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The Washington times., 1934-03-27

He asked his guide what was
the reason for this and "the
sum of his discourse was to
this effect. That about forty
years ago certain persons went
up to Laputa Gaputa was a
neighboring country in which
everything was done according
to scientific formula) and after
five months continuance came
back with a very little smatter-
ing in mathematics, but full Of
volatile spirits acquired in that
airy region.
"That these persons on their
return began to dislike the
management of everything be-
low, and fell into schemes Of
putting all arts, sciences, Ian
guages and mechanics on a new
foot. To this end they pro-
cured a royal patent for erect
ing an Academy of Projectors in
every town.
"In these colleges the pro-
fessors contrive new rules and
methods Of agriculture and
building and new instruments
and tools for all trades and
manufactures, whereby, as they
undertake, one man shall do the
work of 10; a palace may be
built in a week, Of materials so
durable as to last forever with
out repairing. All the fruits Of
the earth shall come to maturity
at whatsoever season we think
fit to choose, and increase a
hundred-fold more than they do
at present, with innumerable
other happy proposals.
1.-THE only inconvenience is
that none of these projects are
yet brought to perfection, and,
in the meantime, the Vhole
country lies nliSerably waste,
The Washington times., 1934-03-27

young a n d
lovely, with
a silky tum-
BILE Of bronze
tipped curls
around her
slender face
B u t over
those curls,
whenever she
walked the
street, Leah
wore a wig of
coarse, dyed
hair.
For Leah
was a bride,
and IL WAS
The Washington times., 1934-03-27

One Of the greatest man
hunts in many years is in full
cry. It's a double man-hunt,
for the hounds of the law are
hot on the trail of two of the
most desperate killers in Grim
inal history. One is John Dill
linger, the desperate who eS-
capped Jail at Crown Point, Ind,
with nothing more formidable
to aid him than a wooden pis-
tol, whitfield in his cell. The
other is Pretty Boy" Floyd,
Oklahoma bank robber. with
at least 10 notches on his gun.
In at least 10 States they are
being hunted, these savage, re-
lentless killers, almost the last
of their peculiar breed.
Within the past year Federal
and State police have rounded
up practically all the modern
bad men, all except Dillinger
and Floyd. Frank Nash, Killer
Burke, Harvey Bailey and Ma
chine Gun Kelly-and every
single one Of them quit without
a fight, without firing a shot,
when they were driven to the
wall by the pursuing police.
These modern bad men are
poor stuff, compared with the
old-timers of the West. They are
murderers for the bloody hun
ger of killing. The old-timerS,
when the West was young, men
like the James boys. the Dalton
brothers, Billy the Kid, AL Jen-
nings and Cole Younger, bank
robbers and train bandits, had
about them a slight touch Of
gallantry.
Asked No Odds
They seldom had recourse to
cold-blooded murder, these old
time bad men, with their six
guns strapped low down on their
thighs. They lived by the gun.
and by the gun they perished.
asking no odds.
But the modern desperate
kills in cold blood, never giving
the victim a chance for life,
shooting only when he gets the
drop. And when cornered he
throws away his guns, eleVates
his hands and screams for
mercy.
The only one Of the modern
lot who has displayed anything
like the cold nerve Of the old
timers is "Pretty Boy" Floyd,
who is now being hunted the
country over. For Charley Floyd
is a kind Of 1884 model of Billy
the Kid, and there are astonish-
ing simAarities in their careers.
Both went into crime when they
were mere boys. Both were
arrested and made miraculous
escapes.
Charley Floyd, facing life in
the penitentiary, dived head
first through the window Of
The Washington times., 1934-03-27

They Took Off Their Sheitels
For Her
When Lillian Wald went to
Henry Street, Leah Rosenheim
was wearing a Sheitel. Leah WAS
Evening star., 1934-02-18
.GERMANY'S STAND
STATED BY HITLER
Declares Austria Should
have Government Sup
ported by People.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February 1.-THE main
tenance Of Austrian independence,
which Great Britain, Italy and France
in q joint manifesto said must be
maintained, was represented in official
circles tonight as being "a matter Of
course"
Who is threatening Austria's in
dependence?" demanded one spokes-
man.
THE prerequisite Of independence
Is that people shall have govern
ment which they themselves desire.
1T logically follows that inde-
pendence Is in danger II and when
attempts are made to prevent people
from having government they want
Austria should have a government
which has the Nation behind it.
Germany's position in this respect was
made perfectly clear by statements Of
Chancellor Hitler in London news
paper"
In an interview printed in the Lon
don Daily Mail and republished in
Germany. Hitler was quoted as saying:
"As a result of recent events the
Austrian government, Of course, finds
its authority increased. On the other
hand, the Austrian Nazis will increase.
personally believe that workmen
especially will rally to the national
Socialist (NazD cause.
Nothing permanent can be achieved
by violence. 1t was impossible for the
Austrian Socialists to gain power by
what they tried to do and equally i'm
possible for Chancellor DollfuSs to win
opponents to his side by the means
employed.
Shell fire won't convince an ad-
versary; it will only embitter him"
Only few Sunday papers COM
mented on the three-power declara-
ton, using arguments substantially the
same as expressed by spokesman for
official circles.
The declaration carefully avoids
specifying who is causing all this
bother about Austria's integrity" said
the Tageblatt, but Germany is i'm
piled, and one is tempted to say it
opens possibilities of sharp contro-
versies."
The KreuZ Zeitung said: 1.-THE dec
laration operates in a vacuum. The
alleged German interference in Aus
trian affairs only exists in the i'm
agination Of the present Austrian
government"
The Morgan Post said: Austrian
complaints of interference have al
ready been rebutted by Foreign Minis
ter Won Neurath to the Austrian
minister at Berlin. Austria's inde-
pendence is threatened by nobody,
certainly not by Germany"
Evening star., 1934-02-18

specimens Of what We found in the
Socialists arsenals."
DollfusS, returning in the inter-
view to the matter Of what he
claimed were exaggerated reports
abroad, said:
IF Hitler says the dead totaled
1,500, it must be q wilful exaggera-
tion, and I can only say that I de-
plore it,
German Papers Banned.
Incidentally, German newspapers
were banned from Austria tonight for
one month. The sale or circulation
of all German papers, without excep-
tion, was forbidden.
Dollfuss' chair was placed directly
under the portrait of the aged En-
peror Franz Josef, which showed the
Hapsburg ruler in uniform but seated,
with saber sheathed, a benevolent ex-
preston on his face.
The tension around the green baize
table under a great crystal candelabra
was obvious. The correspondents
including dozens who had rushed
from far capitals at the first sound
of cannonading in Vienna - had
waited half an hour for the chancel-
lor to appear.
The conference already had been
postponed for two hours after 1t had
originally been announced for pm.
Because Of the lateness OF the hour
at which it arrived, no official COM
ment was available tonight on the
tri-power note to Germany concerning
Austrian independence.
That embittered Socialists, defeated
in their antigovernment revolt. were
aligning themselves with Nazis to gain
revenge against their conquerors &C.
quired significance because of several
factors: Many Socialists were known
to be armed; their archenemies, the
Fascist Heimwehrmen, gained another
cabinet place, and the Nazis laid low
during this weeks bloody civil war, in
which government forces and Helm.
wehrmen battled the Socialists.
Further Strife Feared.
Civilians meanwhile were offered a
reward for giving up their weapons
before February IS; many guns re-
main in the dissidents' ranks and the
offer was taken to mean that further
struggles In the insurrection was
feared.
The appointment of Undersecretary
Observation-Disclosures, Heimwehr. or
home guard, member, to be minister
of social welfare and the action of
the cabinet in declaring void the DO
sitions of Socialists elected to ofice
were additional developments In the
nany-sided political picture.
Evening star., 1934-02-18

man states were even more jealous
of their local autonomy than the
American States. Yet, with a stroke
of his pen. within less than a week.
they all disappeared to make room
to only one state: the unified German
Reich.
Bismarck conceived the idea Of a
German influence from the Baltic to
the Black Sea by pushing the Aus
trian' empire eastward. His famous
slogan was "Drang mach Osten"
penetration toward the easD. He
did not succeed. Hitler sees the pos
sibility of achieving this aim by NaZi
penetration. Austria, he thinks, will
come out of the present trouble a
Nazified state 1t is inevitable, he be-
lieves, unless Italy is willing to pro-
woke a war in order to prevent this
move.
And he doubts that Mussolini will
precipitate a crisis. Tyrol, Salzkamer-
gut and Styria are eminently Ger
manic regions. They have more vi
tality and more fight in them than
the rest of Austria. 1t is true that
the population of these regions have
great spirit of independence, but
when they are confronted with choos-
ing between Fascism, which means al
legiance to Italy. and Hitlerism. which
is representing today the pure Ger
manic ideal, he has no doubt that
they will choose the latter. The
sturdy mountaineers from Tyrol will
be able thinks Hitler, to impose their
will IN the raSt nf Austria
Nazi Missionaries.
And once Austria becomes a Nazi
state, it will be q matter Of months
before Hungary and Rumania will
follow. In both these countries Hit
ler's men are doing a lot Of work.
TIE Hungarian government, like the
Rumanian, is opposed to Hitler and all
he stands for. but there is an i'm
portant move among the young gen.
Grafton in favor OF the Nazi idea.
Hitler's agents are taking advantage
of this move and are spending good
deal of money to encourage 1t. 1t
is reported that no less than 81 ,000,-
600 is allocated in the German budget
for propaganda in these two coun-
tries. Hitler is not after converting
the whole population to his ideas, like
the Soviets. He Is satisfied If he
can organize the young men, mostly
unemployed intellectuals, In Nazi bri-
gades and hopes to use them to over
throw the present regimes. The
others will follow, he thinks, as they
did in Germany.
But the beginning must be made
in Austria. 1t is from there, as in
the days when both Germany and
Austria were ruled by Emperors, that
the move toward Germany from
the Baltic to the Black Sea must be-
gin, if it is to be successful.
It is between these three great
powers that little Austria is caught.
Neither of them Is really interested
in the welfare of the little Danubian
republic; she is unfortunately in their
path.
Evening star., 1934-02-18
PLAN WASHINGTON
RITES THURSDAY
Four Societies Will Hold Ex-
ercises at Continental
Hall at GAS AM.

-Four societies, composed of descend
ants Of soldiers of the American Rev.
olution, will join In the twentieth
joint celebration of these societies of
the 202d anniversary of the birth of
George Washington at Memorial Con-
tinental Hall Thursday. The exer-
cises will start at 9:45 am, and will
be under the direction OF DR.. Thomas
Green and other officers of the Sons
of the Revolution, which society will
be assisted by the Sons Of the Amer
tcan Revolution, Daughters Of the
American Revolution and the Chill
dren Of the American Revolution.
The principal speaker of the day
will be Secretary of War Dern.
Mrs. Russell Henry Magma, president
general of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, will deliver the sec
ond principal address of the meeting.
The entire program will be broadcast.
The United States Marine Band Or
chestra will play.
Will Pledge Allegiance.
The invocation will be given by
DR.. John C. Palmer, commander of
Knights Templar in the District of
Columbia. The pledge Of allegiance
to the flag by the audience will fol-
low, led by Barbara Hyacinth Fries
of the Governor Thomas Wells So
ciety, Children Of the American Rev.
and c. Van Grunwell. jr.,
Capital Society, Children of the Amer
lean Revolution
William Tyler Page will give the
Americans Greed, followed by o mes
sage of greeting by Commissioner
George E. Allen Of the District, who
will welcome the members Of the pa
triotic societies.
TwO-Minute Addresses.
Secretary Dern will be introduced
by DR.. Green.
Two-minute addresses Of greeting
will be delivered on behalf of the Gen.
eral Society of the Sons of the Revo-
luton by Brig. Gen. George S. Rich
ards, general treasurer of the General
Society; Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries,
president, District of Columbia So
ciety, S. A. R., on behalf of the Ma
tional Society, Sons of the American
Revolution; Miss Helen Harman. vice
president general, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Mrs. Charles
Alexander Swami Sinclair, national
president. Children Of the American
Revolution.
Evening star., 1934-02-18
CHARGE DOLLFUSS
ENDANGERSPEACE
czechosIovakian Social
Democrat Party Accuses
Chancellor in Telegram.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PRAHA, Czechoslovakio, February
1.-THE Czechosloyakian Social DEM
ocrat party today accused Chancellor
Engelbert Dollfuss of Austria Of "en-
dangering the peace Of our fatherland
as well as that Of other parts of Eu-
rope"
In a telegram the party sent him
this afternoon, Chancellor DollfusS
was warned that the tactics of his
government may lead to political in
stability throughout the European
continent.
The party denounced him in bitter
terms for his campaign against the
Austrian Socialists but suggested that
there is "still time for repentance,
reconciliation and a new life"
"Our whole population Is paralyZed
with horror over the events to which
your regime has led," the telegram
said. These hangings Of critically
wounded prisoners awaken in US and
our people feeling Of adherence un-
precedented in the history Of civil
1LdllOll. 4lldt . 1OL JuSllCC llOL - ~
politics, but revenge"
Admitting that they were interfer-
ing with the internal affairs of an
other country, the Czechoslovakian
Socialists announced that I'VE declare
our solidarity with the Austrian peo-
pie and regard 1t as our duty TO pro-
claim 1t to the whole world.
What has happened with you is
likely to threaten the peace of Europe,
therefore, we cast aside diplomatic
reserve and warn you against con-
tinuance of this civil war"
The Czechoslovakian Socialists form
the second largest party In the repub-
lie, a party represented in the cabinet
by three ministers.
Fear Attempt on Lives.
Acting on a tip that an attempt
would be made on the lives Of the
two fugitive Austrian Socialist leaders
in Bratislava, authorities redoubled
their precautions for the safety Of the
men.
Passengers leaving the international
trains here must. the authorities
ordered, tell the police their mission,
where they intend to stop, and when
they are leaving the country. Full
identity must be given to the police,
the government stated.
The Socialist Board Of Strategy de-
cided that Dr. Julius Deutsch, COM
mander in chief Of the Austrian So
cialist forces and general secretary of
ha rfrv
be moved to a point more distant
from the frontier.
DR.. Deutsch, seriously wounded, and
DR.. Otto Bauer fled to this border
city, only 80 miles from Vienna, when
the uprising against the DollfuSs gov
ernment collapsed.
Denounces Use Of Cannon.
DR.. Deutsch asserted women and
children were killed in the lombard
ment of apartment buildings and in
the fighting in Vienna during the four
days Of civil warfare.
He denounced the governments use
Of artillery against the buildings and
other Socialist strongholds, declaring
that when you shoot with field guns
into apartment houses. there will be
women and children among the
killed"
Never in the history Of the world
has government until now brought
up field artillery and cannons to shoot
at apartment houses in which women
and children were living" he declared,
adding:
And they call that a Christian
government"
Evening star., 1934-02-18
Hitler's Achievement.

Hitler has achieved already one
thing that not even Germany's great
est statesman, Prince Bismarck, was
able to achieve: Hitler has unified
Germany by doing away with the
score of kingdoms and principalities
which formed the German empire
until few months ago. The Ger
Evening star., 1934-02-18

Switzerland. has reported to Secre-
tary Hull on Eden's discussions with
European leaders on the basis Of In.
formation obtained through the sec
retariat of the League of Nations.
Wilson has taken no part In the
talks.
It was said also at the State De-
partment that Manchukuo had made
no request for postal information
from the United States-such as has
been asked from Great Britain-and
no discussions on the question Of
recognition of the new state, cared
from what was MaEchuzia. have been
held or are under consideration.
Evening star., 1934-02-18

Australia Taxes Flour.
Australia has placed a tax on -four
to raise funds to help needy wheat
growers.
Evening star., 1934-02-18

SILENT ON ARMS REPORT
Evening star., 1934-02-18

State Department Refuses Comment
on Eden Talks.
BY the Associated Press.
State Department officials last
night refused to comment on dis
patches from Geneva discussing the
disarmament "soundings" Capt. An
thony Eden of England Is making in
various European capitals.
Hugh Wilson, American Minister to
Evening star., 1934-02-18
Governors Auto Tag Stolen.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, February II
R.-Some one has stolen Gov. Fut-
rell's automobile license plate. It's
No. 1, too. 1t was taken from his car
parked in the yard of the Futren
home.
Evening star., 1934-10-28

ment to show Dorry the letter in her
purse. The letter she had chanced to
find in the family desk that morning
and that her Mortified eyes had read
in one glance. That letter would prove
to this complacent Schemer that Phil's
wife did know. And that Phils wife was
fighting.
Her fingers shook so that she could
hardly get the coin into the box. The
stuffy telephone booth seemed to press
in on her while she waited for the num-
ber. Why put off showing Dorry the
letter? She had arranged the luncheon
for this one purpose. But something
cautioned her to wait. The buzzing of
the busy signal seemed to say, Watt.
wait wait. She hung up the re-
ceiver and walked slowly back to the
table.
"All right?" smiled Dorry.
Busy" Anne was mistress of herself
again. Humorously she told the story
of the dead rabbit and Jackie'S funeral
service for his pet, making Dorry laugh.
Dorry'S face grew serious. The open
ing came. "Anne, I've been thinking
about the things you said. Could you
forgive and forget? Is that what you'd
do in my place?"
Anne buttered a roll with concentra-
ton. Forgive infidelity?" she asked
lightly. II think would. I'd forgive
Phil any big sin. It's the little ones that
wear you down." She grinned at her
own fancies as she went on, "Now, if
Phil ate with his napkin tucked under
his chin or didn't keep his neck
clean" That was lying. She couldn't
ever forgive Phil for infidelity and she
knew it.
"Of course, your child would make a
difference. You'd never break up Jackie's
home, would you, without fght?"
Was Dorry trying to sound her out?
Evening star., 1934-10-28

Oh, couldn't you? thought Anne, and
had to bite her lip to keep from crying it
aloud. Dorry had hauled and pulled at
Chuck in the first place. He had been
engaged elsewhere when she had met
him. Now she was hauling at Phil.
"a woman does have to set out delib-
erately to win man in the first place.
she argued. why not fight to keep him
after you're married?"
That's entirely different"
co 1T was, Anne mused. You simply
couldn't expect Dorry to live by ordi-
nary rules. Anne spooned chicken and
mushrooms onto her plate and moved
them about istlessly.
Dorry said heatedly: CHUCK and I
agreed when we married that whoever
tired first should say SO. And the other
would get a divorce Well, Chuck thought
he was in love with that Daily girl. I
hope acted like good sport"
II don't call it that. I call it being
weakened. The arrangement was silly
in the first place. Men and women
reservations"
What would you have done?"
The question caught Anne unpre-
pared. What would she have done?
What was she doing? Bandying phrases,
empty words, with the woman who
threatened her happiness. She said
quietly, "I'd have fought
She watched the mask on DorryS
Evening star., 1934-10-28

face slip for one un-
guarded moment. and
watched her smile a
secret sort of smile as
if she thought, "But you
don't know"
For one wild breath of
time Anne was sure she
was going to strike
DOrry's face. She sprang,
trembling, to her feet,
and saw the startled
expression in Dorry'S
eyes. "I've-I-" she
stammered and caught
at self-control. 81 must
call the house. Jackie's
i'll, you know, and I
want to talk to the
nurse. Excuse me-"
She almost ran from
the restaurant. Her tenn
per was roaring like an
angry beast and she
wanted more than any
thing else at the mo-
Evening star., 1934-10-28

husband.
In the Plaza Grill Anne watched the
lips of the woman across the table and
was stabbed by the thought that Phil
had kissed those lips. Had they been
soft and yielding? And did Phil for one
instant remember his wife as he felt
that mouth beneath his own?
Dorothy lifted yellow eyes and smiled
her slow smile. Mice of you to ask me.
Do you realize, Anne Calder, that
haven't seen you for ages? How's Philip"
She dared to ask that! ragged Anne
silently.
Hes been terribly busy lately" She
found the courage to seem Indifferent.
She looked straight at Dorothy and said
with deliberateness, Hes leaving this
afternoon on business trip"
No ripple of emotion crossed Dorrys
face. She returned Anne'S gaze Serenely,
narrowly. Anne was suddenly aware of
her two-year-old suit. Was the hat she
had thought SO smart really becoming?
Well, Phil had liked the color.
Dorry asked: How do you do it, Anne?
You don't look a day older than you did
in school,"
"I hope have more sense Eight years
of marriage and 4-year-old son should
have worked some improvement"
Annes voice was thick. She fumbled in
her purse. Her fingers slid across the
surface of smooth white letter paper.
then jerked as if they had been scared.
She grasped at her cigarette case, asked,
'-Have one?"
Mentally she commanded her hands
not to tremble while she lit their cigar
cites. But the flame from the match
wavered and betrayed her. She set her
teeth. She knew she must look wan in
spite of her rouge and recalled the time
Hans Vandervoort had wanted to paint
her portrait. "Your face reflects your
every emotion" he had declared.
LOW right he was, she. thought. in
haling slowly. Dorry probably was
reading her agitation at this very mo-
ment. She said through dry lips:
"Chuck dropped in the other night.
Phil was staying in town on business
and I had him all to myself"
"How was hep"
Dorry sounded so casual. Funny, to be
Indifferent to the man you had once
loved. The man you had married and
divorced.
"He'S going to marry again, he says"
"Who is she?" Dorry's voice was fiat.
II don't suppose I ought to tell you,"
laughed Anne, busily choosing among
the appetizers. "The truth is Chuck had
q few too many highballs and grew very
confidential. He's thinking of marrying
little Sally Mills. They've been seen
around together"
"Sally Mills! That childl"
"A good deal younger than Chuck,
certainly. I played contract with her
the other day at the club. Have you
been playing lately?"
"Just now and then," said Dorry, then
added carelessly, sally can't be more
than 49,"
Maybe co." guessed Anne. "Why don't
you take Chuck back?" She tried to
catch Dorry's glance and failed. you're
still in love with him?"
Dorry, crunching toast, scoffed, That's
q funny line"
''It's the truth. I think he was in love
with you for long time after the break.
Don't you ever see him?"'