Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1931, Page 8

for as many As & tenth. of the cars.daily | jused at present. If car storage is mj be effected by private enterprise a begin- ing must socn be made for the erection of garages in the down-town area. This i present period of ehesp vaeant-lot Nature's Power Plant, would be shorn of its trees and co i with paving, beiter to sccommodate | rains; many lawns have suffered from traffic and all-night parkers. 1f Mr. Lanham is not getting all the money he mneeds to plant new trees downtown, or if anybody is resisting his Pplans, all he has o do to enlist the sup- port of Washington is to make known |, . his troubles. If the policy of falling to ‘What i more deliclous than & turn from hot to cool? It is especially nice when it comes result of simple winds, uncom- by thunder and lightning. Re¢ently there have been enough 1 the constant water causing the grass He fiat and ugly, especially under trees. A distinct change in temperature, from very hot to coel, is appreciated | very much, indeed, whep it comes as the resvlt of & blowing up of a good il i A breege is such sn upseen sort of tremendous, are merely of & reeords of accrue from it. The losses | charactsr, B i ifa o iR l* Bunda: only . y only Member of the Associated Press. d Preps in Sxclysively entitled | cation of all news dis Pk chalied e Tl spsbreliy el r:l’" A“Ifll f publication of herein Also rese: Seventeen Years Ago. history will | y o fr It 7 i it Eli | 93 i ¥ ] { gile £ i (} ! : A. There ion ly 340 life B, TR S R companies. - Q. On what day 'do the most suto- mobile accidents oceur?—Z. G. L] A automobile accidents ing in both desths and injuries bap- E e etk 1980, notuthRAnding there s g i i 28 : i 3 lg;!;. 3G tls | i 1 i g%;g% il A L E "y j H I§§s ? : -, w5 2,20, i _.! It 5 % B I t Raiph Wensinger, who is doing TPIAce trses downtown Js continued | thing. It is & grest Invisible Al '”::'“,:';m "'::, Buresu |TANY Years 4 Teguest for funds with | lte cffects are marked and may be | around Cleveland, tells & story of ex- | Which to gei a delaved start on the | jiseit has no visible presence. perience in s “thunderhead.” or storm | Project may be maol by the statement| There is. therefore, to most persons. cloud, Kbove that clty that 1 & Janer | Shat e have doms Without them s long | A0 eimds mysierious auelity abeut | Ireveals the nature of the great static | e misht as well save the money and'do | Tl Loy “"’;elec(.rlcity machines that make the Without them permanently. hul‘l!n:t"u-}):.:‘h-t the erdinary things lightning. He went into this cloud de- e as it were, y liberately, to find out what it was like.| At this time of year the insect whose | PSSBIST | TVENEE. must be messundine | He learned that it was a mass of vapor note is supposed to tefl cf “six weeks | honor of their attention. het, violently stirred by furious winds. It'gill frost” is likely {0 be heard any day.| Such miss & great dea) in a | was @ yeritable tornado encompassed 't vequires an alert ear, however, to dis- | Yorid every day the sunshine is within the Mmits of the cloud forma- | tinguish between the epll of the katy- Y PN, Wt Slwap pleriows. tion. His plane was thrown around as;did apd that of the seleptiess locust| <he wind comes whi up out of he had never before known a plane to | pepularly known as the “Mpt bug.” Even mm the Y, n.ug be tossed. One of his instruments in- | Nature does not always permit weather | i &t all, but very mu | dicatea that at one thme he was being | predietion to be expressed in terms of | {roM Some place or other. = 1mud-tthenuvfl~m:hx:mm:. unmistakable accuracy. ‘B‘lfl‘nm:;::: :!"hnmn “:'“"'L.'w enemies, but it was not until August 4-1’;,, .:‘uuxmg:mm?: Attention has been alled with bril- | out Way, re very giad when me'; X any- 1914, when Grea: Britain entered Lhe;“u 165 miles an hour, and still he | iant emphasis to the short time ré- awake in the night and digcover that | which makes sleeping in uunul 1 powers, that 2 breeze rippling in. easier is “something,” as Andy 2 lists against the central powers, eould not overcome the thrust | Quired for travel between the U. 8. A. 's Dot the temperature, it's mllnr S oriof Nyiny husian bein Armageddon was officially born. Tht{oen, wing Not content with this ex- | and Turkey. Istanbyl should proceed | numidity. It's mot the heai, but the | Summer mghtily, s if some day, too, marked Germany's first PUbe | nurience he sought another, & amaller | Without delay to perfect business organi- | lack of moving air. which makes one | how there were some striking difference submission of her alibls and atms—the { s "L 0 G DT R ey | sations that will take due notice of the | BO in Summer. This is proved when between sleep in Winter and sleep in egregious ebullitions which fell from the | 54 of the first great ball of vapor, and | commercial benefit to be derived from ;‘ %l;m%:m ::::- springs x'“-?;::' 8 i v i sk lips of V.oun .::n-;n;:‘ :io;!i:;:n :“:; M hs Toond 1o 'he avell ,,{:, The | this effective publicity. One wakes half-fronen. or 50 it seems. | even better when it is hot than when eternal updraft carried him literally o the top 3 Tow dissy has been the march of (mé| oty s sionis. e scd 854 | soitis own 1o technioal office ymplo wn ice y- 8 the risf intervall OnAugust 4, 1916, [ PIADe Stopéd, buj e Would hife the German chancellor proclaimed in the Reichstag that, in the Teutonic war and political code, “necessity knows no law” In the same fulmination, Von Bethmann Hollweg announced to the world that the German armies “even now are hacking their way through Bel- ‘glum.” Beforp the day was over, the Kaiser’s chief spokesman wag telling the British Ambeasgdor, in . Berlin, that treaties of neutrality—like the one which the German slege guns in Belgium were ¢ moment blasting to pleces— all were only “scraps of paper.” . £ TiRek L3 e £ ;3 i 1 i} H i i i | i Ex I f i £ ! [ . i | B i ;: : f H i 1 : e I H i ] 13 | £ E : i 4 i i e iz i 58 | of the two Augusts—1914 be lost if statesmanship to evolve & method for perpetuat- ‘While | 1f the commupity esn do ne better ‘Where too many wills are made, the most expert lawyer cannot guarantee an spplication of the homely old formula, “You psy your money and you take SRSRSPOR L SIS Down-Town Car Storpge. The chap who got away with the dollars of Post Office and Internal he had no control is just apother of the smart ones who get something for notiing. He has vanished, leaving no trace of his identity. Maybe some day Been shot out by his ws momentum | Ment were, from the outset of his popu- but for the fact that his parachute caught against the eowling and his hesls were hooked under the seat. This in- dicated that the furious gust of wind ‘was confined within the cloud itself. Here i an explanation of the manner in which the atmospheric electricity is generated.” tearing, bolling cur- rents of air copfined within the cloud Wrind it out sven as the friction of which causes the phenomenon known as lightning. Just why the swift movement of the yapor-charged alr of & gloud should generate electricity is po more definite- ly understood than why the friction of a plece of silk upon & plate of glass creates & copdition in which fine pare ticles of matter are atiyasted and held and, on s gueater sesle, & spark s emitted when metallic contact is ap- proached. Numerous theories are en- tertained on this score. The atom and the ion play s part in these hypotheses, Put the real specific gause and the tre is yet & secmet. anunq. no longer resgon manner in which the mystery iolent manifestation ‘Washington's The"only permanent remedy for the disgracefully inadequate facilities at Police Court is the new building that ‘'will become the first of the Municipal Gepter group. But is it pecpsssry o continue the inhuman crowding of peity offengers, the drunks, the #nd the rolsterers. into the now provided for them at Police, where they are detained pending Yesterday's report of how these many of them still suffering the eff of their week-end of ovevingulgence, dropped over like flles from the suffo- | cating heat, i not pleasant rm,l than ‘that, it has no right to lock | them yp: The peint is, however, that intelli- gent handling of the situation would bring an improvement, Why is i theé they all are carried from their rela- tively roomy cells in the police stations | to this small, fetid and suflocating | room at Police Court? Why can they | not be taken to Police Court a few at a time? If the cells at Police Gourt are too small, it s well-nigh eriminal thoyghtlessness to crowd them beyond normal capasity, ecapesislly in such weather as this. Arranggments shoyld be made ber tween the Poligt Court and the pre- cinets to bring the prisoners in merely #s Tast as they can be ttken epre of, and i is belleved that Judge Schuldt, as presiding judge, could profitably ini- tiate some such system. Judge Schuldt he gwill be found and if any one is will be punished for his fraud. The chances are that the Wncident o clossd, | and that the clerks who paid out their | dolifs for August parking in advance will never see even small change of their cash again. This fraud resulted from the rather loose methods of handling the areas As soon as the bhujidings have been swept away enterprising parking “man- agers” have taken possession of them out whether the spsce had been a oconcessiompire. ‘There was wacant ground, there was il parks 4ng boss, and there went tie cars and changed hands and thet was that the trick of the ad- scheme has been exposed steps are to be taken to proper contro] pver the areas o {has eloquently and frequently el s g TS poor equipment and the | con- | inadeguate guarters with which he and | s colleagues must contend, and the | possibility of bringing some improve- | jment by directing thst s chapge be made in the present gehedyle of bring- {ing prisoners to court will assuredly i | appeal to one who i always solicitous | for the weifare of the ypfortunate men | {and womep biought before him. e e - —~ After going through an automobile | colijsion safely. the Prince of Weles is | !entijied to feel » feayiess resdiness for advapiure, motoring as well as on horse- | back. i N i The Thinning Trees. Apparently unshie, because of lack of funds, o take cave of rapiacing traes in ‘dmm ‘Washington and, at the same time, to sel QUL pew tress on streets, Mr. Lanham, 's superintendent of trees his efforty i kg is ¥ L ' AT fsiit equip a roll-top desk with wings and & motor. Political unrest is reported by recent | hesven. distinguished visitors to Japan. As a highly progressive nation Japan could hardly hope to be fres frem political unrest—something that every country in the world mow expersences in some very considerable degree. ————————— Smuggling aliens into this country changes the immigration problem until #t becomes, like the projibition problem, a matter for statesmen amd econo- than for the police. @ lively demang for the Unjted States Prepsury 01-dey bills shows Uncle Sam again a5 one personage who can contro. dict the advice of ‘Polonius and be a | 925 success as both a borrower and a lender. ——— . SHOOTING STARS. A starelit pight. A whispering fragrance starts Prom yonder clover field. Thé fireflies gleam; The singers of the night with bursting hearts Pour forth their melodies. "Tis like a dream Of something lomged for in the dreary ‘hours Winter's blast: : A drepm of peace pfar amid the flowers ‘Where sorrow gleeps; 3 dream come true ot last. Such kind repose must surely be un- known ‘To those whom Envy bids us hold in awe. Not to the fyrant trembling on his thrope, Nor to the man whose gains defy the law ©an guch slight things appeal—and yet 1ar less ‘Their fierce apd fond endeavors must Tequite ;| Than the sweet spell which banishes distress, The benediction of a star-lit night. A Declasration Agreed To. “If ft were not for their wives some men would know very little,” said the woman. ‘'Yes,” answered the sarcastic man. “If i weren't for my wife I wouldn" know half of what's going on in the neighborhood.” A Lacking Ingredient. “Yes,” said the enthusiastic promoter, “we have engrmeus mineral deposits on this land. Al we need for its develop- ment is & little money.” “My friend,” answered Col. Stilwell, “you yemind me of & neighbor out my way who used to think he almost had & Julep because he was in possession of a A Simple Precaution. It i5 & task that's simply done Upon a sizzling August day— Just stand the water in the sun And it will boil the germs away. Her Guess. “Mr. Blunderbore says one of his an cestors eame over in the Mayflower “Possibly,” answered Miss Cayenne. “He was probably a deck hand.” Her Bemevelent Purpese. “Charley dear is so fond of cards!” said young Mrs. Terkins. “I shall try to learn to play poker.” “Why don't you get your husband to h you."” ‘Where nectar lavishly is showered Prom early until late. Here's' June, most serenely fair, And Miss Minerva, wise— ‘The wit snd hesuty gathered there Bedazzle worldly eyes. had | I8¢ prominence, very slight. There is no [am not & bit too cool. way by which inventive genius can|Bot as— 0o oes ‘Well, upon the occasion of the real -wr:mw, ?n'e“idoel not fl.n'dl:ueh . #peech, comple ‘or incomplete, | order, for one is really ch‘flly now, thnz | * * * The heated feeling of the face ‘is gone, to wind, It is cu g:w much importance the human -face assumes, in regard to bot and cold. If the skin of the face is cold, one is, 3 it is hot, one is hot. The mévément of blowing air, while # tends to refresh the entire body by more . evaporation of has its effect on the Bvery ome has seen & Head poking out, while the body #weltered sedately under cover. This was to permit the head to re- main cool. As as the head is cool will do reasonably well anywhere at any time. young fellows who go in for around without hats in Winter this logic on their side, no matter what the old-timers may think of them. ‘Their heads are cool. Highlights on the Wide World Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lamils' HE MANCHURIA DAILY suffering. . And . perj plane will fall' through what's the use? - * ¥ % 500,000 people (with no-mou wra road stretching away. French Official | Language »4 Gemere. Le’ Matin, Paris—It is & remarkable though is often ore., ha'n Teference to the food problem, is given a solid place T A emm fun- ental sociol question. long as the increase .in produc- tion of food does not cover adequately incpease of populatign, the solution of 1ts over % t we are in ity ooy’ to Beip soive snese y 1s on! wery question. Since the migration an race merely to wants originating supply is merely !'m pll - n&?&n‘d‘ *x x tongue acquired in al- most all countries afler one has ac- quired proficiency in his own. And 50 it is that delegates to European con- ferences of any -xzrt 'z‘r‘e Q::I‘me% in an Ordery Cheg) important respect y have & a Al W-WI.WM ;knawhh-lp of our eloguent historic El Universal, Mexico City.—The min» | *P**C ister of the interjor has red in- structions which will circulated among all the employers of the couny try, whether ve or foreign, requir- them to complete reports on n who are of oreign . persons w eguired to declare how long they hav been in Mexigo snd under what cgr';' | L | Increased Traffic Aceidents Ingpire New Laws. Bl Comerclo, Lima.—With the new | means of transportation now the com- qualification, ~ whether automobile, at soon | increase in uamc . ‘These latest TS l;‘. been egmploted, the | of v:h—nmm those to wi s Y extend to the unemployed | intrusted alien birth, with the purpose of de- porting apy 48 the ceuntry illegally. * ¥ % % 'ew Qifite So Fast Wicked as We Really Think. News-Chronicle. London. — Sfr Mal- or logical percentage, nor upon the W) nd in the Pumbered in tens of thousands, whose | Sceded in and #ories of record achievements on the | C8usts suffered from °these causes in meuuuumu-immn!mw nwvtnuu #9ry of the giant trout and the 20-yard | 2nd ters traceable to improper Putt. Very few of us. indeed, are quite | driving have created locally such an - 1:5( or guite so wicked as we really Bulgarian British Reyiew, Sofia.—The | rgy of the Bulgarian Orthodox rch have been faithful to the apos- fiuuwm spirit and task of a true . Weak 5210 RERIER® S B e e ly A lin the 'as & poet, an altogether poet. SEen Er s S nof , for he y self-effac- .zhen he stands before art and . 80 his story of the young years to of the armty of writers that has passed through the reporter’s novitiate on its way to distinction in letters. However, 'u%e,fa w&ofl ‘War. And Ceell i X Roberts, along with Philip Gibbs and Drinkwater and Masefield and a host from this side of the water amd oth {rom over fla“lr o . topnoteh of all journalism. the and ed “war o1 This part of the story is o Prapk and perfecl re ing atrocities that have since been de- nied over and ove! fellow. Yo‘l‘o.;- do. That \lhzne of l}fll—— - ved. art of being broadly ha{'gest’.u Honé:tu:g name this truth in its exactitude. Broad Yet you believe this 1 E38°8>2 (3 g i i B as the summ east to west amounts to 17 centimeters. Are ll muskmelons kpown as can- ed as Uncertain that will he the ppines’ Place Still R A “It may be that the Philippines will of the United States. But as thme , | Passes and the financial and econemic tition en to widen it to its With | yets .uml;‘&:n n’g\‘m. un‘:nr. l!‘t% of #pirit and svent weorking together. After the war, travels in the line of business, fiw;hm the u#d States and into Latin America. Ject , study! at each move see what its yield for him may be. For this is an ambitious man, am- bitious for means to secure ways of &l‘v are e fur. ] ; ;:':- : i therance of still wider outlook and plan. | H FPrankness op this Doipt is one of the 13 Cegfl . | countries mma“&;vhrm:uuu-rflm” more the world over, for ure is peeded when is xwhbnn.”-oll ) il The way A it 1s of & unfu..z nvites, and gets, at least a second reception. Having read it once in its Ir&hus:.:!‘lec‘n. of adventure, stEiving. 8l teresting fild. the next move on the reader’s exactly that, either. go into ¥ second time to pick and cl“l!,. :::Su and .:h:g gm:n plaecs of special re rst_experienee There. Bome POpiEais? came clase 1 i e aits” came cl me. Closer, even. than the keenly acute discussions of many current topics—the press, the American scene, lecturing and 50 on to many an Uuminating snd sube personal, try a8 we may | field ( rt is to read it again. Not| Rather does one | 2 & most ine{ it ns and philoscphers, will marvel such wm could - i the enlightened thought of the world.” R ot Rapuliar emsiare | Bew wi e ol e o2 imdrondon, il o U don of Yl - ‘Mass.) Republican, ol that