire, what
ever it was.
Fitzgerald was a man of queer
traits. He must have persistence.
Born deaf and mute, he learned to
speak. He made himself boss by
something more than weight Of
money
Some light had drifted into his
brain, for he thought it necessary and
advisable to be "good," as he saw it.
But not enough light had drifted into
his brain to give him the idea that
it was necessary to take account OF
the wishes of others. With him, il
seemed, employees were employees
They were there to be bossed, but
4.oa4al .,,;4L eo,,,o sor+ &c oopcidoro
ton, always, however, falling short OF
getting their consent.
Had Harry R. Fitzgerald got just
little more light he might have
been classed as really great man
He might have shown nationally as q
light in a dark industry. Perhaps
had he lived, that time might have
come, for surely he did not fight
through four months of strike with
out finding out that there were forces
in the world which he hadn't known
The passing of Fitzgerald viii
bring the Danville mills back into
something of the limelight brought
upon them by the long strike ir
which 5000 men and women were
fighting for a minimum measure OF
decency, for now the controlling voice
must change in some manner not yet
clear
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-03-06

soviet war program for the present.
Communism can wage war along
those lines while it retains the ad-
vantages of peace, because the ma
tions of the world are so tied to the
traditional kind of war that they can
not understand new type, and deal
with it as they would with the regula-
ton military of gun war.
And American business has helped
arm this foe nation.
Our manufacturers have sent trac-
tors to Russia. Now Russia, equipped
with machinery, makes her own trac-
tors. And re-enters the world wheat
market in growing volume. Re-
enters, too, the world cotton market
Farmers, silent while labor bore the
brunt, are now awakening-and join
ing the battle.
The American nation is becoming
more and more unit in its under
standing of the menace of the sovie
scheme of revolution. That is {
mighty good thing for America-ane
for human freedom.