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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

Underwater was tobacco poor, labor poor,
plantation life poor. SO tidewater
wouldn't play with her Northern neigh
bors, not even for picayune Union.
Here the patient man was the man OF
the hour, the silent man, the practical
man, the unoratorical man, the seer.
Here Washington carried on according
to his nature, his vision, his knowledge
of men This is but one point in many
where John Corbin brings the truth OF
history in this particular period into CO.
operation with the powers and capable
tiles of one outstanding man, and does
it i'll a way OF simple and wise account
ing of the human according to his
powers in his reactions To the environ
ment of which he is part. Every stage
Of Washington'S life-young man. sur
veyor, soldier. commander, President,
landholder and private citizen-iS pre-
scented here In equal fidelity TO the
nature of the man himself and TO the
medium through which he was from
time to time called to work. Here In
the highest competency of effort and
the most substantial and enduring of
effects there will come to you by way
of this book the cause. wholly human
reasons. of the lasting and living fame
of George Washington. Readable and
convincing from the first word to the
last one. Homage to John Corbtn for
such 9 superb delivery Of acceptable and
naRttethln ruth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

The resources of our free informa-
ton bureau are at your service. YOU
are invited to call upon 1t as often as
you please. 1t is being maintained sole
ly to serve you What question can We
answer for you? There is no charge at
all except cents in coin or stamps for
return postage. Address your letter 70
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin. director, Washing
ton, D. C.
@. Where was the first union railway
station in this country?-L. K.
A. In indianapolis
O. Do all ocean-going vessels have to
Gerry radio equipment?-A e.
A. Vessels travelling 200 miles or
more and carrying so passengers or
more ere required to carry radios.
@. What was the origin Of the word
caucus?-O. L. K.
Boston in the early part of the eight
eenth century as the name of politi-
cal club, the Caucus" or Caucus
Club" where public questions were dis
cusSed and arrangements made for local
elections. Tho word is said to have
been derived from an Indian word,
kaw-kaw-was, meaning to talk.
@. When was Sheffield plate first
manufactured in this country?-T. W.
A. The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York City, says that the date of
the first manufacture of Sheffield plate
in the Colonies is uncertain.
@. When was the great Indian mu-
tiny?-F. H. r
A. In 1887.
@. Are there any cheetahs in South
America ?-K. L.
A. The cheetah, or hunting leopard.
is native of Africa and Asia. If any
are found in South America they have
been imported.
@. How mary airplanes did Elliott
Springs bring down during the warp
j. r.
A. He Is credited officially with IL.
@. Please name some of the early
missionaries t. Central Africa.-H. M
A. Robert Moffat and Mary Moffat
his wife; David Livingstone. William
9. Oswell. Mungo Murray and Bishop
G. F. Mackenzie were pioneer mis-
sionaries in Central Africa.
@. When did Clara Barton die?-M
). :.
A. Clara Barton, founder of the
America Red Cross, died at Glen Echo
Md, April IL. 1912.
@. How long have there been Negro
Infantry and Cavalry regiments
H. r. L.
A. There are four colored regiments
which have been in existence since
shortly after the Civil War-the gath
and 25th Infantry and the 9th and
10th Cavalry.
@. Has civilized man always used
chairs?-D. c. B.
A. Chairs did not come into general
use until the sixteenth century. Prior
to that the chest, the bench and the
stool were the seats of everyday life.
@. How many railway mail clerks are
appointed in a year?-C. A. c.
A. There were at the end of the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1929, 81 ,229 railway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
Triumph of Hunter Family
Viewed as Lesson i'm Loyalty

Loyalty and cooperation among the
members of the Hunter family of Illi-
nois are considered lesson to the world
as two of the brothers, John and Ken
meth Hunter, conclude their record
breaking endurance flight in their plane
City of Chicago above the Illinois city.
The mark of $50 hours, Al minutes and
80 seconds is believed likely to stand for
some time, though there are predictions
that it will be passed by other flyers. i.
"Epoch-making" is the term applied
by the Cleveland News to "a new and
brilliant chapter in the history OF
aviation" That paper also says: The
world doffs its hat to the courageous
flyers who won great victory OF the
air; to Albert and Walter Hunter, the
intrepid brothers who were their allies :
to Irene Hunter, devoted sister, who did
the cooking and sent their meals aloft
in the refueling plane, and to others
who aided in the historic flight" The
New London Day proclaims "a record
in brotherly love-" explaining that no
two pairs of brothers ever lived so
Closely; that "for more than three
weeks they were inseparable-th broth
ers in the air and the two refueling
brothers who were partly in the air
and partly on the ground" The Day
observes that "they stuck it out and
history cannot record that they had so
much as one serious controversy"
1T would be hard to say" according
to the Atlanta Journal, which is the
more interesting side of the Hunter
brothers exploit-that of the men or
of the machine. The former, with its
perseverance and self-control and iron
will and its colorful background OF
plowboys mounting to world fame in
the air, takes grip of the imagination
In comprising this. adventure
John and Kenneth Hunter make us
marvel at the sinews of the human frame
and still more at those of human char
acter. The triumph is shared by their
brothers Albert and Walter, whose steadi-
ness in refueling and provisioning the
aircraft throughout the ordeal Is re-
markable. Their mother well described
the mettle of the family when she said,
Whatever they start they finish So
it is that the record for the longest
sustained flight in the worlds history is
held today by aeronauts who mastered
their art over a cow pasture"
4
Adding to its tribute that the flight
"was a great demonstration of the
progress of aviation" and that "as a
stunt it was extremely spectacular" the
Omaha World-Herald declares: THE
victory of the Hunter family was even
more grand and glorious. 1t was a
demonstration of what four-square
humanity can achieve, thrilling trl-
umph of human loyalties.' The World
Herald believes that the things lacking
in modernistic conceptions of family
and home life are the intangibles of
sentiment Love and tenderness and
sympathy and loyalty-these are the
cement of true family life. These the
Hunters have and theirs is a con-
spicuous example of success in family
life. They stick together. They are
unit in all problems. They give to the
world united front. They are strong
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
Compulsory Automobile Inspection.

AS one of the main features Of a
"Save-a-Life" campaign in New Eng
land, Massachusetts is about to begin
compulsory inspection of equipment on
every automobile in the State. 1t ex-
perimented last Summer by a crusade
Sor voluntary inspection and about so
per cent of all motorists had their cars
Systematically checked and faulty
equipment put in working order. The
success of the voluntary campaign has
led to adoption of the compulsory regu-
Iation, the details of which are pretty
we'll known in Washington, as Maryland
tried it last Summer and will repeat it
this year.
One wonders how long it will be be-
fore the District adopts this method OF
enforcing regulations already en the
books and guaranteeing thai o. kass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
The FelOn Turnover.
From the Toledo Blade

Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War
In the Wilson cabinet and member of
President Hoover's Law Enforcement
Commission, advocates shorter prison
terms for criminals. He says sentences
should be one-f1fth as long as those now
imposed by the courts in order that
prison crowding may be overcome.
In Ohio many criminals are sent to
the penitentiary and to the State re-
formatory to serve indeterminate SEN
fences, duration of incarceration de-
pending upon previous reputation of the
convict, his conduct in prison and the
Judgment of the Governor and the
parole board.
AScertaining the number of years,
months and days comprising one-fifth
of an indeterminate sentence would be
more difficult than finding the unknown
quantity in an algebra problem but it
might be Appropriated That objection
to Mr.. Bakers plan, therefore. is cam
celed.
Shorter sentences will relieve prison
crowding. That is obvious. Prisoners
would be more comfortable and ward
ems jobs would be easier, but no i'm
portant public purpose would be solved
by that alone.
Criminologists agree that there are
more-many more-criminalS at large
IMAM tnefe are IN connnemenC, When,
and not until, more of them are arrested
when loopholes of the law are closed
when acquittals are less easily obtained
on ridiculous technicalities, individual
criminals and organized gangsters will
be in greater jeopardy and society will
be safer.
When criminals sentences are surer
1t may be that they also can safely be
made shorter. Certainty of relentless
pursuit and swift punishment is more
effective crime deterrent than the re-
mote possibility Of long confinement
The pages of history bristle with proofs
of the soundness of that theory, but If
prison sentences are chopped 80 per
cent and nothing is done to make the
sentences more certain, the underworld
will say out of the side of its mouth:
Pretty soft, DO; let's hold up another
bank"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A Hard Life.
1t must be very hard, indeed,
To be financier;
The talents you are sure to need
Are manifold and queer.
You've got to have winning way,
And prove with gentle art
That when their cash to you men pay
It's kindness on your part.
You've got to know just when to go
Across the briny deep,
And when it's time you have to show
Strange secrets you must keep.
And though It's hard, you must allow,
New wealth to gain each day,
IT'S harder, many people vow,
To give the stuff away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

Not long from now We will all be
getting older, but there will be certain
compensations. For instance, We will
be able to remember mounted cops.
now abolished here, although kept on Ill
New York purely for sentiment and i'm
pressiveneSS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

The trade situation between Soviet
Russia and the United States gets into
terrible .snarls, due TO allegations of
convict labor, etc; but up to the present
there have, thank heaven, been the
pleasantest of relations between Uncle
Sam and the Mrs. Sturgeon that sends
us caviar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

Coffee is now the official beverage
for the drinking of toasts in America, -
solemnly announces the Brazilian
American Coffee Promotion Committee.
They have, it is believed, good grounds
for their assertion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

When the Washington Cathedral is
finally completed and dedicated it would
be interesting to know how many in
the attendant throng had at one time
made the fiat assertion, They'll never
build it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
Wanted-Good Athletes.

From the Roanoke Times.
Washington and Lee now has a new
president. and If the school can get
couple of good halfbacks, a tackle and
an end, the prospects for next year will
be bright indeed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

Legislation would get on faster if
every statesman in the Capital could
be persuaded to be as hard working as
a sergeant at arms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

Athenians protest a possible sky
scraper amid their classic ruins. 1t
might be best to keep the skyscrapers
over here, where most of the Greeks
are. at that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

1t is true that the far-off regions get
the fruit fly, the cyclones and the grass
hoppers, but then they seem to get all
the gasoline wars also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

AL Capone, at last and for the first
time in his career, faces a jury trial. 1t
was generally thought that this young
man would come to no good end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

Conan Doyle's knowledge now tram
sends that of all the rest of us to far
greater extent than Sherlocks was SUI
perior to DR.. Watson's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

Chinese armies continue to fight, not
so much, perhaps, for principles in
volved, as to uphold custom of the
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
A Good Lesson. If Learned.

From the Sioux City Journal.
In Ohio a man lit cigarette and a
gas we'll at the same time and although
severely burned it is not likely that he
will know better next time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

Early arrival of new era of sweet
smells is forecast by a Colgate Univer-
sity scientist. Try to improve on those
of bubbling coffee and frying ham.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
Looking at L. S. Prohibition.

From the San Antonio Evening News.
Hungarians are told that prohibition
in the United States ''cures crime and
empties the hospitals" That's all right
so long as no news leaks through from
0iaicano. y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
A MOnopoIist's Optimism.

A MOnOpOlist's Optimism.
do you regard the future of the
country with conf1dence?"
Certainly" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax. I'VE think that this country,
with its enormous resources, can be
made to pay big dividends for years to
come"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
Why Oratory Is W aiming.

From the New Castle News.
Possibly oratory is no longer effec-
tive because, as they say. TO teach a
dog anything you must know more than
the dog.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
Mount Ararat Up to Date.

From the ST. Louis Post-DiSpatch.
Turks in airplanes are dropping
bombs on 10000 insurgents hiding on
Mount Ararat. Noah wouldn't know the
Cd place nnWL -.--A--------4-.4a----
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
No Place for Picture of Duce

From the Seattle Daily Times.
The British Royal Society regrets that
it must refuse a recent portrait OF
Benito Mussolini for the reason that 1t
has no place in which to hang it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

Peace conferences of all sorts and
sizes spring up like variety of weeds
in a meadow. Then one big war. like
scythe, mows them all down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

The piccolo is the highest-pitched in
strument. However, many would like
to pitch saxophone higher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
Speeches.

Speeches.
do you think that a mans political
influence depends on his ability as a
public speaker"
mot altogether" answered Senator
Sorghum. II have found that the
speeches which sometimes counted for
most were made in strictest privacy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
The Way of Things.

The rogue a strange advantage gains
He has. we note with sorrow.
A stanch umbrella when 1t rains,
While honest folk must borrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

"A heap depends on de point of view,"
said Uncle Eben. when a man keeps
insistin' on mules travelin,' de mule
says to hissef dat human bein's is
pow'fuI obstinate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
Competing With Breakers.

Some OF the resorts report beach
pStama& eFen louder than Tia hgeakegk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
Hard TO Identify.
Hard to Identify.
They speak of opportunity,
And bid us grasp the prize.
Alas! 1t always seems to be
Appearing in disguised
A Theory.

IHtOTy.
why does woman always add a
postscript to her letter."
well" answered Miss Cayenne, "she
probably figures out in her own mind
what her letter has made you think and
then tries to have the last word"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
Requisites.

"A college professor must know a
great deal" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, land If he wants to be
famous, he must also be able to express
startling opinions on subjects he never
studied much"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15
Trousers Possibly
To Blame for Student Debts.

Protest Red
Penciling of CensOrS.
Fl SOL Madrid--Among the mat
ters or topics amenable to the censor
shdp are not included artistic tendencies
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

@. Should formal acceptance of an
invitation be dated?-O. G.
A. 1t should, not be dated. Be care
full to includt in the reply the time
given in the invitation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

@. Will the Gold Star Fathers be sent
to France?-R. B. Z.
A. No such action has been taken or
is seriously contemplated at present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-15

THE UNKNOWN WASHINGTON: BIZ
ographic Origins of the Republic.
John Corbin3 Charles Scribners
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
WIDOW SHOOTS UP
OKLAHOMA COURT
Lawyer Seriously Wounded,
but Shot Misses Judge-Re-
sented Case Dismissal.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ENID, OklaS September 24.-Mrs
Dolly Douthitt, eccentric 6o-year-old
widow, shot and seriously wounded H.
c. Wedgwood, attorney and a United
States commissioner, and fired another
shot at Judge Arthur G. Sutton of Alva
in court here today. The second shot
did not take effect.
Wedgwood, q pistol wound In his
groin, was rushed to a hospital. Mrs.
Douthitt was taken into custody and
placed in the county jail.
Defendant in Suits.
Wedgwood was defendant in one of
seven suits in which Mrs Douthitt was
involved as either plaintiff or defendant.
The suit in which Mrs. DoutFitt sought
damages from Wedgwood just had been
dismissed by Judge Sutton.
Mrs. Douthitt also attempted to fire
at Roy Elan, young attorney, but
was disarmed by Elan, Joe Porter, court
Dailiff, and Harry Kirkenhall, another
attorney
The 30-odd court attaches, ATTORNEYS
and spectators were thrown into a panic
when Mrs. Douthitt, who had been act
ing as her own attorney, arose from the
counsel table, whipped pistol from her
dress and fired.
Prejudice was Charged.
The seven cases were being heard on
a special docket by Judge Sutton of
the nineteenth district, who was sit
ting after the local judges had been dis
qualified. One of the twentieth dis
trict judges, o. C. Wybrant, was de-
PENDANT in suit brought by Mrs. Douth-
lit for 100000 damages. She had
claimed the local court was prejudiced
against her.
Mrs. Douthitt is the owner of valuable
property here and several of the cases
arose out of her alleged failure to paw
taxes. She had long been involved in
litigation arising from her financial
affairs.
In her damage suit against wedg-
wood. Mrs. Douthitt claimed the com
missioner had prosecuted" her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
AFRICAN SPEAKER
AROUSES PROTEST
Herndon Crowd Stirred by
Appearance in School of
Zulu Prince.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
FAIRFAX, Va, September 24.-Race
prejudice famed high last night among
some of the citizens of the Herndon
neighborhood who resented the appear
| ance in the high school here yesterday
afternoon of Prince Bulano Cetwayo
Zulu chieftain from South Africa.
When Supt. of Schools w. T. Wood
son of Fairfax was aroused from sleep
by pounding on his door he found
a crowd of 'rough-looking persons and
six or eight machines gathered in front
of his house.
They left behind them a somewhat
disturbed and alarmed, but unframed,
foreigner who had been called suddenly
from his sleep half hour previously
on the pretext of answering telephone
call. Though the men refused to re-
veal their identity, they made it plain
to Woodson that they resented that a
representative of the colored race had
been granted permission to speak in a
white Virginia school.
Supt. Woodscn states that the prince,
who is highly educated, holds a degree
from five English colleges and speaks
IA languages, has been granted per-
mission to speak in Fairfax County
schools on educational subjects by ar
rangement with individual school prin-
cipals. He has already spoken in sew
eral high schools and churches in the
county.
His talks are said to cover his ex-
periences in getting an education after
having been brought up in ignorance
until he was % years old. 1t is under
stood that no charge was made for the
lecture, although collection is some
times taken up to cover his expenses
while touring the United States. No
collection was taken up at Herndon
yesterday.
The prince stated to Woodson that
the crowd made no attempt TO iniure
him. Woodson gave the prince money
for carfare, but has no information of
whether he returned to Herndon or
spent the night in Washington, where
he has friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-24
THREAT TO LYNCH
CHARGED TO TWO
Winchester Police Seek Visitors
on Statements of Gas Sta
ton Man.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, September "a
Charges of threatening to lynch an
elderly man in the northern suburbs Of
Winchester were made last night
against Buck Cooper and William Nc
Alloy, said to be residents of Frederick
County, and warrants were issued upon
which State and local police are search
ing for the men.
William jenkins, employe of Vernon
Richard, owner of a gasoline station,
told officers that while he was alone at
the station Cooper and McAboy came
there and acted in a disorderly man.
ner. One of them, he testified, seized
a piece of rope and slipped Moose over
his head, while the other held him and
threatened him If he made an outcry
jenkins declared he had said nothing
to offend the men; In fact, they had
seized him before he had even spoken
to them.
With the rope around his neck,
jenkins said he was taken a consider
able distance from the station, first
one way and then another, the men
saying they were trying to find tree
There were no trees in sight, sc. Cooper
and McAboy, he claimed, pushed him
over and dragged him along the road
way several hundred yards, resulting in
his being so severely lacerated and
! bruised that he had to be given med
| ical attention after the men drove of
as Vernon Rickard returned to the
| filling station.
Richard made report to the police
after Jenkins had told him of the men
/ tying the rope around his neck and
dragging him along the roadway.