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Fighting Newspapers
OF Old Days Recalled.


The press and its freedom have been
much discussed since the presidential
election of 1886. Especially by the press
chiefs themselves and by Mr.. Secretary
Ickes, so we have read AS far as the
man in the street is concerned, there
doesn't seem to be any particular excite
ment He reads The Star or some
other paper. Sometimes he agrees; at
other times he disagrees. Once in a
while, like in 1886, he registers his dis
sent at the polls. But he does not be-
come vindictively riled. He doesn't go
out and shoot editors. 1t was not always
thus.
In 1903 Alexander Contee Hanson
d786-1819) grandson of John Hanson,
President of the Congress of the Con-
federacy,' 1880, started in Baltimore a
fighting newspaper, the Hamiltonian,
Federal Republican. The sheet was dead
set against President Madison. But
Baltimore was just as rabidly for him,
being Observation-Disclosures" Qater
Democratic) in sentiment.
Came, in 1872, the Charles street
riots" A mob descended on the news
paper Office which had been converted
into "veritable arsenal The valiant
newspapermen defended the boss prop
erty and also their jobs with gun and
pistol. Then the highbinders, not caring
durn for the militia, brought up
cannon. This caused the defenders to
surrender on the promise of safe conduct.
They were safely conducted into the Jail.
Led by roughneck butcher and a
French tailor, the populace broke into
the jail.
Now, we are sorry to say it, but on this
occasion our good neighbors the high
toned Baltimoreans, proved themselves
no better than Hun barbarians. We
read "The offending Federalists were
clubbed into insensibility and hurled out
upon the jail steps. There the attack
was continued with penknives, lucifer
matches and hot candle grease poured
upon the eyelids. Hanson himself was
beaten unconscious, Gen. James M.
Linzan was killed and Gen. Henry Lee
C"Light Horse Harry) received injuries
from which he never fully recovered.
The rioters were exonerated." Hanson
escaped, became Q813) Representative
and later United States Senator by ap-
pointment. Died ds1O at the early age
Of %. FRED VETTER.
November Is.
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gains in one line have been Offset
by losses in others,

gains in one line have been Offset
by losses In others.
Careful wording of the acts estab-
fishing ports of entry" have avoided
violating the letter of the Constitu-
ton. But in spirit many OF them
have gone back to the days of the
Articles of Confederation.
The chaotic, debt-haunted years
which preceded the adoption of the
Constitution were to be blamed
partly on the tariff and immigra-
tion walls which were erected at
State boundaries. Business was at
standstill because each Common
wealth, under the guise of upholding
It's sovereignty, was taking what
superficially appeared to be the
easiest way of meeting expenses. It
was this which brought about the
insertion in the Constitution of the
clause: mo State shall, without the
consent of Congress, lay any i'm
posts or duties on imports or exports
except what may be absolutely
necessary for executing its inspec-
ton laws"
The inspection excuse is the one
most widely used, and while it is
legitimate in many cases, the great
variations in costs and methods
arouse grave doubts as to it's validity
in some States.
Because the rights of the States
are so basically involved, the method
followed by Mr.. Hopkins is one which
should obtain results. If co-opera-
ton proves impossible, definite Fed
eral action should follow, for this
problem has become a matter of
national concern.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Expects Dizzy Deal
To Reel Through Campaign.

November %.

To the Editor of The Star:
It is still the same Dizzy Deal It has
perhaps break in disguise this synthetic
Thanksgiving Day-hit on no new plans
for saving the underprivileged, elevating
the downtrodden, rehiring the common
man.
Federal bureaucracy has been in
creased-not cut, per discarded pledges
Is per cent and upward. Emphasis on
the upward" All available office space
on scale never before known in war or
peace, has been engaged to appease this
appetite.
The Government triangle having been
exhausted, new stone monuments to
bureaucratic futility are steadily being
added to house the functions of the New
Deal. Said functions being mainly the
annihilation Of tax revenues and new
deficits resulting from the endless spree
of expansion.
The reorganization plan. failure to
pass which was first used as an alibi for
neglect to improve such conditions and
cut expenses, has proved futile.
So now this year, according to sched-
ule but more in line with reason, the
hope is expressed that the deficit may
be trimmed" one billion dollars. This
sop put forth by our rulers has one
merit. It's honest. And to that extent
marks an advance in the morality Of
the New Deal.
Europe has its war. America has its
peace which, under deal that becomes
dizzier as 1t grows older, accumulates
horrors Of its own. Write your own odds
on the chances Of economies and gov
ernmental reforms that will be effected
during election yearl
WALTER BAHNsEN.
NovAynhAr n
Evening star., 1939-11-27
A MISGUIDED Effort

William Green, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, bids
fair to accomplish more harm than
good for the cause he represents by
his current efforts to place all
union activities beyond the scope OF
the antitrust laws.
In letter to Attorney General
Murphy, the A. F. of L. leader con-
tends that jurisdictional strikes
for which several labor officials are
now being prosecuted-are legal, and
expresses the further belief that, in
any event, a labor union cannot be
convicted under the antitrust laws
for any offense.
This extraordinary plea for favored
treatment is singularly ill-timed.
In the first place, Mr.. Green is
guilty of an indiscretion in seek
ing a political adjudication of his
case at time when the same issue
is before the Supreme Court for de-
cision. Nor has he chosen an op-
perfume occasion to defend the
legality of jurisdictional strikes.
These inter-union quarrels have
hampered industrial activity in va
rious fields for many years and not
until recent months has the A. F..
Of L. shown any evidence of real
determination to clean its own
house in this respect. At the very
least, Mr. Green's defense of the
legality of the jurisdictional strike
will be viewed with suspicion, and
1t is to be hoped that the admins
tration will place no obstacle in
the path of Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral Arnold's effort to stamp out
this indefensible practice.
Mr.. Green, in his letter to the
Attorney General, says: 1T seems
inconceivable to me that an ad-
ministration notable for its friendli-
ness to labor should adopt retro
Evening star., 1939-11-27
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace,peu,

animal, except man, perhaps, which
would have such an idea.
Man, in his jump-jump songs-the
latest is "The Jumpin' Jive"-approach-
es the subject in exactly the same way.
Dogs have humor, so have cats.
Indeed, it is tossup which creature
gets more fun out of life.
Tadpoles in the home aquarium are
likely to prove very disconcerting to the
keeper.
Unless there is lid over the tank, by
the time the tadpole turns into frog
the aquarium will be minus one crea-
ture.
That creature-the newly developed
frog-will be hopping around either be-
meath the sofa or the big easy chair.
Now a newly developed frog is not
very easy to see on rug.
The keeper of the aquarium always
thereafter has the uneasy feeling that
he may be stepping on something.
He has a few terrible seconds when,
coming into the room in the dark, he
happens to feel something soft under
foot.
He Is vastly relieved to find that It
is a dropped handkerchief, not Taddy.
which, OF course, isn't a tadpole any
longer.
The weather fish, mentioned by our
correspondent, is one of the most inter-
esting aquarium inmates.
1t Is eel-like in appearance, with
"whiskers" and dorsal, or top fin, thus
having the appearance of both regular
fish and eel
Persons not used to watching aquarium
inmates sometimes find it repulsive in
appearance, but mostly this is only a
temporary feeling. After one has
watched the strange animal for a time.
one sees only its interesting side.
surely 1t is an odd one, with queer
habits, two of which are its manner of
eating and its trick of burying itself in
the sand with only it's head sticking out.
1t is usually between and inches
long, and about as large around as a
cigarette. Six years is its usual life.
Feeding from the surface, the weather
hsh, or loach, simply opens its mouth
and pushes its head along, consuming
food with all the abandon of a good
vacuum cleaner taking in dust.
Nothing is more unusual in any aouar
ium than the sight of the weather fish
buried in the sand, its bright eyes pro-
truding, and sometimes just the tip of
its tail few inches away.
1t gets its popular name from the an
cient idea that before a thunderstorm
1t becomes remarkably animated. OBJ
servance of it in the home aquarium
seldom reveals any such action. A fall
ing barometer, lessening the air pres
sure, keeps oxygen from being forced in
through the surface film" and this in
turn might make the loach come to
the top more frequently for "air."
Evening star., 1939-11-27

gressive policy advocated hitherto
only by the most extreme reactionary
enemies Of labor"
The implication of that state
ment is without merit. It is not
this administration, nor is it the
"reactionaries" who are the real
enemies of labor. On the contrary,
all the evidence-and it is per-
suasive in the aggregate-points to
the conclusion that labor is its own
worst enemy.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Describes Honey"
Thanksgiving Dinner.
November %.

TO the Ed1tor OF INT 6tkt:
It seems to be the consensus that
family life is on the wane. AS an ex-
ample of an increase of home making
among single young women, refer to
the recent Thanksgiving spent by the
writer in a beautiful new home in a
choice section of the District.
The house is different from most OF
the models shown. It is a modified
Cape Cod, planned by the owner, a
piano teacher in the Cathedral School
for Girls.
Since 1t Is . studio-home 1t has a
long wood-paneled music room stained
IA soft. driftwood gray with it, CHEEKY
fireplace, which % the center around
Evening star., 1939-11-27

The average smoking life of a
cigarette, according to tests, is a
fraction more than ten minutes. OF
course, this means when one is
smoking his own; any host will
testify that this figure is open to
revision at a party.
Evening star., 1939-11-27

Our Nations Capital now has a
school for mattresses. The equiva-
lent Of making Phi Beta Kappa in
this curriculum will be a thorough
grasp of the fact that when man
orders coffee with his meal he means
coffee with his meal
Evening star., 1939-11-27

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tne use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1939-11-27
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Stay out, Americans"
johnson spoke as a check of
house sentiment indicated a meas
ure of support for claims Of the
leadership that a margin of Is to
20 votes now exists for passage
of the administration neutrality
bill.
johnson, who with Sen. William
E. Borah, r., Ida, his partner in
the League of Nations fight, is
leading the opposition to arms en-
barge repeal, said senators who
argue that Adolf Hitler will con-
quer Europe and then turn to the
United States are guilty Of AN
idiotic assumption"
IF we were not afflicted with
war psychology we would not
listen to this reason for repeal of
The arms embargo for one-quarter
Of a second" he said.
Hitler will never conquer
Europe. 1t has never been done
by anyone yet. The closest APP
proach to any was by Napoleon,
and to compare Hitler to Napoleon
is absurd.
Again, England in the play of
CONTINUED on Page 20. Column 81
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French Expose
Russ Demands

PARlH--Fr~nch sources said
Soviet Russia had dsmnnde1
that Turkey psruit Rcd army
|ftfoops and planes Ia b. r)acsd
in Thraee tGreecaD end Turkey.
In order 10 enforcr closing u
the Dsrdanelle strata 10 allied
warships. Turkeys refusal was
described ~ the cause OF coli
lapse OF the Russian-Turkish
treaty negotiations. french
sources view the Soviet demands
N = designed -psHeiy To aid the
German position In the war.
II was also forecast In French
sources that the signing Of the
new Turkish British French
pact would Immediately stiffen
Rumanian resistance to pressure
from Germany for delivery Of
Rumanisn oil and To Russia's
efforts to spread the Soviet
zone of influence into the
Balkans.
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TELL Of TERROR
AS'SUb' IS SUNK

LONDON - The captured crew
Of a sunken German submarine
described the terror Of being
tracked cosn by a British sub
marine patrol today.
Their story was made public by
the admiralty. which said they in
cluded young men and old and
bearded men. Some were self
possessed" others obviously
shaken.
British destroyers were on an
independent search of northern
waters" when they learned a u
boat had been seen to the south.
After several hours, they reached
the position. Guns were manned.
depth charges were prepared,
extra lookouts were assigned to
posts.
While this was going on, the
Germans submerged. Then they
heard the thud OF depth charges
coming closer and closer.
The first bombs damaged the
submarine and made 1t leak. For
a moment there was silence. Then
the propeller sounds receded. Ths
Germans were relieved.
Soon. however, the propel-
Tors grew louder and depth
charges exploded 'frightfuIly
close" The U-boat's lights
went out, instrument indica-
tors fluttered, water poured
into stern through the pipes
and rivet holes Of the buIkhead
which had been damaged.
"She developed . heavy
list" they said. "More water
started up the interior through
the damaged coming tower.
The compressed air was leak
ing. Finally, there was only
enough pressure left TO blow
the tanks and come TO the sur
face"
Surrender was the only way to
save their lives. They were taken
aboard the destroyers a few mo-
ments before the submarines bow
jerked suddenly upright and the
craft plunged to the bottom.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-21
WOUND BANDIT
IN SCn00LYARD

AUSTIN Tex.A hank robbsr
and highway pstroImsn fought :
gun battle on 4 public school yard
Friday that endangered the lives
Of school children. and ended II
the wounding Of the bandit and
Capt. George schsuer Of The
patrol.
The bandit. Identified by police
a. Howard Tatum, was wounded
In the foot after h smptied twe
pistols at officers, who were forced
10 fire from = difficult sngls 70
avoid hitting children.
Schauer was wounded In the leg
before Tatum threw up his hands.
The bandit Thursday robbed
Blanco. Tex. National hank. Ta-
tum early Friday disarmsd q
police officer at Dripping Springs,
Tex. and escaped In the officsr's'
ear.
Tatum ran from ths car after
officers cornered him here and
lodged behind tree In the school
yard. He began firing from there.
Officers found $1.060 stuffed In
various pockets Of the bandits
The bank reported
loss Of $1.167.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-21

sEATTLE--Tirst degree MUIR
der charges were filed Friday
against 2i-year>old. .iohn y. wun-
dsrs, who killed his baby daughter
because he believed himself too
poor TO rear her properly.
Mrs. wundsrs. shaken by the
death and nearly Frustrated by her
husbands confession. was released
from custody late Thursday,
In his statement. the machinist
said he couldn't give the kid IL
breaks" on his salary Of 500 .
month.
His wtfc, IsObello, sold So
bsiisvod Johnny thought ~
was doing the hight thing
and would stick BY him.
The couple had BEEN marrssd
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-21
STATE GENERAL FUND
IS DEEPER IN RED

OLYMPIA The state general
fund dropped slightly farther In
the red this week. falling from
4.645, $40 to S4,707 ,4S0. state
Treasurer Phil H. Gallagher re-
ported today.
The total cash surplus In AL
funds rose. however. from $s,Se2.-
s45 to S9,836,790.
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tive. the mere entrance Of U-boat
into the northern naval base would
have been a blow to British pride.
Some experts, after the
sinking Of the British aircraft
carrier Courageous and the
ROYAL Oak-sinkings SO rapid
that I,4O0 men in all were I'M
able to escape-wondered III
the Germans had succeeded in
evolving what naval authon-
ties of all sea powers long
have sought, a torpedo which
leaves no tell-tae wake OF
air bubbles. ...
Naval experts suggested tha'
the Royal Oaks protective biisters
added long after the vessel hao
been first commissioned, were moi
"a sound as similar bulges In.
cornorated into newer vessels.
More modern battleships, more
over. have many separate water
tight compartments, intended &c
keep a warship afloat even II its
outer protective armor is pierced
The Royal Oak had no such COM
partments. ..o
But the new type of torpedo
suggested in some quarters
might prove disastrous against
even the most modern battle
ship, it was said.
Such a torpedo would have grea'
striking power, sufficient to pierce
the primary plating of a warsnai
at point where the armor wa
not heavy, and would be designed
to detonate two or three secohu'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-21

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her noves-year-ol1 danGnoov r
front = ~ estranCo1 hu11or Il
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The womnaa Mn ~ Dpvpoun -
parsntly waital ~ ~ 1nn0n16k
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their automohils. tRsn shol -
through IL hea6 With : - oaf1Hnr
revolver. ~ thsn ts1rns1 ~ -
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give ~ notfve ~ ~ -
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said. II - IN ~ nv a1puk
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and I would hays talusn enes e. ~
girl It's : shana epd ! mn'1
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A nots IAN ~ ~ woman -
the husband was inoohesont r
spots. but sempiaine1 * 49,
cutfon-
i've thought 4 ever r1cn1e
III n0ts sa1d, ~and pnt - ~
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Italy Concerned
Treaty Angers
German Press

BERLIN-Adolf Hitler was
reported today TO have called
the Maxi ambassadors to Italy,
Turkey and Soviet Russia to
Berlin for conferences on Ger
many's nsxt maneuver, In the
light of Turkeys eunneutrap
action in signing q mutual aid
pact with the allied powers.
The press angrily, but with
out special emphasis, denounced
Turkeys mistake" az aiding
the desire of Britain and France
to spread the war. Nazis de-
clined to admit the new treaty
was a diplomatic defeat for
Germany.
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STAY OUT IS
J0HNSON'S PLEA

WESTINGHOUSE. Hiram w.
Johnson, r.. Calf, white-haired
veteran of the successful fight
against this country's participa-
ton in the League Of Nations. told
the senate Friday that repeal Of
the existing arms embargo would
place us in the shadow, walking
down the bloody path of war"
I'VE gamble with fate IL we en-
ter another war" johnson shouted
as the senate neared the end of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-21
Indian Predicts
A Tough Winter
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK.

YOSEMITE NAIlONAL fAhh,
Cal = Chief Lemme Of the Yo-
semitic Indians has undertaken to
save the u. s. weather bureau a
lot of trouble by predicting all at
once that there will be an early
fall this year and a heavy winter.
He bases his prediction ON the yell
lowjackets. of which there are
many; on the field mice Of which
there are lots. and on the SPUR
rsls Of which there are more.
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III 7

wASHINGTON--American
annexation Of Canada - or
shift Of the seat of the British
Empire from London to Otta-
wa--has become more than q
finely spun academic question
aimee Charles A. Lindbergh's
speech. There is considerable
sympathy here for his sugges-
ton that the United States
should not defend any section
of the western hemisphere
which engages in q world war
without our advice or consent,
as Canada has done.
The British were burned up by
the aviator's proposal. They re-
torted Immediately with the an
nouncement that they intend to
invest billions In Canada to make
II an arsenal Of war supplies and.
Of course, this country's chief In
dustrial competitor at the termi-
nation Of the conflict. That pro-
nouncement fooled nobody around
the White House or the state de-
partment.
One year ago - and Secretary
Hull has all the details In his files
England set out TO build war
factories In Canada, but the first
factory plot was bought only .
few weeks ago. Canada cannot b
industrialized in time TO provide
Great Britain and France with the
weapons which they will need to
defeat Hitler.
Besides being designed to coun-
teract Col. Lindbergh's daring sug-
gestion, the British scheme was
thrown out ~ . timely hint to
congress. In effect, London notl-
fled our Legislators that II they
did not repeal the embargo pronto.
the empire would buy from Can
ada and not from us.
Although they decry Col. Lind
bergh's proposal because Of its
defeatist aroma, Britishers here
Continued on Page 8. Column ~
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key has pledged herself to aid the
allies II they are forged to fight
in the Mediterranean--thus MAX
ing Italian aid to Germany less
likely than eyer--or TO aid either
Rumania or Greece against an
aggressor.
Only East Open
Only in the east, where Germany
has done an theological about
face to create an uncertain solid
arity with Soviet Russia. Is the
way open for the Nazis to escape
CONTINUED on Pass Z, Column ~
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REFUGEES LINER SAILS

CORK, Ireland -. The United
States liner st. John sailed for
New York Thursday night with 4so
Americans fleeing the war zone.
1t was the third special sailing
arranged by the United states gov
eminent u rspatriatS Americans
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three weeks de-
bate on the ad-
m | n | stration s
neutrality pro-
gram.
IF we enter
war from emo
tionalism, from
pr p a & a nda,
we risk all as
certain as the
sun rises, and,
in seeking to
save the democ-
racies of Eur
ope, well have
lost our own.
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their neutrality. creating hops Fin
land would be aided and encouraged
In opposing any Soviet demands
infringing on her sovereignty.
On the west the British and
French armies are dug In and
backed by the Maginot line; the
Germans have 10 far refused to
be tempted into any big-scaIs
attacks that might cost them huge
losses; Adolf Hitler has indicated
he would just A. soon not fight
France, and the coming winter
weather Ia soon likely to make any
major operations impossibls.
Italy Concerned
On the south Italy has main
tanned strict neutrality, while ex-
pressing some concern that the
Nazis and soviets got together
In a bloc which might threaten
Fascist interest In the Balkans.
And now, In the southeast. Tur-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-21
2 Tac0nans May
Get Census Jobs

Mrs. Kathryn Malstrom, state
senator, has been recommended TO
the census bureau for appointment
as district census supervision for
Pierce county, Congressman John
NJ. Coffee announced Friday in
Washington, d. c.
Fred Lambert, 2907 30. 9th st.,
has been recommended as her as
sistant.
Dom ]. Wyllys, Enumclaw.
Wash, has been recommended az
supervisor for rural King county,
with William v. cowan, Kirkland,
as the chief assistant.
Coffee said that under the Hatch
anti-politics bill Senator Malstrom
may resign her state office should
she be appointed.
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