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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-29

in the memorable New York national
convention In 1924. His speech on that
occasion, Of course, was intended for
campaign consumption and to influence
votes in the convention. Therefore, Ii
was somewhat f1amboyant, as is usual
on such occasions, but 1t contained
some interesting facts AS 1t tells some
things about Smiths popularity in his
own State, it may not be out of place in
this sketch, especially since that
popularity has now spread far beyond
the borders of his own State.
He has been elected To Office II
times" Roosevelt said. Chosen gov
ernor by this State first in 1918, he
suffered the only defeat of his long
career in 1920. But 1t was defeat
more glorious than victory. When our
national ticket in the State of New
York went down to defeat under the
plurality of 100000 votes, he lost
this State by only $4,000 He got
1000, 900 votes more than did take
my hat of to him! Over 500, 900 people
who voted the Republican national
ticket split their ballots to testify their
undying confidence in this Democratic
governor. and rose again in their
might at the next election and re-
elected him governor by plurality OF
384,945, the largest plurality ever given
any candidate for governor In the his
tory of the United States"
Has Personal Charm.
Gov Smith is full Of personal charm
and is always surrounded by admirers
Newspaper men like TO cover" him
He Is always good news" He has q
habit Of coming epigrans that catcf
the popular fancy. Through all his
life Of heavy responsibility ne has al
ways remained a boy He loves to &c
TO the circus with children and eat
peanuts with them. He has Ions
maintained his own private family
menagerie and one OF his delights 4
to feed the animals Once year hs
eats chicken with New York Citys
newsboys.
Sometimes in his spare moments h
plays golf. He once described himsel!
as CIVIL War player-out IN 81 ane
back in 6S. He is not much Of q read
err, except Of the Bible, state docu
ments and the newspapers Once n
shocked woman who asked him x
name his favorite book. He replied
THE Life and Works OF John l.. Sulli'
yan." but as matter Of fact he doesni
90 to prize fights. But he loves a joke
While he Is a graduate Of the T. +
M, and incidentally OF the New Yors
Legislature and governorship, the gov
ernor is also a doctor OF laws, Thi'
degree was conferred on him By
Columbia University. President Nicholas
Murray Butler In comforting 1t describ
ed him as drained in the hard scf1oo
of the many-sided and cosmopolitan
life; alert, spirited, corrageou'
and constantly speaking the true yoic'
Of the people"
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fists, you know, like to say gloomily.
What is man but the descendant of
n protoplasm" whereas the only I'M
portant phase of the matter, of course,
is that protoplasm ever turned into
Mussolini or Charles Lindbergh.
Career Is Amazing.
Mrs Al Smith is native to New York's
East Side, but those who have followed
her career with insight are amazed that
Catherine Dunn has come to be this
poised woman who presides over the
executive mansion of the great En-
pire State.
Glance back. There she was, little
Katie Dunn, born and brought up near
Brooklyn Bridge in neighborhood
where the sidewalks OF New York are
the Fairgrounds of little pig-tailed girls
and where home life is simple in the
extreme. Mr.. Dunn worked hard and
managed to keep his family in COM
Portable circumstances least COM
Portable enough for Catherine to at
tend a church school and take sing
ing" She had nice voice.
Along came AL Smith. who hadn't a
penny In the world, and heard her sing
prettily at club entertainment. and
fell in love with her AT that moment,
as it may turn out, Presidents wife
was chosen. Whether 1t comes to pass
or not, such notion would have caused
a boot of derision in the Dunn, family
IL 1t had been suggested then. "A
President of the United States that
can't go TO party till he's rented a
dress suit" they would have shrieked
We'll, ] guess not And no young fell
low like that for our Catherinel"
But the young woman was doing ex-
aetly what the people Of an entire State
have done since-~she was falling for
Al Smith. He has an incorrigible way
of getting what he goes after. He went
after the heart of pretty blue-eyed,
brown haired Catherine Dunn-and he
got it. Her parents packed up all the
rest of Catherine and moved 1t way up
town to escape him, but her heart
stayed behind. down by the bridge, 1t
was no use They gave up.
In 1900 AL was making S75 month,
and they decided to let the young folks
work Ii out fer themselves. They were
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JUST MRS. SMITH,
NE|GHBORS' TERM
Wife of Leading Candidate
for Democratic Nomination
Is UnaSsuming.
BY SARAH COMSTOCK.

Recently / have come to know
woman about whom there are five facts
so significant that have listed them:
/. Although she has quite lately had
an operation, she does not speak of it.
@ Not having read THE Bridge of
San Luis Rey" she does not pretend
that she has.
3. She has lived for % years with
the same husband in unbroken happi-
ness
4 Not enjoying grand opera, she
frankly says so.
S. She has no servant problem.
She is Mrs. Alfred z. Smith, wife OF
the Governor of the State of New York.
and one OF the outstanding potential
candidates for the position of mistress
OF the White House and First Lady OF
the Land And she's Mrs. Smith
just Mrs. Smith. that's all -
Several times I had heard this phrase
from several persons, From an old
time neighbor Of the Smiths down
Oliver street way and from somebody
who calls at the executive mansion in
Albany, from a servant, and from the
wife of legislator. Just Mrs Smith"
they all said But not until my own
visit with her did realize that in those
three words lies the complete summing
up of this woman. From first TO last,
In every relation and In every place,
she Is and she remains "juSt Mrs
Smith"
The maid said: win you please 20
into the pink ROOM" and then in n
few moments there was a quick light
step and somebody was Fastening down
stairs and through the room beyond
with passing chirrup to a canary, and
coming brislgly In with welcoming
hand out-~just like that.
No Theatrical Entrance.
Now ] want TO stress this matter of
the entrance, because ii Is immensely
significant. Many persons stage IL with
care, especially when they know they
are about to sit for q quill-pen Dor
trait A famous woman once received
me after she had stood herself in A
window where the sun fell upon her
FURNISHED hair, while she held the cur
talIls parted above her head in a pos
lure that must have been excruoiating
TO the arm muscles before / arrived
Some enter with majestic sloWness and
an eye to the lighting effect. Mrs.
Smith hurried in as II / was dropping
around one afternoon III Oliver street
and she was ready for comfy little
chin"
That was exactly what took place.
During the time that we spent to-
getller We talked about all the things
beneath the heavens and above the
earth that two women do talk about
clothes and clubs and theaters and
babies and motoring and husbands
and when 1t was over, we hadn't really
begun.
And / don't believe that for one
moment Of that time she recalled that
she was sitting for portrait any more
than | recalled that l had Travelled all
the way from New York to Albany to
draw one, And all because ahe Is 80
simply, SO graciously, SO frankly, so
dlsafmingly, so uneonaeoualy, so un~
pretentioilsly and so winningly "mst
Mrs Smith"
Look nc this woman in the light OF
her AlgENEX. and EeallFe her. RQHle Rglens
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Collects Antiques.

Collects Antiques.
But II she doesn't like books and
grand opera, she does like American
antiques, and her chief sport is driving
to every corner upstate where she
can find them for sale One day after
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defeated for Re electlon.

Uefeatfd Tor Hf-tIffLDu.
In 1920 Smith was defeated for re-
election. but he electrified the State by
running close 70 election at time when
Warren O Harding carried the State
~ President by nlillion votes. Taxing
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RUMANIANS PROTEST
KEYNOTE SPEECH
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, June 2S.~~The Amer
lean Rumanian Association yesterday
sent q note OF protest To the chairman
Of the Democratic convention, taxing
cognszance OF what 1t believes to be a
gross misrepresentation of the situa-
tion Of the Rimania1 peasant" in the
keynote speech Of Claude q. Bowers.
The message referred TO Bowers
statement that I'VE are going back" to
the time before "the Pittsburgh Bra
tianu had decided To make Rumanian
peasants OF American farmers"
The protest message declared that
Bowers has uniustly iolted nation
which Is far ahead Of It's neighb0rg on
the road TO democracy"
"The state OF the Rumanian peasant
IN not 10 out -of -dnte as to Justify a.
party taking 1t as an example Of misery
and putting II before the American
farmer as scarecr0W." the message
.aaAA 49, q "a
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fit your cereal dish. Baked. And,
last, toasted butternut brown.
What wonder Mnffets, so light, SO
crisp, crumble In your mouth
What wonder they absorb and
blend so perfectly with cream and
sugar, with fruit juices of all kinds!
Yet keep, In every combination,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-29

These Muifet eaters--how they do
consume them! Not SO surprising,
though, If you know Muffets.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. neverdreamed
IL could be! Cooked first. Then
drawn to q filmy-thin, open-tex-
tured ribbon. Wound, layer on
layer, 10 a size and shape that just
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
CANADA T | n D s
RADIO PACT
|RKSOME

International radio war clouds
were gathering today as the Federal
Radio Commission was prepared to
put into effect it's new allocations
to clear chaos from the American
ether.
Reports were received from Can
adian sources that a 5,00O-watt sta
ton, in course of construction at
Winnipeg, which had been refused
an exclusive channel by the com
mission might go on the air despite
the ban.
If the new Winnipeg station,
owned by the provincial govern
ment, operates on frequency not
assigned to Canada, it means the
development of serious interference
to American stations on the same
wave channel.
Furthermore, officials pointed out
here, if the Winnipeg station oper-
ates in defiance of the American
authorities and the informal inter-
national agreement assigning Can.
ada six exclusive bands, other Do.
minion broadcasters may decide to
transmit at all hours and use other
American channels.
The agreement alloting six out
of the 90 channels of the broadcast
band to Canada was reached some
years ago. Since that time broad.
casting has been marked by great
expansion in the Dominion and sta
ton operators have expressed dis.
satisfaction at the arrangement.
Demand was voiced some time
ago for 12 exclusive channels for
Canada, Cuban and Mexican sta-
tions also are seeking channels and
recognition and it is likely that a
North American conference to ad-
just the situation will be called
soon.
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
Despondent Mother
Dies of Gas in Home

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19.-De-
spondency over her failure to effect
q reconciliation with her husban nd
is believed to have prompted the
suicide OF Mrs. Ida Trickey. 20.year.
old wife of Charles Trickey, who
was found dead from gas in the
bathroom other mothers home.
The woman. who was married
three years ago, was the mother
of a two-year-old boy. Charles Sd.
1t was the crying of the child that
awakened the girls mother, Mrs.
Eva Hammer, and led to the dis
covery of the body.
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
Foreign War Veterans
Give $500 for Storm Aid

A $500 check was given by the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars to the
American Red Cross yesterday for
the aid Of cyclone victims in Porto
Rica ard Florida.
The donation was presented to
John Barton Payne, Red Cross
chairman, by Eugene v. Carver, of
Boston, commander in chief of the
veterans organization.
Commander Carver told Red Cross
officials that the funds of his or
ganizations, although chiefly, de-
voted to disabled ex-service men
and their dependents. have fre-
quently been used for relief or dis
aster sufferers.
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
Sues to Divorce Wife,
'Nagging' Him to Church

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Sept. 10
Whether asking a husband to go to
church constitutes sufficient grounds
for divorce In the problem that
Judges Reno and Iobst must decide.
Frank B. Geary sued Vinetta
Geary for a divorce, alleging nag
ging. The woman's attorney took
exception to the charges which in
cluded. in the first place, her re-
quests to attend church; and in the
second, her pleas to move to a
better neighborhood to which she
was entitled" as a Christian
woman.
The judges will hand down a
decision later.
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
Man, Woman Held as
His Wife Raids House

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19.--Rob-
ert l.. Latlmer. jr., Philadelphia ma
chinery manufactures, and Mrs.
Hazel r. Manning. wife Of Ray
mond Manning, Lawndale detective,
were arrested in rooming house
at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Manning's apartment was
raided by Constable Berg, Mrs.
Pauline L. Latimer and Detective
Manning. Latimer and Mrs. Man.
ming were held In 81, 900 bail each
for a further hearing before Mag
istrate Farrell on statutory charges.
According to Mrs. Latin1er, she
has been separated from her hus.
band for a year.
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
Bandit Uses Hammer
To Beat StOrekeeper

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. ID
Struck on the head with a hammer
while alone in a chain grocery store
at Roxborough, OF which he Is
manager, Harry Snyder. 40. was
knocked unconscious and robbed Of
$50. He is in the Memorial Hos.
pital.
Snyder was placing the money in
an envelope to deliver to a collector
when he saw the robber enter.
The man picked up a hammer lying
on the counter and struck him.
When he regained consciousness,
the robber had fled. A customer,
entering the store, found Snyder
and notified the police.
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
MINE BREACH SINKS CARS

POTTSVILLE, Sept. 1S.-fiV''
loaded cars disappeared into ml''e
breach at the Lawrence Coi'le'S
and II was necessary to procure
cranes of both the Reading ana
Pennsylvania railroads to pun thein
out
The Washington times., 1928-09-19
Stamina and
speed proved By

Any one of these four Studebaker Presidents
might just as easily have been your new car.
But for pure chance they would have been
sent to some Studebaker dealer.
There's a new Studebaker President Eight
sedan at (think of it!) $l685, waiting
for you to command its power. From the
great 100 horsepower motor to the velvet
riding ball bearing spring shackles-an
exclusive Studebaker feature-it's as like
the four record-breaking Presidents as the
four corners of a square! Come in and
drive it NOW!
The Washington times., 1928-09-19

You can experience the thrill of driving car
Identical with those which won this amazing
victory over time and distance. For The Pres
ident Eight roadsters and sedans which made
the greatest record in the history of trans
Studebaker assembly line by A.A.A. officials.
At Atlantic City Speedway these four shin
ing-new President Fights, their motors sealed
by the A. A. A., swung wide-open into an
ordeal such as no cars ever faced before. For
l9 days and 18 nights the two roadsters
averaged better than 68 miles per hour, the
sedans GALS and $500 miles per hour!
Evening star., 1928-06-07
SAYS SOVIET CITIES
LACK BREAD SUPPLY
Head of Russian Central
Committee Urges 0rganiza-
ton of Growers.
BY The Assaciateo Press.

Ey the Assacisteo Press
MOSCOW, June Michael Kalinin
president of the all-RusSian central Sx-
ecutive committee. addressing the all
Russian conference Of agricultural CO.
operatives. stated hluntiy today that the
cities Of Soviet Russia are inSuhlclcnfly
provided with bread
Touching upon the results of the
"anti-fSt" campaign 10 force wealthy
Peasants 10 sell their grain 10 the gov
crnmsnt. Kallnin Seic that from the
standpoint Of the direct fruits Of the
campaign the results were sad for the
Soviet Unicn.
Urges Intensive Organization.
What does it meane Must we turn
back" he asked Some people are
craving such an inference Shall We
SO back? Is our policy corrcctH Shall
We revise il? After 10 years We have
reached a point where the cities lack
bread and We must realize that the
cificulty is not the result ot accident
or a poor crop"
After sounding this extremely peSsi-
riStic note. kalinin stated. We did
not so forward 10 turn back. We must
remedy The situation"
After pointing out that prc-war Rus
sia had produced about l,l00.000,o00
bushels OF marketable gram, the lan0-
owners alone producing S00,00o.00n
bushels annually, kalinjn proposed that
the only way 10 restore Soviet RusSia's
agriculture to the pre-war standards
under existing conditions was intensive
organization Of the middle class and
poor peasantry into collective units.
Would Increase Nations Figures.
These. If properly administered and
helped by the government, would IN due
tim replace the former landowners and
fast bring RuSSia's marketable grain
figures 10 the pre-war level, he said.
The gist of the probeln, he said was
not merely 10 produce grain, but to pro-
duce marketable grain. which the poor
and middle class peasantry. with COM
paratively small individual sllotments of
land and primitive methods Of cultiva-
ton, seem unable to accomplish.
Evening star., 1928-06-07
BY OWEN L. SCOTT.
Special Correspondent of The sta

/ NEW ORLEANS. June 6, Merely by
i enacting a f1o0d-control eill Congress
/ did no; legislate Mississippi floods out
/ Of existence So far 1t hasn't even pro-
vided directly for the financial sinews
needed l. wage the fight to a successful
i conclusion
This is emphasized along the river.
where the thought Is that another minor
/ food or two may occur before the
Mississippi is controlled Congress mas
ci1anced The theory of river control, re-
ieving the lctec districts many of
them already bankrupt the tre-
mendoas burden Of continuing their
battle Il also has authorized the eX-
pen6iture of S32500 600 for the work
and set up the machinery to carry 1t
on. bur with the money and plans in
detail 20 come later
Ten years with an expenditure OF ap-
proNimately Si90000o0 year. accord
ing to Col Charlie Potter. preside { OF
the Mississippi River Commission, will
be required 10 complete the task What
ever the time required and whatever
the cost. the river counties are trc-
mend0uSlv thankful to the rest of the
country for the way all sections have
come to their help, When the Nation
Shoul6ercd the burden they celebrated
aCatil 80 t!iCN AAN NhAl al iliaSNANF way
Absolute Insurance Not Possible.
But so long as people live so feet
below the Mississippi VIC cannot guar
antee absolute insurance against future
foods Col Potter explained BY the
end of this year We will be in better
shape to control the river than ever
before, There are enough features of
the flood control plan agreed upon so
that we can go 10 work Immediately on
projects which will enable lis to carry
any normal flood next Spring And
there is no reason to be peSsimistic
enough to expect another flood like that
o! 1927 for the next so years"
Others exDiain that a very beneficial
feature Of the whole problem from a
food control standpoint is that the par
tial completion Of the work at num-
Der Of points greatly increased flood
protection New Orleans in any event
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POLICE AID. YOUTH.
Detective Bureau Takes Up Collec'
ton when Hike Plays Out.

The desire for adventure that prompt
ed Regent Underwood. Is. TO leave his
homs in ReidsV1lle. ~ c. week agu
and hitch ride North has been more
than satisfied IL was revealed yesterday
when he was taken into custody by
HEADQUARTERS Detective Joseph Waidron.
Underwood was picked up on f street
when WaIdron saw him ask several per-
sons for money In order to eat. He
told the detectives he was completely
out Of funds and wanted 10 get some
breakfast The only food he had Pes-
terday vas q light supper. purchased
f0r him By a man who gave him a lift
he said.
The entire personnel Of the Detective
Bureau contributed 10 q collection for
the youth and he went 70 the first pre-
clnct station with enough money for
several meals
Evening star., 1928-06-07
VETERANS TO ELECT
OFFICERS TONIGHT
Foreign War Service Men Open
Three-Day Encampment in
District.

Officers for the Department Of the
District of Columbia Of the Veterans OF
Foreign Wars viii be nominated and
elected tonight. in conjunction with the
tl1ree-dav annual encampTnent. which
onened last night at the Arcadia Three
candidates for department commander
are in the field-Capt. Frank NJ Lock-
head. Mai Edgar H Hale and Mai
Harry Coope
Joseph F Beattie, department COM
naander. presided at last nights session.
There are now seven posts Of the Vet
Grams OF Foreign Wars in Washington.
ore of them. the Robert (. Peary Post.
the all-Navy outfit which is the largest
in the world This post has 1850 mem
bers. scattered all over the world, and
Is taking an active part in the encamp-
naent.
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will assure safety to the property OF
millions of others In the valley.
To those who live III the path OF the
floodway farther up on the Mississippi
floods are nothing new. but down among
the picturesque Arcadians Of the Atcha~
falaya district the 1927 disaster gave a
new experience. The fioodway may
drive out many of them
Throughout the valley there Is re
sentiment at the charge that big lumber
companies and large plantation owners
with holdings In the nath Of the pro-
posed f1oodway intend to gouge tn
Government in disposing Of theff rights
Those involved say that the charges
were made on the flimsieSt Of preteXts
without the slightest foundation And
it is emphasized that food control is
not reclamation project and not on
that will directly enhance land values.
Work on Project Outlined.
The work involved IN carving out
provisions of ,he new project is largely
one Of hauling dirt to raise and
strengthen levecs during the first year
or So Then there is a big tasE in clear
ing land titles in the floodway and spill
way areas One of the engineering
tasks that will tax the best brains Of
Evening star., 1928-06-07

the profession comes when the new
flood-control commission seeks to put
the river into a fixed channel and Keep
il there Through past ages the Mis-
4issippi has exercised its seemingly un-
changeabe prerogative to go where 1t
wishes Now 1t is to be tanned and pdt
where 1t belongs
This Is the lob that will take the
time and much of the money The
congressional provision for $325 900 000
Evening star., 1928-06-07

Is spoken of as a big start. But 1t is
emphasized that the first appropriation
for the Panama Canal was $3.50, 100000
and that the Government spends nearly
S150,000,000 on Federal aid for con
struction OF highways each year The
Mississippi promises to continue TO be
4 long-drawn-out and expensive prob
lem
(Copyrieht 1929 by the Consolidated Press
Association
Evening star., 1928-06-07
Princeton Alumni Gather.

The fnaI luncheon Of the season Of
the Princeton Alumni Association of
Washington was held yesterday IN the
University Club H G. Byrd. director
Of athletics of the University Of Mary
lsn6 was the speaker.