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Evening star., 1935-11-17

comdr. William G. stirk presided
over Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp,
Spanish War Veterans. John D
Shaw was received by transfer from
Richard J. Harden Camp into MEM
bership. At the meeting. November
%. there will be the nomination OF
officers.
Col. John Jacob Astor Camp was
presided over by Comdr. Thomas r.
Donovan. william 8. oMas1. Of
Troop 6, q. s. Cavalry. was admitted
by transfer from Milton r. Wheeler
Camp. New York. Thomas ludlow
Of Harden Camp. spoke.
Senior Vice comdr. Judson T. Ma
son presided at the Henry w. Lawton
Camp. Dept. Comdr. George v. Nc
Alear, Junior Vice Comdr. Victor l.
Woolridge, and Grave Registration
Officer Charles Appich spoke. The
camp was presented with . copy Of
"The History Of the Spanish War.
written by the late Gen. George H
Harries q former member Of tn'
camp. It was presented by Brig
Gen. Perry L. Miles, commander OF
the 18th Brigade. q close friend @
Gen. Harries.
Comdr. Charles D. Long presided
over Richard ]. Harden Camp. Hiram
Brun,met and George Glasco were re-
instated. Dept. Comdr. McAlear an.
nounced arrangements completed
whereby Dr.. Cline Of the Veterans
Bureau, will notify the organization
when any Of its members are admit.
ted into the hospital. Dept. Junio'
vice Comdr. woodbridge spoke Of thu
annual dinner to be given IN honol
of Comdr. Robert Cain
February Is.
The department president and
large delegation Of the auxiharies As
sisted at the placing Of q wreath OF
the Tomb Of the Unknown Soldiel
last Sunday by National Presiden
Irma Hill Vogel. The national treas
urer. Mrs. Marie Williams, oderet
the prayer and the national secretary
Mrs. Edna Herbert, placed the wreath
The annual banquet Of the Presi
dents Club will be held Thursday .
the Kenesaw at pm. Those desirini
to 60 may make reservations with Mrs
Bertha Cook, Adams Ass.
President Gertrude stoll presides
over Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary
Mrs. Margaret Accardy, Mrs. Kat
Bateman and Mrs. Mary Brummit
were mustered into membership. TIT
department president, Mrs. Mary G
Iipscomb, and her stair made thei,
annual inspection. All are requested
to bring canned goods to the meeting
November "a to be used in Thanks.
giving baskets.
The Lineal Society will hold . party
November 81 In the Soldiers, sailorl
and Marines Club under the leader.
ship Of the chief ruler, Mrs. Hannah
Weber, to which all Spanish War vet
erans and families are invited.
Col. James Petit Camp has accept.
ed an invitation from 4 member
Rev. James H. Metchler, to attend d.
vine services at his church, $3.50 N
street, November ~ at 8 pm. AL
members and the auxiliary are re'
quested TO attend.
Evening star., 1935-11-17

their donations for the Thanksgiving
baskets.
The unit will have . bingo ut the
Killeen club rooms, 3204 Wisconsin
avenue, next Wednesday.
Killeen Post, No. rs, will have an
oyster roast November a at noon at
the old Liberty Fire Company build
ing, 1o45 Wisconsin avenue.
Mrs. Ada M. Eiley, department re-
habilitation chairman, has called .
special meeting at her home, 17a1
Church street. next Friday at o'clock
to make plans for Christmas parties
at the hospitals,
Evening star., 1935-11-17
China Stricken.

Floods and internal dissentions have
reduced the purchasing power Of the
people In China TO the lowest point In
20 years.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Meetings This Week.

Meetings This Week.
Monday: Columbia Post No. 81.
installation Of officers, Hay.
loft, 1926 Massachusetts, ave-,
8 pm; Quentin Roosevelt
Post, No. II, Potomac Boat
Club.
Tuesday: Second Division Post,
No. 90, installation Of ON
GERS. Colonial Hotel, 8 pm;
Costello Post, No. IS, Musi.
clans Hall. HOS Sixteenth
street, 8 pm.
Friday: Guard Of Honor, Ma
tional Guard Armory, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Artificial Flowers.

Csechoslovakia shipped more than
$350,0o0 worth Of ARTIFICIAL flowers TO
the United States In the last year.
Evening star., 1935-11-17

mluC18, Qelo D conference l9SC week
with ofdcials Of the National Capital
Park ana Planning Commission, he
found that the proposal for IN srmory
was just where 1t was 4 quarter Of q
century aso-the Guard Ia left waiting
ct the portals Of Congress for that
body TO take some definite action
which will clinch the project. This
action will have to be two.fold. It
will have to provide definitely for
either . governnentally owned site
here or provide funds for the purchase
Of one and then viii have to set aside
funds for the construction Of the
building.
The ofaciAls Of the planning com.
mission told Col. Nevitt that while
they have control Of the parks, they
have no authority to provide . site
for . militia srmory and, as far as
public works funds are concerned,
there win be no money Forthcoming
there for . site and none for Q build
ing until . site d provided.
50 now the suardsmen are back
where their predecessors started more
than . quarter Of . century ago. The
planning commission cannot provide
. site, but even II q site Is provided
1t might decide that 1t does not At
In with the governmental planning in
Washington. and again the Guard ID
left out In the cold.
New legislation will have to be ini.
dated and presented to the commit
tees in Congress. In the interim be.
tween the present and the convening
Of the National Legislature, 1t is prob
able that . plan Of strategy will be
formulated by the local officers in
conjunction with the committee which
is to be named by the National Guard
Association, in accordance with Q d.
rection given BY the recent conven.
ton at Santa Fe, N. Mex.
A. soon - . plan 3og h1ncus the
Evening star., 1935-11-17

The Killeen Unit held the regular
monthly meeting Wednesday evening.
The new president, Mrs. Catherine
Water, prssidsd. The msmbers hgousht
Evening star., 1935-11-17

Admiral Robert e. Peary Ship met
last Tuesday evening at the Hamilton
Hotel and held installation Of on
GERS, Dept. Of Virginia Comdr. Jim"
Sipolski officiating.
The following oficers were installed:
Captain, Frank B. Rose; executive
officer, Edward J. Markham; naviga-
tor. Chester B. Clark; ofncer Of the
Evening star., 1935-11-17

Company A. l21st Engineers. held
its anrIal Fall dinner last week. when
many members and potential recruits
attended.
Evening star., 1935-02-16
Russia Rebukes Japan.
From the Rock Island ARGUS,

from the ROCK Island ARGUS,
There are some who think that
Russia and Japan will inevitably 10 to
war. Premier Molotoff of Russia has
rejected the suggestion made in the
japanese Diet that the Soviet Union
should demilitarize the Manchurian
border. The premier charges the
japanese with violating the treaty of
Portsmouth by their presence in
Manchuria. Japan, he affirmed, has
forgotten the treaty requirement that
both Russia and Japan evacuate
Manchuria, whereas Russia has lived
up to the treaty.
1t appears that Outer Mongolia Is
an independent peoples republic, ac-
cording to the Soviet government. 1t
has close economic and political rela-
tions with the Union Of Soviet Social
tst Republics, but is not part Of the
U. s. s. r. 1t Is claimed that not
one Soviet soldier is in Outer Mon
golia. No prophecy that the Soviet
Union would consider a Japanese in
vasion of Outer Mongolia as a cause
Of war Is available.
Jeers greeted mention Of Japans
activities in Manchuria when the
Soviet Congress convened. The news
paper Pravda said: History Is work.
ing in our favor, and know ye. Mister
Imperialist, that II you impose war on
us, we will fight not on our territory,
but on yours" Glorifying the red
army on the basis Of revelations Of its
strength, this newspaper adds the
statement: Woe to any who attack
us!" While the relations between the
two countries are strained, financial
considerations. it is thought, viii de-
lay hostile outbreaks.
Evening star., 1935-02-16
Weakness in the Macon.

Testimony has been given before
the naval court which is making
inquiry at San Francisco into the cir
cumstances Of the Macon's collapse
and loss of the Pacific Coast the
other day to the effect that the diri-
gible narrowly escaped crashing last
April in Texas because of a structural
failure in the same part Of the ship
that collapsed on Tuesday. The wit
ness, an officer of the Macon, said
that he had then recommended in
vestigation Of the strength of the en-
tire fin construction, that the Bureau
of Aeronautics had made an examina-
tion and had ordered the strengthen
ing Of the defective girder, but had
ruled that the repair work should not
be allowed to interfere with the Ma
cons operating schedule. This work,
said the witness, had not been COM
pleted when the airship started on her
last flight.
This raises a question of vital i'm
portance. Unless refuted, the testi-
mony reveals that the Macon was
permitted to continue cruising while
under suspicion of structural weak
ness. The responsibility for permit
ting such a performance is a heavy
one. The officer who gave the testi-
mony regarding the structural defect
went on to say that he felt that the
ship was safe to fly in anything but
extremely violent air, which again
raises question Of Judgment that
may bear upon the whole matter of
the handling Of the dirigible.
1t is idle TO seek to deduce official
responsibility for the disaster from
such testimony alone, but the fact
remains that the ships structure was
known to be weak and that she was
kept in commission. In the light Of
the wrecking Of the Shenandoah and
the Akron In stress OF weather it
would surely seem to have been in order
to keep the dirigible on the ground
until it was made capable Of with
standing the strain Of storm.
Evening star., 1935-02-16

time by the words Of leader whose
promises extend far beyond those of
Mr. Roosevelt. With such considera-
tions in mind. it is no wonder that
the balanced Democrats have already
come to the conclusion that it Is now
incumbent upon them to do every
thing possible to stop the mad rush
of the Louisiana Kingfish. It Is in
conceivable that he could ever become
President. But-under conditions IA
vorable to hint is not unthinkable
that he might open the way for a
Republican opponent Of Mr.. Roose-
velt."
Referring to the attack upon a
newspaper photographer by a Long
follower. the Kansas City Times re-
marks. There you have the temper
of the true dictator" The Tulsa
tOkla.) World calls the conditions
absurd under the Senator's control,
and the st. Joseph (Mo) News-PreSs
describes his Legislature as "incredi-
BILE" Lack of freedom in Louisiana
is emphasized by the Okalomha News,
and the Charleston IS. c. Evening
Post predicts that the people Of the
State will get rid of him." while the
Brooklyn Times Union is convinced
that he will be shorn of his power"
1T is a State problem" say the
Cleveland News and the Huntington
wv. Va) Herald-DiSpatch, but the
Helena (Mont) Independent advises:
This is situation that vitally con-
Germs every other State. The National
Government should recognize the
emergency and take appropriate ac-
tion-before it Is too late"
Evening star., 1935-02-16

In the best books great men talk to
us, give us their most precious
thoughts, and pour their souls into
ours. God be thanked for books.
They are the voices of the distant and
the dead, and make us heirs of the
spiritual life Of past ages. Books are
the true Jewelers.. They give to all
who will faithfully use them, the So
ciety. the spiritual presence, Of the
best and greatest Of our race.
Such testimony might be multiplied
a thousand times, and yet it happens
that there are individuals in high
positions so unresponsive to their duty
as to begrudge a public library the
small means which it requires for its
maintenance and operation in the
peoples service The pitiful error OF
their attitude is betrayed in their
simultaneous complaint against the
prevalence Of crime, but the contra
diction is one which they do not care
to face.
Evening star., 1935-02-16

program to show themselves and prob
ably to talk about their experiences
and reactions during the six weeks of
the trial. But surely there should be
sufficient public disapproval Of this
plan to cause them to reconsider, If
any of them have actually agreed to
prostitute their service as jurors for
gain.
The trial Of a person for murder is
solemn proceeding and should
never be made the OCCASION of diver
tisement. The brazen effrontery of
the proposer of this plan betrays a
total misconception of the function of
the law which is invoked for the pro-
lection Of society, and those citizens
who have served the State by sitting
in judgment and who then yield to
the temptation to capitalize their
services in that capacity share in the
blame.
The making of the Hauptmann trial
an occasion of public entertainment
was bad enough, but to send the jury
around the vaudeville circuit would
be an intolerable outrage against de-
cency. 1t is to be hoped that all
twelve of the jurors will see the utter
impropriety of such a proceeding and
reject the tender, as have two of them
already, and that the proposer of this
scheme to make a profit out of the
solemn service which has just been
rendered, as a result of which a man
is to pay the penalty of his lite for
an abominable crime. will be sub
jected to blasting condemnation.
Evening star., 1935-02-16
Germany and Peace.

Germany's formal reply to the
Anglo French accord and to its invita-
tion to the Reich to participate in
solidifying European peace has now
been delivered in London and Paris.
1t does not 60 the full length of &C
ceptance, but Fuehrer Hitler agrees
in broad principle with the British
and French proposals, and to that
extent the German answer repre-
sents progress toward the desired
goal. 1t specifically leaves the way
open for further discussions and pro-
poses that Great Britain and Ger
many enter upon them forthwith.
Declaring its wish sincerely Ito pro-
mote the safeguarding of peace" the
maintenance of which is described
as being in the interest of German
security as well as in that of other
European states, the Reich concretely
is willing for the moment to consider
only an air agreement for Western
Europe, whereby the signatory states
would be pledged to come to the as
sistance of any victim Of an unpro-
voked air attack. Beyond expressing
willingness to join such a pact, Ger
many is prepared merely to enter into
bi-lateral discussions with the British
to clear up basic preliminary ques-
tions." There is complete evasion in
the Reich's note of the Anglo French
proposals regarding Austrian inde-
pendence, Germany's return to the
League of Nations and an Eastern
Locarno"
The Nazi government feels that a
Western European air convention
would be an important step on the
road to European solidarity" but
Hitler is unmistakably determined to
extort positive concessions from the
| allied powers before committing Ger
many to collective action for. peace
purposes. Thus far the Germans
have stressed only equality in arma-
ments as condition, with correspond
ing recognition of their sovereign
status. What else they demand they
will possibly reveal in the proposed
conversations with Britain. If their
aspirations comprehend any far
reaching changes in existing Euro
pean frontiers, the outlook for an
agreement acceptable to Germany is
not bright. But Hitler at least leaves
the door ajar for negotiation. De-
velopments and results will now de-
pend on whether the Fuehrer or the
western powers prove to be the
shrewder bargainers. The prospects
for a guaranteed peace in Europe
cannot be said to have been very
substantially advanced by Germany's
reply, but they have at any rate not
been made darker, and, under all the
circumstances, that is something. An
agreement on armaments is probably
the crux Of the situation.
Evening star., 1935-02-16
Vaudeville and Crime.

The trial of Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann at Pennington was attended by
many features which greatly shocked
the country, the crowding Of the court
room with spectators eager for sensa-
tions, the spirit Of ballyhoo which per-
vaded the entire proceedings to the
end, the picnic spirit which prevailed
on the part Of the public. It became
. veritable entertainment for thou
sands.
Now it is proposed by an enter
prising amusement agent to engage
the members of the jury that con-
victed Hauptmann to make vaude-
vile tour. Offers of $500 week have
been made to the twelve men and
women and at latest reports seven OF
them have indicated their willingness
10 accept, two having definitely re-
fused and three not yet decided.
There is perhaps no way to stop this
thoroughly improper proceeding. The
Jurors are doubtless at liberty to 60
forth as a feature Of an entertainment
Evening star., 1935-02-16

Q. What Is the derivation Of the
word sarcophagus?-R. s. j.
A. 1t Is from Greek word which
means flesh eater. The name origi-
mated In the alleged property Of q
certain Limestone of consuming the
whole body, except the teeth, within
40 days.
O. Who was TIE leader Of the Ger
man Flying Circus after Richthofen
was shot down?-C. r, w.
A. Herman Goering, Htler's air
minister, was its flight commander.
@. Is the Suez Canal controlled by
the British government?-A. z.
A. Although the British govern
ment holds seven-sixteenths of the
shares, the Suez Canal Co. is. as a
matter Of fact, predominantly French
for purposes Of administration. On
the board Of management there are
/ Dutch. 10 British and 81 French
directors, who work in closest har-
mony. OF the 10 British directors, 3
represent the British government in
respect to their large holding of
shares and represent the shipping
and commercial interests Of Great
Britain, which now supplies about 81
per cent Of the total traffic through
the canal.
@. How many Japanese are there
in California? Pr. M.
A. In 1880 the number Of Japanese
in California was 97,456.
@. Does the Forest Service have an
air patrol to detect forest fires?-
j. L. M.
A. The Forest Service says that
there is no continuous air patrol oper-
ating at the present time. There was
started in 1920 such patrol as a con-
tinuous service, but it was found that
it would not pay. The airplanes could
not compete successfully with the sew
eral lookout stations on mountain
tops maintained by the Forest Serv-
ice. Now planes are used to observe
large fires especially and in transport
Ing men from place to place, in both
cases of which days or even weeks are
saved, only few hours being re-
qulred TO cover the space. The work
is done by contract with commercial
plane companies, since the Forest
Service does not own planes used.
Q. How many stripes do zebras have
as rule?-K F.
A. Animal experts have found that
ordinary zebras have but from ninety
to ninety-nine discernible stripes
from nose to tail tip. An African
zebra born in Fleishhacker Zoo, San
Francisco, recently has been found to
have one hundred stripes.
Q. In what magazine did Rain"
appear as a story under some other
title?-K. L.
was made was called Miss Thomp-
son" by Somerset Maughan, and came
out in the Smart set.
@. Who are the two other figures
with Susan B. Anthony in the statu-
ary group in the Capitol?-A. W. H.
A. The two other are Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.
The statuary group-"Three Pioneer
| Women in Suffrage"-is in a crypt on
the floor below Statuary Hall.
Q. Is the construction of a glider
similar to that of ap airplane?-
j. w. G.
A. The modern glider Is a soaring
plane. 1t is for all practical purposes
an extremely light airplane without
an engine, while the construction is
greatly simplified, all parts being
made as light as consistent with
strength and the lifting surface so
designed and set as to give high lift
at low speeds.
Evening star., 1935-02-16
Great Books.

1t has been more or less commonly
agreed that notable institutions of
civilization are the heightened shadows
Of great personalities, and it would
seem that the same principle might
be applied in judgment of books.
Those works Of literature which have
most influence upon the thought and
the conduct of their readers are, in
sober fact, the fruits Of character.
They do not come into existence by
accident, but rather are governed by
the law of cause and effect-they
mirror the intelligence, the integrity.
the courage and the sympathy of their
authors.
John Milton, perhaps, summarized
the verdict of all thoughtful lovers Of
letters in the epigram:
A good book is the precious life
blood Of a master spirit, embalmed
and treasured up on purpose, to life
pey0nQ lie.
And Charles Kingsley concurred In
that point of view when he wrote In
homelier language:
Except living man, there Is moth
ing more wonderful than q book!-a
message to us from the dead-from
human souls whom we never saw, who
lived. perhaps, thousands Of miles
away; and yet these, in those little
sheets of paper, speak to us, amuse US
terrify us, teach US, comfort us, open
their hearts to us as brothers.
william Ellery Charming, too, lent
the power of his eloquent conviction
to like end in the words:
It is chiefly through books that w
enjoy intercourse with superior minds;
and these invaluable means Of com.
municatiou are In the reach Of all
Evening star., 1935-02-16
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

something Of the infinite comfort and
security of life's earliest days through
the sensation of full stomach That
may be the reason the small boy or
girl, just through with the nursing
period and beginning to crawl. swal-
lows anything that comes to hand.
This practise is outgrown as it is
associated with social disapproval and
common sense, with the emergence
from early childhood. Then some
thing goes wrong with the brain. 1t
no longer Is able to cope with the
problems Of life on an adult level.
The harassed individual goes back to
the infallible childhood way Of deal
Ing with them-appeal to the omnipo-
tent mother. She is no longer there,
In the sense that she was present to
the newborn infant But the patient
can get suggestion of the old SEN
sation of security by the act of swal-
lowing, especially if it produces the
very definite feeling of something in
the stomach. even though i: be a
painful feeling. Hence the swallow
ing Of needles and jack-knives.
Another curious brain-stomach
phenomenon is the morbid hunger
associated with tumors of the frontal
lobe of the brain. Cases were de-
scribed by DR.. j. w. Watts of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
The frontal lobe is the part of the
cerebral cortex, or top layer of the
brain. which lies behind the forehead
1t used to be considered the seat OF
intelligence-hence the term high
brow" Evidence for this contention
has become quite tenuous in recent
years, but 1t has been shown conclu-
sively that slender strip Of the pos
terror part Of this lobe contains, very
specifically. the centers for hand, fin
ger and other movements.
Now. DR.. Watts surgical experiments
with monkeys show, directly in front
OF this motor strip lies an area which
Is closely associated with the CASTRO
intestinal tract and apparently with
centers that both activate and inhibit
the action Of peristalsis, the involun-
tary contractile wave-like movement
Of the stomach and alimentary canal
which is responsible for the movement
Of food through the body.
Lessons in some parts of the frontal
lobe apparently serve to activate this
peristalsis-or eliminate the inhibition
which would aAount to about the
same thing-with the result that II
proceeds much faster than Is normal
Food is hurried through the body
without giving the digestive processes
sufficient time. The result is that
there is little nourishment and the
victim needs vastly more food-two OF
three times as much as would nor
mally be called form order to exist
The stomach continually is calling for
more-hence this strange pathological
hunger. And despite a two-fold OF
three-fold increase in the diet-twC
or three pounds of beef and i've or six
pounds Of potatoes at a meal-there Is
no increase in weight.