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Evening star., 1937-04-17

asked, and when he replied Leonard"
(Royal Leonard, Chang's second pilot,
I asked If he could ask Barr to come
from Hankow to see me at Marking.
Madame" he replied, I'VE are all
entirely at your service. OF course, I
will, and Barr will do anything ybu
wish" I asked him to wire Barr to
come as soon as possible.
Here were facts of which we knew
nothing before. They seemed to show
that Chang was not in a position to
protect the generaissimo If other
troops got out Of control, and be-
came doubly determined to prevent
an attack on the city, If could, not
wtthstanding that the generalissimo
himself expected and wanted it ire
spective Of the consequences to him.
Kept Letter Secret.
I did not disclose to the military
ofncers the contents of his letter to
me, however, for that would have
aggravated my position, and would
have given them support for imme-
date drastic action. Bombing of Sian
certainly would have brought about
the death Of the generalissimo, but
was of opinion that his life was of
more value to China than his death
could be, and I fought harder than
ever to save 1t. became more de-
termined than ever to go to Sian.
During the night Mr.. Donald wired
that he had got back to Sian; had
delivered my telephone messages to
both the generalissimo and Han-chen
and that the Sian officials would well
come T. v. Soong and Gen. Ku.
The days that followed were days
Of intense agony and activity for me.
Military forces had already been in
action east of Sian and, although
snowstorms at Sian prevented planes
from crossing the mountains, never
knew when some plane or other might
get through and bomb the city, as
they were bombing points along the
railway line between Loyang and the
mountains.
The tension was somewhat relieved
when received a wire from Mr.. DON
aid saying that the generalissimo was
dispatching Gen. Chang Ting-wen
(who had gone with him to SIAM to
Marking with an autographed letter
to the minister of war, ordering ces-
sation Of bombing and fighting for
three days.
This news caused some government
officials to declare again that they
would peifhor y,opotiota with c;oo ,o-
accept any letter or order, even in
the generalissimo's own handwriting
since he may have been forced to
write them. told them they insulted
their leader If they thought he would
do anything under duress.
But when Gen. Chang Ting-wen
arrived two days later and they heard
his story, they decided to obey the gen.
eralissimos orders.
Sought Mediator.
Sun Fo (Dr. Sun Yat-sens SOM
and DR.. Wang Chung-hui (now minis
ter of foreign affairs consulted with
me about wiring Marshal Yen Hsi-
shan (paciflcation commissioner Of
Shansi and Suiyuan) to act as media
tor to obtain the release Of the gener-
alisslmo. We decided to ask the party
and government leaders to sign joint
telegram to Yen Hsi-shan to this
effect. This was done.
Barr arrived from Hankow. and I
discussed with him the possibility of
Chang Hsueh-liang flying off with the
generallssimo. As had already flown
Evening star., 1937-04-17
ANDERSON RITES
HELD YESTERDAY
Bishop Freeman Conducts
Services in Chapel
of St. Mary.

Funeral services for LarZ Anderson,
diplomat and world traveller, were
held yesterday at noon in the Chapel
OF ST. Mary, which he gave to Wash
ington Cathedral.
Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington. was in charge
OF the rites, assisted by Rev. DR..
George Kinkead, chaplain of the
College of Preachers.
Honorary pallbearers included Roger
Amory, Walter Charming, Hobart Por-
ter and former Secretary of the
Navy Charles Francis Adams, all
OF Boston; Maj j. Van Ness Philip,
Maj. Gist Blair, Nelson Perrin, Horace
Lee Washington, James B. Alley and
Col Ernest Locke, all of Washington.
The uSherS were John F. wilkins,
Corcoran Thorn, Hugh Legare and
Col Reginald Huidekoper.
In the congregation, Mrs. Ander-
son sat with Mrs. Alice Roosevelt
Longworth and Mrs. Perrin. Others
present included Rev. DR.. Anson
Phelps Stokes, representing the Ca
thedral chapter, and Mrs. Stokes;
former Undersecretary of State Will
liam R. Castle, Miss Mabel Boardman,
Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Spencer, Mrs. Philip and Mrs.
Huidekoper
The chapel was filled with floral
tributes, among the more notable of
which were wreaths from the Society
Of the Cincinnati and the Cathedral
trustees. Over the casket, as it was
borne to the altar, were the purple
pail Of the Cathedral and the Ameri-
can flag, with Mr. Anderson's plumed
hat and sword.
Evening star., 1937-04-17

over the Far Wastern regions and
knew the peculiarly difficult topog-
raphical characteristics and the alb
sence Of fields, and as I knew that
landing fields where government
troops were stationed would be avoid
ed, I felt that the objective would be
somewhere behind the red lines, prob
ably SinkiarY.
asked Barr II the Boeing, fully
loaded, could carry enough gas to get
to some point In Sinkiang and If
ever Chang had talked Of flying to
anywhere in sinkiang. YES" was
his reply to both questions, and he
and I studied maps of the region,
trying to locate likely localities to
which Han-chen might take the gen.
eralissimo should fight be necessi-
tated. told him that II Chang did
fly of proposed to follow, and I
wanted to know what plane could
carry sufficient gas to get us any,
where the Boeing could go fully
loaded, as 1t would be, and back again
without refueling.
1T we take Douglas, with you as
the only passenger, we can carry sum-
cient extra gas in the cabin" he re-
piled, and told him to stand by and
await developments should I be un-
able to prevent an attack being made
upon Sian City.
On Saturday, December 10, one
week after the generalissimo was de-
tanned, I wired Mr.. Donald that T. v.
Soong was starting.
On the morning OF December 20
every nerve in my body was strained
to have lighting suspended for an
other three days and to leave with
my brother T. v. for Sian. At the
last moment high officials came to the
house and insisted that I should at
least wait little longer before 60
ing. The argument that restrained
me from forcibly joining him was
that l. by remaining in Marking,
could make certain that during his
presence in Sian there would be no
attack on the city.
Hence, finally compromised with
them that If. at the end of three
days, T. v. did not return to Nam
king no more obstacles would be
placed in the way Of my flying to
Sian.
On the following morning 1 re-
ceived two wires from T. ", one that
the generalissimo was all right, and
the other that Mr.. Donald would leave
for Marking that day.
Donald Forced Down.
Mr.. Donald, however, did not reach
Marking, but from Loyang he tele-
NhnroS thot bo hoI ,,oJn xa...l
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Donald Forced Down.

Mr. Donald, however, did not reach
Nanking, but from Loyang he tele-
phoned that he had made a forced
landing alongside of the Yellow River
and would arrive in Nanking Mon
day, December 81. I also had a wire
Evening star., 1937-12-09
ADVANTAGE SEEN
ind. c. SALES TAX
Hazen Believes Most Would
Prefer 1t to Income or
Business Levy.

Belief that q large percentage OF
District taxpayers would prefer gen.
eral sales tax to an income tax or
continuation of the business privilege
levy as solution to the District rev.
enue problem, was voiced today by
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
He explained that the Board OF Com
misisoners has reached NO conclusion
yet, but would await recommends
tions to be made by the District Tax
Committee and the Citizens Advisory
Committee on Taxation. These two
groups are to hold joint meeting to-
morrow afternoon.
1T is my personal view that the
sales tax would be more desirable than
either of the other two proposals." said
Commissioner Hazen. However, dc
not wish to be dictatorial about the
matter. have talked with a large
number of taxpayers and most Of them
seem to prefer the sales tax"
Members of the District Tax Com.
mittee, consisting of a number Of mu-
nicipal officials, said they had not vel
arrived at a point indicating what
they would recommend. One member
stressed that they would delay actor
until after the citizens group sub
mitted its views
Last year the Commissioners. asket
Congress to adopt a per cent sale
tax as an emergency measure, sine
long consideration should be given Il
business privilege tax. because of it
complicated nature. However, thi
was rejected by Congress, along will
proposals for a District income levy.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Ne,C Book Calls
d. C.'s airport
Bad AerOdrOn1e

Washington Airport is held up be-
fore the world as an example of "a
bad aerodrome" in a newly published
travel book, Mine Host, America" by
Mark Pepys, Earl of Cottingham.
In the best tradition of his illus
trious forbear, the British visitor re-
cords impressions of an American trip
by automobile, rail and air during
which he covered nearly II 900 miles
in is days
He characterizes the United States
as probably the most air-minded of
the nations where public transport is
concerned" and voices especial praise
for American air transport develop
ment. He was not so favorably i'm
pressed, however, by facilities at major
airports, especially at Washington
which he criticizes for a more thar
ordinary lack of comfort facilities.
Incidentally" he remarks of Wash.
ington Airport, there is bad aero.
drome, If you like. Beautifully situ-
ated in living page of history beside
the Potomac, with impressive glimpse.
of the Lincoln Memorial, the Wash.
ington Monument. the distant pearly
dome of the Capitol, and. on a hill
nearby, of the Unknown Soldier
tomb 3. it is, nevertheless, as awk
ward a place for an airport as hav'
seen for some time I cannot hell
thinking that its manifold disadvan.
'tages will not long be tolerated b!
such a nation of airmen, and another
site will be found or made"
Evening star., 1937-12-09
A|R-COND|T|ON|NC
HERE IS STUDIED
Number of Plants Found
Improperly Run-0perators'
Licenses Considered.

Finding that large percentage of
conditioning plants in public halls,
theaters and stores are improperly
operated, Health Department experts
are considering requirement that all
such operators be required to pass 4
test for license, it was announced
today
Claude F. Browning, a sanitary en-
gineer of the Health Department staff,
revealed that he had found but three
operators out of total of 800 build
ings having air-conditioning plants
that demonstrated they had an ade-
quate knowledge of their work.
The Health Department has called
in 40 representatives of air-condition-
ing manufacturers and laid before
them two alternative proposals. One
was the establishment of school
for the training of air conditioning
operators, and the other whether the
District should require the operators
to pass a licensing test.
An investigation of the effects oi
air conditioning was started last
March. So far, 800 buildings have
been tested out of some 1000 which
use air conditioning.
Mr.. Browning reported today thai
in the summer season the temperatur.
OF many public halls, stores or othel
structures having air conditioning ar,
kept at too low temperature com.
: pared with that of the street and tina
in the colder weather period thes,
buildings are kept too hot and the ali
too dry. He said health experts sa,
the relative humidity should be aroun,
80 per cent and that he has founs
in Washington buildings in the winte
condition as low as 10 per cent, will
an average between 22 and rs per cent
He said very few had relative hu
midity as high as 80 per cent.
| Mr.. Browning said that one de
partment store les summer was foun,
to have temperature a degrees beloy
that on the streets.
| The Health Department agents ha
not been directed to investigate tn
effects Of air conditioning plants II
private residences, but Mr. Brownin,
said he questioned the operation o
these since the general instruction
given householders were to keep al
the windows closed at night. He adde,
there was always a possibility tina
mechanical equipment might breal
down leaving the sleeping resident
without pure air.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
NEW TRIAL JUDGE
WILL Be ASSIGNED
Third Justice Will Be Named
in Effort to Relieve
Congestion.

A third District Court justice will
be assigned to try criminal cases be-
ginning January 7, 1898, in an effort
to relieve congestion of the docket
and overcrowding at the District Jail,
it was learned today.
Designation of the additional crimi-
nal court judge was urged vigorously
by United States Attorney Leslie C.
Garnett in a letter to Chief Justice
Alfred A. Wheat, and 0arnett re-
vealed today that Chief Justice Wheat
had informed him the additional IA
cility for disposing of criminal cases
will be provided.
Although Chief Justice Wheat did
not say which judge would be as
signed to the additional criminal
court. it was understood it would be
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue.
Long Trials Factor.
Because of an unusual number of
cases begun this year and due to
the fact that many of them are
of the nature requiring lengthy
trials, the criminal court calendar is
unusually congested and Garnett said
he thought the additional Judge abso-
lutely necessary for the administra- :
ton of justice with reasonable dis
patch.
In his letter to Chief Justice Wheat,
Mr.. Garnett called attention to some
of the cases which will require lengthy
trials. They included the Jewboy
Dietz gambling conspiracy case, the
retrial of Is men and women accused
of conspiring to violate the liquor tax
ing laws and the oil royalty conspiracy
case, a second liquor conspiracy case,
60 substantive gambling cases, eight
f1rst-degree murder cases, the numer-
Gus charges pending against Fred B.
Rhodes, former head of the Fidelity
Building and Loan Association; Will
liam ]. Nolan former prominent auto
| mobile dealer, who is accused of forg-
cry and false pretenses and James J.
Laughlin, an attorney accused of
| forgery.
Because of these and similar cases, u
| Mr.. Garnett stated, "the condition is
more crowded than at any correspond
ing period since I have been district
attorney"
| 311 Accused of Felonies.
He said there were 311 persons In
Jail accused of felonies, $50 of whom
are awaiting trial, rs awaiting arraign-
ment, and go awaiting indictment
These figures, however, have beer
changed somewhat by action within
the last few days.
Calling attention to the great
increase in criminal business before
the courts, Garnett said that the aver
age number of indictments during the
four years proceeding January, 1894
when he took Office, was 1880. Ar
increasing number Of prosecution,
have been begun each year since anc
in the fiscal year 1887 there were 1888
In the five months of the present
fiscal year there have been 1,22(
indictments.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Vice President Garner, whether he
likes it or not, is going to sit down
tonight to somebody else's cooking OF
the deer he shot last week in
Pennsylvania.
The bushy browed v. Pan un-
regimented MISREPRESENTATION man
when it comes to venison-let it be
known recently that he considers
hunters who don't cook their own
meat as sissies.
It looked today, however, as If he
won't cook this deer unless the
Raleigh Hotel lets him in the scullery
without union cooks card.
The chef, however. is going to dc
his best to follow Gamers venisor
recipe, which Is, In hts own words:
Take q back strap, cut it and beat
it we'll. Then -four it and put it ir
very hot grease Don't fry too hard
Pour off some of the grease and ther
make brown gravy"
The next step, Garner added, Il
simple:
"You smile, and eat!"
Party lines havs, been shot asunde
in getting out the Suest list Of eena'
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Party Lines Shot Asunder
To Eat Deer Shot BY Garner

tors who will feast on the deer. Those
invited are:
Majority Leader Barkley, Senators
Ashurst, Democrat, of Arizona; Brown,
Democrat, of New Hampshire; Glib
son, Republican. of Vermont; Green,
Democrat, of Rhode Island; Guffey,
Democrat, Of Pennsylvania; McAdoo,
Democrat, OF California; McKellar,
Democrat, Of Tennessee; Shipstead,
Farmer of Minnesota; Town.
send, Republican, of Delaware; La
Toilette, Progressive. Of Wisconsin;
Lewis, Democrat, Of 1llinbis; Radcliffe
Democrat. of Maryland; Austin, Re-
publican. Of Vermont; Hayden, Demo-
crat, of Arizona; Davis, Republican,
of Pennsylvania; Connally, Democrat
Of Texas.
Lee, Democrat, of Oklahoma
Schwellenbach, Democrat, of Wash
ington; Ellender, Democrat, of Louisi-
ana; Harrison, Democrat. of Missis-
sippi; Moore, Democrat. of New Jer-
sey; Pittman, Democrat, of Nevada;
Wagner, Democrat, Of New York, ane
Lonergan, Democrat, Of Connecticut
President Roosevelt wasn't invited
he has sore jsk
Evening star., 1937-12-09

in writing, eventually completed sew
eral chapters. then she took them to
her literary agent.
10000 Letters 4 Year.
She finds writing easier when she
is discussing something which is en-
gaging her attention at the moment.
Il get interested and really want to
write about it, she said.
Mrs Roosevelt said that for the last
two years her mail has averaged l10,-
600 letters year, though at it's peak
her first two years in the White House
the mail ran as high as 800 900 let
ters year.
OF these, an average Of about so
are personally answered each day.
All the unpleasant" mail-that is,
critical letters-go to her desk. as do
all appeals and letters giving picture
of what is happening" even if the
latter present only one point of view.
Secretaries handle correspondence
which require routine answers, and
letters relating to activities Of the va
rious Government departments are
forwarded.
Autographs Cards.
Then, in her free time, she signs
endless cards for autographs.
Mrs. Roosevelt also revealed her
modesty as an author when she said
of recent volume, This Troubled
World" which deals with peace:
Il have horrible feeling that nc
one will read it. I don't think / have
any profound thoughts"
This volume, with other of Mrs
Rooseyelt's books, was on display in
the Pen Women's room in the Grafton
where bazaar will be held tomorrow
and Saturday from to 10 pm.
Miss Marguerite Merigold, president
of the District branch Of the league
introduced the speaker, who Is mem
Der of the club.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
RESEARCH AIDE, HURT
IN FALL. RESTING WELL

After having suffered a fractured
shoulder. cuts and bruises when she
fell 9 feet through a trapdoor in
her ofice, Dra Florence e. Meier, re-
search assistant at the Smithsonian
Institution, was reported resting well'
today at Garfield Hospital.
The trapdoor, which leads from her
office in the tower at the institute to
q room directly below, was mad
vertently left open Tuesday and DR.,
Meier accidentally stepped through.
DR.. Meier lives at also Pennsyl-
Ayania avenue NV.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
'BEHRLE CONVICTED
IN PERJURY TRIAL
Faces Possible Sentence of
2 to 10 Years in Gang
Shooting Case.

A possible sentence of to 10 years
imprisonment today faced Harry
(Spike) Behrle who was convicted
late yesterday by District Court jury
Of perjury in testifying during gang
shooting trial last December that he
couldn't remember"
The jury, composed of 10 men and
women, deliberated less than 20 min
utes. Justice Jesse c. Adkins i'm
mediateIy. ordered Behrle committed
to Jail pending sentence, which prob
ably will be imposed next week.
Assistant United States Attorney
Roger Robb presented evidence that
the defendant made a complete state
ment to police of the circumstances
of the shooting July 81, 1885, of John
E. O'Brien and then stated at the
trial Of O'Briens assailants that ht
could not remember making the state.
ment.
Nevertheless the jury returned g
verdict of guilty against Charles r
(Rags) Warning and five others, whit
were tried on a charge of assault with
intent to kill.
OBrien and William r. Country
Carpenter. another witness. also hae
sudden loss of memory" during tn,
Warning trial, and they. too, were in.
dicted on perjury charges. They have
not yet been tried.
OBrien was shot down early in the
| morning as he stood on the sidewalk
in the 200 block of Second street Sc
At the time Warning was sentenced
his attorney, Harry T. Whelan, sale
in open court that the shooting wa!
the result of bad feeling growing out
of the hijacking of a load of bootles
! liquor belonging to the defendants.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
\ n RS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSE-
NJ WELT, who has written the
VI story of her life, her diary,


VI story of her life, her diary,
magazine articles and books
on such subjects as peace, has long
cherished a desire to enter another
literary field-fiction, she disclosed
yesterday.
Because when you write stories. you
can be so truthful and you can pin the
real peoples names to what you are
telling" the Presidents wife explained
at tea in the Grafton Hotel given
in her honor by the District branch
of the American League of National
Pen Women.
There's so much I'd like to TELL"
she added with a smile.
Speaking informally of her writing,
Mrs. Roosevelt told how she finds
time to continue her literary work in
addition to her activities as chatelain
of the White. House, lecturer and
traveller.
Trips Give Her Time.
The lectures, trips with the Presi-
dent and other travelling have done
much to make time for her writing
possible, she revealed. For only when
the Presidents wife is settled in a
train with a long trip ahead can she
be assured that she will not be inter-
rupted.
There are times, however, at the
White House and at Hyde Park when
she finds the hours between 1880 pm
and 2 a m. most convenient for writing
Stories which she told her grand
children were largely responsible fol-
her autobiography, she said. L founo
the grandchildren we're 50 interested
in stories which began, When I was
girl" she said.
At the suggestion of her secretary
she started putting these stories dowr
Evening star., 1937-12-09
STORES TO BE OPEN

Sale of Liquor Permitted on
Christmas and New Year.
Liquor stores will be permitted to
remain open for business on both
Christmas and New Year Days,
George w. Offutt, chairman Of the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board,
said today.
There is no legal bar to sales on
these holidays, it was explained.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
BAND. CONCERTS

BY the Soldiers Home Band Or
chestra today in Stanley Hall at $40
pm. John s. M. Zimmerman, band
master; Anton Pointner, assistant.
BY the Army Band today at the
Army Band auditorium at 4:30 pm.
Capt. Thomas F. Darcy conducting,
.AArl Hubner assistant leader. =
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Job of Placing
1000 NO-Parking
Signs Is Begun

The District Sign Shop today be-
gan the task of placing 1000 signs
prohibiting parking between 2 am.
and am. on principal streets and
avenues to facilitate snow removal
during the winter months.
Although the regulation, made
binding by recent decision of the
Court Of Appeals, does not go into
effect until next Wednesday, it will
take several days to install the signs
on the approximately so miles of Dis
trict streets affected, Trafic Director
William A. Van Duzer said.
The appellate court several weeks
ago handed down a decision giving
the District Commissioners broad
powers to regulate parking. Previously
the snow-removal regulation had been
held invalid in Police Court.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Citizens Meet Tomorrow.

The regular December meeting of
the Pleasant Plains Citizens Associa-
ton will be held tomorrow at 8 pm.
in the Monroe School. The Junior
League meeting will be z 80 pm.
Evening star., 1937-12-09
Speaker Gives 500.

In opening q church bazaar in Sta
veiey, England. w. l.. Stephenson gave
an address, then donated 800 ito
make up for time spent IN speech
making" \.
Evening star., 1937-12-09

Cyclists in Berlin.
Over $4,000 cyclists ride through
Berlin's streets every week day and
$4,000 on Sundays and holidays.