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Evening star., 1935-07-10
Gold From the Sea.

For centuries thoughtful men have
agitated for a solution of the problem
OF how to recover gold from the sea. 1t
has been estimated that approximately
ten billion tons of the precious metal is
present in the great waters of the globe.
During unnumbered ages every river
of the earth has been washing tiny
grains of the yellow treasure oceanward.
Century after century that natural proc
ess of accumulation has been going
on, with the result that under the
turbulent waves there now is the most
valuable hoard of wealth of which the
human mind can conceive.
But the question remains: How can it
be retrieved? And the most recent at
tempt at an answer is a monograph by
Prof. Colin G. Fink of the department of
electrochemiStry, Columbia University,
published in Science The author apollo
gizes for his interest in the subject and
begs the public to consider him reason
ably sane. Thirty years of experiment
ana study. ne says, prompts his concern
with the riddle and his belief that it may
be solved. Simple electrolysis has failed,
in his Judgment, because "the gold par
ticles cannot get close to the cathode"
due to "a relatively thick alkaline film
which is always present when a current
is set up" But he has learned that this
film can be reduced and penetrated by
rotating the cathode at high speeds" A
pace up to fifteen thousand revolutions
a minute "has the effect of tearing down
the film and permitting the molecules
of gold to adhere to the cathode" The
method at its current stage of develop
ment, the inventor comedies, "is not
commercially feasible" But he adds:
Evening star., 1935-07-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

This brings him, happily. within strik-
ing distance Of a small stand.
Boom! over 1t goes.
Maybe this explains why he bitches
the chair in the first place.
Maybe 1t doesn't, one cannot be sure,
but If he had let the chair alone, he
would not have reached the stand SO
easily.
The trouble seems to be that what
may worry you, If you are particular, Is
absolutely nothing at all to him.
If, In a moment of good fellowship,
he honors your desk by parking himself
on it, he invariably rumples and
crumples the papers that may be in his
way.
He never seems to think about re-
moving them to another part of the
desk before he parks himself there
You insult him, if you dare move
them away.
Indifferent to you and your wishes, he
is terribly sensitive to any indication on
your part that you would have him
otherwise than he. is.
Yet he expects you to be far different.
This is a small everyday problem, in
itself, but it opens up an entire vista
of human relations. There are so many
people who demand that you do not ask
them to consider and respect your de-
sires and feelings, but who ask with
equal fervor that you have every degree
of respect for them and their likes and
dislikes.
1t Is the unfairness Of the thing that
'gets you.
What is sauce for the goose, ought
to be sauce for the gander, too, in the
silly old phrase.
What Is demanded one way ought
| to be accorded the other.
Ought to be, and do, are two different
| things.
There ought to be-there ought to be
| how the cry rings down through the
| agesi
There ought to be fair play, there
ought to be honor, their ought to be
honesty. there ought to be everything
good and upright the mind and heart OF
man have dreamed.
How seldom, however, in a curious
| planet, do we find the "oughts" observed
except on paper, where it is easy to
observe them.
| Ourtly we LOOK Ill VdlIl lUr OuI buDJeCl
| to observe them.
He is too busy thinking about himself
How you ought to feel at his inroads he
already has decided for you.
If you object you are nothing but a
flnicky fool
In the meantime he goes right ahead
bliSsfully spilling his cigar ashes al
over the floor, the finer the finish the
better.
You can count yourself fortunate Il
he does not scrunch the butt out with
his heel, leaving a neat black smear
that nothing but a refnishing of the
entire surface will wipe out.
| There is an element of humor in him
OF course. 1t is interesting to contem-
plate, as he enters, what he will do
this time.
bet on the rearrangement of furni-
ture would be unsportsmanlike OF
course, he will do that But what will
come down, or of. or be upset? That
is where the real betting comes in
Like weather predicting, the exact mani
feStation may not be so easy, but that
something within wide range of prob
abilities will happen is easy enough.
Evening star., 1935-07-10

Forever bending, breaking, tearing,
defacing something, he is a mild sort
OF nuisance wherever he goes.
charming enough fellow he may be,
but when he sits on your desk he man
ages to crumple several papers out Of
recognition.
He drops ashes on the floor, makes
marks on books, knocks down a curtain
If he calls at your home, stumbles over
the rug at the front door.
Every one is glad to have him, in one
way, and sorry in another, for there is
never any telling what he will or
won't do.
He doesn't know himself, of course
He can do the oldest things, such as
tearing a blind down, roller and all.
How he so manages to get mixed up
with things is problem for the careful.
+ X r
No doubt that is the answer, plain
lack of care.
most cheerful way he knocks a small
stand down, precipitates books and
magazines all over the room, picks them
up, dogears the books, crumples the
magazines in replacing them.
Yet all this is done with such mag
nificent gusto that any one, no matter
how particular. would be held unneces-
sarily severe, if he or she happened
to demonstrate.
So no one demonstrates. What would
be the use? In one sense 1t is not his
fault at all. He simply has no regard
for such things.
Kicking over a chair Is nothing In
his life.
Yanking down blind from the win
dom is done as easily as most Of us
pick up book from table.
Calling this individual clumsy is too
good for him.
Lack of regard for the wishes Of
others is at the bottom Of his careless
ness
He has set the standard for what
you must dare like and dislike, and If
you happen to have your own standards,
it is just too bad for you, for he will
be angry at your selections.
What seems something to you seems
absolutely nothing at all to him.
Any remonstrance on your part in
stantly puts you down, according to
his standards, as crouch and worse
Hence 1t comes about that very little
is ever said to him in public. One hopes
he gets lectured at home He deserves 1t,
n
A cousin Of this wight is the con-
stant chair mover.
Let him come into a house where
everything is planned for hospitality, yet
he will find occasion to hitch q chair
around.
If he stopped to think about 1t. he
might realize he could not better mat
tiers, but he never stops to think about
anything, evidently.
He might realize that the placement
of the chairs has been a matter of
much thought. over a number Of years.
Every possible way they might be
placed to advantage has been tried
long ago.
If better way could be devised, those
who have sat in those chairs for years
ought to know it, ought they not?
Yet let this fellow be seated no longer
than 30 seconds, he begins to hitch the
chair of its intended base.
Inside Of minute he has 1t facing
squarely the other way, and probably
a foot or two from its former position.
Evening star., 1935-07-10
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
The Treasured Hour

Out of your day this hour Of dusk is mine
To make melodious or perhaps define
The moods when even music tires you
After the chaos Of the light is through.
The mood when converse low drives care
away -
Or loves long Silences efface the day, :
The mood when trailing fingers on your
hair -
May ease your brain Of any fever there,
And when a tender kiss upon your lips
Throws all the din and stress into eclipee.
Evening star., 1935-07-10

The Governor of Mississippi explained
his pardon of DR.. Sara Ruth Dean,
convicted Of poisoning a man, also a
member of her profession, by saying he
had the benefit of information not avail
able to the courts. Taxpayers would
have saved money if the case could have
been left to the Governor in the first
place.
Evening star., 1935-07-10

1t is inquired by Commissioner Hazen
how policemen can allow bootlegging to
go on under their very noses. It must
be remembered that when crime is
prevalent police officers are so busy
with their eyes and ears that other func-
tions of sense may be temporarily sub
ordinated
Evening star., 1935-07-10

When Mussolini organized fascism he
accomplished a remarkable work. He
now feels the necessity of showing that
it ought to be good for something more
than local police duty.
Evening star., 1935-07-10

The Republican elephant is still re-
garded by Senator Borah as strong
enough to do its old tricks and maybe
learn some new ones.
Evening star., 1935-07-10

service man adds q new note to the old
story. The Inflated liner appears with
another name, but the route, the cir.
cumstances and the results unm1stak.
ably stamp the work as factionized
history.
Evening star., 1935-07-10
Taxes and LAWYERS.

From the Kansas CITY Sthf.
Another alarming aspect of the huge
inheritance tax program is the possible
necessity of providing work-relief for a
good many lawyers for whom big estates
were an ideal share-the-wealth program
under the old system.
Evening star., 1935-07-10
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Evening star., 1935-07-10

The New Deal proceeds without seri-
Gus disturbance because of designations.
AS a matter of course, a few hands 60
into the discard.
Evening star., 1935-07-10
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Sly Manfhs, Refrosno

Six Months Retrospect.
On January first made some resolu-
tions fine,
I put 'em out upon parade and stood
'em up in line.
"a golden treasury of thought" Twas
thus Of them I spoke.
my heart with dull regret is fraught
My treasury is broke"
Half Of the year has gone its way, you
Cheerfully declare
A broken resolution may not be beyond
repair.
Or if the pieces are too small, our fate
we won't deplore.
If those are gone beyond recall, well
simply make some more.
do you prefer facts to ideas?"
"No," answered Senator Sorghum. II
remember with pleasure the old days in
Congress when Dictator was a passing
epithet and not recognized title"
Jud Tunkins says he likes the idea
of evolution because it's the only excuse
human beings have for displaying vari-
GUS traits of the lower animals.
Automatic.
Self playing instruments were made
In happy days of yore.
Pianos cunningly self-played
Are purchased at the store.
Self-playing type machines should please
Beyond shade of doubt.
You let the keys jog at their ease
And just take what comes out.
Ego.
do you think pedestrians are to
blame for many of the motor accidents?"
Certainly" answered the reckless
driver. Pedestrians ought to learn to
dodge quicker"
Machinery.
It's freedom we demand for speech,
And also for the printed page.
BY these we all expect to reach
A somewhat more enlightened age.
It's bad luck for the human race
With many a pang of bitterness,
When the machine gun would displace
The plain old plodding printing press.
when hear a man complain bout
how his friends treat him." said Uncle
Eben. IT can't help feelin' curious bout
de way he has maybe been treatin' his
friends"
Evening star., 1935-07-10

A chapter entitled From Roosevelt
to Roosevelt" will be an interesting fea-
ture of a worlds history yet to be
written.
Evening star., 1935-07-10
Sharing.

Sharing.
From the New York Sun.
The controversy shifts rapidly from
sharing the wealth to sharing the plan
to share the wealth.
Evening star., 1935-07-10

Announcements of submarine develop
ment lend gloomy suggestion to the
adage History repeats itself"
Evening star., 1935-07-10
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sleuth performs nobly and efficiently
against intangible and terrifying forces.
X ~ ~
SHIPS AFLAME! BY Jean TouSSaint-
Samat. Philadelphia: j. B. Lippin-
colt Co.
THE LEFT HANDED PASSENGER. BY
day, Doran & Co.
Here are two tales of fire at sea, the
former a demonstration of the genius
of a young man whose scientific re-
searches lead to the invention of an
extinguishing process that will make loss
of life by fire at sea impossible, and the
second novelized mystery version OF
the Moro Castle disaster.
The first story is the winner of the
Jules Verne prize in France and is con-
cerned with the plots of Communists to
destroy the palatial liners of France.
The young genius, who tries to sell his
fire extinguisher to the shipping COM
panies, is condemned for his imperti-
nence and his warnings that enemies
are at work against them, Is later lauded
and decorated for having ON his own
initiative followed the ships and saved
their human cargoeS from death, and
is then accused of having himself set
fire to the ships in order to save them.
The story is interesting and exciting, but
it does not measure up to other mystery
tales by the same author.
The American story is well done and
it projects theory which many people
still hold regarding the horrible catas-
trophe which carelessness in equipment
and lack Of discipline on the MORO
Castle made possible. A slick criminal
| has been created and . refreshing secret
Evening star., 1935-11-04
TESTS ON HOUSING -.
NOT TO SLOW WORK
Officials Say 81 Of So Prof.
ects Can Go Ahead in Face
of Adverse Decision.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Administration officials said today
the Supreme Court decision on the
right of the Government to condemn
land for low-cbst housing-one of the
four New Deal tests now pending
would have little effect on the $780,
100000 now being spent for such con-
struction.
While the courts ruling may have a
controlling influence on future slum
clearance programs. officials said, 81
of the So projects now contemplated
can 60 ahead even In the face Of an
adverse decision.
The point at issue in the housing
case is whether the Government can
use its power Of eminent domain to
take property for low-cost housing or
slum clearance projects. The Circuit
Court at Cincinnati said 1t could not.
The lower court decision is holding
up work on a $l,618.0O0 project in
Louisville. KY. But officials said none
OF the 48 other projects under the
Public Works Administration or the
four under the Rural Resettlement
Administration were involved.
When the adverse court decision In
Louisville held up the project there.
officials Immediately abandoned the
use of condemnation and obtained
their land for other projects by nego-
tiation or voluntary purchases.
AS a result, out OF the 4s other
projects under the Public Works Ad-
ministrstion. condemnation was used
in obtaining land for only eight, and
in all Of these cases the owners have
accepted the awards. so that no fur
ther dispute can arise.
The Resettlement Administration
spending s3l 100000 on four big prof.
ects. has never used the condemnation
process. 1t has bought land only in
outlying sections where it was easier
to acquire than in the cities.
Evening star., 1935-11-04
DARK HORSE G. O.P.
CONVENTION IS SEEN
Middle West Campaign Head
Says Candidate Can Be One
of Many Able Men.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. November 4.-Harrison
e. Spangler, director of the Repub-
lican Middle West campaign. pre-
dicted in an interview today that
the 1886 convention might name
another dark horse" candidate, like
Warren G. Harding. in 1920.
There are number of able men
who have already received mention
as Republican presidential timber"
said Spangler 1T may be. however,
that the man who will be selected
by the convention has not yet re-
ceived prominent notice"
Harding. newspaper publisher of
Marion. Ohio. was named Republican
standard bearer after the convention
Uas deadlocked by delegates pledged
TO former Gov. Frank o. Lowden of
Illinois and Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood.
later Governor of the Philippines.
Evening star., 1935-11-04
HELENA DIGS OUT
Of QUAKE DEBRIS
Warmer Weather Restores
Spirits-Hazards Are
Ordered Razed.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HELENA. Mont. November A.
Helenss earthquake refugees dis
missed their plight with smile and
shrug today as they joined in remov-
ing the scars of the shaken capital
city.
The prospect Of warmer weather
and bright skies after day rela-
lively free from seismic disturbances
helped to improve the spirits Of those
who lost their homes in the series of
shocks which have resulted in seven
deaths since October IL.
After giving assurance that all OF
some 200 refugees had been provided
with warm shelter, clothing, food and
medical care. James H. Rowe, Fed
eral representative. ordered immediate
demolition Of unsafe structures.
These broken walls. facing people
every day after sad experiences. are
going to go down quickly" he said.
A crew of 200 men was modified to
carry out his orders.
More than 100 refugees we're quar-
tered in the massive warehouse of a
nearby ranch.
Here families were permitted to
bed down at will some taking a
section of four to eight or ten cots.
Some, seeking privacy, erected tenn
porary blanket barriers.
In one corner, maintained by the
Salvation Army was a colony of Chi
nese from Helena's Oriental section.
Aged men, stopped with years. sat
sWathed in blankets by roaring fires.
Slant-eyed youngsters scampered
and played with children of their new
white neighbors.
Midway in the huge building cook
presided over cauldrons of stew and
coffee.
In back corner a white-clad nurse
ministered to the i'll or injured. VIC
Tins of Thursdays fatal shocks which
cost two lives.
Two stout old brownstone mansions
we're pressed into service for orphans
from the Montana Deaconess Home
and the Home OF the Good Shepherd
Sixty girls from the Crittenton home
were furnished luxurious quarters in
guild rooms of St. Peters Procathe-
dral
Youngsters from st. Joseph's Or
phanage-1l5 Of them-were gay at
their temporary home in the Boulder
Hot Springs Summer resort
The owner. Senator James E. Muir
ray, asked IS vacationists to leave so
the youngsters might have immediate
use Of the building.
Miners were cheered by word from
mine officials that apparently all the
gold mines in the mountains adjacent
to the city had escaped damage.
Evening star., 1935-11-04
ALL CH|NA'S SILVER
MOVING TO BANKS
Decree Matchmaking Metal
LegaIizeS Tender to
Replace Coin.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SHANGHAI, November 4, - The
Chinese government began to gather
in boarded silver today under the
terms of a new financial decree ma
tionalizing the white metal.
The order. announced yesterday by
Finance Minister H. H. Kung. also
provides for restriction of bank note
issues, STERILIZATION of the Chinese
dollar and legalization Of legal tender
to replace silver coin.
Officials said the move was pointed
toward definite currency stabilization,
hope not borne out when the
Chinese dollar opened at 20 l3 Is
cents against the United States dollar
in early trading. The normal value
of the Shanghai dollar is 80 cents.
Chinese citizens who refuse to give
up their silver are liable TO a charge
of treason. Foreign bankers were
pondering the effect of the decree on
their transactions.
British Will Cooperate.
The British Embassy instructed its
residents to observe the governments
order. United States Ambassador
Nelson T. johnson said no orders
have been issued for Americans.
A spokesman for the Japanese En-
bassy expressed doubt over the ade-
quacy Of the naturalization program
although conceding the condition of
the financial market is such as to
require some measure"
The new financial order embodies
Capitalization of national banking ia
Cilities in three banks-the Central
Bank of China, the Bank of China
and the Bank Of Communications
and designstes the three as deposit
tories for all public funds.
All other banks are instructed to
halt issuance of legal tender notes
and notes now in circulation are to
be gradually replaced by those of the
Central Bank.
After two years of reorganization
activities the Central Bank is to be-
come the Central Reserve Bank. with
sole authority to issue legal tender
notes.
Two Conditions Are Basic.
The success Of the governments
program rests on two conditions.
First, it must establish and maintain
the currency stability it seeks. Then
it must induce silver hoarders to re-
lease their hoardings for deposit as
security in the Central Bank.
BY stabilizing the currency. said
Minister Kung, China hopes to end
the generalization of currency result
ing from abandonment of the gold
standard by many nations and the
rise in world silver prices.
LAS long as the value of currency
remained high" said Kung, "deflation
would have continued with increased
severity.
Should the value fall and create
wide disparity in the domestic and
foreign price Of silver. as in fact hap
pened, extensive smuggling of silver
would result
(Chinese currencies have been un-
settled for at least week because of
reports of the stabiliZation decree.
Last week the Shanghai dollar closed
at 3l30 cents after rallying l8 points.
The Hongkong dollar, which would be
brought to a nearer value with the
Shanghai dollar by the new order,
dropped 150 cents to 1890 centsD
The new plans also include pro-
posals to establish special institu-
ton to deal exclusively in mortgages
and to balance the national budget
within 18 months.