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The Washington times., 1933-09-20
The Human Side of the News
Hopi Snake Dance-Celebrated Indian Ritual
By EdUin C.. Hill

the Hopi Indians, frowns upon
his people. For the first time
in the memory of chiefs and
medicine men the god is deaf
to the chants of the old women
and the dancers, blind to the
rattlesnake call. Day after day,
under the braSSy sun of the
Arizona mesa, the medicine men
perform their incantations, while
they make rain medicine and
dance the rain dance with
rattlesnakes twined around
their bodies. But not a cloud
drifts across the bright-hot sky,
nor does a drop of water soothe
the hard-baked ground.
Away out on the rim Of the
desert dust clouds swirl through
the purple haze as the medi-
cine men dance on and on un-
til they fall exhausted upon the
patient earth. And then from
far off comes the dull boom of
thunder, and tn n a rolling
crescendo, and then crash on
crash as the serpents of light
ming range the heavens-and
then a day of rain and the
blessed soaking Of the fruitful
soil. The god has relented at
last and saved his children, the
Hopi people.
An interesting race, these
Hopi of the Southwest, tracing
their lineage back to the an
cient cliff dwellers.
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ONCE OVERS

Are you a good loser every
where except in your own home?
You like to have friends and
acquaintances believe you take
set-backs in a philosophical
way; that you are bigger than
the annoyances which cause
other men to have such grave
concern.
But how do you talk and act
when the door closes you into
your own home?
Grumbling, criticizing, whin.
ing you don't give evidence Of
taking it on the chin"
Your oft-repeated tales of
your hard luck worry the family,
sick.
Your prophecy Of future dire
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results are like a heavy cloud
over the horizon to all your
family, with no hope for relief
in sight.
You do not think Of saving
your family from anxiety and
worry.
But outside your home you
try to bolster the courage OF
others and you are optimistic
in your speech and actions.
No, instead of saving your
family mental pain. you add
to it.
Do you think that the family
are too frivolous, so you must
keep them down with hard
times atmosphere?
Copyright. 1888, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
The Washington times., 1933-09-20
President to Bring Navy
to Treaty Strength
BY James T. Williams, Jr.

agreed upon at the Washington
Conference to other classes Of
combatant ships. But before
the London Conference con-
vened, the Hoover administra-
ton surrendered to the British
demand that the cruiser class
of combatant ship should be
subjected to a peculiar form Of
limitation, the purpose and ef-
feet of which was to compel the
United States, if she chose to
build, to build the type Of
cruiser acceptable to the British
instead of the type of cruiser re-
quired by the United States for
American national defense.
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lions tn a t
h a v e landed
y ou in so
many messes,
r e S u ! ted in
such W a S t e
and humilia-
ton.
Do not VOW
t h a t you'll
never a g a n
take a chance.
Yes, I know.
You've lost a
lot of money,
People h a v e
tricked you;
taken advan-
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The snake dancers proceed
in groups of three, with this
leaping, bounding step, until
they arrive at the spot where
the rattlesnakes and their han.
dlers, or "passers," are waiting.
One by one the dancers drop
to their knees and receive from
the snakepaSsers each a full.
sized rattler.
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WISE WORDS

You have not converted a
man because you have silenced
him.-Lord Morley.
What is the most useful rule
Of all education? Not to gain
time. but to lose it.-Rousseau.
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Bouquets and Brickbats

"Dear Helen Rowland" writes
Faith Baldwin, famous author
of many delightful best-sellers.
Count Me Out Of That de-
natured Marriage Gag That
doctor from Hawaii (who seems
to have been married 80 years,
old-fashioned style, to the same
fraW sent me his dis-a and data
and asked me for an opinion.
II wrote and said it was a
swell idea for folks with lots OF
money and temperament. Other
wise, the bunk. I suffer in
81 I 3,
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Take a Chance With Life!
Don't regret those recklessly
generous acts, those sincere ex-
oerimentS, those noble rebel
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mend separate cities and long
distance telephone calls. This
would save not only the ro-
nance, but the bric-a-brac and
chinaWare.
"Since when," writes a highly
interesting and ultra modern
young woman, did the feminine
soul and instinct become purer
and higher than the masculine?
Our grandmothers were forced
to adopt a saintliness which
they were far from feeling, be-
cause of their financial de-
pendence upon men.
"We girls of 1888 do not feel
that marriage and men are
Gods gift to women. Where is
your spirit, Miss Rowland, to
advocate the double standard
or anything even remotely re-
sembling it? women have
adopted this (the modern) mode
Of life. in order to show men
that they will not TOLERATE
philanderings."
So! Women have decided to
take up philandering. in order
40 show men that they Won't
TOLERATE "philandering." A
war to end all wars!
OF course, no man can phil
ander, all by HIMSELF. So,
women have decided to help
him out, in order to restrain
him. And this is the logical
argument I always receive,
whenever I suggest that women
are playing mans game and
handing him all the trump
cards!
Grandmother may have been
"whited Sepulchre" (although
I don't believe it, but you can't
help rejecting that she got a
lot more out of love and mar"
riage than women get today.
And in grandfather'S day, when
a husband wandered from his
own fireside, it was NEWS!
Because, with all the desir-
able girls of his own class being
unattainable and wearing a
Ao~e@ s&r7EM>
s; EE::;$;:::S::!:H'Yfg1j :! :
VI NGGi?i
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Don't Touch" sign on their
lips, WHERE would he WAN
DER?
Don't tell me that making 1t
easier for a man to philander
is going to STOP him from
philandering! But he MAY get
fed up!
Copyright. 1ss3. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
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tenSely IN my common SENSE W
feel that you would believe me
capable of such muddled
thoughts. More power to you
etc.. Yours, IS-MY-RACE-RED
FAITH BALDWIN,"
Miss Baldwin refers to an
article in which I kidded the
idea, originated by a psychla.
trist and presumably advocated
by many famous writer's. that
husband and wife should oc-
cupy separate establishments to
preserve the romance and charm
Of marriage.
I heartily agree with Miss
Baldwin that for most people
twin establishments" would be
the bunk. But, for tempera-
mentalists and those who are
married to them, should go the
doctor one better, and recon-
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MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Nelson Harding
BY Helen Rowland

} mend separate cities and long
distance telephone calls. This
would save not only the ro-
nance, but the bric-a- -brac and
chinaWare.
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Because, with all the desir-
able girls of his own class being
unattainable and wearing a
The Washington times., 1933-02-08
WARSH|P DEF|ES
PURSUERS

BATAVIA, Feb. 8. - While
Sumatran mutineers who COM
mandeered the Dutch warship De
Zeven Provincien defied their pur-
suers, the council of the Dutch
East Indies held an extraordinary
meeting to consider action.
The mutinous crew has threat
ened to fire on pursuing govern
ment ships.
Excitement was caused by re-
ports that Police Inspector Ver-
meer warned the commander Of
the De Zeven Provincien that the
crew was about to mutiny 80
minutes before the ship was
seized on Saturday.
The captain was ashore with
some of his officers at the time
of the seizure and later gave
chase in a small steamer.
1t was reported that the cap
tain apparently believed the po-
lice inspectors warning a hoax.
AS a result, Vermeer was the only
man at the ships pier when it
sailed and was unable to prevent
the sailing.
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BALL0U QU|ZZED
INH0U5E

DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superin.
tendent of schools, was ques,
toned at length today at an
executive session of the House
District Committee.
Representative Loring Black,
jr. CD of New York had re,
quested that the hearing be
made public but Representative
Mary T. Norton Cd of New
Jersey, chairman of the commit,
tee, ruled, however:
"Dr. Ballou has been re-
quested to present himself for
questioning in executive ses-
sion and under the circum-
stances 1 do not see how we
could do otherwise"
During the early stages of the
inquisition Ballou was subjected
to a cross-fire of questioning by
Mrs. Norton and Representative
Allard H. Gasque CD of South
Carolina, chairman of the sub,
committee on education and au,
thor of a bill providing for an
elective school board.
This questioning centered pri-
marily about the teacher whose
resignation DR.. Ballou is said to
have arbitrarily demanded after
nine years service in the public
schools.
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GARNER DEMANDS HARDER ECONOMY SLASHES
British Set
Nonstop Air
Record

LONDON, Feb. 8 GN.S).
Completing the longest nonstop
flight in the history of aviation,
the British royal air force plane,
piloted by Squadron Leader o..
r. Gaylord and Flight Lieut..
P. E. Nicholetts, landed at Walvis
Bay, Southwest Africa, at 4:40
p. m. today G. MT. G1:40 a. m.
Eastern standard time), the air
ministry announced.
They had flown an estimated
distance of 5,340 miles, exceeding
by more than 200 miles the non
stop record set by Russell Board
man and John Polando in their
flight from New York to Istanbul.
Their goal, when they took off
from Cranwell, England, at TIT
a. m. TEonday, was Cape Town,
at the southernmost tip of South
Africa, but they apparently ran
short of fuel. They were in the
air 81 hours and % minutes.
LYNN, Mass, Feb. 8 G.N.S0
Russell Boardman and John Po-
lando, whose famous long-diStance
nonstop flight from New York
to Turkey was beaten today by
the British fliers, o. R. Gaylord
and P. E. Nicholetts, plan to
smash the new air record set up
by the Britons
Polando said the Boardman-
Polando plane "Cape Cod" has
been oYerhauled and refitted.
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Roosevelt-G Election
Becomes Official Today

cast their ballotS-beginS as
two mahogany boxes are deliv-
cred. One contains the preSi-
Dental vote by States; the other
the vice presidential vote.
The tellerS are Senators Glenn
(RO of Illinois, King CD of
Utah, Jeffers CD of Alabama,
and Clifford (R) of Massachu-
sets.
Roosevelt, 472; Hoover, So
The final result, unless the tell
ers make a mistake, will be 472
electoral votes for Roosevelt and
Garner and SO for Hoover and
Curtis.
Presidential electors are hound
only by custom to accept the re-
suit of the November election.
Until the last presidential elec-
tion, the elector brought his
States vote to the Capitol in per-
son. Now the ballots are trans
mitted to the Secretary of State
and five other officials by mail.
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With due formality Franklin
D. Roosevelt and John N. Garner
today will be elected President
and Vice President, respectively,
with the counting of the elec-
toral vote.
A relic of Stage-coach days,
when election news spread slowly,
the election follows a ritual OBJ
served since the founding of the
Republic.
Joint Session OF Congress
Since it is an occasion of great
Importance, the House meets
with the Senate for the ballot
ing.
Vice President Curtis presides.
Ironically, while he presides at
his own defeat his successor,
Speaker Garner, will sit smilingly
alongside of him.
The program for the recording
of the vote of presidential electors
for whom the voters actually
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COMPETITION
BY j. s. HIT
.|NREPORT
Shannon Findings, Given to
House, Demand Curb on
"BusineSS" Agencies

A drastic recommendation
that the Government get out
of private business was con,
tanned in the report of the
Shannon Committee, presented
today in the House.
Twenty-seven specific recon-
mendations were followed by
sweeping general conclusions con
cerning Government operation OF
aglncies competing with private
enterprise. Outstanding recon-
mendations were:
/. Immediate investigation by
department heads of bureau
subdivisions engaged in any
activity of a competitive char
acter followed by a report to
Congress.
Matter of Economy
2. Creation of a House Stand
ing Committee on Government
Competition with Private En-
terprise ''in the interests Of
economy and to protect the
rights of citizens"
3. Levy of rent on the Wei
fare and Recreational AsSocia-
ton and other restaurant oper-
atorS using Federal buildings.
4. Restriction of War and
Navy Department laundries to
strictly service-connected work.
S. Boosting of parcel post
rates to cover actual cost Of
service.
Consultations Urged
6. Discontinuance of sale of
printed stamped envelopes and
window envelopes"
7. Consolidation of Govern
ment purchasing agencies.
8. Confinement of the Army
and Navy to activities allied to
military art.
g. Manufacture of blueprintS
for Federal structures in the
locality for which the building
is intended.
10. Use of local engineers and
supervising architects on Fed
eral projects wherever possible.
Printing Office Hit
II. Discontinuance of the
manufacture of paste, mucilage
and blank books by the Gov
ernment Printing Office.
IL. Installation Of a uniform
accounting system.
13. A cost survey Of work
done at navy yards and arse
mails, with a view to purchaS-
ing supplies instead of manu-
featuring them if economy
would result.
IA. Stricter regulation Of
Army, Navy and Marine Corps
bands.
Emphatic on Restaurants
How greatly the Government Is
engaging in competition with pri
vate industry is seen in a clause
pointing out that the 27 recon-
mendations deal with but "a
small part of the chain Of
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Coolest Weather of Winter Due Tonight
Wage Scale
"IEuaSiOn "
CHARGED

A public hearing growing out
of an alleged scheme on the part
of the contractors of the new
Kenilworth school to evade the
Bacon-Davis prevailing wage scale
will be held at $3.50 p. m. tomor-
row in the board room at the Dis
trict Building.
The hearing was ordered late
yesterday by Corporation Counsel
William w. Bride after he had re.
ceived 10 affidavits signed by
bricklayerS, copies of an agree
ment signed by them, and photo.
static copies of certificates. The
bricklayers charge they were re,
quired to sign an agreement to
invest 5000 each in a realty de-
velopment. without knowing the
details. in order to obtain EN-,
ployment.
In their affidavits the workmen
say they we're hired at SITS
an hour but were paid off at the
rate of 10 cents. The remainder
of their wages, they say, went
toward the purchase of the Sub
division"
This Subdivision" it was dis.
closed, is on w st. S. E., between
Thirty-second and Thirty-third
Streets. It's assessed value Is
$1.269, but the value placed on it
by the contractor was $4,000, II
is charged.
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ARCH|T 7 ECT 7.
7 f R N Ed
WASTER
Holiday Says Incomptency
of Harris Costs District
Thousands of Dollars

Incompetency and waste OF
public funds was charged
against Municipal Architect
Albert L. Harris by Repre-
sentative William P. Holiday
(R.) of Illinois during recent
hearings of the 1884 District
supply bill before the District
subcommittee Of the House
Appropriations Committee, ac.
cording to reports released to-
day.
Holiday not only condemned
Harris, but urged a complete
reorganization of the municipa.
architects office. The Illinois
Representative said:
'T am leaving the committee,
but 1 would feel a. good deal
/. better if we could get the mu-
nicipal architects office remod-
eled before 1 left! In my
opinion, in every building of
any size that has been erected
here in the six years that L
have served on this committee
there has been a waste OF from
$4,000 to 100000 because Of
the incOmpetency of the archi-
tect and his refusal to have
any regard for economy in
expenditure of public moneys.
ABSOLUTELY INCOMPETENT
"He has refused t. cooperate
with the committee and I am
willing to say on record that 1
think he is absolutely incOmpe-
tent and is wasting the public
money"
Holiday said that some years
ago it was found that Harris had
refused to use bricks made at Oc-
couuan and that after being
called before the committee, it
was considered likely that his
(Harris) salary might be cut.
At that time, Holiday said, Har-
ris promised that such things
would not reoccur.
BREAKS HIS PROMISE
The Illinois Representative,
however, declared that he had in
formation that Harris was buy
ing bricks from other sources,
despite the surplus at Occoquan
and in the face of his solemn
promise.
Commissioner John C. Gotwals
told the committee that there
are 100000 bricks at Occoquan.
He promised that the Commission
ers in the future would provide
for the use of such bricks in con-
struction wherever possible.
Holidays charges on Specifica-
tions, according to Gotwals' tes-
timony, will be remedied as rap
idly as possible.
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MERCURY DUE
To DROP 80
DEGREES
10 Above Is Forecast Around
Midnight; 8 Are Dead in
Chicago Blizzard

The mercury climbed to 60
degrees here at noon today,
a perfect spring day, but at
about midnight tonight the
temperature will drop so de-
grees and Washington will ex-
perience the coldest weather
of the winter, according to
the Weather Bureau.
The bureau forecast that the
mercury will drop to 10 degrees
above zero during the night,
when the tail end of a blizzard
that has been sweeping the Mid
die West strikes here.
The 5O-degree drop is classed
as most unusual. Fair and even
colder weather is predicted for
tomorrow. s..-- .,-.
New Storm Warnings
A disturbance over Quebec
prompted storm warnings today
from Jacksonville, Fla, to East
port. Me. The storm, moving
northeastward, will cause strong
southwest winds, shifting west
and northwest. late today be-
tween Sandy Hook and Jackson
vile; and strong southwest winds
this afternoon, changing to west
and northwest tonight, probably
of gale force, from Sandy Hook
to Eastport.
A great section of the country
remained today at the mercy of
the record breaking frigidity as
an aftermath of one of the Sc
verest storms in recent years.
Late today the storm and in
tense cold had taken it's toll of
lives and property The Middle
West was hit hardest by the
fury of it's worst Snowstorm in
recent years as a forerunner to
Sub-zero blasts. The north and
northwest sections of the country
were shivering in temperatures
that plunged as low as so degrees
below zero.
8 Die in Chicago
Every point in the Rocky
Mountain area reported below
zero temperatures during the
night and day. The polar gales
extended as far south as New
Mexico.
Memphis, Tenn, reported a
half-inch of snow and near zero
temperatures.
Eight deaths were reported in
Chicago while transportation was
crippled and the schools closed.
Temperatures from 2 to 9 below
were recorded.
Montana shivered in extremely
low temperatures reaching 40 be-
low in some places. At Miles
City, Mont, it was So oelow.
Weather forecasters held out
little hope for relief. 1t was
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D. c. WOMAN, "A,
GOTHAM BRIDE

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 QN.SO.
Romance that budded so years
ago blossomed at noon today at
the Little Church Around the
Corner" with the marriage OF
Caroline Sutherland, of Washing
ton, D. c., and John Quincy
Adams johnson, of Yonkers.
johnson, IA, is a great-grand-
son of John Quincy Adams, sixth
President of the United States.
Miss Sutherland, whose age is
identical, is a kInswoman OF
notable New York State families,
including the Roosevelts, the Bar
clays and the LispenardS.
The pair grew up together"
in Washington and Newburyport,
Mass, although they denied ever
being engaged in youth. They
will sail for Bermuda on a we'd
ding trip and on their return will
live in Yonkers.
Miss Sutherland spent much of
her life in Washington, having
held a position in the Depart
ment of Justice for several years,
retiring a short time ago. She
is a granddaughter of the late
Major Augustus A. Nicholson, dis
tinguished Marine Corps officer.
She has several relatives in Wash
ington, and made her home here
with a sister. Mrs. Howard Nc
Candlish, 1900 block Twenty
ninth St N. w.
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Business, Bar Open
Fi0ht on Trust LdUUS

| Representatives of many
branches of business and the bar
struck blow today against
Federal antitrust restrictions. In
conference with members of
the House Judiciary Committee,
they contended that under exist
ing laws, fomenting cut-throat
competition, they cannot balance
production with consumption
without going to jail.
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REDUCTION
IS URGED
At ANY
COST
Cut Salaries, "Fire" Workers
If Necessary, Speaker
of House Urges

Declaring Congress won't cut
the expenditures of Govern
ment as it should be done,"
Speaker John n. Garner today
advocated additional legisla-
tion giving the President un-
predecented powers to effect
economies.
He endorsed the Byrnes amend.
ment to the Treasury-PoStof
bill passed by the Senate last
night and now before the House.
giving the President right to
reorganize the Government sub
ject to veto by two-thirdS
congressional vote.
Doesn't Go Far Enough
This provision. Garner said,
does not go far enough in en-
abling the President to overcome
minority groups.
Garner expressed doubt that the
Treasury-Postoffice bill could be
amended to give the President
elect the necessary power. He
said:
Il favor the general PROPOSE
ton of reduction Of cost OF
Government whether it means
firing some one or reducing
salaries. I would give the PreSi-
dent power to reduce the COM
pensatiOn paid individuals or
gratuities, subject to ratification
of Congress. There always
ought to be power in Congress
by majority vote to reverse
such action"
Garner said that "as q matter
of principle" he disliked to see
Congress surrender part of its
authority, but said it must be
done if cost of Government is to
be cut.
More Economies Needed
While Congress has effected
some economies, he added, they
do not meet the situation. The
Speaker said he would give the
President the power to cut the
Army and Navy. and if he weak
ened the national defense Con"
greSs would override him.
He said that the Bratton Sen.
ate amendment, giving depart
ment heads authority to cut eX-
penseS 5 per cent below appro"
priations next year, would be re-
viewed in conference with the
Senate.
The Senate last night struck
all proposals for additional Fed.
eral salary reductions from the bill
and into it wrote provision for
general savings of $165,000,000.
Many Changes Voted
In the final hours of debate
the appropriations bill, the first
supply measure to be approved by
the Senate this session, under.
went the following changes:
/. The Senate economy COM
mittee recommendation for an
additional 1913 per cent pay
cut for Government workers
was defeated A to SO. This
action eliminated savings Of
$17,0O0,O00.
2. Adoption of the Bratton
amendment, 40 to 33, to direct
administrative officers to re-
duce their 1884 expenditures by
per cent.
3. Adoption of the Costigan
amendment to the Bratton
amendment by vote of So to
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
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FISHING LURES
ROOSEVELT

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 8 G.NS),
President-elect Roosevelt and his
stag party of fishermen aboard
Vincent Astor's yacht, Nourmahal,
will head for Andres Island, in
the Bahama group, tonight for
more fishing.
A message. from a point off
Green Cay, received here by Sec
retary to the President-elect M. H.
Mcintyre, from Astor, said:
Going swimming this morn
ing and during afternoon ex-
pect to proceed across tongue
of the ocean to Andres Island"