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votes will pile up rapidly during the next two veek H.
I e me second Period schedule is in effect Will ~.
pef'od schedule is less than the first votes are 80 EbI
any cahoidate can take advantage of and win The A.
crease IN the schedule between first and second e
10 De compared to that between the and final peod
- ne LIVkSI part of the competition is now AZ hand al
IN me eaoeIs are on same footing the time-those
VINO want oand will are afforded the opportunity, &c H.
tire campaign to forge ahead corral the winning votes use ~
100 PER CENT EFFICIENCY COUNTS NOW
From until the finish is the time when one hrdI -
cent efficiency counts Pe1
During the Second Period" (these next +,.o ,I, -
scrlptons will big fact.they count for al ~ -
as many votesn during the First PERIOD lust cloeJ E.
exampleone sxyear subscription f new and carv;n h =
where formerly 10000 votes were given w. ~ S
the club of 100000 every $i2 90 in business secured
BETTER BE SAFE THAN SoRRY-IT WILL PAY WELL
few more laps and the will have been run. ONLY
short time remains choose victory defeatac-
cess or failure Don't overlook single chance better your
opportunity win Avail yourself every opportunity this
period the last big vote period, affords.
and plan constantly, for this means success Figure
ways to Wn always remember that your aversares as keen
perhaps esourceful YOURSELF raCne very acute
brains for the same purpose
ID means something N competition of this kind
1T MEANS ST. 1915 and $685. for each of three different
atty Sometimes campaign of this nature proves up the yeL
your bogus friends and always your ettIe and
measures your strength And now for the FINAL HOME
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HARD TO FIGURE LEADERS; RACE CLOSE!
Important Dates :!

SECOND PAYMENTS
Second subscriptions given campaign
count for thousands of while
effect
Candidates and subscribers alike should
second payments subscriptions
ing the final period Of the campaign.
IMPORTANT DATES
The Second Period Vote offerhe biggest
inc campalgn--ends Saturday night, Oct II, at m.
The entire campaign ends prizes
be awarded on Saturday October
SECOND PERIOD VOTES WILL WIN
AS close as the for the big Importance
Us attached to the results secured while the big Second Period
Schedule is in effect ..l
HOW TO JUMP FIRST. PLACE
One sxyear subscription counts (ncudng clubs
newt 600
votes three would 100000
100000.
Secure five additional period oneyear subscription
and cay $4,000 Five g.
750, 900 votes. ANAL.
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DISTRICT NO. 2

District No. will include all participants reside
limits
One of the automobiles and
candle will awarded in his district
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60 !KE a& = = " -|"W
Candidates Entering Home
Stretch For Three Cars And
Other Valuable Prizes!

VOTES PILE UP RAPIDLY UNDER LIBERAL SECOND Pc
ROD" VOTE SCHEDULE; BONUS OFFERED FOR NEW
SUBSCRIPTIONS; EXTENSIONS OF FIRST PERIOD SUB
sCRIPTIONs COUNT BIG.
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It's the coward who quits to misfortune.
It's the knave who changes each day;
IT'S the fool who starts like whirlwind,
Then throws all his chances away.
The time to succeed is when others
Discouraged, show traces of tire;
The battle is fought on the home stretch,
And WON twixt the flag and the wire.
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AVE9l part OF the competition at hand and
an the leaders are on footing the same me-tbose
vh0 want toand will are afforded the opportunity Of the en-
fe campaign to forge ahead and corral the winning votes
Evening star., 1925-07-26

the Chinese courts in this one very
important respect. We require the
criminal to prove his innocence. You
require the court to prove his guilt.
1t is. therefore, much easier for US to
punish crime. However. your system
may be better than ours. This is a
matter of principle, which we won I
argue. But entirely aside from this,
your courts are too lenient. You let
your criminals off with light SEN
tences, or you release them on tech
nicalities.
"One of your worst faults is releas-
ing criminals on bail. l have heard
of cases where a criminal is released
on bail and then commits another
crime He gets released again on bail.
and since your courts are always
crowded. it takes a long time for his
case to come up, and he goes free for
several years. / have heard of cases
where a man committed as many as
six crimes while he was out on bail,
each time securing fresh bail for the
new crime. Your jails are so over
crowded. / understand, that you pre-
fer to grant bail rather than Jail a
man. Also, the Jail cases take prece-
dence over the bail cases, which helps
to postpone the trial of a man who is
temporarily free.
"If China was as lax as this we
should be overrun with crime, also"
What is China's most efficient
method of preventing crime?' 1 asked
Maj. SEE.
Probably our census bureau, which
is attached to our police department
and through which We keep in con-
tact with every citizen of Canton.
Practically every movement of every
citizen is. known by the police. For
instance, a man cannot take his trunk
Evening star., 1925-07-26

out on the street or move his fur.
niture without getting a permit. This
is no small task, especially when you
consider that more than one million
people live in Canton and about 200,.
600 of them live in boats on the river.
They are too poor to pay taxes, so
they move up and down the river, do.
ing such odd jobs as towing, ferrying
and fishing. In some places the river
is so jammed with them that you can
practically walk from boat to boat"
IF you have so little crime in China
why is 1t that the Chinese who come
TO the United States are some of the
worst murderers we have and are so
active in their tong wars?"
Because replied Maj. SEE, quick
ly, most of the Chinese who migrate
to the United States are adventures
who have no very good jobs at home.
When they come over here your per
sonal liberty goes to their heads. They
are not accustomed to 1t at home and
they think it gives them license to
kill each other off. You will notice,
however, that there have been very
few instances of Chinese killing white
men. Most of the crimes have been
between the Chinese themselves.
"One of our greatest problems is
opium smuggling. / am sorry to say
that the foreigners do not give us
the best cooperation in preventing
this Any one. for instance, can go
down to Macao. which is Portuguese
and get all the opium he wants. Some
foreigners make a practice of SNUG
Cling opium for the Chinese, since
their baggage is not SO carefully
searched as that of the Chinese
traveller.
However. under the direction OF
Foo-Sun, who is the son of Sun Ye,
Evening star., 1925-07-26

Sen, and the mayor of Canton. we
are doing great deal to prevent
opium use and smuggling. We have
set up hospitals for the compulsory
treatment of opium addicts. and last
year we arrested 6S8 addicts who fail
ed to apply for treatment. Our belief
is that the only. way to stop opium
smuggling is to cut off the demand
for 1t. Hence the hospitals.
After my interview with Maj. Sze
I talked with another Oriental crime
expert, Abdullah Bahrami of Persia.
Mr.. Bahrami also knows the United
States, and also speaks English,
though not as fuently as the Chinese
police chief. At times his quaint
phraseoIogy was distinctly amusing.
Although at first he called it undip-
crime promlem Of the United States,
1 finally wormed out of him this
diagnosis
IT have heard" he said slowly, that
most of your crime Is committed by
young men. In fact, I read the figure
that rs per cent of your money crimes
how say you?-crimes where money
is taken, were done by boys and young
men.
This, I believe, is your worst evil.
Your crime is growing and 1t comes
from young people.
Therefore / deduct one chief cause
of your crime. Something is wrong
with your American home. 1t must
be that you do not give your children
the proper education. They do not
have the right respect for your laws.
for authority. for their parents. They
may lack religious training. Perhaps
they respect no God.
I'm Persia our boys, especially in
the tribes. are disciplined. Their
greatest ambition is to be like their
fathers. Every father realizes his re-
sponsibility. He must lead a devout
and straightforward life. He must be
an example to his son. If a son goes
astray, his punishment is sometimes
severe. In many parts of Persia we
believe in strict and rigorous tribal
law, a law which shows no mercy
for the weakling or the dishonest.
Also the religious training of our
boys is very strict. No good Moham-
medan will steal. 1t is more despic-
able than to touch a pig. And if a
man swears on the name of Allah
that he tells the truth, you may be
as sure that this is the truth as you
may be sure the sun will rise tomor.
row.
Perhaps also our boys are not sub
ject to your temptations. We live on
very little in Persia. Some goat s
milk, little bread. a place to sleep
what more does a man want? There
is nothing much to make a boy dis
honest. We have not cabarets. few
theaters. little chance to spend money.
sometimes think that the great
temptations and the fast living that
goes on in America does much TO
cause crime. When you see others
spending money. when you see others
enjoying pleasure, you wish for those
things yourself. Sometimes you steal
in order to get them.
But / know little about America" "
Abdullah Bahramf concluded. 'AlI I
know is that the Persian police have
the most easiest job in the world"
Copyright fe251
Evening star., 1925-07-26
BRITAIN FACES COLLAPSE
WITHNORELIEF APPARENT
Overpopulation Scourge Brings Once
Grapple for Economic Recovery.
BY FRANK III. SIMONDS.

\ an odd coincidence America
and Britain have been in re-
\ cent days taking account of
stock in foreign trade and the
contra OF has carrad 70 rnrnunka
Evening star., 1925-07-26
BY DREW PEARSON.


TIME United States leads the
world in crime because 1t per-
mits the free sale of pistols,
Il because its courts are too lax,
because it breaches personal
liberty to the detriment of personal
safety and because the home has lost
control of the younger generation.
This Is the diagnosis of Maj.
Tsung-yu SEE, police inspector of
Canton, China, and of Abdullah Bah
rami, police chief of Teheran, Persia.
I had been given the assignment
of asking four of the worlds great
est criminal experts why the United
st ates led the world in crime and,
since these two men rank among the
highest in the international police
world, 1 went to them and explained
my mission.
Maj. SEE 1 found quite willing to
talk. He Is graduate of Johns Hop
kins University has taken graduate
work at Columbia and knows the
United States almost as a native. l
had selected him partly because of
his expert knowledge of American
crime conditions.
II believe that your biggest cause
of crime" Mai. SEE said. in his easy
and polished English. ''is your doc
trine of personal liberty. 1t is a fine
principle, but, like all principles,
should be practiced with a modicum
of good sense and temperance. You
practice personal liberty to such an
extent that IT interferes seriously with
personal safety. Now, I ask you.
seriously, what is the use of being
free II you are IN constant danger
of being killed? Personally, I think
l should rather be little less free.
I'm China we believe in peace and
order. You Americans believe in hb-
erty and disorder.
ITO illustrate what / mean" Maj.
SEE continued, earnestly. take the
number Of revoIvers being carried
around by the people of this country.
Yours is the only country in the
world that 1 know of that allows its
people to buy revolvers. Also yours
is the only country in the world that
is so lenient with its citizens found
carrying revolvers.
Every person entering China is
searched for firearms. If China had
firearms today 1 hate to think of the
consequences. They would be far
worse than they have been these past
few weeks. AS 1t Is, our worst prob
lem Is with the soldiers. who are the
only people possessing firearms. They
sometimes desert from the army and
become bandits, or else they hire
their guns out to the civilian popula-
ton at so much per night"
I'm what other respects do we
allow too much personal hberty?" I
asked.
Your courts are entirely too lax.
In the first place, they differ from
Evening star., 1925-07-26
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

w Y HEN Secretary Hoover an
~ nounced the other day
wv that In the fiscal year we
had a trade balance with
Evening star., 1925-07-26

HEN secretary Hoover an
~ nounced the other day
wv that in the fiscal year we
had a trade balance with
the world of more than
81 ,000. 200, 900, the question promptly
arose in the minds of many thinking
sound situation?" And then came the
further thought: "Will it now be
necessary for Uncle Sam to throw
into reverse and back away from the
foreign trade that he mas been to so
great expense in developing?"
Well, the answer is, after careful
study, that after all factors are con-
sidered our real balance was really
only a relatively few millions, that
all the money of the world isn't being
drained into the United States and
| that we must keep plugging away
with the well known American spirit
to continue getting our share of the
worlds business.
Members of Congress in drafting
the appropriation bill knew the real
situation-that this balance was not
| what 1t appeared on the, surface
and so they gave Secretary Hoover
an increase of $180,000 to be spent in
building up our overseas trade-pro-
| noting organization. This will go
| largely to strengthening existing Of
! fees and establishing few new ones,
probably in Sydney, Australia: Bogota,
Milan; Singapore, in the Far East;
Caracas, Venezuela; Barcelona, Spain,
and Lisbon, Portugal
A Billion. Dollar Surprise.
That billio1-dollar balance was an
utter surprise to every one. even to
| Secretary Hoover's bright young men
in the Department of Commerce. 1t
is only an audit balance on a partial
! record of accounts, and is based large
| ly on port records of goods brought
| in or shipped out, which by no means
tells the full story.
| In any analysis of our foreign trade
balance sheet 1t is essential to take
, into account many items not appear
| ing in the customs returns. Those
! items are styled invisible exchange"
i by the initiated. They are Of increas-
| ing Importance in any sound con-
clusion as to the movement of our
| foreign trade, as to the condition OF
/ our credit structure, as to the ability
of foreign countries to purchase our
commodities or pay their debts, as to
the probable trend Of exchange rates
and as to the probable movement of
| gold and the ultimate trend of price
levels. All persons whose interests
! he in such subjects must give careful
and comprehensive study to the lin
visible exchange"
Measured In Goods Only.
On the face of preliminary returns,
then. without reference to these in
visible exchange" items, the United
States has favorable balance Of
trade in excess of a billion dollars for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1925
when exports of merchandise amount
ed to $4.S67.654. .344. compared with
imports valued at So, 1924, ,972 .847, the
| excess of exports amounting to 81.
042, ,681 ,497.s
During the 12.month period exports
of gold amounted to $24S.729 .698
against imports totaIing $134, ,I45, ,136,
an excess of exports amounting to
/ $114,5S4, ,562. Exports of silver during
the same period amounted to sl0S,
S23.a44. against imQaEts tataling Al.
Evening star., 1925-07-26
BY BEN McKELWAY.

TT is curious paradox which
makes of the Constitution
refuge for those who willfully
Il violate one of it's latest provi-
Evening star., 1925-07-26
Why Does i. S. Lead in Crime?

Editors note.-This is the third In
a series of four articles in 11hich Mr.
Pearson asks four OF the toorld,s great
est police authorities why America
Leads the World In Crin,eS" Nert
1ceek Chief Magistrate McAdoo OF
NeU York City, former police cont
missioner of the metropolis, oilI sum
up the Vietcs of the foreign criticisms
Of America in reply to them.
Evening star., 1925-07-26

TT is curious paradox which
makes of the Constitution a
refuge for those who willfully
i violate one of it's latest provi'
sions, yet the fourth and fifth
amendments to that instrument con.
stitute for the modern bootlegger his
surest escape from those who seek to
enforce the law Thus the Constitu-
ton takes its place among the natural
barriers to effective enforcement of
the Volstead act. and, through an in
teresting case of history repeating
itself, the fourth and fifth amend
ments have returned as active pro-
tectors of the liquor dealers.
Back in 1893 William Pitt attempted
to enforce the famous sugar act,
which imposed prohibitive duties on
molasses brought to the colonies. Mo-
lasses was necessary in the manufac.
ture of rum, and the NeY Englanders
used rum as currency in their African
and fur trading.
Walls OF Discomfort.
1t followed that long, loud and pitt.
full walls of discomfort arose from the
colonists, and they adopted the sim.
pie expedient of bootlegging their mo-
lasses. Bootlegging, or smuggling.
became a reputable profession. The
town fathers were wont to point with
pride to their leading bootleggers OF
molasses-to say, with no small emo
ton, There stands the most success
full molasses runner in New England!
The British sought to end this prac.
tice, but their common, ordinary
search warrants, which required too
many data. to be collected hastily,
were not sufficient. So they brought
into use writs of assistance, which
allowed their officers to enter homes,
break down doors, break open any
thing that happened to be closed-all
on the mere suspicion that bootleg
molasses might be found. In 1871 a
Boston court declared the hated writs
illegal, and two provisions later found
their way into the Massachusetts,
State Constitution, which were en-
bodied in the fourth and fifth amend
ments to the United States Constitu'
ton.
Way 1t Works.
And today the fourth amendment
may be invoked with success as fol
lows:
Patrick x. Cohen, a prohibition en-
forcement agent, is standing by the
door of a downtown office building
An automobile draws up to the curt
and into Patrick's eyes there comes
a light of joyous anticipation. The
automobile is large and shiny. There
are only three of the same make In
town. One is owned by the towns
leading lawyer, another by the towns
leading banker and the other by the
towns leading bootlegger. BY the Ii
cense plate Patrick Identifies 1t as the
one belonging to the last, and he
watches its occupant step to the pave
ment, take a bundle from the seat and
enter the building. The bundle Is not
smooth in its outward appearance
To Patrick's keen eyes the bundle
could contain only two things-bott
of them bottles. Mr.. Cohen follows the
bottle bearer into the building, as
cends with him in the elevator anc
watches him start toward the office
of the towns leading lawyer. Ther
he steps up and shows his badge
opens the package and smells.
GaWs NTH Rss saxk EatxickA :
Evening star., 1925-07-26

GaatiausaAhn Third Ragsa
Evening star., 1925-07-26

CONTINUED on Third PagaA
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-08-01
Some Tip

Traveller: Did you find roll containing fifty dollars under my pillow?
 Pullman Porter: 1as, suh! Thank yuh, suh.
 Tn what battle did Wolfe, vict orious, say, l die happy'::"
 II think it was his last"
The McCarthy weekly news., 1925-08-01
IN7) ATT ON SOUGHT

Inquiry has been received at the Governors Office concern ing tine whereabouts of C. W Woo i, a man of about 65 years, , 1t 10 in. in height, born in Yer million County, H. The informal tior is sought by Nellie Wood, of Danville, Ill.,, who states that there is q sin III estate, the settle ment of which requires his att ention.
Evening star., 1925-03-19

on a James River schooner. At 18 he
was present at the bombardment of
Sebastopol.
Soon after discovery of gold in
California he was active on our West
ern frontier as scout, prospector
and pony express rider. He made A
ride of ESQ miles in 76 hours for mill
tary aid for the relief Of Fort Inde-
pendence.
Later White became printer on
the Jersey Journal and was co-inven-
tor with Campbell of a primitive type
of rotary printing press, in New Jer-
sey. He is survived by son, Charles
Henry White of New York, and
daughter. Mrs John Byers of Wash
ington, D. c. besides Mrs. Rodman,
here in Newport News.
Evening star., 1925-03-19

in the Mayfower Hotel yesterday.
Mr.. Patterson showed lantern
slides of beautiful Japanese gardens
and places of worship and told how
the people of Japan eat their meals
while sitting on the floor. and also
sleep on the floor instead of in
springy beds, as do the people in this
and other countries.
Showing picture of beautiful
temple, the speaker explained that
the Japanese had purposel.' had one
Of the huge front pillars placed up
side down for fear that the gods
would otherwise become jealous be-
cause of the temple having been
built without a flaw in il.
1t was announced at the luncheon
that the club would hold its annual
banquet in the Mayfiower Hotel on
Evening star., 1925-03-19

of the Bureau of Mines, declared to-
day in a statement made public
through the National Coal Associa-
ton
Proper equipment and operation OF
the large heating units Will elimi-
nate smoke in any municipality. Mr..
Hood said. He points out that the
antiquated heating equipment with
insufficient combustion space remain :
ing in some Government buildings in
Washington is being replaced with
modern smokeless equipment There
is not a heating unit of the Govern
ment, he said. that cannot be made
virtually smokeless by fuel engineer
ing.
Mr.. Hood is one Of the engineers
in the Government purchasing agency
for coal to supply the Government
Evening star., 1925-03-19
Wife Asks Maintenance.

Suit for maintenance has beer filed
in the District Supreme Court by Mrs.
Marie i. Sweeney against William c.
Sweeney They were married in Bal
timore July IA, 1914, and the wife
charges drunkenness and non-sup-
port. She is represented by Attorney
e Russell Kelly.
Evening star., 1925-03-19

and District buildings in Washing
ton. The Bureau Of Mines, the Ma
tional Coal Association says. buys
b1tumnous coal and encourages
smok eless combustion methods
strict enforcement of rigid anti
smoke laws in the Capital City of the
Nation is evidence that the hun
dreds of thousands of tons of bitumi-
nous coal used here are consumed
practically without smoke," the as
sociation said.
Evening star., 1925-03-19

the evening of April 25, and the fol-
lowing committee was announced as
being in charge of arrangements for
the banquet:
Charles HillegeiSt, chairman;
Thomas Brahany, w. c. Hanson, Wal
ter Handy, George Sharp, John Wal
ters and Leonard De Cast.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
WITNESS OF CHARGE
AT BALAKLAVA DIES
John Coe White of Virginia Also
Frontiersman, Printer and In
ventor of Rotary Press.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
NEWPORT NEWS, March 19.-Johl
Coe White. an eyewitness of the
famous charge of the Light Brigade
at Balaklava, is dead at his home
here with his daughter, Mrs. George
w. Rodman, at the age of SO years.
White was born in New York State,
and at the age Of II was cabin boy
Evening star., 1925-03-19
WASHINGTON AMONG
CLEANEST OF CITIES
Engineer of Bureau of Mines Tells
of Proper Burning of
Bituminous Coal.

Although a rapidly increasing tom
mage of soft coal is being burned
here, Washington ranks as one of
the cleanest cities of the Nation, p.
p. Hood. chief mechanical engineer
Evening star., 1925-03-19
LIONS CLUB FEATURE
is TALK ON JAPAN
w. E. Patterson Gives illustrated
Lecture on Customs of Far
Eastern Eation.

An illustrated lecture on Japan. it's
people and their customs-many of
which seem peculiar to the average
American-by w. +. Patterson, fea-
tured luncheon of the Lions Club
Evening star., 1925-03-19
New Virginia Post Office.

Announcement was made today of
the establishment OF a post Office at
Ryland, Va, with John f. Rainey
or Bowers Hill as postmaster.