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La gaceta., 1932-11-15
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La gaceta., 1932-11-15

En- Ia session celebrada aver
por ell comite de alumbrado del
ayuntamiento, a Ia cual concu-
%rriera el alcalde Chancey, se a
cord6 aplazar la firma de un
nuevo contrato con la c0mpanfa
Tampa Electric hasta que sc ha-
Iga un estudio y Sc determine
Icuantas luces son ~necesarias y
Icuanto dinero Sc necesita para
E~pagarlas.
Ell Intervention municipal, Sr.
Booker, manifesto que ell cobro
de las contribuciones es de vital
Importance en- ell asunto de fir
mar un contrato p0r. ell servicio
lde alumbrado.
Hacienda consideracionee So
lbre ell problema el alcalde dijo
Ique debe medirse ell servicio de
%alumbradO por ell dinero que Sc
recaude de los contribuyentes.
Asegur6 ell alcalde que el servi-
lcio de alumbrado es excessive en-
lugaresM la poblaci6n.
| Peter 0. Knight, representa-
lido a la compahia, dijo que la
n goposici6n hecha por 81, recien
r hente, significaba una econo-
10 de $4,000 al aho.
.cta Joncurrierkn al acto de aver,
j emas de Lag personals mencio-
III Sr. F. J. Gagnon, di-
%AeraI d la Tampa Elec
wilson, el~ectricista
ciudad, y oR concejales
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Evening star., 1932-01-12
Crime in Hawaii.

The Senate has directed the Attorney
General TO investigate conditions in
Hawaii, resolution TO this effect hav-
ing been adopted yesterday without op-
position and without debate. i re
quests report at the earliest practi-
cable date upon the administration and
enforcement OF the criminal law in the
territory by the police authorities. the
prosecuting officers and the courts, and
whether In the opinion of the Attorney
General any change in the organic law
for the territory is desirable in the in
terest of prompt and effective admins
tration of justice. This action is the
result of shocking happening In Homo
lulu, itself the climax Of series OF
crimes against women which have in
famed race antagonisms. This final
tragedy was an act Of private ven-
seance melted by the failure of the
courts to administer justice.
American administration Of Hawai-
has been efdcient and liberal The peo.
pie of the Islands, which were acquired
hV the United States By annexation
~felowng the establishment Vt q -
Evening star., 1932-01-12

that act or disputes the reality OF the
scale pronounced by the District Com
missioners as the prevailing" scale he
is at liberty to proceed by regular proc
esses to an authoritative test Of the law.
But to falsify pay roll and to COM
pei men to sign it In order to escape
payment of the prevailing wage scale is
an act of dishonesty that should bar
the contractor from doing business with
the Government.
The law requires the award Of con-
tract to the lowest responsible" bidder.
1t should be obvious that contractor
who will resort to subterfuge to misrep-
resent his compliance with the law is
not responsible" bidder. If he is
dishonest he Is irresponsible, no mat
ter what evidence he may produce to
prove his financial backing or solvency.
The charges against the contractors
may not be true. Affidavits supporting
such charges are to some extent offset
by counter affidavits discrediting the
facts set forth.
1t is the business OF the corporation
counsel to discover whether the charges
are true or untrue and, If they are true,
to punish the contractor in q manner
that will leave no doubt as to the mu-
nicipality's insistence upon common
honesty in the fulfilling of contracts.
1t is imposing double, unfair PEN
atty upon honest contractors to deny
them contracts because they are under
bid by others who, by resort to trickery,
can lower the costs.
Evening star., 1932-01-12
Penalizing Dishonesty.

The corporation counsel has before
him for investigation additional charges
of "pay roll doctoring," wherein a con-
tractor is alleged to have required work
men to sign pay rolls indicating that
they had been paid wages fulfilling the
terms Of the Bacon Davis act, and then
paid wages that in reality are below
those specified in the Bacon-Davis scale.
As such charges have been made be-
fore, and in at least one case seem gen.
orally to have been accepted as true, 1t
is time that the Commissioners, through
the corporation counsel, proceed to q
showdown and make public all the
facts.
The Bacon-Davis act requires that
contractors on Federal and District
work pay what Is construed TO be the
| prevailing" wage scale. There has
! been agreement On what this pre-
utling" wage y.
na squazesos doubts the validity Of
Evening star., 1932-01-12
Anti-Lynching Law
Urged Upon Congress
To the Editor Of The Star:


This is the opportune time for the
Republican party to introduce either q
new measure or to revive one or the
other of the pending anti-lynching bills.
The House minority should force an
anti-lynching vote and test the sin
cerity of Northern Democratic Repre-
SentativeS and Senators, many OF whom
have received and are seeking the re-
Gently much-talked-o non-partisan COL
ored vote.
The Republican party should not lose
this golden opportunity, since it has a
small majority in the Senate and Is In
control of the executive and Judicial
branches of the Government. With the
Democratic party in control OF the
House by five votes, due to Northern
Democrats who expect to receive large
colored vote in the next general cleo
ton, this is the psychological moment
for the Republicans to put the Demo-
Gratis on record by forcing anti-lynch-
ing legislation.
For those who contemplated intro
ducing and urging the passage OF an
anti-lynching bill to forego 1t at this
time, although it should have been
brought up in the last Congress, simply
because the Democrats have small
majority In the House, will be an un-
pardonable mistake. as the Republicans
in the House, with a few Northern
Democrats are sufficient to pass anti
lynching legislation.
The constitutionality of anti-lynch-
ing legislation is matter for subse-
quent consideration. While there may
be strong arguments against this legis-
lation on States rights grounds, there
are much stronger arguments IN its
favor on Federal grounds. Undoubt-
edly, Federal anti-lynching legislation
will be declared constitutional II the
bill is properly drawn so that 1t will
stand the acid test of the courts, as the
subject matter Is primarily Federal and
secondarily State. II. A. CLARKE.
Evening star., 1932-01-12

Fireside gardening Is the order of
| the evening with many. now that the
annual seed catalogues have begun to
come in.
Householders interested in gardening
will find much to beguile themselves
with in the new books, although they
know every page in advance.
The seed catalogue, honored Amer
lean institution, Is one OF the few pieces
of printed matter in the world Of which
this may be said.
OF course, most of the houses list
"specialties,' as they call them, newer
varieties Of old things, often displayed
in color but, after all, these are not
numerous, compared with the old
standbyS..
1t is the long list of the tried and
true which intrigues the mind and
heart-and pocketbook-of the friend
of the garden.
1t is the rose, it is the gladiolus, 1t is
the zinnia, the saliva, the loWly Pc
tunia, the tall dahlia-
1t Is each one of these and all Of
them which catches the fancy Of the
man or woman interested in small
section of the great outdoors which he
calls his own.
The personal touch is what makes
the garden what 1t is, and 1t Is the
personality of individual flowers which
constitutes the lure of the catalogues.
X
BY the light Of the fireplace the COL
ored illustrations of great tomatoes
positively CLEAN. They almost possess
rotundity.
1t is probably true that the average
fireSide gardener looks more longingly
at the vegetable section than at the
flower displays.
Especially If he has never grown
vegetables.
Even the most enthusiastic flower
grower knows that he can never call
himself gardener until he grows pota-
toes, tomatoes and the like.
A radish, even, will qualify him.
He may specialize on gladioli for
years, or dahlias, but until he grows
corn and beans and telescope peas he
will have garden inferiority complex.
Now an inferiority complex Is sup
you meet it. Many people fear it so
much that they become arrogant and
i'll bred, simply to dissipate the idea in
their own minds.
The home gardener who does not lay
out vegetable bed feels in his heart
that he is only play gardener, after all.
X X
To raise something to eat-ah, that
is gardening!
Such is mans tribute to his internal
economy. Beauty is necessary, but
things to eat are super necessary. They
are the honest basis Of esthetic appre-
ciation A hungry man is not likely to
rave about the theoretical appreciation
of beauty.
He wants something to eat.
When one is seated by the fireplace,
with the Pickering light of logs cast
ing their Elusive radiance over the pages
of seed catalogue, he is in the best
position in the world to appreciate the
vegetable garden.
Then he VOWS to grow some tomatoes
this year or bust" All the time he
may have suspicion that he is going
to do nothing of the kind.
He recalls that he has said the same
thing before, but that he never got
round to 1t, and he never got around
to it largely because his yard was not
big enough.
Or maybe he was plain lazy.
Or perhaps the well stocked shelves
Of the grocer, bulging with tin cans
Evening star., 1932-01-12

public In succession TO = monarchy,
have been encouraged to participate in
their own government and to share In
the enforcement OF their laws and the
laws of the United States. OF late,
however, generalization has been evi-
dent. Moral lsxities have been con-
doned. The courts have been inefficient
in the punishment of crime. The
security OF the non-native inhabitants
has been imperiled.
1t is true that the courts and police
processes in the States are not ideally
effective. In many of the cities OF the
mainland crimes are committed with
out punishment. Judicial procedure Is
slow and uncertain. That fact, how
ever, does not justify or condone any
laxity in the island territory. Condi-
tions demand the application OF
remedy there, both as an example and
for the protection of those whose duty
sends them there for service.
1t would be lamentable If the United
States in meeting this condition In
Hawaii should have to withdraw from
the islanders such measure Of partici-
patton in their own government and
in the administration Of the laws as
they have been granted. Yet If the
conditions that have given rise to these
recent tragedies and outrages cannot be
otherwise corrected, that may have to
be done The Attorney Generals re-
port will bear upon this question as the
Senate resolution stands. The hope Is
that permanent and progressive i'm
provement will be effected without re-
course to so drastic a remedy.
Evening star., 1932-01-12
Appeal for Funds for
The Humane Society
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Edltor OF Inc star
AS a friend of all animals, working
for their welfare, I appeal for aid In
behalf of the Washington Humane So
ciety in its efforts to secure new
members now, acutely feeling the effects
of the general business depression in
its rapidly decreasing funds, which
will necessarily curtail much, II not
all, of its valuable work unless new
members are secured and financial aid
given. Dependent wholly upon its
yearly dues of So and infrequent do
nations, its appeal for new members is
of vital importance for the continuance
of the society. Out of a population Of
900 there are but 285 members-un-
believably small for such community.
There are still many horses needing the
attention and protection of the society,
working on the streets of Washington
as there are in other cities, notwith-
standing motorized vehicles. It's work
Is not confined to any one animal, but
to all-children, horses, dogs, cats,
birds, fowl, etc, all come under its pro-
tecting care-and its Office, at 1881 New
York avenue northwest, is open and
welcome to visitors at all times. Char
tered by an act of Congress approved
June 81, 1870, the society has had a
long and honorable record, and should
not cease to function from lack of
funds, which I am sure will not hap
pen when its friends discover its pres
ent needs, ELEANOR w. HTTE.
Evening star., 1932-01-12
Higghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

bags were searched that night in Dan
zig. Then there was the mysterious
fellow In the cafe in Trieste. And who
was it who refused to let him take that
car in Sarajevo? Why were his pass
ports held up for five days in Prague.
That girl in Warsaw-had he not seen
her before in Belgrade? And so it
goes on.
These wild snobs return home to sit
complacently smoking their very foreign
cigarets and taking up your time with
their legends and irritating you with
their insufferable airs of superiority.
They are a menace to the great cause
of international peace we ought
to put up hand, lean forward and
quietly say: My dear chap, you are
deceiving yourself in the most ridicu-
lous way. I admit that secret police
are very silly, but even they are not
silly enough to care tuppence about you,
for the fact is, you are nobody in par
ticular. Your bags were not touched
in Danzig. The mysterious fellow in
Trieste was probably commercial
traveller. Your passports were held up
In Prague because a clerk forgot them.
The girl In Warsaw was thirdrate
cabaxet dancer who stared at you be-
cause she thought you were the young
man once engaged to her cousin. You
must really stop imagining things In
this way Next time you go abroad
behave like a sensible tourist. And
now good night That is what we
ought to say, but we never do"
Evening star., 1932-01-12
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Il. TRACEWELL.

filled with succulent things 70 eat,
toned him down.
But always those colored Illustrations
of the great tomatoes make MS mouth
water with high resolve.
It was the tomato, more than any
other one thing, which put the seed
catalogue on the printing map. The
proud position which 1t holds today Is
largely due to the tomato.
No matter how large the ears Of
corn shown, the red, ripe tomatoes
surpass them, mainly owning to their
color.
Tomato red is great--on tomatoes.
Not so fine as a color for women's
dress goods, although many girls
seemed to think so, for time.
The tomato red Is a natural color,
beautiful in itself, but SO utterly of
and from the earth that 1t does not
go" any place else.
Those who look over the seedsmen's
catalogues at this time of year will be
amazed at the number of things they
would like to try but never have.
Many of the plants are old friends,
having been decided upon for 'trial
year after year.
When the actual time for ordering
came around, however, the householder
found himself assailed with q strange
timidity.
He usually cast his vote for the old
things which he knew about from ex-
perience, rather than take q chance
on the strangers.
Gardeners are not pioneers. They
like to work with familiar materials.
That Is why one sees so many gar
dens which look alike, so few which
attract by the strangeness OF their
plant material.
X
The home gardener Is not altogether
to blame for this The men who make
up the catalogues confuse him by too
great q profusion of treasures. One
can understand their viewpoint Work
ing with growing things, making all
of them their life work, they come to
know and understand one plant as well
as another. Instinctively they give
one variety the right treatment, al
though it may be an entirely different
treatment from that accorded an
other.
The home gardner, with his limited
resources, and lack Of space for endless
experimentation is not able to differ
entiate, and so discovers that he is TAX
ing a chance on ordering new and
untried flower After several disastrous
experiences, he decides that discretion
is, after ALL the better part of garden
valor.
* X X
Here is the section devoted to lilies
Consider Martagon lilies. There Is
something attractive about the mere
name. The same may be said of SO
many flowers. 1t is not for nothing
that they are beautiful. Loveliness has
attracted beautiful names to them.
The Martagon lily is not seen very
much. but, according to the catalogue
section, is a beautiful thing, easily
grown.
One decides to have few Martagons.
Then here are the regal lilies. This
is the plant discovered by the late Dr.
Wilson in China only few years ago
1t is said to be one of the finest and
hardest of all the lily family, but
thousands of gardens lack specimens.
WHY is this?
The fireside gardener knows Garden
timidity. This year, he swears, he will
overcome this fear, and order several
regal lilies, If he does nothing else.
And grow some of those big red
tomatoes.
Evening star., 1932-01-12
Colleagues See in Oulahan
! Highest Type of Journalist

while "his fine mind made it possible
for him to lay before his readers
clean picture of conditions, open IN
honesty and charming in directness."
Describing his personality, the Bal
timore Sun says: He never lost the
chivalrous ideas of boyhood. In
world of hurry and brusqueness and
in a position where lesser Imen swell
with their Importance, Oulahan was
distinguished above all his fellows for
q kindness and courtesy and gentle-
ness as conspicuous as his very high
talent. There have been plenty OF
men of talent in his field. There have
been few in whom were so exquisitely
blended talent and gentleness such as
in his case inspire whole profession"
AS to, the praise which has been
given his memory, the Providence
Journal says: mo one who reads
these tributes can fail to recognize
their sincerity or be unconscious OF
their extraordinary scope. They are
no mere perfunctory laudations, but
spontaneous and comprehensive ex-
pressions of admiration and affection"
Evening star., 1932-01-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. How much powder did IL take
for muzzle- loading Civil War cannon2
u. II.
A. The amount used for charge
depended upon the size of the cannon.
The range was anywhere from to 5
pounds for small cannons, while 10
pounds could be used in larger
cannon.
@. What does Kamenoi Ostrow
mean written on top of piece Of music
by Anton Rubinstein?-G. p.
A. Kamenoi Ostrow is the name
OF fashionable resort on the Kamenoi
Island, on the Neva River, where Ru-
binstein spent many happy vacation
days.
Q. Are the Japanese and Chinese
closely related racially?-A. NJ. D.
A. Modern authorities believe that
the Japanese do not differ physically
from the Koreans and the Chinese to
any great degree. The late DR.. Baelz
of the Imperial University of Toxic,
who made an exhaustive anthropo-
logical study of the japanese, divided
them into three distinct types
Manchu-Ko Mongol and Malay.
The first are believed to be descendants
Of Korean colonistS who, in prehis-
toric times, settled on the west coast
OF Japan. There is no satisfactory
theory as to the route by which the
Mongols reached Japan, but there Is
very little doubt that they did find their
way thither at one time. The third
type Is found in nearly all the islands
along the east coast of Asia as we'll as
in Southern China and in the extreme
southwest of Korea. They probably
landed in Kyushu, the most southerly
OF the main Japanese islands, ulti-
mately pushing northward.
Q. What kind of soil is found in the
Virgin Islsnds?-D. C.
A. A recent soil survey lists 25 dif-
ferent soils. Productive black soil, re-
sembling the black-waxy land of Texas,
has been found, also soil almost iden-
tical with the Porto Rican soil upon
which heavy crops of sugar cane are
grown. Irrigation is lacking and there
is no visible source of sufficient water.
@ Where is the Headquarters Of the
Ringling Circus?-V. A. T.
A. Sarasota, Fla.
@. Can one go to Cuba by automo-
bile?-S. r.
A. One can to all intents and pur-
poses. The tourist goes to Florida.
From Miami there is 90-mile drivs
to Matecumbe Key, two ferry trips and
So miles drive to Key West. The
steamer trip from Key West to Hs-
vana takes six hours. Cuba has q
magnificent 700-mile concrete highway.
Q. How was the United States Sr-
preme Court organized?-R, G.
A. An act of the First Congress that
is still in force organized the Suprerns
Court. 1t was drawn up by Oliver Els
worth. who afterward became the sec
ond Chief Justice The first Supreme
Court was composed of q Chief Jus
tice and five assistants. The first
Chief Justice was John Jay.
@. How many people will attend the
General Disarmament Conference In
Geneva in February?-D. @.
A. 1t is estimated that there will be
from 1000 to 1000 delegates, and that
this number will be increased to 5000
by members of families, members Of
staffs and unoffcial visitors.
@. Are the hoods worn with gowns of
oxford College graduates large or
small?-S. M M.
A. Two types of hoods are used IN
oxford College. One Is simple and
relatively small hood, and the other
full and more complicated hood. The
colors and style of the hood depend on
the degree.
Evening star., 1932-01-12
Hits Cruel Treatment
OF Some Dairy Horses
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
On Wednesday morning the writer
saw two living picturesque . movie
and one q still.
Two dairy wagons were standing on
Fourteenth street, just below Fairmont,
about opposite the Wardman properties
and miniature golf links. The reason
one picture was still was because the
horse attached to the wagon was wear
ing a comfortable breast collar and
was entirely unchecked and was quietly
resting and conserving its strength for
further usefulness. The reason the
other picture wa movie" was be-
cause the horse was wearing q torture
some names collar and was cruelty
overchecked and because Of the pain I'm
the muscles in the top of its neck and
perhaps because of raw flesh at the
corners Of its mouth, 1t could not stand
quietly and rest and conserve its
strength, but moved and tossed It's
head in o vain effort to relieve It's
sufferings.
The comfort Of the horse In the still
picture was due entirely to its intelli-
gent and humane driver.
incidentally, 1t might be added that
1t was raining and the pavement was
slippery. and II ever horse needs
the use of It's head, unhampered by
check rein, 1t Is on slippery road |
way.
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