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HOOVER CANDIDACY
GAINS NEW BACKING
Robinson and Shortridge
Swing to Secretary-MeI-
lon Refuses to Give Stand.

liy the Associated frras,
The Hoover-tor President boom has
drawn the support of Assistant Secrc-
tary Robinson, OF the Navy. and SEN
ator Shortridge Of California, but Sec
rotary Mellon, mentioned in, press ac-
counts as having swung 10 the Com
merce Secretary still Is an unknown
quantity In so far as the public Is In
formed Of the disposition TO be made
Of his Influence.
Mr. Mellon declared last night that
published reports that he would support
Hoover did not come from him and he
added that he had not indicated his
position or told any one what he plans
10 do AT the Republican convention.
Il am not obliged 10 either confirm
or deny anything that a newspaper
man writes because he hasn't any ma
terial for hia paper. the Secretary
said Il am not obliged 10 take any
position, There Is luck Ia leiaure."
Election Predicted.
Senator Hhortfidse and Mr. Robin
son were definite Ia their announce
menta In favor al Hnnver. the Senator
predicting on tie Senate floor that the
Commerce Secretary would he the next
President, lie expressed the opinion
that Secretary Hoover viii make him
self clear 10 the American people on
every Issue and viii continue the poll
cies of this administration
Regret that President Coolidge and
Charles Evans Hughes had decided not
Ia be candidates WaA expressed In Il
statement by MI Robinson. who anid
that IN view VI Those developments his
State of New YORK hhullid support '"Ihe
| bast equlpped man" AT The kanaaa CITY
| convention, lie ia convinced after con-
Huitatihn With Republican leaders In
his home county, he added. that Her
| bert Hoover hiould receive the nnmina"
| ton.
Conferred WIN Leaders,
Robinson expressed belief thai iia0ee
efa election would he nt benefit Ia the
country. ana he proposed 10 dnVot1 al,
Time hna innnenGe n0saiDls 10 lila ilDnaa
1aatlan aud election.
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New Yorker Stays wife and
Wounds Etepchiidren.

NEW YORK. January II G',.-~ssal-
yALoIe ;saAci II CDfna, LING Island, t,-
Gay sf4O, anc killed. his wife. wounded
bA three sbfp children. Two perhaps
fatally shc then Killed himself with
d ccIble -isaFreied sil0tgUn
Two ~ the children. AHDyinstle, 10
Yeas olo, asld Salvatore, S. were ia
cFltical conc)tlDG. This tlifo Edna. IL.
Wa wounded IN "a, aeft ann
Sslcfs daughter tad Ealci aud HE
wife had aUafFelec
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labor Bank PAGES Strike.

NEW YORK, January n W1.~ The
to0kksepsrs, stanogfapilers and Acr
counlants' Union voted yesterday u
cali strike IL the Amaiaamated Bank
New works. fret labor bank. unless u
rainstatss within three days nnioil
member discharged January | beeanse
u activities Ia behalf of the union In
tbs bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17

1 the commission OF It's acceptance Of
the delegated authority to act under
the proposed Federal law. Joint boards,
composed Of two or more State boards,
with representatives Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, are proposed
where the commerce is carried on in
two or more States.
Gives Right of Appeal.
Mr.. Flynn proposes that any party
should have the right 10 appeal from
the action of State board or Joint
board to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. He recommends that motor
vehicles operating as common carriers
be required TO certify to the conven-
ience and necessity OF the service and
to give assurance of financial RESPONSE
bility TO insure adequate protection t0
passengers and property.
The law should require" says Mr.
Flynn. that rates be just, reasonable,
not unjustly discriminatory and not UNI
duly preferential or unduly pre- judicial"
Public policy. in the opinion OF MFR
Flynn. demands the fostering and pre-
serving In full vigor of vehicle trans
portation as well as rail and water
transportation He recommends wise.
ar-Sighted and definite coordination
OF all existing transportation agencies
land. water and air" He believes that
steam and electric railways now sub
ject 70 the interstate commerce act
should be authorized to engage in yehi-
Gle service over the public highways,
directly or through subsidiaries. uton
obtaining certificate OF convenience
and necessity"
Hits wildcat" Lines.
Speaking Of wildcat" operators of
motor vehicles. Mr. Flynn does not
mince words He says they have fire.
quently worked considerable injury TO
regular and responsible bus lines. not
only by cutting rates below what is
claimed To be an economic basis, but
also because the financial irrespons-
Utility and reprehensibie practices of
some tend TO discredit reputable and
responsible bus operations with the pub
lie"
Steam railroads will remain the back
bone OF the national transportation
system. Mr.. Flynn believes. since they
alone can be- relied upon for mass trans
portation and long distance hauls of
passengers and goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17
URGES COOPERATION OF u S.
AND STATES IN BUS CONTROL
Examiner Flynn of |. c.. C.. Makes Report
After Extensive Investigation of
Country 5 Interstate Traffic.

Cooperation between the Federal
and State governments in the regula.
ton of motor vehicles operating in in
terState commerce as common carriers
of passengers or property, with the In
terState Commerce Commission acting
in supervisory capacity. is recon-
mended in a special report by Leo J.
Flynn, attorney examiner for the COM
mission. The report is based upon
evidence taken by MIR. Flynn in Ma
ton wide investigation. during which
he heard more than 400 witnesses in
thirteen of the largest cities OF the
country. including Washington.
The recommendations are Of special
interest to residents of the National
Capital. since practically all bus OPP
erations into and out OF this city are
considered interstate operations.
Since the Supreme Court decided in
1925 that State commissions had no
authority over interstate motor We
hicles. except in the interest OF safety
or the preservation OF public highways,
motor buses and trucks have been OPP
Grating practically unrestrained.
Mr. Flynn, in legal discussion OF
the question. holds that Congress has
power under the commerce clause of
agencies authority TO regulate such
common carriers. particularly when the
right Of appeal TO some Federal author
ity Is reserved.
Held Important to Nation.
Transportation OF passengers and
property by motor vehicles operating
over the public highways Is well
established, useful and permanent fac
tor In the Nations transportation sys-
tenn" declares Mr.. Flynn. He points
out that the railroads have suffered
from competition with motor vehicles.
but holds that they have no more
economic right to any traffic than had
the canals and stage coaches which
once opposed the railroads"
Original Jurisdiction In the regula-
ton Of motor vehicles operating In
interstate or foreign commerce as COM
mon carriers over the public high
ways. Mr.. Flynn believes. should be
vested In such State commissions as
notify the Interstate Commerce Com
mission that they win act. He holds
that the commission should be dele
gated 10 act with original Jurisdiction
whenever State board fails 10 notify
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17
IMPERIALISM" RAPrED,


PARIS. January II an Lively inter.
est Ii being taken IN France IN the pro-
oeedinas Ut the Pan American confer
enoe thia mornings papers giving prone
inrnee IA President Coolldgca apeeeh
n IL either printed Ia full or sum
matiaed at length with liberal extracts
from the teal. II Was available loo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17
ROME FAIRS TO COMMENT


ROME. January II lr.~~The speeeh
OF President. Coolidge al Havana MAS
given prominent display IN the Roman
papers this morning, especially the RET.
efcnce Ia Columbus. which seems IA
have PLEASED the Italians
There was no editorial comment ON
the address
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17
U. S. BOYCOTT URGED.


MoNrENingo, Uruguay, january
II tM, rieuna Npular, IN an c>g,.
torial to-day, urged ur,lsuayanS a. tS,N V
eott products iIoN The United States
an u rt\scSt against intervention u,
Nicaragua,
The newspaper alSa attacked the eS-
tahlsahn,eht W VNsmmeWlAl air SegV scVS
here ~ eitiaeNS M the United States
saying that such SERVICES aid American
"MlxrlallSsn
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Fall From Dreage Fatal,

Martin ttrS@An was fatally injured
YESTERDAY ~ NssnN Ut tasllNs tV>Na a
dfesise M which ne Was working near
tNMF Mile Rum, Va It's head and
eeSN We're eadM crushed and ne Mas
Noileaneed deaa uINen ARRIVAL Al
klnelsvnes hoslAlal
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Datfodils Spsout in New York,

NEW YORK, january II W -~ DAT
totllS and hasel bushes ate eeannenctng
their spring growth on the grounds nj
the New fafk halanieal Garden, This
Ia so unus,,ai Ina. Dr, N. l., artt,on. d.
rector .lh-ehiet Ut the garden. issued \
bulletin about II today.
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Women's Club W Meet.

EDe,sk. l1eDate3s ~ IA. star
LYON VILLAGE, Va January IL
TIE Lyon Village Womene Gun wiil
meet a. ths home u Mrs. FRED Smith
TOMORROW night 81 q elocS Returns
from TIE salt ~ niDying picture tcEetA
SllI Ds nlk0s al the meeting MA
Er09n sEG MFE EWetIaaA VIII be 49,
alLasut tl1SiessE&.
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GERMANS HOST TO BRAND
French Minister Ii Guest At En-
hassv In Paris,

PARIS january II tAN -r fSf the nFSt
time since the World War began nearly
II wears ago. French mtn'ates a
foreign affairs was IA guest today AZ the
German embassy here,
Foreign Minister Miand, accom-
painted by other ministers. attended a
luncheon giyeS by Ambassador Van
ilaesrh for former Chancellor With.
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Conferred with Leaders,

Robinson expressed belief that Ha0e
sfa election would he al benefit la ihr
country, ana ha proposed 10 devote al
Time ana infinenGo n0sa.Dls 10 lila ilDm"
iaatian aud election.
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Continued from First Page)
Evening star., 1928-09-09
Story of Punctuation.

TT appears that punctuation MARKS
we're first employed by Aristopnanes,
the famous Greek dramatist, who lived
centuries before Christ. The system
devised by him did not become eener-
ally known, and 1t soon fell into COM
plete oblivion. 1t was nearly 900
years before any one made a similar
attemnt
In tl,e times of Charles the Ss-~.t
(Charlemagne) two distinguished schol-
ars. Alcain and Warnefrid, again intro
duced punctuation marks, but their
signs also fell into disuse.
The present system of punctuation.
as used in all modern languages. with
insisnificant variations, was introduced
In the first half of the sixteenth CEN
tury by the Venetian printer. Aldus
Manutius. He is the real father of the
punctuation marks-the period, comma
colon, semicolon, exclamation and IN
terrcgation marks, apostrophe and IN
verted commas. Printers gradually
adopted Aldus' system, which finally
became established throughout Europe.
Evening star., 1928-09-09
ROGERS Studies. Big Snake Dance
Investigates Matter Himself, as He Doubts
Accuracy of Current Reports-Whnte
Tourists Crowd Natives-Do
the Reptiles Bite?

Oolaoah Indian Territory days. Inc
indians could have very easily nave
sold seats to the dance on the tops W
their houses. for there must nave penh
25 hundred so-called white people tnel@'
Put there was nothing that cost you .
thing ~outside of some soda pop anu
vanilla ice cream that had been haulea
in the hundred and ten miles Dy soniC
white man in a truck. the indians L
thew eyer get to see the dance tnenl-
SnIves win have to nave 1t some tunes
when the white folks don't know its TO
he held as they would Just move IN .,I ni.
the roofs of the little low houses I'M IN,
the Hopfs live in, and the Indians Woule.
all be fixed squattcd there WIN W W.
little brood to see the dance anu 'ine az
tourists would Just move III LIoll. ~, -,
such numbers that they dldent nave or, anS
more chance of seeing what was Sonls
on in front than If they haoent o~ei'
tb"r~ h,-
They go out in the desert days os. o.,
fore and catch these snakes. lheI "a.
the day of the dance they bring mem
into the dancing place, kind OF
Solare between houses on each SIDE. LIE
actual space that the white people leaVe
Ia them is about 80 by so feet. Inere
is a little thing like shock OF corn, Oh
a teppee made of green bows, anu
bushes and into that an old 1ndi2h
takes couple of gunny sacks full G\
snakes He stays In there ana hano~
EN- out to the dancers as they go oF
Each dancer carries one snake aroma
for three circles, then he puts 1t down
Just turns 1t loose. and 1t makes tol
the crowd. and there is three Indians
that do nothing but catch the ones
that are turned loose and they let EN-
get almost in the crowd before grabbing
'em and of all the screaming and hol-
Iering. some of these old blue racers go
| into the crowd so fast that they are
out among the people before the catch
er can get en-.
Then the dancer goes by this little
Teepee. and gets another snaxe He
taxes it generally rattle snake. and
snme big ones) I'm his hands and they
all go through the same plan. He puts
the snakes neck. about four or five
inches back of its head. into his own
mouth. and then he takes his two hands
and holds the body OF the snake kinder
out straight. he handles 1t exactly like
SaXaphone. His hands are OH the
snake in the very same position as
ones hands ON saxaphone, only its
Evening star., 1928-09-09
SOME OF THESE OLD BLUE RACERS co INTO THE CROWD.

makes them very Ill afterwards. and
that Is supposed to discharge any
poison, then they have big feast. like
our Athletes mad during their stay in
Amsterdam. II is very impressive
thing There is nothing Of the make
believe or show angle to it. 1t Is the
greatest dramatic religious spectacle in
this country.
All the Indians are very courteous and
obliging While the whites are our
usual arrogant But-Inns. It makes a
great spectacle for there is hundreds
of the Navajoes Indians there. They
are the tall lanky horsement type, tina:
live out with their stock all the time
and not IN villages at all. The Hopi's
all live together in towns. The dance i&
to get rain. and before the last snake
was caressed. why 1t begin to rain.
Just thought suppose our dances were
made as an appeal to the divine for
something, and they got what they de-
served the varsity drag would be fol-
lowed by an earthquake, and the
Charleston by maby famine.
tCopyright. 1921 -
Evening star., 1928-09-09
China Painting.
IN painting, as in writing. the Jal

IN painting, as in writing, the japanese
artists hold the brush, which they
use for both purposes, perpendicularly
over the surface to be inscribed or
ornamented. the first and fourth fin
gers over the two middle ones.
China painting in Japan is conducted
on the cooperative system. Each ar
tiSt confines himself to one particular
part of the work. One specialist
sketches the figures, another the land
scape and third the scrolls or ara
besques. The cup, vase, dish or what
ever it may be. is then handed over to
the colorists, who also subdivide their
labor one of them doing the scarlet.
another the blue and so on, until the
master worker crowns their efforts by
adding the gliding either in broad lines
and masses or in multitudes of tiny
dots.
When one reflects that every one of
these touches must be repeated with
the minuteSt accuracy from seven to
nine times on the best china, one may
gain some idea of the amount of skill
and attention required to produce good
Kyoto ware. Then, after all, the whole
of this labor may be wasted upon an
article that shows its flaws only on
being submitted to the fiery ordeal of
the last baking.
The japanese artists are paid ac-
cording to the class of their work. the
gold painter and final critic receiving
most. Next ranks the designer, and
lowest of all are the colorists. whose
work is purely mechanical. though it
REQUIRES long and arduous apprentice
ship.
The final baking lasts for several
hours. The furnace is fed with logs
OF cloSe-grained wood as hard and
heavy as lignum- vitae, which burns
slowly and gives uniform and intense
heat. The fire Is allowed to die out
and the furnace to cool very gradually,
IN order that the porcelain may be
properly annealed. The porcelain is
ready for removal in 40 hours after it
has been first placed in tlas usu...
Evening star., 1928-09-09

really didn't mean half said, you
know. You see, you scared the life out
of me. I thought for q moment you
were goner and"
There he stopped short. To Pat,
braced instinctively for fresh onslaught,
the unexpected apology had proved the
last straw. No use now to try to keep
the swift tears from blurring her vision.
But she sought to abSolve him from
completely in her breakdown.
"Don't-don't mind me-" she quaver-
ed I'm just-a bit shaken myself.
II did think was a goner, too. and
and am half-baked. ] deserved all
you said. Im-I'm just sorry I was
such bother"
She broke there, but tried desperately
to smile through her tears. And that
finished Peter
"Bother!" echoed Peter explosively--
and shut off the engine.
| Quite without conscious volition, just
what had happened to hinl--or when
or 1ow-he did not pause to consider.
what he had said about the color,
movement and drama of life.
For life is Nature, and Nature, from
her own ends, has made certain nySte-
rious forces omnipotent and inescap-
able. An oak can spring from the
acorn's tiny heart; colorless cocoon
can blossom forth butterfly.
Something akin to those miracles had
| happened to Peter UnmiStakably,
for: "Bother!" he repeated huSkily.
why
He said no more. He merely gather
ed her into his arms while their lips
met. Unpremeditated that, but as In
escapable, as inevitable at Nature had
planned it to be.
And so, to them, time and the sun
and the sea were not.
Even the lobster boat was quite for
gotten. 1t continued, nevertheless to
lay mile offShore, rolling in a gentle
sea. The operator on duty at the Radio
| Compass Station on the cliff saw it so.
ard picking up his marine glass focused
them. -
The operator was a long Texan who
called all women ''ma'am." He took
one glance and then put his glasses
own, proving both his tact and innate
chivalry, and his humanity as well, by
swiftly reaching for his telephone and
calling Pats mother.
This because, half an hour before.
Jean had called him on the chance that
Pat might have walked up to the cliff.
"Ma'am," he said now in his gentlest
drawl, your daughter is offshore in
that lobster chaps boat, I reckon"
Jean, for a second, went almost sick
with relief. Then: Thank you so
much" she said. she was gone so
long I was bit worried. Are they--
headed in?"
The long Texan hesitated.
I'm not SO sure which way they're
headed" he admitted then, but I can
assure you. ma'am, she's well and
that-she looks downright happy, too"
| (Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1928-09-09

the neck and not the actual mead that
is in the mouth, now we couldent tell
if any got bit or not. If they did they
dident let on.
There is one man behind each snake
dancer who don't have a snake He
looks like he is there to attract the
snakes attention in case he might want
to bite. He himself is not near enough
to be bit. So / guess he directs the
snake where TO bite the other fellow,
Each dancer must have danced Y itn as
many as 10 snakes.
There was about 20 taking part iii
the whole dance. At the finish they
grab up all the snakes and run to ths
four corners of the compass. down over
the hill. and turn the snakes loose. #
the white people keep on interfering
with the dance. / think they will turn
en- loose IN their automobiles That
will take the snakes TO the four corners
of the earth.
These men train for this dance. and
they fast for days, and then they drink
some kind of bite preventative that
Evening star., 1928-09-09
BY WILL ROGERS.

A. IL know is Just what ! read in
n the papers, or what I run into
~ as l proWl hither ana thitl1er.
4 L Wen, week or SO ago prowl-
ed thither and run into the
awfullest mess of snakes you ever saw
Ali my life I have heard OF the HJpl
snake dance out i'll Arizona. We'll
psof,le and writer's are such liars that
I dident know but what they was load
ing us about this snake thing So
grabbed up my two boys who had dor.e
a bit of snake reading, and we LIT ont
for the wilds of Arizona. It took place
at a place called Hotivilla, so you notice
that the French, and the initiating
Americans are not the first to use the
word Villa. The Indians called 1t thai
even before it was fashionable.
This town Is near the Oldest town that
is known on this continent and that i
Arolof. That one is lust few miles
awav and goes back hundreds oil years
This new village was formed Ey an Old
chief who moved away from the old ofl'
because he was trying to get the chit
dren away from the Government scho7I
But the school followed him up. and
Fraternities are right on his heels.
I tell you its awful hard 10 stay
civilized III tfllS COuuLIy Aowou"H"
This old fellow thought he could 40 .
with people. but NO the School teacher
and the Bootleeger was right after him
80 his young is just as liable to grew
up as big a heathen as the other llo
million with which he has to associate
ne did have a lot Of great ctstoris
and some wonderful old ideas. But Ef
cars and the radio nailed him, and now
he is as unreliable as his white brother
They sure do hang on to this Ola
custom of the sacred snake dance. You
will hear Americans say. "Oh It is ttlst
commercial thing now" Wen dou
know where they get the tdea. / dont
know who makes any money out OF II
The fellow that runs the trading Pos:
there sold the boys and some canne1
salmon and crackers and Sardines. anu
oh, yes Jim. (thats the Younger ele'
mentl he had about half gallon ctn
of canned Chill Beans, and most OF thf
other YoSeles beside us brought what
they eat so the Commercial end NJ u
as far as ! could see was about $l.80
AS Jim finished with whole can OF
peaches and ! called 1t . day by mop
ping up on some cannkS green gage
which ] hadent seen since the ole