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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-24
LAW AGAINST WAR ].
URGED ON HOOVER
American Group Suggests
New international Law Pro-
viso of Novel Nature.

A proposal to outlaw war by making
its prohibition basic principle of in
ternational law was made in an open
letter to President Hoover today signed
by a large group Of American bankers,
clergymen, editors and other prominent
men and women.
The plan, which its sponsors said
would be presented directly to the Chief
Executive, urged enactment Of this
principle of international law. not
through treaty to be signed, but by a
conference or negotiations or q congress
Of nations in which sufficient nations
would participate to make 1t binding
upon the world.
Letter Not Received.
It was said at the White House to-
day that the letter had not peen pre-
sented to the President and that an
audience had not been arranged with
any group representing the signers of
the open letter.
Pointing out that the proposal had
been Endorsed by the late Myron T.
Herrick. former American Ambassador
to France, the letter asserted it had
been held in allegiance pending the out
come of the naval reduction and World
Court negotiations.
If the latter question is to be brought
before the Senate at the December ses-
sion. however, the letter said, the pro-
posal should be held up still further.
since American adherence to the World
Court should come before any other
proposal"
THE enactment would be different
from any treaty" the letter said, be
cause a treaty, though it stipulates that
1t Is to bind the nations signatory to
1t to the end of time, may lose its bind
ing power through the remuneration of
it by one or more Of them in a way
that would make the retention Of its
bonds unfair and oppressive to other
nations that would be loyal to it."
The letter added that the proposal
would not involve the United States in
any ENHANCEMENT in the politics and
wars Of Europe" and predicted sue
cessful agreement on the proposal and
a prompt ratification If the State De-
partment should undertake negotiations
to make 1t effective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-24
TWO POLICEMEN BURNED
BY PHOSPHORUS BOMBS
Two Motion Picture Machine oper-
ators Held After Theater Blasts.
Audiences Ore Uninjured.

BY the Associated Press.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, November "a
Bombs made Of PHOSPHORUS exploded
in two theaters here last night, burning
two policemen, and today authorities
were holding two men and two girls
for questioning. The audience in each
Cheater left in an orderly manner and
none was injured except the officers.
In one show house the bomb was
found before 1t exploded and was being
examined by Patrolman John Haynes
when 1t burst in his hands, burning him
on the face and body. Policeman
Charles Robbins came to the aid of
Haynes and was burned in trying to
extinguish the flames.
The men held we're motion picture
machine projectionists of Arkadclphia
Ark
Authorities said Sidney M. Mutt,
owner Of both theaters, adopted open
shop policies in employing projectionistss
employees several months ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-24

quarters Detachment, 2Dth Division
Special Troops, 1855; Star Sergt. Rob-
ert ]. Kearney, Headquarters Detach-
ment and Combat Train, 260th Coast
Artillery, 1875; Second Lieut.. Luther B.
Hall, Company G, l21st Engineers, ~:
Corpl. John K. O'Neil, Battery B, 260th
Coast Artillery, IL; Corpl. Joseph L.
McCawley. Battery B: 2Sotn Coast
A ArsilIery, 7o.iS@corpi. Charles r. Nc
Arthur, Battery Z, 260th Coast Artil-
lery, s9.67: Corpl. Horace g. Skinner,
29th Military Police Company, 69.67;
Sergt. Caesare Carballo, Headquarters
and Service Company, 12lst Engineers,
9.06; Pvt. Charles Monroe, Headquar-
ters Detachment and Combat Train,
260th Coast Artillery, 68.44; Pvt. Nor
gan @. King. Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery. 1928; Pvt. First Glass; MIL
ton Kurland. Company Il, 121st En-
gineers, 1922; Sergt. Walter A. Scott,
Battery A, 2eoth Coast ARTILLERY, e7.72;
121st Engineers, 673S: Pvt. Stephen T.
Devine, Battery A. 260th Coast Artillery.
$500: Pvt. Edward B. Howlin, Com
pany e, 121st Engineers. 1884; Sergt.-
Eugene r. Walker. Battery A, 260th
Coast Artillery, 655; Pvt. Maurice G.
Pentecost, Battery 4, 260th Coast Ar
tillery, 65.28; Pvt. Valentine j. No
stadt, Battery B, 26oth Coast Artil-
lery. 1894; Sergt. Lesion r. Fate,
Battery A. 26oth Coast Artillery, 62.7S;
private, first class, Henry H. Flood,
Medical Detachment, 26oth Coast Ar
tillery, 62.78; Capt william j. Heale,
headquarters detachment and combat
train, 260th Coast Artillery, $62.11;
Private George e. Adams Battery T..
260th Coast Artillery. 81 %; Sergt. Ray
mond M. Beall, Battery E, 260th Coast
Artillery, 61.72; Capt. Hobart T. Walker,
headquarters detachment, 29th Division
Special Troops, COPS. and Private John
E. Harrington, Company B, 121st Ensi.
neers, $6O.22.
The officials of the competition were
Maj. Walter w. Burns, commander of
the 260th Coast Artillery, executive Of
flcer: Maj. Stewart M. Grayson, medical
officer; Capt just G. Jensen, chief range
officer; Second Lieut.. Henry B. Cock
rell, Quartermaster Corps, mess officer,
and Lieut.. T. A. Riley, statistical oficer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-24
TURKEY. MARKET
/. LOWEST IN YEARS
Thanksgiving Fowl to Be
Cheapest Meat for Holiday,
Reports Indicate.

HARRISONBURG, Va, November "a
With the turkey market at its lowest
price point in 20 years, the Thanksgiv-
ing fowl this year will provide the
cheapest meat to be found, instead of
being a luxury, as usual.
This condition is of great benefit to
the city jewellers, but works an extreme
hardship on the already hard-hit farm
sideline turkey crop to pay the Christ
mas bills and buy clothing.
Local produce dealers predict that
dressed Thanksgiving turkeys win sell
in the cities for less than 80 cents per
pound and that the wholesale price will
drop below 20 cents, an almost unprece-
denied situation.
The farm wife, who in nine cases out
of ten, tends to the turkey flock, loses
money when the price falls below IS
cents here. The commercial turkey
raiser. who uses incubators, breeders,
wire-floored houses and other contriv-
ances, can afford to sell at a little less
than the farm wife.
Huge crops Of turkeys in the West
and bountiful crops wherever turkeys
are raised is blamed for the collapse of
the turkey market.
Harrisonburg, the largest poultry
market in the East, already has shipped
coop after coop Of live turkeys and
barrel after barrel of dressed fowl for
the Thanksgiving trade in the Northern
cities. Local dealers have withdrawn
price quotations and pay the producers
on the basis of what may be obtained
for the birds in the cities. With tur-
keys so cheap, the prospects are that
the cold storage carry-over win not be
great enough to influence the market
next year-some consolation for the
growers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-24
Infante Heads Army.

MADRID, November "a Lp).-Infante
Carlos today was appointed inspector
general of the Spanish Army, succeed
ing the late Gen. Weyler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-24
EXILE TO SHANGHAI
PROTESTED BY CITY
Penalty Given American Convicted
Of Arson BY California Judge
Held Insult.

NEW YORK, November 2l.-ShanR-
hal dispatches to the Kuo Min News
Agency assert that the Chinese CITY is
indignant on hearing that Michael
Walsh, an American, charged with ar
son IN California, was going to6hanghai
on probation.
It Is understood that when Walsh
was arraigned on the arson charge In
q California court. he proposed volun-
tary exile and said he would sail for
Shanghai on the next boat. The Judge
was said to have agreed.
The Shanghai Evening Post, an
American daily paper, comments
ed editorially as follows:
I'VE have no keys to our city to ex-
tend to every frebug. pickpocket.
racketeer. highvayman and murderer
who shall be deemed suitable in the
eyes of some obscure Police Court Judge
of far-away city to become q new
conner in our midst"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-24

afternoon and mass meeting at firht.
addressed by speakers from various
parts Of the country. An sessions OF
the congress and league are open to
the public.
NJ. w. Spencer Of this city Is Ipresi-
dent Of the league and James l.. NELL
OF this city Is national recording secre-
tary; Bishop w. J. Walls Of Chicago is
national vice president. and William
Monroe Trotter of Boston, who win be
q speaker Tuesday night, is national
corresponding secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-24
SALVATION SESSION ENDS
Most Of objectiyss Accomplished
at London Void Meeting.

LONDON, November a Op.-This
was the last day Of the Salvation Army
conference, to which the commission
ers from all over the world are dele
gates, and the conferees appeared
satisfied that they had achieved most
of their detectives.
In an offlcial statement the confer
ence listed these accomplishments:
ment. compulsory retirement Tor all
generals at the age Of 10, creation Of q
board of trustees to hold title to British
army properties, and projection Of an
arbitration board to settle differences
between generals and subordinate
officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-24

Nearly 10000 Europeans have settled
in Southwest Africa,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-24
FARE CUT FOR PUPILS.
GETS ADDED ARGUMENT
J. c. Wright, in Letter to capper,
Declares Each Student Must
Pay rs Cents to 81 Weekly.

The increased rates put into effect a
few months ago were cited as an added
reason why school children should be
given q reduced rate Of carfare by j. C.
Wright Of S14 T street in a letter to
Chairman Capper Of the Senate District
Committee. The letter urged early pas
sage by the Senate Of the reduced fare
bill which passed the House at the last
session.
Under the new rate of fare, it was
pointed out in the letter, children must
pay at the rate of IS cents a week if
they are able to buy tokens, or 81 a
week II they pay the cash fare of 10
cents.
Following his return to the city last
week Senator Capper expressed the
hope that the bin to reduce carfare for
school chi'dren could be enacted at the
coming session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-24
EIGHT TONS SHIPPED.

Large Consignment Of Dressed Fowl
Sent from Talbot County.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. MICHAELS, Nd, November "a
Eight tons of dressed turkeys have been
shipped from Talbot County to city
The Washington times., 1930-08-05
MRS.[|NDBERGH
GETSPLANE

NEW YORK. Aus. S dNSJ.-
Mrs. Charles A. Llndbersh is to
have a plane alf her own. Colonel
Lindbergh today confirmed re-
ports that he had ordered Q bi.
plane for the use Of his wife. the
former Anne Morrow.
The plane selected for Mrs.
Lindbergh is a three-place open
cockpit machine and it may be
used for the proposed flight Of
the famous flier. his wife and
their son to the Morrow summer
home in Maine.
The ship has q top speed of
about 100 miles an hour.
Mrs. Lindbergh, 1t was said,
plans to continue lessons In fly
ing and may take examinations
for a Federal license. She has
passed tests for q private license.
The Washington times., 1930-08-05
LUCAS TO QUIT
REVENUE JOB

After comparatively brief SER
vice Robert H. Lucas. Of Kentucky.
soon win resign as Commissioner
of Internal Revenue and give all
his time to the duties Of Chair
man Of the executive committee
Of the Republican National Com
mittee. :,
The resignation Of Lucas from
one of the most important offices
In the government service Is to
be submitted soon after the execu-
tive committee Of the Republi-
can campaign organization meets
here on Thursday.
Lucas will. have active charge Of
the Republican campaign this fall
to retain control Of the Senate
and House. Following the resig-
nation Of Chairman Claudius Hus-
ton, which is yet to be acted upon
by the executive committee and
then by the full national commit
tee, party leaders virtually drafted
Lucas to take over the arduous
campaign management. T.
Senator Simeon D. Fess, Ohio,
has tentatively been designated to
fill Chairman Huston'S place until
q permanent chairman is named,
but the burden of campaign man
agement will fall largely upon the
Kentuckian.
Lucas became commissioner of
Internal Revenue about a year ago
and is reported to be leaving that
post with some reluctance and
only upon the pressure brought
upon him by party leaders, who
want man of his executive abil-
ity to head the executive commit
tee this summer and fall. Who
will succeed Lucas in the Treas
ury post is not yet known.
The Washington times., 1930-08-05
Mystery of Nurse
SL0Ying UHlsOlUed

TUSKEGEE, Ala, Aug. S.. Still
unSolved is the mystery of the
Staying on the campus here Fri
day evening of Miss Mary s.
Booth, superintendent of nurses
at Tuskegee Institute Hospital.
Funeral services forS the slain
nurse were held in the chapel
Sunday.
No clues have been unearthsd
nor motives determined that
point to the identity of her
slayer, who Sneaked upon her at
8 o'clock Friday night and
pumped six bullets into her body
as she was walking unacccm-
panied on the campus. The as
sassin escaped through the dark.
Town, county and school officials
are cooperating in seeking to ap-
prehend the murderer.
The Washington times., 1930-08-05
Removes Corns
In 3 Minutes
Without Pain
Make Your Feet Fit to
Stand on-Know what
real foot-comfort means

Three minutes ends the toughest,
most painful corn or callous when
you use Shur-Off This amazing
new remedy stops all pain the in
slant it is applied, positively viii
not irritate or affect healthy skin,
but so quickly softens the corn or
callous that in a few minutes you
can easily take 1t out--foot and all.
Why use old-time preparations
which so often irritate and require
several days treatment Get Shur-
Off of any good druggist, follow the
simple directions and enjoy real
foot comfort at once.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-17
Alphabetical History

The National Geographic society
says that no true alphabet is in use
today by people who originated it.
The English alphabet came directly
from the Latin. The Romans Dor.
rowed it from the Greeks the Greeks
from the Phoenfcians It is not known
whence the Phoenicians obtained their
alphabet. II has been suggested that
the % characters were adopted from
the hierogIyphics OF Egypt the cunei
form characters of Babylon or the
symbols used by the Hitfifes or Gre
tans. A heory widely accepted today
is that the Phoenicians. heing grea,
traders and therefore familiar with
the various systems OF writing used
by the nations dwelling around the
Mediterranean chose from them such
symbols as they needed and thus com.
piled their own ah.nahet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-17
Unfortunate Trend to
Flabbiness of Thinking

1t has been said a good many times
over, in this generation as in others,
but President Hibben of Princeton did
well to remind the students of his uni
versity that they should be on their
guard against fiabby mind. just as
watchfully as against fla5by muscle
The old Roman who spoke for "a
sound mind in a sound body" put the
mind first, let us acknowledgements
sana in corpore sano-but in our mod
ern quotation of the saying we are
almost always throwing the emphasis
on the body. AS civilization becomes
more and more complex, the fiabby
mind, unequal to the task of taking
up an important problem of life and
thinking it through. becomes more
and more perilous, both to its pos
SCISSOR and to others who may be
obliged in any way to depend upon
the judgment of that possessor Ger
tSinly no one should be more watchful
than the student.-Co Columbus Dispatch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-17
Proves Authenticity of
Man Drawn by Columbus

A recent lecture at the Seville ex-
hibition by the French expert, Charles
de Ia Ronciere, gave the result OF mod
ern Investigations regarding some an
cient photographers. st. Louis, sailing
on the crusade to Tunis In 1870,
studied a marine chart made by
Genoese. But the Majorcan mapmak-
ers were the more famous.
On Angelina Dulcert's planisphere.
made in 1875, is correctly marked the
desert town of Oualata, in Morocco,
where the French troops were the first
Europeans to enter in 91O. Timbuc-
too, first visited by white man in
1928, is correctly sited on Catalan
map made in the Fourteenth century.
The Genoese, Majortan and Catalan
geographers we're in touch with Henry
the Navigator's famous school at Sa-
gres, in Portugal.
But the most interesting OF NJ de la
Ronciere's discoveries is that which
permits him to affirm that map pre-
served in Paris is the work of Christie
pher Columbus himself. executed by
him before starting on his voyage to
America.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-17

Our level-headed and business-like
civilization does some strangely IRA
tional things now and then. In New
York's Sing Sing prison the other day
q convict was taken Ill with acute
appendicitis. He was rushed to the
prison hospital and an operation was
performed. Unusual care was taken
to see that his life was saved and
that he had a speedy recovery. The
state, it is only fair to say, took far
more pains to prevent his death than
would have been the case If he had
been a law-abiding but penniless citi-
zen on the outside. And why2 Well,
the man was under sentence of death
and it was deemed extremely Inn
portant that medical science keep him
alive until the day when he should
be strapped into the electric chair
and killed in an orderly manner.
There is something supremely illogi-
cal about that episode, says the Hall
fax Mail. Perhaps you. can figure out
for yourself what is wrong.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-17
VARYING Trademark Lava

In discussing the principles of trade
mark laws existing in the world two
separate systems of law have to be
considered, one system being that in
force in the United States. Great
Britain, France and few other coun-
tries where the first user of a trade
mark is protected, and the other sys-
TEN where ownership is based on reg
istration of the mark. This latter sys-
tenn is used more generally throughout
the Latin countries Of the world The
law Of the United States is practically
unique in one respect, in that it re-.
quires as basis of the right to reg.
lister that the mark shall have been
applied to goods sold in interstate or
foreign commerce, this requirement
following the clause of the Constitu-
tion in which trademark rights are
recognized.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-17
Pure Freedom

If freedom. which Is leisure, means
anything, 1t means freedom to look
around the world and If possible to
come to terms with II. There are un-
Questionably those, especially II they
are their own masters, who best real
lie their freedom In the service they
give to others in their daily work; but
it must be admitted that they almost
always have the opportunity Of COM
manding leisure when they need it.
They often spend It, in Professor Cam
pagnac's phrase, in the wilderness.
Beyond doubt they are happy. because
ability to retire into the wilderness
demands, even in these overwrought
days, no great material resources; a
retreat can be conducted on very lit
tie. Only the will to get away must
be there, with worthy companions,
whether persons or thoughts. The
thoughts will range over many things,
the highest and deepest, in q world
of surprising beauty and mystery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-17
Clover in Philippines
Saved by Bumblebee

Strange stories surround the travels
Of. plants from country to country and
continent to continent until they are
known around the world, as is the case
with tobacco, a native Of America !:
coffee, which originated in Asia; and
rubber, which once was grown only in
Brazil. But perhaps the strangest
story of all concerns the transplanta-
ton OF American red clover to the
Philippines, as it is told In the Farm
Journal.
It was after the United States took
over protection of the islands In 1898
that agricultural experts, surveying
the possibilities Of the climate, decided
that red clover would flourish there
as a pasture and cover crop. So tons
Of the clover seed were introduced.
The clover flourished as was ex-
pected That is, the first seed grew
richly and gave promise of continu-
GUS growth. But the next year the
clover disappeared.
The experts were puzzled. It was
conceded that the experiment was a
failure, but no one could explain why
until 1t occurred TO one of them. years
afterward, that what the clover needed
was bees. And there were no bees in
the Philippines. no insects with tongues
long enough to reach into the fioret
of the clover and carry off the pollen.
The next year saw cargo OF bum
blebees carried across the Pacific. The
clover was planted again. Both bees
and clover flourished. Today the bum
blebee of American descent is as much
at home in the oriental islands as in
his native Virginia or Nebraska.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-17
Detroi..s Island Park

Before the American Revolution
Belle Isle.-iike Detroit. was u British
possession For some time after The
Revolution its ownership was undei
dispute until the boundary between the
United States and Canada was setfle,i
by treaty Lieut. George McIluuvali
took possession of it in 1852 after
ward giving the indians some rum ~
bacco and other articles for con
veyance of the tItle. His family sold
1t to William Macomb In 1874 ami
Barnabas CanJau purchased II in 1917
for $4,000. Els heirs sold II to the
city Of Detroit In 1879 for 500. 0O0A
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-17
Tomato Growers Get Awards

With much better showing than was
made last year, z8 out of I27 growers
enrolled in the Maryland ten-ton toma-
tos club were able to qualify as hav-
ing produced ten tons or more tomatoes
per acre. according to L. M. Goodwin,
canning crops specialist for the Univer-
sity of Maryland Extension Service.
The total number of acres in tomatoes
was 7oo. making an average of SIS acres
tor each oil the I27 growers in the Club.
Mr.. Goodwin says that growers we're
enrolled this year from practically every
county in the State engaged in growing
canning house tomatoes, the estimated
yield per acre for each grower being 8. S
tons.
The three growers making highest
yields were guests of the Tri-State
Rokers' Association at the annual BAN
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-17
Arnold Bennett says that there is

Arnold Bennett says that there is
just one satisfactory test of coun-
try's literary taste. This is whether
the public buys enough books to en-
able writer's to live modestly by
their work. The great majority of
French authors, he says, cannot hope
to do this, but conditions in England
are considerably better. Some writer's
of serious books can even afford to
take a taxi now and then. Europe is
always certain that the United States
has no literary taste. But If Mr.. Ben
nett's test is fair one. and it seems
reasonable. European culture is at a
low ebb contrasted with American,
says the Boston Post. The number
of writer's here who can afford to
take their families abroad for long
vacations and who own country houses
has no parallel in Europe.