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The Washington times., 1935-11-12
HrdIiCka Believes
Indians First Here

Popular theory that there are
strains of MelaneSian or Austria
loid blood in American Indians
was exploded yesterday by DR..
Ales Hrdlicka, following a lifetime
of study.
The famous Smithsonian an.
thropologist secuted the aSSump-
ton that the black-Skinned people
of the Indian Ocean of the Aus
tralian continent ever reached
these shores, or could have
reached them in sufficient num-
berS to have left any racial i'm
print on the Indian.
The Washington times., 1935-11-12
.HAUPTMANN'S )
PLEA CIV EN-
H|GHC0URT
Mob Spirit Prevented
Fair Trial, Defense
Lawyers Contend
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prosecutor based his plea on the
theory that the infant son of
Colonel Lindbergh was killed by a
fall when he was being carried
down a ladder from the upstairs
bedroom.
But AttorneyGeneral Wilentz,
it was continued, said in his sum-
nation that the child was crushed
into inSenSibility in his crib and
struck with a chisel.
The petition was particularly
bitter toward failure of Judge
Trenchard to keep the jury sepa.
rated from the general public. 1t
was alleged that this made the
jury subject to mob spirit"
Excerpts from Attorney General
Wilentz' summation were set out
in the brief accompanying the pc
tition.
Attacks upon the conduct of At
torney General David WilentZ,
who successfully handled the case
for the State, abounded in Haupt-
mann'S petition.
ASSailing Wilentz' address to
the jury, the petition said:
The summation of the attor-
ney general abounded with objec-
tionable statements such as decla-
rations of opinion as to the guilt
of the defendant, comment on
facts outside of evidence, state
mentS of facts within the knowl-
edge of the attorney general only,
unfair to comment on prior con-
victions, unfair attacks on the
character of the defendant, unfair
inSinuationS as to the opinion of
defense counsel as to the guilt of
the accused, and appeals to
prejudice by inflammatory argu,
mentS."
Judge Trenchard, too, was
accused of unfair conduct.
The court, in its charge to the
jury" the petition said, by its
queries and comment on evidence
portrayed manifest approval OF
the States theory and witnesses
and was argumentative to a
degree which made its comments
on evidence characteriStically an
act of advocacy and thereby i'm,
paired a free and unbiased
verdict"
Wilentz, it was asserted
changed his theory Of the death
of the Lindbergh child. At the
beginning, it was asserted
Wilentz joined Prosecutor Hauck
in holding that death occurred
from a fall from the ladder. but
that later he adopted the theory
that the child was killed in its
bedroom.
The defendant was entitled, as
a matter of absolute law. which
was not in any measure depend
ent upon grace or exercise of dis
cretion by the trial court or sub
ject to waiver by counsel, that
the State of New Jersey be con
fined in it's summation to the
proof of the fall of the Lindbergh
baby from the ladder" the peti
ton said.
The contradiction. the petition
asserted, violated the deep-rooted
tradition that a defendant is en-
titled to be informed of the exact
nature of the charge against him
The Washington times., 1935-11-12

Official Washington said good
by to Bishop James II. Ryan last
night at the Mayflower Hotel with
a farewell reception which at
tracted a throng Of leaders of the
business, civic anu social circles
Of the city.
Bishop Ryan, who leaves next
week to assume duties as Bishop
of Omaha, Neb., after seven years
as rector of Catholic University,
was lauded by Spokesmen from the
Capitals every walk of life.
Il know I need not express my
personal regret at the loss of your
fine influence fro1I the Nations
Capital" President Roosevelt said
in letter which was read by Post
master General James A. Farley
But I am happy that one whose
friendship I prize has been con
Sidered worthy of greater honor. /"
Henry A. Wallace, Secretary OF
Agriculture, saw the Omaha
The Washington times., 1935-11-12
Dr.. johnson Honored

DR.. Mordecai w. johnson,
president of Howard University.
has been announced as one of
the principal speakers at the
seventieth anniversary and foun-
ders' day exercises to be held
at Shaw University, Raleigh,
N. c., on November 10. DIR.
Stewart Nelson, president Of the
North Carolina institution, was
formerly executive assistant to
DR.. johnson at Howard Univer'
sity,
The Washington times., 1935-11-12

bishopric as offering greater fields
for Bishop Ryan's influence.
Torn by doubts and uncer.
tainty, due to unemployment and
financial disaster" he declared,
the West is awakening to the
fact that there is still a God in
the heavens"
Others on the program were
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen,
Supreme Court Justice Pierce But,
Ter. and Joseph ]. Murphy, of
Catholic University.
The Washington times., 1935-11-12
BALB0 DIRECTS
M0BILIzING
TACTICS
Italy Throws rade
Pacts Aside For
License System

ROME, Nov. IL d.N.S).-Ma-
chinery for conscripting half a
million more soldiers was set up
today in Libya, adjoining Britain's
protectorate of Egypt, as efforts
to relax the Italo-British strain
were pesSimistically renewed.
other drastic DEGREES issued by
Premier MuSsolini banned all
foreign imports except by special
license, striking back ct League
of Nations sanctions, effective
next Monday, after Italy had
warned of retaliation in notes
sent to League members.
Meanwhile, dispatches reported
fierce fighting in eastern and
southeastern Ethiopia, where two
Jaws of the italian pincerS are
closing in on the Adds AbabA
railway.
Today's official military COM
munique announced general prog
reSs along the northern front in
which advance columns occupied
the town of AddaSh Nevrid, in the
Adj Abo region, southwest Of Ak
sum. Four native columns pushed
southwark toward the Takkaze
River to Straighten out the Italian
line west of Makale.
BalbO In Picture
Sir Eric Drummond, the British
Ambassador, was due to bargain
personally with MusSolini again
for reduction of the present 40
OO0-odd italian troops in Libya, in
return for minor decrease-of
about two fighting ships-in Brit
iSh fleet concentrations in the
Mediterranean.
But there suddenly lomed up
in today's negotiations the beard
ed figure of Air Marshal Italo
Balbo. leader of the mass flight to
the United States, who has been
empowered to call to arms the
men, and to mobilize the women.
Europeans and Arabs alike, of
G0Oyd, "a WI1LC1I odlDO 10 SONCLAOkS .
Mobilization becomes automatic
ally effective Immediately upon
declaration q q war-other than
the Ethiopian-involving Italy.
Elaborate measures have been set
forth for notifying tribal chiefs
in Libya. and to organize the pop
ulace for protection against air
raids and other attacks in the
event sanctions and naval mea-
sures cause war in the Mediter
ranean.
Trade PactS VOided
Practically throwing overheard
all Italy'S commercial treaties,
the importation decree will great
1y reduce all incoming goods, and
the licensing system will enable
the government to favor those
countries not applying sanctions.
Other DEGREES increase taxes
on higher incomes, effective in
1887, but lower them on in
comes below 1900 lire (about
$20S) a year to relieve distress
among the poorer classes; bind
employers to keep soldiers jobs
open; and cut down office work
ing hours to save light.
kilograms from the war zone
to Popolo di Roma said RaS
Nasibu-previouSly rumored to
have been aSSaSSinated-waS
fighting bitterly in a determined
stand to prevent the faSt-moving
cohorts of Gen. Rodolfo Grazi-
ami, moving up from Daggah Bur
towards Jipiga, and the eastern
Italian column, swerving down
from the Mt. MuSSa Ali sector,
from joining and Severing the
railway.
Twelve British officers are said
to be on their way from British
Somaliland to help direct the
Ethiopian defense.
l.
The Washington times., 1935-11-12
GIRL ARRESTED
INN.Y. HOTEL
Staying
Shot German, Doctor
For Refusal To
Marry Her

NEW YORK, Nov. IL UN.S).
DR.. Fritz Gebhardt, wealthy econ
omist and induStrialist who came
here recently from Germany, was
shot and killed today in his hotel
apartment in the exclusive Sutton
Place section.
A few minutes later police, re-
spending to an alarm from the
hotel manager, found in the build
ing pretty blonde Vera Stretz, a
secretary employed by a firm rep
resented by DR.. Gebhardt. In her
purse, police said, they found a
.32-caliber revolver, still warm,
with two discharged shells in it.
There were also two loose cart
ridges and a box containing 46
more.
"Yes, I shot him." officers
quoted her as saying, He prom
ised to marry me-"
Planned Surrender
Patrolman John Holden, who
encountered Miss Stretz on the
fire stairway Of the hotel, said the
young woman told him:
IT was on the way to the station
house to give myself up"
DR.. Gebhardt was shot four
times.
Miss Stretz, police said, insisted
she was engaged to DR.. Gebhardt,
but business associates Of the lat
ter said he has a wife and two
grown daughters in Germany. Dr..
Gebhardt, according to Ullrich E
Biehl, a business associate, had aG
quired a fortune representing Ger
man industrialiStS in foreign trade.
Refuses to Talk
Miss Stretz was taken to the
East Fifty-first Street station and
questioned for nearly two hours
Police, however, said the interro
CATION did little to throw add
tional light on the shooting and
that the secretary insisted:
III only talk to my lawyer"
After questioning Miss StretZ,
police said DR.. Gebhardt was not
physician, but a doctor OF
philosophy, and had but lately
come to this country from KarlS
ruhe Baden, Germany. Other
than that little is known oi
him.
Clad In PajamaS
He registered at the Beekman
Tower, in the exclusive Sutton
Place district. only four days
ago. Miss Stretz has resided
there one year. She had suite
on the nineteenth floor, four
flights below Gebhardt'S.
Clad only in pajamaS, the doc
tors body was found by a hotel
attendant lying on the floor OF
the living room. Police said the
attendant, Leslie TAFT, told them
Miss Stretz was sitting on q
divan in the room when he first
entered. 1t was TAFT who gave
the police alarm.
Reconstruct Crime
AS police reconstructed the
shooting, DR.. Gebhardt had re.
tired and was asleep when Miss
Stretz entered his bedroom and
fired two shots point blank into
his body. She then sat in the
room for a moment attempting to
collect her senses.
The Washington times., 1935-11-27
6oo,o 900 Collect Coins

There are more than 100000
Americans who collect coins.
The Washington times., 1935-11-27
Negro S Economic
Life 10 Be Studied

Joseph Houchins, formerly head
Of the department Of economics
and government at Wiley Univer-
sity, Marshall, Tex, has been
appointed an assistant negro bust.
ness specialist in the division of
negro affairs of the Department
Of Commerce.
Mr.. Houchins is a graduate of
Cornell University and has com.
pleted his residence requirement
for the degree of doctor Of phil.
osophy from that institution. His
work in the department will be
to gather data on the economic
and business life of the negro.
The Washington times., 1935-11-27

"Patzcuaro" (Tejada). sung by
the chorus; Les Gaviotas" Carr.
by Tejada) and dance, "Jarabe
Nacional," by Pedro ValdeS and
Laura Ri,as.
The orchestra consists Of 10
musicians, including some Of the
principal soloists of Mexico. util-
izing instruments typical Of the
country. There are also Is sing
ers and two dancers who feature
the popular dances Of that
country. ..'
The Marine Band Symphony
Orchestra, under the direction Of
Capt. Taylor Branson. will give
the regular wednesday evening
concert at 8 O'Clock tonight at the
Marine Barracks.
The Washington times., 1935-11-27
CITES BRITAIN'S
RECOVERY

CHICAGO, Nov. 81 U.sO.
Restoration of confidence by bal
ancing the budget. supplanting
the theorists with business men
in relief administration and adopt.
ing a protective tariff have pulled
England out of the depression
panic, Former Senator Henry j.
Allen, Of Kansas, declared before
the Bar Association here.
The Tight Little ISLE" he said,
is on the high road to prosperity
with prospects Frightening hourly.
There was some laughter when
he smilingly observed:
"Of course, England hasn't paid
her debt to us. Perhaps If she
had, the recovery couldn't have
been so marked But the fact
remains that England is on the
way out and UP today. She has
recaptured prosperity"
Just returned from an exten'
sive study of the English picture
at close range. Allen said that
what impressed him most was the
grim determination to balance
the budget as the starting point
on the way back to normalcy.
The Washington times., 1935-11-27
For Bad Winter
Coughs, Mix This
Remedy Yourself
Saves Good Money!
No Cookingl

J caves SOSa A1Ohsyt NO SooklnBl
N>~~s~~~|N~1~.~~
If you want the best cough remedy
that money can buy, mix it at home. Il
costs very little, yet it's the most reli-
able, quick-acting medicine you ever
used. The way it takes hold of dis
tressing coughs, giving immediate re-
lief, is astonishing.
Any druggist can supply you with
21a ounces of Pinex. Pour this into a
pint bottle, and add Eranulated sugar
syrup to make a full pint. To make
syrup, use 2 cups of sugar and one cup
of water, and stir few moments until
dissolved. No cooking needed. It's no
trouble at all, and gives you four times
as much cough medicine for your
money-a real family supply. Keeps
perfectly and tastes fine.
1t is surprising how quickly this
loosens the phlegm, soothes the irritat-
ed membranes, helps clear the air pas
sages, and thus ends bad cough in q
hurry.
Pinex is a compound of Norway
Pine, in concentrated form, famous for
its effect in stopping coughs quickly.
Money refunded If it doesn't please
you in every way.
The Washington times., 1935-11-27
Lloyd With Insurance
Firm Here Is Years

Earl D. Krewson, agency direc.
tor of the washington branch Of
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, entertained at dinner last
evening at the Columbia Country
Club in honor Of Zack B. Lloyd,
who has completed rs years with
the local branch.
The speaker of the evening was
Fred S. Munsell, inspector OF
agencies Of the Atlantic depart
ment with offices in Philadelphia,
who praised Mr.. Lloyds record Of
service.
The Washington times., 1935-11-27
End Tour of Arctic

A theatrical company Of IA has
completed a tour of Arctic Russia,
where they gave midnight per
formances in settlements in the
Far North and on the decks Of
ships of the Kara.Lena Sea expe-
ditionS,
The Washington times., 1935-11-27
Policeman Killed
In Gangster Fight

SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 27
d.N.S).-One policeman was
killed and another probably
fatally wounded In . gun battle
with, safe crackers here today.
The slain officer was T. A.
SickleS, his wounded companion
was T. E. Stevens. The officers
surprised a gang in a beer parlor.
The Washington times., 1935-11-27
Do You Remember?
(AnSDerS to Questions on

(AnSt0eTS TO QreSttonS on
Page 81
The home Of Lyon, film star,
was guarded after kidnap
threats.
Representative Lord Of New
York became involved in .
"spy" inquiry in Japan.
Mrs. Bennett, former night
club dancer, was held by pO-
lice after the seizure Of $780,
900 in stolen jewels.
LaVarre, noted explorer,
announced positively that
Paul Redfern, aviator missing
since 1927, is alive in the
South American jungles.
Costello, . Coast Guard Of.
ficer, was found tortured to
death.
The Washington times., 1935-11-27
World Of Music
@8DzzG4z77MG7E89z6

Theme from Second Movement Symphony No. l.
by D. Shostqkovitch
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-07-18
Pomeranian Dog Blessed
With Two Coats Of Hair

The Pomeranian in build and appear
ance should be compact, short-cou-
pied dog, well-knit in frame and exhib-
iting great intelligence IN expression,
activity and buoyancy in department,
writes Ruth Mansfield in the Washing
ton Post. His head and nose should
be foxy in outline. the skull being
slightly fiat, large in proportion to- the
muzzle, which should be rather fine and
free from lippiness. The hair on head
and face should be smooth and short
coated. The eyes should be medium in
size, not full or set too wide apart,
bright and dark In color. In white,
orange, shaded sable and cream dogs,
the rims around the eyes should be
black. The ears should be small and
carried perfectly erect like those Of a
fox. The tail, a characteristic Of the
breed should be turned over the back,
carried fiat and straight, being covered
with long, harsh spreading hair. The
dog may be white, black, brown, blue,
orange, beaver, cream or parti-colored.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-07-18
Nina Is Claimed 10 Be !
Champion + alkinx Bird

SAA0AA4H&S0 0Ak4tAA6 ASsA -
When talking birds are mentioned,
every one usually thinks OF the par
rot. For the hook-billed bird has al
ways spoken for himself" No sea
story, for instance, was complete with
out its grizzled sailor, who carried On
his shoulder a parrot that uttered
"Shiver my tlmbers," or other expreS-
sions Just as nautical but less printable,
and many homes boosted parlor pet
who raucously declared that "Polly
wants a cracker!"
But the fact OF the matter Is that
the championship among the bird-talk.
ers belongs to the nina, or mynah, "a
small. shiny-black, orange-striped crea-
ture who halls from India, says awrit-
er in the Washington Post Far lexs
pubncized than the parrot In these
climates, the nina Is a familiar house
hold pet in his own country, priced for
his amazing ability to mimic faithfully
the human voice. Every word uttered
by the nina is as clear AZ a bell-it
is in this respect that he 10 superior
to the parrot, who often makes It neces-
sary for the listener to exert q little
effort to distinguish between his words.
As whistler, too, the Indian bird is
without peer.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-07-18
Made General. Fight FRS.

When an invading army entered Ire
land in the olden days, the natives
suggested to the enemy that "a series
of duels should be fought between the
champions on both sides during the
short winter days and that a general
fight might begin between the two
armies when the summer days would
come and the light would be better TOR
the encounter. This was an attempt
to reduce war to sort Of parlor game
and, In those old days, there was no
artificial opposition to the suggestion
by interested parties. The single COM
bat events were 80 successful that the
soldiers of the two armies fraternized
and q peace conference was called
The invaders we're given a part Of Ire
land to colonize and they and the
Irish lived happy ever after, according
to the age-old story handed down as
part Of the history Of Ireland.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-07-18
Original streamliner.

Fishes represent the maximum en-
ciency1in stream-nning, says the Wash
ington Star. For the most part their
bodies are spindle-shape with extreme
~ smooth surfaces to offer little ~
sistanoe as they travel the depths in
which they live. While the spindle
shape body Of trout or perch, for in
stance, is the prevailing form, many
variations have crept in, a. in the
case Of eels, which are snaks-lIke, and
butter fishes, which are greatly corn
pressed. In the founder depression
has gone on to such an extent as 30
necessitate the placing Of both eyes
on one side Of the body and the hsh
swims on it's side. The shape and
form Of dsh's body Ia closely related
to Its habitat. Thus We ind the eel
In and around the rocks, weeded areas
and in holes. the fat fishes near the
bottom or in crevices, and others IN
which resistance IL 80 greatly reduced
Ia the open waterA
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-07-18
Mastodons Once Numerous
in the American Sector

One Of the many mysteries which
still battle scientists is the question
Of why the mastodon, American an
cestor of the elephant, suddenly dlsap-
peared from the American continent.
Mastodons, creatures about the size
Of Indian elephants, were plentiful in
this country about 10000 years ago.
The skeleton Of one Of these huge,
long tusked fellows was dug up In
Manhattan not many years ago. says
the Washington Star, when workmen
were excavating to build an apartment
house. Many other skeletons have
been found in eastern and western
United States, fewer in the southern
and central regions.
Why did these powerful animals,
covered with long hair in northern
climates, and armed with heavy tusks
nine feet long, disappear? So far as
we know, there was no change Of tenn
perature which would make life diff
cult for them. And, judging from the
skeletons and the stomachs which have
been preserved through Thousands OF
years, there was no scarcity Of food.
For many of these mastodon stomachs
are well stocked with food, still undi-
gested, when they are found centuries
later. Bones and stomachs and food
have all been preserved in the ancient
boys where so many Of the mastodons
seem to have been trapped. It Is, at
any rate, these prehistoric boys which
have yielded most of the mastodon re-
mains for modern study.
The gulf between mastodon and our
modern elephant seems to be partly
bridged by a creature whose bones
were found in Texas. Judging from
the parts of this skeleton, he was an
elephant-like mastodon.
Another relative Of the mastodon
which inhabited America in about the
same age, or even before, is the man.
moth, another of the elephants an
cestors. He differed from the masto-
don chiefly in the kind Of teeth he had.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-07-18
Red Admiral 4 Butt.rav I

Ins req ADMIRAL is . common form,
q .n,islsh butterfly. The upper .winrs
~ olack' with a broad band Of scarlet ,
vnsle the tips are spotted viii suhits
- &c. 49,. *inss are also black, EDGED
sSsscarlet, and have bluessnot
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-07-18
Naming of "Amsrica" Il
Not Reliaxed IN Doubt

There IL little reason for doubling
that this continent was named after
Amerigo vespucd. the Florentine con-
tractors clerk who aided In the hitting
up Of Columbus expedition. says a
writer in the Detroit News.
Vespucci was born in 14b2 and died
in 1872. His letters describing his four
voyages TO America, In 1897, 1899. 1901
and 1903, were published In Florence
in the following years he did not
claim the honor Of naming the new
land for himself. This was done by
schoolmaster and geographer Of St Die
In Alsace, Martin Waldseemuller, In
1907. the passage In which he made
the suggestion being as follows:
"And the fourth part Of the world
having been discovered by Americas,
It may be called Amerige, that ID, the
land Of Americas. or America. Now
truly dnce these regions are more
widely explored and another fourth
part Is discovered by Americas Yes
pudus, do not see why anyone may
justly forbid It to be named Amerise,
that IL, Americas Land, from Amerdcus
the discoverer, or America, sinee both
Europe ana Asia derived their lnarnes
from women" This name FIRST ap-
peared on a map published at Franz
fort in 1920.
There are other theories Of 1.-THE
names origin, including the ftory TO
the effect that John Cabot on his re-
turn to England in 1895. after discover
ing the mainland OF North America.
was met by Richard Ameryk, sheriff
Of Bristol. This oticiat handed him the
kings reward for his discovery and II
is suggested that the new land was CIV
en- his name. NJ
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-07-18
Meaaias Of nesast Oasis

An oasis Is usually defined as a fer
tile place surrounded by a desert.
Even though a deserts surface is arid
there are, Of course, underground
streams which occasionally find their
way to the surface In the form of
springs or artesian wells. Around
these water holes" the land again Sc
comes rich and fertile and supports
many kinds Of tropical vegetation.
Some GASES are small and are little
more than stopping places White others
are inhabited permanently .-Pathhnd-
e Magazine.