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Evening star., 1924-06-24
Yankee Field Holds the Eve.

Washington is, of course, deeply in.
terested in the political proceedings in
Madison Square Garden, New York,
but it will be excused for taking, dur.
ing the preliminary days of the big
Democratic meeting. an even keener
interest in happenings at Yankee
Field, the arena of a most important
series of contests. For at Yankee Field
two base ball teams are battling for
precedence in the great national race,
and one of them is that which repre-
sents the Capital. BY reason OF a sue
cession of victories during June, main
ly away from home. the local aggrega-
tion Of ball tossers are up in front with
a veritablc chance to assume and to
hold the lead. Yesterday they took
two games in a double-header from the
New York champions, dragging them
down from first place and. paradox
cally, sending into that much desired
rank a team that was idle for the day
They themselves advanced to within a
single point" of the erstwhile pace.
makers. The three clubs are punched
within the range of four points, which
is to say four thousandths. Inasmuch
as the Nationals and the Yankees meet
again today and tomorrow, while the
roars Of the delegates are resounding
at the Garden in the keynoting and
resolution-passing stage Of the conven-
ton, attention cannot fail to be divert
ed somewhat to the northern end of
Manhattan Island. Base ball history is
being written in New York this week,
as well as political history.
Evening star., 1924-06-24

fer strain of vision, but it will be help
full if the police pay particular atten.
ton to dwellings, that have been tempo
rarily abandoned by their tenants.
Public cooperation in this important
work Is needed. and the police should
have specific and official information
that the family is away. Part Of the
plan is that a. policeman shall make a
daily visit to the vacant house, test
the doors and windows "and look after
the property in general" Besides this.
when Officer Smith is passing on his
beat, and knowing that the family of
No. 3344 Is out Of town, he will cast
an eye and lend an ear for anything
about the house that ought not to be,
and it is likely that even more than
once day he will try the doors, look
in a window and employ other means
to determine if all is we'll while the
folks are taking on tan and renewing
youth at one Of the places often fiat
teringly spoken OF as pleasure resorts.
Evening star., 1924-06-24
No Radio Keynote, After All.

After all, Senator Pat Harrison S
voice at Madison Square Garden is
not to be saved for the night radio
audience. 1t is to be heard in regular
order at the day session. This decision
was reached, it would seem. when in
coming delegates expressed themselves
strongly on the subject of being kept
rates at the hotels while listeners-in
of both parties and all shades of politi-
cal opinion were enjoying the treat of
the Mississippian's mellif1uous tones.
The second thought on the subject
of the radio as factor of persuasion
appears to have been modified by these
practical protests from the men and
women who have votes to cast and
bills to pay. Why, they argued, should
they lose half a day, maybe a whole
day, in order that entertainment be
afforded to distant multitude on
chance Of getting few votes? 1t is a
slim chance, after all, at this stage of
the campaign. This election is not 60
iHS LO De uete1 IliiIfeu ny OIdlOTy- NOl
until the candidate is known will
there be any real vote-getting work.
Eloquent as Senator Harrison may
be, his pungent, polished periods will
be of little account in the ears of the
listeners-in when nobody knows what
the platform will be and the name of
the candidates. No eats whisker" is
going to make the contact at this pres
ent time between a wavering Repub-
lican mind and the Democratic cause.
If this were to be a short conven-
ton. like that at Cleveland, a wait of
a few hours for the delivery of the
keynote speech might be well enough.
But it is going to be a long convention
and a costly one. Entertainment and
speculative. broadcasting are well
enough, but time is precious.
Evening star., 1924-06-24
Maughan's Thrilling Flight.

Although the feat of virtually con
tinuous flight across the American
continent had already been accom-
plished, in May, 1928, by Lieuts. Mac
ready and Kelly, yesterdays achieve.
ment by Lieut.. Russell Maughan
stands as one of the most thrilling and
remarkable performances of man in
the air. Lieut.. Maughan made the
flight from coast to coast from New
York to San Francisco, a distance OF
1850 miles, between am, eastern
time, and 9:42. Pacific time. Accord
ing to the log az kept in Chi
cago his flying time was eighteen
hours and twenty minutes, and in ad
dition his stops at five points com.
priSed three hours and twenty-eight
minutes. His average flying speed
it is computed, was 1862 miles an
hour.
In the flight of Macready and Kelly
the distance was $500 miles, covered
in twenty-six hours and fifty minutes
Macready and Kelly flew without a
stop, whereas Maughan made five
stops. They carried fuel for the whole
fight, Maughan stopping to replenish
his tank. Macready and Kelly were
able to "spell'' each other, whereas
Vaughan was compelled to remain at
the controls throughout the trip, with
only the rest that he was able to take
during the short refueling stops Com
parison between the two trips is not
instituted TO detract from the ex-
traordinary achievement of Macready
and Kelly. which was record-breaker.
and which still stands as the longest
nonstop flight in the history OF avia-
tion. If Maughan could have made
the flight without stop at the same
pace that he maintained yesterday he
would have set the record of cross
continent flying by eight hours and
a half below the flying time of Mac
ready and Kelly. AS it was, he COW
cred the continental stretch in about
four hours less elapsed time, including
his stops.
With these two performances it may
be regarded as fully established that
man can fly across the continent with
in a day; in fact. within the span of
daylight. The practical possibilities of
such flying are infinite. What one
plane can do many can. Given a large
feet of sufficiently commodious and
powerful planes d veritable army
could be transported from one coast
to the other within a day. No longer
must one coast remain upon the de-
fensive basis of its own forces in the
event of war.
When Macready and Kelly made
their wonderful flight year ago much
was said about the contrast with the
old days of pioneer continent crossing.
Maughans performance makes even
more vivid the astounding change that
has taken place in this country since
the covered wagon trailed over the
plains and hills to the golden west.
Evening star., 1924-06-24

fully determined. However. it has
been the practice for centuries to
claim any new land found on e1plor-
ing expeditions for the country rep
resented by the discoverer.
Should the Amundsen expedition
sight new land while crossing the
great unexplored region of the Arc
tic Ocean, it is an open question
whether he could claim II for his
government. To make good the Ii
tie he should descend and go through
the time -honored ceremony OF plant
ing the flag in the ground or in the
ice cup.
The possibility OF the existence =
great land mass in the polar r.
gions has long been recognize :
Should land be found it may new
be worth anything. However. H.
discussion of air routes across tn
polar sea from North America =
Europe has created much interest III
the unso1ved problem. A fanding
place would come in mighty f1andN
for airships plying between America
and Europe.
1t is idle to dispute title to land
as yet undiscovered. The more prac-
ticabIe way would be to wait nntii
land was found before it's ownership
was decided. Perhaps if the aviators
wait until next year the American
dirigible Shenandoah will solve the
mystery OF the Arctic regions. or the
world flyers now in the far cast
might decide to have Il try at dis
covery. Then it may take decision
of the World Court to determine who
owns the new land.-Seattle Times
Evening star., 1924-06-24
Watching Vacant Houses.

1t is good to know that the police
are to give more than ordinary sur
veillance to houses whose regular oc.
cupants are out Of the city. Vacation
period has become harvest time for
thieves, and the police proposal is that
housebreakers shall reap as small a
crop as possible this summer. 1t is
said that the chief of police asks resi-
dents before leaving the city to give
their names and addresses to the cap
tain Of the precinct in which they live,
who will see to it that his men keep
an eye'' on the property while the
tenants are away.
If police are to keep an eye on all
the summer-vacant homes it is be.
lieved that more than twice as many
pairs of eyes as there are police will
be needed, and that with keeping an
eye or traffic .violators, liquor law
violators and other evildoers the
guardians In blue and brass may suf-
Evening star., 1924-06-24
Space at Horse Troughs.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The attention of the writer has
been called to the practice of parking
automobiles in the vicinity of drink
ing troughs in such q way that horses
cannot be driven up to the troughs to
get a drink of water
I am sure that no person would in
tentionally deprive a work animal of
water during these extremely warm
days, and have no doubt that all who
read this article will in the future
leave a space at the drinking troughS
for our dumb friends who have no
voice to speak their woe.
OF course, l cannot close this ar
ticle without again asking that all
horses driven singly be equipped with
breast-collars. Your horses will not
run down as much this hot weather
If they are permitted to work com.
fortably. In proof of this, I would
call attention to the fine condition of
the horses belonging to prominent
business firms in Washington which
have been provided with breast-col-
lars.
And once more I must beg that the
checkrein be 1oosened. Overwhelming
of horses is simply due to thought
lessness-and there is no sense in it
Several drivers have told me that
their horses pulled so hard on the
bits going home that they have put
a J. 1. C. bit on them. Here is where
horse sense" comes in. The animal
knows that when he gets home che
torturesome pain in the muscles of
his neck will disappear. Uncheck
your horse and you will ind no need
for the j. I. c., and the animal will
stand or drive quietly.
MRS. G. K. HUNTINGTON,
Evening star., 1924-06-24
Risks on the River.

= thrilling story is told OF men
taught among the rocks of the canal
dam near Sycamore Island and res
cued from drowning by the fire depart
nent. Generally the fire department is
not called out to save men from drown
ing. The speciality of that department
is flames, not waves, but it is brave
and versatile organization, goes where
duty calls and docs we'll what it is
called on to do.
The plight in which one man found
himself and the dangerous dilemma
ef other men who went to help him
remind one that the Potomac River,
although a neighbor of ours, is never
to be treated with familiarity. 1t has
been urged again and again that rash
chances should never be taken with
the Potomac, nor with any other river,
in swimming and boating. The Poto-
mac holds out great pleasures to wa
ter.wise men and women, but to the
freshman or sophomore in aquatics
1.-THE river is full of danger.
I! The men who went to the rescue OF
the first man carried among the rocks
by the current, and who was in dan
ger of being borne over the dam to
Jagged boulders and tempestuous water
below, did their duty well. They took
only such chances as men should take.
Fortune is to be thanked that nobody
was drowned, and that part of the fire
japor+,,apt carne with rprses bv p,ea ms
Of which the men were got ashore.
- Every year when hot weather comes
there are tragedies in the Potomac.
: Men who would not take the chance
of getting their feet wet in winter will
go into the river, step off ledge into
water fathoms deep, be caught In a
whirlpool or be carried of by rapids.
Evening star., 1924-06-24
CONVENTION OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

and walnuts No other headouarter
in New York compare in magnitude
and hustle with the McAdoo camp
Nor is there any that is manned and
womaned by so large, energetic and
optimistic a crew OF workers. Jim
Borden Hartman of Washington are
among the distinguished volunteers
fun and in the hotel business as an
Occupation, is telling an 1895 oonven-
ton anecdote on himself The
Democratic gold bugs, who bolted
Bryan and nominated John NJ. Palm
er for President, held their national
convention in Indianapolis. Their
hotel. A fellow townsman asked Tom
II 1T didn't feel pretty good to have
his tavern crammed with Democrats
from top to bottom. Democrats, hell,
calculated Taggart, these fellows
aren't Democrats They all want
| rooms with baths"
| X x
| The Sob Sister, volume J. number
/, makes it's bow at the convention.
Its Sob" title speaks for itself: How
do-you-do from New York newspaper
men to writer's from other towns
Anne OHagan Shinn, Mary Chamber
lain and Eleanor Booth Simmons, who
seem to comprise the stockholders
and board of directors of the Hos
pltality Publishing Company" are the
| godmothers OF the Sob Sister
with the advent of women into the
poiitical arena, newspaper women
are becoming as numerous in national
l lcOnSnnttnn
yet they confine their activities to
the doings of woman delegates, but
eventually the sob sisters" are
t, bound to invade the realm of "situ-
alton storles with which male
scribes have so long disported them
selves.
4 y 4
| Complaint is general as to the
scarcity of convention tickets even
among these entitled to have them.
A Democratic leader of national re-
nown laments that this is the first
occasion in twenty-five years that he has
had to content himself with his own
delegates pasteboard and badge. Ma
| tional committeeman, who usually are
well stocked with tickets find them
| selves rigidly rationed in New York.
There's an undercurrent of suspicion
| ludt WdulSOn square Iar0en VIII be
Systematically packed with natives
who know how to sing "The Side
walks of New York" at psychological
| moments. Some of the disconsolate
| petitioners for places wonder IF, de-
| spite all precautions, Broadway spec
ulators haven't managed to bag large
gobs Of tickets.
+
Senator Ralston is about the only
prominent candidate, dark horse or
otherwise, who has absented himself
from the scene. The Hoosier hope is
literally playing the Cincinnatus
role, down on his farm in Posey
County. waiting for the scene call
from Manhattan to summon him from
the plow. Nearly everybody else, ex-
cept Davis-and he is within tele-
phone Calls personally looking
after his fences. McAdoo. Smith,
Underwood, Glass, Copeland. Robin
son. Richie and half dozen others
are here, nursing their booms and
inspiring their boomers. "Jim" Cox
and Gov. Silzer maintain headquar-
ters, but are looking on from afar.
II
Though New York hotels aver and
avow they haven't raised prices for
the convention, half a cantaloupe at
the Waldorf-Astoria calls for an ex-
penditure of IS cents.
Evening star., 1924-06-24
! COURAGE
II an. the master Of my tofe,
Il an, the captain OF my sold."
-HENLEY.

Cyrus W. Fields rise in life was
rapid, and he retired then came his
hardest years; and after he had won
world fame he faced defeat.
Born in modest Stockbridge. Mass,
he attended public school and at
fifteen became a clerk in the store
of A. t. Stewart Company of New
York, earning $50 a year. In six
years he was in the paper manufac-
turing business for himself, and his
success was so great that he retired
at fifty three and travelled.
When an inventor was forced by
submarine cable across the Atlantic
to Newfoundland, Field became in
terested. Securing the charter rights
he formed syndicate and built a
line 400 miles long across Newfound-
land. Forty miles more were laid
storm struck the ship and to save the
vessel the cable had to be cut. 1t
took year of preparation before
work could be resumed.
Next. in England. he spent many
months in organizing a British COM
pany. Then came long fight to win
from Congress at Washington the
right to proceed from this country.
After three years effort he started to
lay the cable from England. The
cable broke after 335 miles of it,
worth $500, 900, had been laid. He
tried to splice the sections, and met
with another failure.
Once more he tried. and succeeded
in landing the wires in Newfoundland.
Queen Victoria sent a message to
President Buchanan and public
demonstration in honor of Field was
held in New York. That day the cable
Then came five years OF dishearten-
ing work Every member of the
syndicate but one quit and then the
civil war started. -
. Finally, in 1855. the Great Eastern
laid the cable, messages were sent
and the world again cheered.. Then
Field laid lines to South America and
other parts Of the world
At sixty-seven he tried to specu. .
late in Manhattan elevated raiiroad
stock in New York, was caught, ana
had to be helped by Jay Could,
But at the time Of his death ne
world as "The Columbus of Modern
Times" ,,.A
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-06-24

Men should not take chances, and
they should know enough about the
river to decide between what are and
what are not big risks. They should
know their ground, or their water, be-
fore going swimming, and also before
going swimming in wild, swift water
they should at least know how to
swim. The river offers many tempta-
tions. Parents should be wStchful of
their children, that they may not yield
to the lure of the water and meet an
enemy far stronger than they. The
river is here to give enjoyment and
promote our health, but no person
should take a senseless risk
Evening star., 1924-06-24

result, inasmuch as the leaders mus,
OF necessity take a prudent course
and conciliate, in so far as possible
both wings of public opinion" It is
useless to look for anything revolu-
tionary from NJ. Doumergue, accord
ing to the Detroit News, because The
has never been bold in his life and
If he had been he would never have
received enough votes to take him
to the Elysee'' In the same view
the Baltimore Sun says "Doumergue
is perfect representative of the
jovial, sunny, pIeasure-lovfng south
ern Frenchman, so much more typical
Of the heart OF France than the cal
culating northerners, who have for
many years been dominating Gallo
politics. The triumph Of the liberal,
honorable and generous France was
very marked in the elections a
month ago, SO that M. Doumergue' g
election. to the presidency is thor,
oughly in harmony with the prefer
ence then expressed"
Both President Doumergue and
Premier Herriot favor a prompt set
tlement of reparations and foreign
debts" says the Brooklyn Eagle, and
polH are more lntene upon pOIcy
than upon prestige. and are practi-
cal politicians with less legalistic
turn Of mind than that which ham
pered their predecessors, so that it
is safe to predict that the European
settlement will progress steadily
under their administration" Admit
ing that this is so, the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, however, suggests that
AS president, Doumergue's tenure of
Office will be uncertain and, anyway,
he is a f1surehead SO long as he oc-
cupies the Elysoe Palace and can
exercise only a negligible influence
on the politics Of state"
The New York Evening World
feels "the followers of Poincare and
Millerand have won a victory Of a
sort, for while Doumergue is a Rad
ical Socialist, he is considered a mod
crate in comparison with Painleve,
the real choice of the Herriot fac
ton. The crisis is over and France
is on her way again. Changing
presidents in France is not SO spec
tacuiar or impressive as in the
United States, but 1T seems to be
much easier"
Evening star., 1924-06-24
Rate by MaiI-Payable i'm Advance.
Maryland and virginia.
All Other States.
Member of the Associated Press.
A Day of Harmony.

Democracy's big Quadrennial party
starts today in Madison Square Gar
den, New York. with great enthusi-
asnl, with an immense attendance,
with "keynoter' of high accom-
pliShmentS charged with a thrilling
party speech. All is harmony and CO.
operation today. There will be no
note of discord in these happenings.
But under the surface there is much
tension and strain. 1t may break
organization is effected. or it may not
come into evidence until Thursday,
when il is now expected adoption of
the platform will he the order of bust
ness. But according TO all the indi-
cations and reports it is certain to
come into evidence soon after the
preIiminaries are settled.
For the Democratic party is not in
a happy state of family union or
agreement. 1t is. in fact, in serious
factional disturbance. And the trou-
bic is that there are no distinct
wings" in the party. no two definitely
rival factions. There is at present on
the score of the nomination a broad
division between the McAdoo and the
anti-McAdoo sentiment. But running
across this line of separation are other
lines relating to policies. There is a
sentiment against the ku klux Klan
,t,., -t,nt rh n nd
is at the same time somewhat related
to the anti-McAdoo alignment. There
is the difference regarding the wet
and dry question. And that, too, runs
across the candidate line. Further
more, there is the difference of opin-
ion relating TO the league of nations.
And, moreover, there is a pronounced
difference of belief in respect to the
so,called progressive policies which
some delegates would like to see
adopted as a bid for the votes sup
posedly represented in the La Toilette
movement.
Taken altogether, by the time the
convention gets to voting for candi-
sharply ruffled feelings. In these cir
cumstances it is no wonder that the
wise ones of the party who are not
particularly committed to candidates.
are looking for dark horse who is not
tied up to any particular issue or
faction and who can stand on any
platform that may be adopted. The
field is a large one. 1t is expected that
no less than seventeen men will form
ally be placed in nomination. mostly
favorite sons. A powerful flow of ora
tory is to be expected when nominal
ing speeches are in order, with echoes
and seconding speeches that will keep
the air reverberating for hours. 1t is
Furthermore expected that at least five
or six ballots will be necessary to
shake down the list to few real con-
tenders. There is little doubt that the
actual fight for the nomination will
not begin before Saturday, possibly
Monday.
Evening star., 1924-06-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Personal Privilege.

A man will kick about the bread,
The coffee and the pie.
He'll say from home the joys hav,
fled
Like those Of days gone by.
He'll talk about his native town
In terms of discomfort,
And even murmur with a frown
About the government.
Yet if with him you sympathized
And said his home was sad;
And that his town was undersized
And going to the bad
And that his government today
Was not the best in view
Oh, friend, hesitate to say
What he would do to you
Evening star., 1924-06-24
Land Lies at
The North Pole!

The objection made by an Italian
aviator who will pilot an asrplane at
+.cbed to the Amundsen polar expe-
6,t,on to the exclusive use OF the Nor
vegian flag on the journey raises a
delicate question. Premier Mussoiini
has donated one plane, which Will be
handled by an Italian aviator. Also
an American flyer will be in charge
of another plane. The expedition,
therefore, has an international char
acter which cannot be entirely over
looked, although it is proceeding un-
der the authority of the Norwegian
government.
The question, Whose poler' nat
urally presents itself. That imagin-
ary point situated at 80 degrees north
latitude undoubtedly belongs to
America, but as Peary found no land
amid the palecrystic ice, he was COM
PEELED to plant his flag amid the hum
mocks and pressure ridges.
1t is-denied that the United States
has any claim to circumpolar land by
reason of the Peary discovery.
whether this contention has the
sanction Of international law Is not
Evening star., 1924-06-24
The PrOTnissOfy Life.

"It used to be regarded as the privi-
lege of the politician to promise any
thing"
"Those days have passed." sighed
Senator Sorghum. THE facilities for
communication are now such that if
you promise a group of men some
thing this afternoon there's a delega-
ton waiting on you next morning to
make you promise to take your prom
ise back"