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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19

1t is all very we'll for the men,
bers Of the Republican National
Committee to set up a sub COM
mittee ito prepare data on the
farm question" for the considera-
ton of the delegates to the next
Republican National Convention.
A we'll organized and active ma
tional committee of either political
party should long ago have been
Assembling data" on the record
Of the Administration in dealing
with all major problems for the
last several years.
But the public will remember,
and the members of the Republi-
can National Committee ought not
to forget, these fundamental facts:
First, that the drafting of a ma
tional platform is properly the
task of the delegates to a national
convention.
Second, that just because the
next Democratic National Plat
form will be written by the titular
leader of that party who happens
now to be in the White House,
is all the more reason why the
platform of the Republican Ma
ton Convention should not be
written either by the members OF
the Republican National Commit
tee, or any group of them, any
more than it should be written by
exclusively Mr.. Hoover, Senator
Borah. Governor Landon, Sena-
tor Dickinson or Colonel Knox.
PARTY SYSTEM
II the American people are
ready to retire the Administration
to private life, it will be in large
part because they are weary Of
personal government, and because
they wish to get back to "a gov
eminent Of laws and not of men,"
This is the government of which
the Constitution is the corner
stone. This is the government in
which the executive power is
vested in the President, the legiS-
lative power in the Congress, and
the judicial power in the Judi
ciary.
Under the American system of
government has been developed a
party system under which candi-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
IS CHIVALRY ON WAY OUT? =,

40 NAAA ' AAASA OAN "AA w
She's deeply disturbed by her
sons attitude toward their girl
friends. In every other way they're
model youths hon est, good
natured, generous, hard-working
all that a proud mother might
desire. But when it comes to
women
They're savageS!" she walls.
Of course, she hastily adds, the
girls themselves are largely to
blame. Brazen young things with
no more manners than a flock
Of parrots What contrast with
the lovely, refined young ladies"
of the COS. But, even so. they
are women. And as such zen
titled to every consideration"
But do they get it? Does
brawny Bill spring to his feet
when fragile Fanny enters the
room? Does cheerful Charlie in
SiSt-aS every rightminded gen.
tleman should-upon eScorting his
Lucille to her own doorstep after
an evenings entertainment?
Not they! William remains
where he is, merely grunts a vel
coming, Squat, kid" And Char
lie, in defiance of all decency,
reflects that it'll take two hours
to go to Lucille's dump" and "a
guys gotta work in the morning"
Which argument Lucille receives
without batting an eyelash, and
proceeds to drive herself home in
her own flivver
WITH DUE REGARD
All of which is horrifying to
their mother-and to many of
her generation. What, cry they,
has happened to the world? And
wherell it all end if men con.
tinue to be so coarse and in
considerate-and women continue
to let 'em?
With all due regard for your
outraged feelings, sisters, it will
probably end in a much happier
and infinitely more honest re-
lationShip between the sexes. For
sentimental theory to the con-
trary-chivalry was never the
treat to ladies which is fondly
supposed.
Men didn't actually have greater
respect for women or show them
more consideration" in the Good
Old Days. They made, it is true,
more fancy gestures. But if you
want to know what the Lord of
Creation really thought about his
little Bright Eyes so years ago
read the laws he made concern.
ing her. Study her civil status.
See how many rights she actually
had-tO her own liberty, her own
property, her own children.
MEN ONCE PLACED WOMAN
ON A PEDESTAL!"
They did, indeed And the little
idiot thought it was a compliment
But it wasn't. No real reverence
prompted that pedestal maneuver
as those laws attest. The lady
was boosted up to get her out OF
the way while her master pursued
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
The Human Side of the News
BIZ EdUin C.. Hill

|belng shifted about. Jack Black
and his friend, Strolling by. look
ing straight ahead and glimpsing
the interior of the store on the
rim of a wide ambit of vision,
mapped the store and it's treas.
ures in their minds and made a
plan.
A few days before Christmas,
with the store crowded with
shoppers, with watchers every
where, many thousands of dol.
lars worth of diamonds suddenly
were missing. They had faded
from the show cases as if an in
visible ray had touched them
and melted them into nothing,
ness.
The store doors were closed.
The police came tearing along
from the Hall of Justice, two or
three blocks away. Every execu.
tive, clerk and customer was
searched. The place was ran
sacked for a hidden jewel cache.
Squads of police raced down
every alley and byway, rounding
up suspects. Every fence in town
was watched and overlIauled.
Never a CLINT of diamond facet
came out of the darkness.
Not even in the years that fol-
lowed, in which society squared
its account against Jack Black,
with Sundry jailS and straight
jackets, and Black lived out in
the open, trusted and respected
by everyone who knew him. A
wan, weary, sardonic man, dryly
humorous and philosophical, he
told the story of the robbery Of
the Andrews Diamond Palace, a
few months before his disappear.
ance and, no doubt. his death.
eve mapped out the job
pretty carefully" he said. 1--WE
were pretty desperate. Several
jobs had gone wrong. We
needed those diamonds. My
partner had the good fortune to
look like thousands of under.
paid, OverwOrked white collar
men. He was lean, stopped q
bit, wore glasses and had a gray
toothbrush mOuStaChe. If he
hadn't been just this type, we
couldn't have carried through.
JUST WALKED OUT
eve had noticed, as Christ
mas Day neared, that the store
was crowded at MONDAY with
lunch-hOur shoppers. We also
had learned that the store had
on its staff many extra clerks,
for the Christmas season. We
had located the little alcOve, at
one side of the store, near the
center, where they hung up
their coats and put on their
black alpaca Salesmen's coat.
That was important.
81 StrOlled down to the cor
ner. My partner stepped brisk
~ inside, stepped to the alcove'
hung up his coat, put on store
jacket left by a clerk then at
lunch, and took his place be-
hind a showcase displaying the
most expensive diamonds. l
walked in.
"T want to look at some
rings l said. My partner
showed out some trays. also
was interested in StickpinS and
necklaces. made tremendous
purchases and pretended to pay
for them. 1 walked out with
an armIOad of diamonds. My
partner looked at his watch,
noted it was his lunch hour, put
on his coat and walked out"
But it doesn't happen now. Ths
big stores are too we'll guarded.
And just this fall, j. Edgar Hoover
and his Omen have been closing
in on the jewel gangs who have
been working with machine guns.
Copyright 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, 1ne.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
JEWEL ROBBERIES


The great jewelry stores take
on more the look of the old-time
holiday season than at any time
since the years of the great hoop
la. Merchants are again display
ing jewels of the type which fic-
ton writer's used to call "balefuW
Or was it "baleful glare" they
had? Anyway, they're here again,
in all their icy and scintillant
Splendor. They're standar d
properties for ConspiracieS and
high romance. and some of them,
no doubt. will contribute their
dash of melodrama to the news.
They are not only on display.
am told that some imposing
pieces have been moving lately.
Last summer there was in New
York an outbreak of robberies of
jeWelry stores. But they were
mostly in smaller stores. Rarely
in recent years has there been a
robbery or an attempted robbery
of any Of the famous jewelry
stores, where perhaps, $500,000
worth of alluring glitter is on
display.
Until about 20 or 80 years ago,
robbers and crooks used to make
an occasional haul in these estab-
liShments. But that is all over
now. Neither craft nor violence
can do much against the highly
organized and carefully main
tanned protective system of the
jewel merchants.
PROTECTIVE DEVICES
There is one midtown estab-
liShment where a necklace of in
calculable value, which once be-
longed to one of the women of
Marie Antoinette's court, seems
to have been left careleSsly on
view, near the front of the store.
But if one merely walks toward it,
an alarm Stirs a hidden watcher
with a gun in his hand.
The photo-electric cell is merely
one of a hundred protective de.
vices by which the big shops now
safeguard their treasures. And
the night not only has a thousand
eyes, but a thousand bells and buz,
zers and an army of watchers.
Jack Black, burglar emeritus
who died a couple Of years ago
after years of straight living
which won him friends ano
esteem, told a group of friends Of
mine a story which explained q
mysterious, big-town Christmas
jewelry robbery of another day
a robbery which had puzzled loca,
sleuths and crime experts fol-
years.
1t is a good Illustration of the
kind of jewel robbery which
doesn't happen nowadays. An
drew'S Diamond Palace, in Kear
ney Street, San Francisco, was ar
eye-filling place in an eye-filline
town, back in the days Wher
everything in San Francisco was
lavish and careless and more Of
less gay and gaudy.
Black and his friend, another
burglar, were a couple of lean
shabby providers. 1t had been 6
long time between haulS, anc
when Andrews broke out hi
grand Christmas dazzle, they tool
a keen professional interest II
the noble incandescence which
filled the windows and show cases
1t was a large store, the bigges'
and busiest, although the mos
exclusive, in town, with many
clerks and throngs of customers
It was there that important
politicians and playboys bought
lavish gifts for their friends-not
so much swank and atmosphere
as in one or two of the ultra
shops, but a bigger days turn
lover and more high priced jewelrJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19

with worry and
some e m b a r
raSSment.
When Sena-
tor Hira m
j o h n S on of
California ad.
vocated the pol
icy of Buy
A m eric a H.
there was no
indication that
the S e n a t e
might be pre-
sented with a
problem grow
ing out of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson

his own devices, and for no other
reason but!
In short, when it came right
down to practical performance,
Woman, under Chivalry, had the
rating of an infant or an imbe-
cile. And all the poetical palaver
was just an elaborate bluff
THERE IS MORE REAL COOP.
GRAFTON AND CONSIDERA-
TON IN AN HOUR OF MOD
ERN BOY AND GIRL COMPAN-
IONSHIP THAN THERE WAS IN
A LIFETIME OF THE OLD BOW
ING AND SCRAPING.
WHAT SHE WANTS
Why SHOULD a young man be
expected to provide a chair for a
young woman, or doff his hat to
her in an elevator? If she can beat
him in a swimming contest, and
hold down her own job beside him
in an office, she's able to provide
her own chair. And as for this hat
doffing-it's humanity's silliest
gesture.
Beauty and purity should al
ways be reverenced, but clean
young girl is no more beautiful or
pure than a clean young boy. Nor
is a potential mother any more
worthy of worship than a poten-
tial father.
Is Chivalry on it's way out? I
suspect So-and I'm glad. For
something much finer and fairer
is taking its place. The woman of
the future will not be outwardly
treated like an angel while actu-
ally rated as an idiot. She will be
treated AS A HUMAN BEING
AND GIVEN REGARD AND CON-
SHERATON ACCORDING TO
HER OWN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
And that is the only kind of re-
gard any honest woman wants.
Copyright, 1885. by K r. s., Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
A GULL" RECORD

Administration leaders are
hopeful that the great desire for
publicity is not going to prevent
them from bringing the next Ses-
sion to a quick close.
Realizing that in the pre-cam-
paign months all members of the
House and those in the Senate
who will be forced to run for re-
election will be seeking to fill the
Record and the papers with propa-
ganda, leaders will have to devise
a way to halt the flow Of verbiage.
Although some of the members
will be anxious to close up the Ses-
sion and move home as quickly as
possible in order to direct their
campaigns, there will be others
who can be counted on to attempt
to use the Capitol as their pub
licity office.
At $50 per page for the Record
the matter may become an ex-
pensive item for the taxpayers be.
fore the session is adjourned, but
to the leaders the more important
thing will be to end the talk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
a NEW WORRY

Attempts to secure those miss
ing ink wells for the Senate are
continuing to provide officials
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19

AS the ink wells must neces-
Sarily be of certain measurements.
officials are having a difficult
time securing them.
Two American firms have at
last announced that they could
furnish the wells.
One organization demands So
per well. Another wants SIS.
A firm in Czechoslovakia offers
them for 80 cents each.
With the Buy American"
policy in effect, it would be a
strange situation for the Senate
which passed the law to use
foreign-made wells.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
ECHOES

George N. Peek, who recently
resigned as president of the Ex-
portImport Bank, can be assured
that his resignation had a greater
effect on the State Department
than his term in office.
Although he was unable to cope
with the efforts of Secretary of
State Cordell Hull to launch the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
OLD FAVORITES
Sea Richard Henri StOddard
The Sea

Through the night through the night,
In the saddest unrest
Wrapped in white, all in white
With her babe on her breast,
Walks the mother pale,
Staring out on the gale,
Through the night!
Through the night through the night,
Where the sea lifts the wreck,
Land in sight, close in sight,
On the surffIooded deck,
Stands the father so brave,
Driving on to his grave
Through the night
(Readers nVed to send to the editor their suggeS.
lions of old fGvorites among the poems for reprinng
this spCce)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
UNITED ATTACK

With only a short time remain
ing before Congress conveneS,
bonus advocates are attempting
to prevent a recurrence of the
situation which materially inter
fered with adoption of legislation
to pay adjusted compensation
certificates last session.
That situation was the Squabble
between legislators over the bill
to be passed.
The dispute between the ad,
vocates of the Patman plan and
the proponents of the VinSon bill
last year added to the difficulties
of passing either measure over the
Presidential veto.
AS the bonus bill is expected to
be one of the first major issues
to be considered, the sincere ad'
vocates are hoping they can avoid
a similar squabble this year.
They are convinced they can
pass the bonus bill over veto
if they can secure united action,
And they hope to make the
veterans organization realize that
they must move quickly to form
one plan of attack for one bill and
stick to it until it is adopted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-19
The Greatest Show On Earth
BY John Snure, T.

United States on its program Of
reciprocal treaties when he was in
office, Peek'S resignation and his
criticism of the reciprocity ar
rangements are said to be having
considerable effect with men who
were merely dubious over the wis
dom of the Hull policy.
1t is reported that Peek'S atti-
tude has convinced certain mem
bers of Congress that the Hull
program is unWise, whereas they
merely questioned its soundness
before he resigned.
Also, it is said. that Peek's
criticism has caused some of the
members of Congress to realize
that the failure of the Canadian
reciprocal treaty would not i'm
prove Mr.. Hulls standing in Lon
don and that Britain is not sin
cerely anxious for trade relations
between Canada and the United
States to be improved.
Evening star., 1935-07-01
THIS was a renewal of matche

THIS was a renewal OF matches
- which have gone on for about so
years to the writer's personal knowl-
edge. The first match of which he
has knowledge was headed by w. H.
Pollock. Baltimore master, and
James E. Mcfarland. brother of H.
B. F. Masfarland. former District Of
Columbia Commissioner. the individual
game resulting in draw.
The last match between the two
cities was played here in March, 1881,
which resulted in a draw, six games
a side. In that match were Barlow.
Quinn. Gait and Dr. di Paula for
Baltimore. C. w. Stark and Prof.
Spaun were among the Washington
players.
The Washintonians were enter
tanned at the Rennert Hotel. This
was in the nature of testimonial
dinner to Edward L. Torsch, well
known to all Baltimore and Washing
ton chess folk He is the donor OF
the loving cup emblematic Of the
Maryland chess championship. June
% was Torsch's 84th birthday. 1t was
also Paul Murphy's birthday. Re-
marks were made by DR.. Becker, Mr..
Cline. C. w. Stark, president Of the
Capital City Club. and others. to which
Mr.. Torsch responded feelingly. DR..
Frank r. Di Paula was in charge Of
arrangements and introduced the
speakers. Several ladies were present.
The standing of the players in the
Maryland State championship tourney
is as follows: Miller. SO; Quinn. 6-1;
Glatt. 61a-Lq: Di Paula, 3-4; Kuehn.
21a-517 Barlow. 2-5; Fisher, 1a-31a;
Shoemaker, u -612.
Evening star., 1935-07-01

WASHINGTON played white on odd num-
bered boards.
Evening star., 1935-07-01
WOMAN GOLFERS
SETTLING TITLE
District Team Honors Hang
on Matches Today With
Chevy Chase Ahead.

~ ISTRICT woman golfers came
to the end OF the long
tournament trail today at
- the Woodmont Country Club
where they settled the little matter oil
the team championship. job which
has hung fire since away back last
April. With only a few more tourna-
ments slated to be played during the
balance of the year. the women's
schedule virtually will be completed
today.
Chevy Chase. with lead Of points
over Congressional. clashed with
Beaver Dam in the closing contest,
while Congressional, mastering all
possible strength, met Indian Spring.
At the wind-up Of the team series
two factors stand out on which action
is slated to be taken at the annual
meeting Of the women's association
next December. These are the Scotch
foursome method Of play, and the
matter Of defaulted matches. The
Scotch foursome system has not been
popular, particularly among the better
players. Two Of them. liz fact. re-
fused to play in the team matches
because Of the system. Defaulted
matches are certain to come in for
some revision at the annual meeting.
The records Of the contests show that
the leading team benefited by Ia de-
faulted points during this years series
OF matches.
Ed White, the 21-year-old Texas
Evening star., 1935-07-01

Koontz won the blind bogey tourney
with net card of 10. Other winners
were George McGehee, D. L. Thom-
son and G. Emerson Moore.
Dorie c. Gruver. back on his game
again, knocked out 73 yesterday at
Washington, finishing with brace of
SIS, and Immediately issued a challenge
to Calvert Dickey to come and take
his medicine" Thornton Fur, the
cocky man from Washington, who
southpaws the ball around In re-
spectacle figures. has licked Dickey
four straight times and thinks he Is
so good that he has challenged Sam
Rice Of Indian Spring to a match.
1t will be played Wednesday, and Furr
predicts an easy victory.
Evening star., 1935-07-01
STRAIGHT OFE TplE TEE
BY w. R. ms CALluM

~ OWN ct Hot, Springs, Va,
leading amateur golfers of
Virginia were gathering to-
- day prepared to open the
tourney for the Old Dominion title,
which was won last year by Chandler
Harper, now A professional. Bobby
Eiegel. the Richmond boy, who won
the Southern championship 10 days
ago, Is favorite to grab the vir-
gtnia crown on the strength of his
record Bobby never has won the
State championship. 1t will be Bobby's
fourth straight week cf big-time tour
nsment play, and he figures to win,
even though Billy Howell, the boy
wonder of 1881, may be stumbling
block.
Several Washington golfers were
playing today in the 36-hole medal
play tourney for she Bedford Springs,
Pa, open championship, among them
Cliff Spencer o. Beaver Dam, who
paired with Martin F. Mccarthy yes
terday to tie for first place in the
amateur-pro best hall tourney. They
scored IS for the couise. Other en-
trants included AL Houghton of In
dian Spring. Mel Shorey Of East Po-
tomac Park and Bob Barnett of
Chevy Chase.
Bobby Baum scored q "a with q 10
handicap to win the Sunday tourney
at woodmont. His mines we're 36 and
50. Milton Harris was second with
g., while Morris Simon and Milton
Abramson were next with 68.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Medley annexed
the mixed Scotch foursome tourney
at Manor with a level par score Of
II. They had a gross of IS, with
handicap Of IA strokes. In second
place were Mr.. and Mrs, Ralph F.
Gibson. who scored 8s-l7-72. Ray
Evening star., 1935-07-01
In CHESS CIRCLES
by FRANK B. WALKER

" NTRY blanks have been re-
l. ceived for the thirty sixth s u
nual American Chess Fedora
- tion Congress and open cham
pionship TO be held at Milwaukee
July 81 to 81. The congress is spon-
sored by the chess players Of Mil
wsukee. with the cooperation Of the
Milwaukee public schools. extension
department.. Arpad Flo Is chairman
is a continuation of the Western Chess
Association. which took steps at Chi
cago in 1884 to broaden its scope Of
influence by Incorporating as the
American Chess Federation
The entry fee is $40, payable to DR.
o. M Wehrley. 1914 North Thirty
second street. Milwaukee, and must
accompany the entry; 81 will be re-
turned to each entrant who completes
the tourney. Prizes will be awarded
as follows: $3.50. $50. 500. SIS and
$50. Other cash prizes will be award
ed based on points scored.
A BOUT five years ago the Milwsu-
kee public schools, extension de-
partment. which is the city's depart
ment OF recreation, decided to expert
ment with the teaching of chess in
its social centers and evening schools.
The game seemed to take from the
start and chess has been taught every
year since the season of l930-l93l.
Successful chess promotion has been
due entirely to class instruction in
the evening. with provision for a
municipal chess room and proper
municipal paraphernalia.
THE June issue of the Chess Review
says that mass tournaments are
common occurrences in the Soviet
Union. One recently was held with
1900 participants. In one month l3
factories in Moscow enrolled 589 play
ers, half of them women. Olga, Sem
enova won the womans championship
finalists. Leningrad has 40 chess
clubs.
In the recent Moscow tournament.
out of 100 games played, the player
of the white pieces won so. the player
Of the black pieces. 43. and 81 games
were drawn. Only three Russians out
of IL made a score of less than so
per cent. while three out Of eight
from other countries did not equal
that per cent. The Russians are there
fore regarded as dangerous opponents
in an international team match. The
daily attendance at the Moscow tour
nament was 1000. Excursions were
run to Moscow
The British Chess Federation will
hold its 1886 congress at Nottingham
in August. Plans already are being
formulated for an international tour
nament. with Alekhine, Lssker and
Capablanca among the contestants.
Solution to end game, Yates VS..
Schlechter, given In The Star June
19: Black wins: Q-R8ch; X
B2, Q-Ksch: 3 K-B3. K-R. and
White is helpless.