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Evening star., 1924-09-08
,ular playing season here triumph.

regular playing season here triumph
antly.
If everything worked out according
to expectation base ball would be a
dull entertainment and a poor sport.
There was a team here in Washington
quite number of years ago that,
shifting from big league company to
a smaller circuit, SO outclassed its
competitors that it won nearly a score
of games in row. The attendance
dropped off to practically nothing.
People got tired Of seeing the home
team win, especially when the circuit
was a minor one. Even so in Balti.
more, where for several seasons the
local team has won pennants regu-
larly and easily, the attendance has
become sparse and barely profitable
on the home grounds, so habitual are
it's victories.
1t Is the uncertainty that keeps base
ball alive; the possibility of a miscue
that will cost a game that maintains
the interest. OF course, if yesterdays
gigantic gathering had been regaled
with victory. all those who attended
would have been tremendously en-
Unused instead Of being disappointed.
But the fact remains that the team is
still on top, even though it did not
gain in the race while the Yankees
were losing. There was some balm in
Gilead. The Yankees did not win
while Washington was losing.
Somewhat the same thing happened
in Brooklyn yesterday, only worse.
The Brooklyn team has been climb
ing steadily for several weeks, and
Saturday stood in second place, with
only a narrow margin between it and
the New York Giants. Sundays game
with the Giants was played in Brook
lyn, and the field was stormed by one
of the largest crowds in the local his
tory of this sport. An overflow crowd
of several thousand fringed the field.
Spectators fought for chances to en-
ter the park, and police reserves had
to be summoned. Then the home team
lost the game, to z. 1t was bitter
defeat. If Brooklyn had won the
game it would have led the Giants by
the narrowest possible of margins,
one point. So those $4,000 Brooklyn
ties had a worse jar for their Sunday
experience than the 10000 Washing
tonians. For Washington is still in
the lead, while Brooklyn failed.
Evening star., 1924-09-08
Press Pays Tribute to
Lucy Page CASTOR

she might better carry on. to whom
death, nothing less, could bring sub
mission, is not the only sentiment
kindled by her demise" the st. Paul
Dispatch believes. Lucy Page Gas
ton represents a spirit in all of us,
dormant in some, tempered by tudg
ment in others, but for her the rul-
mold the world in accordance with
our own ideas. She was rampant,
unashamed and militant idealism."
Tracing the course of her career, the
Ann Arbor Times-News maintains
"she must be respected for her con-
victions and for having the courage
to fight for them against heavy Odds"
for 'in a way 1t was patriotism" and
"at least there was no personally
selfish motive back of her crusade"
But, beyond all that, and in spite
of her failure to secure the passage
of laws against the use of tobacco,
and particularly cigarettes, Miss
CASTOR was an outstanding influence
for good, and by example and action
contributed to the establishment of a
higher plane of thinking and living"
says the Lafayette Journal and
Courier.
objects to hearing Miss CASTOR called
the Carrie Nation of nicotine" char
acterizing that as IAN estimate wholly
unfair to the memory Of the kindest.
sweetest Of woman crusaders, who
almost never failed to win the respect
Of those she met" To prove its point
the paper states that when she came
to the editorial workshop of this pa
per the men put away pipes and
cigarettes out of respect for the
woman who felt that tobacco was a
curse to humanity" and insists she
won similar regard wherever she
went mo one who knew her fine
spirit and devotion will ever speak her
name in scorn."
Evening star., 1924-09-08
Watch the Skies Tomorrow!

Some time tomorrow, according to
present expectations, two planes will
come humming through the air from
the northeast over the city Of Wash
ington and will alight at Boiling
Field. They will have hoped from
Mitchell Field, N. Y, on the way to
somewhere on the Pacific coast, where
they will complete the circuit Of the
globe. There will be other planes with
them, escorting them, but these two
machines will center all attention, for
in those two planes four men have
ridden over mountains and over seas.
across deserts and above cities shelter
ing millions Of inhabitants, in a cir.
cult of many thousands Of miles.
The most grievous trials Of this
great circuit flight are now passed.
No serious difficulties interpose be-
tween them and their objective. a
point on the American continent
traversed by them in their starting
flight in May, whether it be San
Diego or Seattle. They will have to
cross a great mountain range. but
flyers have crossed it hundreds Of
times without mishap. Compared with
some Of the difficulties that they have
met that line Of giant hills will be a
trifle to them.
Washington regrets that it was not
the real starting point Of the round-the-
world flight So that II would be now
the point Of finish. The fight would
have been most appropriately begun
here rather than on the Pacific coast.
But it is most suitable that the flyers
should come here on their way West
to ge greeted officially. probably by
the President Of the United States,
and, though their arrival will be
marked by no ceremonies, they will
be hailed by the Capital as victors in
one Of the most astounding feats Of
man.
Evening star., 1924-09-08
IN TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

"The rights of fish do not lend
themselves to emotional defamation
like the rights of man." announced
Secretary Herbert Hoover at the
sixth annual convention of the United
States Fisheries Association, as he
grew eloquent over the woes of the
crab fisheries Of the Chesapeake and
Delaware waters Those fisheries
yielded 5o.o00,000 pounds as late as
1915. and less than 25,000,000 pounds
in 1924.
The serious minded Secretary fur
ther pictured the situation: "Other
littoral fishes-river herring. striped
bass, sea-run trout-are decreasing
the same road to destruction at a
rate that promises the end in a gen.
Grafton. And all this is rank folly"
Secretary Hoover we'll says there
is as much reason for conservation
of our fish as there is for conserva-
ton of our timber. Scientists tell
US that more food is produced in the
waters than upon the land 1t has
been demonstrated that the fish sup
ply can be squandered and destroyed;
also, that by proper care it can be
protected and increased. Conserva-
ton is the key to the policies of the
Department of Commerce, under
which is the Bureau of Fisheries.
Not only is it important to protect
our food supplies in the fisheries, but
also to conserve the game fish, that
the increasing millions of outdoor
recreationists may not lose the
greatest of all lures to the wilds of
nature. There are now 100000
licensed anglers upon our streams
and coasts. In one State alone.
200, 900 fishing licenses have been is
sued this year. So enthusiastic
Waltonite is the Secretary of Com
merce that he Is charged with having
begun regulating the fishing by rules
and rulings before Congress had
adopted the laws. but the laws have
since caught up with him and legal
lied his "czarism."
Much is to be done yet, through
State governments cooperating, not
only with the Federal government
but, rather, with each other. The
protection Of fish cannot be effected
by one State acting independently of
adjoining States Cooperation must
be secured between all States border
ing upon the coast or rivers In which
the particular species of fish breed
and swim, If that species Is to sur
vive, says Secretary Hoover. He
explains tnat tnere are Ho STATE
lines for fish, or "if there are, they
do not know It."
Atlantic salmon! Where are they?
No "doughboy" of the A E. F. can
be held responsible for their destruc-
ton, for never did he turn away from
his favorite goldfish" to feed upon
mere salmon. Besides, all Atlantic
salmon had been consumed before the
war.
The salmon fisheries of Alaska have
come most directly under the federal
government, since Alaska Is a ter
ritory. Salmon are both river and
ocean fish. The young are Matched
Evening star., 1924-09-08
Maine Today.

Maine votes today for State officers.
A bitter Republican fight for nominal
tion for governor was waged, with the
ku klux klan issue dividing factions
The Democrats have named an anti
klan candidate to oppose the Klan's
candidate Of the Republican who
won in the final primary count
Democratic hopes are high for sue
cess on this score. They look to the
two prior Democratic victories since
the Civil War, that Of Plaisted in
1900 and that of Curtis in 1914, as
ground for their present expectations.
In both of those years the Republican
ranks were seriously split. Plaisted
won by $500 and Curtis by $500. Two
years ago Gov. Baxter, Republican,
won against Pattangall by about
$1,000, which is approximately 1000
over the normal Republican majority.
Pattangall is again the Democratic
nominee against State Senator Ralph
o. Brewster.
tion has been perhaps somewhat ex-
aggerated in the past by reason of
saying that was evolved during the
years following the Civil War, years
marked by unbroken Republican vic
tories, that "aS goes Maine so goes the
Union" AT present Democratic lead
ers are stressing the adage in antici-
patton of a victory for Pattangall to-
day, while the Republican leaders are
minimizing it on the ground that even
If Maine should go Democratic it
would be by reason of local issue.
Maine, voting in September, has not
always been an index to the country's
political verdict in November. 1t did
not presage Cleveland's election in
1884. nor his second election in 1892.
1t did not in 1912. despite the deep
Republican split over the presidency,
nor in 1916, when Mr.. Wilson was
reelected. 1t did not in 1900, while
despite Plaisted's election as Demo-
cratic governor in Maine the State
and the Nation voted the reelection
of President Mckinley.
Yet a Democratic victory in Maine
today would greatly hearten that
party throughout the country, even
though it were due to a local factional
division. 1t would afford talking
ground" for Democratic speakers. 1t
would perhaps serve to make the Ku
Klux Khan question more tangibly a
factor in the national campaign.
Whatever the result, however, today's
S-1,A
on local issues, in which the presiden-
tial contest is not directly involved
and may not be in anywise affected.
Evening star., 1924-09-08

than discharge it, as at present, in its
raw state into the Potomac River.
Based on the latest estimated popu-
lation for the District. the dilution
obtained in the Potomac Is getting
dangerously low" That the untreated
sewage Of Washington is allowed to
flow into the Potomac is one point
where the American Capital Is be-
hind many cities, and especially be-
hind many European cities. All pro-
gressive citizens inveigh against the
pollution of streams. Washington
talks with horror when upstream
towns pollute the Potomac, yet we
pour into the river the sewage of
half a million people and propose to
connect the Districts sewer system
with that of a large part Of Maryland.
If we would not have other cities
pollute streams, we should not do 1t
ourselves.
Evening star., 1924-09-08
Base Ball Vaparies.

1t is one of those tragedies that are
part of the game that the largest
crowd that has ever attended a base
ball contest in this city should yes
terday have crowded the Griffith
Stadium only to see the Washington
club lose. If such things could be Or
dered, the home team would only
lose before small gatherings and
would win before big ones. But the
slements that make for victory or de-
feat are not governed by the turn.
stile count Yesterday was naturally
8 big attendance day. It was a fair
and beautiful day, ideal base ball
weather, and local sentiment had been
reused to the keenest point in the
history of the game in Washington
by the climb Of the club to a leading
position, with bright pennant pros.
pect. 1t had won five games in a
row. There was every reason to hope,
ana UaDh ground for expecting, that
= 0D N the sixth. closing the
Evening star., 1924-09-08
Corn on the Cob.

What is the typical American dish?
This question is uppermost now, and
now is the silly season; yet it Is not
a silly question. Let US array a few
answers. American civilization, saws
an English novelist, is founded on
wheat cakes. A variant of this opin-
ion appears on occasional London
menus, where buckwheat cakes and
poached eggs are featured as our ma
tional dish. Enrique Blanco made
tour of this country and, he reports.
reached the firm, unshakable conclu-
sion that Americas typical dish In
mashed potatoes and gravy" The
Elmira Star-Gazette thinks it is hot
dogs.
There is merit in all these answers,
and they carry evidence Of acute OBJ
servation and straight thinking.
What they lack, one and all, is an
adequate and indigenous historical
background. The typical American
dish Of today Is just what it was a
hundred. thousand, perhaps ten
thousand years ago. It is sweet corn
on the cob. The aborigines served
it with antelope fat, bear grease,
buffalo trimmings and llama tallow.
where we use cow butter. Otherwise
the present day American continues
the dietary tradition Of a remote past
unchanged. Just now, you must have
noticed, the so-called roasting ear,
which, however,. people boil in the
pot, Is about riGht.-Cincinnau Times
Star. ~ ,5
Evening star., 1924-09-08
Gov. Smith Under Pressure.

Is Gov. Alfred E. Smith Of New
York coy, or are the Tammany braves
simply overpersistent? That question
is prompted by the repeated announce
ments that the governor will positive
ly not allow his name to go to the
State convention for denomination, on
the one hand, and the statements that
continued efforts are being made to
cause him to change his mind and run
again. 1t is indicated that on Thurs
day the governor will definitely make
known his decision, on which day he
will attend the State fair at Syracuse
in recognition of Governors day."
He will there confer with leaders who
may be present. 1t is assumed that
they will bring the strongest possible
pressure to bear upon him to per-
suade him that his duty to his party
transcends his personal wishes, and
that he must accept the call to run
third time for governor.
There is something most f1attering
to any politician to be besought thus
for ''the good Of his party" Undoubt-
edly in Gov. Smiths case there is rea-
son for the urgency. He is easily the
most popular man in his party today
in the State. He has the prestige of
having been the favorite son of New
York at the national convention for
over a hundred ballots. He has scored
high as governor during two terms.
He would assuredly be a valuable as
set on the Democratic side this year.
He would greatly strengthen the
Davis-Bryan ticket in the State. All
these considerations add to the de-
STABILITY from the Democratic point
of view that he should go again to
the polls as candidate, notwithstand-
ing his urgent desire to return to pri-
vate business and rehabilitate his for
tunes, which have been affected by
his political services.
Gov. Smith could yield to this de-
mand without inviting criticism on
the score Of inconsistency. Perhaps
he recognizes, good politician that he
is, that the persistence Of his Tam
many friends has it's unfortunate as
pect in the suggestion which it offers
that the occasion is urgent in the ex-
treme, and that he is required as a
sacrifice for the sake of the party.
Evening star., 1924-09-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

@. Is it against the law to kill
reed birds?-G. B.
A. By order Of the Secretary Of
Agriculture, issued January II, 1919,
bobolinks. commonly known as reed
birds, or rice birds. may be shot from
September 1 to October 80, inclusive,
in the States of New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Delaware and Maryland and
in the District of Columbia, and from
August 16 to November Is, inclusive,
in the states Of Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
Q. When is Golden Rule Sunday
W. W.
A. Golden Rule Sunday will be OBJ
served December this year. Last
year it was December 2.
@. Has the Washington Monument
ever been struck by lightning?-T
H. S.
A. 1t has been struck by light
ming on. several occasions. but no
damage has resulted except the first
time, in 1885, before lightning pro-
lection had been installed.
M. g. c.
A. Morocco is a French protecto-
rate with the exception of Tangier
and the Spanish zone along the north
coast.
@. How long has the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra been in existence?-
J. M.
A. The Boston Symphony orches-
ira completed its forty-second year
last spring.
Q. How many desertions are there
n of
year?-E. r.
A. During the year 1923 the gross
desertions from the Navy totaled s.
$50, of whom 1887 surrendered or
were apprehended-leaving a total of
3,4S3 men, a marked increase over
the preceding year.
@. What were the Republican
Methodists?'-L. ". r.
A. Ministers and laymen who with
drew from the Methodist Episcopal
Church in protest against what was
considered the autocratic powers of
the bishops in the church were first
known as Republican Methodists, but
in 1894 they chose the name Christian
as their organizational designation.
Q. Are there Indians in every state
in the United States? What states
have the most and what the fewest?
Il. >. M.
A. Census reports show that there
are Indians in every State and in the
District of Columbia. Oklahoma, Ari-
zona, and New Mexico have the
largest Indian population ranking
in the order named. Delaware has
the fewest with but g West Virginia
coming next with Z and Vermont next
with "a.
Q. What is the College Of Indus
trial Arts?-R. S.
A. The College Of Industrial Arts
Is an institution of higher learning for
women, awarding the degrees Of B. A.
and B. S., founded in 1902 and located
at Denton, Tex. 1t is supported by
legislative appropriations, and in 1928
had ISIS students enrolled.
Q. When did Turkey become
republic?-O. E.
A. On October 81, 1923, the Ma
tional Assembly declared that 1.-The
form of the Turkish State is Repub-
lican. its religion Moslem and it's
official language Turkish.
Q. Just what is meant by the ex-
preston "the hair of the dog that
bit me" "?-S. T. E.
A. In old receipt books it is in
Evening star., 1924-09-08

variably advised that an inebriate
| should drink sparingiy in the morn
ing some of the same liquor which
ne mad drunk to excess the night be-
| fore. and Haywood in his PROV
erbs" has the lines, T pray thee
let me and my fellow have a haire
Of the dog that bit US last night
Q. Is the use of snuff dying QUIT.
A. The quantity of snuff used in
| this country is three times the bulk
sold 80 years ago, but the demand
has not increased so rapidly as for
other forms Of tobacco. the per capita
| consumption Of which has increased
from pounds prior to the Civil War
to s.5 pounds at the present time.
Q. How do they measure the hard
ness Of the metal in testing tools?-
E.. M
A. By one method the tool Is
struck by small diamond-pointed
hammer falling freely from a height
| of about 10 inches. BY measuring the
| rebound of the hammer, engineers de-
termlne the hardness of the steel.
Q. How many earthquakes are there
| in the course of a year?-E. S. X.
A Scientists say there are at least
10000 earthquakes a year, or one
| every hour. Practically all of them
are, of course, minor disturbances.
Q. Is there any way of telling
how much energy or power there is
| in a. bolt of lightning?-M. NJ.
A. 1t has been estimated by ex-
perts that the energy released in one
two-hundred- d-thousandths of a second
by the average fash of lightning is
100000, 900 horse power-more than
three times as much as could be de-
veloped by harnessing every stream
in the United States.
@. How many physicians prescrip-
tions for liquor are issued annually?
&C. S. N
A. During the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1928, retail druggists of 27
states, the District of Columbia, Por-
to Rico and Hawaii, where the law
permits the prescription of liquor for
medical use, filled 11,26S,46s such pre-
ScrptionS.
Q. How many quarantine stations
does the government maintain ?-B.
A. There are 73 quarantine sta
tions in the continental United States
and % in our insular possessions.
@. Isn't there saying about a shoe
maker or his wife always going
barefoot?-O. T. C.
A. Burton, in his Anatomy of
Melancholy" says, Him that makes
shoes go barefoot himself" and one
of Heywoods Proverbs reads, Who
is worse shod than the shoemakers
wife?"
Q. Why was the aerial mail route
between Washington and New York
discontinued?-L. D. F.
A. The Post Office Department
says that there was no further ne
cessity for continuing the New York
Washington route as an experimental
one because there were better op-
portunities for conducting the neces-
sary experimental work on the New
York-San Fancisco route.
(The Stdr maintains for the pleasure
and profit of its readers an Information
service under the directorshiD Of Fred
eric J. Haskin. The scope of the b1rreGN
is national and International, and no
subject is too elementary or too broad
to enlist the personal attention of
specialist. Address The Star In5orr,d-
tton Bureau Frederic j. Hdskin, Direc-
tor, T.oenty-f first and C streets north
toest.)
Evening star., 1924-09-08

Lucy Page CASTOR is gone, and the
war she waged upon the cigarette for
more than 25 years Is over. 1t Is
felt that no reformer, no worker Tor
the welfare of mankind was ever
more sincerely whole-hearted.
THE sheer futiIity of the life OF
Lucy Page CASTOR only adds. II any
thing. to the pathos OF her death,
the Minneapolis Morning Tribune de-
clares "Emaciated, poorly clothed,
"a -year-old spinster, who for 20 years
had subsisted only on crackers and
milk, she died in poverty, recognizing
that her work as she called 1t, was
as far from completion as IL was
when she began. The founder ana
Superintendent of the Anti-ClsaIette
League, her whole life had been aimed
at the abolition of the cigafette.
When she began her crusadIng
against the "cigarette evil,' the Chi
caso Daily Tribune recalls. the Gig
arctic was just coming into use. ano
her patience in her work Is indicated
by the fact that year by year the
sales grew, but Miss Castor did not
falter." The question OF whether or
not "the agitation against It's use py
Miss CASTOR and the organization sne
perfected" might not have had some
thing to do with the establishment
of the cigarette fashion" is raised by
the Waterloo Tribune, which com
ments that ut seems the thou snaIt
not command these days has con-
trary effect" Or the cause OF the
growth in popularity of the cigarette
may be Just that modern smokers
are lazier than their predecessors
and so want their smoke with as NJ
tie trouble as possible. Hence the
cigarette" the Peoria Transcript sus-
gests.
It is probable, the Grand Rapids
Press admits, that "a certain amount
of good would accrue II society woulo
be persuaded to drop all use OF to.
bacco," and certainly homes "ouio
be neater. Those who object TO the
strench of tobacco smoke would be
treated more decently and probably
health would benefit" The cigarette
Is, the Davenport Democrat and
Leader allows, "a bad ana cosby
habit, maybe, and yet they are solo
because people want them ana pc
cause they object to other people dic-
tating what they shall do IN httie
matters like cigarettes" Moreover,
II is true, in the opinion of the Sioux
CITY Leader, "those who do not like
to use tobacco on their own account
are at liberty to abstain, but the fact
of their abstinence does not give them
the moral right to protest against
the indulgence for the rest OF man
kind
The work Of Lucy Page CASTOR
counted, no doubt, according to her
efforts, as work always does and
she was 1.-The Carrie Nation OF nico-
tine" according to the Alpena News.
Certainly 'she was q persever1ng
hater. unremitting In her efforts to
break the spell of nicotine" the New
York Herald-Tribune comedies And
Legislation against the cigarette in
certain Western States IL said to be
due, at least in part. to her efforts,
while even in the world war. when
the cigarette reached a new popu-
larfty, she refused to relax her ef-
FORTS" the Manchester Union points
out.
Admiration for the superb spirit
Of the woman who could starve that