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Milford chronicle., 1925-12-11
BUSINESS INTERESTS PLAN
BOOM FOR EASTERN SHORE
Representatives OF IA Counties
Hear Plans OF Promotion Body

The first conference on the nro.
posed plan to develop and pubIicize
the Maryland, Delaware and Virgin
Ia PenlnsuIa, including the city of
wilmington, was held at Salisbury
MONDAY night, when representatives
OF the fourteen counties heard ten
tatlVe plans for a project at a
meeting in the Wicomico Hotel.
Inc project as explained by f. P.
Adkins, of Salisbury, calls for the
raising of 100000 in 1926 and an
equal sum in 1927, to be placed at
the disposal of an organization to
be known as the Eastern Shore
Peninsula Association.
With this fund as a nucleus. the
organization would adopt the policy
followed by the Florida State Cham
Der OF Commerce. 1t will not con-
slider either county or community
boundary lines, Mr.. Adkins said.
A star of publicists and econom-
ISIS, formerly associated with the
Inc, and the Florida |
chamber of Commerce, reported |
upon a comprehensive survey of
conditions on the peninsula. They
Will become connected with the pro-
Iect, if final approval is given.
Inc formation of the Eastern
Shore Peninsula Association will he
at a meeting at Salisbury
IN December % when administra-
i've and departmental officers will
'e chosen. To this meeting the head
# every large business and profess
lonal interest, including the public
will be invited.
This group will form the mem I
ership of the association, which it
planned, shall not exceed $50.
he organization is not designed to
lterfere with the work of any local
nit or promoting the interest of
ny locality. l
Milford chronicle., 1925-12-11

our PRINTING PLANT
Is THE LARGEST ON
THE PENINSULA. LET
Us QUOTE ON YOUR
NEXT PRINTING ORDER
Milford chronicle., 1925-12-11

THERE ARE 1900 Ru.
HAL WEEKLY NEWS.
PAPERS IN THE Uni.
LED ST ATE S. THE
CHRONICLE TAN &
EoORTH IN THIS LIST
IN CIRCULATION.
Evening star., 1925-08-16
Iestluq MLk Bottle.capacIt4

are found among the purchases, the
owner of some particular store is noti-
fled and brought up on the carpet"
to explain such shortages. If his eX-
PLANTATION is satisfactory, we'll and
good. If it does not pass official
scrutiny, he is prosecuted to the full
extent of the law for selling by false
measure.
Many of Washington's leading de-
partment stores now use mechanical
devices which measure the goods and
simultaneously compute the price.
The salesmanship sleuths test these
forms of apparatus regularly. Some
times they are condemned because of
slight errors due to particles of cloth
which clog up the rollers or because
of loose adjustments or corroded
parts. When repaired they are test
ed again and, If satisfactory, are then
put back to work. Yardsticks as reg
ulation measures are still used in
many other stores. More than 100
yardsticks were confiscated in a
Washington store about q year ago
because of some slight irregularity.
The District law requires that mer-
chants give authentic sales tickets
with each bill of goods when demand
ed by the purchaser. This ticket
states the total amount of the pur-
chase and states the name and ad-
dress of the store. The inspectors
have to keep track to see that all the
stores are giving out such sales re-
ports TO the buyers who deal with
them.
The inspection service is designed
to benefit both the storekeeper and
his clientele BY regulating his
scales 1t assures that he gives neither
too much nor too little for the money
paid. The reader would be surprised at
the number of Washington deal
ers who give excessive measure and
Evening star., 1925-08-16
Welq qhlnq Dlamonds To Locate Fraud

tinize the craftsmanship records of
each Washington store. Prosecution
records are also maintained. Sullied
records are dotted with black marks.
The retailing reviews of the honest
stores are spotless.
Five thousand records of individual
stores are filed away in Mr. Roberts
archives, as well as 500 to 800 SIM
liar accounts which concern the ac-
tivities of hucksters, pushcart ped
dlers, ice and coal venders and other
transients who have no permanent
commercial headquarters.
One inspector devotes his time ex-
clusively to the testing and certifica-
ton of the many gasoline filling sta
tons in Washington and its District
suburbs. His job is a never-ending
task, for the consumption of gasoline
for motor purposes continues to in
crease in proportion to our mounting
population of gas-propelled vehicles.
A conservative estimate on the basis
of present consumption is that Dis
trict motorists purchase. 40, 900 900 gal
Ions of gasoline annually. Practically
all of this output is retailed in quanti-
ties of five gallons or multiples of five
gallons.
Just let us suppose that a shortage
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really cheat themselves instead of the
persons to whom they sell mer-
chandise. To aid the merchant in
giving full measure and to protect
the buyer against short measure
these, in brief, are the Districts
goals. ....
Many grocers and food products
venders prepare large quantities of
package goods for special sales. In
spectors visit such stores frequently
and in the presence of the storekeep-
er, using his tested scales. they weigh
specimens of these package goods Sc
lected at random. The dealer is in
formed if he Is giving too much or
too little per parcel. If the tests
show a preponderance of short
weights he is required to give ac-
count of such discrepancies. If the
evidence is that he defrauds the pub
lie by false measures he is prose
cuted. Tab is kept, not only on
package goods put up by local deal
ers, but also of imported articles
lightmeasure purchases is the pur-
pose of this systematic campaign.
x X
EVERY store in Washington. as
- well as every transient dealer, is
represented In the copious files of the
Department of Weights, Measures
and Markets by respective index
jackets. The mercantile history of
each establishment is carefully brief
ed. Tabulated data about the type
and testing of the scales, information
on the weighing of package goods and
all other facts and figures which the
District inspectors have collected con-
cerning particular store are included
within each envelope.
At any time, in a few minutes,
Supt. Roberts and his aides can scru-
Evening star., 1925-08-16

of one quart of gasoline prevailed in
the case of every five-gallon sale. This
is not an extravagant shortage. Many
gas pumps have been found that de-
liver such deficits regularly. Anyway,
on the basis of such a shortage, equiv
alent to q loss of 5 per cent, the Dis
trict motorists would pay yearly $780,
900 for automobile fuel which never
ran into their tanks. This but goes
to show how a small error in filling
station pump accuracy may run into
large sum of money-which the con-
surner has to pay.
All gasoline pumps which fail to sat
isfy the Districts standardized require
ments as to construction and opera
ton are condemned summarily at the
time of preliminary test, and their
potential use in Columbia land is per-
manently prohibited. Pump types that
qualify are okehed and legalized for
use Every half-year they are tested
for accuracy. and when the need for
so doing arises the inspectors visit
them even more frequently.
Adjustments are made as is .neces-
sary. The owners are required to
maintain these pumps in prime condi-
ton, so that they will deliver accurate
measure at all times. Furthermore,
Evening star., 1925-08-16

Previous tests had shown the delivery
of too much gasoline to each order.
That was all that saved the owner
from prosecution. The case was fer
reted down and the trouble was found
to obtain from the sheer carelessness
of the gasoline and oil statesmen, who
handled the pumps.
Mr.. Roberts believes that the pro-
prietors of filing stations should be
responsible in law for short measure
sold by their employees. He says that
If the courts will sustain him in this
contention he will be able practically
to stop the practice in the District.
In practically all. the prosecuted
cases, the hired employees and not the
owners of the stations We're the guilty
parties. The custom which certain
| street-car conductors have long follow
| ed of knocking down" a certain ratio
| OF the daily fares, has also extended
to the gas-tilling stations The CEN
| raj company hires man to run one
of its branch stations. He is respon-
sible to the management only for the
gas and oil which he buys daily. His
responsibility to the purchasing public
is largely his personal concern.
By not draining the pump hose, he
can save about one quart of gasoline
on each tive-gallon sale. He may
hog" all such profits personally, or
else he may split the surplus over
legitimate sales with his helpers.
! 1t will profit District motorists to
watch for gas stations that serve
short measure. Report such violations
of ethical dealing to the Department
of Weights, Measures and Markets.
The inspection force is doing its level
best to run all gasoline transgressors
to earth. You can aid in the cam
lpa1gn by reporting suspicious cases.
Washington uses approximately 30,-
100000 quarts of milk each year. This
liquid food is marketed in glass con.
tainers. Another function of the Dis.
trict officials is to ascertain that no
fraudulent sized bottles are used.
The entire milk supply is sold in
bottles of one quart or less. In one
case, certain dealer began to sell
milk in one-third quart bottles, which
looked as though their capacity was
one pint. Mr.. Roberts and his In
spection force discovered the short
containers, and ordered the dealer to
discontinue their use and to destroy
all bottles on hand.
Most of the Washington dairymen
have shown the desire to cooperate
with the department. They aim to
serve sanitary, full-measure milk and
cream for your use.
X X
/ THE legaliZation of standardized
l. weights for bread Ioaves in the
District was a kingpin toss which
knocked inflated bakery profits into
a sort of cooked hat. The former
weights and measures law, which was
legalized in 1895, did not restrict the
size of the loaf of bread by weight,
Evening star., 1925-08-16
Welq hing Bread At District Building

the District purchases gasoline from
service stations of suspicious reputa-
ton, or concerning which ii has re-
ceived Objectionable reports from con-
Sumers. The amounts of gas pur-
chased are carefully measured by the
District experts
Dealers who are found to make a
bua-.I>.,, UI sel'N 4IIS SnOTI measure are
prosecuted and punished. In many
cases slight shortages have obtained
merely from the carelessness of filling
station employees.
Many of the gasoline pumps used
in Washington are of the visible type.
the gas being pumped into d large
glass container at the crown of the
pump, where it is visible to the buyer,
and whence it flows by gravity into
I the tank of his motor car. The bot
tom line of this container and the viSi-
b1lity to the purchaser are not identl-
cal. There is space adequate TO hold
one quart of gasoline in some of these,
| tanks which is located below the visi-
BILE glass line. Some dealers have wit
| tingly Short-changed the Washington
/ public by shutting off the gas flow in
J each delivery when the gasoline line
and the glass line coincided. The buy
| ers logically have assumed that the
termination of the glass container was
| the bottom of the tank. Thus the
! dealer. has gained one quart of gaso-
| line on, each five gallons sold. The
District inspectors have worked effica-
ciously detecting and controlling this
fraudulent. practice.
** x
| COME dealers have brazenly operat-
ed on carelessness of the pur-
chasers. Many motorists stop at a
pump and order a charge of gasoline
without ever paying any attention to
! the amount which is delivered into
their tanks. Say that the order is for
five gallons. The dishonest operator
will sometimes set the pump to deliver
four gallons. He will allow this
amount to run into the tank, shut off
the control lever and give you your
change. He may make one gallon of
gas on every five that you order-un-
less you watch him carefully and
him, he will say:
| 'Well. I'm certainly sorry that the
mistake occurred. | thought you ask
ed for four gallons instead of five. :
But you will find that he rarely ever
charges you for four gallons instead
of five, and slips the mistake to the
opposite side of the ledger.
To illustrate the rank carelessness,
which may mount into considerable
money, consider the case of certain
service station. On five different occa-
sions the District cars purchased five
gallon orders of gas of this retailer.
The first was z ounces to five gal
Ions, the second 91A ounces to five
gallons, the third s ounces, the fourth
Is ounces and the last AZ ounces.
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h~ Inaccurate S in int Ounce p Ae E
| F@ Mean Extra h til callers md ML dI Efficient EfA
ldPys aY@rE Extra PpsM One QF How SmeD callers Cheat
to
Evening star., 1925-08-16
BY GEORGE II. DACY.

|HE most dynamic and ironclad
law ever passed by the Federal
legislators in Congress assem-
4 bled is that piece of legislation
Y,oSt Of IIS al the "niS-
Evening star., 1925-08-16

DAME COLUMBIA must garb her
~ self surreptitiously in a vast ar
ras OF finery If the shopping purchases
wade by some of her representatives
are any appropriate criterion by which
10 Judge her wardrobe. You see, the
District, in keeping tab on department
store doings. sends out official shop
pers ever and anon. They buy such
yard goods as sheetings, silks, dress
goods and the like. And instead OF
scurrying with their purchases to their
home sewing rooms when the deals are
completed, they tramp back to the Dis
trict Building, where they carefully
measure the articles TO see that they
are all wool and a yard wide"
II short measures of vicious nature
, 1925-05-27

still these enumerated powers are modi-
fed in the same Act, and the assumtion
of such powers does not necessarily
change the system of American Terrific
rial government. AT least, these powers
are modified by certain fast set principles
inherent in The American people, and do
not purport to give the Executive OF the
territory over which he prasldes the IN
Ii aited powers Of a monarch. Were it
so, the mere delegation to MIN OF judi
cial powers. would give him the right to
abolish our Courts and assume and exer-
else the functions Of a judge on occasions
sought by him. The graft of military
and Judicial powers therefore cao OILY
be limited by the military character OF
his office as Commander Of the forces
in The islands. and to hi. ex-otticio capa-
city in this connection as Chief Justice"
of Court martial proceedings, as the Co.
lonial Law in Par. 6, vests the judiciary
authority in the Courts OF Justice.
, 1925-05-27

b.. Ii is also. true that a section Of the
Colonial Law (Par. 800 gives the Govern
or he power to dissolve the C0uucls, but
il must be also bourne in mind that the
introduction TO . revised Colonial Law
referred 10 reads as follows:
We Frederk ne Eight, by uue Grace
OF Goo KIM OF Denmark the aiu"'o
and the Go,hs, Duke OF S.eavl2, HoIsleln,
Sherman. Ditmarksen, L|auenUorG, and
Oidenbotg, MAKE KNOWN: ....... -
, 1925-05-27
Publication.

THE Colonial Council for st. CrOix,
! having been dissolved on the
18th. day of May 1925, an election
to the Council of 3 members for the
Elective District of the Town Of
Christiansted and Suburbs will ac-
cording to order from Government
take place at the Police court House
in o,hristiansted on FRIDAY the
9TH. day of June 1925.
The Polling will commence at |
o'clock o. m. and in accordance with
paragraph 80 0: the Colonial Law,
close at the earliest 4 o'clock y. m
Pursuant to publication Of 18th.
November 1906, paragraphs | and2,
candidates in order to be considered
shall be announced by one of the
electors of the Electoral District Tor
announce themselves as candidates
either by written announcement
signed by the announcer and sent to
the chairman of the Electoral
Board, at his official office not later
than 4 o'clock, .. M, on Monday
the Isl. day Of June 1925, or BY the
personal meeting of the announcer
before the Electoral Board at the
place where the election is to be
held between 3 and 4 o'clock p. m.
on Tuesday the 2no. day Of June
1925.
THE ELECTORAL BOARD for rarjs-
tiansted Town and Suburbs s.. Croix,
Virgin islands OF the United States of
America, May 26Jh. 1925.
A. e. STAKEMANN,
Chairman.
, 1925-05-27
AZ ~

h-eJ& ~
The Native Brass Band will give aeon
cert on the wharf tonight
Half of a line OF rain was measured at
the Fort this morning
Brief On The Dissolution OF
The Colonial Council OF ST.
CrOiX May IL, 1925
BY ID. HAMILTON JACKSON, ATTY-AT-LAW
Continued from yesterdays AUjS.)
Was the Governor justified in DissoIv-
ing the Council =?
a. While it may be admitted that the
Governor of the Virgin Islands is given
all civil, judicial. and military powers
under the Organic Act of March 3, 1917,
, 1925-05-27

LA
Colonial Council for st. CroiX,
! having been dissolved on the
18th. day of May 1925, an election
to the Council of 1 members for the
Elective District Of Christianstad
Country Jurisdiction will according
to order from Government take
place at the Police Court House IN
Christiansted on SATURDAY the
9Th. day of June 1925.
The polling Will commence at
o'clock p. m. and in accordance with
paragraph 80 Of the Colonial Law,
close at the earliest 4 o'clock p. m.
Pursuant to publication oil 10Th
November 1906, paragraphs | and z,
Candidates in order to be considered
shall be announced by one OF the
electors Of the Electoral District Tor
announce themselves as candidates
either by written announcement
signed by the announcer and sent
to the Chairman of the Electoral
Board. at his official office not later
than 4 o'clock p. m, on Tuesday the
End. day of June 1925, or by the
personal meeting of the announcer
before the Electoral Board at the
place where the election IS to be
held between 3 and 4 o'clock p. m.
on Wednesday the 3rd day OF June
1925.
THE ELECTORAL BOARD for the
Country DistrIct Of ohrisuia sued JurlS-
dicrion. st. Croix, Virgin Islands Of the
United States 81 America, May 10Th. 1928,
A. h.. SrAKEMANEj,
Chairman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-05
Births, Marriages, Deaths
Phone Notices to Main $500 Obituary Desk.
HARRY NJ. HAGG

Harry NJ. Flagg, forty-one. a ma
tive Of Washington, but in the
British. navy for eighteen years.
died January %, according TO word
received here today. Funeral serv.
ices and interment were held at
Portsmouth, England, from his
residence.
MIR. F'lagg was the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Flagg, of 1910
Talbert street northwest. He lest
washington about twenty wears
ago and had two years more to
serve before retirement from the
English navy. During the wa he
received several citations for
bravery.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Louise
Seden Flagg, of Portsmouth, Eng
land, and two sisters, Mrs. Jean
Hallom and Mrs. George Watts, ard
two brothers, Edward and Walter
p. Flagg, all of Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-05
CROOK ELUDE5
5 GUARDS ON
WAY To PEN
Eric CoEn Walks Unmolested
to Freedom, Awaiting
Trip to Atlanta

NEW YORK. Feb. with five
deputy United states marshals
with him In the detention pen in
the Federal Building, Eric Cohen,
known to police under dozen
aliases as confidence man,
walked unmolested to freedom and
away from sentence Of three AMI
half years in Atlanta.
The explanation given at Marshal
Necht's office was that Cohen
slipped out while the deputies were
struggling with another prisoner
who had an epileptic fit.
Cohen, who is said to be mem
Der of a wire tapping" gang that
has operated extensively in Florida
as well as here, had just been SEN
fenced by Judge Winslow, before
whom he pleaded guilty to a $1o,-
600 swindle in Orlando, Fla.
He was about to be taken to the
Tombs pending removal TO Atlanta,
and had not been handcuffed. It
was said there were several othe:'
prisoners in the detention pen, be-
sides the deputies and his ESCAPE
was not discovered for ten minutes.
A general alarm Immediately was
sent out for his rearrest and, be-
cause of his long criminal record
and the familiarity Of the police
with him, 1t was predicted he Would
soon be in custody again.
Marshal Fecht announced no ac-
ton would be taken against the
guards. A few months ago, when
q prisoner slipped away from two
deputy marshals between the Fed
eral Building and the Tombs, both
were discharged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-05
JEAN ELIOT'S SOCIETY NEWS

/ Colonel J. ID. Taylor was host
TO a party at dinner at lie Paradis
last night
The former naval attache OF the
French embassy, Captain Rigal, has
gone to Boston for a few days.
Mrs. &c. E. Whiting is making
an indefinite stay with her brother
in-law and sister, Doctor and Mrs.
L. w. Glazebrook.
Mrs. L. L. Nicholson, jr.. has
returned after a visit to Annapolis.
Mrs. John +. Waggaman will
leave tomorrow for an extended
stay in Florida. She will make
part Of the trip BY motor.
4
Colonel and Mrs William Eric
Fowler viii be hosts to a company
of twenty-five at dinner this eve
ming.
~ a +
Mrs. Ottoman Hamele was host
ess at a bridge luncheon. yesterday
afternoon in compliment to Mrs,
Lolita Loomis Moran, who viii leave
shortly for extended travel In the
West. Covers were laid for six
EeeY1.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-05
Ell CLUB CERVANTES
PLANS BENEFIT.

A benefit dance ami card party
will be held by Ell Club Cervantes
next Saturday evening at $50
o'clock in the Shaddick Studios
1907 I street. A short program
will precede the party, including
an address on THE Influence OF
Cervantes in Foreign Countries,
by Professor Henry Grattan Doyle,
of George Washington University
a piano duet. LISTS Second Hun
Rarian Rhapsody" by Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter A. Falk, and a recitation OF
Ferdinand cestero's poem, "QIe
Noche Tan Larga," by Senior rus
tavo de Medina.
The party has been arranged by
q committee under the chairman
ship of Raymond f. Wise, AMI is
for the benefit of the Latin Anaerl-
can Nights fund OF the organize
ton. A volume containing The
Best Hundred Lyric Poems OF las
titan Literature" selected by Mar
celino Mcnendez Pelayo, will he
offered as the prize for the winner
at each card table.
Attendance will include the menu
bership of the club and members
from several Latin-American en-
bassies and legations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-05
WABASH B A n K
To Be STATE
PARK
Indiana Planning to Make It
Memorial to Author Of
Famous Song

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 5.--Taylor-
vile, Inn. on the west bank of the
Wabash river, where Paul Dresser
wrote what afterward became In
diana's State song, ION the Banks
of the Wabash" soon may be con-
verted into State park in memory
of the author.
Proposal that the State. purchase
the tract OF land rs contained in a
bill introduced in the general as
sembIv by the Terre Haute deiega-
ton. Terre Haute is on the cas-:
bank of the Wabash, directly OPP
posite Taylorville.
The bill carries an appropriation
of $150,O0O for the project and is
said to have met general favor
among the legislators Taylorville
at present is little more than 4
waste. Its 900 acres are looked
upon ais an 'eye-sore" in Terre
movement started.
Sponsors Of the memorial bill
point out that it would be compare
and snrn 1t into State park. The
site Is on the National Highway.
making it accessible to tourists, as
well as to Indiana residents.
A favorable report was submitted
to the legislature by Richard Lieber,
State superintendent of parks. who
made an Investigation OF the plots
availability.
The Dresser Memorial Associa.
ton has $4,000, which 1t proposes
to expend in developing the park,
II it is established by the State.