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Evening star., 1934-10-27
Two Cases.

In 191e-1e2o ten indictments were
returned against q man named Harry,
charging him with forgery and utter
ing and larceny against the United
States. He was convicted in one Of
the cases and sentenced to year and
a day in the penitentiary.
In February OF 1880 Harry was con-
victed Of violating the national pro-
hibition act and sentenced to serve q
year in jail.
In 1882 Harry was arrested, with
another man, In connection with the
shooting of a policeman. The police
man was shot when he attempted to
arrest the two men after discovering Q
loaded automatic shotgun in their au-
tomobile. He was convicted and SEN
fenced, on october II, 1892, 10 serve
eight years in the penitentiary.
Following the murder last Tuesday
of Allen B. Wilson by gangsters. be-
lieved to have been lying in wait for
another man, the police ordered a
roundup Of local characters with
known police records, and one Of those
brought in for questioning was Harry.
He had been paroled after serving
two years of his eight-year sentence,
although the eight-year sentence had
been imposed after consideration OF
his past record. The police did not
know he had been released from
prison until they picked him up.
The system of parole is founded on
high principles. But as practiced in
Washington, and in many other cities,
the system is unsound. The Board Of
Indeterminate Sentence and Parole is
understaffed. 1t is not physically
capable of seriously meeting its in
herent responsibilities. The parole
system is good only when it seeks to
achieve the social regeneration of un-
fortunate men and women, and it Is
harmful when it turns habitual GRIM
inals out of Jail before deserved SEN
tences have been served.
In the same police roundup that
brought Harry In for questioning, a
police acknowledgement Carroll Of
the tenth precinct-picked up q man
known to police as a gambler and
charged him with vagrancy. He was
found to have in his possession, two
betting books known by police to be
used in the numbers racket" At
Police Court Assistant Corporation
Counsel De Neale declined to prose-
cute. The man had $48 in his pocket
when arrested, and so he could not be
prosecuted for vagrancy, and vagrancy
was the only charge on which he could
be held.
These two cases contain suggestions
for study by the committee of citizens
which is expected to be created at the
mass meeting called for Monday night.
They may have bearing on some OF
the causes of crime in Washington.
Evening star., 1934-10-27
Member of the Associated Press.
Navy Day.

On this Seventy-siXth anniversary
OF the birth of Theodore Roosevelt
the American people celebrate another
Navy day in grateful memory of the
twenty-sixth President of the United
States and his pioneer service in max
ing his country conscious of the vital
need of seapower.
1t is happily no longer as necessary
as it used to be to exploit Navy day
as an occasion for arousing ma
tional interest in the fleet. During
the past year. under the leadership of
another minded President Roose-
welt, Congress almost unanimously
authorized the program for bringing
the Navy of the United States by
progressive stages up to the full
strength permitted by existing treaties
The country approves that project,
which was all too long delayed, and
expects that no ill-advised considera-
tions budgetary or otherwise, will pre-
vent its execution on scheduled time
National defense. especially at sea,
Is not the realm in which penny-wise,
pound-foolish economy should prevail
This years Navy day falls in the
midst Of a situation-the British
American-Japanese naval "conversa-
tions" at London-that holds out little
hope to those in all countries who
favor, as Americans do, proportionate
reduction of naval armaments by in
ternational agreement. There is every
prospect at this writing that Japan's
insistence upon equality with the
fleets of Great Britain and the United
States will deadlock the London dis
cussions, impel the Japanese to abro-
gate the present 5-5-3 ratio treaty,
make impossible the planned 1885
naval conference, and, sooner or later,
precipitate resumption of the navy
building competition which was ar
rested by the Washington treaty Of
l921-22.
II these things ensue, the American
people must contemplate the eventual
necessity of fresh and undoubtedly
heavy expenditure TO maintain that
position at sea which our far-fiung
territorial and commercial interests
throughout the world demand.
That is contingency which. from
the standpoint of both peace and
economy, the United States would
confront with genuine regret. But
Navy day is an appropriate hour for
the country to recognize the possibili-
ties that lie ahead and determinedly
to resolve that at any cost they must
and will be faced Full realization
OF our purpose and of our capacity If
1t is put to the test, may yet serve
to curb the zeal of those who would
assume the grave responsibility for a
renewed naval race.
Evening star., 1934-10-27

population Of any city is bound to feel.
It is, In effect. a home for men who
otherwise would be drifting from pillar
to post in loneliness and isolation. 1t
is a haven for those who have no other
focal point of attraction In their lives.
But that does not mean that the
Mission is a mere lodging house. On
the contrary, 1t shelters the soul as
well as the body. II was established
under religious auspices and has been
developed in line with religious prin-
ciple. 1t is an attempt to demonstrate
a constructive pragmatic aspect of
Christian fellowship and brotherhood,
and it has been successful far beyond
original anticipation.
Perhaps the best way to arrive at an
understanding Of Its importance would
be by that Of trying to imagine what
would be if such agencies
were closed. Scores Of men. in that
event. would be released to walk the
streets in search of individual assist
ance, and each of the wanderers would
be a source of social danger. q poten-
tial menace and threat to the organ
lied society from which circumstance
has divided them.
Surely, it is unnecessary to argue the
matter at any length. Thoughtful
citizens, mindful Of community respon-
sibility for the unfortunate and dis
tressed, will appreciate instinctively
the debt which Washington owes to
such q bulwark, such an influence for
good as the Mission has been through
the half century which is gone, and will
re joice that for unlimited years yet
to come its work will continue.
Evening star., 1934-10-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

sured him that pool 2 feet deep
Is plenty deep enough"
Even In deeper pools the fishes fail
to pull through the Winter, but the
owner seldom realizes that 1t is the
leafy material which has fallen In
which does the dirty work. by caus-
ing the water to get to a state where
existence is difflcult for the inmates.
The first deep freeze finishes them
of, even II there is still liquid for
them to live in.
1t may be seen that when this
same condition exists in small, shall
low pool. along with actual freezing
to the animals, owing to the small
depth Of water, the pool had better
be abandoned as such during the
Winter and put to some other good
use.
Now 1t happens that many scrupu-
lous gardeners. while admitting the de-
STABILITY of compost pile, renowned
of all garden writer's, never manage
to find place to keep one.
The tidy garden, the well-kept gar
den, is an ideal which grows on many
people, to the extent that in time they
find no place left for the often messy
looking compost pile.
y + +
The small pool, then, Is the answer
to this problem.
BY building a small frame of chicken
wire about 2 feet deep, or probably
8 feet, around the rim of the pool,
or tub. one has an excellent container
for old leaves.
The best way to compost them Is to
put in layer about 2 inches deep,
then put on enough dirt to hold them
down. This not only serves the me-
winds do blow, but it is essential in
a compost pile to integrate the leaves
one with another.
1t also is good to sprinkle agricul-
tural lime on the leaves before placing
in the earth. Then another layer of
leaves is added, and so on to the top,
finishing with earth.
This set-up gives the amateur gar
dener a nice compost pile at little or
no cost Che may have a bag of lime
in the garage, at the same time it
u
usage for the larger part of the year.
\
Will the compost be ready for use
by May Is, the usual date for putting
the fishes back into the pool?
That is somewhat problematical. At
any rate, the resulting chemical hash
will be a very much better compost
than none at all.
1t will be possible. though COM
plete integration of leaves, earth and
lime may not have taken place, to
use the resulting compost for any
fertilizing uses.
Even if not reduced by the elements
plus the passage Of time, to that
sameness of texture and appearance
which is the delight of every gardener.
the compost will be very much worth
using. 1t will possess certain qualities
which will not only tighten soils. but
also will have some of the ingredients
which go to make up a natural fer
tiliZer. The use of this material, dug
in around plants in the Spring, should
do much to make the garden what the
gardener wants 1t to be.
Compromising of this material by
natural means In the small pool in
Winter will not harm it for fish, but
after the compost is removed the pool
should be thoroughly cleaned out,
filled with water and drained after
about q week. All this, however Is
routine In the maintenance Of a small
pool.
Evening star., 1934-10-27

Stories Of the mass suicide threat
of Hungarian miners revealed eco
nomic conditions that are astounding
to the American public. The spec
tscular background of the incident Is
accepted as a challenge to the world,
raising the query as to the necessity
Of heads of families working for 81
or 50 a week 1t is observed that the
wages for which the miners struck
were small in comparison with any
labor scale in the United States.
THE announcement that life itself
Is of no further value is challenge
to the existing order" comments the
New York Herald Tribune, and the
Omaha World Herald holds that "the
very terms that brought them back
to the surface and back to life indi-
Gates how serious was their plight;
one shrinks from the cruelties of
life that is pitched on so low q scale
that such trifling grants make it more
hopeful" The Harrisburg (Pa) Eve
ming News remarks that they re-
vealed frenzy of discomfort which Is
the most frightening thing Europe has
shown since the war"
The st. Louis Globe-Democrat sug-
gests that "of all the distressing indi-
cations that the world Is In depres-
sion. this story from Hungary is the
most unusual" The Dayton (Ohio)
Herald feels that lit was fortunate
that the strike ended short Of
tragedy, which might have precipi-
tated a condition of civil conflict
along the Danube River"
1T seems plain" says the Salt Lake
Deseret News, that they meant to die
not for themselves alone, but as q
protest against the system that they
declared was slowly starving them.
This mood is plainly a danger signal.
Leaders of industry and government
must take this mad willingness to sac
rifice into consideration. It can cas-
lily be turned in other direction than
self-destruction But the pessimism is
equally alarming. Is there going
through the lower classes Of the toll
ers of the world feeling that life is
not worth living? II so, humanity
needs to beware, for 1t is the Joy Of
life that has made the race what it is.
Pessimism is a contradiction of the
great purpose of mortality. Some fu-
ture poet from among the toilers may
immortalize this 1900 as Lord Tenny-
son immortalized the 800 Of Balaklava.
In both cases it appears that some
one had blundered."
Assailing an attempt by European
dictators to "sit on the necks of the
Masses" the Milwaukee Journal
states: "If we in this country want
better order than we now have,
avoiding upheavals and strife that
fare into industrial war, we will keep
these avenues open between the work
ers and those who sit in economic
Evening star., 1934-10-27

business. While the present chief
owner Of the Boston Club is not a
Bostonian, but q New Yorker, he
wants to win a pennant for the city of
his adoption, regardless Of cost. And
that Is one of the factors that keeps
base bah going. with steadily in
creasing momentum, rs sport and
q public entertainment.
The question OF local interest as
to the replacement of the young, az
gressive, skillful player-manager Is
not readily answered. Cronin proved
his ability in both capacities to the
entire satisfaction Of the Capitals
public season before last, when he
led the team to victory. During the
past season an unprecedented series
of accidents crippled the team from
the start, climaxing in his own dis
ablement. The team that won the
flag in 1893 finished in the second
division in 1894. But that this sorry
showing was not attributed In any
degree to faults of management or
team handling is proved by the deal
just consummated. There is talent
to be had for the local managership,
some Of 1t indeed on the team as 1t
stands. Perhaps . former manager
will return. in effect 4 swap between
the cities figuring In this high priced
deal. At any rate, base ball, which
at this season Of the year Is usually
Of little concern to the public, be-
comes for the nonce q subject of
keen interest to the multitudes who
keep the turnstiles spinning and the
great American game going strong.
Evening star., 1934-10-27
Labor and Not Capitalism
Is the Basis of All Wealth

for their own benefit. and without
regard to the rights of society as a
whole. Capital should and will be
owned and controlled socially for the
use of all clssses. Now capital is used
almost solely to back the schemes of
the few who own and control it, to
their own personal advantage. If
the people had had their say, on q
referendum vote, how many Of them
would have supported the scheme to
give European nations ten billions of
dollars on I. o. US? Not many.
Yet q few international bankers did
this In order to bolster up for a
while longer the corrupt capitalist
system in Europe. which system was
responsible for the World War and
other previous wars Now, one of
the great principles of the capitalist
system is that "a contract creates a
sacred obligation" and "a contract
cannot be waived; it must be per-
formed" and SO forth. Yet We now
see the spectacle of the leading capi-
talist nations not only defaulting on
the principal installments agreed to,
but actually defaulting also in the
interest. What is going to become
of capitalism, when the various ma
tions are so careless in shooting each
others sacred geese?
The capitalist system Is the ideal
one for the lazy people-st the top
of the system. But If you are q
farmer, or a clerical worker, or the
average professional worker, the
harder you work the less you get.
Why is that There are two stand
ards, apparently; one for the capi-
talist class personnel and one for the
producing and earning masses. The
capitalist demands profits; but he re-
fuses to give profits to the vast ma
jority. Why?
Mr.. Butts objections against So
cialism apply far better to our present
social order Capt. John Smith
proved that the sort of Communism
which he advocated wes preferable,
but the parasites at the top of the
organization had never learned to
work, so they used their influence"
to repeal the principle. 1t occurs to
most of us that the present system
encourages laziness. Over 100000
United States citizens are begging for
work. Why doesn't capitalism func-
ton? Well, we know that the Gov
eminent always functions!
S. r. RANDELL.
Evening star., 1934-10-27
Miners Mass Suicide Threat
Called a Challenge to World

power" The Kansas City Star COM
ments: by contrast, the condition
of workers in America is vastly bet
ter, relatively so good, in fact, that
Communists, anarchists and terrorists
never have made much progress. Even
when we have extensive unemploy-
ment, with its attending deprivations,
families and individuals without in
come are much better cared for tenn
porarily than are the employed Of
some of the European countries"
THE incident speaks the terrible
need for industrial reorganization of
Hungary" in the opinion of the Dan
bury News-Times, while the San
Francisco Chronicle maintains that
Americans would not submit to such
conditions" and the Oklahoma News
says that the modern world, 'supped
full with horror has yet to witness a
more shocking picture" The Macon
Telegraph doubts the fitness of gen
eral economic conditions in Hungary"
The st. Paul Daily News finds "a les
son for those American dle-hards who
stand solidly opposed to every effort
to improve the lot of wage workers"
The situation Is viewed by the
Grand Rapids Press as a strange
mixture of stubbornness, desperation
and will power" The Lowell Courier
Citizen offers the view: Everything
was risked by the miners on their
gamble. But, of course, that sort of
thing cannot be done very often
without so far provoking public wrath
that it will face even the idea of de-
liberate suicide in a most horrible
form with the feeling that men who
are such fools as to invite it deserve
what Is coming to them. One failure
would end the rashness. But in Hun
gary, according to reports, there was
measurable success, which may oper-
ate as an encouragement to others to
run the same risk"
Evening star., 1934-10-27
An Embarrassing Protest.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
1t was not TO be expected that Sec
retary Hull would or could make any
satisfactory reply to China's protest
against our silver purchases abroad.
That our policy is draining China of
silver, seriously curtailing her foreign
markets and unsettling her whole
financial system is, of course, true. It
is no less true that the partial en-
barge on silver exports which China
has Just imposed is a futile gesture,
which will further raise the price of
the metal, thereby playing into the
hands Of American silverites, without
doing China particle Of good. China
is simply the victim Of our experiment,
Just as in recent years various coun-
tries have been the victims of other
countries monetary policies.
Though it would not make the Chi
nese feel any better, demonstration
that foreign silver buying was really
benefiting the United States might
have relieved the administration of
its embarrassment in handling the
Chinese protest. But there is no evi-
dence that the program has raised
prices or stimulated credit. The
Treasury is now buying about 40,000,-
600 ounces Of silver q month. Since
the purchase plan went into effect the
price of silver has risen from As cents
an ounce to IS cents, and is rising
now almost daily. Yet the only people
who have clearly profited from the
scheme have been silver producers
and foreign silver hoarders. That Is
what makes China's protest 90 en-
barrassing.
Evening star., 1934-10-27
Menace in Streamlines.

The new streamline trains may be
getting new records in speed and
comfort and all that sort of thing,
but do the red-blooded he-men of
this our native land realize the awful
significance of the increasing appear
ance of these new-fangled contrap-
tions? 1t is just this. The stream
line trains endanger the good, old
fashioned steam locomotive and
threaten eventually to send it to the
scrap heap. And, when that is done.
what is left in life? How will people
get along?
Have you ever stood beside the
main line tracks. out in the country,
and watched the limited round the
bend, come dashing toward you with
O roar that makes the earth tremble
caught fleeting glimpse of the en-
gineer with his hand on the throttle,
of q fireman balanced to heave a
shovel of coal into red hole; smelled
the aerid mixture of black smoke
and white, hot steam and, to the
music of deep-throated below
from the whistle, seen the last rock
ing coach, with all the fine ladies and
gentlemen on the observation plat
form, swing around the next curve
while the rails sing and click until
the hush of the countryside creeps
up and stills them again?
Well, that is a sight. And what
the future generations of Americans
will do without it The Star does not
pretend to know.
Evening star., 1934-10-27
Damming the Mississippi.
From the Syracuse Herald.

rIoHi Lut oyIdCusc ncIdius
The Mississippi Valley Committee
has given Secretary Ickes its recon-
mendations for future control and de-
velopment Of the Mississippi River.
1t is understood in Washington that
1t calls for Q vast system of dams
up and down the whole length and
breadth of the Mississippi Valley.
If this is correct, there is fore
shadowed one Of the most remarkable
internal developments ever undertaken
by any nation.
The dams, it is said, would be de-
signed primarily for flood control.
Secondarily, however, they would pro-
vide enormous quantities of electric
power, make possible the irrigation Of
vast stretches of now arid land, and
aid navigation up and down the whole
river network.
What Is now being done in the
Tennessee River Valley would be du-
plicated in the valleys of the Missis-
sippi's other tributaries.
Evening star., 1934-10-27

depressions is primarily monetary and
that the end of a depression may be
hastened by changes in the supply
of money fostered by government.
He summarizes with approval all the
plans and accomplishments of the
Roosevelt recovery policy and points
out that many infiationary powers
have not yet been used and that
the President almost certainly hopes
to avoid q pure note imitation"
He himself believes that through in
fiation come booms. They may be
paper booms, one is led to suspect
by some of the majors own argu-
ments. To assign one cause for all
disease Is a mistake not made by
good physicians. Maj. Angas seems
to have made that mistake in taking
into account only q monetary cause
for depressions. What Of the World
War, international trade rivalries and
tariff barriers, continual rumors of
another European war and Of war
In the Far East, and the ever-present
iniuencs Of politicss 4
Evening star., 1934-10-27
A Boom in Base Ball Values.

The vitality of base ball as q pro-
fessional sport has never been more
forcibly demonstrated than by the
latest transaction in personnel, the
sale" of Shortstop- Manager Cronin
of Washington to the Boston Club of
the American League. The price paid
for his release is the highest in the
history of the game. 1t is said to be
$3.50 900, twice as much as was ever
before paid for the contract OF q
player. In addition the player
manager, according to reports, is to
receive $4,000 for his services for
season. Thus this change will add
s2SO,00O to the expense account OF the
Boston Club, less the amount hereto
fore paid as a stipend to the shortstop
who is to come to Washington to NIL
the place in the field vacated by the
former manager. The turnstiles must
click many thousand times beyond
the average of the past season to yield
revenue suficient to meet this extra
ordinary investment. But the Boston
ownership plainly does not look to
increased attendance during the regu-
lar playing season induced by the
leadership Of its team by the young
man whom it rates as a quarter
million investment. 1t Is seeking o
championship and q 60 at the world
series rewards. Yet 1t is not on the
part of the Boston ownership al
together a financial transaction that
has just been completed. There re-
mains in base ball the urge of sports
manship apart from the dollars and
cents reckoning Dc the game % D
Evening star., 1934-10-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Customary Prelude.
Thanksgiving day will soon draw nigh
All joyously serene
Before we greet it, by and BY,
We must have Halloween.
A lot of faces will be made
To frighten timid hearts.
The masquerade and wild parade
Will also play their parts.
There will be ghosts and goblins quaint
With discord in the air;
Fantastic visages well paint
To cover features fair.
And thus we say life goes its way
Through fears to hours serene.
Before we get Thanksgiving day
We must have Halloween.