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Evening star., 1928-03-22
Y. W. C. A. RESERVES
TO GIVE 0PERETTA
The Pied Piper Will Be Present
ed Tomorrow and Saturday
Nights.

The Girl Reserves OF the Y w c. A
will present their operetta. The Pied
Piper" tomorrow and Saturday nights,
in Barker Hall. in the Y. w. c. A.
Building. Seventeenth and K streets.
The performances. which will be given
under the patronage of the German
Ambassador will be for the benefit OF
the maintenance fund OF the associa-
ton.
More than 100 girls from the senior
and junior high schools and the graded
schools of the District will appear in
the operetta. the libretto OF which was
written by Anna j. Beiswenger The
music is by Joseph w. Clokey. Direct
ing the production are Miss Imogene
b. Ireland. Mrs. Alice Sigworth Morse,
Miss Elsa M. Peterson, Miss Mabel r.,
Cook and Miss Dorothea Mcdowell.
The Toy Symphony Orchestra. made
up Of graded school girls and conduct
ed by Audry Gill. will play between
the acts The Fillmore Girl Reserves.
winners of recent song contest. will
sing
Playing the leading parts in the op-
eretta are Alta M Smith, Katheryn
Townsend, Margery Harris, Virginia
Robey Mary Livingston. Virginia
Plugge. Virginia Campbell Evelyn
Sigh, Betty Seeds, Rachel rJeidomanski
Mary Middleton Ina Holtzscheiter.
Martha Fisher and Elizabeth Cain.
Evening star., 1928-03-22
SOVIET CODE RELIEVES POOR:
PUTS BAN ON CLASS STRUGGLE
Material Possessions Frowned Upon in
Theory of Government: That Eliminates
Social Misery Throug ii Paternalism.

classes and condition that so haunted
you In your childhood. 1t is not pos
Sible
General Needs Are Met.
Do YOU sense the import of that? II
is not even possible. Fine homes, to oc
sure And built by men and women who
before the war were prideful. and arro-
CANT perhaps. as prideful and arrogant
as any and possessed Of millions as
against peasants or workers
nothing.
But how now? Where are they? And
who lives in these places? This one is
a school That hospital That pub
lie bureau That a library That
workers club That Sanatorium or
rest home or lyirg-in hospital or kinder
garten or manual training or art school
for this or that trades union
Not house. not palace of any pre-
tentiouSnCSs anywhere country or city
but that has been absorbed into the
general social welfare, given over to
some general as opposed to some pri-
Vate need. And the crowds in the streets
they may be poor. II you like. and not
very we'll dressed yet and without much
money. no doubt many with very little.
but of actual want, where Is that? What
has become OF that old, intense misery
OF the poor which you could actually
feel, as opposed to the ease and the van
ity and luxury nf the rich? II does not
exist. You cannot feel want here any
more than you can feel material luxury
because they are not
Mental differences. OF course, because
theSe exist everywhere And social or
official differences in this sense, that
cne man or woman may occupy more
responsible position than another. NAV
be looked up to as mentally more i'm
pcrtant and so socially more essentia!
for the time being
But gauds and fripperies. the under
dog hungry and cycling hopelessly tho
wealth and the show and the vanity of
the accidentally or wolfshly strong and
savage. the Victors III a ruthless and un-
restrained class strG 2gle. these are out
Code Aids Poor.
And when as IN America. YOU think
OF the sly and the cunning and the in
artistic and spiritually dead who so
often possess the means without the ca
pacity for any worthwhile thing. not
even honest, competent machine labor.
YOU are inclined to eXclaim Wrong"
And 10 the >communistic code Right"
For II Ii has leSsened the glitter anG
the show. 1t has at any rate taken the
heartache and the material tragedy
from millions and millions of lives. Aue
that is something. I am sure And that
Is something that came TO me in Russia
and not here In America.
Copyright. 19"S iu All Countries ny North
American Newspaper Alliance,
Evening star., 1928-03-22
CREW OF S-4 TRIED
TO CH|SEL WAY OUT
Walls of Motor Compartment
Found Scared by Heavy
Blows.

Ry thr Associated Press.
BOSTON. March 22~-Mute evidence
that at least some Of the 40 entrapped
officers and men aboard the submarine
S-4 had sought in vain to Chisel their
way out of their steel tomb has been
uncovered by tbs naval board of In
veStigation The board Is inspecting
the craft, now in dry dock at Charles
town Navy Yard.
The oo2v debris OF the motor and
torpedo compartment decks has given
up an assortment Of cold chiselS, hand
wrcnches and other battering tools,
while the walls OF the motor compart-
ment. SCARED and battered by heavy
blows, attcSted to the use to which the
instruments had been put
Tried to ChiScl Hull.
One spot in the motor room, where
"a Of the crew survived for many hours
after the sinking of their ship whom
il collidcd with the Coast Guard de-
Strover Pauding of Provincetown last
December. showed clearly an attempt
tc chisel through the steel hull.
One by one the dying men in tho
compartments fore and aft OF the
pierced and flooded battery room anc
disabled control compartment had sue
CumDed To the deadly ana eVcr-mDullt-
ing accumulation of carbon monoXide
gas Some fell into the shallow water
on the floor and drowned Others met
death in their hunks the investigators
found
Another disclosure was that the sub
marines salvage air line was in working
order and in test functioned perfect
lv Had an airline been connected to
il In the early hours before rescue work
turned TO salvage operations air could
have been pumped into all parts OF
the S-4 TO maintain life until the mon
oxide reached a fatal percentage.
Closed Leaking Line.
Comdr. Harold F. Saunders, who d-
rcctnd the salvage operations, upon
Tearing Of this. said that the Subma-
rine crew probably had opened the
salvage air line, and when 1t leaked
water. decided it was ruptured and
closed II.
This air line was not the same as
the line TO the ballast tanks which was
found broken
Evening star., 1928-03-22
WOMEN HEAR PLEA
FOR CAREFUL VOTE
Speaker Tells G. O. P.
School" Electorate Must
Be Educated.

A plea for an educated electorate tc
combat "demagogueS. propapaudiSts ana
nobS" was made by Representative
Davenport Of New York III an address
before the Republican Woman'S PoIti-
cal Campaign School at the Willard
Hotel today. He listed the three weak
DesSeS of the United States Govern
rent as lack of knowledge of the Gov
erfnnert by the people. Lack of leaders
and shortage of trained specialists.
Declaring that there was sentiment
that is freezing into a sort OF philoS-
cphy" which belittIes the Government
Hnd the people in il. Mr.. Davenport
urged schools and colleges tO devote
less time 70 teaching theories Of govern
mcnt ana more 70 teaching the way
it works He warned that a country
run by class interests is dangerous to
live in -
Opposes Direct Primary.
Asserting that majority government
can b. Just as tyTannical and just as
wrong as any III the world" Mr.. Dav
enp2rt insisted that trained leaders and
specialists are necessary 10 any intelh-
gent Sef-government by the people. He
SaiG he was opposed TO the present form
cf direct primaries. urging in their
GidataS for office would be named by the
leadership Of the party.
Refo-mers. he said. usually talked
above the heads of the people, and he
looked forward Ia 4 government that
would make the reformer unnecessary
and cut Town the supply Of false and
futile prophets who agitate us" In
answer To questions. he denied that
there was any danger in So-called
anti American instruction" in colleges
end insisted that nothing should be
done tu curb the freedom Of education.
Describes Budget System.
Former Representative Mondell OF
wyoming told the school of the work
ings Of the appropriations committee Of
the House and the budget system. He
soohe In the place of Representative
Madden of Illinois. who was unable to
appear
The delegates were received by Presi-
dent Coolidge at the White House this
afternoon prior TO the session at which
Representative Fort and Mrs Alice Pat
terson Merritt. State senator Of Con-
necticut were scheduled TO speak
Members of Congress. headed by Rep
reSentatiyr TilSon Of Connecticut. Re-
publican leader expounded party poll
cies before the school last night. Rep
resentative Edith " Rogers of MasSa-
chusetts spoke on American foreign
commerce. and Representative Winter
Of Wyoming argued that the party has
always stood for proper balance be-
tween Federal and State authority and
for Government supervision of big busi-
ness.
Evening star., 1928-03-22
Cost of Raising ST.
May Total $lS6,OOO,
Congress Advised

Bv the Associated Press
Congress was advised yesterday
afternoon that the Navy expects
the cost of raising the sunken sub
marine S-4 will amount to Sl86,000,
when all bills are paid,
This was disclosed In testimony by
Rean Admiral Beuret. chief con-
structor of the Navy. In testimony
on the annual Navy supply bill.
made public yesterday He said the
Navy had paid Sl20.000 for miScel-
laneous labor and material, an ad
ditional $4,000 to replace one of the
pontoons lost en- route 10 Province
town. and that while it was imprac-
ticablc to make satisfactory esti-
mate in advance. 1t seemed reason
able to expect an additional $50000
would be needed
The total cost Of salvaging the
submarine Sol amounted to $205,
$40
Evening star., 1928-03-22
WIFE TAKES HER LIFE
By DRINKING POISON
Kentucky Woman Dies at Hospital.
Swallows Potion at Sisters
Apartment.

Leaving a note saying she could rot
bear TO be separated from her husband.
Mrs. Lucille Carmichael. "a years old,
Of Lexington, Ky, drank poison in the
apartment of her sister. Mrs. Catherine
Reid, 1888 Euclid street, yesterday and
died last night In Garfield Hospital
First-aid treatment was given the
patient before she was removed to the
hospital. where she was treated by DR..
w. C. Cantrell Her condition was so
critical. however that the physicians
were powerless and she died In a few
hours Coroner j. Ramsey hewitt is
sued certificate of suicide.
Evening star., 1928-03-22
Taber Not at Hearing.

II was stated enormously in The Star
Monday that Representative Taber Re-
publican. New York. had appeared at
the House hearing on the Welch bill
and spoke in favor OF the measure Mr.
Taber was not at the hearing. and says
that he opposes the measure. which
would establish 81 500 minimum LAY
for Federal employees
Evening star., 1928-03-22
Nurse TO Be Honored.

Miss Kathleen Smith. a senior stu
dent nurse at Providence Hospital,
whose poem in observance Of the birth
day of Jane Delano recently won for
iaer the Red Cross flag awarded by Miss
Mabel Boardman, will be honored to-
night at reception at the nurses home
of the hospital
Evening star., 1928-03-22

Note. This is the fourth ~ 10
art'"its 0v Mr. Dresser. famous uuvelist
and author of An American Trasc,Iy.
hn, he so"d -" a ha s"fn f,,nrs w9s apP nf S"y,~t
rule ia RUSsa He returned recently
after II weeks of observation in that
country. The star presents this srrtrs
n III" conviction that there IS deep pub
h'' interest III the Rnsstan situation.
without IN anv way ldGnfitviuG lts''if
Evening star., 1928-03-22
EXPLORER TO LECTURE.
Barnum Brown will Talk on Pre-
historic Monsters.

Hunting Big Game Of Other Days"
is the subject Of an illustrated address
to be delivered tomorrow night before
members Of the National Geographic
Society at the Washington Auditorium
by Barnum Brown
MIR Brown led an expedition TO a
remote section of the Red Deer River
Canyon. in Alberta. Canada, and un-
earthed scores Of skeletons OF dino
Saurs and other creatures that lived
millions Of years ago. Parts of a motion
picture. The Lost World" will show
some OF these creatures as they are be-
lieved to have appeared in life.
Evening star., 1928-03-22
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LEGISLATOR TO SPEAK.

Representative Griffin of New York
and Col. G. w. Pratt of Alabama are
to be the principal speakers tonight
al the meeting of the Al Smith Demo-
cratic Club in the Burlington Hotel
Supporters of Gov Smith In the Dis
trict and the public are invited
P. A. Sugrue. secretary of the cub,
today announced a partial list Of
speakers at the coming jefferson day
luncheon to be held in the Burlington
April 2. as follows
Senator Edwards. New Jersey: Rep
resentative White Of Colorado. Mrs.
jeremiah Joseph Desmond. wife Of the
former mayor of Norwich. Conn.
Evening star., 1928-03-22
Retired After So Years.

Jaw Stone. chief clerk of the New
York Harbor Line Board in New York.
has been placed on the retired civil
service list after a continuous service
for the Government Of So years, includ-
ing four years in the Army. seven years
in the Office of the Secretary Of War
snd more than 40 years in the engineer
department al New York. Mr.. Stone s
service IN the Office Of the Secretary of
War extended from March I, 1880, TO
H..frs
Evening star., 1928-03-22
Forty Twins in Schools.

Correspondence of The star
BERKLEY, Mich-Berkley is a twins
city. There are twenty pairs of twins
here. Ten pairs attend the public
schools. and keeping tab on who's who
is no easy Job the teachers say.
Evening star., 1928-03-22
WILL CONFER ON RUBBER.
Dutch Growers TO Get in Touch
With American Consumers.

THE HAGUE. March % LP).-The
Dutch rubber growers committee form
ed March ! 70 look after the interests
Of Dutch rubber growers and producers
has decided to get in touch with foreign
producers and American consumers.
The committee will visit England
shortly with this in view. Subsequently
conferences will be arranged with the
chief American consumers
Evening star., 1928-03-22
ROYAL FLIGHT BARRED.

Belgian RuIeT|s Family LompsIIed
to Abandon Air Trip.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, March % (P).-
A projected air trip by the Belgian
royal family to Copenhagen on April 16
has been abandoned by decision OF
the Belgian government because of pub
lie anxiety over its potential danger.
The Danish court which King Albert
and his family will visit. also objected
to the proposed flight and instead the
Belgian family will travel by rail by
way of Germany The Belgian royal
visitors will travel incognito, thus avoid
ing any official German contact which
might distress public feeling in Belgium
Evening star., 1928-03-22
Ocean Flyer to Speak.

Lieut.. Walter Hinton. first transat-
lantic fight pilot. will deliver an ad-
dress at luncheon Of the Washington
Round Table in the University Club to-
morrow afternoon at Il 30 O'Clock
Evening star., 1928-03-22
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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day March - Pissterers and Cement Pm
sshc~- Lo%si No. a6. 80
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csllef fpr srd delivered guaranteed Call
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DENTS 03rtrsrteG by any one other than my.
self MILTON y SCOTT i33 New Jersey
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casiv quality and price guaranteed $nlder D..
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daily. quality and rrice guaranteed. senidef a.
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with builder: must be reas0nab.e. Address
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Evening star., 1928-03-22
SLAYER CHANGES PLEA.
Reed Admits Manslaughter at Trial
for Murder.

TOT Murder.
James A. Reed. alias James A. Parker,
colored, yesterday interrupted his trial
before Justice Siddons and jury on
an indictment charging murder in the
second degree and entered a plea of
guilty of manslaughter
He shot Richard T. Mitchell. also
colored. In a quarrel January II. at
1881 Thirteenth street southeast He
was remanded for sentence Assistant
United States Attorney Raymond Neu-
decker conducted the prosecution.
Evening star., 1928-03-22
May Remove Social Misery.


Still another fact / have harvested in
Russia, and which will never forget,
Is this that via communism, or this
collective or paternaiistic care of every
body for everybody else IL is possible
/. 20 remove that dreadful sense Of social
misery In one direction and another
which has so afflicted me in my life
m America ever since / have been old
enough 10 know What social misery was.
The rich districts as opposed 10 the
pfor ones IN all OF our great cities and
oar poorer and smaller towns and vii
I lagos. The fine houses as opposed to
lie wretched ones. and the slums, the
niFikes the unemployed men. So late
aA 1907 In America, how common 1t
vas TO see crowds Of men In the poorer
/ regions Of our cities idling about and
brooding, or II they had little money.
drinking
The old BoWery I'm New York with
Us hundreds of thousands Of down
and outs. South. State and CLARK
streets In Chicago. with their sham
/ bling. bicary. hopeless hordes. The
bunk Joints the bread lines the
penny coffee or milk stands in Winter
And strong men In ragged clothes, Sid
ing alongside 10 nintter. "FOr Gods
sake, Cap. a dime win you? Gimme
. tSbphEN Ibf thp III tbItbE VI bhllu~
Wich
And then Fifth avenue. Michigan ave-
nue.. 5chcnley drive, sclank and aglit-
ter with the tfappings and the yanities
and the gsuda and follies Of those who
had endless means TO do with. And The
sloughs 0f degpond only mile or a
block away, where sWarmed those who
had nothing The gulf was too wide.
the comparisons cruel and unnecessary.
And after a fashion they endure 10
this hour only how greatly reduced,
! most VI the vanity and the arrogance
extracted about as one might extract
( q tooth
But In Russia how different, the pre-
yaiiing tone Of the cities and the towns
something that has never been any
where before | assume For where are
The rlch2 There are none. And where
ille gr0VaIing fevcfish poor? Gone also.
You caifnot walk the streets nf any city
I anywhere In niiksla Odessa Leningrad.
Penn, Bsku Kiep NotoHbirsk and
gather in sny Of these places. sna-
gestion Of ttat difference between
Evening star., 1928-03-22

classes and condition that so haunted
you In your childhood. II is not pos
esi.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-12
DISCOURAGED BOXER
 POSSES TOWEL R|NG.

NEW LONDON, Conn, July 12. LP) Boxing fans were given jolt here during bout between a coast guards man and sailor of the U. s. s. Cam. den.
 Two fast rounds had been con cluded, during which the guards man had been floored, almost for the count. The third round was on when guardsman walked to his corner, took towel from a second and threw it into the ring, the token of defeat. The onlookers were speeches. at first but quickly recovered to "razz" the discouraged boxer.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-12
ODD FELLOWS, ATTENTION

Installation of officers at 7 D. m.
 The next regular meeting night, Thursday July 18th at 7. D. m.
 Resurrection Lodge No. AZ will convene for the purpose of installing their officers for the coming term.
 There will also be work in the First Degree, and as other important busi- ness will be transacted, it would be advisable for all Odd Fellows, who can, to attend.
 Visiting Brother Odd Bellows are cordially invited to attend. Please note the change in meeting hour
 Gust Peterson, Noble Grand. Attest:
 Ludwig Larson,
 Secretary
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-12
WILL HIVE SEATS
 FOR 97,000 AT FIGHT

NEW YORK, uJly 12. (P)-Box- ing critics see one ray Of hope on Tex Richards horizon. If the bally loo fails on the TunneyHeene v bout, the famous promoter will have quarters for the reception of the fans as never have been available in New York.
 The Yankee Stadium, where the hoavyweight championship card will take place July 26, will have it's seating capacity increased to seat q7,OOO on fight nights. And $1,000,o9' will be taken in from ring side seats alone if Tex succeeds in dis posing of all the $40 pasteboarl; f.. the big show.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-12
STATION AT PARIS
 WARNS IF STORMS

WASHINGTON, July F. (P-The Eiffel Tower radio station in Paris now is broadcasting storm warnings to the ships when the force of the wind is predicted to exceed 50 feet per second, the radio division of the Department of commerce announced. The coasts of France have been div ided into. coastal areas, and storm warnings are issued for the areas which are apparently threatened. They are valid for "A hours from the time indicated in the message. N
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-12
WAS WORTH s2.5o

Regardless how much they ate yesterday Nellie Neal Lawing re fused to accept more thon soc from any Of the 200 excursionists who were members of the annual mecca 10 Alaska's noted summer resort. Mir. Millett, Iliamna mining man, said the variety of food served including chicken, was worth $25O of anyone'5 money.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-12

Contractor Henry Thody is tarring the Liberty theater roof today.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-07-12

Cleanliness and the best of meats our motto. Frye-Bruhn.
Evening star., 1928-10-21
LEVIATHAN LEAPER
DIES IN AIR CRASH
Michigan Flyer Fails to Use
Parachute-ChaIIenged
Girls Dare Recently.
BY the Associated Press.

i x
DETROIT. October 20.-Lieut Ed
ward c. Smell. Michigan National Guard
officer, who few weeks ago leaped
from an upper deck Of the Leviathan
in New York HarbOr at the dare Of a
girl plunged 1900 feet to his death in
an airpIaue here late today when he
failed to use a parachute. strapped to
his back.
a fellow officer, Mai. Floyd E. Evans,
pilot, escaped death by jumping from
the falling plane.
The accident occurred in the out
skirts Of Detroit while the two men
were flying here from Ann Arbor, Mich
in a National Guard plane.
According TO Mai Evans, they were
flying at an altitude Of about 1900 feet
when the right wing OF the plane sud-
denly collapsed. AS the plane started
10 fall. Mai. Evans shouted TO Smell
20 jump and himself prepared to leap.
Both had parachuteS strapped to their
backs SncIf- apparently excited and
stricken with fear, did not move from
his seat and Evans, after again warning
him to. jump, loaped to safety, his
parachute opening in time to prevent
him from being injured
Sne'L- cody was found in the wreck
age Of The plane.
Lieut.. Smell was son Of the
late Lawrence Smell, former State Sem
ator and wealthy Detroit d2iryman.
The cause Cf the collapse Of the air.
plane wing was not learned.
Evening star., 1928-10-21
MINISTERS TAKE Up
ATHEISTS Defense:
Baptist Anti Evolution Pastor
to Preach on Freedom
of Speech.
BY the Associated Press.


LITTLE ROCK, Ark, october 90
Two ministers, one Of them leading
proponent of the anti-oyolution act
which Charles Smith, president Of the
American Association for the Advance
ment Of Atheism. came into the State
to fight, today came 70 the defense Of
Smith. who is serving out a fine in the
city Jail and refusing to eat as a pro-
test against anti-atheiSt laws IN Ar
kansas.
Rev. Ben NJ. Bogard Of Little Rock,
a Baptist minister and strong sup
porter Of the anti-cVoluticn legislation
announced he will deliver q sermon at
his church tomorrow on the question: !:
rs Freedom of Speech a Thing of the
Past?"
DR.. william Z, Clark, Unitarian min
lister and pastor OF the Community
Church at Memphis, Tenn. visited
Smith in his cell today and afterward
characterized Smiths fine on q breach
of peace" charge as "a disgrace to The
State and an attempt TO hamper free
opinion"
Possibility that Smith may decide to
end his voluntary Imprisonment and
hunger strike" by filing another ap-
peal from the Municipal Court sentence
was seen today after a conference be-
tween him and Attorney Waiter NJ
PuTyis The lawyer said they had
discussed this but it was not definitely
decided whether it would be done.