Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1928, Page 8

THE EVENING . _With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C WEDNESDAY. .. August 15, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St. and Pennsyivania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd 8t. Chicago ' Office: Tower Building European Office. 14 Regent St., London, England Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star 45¢ per month The Evening and Sunday Star (when 4 days) 60 per month The ng Sunday Star (when S Sundavs) 85¢ per month The Sunday Star Sc per copy Collection made at the end of each month. Orders may be sent in by mail or telephone Main 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. d Sunday....1 yr, $10.00: 1 mo,, 85¢ 1 1 ¥r. $6.00: 1 mo., 50c : 1 mo.. 40c ates and Canada. y..1 yr.$12.00: 1 mo, $1.00 L1 yr, $8.00: 1 mo., 78¢ 11, $500: 1 mo. &0c Other Sund Member of the Associated Press. Associated Press 1s exclusively entitled republication of sl 11 ) ews dis- Tews | sembly before this campaign is over. right { ts of publication of rein als o reserved High Cost of Exploration. Human courage and daring are prime requisites in the business of exploring, but the preparations for the Byrd South Polar expedition indicate that the “al- mighty dollar” will play a big part. The cost of the trip is likely to run into seven figures and the minimum amount needed in cash and supplies is already estimated at $855,000, with the end not in sight. Comdr. Byrd's trip to the North Pole cost the paltry sum of $140,000, so the forthcoming explora- tion takes rank as the most expensive ever undertaken. The explanation is not hard to find. Comdr. Byrd has al- ways stressed the necessity for adequate preparedness, and in the light of mod- ern needs adequate preparedness for almost anything is a costly process. No less interesting than the huge sums already acquired has been the | variety of their source. Amounts in cash ranging from & few to many thousands of dollars have been received Something of the spirit which prompted their giving is demonstrated by the fifteen hundred dollars turned over by Miss Amelia Earhart. ‘This money was received by “Lady Lindy” for indorsing a cigarette. She was willing to run the risk of criticism of her ethical conduct as a famous person by resorting to a pro- nounced commercialization of her hero- fsm. But she did it unselfishly, and in good cause. And more than half of the total amount so far contributed has been in the form of equipment. The furriers of New York, for instance, en- tertained Comdr. Byrd at luncheon yes- terday and presented large supplies of fur clothing for the explorers, and Comdr Byrd, in return, paid a tribute to the merits of fur as against wool in keeping the human body warmly pro- tected against the elements. Three thousand dollars’ worth of medical equipment, including straitjackets, has been donated. While the universal hope is that the straitjackets will go unused and will be returned to the donors as good &S mew, no ome n.n! dgiscount the importance of taking them along as a guard against eventualities. The straitjacket item is a fairly good | filustration of the completeness of tbe; reparations. | e With the dismally spectacular fiasco of the Italia’s North Pole trip still tresh in mind, one is made doubly con- scious of the opportunities for failure on the part of the Byrd explorers, and one may sympathize readily with Comdr. Byrd's insistence upon com- plete and careful preparations. But while much of the responsibility that rests on his shoulders may be relieved by these preparations, no amount oti money or equipment can spare him the delicate task of wisely handling and commanding the resources placed at his disposal. Failure to reach the goal he has set will not mean the failure, from 8 scientific standpoint, of the expedi- tion. But failure on his part as a com- mander, the wrong decision at the wrong time, can make a million dollars shrink to three cents in less time than | it takes to tell it. And the million dol- lars is & emall item, indeed, compared Straton. It makes little difference to the public where Gov. Smith makes re- ply to the attacks on his record as As- semblyman, although it seems to make a great deal of difference to the gov- ernor. And now along comes William Alleh | White, upon whom the Smith suppo: ers had tacked the label “retractionis! with & cablegram from Europe declar- ing he had retracted none of his charges, but that he had merely said he would not press those which linked Gov. Smith's record with legislation | dealing with the gambler and the har- {lot. The partial withdrawal of the charges made by Mr. White before he | left to go to Europe was hailed by the | smith supporters as a run to cover by | the Kansas editor. They evidently made a mistake in judging Mr. White. He | now promises, if necessary, to publish | the photostatic copies of the records | of the votes on liquor and other legis- | { 1ation. | Gov. Smith, unless there is some sud- | den change in the situation, will be called upon to defend that record of his |on legislation in the New York As- | The abortive debate proposal with Dr. Straton will not suffice. | Gov. Smith in his letter to Dr.!| | Straton says, “I have no intention of | conducting a political debate with you. | | I wrote you not in the capacity of a .‘cm\dldntc or personally, but as the; | Governor of the State of New York, | | whom you had traduced.” Evidently Gov. §mith is seeking to | differentiate between the Governor of %Ncw York and the Democratic candi- date for President. As they happen to be one and the same person, it is diffi- cult to see how this can be done. Furthermore, Dr. Straton's charges would not have been brought against him at this time had he not been a candidate for President. The governor's challenge to Dr. Straton was praised | by his supporters as a bold political move. But now, it appears, it had noth- | | ing to do with politics at all. b T R | Chicago's Crime Records. One of the difficulties encountered by | investigators intp the subject of crime ! in the United States is the fact that the statistics of law breaking and punish- | ment in this country are deficient. In| practically no State is there a full rec- | ord, covering a period of decades, of the transgressions against the statutes and of the administration of justice. In most | States the records are fragmentary and | incomplete and in some instances mis- | leading as to general conditions. A report has just been made by the | Chicago Crime Commission which bears upon one phase of this matter, showing how police incompetence and corrup- uon completely nullify the value of such records as are kept, covering up & degree of crime prevalence that, be- coming known by acts reported by the press, has made that city notorious for | its lawlessness. This report states first of all that more than 60,000 criminal complaints made to the Chicago police in the past two years have been sup- pressed. Major crimes have been re- | corded as minor offenses. Trifling charges have been entered on the blot- THE EVENING STah, WASHINGT STAR | White, Kansas editor, and then by Dr. | netting a loss to the publishing com- pany was in the line of fiction or was what is known as a “popular” print. ‘They were all substantial, meritorious books, for which, it was evident, there was no adequate demand. Still they were real contributions to the current literature of the times. Public taste changes rapidly, and book publishers must be quick to gauge it. Fiction is naturally the best seller of all. Yet in recent years there has been a large and steady demand for books of a philosophical and blographi- cal character. Indeed the vogue in biography has been exceptional. Some of the best sellers of all have been of this character during the past five years. Methods of exploitation vary in book publishing as in other lines of mer- chandizing. Titles often make the dif- ference between heavy sales and slug- gish. The artistry of cover designing has something to do also with the success or failure of a work, for there are still a good many people who buy their books according to the “outsides” rather than the contents. In these days of serial publication book publishers find that there is little disadvantage in the simultaneous printing of a text in periodicals and newspapers, for there are many readers who prefer to take their fiction in one dose rather than in driblets or in-| stallments. In the list of works cited in the report to the New York surro- gate there is none that would have lent itself to this method of presenta- tion. The chances are that the pub- lisher's judgment simply was wrong in those instances. His ‘“readers” have found the works meritorious, but were in error in their judgment of the pub- lic demand. Perhaps they were simply ahead of their time, and it may be that | the same list printed now would yield a profit instead of a loss. - Little encouragement has been af- forded the so-called “song pluggers” in the present campaign. All the models are tamiliar and the subjects of gen- uine interest demand direct prose, with- | out lyrical lightsomeness. - § | Polar exploration calls for capital. The present tendency of money to dis- courage risky investment may be the means of bringing restraint to brave but perilous enterprise. R Students of political economy are beginning to take as much interest in the bonus the ultimate consumer has to put up for farm products as in the price of call money on Wall Street. B Pinance is dealing in figures so large that it may be found necessary to de- vise some symbol for the stock ticker corresponding to the light year in as- tronomy. F S R One of the hindrances to archeo- logical enthusiasm lies in the fact that 5o many ancient tombs when reopened merely reveal more of the same. | RS = S e Many experienced politicians learn to regard farm agitation as a periodical demonstration, corresponding more or less to hay fever. e Every penny of campaign expenditure ters in lieu of outrageous felonies. Bombings, it is stated, have been written down as “malicious mischief” and assaults upon women as “acci- dents.” Complaints of pocket-picking have been in a great many cases ignored. During 1926 only one out of twenty complaints of assault was re- ported from the police stations to the cffice of the secretary of the department. According to the records kept in that office, upon which the criminal statistics of the city must be based, in the ab- sence of painstaking research into the blotters of the station houses—and eyen they are far from correct or complete— there were in 1927 no safe-blowings, no pocket-pickings, no purse-snatchings, no larcenies by bailees. In 1927 no bogus checks were passed, no forgeries were uttered, no extortions by threats were committed. | The absurdity of such records is laughable, and yet painfully evident of connivance by the police organization with the criminal classes. Chicago's civic pride has been stung by the criticisms of the country—criticisms where conditions were better only by ! to the human lives and reputations that | are likewise at stake. No one mdsui Comdr. Byrd his million dollars’ worth | ©of preparedness. <‘ Democratic orators, replying to nt,-! contrast—and perhaps these coverings of the facts by misrepresentations are due to this feeling of shame and a de- sire to appear better than the facts Jjustify. But the hiding of a dirty spot will not eradicate it. Sweeping the germ-laden dust beneath the furniture will be accounted for. Non-employ- ment does not threaten the expert ac- countant. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Ancient Research. Dainty little bit of rhyme In a faded magazine— Echo of an olden time When the Muse was more serene. Here's a lingering violet Pressed against a guardian leaf; There’s a four-leaf clover set, ‘Which, perhaps, averted grief. Though the sweethearts are forgot Who revive a thought so dear, Blossoming hovers 'round each spot; Love and Moonlight still draw near. Facial Expression. “I make it a rule to study the facial expression of my audience.” “I don't,” answered Senator Sorghum. 'd hate to think my composite audi- | coming in some cases from communities | ence had a face like a microphone.” Righteous Unanimity. ‘The Great Millennium we perceive So swiftly drawing nigh. The Farmer we would all relleve And Everybody's Dry! Jud Tunkins says padlocking a night tacks on the Tammany tiger, cannol|is ot ganitary housekeeping. Conceal- club merely seems to create a big walt- be expected to neglect references to the | G. O. P as having had something of a | rogue elephant on its hands. 1 C——— - | Dry laws are alleged to have many friends in public who are not enthu- | siastic in cultivating public acquaint- ance. | b ot . The Smith-Straton Scrap. Gov. Smith will not debate with 2ev Dr, John Roach Straton the question whether he is an enemy of moral prog- yess unless the debate can be held in Dr. Straton’s church. He will not accept roposal of Dr. Straton, he says, in er 1o the pastor of Calvary to hold the debal arch eptical, Gov. Smith appears 1o be more interested in the place where the debale Is to be held than in the de- bate itself there is strong opposition among the members e church to a political debats church edifice, for politi- cal the debate would surely be. To the skepti would appear also that Gov. I a boldly challenged Dr. Straton 1w & jolnt debate, may have changed his mind. It is possible that the debate may yet be held, but it does not appear probable. There will be plenty of those who will say that there He has been informed that | ment is no correction for crime. And! the implication is 1inescapable that | where there is concealment there is -! corrupt reason, that there is criminai | connivance with crime. Chicago 1s conspicuous in this respect | because of the openness with which the | gangs have waged war upon society and upon one another. The outrages that have occurred in that city are the con- {sequence, in part, of elther police lenlency or actual betrayal of the lawful portion of the community, assuredly the far greater portion. Repeated demon- strations of this condition have not scemingly effected reform. Political con- ‘nldrrmona have not only complicated and delayed, but thus far have pre- | vented reformation. How long will this | condition be tolerated by the people of | Chicago? | A fisherman may find his pleasure | { not 50 much in the catch as in reaching | | some qulet spot where no one dares | talk politics for fear of scaring the fish S S St 0 The Book Publishing Busine | A report just filed in the Surrogate’s ‘]Cuun in New York of an appraisal of the estate of the head of & publishing ihomse who died three and a half years | ago brings to light the fact that the | business, which was established more than a century ago, had, prior to & re- .. pever was a chance of such a debate. Gov. Smith may not have expected the prompt acceptance of his challenge | by Dr. Btraton. It is unlikely, at all events, that he exy cted Dr. Straton o propose that they hire Madison Square Garden or some other large hall for the scene of the encounter. The fact of the matter is that having gone so far Gov. Smith is likely o leave the im- pression that he does not care to go through to a finish with this matter, unless he develops some other reason than his latest for not debating with Dr. Straton, It is Gov. Smith's record in the New York Legislature that hes been altacked, fst by Willam’ Allen :Ollllllllllan effected some time past, | falled to make a profit. For a period | of years, in fact, the treasurer of the | company states, it was operated at a {loss. In the report a list of eighteen | hooks issued by this company from 11918 to 1927 1s presented, on which the total loss was $62,041, One ten-volume | work cost the company $11,031, while another, a technical work, showed a deficit of $12,180. A book of “memoirs” cost $4,484 more than it yiélded. These figures, the treasurer sald, explained the precarious nature of the book pub- lishing business. None of the eighteen works clled as ing list. An Advantage Sacrificed. “We will be able to see as well as hear over the radio!” “And yet,” sald Miss Cayenne, “one of the things I liked about radio was that it concealed the facial expressions of some of the singers.” “To speak wisel, said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “it is necessary to study for long spaces of time .and speak not at all.” Unappreciated Menu. For proper bait I was inclined; ‘The price I paid was plenty, sure, I hung around for hours to find A fish that was an Epicure, “Some folks,” said Uncle Eben, “talks religion an’ some talks politics an’ some gets ‘em both so mixed up dat dey jes' talks' s One Comfort, Prom the Port Worth Btar-Telegram. One thing that makes the present Summer more endurable is that nobody is trying to swim the channel. e s RS New Cloth Easy to Slip On. Prom the Seattle Dally Times. Garments of the new cloth made from banana skins ought to be easy to slip on. - Corn-on-Cob Solitude From the Butler Eagle. Bolitude is especially enjoyable when ou are pensive and when you are eat- ng corn on the cob. - No Mud, But Some Dust Due. Prom the Detroit Free Press. Enjoyable. say, but the customary dus thrown In the eyes of the opposition, - Used Soft Soap to Win Bride. Prom the Springfleld Ohlo Daily Ne The Minnesota college student who won a bride while wash) must have used a lot of 08D, There s to be o mud-slinging, they | wi windows ~ hou! There are lots worse places to go on a hot day than to work. One of the joys of the dlflK" task is the little regarded one of taking one's mind off the heat. We refer, in the main, to the inside job. The office worker who has a com- fortable chair and desk in a normally constructed building is sitting pretty, although he may not know it. Even on the hottest Summer after- noons the office worker is not as hot as he might be some other places we need not_name. When we see people swarming like bees for the sake of amusement we are inclined to think that most of them would be better off at work. We say these things because there is a disposition in certain circles to make out as if the indoor worker were a very much abused man, when as a matter of fact he ought to be congratulated. The reason why such a contrary opinion has arisen is because clothing restrictions have conspired to make men uncomfortable and hot. It a revolution similar to what has taken place among womankind were to blow the top off men’s clothing customs and fashions, no one would hear com- plaints about going down to the office on_a hot morning. During the past 10 years women have been quietly but conscientiously re- placing heavy, cumbersome clothing by lighter stuff, so that todey they wear next to nothing, and are correspond- ingly cool. We believe that prevalent women'’s fashions have many other benefits, not the least of which is the more whole- some outlook upon the subject of the feminine form but for the time we will confine our discussion to the lesson which men may now learn from women. Men are not in the habit of taking many lessons from the so-called weaker sex. For centuries, too, in the matter of clothes, they plainly had the best of it. Sir Walter Raleigh enjoyed the freedom of knickers, even if he did do so silly a thing as wear a wig, while his friend Elizabeth went around in a heavy dress down to the ground and a gigantic coiffure weighing down her head. - No wonder people were stiff- necked in those days. Even so short a time ago as the 80s in_this country the styles for women called for yards upon yards of dress goods, and as many, if not more, yards of underclothing. No wonder the pop- ular joke as to how long it took a woman to dress enjoyed popularity. ‘Well, all that is over now! Women walk around in tennis frocks and other light dresses, with a minimum of clothes underneath, and especially without the restrictive binding which men find necessary, even in their most neglige costumes. No wonder a common expression has arisen, “hot under the collar.” Men's collars, with all due respect to the worthy manufacturers, who sell them by the million every year, and will continue to do so, no matter what we say about it—men's collars, we say, constitute the one great handicap in_hot weather. Every male reader would be willing to agree to our thesis, that work Is a good place to go to on a hot day, if 1t were not for the collar with which he insists on festooning his neck. Gentlemen demand some style, of course. Even the least stylish of shem have been known to look into mirrors to see if their tie is straight. And the very thing that would save the hot day is the very thing they don’t want—we refer ‘to the very loose collar. There was an attempt some years ago to popularize a shirt with a wide- open horse collar affair, known in the vleumuuhr of that day as the “Gertie shirt.” Most men looked so exceedingly sloppy in them that they died out by ‘WASHINGTON The Hoover acceptance speech has now reverberated through the Nation with all the notice and acclaim that the most ardent Republican partisan could wish for, but until Gov. Smith has and the issue been jolned, forecasts of its probable effect as trans- lated into votes on November 6 are a bit premature. The Smith acceptance speech, to be delivered from the steps of the statehouse at Albany next Wed- nesday, has been completed and ad- vance coples will be in the newspaper offices in another day or two. What- ever else it may be, whatever it may mean to the millions of radio listeners of varying political faith, the Smith opus will be at once a message of hail and farewell—hail to the Nation and farewell to the people of his own State. This fighting politician is going from them. He has said that his work at Albany is finished and that he will not return. He 1s making his debut on the national stage. The end of the battle will sce him either in the White House or once more simply plain “Al Smith. B It has been said that the underlying theme of the Hoover acceptance speech is national prosperity and national wel- fare. Obviously to the man in the streets the highlights are his discus- sion of the farm problem and prohibi- tion. Mr. Coolidge's keynote in 1924 was economy in government. In 1920 Mr, Harding’s outstanding plea was “re- turn to normalcy.” Looking backward still further, Mr. Hughes in 1916 t mostly with our relations to the war then raging in Europe and a call for preparedness. ‘Taft In 1008 eulogized Roosevelt's program for social reform, and in his acceptance speech in 1912 dealt with the same topic, but in oppo- sition to the “new" Roosevelt proposals. “T. R’s" own acceptance speech in 1004 one of the shortest on record and was mostly a deflance of the Demo- crats. McKinley's keynote in 1900 dealt almost exclusively with the then en- grossing issue of “imperfalism” as meas- ured in terms of Cuba and the Phil- ippines. oK K K The implications of the prohibition paragraphs in Mr. Hoover's acceptance speech were that those who espoused ubstantial modification of the Volstead act were for “nullificatidn.” It seems certain that some bitter arguments are ahead as to what is and what is not nullification with respect to the elght- eenth amendment. It is pertinent, therefore, to recall the opinion ren- dered by Justice Thompson of the United States District Court bearing on this precise lssue. He sald: There is nothing sacred in Vol- stead’s definition; nothing that puts manacles on the broad legislative power of any future Congress. The man who defles the Constitution may be justly termed a repudiationist. But none but the unreasoning zealot can call him a repudiationist who seeks within the proper limits of legislative authority to have Con- gress lay down such a definition of the word ‘intoxicating’ as harmo- nizes with the facts of human expe- rience and is consistent with the Constitution. * * ¥ Here s a sidelight on the radlo cost of the campaign, It has already been announced that hereafter both Repub- licans and Democrats are to be charged full commercinl Tates. ‘The commercial rate of the Natlonal Broadcasting Co. for its entire chain of 49 stations is $11,330 for 60 minutes' time. To utllize all 'of the 10 stations of the Columbia chain costs $4,000 for an hour. Within the National Bromdcasting system are several self-contained units comprising their stations in Eastern, Midwestern or Pacific territory, Time may be pur- chased on any one of these umits sop- arately at $4,740, $3,200 and $1,100 per r, respectively. The cost of broad- casting from s single stetion varies THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. | since 0., WEDNESDAY, A mutual consent of all concerned. Oc- caslonally you see some youngster in one, but most men stick to their reg- ular collars. A well fitting collar, either stiff or soft, is one thipg in Autumn, Winter and Spring, and quite another thing in Summer. To be comfortable now a collar must be several sizes too large, and, equally ne , the neck- band of the shirt must be in the same state of generous proportions, for what is worse than a collar of one size and a neckband of another? This is some- thing which our feminine readers may not appreciate to its full worth, but we are here to tell you that the com- bination is exceedingly vexatious, to say nothing of being downright im- possible if the band is very much smaller than the collar. The solution of the collar problem at the office must lie in its complete abandonment while at work. This one thing, we are convinced, would do more toward making the masculine portion of working humanity happy during the hot months than any other one step whatsoever. Do not hold back your hearty agreement, dear reader, simply because you think this is too small a tl to bother with. Often it is the small thing which makes all the differ- ence in the world. A diamond is a small thing, but if you happen to lose one, you are very much upset about it. A col- lar around the neck may feel all right when you leave the house, but by the time you jam into a public vehicle (a custom becoming increasingly popular arking became a problem), the collar is “not so hot,” to use the slang | of the day, but is very hot, indeed, to speak the plain and honest truth. Some way ought to be devised of making collarless shirts the style while at work. With the neck free from duress, more and better work could be turned out, and there would be less grouching and public_displays of bad temper in general. Often when asso- ciates whisper one to another, “He must have had a quarrel with his wife,” the only thing wrong with the unfortunate wight is that his collar is too tight. Another thing the hot day may teach the worker is that light lunches, for indoor emJ)onea. are much the easiest on the disposition, health and the pocketbook. Ideas may differ as to the | amount of food needed in cold weather, | but there can be little difference of | opinion over the question of the de- sirability of light lunches in really hot weather. It is realized by every one that one of the prime reasons for food | in cold weather—that of supplying heat to the system—is totally lacking Summer. Already we are hotter than| the heat. The temperature of the in- terior of the body s always at a point which our thermometers seldom reach in this latitude, even in the hottest weather. By light eating in Summer one helps keep cooler, to say nothing of the other benefits mentioned, and thus is able to prove anew to himself that there are a reat many worse places to go than to the “daily endeavor,” as an elderly gen- tleman insisted on calling it. And since we have inadvertently advised, as it were, no collars and little food, we| feel we would be remiss in our duty if we did not stress that prime necessity for a hot day, the morning bath. Per- | haps few miss it during the hot period, | but whether one does or not makes no difference in praising it. To be hot is one thing, but to be hot and sticky is worse. The stickiness of hot weather | is an actual condition which may be| largely mitigated by enough baths Much of the necessity for closing up | shop on hot Summer afternoons might be avoided, we are convinced, if Gov-| ernment and other offices would provide shower facilities for the employes, to be enjoyed prior to lunch. Plenty of soap and water is the physical salvation of many a man on a _hot day, and their utilization at the office would prove as beneficial as is their use at home. OBSERVATIONS with the power of the station. ovcr‘ WRC, Washington, it is $250 per hour, | while Station WEAF, in New York, | charges $600 per hour. | * K R X Both parties will spend more for radio this year than entire campaigns cost within the memory of many per- sons now living. It is said that $150.000 was spent to elect Grant in 1868, and $250,000 in 1872, which was much more than the sums spent by either Seymour or Greeley. The cost of cam- paigns rose rapidly after that. Hayes' €ampaign in 1876 cost $9850,000; Gar- field’s in 1880, $1,100,000; Blaine's in 1884, $1,300,000. To elect McKinley in 1896, $3,500,000 was spent; in 1900, $1,000,000 less. Roosevelt's election in 1904 cost $1,900,000; Taft’s, in 1908, a trifle less than that. In 1912 a million each was spent for Taft and Wilson, and about $700,000 by the Bull Moose party. The Hughes campalgn fund in 1916 was $3,829,280; Harding, in 1920, $5,319.729, and $3,000,000 for Coolldge four years ago. Democratic campaign funds were usually smaller. The three Cleveland campaigns in 1884, 1888 and 1892 cost $1,400,000, $855,000 and $2,- 350,000, respectively. For Bryan in 1896, $650,000 was raised: $425.000 In 1900, and $900,000 in 1908. The Parker campaign in 1904 cost $700,000. For Wilson, $1958508 was spent in 1916; for Cox, $1,318,374 in 1920, and for Davis in 1924, only $903,000. * ok ok ok It is reported that in response to in- tensive drives conducted by a profes- sional money-raiser nearly $800,000 has now been secured for the Bryan Memorial University which 1s projected for Dayton, Tenn. and which had its inception as an incident of the Scopes trial there three years ago which put | Dayton on the map. “Fifty Thousand Fundamentalists for the Faith of Our Fathers!" is the slogan of the fund- raising campaign. Five million dol-| lars is set as the quota. The State of Tennessee has given the university a charter, The site has already been donated and dedicated, and the con- crete for the foundation of the first bullding has been poured within the past 90 days. (Copyright, UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. 1928, First regiment of soldlers sent from Manila lands at Viadivostok. * * * German U-boat keeps up raiding tactics along the Atlantic Coast and sinks an- other schooner, only 20 miles off Cape May. * * * The French face a huge task, as a powerful Gierman defense bars their way south of Lassigny with machine guns a mile deep. Enemy has one machine gun to every two men and strong intrenchments refy frontal at- tacks, The country is too rough to OE- erate tanks and artillery cannot sight the hidden machine gun “nests.” ¢ * ¢ Seventy-three thousand Germans have been captured In the present drive, with 1,700 guns, a greater number than the allies have taken In any four weeks since the war began. * * ¢ France today gets loan of $200,000,000 from the United States, bringing total credits to that country to $2,065,000,000, and regate credits to allles now total $6, 92,040,000, * * * Canadian troops are responsible for the capture of two towns on the center of the Somme front, and British patrols enter Albert, still strong- Iy held by the Germans. i .- A Sure Cure. From the Nashville Banner We have every reason to belleve that all victims of loss of me would be ptrnmnu{ cured If it could be ar- ranged for to @ hole in . i Raskob UGUST 15, 1928, Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. Wwithout actually announcing his support of Herbert Hoover for President, former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illi- nofs, who withdrew his own name from the balloting for the presidential nomi- nation after the adoption of the Re- publican farm plank, has spoken in praise of Mr. Hoover's speech accepting the nomination. In some quarters Mr. Lowden’s comment is considered merely a forerunner of an out-and-out an- nouncement he will support the Re- publican nominee in the coming cam- paign. Mr. strongly in favor of the principle of the equalization fee contained in the vetoed McNary-Haugen farm bill. It is pos- sible he is awalting the acceptance speech of Gov. Smith to see how far the Democratic nominee will go on that line before he declares himself in re- Ell’d to the presidential candidates. It possible, although some of those who have known Gov. Lowden well insist he will not bolt the Republican party. K Kk Gov. Smith has declared he will have none of the equalization fee. Neverthe- less, he has given his approval to the suggestion that some plan should be worked out under which the cost of meeting the distribution of a surplus crop shall be allocated among the farm- ers who produced that crop. That is just what the equalization fee has been intended to do. So far no alternative plan for carrying out that proposal has yet been worked out. If Gov. Smith has such an alternative plan, it will be re- ceived with great interest. Mr. Lowden apparently has been impressed with the frank statement made by Mr. Hoover that a real pvob- lem of first importance exists in agri- culture “Mr. Hoover's aspirations to bring the farm popuiation up to eco- nomic equality with other groups have my heartiest approval,” Mr. Lowden is quoted as saying. Mr. Lowden still clings, however, t@ the ides that the cost of handling swrplus crops must be distributed over the commodity in- volved. Mr. Hoover, on the other hand, has declared that such cost should be borne by the Government, if necessary. The farmers must choose between the concrete proposal of Mr. Hoover and the wish of Gov. Smith to evolve a plan which will carry out the ends of the equalization fee, without impos- ing the fee, unless, of course, Gov. Smith actually produces a workable plan which meets that idea. R The Baltimore Evening Sun is amus- ing itself with what it dubs “the Bolt- ers’ League.” Once a week it publishes in|a list of “bolters” from the Republican camp to the Democratic, and vice versa. It has clung, so far, to Frank O. Low- den as a possible boiter to the Smith cause, because of his earlier antagonism to Hoover on the farm issue. Mr. Lowden is listed as “still warming the bench,” along with Senator Simmons of North Carolina, who has retired from the Democratic national commit- tee in protest against the Smith nomi- naton and the selection of Raskob to head the Democratic national commit- tee. On this doubtful list also the Sun includes Senator “Tom” Heflin of Ala- bama, Clem Shaver, former chairman of the national committee, whose wife has come out against Smith in vitriolic style; William Gibbs McAdoo, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of the late Willlam Jennings Bryan, and sev- eral others. The bolters listed in the “league” are given as follows: Republicans for Smith—John J. Ras- kob, William H. Woodin, Ed W. Howe, Col. Grayson M. P. Murphy, Richard J. Baldwin, William P. Gallagher, Prof. John Erskine, Richard K. Thigpen, Plerre S du Pont, Waldo Newcomer, Jonathan K. Voshell and Mrs. Caspar Whitney. Democrats for Hoover—Bishop James Cannon, Bishop Joigg W. Moore, Bishop Edwin Mouzon, BisW:.n Horace M. Du Bose, Dr. Arthur J. Larton, Mrs. Clem Shaver, Robert L. Owen, Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, Vance C. McCormick, Dr. Robert L. Flowers, Mrs. Gertrude M. Pattangall, Judge Willlam R. Pattan- gall, Richard K. Thigpen and Carl Vrooman. The Sun has picked outstanding Re- publicans and Democrats who have swung to one side or the other, in vio- lation of earlier party affiliations. Mr. the Democratic national chairman, after having been known for years as a Republican. Before the cam- paign is over the list may be long, in- deed. bolting seems to revolve around the issue of prohibition and the issue of Tammany Hall. The Republic- ans who have gone to Smith have done so largely because they are op- posed to national prohibition. The Democrats who have gone to Hoover are drys and ant-Tammany. Pierre S. du Pont is listed as a Republican bolting to Smith, although Mr. du Pont has been a bolter before, when he voted for Wood- | row Wilson * x % X Up in Maine the campaign is continu- ing right merrily, with the State eiec- tion less than & month in the future. Reports are to the effect there will be few upsets in the State, with the Re- publicans winning generally. In one district alone does the Democratic can- didate appear to have a real chance, and that may not prove so good. That is in the second congressional district, now represented by Wallace H. White, jr. Mr. White, who has been in Con- ress since the 1916 election, is opposed y Albert Beliveau, popular, of French descent, a veteran of the World War. The second district of Maine was for- merly represented in Congress for a number of years by Daniel J. McGilli- cuddy, a Democrat. It is recognized as the *“closest” district in Maine. Mr. White's majorities have ranged from 547, when he was first elected, to 14,000 in 1920. Two years ago he won by 6,151, Senator Frederick Hale is slated to win re-election over his Democratic opponent, Herbert E. Holmes. The other Republican candidates in Maine appear to be in good sh: for the election, too. The Democrats, tural- ly, are trying to roll up as large a vote in this State, where the first elec- tion is held, as they can in the interest of Gov. Smith, their presidential can- didate. They have high hopes of doing well in New England this year for vari- ous reasons, and it will be a disappoint- ment to them if the Republicans roll up & majority as large or larger than usual in Maine. ko William Allen White, Kansas editor, does not like the attitude of retrac- tionist which some of the New York newspapers and Democrats have sought to pin on him since he made his charges that Tammany ruled Gov Smith when he was an Assemblyman in Albany, and that Smith’'s record in the State Legislature showed him voting for measures which aided the saloon, the gambler and the prostitute. From Europe he has cabled former Qov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas, now publicity director of the Republican national campaign. that he has re- (racted Ilothlnfi; that he proved his case, but merely suspended judgment in his charges aligning Smith with the gambler and the prostitute. “1 only did this," wires Mr. White, “because 1 felt that a debate on t subject of harlotry was not worthy of esidential campaign. But if Gov. mith tries to wisecrack his way out of his record, I shall come back at him with the proven evidence. So that is that, and the Smith |efh- lative record may yet be a subject of debate, even thoug] Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton appear to have been unable to find a forum upon which they can agree. - Real Farm Relief. From the Providence Journal Speaking of farm rellef, it is always noticeable when the city cousins start for home. * ) Lowden has felt very | pos There is no other agency in the world that can answer as many legitimate questions as our free Informat B~ reau in Washington, and Frederic J. Haskin. By keeping in con- stant touch with Federal bureaus and other educational enterprises it is in a position to pass on to you authoritative information of the highest order. Sub- mit your queries to the staff of experts whose services are put at your free dis- al. There is no charge except 2 cents in coin or stamps for return post- age. Address The Evening Star Infor- mation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, di- rector, Washington, D. C. Q. How many amendments to the Constitution have been submitted to the States for ratification?—T. M. A. Twenty-four have been submitted and 19 ratified. Q. How much cooler is the Guif of Mexico in the Winter than in the Sum- mer?—C. D. A. The annual range of temperature in the Gulf of Mexico is about 10 de- grees, ranging from a minimum of ap- proximately 733 in February to & maximum of approximately 83.6 in August. Q. What kind of religious services are provided at the Federal prison at Leavenworth?—D. C. A. Every Sunday there are a Prot- estant service, a Christian Science service and Catholic masses. On Sat- urday there is a synagogue service. Q. Who was Rajah Brooke?’—R. H. A. Sir James Brooke, English rajah, celebrated as_the Ra. of Sarawak, was born at Bengal, 1803, and died at Burrator, Devonshire, England, June 11, 1868. Q. What was the cost of the Capitol building at Harrisburg, Pa.>—G, 8. A. Tt was erected at a cost of $13,- 000,000. Q. Please give some information about Falcon Island.—S. F. J. A. Falcon Island is a volcanic island of tke Tonga group in the Pacific Ocear. It was thrown up by the vol- canic eruption of October 14, 1885. It partly disappeared a little later and then again reappeared. How should rattan, grass and ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. wash with thick lukewarm soapsuds containing a little borax, using a scrub- bing brush. Rinse thoroughly and set in the sun to dry. Q. At what age are the justices of the United States Supreme Court eligible for retirement?—J. C. R. A. They are eligible for retirement at the age of 70 years on full pay. Q. Where is the largest fluorspar mine in the United States?—C. D. A. The Rosiclare Mine in the south- ern part of Illinols is the largest fluor- spar mine in the United States and pos- sibly in the world. Q. Have the Richthofens been promi- nent in many wars prior to the World War?—H. V. A. Writing of the Richthofen family, Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen says “The family of Richthofen has taken no great part in wars until now. The von Richthofens have always lived in the country. There has scarcely been a Richthofen without a landed estate. It he did not live in the country, he was, as a rule, in the state service . Only in the generation of my grand- father it happened that the first Rich- thofen, his cousin, became a general. . . . My father is practically the first member of our branch of the family who had the idea of becoming a pro- fessional soldier. Q. 1s there a “bolt” in.a stroke of iightning?—L. H. "A. %rs is no material object, such as the term bolt implies, in a light- ning discharge. The term thunder- bolt is inherited from the ancients who imagined that lightning and thunder were the result of some object hurled by the gods. Q. Of what religion are Ethioplans, and are they polygamous?—S. E. A. In general Ethiopians are Chris- tians of the Coptic or Monophysite type, and are monagamous. Q. How m;_ng pennles weigh a pound avoirdupios?—S. M. L o& hundred forty-eight new pennies weigh about a . Runner is on first base, batter hlg a Texas leaguer to center fleld, the centerfielder, playing in short, takes the ball on the short bound and forces runner out at second. Does the bate ter get a base hit>—H. S. R. willow furniture be cleaned?—C. W A. Use a stiff brush or vacuum cleaner to take out the dust. Then A. There is never a base hit scored on a force-out. The keynote struck by those who find favor in the Republican candidate and his speech of acceptance seems to be its “human” qualities. Praise and blame are divided along party lines, except where a few Democratic commentors believe credit is due. “Whether he is speaking of science, commerce, industry, the tariff, immi- gration, prohibition, agriculture, water power, war, it is in terms of human beings that he thinks and to Tribune (Republican). The address, to the Louisville Courier-Journal (inde- pendent), ‘“verges at times on the rhapsody of 2 poet” and that paper says of the candidate’s pledge that problems “shall be courageously met, “No one W] doubts that he could do more than most men could do to solve those prob- lems.” The Asheville Times (independent Democratic) states: “For the present, the country will applaud the address for its general effect in revealing Mr. in thougl speech, moved by a ambition to use his talents for the spiritual as well as the material wel- fare of his country.” The Rochester Times-Union (independent) feels that he is pre] to devote his talents “to the people’s interest.” “More important than his unequivo- cal indorsement of the Republican dec- laration at Kansas City, his laudation of President Coolidge, and his pledge to go forward along the lines of the pres- ent policles of Republican administra- tion,” in the opinion of the Philadel- phia Evening Bulletin (in t Republican), “was the content of his speech concerning, in his own apt words, ‘the spirit and ideals with which it is pi to carry it (the platform) into administration.”” The Charlotte Observer (independent Democratic) feels that “through the address there runs a cord of idealism that reminds one of some of the doctrines of Wood- row Wilson.” o s “In his references to equal oppor- tunity for all" the Springfield ub- lican (independent) sees in Mr. Hoo- ver's words “something that still touches the heart of America. And, happily, in both Mr. Hoover and Gov. Smith, as presidential candidates, the working ot equal opportunity for talent and force, rising from humble and obscure be- ginnings, finds brilliant and memorabie illustration.” The Salt Lake Deseret Gov. Smith and | ™ News (independent) interprets, as the underlying theme of the speech, “the onward march of America along social, spiritual and material lines of human achievement and betterment.” “Hoover, the American citizen, with his plea for equal opportunity, looking upon this as a nation of homes," sug- gests the Oakland Tribune (independ- ent Republican), “spoke directly to the living rooms and kitchens of the land.” Other similar expressions come from the following papers: Des Moines Register (independent Republican) — “The boy who walked away from the prairies of Iowa, an orphan of 6, today, in full manhood, opens a door of service to America that has never before opened quite so wid», of invitation.” Charlotte News message for poj couched in unders designed to touch masses.” Pasadena Star-News (Republican)— “An epitome of opinions and striking facts, graphically, suceinctly put. The speech is replete with epigrams. There is substance in every sentence.” ok o Kansas City Joun pendent Republican)—He goes a little | further than the Kansas City platform | oo ng better things for farm busi- | ness, and he socks Mr. Smith's un- Volsteadianism squarely between the ! | Los Angeles Express (Republican)— | “The conception of government as an | nstrumentality primarily charged with the promotion of human happiness runs all through Mr, Hoover's speech, and attests the spirit in which he would ap- proach the presidency.” Providence Journal (independent)- “He is at the same time idealistic and practical.” { Utiea Observer-Dispateh (Independ- enn—‘;;rha w?ag: u('- a new mark in productions of nature. may be regarded s & (Democratic) — “A ular consumption, ndable terms, and the American o Assuming & neutral ition, the Den- ver Post (independent) sums up the matter: “From the viewpoint of the Republican editors, the Hoover speech was one of the most masterly d o sions of public affairs offered for public consulption within the meration. From the Democratio stan t Mr. | Hoover's lamation was insiold, ovasive and lacking in originality. You | have read the address and can form Hard to Believe. From the Indianapolis Star | Even the recent college graduates| must have some difficulty in realizing that this is a cold world. your estimate of its lm{oflmu." “We had expected better thi than that of Herbert Hoover, the Omaha World-Herald (inde) nt) el s, A (indepen ) disappolntmggt, with the explanal are willing to give credit where they | proposes act,” declares the New York Herald ho knows Herbert Hoover | nor with quite so emphatic a gesture | Human Qualities Are Praised In Hoover Address to Party “There was much of the Republican candidate for President in the speech, but there was little of Herbert Hoover in it” The Roanoke Times (inde- pendent Democratic) says that “the speech, like the candidate, ran true to form.” It describes him as “an efficient and capable executive, undoubtedly: but whether he possesses the rare qualities of constructive leadership is still as much of a question as it was before he | made his acceptance speech.” * ok k * The New York World (independent) |states, “We continue to believe that Mr. Hoover is one of the extraordinary men of this generation, but it is no mean task to make this speech fit that bellef.” The World holds that Mr. Hoover's review of the accomplishments of the Republicans in the last eight years “is not an honest review.” al- though the paper is “not referring to | the unpleasant subject of corruption.” | It then makes denial of “credit for things which any administration after 1920 would inevitably have done”; for things “which the Cooldige administra- tion actually opposed and was forced unwillingly to accept”; for things which have been done by the people them- selves, and for things “done by State and local governments.” Absence of clear-cut policles is charged by the World. Other ecriticisms of the acceptance speech are: - Akron Beacon Journal (Republican), h its publisher, former Repre- sentative C. L. Knight—‘One must remember that Mr. Hoover is a product of that ‘new freedom’ which has come to look upon government, not as an instrument to secure the enjoyment of man's natural rights, but rather as an agency to look after his spiritual, moral and material welfare. This idea is not us left who dissent from this theory.” Syracuse Herald (independent— "When he leaves the past and ccmes to the present and future * * * his progress | is more halting and less confident.” Portland Oregon Journal (independ- | ent)—“He stands on the Kansas City | platform on farm relief. The delegates who framed the farm plank in that platform: shut the doors against the farmers and farmers’ wives.” * ok ok % Dayton Daily News (independent Democratic)—"“The substance of the speech can be stated in a few words He begins with a noble promise: ‘It shall be a true campaign. We shall use words to convey our meaning, not to hide it.' " Baltimore Sun (independent Demo- cratic), “His plea for tolerance, his denunciation of crookc 'ss in Govern- ment, and the things he left unsaid— any reference to the so-called power trust or some expression regarding Boulder Dam-—caused more ¢omment u;l political circles than any other ase.” Raleigh News and Observer (Demo- | cratic). “It would not be accurate to sa: | that Mr. Hoover straddled on prohibi- tion. He executed s complete splk.” | World-News (independent | “Mr. Hoover, who eight years ago was a noted lberal of world | reputation and was uncertain about his party affiliations in this country. has now become a thoroughly orthodox Republican.” Chattancoga Times (independent Democratic)—"He is strongly impressed with the idea that Government should be the handmaiden of business and industry, the promoter of uplift and the keeper of the morals of the people™ New York Times (Independent)-- It is a noteworthy party document, well fitted to Republican sentiment ™ * % ok x Hoover's agreement Mr. with the | policies enunciated in the Republienn g:t(urm is commended by the Chicago ily News (independent). Evidence of real leadership is found by the Jersey City Journal (independent Republican). His firm grasp on existing problems is attested by the Worcester Telegram (in- dependent), Bluefield Telegraph (inde- pendent Republican). Charleston Daily Mail (independent Republican), Pitts burgh Post-Glagette (Republican). Okla- homa City Times (in ndent) and Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (Repub- lican). That he gives evidence of being & buflder in national affairs is the bellef of the Erfe Dispatch-Herald (Republican). Chicago Tribune (Repub- }:g:m and St. Louls Times (Repub- Other indorsements are: Toledo Blade (Independent Republican), “Admirable :oun(nunn Of a program for economic velopment.” Cleveland News (inde- pendent Republican), “Surpasses any scceptance address in America’s his- tory." Newark Evening News (inde- pendent), “A straightforward exposition of his views on national problems,” and “an unequivocal stand on prohibition.™ San Prancisco Bulletin (Republican) “Sound common sense and practical wisdom " Indlanapolls News (inde- pendent), “Spared no word to make his position clear on prohibition. Man- chester Union (independent Repud- liean), 1 ting glimpses of his whole Ilmmotoonr:um-m.l" (independent), “It carefully “& every con- his country.”