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Enterprise sutf cred any delay, FOR the
voyage to Brindisi, where, according to
the present arrangement, the Prince will
take a special train to Calais.
Cairo, December 7th.-The Prince of
Wales will disembark at Suez early on
Saturday morning, according to his pre-
sent plans, He will be met there by
Lord Lloyd and both will travel by spe.
cial train, arriving at eCairo on Sunday.
the Prince is expected to rejoin the En-.
terprlse after she has passed through
the Canal.
London, December 7th. "A bulletin is
sued from buckingham Palace shortly
after midday states. The King has had
some restful sleep and his general
strength is maintained. Further inves-
tigation of the right side of the chest
will be undertaken during the day..
LUcarno. Dec. 7th--According to present
arrangement Sir Austen Chamberlain will
leave London on Saturday afternoon to
attend the League Council meeting
atiLucarnO.
London, Dec. 9TH An announcement
is made that the Govt. has offered the
University of Cambridge fifty thousand
pounds from the Exchequer toWads the
sum required to enable the University to
accept the grant of seven hundred thou
ald pounds cOnditionalIy promised by
the international education board of the
Rockefeller foundation for developments
in Agriculture, Biology, Physics and
the building of a new university library.
A further fifty thousand pounds has been
promised to the University from the
Empire marketing fund, upon 1the re.
commentator of the Empire marketing
board. The latter grant is to be devoted
to the development of research in agri.
culture and in sciences upon which agri-
cultural research depends. The project
is regarded as offering unequalIed Oppor-
tunity of providing the advancement of
science in its application to agriculture
and it is believed that the highest interest
demand that the University should be
enabled to availiitseif of.the International
Board s offer.
London, December 7th.-Mr. Locker
LampsOn, the Foreign Under Secretary,
in the House of Commons said that the
Geneva Protocol, prohibiting the use of
poison gas in war had been ratified by
only six states. The British Government
we're not prepared to ratify the protocol
unless all slgnatOries were prepared to
Go so.
New York, Dec. 9TH. = An explosion
occurred in this city this morning at a
factory engaged in the manufacture of
dIsinfectants, causing the death OF four
PERSONS, the WOunding of SIX, while tif-
teen others are missing. The of
, 1928-12-10

by members Of the Royal household to be
of a reassuring nature. The temperature
was lower, the general condition1slowly
improving and the infective process,
though remaining severe was becoming
more IocaIised. Thesfact that the doctors
omitted any mention of anxiety concern
ing the heart. to which they had referred
in previous bulletins was also regarded
as a satisfactory sign. 1t was pointed out
however that the progress must neces
sarily be slow. The indication that thereRis
some relief from anxiety in Royal circles
is afforded by the Official announcement
that Princess Mary now hopes to be able
to carry out engagements at NOrthamp-
ton next Saturday, the abandonment of
which had been contemplated.
London, Dec. 7th--Last nights bullet.
in announced the Kings general condition
remained the same as the morning report
when he was stated to be slowly improv.
ing. The locaIisation of the infection
at the base OF the right side of the chest
was rather more defined, which con-
formed to tho progress of the illness
during the last two days, The .hetin
was regarded by unofficial medical
authorities as very satisfactory and as
indicating that the resistance of the
patient is overcoming the spread of the
infection. Medical journals issued
today contain a description of the illness,
based upon the authorised statements.
They point out that the infection of the
lung is of kind from which no sudden
termination is to be expected, 1t involves
a strain on the heart, the degree of
which depends upon the virulence of the
infection and its duration. There has so
far been no appreciahle pleural etfusiOn,
but the plastic pleurisy, mentioned in
the earlier bulletins extended to the
diaphragm causing severe pains which
constantly needed mitigation, while
bronchial spisn' ad led t. the iii icul-
ties. Measures directed aGaInst he in
lection included a chemical antidote and
attempts to promote a temporary in
crease of white blood corpuscles which
combat the invading bacteria. There is
reason to believe the control and per-
haps curtailment of the infection thus
has been secured. Yesterdays bulletin
encouraged this belief. Medical journal
point out, however, that there is still
an ebb and flow and that the strain on
the heart muscles of the severe infection
lasting over a fortnight might be anxious
problem in a patient over so years old.
This strain and general tOXaemia are the
chief cause of anxiety which must
continue for some days.
Suez, Dec. 7th-The Prince of Wales
and the Duke of Gloucester continue to
hasten homeward from the heart of
Africa The cruiser Fnternrisa with the
Evening star., 1928-01-30
Protest Sewage Plant
At Mount Rainier
To the Editor o. The Star;

To the Etij;or o. The Star;
VIII you please allow space for pro-
test against the maintenance by the
District of Columbia Of the sewage dis
poSai pumping station ~ Brentwood
road and Eastern avenue on the bound
ary line al Mount Rainier. Md?
I have the information this station
vas placed there many years ago when
this section was in wood and unsettled
Since then. however. this nelghborhood
has become built-up community of
residences. both i'll Mount Rainier ana
on the District Of Columbia side.
This place frequently becomes clog
ged and oyerfiowS. the residue being
surface drained through the town OF
Mount Rainier, 10 the great menace
of the health and~Welfare Of the people
This pumping station Is located In
the center of Eastern avenue northeast
together with two large oak trees, form
ing an obstruction Ia travel Several
autos have collided with this building
or trees III the past two years,
II is not only by reason ot the In
sanitary condition and danger 10 travel
that makes IL at once a nuisance. but
II Is also an eyeSore 10 the adjacent
property owners, and holds III deprcci-
alton the value of our property
The citizens Of Mount Rainier have
at various times appealed IA the DIS
trict Of Columbia authorities for the
abatement of this nuisance With no
results. {, H. ADAMS,
Evening star., 1928-01-30

While Trotsky has certain sentimental
following. he is no longer the powerful
influence that he was during the Lenin
regime. when he was in command of
the army, Of which It was understood
he was the idol. As q matter Of fact
there Is evidence that the army is de-
voted only to its paymasters. As for the
people themselves, when not phlegmati-
cally complacent toward the established
regime they are inclined to 60 in the
other direction from sovietism as nov
established from that in which Trotsky
would go. In other words. there Is rea-
son to believe that great numbers Of the
Russian people would prefer q further
modification of Soviet rule to a re-
turn to the early ultra communist
regime of which Trotsky was the ex-
emplar.
Stalin's position at Moscow may not
be altogether secure, but his weakness is
probably due to the reaction toward
conservatism rather than to any reac-
ton toward the bolshevism of the earlier
days. As for the army. 1t will fight for
those who provide it with food and
clothing and kopecks.
Evening star., 1928-01-30
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRICEWELL.

| something which he had no right
to do!
Especially is he regarded as a sap
by those who borrow his beloved vol
umes. One might innocently think,
offhand, that the borrower would not
look a gift horse in the mouth.
Nothing is further from the truth.
however. He or she-they are all alike
asks for book, Is given one from a
priced set keeps 1t three months. with
out deigning to read it. and then be-
comes horribly offended If the owner
dares hesitatingly to ask for its return
Why. she doesn't recall the book at
all--are you sure she borrowed it,
wasn't 1t some one else? - what did
1t look like?--well, she will look for It
/ again-~well, here it is. she was lucky
to find 1t. she hadn't read 1t yet, and
no one remembered ever seeing it--you
we're lucky ever to get it back again,
no doubt.
Undoubtedly!
| * X k*
The man who is crank about his
! home or about his car, wants his home
and grounds and his car to be in as
good a condition as he can maintain
them.
| AS to his house, he wants 1t to be
we'll painted not only because 1t pro-
| tects the wood and improves the ap-
pcarance. but above all because it sat-
isfies his ideas of the way home should
be kept.
AS to his lawns, he desires them to
be in good sod. not alone because this
improves the appearance OF his entire
| property and increases the value of
| his holdings. but mostly because it Is
! in keeping with his ideas Of the way
grounds should be kept.
AS TO his car. he likes to see 1t Shin
| ing. we'll painted and always washed.
and its engine functioning perfectly,
not only because such care results in
more enjoyment and a good resale
value. but. before all. because this is
the care a good car ought to receive.
Cranks. one and all! And yet they
! are the good people who keep up prop
erty values. maintain clean cities, take
| an interest in civic affairs. keep homes
and lawns habitable and attractive and
! make the interior of a house into a
| homei
| Without these good cranks. men
! everywhere would dwell in conditions
/ inferior to those they now enjoy. for
| the influence of such cranks permeates
! whole neighborhoods and extends to
! those who do not even know Of their
| existence.
| 1t will be realized that such persons
| although they sometimes cause trouble
and annoyance 10 careless persons, in
reality scarcely deserve to be called
| ''cranks" at all. since an argument
might easily be put up that they are
merely good citizens
| The person indifferent to beauty. for
| instance. reSents the care which his
! neighbor takes OF his own lawn. and
calls him crank and crouch II he
dares to demonstrate. although in the
best possible spirit, against the needless
| spelling OF his turf by others.
! Yet this crank is simply a more CIV
I ilized man, everything else being e1ual.
. than his neighbor who seems to have
no conception of the value of decently
maintained home grounds.
| Civilized and uncivilized men are no
! longer known by their wearing or not
wearing OF clothes. but more often BY
| their conduct in relation to the things
they own
Evening star., 1928-01-30
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day

Gen. PershIng Is preparing for an
army of 100000 men In France. A
member Of the generals staff SAYS plans
are progressing an n gigantic scale.
proof that America has gone into the
war In big wuy, Hinted at
Washington that Leonard Wood may
remain IN France to serve IN war coun-
cls or some other conspicuous capac~
ity. Federal Board of Vocation.
al Training asks Senate for $40. 900 oOn
to educate the disabled soldiers and
sailors returning from the war.
Sixteen former German liners have al
ready arrived at French ports carrying
American troops. one Of them the lr~
viathan. The announcement Is made
officially To offset false reports clrcu~
lated by Germany among her own peo-
pie 10 create unIustified confidence IN
the German submarine, Field
Marshal Won Hlndenbtte warns strikers
ia Berlin 10 quit immediately,
sixty thousand workers IN the krupps
plant have left their work. and II IL
estimated that at least 500 900 are now
ON strike. strikers committee issuea
uilimatum 10 German government con-
tanning eight principal demands the
flrst of which Is peace, Allied
representatives name three 4 commit =
tee on shipping control Ia speed men 10
pershing and get 4 million additional
men Acrosa durink lela. -..~.-.-.-----u.-
Evening star., 1928-01-30
Says American Flag
Is Flying Over Dump
IL The FIltur ~ The Star:

10 the Ejtar ot The star;
wish IL call your attention 10 n
condition existing here IN The City o;
Washington. the Capital f The United
States.
For hundreds of wears our patriots
have fought Courageously "a defend Gar
flag and If at any time II WAS abused
they woutd willingly lay down their
lives Ia save Il from any disgrace, and
,t Mas only during onf recent World
War shown how happy our buys wrre
to make tho supreme sacrifice and have
gone on IL the great beyond" but our
flag remained unstaIned
For several months have noticed en
car that an American nag waves on
high over one ot the 0sltat Spats III
onr city the dump. lotatrd on Hen
ning road northeast,
have never passed this place with
ont feeling that 'aur ftas" cries ont 10
be taken away from there
ANY one possessing an American fias
hnists II with plde and with honor
and when the nag II tWvrrd Ii is care
flily falsivd and handled Wislt dignity
ana reverence pray tell me why shouId
an American fiag which Is respected III
every civillsbd land he ftawn from ssth
n place IA this dump
cannot help feeling that the im-
preston can be compared With the
;laht of seeing gaihage wagon .leco'
rated with an American mas
,.........u- CLARA WISEAiAN.
Evening star., 1928-01-30

war on the other side OF the world
The opening gun Of American inter-
vention seems TO have been fired by
Secretary Wilburs inquiry into the
sale OF Juice" from the Hawaiian naval
oil reserve TO the Royal Dutch Shell
outfit. and thence to British and Japa-
nese consumers. The piquant feature
Of eventual State Department support
OF the Standard In It's fight with the
British oil combination is the Soviet
Russian angle. The ruction ranges
around the Standards marketing in
India of oil 1t buys under concession
from the bolShevist government The
Soviet is still on Secretary Kellogg S
black list II he goes 10 bat for the
Standard in the Royal Dutch Shell i'm
broglio. he will. In manner Of speak
ing, be backing Red Russia. It's good
thing our distinguished foreign minis
ters hair Is already about as white as
ii can get.
II Mr.. Smith of Illinois and Mr.. Ware
Of Pennsylvania were trying to break
into the Senate in any but presiden-
tial year. they might have o chance.
But this is 1928. and they're out Of luck
The Democrats wouldn't vote to admit
the "slush fund twins" under any cir
cumstanceS. but astute Republican
Senators are fighting just as shy of
doing So At least certain ambitious
Republicans are. The roll call barring
Smith contained the names of all three
Republicans who are avowed or semi
avowed candidates for President-CurtiS
Of Kansas, Willis OF Ohio and Norris OF
Nebraska. The way III which New
berry Senators" were moved down in
1922. 1924 and 1926. when they came up
for denomination or reelection. Is still
in vivid and painful memory on Capitol
Hill.
Hearings on the District of Columbia S
plea for national representation will be
renewed before the House Judiciary
committee this week Last week this
observer broadcast across the country
by radio brief statement OF "voteieSs
Washington's" plight and claims The
air audience. as his experience Of five
years has proved. is fair audience.
That explains the shoals of letters pill
Ing In on him conveying In almost every
case Cd the writer's astonishment that
Washington is de American!zed by lack
Of national suffrage. and 20 the aSslr-
ance that once the country at large Is
asked. through the State Legislatures.
to right that wrong, action will promptly
ensue. There seems TO be unanimous
agreement with the Districts conten-
ton that taxation without representa-
tion Is tyranny today just rs much as
It was In lT76.
tconyrsht 1921
Evening star., 1928-01-30

the weather. the operating force re-
ports for duty. Travel may be difficult
to the point Of almost prohibition, but
the switchboard girls must get to work.
and they do.
It would be we'll for those who use
the phone in such emergencies to con-
slider that the wire traffic is much
heavier than usual. and to be patient
with the delays and mistakes incident
to the crowd of calls. Everybody. OF
course. wants immediate service. but
everybody cannot get 1t when the
switchboard lights and the exchanges
are flashing at twice the normal rate.
The girls who are working the switch
boards have themselves had hard time
getting to their exchange stations.
In the old times the horse was de-
scribed as mans most faithful servant
But in these days. especially when ma
ture nips humanity, truly the telephone
plays that role.
Evening star., 1928-01-30

An interesting report on aircraft
fatalities made public by the Bureau OF
Aeronautics Of the Navy Department
following q study OF large number OF
accidents demonstrates that the human
and not the mechanical factor Is chiefly
responsible for mishaps. Stating that
three hundred and forty per cent Inn
provement In safety had been brought
about In six years. the report points
out that eighty per cent OF the fatalities
for this period can be traced directly
to personnel. Bad air Judgment and
inexperience are cited as the two prin-
cipal faults Of the human element in
flying and the report strongly recon-
mends that service ayistora should
spend more time aloft In order that ex-
perience may be gained and instructive
judgment developed.
With the three hundred and forty per
cent improvement In construction and
safety. It Is up TO the personnel TO match
this record in the human factors OF
flying. In the early days OF aviation,
when the wings OF the plane we're
liable TO fold up In the air II subjected
70 unusual strain, or the motor. after a
short period OF running, would be prone
TO 90 dead. the few hardy souls who
went aloft literally took their lives In
their hands. Now. however, with air
planes generally safe and well con-
ssructed. man must prove himself ca
pable OF meeting mechanical improve
msnn with additional mental and
physical abilities 10 cope with the un-
nsual conditions OF the upper atmos-
Dhere.
Evening star., 1928-01-30
The Phone and the Storm.

II is in such emergencies III yester-
days snoysDrm, which hit Washington
unawares and greatly oeranged the life
o! the community, that the value OF
the telephone is most manifest. Yet
ths prevent generation has been -
accustomed 10 this means u c0Dmnni-
cation that even IN such conditions the
phone service is taken for granted With
out particular thought,
With snow bsnking skse exesis and
in many CASES biocking egress from
garages, with street Tar Iihss tsithd
and ecf1ecJieS ciSarranged. with walk
ing MADE eztseneiy difhcult and even
dangerous, with all ventures out Of
cooss tTogblesone and tsNng u
strength and nlenseing 20 health. the
teleplaons k the city dyeiler's be-.
friend.
With the family car out of conmih-
sion, M. Urbanik may phons for q
esb. or ne may phone for q motoi
6oc.oY 10 get the machine ia sHtion
His wife may phone for suDphss. lie
may ph r W Lis Dfbcf ~ explain hi,
prospective tsIoinhss u his sLstIcs
from these sesns u ths days b4sinsss
His wife may pL0He W cancel socisI en-
ksEsnsnts.
In tie few hours " snow visitation
the telephone il the great Ttadius'Er
Consequently sn exceptionally hfsy,
burden h Laid upon the system. Nov
thst wires are mostly carried under
ground there ere few b,ssksgss How
ever great the increase Of phone uaf'
O. uzes6sxes mi thxpNfh, H0HsyH ~
Evening star., 1928-01-30
The Pro.Trotsky Revolt Report.

Every time Leon TrotAky has been
disciplined by the goyiet organization si
Moscow reports have circulated that o
counter revolution hsA been started In
lis behalf by those who hold with him
for the ms zimum of boIsileyist principles
and practice. But on each occasion this
reported reaction has proved To be O.
myth Now that Trotsky has been exiIed
once nlHe the counter revolution stnry
starts anrw. From various quarters
come dispatches that d military revolt
hss broken out In MOSCOW. oIls of them
going ~ far ss ~ say that several diu~
sions u the Soviet army have bfeken
discipline sHd srs now BDHibafding lhe
Russian capital. From MOSCOW itself
however. comes d specific denial. which
declares ,hese reports 10 be sheer fic-
ton" and segedits them 10 certain
press dispatches telling of the shortage
VI staple supplies at the capital
II A altogether probable that there IL
% yytb IN the pza.TypAky rslslt ltDz
Evening star., 1928-01-30

As soon as the man had washed the
windows, dried them. and departed. the
two business men looked at each other
If my wife saw that window" an
nounced one. "she would have a mt"
There is no housewife In Washington
who would pass It," agreed the other,
as he pointed out several neat streaks.
A third exccutive-every one seems 10
be an executive nowadays-spoke up:
II have a relative who Is crank
about cleanliness. Her husband came
home the other day with some tar on
the bottom of his pants"-he did not
say trousers-"and he sat down on the
windowsill. and left smudge on 1t. and
she gave him"
I'm for cranks!" shouted out the
second executive. with fervor. I'm Tor
cranks," he repeated. solemnly. We
ought to have more of 'em. I'm tired
of people who don't do what they arc
supposed to do"
And he pointed at the still dirty
windows.
Well. why not cranks?
A crank, after all. Is simply some one
who carries something farther than
most of us do. We do not refer to the
half cracked" man who harbors de-
lusion. or an idea that is not feasible.
The crank of whom We speak is
simply the man or woman who insists
on perfection. in so far as that Is pos
sible of attainment by human beings,
What would the world do without him
and especially her?
The first instance that comes to
mind, Of course, is the cranky house,
wife.
Perhaps she was more common in
the old days of the Republic than to-
day. when cigarettes have taken the
place of the broom. and the bridge
table OF the dustpan
Yet many such household cranks
exist. to the eternal bewilderment of
Grass male beings who insist on throw
ing the sheets of the Sunday news
paper on the floor. one by one, as they
finish reading them.
Perhaps few men who engage in the
pleasant pastime of strewing the news
Of the world from the front door to
the staircase can be made to realize
that this Is an utterly unnecessary
gesture.
"Oh. what difference does it make?"
such thoughtless being will murmur.
Aren't they nica clean papers?"
"If you had to Dick them up
This is the only answer the neatness
crank ever has been known to make.
one which proves eminently unsatisfac-
tory to the criminal streWer. of course
Yet 1t is undoubtedly true that If he
had the task OF picking up the sec
tions and pages. one by one. and put
ting them into neat pile again, the
chances are 10 to that he would read
his paper thereafter III more orderly
manner.
y X
The man who is a crank about his
books deserves mention.
To him book Is not just something
to be read In any manner. but friend
which should be handled as a friend
To cut the pages of the volume with
buttered knife. or to "dog-ear" them.
or 10 riimple them in other ways-each
OF these actions is an offense against
friendship.
Yes. he is cranky about his books.
and he makes no apology to any one
for being so.
Yet others constantly resent his care
OF his own books, as IL he were doing
Evening star., 1928-01-30
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