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Evening star., 1929-06-24
THOUGHT 70 HAVE BEEN SEEN.
special Dispatch 70 The star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 23---Search
for kid" Lilly, elusive colored bad
man." who is sought In the murder Of
Police Sergt. Charles r. McClary here
Thursday night, turned to Amherst
County, Va, today with the report that
q man answering Lily's description had
county last night. a,.,sts IS
Amherst County police and H. r. Eu-
bank, Southern Railway Go. detective,
are leading q searching party of farm
ers through the woods in the vicinity.
of Tye River and Glascoe in hopes OF
apprehendlng Lilly, who murdered .
policeman In Wilson, N. G., IN 1922
the slayer Of Sergt. McClary.
According to word received here, the
colored man thought to be Lilly was
riding on Southern freight train when
two youths beating" their way South
came upon him hiding In car. Pulling
a revolver and warning them to keep
their mouths or he would seal them, /"
the man dropped from the train.
Related to Police.
The youths related the incident to
police at Monroe, Va, when the train
reached that station, and word was i'm.
mediately flashed to Amherst County
police, who organized o posse at once
and went into the woods where the man
was last seen.
Meanwhile as weary men, comprising
the Alexandra police force, exhausted
from running down hundreds OF leads
since the shooting occurred Thursday.
took brief respite from police duties
to their fallen comrade.
The police, together with members
OF the Potomac Lodge, No. So, Inde-
pendent Order Of Odd Fellows. and
Alexandria Post, No. "a, American Ie-
gion, formed the guard of honor for
Sergt. McClary at the funeral services
held at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Nellie Toombs. at 427 Queen street.
Funeral Rites Held.
The rites were conducted by the Rev.
w. 8. Hammond Of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South and intertnent was
in the Bethel Cemetery. The pallbearers
were Police Capt. w. w. Campbell, Po-
lice Sergts. Heber Thompson and
George Everly, Detective Sergt Edgar
Sims, Motor Cycle Policeman Lawrence
2. Padgett and Patrolnnan Charles
Curtis.
High city oficials including Mayor
William Albert Smoot, City Manager
Paul Morton and members Of the city
council attended the rites. Several
thousand persons thronged the street
in front of the home in which the
services were held
The fund being raised by a citizens
committee, headed by Harry r. Ken.
nedy. for Mrs. McClary and her five
children was nearing the $1,000 mark
today as the result Of an intensive
drive staged by members of the group.
The work will continue several more
days.
Evening star., 1929-06-24
Two Escape Jail.

FRANKLIN, w. Va, June "a (Spe-
ciaD Dewey Bennett and Robert Mick
of Elk Mountain escaped from the
Pendleton County JAN here, using o key
which officers later found near the cell.
The pair were being held here for the
grand jury, charged with having stolen
sheep from Mrs. Martin Arbogast.
Evening star., 1929-06-24

Eminent naturalists of France are
urging the population, especially the
peasant class, to conserve the bird life
Of the country in order to increase the
food supply by protecting the crops. In
certain regions of France swallows,
rig1tingales, tomtits, goldfinches, black
birds, chafi1nehes, wagtails and other
valuable birds have become almost ex-
tinct
Evening star., 1929-06-24
By the Associated Press.

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,, June 24.--Prof.
Douglas C. Macintosh Dwight, profess
sor Of theology in Yale Divinity School.
who would not promise TO defend the
United States against all enemies" was
denied American citizenship by Federal
Judge Warren r. Burrows today.
Prof. Macintosh reiterated his refusal
to defend the country in any war eK-
cept Justified war" In a 300-word
written statement he expanded his
views on the subject. saying that he
could" be willing to take up arms in
defense OF the United States, but he
reserved the right to serve only when
the cause "is Just"
persons taking the kind Of oath you
Evening star., 1929-06-24
Fireworks Ban Disregarded.

Information has come to police head
quarters that fireworks known Is the
Pearl Showers No. /" and "Fiery
Darts No. l" are being sold in the Dis
trict. AS this is against the law, a
special memorandum was sent out to
all precinct commanders today to see
that proper action" is taken to pre-.
vent violations. .t
Evening star., 1929-06-24
SUMMER SCHOOL OPEN,
Frostburg State Normal Glasses to
Continue Six Weeks,
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
FROSTBURG. Md, June 24.-Frost-
purg state Normal Summer School
opened today, to continue six weeks, with
a registration OF about $50. This is great
increase, due to the fact that the sum-
mer term at Towson State Normal has
been discontinued. The Towson Sum-
mer school was discontinued, it is said,
on. account of the great expense in
volved In its operation. It was stated
here that provided enrolment at the
Normal School tustifies, the Summer
session will be continued here for the
next four years at least. Cecil, Howard,
Carroll, Frederick, Washington, Allegany
and Garrett Counties are represented in
the enrolment this Summer.
Evening star., 1929-06-24
NURSES TO GRADUATE.
Winchester Memorial Hospital
School to Have Exercises.

School to Have Exercises.
Special Dispatch to The Star
WINCHESTER, Va, June 24.-Nine
graduates of the Winchester Memorial
Hospital Training School for Nurses are
to receive diplomas at exercises to be
held in Christ Episcopal Church the
evening of June ~. Members Of the
class are: Misses Corinne Gardener
Wiley. Reliance, Va: Gladys Odione
Hawkins, Winchester; Lucy Frances
Clem, Mount Jackson, Va; Grace Hol-
land Hawn, Shepherdstown, w. Va;
Hazel Virginia Lewis, Bunker Hill,
w. Va; Mildred Warden Baker, Win
chester; Lucille Ross Williams, Stephens
City, Va: Katherine Dakota Anderson.
Winchester, and Jessie Virginia Scoth-
ron, Stephens City, Va. The certificates
will be presented by DR.. Hunter H
Mcclure, president Of the board OF
trustees.
Evening star., 1929-06-24

An average Of 1900 homicides are
committed in the United States every
year. Only one-sixth of such offenders
are convicted. largely because Of mis-
public.
Evening star., 1929-06-24
SPECIAL OFFER
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demonstration.
Evening star., 1929-06-24

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Evening star., 1929-06-24

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Evening star., 1929-06-25
Mother India.

Certain recent writer's have pictured
the women of India as victims Of heart
rending tyranny.
BY the sacred Ganges the wife is the
slave Of her husband, subject to his
most fantastic whins. If she shows her
unveiled face outside the domicile, he is
privileged to cut of her nose. He can
curse her, beat her and starve her.
The western mind is q bit puzzled
over all this Most of India is subject
to q civilized code of laws. If the abused
women chose to revolt, they could put
an end to the atrocious conditions un-
der which they live. Why don't they
put their feet down, as their Occidental
sisters would do?
One might answer that they arc re-
strained by the strength of the religious
traditions in which they have been
reared. This is part of the answer, but
1t does not really get to the bottom of
the situation. People the world over
have happy faculty of interpreting
religious traditions in terms of their
own convenience. Moral codes change
everywhere with changing times. The
women of India are no exception.
Catholic missionaries now attending
the mission crusade at Catholic Uni
versity come closer to the truth, para
doxical as it may sound, in their inter-
probation Of this curious condition.
In the frst place. they say. the
woman of India is not so badly abused
as has been implied. The hen-pecked
husband is no exception in the domes-
tic picture.
Secondly, her present condition Is
largely Of her own making. She IS
high priestess Of the religious philos-
ophy that makes her the slave of her
husband. Her very slavery is the source
of her power. She finds an outlet for
her emotions in the very fanaticism Of
her ancient creeds. 1t is the men who,
with wider interests and broader OUT
looks, sometimes try to revolt against
the traditions that make their wives
their slaves, and. by that very condi-
tion, make the lords and masters them
selves the slaves of their wives and the
mothers.
The soul Of the Indian woman is
chained-but she has wrought the
chains herself out of the gold of her
emotions. She win not consent to put
them OF. She conquers by her slavery.
by her insistence upon the letter of
the law, her pride in serfdom, she is
the greatest obstacle to the westerniza-
ton Of India. Until she has been
reached by education, she is an insur-
mountable obstacle.
Evening star., 1929-06-25
In Crises, Ape Parents
Show Fealty to Young
BY E.E. FREE. PH. D.

Another proof Of the strong family
affection that prevails among the larger.
manlike apes, like the orang-utan and
the gorilla, is reported from the Zoo
logical garden at Budapest, Hugary,
where q family of three orang-utans
was recently on exhibition. Natives of
the Malay Peninsula invented, a few
years ago, new way Of capturing these
apes by driving one or more ape fam
flies into q tree, cutting down nearby
trees so that the apes cannot escape and
then telling the isolated, ape-laden tree
into large net. Single adult apes may
still get away, but ape parents usually
will not desert their children, so that
many of these are captured. One such
family of father, mother and one baby
was purchased by the Budapest author
tiles. The male ape, named by his
keepers Peter Goliath, seemed happy
enough as long as his family was alive.
In spite OF every care, however, mother
and baby presently succumbed to the
European climate. Peter Goliath, thus
bereaved, showed every sign of incon-
solable grief. Human sympathy, while
not resented, made no impression on his
melancholy. Every evening after his
supper, the keepers report, the lonely
ape sang to himself kind of moaning
song of indescribable sadness, even to
human ears. Finally there came an
evening when poor Peter Goliath sang
his little dirge, lay down to sleep and
never awoke, more the victim of grief
and bereavement, his human compan-
ions insist, than Of any definite dis
ease.
Evening star., 1929-06-25

Honesty of statement is not one OF
+, the virtues of the "hlurb" on the
jacket of the average new novel. The
publisher wants to put the best foot for
ward, no one can blame him for that.
A truthful "blurb," however, deserves
the enthusiasm Of all readers. and as
such we commend the one appearing
on the paper cover of Little Caesar
by w. r. Burnett, just published by the
Dial Press.
Quoted from the report of a manu-
script reader, it gives an adequate sum-
story, tale Of Chicago's gangland.
"a synopsis gives an inadequate idea
, of the swift realism and dramatic ex-
citement of the novel. It is told so con-
cisely, so imperSonally that one has the
sensation of reading newspaper ac-
count, yet the tale has much more body
than mere journalistic account, and
gives more complete panorama.
1T is not a novel of literary preten-
| sions; still the compression of material
is admirable. 1t will win the approval
of the reader who seeks exciting melo-
dramatic fiction, and at the same time
it has more than adequate claim to
recognition as an able piece of writing.
"The title, Little Caesar is an at
tractive one and definitely characterizes
the central figure of the book. The
novel has the potentialities of a best
seller"
After reading the story the average
reader will agree that this is a per-
tuteS an honest review. Mr.. Burnett S
story is exciting, it is melodramatic
and its title is attractive.
Whether it will be a 'best seller" re-
mains to be seen, even though 1t had
the impetus Of huge first edition as
the result of being selected by one of
the book clubs.
Mr. Burnett takes pride In the fact
that he has been a student Of the tales
OF Guy de Maupassant, and he has
as declaring, while on trip there, that
the gang warfare of Chicago showed
the vitality of it's inhabitants
There is little question that the aver
age reader of his novel will be con-
vinced upon completing Little Caesar
that he has been given q good picture
of what goes on there.
And this despite the fact that the
publisher and author thought it nee
essary, or. at any rate, .expedient, to
place note on page all by itself:
1.-THE characters and events In this
book are entirely imaginary"
Strange. exotic characters they are,
American yet not American, pictur-
eSque yet repulSive, convincing yet
somehow detached from the real life
Of the United States.
Perhaps most readers will wonder
after they have finished this story
(which may be done in about two
hours, owing to the large type and wide
spacing) what there Is about 1t which
makes it unusual.
A little consideration, we believe, will
convince them that the tale is unusual
simply because 1t is really play in
novel form.
Each one Of the divisions into which
the seven parts" are divided is in
reality scene of play, with just
enough comment and narrative to carry
the conversation.
Once this is realized, the average
reader will come to the conclusion that
the author must have been q great
admirer Of the newspaper play 1.-THE
Front Page" and have made up his
Evening star., 1929-06-25

Have we had the pleasure of serving
you through our washington mforma-
ton Bureau? Can't we be OF some
help to you in your problems? Our
business is to furnish you with author
itatiye information, and we invite you
to ask us any question of fact in which
you are interested. Send your inquiry
to The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
coin or stamps for return postage.
@. How many types of airpianes
are there in this country?-J. N.
A. There are over 200 various types
of airplanes in the United States at
the present time.
@. Which State has the most stand
ing timber?-F. M. @.
A. The Forest Service says that
Oregon has more standing timber than
any other State of the Union.
@. How are officers listed who left
the Navy to join the confederacy?-
F. e. l..
A. The Navy Department says that
the officers who resigned from the
United States Navy to join the Con-
federate Navy are still listed as "ois-
missed" A bill was brought UP in
Congress to remove the. stigma from
the names of these officers, but 1t vas
never put through.
@. Please explain the difference be-
tween an ambassador and minister
and between an embassy and legation.
M. H. w.
A. An ambassador Is head Of an en-
bassy and a minister is head Of lega-
tion, Under international law and usage
an ambassador is the personal repre-
sentative of the sovereign or head OF q
state and is accredited directly to the
sovereign or head Of another state. A
minister is, under international law ana
usage, the representative OF the govern
ment Gas distinct from the head Oh the
state) and is accredited to the govern
ment of another state. Theoretically an
ambassador has the right to converse
directly with the sovereign or the head
of the state to which he is accredited.
and likewise may correspond directly
with the sovereign or head OF his own
country. A minister, on the other hand,
in theory carries on his correspondence
with the minister of foreign affairs Of
the state to which he is accredited, and
similarly corresponds with his own gov
ernment through the minister OF for
eign affairs of his own country. In
practice the duties of an ambassador
and a minister are the same. At social
and official functions an ambassador on
account of his superior rank takes
precedence over a minister.
@. How long has waterproof clothing
been in use?-N. A. L.
A. The art OF painting over textile
fabrics with oil preparations to make
them waterproof is probably nearly as
Old as textile manufacture itself. There
Evening star., 1929-06-25
Ban Against Use of Riot Guns
In Liquor Warfare Commended

request for a sympathetic attitude to-
ward the effort To enforce the law
observes the Louisville Times. I'm that
appeal he win have the sympathy of
citizens who do not feel so deeply
against prohibition that they are
sympathetic with even the worst class
of criminals who strive to defeat 1t
rather than any Federal officer who
risks his life dealing with such crimi-
mails. No doubt the President will be
supported in the view he expresses by q
large majority of the people Of the
United States"
"The United States Government, or
any State worthy of the name," accord
ing to the Wheeling Intelligeneer, will
not be bluffed by the conimereialized
rum-running organizations, their gun
men, or their so-called respectable
sympathizers. Already, according to in
formation reaching the Treasury De-
partment, there is an unprecedented
gathering of thugs along the Canadian
border, prepared for further mass law
violation" The Kansas City Times
emphasizes the point that "the burden
of enforcement has been left wholly
with the United States" and the
Spokane Spokesman Review voices ma
tional disappointment that Canada has
decided Ito decline the American Gov
ernment's request that it cease to issue
clearances to boats carrying liquor to
American ports"
Evening star., 1929-06-25

surplus. DO these millions not figure II
the cost Of running the municipa
government? Must they not be addes
to the appropriations Of the regular
District bill, thus largely justifying tn,
auditors estimate" Of total bulge
of $44.965. 900? Is it possible that thi.
appropriation Of three millions is moi
to be considered part OF the cost t.
the community of running the
municipal government, but must bt
regarded as mama from the skies OF
as cash out of the pockets Of some
kindly gentleman who requests that hi!
name be withheld?
If either the cost of street improve.
nnents met by the gasoline tax or the
cost of water-supply system main.
tenance and development met by the
water tax is decided to be part OF
the cost of running the municipal gov.
ernment, is not Mr.. Simmons conten.
tion that the Federal contribution Is
20 per cent of that total cost instantly
demolished? And is not the 28 per
cent figure, If applied to the total cost
of running the municipal government, -
shown to be inaccurate and misleading?
Is there not a similar unjust incon-
sistency in the method of adding to the
lump sum theoretical cash donation
by the United States In order to boost
Uncle Sans percentage Of contribution?
Under the sixty-forty ratio certain
miscellaneous revenues were formerly
divided between the United States and
the District in the proportion that each
contributed to the source of such
revenue. Under the lump sum all the
revenue thus derived goes to the Dis
trict. But for purposes Of estimating
Uncle Sans contribution, 40 per cent
of these miscellaneous revenues are
credited as an addition to the lump
sum, whereas, in reality, the United
States no longer contributes 40 per
cent to the source, but an amount
ranging, according to point of view,
between 20 and % per cent. The
abandoned but lawful sixty-forty ratio
is lugged in to give the United States
a paper credit, but in other respects is
kicked about by Mr.. Simmons as an
object worthy only of contempt.
Renewed attention is called to the
fact that the provisions Of the law Of
1929 which impose hardships upon the
District are vigorously enforced, while
the only provision In that compromise
measure which was distinctly for the
Districts protection has been nullified
by indirection. Is 1t not futile to quar-
rel over the question whether Uncle
Sam contributes 30, 20, IS, 81 or %
per cent Of "the cost Of running the
municipal government" when by sub
stantive law Of his ewn enactment, still
unrepealed and unamended. he imposed
upon himself the obligation to con-
tribute 40 per cent?
Evening star., 1929-06-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

are several processes, many based on
that contained in Dr. Stenhouse's pat
ent of 1864. Waterproofing by the ap-
plication of a thin layer of rubber was
first suggested by Besson in France IN
1898. His method was improved on by
Macintosh and Hancock in Glasgow
and Goodyear in the United States.
Q. How often do earthquakes oecur?-
D. M N.
A. It is estimated that at least 1000
earthquakes occur annually in some
part Of the world. In the United States
2, 900 or more are reported each year.
The majority, however, are feeble or
harmless or occur in thinly populated
regions.
Q. How long are the catacombs'-
A. The length of the Catacombs at
Rome is estimated at 578 miles.
G. H F.
A. Edmund shaftesbury is the pseu-
donym of the late William Edgerly.
q. How can the color be set in cotton
dresses before they are washed9-
A. The Bureau of Home Economics
saws the household methods of soaking
fabrics in salt, alum. pepper, vinegar
and various other solutions as means
of setting the color are largely waste
of time and materials. Though the
color will not run from a dyed fabric
as long as it remains In a saturated
solution of salt or alum, this has no
permanent effect on the dye. A fabric
after treatment in this way is just as
likely to fade when washed later In the
ordinary way. No successful household
methods of setting the color In dyed
fabrics are known.
9. when were alarm clocks invent
edo. r.
A, Tt is not definitely known when
the first alarm clock was made. Alarm
attachments are as old as the paechani-
cal clock itself. They were probably
adopted for use of the priesthood Ac-
cording to one authority the invention
is attributed to the Monk Gerbert, as
early as 996.
@. How do European high schools diff
fer from those in the United States?--
A. In Europe high schools, or what
we call high schools, give an eight-year
course. Pupils enter from about the
fourth grade, which is considered the
| end of the primary grades, ana remain
| in the gymnasium, as 1t Is called, until
| they are ready. for college. THIS Is ee-
pecially true Of Germany and the Near
Easr ENGLAND and France having each
an entirely different arrangement.
q How is quicksilver made?-s. K.
A Quicksilver ,or mercury Is not
made. II Is q chemical element found
| native.
Evening star., 1929-06-25

When, confronted by one Of the at
tacks so often experienced by rich men,
Mr., Tunney gives evidences, Of the un-
worldliness natural to the student and
the literary man.
Evening star., 1929-06-25

The weather forecaster has offered
showers and thunderstorms. With all
his willingness to show goods, he has
not been able to offer little thing like
O comfortable temperature.
Evening star., 1929-06-25

TO "think for themselves" That is 4
worthwhile task. Even II it Is Inn
possible. those who are to think for
others in the future should begin by
learning how to think now.
Evening star., 1929-06-25

While many conditions remain to be
discussed the world over, the situation
in Mexico must be gratefully regarded
as distinct triumph in the cause Of
peace.
Evening star., 1929-06-25

Betting on q base ball game has
never been greatly favored. The sport
is one which has never shown the need
Of rnercenary stimulus.
Evening star., 1929-06-25
And Few tumble, Too.

From the Florence fAla) Herald.
Crossing a street Is an exllilarating
sport. but It is humiliating to be tackled
by fliyver and thrown for q loss when
only two yards from the curhstone goal.
Evening star., 1929-06-25

offer as the work OF excavation goes
on and the records Of its progress grow
also. Not everybody can marshal
even the truth as Mr.. Verrill can.
Our good fortune. this particular
book Il
Evening star., 1929-06-25

It becomes constantly more evident
that In order to be true diplomat q
man must have naturally democratic
inclinatiens.
Evening star., 1929-06-25

A few more mergers win emphasize
the long suspected status Of a million
dollars as only white chip in the
big game of finance.