Evening star., 1943-03-28
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star


ington rejoiced at the acquisition of
something they long had wanted-a
court of appeals for the District of Co.
lumbia Congress finally
District Court granted it. The Star of
Of Appeals March Is, 1893, printed
an editorial, reading in
part: After long labor and much tribu-
latlon Washington has secured the crea-
ton of a court of appeals. In the debates
upon the legislation establishing it, Con-
gress emphasized in every way the local
aspects not only of the proposed but of
the existing courts. The life tenure fea-
ture was attacked on the uncontradicted
ground that this is not constitutionally
provided United States court y The
claim of Washington to local appoint
ments on the local bench, already strong
under the democratic home-rule plank
and in reason and justice, has now be-
come irresistible"
OF interest locally was a National
Guard review, described in The Star of
March 25, 1893: IF ever the lst Bat
talon of the District National Guard
had real reason for
National Guord being proud it was last
Review night, when, for the
first time in its exist
ence the organization turned out in the
regulation full dress uniform of the
United States Army. Heretofore and
under its older title of the Washington
Light Infantry Corps, the boys have al
ways turned out in the white coats, blue
trousers and bearskin shakos, but from
this time on. if they want to look their
best, they will wear the soldiers uniform.
Never has the battalion made such a
favorable impression upon a critical
crowd and never did the popular sons of
Mars more richly merit the plaudits and
softer spoken but just as hearty compli-
ments of hundreds of spectators"
The militia was not the only part of
our armed forces to change from gaudy
but dangerously visible colors to others
blending with the scenery. According to
to The Star of March
New Color %, 1898: although
For Worships Secretary Herbert
has as yet had no
time to consider the question seriously
it is regarded in naval circles as practi-
cally settled that all our steel warships
will be painted some other color than
white. 1t is urged that vessels of
that color are too conspicuous for eff
oio j..
to remain obscure as long as possible.
"A light gray assimilating to an at
mospheric haze finds most favor with
naval officers"
News later destined to be of great i'm
portance was printed in The Star of
March 25, 1893, in cables from London
and Paris. Both British and French Dip
lomatic establishments in
Diplomatic Washington, hitherto in
Chance the loWly status of lega-
tions, simultaneously
were raised to embassies, by actions of
their home governments.
X Y X
A report from Phoenix, Ariz., to The
SedA VI NLdISll 20, 1910. SuSSeSltu Vic
possibility of Indian trouble: "A report
reached Phoenix last evening that a
band of Apaches. heavily
lndions armed, we're so miles from
Restless the reservation and but 80
miles from Phoenix on
Cave Creek" simultaneous report
from Dallas, Tex, limited at Indian
trouble of a different nature-an inter-
tribal war among Choctaw factions.
Neither turned out to be of any great
consequence.
The Rome of half century ago, as
today, clamped on a rigid censorship of
news involving internal troubles, involv-
ing in part, ironically enough, objection
to Germans in the city. Let
Bombs in ters leaking through the
Rome censorship reached The Star
and the issue of March %,
1893, said: Tremendous efforts are max
ing to suppress the news that bomb was
found on Wednesday the 22O near the
house of Herr Won Bulow, German Am
bassador to the Vatican. An internal
machine was also received by the Aus
trian secretary Of legation On Thursday"