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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-12
ND STILL GOING STRONG.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. IL U.D--
llr. Lyon G. Tyler, president emeri-
tus Of William and Mary College,
at 7G became the father Of baby
nav here TO-DAY
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-12
THREE WOMEN ATTACKED.

LAKE FOREST, ILL.,, Nov. II
(UP).-Lake county authorities and
the fashionable North Shore district,
approximately 40 miles north Of Chi
cago, were aroused today over at
tacks on three young women Satur-
day night.
Evening star., 1928-10-13

All communities that have used the vot-
ing machines and have learned the diff
ference In cost as well as the other ad-
vantages are now welded to that
method.
II every voting precinct in the United
States we're equipped with machine
the result of the election next month
would be known to an absolute GER
tainty within few hours after the
closing of the polls. There would be no
changing of figures through recounts
and contests. There would be no pro-
tracted aftermath of dispute and dis
sension over the reports of returning
boards and election officials. That
much-disputed factor, the intent of the
voter, would be made plain beyond ques-
ton. And all with an economy of many
millions of dollars, saving that would
in a very short time pay for the me-
chanical equipment necessary.
The clumsy, easily mismarked, con-
fusing and me-consuming paper ballot
is probably doomed in this country, and
with it will pass danger of election
complications and uncertainties and dis
putes.
Evening star., 1928-10-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

water. 1t accommodates two railroad
trains, has two street walks for pedes-
trians and a driveway for vehicles per-
mitting them to pass each other.
@. How many airplanes are being
built? Are most of them for the Gov
ernment?-E. E. c..
A. Between 400 and $50 airplanes
are being produced month. A very
small percentage of these planes are
manufactured for the United States
Government, certainly not over per
cent.
@. Does a Greek who is naturaliz4
ed American citizen have to serve in
the Greek army If he should go to his
former country on a visit?-M. j. K.
A. The Greek government does not
recognize change of nationality on
the part of a former Greek which was
made after January IS, 1914 without
the Greek governments consent. Con-
sequently a former Greek, naturalised
after January Is, 1914. Is liable to ar
rest and forced service in the Greek
army or navy upon his return to Greece.
The Greek government recognizes
change of nationality on the part Of q
former Greek which was made before
January Is. 1914. 1t is understood that
former Greeks naturalized as Americans
before January Is, 1914, are not mo.
Tested while visiting Greece.
@. What can be done when soap and
water will not take out grease stainS?--
c. g.
A. Grease stains which do not re-
spond to soap and water should be
treated with carbon tetrachloride, gas
oline or some other grease solvent and
then washed. a.
@. Who originated the chamberniaid
or parlormaid comedy character?-
F. N.
A. Kitty Give. who fiourished in the
early part of the eighteenth century.
was famed for depicting such char
acter.
q. Does second Summer mean the
same as Indian Summer?-O. F.
A. Indian Summer" was first used
during the last part of the eighteenth
century. In the next decade the term
was supplanted by second Summer"
Indian Summer became established
about 20 years after its first appearance.
which was in western Pennsylvania,
and spread to New England by 1898, to
New York by 1899, Canada by 1921 and
England by 1880. Horace Walpole used
the term in 1778, not in reference to
America, but in relation to weather IN
the tropics.
Evening star., 1928-10-13
The Loss of the Ondine.

The latest submarine tragedy, just re-
ported from France, adds shockingly to
the record of losses in this type of
naval craft. The submersible Ondine,
In the course of her trial trip prior to
acceptance by the French Navy, was at
Yea in heavy weather when near mid
Ight on the night of October 3, of the
northwestern coast of Spain near Cape
Finisterre, she was hit by a Greek
freighter The latter craft checked
progress and remained at the scene for
two hours, but was unable to find a
trace. The next day a message from her
was picked up by French freighter to
the effect that the preceding night the
Greek ship had struck a fishing vessel
or a wreck. Not until yesterday, when
the Greek boat reached Rotterdam, was
the report Of the collision received both
from her and by coincidence from the
French freighter. The naval authorities
Rt Paris, who had been anxiously wait
ing for news from the missing Sun-
marine, concluded that the mystery of
Its disappearance was then solved, and
the Ondine is now given up for lost
with her crew of three officers and forty
men. There is little likelihood that she
can ever be located, as the sea is deep at
the point where the collision occurred
This submarine had displacement OF
300 tons, and was one of three recently
built for the French Navy. It was re-
garded as the most highly developed
unit of that branch Of the French naval
Hghting force. But, Ike all other SUBJ
mersible craft. she was highly vulner.
able, incapable of withstanding col
tision at sea and practically certain tc
sink if struck by another vessel under
beadway.
There will doubtless be criticism Of
the policy Of sending underSea craft OF
trial trips In heavy weather in the course
of ocean traffic. The coast of Spain a
this point is veritable lane for ships
heading for and from the Straits o.
Gibraltar. It Is one Of the most Ire
Evening star., 1928-10-13

quented stretches of the eastern ATTAIN
tic. The submarine doubtless carried
running lights, but high seas prevailed
and her lights were probably obscured.
For a craft which lies as low in the
water as a submarine there is always a
heavy risk after dark in frequented sea-
ways.
Some mystery is attached to the
tragedy in respect to the silence of the
Greek ship which, after single wireless
report that she had struck some un-
known craft off Finisterre, made no
further statement until reaching Rotter-
dam nine days later. There will be in
quiries, and perhaps out of this case will
come some regulation or international
agreement respecting the routing Of
Submarines on trial trips and the be-
havicr Of commercial craft when enter
ing areas krowN to be occupied by SUBJ
mersibles. Certainly there should be
notice by wireless to all craft at sea
whenever a fiotilla of submarines or a
single. craft leaves harbor for cruise.
Evening star., 1928-10-13
New York's Ban on Filthy Play
Wins Applause from the Press

to them because of the police raid that
had taken place at a previously given
performance Police action is nee
essary in such cases, but it can be be-
lieved that the more efficacious treat
ment would be reputation by the pub
lie of any and all productions which
merit the raid treatment" concludes the
News.
The uncertainties in the matter are
emphasized by the Minneapolis Tribune
with the statement: THE so-called i'm
moral play will represent problem for
society as long as society survives. 1t
is relatively easy to determine what is
or is not grossly indecent; but trouble
is promptly encountered the moment
individual taste becomes the final ar
bitter. The word immortality covers
a large amount OF territory. Some of
the zones included are undisputed, while
others are sharply disputed. Sparks
are bound to fly whenever we enter
the disputed zones. - The refine
ments Of immortality bring us into a
world of contradictions"
The occasional use of the police
power Is favored by the New York Eve
ming Post, which, however, warns that
"just because the police have done we'll
in Suppressing one evil production, they
have no reason to range up and down
Broadway. throwing mantle of fear
over every playhouse" The Passaic
Daily Herald declares that "the cause
for complaint is very substantial" in
that realism has gone too far" 1t
suggests that 'if American audiences
had formed the European habit of in
dicating displeasure as well as their
delight, the playwrights and producers
would take another tack"
Evening star., 1928-10-13

With the city Of Greater New York
voting this year for the first time wholly
by machinery, although the voting ma
chine has been in use in that State for
more than thirty years, attention is ma
tionally called to this method of record
ing the wishes of the electorate In a
manner to promise the further extension
of this system of registration. According
to the latest obtainable figures the
voters of eighteen hundred cities, towns
and villages are now pulling levers in
stead of marking ballots for the purpose
of denoting their preferences for Office.
AT the last preceding presidential elec-
ton more than four million of the
slightly less than thirty million votes
thus registered their will. This num-
Der will be greatly exceeded next month.
The advantages of the voting ma
chine are various. 1t affords greater
certainty of effectiveness, in the avoid
ance of mistakes and the elimination of
spoiled ballots" 1t insures absolute
secrecy. 1t is speedier in execution and
the results of the voting are known i'm
mediately after the closing Of the polls.
1t reduces the chances of dispute to a
minimum. And, finally. it is a much
cheaper method of registration than the
paper-ballot means.
On this final score of economy the
voting machine has already made rec
ord that presents some astonishing fig
ures, calculated to concern the tax
payers. For example, in the State Of
Iowa, twenty-one of the ninety-nine
counties use the machines. In the presi-
Dental election of 1924 the total cost
of taking the 973,965 ballots of the peo-
pie of that commonwealth cost $685.
426.4s, according to official reports.
The registering of the wishes of the
689,238 voters who used paper ballots
cost $215,862 or little less than thir-
ty-two cents apiece, whereas the casting
of 2S4. .727 votes by machinery cost $42,-
564.4s, or a little over sixteen cents
each.
If the Iowa rate of voting cost were
to prevail throughout the United States
on paper ballot basis, with thirty mil
lions voting, the cost would be $9,6OO,-
900. If these 3o,Ooo,oOo ballots we're all
taken by machinery the cost would, at
the Iowa rate. be $4.8oo,oO saving Of
an equal amount to the people of the
States. These election costs are borne
by the taxpayers of the villages, towns
cities. counties and States. In some
communities the hAEdsp is q heavy one
Evening star., 1928-10-13

Stop a minute and think about this
fact: You can ask our Information
Bureau any question of fact and get
the answer back in a personal letter.
1t is a great educational idea introduced
into the lives of the most intelligent
people in the world-American news
paper readers. 1t is part of that best
purpose of newspaper-service. There
is no charge except 2 cents in coin or
stamps for return postage. Get the
habit of asking questions. Address your
letter to The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. HaSkin, director,
Washington, D. G.
@. How large IS the largest fireboat
in use at the present timed. j.
A. The largest in this country and
probably in the world is the flreboat
Deluge. owned and operated by the
Board of Commissioners of the Port of
New orleans, an agency of the State of
Louisiana. The Deluge cost 1854. .474
equipped. pumps $4,000 gallons of water
a minute at $50 pounds pressure and
can throw SO streams simultaneously.
and has developed speed Of 16h2 miles
an hour at 1876 r. p. m.
@. How large is foot ball field?-
S. E. L.
A. Foot ball is played on a rectangu-
lar field $50 feet by 160 feet.
@. In the list of supplies taken by
Comdr Byrd on his Antarctic Expedi-
ton appear items of grain alcohol and
intoxicating beverages. How is this ex-
plained?-J. M j.
A. Comdr. Byrd secured a permit
which gave him permission to take al
cohol on his expedition to the South
Pole. Grain alcohol was needed for
equipment and the rum, wine, ETC., were
for purely .eedicinal purposes.
@. How long has Secret Service pro-
lection been given to the family of the
President?-M. v. H.
A. Before 1919 protection was extend
ed only to the person Of the President.
Since that time the family has been
included.
@. What attorneys are connected with
the United States Supreme Court?-
E. L. C..
A. The members of the Supreme
Court of the United States are appoint
ed for life by the President and con-
firmed by the Senate. The court has
no attorneys connected with it, though
attorneys plead before it.
@. Please describe the bridge across
the ST. Lawrence to Quebec.-T. B.
A. 1t is 324, 900 feet long. 88 feet wide
and $50 feet above the extreme high
Evening star., 1928-10-13
Back in the Fold.

No more popular move could have
been made by the Washington base bal
club than the signing of Walter John.
son to succeed Stanley Harris as man.
ager Of the team. For the past year
there has been something missing al
the Georgia avenue park, something that
has become a part of the game in the
National Capital for twenty-one years
and something that the fans have not
been prepared to forget. 1t has been
the presence of good old Barney" who,
for many years-lean years and hungry
years for those who wanted to see Wash
ington winner-was practically the en-
tire team. Walter came here as a boy
of nineteen. He left here mature man,
and he now returns to manage the team
after years apprenticeship in the task
of debating play on the field.
It is not sentiment alone that causes
the feeling Of exultation on the part OF
thousands who are prepared to welcome
Walter back and to support him in his
efforts to restore the team to the high
estate that it attained in 1924 and 1925.
Through his long years of experience
Barney has absorbed the book of base
ball from cover to cover, and no one can
gainsay the fact that as a keen student
of the game he has, few superiors. Dur
ing the latter years Of his playing career
the Incompatible johnson had to rely
more on his heart and head than on his
naturally great ability, becsuse age was
taking the inevitable toll OF vigor and
freshness. It was really then that he
began to demonstrate a greatness far
above that which comes purely through
mechanical capabilities.
In the world series Of 1924, in that
seventh game that no Washingtonian
will ever forget, johnson proved to those
who idolize him, and to all others be-
sides, that, bereft to large extent of the
binding speed Of his youth, he possessed
The heart of the lion and the craft of the
fox. It is a rare person who can re-
place the vigor of his younger days
with the knowledge that age inevitably
brings in competition so keen as that
of base ball. 1t was then that johnson
showed that he was not a mechanical
performer, but man Of courage, skill,
experience and brains.
These are the qualities that are cx-
pected to stand Walter In good stead
when he assumes the managership OF
the major league team which he has
served so long and so. well. Clark Grit
fifth, president Of the club, is confident
that Walters base ball sense, his ex-
perience and his apprenticeship with the
Newark team are the ingredients for a
successful field leader, and Washington
fans believe as Grifdth does. With John
son at the head there should be no dis
sension on the Washington team.
Barney is popular with the players, and
it is likely that the spirit of harmony.
somewhat missing for the past two
years, will again become the keynote of
the club. Welcome back, Barney!
Evening star., 1928-10-13
ooh. Captain. Ston the Shin ?.

Reports from the great dirigible Graf
Zeppelin now speeding toward these
shores across the Atlantic state that the
passengers on the airship have been
made extremely unhappy by the motions
of the boat" Those who have been In
the air know precisely what this means.
Indeed, all who have ever been at sea
can sympathize with the Graf Zep-
pelin's passengers. Airsickness and sea-
sickness are identical in their symptoms
and their cause. Nal de mer, as the
French call it, is the bane of humanity
when it leaves solid ground. Some there
are who are never affected by the mo-
tions of boat, but most folks suffer
more or less from results of the dis
turbance of equilibrium. Many children,
indeed, are seriously affected by the
motion of swing and never overcome
the inhibition. Even veteran mariners
are often incapacitated by violent ship
motions.
It has been said that submarines and
aircraft put their occupants to the
severest test of all on this score. They
are both subject to the movements of
the elements through which they pass
1t is easy to conceive the gyrations of
the cabin suspended from the Graf Zep-
pelin. If, as some maintain, sickness
due to motion is chiefly a matter of
disturbed nerves, the situation of an air
traveller is likely to be particularly diff
cult. Riding high above the land or
the sea there Is nothing to 'feep as
means of support. The floors, the walls,
the immediate universe swings and
wabbles without any guarantee of sta
bility. At sea one has at least the sense
of something comparatively solid outside
Of the craft as a supporting element
Two or three thousand feet up, how
ever, the traveller has sensation OF
being. deprived of all sustenance.
Yet these reports Of airsickness on
the part of the zeppelin,s passengers
will probably not cause any lack of ap-
plications for passage on her return
voyage. Unpleasant as the experience
may be, there will be plenty Of people
eager to ride on her as she makes her
way back to Germany.
Evening star., 1928-10-13
Untidiness a National Bane.

Lady Nancy Astor, American-born
British peeress, is back home on a visit
to her native State of Virginia and is
shocked at the untidiness that prevails
there. She is so grieved at the un-
slightly conditions that she finds after
an absence of several years that she has
inaugurated a campaign to clean up
and beautify the State. Speaking to a
group of friends at Richmond, assem-
bled at her invitation, she said that
she had been Mortified in her travels to
find the landscape cluttered with gaso-
line cans and other rubbish. adding:
have talked in England so about the
beauty of Virginia-for you know it is
the most beautiful place in the world
but after seeing its unkempt appear
ance, feel as If i would be afraid to
let some of my English friends come
here. They wouldn't be able to realize
it is beautiful. People vino stay here
always seem to forget that 1t isn't tidy.
seem so dirty to me.
There is no question whatever that
Lady Astor is right in her indictment
of conditions along the highways and in
many Of the towns and cities, not only
of Virginia, but Of other States in this
country. UntidineSs prevails in prac-
tically all American communities. There
Is, for specific instance, nothing more
distressing in human view than the
two avenues of approach to the State
of Virginia from the National Capital
and to this city from Virginia. And
other entrances to Washington are SINH
larly untidy and unbecoming to the i'm
portance and the fame of the Nations
city.
manner cleanup campaigns are started
by villages, towns, cities and States in
this country. Trash is hauled away and
burned or hidden. streets are cleaned,
roadsideS are swept of movable dis
hgurements and houseyards are put in
trim. But this condition lasts only a
little while, and in a few weeks the
Landscape is again Uttered with odds
and ends, the streets are strewn with
trash, discarded materials are thrown to
ane side in plain view, and thus the
offensive outlook is renewed.
The fact of the matter is that Amer
Scans are not as whole naturally tidy.
NeatnesS is a habit and it is hard to
Inculcate it among millions of people.
rRut persistent effort, stimulated per-
bps by criticism, will do much toward
Kidding the scene of needless incum-
brances. Much can be done, indeed,
through rules and regulations, pertain
ing not merely to the slovenly disposal of
refuse, but to the character of buildings
That are permitted to be erected on the
main roads and principal avenues of
entrance and outlet. Old shacks that
should have been torn down long be-
fore and new constructions out of odds
and ends of materials strike a note of
nlscord at present on all these lines
of travel. Hideous signboards, trash
Uttered premises, unkempt houseyards,
foul gutters-all contribute to a picture
pf Indifference and ugliness.
Lady Astor's criticism of her native
State should arouse Virginians to de-
termined effort to clean up that grand
old Commonwealth to the point at
which it can confidently welcome all
visitors without the fear that they will
write it down in their notebooks as a
place where "every prospect pleases and
only man is vile"
Evening star., 1928-10-13
UNITED STATES
In WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today.

Laon, the last of the group of natural
obstacles forming the keystone of the
German defenseS in France, Is taken
without a fight The Champagne VIC
tory grows as Gen. Gouraud continues
his deep advance to the Aisne near
Rethel. The German stronghold
of La Fere, together with great part
of the st. Gobain massif, is captured
by the French. American gunners
on the Meuse ignore peace talk and
lay down a barrage that smashes the
German counterattacks on both sides
of the river. = The attitude adopted
by the German newspapers is one of
determination to avoid having 1t said
that the Germans were really beaten.
One says I'VE bow our undefeated
heads for righteousness sake"
Six hundred and seventy-six on casu-
atty lists given out today--l86 killed
In action" 2s7 severely wounded, 70
died 9Eom wounds AID % msSspg, --a.
Evening star., 1928-10-13

typographical error is one of rare oc-
currence The oxford University Press
exercises particular care in setting the
type for the Bible issued over its i'm
print A proofreader who discovers an
error is rewarded, and IS Is paid to
any one who finds a typographical
error after the volume is published.
So free from error is the text, however,
that on an average not more than one
Nayment . yeer Is necessary - g. 81. :
Evening star., 1928-10-13
Rate by Mail-PayabIe in Advance.
Mainland and Virrinia
am other States and Conada.


The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
90 the use for republication Of all ews ais
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the ;ocat EewS
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1928-10-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Some Of Everything.

Some Of Everything.
With intellectual mince pie
My nights are soothed. as days go by.
And so I sit and wait to know
The menu of my radio.
A song-a speech-a dirge-a shout
A sax attached to lung so stout
My sense artistic learns to sigh
For intellectual mince pie.
Evening star., 1928-10-13

Washington, D.. c., has no vote,
Realtors rush to the rescue and supply
suburbanites with votes, in addition to
other modern improvements
Evening star., 1928-10-13

Betting odds in Massachusetts, are
reported to be even as between the two
candidates. The emblematic Goldfish
may become an object of especial atten-
ton in piscatorial politics.
Evening star., 1928-10-13

Gossip creeps into a campaign. It
carries no argument and serves only to
interrupt what might have been per-
fectly good bridge game.
Evening star., 1928-10-13

Air experts insist that the clouds are
safer than the earth. There would be
no doubt about the matter If a cloud
could be provided with landing field.
Evening star., 1928-10-13

A heckler invariably asserts himself
as the representative, so far as the pres
ent audience is concerned, of an in
finitesimal minority.
Evening star., 1928-10-13

With Magnet at the Other End.
From the Fort Worth Record Telegram.
One of the greatest mysteries of
and tortuous path a dollar has to
traverse to get to you and the wide.
we'll paved and inviting way that is
there awaiting its departure.
Evening star., 1928-10-13

Should Be Barnum Munchausen.
From the San Antonio Evening News.
A fossil expert says that Indians lived
in North America 10000 years ago
but the experts name is Barnum Brown.
Evening star., 1928-10-13

The master mind" in politics must
meet. the challenge of the aggressive
feminine intellect.
Evening star., 1928-10-13

Lenin sleeps. He awakened Russia,
but Russia in her confusion cannot
awaken him.
Evening star., 1928-10-13

Theatrical "padlocking" usually re-
suits in throwing the box-ofice wide
open.