Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1934, Page 3

Swiss Watches Sold. .Switzerland is happy over the in- crease, after a long decline, of ship- hipa Buys More Cars. vehicle imports into China in the fiyst seven months of 1934 were ALEXANDER DEATH STIENGEAS NEWS CTEDTO ACAENY Dr. Austin H. Clark and Thomas R. Henry Speak at 260th Meeting. Bclence is a fulfilment of an un- conscious yearning for the super- natural and the uncanny. Science is & source of real, gripping news stories. These views were brought out by Dr. Austin H. Clark of the Smithsonian Institution and Thomas R. Henry of the repertorial staff of The Star, joint speakers at the 260th meeting of the ‘Washington Academy of Sciences held last night at the Cosmos Club. The subject of Mr. Henry, who is a mem- ber of the academy, was “Introducing Science to the Public,” while that of Dr. Clark, eminent biologist, was “Science and the Public.” Scientists, asserted the scientist, to the general public are detectives solv- ing nature’s mysteries and thus fur- nishing the data for fascinating serial stories. The science reporter, said the reporter, may be likened to a war correspondent accompanying an ex- pedition of hardy adventurers en- camped on the shores of the great darkness of the non-sensory realm, with his primary problem that of get- ting his dispatches back to the office. He must devise a sensory terminology for non-sensory events of great mo- ment. The field of science is the in- visible world of the mind; that of the newspaper is the overt, physical world, and the way of the translator is hard. News of Science in Demand. Newspapers, declared Mr. Henry, are sensing a demand on the part of their readers for scientific news in- telligently reported. Perhaps the best that can be said for the scientific reporting of today is that it is creat- ing that demand which will inevit- ably. bring about its own future im- provement. He expressed the hope of eventually seeing an ever-increasing Journalistic recognition of the impor- tance of “happenings that cannot be photographed.” Science in this country has had an uphill fight for recognition. Looked upon only a short time ago as the occupation of cranks, it is now re- garded as worthy of acceptance by the great mass of people, said Dr. Clark. As contrasted with Europe, where, owing to the social system, for genera- tions it has been supported as a form of culture by nobility plus means, in the United States its recognition must depend largely on its final economic and industrial signifi- cance. The rosy vision of potential dollars, as well as the fascination of the mysterious and the unexplaindble, fertilize the soil in which the tree of science is rooted. For it is nourished by the lively interest and good will of the common people. Henry on Symposium Program. Announcement is made by the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science that Mr. Henry will be one of the speakers at a symposium on the important relations between science and the press to be held at a meeting of the association and its associated societies at Pittsburgh, De- cember 30. The list of speakers includes Presi- dent John C. Merriam of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Dr. Robert A. Millikan of the California Institute of Technology, President Karl T. Compton of the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, Watson Davis, director of Science Service, Washing- ton; David Dietz, science editor of the Scripps-Howard newspapers; Go- bind Beharl Lal, science editor of the Hearst newspapers; William L. Lau- rence, science news editor of the New York Times; Dr. Benjamin C. Gruen- berg, American Association for Adult Education, and Howard W. Blakeslee, science editor of the Associated Press. SOVIET IS SILENT ON THE EXECUTION OF FORMER LEADERS (Continued From First Page.) of a group which has refused to ac- cept the will of the majority to so- cialize Russia immediately rather than wait for a world revolution. Zinovieff and Kamenefl were rep- resented as believing a world revolt| was necessary before socialization here was possible, as they felt it could not be accomplished in one country alone, surrounded by capitalistic na- tions. Zinovieff, once president of the Communist Internationale, was a life- long friend of the late Nicolai Lenin, and is a bitter critic of the Com- munist regime headed by Joseph Sta- lin. He has twice been expelled from the party. Letter Turned Election. His letter to a British Communist in 1925 was credited with turning a national election against the labor party. The dispatch to the London Ex- press said Zinovief was brought to Moscow by plane from the Urals on Stalin’s orders. After half an hour with Stalin in the Kremlin, the story asserted, Zinovieff was arrested with | Kamenefl. A :adio arnouncer was quoted by the newspaper as saying “Now, at least, we know who and where our enemy is.” A total of 103 have been executed following Kiroff’s death. MacArthur Drops $250,000 Libel Suit, Against Newspaper Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff of the Army, yesterday filed no- tice in the District Supreme Court | that his $250,000 libel suit against Drew Pearson, Robert S. Allen and | the Washington Times Co., had been “settled and dismissed.” Withdrawal of the suit ended a case that started when Gen. Mac- Arthur claimed that Pearson and Allen had published untrue statements about him in a series of articles published in the Washington Herald under the “Washington Merry Go o L Bt R i myself. C. W. COMBS. ’1501“1‘0':11 ';L e. | Security Means Rule of Asiatic Seas to Ja- panese. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Japanese government has finally decided to denounce formally the Washington naval treaty. In Japan the news has been widely broadcast as a sign of the imvincibility of the nation. Japan has flaunted America and Great Britain, the most powerful naval powers in the world. The Japanese pride has thus been vindi- cated, even though it may cost the taxpayer a good deal of money. Abroad, the Japanese diplomats have been less bombastic. They have tried in vain to induce the British and especially the American naval dele- gates to agree to continue the con- versations even after the denouncia- tion of the treaty. Matsuidara and Yamamoto explained at length that the scrapping of the Washington agreement does not mean in the last that Japan desires to embark in a | nig) naval race; that such a step was necessary to strengthen the hands of the Tokio government, and that all the Japanese government wants is a new agreement in which the existing proportion of forces shall be con- tinued, but that it shall not be put on paper. * ok % X The idealistic Ramsay MacDonald, who has always been in favor of a compromise, pleaded with Norman Davis and Admiral Standley to re- main in London and discuss such a treaty. Davis More Practical. Ambassador Davis is a more prac- tical man, despite his idealism. He believes that treaties should contain everything that has been agreed upon, and would not accept the private as- surance of the Japanese delegates that Japan will not build up to parity. The Japanese are quite sincere when they say that all they aim at is se- curity. But the whole questidh is what Japan means by security. To the Government of this country, the Japanese definition of security is quite clear. It is the complete and unchal- lenged control of the Far Eastern waters with a navy which will always be able to prevent the inter- ference of the other powers in the new Japanese zone of influence— that is to say, in China. * ok ok X ‘The total public debt of the world amounted until the end of the year 1933 to no less than 126,000,000 tons of gold. Up to the end of that year Britain was the leading power concerning national indebtedness. It owed 30,626 tons of gold, and had gathered up to June, 1934, only 1,437 tons as a reserve to meet that debt. U. S. Comes Second. The United States comes second with 23,871 tons of gold of debts and a reserve of 5,706 tons, while France owes 18,058 tons and has in the vaults of the Banque de France 4,720 tons. Germany is the worst off, with a national debt estimated at 4,131 tons and reserves of just 27 tons. Since these statistics have been com- piled the situation has changed by the United States having taken the lead ahead of Great Britain. Switzerland is better off than any other country, having an indebtedness of only 642 tons, with reserves amounting to over Ambassador Rosso of Italy, who has just completed the inevitable trip to the West Coast which all diplomats are taking while they are stationed in the United States, gave the Denver newspaper men a good story without meaning it. It was just his English accent that played him a little trick. Mussolini in Good Health, He was interviewed by a reporter, who asked him what he thought about the N. R. A. Rosso reminded him that a diplomat cannot discuss the internal affairs of the country to which he was accredited. There was no story there. Then he was asked what he thought would happen 4n Italy if and when Mussolini died. Rosso replied that Mussolini was in splendid health. No story there either. Finally they got on the subject of the Ambassador’s hobbies. Rosso was quite ready to talk JURY GETS CASE OF MARTIN INSULL Speedy Verdict Hoped For as Trial of Former Broker Comes to an End. By the Assoclated Press, CHICAGO, December 21.—A Crim- inal Court jury, with an eye on the calendar. deliberated today the State's Cornelius J. Harrington's court, frankly intended to speed up a decision so wne jurors might utilize the few re- maining Christmas shopping days, brought them the case last night at 12:50 am. ‘The silver-haired defendant, whose action in drawing $344,720 from Mid- dle West Utilities Co. treasury to bolster a sagging stock market ac- count was branded “theft” by prose- cutors; the attorneys and attaches all were.hopeful of a speedy verdict. Attendants said the jurors began their discussion as soon as they reached their room. But after three hou;z they were locked up for the Insull recalled that a Federal Court jury last month required only slightly more than two hours to acquit his brother and business preceptor, Sam- uel, and 17 co-defendants of mail order fraud in another transaction growing out of the collapse of the In- sull utility empire, Christmas SPECIALS NC- 1407 H St. N.W. Nat'l 4905 Scarlet Red Poinsettia Plants $ l .50 $2.50 and $5 1407 H St. N.W. Nat’l 4905 for the rush of Christmas festivity. There will be scant time in those last few bustling days to think of your coal supply. A phone call to William King & Son will bring you prompt delivery of just the right sizes of their clean, heat-rich anthracite. Let the steady, easily-controlled warmth of this superior fuel furnish the com- fortable background for your holiday DAILY TRIPS MOVING _LO. AND uit loads Lo and ©om Baltee Phlls, and ew York Freauent trips to-other Bast- ties, _“Dependable Service Since TRANSFER & rn 896." THE DAVIDSON A30AaE Co. Decatne 250, SPECIAL RETURN-] and part loads to miles: padded van: ced : Local moving al NAT. DEL_ASSOC.. INC.. 1317 N. ¥. ave. WEEKLY TRIPS TO AND FROM BALTI- 150 trips wi e e b 50 gy . Nor -EILECTRICAHL bty op on Wheels. .. have shops town to se; YOI your Tel oty ey s O ‘eensin 48 large. A Just Phone Us— District 8223 WILLIAM KING @ SON COAL MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1888 C 1151 16th STREET # 2901 X STREET GLAVIS EFFECTS TWO DISMISSALS Georué H. Parker and J. E. Fox Ousted by lckes for Good of Servicé. ‘The dismissals by the Public Works Administration of George H. Parker, its chief accountant, and J. E. Fox, an accountant conferee, it was sald today, brought the number of those whose connection with the administration has been abruptly severed to around 25. lollowing vestigation by Louis R. Glavis, chiet of his Bu- reau of Investiga- tion. The only explansation that the Secretary made of their sep- aration from the service T u e sday was that it was done “to improve the service” and to “help the mo- rale.” Parker, who re- Georse H. Parker. o K Chevy Chase, Md., has held several impor- tant posts here since the World War. During the war he was assistant to the director general of railroads and in 1920 was appointed controller of the Administration. It was said he formulated the “maintenance limitation” imposed on the roads dur- ing the six months following the end of Federal control by which the Gov- ernment was enabled to deduct alout $100,000,000 in settlements with the earriers. The dismissals focus attention on Glavis, who seldom gets into the head- lines but who was dismissed himself from the Interior Department after one of the most bitter controversies during the Taft administration. He personally laid before the Presi- Cold Floors Often ONE KILLED, SECOND HURT AS TRUCK CRASHES Man Injured for Third Time in ' Month Near Hagers- town. Special Dispateh to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 21. —John Monger, 32, was killed and Edward Oiracofe, 19, seriously in- jured when a truck skidded and turned over near here today. Ciracofe sustained a broken pelvis bone. It was his third accident in a month, he having twice been struck by automohiles. Monger died at the w%cwnty Hospital of a WATCHMAN AT DUMP IS BURNED TO DEATH By a Staff Correspondent of The Btar. SOUTH WASHINGTON, Va., De- cember 21.—A colored man, identi- fied as Henry Lynch, 40, night watch- man of the South Washington dump, was found burned to death early to- | day by County Policeman Ed Duncan, ‘The man, who lived in & shack on the dump, apparently was burned when he fell asleep on one of the burning dump piles, police said. ‘The body was removed to the C. J. Ives funeral home in Clarendon. LAWYERS’ BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BYRON 8. ADAMS ¥ Mean head colds and other illnesses. Prevent them by burning Marlow’s Famous Reading An- thracite that burns so steadily that your floors are ~ always warm. Our better Pennsylvania hard coal is the surest guarantee of a warm home in Winter that you can find. Just call NA. 0311 and get a load today. 76 Years of Good Coal Service EENEEEARGT Marlow Coal Co. 811 E St. N.W. du Pont Window NAtional 0311 Tontine Shades Are Not Expensive hey belong to the home of modest income —the home where things are bought with an eye to economy of service, plus beauty. Come in and ask about the WASHABLE feature of the famous du Pont TONTINE shade fabric. It's sunproof and wrinkle- proof, too. May We Estimate? District 3324-3325 IS LAID TO SOVIET — Russian Pascist President Pro- Secret Agents. By the Associated Press. PUTNAM, Conn., December 21.— Anastase A. Vonsiatsky, president of the Executive Council of the Russian Fascist Party of the World, said yes- terday he is in possession of reports from secret agents in Europe which tend to prove King Alexander of Yugo- slavia was killed by persons hired by the Soviet Republic. He said the as- sassination took place so Alexander could not interfere with treaties pend- ing at the time between Francc and Russia. Mr. Vonsiatsky is head of an organi- zation of 20,000 Russians all over the world and says he is constantly in touch with developments in his home country. The organization is engaged in distributing propaganda against communism in general and in Soviet Russia particularly. He says his or- ganization is not a militaristic organi- zation, but its main purpose is to save the old Russia. Mr. Vonsiatsky also said that dur- ing the past month he has been inter- viewed by agents of the Department of State who were inquiring into the purposes of his group. He said he had been given a clean bill of health by the investigators. Turn your old trinkets, jewelry into MONEY at 38 and watches A.Kahn Jne. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. 42 YEARS at 935 F STREET Relieve torturine piles with soothing FILE-FOE. Relieves Iul.ll: of Blind, Ing, tr ing Plles. to reduce swelling and promotes healing. Eases pain to maki ments of the fi to other parts of the OPEN EVENINGS 8 P.M. UNTIL CHRISTMAS lamous Swiss watches | 68 per cent greater than in the core responding period of the previous year. Made t Dolis Jeaves. clust on and = filed statice and fum, 1407 H St. N.W. Nat'l 4905 PHILCO RADIOS Give Your Home a real Radio! A size and price for every need. Complete selection at all Bailey stores. $20 to $175. i American broadensts, all police and some aireraft calls, Cabinet of beautiful walnut. 14th and P Sts. 14th & Col. Rd. 2250 Sherman Av th and Pa. Aw d H Sts. 709 9th Street N. W. th and Q Streets N.W. 830 13th St. N.W. ‘W. STOKES SAMMONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Of all seasons of the year Christmas is the time when you'll want Extra Dairy Products. Check up on the things you'll need, including plenty of extra Cream, Eggs and Butter. Then fill out Extra Order Card and leave in empty bottle for your Thompson Milkman. Chsenmves il THOMPSONS DAIRY DECATUR 1400 MIRRORS . Over 1,000 Items Have been grouped in one place to avoid delay and confusion, where you will be served promptly. Every department has contributed its “gift” to this event and on a rough count there are wp.]l over 1,000 different pieces. The bulk of this mer- chandise is made up of dropped patterns, fac- tory samples and sur- plus warehouse stock. We've “also included what few shopworn pieces we could find on our floors and have marked them at even further reductions. All Sales are, of Course, Final Open Saturday ’Til 9 P.M.