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a million or ten million times better
than by pure guessing.
HERE. at last, was clairvoyance in
the laboratory. The situation
could be reproduced at will and the
results duplicated. They could be
SUBJECTED to mathematical analysis
One need no longer depend on the
unverified premonition of the neurotic
woman that Aunt Mary had lost her
diamond ring, or the questionable
performances of some professional
clairvoyant
DR.. Rhine didn't call it clairvoyance.
He termed the phenomenon extra
sensory perception to sense
things at a distance without contact
through any of the known senses. 1t
might be new and unsupported fac
ulty of man. The subjects were not
professionals. They had no reason to
deceive, and no experience in deceit
They we're, for the most part, under
graduates, graduate students, members
of the faculty and their wives, and
persons employed about the university
None OF them ever had suspected such
an ability in themselves. The first
they knew about it was when Dr.
Rhine found it for them
He made all sorts of tests of the
new-found ability 1t developed that
it was not necessary for the person to
be near the cards. The dealer and
the reader could be in adjoining rooms
with synchronized watches. At q
stated time the dealer would remove
the top card on the deck and lay ii
down without looking at it. At the
same time the reader would note on a
sheet of ruled paper his "guess" as to
the design on this first card. At the
end of minute the dealer would re-
move the second card and the reader
would make his notation. And so or
through the deck The possessors OF
this extrasensory perception could, in
fact, do better when they were not in
the same room with the cards. They
could do just as we'll in the building
across the campus, or somewhere in
the business district of Durham.
DR. RHINE tried another expert
ment. to test something akin to
the so-called mental telepathy." In
this case no cards were used. The
sender, in one room, thought" of one
geometric figure minute. The read
er, with synchronized watch in the
next room, made note of what he
guessed" the sender was thinking of
that minute. The results were about
the same as for the card reading
Those who were proficient in one were
proficient in the other.
For long time DR.. Rhine hesitated
to publish anything on his experiments
or let them become known off the
Duke campus. But the results were
SO clear-cut and startling-so chal-
longing to all the accepted con.
cepts of psychologists-that they were
bound to attract notice. There ap-
pears to be a clean break between
them and the ideas Of the past, anc
the natural tendency is to believe
that something must be wrong. DR.
Rhine doesn't dispute this. He wants
anybody to tell him where he has gone
astray. After all, he points out, If his
results are taken at their face value
the break is no greater than that
between Calico and Aristotle, or be-
tween Newton and Einstein.
!, Above ell, Dr.. Rhine and his asso-
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ing to the gold mines. The last entries
are as follows:
May "a. Sent boat to Hook for
wheat. DR.. Bates moving to give
Kyburz room. Received news of the
sad death of my friend William A.
Liedesdorff. More and more people
f1ocking to the gold mines. Loaned
to Mr.. Harlan three horses and two
saddles to go to the Mts.
Thursday. May 25, 1s48. Great
hosts continue 10 the Mts."
And with this the diary ends.
Gen. Sherman said that to Suffer,
more than to any other man, was the
United States indebted for the territory
of California. But the Government
refused to allow his claim, and Sutter
died of stroke when he learned that
Congress had put him of-adjourning
conveniently before his case came up.
For he had lost his fortune through
the fatal gold discovery. One feels
that there is material for pretty good
satire in the conclusion, but until
0OiAiC OA1S NI1tCo ttidV Sod NdAltAob Wv
better than read the present book.
THE MAN WITH THE BATON. BY
David Even. With an introduction
! by Serge Koussevitzky. New York:
Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
THIS book will be a treasure-trove
to orchestra lovers. 1t is study
of the lives and temperaments of the
great onductors-Nikisch Muck. Tos-
canini, Stokowski, Koussevitzky, KLEIN
perez and still others. 1t is also a
history of the leading orchestras. 1t is
enthusiastically written and readable.
One recommends it as being pretty
good.
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a million or ten million times better
than by pure guessing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

receiving the attention Of the entire
country; they could air their grew
ances on a coast-to-coast hook-up.
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WHERE LIFE Is BETTER. BY
James Rorty. New York: Reynal
q Hitchcock.
WITH the appearance Of this book,
Nv ths reviewer crosses the name
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Evening star., 1936-02-10
PRESIDENT THANKS
GROUP FOR PRAISE
Writes Appreciation Letter
to Women's Conference on
National Defense.

President Roosevelt, In a letter made
public today, expressed his thanks to
the Eleventh Women's Patriotic Con-
ference on National Defense. held here
recently. for passing resolutions prais-
ing his administration. The con-
erence, officials explained, unanimous
ly adopted resolutions lauding the
Chief Executive, after the women had
listened to an attack upon the New
Deal by cambridge Colby. Secretary Of
State in the Woodrow Wilson cabinet.
The Presidents letter, sent to Miss
Faustine Dennis, secretary Of the con-
ference, said that lit is most hearten-
ing to have this fine token Of loyalty
and support" The resolutions adopted
placed the conference on record as
expressing its appreciation and graft
tude to Franklin D. Roosevelt for his
wise. patriotic and constructive plans
for the security of this nation"
AS an upshot of Colby's attack, As
sistant Secretary of the Navy Henry L.
Roosevelt Cancelled the appearance of
the Marine Band before the confer
ence. Three high-ranking service
men-Rear Admiral Frank B. Upham,
chairman of the General Board; Brig.
Gen. Thomas Holcomb, commandant
of the Marine Corps schools, Quantico.
Va, and Capt. Edward A. Duff, chief
of naval chaplains-failed to address
the conference, as scheduled. and this
action was also blamed on the Colby
address.
Evening star., 1936-02-10

Starrett and the late Keith Preston,
became Ill last Monday with cold.
Apparently improved, he went to his
Office Thursday, but suffered relapse.
With him when he died were his
wife, Mrs. Katherine A. Smith, and
Paul Mowrer, his associate editor.
Smith, a native Chicagoan, was one
of the most widely known newspa-
per men in the Nation. His talents ran
In 1881 he was awarded the fiction
prize of the Chicago Foundation for
Literature.
Graduate Of U. Of Chicago.
The son of Baptist minister, Smith
received his preparatory education at
the Morgan Park Military Academy.
He was graduated from the University
of Chicago in 1898 and a year later
joined the Daily News staff as
reporter.
He was city editor in 1901. In 1906
he became assistant managing editor
and in 1913 news editor. From 1924
to 1926 he was assistant to the presi-
dent of the University of Chicago. In
the latter year he returned as man.
aging editor of the Daily News.
Among his works were 1.-The Other
Side of the WALL a study in apart
ment house life; "Deadlines," inter-
nationally known as picture of life
on newspaper; "Josslyn," news
paper novel in poetic vein: Poor
Devil" a story of youth caught
in the maelstrom of Loop industry;
Young Phillips, Reporter" an action
story with crime plot, and limo
! cents Aloft," a book of travel
Evening star., 1936-02-10
RESERVE OFFICERS
AID DEFENSE WEEK
Petition Seeks Public Support
Against Subversive Infu-
ences in Nation.

Backed by veterans associations and
patriotic groups, the Reserve Odicers'
Association will conduct an intensive
drive, beginning Wednesday, in sup
port of National Defense week.
Thousands of signatures will be
sought to petition enlisting public
support against subversive forces. The
drive will continue through Febru-
ary %.
Gen. Malin Craig, Army chief of
staff; Chairman Sheppard of the Sem
ate Military Affairs Committee and
Chairman McSwain of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee head the list of
speakers at the sessions Of the asso-
cations national council, opening
here Thursday.
The petition was drafted by DR..
Thomas H. Healy, dean of Georgetown
University School OF Foreign Service
and national defense chairman Of the
American Legion.
Evening star., 1936-02-10
PROBE DELAY ASKED
BY VAN SWERINGEN
Rail Magnate, Now at Hearing, to
Reorganize Missouri Pacific,
Wants to Testify.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
At the request of o. P Van Swerin-
gen, an Interstate Commerce Commits
sion study of Mid-America Corpora
ton, top Van Sweringen Holding Co.,
today was postponed until Wednesday.
Van Sweringen, now attending
hearing on the management plan for
reorganization of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad, informed l. c. c. officials he
wanted to testify at the Mid-America
hearing. but could not leave the Mis-
souri, Pacific hearing before We'd
neSday.
The Mid-America study will embrace
sweeping examination of the Van
Sweringen corporate set-up. with spe-
cial emphasis on determining to what
extent Mid-America controls operating
carriers.
Mid-America was formed by Van
Sweringen and his late brother, NJ. j.,
to regain control of their extensive rail
holdings. The new company replaced
Allegheny Corp. as the top company.
Evening star., 1936-02-10
HANNA REELECTED
BYTRANSIT COMPANY
Other Officers Again Named.
Three New Directors Chosen
to Fill Vacancies.

John H. Hanna was reelected presi-
dent of the Capital Transit Co. at the
annual election this noon, following
the yearly meeting of the stockhold-
ers at which three new directors were
elected to fill vacanies.
Other officers reelected include j.
z. Heberle, vice president and con-
troller: J. H. Stephens. vice president
In charge of transportation: H. D.
Champion, secretary and treasurer;
William l.. Clarke, assistant secretary
and assistant treasurer; John Fleming.
assistant secretary, and c. B. Koontz,
assistant treasurer.
The new directors elected were Ed
win D. Detwiler, Washington attorney:
James D. Mortimer, New York, and
Lennard H. Mitchell of Washington.
The vacancies were caused by the
death of E. c. Brandenburg, resigna-
tion some time ago of Cloyd H. Marvin,
president of George Washington Uni
versity, and the withdrawal from fur
ther service on the board of Daniel j.
Callahan.
seven memDeIS Oh CIle oiu Uodlu u
were reelected: F. w. Doolittle, New
York: Robert v. Fleming, Edwin c.
Graham, william F. Ham. William
Mcclellan, John M. Perry of New
York and Merle Thorpe, Washington.
Five members of the board of IS
were not up for reelection, as their
present terms have not yet eX-
pired. They are G. Thomas Dunlop,
Charles c. Glover, jr.; George E. Ham
ilton. John H. Hanna and s. Percy
THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1936-02-10
How Boys Were Rescued
Writer, in Plane Which First Sighted Mdrooned
Youths, Tells Of Their Frantic
Greeting.

wrote a note. slipped it into a
package of cigarettes and dropped it
to the group of five. One ran from
the huddle, picked up the package
and ran back to the ice barrier.
We swooped over the isolated
couple. We tossed them chewing gum.
Then We hustled back to the Harriet
Lane.
1t was still struggling against the
ice and the northwest wind had
closed all open water.
The patrol boat pushed forward
1t stopped. 1t backed. Smoke belched
from the stack and it crushed for
ward again.
Then, we flew toward shore and
warned another group of Coast
Guardsmen dragging a dory to return.
One yelled to man with a dog to
turn back.
Rescue Ships Stuck.
Capt. Wincapaw turned his ship
back to the Harriet Lane. 1t was
hopelessly stuck in the ice field 2
miles from the five boys and about 3
from the couple.
They lowered a dory to the ice.
Four men, heavily dressed and wear
ing boots clambered down the side of
their boat.
Slowly they slipped across the ice,
dragging the dory. There were short
intervals for rest.
The boys seemed exhausted as we
flew over them again. Now they were
wrapped in Army blankets dropped
to them by an Army bomber from
Concord, N. H.
We yelled to them to keep moving.
We were afraid they would freeze.
We pointed to the four Coast
Guardsmen and the dory. The boys
waved feebly.
Laboriously, the rescuers hauled
themselves toward the boys.
The warmth of the Harriet Lane
and food awaited them as we headed
toward Boston with just enough fuel
to spare,
Evening star., 1936-02-10
COAL BOARD MAY FIX
PRICE TO AID USERS
Protection of Consumer Deemed
Paramount as Cold Wave
Increases Shortage.

BY the Associated Press.
Rising coal prices as a result of
recent prolonged cold weather drew
a warning today from the Bituminous
Coal Commission it was prepared to
fix maximum prices for the fuel if
necessary to protect consumers.
Chairman Charles F. Hosford, jr.,
reminded a meeting of coal producers
the commission has such power and
would use it promptly If conditions
warranted.
I'VE all have thought of prices In
terms Of niinima," Hosford said, "but
I want you to keep In mind the COM
mission has a further power and
duty. If conditions warrant, this
commission will proceed very prompt
ly to fix maximum prices"
Hosford told reporters his warning
had been prompted by the unusual
conditions created by the recent cold
SPELL
"The most unusual weather condi-
tions have affected both production
and consumption of COAL" he ex-
planned, "and slowed down its trans
portation."
Evening star., 1936-02-10

to be used in carrying the food sup
plies from the cutter to the shore Of
the island. While officials said it is
impossible to determine how long the
trip will require. because of ice con-
ditions, they declared the Sebago is
capable of speed of l8 knots.
Gov. Nice announced yesterday that
he had instructed Harry Greenstein,
State relief administrator, to act at
once to do all possible with available
relief funds to aid the residents of
the ice-locked islands and other COM
munities that may be suffering from
lack of food.
He said he had been informed that
distress also exists at Crisfield and
at Deal Island and that steps would
be taken to aid the residents of those
places. He asked the commissioners
of the various counties in the State
to do what they can to aid the people
of their communities who are in need
of help.
Evening star., 1936-02-10
TANG|ER PROBERS
SUMMON CAREY
State Police Head Invited to
Give Details in Death
of Sergt. Hunter.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, February 10.-Maj.
Enoch Barton Carey, superintendent
of State Police, was invited today to
appear Wednesday before an official
board of inquiry investigating the
death Of State Trooper Sergt. Wilbert
v. Hunter.
The boards announcement said
Maj. Carey would be asked to make "a
preliminary statement" concerning
the troopers death in an unsuccess-
full expedition the police head was
leading to ice-locked Tangier Island.
The board also announced its act
ual hearings would begin at 9 am.
Friday at Crisfield.
At present. Mai Carey is aboard
the Coast Guard cutter Sebago, bound
from Norfolk, Va, to Tangier, with
supplies. Hunters body was taken to
Norfolk aboard the Cutter Travis.
Board Is Organized.
The inquiry board, named by Gov.
Harry w. Nice, met today at the office
of the chairman, Maj. Gen. Milton A.
Reckord, and organized.
Capt. Harold v. McKittrick of the
United States Naval Academy, at An
napolis, did not attend because the
Navy Department has not yet ap-
proved his serving. He sent proxy
empowering Gen. Reckord to act for
him.
Other members of the board are
Alexander Armstrong. former Mary
land attorney general, and Col. Harry
c. Jones, State employment commits
sioner.
We would like to have it under
stood that we mean business" said
Gen. Reckord. speaking for the board.
Our assignment from the Gov
ernor is to conduct fair, equitable,
exhaustive inquiry, with all possible
expedition, and then prepare recon-
mendations, If we have any. That
is what we intend to do.
To Make Thorough Inquiry.
1T is the feeling of the board that
we ought to hear Maj. Carey first
that we ought not to do anything
until he gets here. Our meeting today
was for the purpose of determining
on methods of procedure.
Although we do not expect to start
| hearings until Maj. Carey is on hand.
We held the organization meeting to-
day in order that it might be under
stood that We intend to go ahead with
the investigation with all possible
| dispatch.
cation will be removed to Crisfield.
We intend to get all the facts be-
fore We reach a decision and prepare
any recommendations that may re-
suit"
Evening star., 1936-02-10
$799,105 IS SOUGHT
FOR SOLDIERS HOME
Maintenance and Operation Fund
Included in War Depart
ment Measure.

An appropriation of $799,105 for
Soldiers Home maintenance and op-
Grafton was included in the War
Department bill reported to the House
today. The sum is the same as rec
commended by the Budget Bureau and
almost identical to the current appro-
priation.
The appropriation is charged
against the funds of the home on
deposit in the Treasury, which now
total s2,688, ,039.64. The home houses
1,470 veterans, including eight vete-
rams of the Civil War and 337 of the
World War. Thirty -eight are receiving
treatment in st. Elizabeth's Hospi-
tai and seven in tuberculosis hos
pital in Denver.
The bill also carried recommenda-
tion for $66,377 for the Army War
College, an increase of $2,516.
Evening star., 1936-02-10
BY DOUW FONDA.

(Copyright, 1886, by the Associated Presso
BOSTON. February 10.-Seven ma
rooned. half-frozen C. C. C. boys,
sought through the night by airplane
and patrol boat, were saved today
from the icy wastes of Cape Cod Bay.
They were 'lost" for 18 hours
adrift 5 miles from shore on huge
ice cake-When an airplane. carrying
two pilots and myself, winged over
their heads at the break of dawn with
a hope of rescue.
Capt William Wincapaw, New Eng
land mercy flyer; his son, Bill, jr,
and I were the first to see them. We
sighted them on the second of two
flights from Boston.
An earlier trip by the light OF a
near-full moon was unsuccessful, but
at 6:55 am. as we glided so feet
above pile of ice cakes we saw five
forlorn youths, huddled together like
a nest of young squirrels.
Waved FranticalIy.
They waved frantically, almost hys-
terically, to us. Our waves were as
happy, but we wondered where the
other two were.
As We zoomed upward, about 3
miles in the distance we saw two
moving specks. Capt. Wincapaw
pointed his plane in that direction.
The specks were the other two lads,
cut from their buddies by q wide
lane of free moving drift ice.
We headed north to the outer edge
of the barrier where the Coast Guard
patrol boat Harriet Lane was chug-
ging determinedly against the foes.
We flew around the boat. Capt
Wincapaw shut of his motors. Fol
low me over the ice," he shouted.
We circled again. Follow my
course" he yelled to the men on deck.
The rescue, long and arduous, began.
Back we went to the boys. They
wore no gloves. Their hands looked
awfully cold.
Evening star., 1936-02-10
G.O.P. Judge Giues
"Best Democrat" in
City @-Day Term
Man Before Schuldt on
Drunk Charge Gets
Little Sympathy.

Joe Bailey reaffrmed his stand as
"the best Democrat in Washington"
today in Police Court-but all it got
him was 60-day Jail sentence.
Joe, arrested for drunkenness, let it
be known that I'm the best Democrat
in Washington and I'm going to vote
for President Roosevelt" The judge.
Gus A. Schuldt, Republican, pro-
nounced sentence of 500 or go days
in Jail.
Recently a similar statement to
Judge Walter j. Casey brought him 20
days in Jail.
Evening star., 1936-02-10

the trouble with
this Winter is
that there's so
much Winter to
it.
But there's a
philosophical way
of regarding eli
matte unpleasant
neSses. My friend,
Ed Borein. the
Western painter,
knew an aged
chief on the Crow
Reservation u p
in the Northwest
who, when the
first freeze came,
Evening star., 1936-02-10
MARINE POLICE BLOCKED.
Part of Equipment Is Locked in
Harbor Ice.

NEW YORK, February 10 LP.-Add
to the icebound victims of the cur
rent cold spell New York's marine
police.
Guardians of one of the worlds
great harbors, they discovered today
what it feels like to receive a radio
order, Launch No. 6, proceed to Pier
II, pilferage," and just have to sit.
One of the fastest boats in the
service of the harbor police was
frozen solid in Hudson River ice for
more than four hours.
To any one else New York may be
@ city, but to the marine police it is
Venice. On their tours of $50 piers
they have to keep an eye on % islands
Great chunks of ice bob about on
the restless waters of the bay, the
Hudson River and the East River.
Shore ice around the islands adds to
the danger of patrolling. But the
marine police like it.
Evening star., 1936-02-10

went to the agency and bought a
pair of green goggles. There didn't
seem to be anything wrong with the
old Indians sight; he had an eye like
a captive hawk-so Borein asked
questions;
I'm no longer young" answered the
ancient, "and I don't like the snow
and ice. Now wherever I look, I see
only green things and 1t makes
Springtime in my heart"
Maybe once in awhile We could
learn a little something from the
lowly red man.
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