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The Washington times., 1927-09-12

There is agency in your neighborhoOd where VIM cav
your advertising and get assistance IN
your ad without extra charge. - V1ep"ii"a
Look for This Sign at Authorized Asencie.
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Of the

American Auto Painting Co.
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While there he was apprenticed in
the automobile painting trade.
In 1920 Mr.. Cridlin moved to
Washington and worked a year
for one Of the leading motor COM
panies Of the city. after which he
entered business for himself. On
February LIST, of this year, he es.
tablished the American Auto Paint.
ing Company at his present ad.
dress, 2O0S Georgia Avenue North.
west. where lie employs three as.
sistants. The firm specializes in
automobile painting, vanishing,
Duco spraying, seat covers and up.
hQlstering. Mr. Cridlin attributes
the success Of his business, which
has increased steadily since its in
ception, to thoroughly conscientious
workmanship.
Mr.. Cridlin Is married and IL
the father Of q four.year-old son.
For other Information regarding
the American Auto Painting Com.
pany consult the "WhO's who"
Directory ON next to the last mage
OF tOday's Times and Herald.
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ton Point and both companies
wanted to film them before they
were moved off the range, 1t was
reported.
Meanwhile, the film colony here
IL being kept posted by dispatches
from the ''front."
The Washington times., 1927-09-12

M Ss Cr1QunS
son Of p. c.
Cridlin. W ell
known artist and
d . co rator, of
Rio h naond, is
proprietor Of the
American Auto
Painting Com
pany, He was
born October 80,
1898, in Balti-
more. When he
was an infant
the Cridlin fam
lily moved to
r l c b m o n d,
where he re.
manned until he
was e & h ten
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MANIAC PERILS
ENTIRE CITY

WARSAW, Poland. Sept. ia
Residents Of craeow spent a night
Of terror when an insane soldier,
named Kornia. broke into the
Grzombalow Arsenal containing
hundreds Of tons of explosives and
stood for hours at an open win.
dow threatening to set off an omen
powder magazine and blow up the
city, said q Cracow dispatch TO.
day.
The Military Governor Of Cracow
argued with the maniac and finally
induced him to surrender after
promising to bring President Phi.
sudsh from Warsaw to see him.
Hn0uu Earth Tn.oLl~...
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UNIFORMS FOR ARMY BAND

Brand new uniforms, gray with
blue and white trimmings, are now
being made for the United States
Army Band. the War Department
announced today. A double breasted
overcoat and caps Of the Pershing
type will be included.
The Washington times., 1927-09-12

Rcsslyn. Va, ana began distributio1
Of gasoline. kerosene and lubricating
oils in Washington.
c. W. Healey, Of washington, be-
came head Of the District office.
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Earth TemhlOrs
Rock COnstantinopIe

KEW, England, Sept. 1.-Two
heavy earthquake shocks, estimated
TO have occurred LOO miles dis
tant, were recorded today on the
Kew seismograph. The shocks fol.
lowed q similar tremor recorded
at 1l21 o'clock last night.
LONDON, Sept. 1.-Two violent
shocks were felt at Constantinople
at 1920 o'clock this afternoon, &C.
cording to q Central News dispatch
from there.
Evening star., 1927-10-17

while sitting In a taxicab. Dropper
was arrested and discharged for lack
Of evidence. AS he was leaving the
courthouse he was shot to death by
one of orgen's men. Then Little
Augie" succeeded to the throne as
the gunman king of New York.
OF late Orgen has been living with
in the law" Investing his earnings
from the work Of his gang in cabarets
in upper New York he turned his back
upon the scenes of his former ex-
ploits, though keeping closely in touch
with his old associates, through a
trusted lieutenant. Lately the narcotic
squad got busy on some tips that led
directly to members of Augie's gang,
and the former leader became sus-
pect. The gangmen thought he had
turned on them. Intimations to that
effect reached Orgen, and he laughed
at the idea that he would ever peach
on a pal" A police captain met him
on the street and advised him to leave
town. He jested at the thought. He
even went so far as to go back to the
East Side and there hold conference
on the street with his trusted aide. 1t
was then that the guns barked and
both men fell, one dead, the other
sorely wounded.
There are no clues to the slayers.
They may have been former members
of the Dropper gang. or perhaps some
of Little Augie's" own men, fearful
lest he had put the police on their
trail. Possibly some may be arrested
on suspicion, but there Is little chance
of conviction. Just another gang
killing! New York looks on calmly,
speculates on the chances of further
reprisals in gangland and notes an
other man who has lived by death and
died at last by violence, paying the
inevitable penalty.
Evening star., 1927-10-17
A Kosciuszko Memorial.

Today marks the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the Battle
of Saratoga. where the genius OF
Thaddeus Kosciuszko, the Polish en-
gineer contributed largely to a much
needed victory for the then almost
despairing American Colonists. The
battle date is made the occasion OF
q public appeal for support of the
Kosciuszko Foundation, organized to
create a "living memorial" as an ex'
preston Of gratitude for services rem
dered in time Of need.
1t Is proposed with pennies, dimes
and quarters contributed by the
school teachers and children of Ameri-
ca to endow at least one scholarship
Of $4,000 to be known as the George
Washington Scholarship Of the Kos
ciuszko Foundation and dedicated "to
the friendship between this hero from
beyond the seas and the Father of
His Country" The scholarship, to
consist Of the income from the en-
dowment, will be awarded alternately
to a student from Poland at an Ameri.
can college or university and to an
American student at a Polish univer'
sity.
It is an undertaking that will make
a strong appeal to the American peo'
pie, and $4,000 is a small debt OF
gratitude for the richest nation in the
world to pay.
Evening star., 1927-10-17

"If 1t were possible to have an abso-
lutely honest, free and universal ex-
preston of sentiment at the ballot box
in Mexico" according to the Lexington
Leader, 'the world at large might dis
cover precisely what the masses think
and feel. No such referendum can be
had. On the whole, unprejudiced OBJ
servers have concluded that the Gales
administration in general has acted in
accordance with the views Of the
majority Of those citizens who can
think and are capable Of forming any,
thing like an intelligent Judgment
'Two-thirds of the population OF
Mexico is illiterate," explains the Gin
elections is not secret. What with
illiteracy and open voting, there is not
much opportunity of intelligent and
free expression at the polls. Mexico
undoubtedly is workin" toward a bet
ter day. But the better day is still
remote" The New York Herald Trib-
une in the same vein observes, 1.-THE
events south of the Rio Grande are
sickening proof, if proof was needed.
that civilization is not to be gained
swiftly by formulae or the adoption
Of alien phrases, but must come pain
fully, tediously, through the slow de-
velopment of the national character"
Nevertheless, the Chicago Daily
News states that. 'sad to say, definite
traces of the cacique idea of govern.
ment are observable by Americans at
points much nearer home than Mexico
City" That paper concludes, 1T is
to be hoped that the collapse of the
rebellion with minimum of bloodshed
and reprisals will help to bring home
to Mexicans the infinite superiority of
discussion and free voting to lawless
conspiracies and uprisings."
Evening star., 1927-10-17
Walter undoubtedly associates most
L. A.. Inne Novs

Walter undoubtedly associates most
with his major league career.
Walter, the clean-living, clean.acting
base ball player. has hung up his
glove and is anxious to settle down to
less arduous life than the major
league diamond demands. He has al
ways maintained that when the years
took toll of his great right arm to
the extent that he could no longer
keep up the high standard that he has
set he would voluntarily retire rather
than to go along as "has BEEN"
Base ball is too firmly ingrained in
Walter johnson for him ever to get
entirely away from 1t. It is very
probable that he will acquire an in
terest in some minor league club to
be associated with the game he loves,
But whatever he does his name will
live In the hearts Of those who have
seen this superpitcher, with grace
that has never been equaled, NOV
down the opposition in the heat Of a
Summer contest. Walter has been an
inspiration and an invaluable adjunct
to the game of base ball. May he reap
full reward in whatever line Of en-
deavor he chooses to take up!
Evening star., 1927-10-17
Prohibition Results
Cited i'm Its Defense
To the Editor of The Star:


The Woman's National Committee
for Law Enforcement submits some
very telling evidence Of the benefits
that our poorly enforced prohibition
law has achieved.
The U. S. Census report shows a
per capita reduction of 37.7 per cent
in crime and $50 per cent decrease
in drunkenness.
The salvation Army reports a de-
crease of so per cent in pauperism.
A poll of the college presidents
shows a decided and universal de-
crease In drinking and drunkenness
among college students.
testimony before the judiciary COM
mlttee OF the U. S. Senate in 1926 re-
Vealed great and unprecedented in
crease in the number of better homes
built and owned by their occupants.
The U. S. Census and the children's
bureau of the Labor Department. is
given as authority for the statement
tnat the law has contributed toward,
II 1t Is not actually responsible for
the saving Of a million lives.
Proh1bit1on is here to stay, not be-
cause any organization or group OF
organizations support it, but because
It saves the lives of little chcildren,
adds to the happiness Of the home
ana promotes human comfort and
progress.
Shameless and selfish lawlessness
mas baked and retarded it's beneficent
results, but prohibition at its worst
mas shown itself immeasurably bet.
ter than license at it's best.
MRS. r. E. TRICE.
Evening star., 1927-10-17
Macedonia Census
Figures Challenged
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Mr.. B. P. Salmon, a well known
spokesman for the Greeks, and. If /
am not mistaken, head Of a Greek
bureau of information, has given in
your issue Of October IL certain sta
tistics about the population of "a
small portion of the section commonly
known as Macedonia" given to Greece
as a result Of the Balkan Wars of
1912 and 1918. and Of the Great War.
He says that these statistics were
compiled In 1925 by Mr.. Charles P.
Rowland Of New York, chairman of
the Refugee Settlement Commission.
and are based upon statistics of two
other international bodies, viz. the
Mixed Commission for the Exchange
of Greek and Turkish Populations, and
the Mixed Commission for the Volun-
tary Emigration Of Greek and Bull.
garian Populations. Then he adds:
THE international character of the
three commissions responsible for
these statistics insures their being
free from racial prejudices."
The alleged statistics relate to the
years 1912 and 1926 and give the
number of Greeks, $4,000 and. 1.341..
600, respectively. We have no means
to control the exactness of the figures
given for 1926, and are willing to let
them stand as given. But for those
Of 1912 we can positively DENY their
veracity. for the simple reason that at
that time no such commissions
existed and could not have taken
them. These commissions were insti.
tuted after the end of the World War
and to ascribe an international char.
acter" to these statistics is, to say the
least. wholly gratuitous.
Mr.. Salmon acknowledges that
Greece was given a small norton"
or Macedonia. In it's geographical
limits as drawn by the best historians
and geographers of modern times.
Macedonia has an area Of about g., 900
square kilometers, or a little over
$4,000 square miles. Serbia now owns
about three.fourths of it, while Greece
owns about one-fourth. The Greek
writer Chalkiopoulos estimated in
1913 the Greek population of the
whole OF Macedonia at 600. 900. while
another Greek writer, Colocotromis
estimated 1t in 1919 at 572.718. One
naturally asks: If these statistics.
given by Greeks for the Greek popula.
ton OF all Macedonia. are reliable
how can 1t be true that the Greek
population for 1912 in a small portion
Of the country. say about one-fourth,
can amount to $4,000?
CARLYLE 8. BAER.
Evening star., 1927-10-17
Another Pays the Penalty.

Saturday night a young man stood
on the sidewalk on the East Side of
New York, a short, swarthy fellow
with a vivid scar across his cheek.
Suddenly a fusillade of shots rang
out-some say they came from pass.
ing motor car, some say from another
source-and the young man fell dead.
In the crowd that gathered quickly
were many who recognized him. He
was Jacob Orgen, better known as
Little Augie," once a gunman in the
ranks of a gang, then leader OF a
gang of his own, participant In so
many killings in the metropolis that
even the police captain Of the precinct
that compassed his activities hesitated
to enumerate them lest he be scoffed
at for exaggeration.
This young man, only thirty-three
years of age, had spent more than
half his life in violence. He became
gangster at the age Of fifteen, and
was soon known as an expert wielder
| of the knife. But when he had re-
| ceived the wound the scar Of which
he bore to his grave, and which
marked him conspicuously, he quilted
the blade for the gun. Eventually he
formed his own gang. 1t was at the
call Of any one who had the price OF
an assassination. But he had rival
powerful and more prosperous in the
business of selling death. known as
kid Dropper." From time to time
between contracts these two measured
weapons against one another. Many a
henchman on each side fell. About
four and half years ago the kid
tried to steal away the sweetheart OF
Midget" Schwartzman, one of Or
gems followers. He resisted, the gir'
was true to him, and he was shot
Evening star., 1927-10-17

ton Of phosphorus on moist air. and
that it was capable of liberating iodine
from potassium iodide. Its constitu-
ton was a matter OF doubt until SOret
determined the fact that 1t was an
allotropic form of oxygen produced by
the condensation of three volumes OF
oxygen into two Of ozone. 1t Is found
in atmosphere. is often produced by
natural agents, and can be made
easily and cheaply in commercial
quantities.
@. What was the latest date a.
which surgery was performed by bar
bers?-H. Z. d.
A. 1t is said that the last man
known to have practiced as a barber
surgeon was one named Middleditch
who died in Great Suffolk street, Lon
don, in 1921.
Q. Where does Eastern standard
time coincide with local or sun time?-
P. d.
A. 1t is almost the same in Phila-
delphia, Pa, and Utica, n. Y.
Q. What country manufactures the
| most furs into garments?-D. S.
| A. The American fur manufacture
| ing industry is by far the largest in
the world. Although great numbers
| of skins are imported, the United
/ States and Alaska produce many mere
raw pelts than any other country.
@. When was celluloid first made>
| &C. E. NJ.
A. 1t was first made in England by
Alexander Parkes in 1855, and was
| called parkesine. The modern celu-
| loid was invented and patented in the
| United States in 1869 by the Brothers
HYATT nf NaurorLZ nj
manufactured on a large scale by
| them.
@. What is a Jenny plane?-C. c. 5. }
| A. Jenny plane is the unofficial
| name given to the old Curtiss JN
training plane. This plane was used
from 1917 to September, 1927, when
the War Department discontinued it's
use Tor training purposes, as 1t is now
obsolete. This plane was not suitable
for combat service.
| @. Have different languages devel.
oped Independently. or were they
| originally one?-J. F. B.
| A. Authorities believe that all Ian.
guages had their origin in the dialects
| or one common language, whose home
is conjectured to have been between
the Baltic and Caspian Seas. The lam
| guage spread with migrations in the
different places, and the separation
and race admixture increased the diff
ferences in the dialects until they be-
came distinct languages, which in
turn spread and broke up into dialects.
@. What is the difference between
japanese tissue paper and other tissue
paper?-N. 3.
A. Japanese tissue paper is lighter
and of better quality.
Q. Can a brick building be moved?
"A. NJ.
A. Brick buildings have been sue
cessfully moved.
The keynote OF the times Is efficient
serUice. In supplying its readers tcitb
q free information bureau in Wash
in0tOn The Evening Star is HUing an
to this principle In deed and fact We
are paying for this serUice in order
that it may be free to the public. Sub
init your queries to the staff of experts
1Chose services are put at your dis.
poSGl. IncIoSe 9 cents in stamps to
cOUer the return postage. Address
The EUenin0 Star Information BM.
reGu, Frederic j. HGskin, director,
= Washington, d. G..
Evening star., 1927-10-17
Washington's Loss.

Walter Perry Johnson, the dean Of
American League pitchers and the idol
of fandom the country over, will never
again hear his name and that of his bat
terry partner beloved through mega
phone to an expectant major league
base ball crowd. For big Barney"
has asked and will be granted his un'
conditional release. He has, in his
twenty-one years service with the
Washington ball club, heard. wash
ington, Johnson and Street" johnson
and Ainsmith," johnson and Picin-
ich," and recently, johnson and
Ruel." Between times there were
others, but these are the names that
Evening star., 1927-10-17

Agriculture's name at the 1928 Demo
cratic convention. Meredith is young,
trained in public affairs, ''sound" on
the agricultural issue, as the West
sees it, and enough of a "big bust
ness representative in his own ca.
pacity to qualify as member of that
class. incidentally, Meredith looks
the part. He journeys to the Atlantic
seaboard periodically to see an under
graduate son at the University OF V1r'
ginia. Asked why Meredith, 1r.,
dad replies. Because I want him to
grow up a good Democrat.
President Coolidge doesn't want
Congress to deny the administration
the right to approve or veto foreign
loans because dollar diplomacy" is
an effective weapon in the conduct
of our international relations. That's
just been exemplified by the State
Department astute avoidance OF a
tariff war with France. Undoubtedly
it was the administrations 0. *. OF
the proposition to refund the $780,
00O, 900 French loan in New York, at
per cent less than the original rate.
that induced Paris to keep the tariff
peace with Uncle Sam. Within the
past year or two the State Depart
ment has used the loan embargo
against two foreign countries. Brazil
was denied the hospitality Of the
American money market because OF
her discriminatory coffee ''valoriza-
ton" policy. which hits every citizen
Of the United States at breakfast. A
little later the German potash sydi-
cate was turned down, at Washing
tons behest, because that monopoly
doesn't give American purchasers a
square deal.
* y X
Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall,
chief of staff, whom President Cool
idge yanked home from the Coast for
airing the Army's housing woes, has
been talking about them ever since he
assumed office a year ago. Why the
Commander-in-Chief just decided to
take notice of Summerall's outgivings
is bit Of a mystery. The general
has stressed our troops Wretched liv-
ing conditions not only in public ad!
dresses all over the country, but re-
peatedly before the military commit
tees of both houses of Congress. Sum-
merall has won reputation on Capitol
Hill for frank, persuasive speech about
the Army, such as none Of his prede-
cessors ever achieved. One of his
most ardent supporters, on the hous-
ing proposition, was former Senator
James w. Wadsworth, jr., chairman
Of the Senate committee on military
affairs. On the occasion of the dedi-
cation of a New York battle monu-
ment on Gettysburg Field q year or
two ago, Wadsworth painted a de-
pressing picture Of leaky roofs, sink
ing floors and generally insanitary
conditions under which thousands of
soldiers are living in decrepit barracks.
(Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-10-17
Mississippi Valley
Flood Relief
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
I am sending to you with this letter
a check for 500. which 1 will thank
you to pass on to the proper parties
for use in helping the sufferers from
the great flood in the Mississippi Val
ley.
This sum is the exact amount that
remained in the treasury of the for
mer Washington Athletic Club of this
city, of which 1 was president at the
time it was decided inexpedient to
proceed with the erection of a fine
clubhouse on New York avenue.
The members remaining of record
have very heartily agreed that this
balance could not be disposed Of to
better and more helpful service than
as suggested above, and I solicit your
cooperation to the extent requested.
I will be glad If you will publish
this letter for information to the for
mer membership, as well as to inspire
still further help for the needy.
Lest we forget"
PERCY S. FOSTER,
Former President,
Washington Athletic Club.
Evening star., 1927-10-17

The long-awaited meeting of the
Democratic national committee is set
for January 12, in the National Capt.
tai. There are forces at work to make
harmony the keynote of the gathering.
A Jackson day dinner, to be held here
during the week of the national COM
mittee meeting, is a possibility.
Democratic chieftains from every
section Of the country will attend the
committee conferences. Some will
come bent upon the elimination of
Gov. Smith as the Democratic nomi-
nee for President in 1928. Others will
come to take up the cudgels for the
New York governor. And behind the
name Of Smith lurk the wet and dry
and the religious issues. If the dove
Of peace can retain all her tail feath-
ers in such a gathering, the days of
miracles will not have passed.
It 10 noticeable that the Democrats
who speak most loudly for peace and
harmony in the party ranks are anti
Smith Democrats. The elimination of
the New York governor from the
presidential race is to them sine
qua non If there is to be peace. The
Smith Democrats, on the other hand,
are not so much concerned with peace
as they are with the nomination of
the governor. With them, it is Smith
or fight. They would be glad to have
peace, but they do not intend to COM
promise the principles for which they
stand, including religious tolerance.
The condition of the Democratic
party today calls for a major opera.
tion rather than soothing sirup After
days and nights Of fighting in the
Madison Square Garden, in 1924, the
Democratic hosts tried a compromise.
They put John w. Davis at the head
Of their ticket and Charles Bryan at
the other end. What happened In the
campaign and election which followed
was a foregone conclusion. No one
was pleased. The fact is, the trou-
bles Of the Democratic party. as 1t is
now constituted, are too deep-seated
for any such treatment. Sooner or
later the Democrats will reach the
conclusion that these issues must be
faced squarely. The party in the
North and East stands for one thing.
The party in the South and West
there is very little Of the party. in the
Wristbands for another. The diff
ferences have been greatly emphasized
through the political growth Of Gov.
Smith, a Catholic and wet. Indeed,
he has become the embodiment OF
these differences. He is but the in.
strument. however, which has forced
the issue over these differences. A
political accident, perhaps, but the
kind of accident that was inevitable.
Will the Democrats cut themselves
free of prejudice and select their ma
tional ticket next year with but a
single purpose in mind, the defeat of
the Republicans? 1t will be a remark
| able feat IL they do 80. Both factions
realize the situation that confronts
them. But soothing sirup does not ap
pear to be the remedy.