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Evening star., 1936-12-27
H|NR|CHS' DEATH f.
TERMED SUICIDE
Coroner Says He Bought
Gun, Then Wrote Wires to
Notify Friends.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HUTCHINSON, Mimi, December
26.-A coroner's verdict Of suicide to.
day ended the mystery over the dis
appearance Of Prof. Arnold r. Hin.
richs. 80. Of the Rhode Island State
College.
Hinrichs was last seen by friends
in Washington, D. c., Tuesday after
noon, ostens:bly preparing to return
to his Kingston, r. l., home for
Christmas
Police Of eight Eastern States were
asked to search for him yesterday
when he failed to reach home, where
his widow said he had telephoned he
would arrive Wednesday.
Coroner W. r. Schmidt Of Mcleod
County said Hinrichs committed sui
eide Thursday night" and no inquest
would be necessary
The teachers body was found in q
hotel room. Nearby, Schmidt said,
was a long list Of kilograms" an
nouncing his death to relatives and
friends and s25 to pay for their trans
mission.
Schmidt said indications were Hin
richs came to Hutchinson "for the
purpose Of committing suicide" reg
istered at the hotel, then bought a
shotgun and returned to his room.
Burial will be at Hutchinson.
Schmidt said. but funeral arrange
word from the widow.
Hinrichs attended soil conservation
conference in Washington Tuesday.
Friends said he obtained a Govern
ment transportation order to return
10 Kingston.
Hinrichs was member Of the facul-
ties Of the University of Minnesota
and Purdue University and served
with the A. A. A. in Washington be-
fore going to Rhode Island State
College.
Associates said he had been work.
ing hard recently.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

brother, 1t would be unjust to give her
the same length of imprisonment as
that imposed on the male because in
that case, the woman, in effect, would
receive twice Is long q sentence a. the
man.
More Delicate Fabric.
And can there be any doubt that
woman is made of finer and more
delicate fabric than man? Our labor
statutes make q distinction between
men and women and have established
q certain maximum number Of hours
for those Of the female sex. Many
safeguards are thrown around women
and children by law that does not ap-
ply to men. Jurisprudence recog-
nizes what nature has demonstrated.
namely, that woman q physically
Trailer than man and thus reacts more
sensitively to hardship and distress.
In lifetime the average woman suf-
fers considerably more pain than the
average man. This Is true biolog-
ically. emotionally. mentally and spir-
itually.
Their capacity for feeling pain Is
50 much greater: their reaction to
imprisonment and humiliation Is SO
much more acute; their suffering is
so much more profound and intense,
that 1t is unfair to impose the same
penalty upon them As Is visited upon
man for the same transgression Of the
law.
II woman thus reacts more keenly
than man to embarrassment and hui
initiation, affliction and adversely, de-
privation and distress-and there is
no doubt she does-then any penalty
visited upon her for an infraction Of
the law should be 50 measured that
the sum total of the pain experienced
by her should not exceed that felt by
a man sentenced for . similar ofiense.
If during two days In jail Q woman
undergoes as much agony Of spirit and
discomfort of body as . man might
suffer In three days In the same place,
then her sentence for the same In
fraction Of law should not be more
than two-thirds Of that imposed on
the man.
We should not presume 10 state
Evening star., 1936-12-27

with mathematical precision Just what
Is the relativity Of pain Of woman o.
against man, but we are certain that
We do not err when We conclude that
20 days imprisonment for women u
equal to 80 days for men.
Practice Among Judges.
Practically all judges make . dis
tinction between men and women in
their sentences, although they do not
openly declare it. Every judge worthy
of the name Of judge instinctively
sbhors committing q woman to prison.
There Is something about It that Is
contrary to his emotional experience.
His subconscious mind tells him that
throughout the ages woman has ele.
waited mans morals and inspired him
to achievement. And II the woman
before him has fallen from grace, her
sisters by countless sacrifices have al
ready partially expiated her crime.
II woman collectively Is not less
anti-social than man. how can we
account for the fact that Of the total
number who are arrested and stand
trial in criminal court only from 10
to Is per cent are Of the female sex.
OF course, II I say that everything
else being equal, woman's punishment
should be something less than that
meted out to man. some one may ask
how about the electric chair. How
can woman be less executed than
man? My answer Is that I believe
all capital punishment Il barbarous.
And If 1t is barberic for the State to
execute . man, 1t Is nothing short Of
monstrous to cold-bloodedly kill q
woman.
Man expects tenderness, mercy and
sympathy from woman. Why not
occasionally reverse the process?
Evening star., 1936-12-27
BY M. A. MUSMANNO,

Presiding Judge Of Criminal Courts Of ALE.
eheny County. Pa.
PITTSBURGH. December 26.-Not
long ago reduced a woman's sentence
from 80 days to 20 days, declaring that
q woman suffered as much In 20 days
As Q man does in 80 days. This pro-
voked comment both favorable and un-
favorable. I think that those who dis
approved of my decision will change
their minds when they know the rea-
son behind 1t. II woman's nature Is
not q little more exalted than man,
then the literature of the last 5000
years, with its poetic and lyric en-
comiums to womankind, is all wrong.
In making a woman's sentence light
er than mans, I was not, however,
swayed necessarily by poetic and chiv-
alrous impulse. I was concerned with
the abstract justice Of it. If we as
sumo that . woman reacts more SEN
sitively to . jail sentence than does
man, and that her agony, humiliation
and shame, are. let US say, twice -
poignant as that suffered by her
Evening star., 1936-12-27
PIANIST, 6, TO PLAY
new YEAR AT Y. N.
S1-Year-0ld Chess Wizard Alst
Will Feature Entertainment.
5000 Are Expected.

Piano solos by a 6-year-old classic
pianist and an exhibition by an 81
year-old chess wizard will feature the
entertainment program arranged for
the New Year day celebration at the
Central Y. M. c. A., l736 g street.
DR.. Carson P. Frailey. chairman Of
the Committee on Arrangements, is
making preparations to accommodate
more than 5000 guests at this annual
social event. All members and their
friends have been invited.
Preble Earle Donoho, the young
pianist. Is well known in Washington
musical circles. He has played local
theaters and radio stations for the
past two years and Is said to be the
youngest artist to play classical music
Evening star., 1936-12-27
j. S. TO DEPORT
WHITE SLAVERS
Hoover Taking Steps to Rid
Country CT Convicted
Aliens.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The Justice Department and immi-
srstion authorities wheeled . new
piece Of heavy artillery into action
against white slavery yesterday-s
threat Of wholesale deportations.
ALREADY steps are being taken to
bring about deportation Of Is con-
vioted white slavers," said ]. Edgar
Hoover, director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation.
Federal authorities also are acting,
he said, to arrange deportation Of
material witnesses who appeared in
recent white slave cases.
sol Convictions.
The Governments new move against
interstate rings shipping women across
State lines for immoral purposes was
described first by Hoover in . recent
summary Of white slave cases prose-
cuted by the Justice Department. In
the survey, which showed 201 convic-
tions for violation of the Mann act
between last July / and November 80,
Hoover called attention to the depart
ment's successful smashing Of . white
slave ring operating in Connecticut
and New York.
At the ensuing trial 81 persons
pleaded guilty and one other, Joseph
saledonis, was convicted after q SIX
day jury trial, officials here said.
Aliens Are Guilty.
Hoover added that immigration au-
thorities were taking steps to deport
Saledonis and Is other prisoners on
expiration of their sentences. The 16
were found to be aliens.
The same treatment probably will
be meted out to four aliens sentenced
recently 1T Elkins, w. Va, for vio-
lating the white slave traflc act, Hoo
YER said.
The Justice Departments increased
activity against white slave rings sup
plying prostitutes to Eastern and
Southern Winter resorts meantime
has netted the Government q new
high in fines.
Between last July and November
30 fines totaled ST, 800, Is contrasted
to $73,296 imposed between July /,
1882, and June 80, 1896.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
TOSCAN|N| GIVEN
GREAT OVATION
Leaves Palestine Stage In
Rage When Picture
Is Taken.
~ the Associated Prsss.


TIL AVN, Palestine, December 36.
Arturo Toscanini tonight received
tremendous ovation a. he conducted
the new Palestine eymphony Orches.
tra tn IT. Arst ooncert-but Ieft the
stage In . rage when . dashlight
photograph was taken.
The lash came In the midst Of
thundsrous applause for the conductor
at the end Of the concert and Tos-
canini rushed away 70 his dressing
room.
Chsering continued for the maestro.
but he refused to return 10 receive the
plaudits Of the crowd.
Later he said the orchestra, COM
posed mostly Of jewish refugees from
Germany. lived up to his expecta-
tions.
He started 10 say more. but ex-
planned he was unable to continue
the statement because Of his upset
condition over the photosrsphing in
cident.
Mrs. Toscanini followed her hus-
band to the dressing room and At
tempted to comfort him.
Ovation One q Many.
The ovation was only one Of many
for the conductor from the audience,
clad In evening dress. which packed
the new Concert Hall. looking over
the Mediterranean.
He was cheered when he tlrst Ap-
peared and cheered again at the end
of each number.
The conductors hard drilling was
reflected in the precision and range
Of the orchestra.
Jewish leaders expressed the most
intense pride In the musicians efforts
and called the orchestra the greatest
cultural achievement OF modern Pal
estine.
The musicians played the music
Of Nam despised Mendelssohn. Of
Brahms, Of Franz Schubert.
Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, the
British high commissioner for Pales-
tine, and scores Of other notables were
among the 5000 persons attending the
opening performance.
WIN Go On Tour.
Toscanini viii take the orchestra to
Jerusalem on December 30 and to
Haifa on December 81. Later the
musicians and their conductor will
present concerts at Cairo and Alex
andria.
Bronislaw Huberman, noted German
violinist. formed the orchestra through
the medium Of the Palestine Orchestra
Association, which was financed In
part by funds which Huberman OBJ
tanned on . trip to the United States
last February.
Hundreds Of Applicants.
Huberman, whose invitation was re-
sponsible for Toscanini's agreement to
conduct the opening concerts, selected
the musicians from among hundreds Of
applicants. Rehearsals were begun
early in November under the batons Of
Hans w. Steinburg. formerly Of the
Frankfort Orchestra; Issay Dobrowen,
formerly Of the San Francisco Sym
phony and the New York Philharmonic
Orchestras, and Michael Taube, the
three permanent conductors.
There will be ten concerts here each
season and eight each year in Jeru-
salem and Haifa, with additional spe-
Evening star., 1936-12-27
"GEN. SHERMAN" TREE
FORMERLY "KARL MARX
Days When Socialist Colony Oc-
supied What Is Now Sequoia
Park Recalled.
Dy the Associated Press.

0y the Associated Press.
SANTA CRUZ, Calf. December 26.
Tho vacation trip Of Charles F..
Kellar Of this city recalled the days
when Socialist colony occupied much
Of what Is now Sequoia National Park.
The 90-year-old ex-soldier went
back to where he established the
Kaweah colony in 1886 and built the
drst road to the giant redwoods.
What is now the Gen. Sherman
tree, often styled the oldest and larg-
est Of living things, was originally
named the Karl Marx tree by Kellar.
The Kaweah colony disbanded after
. long struggle with the Government
over whether the land should become
0 national park.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
Buried Toad Found Alive.

BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. December 26
R.-W. p. A. workers razed . con-
crete wall built In 1924 and found q
live toad inside. James Bennett and
Daid McClelland said they Knocked
OF four feet Of the 18-foot-thick
block and saw 1t in . little pocket.
Bennett dropped 1t to the ground. It
biinked and hoped away.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
German Auto Deaths Increase.

BERLIN, December 26 fP.-Acci-
dents on the new auto highways and
country roads Of Germany increased
% per cent in the year ending in
October. Eight thousand accidental
deaths occurred. and 10000 persons
were injured In q total Of 263, 900 ac-
cidents. mostly involving motor car
crashes.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
FREAkISH WEATHER
STRIKES NORTHWEST
Dakotas Have Snow and sleet.
While st. Paul Reports
Warmest Dec. 26.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, December 26.-A freak
ish weather melange gave the North.
west today snow. sleet, rain, fog and
new high temperatures for the season.
Valley City, N. Oak. was virtually
cut of from wire communication with
other cities as ice and snow blanketed
the area. A railroad telegraph lire
was its only wire connection.
Hazardous driving conditions caused
three deaths in South Dakota, prompt
ing the United States Weather Bureau
to warn motorists in parts of Minne-
sofa and the Dakotas to make only
urgent trips.
Buses and trains In the region were
behind schedule, and airplanes were
grounded.
st. Paul had the warmest December
rs In its history-46 degrees.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

cial appearances for the benefit Of
workers and children.
The program for tonight and for the
year end, Jerusalem and Haifa con-
certs included Rossinis Scala De
Feta": Won Webers overture to the
open "Oberon," Brahms Second
Symphony" Mendelssohn's nocturne
and scherzo Of the music for "A Mid
summer Nights Dream" and Schu-
bert's Unfinished Symphony"
Evening star., 1936-12-27
JUDGE EXPLAINS
SEX PART|AL|TY
Women Given Lighter Sen
tences because They
Suffer Most"

EDITORS nots-Jndge Michael A.
Musnsdnno OF Pittsburgh has an
nonnced q policy OF giving tooman
prisoners sentences only t,Do-thirds
as long as those gipen to men. In
the tollosoing article, ,Dritten BY
Judge Musmdnno tor the Asso-
cidted Press, the jurist explains his
pietps on the subject.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Mostly cloudy
and continued mild today, followed by
occasional rain tonight and tomorrow:
colder tomorrow night; moderate
southwest winds today.
Maryland and Virginia-Partly
cloudy and continued mild today, fol-
lowed by occasional rain At night and
tomorrow; colder In west portions to-
morrow.
West Vrginia-Mostly cloudy TO-
day, followed by occasional rain at
night; snow fiurries and colder to-
morrow.
River Report
Evening star., 1936-12-27

A silence zone has been established
at Dante's Tomb, in Ravenna, Italy.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

RcCOLu OubA ~ N 6StUIo8ys
Highest. 81. at 4 pm. yesterday. Year
ago. IS.
Lowest. 81, at 7:1B an. yesterday.
Year ago. 4.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. los, on July 10.
Lowest, zero. on January 70.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

Potomac clear: Shenandoah slight
~ cloudy late yesterday afternoon.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

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Evening star., 1936-12-27
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. December 26 d49.AtUnited
States Department of Agriculture.)--Al.
thoush the live stock market was closed
today while buyers and commission mer-
chants observed q week end Christmas
holiday. the United States Department Of
Agriculture Bureau here released the usual
Saturday review Of the market action for
the week. 1t follows:
Hogs--Compared last Friday, general
Cattle-Compared last Friday, weIghty
lteers, 80 higher: all grades scaling over
1,l00 pounds sharing advance; yearlings
and light steers. rs higher. instances more:
closing advance partly u forced affair due
to abridged runs locally and in aggregate:
supply strictly choice and prime offerings
small. this tending to stimulate advance
on middle and lower grades: all heayies
closed very active: long yearlings reached
1888; numerous loads weiEhty steers. l .s5
al2,25; 1.71l pounds, 1880: common and
medium grades. 6.5OaS.25; middle Grades,
a.00a11 90: all short-fed steers uncovered
Yemunerative feeding margins: heiferS. 25
nigher; beef cows and cutters, l5a!5
hisher: low cutters strong: bulls. lOal5
higher: vealers, 5Oa1 90 lower: replacement
cattle scarce. killers taking practically
sheep.compared last Friday fat lambs
weeks top, 9.35, highest for month that
price paid freely at close by local packing
and shipping interests: closing bulk natives
end fed westerns e.25a9.35: weeks bulk.
Q:00a9 35: 71-99-pound Fall-shorn lambs.
7.15aS.25; yearlings, 7.25aS.OO. according
% kind: strictly choice handyweight
BULK. 3:5oa4.5O: most western ewes at
Evening star., 1936-12-27
tional rent increases than other

tional rent increases than other
groups.
The Conference Boards index of
food costs declined 81 per cent in
November from the previous year.
Analysts say the sweeping rise in
commodity prices that got under way
in early November has not as yet
ever, pointing out that retail prices
lag several months behind movements
in wholesale values.
Durable Goods in Lead.
The rising standard Of living for
the great body of workers indicated
by the steady upward surge of real"
wages has been predicated largely
on the sensational upswing in durable
goods industries this year.
Some units in this category strobe
ahead from depression levels in 1895
to boom levels today. This has meant,
not only an enlarged crew to handle
the business, but profits from which
to pay bigger wages.
The automobile industry has played
an important role in the unseasonal
upswing of pay rolls this Winter, in
the opinion Of many economists.
Starting their selling season about
two months earlier than had been
the practice two years ago, this
gigantic employer Of one in every six
industrial workers has successfully
changed buying habits Of many years
standing.
This has meant that hundreds of
thousands Of workers usually idle in
the last quarter Of the year have
been working steadily for the past
two months.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
rubber futures also set up new highs
for varying periods.
Detailed Reports Given.

Business conditions reported from
the IL Federal Reserve districts fol-
low:
BosToN-Holiday trade in the first
Federal reserve district was the best in
fecent years. Manufacturing activity was
well maintained. The wooden market was
NEW YORk-Wholesale markets ex-
perenced less than the usual pre-holiday
letdovn IN the second area early in the
close having clearly established records
for several years. merchants reported.
cHIGaGoMerehants estimated the
to % per cent, Luxury items were in
we're running 23 per cent over a year ago
Sales of automobiles were up ~ per cent
PHILADELPHIA- Retail trade was the
best in six years. Luxury items. such as
1urs and jewelry. were well ahead OF last
CLEVELAND Steel producers are
few are benx 6oosed
the moment Retail merchants renorted
Christina; trade much better than in 1895.
ST. LoUfsNWholesaie % Volume is run
ming Ts 10 -Is per cent ahead Of last year and
cent advantage. Employment is up IS
per cent cent End M farm INCOME generally higher.
sradt dry sooas anS Sr
ready-to-wear apparel sharply above last
year. Drug store and hardware business
also showing wide gains and the post
once is doing the best volume since 1929.
KANSAS CITY-Business in 1895 is
et the highest level since 1929. although
the dollar volume is well below the peak
year. Several manufacturers report
enough orders on hand to keep them busy
for many months. Retail trade is about
per cent ahead of last year
SAN FRANCISCO-Coast trade is brisk
but uneven; because Of the shipping strike.
The indicated general gain is 10 per cent
over last year.
DALLAS Merchants report the best
business since 1929. with some stores
stocks virtually depleted.
RICHMOND.-Early estimates place re-
tail trade for the Christmas week well
above last year. Preliminary department
store figures placed sales 8 to 10 per cent
ahead.
ATLANTA. reported 1896
Christmas volume at about l.! per cent
over 1885. A preference for higher price
merchandise was noted by some.
A
Evening star., 1936-12-27
AUTO PRODUCTION
DECLINES IN WEEK
Total Drops to 1882 Units as
Holiday Shortens Period,
Wards Reports.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, December 26.-Ward's
Automotive Reports said today that
automobile production in the United
States and Canada "fell sharply as
the holiday shortened the working
period by from one to two full days"
1t estimated total production at 81,.
482 units, compared with 122, $50 in
the preceding week and 82,951 a year
ago.
Next weeks figures will be about
the same as this weeks, or mildly
lower" Wards continued. "a few
plants will remain closed until after
New Year."
Commenting on the labor situation,
Wards said: ''The situation Is con-
siderably more hopeful than it was a
week ago. The impression is that the
union (the United Automobile Work.
ers Of America) is not ready to pro-
ceed on the scale it intimated 1t surely
would"
Reviewing the year, Wards said
that the automobile industry spent
SOS, ,000,000 in plant expansion, mod
ernization, new building and other
extraordinary expenditures, in addi-
ton to the normal expenditure for
new tools and dies and change-overs.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
Figures
What They Mean,
BY A. A. PATTON,
Associated Press Statistician.

NEW YORK, December 26.-Wages
Of industrial workers have picked up a
substantial lead over rising living costs
in the recovery swing during recent
months.
Spurred on by the busiest indus
trial machine since the Fall of 1929
and to some extent by the threat Of
unionization of hitherto "open-shop'
groups, wage increases have been
granted with liberal hand by many
companies.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics re-
ported q contra-seasOnal upturn in
pay rolls for November, the third in
18 years. The bureaus index showed
wage rolls in that month were 1913
per cent above last years total.
Although part Of this increase was
in the form of wages for q larger
number of mployes-currently 80
per cent greater than in 1935-the
major portion consisted Of fatter pay
envelopes for individual workers.
Living costs. on the other hand,
measured by the National Industrial
Conference Boards index, for the
month were less than per cent high
er than the year before.
"ReaP' Wages Higher.
This means that real" wages-pay
checks expressed in terms Of the food,
rent and clothes they will buy-have
been boosted substantially.
Recent surveys have indicated ap-
proximately half Of the Nations ma
jor industries are paying workers
higher 'real" wages, by from 5 to 10
per cent, than they earned in boom
times.
The automobile industry Is an out
standing example, the hourly rate be-
ing worth 20 cents per dollar more
today than 1t was in 1929 In actual
purchasing power.
Rent has shown by far the widest
increase among major items making
up the cost Of living. Consuming,
roughly, one-quarter Of the average
salary, 1t has jumped IL per cent In
the last II months.
Mark-ups have been starpest In
large cities, forcing business en-
ployes-centering primarily In pcpu-
ious. azeas-to pay grsesse propos-