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The Washington times., 1928-08-18
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 1S.-Spots
were quiet with prices barely steady
here today. Sales totaled 1000
bales; receipts. 1000 bales.
Middling fair was quoted at 1850;
strictly good mids, 10000; good
mids, 10.65d; strictly mids, 10.55d;
n1ids, 10.45d; strictly low mids,
10000; low mids. 1O.15d; strictly
good ordinary, 9,95d; good ordinary,
565d.
Futures opened barely steady
with October, at 9S7d: December,
9S4d January, 9.S2d; March, 9.86d;
MAY, 9.g0d.
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instructions Issued
For Mail Voters Here

District residents entitled to vote
in New Mexico should certify with
the registration board before
August 20, p. A. Sugrue. secretary
or the local Al Smith Democratic
Clubs warned today.
Personal application for registra-
non is required in Delaware, SUI
Gfue announced. The first regis.
lration date in that State is
August %.
Absentees will not be able to
vote IN Kentucky, as the Supreme
court mas declared the absentee
voters law unconstitutional.
The Washington times., 1928-08-18
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET

CHICAGO. Aug. 1S.--Grains
opened steady to a shade lower to-
day. Wheat was unchanged to sc
lower: corn and oats unchanged,
to &c lower. Opening prices:
wheat SEPTEMBER. $1.12h@
1.129s; December. S1171h @1.17A;
May, $1.2S% OLA.
Corn-September, $3.50: Decem,
Der. 73A @733sc; March, 75M @754c.
Oats-September, new, 365s a
S6Ac; December. new, 39Ac; March,
age; May, 42%c.
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Births, Marriages, Deaths
Phone Notices to Main $780, Obituary Desk
BIRTHS

George M. and Annie Wall. boy.
Russell X. and Laura NJ. KidwelI. boy,
Ennis w. and Nellie Carter. boy.
Robert ]. and elizabeth Black boy.
Joseph r. and Priscilla Tettephoh.
boy
Ashton x. and Matte l., Carter. boy.
John r. and Elizabeth Fitzpatrick.
boy.
Frank b. and Theodore Duchesne. boy.
Mark r. and Margaret GOiibart. girl.
James w. and Mildred NJ. Long. girl
Bernard G. and Gladys L. Mcdonald,
boy
John z. and Pearl Thomas. girl.
Edward and Bsrnice Brooks, girl
Mathew and Bertha Morton. boy
Emmett and Matte Woclfork, boy.
The Washington times., 1928-08-18
CLEARING HOUSE REPORT

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-Clearing
house statement:
Exchanges. 81, 142, 900, 900.
Balances, $97, 100000.
Federal Reserve Banks credit
balance. $50, 100000
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Cornelius Lacey. "a. and Emily x.
ellis, "a. The Rev. c. b. Austin.
E. N. TrinkIe, %. and Martha F.
Dold. FL. both of Roanoke. The Rev
Herman w. Doggett, 80. and Nettie
MInntoIo. 81, both of Richmond. The
Rev H. W. Tolson.
Charles H Hudson. 22s and Rose o.
Jiggetts. IS. The Rev. w, Westrav.
Charles Henry Stewart SO. and Mary
n. Lee, SO. The Rev. Leon WormIey.
Horace NJ. Grindell %, and Ruth C.
elliott %. The Rev. ] e. Russell.
f. f. Long, 81, and Gladys M. Flexon,
10. The Rev. H. W. Tolson.
Topham. "a. The Rev, R. Y. Nicholson,
e. r. Lutz, rs. and Mildred E, Mad
dox, 20. The Rev. r. w. Cooke.
Mtr qr'H Is L. The s1 Rsv. W W 4. o Iampeth:
e e. Koblentz, rs, and Josephine C.
Irwin l.. Lewter, "a. and Theima "
Wjdmyer, 81. The Rev. w. A. Lambeth
william j. Middleton, 40, and Bessie
T. Roger, "a. The Rev. P. 4. Conroy.
Leland S. Nestles 81, and Christins
r. Hauptman, "a. Judge r. Il. Mat
tingly
Doyle Evans 90, and jamie B. Wright
21. The Rev. 1. n. Gooch.
Ramon Z. Bryant, %, and Annie v
speights, %. The Rev. w. f. LaRue.
Robert f.. l.. Price. 30, and Nora 5
Eames, IS. The Rev. H. t. Stevenson.
Beasley, 81. both of Richmond. The
Rev. II. w Tolson.
Llovd w. Creason. "a, and Viola j
Morris. 81 The Rev. Earl Taggart.
Frank Rosenberg, %, and Ada Frank
81 The Rev. G. sflverstone.
T Understipe. 20. The Rev. l.. j
SChwefeE ,',-sE . r-r- q.
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DEATHS

MELVIN-At Stoddard Baptist Home, Sat
urday morning, August Is. NARY j.
MELVIN, for over thirty years faithful
servant in the family OF Frank B. COnger.
Funeral service and interment private.
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DEATHS

John s. Mills. IS years. Walter Reed
Emily .Montrop. 50 years. 1905 " 81.
8. 81 49,
Aahmead PI. n. w.
Laura Hoover II years George
washington University Hospital
Robert ID. Walsh. 81 years, Walter
Reed General Hospital.
Harry v. Lansdale. 81 years $500
sixteenth ST N w. -
Albert r Miller. 81 years. 1921
Buchanan st. n. w.
Mary e. Hunt IS years Rupert
Mary e. offutt. 50 years. sao Third
Lloyd Il. Ruth. s. years. 1ssS e.
Elsie E.~,studds. rs years. GEORGETOWN
J. Fannie Harris. 70 year" s4s' 18th
= william Randall. 50 years. eallinEsr
George Brown, IS years, Providence
John Rowlstt. ss years Home for
Hszekish johnson Is years. Freed
mf Rosa Hsrveii. 81 years. GEORGETOWN
HOSPITAL.
sis HOSPITAL. We
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FOREIGN BONDS
LIBERTY BONDS

FURNISHED by w Be Hibbs q COD
Liberty Sd AIS 1928 .....,..... 500 81
Liberty 4th Ans 1888. .......... 101. es
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SHORT TERM SECURITIES

FURNISHED by w. p. Hibbs & Coz
,Iy
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Too Late to Classify
COME I'm

And see. for yourself the ex-
reptional values we offer in
dependable used cars.
1928 Essex Super-Six Coach
Condition o. K; the price is $495; try
and match it.
1927 Ford Coupe
Looks and runs like new: one of the
last model T Fords; has lots Of extras and
the price is low.
1925 Chevrolet Coupe
Good tires. paint and upholstery driven
by careful owner. and try to beat it At
1925 Hudson Brouqhan
the price of $3.50 is attractive.
1923 Dodge Standard Six
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miles; like new IN every way and carries
our new car warranty, practically new
1928 Dodge Fastest Four"
Sedan
II you are interested in a fast light car.
see this before buying, $695.
SEMMES MOTOR co.
613 G St. N. w.
Used Car Dept. Cd Floor
Day Phone Night Phone Pier,
OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS
Evening star., 1928-12-04

ure, the revamped McNary- Haugen
farm bill, they hold, would not
be enough. Mr.. Hoover, Senator Borah
and other Republican leaders who
urged the farmers to trust their case
to the Republicans rather than to the
Democrats during the presidential
campaign promised that the farm-aid
program should be comprehensive: that
it would include tariff revision, which
would benefit the farmer: that measures
looking to greater development of in
land waterways would be undertaken.
It is obvious that no such program can
be considered in the present session of
Congress. The Western representatives
say that to put off for another year
work on such a program is not fair to
the farmer
The brigade which believes in letting
things ride" and in doing nothing which
it does not have to do, however, is
usually strong in Congress. So far as
it's members are concerned, next year,
or even 1881 or 1882, would serve for
consideration of bills which they regard
as fanciful, to say the least.
Evening star., 1928-12-04

went to experts on Lincolniania and
received their judgment to the effect
that his material was genuine. He
demonstrated that he did not rush in
where angels fear to tread. as is so
often the case with those who come into
accidental possession of supposedly rare
papers But he approached his task
with commendable caution. If he has
been victimized, the criticism sure to
follow would undoubtedly be tempered
by knowledge of the means he employed
to be sure he was right.
Washington has a peculiar interest
in these letters. for the Atlantic has
already arranged with Herbert Putnam.
the librarian at the Congressional
Library. for their display with other
Lincoln collections at the Library. But
that, of course, depends upon their
authenticity. The forthcoming battle
of the experts over that authenticity
will be merry row indeed.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
Accident Proportion
Statistics Compiled
BY E. f. FREE. PHI. ID.

A new way of comparing the dangers
of accident in different occupations, by
the number of years needed for the
average person exposed to risk to kill
himself taking it, was used by engl-
neers of the Interborough Rapid Tran
sit Co. of New York City in presenting
to the recent annual Safety Congress
figures concerning the subway lines op-
Grated by that company.
Safety statistics are usually COM
puted, it was pointed out as the propor-
tions of accidents or deaths to the total
population. This method is often mis-
leading for it fails to take into ac-
count the number of hours during
which the average person is exposed to
risk of accident. In computing safety
in the subway, for example, the num-
ber of passengers carried each year was
multiplied by the minutes of average
ride. That gave the total number of
passenger minutes of risk of accident
during the year, just as railways COM
pute their traffic in passenger r-mlleS or
in ton-mileS of freight.
Dividing this passenger-minute total
by the number of passengers killed by
accident, the Interborough engineers
computed that the average passenger
waiting to be killed by accident could
ride in the company'S Subways "a hours
day for 1,723 years before his time
would come. Computed on this same
basis of exposure to risk, the average
person would be killed by accident after
l,600 years on NeW York City streets
and after 1920 years of riding in an
automobile
Evening star., 1928-12-04

! Thousands of workers make a mis-
take, strictly from their own stand
point of barely allowing themselves
| enough time to get to work in the
morning
We say nothing of the employers
| standpoint. Employers usually can take
care of themselves. 1t is an unfortunate
thing that some employees seem to need
! guardians.
To have every move so timed that
one just flashes under the wire as the
! bell rings--that, one must submit. is a
big mistake from the viewpoint of the
workers welfare.
Every employe owes it to himself, as
well as to his firm, to come to work in
| the best frame of mind possible to do
his task with vigor. From his own
standpoint. he ought to be able to en-
joy his work after he gets there.
One of the best methods in existence
for achieving this double program is
also one of the easiest, and yet some
times it would seem to be the most
difficult of accomplishment.
1t is no other than allowing ones self
plenty of time to get to work in a
leisurely manner Perhaps the only
ones to be exempted from this mandate
are those persons who by nature are
so constituted that being rushed actu-
ally brings out the best that is in them.
There are, of course, such persons,
but one may question whether there
are one-fourth as many as the hurry
ing, Scurrying crowd one sees scuttling
off to work every day.
Surely half of these would be better
off, physically, mentally and even NOR
ally, if they would come to the good
determination to allow themselves plenty
of time to get to work.
X X X X
There is something about the unhur-
ried attitude that expands a human
being like sunshine the petals of a
rose
The fragrance of personality BIOS
SONS only when the best that is in a
human being is allowed to come to the
surface
Time is necessary for the accomplish
ment of this everyday miracle.
Take the case of the sallowfaced,
thin-lipped clerk, who rushed into a
restaurant to get her breakfast at four
minutes to 8 o'clock.
Hers was an extreme case, it must
be admitted. yet typical, nevertheless.
What she did is done in lesser degree
by countless hundreds of persons.
Selling cup of hot coffee. she stood
up at the counter and drained it of its
contents in exactly 80 seconds.
Half minute was all she took to eat
her breakfast! That it was all she
needed, an observer doubted 1t was
not alone the ruin of her digestion
which mattered but even more the sad
things being done to her personality.
AS she started off at run for her
office, one wondered if her whole morn
ing had not been like that, always on
the run. She jumped out of bed, threw
on her clothes, hurried away to the car
line.
She was angry at herself and at every
one else all the time, thinking that fate
had it in for her, and that the world
was terribly out of STEP when, as a
matter of fact, all she needed to do
was to slow down.
Her tempo as one might say. was too
fast. She needed the calming influence
of plenty of time to bring out the beau
tiful pink shades of her personality. and
to cause others to be glad when they
met her.
X X X X
The unhurried attitude is a thing
Evening star., 1928-12-04
Police Contradictions.

An amazing contradiction in police
work has been offered in Washington
during the past few days. On Thursday
night gasoline station manager was
shot down in cold blood by member
of bandit gang, which fled the scene
scarce and although the police arrived
soon after the killing it was apparent
that difficult case confronted them.
Undismayed, however, by the lack of
motive or evidence which would lead to
the slayer they set out on the trail while
it was still hot and by as fine piece
of detective work as has ever been re-
vealed in this city they have already
captured the gang and obtained, they
claim, confessions from all members
of it.
On Friday a policeman approached a
man leaving his home and rudely de-
manded, What kind of joint is this?"
Resenting this characterization of his
house, wherein resided his wife and
cnlloren, tne man requested an apology.
The policeman thereupon. according to
testimony offered in court, pulled his
gun and broke the windows in the VIC
TINS car, later charging him with disor-
derly conduct and haling him before a
judge. The case was, of course, dis
missed, but the unhappy victim of the
policeman's wrath probably had to pay
for the damage to his automobile besides
suffering the humiliation of being taken
to court.
1t must be discouraging for men who
have performed the meritorious service
to the community of solving within a
few days particularly difficult crime to
have a policeman of this type bring
discredit upon the department
Evening star., 1928-12-04
Work on Tariff to Begin.

The House ways and means commit
tee is to begin hearings on the tariff
January Z. This determination was
reached by the Republican members of
the committee yesterday. 1t was fur
ther determined that when tariff re-
vision bill is reported, it shall be general
bill; that no effort should be made to
put through a tariff bill dealing only
with farm products. Nor is there any
expectation that there shall be tariff
revision at the present short session OF
Congress. The work which the ways
and means committee is now undertak-
ing Is designed entirely for framing a
bill which will be presented to the new
Congress which comes into being after
March 4. 1t will be presented either at
a special session in the Spring, a special
session in September, or at the first
regular session of the next Congress
which opens next December.
While Speaker Longworth, who is
opposed to special session of Con-
SASoo AL b44C 6pA 11lS, Sdt WIN the COM
nittee yesterday and concurred, it is
announced, with the decisions of the
committee to go TO work on the tariff
SO did Majority Leader Tilson of Con.
necticut, who has favored an early spe.
cial session of Congress to deal with
the whole tariff problem There is q
certain forehandedness about the whole
proceeding that indicates a strong sus.
picion in the minds of the leaders thai
there is to be special session soor
after Mr.. Hoover is inaugurated Presi.
dent.
The President-elect has promised tn,
farmers of the West, the East and tn,
South legislation which will help then
to an equality in American prosperit!
with the manufacturer and labor. TIL,
snort session of Congress, in the opin
ion Of many of the Western Senator
and Representatives, does not offer suff
cient opportunity for the adequate con
sideration and adoption of such a pro
gram. The mere passage Of one meas
Evening star., 1928-12-04
a Coming Battle ROYAL.

Literary hoaxes are probably as old
as literature itself, but that the pristine
pages of the dear Atlantic Monthly
should be soiled even by the improved
suspicion that it has unsuspectingly
participated in the preparation of a
canard is something new under the sun.
The public will find of more than
ordinary interest, therefore, the out
come of the. dispute which has
arisen over the publication, beginning
in the current number of the Atlantic.
OF certain hitherto unknown letters of
Abraham Lincoln. The authenticity of
these letters has been attacked by Paul
M. Angle, executive secretary of the
Lincoln Centennial Association of
Springfield, ILL.,; Oliver r. Barrett, a
Chicago collector of Lincolniania, and
by Edward L. Dean of New York CITY,
an expert collector of rare manuscripts
Ellery Sedgwick, the editor of the At
lantic, has made the plea, and in all
fairness it should be regarded, that
those who doubt the genuineness of the
letters should defer their final iudg-
ment until the entire series has been
published, so that the original manu-
scripts may then be examined by those
interested. Whether or not the criti-
ctSm that has begun will cease, In defer
ence to this request, remains to be seen.
But it is certain that the original manu-
scripts will receive a searching inquiry
when their publication is completed,
and that the battle now begun will be
fought to finish, with the Atlantic
Monthly or the critics to be pronounced
the winner ir the end.
Mr.. Sedgwick undoubtedly antici-
pated the attacks that are now being
made. In an article in this months
Atlantic he carefully details the steps
he took to verify the authenticity of
the letters, which came to him from
Miss Wilma Frances Minor, the owner
OF the collection. He describes the
chemical tests to which the letter paper
was submitted, and which showed that
it contained none of the pulp which
goes into the present-day manufacture
of paper. He tells of the long after
Moons spent with magnifying glass,
comparing the dotting of the as" and
the crossing of the its" with known
Lincoln handwriting, and of the pains
taking scrutiny of marginal notes in
Lincoln's handwriting discovered on the
yellowed pages Of old books. He also
Evening star., 1928-12-04
The Five.Hour School Day.

Interviews with several prominent
| child specialists, as published in The
Star, would indicate that the present
| five-hour day for children of the first
and second grades in the public schools
| is menace to the childs health, and
| that the hours should be shortened But
DR.. Frank w Ballou, the superintendent
of schools. sums up the issue in a few
words in meeting the criticism with a
statement that the five-hour school day
for the lower grades is the present prac-
tice throughout the country and evi-
IDENTIFY meets the wishes of the majority.
His implication is, of course, that if
Washington parents in a sufficient num-
Der show their desire for a change. the
change will be forthcoming.
Five hours in school for a voungster
OF SIX or seven, especially in the VIM
ter months, when only an hour or two
= 9svlight remains after 3 o'clock in
the afternoon, is a rather stiff schedule.
The animal instincts of the child to get
out OF doors and whoop like wild In
dian are undoubtedly suppressed and
suppression, according to the modern
philosophy, is apt to cause tremendous
harm. On the other hand, the children
with whom the child specialists are
most concerned probably do not repre-
sent the average child. If the average
child were SO adversely affected by the
long hours as to require the attention
of doctor, the five-hour school dav
would come to quick end. The schools
must necessarily deal with the average
child. So far the weight of evidence
has shown that from an educational
viewpoint five hours of school in the
lower grades is required as necessary
preparation for the upper grades and,
from the health standpoint, the vast
majority of children stand up under the
strain.
The five-hour school day has been In
effect here for five years nova suf-
f1cient time in which to conduct the ex-
pertinent. The Board of Education
would do well to find, from parents and
from the citys health authorities
whether there is a desire for change
to shorter hours, and whether this de-
sire is founded on evidence of harm
traced to the existing schedule. If the
experiment has been successful it should
continue.
There may be many children who de-
velop ailments due to spending five
hours every day sitting in the classroom.
But it is to be doubted if this time spent
is as harmful to the child as the fact
that under present conditions in the
Washington schools the average num-
Der of pupils per teacher in the second
grade is f1fty-f1ve, when the best stand
ards call for thirty-five plus. The
amount Of learning to be absorbed by a
child of seven sitting five hours a day
in class of f1fty-five, and receiving the
attention of only one harassed teacher,
cannot be considered as profound, at
any rate. Somehow an hour or two of
difference in the length of time he sits
in that class, under the present crowd
ed conditions, cannot seem so important
from the standpoint of education.
Evening star., 1928-12-04

@ Why is the moon sometimes so
far north and sometimes so far south?
j. L.
A. The Naval Observatory says that
the moon does not revolve in the plane
of the earth'S Equator. but in a plane
inclined to the plane of the Equator at
an angle that varies approximately from
18 to 90 degrees. In any month the
moon may be seen at least 18 degrees
south of the celestial Equator, and after
two weeks at least 18 degrees north of
the celestial Equator In some years, as
1913 for instance, the moon may be seen
nearly 20 degrees south of the celestial
Equator, and then. two weeks later
nearly 20 degrees north Of the celestial
Equator. The moons rapid northerly
progress occurs about one week later
than its farthest south, and about one
week earlier than its farthest north.
@. What is the religious affiliation
of Carlyle B. Haynes, author of Re
turn of Jesus"?-H. E. B.
A. Carlyle B. Haynes is a member
of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
He is at present one of the vice presi-
dents of that denomination, being in
charge of the South American Division,
with headquarters at Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
@. When were the various crusades?
Il. P.
A. First crusade, 1O96-1099; second
1147-l149; third, 1189-1191: fourth,
1902, diverted from its purpose; fifth,
1228-1229; sixth, 1248-1254; seventh,
1870.
O. What is the longest street in Chi
cago?-L. M. K.
A. Western avenue, with a length of
23l2 miles, is considered Chicago's
longest street.
O. What people are most law-abid-
ing?-C. G. c.
A. Generally speaking, the natives of
Finland are the most law-abiding. A
police system is not found necessary.
Evening star., 1928-12-04
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN.

This is special department devoted
to the handling of inquiries. You have
at your disposal an extensive organiza-
ton in Washington to serve you in any
capacity that relates to information.
Write your question, your name and
your address clearly, and inclose cents
in coin or stamps for reply. Send to
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, D. G.
@. How tall are Herbert Hoover and
Charles CurtiS?-C. A. j.
A. President-elect Herbert Hoover is
q. little less than feet tall. Vice Presi-
dent-elect Curtis is feet 912 inches.
@. Are there more blind people in
the United States than there are deaf
mutes?-E. E. r.
A. The blind population of the United
States in 1920 was So 2,567. The number
of deaf mutes in 1920 was 44,885.
@. Is the new chapel at the Univer-
sity of Chicago donated by John D.
Rockefeller Sectarian?-L. E. M.
A. The chapel presented by John D.
Rockefeller, and endowed by the Laura
Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Founda-
tion, is to serve all sects and to pro-
mote the religious idealism of the stu
dents of the University of Chicago.
@. In entertaining friends at a 6
o'clock dinner, is it correct to use bread
and butter plates?-L. c. E.
A. Bread and butter plates are used
at informal or formal dinners. At the
most formal of dinners bread and butter
plates are not placed because there IS
no butter served. However, except upon
rare occasions, bread and butter plates
are being placed at dinner.
o. What kind of German Roller ca
naries are companiniS?-H. H.
A. Individual birds with exceptional
ability as singers are used as instructors
for young birds, and are known as
"companinis" These birds are imported
from Germany, where some of the finest