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The Washington times., 1937-06-25
He'll CIown Here

For Senior AloySluS TecumSeh
Schacht has made the grand
gesture, my friends, and I think
you should know about it.
Since the all-Star game is for
the benefit of the Association of
Professional Ball Players of Amer
lea, a right honorable institution
dedicated to the INDECENT of the
game. Senior Schacht, otherwise
known as Big Chief Al, is Offer
ing his Glowing to help entertain
the crowd.
He wishes to do this for a cause
which he feels is sterling. For
all he knows he may need a cup of
coffee some day himself. We never
can tell about these things, you
know.
Now as to M'sieu La Page, hope
I can make you feel how highly
he stands in the esteem of base
ball people-playerS, owners, yes
and writer's.
He is making this trip to Wash
The Washington times., 1937-06-25

EGames behind leader.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
st. Louis, 10; Brooklyn, 8.
Cincinnati, 6; Philadelphia, 4.
Boston, o; Pittsburgh, 6.
Chicago, 10; New York. 5.
TODAY'S GAMES
New York at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Boston at Cincinnati.
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
Starts Them off

From 1892 to 1920 he organized
and promoted at least IS pro-
vincial and interprovincial leagues
in Eastern Canada, to say nothing
of couple of international border
leagues.
Between times he exerted him
self in establishing both harness
racing and hockey in Canada and
the United States, and was one of
the founders of the National pro
fessionaD Hockey League.
His keen knowledge of baseball,
his expert appraiSals of players in
the bushes Of America and Can
ada. have made his counsel in de
mand wherever ball club owners
and players get together.
Seen any young ball play
ers who look like they might
make the majors" is the leading
question whenever a big league
executive crosses the path of
M'sieu Joseph La Page, who isn't
Continued on Page 80, Col. y
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
At Long Last

SOO4S
At Long Last
Having achieved the discerning
age of 10, and otherwise reaching
the retirement age observed by the
Canadian Pacific Railroad, whose
sports director he has been for is
years after going through all the
freight, baggage and passenger
posts the company afforded. M.
La Pages visit to Washington July
z will be the only personally con-
Quoted jaunt he has ever known
he's coming on his own, this time
despite the fact he hasn't missed
a World Series, major or minor
league winter meeting or an all
star game since any of them were
invented.
He comes by this close associa-
ton with the game quite naturally,
for as a slender youth he made his
first money playing minor league
baseball in the American Associa-
ton, the Western Association, the
New England League and the
Canadian circuits.
The Washington times., 1937-06-25

One is N 'sieU Joseph La
Page, Montreal's man about
town, and the other is Senior
Al Schacht, court jester to
baseball, one-time pitcher and
third base coach for the dear,
dear Griffmen.
M'sieu La Page will be Wash
ington bound purely on pleasure.
whereas Senior Schacht who styles
himself in the Far West as an
Indian Jew, will be here some
what altruistically-and therefore,
none the less welcome 1 am sure.
He'll TIoDn Here
The Washington times., 1937-06-25

fngton as a sort Of anniversary,
but let US hope not a farewell
The Washington times., 1937-06-25
Win Next Point

The youngsters won the nine
tenth game Of the set and allowed
their opponents only one point.
When Heffner and johnson took
the twentieth game, the gallery.
composed for the most part Of
juniors, went wild with enthuS-
iasm.
This enthusiasm waned, how
Continued on Page 80, Col 81
Evening star., 1937-06-01
Congressional Hog Calling.

AS diversion from the strenuous
duties of the congressional session, Rep
resentatives Wearin of Iowa and Mouton
OF Louisiana have signed up" for a
hog calling contest, to be conducted
soon on the front steps of the Capitol.
No details OF the competition have been
arranged, but it is understood that each
Of the competitors will call his imaginary
hogs in the language Of his own locale.
Representative Wearin will emit the
comp ling word "Sooie," which is the
porcine summons of the Hawkeye
State, while Representative Mouton will
enunciate the phrase, "Eh, la bas,"
which countless generations of Creole
State porkers have learned to recognize
as their own particular command to
report for nightly shelter.
There will be no hogs of either the
Iowa or the Louisiana variety to test
the range of these competing voices.
1t is not yet announced by what means
the distances at which the calls may
be heard will be measured. Perhaps
Evening star., 1937-06-01

horned dinosaurs of the period repre-
sented high specialization of race
on its way to oblivion.
New dinosaur beds, Mr. Gilmore SAYS,
have become very rare finds Only
under exceptional circumstances-such
as being mired in quicksand or caught
by the lava showers of volcanic erup-
tion-was it at all likely that these
animals would be preserved as fossils.
and possible dinosaur territory all over
the earth has been carefully combed for
remains.
II time permits. Mr.. Gilmore may ex-
plore other cretaceous beds in Southern
Utah which might contain fossils of the
ancient reptiles, although no actual finds
have been reported there. He also NAV
make some diggings in rock beds of
Triassic age. approximately 100000
years DID, nearer the Petrif1ed Forest in
Arizona, in search OF fossil remains of
phytosaurs. This is the classic area for
these reptiles. They were great croco-
dlle-like creatures with armored backs
and with heads five or six feet long.
The phytosaurs stand close to the be-
ginning Of the age of dinosaurs, which
was destined to continue for about
100000 years before more adaptable
creatures replaced these very small
Drained animals as masters of the
planet. They appear as "crocodiles."
Their closest survivors are more plastic
animals OF the same general body form
Evening star., 1937-06-01
Fear of War.

There was something bitterly sardonic
IN the fact that news of the lombard
ment of defenceless Almeria came during
the day when America was engaged in
solemn commemoration of the heroic
dead of other wars. People read the
reports from the capitals of Europe with
horror at their import. Those old enough
to remember the events of 1914 felt again
the fear and dread which disturbed
the Spring and early Summer of that
year. History repeated, in effect; and,
because of abundant experience, the gen.
eral reaction was one of protest against it.
Have the nations learned nothing from
their losses? To answer in the affirma-
tive would be to confess a bankruptcy
of human intelligence. The fact, rather,
appears to be that it is governments, sys-
TENS OF authority, which are to blame for
current conditions of conflict. Millions
of men and women have been educated
to distrust an appeal to arms. They
simply do not believe that any issue can
be decided equitably or justly on a field
of battle. Momentary victory, ephemeral
triumph, certainly may be won. Yet
nothing actually is settled the elemental
problems remain unsolved-commonly
more complicated than ever.
But the folk point Of view is not re-
fected in the chancellories and military
bureaus. Possession of power promotes
a psychology of belligerency, sometimes
polite, but more frequently provocative
Both Hitler and Mussolini were born in
the working class, both as young revo-
lutionaries felt the weight of arbitrary
authority, both are acquainted with the
cost Of war in blood and tears Yet
each rattles the sword The spectacle
would be laughable, if it were not so
tragic.
Meanwhile, the future seems dark
Hope for peace it is Indicated depends
upon the pressure of the masses upon
their leaders. The duty of resistance to
another holocaust surely is plain enough.
But will the populations of such coun-
tries as Germany and Italy, France and
Russia meet the challenge before it is
too late? They have been cowed, forced
into submission, mistaught, misdirected
so long Perhaps they will follow their
dictators down to disaster like sheep.
Such was their fate a score of years
ago. The danger of repetition is acute.
Evening star., 1937-06-01

sensitive microphones will be set up at
intervals along East Capitol street to
record the vibrations. It is to be noted
that as the plans now stand the voices
will be directed toward the east Per-
haps better method would be to have
the voices thrown from the west front
toward the White House, with the
award going to the Representative who
could make himself heard there. A
congressional voice that reaches the
presidential ear may conceivably become
political asset of value, especially in the
matter of potential pork.
Demonstration of which has the
louder voice will not necessarily add to
the congressional efficiency of the VIM
ner. Time was when the legislator who
could make the most noise received the
most attention from the presiding officer.
But things are different now. The
privilege of the floor does not assuredly
go to the one who can catch the
Speakers ear. Nor even, indeed, the
one who can catch the Speakers eye.
Matters Of recognition by the chair are
differently arranged. The privilege of
the floor is not granted to the possessor
OF the strongest lungs. A whispered
word at the psychological moment is
more eff1cacious than the most penetrat-
ing call from the floor.
One of the competitors, when asked
if he and his opponent would aim their
shouts at anything in particular, an
swered: We'll just call and see what
comes" That is in accordance with
the present congressional psychology.
There is great deal of calling, but not
much coming in these days.
Evening star., 1937-06-01
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

New features in the biggest Of the
stars-the yellow-red Betelgeuse in the
constellation of Orion-Were reported
today by DR.. Walter S. Adams, director
of the Mount Wilson Observatory OF the
Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Working with powerful spectrograph
attached to the Mount Wilson lo0-inch
telescope Dr. Adams found that many
Of the dark lines in the Betelgeuse spec
trum were double, divided in the middle
by narrow. bright lines.
The dark lines in a spectrum are
caused by the absorption of light of GER
tain wave lengths by the medium
through which it passes. Analysis of
this doubling phenomenon proved that
1t could occur only when the number of
atoms along the path traversed by
stars light is very great In most stars
the conditions are quite unfavorable for
such an effect and its widespread ap-
pearance in Betelgeuse indicates that
much Of the light must come from
great depth within the star.
This conclusion. Dr. Adams said har-
monies with the we'll ablished fact
that the density of the giant stars is
only about a thousanlth part that of
air The diameter of Betelgeuse, found
by other means, is approximately $780,
100000 miles.
DR.. Adams also found that many Of
the lines are shifted from their normal
positions in the spectrum or show other
peculiarities, in agreement with the tur-
bulent conditions to be expected within
the enormously thick atmospheres of
these stars.
The spectrum of a star showing a
dozen lines Of iron which never have
been seen on earth was another astro-
nomical discovery reported by DR.. Paul
w. Merrill of the Mount Wilson OBJ
servatory These forbidden lines" ap-
pear in spectra of r Hydrae. a typical
variable star of the long period class.
whose cycle of light changes covers AIS
days
The positions Of the lines in the
spectrum were calculated on the basis
of the structure of the iron atom and
are accepted with complete assurance.
Suppose" said DR.. Merrill, you dis
cover lying in the street a pile of small
boards of odd shapes. Taking them
into nearby house you find that every
one fits snugly into hole in the floor
and that no holes are left over. You
would conclude that you knew where
the boards came from"
r X \
A newly discovered 100 900, ,000-year-
old horned dinosaur pasture in the
Rocky Mountains will be explored this
Summer by DR.. Charles w. Gilmore,
Smithsonian Institution paleontologist.
Scattered remains of these strange mon
sters were found last year by Govern
ment biologists in beds of rock 1000 to
5000 feet thick in Central Utah. These
rock strata were laid down in the Upper
Cretaceous period, approximately lo0,-
100000 years ago. This was the period
which just preceded the Eocene. or
dawn" age, when mammals, birds, flow
ering plants and relatively modern types
of reptiles and fishes became the domi-
nant forms of life on earth.
The Upper Cretaceous, represented in
the Utah beds, was the time when the
great dinosaurs were making their last
stand against extinction. They were
gone by the start of the Eocene. The
Evening star., 1937-06-01
Norman Prince.

Probably it is true that Norman
Prince is not remembered by "the man
in the street" He died in 1916 one of
the first Americans to give his life that
democracy and constitutional freedom
might survive in the world His fame, of
course, burned bright in the days when
his country was joining in the struggle.
Then, gradually, as might have been
expected, it faded. After more than two
decades, it perhaps would be altogether
extinguished-except for a fact which,
providentially, insures its immortality
forever.
The f1ier's parents loved their son. In
tribute to him they gave the beautiful
Chapel of St. John at Washington
Cathedral where now his remains are
to rest. The Chapter set the sanctuary
aside for the sacred use of the Army,
the Navy and the Marine Corps. In the
Autumn, when General John j. Pershing
returns from France it will be dedicated
with solemn ceremony.
Meanwhile, the cause for which Nor
man Prince sacrificed everything save
honor does not perish. Dictators, of
course, may flourish; tyrant systems may
arise. Yet the longing of the race for
liberty-for self-respecting self govern
ment-survives thousand deaths. In
deed, 1t may be wondered If there IL
anything in human experience more
convincing, more marvellous In char.
Evening star., 1937-06-01

Enduring memorials to the name and
fame of c. e. Weigel, Swedish physician
and botanist, have just finished bloom
ing in hundreds of thousands Of Amer
ican yards.
This has been fine Spring for speci-
mems OF shrubs in the genus Weigela,
whose pronunciation has caused so much
confusion.
Just as sure as one home gardener
dares to pronounce it as Wi-gee-la, with
the accent on the second syllable, his
friend says it is written Wi-gel-a, with
the accent on the first syllable. CThe
q" is "eyeD
Either is correct, with the first given
above favored by most authorities.
This shrub has several forms, blooming
at different times. The favorite pink
one, with the long sprays of blossoms,
has just completed its Towering.
The sprays of blossoms were unusually
deep pink this season. and, for wonder,
heavy rains did not ruin them, as is so
often the case.
The man after whom the genus is
named lived between 1748 to 1881, be-
longing to a long list of distinguished
men of that period whose names are re-
membered today by thousands who know
it not in the saying.
1t is almost thrilling to think that,
in naming plants in our yards, we often
use the names Of men of the past.
Famous fellows, these, interested in the
plant life OF the planet, often sending
to far ends OF the earth for specimens
they desired, or bringing them back from
their travels.
Plant naming, according to modern
Standards had just begun
There was great intellectual stir in
the air. America was still a New World
in the l700s. Ut had not got soiled YETI
1t was all fresh and clean, overrun with
scores OF new plants. birds, animals
The collection and drawing of these,
and their naming, occupied many years
with those who were in on the ground
floor as it were, naturally getting the
lions share Of the honors.
The immortality Of the scientific names
of flora and fauna of the world is an
undoubted one to any person who has
made even the most rudimentary study
of nomenclature.
1t is real honor and a genuine i'm
mortality, this of the plant name which
the genus, or first name, or the species,
or second name.
This study is fascinating one for the
person SO minded. He will come to
realize that in uttering the names of
many things vastly familiar he has been
naming some human whose achieve
ments are thus caught up and crystallized
for the knowing.
AS in those esoteric doctrines which
have one manner of speaking for the
initiate, and quite another for the out
lander, so plant and animal names, &C
cordlng 20 scientific usage, may mean a
great deal or strictly nothing, according
to what one knows
X
Two of the grandest Of all climbing
roses now grace Washington and nearby
suburban gardens with their beauty.
We refer to Pauls Scarlet, magnificent
rose whose bright glow almost ap-
proaches that of neon light, and to the
Evening star., 1937-06-01
Yellow Fever Germ Is
Not Conquered Yet
Prom the Ann Arbor News.


Until recently. most well-informed
Americans supposed that medical science
had finally conquered yellow fever Be-
ginning with Gorgas, Reed and their
confreres in Havana, science had shown
that the disease was transmitted solely
by one particular species of mosquito,
called aeges aegypti; as this obnoxious
pest was brought under control, yellow
fever was sure to vanish.
The annual report of the Rockefeller
Foundation, however, reveals that the
picture is not so rosy. For it has been
discovered that yellow fever can and
does occur in regions where aedes aegypti
has never appeared. Vast areas of South
American jungle are centers of the dis
ease. and some entirely new villain must
be sought.
There are no brighter chapters in all
medical history than those which tell
of its fight with yellow fever. 1t may
be discouraging to learn that the fight
has not yet been won, but has merely
entered new phase. And yet, in view
Of past performances, who can doubt
that medical science will find the brains,
the courage and the stick-to- -itiveness to
carry on until the victory is final?
Evening star., 1937-06-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

DR.. Van Fleet, perhaps the loveliest of
all climbers.
These are the common names. The
second is peculiarly we'll known to Wash
ingtonians, since DR.. Walter Van Fleet
was at the Department OF Agriculture,
from which he sent forth year after
year the glorious fleet Of his hybridizing
creations.
Owing to the vivid difference between
glowing scarlet of the one and the pale
f1esh-colored pink and white of the Sec
ond 1t Is immensely difficult to decide
which is the better
After many years spent in viewing these
two favorites, we unhesitatingly, although
with some regret, place the Van Fleet
first
1t is a magnificent achievement, both
in leaf and flower Sturdy beyond most
climbers its glossy leaves so fresh and
while its delicate but immense blossoms
yield In sheer beauty to no other rose,
we think
There are hundreds Of roses, particu-
larly among the hybrid perpetuals, which
are rose beauty incarnate, but it is doubt
full whether any of them can be said
to be really any more beautiful than the
Van Fleet flower.
1t is here as with all flowers; who can
say there is grander gladiolus variety
than Picardy?
Surely there will never be better
peony than LIE Cygne, when grown prop
erly
How is it possible to think of q more
magnificent song than Der Erlkonig"?
No doubt If by some magic we were
able to walk through the old herbalist
Gerard's garden we would find many of
his flowers puny and unattractive, in
comparison with species known today.
This is progress in plants, but 1t took
several centuries to do it.
In ones own day and generation there
probably will not be so much difference
although it must be admitted that some
marvellous things have been done with
day lilies, gladioli, iris, peonies, lilacs,
indeed the list is long and glorious, a
tribute to the mind of man, working along
lines laid down by the Creator
What we mean, however, is that a
gardener who has had the old SchWaben
in bloom will possess much of the real
beauty Of modern day gladoli, or glad
ioluses, as one prefers. We like the latter.
He or she whose borders contain that
magnificent old peony, the Festiva
maxima, need not apologize to any one
who presents later variety.
Happy gardening is to be satisfied with
the wonderful old things, in the main,
but to mix with them few Of the newer
sorts
Old forms, multiplied by the millions,
are cheap, but just as wonderful as ever
Recently we saw a huge bouquet of
old-fashioned purple lilacs which it
would have been difficult to match with
the most gorgeous Of the newer French
hybrids.
Make the garden mostly of time tried
and tested Older varieties 1t will be
cheap and highly satisfactory from
every standpoint. Mix in few of the
more costly new varieties.
This is a common sense way for the
average amateur to garden.
Evening star., 1937-06-01
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
Bigger and Worse Mosouitoe,

Bigger and Worse Mosquitoes.
Evolution surely brings
Very many wondrous things.
And of late it has been seen
Mixing insect with machine.
Once upon some swampy ground
Small mosquitoes would abound.
Now the grounds an airfeld small.
Where great monsters soar or crawl.
Though mosquitoes once would bring
Slight annoyance with a sting,
Their successors huge and rash
Threaten with a total crash.
Like a monster insect still
Each comes buzzine with a will
We stand by and say "Alack!
Give US our mosquitoes back"
Evening star., 1937-06-01

acter, than the capacity OF the soul to
dream and to fight itself free of chains.
Are there Americans discouraged by
changing conditions? If SO, let them
take heart again from the story of
Norman Prince. He crashed, he perished
he was forgotten. But there was no end
for him, no final defeat. His ashes come
enshrined in glorious church. He is
close to God, and all is well. 1t is for
those who choose q different, less
brave, less noble course that pity should
be expressed
Evening star., 1937-06-01

A hog calling contest between two
members of the House of Representa-
tives will be staged on the Capitol steps,
instead Of in the legislative chamber
It is already demonstrated that each
of the competitors can call "Mr. Speaker"
loud enough to catch the ear of the pre-
siding officer, even if that legislative
potentate may not officially hear him.
Evening star., 1937-06-01
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Evening star., 1937-06-01

Threatened with the loss of it's chief
industry, "waitless weddings under a
newly enacted State law requiring forty
eight hours notice, Elkton, Md, has
tried short cut to repeal, which would
be grant of grace to the American
Gretna Green. The move was started
by the consolidated cab drivers who, for
such a comparatively small town, have
demonstrated an exceptional political
aptitude.