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Tong Murders.

With one man definitely held by a
coroner's jury on charge of participant
ing in the Chinese tong shooting in this
city last Sunday evening, the police, it
is stated, are taking steps to rid the
Capital of Cinnamon who are without
passports. A thorough combing OF
Washington for possible members of the
warning organizations is to take place
in order to prevent further outbreaks.
This is an admittedly difficult task. The
Chinese who are enlisted in the tongs
or secret trading organizations are, like
all their race, secretive and their iden-
tification is hard to effect. Survivors
Of the Sunday shooting, though they
may have recognized individuals In the
assaulting party, will not positively
designate them. AS in the case of the
Italian Black Hand affairs. dependable
witnesses are rare. When questioned
they fall back upon a brief formula of
ignorance. In this instance one of the
men who was shot to death gave name
just before he died and it was by this
clue that the present prisoner was found
and is now being held.
These tong wars are mysterious out
breaks Of jealousy and repriSal. Some
years ago a peace was arranged between
the two leading tcngs represeI led in
America which had been for son years
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Dirigible Limitations.

While everybody who saw the Graf
Zeppelin soaring over Washington the
other day was probably thrilled by the
thought of it's performance in main
tanning itself continuously for many
hours in flight across the sea, never
theless the initial passenger voyage of
the great dirigible, indeed, the initial
passenger voyage of any aircraft, can
not be regarded as unqualifiedly sue
cessful. The route pursued was not that
originally laid down, being approximate
ly 1000 miles longer. 1t was chosen
with reference to the wind conditions
and it's selection was dictated by pru-
dence. Yet even in the relatively calmer
zone of the southern North Atlantic,
the Graf Zeppelin was severely treated
by the elements. A part of the cover
ing fabric was torn loose by the wind
and partial repairs were perilously eff
fected. The injury was in a vitality i'm
portant part of the ships organism, the
port stabilizer upon which the trim
ming of the great craft depended. In
point Of time the voyage was not ex-
ceptional. The ship left its German
base Thursday morning and reached
Lakehurst late Monday afternoon. This
was faster time than can be made by a
surface ship, it is true, and If the
dirigible had come by the shortest
route at the speed it maintained on its
chosen course it would have reached
these shores in record time.
In the circumstances it is clear that
the dirigible as a passenger carrier is
not yet a promising competitor of the
steamship. Its accommodations are re-
5t,1cted and its passengers are subjected
tn limitations. Further developments
may enable it to offer comparable COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-17
Car-Fare Equities.

What formula of street car fare fix
ing or increase can be devised which
will increase the fare upon both the
local roads in precisely the same amount
without imposing an unjust exaction
,uon the thousands of Washingtonians
using one of them? The needs OF the
two roads. iustifying an increase, nave
pever been and are not now the same.
First one road claimed and now the
other is claiming comparative poverty.
IF irrespective Of the actual needs OF an
increase the fares are raised to cor
respond to the earning of certain per-
centage on valuation the new fare and
the amount of increase over the old
rate will not, of course, be precisely the
same in respect to the two roads.
If the facts suggest the possibility OF
a inst increase in the fare to be charged
by one road but negative a just in
crease in respect to the other, shall we
exact both increases, the unjust as well
as the JuSG, 4lOAlI OAAS Se@A N-o
munity as demanded by the railways?
Or shall the refusal of the road which
possibly deserves an increase to accept
It. unless the fare charged by the other
road is increased equally, be treated as
a withdrawal of the original petition
for an increase, since it has been loaded
down by a new and unjust condition de-
clared to be indispensable?
When the roads have been merged the
difficulty of fixing just and uniform
rate of fare will disappear. Why not
in the interest of the community whose
welfare is primarily to be considered
postpone the fixing of new uniform
rate until after merger?
It is stated that if fares are increased
now they will by merger be automatical-
ly reduced. Why. if even a temporary
injustice is thereby inflicted upon the
car-using community, should street car
fares initiate the futile King OF France
OF the nursery rhyme who with his
10000 men marched up a hill-and
then marched down again?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-17
New York's Voting Mix Up.

New York's extraordinarily heavy reg
istration, with an increase of more than
half million over 1924, brings it's embar-
easements to the board of elections in
that jurisdiction. There are 2,845 cleo
ton districts in Greater New York, and
there are BOTS voting machines avail
able for use on the 9th Of November.
The $50 surplus machines are to be used
in placing two pieces of apparatus in
some of the heaviest districts, the re-
mainder to be held as reserves to be
substituted in emergencies for ap-
paratus that fails to function properly.
The board of elections has decided that
this margin is not sufficient to care for
machine voting in all Of the boroughs
and that the machines shall be concen-
trated in New York, Kings and Bronx
Counties, with Queens and Richmond
supplied with paper ballots of the old
type. Naturally a protest has arisen
from these two boroughs. But there is
no time to supply additional machines
and no funds are available for their
purchase. Consequently the protests will
probably be unavailing and on election
day two of the Greater New York coun-
ties will vote by the old method while
the others are voting by the new.
Meanwhile the board of elections is
at work on the registration lists
with the idea of purging them of sus-
pected names A special assistant at
torney general of the State in charge of
registration and voting frauds has an
nounced that already his deputies have
uncovered evidence of 800 cases of sus-
pected fraudulent registering in one as
sembly district alone, and he has started
to gather evidence for criminal prosecu-
lions in all cases in which this evidence
indicates the prospect of conviction.
But the purging of the registration rec
ords cannot be effected in time or in
sufficient number to relieve the situation
regarding the voting machines and so
several hundred thousand of New York
City's votes will be cast on election day
in the old style, which will cause some
slowing up of the count and may cast
some doubt upon its accuracy.
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New Era in Air Transportation
Begun by Graf Zeppelin Flight

Real progress toward safe and COM
mercially practicable transatlantic fly
ing is believed to have been achieved
in the construction of the Graf Yep
pelin, superdirigible. whose first flight
over the ocean from Germany Is an
nounced as the forerunner OF regular
service between Europe and the United
States.
"In the dirigible. or lighter than-ai
shin. lies the greatest hope for ocean
navigation" saws the Utica Observer
Dispatch, while the Providence Bulletin,
asserting that the new craft promises
to put Europe just below the horizon"
continues: "The fabulous air-borne rug
of the Persians. which was waited
through golden skies. had nothing on
this German ship. 1t sails in all its
preposterous detail-its buoyant tons Of
metal, its comforts of home hung In
such perilous security: Mr.. Reiner OF
Weehawken laughing in the sky with
Mr.. Gilfllon of Zurich. And 1t sails
to a land glittering with gold, Tor the
captain says it will be no trick at all
to fill the 20 expensive cabins with
Americans bound East. Moreover, If he
chooses, he can plaster his vessels
silver sides with advertisements enough
to make his everlasting fortune in one
Swoop."
ut signalizes," according to the
Kalamazoo Gazette. "the end of that
brilliant period of stunt flying of which
Col. Lindbergh's hop from New York to
Paris was the most remarkable ex-
plot. There is something re-
assuring In the mere numbers of the
passengers Hugo Won Eckener can carry
and the tonnage Of the Graf zeppelin's
mail consignment. There is less hesi-
fancy in boarding flying machine
carrying 10 other persons than m climb
ing into the cockpit of a fragile device
that is piloted by an unusually daring
and VentureSome aviator"
X X
Speaking Of the giant Zeppelin's TOO
and more feet of length, her passenger
and her speed Of approximate
~ 100 miles an hour. the Yakima Her
aid adds: THE rigid gaSbag undoubt-
eddy will become major factor In
transportation long before the airplane
has been developed as long-distance
flyer which can carry profitable load
of freight and passengers at a reason
able charge Airships themselves will
progress through experimental stages
before they can be depended upon to
outride the worst of oceanic storms
without serious mishaps. 1t will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-17

engaged in conflict But on Sunday
the battle was resumed without notice
and shootings occurred in several cities.
1t is quite beyond the capacity of the
westerner to understand these contro-
versies and slaughters. They are, how
ever, somewhat like the gang wars" of
Chicago and other large cities save that
SO far as known the members of the
tongs are not lawbreakers until the time
comes for them to obey orders and ex-
ecute designated individuals of the OPP
posing group.
The tongs do not prey upon anybody
but their own kind. Their members are
peaceable enough toward westerners.
They are efficient, however, in their ex-
ecution of orders against their own
countrymen. The roundup of tong
members is hard to accomplish because
as rule those who are chosen for
firing parties are sent from one city
to another. They slip in and out quiet
ly and have an exceptional capacity for
concealment. The tongs are powerful
and protect their own members.
Whatever may have been the offense
against tong law that Sundays victims
have committed, their Staying consti-
tutes murder. and that crime must be
punished if its perpetrator can be found
that affects only the Chinese themselves.
While they are living in this country
they are entitled to the protection of
the laws of the land and it is to be
hoped that in this case there will be
certainty of justice.
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

State has gone Democratic for Presi-
dent only times. Woodrow Wilson
raided the electoral vote, while Taft
and Roosevelt killed each other off in
1912.
Never since then has Massachusetts
been considered dependably Repub-
lican. Hughes squeezed through in
1915 by less than 10000. In four sue
ceeding senatorial elections Senator Da-
vid I. Walsh won twice. In WalSh's
third contest he lost to Senator Gillett
by only little more than $4,000. In
1922 the mighty Henry Cabot Lodge
himself held his Republican seat by
the narrow margin of 1850 votes out
of total of more than 100000. Along
side Smith in 1928 there is running
once again the man who has educated
Massachusetts, to vote Democratic
Dave" Walsh, twice governor and twice
Senator. The WalSh-Smith combina-
ton is one for which Bay State Re-
publicanS are compelled to own the
healthiest kind of respect, backed, as
it Is, by superb, well financed organi-
cation.
X II
On all hands one hears that the fate
of Hoover depends largely on the
French-Catholic vote. 1t constitutes a
considerable portion of the round (and
preponderantly Irish) IS per cent which
Roman Catholics represent In the Mas
SachuSettS electorate. If the French
Catholics can be weaned away in con-
siderable numbers the G. o. P. believes
they will cut fatally into the Smith
Walsh strength. Among Rhode Island
Catholics there is some bitter Irish
French internecine strife which has
spread into Massachusetts and Is eX-
pected to help the Republicans there
OffSetting any disadvantage from the
religious factor, the Democrats should
derive the benefit of Massachusetts,
widespread wetness.
For a man who hates speechmaking,
Herbert Hoover did pretty well in Mas
sachusetts-six speeches within IL hours,
a record a seasoned Spellbinder might
envy. Hoover is conquering his en-
barrassment on the platform. He
had a chance in the Bay State to
show that he's far more attractive as
an extempore talker than as the
reader of a laboriously prepared, care
fully phrased manuscript. Cultured.
tariff-bred Boston was not bored by
Hoover's learned disquisition on fiscal
science, but he himself seemed plainly
to appreciate the impossibility of max
ing popular campaign thunder with
statistics and political economy. His
speech in the Arena was delivered with
more languor than Hoover displayed
in any of his previous set addresses.
Yet it will probably rank as one of
the most effective of all his 1928 ut
terances. Written before Gov. Smiths
Louisville tariff address. it turns out
to be concrete parry of that thrust,
and 1t hoists the tariff once again to
it's ancient place as paramount Re-
publican issue.
Copyright. 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-17
The Foreign Service.

Denial by the State Department of
the rurnor that a score of American
Ministers in foreign countries have
privately agreed to withhold their
designations when the change of adj
ministration takes place disposes of
what was, upon its face, a fantastic
tale AS the rumor had it, these repre-
Sentatives of the American Govern
ment, all career" men, were to decline
to offer their designations in view of
the fact that we're they accepted, the
work of their lives would be terminated
1t can readily be understood with what
diSmay the men concerned regard the
possibility of losing their posts. But
that they should, in seeking to avoid
that possibility, have taken the step
which would be most conducive to
the end they sought to avoid connoted
an unbelievable degree of Stupidity.
The fiouting of the precedent which
calls for the offering of their resigna-
tons could only result in offending the
President whom they would represent,
and a resignation not voluntarily Of
fered could be readily obtained when
demanded by the Chief Executive.
The story did not hold water. But
its publication served very useful
purpose in that it dragged into the
light the facts upon which it was predi-
Gated. Those facts are as follows:
Of fifty-four Ambassadors and Min
listers representing this Government
abroad exactly half are career mem
each with minimum Of eighteen years
of foreign service before the honor of
his present post was conferred A
majority of them are relatively young
men, who have devoted their lives to the
exacting professional the term may be
SO applied-of diplomacy. Should the
resignation they are required to make
incidental to the prospective change of
administrations be accepted, their ca
reers would automatically be at an end.
Under the Rogers act, from a fund
created by each member Of the foreign
service, annually contributing five per
cent of his salary, they would be en-
titled to some benefits. In the case of
Minister or Ambassador above the
age of sixty-five years he would be
entitled to an annual pension based
upon the length of his service. In the
event of man less than sixty-five
years old he would be entitled only to
seventy-f1ve per cent of his past pay
ments into the retirement fund, plus
accrued interest.
1t is in this latter case that a serious
injustice is threatened to the man who,
by virtue of special abilities, achieves
marked distinction at relatively young
age. Under existing circumstances he
may be required as a payment for that
achievement to end his career when
past the age for taking up another,
with actually less than what he has
himself saved as nest egg.
Under such system only the man
of considerable independent income
could afford with wisdom to enter a
career in the foreign service. Such a
circumstance is contrary to the best
interests of the foreign service in par
ticular and to American principles in
general. 1t calls for rectification.
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No MYTH in Economies.

Gov. Smiths ridicule of the Coolidge
economy" by citation of absurd tribes
of saving may win applause from his
immediate audiences and perhaps evoke
reaction favorable to him from some OF
his unseen hearers" But this Is hard
" a worthy method of treatment. There
is no gainsaying the fact that during
the past several years Government ex-
penses have been curtailed, not by
trifles, but by large sums, and that real
economies have been effected in Federal
administration. Certainly the country
has come to accept the fact that
judicious pruning of the expenditures
has resulted in material reductions in
the budget, permitting considerable de-
creases in the tax rates accompanied by
reductions in the public debt. This phe-
nomenon has not been the less notable
because it has been accompanied by
some increases in appropriations. While
the tax rates have been reduced the
volume of revenues has increased, owing
to greater prosperity throughout the
country and the increase of the bases OF
taxation. Consequently there has been
a larger volume of funds for expendi-
ture. But for the persistent policy Of
administrative economy the appropria-
tions would have scared to totals far
beyond those recorded, with conse-
quent lessening of the rate of debt re-
duction. There is no myth" in the
curtailment of expenses and no amount
of political campaign talking will serve
to shake the public understanding on
this score.
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forts in transit, but it is to be doubted
whether this is to be accomplished by
an increase of proportions. The larger
the ship the greater its exposure to the
wind and the greater its liability to de-
rangement and detection from course.
II is possible that the passenger diri-
gible of the future may present features
not now contemplated as feasible. But
it is evident from this voyage that much
must be done to assure precision of
flight, independence of the elements and
comfort of passengers in order to con-
stitute a popular means of transporta-
ton overseas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-17

An enormous dirigible comes across
the ocean in evidence of what science
and determination can accomplish.
Without alert care and faithful endur-
ance it could not have accomplished
the trip. The successful voyage calls
for tribute more to the man than to
the machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-17

to Arthur E. Nelson. the Republican
candidate for the Senate, and that
Shipstead was the logical man for the
Democrats to support in this race.
Up In Montana many new voters have
registered, and 1t is upon these new
voters that the Republicans are count
ing to carry the State for Hoover and
for Dixon, their candidate for the SEN
ate, against Wheeler. Many of the new
voters are women and many OF them
have been dragged into the fight by the
w. c. T. Ueand other temperance or
ganizationSN
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,

Reward.
What do we toll for, as the days 60 by?
A blossoms fragrance, or glimpse Of
sky.
What do we covet in the weary grind?
The bird song when our cares are left
behind.
What's the reward for trials daily met?
The greeting of some fond four-footed
pet
And so, with patient effort we must live
To earn what Nature would SO freely
give.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-17

In view of an eccentric Autumn CHI
mate, there is slight cruelty in en-
deavoring to make the brown derby"
a subject of sentiment when it is the
old Summer straw that is sincerely re-
GREETED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-17

Betting odds represent mathematical
calculations with which the human ele-
ment is likely to interfere in an cleo
ton, the same as horse temperament
is likely to interfere in a race.
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Police Jobs on Tap.

From the Passaic Daily Herald.
There's no certainty that those graft
ing Philadelphia policemen will be con-
victed but It's a sure thing that taH~o,
will be a great rush. for jobs on the
police department WI n the next open
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-17

Xo economist can convince the aver
eve auditor that bill in Congress will
ipeedily prove as mandatory as pri-
vate tax bill.
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Prevalence of underworld dramas"
makes the generally accepted idea that
"the stage holds the mirror up to ma
ture" something to be taken rather Sc
riously.
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Empty Applause.
Your audience was ready to applaud
you by the hour"
That's one reason why a campaign
of education is so SLOW" said Senator
Sorghum, regretfully. "A crowd would
always prefer to hear itself holler than
listen to sense"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-17

Two great questions are before the
public: Who shall rule in affairs of
Government? and Who shall conduct
the Nations base ball?