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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-04-04

Aroused by the failure of Federal
Engineers to see the necessity of a
"Harbor of Refuge" at Assateague,
the citizens of Chincoteague Island,
towing and barge companies and own
ers of coastwise vessels in Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and New
York will probably appeal to their
representatives for further consider
alton in the matter.
With the shifting of the sand and
the gradual closing of the channel
leading into Chincoteague Bay this
busy community which exists upon
it's seafood industry, sees quick
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-04-04
strangulation OF It's commercial life

strangulation OF It's commercial life.
TIL channel has been narrowing
and shoaling at very rapid rate
during the last few years, and it is
now considered too dangerous to
navigate except in very small boats,
OF by boats of comparatively light
draft in moderate weather for the
thousands of oystermen and fishermen
in that neighborhood, but, it is equally
setrious for many Marylanders and
Virginians, who have large invest
ments, in coastwise oyster, fishing
and trading vessels, and for the crews
which navigate and operate lncse YES
sells.
Assateague has always been the
only possible harbor between the
Delaware Bay and the Chesapeake
Bay, coastal stretch of approx
mately one hundred and twenty miles,
ever which, more commerce is carried
by coastwise vessels and barges, than
any similar stretch of the entire At
lantic Saboard. One hundred and
twenty miles is a very long way in a
storm at sea, and unless Assateague
Harbor is preserved to the trade which
has used it, as a haven of refuge for
these many years, this section of the
Atlantic will surely take heavy an
nual toll of lives and ships, and for
Assateague Light, the sailors will
soon find name as sinister, as "The
Smoke Stack Of HELL" now applies to
Hatteras. Even if the millions of
dollars in shipping, oystering and fish
ing which are made possible of ex-
istence by Assateague Harbor, were
not sufficient reason for the Govern
ment to render emergency aid and
permanent relief, surely the thou
sands of lives which may be saved in
the future, is sufficient justification
for the governmental expenditure of
almost any amount.
Chincoteague Bay contains thou
sands of acres of the finest oyster
beds in the world, all of which will I'M
doubtedly be lost or ruined, if ASA
league Harbor is allowed to close.
The town Of Chincoteague is bust
ling, thriving oyster and fishing CEN
ter, shipping more oysters and fish
annually than any other one point on
the Middle Atlantic Coast, thereby
more than justifying it's economic i'm
portance to the rest of the country.
If Assateague Harbor is allowed to
close, this business is doomed, and the
people Of Chincoteague will be in dire
straits.
Towing companies, Barge compa-
MES and the owners of coast wise YES
sells, of Maryland, Virginia, Pennsyl-
vania and New York, will lose thou
sands of dollars in floating equipment
with a consequent increase in freight
rates and carrying charges, if ASA
league Harbor is allowed to close.
The harbor can be saved only by
immediate and efficient action by the
government, and it will be necessary
for the interested citizens of the "a
bove states, to bring the seriousness
of the situation strongly to the atten-
ton of their respective Senators and
Congressman.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-04-04
State And Peninsula News

Charges for the transportation of
automobiles between Norfolk and
Cape Charles, by the Pennsylvania
Railroad, were held to be unreason-
abe and excessive in a report made
to the State Corporation Commission
March 21st, by Commissioner Lester
Hooker, and reductions of Is to 40 per
cent on present charges were ordered
or a basis of the weight of cars car
ried on the three ferry boats operated
by the company.
The New York, Philadelphia and
Norfolk Railroad, subsidiary of the
pennsylvania, charges, at present,
$7S7A per car for cars weighing
1000 pounds or less, and $11.02A per
car for all cars weighing over 1000
pounds. The commission is of the
opinion that the rates should not ex-
coed $4.73 for cars weighing less than
5000 pounds, and $8.26 for those
weighing 5000 pounds and under
1000 pounds.
Complaint of the ferry rates charg-
ed was made to the State commission
formerly by the Norfolk-Portsmouth
Freight Traffic Commission and COM
mercial witnesses stated that the rates
charged were excessive and tended to
prohibit the proper development of
business on the Eastern Shore of Vir-
ginia. Secretaries of two trade or
CARNATIONS, the Richmond Chamber
of Commerce and the Piedmont Auto
mobile Association were also listed
among the sources of testimony in the
case.
Existing rates of the Pennsylvania
roads, boats, the pennsylvania" the
maryland" and "New York." were
attacked by compliments who pro-
duced comparative figures on auto
mobile ferry service throughout the
country.
A general complaint heard was
directed against the practice of draw
ing gasoline out of all automobiles
boarding the boats because of the re-
fusal of the company to make ar
rangements for the return of the
gasoline or its equivalent when the
cars left the boat. In this connection
Commissioner Hooker's report stated:
''It is unquestionably wise in the in
terest Of safety to require the gaso-
line to be drawn from the automo-
biles, but some arrangement should be
made, without delay, whereby per-
son can have returned to him the a
mount of gasoline taken from his car.
This practice tends to make the trans
portation charge unreasonable"
The evidence tended to show, in the
commissioners opinion, "that the
boats used in TIL service were built
and were in service long before the
automobile became of common use,
and that the railroad company has
done very little to keep pace with the
present day standard of travel" The
present rate has been effective since
1906, and had it's origin in the charge
or transporting a horse drawn car
riage.
The rates between Old Point and
Cape Charles should not exceed the
rates contemporaneously applicable
between Norfolk and Cape Charles,
the report concluded.
Considerable interest has been a.
reused in the State over the rate ques-
tion, partly on account of the number
Of travelling statesmen, and others who
use the ferry service frequently.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03

10:30 a m. Parade $150.00 5 II 100 m. Children exercises speaker ef
 
 II a 100 D.. m. Lunch and rest------- 100 m. 50yard dash (boys under 10) 200 150 1:15 m. 50yard dash, (grls under 10) 200 150 1:25 m. 50yard dash, (boys under 14) 800 15O 1:35 m. 5Gyard dash (girls under IA 300 1.50 100yard dash, Gree for alb 1000 800 200 D. m. Bicycle race, (boys under 14) 300 200 2:15 m. Ladies' 50yard dash $50 2.50 2:25 D. m. Fat mans race, (75 yards) 500 250 2:35 m. Boys sack (under IA 2.50 200 2:45 m. Girls (under 16) 300 200
 BATHING BEAUTY REVIEW
 3:00p m. Boys swimming Cat lake) 300 200 3:0Op. Ladies swim (Open to alb 100 30O~ 800 D. swimming 1000 BOO D. m. Baseball game 500 to 500 Supper time -~-------z--
 6:30p. m. Marathon 6 prizes) $100-S50-$25 m. Ladies' naildriving contest 300 6:45 m. Mems threelegged 500 400 6:55 p. m. Chalk talk, (Bank corner)
 7:15 p. III. Boys threelegged 400 300 7:25 m. Mems relay 2000 7:35 m. 75-yard dash, (boys under ID 500 300 930 Jitney dances at o. O. F. and Dreamand Halls
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03
PARADE LINE OF MARCH

PARADE LINE OF MARCH
 Parade organize start m. Third between Adams and Washington Streets marching ard the bay passing Fourth Avenue Fourth Adams Street Fifth Street Washington
Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-03
Official Program, July Fo

D
 Fourth and up Fourth to Adams ner where the exercises and most
 PRIZES FOR Best patriotic float - Best decorated float other than pal First best decorated automobile Second best decorated automobile Third best decorated automobile| Best decorated bicycle For individuals in the line of mard handed out:
 Best male clown - Best male impersOnator --- Best female impersonator Best sustained character
 BEST WINDOW The sum of $50 will be given| best decorated store window the l will be $25; second S15; third S1 For the best decorated homo porches of residences, First prizeI
 cHILDREN's 7 The children's exercises will the corner of Fourth Avenue and as follows: l. Song America ---------..---..- 
 3. Flag Salute --------------------------- 4. Flag Song ------------------------ 5. Song America Beautiful" SY Address ----------------------- '. Song, Star Spangled Banner
 DANCES AT T
Evening star., 1925-09-28

for the presidency in 1928. Perhaps
ernor's visit to Chicago, after all. was
the conference with Democratic lead
ers from several States, who had
come for the purpose of discussing
George r.. Brennan, the Democratic
boss OF Illinois. put on the show for
the governor ana did it well.
In his address Gov. Smith sought
To undermine the reputa ton for
economy which President Coolidge
and his administra ton has attained.
lie inferred that he, the governor,
could lop many millions of dollars
expenditures if ne We're in Washing
ton. He rightly diagnosed the key
- recent Republican success. The
Coolidge popularity is built largely
taxes. His plan. ii seems, is To out
Coolidge Coolidge in the matter of re-
trenchment. In New York State Gov
Smith was singularly successful in
persuading the people that he was
the real friend of economy and the
taxpayer. at the same time jockeying
the Republican Legislature and its
leaders into opposition 10 his meas
ureS. Whether he can persuade the
people OF other States tu a similar
belief is another thing.
GOV. Smiths visit To Chicago
serves to keep him in the limelight
and il serves to extend that light
far beyond the confines of New York
He may not be the selection of the
next Democratic national convention
for the presidential nomination-in
fact, the odds are against it--but his
will be an important voice in the
choice of the party nominee.
Evening star., 1925-09-28
Smith in the Limelight.

Gov. Al Smith of New York. white
hope" of the "wets" and the out
standing figure in. the Democratic
party today, drew a crowd of 100000
people in Chicago yesterday. This
was not surprising, even though Chi
cago is many miles from BroadwIy-
Chicago, like New York, has wet"
ordinations. The gentlemanly John
". Davis, Democratic nominee for
President last year, stirred the Chi
cagoans to noisy enthusiasm when
he declared for personal liberty"
which meoat beer" to them, al
though Mr. Davis had something else
b. mind.
The Governor of New York, how
ever, who recently cleaned up Mayor
Tiylan and his hacker, William Ran
hoIph Hearst, in the New York City
elections and now stands on the top
Of the heap in the Empire State,
failed to mention prohibition or beer
pr Hearst iii his talk yesterday. This
repression is interpreted in some
quarters as an Indication that the
governor is taking seriously again
khe suggestion that he make a bid
Evening star., 1925-09-28
Truck Regulations.

Traffic Director Eldridge appeals to
the truck owners of Washington to
be scrupulous in observance of the
regulations relating TO such vehicles
so that damage To the streets will be
minimized. He asks that truck loads
be restricted TO the carrying capacity
that tires and brakes be kept in good
condition and that the speed be kept
within the limit
Truck owners of the National Capt.
tai should heed this appeal Streets
costing hundreds of thousands of
dollars should not be ruined by the
operation of heavy vehicles in def
ance of the law. Regulations gov
erning trucks in Washington are rea-
sonable. Both the speed limit and the
load limit have been approved by
such bodies as the Bureau of Stand
ards and the Bureau of Public Roads
Director Eldridge is wise in taking
this step. Although damage to streets
does not come officially under his
office, traffic regulations do, and he
is OF the belief that rigid observance
of the latter will eliminate the for
mer. 1t is apparent also that obedi-
ence of regulations will promote safe
" 10 other users of the street.
If the appeal of the traffic director
is not acted upon, and arrests by the
traffic squad do not break up the
practice of overlooking and speeding,
1t would seem that Mr.. Eldridge
would be justified in reducing limit
on both. Present day streets cost
too much and, especially in Washing
ton, are too hard to get, to have them
put out of commission by one class
of street user.
1t is evident that the director would
be reluctant to take this action. realiz-
ing that the truck as a commercial
vehicle has attained tremendous
popularity throughout the world. but
it may become necessary If the ruth
less destruction OF the highways con-
tinues. So it is up to the truck own
ers and operators to obey the law
and cooperate, so that there will
be no need for such a drastic rule.
Evening star., 1925-09-28
Harrison Dingman.

The memory of many old Washing
tonians will be touched by the death
of Harrison Dingman. He was one of
the old guard. One by one the men
associated with the smaller and in
other ways different Washington of
fifty years ago drop from the ranks
and pass to the mysterious bourne.
Harrison Dingman was Union sol
dier who settled III Washington at the
close of the Civil War. which is part
OF the history of very many of our
old citizens. He was man of spirit
and had been an excellent soldier.
That was his reputation in Washing
ton among thousands of eX-soldiers
when the Civil War was not remote
history. He bore the scar of an ugly
wound received in action. and in one
of the fierce and bloody actions of the
early part of the war, Malvern Hill,
June 80, 1862. one of the serious fights
in McClellans campaign to flank
Richmond by the James River route.
At Malvern Hill more than $500 Con
federates We're killed. and the Union
loss, though heavy, was not so great.
Harrison Dingman. a jovial. active
and companionable man, found, out
side of business. his means for self
expression in Masonry, and his Ma.
sonic record was long and full of those
honors and offices which fall to faith
full Masons. Many ld-timers remem-
Der him as d part of the firm of CIum
< Dingman, collection and claim
agents, with an office in the Atlantic
Building. That was back in the Cos.
In 1900 he was Of the firm of Ding
man & Jenkins-Allison c. Jenkins
stock brokers, $50 l. street. Soon aft
er that, certainly as early as 1904. he
became a clerk in the Indian Office,
and in that employment he grew old.
He had been in the world eighty-flve
years, and his interest in Masonry and
in other earthly things was keen al
most To the moment of the coming Of
the great summons. His wife of fifty
years died today--a little more than
twenty four hours after Mr. Ding
mans death.
Evening star., 1925-09-28
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

President once told q prominent Re
publican leader that Mrs. Coolidge
is the ideal wife for a politician and
public man. she has always left all
of the politics of the family to me. 3"
he is quoted as saying.
constituent of this column writes:
! see that one of our prominent
railroads is now running a fast
train out of Washington called the
Liberty Limited" Congress beat
the to il eight
years ago, when it adopted the
eighteenth amendment. Liberty
has been limited ever since.
Lawrence and Frank Whiting of
Chicago. creators of the gigantic
s35, 100000 American Agricultural
Mart, which has enlisted President
Coolidge's interest, are young Indiana
men. They hail from Peru. in Miami
County, and are alumni of the Uni
versity of Chicago. Lawrence Whit
ing, who told of the mart at the
White House the other day, is a
blond giant who was captain of
In 1917, before the United States en-
tered the war, Frank Whiting was
an aviator in the Royal British Fly
ing Force, in which he served two
years. President Coolidge is going
to Chicago for the meeting of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
which will take place on December 7.
s and 9. The Writings are hopeful
that he will find time to inspect the
riverside site of the Agricultural Mart
while hobnobbing with the farmers.
X X * X
From the New Jersey State Post
masters Association comes the Sug-
gestion that postmasters of all grades,
irrespective of their terms of service
ought to be pensioned like other
postal employees of Uncle Sam. Hav.
ing been traditionally regarded as
political appointees. the postmasters
are not eligible to the retirement al
lowances which are granted to post
office employees after at least Is years
of service. Railway mail clerks reach
the pension age soonest at 81. Postal
clerks, mechanics and general clerical
workers come in at varying periods
after reaching IS and 20.
* X X X
B. w. Fleisher, founder, editor and
publisher of the Japan Advertiser of
Toxic, an American-owned, American.
edlted ana Amer1can-ideal daily news
paper of nearly 20 years vintage. is
a visitor to Washington. A member
of the well known Philadelphia fam.
lily of manufacturers and philan-
thropists, Mr.. Fleisher has become
one Of the real factors in Far East
ern politics. His newspaper is re-
garded, without in any sense being
official, as an authentic organ of Amer.
lean opinion. Its physical existence
was demolished by the earthquake of
1928, but it sprang into being again
six months later, bigger and better
than ever. Fleisher specializes in call.
ing spades spades in Japan, especially
when they are American spades. His
courage. independence and fairness
consistently compel the respect of the
community in which the Advertiser is
published.
Copyright. 1925
Evening star., 1925-09-28

stice Germany will enter the coming
conference on an equal footing with
the other powers, and this ought to
make for better feeling and the pro-
motion of understandings. AS the
negotiations will include the proposal
that Germany join the League of Ma
tions. the scope of the gathering is
widened to a very considerable eX-
tent. While the difficulties to be over
can be reached are undoubtedly for
midable, the fact that CzechosloTakia
last week proposed a treaty of arbi-
tration with Germany suggests that
they are not necessarily insoluble.
Evening star., 1925-09-28
Expounder of Truth
Follower Thus Describes Mary
Baker Eddy.

To the Editor of The Star:
There appeared in a recent issue
of your paper a brief report of an
address delivered by the Rev. Irving
|P. Johnson, Protestant Episcopal
Bishop of Colorado, before the Colo
rado Bar Association, the subject of
the address being THE Middle of
Civilization The reverend doctor,
among other things, was reported as
saying "One wonders how films pro-
duced can turn
William Jennings Bryan and Mary
Baker Eddy into expounders of sci
entific truth
He has truly spoken when he said
Mary Baker Eddy is an expounder
of scientific truth, but the production
of film has in no wise raised her to
that position. The bishop may have
seen a film production that touched on
the subject of Christian Science, but
the Christian Science organization is
not responsible for this. The methods
of bringing to the public the truth as
taught in Christian Science were
established by the leader and founder
of Christian Science, Mary Baker
Eddy, some of which are it's authorized
literature. it's church services, reading
rooms and board of lectureship.
Mary Baker Eddy, student of the
Bible from her childhood, a devout
and consecrated seeker after the
word of God, was well equipped and
qualified to give to the world her
discovery of scientific truth, which
is founded on the teachings of the
master metaphy hysician, Christ Jesus
Her rediscovery of this new old truth
has brought regeneration. spiritually.
mentally. morally, physically and
financially to thousands of her fol-
lowers.
In her writing, "No and Yes" page
10. she says: THE two largest words
in the vocabulary of thought are
Christian and Science The former
is the highest style of man; the latter
reveals and interprets God and man;
it aggregates, amplifies, unfolds and
expresses the All-God. The life of
Christ is the predicate and postulate
of all that 1 teach, and there is but
one standard statement, one rule, and
one principle for all scientific truth"
PHILIP KING,
Christian Science Committee on
Publication for the District OF
Columbia.
Evening star., 1925-09-28
Billion Lost Yearly By Fraud
Arouses Press of the Nation

that there Will always be the man
who will haggle over the price of eggs
and walk home to place his signature
on the dotted line that will separate
him from his lifes savings"
For a long time in the matter Of
building bank safes il is pointed OUT
by the Lansing State Journal, there
was a nice contest on between the
cracksman and the designer of steel
safes That contest continued until
the designers won. But it is not so as
between buyer and seller. There j.
indica ton, however, of a sunrise on a
new day. A society is proposed to be
known as the Prospects Protective
Association. The projectors hope to
raise up a race of citizens who when
they say No can stick to it. Praise
for the Missouri blue sky" law i
given by the St. Joseph News-Press.
with the comment: ''Of course, il nev-
er will be possible to keep fools from
parting with their money. Yet the
law ought to give the inexperienced
investor a chance to find out what he
is buying"
Promises of Is, 20 and % per cent
returns, the Lincoln Star observes,
make fools out of otherwise sensible
people, and it expresses the opinion
that the gullibility of the American
people is amazing" OF this class the
Parkersburg News states that they
''are so obsessed with the desire for
quick and easy money that they are
willing to take the risk of ar obvious
ly questionable deal" and it concludes
that they may as we'll drop their
money at one time as another, al
though it is a pity that so much of ii
must land in the claws of scoundrels.
Another field of the swindler which
is mentioned by the Indianapolis News
is that of the bootlegger who has for
sale some genuine pre-war liquor.
and the News declares that those who
are in a position to know class the
bootlegger's customer as a prince of
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