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' “dedicated to the Confederate dead.|ducedthroughamplifiers with clearness 5™ ’ THE EVENING ST THE EVENING STAR,|tions committee to ask immediate pro- | towns, every one of the 110,000,000 A vision of funds for the memorial | could be thus addressed. With Sundsy Morning Edition. bridge. The arguments which he ad-| From time to time the President is- WLIBINOTaK, D. C. :Ireuadtothacmnmmeo.mou(hmm sues proclamations. It {s now physi- mpressive, were not as convincing | cally possible for him virtually to pro- SATURDAY. . . November 12, 1931 |/ the need of this structure as yes. | claim In person directly to the ears of terday’s unfortunate happenings in|the people. This Jdevice is & new crea- TEEODORE W. ....Edf DORE W. NOYES. .. .BdHor | nection with the burial of the un- |tion. Its development is certatn to fol. The Evening Star Newspaper Company [ known noldier. Every member of|low. It is conceivable that in every Business Office. 11th 5t. and Penneylvania Ave. | Congress who in any way was affect- | city there will be amplifying stations, Editorial Digest Democracy’s New Chieftain. The recent reorganization of the democratic party is expected to bring about more effective opposition in Con- gress and may stir the sluggish wheels of the mational legislature into greater activity, in the opinion of editorial writers of both parties. Many inter- esting conclusions are drawn from the meeting of the democratic national com- mittee in St. Louls, and the election of Cordell Hull of Tennessece as chalr- man of the committee. From the party point of view the Permit No. 1185. choice of Judge Hull for the chairman- New York Office: 160 Ny L1 chlc-n't‘)'nce"nm N 'm..: 'n':fl Building. | ed by the traffic jam in getting to and | perhaps several in each, where the Faropean Ofice: 3 Regent St., London, Bagland. | g0, Ariington should realize today |people can gather and from time to with the Bunday morniog | the imperative need of this work. time hear the voice of the chief execu- The Evening Star, gition, 1o eivered by sartiers withia the city nunn' daily only, 45 cents Millions of dollars have been spent | tive. r ;,';::o'h (;w!: ot 20 ety Bar month. O%|in the development of the National eogot Solection 1s made by carriers at thelCapital in the provision of public George Washington. buildings, in the erection of monu- The most distinguished of £ Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. |ments, in the development of parks. e oue e Maryland and Virginia. There 18 no estimate sible of to- elgn visitors, come to asalst at the| . ", p “augurs & united and militant par- Dally and Sunday. 1 yr. $6.40; 1mo. 70 | day's value of these P reations, for |armament conference, find their way |ty.” the” Raleigh News and Observer ] Daily only. -1y soc » to Mount Vernon. They know of| (democratic) belleves, because, while sundu only. 1T, 52«7 1mo., 200 | they grow In value constantly with [ o, . gto ho h hat he |2dmittedly a compromise, “the disad- ° All Other States. national use and appreciation. n=who he was, ‘Wi © | vantages of noming any man promi- Daily and 8 did, and what he stands for in the [nentiy identifid with either the Cox as el IrlZe mu; lnl:“y und. 1;: :;ggg }mg sgg Memorial bridge is to be considered world equation—and they feel @ rev.|Wing or the McAdoo Wing were ob- Sunday oniy yr. $3.00: 1 mo. 250 | 28 one of the definite, assured items in erent desire to look upon his old home ::;:'reno‘e‘.n“be "io:;é::‘n'ufllnm‘ p&)fl; ~emc—— this capital development, and the time and leave & wreath of tribute. to these differences Mr. Hull is “neu- se 2 has come for it to be undertaken. Ar- tral and inconspicuous,” as the Phila- A Promising Beginning. lington has become an expression of m:d:“T:;' L Shoto visis h‘]"; been | giphia Public Ledger (independent) 4 The conference opens with all the| the highest patriotic sentiment of the | "1*", &"d h";m:p.::"‘s;u": ond | Folie L and A oo ot S world at attention and in sympathy | American people. Washington is es- {4 & # ocratic) thinks, “augurs well for with its object. Assurances come|tablished as the National city. TheiC ' ans alike carry themselves with party harmony. . how of appreciation of the sur-| On the other hand, the Brooklyn . o . . from all quasters—from those in of-| sections once riven are firmly re.|*V®" ® Eagle (Inde Mothers Should Use It. Babies Will Thriveon It - din; hade pendent democratic) feels se es fice, and from those out of office. | united, and there should be in evi.| T°Unding® and of the great shade who that an acknowledged compromise is A has hallowed them for all time. They |‘unfortunate, minous,” for “fac- Not only are good wishes expressed, |dence here, spanning the stream that -unfortunate, even ol 7 : tions based rival ambitions should but confidence also. Failure is no-|in a sense marked the boundary of the | LIGIVer With sincerity, and are mute | [00s oa where in the calculation. division, & structure that symbolizes s ol not ?lva the mlw'::“to tlol'e(ol a 'mmhan k promise on & neul y at a time 3 . . . Prosident Millerand communicates | the unity that now prevails and tne | ulckened with Iife wrought so eplen- | the democratic, oppositon, n, Conerees Wise Brothers Pasteurized Holstein Nursery Mil his feelings to President Harding. He | sacrifices that have been made by all o‘“’; .“' d Al y g secms to be leaderless, as well as hope- assoclates the French government, of | Americans in the establichment and |® It h’. fanid tityingl > £ ‘which he is the head, with the work | maintenance of the great republic. Lk ey ilon Clomeie>1a sure. that mch comes from our selected Registered Holstein Herds. those countrymen who are sounding a conterence takes and, and ening of the party organizatio o hopes that the remt of the delbers:| Yesterday's Talo fam, |7 ©f dlsord at this inapicin time; | Snaife t to orare o the tortheom Safeguard the health of your family by using Wise ing campaign with a singleness of pur- tions may “secure for the world a pose free from the impediments of in- . . . . v factl lism.”" : tutare of prosperity, justice and con. ot Senlouales and factonaliom.” | Brothers Nursery Milk, which by painstaking efforts ° publican (independent) regards the Lord Curzen, British secretary of foreign affairs, assures Secretary oA e AR we have been able to give the Washington public an Hughes of his desire to render any himsel£:" ‘And trom this point of view | approval is unqualified. “If ever the . . assistance in his power, and pledges democratic party has needed leader- ldeal lnfant fOOd. the British government to promn(e ship and intelligent direction it is the ends in view. At home here there is but one feel- ing. As respects the conference, party lines have disappeared. Both parties, through Mr. Lodge and Mr. Under- ‘wood, are represented at the confer- ence table, while democrats and re- publicans of “light and leading” in every section of the country express the warmest wishes for success. For- mer Secretary McAdoo, in an Armi- stice day speech delivered in New York Vvesterday, expressed the hope that no political motives would appear in the proceedings. Surrounded thus by local sentiment of thorough good will, and assured of | all possible local assistance in its ef- Whatever the cause of the traffic|patronage concede that Washington jam yesterday centering at the High-|was well enough in his day and way, way bridge, it is evident that there|but assert that he ie now a back num- was inadequate provision for regulat-{ber, and that as a people we must ing the lines of vehicles converging to | steer by later lights if we would take that most favored means of access to|the world right and make headway. Arlington. War Department regula- According to these detractors, suf- tions had clesed Aqueduct bridge after | ficlent unto the day is the Washing- an early hour for the use of the pro-|ton thereof. We need a new, an up-to- cession. This made certain that prac-|date, Washington in our business; and tically all of the traffic through Ar-|they have éne or two in stock whom lington, starting from the city after {they offer. the parade had passed and including] The Washington of the fathers is the officials scheduled to take part in|the Washington for us. He wears ex- the ceremonies at the cemetery, would | ceedingly well. His advice is as good g0 by way of the Highway bridge.|{for this day as for the day it was Yet seemingly there was no effective | faghioned, and will be as good a cen- government of the traffic and & hope- | tury hence as it is today. He had de- less tangle soon developed. tractors when in the flesh, but they There are many reports as to the}gurvive in history only because of specific cause of the first jam: A col-|that fact. And his present detractors lision 6n the bridge, a machine that|if they survive will owe their survival had run out of gasoline, locked wheels !t the same fact. The closer we stick —these are some of the reported in-{io Washington the better it will be cidents. But whatever the specific|for us at all times, and especially in forts to serve the world, the confer- cause, the fact is plain that the traf-|disturbed times like the present. ence should thoroughly justify its|0C W8 mot rightly handled. It would S have been possible with proper super- Enough for All. existence, and give to the world| Lo PSR R Tl otors and the Blame ug! street cars running together. now,” the Memphis News-Scimitar . gn"o?endell'll) declares, .nldll “Judf! . Uil Tn & large measure will supply : . . the deficlency,” while the party “will Bottled With the Sanitary HOOD Caps and Sold ;’!CQ'VQ a ne\;v (n?lxlaire:wnl from his eadership.” t wi ‘‘require a pro- GiElous Talth the Baltimore News the Day Marked on the Top (independent) remarks, 0 move the mountain which lg gently but firmly d_down upon democracy a year, 5 . . ago,” and, according to the Grand| ggo- and sccording to the Grand, Start Now and Enjoy Our Quality Service who know Judge Hull “testify that :IQ is "\lll !l’;‘e man to |eldh|lhe shovel- o Ing.,’ or “he comes to S new re- eponsibilities with a particularly ten- Quarts ,17¢c Pints, 9¢ der and Intimate appreciation of what happened to his party in the late un- pleasantness,” having lost his own seat in Congress to the “first repub- lican to carry the fourth Tennessee since the civil war.” Because of that fact, the Knoxville Journal and Tri- bune (republican), besides feeling local pride in Mr. Hull's selection, thinks “the choice was a wise one” for the party, since Tennessee showed ; such unmists ble republican lemlng in the last election. The Rocky Mountain News (Denver. independent), however, considers the choice of a southerner as head of the tion “a tactical blunder,” be- | he party is not in jeopardy in Rear Admiral Schley said after the vattle of Santiago in July, 1898: “There is glory enough for all.” It might be said in paraphrase, with reference to yesterday's traffic Jam, “There is blame enough for all,” with- out any scramble for distribution. The condition was one of general misman- agement, and the chief matter of pub- lic concern is how such a thing can be avoided in future. There are per- haps particular points in the clearing of which some official inquiry should be made. For instance, why at one stage of the most serious congestion on the bridge were there three lines of virtually empty vehicles running north, while one line of filled cars was choked in passing southward? ————————r something of practical value. Blame for this condition is passed Talk and the Conferemce. |ypack and forth between the police and Here and there fear is expressed!the military. A searching investiga- that the conference may be protracted | tion ought to be had, to learn just by mere talk. who blundered, if anybody, in making This is founded upon two things:|the regulations for handling this ex- (1) The unusual and very interesting ptrgordinary volume of traffic, and in subjects that will be presented, and|carrying them into effect. (2) the oratorical powers of the dele-| It is greatly to be regretted that so gates. important and imposing a ceremony The subjects are tempting. They|as the burial of the unknown soldier carry much, and lead far. Measures | ghould have been marred by this con- to promote peace by bringing the na- | gestion and delay. It is true that the tions into better relations with one|means of access to Arlington are another are fntriguing. They appeal | Jimited, and that an immense number both to sentiment and to practicabil-1of people all tried to get there at ity. They will inspire both talkers|once, It is true that one of the two and listeners. bridges available is too weak to bear a The talkers are picked men. Some | heavy load, but this made all the more . ot them are widely famous for the gift | necessary a fully efficient traffic man-| All New York could reasonably ask of expression, and all well accredited | agement at the one place where it|is for Mr. Hylan to be as good @ th The battleground s in the L Nevertheless, e Providence independent republican) 1 ribune liadesendent | republican) 3206-3208 N Street Telephone West 183, Connecting All Branches party that it may be necessary for it | “to be more careful in preparing for the campaign next year than might have been the case had the demo- cratic national committee not made | the wise cholce that it did in the elec- tion of a new chairman. Political . partles seldom have as well qualified i men at the head of their natlonal! committees as Judge Hull is. | No one will expect “amazing prod- | Igies of performance” from the mew ! chairman, but the Rochester Herald (independent) thinks there is “one thing that may reasonably be within : his powers.” That is “to help to bring the minority in the two houses of Congress into the position of a | united and effective opposition.” H “Grass is growing under every- | body's feet\” says the New York | World (democratic), and ‘“certainly the administration and the country would both benefit by increased en- for powers of analysis. was certain the crowd would center | mayor as he evidently considers him- 3 ergy and initiative in the councils of So that, given unusual topics and|most thickly. self capable of being. the opposition,” for, as the Asheville thoroughly competent men to handle| 1t is, of course, the universal hope —————— them, & good deal of talk becomes|ihat such an occasion as that of ves-| Among a few of the prominent natural and netessary. terday will never come again. But|players the divorce is more important But we are not likely to have t00|there will be other ceremonies at Ar-|than the drama. much. After the sparring has enabled | jington, and yesterday's mismanage- the delegates to appraise one another, | ment surely should never be repeated.| Al the democratic party now asks and they settle down to the real give- - is the privilege of picking the right andtake, good progress may ke er- November 11 is firmly established in | vear for November success. bected. " the public mind as a day of great re- A hurried conference might make membrances. The people themselves the world distrustful of the result. As have set it apart and its recognition the horse 1s not short, it cannot be |, , oz noliday follows as a matter soon curried. Time, imperatively, is a factor; and whatever time is neces- sary to complete the President’s pro- gram and satisfy an expectant public, It depends on here and abroad, on matters vital to whether an automobile facilitates the world's welfare should be freely transportation or brings it to a gen- given. eral standstill. Times (independent) sees it, “as 3 militant minority” the democré€iic party “can contribute in large mea; e ure ‘to the shaping of the polici that will finally prevail at Washing- | E ton” 1 ‘The choice of the former Tennessee representative bears out the theory, the Manchester Union (independen: republican) believes, “that in the ef- fort to capture seats in Congress, the democrats will try to stress the is- sue of taxation,” because his financial experien in Congress will be re- garded “of value in directing the r Th oy T' C Brvtien ghet o8 e Wikuon: e United States Tire Company B e i i has made, effective November 10, .Thu {‘lhe t‘r:‘hl News (Indenenden('). ® ] L3 [J o e S s e ST a reduction in prices of its full lire of will be “the major issue,” although it feels that “the hypocrisy of crying s e By S8l 7 g Cord and Fabric Tires for passenger done everything they could to retain e, o e cars, and Solid and Pneumatic Tlres s e B for trucks. The great American custom of handshaking will now have its inter- national innings. circumstances BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Difficult Detail. It's easy now to do the things ——— I R W The ceremonies in honor of the un-| Germany is being congratulated on Which once seemed hard indeed. known soldier formed an impressive | the fact that its paper money still | Electric power swiftly brings reminder of the sacrifice that war in-|shows a slight profit over the cost of velves at a time when the best minds | manufacture. Each little thing we need. Above the clouds we gayly ride, of the world are applying themselves ——— . ‘With naught to check our glee, to the task of averting future conflict.| No great Sathering’s proceedings which had been operating at a deficit New ways to hear and see. -~ have ever been prefaced by a cere- of 20,000,000 marks a month, are now of course. l » e A s a SHOOTING STARS. In order to “tell your troubles to & | monial so impressive as that of yes-| But when it comes to finding ways a paying basis. Street car fare in And great inventive arts provide policeman” it is necessary first to find | terday. To regulate the cost Berlin is half a cent. ’ r [d . L] the policeman, which is often & con- A — Of what we're using nowadays, It was discovered after th 2 Th d thls ™ ™| i o e mc et | o s |ohatiud aoT 0 Is announcement is made at have to stop running. They were ° oye 3 e oty out o sepie 1 woua e ' time to facilitate dealers in making e sion within her boundaries to warrant | Big difficulties we assail may bec: nt Harding's A 1t may become Preside ing’s| her nolding a few parleys on her own nd conquer in a flash, ey oo repr 1Tt Mould take to normal again. The city of Berlin great distinction to be known @s|g..ount. And find we're ‘balked by the detail . . . decied that s Anancal condiin their plans for nineteen twenty-two. America’s peace President. i e O et Of menaging the cash! . A number of economists belleve tilii Cakt vould not stand such an expendi- Memorial Bridge. that a large amount of valuable real L s . For many years a plan has been|egtate in Siberia has been allowed to before Congress awaiting actlon for|ganq idle too long. srammar.” the construction of a bridge across the ey “Don’t conf et ‘em” cautioned Potomac river between Potomac Park o e - and Arlington cemetery, to serve as & Speaking to Millions. Senator Sorghum. “Out our way a memorial to the reunion of the two| Little wonderment is expressed over | Sréat many people do the same thing, sections of the country between which | the fact that President Harding’s|and the effect will be to convince ‘em the civil war was fought sixty years|speech at Arlington vesterday was| that I am not trying to act stylish or ago. When this project was first pro- | heard simultaneously in his own tones | POS® 828 & highbrow. - posed the park itself was in embryo. | by multitudes in many distant cities. Arlington had not become the place of His voice was transmitted by wire by deep international significance that it |a device that has been lately perfected is today. A part of it had not been |to all points of the compass and repro- “Your enemies are now saying that .émlly street car companies de- you eat with your knife and use bad | Fio to put their own shoulder to the wheel. They cut down the num- ber of directors, who drew substan- o[ S SO The new prices are available to the e T public all over the country through duced to one-third. Frequent inspe: tlm:‘rallfl:l.dlsln the “:‘l of less o‘: rs an or cont less curren o A the established dealers who handle work delivering coal and other raw matul}l:és fl‘oin fl’IACd;l.Irltl;olld yf“téo U s T tories ertising” in ithe ni ed ta ir d. was more one‘rgulully t tes es. ‘.l‘ha 400000 000 muk-' dellt‘.l‘ncy and there is a l\lbmnthl lurplnl in th‘ company’s ury. The street cars are more tre profitable than they were before the are carrying the poop X - ESEEEEE] UNITED STATES TIRE COMPANY If the Berlin companies had spent moir time in the courts fllhtln‘ and . spending money trying to get in- i o ol SRS & 1303 H Street N ford to pay, as the.rgilroads and the ° ° t_car companies in this country ;tarve: done, they would -u\l b. buk- Jud Tunkins says a political cam- paign can be 80 rough that it takes the successful candidate his whole term of office to get rested up. The Spanish-American war had not|and in perfect harmony of individual Variation. been fousht, and the dead of that con-| tone. Yetithis achievement was not & That orator is gay— flict brought to rest there. The great|cause of astonishment. The thousands| yp praise the whole world sings— war was not conceived as & possibil-{ who gathered in San Francisco and ‘Who finds a different way ity. heard the President’s words in hisown| say the same old things. Now Arlington is the chief national | voice were not amazed. The people burial place of America, where the|have grown accustomed to these mar- Dificult Situation. historic dead are 1aid to rest. It is the | vels. On the 4th of March last, wWhen| ‘There are 80 many automobiles in scene from time to time of impressjve | Mr. Harding took the cath of office at | Crimson Gulch that you cught to have ceremonies of even an international | the Capitol, his speech was transmitted | 5 trafie cop.” significance. It is visited annually|in the same way. Here in Wash-| «Can't get any one to take the Job,” apart from these occasions by hun-|ington it was heard over a wide area, | gnswered Cactus Jos. “Any one who dreds of thousands of people. people standing on the Library steps|tries to be a policeman is in troubls Yesterday found Arlington the ob- | catching every syllable. ali the time.” jective of a vast multitude, with prac- Considering the great power of the — tically but one means of approach, one | spoken word, this new development of A Solemn Warning. bridge, and that narrow end partly | sclence opens & wide pogsibility for| “Did you get rid of that man, who used by trolley cars. Had the memo- | influential speech. It is possible by | was so anxious to marry you, without rial bridge been in service, according | mere amplification of the system ‘of|hurting his feelings?” to the plans now under consideration, | wires and reproducing devices for any| “Yes,” said Miss Cayenne. “It thers would prebably have been no de- | person at any point in this country to | wasn't necessary to say an unkind lay and no unseemly jam of traffic. reach practically every man, woman|word. I merely left a bundle of my Recently Col. Sherrill, superintend-|and child in the United States with | dressmaker's bills scattered on the ta- ent of public buildings and grounds, | his direct speech. If the people could | ble where he couldn't fall to ses wmmmmum hpfih&dhpmhdfl-nflm bably the '“52#...’{‘20 hand thers ssoo ooo 000 E;o help n nl. mmvwh )I-va pe mo per oent ovor the pre-war bul- lnnud of reducing them to one-fifth ¢ the pre-war basis.—Omaha World- Honld (Indewuln!)- The kick more often on the home m than ln Ib—columhh (8. C.) Rec- w. debt to Ammn ‘will never ?i"c. 3 l.nout ‘walve.—Greenville "Iav_?,." ked mln ol?bflny car, “is whal ow- compat showing bel« mrrhco.