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Evening star., 1928-05-28
An Obnoxious Breed.

Every so often the obnoxious breed of
hit-and-run drivers which seems to in
fest the National Capital intrudes it
self upon public notice. Last night a
man seventy years OF age was struck by
an automobile which, according to wit
nesses, contained a party of young
roisterers. The victim was dragged If
teen feet before the car was brought to
stop. Two Of the party left the car
long enough to deposit the feebly
breathing man in gutter and rushed
away into the night before the number
of the machine could be procured. The
hapless victim died short time later
in Georgetown Hospital
In some respects the hit-and-run
drivers attitude may be likened to that
Of the motorist who refuses to carry
insurance for accidents. In both cases
he declines to accept responsibility for
his own acts. In this era Of teeming
automobiles and congested streets there
is no more detestable figure than the
cowardly person who sneaks away
rather than face the same justice
that he expects to be dealt out to
others.
In this particular case there was no
apparent need for the driver to place
himself in the hit-and-run class. The
victim was said TO have been blind In
one eye and the car to be travelling at
a normal rate of speed. The mere fact
that the driver did fee the scene, how
ever. would seem TO be confession OF
guilt. Perhaps liquor had dulled the re-
actions Of the motorist to an extent
which made 1t impossible for him TO
stop before moving down his victim. or
some other factor entered into the ac-
cident which caused him to run away.
Fear is generally the motiyating In
fIuence when a driver enlists In the
disreputabie class of hit-and-r1nners,
but where no blame can be attached,
why should there be fear? Following
this line OF reasoning 1t would appear
that every person who fees the scene
of an accident in which he is involved
admits blame, but admits at the same
time that he Is not man enough 10 take
the consequences. It Is unfortunate Tor
the moral welfare Of the Nation that
the automobile is the instrument for
the revelation Of this kind Of character.
II is discouraging to believe that an
otherwise sober-minded person may de-
veIop into despIcable coward once ne
gets behind the wheel Of a car.
Evening star., 1928-05-28
Winning Flyer Glad
TO Aid Air.Minded
TO the Editor of The star:

To the Editor of The Star:
AS one who was fortunate enough to
win one OF the prizes, q wrist watch
offered by The Evening Star in the re-
cent Curtiss Marine Trophy race, II
would be entirely remiss upon my part
IL did not accept the occasion 10 thank
you for my prize.
OF course, service aviators are al
ways glad TO demonstrate to the public
the possibilities. uses and different types
OF naval and military aircraft. because,
after all, we are working for the fell
lows who are on the tax collectors
mailing list.
However 1t must be confessed that
prizes always stimulate interest and
the competitive spirit which Is neceS-
sary in order that a race be attractive
TO the spectator Apparently this race
was very successful for those who
watched as well as for some of those
who few.
From all sides We are continually
having questions put to US regarding the
performance and uses of the planes
which took part in last Saturdays
event. In this way We arc very happy
TO contribute TO the -mindedness OF
the man in the street, and II is crafty
ing to us TO know that aviation Is being
more and more understood and ap-
preciated.
Since The Washington Evening Star
took such a leading part In sponsor
ing the Curtiss Marine Trophy race
this year ! feel that you are deserving
OF praise from both spectators and
aviators W. q. TOMLINSON.
Evening star., 1928-05-28

! nently-those who so over purely to
play" to whom voyage overseas is
merely q change Of scene. to whom the
Old World holds no greater than a
stimulating attraction for jaded appe-
tites and sensihilities.
Were half Of the money spent abroad
in American tourist travel spent here
at home by those who might profltably
"see America first" there would be less
danger of softening of the national
spirit. Many thousands Of those who
contribute to this great total of eco
nomically profitless investment in other
lands have yet to go beyond a narrow
radius from their own homes here.
They know little or nothing OF the
United States. They are unacquainted
with the great wonders OF the West,
the vast plains Of fertility of the mid
continent region, the scenic Splendors
OF all sections. But the lure OF the
Old World is strong and they continue
to flow overseas and to leave their
dollars in lands where they are reck-
oned merely as raw material for home
consumption, and. as the years pass.
with decreasing appreciation.
Evening star., 1928-05-28

no moss and still waters run deep
Square pegs should not be put into
round holes and opportunity knocks but
once. But why did Mr.. Capone choose
the cleaning and dyeing business?
Morris Becker. for forty-two years a
leading dyer and cleaner in Chicago
has been bedeviled almost beyond hu-
man endurance during that time by
having his places of business bombed
and burned. his employees slugged and
robbed and threatened by his CON-
petitors. But no one has been punished
So he hit on the brilliant idea of taking
Mr.. Capone into business with him; In
other words, of fighting fire with fire
Now" Mr.. Becker is quoted as say
ing, Il have no need of the States at
torney or the police department. ]
have the best protection In the world. 81
For since the partnership was ar
nounced not a threat has come to Mr.
Becker not a single bomb has been
thrown. there has not been even a
whisper of beating or a shakedown
The Master Cleaners and Dyers' Asso-
ciation, commercial rivals of Mr.. Becker,
did send an emissary to Mr.. Becker 5
Office to find out what 1t was all about.
And when this ambassador arrived he
was met by Mr.. Capone himself, who
greeted him in these words: Get ou:a
here! You try to monkey with my
business and I'll toss you outa the win
dow!"
Mr.. Becker may have solved the prob
lem of doing business peacefully in
Chicago. II he has, other business in
stitutions should adopt his procedure.
Cashiers Of banks, for instance, and
bank runners should be chosen from
the ranks of the strongest gang; the
Post once Department should hire as
mail clerks the most successful of Chi
cago's thugs, and automobile manufac-
turers should intrust to ambitious and
hard working gunmen the ownership
and operation OF their agencies.
Crime has been a paying business in
Chicago. Why not extend its efficient
methods to other forms of commercial
endeavor?
Evening star., 1928-05-28
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE.

its own. with 1850 stations" or con.
nections with individual telephones In
the Capitol and House and Senate
ONCE buildings In addition, 1t has
"tie lines" directly connected with the
executive departments and the Library
of Congress, for the private use oi
members of the two houses. The ,chiei
operator Of the Nations most important
telephone exchange is Mrs, Harriet O
Daley, who has been on the job 81
years.
~ e.
Peace hath her victories no less re-
noyned than war. President Coolidge
has lust conferred medals OF honor on
two persons for acts Of outstanding
courage In saving lives on railroads
Both awards we're made on the recon-
mendation Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. One medal went TO Miss
Jessie knight of Nation, Ill, Tor
rescue made June n, 1927. She cross
ed one track OF the Big Four just ahead
OF a locomotive to pull three children
of the main track, where anotner
train was bearing down upon them
None was hurt. The second medal went
To Charles w. Van Buren,, station mas
ter at Jackson, Miss. On SEPTEMBER Q,
1925, a small child feH on tne ItaCA
lust ahead Of an approaching tram.
Van Buren, leaped TO the track, tnre"
the child to safety. was hit by tne 10
comotive AS he tried TO get away him
self. and escaped with slight injuries.
National wealth Of the United
states has increased q mere 1900 per
cent since 1850, and 1t now amounts
to $500 900 600, 600 The New YORK IN
vestment house which sponsors these
figures has dug up some others. since
1890. ls,500,000 telephones nave Deen
risen from 80, ,372, ,37o 900 TO So. 700 ,OOo.-
ooo and an American debt to Europe
of $500 600. 900 has been converted into
an American credit abroad OF about
$4,000, 100000
Copyright. 192s.l
Evening star., 1928-05-28
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day.

American troops on the French front
near Montdidier deliver an attack
against the German positions. night
their yay through all oblectives. In
Guiding the village of Cantigny. capture
140 prisoners, and infiict severe losses
in Killed and wounded. American
casualties are small, our men reaching
the German second positions and con-
solidating themselves within three-uuar-
ters of an hour. British are
highly gratified by hard hitting and
speed OF Americans, and French are
deliRhted. HindenbuTg scores
another spectacular success along a
25-mile front and Berlin claims $4,000
allied prisoners. Allied defenders are
outnunnbered 5 10 and fall back under
pressure OF heavy German forces. With
French reserves beginning TO arrive at
the front and a slacEening OF the Ger
man momentum already apparent, the
outlook Is encouraging for the alliee.
The German victory is looked
upon as more a moral than q material
gain. Gen. Foch declined TO waste his
men against superior odds 10 hold that
particular position. Gen.
Wood, denied service overseas, lays case
before President, but no change of
status ih indicated. Friends OF general
throughout country are highly indig-
nant over his removal from active
service.
Evening star., 1928-05-28
Objects to Cutting
of ID. C.. Shade Trees

To the Editor of The star:
learn from today's papers that
once more several sections OF WASH
ington are to be improved" by slaugh-
tering the citys greatest asset, its
shade trees
refer especially TO the blocks be-
tween Seventeenth street and. Penn
sylvania avenue on II street, Seven
teenth street from H to K, and Con-
necticut avenue, in which the trees
will doubtless be destroyed as usual TO
widen the streets.
Some time, after 1t Is too late. GER
tain narrow-minded business brains of
Washington - which need widening
more than the streets-will learn that
this wanton destruction is worse than
a crime; 1t Is stupidity
The one greatest industry OF the Ma
tion's Capital is its tourist trade.
Visitors are drawn here by the thou
sands and spend their money here be-
cause this Is a beautiful city. It's chief
beauty Is Its shade trees-certainly not
the hodge -podge Of miscellaneous busi-
ness architecture which absence Of trees
exposes in all its naked ugliness.
Cities like Charleston, S. c.. are now
crowding their hotels during the season
at 4l9 day-and what is the attrac-
ton? Stately trees and gardens and
good old houses and nothing else
Charleston has become wise iust in
time to capitalize and preserve these
attractions. Meanwhile Washington Is
demohshing them as fast as possible.
with the mistaken catchpenny. small
town idea of increasing parking space :"
No policy could be more penny wise
and pound foolish.
MRS. CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL.
Evening star., 1928-05-28
Virtue II Rewarded.

hlptlonse GGaFfsce hl~fspone oi
Cbleago, vino a. times has been de-
scrlbs1 ss king u that city's bootleggera
and has relgned &c an oyeriord In other
realms Of the underworld ss we'll, has
gors into the respectable business of
clesning and 6yeipg Announcement
of MA having been given . partnership
IN me Sanitary Cleaning Shops, Inc, ~
Chicago, gDfs 70 kpog that you cannot
Keep q sood man down. Hard WORK
DeFseysTaglGs nonesiy, stu. count In
me END end tktfs IL always plenty oi
leon st ths - a rolling stone gathers
Evening star., 1928-05-28
American Youth.

In his address at the National Ora.
torical Contest Saturday night Secretary
Hoover, noting the fact that the sever
finalists then seated on the stage at tht
Auditorium were the survivors" of
nation wide field numbering more thar
two and a half millions, cited this great
competition as evidence that there i:
in truth no degeneration of American
youth. And he suggested that the youth
Of this country is today surely no less
sturdy in character than thirty years
ago. when those who are now its critics
we're themselves youngsters.
The Oratory Contest, which has just
completed its fifth year, has given un-
n1istakable evidence OF the high char
scter OF the children Of America. Dur
ing these five years more than six mil
lion boys and girls have engaged In
studies relating to the Constitution OF
the United States. have acquainted
themselves with the early history of
the Nation. have seriously trained
themselves in a role which has pre-
pared them for larger participation in
the drama Of citizenship.
Most OF those who took part In the
first contest in 1923 have now reached
adult years Some of them are in col
lege or university. some in business.
Those who won outstanding positions
In their home communities. in their
counties and their States and in their
regions" have been rewarded by op-
portunities for advancement, their
merits and their spirit recognized. The
influence Of these successes upon those
who have followed and those who are
yet TO follow as this contest continues
must be greatly stimulating.
Thirty-fve orstions have now In all
been delivered In the national finals in
Washington, and all Of them have, with
out exception. been notable performances
that would be creditabie TO persons Of
greater years-thoughtful constructive
expressions delivered with force and
fervor and with effectiveness. Back OF
these thirty-five talks on the Constitu-
ton in its various phases lies great
revival Of interest in the fundamental
Law, its origin, i2 application through
the years and its potentislities today
and In the future. The Star has been
proud TO participate In these five con-
tests, and 70 ali who have taken part.
all the millions Of young Americans who
have studied and drilled and won and
lost, IL tenders It's thanks and It's con-
grssulstsonS and It's appreciation Of
their Demonstration that American
youth Is sound and wholesome as ever.
Evening star., 1928-05-28
Says ''Third Degree"
Is Used on Aliens

To The Editor OF The Star:
I have Just read your editorial In
The Sunday Star concerning The Third
Degree" among criminals.
IL may be interesting TO you 10 know
that the third degree" Is often prac-
ticed on people seeking to come TO the
United States on a visit.
II Is reported that at Niagara Falls,
N. Y. on April q. 1928. lady from
Toronto. Canada, was put through the
third degree" by immigration inspectors
from 10 o'clock In the morning until IL
O'Clock al night, and that she was so
exhausted when she reached her hotel
that maids had 10 put her 10 bed. This
lady was only seeking TO come to Wash
ington to visit her daughter, who Is an
American citizen.
/ have called this matter to the at
tention of the Secretary of Labor.
have asked him To investigate and flnd
out II II was true II It Is true the I'M
migration department I'm this Govern
ment should get a shaking up such as
they never before had and there are
many who believe that they do use
many high-handed methods In exclude
ing visitors. e, r, BUDDING,
Evening star., 1928-05-28
Another Veteran Passes.

RemorseIessly is the Grim Reaper
this year exacting toll OF the congress
sional Old Guard. The House Of Rep
resentatiyes has hardly concluded its
oficisl mourning for Martin Madden
Of Illinois when another great COM
naittee chairman, Thomas 8. Butler Of
Pennsylvania, III taken. AS Madden
long headed appropriation" Butler for
even a greater span Of years had cap
tanned naval affairs" Their rsspec-
tive parliamentary specialtiez ran nee
essariiy on more or less parallel lines,
though sometimes the lines crossed In
more than a literal sense.
Mr. Butler, quaint old Quaker that
he was, was q fighting Friend. He
bore famous fighting son, Butler Of
the Marines" as the present command
er~in-chief Of our sea-Soldiery nov In
China is known. Representative But
ier himself fought for better than a
quarter Of century for an effective
United States Navy. He did more
for the upbuilding Of the American
feet than any other man in Congress, "
Is the proud tribute paid his departed
chief By Representative Britten Of Ilii-
nols, who inherits the naval affairs
chairmanShip.
Uncle Tom" Butler went down fight
ing and in hghting toys. His last great
effort In the House preceding his fatal
tliness vas successfully expended in be-
half Of the nfteen-cruiser program,
later 10 be- doomed by inaction in the
Senate. He believed TO his marrow In
naval armament. He pioneered in that
field AZ soon as the inadequacy Of
American SeA strength for our pre-
destined role as world power wss
demonstrated by the Epanish-Ameriean
War. Butler had no time for or patience
with the pine OF pacifsts A man Of
I pezEe. he crayed peace by preparedness
! In an America which has apparently
succ5imbe6 - temporarily, as all true
! patriots must hope~~to the inSidious
doctrine preached by professional mol
+ lycoddles, Tom" Butler can iii he
! spared. A. vas observed of "poor
Yorick," Capitol Hill colleague might
well remark of tae constructive states-
man VINO viii M longer tread the
scene he long s6orned:
+ He was q man, take MIN FIR al In all
I snail not look upon niA like again"
Evening star., 1928-05-28
PHILOSOPHERS
By
GLENN FRANK

Recently a correspondent took me to
task for insisting, as I have from time
to time, that the learning Of information
is not the gist of education.
you belong to the apostles Of soft
education" he writes. I'VE need to get
back to the hard education that made
students master facts. All these mat
ters OF insight, understanding and ca
pactty to think problem through are
by-products OF the hard and gruelinR
learning Of exact facts"
want to remind my correspondent
OF the following page from Hard
Times" by Charles Dickens:
=" Now, what I want is facts. Teach
these boys and girls nothing but facts.
Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant
nothing else and root out everything
else. You can only form the minds of
reasoning animals upon facts; nothing
else will ever be Of any service to them.
This Is the principle on which / bring
up my own children, and this Is the
principle on which / bring UP these
children. Stick to facts, sirl'
Thomas Gradgrind, sir. A man Of
realities. A man of facts and caIcuIa-
tons. A man who proceeds upon the
principle that two and two are four,
and nothing over. and who Is not to be
talked into allowing for anything over.
Thomas Gradgrind. sir-tperemptorily
Thomas-Thomas Gradgrind. With
rule and pair Of scales and the multi
plication table always in his pocket, sir,
ready to weigh and measure any parcel
OF human nature and tell you exactly
what 1t comes to. 1t is mere question
Of figures, case of simple arithmetic
Girl number twenty said Mr.
fF1A araIxy L.t-
square forefinger, I don't know that
girl. Who is that girl?'
Sissy Jupe, sir explained girl num-
Der twenty, blushing, standing up, and
curtseying.
Sissy is not a name said Mr.. Grad
grind Don't call yourself Sissy. Call
yourself Cecilia. What Is your fatherp
He belongs to the horse riding, If
you please, sir
Very well, then. He is a veterinary
surgeon, a farrier and horse breaker
Give me your definition Of horse
Sissy Jupe thrown into greatest
alarm by this demand
Girl number twenty unable TO define
a horse' said Mr.. Gradgrind. Girl
number twenty possessed Of no facts, in
reference to one of the commonest OF
animals! Some boys definition of a
horse. Bitter. yours
Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty
teeth, namely. "a grinders. eyeteeth
and IL incisors. Sheds coat in the
Spring; in marshy countries, sheds
hoofs, too. Hoofs hard, but requiring
to be shod with iron. Age known by
marks in mouth
Now. girl number twenty said Mr..
Gradgrind. you know what horse is"
Thank you. Mr.. Dickens, for an un-
forgettable picture OF the sterility Of an
education that Is no more than a col
lecting OF facts!
Copyright. Mcclure Newspaper syndicats.
Evening star., 1928-05-28

There are two odors that no one who
| has ever smelled them will forget, thai
of Photographic film and that Of "hypo.
1t may have been a quarter Of CEN
tury since you developed any pictures
but the moment you untangle the curl
ing strip Of celluloid, coated with gelatin
and silver, and run the writhing thing
through the bowl of water, memories
come rushing back In floods.
And when the developing Is COM
pleted, and the film ready for the fixing
bath, the unforgettable smell OF the
"hypo" will bring back other memories
Fortunate is he who has such memo
ries. for the developing of negatives and
| prints Is one Of the most interesting ex-
periments in physics and chemistry
open to the growing boy or girl.
! Yet 1t is astonishing how few chill
dren of the present vintage seem ever
to have done any work with camera
except take a few snapshots"
No doubt the professional photo I'm
ishers can do a better job than the
average amateur, but nothing can take
the place, at least for time, OF per-
sonal experimentation.
| Cameras and films and printing pa
| pers are so "foolproof" today that any
! boy of or 10 years of age with average
| intelligence can do a good job of de-
veloping and printing
The manufacturing company has put
! the experience In the products, so that
any one, by carefully following direc-
tions, can take, develop and print good
| pictures.
And it is lots Of fun. too.
Yet few of the boys we have talked
to seem to know anything about the
process. One high school lad didn't
even know that the picture had TO be
printed after the film was developed.
Another did not know what print
ing frame or a darkroom lantern was.
third had never heard of "hypo.
Now 1t seems that boy has missed
something out of his education II he
doesn't know about "hypo" and recog-
ilize that slightly pungent odor.
We were brought up on "hypo."
It is entwined with our earliest
memories. We had dark room" In
a closet, and batteries Of rubber trays.
and coal-oil burning ruby lamp, and
endless bottles of various developers.
In those days popular amateur pho
Biography was just beginning to get on
its feet. The dry plate-as opposed to
the wet plate-was comparatively new
invention. Amateur box cameras were
EldQE w bdhC bEtlSAEARE pldbSS. uE
popular camera was the Bulls Eye,
we believe.
Today everything Is made easy for
the amateur, yet the refreshing novelty
OF this combined experiment In physics
and chemistry remains.
The wonder of what light does to a
sensitized filn1, through the means of a
flashing shutter, bit of glass called
q lens. and the inclosed dark box called
the camera, is as great today as ever
ii was.
Like the telephone and radio how
ever, photography has become one Of
the commonplaces OF everyday life.
Snapshots - instantaneous exposures --
play a part in the lives Of all young
loving couples, honeymooners, happy
households.
Fortunate is he for whom the mystery
OF photography has not entirely faded
away. And the boy Of today. especially,
it seems TO us, ought TO become ac-
quainted with it. Here is an expert
ment involving both physics (the ac-
ton Of Iight), and chemistry, combin-