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The Washington times., 1927-09-05
Labor Day Is for All,
Says Secretary Davis
ny JAMES ]. DAVIS
Secretary Of Labor


Written expressly for Interna-
tiOnal News Service
Labor day IL q day of indus
trial Thanksgiving. which should
by no means b6 confined solely
to the workers Of our Nation.
The daily efforts which,
through the year behind, they
have put into American produc-
ton, are being felt all over the
world.
Hence, all should join In the
yearly tribute to the American
worker: ana following that, all
hould imbibe freely Of the spirit
of harmony ~ harmony AZ be-
tween worker, employer ana
consumer.
For all three are supple,
ments Of each other. Each
one contributes to the wealth,
peace and prosperity Of our
whole country.
As I look into the Industrial
past, am filled with apprecia.
ton for the advancement OF the
American working man and wo-
man, who. today, are occupying
an enviabla place when com.
pared with the other workers
of the world.
In my life, have observed
. the human spirit enter more
and more largely into the vel.
Rnrn - %kA ~varIyA~ hawA
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PHoTosTAr OF MESSAGE

NEW TELEPHONE TYPEWRITER SERVICE has
just been installed in the offices Of the Equitable Secur
ties Co, under the local management Of Stanley Carr in
the Edmonds Building The new device Is similar to An
ordinary typewriter, but il electrically operated and AZ
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working hours Of pay.
this Of AeFi
lf worthy OF its fullest benefits.
there naueht
difficult for q
which and
and strive
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GY 1MKSE08S3&04l News serves
KARACHI, India, Sept. SID
herring rigidly to their schedule, the
round the.world filters, Edward r,
Schlee and William s, Brock, hoped
off at $50 o'clock this morning in
the Pride Of Detroit for Allahabad,
India.
Brock and Schlee arrived here at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon from
Bender Abbas, Persia. They were
greeted by officials OF the Royal Air
Force and q large crowd a. the
plane swooped down on the field OF
the Royal Air Force airdrome.
A slight leak in one of the aEso.
line tanks Of the Pride OF Detroit
was repaired last night and every.
thing made In readiness for an early
start before the fliers retired.
Brock ana Schlee were given 4
rousinS send-off by Royal Air Force
filters and the dozen or 20 Amer
leans who are residents Of Karachi
Allahabad Is. 925 miles from Kar'
0chi by air.. From there the fliers
plan 10 hop to Calcutta.
~ International News Service
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AT a civic CEKE-
MONY in Paris, Mrs. Rosa
mond Lancaster Warbur-
ton, who divorced her hus-
band, Barclay Warburton,
in Paris . year ago, was
married today to William
K. Vanderbilt I'd, who was
recently divorced by Vir-
ginia Fair Vanderbilt.
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Hill TO FIGHT
EXTRADIT0N
tContinsleA 9rom Firat ~

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officers II net walt Tor sxtradition
papers their haste to reach the
prisons nt the papers were
signed I'll ght BY Governor small
and win 81 rushed 10 Seattle by air
mali. 1t was said.
According to aavices received
here. Seattle police aubjactsd I'm
to . seven.hour grilling soon after
his arrest, bu. ne consistently de.
MED AL knowledge OF the crime Of
which he Ii charged.
II know things look bad for me-
he u quoted Is saying. 'But / an
innocent and have nothing to fear
7-lnlesa. perhaps. ! fsw bad check
Sold His CIR
Hili told the arrektinR officers Ne
had fled In his automobile thu eanaA
evening the body was found. ne
drove to Chicago. thence to Min.
neapolis and from there dlae west
to Seattle. At Seattle ne sold his
car. Police, looking for q ear that
had been stolen, came upon Hills.
The engine number was 50 near
that Of the. missing car that they
decided to investigatS closer.
They traced the man, who haA
sold the car TO q garage mechanic,
to q hotel where he was registered
under the name OF Jackson! when
accused OF being Harry HIll. of
streator. he readily admitted his
identity.
Father Backs Him
Meanwhile, DR.. III. G. nm. the
boys father and estranged husband
Of the slain woman, maintains his
son II innocent He Ii said to hava
wired his son not 10 resist extradi.
ton, but to coma hack ana clear
his name.
Doctor hin admitted the ayidenea
against his SON was DANA ein9. btIt
expfeseed the opinion that filrtheP
Investigation would develop otheR
svsdsnee that woulA axenaRsaa 49,
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Owned Two Theatars Here

Owned Two TheaSNfs Here
The Loew interests In Warrington
consist Of the Palace and Columbia
Tneat0rs.
The Palace was built a. Q motion
picture house and opened on No
vember 4. 1918. The Columbia IL
one Of washing ton's former ''legiti.
mate" theaters where road shows,
musical comedies and drama made
weekly stands.
on August 1S, 1918, Loew leased
1t and converted It into first run
motion picture house In 1918 he
bought the building and ground out.
right.
For the fivS-year period from
1921 to 1925 Loew's vaudeville book.
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DIEsIN SLEEP
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Continued from First Pa9e.)
100 theatrical corporations. which
controlled movie ana vaudeville thea
tiers II the principal cities Of the
country.
HIS New York residence was at
800 West End Ave. He was mem.
Der of the Friars, Lambs, Progress,
Press. Manhattan Country ana other
clubs.
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Continued from First Psso1

Continued from First Pagal
BOkler nonoplane ~ N perfect
shape for the flight.
The Government experts were TO
make their inspection this morn.
ing, and when the anticipated favor
able report has been rendered all
win be ready for the start Il the
weather holds fair. III
The sun was shining brightly this
morning and there was practically
no wind.
There were only b small nslnabef
OF sightseers On the beach, although
conditions seemed right Tor an early
take-off. n .s4 I
A report was current that the
flisrs might hop of by noon.
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~ international News Service
scARsBoRo, Ne, Sept. 5.
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'sDstrOiter'' Finishes Hon
ALIAAfIABAD, India, Sept. 3,
The Pride Of Detreit arrived hsre
ct $50 o'clock this afternoon from
Karachi.
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Neutrality-suspicious. flied TO
French. Speaker walked. Goslin
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
CONGRESS-.

The Republican is in receipt of
copy of 1927 Bulletin No. l, issued
for distribution to speakers and writ
ers by the Republican National Com
mittee at Washington, D. c., and en-
titled "The Congress of the United
States" The bulletin is a review of
the work of the Sixty-ninth Congress
and contains a few words of appreci-
alton of the legislative branch of our
Government, with a brief foreword by
Chairman William M. Butler.
During the past few years a popu-
lar impression has gained ground in
the United States that the American
Congress is an organization of small
minded men whose principal duty is
to meet, make lurid speeches, draw
salaries and adjourn. Nothing could
be further from the truth. AS the bull
letin referred to above we'll states, the
United States Congress stands head
and shoulders above all the legislative
bodies of the world in the qualifca-
tions of it's members and the value
of their work.
The past six or seven years in Am
erican history have been years of
progress and prosperity. AND in the
effecting of this progress and prosper
ity the Congress of the United States
has had no little part. 1t has legis-
lated wisely and constructively in
matters of finance, industry, agricul-
ture and social interest. A glance
over the list of progressive laws en-
acted will surprise the average read
err today. AS the bulletin on "The
Congress of the United States" well
puts it:
"The best test as to the merits of
the work of Congress is to attempt
to specify what laws it has enacted
should be repealed. An expression
commonly heard among unthinking
writers and speakers is that the coun-
try would be better off if the Con-
gress would adjorun for ten years.
Suppose Congress had not been in ses-
sion during the last six years! Would
the country be better off or worse off
During that time-to mention only a
few of the outstanding pieces of leg
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
Narrowly Escaped Being Struck
BY Lightning.

Michael Laffey, superintendent of
right-of-way for the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, Cumberland Grafton
Division, narrowly escaped injury and
probable death shortly before noos>
today during rain and lightni
storm which struck this section. Mr..
Laffey, accompanied by Robert Daw-
son, trackman, had sought shelter
in the Weber station, mile east of
Oakland, from the rain and while in
the building lightning shattered a tel
ephone pole which stands at the COR
ner of the little structure. Mr.. Laf-
fey distinctly felt the charge in his
left arm and for a few seconds was
stunned. Mr.. Dawson was in the OPP
posite end of the building and did not
feel the shock. Both men are from
Piedmont.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
SING SING TECHNIQUE

Three canoeists drowned in the
Hudson on July 4, according to the
Baltimore Sun, and they were in
plain sight of 1900 would-be rescuers,
but the 1900 could do nothing. They
were behind the bars of Sing Sing,
and guards, heavily armed, covered
the men with rifles and threatened to
shoot any man who went to the as
sistance of the drowning persons.
At first sight, this seems to be an
inhuman way to act, but to get the
real significance of the fact, one must
take more than one peep. One of the
wardens said that previous faithless-
ness of the prisoners had actuated
the guards, who feared prisoners per-
mitted to aid the drowning canoeists
might attempt to escape.
In holding these men in check, three
people were drowned, but if they had
been freed in an attempt to save these
three, many might have escaped and
that would have been a greater men,
ace. A killer may have broken loose,
or a notorious thug may have escaped.
In very few months they would have
been accountable for more deaths by
far than just the three that were lost
by drowning. Prison officials then,
were absolutely in the right.
Yet, that is not giving the prison
ers a fair trial perhaps. There may
have been many in the 1900 who
watched the tragedy who were really
touched, who really wept and were up
set. The sad part here is that no one
would believe that they were ever
affected that way. Out in life, scenes
like that would be expected, but from
a hardened prisoner-never.
All the emotion put forth by these
prisoners may have only been a ruse
in an attempt to take advantage of
the situation. But they failed, merely
because the prison guards and officials
have nothing to go onbut the previous
experiences and show of character
that the convicts emulate and the
average character of prison inmates is
usually not of the best. The one who
cried the hardest may have been SEN
fenced to prison for taking the life of
some individual and afterwards throw
ing the body into the river.
/ Character is built day by day, is
much harder to build than to tear
down, and when once torn down, is
almost impossible to be rebuilt. 1t
takes twice the effort to rebuild a
character than to build it. When
these prisoners formerly had proved
faithless, in that one event it only
paved the way for the demolition of
all faith in all prisoners, and it can
never be rebuilt. Can the guards,
then, be blamed for not allowing any
one to save these three unfortunates
in the canoe?
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gatherings. In city of about 49,
600 this clubs large membership has
founded an orthopedic hospital for the
benefit of crippled children, and oc-
casionally an illustrated lecture is
given by its chief surgeon at the Pen
Pacific Clubs weekly series Of lee
lures, one of which was given last
night, though of course about six
hours later than the supper of Oak
lands Rotary Club, which by that
time was no doubt in dreamland.
By the way, this Pan Pacific Club,
which is somewhat along the lines of
the Pen American Club, had its birth
and its infancy in Honolulu. 1t is
now firmly established upon a well
organized basis. Today it embraces
every Pacific country of the Orient,
all North and South American coun-
tries bordering on the Pacific, as well
as New Zealand and Australia, and to
Honolulu each summer for several
consecutive years have gathered nota-
bic representatives of these countries
to its yearly professional and eco
nomical congresses.
Some of the honorary members of
this Pan Pacific Club are ex-President
Taft, President Coolidge, Governor
Harrington of Hawaii, the Premiers
of New Zealand, Australia and Can
ada and distinguished men of the Or
lent. It's Monday-noon luncheons in
variably have speakers from a dis
lance, among whom may be men,
toned such notables as Lord Northe-
cliffe, shortly prior to his death; Com
mander John Rodgers, after his tragic
trip to Hawaii; ex-Secretary Weeks
of the Coolidge Cabinet, and Lord
Allenby of Palestine fame.
And all this and much more from
small beginnings; so what may not
this Oakland Rotary Club develop
within the next few years.
A GUEST.
Oakland, Saturday, July 2.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
LIGHT THE WAY.

There were two merchants. One
kept the display windows and his
store we'll lighted, making the place
cheerful and attractive. The other
feared that his electric light bill would
burn away all his profits, and never
had any more lights than were neces-
sary. The one who kept his place i'll
lighted wondered why the other mer-
chant always got the business.
There was just one bit of difference
in the two stores, but it was plenty.
One was cheerful looking and the
other was not, and who likes to go
into a gloomy, dark room?
Tuesday night, at the monthly
meeting of the Mayor and Town Coun-
ell, Charles Snyder, a representative
of the West Penn offered to erect a
"White Way" on the main streets of
Oakland, free of charge to the tax
payers. The only expense involved
for the town would be the electric
light bills each month. Both poles and
fixtures would be furnished by the
electric company.
Now, instead of taking two mer-
chants, take two towns. One was
poorly lighted and dark and gloomy.
The other was brilliantly lit with cleo
tricity, making it cheerful and COM
Portable looking. Where would people
passing through these two towns
be likely to stop for something which
they had to buy?
The merchants of the town along
the great white way, should one be
erected, would benefit materially by
the brightness following the improve
ment, and the cost, according to May
or Lawrence Fraley, would be around
$50 each month in addition to the
present cost. If a lighted town can
be had with only that much extra
cost to the people of Oakland every
one should get behind the movement
and put it over. After all, it is up to
the people what they want and what
they do not want. But think of the
business section well lighted and
cheerful looking. Yes, it would make
quite difference.
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islation-the Congress has enacted
three tax-reduction measures, c,ordi-
mated all of the agencies handling
matters affecting eX-service men and
enacted all of the legislation ex-ser-
vice men, created the Foreign Debt
Funding Commission and ratified the
work of that Commission. During
that period it enacted more funda-
mental Legislation looking to the per-
manent rehabilitation of agriculture
than was enacted during any previous
quarter of a century in he history of
the United States-such as the crea-
ton of the Intermediate Credit Bank
system, coupled with the Warehousing
Act, the legalizing of cooperative
marketing associations and subsidi-
airy Legislation facilitating their OPP
Grafton and financing the Packers and
Stockyards Act-to mention a few.
During the last six years it has en-
acted a number of laws vitality af-
fecting the rights of labor, the Re-
strictive immigration law, amended
the Federal Bank Act, supplanted free
trade with a protective tariff, ratified
over fifty treaties with foreign coun-
tries and made many changes in in
terstate commerce laws affecting
shippers and transportation agencies"
The record is one of which no sup
porter of American institutions need
feel ashamed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
FINGERS OR FIRECRACK-
Frs?

Fourth of July passed with the usu-
al number of firecrackers being set
off, the usual number of fingers being
blown off, the usual number of hairs
being burned off and the usual re-
sultant number of fires. Still, in spite
of all this, the very same thing will be
repeated next year and the next ad
infnitum. Those who had serious ac-
cidents will go back for more, and
those who celebrated successfully will
try it again with the same childlike
confidence.
It has been said that experience is
the greatest teacher and that that is
the only way we can learn some of
the things of life. A slogan like that
never worked on July Fourth. From
the accounts of all the experiences
such as people have had on the Fourth
that are published in the newspapers
one could easily see that powder is no
toy for children and even dangerous
for grown-ups. But what difference
does that make to anybody? Tradition
and custom seem to say that Indepen-
dence Day should be celebrated by
making lot of noise and setting off
huge firecrackers, and accidents or no
accidents, the majority of people be-
lieve this and act accordingly.
The State Department of Health
through The Republican, asked for a
safe and sane Fourth, one in which
the celebration would include only
flag raisings, speeches, parades, pag-
eants, band concerts and picnics, and
omit the toy pistol, the blank cart
ridge and the equally dangerous other
explosives. Do this, the department
heads said, and worthwhile Indepen-
dence Day would result. That is true
and practically everyone who cele-
brates in any way realizes the truth
of such statement.
But there is something in the old
custom that can't be explained, yet
it makes one want to throw a fire
cracker in the air and makes one feel
that it is worth taking a chance to be
able to do it. 1t is the same spirit that
makes the older person delight in set
ting off a thunderbolt for his little
boy. He has never gotten over the
habit and uses his boy as an excuse
that he might still enjoy the expert
ence.
And when the Fourth is over, he is
through. The spirit has left him, and
he carefully guards his fingers from
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
A Recent Guest of the Local Rotary
Club Locks For Large Accomplish
ments In Future Years by the Or


ganiZation.
To the Editor of The Republican.
The residents of Oakland may we'll
congratulate themselves upon their
Rotary Club, of which many of its
representative men, both professional
and commercial, are members. 1t is
full of vigor and vibrant with a life
that no doubt is expressing itself in
some chosen work for the betterment
of the less fortunate in the commun-
ity, and it is also another link in the
chain around the world that is bind
ing men both internationally and in
terracially together for the uplift of
humanity, and indeed it is needed, for
even in these days of enlightenment
the down trodden, the oppressed and
the afflicted are to be found in every
land.
Listening last night to the Rotary
songs so heartily sung at the supper,
it seemed so good to realize that at
Honolulu's Rotary Club these same
songs are to be heard at its weekly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07

This Correspondent Wants COMPETE
ton in the Creamery Business and
From Indications Apparent to the
Knowing Ones it May Come at an
Early Day.
To the Editor of The Republican.
In the issue of The Republican of
June 3Oth, under the caption "a Nat
ural Resource" many statements were
quoted regarding dairying in Garrett
county, some of which were true, 9TH
ers were misleading, if not entirely
untrue in fact.
1t is true that thousands of dollars
are paid to farmers each year for
their milk, and judging from the
prices which the farmers are paid in
this section for their product, they are
losing thousands of dollars by not
being paid proper prices for the milk
they produce.
The ideal condition for dairying
has been known to farmers of Garrett
county for many years, but the price
of the product has been the one thing
that has really kept the dairying bus
mess in its infancy. Within the past
six months we as farmers have real
lied that we could be benefited by
finding better market.
Now that we have interested some
of our local business men and County
Agent in our problem, and as they are
trying to remedy this serious problem,
statement appears in your paper
that there will be market for all
the milk the farmers wish to sell.
1t is true that there may be mar
ket, but at what price? Another i'm
portant thing that l would call to
mind is an age-old story that there
will be better times bye and bye"
If the farmers will only recall the
many promises made to them in the
past for better conditions and prices,
they will not be misled by any future
promises and they, coupled with the
interested local business men, will
strive all the harder to bring about
better conditions and prices, and this
can be done only along the line in
which they are now working, by hav-
ing a worthwhile milk concern locate
in Oakland affording keen competi-
ton to the local creamery, which in
the past, has been conspicuously lack
ing.
AS soon as it was mentioned that
new plant might be established in
Oakland, propaganda was that far
mers would be compelled to build new
barns. This statement is absolutely
untrue, because the barns which they
now have can be remodelled at low
cost to meet the requirements which
will be called for. This in itself will
benefit the farmer by making condi-
tons better to work in, and they will
be well repaid for their trouble and
expense.
In conclusion, let me warn our far
mers, dairymen and prospective dairy
men not to be misled by promises
which we know will not be fulfilled,
but instead urge them to continue
working for new and better milk
cream shipping plant for this section
of the county. ID. S. M.
Oakland, July 6, 1927.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07

accident. He is in favor of legislation
that makes machinery safe, for any
thing that will insure his further pro-
lection from accidents that sever fin
gers, arms, legs and other parts of
the human frame. But on the Fourth
of July, what does he care for fin
gers? He is willing to take his chance
with the rest of them. If he gets one
blown off, tough luck. He will cele-
brate in the same way next year. HUI
man nature is certainly battling.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-07-07
CRELLIN TO IMPROVE.

In today's issue Of The Republican
there is news article telling of the
new and proposed improvements in
the town of Crellin. The undertaking
of the Stanley Coal Company is no
small one, and if completed as out
lined, will be one of the biggest assets
that the town will have. 1t is going
to take work and lot of money, but
the returns will justify the outlay in
the end.
Recreation and pleasure for all the
members of the community is an idea
that is being carried out on quite a
large scale by this company and de-
serves commentator from all.