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False Fire Alarms.

A young man who had been imbibing
unwisely turned in ten false alarms OF
fire in this city the other night. When
caught he gave q variety Of explana-
lions for his conduct. One reason ad-
vanced by him for his eccentricity was
that he was lonely" Another was that
he had fallen out with his family" A
third was that he wanted to be put
away for awhile" as some time in Jail
would do him good. Finally he came to
the conclusion that he must have had
1t in for the fire department" for he
had tried to become fireman but could
not pass the examination. At the con-
clusion of this interestingly varied re-
view of motives he expressed the
opinion that this experience would be
"a lesson to him."
Let it be hoped that it will, and that
1t will teach all others who may be mis-
chievously inclined to leave the fire
alarm boxes alone. The false alarm
sounder Is q public menace. What
ever his motive may be, his action is an
invitation to disaster. The result OF
an alarm may appear to be a simple
thing, just the sounding Of sirens and
the roar Of motors and the dash of ap-
raratus. But every response to a fire
alarm, whether real or false, is fraught
with danger, to the firemen and to the
people in the streets. With the utmost
care on the part of all, the necessarily
swift speed Of the engines and trucks
and chiefs cars entails possible mis-
haps.
Then, too, the repeated ;,unding OF
alarms without need wears IN the
morale Of the department. The other
night the fremen who went forth time
after time on these ten false calls were
spent by their efforts. After two OF
three of them in close succession they
were in a skeptical mood regarding the
possibility of a real call for their serv-
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ices. Yet it Is to be noted that they
did not lack In efficiency. however often
they were sent forth on FOOLS errands.
The person who for his own enter
tainment or the qualification Of some
strange craving turns in a false alarm
may have to be regarded and treated as
a psychopathic case. In some instances
such people have been actually firebugs,
setting fires for excitement. Such a
case occurred in this city a few years
ago, a man starting half dozen blazes
during the same night. And his excuses
and explanations, when he was caught
and confessed the deeds. were as varied
and confused as those Of the false
alarmist who is now in hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
A Balloon Journey of
Ninety-fve Years Ago
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the EDITOR OF inc Star:
Up to q hundred years ago the
longest air journey was the flight-in
l836-of Green from London to Ger
many, a distance Of 1900 miles. Just
q few weeks prior to this trip a man
from Green's balloon, patented para
chute, an inverted cone of elaborate
construction, which failed to act and
killed the inventor.
Accompanying Green on his notable
flight were two friends. Monk Mason
was the historian Of the journey, and
there Is something In his description
that seems part of the narrative of
the flyers whom Washington today
honors:
ITO find ones self transported in
the darkness of the night, in the midst
of a vast solitude Of air, unknown, I'M
perceived, in secret and in silence, ex-
ploring territories, trayersing kingdoms.
watching towns which come into view
and pass out Of it before we can ex-
anime them in detail"
Post and Gatty have had the same
experience. But q contrast! Monk
Mason gives this picture:
"A black profound abyss surrounded
us on all sides, and as we attempted
to penetrate into the mysterious deeps,
1t was with difficulty we could beat
back the idea and the apprehension
that we were making passage through
an immense mass of black marble, In
which We were enclosed and which,
solid to within few inches of US. ap-
peared to open up at our approach"
Those voyageurs had few instruments
clocks and watches, a compass. a
barometer and no steering gear. Post
and Gatty flew through darkness un-
fashionable also. But they had modern
scientific instruments and through
steering they could direct their flight.
And they have testified as to the great
value of instruments and the desira-
bility of better ones. That implies better
mechanicians-a great need in America
in a so-called mechanical age"
PAUL MOORE.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Vacation RecklesSneSs.
The world is full Of projects vast.
Who cares?
The silly seasons here at last.
Each dareS
To treat himself just like pet.
A ride in life's canoe he'll get.
He may fall over and get wet
Who cares?
He'll fish all day and get no bite.
Who cares?
The Jazz band for his steps at night
Prepares.
He'll drink pink fluids over much
And eat hot sausages and such,
Or grin at the head walters touch
Who cares?
The sleeplessness may make him Ill.
Who cares?
At movie shows he helps to AL
The chairs.
The world is now q merry joke.
Auto or train, mid roar and smoke,
Will take him home sunburned ant
broke.
Who cares?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

of the bailiwick, were Of indispensable
aid to the newspaper contingent on the
biggest story of the decade.
Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecti-
cut, in accomplishing the feat Of max
ing Wiley Post talk at banquet in
Washington, set an example worthy
the emulation of all toastmasters and
banquet committees. OF course, the
globe girdling pilot is almost the first
man in the world who had to be brow
beaten into making an after-dinner
speech. He is absolutely the first one
on record to deliver exactly the kind
that was wanted. What fine idea 1t
would be If all toastmasters would do
what Bingham did-call a speaker to
his feet, ask him pointed questions, and
drag out of him not what the wretch
is aching to get off his chest, but pre-
cisely and exclusively that which those
present desire to hear. Banquets might
then cease to be boreS and become
blessings. Between them, Bingham and
Post pulled off the most effective post
prandial performance this speech-ridden
community has survived in many a
moon.
It's now officially disclosed that Presi-
dent Hoover's mind was centered, dur
ing his mid-June dash into Indiana,
Ohio and Illinois, almost exclusively on
his impending moratorium proposal.
AS an indication of his anxiety to get
back to Washington with all possible
haste, the Chesapeake & Ohio people
have Just announced that they broke
all the roads speed records at Hoover'S
beheSt. On the return journey from
the West, the presidential special cover
Infyr
and Washington in Is hours and Fl
minutes-far faster than any train ever
did it before. The run necessitated
bursts of rs and 80 miles an hour.
Word was telegraphed ahead and the
line was cleared in every possible direc-
ton. Within two hours after reaching
the White House on June 18, the Presl-
dent was in conference with the french
Ambassador, M. Claudel-frst foreign
envoy to learn OF transcendent events
about to happen. Next day, the bomb
she'll.
wailing and gnashing of teeth well
I'D from both the dry and wet camps
They deplore the completeness with
which economic news, foreign and do
nestle. has backed prohibition of the
front pages. Fanatics on either side OF
the LIQUOR fence mournfully concede
that the peoples thoughts are nova
DAYS too much attuned to business
depression, and particularly to pros
poets of its disappearance, to be het
up over booze.
*
Triumphal feats in the sky are bring
ling an ,lnceasing shower of praise upor
the United States weather Bureau. Nc
branch of the Government is today Of
more practical aid to aviation than DR.
Marvin and his army of meteorologist:
ali over the country. The Chicago
weather tower has just hired an ayia.
| tor to ascend at least $500 feet daily
to report on temperature and humidity
in those attitudes. Resultant informa'
ton will enable the Weather Bureau
| to forecast change with even greater
accuracy and promptness. to the end.
less benefit of commercial, postal ant
military flyers.
Copyright, 1s31)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
Cost of Experience.

From the wall Street Journal.
Three Western provinces Of Canada-
Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
will have to pay about $22,0o0,o00 for
a lesson in the so-called orderly mar
keting" of wheat. Like other teachings
of experience, the lesson was costly, but
if we'll learned it may be worth the
cost.
Wheat is so distributed over the world
that no country has monopoly OF IL;
being grown in wide range OF latitude
and in both the Northern and Southern
Hemispheres, the ripening period Is
spread we'll over the year. Consequently.
each of the principal exporting countries
has a we'll defined period for its heaviest
shipments. Knowing this. experienced
grain men do the bulk Of their shipping
within those periods, one surplue part
of the world following hard on the
heels of another. This is orderly mar
keting because it conforms to the oroer
of nature.
The cooperative marketing theory.
however, is that this is disorderly mar
keting. and orderly marketing accord
ing to this theory includes l2-month
shipping. or else holding for a higher
price Both the Canadian pool and the
| Federal Farm Board in 1929 adopted
| the holding movement even though the
world was well supplied with wheat;
they specialized on the possibility OF
crop failure in 1890. The Canadian
pool borrowed money from the banks,
with an agreement to keep certain
margin between loans and market prices
| Of wheat.
Their speculation went wrong and the
! time came Whsn the pool could not
keep up its margin requirements, and an
appeal for help was made to the pro-
| vincial governments. Those govern
ments guaranteed the banks against
loss, and now face the necessity of
handing the banks their bonds to the
total amount of about $22,000.oOO
Farmers who did not market their wheat
through this system must now join with
the others in paying the cost OF this
speculation.
If misery loves company Western
Canada can look toward the United
States, where the same folly Is being
re-enactad on a larger scale. We, too
did some orderly marketing" not only
in wheat, but in cotton, wool and other
products. We do not know yet what
the direct cost will be, but from the
effect it is having on new crop price.
1t is a safe assumption that the indirect
will be larger than the direct cost. But
if our legislators learn anything by thi,
experience the expenditure will not
have been in vain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
The Open Golf Champion.

It was splendid fight that led to
the browning Of the 1881 open golf
champion Of the United States, and to
Billy Burke of Greenwich, Conn, who
Is the new ruler, must go congratula-
tons for grit and determination be-
sides undoubted golfing skill. Tied with
George Won Elm, erstwhile amateur,
who won the amateur championship
from Bobby Jones a few years ago, at
the end of the regulation seventy-two
holes, Burke and the blond shooter
from the Pacific Coast engaged in the
longest play-off in the history of the
game. At the end of the first thirty
six holes Of the extra rounds they were
thirty-six, with each struggling TO get
his pars and brides under the tense
strain of championship competition,
they were one stroke apart; but that
one stroke was enough to decide and
Burke emerged the victor.
So Burke has we'll earned his cham
pionship. Seemingly imperturbable in
contrast to his fidgety opponent, Burke
calmly reeled off par after par for two
days at a pace that would long since
have downed less doughty player than
Won Elm. This Is the stuff that goes
into the making Of champions. In the
final analysis Won Elm must come in
for praise. His birdie three to tie Burke
On the last hole Of the regulation rounds
was a masterpiece. 1t is probably not
once in hundred that golfer IS able
to score birdie when he knows he
has to do it to stay in the running.
But Burke won and for the next year
he will reap the rich rewards that his
feat merits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
Ousted Woman Judge Called
Unrepresentative OF Sex

clares the Flint Journal. The Phila-
delphia Evening Bulletin summaries
the situation with the statement:
Magistrate Norris has been one OF the
high-ranking leaders Of women in her
profession Of law, in which she I'M
dertook a career after she was widowed.
She was appointed, first woman on
the bench of a New York court, Oc-
tober 81, 1919, by Mayor Hylan. In
1914 she was elected president OF the
National Woman Lawyers Association.
serving altogether for three years.
From 1919 to 1922 she was president
of the New York State Federation OF
Business and Professional Womens
Clubs. But she is declared unfit for
the magistracy because she did not
respect and obey the law in her Of
fetal acts. Her dismissal on these
charges is an emphatic reminder that
knowledge of the law and respect for
it are essential in the primary pro-
ceedings of the magistracy, no less
than in the higher courts. Honesty
and jealous purpose. even, DO not Jus.
tify arbitrary action in disregard OF
the law"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
Communism Sees Some Light.

Josef Stain, Soviet RuSsia's man Of
STEEL" has Just permitted to become In
ternationally public some extremely sig
nihcant statements made by him to q
conference Of industrialists In Moscow
two weeks ago. The Communist car
indicates that In the midst Of the five
year plan he has begun to see a bit Of
economic light. The kernel of his dis
covery lies in the assertion that "even
under Socialism wages must be paid
according to the work done and not
according to the needs Of the workers. "
This Is leveling Communist doctrine
with a vengeance-that fundamental
plank In the proletarian platform which
theories that the humblest unskilled
laborer in the ranks Is worthy the hire
OF the brainiest artisan or intellectual.
Stain now promulgates a readjuStment
of the Soviet forced-labor wage scale so
as to make 1t commensurate with the
type Of work performed. He proposes
that the working class shall develop its
own "intelligentsia" Of such skilled
workers as engineers ana uecnnlclanS.
"New conditions" proclaims the Red
autocrat, demand new methods of work
and leadership" The Soviet leaders
have found that In many of their fac
tories the wage system is such as to
leave no difference between skilled and
unskilled labor or between hard and
easy types of work. The inevitable con-
sequence has been that unskilled work.
ers show no interest In improving their
qualifications, while the skilled hands
move from factory to factory in search
Of occupations in which their capacity
will be more valued.
Stain outlined yet another program,
as revolutionary In its way as the plan
to reward industrial merit better than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08

When Lindbergh first set out as an
ocean flyer his desire was to 60 on from
Paris as a tourist. His present plans
promise him visits to strange lands
more remarkable and extensive than
he could have accomplished had he
been permitted by an enthusiastic
world to go his way-that is, unless his
itinerary is again interrupted by series
Of ovations in all languages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
Germany Pledges Her All.

While the civilized world was ringing
European debt-Euspension accord. the
business men Of Germany yesterday
took action without precedent in the
annals Of international finance. In ef-
feet, they pledged their united fortunes
to guarantee German credit abroad. In
simple essence, the associated German
industries are depositing with the Ger
man Gold Discount Bank their pronis-
sorry note for $125 900 900. The credit
thus established is to be available, If
and when necessary. as collateral for
future commercial loans to Germany.
With one thousand Of the Reich's
largest banks, shipping lines. industrial
corporations and other great undertake
ings united to sustain Germany's eco
nomic honor, all doubt should evaporate
as to the intent, at least. OF the coun-
try's business interests to carry on the
rehabilitation work launched by the
Hoover moratorium. The Presidents
plan was conceived prirhaEAy In Ger
many'S interest. 1t is based on the
theory that any serious undermining OF
her economic structure would bring
down with 1t the financial fabrics OF
neighboring lands While the mora
forum Is serving its indispensable pur-
pose of providing the Germans a year OF
breathing space, private enterprise will
continue to need foreign capital. 1t is
to assure German borrowers the widest
possible market for loans that big bust
ness in the Reich now offers to back
all the notes which may have to be
signed in the process Of economic re-
generation.
The psychological aspect Of things
throughout the Hoover plan negotiations
and in its final achievement, always
overshadowed the purely technical and
financial phases of it, vital as these are
The importance Of the action just taken
by German business men lies in its
psychological implication, too. 1t is g
sign for all the world to read that they
are far from ready to throw up the
sponge. It Is an indication that the
Hoover plan has invigorated German
economic life with fresh courage, new
confidence and revived hope.
The immediate result of this mo-
mentous development is certain to be
q stoppage Of the flow of gold which
for many weeks past has been draining
Germany Of financial likelihood. The
calling by foreign banks of short-term
credits to individual German banks or
industrial concerns Is said to have with
drawn S50oo0o,o0o in gold from the
Reichsbank's Golfers since June /. Two
and a half weeks ago, when President
Hoover electrified the world with his
debt-holiday proposal, the Reichsbank
was being sapped Of its yellow metal
vitality at rate that threatened immi-
nent disaster
THE Hoover plan was great saving
impetus from the United States" de-
clares President Luther of the Reichs-
bank THE move by German business
Is Germanys answer-the countrys
definite assurance that the whole
nations economic strength will be put
to the Hoover wheel"
There could be no more convincing
shoulder at that wheel, nor any more
likely to propel its progress toward the
appointed goal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08

If the 1856 feminine bathing costume
forecast, as recently displayed at a pool
pageant here, is anywhere near accu-
rate, great number Of males will de-
eide that they are living in the right
century, but the wrong half of 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08

There Is an Alaskan island named
"Chicagoff." The metropolis of Illinois
might, without improperly, change its
name to this abbreviation- combination
of the old name and the city slogan of
Bump EN- off"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
Pare Aesopi

From the San Antonio Evening News
Chairman Stone of the Federal Farm
Board holds that rural school pupils
should be taught cooperative market
ing, but the curriculum is overcrowded
now. Oh, well, tell them the fable about
the bundle of sticks!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
Safety Belt Law Opposition.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
II there is any indication of a gen.
eral trend Of window washers becom-
ing crooners, the law requiring them to
wear safety belts while working on high
buildings should be resciaded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08

Harsh experience brings patience
Hot weather may be endured without
great complaint, II 1t is not accom-
panied by a drought like that of a
year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the Use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise crea-
lied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
No Trick at All.

From the Albany Evening News.
Apparatus that measures the warmth
of an oyercoat has been invented. The
human apparatus can do that pretty
well. Put one on in June and take your
temperature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08

England Is in the throes of an anti
sun bathing drive. dispatches state. 1t
was thought that the Tight Little
Isles" climate attended to that matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08

A historian has compiled a list Of q
half-score or more famous men who
were left-handed. And then he went
and left out RUDE Waddell!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08

Demonstrations in Spain continue to
confirm the decision Of Alfonso that
there are times when 1t is better to be
a European tourist than a monarch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08

Don't gamble" is good advice any
where, although neither the serious
business Of Wall Street nor the gay
life of Reno pays much attention to 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
Ford's Method Understood.

From the Springfield tdass) Union.
Stnl sticking stubbornly to his con-
tention that prohibition is a success,
Henry Ford thinks 1t necessary to raise
cantaloupes as o source Of alcohol for
use In auto paint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
Summer Poetry,

els it not pleasant" said the guest,
ito live in the country and get up in
the soft, cool air Of the morning."
"Those sentiments" admonished Farm
er Corntossel, "are not going to help
the place along. If we waited for q
cool morning nobodyd ever get up"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08

Jud Tunkins says Sunday will never
be a day Of complete rest for . man
who has to shave and dress up SOS
his family will think he Is At to go to
church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
Am Other states and CANADA,


Bs siy and enfr Sunday &C. mo- - 8
Sanday Only ...i ". $500 mo-. 80,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
Literary Picturesqueness.

What has become of the poetic
genius who used to think UP names
for sleeping cars?"
Hes now engaged on titles for
apartment houses and soda fountain
specialties."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
ONLY Patience Reouired

July ere long, with sultry glow,
In August will be lost.
And then another month or 50
Will bring around the frost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
Source Of Opinions.

What are your opinions on this sub
ject?"
I'm not sure" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. "A lot Of mail has come In
from my constituents that haven't
yet had time to open."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-08
A Midnight Plea.

oh, Burglar, when you're on the trAcl
A ruthless depredator,
Although the safe you boldly crack,
Spare the refrigerator
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