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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14
BANKERS TO HOLD
GREAT CONVENTION

Cleveland, Ohio, has been desig-
mated for the 1880 annual convention
of the American Bankers Association.
This organization, which numbers
about 10000 banks with $65,0O0. 900 900
in assets, is annually the nations most
important financial event. The attend.
ance ranges between five and ten
thousand.
Cleveland is especially significant
in the history of the Associations edu-
cational traditions since 1t was in this
city, when the organization last met
there in the year 1899, that the origi.
nal resolution was presented looking
to the formation of an educational
section. This subsequently resulted in
the American Institute Of Banking in
which are now enrolled $4,000 bank
men and women engaged In the study
Of the technical md scientific phases
= the business.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14

During the hearings last week before
the Congressional committee, when the
vets were testifying, the city dailies car
ried glowing headlines and colmmus OF
news concerning the testimony, but now
with the drys testifying very little
appears in these same big dailies.
MIR. Atterbury. president of the Penn
sylvania railroad company, was played
up strong because of his wet views. bul
when this was more than offset b,
Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, drys,
the wet metropolitan press hardly COM
mented on it.
Every man is entitled to his views,
but for the president OF a big railroad
system to publicly champion liquor is
about the biggest "bone' yet pulled
If ever there was business that required
clear heads and steady hands, it is
railroading. and the open championing
of the liquor business by president
Atterbury will hardly be received with
enthusiasm by the uavling public.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14

Aiming to clear the roads of unsafe
cars, especially in heavily travelled
areas, various companies in the auto
mobile Industry will retire 25,00O old
vehicles in New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, West Virginia, and the
District of Columbia. The total cost
of the campaign in this territory is
estimated at $4,000 The program
is part of the national Highway
Safety Plan endorsed by the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
which during the coming year will
scrap 100000 old cars at cost of
$15, 100000.
The number of cars which, it is
estimated, will be strapped in each
of the areas referred to is as follows:
New Jersey 1850, Maryland
1880, Delaware 800, West Va.
1850, Dist. of Col. 2,400.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14

The survey for the route of a, pos
sible canal across Nicaragua has be-
gun. The expedition is in Nicaragua
under the direction of Congress
sional resolution, sponsored by Sena-
tor Walter Edge, now Ambassador
to France. 1t is under command of
Major Sultan who aided in the re-
Gently completed canaIization of the
Ohio river and the members of the
expedition have already established
camp in the Jungle.
The survey is following closely a
route proposed to Congress in 1901,
but relinquished in favor of the one
across Panama. In the less than
sixteen years of its building, how
ever, traffic through the Panama
canal has grown SO rapidly that it is
feared its capacity will be reached at
the close of the present decade ana
the second canal prove a neces-
sity. This could not be completed
before 1910, possibly 1915. A rough
estimate places the cost of the
canal construction at $520,000,000 II
would reduce the distance from New
York to San Francisco about 434
miles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14

In response to inquiries from rep
resentativeS of the press, Chairman
Legge of the Federal Farm Board
has issued the following statement:
Some objection has developed in
the grain trade against the action OF
the Farm Board in financing farm
cooperatives in the purchase OF
wheat and cotton in the present
situation. These activities will con-
tlnue in the interest of agriculture
and business as an emergency meas
ure in the present situation. have
no fear that the coopeatives will not
be able to eventually market these
purchases satisfactorily.
"The country as whole was
thrown into depression through the
collapse of speculation on the New
York Stock Exchange. The action
OF the President in securing cooper
alton of business world absolutely
prevented this collapsapse from
developing into a panic, and has
enormously mitigated lis effects
upon employment and business,
including agriculture.
1.-The farmer also was the victim OF
this collapse. His products and his
labor were jeopardlzed the same as
che other workers through the cur
rents started in considerable part
from the same causes. His only
direct support in this emergency is
the Farm Board, through finance OF
the farmers own organization, to
nelp to restore stability and expedite
recovery from a crisis which the
farmer did not create and for which
be is not responsible.
"The measures taken are purely
emergency measures in part with
those taken by other business agen-
cies OF the country, and am conf.
dent that the Board deserves and will
receive the support of all thinking
business men in its endeavor to con.
tribute its part toward the swift re-
covery of the country as a whole
from this situation"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14
Buried With Hi. Five Wive.

In a country town not more than
ten miles. from Springfield, Ill.,. is a
cemetery near the roadside whose an
cient stones, moss-covered and wealth.
er-beaten. attract the passerby who
may be interested In curious epitaphs.
In the center. Of one lot Is large
monument on which Is inscribed:
"Here lies John Jones, aged ninety
two. At rest" On the side of the
monument are Eve small stones ex-
actly alike. each bearing the name Of
a woman and date of death and each
having this inscription: Beloved wife
of John Jones."-Springfleld Repub-
lican.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14
Farmhands ON Stilts

The English hop vines grow IS or
20 feet high. being trained on strings.
and In order to get the best results
the vines must be carefully watched
and trained along these supports. This
work is done by men who move about
on stills in order that they may read
lily reach the vine tops. The stills are
fastened to their feet and belted to
them at the waist, which leaves their
hands free. The men become very
proficient b their movements about
the fields.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14

The March Graud Jury in its report
to the judges of the Cecil Circuit
Court, paid its respects to our anti
quated Court House and Jail, and it
is to be hoped the recommendations
will bear fruit in the badly needed
suitable new structures at the county
seat.
With the increased taxable basis,
due to the completion of the Como
wingo dam, the jury points the way
for new county buildings without
increase in the county tax rate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14

President Hoover has issued proc
lamation in regard to the fifteenth
decennial census of the United States,
work on which will start April End.
The President says in his proclamation
under the law it is the duty of every
person to answer all questions on the
census schedules applying to him and
his family to which he belongs. and to
farm occupied by him or his family,
and all other census schedules as re-
CURED by law, and that any person
refusing to do SO is subject to penalty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14
Eyes Never Sleep

What could be more inactive than
a persons eyes while he is sleeping
soundly? But Prof Walter R. Miles,
Stanford university psychologist. has
completed researches on the state of
the eyes during sleep which indicate
that the eye muscles perform definite
work while the lids are closed. The
pupils contract, the eyes are rolled up
in the head, then the muscles sur
rounding the eye quicker up. None of
these are relaxation. as commonly
supposed. In fact Professor Miles be-
lieves that our entire sensory system
is more or less active during Sleep
Pathfinder Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14
FRIDAY, MARCH IA, 1880

Parades and riots in cities all over the
country, Thursday last. marked dem
onstrations of unemployed. 1t is re-
ported that Soviet Russia furnished the
funds to stage the demonstrations. The
money expended in the demonstrations
could easily have been put to purposes
that would have been more help to the
unemployed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14

The Kent County Chamber
of Commerce, sponsor of the
Road Celebration and Home
coming set for May 26, at Ches-
tertown, is preparing to issue
in pamphlet form the story of
the road program of Kent for
1929-30. in words and pictures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14

Docs your food allowance ever
try to play hids-and-seek with you,
ard ihrcaten to disappear for daysr
Ii sd. lust pick UP this article and
hail Mr.. Allowance out of hiding
h, scruff of his neck and show
h..n,'D. met for dinner for four
people Tor dollar. 1t will make
him crne to heel without loss of
tim
A'n II yol want TO know how TO
prc'are the dishes
Ccrrc' Beet ana Potato Puff
Bot 5no mash one and nne-half
~ &c r potatoes. add two table
butter, one-fourth cup Of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14

An open mind, may be open
at both ends. Things go right
through.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14

If you wish to remove avar-
ice, you must remove it's moth
er, luxury.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-03-14

Every man thinks his wife
has the best husband on earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-06
Whitney Influence Lauded
In Sports and Finance World

corded a long string of victories over
British and Argentine challengers."
y X
That he was lone of the best type of
wealthy AriericanS-the type that fixed,
at the beginning, the character Of Aiken
as the Winter resort of quiet, niannerly
folks" is the belief of the Columbia
State, which also views him as one
who was active behind the scenes in
the great World War beneficences that
included the maintenance through four
years of a 225-bed hospital at Jouilly.
near Paris" That paper says also:
Ardent sportsman that he was, and in
many sports, he was also, and matter
of-factly, workingman, carrying large
responsibilities in mining, banking and
real estate and at no time regarded his
great inherited fortune as license to
be mere playboy. No more than his
gifted wife, Gertrude v. Whitney. the
sculptures, granddaughter of Commodore
Vanderbilt, did he find in social diver
sion his principal Satisfactions"
Linking his career with that of his
younger brother, Payne, the New York
Times offers the appraisal of their serv-
ices to the world: Both were possessed
OF large fortunes, only part Of which
came to them by inheritance Through
out their lives the sons of William @.
Whitney were large contributors to
charity, and Payne Whitney's will was
full of great benefactions. Harry Payne
Whitney was born to everything and en-
joyed in life everything that appealed to
him. In collegiate days he won the re-
spect and admiration of his fellows
sentiments which followed him through
life"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-06
Cut in Street Car
Fares MAY Be Copied

From the Hartford Daily Times.
A few months ago the Boston Ele-
waited Railway lowered its fare rate to
nickel We have not seen figures on
the effect of this move to win back the
patrons who had found other means of
transportation, but presumably the re-
suits have not been adverse, as a SINH
lar policy is now being adopted by the
large Public Service Corporation of New
Jersey. In each case the fare reduction
was from four-for-a-quarter rate, or
a lowering of 20 per cent
1t viii be significant to observe how
these two experiments IN different 10
calitieS, one strictly urban and the
other embracing a number of communi-
ties, will affect company revenues over
a sufficient period. The test involves
the important principle of diminishing
returns, as 1t is called in economics, by
which ascending rates actually reduce
total income because of adverse effect
on sales. If three patrons will ride on
the trolleys or buses under nickel
fare policy where but two would pay
the former rate of six for quarter, 1t
Is evident that the company is 20 per
cent better off in total receipts.
One is inclined to speculate about the
effect lower fares would have on the
lines Of the Connecticut company,
which has from time to time raised the
rates in order to produce more revenue.
Its income is again less than sufficient.
It could not be expected to drop from
three-for- quarter to a nickel rate, of
course, a slashing of 40 per cent, but If
other companies actually find that
lower rate rather than a higher fare
as compared with the one in force Is
the way to larger income, then every
public transportation company may
have occasion to reflect seriously how
its rate schedule is related to popular
good will.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-06
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers. of Other Lands

chequer intends to raise the price Of
drivers license from shillings to
pound. This. will alarm motorists, but 1t
might be worse. There Is no hint that
any test of driving proficiency viii be
applied. Just pay a pound for license
and there you are, fully equipped to
drive forth into the week ends throng,
with brave cry of "Vive lie SportI"
1t is like the game license you must
take out before attempting to shoot
pheasants and other Wild fowl It con-
fers no guaranty of efficiency, but mere
ly establishes your right to do your
best with a lethal weapon, It does not
say that you will kill them, but only
that you have right to try. To neglect
this technical safeguard and to kill
either pheasants or pedestrians without
a license may lead to very serious
trouble.
y y
Spanish Monarch
To Continue Indefinitely.
FL TEMPO, Bogota.-The assevera-
tons Of old statesmen and of Repub-
hcars Of the school of Marcelino Do
mingo would lead us to think that our
old Spanish monarchy is coming to an
end. We find in precedents from his
tory, however, that the ancient dynasty
of Spain is in no danger, and there are
far more powerful assurances that 1t
VIII continue on indefinitely. The Span
lsh throne was in far more danger after
the death of Alfonso XII, in November,
1885, when his noble wife, Maria Chris
tina, took up the reins of government,
under the councils of the astute Sa-
gasta; or again in 1902, when the Queen
Regent abandoned the throne in favor
of the youthful King, who, during the
revolutionary riots of 1911. and when
Rivera seized the government in 1923,
has shown himselfsan able champion of
the people and dominant in every crit
ical situation. The monarchy will sur
vive to new glory!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-06
Germany and Disarmament.

An old acquaintance Of the United
States, Count Won Bernstorf1, will be
prominently in the picture at Geneva
this week, when the Preparatory Com
mission on Disarmament resumes the
tedious business of paving the way to
world which shall have more plough
shares and fewer swords
Germany, through him, Is in mood
10 speak plainly to the signatories of
the treaty of Versailles on that subject.
She accuses them outright Of breaking
their plighted faith. She is sore to the
point of defiance at the spectacle Of a
wholly, or, at least, relatively dis
armed Reich surrounded by a Europe
which promises outrageously TO mis-
behave itself.
In so many words, the Germans say
this cannot go on. They cannot do very
much about 1t II 1t does go on. except
to register increasingly Stentorian pro-
test at Geneva and In the world at
large. The cumulative volume and eff
feet Of such a protest may Of itself
some day prove more than armed Eu-
rope can withstand. The rest of Eu-
rope, for example, cannot contemplate
with serenity the prospect Of Ger
many increasingly exasperated over the
lonely eminence she Is condemned to
occupy In universe armed to the teeth.
The rise Of Hitlerism in the Reich
elections two months ago had two spe-
eific causes. One was German resent
ment over the fancied and crushing
injustice Of Young plan reparations.
The other was German rejection of the
idea that the Versailles treaty imposed
disarmament obligations only upon the
losers Of the World War.
Count Bernstorff, as head Of the Ger
man delegation in Geneva, is sure TO
point out persistently, II not persuasive
". that in respect TO disarmament the
Versailles peace pact was not a unilat-
eraI affair. Much win depend upon the
discretion with which Germany calls
attention to the inequity Of the exist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-06

dificult task with which he today
wrestles as Chief Executive,
The degree Of personal and party re-
sponsibility for existing conditions is
q matter of opinion opinion too largely
colored by partisan politics to be Of
large value. Nor. were the responsibility
accurately estimated, would 1t matter
much in the task which lies ahead. We
are faced with world economic crisis
in which America is intimately and
painfully involved. We must deal
promptly, boldly and effectively with
that crisis. And Herbert Hoover is the
man for the job and is on the Job.
The Star holds that for the extent
TO which Mr.. Hoover has failed to hold
tho support Of those who piled up his
extraordinary plurality in 1928, he
where he is justly blamable-must be
blamed for a hesitancy since TAX
ing office to act with that force
full independence which the Nation
rightly expected of him. Nobody thought
Of him in 1928 as a politician. Far from
it. The lack of this qualification was
regarded as genuine asset, and he
was sent to the White House 20 exert
his extraordinary executive abilities and
economic leadership without recourse to
political expediencies.
Rarely has there been greater need
for such services to the Nation than
exists today. That Mr.. Hoover will now
rise to meet that need with the courage
and wisdom essential to the task is and
must be the confident prayer CT
America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-06
The Election and the District.

Two of the upsets in the Republican
membership of the House are Of par
ticulAr interest to the District of
Columbia. Representative Fred zihl-
mans defeat in Maryland removes the
chairman of the House District Com
mittee, responsible for local legislative
matters in the House. Representative
Richard N. Elliott, chairman Of tSle
House Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds, has lost out to a Demo-
crat from the sixth Indiana district.
Mr.. zihlman had very properly with
drawn from his duties as chairman of
the District Committee when he was
indicted in connection with the F. H.
Smith Co. affairs. and pending his trial,
which is yet to come, had turned the
Craftsmanship over to the ranking Re-
publican member of the committee, Mr..
Mcleod Of Michigan. His defeat, of
course, removes him from consideration
in the next Congress, but has no effect
In the coming short session. Mr.. Nc
Leod. the baby" member of two Con-
crosses, wiz no doubt continue to serve
as chairman during the short session
and If the House is reorganized by the
Republicans In the next Congress he is
the heir apparent. He has worked hard
for District legislation, despite the
handicap which lies in the fact that
the Appropriations Committee. and not
the legislative committee, has the real
''say" in District affairs. Should the
House be reorganized by the Democrats,
it is Of more than passing interest to
consider that the ranking Democratic
member Of the House District Commit
tee is Representative Christopher D.
Sullivan Of New York. Mr.. Sullivan is
doubtless an excellent representative of
the people Of New York. They have
honored him with reelection. But as a
member of the House District Commit
tee he has become known chiefly for his
absence from committee meetings.
Possibly the Craftsmanship Of such a
body would awaken an interest in local
matters that has been sadly lacking.
Mr.. Elliott's defeat is to be regret
ted. 1t might not be fair to regard it
as blow to Capital development as
there are others who must be trusted
with the task of taking up where he
leaves OF. But Mr.. Elliotts able lead
ership Of committee that has played
prominent part in drafting the plans
for the new Washington, his SYM
pathetic concept of the whole project
and his tireless energy in its behalf win
be sadly missed. Unfortunately there are
too few members Of Congress who stand
out as real champions of Capital de-
velcpment. The shifting tides that send
them here and take them away do not
discriminate. A member Of Congress
who has merely begun to take an &C.
tive interest in development of the
American Capital is apt to find him.
self removed before his work is half
done. Mr.. Elliott has suffered this mis-
fortune, which in his case is shared
by many friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-06
New York Watching
Atlanta Census Fight

E1om VnSk new YORK sun.
Once defeated in the Supreme Court
Of the District of Columbia, the city
Of Atlanta. Ca, is continuing its effort
to compel the director. of the census
to publish its population as 800, 1922 in
stead of 270,367. Its first effort was to
obtain a writ Of rnandamus; its second
is to procure an injunction forbidding
the director of the census to publish
lists of the population of cities Of the
United States, except that he include
in said lists of population the city of
Atlanta" at its true figure, namely,
360,692"
One argument advanced in behalf of
Atlanta's contention is that the popu-
lation of Greater New York, ''whieh is
the only other city in the United States
having borough form of government"
sis not listed as the director proposes
to list that of Atlanta. Greater Atlanta
Is composed of the former cities of At
lantas Decatur, College Park, Hopeville,
East Point, Avondale Estates and some
unincorporated territory. Although each
has been declared a borough, each has
its own legislative body, council, ex-
cept for Decatur and Avondale Estates,
which are governed by commissions.
New York has but one mayor; the
borough governments within it are
headed by presidents, not by mayors.
Each Of Atlanta's boroughs levies its
own taxes for streets, sewers, schools.
police, fire protection and water. The
director of the census, therefore, insists
on listing them as separate cities, as
cribing to Atlanta only the population
of the borough of Atlanta.
New York'S interest in the contest
between Atlanta and the director Of the
census is benevolent desire that At
lanta have all the credit due to that
thriving municipality. 1t win await
with interest the official decision As ~
the degree OF similarity between two
corporations in which charter
makers have utilized similar names
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Facilities.
We are now living in an era Of such
wonderful progression
That there's nothing strange enough
not to be true.
We can travel through the sky In an
aerial procession
Or journey underneath the briny blue.
Where once old Dobbin plodded over
lumpy lanes and byways
You can travel in limousine so nice,
And swiftly ride in comfort on the long
and level highways
That is to say, if you possess the price.
BY wireless a message OF to Europe
you can rattle,
And, in good time, to realms as yet
unknown;
You can talk with an acquaintance way
of yonder in Seattle,
BY calling up Long Distance on the
phone.
But the service comes along with new
demands for compensation
TIL your check book seems to threaten
writer's cramp.
SO when I feel the need for travel or
communication,
I'll use a trolley or a postage stamp.