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bail for conviction would have meant
a sentence of seven years. Detectives
have been watching for him, yet. ac-
cording to information at police head
cuarte.s, he has been in the metropoli-
tan district throughout this period. and
for the last six months has been wag-
ing two distinct wars simultaneously,
one in the Bronx and one in Harlem.
Yet he has not been caught.
Here is criminal career covering
only ten YEARS, but more than half the
life CT the man. Early correctional
treatment had no effect Repeated de-
tentions were valueless. The boy was
headed straight for gangdom and moth
ing could keep him from 1t. There are
those who hold that coercional methods,
because Ineffective in some instences
like this. are worthless and perhaps are
even provocative of the misbehavior
that makes the crook and gangster
menace to society. What is to be done?
Let the boy go free without any at
tempt to restrain him? SurUs he will
not become the law-abiding citizen in
crime-inducing environment such as
that of GREATER New York.
Coll will probably be captured, or will
b. killed In some ARRAY before the police
find him. He is now an outlaw, hope
less Of any escape save through his own
desperate means of defense. There are
scores, hundreds, like him in greater or
less degree of criminality in this coun-
try today, men who are under the
shadow of the law and certain to die by
violence or on the scaffold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11

making good wine. And in so doing,
mental precaution that must be
observed in selling wine bricks or wine
concentrate is not to say, in words that
are written or spoken, what will happen
if certain natural processes are per-
mitted to take their course One may
warn the purchaser to add a certain
chemical to prevent other chemical
changes. One may even send an agent
to superintend the work of nature that
takes place within keg, and to bottle
the products under such names as Port
or Muscatelle or Burgundy. But one
must be careful of what one says.
The Widespread criticism of the new
industry of furnishing grape concentrate
for wins is founded on no real appre-
h nsion of the inebriety that could or
would result. The criticism results from
the unpleasant picture of Uncle Sam
attempting to wipe cut, with his right
hand, the presence of ell strong drink
in American homes, and with his left
hand slipping hard cash. as a Federal
loan, to the companies that have devised
a legal method of sending that strong
drink into American homes. The in
consistency Of the whole thing is sug-
gestive of a hypocrisy repugnant to all
sense of honesty and sincerity. The
Wickersham Commission went out of its
way to condemn 1t, and vets and dryS
alike are joined in condemning it.
No industry in America, no national
customs, should survive through loop
hol-s in the laws. The growth is I'M
healthy, gathering to it parasites and
fungi that cause more harm than the
growth itself. If the people of the
United States believe that light WINS
should be permitted, let them say So
If not, say that, and so plainly that
there will be no doubts about it in
anybody's mind.
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English Spelling Wins
Over American i'm Canada
From the Atlanta journal.

From the Atlanta Journal.
Canada. apparently apprehensive of
the American influence, has again taken
the trouble to sanction continuation
of English spelling styles. The Cana
dian Historical Association, the Cana
dian Geographical Society and the
Royal Society of Canada have thrown
the weight OF their influence into the
issue, and 1t may be considered def
nitely settled-for the present.
This means that miscreants in Can
ada viii continue to go to "gaol," a
destination so phonetic that We have
always considered it much more at
tractive than mere Jail, place, in
fact. where one might serenely write
ballads. There Is no disputing that
the English spelling is in many cases
more graceful than the American.
Honour has a dignity just little
deeper than the crisper honor, -
"labour" seems more noble than labor
and utterly spendthrift Wagon" sounds
Ike vehicle in which one could
dream away the romantic turns of an
open road.
Our spelling is more efficient. per-
maps more sensible. But We can hardly
blame Canada for adhering to the code
OF the mother country when that code
Is esthetic rather than practical.
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Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

globular Why. the water would all
slip of If 1t was"
Young man." Numbered the prophet,
instead of swallowing the nonsense of
modern astronomy you should read the
Bible and trust your own eyes. The
Bible will teach you the world is fiat. I"
He heaved a sigh and shook the males
tic dome of his head. This modern
astronomy is Staying souls by the tens
Of thousands"
The prophet of Zion City Is a portly
man with stern features and a mouth
that shuts like a steel trap. He has the
eyes of q judge from whom little mercy
man be expected Like an Old Testa-
nent patriarch, he believes that God
has rewarded his fidelity by showering
riches upon him. I'm just over 20
years" he said, IT have increased my
fortune from IS cents to $4,000 600 -
Naturally, he feels that a man TO whom
that has happened is on the right track.
I'm a fundamentals in religion, but
modernist IN business affairs" he pro-
claimed
Particularly when you're making
candy?"
yes"
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A Hunted Man.

A Nationwide alarm has been
sounded in New York for the arrest of
Vincent Coll. twenty-one- year-old gang
leader, four OF whose gunner are said
by eyewitnesses to have killed one
child and wounded four others recently
in New York during a skirnnish in what
is styled the Harlem narcotic war. This
young man. who Is a bricklayer by
trade, is In one account Of his career
described as having been in trouble with
the authorities ever since he was a
boy At eleven he was sent to a mis-
sion as disorderly child. Immediately
after his release he was arrested for
unlawful entry and sent TO a protectory
for detention. -Four years later he was
taken to the chldren's court on a
charge Of grand larceny and was placed
on probation. The same year he was
arrested for carrying pistol and was
sent TO the Elnlira Reformatory for q
year. In 1928 he was arrested for un-
lawful entry, for assault and for rob-
berry. and each time the charge was
dismissed for lack OF evidence. In De-
cennber Of the same year he was ar
rested in Yonkers as a suspicious
person" and on discharge was rear
rested and sent back to Elrnira for
violating parole. IN March, 1880, he
was. one Of four men charged with the
murder from an automobile Of an Ital-
ian In the Bronx. Coll beat the rap"
through insufficient evidence. On dis
charge he was rearrested for violating
the sullivan anti-weapons law. He
was released In $4,000 bail IN this
cha and was to have facedt rial a
. second offender. but he jumped his
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A Suburban Sorrow.

" Twas ever thus, since childhood's
hour"
The poet sang so sweet.
Whene'er 1 plant a garden flower
1t proves to be a beet,
Tomato plants with care brought out,
Far from the climate rude.
When in the sunshine set about
Are only cut-worn food.
The sweet corn and the cabbage sprout
Nov cherished with such slee,
Will furnish dainty food, no doubt.
But not for YOU and me.
That market basket once despised
Wen carry as Of yore.
The place where hopes are realized
Is in the grocery store.
Honesty may be de best policy" said
Uncle Eben, but out our way faint allus
counted de best politics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11

Are you a gutter-grabber, automobile
style?
The latest fad Of the road involves
the right arm and hand.
Whist to do with these has always
been a problem to the motor car pas
senger who sits on the right of the
driver
Whether to rest the hand gently on
the window frame, or crock the elbow
cut bodily-those have been the ques-
lions.
This season a stable portion of the
riding public seems to have solved 1t
by an amazing procedure.
Nct.ce cars as they go along, and you
will discover that the man on the right
has managed something new.
y X y
He places his right elbow on the sill.
and, reaching out and up, seizes the top
with his right hand.
1t is a rather awkward position which
impresses the beholder as being uncom-
Portable, and he finds it TO be, in NEST
cases, when he tries it cut for himself,
as he invariably does sooner or later.
That is how such things spread.
There is not one person in thousand
whose length of arm from finger tips to
elbow is precisely right for such gut
ter grabbing
FlilG pOCClS SCLSCs va COuA &c 10
the tiny gutter which runs along the
extreme side of the top
Why they want to is the mystery.
X X
We put this question to several motor
enthusiasts recently, without results, un-
iii we struck one gentleman who Of
fered the following solution:
BY hosting their arm in the air, these
riders are emulating chickens, which in
hot weather hold their wings out from
their bodies
Cool air, rushing down the riders
sleeve, gets a good circulation all over
by this procedure.
This at least, is the only explanation
with any sense to 1t at all
Our personal guess is that this atti-
tude is the result of the show-off spirit
in mankind.
For quarter of century the man
on the right has played an inconspicu-
Gus role.
He has been forced to sit sedately
while the man at the wheel received
the glances of the populace and all of
the iib2s of the traffic cops.
Good or bad, the driver got it all.
X *
The right-hand man has rebelled at
last
He has evolved way of making him
self seen and noted.
He has become tired of the boys and
girls in the rumble seat taking the eye
Of the pedestrian.
He wants to be seen of men and he
believes he has struck on a really smart
way at last of securing that long-craved
attention.
Really. the gesture is magnificent
one. What could be simpler or at the
same time easier?
All one has to do is TO rest the elbow
on the bottom frame of the door, with
glass down, reach UP and out and seize
the gutter
This latter is neat, automobile sized
affair. masterpiece of designing. which
attracts no attention to itself but does
noble duty in rain, spilling the water
to front and rear.
* x
Now the gutter has a new function
scarcely intended by its designers
Now it serves as a sort of grip.
One might think, offhand, that
women would be the most addicted to
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This is a special department devoted
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| O. What is the Official name for the
game called ''contract" %. d.
A. Contract bridge" IS the offcial
name.
O. What is a motorcade?-F. H
A. A inotorcade is a word that has
been coined to signify procession OF
motor cars.
@ Do the States support the Federal
Government financially?-T N.
| A. The States do not support the
Federal Government. The Federal
| Government levies its own taxes for Its
support.
@. How should rattan, grass and
willow furniture be cleaned?-N. E.
| A. Use stiff brush or vacuum
cleaner to take out the dust. Then
wash with thick lukewarm soapsuds
containing a little borax, using a scrub
| bling brush. Rinse thoroughly and set
| in the sun to dry.
c. Who is Adolf Hitler?-B. N.
! A. Adolf Hitler is the leader OF the
| German Fascist movement or the Ma
! tional Socialists, as the members of the
| organization term themselves. He is
! of Austrian origin, the son of a railway
employe in Lower Austria. He was a
| house painter when he arrived al
Munich in 1912. Here he joined the
German Army as private, later being
promoted to sergeant. His political
] proclivities we're first manifested in
1921, when he began TO address visitors
! in the Munich beer gardens. Colo
| quially, his party, the National Social
lists. are know as the Nazis
@, How tall has man been known
J to grow?-L. C.
A. There have been reports among
the less civilized tribes and among GER
| tain savage peoples that men have
measured as much as IS feet. From
sctual records that have been compiled
/ the greatest height found was that OF
! Topinard's Finlander, who measured
| 1l2 inches o: feet 4 inches.
c. When Is bread considered stale?--
S. B.
| A. In the baking day. it is considered
/ stale the second day after baking.
O. How many jars of fruit should be
canned for family of fouI2-P. S.
| A. An ideal canning budget allows
/ % quarts of fruit for each person per
year.
@. Please give history OF Claude
| Duval highwayman.-A. r.
| A. Claude Duval was born in Nor
mandy in 1643. He was sent TO
Paris in 1867. where he remained until
! he came to England in attendance on
| the Duke Of Richmond at the Restora-
ton. He soon took to the road and
became famous for his daring and
gallantry. He was captured in 1870 in
! London and within week was exc
cuted at Tyburn. His body was laid
in state in a tavern and was viewed
by huge crowds before the exhibition
was stopped by judges order.
@. Why does soap lather?-W. F.
A. It is because of the inclusion OF
air in the emulsion Of soap and water,
forming myriads of tiny soap bubbles.
@. Who were the men named by
George Bernard Shaw as the makers
of the UNIVERSAL. Y.
A. In chronological order they are
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Analogy.

IF nature had intended man to fly"
said the positive person, she would have
given him wings"
4 suppose, then" replied the aviator,
that if man were intended to travel by
water he would be web-footed."
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Unappreciatiye.

Most of our great poets led very lone
ly lives" said the literary young woman.
We'll" replied Mr.. Cumrox, Il don
wonder some of them were lonesome.
Judging by what they wrote, / shouldn't
consider them what you'd cali good
company"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11

A paragraph is going the rounds OF
the exchanges to the effect that Ben
jamin Franklin was not only the mod
ern Ajax who defied the Lightning, but
a new Orpheus who invented the mouth
organ or harmonica. Inventive genius,
though bold in magnificent projects,
does not hesitate to interest itself in
what ordinary mentality would regard
as trivial detail
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The Ready Explainer.

What did you think Of my graduation
essay?" inquired the young woman.
1T was a profoundly thoughtful adj
dress, replied Senator Sorghum.
But saw you yawn."
"A tribute to its quality. 1t was so
profoundly thoughtful I imagined for a
moment that was in the halls of leg
islation."
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achievement by way Of turning desert
into a highly fruitful and sustaining
part of the great West.
Scientific report. true record OF fact,
vet this little story stands as one Of
a thousandsfn dramatic sptEit, IN epic
effect, in n power tos1ift reaueEs-any
reader-iIto q rarer zone tna0 the
common Aing of everydays doifiGs Is
likely to proyide.
Better look into this book. It ill
engross gulE and amaze you and a
struct you
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An Other States and Canada.
member Of the ASSOCIATED Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
70 the rise for republication of all news ais
patches credited to II or not otherwise cred
itcd in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication Of
special dispatches herein are also reserved
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More aviators are taking off daily.
Air travel is only in its infancy and yet
the skies are already crowded and
showing need Of more and better trafic
regulations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11

A stranded Wild West show proves
the mistake of contradicting Horace
Greeleys advice and coming East to
grow up with the country.
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Moscow knows how to treat distin-
guished visitors. In developing the
five-year plan the Soviet has paid par
ticular attention to the arts of sales
manship.
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Misleading Proverbs.

II money talks, as sages say,
And riches are equipped with wings.
The parrot might become some day
The emblem of financial kings.
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Qualified.

From the South Bend Tribune
The Eskimo hunter who became de-
mented when he saw his first motion
picture evidently was born movie
critic.
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Wrong Target.

From the Ann Arbor Daily News.
Dogs aren't 90 smart. sometimes, as
they're supposed TO be lone bit our
city treasurer Instead Of the assessor.
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From the Hamilton, Ontario. Spectator.
Toronto has landed q blotting paper
factory. Well. there certainly is lot
Of red ink TO be mopped up.
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None of That for Shaw.

From the Lowell Evening Leader.
George Bernard Shaw processes 70 be
LIGHTLY impressed by Soviet Russia's
progress; but 1t Is doubtful that they
viii be able TO persuade him to settle
In Moscow.
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Shippers.

From the Omaha EVENING world-Herald.
The grasshoppers won the feather
weight championship OF South Dakota.
At that the turkeyWswho emerged from
the fracas without t1neir feathers, came
Oh better than the farmers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11

When the Lindbergh baby is old
enough to talk plainly it will probably
demand a crib with wings and motor
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What : Horrible Prospect !

From the Columbus Ohio state Journal
We trust those hordes OF Nebraska
grasshoppers won't decide to migrate to
Ohio and intermarry with our mos
quitoeE.
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Beat Them TO 1t.

From che Seattle Times
Kodiak bears are gaining, says a re-
port The thing to do Is to keep so
lar ahead Of them that even If they
do gain you can make camp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-11

No system Of trafic lighA can be
made sufficiently secure guard
against the exhilarated driver FN1o pays
no attention to signals. The old story
of perfect mechanism defeated by the
human element.
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Glasgow Fails
To Kern Ware Promise.

The Evening Times. Glasgow deter
to editor .--Sir-The Town Council six
months ago promised to go carefully
into the question Of stairlighters' wages
and general conditions. Nothing more
has been heard of the awful conditions
of this section of municipal workers,
not even from any of the 40 champions
Of the oppresSed-our blind, deaf and
dumb Labor group.
climb 80 stairs twice per day seven
days per week, clean 80 lanterns and
80 globes, light and extinguish 100
lights, pay full unemployment money,
also health insurance. 1 pass for this
job an army Al test, and am classified
an unfit man, able only to run up and
down stairs. And after IL years Serv-
ice I receive less than $40 week.
When will fms be written across this
municipal farce? I am, etc,
STILL HOPING,
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u. S. Influence Fails
To Change Porto Ricans.

FL Progreso, San Juan.-To Porto
Rico the United States has brought
new markets, and much business, but
about the same. The Porto Rican
farmer raises his plantains, corn, sweet
potatoes and beans on the steep slopes,
On two acres of abrupt hillside he and
his family find their living much as
before He will have goats-cows eat
too much for the impoverished land
There will be cheese and goats meat
on rare days TO go with rice and beans
bananas and yams. Though sugar pro-
duction of $4,000 tons in 1901 has be-
come 400, 900 tons in 1881. and export
trade has increased II times, the people
live about as they did before, except
that there are more of them.
More Porto Ricans rather than
higher standards of living are the
main income of American rule so far
as Porto Rico is concerned. Labor is
still largely by hand The native still
lives on his little land, but meager
living it is, vet these people would not
change their age-old customs and con-
tentnlent for all the modern improve
ments and methodical efficiency of the
United States.
Socially Porto Rico has remained
Spanish, native and insular, while pro-
ductively she has become American
but only to a limited degree.
At last her balance has been broken
and which way her people will develop
can be determined only with the years
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Still Believes World Is
Flat After Long Tour.

Chronicle. London CFTom q
New York correspondent That hymn
from Kiplings great story, The Vil-
lage That Voted the Earth Was Flat,
was beating in my brain as L listened
TO the cornet-like voice of Wilbur
Glenn Voliva when he came sailing
into the blue and silver of New York
Harbor after a six months tour round
the world which has left him more
than ever convinced this globe is as
fat as his palm.
And ali the members OF the Royal
Geographical Society. rolling theil
globes and unrolling their maps, VIII
not persuade Mr. VoliYa TO bulge an
inch. Millionaire candy manufactures
and head OF the Christian Catholic
Church OF Zion City, III, MIR. Voliva i
not To be bambooZled by tricky scientists
II went to see for myself" he told me
land found the world was just as mai
as the plate you eat your pie from
What more proof does any man want;
No man can bludeeon my God-giver
senses into believing this world Y
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II L UNIVERSAL, Mexico City.-The
IL Polish legation in Mexico City
has petitioned the air ministry
IL in behalf Of Warsaw pilot for
the privilege of landing in differ
ent parts of the country during the
course Of a world flight. The Corpora
cion Aeronautica, operating aircraft be-
tween this city and all important points
in Mexico, also has asked permission to
pick up repatriatsd Mexicans at the
border and to carry them without
Large numbers are being deported from
the United States who have no other
ways Of reaching their native destina-
ton.
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Pythagoras. Aristotle. PtSiemy. Copper
nicus. Calico, Kepler, Newton and
Einstein.
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@. Where is the Great stone Facet
T. r.
A 1t is in New Hampshire. The
Old Man of the Mountain ga1es across
Francoria Notch. high above Profile
Lake, in the White Mountains.
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@. In what year did Geraldine Far
rar first appear in grand opera in this
country?-o, j.
A. Farrar' made her American debut
in 1906.