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Evening star., 1933-03-15

n ETREAT may be a disgrace
- Then again it may not. 1t all
depends on circumstances. 1t
L isn't often that Jimmy Skunk
retreats. for he is so independ-
ent that he Is sometimes called the Un-
afraid One. Great big Buster Bear steps
aside for him and Yowler the Bobcat
keeps out Of his way. No, it isn't often
that Jimmy retreats.
He had seen Peter Rabbit escape in
q bramble tangle from Reddy Fox. He
had seen Reddy go off in a rage and
had chuckled. Then he had kept on
about his business Of looking for fat
beetles. So early in the season they
were few and far between and all the
better tasting for that. And while he
looked for beetles he kept his eyes open
for anything else that might help to
round out dinner. So he didn't fail
to investigate every little hole he came
across on the chance that it might con-
tain an addition to his bill OF fare, a
Mouse. for instance. Now and then
Jimmy enjoys Mouse. especially lit
tie one, quite as much as does Reddy
Fox
So it was that he was led to turn
aside to investigate little hole under
the roots of an old stump. It looked
like place Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
might use Probably it led too far in
and too deep for him to bother to try
to dig it open, but there was nothing
to be lost by investigating. So Jimmy
went over to it and without even
bothering to sniff at it thrust in black
paw and felt around. Almost at once
he touched something soft and furry.
Hal" exclaimed Jimmy under his
breath. LAS I live there is a Mouse
in there and he is within reach. II I
can just get hold Of him will pull him
out"
He had withdrawn his paw. Now
he thrust it in again and tried to hook
his claws into whoever was in there.
Then with a little yelp he withdrew
that paw in hurry Sharp teeth had
almost met in that black paw. 1t hurt
and that hurt made Jimmy angry. He
would have that Mouse now If it took
him all night to get him. Yes, sir. he
would have that Mouse in spite of
everything. 1t couldn't be that that
hole went in very far or that Mouse
would not have been within reach. He
would tear that opening large enough
for him to get his head in and use his
teeth. That Is what he would do.
But before he could even start there
was a flash Of white from that hole
Evening star., 1933-03-15
Everyday Psychology
By DR.. JESSE ". sPRoWLs.
Energy.

Go to the student Of the physical
world, and his last word Is energy.
Matter Is energy Nothing more. Your
body, and also every cell in it. is .
whorl Of energy, temporarily called fat,
bone, muscle or gland. You will one
day pass on to your dissolution, but that
energy now called you will not pass
away. It will float around in the great
outside world and then take on some
novel form or perhaps become part Of
something else. It is written. Mature
conserves her energy"
Some curious calculations have
emerged from this philosophy. One
savant calculates that If the energy
radiating from your body could be con-
fined to your body for 36 hours, you
would be cooked alive. For none Of us
expend more than per cent OF our
total physical energy on work.
Another savant holds that very few
persons use more than 5 per cent Of
what is called mental power. If it were
possible to focus your attention to the
point of using all this mental energy,
you would either transform your mental
outlook or perish from an over-burden
Of ideas. Ideas seem to be irresistible.
They either work or they explode.
I strongly suspect that ere long .
group Of savants will appear bearing
the name and title "psychocrats. Their
business will be none other than teach
ing men and women how to expend
their mental energy without going to
pieces.
lCopyraeht lossI
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see the world, they are teddy bearish"
and lovable as can be.
All Summer they follow their mother,
and after she weans them, she teaches
them the art Of finding the clever
centipede, portly grub, wee toads, frogs.
humble bees, hornets and others. Ants
and honey are the bears weakness.
They will watch an ant hill for hours,
tapping up the busy toilers as they
come and Cd, and often reaching
paw in, to stir up the nest. They will
stand bee stings in order to reach the
delectable sweet, and when too many
infuriated bees congregate on the little,
sensitive nose. they brush them of
into their mouth and eat them, too!
Early they are taught to climb trees.
In fact, the mother uses the trees as
nurses. She sends her wee family up q
tree and walks of about her business.
Her three or four babies have a glorious
time until her return, when she calls
Evening star., 1933-03-15
BEDTIME STORIES By B 1ss,~.s" a"r,s.,

and set of sharp teeth met in the
skin of his throat It was we'll for
Jimmy that his fur was long SO that
those teeth merely went through the
skin. At the same time a long. slim,
small form clung to Jimmy with four
short but strong legs. 1t was so sud-
dent, so wholly unexpected that Jimmy
was thrown off balance and in sec
ond they were rolling over and over.
snarlmg. growing, trying to use teeth
and claws.
Jimmy succeeded in throwing the
other of and they rolled to their feet
facing. Il didn't know you were in
there, Cousin Shadow. Had I known
it wouldn't have disturbed you for
the world" apologized Jimmy, backing
away little.
Shadow the Weasel for that Is who
1t was, followed him up. his back
arched, his eyes red with rage, his lips
drawn back to show his needle-sharp
Evening star., 1933-03-15
SPRINCTIME
BY d. c. PEATTIE.
Butterflies.

TINE District of Columbia is de-
cidedly weak on butterflies in
early Spring. Some authorities
i say that few regions are SO de-
void Of these creatures at this
season as ours. It may be so, but am
always able to hnd a few kinds when
earliest to appear, so far as my obServa-
taons 70, IS the Camberwell Beauty.
You can recognize it by its flight, II in
no other way. It doesn't zigzag, but
at about the height of a mans head it
darts straight ahead, now Tapping, now
gliding.
In years with early Springs it comes
oSt in February. but the middle OF
MtIch Is its usual date. Sometimes 1t
even appears in the January thaws!
The Camberweu Beauty's hind wings
are extended out into long, round
tipped tooth or slender tail" The
tail does not emerge from the tip. as
In the case Of the swallow-tail butter
flies, but from the margin not far be-
low the middle. On their upper sur
face the wings are a deep maroon with
a broad yellow outer border. followed
by a row OF small, bright blue dots.
The place to look for Camberwell
Beauties Is in the steep woods along
the upper Potomac banks, where blood
root and toothwort grow, and along
the canal towpath among the elms,
swamp naples, willows and hackber-
ries. for they affect these trees.
Later in the year the Camberwel
Beauty frequents more open ground,
clearings in the woods and little pools
and puddles. Its emotion temperament
changes also. For it Is then pugnacious,
attacking other butterflies that trepass
on what it considers its aerial terri
tory, and even dragonflies, as I have
seen; I've heard (but not SEEM that it
will attack birds.
Among its other eccentricities is its
ability to produce a faint grating o.
buzzing sound. The death's-head moth
also makes squeaking noise. They
are exceptional among Lepidoptera for
having any power to produce sound.
Has the sound meaning? Who
knows. Many, perhaps most sounds In
nature, are produced quite accidentally
or rather incidentally and are not in
tended" to be heard For instance.
some male insects Of the cricket and
grasshopper order make prolonged
music" but no ears can be discovered
on the females.
The Camberwell Beauty is one but
terhy that is equally common over on
the other side Of the Atlantic. People
generally believe, over there, that its
caterpillars are poisonous to touch.
Even here some persons are so afraid
Of them that they cut down all their
poplars Gin the belief that poplars at
tract them).
The chief reproach to the pretty
Camberwell is that its caterpillars
sometimes strip the leaves of shade
trees in the colder States. Here II Is
practically harmless, always pretty and
sentertaining, and It rejoices our hearts
BY emerging the first butterfly of
spein9.
Evening star., 1933-03-15
Pineapple Mousse.

, One and one-half teaspoons gelatin,
two tablespoons cold water, one and
one-half cups crushed grated pineapple
and Juice, one-third cup sugar, one
cup cream. one tablespoon lemon juice.
Soak gelatin five minutes in the cold
water. Heat pineapple and juice to
boiling point, add sugar. lemon Juice
and gelatin. Cool. When 1t begins
to stifIen. fold it into stifny whipped
cream. Pour into tray Of any auto
matte refrigerator and freeze without
stirring
Evening star., 1933-03-15

JIMMY SKUNK WAS RETREATING.
teeth. 1T is pity if fellow cannot
take nap in peace" he snarled.
Il thought it was Mouse in there"
explained Jimmy.
We'll. you see it wasn't" snarled
Shadow.
Jimmy Skunk was retreating. There
was no doubt about that. Although he
was many times the size of his small
cousin he had no desire for a fight
with him. His scent was useless, for
Shadow kept too close to him for him
to use 1t. and anyway Shadow would
not have minded 1t much So he
wanted to get away. That little cousin
in white had absolutely no fear and his
teeth were sharp. Jimmy had no desire
to feel them in his throat
(Copyright 1881
Evening star., 1933-03-15

them down. No little bear would dream
Of climbing down until no ~ss told 10
do so. This Is why all bears climb
trees when danger threatens-a tree TO
them means safety.
tCopyriRht, 1887
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Winter, the bears find their mates.
Though they are among the seven
famous sleepers, they are not so dead
to the world % are the woodchuck and
Evening star., 1933-03-15
Jimmy Skunk Retreats.

1he wise will sometimes beat retreat
And save themselves from worse defeat.
Jimmy Skunk.
Evening star., 1933-03-15
N A r U r E S
C. H IL d r E N
By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
AMERICAN BLACK BEAR.

AMERICAN BLACK BEAR.
Ursus americanus.
4 BEAR cub Is one Of the most
~ entertaining babies In the
~ world. He dearly loves to be
1 \ bottle baby" and will stand on
his hind legs to drain the last
drop. He Is so playful and full of mis-
chief that he affords his owner endless
amusement. He learns to do tricks,
comes when you call him by name, and
Evening star., 1933-03-15
+ AMERICAN BLACK eEAR'

others. A warm day will find them
wide awake. and many a hunter, who
has accidently stepped in den, has
found out they were very much awake.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
He | D
AS BOMBER Of
EXCHANGE
Suspect Said to Be Political
Agitator and Leader of
"Commoners Party"

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 G.N.SD-
EugerC S. Daniel, 80, lawyer and
Harvard graduate with a long rec.
ord of political agitation, was ar.
rested today and charged with
placing the two tear gas bombs
that drove 1000 persons from the
floor Of the New York Stock Ex.
change and caIsed the market to
close.
Taken to police headquarters
when police intercepted a tele-
phone call he made from a mid.
town hotel here to his wife
in their somerville, Mass, home,
Daniel refused to make a state.
ment on the charge against him
until he could consult lawyer.
Four Are Arrested
Police learned that Daniel was
in New York yesterday when the
bombs exploded in the cooling
system of the exchange and in
raid on the headquarters of his
political organization in Boston
arrested four men and charged
them with possession of internal
machines"
His wife said Daniel was ex.
pected back in his suburban home
at 3 a. m. today, but no trace of
him was found until he attempted
to call his wife from the st. Paul
Hotel.
The technical charge against
Daniel, on which he is to be
arraigned in Tombs Court, is ma
licious mischief as felony, be-
cause the damage caused by the
bombs exceeded the amount that
would have limited the charge
to a misdemeanor and lighter
penalty.
Denies He Is "Red"
Saying he was graduated from
Harvard Law School in 1880 and
giving his occupation as an or
ganizer for the American Com
moner party in Boston, Daniel
denied he was red" He said:
Il am against socialism and
Communism and am an
antifascist.
Capitalists money Is run
ming the country and there is
no democracy here"
Police said they had found
pamphlets in his hotel room with
these slogans:
National unity and social
justice. Protection for the home
and security for the workers"
About a month ago Daniel is re-
ported to have bought two similar
bombs in Boston and in a letter to
a friend last week asked for
pass to the Stock Exchange and
threatened Spectacular publicity
in New York"
The Washington times., 1933-08-05

Monk OF the University Of Chi
cago, and DR.. Robert A. Millikan,
director of the California Insti.
tute of Technology.
Five scientific experiments we're
to be carried to completion on
the flight, first of which were
tests to determine the volume of
ultraviolet rays emitted by the
sun and to what degree the at
mosphere absorbs these rays.
Quartz windows in the gondola
were to permit measurement of
the volume of these rays, which
scientists believe are held high
above the stratosphere by blan-
ket of ozone.
The four remaining experiments
were to be directed at solving the
puzzling cosmic ray. Prof. Comp
ton, Nobel Prize winner in phys
les, installed a self-recording cos
mic ray meter to photograph the
passage of the rays on a strip of
motion picture film.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Balloon Is Forced Down
When Gas Valve Fails to Function

tracks. It was rolled up and
dragged from the path Of trains.
Lieut.. Comdr. Settle and his
sponsors hope to make another
ascent within short time. The
exact damage to his equipment
cannot be told until the gondola
and it's delicate instruments have
been carefully examined, but Set
tie did not believe it was seriously
affected.
It was with difficulty that police
reserves and firemen held spec
tators back a safe distance from
the debris of what 20 minutes be-
fore had been Americas hope of
breaking the stratosphere record
of 53,152 feet established on AL
gust 18, 1882, in Europe.
One Man Hurt
One man was trampled on by
the crowd and taken to a hospital
in serious condition.
The Akron flier was three hours
late in getting away, because of
the necessity of last-minute ad-
justments in equipment, but it
was a patient and sympathetic
crowd of $4,000 persons that
looked on from seats in the huge
bowl and all remained through
the long delay until finally Lieu
tenant Commander Settle gave
the eventful command:
Cup ship"
With that, the score of white
uniformed naval reserves, stand
ing out like ghosts under the
glare of a dozen brilliant Kleig
lights, released their grip on guide
lines, and the gas bag scared
gracefully into the sky.
Picard Gives Aid
The lieutenant commander and
Jean Picard, twin brother of
Prof. Auguste Picard, directed
the preparations.
Jean Picard chose to remain
behind as ground pilot. giving up
his place in the gondola to reduce
the weight and add a probable
O,UUU 4GSU w OAAC o4VANONC NOAA4~
mander Settle hoped to attain.
AS the initiation process got
under way, Mrs. Rufus c. Dawes,
wife of the Worlds Fair president,
smashed a flask Of liquid air on
the side of the pilots quarters.
christening the balloon A Century
of Progress.
Installed in the seven-foot metal
gondola were banks of scientific
instruments which were to gather
new data on the nature of cosmic
rays in the upper air strata and
the action of ultra violet rays high
above the earth.
Scientists Assist.
Supervising the placing of these
delicate instruments we're DR..
Arthur Compton, DR.. Henry Cor
don Gale. and DR.. George 8.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
NATIONAL TRIBUNAL WILL ARBITRATE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
Strike Truce
Praised by
President

HYDE, PARK, N. Y, Aug.
T.N.SD.-Here is the briet state.
ment By Uhich President RooSe'
Uelt proclaimed that his "NeU
Deal had dUerted the conSe.
Quences of a coal strike Which
threGte d to thro1O 100000
miners of PennSylUdniG'S rich coal
fields out of tDork::
"A great coal strike threat
ened the entire bituminOuS field
and-becauSe of scant storage
at factOries-alsO threatened the
revival of manufacture on which
such depends.
"On the basis of the simple
suggestion for settlement made
by General Johnson, both man
agement and labor have de-
clared an absolute truce on dis
senSiOn at the mines, to await
the resolution of the whole mat
ter at the coming hearings on
the coal codes.
"In the meantime all dis
agreements are to be settled by
a board of my selection to which
both sides agree-Gerard SwOpe,
Louis KRISTEN, and George L.
Berry. Never in our country
has a strike of such threatened
proportions been settled so
quickly and so generously.
"The public spirited men on
both sides Of the agreement are
to be congratulated in thus
averting threatened disaster,
but I cannot let the occasion
pass without referring to the
tireleSS and constructive labOrs
Of the Observation-Disclosures
PinchOt, Gerard SwOpe, Edward
McGrady. and Walter Teagle,
as well as to the operators, and
to John Lewis and other repre-
sentatives of the miners"
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
FRENCH FL|ERS
HOP OFF
CONTINUED from Page y

distance record which Emil Rossi
and Lucien BouSsoutrol, two
French fliers, established in Jan
uary, 1882, when they flew over
closed course at Oran, Algeria,
an estimated distance of 6,625
miles, being in the air 76 hours
and 43 minutes.
They are flying a Bleriot mono
plane, painted silver and bearing
the symbol, "FALCC." 1t is mo-
tored with a 500-horsepoHer His
pano Suiza motor, and is equipped
with a short-wave receiving and
sending radio set.
Rossi is the radio man and
Codos the pilot.
The plane has a top speed of
$50 miles per hour and a cruis-
ing speed of 80.
They took off with the heaviest
fuel load ever to leave Floyd Ben
nett Airport. The fuel tanks were
loaded to capacity with Ito
gallons of gasoline and 125 gal
Ions of oil, which they estimated
would give them more than 10
hours in the air. They hope to
reach Bagdad at least, and, il the
weather conditions are favorable,
possibly Karachi, India.
With the fuel load, the plane
weighed more than nine tons.
Both Married
Both men are experienced
fliers. Codes, who is 81, has
5000 hours to his credit. He
served in the French air force
during the World War and was
the pilot of the Joseph LIE Brix,
which in 1881 established the
distance record of that year in a
flight to Russia. He is married,
but has no children
Maurice Rossi is 80, is married
but has no children. He has
more than 5000 hours in the
air to his credit. He is a lieuten-
ant in the French reserve. He
has seen service in Africa during
tribal wars and uprisings, flying
with the air component of the
Foreign Legion.
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Aug.
IS GN.SD Rain and thick fog to-
day lay in the path of Paul Codos
and Maurice Rossi, French air
men trying for a record nonstop
flight.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05

Today is the third birthday an
niversary of Tommy" Settle,
young son of Lieut.. Commander
T. G.. w. Settle, noted Navy bal
loonist, whose projected conquest
of the stratosphere was postponed
today when his plane made
forced lc~ing near Soldiers
Field, Chicago.
Tommy" is celebrating at the
Settle home in Akron, Ohio. His
grandmother, Mrs. Joseph A. Set
tie, of the Lafayette Hotel, sent
him earlier in the week a huge
box, containing the traditional
cake and an assortment of toys.
At her hotel here today Mrs.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
Pinchot Halls Truce
As Victory for People

HARRISBURG, Aug. 5 G.N.SD
Expressions of satisfaction and
qualification came from Cover,
nor Clifford Pinchot today with
the announcement of a truce in
the Western Pennsylvania mine
strike. He said:
"The great mass of the
working people of Pennsylvania
and the United States have
won a great victory.
"They have won because the
Government of the United
States is back in the hands of
the people and the fact that
all the great power of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
is now at the service of the
many and not of the few"
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
HAVOC IN WAKE
Of TEXAS GALE

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Aug. 5
G.N.SD .-Debris-filled streets and
damaged crops today lay in the
wake of hurricane which pound
ed Brownsville and the fertile Rio
Grande Valley.
After battering buildings, tear
ing down power lines and ripping
a path of destruction through the
fruit and cotton crops. the storm
passed inland south of here to
spend it's fury in the mountains
of northern Mexico.
Rescue workers were hindered
by a 60-mile e-an-hour gale as
they tried to reach South Browns
vile, where several houses were
flattened and loss of life was
feared.
The tropical disturbance up
rooted trees here, ripped doors OF
homes from their fastenings and
unroofed a score Of homes.
Chimneys fell and hurting bricks
damaged upper stories of business
blocks.
The gale tore down the main
power lines, throwing the city
into darkness and cutting off
communication.
One hundred vacationiStS
trapped on Brazos Island by a
sweeping tide which accompanied
the storm were later rescued by
troops from the Fort Brown
army post.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
NAT BASS
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thing had gone wrong and
steered my cab in the direction
Of the falling balloon.
"As l neared the railroad
track the bottom of the metal
gOndOla crashed into the mid
die of the several tracks. 1t
looked for a moment as though
Commander Settle was going to
land in the Chicago River.
"Settle had great presence Of
mind. He shouted to me
through a port hole to keep
away all persons with lighted
cigarets, mOtiOning toward a
group of five or six track walk
ers running toward the gOn-
dola.
CALLS FOR CROWD TO AID
"He yelled to the crowd that
assembled in an instant to grab
the drag lines and tie the bal
loon down to the railroad
tracks.
"Unassisted, Settle forced
open the gondola hatch and
scrambled out. He brushed
aside attempts to help him and
got busy directing the handling
Of the balloon, which still was
sufficiently inflated to maintain
its position in the air"
Cohen said the black and white
metal gondola bounced 10 feet
into the air after striking the steeI
rails.
It hit twice more before finally
settling.
Cohen offered to take the naval
officer to a hospital in his cab
but Settle, more concerned over
the fate of the balloon and gon'
dola than over his own condition,
brushed him aside and directed
the salvaging of the gas bag.
Volunteers helped Settle remove
the balloon from the railroad
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
"Higher-ups" Are Sought
BY Police of Boston

BOSTON, Aug. 5 1N.SO A
hunt for "higher-ups," with the
possibility that it would extend
overseas, in the tear gas bombing
of the New York Stock Exchange
was launched by Boston police
today after securing complaints
charging conspiracy to promote
anarchy" against Treasurer Otta
Referle and three associates Of
the National independence
party" formerly the Common
ers' party"
Police Inspector Benia min
Goodman told Chief Justice Will
fred Bolster in Municipal Court
that among those sought was
"Al Daniels" S"-not the Eugene S.
Daniel, jr., Harvard University
graduate. questioned in New
York.
The police inspector asked for
complaints covering not only con,
sntracy hut having possession Of
explosive bombs" as we'll.
Goodman told of the discovery
of the fake bombs in the head
quarters and of the names Of
Hoover, Roosevelt and T h m a
marked on the boxes of sand and
alarm clocks.
These he thought, were for pub
licity purposes. He added:
"But it appears this organiza-
tion was an Outcast of the Com
munistS. 1t may have been
backed in some foreign country"
The theory of publicity
stunt" was indicated by a letter
by Daniel to New York friend,
which read:
THE COMMONER'S PARTY
Boston Branch, 161 Milk ST.,
Third Floor
Dear Jack-Sent q note to
you to 40 West 45th st., but
being desirous of hitting you,
send this also. Am coming to
New York and want you to
handle publicity as you did here
in Boston but it will be Of o
more spectacular sort. Can you
get me a pass to N. Y. Stock
Exchange, the grain pit or the
curb? The publicity is not con.
tingent on this but would be
much easier.
Let me hear from you imme.
diately as to your plans for the
future, etc, preferably by Fri.
day, -. M.
Gene.
p. S.-My home address In
26 Hamlet St.. Somerville. Fig.
ure your compensation ought to
take care Of itself as it did up
here.