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Evening star., 1924-07-28
Olympic Games Finances.

1t now develops that the Olympic
games in Paris did not pay expenses.
A deficit Of 100000 francs is dis.
closed by a final balancing of the
books, this being, fortunately for the
management, made up by an insur-
| ance policy which had been thriftily
taken out in advance of the contest.
The total cost was estimated at S,000,-
900 francs. and for this amount Of re.
cepts the British insurers gave guar.
antee. So the difference will be paid
| to the French committee.
1t appears that there was but little
interest in the games on the part of
the French public. Most of the spec
tators in the stadium were from other
countries. Just why this is may be
left to the imagination. The French
are not, it must be said, ardent pa
irons of sport. They have no national
game. They attend horse races in
great numbers, but the races are
a., .a=se.y a Sasss.iic:: chow rather than a
sporting event. They do not play foot
ball or base ball. Cricket is virtually
unknown on the southern side Of the
English Channel.
Perhaps it was because Of the fact
| that the French representatives in the
games were regarded as having but
slight chance for victory that the
populace did not patronize the events
more largely. Perhaps it was because
the French people are too busy re-
couping their war losses to spend ad-
mission fees to witness contests in
which they were not likely to score
triumphs. At any rate, the home
crowds were small. and IL it had not
been for the attendance from England
and other European countries. and
the Americans who were on tour in
France, the insurance company's loss
would have been much greater than
| 100000 francs.
1t is time the Olympic games were
held in America. There would be no
cause for regret on the score OF the
attendance or the meeting of all ex-
penses, without the aid Of an under
| writer.
Evening star., 1924-07-28
Murder of McLeary
Warning to Autoists

The murder of Maj. Samuel H. Nc
Leary of the United States Army by
men whom he had given lift in his
automobile reveals something of the
peril which attends the picking up OF
unknown and unvouched-for persons
on the road. Maj. McLeary was en-
route from Fort Leavenworth, Kans.,
to Fort Moultrie, S. c. On the way
through the Carolinas he gave two
men a place in his car, and one now
confesses to having murdered the
Army officer for the purpose of rob
berry.
No matter how willing an automo-
bilist may be to help on the way ~
man on foot as a matter of principle.
no doubt many lone driver refrains
from offering lift, or acceding to a
request for one, by. fear lest the pedes
trian may take advantage of the sit
uation to stage a holdup. Thus the
condition works to the injury OF
worthy persons afoot who might be
thankful for help along the way
which the automobilist would be en-
tirely willing to give could there be
assurance that the favor would not
be abused. 1t is not possible for a
driver to demand from a pedestrian
as preliminary to Offering him
ride evidence of character and proof
of good Intentions, nor for the latter
,, to furnish these. Thus many an hon
est person will continue to walk when
otherwise he might ride, and many
generous motorist will be accused OF
selfshness in ignoring a walkers ap-
peal.
Thus the crime committed by the
migrate, who is the exception among
men, may work to the disadvantage
of many upright persons.-The Fits
burgh Gazette-TimsG -s..-.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

coal is not wide enough to promise as
much return on the investment as
money can earn in other ways. The
engineers have made out a good case
that the National Government might
carry out this work with the prospect
Of profit, but Congress has not yet
seen the case in that light. The power
Of the Potomac has been computed.
the cost Of getting it has been esti-
mated and the amount that it would
bring at sale has been computed.
Whether the Government does or does
not take up this matter private enter
prise sooner or later will do it.
BY refining and cheapening the
process for making electric current
from coal the cost has been kept to a
figure only slightly above the esti.
mated cost of making electric power
from the Potomac. At length the cost
of coal.made electricity will rise, and
certainly then the water power Of the
Potomac will become attractive to pri-
vate capital.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

the crown rested upon his uneasy
head only a short time. Two years
after he assumed the title the Earl Of
Richmond landed at Milford Haven,
and on Bosworth Field defeated Rich
ard. whose troops were disaffected.
Richard was slain on the field August
%, 14S5. Richmond assumed the
throne and reigned as Henry VII.
Shakespeare's Richard III is the
best known personification. 1t is not
strictly true to the historical char.
acter, but brings into high relief the
salient features Of the man OF in
trigue and scheming, the crafty plot.
ter. the victim Of desperate moods.
In Leicester now will rest those bones
which nearly 440 years ago fell on
Bosworth Field.
Evening star., 1924-07-28
Hillquit Rejects Hylan.

Is Mayor Hylan's announcement
that he will perhaps accept a nomi-
nation by progressives for Governor
of New York merely. after all, third
term gesture? Some of the Demo
cratic leaders in New York City are
so limiting. Apparently they do not
take seriously the proposition that the
mayor may enter the State field as an
opponent to Gov. Smith. If so, they
may be reckoning unwisely, for in all
likelihood the govcrnship statement
that came from California was not
merely the hint of Mayor Hylan on his
own account, but virtually the sug-
gestion of Hearst that he proposes, if
possible, to put a spoke in th,a en:,---
wheel. The contest between Smith and
Rezfst is too pronounced and too bit
ter to fade away into a mere gesture.
Quickly following the Hyland hint
came the convention of the Socialist
party. held yesterday in New York. a
full ticket was nominated, headed by
Rev. Norman Thomas Of Manhattan.
Morris Hillquit might have had the
nomination for governor. but he re-
fused to accept it. lie prefers to be a
ticket maker rather than ticket
leader. After the convention closed ne
gave in an interview the reasons why
Mayor Hylan was not considered by
the Socialists, saying that the mayor
has never shown the slightest COM
prehension of the economic and social
problems that confront the people;
that he is not a true progressive; that
merely 'cussing the rich" is not pro-
gressivism; that the only difference
between Hylan and other professional
politicians is that he chooses to ap-
peal for the support of the masses
with perhaps more emphatic dema-
Sogic slogans than others, with no
difference in substance, and, finally,
that there is nothing in his whole
makeup that would appeal to a Sc
rious progressive.
Will now the La Toilette progress
sives of New York take up with
Mayor Hylan for the sake of the
Hearst support? 1t seems unlikely. in
view of the fact that IIillquit is one
of the chief promoters of the La Fol
lette boom, one of the workers on it's
finance committee and, as just demon
strated, the real chief of the Socialist
party, which is a material asset of the
a Toilette OrpaniZatioD
So the matter reverts to the ques-
ton of how far Mayor Hylan, who
for the present may be considered as
the representative of Hearst, will get
across the lines Of the party organi-
zation in New York City and in the
State. He has a large personal fol-
lowing in the city apart from his Tam
many Hall affiliation, which has been
greatly strained. He can hardly be
rated now as a Smith supporter be-
cause Of the company he is keeping
at present. An independent third-term
movement would be likely to play
havoc with the organization lines in
Greater New York.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

make it unlikely that he can say any
thing important" Senator Wheeler's
theory of public service as a catch
as-catch-can bout with whatever ap-
peals to popular prejudice is pre-
serves the St. Paul Pioneer-Press On
dependent Republican,.
. The Butte Post Republicanl of
Senator Wheelers home state says:
The only surprising part of the
thing is that most Montanans as
sumed. quite as matter of course,
that the La Toilette ticket could do
better: it had not been suspected out
here that the wisconsin Senator and
his associates were so mighty hard
up for man for second place. "The
Fargo Tribune tRepublican) char
acterizes La Toilette and Wheeler as
two of the supreme egotists of the
political ranks, praying for the suf-
frage of the American people upon
platform that shakes ominously."
"By picking Wheeler instead Of
some union labor man." the New York
Herald-Tribune (Republican) feels
"the Wisconsin Senator emphasizes
the fact that the third ticket cam
paign is to be limited. localized enter
prise. conducted by a few radical
politicians ahd officeholders for their
own glory and aggrandizement" AS
the Springfield Union (Republican)
puts it, wheeler brings notoriety to
the La Toilette ticket, but little else"
The Seattle Times independent Re-
publfcan) is sure that ION the Re
publican side there will be a tendency
to indulge in a sardonic smile at the
Of hA
1t was only few months ago that
pages of the Congressional Record
were filled with eulogiee of Senator
Wheeler" The San Francisco Bu1le-
tin independently notes further that
"Wheeler's desertion of his party in
this campaign comes in emphatic re-
butta1 of reports which have main
tained that, however the Democrats
may have fought among themselves
in eonssntiHn. they will presen, an n
For this reason the Wichita Beacon
(independent Republican, points out
Senator Wheeler's move is interest
ing as indicating a new development
within his party"
The fact that La Toilette made no
geographical considerations in select
ing Wheeler leads the Minneapolis
Tribune (Republican) to believe that
La Toilette cherishes no illusions that
he can do more than make a big
Northwest to prevent an election by
the electoral college, to throw the
contest into Congress, and to main
tain or strengthen his balance of
power position in the Sixty-ninth
Congress" The Chicago Tribune
(Republican) agrees that wheeler is
an agent in the solidifying Of the
Northwest bloc of States in which La
Follette's admitted strength lies"
Although the indianapolis News Gn-
dependen) doubts that Wheeler will
add any strength to the La Toilette
ticket, IL concludes nothing il gained
by belittling this ticket, which has ele-
ments that appeal to the disaffected."
Evening star., 1924-07-28
Hydroelectric Power.

Secretary Hoover has made a report
favoring development by the National
Government of hydroelectric power in
the East from Maine to Maryland and
including the Potomac River as a
power source. He makes a good argu-
ment for putting the stream flow Of
The East to work. He says that sur
vey by engineers shows that the power
demands of the Northeast are increas-
ing tremendously, or at the rate of
10 per cent a year, and that "it is nip
and tuck with the water power COM
panies to keep abreast of the de-
mand.'
will undertake the work Of harness.
ing" Eastern streams and interlocking
the power plants for the widest and
~steadiest distribution of current. It is
not well to be too hopeful about this,
but even though the Government
should never undertake the work pri.
vate enterprise will finally bring all
water power to displace or supplement
coalmade power. There are already
many private hydroelectric plants in
the East, and they come into existence
as engineers show they can be oper.
ated at a profit. That is progress, and
perhaps it is well that a stream be
left alone until it can be proved that
trade and commerce need its power.
AS industry develops, as the supply of
coal diminishes and as the demand for
and cost of power increase hydroelec.
1ric plants will be built by private
companies.
In the case Of the Potomac project
near Washington it seems to have
been shown by engineers that it is not
yet attractive to private capital. The
initial cost mounts into the millions
and the difference in cost of producing
electric current by the river and by
Evening star., 1924-07-28
Primitive Hunter
Draws Guides Ire
To the Editor Of The Star:


A Star dispatch features a Ger
tain E. r. Welsh who proposes to
hunt mountain lions (cougars) with
bow and arrow, his plan being ap-
proved by the United States Biologi-
cal Survey representative. This ex-
hibition of utter disregard for the
real principles of sportsmanship, the
greatest of which is to kill cleanly,
with the least possibility of suffering
on the part Of the quarry, is disgust
ing. 1t may be sporty" to try to kill
large animols with primitive weap-
ons, but in nine cases out OF ten, even
If Welsh kills his lion, he will GER
tainly not kill it cleanly, and, of
course, there are numerous chances
of the beast escaping badly wounded
If Welsh wishes to enjoy the doing
of difficult or skillful deeds, heaven
knows there are thousands OF stunts
to choose from without incurring the
certain risk of causing totally un-
necessary suffering to innocent ami
mails. Hunting large. animals with
bow and arrow must be held in abb
horrence by any real sportsman.
EDWARD BRECK,
Guides Association, So. Milford. n. s.
Evening star., 1924-07-28
Most Editors Say Wheeler
Went Where He BELONGED

When Senator Burton X Wheeler
Of Montana bolted the Democrats and
became Senator La Follette's running
mate he went where he belonged, in
the opinion Of Democratic editors.
Senator Wheeler's 'walkout' was
not unexpected. nor is it of political
Importance" in the opinion of the
New Orleans Times-Picayune Gnde-
pendent Democratic), which is con-
fident Democracy stands to profit in
the long run from his defection-if
only he will have the courage and
manhood to make a clean break
away" The plain truth, continues
the Richmond News-Leader Gnde-
pendent Democratic), "is that no
nominee on whom a majority of the
Democratic convention could have
agreed would have been acceptable
to radical like Wheeler" Reply
ing to the Senator's statement that
II do not abandon faith in the De-
mocracy Of Thomas Jefferson. I am
a Democrat, but not a Wall Street
Democrat" the Louisville Courier
Journal Democratic) says. "if Mr..
Wheeler is honest he is a Socialist,
not a Democrat He should have the
decency to quit profaning the name
lis privileged to quit the Democratic
party if he thinks Mr.. Davis would
make the presidency an adjunct Of
Wall Street." the Brooklyn Eagle
Gndependent Democratic, claims,
Toilette does no credit to his intelli-
gence, and ought to keep him per-
manently outside the party which
put putt. it. seal of approval upon Mr.
wheeler is young and vigorous,
and may make his case with the
mass thought, particularly in labor
circles according to the Dayton
News independent Democratic), but
except those that have been socialistic
in the past remains to be seem" What
figure twill be cut in the campaign by
this new omnium gatherum Of discon-
tent cannot now be foretold," declares
the New York Times Independent Dem
increase the number of blocs and groups
and factions
lander has made an impression on
the country, the st. Louis Post-Dis
patch independently maintains, '-is un-
deniable, but La Follette's encomfum
that Wheeler has captured the popular
imagination may be dismissed as
campaign laudation." With walsh
campaigning this Western country
for Davis" the Lincoln Star (independ-
ent) does not question that ''his voice
will carry greater weight than any
words uttered by Wheeler" About the
only thing Mr.. Wheeler can talk about,
the Milwaukee Journal Independently
suggests, Twill be the principle Of
busting everything up, with the hope
that something good that is not now
in sight will come .Qpt of it, which
Evening star., 1924-07-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILASDER JOHNSON.
Established Opinions.

A statesman now his wit displays
In rhetoric elastic,
Evolving many a subtle phrase
Appealing or sarcastic.
Each other statesman does the like
In message or grafton,
Until we really seem to strike
A sum in cancellation.
The speech is needed now and then:
Also, the formal letter.
Through these the different kinds OF
men
Know one another better.
And yet, toward leaders of today
The public takes the credit
OF knowing what their going to say
Some time before they've said it.
Evening star., 1924-07-28
Lull Before the Storm.

What will the candidates say in
their speeches Of acceptance" This is
the most important political specula-
ton at this stage of expectancy before
the whirlwind sets in when the can
dates get to going in earnest in Sep
tember. The heads of both the old
line parties are now trying to make
up their minds what to say. The
speech Of acceptance is the party's
declaration of principles quite as much
as the platform.
1t is there that the candidate puts
his personality into the campaign.
makes his pledge Of what he will do
if elected. backing up the platform dec
laration. 1t is a sort of oath Of office.
l is probably correct to say that never
before in the history of the country
has there been more interest in the
anticipated acceptance speeches. This
is due to the fact that radio will make
it possible for untold thousands to
hear the actual delivery of the ad-
dresses, establishing personal contact
with the candidates.
There are no radically wild diver
gences in the platforms of the old
parties as prepared by the national
conventions; just normal differences
in policies, variations which have ex-
listed for years. Senator La Toilette
says he will not deliver speech of
acceptance, but will stand pat on his
announced policies. He will dilate
upon them later.
After President Coolidge and Mr..
Davis have delivered their speeches
the country will have a few weeks to
think them over, and then the three
cornered fight will begin.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

Notice has been served by Henry
Ford that everybody working for him
must abstain from liquor. This is a
good rule and should be enforced with
especial rigidity, for a starter, in re-
gard to his highest salaried men, in
evitably contemplated by the rank and
file as patterns to be initiated in shap-
ing careers.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

By deferring his activities until Sep
tenber Mr.. w. G.. McAdoo may sacri-
Dehocratic party. His proficiencies
have been those of the thorough and
farsighted organizer rather than those
of the spellbinder.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

AS types of overdeveloped intel
lectuality Leopold and Loeb are dis
appointing. Their quoted conversation
sounds like what might have been
picked up at cabarets rather than at
colleges.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

In case American investors are in.
vited to buy German bonds, specula.
tive holders of paper marks are ear.
nestly requested not to waste valuable
time by trying to have them figured
in as a cash payment.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

A knowledge of French and Span
ish will no longer be required of
Academy at Annapolis. 1t is fair to
assume that man does not sail any
more true or fight any harder for
being an expert linguist.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

1t would be pardonable if Gen
Smedley Butler began to wonder
whether that City of Brotherly Love"
title does not refer modernly to some
kind of gents agreement.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

Efforts to establish tar and feathers
as a form of attire denoting feminine
audacity cannot possibly prove a sue
cess.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

Tho United States Senate will keep
enough investigations going to hold
its reputation as a highly inQuisitive
as we'll as deliberative body.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

II limited funds restrict the efforts
of the La Toilette boomers they will
have to depend largely on what the
two old parties say about each other.
Evening star., 1924-07-28
Pleasant Time for All.

The dance in merry measures moved
Amid the lights and song.
The dry enforcement agents proved
The gayest of the throng!
Evening star., 1924-07-28

A deadlock always involves expense
That of the reparations parley is one
Of the costliest varieties.
Evening star., 1924-07-28
Conservative.

Have you any new ideas for your
speeches."
Certainly not" answered Senator
Sorghum. II will, Of course, change
the language. but I do not propose to
try any novel variations on the set of
ideas on which I have been elected
year after year."
Evening star., 1924-07-28

Jud Tunkins says he always tries to
understand what he's voting about,
and he's glad they're not liable to put
anything about the Einstein theory
into the next election.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

IF nobody talked ceppin' when he
knew 'zackly what he was talkin'
bout" said Uncle Eben, "dar'd be q
heap mo- time to listen to de music"
Evening star., 1924-07-28
The Brunt of the Fray.

Now every word will be brought out
That's known to photographers.
Yet no one stops to think about
The overworked stenographers,
Evening star., 1924-07-28

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Evening star., 1924-07-28
Inconsiderate Exploitation,

lncOnSlQeraI0 EXPLOITATION.
The names Of great men oft we view
On bad cigars. and candy, too.
Who will believe that men Of fame
Consumed the wares that bear their
name?
And statues in their honor rise
That friends would never recognize.
Their names are given-which is
worse
To infants who grow up perverse.
Alas, what incidents intrude
To show a worlds ingratitude!
Attractions.
Men admire intellectually in
women"
Perhaps" commented Miss Cay
enne. But never yet saw one who
was not more interested in the winner
of a beauty contest than he was in
the president Of ladies' debating 80
ciety.'
Evening star., 1924-07-28

Q. Can tuberculosis of the lungs
be detected by N-rays?-A. r.
A. 1t is claimed that the presence
or absence of this disease may be as
certained more accurately by the use
of the Xray than by any other
me hnd-
Evening star., 1924-07-28
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Evening star., 1924-07-28

.. Did the late President Harding
ever go to Europe &C. X. T.
A He had made three trips to Eu-
rope before the World War. He
served in the Senate on the commit
tee on foreign relations.
Evening star., 1924-07-28

O. Does a person get hydrophobia
if dog which has bitten him goes
mad afterward? Is person sure to
contract the disease If bitten by rabid
animal?-J. T. +.
A. There is no foundation for the
belief that persons bitten by a dog
which subsequently becomes rabid
will contract the disease. The bite of
a rabid dog is fatal in practically all
cases where the virus is transmitted
if no treatment is given, but only
three times out of ten is the virus
actually transmitted.
@. What plant was known as "the
white mans foot"?-F. H
A. A large variety of dock, which
was not known to the Indians before
the advent Of the white man and
ward, was given the name white mans
foot
@. Which English sovereign reigned
the longest?-M. c.
A. Queen Victoria, who succeeded
to the throne on June 80, 1897, and
reigned until January %, 1901, en-
joyed the longest reign in English
history.
@. Was Alexandria, Va, ever part
of the District of Columbia?-C. D. D.
A. Alexandria, originally called
tory ceded to the United States in
1888. It was retroceded in 1846 and
again became a part of Virginia in
1s47
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