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Evening star., 1936-08-09

lieved to be predicated on the desire
to try all those implicated In the
insurrection by an army tribunal. The
insurrection had extensive ramifica-
tionS, and at least 1000 persons have
been arrested and held for trial. Not
all are directly connected with the
February 26 incident. as the insur-
rection is always called in the Japa-
nese press, but all are believed to be
directly connected with the general
state .socialistic move, largely but not
entirely inside the army, of which
that incident" was the overt express
sion.
Arrests by the gendarrnerie are sci.
dom announced, and in the case OF
important persons publication Of the
news Is banned in the martial Law
zone. Fusanosuke Kuhara, ct one
time q member Of the government. Q
leading financier- -industrialist and a
power in the Seiyukai, one of Japan's
two principal political parties, has
been in military prison several months
The charge against him has not been
made public, but is is generally be-
lieved to be that ne aided in financing
the February rebels.
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Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1936-08-09

information which should not be al
lowed to 60 out of Japan!
Must Avoid Russians.
Any japanese who can in any de-
gree be identified with the Soviet En-
baSsy is certain to be arrested. The
Toxic correspondent of the official
Russian news agency. Tass, is looked
upon with especial suspicion. If a
Japanese cares to take a trip to a
military prison all that he needs to
do Is to be seen lunching with this
correspondent, A. L. Naghi. an ex-
ceedingly able and, incidentally, per-
sonally pleasing gentleman. His every
move Is watched.
There Is some justification for Jap
anese fears Of Soviet spy activity
and Communist propaganda, although
Mr.. Naghi is exempt, but this same
suspicion extends to numerous other
Japanese who have no Russian as
sociation whatever, but who have
many American and European friends.
Newspaper men, tranSlators and
others in any way connected with the
writing profession are favorite suspects
for the gendarmes. Many of these
men have spent nine days in gen.
darmerie headquarters answering
questions about themselves. about
their work and about the foreigners,
particularly the foreign correspond
ents whom they may know. Not one
Of them has been found guilty Of
espionage or Of any other crime. and
at the end of their imprisonment and
trial they emerge a little paler in
complexion, and ordinarily with lips
tightly sealed as to just what has
taken place.
Effect Of Martial Law.
Under martial law. every resident
In this city of six millions, whether
japanese or foreign. is subject to ar.
rest by the military authorities and
| to trial by court-martial. It is an
unpleasant situation, and man jap
anese are suffering from it. Some
of them have taken trips abroad to
avoid the constant suspicion and sur
veillance to which they are subjected.
Americans and Europeans, except in
the case Of red Russians. suffer only
from such minor annoyances as the
ban on public dancing and . mini
mum amount of censorship. =
When marital laws was proclaimed
February 27, it was welcomed with
relief by Toxic and with feeling Of
security. Not quite "a hours pre-
viously a handful of junior army OFF,
GERS had led some $500 Of their men
from barracks to the assassination Of
several of the highest officials in
the empire and had entrenched them
selves in the premier's official resi-
dence. No one knew what the next
hour might bring. The police had
failed miserably, and the general pub
lie breathed more freely with the
proclamation Of martial law.
Within few days the abortive in
surrection had been put down and
its leaders imprisoned, but the state
Of emergency continued and so did
martial law. That was five months
ago. Since then, most Of the bans
that went into effect under martial
law have been lifted, but they could
be clapped on again at any moment.
No Explanation Offered.
No explanation Is offered by the au-
thorities for this long period Of mill
tary control, but it is generally be-
Evening star., 1936-08-09

up by the League Of Nations. A hum
dred others, however. have been desig-
mated ''undesirables" and asked to
leave Turkey as soon as possible.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Cosmic Rays
DR.. Compton Rigs Up Powerful Magnet
to Arrest and Fingerprint Speeders.

To carry off the intense heat OF the
current, the wire was inclosed in oil.
The oil, in turn, was cooled with
running water.
Between the poles there was Will
son cloud chamber" a glass box
filled with gas saturated to the point
where an electric charge passing
through it would form drops Of water
along its trail. The drops could be
photographed.
DR.. Compton's research assistant,
Hayden Jones, estimated that one
cosmic ray would be pulled through
the cloud chamber" every second.
One in every Is of these, he said,
would be moving in the right direction
to have its picture taken. The cosmic
rays themselves travel too swiftly to
leave any drops behind them. But
they shoot off a steady stream Of elec-
irons, less powerful electrical particles,
which do leave their "fingerprintS."
The photographs would show how
powerful the original rays were. BY
noting how much the magnet bent
the tracks of rays of certain power,
and comparing that with the degree
Evening star., 1936-08-09
CANAD|ANSATTACK
NEW CREDIT SCRIP
Protest Issuing of Social
Prosperity Certificates
in Alberta.
BY fhe Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
EDMONTON, Alta, August 8.-The
Edmonton ChambN of Commerce
sought a reply today to its demand
the Dominion Government order the
Province of Alberta to cease issuing
social credit prosperity certificates.
I'VE appeal to the Dominion Gov
ernment to take prompt action to step
what we are informed is clear contra
rency and legal tender" the chamber
wired Prime Minister Mackenzie King
last night.
Premier Aberhart of Alberta, head
Of the Provinces social credit govern
ment, withheld comment on the first
attempt to force a decision on the le-
gality of certificates.
Confusion Declared Resulting.
The Edmonton organization re-
quested the Federal Government to
halt release of certificates "in view
of intolerable confusion, which has
already resulted from action of the AL
berta government in putting into cir
culation its So-called prosperity certifl-
Gates or stamped scrip"
The telegram was signed by ]. w.
Glenwright, president Of the chamber.
Protection against proposal that
the Alberta government give the City
of Edmonton $50. 500 in certificates in
lieu Of the S56,500 cash relief grant
for August also was asked by the
chamber. The Edmonton City Coun-
Gil Thursday night accepted the Prov
ince's offer.
The chambers telegram charged
such certificates issued to Edmonton
must ultimately reach the most help
less class in the community, namely:
recipients Of relief" ~,
Circulation Small. V~
So far circulation of certificates in
Edmonton was reported only in small
quantities because the bulk Of the first
issue Of $50, 600 certificates, each with
a face value of 81, was sent to rural
communities.
A small amount was sold in Edmon-
ton to souvenir hunters. Lucien May
nard, minister without portfolio in
charge of certificates, bought the first
and went shopping.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
- HICAGO, August "a huge
electric traffic cop" for those
mystery speedsters of the
~ universe-the cosmic rays
neared completion today in the Uni
versity of Chicago laboratory of DR..
Arthur Holly Compton, noted physicist.
1t was designed on the same gen.
eral principle as speed traps" for
human motorists. The idea was to
pull them out of line as they raced
along, slow them down, and take their
'fingerprints.
Because the rays are believed to
travel almost as fast as light-Which
beats everything else by whizzling
along at 1876, 300 miles second-pow-
erful electric currents are required to
brake them even slightly.
Thus, the traffic cop" is a 12-ton
magnet capable of producing an at
traction in a cubic foot Of air 10000
times as great as the earth's mag
netic pull.
The two poles Of the magnet were
being wound with miles Of copper
wire three quarters of an inch thick.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
US. CASES SPUR
JAPAN SPY MANIA
Nippon Officials Numerous
Arrests Fail to Involve
Single Suspect.
BY FRANK Fl. HEDGES.

BY Gable TO The star.
TOXIC, August (N.A.NA).-Ja-
pan has long been possessed OF
spy mania which has become world
famous and it is at the height of its
glory at the moment. 1t may be
expected to be intensified by the re-
cent spy Investigations in the United
States, notably the Thompson and
Farnsworth cases, involving the al
legged sale of American naval secrets
to Japanese agents.
Under martial law, which has been
In effect in modified form in Toxic
ever since the abortive military in
surrection of last February. the spy
mania has been given full sway.
No photographs are allowed to be
taken in a fortified zone. This
sounds reasonable, but the ruling is
expanded to include, for example,
photographs of factories which MAKE
uniforms for the army.
When the difference in physical ap-
pearance and the language handicap
of the American or European is con-
cerned, it becomes obvious that not
handful of foreigners anywhere in
the world are capable of becoming
effective spies in Japan, but appar-
emily this obvious fact does not occur
to the japanese authorities con-
cerned and they go merrily along ar
resting any one and every one on
the slightest provocation, detaining
them for examination, occasionally
confiscating a film pack or camera
and then releasing the suspects with a
warning.
Has Arrested Thousands.
During the last few decades Japan
must have arrested literally thou
sands of men and women. both Japa-
nese and foreign, suspected Of being
spies, and, so far as can be learned,
Japan has never yet caught a single
spy.
Under one Of the recently enacted
laws, the police are given legal per-
mission to open any private mail they
regard as suspicious. Officers to do
this are stationed at the principal
post Offices, but most of the mail Is
sent to headquarters, opened and
carefully perused and then sent to
the addresSee with an official stamp
on the envelope stating it has been
opened. If, of course. anything in
eliminating is found the addressee is
summoned to an examination.
A ludicrous example of the extent
TO which this process has gone was
the opening Of a private letter writ
ten by a retired cabinet minister to
japanese Ambassador stationed
abroad His letter was read by a
number Of military officials and then
returned to him by a non-commis-
stoned officer, heavily underscored in
red ink. He was told that what he
had written was true, but that it was
Evening star., 1936-08-09
\ Horses for America.

LONDON up.-twenty-three thor
oughbfed horses of the Suffolk punch"
breed have been, purchased by Harry
Linn Of Des Moines. Iowa, and shipped
to New York. This is the first ship
ment Of its Kind to. the United States
In nearly 25 years. "'These horses will
be used principally for farm work in
America and also for breeding pur-
poses" said Linn.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

Of bending possible with faster rays,
it would be possible to determine what
laws govern the rays travel through
space. That knowledge would be a
new key to the nature and birthplace
Of the rays. which are now a mystery.
Evening star., 1936-08-09
Yugoslavs Profit From Snakes.

BELGRADE @.-The poisonous
snakes that for years caused deaths
and cattle losses among farmers in
the dry Herzegovina region are now a
source of revenue. Several foreign
serum plants pay IS to go cents for a
live serpent, and it Is estimated more
than 1000 snakes will be caught
this year.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

THIS alluring double-duty day
time frock is modish, simple,
inexpensive and the proud pos
u SCISSOR of a finished fitted sill
Evening star., 1936-08-09
White Russians Become Turks.

ANKARA, Turkey P)-More than
thousand white Russian families,
exiled since the Soviet revolution, have
now been granted Turkish citizenship
through Intervention by the Nansen
International Office for Refugees. set
Evening star., 1936-08-09

Claims 131 Years.

MARLIN. Tex. R.-Sylvia King, a
pipe smoking French Negress. said to
be l31 years old, Is Texas oldest resi-
dent. She was a gray-haired grand
mother when the Civil War began.
Evening star., 1936-08-09

GURUUN,
Who Uas, before her recent
marriage, Miss Florence c.
Johnson, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer F. Johnson. Mr..
and Mrs. Gordon are 7ao1D re-
siding at 1909 Fourth street.
Harris -E1Uing Photo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
DRIVERS IN VA,
GET WARNING

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July IA
warning was issued today by Alex,
andria city officials to all motor.
lists to drive carefully when pass.
ing the city'S six school play
grounds.
Pointing out that a large mum.
Der of children go to and from the
Fairgrounds daily without the safe
guard of school-boy patrols and
extra police protection, officials
issued the appeal for all motor,
lists to cooperate.
The six Fairgrounds in the city
are at the George Mason School,
Mount Vernon Avenue; Lee School,
at Patrick, Prince and Henry
Streets; washington School, at
Washington and Wolfe Streets;
Lyles- Crouch School, at Wilkes and
Pitt Streets; Potomac View, at the
foot of Franklin Street, and an un-
named playground at Oronoco and
Payne Streets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
STOCK CANAL
WITH FISH

ROCKVILLE, Md, July IA.
Work of preparing a section of the
now abandoned Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal in Montgomery County
for the purpose of propagating
various species of game fish, is
we'll under way, members of the
local Izaak Walton League an
nounced here today.
The section, three miles long, Is
located between Pennyfield's and
Violet's lock and when completed
will replace the propagation pool
formerly maintained by the Wal
tonites in the canal above Seneca,
Md. This was destroyed during
the flood last March.
In a letter received from the
United States Bureau of Fisheries,
the chapter was assured that all
large mouthed black bass desired
for stocking the pool after its COM
pletion, would be available when
wanted. To prepare a suitable pool
the chapter members were forced
to construct dam at both ends
of the proposed site.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
Sharp Drop Noted
In Direct Relief

EVANSVILLE, Nd, July ID.
Statistics compiled in the offices
of the Maryland State Aid and
Charities Board reveal a sharp
drop in the number of persons on
direct reNef in Prince Georges
county this year. The figures have
dropped from the 249 total of 1885
to only A for the first six months
of 1886.
The Charities Board lists 1921
as the total of persons on direct
relief throughout the State, as
compared with 1O,3O4 last year.
That total, State officials said,
does not include persons receiving
old-age pensions. Most of the drop
is attributed to the shifting of
persons from the direct relief rolls
to old-age pensions and to giving
others part Of the aid-to-dependent
children funds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
BEETLES PERIL
MD. CROPS

COLLEGE PARK, Md, July IA.
Serious damage to crops from the
Japanese beetle is threatened in
several sections of Maryland un-
less farmers take immediate steps
to curb the pest, DR.. George S.
Langford, insect specialist of
the Maryland Extension Service,
said yesterday.
DR.. Langford said that delay in
control measures is usually very
injurious and that when the
beetles have covered a plant, 1t be-
comes almost impossible to save it.
The most serious outbreaks Of
the pest may be expected in areas
surrounding Elkton, Colgate, and
Cambridge, DR.. Langford said. In
past years the beetles have been
numerous enough in those sections
to kill flowers, ornamentals, fruit
trees, and grape vines. They are
now emerging and will continue
to increase until they reach their
peak about July 20.
Other sections that will be af-
fected, but not so seriously, Will
be Baltimore. HagerStown, Bruins
wick, Aberdeen. Chesapeake City,
and Delmar. The insect feeds on
more than 200 plants and is a de-
Stroyer of fruit and foliage.
Control. Of the beetle is difficult,
DR.. Langford said, because of it's
wide range of feeding plants.
Simple control methods recon-
mended are spraying, trapping,
Earring, and soil treatment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
Elephant Herd
Here Awaits
OWnerS

"Pink elephants on the ceiling,
pink elephants on the wall" be-
came the theme song Of the Sec.
ond precinct late yesterday when
two perSpiring officers-A. j. War
rem and j. H. Rice-staggered to
the desk laden with SO dozen china
replicas of the jungle beasts in
miniature.
The elephants didn't really get
on the ceiling or on the walls and
they weren't strictly pink. But if
toy china elephants could walk or
climb, there were certainly enough
to cover the walls and ceiling.
And it was only a nicely of police
language that saved the toy beasts
from being pink" The police re-
port preferred the adjective ma
room"
According to Policemen Warren
and Rice, the china elephants were
discovered under a loading plat
form at the plant of the w. T.
Cowan Company, $40 New York
Ave. N. w. Inasmuch as there
was no addressee on the packing
boxes, the elephants will be shell
tered at the Second precinct until
some bull man" puts in an ap.
pearance to drive off the herd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
7 W | N SISTERS
A|DCHURCH

Two of the most active workers
on the committee assisting the
Rev. John A. Dunn in arrange
ments for the excursion TO be held
Thursday by Sacred Heart parish
are the twin Misses Ellen and Mar
garet Mcdonald, 23.year-old daugh-
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Nc
Donald, of 1923 Oakland Ter.
N. w.
The outing which will be held
aboard the S. S. Potomac has as
it's terminus Chapel Point and
takes the place Of the annual car
nival.
Sponsored by the Sodality of
the Sacred Heart, it was been ar
ranged by a committee composed
of the following: Miss Bessie
Dodson, Miss Sarah KawoSki. Miss
Amy Arth, Mrs. William Morris,
Mrs. John C. OJoughlin. and the
twins mother, Mrs. Martin Nc
Donald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
NEW BRIDGE
TO END VA.
DEATHTRAP

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July IA.
Construction of new bridge to
replace the present Anticipated
span over the Richmond, Freder-
tcksburg and Potomac railroad at
the north end of North Washing
ton Street is expected to be started
during the current year, it was
learned here today.
Besides replacing the two-lane
bridge with a four-lane span, the
new crossing will eliminate the
two curving approaches and do
away with what is considered one
Of the city'S worst death traps"
This death trap" so styled be-
cause it has claimed several lives
in the last two years and caused
more than a dozen accidents, is
q "T"' intersection that requires
all southbound traffic on the
Washington Richmond highway to
make a right angle curve to ap-
proach the bridge. Those failing
to make the curve are thrown
over a steep embankment some
20 feet below the road.
Funds Provided
Funds for construction Of the
new crossing will come from the
Bureau of Public Roads and will be
included in the highway works
program Of last year. The cost set
up for the span is listed at $39, TAI.
Blue prints for the span provide
that it will be constructed north
of the present crossing and will be
40 feet wide by approximately 600
feet long. Besides having four
traffic lanes, the structure will
also include a walkway for pedeS-
TRANS. The new structure will
connect with the old truck route
on North Henry Street, and also
near the present span at Monroe
Avenue
Use of a portion of the old poor
house property on River Road and
Monroe Avenue will be used in
the project providing city council
approves this feature of the plans.
No Cost to City
Construction of the bridge Is
said to involve no cost to the city
and will be supervised entirely by
the Bureau of Public Roads.
City Council has discussed the
possibilities OF replacing this span
for more than a year, but did not
have the funds to carry out the
program. A former offer made by
the railroad company to turn the
span over to the city was rejected
by council.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
III MAKE BIDS
|F0RP.0. WORK

ARLINGTON COURTHOUSE,
Va, July 14.-Twenty-seven bids
were submitted to the United
States Government here offering
site for the new post office
building which is to be erected
in Clarendon during the cominC
year.
Mr.. A. w. Simpson, who has
been acting postmaster since the
county's several post offices were
consolidated into one central Of
flee July /, said that the bids
would be forwarded to the de-
partment in Washington and a
site agent would make the Selec-
ton of a suitable lot for the
structure.
Specifications of the bids re-
uuired that any corner lot be at
least 1855 feet by $50 feet, and
that any inside lot be at least
1876 feet by 230 feet. Any lot to
be considered by the Government
must be in the vicinity of Wilson
and Washington Boulevard.
Mr.. Simpson said that some
action on the selection of a lot
would probably be taken within
the next week or 10 days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
PLIGHT
UPT0JUDGE

Juvenile Court Judge Fay
Bentley is to decide tomorrow
whether to grant a rehearing to
a 15-year-old boy, who by opera
ton of the Juvenile Court law,
must spend six years in the Ma
tional Training School for a
minor offense.
The boy-Charles Ivan John
son, son of Mrs. Eva johnson,
a market worker of 483 E st.
S. Was arrested a year ago
on a charge of unlawful entry.
He pleaded guilty in Juvenile
Court and was placed on proba-
ton.
His probation was revoked,
however, when complaint was
made that he played hockey"
from school and he was sent to
the Industrial Home School, from
which he escaped several days
later.
Recently he was arrested again,
after he had obtained employment
in the Department of Agriculture
and, under the law itself, Judge
Bentley was compelled to send him
to the training school until he
reaches his majority.
Attorneys Fred j. Icenhower and
William K. Teepe, retained by the
mother to aid her son who had
been contributing So a week for
the support of their home, asked
for a new trial on grounds that
the boy had not been advised of
his rights at the time he pleaded
guilty to the original charge. If
the new trial is refused, it is indi-
Gated by counsel that they will
institute habeas corpus proceed
ingS in the United States District
Court to remove the boy from the
Juvenile Court Jurisdiction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
Advice By Judge
Late; Man Pays
Three Wives

BALTIMORE, July IA Q.N.S0-
Stay single or remain a widower-
that's the only way to avoid ali
mony troubles.
This was the advice Chief Judge
Samuel K. Dennis gave Thomas
M. Dell, SO, an insurance man, but
obviously it came to him too late.
He has been married four times.
This is Dell'S alimony lineup:
Pay $50 a week to wife No. 4
pendine divorce proceedings.
Pay $33 a week to his first wife.
Pay $25 a week to his third wife.
Total-$88 a week.
Dell said his second wife was the
only one who gave him a break. ="
She divorced him in Reno, New.