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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-30
DIAMOND SEASON
GENERAL SUCCESS
Most Clubs Have Something
to Cheer About-Gate
Records Hung Up.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports WRITER.


TINE last out of the 1885 major
league base ball season has
been marked up and the years
L box score" indicates a sue
cessful season in one way or another
for most of the clubs.
The Cubs and Tigers still have to
decide the years ultimate supremacy
in the world series, beginning Wednes-
day at Detroit. A lot of other teams
had the satisfaction of improving last
years positions. Still more could
boast of having made a fight for the
flag or of having drawn some of the
biggest crowds in recent years.
Notable improvement among the
low-ranking teams was shown by the
White Sox and Reds, both cellar dwell
ers last year, who finished fifth and
sixth. respectively, in 1885. Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn and Washington also moved
up bit, while Rogers HornSby's st.
Louis Browns, seemingly certain
last-place club at the start, ended up
by playing some of the best ball in
The American League to finish seventh.
From the financial viewpoint the
game seemed on the upgrade A cou-
pie of new attendance marks were set
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-30

Warnecke Picked to Win.
A 8 FOR the Detroit Tigers, they will
lose the first game to Lonnie
warnecke, and ] prophecy without
Evening star., 1935-03-11
Panama's Demand for Gold
Finds Strong Support Here

Some newspapers consider the effect
on other governments. The Pitts
burgh Post-Gazette suggests that "if
Panama gains her point, these other
governments will pounce upon the in
cident as precedent supporting their
claims" The Louisville Courier
Journal quotes Chief Justice Hughes
as stating that "the contention of
claimants in such cases was not for
damages, but unjustifiable enrich
ment','' and suggests that former
President Hoover, in his statement on
the gold policy, was not rash enough
to suggest averting the moral con-
sequences by an appropriation to
pay gold bondholders what they de-
mand"
mo wonder" concludes the Cour-
ier-Journal. mfr. Hoover spoke of
moral consequences without suggest
ing that anything be done. The Gov
ernment exercised a constitutional
moral obligation to promote the gen.
eral welfare and. so long as it safe
guarded its creditors against loss or
damages. no turpitude can be found
in the incidental annulment Of an
archaic clause which no one expected
to be literally fulfilled until the pos
sibility Of unjustifiable enrichment
was spied in the terms"
Evening star., 1935-03-11
The Fuehrer's Cold. !,

Herr Hitlers attack of laryngitis,
which led suddenly to cancellation of
Sir John Simon's impending trip to
Berlin, has happily taken such q turn
for the better thai Germany has
promptly renewed her invitation to
the British foreign secretary. He now
plans to pay the postponed visit later
this month. On both sides the stage
seems to be set for resumption of
Anglo-German negotiations at the
point where they were interrupted
when the Wilhelmstrasse took UNI
bragg at the British white paper
holding German rearmament respon-
sible for European war fears.
Fuehrer Hitler will meantime retire
to his favorite retreat in Berchtes-
gaden, Bavaria. There he seeks
opportunity for calm reflection over
two developments directly connected
with the forthcoming talks with Sir
John Simon. First of these events
is the debate beginning in the House
of Commons today on the govern
ment's program for increasing arma-
ments, especially air forces. British
fears of German plans are likely to
be frankly disclosed, possibly with
reafirmation Of Mr. Baldwin's famous
dictum that Britapnia's line Of de-
Evening star., 1935-03-11

earned by the employment Of his
genius for personal profit he sacri-
feed willingly and without regret.
Even the mere competence that he
had saved he shared in the end with
the Federal Government.
The use which will be made Of the
money may not matter very much.
It is the significance of the gift which
appeals to the imagination Of the
masses. In no better manner could
the donor have testified to his con-
fidence in American institutions and
ideals. The bequest witnesses to the
chivalry of the man. In death, as
through every day Of his long career,
Mr.. Holmes was q knightly spirit.
Every test Of human worthiness he
met-faith, courage, loyalty, gener-
osity were personified in him; and
the last gesture Of his hand, his will
discloses, was at once a salute and
a benefaction. The Nation returns
its thanks and reaffirms its love, and
humble individuals Of whom Mr..
Holmes never heard press forward
in their earthly pilgrimage with new
hope in their hearts because of their
comprehension Of his example.
Evening star., 1935-03-11

Most of the American newspaper
comment approves PanamaS insist
ence that annual payments by the
United States under the Canal Zone
treaty shall be made on the basis Of
the old gold dollar.
Panama is quite right in demand
ing gold or its equivalent in dollars" !"
declares the Cincinnati Times-Star,
Congress has already appropriated
some s23 100000 to reimburse the
Philippine government for losses sus-
tanned through our gold policy. Pana-
mas claim is on exactly the same
footing. To refuse to grant it would
be to claim the right to alter treaty
without the consent and to the injury
of the other party to the treaty"
1T is possible" according to the
Atlanta Constitution, Ito show that
the purchasing power of the gold
dollar would be greater than that II
the present dollar, and proof Of loss
could be presented if payment is not
made in gold" The San Francisco
Chronicle believes that ito pay less
than the standard value of gold coin
at the time the contract was made
would SAVIOR of smartness unworthy
of the Government"
at is an obligation" says the New
York Times, fixed by international
treaty between two sovereign govern
ments. The good faith of the United
States is plainly at stake in such
promise. The best course would be
to pay promptly in gold coin of 1904
the two instalments due. If we are
not ready to make this amende hon
orable. we should at least offer to
submit the case to international ar
bitration."
1.-THE Government at Washington,
in the opinion of the Detroit Free
Press, "is faced with this dilemma:
If it pays Panama in gold, it will
set a precedent, which, if generally
followed, would upset its whole none
tary structure, while II 1t does not
do so, Panama may default on its
external debt, which Is largely held
by Americans. And there is still an
other thing to remember. Although
q very small country, Panama is
situated with respect to
Cl16 Sd11dl anu IL WdT CAME, eA-
tend courtesies to an enemy sufficient
ly embarrassing to the United States
to make it worth Washington's while
not to offend it too deeply"
The rights of Panama "as sover-
eign government" are emphasized by
the Wichita CKans) Eagle, while the
Los Angeles Times argues: Panama
is in a different situation from the
litigant who was denied relief by
the Supreme Court because he could
not show damage. Panama can show
damage, since a Treasury check for
$780, will buy less Panama cur
rency than 1t would before revalua-
tion-that sum in the OLE money
being equivalent to 1922, 500 in the
new"
New Deal apologists," says the
New York Herald Tribune, should
not bring upon the United States the
shame of taking advantage of one
of the smallest nations in the world.
by repudiating an obligation which
is specifically set forth in the treaty"
The Charleston Is. c. Evening
Post, however, advises: Panama had
better take and cash its rental check
without more ado and be glad it gets
anything for its right of way. A
Roosevelt made it and a Roosevelt
can unmake it,"
Evening star., 1935-03-11
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Cutting Remarks.
We're worried betimes bout supply
and demand,
But words are awaiting on every hand.
The more you may use as the argu-
ment's led,
The more, without doubt, will remain
to be said.
Should words ever fail, we will choose
one by one
And busily keep them at work, just
for fun.
Whenever we feel just bit comatose
Wen shake up the alphabet for a
new dose.
The prices keep rising, perhaps they
will stop
II we find they are easy to cut as a
crop.
We can cut down the barley, the corn
and the rye,
But of words there is always an ample
supply.
Evening star., 1935-03-11

fense now extends to the Rhine. That
vivid statement denotes, II 1t means
anything. that the British would not
view with equanimity any German
moves that threatened the security Of
France, Belgium or even the Neither
lands.
The second development that will
afford Hitler food for thought in the
Bavarian Alps Is the visit which Capt.
Anthony Eden, second in command
in higher British diplomacy, is about
to make in Moscow and Warsaw. His
mission is to discover to what extent
the Soviet Union and Poland are
prepared to join in an Eastern
Locarno and identify themselves with
general European pacification.
BY the time Sir John Simon arrives
in Berlin, Fuehrer Hitler presumably
will have reached some conclusions as
to the trend 1t is wise for German pol
icy to take. He has been offered
mutual Western air convention de-
signed to assure the Reich assistance
in case Of unprovoked attack. But
such a pact is available to the Ger
mans only upon an agreement for
arms limitation on an equality basis,
upon a pledge not to assail Austrian
independence, and upon adhesion to
the Eastern Locarno. If Hitler does
not bring himself to do business on
these lines, Sir John Simon is likely
bluntly to let him know that the price
of refusal will be an Anglo-French
entente against Germany. which will
lead to her military and political
isolation.
In the interest of peace 1t is sin
cerely to be hoped that the Fuehrer's
cold will rapidly disappear SO that he
may find himself In position to talk
without restraint the language of
conciliation and thus pave the way
toward that goal Europe so anxiously
Graves to reach.
Evening star., 1935-03-11
Chivalrous Gift.

Announcement Saturday of Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes gift of ap-
proximately half his fortune to the
United States must have prompted
appreciation in the hearts of thou
sands of citizens Of the Republic. 1t
was a fitting termination of a great
career, a last add" to an inspiring
story. But it was a natural final
gesture for so noble a character, and
therefore will be properly understood
as we'll as enduringly remembered.
Mr.. Holmes lived dedicated life.
His very soul was pledged to the
service of his country. He thought
exclusively in national terms, labored
for none but the common good. All
his talents in their complete entirety
were devoted to the welfare Of the
people. And so he died comparatively
poor. The millions he might have
Evening star., 1935-03-11
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

to 1886, or after. An informant
alleges that the former President has
sent an authors copy of his recently
published Challenge to Liberty" to
every Republican county chairman
and former Republican Federal office
holder in the Tar Heel State, and the
suggestion has arisen among the vari-
GUS recipients that the Sage of Palo
Alto intends thus to remind G. o. P.
leaders that he is still on the party
map. Whether Mr.. Hoover has dis
tributed his literary souvenirs to Re-
publicans in other States is not re-
ported.
Now that the s400,00000O Army
bill has successfully run the gantlet
of both houses of Congress, specula-
ton is revived as to the future en-
ployment of Maj. Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, chief of staff, who was re-
tained in the post by President Roose-
velt beyond the usual term of duty.
Gen. Macarthur has the reputation
of being an exceptionally effective
man in the advocacy of military legis-
ldllOlls hIIOAolll W SuI1SllL
the retiring chief of staff may be
reappointed to his former billet as
superintendent of West Point instead
of being assigned to command a corps
area. Macarthur was at the head
of the Military Academy for three
years following the World War.
x
One of Washingtons leading finan-
ciers, recently back from Florida,
vouches for the statement that Fed
eral relief checks are freely in circu-
lation in the betting ring at Hialeah
race course, Miami, and are regular
and lucrative source of income there.
The same authority narrates that a
high Federal official, who spent part
of the Winter in California, observed
that relief checks are also common
coin of the realm at Tia Juana and
other resorts on the coast where easy
come, easy go is the order of the care
free day.
Writing to the editor of the Repub-
lican New York Herald Tribune, a
Brooklynite. who is evidently a New
OSdIeT, says IL Is quite OBVIOUS why
United States District Courts sabotage
the recovery program" He states that
he has checked off the names of 116
United States judges, all evidently Re-
publicans, because appointed by Re-
publican Presidents, and only Is
Democrats, and reaches the conclu-
sion that "a reactionary Republican,
ism is essentially in control of the
country today"
Washington Barracks, seat of the
Army War College, are now officially
known as Fort Humphreys, D. c. The
original post of that name in Virginia
recently became Fort Belvoir.
X
Going out to or coming back from
California this year it is taken for
granted by administrationiSts that
President Roosevelt will seize the op-
portunity to make some keynote
swing around the circle" speeches in
accordance with White House tradi-
tion on these wayfaring occasions. 1t
will presumably be F. D. RS last trek
across the wide-open spaces before
the opening of his campaign for re-
nomination and the opportunity win
be ripe for o review of the recovery
situation and other national affairs
six months hence. Neither dates nor
Evening star., 1935-03-11

Day by day, in every way, prospects
of an adjournment of Congress before
Midsummer grow DINNER and Simmer.
It is now roundly 10 weeks since the
session began and the sum total of
| major legislation enacted is repre-
sented by round zero. Two out
standing causes are responsible for
the stalling of the congressional engine
first, the determination of Congress
to look before leaping, in contradis-
tinction to the rubber stamp situation
which characterized the early days of
the New Deal, and, secondly, unex-
pected Democratic insurgency in the
Senate. In addition, of course, there
is the immensity and complexity of
the projects submitted for considera-
ton at the current session. Any one
of the three big administration issues
work relief, social security and N. r.
A. renewal-would of itself absorb the
time and thought of Congress for
many day. There is a distinct dis
inclination on the part of both House
and Senate to be hurried into action
on any of these propositions. and the
delays that have ensued in their con-
Sideration strike many members as
blessings in disguise. The bitterly
controversial atmosphere on the pug
nacious Potomac is another factor
making for slow motion on Capitol
Hill.
There are rival schools Of thought
as to whether the administration ought
to wade in hammer and tongS and
combat the Long -Coughlin cohorts or
ignore them. Those who favor Let
'em talk" policy argue that the King
fish and Father Coughlin and their
respective causes would thrive on
abuse or opposition-that every knock
would be boost. The fight 'em
back" advocates think that the admin
istration cannot afford definitely to
pull its punches, and that any failure
to resist the foe tooth and nail will
be popularity regarded as a confession
of weakness and will invite ever new
and more ferocious attack. Many
Rooseveltians believe that the Presi-
dent himself in a smashing fireside
broadcast or two could seriously dam
age if not demolish his adversaries,
but some Of F. D. RS closest ad-
viSerS are dubious as to the wisdom
of any personal intrusion into the
fray on his part.
X X r. X
Gen. johnson will be heard from
again, presumably over the air, when
he speaks to New York alumni of
West Point next Saturday evening,
March 16, at a dinner in celebration
of the 1880 anniversary of the found
ing of the United States Military
Academy. In that congenial and
stimulating companionship, the former
Blue Eagle chieftain may let himself
go in the same sledge-hammer style
that marked his recent outburst. Sen
ator Long and Father Coughlin will
in the meantime have both paid their
respects to johnson, and he will have
something new to 60 on. The ora
torical fisticuffs of these three hard
hitting protagonists now promise to
rank in history with the Lincoln
Douglas debate, though for vigor and
venom of expression will far outstrip
that epochal contest.
+ y r +
From North Carolina there drifts
into Washington hint that Herbert
| Hoover may be keeping his political
| fences In order, possibly with view
Evening star., 1935-03-11
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Grand Soiree

Up on the Hill the lawmakers in clam
orous debate,
Each man personality distinctive Of
his State.
The presidential mansion, where many
cars denote
A cabinet in session-new codes may
be afloat.
Farther north an embassy reception is
in line,
Cleaning cars and gorgeous gowns,
wind and a Whit Of wine.
A city at its zenith-diplomats at work
or play;
And over all the sunshine Of a bril-
liant Wintet day.
Across the town at twilight q vagrant
breath Of Spring
Brings silence for q moment to every
gathering
And makes each monied grandee less
4 than a gypsy kingl a
Evening star., 1935-03-11

America is going through literary
throes most interesting to watch.
The fight is over whether a short
novel or long one is the thing. .
The battle crops up ever so often
in literary history and has long
cropped up.
long one. Then the length began to
taper of, only to come back strong
again with the works of Dickens and
Trollope.
These English standards also were
Americas standards for long time.
Along came Stephen Crane, with
his "Red Badge of Courage" which
proved once more. If 1t needed prov
ing, that II writer tells what he
wants to tell, the length is imma-
terial
Now the very long story is back
again.
Two years ago half million word
romance became the rage.
Today an immense work of 900
pages and many thousands Of words
leaps flaming from the presses, and
the dear critics outdo themselves
in praise.
1t seems nowadays that great gobs
Of words tend to flabbergast-there
is no other word-many of those who
read them.
This is natural enough.
If length is to be considered at all,
as if it meant anything in itself,
veritable rivers of prose must have
their effect.
The unfortunate part of it falls
on those readers who think, willy
nilly, that anything which is very,
very long necessarily must be very,
very good.
All that length can do, in itself, is
work up an atmosphere better for
many readers. Aside from that ef-
feet, which no doubt is a real enough
one, a novel can be dull or entertain
ing, lifelike or wooden, irrespective of
the number of words required.
Especially no reader should bow
down before huge torrents of words,
vast descriptive passages. which prob
ably enthrall a writer very much, but
which tend to leave many a reader
cold.
1t was so with Cooper. Where is
there a more deadly book in all writ
ing than his Prairie? The first
half of it is just so much words, words,
words.
Description, as such, was the style
then. Happily it is the vogue no
longer. But in its place We have
something worse. a grand blow-up of
words just for the sake of words.
1t is something like the language in
which the income tax blanks is
couched One wonders if the writ
ers thereof really knew what they
were trying to put into words. If
they did, why did they not SO phrase
them that their meaning was un-
miStakable? Some time we hope to
rephrase some of those items. for the
ediflcation of readers here, so that it
may be demonstrated how easily the
same things might have been put
down in perfectly plain language.
Language at bottom is merely some
thing to materialize thought. If the
thought is haZy. the words will be,
too. If the thought is clear, the
words will be clear to others. The
world is slowly getting away from the
old idea, at one time judiciously fos-
tered by writer's, that inspiration was
one thing, and comprehension by
readers quite another. If readers could
not understand what was written,
something was the matter with them,
never with the writers who could not
make themselves plain!
X
Most of the disputes over words
which have so filed the world
for centuries would have been avoided
if that false idea of inspiration had
not been evolved to cover up the in
ability of those who struggled to ex-
Evening star., 1935-03-11

A. The first husband Of Martha
Dandridge, Daniel P. Gusts, is de-
Scribed as an amiable and estinable
gentleman, universally respected and
many years her senior when he began
his suit for the hand of Martha Dam
drige, age 16.
@. What city is the capital of the
Netherlands?-M. j.
A. Amsterdam is the actual legisla.
tive capital Of the Netherlands, but
The Hague Is the seat of government.
The public buildings Of the states gen.
eral, as well as the royal residence, are
located here.
O. What is the origin Of the ex-
preston, to sow dragons teeth?-M.
M II.
A. The reference is to the classical
story of Cadmus, who slew the dragon
that guarded the well Of Ares and
sowed some of its teeth. From them
sprang up the men called Spartans,
who all killed each other except five,
who became the ancestors Of the The
bans. The teeth which Cadmus did
not SOW came into the possession of
the King Of Colchs. One of the
tasks which he set Jason was to SOW
them and slay the armed warriors
who Sprang from them.
O. Did THE Barretts Of WimpoIe
Street." with Katharine Cornell, open
in New York?-H. r. S.
A. The play was presented for the
first time in the United States at the
Hanna Theater. Cleveland, Ohio, on
January 20. 1881.
@. Please tell me when it is cor
rect to use the terms gentleman and
lady instead of man and woman
F. E.
A. Gentleman and lady are terms
properly used to designate persons Of
refined speech and manners, as dis
tinguished from ill-bred or unculti-
waited people. The use of them to
designate mere sex is incorrect. The
use Of man and woman need never be
avoided. Even where lady or gentle
man may be used correctly, man or
woman is equally polite, and is often
preferable.
@. Does King George v Of England
wear crown?-V. M. H.
A. He wears his crown only on cer-
tain state occasions, notably the OPEN
ing of Parliament.
@. Are Julius Rosenwalds sons
carrying on their fathers philan-
thropic work?-E. T. T.
A. Lessing Rosenwald is chairman
Of the Rosenwald Fund and William
Rosenwald is its treasurer Both are
deeply interested also in Jewish phil
anthropies. There are three daugh-
tiers. all of whom are following In the
footsteps of their father.
O. When was the Great Stone Face
discoyered?-R. l..
A. The Great Stone Face, about
which Hawthorne wrote, is the Old
Man of the Mountains in the White
Mountains of New Hampshire. 1t was
discovered in 1905 by Francis Whit
comb and Luke Brooks while working
on the Notch road. 1t was first de-
scribed BY Gen. Martin Field, who
visited it in 1927. From the base Of
the projection forming the chin to
the top of that forming the forehead
the vertical distance is 36-40 feet.
The projection is mainly of granite.
G. What is a nuncupative Will?-
G. NJ. E.
A. One which is orally announced
not written.
@. How long have Protestant
churches had foreign miSsions?-N. P.
A. While there we're several at
temptS in the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries to establish foreign
missions, the movement gained its
real impetus just before the dawn of
the nineteenth century. The Mora
VANS were the first decided cham
pionS of Protestant foreign missions.
The English Wesleyans were soon in
the field.
Evening star., 1935-03-11

Amelia Earhart has asked the
Maine Legislature to be minded
in considering the activities of flyers
who annoy the groundlings. Miss
Earhart will scarcely go so far as to
plead for the lads whose low flying
has disturbed the White House.
Evening star., 1935-03-11

Every campaign is more or less
complicated at the start by the fact
that nobody can attain any kind of
extraordinary prominence without be-
ing mentioned as one of the boy
minded persons who expect to grow
up to be President.