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The Washington times., 1929-05-13
LISTEN WORLD!
CkapGrTal
By Elsie Robinson

IF you know the hills of Cali.
l. fornia you have neighbored
with chaparral.
From Shasta to Tia Juana IL
covers the ranges with mantle
of low, thorny shrubs.
Millions of shrubs, all so alike
that it is impossible to tell one
from the other in the interlacing
tangle.
Little birds nest in it.
Bees humble through it, heavy
with POLLEN.
Rabbits and squirrels have their
burrows among its roots.
Springs have their homes there,
too, for 1t is the guardian OF the
waterways. Without it's thick,
fierce protection. the storms would
have their way with the hills and
the valleys would go dry.
The soil beneath the chaparra1
is deep and black with years of
giving. Generations of these
humble growths have lived and
died there, sprung from the
ground and gone back to it again,
taking with them the treasure Of
earth and air.
With the spring the perfume
rises from 1t like smoke.
1t is an amazing perfume, pun
gent, earthly, with a warm force
in it. 1t is like the odor Of a
healthy, living body moving along
the trails. under the brilliant sky
can never feel casual about
the chaparral-I can never treat
it as mere vegetation.
1t is, to me, mass Of life
in which 1. too, have my being.
like the squirrel and the rabbit.
1t is like that mass of life
which we call the common people.
The Washington times., 1929-05-13
ONCE-OVERS
Stop Office.Vislts

stop U1Alce-V lSatS
VOU go into the other. fellows
L office and take his time when
he is busy, but you are dis
courteous to those who visit your
office under like circumstances.
When you have a day off you
like to go about and visit your
friends at their place of employ
ment.
You may not do more than use
tl.eir office as a loafing place.
You may announce upon Jour
entrance that you have not come
in to visit.
You may ask that all proceed
with their work and not pay any
attention to you while you are
there.
But even though you don't
talk much your presence in any
mans office does interfere with
his work.
There are certain things that
must be done-looked after each
day,
A man in an important position,
and even one in minor position,
must give undivided attention to
business matters.
You may not realize that you
put those you visit in an embar-
RAISING position when you call
during working hours.
The boss does not like it.
He pays for service, the best
he~can get. and he wants it.
He knows Your friend cannot
give it while you stand or sit
around his office during office
hours.
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} That tough, humble herd who
live and die close to the soil
each one SO like the other that
they're hard to tell apart.
Common we call them, as we
call the chaparraI common.
Yet there is no part Of the chap
arral that Is common.
1t is all filled with power and
beauty and the mystery Of living.
And it is Of tremendous impor-
tance in the economy OF the wild
erness. The great trees tower
proudly above it and the orchards
spread their wealth below 1t, but
without the chaparral they would
all perish.
So 1t is with the obscure mil
lions we call common"
They, too, are filled with mys.
terry and power and beauty. They,
too, are OF tremendous Importance,
81 for without their strong, constant
service the sources Of our exist
ence would go dry and the tall,
lordly ones would perish.
And there is joy and gentleness
within them
Beneath their friendly shade
small, weak things breed and
thrive
And sweetness, rich as honey,
hides within their seeming rough.
ness
And always, be it spring or
winter, summer, fall. fragrance
comes from them
Like smoke their fragrance
rises from the soil to Cod
The fragrance of their healthy,
clean simplicity.
Copyright. 1879. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1929-05-13
Basis of Public Utilities
Valuations in D. c.

WV HAT shall be the basis of public utilities valuations
w In the District may into the Senate's consdera
ton of the nomination Of Harlegh T. Hartman be
member of the Public Utilities Commission Of this city.
this question that mainly prevented favorable
action by Senate the bill merge the street railway
and bus lines Of Washington We may hear much
the subject in the next few years. loca public utilities
matters get before Congress.
Mr. Hartman is represented as quite fixed in believing in
the reproduction theory OF valuatonshat is valuations
based present day costs Senator Bane member Of the
Senate committee to pass MIR. Harmans nomination
outandout believer in the prudent theory
valuations of properties the basis Of actual prudent
men made in them against Valuations present day
fictitious prices
majority Of members Of the Senate committee believe Mr.
Hartman qualified and unpeudiced as between public utilities
for the work to which he has been named.
The prudent investment theory largely favored BY many
people the only fair method Of valuation has standing
law the courts It is favored by Justice Brandeis and
two justices Of the United States Supreme Court but
majority of that has time and again decided in
favor Of the reproduction basis.
In this city the District courts have necessarily followed
the United States Supreme Court The Public Utilities Com
mission has done likewise II it did not It's work would be
overturned by the courts In fact its valuations findings
the creation Of the r u G. HAVE BEEN overturned by
the local courts.
Unless Congress enacs law for the District declaring for
prudent investment the reproduction basis will prevail The
has an important Interstate Commerce case before il now that
involves questions Of valuations The decision in that
case may influence future utilities valuations here
So far Washington people concerned tits wholly
theories member Of the r q. 9. may have
valuations The important thing is that he may have
knowledge the abilities the honesty to prevent syrockeing
of values insist that values shall be what il claimed
for them. ~
Our trouble in recent years has been the padding vu
ations-acceptance Of all sorts Of anCul utilities claims
correct when large numbers of them had foundation of
value Useless and unuabe properties have been fotsd
off in valuations worth fancy figures Much Of that
is yet to come ,'u
Let hope that about to have new commission
that will not be BUNKED into giving fancy values nothing
than trash It is true value that should be ascertaned
and value upon which Washington people should pay
reasonable returns True value be arrived at the
q. O. made up Of just fair and unprejudiced members
whose eyes and who determined that they can
mot be sold gold bricks by corporations ,st
The Washington times., 1929-05-13
DO YOU KNOW.
THAT

The worlds largest magnet, a
12O-ton monster that weighs more
than many locomotive, has re.
Gently been completed at the Bel.
levue laboratory of the French
National Research Bureau. Rest
ing on massive pillars, it will aid
in important researches i'm light,
electricity and radio activity.
Everything is utilized in the
sardine herring canning industry.
The scales are converted info
pearl essence. The heads, tails
and other waste products are used
as a field fertilizer and cheap
poultry food. The waste oils from
the overflowing tins are all
caught and used in the produc.
ton of varnish and paints. 4.
Members of the homicide squads
of the police department of New
York City are now equipped with
tools and instruments for the sci.
entific handling of crime. In the
kit there are rubber gloves. elec-
tric flashlights, hammers. saws,
Walls into which evidence such az
hair may be safely put. and other
apparatus.
The Washington times., 1929-05-13
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis e. Bisch-

II a statement that hospitals
y should house criminals had
been made so years ago. It surely
would have been derided as some
thing utterly fantastical and i'm
practical, as well as absurd.
But, nowadays. we have ad-
vanced a great deal in our study
Of crime, criminals and criminal
motives.
We know now that many, IL not
most criminals, are sick.
And do not sick persons belong
in hospitals?
A modern hospital is associated
SO inseparably in ones mind with
kindness and the best of care and
treatment that many people at
once become antagonistic to any
suggestion that criminals be con.
fined there.
Prisons, they say, are already
altogether too comfortable.
Too many privileges are given
to those Nho break the laws and
who place our property and lives
in jeopardy.
Criminals must be punished.
They must be treated ruthlessly.
All of which sounds very plausi.
ble-on the surface, at least.
But let us examine a little
deeper into the subject.
Statistics show that large pro-
portion of persons committing@re.
peated criminal acts are diseased
either in body or in mind. or both.
A certain per cent of all chronic
offenders are insane.
A certain proportion Of all law
breakers are defective mentally
that is, actually feeble-minded.
A certain number-and it is
very large-of all persons in our
jails and prisons belong to the
class of mentally abnormal in.
dividuals known as psychopaths.
A certain, not inconsiderable,
number are chronically addicted to
alcohol and habit-forming drugs
such as cocaine, morphine and
heroin..
Many criminals also suffer in
durable diseases OF the brain and
nervous systems.
Now, then, should such persons
rightly be classed as sick or not?
We are not acting in too SYM
pathetic a manner If we advocate
hospitals for criminals. We are
not encouraging crime when we
do that.
What we are doing Is acting in
harmony with sane, sound, scien-
tific fact!
What we do now is arrest, con.
vict, fncarcerate and then free
thousands of incurable persons
who sooner or later are bound to
drift back into the clutches Of the
law.
What we should do is build
special hospitals for our incurable
criminals, arrest them once, and
then keep them there.
Some day society will wake up
to the foolish, wasteful and ex-
pensiye policy it now conducts in
regard to criminals.
1t will have learned to put away
for good and all those who can
never be normal.
One cannot deny the fact that
some criminals are normal. That
is, according to our modern tests
and methods OF mental examina.
tons, they come through without
revealing any special defect or dis.
ease OF mind.
Society must protect itself
against such persons OF course.
And prison may be the best place,
although scarcely prisons as most
are conducted nowadays.
eql IoJ 50 II IBuEmTIo lBIuIou
sul IoT 1oIG 81 'IsAsAkou 'B5Id AN
mentally sick criminal. .e
The Washington times., 1929-05-13
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Consider how few things are
worthy of anger. and thou wilt
wonder that any fools should be
wroth. -DodsIey.
Freedom is the one purport.
wisely aimed at, or unwisely, of
all mans struggles. toilings and
sufferings in this earth.
-Car'rle.
There Is no yulture ike des.
pair.-Lansdowne.
The Washington times., 1929-05-13

do not value fortune. The
love of labor is my. sheet-anchor.
/ work that I may forget, and,
forgetting, am happy,
-Girard.
Men and nations can only be
reformed in their youth; they
become incorrigible as they
grow old. N Rousseau.
People do not lack strength;
they lack viii. Hugo.
The Washington times., 1929-05-13
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Do you know: :..t
l. What river flows under London Bridge?
What poet said:
81 think that shall never see
poem lovely a tree?
g. Where is the Leaning Tower?
A. Why is the date 1920 important to Am eric"n
s. Why is Eli Whitney famous?
g. What is acetyene?
z. Who was Xanthippe?
Match correctly:
s. Ali Baba Christmas Carol
g. Little Buttercup Othello
10. Tiny Tim Arabian Nights Tales
II. Iago The Rivals
IL. Mrs. Malaprop Pinafore
Fill each blank: t.,
13. The - River flows past Quebec.
H. Manitoba is in ---. -"
To- The Battle of Bunker Hill occurred in the year
Answers Fiction Page
The Washington times., 1929-05-13
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland
Husbands and Wives

Husbands and Wives
HALF the world doesn't know
Il how the other half lives
until it gets a glimpse of their
back porches.
Styles in candy have changed,
say the candy-makers. Soft.
sweet, pink, and yellow bon.bons
have gone out of fashion along
with soft. sweet. piak-and-yellow
ladies'. But the MEN still seem TO
prefer them to the glace variety.
Many a man who rules his of
flee force with a rod of iron,
would tremble at the thought of
daring to use one of his wife's
guest towels. ....
The Washington times., 1929-05-13

When a man looks into the
mirror and sees himself all decked
out in his lodge uniform, he can't
help thinking that lot of dear,
little women must have suffered
in. silence.
The divorce mills are kept mer-
mistake the love of conquest and
love-apusement, for love Of each
other.
Life must be pretty arid for a
woman when she regards casual
kiss, or a little roughhOuse lcve-
making i'll a taxi, as a "tenpta-
ton"
Whers a man takes his wife out
to dinner. his secret thought prob
ably is, Better a stalled OK in
a restaurant opposite a complac-
ent woman. than a dinner of can
ned beans, and lecture there
with"
The shock OF a bridegroom life
is the discovery TINT a lot Of
that irresistible ''sex appeal"
comes in imported perfume bottles
and costs $12 an ounce.
And the surprise Of a brides
life is the discovery that the
promise to love, honor and
obey" means to forgive, humor
and jolly.
All good woman asks, is tu
be loved as intensely asa good
golf course.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
Plans Picture Service
By Wireless in Britain

NEW YORK. Oct. l1.-About 500,
provincial newspapers in the British
isles will receive picture service
sent over wireless stations and tel
egraph lines by the Central Press
Agency Of London by means of the
Photograph system, according TO
Capt. Ohio Fulton, the inventor of
the system, VINO Is now in New
York Captain Fulton exhibited y
cablegram from his company in
London which said the contracts
for the apparatus andl service had
Just been concluded after an eX-
tensive period of tests.
The machines will he placed in
newspaper offices like the auto
matte telegraph line printing ma.
chimes now in use in this country
The Washington times., 1929-10-11

FdTk Savings bduh
OF Washington, in the District of Co.
. Iumbia a the close of business
on October 4. 1929
RESOT RCES
1. Loans and discounts. 81, Il 4,541 -
2. Dverdrafts ............. 500 Is
,. United states Govern
ment securities owned. G9.a50 90
4. Other bonds, stocks and
securities owned....,. -. 93,o93 IS
9. Banking house, s24.-
20" so. furniture and
fixtures. s37.77s IS. l32,os9 20
I, Real estate owned other
than banking house 800. 1857 81
q Cash and due from banks 664,117 "A
10. Outside checks and ether
cash items ............. 26,eo3 10
II. Other assets ........... $500 90
Total ............. 4122, s6S 81
LIABILITIES
Is. Capital stock paid ms 100000 90
il. surplus ................ 10000 90
II. Undivided profits-net.. 7o,'8O II
49, Reserves for interest.
taxes and OF her expenses
accrued and unpaid $40 90
81. Due to banks, inClud-
ing certified and cashiers
checks outstanding w 1871 80
%. Demand deposits .....,.. l, 965 I04 / !
3. Time deposits ........, 1,656.961 "a
.-6. Bills payable and redis-
counts ................. 10000 90
Totals ....,.......... 4.1223 -
City of Washington, ss: 4
|, ROBERT S. STUN, vice president
and cashier of the above-named bank,
do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief,
ROBERT s STUN.
Vice President and Cashier.
Subscribed and TO before me
this ath day of October. 1923
! tseaD JAMES F, HlTsELBERGER.
Notary Puoic |
GEORGE E. WALKER
A. +. JORSS
Directors.
Reserve District No. s. |
REPORT or CONDITION
OF The
Anacostia Bank
OF Anaco~tiu. in the District Of CO.
lumbi1, at The close of business
on October L. 1929.
RESOURCES ....
!, Loans ana discounts 81 259,940 9S |
2 Oyerdrafts ....,...,..., 1883 |
). United States Govern
emf securities owned. 1000 90 |
4. O. her bonds, stocks and
securities owned. ....... S6,577 IS
8, Ranking house $95.-
III SIS furniture and
fixtures &S973 9S....... Iotlal st
I. Real estate owned other
than banking house,. 53,I9o o. |
banks ...r,.,....... e2,17s IS
cash items ............ es73
Total =. ........ 49,. 1,58S,75s 20
LIABILITIES
IS. Capital stock paid tn.-.$ 10000 20
10. SufPlus ,--,,..'., IVH,"NV w |
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
2,3OO-FOOt Suspension
Bridge Over Gi!a River

Out In Arizona the telephone COM
pany has constructed what is be-
lieved to be the longest suspension
bridge of its kind In the world
across the ella River, says he
New England Utility News.
1t was necessary to erect two
towers 100 feet high on each side
Of the river, from which were sus-
pended two cables supporting cross
arms carrying the open telephone
wires OF the toll circuits. The span
between the towers is 1870 feet
and approximately 800 feet longer
than the span between the towers
OF Brooklyn Bridge.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
Estate of 100000
Left by Mrs. |. 0. Mayo

An estate valued In excess OF
$40, 900 was left by Mrs. Ida o.
Mayo, who died September 25, &C.
cording to the petition OF her dauSh-
ter, Mrs. Mary Mayo Shale. 1900
block Columbia Rd.. for the probate
of her will, filed in District SUI
preme Court today.
The estate comprises real estate
in Orleans. Mass, valued at Sc, 900
and personally located in the Dis
trict worth 100000. Mrs. Shale is
the only heir of her mother and is
named executrix under the will.
Used-car selection rarely eaualed In
Washington Is offered In Times and
Herald Classified ads during the An
nual Fall "ROund-up" OF used cars,
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
Home and School Group
Arrange Annual Session

ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. 11.--ThA
annual meeting OF the Montgomery
County Council of Home and School
Associations will be held Nov. . ut
the Rockville High School. Lewis
p. Alderman OF the Bureau Of Edu-
cation will be the principal speaker.
Officers will be chosen at this meet
ing.
other speakers are: Superin,end.
ent of schools Edwin w. Broome,
Thomas w. Price, county supervisor
of high schools and principal of the
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School;
Miss Kristine Nilsson, Miss Huldah
Brust and Miss Elizabeth Mesny,
supervisors OF county schools.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
CRAZY ARTISTS
/ PARIS FAD

( PARIS, Oct. IL UrD.-The paint.
ings and drawings of lunatics have
Become the fad today of artistic
. Paris,
Following an exposition of works
by insane artists, held recently IN
! Montparnasse, first reproductions
of the exhibits have already he'h
completely sold out While the fab
ulous prices asked for the originals
have been eagerly paid. 1t is noA
almost impossible to get any moie
of the originals, but reproductions
are expected to appear shortly
Many Partisan critics declare that
the art of the insane has a strange
fascination which often makes up
for it's lack of harmony and beauty
while psychologists have come for
ward describing it as offering ali
amazing insight into the ahnofnal
mind
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
REVISE TRAFFIC RULES

WAYNESBORO. Va, oct. H.
An emergency ordinance has been
passed. by the city council to put
the city traffic regulations In
harmony with the county and
State.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
Boy of Is SmOthered
By Sand Bank Cayc-in

GREENVILLE, ILL.,, Oct. LION
ME Warren, Is, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John Warren, was smothcred to
death when a sand cliff caved In on
him and his half.byother, Junior
Barkley. 4.
The Younger bov was rescued.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
Little Girl, A, Rescued
After Fall in Cistern

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 1I.--Fall.
ing into a partly covered cistern,
Phyllis Tyler, 4, was rescued here
when screams of the girls play
mate were heard by Stella Cant.
WELL
She pulled the child out with a
long pole to which Phyllis chung.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
Park Savings Bank

Reserve District No. S.
IT, OF CONDITION
The Washington times., 1929-10-11

or Wa shingtUn, in the District of Co.
lumbja al the close of business
on October 4. 1929.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
CARELESS WITH CASH

BUFFALO,, Oct. Hilary Neid-
rauer, OF this city. had 5000 and
pair of pants as he went to
sleep on bed near an open win
dow In his home. In the morning
$500 and the pants We're gone.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
Boys Suicide Is Blamed
On Study of Philosophy

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11.-The
parent. of Meyer Switzky, 16, high
school prodigy, blamed the youths
study Of philosophy for his com
mittinS suicide.
Although a devoted student of the
philosophers from Plato to Heine,
Young Meyer failed to find any use
full purpose in life. his parents said.
He tried three times to commit
suicide before he succeeded.
WOMAN 100 YEARS OLD
EASTON, Md. Oct. ll.-Mrs.
Lizzie Roberts celebrated a century
of life.
The Washington times., 1929-10-11
BEAR BITES OFF ARM

" FRANKFORT ON MAIN. Ger
many. Oct. IA bear in the zoo
bit off the arm Of an 1l-year-oid hoy
who had attempted to offer the ami
NAL a sandwich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
VIRGINIA TRACkMEN
BOW TO PRINCETON

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, May IL
Princeton's track team came from be-
hind and won ell places in two closing
events to overcome lead and defeat
Virginia SO to 81 today.
A clean sweep in the half mile, the
final track event, put the Tigers in
front for the first time and victory was
clinched In the pole vault.
Capt. Flippin OF Virginia was hlgh
scorer with IA points. He won both
hurdles, placed second in the broad
jump and third in the century dash.
Frank Wisner of the Cavaliers was
only one point behind, winning the fur
long and the broad jump and placing
second In the shorter dash.
Cavaliers and Tigers were tied ID
points all at the end of the first four
events. Then a clean sweep in the
discus threw and two out of three
places in the javelin, shot put. broad
Jump and fllrlong dash sent Virginia
into the lead
Fine performances by Hedges OF
Princeton in high Jump and pole vault
aided in bringing victory.
Summaries.
10O-yard daSh-Won by Thompson,
Princeton; second, Wisner, Virginia;
third, Flippin, Virginia. Time, 10 Us.
129-yard high hurdles-Won by Flip
pin, Virginia; second, Hedges, Prince
ton; third, Watt, Princeton. Time,
is 2-5.
Princeton; second, Baier, Princeton;
third, Penninan, Virginia. Time. 81 2-5.
Mile run-Won BY Gore, Princeton;
second, Broadhead, Princeton: third,
McIlhaney, Virginia. Time, 4:S2 3-5.
22s-yard high hurdlesLWon by Flip
ton: third, Wissiger, Princeton. Time,
IS fiat.
Two-rnile run-Won> by Spencer,
Princeton; second, Knight, Virginia;
third. Hutcheson, Virginia. Time,
22O-yard dash-won by wisner, Viz
ginia; second, Thompson, Princeton;
third, Beasley, Virginia. Time, % Us.
880-yard run-Won by Garland,
Princeton; second, Gore, Princeton;
third, Mcconnell, Princeton. Time,
I'll SIS.
Jayelin throw-Won by Ely, Prince
ton; second, Paxton. Virginia; third,
Hammer. Virginia. Distance, isi feet
discus throw-Won by Motley, Viz
ginia; second, Paxton, Virginia; third,
day. Virginia. Distance, 1877 feet 5h2
Shot put-won by Oar, Virginia !;
second, Motley, Virginia; third, Byles,
Princeton. Distance, II feet az inches.
Broad jump-Won by Wisner, Viz
GINA; second, Flippin, Virginia; third,
Janney, Princeton. Distance, % feet
2ia inches.
High jump-Won by Hedges, Prince
ton; second, tie between Weebon, Vir-
ginia, and Hitchcock, Princeton. Height,
s feet Ia inches.
Pole vault-Tie between Hedges and
Hun, Princeton; third, Flowers, Prince
ton. Height, IL feet.