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Evening star., 1936-10-20
Campaign Solace for
Disfranchised Capital

To the Editor Of The Star:
Those who chafe under our disfran-
chisement as residents of the District
should take time on occasionally to con-
slider compensatory blessings. One Of
them Is surely . serene enjoyment Of the
brilliant column in The Star by Doro-
thy Thompson. When. Dorothy and
Clair set forth on the morning Of No
vember to make doubly sure 1T Can't
Happen Here" they will have to make
up their minds ut last just how they are
going to vote. The pale-cast- of thought
days for them will be over. But We can
stif1 lie back in our easiest chair, still
weigh pro and con with beatific ire
sponsibility.
To the true idealist . presidential
campaign is q narrowing ordeal. With
the Nation almost equally divided into
two hostile factions. 1t Is not possible
to md all the knaves in only one camp.
Al for fools. not the best cause in the
world can hope to escape their blunder-
ing ineptitude. And the rabble rousers
who make our hearts and ears ache are
no respecters Of parties. Clearly the
problem is not solved by the company
one keeps. To take q walk with . few
of the elect may be noble, but 1t IL
usually quite futile. Mr.. Roosevelt be-
lieves that the people will make the
proper choice, and he Is right.
But constant readers Of The Star will
sadly miss those ineffable cartoon por-
traits Of Mr.. Farley. r. D.MILLER.
Evening star., 1936-10-20
The Last of the Streeters.

With the death in Chicago on Sunday
of Mrs. Emma Streeter doubtless ends
one of the most astonishing attempts
to establish . claim of sQuatter SOW
ereignty ever maintained. Indeed, the
claim was supposed to have been finally
extinguished eight years ago. when the
United States Circuit Court Of Appeals
at Chicago ruled out the last formal
contention for lack of formal prosecution.
But despite this setback heirs Of the
Streeters-the captain" who set up the
contention, having died in 1s2l-wsre
stesdfastly ut work to 1ind new grounds
for litigation, with Ma" ~ the center
of activity.
Streeter, who acquired his military
title during the Civil War, was owner
and commander of small Lake Nichi-
gan steamer. In 1885 the craft grounded
ON the lake shore Oh the north side Of
Chicago. He Transformed the hulk into
q dwelling, built q breakwster around
1t. In the course Of years the space
between the boat and the shore niled
until some 100 acres OF land had been
added to the city's area. streeter con
Evening star., 1936-10-20
Dangerous Economy on
Mt. Vernon Boulevard

To the Editor Of The STAR
Are the people Of Washington and
nearby Virginia to be made innocent
victims of . short-sighted economy?
This is the only excuse I am offered for
there being no lights on the road to
Arlington and the Mount Vernon Boule-
ward. These roads are beautiful and
safe by daylight and public hazards at
night.
The fact that lamp posts are already
nicely placed along both sides makes
this negligence even more inexcusable.
One would think that the wreck result
ing in one death and . serious injury
which occurred ut the intersection Just
across the bridge would have called some
attention to this condition. Since 1t
evidently has not done SO and the lamp
posts still remain unlighted, feel 1t
the duty Of the people Of the District
and neighboring Virginia to demand that
action be taken to eliminate this hazard.
Not knowing the proper ofncials to con-
tact or the channel through which to
enter protest, should greatly appreciate
information concerning this procedure or
interest shown by the ones who have the
power to see that this much-needed i'm
provement Is put into effect.
GARY HASSELL.
Evening star., 1936-10-20

Hall of Explorers Of the National Geo.
graphic Society. The camera enthusiasts,
indubitably, are explorers Of Q sort-they
search the world for themes, track down
the rhythmic values Of the universe to
be recorded, preserved and p0pularized.
And If the results of such activity on
occasion seem commonplace, 1t might be
remembered that the customary and the
usual aspects of nature are manifesta-
tions of the cosmic law vastly important
to a race which habitualiy sees the stars
yet keeps its feet on the earth. Tommy
and his cat, Dorothy hanging out the
wash, Dad doing in his chair while the
intruding sun creeps higher and higher
to the point where it will shine straight
in his eyes and awaken him suddenly.
Nom tasting the soup for fear she
already has put into 1t more than enough
salt-these are trite materials surely, but
they symbolic home and the central
institution of society, love and the major
principle Of Creation.
The amateur photographer, then, is
philosopher as well as an artist; and
gradually, it may be presumed with
justice, he is helping to teach mankind
a lesson Of truth and Joy good for the
millions to know. Basically, the spirit
is involved. Those individuals who are
concerned to make fine things will culti-
vate a genius to live fine and noble and
helpful lives. Consciousness Of beauty is
an endowment, self-developed, Of the
soul. The cooperating newspapers
merit congratulation for their contest
and its fruits of achievement and
reward.
Evening star., 1936-10-20
SNAPSHOT Art.

Amateur photography is more than
hobby. Indeed, yesterdays announce
ment of the 1896 Newspaper National
Snapshot Contest awards furnished
opportunity for a fortnight animation
that it has become an authentic and
rapidly maturing art. NOVEL; Ward OF
Chicago, winning the first prize with an
1895 model "box," certainly deserved his
triumph. The child portrait which he
entered under the title of THE Dreamer"
Is, beyond all doubt, q beautiful work.
It's subject matter, style and inspirational
effect will be copied deliberately In that
sincerest type of appreciation which
imitation constitutes.
Washington, Of course, has particular
interest in the annual competition. 1t
is here that the pictures are judged, and
there could be no better place for the
exhibition of the rival prints than the
Evening star., 1936-10-20
Proposed Rapid Transit
On TakOma Park Line

To the Editor OF The Btar:
As 1t has been some time since the
question Of good transportation for the
Kennedy street, Brightwood, Manor Park
and Takoma Park districts has been be-
fore those who have the power to inn
prove the situation or make matters
worse and rs the past week has shown
that those that are still looking for the
double tracking of the Kennedy street,
Third to Laurel street by the Capital
Transit Co. are going to be disappointed
bysthe announcement by that company
that permission Is to be asked to abandon
that part of the Fourteenth street car
line at Colorado avenue and Fourteenth
street and have q shuttle bus service for
those unfortunate patrons who live in
that section this so-called service would
serve. Also that an all-day express bus
service would take the place OF the car
line OH Third street.
I have been q constant advocate for
better street car system in the City Of
Washington. The new mode Of travel by
busSes has crippled the city because Of
the purchase of several hundred vehicles
which to me is q real breaking down Of
the transportation service because Of the
Transit Co. idea Of economy. The life Of
bus is very short. A street car line has
an established route. A bus route can
be changed at will.
The Capital Transit Co. and the Pub
lie Utilities Commission have had check
ers for some time to show that the pa
irons are riding the busses more than
the street cars, and for that reason they
want to tear up the tracks on Kennedy
street and Third to Laurel street in the
Takoma Park area. A few citizens living
in that part Of the city have gone on
record as favoring the idea. This writer.
who feels he represents the ma ajority Of
citizens OF that section OF the city af-
fected. protests vigorously the abandon
ing OF that part OF the Fourteenth street
car line which would end at Fourteenth
street and Colorado avenue.
What are the pioneers who have rid
den on the street cars all these years
getting for this merging Of these two
transportation companies? Does 1t look
like they are getting something better
for this new one-company plan Of trans
portation for the Capital Of the Nation?
Why are people stfll driving their cars
downtown and not riding the street cars
In the city as they would II better cars
and service were being given to the
patrons of the company? The street
cars are not being kept up for the reason
the company wants the car rider to be-
come disguised and 50 willing to ride
anything to get away from the old, run
down street cars. Let the company pur-
chase new and up-to-date street cars.
keep in repair the most modern ones,
take out Of service the ones that are not
flt to be used, double track Kennedy
street, Third and Laurel streets. They
will see how much more travel they
will receive from the citizens Of that
section. They know company like
the North American will not kick about
double tracking . little more than .
mile Of . line II they felt more business
would be had by doing so.
FELIX A. URY.
Evening star., 1936-10-20

Extracting the "sour" out Of sour milk
and turning It into . product OF wide
use in the leather, textile, food, drug
and plastics industries is an accomplish
mont Just announced by chemists OF the
Bureau of Dairy Industry.
They have developed processes Tor
obtaining Tactic acid from the whey OF
milk, . byproduct from cheese and casein
manufacture, which has been considered
for years one of the chief sources OF
trouble and waste In the dairy industry.
These methods open the way for building
up an entirely new industry from what
in the past has been almost pure waste.
Already their commercial practicability
has been demonstrated by one large firm
engaged In making easein from skim
milk. Materials most commonly used
for the production of Tactic acid ut pres
ent are molasses, corn starch and sor-
ghum.
Perhaps the chief commercial use for
Tactic acid Is In the leather industry,
where its function Is to neutralize the
lime employed In removing hair from
hides. It Is also used in textiles. in
baking, In hardening pickles. ana In
making various lacQuers. Combined With
calcium ~ calcium lactate 1t has an
important use In medicine ~ . means
by which the body can be made to
increase its absorption Of the vital ele-
ment. calcium. It is essential for soda
fountains in making the various acid
phosphate drinks.
Whey in the past has had its uses,
but 1t has been expensive to handle,
with the result that it has been very
largely . complete loss. 1t has been
made into chicken food on . small scale,
since it has the quality of preventing
very serious fowl disease. Mixed with
other things. 1t is fed to pigs, but 1t
makes . very diluted food and the supply
varies 50 much during the year that its
use for that purpose is decidedly limited.
The Bureau Of Dairy Industry chemists
seem to have opened the way to making
1t one Of the most valuable Of the dairy's
byproducts.
Lactic acid is what makes milk sour
This essential industrial material first
was isolated from spoiled milk by the
German chemist, X. w. Scheele, in 1850.
Then, and for many years after, 1t was
only q nuisance.
The chief solid constituent Of milk is
lactose, q complex sugar. This sugar
Is attacked by several varieties Of bac-
terra, the most effective Of which is lacto-
bacillus bulgaricus. The micro-organism
splits up the lactose twice. The first
transformation Is into two simpler
sugars, galactose and glucose. The lac
tose molecule splits In two, yielding one
molecule Of each Of the other sugars. The
glucose splits in turn into two molecules
Of still simpler substance composed Of
three atoms Of carbon, six Of hydrogen
and three Of oxygen. This II Tactic acid.
But the same breakdown process can
start with the much more abundant
sugar, sucrose, and this has been the
process commonly. followed In Tactic acid
manufacture in the past. The lactose,
which composes about per cent Of the
milk whey, has been too diffuse 70 use
economically. The great contribution Of
Evening star., 1936-10-20

tended that all this space was his prop
erty, inasmuch rs the land had been
formed outside of the boundaries Of
the city and State. holding that it there
fore belonged to the United States and
was subject to his right Of squatter
sovereignty.
This was the basis Of the Streeter
claim. 1t was fought, Of course, by the
city and by the title holders to all the
newly formed land, which had been pur-
chased by them from the city. streeter
physically resisted attempts to oust him
and his family from his castle" Finally
Streeter made the mistake of shooting
and killing q watchman employed by the
interests seeking definite title to the new
made land. He was tried and sentenced
to life imprisonment, but within . few
months he was released and resumed
his warfare. Finally . force of several
hundred police assailed the castle"
ousted the Streeters and destroyed the
buildings that they had fashioned out Of
scraps Of fiotsam.
Streeter died in 1921 and his wife
successor to the original Ma Streeter,"
who died about thirty years ago-carried
on the contest, though evicted. She
established herself in another derelict,
and one day when she was in custody
for liquor law violation the police took
her second houseboat dwelling into the
lake and sank 1t. Since then she has
been spasmodically attempting to revive
her claims. But the fire Of the Streeter
martial spirit had died and there was
no such fury rs that Of the hectic days
when the "Cap'n" was defying all the
forces Of law and order and making his
name q household word throughout the
country for determination and per-
Sistence.
Now Ma" Streeter is gone and no one
Is likely to come forward rs claimant.
The long contested case, actually closed
eight years ago, so far as the courts
are concerned, now becomes merely =
memory. Meanwhile the area comprising
the Streeter realm has been improved,
until its present value Is estimated at
half q billion dollars. including some Of
Chicagos largest structures. With the
passing of this final relict Of the re-
doubtable captain doubtless goes the last
of the litigants in one Of the most amaz-
ing cases OF pretension in history. There
was never any SAVIOR of heroism about
the streeters, though they were doughty
fighters. The captain" may have been
honestly misled as to his rights, but he
was an anachronism. He belonged to an
earlier time, when piracy and freebootery
were the rule.
Evening star., 1936-10-20
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

the Agriculture Department chemists
has been to devise . method whereby
the lactose can be used even more eco
nomically than sucrose.
Another contribution has been the pro-
duction of 40 per cent pure Tactic acid.
That anything could be more than 100
per cent pure seems highly paradoxical
until the chemists explain what they
have done. Up to the present Tactic acid
has contained from so to rs per cent
water. Under the new process this is
almost entirely done away with. The
next step Is to take from two molecules
of the acid itself one molecule of water,
resulting in . product known rs lactile
Tactic acid. From this in turn, one mole
cule of water can be extracted, giving
. material known IS Tactic, which is
almost . solid and can be used in the
production Of various artificial resins.
In fact, solid. artifacts, such rs buttons
or fountain pen cases, can be made en-
tirely from this Tactic.
Now in the Department of Agricul-
lures publication process . good deal
Of lactile Tactic acid Is formed with the
ordinary Tactic acid. Upon the addition
Of water, however, this will take up the
requisite water molecules to change back
into Tactic acid again. Thus comes the
paradox Of "purer than pure"
There Is another seeming paradox in
volved In the process Of purifying Tactic
acid-that Of boiling water below its
boiling point. The only way Of getting
the water out of Tactic acid Is by boiling
1t out since water boils ut q lower tenn
perature than the acid itself. But when
the mixture Is heated to the ordinary
atmospheric boiling point of water the
temperature Is 50 high that the acid
itself deteriorates.
Previous methods Of doing this have
involved boiling In 3 vacuum, q highly
expensive process. The Agriculture De-
partment chemists have found that it
can be done much more economically
merely by placing benzol In the same
container as the water-lactic acid mix
ture. The benzol floats on top. 1t has
. boiling point 20 degrees under the boil
Ing point Of water. But rs the benzol
boils away it takes the water with 1t, and
the two afterward are separated In the
distillation process.
When the water is boiling OF the tenn
perature of the water Tactic acid mixture
remains ut least 10 degrees below the
boiling point of water alone. Just what
happens the chemists themselves do not
know. The principle of lower boiling
point for mixtures of liquid is well known
to chemists, but up to the present has
had little practical application.
The end result of the processes de-
veloped In the Bureau of Dairy Industry
10 molasseslike, water-white liquid.
Evening star., 1936-10-20
Economic Disarmament.

Undeterred by the tumult of the presi-
Dental campaign, the State Department
is rapidly completing arrangements for
the United States participation in the
forthcoming Inter-American Peace Con-
ference. Although his trade agreement
policy Is bone of contention in the
present political unpleasantness, Secre-
tary Hull plans at Buenos Aires to re-
sumo his drive to bring more Of the
American republics within the orbit of
the reciprocal program.
OF the fourteen tariff agreements al
ready concluded, seven are with Latin
American nationS-Cuba, Brazil, Haiti,
Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and
Nicaragua. Negotiations are pending
with Costa Rica and El Salvador. Ex-
ploratory conversations have been held
with Argentina. At Buenos Aires, which
will be host to ministers Of nine or ten
South and Central American govern
ments, Secretary Hull and Assistant Sec
retary OF State Welles will have first
hand opportunity to exchange views with
high-ranking of1cials of Pan-American
states with which no reciprocal bargains
have yet been reached. These include Bo-
public, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Paraguay,
Uruguay and Venezuela. In the formid-
able list of subjects comprehended by the
conference agenda. none exceeds in i'm
portance, in Washingtons opinion, the
projected discussion Of barriers to inter-
American and international trade, and
measures for their elimination" That
the conference will be in mood to tackle
these problems constructively is assured
in advance by the resolution adopted at
Montevideo in 1898, which registered the
desire Of all the American republics to
abandon economic conflict" and achieve
"some measure OF economic disarma-
ment."
The Foreign Policy Association, In q
current review OF the reciprocal agree
ments, sets forth that they have "ob-
viously made q start in preaching bar
riers raised against American agricul-
tural products" although, it is added, "it
will probably be easier to secure addi-
tional foreign markets for finished
articles like machinery and automobiles
than for most farm produce" The sur.
vey admits that the United States Inn
ports have risen more than exports in
trade with the treaty countries, but en-
phasizes that American tariff reductions
have been made with such caution
and technical skill that 1t appears no
eficient industry has been substantially
injured" Approximately one-sixth OF all
American exports have received conces-
Sions.
While it is too early to theori1e upon
the ultimate effects of the program, au-
thorities in all countries today are prac-
tically q unit in acknowledging that no
surer foundation for world peace can be
laid than through give-and-take removal
of distractions to the natural flow Of
international commerce. Certainly In
the United States there is little disagree
ment as to the political, commercial and
sentimental value of ef1ecting the largest
possible degree of economic disarma-
ment" as between our Latin American
neighbors and ourselves.
Evening star., 1936-10-20

If crows are really good to eat, rs
suggested by some bold gastronomist,
they could provide but uncertain relief.
In q short time supervisory agriculture
might try to save them by hauling down
the scarecrows and allowing them q
free hand In crop reduction only TO dis
cover that game laws would have to
be passed for their protection. Anyhow,
the idea of eating crow is always per-
picking and never exactly pleasant.
Evening star., 1936-10-20
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Pond Lily.

Lily afioat on the waters breast,
What Is it keeps you ali night wakingf
The birds have long since gone to rest :,
And moonlight thru the clouds Is ;
breaking: 9,
Still on the surface of the pool .
Your starry face CLEANS white and cool =
..;
Now have sorrow to Danish sleep, ss
And wakeful thoughts with hot care I
teeming-s ,4n
But why must you such vigil keepf r
Are you Of broader waters dreaming?..
What is 1t holds your tranquil eyes
Wide open to the midnight skies7 e.
Although my queries bring no reply e
We watch the long night out. you and I. :
Evening star., 1936-10-20

A Lake Erie gale browns 10 and .
Chesapeake Bay squalls browns three.
Many fail to appreciate the danger Of
inland waters which make 20 peaceful
and innocent picture on the map. An
airship may yet be regarded as the
safest way to cross any body Of water.
Evening star., 1936-10-20
Shall AbattOir Be Allowed
To Rival Apple Blossoms

To the Editor Of The star:
Altar of roses! win the blossoms Of
5000 crabapple trees be rivaled by an
abattoir? All the weeping willows show
their grief. Lovers Of the National Cap
ital, save the handicapped Anacostia b0ule-
ward and the Nations Capital for the
world to enjoy!
BLANCHE c. HOWLETT.
Evening star., 1936-10-20
Not Requesting Change.

do you favor . change In our Gov
ernment?"
NO" said Senator Sorghum. II have
always approved Of the Government,
though sometimes favoring relief and
retirement for some Of the men who had
worked hard trying to serve It."
Evening star., 1936-10-20
Still Waiting.

From the Joplin (Go) Globe.
The folks who were telling themselves
they would settle down to hard work
as soon as the world series was over have
now decided to walt until after election.
Evening star., 1936-10-20
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Evening star., 1936-10-20
Bell Ringers.

From the Roanoke Times.
That ring ut the door bell may mean
hosiery salesman or . bill collector
or the boy friend. Then again, it may
be smiling politician intent on enlisting
your support In the cause of saving
America. -. 'Ts-a-t'
Evening star., 1936-10-20
Under the Table.

From the Grand Island Independent.
The report that 'women's shoes will
be more pointed this year has been
received With some concern in male
bridge circles.
Evening star., 1936-10-20
Warning.

Prom the Toledo BLADE.
Before starting the Fall fire in the
heating steve be careful to remove the
roll of $40 bills you laid away for Winter
expenses.
Evening star., 1936-10-20

Horse and buggy days had another
advantage. There was no phonosraph
to reproduce old speeches and no radio
in the dash board.
Evening star., 1936-10-20
Shooting Stars.
BY PMILANDER JOHNSON.
Radio Restrictions.

Radio Restrictions.
We're learning to use the inventions
That genius has placed In our hands.
We use them in learned contentious
In this and in various lands;
In programs, however they twist EN-,
We find new occasion to guess;
The Columbia Broadcasting System
Brings letters anew-"C. B. g."
Oh, how shall an editor edit
When thunder and lightning We find
Hired out on cash terms or on credit
To speak to the popular mind.
The alphabet takes new flutter
And causes our thought to digrsss
When the things that the sound waves
may utter
Must be labeled %. K, G. B. s.