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Evening star., 1935-10-19
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Uncle's Finish.
My Uncle Jim has done most everything
there is to do
He says life's not worth livin' when there
isn't something new
To hold a mans attention. He has
tanned buckin' hoss
And drove in trottin races without grum-
blin' at the loss.
He has taken railroad journeys an he's
viewed the buildins high;
He's lost stack of poker chips an never
blinked an eye.
But his latest fad's the queerest that
has ever come to him.
He's writin' poetry! Jes' think of that
fur Uncle Jim!
He writes about the stable an the hay
stack an the cows
An comes as near profanity as the police
allows.
He jiggles an he joggles till he gets
round to a rhyme
An don't keer what he says, SO long as
he is keepin' time!
We used to think he'd mebbe be a man
of useful mold,
A blacksmith or a Congressman or else
farmland bold
But now we think his chances for great
things are mighty slim.
He's writin' PONIES; an that1l be bout
all from Uncle Jim!
Evening star., 1935-10-19

for his dream of free church in free
State" the ideal for which he stood
would have survived. That, indeed, is
the proof of its Importance. 1t is i'm
mortal because it represents basic law
of human evolution. Called by whatever
title, framed in whatever language, it
connotes the coming of age" of the mind
and Of the heart which prompts an in
dividual to believe and to feel personal
responsibility. AS prophet, crusader
and an exponent of the maturity Of the
spirit, then, the first man Ito organize
and build up political community with
absolute religious liberty as its chief
corner stone" merits the grateful homage
of civilization.
Evening star., 1935-10-19
Circumstantial Evidence
Not Truly ''Infallible''
To the Editor of The Star:

10 lHe Eoltot ol 4Hc otdI.
In your recent editorial, Guilty as
Found" you say "the case was a dra-
matte demonstration of the infallibility
of circumstantial evidence" etc.
This is placing a high value on this
kind of evidence. Prof. Edwin M.
Bouchard of Yale University Law School,
author of "Convicting the Innocent"
writes of the grave danger of ever de-
priving a man of his life or of his life
time liberty on purely circumstantial
evidence.
The professor describes IS cases, in de-
tail, of gross errors of criminal justice.
He states in each case "how the errors
occurred and how it was later discovered
and unraveled."
In the case of Hauptmann, however, all
of the circumstances brought out at the
trial point so clearly to his undoubted
guilt that a mistake in the conviction
was impossible.
But that circumstantial evidence is,
In general, infallible, is open to question.
CHARLES H. COE.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Evening star., 1935-10-19
The Presidential Office.

Until Theodore Roosevelt went to
Panama during his second term as Presi-
dent no Chief Executive of the United
States had ever left American soil. On
that occasion, however, it was main
tanned, the President was actually on
American territory during his absence
from Washington inasmuch as he was
travelling on a ship of the American
Navy while in transit and on shore in
the Canal Zone was treading the soil
of the United States. Throughout the
period of the Presidents absence Vice
President Fairbanks remained in Wash
ington, to be available for service as
Chief Executive in the event of any
untoward happening. President Taft
made two trips to Panama in similar cir
cumstances and Vice President Sherman
remained close to base until his return.
Mr.. Taft actually left American soil
while President on two occasions, dining
with President Diaz on the Mexican side
of the border and spending a few min
utes in Cuba on another occasion.
President Wilson established the
precedent of an American Executive
leaving the soil of the United States
when he went to France for the peace
conference. There was some doubt as
to the propriety of this course, but no
question was raised regarding the con-
tinuation of the executive authority In
Mr. Wilson, though Vice President
Marshall remained close at home. Presi-
dent Harding in the Summer of 1923
went to Alaska, travelling on a Navy
transport both going and returning His
death occurred in San Francisco on his
way back to Washington. President
Coolidge attended Pan-American Con-
ference in Havana during his term of
office, with Vice President Dawes re-
naming in Washington, but not acting
as Chief Executive.
President Roosevelt has made several
trips beyond the territorial limits of the
United States before the present one,
visiting South America and Campobello
Island. in Canada, and also going to
Hawaii, which technically kept him
within those limits. In all these cases
the Vice President has remained at
home, ready to serve Immediately in the
event of fatality. Now, however, the
Vice President has been compelled to
leave the soil of the United States dur
ing the absence of the President. He
has departed for Manila, there to attend
the inauguration ceremonies incident to
the installation of the new Philippine
government, as well as making a cere-
monial call upon the Emperor of Japan.
He will. therefore, not be ION deck" at
home throughout the period of the
Presidents absence from these. shores.
The Secretary of State is the potential
understudy of these two officials.
The presidential Office does not lapse
with any contingency short of the death
simultaneously Of the Chief Executive,
the Vice President and the head of each
OF the executive departments, which is
veritably impossible. The succession"
is now sufficiently provided for to cover
all conceivable emergencies.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

Sensible and Miss Emotional" which
would make pretty poor title, Of course
1t is significant that her first title for
Sense and Sensibility" was Eleanor
and Marianne" which would be better
one today if it had not been then.
She was fascinated, evidently, by that
charmer of all beginning writers,
ALTERATION
Her IS and S" combination was fol-
lowed by the sixteenth letter, but after
that she never succumbed.
Thereafter her titles were straightfor-
ward. Emma" was good enough.
Mansfield Park" was enough. 1t is
interesting to note that the best seller
of recent years is Anthony Adverse"
1t was not necessary then and it is
not now to give a novel some curiously
fabricated title, maybe a piece of a
famous selection of poetry or the like.
The story is greater than the title and
transcends it in every good instance.
How does the average reader account
for the difference between an interest
ing book and an uninteresting one by
the same author?
One novel the reader goes through
easily and pleasantly, because he is in
terested; the second he finds difficult, and
sometimes never manages to finish.
Is he to blame, in the second case, or
the novelist?
Especially when he, as reader, is an
admirer OF the writer, 1t is scarcely pos
sible to put the blame entirely on him.
If he is fair, he will be willing to ac-
cept part of the blame, but not all, by
any means. He realizes better than most
that a novel, as commonly understood,
is vicariouS experience, and that the
reader who thus takes part in life,
at second or third remove, is victim
of life, in little, as all are victims of
life, in the large.
Once a story is begun, it must be
something exceptional in it which will
keep from finishing it. because the writ
ten novel, like the life which it is not
initiates, demands an ending 1t is
not for nothing that novelists and pub
fishers usually write The End" on the
last page.
A novel must have something really
basically wrong with it when it fails to
hold the attention of the reader who
is prejudiced in its favor.
This flaw, in the case Of Sense and
Sensibility," is nothing more than too
great singleness of purpose.
The intense concentration on two
characters, and especially two opposing
ideas of character, was such as the
woman who wrote the later novels would
not have countenanced. She never re-
peated, in this respect.
1t is asking a great deal of a reader
to remain interested in the love search
Of two girls, when the dear ladies do
nothing and say nothing particularly in
teresting in themselves.
The fact that their characters are diff
ferent is only what is to be expected.
Yet Pride and Prejudice" is a single
track story What is the difference?
The answer must be veiled in the
eternal mystery of writing, why one
novel sells million copies, why another
does not get out of the 10000 sales class,
why one becomes a classic, while another
fails of that goal. The difference be-
tween success and semi-failure is often
greater than that between success and
complete failure,
Evening star., 1935-10-19
Roger Williams.

1t certainly is appropriate that organ
lied effort should be made to keep before
the modern public the name of Roger
Williams. Any such character, distant
by eight or ten generations from the
present hour, is in danger of beirg for
gotten or, worse, misunderstood. The
current tercentenary celebration OF his
trial before the General Court of MaSsa-
chusettS, therefore, should be dolbiy
helpful-frstly because it will stimulate
renewed interest in his story, and Sec
ondly because it will bring out the sig
nificance of his life in the early annals
of the Western world
Obviously mere citation of Williams
as the founder of Rhode Island is not
enough. The city which he established
in gratitude for Gods merciful proyi-
derce to me in my distress" will suffice
as a monument for that incident in his
career. But his universal tame must
depend upon larger circumstance. It
was his privilege to be the apostle of a
NsSSoAAAAS WAASiA III OlIIlC was w DC d
fundamental tenet of American philos-
ophy-the proposition that the civil
power has no Jurisdiction over the con-
science. BY his assertion of the freedom
of the human soul he won for himself
a permanent place among the great
emancipators to whom, far more than to
themselves, the masses owe whatever
right to untrammeled thought and COLI
duct they possess in an earth not notably
friendly to any sort of independence
Williams personified a value which In
itself is rare-a spiritual integrity which
will not compromise with expediency.
OF course, he was convicted. In an
other place and period, he would have
been bound to q stake and burned as
Joan of Arc, John Huss and Michael
Servetus were. But even had he persisted
Evening star., 1935-10-19
Strong Party Sentiment.

what are the duties of the office to
which you desire appointment" asked
the official.
II haven't inquired into the duties"
replied the applicant. But" he added
rather reproachfully, 'it was held by
a Republican for years. And you
oughtn't to have any doubt that what
one of those Republicans can get by
with, a first-class Democrat will be able
to do with ease"
Evening star., 1935-10-19
Still Worlds to COnquer.

No more worlds to conquer? No more
strange places to explore? Not at all.
Great as have been the successes of the
travellers and the adventures in the
remote lands in solving the mysteries of
nature, there is still work for them to do
here and there. Areas in Asia remain to
be penetrated and mapped, their inhab-
ttants classified as to anthropological
origins, their flora and fauna collected
and their economic relations to the outer
world determined. In the so-called
dark continent" of Africa, despite per-
sistent penetration by courageous ex-
plorers and exploitation by political ad-
venturers, many millions of square miles
remain as almost virgin territory, as re-
spects the scrutiny of the white race.
Tales of motor tours across the once
wild and forbidding lands of this vast
irregular triangle of desert, forest, jungle
and plain have become rather familiar
and there are routes that still defy pas
sage. And in South America, that other,
slightly smaller triangle, remain places
where the white man has yet to find his
way. In the South Seas, too, are such
regions, too densely thicketed with
Natures defenses to be entered for the
sake of greater knowledge of the native
conditions, animal and vegetable, par
ticularly in some of the islands north of
Australia.
The airplane is now being used to ex-
tend the zones of knowledge and corre-
spondingly to narrow the zones of mys-
terry. Flights have been made over
jungles which have defied entrance.
Maps have been corrected by this means,
rivers traced, contours defined. At the
present rate of what may be called
Evening star., 1935-10-19
Culinary Comparison.

The things that mother used to cook
The best, in generous amount
Would turn modern grocery book
Into a faded bank account.
Evening star., 1935-10-19
Autumn Nonsense.

The Autumn leaves are falling!
In melancholy strain.
Attention we are calling
To this event again,
Because it's customary
When Autumn comes along
With notes of grief to vary
The burden of a song.
We say, "Why do they leave us
And drift toward the ground?"
Their nature It's to grieve us
BY lying thus around.
Balloons or airships lightly
Might float aloft each day.
But Autumn leaves built rightly
Do not perform that way.
de man dat tends strickly to his
own business" said Uncle Eben, "some-
times don't git no credit 'cep' foh bein'
Evening star., 1935-10-19

Special education is needed to enable
citizen to become an educator. The
chief educational problem is the de-
velopment Of a supereducation which
will provide the delicate adjustment to
the particular needs of those to be edu-
caCed. The position of Supreme Edu-
Gator is one to which even the boldest
politicians will hesitate to claim.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

housing facilities for excess population
to the suburban promotion of subdi-
vision life on this planet seems to be-
come one real estate problem after an
other.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

Great intellectual agitation inevitably
produces an occasional paradox, such,
for instance, as protest that it would
be unconstitutional to resist efforts to
get rid of the United States Constitution
itself.
Evening star., 1935-10-19
Describing an Artist.

THAT man is not very good logician,
but he is most impressive talker."
YES" replied Senator Sorghum; "he is
what the musicians refer to as a per-
former with more temperament than
technique"
Evening star., 1935-10-19

AS events develop, it would seem
timely for General Dawes to repeat his
vigorous suggestion that it is desirable
for folks to get together and get some
where
Evening star., 1935-10-19

when you 60 to town." advised Jud
Tunkins, don't stop to argue with any
hotel clerk about the price of a room.
You'll always find him lookin' right over
your shoulder at the next man that's
all ready to grab pen an register"
Evening star., 1935-10-19
Jacksonville, Fla
(IluffAnY.

From the Grand Island (NebrJ Independent.
Niagara Falls, we are told, "are re-
lentlessly eating their way back through
the limestone toward Lake Erie" An
other instance of the national sin Of
overeating.
Evening star., 1935-10-19
P1aids and Checks.

From the Rochester IN. " Times-Union
Plaids for the college girl will be un-
usually large this Autumn. What in
terests father is the possibility of small
checks for son as well as daughter.
Evening star., 1935-10-19
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Trinity in Man

Leader of men, his mettle
Puts spirit in each move,
Inspiring his followers
With fortitude and love.
Mixer with men, his free mirth
Makes easy comradeship;
Human touch and jollity
In even his handgrip.
Molder of men, his mercy
Tempers his every rule
With clemency and pity
For blunderer and fool.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

Bread goes up in price and the farmer
continues to wonder why there is SO
much difference in cost between the barn
and the bill of fare.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

An Italian liner burned and British
boats rescued passengers. The good in
human nature survives. Even war threats
do not prevent neighborly courteSies.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

Communists demand that their ideas
be discussed in schools. The story of the
French revolution might make a good
text book to begin with.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

There is still disposition to persuade
Uncle Sam that it will be safe to get
into the League of Nations if he will
choose a back seat next to a fire exit.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

Munitions makers will not be allowed
to feel that their conSciences are left
clear by rigid rule against shipping
bows and arrows to the Ethiopians.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

As analytical history goes on it be-
comes doubtful whether a tourist can
believe half of what he reads in the
epitaphs.
Evening star., 1935-10-19
Definition of Danger.

From the Richmond News-Leader.
Dangerous road: One whose drivers
are careful and accidents fewer than on
safe roads.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

In seeking to promote political pos
sibiiity, even so discerning a statesman
as Senator Borah may succeed only in
eliminating one.
Evening star., 1935-10-19
Profitable Oblivion,

From the Charleston wv. va) Daily Mail.
We suspect that NJ r. A. employees
would like to be the forgotten men as
long as possible.
Evening star., 1935-10-19
All Other States and Canada.
Memher of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 70
credited to it or not otherwise credted IN ms
paper and also the local news publShed nereln
All rights Of publication OF special olspatches
herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1935-10-19
Might Final Edition.

Rate by Mail-PayabIe in Advance.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

@. Is MusSolni an athlete?-E. H. r.
A. He is swimmer, aviator, speed d-boat
driver and motor cycIist An expert
horseman, he begins each day with a
horseback ride.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

O. Did Edgar Allan Poe have sister
who lived in Washington, D. C?-E. H.
A. His sister Rosalie lived in WASH
ington the latter part of her life at the
Epiphany Church Home She is buried
in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

@. Are there many churches in
Ethiopia a?-N. T.
A. 1t is estimated that there are be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 churches in the
empire.
Evening star., 1935-10-19

Q. Who was called the Shakespeare
Clown?-A. G. S.
A. Daniel McLaren, whose stage name
was Dan Rice, was so called because Of
his devotion to the works of Shakespeare.
He was clown and acrobat in Bar.
NUNS circus and later a partner in
SpaldingS circus. AS manager of Fore
paugh's and of OBriens circuses he
received what was for those days a
fabulous salary. He was unrivaled in
his profession.
@. How much did the new building Of
the Forest Products Laboratory at Madi-
son, Wis, coSt?-M. w.
A. The thoroughly modern building
which was erected in 1888 cost 5000, 900.
New special equipment installed cost
$500000. 1t is the largest institution Of
it's kind in the world, and enjoys an in
ternational reputation.
@. Where was the race in Steamboat
Round the Bend" f1lmed?-G. D.
A. It was photographed in the Sacra-
mento River.
@. What is epigraphy?-R. F.
A. 1t is the writing or study Of in
scriptions.
@. Why is Saint Theresa depicted with
roses in her arms?-A. r.
A. The roses recall her mystical saying
that she would let fall a shower of roses
from Heaven.
@. Who is called the father OF the
ymphony?-A. F.
A. Franz Josef Haydn Is sometimes so
called.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-19
QUAINT COMEDY
 OPENS TONIGHT
 AT THE CAPITOL

At last we've found out what the history books have been withhold jnr from us. and what it was that frightened the long, cold and bitter evenings for our not always stern, harsh and forebearing Puritan fore fathers.
 It was the custom of bundling, the quaint form of courtship revived | mporarily in Paramount's saucy little comedy, The Pursuit of Hap piness," starring Francis Lederer, and featuring Joan Bennett, Char lie Ruggles and Mary Roland, which opens at the Capitol Theatre to- night.
 There will be special children's matinee at the Capitol on Satur- day at o'clock in the afternoon with three big features, 'Adven- ture Girl" Our Gang and Young Eagles"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-19

rent or room furnished house, one with gar
 den patch preferred. Notify Mrs.
 Leo Fesl, No. 142 Gastineau Ave.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-19

A COMPLIMENTARY ticket awaits Della Bradley to see the big double bill WHEN STRANGERS MEET and THE LOST JUNGLE at the UPTOWN THEATRE TONIGHT.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-19

WANTED = Rooms and boarders, Al miners only. Across from zynda Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-19
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WANTED-Will pay cash for used misfit or castoff clothing. Ladies CT gents. Frank Day, P. o. Box 633.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-19
WINE
WINE

WINE WINE WINE
 Port or Muscatel, $50 per gal Bring your jug. TOTEM GROC- FRY. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-19

WANTED-Will purchase one ton or one and half ton used truck. Address with full particulars to P. o. Box 2201.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-19
ToR sMk!:S s!!!M!;!!;!:S

FOR SALE-Foster upright piano Reasonable. Telephone 338. FOR Completely furnished room in Goldstein Bldg, now oc- cupied. Cheap for cash. Give possession at once Rent s20. Phone 6O53 for appointment.
Evening star., 1935-07-12
by the Budget Bureau was the de-
termining factor in the decision.
Additional Sum Asked,

by the Budget Bureau was the de-
termining factor in the decision.
Additional Sum Asked.
The next step was an effort by DR..
Rutland to have the District Com
missioners submit his program 10 the
Budget Bureau in the form of sup
Elemental budget request. After study
ing the proposal at length and con-
sidering the possible accomplishments
with varying parts Of the $4,000 sum.
the Commissioners on June 18 asked
the Budget Bureau to approve an ad-
ditional appropriation of $59.120, to
which was to be added about $4,000
acquired through budgetary adjust
ments. The various parts Of the RUN
land program were scaled down in
proportion to the smaller amount.
Along with their request the Com
missioners submitted q memorandum
from DR.. Rutland II Justification of
the increase and a REQUEST that the
health officer be allowed to appear
before officials If the Budget bureau
to present his case. This opportunity
was extended ami D.. Ruhlard did
appeal in person TO the bureau, but
was unbale to gain favorable action.
From then until Senator King sub
mitted his deficiency bill amendment
for s61,240, 40 definite action was
taken at either enc CT PENNSYLVANIA
avenue or in the District Building.
spokesmen at all those points declar-
ing the next move up to some one
or more of the ether agencies.
Evening star., 1935-07-12
Sleeper Killed by Train.

BLUEFIELD. W. Va, July u P.-
The body of Coster Holley, 26. of st.
Paul, Va, was found on Norfolk g.
Western Railway track yesterday. A
coroner's jury said he had fallen
asleep on the tracks.
Evening star., 1935-07-12
GUARDSMEN USE GAS
TO DISPERSE STRIKERS

BY the Associated Press.
TACOMA, Wash, July 12.-Throw-
ing tear gas from automobile exhaust
pipes steel helmeted militiamen late
today dispersed amid scenes of dis
order parade Of several hundred
lumber strike sympathizers through
the business district.
The demonstrators, jeering angrily.
gathered twice again after the first
charge by National Guardsmen, but
capitulated finally to the barrage Of
tear gas. Four men were arrested.
The National Guard has been on
duty here for many days protecting
lumber mill employees who wished to
return to work In spite Of the Pacific
Northwest lumber strike for higher
wages which started May 6.