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Evening star., 1937-08-15
EATHER NEPTUNE is q zeoIous

EATHER NEPTUNE is q zeo|ous
guardian Of the treasures Of the
dark, unfothom'd coves Of oceon.'
His copriciousness detected the re-
cent ottempt Of the four mosted
schooner Constellation to salvage
supposedly fobuIous riches in gold
and silver from the sunken liner
Merida IS miles off the Virginia
Copes. Although fully equipped
with soIvoeina opporotus. the Con-
steI|otion, one Of the lost Jorge
windjommers without ouxiIiory
power, wos baked at every turn.
First come q squeIl, snoppine O
foreboom; then heovy secs, prevent
ing Iocotion Of the sunken hulk, 220
feet down. The strow thot broke
the eomeIs back wos q storm thot
broke the onchor ehoin. Driven far
eff her course, the CONSULTATIONS
crew Of y wos forced to give up
end return to port, enriched only by
memories Of thrilling storms and
nights Of rore beouty under q stor-
powdered sky.
Evening star., 1937-01-13
Means for Sustained Effort.

President Roosevelt, in deploring the
kidnap-murder outrage at Tacoma,
spoke of "the need of sustained effort
in dealing with the criminal menace"
As he made this comment yesterday,
the Department of Justice was engaged
in its annual effort to obtain adequate
appropriations with which to combat
crime during another fiscal year.
Those efforts, in the past, have not
always met with complete success.
Persistent pleas of Director j. Edgar
Hoover of the Federal Bureau Of In
vestigation for more men and equip
ment have met with resistance in several
quarters. Economy minded budget off,
cials have sought to keep down expenses
of the F. B. I.-along with those of many
other agencies. Congressional critics of
the G-men have questioned the ''ad-
visibility" of expanding the bureau for
fear of creating an 20. G. P. u"
The result has been that the F. B. I.
has been seriously handicapped by lack
of enough agents to handle all the Fed
eral cases dumped into their hands with
the admonition, Solve them somehow"
Evening star., 1937-01-13

When an emergency case, such as the
Mattson kidnapping, arises, 1t is necessary
to transfer agents from less urgent in
vestigations and concentrate on the
''life and death" matter of the moment.
That is why the bureau is far in arrears
in handling routine cases.
With about 600 special agents, the
bureau is required to cover the entire
United States and its possessions. The
Metropolitan Police Department has
1886 men with which to police the Dis
trict of Columbia alone. There are more
than 10000 policemen on the New York
City force.
Despite the inadequacy of its force, the
F. B. I. returned to the taxpayers last
year, in fines, recoveries and other saw
ings, more than $35.OOO,000, whereas the
entire cost of operating the bureau was
a little more than $5,000,000
The G-men should have adequate re-
sources with which not only to keep
abreast of the ordinary trend of crime,
but to meet such extraordinary chal-
lenges to law enforcement as the shock
ing crime in Tacoma.
Perhaps the President was thinking
along these lines when he emphasized
the need for sustained effort" in fight
ing crime. It is short-sighted economy
to pursue any other policy.
Evening star., 1937-01-13
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
New UniverseS.

New Universes.
Sometimes in sorrow or in mirth
We play the same old game.
In spite of theories this earth
Keeps working. just the same.
Astronomers observed the sky
And gave each star a name.
This earth mid talk of how and why
Keeps working, just the same.
With new ideas SageS seek
To win enduring fame.
The Good Old Earth with patience meek
Keeps working, just the same.
So when new universes" we
Salute with glad acclaim
The one We Know, we're glad to see,
Keeps working, just the same.
Evening star., 1937-01-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

latter are true Aquatic specimens, in
several different varieties.
Garden snails have shells, but there
their resemblance ends. If they were put
into water they would die shortly. But
plenty OF moisture in the garden is Just
what they like.
Neither snails nor slugs add anything
to a yard, except as curio5ities to the
mind which finds interest in all that is.
Such person will be willing to lose
few plants, now and then, just for the
interest to be found in watching snails
and slugs at work.
Fat SlugS, which leave trace of Silvery
slime behind them, seem to be indigenous
to Washington and environs Not every
place in the country will one find as
many of them.
A favorite old way of ending the
depredations OF these creatures was to
sprinkle salt on them, which procedure
shriveled them up right before ones
eyes.
Very warm days in Winter always give
the home gardener plenty to worry
about.
He wonders, above all if his tulips
Will COiiiC uP anu NC hlliCA W hAbbSA NSAA
which seems sure to follow such mild
periods.
The balance, according to Nature, must
be kept, SO that unusually warm days
will be balanced by unusually cold ones.
Perhaps more worrying is done over
possible harm to tulips than anything
else, but these bulbs are better able to
stand such drastic changes in tempera
ture than most of the plants in the
garden,
They have, above all, curious sort OF
intelligence of their own which some
how seems to warn them not to be too
hasty in their emergence.
They are in their dormant period of
course. and only long succession of
mild days will cause them to forget it.
That old friend of the suburban gar
den, the grass, seemed to be particularly
appreciative of the warmth of the day.
New green was appearing everywhere
under the combined happy influence Of
the warmth and moisture, two things
which grass plants love along with
almost all the other plants under the sun.
Especially in yards which had under
gone a disagreeable browning process. as
a result of cold and dryness, the plentiful
rains and warmer weather had done
/ wonders.
Great patches Of green gradually be-
gan to creep over the ugly places. Moth
ing is more welcome to the gardening
eye than this. Even the plain dangers
of unSeaSonably warm weather in Win
ter are to be tolerated if at the same
time good green comes back into the
lawn as a result.
The green of grass is the wholesome
and underlying green of the world. 1t
was not for nothing that Whitman be-
gan his masterpiece, Song of Myself,
with the picture of child running to
him with a handful of blades and ask
ing him what was the grass" Could he
have answered, the poet said, he could
have answered every other question, and
would have become, in the title of an
other of his poems. The AnsWerer."
Green grass in Winter, fortunately for
most of us, is not so much something
to think about. requiring an answer, as
something to look at and appreciate.
Winter lawns are Soggy and soft and
easily cut up Those who admire them
will take special care of them during
such periods as far as possible. They
are among the pictorial triumphS of such
a strange interlude in our Winter.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

her personal grocery bill. To hiss the
villain is to extend a compliment to art
and the actress manages to claim pros
perity and applause by what, in polite
ness, may be critically analysed as a
superficial assumption of moral delin-
ouency. Whatever may be said of her
ful consideration.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

Social life in the District of Columbia
Is so delightful that statesmen are often
tempted to forget New Year resolutions.
like ordinary mortals. There is especial
strain on the legislator who has prom
ised his constituents he would retire each
night at 10 o'clock so as to awaken ready
for work at the break of day. If Statis-
ticians were prepared to compile sta
tistics on so trivial a subject, it would
probably be found that this city has, in
proportion to population, larger sale
for alarm clocks than any other town
in the world.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

True bridal-wreath was In bloom In
many garden that day.
1t was Spring in January.
Along the sprays of the bridal-wreath
shrub tiny white flowers appeared, small
white blossoms touched with palest
green.
The least imaginative observer easily
pictured wreath Of these around a
fair brow.
That other spirea, the Van Houttei,
often is mistaken for the bridal-wreath,
and most often is so called by the person
not precise as to garden terminology.
The more widely planted Van Houttei,
however. was showing only swelling in
the leaf buds. AS warm as that day
was 1t was not enough to cause any
flowers on this shrub.
AS far as our observations that day,
there were no other real flowers or
fiowerets out to greet the soft air and
smiling sun, after several days of rain.
Flower buds of the forsythia bushes
were swelling, but had not broken
through 1t will be remembered that
this is the famous shrub whose yellow
blossoms before the leaves appear is the
Joy OF many persons. Others profess
not to like it.
Crocus shoots were about an inch out
OF the soil, but no tulips had poked
their green noses through the moist
earth.
Red tips Of peonies were nowhere
present, much to the delight of all peony
lovers, who had feared that the warmth
might induce these old favorites to come
into the light of day far, far ahead of
their normal time.
Iris shoots new made q brave ap-
pearance in the border. Old leaves on
the thousand beauties climbing rose ap-
peared as fresh and green as ever. The
leaves Of the small Abelia shrubs also
added to the green of the remarkable
Springlike day, which somehow seemed
to presage storm, and storm of snow,
we feared.
The most prominent things In the
yard. however, were snails. slugs and
angle worms.
More were to be seen in few minutes
inspection than were present all last
Summer.
warmth ana neat were bringing them
up and out.
Snails and Slugs may be accounted
garden enemies. The faithful angle
worm only becomes so when it increases
in such great quantities that it renders
the soil sour This does not often hap
pen. The great Darwin showed how
many tons of soil are Sifted through
the intestines of worm in year. This
constant going over by the angle worms
is what makes our garden soil friable anu
uSable.
These worms come to the surface, even
in Winter, if there is enough moisture
and heat to bring them up.
Cold and dryness as naturally drives
them down again. Persons interested
in the home aquarium know what good
live food" these worms make for many
of the fishes in such tanks. Large
tropical specimens can handle whole
worms up to or 4 inches in length.
An average goldfish loves nothing quite
so well. Two goldfshes tugging at one
worm make an interesting sight. Smaller
worms can be fed to smaller fishes. They
are good food for practically all in
mates of small tanks.
~
Garden snails, of course, are not the
sort which are used in tanks. The
Evening star., 1937-01-13
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
A Memory.

A Memory.
A driftwood fire burning
All lavender and blue
Has set my whole heart yearning
For you-for you.
Do you, too. still remember
That night so long ago
When every soft-toned ember
Held a .heart-glow?
We'd taken wrong turning,
Snow covered all the earth.
A driftwood fire was burning
Upon the hearth
Where we found shelter. Hours
Flame died and rose anew
Till love shed sparkling showers
On me-and you.
Evening star., 1937-01-13
At the Ton.

Hollywood investigation reveals Mae
West as one of the highest -salaried en-
tertainers. Mae is probably a hard
working person who knows how to brow
beat q casting director or register a
ringing protest against an overcharge in
Evening star., 1937-01-13
Opportunity for Educators.

From the Worcester Gazette.
An educator urges American college
professors to rise above mediocrity.
Maybe it would help to suggest that they
imagine themselves in the position Of
foot ball coaches. at coaches pay.
Evening star., 1937-01-13
Standing and Waiting.

From the Chicago Daily News.
Chicago street car passengers are
standing as patiently as possible on
other passengers feet while awaiting
solution Of the traction tansls.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

Discussions of intimate subjects are
freely permitted among processing scien-
fists. Many laymen sometimes suspect
that the scientists do not know exactly
what they are talking about, or at least
hope so.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

1t is understood that President RooSe-
velt desires simple inaugural celebra-
ton. 1t will hardly be possible to make
it as simple as Campaign Manager
Farley found the election itself.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

Assertions that John d. Rockefeller
intends to go on living after the 100
year mark register a critical suggestion.
The programs from Radio City evidently
do not get on his nerves.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

Texas has sent some great statesmen
to the District of Columbia. In fact,
there is nothing which Texas does not
seem able to supply from mineral wealth
to a higher moral philosophy.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

Suburban police are claiming better
pay and seem to be entitled to it if only
on the theory that after a job, city
crooks first impulse is to break for the
open spaces.
Evening star., 1937-01-13
Princeton Prepares.

From the Macon telegraph.
Princeton now Is preparing to accept
with examination "boys of exceptional
achievement and promise" possibly with
an eye to boys of considerable displace-
ment and noticeable nimbleness.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

Income tax collectors have been use
full in locating gangsters and may yet
serve purpose in locating munitions
bootleggers.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

when prosperity gifts in full swing,
said Uncle Eben, "you's gineter have
some men mentionin' desc times when
dey had to stay unemployed as de good
old days."
Evening star., 1937-01-13

Diplomacy will perform great work
if it can convince popular imagination
that high hats arc more influential than
steel helmets.
Evening star., 1937-01-13
A Great Reformer.

Sometimes'in thought he bids you paus.
And nobler aims display.
Sometimes he merely scolds because
He cannot have his way.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

informal account of woodrow Wilson as
father. Mrs. McAdoo reminisces about
her earliest memories in Princeton and
carries her story through the years Of
the World War.
tCopyYisht. l0STA
Evening star., 1937-01-13
Willing.

"Is your boy Josh willing to make his
way in life by the labor of his hands?"
He is just that" replied Farmer Corn
tossel. His one ambition in life is to
be a prize fighter"
Evening star., 1937-01-13

HE who is so powerful that he can
always have his own way" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, should take
care to have servitors who can be held
responsible for his mistakes"
Evening star., 1937-01-13
Increasing Caution.

increasing SdutlOHs
"You are compelled to devote great
deal of study to certain questions"
"A great deal," agreed Senator Sor-
ghum.
You must consider popular sentiment
as well as the principle involved"
"Of course"
"And is that why you are SO slow
in making up your mind?"
Partly why. But the main reason
for deliberation is that the longer you
study any subject in which your public
is informing itself, the more cautious
you become about going on record with
a vote"
Jud Tunkins says the man who is
always talkin' bout good old times is
never consistent enough to insist on
carrying in coal for fire or reading the
paper by a kerosene lamp.
Evening star., 1937-01-13
Relative Values.

Whatever the ratios of money may be,
The products of land seem most precious
to me.
To bite gold or silver would end in an
ache,
But q handful of wheat makes a very
good cake.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

@. How many automobiles were reg
istered in l936P-C. M.
A. Motor vehicle registrations reached
28,500,000 in 1896.
Evening star., 1937-01-13

reader can get the ans1Uer to any
question Of fact by ,Drtttng The Euentng
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hdsktn, Director, Washington, d. C.
Please tnclose stamp for reply.
Evening star., 1937-01-06
RUTLAND TO FIGHT
Influenza SPREAD
Employers Asked to Report Ab.
sences From Work for
Check.up.

Believing there has been an increase
in the number of cases OF respiratory
ailment in the District in the last two
weeks, Health Officer George G. Ruh-
land is taking steps to prevent q spread
of influenza here.
A number of the larger employers
in the District, including some Gov
ernment units as well as the hos
pitals, have been asked to make weekly
reports Of all absences from work be-
cause of illness.
Members of the medical profession
also are urged to comply with the
regulations requiring reports OF all
cases Of influenza. The schools will
be asked to report all absences be.
cause Of colds.
DR.. Rutland said reports so far do
not show any change, but he is con-
vinced q large number of cases are
no. reported. He urged all persons
suffering from respiratory ailments to
90 to bed and seek medical advice.
Last year there were but Is cases
of influenza reported, and among
these there were ~ deaths. DR.. Ruiz
land said that proved . large per-
centage Of cases had not been re-
ported, since the death rate indicated
was too high. During December
there were eight cases and five deaths
reported. During the first five days
of January there were three cases re-
ported and one death.
Evening star., 1937-01-06
ARCHIvIST REPORTS
HAZARD TO RECORDS
More Than Half of Data En-.
dangered Under Present Set
up. 0'Connor Saws.

Fire. vermin, dirt, grit, rain, heat or
sunlight are potential destroyers Of
half the on1cial records stored in vari-
Gus Government buildings here, Rob-
ert d. w. O'Connor, archivist Of the
United States, reported today.
After survey Of records occupying
B,013,SsS feet Of shelf space, examiners
reported that 40.6l per cent Of the
documents are exposed to the hazard
Of fire. 1880 per cent to grit or dirt,
S.32 per cent to rain, heat or sunlight,
and that 5.12 per cent have been dam
aged by or are infested by vermin.
Another rs per cent are stored in in
secure places and SGT per cent are
exposed to other unlisted hazards.
During the fiscal year ending last
July. O'Connor reported, the national
archives required 1854 feet Of these
records, most Of them from the Vet
erans' Administration and others from
the State Department, Navy Depart
ment. Agriculture Department, Ma
tional War Labor Board, Food Admin
istration, National Commission on Law
Observance and Enforcement, Ma
tional Mediatian Board, Export-Im-
port Bank Of Washington and N. r. A.
The survey Of records stored In the
District Is to continue. according to
Thomas M. Owen, jr., chief Of the Di-
vision Of Accessions.
Evening star., 1937-01-06
ACT
FOR JOBLESS GOAL
EIIenbogen Plans Change in
D. C. Compensation.
Drops Rent Bill.

Representative Ellenbogen, Demo-
crat. Of Pennsylvania announced to-
day he planned to sponsor . bill at
the present session Of Congress to
liberalize the District unemployment
compensation act.
Details of the bill, however. have
not yet been worked out. An increase
in the payment by the District gov
ernment will be one Of the aims. The
District payment in the current ap-
preparation act was $125, ,000 The 1898
budget of the Commissioners increases
this figure to $175,000.
Ellenbogen believes by broadening
provisions Of the unemployment in
surance act the District will be in q
position to reduce the cost Of direct
relief Of the unemployed.
Ellenbogen was . member Of the
District Committee in the last Con-
gress and was sponsor Of q bill de-
signed to revive the wartime Rent
Commission. He has no intention of
the measure at the
present session.
II stood the gan for the members
at the last session." he declared, land
I think I did my part to bring rents
down. Now, If the members want
something done, they will have to get
another champion. I'll help, how
ever, il q bill IS introduced"
Ellenbogen's rent control bill was
voted down in the House at the last
session after q bitter tight in which
former Representative Blanton, DEM
ocrat, Of Texas took q leading part.
Evening star., 1937-01-06
POLICE COURT FINES
$468,832 LAST YEAR
Collections, Including Collateral
Forfeitures, Largest in History,
Except 1925.

Police Court fines and collateral for
FIXTURES rose $45,598 last year to 2
total of $46S,8 the highest figure
in the history Of the court with the
single exception of 1929.
Last year total funds paid into the
financial Office amounted to $423.-
234.07, while in 1929 they amounted
to $532, ,956.49. The latter total reached
an all-time level through prohibition
cases. There has been a steady in
crease since 1888, when fines and for
FIXTURES amounted to only $3.50, ,855.9 Il,
according to Wilmer S. Schantz.
financial clerk.
AS has been the case over long
period Of years, the largest amounts
received were from trafiic violators,
who last year paid 1925, ,836.01. Cases
In the District branch of court brought
in $117,697.97 and United States cases
$22,298.63. In 1929 q total Of $99,-
390.73 was paid in the United States
branch. $26s,610.16 in traf1c and
$164,9 $3.50 in the District branch.
While trafic fines have been show
ing q steady increase, it was noted
that the District cases have greatly
decreased, q fact attributed to repeal.
Evening star., 1937-01-06
THREE ARE HURT
IN TRAFFIC HERE
One of Injured Was Woman
Being Rushed to Hos
pitaI,

Three persons-one Of them an Ill
woman being rushed to Gallinger Hos
pital-were injured in traffic accidents
late yesterday.
Inquests, meanwhile. were scheduled
for IL am today in the traffic deaths
of Ernest Grissette. q. of Toll Ninth
street. a motor cycle officer, and Julius
Cooper, rs, colored. of 1909 Eighth
street. Grissette died December 81 Of
injuries received four days earlier when
his motor cycle overturned. Cooper.
hit by an automobile, died Sunday.
John Hall, ~, Of 207 g street, was
hurrying Mrs. Startling Gilliland, 19, of
81 New York avenue to Gallinger in
his car when it collided with a machine
driven by S. e. Woodruff, 40, of 1923
Fifth street northeast
After the crash, which occurred at
North Capitol and H streets, Mrs. Gill
liland continued her trip to the hospi-
tai in a taxicab. She was treated for
bruises to the left eye in addition to
the sickness for which she was origi-
nally scheduled for treatment.
Other mishap victims were Charles
Wood, "a, of 1923 Bay street southeast,
and Melinda Bryant, 6s, colored, 50 c
street southwest.
Wood was riding q bicycle at
Eleventh and E streets when he was
hit by truck. Taken to Emergency
Hospital. he was treated for bruises
and q possible fracture of the knee
cap. The truck driver was Carl D.
Hornbeak. 81. Of So Randolph place.
The colored woman, according to
police, was running across Fourth
street southwest, in the 200 block,
when she was struck by an automo-
bile. She was treated at Emergency,
then transferred to Gallinger. The
driver was Joseph c. Akers, SO, COL
ored, $50 U street.
Mrs. Ethel Omohundro, 26, of 528
Minnesota avenue northeast, injured
seriously when she was hit by q truck
Monday night near the Benning via
duct, was reported in fair condi-
ton" today at Garfield Hospital.
Evening star., 1937-01-06
|b|LL LFORB|DS USE
| OF 0NE:MAN CARS
Former Peoples Counsel
Roberts Drafting Measure
to Apply Also to Buses.

Congress will be asked to put an
end to the use of one-man street cars
in the District by an amendment to
the Public Utilities Commission act
under a legislative plan announced by
William A. Roberts, former peoples
counsel.
He said he was drafting proposed
bill which would forbid the use as
one-man cars Of any units which
have a capacity Of so or more per-
sons, counting standing passengers as
well as those seated.
He said he would include busses in
the same proposed ban, since the size
Of the average bus In service in the
future may increase to an extent to
warrant the application to busses.
Roberts declined to say whom he
would ask to introduce the bill in
Congress but was convinced he could
find . sponsor there.
He announced his plans immedi.
ately after learning that the COM
mission had approved the petition OF
the Capital Transit Co. for the pur-
chase Of IS new street cars Of the
stream.lined Presidents Conference
type for one-man operation. The
commission found that provision Of
the IS new cars would be "in public
interest"
Riley E. Elgen, commission chair
man, said he was not particularly In
favor Of one-man cars, but that the
commission had acted on the basis
Of facts and arguments in the one
man car hearing last Summer, deal
ing with the relative speed, safety and
comfort Of the modern type Of one
man cars.