Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1928, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. Aot e e R e L S THE E\'ENL\'G ST:\R tantalizingly in front of him as he | British “County” type, laid down dur- With Sunday Morning Edition. speeds over mountain, plain and desert. | ing the past thrée years. — From the start of the Class A group To Rear Admiral G. F. Hyde, R. N this moming to the finish of the non- | commanding this floating symbol of stap planes at Mine Pield, Los Angeles, | Australian sea power and Australlan a little more than a week from today, | friendship for the American people, and the contest, regardless of its possible | to his officers and men, the American eventualities, is one of high sclentific | National Capital echoes a cordial value. Each type of plane and each | "Cheerio” and come again! type of engine, as well as every pilot ; ¥ | will be put through the acid test on a | Ninety-Two Knots an Hour. { sane and sensihle basis. It is high tme{ po tne thousands of Washingtonians | that America should take the lead in | ypo watched Gar Wood, the famous | the promotion of such affairs to speed | eog boat pilot, flash over the waters the development of the ultimaie air-| o¢ tha potomac at a seventy-mile-an- plane. Too many lives have alveady | lost in this and other countries in | efforts to win fame and fo n for scientific -WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . .September 5. 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES . Editor | The Evening Star Newspaper Company | Pusiness Office. and Pernsvivania Ave Nex York Ofce 110 East 42 o Ofce Tower Ruild Otfcer 14 Rexent . R lith & Rate by Carrier Within the City month hour rate in the President’s Cup regat- ta here a ago, the feat of his brothar George yesterday in Detroi |, when he drove the Miss America VII, a | boat almost identical with that which | appeared here, at ninety-two knots an | hour, smashing all previous records, will urpassing inte: And when it ed that the Miss America VII d by more than twelve previous speed mark, was year suieldal w Prophets. talking through | be of is red Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Marviand and Virgini 1500 PR Dailr oniv Sundas onls = Somebody is either his hat” about the prospects of party vietory in this campaign, or else is| which bett ng to be terribly fooled by the re- | miles the Notwithstanding the confusion Associated Press aused by the unusual conditions, the | ‘W0 motors which had been salvaged 20w shiftings from side to side, the pitching | from the bottom of the Detroit River ot otberwiss of new issues, the obvious breaking | M(er they had literally torn themselves A { down of party lines in various sections, | Ot Of the hull of the America VI the t1san leaders are putting forth the | PAIM must be extended to the Wood most confident claims of success, giving | Drothers for being the most eminent de- g specific States as assured, | SIENErs and pilots in speed craft that Wi | this country, or any other, has ever i known Ninety-two knots is approximately one hundred land miles and such speed on the water involves all the hazards that a hundred and fifty miles an hour uld in an automobile. For many vears it was the ambition of the Woods to attain a mile-a-minute rate on the water. but their desire was thwarted when boat after boat failed them. It + | has onls been in a comparatively recent period that this mark has been reached, but once attained the Woods pushed steadily forward to new world specds. They have now set their goal at one hundred knots an hour, and if yes terday’s showing is any criterion it is almost within their reach N and Canada. 2 00 o no P Maj Hesse's Inquiry. nation to an: h the h the v Agures. ne weeks away, campaigning only starting in earnest nevertheless all over but 1 shouting. according to these oppos- ing prophets. cach assured that the <houting will be an his side. Somebody s wrong. and most decidedly so The other day Chairman Raskob of the Democratic committee emitted a prophecy to the effect that Gov S8n h was assured of 309 elec votes, with at least 100 in reserve as probable. This elicited much cheering from the Democratic camp and caused perhaps a chill among the less con- | fident Republicans. It evoked, however, a chorus of loud hoots from high Re- publican sources. It was even styled by {one of Gov. Smith's New York City {organs as “ridiculous.” But Mr. Raskob now returns from his Western trip. in {the course of which he uttered his prophecy, and improves on that fore- |cast by adding Indiana, Tlinois and {Ohio to the assursd Democratic States with a total of 67 electoral votes, mak- ing 376 for the Democratic candidate.| p ;.\ gerctood that Mr. Blanton's It may be noted here that he has still {00 th Gemonstrate that & “lam forgotten Pennsylvania, with which he | o oI & 18 O ot ‘staned on his claiming career after a | ... | Philadelphia luncheon conference. Almost ° simultaneously With M., ., precidential candidate must j Raskob's revised edition of revelations | yicp0c gelicacy in contributing his best | comes a statement by Senator Capper | . qeqvors for party success, without 10 the effect that Mr. Hoover is certain | oo G0 o0 PR 8R0S g to to carry every State west of the! T8 (IR TR | Mississippi River. i This is in direct | 2 ] conflict with some of the most Im-| y gppearg that Trotsky's aims in life portant details of the Raskob claim. | s . are not exclusively political. He sticks | although if Gov. Smith is assured of |,y topeuriting with a grim deter- |21l the States east of the Mississippt | | River that Mr. Raskob has pre-empted | (o0 |for him he can let the West go its own way in error and still be elected. ¥ Hope of v A T e RO R o | TTo% BL AR I pemod may ki e s | encouragement in the necessity of work- | Moses of the Republican organization | . sty il in the open when diplomats find | 2ave out an analytical estimate, State | oy 0 i PP o0 by State, in which he conceded certain | sooreen. ot o s e | | locks of electoral votes to Smith and ¢ :":::” ”'r“"“}": ’1:'»-:@;:::-";;::1 Elephants and trick donkeys are so - S | prominently displayed that the impres- was not particularly extravagant In BiS | gon may arise that the Ringling | prophecy or analysis, and as to certain | proiners have gone into politics. States in the twilight zone of politics s S e | he merely manifested hope rather than assurance. His estimate could not be called a counterblast to the Raskob claim or prediction, although it made | definitely for Republican victory. | The political prophet of experience | knows full well that nobody is going to dig up these pre-election prognostica- recorgs may | on ithe ef- now It ma cases brought 1al, which could as we ased of by precinet cor that many o whase trial o 14 have separated police force, and it the cases trial board by k to avenge themselves t officers whase sole offense ha formance of their duty. The result of Inspector Shelby's study may be valuable and perhaps will lead to tome nesded revision in the present But if there is anything wrong with the morale of the s to b2 doubted if an examina- tion of trial board records will acconi- plich much in pointing out the root of the evil. Ma). Hesse's inquiry should not stop 8t the tria! board. If his hands are tied by political interference; if he is unable to enforce discipline withou bringing down upon his head the impor- tunities of members of Congress or in- fluential citizens, he should make this fact known, with instances to prove the point. If the Civil Service Commission does not furnish him the right materic) this fact should be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the taxpayers, o tha’ the condition may be corrected by rais- ing the standards. 1If his precinct com- manders are not capable of command ihose who are capable should be found and the weak sisters weeded out. There are other points to which Mal. Hesse might give hic attention. A police achool exists. for instance, for the train- ing of recruits. But it appears that re- cruits are often taken away from this school and put on patrol before they have mastered even the theories of good poiice work. In some of the precinc: stations there = a noticeable lack of that form of discipline which, in a m:i- | stary organization, counts strongly in building up morale. Policemen lounke about in the presence of their superic: officers. Conversation between them is informal. when it should e strictly formal. The salute is relegated in favor of a half-hearted raising of the hand in the general direction of the cap. Inpection of men going on duty bears littie resembiance to the ceremony that | should, for the sake of discipline and | piorale, be made of it. These poinus | tions after the votes are cast and _may eppear small and trivi But | counted. to the discomfiture of the morsie and discipline are born in the | wrong guesser. Sufficient unto election police schiool and precinct station, not | day is the result thereof, and in the before the trial board. | clamor of party rejoicing there is no Thers may be nothing wrong with the | disposition to turn back the leaves of | patice force. Commissioner Dougherty | campaign history and revive mfimnflexi tends that spirit and morale a'c'fl! errors of judgment of this character. h. Coincidence and circumstance | 8o there is really nothing risked in | sione may account for the commission |making a good stiff prophecy at this of a few offenses hy members of the |stage. Such a prediction may have its fores within a short space of time. Bu® | value in stimulating the spirits. But nothing has vet occurred upon which | there is some risk in too sweeping a o base any wholesale indictment of the | claim of assured victory in that it may | 1o prove that any grave | cause a siackening of endeavor and | beyond the misbehavior | possibly may add to the number of those | who, feeling assured of the result, “go uiry may | fishing” on election day. | he alternate aims ot Ay of ar No great honors are shown to the memory of Dr. Mary Walker, who wore trousers, and Carrie Nation, who | smashed drinking places. Even femi- nine power is not immune to the in- gratitude traditionally associated with a republic. s R i .- | | | - SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILAND! R JOHNSON. Unimpressed Public. The Joy of Existence, beyond any doubt. Is in something we may get excited about So. we stand in a crowd and we answer “Hurrah!" ‘Then turn and define an oration as “Blah!" Through ages the world has been largely the same, With methods antique we must still play the game. The Hero will sneer at the Villain's “Ha! Ha!" The General Chorus still answers with “Blah!” The thing that means most in our public immense Is a basic condition of Plain Common Sense. The bands offer jazz and the boys say i “Rah! Rah!" : Washington, D. C. is a city that| The response to unlimited sound is just #11 that it should be, or of diSCOVEriN | ouopy Dnjted States eitizen delights tn “Blah!” weak points that 2 sympathetic PUBHC | oy whichever party is successtul, it Candin Al ekiion, cannot shirk the obligation of a suitable | .py yoy always tell the truth when tnaugural display. vou make a campaign speech?” | “Invariably,” answered Senator Sor- ‘[:hum “But I am ecompelled to admit | that with me, as with others, the truth | regarding some subjects is a matter of | personal opinion,” cen! organization. eondition ex: of a few ind Maj. Hesse be pursued witf demonstrating that the police force 15 | therefore. v ——— dent. but 1 advise drop- ng the work of campaig no one o .- Weloome, H. M. §. Australia! Annapolis and Washington jointly | share the honor of weleoming to the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac region H. M. 8. Australia, the fine new | Diffuse Attention. 10.000-ton ecruiser of the great South | The Farmer reads of Wall Street ways Sea commonweaith whose name she| Through politics he glances. proudly bears. The ship is anchored | Hell even try a hoss to raise, in the waters of the Naval Academy, | At Fairs to take its chances but her officers and men, following a | 1 f e - formal greeing there, are guests in the | L unat.grow aiarming. Washingtonians, mindful of the truly | He studies. in indignant griet, magnificent hospitality extended the| MOt everything—save farming United States fleet on its historic visit to Australasian waters two years agn. are happy in the knowledge that our own Navy Department is receiving the gallant visitors from “down under” | with becoming heartiness. The bonds | of friendship between American and| “Of course.” said the suitor. “I can- Austraiasian biuejackets happen to be | not undertake to impress you with a | of more than ordinary fiber. Their | display of great wealth viewpoint on certain international con- | “That is not altogether against you tingencies is well known and identical | Answered Miss Cayenne, “It shows, at They have a mutual conviction that ! 1east, that you are no bootlegger.” ble eir-| it caen | A TogUE may be useful,” suid Hi Ho | the sage of Chinatown, “yet seldom use ful enough to warrant the risk of his and hecoming o+ The Air Derby air i races n one of thirty g from Powered s A group of De will make sbdecr Tomorrow morning at dawn t art in Cl wh engines 4 and at the Class C group will take t Seprember 12 planes will tape at Roosevelt Field pected be one of the most vests of 1ts kind ever stzged. 2 non- p race from New York o A In this affair there 15 no Hmit on size of the epgine or the engines used the country v tors to0k © Cia by smail the United Sta B en route ‘The Farmer says he wants relief the of higher piston noon tomorrow air. On up at the | Jud Tunkins says a loafing man ! wouldn't be so bad if he didn‘t get lonesome and make ofthers waste their | time keeping him company what is ex- Favorahle Evidence. geles éoubtedly be made by the small ships ch got off this moming. The C )t furnish & significant and speed of the wr s line on airy competition their guns can in no conce imstances ever be turned uther The advent o Aw lie first man-of-war flying the flag Ih of Ausur s wriking token of the sense of “nation- hood” which dominates all th British dominions beyond the sens. of the commonwealth | Australia self-delending Having ac- | Who ulters Duly's Call anew cepled the position that w fuller un- | And writes, “Your Income Tax Is Due. perisl partnership 1= necessary for the - future security of the British Empire ‘Taint no use o' tryin’ Lo live witout .14 that & definite place in the Pacifir | %ork " said Uncle Eben. “Even robbin' + held by Art Goebel | has besn allotted to Australia, the lat @ chicken roost means long hours and ner of the Dole race from San | ter's government agreed in 1011 to fur. | Anxiety” 1o Hewal. Recently he| nish an Australian fleet unit called the | the Tinited States | “Roval Australian Navy” The ships| and fifty rvyl\?flvm'm\ | and vessels comprising it are named in 1) 540, aee will |t Brit Ly 8. Austral ? non-stop o | e iafg dista, M. M ey, | Hickinan must‘be hanged October 1 1y W hest his eompetitors, | now in our midst, #x one of two modern ' Bup it lsn't the st time g of the celebrateg set & date for that very Lbing. h.:-. he stab smal are nov vican perm galning your confidence ' Our master.” Caim | he Commor o | YOUT manter Unlorgetting Friend. now | Though others tail in sentiment, most thrilling fea- | potjey 1o mike | ment, the race will be a week fr nen the big ship: take the air ! stop flght This wil be 2 real test of the speed and endurance of en- gne and piane The transcontinental non-stop record the w1 Fra flashed egideen Eech fyer naturall Byl the Goebel mark will probably bang 10,000-los B Probably Not the Last. From the Cleveland News, Laos Angeles judge had decided that built in fourtean davs and powered by | have | | o r——— i | mination sooner or later to land a best | The | There's one stanch friend, the Govern- | THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES | told the story of a local business man who delighted in placing young men in | their first jobs G | Letters giving the names of deserv- | ing_young men are still coming in. in most cases having been written by im | ents or friends, who felt that they knew | a deserving case. | It is needles these appeals ha r Nearly (wo months ago the writer here | to state that all of ve heen ignored through | necessity, since it would be manifestly unfair o catapult the fine subject of our ¢ into the unasked role of an | employment bureau | The article and its | unmistakably the need | businesslike _approach | prablem of the first job. | 7 “Well begun is half done." | surely this old maxim holds true in | nothing more than in the life work of | the average man or woman of today. | While there may be many tentative | approaches to the life work, there must bo but one sort of approach, and that a good one, a serious one, if the aspir- ant to fame and fortune is to get the | right sort of start | Boys nowdays want good jobs why shouldn't they have them? | " The carcers of such men as Cortelyou | who began as a stenographer in the Government and | tary of the 8 b, who rose from $7.50 a week (o becom: | & millionaire, are striking examples o | success. | U3¢ they did it. perhaps every boy can { Of course, time and experience tells the older man that every boy will not do it { One must possess the innate ability of a Cortelyou or a Raskob to do it show more whole response for a to the and M % | Yet the vision is inspiring. | It is well for those who can make only their few thousands a year to | know that another man, perhaps a shy | fellow, without any apparent points of advantage, Stows away There are all sorts of compensations in life, and almost every man, if he is | fair with himseif, can find solace from the pangs of envy which strike him W comparing himsel{ with others. the first job, however one may end up, ought to give a boy a good starting | place, The Army during the Great W {found that it was a waste of the Na- tion's greatest asset, man power, to put {a man behind a gun if he could render |10 times as much service at the far {end of a fountain pen. | The same thing more or less holds | true of evervday business life, in some | phase or other of which the vast ma- | lority of the citizens of this country engage. It was fashionable for a while to con- (sider business as stufly, { Babbittish, but that attitude has long gone by the boards |~ There is as much romance in business as in adventure for the young man | who approaches life as a game. Living, as something in itself. is a | conception seemingly foreign to the | minds of thousands of human beings. | They swallow life at a gulp at a movie, they thrill when driving a motor car at { 50 miles an hour; they will stay up until {late hours to enjoy the at a might club. Wha feel the thrill of simple life in the living }m this reelization the first job plays an important part. xE x i | A real businesslike attempt ipart of successful men, | represented by the Board of Trade, | Chamber of Commerce and Merchants {and Manufacturers’ Association. say, to on ! name only three of them, might save | have applied to many and various firms, | tinent since he was nominated. although | | industry a world of waste. Is it not profound waste to hire a young man to sell neckties who loathes neckties? i BY FREDERIC Some consideration is being given by his principal campaign message to the South from Thomas Jeflerson’s home at Monticello. Senator Pat Harrison, who ! 1s charged with the responsibility of keeping the South solid, thinks well of the idea, but isn’t certain it could be | fitted into tentative plans to have Smith | speak only in North Carolina, Kentucky | and Tennessee. The governor is taking Jefferson’s name in vain so liberally, as Democracy’s patron saint in the Albany | speech of acceptance, that the Monti- ness. In Smith's case—owing to the | widespread hostility he faces in Dixie on | the “Romanism™ issue--the proponents of the project believe there would be immense psychological-political advan- tage in having the Democratic nominee hold forth near | of the author of the Virginia statute | for religious freedom. * { * * One of these days, as the presidential | taken to kill absurd stories that Herbert Hoover {5 “a drinking man. His life- time friends, as well as countless Wash- ingtonians, who have been at his table | during the past seven years, Know how groundless such tales are. Hoover, like fhousands of men and women, has simply never cared for liquor. The probability is that whatever drink he | ever indulged himself in former times if any-—consisted of those occasional | sips now and then inseparable from so- { cial amenities. One thing can be put | down as a fact | in, Mr. and Mrs. Hoover held family council on the subject. Then and there | promptly and unreservedly, they decid- ed to serve no liquor of any kind in their own home thenceforward. As they had no “pre-Volstead stocks” on hand [t has never been necessary for them to indulge in the popular alibi of the | century. | * x ¥ Speaking of prohibition, a few fanati- -ally dry eyebrows were raised in Wash- | ington the other day when the cable | brought news that Secretary Kellogg | dinner at the American embassy in Paris, in houor of the anti-war pact | signatories, included a brilliant wine | list. According to the Lafin American { doctrine laid down by President Gool- | idge. the person and property of | Unifed States citizen are part of the national domain. “even when abroad | But the State Department has neve | extended the Coolidge doctrine to the private tables of our ambassadors and ministers in foreign parts. In other words, the serving or - non liguor has been left fo their respective judgments. Mr. Kelloga apparently {acted on the same principle in Paris | and entertained the world statesmen as | they are accustomed to be entertained 1. e, moistly, | " | Al smith's headq i keeping with Ui lof the governor, cchoes with merry quips and wisceracks. One of the Jatest, which has just reachied Washin that the Democratic nomine advisers ure “Prosky and Mosky.” that means Judge Joseph of the New York State Henry Mosko of - Demoeralic Joe' Prockuuer, by the wiy 15 & native of Mobile. ‘That ought (o | soften the hearts of the anti-Smithites with whom Alabama faily swarms P One of the Capital's great ladies is accustomed at the end of each Winter social season to divert a liberal portion of her wardrobe to a Washington char- ity bureau, which distributes apparel to women of breeding, but who now are more or jess Impoverished, Imagine the astonishment of Mrs one day this week, while walking through fashion- able Connecticut avenue, o pass a lady Woaring ¢ * % jovial (emperament Suprel witz, dir nublicity became_Secre- | his millions, | unromantic, | hectic hours | | they will not do ordinarily is| {in | hearted man who loved to help young the | such as are | evidenced by his frequent references to | | cello scheme has & special appropriate- | the home and grave: | battle waxes warmer, oceasion may be When prohibition came | in New York, | E. TRACEWELL. Is it not somehow ridienlous to place an aspiring gunman behind a counter | dispensing soda water Put the first into aviation, where he belongs, and the second into some sort of industry where his restless energies will be led along the right channels Then you will have done something sensible and extremely businesslike | ove can never be perfection in the working out of such a scheme, of course, since the human cquation is a | str one fous attempts have bheen made personnel bureaus and | b insistent nalysts” to select ghi man for the right job. Sometimes they hit it and sometimes they don't There can be little doubt, however, that | such attempts are better than the old- fashioned haphazard methods which vegarded work as a sort of queer game in which every man must be for him- self and the devil take the hindmost There is a large belief in this counfry | that such an attitude is in line with | the old saying, “The buyer beware.” Most merchants of cuch a motto; they have replaced it with one word, “Service.” Some still | indulge in a grab-bag process of select- ing employes. Recommendations from others who probably know little about a young man still count large in the seale of hiring. by * ¥ A proud city, indeed, would be that one which might send forth to the world the following triumphant mes- sage “Every man or woman who wants to work and who des Why should such a program be im- possible? | 7If the same encrgy, the same 1o~ search, the same ability being spent on work itself were turned loose on this problem of the jobseeker, can ‘here be any question that much could be ac- complished? If this problem of emplovment were approached with true modern business methods, there would be no such let- ters as the following coming in to one | who simply pietured a man who Liked | to help young men. For obvious reasons we withhold names Dear Sir: In your. column I read a | very interesting fact to the effect of a man who took pleasure in loca‘ing jobs for deserving young men. I won- der if you might give me his name in order that I might ask his help for my nephew “My nephew is 17, third year — High School, student, and is the oldest of four boys. He finds himself in need of a job, due to his father dropping ad at his dinner fable a few wes ago. The boy, of course, has no expe e but he is very large and strong and willing and can give the best ref- erences He had a job, but had to give it up on account of the new law not allowing him to work over eight ho His employer told him he could come | back as soon as he is 18, but as that will not be until next March he needs a job now. I wonder if the gentleman could help him to secure a job as mes- | As your | senger in the Government? icle spoke of the gentleman being able to size a boy up and judge him. I would be glad to have him interview my nephew. = * * 1 feel if this boy gets started right he will make good.” “Dear Sir: Recently in your column The Star you told of the kind- men_ find jobs. I wrote to this man sending letter in your care. I have never heard from him and I thought I | would like to ask you if you could re- | mind this kind man of my letter. My | present_job closes in two weeks and I only to be told there Is no vacancy. I | must have work. I am willing and honest and have two and one-half years of experience.” WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE. Mr was tempted to retrace her the Democratic high command to a sug- | sieps and give the passer-by a closer | gestion that Gov. Smith should deliver | look. Then she discovered, sure enough, | street gowns | | that one of her last year's ; Wwas in service again. | Yk For a man who has been campaign- ing uninterruptedly for 40 years, “Bill" | Borah remains amazingly virile and youthful-looking. He was 63 years old this Summer, but presents the aspect Of a middle-aged youngster (and he doesn't quite cut the “Big Bili" figure of vesteryear. Yet his manner, gestures and all-around force- | fulness "are of pristine vigor. Borah blames it to horseback riding, which he | considers the king of outdoor exercise His speeches for Hoover during the next two months will be few, but are certain to be effective. For one thing, he bans manuscripts and speaks extemporane- ly, an art in which he has few Borah and Hoover lunched to- | gether yesterday. * x * ¥ Somebody asked Senator Carter Gl what he's going to do when Virgi lrmnm-ms heckle him on the stump this Fall about the danger of a Vatican | |in Washington. “I'm all ready for ‘em.” {replied the hard-hitting Lynchburg edi- | tor-statesman. “I'm going to quote Will Rogers. Will says it'll take the Pope | four vears alone to move his furniture | over here,” » o ow Greensboro, N. C.. is apparently most impartial community in the con try this eampaign. This observer i * | the n- pal movie house when the news-reel in | succession showed {and Smith. Not a single hand-clap, or cheer, or any other sign of interest or | partisanship was noticenble on behalf | of either candidate. Was it neutrality or apathy? ‘ sOpvriaht. 19280 UNITED STATES N WORLD WAR | Ten Years Ago Today. | French armies today drove the Ger- mans before them in seuthern Picardy |and with the co-operation &f Americans | T in the territory lying between the \'(‘~1P‘ their advance | fand Aisne Rivers, In jalong the Allette front they occupied erving_of | more than 30 towns. Coucy is in French | genator Simmons. hands and its casture is an added men- A to the wooded defense of Chemin des Dames. Altogether the allies have [cleared 8 miles of the soudhern bank of the Alsne, * * + i his latest” utterdnde, docs by th il of vietory ltion of ihe enemy, but refers (o the ieverity of the Faiberland's fight for (s fubure and a succes defence e 8 Chancellor von Hertling tell jthe Prussian House of Lords that e | proteetion and the preservation of the crown and the dynns are at stake Berlin s declared in w st to check the growing unre Today 1 the fourth anhiversary lof the battle ‘of the Marne, and it find fthe allica stronger and the German d. ry much weaker. Cermany has 246 about 200 are fghting on the west front * * Five hundred and sixty- | five names on casualty lists released to- day—75 killed in action, 349 wounded and 106 missing. R — Definition, Prom the Omahn Wglid-Herald, When Dolores %1 Rio sailed for Gurope ahe took 12 dolls. That's what's ul { {slege the | today do not nse | rves work has work.” | His leonine | Incks are streaked with a bit of gray. | voice, | a | cently sat in tHat thriving city’s prinei- | pictures of Hoover | word and the annibila- | ons of troops and of that number | D. €. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1928, Politics at Large By G. Gduld Lincoln. MANCHESTER, N. H,, Seplember 5 -With the presidential election just| two months in the future, neither of | | the candidates for the office has yet | launched a speaking campaign. Indeed. both Mr. Hoover and Gov. Smith have | let, it be known that they do not expect | to engage in nstorming tours throughout the couniry. They appear | to be in agreement that a_comparative- {1y few speeches, delivered at strategic | points and carried to millions of voters | over the radin, is the better plan of | | campaign. Yet before the Smith nomi- | nation was made in Houston there were | predictions that the dynamic New York | Governor would have his fightin clothes on dnd would be on the firin | tine almost immediately after his nomi- nation was consummated. i * oK kK | | | There Is a real question ¥hether the | barnstorming method of campaigning for the presidency is good policy. 'The | |late Col. Willlam Jennings Bryan tricd it out, but with little success. He was defeated three times in presidential contests, and he probably addressed | i more and greater audiences than any | other man who has striven for election | to the White House. William McKinley | | of Ohio weat him in his first race with | {a front porch campaign, conducted at his home in Canton The late Mark Hanna, the McKinley campaign manager, trotted thousands | of visitors to the candidate’s home, | where they were cordially received. | Charles Evans Hughes made the m | take of his campaign when he traveled | | across the continent to California in 1916 and failed to give recognition to the Hiram Johnson faction in that | | State. If Mr. Hughes had been con- tent to remain at home, he might have {been elected and the whale politica history of the last dozen years might | have been changed. The late Col. Theo- | dore Roosevelt, nowever. was one,of | those who spokg Hften in his campaigns, | using the rear end of a train or an| automobile to reach his audiences in | hundreds of places. He won hands down in 1904, and in 1912 he played hob with the Republican part in the victory of President Wi ». President Coolidge did not the stump four years ago, but he {no trouble winning by a tremendot { vote. But while Mr. Coolidge has no engaged in wide campaigning tours | through the country, he has by means | |of the radio reached millions of voters ok % ¥ | Radio broadcasting has done much already to_revolutionize political cam- | paigning. The Democrats are planning, | | according to John J. Raskob, chairman {of their national committee, to spend some $600,000 for the use of the air dur- | ing the present campaign. The Republi- ans also will allot a considerable sum | for the same purpose, though by no| means as much as the figure set by the Demceratic chairman. The radio is both an asset and a liability in campaigning While it enables a candidate to reach | { with his voice and his arguments mil- whom he could not other- | | wise hope to reach, it presents to the voters a voice without the personalit | behind it. It gives the candidate no op | portunity to catch the humor of the| fauditors and to pound home those points | {in his argument which it is evident are | | making the most impression, except in so far as the immediate audience, if he has one, is concerned. A radio speech, | 00, must be carefully prepared or it may | | come to the invisible audience jerkily and leave a bad effect. S Mr Hoover, so far, has done much { more traveling and speaking than his opponent. He has twice crossed the con- | he has not undertaken to make many | speeches from the rear end of his car. | Gov. Smith has not yet been out of the | territory comprised by New York and{ New Jersey. He has given up, it is re-| | ported, any idea of going all the way | to the Pacific Coast, on the theory that it would be a waste of time in view of | the great strength of the Republican candidate in his own section of the| { country. But Gov. Smith will invade |the Middle West, the South and the| {North and East, according to preseni plans, x % % While the Republican and Demo- cratic candidates for resident have been slow getting under way, not so the | candidates of the two parties for Vice | Presidemt. Senator Curtis of Kansas almost immediately after he was offi- cially notified of his nomination iu Topeka. began his campaigning for the Republican _national ticket with a speech in Rhode Island, now consid- ered a battleground, and has fallowed it up with' addresses in other States. He is to be used widely in the next twd months on the stump. And Senator | Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratig | n hats ha | on | as Cape {8 minority ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ~1 BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. This is a special department devoted to the handling of inquiries. You have at your disposal an extensive o tion in Washington to serve you capacity that relates to Write your questi our - address cl 1 cents in coin or stamps for r to The reau, Washington, D. € did John ng, compose Q Phiiip G. His 04 m How many usa, th A new hook. hes that Q. Who invented George Spelvin B € George € double of B s s calied the offi- in other words, vhenever a play is produced in which one actor is used for two parts and it is not desirable to acknowledge the tor's versatility on the program, it is customary for the other role to be played by George in. John olden says that the name “George pelvin” was first used in this way by Edward Abels. w Spe Q h?—S. M When these hat 1 leather and metal o ctually weigh from 5 to Q. How many bridges has the c of Pittsburgh?—S. E. McL. Pitt: “Cify of Bridges.” Within the cit and owned by the city, ther bridges. In the metropol Allegheny County owns 331, There are also a number which are the property of railroads and street railway com- panies. Considering these, the metro- politan district has more than 500 bridges and viaduets e trimmed ments, they pounds. proper are 125 at daily newspaper in the de- the largest circulation? The Manila Tribune ay circulation listed at 2! first w 6,000, the largest Q. Is the California he United p ever built in —-C. E. C. . The Shipping Board says the California and Virginia, sistes e the largest. They are 574 feet long, have 80-foot beam, gross capacity, 730. Q the Volstead act so Why is called?—E. M. A. It was named for its author, An- drew J. Volstead, then a Representative from Minneseta: Q What speed did Lindbergh average | R. E. R. his flight to Paris Lindbergh's average was about 107 miles. Q. What island is Defoe supposed to have had in mind as the one on which Robinson Crusoe was marooned?— ho S. C. T. A. “Robinson Crisoe” is based on the adventures of Alexander Selkirk, who was cast on the Island of Juan Fer- nandez. Q. Has the United States Govern- ment more gold notes in circulation than it has gold in the vaults’—M. B. A. The United States Government has never placed in_circulation gold or silver certificates unless there was in the Treasury Department an equivalent amount of gold or silver to redeem them. Q. Please give a brief history of Kennebunkport, Me.—F. J. L. A. Kennebunkport was one of the early settlements, having been started in 1620. It. was incorporated in 1 Porpoise, and was almost en tirely destroyed by Indians in 1703 Arundel, it was reincorporated in 1717 and has been called Kennebunkport since 1821. Q. How is “Gila name “Gila monste A It heela.” " pronounced in the -P. J. K. is pronounced as if spelled at do the Mexican 10-gallon urgh might be called the | tonnage, | speed, 18 knots, and passenger Q. Please describe the hairdtessing | of the Assyrians?—M. S. T. A. Assyrian men covered their hair with pold powder and gold thread. Beards and hair were curled. Their eye- brows were painted. Assyrian Women did not wear their hair curled. » was Henry O. Tanner?— horn in Pitts- ho became a famous er of his paintings French ggver of modd art His (4vorite r of a new dish or food e a stat- a statue to he first country nt in honor of the A hundred and Harel made the on her farm in Vimoutiers in Nor- This discovery has brought ¢ prosperity to her native district. It is said that an American devotee of this famous cheese gave the first im- vetus to the idea of a national shrine in ronor of Mme. H: making a sol- nn pilgrimage ars ago, o her lage and plac reath upon her .Dr. Joe Kni- to unveil a monum inventor of a new dish fifty vears ago Mme firg. Camembert, chee Camembert near a sand dab?—A. T. T. brown turbot (Hip- ides) of the deep waters of the North Atlantic, closely re- lated to the halibut. It is useful for food, and is taken commonly on the coasts of Great Britain and Scandinavia and from Maine to reenland. Two other species live in the North Pacific Ho aQ | air increase in a fall of 30 degrees in temperature?—F. B The Weather Bureau says that if we assume the atmospherie pressure to remain the same, the quantity of oxy- gen. and the air as a whole. per unit | volume, will increase by about six parts in a hundred. or 6 per cent of its orig- inal amount per same unit volume when | its temperature is reduced by 30 degrees | Fahrenheit. The exact amount depends on the precise temperature before the cooling began. much doss the oxyeen in the Q. How often should young chickens be fed?—G. C. | " A. They should be fed from three to five times daily. Great care should be taken not to overfeed young chieks that | are confined, as leg weakness is apt to result. Give. them enough barelv to satisfy their appetites and keep them excreising, excent at the evening meal, | when they should be given all that they | will eat. Q. What type of window is a rose window?--D. L. L. | A. It is a large circular window, usually with tracery and stained glasses, used especialy in Gothic churches, over | the portals. Q. What is the highest electrical ad- vertising sign in the world?—L. T. A. The Eiffel Tower in Paris. This | historic tower is rented and lighted for advertising purposes by Andre Citroen, | who is known as the “Henry Ford of France.” The rental and cost of main- taining the 200,000 lights is about 1860.000 a year. The tower was first used in this manner during the Deco- rative Arts Exposition Q. What motion pictures are par- ! ticularly suitable for a child to see?— A W.D. .. A A well known psvchologist has listed a number, among which are “Abie’s Irish Rose.” “Sorrell & Son” | ‘Street Angel ang.” “Harold' Teen ™ “Quality Street.” “The Trail of '98, “West Point” and “The Gacho.” Q. What is the difference between flotsam and jetsam?—R. T. A. In law, flotsam, or floatsam. is derelict or shipwrecked goods floating in the sea, while jetsam is goods thrown overboard which sink and remain under {the water. to . Signing o Greeted by A great chorus of approval from the American press generally greets t signing at ot the Kellogg muit:. lateral, treaty to “outlaw” war. From there are expressions of skepticism and expressions of hope that the United States Senate will vote rati- nominee for second place, has leaped into a whirlwind campaign in the | South, seeking to reclaim Democrats in | | the States below the Mason and Dixon | line for Smith. Campaigning for a | Democratic presidential candidate in the South is a new wrinkle and in past | vears would have been like carrying | coals to Newcastle. But the anti-Smith | sentiment in some of the Southern | ates has given the Democratic lead- ers cause to plan an active campaign there this year. The popularity of the | Democratic nomince and the wet caus for which he stands sponsor in some | of the Northern and Eastern States, on | the other hand, has given the Repub- | lican leaders much concern and they are planning a more intensive cam- paign in those States than has been thelr practice in the more recent | rlections. * * l An evidence of the interest in the| | present._presidential campaign in found | in the fact that Boston has the largest number of registered voters in it tory. ‘The total when the registration | | time expired last week was 257.162. | Registration will be resumed for a brief period after the State primaries el been held September 18, In the tration period recently closed 56840 | new names were to the lists in Boston. ‘This doe represent a cle gain over last year's figures, for 20,000 had been dropptd previous to the open ing of registration July 2, because they had failed to hand their names (o the olice on April 1. But the 36.840 is considered remarkable Democrats regard this new registration as a 1eal aid to them in Massacl | setts, although the Republicans ins that they. too, have placed many new I names on the registration list, \ | R he North Carolina situation is causing Democratic leaders some con- cern just now, so much so that Gov | Smith may be called upon to go into | the State himself. The opposifion of veteran leader of | the Tarheel State. to the election of Smith has given great impetus to the drive to take that State away from the Democrats. It is true that Max Shelby, | the Democratic nominee for Governor North Carolina, and other State | leaderse haves announced their support | of Smith and that the Demoerats g | conduciing an active campaign there But the drive of the anti-Smith dry o been having its effect. And many | of Senator Simmons friends bitterly re- | | sent the nomination of the New Yor Governor. | ko * % his- | | | | | | | | | | | | | ais The list of party bolters grows ans and bounds this year word (it w brother Roies Penvose, formes Repub | e 55 of Penmaylvanta—Spencer | Penrose of Cojorado, a milllonatre—has announced b ll support Gov. Smith in the presidential race and will serve as vice chairman of the Smith Inde- pendent League, and there are reported | defections from the Republican ranks in | Pennavivania itself. Chairman Raskob | of the Democratic national committee is seeking to line up as many svmth‘ supporteys in the Keystond State as possible and has a committee of prom- | inent rm-ml‘ lr‘wnnr;( lR‘ former Presi- nt Samuel Rea of the Pennsylvania alirod a4 i Bowe by W comes of the late {the A. E. F., | and ) pote | that b ——_ T fication only after very careful consid- eration. “The signing lenge to mamtains t Bulletin, excla bonds of f the pact is a chal- and pessimism, deiphia Evening hat “if these are , the strongest sanctions to keep the world at Vor Telegram pro te 4 then there is no honor anywhere “The o1l prove to be stated by the war-time command the mos. important step peace,’ " says te, while the Is it “a mag- en toward work sburgh Po ever tak the Pi Roch nificent the pote history of toniq Express believes that “its be ent influence already is felt through- out the world.” The Newark Evening News observes, “Every time the worl registers its intention to dise and to depend upon the pea ods more becoming to Grown-up nation it mak war so much more remote ; people of the world will it, and plo it hands to the unfi i task of replacing trust in ‘reeking hard”_with reason and o Kellogg pact should ce. but 3 o Daily Ne News holds b will add strength that document that rve 88 an clares the Ann Arbor Dail; little sighat cy of tended to se | protecting this litsle globe hates and unwholesome lu: St. Louis Times feels th: any nation will desire absent from the council t * ¥ % In drawing more clearly tinction between defense and sion, and in enlisting against sion’ the common intelligence and com- mon conscience of mankind.” -a 8 A nta Journal, “this o deeper and higher powers were invoked by the old The RBuffalo Evening ‘a day of fne prom that “the people of have reason to be hopetul things.” The Louisville Courier avers that the t g 4 the will to peace and the powers for 3 more than now exists It s merely velghbors,” say News, "o, talk over (heir d instead of rushing out to throw siles over the fence. 13 does nat me rmament, but it must be a toward disarmament.” The Kansas Journal thinks “the most U ind - tresponsible Wil find - that Jenm agreement, tecogniavd as eryst lized sentiment of the statesmen and | the peop! the world, will be some- | thing that cannot be lightly set aside,” | and the Passalc Datly Herald calls it epocha!l, “because it will hearten those ever | macy hails states diplo- d i udivious peace AN agreement the Al 3 who have worked for world peace in | ery land. 1 “Men who have differences no longer ‘ are allowed to ‘shoot it ou! remarks the Los Angeles Express, with the added statement ghat “there will come a time, and its g I8 advanced by every | such treaty as that signed in Paris, when nations will not be permitted han | w | freedom of action by its f “Outlawry” Treaty Ch’orus of Approvél lauds the act of * the statesmen of cludes that for the gain and the gratity pointing o the s es. the Great F Frropeans knov e leaders among orld." and con- whoever deserves the credit won a great distinction * m gnificance of the trea- Tibune states that at the United States olated. r st time in opinton @f the “again takes a the humanf§iarian . g, of the Worl et ny moons,” in Omaha World-Her place of leadership progre redeen erity in peace ld influenc the des Bann > that $he by Senate willfratity m apers; The s it § gen- ion will by To keep this Nation treaty ' which Segqretary Paor: would be an he ot the R (o the w ston €hron- esents “the of the Amterican Vindicator States can hostile action rown ited W to lose by d Court en defer warfare, concludes, ited States and might hope for would not he necese umense war-time s when the civie heart set upon may rid-News both the ¥y when i o mainta establishmer 2 world Ariong t. husiastic hout which are less th New York Sum, That the Senate will act ive debate on & com- mitment of such importance is not to be expected.” and the Indianapolis News POints out that “the leading signatories the United States and the nations 1l owe it a vast debt,” and that “not one of them has had enough faith in it begin an umen(-retrenchment program.” The Istand Argus con- Semators not aet too the ratiieation ve i< much about in the ay of passible ¢ velopents. ibune makes remains the It may do with ¥ what it did with the 1t may quality it 1L may retake the wound which the United . boynt standing. It y tee peaple (rom .\mmr::“ ln‘:‘e‘r’: terence i the continuation of injustice. It may protsct the Ameriean people from subscription to such njustice. Great Britain has reserved camplete The Senate should give the United States immunity. material pretections and a moral bath ™ The Little Rock Arkansas it WArns (hat “nations are like pledgss are quite frequently and also quite frequently brokemy” g Roe shoy matte to thin that paper adds, “We merely B C P ISR . - .