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least 10 buildings razed by the bombs
and many others damaged by fire.
Many civilians lost their lives, ON
cials said. when the great armada Of
Fascist warplanes swooped low over
the bombed areas and raked them with
machine gun fire.
Six Blocks Burned.
The Arguilles, Chamber and Hos
picio districts suffered most. Socialist
junta officials declared. A heavy pail
OF smoke drifted eastward across the
city from six burning blocks struck by
incendiary bombs.
With deadly accuracy, the insurgent
bombers devastated the government s
barricades In the Dehesa Villa section
which, with Arguilles, where the militia
had converted many houses into bar
ricaded fortresses, was heavily bonn
barded also by Fascist artillery.
Fascist Gen. Francisco Franco sent
80 bombing planes in the fearful mass
attack. The fleet few low and In
SsocC ioAihdtiOA w uuhhP lLS ROstOIi
cargo Of bombs along the PAseo de
Rosales section in the beleaguered
capitals northwest and into govern
ment lines outside suburban Pozuelo de
Alcacorn.
The bombers' close.ranked strength
was so formidable they were unaccom.
panied by the usual protective fighting
planes. Socialist pursuit planes, which
went out to meet them were beaten
of by bursts from machine guns-some
Of the newest type-mounted on each
insurgent bomber.
Large Bombs Dropped.
Each plane loosed four pound
ASH cans" as well Is smaller bombs.
In all, more than 400 bombs were
dumped into the city, exploding In an
almost continual roar.
The air attack was followed by
renewed Fascist drive to separat te
Madrid proper from the Casa del
Campo Park by an attack on Pozuelo
and the Manzanares River Valley.
The sharp crack Of tank, artillery
and anti-tank firing could be heard
distinctly from the direction of the
river above the sputtering of machine
guns and rifles.
War ONCE communiques claimed
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about 100 or l1o days now" he said.
Then begin to get tired"
In addition to world tours. he has
visited Europe and South America
many times. Brittlebank gets up and
goes whenever he feels a desire for
more travel
The traveller plans 10 visit his son.
Frank. briefly at Mlddleburg. Va. Be-.
fore going South.
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stopped yesterday by Spanish Fascist
vessels in the Straits of Gibraltar, was
released today.
The steamer. with insurgent officers
aboard. had been taken to Ceuta,
Spanish Morocco. after two shots were
fired across its bow. Freed, 1t left
the port and proceeded eastward.
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MISS ELIZA COOMBE DIES
Was Daughter of Early Resident
of District.

Miss Eliza Barry Coombe. lifelong
resident Of Washington, died here last
Saturday.
Born on May Z. 1856. Miss Coombe
had been living at 2727 Adams Mill
road. Burial was in Cedar Hill Gene
terry Monday.
Miss Coombe's father was Dr. James
G. coombe, physician. and an early
resident Of the District. She is sur
vived by several nieces and nephews
in Washington and nearby Maryland
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Sneezing Girl Cured.

EDMONTON. December R).-
Geraldine Spoer. IA. who for "A days
sneezed almost continually, was pro-
nounced cured by doctors yesterday.
She was taken home from the hos
pital and doctors said she would re-
turn to school Monday The girl
stopped sneezing last night.
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trip around the
world. He ar
rived in New York
Tuesday on the
d ollar line er,
President Polk,
after a tour Of
100 days.
rittl ] e ba nix
started his globe
girdling activities
in 1912. He al
ways goes West"
on his trips. so
that he is in New
York at he
journeys end.
ct us,lallv rim
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have attacked Fascist concentrations
at Alava, in the Basque region.
SOVIET SHIP RELEASED.
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government forces were attacking
within rs miles of Burgos, seat of the
Fascist junta, and the civil population
was evacuating Victoria. in the Bay
of Biscay sector, in advance Of a gov
ernment onslaught.
Government planes were said to
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BRITTLEBANK ENDS
18th WORLD TRIP
Retired Cotton Broker, II, Cuts
Globe Trotting to 100 Days
Year.

julius Brittlebank. II. retired
Charleston. S. c.. cotton broker. again
was a visitor in Washington today
after having completed his seventeenth
Evening star., 1936-11-22
TERROR |
Pity and herosm and love which flowers at the gates
of death. Part Three of a serial of war.tom Spain
BY GEORGE AGNEW CHAMBERLAIN

to remember how far it was to Erazu. The
sense of her own guilt combined with the
shock over John Dahlgren's treachery ban
ished all thought of fear She owed her life to
Don Paco, and how had she repaid him? He
had asked so small favor - that she should
stay awake for few hours - and she had
failed! But what hurt most was the source of
betrayal. Each time she thought of John
sharp pain shot through her heart. She held
tight to her handbag. With money and cour-
age she could still retrieve the picture, but
not John - never again John!
She had gone less than half a mile when
vague feeling of being followed began to
trouble her. She cast quick glance over her
shoulder. No one was in sight, yet the feeling
persisted. 1t got on her nerves so that upon
rounding curve, she ran. Soon exhausted,
she stepped behind thick bush and waited.
Nothing happened. Reassured, she was on the
point of going on when, through the screening
foliage, she caught sight of an approaching
figure. 1t was man, taking his time and
smoking cigarette, walking along with his
eyes glued to the ground. Her heart gave
leap as she recognized Theophile Amad.
She stood quite still, pressed against the
bush. sure he would pass without seeing her.
But she knew little of tracking. The instant
he missed the mark of her heel his head went
up and he stopped and whirled. They stood
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face to face, scarcely six feet apart. They
stared in silence She watched his eyes. Had
she been ugly she would have been safe; she
knew it, she could see it in his face.
Beautiful he murmured. "At first YOU
had color, but like you best as you are now,
pale - so pale"
His lower lip began to tremble and he took
a step forward. She thrust the strap of her
bag high on her left arm. With fumbling
fingers she undid the long clasp pin at her
breast and held it behind her in tight fist,
with the pin sticking out. He laughed, low
unhurried laugh.
"Jewels?" he mocked. I'm no pawnbroker,
Mees Mary; only thief. When steal, steal
everything. Be sweet, and III be sweet; but
if you fight III like it all the better"
Before she knew it, his hands were ON her
shoulders - small hands, amazingly strong.
They dragged her toward him and the next in
slant her head was lodging to right and left
to escape the kisses his mouth strove to rain
on her face. Then one arm slipped around him
and she jabbed the pin into his back - once,
twice. He uttered shrill scream, like wom-
ans. Now it was he who strove to escape
and she who clung. Freeing himself at last, he
struck her stunning blow and slapped her
face right and left. She staggered blindly,
mind and eyes dazed. All thought of dalliance
banished from his brain, he undid his belt,
Evening star., 1936-11-22
Illustrated BY Jules Goiilsb

thrust it through hers and buckled it again.
Gripping the back of her neck with his left
hand he propelled her forward She stumbled,
but kick at her ankle soon persuaded her to
match her step to his. For short distance
they went back along the road they had come,
then turned right along path and within a
few minutes emerged from the wood into an
open field in whose center rested his plane.
Three peasants in group stood close to it,
but not too close; studying it with cautious
curiosity. As Amad drew near they looked
around startled, then smiled namely and
threw up their fists in the communist salute.
He snatched his gun from its holster and shot
them dead.
As though one of those incredibly merciless
bullets had struck her, Mary doubled up and
sank at his side, dragging him down. Promptly
he undid his belt, picked up her unconscious
form and, standing on tiptoe, tumbled it into
the cockpit of the plane. A moment later the
roar of its engine shattered the sudden still
ness of the countryside.
When Mary came to her senses she thought
it was dark, but it was only her hat, crushed
over her eyes. She snatched it off and looked
about. She was lying half on the seat, half on
the floor, one leg twisted under her. With a
painful wrench she disentangled herself, crept
into the seat and closed her eyes, but soon
opened them again. She had flown few times
before, but never in pursuit plane packed
with strange gadgets and machine guns. She
looked out and down. The height at which
they were flying minimized the speed. They
seemed to float, serene except for the din of
the motor. above the peaceful patchwork of
the world.
Amad was in no hurry. He was cruising.
planning double revenge on John and Mary,
and incidentally looking for trouble. Pres
emily he found it. Spying bomber far below,
numbering and unescorted, he cut off his en-
gine and circled downward until he could dis
tinguish its insignia. With wild yell he gave
his motor the gun. zoomed upward and then
dived straight for the mark. Marys heart
froze to hard ball. The bomber seemed to be
rushing up at them. growing bigger - huge.
She gripped the sides of the cockpit and closed
her eyes tight for the crash. But there was no
crash - only the rip and tear of stream of
Evening star., 1936-11-22
Novsmbss ~, 1895
THE STORY SO FAR

y A /HILE sightseeing in Seville Mary
NV d'Ahnirante Stevens CHANGED to
' meet a childhood friend, John
Dahlgren. Almost his first words were a COM
mand that Mary leave Spain within four days!
In Burgos, four days later, Mary and her
chaperon, Miss Kate Ames, walked down
dark. winding street on their way to the rail-
road station. Suddenly shots rang out! Miss
Kate slumped to the street, dead! Mary,
panic stricken, sought shelter in a doorway.
Gradually the firing ceased. A window
opened beside Mary and man addressed her
in English. 1t was Don Paco, elderly aristocrat
who offered to hide Mary in his palace. After
two days, Don Paco sent Mary to the home of
gypsy woman, Do1a Manmel0, where Mary
again met John Dahlgren. now revealed as an
officer in the Spanish Foreign Legion. de-
tailed to escort her to the Spanish border.
During the long drive, Mary told John that
she was carrying out of Spain Don Paco's
greatest treasure an Ell Greco portrait of
one of Don Paco's ancestors worth a
quarter of million dollars. Later. while Mary
slept, John removed the painting from its roll
cover. At the border, he kissed Mary goodbye
and headed back towards Burgos.
Foolishly, Mary resisted the efforts of the
French Custom guards to examine the roll
containing the painting Their suspicion
aroused, the guards seized it, opened it and
held up before Mary's astounded eyes, map!
She was stunned. Don Pacos trust betrayed!
But, far worse John Dahlgren was the thief!
Swiftly she stole away from the guards, who
were grouped in puzzlement around the map,
turned and ran - back into Spain!
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PART III

l. LONE of the guards had noticed Mary's
~ escape. They were too intent upon
the map. But there was someone else
\who had; someone who had been
standing behind the temporary customs shed,
watching and hearing everything through
wide crack. His eyes snapped with unholy joy
and two spots of color burned in his sallow
cheeks as he slipped away. following Mary's
footprints on the lonely road to Erazu
Mary walked with strong stride, trying
Evening star., 1936-09-17

cherish an ineradicable suspicion that
when Japan has sufficiently established
herself on the neck of Chino she will
turn her attention in their direction. For
Is years Australia has been preparing
against that day by maintaining, under
British aid and tutelage, small but ef-
ficient feet of her own. The common
wealth has also actively co-operated In
construction of the Singapore naval base.
conceived by the British Navy with a
view to critical developments in the Far
East and the Pacific, including a pos
sible Japanese threat to Australia.
Mighty shield as the British Navy
would be in an emergency menacing to
their security and independence, the
Australian people are manifestly de-
termined to look after their own inter-
ests. Their augmented defense plans
meet with hearty commendation in
Canada. 1t is evident that Britannia's
daughter nations are constrained to view
the troubled world situation from their
own particular standpoints and to take
betimes such protective measures as
their vital needs demand.
Evening star., 1936-09-17
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

possible assumption might be, Dr..
Settler points out, that the mound
building culture complex arose and
reached its greatest heights among
these people and that it degenerated on
its way South. One outstanding fact,
he says, initiates against such an ex-
PLANTATION. The most notable of the
Hopewell artifacts are those fashioned
of obsidian and copper. Neither of
these materials are found in the Ohio
Valley. The first must have been
brought eastward from the Rocky
Mountain region, the second from around
Lake Superior.
The deduction from this is that
Southern Mound Builders, moving
northward, came into conflict with a
migration stream moving eastward,
perhaps from the Rocky Mountains, with
a superior artistic genius and knowledge
of the use Of these two materials which
the migrants brought with them. The
contact of the two cultures resulted in
the remarkable Towering of primitive
civilization evidenced in the Ohio
mounds.
In some of the mounds have been
found not alone carved obsidian pieces,
but blocks of obsidian. and chip piles
showing that the artifactS were made
on the spot. This, DR.. Settler says,
almost disproves the point that the
articles may have come in as trade
pieces. Instead the Northern Hopewell
people were importing raw material, an
dicating previous acquaintance with
its uses and its sources. They even
went to the extent of counterfeiting
obsidian artifacts from chunks of coal.
The Southern Mound Builders appar-
emily brought northward their practise
of burying the dead in mortuary mounds
and their relatively crude artifacts. But
they showed little artistic skill or engi-
neering genius. These, of course, might
have arisen in the race without any
influx from the outside. but the presence
of the obsidian blocks is strong evidence
against this.
AS to the identity of the invaders there
is not a scrap of evidence. Equally
mysterious is the fate of the high cul-
ture presumably resulting from the in
vader-Mound Builder amalgamation.
No large village site of the Hopewell
people has ever been identified with
any certainty, although possible traces
of habitation sites have been uncovered
in Southern Wisconsin.
Thus the Mound Builder culture as
whole might be pictured as ship set
ting sail from the Florida coast in some
remote antiquity, sailing along the Gulf
as far west as the Mississippi, and turn
ing northward toward the Great Lakes,
finally to disappear completely at the
edge of the northern wilderness. All
along the way 1t stopped at richer and
richer ports.
AS for the time or even the time Sc
quence of the journey, DR.. Settler says.
nothing is known at present This is
the pressing question at present. 1t
was almost certainly several hundred
years before the coming of Columbus.
No indication Of any European contact
has been found.
The duration Of the vanished culture
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Where did the Mound Builders come
from and what became of them?
Up to the present this mysterious cul-
ture complex has been like ship sunk
without trace in the dark ocean of pre-
history. Now, like bits of wreckage
washed on far-off shores, meager clues
are being found.
One of the latest of these has just
been received by the Department of
Anthropology of the Smithsonian 1nsti-
tuition. 1t is q hollow clay eff1gy of
zoomorphic figure wearing a feathered
robe, obtained in five or six pieces In
East Central Louisiana. The fragments
can be fitted together. 1t was sent to
Dr. Frank H. Settler, jr., curator of
anthropology, by Mrs. H. B. Evans of
Alexandria, La, who long has been in
terested in local archaeology.
It may constitute a missing link be-
tween the prehistoric Caddo Indians of
the Gulf Coast region and the Southern
Mound Builder complex uncovered by
DR.. Settler himself two years ago at
Marksville, La. This, in turn, overlaps
a somewhat more advanced Mound
Builder complex-the so-caled South
ern Hopewell which overlaps the North
ern Hopewell of the Northern Ohio
Valley region where the Mound Builder
culture attained its greatest heights.
Now the prehistoric Caddo peoples can
be related definitely to the historic
Caddo of Northwestern Texas. The
Marksville mound building culture has
been shown during the past two years
to be the basic culture. From 1t de-
veloped a more. primitive Indian Cul-
ture, remains of which have been found
at Coles Greek, La, and Deasonvllle,
in Mississippi, and this, in turn. de-
veloped into more specialized mound
building culture complex found by DR..
Mathew w. Stirling, chief of the Bureau
of American Ethnology of the Smith
sonian Institution, on Weldon Island
on the Florida coast.
This does not mean, DR.. Settler
stresses, that there was necessarily any
blood relationship between the peoples
responsible for these various phases of
the culture complex, but it does indicate
strongly that there was a time sequence
of contacts between them.
The greatest of the Mound Builder
cultures was the so-called Northern
Hopewell. It's great sepulchre mounds
contain beautifully fashioned artifacts
and ornaments of cbsidian, mica, copper,
bone and clay which entitle it to be con-
sidered the highest advance toward civ
lization in North America north of the
Pueblo area before the coming of the
white men. Although similar in design
to the artifacts of the Southern Hope
well, the artistry, ingenuity and engi-
neering skill Of the Northern people was
vastly superior. Besides the culture was
unique in the possession Of obsidian and
copper.
No race in history so completely dis
appeared from the face of the earth
without clue to what happened. One
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Explorers Lost.

DR.. Jean Charcot, celebrated French
oceanographer, and at least thirty of his
comrades in the exploration Of the polar
North, have given their lives for science.
They perished in the wreck of their
little ship. the Pourquoi Pas. caught In
a storm and pounded to pieces on the
rocks of Faxa Fjord, on the western
coast Of Iceland. Only one survivor Of
the catastrophe remains alive to tell the
story of the last hours of as brave q
character as ever has dedicated himself
to the expansion of human knowledge
in modern times.
Sailing from st. Malo on his sixty
eighth birthday, DR.. Charcot was in the
Arctic to bring back party Of colleagues
who had been studying conditions In
Greenland and to collect records which
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Australian Armaments.

II any additional proof were required
to show how the whole world has been
forced into the international competition
In armaments, due to universal fear of
war, it would be supplied by news from
Australia. That great British common
wealth down under" in the remote
Pacific, has just decided upon heavily
Increased appropriations for national
defense, mainly for naval and air forces
The amount, compared to similar ex-
penditure by the great powers, is insig-
nif1cant, but, considering that the whole
population of Australia is hardly larger
than that of Greater New York, the con-
templated new defense budget is formid-
able.
Danger of Japanese expansion in the
South Seas has long been an Australian
bogey. The Toxic militarists, who have
been in the saddle for the better part
of the past decade, have caused con-
centration of Japanese imperialist ener-
gies on the territorial booty to be
garnered on the Asiatic continent,
mainly at the expense of China. But
the navy has never taken longing eyes
of the regions of the southernmost
Pacific. Australians and New zealanders
Evening star., 1936-09-17
Disgraceful Delay.

The attention OF the washington
Criminal Justice Commission is re-
spectfully invited to the history OF
traffic case which appeared in yester-
days Star. More than a year ago an
automobile driver was held for trial in
Police Court in the death of pedes-
trian. The driver was charged with the
new offense-negligent homicide-and
his case was called in Police Court
about month later. He pleaded not
guilty, demanded a jury trial and was
released on bond. Then followed
series of continuances and delays for
one reason or another and the case
came up again on Tuesday afternoon,
when another continuance was granted.
In the long interval since the death Of
the pedestrian one important witness
has moved from Washington. 1t is
tax on the memory of any witness ac-
curately to recall the events OF a second
which took place more than year ago.
The driver in the case is said to have
a record of nineteen arrests under his
own name, fourteen arrests under an
alias and to have been driving under
a revoked permit at the time of the ac-
cident. He had been fined twice on the
serious charge Of leaving the scene of
an sccifsnt. had been sentenced to
thiify -: , n iail on charge of reck-
less Ga -, era his drivers permit had
been fe4aET;; ;E:ce.
lH%a &,yNi judgment on this particular
drive may not be especially impor-
tant, although it will be interesting to
learn whether driver with such q
record will ever be given the privilege
Of driving an automobile in Washing
ton again. But the condition of affairs
which permits such continued delay in
the trial of a person charged with a
serious offense is highly important to the
people Of this community. The Balti-
more Criminal Justice Commission made
a name for itself in ending just such
conditions there and the Washington
commission, apparently, has a job cut
out for it here. There is no reason on
earth why there should be such dis
graceful delay. There is every reason
to make such delays impossible.
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he had taught Eskimos on that still
mysterious island to keep. The craft
In which he made the voyage and In
which he now has been lost was built
to his order for polar service twenty
eight years ago. Her name symbolized
in epigrammatic brevity the philosophy
of a veteran thinker, old in experience.
young in enthusiasm and courage-"Why
Not?". 1t was an optimistic doctrine, far
more hopeful than the German
"Warum?" with its sorrowful connota-
ton of problems impossible to solve.
There was challenge in it, and its spon-
with every conceivable instrument that
might be employed to wrest factual in
formation from the frozen zones; 1t was
his aim to know all there was to know
about the waters Of the polar seas and
the shores those waters touched.
Thus it happens that DR.. Charcot
leaves two invaluable books, innumerable
maps and charts and vast accumula-
ton of meteorological, geological and
biological data to be his monument. His
methods were so exact, his technique SO
careful, that he will be sure of perma-
nent place in the history Of learning.
But the romance of his career also will
survive. A power beyond analysis drove
him to his work and furnished him with
inspiration equal to the need of soul
pledged to such labor.
And the same observation may be
made with regard to his companions.
In their hearts, too, the unseen light
burned bright. They were devotees Of
ascertained and proven truth, and, like
their intrepid leader, they will be re-
membered for the sacrifice they have
consummated in its interest and behalf.
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Fairy Gold.

Fairy Gold.
September brings the fairy gold
That shines beside the field.
The forest leaves again unfold
A bright and splendid yield.
Yet gold is but tickle friend
Whose greeting first is gay;
You will discover in the end
1t travels on its way.
The yellow gleam with magic rare
Soon fades as seasons 60.
The friendship that has smiled so fair
A frown too soon may show.
The maxims that we learned in school
In vain have oft been told
Sometimes that good old Golden Rule
Seems only Fairy Gold!