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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-11
OKLAHOMA CAMPAIGN BITTER.
Wrightsman Opposes Gore in Demo-
cratic Senate Race.

OPPUSSS OOAC IA OCAlO-
cratic Senate Race.
OKLAHOMA CITY, August IL (P).-
Ending a whirlwind two-week cam
paign of bitter personalities, Oklahoma's
Democrats will nominate candidates for
Governor and United States Senator in
the run-off primary tomorrow.
For their gubernatorial nominee the
Democratic voters must choose between
Frank Buttram, Oklahoma City oil mil
lionaire, and colorful William Henry
(Alfalfa Bid Murray of Tishomingo,
who had a 65,000-vote plurality in the
first primary July 20.
Charles j. Wrightsman, wealthy Tulsa
oil man, and Thomas P. Gore blind
former Senator, will contest for the
Democratic senatorial nomination. They
finished the first primary on virtually
even terms.
The senatorial nominee will face a
stiff general election contest against
Senator w. B. Pine, Republican, and an
independent field, including J. G. tJack)
Walton, ousted as Governor in 1928,
when he ordered martial law to quell a
Ku Klux Khan disturbance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-11
Question Brought Up by Senatorial
Candidates of Both Parties.

Question Brought Up by Senatorial
Candidates of Both Parties.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, August IL (Fl.-
Prohibition will be sharply drawn is
sue in Ohio's primary election tomor-
row.
Democrats will say whether they
want the eighteenth amendment re-
pealed in their choice of a candidate
for United States Senator, while Re-
publicans likewise will record their
views on the subject in some congress
sional districts.
The repeal advocates are former Rep
reSentative Robert j. Buckley and
George S. Myers. both of Cleveland.
Former Representative John McSwee-
ney of Wooster is an avowed dry, while
Former Director of Agriculture Charles
v. Truax of Bucyrus and former State
Chairman W. w. Durbin of Kenton
have virtually ignored the prohibition
issue.
The outstanding Republican contest
in which repeal is an issue is between
Representative w. W. Chalmers in the
ninth (Toledo) district and Wilbur M.
White, editor of the Toledo Daily
Times. White is advocating repeal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-11
VOTERS URGED TO STAY OUT.
Alabama Is Stumped by Senator Hefiin
and His Supporters.


and His Supporters.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, August IL up.
What course will be pursued by u.s.
600 Democrats who voted the Republican
ticket in the 1928 presidential election
was the major question engaging po-
litical observers today on the eve of
Alabama's Democratic primary.
Senator j. Thomas Heflin and his
supporters have stumped the State,
urging voters to stay out of the pri-
mary.
Followers of Senator Heflin held
"Jeffersonian Democratic" primaries in
three counties the past week, polling
more than majority of the normal
vote in two counties and bare third
of the votes in the other.
In the gubernatorial race six candi-
dates seek the Democratic nomination.
The winner will face Hugh A. Locke
of Birmingham, running on the indie
pendent ticket with Senator Hef1in.
owl AunMA CAMPAIGN RTTTEp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-11
Heat Linges in Kansas.


Parts of Kansas were none too COM
Portable, Dodge City and Wichita re-
cording 90 degrees and Concordia SO,
but the temperatures in the other Cen
trail States were near the normal for
the season, most of them In the 70S and
SOs. Chicago's high for the day was
~. CleveIand's 20 and Minneapolis IA.
New Workers enjoyed the coolest day
in 10 days with an early morning rain
and a Northwest breeze keeping ther-
mometers at SO and lower. Louisvilles
maximum was also 80 and Kentucky
as a whole was much cooler. A heavy
windstorm injured seven persons ano
caused extensive property damage II
the Louisville vicinity, but brought only
. little rain.
Showers in Various States.
Showers fell at a few points in the
corn belt and over the Middle Rocky
Mountain region and in New England
Nearly all sections of Iowa received
some rain yesterday, and in few To-
calities it was heavy enough to be OF
real benefit to crops and pastures
There were also showers in parts Of
Missouri and Illinois as well as in scat
tered sections Of the Southwest.
st. Louis received rainfall Of a inch
DQJ was not YET OVER Tie 6lIcCGo VI bA4s
heat wave. Three persons died as a re-
suit of prostrations earlier in the week
There were also two deaths in Cincin-
natl attributed to the heat. although
the mercury got no higher than 81 yes
terday.
The most unusual bit of weather
news came from Plattsburgh, N. Y
Travellers arriving there after driving
through the Eastern Adirondacks re-
ported extreme cold in the mountains
and a furry of snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-11
QUILL MUST FACE
GRAND JURY QUIZ
IN PEARSON DEATH

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Al SMITH IS ISSUE
IN 3 PRIMARIES
1928 Fight Up in Alabama,
Arkansas and Nebraska
Voting Tomorrow.

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Wooster and Charles v. Truax, once
State director of agriculture.
No primary opposition faces Senator
Roscoe c. McCulloch, the Republican
incumbent, who is dry.
DRY REPEAL is OHIO ISSUE.
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SHOWERS AND COOL
BREEZES R0UT HEAT
IN MANY SECTIONS

CONTINUED From First Page.l
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Tex, and San Antonio. Tex, 96;
Charleston, S. c., Vicksburg, Miss, and
Birmingham, Ala, "a.
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Beyond Neptune.

Four billion miles away in the depths
OF space the telescope has revealed a
new planet-the ninth Of the suns
family.
Astronomically it is an insignificant
object, probably only few score times
larger than the earth itself and so far
away from the sun that by no stretch
of the imagination can it be pictured
otherwise than as a cold and lifeless
mass. But the discovery, forecast in
mathematical calculation for years, Is
received by the earth, of which the
brain Of man is the consciousness and
the voice, with distinct sense Of kin
ship. 1t is like adding to the fireside
circle one who has been wandering,
homeless and lost, in the great desola-
ton of infinity.
The human unit belongs to various
wholes and is bound up intimately with
all Of them-the family, the neighbor.
hood, the city, the state, the nation,
the race, the earth, the solar system.
Ever wider and wider extend the cir
Giles created by the disturbance In the
placidity of cosmos from the intrusion
Of the individual consciousness. The
farther from the activating principle
the fainter they grow and the less
obvious their connection with the
nucleus whence they arise. Beyond
the solar system itself very faint
indeed becomes the sensitivity of kin
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ship-the distances are so enormous
and the conditions 90 diracult 10 In.
corporate in an anthropomorphic frame
work.
For the newly discovered planet IL q
blood blister Of the earth. born Of the
same mother in the same ancient sravi-
rational rending Of the flesh and blood
OF the sun by the close approach of an
other star. And we ourselves are but
bits Of the substance of the earth, our
ideas and our behavior probably re-
ducible to terms of her physical and
chemical properties. This makes
clearer the general interest In the dis
covery Of another planet. It is inti-
mately part of our larger selves. The
event is like the finding of q long-lost
relative amidst vast multitude of
strangers. We have encountered the
familiar in the discomforting strange
ness of space and time.
The planet beyond Neptune is only
approximately four billion miles away,
bound to the sun by the unbreakable
chains Of gravitation. It Is o new next
door neighbor. The next nearest OBJ
ject in space-the star Alpha Centauri
is more than three hundred billion
miles distant. 1t is the center Of an
other gravitational system to which we
have no kinship. It Is q thing out
side our consciousness of reality. 1t has
none Of the flesh, bone and sinew Of the
sun. 1t hardly can be encompaSsed In
the individuals concept Of Self. It be-
longs to another configuration for which
there is no duality in the mind.
The discovery Of another planet ex-
tends the boundaries Of our little, wave
washed rock Of the Real-of Ourselves
in the unhealthy Of the infinite. It Is
probably Of more philosophical than
practical observation-disclosures in the
latter category it will clear up puzzling
variations from the mathematically exact
behavior to be expected of the units OF
the solar system. These variations have
led to the assumption Of such O mass
beyond Neptune as q logical explana-
ton. The discovery is another instance
Of the ability of mathematical analysis
reason unaided by sensory observations
Ito keep g straight course In the Un-
known. The mathematical astronomer
sails with no stars to guide him across
the dark and mystical depths beyond
anthropo centricity.
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associations, win be promptly met with
the utmost force Of the law.
Chicago's rackets have cost the people
of that city immense sums In advanced
rates for all sorts of services and com.
modities. The merchants and dealers
have suffered themselves severely IN
pocket, but their customers and patrons
have paid the bills in the largest meas
ure. BY dint of sheer outlawry, at the
point of the pistol, contributions have
been forced not alone from the tills
of the business men, but from the
pockets of the public.
Decentralization quickly followed the
initial success of these racketeers In
Chicago. The fear of death was upon
their victims. The threats of violence
were not idle ones. Bombs and guns
were used ruthlessly and many lives
were lost. AS a rule the men ana
women in trade who were marked down
for the squeeze dreaded reprisals In
case they complained to the ponce.
They paid in silence. Some OF those
who complained and asked for protec-
ton were taken for the fatal ride, or
their homes or business places were
bombed. And even when cases were
made against the blackmailers and ex-
tortioners and they were taken to court
convictions were rare and punisnments
were even more rare.
It is vitality important, in view OF the
sorry record made in Chicago, that this
evil be met here with the utmost
vigilance and sternness. Business men
who are threatened should not yield,
but should at once call for protection
and the police should ruthlessly pursue
the crooks. The highest possible pen
atty must be given to any one who is
convicted of extortion under threats.
BY that means racketeering will be dis
couraged and perhaps prevented IN
this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Ex.Presidents.

With the passing of William Howard
Taft there remains only one living
former President, Calvin Coolidge. On
several occasions In our national history
this has been the case, with q single
survivor of the presidency remaining,
with none living on three occasions,
for brief periods.
George Washington survived for two
and three-quarter years after his re-
tirement, and then for year and q
quarter John Adams served with no
predecessor living. Adams himself
lived throughout the two terms OF
Jefferson, the two of Madison, the
two Of Monroe and one year Of the
single term Of his son, John Quincy
Adams. His was the longest survival
in American history, he living for
twenty-five years after leaving the
White House. During Madison's serv-
ice he had the company in life Of
Adams and Jefferson, and Monroe had
Adams Jefferson and Madison as CO.
temporarieS. John Quincy Adams had
for one year four former Presidents in
survIval, Monroe having joined the
group. Madison survived for seven
years of Andrew Jackson's eight in
ONCE, Monroe for two and Adams
throughout. The younger Adams al
most equaled his fathers period of
survival. dying twenty-three years after
leaving the White House.
John Tyler lived long enough after
quitting the presidency to witness the
full administrations of Taylor, Fillmore,
Pierce and Buchanan, and one year of
Lincoln's term, period altogether of
sixteen years. Buchanan's term COM
passed the surviving spans of the lives
Of Tyler, Van Buren, and Fillmore and
two years Of Pierce. This was the
maximum IN the record Of such surviv-
ais. Five ex-Presidents were living
during the four years and q few weeks
Of Lincoln's service, Tyler and Van
Buren, for one year each, and Fillmore.
Pierce and Buchanan throughout the
period. Fillmore and Pierce lived
throughout Johnson's term and Blu
chanan for three years.
Grants eight-year service compassed
the passing Of Fillmore, Pierce and
johnson, and for about o year and
three-quarters Of his service there were
no former Presidents alive. Grant
himself lived through the administra-
tons Of Garfield and Arthur and for
three years Of Cleveland's firSt term.
During Cleveland's second term only
Benjamin Harrison survived, and he
also lived through the first four years
of McKinley's broken service. Cleve-
land survived through six and three
quarter years of Roosevelt's service,
there being no ex-Presidents living from
June "a, 1908. to March 4, 1909, when
ct. r." himself joined the ranks of the
former Presidents, surviving throughout
Taft's term and for six and three-fourths
of wilson's eight years. Taft and VIII
son lived throughout the period of
Hardings administration. Wilson died
February 3, 1924, leaving Taft the
sole survivor of the presidency during
the remainder Of Coolidge's administra-
ton. Now Calvin Coolidge Is himself
the solitary survivor of the presidency,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
No Racketeerinp Herei

That what has come to be known In
chicago as racketeertng is being in
troduced In Washington is suggested
by the experience Of a local motor car
glass dealer, who was taken for a
ride" the other day and Savagely
beaten, after threats had been made
against him If he did not close his
business. Then later q policeman de-
tailed to guard the establishment was
himself warned to stay away from the
shop.
This Is perhaps only an individual
operation, an amateur imitation Of the
highly eficient racketeer Of the Mid
western metropolis. Or 1t may be
I merely case of robbery with fancy
accompaniment Possibly the perpe-
traitor has been reading up on modern
modes Of making money with gun as
the chief item of capital.
Whatever the circumstances or the
inspiration Of this crime, however, II
should be punished severely il the per-
petrator Is caught. Washington wants
no racketeering. 1t hopes that any at
tempt to blackmail merchants or indi-
viduals, to force price increases under
the cloak Of the compulsory joining Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
s'BEAUTY FOR ASHES
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. D. ILL., D.
Bishop of Washington.

ways that lead to satisfaction and real
enjoyment.
1t is hard to purchase in the worlds
markets that which from excuses of
one kind or another we have evidently
lost Many of us are like the man who
sought the pearl of great price" and
sold all that he had that he might gain
1t, but the trouble is We have little left
OF worth or value with which to secure
1t. II we would have beauty for ashes
we must pay the price. We must reckon
with those indispensable elements that
contribute to it and make it possible.
The great Master declared that He came
that men might have life and have it
more abundantly. He persistently sought
to so interpret 1t and its finer meaning
that men might covet its privileges and
blessings. He gave to character build
ing the supreme place. He inSistently
taught that there were exercises for soul
culture and development that must be
recognized and followed if men were to
attain the beauty of holiness" He did
not attempt to subtract aught from life,
but rather to add to It. He did not pre-
sent scheme Of life that was hard or
eXacting. He did clearly teach that sat-
isfying living was to be found in the
recognition OF certain well defined prac-
tees and disciplines that were designed
to develop beauty of character. The
world has discovered no substitutes for
His plan. One wonders whether this hur-
ried, hectic age, with its mad quest for
satisfaction in one form or another, is
to attain greater beauty. One wonders
whether our modern systems of educa-
ton and training are to produce finer
race OF men and women. Yes, one won
ders whether for the disappointm
establishment and despair we expert
ence we have sufficient genius, perse-
verance and determination to recover
that which deeply satisfies and gives a
touch Of beauty to life. Let us not be-
lieve that these things are easily &C.
quired or that they may be bought in
the worlds market. They call for ap-
plication and reasonable study Of that
perfect model of living of which Jesus
Is the supreme exemplar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
More Frequent Conferences Would
Lessen Strain of Maritime Powers

all the burden and claims that this
might involve Great Britain in addi-
tional potential complications and con.
troversies with the United States
Great Britain Is now committed
says Mr.. Kerr, to blockade an ag-
gressor or war-making power in Ger
tain circumstances, while America Is
still uncommitted to such points and
Is still likely to insist on her right to
trade with an aggressor power. A
quarrel between Great Britain and
America thereupon is sure to result,
he reasons. If now an additional bur-
den is assumed by Great Britain in
agreeing to blockade an aggressor pow
er in all conceivable circumstances.
then q quarrel between Britain and
America Is made additionally surer on
an increased number of occasions
~ u
MIR. Kerr assumes that the new pro-
posed amendments to the League COW
enant might fortify European peace
from the European point Of view II
Europe alone existed. He maintains.
on the other hand, that they might In.
clude the chances Of the conflict and
WAT netWeen Europe and America.
Inus every strengthening Of European
peace BY European methods Is held
possible to increase the danger Of a
world war. with European and Amer,A
can combatants, This paradox Is the
ultimate revelation Of the diplomatic
contradictions In the present technical
conference on naval tonnage,
one sure lesson, by way Of SUMMARY
Is the absolute need of more freuuent
conferences of the naval powers II
Tor instance, the proposed amendments
TO the League covenant can moderats
the French tonnage demands, this can.
not appear until the League Assembly
meets this Fall, and until the amend-
mepts are adopted by the governments
which are members of the League,
The world naval situation now ia not
intermittent, but continuous, with new
developments requiring certainly At
least new annual attention.
(CopyriEht, l930)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Tert, IsGiGh, Iris: "To gsUe unto
them beauty for ashes"

TeIt, ISddGh, LTt.3: ITO gsOe U1to
them beauty for ashes"
The world search is for beauty
beauty in architecture, beauty in art,
beauty in music, beauty in the physical
form and face. Real beauty is not arti-
fetal or superficial. The old adage that
beauty Is skin deep" Is largely true.
There are faces that are homely, forms
that are unshapen, that we frequently
meet, that disclose all the essential ele-
mentS of beauty. The training OF the
mind and the acquisition of knowledge
create beauty of thought and expression.
PHYSICAL exercise and proper training
produce beauty of carriage and form.
Long hours spent in running the scales
effects dexterity of fingers and issues in
beauty of expression through the Com
cord of sweet sound" Any reasonable
discipline that develops in us latent
qualities or unrecognized gifts con-
tributes to refinement of mind and soul
and makes us more appealing and WIN
some to the world through which we
move. These are some Of the elements
that make for beauty Of life. Over
against these there are things that de-
tract from that which we covet; ex-
ceSSeS Of indulgence, habits of indo-
lence, the worthless and futile things
that all too frequently engage our in
terest and our time. We are attempt
ing today to restore beauty through ar
tificial means Men and women grow
tired through overindulgence in So
cial practices that bring their spirits to
low ebb Their Zest for life is lost to
them. Even their enthusiasm for work
and play ceases to make its appeal. In
such situation they betake themselves
to cures" thinking the while that rest
and retirement and regulated diet and
a reasonable amount Of medication can
restore spent forces. It is tragic to note
the increasing numbers of men and
women who resort TO these means In
the hope of restoring the Joy and
beauty of life. They would substitute
beauty for ashes" They would recover
lost enthusiasms, they would rediscover
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
BY WILLIAM HARD,

LONDON, March l5.-A possible ten
tative solution of the French problem
at the naval conference energies from
an unexpected quarter-in the negotia-
tons at Geneva bringing the League
Of Nations covenant into harmony with
the Kellogg pact.
The present League covenant author
lies war under certain circumstances,
after the lapse of q certain time sub
seQuent to efforts at arbitration and
Cancellation. In those circumstances no
concerted action now is required against
an aggressor power. The new proposed
amendments to the League covenant
provide that no resort to war Is ever
permissible; thereupon, any power 60
ing to war would be exposed to the con-
certed action of the other powers.
This Is precisely what the French are
demanding at London, with special ref
erence to the Mediterranean. The
French already have secured special Sc
curity against Germany through the
Locarno pact, with Great Britain as the
guarantor, and their desire at this In
stance is the same security against
Italy In the Mediterranean region.
$3.50
Great Britain Is reluctant to add O
special Mediterranean commitment to
the special Locarno-North Sea-AtlantiC
commitment. II, however, the new pro-
posed amendments to the League cove
nant are adopted. then Great Britain
would be committed as member OF the
League to help defend France against
any war anywhere. France then would
get from Great Britain everything she
demands at London and more.
This situation has produced an ear
nest controversy in London between
Great Britain's two greatest interna-
tional minds, Philip Kerr and Viscount
Cecil The latter is willing that Great
Britain incur the additional burden of
against all war In all circumstances.
Mr. Kerr, with the great weight of his
personal authority, is reluctant to keen
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHnANpKR JOHNSON.

Hardships Of g Career.
Said old Bill Jones to Ezra Bings,
My friend. you Just watch me!
I'm going to do lot of things
You'll he surprised to see.
I'm going to lead a movement great
And lift my voice on high,
And rank with those who legislate
In Congress, by and byI''
And old Bill Jones he went ahead
And did exactly as he said.
He sits in Congress, day by day,
And stays awake at night
To study out what he must say
To set the Nation right.
All Summer long he's up In arms
For every kind Of strife,
While Ezra Bings enjoys the charms
OF simple placid life.
And all that keeps old Bill afioat
Is Egra's influential vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

Investigations Of graft have been
going on through an Si:ne. It Is m
evidence Of the instructive morality OF
human nature that each new discovery
of financial irregularity creates as much
surprise as If it revealed an absolute
novelty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

Old-time stagecoach robberies were
picturesque. The motor bus robbery
now accomplishes the same purpose,
with less delay and inconvenience. 1t
is unfortunate that modern improve
ments must serve the underworld as
well as the upper classes.