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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-12
Would Wipe Out P. y. {. and
Have Congress Fix Rates

f4ENAToR McKELLAR Of Tennessee having vainy tried
- for wears to have Congress fix scent fare for the
District now introduces bill to abolish the Public ose'
Commission lock- stock barrel and let Congress deal with
the rates and charges Of local public utilities did before
the P. q. Q. was created
The Senator the commission was eaDsneo
10 benefit the public but he has not single instance
where il has done So TO the contrary has in his opinion
favored the utilities corporations.
The Public Utilities Commission has not consistently favored
the corporations At no since its creation however has
been unfair TO them Much has depended and will depend
upon the personnel and attitude of that body
The new commission now entering upon its important
duties il regarded by the public peculiarly fair and
having been selected President Hoover with the purpose
Of protecting public interests as well a. property interests
The pubic utilities corporations Of the District would much
nrefer to deal with commission sympahng with them and
with their ideals Of large and juicy returns for dividend
purposes but it forgotten that they do not rely wholly
decisions of the r G. The paradise Of corporations
lis the courts of the country
Long established court opinions make the invested dollar
mighty sacred thing In public utilities II must receive
proper must not be conscated BY any official
at pnhc utilities concerns know this full well and quickly
annea ia the courts to safeguard them They often appeal
when their stockholders and bondhoders in particular
danger and quite often they hoodwnk the courts to
nronertv valuations by the fantastic claims getting
recognition not only the dollars that were puden IN
vested for many dollars never invested at ADJUST so
much water.
Senator Mcclellan is not deceived knows the practices
Of public utilities and that with great array Of
highly paid and experts they have every advantage
over the public and the courts The public has such
array Of attorneys and few experts expose the weaknesses
Of exorbitant claims Of utilities corporations
The invested utilities dollar is constantly surrounded by
body guard Of picked specialists who know their business
Public interests such protection and suffer accordingly
just Public Utilities Commission, such the new one
be- may determine that hereafter public concern
shall not be neglected The commission will direct all the
forces at its command to develop the pubics side Of
controversial subjects that will not 60 to the courts
ore sided in make up
The Mcclellan bill will not pass Congress- members OF
which do care 70 be bothered with District matters
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-12
There ARE NO SYNONYMS
.Bu Herbert KnufmnYb

THE who found the dictionary - very interesting
story but complained that he couldn't discover the plot
didn't know his book.
Romance is sOdly packed between the Drama
staged every page
The centuries in endless procession march there And entire
phases development embamed in single drops Of
printers ink
Words are moulted feathers Of Timehs distilled essence
Of ages and action-tales told in tabloid.
Each has its family tree. Some the spawn OF slaves
some the throws Of conqherors.
Words bonds between present and past civilizations
Words furnish the bridges which history crosses from
one to another.
Words suggest the missing links in the Adamson chain Of
descent
They don't "just happen Circumstances created words
for specific tasks.
Mood movement method emotion and purpose must have
Identification labels cannot translate themselves 70
each other, and evolve common denominators
The nation whose vernacar contains the eatess variety
o words is manfestly able progress fastebecause 1t
easiest intensity intercourse and communze knowledge
limited vocabulary penalties expression the de-
gree that incomplete panbCx restricts the scope OF an
artist missing string battles vrtuosos technique.
You cant know many words-there are no SYNONYMS
Words are identical only shades and nts similar Even
those which practically interchangeable never completely
perform the functions Of each other.
No matter how earnestly mosaic layer strives ct his de-
sgn there is always something lacking either Ia ~ OF COOr
to each bit Of stene he has used.
s thorough scrutiny viii disclose flaws N ne pest OF
writings and abIest Of briefs
Courts are choed with litigation which has slipped through
badly drawn documents.
moudered in chancery for generations because
Of sloppy sentence.
Diplomacy fails oftenest lack Of clarifying language and
this very article might drive its points far more effectively
if time were available to pick verbal hammers
The editorial rejection basket Is constantly crowded with
loosely conceived contributions
10 do ANYTHING properly takes patient doing.
Success requires not only original impulses and Ideas but m
full toll Of toll besides. -,
no Kreislers-no Jertzas.
And without laborious effort and word choosing no 1enn
sons no Tarlngtons, Choates.
MANY lesser light the arts literature and the law might
have reached distinction comparable to theirs except Tor
the Importance Of precision, which the
spine of perfection 49,, ~u,,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-12
We Are Prosperous
And We Are Learning

survey ordered by President Hoover proves that pros
~ pey and the standard Of living in this country far
higher than they have ever been.
Prosperity the Presidents reports shows due to the
fact that uries produced in quantity production and
freely used by all Of the people
The bath tub and the automobile longer Injuries
absolute necessities.
It should be remembered to what extent nstalment
purchases have made this possible.
Instead Of waiting years the price of auto
mobile the citizen buys the automobile and enjoys it while
he saves to pay for it.
hoover whose success Is based on norongn mental
porance Of education The report reminds that this nation
spends thousand five hundred million dollars year
public and private education.
Expenses for education have increased two hundred and
fifty per cent within ten yearsl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-12
LISTEN WORLD!
I'm Never Sure What's Right
By Elsie Robinson

hardy. Which. out Of this bable.
Is the voice OF conscience-which
the voice Of my own cowardics,
laziness or conceit?
And as / am increasingly un.
able to Judge my own rightness
or wrongness, so am unable to
Judge my neighbours. ! realize
that neutrality-suspicious. Is sup
posed to be one Of the choicest
perquisltes and privileges Of all
respectable citizens, but somehow
have never been able to enjoy
it. For Just as soon as I've de-
cided that my neighbor In . bad
egg something pops UP to prove
that he's probably q whole lot
more decent than I am. One
minute my conscience will tell
me to cast him into outer dark
ness-and the next it win prompt
me to take him piece OF choco-
late layer cake.
It's certainly q tough job-this
distinguishing virtue from vice.
They say that Eve learned how
to tell good from evil when she
ate that apple. Well, all can
say Is, it's time she dropped
around and ate another one. For
the files have certainly gotten
badly scrambled since she did the
original biting.
Only one thing am / sure-my
conscience Is going to put me in
the dog house. whichever course
take. SO I have given up try.
ing to be an authority or right.
eousness. II those chaps with
good, reliable, one.way consciences
can decide what's right and
what's wrong, more power to
them. But as for me. can only
be as kind as possible, and as
humble--and take my chances in
the hereafter,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-12

read in the newspaper from my
mind.
ABOUT midnight ! rose, lit a
candle and went to my desk.
some powerful spirit appeared to
. possess me, and, almost involun-
tarily. / proceeded to write the
song of My Maryland! remem-
Der that the idea appeared first
to shane as music in the brain
some wild air that cannot now
recall.
'.The whole poem was dashed
off rapidly when once begun. 1t
was not composed in cold blood,
but under what may be called a
conflagration OF the senses, il not
an inspiration of the intellect.
was stirred to desire for some
way of linking my name with
that of my native. State, II not
with my lands langu4gep But
never expected to do this with
one single, supreme effort, and
no one was more surprised than
was at the widespread and In
Simultaneous popularity OF the
words / had been 80 strangely
stimulated to write
The words of Maryland, Ny
MARYLAND" were set to the tune of
"Laurigier Horatius," which, in
turn, came from an old German
air, "Tannenbaum, o Tannen-
baum"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-12

r ALWAYS envy those people
1 who are so sure that they can
tell what's right and what's
wrong. How comfortable they
must below untroubled by
doubts and remorse!
Now, mel never can be sure.
When / was little. my parents
and Sunday School teachers
assured me that ! would have no
difficulty on this score. ] had .
conscience-so they said. II
would simply listen to my con.
science and follow its dictates.
would always be perfectly correct.
Well, in a way they were right.
/ have some sort of a mysterious
contraption in me that does go
brr.r.r.r in emergencies. But the
trouble Is, it always goes brr-r-r-r
on at least two sides Of the ques-
tion--and maybe on three or four
Sometimes 1t win argue like the
dickens for one course OF action.
Then it will flop right around and
root for the other. And again It
will hop.skotch with everybody.
How am ! to know which decision
has Gods personal key?
For example, may be con-
fronted with the necessity of max
Ing a momentous decision which
will affect the whole current Of
my life and involve much discom-
fort and sacrifice. For long time
/ have felt that / must take this
step and I at last decided to do
so.
Instantly I'm as filled with
brr-r-r.rs as telephone switch
board. One voice tells me to do
this thing and points out the
bravery and nobility of my stand.
But Immediately other voices.
equally insistent, tell me how
wrong It is how selfish and fool
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-12
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis E. Bisch-

?
TN . summary way one might
l. say that the waste products
Of the body-produced by the
Transformation Of food into the
tissues OF the body through the
process Of oxidation-are urea.
carbon dioxide, salts and water.
The main avenues by which
these leave the body are the skin.
the lungs. the bowels and the
kidneys.
The kidneys, however. take
care Of nearly all Of the urea, .
large amount OF water. q small
quantity Of carbon dioxide and
the greater proportion Of the salts.
One can understand. therefore.
how tremendously important the
kidneys are in maintaining health.
The kidneys are really glands
made up Of q very complicated
system OF tubes.
There are two kidneys, one sit
nated to the right and the other
to the left of the spinal column
or backbone, and in the abdominal
cavity.
The kidneys are shaped like =
lima bean and each is about four
inches long, two inches wide and
one inch thick.
To get the exact location Of the
kidneys, count the ribs down
wards from the top until the
eleventh rib IL reached. This 10
the level of the top of the kid
ney. But, of course. the kidneys
are in the back of the abdomen
and not In front.
Each kidney Ia protected by
what is known as the capsule"
Of the kidney. This Is 4 sort OF
tough envelope. Around the en-.
velope lies considerable fat which
helps to hold the kidney In place.
In q short article such as this 1t
would be impossible to describe
in detail the marvellous network
OF tiny tubes and blood vessels
which make up the substance OF
the kidneys. Suffice 1t to say
that it has been estimated that
each kinney contains about fifteen
miles of tubing.
From the concave side of each
kidney there arises a so-calied
ureter which is really the excre-
tory duct Of the kidney. A ureter
from each kidney runs obliquely
downwards and inwards to open
into the base of the bladder.
The bladder, of course, Is the
urinary reservoir for the kidney.
As urine is manufactured by the
kidneys, in its intricate structure,
1t flows drop by drop down the
ureters into the bladder.
From the bladder single duct.
the urethra, opens to the outside
of the body.
Normal urine is a pale yellow
or straw color. 1t is somewhat
acid i'm reaction. Its specific
gravity is 1920 The urine. how
ever, even in health, may not ,ex-
actly tally with the average char
acteristics. Physicians can judge
many things about how the kid
neys are working from an exam
nation of the urine.
For example. IL albumin Ia pres
ent It may mean kidney disease.
IL sugar il present 1t signifies
diabetes. IS
Most persons do not drink suf-
ficient water between meals.
Water helps to flush the kidneys
and aids the process of elimina.
, ton.
Ths kidneys are most precious
organs. Their function should be
Investigated every Aaw AnA thaAu
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-12
Hearst Papers Advocate:

j. An agreement Of Enghsh-spedksng peoples to- pre-
serVe peace among themselves and to promote the
peace of the tOorld.
2. Proportional Representations In the United States
Senate, no State to haze less than taCO Senator's.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionment IN the House of Representatives
3. separate Department of the Army of the NaVy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
a. Federal action to the limit OF Federal powers to
abolish aterGcy In the United States under Secre-
tGry OF Education.
s. Election Of Congress in November. Installation on
the LIST of January following Inauguration of the
President LIST of January neat after November
election.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-12
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
"Yes-Husbands"

4C6~-AAMSD&asN@
DENITo MUsSoLINI may have
- his drawbacks al q dictator
of women's fashions. But some
times / wonder IL, as husband,
he might not be rather refresh.
ing, not to say comforting, to
have around the house.
At least, with a husband like
that, you would know just where
you STOOD. And you wouldn't
lie awake nights wondering about
the fare to Reno or the climate
Of Mexico.
There would be no family argu.
rnents in a house where there
was only one vote, one opinion,
one pair of knfckerbockers and
one brand Of cigarettes.
And no trouble with the chill.
dren! You'd never have to say:
''Now, Ben, haven't you got the
nerve to lay down the law to
Clara?"
-
Or, ''For heavens sake. are
you going to stand there and let
Billy talk BACK TO your?
Neither would there be any
servant problem nor any discus
sion as to who would fire the COOK
or go out and blow up the jan
itor. Nor any scrapping as to
who should have the first look at
the newspaper anyhow.
You'd never have to stall off
salesman or decide about accept
ing a duh invitation. You'd just
say, 'I'll ask my husband" And
he'd never make you the goat or
the abili by saying, "I'll see what
the wife says" when he wanted
to crawl out Of going.
After all, life must be very
peaceful for the wit eof a man
who knows his own MIND-and
has the nerv eto SPEAK it.
NERVE! That's what the Amer
lean husband lacks: Nerve to
make his own children behave,
: keep his own servants In awe,
and run his own house.
An American husband, as /
have said before, is what is left
of a bachelor after the nerve has
been extracted. He may be a
Nero around bushes office, or
a Simon Legree around his fac
tory. but in his own home he is
just a pacifist--as silent as the
IS" in a tallie movie.
He doesn't want the RESPONSE
bility of deciding things. And.
until there is a divorce, scandal
or a torch-murder in the family,
he'd rather give in to the whole
bunch and sneak off and play
golf than argue about things.
He keeps his religion, his cul-
ture and his morals all in his
wife's name, and leaves all the
worry and domestic problems to
her.
And then he wonders why his
tastes and opinions are never
consulted, and why he feels like
stranger in somebody else's
harem around his own home!
All the nerve In America is
cornered by the bachelors! THEY
have more Of 1t than any other
set OF bachelors in. the world. But
once you get them under q mar
guerite wedding bell 1t oozes right
out of them, and they become
''yes-husbands Perhaps it's be-
cause they have struggled so hard
against matrimony that they have
no more nsrve lett ia them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-12
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Nothing Is more useful to man
than to speak clearly; the mean
Ing indeed commends itself to all.
yet outspokenness il apt to be
wrested to its own destruction.
-Phaedrus.
The only infallible criterion of
wisdom to vulgar Judgments
success. Burke. f
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-12

Thou know'st tits common, all that
live must die,
Passing through nature to eter.
nifty
Shakespeare.
Who boasts of his descent
praises things which do not apper-
tain to himself.
Seneca.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

centuries before Left Ericsson planted his vine-
yards in New England
THE questions cited at the outset, quite
apparently, would upset historical ira
dition if each is answered in the affirmative.
fiat statement of probability is made by
the Savannah historian. "A phase Of the
romantic history of the Georgia coast more
than 500 years before Columbus discovered
America" MRS. Colquitt says, "is revealed in
the old sagas of the Norsemen. In view Of the
claim of modern scholars that Huitramanna-
land mentioned in the sagas) IS identical with
the Florida Georgia Carolina coastal region,
we have actual knowledge Of ancient Irish and
Icelandic navigators sojourning on this shore
before the voyages of Left Ericsson to America"
Stories Of these early voyages have been
linked with evidence discovered on the Georgia
Islands in support of this theory.
What may be an archaeological trace Of this
occupation Of the Georgia coast are the ruins
on Demetrius Island, in the marshes Of q
creek formed where the South Newport River
enters the saltwater stream of Sapelo. Will
liam de Brahm, his Britannia majesty's sur.
veyor general for the southern provinces Of
North America, mentioned coming upon this
site in 1883 and finding there vestigeS Of an
intrenchment and ruins Of ancient houses
which appeared to have been the settlement
of "a nation neither English nor Spanish"
It is not impossible that these were Morse
ruins, as the remains of their civilization have
been identified on the New England coast,
where the Morse are known to have lived.
IT is general opinion among scholars, says
Mrs. Colquitt, that the early days Of America
were no doubt marked by much maritime
adventure which has left no record. DR.. Rain,
noted Danish critic and archeologist, however,
AYERS that the pre-Columbus discovery Of
America left its legends scattered throughout
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04
Critical Examination of Aucient Ruins on
Islands off the Georgian Coast Stus
Speculation Anent Possibility of AmericajS
First White M7adery Being Icelandic-
Or Perhaps Irish!

was blown southwest to q land he had never
visited" He entered good harbor and after
some time ashore, people came to him and
he found that their language appeared to be
Irish. Among them as their chief was Bjorn,
now stricken in years and his hair was white"
Bjorn inquired about his love, Thurid and
gave a gold ring from his hand" to Gudlief
to present to her with the message that it was
sent by him who loved the lady of Froda"
Budlef returned to his home and delivered
the token into the hands of the then aged
Thurid. At least, so goes the story, and so
it is preserved in the ancient sagas.
CT. SIMONS ISLAND lies IL miles out to
~ sea over a magnificent causeway from
Brunswick, Ga. It is one of a string of six
islands which guard the Georgia coast from
South Carolina to Florida. The Others all
privately owned, are as secluded today as they
were centuries ago. Only st. Simons is open
to the public and available by motor
The history of the missions established on
st. Simons, ST. GATHERINGS, Ossabaw, Sapelo and
Cumberland Islands is known. With st.
Augustine, Fla, oldest existing town on the
American mainland as parent mission, Span
iSh JeSuitS and FranciScans established string
of missions on the islands in the sixteenth
century.
6AIlOWIl, 100, u StOTy Oh Tile baLClc Ok
Bloody Marsh, where the Spanish were de-
cisively defeated in 1742, giving the English the
right to call North America their own. It was
in this war that the first "barbed-wire"
ENHANCEMENT was used. According to the Span
ish commander, Montana, in his alibi to his
king. Gen. Oglethorpes men had strewn the
beach with prickly pears, which made an
ENHANCEMENT impenetrable for the barefoot
Spanish troops.
The inaccessibility of the islands and gen.
eral apathy toward research until recently have
kept their secrets from the world. Last Winter
the visit Of former President and Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge to Sapelo Island did much to awaken
general interest in the history of these islands.
President Herbert Hoover's contemplated visit
to Sapelo this Fall undoubtedly will give further
impetus to historical research concerning these
islands.
Mrs. ColQuitt has added much to the his
torical data concerning the region. She believes
also that there is ample evidence that white
people visited the American coast on Georgia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

with the married sister of
an IcelGndic priest OF OdtH
drtue the first ,ohite man to
American shores 500 years
before Columbus?
Are the Golden Isles OF Georgia the
Huitran.dnnd-land OF old Icelandic sdgas
sung by the skalds long before the Cru
SGdeS?
Was Left the Lucky only following CEN
tury-old lanes established By GdUen-
turouS traders, Uhen he came to America?
Were there already European habitd-
lions in coastal America uhen Columbus
landed in the West indies?
Do certain ruins on the Georgia coastal
islands actually belong to the ninth GEN.
fury?
THESE are some of the questions which are
- puzzlng the heads Of historians and
anthropologists today One historical student.
at least, gives an affirmative answer to each
of the questions She is Dolores Boisfeuillet Col
quit of Savannah, Ga, historian, writer and
officer of the Georgia Historical Society.
The recent renaissance of interest in South
Georgia's theater of historical events is daily
adding a wealth of forgotten or undiscovered
material to the store of American historical
lore.
Most romantic of these, probably, IS the story
Of Bjorn Ashbrandson's love for Thurid Of
Froda, which supposedly drove him into exile
ON the American coast in 999 A. d.
Bjorn was oStracized and driven from Ice
land because of an unlawful love affair with
Thurid of Froda, married sister of Snorre.
Snorre, being the high priest Of Odin, also was
justice of the Supreme Court Of those days
not man to be trified with! So Bjorn joined
the Vikings in Denmark and built up quite a
reputation for himself as q courageous and
strong man, winning the title Of THE Athlete"
But when he returned to Iceland, covered with
glory and expecting to find Thurid, over
whelmed by his triumphs ready to fall into
his arms, he was again chased out Of the
country. This time his ship was driven to
"Huitramanna-land"
Thirty years later Gudlief Gudlangson (of
whom more anon, q merchant and son of
Gudlang the Rich, in undertaking to sail
from Iceland to Dublin in his trading vessel,
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Or Perhaps hlsh!
BY LAWRENCE C. HOLMES

I'D an unhappy lone affair
with the married sister of
an Icelandic priest OF Odin
driue the first ,Ohite man to
American shores 500 gears