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Evening star., 1935-08-25
Lake $ Names Changed.

THE region now known as Crater
Lake National Park, Oregon, has
known several different names since it
was first explored by whites. Deep
Blue Lake was the first designation
bestowed upon it by the palefaces.
The choice was certainly descriptively
accurate. Not even the storied Medi-
terranean is more intensely azure.
Mystery Lake succeeded this title
another appropriate selection. Lake
Majesty was later chosen as its name.
Ever since 1869. however. when party
of pioneers from Jacksonville visited
this Oregon wonderland. the waters
have been known as Crater Lake.
Evening star., 1935-08-25

THE Dolomites, Italy's fascinating
and strangely formed mountains,
were named after the French geologist,
Dolomieu. He was the first to analyze
the formation of the rocks.
When Panama virtually abolished
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convention at Old Faithful on Septem-
Der 10 to Is will be attended by be-
tween 1900 to $500 delegates. Orig
inally 1t was thought the number
would reach only TOO.
Increased interest in the convention
OF the National Federation of Federal
Employees gives rise to the belief that
about 500 Government workers will
be at Old Faithful the first week In
September for this gathering.
Evening star., 1935-08-25
The Travellers Notebook
By Jacques Futrelle, Jr.

import duties earlier this year she
opened shoppers paradise for the
visitor. Carved jade, imported per-
fume, inlaid furniture and rare prod
ucts from many parts of the world
can be purchased at minus-tarifi
prices. One hundred dollars worth is
duty free II brought home for per-
sonal use.
Balboa Park, San Diego, where the
exposition Is being held, embraces
400 acres.
Chile's Summers are not hot, mol
the Winters cold.
Montreal has $50 churches.
In the Upper Geyser basin of the
Yellowstone, the Daisy geyser puts on
a show every s5 minutes, the Lone
Star goes into play every three hours
and the Riverside, one of the most
beautiful, erupts every eight hours.
THE Canadian National Railway
maintains greenhouse, and sup
plies Towering plants to stations
coaling bins, roundhouses and other
structures on the line to beautify the
right -of-way. More than $4,000 plants
were shipped out this year to ease the
travellers eyes.
There is an island in the mouth of
the Amazon River as big as the State
Of Massachusetts,. The water from
the river colors the Atlantic ocean 200
miles out from land.
The Box Singing Tower, on Iron
Mountain, Fla, has II bells. Admis-
sion to the adjoining Mountain Lake
Sanctuary Is free.
Maine calls the tuna the horse
mackerel. Some have been caught
weighing $500 pounds.
THE Chateau Of Trevano, near Lu-
gano. Switzerland. has a staircase
| with balustrade of 800 finely cut
Bohemian glass columns. The chateau
was built by one Baron Won Derweis, a
Russian millionaire and secretary to
the CZar, in the 1860's. Later 1t was
bought by the eminent French violin
ist, Louis Lombard, whose fortune was
built on his American concert tours,
and augmented by lucky Wall Street
plunging. When Lombard died in
1927, the chateau was bought for a
small sum by the Canton of Ticino,
ard it is to be renovated. possibly as
an art school. Walls Of f1awless Car
rara marble, mosaic floors and fres-
Goes bear out the story that Won Der
weis spent 100000 francs on his
dream house.
Grabs are boiled in sidewalk caul-
drons and served piping hot to visitors
at San Francisco's fishermen's wharf.
The meke-meke is the name under
which the native Fijian dance goes.
The baptismal font of a mission at
Suva. on Viii Levu, Fiji, is an ancient
killing stone.
Bull fights in Mexico City's famous
ring usually are held at O'Clock Sun
day afternoons.
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= CRIBBLINGS: The name Of
Toronto Is derived from the
y early Indian, and means place

- CRIBBLINGS: The name Of
Toronto Is derived from the
early Indian. and means place
- of meeting"
The International-Gordon Bennett
balloon cup races will be held at
Warsaw September Is.
hotels which have air-conditioning
in sleeping rooms report difficulty in
convincing guests that they should
break a lifetime habit and sleep with
the windows closed.
Twelve-hour plane service between
London and Belgrade Is scheduled to
begin September /.
One of the quaintest foreign col
onies in America is Ybor City, at
Tampa, Fla. where Spanish and
Cuban cigar makers live.
Rehoboth Beach, Del, has normal
population Of 300.
Yosemite National Park, Calf, Is
approximately the size Of Rhode Is
land. The name is Indian for Large
grizzly bear
Moscow plans to build six new
hotels and $500 new apartment build
ings within the next 10 years. Rail-
roads are to be electrified.
THE white whale Of Quebec's waters
Is the beluga, authorities have
pointed out, and they are not por-
poises. but real members of the whale
family, although they generally are
only 13 to 20 feet long.
Alpine flowers increase in intensity
Of colors with the altitude. The
blossoms also grow larger and the
plant itself smaller the higher the
elevation.
Weekly attendance records at yell
lowstone National Park were broken
for the seven days ended August TO-
In that period 2s.oO7 people visited
the park. The previous high was in
1929, when in one week slightly more
than $4,000 travellers saw its wonders.
Hundreds of golfers are headed to
Jasper National Park, Canada. to
compete for the Totem Pole Trophy
in tournament from September /
to T.
WlnSton-Salem, N. C.. were twin
cities prior to 1918. OF the two, Win
ston is the youngest.
President Taylor's tomb Is s miles
from Louisville. KY.
ST. Moritz, Switzerland, one of the
most modern and fashionable resorts,
was a mecca for pilgrims as early as
the fifteenth century. The town is
divided into two sections, the village
and the baths.
New York has Spanish theater.
Vaudeville and motion pictures are
presented in the language.
THE Dolomites, Italy's fascinating
and strangely formed mountains,
were named after the French geologist,
Dolomieu. He was the first to analyze
the formation of the rocks.
When Panama virtually abolished
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Park Conventions.

YELLOWSTONE PARK. wyoming,
August 24.-Advance bookings for
the national convention Of the p. z. o.
Sisterhood indicate that their national
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the bride from her home. She goes
with apparent resistance, the pursuit
is started, and at the home of the
bridegroom the wedding celebration
eventually continues.
At the end Of a week the bride at
tempts an escape" to her parental
roof, an attempt which is rarely sue
cessful.
Evening star., 1935-08-25
Cap Haitien on Route.

NEW YORK, August 24.-Cap Hal
' tien. little known to American
tourists and never before visited by q
large cruise liner, has been added as
port Of call for the three passenger
steamers Of the Colombian Line. This
interesting and historical spot will be
visited on northbound voyages Of the
vessels on the last leg of the 1s-day
trips from New York to the Caribbean
and return.
C. H. c. Pearsall. vice president and
general manager of the line, recently
visited Haiti and believes the new
port will prove popular.
Steamers of the line sail from New
York every Thursday going to Port
au Prince, Haiti; Kingston, Jamaica,
Puerto Colombia and Cartagena, Co
lombia, South America; Cristobal,
Canal Zone, and then makes o second
call at Kingston, in Jamaica. Leaving
Kingston on the northbound trip. the
vessel crosses o part of the Caribbean
to again call at Port au Prince, the
Haitien capital. and continues along
the Haitien coast to Cap Haitien.
Passengers may take automobiles
over modern roads to Milot, IL miles
to the south, where still may be visited
the ruins Of San Souci, the palace Of
Christophe, who ruled with an iron
hand between the years 1806-1820.
From here may be seen the mighty
citadel looming UP on the peak of
LIE Bonnet a L'Eveque, 5000 feet up
from San Souci. and one Of the great
works of all time, some 10000 men
having been used for years in its
building.
The citadel is q mass Of ruins, much
of its structure having been used to
rehabilitate Cap Haitien in 1s42 after
disastrous earthquake, which also
leveled San Souci and most Of the
town.
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| Write Vacation Heddquarters" for inter
| estiHu booklet and detailed in nfoTmdtion.
Please state arrival date, length OF stay.
etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-14
DAILY SHORT STORY GUN CREW In Anguish of Soul Schmidt Faced the Problem: He Couldn't Kill His Own Brother--Yet He Muss.

home. He usually remembered Carl a sa rosy-cheeked boy of 12 or 1e. standing with the family waving good-by to him. He must be al Of 20 now. And he was on the hill that they were to shell in the morning!
 Schmidt walked into the woods and lay down, his brain in whirl. He couldn't help to kill his own brother, yet he must! Tn anguish of soul he dug his fingers into the clay under the leaves and groaned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-14
BY GLENN REILLY


 1917. Over the face of half of Europe the grimy, blood-stained hand of Mars had spread in unre- lenting possession. Somewhere in the north of France the remnants of battery D, 58th artillery, lay im- patiently waiting waiting.
 The muddy gun crews of the on- ly two remaining .75s sat under the sheltering camouflage of branches torn from the shell-torn trees standing behind them, which shielded them from enemy aircraft.
 How much longer are we going to stick around this dump?" the sergeant asked generally. Five weeks in action and two whole days lying around here waiting for replacements! What the hell!" He spat disgustedly.
 "It cannot last much longer - Christmas, they say," reflect lively offered Private Schmidt in his precise, slow accent. Although a German by birth, he ha dtaken citizenship papers and had been drafted.
 Here's some news, men!" They looked up as Lieutenant Harder broke into the group. "A runner just came up fro G. H. c. We're being held here for another day because we happen to be the only outfit left in the immediate sector with any workable guns"
 "Do we get replaced?" asked Hayes.
 "The replacements can't come up because the roads are being shelled night and day behind us. The only thing that is holding us up is half-dozen machine gun nests on a hill about a mile ahead of us. To- morrow morning we'll shell them with shrapnel to clear the way for an advance, and then the reinfoce- ments can come up."
 He walked back to the captains shack, an old barn just inside the wood, leaving the gunners to grum- blingly discuss the situation. Schmidt abrouptly arose and left them. He was tired of war, of the sound of 1t.
 He halted before crossing the road which ran through the woods and on the other side of which the picket line and the rolling kitchen were established in the echelon. A strangling line of prisoners were being herded slowly along the road.
 Schmidt watched them. Most of them were wounded; all of thme seemed glad to be going away from the action which lay ahead. He wished that he was going along with them.
 Hans. mein freund," He glanced up sharply-it had been a long time since he had heard his name thus. He had changed it to Henry in the states. One of the men had stopped, and underneath. the grimc and stubbly growth of beard Schmidt recognized August Led erer, from his home town in Ger many.
 The conversed rapidly as he walked little way down the road with the prisoners. As he stopped, August said to him stalidly, "Carl is left on the hill with the machine gunners yeti" Schmidt gulped.
 Carl! His younger brother! It couldn't be |. but then, it had been eight years since he had been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-14

The guard awoke them before daylight, stamping up and down where they lay huddled in blankets under the hmbers and caissons. Schmidt arose from a sleep1ess night with dumbly animal-like look in his tortured eyes,.
 The two gun crews took their po- sitions in the unreal light of the gray, frasty dawn. The gunner cor poral and the No. man sat upon the little seats flanking the muzzle of the piece, adjusting their aiming instruments.
 Schmidt, the No. man, took the shells as they were handed to him by the No. man from the racks in the caisson and after setting the range on the dial of the fuse cut-S ter, inserted and twisted them. Thus the fuse inside the war heads was cut, allowing it to burn but 8 regulated amount of time, causing the shell to explode just before it struck.
 He then handed it to the waiting No. ? man, standing beside the. trail of the gun, who inserted it in- to the breech.
 Captain Maddox and the lieuten-i ant stood at the fringe of the woods with the B. c. detail, figur- ing the range by means of a transit and a geometrical computation.
 Tt is up to us, men," the cap tain announced in his flat, calm voice. ''The gunners in the woods on that hill are holding up the whole line of advance; the sooner we wipe them out the better! Schmidt turned pale and his hands squeezed feverishly at the ready shell in his hands.
 The lieutenant looked up from his figures and took out his field glasses. Range 40 plateau 10! It should be a direct hit" Schmidt bent over the fuse cut ter and adjusted the dial with fin- gers that trembled. Such a little difference between life and deathi Twisting the shell, he handed 1t mechanically to No. 2, who thrust it into the breech of the piece and stepped back, away from the recoii.
 "Fire!" The lanyard jerked. There was a flash, then with a tremendous roar the muzzel of the gun was rent and twisted from mouth to breech; and the terrific blast was immediately followed by a still greater one as the shock from the exploded gun detonated the delicate high explosive shells in the caissons.
 Battery D spewed heavenward in a vast geyser of broken gunss men and dirt. A few minutes later all was quiet, the dust still gently sitting downward from the upper air.
 Lodged in the fork of tree hundred feet away, the round brass dial of the fuse cutter lay face up. set at zero!
 Copyright, 1885,
 The Chicago Daily News, Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-14

The guard awoke them before daylight, stamping up and down where they lay huddled in blankets under the limbers and caissons. Schmidt arose from a sleepless night with a dumbly animal-like look in his tortured eyes
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
Electricians Rob
Home of $55,OOO

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, March
20 Q.N.SO.-Three electricians"
today staged a $55,000 robbery at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Rich.
ard Woodacre.
One engaged the Woodacres In
converse ton about electric wiring.
Working in another part of the
house, the other two removed a
500-pound safe containing $4,000
: cash, a coin collection valued at
$500, a quantity of old gold, and
nine non-negotiable papers worth
$4,000.
The trio of Electricians" de-
parted in an automobile before
the robbery was discovered.
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
Old Navy Photo
Here Identifies
Auto Victim

Old records of the Navy
Yard today helped police solve
the mystery of the identity of a
man who was killed here last
week by a hit-and-run automo-
bile. =
A picture taken in 1917 con-
vinced police the man was
Frank B. Stehlin, A, of st.
Louis, just as he had been iden-
titled by Mrs. Frank B. Stehlin,
400 block N>St. S. w. Mr.. Steh-
lin was employed by the Navy
Yard in 1917.
Mrs. Stehlin had said the man
was her husband, whom she
had not seen for seven years,
and that he probably was on
the way to rejoin her when he
was struck down. She made the
Identification in Emergency Hos
pital before the victim died.
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
RA 7 ES
MUST WAIT
ON APPEAL
New Schedules for Consumers
Held Up Pending Ruling
On Property Values

Appeal by the washington and
Georgetown Gas ompanies
against the valuation order OF
the Public Utilities Commission
would hold up the fixing OF a
new rate schedule for consumers
until all litigation is settled, Cor
poration Counsel E. B Barrett
Prettyman said today.
Although District officials held
it likely an appeal will be filed
in the courts shortly, attorneys
for the gas companies stated no
decision has been reached in re-
gard to an appeal.
Rate Base Cut
The Public Utilities Commits
sion fixed the rate base OF the
gas companies at $16,993, 900, ap-
proximately $13,000,000 less than
was originally claimed by the
concerns, and about $10,00O,OOO
less than the value shown by the
companies in the valuation hear
ingS.
Mr.. Prettyman stated that the
rate hearings scheduled for April
Is can be conducted, but final
decision, in the event of an ap-
peal, will have to wait action by
the courts.
Firms Pay Costs
Peoples Counsel William A.
Roberts said that as a result of a
decision by the Court of Appeals
this week, all court costs arising
out of an appeal will be assessed
against the utility concerns. He
stated:
"It is believed that the de-
cisiOn will permit the eIimina-
ton from the pending public
utilities appeals bill of new
section intended to clarity the
power of the commission to
assess costs against the utilities
companies and will remove one
obstacle to the prompt passage
Of the act"
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
WEYERBACHER
REPR|MANDED

Comdr. Ralph D. Weyerbacher,
accused of offering his services
to a private aircraft manufac-
turing firm while in the employ
of the Government, has been rep
rimanded by the Navy Depart
ment, but otherwise exonerated
of all charges, Secretary of the
Navy Claude A. Swanson an
nounced today.
Commander Weyerbacher ad-
mitted the accusations lodged
against him that he offered his
services to the Cairns Develop
bent Corporation for a monthly
fee of $1,500. The findings Of the
court of inquiry which heard the
charges have been approved by
the Navy Department, Secretary
Swanson said.
The Navy Department has d.
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. p
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
COLONEL HOWE
FAILS RAPIDLY

The condition of Col. Louis Nc
Henry Howe, the Presidents Sec
retary, was described as Eek
tremely critical in brief White
House bulletin issued at noon to-
day. His strength is failing rap
idly and he does not respond to
efforts to rally him, it was said.
President Roosevelt's program
and his engagements now depend
on Colonel Howe's condition. 1t is
believed unlikely the President
will leave Saturday for Florida for
a Today vacation, as he had
planned.
All White House social activities
have been cancelled, including the
tea at which Mrs. Roosevelt was to
be hostess this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
} Jailed for Soliciting
Bible Society Funds

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 20.
Nine members of the Watchtower
Bible and Tract Society, with
headquarters in the 1900 block
Massachusetts, Ave-, washington,
were placed in the city Jail here
today when they refused to pay
fines of S. and costs imposed on
them by Judge j. R. Duncan in
police court on charges of solocit-
ing funds without permit.
Considerable delay occurred at
police headquarters when the
women in the group refused to be
vaccinated before going to Jail.
The State law requires all pris-
onerS to be vaccinated, and Judge
w. P. Woolls, of the corporation
court, decided force would be used
to comply with this law. The four
men offered no objection.
The prisoners, some of whom
said they had been soliciting funds
for 20 years, include Jennie Ber-
man, Beatrice Kendall, Lura Her
rell, L. Rich, Downie Malcolm,
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
BY EARL GOODWIN

While Europe is suffering the
pangs of disruption over Herr Hit
ler's attempts to kick over the
traces, fill the German army and
go out on a military rampage,
breaking up the Versailles Treaty
with respect to ornaments and
making himself generally disagree
able, Uncle Sam is going to try
to give an example of good
neighborliness" to the rest of the
world.
That is the Administration
policy, it was learned today, when
President Roosevelt talked gravely
to his press conference about "the
German situation"
For several hours every day
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
MOVE To GUST
/: :BLAN TON
To FAIL
Texan to Retain His Position
On Appropriations Body
Despite D. c. Protests

While the District Commits
sioners planned to open an in
vestigation of their own into local
crime conditions, which will
parallel the inquiry now being
conducted by a House subcom'
mittee, it was made clear today
that the part that Representative
Thomas L. Blanton CD OF Texas,
played in the now famous Brown
Headley-Bean affair will not cost
him his position with the District
appropriations subcommittee.
Although a sentiment has grown
among civic organizations to pun
ish the Texan for his interference
with the appointments of high po-
lice officials, Representative Byrns,
speaker of the House, said the
Steering Committee will not take
any action of such proposal.
Named by Buchanan
He explained the matter is in
the hands of Representative
James Buchanan DO, Texas,
chairman of the Appropriations
Committee, who appointed Mr..
Blanton to the subcommittee. Mr..
Buchanan made it plain he in
tends taking no steps in the GUST
ing proposal. He declared: a.
"The House is the judge Of It's
own members on committees
without any influence from the
outside, and I have no idea Of
taking any action which would
compel Mr.. BlantOn to get off
the committee"
The decision of the District
heads to investigate the affair in
which Mr.. Blanton was involved
was made known by CommiS'
sioner Melvin c. Hazen yesterday
at the subcommittee hearing.
The Commissioner was drawn
into the Congressional investiga-
ton when Major Ernest w.
Brown, superintendent Of police.
taking the witness stand before
the committee, intimated his SUI
perior was cognizant of the "gen'
tleman's agreement" made be-
tween Major Brown and Repre-
sentative Blanton that Inspector
Thaddeus R. Bean would be re-
placed by Inspector Albert j.
Headley.
Denies intimidation
Commissioner Hazen yesterday
flatly denied the insinuation by
Major Brown, and promised, i'm
mediately following the afternoon
session, that he would conduct
his own investigation into the
Police Department affair in par
ticular, and crime problems here
in general.
Meanwhile, the growing resent
ment toward the part Mr.. Blan-
ton is said to have taken in
making appointments in the local
Police Department crystallized
into a concerted civic drive to
have the Texan removed from his
position on the House Appropria-
tions subcommittee in charge Of
the District supply bill, position
he has held for many years, and
by reason of which he wields
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
VIII Rogers
Says:

VERIFY HILLS, CAL,
March 2O.-It ought to feel
awful good to us (even as bad
off as we think we are) to be
away off over here and not
have to send q protest because
Germany has decided to put on
some extra help.
Those nations over there Just
get up every morning and start
writing protests. If MussOlini
amt deviling the life out Of
'em why Hitler is. Whether
you got a man in the army
before the war starts or after
it starts don't make much diff
ference, he is going to be in
there if it does start anyhow.
The trouble with the Ver-
sailles peace treaty is that the
men that made it are dead,
and the ones living say 1--WE
didn't sign that mortgage" So
it looks like our worries are
mostly all tax worries.
Copyright. 1895. by McNaught
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-03-20
Woman Apartment
+ Owner Murdered

LOS ANGELES, March 20
IIN.S.).-Mrs. Louis Appier,
65.year-old apartmen house
owner, was found beaten to
death in an apartment in a build.
ing she owned, and today police
were without any real clues as to
the identity Of her murderer,
they said.
The woman, reputedly wealthy,
had been beaten so badly her
skull was crushed in several
places and several teeth were
diSlodged.