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Evening star., 1928-10-19
Dire Forecasts Made
For American League

From the New Castle News.
Many doleful predictions are being
made as to the future of the American
Base Ball League. Some pessimists say
that unless the domination of the New
York Yankees is ended every other
team in the league will show an annual
treasury deficit. 1t is argued that the
New York club has been winning too
consistently during the last eight sea-
sons for the good of the league.
Following out this line of reasoning,
it has been suggested that Col. Jacob
Rupert. owner of the Yankees, should
scatter his stars among the other teams
in order to restore the proper balance.
Col. Rupert, who purchased the club
when it was hopeless second-division
team and who by the expenditure OF
much time and money made it virtu-
ally invincible, has given no indication
of taking any such advice.
At midseason fan interest in the
league dropped disturbingly because the
Yankees seemed to have clinched the
league pennant. The subsequent YAM
kee slump and winning streak Of the
Philadelphia Athletics was the second
best thing that could have happened to
the league The only thing the league
needed more was first place occupied
at the end of the season by club
other than Col Ruppert's.
Next year the fans hope the other
seven American League teams will pro-
duce teams that will put up a good
fight against the New York club. so the
championship will be in doubt until the
seasons end. If they fail again, the
league will lose more fans to the Ma
t;onal League, which this year staged a
good fight to the last ditch.
Evening star., 1928-10-19
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today.

The flood of subscriptions to the
fourth Liberty loan on closing day is SO
great that the banks find it impossible
to tabulate the late subscriptions. 1t is
estimated that there were at least 90
100000 individual subscriptions to the
loan and the six billion quota may
be exceeded Wild enthusiasm every
where The beWildered and shat
tered German hordes all day long con-
tinue to give ground under the sustained
pressure by British, French, Belgian and
American troops. Indications are that
the German army is being withdrawn
entirely from invaded French and Bel
gian territory " In the area north
and south of LIE Cateau fighting of
the most furious nature is reported and
the Americans have again distinguished
themselves. The Germans here had
orders to hold the line at all costs and
the Americans and British literally had
to hack their way through =
French troops are victorious in all their
combats. In the Champagne sector
they have reached the Hunding Line,
attacked it and captured ST. Germain-
mont, taking 700 prisoners 80 There
now remains but little of German con-
quests in France save the comparatively
narrow frontier tract between Valen-
ciennes and Metz, within which are two
small but important salients On the
cast the American and French troops
are pounding away at ths German po-
sitions in the Grand Pre- Hills and
around the other, between LIE Cateau
and Rethel, the Germans are being
forced to abandon it or be surrounded
by French troops = In the recent
bombing expeditions our aviators
brought down 18 enemy planes without
the loss of an American plane =
,440 casualties on list given out today.
including 467 killed in action and dead
from wounds, 761 wounded and 1875
missing.
Evening star., 1928-10-19
stop and search all vessels coming II
from the sea-"

stop and search all vessels coming IN
from the sea-"
1t is obvious that this incident should
be investigated by higher officials than
the one who v'os so lacking in concep-
ton of duty as to say to the head of a
family who had been enjoying HARM
less yachting trip that he had mo
apologies to Offer" and who would give
orders to his men to shoot to kill" :"
Undoubtedly, Coast Guardsmen along
the New Jersey shore have tough GUS
toners to deal with in the smuggling
Of liquor, but indiscriminate and poten-
TALLY murderous enforcement methods
are not to be tolerated by a civilized
Government. In the killing of Mr.. Han
son the enforcement officers have much
to account for. and it is passing strange
that this agency would risk further
investigation into its methods. An in
vestigation should be begun at once.
not on complaint of the outraged VIC
tim or because of public indignation,
but because all Government agencies
should purge themselves of those who
bring shame on their name.
Evening star., 1928-10-19
Fall of Autogiro
Held Not Failure

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The fact that the autogiro. newest
development of aviation, the invention
of a Spaniard. Juan de la Cierva, was
smashed at the end of trial flight in
Paris does not indicate that the idea IS
a disappointment. The MACHINE had
performed too much before the accident
to be discounted so readily. The lnven-
tor was at the controls at the time; he
said a cable which held the landing
gear in place broke on leaving the
ground. When the emergency landing
was made, the machine fell on its side,
the four saillike propellerS which ro-
tate on a vertical mast above the
fuSelage being broken and the machine
rendered useless
It is these superimposed propellers
which make the autogiro Individual
among airplanes. They permit the ma
chine to take the air after only short
run, and allow it to come to earth al
most in a straight line from heights OF
over 1000 feet. 1t is not the helicopter,
the ideal machine which needs no run
way and comes to stop right where
it alights, but it seems to be something
closer to it than anything yet invented,
Before its accident the new plane
had a public trial which was SO impress
sive that representatives of American
interests were dispatched to watch the
machine and secure the American
rights if it passed criticism. On the
first test it went from London to Paris
across the English Channel. in four
hops. never failing to rise after an abb
breviated run and always grounding
after an almost perpendicular drop,
coming to halt very close to the place
of landing The machine is described
as ungainly, but then the early planes
of the conventional model were not
things of beauty.
Even if the test during which the
mishap occurred had been as con-
spicuous a success as the Channel
flight, much more would have to be
known of the new type before it could
be accepted Even with this black mark
on its record. it would seem to mark
step in advance and may be taken to
give an indication of the coming phase
of the conquest of the air. If the hell
copter evades invention. something ap-
proXimating its functions may be
evolved and in the comparatively near
future.
Evening star., 1928-10-19
Improper Enforcement Methods.

A near repetition Of the tragic case
Of Jacob Hanson Of Niagara Falls, who
was shot and fatally injured by un-
uniformed Coast Guardsmen when he
failed TO halt at night on lonely coun-
try road, and that of Miss Patty Hey
wood. who was wounded in the head by
a bullet from the gun Of an enforce
ment officer under similar circum-
stances, occurred recently near Long
Branch. N. j. A prominent investment
broker of New York was returning to
shore in dinghy with his family and
friends after trip on his yacht. Pass
captain noticed a man in stocking feet
and shirt sleeves menacing the party
with rifle. Promptly turning to land,
| the yachting party was thoroughly
searched by the armed man, who, al
though he had no badge of authority,
| turned out to be Coast Guardsman.
After the search was completed, and
no contraband was found, the Coast
Guardsman was asked what he would
have done If the captain had not caught
sight of him on the bridge He an
swered, Il would have shot to kill
And later when the menaced yacht
owner Indignantly reported the matter
to Coast Guard headquarters he was
blithely informed by the commander Of
! the station that Il have no apology tc
offer. Our men are not required to weai
uniforms. and we have the right t.
Evening star., 1928-10-19
The Nineteenth to Die.

Unless by a miraculous chance Lieut..
Comdr. Macdonald has landed on an
isolated island off the coast Of Ireland
or Scotland or has been picked up at
sea by a ship not equipped with radio,
he has gone to his death in what would
appear to have been one of the most
daring and desperately dangerous at
tempts of all to fly the Atlantic. In
that event he will be the nineteenth
person to die in the endeavor to cross
that ocean in the air.
The relatively small size Of the plane
in which Macdonald set forth from
Newfoundland reduced his chances be-
low the average. He could carry fuel
supply for only thirty-five hours Of
flying, SO that without allowance for
head winds that would cut down his
pace, he would be at the necessity OF
making the utmost possible speed to get
across. His craft was not equipped with
pontoons, so that in the event of a
landing on the surface of the sea he
could keep afloat only through the
buoyancy of his emptied gasoline tanks.
It has been estimated that this buoy
ancy would, in calm sea, keep him
anoat only about twenty minutes. He
had no wireless, thus being incapable
of sending messages. He could, in case
of a forced descent, merely send ur
flares which could be seen only a short
distance-shorter by day than by night
in the event of the presence of ship
within a few miles. In short, Mac
Donald's chances. with small fue
supply, a machine incapable of remain
ing afloat, and with no means of com
munication, were about the smallest o
an.
If this fight of MacDonalds ha
failed it is the eighth fatal attempt a
Atlantic crossing. In May. 1927. 81
Evening star., 1928-10-19
A Regular Dirigible Service.

The establishment Of regular dirigl-
bic service between Europe and the
United States, with at least four giant
airships in feet which would make
sailings from both sides possible every
four DAYS, is visualized by DR.. Hugo
Eckener, who brought the Graf Yep
pelin from Germany to Lakehurst in
the spectacular flight terminated on
Monday
cauitaI investment of about $10,-
100000 would be involved in the prof.
ect. according to the noted German
airman, and it was limited that this
sum was already in sight Seven
engine dirigibles, considerably larger
than the great ship which recently Cir
cled over Washington, would be en-
ployed. The location of the American
terminal near Washington or Baltimore
was predicted.
An interesting phase of DR.. Eckener's
scheme was his belief that the service
would be largely devoted to transporting
mails, with only incidental emphasis
placed upon passenger accommodation.
Whether or not his recent experiences
with the Graf Zeppelin and the report
ed reactions of some of his passengers
to the air crossing play part in this
decision was not stated, the revenue
obtainable from carrying mail being
the point stressed. But there can be lit
tie doubt, even with no disposition to
minimize in the slightest the success of
the flight recently achieved, that for the
immediate future dirigibles are more
likely to be used for carrying inanimate
rather than human freight.
There are variety Of factors point
ing to this conclusion. Even with
larger ships the space available for
passenger occupancy must necessarily
be relatively cramped. The time saved
by an air crossing, even on more di-
rect route than that followed in the re-
cent flight, is, when compared with the
run of fast passenger ships, no very
great matter. No cost figures are avail
able, but it is not probable that air
transportation would compare favoraoly
with the standard transatlantic pas
senger rates. The mid-Atlantic accident
suffered by the Graf Zeppelin en-
phasizes the considerable risk which
will for some time be involved in pro-
tracted air travel.
From the standpointS OF comfort,
safety and cost the snip OF the sea Will
undoubtedly for many years hence en-
ioy an advantage over her sister OF the
sky. Where speed is imperative, as 1t is
in certain human instances and in gen.
eral with the worlds mails, the dirlglole
should come into its own.
DR.. Eckener's project is still in It's
formative stages. That its development
will be watched with deep interest by
public more than ready to salute MS
genius as probably the greatest lighter
than-air expert of the day is assured.
That it may succeed to the utmost Will
be the wish of millions who thrill TO
the achievements of one possessed OF
broad vision and vast technical ability
Evening star., 1928-10-19
Hopes Bill to Md ID. c.
Disabled Will Pass
To the Editor of The Star;

To the Editor of The Star;
A recent notice in your paper (in
Capital Sidelights) speaks of the 'voca-
tional rehabilitation of disabled resi-
dents of the District of Columbia" as
if the law under which this work is
undertaken was now in effect. I'm
fortunately this IS not yet the case.
Through the efforts of Representative
Summers of Washington, with the ac-
tive cooperation of local social work.
ers and the American Association for
Labor Legislation, such a measure, in
deed, passed the House in the closing
days of the last session. Many per-
sons are known to local social workers
who could be restored to lives of use
fulness and happiness by such train
ing and it is greatly to be hoped that
the bill may pass the Senate at the
coming short session.
MARGARET r. JAMES,
Washington Representative American
Association for Labor Legislation
Evening star., 1928-10-19

Unprecedented registration figures re-
ported from all sections of the country
| give rise to much editorial speculation
! as to the part that will be played In
| the presidential election this year BY
new voters and former Stay-at-homeS
| 1t is generally assumed that most OF
! the additions to the rolls are women
and that a record national vote is
in prospect.
Never in the worlds history" as
viewed by the Providence Bulletin, has
there been anything like the promised
expression of popular will. Seldom ii
ever in our own history has the aroused
electorate displayed such widespread
interest. In 1924 there were 29,000,000
votes cast. We shall better that amaz-
ing total this year by several millions.
Ideal democracy for a body polite of
such vast and heterogeneous proper
tions as that of the United States is
impossible of attainment. But We ap-
proach it closely enough to catch
glimpses of its form in such demon
strations as November promises"
The Oklahoma City Times feels that
"the diligence with which registration
is pushed may even prove the deciding
factor in the campaign" and states
that, while there are new arrivals in
Oklahoma, most of the thousands who
have merely neglected registration are
women"
These new voters have never ex-
pressed themselves at the polls How are
they going to vote? What are they inter-
ested in? What is causing them to
come out in such number with the very
evident purpose of casting their ballots
on November 60" asks the st. Paul
Dispatch. "TheSe questions are worry
ing the politicians. Spellbinders are
making frenzied efforts this month to
convince the women that their cause
is the holy one and deserving of femi-
nine support. Women this year are
going to Justify the nineteenth amend
ment. They are going to assume their
share of the responsibility of gov
ernment."
Declaring that this year there is a
race and no walkover," the New York
Times views the situation as one in
which there is something and some
body salient to vote for or against"
The Times continues: This is the
real silent vote that will not break its
silence till election day. Then our ears
will no longer be deafened by the
trumpets of prediction. Nobody knows.
and one mans guess IS as good and
bad as another's. The swollen regis
tration should at least convince the ex-
cellent persons who are always be-
wailing that SO many million persons
don't vote as often as the excellent
persons think they should. that there
will be voters enough when there is
enough to stir them deeply Whoever
is buried under the snowflakes that
fall, there is great awakening
and quickening of the American peo-
Pile"
Participation in primaries and elec-
tions-and in particular elections-gives
notice." according to the Utica OBJ
server-Dispatch, that the people are
awake and are watchful of their in
terests. 1t is as true of public business
as it is of private business. The watch
full director in bank or industrial cor
poration. the stockholder in any en-
terprise who wants to know and take
account OF quarterly reports, the in
Evening star., 1928-10-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Dental candidate in 1920, the late G. o.
P. treasurer, Fred Upham, once told how
the national committee failed to per-
suade Gal" to travel in lower berths
He explained that as "uppers" are
cheaper, he didn't see any reason why
the party treasury should be subjected
to unnecessary Pullman expense on his
account. Anyhow" said Coolidge, u
sleep better in high attitudes"
* x X
There is now on the stump for Hoo
yer one of the most distinguished Ro-
man Catholics in the country, Joseph
Scott of Los Angeles. A lawyer by pro-
feSsion, and former president of both
the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
and Board of Education, Mr. Scott has
received the highest honors which the
Pope is accustomed to bestow upon
Catholic laymen. He came East recent
ly at Hoovers invitation and accom-
panied the Republican nominee to
Massachusetts this week. Scott is now
speaking in New England for the Re-
publican presidential ticket, and before
election time will be heard in the
Middle West including Chicago At
the great Eucharistic Congress two
years ago Scott was one of the three
non-clericals invited to speak. He sec
onded Hoover's nomination at Kansas
City.
" x X 4
Senator Carter Glass sister, Mrs.
Blair Banister of Virginia. is now editor
of the Mayflower Log and Washing
tonian, the Capitals newest and most
sprightly weekly. The other day her
sister-in- law, Mrs. Glass. wrote Mrs
3anister: Here's my check for $3.50.
Will you accept subscription from an
Al Smithite?" Mrs. Banister and her
distinguished brother, the peppery
Junior solon from the Old Dominion
don't see eye to eye in this campaign.
X X \ x
Politicians wish the Graf Zeppelin
had chosen some other time than the
last act of the drama of 1923 for usurp-
ing public attention and American
front pages The German dirigible alb
solutely stole the show the day Hoover
was in Massachusetts, and now she
threatens to monopolize the limelight
while pirouetting through the Mid
western heavens. So far the national
committee dopeSterS in neither camp
have been able to discern party advan-
tage for their respective selves In the
zeppelin'S visit Both Hoover and Smith
hastened to send congratulatory wires
to DR.. Eckener. AS both sides are eager
ly angling for the German vote, words
gone out to party workers to join in
the Zeppelin furore all along the line.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1928-10-19

A 10-cent car rare would at least save
much of the valuable time lost by
passengers in searching for small change.
In time of unusual luxury the trans
portation problem is likely to be COM
plicated by a demand that the conductor
be empowered to collect'a Slight addi-
tionai price for reserved seats.
Evening star., 1928-10-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
National SpOl

National Sport.
I'm going in for politics."
Said Hezekiah Bings.
THE politicians with their tricks
Have done lot of things;
And helped to bring some mighty lane
To manners gay or grim,
Sometimes with an oration-and
AS often, with a hymn.
I'll think about the old-time scenes
That patriots love to note
The Courage of Conviction means
The Courage of a Vote.
So, let the golfers WELD their sticks!
Let aeroplanes take wings!
I'm going in for politics.
Said Hezekiah Bings.
Evening star., 1928-10-19
Limiting Debate.

"A man should never express an
opinion on anything he does not clearly
understand"
What do you want to do?" asked
Senator Sorghum; stop the campaign
argument right here?"
Evening star., 1928-10-19

1t has been the valuable mission of
radio to prove that a serious discussion
Of craftsmanship can easily hold its own
in competition with a popular orchestra.
Evening star., 1928-10-19
Big Registration Foreshadows
Record Balloting in November

dividual who makes inquiry as to the
why's and wherefores of steps in the
progress of his local administrations,
and who gives an intelligent and un-
biased vote in national political con-
tests, is doing large service for those
who are associated with him in either
| finance. enterprise or government. The
| wider this watchfulnesS and participa-
| ton extends, the better for all con-
| cerned."
Discussing the situation in Chicago
the Daily News of that city declares:
mo one. issue was responsible for the
huge gains in registration. There Is
unusually keen interest in the preSi-
Dental nominees and what they stand
for. and hardly less interest in tbs
State campaign
Similarly the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin, pointing to the very great in
crease in that city. draws the conclu-
sion: The Importance of civic duty
in the coming national election Is no
whit greater than IS the interest in
good local government for every man
or woman in the city eligible TO vote"
The Springfield Republican states
While party workers may be credited
with the results in Massachusetts IL
part, it is generally believed that they
can be fully accounted for only by thr
heightened public interest in this cam
paign. as compared with the several
preceding campaigns"
1T looks as if the pedestals were
being pulled out from under the pomp-
Gus figures which have set so much
store by themselves as shepherds of the
a. olycf in flNa fYYIr - fIxl
Baltimore Sun. Perhaps, after all.
they are only figurines. When some
thing that really concerns and interests
the people arises they brush these poll
ticians rudely aside and proceed to
attend to the matter themselves" The
Binghamton Press remarks: THAT
part of the increased registration is due
to growth OF population may be be-
lieved. but this factor does not account
for all the increase. The unusual in
terest aroused in the campaign prob
ably Is chiefly responsible for the out
pouring"
'The politicians, in trying to calcu-
late the women's vote. are dealing with
a relatively unknown quantity" re-
marks the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. while
the New York Sun records that "the
politicians have come face to face with
something they admit they cannot
analyze, and the New York World
advises that politicians who figure on
votes will have new bases of reckoning
to deal with in the future"
Speaking of the condition which
seems to have been remedied so far as
this years election is concerned, the
Rochester Democrat-Chronicle says.
One of the most serious defects of
our form of government, one that
drives thoughtful leaders to despair. is
the indifference which a large portion
of the population feels toward its obli-
cation to vote. Even in presidential
elections. scarcely more than half the
eligible voters take the trouble to vote.
The silent vote made up of stay-at-
homes who shirk their responsibilities.
while enjoying all the privileges of a
democratic government. would be sum-
cient to change completely the result
of an election" N'e
Evening star., 1928-10-19

Tragedies of the air become SO
numerous that the public, in contem-
plating spectacular endeavor, forgets the
plain flying man who safely and
methodically covers his route as part
of the days work,
Evening star., 1928-10-19

While Mayor Jimmy Walker has not
made himself conspicuous in the pres
ent campaign, it is only reasonable TO
assume that he finds ways of enjoying
himself. none the less.
Evening star., 1928-10-19

A candidate is sometimes endangered
by unsolicited support from smart talent
which cultivates the art of making
enemies instead of friends.
Evening star., 1928-10-19

A trick of rhythm made Sidewalks
of New York" popular. Every town mas
sidewalks, but so far it has been found
difficult to adjust them to the lyrical
possibilities.
Evening star., 1928-10-19

A difficult factor in the political
equation is the person who pretends to
be talking politics when in reality he is
thinking about something else.
Evening star., 1928-10-19
Wrong Number!

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.
A telephone operator inherited for
tune and lost it at Monte Carlo. That's
what the habit of wrong numbers will
do for a person.