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" 'that are relatively trivial and unimpor- HE EEING STAR WASRINGTON, B C. Eotiand. Rate by Carrier WH City. 48¢ per montn | (00 per montn { oo month rer copy I i ot Telenhine | hin the 49¢ . made at the end of ra Orders % ! Gaders maz be sent in by mail o Rate by Mail—T'ayable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia Daily and Sunday ily onl: inday nly i only i All Other States and Canada. ity and Sunday..13-. 812.00: 1 mo iy only yr. £800: 1 mo. S oy 15r. £5.00: 1 o, Member of the Associated Press. ed Precs is exclusively entitled 1:8€ for republication of xil news dis- 6 1t cr not otRerwise ered- aices Crediied papér 4nd aiso the lgeal rews mfitl‘ Rerein. All Gismetches Derdif are G130 Teservea. A New Campaign Begins. There is resson to hope for that “real test” of enforcement, under the ".plan of attack outlined by Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock, thet shou'd go far teward solving the riddle of the future of the prohibition experimént in the United States. True. there have been plans of attack before, and the history of national prohibition is marked by their bleaching skeletons. None has ever beén suecesstul in bringing about that honest test of the law's enforce- #bility for which the dry element has clamored and which the wet element has scorned as impossible, ‘With prohibition enforcement trans- ferred to the Department of Justice and the slate wiped clean, Col. Wood- eock has the advantage of being able to profit by mistakes of the past. He has the road ahead of him as clear as it can be. His general plan 6f opera- tions, 4 outlined in his conference with prohibition administrators repre- senting the Nation's twelve districts, will win general and popular support in so far As the theory is concerned. Hé does not intend to bother the “little - fellow” and will concentrate on thé “big fellow.” “I will n6t have our agencies follow- ing the course of least resistance and wasting their time upon pitiful, picas yunish, non-commercial eases,” Col. Woodcock explained. “I think the pro- | hibition laws can be successfully en- | ‘ forced against commeércial operations. | I propose to make that our objective and not to dissipate our agencies in! other fields.” H This policy may be interpreted, as it alréady has been, as stamping the Gov-' ernment’s tacit mark of approval upon hote-brewing operations. On the other hand, it simply places home brewing| afid non-commercial if illegal pursuits i of the thirsty in the realm of things { i | . tant. There is too much big game in the fleld to waste time chasing rabbits | and there Has been a lot of unnécessary. | and promiseuous rabbit shooting in the ‘We are not a nation of guzziers, and the curse of prohibition has not been the flood of strong drink. In the eyés of wéts and drys alike the curse has beén the “prohibition racket” that has extended its ramifications into almost every fleld. The spectacle has disgusted and Alienated sinceré prohibitionists and has given those opposed to the theory of prohibition their strongest weapon of attack. Col. Woodcock's plan to lJaunch an in- | creased and more carefully trained force | of investigators against the bulwarks of this “racket” will enlist the sympathy of honest men. One may hope that reports from the front, detailing the progress of & warfare that narrows down to & ccnfiiet between the forces of gov- ernment and thosé of anarchy, will be 28 candid and 4s frank as has been the deseription of the proposed mode of uttack. R ‘The idea of a good many of nothing 0 @5 this hot weather is to make pro- tests to the postal authorities bécause cf Spain’s new Goya memorial stamp, which beéars a miniature reproduction of & great masterpiece showing a nude woman. The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice confesses it can do| nothing to curtail the stamp’s circula-! tior in this country. Good enough!! Talk abcut straining at gnats and | svalicwing camels! NS S Identification of Weapons. Two ballistiés experts have now iden- (ified the weapon held by the Virginia police 4s that which was used in the siaying of Mary Baker. Dr. Wilmer Séudér of the Bureau of Standards « erly pronounced it to be the same as that from which builets were fired into ihé Body of the young woman. Now C6l. Caivin Goddard, perhaps the fore- most expert in this line in America, Bas confirmed the identification. Thus it may be definitely accepted that this pistol was that used by the slayer. It noéw remains for the law to identify the usér of the weapon. This process of recognizing the pe- eulfarities—they might almost be said to be the personalities—of guns has béen brought to the point of an ae- curate science. Jt was long ago recog- | nized that however precise the opera- tion of manufacture it was impossible to produce two weapons exactly alike in their action and effect. Rifing might bé executed in the barrel with the ut- most nicety and yet there would be minute differences, idiosyncrasies as it | were. The composition of bullets dif- fer, likewise. The impingement of the softer metal of the missile upon the harder metal of the gun barrel chuses deflections from nofmal due to these difterences in each. Countless tests have proved beyond | @dubt the possibility of establishing the ¢ gaentity of & gun provided & bullet fired ifom it can be produced sufficiently intaet in form to enable the observer to read the record of its markings. This is not always possible. In some chsts the bullets are not to be found, or are battered and scarred. But when in irue shape, preserving all the { nine hours elapsed time the difference of ! twenty-nine hours stands out as a strik- {New York eleven years ago had prac- | decided that work should begin imme- | year and the demand for American | States into the League. ‘ United States has drifted away from the be departures due¢ to the wearing of the ridges of the rified bore. ‘The identification of weapons is effected by the use of instruments of precision of remarkable minuteness. Photography enters into the research and flso microscopy. It is possible to present to a jury proof of identity more surely convincing than any ever offered in a case of disputed hand- writing. The weapon eannot “forge” & signature, nor can the user of it pre- vent it from implanting upon the missile the unmistakable stamp of its identity. B e A New Queen of the Skies. ! For the first time in eleven years a | British airship has crossed the Atlantic | and the progress of lighter-than-air | craf; design I (his period of more than | a decade is strikingly shown in the dif- ference in speed. In 1919 the dirigible R-34 made its historic flight from | Scotland to New York in an elapsed time of one hundred and eight hours. Yesterday the commander of the R-100 triumphantly radioed to eager watchers onthé ground at Montreal that the maiden voyage of his ship would con- sume no more than seventy hours. That it actually took eeéventy-nine hours to arrive 4t its destination was due to an unfortunate accidént to a stabilizing fin which, eombiried with inclement weather, forced the world's biggest and newgst dirigible to proceed almost at a snail's paze ‘n the short hop betwéen Quebec | and Montreal. But even with seventy-! ing achievement in airship progress Another sharp contrast was noted when the R-100 slid up to her especially constructed mast at Montreal after cov- ering three thousand three hundred and thirty-four miles without & stop. Five | tons of fuel remained in her tanks, Whereas the R-34 when ft limped into toally used the last drop of her fuel and so serlous was the situation then that landing crews were sent scurrging all the way from New York to Montauk Point in ease she had to be hauled down for lack of motive power. There is no question that in the | R-100 and the R-101, her sister ship, the British possess two of the finest air- craft in the world. Of course, it is too early to prophesy that they may sur- pass the exploits of the famous Graf Zéppelin, but it is significant to note that the R-100 has completed the fastest crossing of the Aufntic of any airship. | The Graf Zeppelin is of the rigid type, | while the R-100 is of the semi-rigid class, #nd in this comnection it is especially interesting to note that| Although shorter and thicker but | larger than the Graf in total cubic capacity, the R-100 has shown much the greater speed. It may well be, of course, that the British craft was blessed with exceptionally favorable weather conditions which would account for its fast trip, but at the present momenit, at least, it holds the un- disputed transatlantic record and de- servedly is hailéd as the new Quesn of the Skies. Bravo, Italy! | ‘Within a very few days of the earth- quake disaster which spread death, dev- astation and desolation through its southern peninsula, Italy has moved mightily and magnificently along the road of self-help. As a first contribu- tion toward the work of reconstruction, the Cabinet Council has appropriated 100,000,000 lire, or about $5,200,000, for tHis year's budget of the Ministry of Public Works. Further sums will be provided for in future budgets until the work of rehabilitation 18 complete. Along with the voting of funds, it was dictely and be pushed with the greatest possible speed, in order that all of the homeless may be provided with shelter before Winter. The Italian government has been showered with messages of sympathy| and with offers of foreign assistance.| The American Red Cross, ll"l,\'li promptly in the field with proffers of a’ on occasions of major calamities like the Italian earthquake, inquired whether help from this country would be of service. Word came back that it would not be required—Italy cculd and would care for her own. Sometimes nations show their best and strongest side amid such conditions | as those the Italian people are now | facing and weathering. It is no mean tribute to the strength of present-day Italy that she is capable of meeting and shouldering one of the gravest crises the Fascist regime has yet had to con- front. It speaks well alike for the spirit of Fascism and for the sound eco- nomie ‘structure it has built up within the state it rules with so iron a hand. — v m—————— ‘The British think that Admiral Byrd's Antarctic film has succeded in “vul- garizing the South Pole.” Possibly they would have beén pleased with views of nicely turned-out gentlemen sitting around in huts and tents reading the Social Register and De Brett's Peerage. After Ten Years, Ten years ago the late President Harding and former Gov. James Cox of Ohio were at it, hammer and tongs, in the presidential campaign of that year, over the issue of the United States becoming & member of the League of Nations. President Harding, an anti- Lesguer, won a sweeping victory that entry into the League of Nations be- came less and less pronounced. Four years later at Madison Square Garden friends and supporters of the late Pres- ident Woodrow Wilson, whose heart's desire was the success of the League of Nations, eought to revive the issue of the League And to make American adherence to it & major plank in the Democratic platform. The effort led to one of the most serious rows on the floor of the Democratic National Con- vention, a meeting that has passed irdG Ristory s One great big row. Two years ago the issue of the League of Nations was ignored by the Democrats at the Houston Convention. And now it is found that Senator Huris of Georgla, ardent Démocrat, in his cam- paign for rendmination, has declared himself against the entry of the United ‘This in itself is a commentary on the manner in which the sentiment of the the mortal mis- recognizéd as having been projected from that par- ticular gun. And every bullet fired fom that gun has the same scoringh D to a certaln point, when there will ' League of Nations. The people of America, If the voices of their leaders are to be heard, wish the nations of Europe and of the other continents well in their union in the League of Nations, Thi® but feel that the United States should THE. EVENING ST remain outside of the League to work out its own destiny. Tea years ago the fight in the Senate on Amerfcan ad- herence to the League was recently over. Senator Harris, a strong supporter of President Wilson and his party, had made no opposition to the entry of the United States into the League. Today spparently it has become necessary to state with definiteness that he is op- | declare tha posed to Ameritan entfry into the League. It is quite true that no pro- posal is now being advanced actively that the United States join the League. There is, however, the proposal that the United States jotn in the World Court, under the terms of the so-eslled Root formula, designed to make unnecessary the Senate reservations which were ob- jected to by member nations of the | court. President Hoover has announced he will urge the Senate to agree to the proposal now advanced for American adherence to the court. Opponents of the League of Nations insist that the World Court as now constituted is the League of Nations Court and that ad- herence by this country to the court eonstitutes a kind of back door entry into the League. Senator Swanson of Virginia, ranking Democratic member of the Senate For- eign Relations Committee, has declared the Root formula satisfactory. Senator Swanson was the suthor of the reser- vations secepted by the Senate when it originally adopted a resolution ratifying the protocol of adhérence. Despite this fact, however, there looms a real fight in the Semate over the World Court proposal when it comes again before that body. It has been urged that with the ratification of the Kellogg pact re- | nouncing war the need of a World Court to settle international disputes has become all the more imperative. The sentiment in this country is strong for peace and the maintenance of ami- cable international relations. This sen- timent will doubtless be exerted strongly in favor of entry into the World Court. But declarations such as that made by Senator Harris in Georgia give hope to the irreconcilables. e A Chicago policeman has just iden- tified the man arrested in Los Angeles and returned East as the slayer of Jake Lingle. Which suggests that unless Chi- cago's gang methods have become terri« bly degenerate there will soon be a on the force e President Chiang Kai-Shek of China must feel a good deal like the big man in a “battle royal” in the ring. All the differént parties in arms are picking on him, ~nd if he is eliminated they will turn oin one another in a campaign of exhaustion. ———tm—y—— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Suecess. He longed to escape Prom oblivion dark, As he heard of the men ‘Who were making a mark. And he struggled and toiled Till he finally came Through the pathway of sighs To the sunshine of fame. But the glare shone full fierce, And the perfume oppressed, And the thorns made him long Por oblivion's rest. He thought of the past, ‘Where sweet memories reposed— And he sought to return, But the gateway was closed. Cautious Critic. “Don't you think that Miss Spriggs plays the piano beautifully?” “Well,” answered the musician, who is Both conscientious and polité, “let us rather say that Miss Spriggs is beautiful when she plays the pidno.” Lone Deficiency. “Shakespeare’s knowledge seemed to embrace every subject,” said Mr. Buskin. “Yee,” answered Mr. Stormington Barnes. “About the only thing on which he appeared to lack information was the Baconian theory.” Curiosity. I long to be insured. I fear ‘The poverty that stalks about. I put some money in each year— 1 wonder who will take it out. Class in Journalism. “How do society papers derive their revenue?” asked the inquiring pupil. “Some of them,” answered the pro- fessor, “derive it from people who want to get into print, and some from people who want to keep out.” Heart and Head. “Do you think that athletic training injures the heart?” “No,"” answered the college professor. “It i& only ‘when it causes a man to | lose his head that it does any damage.” ‘Truth, To tell the truth men are inclined. Here lies the fault—believe it— It takes more than the average mind Correctly to pereeive it. “Whenever I sées a honeymoon,” said Uncle Eben, “I's allus 'minded of de fact dat de bees don't work only & few | months in de year.” B Possibly They Can't. From the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Why not be optimistic? Why not muse in this wise: Of ecourse, people aren't any worse than they used to be. How could they be? s On That Tunnel Tdea. Prom the Dayton Daily News. England has put the ban on the pro- posed tunnel between that country and Prance, evidently having heard a good deal about the Paris underworld. r———. Crack at Big Cities. Prom the Ann Arbor Dally News. Census returns show 93 Amerjcan cities have passed the 100,000 rark. But also there remain quite a few places worth living in. e b e Just to Be Doing Something. Prom the San Jose Mercury Merald. ! Place him where he has no instaliment payments, no taxes, no loss on atocks, and still he saws the bars to get out. o It Ought to Be, Anyway. Prom the New London Day. ‘The Mexican police are keeping a man in jail for having 16 wives. sumably this is for protection. - It's Bnni Enough as Is. Prom the Jackson Citisen Patriot. would be every time the static got bad. | | idently anticipated by the Democrats | Dakota and Colorado. No real |in New Jersey. | Democrats contend is the best of all the ! ing for them this year. | taking the campaign warpath, is telling there ticism. Textile mills and boot and shoe THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. ) say. is ing sacred. Just because it has cloth covers is no reason why it should be regarded as precious. ‘There is something in that, of course. Much good writing appears in ephem- eral form. A great deal of plain “bunk” shows up annually between fancy boards. Yet it must be admitted that the | book, as @ book, has come to have & | character of its own. Permaneney is a plain part of that character—is the very_foundation of it, indeed When one thinks of a book he thinks of something to be kept. A book need | not be precious; it even need mot be particularly good to be worth keeping. Until the last quarter of a century there was no talk on anybody's part of dispensing with the home library. Books were regarded as good things to have and to hold. Recent years, bringing with them so- phistication and its imitation, do- sophistication, have some few booklovers to believe that there is no reason why they should form perma- ment book collections. Cramped living quarters and the high cost of living have added to the prac- tical difficulties of Septnl home book collections. Even a few thousand vol- umes offer a real problem in an apart- ment. Many homes are_so cut up by doors and windows that the dispositicn of bookcases is another problem. Such cases look better, give a more “booky” atmosphere, if they are kept together. ‘Where sectional cases must be sepa- rated and placed at different parts in & room or-in varous rooms in a house, much of the physical effect of a home library is lost. ‘Who is there who loves books Who has not thrilled at the sight of a fine, great library in the home of some rich man, & room where cases reached from floor to ceiling and extended the entire length of the walls, with only room out for doors, windows and possibly a fire- place? Such a library is every booklover's | dream. Few will be privileged to have | such a place, but what every one who cares for books may have is & few books—the same books that the rich | man possesses! | ERE | There one hits upon the real glory | of the personal book collection and rives at the same time at the one fundamental reason for keeping his books. In_making his collection, he should at all times aim to secure the best books, the truly great works of all times, If he has proceeded upon such & plan, .uhm‘l&h he may make many mistakes, he will not be willing to re- gard his books lightly, or to admit that they may be thrown away when he is through reading the 'ross & good trans- ‘Of the Nature of Things” when hé was & young man in college. It had been only & title, and a curfous one, until that fated day when he discovered this old copy &t a sec- ond-hand store. Once at home with it, he had dis- covered the merits of one of the world's greatest and most curious literary pro- ductions. How would it have beén pos- sible for him, afterward, to have been willing to part with it? True, he might have purchased other and perhaps Dbetter translations, but none of them, he felt sure, would have head quite the same “ffel” to him. In fact, he did buy other versions, only to prefer his old one. Books purchased because they mean something to the individual reader are books to kept, and no limit of space or amount of sophistication will en- able a real booklover to arrive at the mu-n, where he will willingly part with | em. L WASHINGT ‘The attrition of time may wear book collection down, of course. A man with & hobby will collect books uj his specialty; then time may give other hobbies, with & decline in inter- est in the former. At this point the collector will be willing to part with the books which he gathered upon the former hobby, in order to make room, perhaps, for newer volumes, or simply to give later voi- umes & place in his shelves. A careful weeding out of the home cases is a necessary process. Either ft may be made a continued story or held over for a certain time every year. Even when a book must go, the booklover is losth to part with it. For he had st | one time ‘placed the stamp of his ap- proval upon it. That meant something then, and should mean something now, although perhaps not as mwuch. X ok ox We do_not believe that any one, whether he pretends to the proud title of booklover or not, seriously means to dispense with the personal book col- lection, the t collection, you please. Stiff covers by no means make a col- léction of words sacred, but they do help make it permanent, and, that quality, it deserves to come into its own, in & world )“vm things change t. his some common sense, lorrmng the sophisticated chatter which frowns unon all old things, he will find that time ‘book |alone can give him a certain enjovment. There is the initial pleasure of a book. compristng ~ its . mere physical handling, and its first reading. Per- haps no other book thrill can-compare with the first reading, especially in fiction. But time alone can give one true book pleasure, and that is the re-read- ing years later. Say not that it would be possible to go to the Public Library and get a copy of the book 20 years later. It would, of course, but how much better is it to take down the identical volume ome read so many years ago! There is something personal, some- thing private, which makes its appeal to the individualized person. In pass- ing, it may be stated that not every human being is an individualized per- son. Thousands live as though under some combination Spartan-Soviet, where life is ordered from central headquar- ters, with all individuality measured and blocked off by master minds. b The true individual, no matter what his race. color or other condition, wants to do what he wants to do, when he wants to do it, and largely because he wants to do it. If he is civilized, and cultured his wants will be within the law, because he recognizes the sanctity of the law, and its place both with him and with others. In the matter of his books, no man can dedicate to him which ones to read, because he knows better than his masters which books please and help nim. He scorns offhand judgments, with many setting themselves up as “experts,” without knowing or caring whether their judgments are righteous. He knows that yonder little book, which most of his friends overlook with huge confidence born of igno- rance, exactly meets the needs of his own mind and heart. To them, it is nothing worth reading: to him it is one of the great things of the written world. ‘And so there you are! It is because all books have different appeals to the minds of men that most books are worth keepm’. The book another scorns may hold the place of honor on your home shelves. Time, old ‘wonder worker, may bring a forgotten book into universal esteem. Then what & pleasure it is to go Lo one's home col- lection and take down the very book which others are rushing to the stores to find! ON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. It's not putting forth as yet any of- fielal claims—these will come along later, in accord with time-honored cus- | tom—but the Democratic high com- mand “would not be surprised” if the pArty captures control of the next Con- | gress. That terrific inroads will be made | in existing Republican strength in both House and Senate 18 assumed by the Democrats a8 a foregone conclusion. Fifty net gains in the House and six in the ‘Senate are set down even at this early stage as the minimum victory in sight. If the Democrats score a net gain of 54, actual control of the lower branch would pass to them, as they would then | have a total strength of 219, and 218 i & majority. To nize the Senate, the Democrats would have to increase their present strength of 39 by 10, or to one more than a majority. Once na)on a time certain Democratic leaders | thought it might be more fun to let the Republicans stew in the juice of re- sponsibility for legisiation during the latter half of the Hoover administra- tion. But the conviction now prevails that it would be better if the G. . could be knocked out of the ring, and reduced to a minority. * K K K In the States of Massachusetts, Penn- sylvania and Indiana, which are now | represented in the House by nearly solid Republican delegations—Pennsylvania is almost wholly solid—Democrats expect to register sweeping gains. Jouett Shouse’s headquartérs at Washington recently made an arresting compilation, which revealed no fewer than 99 con- gressional districts scattered throughout the country in each of which, at recent elections, a bagatelle of 2,000 votes de- cided the issus. With party lines slith- ered into ribbons everywhere by the liquor issue, the Democrats have hopes that in constituency after constituency the narrow margin can be turned in their direction next November. x % % % Senatorial victories are pretty con- in six States—Rhode Island, Massach setts, West Virginia, Delaware, Ken- tucky .and Oklahoma. They expect to lose Iowa, where Senator Steck, the Democratic incumbent, is waging an almost hopeless battle against Repre- sentative kinson, Republican. Pight- ing chances for Democratic success are seen in Ohio, Tllinois, Minnesota, South hope is entertained of beating Dwight Morrow Republican claims of relegating Senator “Tom” Walsh in Montana are scouted by the Democrats s sheer moonshine. In return. they e inclined to concede relatively easy victory to Senator Norris, Republican Progressive, in Nebraska. * % . Of course, what the Democrats cov- ertly and coyly trust and pray for is a landslide which will far outrun their wildest expectations. The stars, they assert, are set for just such an event. The “outs” customarily are more popu=- Jar with the country than the “ins” if an election year falls within a period of economic depression. With industry and jculture in slump, and people grouchy over business condi- there are Democratic optimists they just ean't help winning the 1930 elections by avalanche. On top of all these favorable imponder- ables is the new tariff law, which the grist which the political mill is grind- 2 xR Senator George H. Moses, Republican, of New Hampshire, who is rusticating in his home town of Concord prior to New England newspaper men that the G. O. P. outlook is by no means as biack Hom DIGVID & oomeran, s goir 1o om e} 3 make %qmun votes in New g‘llnd. avers the sire of the wild-jackass wit- tactories, which've been in the shadow for the past three or four years, are now looking up again, under the rays of the beneficent Hawley-Smoot sun. In- cidentally, Moses announces that he is presently sailing right into the midst of the “wild Jackass” ~country—the West—and not leaving it, as currently reported,, to Senator Steiwer of Oregon, his co-sendtorial campaign manager. They will tour it together. * %k K K “T am going to be frank and say that at present the Republican party s not as cocky as I would like to see it on the threshold of a national campaign,” Senator Moses told “Mike” Hennessy, veteran political sleuth of the Boston Globe. “I feel like Gen, Grant felt dur- ing one of his Civil War campaigns. He realized that his army was in bad shape, but he also knew that the other fellow’s troops were no better off and probably in worse condition than his own. The Democrats have their troubles, and it's always well to remember that the Democratic party is the Republi- cans’ best asset. Republicans must not be allowed to forget that this is an im- portant campaign, and that off years usually work against the party in pow 1f we should lose Congress it will make vietory uncertain, or At least harder to | achleve, in the 1932 presidential cam- Paign.” Xk ‘To what extent is Herbert Hoove: going to throw himself into the fra Will he confine himself to writing le ters such as the one he's just addressed to Representative Reece, Republican, of ‘Tennessee? Will he take the stum) least by rAdio—from his White House study, on the theory that now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party? After all, it is the Hoover administration’s record to date which will be on trial in November. It is universally acknowledged that the President, with all the handicaps he faces, remains immeasurably stronger with the country than Congress is. No one can plead the administration's cause more naturally or more effectively than the President himself. The Re- publican leadership is likely to be found urging that Hoover throw himself heart and soul into the fight. (Copyright, 1930.) —— e Spirit Photographs Held as Verified To the Rditor of The Star: The interesting experience of Lady Doyle, given in The Star for July 28, in- troduces the readers to a class of psy- chic phenomena that is new to many. Doubtless, as in other instances of psychic research, some will disdainfully consign this suggestion to the realm of the fanciful, hastily assuming that, in- asmuch as their limited experience does not include this manifestation, such a conception is impossible of realization, Spirit photography is not exceptional, as one may realize from reading such books as Houghton's “Chronicles of the hotographs ~ of Spiritual Bein; Coates’ “Phot the Invisible, Doyle's “Ths ¢ for Spirit Photog- raphy.” In Pars there is & regular en- dowed laboratory for this exclusive pur- . Réference is here made to Stanley ] ~Science Brath's chic and Religion.” chapter 3, where, in & series of spirit photographs taken under the supervision of the author, one ex- actly illustrates the possibility of such an experience as claimed by Lady Doyle. D-. Gustave Geley, director of the Meta. psychique Institute, had achieved nota- ble results in this line when on July 24, 1924, he was killed in the crash of an airplane. Nine days after his death De Brath was photographed (plate 6 in the above named book) and above him is seen the face of Dr. Geley, whith may be ised by comparison with two ‘other photographs taken before death. This book is avail- able’ to any mn?- in the Congress. WM. r 2 if | meat and t | no excuse for another such occll;:.r‘znee. of the man |y, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST Dietation to Food Purveyors Needed| To the Editor of The Star: The farmer is receiving, and has been for the past two months, 65 to 70 cents 4 bushel for his wheat, ‘upon of United for delivery, has been at less than $1 & bushel for nearly two months, and is now 8315 1. Bread is selling in ‘Washington, D. C., at the same price as when wheat sold at $1.50 or more & bushel. Why? Here we have the farm- and the D. er producer W . mdenmn:"wmqofnhun trust. True, Dbread trust may say. “If bread is too high In price, let them eat cake.” paraphrasing a French queen. Sheep pounds, and now sell at $9-—even in Baltimore, Md., lowest price in 15 years. Steers sold at about $15 per 100 pounds | a year ago and are now selling under | $10 per 100 pounds. Hogs are selling | about $2.50 under price of & year ago | Here, again, the sheep, steer and hog| raisers’ prices are the lowest in years.| while Washington, D. C.. meat eaters are paying about the same high prices. Steak is 50 cents a pound as usual. Some ou investigate these still high retail i hre“d prices and write the wholesale cost of meat and flour. American newspaper are fa- miliar with accounts of the so-called dictator Mussolini. Here is one of Mus oceasion ecalls for mma: taly, retailers o they do, pronto! Strange that great, free America can not do likewise. Maybs a hint from the President or his Secretary of Agri- { culture, as a White House spokesman, would turn A Mussolini tric} w. RYAN. Proposes Summer Wear for the Men To the Bditor of The St ‘While certain male dictators of fash- ion decree what we women should wear, why should not & Woman make a sug- gestion as to male attire appropriate for hot weather, such as we have now? I think that men's shirts should be made of cool white material which re- flects the heat of the sun, cut with & V neck, not, however, as low as some of the ladies wear, and trimmed around with a bias piece or neatly made around the neck so as to eliminate collar and tie, and with sleeves to elbow. with the same finish as the neck. Then have trousers of a very thin material; short, if they prefer. I am suré our menfolks who have to go to office every day should be made as comfortable 8 our womenfolks who wear very few and thin clothes, no sleeves and low necks, and still com- plain of the heat. How do you suppose the poor men feel who wear undershirt, shirt, collar, tie and coat? I think it inhuman, and I, for cne. going to. have my husband go comfortable during this hot weather, without regard to criticism. If the gentlemen are timid about being the first to wear such a costumé as 1 have outlined, I will design and make & suit and have my husband be the model, and I hope they will all follow suit. Some of the male bare arms and legs that have crossed my fleld of vision have compared very favorably, to say the least, with some of the femalé a) itions that I have encountered at the seashore and in the city. lythink the comfort resulting from the above suggestion would moré than justify the change. Let us hear from some mere man on the subject. MRS. M. L. TURNER. e Rutkowski’s Pool Should Be Licensed To the Bditor of The'star: The editorial in The Star showing such appreciation of the efforts of Joung Prank Rutkowski is most worthy of public commendation. Washington is sadly lacking in muh pools and places of comfort for 1 ¢ during the extreme heat and, sad 4s it may seem, it 18 too true that the hand of the law once in a whilé comeés down too hard upon the children longing to find com- fort in the “old swimmin’ hole.” There’s too much “bunk” about insanitary con- ditions in the outdoor creeks, when chlorine in the pools works such havoc with eyes, ears, skin and throat. Col. Qrant, director of Public Parks and QGrounds, has endeavored during his entire incumbency of this office to secure appropriations to be used in making small pools in the playgrounds | and parks so that the children might be comfortable. He has éven told the policemen to be lenient with. the chil- dren who found the fountairs too allur- ing to resist wading into them. The ecitizens’ association in Frank Rutkowski's neighborhood should in this pool & social agency nd pay the license fee and give to this boy a medal for his industry, initiativeness and executive ability, besides naming him the controller of the pool to keep it In a sanitary condition. MRS. FRED T. DUBOIS. Footprints as a Sure Identification Mark To the Editor of The St Feeling sure that the continued pub- licity of the case of the Chicago babies that may or may not have been mixed is causing great mental strain to pro- spective parents and in view of the fact that such mental strain is not for the unborn child, I desire to call to the attention of everybody that there is y especially in Washington. m, daughter was born at Columbia Hos pital in 1925 they had already insti- tuted a prActice that prevents any mix-up at the hospital and also pro- vided not only a positive and perpetual identification as to the individual per- sonality of the child, but an equally positive and perpetual identification of the relationship to the mother. K:’lnul of both feet of the new-born fant and the recording on the same record of the fingerprints of the mother. ‘The fingerprints are not complete at birth, but the footsrints never change from birth to death. I presume that this practice is gen- eral in all Washington jpitals, but if not, it assuredly can be had upon re- quest and also any physician can ar- range to have it done in one's own home. R. 8. ROBERTS. Lin(:oilrn Memoria Basin as a Pool To the Editor of The Star: In view of the exceedingly restricted bathing facilities of Washington, it seems very captious to rule against bathing in the Lincoln Memorial reflect- | the grounds of possible | of . Lineoln never Aware, averse 1t, therefore, is a sad com- the good judgment of those in charge of cing the grounds and those in charge of their care mot to take m& means within their power— except the one they did—to make this | place the cl sold a year ago at $15 per 100} i trained food ecomomist should thor-| Pa. lower their selling prices—and you bet h I refer to the taking of the wle-l | s—far more terrible than was to openly ai BY FREDERIC ons printed | ly. for return_post Evening _Star reau, | Prederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- | ton, D. C. | Q Is_El Brendel Swedish or Ger- man?-—T. K. | A. El Brendel has made & speclalty Swedish _charaeterizations _since | 1917. He made his debut in 1911 in heavy German impersonations. -With the advent of the war German come- dians went out of existence. After doing his share of fighting Brendel re- turned to the stage as & Swedish come- dian. Brendel is neither Swedish nor German. He was born in Philadelphia, of Q. Is a steel or wooden fennis racket better for speed and endurance?—J. | w. G. A. A steel tennis racket will last than a wooden racket, but 1t is mot considered as fast or as effective by most players. Q. _Why isn’t there an for Sunday delivery of mail? Often it to m‘umuu news of an p.m. on any holiday or on Sunday, it is ilable by the use of the special de- livery. A special delivery letter is de- livered within one and one-half hours | after it reaches the post office. Q When will McMaster University | open?—L. B, A. The buildings of McMaster Uni- versity at Hamiiion, Ontario, are now almost completed, and university au- thorities state that they will begin courses this Autumn. The registrar has an office at the university build- ing and is aiready in receipt of a large number of applications for enrollment. t] of the university will com- mence with an attendance of between 500 and 600, Q. What glands control the height of a person’—F. G. A. The ductless glands which con- trol the height of man are the thyroid and parathyroids. As far back as 1856 the medical profession recognized the relation of these to the growth and development of the human body. H of Terror, the rrier of Nantes weré bound and in boats with movable bottoms. hese were taken out in the River Loire and when in mmeifi‘ the bottoms were opened, precipitat! the con persons into the water. o Sap T R seems to'be sseeping so0 b seems long?—I. D. C. A A. After & child is 3 years of age, tbo long a daytime nap usually interferes with night sleeping. One and one-half hours considered te. Th child should then be gen! waken Q. What salary does Pershing re- ceive?—W. J. A. John J. , General of the Armies of the Uni States, has re- ceived since November, 1919, the woy of ! in & full general, $13,500, plus $8, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS J. BASKI ?nnu:uue', making his sslary $21,300 Q. How does a person sell gold to the Government?—E. L. Sta indiv all gold which is presented to them in amounts of $100 or more. A check is given to the individual drawn on the Treasury of the United States. This check may be cashed in gold, or, it preferred, In currency. Q. What is Sax Rohmer’s real name? —M. MeL. A. Sax Rohmer is the pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward. Q. How long is the Strawberry Tun- nei?—A. P. A. It is 19,897 feet in length. Tts purpose is to bring water from the Colorado Drainage Basin through tie Divide into the Great Basin. It was completed ‘and opened September 13, {1913, Q. What State in the Union is the windiest?>—F. M. A ‘Weather Bureau been | | Q. How did electricity get its name?— A. “Electricity” and kindred words are | dertved from the Latin word “electrum,” hricuy by the friction of amber. Q. How near to Los Angeles are there gas wells?>—B. F. A. A. There are gas wells in the suburbs of Los Angeles, Q. What does the title, Cavalleria Rustican!. mean?—T. W. A. In English it would be Rustic Gal- lantry. Q. Please give a translation of the Greek inscription on the Parthenon stgnealnnthe Washington Monument. A. A translation is: “George Wash- ington. the hero, the citizen of the new and {llustrious liberty: The land of Solon, Themistocles, and Pericles—the mother of ancient liberty—sends this ancient stone as a testimony of honor |and admiration from the .* | g Emt': was standard time adopted? A. Standard time seems to have beery first suggested by Charles Dowd Saratoga in 1870. In 1879 the Sandford leming, Pacific Railway. was brought to the attention of the leading governments of the world, and an international econ- ference was called in 1882. It met in ‘Washington on October 1, 1884. The delegates of 26 countries were present, but did not unanimously . Howe= ever, most of them favored the adop-- jon of Greenwich, England, as the origin of longitudes. The French were the only representatives of an impor- tant nation that would not agree, and it was not until March 10, 1911, that France abandoned the meridian of | Paris and adopted that of Greenwich 48 its prime meridian. | Casualties of Gangland War Turn Atte recall of its mayor, Charles Bowles, mayor of Detroit, and the assassination of Gerald E. Buckley, radio announcer, centers _comment uj murder as a in politics. umnmbatmtmal'usm concern to the country than the offec- tive use of the recall in the largest eity | in which it has béen employed. As the repudiated mayor Automatically be- comes & candidate in the election to follow, much interest is displayed in the future course of Michigan's me- tropolis. “In view of the many recent gang murders in Detroit, including the dar- ing assassination of Buckley, an effec- tive foe of the local ters and of their political alljes,” Chicago Daily News, ‘‘persons at a dis- tance naturally are inclined to suspect that Detroiters did not repudiate their mayor and his administration too soon. 1t is to be hoj that their stern action will prove of marked benefit fo their community. There is necessarily some theoretical doubt as to the net results of the recall device, since, admittedly, foes of good government may utilize it as well as advocates of sound admin- jstration and public order. Where, however, the recall is provided for by law, decent and upright voters would be remiss if they failed to avail them- selves of the privilege of getting rid of demonstrabiy unworthy officials.” “Jerry Buckley died,” according to the Detroit Free Press, “because the government of the eity of Detroit failed to maintain a decent check on banditry and gunmen, but aliowed them to think that the town is wide open and ‘easy.’ His blood cries from the ground for vengeance; and his death is & solemn warning to the municipal authorities and to the city.” * K kX “One of the most despicable devicas of incompetent policé to hide their de- fielency F: the presence of a murder ry,” charges the Pittsburgh Post- Gazette, “is to nint that the vietim committed suicide. Lately, in the épi- demic of gang killin such officers is to Assul least investigation, tha 3 | was tied up in some way with a racket.” The Post-Gazette points to the weakness of the Detroit insinua- | tions and concludes: “There can be no excuse for irresponsible talk on the part of a police officer, much less for an unsubstantiated report of & nature to reflect upon the dead.” “How much & community may come to depend on radio publicity and be in- fluenced by it, and also the impersonal quality of the service,” says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, “were evidenced by honors paid to Buckley. It Is said that more than 20,000 persons passed while his body lay in state. Most of them had never seen him, but after Jistening so often to his voice they felt a close acquaintance with him, even a warm (rknd&h‘r % “'It is terrible, terrible’ says Mayor Bowles, when informed of the radio announcer’s death,” quotes the Birming- ham News, with the comment, "So‘hl: harge against Bowles himself.” That paper asks, “Has respect for law and for its enforcement completely broken down in this country’s great urban ? The Battle Creek Moon- i “The murder of me, without the t every victim ¢ e recently operated in nd brazenly as in Chicago. “The Detroit police cannot, by a tempting to impugn Buckley's char- acter,” warns the San Francisco Chron- | icle, “exonerate themselves or Avoid the obligation to run down and pun'sh his assassins. Nor would proof of their own intimations that he had private hild’s delight, w. WHITNEY. o aee— . Possibly This Is True. -‘:figzm'tfl. " Bfe real Christian e is one who just keeps biting his tongue when he plays golf. ¥ relations with the underworld exculpate the authorities. That organized erim- inal underworld exists only because it is tolerated by the police through po- litieal _pressure. herever organized mmem-trnhudmmlfl[;lnfll declares the | g8, the tendency of | ntion t o Detroit | it will not hesitate to kill decent ait- izens when that suits its purpose.” x ok x % “The recall is & potent instrument,” in the opinion of the Rock Island Argus, “in the hands of 4 long-suffering people, who can make use of it to rid municipality of officials who are dere- et in their duty. As for Detroit, the | battle must be fought over again, as Mayor Bowles is to press a vigorous | campaign for election. The peoplé have the opportunity again to speak their sentiments, and the result of the cam- paign will be a verdict about which there can be no possible doubt. Chicago | cculd have bettered civic conditions long ago had the recall been resorted to." “Detroit could win a high place in- dustrially, multiplying its wealth and population, and yet is plagued by this problem of how to control the gang- sters and the racketeers,” contends the Davenport Democrat, while the Provi- dence Bulletin advises that “for De- troit the opportunity is present in the | coming campaign to take a hitch in its belt, roll up its sieeves, and with the Lmurder of Buckley as an incentive set its house in order by choosing a man gr integrity and fearlessness as its " according ead. “The_situation demands,” | to the Flint Daily-Journal, “the candi- dacy of an outstanding figure; better if it is some one who, while familiar with | public affairs, has not been involved in past controversies that might jeopardize his chances. The forces of decency must | center on such a man” The Newark Evening News believes that “Detroit must gird itself for a fight with the underworld, that seems to have gained the upper hand.” The Oklahoma City Times feels sure that “a vast majority of the people of those great cities are decent and generally law-abiding”; that | “somewhat bllndlg they strive to elect (officials that to them seem most likely | to a_;;ve them well.” “The one wholesome issue of the Detroit overturn,” asserts the Akron Beacon-Journal, “is its indication that the people when really aroused will take & controlling hand.” The Green Bay Press-Gazette, describing Detroit as “a mecca for the criminal classes,” | observes that “the popular fight against crime has only just ccmmenced.” The Oakland Tribune asks, “Will Detroit | read Chicago & lesson, or, after a brief period of excitement, follow the example |of the Illinois city?” The Savannah | Morning News concludes that “politi= | cians must be made to seek avidly the | votes of the so-called good citizens in- | stead of finding their strongest help on »::I-'n:::.gny ;r}\xonghmchmen of dubi- | s of livel " The Asbury Park Press holds that “officials with the possibility of recall hanging over their ;helds are far less likely to violate the | public trust than those who can be | removed only through involved im- | peachment proceedings.” Remembering that in the recall re- sult “disorganization downed organiza- tion by & big majority,” the Detroit News avers that “America watches auxiously and the rest of the world curiously” in the coming contest, and explains, “What an achievement, what a glory it will be for Detroit in this ::,‘lel(‘hl h]o'lfi if it can point the way— n a little way—toward be of rule in big clML!" i —— e Might Have Broken Ax.. Prem the glrlll Datly Telegram. A New man s in charged :Ith striking cdok in l’:n buse with An ax. Mis defense will be that he was aiming at the steak. T — New Crack at Congress. ?fl;!l the Buffalo Courler-Express, peaking of light-vear as & mz“’;e cmm&'u}m};nm, unnn-‘m’fiu use or express! 1apses of time. Gt Even Now It Isn’t Funny. Prom the Glendale News-Press, Strange as the statement may seem, own ranks it is encou! in the belief that it gEn get away with murder and & stupid jokes gains nothing whatever by bet