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Evening star., 1933-09-05
A Desperado's Futile Flight.

The escape and recapture Of Harvey
Bailey, who is rated as one Of the most
dangerous criminals In America, furnish
an illustration of the resourcefulness
Of the latter-day desperados. Taken
prisoner after a long hunt, with plain
evidence of leadership in a series OF
murderous exploits and strong chance
Of conviction and execution for his
crimes, he was placed for safe keeping,
pending trial. in the Jail at Dallas, chosen
because Of its strength. Watched con-
stantly by an armed guard at his cell
door, who was removed few days ago
because it seemed needless thus to
maintain such espionage, he was sup
posed to be beyond the possibility Of
rescue Every visitor to him was re-
quired to present q pass issued by rep
resentatives of the Department of Jus
tice, and all who entered were searched.
That is, all but one person. That that
one person carried to him a weapon and
means Of cutting through the bars OF
his cell door and is now believed. Such
is the only conceivable means OF his
escape, unless there was collusion with
in the Jail. Indeed collusion is sus-
pected.
Bailey's escape was undoubtedly
planned by his confederates outside OF
the prison. An airplane hovered over
the Jail in the early morning of the day
of the escape, presumably a signal to
him that all was ready for his security
if he could make his way out. No one
knows how many were involved In the
plot to effect his flight. Investigation,
already started, will perhaps disclose
the means by which weapon and saw
were smuggled to him. The suspicion Is
immediate that money was used to ease
his way out. A gang such as that OF
which Bailey was probably the head
would have ample funds, derived from
criminal enterprises, for such a pur-
pose.
A few hours before Bailey's escape
three young minor criminals made their
way out of the Tombs Prison in New
York City by means of tools which had
reached them from outside" A saw
and length Of steel wire enabled them
to flee. One Of them has since been
taken and the others will probably be
recaptured in time.
The confinement Of prisoners await
ing trial and serving sentences is q
constant battle Of wits and watchful-
ness. With few exceptions they seek
to escape. Their friends employ every
conceivable device to furnish them with
tools and weapons. theoretically,
solitary confinement in individual cells,
each watched by a warder, is the only
way to prevent jail breaks. Advantage
is taken of every privilege and conces-
sion of freedom Of action within the
walls of the prison to concoct plots and
secure means of escape.
T AS a rule months pass between the
capture of a criminal and bis trial.
The slow and clumsy processes OF the
law are such as to impede rather than
facilitate the course of justice. In
case like that of Bailey, whose guilt
of numerous crimes is virtually ad-
mitted, there should be no delay or
protraction of prosecution. The law
breakers chances of escape by imme-
diate acquittal or mistrial or appeal
and eventual failure of conviction are
greater than those Of his punishment.
It is this fact that encourages men OF
the type of Bailey to enter upon
criminal careers.
Evening star., 1933-09-05
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands
\ VENING POST, Wellington. -
Tree lovers in New Zealand

" VENING POST, Wellington. -
l. Tree lovers in New Zealand
have for years been fighting to
IL protect existing indigenous for
ests and to have trees planted
where trees are not. Their advocacy
ON the planting side has embraced
natives as well as exotics, but only in
recent years has the suitability Of
native trees for parks and avenues been
recognized, and even now that recog-
milton spreads but slowly.
Some towns have been fortunate
enough to inherit native trees on their
street lines, and have been wise enough
to preserve them in few cases; but
the requirements Of power boards have
caused symmetrical trees (such as to-
taras) to be cut into, disfigured and en-
dangered.
Mr.. r. L. Macalister, in letter pub
lished today, offers the suggestion that
local authorities should have right
to plant in private property close to
highways, in positions that would pro-
mote highway Identification without
interfering with street wires and traffic.
Probably there are many owners who
would be glad to have their frontages
planted on by local body at the local
body's expense with or without relief
labor, but we are afraid that few trees
will ever live happily on land whose
owner receives them against his Will
and by compulsion. There are so many
ways by which men can hurt or help
trees!
Evening star., 1933-09-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN,

with repotlSse work, showing Christ and
His Disciples as they are represented
at the Last Supper. There are two
scenes. one on each side Of the cup. It
was brought to America 10 years ago,
and its value Is inestimable.
@. Should wedding. announcements
as well as invitations be sent to my
close friends?-J. e. B.
A. Emily Post, in writing on the SUI
ject Of wedding announcements, say
that announcements are never sent b
those who have been invited to the
wedding.
@. What famous treaty was signed at
Portsmouth, N. H.?-R. T.
A. In 1905 the treaty ending the
Russo-Japanese War was signed there.
@. What is the origin of the word
ea-caddy"?-S. S. L.
A. The word Is believed to be derived
from catty, the Chinese pound, equal to
about a pound and third avOirdupois.
@. Please give a brief biography of
Samuel Coleridge Taylor, the composer?
M. M.
A. Born in London on August Is,
1875, son of a West Africa doctor of
medicine and an English mother,
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor early sang in
a church choir at Croydon, and studied
the violin and composition at the Royal
College Of Music. His first important
work was symphony given at ST.
james Hall in 1896, but his reputation
rests on his picturesque and melodious
choral work, the trilogy Of "Hiawatha"
He wrote some excellent incidental
music for plays by Stephen Phillips:
"Herod," Ulysses" Nero" and
Faust; also occasional music for
"Othello." He died in 1912.
@. What other nations have used the
eagle as national emblem?-A. C. S.
A. The eagle was one of the imperial
emblems of Rome and appears on
Italian coins even now. 1t has for cen
turies been a Prussian and Russian
emblem and was used by the Austro-
Hungarian Empire. Although it ap-
pears sparingly on the arms of few
noble British houses, it never has been
royal emblem.
O. How much of a reduction has
there been in the number of railroad
employees in the last five years?-P. A.
A. At the end of December, 1928,
there were 1921, $40 On class l rail-
roads, and in May, 1888, there were
938, ,406.
@. How many bishops or other clergy
are there in the Episcopal Church in
the United States? How many mem
bers?-G. G.
A. There are over 100000 COM
municants, $50 bishops, and more than
5000 other clergy.
O. Did John Burroughs ever work for
the Government?-E. M
A. The famous naturalist and poet
was clerk in the Treasury Department
at Washington from 1868 to 1872.
@. When Mrs. Washington Joined
Gen. Washington in Cambridge. had
she previously been in the North?-
s. T.
A. Her farthest journey North had
been to Alexandria, Va.
Q. Have many college graduates of
the past few years obtained employ
ment?-S. j. w.
A. The National Student Federation.
after an examination of the reports
from SO colleges, finds that So per cent
Of the graduates of 1880, 1881 and 1882,
are now gainfully employed.
@. What was the attitude of the an
cient Egyptian toward his home?-S. R.
A. The Greek historian. Diodorus
Siculus says that the Egyptians looked
upon their houses as mere places of
passage, and on their tombs as their
permanent homes
Evening star., 1933-09-05

the great silent. savage. aIl-acceptive
Mother.
"Alasl how many Of us are 30 sodden
how many have wandered 30 far
away that return is almost impossible" !"
The word "sodden" means saturated
with liquid, soaked through; stupid or
dull in fact or appearance with habitual
drunkenness.
We are sodden with civilization, the
poet declares. 50 that return Of the
sort he sings Is not for US.
And he is right.
But its partial acceptance is shown
on every beach and playground in the
land.
AS people we are too saturated with
civilization, or what we call civiliza-
tion, to accept complete nakedness. but
we make a typically American COM
promise.
We wear just as little as we can.
One may feel, at odd moments, that
this partial nakedness Is very good, per-
haps better than the complete type.
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All vacations are journeys "away
from curtain, carpet, sofa, book"
The American love Of sports, wherein
abbreviated clothing is desirable, is just
another way of getting what Whitman
advised, but securing it less spectacu-
larly.
The tenseness Of civilization may be
relaxed in many ways, not just one way
There are too many insects, in
Nature, for one thing, to permit many
a theoretical advocate Of nudity to en-
Joy such utter freedom.
To walk around in the altogether, as
hoc hooy, no 11ad {c To 0ffor hifipo in
sects a totally unnecessary amount OF
raw material.
The thing that gives modern mud
ism its appeal is contrast with the over
dressed civilization from which it fees.
1t is a gesture in the face of reality,
demand for a freedom which does
not and scarcely can exist.
For human beings have too many
centuries of clothes behind them to dis
card them lightly.
Nor do we believe that We are one
half as evil as the poet and his modern
followers believed.
If our clothes are indecent, we make
them SO. Clothes, indeed, are such q
part of humanity, as now constituted,
and as constituted for thousands of
years, that they must partake Of his
bodily, mental and spiritual attributes,
good and bad.
Clothes, from this viewpoint are
nothing in themselves, they are what
we make them and intend them to be-
Wherefore, mankind has noble clothing,
vulgar clothing, colthing which indi-
Gates a healthful sanity, as well as
clothing which spells only too plainly
a perverted thought.
Nature is naked, it is true, but she
has clothed her beasts in fur, and her
birds in feathers, even her fishes In
scales. These have uses, these outer
coverings, and it is the same with man
kinds clothing, to be useful, first. orna-
mental, second.
The nakedness of Nature Is a natural
nakedness, inherent in use; mans skin
is no covering for him, in regard to
protection from the elements or in
sects. Mostly he needs all the clothes
he can get-and if any one doesn't be-
lieve this, just let him try capering
around the meadows in his skin and
nothing else!
The chances are that he will come
away with a new respect for a few
clothes and healthy regard for the
wisdom of the race which has decreed
clothes, not because they hide some
thing shameful. but because they are
useful.
Evening star., 1933-09-05

When Postmaster General Farley said
that President Roosevelt will be elected
again by far greater vote. he may
have been little resentful Of the news
that former President Hoover has been
laughing about something or other.
Only an inclination to gloat a little
would account for a desire for even
greater superabundance of ballots.
Evening star., 1933-09-05
Theological Student
Objects to War Training.

Le Matin, Paris-A new case Of
conscientious objection is being in
quired into, at the moment, by the
military authorities at Lille. This in
cident concerns a young man Of 20
years, a native of Toulon, by name NJ
Aphonse Fernier, who is now a stu
dent of theology with aspirations to the
ministry and functions of Protestant
pastor. This one, having received his
order to report for supplementary
training, more in the nature of a re-
view, returned the official notice to his
superiors, without making any appear
ance at the stipulated place or time
He was Immediately incarcerated in
the prison at Loos to await an early
summons before military court.
Evening star., 1933-09-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

NudiSm as an idea Is as old as hu-
manity, Of course.
The Greeks were the first civilized
exponents Of it.
If one doesn't care to go back that
far, however, he may retrace his steps
no farther than Just before our own
Civil War.
The sweet, sane nakedness in Ma
ttlre" was the theme of a writer whose
fame was to grow with the years.
His name was Walt Whitman, and
he was to be kicked out Of his clerkship
in a Government department on &C
count of his views.
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Such views still strike Americans as
something rather awful. but not as
much SO, fortunately.
The Nation this Summer is being in
troduced to the cult of going without
clothes, an idea which the Germans
experimental with right after the
World War.
time ago Whitman gave 1t this express
sion:
Perhaps the inner never lost rapport
we hold with earth, light, air, trees,
etc., Is not to be realized through eyes
and mind only, but through the whole
corporeal body, which I will not have
blinded or bandaged any more than the
eyes.
Sweet, sane, still nakedness in Ma
ture! All, If poor, sick, prurient hu-
manity in cities might really know you
once more!
"Is not nakedness, then, indecent?
mo not inherently
1T Is your thought, your sophistica-
ton, your fear, your respectability, that
Is indecent.
There come moods when these
clothes OF ours are not only too irk-
some to wear, but are themselves inde-
cent.
Perhaps indeed, he or she to whom
the free exhilarating ecstasy Of naked
ness in Nature has never been eligible
land how many thousands there are)
has not really known what purity is
nor what faith or art or health really is.
Probably the whole curriculum of
flrst-class philosophy, beauty, heroism,
form, illustrated by the old Hellenic
race-the highest height and deepest
depth known to civilization in these
observation-disclosures from their natural
and religious idea Of nakedness."
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Another famous passage from Whit
man bearing on the same subject fol-
lows:
After you have exhausted what
there is in business, politics, convivi-
atty, love, and SO on-have found that
none of them finally satisfy, or per-
manently wear-what remains?
Mature remains; to bring out from
their torpid recesses, the affinities of
man or woman with the open air. the
trees, fields, the changes of seasons
the sun by day and the stars Of heaven
by night"
And he says again:
Away. then, to loosen, to unstring
the divine bow, SO tense, so long.
Away from curtain, carpet, sofa,
book-from 'society'-from city house,
street and modern improvements and
luxuries-away to the primitive wind
ing, wooded creek, with its un-
trimmed bushes and turfy banks
away from lgatures, tight boots, but
tons and the whole cast-iron civilized
life-from encourage of artificial store,
machine, studio, Office. parlor-from
tailordom and fashions clothes-from
any clothes, perhaps. for the nonce,
the Summer heats advancing, there in
those watery, shaded solitudes.
Away, thou soul, for one day and
night at least, returning to the naked
source-life of us all, to the breast of
Evening star., 1933-09-05

Henry Ford Is frank in claiming that
every man ought to mind his own busi-
ness. In complicated society this
ideal is not easily attained. Even a
great industrial executive IS expected to
study the merits and methods of those
who require his supervision.
Evening star., 1933-09-05

In the vote relating to the eighteenth
amendment there is fear that many
citizens will become confused In mark
ing their ballots. This Is one reason
for observing the strictest abstemious-
ness, at least on election day.
Evening star., 1933-09-05

There will not be much popular
gratitude for the permission to cross
the Polish Corridor by motor car or
airplane to enable visitors from West
Germany to attend a patriotic celebra-
tion at Tannenberg. The mere fact
that permission is necessary emphasizes
the viglant authority.
Evening star., 1933-09-05
South Africa Proud
of Chicago Exhibit.

Cape Times, Cape Town. - Occupy
ing q frontage of 31a miles on the shore
of Lake Michigan, Chicagos World Fair
Is officially entitled "A Century OF
Progress" for it celebrates the Tooth
anniversary Of the Incorporation OF Chi
cago as a borough.
South Africa is represented by
notable exhibit, showing a Kimberley
diamond mine in full operation. Fifteen
tons of "blue- ground" containing raw
stones, were shipped from the Cape to
Chicago to build up this exhibit. With
the "blue ground" went white engineers
and Kafir laborers.
Mounted In state near the miniature
mine and protected by armed guards,
burglar proof glass, drill-proof safe
and tear-gas electors is the Indian
"Nassak" diamond, appraised at f125 900.
Besides mining, the display shows
greasing, sitting, scraping, sorting and
cutting operations. On one side OF the
mine shaft is large scenic reproduc-
ton Of the Kimberley field, with shafts,
workings, compounds and surrounding
weld. Smuggling and ways OF thwarting
It are wildly demonstrated.
When the exposition closes on No
vember / the diamond mine and mill
will become q permanent exhibit in the
Chicago Museum of Science and In
dustry.
Evening star., 1933-09-05
Beauty Of Ancient
Ruins Pictured.

LIE Soir, Brussels. - Some workmen
enlarging q cellar Of storehouse at
Lille, discovered to their astonishment
remains of what has been conjectured
q dwelling of the thirteenth century.
Several sandstone columns, skillfully
chiseled and well preserved, were un-
earthed, besides some capitals apper-
tanning to the same. In addition to
these objects, what appeared to be the
masonry lining a well was also re-
vealed. The stones of which it was
composed were carefully fitted, and
gave every evidence of most competent
workmanship.
It is usual in the present time. and
the same is true perhaps of any age,
to consider that what we do is done
better than it was ever done before
The fact remains, however, that men
have thought and wrought in every
epoch no less capably than now, and
that the world has never seen the
artisan, philosopher or artist for whom
there was not prototype or an equally
able successor. Great pyramids have
been matched, and M. Charles Chaplin,
in Paris incognito. won but fifth prize
In q contest arranged by imitators Of
the Chaplin comedies.
Evening star., 1933-09-05

Every prediction concerning repeal
of the eighteenth amendment reveals
the opinion that it will be one OF the
most thorough examples Of dry clean
ing yet offered.
Evening star., 1933-09-05

Prof. Gates and Gen. johnson are
still close friends and can look forward
to talking their differences of opinion
over at some time when there is not
SO much that has to be done in hurry.
Evening star., 1933-09-05

Hitler can hardly be considered an
intelligent organizer. He starts his
new society with an obvious SUPER
abundance of black balls.
Evening star., 1933-09-05
In the Confusion.
Our grammar seemed
Due to explode,
The peace dove screamed
The Eagle code.

Maybe it's a wise pervision Of ma
ture," said Uncle Eben, "dat makes
man wfout much sense talk a whole
lot an give hisseH away SOS he won't
fool anybody"
Evening star., 1933-09-05

Henry Ford was once a source of
innocent merriment. He never resented
the fact and now possibly regrets that
he has to be taken so seriously.
Evening star., 1933-09-05

Even when Congress is not In session
the newsstands are wide open to keep
the public alertly conscious of all that
is going on.
Evening star., 1933-09-05

All kinds of prophets are having re-
spect shown them now. especially in
tornado times the weather prophets.
Evening star., 1933-09-05
LINGERING Obligation.

"The motion picture owes no debt to
literature" remarked the lady from
Hollywood.
And yet" suggested Miss Cayenne
gently, T have never yet seen an
actress who was better than the press
agent"
Evening star., 1933-09-05

"A philosopher" said Hi Ho. the
sage Of Chinatown, 'is usually one who
has found reasonable comfort for him.
self and is quite willing to give all his
fellow members of the human race his
best wishes in the same pursuit"
Evening star., 1933-09-05
Expression Of Gratitude.
Hdp Problem.

Authority shows various grades
Both here and at q distance,
Until you see too many "aides"
That are of no assistance.
Evening star., 1933-09-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHuANDER JOHNSON.

Rain Checkmates.
We put a big parade on view
With patient pains,
A happy holiday is due
And then 1t rains.
We go athletic sports to see
While hope disdains
The cloudburst that may spoil our
And then it rains.
The farmer halls the drouth. He cries,
Twill bring new gains
BY spelling crops we now despised"-
And then 1t rains.
But even Noah's smile grew bright
On fertile plains;
Man never Is discouraged, quite,
Because it rains.
Expression Of Gratitude.
What are your views on the eight
zenith amendment?"
I'll be sorry to lose it." answered
Senator Sorghum. 1T was fine thing
to fall back on when every other topic
seemed charged with dynamite"
Jud Tunkins says he hates to see
f1amin' youth sowin' wild oats cause
that's one crop thatu be mighty hard
to pillow under.
Evening star., 1933-09-05

@. How much of a reduction has
there been in the number Of railroad
employees in the last five years?-P. A.
A. At the end Of December, 1928,
there were 1,621,910 on class rail-
roads, and In May, 1888, there were
938, ,406.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-29

50 effective that the Nazi factory
cells have been ordered to stop TAX
ing up such questions.
The Fascist Minister of Labor tells
the workers that the time for car
rying out these demands has not yet
arrived. He tells them that "the fac
tories belong to the workers" and
that lit is their revolution that has
taken place and things will soon i'm
prove for the workers.
But the workers who have been
Influenced by the Nazi propaganda
are only the more rapidly disillu-
stoned by these efforts W c,uet them
Down.
A symptom of the growing unrest
was the recent printers strike in
Berlin. The Nazis frantically at
tempted to deny that there was
strike. But the fact remains that no
newspapers appeared. The Nazis
then gave out that the strike was
the work Of the Jews. But if this
were true it is odd that it was the
Fascist papers Themselves which did
not appear.
have given only few examples
: Of the activity that is going on. In
spite of the reign of terror, the daily
searching of workers homes, the
daily beating up of workers who are
suspected of taking part in this re-
yolutionery activity, the undeniable
fact is that the Party lives.
Hitler has destroyed over 10000
tons Of revolutionary literature. He
has stolen more than 5000 type
writer's belonging to the revolution
airy workers. But he cannot crush
the Communist Party. This is fact
of the greatest international import
ance, and one that we must broad
cast in England.
We must redouble our efforts In
the fight in solidarity with the Ger
man workers, demanding the release
Of the imprisoned leaders, Thael-
mann and Torgler, and of the Bull
garian comrades, Diinitrov, Tanev
and Popov. now in danger Of their
lives in face Of the coming trial in
oonuecticn with the Resohstag IRE.