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The Washington times., 1935-01-23
COAST WARNED
Of STORM
APPROACH

While Washington waded about
today in snow that was more than
ankle deep, storm warnings were
issued at the Weather Bureau
here Of a disturbance moving
moving along the coast from the
Virginia CapeS to Maine.
Strong northeast winds will
reach gale force and small craft
we're advised to stay in safe har-
bors and not attempt to put out
to sea.
The gale will not touch Washing
ton, the Weather Bureau said,
fair weather being expected here
for the next two or three days.
The Washington times., 1935-01-23
PHOTOGRAPH MEMORY

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-QNS0
Detective Harvey Jury has a good
memory for faces. Looking
through detective magazine he
recognized a picture Of a man
wanted for grand larceny and EN-.
bezzlement as that Of a butcher
in a nearby meat market.
The Washington times., 1935-01-23

completely cut off from COM
munication, all wires being down.
Baltimore, covered with a two
inch sheet of sleet last night,
today had added six inches of
snow. Numerous minor injuries
as a result of slippery conditions
were reported.
The Washington times., 1935-01-23
Sections Isolated
BV Snow in MARYLAND

BALTIMORE, Jan. % d.N.S).
Blanketed by swirling snow which
reached a depth of a foot in
sections. Maryland's communica.
tions facilities were the worst
sufferers from the storm today.
The entire Eastern Shore, with
the exception of two points, was
The Washington times., 1935-01-23
QUAKE is FELT

BAKERSFIELD. Cal, Jan. %
,N.SD.-Three distinct earth.
quakes were felt in this vicinity
starting at $3.50 a. M, today. The
shocks awakened sleepers and
ratified dishes in Porterville.
The Washington times., 1935-01-23

at 10:30, in the midst of the morn
ing traffic rush.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Marcella Sembrich.

1t was granted to Marcella Sembrich
to have three great careers. She
was eminent as a singer, as a teacher
and as a woman. In each separate
field she won authentic fame, and
the accident of death will but serve
to confirm the hold she had upon
the affection and respect of thousands.
Her life began in poverty and OBJ
scurity, but it centered in music from
the first, and that circumstance Ger
tainly had much to do with her sue
cess. She was both born and bred
to the art she was to adorn. Heredity
and environment contributed to her
achievement. BY nature she had the
elemental endowment of genius and
through arduous training and refining
experience she developed the technical
perfection which made It possible for
her to be at once an example and
a mentor in the opera field. Little
of her celebrity came to her by trick
of fortuitous destiny. Rather she
Evening star., 1935-01-12

ments are subject to factors that cause
variations from normal digital reac-
tions. The use of the microscope and
the camera has greatly advanced the
processes of reproduction for exami-
nation and test. Whereas in former
times the jury was given demonstra-
tions only through the use Of the
actual original material, now it is pos
sible through enlargements to bring
into view the eccentricities Of the pen
upon which prosecution and defense
rely in demonstration or denial Of
identity.
To the public these contests Of opin-
ion-and they are no more than that
make the dullest hearing and reading
of even the most sensational trials.
The differences between undisputed
and disputed specimens are minute.
Whether they are due to vagrancies
of the hand or to limitations becomes
finally a matter of judgment, and
when a life Is at stake, as In the pres
ent trial, it is the aim Of the defense
to cause the minds of the jurors to
become sufficiently uncertain to evoke
the element of reasonable doubt"
which, in the absence of factual, cir
cumstantial evidence Of guilt, may
lead to acquittal.
1t is a commonplace that the expert
witness testifies in accord with the
source of his fee, whether in the line
of handwriting or Of mental condition.
The suggestion has been advanced re-
peatedly that in all cases of grave
character experts should be called by
the court as impartial witnesses rather
than by the prosecution, seeking con-
viction, or by the defense, seeking
acquittal. Reference of such matters
to body comprised of the most COM
petent persons available, representing
the court and not the contending sides,
would shorten the time required for
such tests and would more surely lead
to just verdicts.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Expert Testimony.

Yesterday the Hauptmann trial at
Pennington, N. j., reached the stage
Of handwriting expert testimony, and
now will begin the battle of opinions
regarding the identity of the person
who wrote the ransom notes. The
first of the experts was called, as the
stage of the trial required, by the
prosecution, and he was still testifying
in direct examination when the court
adjourned until Monday. He will, of
course, be subjected to sharp cross
examination by the counsel for the
defense. Other experts will presum-
ably be called by the prosecution, and
the defense has announced that at
least eight experts will be called in
rebuttal, seeking to prove that the
ransom notes were written not by
Hauptmann but by 1sador Frisch, his
friend, now dead. Intimation Is given
that three weeks may be required to
exhaust this line of testimony.
In many trials in this country
handwriting has formed the basis of
prosecution, and the spectacle has
thus been often presented of two
directly opposite bodies of opinion
laid before juries, witnesses for one
side contradicting those for the other
side. The effect is always confusing.
1t Is like the situation when insanity
is the defense, with experts aligned
in opposition and in response to
Hypothetical questions" replying, in
accord with their court room ale
glance, with a total disagreement.
Handwriting has been studied scien-
tifically, and it is generally accepted
that identity is expressed in the script
of every one who wields the pen. But
1t is not an infallible science, for the
elements entering into the manual
exercise Of handling writing imple-
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Post Office Without Politics
Ideal Difficult to Attain

proposal is in the right direction and
it is one of the most advanced pieces
of legislation the country has had
placed before it." The Bloomington
Gll) Paragraph hopes for the time
when "the capable, conscientious and
energetic postal employe, Of whatever
rank, may look forward to graduation
from one position to higher, solely
on his merits"
The proposal represents an IDEAL"
as appraised by the Kansas City Star,
perhaps more worthy than practical,
in view of the present party compost
ton of Congress. II, however, the
Senator can get across his measure
to put every position in the depart
ment, except the postmaster general
ship itself, under the civil service pro-
visions and to make the one official
ineligible to hold more than the single
office, it will be an extremely meri-
torious achievement. But, Of course,
the Senator would be willing to put in
clause allowing Mr.. Farley an extra
six months to wind up his outside
business as chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee and gen.
eralissimo of the entire political set
up radiating from Washington"
"Mr. Vandenberg may not succeed"
suggests the st. Joseph (Mo.) News
Press, "but his is worthy cause. No
department of the Federal Govern
ment is so distinctly a business de-
partment. Our postal service Is a
public utility. It's administration calls
for business methods from top to bot
tom, and some day, to the country's
surprise, may get them"
"Of course, this measure Is merely
for the amusement Of the Republican
minority in Congress and the pin
pricking of the majority" says the
Muskegon Chronicle, but the Escanaba
Daily Press argues that Congress
men would probably be just as well
of without the post Office patronage"
and the Saginaw Daily News feels
that Senator Vandenberg performs
Q valuable service by keeping the mat
ter alive and in the public eye"
Evening star., 1935-01-12

Much approving comment has fol-
lowed the proposal by Senator Van
denberg of Michigan, that the entire
Post Office Department except for
the Postmaster General be placed
under the civil service, but it Is con-
ceded to be almost too much to hope
for that the traditional political pa
tronage system should be discarded
In the selection of men for the prize
postal Jobs.
THE postal service is so vital to
the welfare of the Nation" says the
New London Comm Day, that it is
unfortunate 1t should have become a
foot ball of politicians and remained
in that status for SO many years. "
The Day thinks that, almost as a
unit, the people should demand this
commonsense suggestion" The Battle
Greek Enquirer News advises that
1.-The only chance for the legislation
lies in mastering sufficient public sup
port to require Congress to accept it. 4"
The Kalamazoo Gazette declares that
"to sincere believers in the civil serv-
ice principle, the adoption of the
plan would indeed be like the full
fillment of a long cherished dream" ="
Senator Vandenberg, observes the
Charlotte IN. c. News, "is member
of the party which at present is
hopelessly in the minority. In sug-
gesting that the post office be taken
out of politics he is suggesting prac-
tically that 1t be given over to the
Democrats, who now man all Of those
positions, the choicer ones, which are
bestowed in recognition of campaign
services rendered. This leaves us
f1abbergasted and virtually, but not
quite, speeches.. Such altruism on
the part Of any man in public life
is almost unheard Of, and we shall
wait with interest to see how it Is re-
ceived."
while the administration is pro-
Tossing REFORM" according to the
Philadelphia Inquirer, post Offices are
still being used for the payment of
political debts. It may be said that
the Postmaster General should have
the right to name flrst-class post
masters. Very well, let him do so,
that he is anything but patronage
distributor. The Vandenberg bill will
prohibit the Postmaster General from
having any connection with political
organizations or from being active
in politics. It is inconceivable that
this provision will be accepted by Con-
gress. Mr.. Farley can take joke as
well as the next man, but he will
surely feel that this is carrying fun
too far. The bill at least will have
the effect Of placing Congress on
record. It will have to decide whether
the merit system in the Post Office
Department Is to be fact or farce"
1.-THE more things our Federal Gov
ernment finds to do-and there is
every indication that 1t is going to be
progressively more active" in the
opinion Of the Seattle (Wash.) Star,
"the more important it is that its
servants be chosen purely for merit
and not for political reasons" The
Grand Rapids Herald holds that " the
Evening star., 1935-01-12
SHOOTING STARS.
RY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Universal Salutation.
Three little words compose the list
That makes a man a drudge,
Pedestrian or motorist;
Good Morning, Judge"
Though millions are upon display
We take our turn to trudge
Upon our weary way, to say
Good Morning, Judge"
Sometimes q busy social pet
Stops work at making fudge
And phones in from the kitchenette
GOOD Morning, Judge!"
We've somehow missed the narrow way
From which we should not bulge,
Since even Uncle Sam must say.
Good Morning, Judge!"
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Tomorrow in the Saar.

Tomorrow, Sunday, January 13, the
anxiously awaited plebiscite which is
to determine the future status of the
Eaar, long time Franco German bone
of contention, will be held. A League
of Nations army" consisting of
mixed force of British, Italian, Dutch
and Swedish troops, has patrolled the
basin for month to insure peaceful
campaign and the Leagues Civil
Commission will supervise the voting.
The final result will probably not be
known until next Tuesday.
: The plebiscite' campaign has been
waged with intensity up to the last
moment. The possibility of violent
collisions was ever present and clashes
of more or less seriousness have oc-
Cured as Nazis, fervidly determined
that the Saarland shall return to its
ancient German moorings, came into
conflict with elements which would
transfer the territory to France and
with other groups which think the
Saar's salvation lies in preservation Of
the status quo; that is, in continuance
of the League Of Nations administra-
ton. 1t is between return to Ger
many, annexation to France or re-
tention of League jurisdiction that the
Saarois will choose.
Every indication is that the result
will be an incontestably decisive VIC
tory in favor of Germany. The over
whelming bulk Of the population OF
300 ,O0o-odd is German. The basin,
third richest coal region on the Con-
tinent of Europe, has been German
for q thousand years, with one or two
brief exceptions. From sixty to sew
enty-flve per cent of the inhabitants
consists of Roman Catholics who feel
none too kindly toward the Nazi re-
gime, and it is possible, despite their
origin and natural German sympa-
thies, that hostility to Hitlerism will
impel many Of them to vote either in
favor of France or the League status
quo. Organized labor is also largely
"anti-Nazi"
France and Germany some time ago
concluded an agreement for restitution
of the Saar coal mines to the Reich,
in the event the plebiscite results in
-Germany's favor. The mines are
French property, having been awarded
to France as compensation for her
own collieries destroyed by invading
German armies The Germans are to
repurchase the mines for $60,000000
in gold, plus II 100000 tons of coal.
Fuehrer Hitler has said that with
the Saar restored to Germany, the
Reich would have no further occasion
for conflict with France. If that
pledge is vindicated by events. the
cause of peace will be enormously ad-
vanced and the whole world will have
reason to view with qualification a
German victory at tomorrow's plebi-
scite. Ever since the so-called peace
of Versailles, the Saar has been one
of Europe's gravest danger spots. Ma
tions and governments everywhere will
breathe more easily when the die Is
finally cast by tomorrow's vote and
the Saar is no longer throwing men,
acing shadow over a nervous and
anxious old world.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
Britain Still Conservative.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
The Prince Of Wales has once more
startled conventional folk by appear
ing In formal morning dress with a
blue shirt and collar. This is a big
step beyond his momentous change
Of some years ago from the wing COL
lar to the turn-down collar, but IL
is not quite revolution. Morning earb
retains the cutaway coat and the
striped trousers. Until innovation
lays its hand on these twin institu-
tions Britain Is still at her moorinrs.
Evening star., 1935-01-12
"First Woman"

One of the interesting elements OF
Miss Earhart's attempt to make the
West-East flight between Hawaii and
the mainland-which everybody hopes
will be successful-is that she is pre-
sumably taking this hazardous voyage
for the simple reason that she wants
to do it. The flight itself will add
few laurels to a head that already
wears many crowns. 1t Is not nearly
so risky as the flight West. which
entails nice problem in navigation.
If the single motor of her plane keeps
clicking smoothly, and the weather
is favorable, she can hardly miss the
continent which is her goal. And when
she lands she will have proved
nothing of great value, except that
Amelia Earhart is the first woman
who made solo flight from Hawaii
to Oakland, Calf.
She is not blazing a new trail. All
but one of the successful flights be-
tween the mainland and Hawaii have
been made in the other direction. OF
these there have been seven, beginning
with the pioneer flight Of Army Lieuts.
Lester Maitland and Albert Hegen-
berger in 1921 year, by the way,
+l,ot eo1, fbroo otbor c,,ccoccf,,I Aiohfc
over the same course. Sir Charles
Kingsford-Smit has flown the course
both ways. In flying East, therefore,
Miss Earhart follows the course set
by Sir Charles en- route from Australia.
But If she lands in Oakland on
time, which would be some time after
four o'clock this afternoon, she will
have blazed another of the trails in
which she specializes, and which are re-
served for woman aviators only. She
has set the pace for woman aviators
all over the world. She began flying
in 1920 on the West Coast, and was
the first woman to receive the F. A. I.
license Federation Aeronautique In
ternationale). In 1925 she was doing
social work in Boston and flying in
her spare time, and in 1928 she flew
the Atlantic with two men, landing in
Wales, and establishing the record as
the first woman aviator to fly the At
lantic. She Immediately hung up
other records in the United States
first woman to make a solo transcon-
tinental flight; first woman to make
a recorded maximum speed record;
first woman to set an altitude record
in an autogyro and first woman to
fly the continent In an autogyro. In
1882 she flew the Atlantic alone,
landing in Londonderry. Ireland. the
first woman to make solo flight Of
the Atlantic.
Her charming personality has made
her popular and her characteristic
has brought her praise as
sort of feminine counterpart of Lind
bergh. Had she sought to make the
flight from Hawaii to the mainland
"in the interest of science" or in
behalf of some other something or
other, one might find fault with her
for attempting what is nothing but a
stunt fight over water in a land
plane. But she is making the flight
because she wants to make it, and no
one can blame her for doing it-if
she wants to do it. And if she de-
cides to keep on flying East from Oak
land-why, she will be the first woman
ever to fly from Hawaii and to keep
on flying East from Oakland. And
that Is something.
Evening star., 1935-01-12

Of the plate or stone and neither below
nor above it." In the first group are
etchings. dry-points, line-engravings,
mezzotints, aquatints; in the second,
woodcuts, wood-engravings, white
line engravings on metal, relief prints
from metal plates; in the third are
Autographs, glass prints, monotypes.
In connection with each type of print
the process Is described and the his
tory Of its use Ii given.
Evening star., 1935-01-12

personified the basic law Of cause and
effect.
And 1t likewise is fair to say that
she was a superlatively great artist
because she was a supremely noble
character. To meet her even for .
moment was to realize that she pos.
sessed monumental spiritual capital.
Her sensitivity, tolerance, liberality
and charm could be explained in no
other way. The gentleness which was
so obviously apparent in her tempera-
ment was that Of strength, not Of
weakness. Power radiated from her,
and she moved through the world with
majesty like q queen. Even when age
had brought lines Of pain into her
countenance she seemed to wear q
crown. Her friends and pupils wor-
SHIPPED her without apology and
casual strangers felt the same COM
pulsion, reacted to the same impulse
of alteration.
Nine. Sembrich, of course, belonged
to an era that Is gone-the era Of
1877 to 1909; but her influence will
help to frame another period which is
yet to be. The memory Of her glori-
GUS voice, her devoted labors and her
generous personality will not die. On
the contrary. it will remain to inspire
all who feel within their hearts the
love and the reverence for beauty and
truth without which the human race
could not deserve to survive. Her
place is secure. She will be listed
among the immortal few who reach
and everlastingly keep the utmost
heights Of victory.
Evening star., 1935-01-12

"Barrel-rolling" in guppies is one
Of the strangest phenomena to be
seen in an aquarium.
Some authorities attribute it to OBJ
scure water changes, but the inter-
probation Is open to doubt.
Probably digestive disturbances play
a major part.
Doesn't an upset stomach often
make human feel as If he would like
to do little barrel-rolling?
The phrase Is apply descriptive Of
the antics the sick animal will in
dulge In as 1t rolls through the water
Fortunately, it is seldom encoun-
tered, but enough so that most trop-
ical fish enthusiasts are familiar
with 1t.
n II X +
As far as our observation goes II
is disease, II 1t may be called SUCH
which attacks guppies alone.
Few other fishes are kept under
such crowded conditions. 1t is moth
ing unusual to find as many as two
dozen animals to the gallon Of water
When 1t is realized that there ought
not to be more than four average
sized tropical fish per gallon, for even
average results, and not that many
for the best, this crowding to which
the familiar guppy is subjected is seen
to be wrong.
In world filled with wrongs. how
ever, many persons will regard this
as one Of the very smallest.
They will insist that their finny
pets get along very well under such
overcrowding
Fortunately for the fish, this is very
nearly true.
The guppy is famous for it.
No fish, in or out of captivity, can
stand such inimical conditions as this
one. which is surely one Of the reasons
why it is SO popular.
The novice, the expert, the be-
ginner, the old hand-one and all
value the guppy, not only for its cheer
full habit Of producing its young alive,
in sizable patches, but also because
1t Is a happy little fish with plenty of
general interest.
This latter is not true of all fishes
kept in home aquaria
The old standard gold fish is re-
markably uninteresting creature.
The same may be said for the Para
disc fish. either the old type or the
new albino variety. 1t Is quarrelsome
to degree, and after few months
becomes most uninteresting in the
aquarium, which must be devoted to
It alone.
* n
The "barrel-roll" of the afflicted
guppy does not necessarily result in
death. That Is why 1t is regarded by
some as simply digestive disturbance.
The two cases witnessed by the
writer, at intervals of half year,
were rather horrible to watch, but
left the fishes, in both cases females
seemingly as well as ever.
The roll takes various forms, but
in most cases is rather a corkscreW
motion, the fish moving forward. but
at the same time turning over and
over, never stopping Ior a second ltS
unorthodox fish movement.
The grace of movement Of fishes is
well known. Ordinarily they are the
very poetry of motion, as they disport
themselves in their native element,
swimming swiftly, but never colliding
This latter is true no matter how over
crowded the home aquarium.
When a fish starts "barrel-rolling"
the best thing to do is let it alone.
The other fishes will not molest
the afflicted creature in any way, but
will leave 1t strictly to its gyrations.
carried on in all parts Of the
aquarium.
Two cases in two years, and these
not ending fatally, nor with any