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Evening star., 1935-12-08
Poet Finds Immortality in
Verse Which World
Reads Gratefully.
By Lester K. Born.

Department of Classics. George Washing
.~oDAY. '0f December oa1Hbea!'tj s, marks the
2,000th anniversary Of the
birth of the Roman poet
Horace, born in the year Of
Rome $50, or, as we reckon 1t, IS
BIC. AS if the world had needed the
suggestion of one of Horace's most
popular admirers in America
This festal day, two thousand
times returning,
Should light fresh fires on all
the altar sods;
His natal day! We should set
incense burning,
And calNif gods there were!-
upon the gods.
We, his good friends, right joyous
should demean us;
Like Horace on the birthday
of Maecenas."
this year there will take place, or
already have taken place, celebrations
in the form of special festivals (as at
the University Of California;, public
addresses Gas in Washington and else
where), exhibits of editions and
translations of the works of the poet
who, in his own words, will not alto
gether die.
While students, scholars and lay
men in America are especially active
IN their demonstrations of interest
and appreciation of the many-sided
worth of Horace, the activity is by
no means confined to the United
States. In various cities in England,
France, Germany, Spain, Italy and
Hungary-to name the leaders-in
Europe, and at least in Ecuador In
South America, elaborate plans have
long been made to make the occa-
sion one of real significance Never
has there been single poet who has
reached the hearts of so many per-
sons in so many countries. in so many
centuries. The reason must lie in
some quality which every one can feel
for himself. It is possible to write at
great length on this theme and some
elaboration is necessary to bring out
all the significance, but no one re-
mark can equal that of Andrew Lang
in his Letters to Dead Authors"
"How human are all your verses,
Horacel"
Perhaps the most human touch Of
all Is the complete self-revelation Of
Evening star., 1935-12-08
E. 2OOOth Anniversary Finds Horace Vibrantly Alive +
Compositions Disclose
Breadth of Vision as Few
Men Have 1t.

whitest souls on EARTH" as he describes
them.
The significance of this introduction,
which marks the third and greatest
period of Horace's life, cannot be over
estimated Let us have the young man
of 26 describe the scene for us himself,
through the version Of Conington:
Brought to your presence, stam-
meringly I told
For modesty forbade me to be
bold)
No vaunting tale Of ancestry of
pride,
OF good broad acres and sleek nags
to ride,
But simple truth few brief words
you say,
As is your won't, and wish me g
good day.
Then nine months after, graciously
you send,
Desire my company, and hail me
friend"
From this day on there appeared in
the "Satires" and 'Epodes" gentler
form of criticism, the first spark of
mellowing reflective spirit which was to
ripen with the years. But already the
poet, finding happiness in his new
friends, encouragement and security In
the patronage Of Maecenas and the
friendship of Augustus, was beginning
to feel a joy in being part Of the great
scheme of reconstruction which, after
the battle of Actium in 81 Be, was
put into execution. It Is to the undying
glory of poet, patron and Emperor
alike that never once did Horace yield
his independence of mind or body to
the whins of the great man. Early he
wrote these words. whose precept ne
vigorously followed:
''who then is free? The sage with
with self-control.
Whom poverty nor death nor chains
alright,
Steeled to refuse desire and tram
Complete, full-formed and rounded
in himself"
OVEN in his masters of verse Horace
found none to whom he would
acknowledge slavish obedience. He
freely admits his debt to Lucilius, mis-
model in satire, and protests his un-
concern to wrest away "the clinging
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Americans, It seems likely, will put the
work down with a feeling toward the
little islanders that is distinctly
friendly. One book reviewer, at least.
Is planning to move to a japanese
farm at the very first possible oppor-
tunity.
THE GAY REFORMER. BY Mauritz
A. Hallgren. New York Alfred A.
Knopf.
THIS book belongs to a steadily in
creasing class-that is, the class
of writings that are devoted to ex-
animation Of the present administra-
ton. Its author. to be sure, can be
absolved from any charge of oppor-
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goal Is attained. He is amusing, plau-
sible and even possessed of certain
ethical standard, as is demonstrated
by his repeated formula. I'VE must
keep up appearances He is a person.
distinctly.
But, although M Duhamel writes
gently and humorously, the effect of
his book is fairly grim. The mother
utters what seems to be his estimate
of life when she remarks, on hearing
that young woman acquaintance has
decided to enter a particularly Sc
we're religious order. when all is said,
it's no worse than anything else" This
gives universally to the struggles of
these middle-class Frenchmen and
Evening star., 1935-12-08

popularity. for 1t is a completely en-
tertaining thing
1t tells a story Of life In a Japa-
nese farmers family. village life with
all its traditional observances, but
marked. too. by the rising interest of
the young people in modern" things,
in electric flashlights. monographs,
buses, new dances. youth associations
and the like. 1t is all told very SIM
ply, but still with inescapable grace
and charm. The reader who picks the
book up casually, meaning to glance at
it. will in all probability find himself
insidiously drawn on to the end. And.
while Nine Sugimoto touches at no
point on international relations, most
Evening star., 1935-12-08

Frenchwomen, and raises the book
above the level of class novel. 1t is,
on the whole, a rather fine and subtle
piece of writing.
A DAUGHTER OF THE NOHFU. IL
lustrated by Tekisui Ishii. BY Etsu
Inagaki Sugimoto. Garden City:
Doubleday Doran & Co.
THE author of this book was one
time instructor in Japanese Ian
guage at Columbia University. A for
mer novel of hers, "A Daughter of the
Samurai," is well known. having sold.
as its publisher informs us, more than
10000 copies. The present work. it
would seem, may well duplicate that
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Books Received

NOn-Ficti0n.
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD
AFFAIRS IN 1934-1935. BY Whit
ney H. Shepardson in collaboration
with William o. Scroggs. New
York: Harper & Bros.
DEPRESSIONS AND THEIR SOLU-
TION. WITH A CHAPTER ON
ROOSEVELT AND HIS POLL
CIES. BY C. M. Garland. Chi
cago: The Guilford Press.
MADE IN U. S. A. Edited by Ryllis
Alexander Goslin. New York: For
eign Policy Association.
STORMY YEARS. THE AUTOBI-
OGRAPHY OF CARTER HARRI-
SON Indianapolis: Bobs Merrill
Co.
KARL MARX. THE STORY OF HIS
LIFE. By Franz Mehring. New
York: Covici Friede.
I BREAK STRIKES! BY Edward
Levinson. New York: Robert NJ
Mcbride g. Co.
FOUNDERS OF THE COLONIAL
FAMILIES OF RIDGELY, DOR
SEY AND GREENBERRY OF
MARYLAND. By Henry Ridgely
Evans Washington: Published by
the author.
THE MYSTICAL BODY OF CHRIST.
BY Fulton j. Sheen. New York:
Sheed & Ward.
METALCRAFT FOR AMATEURS.
By Peter Manzoni. Boston: The
Beacon Press.
AMERICAN PLANNING AND CIVIC
ANNUAL. Edited by Harlean
James. Washington.
A TIMELY WARNING. BY Ernest
Austen Published by the author.
Washington.
AMERICAN CONSERVATION. IN
PICTURES AND IN STORY.
Edited by Ovid Butler. Washing
ton: American Forestry Associa-
ton.
ALCIBIADES, BELOVED OF GODS
AND MEN. BY Vincez Brun. New
York: G.. P. Putnam's Sons.
RIDERS TO THE DUST. BY H. L.
Gates. New York: Robert M NC
Bride & Co.
THE LITTLEsT REBEL. BY Edward
Peple. New York: Dodd Mead g.
Co.
Is STEPS. BY Whitman Chambers.
Garden City: Doubleday Doran &
Co.
SAVE A LADY. BY Wilson Collision.
New York: Claude Kendall and
Willoughby Sharp.
Juveniles.
WHEELS, SHIPS, TRAINS, AIR
CRAFT. BY Maud and Miska
Petersham. Illustrated by the au-
thors. Philadelphia: John C. Wins
ton Co.
THE MERRY GENTLEMEN OF JA-
PAN. Adapted from "The Mikado."
BY H. w. Reiter and Shepard
Chartoc. Illustrated by Philip
Gelb. New York: The Bass Pub
fishers.
OUR LITTLE ETHIOPIAN COUSIN.
BY Elizabeth Borton. Boston: L.
C. Page & Co.
A TRIP TO WASHINGTON WITH
BOBBY AND BETTY. By Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. New York:
The Dodge Publishing Co.
Poetry.
AMERICAN LYRIC POETRY-1935.
Edited by Gerta Alison. New York:
The Galleon Press.
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By Thomas r. Henry.

- OMEWHERE near the District of
- Columbia 10000, 900 years ago
grew a strange, silent woodland.
- Discovery of fossil remnant
of this wierd forest-which, if it ever
were uncovered completely, probably
would present a picture for a brief
time much like that of the famous
petrifled forest of Arizona-has given
local paleontologists and geologists new
light on the ancient appearance of this
region.
1t lies just over the District line in
Maryland. The fossil logs are found
for about 1900 feet along the bank
Of the Northwest Branch of the Ana
costa River, beginning at the new
bridge on Queens Chapel road and
running northwestward upstream. The
brook, in that part of its course, has
cut channel 6 to 10 feet below the
f1oodplain surface. Over long ages it
has hewn through sandy clays and
gravels into blush clays and cross
bedded sands which represent almost
the first chapter in the story of life
in this locality.
Compared with the remnant of this
old woodland, most other relics of
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gagged in battle by the old Chicago
Inter-Ocean of somewhat dubious
fame, the Inter Ocean claiming that,
because of the broad powers of its
charter, the Associated Pres was obli-
gated to admit to membership any
paper that applied. The Associated
Press objected on the grounds that, as
a non-profit organization, 1t had the
right to limit membership as it saw
fit. The dispute was carried to the
Illinois Supreme Court and decision
in favor of the Inter- Ocean was hand
ed down, the court asserting that the
Associated Press had the nature of
public utility, because in its charter
the right to erect telegraph lines was
included, though there was no inten-
ton of exercising this right.S
Lawson, who had served three years
as president, declined reelection
shortly after this A new organization
was then founded with New York
charter. Frank B. Noyes OF The
Washington Star was elected president
and Melville E. Stone, Lawson's old
partner, became general manager.
This is the organization which is
functioning today.
In addition to its accounts OF these
great journalistic issues, the book car
ries lively story of local journalism in
Chicago as it was eXemplif1ed In the
conduct of Lawson's two papers, the
News and the Record--later the Rec
d-Herald. Fight on civic issues, the
use of the press as an instrument OF
education, the press as a promoter OF
charity and scientific exploration,
methods of war correspondents in the
days of individualiSm-an these come
within the scope of Mr.. Dennis book,
as do accounts of early newspaper
methods-advertising policies, circu-
lation schemes, first use of the hno-
type, and so on.
1t is a readable and full volume.
Praise is due it for its completeness
and its combination of great matters
with small IN such way as to give
the reader not only an outline of jour-
nalistic history over the years, but
also the flavor of the old newspaper
and the life carried on within them.
THE FORTUNES OF THE PAS
OUIERS. BY George Duhamel.
Translated from the French by
Samuel Putnam. New York: Har-
per & Bros.
THIS accomplished novel tells the
u story of a French middle-claSS
family in the last years of the nine
teenth centunry, and while doing so
makes very good reading.
1t tells, with tenderness and humor,
but without sentimentality, the grad
ual awakening of the youngest son
of the Pasquiers to the truth about
his one-time worshiped relatives, be-
ginning at the point where the boy,
aged Is, first feels a sensitiveness to-
ward the opinion which his friends
may have of his people, and contin-
uing until, at the age of 10, he decides
that he cannot possibly endure life at
home any longer. The change OF view
point is brought about very naturally
and the youth is neither overidealized
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-01
NRA EMPLOYEES
REMAIN HERE
JOSEPH HELLER

The MIRA may end in just two
weeks, but so far there has been
no move on the part of more than
5000 employees to leave the city.
Reports that there would be a
general exodus of the Blue Eagle
staff and other panicky jobhold-
ers, flooding the market with va
cant apartments, failed to find
confirmation today in the offices
of real estate firms.
Today, the first of the month,
saw even fewer vacancies in apart
ments than usually, rental agents
declared, and they have received
few notices of intention to move
at the end of the month.
Apartments are still at a
premium in the Capital, they
declared, with practically none
available in the downtown sec
ton and few in the outlying Sec
tions of the city.
One theory had been advanced
that the MIRA employees would
leave the Capital for their homes
when they draw their last pay
check, but so far this has not
been borne out by notices of
intention to move.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-01
Speech by Envoy
OF Mexico Opposed

NORFOLK, Va, June 1.-THE
Rev. E. A. Brosnan. diocesan d.
rector of the Holy Name Society,
and the Rev. Harold Mott. pastor
of St. Pauls Church, Portsmouth,
yesterday protested against the
presence of DR.. Don Francesca
Castillo Najera. Mexican Ambas-
sador, at the State convention Of
the Lions Club at Ocean View.
DR.. Najera is scheduled to adj
dress the convention today.
Father Brosnan said he spoke
for 43 Holy Name societies in
Virginia and part OF West Vir.
ginia. He said:
I'm view of religious perse-.
cutiOns in Mexico. the presence
Of q representative Of that gov
eminent before any liberty.lOv.
ing American organization is
obnoxious"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-01
WORKS RELIEF.
WATTS ON NEW
PLANFORNRA
Allotment Advisory Board
Delays Meeting to Pass
On Calls for Funds

TIL 4,000-million-dollar relief
fund stood aside today while the
Administration figured out ways
and means Of reviving or rein
cepting NRA.
The works allotment advisory
board, which recommends to the
President ALLEGATION of funds
from the works relief act. post
poned it's tentatively scheduled
Monday meeting for action on
further applications until Thurs
day.
More than 1900 more applica.
lions for funds have been filed,
chiefly by the War and Navy
Departments for Federal works,
the PWA for non-Federal projects.
including slum clearance, low-rent
housing and the Agriculture De
partment for forestation and soil
erosion.
The President has approved
approximately $500, 900, 900 OF the
recommended allotments. But the
MIRA decision, throwing monkey
wrench into the entire New Deal
program, brought about a halt,
at least temporarily, in the rush
to give jobs to 100000 employ
ables on the relief rolls, and end
direct relief for some 10000, 900
drawing funds from the Govern.
ment.
Emergency Relief Progress Ad-
miniStrator Hopkins, Secretary Of
the Interior Ickes and Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace all can.
celled their weekly press confer.
ences and were mot at home" to
newSpapermen.
Direct relief fund administra-
ton went ahead with allotmentS
for June, scaled down somewhat
in seasonal tune with previous
years, but with no indication Of
increased employment due to the
four-billion-dollar program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-01
Kidnapped Boy Chained
In Hole, He Tells ReSCueE IN

RENTON, Wash, June QN.S3.
A graphic account Of the release
of 9-year-old George Weyer.
haeuser, held seven and a half
days for ransom by band Of I'M
known kidnaperS, was told to In
ternational News Service today by
Ernie Bachlund, service station
operator, who heard the story
from the excited lips Of the man
who found the child.
Bachlund positively identified
the boy as George Weyerhaeuser
and said that the name Of the
man who informed Tacoma police
by long distance phone Of che
lads release is Boniza.
Chained, Boy Says
According to the boys story,
Bachlund said, he was carried in
the trunk of the kidnapers' car
to within four or five miles of
Issaquah, and was left on the
road with two blankets and dol
lar, and was told to wait for his
father.
The ctlrly-haired youngster,
who was wearing a blue sweater,
waited "for his father" for some
time, and finally, firing, trudged
down the road and knocked on
the door of Boniza's home.
The boy said, according to
Bachlund, that he was chained in
a hole in the ground and that he
thought it was near Aberdeen.
Boniza hurried to Renton with
George and telephoned authori'
ties in Tacoma. He left soon
after for that city with his little
charge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-01
. MARKET MEN
FACE CHARGES

Assistant Corporation Counsel
George D. Nelson, declaring war
on So-called "chiSelerS" operating
in the Farmers Produce Market
in southwest Washington, issued
warrants today charging four
market operators with selling
produce without permits.
Mr.. Nelson pointed out that
the market was established for
the benefit of farmers who wished
to retail their own produce and
the District regulations forbid any
person from operating in the mar
ket unless he sells produce raised
by himself.
Market Master C. B. Fillius in
formed Mr.. Nelson that the four
charged today are not farmers
and for that reason could not OBJ
tain permits if they wished to
do so.
Additional warrants are expect
ed to be issued in the near future.
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way to intercept the man who
was carrying the young boy. The
anxious parents were waiting in
their big home overlooking Com
mencement Bay in Tacoma.
Newspapermen followed the
Government cars in every kind
of vehicle they could commander.
Steeltrap Sprung
With the safe return of the kid
naped boy today great steel
jawed trap was snapped shut to
crush the kidnapers id its deadly
grip.
Hundreds of police and State
highway patrolmen were deployed
throughout Washington, from the
Columbia River to the Canadian
line, forming a steel ring through
which the kidnap gang will have
but slim chance to escape.
Ace Omen of the Department
of Justice, who had been waiting
only for the news that the boy
had been returned Immediately
sprung into action and probably
the greatest manhunt in history
was in full swing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-01
MINERS STRIKE.
On JUNE IS

CONTINUED from Page y
by the Federal Congress to al
lay the confusion and ration
aliZe the processes Of the indus
try.
CONTRACT ENDS
"YOu are accordingly advised
that the existing agreements,
in all districts within the Appa-
lachian area and in all bitumi-
nous districts outlying the APP
palachian area, excluding Can
ada, will expire by limitation at
midnight, June Is.
I'm the absence of orders to
the contrary, the mining of
coal will cease on that date
and all members of the United
Mine Workers of America in
the bituminous industry. exclu-
Sive of those otherwise ex.
cepted, will refrain from en-.
tering the mines.
"This suspension will con-
tinue until terminated by &C
ton Of the international policy
committee of the United Mine
Workers of America and until
you are further advised.
In accordance with arrange
ments agreed to by the joint
conference Of operators and
miners local unions must per.
init a sufficient number of
men to remain at work to in
sure proper care and prOtec-
ton Of all mining property.
Jumpers, engineer and
others necessary to protect the
property must be allowed to re-
main at work. The fullest CO.
operation must be given mine
management in order to safe.
guard and protect property and
under no circumstances should
this rule be violated or set
aside by local unions"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-01
S. E. u. Graduates
To Hear Randolph

Representative Jennings Ran.
dolph, of West Virginia, will de.
liver the Southeastern University
commencement address at 8 p. m.
next Thursday in Memorial Con.
tinental Hall.
Honor graduates are: Account
ancy school - Robert Barton.
Melvin Lewis, Myer Gildenhorn,
Frank Levy, Wilbur Gardner,
Harry Cohn, Stuart Thompson.
Reba Nachman, John Thompson,
Theodore Shapiro, ClareSsa Col.
lier; law School-John D. Larson,
Anne Mosher, Robert w. May, L.
w. Wlneberg, A. T. Akin, Janet
Wilson, John K. Shelton. Ros2 A.
Heffefinger, r. z. Stromberg, J.
F. DAILY, L. w. Nelson, Morris D.
Schwartz, T. B. Heffelfinger, F.
S. Wilson, Carroll Hickman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-01
Hughes Has $50
Hat, MELONS
Costs But IS

There is a story going the
rounds today that:
Shortly after passing down
the historic decision which
tolled the death knell for the
MIRA, Chief Justice Hughes
strolled into a downtown haber-
daShery and purchased a $50
Panama hat.
A few minutes later Andrew
W. Mellon, former Treasury
Secretary and one of the wealth
lest men in the world, came into
the same shop and purchased a
straw hat for SIS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-01
Will Rogers
Says:

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, June
I've all like to crow when
a prediction turns out good. /
been saying for Is years that
Jack Garner was as common
sense q man as we have. Nick
LOngworth told me Garner was
the smarteSt man in the
House. Now our very pOpu-
lar land usually up-tO-date)
Time magazine just this week
finds Garner quite a fellow.
Say, just talk to some small
merchants. or druggists, get
them to tell you what's going
on now in the price cutting,
chiseIing, and cOnniving line.
It's terrible to have a law tell
ing you to go do something. But
yOu amt going to do 1t unless
there Is.
Copyright. 1888, McNausht syudicate>
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-01
Knights Templar
Set Sunday Rites

ALEXANDRIA. Va, June l..
Members of the Old Dominion
Commandery, No. II. KNIGHTS
Templar, will hold their annual
Ascension Day services Sunday at
II a. m. in the Grace Episcopal
Church here.
The sermon will be delivered by
the Rev. Robert G. Masterton. All
knights will assemble at 1890 in
full uniform and march to the
church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-01
z STATES HUNT
ELLISON KILLER

CONTINUED from Page -
Mr.. Ellison was killed by some
man to whom he gave a lift,
since it was his custom to give
a ride to a. hitch-hiker who
looked all right" members Of the
family said.
Bullet Hole in Head
From the condition Of the body,
doctors believe he was murdered
late Sunday. He left Washing.
ton about 5 o'clock Sunday after.
noon, telling his sister he hoped
to reach Fredericksburg before
dark.
Police believe he picked up a
hitchhiker who forced him to
drive on at the point of a pistol,
killing him after dark and throw.
ing the body in a thicket near
the lonely back road where it
was found by two small colored
girls.
There was one bullet hole in the
back of the head. No gun was
found and Mr.. Ellison was not
armed.
His car was last seen two days
later near Radford in southwest.
ern Virginia. and from that police
believe the killer was attempting
to reach North Carolina. The
killer stopped at Radford filling
station, had the tank filled with
gasoline and drove off without
paying. Police gave chase, but the
driver escaped.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-01
Cubans to Spare
Women From Death

MATANZAS, Cuba, June
u.N.SO .-Testimony in the court
martial of two women and ten
men charged with taking up arms
against the army was concluded
today, and court was adjourned
until Sunday to give prosecution
and defense batteries time to pre-
pare Summations.
The opinion prevailed that Con-
chita Valdivieso de Giraud, for
mer beauty contest winner. and
Xiohara O'Halloran de Alonzo.
former school teacher, the two
women defendants, would be
spared death sentences originally
believed in store for them.