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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02
The First Aerial "stowaway."

Although there is a certain appeal to
the imagination in the feat Of Clarence
Terhune, who became the first air stow
away In history when he Secreted him
self aboard the Graf Zeppelin for the
return trip to Germany, 1t Is ex-
tremely dificult for the public to un-
derstand Just why he should be lionized,
not only by the passengers on the air
ship, including DR.. Hugo Eckener, the
commander, but by the popuiace OF
Friedrichshafen. This young stowaway,
from the time he was first found seated
on a pile Of baggage, has received the
best Of treatment, apparently the best
OF food and Is said to have had many
offers for, his appearance on the stage.
It would seem that the natural course
to be taken by the group Of people
aboard the dirigible would be to treat a
stowaway as an interloper and a person
calculated, in view of the rigid weight
restrictions aboard the ship, to menace
the safety OF an experiment In air trans
portation. And at Friedrichshafen,
when the Zeppelin arrived. under the
same natural course Of events. the
police and state authorities should have
been waiting with open arms to greet
him, only long enough, however, to get a
firm grip on his collar to insure speedy
passage to the nearest jail.
In view Of theSe contradictory actions
1t is not strange that a generally nnyS-
titled public should delve little deeper
into the matter. and at the present time
speculation on the entire occurrence Il
rife. For this reason the suggestion
that perhaps this now famous stowawa!
was not . stowaway at all in the &C
cepted sense Of the word might explain
the queer series Of events which hav
made q hero out Of an interloper ant
an international figure out Of . persol
a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02
The Federation Election.

Washingtons nearest approach to
active participation in a political con-
test will come tomorrow night, when the
one hundred and ten delegates to the
Federation of Citizens Associations
choose their president. Interest in this
years election has been unusual. The
candidates have enlivened it themselves
by the exchange of letters and state
mentS on matters of civic interest, and
many Of the delegates have expressed
themselves on the capabilities and
records of the candidates. Much Of
the interest in the choice Of the fedora
tons president, however, lies in the
fact that whoever Is chosen VIII be for
the next year. possibly for the next two
years. the chairman ex-oficio Of the
Citizens Advisory Council, body Of
men chosen to represent the citizens
associations before Congress and the
Commissioners, and which has attained
an important place in the life of the
community through its past valuable
efforts In the community'S behalf.
All of the candidates now in the
field for the presidency of the fedora
ton have served as members of the
advisory council, so any one OF them
would be able to direct the work OF
this body with a knowledge Of its affairs
born of experience. Each Of them is
capable and well schooled in the I'M
portant problems Of the community
and each of them has been actively
identified, for many years, in civic
affairs.
The interest in this years election Is
healthy sign. 1t is indicative Of the
existence of that urge for self expression
and participation in government which,
though oficially denied the residents Of
votelesS Washington. will not be downed.
The greater the membership in the
associations and the more
active their participation In and dis
cussion Of local affairs, the better it will
be for Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day.

The American 1St Army has broken
through the German defense line north
Of Verdun and Is pursuing the retreat
ing Sd and 5th German Armies, with
the French 4th Army cooperating on
our left. Crashing through the
Freya Stellung on a wide front, the
Americans today captured Champig-
neulle, dashed on to ThenorgueS and
then by storm took the important Ger
man railway center at Buzancy and
captured FosSe and several other
towns. Dispatches from the
front at IL o'clock tonight say our
troops, advancing in motor trucks, have
reached Briquenay. where they have
stopped for the night. They have not
caught UP with the Boche yet.
Gen. Currie's Canadians enter Valen-
ciennes after hard fighting and press
on toward Mons. The Austrian
defeat Is becoming the most gigantic
military catastrophe in the annals of
European wars. Terrific losses are be-
ing inflicted by the Italians, and Aus
trian dead litter the country for a dis
lance of 10 miles. The terms
of the armistice to be submitted for
German acceptance or refusal will be
ready and published IN the next day
or two. Germany Is expected
to accept and must confess defeat or
an invasion CT German territory will
follow. One thousand and
thirty-nine casualties on list given out
at War Department today. One hun
bred and eighty-one killed in action
and dead from wounds and disease, and
500 wounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02
The New Police Sirens.

A new type Of siren Is being tried out
for installation on police motor cycles.
Accidents have occurred with distressing
frequency to mounted men who, in at
tempting to enforce the law against
automobile speeders and violators OF
other trafic regulations, have found 1t
impossible to gain clear passageway
through the congested streets with the
ordinarily inadequate horn on their
machines. II the tests are successful
the eighty-three motor cycles Of the
department viii be equipped with the
new device.
Not only will the new siren act to
clear the way for motor cycle men In
performance Of their duty, but 1t Will
serve as a warning to all who hear 1t
that police are in the vicinity and that
regulations should be obeyed. 1t is a
further carrying out Of the theory that
uniformed men in plain view on the
streets are more effective than those
who hide in an effort to catch the un-
wary. The new distinctive police signals
should be a safeguard to the men who
ride the two-wheeled vehicles as well as
q reminder to the public to watch It's
step"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02
Justice With Promptness.

The law has shown commemorate
prcmptness In dealing with the Lorain'
Ohio, dry agent who on lonely country
road fred into the automobile OF
reputable citizen Of that town and
wounded his daughter. 1t was on the
night of September 26 that Miss Betty
Haywood was riding with her father
and friends in the family automobile
near Lorain. AS the car approached a
bridge it was hailed by three men IN
civilian clothes. Believing that q
hold-up was being attempted, the party
proceeded at increased speed. A tinkle
of glass was heard and Miss Haywood
slumped in her seat. She had been shot
in the head. And now, few days more
than a month later. Louis Cicco stands
convicted Of assault and battery and is
subject to q fine Of not more than two
hundred dollars, imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than SIX
months, or both.
The qualification that will be felt In
all parts Of the country over the ending
Of this case will not be so much on the
score Of the terms Of the sentence
handed out as it will be that convic-
! ton was secured. Police officers and
dry officers are sometimes bard to bring
to book when they shame the law by
! committing outrageous acts in its name
{, The two Coast Guardsmen who killed
Jacob Hanson Of Niagara Falls have moi
yet received justice, and while the Lorain
agent got OF with an exceedingly light
penalty the courts of Ohio can TAKE
pride in the fact that he did not GEL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02
Humorous Skepticism Greets
Claim of Radiogram to Mars

suppose that a Marian lady could un-
derStand it any better than she could
understand English. are only two Of the
numerous mysteries which the doctor
has not yet seen fit to explain"
IF the Marian lady had sufficiently
close telepathic contact with DR.. Rob-
inson to arrange the other details of the
experiment" according to the Brooklyn
Daily Eagle, "She would hardly have
omitted to make provision for an in
telligible return Signal-not at least If
ladies on Mars possess the same prac-
teal abilities as those on earth. The
whole result Is a little diSheartening
for the possibility of telepathy thrills
the speculative Imagination even more
than that Of neighbors in the heavens"
The report that dictaphone record
ION which the national anthem of
Mars is recorded" is in the possession
OF DR.. Robinson is met by the statement
from the Los Angeles Express that IF
the Martians are as familiar with the
words of their national anthem as the
people of the United States are with
those Of The Star Spangled Banner
they run something like this: 'Tum tie
tum te tum tie tum,' etc. Just like ours"
This paper, however, finds interest in
the report that "ladies on Mars are six
feet tall, round-faced and oddly behind
the times, for they wear their hair long"
that they have penetrating eyes and
very large ears" and that "other
equally trustworthy descriptions credit
them with two thumbs on each hand
and longing for knowledge of our wicked
earth"
I'VE may never get in touch with
this planet" observes the New York
Evening Post, seriously. but we shall
never give up trying. Scientific obServa-
tions will go on, just as well as spectac-
ular attempts to send radio messages or
to catapult human beings from gigantic
mortarS. What adds particular piquancy
to this quest Is the astronomical belief
that Mars is an older world than the
earth and that consequently, If there
are Martians, they may know secrets of
life which We have not yet discovered"
There are many moderns who be-
lieve that interplanetary communica-
ton will one day be established de-
spite any doubts in the scientific world
that the planets have inhabitants" says
the Dallas Journal, while the Louisville
Courier journal concludes: There is
only one flimsy basis for attempting in
a scientific way communications with
the planet. The atmosphere around
Mars indicates the possibility that 1t is
conducive to human life. There may
be a race of men on this other world
that to the naked eye Is but q spot Of
red in the nightly sky"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02

Announcement from England Of COM
munication with the planet Mars by
DR.. Hugh Mansfield Robinson and an
associate scientist is received With
humorous skepticism In this country.
"Dr. Robinson may have had only
dream" suggests the FL Paso Herald,
but he made it good one while about
it. 1t is true that his interest
has wandered far from home, but there
seems little likelihood of this becoming
another of those love-triangle affairs.
If it does, it will be the biggest triangle
ever heard Of" The Aberdeen Daily
world muses.: IF Mars can understand
us, and If the Martians know more than
we and so are able to observe us, their
large ears must have been weary OF
the election din in this country, and
the Marian ladies, gathered around
their bridge tables of pleasant after
noon, must smile with plying contempt
at our antics, at our rushing here and
there, and, most of all, at our great
display of Importance"
Noticing that "the Robinson wireless
was addressed to 'Oomaruru, big-eared
Marian woman the st. Joseph News
Press suggests that lit would serve him
right if she we're to rebuke him sharply
for his glaring default in chivalry" The
Minneapolis Tribune feels that ''if
Oomaruru Is a nice, quiet Marian girl,
she must resent the blast of publicity
which attends her interplanetary COM
munication. She must be just little
bit sensitive over the subordination Of
the Oomaruru intellect to the Oomaruru
ears in the earthly press dispatches"
"The most unpopular man in the
world today" in the opinion of the
Cleveland News, ought to be DR.. Mans
field Robinson Of London. With $780,
OOO, 900 women from whom he could
select his lady friends, he paid out good
money in an effort to communicate with
a girl on Mars. But there Is consolation
in the knowledge she wouldn't answer.
Probably she had her opinion Of man
who couldn't flnd soulmate among the
half billion fair ones closer to home"
AS to American women, the Kansas
City Journal-Post points out that they
should ponder the fact that the Mar
tian men might be worth knowing"
since DR.. Robinson Says they are big,
handsome fellows, superior to the males
Of this planet"
Referring to the statement that DR..
Robinson, realizing that his friend,
'Oomaruru,' might not be acquainted
with the English language. translated
his greetings into a special CODE" the
Kalamazoo Gazette comments: Where
he got that code or what led him to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02

who should by all rights be languishins
in German prison.
Just what agency, II any, planted
this lad on the ship to make news and
stir public interest is immaterial. It
was grand idea, anyway. The one
slip-up. II 1t can be called that, was
publication Of his picture, life history
and boyiSh ami. 49, almost stimuli
taneously with his C..Scovery on the Yep
pelin. Americans are noted for their
enterprise, but it was a rare feat in
deed II In the short space Of time from
the first radio from the ship, STOW
away found aboard" and the second,
Name Clarence Terhune," the COM
plete autobiography Of Clarence could
be prepared and put into type along
with his picture.
It is q well known fact that DR..
Eckener wanted all the publicity he
could procure out of the trip Of the big
dtrigible, and II 1t were suggested to
him that the worlds first aerial stow
away" would probably catch the I'M
agination of the people on both sides
Of the ocean, what is more natural than
for him to grasp the novel scheme? Or
perhaps the explanation Of Clarence's
appearance on board ship may lie in
the desire of some of the agencies rep
In the flight to add dash Of
color to an already colorful venture by
the injection Of o little extra news for
good measure.
At any event no harm has been done
except possibly to some hitherto credu-
IouS persons, who from now on will be
Inclined to believe nothing" of what
they see or hear. OF course, Clarence
may have been a bona f1de stowaway
ali the time, but the facts Of the case
seem to point in the other direction.
It is something to think about, anyway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02
ANSWERS. TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Are the Cambridge University
copies Of Samuel Pepys' diaries in
printed form or are they actually the
diaries that he kept?-C. w. P.
A. The original diaries of Samuel
Pepys in the library of Magdalene Col
lege are in Pepys' own writing. Most
of the text is in a form of shorthand,
with proper names and dates written in
longhand.
O. Please define the riding terms,
military seat" hunting seat" and
park seat. A. p.
A. Military" straight seat with long
stirrup; hunting" open seat with a
shorter stirrup; park" the best looking
seat, more like a chair. riding easily,
with weight poised on ball Of feet and
no stiffness.
@. What will remove walnut stains
from the hands?-H. j.
A. The Department OF Agriculture
says that walnut stains may be re-
moved from the hands by the use Of an
ink eradicator, such as Is found In drug
stores.
@. Does the National Illiteracy Cru
SADIE pay its teachers?-B. 3.
A. The work is all voluntary.
@. Which character in Shakespeare
has the most lines to speak?-P. N.
A. Hamlet is the one that has the
most lines. They are 1859.
@. Which State was admitted to the
Union firSt?-A. B. L.
A. Vermont has that honor. It was
admitted in 1871.
@. What was the Army of the Com
Nm RaV@ n ~ n
A. Coxey organized "the Army of the
Commonwealth" 1t was composed of
men out Of work. The purpose of the
march on Washington was to influence
Congress to take some action for the
benefit Of trade in the country.
@. Is there any State in which
Thanksgiving is not legal or public
holiday?-W. d.
A. Thanksgiving Is a holiday in every
State, Territory and possession by pres
idential proclamation.
@. When will Chicago have another
Worlds Fair?-J. C. H.
A. 1t has been definitely decided to
have Worlds Fair in Chicago in 1888.
Q. What is wild rice used for?-
d. T. H.
A. It's principal use is as food for
wild ducks and other water fowl. It is
also used to some extent as human food,
particularly by some Of the Indian
tribes of the upper Mississippi Valley.
It is considered excellent to serve as
vegetable with wild duck, fowl and
game.
@. Please give the time that Louis
vile, KY, was settled.-V. T..
A. Louisville, KY, is built on a
plateau about so feet above the Ohio
River. It~was settled in 1779 and was
named in honor of Louis XVI of France.
The city was incorporated in 1928. =
@. What soldiers are called hussars?
e. l..
A. A Lighthouse trooper armed with
Saber and carbine, brilliantly uniform
ed, Is called a hussar. Formerly he
wore dolman and busby. The name
was long confined to Hungarian light
cavalry, but is now applied to similar
troopers In other European armies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02
How Hoover Could Be
A "VOter" in England
To the Editor Of The Star:

10 the EolEOE OI 4nC 0taEs
About two weeks ago The Evening
Star quoted the clear and satisfactory
reply of Chairman Work of the Repub-
lican national committee to a CAM
paign whisper that Herbert Hoover's
name was on the voters registry list in
England, thus questioning his real
American citizenship. But the whisper
persists.
The undersigned would like to offer a
bit of evidence corroborative OF Chair
man Works explanation as to how Mr.
Hoover's name could have appeared on
q voters list in England. 4.
The undersigned was American consul
at Nottingham, England, from 1902 to
1910. During that period. an election for
members OF Parliament occurred. He
lived with his family in a rented house
and paid taxes crates, in England) as
an "occupier." Under the English law,
the owner of the house paid no taxes on
that property-only income tax on the
rent received therefrom.
During the parliamentary campaign,
the undersigned received by mail docu-
nents from both the Conservative and
Liberal candidates in that district So
liciting his vote. A few days before the
election, he received by mail from each
candidate a ballot "a small square of
paper containing the one name), with
the address of the polling place. In
terested in learning more, the under
s gned went to the polling place on cleo
ton day and found that his name was
actually on the voters list, put there
because he was ratepayer in that dis
trict.
No doubt, other American consuls In
England have had a similar experience
II they were there at the time Of q
parliamentary election.
FRANK w. MAHrN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02
Discusses Middle.Aged
Persons Out of Work

To the Editor OF The Star:
May be accorded space in the coll
umns Of your very valuable paper In
which to give expression to a subject
that grows more grave each day?
It Is concerning the interests OF the
unemployed persons OF middle age in
Washington that hope to call atten-
ton to, and particularly the women,
OF whom I, alas! am one.
It has been my sad experience -
Gently to have been dropped without a
moments notice from the rolls OF
private office. Upon inquiry ! was In
formed that a reduction OF force was
the reason for my discharge, that my
work had always been highly satiSfac-
tory. but that in process of force reduce
ton the lowest average was the warrant
for discharge, mine being caused from
an illness of six weeks duration.
This was, Of course, not the true rea-
son, as every other person in that ONCE
over the age of IS was discharged, given
ages applying to department heads only.
The places were Allied with girls In
their teens, most of whom have homes
and no responsibility.
That Is perhaps a matter of firms
own business, but we middle-aged have
given time and thought to our par
ticular lines of work and have given
satisfactory service for years. Is there,
then, nothing left but to become a
charge upon the city?
When one Is upon his own resources,
no family, no home except that made
by his own efforts, If he is willing and
anxious to be independent and self
supporting, is it fair that he suffer be-
ing told repeatedly that I'VE can't use
you: we want young employees? Or.
willing to depart from his regular line,
willing to do anything to earn an hon.
est living, to be asked, What expert
ence have you had in this line?" when
perhaps it Is in question job. not Q
position, paying only $40 per week.
Homes are offered women in return
for housework, companion, etc., with
out pay. In order to even secure a
home thus, one must have SUFFICIENT
income to clothe ones self and supply
daily needs.
I appeal In the name of justice. that
some philanthropist will take up this
most serious and deserving matter and
create an interest In the subject.
I would like to hear, through this
paper. the consensus of opinion.
Mrs. LOUISE MORTIMORE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
by FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

did you say those stars are all suns?'
asked one of them. Eyes, sir" replied
DR.. w. w. Campbell, then director OF
the observatory and now president OF
the University of California, land each
of the stars, on the average, Is larger
than our sun" The visitor wanted to
know how large our sun Is. We'll, I"
said Campbell, 'if it were hollow shell
of its present size, you could pour more
than a million earthS into it, and there
would still be much unoccupied space
between the earth balls" Campbell add
ed that there are possibly or probably
planets revolving around many OF the
cluster stars. and a lot OF them may be
inhabited. We'll, then" calculated the
astonished visitor, II don't think 1t mat
tiers much whether Roosevelt or Taft Is
elected"
II AL Smith becomes President next
March, he'll find double in the Wash
ington diplomatic corps. The man who
looks like the governor Is Senior Don
Manuel E. Malbran, the newly accred-
tied Ambassador of Argentina. They
have in common the facial feature
which is Smiths most prominent char
acteriStic-a nose of the dimensions
which are supposed to depote acumen
and combativenesS. DR.. Malbran Is a
little huskier than the Democratic nom
inee, but otherwise they're built alike.
The Argentinian envoy has tie with
Washington which he says will always
attach him sentimentally to this coun-
try. His l6-year-old son, now finishing
prep school in Buenos Aires, was born
here when DR.. Malbran was an attache
Of the former Argentinian legation.
X X X
Will bill" Borah accept the secre-
taryship Of state in a Hoover cabinet?
The betting is that the Idahoan would
prefer to remain a Senate giant and
chairman of the foreign relations COM
mittee. AS almost the outstanding cham
pion of Hoover on the stump, Borah'S
claim to high honorS in case of the
Californian's Inauguration would be
very strong. Democratic dopeSters have
only one certainty picked out for an
AL Smith cabinet-George N. Peek Of
Illinois, McNary- Haugen high priest, as
Secretary of Agriculture. They say
that's been promised"
y X 4
Europe has recently formed an Anti
Prohibition League Of Nations. It has
been in existence for exactly one year,
but has only become matter of public
knowledge since the covenant" was
registered with the big league" at
Geneva a few weeks ago. The eight
high contracting powers are France,
Spain, Greece. Hungary, Italy, Luxem-
burg, Portugal and Tunis. They have
entered into a treaty providing for the
establishment in Paris Of an "inter-
national wine Office" the purpose OF
which is to carry on worldwide cam
paign to promote the sale of wine.
(CopyriGht. 1927