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rise higher and increase In size and
capacity and the lateral transport IA
cilities fall to keep up with the demand.
It takes only q few months TO build a
structure that will house 5000 people
and 1t takes several years to build q
subway that will do Its share of carry
ing this addition TO the load from
given point Surface lines are no longer
relied upon as capable of handling
material fraction of the traffic. Ele-
waited lines are now operating at ca
pacity, and according to the present
policies. will not be increased In num-
Der.
Thus. while some New Workers react
with pride TO the announcement OF
the tallest building" soon to be erect
ed. others look upon 1t with some appre-
hension. Already the discomforts of met
ropolitan life and business are severe
enough without adding to them through
the greater concentration incident to
the erection of record-bresking sky
scrapers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30
Public Bathing Beach
Is Urged for Capital
20 lhe Editor Cd The SAL.

To the Editor OF The star;
have noticed In the papers this
Summer so many accounts of accidental
drownings in the District Of Columbia.
We have had some very warm weather.
and. of course. 1t Is perfectly natural
for the young people to seek the water
where they can keep cool, and at the
same time enjoy themselves. wish
the papers would have more to say In
regard to the lack of bathing facilities
in our city. 1t does seem that q mat
ter which means so much to so many
who are compelled to spend the Sum-
mers here should be kept before the
public.
The small pools which have been
recommended for our city would not
answer the purpose. even Ii they we're
all constructed. What our city really
needs and what the people want is a
large pool or beach where they can have
real recreation. 1t was great mis-
fortune for the city when the money
was appropriated by Congress that
Congress did not specify where the pool
should be. giving the dimensions. etc,
so that no disagreement could arise
about the idea that Congress really
had in view when the money was APP
propriated.
Why does not the National Capital of
the greatest country on earth have a
beach where thousands can go and be
benefited by INDUCING in the finest
recreation of all sports? Other cities
have erected fine concrete pools, why
not ours? Garden City, Kans.. for in
stance. has a pool 345 feet in length
and 2l0 feet in width, with a depth
ranging from Is inches to 9 feet, and
Altoona. Pa, has a pool of cement 1875
feet wide by 625 feet long. that accom-
modates 5000 persons. with free bath
house facilities
The Tidal Basin bathing beach was
more real pleasure to more people than
anything the city ever had II should
never have been destroyed. hope
whoever our next President is that he
will favor a bathing beach that will do
Justice to our beautiful city,
We should not think alone Of the
pleasure it would afford to so many
who are not able to so to distant SUM-
mer resorts. but of the great number
OF lives that would be spared IL we
had a beach where they could swim
and at the same time be protected by
lifeguards as they we're In the Tidal
Basin bathing beach, In the seven
years II existed there was not a single
person drowned One boy died from
heart trouble, JOHN r. WAGER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30
The Tallest Building.

Announcement has been made that
within a year the tsllest building In
inc world will be erected in New York
City in the region Of the Grand Gen.
trial Station. Its extreme height will
be s0S feet. overlapping the present
record holder. the Woolworth Building,
by fifteen feet eleven inches. Its sixty
seven stories viii contain. owing to It's
broader base, about twice as much floor
space aE the other structure.
This immense pile Is possible under
the present coming laws Of New York,
which permit virtually indefinitely tall
erections. provided they are designed
upon the "step-back" plan. with sue
eexsiye recesslons. The only actual
Limitation is that Of the financial re-
turn. II has been found that in some
o< the very high off1ce buildings the
cost Of construction and operation Is
30 great as 10 require a scale OF rentals
at which tenants are not readily TO be
found. A. heavy share Of the expense
Of maintenance goes for elevator sery-
ice. which must be frequent and speedy.
In some Of the never taller buildings
II Is necessary TO operate the elevators
on a relay basis.
There is. however. another c0nsidera-
ton to check the upward tendency In
building construction. The transporta-
son OF the tenants OF one OF these
enormous buildings adds seriously TO
the nafsc problem Of the city. Con-
centration Of several thousand persons
within four towering walls means the
discharge at closing time Of a greater
load than can be carried by all The
available transit facilities On. under on
above the surface. The public author"
itiek, however, cannot prohibit such
concentration, nor can they prescribe
their locations.
New York, In fact, is Jared with .
very grave question as the buildings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30
More Worlds to Conquer.

According to information which only
lacks a statement from MFR. Tunney to
make 1t wholly reliable, the worlds
heavyweight champion will retire from
the ring and Cd get married, (2) an
nounce his marriage. CD walk around
Europe with Thornton Wilder possibly
discussing the Bridge Of San Luis Rey;
t4) take up banking as a business
career or 50 study philosophy at the
Sorbonne, Heidelberg or Kings College.
London. Such alternatives are being
advanced by the wholesale now from
Mr.. Tunneys friends and associates,
but when Mr.. Tunney releases his an
ticipated statement he will probably
make the reason for his retirement
from the ring perfectly plain, and, in
so far as 1t is the public's business to
know, tell the world what he is going
to do.
For Mr.. Tunney has mind OF his
own. as we'll as two fists. From the first
he seems to have regarded the boxing
business as a means toward an end. and
one could never quite believe that the
end was the mere retention of the
championship he had gained. He has
looked upon boxing as good way to
get enough money to do what he wants
to do. And now, in the prime OF life,
he has the money.
Tunney plans to quit the ring when
his popularity is at its height. He never
appealed particularly to the real prize
fight crowd. for the crowd could not
visualize him as blood-thirsty killer"
nor fit him into the role of hero for the
songs and legends of the prize ring.
But in his fight last week he won the
applause not only of those who like
their fights to be red and dripping, but
of those who admire skill and genuine
craftsmanship. He showed that he was
not only scholar In the ring, but
gentleman as we'll And now, with no
more worlds to conquer with his two
gloved hands, he Is looking around for
other things to do.
There will be sneers. But for the
most part the world will congratulate
Mr. Tunney and sympathize with him.
He is in the happy and unusual posi-
ton OF knowing what he wants to DO
and having the wherewithal to do 1t
with. Who could fail to wish him we'll?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30

The Institute OF Chemistry of the
American Chemical Society, In session
this month at Northwestern University,
will devote special attention to the farm
problem.
Leaders OF the institute are quoted as
saying that the farmers troubles are
essentially chemical rather than politi-
cal, and that they eventually will be
exercised with test tubes rather than
ballots.
Industry already has learned It's lesson
In this subject. but Agriculture some
times has been a recalcitrant pupil.
Natural Law. nevertheless Is school
master not 10 be trined with. The
profits OF the farm OF the future prob
ably will be found largely In the prod
uctx that now go TO waste There is
little likelihood that the actual margin
between the cost OF producing the prin-
cipal farm products and the price they
bring, the farmers profit. will become
greater. IL IL apt TO become smaller.
No legislation will be able permanently
TO alter IL.
Agriculture. of course, progresses In
this matter of turning waste into dollars.
but owing 10 Its loose organization and
the independence Of It's practitioners,
this progress has not been so rapid as
that which has been forced on industry
for its own salvation. Right here Is
found an answer 10 part Of the farm
problem" Certainly IL is not the only
answer. But IL ia q better answer than
| any political sxpedient can provide.
The Bureau OF Chemistry and Soils
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30

This is a special department devoted
solely to the handling OF queries. TINS
paper puts at your disposal the services
of an extensive organization In Wash
ington to serve you in any capacity that
relates to information. This service Is
free. Failure to make use of it deprives
YOU of benefits to which you are en-
titled. Your obligation Is only cents
In coin or stamps inclosed with your
inquiry for direct reply. Address
The Evening Star Information Bureau.
Frederic j. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, D. c.
@. Where does Marguerite Clark live
now that she has retired from the
stage and moving pictures?-N H.
A. She is now Mrs. Harry Williams
and lives with her husband on the
estate. White Rose, In the village OF
Patterson, La.
@. Has the Virgin Islands Chamber
of Commerce?-G. w. P.
A. There are two American Cham
bers of Commerce in the Virgin Islands,
at st. Croix and st. Thomas.
@. How many people live at Niagara
Falls. N. Y.?-S. F. L.
A. Niagara Falls, N. Y, in 1925 had
an estimated population Of 57,033.
@. Should children eat more food
or less during hot weather?-E. s.
A. Authorities say that during the
hot season it is usually wise to reduce
the amount of food given. Even the
older little ones who are taking more
or less mixed diet should be carefully
guarded against the dangers of over
feeding.
@. In what States is hitch-hiking
prohibited?-F. d. M.
A. Minnesota so far is The only State
which prohibits hitch-hiking.
@. What is the greatest example of
stream erosion known?-R. M.
A. The Grand Canyon of the Colo
.ado Is the most noteworthy.
O. Which are the wealthiest States
in the Union?-W. H. B.
A. New York. Pennsylvania and
Illinois have the most wealth in the
Union due to their manufacturing and
industrial interests They rank first in
population as we'll because they give
opportunities to the greatest number
of people for earning livelihood
@. Were wigs worn by the Egyp-
tians?-D. R.
A. Men and women wore wigs AS
people. Egyptians were expert wig
makers.
O. When was the Montessori system
given the first practical test?-A. K. K.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30
Asheville Meeting Not Viewed
AS Grave Democratic Detection

The attitude of the Asheville con-
fereeS is aSsailed by the Richmond News
Leader independent Democratic) with
the statement that the charge Of plat
form reputation and the attack on
Chairman Raskob ARE put forward In
the hope of enabling the gentlemen to
do the one thing they cannot do. And
that is to be Democratic and anti
Democratic at the same time" The
New Orleans Times-Picayune (inde-
pendent Democratic) predicts that "as
the Summer wanes. the malcontents.
singly and by battalions. will troop back
to their party colors, and the November
count will reveal the division upon
normal lines" The Charlotte News
tDemocratic) protests against "blindly
falling over into the hands of, and unit
ing outright with. a party that has
nothing in common with our past, our
present or our future"
X *
There Is great work to be done for
the republic, and only Democratic prin-
ciples can do 1t" AYERS the Atlanta
Journal tDemocraticl, and the Pnila-
delphia Record independent Demo-
cratic) remarks: Considering the fact
that Democratic principles-flmda-
mental Democratic prineiples-are bred
in the bone In the South. and consider
ing the fact that the prohibition issu
does not mark distinct line Of part,
cleavage. We doubt very much that an
great number of Southern Democrat
are going to scrap all their other belief
for the sake Of their prohibition
opinions"
The Birmingham News Democratic
says: Democrats Of the Southeri
States are turning over in their mind
something like this; Carter Glass o.
Bishop Cannon? Ftruifold NJ. Sim
mons or Bishop Mouzon? Cordeli Hui
or Bishop DuboSe? Hoke Smith OF
Wee Willie Upshaw? John Sharp
Williams or-what's the name of thai
'and-Smith Democrat over there In
Mississippi? Joe Robinson or--who are
those two Arkansas gentlemen who gac
at Tammany Hall while swallowins
Teapot Dome?" The Raleigh News and
Observer tDemocratic) advises that
the wisest course for Southern Demo
Gratis to pursue is to abide in the ship
and to organize and mobilize to elect
Democratic Senators and Representa-
tivss."
The position that the movement FOR
a bolt in the South Is worthy of serious
consideration Is taken by the Chicago
Tribune Republican,. the Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle Republican,
the Providence Journal independent
and the St, Joseph News-PreSs (inde-
perdenO, The Chattanooga News Gin
dependent Democraticl suggests the ex-
istence of great body Of Southern
Democrats feeling exactly as does w. G..
NJ. Thomas, who holds that Gov. Smith.
by mis- platform stand. has released the
rank and file OF the party OF obligation
to vote for him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day.

French and American troops In the
region OF Fere-en-TardenoiS again
thrust their lines forward despite stiff
resistance by the enemy, The Ameri-
cans have advanced from Sergy ?
miles, again defeating the crack Prus.
sian Guards and BavarianS. This fol-
lowed terriffic German assault on thu
American lines whereby the German.
won Cierges, southeast of Sercy ans
apparently still hold t. French
gains were made northeast of rere ant
To the eastward of Sergy. There are
now al German divisions In the Marn,
salient Of which 10 belong the North,
ern army Of Crown Prince Rupprechi
OF Bavaria. Five OF these 10 have al
ready been used twice in attacks.
through q oarrage as deadly as any the
Germans have laid down ON any sector
Tor months. the American soldiers
pushed their line ahead a little more
today. and tonight il forms the apex
OF the long allied front between the
Marine and the VeSle The distance pro-
crossed Is somewhat less than two mites,
nut the operation Is regarded as a bril-
uant one on account OF the determined
Of the enemy. The
Americans withStood two heavy attacks
curing the night, and at daylight began
their operations. which now leaves them
well to the north Of Sergy. No artillery
was used, but the machine-gu fire was
French high conn
missioner says the American troops
have proven themselves equal 20 the
best French troops. Premier Clemen-
ceau says the Americans are too brave
too reckless with their lives A
Swiss newspaper states that q high neu-
trail othcial Just arrived at Basel from
Berlin declares that, In spite OF all Ger
man precautions to hide the defeat ON
the west front, the truth has penetrated
among the masses and they are greatly
depressed, They feel that the war Is
lost whenever Foch chooses his hour Co
strike, and they want the governmen,
to make peace before II il too late. Ger
nan Losses during the last two Often
sives are said TO be $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30
Austro-German "Anschluss. Z"

European news dispatches are much
concerned with political development
on the Continent regarding which the
world Is destined to hear more. 1t re-
lates to the "Anschluss" movement. or
the project for incorporation of Austria
within the German Reich. 1t is pam
Germanism of unfragrant pre-war odor
in a new guise.
junkers and military imperialists Of
both empires who were bent upon
bringing Germany and the dual mon
archy into a Central European union
which should dominate and domineer
Europe. Today it is the pacifist So
cialists in power at Berlin and the
Roman Catholic clericals. who rule
at Vienna. that are driving for
"Anschluss"
It fell to the lot of Herr Paul Loebe,
Socialist president of the German
Reichstag, to breathe fresh life into
the long smoldering incorporation
scheme. Addressing last weeks great
Germanic saengerfest in the ancient
capital of the Hapsburgs, Herr Loeoe
exclaimed: THE union between Austria
and Germany is coming about natu-
rally. gradually and peacefully. No pol
itician In either country can reverse
the logical process of history" Herr
Loebe declared that Germans, no less
than Italians or Jugoslavians, could not
be denied "the right of self-determi-
nation"
At Cologne. about the same time,
vast Germanic congress of turnvereine,
or gymnastic societies, was plunged
into a paroxysm of enthusiasm by
speakers voicing the same militant SEN
timents. In both Germany and Aus
tria the press took up the theme with
fervor. The cables convey the impress
sion that q new and passionate wave
of pan-Germanism is sweeping across
Mitteleuropa from the Danube to the
Baltic.
Austria is the merest phantom Of Its
Hapsburgian original. The World War
cut its area from 2l6.000 to some $4,000
square miles. It's population of 5000 600
odd is less than that of Greater New
York. Yet. become part of an expand
ed German state. Austria would in
crease the size of the Reich to 100000
square miles and Its population to
nearly 100000 souls. Germany once
again would outstrip France In area,
even without Alsace and Lorraine, while
the Reich would be within 100000 or
s zoo, 900 souls Of doubling the French
population Frenchmen, Czechoslova-
kians, Rumanians and Jugoslavians
have no reason to contemplate such
prospect with equanimity.
The Versailles peace conference,
where the specter of Austro-German
"Anschluss" was raised, frowned upon
it. but current events indicate that it
has by no means been banished. Aus
tro-German trade marches shoulder to
shoulder with racial fraternity. Ger
many is the largest importer OF Aus
TRAN goods and the second largest
exporter TO Austria. At the present
time Germany and Austria are co-or-
dinating their laws. They recently pro-
mulgated a uniform criminal code.
Austrian industry and finance are es-
tablishing interlocking connections with
stronger German enterprises.
'Anschluss" would directly and i'm
menseiy magnify the political power
of the Social Democrats and Catholic
cIericals in Germany That may turn
out TO be the rock on which the new
pan-Germanic hopes will 60 to smash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30
Attacks the Prophecy
OF Liquor Advocates
To tho Editor Of THE star

To the Editor OF The star:
The pro-liquorites prophesied that
under prohibition the hotel business of
the United States would be set back
so years In Its standards of comforts
and service and that the development OF
the hotel business would be stopped
dead
In 1926, the last year for which fig~
ures are available. there were a40 prom
inent hotels built In the country. rep
resenting an investment of about $4O0.-
600 900. II is estimated that an addi-
tional $500, 900, 900 was spent In equip
ment and furnishings.
Beyond that, the luxurious equipments
and accommodations characteriging
present hostelries we're never known un-
I'll after the advent of prohibition. The
reason for these improvements is not
hard TO find. Literally millions Of pco-
pie who could not travel In pre~prohibi-
ton days for lack Of means now afford
the hotels a very considerable total OF
patronage. This Is brought about by
the automobile. which has become a
part OF the equipment of practically
every family In the United States,
CHARLES r. NELSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30

Tic 1CAaN AAnk1ty'
Thomas q, Love. veteran Democratic
leader. running as an anti-Smith cam
didate for lieutenant governor of Texas.
polled upward of 1900 votes In Sat-
urday's primary. He ran $4,000 to
ioo. 900 votes behind Miller, the present
lieutenant governor seeking renomina-
ton. But three other candidates for
the once rolled up enough votes, ac-
cor0ing To the returns so far received.
n make a run-off necessary, probably
with Love in a straightout contest with
Miller.
The vote for Love. who was Demo-
cratic national committeeman in 1924
and who is strongly dry" must be
regarded as a measure in part OF the
anti-Smith feeling in the Lone Star
state. 1t was Love who declared that
II the Moody plank. declaring for pro-
hibition, was adopted by the last DEM
ocratic national convention, and the
convention should nominate Smith for
President, "it would be like denouncing
crime and nominating the devil" His
announcement that he would not sup
port Smith came soon after the con-
vention had closed. Immediately the
regular Democratic organization turned
its guns on Love and tried in every
way to get his name of the ticket and
to bring about his defeat in the pri-
mary.
How far the supporters of Love in
the primary will turn away from Smith
and support Hoover, the Republican
nominee, in the presidential election
next November remains to be seen. In
some of the communities in Texas,
Dallas among them, the anti-Smith
sentiment is so strong that many life
long Democrats have declared their IN
sention OF boiling the ticket But NO
veniber is still three months in the
future. just at present many dry DEM
ocrsts are threatening to bolt the DEM
ocrstic ticket and many wet Republic
cans are speaking well OF Smith and
the cause he represents. No one can
say with complete assurance that these
boilers viii In the end remain boilers.
Party leanings and afiliations are
strow in the South and strong in the
Republican States Of the North and
East. In many cases they are inherited
from generations OF Democratic and
Republican forbears.
The run made by Love Saturday.
however, gives q definite indication OF
the strong dry and anti-Smith feeling
IN some Of the States Of the South and
Southwest Tradition and the race
question probably viii carry these States
for the New York governor Were they
not factors in the politics Of the South.
however, the Smith ticket would fare
81. indeed. in most II not all Of these
Democratic States.
Gov. Dan Moody's denomination APP
parently has been accomplished beyond
question. During the Houston conven-
ton Moody stood out for strong pro-
hibition plank even after other leading
drys in the p&rty had accepted the
compromise plank finally written into
the platform. He explained his position
to the convention, although he did not
present minority report from the res
buttons committee. 1t was freely pre-
dicted during the convention that If
Moody weakened on the dry question
be would have dificulty in being renom-
mated. His course seemingly has been
approved by the Democratic voters Of
the state