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Evening star., 1928-12-16

usual reducing exercises when a courier
dispatched from the office saying be-
times that the New York Office wants
four thousand prints of Senator ---
in his usual pose, flying off the handle.
Offered bonus for a picture OF the
Senator with his former friend and
present enemy, Mr. So-and-So.
"Egad, after my reducing exercises
which included revolving back and
forth and getting in trim for the daily
grind. Finding my mirror, which the
wife misplaced last night, noticed good
contrast in my development.
my eyes being open, they were
focused on the bath. / gave my valet
the formula for fixing the mixture and
he reported in few minutes that the
temperature was right, but the water
was foggy. So went in the dark room
under ruby lights and tried to figure
out the spots After a speedy wash
and a bit of retouching here and there,
I grabbed a meal of thin gelatin from
my wifes new set of plates, and took
to the air with snap in my limbs. my
camera swinging gracefully from my
side as becomes. a gentleman OF pic
toriai fashion.
~nty of assignments at the office.
Secretary of State eating breakfast. A
feature page of war pictures for Satur-
day nights deadline. A new State flag
arrived at the Post Office. Assignment
at Department of Commerce-big boom
for aviation.
Arrived at White House in time to
photograph the President. Everything
quiet along the Potomac. Mr.. Coolidge
still maintains that silence is golden.
After a quick lunch I saw the boss
driving out Potomac Park, looking for
an odd cherry tree that hasn't been shot
this season. A troupe of cavalry men
insured my clear road ahead as Army,
Navy and Marine officers bowed.
ATTENDED six ceremonies at Arling-
ton, including placing of wreath on the
famous tomb. New minister sreceiyed
Evening star., 1928-12-16

by the President Made eight trips to
hotel for pictures of arriving
celebrities.
"Phoned to the Office and ordered to
photograph new row of houses in Vir-
ginia. Drove 80 miles and returned
home in time to dress and cover society
ball where we had exclusive rights
with seven other firms.
ITO bed at midnight, after reading
one chapter of Signal Corps bulletin
on How to Load a Plate Holder
THE coterie of news cameramen-
STILL NOISY" and "movie'-that
hang around the west wing of the royal
residence are members of the White
House News Photographers AsSocia-
tion the only organization OF its kind
in the world It's object, according to
the adopted constitution, Is to promote
interests of news photographers as
signed to the White House. Indirectly
it promotes the interests of thousands
of newspapers, and thus also promotes
the picture thirSts of many million
readers scattered all over the globe. At
present membership amounts to about
40 men.
Advantages of working concertedly
gave rise to this organization in 1921.
The Chief Executive had already adopt
ed the rule of withholding special privi-
leges around the White House. What
was granted to one was granted to all.
But the ineXpediency of having to deal
with 40 representatives in order to
transact the same business caused this
band of tripodsmen to unite for their
common welfare. Other fruits came of
this idea.
For instance, when Charles Lind
bergh had the D. F. c. pinned on him
by President Coolidge on June IL, 1927,
at the Monument Grounds, the associa-
ton erected a balcony stand above the
heads of spectators. Space was rented
out to each cameranan at a PRO rata
Evening star., 1928-12-16

the possible exception of New York For
these reasons, and because Of the pub
lies interest in the Nations business
more shutters snap per moment per
square foot than in any similar area
over the globe The volume of art"
as it is termed in the profession, that
flows from the Capital is nothing short
of spectacular, And all of it is marked
"Rush!" Slow motion does not serve
the camera mans ends. He uses spe-
cial planes, high-Speed autos, express
trains, speed boats and the air mail.
When the urgency is real great, he em-
ploys telephotograph.
If Davy Farragut had been COM
mander of battery of cameramen in
stead of a fleet of warships, his slogan
would have been, Damn the police
mems clubs. Snap ahead"
So the life of news cameramenl
They've been feted by Presidents, dined
by kings and slugged by policemen
But so long as the public thirsts and
headlines fall, your cameraman will be
there to catch the act.
A famous Capital shutter snapper,
whose wares have appeared in 10000 or
more publications offered to take us
with him for days work.. "JuSt for
fun he said His life that day, as
written in his personal diary, is de-
tailed here with his kind permission.
Thus she runs
X X
UT P betimes at Z o'clock, being
- reused from peaceful slumbers
by flash of light shining through the
ground glass of bed chamber window
frame.
Limbs painful from running after
Senator ----- on the White House
lawn last night. And finding myself
more or less exposed. I slid under the
focusing cloth to steal a few clicks,
because 1t would never do to arrive at
the Office on time.
Did marvel at my waking speed
Raising the curtain. ] -snarped into my
Evening star., 1928-12-16
By DON GLAssMAN.

II ORTY sharpshooters. Forty eyes
- squirting down forty lines of
sights. Forty fingers on forty
L triggers. Forty loaded guns.
Forty good men and true, aim
ing to fire and hit
The President of the United States
faces the firing squad. He is calm; he
even smiles. Brave President!
Bang! A momentary blast and a
thunderous intonation rips the air
illuminates the dusky scene. Forty
sharpshooters have got their man, the
President. When the sullen smoke.
blanket clears, the Chief EXECUTIVE
stands blinking and pallid. Somebody
cries:
THE President is shot!'
Once, that dreadful phrase was
caught by a radio microphone and
waited to distant corners of the land
and created a panic in the breasts of
many who didn't know the difference
between shot and shot" The radio
forgot quotation marks
just an everyday event at the White
House, and so common in the lives of
MFR. President and his retinue of news
photographers that they forget to men
ton it when writing autobiographies.
About one execution day is a good
rule for White House photographer to
follow. Of course, Mr.. President may
consent to face the firing squad twice
or even thrice in one day. The exeetI-
TONERS never tire. For them. it is a
distinct pleasure to shoot" a 6Presi-
dent, even with his back turned.
But hold on. That's not all the
shooting that goes on around the Capt.
tai in one day. Shock troops of the
press are To be found at the House
ONCE Building, at the Senate Office
Building They catch Lucky Lindbergh
as he dives for a cockpit They snap
a criminal and his captor at Police
Headquarters. They are in the funeral
cortege that wends weary way to
Arlington. They fly over the city.
They descend in manholes. They are
the power of the press.
A news cameraman is some one to
reckon with these days. He is respon-
sible to his picture loving public, whose
appetite for visual entertainment grows
and grows each year Back in Civil
War days, Mathew Brady toured the
cantonments and camps. He snapped
President Lincoln and mighty generals
who held the line. That was the birth
II the profession which today employs
Evening star., 1928-12-16

more than 100 photographers in the
Capital alone.
Look at him, the news cameraman
Seemingly, he's like other men of the
species, all flesh and bones. But ex-
anime him anatomically and your
knight of the tripod shows structural
features not common~to most Of us.
Egad! His shirt has brass front his
stomach is lined with cast iron and his
head solid steel A third appendage,
black box With single eye, seems to
grow out of him. He carries it with
the greatest ease He is most ambi-
dextrous in hiding it under his coat, or
on a moments notice, Of tripping its
eyelid. The fellow is inhuman; he never
forgetS to change focus, adjust the
tripod, spot his subject, change plates
OF time the exposure.
is it lure of the lens that causes him
to sit on a doorstep for three weeks?
To risk the swinging clubs of police
men? To wear his brass front where
bullets fly? To hang from dirigible?
Il don't mind speeches, Misunderstanding
and interviews" said Col Lindbergh,
but can't stand photographers. You
would think they would be satisfied with
the miles of films they have taken.
."It cures me from ever wanting to
enter the movies" he wound up.
Lucky Lindbergh was not the first
to say that. A generation ago, even 10
years ago. 1t was the custom among
celebrities to treat cameraman like
scavenger. Representatives and Sena-
tors threw them out of the Capitol Build
ing. Tripodsmen hid their black pill boxes
under overcoats and invaded the sacred
precincts nevertheless. Foreign am
baSsadorS, spying a cameraman under
the bushes, would make for him with
appraised cane. Many a photographer
returned from an assignment with
blue kink in his spine. But blue kinks
and snappy lenses make for good pic
tures-everything shows in the de-
veloper. Cheer up, Mr.. Photographer
On your next expense account to the
boss, include the cost Of ironing out
one blue kink in the vertebrae.
John Coolidge likes residence in the
White House 1T would be ideal'' he
said, IF photographers would stop TAX
ing my picture every time poke my
head out the front door,"
Washington is the picturesque"
city. Aside from it's natural beauty it
harbors more magnificoes and celebri-
ties than any American metropolis with
Evening star., 1928-12-16

Washington,Nation' Nerve Center of
Newsand Pictures, Is battle-ground
of "Sharpshooters,' Where More
Shutters Snap Per Moment Per
4 Square Foot Than in Any
Similar Area In the World.
Some Big Shots and In
portant Scoops = A
Day With the News
Camera Man.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-18
Mules Used to Conquer
Sand in Texas Fields

San Angelo. Texas, Aug. n. GP-
Sand in the semi-arid oil fields Of
West Texas Is as much an ip7rcd,
ment 10 motor vehicles as nsl IN
regions enjoying more rainfall
The OIL Industry relvlng much on
motor transportation hard~surfacna
roads are built extensi, ely. Mule,
instead of trucks now haul MOS, OF
the steel castings and other haayv
equipment from tn railroads 10
the well sites, usuaIly SIX raulrs
are hitched to wagon md their
feet sink ankle deep IS they tug
their heavy loads along the soft
Sand trails.
Hard surfaced hl-hua1s are rec-
ognized as the only hore for mod
eerflzine transportation Hut their
building takes time Naanvhil.
the horse and the mule are pressed
fnrb service.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-18
False Report Hints at
Death of Col. I,iudberrh

New. York, Aug. Is lp-Althohgh
year has passed since Col. Charles
A. 1-lndbergh gained worldwide
IA NE by. his flight to Paris he con-
f!nues today % be possibly the big
gesf single figure in news
This was Hiridly demonstrated to
neWspa pers throughout the country
the last few days when Successive
rnmors s"ert the country that he
mad been killed or had met with
serious injury. Newspaper Offices
from the Pacific to the Atlantic
coast and IN Cuba were deluged
Hlth telephone calls from persons
seeking confirmation of the reports.
col Llndbergh, meanwhile, was in
San Francisco. on business, and yes
tefdaE. when the, ru.mors were at
their height. he had not even left
the ground
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-18
night Club FOLKS
called TO testify
Patrons Summoned IS Witnesses
in New York :,

New York, Aug. Is R-we.lthy
patrons of exclusive New York night
clubs will be compelled to appear
before federal grand jury and tell
what they know about the alleged
sale Of liquor in IS indicted resorts.
subpoenas have been served on
l25 persons. said to be prominently
known on Park avenue and in the
financial district and many more re-
main to be served.
Those subpoenaed in this latest
move of the prohibition authorities.
to dry up Broadway were named to
federal agents in the recent grand
Jury investigation of. night clubs.
The grand Jury completed the first
stage OF its investigation by indict-
ing managers, owners and employees
or 26 night clubs. including Texas
Gulnan and Helen Morgan, promi-
nent night club hostesses.
The inquiry is to be resumed on
Monday morning. The identity of
those subpoenaed is being carefully
guarded, every precaution being
taken against having witnesses fore
warned in time to dodge the deputy
marshals and other process servers
The customs service also intro
duced a new wrinkle in prohibition
enforcement last night by searching
all the men among the 1000 visitors
who had gone down to the lie De
France to bid goodbye to departing
travellers.
Two suads stood at the exit yates
10 the French line pier.and slammed
the pockets of visitors as thay left
the ship Just before sailing time, So
far as. known no liquor was found
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-18
Fashionable Suburb
Learns About Diatom,

Chicago, Aug. IS, fP-Dignifiel
Lake orest, a. north short suburb
when limits the number of million
ARES that may live on an acre, has
neen INFORMED by scientists that the
drinking wafer the inhabitan
round Objectionable tastes like fish
not because Of fish. but the. fish
taste as they do because of the
water
NOT a germ in a gallon" said
experts who tested samples,
Inc water is full of 'dlators.
desmlds and algas, the experts said,
ana the suburbanites tilted their
noses ever so slightly. The des-
mas dlatoms and .aleae.' the ex-
pef's hurried % explain. under the
microscope look like prickly goose
berries and green golf balls but are
harmless to humans and food for
the fish
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-18
GIRLS DISAPPEAR
WEEKLY IN PARIS
Police Receives Several Thousand
Reports Every Month

Paris, Aug IS tUP)-''Paris, the
foV of Missing Girls" might be a
suitable title for a new hestseller.
According to the Paris prefecture of
police. there are more than 100 girls
disappearing in the French capital
every week. Some are found, some
do not want to be found.
The task of the French police is
not an easy one. 1t has now been
divided into two sections. In the
case of abduction or similar crime
The judiciary police" is charged
with uDrakelling the mystery. If,
or the other hand the case is an.
the ordinary police service of the city
is responsible
Real disappearance are in the
minority. Several thousand reports
are received every month of missing
persons. Some are located in lails
and hospitals. some are identified in
the chilly cellars of the mstitut
Medco Legal, as the official morgue
is known The remainder are us
ually to be found victims of white
slavers. enticed either into houses In
the worst quarters of Paris or al
ready on their way to South Amer
lea and India. the two countries
which now pay the highest prices for
European vomanhood
The French police say the situa-
ton here is no worse than in other
countries. They regret, however.
that there is no active organization
for the supervision of young girls at
stations and in the suhways
such as exists in England and the
United States
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-18
HOOVER HEADING
WESTWARD AGAIN
Gives Several Informal Talks
No Sunday Campaigning

Hoover Train En- Route to Grand
Canyon. Ariz.. Aug. IS lP-Reluct-
antly leaving his state of his adop-
ton, Herbert Hoover today was
heading for his birthplace at West
Branch, Iowa. where he will spend
a day and night amid boyhood
scenes before beginning in earnest
the task the republican party has
set for him
His last day In California gave
him his first real taste of political
campaigning and it appeared not
only that he liked it, but also that
he would surprise even his closest
friends as to his ability as. stump
speaker before election day
-Four Other Speeches
Booked for only a single speech,
that at Los Angeles. the presiden-
tial candidate was called upon on
four other occasions and he re.
sponded with we'll chosen phrases,
which went to make up what some
of those accompanying him regard
ed as even better efforts than some
OF his prepared talks
His fellow Iowdns. now residents
of Long Beach. disre garded Hoov-
er's expressed wishes and called on
him for talk. and his fellow Cali
tornians at Pasadena did likewise.
To the vast crowd at the last
named city he expressed his dislike
at leaving California, but said be
had been called to a task in the
performance of which he !.ncv
every Calitornian's heart went out
to him. The moral and intellec-
rual stature Of the people of Cali
fornia is SUCH. he said. that if it
be lived up to by the contenders
the contest all lad will be carried or
upon the highest plane of American
thought apd feeling"
Digntfie,l Campaign Il
Thus the nominee voiced publicly
what he has said privately several
tunes that so far as he is concerned
the campaign will be free from per
sonalities and will be conducted
upon level in keeping with dig. !.
nifty of the office of the president. |
. Swinging into Arizona early today /
Hoover had an engagement to meet
county chairmen at Will !!
hams and TO confer with them at
Grand Canyon where his party win
spend the afternoon and evening
leaving at midnight tonight fol
Albuquerque, N. NJ.
. Those accompanying. Hoover will
have six. hours for an inspection of
the great gorge through which the
colorado river plunges. but the
nominee himself will remain at the |
hotel discussing the political out
look in. Arizona, as he has inspected
the Canyon several times.
Since the. administration of this
state is democratic. Arizona officials
did not joint candidate to ac-
company his across its borders. In
Ne" Mexico Hoover Will be Joined
by Senator Bronson Cutting and
other republican leaders for a gen.
eral discussion of the political out
look there
With Williams and the Grand
Canyon his only stops. the repuhli-,
can standard bearer was to max.
no public address in Arizona and
ne has announced he will make
none in New Mexico as he goes
through that state on Monday.
He has escheWed political talks
on the Sabbath.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-18
Earth Has Little Cause
To Fear Meteor Falls

New York. Aug. 10 R-How
little there, is to worry about from
neteors striking the ground when
IN" earth rasses through the expect
"a shower OF them in mid August
Is shown by the astronomical belief
that normally about one million
meteors per hour strike the earths
atmo sphere
Harlo" shapely in Research
Notes from Harvard Observatory
IN Sc1enee writes: 1T has been re-
fahly estimated that the earths
dally catch OF meteorie bodies is
ABOUT thirty million Perhaps as
much az thirty tons of matter,
largely iron. is caught by the at
ntosphere every twenty four hours"
The two comncnest metallic con-
stltuents Of nlAteors are iron and
magnesium.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-18
HYDR0PHOB|A Said
TO BE PREVENTAbLE
Chicago City Health Beard Head
dlleS Views

chicago, Aug. Is t<-, - Hydropho
MA rs pic.eutable disease. sa,s
III Af"clu II. lAtgtl. tnlc4go CON.
missioner OF nLa...l, III an .ar,lct.
Written fol The G..s-s Al.luorlaI
Institute,
That hNdrophobia is a prevent
aple uiseuse Is SHOW WI IN rcDAlulunl-
lies Where Iesuldtlon ct the dog
population Is ligldly. enrorced." III.
i>esti writes. since most cases
o. palns arr due to dogs and since
me disease Is kept GONG bv these
ANNALS, stlict M assures to controi
them are NECESSARY.
1t Is decidedly more humane N
Keep dogs. under Supervision than
10 ftsolt to "ho.e.ale killing, dur.
ing the terror Ut an outbreak OF
madness"
Muzzllng dogs, the health diree-
Tor says, Is the most ettectlye pre-.
NentlNe measure lie listed o,h,,
aVaslable control means as the use
OF the leash and systematic de-.
stiuctlon OF homeless and Wander
ing dogs.
1T is important to treat deg
hite lntelllgently," he continues
rsard'ess of whether the dog is
thought TO be rab4d.
Farsi. call a physician. TIL.
doctor Will cleanse and dress the
wound properly So that the posi-
hlllty OF infection including rabies
Will be lessened.
Second. the dog should be cam
tured alive. if possible, and placed
under observation. In case the
dog IS JAILED, the head should be
detached without being mutilated
and forwarded to laboratory
where an examination for rabies
VIII be made.
Third, If the dog is known to be
rapld, the Pasteur anti-rabic treat
Ment should be started at once nv
the physician. If rabies develops
IN the dog during the observation
period. OF if the diagnostlc exam.
NATION of the head shows the pres
eAee OF RABIES, the Pasteur treat
'heht should be started at once
upon learning either OF these facts
IN case rabies cannot be positively
luled out, even though it cannot
pc definitely established, it NAV
sun be advisable to take this nre-
caution. The treatment itself is
harmless"
In the last five months of 1927
tAefe were more deaths from
rabies in Chicago. than occurred in
me combined years 1915 to 1925
or. kegel reports. He SAYS in
formation has been received that
rabies In epidemic form is preya-
lent IN many other cities and ser
''ons throughout the United States
and that full cooperation is essen
ual II the disease is to be eradj-
Gated.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-18
Scientific Touch
REQUIRES Vacuum

Chicago. Aug. IS. R-A hand
may feel a table. the WALL. it NAV
draw music from the piano: it may
hurt after an encounter with a hot
stove. but scientifically it has. not
touched them.
Science contends. says DR.. G. L.
Wendt. dean of chemistry and
physics at Pennsylvania State COL
lege. who attended the National In
stitute Of the American Chemica!
Society here, that between the hand
and the table, the wall. the piano
or stove. here always are layers of
electrons.
Only by scattering the electrons
with vacuum producing apparatus
can two objects be made to touch.
he adds.
And once two objects have
touched scientifically they cannot
be separated easily. i.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-18
Germans Arrested for
Selling Trade Secrets

l'ud"igshafen, Germany, Aug. rs
oharged with selling industrial
secrets to the French Dye industry,
FRITZ Hellmann. Richard Mueller
ana Franz Schwarwaeltier. en-
pioyes of the German dye trust. are
under arrest.
Inc authorities say the men act
ca as business spies in dye wor, S
mere and at Oppau and possibly IN
the Leuna Works near Halle. Their
ac'iN1tles We're alleged to have be-
gun IN 1927, Some Of the most
important German business secrets
were said 10 have been betrayed by
them.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-18
EXPEDITION Unearths
JeWelry of Old Race

minneapolis Aug. Is R-Neck-
races and bracelets that bedecked
warriors and maidens of a people
VINO lived in New Mexico centuries
oetore the Aztecs swept out of the
northwest to rule Mexico have been
round in the Mimbress valley of New
Nesleo by an expedition from the
minneapolis Institute of Arts. The
Je~elry was made Of semi precious
metals.
The party Sought traces of the
Mlmbres race. 1t was in charge of
Albert E. jerks. University of Min
nesota anthropologist, and had
headquarters at Hurley. N NJ
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-18
Less IMMIGRATION
But MORE CITIZENS
Restricted Immigration Laws En-
courage Foreigners To BE Natur-
Allied Eearly

Chicago. Aug. IS. ga greater
desire to become citizens of their
adopted country has increased the
number OF, naturalizations, although
immigration laws have sharply re-
duced the number of persons COM
ing into the United States.
Figures of the Chicago district
of the bureau Of immigration.
which comprises Illinois, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin. Indiana and Iowa,
show that more aliens have been
naturalized in the past 10 years
than in any previous decade.
Before immigration laws re-
strlcted the influx Of Europeans.
aliens often waited 10 to Is wears
TO take out their papers. says Fred
J. schlotfeldt, immigration direc-
tor here. Few now wait more than
three years.
Fear of being deported and the
increased activities of Americana
cation agencies are reasons for the
changed practice, schlotfeldt be.
ileves