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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-06-18

.cONER. a single man,
IN A. MA 1J8S and MERCHANTS
"a FAEsHs6E--ISy0 OF FLEETWOOD, a
STATE 3D. formerly known as
-5rpor7155ll C-t., of Redstone, corpora
sis-e attendants.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-06-18

NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEET
ING TO AMEND ARTICLES OF IN
CORPORATION OF RED TOP
OIL AND GAS COMPANY.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-06-18

o. NJ CORWIN, a corporation, Plain
tiff,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-06-18

GEORGE A WRIGHT and IDA G.
G. WRIGHT, his wife, and THE
CITIZENS STATE BANK OF DOC
LEY, a corporation, Defendants.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-16

Main thoroughfares 200 feet wide and garages to hold thousands of cars will be needed in London with in the next few years, according to traffic experts who say that within this period every Londoner will want 10 drive to work in his own motor esI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04
Keep After the Handbooks!

An innovation has been adopted in
the latest raids against gambling places
in Washington. in the holding under
bond of witnesses found in these es-
Establishments. Heretofore when such
joints have been raided, with plain
evidence of the character of the
places, the cases as a rule have come
to naught in court because of the lack
Of testimony. Witnesses have failed
to respond to summonses, some of
them disappearing from the jurisdic-
ton. Some have given fictitious
names at the time of the raid and
have been beyond reach when the
cases were called to trial.
Those who patronize these resorts
are themselves parties to the illegal
practices conducted there. They are
naturally reluctant to appear in court
and by their testimony to assist in
breaking up the business. The giving
Of false names is therefore customary.
But by bonding these witnesses the
POiASC may NC dUlc W NOIiuuCL
successful prosecutions than in the
past.
One of the places raided yesterday
has been visited in this same manner
several times. 1t is notorious. It's
character is evident to any person
passing. Yet those conducting it are
still UNPUBLISHED. The cause of this
immunity is mystery. 1t should be
solved. If the gambling game. which
causes so much suffering in this COM
munity, is to be broken UP, extraordi-
nary measures must be adopted. Per-
haps repeated raiding and the bond
ing Of witnesses will eventually lead
to a conviction, which should itself
lead to maximum penalty in view
Of the flagrancy of law violation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04
The Penalty of DELAY.

A Baltimore and Ohio passenger
train was standing on a siding near
Foley. Pa, Friday night. Behind it
a signal was set in warning to the en-
eineer of following freight train.
The rear train should have been
brought to stop. The engineer dis
regarded the signal and sent his train
ahead. 1t entered the siding and
smashed into the passenger train
causing the death of the engineer and
fireman of the freight and of the flag.
man of the passenger.
Just another case of the failure of
the visual signal system. Just an
other instance of the human error
which makes the visual system so I'M
reliable The automatic train stop is
the only really safe system of track
control. 1t is coming slowly, tardily
but coming nevertheless.
These occasional rear-end collisions
due to obscured. misunderstood or ig
nored signals. will continue as long as
the visual system prevails. When al
last the automatic device has been in
stalled on all the lines, railroad mana
gers will wonder at the great cost OF
delay and rejoice at their final relief
from heavy responsibility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04

Plans for the nonstop New York
Paris flight are to be pushed now that
the controversy between Capt. Rene
Fonck, brilliant French war ace, and
Capt. Homer Berry, veteran American
flyer, has been ironed out by the
withdrawal from the trip of Capt.
Berry. Dissension which threatened
for time to halt the proposed flight,
for this year at least, was ended
abruptly yesterday when the Amer
lean flyer, stakeholder in the ven
ture and scheduled to be the third
pilot Of the giant plane, agreed not to
press his claim to be taken along. In
the interests of aviation" and in the
belief that 1.-The New York-Paris flight
was bigger than any one man or
group of men,"
Capt. Berry's action was partlcu'
larly gracious in view of the fact that
he was supported in his claims by the
Argonauts, Inc, the organization
financing the expedition. He was one
of the prime movers in procuring
hackers for the project and his long
experience in flying was considered to
give the trip more than an even
chance of success. The controversy
between Capt. Berry and Capt. Fonck
was the result Of what the French
ace characterized as "dictation" as to
who should be the other members of
the crew, Fonck having been desig-
mated as the chief pilot.
Now that matters appear to have
been Strengthened out as far as the
personnel is concerned, it Is hoped
that nothing further will mar plans
for the sensational attempt to link
two great cities, thirty-six hundred
miles apart, by a nonstop fight. The
three-motored Sikorsky' plane has
shown in it's tests capacity far
greater than was anticipated. Capt.
Fonck is acknowledged to be a master
pilot and in Lieut.. Snoddy he Is pro-
vided with one Of the best aerial nav
igators in the United States Navy.
With the plane satisfactory and the
personnel harmonious no other factors
should be allowed to creep in which
might hamper the success of what
promises to be a historic attempt to
span the Atlantic in q lighter-than.air
machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04
No Mall Market.

The suggestion that the farmers
market be temporarily located IN the
Mall between Sixth and Seventh
streets, pending establishment in
permanent situation, has happily been
rejected by the representatives OF the
District and Federal Governments
who yesterday conferred on the sub
tect. Their view is that such an ex-
pedient would be unwise and made
ouate There is room on the eastern
portion Of the present open-air market
site for the farmers who bring their
produce to town during the Autumn
and Winter months, and that space
can be spared from the building opera
tions, which are soon to start, In the
erection of the Internal Revenue
office.
This market question is best to be
solved as a whole and not in piece
meal. 1t may be the final decision
that the market system, retail, farm
ers' and wholesale, should be consoli-
dated, or that it may be divided into
two centers. But that decision should
be arrived at after the most careful
study and with definite conclusive
ness. No makeshifts or expedients
should be adopted as emergency
measures.
The ultimate removal of Center
Market is regarded as inevitable
That establishment occupies one of
the most conspicuous sites in the CITY,
The space is ideal for a public build
ing, or perhaps, when cleared, for an
addition to the park which lies to the
south of it. The march Of public i'm
provement brings it in it's course. 1t
may be several years before the actual
removal of the building is required.
Meanwhile provision against that con-
tingency should be made.
1t is desirable, therefore, that the
market question be now considered as
q whole. The imminence of the custer
of the farmers market from the In
ternal Revenue Building site precipi-
tates the question for early settle
ment. For the farmers market
should go to another site that is re-
lated to the market center Of the fu-
ture, whether that center comprises
only the retail market or both retail
and wholesale.
Keeping the farmers market on the
eastern part of it's present location,
loss of half the space, will mean that
Congress must at the next session
render a decision on the whole ques
ton OF market establishment. Thus,
as The Star pointed out yesterday,
this expedient, rather than the trans
fer of the farmers market to the Mall
between Sixth and Seventh streets, is
calculated to bring about early action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04
Political Excursionists.

Political progreSsivism appears in
some cases to mean agility in shifting
positions. Take the case Of Repre-
sentative La Guardia of New York, as
an instance. Originally Republican,
he was elected to Congress as such
and was a member of the organiza-
ton. His disposition, however. was
to take from time to time a rather in
dependent stand, and occasionally he
ran across the lines of party policy.
During the 1924 campaign he sup
ported the La Toilette candidacy,
though running for reelection to Con-
gress in a three -cornered fight in his
district. He was reelected, but was
officially listed as Socialist, against
his protest, and with certain other
progressives was denied seat In the
Republican party caucus. Recently
party nominations were made for the
primary contests in New York. The
Socialists named another than Mr.. La
Guardia for the congressional nomina-
ton for the twentieth district and the
Republicans named still another. That
left La Guardia out Of the running.
unless he entered the lists in Novem-
Der as an independent candidate. But
Mr.. Cohen. whom the Republicans
had named for Congress, ultimately
declined to run, and the other day at
a meeting of local Republican leaders
the name of La Guardia was substi-
tuted for that of Cohen. So now the
erstwhile Socialist has again become
a Republican. promising II elected to
support Speaker Longworth, Senator
Wadsworth and President Coolidge.
He is back in the fold" So If he is
elected I'm November in all likelihood
the. Socialist party in the House will
consist of Victor Berger Of Wisconsin.
who has borne the standard of ex-
treme dissent alone for some years in
Mat body, save for the unwilling COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04
A Citadel of Crime.

A special grand jury organized to
Investigate crime and primary cleo
ton frauds in Chicago has just made
its report. Besides indicting thirty
two judges and clerks of election, the
grand jury presented statistics on
crime and punishments which H.
Illuminate the situation in Cook Coun-
~. This report shows that from the
beginning of 1922 to the first of Sep
TENDER, 1926. a period of fifty-six
months, 1.476 murders were COM
mitted in the county, and that in that
period there were only twelve execu-
tons. The murders were at the rate
of more than twenty-six month,
nearly one a day. There is an indica-
ton of an increase in the murder
rate, 1910 of these crimes having
been committed during the first four
years, or forty-eight months of the
perieA, at the rate of slightly less
than twenty six a month, while 23s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

1 to announce" at the beginning Of the
| Edison record" of wax memory.
| Later the photograph companies
universally cut out the announcer
and printed the title and composer on
the label,
The pen is mightier than the
sword-or the loud speaker. in any
form.
| Since we first wrote on radio. three
years ago-a long time in radio broad.
casting-we have had the pleasure of
| seeing several of our ideas met, not
because we voiced them, but simply
because they were what any one would
think who calmly considered the mat
| ter.
First. Today there is nationwide
search for tone" Once listeners
were satisfied with anything and
they want "tone," and plenty OF It.,
in the quality sense.
| Second. 1t has been generally real
lied that musical numbers. not talks,
form the basis of broadcasting enter
tainment.
| Third. We have this short an
nouncement business, previously men,
toned, and gaining in popularity every
day.
Fourth, There is general tendency
| toward dignified, not capering, an
nouncing.
Fifth. The price of tubes has
reached more sensible low level.
Here are some of the things we still
hold out for:
1. Earlier programs, say from to
| 10 pm.
2. No bands.
3. No speeches or talks
4. No repetitions, either of base ball
scores or choruses.
| X j: X
1t is pretty generally agreed
and listening world that the paid
good will advertising constitutes
the backbone of the programs.
What would broadcasting amount
10, from the entertainment stand
point, were it not for the A & P Gyp
sizes, the 1pana Troubadours, the
Whittall Anglo Persians, the Penn
sylvania Radio Hour, the Shinola
Merrymakers, the Vikings, the At
water Kent Radio Hour, the Royal
Salon Orchestra and others?
Those who in the past have sneered
at the crassness of commerce today
have to take a reef in their opinions
with such good music being furnished
by business concerns.
Big business and art are walking
hand in hand through the air. II
will no longer do to say corporations
have no souls, when the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. is cheering us UP
levery morning with health exer
cises.'
We get arias off rugs, lullabies out
of tooth paste tubes and dance music
from typewriter keys. We are
never exactly sure, when we turn or
the radio, whether we will be indebted
to a pickle manufacturer or feel graf
itude toward makers of toothpicks
for the program which we are about
to receive.
Personally we feel that all this
adds SAVIOR to our home entertain
ment diet. There has been enough
snobbery in music. The old music
masters, such as Mozart and Papa
Haydn, were glad enough to get their
meals any way they could.
A great piece of music will be nc
less great, in our appreciative ears
because it is furnished to us through
the courtesy" 1--WE love that of some
manufacturer of hot air furnaces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04

An article in a recent number OF
a popular radio magazine carried the
pertinent query, wonder what so
and so and SO and so two well known
comic announcers) are going to do,
now that the new style of dignified.
short announcement is coming into
its OWN" Z.
Surely there is no one who has ever
listened to radio for any length of
time who has not become "fed up,
as the saying is, with the announcer
who insists on talking all the time,
and trying to be cute"
1t is significant of the new day in
radio broadcasting that more and
more the stations are turning away
from the would be-funny-man an
nouncer to the dignif1ed fellow who
simply announces the name Of the
selection, the composer and the name
of the station. and let's it go at that.
Broadcasting was an evolution. 1t
had to feel its way as it went along.
The bright and CHEEKY announcer
made quite a "hit" in his day, but
his day is over. Today he bores even
the morons.
In other words, the announcer is
beginning to take his true place in
the program. OF course, there will al
| ways be some who genuinely like the
Roxie-like type of happy chatter, be-
fore and after each number.
The vast majority of listeners, how
ever, probably prefer their evenings
music straight, without being served
I'D in sandwich form-4 minutes OF
music. smothered before and after in
patter.
The writer of this column, who has
long held out for the very type OF
announcing which is now coming 10
the fore, is naturally happy to con
graduate the stations upon seeing the
light in this matter.
All along we have felt that the an
nouncer was somewhat of an anomaly,
a necessary evil who ought to be
heard as little as possible. Some
months ago we even went to the eX'
tent of suggesting an "announcerless
program" the numbers to be played
one after the other, with only bare
announcement at the beginning ana
end of the entire evening.
To date no station has attempted
this, so far as we know, but maybe
one will try it some day. The an
nouncer is the victim Of circumstance.
We feel sorry for the poor i i.ll;S:
who fondly imagineS that the "1nVlsl'
BILE audience" is pining to listen to his
manly voice.
The truth is that most listeners hate
| to be told, before a number, how much
they are going to enjoy 1t, and then.
after the rendition, to be informed
that they actually have reveled in it!
The announcer is the POSTMASTER
| of radio, and too often he partakes
of that prime fault of all toastmas'
| ters-he loves to hear his own voice
Is there a man in the world who has
not, at some stage of the banquet,
| longed to murder the POSTMASTER who
| insists on telling the company what
fine man the next speaker was, is
and no doubt will be?
Our wordy announcers remind us OF
the old horn-type loud speakers. The
radio industry got off on the wrong
foot Ito use a good idiorhatic express
sion) when it adopted something that
| the photograph had discarded years
ago.
Now see the trend toward cone
speakers and inclosed chamberlike
affairs in the cases where the horn is
still used. The announcer always
| struck us as the modern equivalent
| Of the unknown gentleman who used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04

occurred during the first eight months
Of the current year, or slightly more
than Twenty-Five a month. Yet there
were only seven hangings during the
first four years of the period. and five
have taken place during the first
eight months of this year. Murder Is
on the increase, but 50 is punishment,
though the punishment rate remains
astonishingly low.
1t would have been interesting had
the grand Jury returned its report in
terms of the character OF these
crimes. How many of the victims OF
these homicides were gangsters? OF
late it would appear that most Of the
slain were members of criminal
bands preyihg upon one another.
Cook County justice cannot be re-
garded as successful in the light Of
this report. The percentage of. homi'
cides punished by death is only a lit
tie more than eight.tenths Of one per
cent. There are no Hgures to show
how many of the slayers were
brought to trial. Probably many Of
them escaped conviction. Doubtless
a large number of those tried were
acquitted. while others were convicted
Of less than murder and were given
prison sentences. 1t is quite likely
that some of those thus convicted
and sent to the penitentiary are now
out on parole, or wholly free through
the lapse Of their sentences with al
lowances for good behavior.
This presentment by the Cook
County grand jury gives Chicago an
unenviable record as a crime center.
1t certainly does not establish 1t as a
stronghold of justice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04

Chief Justice Taft's recent COM
ments on the prevalent crime wave
and it's causes were received with sat
isfactiOn by the press, and furnished
the text for renewed discussion Of the
problem throughout the country. Spe-
ciflc causes pointed to by the Chief
Justice are summed up as 1.-The weak
ening Of judges powers by restrictive
State statutes; lack of sufficient ex-
penditures properly to detect and
prosecute criminals; and lack of or
ganization of the judicial force so as
to mass an adequate number OF judges
where business or prosecution Is con-
gested."
One salient point was overlooked in
the opinion of the Champaign News
Gazette: He has failed to comment
on the failure of the people to demand
paper. HE discusses English law
and it's enforcement. He has cited
the difference between America and
England, the one a melting pot and
the other q homogeneous nation. 1t
may be that difference in tempera-
ment makes administration of the
law different in the two countries.
But it must be conceded that swift
and sure punishment is a greater de.
terrent to crime than q feeling or
security built up through the years
by the failure of the public to de-
mand Immediate action. An innocent
man does not require much time for
defense. It is only the guilty VINO
requires time for softening Of society's
anger-an anger usually aroused be
cause of the knowledge that in prev1'
Gus cases delays have defeated JUS
tice."
X X X X
Quoting the Chief Justices state
ment that Gin the delay OF legal pro-
ceedings the rights of litigants are
lost, and All undue advantage is added
to the already great advantages OF
the rich man in court" The SANTA
Barbara Daily News recalls that Pres
ident Coolidge has remarked that
Justice delayed is justice denied
and adds: mo Juggling of figures can
serve to alter the fact that justice Is
DELAYED and therefore denied" in some
courts. The Jackson CitiZenPatriot
insists that eff we are to get away
from our inefficient system. the re-
form must begin with the reform of
court procedure, by giving judges
some such authority as that enjoyed
by English judges. and by curbing
the activities of parole boards which
are now permitted to veto much of
the decisions of the courts"
OF the assertion by Mr.. Taft that
"reformers forget that the chief end
OF punishment is to protect society by
deterring others from committing
crimes" the New York Herald
Tribune says: 1.-The law is made for
the protection of the citizen. Every
man may abide by it IL he chooses.
The bandits who have been preying
on the public for the last seven or
eight years are not starving men who
were obliged to rob for their bread.
They are all sufficiently intelligent to
earn their own living. They debar
themselves from sympathy when they
deliberately elect to go out with deadly
weapons and rob innocent people of
their money or;GOods> There Is moth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04

The Baconian theory might be
brought forward with advantage for
controversial purposes. 1t develops
rancor, but none comparing to that
resulting from the Darwinian theory.
not interfere with mans religion or
politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04

panionship of La Guardia for half a
term. In most cases, as in that Of La
Guardia, progressivism consists in 60
ing out and taking walk and re-
turning to the old home. All but a
few of the Bull Moosers of 1912 are
now grazing on the regular forage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-04

The ways Of fame are devious.
Years elapsed before the world in
person. as Paul Smith. And yet no
introduction to renown could have
been made under more distinguished
auspices.