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Evening star., 1932-01-21
The Connecting Parkway.

Steadily, If slowly, the project for the
establishment of a parkway connecting
Rock Creek and Potomac Parks is ad-
vancing. 1t Is announced that nearly
all the land necessary" for this work has
been acquired, only about half an acre
remaining to be secured by condemna-
tion or direct purchase. This, how
ever, Is somewhat beside the actual
condition, for there still awaits final
action the suit of the Government for
possession Of the area at the mouth of
the creek, which Is claimed by the
canal company, although the United
States considers that it is a public
property. The parkway, as projected,
cannot be regarded as completed until
this riverside outlet Is secured and
linked up with the boulevard that Is
to provide direct and uninterrupted
communication between the two great
reservations.
For more than twenty years this en-
terprise has been under way. For a
longer period it has been in contem-
plstion. Indeed, as soon as Rock Greek
Park-regarding the Geological Park
as part Of that area-was created and
Potomac Park was developed by the
reclamation Of the river fats the plan
was advanced for the union of the two
by a driveway along the creek. A
counter proposal was urged that the
valley Of the creek be filled in and the
waters carried to the river by means Of
n tunnel from about the line of MasSa-
chusetts avenue, or even farther north.
This alternative WAS happily rejected,
and after much discussion the parkway
plan was adopted and commission was
created for the securing of the land
necessary to execute 1t.
So leisurely has been the progress in
this matter that many Washingtonians
have forgotten the project. A few years
ago it was developed to the point at
which a driveway could be constructed
from the Taft Bridge TO the Massachu-
sets avenue viaduct, which spans the
valley. Park users have found them
selves, after travel over this road, faced
with an impossible condition. Now an
other section of the driveway is to be
laid down and the travel course thus
carried little farther toward the river
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lies close to a large center Of population.
1t is not especially difficult Of ascent.
For good many years It has been
scaled by railroad, successfully oper-
ated by electric traction, by cable and
by cog and ratchet, with the last few
rods of travel along an easy ramp to the
very pit itself. No other vent Is SO
readily accessible.
Despite its occasional outbursts,
which have cost humanity so terribly
in the past. the people persist In their
occupation Of the very tanks of the
great hill, planting their vines and
crops in the soil that is strangely
fertilized by the efiuvia of the vent.
Their chances of survival are fair, for
the destructive eruptions are rare.
But there is never assurance Of safety
except that the volcano gives reason
able warning of its revival Of activity
such as the choking of the smoke
stream and the inner rumblings and
shocks.
These present manifestations of ''in-
ternal trouble" may be followed by a
terrific blast, due to the congestion Of
the gases occasioned by fall Of rock
into the vent. If that now has hap
pened there will probably be such an
explosion, styled an eruption, when
the accumulation OF gas and molten
matter reaches the point Of dynamic
outburst. In that case the question
OF moment will be whether the outflow
of flame and lava and ashes and pull
verized rock will carry far and in great
volume, constituting one Of the major
eruptions, or will dribble along without
causing injury until equilibrium OF
pressure is restored and Vesuvius again
resumes it's course of harmless smok-
ing and glowing, with the tourists cnce
more clsmbering to the edge of the
crater and down little way inside to
"see red and bring forth relics OF
their courageous enterprise.
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Purer Helium Hailed
As Boon to Aviation

From the San Antonio Evening News.
Bureau of Mines lately published,
from its Amarillo laboratory, an item
which may have considerable bearing
on lighter-than-ai flying development,
Experimenters there produced fleiiun
1895 per cent pure. The gas was OBJ
tanned at the rate Of $4,000 cubic feet
day, and the report says that the
method promises to be commercially
valuable Before the Amarillo plant
was opened the Government was con-
tent with So per cent pure helium for
its dirigibles. The West Texas prodl,rt
has averaged 97s pure for, two ana
one-half years, and during 1881 its
quality did not drop below SO per cent.
Aeronautical engineers say that a
per cent increase in helium purity win
increase the lifting power of the air
ship Akron by two tons. Then In.
Amarillo gas is more effective by four
tens than that previously ayaiIabls
Now that q process for turning out yir-
tually 100 per cent pure helbum h..
been developed, still better results ma.
be expected. AN1
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Philippine Gold Find
May Be Boon to World
From the Topeka Daily Capital,

From the Topeka Daily Capital.
Periods like the present stir gold
prospectors over the world to diligence,
and gold discoveries the last year have
been more numerous than usual.
The greatest gold rush Is now re-
ported from the Island of Luzon In the
Philippines, where the richness of the
deposits staggers belief and is prob
ably greatly exaggerated. The Baguio
gold district Of Luzon is a we'll known
producer, though not of the first rank,
its production having been about one
tenth that Of the United States. That
the new find Is exaggerated appears
likely from the fact that reports claim
the gold uncovered assays as high as
$4,000 ton. This is not impossible,
as gold mines in Canada have assayed
In spots as high as $4,000 a ton. A
ton Of pure gold is worth about s480,-
900. But gold mines are profitably
worked today which assay but rs or 80
cents a ton.
If the new Baguio discoveries have
considerable extent and anything like
the richness now reported they will
be boon TO the entire world.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
Satisfactory, Welcome Compromise.

The compromise between the Po-
tonac Electric Power Co. and the
PublS Utilities Commission over rate
reduction is an excellent way out Of
what promised to become most un-
satisfactory impaSse.
1t is an excellent thing from the
point of view Of the consumer, who
will obtain cut in his rates for elec-
tricity. 1t is an excellent thing from
the point Of view Of the lawyers, who
can now go down to court and argue
about the principles of the law to their
hearts content, without the embar-
RAISING knowledge that the longer they
argue the longer they delay 8 settle
ment that everybody wants 1t is an
excellent thing for the electric light
company, which wins deserved public
good will by voluntarily taking a step
to reduce rates that it could not have
been compelled to take for some time,
while retaining its right to fight for
a judicial definition of its rights, and
1t is an excellent thing for the Public
Utilities Commission and the peoples
counsel, who have been able to obtain
q greater reduction in rates, for the
time being, than would otherwise have
been made without their efforts to
break the consent decree.
The compromise means that the
power company for 1882 is applying
about $86o,oO0 of its excess earnings
in 1881 toward reduction in rates.
Under the consent decree, now in liti-
cation, the company would have applied
about s66O,o0o toward this rate reduc-
tion; under the new sliding scale that
the commission has attempted to sub
stitute for the old scale the company
would have applied about $1,000 900
toward the rate reduction. The con-
sumer who paid primary rate Of AZ
cents per kilowatt hour in 1881 will
pay about 81 cents in 1882. Under the
consent decree he would have paid
about cents per kilowatt hour, &C
cording to incomplete computations.
Interest now turns TO the outcome of
the litigation over the consent decree,
arguments upon which are about to
close in Justice Luhring's court There
are two important points wrapped up
In this litigation. The first, and most
important, involves the right of the
Public Utilities Commission to abrogate
the consent decree without agreement
by the court or the power company.
The second involves the reasonableness
Of the commissions new sliding scale
arrangement. The importance Of a de-
cision in favor of either ntigant, 1t is
understood, will force the other to ap-
peal. An extended court fight is in
prospect.
For this reason the willingness OF both
sides to compromise is commendable,
and the compromise itself Is satisfac-
tory, as it marks the middle point be-
tween two extremes that, in dollars and
cents to the consumer, are not so very
far apart for the present or immediate
future. 1t accomplishes the purpose of
fixing settlement on rates for the time
being, leaving the broad matter of fu-
ture policy TO the courts Interpretation
Of the law.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHLANDER JOHNSON.

The Folly Shooters.
The world LIS full Of Folly,
And everybody tries
To shoot 1t as it flies.
Man struggles to be jolly
When everybody knows
His heart is full Of woes.
We prance in giddy fashion;
We sing In rhythms queer
That sometimes shock the ear.
We scorn the simple passion
OF old romantic folk
And say 1t lis joke.
We shoot and will not quit 1t,
At Folly, so we say,
While striving to be gay.
If ever we should hit it,
Despite our conscious pride,
1t might prove suicide!
Evening star., 1932-01-21
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

be out of their usual employment this
year, and also to increase production
of island foodstuffS and especially
vegetables for export.
There will be considerable planting
Of lands which, last year, were in sea-
island cotton. Cotton planting this
year will be very much reduced. It is
estimated that from 10000 to $4,000
families, mostly in the former tobacco
sections, will be provided with a variety
Of seeds with which to plant their own
vegetable gardens. Several hundred
acres of highland rice will be planted
more than the island has ever before
attempted to grow. Irish and sweet
potatoes, grandules, corn, eggplant,
tomatoes, and Valencia onions, as well
as lima and other varieties of beans.
Recently vegetable growers in the
Isabella district raised $500 toward
providing themselves with seeds, fer
tilizers and other necessities.
In the next few months the island
will likely produce more vegetables than
at any time since the World War, when
War-gardens kept large part OF the
population from going hungry.
New Highway Brings
Monterey Closer to u. S.
Ell Universal, Mexico, D. F.-Of all
Mexican cities, probably none is better
known to Americans than Monterey.
This is both because of its proximity
to the Rio Grande and its attractive
ness as a modern and progressive city
the chief manufacturing center, indeed,
OF Mexico. Popular with Americans
even when the railroad was its only
link with the border, 1t Is now the first
interior city of Importance In the re-
public that can be easily reached by
motor vehicles.
There Is now an exceptionally we'll
constructed highway existing between
1t and the city Of Laredo, In the State
OF Texas. which is patronized daily by
hundreds of tourists. The CITY itself.
though mainly Spanish In appearance,
Is supplied with all modern comforts
and conveniences, and is interspersed
with picturesque plazas, grateful and
alluring at any season of the year.
several battles were fought here at
the time OF the American invasion in
september, 1846. and the famous "Obis-
pado," or Bishops Palace. still exhibits
imbedded In its walls some of the solid
shot nred by American artillery.
Ihere Is a barracks of the national
army, and also Penitenciaria Federal
federal penitentiary) which. with its
improved methods of caring for and
occupying (employing) the inmates, is
well worthy of visit, which can be
arranged Tor almost any day.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
Toilet Articles Found
In Mesopotamia Tomb
From the Buffalo Evening News.

Z toln tle ouAdIo evening news.
An archaeological expedition which
is operating in Mesopotania for the
University of Pennsylvania, reports the
opening of tomb dating from 5000
B. c., in which it found bronze mir
ror, perfume bottle and complete
Get of articles for applying face
makeup.
These may appear to be trivial things
to interest scholars. They reveal, new
ertheless, stage of society having the
wealth and luxury which demanded such
aids to beauty and the artisanship to
manufacture them. The theory that
the present stage of civilization is the
product of an unbroken evolution has
been badly shaken by the work of the
psychologists in the last half century.
They are penetrating a new field Of
antiquity, however, if they are uncov-
ering a world of 1000 years ago, in
which people of the present day would
not have felt out of place.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
No Such Thing.


There's no such thing as down an
out"
Folks don't know what they're talkin'
bout.
When they throw up their hands an
say.
There's no more luck to come my
way"
AS long as you have hands to toll,
There's food to gather from the soil.
AS long as you have ears to hear,
There's somethin' worth your learnin'
near.
While you possess a voice to speak,
There's some one who your words will
seek.
There's disappointment an there's
doubt,
But no such thing as down an out"
DE wust thing about arithmetic, F"
said Uncle Eben, "is dat whole lot O.
folks gifts de idea dat any kind O fig
germ is all right II dey kin finish up
wifi a number dat has dollar mark In
front Of it,
Evening star., 1932-01-21

Within the past 2,200 years there
have been 1000 famines in China, 1t Is
reported. If that unfortunate country
ever should adopt national slogan,
When Do We Eat7" would do as well
as any
Evening star., 1932-01-21
E1ectioneeriug,

Hiram" exclaimed Mrs Corntossel,
that candidate you don't like is COM
ing up the road. Whatll say If he
wants to kiss the children?"
Don't say anything. Just call 'em
back to the kitchen and give 'em plenty
of bread and butter and molasses."
Evening star., 1932-01-21

Gov. Alfalfa Bill'' Murray, it is an
nounced proudly by Oklahomans, is a
fine performer on both the harmonica
and the jewsharp. He must either use
some sort of strainer on the instru-
ments, or else, like ex-Kaiser Bill, go in
for those cunning mustache regulators.
Evening star., 1932-01-21

First the japanese called them ban
dits." Now they refer to them as "ir-
regulars" BY the time their history
looks are rewritten to include the pres
ent difficulty their Manchurian oppo-
nents will probably be styled crack
troops"
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Necessarily Biased.

What are your views on the great
public problems?"
Il haven't any views on public prob
lens," replied Senator Sorghum. Each
election year, I'm one Of them myself"
Evening star., 1932-01-21

The word "pecuniary," it appears,
comes from the Latin "pecus," meaning
cattle, the very ancient Romans hav-
ing used them for money. And, while
on the subject, it is recommended that
Uncle Sam, confronted by that empty
pail, refrain from milking the COW too
fast"
Evening star., 1932-01-21
One Barber SiIenced.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
A man was shaved in cage which
was occupied by three non-vegetarian
lions. and we bet for once the barber
didn't try to sell him something.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
The AnSWer.

Life is riddle told in style
To interest the many.
Sometimes the answer brings a smile;
Sometimes there isn't any.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
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Evening star., 1932-01-21
How 1t Looked.

Why don't you eat your caviar?"
asked the host.
Didn't know it was to eat" replied
Bronco Bob. Il thought there had been
an accident and the cook had spilled
the bird shot"
Evening star., 1932-01-21

Woman Smugglers Busy in England"
Headline. Woman smugglers never
seem to have much unengaged time
either
Evening star., 1932-01-21

Any one reading the newspapers Is
struck by the fact that among Amer
lean Indians chiefs" have survived In
numbers so much greater than ordinary
men.
Evening star., 1932-01-21

The automobiles for 1882 are declared
to be three years ahead Of the times"
They will not be when they are all paid
for.
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a place on the delegation. In justice
to Mr. Baker, it may be said that he
apparently has not the slightest desire
to be candidate any way and that he
has done everything he can to dis
courage his candidacy.
Evening star., 1932-01-21

"All good things come in threes,"
runs the old adage. On the contrary,
however, there is the third put-out, the
third rail and the third party.
Evening star., 1932-01-21

1t Is to be wondered how the teacher
feels today-if still alive-who first
said, Albert Einstein, go to the black
board"
Evening star., 1932-01-21
Porto Rico Plans
Huge Vegetable Planting.

Porto Rico Progress, San Juan
Through the united efforts of the In
sular Department of Agriculture and
Commerce, plans are well advanced for
the planting of the largest acreage ever
given over to the production Of vege-
tables in the island. Two purposes are
in view: First, TO provide source both
of food and of labor for thousands of
people in the tobacco district who will
Evening star., 1932-01-21

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Evening star., 1932-01-21

@. What are bar pilots on the Mis-
sissippi River at New Orleans?-S. L.
A. They are the persons who pilot
ships at the entrance of the Missis-
sippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. In
addition there are river port pilots for
the port of New Orleans and branch
bar pilots.
Evening star., 1932-01-21

@. Please name some of the wrestling
holds.-E. S.
A. Among the we'll known ones are
waist-lock hold, double-leg hold, nip
lock, half Nelson, quarter Nelson, full
Nelson, head lock, hammer locks, scis-
sors and three-quarter Nelson.
Evening star., 1932-01-21
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

THEODORE w. MOVES. :. Editor
Evening star., 1932-01-21

1IIC 1SCPuphSdA NdblOIldl SOllfClitAolI AZ
Chicago next June IA Is to meet In
Chicago Saturday to deal with the man
ayers of the convention hall and the
hotel proprietors. The latter have prom
ised not to increase hotel rates during
the period Of the convention. When
the 1920 Republican National Conven-
tion was held in Chicago, the hotels
doubled and in some cases quadrupled
their rates, much to the distress OF the
delegates and visitors. Senator Fess
of Ohio, chairman of the Republican
National Committee, is chairman OF the
Committee on Arrangements. 1t won't
be long before the Democratic Commit
tee on Arrangements for the Demo-
cratic National Convention, to be
opened June 81, will travel to Chicago
for the purpose of looking over the
grour' also. Jouett Shouse, chairman
OF the Democratic Executive Committee
heads this Committee on Arrangements.
1t happens this year that the tota'
delegate strength in the Republican and
Democratic National Conventions Is
1dentical-l,154. The total is arrived
at in different ways by the Democrats
and the Republicans, it is true, with
the ALLEGATION of delegate strength to
the States and Territories and District
oi Solunola varying consderaply.
X
Martin L. Davey, former member OF
the House from Ohio, self-constituted
leader of drive for the nomination
OF Newton D. Baker for President, has
succeeded in one thing at least, he
mas brought about an agreement among
the Democrats of his State which will
give him, Davey, job as delegate
at large in the national convention.
The delegation is to be pledged to sup
port Gov. George White. But Mr.
Davey hastens to explain that the
delegation will vote for the Governor
only on the first few ballots and then
Will feel free to switch to Baker or any
other candidate the delegates desire to
support. 1t looks as though Mr.
Daveys drive for Mr. Baker has been
a mop, however, except to land Davey
Evening star., 1932-01-21

@. What per cent of the national In
come is expended for education?-S. S.
A. The cost of public elementary and
secondary education is "a per cent OF
the total national income.
Evening star., 1932-01-21

O. Were horses or oxen used In cross
ing the continent before the railroads
were built? If both, which were more
Evening star., 1932-09-15
MRS. CHAPLIN FILES
NEW COURT CASE.
Continues Fight for Entry of
Sons Into FiIms-De-
fends Motives.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, September 15.-A
new legal action to place the two small
sons of Charlie Chaplin in motion pic
lures was started here yesterday by
the film comedians former wife, Lita
Grey Chaplin.
Defeated recently when Chaplin OBJ
tanned a Superior Court ruling prevent
ing appearance Of the children in
picture without consent Of both parents
and the court, Mrs. Chaplin's new move
transferred the contest to the Probate
Court. She filed the petition there as
the boys. Superior Judge Walter j.
Desmond ordered hearing next
Thursday
The petition recited that the children,
Charles Spencer Chaplin. jr 7, and
Sydney Earl Chaplin, 6, would receive
$4,000 each under contract with the
Fox Film Corporation.
Testifying at the first hearing Chap
lin recalled his own unhappy boyilood,
asserted there was no need for his sons
to work and said their appearance in
pictures would prevent them from lead
ing normal lives.
DelenOS lntenuOnS.
Mrs Chaplin attached to the new
petition a l0-page typewriter letter
which she said she sent the comedian
September 3, discussing their sensa-
tional divorce and her desire to prove
that she was not "a little Mexican gold
digger, without education or refine
ment."
You cannot compare the situation
with your own experience as a child"
her letter said. for you must remem-
ber that the pictures which I contem-
plated the children and I would make
will only require five or six weeks out
Ct the year and I would he with them
at all times, giving them the same care
and attention which they would have
at home.
Il feel that I am fully justified in
urging this consideration upon you be-
cause of the fact their earnings will
not be, and cannot be, of any financial
benefit to me. OF course. you know
this. However I am afraid that the
public has been given the impression
from newspaper reports of the recent
proceedings in court that I was actu-
ated in my desire to have the children
make this picture with me by my own
selfish financial advantage.
you know that. in the divorce ac-
Gon. between us alone, I was put in
most unfavorable light by a very con-
siderable number OF newspapers and
periodicals; and without any question,
even today there is great part of
the public still willing to believe any
thing detrimental to me on that ac-
count.
Il am not undertaking to place the
blame for this upon any ones shoulders.
A considerable part of it was probably
due to your own popularity and the
overwhelming loyalty of your many
profound admirers
Il felt the injustice Of 1t very keenly
at the time and I now feel it even
more keenly on account of the chill
dren.
Il have thought and planned dill
gently and unselfshly to find way to
accomplish this and I will tell you that
the principal reason for my study and
my going into vaudeville was because
1t gave me the opportunity to appear
before the public in the hope that I
might, by such a contact with the pub
lie. be able to remove. at least by i'm
preston, that I was coarse, vulgar and
uneducated."