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Evening star., 1937-01-12
Court-Martial System
Criticism Draws Defense
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
On the editorial page of your issue of
December 20. 1896, appeared letter by
j. B. H. Waring U. s. A., retired, in
which he damns the Army court-martial
system after first referring to the interest
aroused by the suit of former Capt
Oberlin M. Carter for restoration of his
status as an officer of the Army. 1 am
unable to find the name of j. B. H. War
ing on the retired list of the Army. Ex-
Capt. Oberlin M. Carter was tried and
convicted of embezZlement of some $780,
900, am informed
Aside from these matters, however,
your readers have been told that an
Army man cannot obtain justice from
an Army court-martial, and with this I
must take issue. In the course of my
% years of commissioned service I have
been present at the proceedings of court
martials in every capacity save that Of
the accused, and know that in every
instance of the scores and scores which
have come under my intimate personal
knowledge full justice, frequently tenn
pered with great mercy, has been done
to the man charged with an offense. In
deed as think back, 1 can recall only
two cases where, to my knowledge, justice
has failed in the Army. One was q
court martial which acquitted a soldier
charged with serious crime because the
court considered grounds existed for a
very specious reasonable doubt" and the
other was an instance where I thought
|. the court showed too much leniency be-
cause of the youth of the culprit. To
imply that the evidence of witnesses or
actions of officers in a trial by court
martial are controlled by higher author
ity, is absurd There is no better legal
system or one better founded on truth,
honor and justice than that administered
so faithfully by officers of the United
States Army. The records of this syS-
tenn over the years of its existence and
through its several reviSions, is a testi-
monial of its basic excellence and to its
methods of review of proceedings before
findings become final. During my career
I have heard civilian juristS praise the
simplicity and freedom from techni-
calities of our military law and court
martial procedure. Indeed, it is nothing
unusual to hear such men regret that
the machinery of justice as it exists in
civil life has become too cumbersome to
permit substitution for it of the Army's
methods. No, let the country rest as
sured that the courtmartial system IS
one which only the guilty need fear.
RH. FLETCHER, Jr.,
U. S. Army.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
the ignominious failure Of the armys
policy in China.

the ignominious failure Of the armys
policy in China.
Taking advantage of this slump IN
militarist- bureaucratic fortunes, the
democratic forces are apparently girding
their loins for fight to the finish. The
political parties generally at bitter odds
on other issues, are ready to make COM
mon cause against the Fascist threat.
They are united in their championship
of parliamentary government. They will
lay stress on the fact that the empires
army dominated foreign policy has
proved disastrous, besides producing
budgetary situation, due to armament
burdens, that threatens the national
economic and financial structure. Japan's
older bureaucrats, with influential allies
in the House of Peers and the Privy
Council, are giving the anti-Fascist cam
paign effective support. The country's
great business interests, now feeling the
pinch of new taxes and bond issues, are
also lined up with the political parties.
fearing that naturalization of wealth
would be the consequence of Fascist
state.
These various civilian elements of the
nation are as one in contending that
Japan's true interests lie in friendly CO.
operation with Great Britain and the
United States and in peaceful relations
with China and Soviet Russia. Foreign
observers at Toxic, like the we'll
informed American, Frank H. Hedges,
believe that the odds in the coming
struggle favor the anti-Fascist forces,
for the simple reason, as he puts it,
that "the military have failed to give
the people what they want, and the
people are fully conscious of this failure"
Politico- military conditions in Japan
are obviously in the melting pot. What
ever finally emerges, the effects will
ramify not only throughout the Far East,
but into the West, which requires, in
ordering its international destinies, to
take japanese policy and power into
constant account.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
shaved and dressed and ate his break

shaved and dressed and ate his break
fact according to normal practice. Only
when his wife reminded him of the doc
tors injunction did he hesitate. An in
stinct prompted him to watch the bus
come to the corner at tbs, take on its
cargo of neighbors and, needless of his
absence from the group, depart.
The presumptive invalid felt uncom-
Portable. Not sufficiently sick to desire
a vacation, he considered it an obliga-
ton to pretend disability in justifica-
tion of his status as Stacker from work
Yet even valiant effort to act the part
left him restless and inwardly irritable
A mild suggestion to his helpmate that
he would like to put the attic in order
was vetoed by single glance Of violent
diSapproval. Similarly, a gesture In the
direction of his fishing tackle, long in
need of rearrangement, was nullified by
an unexpreSsed resistance on the femi-
nine side of the house. What you want
is Sleep" was the ladys decision.
But her husband could not persuade
his eyes to shut. He lay on couch for
an eternity trying to doze. The same
vanity of endeavor was manifest when
he essayed to read. Books, magazines,
newspapers passed through his hands,
leaving him nothing but shadowy i'm
preston of literary decline. In the end
he settled to dreamy game of solitaire
and incontinently overlooked all his
best chances. When the bus came back
at 545 he was staring out of the win
dow, waiting for it. The physician
phoned during the evening to be told:
"Oh, I'm all right now; shall go down.
town tomorrow"
And it was at least six weeks before
the hero of this tale again began to
think how pleasant it would be to stay
at home occasionally.
Evening star., 1937-01-12

quire-and more-under modern traffic
conditions, will be glad to leave skiing
to those younger and more rugged per-
sons whose photographs they see in all
the papers and magazines.
Surely it must be grand sport, II one
happens TO like 1t.
Something along the order Of noun
tain climbing. You know those fear
some pictures, showing men clinging to
the sides of high cliffs?
The contemplation of them causes a
shudder to run along the spines of con-
servative folk.
Yes, mountain climbing must be a
great sport-for those who like mountain
climbing!
Otherwise it is like copperhead-best
left alone.
Snow sports, above all outdoor avoca-
tionS, are peculiarly for the warm
blooded, and this very fact automatically
rules out coldblooded people. For these
a good brisk walk, the brisker the better,
is sufficient outdoor Winter exercise
Even then great care must be taken to
keep walking. If one throws the blood
into swifter circulation and builds up a
good perspiration, it is just common
sense to maintain the bodily heat by
keeping on walking until chance is
offered of cool bath and clean linen.
Neglect of these simple precautions will
offset, for many. all possible gains which
walking in Winter might bring.
The ski is one of the neatest demon
strations possible of mans ability to turn
everything to his own need.
He wants to get over the snow, so he
took long piece of fiat wood.
1t is true that he invented the snow
shoe, too, for different conditions.
Both are splendid examples of adapta-
ton of materials to special occasions and
needs.
The ski, with its "roadability" on
mountain sides and long slopes, is the
more marvellous of the two. we think.
The athletic feats possible on skis are
equaled only by the use of the famous
bobsled, which latter must be a CO.
operative affair. The glory of skis is
that they are just on the users feet.
What he does he does as with his own
feet and nobody else's.
X
There is a personality, then, and an
individuality about skis, which is we'll
dCCu ny llic dWAAlS III OlAC VI VIC
newer books. 1t shows dapper young
lady in neat ski suit-perhaps most
women who take to this sport do so be-
cause of "the endearing young charms
of those understanding looking down at
her escort, who has almost disappeared
in the snow.
Just two long runners on the feet and
a fancy stick, or stock, with a wheel
on it, in each hand, and you are ready
to be a skier, evidently.
But is that all? Far from it. one may
suspect. whether reader of ski books or
not Evidently it is not sport learned
in a day, or mastered in season. For
those who live where there is plenty of
snow and long, easy slopes. skiing must
be royal sport, indeed. For those who
live farther South it is something to read
about and be interested in. And If we
have no skis let us not lament the lack.
They would just be something else to
store in the attic. And what holes they
would poke in the plaster, getting EN- up
there
Evening star., 1937-01-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Many a confirmed city dweller has
looked with mixture of awe and fear
at the pictures of young people on skis.
He secretly has wished he had the
nerve, openly spoken Of the hazards OF
the sport, firmly announced his devo-
ton to automobiling.
Mountain climbing and skiing, he
thinks, are no sports for the timid.
He is able to see the lure OF skiing,
but not of mountain hiking. Too much
risk in thes latter, he tells himself.
He judges, after perusal of popular
sports pictures, that there must be some
hazard, at least of snow bath, in the
amusement which demands those funny
things on ones feet.
There are thousands upon thousands
of city folk who, even yet, despite plenty
of snow in recent years, have not seen
a set of skis at close range.
The first thing that strikes the new
conner is the length of those wooden
pieces.
If they are brought into an ordinary
room they seem to take up the whole
place.
We understand they are hard enough
to handle on snow, but evidently worse
in a room.
Indoors a ski-if that is the singular
is very likely to trip up somebody, poke
a hole through window or release the
water from the goldfish bowl, all without
the holder suspecting what he is doing.
II
A veritable flood of books on skiing
has broken over America since the first
"ski train" was run from New York City
into the snow fields to the North.
So if any one is interested in skiing
and likes to contemplate the possibility
of putting on a pair Someday, let him
look up 1.-The Complete Book of Skiing
ski Tracks" Modern Ski Technique,
"Skis and Skiing" The Art of Skiing,
ing" "High-Speed Skiing" Modern
Skiing" Manual for Ski-Babies," etc.
There are books on preliminary exer-
ciseS for those who secretly look with
longing on the sport and its personal
possibilities There is even a volume on
ski Fever" which may or may not be
a disease, how can the city feller tell?
For this Is not sidewalk sport.
1t requires plenty of fields, plenty OF
hills and above all-or rather, beneath
all-plenty Of snow.
Since there are countless city persons
especially those getting along in years
who almost pray for no snow this Win
ter, it may be realized that there is a
Slight mental conflict going on.
For ski devotees ardently wish for
snow. more snow and still more snow.
Without the white loveliness which
covers everything, there is nothing more
useless than a ski.
Not even an old-fashioned phonograph
without records.
An aquarium without small fishes in
it is not as useless as ski without snow.
You might put earth in an aquarium
and plant flowers in it and have very
nice little Winter garden in the living
room. but what on earth could any one
do with skis in an average Washington
Winter except maybe poke a burglar
down steps possibly?
Average city folk who find getting to
and from work all the exercise they re-
Evening star., 1937-01-12
The Word Short and Significant.

What are you going to do when your
constituents tell you what they think
about these matters?"
Il shall listen patiently and thought
fully" answered Senator Sorghum, land
then dispose of my part of the conversa-
ton with single word"
What word is that?"
eyes The successful politician out
my way is the one who has learned to
limit the purport of his remarks to a
discreet affirmative"
Jud Tunkins says he used to hear
about "joy rides" but now with so much
danger of getting smashed up or ar
rested, he doesn't believe there is any
such thing.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
The MattsOn AtrOcity.

While in some respects the kidnapping
in the State of Washington. Just brought
to the point of the shocking discovery
of the body of the victim, parallels the
New Jersey crime of several years ago,
when the son of Colonel Charles Lind
bergh was the victim, there is an evident
and significant difference between the
two atrocities. The Lindbergh child was
taken for ransom, which was paid,
though the victim was then dead-waS
probably killed by accident in the flight
of the kidnaper. The Mattson boy was
held alive while the negotiations for his
release were pending and was then
slain, brutally, fiendishly.
At the outset of this case it had the
marks of fanatic crime. The manner
in which the child was taken from his
home, the appearance of the kidnaper
as seen by the little boys companions,
the character of the ransom letter, the
stipulation of the figure of $4,000 in
payment-an odd sum without any con-
ceivable logic of calculation-the mode
of communication proposed. these factors
indicated, though, of course, they did not
demonstrate, that the kidnaper was an
abnormal type, evidently working alone,
possibly man with grievance, real or
fancied. against the father of his victim.
Evidence points to the fact that the
child u,oc 1oi dotyc in, tho
course of the communications by means
of advertisements printed in newspaper.
Perhaps further examination will disclose
that the pitiful victim was subjected to
torture, possibly to fiendish abuse. These
circumstances would seem to take the
crime out of the category of what may
be termed professional kidnapping. If so,
the scope of the search for the murderer
is perhaps narrowed. For such a man,
doubtless working alone, is fair mark
for pursuers. There cannot be many Of
that type at large in the area to be cov-
cred by the pursuit. Yet this very fact
may prove to make detection and cap
ture more difficult, as in normal crimes
of this character the kidnapers have
been in several cases identified and taken
through their known associations.
Whether the crime lies within the
jurisdiction of the Federal agents, who
have scored remarkable records in the
pursuit and capture of kidnapers, is not
yet definitely determined. Their services,
however, have been enlisted and it may
confidently be expected that they will
exhaust every possibility of research,
working in cooperation with the local
authorities.
These crimes may be attributed to
greed, to a spirit of vengeance or to an
abnormality of human behavior. They
are monstrous in conception and in exc
cution. There is no fully adequate penalty
for them in the provisions of the statute
laws, but those laws must be applied
regardless of the hideous features that
accompany them.
For the sorrow of the bereaved parents
of this pitiful victim of mans rapacity
and cruelty the deepest sympathy is felt.
For the sake of others it is fervently to
be prayed that this criminal may be
caught and punished as further lesson
to those who are tempted to make human
life stake in search OF gain.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
Arlington County Project
For Hospital Equipment

To the Editor Of The STAR
I am much interested In the letter to
The Star of Mrs. Elizabeth McSherry,
Mclean, Va, quite sharply criticizing
Arlington County and the State of Vir-
ginia for failing to provide hospital ac-
commodations for INDECENT citizens who
are i'll. Mrs. McSherry is evidently un-
aware that the Government and citizens
of Arlington County now have in hand
a project for the erection Of a hospital,
and that many citizens have contributed
to the fund. DEETS PICKETT.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
Why Seventeen Comparable
Cities Paw Higher Taxes

To the Editor of The Star:
The President states that II cities
comparable in population with Wash
ington pay higher taxes.
If some or all of those cities require
higher taxation because of past or pres
ert graft or gross mismanagement is
it fair to assume that Washington, which
has escaped debts so incurred, should
be purdened with comparable taxation?
WOODBURY. PULSEFER.
Evening star., 1937-01-12

National Guardsmen who resent being
left out of the street parade on inaugura-
ton day might be taught to sing so that
when Admiral Grayson's Music Com
mittee does Faust" they can appear in
the Soldiers Chorus"
Evening star., 1937-01-12

An air of triumph is worn by Robert
CuSe and friends although it is difficult
to point out any human being in the
world who has been made happier or
more useful by his junk-running ex-
ploits.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Forest.Shod.

Forest-Shod.
In the great citys crowded street,
Amid the jostling human throng,
In traffic turbulent and strong,
And scurrying pedestrian feet,
I walk at a calm, forest pace,
For yesterday on moss I trod--
Today the streets seemed paved with
sod,
And framed with pine each town-lined
face.
Evening star., 1937-01-12

When college officials go after one
another's scalps there is nothing left for
the sincere student to do but play foot
ball, whose rules are clearly understood
and whose decisions are regarded as fair.
Evening star., 1937-01-12

When reliable statisticians are an
nouncing prospects of peace and abun-
dance a certain amount of trouble is
always feared from persons who are
willing to disturb prosperity in the hope
of securing more than fair share of it.
Evening star., 1937-01-12

Splendid art treasures such as Mr.
Mellon offers will give the District OF
Columbia art prestige. Valued as the
gallery must be amateur art should not
be encouraged in efforts to provide a
Latin Quarter to go with it.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
OF Untold Value.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
A household convenience would be a
chest of drawers where members of the
family can look for anything that has
been mislaid or lost:
Evening star., 1937-01-12
1t Just Had to Be Said.

From the Grand Island Independent
That New York taxi driver who turned
poet ought to be good with the meter.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
Bad Actor.

To war aversion is immense.
1t meets with this arraignment.
The show involves vast expense
For dreadful entertainment.
OF all the amateurs we see
In art sad malefactors,
That old boy Mars appears to be
The champion of bad actors.
"Wise ancestors have spoken in vain" !"
said Hi Ho. the sage of Chinatown,
since only the wise, who are always
but few, can recognize and use wisdom" )"
Evening star., 1937-01-12
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Evening star., 1937-01-12
MYSTERIOUS Message.

The Chinese words that I peruse
Have left me sad.
pause and wonder If the news
Is good or bad.
A friend explains the meaning true
And this is it:
"Your laundry bill is overdue.
Kindly remit"
Evening star., 1937-01-12

"A gamblin' game" said Uncle Eben,
"is no good to man dat says money
is his best friend. Money may say
'How-dy do as it comes yoh way for q
minute, but 1t won seem no time at all
till It says Farewell forever"
Evening star., 1937-01-12

@. Will New York City have az exhibit
Of its own in its 1899 Worlds Fair?-B. L.
A. 1t expects to have very impressive
exhibit. A building for 1t Is being planned
which will be permanent recreation
center in Flushing Meadow Park.
Evening star., 1937-01-12

@. Should patty shell be eaten2
C. H.
A. If it is made of food material. It
is supposed to be eaten.
Evening star., 1937-01-12
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by iDriting The EUenino
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasktn, Director, Washington, D. c..
Please irclose stamp for reply.
@. Is Granville still racing?-J w.
A. The horse has been retired. His
owner, William Woodward, has leased
him to Kenneth N. Glpin for five years.
Q. Will ice covered with snow freeze
deeper than ice from which the wind
has blown the snow?-W. M.
A. The snow acts as blanket and the
ice beneath does not increase in depth
as rapidly as exposed ice If the tenn
perature drops
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-04-29

Oars like these at prices like these simply
Y can't be matched in town. There's reason.
We must make room for the trade-ins on the
1887 Pontiac and we have slashed prices way
below average TO do it What's more, we feature
eCOod WHIP recOnditiOning 21-pOint
operation that makes good cars even better
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-04-29

Wagon Seat, 1 Syracuse Plow, used;
l Power Grindstone, Rolls Fencing, l
lot Stove Trucks, 1 lot of Curtain
Stretchers, lot Tubular Barn Door
Tracking and Hangers, lot Kitchen
Chairs, l lot Oak Stands, Oak home
made Book Cases, lot Flower Pots,
1 Lard Press, lot Kraut Cutters,
lot of Chains and Bars, lot Sprinkling
Cans, 1 lot Rakes, Hoes, Shovels and
Spades, Weber Wagon, 1 lot stone
Jugs, Oil Stove Ovens, 1 lot Tile,
4x8x12; 2 Porch Swings, l lot Picture
Frames, set Blocks and Rope, l 40
inch solid tooth Saw, l lot old Brick, 1
hand Concrete Mixer, l set Extension
Ladders, 1 lot Step Ladders, 1 Gas
oline driven Concrete Mixer, lot grass
Rugs, 3x6 and SKI; 1 lot Bowls and
Pitchers, 1 lot Water Coolers, 1 lot
Curtain Rods, lot Salt Jars, l lot
Steel Bed Stats, sets Child's Tables
and Chairs, lot 3-6 Congoleum Rugs,
l lot Rubber Floor Mats, 1 lot Glass
Jugs, l lot Blinds, l Pool Table, 1 lot
Combination Sleds and Wagons, 1
leather Davenport, l Gasoline Lamp,
Porch Settee, l Child's Bed, com
plete; 1 Luggage Carrier, 1 Winter
front for Car, Trunk, lot Dry Meas
ures, 1 lot 5-gal. buckets of Roofing
Paint, 1 lot Lawn Brooms, l Lawn
Chair, 2 Cloth Drying Racks.
One lot of Hardware items, Roofing
Cement, Tinware, Graniteware, Crock
cry, Fir Doors and many items too
numerous to mention.
TERMS-Made known on day of
sale.
Come, Buy Useful Items at Your
Own Price! Items for Everybody!
Lunch and refreshments will be served
by Ladies' Aid of NJ. E. Church.
ARNOLD E. FOX,
Surviving Partner of F. G. Fox & Son.
COLLIER & YODER, Auctioneers.