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eighth. And it was a pass issued by
Burke that blazed the way to the de-
cisive tally.
Burke did a fine piece Of pitching.
He had a sweeping curve that upset
the Brownies much of the time he
was on the hill It was good enough
to get him eight strikeouts. But I'M
fortunately Burke walked Melillo at
the outset of the 18th inning and that
was the beginning OF the end.
Hemsley's high fly was harmless,
but Bejma beat out a slow one to
Bluege and Melillo checked in at Sec
end base. CRUDE grabbed Coffman's
bat and made it easier for Burke by
fouling out. Cliff, who had won Fri
days overtime engagement almost
single handedly with his four hits.
spoiled everything. He cracked =
double to right and the tie was shat
tered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13

.Runs--Grayson. Greenslade. ,McGee ~.
ADAMS ADAMS e. Nettet3p ,2 Foql0is s MaTse
I2j Kent Lewis. Errors -,Greenslade ~.
Adams. Nettletop CD Foqlois; stetson; Lee
Grant. Three base hit--Collins, Stolen
bases-Greenslade (?). Grant t2l. Stout
fer -(2). Double play-Sayen to Collins
to Kent: Bases on balls-Of Marsh Marsh ~;
FL Forb ser0fS in On inn hysn Oh sayen' IN
"A innings. Struck out-By Marsh %.
By Forbes su. 81 Wild pi!tch-For63es
pitcher-Sayen. Umpire-Mr. Mcdonald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
KOM0NEN'S SCALP
IS TOUGH TROPHY
Little Finn Has Won Great
Fame Since His Victory
Here Year Ago.
BY ROD THOMAS.

M ARATHON rune
M throughout the Eastern
wv hall of the United
1 ' L States, a few from be-
You'd the Mississippi and some
in Canada are stretching lung
and limb in preparation for
what promises to be one of the
greatest tests of pedal endur-
ance of modern timeS-the third
annual Evening Star marathon
for the national A. A. U. cham
pionship, to be run June 9.
Defending champion in this spec
tacular contest will be the remarkable
little Finn, Dave Komonen, whose tri-
umphs of the last year have made
him, in the minds of most authori-
ties, the foremost distance runner in
the world.
Komonen was little heard of on this
side of the Atlantic until he won The
Stars race last year, thrilling tens of
thousands as he led home, with much
to spare, field that included virtual
ly every star marathoner in the coun-
try.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
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Totals az s29l2 Totals. SO 8 8,

SSOsN
Chicago 80. O O q l . q %
New York -. 0 o 0 ! 0 l o ! 0 Il
Runs-Bonura. Appling. DYKES, Ruth.
Gehrie Chapman (2). Errors--Appling.
Dykes. Ruth. Runs batted in.Chapman'
Home runMGehris stolen base--chap-
man Sacriice-Lyons. Left on bases
Chicago. :; New York. II. Bases on
baIls-Of Lyons, s; of Allen. 8 Struck
out-By Lyons. 5: BY Allen Q. Wild
pitch-A,len. Passed ball-Dickey.. Um-
mers Time of game hours and 81
minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
How Preakness Was Won

hIes; IL miles Time
added n1o
place Winner S 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13

Totals 80 u 81 10 Totals 80 627li
sBatted for Fitzsimmons in fourth.
tBatted for Luque in seventh.
tBatted for Mancuso in eighth.
SBatted for Smith in ninth.
sBatted for Durocher in eighth.
lIBatted for Hallahan in ninth.
New York. ...... ! 0 90 0 0 2 3-6
St. Louis ....... o 8 / o o o o.
Evening star., 1934-12-14

punishment of a few of the more
notorious characters Of the Nations
underworld has provided incentive
that will go a long way. The people
are being taught that they are not
faced with a hopeless problem, but
merely difficult problem that re-
ouires energy, training and the elini-
nation of rotten politics to effect a
solution.
For a good many years now the
ridiculous fiction that the various
rackets Of the underworld are too well
organized and too profitable to be
broken up has shielded the authorities
who are paid by the people to break
them up. The Department of Justice
and the effective work here and there
by the police of some of the big cities
are showing that the way to break up
a racket is to break it up. The way
to catch criminals is to catch them.
And once there is a public demand for
vigorous prosecution of the unceasing
war against crime that demand will
be answered with action-or the peo-
pie will know why.
The sessions here of the National
Conference on Crime have symbolized
this demand for action. 1t Is a senti-
ment that should be encouraged in
every way possible, for the great prob
lem is not so much the eradication OF
organized crime as it is to keep alive
the sentiment which demands its
eradication.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Repeats Anniversary Brings
Arguments Over Its Benefits

cessive taxation. When lawmakers. In
their enthusiasm for vast revenues,
slapped high imposts on liquor they
in effect subsidized the bootleggers
and prevented the flow of revenue that
would have followed reasonable taxes.
Secretary Morgenthau still clings to
the theory that efficient enforcement
is all that is needed. Members of
Congress who are now drafting bills
to lower present liquor taxes take
more realistic view Of the problem"
Further changes in State laws are
suggested by the indianapolis News.
the st. Joseph (Mo) News-PreSs, and
the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin,
while the Rochester Times-Union and
the La Crosse CWis.) Tribune find def
mite disadvantages under repeal. The
Topeka Daily Capital says: "It is
possible that people during the era
of bootleg liquor felt they were getting
too much of a good thing, that boot
leg palled on the taste. and that people
in large numbers came to let it alone.
National prohibition was refused en-
forcement by the States, and conse-
quently bootlegging ran wild. Yet when
the facts are known it may answer
to vets and drys that the prohibition
era, ineffective as it was, accomp-
lished something definite for sobriety
and temperance"
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Continued School Overcrowding.

DR.. Ballou's report to the Board Of
Education reveals a continuing in
crease In the shortage of class rooms
in the elementary schools, with in
creased enrolment overcrowding most
OF the senior and elementary high
schools. DR.. Ballou does not go into
great detail as to the results. But
they are overwhelmingly apparent,
and require no elucidation to the
parents of the children who are VIC
tins of the wretched conditions found
in some of the schools, where over
worked teachers labor with large, un-
wieldy classes and where the children
are denied room for the activities
which should accompany a rounded
program of physical education.
The significant point of DR.. Bal
LOUIS statistics, however, is the revela-
ton Of continued increases in class
room shortage and in enrolment,
with very little school building in
progress to take up the shortage or
anticipate future growth. This con-
dition results from the sharp curtail-
ment in school-building appropria-
tions during the period Of the depres-
sion. But its worst aspect is recog-
nized in the fact that under the pres
ent system Of appropriating for the
District there is practically no
prospect Of a Detterment of these con-
ditions.
AS long as local taxpayers are forced
to shoulder the disproportionate part
Of expense for maintenance and de-
velopment of the Capital City, with con-
tinued hedging by the National Gov
ernment in meeting its own obliga-
ton, the amount of revenue available
for school construction is automati-
cally and sharply limited. Enroll
ment will continue to increase and
the community's provision of adequate
school facilities will continue to fall
behind. 1t requires years to build
school in Washington. The Presi-
dents description of the "hit-or- miss"
fiscal relations policy in the District
was apt. But there has been little
of hit" in the past years, and mostly
miss" The deplorable condition in
the schools is merely one of many
instances of the misses.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Approves Shotguns as
Weapons for Starlings
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Congratulations upon your cour-
ageous editorial, THE Steadfast Star
lngs," in your issue of Tuesday.
Your position is absolutely right.
Palliatives have been tried and failed.
What is now needed is more backbone
and less wishbone.
This case presents an opportunity
to kill two birds with one stone" BY
supplying a picked squad of metro
politan police with shotguns, loaded
with fine bird shot, they can quickly
drive out the pests and use the birds
killed for delicious potpie to be served
at the city's relief kitchens.
The American Game Association
during its entire twenty-three years,
while primarily concerned with the
restoration of wild creatures of inter-
est to those who enjoy the chase, has
taken an active interest in the promo
ton Of measures to protect song and
insectivorous birds.
We are utterly opposed to promiscu-
GUS slaughter o. any kind, but when q
species, either native or alien, becomes
so much Of public nuisance as have
the starlings in Washington, it is time
to cast maudlin sentiment to the winds
and approach the problem in a busi-
nesslike way. SETH GORDON, I
President, American Game Associ-
alton.
Evening star., 1934-12-14

will be discovered to keep him on the
throne of Southeastern Asia's inde-
pendent little monarchy. Over its
area of 100000 square miles and H.
900 900 inhabitants he has ruled with
enlightenment and to the country's
material welfare. It does not appear
likely that on the single and relative
iy minor issue that has been raised he
would finally choose to renounce his
royal heritage. Pradjadhipok is
pleasantly remembered in Washing
ton from his visit here two or three
years ago by many who will hope for
the continued well-being of Siam
under his beneficent and democratic
sway.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Make It Permanent.

One Of the many resolutions adopted
IN the closing hours of the National
Conference on Crime was that the
conference be made a continuing Or
ganization with regular meetings.
That resolution should be made ef-
fective. The conference here has been
successful not, of course, in the elimi-
nation Of organized crime, but in
creating public sentiment in favor of
o movement which under wise leader
ship is capable Of driving out much
Of the sort Of crime associated with
the past decade in America.
1t does not require much to create
this sentiment. The fine work of the
Department Of Justice in pursuit and
Evening star., 1934-12-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

probation Of an action or word that
may. not please US?
n r
This Is one Of the perpetual mys-
teries of human conduct, 1t will seem
to many, who have watched it in the
everyday life.
He is an exceptional person, indeed,
who will stop to think up good expla-
nations for the words and conduct Of
others, II such words and actions rub
him at all the wrong way.
If he is fair to himself, he will know
from past experiences just how often
he has misjudged others, especially by
putting upon their acts and words the
worst possible interpretations.
II he Is like ninety-nine out Of
hundred persons, he will instantly
jump to the worst possible conclusion
at the very next opportunity.
Then he may regret it again, as he
has done many times before.
He may even wonder over himself,
in that, knowing Of this tendency in
himself and human nature in general,
he does not more carefully guard him.
self against it.
II 4 4 X
One Of the best ways to do this is
to smile when anything goes wrong,
or at least when any word or action
of another so strikes one.
The other is to say nothing.
Which of these almost mechanical
actions, if such they may be called, Is
the most important it would be impos-
sible to say offhand.
Conditions may make first one, then
the other, paramount.
Between these two methods it is al
most impossible to go wrong, that is,
get into a fight, either physical, or
merely wordy.
Which of these is worse also is hard
to say. To the peaceful person the
fistic encounter over nothing much is
unthinkable, yet no doubt one is often
a great deal nearer to it than one is
likely to realize.
Are there not times, indeed, when
even the most mild-mannered person
wishes heartily to let fist 60 into
the jaw of another?
No doubt the public at large would
get alarmed if it knew Just how many
times day the mild-mannered people
of the earth long to hurl fist in
the direction of other human beings.
However philosophical the tempera-
ment may be, however mild the man,
however kindly his disposition, he will
at times feel inclined to resort to
fsticuffs.
He seldom will, fortunately for him,
for no doubt such man Is no fighter.
He appreciates the value Of a smile,
or silence. Experience has proved to
him that in public places the best of
the two is the latter.
Even the most grouchy person Is
floored by the non-retort courteous.
Even smile, as efficient as it is,
must take second place to utter lack
Of reply.
This mental vacuum, devoid of
words, gives no fuel for future COM
ment.
If words are things, as some one
has said. silence Is nothing-except at
times, of course.
Mostly silence gives the grouchy per-
son in public the happy belief that he
is the victor.
Since this satisfies him. it is the
most efficient remedy possible, for 1t
actually works.
If the silent man believes in cour-
tesy, as he goes along. at least to the
best of his ability, his method has the
merit Of being at once practical and
efficient. 1t works.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
Carnegie Institution Exhibition.

Carnegie Institution Exhibition.
The Carnegie Institution of Wash
ington has announced for tomorrow,
Sunday and Monday its annual ex-
hibition of research work in the
physical, biological and historical
sciences, with seven lectures by men
engaged in these several fields of in
quiry. Doubtless the occasion will
bring together large crowd of men
and women possessed Of the genius of
appreciation-people who may not be
scientists themselves but who are en-
dowed with minds intelligent enough
and hearts enthusiastic enough to re-
spond to such an opportunity.
And it is worthy of mention that in
such meeting there is Symbolized the
basic foundation of progress of science
in America. Time was, not so very
long ago, when research was isolated
from public concern and the little
company of inquiriers dedicated to the
quest Of truth for its own sake were
feared or neglected by the multitudes.
Roger Bacon, for example, had no
friends among laymen to defend him
when he was imprisoned for believing
in the magnifying properties Of con-
vex lenses, the inherent power in gun
powder, the possibility of flying ma
chimes and mechanically propelled
boats and the feasibility of the cir
cumnavigation of the globe. Instead,
such of his contemporaries as were
informed Of his speculations cheerfully
joined in harassing him. Calico.
also, lacked popular support in the
days when he was being prosecuted by
the Inquisition for agreeing with Co
pernicus in his doctrine Of the revolu-
ton of the celestial orbs. William
Harvey, likewise, sought in vain for an
audience to listen with patience to an
exposition of his theory Of the circu-
lation Of the blood; and Joseph Priest
ley, it is recorded, incurred public
odium" and had his home burned and
his library destroyed by mob for his
"heterodox and liberal opinions" con-
cerning the nature of air and the
"corruptions" Of religion.
The Carnegie Institution itself is an
example of the relation which latterly
has developed between science and
the people and which has been so
greatly responsible for advancement in
learning. 1t was established by man
who himself personified popular un-
derstanding and appreciation of scien-
tifc labor. And for that reason, If
for no other, the annual exhibition of
the Institution is important and in
teresting.
Evening star., 1934-12-14
The King of Siam.

Few episodes in the annals of mon
archy outrival in novelty the tea
table discussions in an old English
manor house now being carried on
between the self-exiled King Prajad-
hipok of Siam and a delegation of
his subjects. That diminutive but de-
termined monarch announced several
months ago that he would abdicate his
ancient throne if the Siamese Parlia-
ment insisted upon laws depriving the
crown of its traditional power to de-
eide whether or not persons sentenced
to death should pay the penalty of
capital punishment.
AS Pradjadhipok stood firm for the
old-time royal prerogative, the Bang
kok government planned. to labor with
him in person in Europe, where he
has resided for the better part of the
past year as a means of recovering
his health. To that end the speaker
of the Siamese House of Representa-
tives and two other delegates, together
with the Siamese Ministers to Great
Britain and France, began a series
of conferences with the King at his
home in the secluded English country
side this week. Pradjadipok is highly
esteemed by his people. Until two
years ago he was almost the worlds
last remaining absolute monarch, but
being a man of Western upbrineing
and generally modern ideals, he has
fitted agreeably into the constitutio 1al
scheme under which Siam is now
governed, with the apparent exception
of his insistence upon the thrones ira
ditional right of clemency in the case
Of condemned persons.
The delegation that has Travelled
eight thousand miles to persuade the
King to yield on this score seeks to
secure his assent to the American
derived idea that the executive and
judicial branches Of a government
should be separate and independent.
Respected and trusted, as he is.
Pradjadhipok's people are anxious to
retain him as their sovereign. ALI
the circumstances would seem to sug-
gest that somehow ways and means
Evening star., 1934-12-14

Wide differences Of opinion are found
throughout the country as to the re-
suits achieved through repeal OF the
prohibition amendment. In some in
stances it is felt that State laws. hast
lily enacted, have failed to meet the
demand for proper control Of the
liquor traffic. There are some warn
ings that, unless improvement is
shown, there will be a new move In
the direction of prohibition. A sub
stantial number of newspapers recog-
nize benefits under the new era.
Except in the matter of taxation
and in protection for dry States, prom
ised in the repeal amendment" says
the Kansas City Times, 'the Federal
authority is now out of the liquor pic
ture. The States will have to handle
it as best they may. They cannot find
an excuse in the rate Of the Federal
tax, which has only a nominal re-
lation to bootlegging: but they can
expect and demand that the Federal
authority make good on its obligation
to the legally dry areas in their rela-
tions with the wet. Drastic revision
of State control laws. many of which
were hastily enacted, is the immediate
requirement"
Repeal has proved an economic
benefit" comments the Providence
Bulletin. The New York Times states
that apparently the popular verdict
strongly favors a continuance OF the
experiment now in progress" The
Times adds: LAS to the results
achieved by one year Of such expert
ment, opinion naturally varies. Certain
gains seem clear. LegaliZed hypocrisy
has been ended. Revenues which for
merly poured entirely into the Golfers
of an Illicit industry have been par
TALLY diverted to Federal, State and
local governments at time when they
have greater need Of funds. Boot
Logging, while still a serious problem in
many communities, now meets increas-
ingly severe competition based on eco
nomic groL nds. Congestion OF cases In
the Federal courts has been reduced.
Less certain is the effect Of repeal on
the use of hard liquor and the cause
of temperance"
Belief that it Is too early to form
a Judgment as to the results of repeal
is expressed by the youngstown Vim
.dicator, while the Newark Evening
News voices the opinion: ITO great
many it is disappointing that the
legalized sale of liquor in numerous
States, among them our own, has
brought back the old saloon, call it by
any other name you wish. That prob
ably was inevitable to the custom Of
this and other sections. It Is even
probable that some of those who PROM
ised the elimination of the saloon did
so with their tongues in their cheeks.
But within the States there Is the
power to Danish the saloons, as such,
the moment public opinion counsels
that action. On the social side the
benefits of repeal are positive. Drink
ing no longer has to be furtive because
Illegal. 1t no longer need be feverish,
begotten by uncertainty where the
next drink is coming from once the
oasis Of the speakeasy is left behind.
Drinking is not greater under repeal
than before This Is the testimony of
the best trained observers"
'"The bootlegger, born Of q wide
spread and natural desire for bever-
ages forbidden by law" observes the
Cincinnati Times Star. 'is being kept
in business by high prices on legal
liquor, due for the most part to ex-
Evening star., 1934-12-14

that the present holder of that coveted
billet, Maj. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan,
the ranking major general, will be
appointed chief of staff. Gen. Nolan
has less than two years to serve be-
fore retirement age. That Is the cir
cumstance that may deprive him Of
the Army's blue ribbon post.
Former Budget Director Lewis w.
Douglas, who has just delivered a
public broa6side against New Deal
spending. has been elected vice presi-
dent and director of the American
Cyanamid Co., one of the country's
leading chemical concerns. Ten years
ago, when Uncle Sam was thinking Of
selling Muscle Shoals, the American
Cyanamid Co. was among those who
made a proposal to buy the property.
Mr.. Douglas was graduated from the
Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech.
nology, where he majored in metal
lurgy and geology, and for years was
active in the management Of his fam
lly's copper mining interests in Ari-
zona. Announcing that he has to
work for living" Mr.. Douglas ex-
plains that practically all his train
ing has been along lines in which the
American Cyanamid Co. specializes.
Pennsylvania Democrats, like Penn
sylvania Republicans, seem cut out to
be political Warwicks. Senator-elect
Joe Guffey's dramatic move in paving
the way for election of Representative
Joe Byrns of Tennessee as Speaker of
the House recalls that it was Key
stone Boss Boise Peenrose who threw
the Pennsylvania delegation to War
ren G. Harding at a psychological
moment at Chicago in 1920, and that
it was coup by Philadelphia Boss
Bill Ware at Kansas City in 1928 that
broke the resistance to Herbert
Hoover's nomination. People are WON
dering how Guffey's hegemen are to
be rewarded under Byrns speaker
ship. Penn Democrats in the old
House did not hold a single chair
manship. If committee plums are now
to be assigned them, other Demo-
Gratis will have to be displaced from
present seniority rank
X
Announcement that a reciprocal trade
agreement is now to be sought with
the Netherlands revives interest in
the old-time ambition of that country,
one of the worlds great colonial en-
pires, to enjoy ambassadorial status
with the United States. The Neither
lands has always resented the fact
that European nations which it out
strips In population, area and COM
mercial importance should be repre-
sented at Washington by Ambassadors.
while the Dutch have only Minister
here. Because Of the Netherlands
vast Far Eastern interests, she was one
Of the nine powers at the Washington
conference of 1922.
Somebody once said you can prove
anything by statistics. An anti-New
Deal rabulation was published in New
York the other day showing that p.
w. A. and r. ". A. between them have
caused shrinkage of 81, ,773, ,736,250
in the market value Of 20 leading
utility securities during the past year
end a half. Next day New Deal
enthusiast came back with figures in
dicatipg that % standard stock issues
registered an increase in market value
of $500 ,089 900 in the single month of
November.
tCopyright. 1934.)