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Evening star., 1928-12-16
Milan Is Building
Port for Seaplancs

Milan has been an important city
from the days of ancient Rome and it
does not propose to fall behind in this
age of airplaneS. The commercial
financial and industrial Importance OF
Milan grows out of its splendid geo.
graphical situation. lying as it does on
important lines of communication to
the north. south. east and west.
1t is far. however. from the sea and
from important bodies of water suit
able for hydroplane landing places.
Taking cognizance of the rapid devel-
opment in Italy and in Europe of aerial
communication by means of hydro
planes. Milan is protecting itself against
possible decadence by building the larg-
est artificial water landing field in Eu-
rope. The landing field is 500 yards
long. On the south side it is 220 yards
wide while at the north the width is
$50 yards. The average depth is 20
feet of water.
When the landing place is completed
it will have road of 16 yards around
it on which will face hangers and
buildings for offices and hotels. These
structures will not exceed two stories in
height so as to allow space of $50 yards
without obstacles. The project will be
completed in $780, but the basin is all
ready complete and in case of neces-
sity hydroplane can land with safety
at Milan today.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

ington and at once a resolution was
voted and dispatched to La Paz and
Asuncion expressing the hope that the
dispute would be settled by pacific
means, and inviting the attention of
the two governments to the fact that
nations under circumstances such as
the present have at their disposal or
ganismS and means adequate and
efficient to find solutions which har-
monize the preservation of peace with
the rights of state Moreover, a COM
mittee was appointed which should
report to the conference with respect
to the conciliatory action which, if
necessary, it might render, cooperating
with the instrumentalities now en-
ployed in the friendly solution of the
problem"
What are the "instrumentalities" al
luded to? We? Well, in the first place,
of course, there's the League. Now
it might almost seem like an arrange
ment of Providence that the League
Council should be meeting and the
Washington conference should be meet
Evening star., 1928-12-16

up from the House. 1t now goes 10
conference. Expenditure of $165. .0OO,-
600 is contemplated by the Dill as
amended: 10000, 900 more than was
contemplated by the bill as received
from the House.
Notice of the budget (the eighth
budget of the United States) Tor tne
fiscal year ending June 3. 1880. and OF
the Presidents message transmitting IL
to Congress. was crowded out OF the
last issue. Expenditures are estimated
at S3.780719.647 and receipts at So
84l, ,295, 1929 CtheSe figures not includ-
ing the business of the postal depart
ment): a favorable balance, therefore,
of sec, ,5T6, 1872 is forecast as against
the present forecast of a favorable bal
ance of about $37,000,000 for the fiscal
wear 1929. The estimates, as to both
income and outgo, do not greatly differ
from those for the fiscal year 1929.
with so small a margin to the good,
there is small prospect, remarks the
President. of further tax reduction in
the near future. The expenditure of
the Army and Navy Departments COM
bined exclusive of all non-military
items) as estimated at $648, ,511 300.
The expenditure direct and indirect for
aviation is estimated at $14O,63l 1924.
The President observed that the five
year aviation program for Army and
Navy Is being properly realized, and
that by the end of 1892 the Army
should have well balanced fleet of
1900 planes, the Navy one of 1000 by
the end of 1881.
I think we must all be agreed that
the current episode of the New York
stock market is one of the most moi
some and ominous episodes in the his
tory of the Nation.
An International Conference of Amer
ican States on Cancellation and Arbi-
tration opened at Washington on De-
cember 10, twenty nations being rep
resented and Argentina being conspicu-
Gus by her absence.
X X x
Notes-On December IA the French
Parliament passed the 1929 budget
Estimated receipts and expenditures
nearly balance at about forty-flve and
one-half billion francs, a surplus of
about forty-five millions being fore
cast. Provision is made for raising
the salaries of members from forty
nine to sixty thousand francs; the new
figure being by no means exorbitant.
Wilhelm Miklas has been installed as
Second President of the Austrian Re-
PupAlC, SuSCCCuils INC NCAICAdOlC duO
much beloved DR.. Michael HainiSch.
Herr Milas is an opponent of Ansch-
lusS.
The Peasant party headed by Juliu
MANU-. the new premier. appears to have
won a sweeping victory in the general
elections just held in Rumania.
The American consulate at Marking,
closed since the attacks on foreigners
in that city on March "a, 1927, was
on December Is.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
coming campaign earlier than is usual
in British politics.

coming campaign earlier than is usual
in British politics.
When the electoral battle really de-
velopS, the outstanding figure on the
Conservative side will be Mr. Churchill,
chancellor of the exchequer. He will
lead the van and meet the Socialist
onset, for he is a popular platform fig
ure. and takes delight in the rough
and tumble of democratic electioneer-
ing. On these occasions Mr.. Baldwin
always fades into the background, be-
cause he is an uninspiring figure in bat
tie. He possesses q certain influence
with those who might be hesitating
whether to vote Tory or Liberal, but his
personality has no effect whatever on
the faithful of the labor world On the
other hand, professed Conservatives
always admire a steady going, re-
spectacle leader.
Ministers will not be without policies
Evening star., 1928-12-16
A Lesson From Luigi
BY BRUCE BARTON.

He discovered that "a man
cannot be a perfect physician of
any one save Of himself alone"
In other words, that no physician
could prescribe for him otfhand
diet as wcI suited to his needs
as he could prescribe for himself,
after years of careful study OF
his own requirements.
All women have an idea that
men ought to eat great deal.
If a man is feeling badly, won-
ans remedy is always to make
him sit down to a large, ap-
petizing meal.
Luigi's woman folks were no
different from others. When he
was about 80 they gathered
around him and persuaded him
to increase his daily food al
lowance from IL to ID ounces a
day. As a. result he nearly
died.
Then he went back to his 12-
ounce diet, and lived 22 years
longer.
"Most men," said a phiIoso-
pher, "die their graves with
their teeth"
Dio9enes, seeing a young man
going to a banquet, caught him
and took him home, and re-
ioiced as if he had saved him
from some great danger.
"lf were to assign any one
thing as especially conducting to
long life from a study of the
habits of centenarians,' says Sir
Henry Thompson, sit would be
semi starvation"
"Semi- starvation"-the word
makes you gasp, but have no
fear. You can cut down your
eating a long way below where
it is now aad still be in no
danger.
Luiei's granddaughter reports
that during the latter part of
his life the yolk of one egg suf-
feed for a meal and sometimes
two"
"If you would live long, eat
very temperately Of few pure
foods.
This is one Of the wisest les
sons you can ever learn.
1t is q lesson from Luigi.
!, 1927
Evening star., 1928-12-16

v VERE issa recipe for living
IL a hundred years.
1t is not based upon
u Il any theory of mine. II
it were it would be worthless.
For have not lived hundred
years.
But Luigi Cornaro lived to be
one hundred and two, and "dIed
painlessly, as one who falls into
sweet sleep" The formula is
his.
At So, the doctors said to
Luigi: make your will; you
have only a few months to live"
At the end of the few months
they came back expecting to sign
his death certificate. To their
surprise, they found him we'll.
What had Luigi done? Taken
medicine? No.
What he did was the simplest
thing in the world. He merely
stopped eating.
Instead of three heavy meals
day, he substituted three very
light ones. Instead Of getting
up from the table with feeling
of fuIIness, he got up feeling still
hungry.
Instead of half a dozen differ
ent dishes, he confined himself
to one at each meal. And each
day he ate the same dish, at the
same time, and in the same
amount.
Year after year he continued
to grow stronger. At 20 he
was thrown from his horse, and
AGAIN the doctors said: "No man
of 70 can stand such an accident;
you will die" But so strong
was Luigi that he was out of
bed in no time at all.
In his years Of careful eating
he made some important
discoveries.
He discovered, first, that the
rule, "Whatever your appetite
Graves is good for you" is a
bad rule. Many foods of which
he was very fond proved bad for
him: and some others which he
had never liked proved to have
just the nourishment that his
system required.
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Evening star., 1928-12-16

In appealing to the country, but none
of their policies seem likely to be very
effective as electoral cries.
Constructive Plan of Government.
The great constructive plan the gov
ernment is putting forward at the polls
is their scheme for the reform of local
or municipal government, coupled with
a redistribution of the burden of rates
in favor of agriculture and productive
industry, which involves assistance from
the national taxpayer. Unfortunately
for the ministry, this program, what
ever it's merits or demerits, is not a
vote-getter. 1t is almost impossible for
the man in the street to understand it.
On the other hand, it is fatally easy
for the opposition, Liberal or Socialist,
to put their finger on aspects of the
scheme which are unpopular. or at least
difficult to justify. Briefly. the plan
includes rebate on~rates on manufac-
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Piers to Be Built
For Largest Liner

Plans have been formed to build piers
in New York Harbor long enough to
accommodate the new 6O,000-ton ship
now building at Belfast for the White
Star Line. This vessel. according to
Lord Kylsant, chairman of the board
of directors of the company, will be
electrically driven and will be the
largest liner in the world. Its length
will far exceed that of the Majestic,
longest liner now afloat.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Bulgaria Is Ousting
Commune Propaganda

Bulgarians are busy cleaning up
recent attempt to spread Communism
among the troops in the barracks.
making an effort, rather futile, of
winning over the troops. They seem
to have thought the way to power was
through Bulgaria's small army Two
committees we're operating. one in
Vienna and one in Sofia Moscow Is
supposed to have financed the propa-
ganda at the rate of $1,000 a month.
Many arrests were made, and a large
quantity of propaganda material was
seized. To check the Communist propa-
ganda the Bulgarian government has
prohibited the importation of long
list OF Russian books and pamphlets
Evening star., 1928-12-16

turing plants, and the revenue neces-
sary to make good the deficit is being
collected by an additional tax on petrol.
The middle-class man owning small
car resents this. He does not see why
he should pay more taxes to assist pros
porous industries like Courtaulds to a
reduction in their rates. The fact that
the brewing industry, now uncommonly
industrious, should also benefit under
the government scheme is likewise re-
sented Finally, since the financial i'm
plication of the scheme to the rate
payer himself is rather obscure, many
small householders, particularly in the
seaside resorts, fear an increase in their
rates as result of the plan.
The next main issue the Conserva-
tives have to face is that of protecting
British iron and steel by tariff. The
government is in dilemma here, be-
cause its own supporters are divided on
the question. It would appear that Mr..
Baldwin will recommend that the mat
ter should be decided by committee
appointed by the new government after
the elections have taken place. BY this
solution the premier gets the worst of
both worlds. For the protectionist fears
that the committee will not declare in
favor of a tariff for iron and steel,
while the free trader is afraid that it
will. Consequently, there is no enthu-
siasm to be got for the Conservative
fiscal policy from one section or the
other.
Churchill Indicates Battle Cry.
Finally, Mr.. Churchill has already
given an indication of the electoral cry
he intends to use Speaking the other
day he said: "The question at the
election will be whether the men who
managed the general strike are going to
be his majesty's ministers or not.
warn you that if at the general election
the Socialists are returned to power
a period of political violence like that
which happened at the general strike
will follow"
If the government really wanted to
use this cry. their time to dissolve was
1926, not 1929. In effect, 1t is an at
tempt to raise again the old Red Let
ter and Moscow revolution business,
which swept the Conservatives into pow
er four years ago. Electoral history does
not so repeat itself: Mr. Churchill's cry
will not go down.
The worst symptom of the Conserva-
tive party is the lack of morale among
its leaders. Too many of the members
ICo,,4inuaJ ~, LiiftIa Do0aN
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Alsacian Costumes
May Be Abandoned

Will the pretty girls of Alsace, until
now faithful to their traditional cos
tunes, be obliged to adopt the uninter-
esting, but cheaper, modern dress? It
seems that their silk kerchiefs and
aprons, fine embroidered bodices and
ribbons, can be obtained only from Ger
many. and what with the heavy import
duties no shop in Alsace will keep a
stock of them. Before the war of l37O
between France and Germany, these
silk fabrics used to come from LYONS.
and the collections kept of the costumes
and headdreSseS of that time show now
plentiful and beautiful they were.
Friends of Alsace and of regional cos
TUNES are urging the Lyons factories 20
reinstate the old patterns and weave
again for the eastern girls"
Evening star., 1928-12-16

The tUriter OF this article 1Uds born
in NewcaStle, NeD Brunswick, Can
ada, William Mar1UeU Attken. He
,rent oUerSeaS NTH the Canadian er-
peditiondry force as an eyewitness
in 1915, and became the Canadian
Governments representative at the
front in 1916 and in this year ,OdS
created first Baron OF BeaUerbrook,
Neu BrunSwick and Cherkley, Sur
req. Having renoved to England, he
became a member OF Parliament
and chancellor OF the Duchy OF Ian
caster and minister OF information.
He became dctiUe in politics and got
control OF the Daily Express. He
also is the author OF seUeral books
on subjects relating to the World
War.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
BY LORD BEAvERBROOK.

"HE British general election will
be due shortly. The public here
has watched the presidential
contest in America with marked
interest. Now it is our turn to
hold the political stage.
In a general way, British political
contests are not fixed, like the elections
in the United States. by certain definite
legal dates. The time for dissolu-
ton remains, more or less, at the dis
cretion of the prime minister, who must
be guided by circumstances.
Flapper Vote Postpones Election.
But this general election is going to
be an exception to this rule. Its date
is fixed by two considerations. The
present government must under the
Parliament act go to the country by
the Autumn of 1929, but it cannot do
so before May or June of 1929. The
reason for this is what is generally
known as the grant of the "f1apper
vote" When Mr.. Baldwin passed
measure extending votes to all women
between the ages of 20 and 80, he made
1t inevitable, according to conStltu-
tional practice, that an appeal to the
constituencies should be postponed until
the new voters were on the voting list.
And new register cannot be compiled
until the Spring of next year.
The political experts who are opposed
to the Conservatives consider that the
prime minister thus lost his chance of
appealing to the constituencies while
they were still in the mood to return
the Conservatives to power once more.
In any case, the fact that the date of
the election is certain to be within few
weeks has turned mems minds to the
Evening star., 1928-12-16

Continued on Fifth Page.)
Evening star., 1928-12-16
BY HENRY w. BUM

By HENRY ". BUM
following is a brief summary
of the most important news of
the world for the seven days
ended December IS.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

w YHEN the Seventy First Con-
gress is called into special
AA session by President Herbert
Hoover some time in 1929. 1t
will he the scene of a DO-
New Britain herald., 1928-06-16
Cuban EXecutiOner
 Is Given Discharge

Havana. Cuba. June Is fUP)- Cuba's minister of executions" Francisco de Paula Romero. who. during the past two years has sI- pcrintended tho execution of nine persons on the garrote. has been discharged from the national peni- tentiary as reward for the faithful performance of his duties.
 Romero, serving 20 year gen. tence for murder. two years ago con- scented 10 turn the fatal lever Of the garrotn, Cuha's medieval means of executing persons condemned 10 death For each death penalty car- ricd out Romero received s16 in gold and number of months off of his term Of imprisonment
 Romero has announced his inten- ton Of returning 10 eastern Cuba and becoming 4 farmer. A tonta tive offer on the part of Romero 10 act as prison chaplain at .the new model penitcntiary efng construct cd on the Isle Of Pines was turned down by the prison authorities on the ground the minister" lacked necessary qualifications,
 The new minister Of executions" will be Convict Enrique Pinucda, who was Romero's assistant on scv- cral occasions.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-16
Italy Is Favorably
 Impressed by Hoover

Rome, June 16.--UP)-The tenth anniversary of tho Battle of the Piave, which was the prelude of the Austrian downfall in the war, and after Nittorio Nencto, the most im- portant encounter on the Italian front. was celebrated by the army today with parades and reviews while the people of Rome and other cities decked their windows and balconies with the tri-color in honor of the event.
 Patriotic demonstrations and pro- sessions of war veterans were held throughout the country, and the Hymn of the Piave" the battle song, which. after "Giovinezza" is the most popular patriotic air Of Italy, was played and sung in hun dreds of barracks and public places.
 The artillery regiments which took such an active part in smash ing the Austrian offensive that be- gan on June 15. 1918, and ended in the fatal retreat on June :3, were addressed in their barracks squares by Division Generals and their commanding officers.
 In the evening, government and public buildings were illuminated ir all the large cities.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-16

color reminded me of our pet gold fish.
 His complexion was due to sun- burn on account of leaping out of the water 50 often in trying to get the bait before it touched the water It seems they'd bite if you offered them nothing but chewing gum on q button hook. All you had to do was to show them your fishing li- cense and they'd do the rest. We was afraid to heavc the anchor overheard for fear they'd mistake it for hook Three Of them tries to get on my line at one time and stages a battle that would make a frcc-for-all street brawl seem as tame as a flapper's betting party. I'm trying 10 make them behave when a big husky bimbo leapa outa the water when I ain't looking and lands in my lap.
 I losses him back again. Whats the big idea of tossing him back ?" inquircs Fat, hauling in a beauty ''dt p''SI'Illls lIteiy anu eaSpInH
 for breath oh account of being al.
 most exhausted from his game battle in keeping the others away sos he could get the bait first. "Tm 1 playing no faNoritcs." [ grins, re moving my coat and folding il neatly on the seat SOS none would
 jump into the pockets ''hell hafta wait for his turn" Fore" g1ee- | fully shouts 'Fat." twho is also a
 golf bug) swinging moan line far
 out in the hopes that the ones ir 1 front would duck their beans SO.
 he could reach the big lads in tb' rear
 l Tn less time than it takes to lose
 on oar he's holding busy line and
 no wrong numbers. Towards nigh
 We left the lake, not to mention :
 great many disappointed fish l NOAH COUNT.
New Britain herald., 1928-06-16

Four years ago when the late Robert LaFolIette headed a third party ticket for president. smith was one of the candidates for representa- tive from this city. Conditions were anything but favorable as far as democratic chances in New Britain were concerned. Yet. daily. Smith and his colleagues were on the plat form urging the democratic cause. After the campaign had been on for several days, one of the leading democrats, wondering if Tom actu- ally thought he had a chance to win, put the question to him point blank. His reply was: Well. friend. we're telling them on the street corner that we're going to win. But now that you ask me. I'll tell you. If the people We expect to do so vote for LaFollette, we'll be beaten by 5000 votes. and if they don t well, the sky is the limit" LaFol- lettc didn't get the expected strengt h and the sky was the limit. But Tom smith wasn't disa appointed nor did he consider the efforts put forth wasted.
 X characteristic that has always marked Tom Smith is his ability to tell an appropriate story or make a bull's-eyc with a remark sent home at the most fitting time. During the last campaign, the end-men for the Political I'ollies were having an impromptu rehearsal of jokes in a Main street cigar store, while Smith and several others stood listening | After the jokes had been rehearscd once, one of the end-men turned to Smith and said: Tom. we might not have our regular intcrlocutor to- ! night How about having you act instead We can rehearse with you now"
 That's all right about the re- ' hearsal part of i,; none will be
 necessary. l read all those jokes in the almanac years ago." was Smiths
 reply.
 1 At a firemcns banquet some
 weeks ago. Smith was called upon for few remarks. Tracing back hi: l life work briefly, he recalled the time he was employed selling monu. ments After completing q sale to the widow of a fireman. he was ask
 ed to suggest an inscription. His
 recommendation was: "Hc has gong
 to his last tire,'