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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24
The Human Side of the News
BU EdUin C.. Hill

bless than two years The duchess,
now Lady zaharoff, died in 1925.
1t put a period to his active ca
reer.
It is said of him that he spends
long hours in his Paris mansion
and his Monte Carlo villa sitting
before the fireplace and gazing at
her portra its. In the new
biography, Herr Newman gives
this interesting comment on Ia
haroff:
"He is just as moral, just as
immoral as any other, neither
devil nor saint, and if there is
something which makes him
different from other creatures
who are greedy for food and
plumber, it is no more than this
that he has done his gather.
ing of booty more successfully
and more cleverly. His plumber
has been won on the grand
scale, and it is only because his
success has been won on that
scale that his cunning, trickery
and unScrupulousneSs seem to
hove something of grandeur
about them"
Although many F'renchn1en
have died on battlefields from
bullets fired by machine guns
sold by Sir Basil zaharoff, and
many an Englishman as well,
both nations have honored him.
Lloyd George persuaded the King
to give him knighthood. France
made him a grand officer of
the Legion of Honor. BY the
time the World War exploded&in
the face of civilization, Zaharoff
was the keyman of the vast
interlocking munitions industry
of Europe.
He had become chairman Of
Vickers-MaXirn. with close rela.
lions with the Krupps of Ger.
many. the colossal firm of
Schneider-Cruesot of France, and
Skoda in Austria-Hungary. He
was. able to foresee the eventual
winner in the World War, and
despite powerful influences, took
the side of the Allies against
Germany.
COSMOPOLITE
The most cosmopolitan of men,
he speaks a dozen languages flu.
emily and claims citizenship in
four countries: England, France,
Greece and Russia. It has been
understood for years since the de.
parture of M. Blank from the
Monte Carlo scene that Sir Basil
zaharoff was the owner of that
world-famous gambling casino.
Nevertheless, after the death of
his wife, he sent this cable to
the editor of the London Times:
Sir: You conclude your
obituary notice of my wife, the
Duchess of Villafranca, with
the statement that 1 am the
largest shareholder in the Ca
sinO of Monte Carlo, whereas
during the 40 years have
spent here, have never en-.
tered, which in no way inter.
eStS me.
Il am, sir, truly yours,
BASIL ZAHAROFF."
Herr Neumann's biography Of.
fers little concerning Zaharoff
that was not already known. But
it is we'll documented and at
tractively and fairly written. He
seems inclined to think that the
Zaharoffs are immortal.
Copyright, 1895, King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24

of PWA a n d
WPA in his
own State.
According to
Dickstein, who.
is chairman of
the House I'm
migration Com
mittee, t h er e
are aliens on
the rolls of the
W orkS relief
agencies depriv-
ng American
citizens OF jobs.
De erv ng
D e RS ms are
prevented from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24
SIR BASIL ZAHAROFF


In Paris, at No. So Avenue
Hoche, dwells a very old man
who has been called the living
symbol of death. He has con-
tributed to the slaughter of more
human beings than ever came to
their end by the spear Of Alex
ander, the sword of Caesar, or
the cannon of Napoleon. He is
that incredible individual, Sir
Basil Zaharoff.
Modern history, at least, has
never produced a figure SO SIMS
ter and so mysterious as the
Levantine who amasSed a colos-
sal fortune as the most gifted
armament salesman on record.
The German writer, Robert Neu-
mann, has just turned out a fresh
biography of this hooded mystery
man. Herr Neumann traces him
through 10 years of bloody war
fare in Europe and in Asia and
up to the present day as he
spends the late twilight of life
in his Paris mansion, in his
chateau in Balincourt or in his
villa high above the blue Medi'
terranean at Monte Carlo.
Probably less is known about
this man than about any other
living creature who has arrested
the attention of the civilized
world in the past century. I my
self have caught glimpses of this
lean, gray, old man with a white
military moustache and a close
trimmed white goatee - fugitive
glimpses in Paris and in Monte
Carlo as his motor car whisked
by-and no newspaper man, that
I know of, has had closer contact.
MAN OF MYSTERY
The most credible account of
his birthplace names the village
of Mughla. in Anatolia. It is prob
able that his father was Russian
and his mother a Greek. The year
of his birth was 1849, in the
month of october. He had an
uncle, his mothers brother, a
cloth merchant named Sevastop-
oulos, who gave him his first
start in business.
There is a story that he was ar
rested for taking from his uncle's
safe a sum he considered due him
and which his uncle had refused
to pay him. At all events, he
came to his first sinister prom1-
nence during the Russo-TurKlsn
war in 1876.
Subsequently, he attracted the
attention of the great English ar
mament firm of Vickers. They
sent him to Spain and there he
found not only the foundation OF
a vast fortune but his great rom,
ance in life. Attending a royal
function in Madrid. he was. stand
ing near the cousin of the King
of Spain, Prince Francesca de
Bourbon.
With the Prince was his wife,
the Duchess of Villafranca de los
Caballeros. An alteration devel-
oped between the two, and the
Prince was guilty of unroyal con-
duct in slapping the lady. Zaharoff
stepped forward, caug ht the
Prince by the arm, led him to one
side and brought the un" .easant
incident to an end.
He fell madly in love with the
young duchess, and their romance
lasted for many years, coming
eventually to marriage. Both were
old and the married life lasted
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24
THE BROXE.J RECORD

One of those moldy midnights-
you know the kind. Ashes dying.
Lost wind crying. Rain like a
fumbling hand. And you sitting
there, staring at memories.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Most
futile form of indoor sport. The
whole gibbering crew Of Might
Have-Beens stalking before you.
leering, jeering. Shouldn't waste
your time over Them? OF course
you shouldn't. But you always
do!
So there was I, making faces at
my past, wondering how and why.
and whether there was any use
in going on. Until something
about the radio
The thing had been running on
for an hour without my noticing.
Now. suddenly, it seemed to have
developed a weeping jag-hung
there hiccoughing the same phrase
over and over. Remember the
scratched records in the old talk
ing machines? I'm no electrician.
but maybe :,
The announcer's voice solved
the riddle, however, before I was
out of my seat. There wasn't any
trouble. It was just that sort OF a
tune. Called aptly, "The Broken
Record" Clever stunt, I thought
to matchmaking music out OF
discord. Pity we all couldn't do
as much.
For wasn't that the way things
went with human lives, as well as
records? So smooth at first in
baby years. carefree as a
meadow lark, whistling his bub-
bling delight from brier bush.
Deepening, then, in the teens.
The dawning of ecstasy. the
ringing chord of ambition. All
the swoop and dip Of madcap emo
ton. Such a brave tune, that
marching song IF youth-So filled
with stars and sunrise and fresh
fire.
THEN DIsCORD
So on, and on. With the song
rising, Swelling-growing richer
daily-yet with little change from
that first simple melody. Until
abruptly comes the first cruel i'm
pact with shock or grief. Crash!
Discord instead of rhythm! Mid
flight, the bright song flutters. fal-
terS-hangs like a crippled thing.
Tho SnnU ic ended
Ended, we're sure, forever. Fire
cooled, young faith broken,
dreams turned into hooking mem.
cries. But time, they say, will heal.
Perhaps. But never wholly. And
who wants such healing; such
shabby compromise? Better to sit
by fire-remembering.
Another broken record" Never
yet was there human who didn t
come to such a pass-and think
his song was over for good. Dead
days, when the spirit hangs list.
less, rasping broken bars. Days
when one moves, senSelesS and
blind, through the old routine,
wondering how. why. where.
Will life ever again make music?
YeS-if we have the ear to hear
it and the heart to follow
Always there is muSic-but that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24
ALIENS ON RELIEF

Representative Samuel Dick
stein CD of New York is not
overly pleased with the workings
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24
WRONG HOUR

The hands on the clock in the
apartment of Representative Caro-
line ODay CD of New York
pointed to 7 o'clock the other
morning when a loud knocking
was heard on her door.
Awakened from a sound sleep,
Mrs. O'Day, believing the dis
turber might be a messenger with
a telegram, arose and went to the
door and demanded to know the
cause of the disturbance.
A masculine voice advised her
that it's owner, young man, was
out of work and needed three OF
Uncle Sans dollars.
After much discussion, Mrs.
O'Day opened the door and gave
the youth the money but grumbled
considerably.
She grumbled, not at giving the
money, but told him:
"Never do this again at 7
q. M"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24
A DISTINCTION

A Republican member of the
House recently invited one OF his
Democratic colleagues from the
same State to attend the Liberty
League dinner.
The Democrat, whose name
must not be mentioned for fear
it would cause trouble in his dis
trict, replied:
"No thanks! You see, I'm
a JefferSOnian Democrat, not
a Smithsonian Democrat"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24
The Greatest Show On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.
IN RHYME

serving men with families can't
find work"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24
OLD FAVORITES
The Sleeping Beauty
Samuel Rogers

Sleep on, and dream of Heaven awhile
Though shut so close thy laughing eyes,
Thy rosy lips still wear a smile
And move, and breathe delicious signs!
All, now soft bushes tinge her cheeks
And mantle DER her neck of snow:
All, now she murmurs, now she speaks
What most l wish-and fear to know!
She starts she trembles; and she weeps!
Her fair hands folded on her breast:
And now, how like saint she sleeps.
A seraph in the realms of rest
Sleep on secure! Above control
Thy thoughts belong to Heaven and thee:
And may the secret of thy soul
Remain within its sanctuary!
RS are invited to send to the editor their sugges
Did fdvorites among the poems for reprintin0 IN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24

(ReGders inved to send to the editor their suqqes
ons of old favortes among the poems for reprnting
this spGce)
Evening star., 1936-12-29

such potentially dangerous incidents
as the seizure of the freighter Palos
at Bilbao.
The internment Of the German
steamer by the Socialist government
was felt to be one of the considerations
delaying Adolf Hitler's response to the
demand he stop Nazi volunteers from
aiding Spanish FasciSts.
Papers Denied Yacht.
While working out the plan to pa
troll the coast OF Spain, the govern
ment nipped one plan to aid the Span
ish Socialist government at the source.
The Board of Trade refused to grant
papers to the Earl of Kinnoull so his
yacht could sail with food and supplies
for the Socialists.
Unless the vessel were drydocked for
an official survey, the Board Of Trade
ordered. no loadline certificate could be
granted enabling the pleasure craft to
carry cargo.
The British blockade plan would
work through a patrol made Of war
ships of England, France, Germany,
Italy, Portugal and Russia, and would
replace all other neutrality efforts.
FRANCE DEMANDS ACTION.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
ACCORD SOUGHT
ON NEW COAL BILL
Leading Bituminous Pro.
ducers Gather in White
Sulphur Springs.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w.
Va, December 29-The Nations lead
ing soft coal producers sought an ac-
cord today on a new law for control
of the industry.
Factions which supported the orig
inal Guffey coal control act. outlawed
last May by the Supreme Court,
and factions which opposed 1t were
both represented.
Introduction of a new law aimed at
keeping up miners wages by keeping
up coal prices appears assured at the
coming session Of Congress. Senator
Guffey, Democrat, of Pennsylvania.
author of the original act, pledged q
new law throughout the presidential
campaign. John L. Lewis, president
of the United Mine Workers. said re-
Gently the new bill would be before
House and Senate shortly after they
convene.
The operators were split into two
warning factions during debate on the
first bill. With a few exceptions,
Southern operators opposed it, saying
price regulation should be left to sale
agencies. Northern producers gen.
orally favored Federal regulation.
Leaders Of both groups were on
hand when today's conference start
ed. They faced not only the prob
lem of whether to present a united
front in favor Of legislation but also
what type of legislation the whole
industry could agree to.
The United Mine Workers are
known to be willing to allow the in
dustry to write the bills marketing
provisions. They also are known to
have pledged full support to those
provisions-the heart of the legisla-
tion-if they are assured prices and
wages will be kept up.
Neither the miners nor the National
Bituminous Coal Commission was rep
resented at the conference, although
each has been working on new legis-
lation.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
Planes
Continued From First Page.)

(COntlnued from f1rSC Page.)
their own way to safety without bur-
dening the already overworked official
rescue party.
Two inspectors OF the Federal De-
partment Of Commerce reached the
wrecked airplane yesterday to start in
vestigation. United Air Lines officials
said they would make their own in
quiry.
Coroner Frank Nance Of Los An
geles County said he would decide
whether to hold an inquest after he
finished his investigation.
The crash occurred scarcely Is miles
from the heart of Los Angeles. OBJ
servers said that had pilot Edwin Blom
cleared the ridge on which his airplane
shattered he could have glided safely
into Union Airport, seven minutes fly
ing time away.
Death apparently came instantly for
the II persons. The pilots body was
half out of the crumpled control
cabin. The bodies of the stewardess
and woman passenger were found
standing in the transports wash room.
Scott Massey Of Beverly Hills, one
Of the ground searchers, declared:
They look as if they had all died
instantly. Most Of the bodies were
piled up in the front of the plane
as If they had been flying along with
their safety belts unfastened and no
thought of danger"
The wreckage was sighted from the
air at about 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. 1t required six hours for ground
searchers to reach it and bring out the
word that all aboard were dead.
The mountains in which the trans
port fell range up to about $500 feet
in height. There is a stand of oak
where the crash occurred, but mostly
the vegetation Is scrubby. From the
broad highways winding through the
hills the terrain does not appear
dangerous, but actually there are steep
Evening star., 1936-12-29
MEXICO PREPARES
TR0TzKy'S HAVEN
Government May Send to
Remote Section as Mat.
ter of Safety.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, December 29.-The
Mexican government was reported to-
day planning to confine Leon Trotzky
to . remote, isolated haven.
The exiled revolutionary leader Is
on his way to refuge here after what
Diego Rivera, mural painter and
Trotzky disciple, charged was Illegal
deportation" from Norway.
Reports which could not be verified
said the government might ship the
once-powerful leader In Soviet Russia
to distant Villa Hermosa, In the State
Of Tabasco, TO safeguard him from
elements hostile to his presence in
Mexico.
The date and place Of his arrival
was guarded by complete government
secrecy, attributed to fear several
aroused labor factions might Demon
strate against the man banished from
Russia nine years ago and q world
wanderer since then.
Rivera, indignant and implying his
information came from Trotzky's Nor
wegian lawyer. accused Oslo officials
Of ejecting the revolutionist illegally
and "in the most indecent and filth
lest manner possible"
Trotzky and his wife, the artist de-
clared, were taken from their home
about midnight, December 10, under
heavy guard and placed incommuni-
cado aboard the Norwegian tanker
Ruth.
Rivera maintained Trotzky was ex-
PEELED because of pressure exerted on
the Norwegian government by his
enemies in Russia and by capitalists.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
LOST.

LOST.
eRACELET-old gold and black enamel:
Thursday, Reward; Taddiken. 1888 18th
COAT SWEATER woman's green wool;
ward. Phone National s472. Branch $40"
left ear and left hip: strayed from S29
11th st. ne. Reward. Lincoln 1875.
FOxHOUNDS-Two. black and tan; one
male. one female: strayed from Joe Tur-
ner's Arena. 14th and w ST. NV. Phone
North 4l2o.
FOX TERRIER. months old, female. Re-
ward. Lost vicinity Georgia ave. and Rit-
tenhouse st. Phone Randolph 1855 :9'
LEATHER BILLFoLD. containing money.
Identification cards. Nv. K ROTH Re-
ward. 3O01 Franklin I'd. Arlington. Va. 30'
POCKETBOOK containing rings. wide
wedding ring of sentimental value to ell
derly lady. Reward. Emerson 2619.
POCKETBOOK-Gray lizard. containing
none and other articles: F st. between
Lowdermllk's and Woodward & Lothrop's,
or in either store. Reward. North 6454.
PRAYER BOOKS two. small; lost Decem-
Der "a: held by rubber band: valued by
RING. DIAMOND DINNER RING. II dia-
monds. in front Of Hillcrest Apt. 1430
Belmont st. NV. Reward.
SETTER DOG--.Male. white black ears
and one side Of face: tag No 1882 Jake;
9TH st. sc. Atlantic 06S4W.
WATCH AND CHAIN. with silver knife at
tached. Liberal reward. Room "a. Rust
Bids, National 1892.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
BODIES Of PILOTS,
MAIL Recovered
Victims of Plane Crash in
Idaho Mountains Are
Brought to Town.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CALDER, Idaho. December 29.-The
bodies of Pilots Joe Lvermore and
Arthur Haid, victims Of mail plane
crash high in the Idaho mountains,
reached the end of their tragic. snow
bound trail last night.
Reseuers brought the dead flyers
and seven pouches Of salvaged Christ
mas mail down from a mile-high
inountainside where their Northwest
Airlines plane cracked up 10 days ago.
: Livermore's crushed watch, torn
fom his wrist by the grinding crash
OF the plane, fixed the time of the
December 18 tragedy at 3:25 am, said
Fred Cunningham, leader of the party
Of four which stumbled on the wreck
age imbedded in four feet Of snow
Saturday.
Sought to Regain Beam.
The last radio report from the big
plane was at 3:19 am. The pilots
then thought they were getting back
to their lost radio beam after flying
north from Elk River. Idaho.
A tiny gold cross lay on Haid's chest
when his body was found about 6
feet from the wreckage, Cunningham
said. The trinket came from a pack
age which apparently was torn open
by the impact.
Near Haid's body was a babys robe.
Cunningham said it probably was one
he was taking to his daughter, born
at Seattle hospital eight days before
the crash.
A. r. Mensing, division superin-
tendent of the airline, said Mrs. Haid
was true blue" when finally informed
Of her husbands death. Doctors had
ordered news of the tragedy withheld
from the convalescing mother as long
as hope remained for the pilots lives.
Plans Not Complete.
"She simply asked that Arts body
be sent to Seattle" Mensing said, land
that is what we'll do. Her plans are
not complete beyond that"
Members of the rescue expedition
reported Livermore and Haid were
thrown clear of their plane to appar-
ent instant death.
Cunningham said much Of the mail
was burned. Postal inspectors re-
ported only 7 Of the 16 pouches Of
Christmas mail was retrieved.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
Shooting
Continued From First Page.)

accused woman; Mrs. Matte Downs
Haddix and Buck Gabbard, q one
legged man, were the other three
named in the hastily drawn warrants.
Deputy Rice said Moore declared Mrs.
Haddix had fired one of the shots, but
other witnesses denied she had. All
four refused to talk about the case.
Gabbard, a son by a former mar
rage of Mrs Wickline, was shot to
death Christmas eve. Shepherd, q
cripple, was accused of murder and
his brother. Noah Shepherd, Of being
an accessory.
Shouse, shot in the chest, was said
at the hospital to be suffering from a
pierced lung, but was expected to
recover unless pneumonia set in. He
Is married and has three children.
Noble was taken home after a bullet
had been removed from his leg. Moore,
62-year-old former miner said his knee
cap was bruised by the bullet that
went through his hat which he had
hung on his knee.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
ABDUCTION OF ENJOYS
SON PROBED BY POLICE
Almedo Alfaro Kidnapped and
Robbed of $40 Christmas Night,
Authorities Told.

Detectives today were still investi-
eating the abduction and robbery
Christmas night OF Almedo Alfaro,
l5-year-old son of the Ecuadorean
Minister, Senor Colon Eloy Alfaro.
Three men, who, police were told.
forced the boy into an automobile,
made him smoke a cigarette he sus-
pected Of being drugged and robbed
him of $40 after driving him around
for five hours, are being sought.
The money was given to Almedo by
his father for a Christmas present.
The boy said he also was robbed Of
a tie clasp.
The abduction according to the po-
lice report, occurred near the Army
and Navy Club, and the boy said his
captors released him about 3 am. in
the Southeast section.
Evening star., 1936-12-29
FRANCE DEMANDS ACTION.
Foreign Office Will Accept No STALL
ing" by Hitler.


PARIS, December 20 fP.-The
Council Of Ministers was called today
to consider French action in the face
of what was believed would be an
evasive answer to Franco-British de-
mands for non-intervention in Spain
Sources close to the foreign office
said the first reaction in Fascist capi-
tails to the warning to stop voiun-
teers from aiding the Spanish in
surgents was scarcely encouraging.
Foreign office. officials had said no
"stalling" by Chancellor Adolf Hitler
on their demand would be accepted.
France and England. they said,
would consult on necessary" steps to
assure German neutrality in the civil
war if an answer to their note Of
Sunday was not forthcoming in a
very few days"
The belief was current Germanys
answer likely would evade the issue
by demanding guarantees Russia
withdraw support from the Spanish
Socialist government before Fascist
nations could promise to withdraw
their helping hand from the insur-
gents.