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The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Three-Minute Journeys
BY Temple Manning

again through the Caspian Sea.
Thence a special train is used,
for there are no hotels along
the old caravan route. This
train is boarded at KraSnovodsk
on the shores Of the Caspian.
Near Bayram Ali are vivid
ruins of old desert trading cities
where caravans rested en- route
to and from Persia. The train
crosses the mighty Oxus River
over a two-mile bridge, near
whose site Alexander the Great
encamped with his conquering
legions and formulated his i'm
perialiStic plans. From Bayram
Ali to Bokhara is almost a days
journey by train. How long it
must have taken the camel cara
vans, loaded with rich mer-
chandiSe, spices, gems and rugs!
At last we arrive at Samar-
kand, the one-time capital
where dwelt Tamerlane, the de-
scendant of Ghenghis Khan,
who made it one of the great
cities of Asia. 1t became a
place of pilgrimage for Moslems
because of its splendor, its mag
nificent buildings and its re-
nown as a seat of learning, for
Tamerlane gathered there
great library and built a mighty
observatory.
The city itself is more than
two thousand feet above sea
level and is surrounded by an
earthly paradise of blooming
gardens, fertile fields and rich
vineyards. 1t is still a busy city,
its market place constantly
crowded with picturesque
fhronPS.
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Cars Still Needed
Conference In Public Interest

The decision the Capital Traction Company attend
the conference suggested by Peoples Counsel Richmond
Keech consider Of improving the financial condition
of local transportation agencies only what to have
been expected.
There little doubt it will be followed by acceptances
from the other transportation companies
The proposed conference is to the interest of the
companies than it to the immediate interest of the public
It's primary purpose means stave off
the recevershps which threatened by steadily declining
revenues
The companies have large stake in such proposition.
The public has too although the public somewhat laggard
in realizing it.
The street companies still essential to the city
The time may when they will be but it has not
arrived as yet.
Until that time does it up the public and to
representatives in the District Building to give the companies
support in their efforts to keep running
That is about all the proposed conference do
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Home-Owners'
Situation Grave

Not long ago Mr.. Hoover
held one of his numerous
conferences, none of which
has resulted in any definite
planning, and urged the
homeless to buy homes now.
Every man who can should
own his home; but the prob
lem of millions today is to
save themselves from evic-
ton. Homes cost money
and money is scarce, and,
despite the ballyhoo of de-
ception, credit is hard to
get. In ter ested as Mr..
Hoover would have himself
appear to be in homes for
the people, he strangely
overlooked then, as he had
for more than two years
before, the peril of fore
closure.
At the time he was urg-
ing people to buy homes,
the banking institutions OF
the country held mortgages
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Foreclosures Hit
New High Record

It would not be possible
to crowd into any library the
Vermonters who will vote
for Roosevelt this year. The
farmers of that sturdy Com
monwealth are suffering in
tensely along with the farm
ers everywhere. The enthu-
siastic greeting given Roose-
velt at the State Fair last
week is indicative of the
feeling.
With an uneasy eye upon
the farmers of the West,
even more than on the home
owners of the East, the
Hoover administration gave
it out the other day that a
moratorium on foreclosure
on homes had been asked
for 60 days. 1t is noteworthy
that this is the first indica-
tion the Administration ap-
parently has had Of the fact
that homes have been fore
closed, along with farms, to a
greater extent by far during
his regime than ever before
in American history. Last
year there were hundreds of
thousands of farms, old
homesteads, taken from their
owners by foreclosure. For
four years the newspapers of
the agricultural section have
been literally crowded with
announcements Of foreclo-
sures and sales for taxes. We
have seen Western papers so
appalling in this way that
they should be presented to
the Congressional Library
for the use of the future his
torian Of economic conditions
in America in our time.
Through these three or four
years nothing has been done
to aid the victims Of condi-
tions for which they are not
responsible.
This sweeping away of
homes and farms from their
owners is on the increase
and that is bad in the midst
of a campaign.
Thus Mr.. Hoover has asked
a moratorium on foreclo-
sures-not for six months,
not for a year, but until the
campaign is over. In other
words, 60 days. After 60
days the polls will be closed.
And after so days the fore
closures can GO on as far as
the Administration is con-
cerned.
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WHEN Franklin Roose-
w velt entered Vermont
last week to receive a cordial
greeting in that rock-ribbed
Republican State, he broke
all precedents for genera
tions; since no other Demo-
cratic presidential nominee
has entered the Common
wealth. Years ago the gal
liant little band Of Demo
Gratis in Vermont invited
Samuel j. Tilden to visit the
State and address the
Democracy of Vermont. "
He dallied with excuses un-
til, finally driven to vexa-
ton by the persistency of
the appeal, he wrote:
1T is impossible for me
to leave the city or even
my own house at this time;
but I shall be very glad to
address the Democracy Of
Vermont in my library any
time they can all come.
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Once again travellers are be.
ginning to voyage along the
most famous ro4d in the world
the Golden Road to Samar-
kand." For centuries poets have
sung and travellers have told Of
this highway as offering the SUI
preme travel adventure. It's
name has become so much a
part of our speech that many
think of it as figure of speech
alone.
But there is such a route, and
since the days of the first trad
ers caravans have followed it
across Mongolia and Turkestan
to the West. In medieval days
it was known as the safest and
most direct route from southern
Europe to China.
When Marco Polo visited the
court of the Great Khan in far
off China. he followed the
golden road to Samarkand-the
road leading to the city that
was destroyed by Alexander the
Great, rebuilt, and later be-
sieged by Ghengis Khan as he
swept through Asia.
Along the road are the ruins
of rich, great trading cities that
sprang up when it was a great
trading route, only to crumble
again inc desert dust-cities be-
side pleasant oases where it was
sweet to ride forth at evening
by the wells" as the lovely
poem has it.
Today travellers start for Sam
arkand from Istanbul by boat
along the Black Sea. Then
comes a train trip through the
Caucasus. and a. Journey by boat
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Moratorium" May
Not Be Observed.

But even the sixty days
moratorium request does not
promise to mean much. An
investigation shows that
little respect for the mora
torium request will be shown
by any financial institutions
except those banks that are
closed. There is nothing to
indicate thus far that sol
vent institutions will give
much heed. The Comptrol-'
Ter of the Currency has in
structed the receivers of ma
tional banks to suspend fore
closures for sixty days
that is, until after the cleo
ton. That will measure
about the extent Of the re-
lief.
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real thing, the limitations not
only don't appeal to you any
more-they don't even fool you.
In a mans life, the first love
affair is a sort of miracle; the
second an adventure; the third
a conquest-and all the rest
merely episodes.
You may turn a Don Juan
or a born bachelor into a
husband. and a brunette into
platinum blonde-but they
are always the same at the
roots.
Love is that sudden revul-
sion of feeling which makes a
man think that one kind of
woman can make him happy
for life-simply because he
happens to be deadly bored
with the other kind.
The only way to make the
average modern man believe
that he is ever going to marry,
is to lead him right up to the
altar and PROVE it to him.
One thing that not even a
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

NOBLY DIS G 0 N TENTED;
ONLY THOSE WHO KEEP
STRIVING, KEEP SEARCH.
ING FOR GREATER, FINER
EXPRESSION, REALLY LIVE.
Helen Wills Moody could ex-
ist with every comfort in a
beautiful home. She could go
gaily from place to place, en-
joying new triumphs. She
could see and be seen by every
famous person on earth.
There is hardly anything which
she might ask of life, which is
not hers for the taking. And
yet
Must Be Active
For me-" she says, "life is
interesting, entertaining, happy,
if only I can have some activ'
ity for the restlessness that is
my heart. I want that activ-
ing to be ceaseless, never fin
ished, and I would like to have
it at almost all times dominat-
ing my thouhgts.
II WANT TO BE RESTLESS.
I WANT ALWAYS TO BE IN
ACTION, AND TO BE TRYING
FOR SOME KIND OF BEAUTY
AND PERFECTION"
Half wondering at the
strangeness of her own desire,
young Helen dares to ask that.
And every wise or great soul
that has ever lived has asked
the same thing.
There never yet was a really
great life that did not turn its
back on comfort and content
ment, and seek a hard, lean
trail.
There never yet was a great
thing achieved for the human
race that was not bought or
won at the price of someone's
aching restlessness.
Restlessness! A gypsy song,
whispering in the heart. A
prophets passion, pounding in
the blood.
1t has driven men and women
away from cosy fireSides and
gilded thrones, into the hard
and lonely places, into cells and
laboratories, prisons and are
mas, battlefields and crusades-
to far Golgothas.
Worth the Price
But always, whatever the ad-
venture cost, it was worth the
price they paid.
And, indeed, that constant
search for some kind of beauty
and perfection" is the only
thing that does make life worth
while. without that, a human
being might as we'll be a slug.
Any kind of biped can lead a
contented life, if you give it
food and shelter and a mate.
BUT ONLY A MAN DARES
TO TURN HIS BACK ON
COMFORT, SAFETY AND
PLEASURE, TO LEAD A REST
LESS LIFE.
1t is the God in man that
makes him want to do it
dare to do it. For the restless
ness in a man that makes him
search for beauty and truth
IS GOD MOVING THROUGH
HIM-God, still at His job of
making a man out Of mud.
AND THE MAN WHO FOL-
LOWS HIS NOBLE REST
LESSNESS, WALKS WITH
GOD.
Copyright. 1893, King Features
SyndteAtaa INeal -
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on homes and farms to the
extent of $12,O0O,OOO,OOO.
And foreclosing has been
going on at a merry rate.
1t will continue to GO on
at a merry rate after the
election-sixty days hence.
For when men are making
no money, and are refused
credit, and their homes are
loaded down with mortgages,
a sixty days moratorium
means nothing.
1t means nothing except
that the newspapers in agri-
cultural sections will not be
announcing foreclosures dur
ing the campaign.
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WISE WORDS

A spaniel, a woman and a wal
nut tree.
The more they are beaten the
better they be.
Flattery is the bride and sad
die with which you may drive
the vain man.
The COW never knows the
worth of her tail until she has
lost it.
A spur in the head is worth
two in the heels.
A boaster and a liar are
cousins.
The fool we'll dressed
Is at his best.
Drink washes OFF the daub
and discovers the man
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

bald spot, he simply can't SEE
any woman over 20.
The "last word" in beach en-
sembles-"Nothing."
A man no longer falls in
love-he just stands teetering
on the brink of it, until some
girl comes along and shoves
him in!
Copyright. 1892, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

easily, if you
have.
Her face is
S ON e t h ing
m ore than
beautiful. It
is very quiet,
a n d strong,
a n d serene.
Yet, W h e n
you h a v e
seen all that,
you still feel
that there is
som e t h ing
more in those
d e e p ey e S
which has es-
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
A Cheerful Note
Banking Conditions Improve

Atee Pomerene, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation that the constant demand for loans
to banks fearing in financial straits is declining
To prove he that the application for loans by
such banks has declined $17OOOO for the month ending
August 20 as compared with the previous month
He attributes the decline improved financial conditions
and growth in public confidence.
All Of which is very encouraging.
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Paper Losses,
Mr.. Wilbur?

Meanwhile the line of the
jobless lengthens; the ap-
peals of welfare organiza-
tions for funds to fight
what they expect to be the
hardest battle against want
ever seen this winter, in
tensify.
And Secretary Wilbur, a
wealthy man, returns from
a Western tour, going right
through cities teeming with
men dispossessed of jobs, and
farmlands where the home
owners have been dispos-
sessed of their homesteads
by the hundreds of thou
sands, with a CHEEKY an
nouncement that things look
good. He finds a better
spirit among the suffering,
and he puts it in this way:
Men have taken their
paper losses. They find, or
a great majority of them
find, that they have their
same stores, their same
places of business.
This throws a white light
on the viewpoint of the Ad-
ministration and Eliminates
the meaning of Roosevelt s
famous phrase, "the forgot
ten man.
The eleven million out of
jobs and denied the right to
work have had no paper
losses; they have lost every
thing on which they de-
pended for life-the right to
work.
The 3O,OOO,OOO additional
dependents of these jobless
men have not worried about
paper losses; these have lost
everything they had.
The millions of farmers
bankrupt or verging on
bankruptcy are not inter
ested in "paper losses -; they
are either the victims Of
foreclosure or are living
under it's threat.
And a vast army of small
business men who still "have
their stores" are in deadly
fear of losing them-and no
paper losses involved.
Mr.. Wilbur is thinking IN
terms of the market-minded;
as thinks the Administration.
Imagine going down the
breadlines of the cities and
saying to, the unfortunates:
"Just forget your paper
losses and cheer up"
But Mr.. Wilbur, who
thought it fortunate for the
children of the jobless to be
hungry because it would
"strengthen their charac-
ters," has no thought of the
100000 farmers, the H.
100000 jobless, their 10000
600 dependents. His con-
Germ apparently is solely OF
those who had paper
losses" :"
These millions are thee
forgotten men" of the Adj
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Whose Paper Losses,
MIR. Wilbur?
Bu Claude G.. BOWers

Party the Period "The Struggle
for Democracy America" Jefferson and Hamilton"
"The Tragc Era" and other important works.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By T. E. Powers
By Helen Rowland.

modern girl can understand is
the ease and cheerfulness with
which a man checks out at the
end of a love affair. Even
when her love is quite dead,
she enjoys weeping at its
funeral. and wants to give it
the last rites.
Strange Interlude: IT h a t
period of temporary harmony
which sometimes exists be-
tween two screen stars who are
married to each other.
When a young man has just
begun coaxing along his first
mustache, he scornS to waste
himself on any woman under
80; but by the time he begins
brushing his hair across his
!, !. !. !: 6! : Ny
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

'T Want To Be Restless"
Did you ever see Helen Wills
Moody?
You will not forget her face
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

LOVe-AMU ULNtr AI1ICS
Love is like honey. Once you
have known and Savored the
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

real thing, the limitations not
only don't appeal to you any
more-they don't even fool you.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
POPPY DAY

A million dollars in day! Ten mil
lion peoples worn in tribute to the
World War dead!
That, briefly, is the auxiliary me-
mortal poppy sale. A million dollars
raised in day and every penny of it
for an unselfsh purpose! Ten million
little red flowers distributed to honor
the men who gave their lives for
America, and every flower made by
the hands of the wars living victims.
This year, with present economic
conditions making successful poppy
sale more difficult, the local organiza-
ton of the Legion Auxiliary extended
their poppy sale date over a weeks
time, from May 81 to Memorial Day.
The voice of the Legion and the Lee
gion Auxiliary this year speaks in a
loud tone for a successful poppy sale,
that the work of assisting the orphans
of World War veterans might be car
ried on uninterruptedly, and to that
end effort will be put forth by the
local organizations to sell more pop
pies than ever during the sale period
this year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
ONLY SIXTEEN MARRIAGES
PERFORMED DURING WEEK
Number Is Far Below Average;
Five Marked Don't Publish"

Sixteen marriage licenses were is
sued during the week ending at noon
on Monday from the Office of the Clerk
of the Circuit Court in Oakland, ac-
cording to Clerk A. G. Ross. This
number brings the total for the month
of May to So, which is far below the
average for this month. Last year
ia licenses were issued for the same
period, while the record for the month
was established in 1928, when 119
were granted.
Saturdays during the month have
not added many names on the rec
ords, only three being issued during
the past Saturday. Five were granted
on Wednesday and four on Tuesday.
Five licenses issued during the past
week were marked "don't publish"
while two applicants were refused.
Isaac Jacob Lee, 81, miner, Mount
Storm, w. Va, and Susie Anne Side
bottom, az, Friendsville, Nd.
Cecil Hairon Altman, %, farmer,
and Frances Louise Morgan, 81, school
teacher, both of Weston, w. Va.
Lionel Ward Hamilton, 81, porter,
and Bertha Clara Hall, 20, both OF
Morgantown, w. Va.
Garland Lipscomb, %, laborer, West
Union, w. Va, and Lucille Leora Chill
ders, 10, Blandville, w. We.
John Conner Forman, 46, barber,
Crellin, Md, and Ada Catherine Hos
teller, a., Sand Patch, Pa.
Claude B. Gribble, 40, laborer, Phil
ippi, W. Va, and Ruby Kathleen Eek
ard, 81, Belington, W. Va.
David James Butler, %, truck driv-
er, and Thelma Archibald, 20, both of
Johnstown, Pa.
Hugh Albert Reams, %, farmer, and
Amy Leona Foster, IS, both of near
Oakland, Md.
Donald Ward Masteds, %, truck
driver, and Anne Mae Richards, 10,
both of Columbus, Ohio.
Lorey Elwood Wildman, %, laborer,
Oakfield, Ohio, and Vera Lusetta Cald-
well, 20, Spokane, Ohio.
Claud Gains Folk, %, laborer, Fort
Hill, Pa, and Iva Mae Humbertson,
%, school teacher, Somerfeld, Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
HOW TO HELP

Dump your investments at panic
prices and let men of money pick them
up. CD
Help keep all rumors concerning
bad business in circulation. CD
Replace the old and reliable en-
ployes by putting in inexpensive and
cheap help. CD
Think and talk hard times and
threaten to shut down. This will en-
courage your employees, extend your
credit and increase your own ability
to think intelligently and work wise
ly. GU
Cut out all amusements for your
family. This will make a happy home.
Give nothing to charity and you will
be very, very happy. CD
Put off paying overdue accounts as
long as possible. Stop buying new
goods. Stop advertising. Stop trying
anything that will help you advance
and wait for better times. CD
Buy dose of cyanide, a cheap cof-
fin, but be sure your life insurance
premium is paid, for the innocent
should not suffer for the guilty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
FRIENDSVILLE

Mayor Norval Speelman is having
his dwelling painted, which adds to
it's attractiveness.
Miss Lucille Kendall, daughter of
Mrs. ]. C. Kendall, of Oakland, who is
residing here with her grandparents,
DR.. and Mrs. A. ]. Mason, is a patient
in Memorial Hospital, Cumberland,
where she underwent an appendix op-
Grafton last Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Agnes VanSickle, former res
ident of Friendsville, is here for a visit
with her brother, DIR. A. J. Mason,
and family.
Both R. E. Guard and A. E. Fox
were recent purchasers of new auto
mobiles.
J. George Kolb, who has been criti-
cally ill with erysipelas on his face,
is now somewhat improved.
Joe Schroyer and family have
moved into one of the dwellings owned
by the Mccullough Coal Corporation,
ny WIlOLI lie Is cIlplOyc0.
H. L: Wolf is now able to be about
his house and on the porch after a
long illness from which he has not
yet fully recovered.
Marshall Fike, who has spent sew
eral weeks with his son James at
Somerfield, has returned home.
Mrs. Effie Fox Young is i'll at her
home near Harrisburg, Pa, with pneu-
monia.
Paul Fike, of Somerfeld, is here for
few days with DR.. Nedrow.
DR.. Clarke, assisted by one of the
health nurses, examined the school
children of this town last Wednesday.
Percy Friend is having his house
on Walnut street painted.
A fence has been erected between
the school building and the Christian
church property.
Farmers are now selling their eggs
to the merchants in Friendsville for
cents a dozen.
Floyd WEIGH is having water well
dug on the Alpheus Welch property.
Raymond Brenneman, who has been
employed in Detroit, is visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Bren-
neman, on Elder Hill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
GORTNER

Charles Walls, of Grantsville, was
here Sunday where he preached in the
Union church both morning and ev-
ening.
Walter Schlossnagle and family and
Mrs. Hoff visited Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Taylor at Pleasant Valley on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey Roth, Miss
Leila Mosser and Henry Schmidt were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Mosser
at Hauser, Sunday.
Joseph Feather spent several days
last week with ]. w. Baker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey Bittner and
Miss Anna Virginia Slabach, of Mt.
Lake Park, and Lee Slabach and fam
lily, of Uniontown, Pa, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Slabach.
Jacob Swartzentruber and Mr.. and
Mrs. D. ]. Swartzentruber left on
Saturday for Kokomo, Indiana, to at
| tend the funeral of Mrs. Swartzentru-
ber's sister, Mrs. Lafayette Miller.
Ray and Roy Yoder, of Meyersdale,
Pa, spent Sunday evening with Misses
Fannie and Amelia Yoder here.
Members of the Dodge family spent
Sunday in Morgantown, w. Va.
Miss Sarah Livengood returned to
her home at East Millsboro, Pa, on
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kitzmiller, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Sisk, S. w. Slabach
and Miss Lena Slabach visited the
Mason family at Mason recently.
Mrs. Jennie Sanders, Silver Knob,
and granddaughter, Miss CLANCY, of
Cumberland, recently visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Fulk.
William Vomersdale, of Western
port, has secured employment here
on the Lichty farm.
Harvey Swartzentruber and fam
lily and Delbert White spent Sunday
with home folks at Fairswep.
Mrs. Mary Lee and Mr.. and Mrs,
l. L. Beckman and son were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Lee on
Sunday.
Miss Leona Dodge attended the
birthday party of Rosanna White near
Oakland, Saturday.
Mrs. Paul WEIGH is spending this
week in Accident.
Mrs. Simon Burkholder, George
Ross, and Blanche Grove and Melvin
Keim motored to Friendsville on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Slabach and Miss
Matte Davis were guests on Sunday
of Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Schrock.