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The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-28

show his face. it showed hin walking away from me. just as I'd seen him in my mind all those years. I recognized him at once and Jervis told me his name"
 '"Ten years is a long time" said Ferdinand, "and-there's gooc proverb about letting sleeping dog; lie"
 "They're not sleeping" said Nan .sHe tried to kill Jervis ten years ago. and he tried to kill him again today
 That's whole heap more in. teiesting," he said. I'm listening. Again Nan found it difficult te begin and, as before, she plunged
 q saw Robert Leonard get out Iof a taxi, He was with Rosamund Carew. She went into the house ,
 What house?" ~
 Her house. She went in; but he came back and spoke to the driver. I was on the other side of the taxi. wasn't trying to listen, but I didn't want them to see me. Robert Leonard said Its the four fifteen. You'll have to hurry. He's sure to walk be- cause he's got a craze for exer- else"
 NO nameS?"
 She shook her head. What made you think" T didn't at first. Let me tel you. The driver said, Suppose he takes a taxi?' And Robert Leonard said, You must just dr the best you can He said he wasn't as keen on the job as he had been.
 And Robert Leonard id Whats a couple of months foi dangerous driving?' And the driv- CT said it might be lot more than that, but he'd do it because he was a man of his word" "Is that all," asked Frances. NO" said Nan. She held he1 voice steady with all her might |'I met Jervis. I told him, and he wouldn't believe me; but be- cause he was late for his ap- pointment with MT. Page he went by subway instead of walking. He would have walked. And wher he same out of his house on his way here, a taxi knocked him down He saw it coming and jumped or he wouldn't be here tonight"
 You saw this?"
 No. He was getting a tax for me. He told me. His arm was cut-he had to go back ano change"
 But you never heard any names Mrs. Weare. What made you think Robert Leonard was talking about Jervis?"
 T don't know. I just knew it Don't you ever have 'hunches?'
 5"Yes," admitted MT. Francis. "l shouldn't be here now if I hadn't.
 Well, that's what I had" saie Nan. "A hunch" "A hunch isn't evidence. Yol know. Mrs. Weare, there wouldn' be much left of that story of your: | If you told it in court. What doe. he want to kill Jervis for? Yol must have a motive" The money" said Nan.
 "But he doesn't get the money. "No-Rosamund gets it."
 Don't you get it-after Jervis?'
 She shook her head.
 T was in MT Pages office know all about the will, becaust IT typed it. I've got settlement l I shouldn't get anything else. I Jervis had an accident, every thing would go to Rosamund Ca rew."
 She pushed back her rose-color ed curtain and stood up. The biz still room was empty.
 I'm frightened" she said. He, eyes implored him.
 They crossed the room in silence At the door Nan turned to him.
 "If he asks you to come dow to Weare, will you come"
 Well, as matter of fact, h asked me-" said MT. Francis.
 And you said" "I said I'd got a lot of work t, get through"
 Please, please come" said Mar
 Well, I'd like to-" said MI Francis.
 Copyright, 1882, Lippincott)
 Rosamund and Leonard con- coct a plot against Mans hon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-28

Another way the Republicans could boost their |campaign funds would be to hold joint debate betwee MT Hoover and MT. Curtis on the Pro- hibition question and charge a dime a throw to |go in-(Adacon, Ga. Telegraph)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-28

The World Series of baseball games to decide the 1892 championship has taken the first pages, and political leaders will probably save most of their big stuff for week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-28

Funny how the astronomers can tell 100 years ahead when there's going to be an eclipse of the sun and yet no one knows whether theren be a landslide next November-(Ohio State Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-28

At last the Japanese have fully explained what the fighting in Manchuria was all about The Japs
 wanted to take Manchuria from the Russians and give 1t to China.-(O Olympia Olympian)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-28

ce-President Curtis opens his campaign Sep tember 15 That win be political short short Enquirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-28

Old papers rue sab at Empire Office. :.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-28

ATTENTION LEGIONNAIREs Regular meeting of the Afford John Bradford Post No. will be held Thursday night in the Dug out. Visiting comrades welcome.
 A. B. CLARK, -adv. Adjutant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-28

0ld papers for sals ss Empire
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Rosamund and Leonard con- coct a plot against Mans hon. or tomorrow.
Evening star., 1932-10-17

listen" in the case Of q crash, scrim-
mage, any form Of tragedy. There is
always the possibility Of seeing the VIC
tim before removal, and the damaged
vehicles In the case Of . motor wreck
are perennially fascinating. Whereas
there Is nothing interesting about an old
motor car standing in wrecking yard,
with its tenders bent and its sides dented
and Its hood crushed, when such .
spectacle Is presented in the public
streets, Immediately after the unhappy
event. it is irresistibly attractive.
Fantastic indeed are tine tales that
are told by these onlookers to one an
other, as newcomers join the crowd and
ask what has happened. In the begin
ming perhaps reasonably correct versions
Of the misfortune prevail. Then as the
accounts filter through mind after mind
imagination supplies missing details and
the results are weird and wonderful
Lectures are delivered on the follies of
driving-which is q good thing, but not
assuredly efIective-and diagrams are
drawn to show just how things happened.
- Probably in the neolithic days there
were just such assemblages when the
dinosaurs hitched to family vehicles COL
lided at busy corners. Human curiosity
has always caused congregation when
the untoward occurs, and it always will,
so long as human nature remains as 1t is
and as it has been from the beginning
Of life upon this planet.
Evening star., 1932-10-17
At the Scene of an Accident.

A few days ago two motor cars COL
lided in Pennsylvania avenue and both
were badly damaged, while the driver
of one of them was so gravely injured
that he died few hours afterward.
Immediately after the crash people be-
gan to assemble to look at the wreckage.
Within ten minutes fully half thou
sand were packed into dense mass
Traffic was impeded. The police had
dificulty in keeping the curiosity seek
ers from blocking it altogether. The
victim of the accident was removed at
once from the scene, but still the people
came to look at the damaged cars and
the broken glass. An hour after the
happening there was constant re-
placement Of onlookers, who after sating
their thirst for sensation drifted away.
Another hour later the number dimin-
ished, until in the third hour there were
only a few dozen standing at the place
at one time, and by mid-afternoon. when
the damaged cars were removed, the
show" had ces to draw.
This is one of the assured spectacles
of city life. Every mishap, of every
kind, draws a crowd. No matter how
busy people are, how intent upon get
ting somewhere as quickly as possible,
they always have time to stop, look and
Evening star., 1932-10-17

themselves from their unregimented
brethren. II occasionally DR.. Judd or
Or. Einstein or come other poet emerges
from . laboratory TO proclaim . rich
and rotund generality to the masses,
the performance may find justification
simply because 1t is romantic. Science
Is not an end in itself; it Is only .
means. The proper goal is not neces-
sarily q painful exac.itude OF knowl-
edge; 1t is rather q helpful approxima-
ton Of truth. It does not matter to
mankind If there are million colors
in the universe, but it is worth knowing
that there is enough diversity Of light
and shade to make the universe worth
seeing. 1t does not matter If the earth
Is seven billion years old. but it is i'm
portant that 1t is ancient enough to
have accumulated riches sufficient to
the needs Of the race.
AL of which Is just another way Of
saying that science is not all mathe-
matics. Science, though some may
deny it. is really poetry. So the poetic
scientists have their function. and their
less musical confreres must not be too
hard on them.
Evening star., 1932-10-17
Poetic Scientists.

Skeptics about religion and philosophy
are numerous enough, but skeptics about
science in this day have been few.
There are indications, however, that
there soon may be considerable in
crease of doubters of the latter class.
The poetic scientists are to blame.
DR.. Deare B. Judd, for example, has
announced that "the human eye can
distinguish more than a million colors. u
Exactly how many more than a million
he does not say. But "in nature" he
believes, possibly one thousand color
shades might be Disseminated" and his
theory is that there may be q great
many more that may not be 'discrimi-
mated" Tr idea is delightfully."- poetical,
but is it science?
DR.. Albert Einstein, Of relatiyity fame,
Is another member of the lyric group
OF scientific workers. He recently has
declared that the earth Is several bill
lion years older than scientists gener-
ally heretofore have calculated" He
comedies that the calculation at pres
ent could not be proved" but he is
fairly confident that traditional esti-
mates are entirely erroneous. Indica-
tions are that he prefers seven billion
years to three billion. The earth, ac-
eording to this logic, Is practically as
old as the poetic impulse, and DR.. Elm
stein is for the moment its most
inspired prophet.
Men of science do not enjoy being
told that they are less rigidly scientific
than they have given the lay public to
suppose; they are exceedingly doc.
trinaire in many of their notions and
resent contradiction. But perhaps their
objection is unsound. 1t may well be
that the remnant of poetry in their
souls IS the bond which links them
to the people. Surely, it is patiently
apparent that mankind in general Is
fairly romantic in temperament; that
intricate, dry-as-dust calculations have
no special attraction for the average
person. and that it is science in its
large. comprehensive and picturesque
aspects that is most enthusiastically
spplauded and best understood by the
eommonalty.
Possibly scientists as a class have
been somewhat too scientific. They
have specialized so consistently and SC
sBeaasively that they have isolated
Evening star., 1932-10-17
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Of those disgustingly hearty persons
who like to register their cordiality by
nearly breaking your hand when they
clasp 1t. Canny old Cal Coolidge was
always on the lookout for that breed.
Whenever he had reception ordeal to
go through he had the three principal
fingers of his right hand bound in
prize fighters tape for protective pur-
poses.
Heard the G. o. P.'s eleventh-hour
campaign slogan? It's Hold Onto
Hoover The Republican National
Committee has Just sent out fun pages
advertising the battle-cry to some 1000
newspapers throughout the country.
The slogans call letters'-H o H are,
in Democratic estimation, in reality
IS o s."
And still they come. The brand
newest political party, the Peoples
party, has just opened national head
quarters in Washington. The organiza-
ton was organized and is led by Conrad
Reno of Daytona Beach, Fla. He says
it consists of 'Simon-pure progressives."
Its platform calls for the creation of an
s1l 900 900 900 foreign market by allow
ing foreign nations to discharge their
war debts to us by buying our products.
The Peoples party also demands Gov
ernment ownership of Muscle Shoals
and mass partnerships" of capital.
workers and consumers in the case of
railroads and public utilities. Mr..
Reno's cohorts will hold q national con-
vention at Des Moines tomorrow and
nominate candidate for President.
x x x X
1t now being the season when politi-
cal mathematicians do their stuff, it'd
be well for them to paste in their hats
this 1892 electoral college table, noting
changes from the 1928 lineup, due TO
reapportionment:
Evening star., 1932-10-17
ing homespun." and "skara Hafre,'
which means 'reaping oats"

ing homespun." and "skara Hafre,"
which means "reaptng oats"
@. What is the substance so often
used as q substitute for ice for skatin.
exhibitions?-J. R. L.
A: Ordinary photographers hypo has
lately been used to make artificial ice
for skating purposes. The chemical T.
spread on the ground, groomed with
hot iron, cooled, and Is then ready fer
skating. Hypo Is compound OF no
dunn thiosulfate with a considerable
quantity OF water. At normal tenn
peratures it is dry and CLASSY. q some
what soft solid Of much the same
texture as ice.
@. Who owns the greatest number OF
text books on education?-A NJ
A. George A. Plimpton, publisher, OF
New York, Is said to have the largest
collection.
@. What is the Alpha test?-J. C. S.
A. 1t Is q psychological test, origi-
nally given In the United States Army
during the World War, to determine
roughly the mental capacities of Off
GERS and soldiers able to speak and
read English. The test consists of 2i2
questions, which are answered by
checking, underlining. and crossing out.
@. Is the present national debt as
large as 1t was in 1s20?-J. A. A.
A. The national debt at the present
time is over $1,000 ,0o0, 600. In 1920
it was over $24 4,0o0, ,000. 600.
q. Is steam a gas?-R. o. 8.
A. Steam Is a gas. It is invisible.
colorless, and odorless. The white
cloud of vapor commonly called steam
is composed of minute particles Of
water suspended In the air and formed
by the condensation of the true steam
gas in contact with cool air.
@. What causes hollow spots in large
pctatoes?-B. M.
A. If hollow spots appear in large
potatoes, this may be due to too rich
soil and too much rain, which together
gives a rapid growth and forms hollow
spots. Some varieties Of potatoes are
more subject TO this defect than
others.
@. What does 'Keokuk" mean?-C. T.
A. 1t is from an Indian word which
means "one who moves bout alert"
O. How many directors has each of
the regional banks Of the Federal Home
Loan Bank system?-P. r.
A. There are IL directors for each
OF the II regional banks. The law re-
quires that 9 of each IL must be
men connected with the home fnanc-
ing business, and their successors must
be ofiicers or directors of institutions
which own stock in the bank. The
other two directors are being selected
as representatives Of the public in
terest.
@. How old is Kaye Don?-G. T.
A. His exact age is not available. He
is about AZ.
@. When did ball bearings come into
use?-C. A. C.
A. They first came into use in the
bicycle era. Roller bearings appeared
about 1886 and ball bearings soon aft
erward. With the advent Of the au-
tomobile their use greatly increased
and their manufacture became a sub
stantial industry.
@. Did a Negro ever serve as chair
man of national political conven-
tion?-M. T.
A. John r. Lynch of Mississippi, on
motion of Henry Cabot Lodge, second
ed by Theodore Roosevelt. was chosen
temporary chairman of the National
Republican Convention at Chicago in
1884, the convention which nominated
James G. Blaine. Lynch was three
times a member of Congress and held
other offices. He was an Army pay
master with the rank of captain.
Evening star., 1932-10-17
Mr.. Hoover's Righteous Wrath.

That passage in President Hoover's
neech at Cleveland Saturday night In
which he denounced with explicit denial
alterations regarding his attitude toward
labor in the course of his engineering
services has attracted more attention
and received more enthusiastic COM
mendation than any other portion OF his
address. That is because OF the spirit
which Mr.. Hoover displayed in his de-
nial and disproof of the slander that
has been adopted by the Democratic
campaign management for repetition
by speakers. The spectacle OF the
President rapping the desk in emphasis
and denouncing the allegations as con
temptible statements" was neE one.
1t was an unfamiliar aspect ct the
Chief Executive that was then presented,
and it was highly relished.
A whispering campaign against Mr..
Hoover was conducted in 1928, with
numerous slyly told stories about his
services in foreign countries In the
course of his engineering career. They
we're all denied and refuted. After his
Inauguration in 1929 they were revived
Books were published in which they
we're retailed with apparent particulars,
volumes that should have caused the con-
yiction and punishment of authors and
publishers for libel. The dignity OF the
office of President did not permit such
prosecutions. The man who presides
over the Government Of the United
States must suffer such attacks and
slanders and libels without recourse to
the law.
The justification for the Presidents
reference to the matter Saturday night
law in the fact that the slander had
been promoted by the opposition cam
paign management, put into the mouths
of speakers fer iteration on the stump.
for the purpose of alternating from him
the votes of workingmen. Mr.. Hoover
SPOKE as the candidate of his party for
the Office which he already fills. He
could net allow the charge to 60 un-
QeQleQ, 1OT Tie SdAc OA tllC PdAty wAASA
has nominated him.
Mr.. Hoover is not an emotional man,
In his outward manifestations. He is
not a fiery speaker. In his public ut
terances he does not rise to great
oratorical heights, to declamatory cli-
makes. His is a reasoning method OF
statement. He deals in facts rather
than figures of speech. He rarely ges-
lures, and likewise rarely improvises,
faithfully following the manuscript OF
his prepared address. Thus it was that
bis hearers Saturday night, even though
his words regarding the ISLANDERS which
he charged upon the Democratic Or
ganization were read from script, were.
stirred by the evidence .of feeling in his
voice and by the sound of his hand
rapping in unwonted emphasis upon
the reading desk. 1t was a dramatic
Illustration of the truth that he who
usually speaks softly is best heard when
he raises his voice in righteous wrath.
Evening star., 1932-10-17

normal and justified" the Newark
Evening News asks: What shall be
done to prevent Germany from build
ing up a well-fortifled army" That
paper gives the analysis of the present
requirements: The other nations, and
especially France, should make the re-
cessed Disarmament Conference a pro-
ductive session. Every country went
there with one idea, the United States
included. and that idea was to foster
a reduction in armamentS that left it
in q technically superior position. Brit
ain and America are both for naval
limitations, but each wants the limited
navy to be specifically for the purpose
best suited for the geography of each.
And SO with armies. conscripts. can
non, airplanes, submarines, and all the
other implements of destruction. The
problem, Mr. Borah says. is whether
the governments of Europe have ar
rived at the point where they are will
ing to deal on basis of peace rather
than that Of war-upon principles of
justice and equality Very true, but
why Just Europe? Why isn't the
United States ready to deal upon prin-
ciples Of justice and equality with the
other Powers?"
Germany Is entitled to know" de-
clares the Louisville Courier Journal
whether the attitude of France and
Great Britain has undergone a change
If not. there is no necessity of an in
ternational conference and no need for
Germany to send delegates to it." The
San Antonio Express remarks that Mr..
Davis "perceives the difiiculty of bring
ing the nations together in q general
agreement on any proposition affecting
their security against attack" and
quotes his explanation to Premier Her.
riot OF France that the United States
is interested solely in the progressive
reduction OF armaments and will not
side with any particular power"
Emphasis is placed by the Buffalo
Evening News on ''the prospect that
when the regular Disarmament Con-
ference at Geneva resumes its delib-
erations, it will be without Germany"
The Butte (Mont.) Standard voices the
Judgment: 1T seems quite probable
that, in the long run, Germany will
have her way in this matter, as she
has already had her way on so many
other disputed questions growing out Of
the treaty of Versailles. The Hitler
movement found its source and con-
tinued inspiration in the allegedly un-
fair provisions of that treaty. It Is un-
fortunate that this is not more gen.
orally understood in France. A tre-
mendous step toward Franco German
understanding would be made il the
French government could and would
proclaim its desire to cancel the war
guilt clause of the treaty. It is doubt
ful, however, whether such a step, even
II approved by Premier Herriot. would
be upheld by the French Chamber of
Deputies and the voters of France"
The Salt Lake Deseret News asserts
tnat "Germany's absence from the
next disarmament conference at Gem
eva would leave little opportunity for
its success" The Rochester Times
Union, however, feels that there seems
to be signs of possible accommodation. /"
Evening star., 1932-10-17
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

What do you need to know? Is there
some point about your business or per
sonal life that puzzles you? Is there
something you want to know without
delay? Submit your question to Fred
eric j. Haskin, director OF our WASH
ington Information Bureau. He is en-
ployed TO help you. Address your in
quiry to The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
Washington, d. c., and inclose cents
in coin or stamps for return postage.
@. How does the number Of auto
mobiles in the United States in pro-
portion 10 the population compare with
the number in England, France and
Germany?-L. F.
A. In 1880 the total motor vehicle
registration in the United States was
26,526,779, or 43-5 population per
motor vehicle. Motor vehicle registra-
tion in England totaled 1,308.272, or 81
population per motor vehicle; France,
1,459,650, or % population per motor
vehicle: and Germany, 679, 300, or %
population per motor vehicle.
@. How will the terms of our law
makers be adjusted If the lame duck
amendment is ratified this Winter?-
j. F.
A. II the lame duck constitutional
amendment is ratified during the COM
ing Winter. as Is expected. the terms
OF members OF the House of Rep
resentatives and OF the President,
which begin on March 4. 1885,
will be shorter than the customary
terms since they will expire in January
of the particular year in which they
would have lasted formerly until
March.
@. Is the present Rim Tin Tin re-
lated to the original dog of that
name?-A. A.
A. The present dog star is the son
Of the original Rim Tin Tin. He is about
two years old.
@. What small per cent of the peo-
pie is it which is said to control most
Of the wealth of the country?-V. L.
A. The Federal Trade Commission
has made a study which indicates that
l per cent Of the people own SO per
cent of the wealth, and 13 per cent
own 80 per cent.
@. What proportion of the people in
the American Colonies were Tories?
M. H.
a. fIOD1DIy u lIllTQ OI Tie ptOplt VI
the Is Colonies remained faithful to the
King, and opposed armed resistance
from the beginning. These were called
Tories and Loyalists.
@. Who said Never put off until to-
morrow what you can do today p
N. E. T.
A. 1t is from Chesterfeld's Letters to
His Son-Decsmber 26, 1749. He wrote !:
Know the true value Of time; snatch,
seize. and enjoy every moment of it.
No idleneSs, no laziness, no procrasti-
nation. Never put of till tomorrow
what you can do today"
O. How many cups Of coffee does a
pound Of coffee make?-P. W.
A. 1t depends upon the strength Of
the beverage desired. Fifty cups is an
average.
@. Is a passport necessary in going
to the Panama Canal Zone?-C. T. M.
A. 1t Is not necessary.
@ How much does a commemorative
stamp cost the Government?-H. j. S.
A. The Post ONCE Department says
that it costs on an average of $400 to
$500 for the Post Once Department
to put out a new set of stamps This
includes engraving and making Of the
plates and printing the stamps.
@. Please name Swedish folk dance
j. w.
A. Two well-known dances are "Vafva
Vadmal." which literally means ''weav-