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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
Halloween-1929.

IT'S the night of ghosts and witches
For several generations Halloween fes-
tivities have taken the form Of a noisy
spirited burlesque of ancient supersti-
lions. But recently a strange phenom-
non has been %nder way in the United
States, described BY the late DR.. Edwin
e. Slosson Is "a revival of witchcraft.
During the past year three witches
have been murdered in widely separated
parts of the United States.
This revival does not always go under
the name of witchcraft. If we could
resolve the confusion of nomenclature,
1t. is likely that the belief would b.
found far more fundamental and wide
spread than is generally supposed. The
violent acts of a few psychopathic in
dividuals are merely surface indications,
A witch may be defined as any person
believed capable of exercising a super
natural, ~malevolently potent control
over the welfare of others. Witchcraft,
according to the above definition, Is
fundamental! In most culture patterns,
especially in times like the present, when
the human mind is in a state Of phil
osophical confusion.
The characteristic picture Of the
witch changes, Of course, in accordance
with the culture pattern of which it
forms a part. In one generation 1t is
that Of an old oma riding the storm
on a broomstick. In another IL may be
that of a gentleman In evening clothes
lecturing to a gathering of pscudo-in-
te~llectuals.
The belief in witchcraft, or, rather,
the complication of beliefs from which
witchcraft evolves, is not confined to
the poor and ignorant. 1t is a phenom-
enon of crashing realities, a transfer
ence Of confusions. Such influences as
the new physics Of Einstein and De
Sitter, presuming, a they do, a reality
t~ranscending the senses, have contrib
uted much to the philosophical confu-
sion Of the age. The same may be said
for psychoanalysis, with its intangible
lfbidos, completes and conflicts. Philos-
ophy has broken loose from its moorings
in the sheltered harbor of the five
senses.
The result is a great number Of cults
whose relation to witchcraft is danger
ously close. Belief in the ability of the
individual to WELD a supernatural be-
%nevolent control over others-such as Is
exemplifed in the pow-wow cult of
Central Pennsylvania-fs only a logical
step away from belief in the ability of
some other individual to WELD a malev-
olent control. Given a slightly disor-
dered mind, and this belief becomes
pure and simple witchcraft.
The present wttchcraft revival seen
by Dr.. Slosson apparently results from
a union Of two intellectual currents.
One flows out Of the past from isolated
communities, such as are found in the
West Virginia mountains, where the old
beliefs have never entirely broken down.
Finding its way through the mountain
passes, it joins the great current Of phil
osophical confusion. The result is the
new witchcraft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
s'NatiOnal Honor"
And Armament Curb
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Sir: President Hoover and Premier
Macdonald are doing their Utmost to
take all diplomatic red tape and poEti-
cal pomposity out of international al
fairs and treat them with outSpoken
good sense and business ability. Both
evidently believe that the Paris pact to
outlaw war is to be taken seriously and
must compel real disarmament by all
signatories. The honor of every nation
is involved in their adoption OF that
course.
In the past 1t has been customary for
any nation signing an arbitration treaty
to exclude vital interests" and ma
tional honor from the operation Of
such treaty. National honor, however,
is something that no nation can lose
except by ~dishonoring itself. A nation,
like an individual, can only be dishon-
ored by its W action. I ma be in
suited, injured or killed. but no n can
diShonor me unless / diShonor myself.
What the vindication Of national honor
demands is that the nation fulfill its
pledged promise or bond. Dueling be-
came obsolete because, instead Of vindi-
eating individual honor, it put the bully
and S~waShbuckler on top.
The international duels we call war
similarly prove nothing as to any ma
TONS rights, but only which nation can
do most damage to the other. Or, as
Abraham Lincoln put 1t, AFTER much
loss on both sides and nc gain on either,
the identical old questions as to terms
of intercourse are again upon you. We
shall only succeed by concert" We
fought a war to end war;" We have
solemnly promised to outlaw war" yet
President Hoover tells us the world is
today spending more money on naval
and military preparations than ever
before in peace time, while Europe has
now more men under arms than at any
period in it's history.
Surely If national honor means any
thing real 1t means not only moral and
verbal disarmament, but real cutting
down of all armament-naval, military,
aerial and chemical.
EDWARD BERWICK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

commission, but also As commissioner
Of the Tri-Partite Claims Commission
of the United States, Austria and
Hungary and as arbiter under the war
claims settlement act Of 1928. After
the armistice. eleven years ago, Judge
Parker was chairman Of the American
Liquidation Commission. which had the
highly delicate duty Of settling allied
claims against the United States for
war materials.
Now and then q hero Of peace passes.
Parker of Texas was one Of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
South Africa Fights to Save Wild Life
From Extinction by Farmers and Hunters

at will and the preparation does not ap-
pear to affect him. All the flies cap
tured on the treated donkey have been
as dead as mutton within a few hours.
The flies alighting on the treated
donkey are unable TO bite him, being
affected by the preparation before they
can exercise their ~probosceS.
A strong group of farmers have be-
come impatient Of scientific expert
ments while their cattle are dying, but
Mr.. Harris has won a respite for the
game by his argument that given no
game, the fly would make an even more
disastrous attack upon domestic and
farm stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
A Conference Failure.

However pa~rtisans Of either the Army
or the Navy may feel about 1t, the public
is distinctly disappointed by the news
that a conference between the heads
Of the respective service academies re-
garding the resumption Of foot ball re-
lationship has failed. Meeting in Gen
Pershing's office yesterday, Rear Admiral
s.. 8. Robson of the Naval Academy
and Maj. Gen. William r. Smith OF
West Point tried in vain to reconcile
the differences which have disrupted
athletic contests between the two
schools. The Army's position is that
any student at West Point who ts
proficient In his studies should be al
lowed to play on the gridiron, regard
less of his earlier collegiate competition.
The Navy has insisted upon a three
year eligibility rule, which Is o in
effect in the majority Of colleges
throughout the country. The confer
ence broke up without an agreement
being reached and with no time set for
. future meeting.
OIlQuCo1IOIldHly AAlCAAS AAoOo ~ 6SoAi
sides of the controversy. Under the
West Point regulations a man may
play many years of college foot ball,
possibly three years before he enters
the academy and three years after
ward. This results in older and more
seasoned players than the Navy can
muster. The Army's contention on this
point Is that there are seven hundred
less students at West Point than there
are at Annapolis and that this fact
should be taken into consideration.
The Nays stand is that all other
colleges with which it engages in foot
ball combat have the same eligibility
rules and that despite peculiar condi-
lions existing at West Point in regard
to the g of the student body the
Army should follow the lead laid down
by the majority. The Navy can see
no fairness in sending its young team
forth to do battle against a team that
may be composed Of players Of sew
eral years experience on the gridiron.
Despite all of the pros and cons OF
the argument public sentiment demands
q resumption of this significant an
nual contest. While there may be over
wheIming justice on one side or the
other Of the controversy, the public can
not forget the fact that these are Gov
eminent institutions and that the same
considerations do not apply as to pri-
vate colleges. The Army and Navy
game is a spectacle that has thrilled
thousands year on year. 1t stirs the
patriotism of all who witness it and
1t furnishes the players who participate
with that clean competitive spirit that
Is so essential In the building Of
character.
For this reason another attempt, or
several more, II necessary, should be
made to patch up a quarrel that Is
as distressing to the public as it prob
ably is to the cadets themselves.
President Hoover has indicated that
he desires that the two teams resume
their schedules. The public has given
emphatic evidence Of the same desire.
No stone should be left unturned there
fore on the part of the two academies
to settle their differences. An Army
and Navy game should again be played
at the first possible moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

A French composer has promised that
his next symphony will be called
Rugby" and that therein he will put
into music the scrimmaging of a foot
ball match, expressing in music the
action, rhythm and color Of one Of
these contests Of Drawn and strategic
skill. He does not say whether a sour
note will stand for a tumble or a bum
chord for some Of the actions Of the
oficials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

"Sol" and "Luna" have both been
proposed as name for the new thir-
tenth month under the calendar re-
form plan. Their brevity recommends
them, but why not have it agreed that
no bills will be rendered on its first
day and call it Moratorium?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

Certain Marines are now eligible for
a new decoration to be called the Sec
ond Nicaraguan Campaign Badge"
Those who do not get it should not be-
come discouraged or depressed: there
will undoubtedly be a fourth. a fifth
and a sixth, and so on, and eventually
every "Leatherneck' will have his
chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
Can He Understand 1t?

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Author Andre MauroiS of Paris COM
mends the French spoken In the Le-
and especially in England, but doesn't
say a word about u high school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

Canada is naming lakes in honor Of
lost Canadian, British and American
transoceanic flyers. The Dominion has
plenty of lakes, but she will come down
to bays and inlets yet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

It is stated that a beautiful young
Southern girl served as model for the
figure Of Victory which leads Gen.
Sherman In Saint-G audens' equestrian
statue. 1t is wondered just what the
sculptor told her she was posing for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

Some may wish they had lived back
in the stirring days Of Alexander,
Caesar, or v Napoleon. But to be a
contemporary of Nine. Curie and T. A.
Edison ought to be plenty for anybody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

Did YOU ever write a letter to Fred
eric j. Haskin? You can ask him n
question of fact and get the answer In
! a personal letter. Here Is a great edu-
cational idea, introduced into the lves
of the most intelligent people in the
world-American newspaper readers. 1t
is a part of that best purpose OF a news
paper-service. There is no charge eX-
| cept 2 cents in coin or stamps for re-
turn postage. Address Frederic j: Has
kin, director, The Evening Star Infor-
| nation Bureau, Washington, D. G.
@. What tax is placed upon gasoline
In the various States?-W. j. F.
A. Illinois, New York and Massa-
chusettS have no gas tax. Connecticut,
| Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska. New Jersey, North Dakota,
Rhode Island, Texas, Washington and
| other States have either a 3-cent or A.
cent tax, except Utah, which has a tax
of 3A cents, and the following States,
which have a tax of 5 cents: Arkansas,
Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico and
Virginia.
@. Do worms attack bananas?@S. N.
/ A. We find no n who is an author
ity upon such matters who has ever
seen a worm inside of a banana.
| Whether this is due to the tough, thick
is not palatable to insects is a moot
question.
@. What is the difference between a
Screen-grid radio tube and an ordinary
radio tube?-J. A. G.
A. The Loomis Radio College says a
screen-grid tube has a fourth element
surrounding the plate and given a high
positive potential. This increases the
amplification factor of the tube without
additional filament and plate power.
In other words, it overcomeS the space
charge.
@. When is the sun visible at the
North Pole?-E. A. r.
A. The sun shines at the North Pole
from March 10 to September rs. All
land above the Arctic Circle may be
called the Land Of the Midnight Sun"
| since the sun may be seen at midnight
from any point in this region for pc
! RODS OF time that vary with the lati-
tude. Thus at North Cape, Norway, the
sun may be seen at midnight from May
16 to July %.
H. j. F.
A. F. I. D. A. c. represent the initial
letters of the French words Federation
Inter Alice des Anciens Combattants,
meaning Inter-Allied Federation Of All
Soldiers. This is an ex-service mems
organization.
Q. When and where was the Ameri-
| can Automobile Association Started?-
e. r. w.
A. 1t was started in 1902 in Chicago
by the grouping together of local motor
groups in existence at that time.
Q. When will the Department Of
Agriculture have its annual chrysan-
themum Show?-M. M.
A. Depending upon weather condt-
tons, the show will open November
l or 2.
Q. In the plan for seadromes to be
placed along an air lane across the
Atlantic how many such landing places
are contemplated?-N. P. S.
A. The project which is about to be
launched Is for eight seadromes at 400
| mile intervals. These floating airports
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
1t Can't be Done.

From the Lansing State Journal.
The papers have been telling In recent
days of a mother who kidnapped her SON
and rode 1000 miles in a taxi to take
him home. We don't believe any one has
so much money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

A Kansas lad fearlessly attacked a
full-grown wolf and captured the beast
alive with no othe: weapon than his
overcoat. Those mothballs are terrible
weapons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
C~leaned-and Howl

From the Beloit Daily News.
The law of equilibrium is always at
work and some of those who cleaned un
betting against the Cubs in the world
series got cleaned out for betting against
the bears in Wall Street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Impossible.

The Impossible.
An old-time actor whispered to a
statesman who had made
His exit without usual applause,
There's a little bit Of wisdom which,
I'm very much afraid,
You overlooked amid the old hurraas.
Though the public may receive you with
a loud and joyous roar,
And Fortune hold the ladder while
you climb,
You mustn't think you've got things
where you want them ever more.
You can't keep taking encores all the
time.
Although the spotlight marks you at
the center of the stage,
And the world may seem exclusively
your own,
There must be some intermisSion II you
would remain the rage,
Even for the best performer ever
known.
Tt is true of simple singers. 1t is true
Of tragic folk.
1t is true Of things in reason or in
rhyme.
You may voice your thund'rous message,
you may tell your little joke,
But you can't keep taking ncores
all the time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
Kindly Intentions.

The man who enjoys seeing a woman
In tears is q brute"
II don't know about that" replied
Miss Cayenne. zone Of the kindest
husbands I know takes his wife 10 see
all the emotional plays"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
Quite a Few Knew of It.

From the Topeka Daily Capital.
But for the Carnegie reports on foot
ball, the Wall Street crash would prob
ably have attracted considerable notice,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
It's Make or Break.

From the Toledo Blade.
Practice flights across the Atlantic
are dangerous. Failure leaves no oppor-
tunity for trying again.
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Q. When will the Department OF
Agriculture have its annual chrysan-
themum Show?-M. M.
A. Depending upon weather condi-
tons, the show will open November
I or 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
An Even Exchange.

II have a system for beating the
races" said the confidential stranger.
"All right; I'll trade you my method
of positively forecasting elections for II"
zone Of de problems Of dis life," said
Uncle Eben, "k how to be kind, con-
siderate an generous to everybody WIFI
out c~irculatin' de runor dat you is an
easy mark"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

Q. In the plan for seadromes to be
placed along an air lane across the
Atlantic how many such landing places
are contemplated?-N. p. S.
A. The project which is about to be
launched Is for eight seadromes at 400
mile intervals. These floating airportS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
THEODORE W. MOVES. e. Editor

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Busines Once:
Ilth %. and Pennsylyania Ave-
New York once: 10 East 42nd 90.
p European once: II. Regent st.. ond
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
An Impression Corrected.

did the audience weep while I was
singing?" asked the temperamental
soprano.
mo-" replied the music director, you
were making that noise all by yourself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31
A Very Little.

Thanksgiving is again renewed,
And those who meet reverse
May show a little gratitude
Because 1t wasn't worse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-31

@. When and where was the Ameri-
can Automobile Association started?-
E. r. w.
A. 1t was started in 1902 In Chicago
by the grouping together of local motor
groups in existence at that time.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-05
Laundry Union Tonite
Acts on Reinstatement
of Strike Betray y er

Laundry Drivers Union, Local $40,
at Forward Hall, IT'S East Broad
way, tonight, will take up the action
of the International Brotherhood Of
Teamstcrs with national headquar-
ters at Indianapolis, Ind, which re-
instated S. Rosensweig, business
agent of the local, removed for be-
traying the drivers during recent
Bronx strikes.
Rosensweig was given hearing
by the executive board Of the local
which recommended his removal to
the membership. The members of
the local concurred and he was GUST
ed. Nominations for a new secre-
tary were made but the election was
halted by the arrival of telegram
from Indianapolis which said that
Rosensweig should again function as
the business agent.
Tonight's meeting will also act on
the charges against A. Schechter,
business agent, who aided Rosen-
sweig in betraying the workers.
The Laundry Drivers Section, T.
U. f. L., issued statement last
night denouncing the action of the
national office of the union in sup
porting Rosensweig. The statement
points out that during the strike, the
national office of the union gave no
assistance to the strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-05
CHANG ASKIN C
LEAGUE TO HELP

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept A.
Chao Chu WI, minister to U. S. from
Chang Kai-shek's government, ap-
peared today before the League of
Nations Assembly, and urGer the
general head of petition against
unequal treaties, delivered to the ap-
proving delegates of capitalist ma
tions a series of denunciations and
ISLANDERS against the Soviet Union.
Anti-Soviet Propaganda.
The minister made it clear that
the seizure of the Chinese Eastern
Railway from its joint Soviet and
Chinese control was intended to in
jure Bolshevism, and argued that
China was essentially peaceful in so
doing, would uphold the Kellogg
pact, and thought the European ma
tions should assist her.
1t is believed here that he had the
consent before hand Of the strong
militarist nations to make this
speech, and that it is propaganda for
united front of imperialist powers
against the U. s. S. r.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-05

secured from reports of the
delegates from so many of the
largest industrial plants.
Whereas a national committee of
Al was provided for by the draft
program, the convention elected one
of 81. The executive board of
13, enlarged to Is, whose
membership, elected as tn e
draft constitution provided, by
the new national executive committee
which held a meeting Immediately
after adjournment of the convention,
is: Foster, general secretary of the
T. U. U. c.; Schmies, assistant secre-
tary-treasurer; tombstone, national
organizer; Ford, Negro organizer;
Dunno; Hyman, needle Trades; Too
hey, miners; Mink, marine transport;
Keller, textiles; Sroka, youth; Wor-
tis, women; Biedenkapp, shoe work
ers; Obermeier, food workers, and
Hawkins, a Negro miner; and the
editor of Labor Unity.
For Industrial Building Union.
Max Rosen's report for the build
ing trades, ranked as one of the
meatiest of the group. Analysing the
activities of the left wing forces in
the craft building unions and the
trend in the industry, Rosen asserted
that the present decline brings in
its wake rehabilitation process and
desire for militant struggle.
A construction section of the Trade
Union Unity League embracing a
much larger field than the building
trades was proposed by the confer
ence, Rosen said, which would in
clude highways, workers on bridges,
subways, etc. The situation is ripe
for the organization of a new in
dustrial union, he declared, at the
same time stressing the necessity for
continuing the struggle against the
collaboration policies and betrayals.
After a spirited discussion, a ma
tional committee of 10 was elected
to redraft the proposed program, to
incorporate the amendments sug-
gested. Significantly enough, two
Negroes and two laborers are in
cluded on the committee-the first
time a national committee of build
ing trades workers included repre-
sentatives from these highly ex-
plotted sections.