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Experience Lacking.

he tried to. According to fair-minded
insiders, here is the way 1t happened:
Experience Lacking.
The Government was utterly with
out experience in subsistence home
stead work. 1t decided to experiment
with Arthurdale in a very cautious
way before launching its program
seriously
Every one agreed it was going to be
difficult to get city customers for the
homestead project No matter how
poor people are, they hate to leave
the exaggerated pleasures of the city,
the movies, the crowds and the lights,
and 90 of to live three miles from
| nowhere
Howe had some knowledge of fabri-
Gated camp houses and thought them
attractive. He owned one. At that
time, so homeless people were sup
posed to be waiting for some shelter
at Arthurdale. Howe thought he could
get fabricated houses up faster than
any others and issued a rush order
| for so.
Everything happened thereafter
Which could possibly happen. The
houses Were delayed. When they
drriueo. that section OF the country
,Dds in the grip OF the coolest
1Dedther in many years. The houses
were found to be Without proper
heating facilities for that climate.
Apparently, the manufacturer
thought he 1Das sending them to
Florida instead of West Virginia,
or that they iUere for Summer use.
At any rate, they Dere unsuitable.
This Spring the houses had to be
put on firm foundations, enlarged,
properly heated. The cost mounted.
Some ssay it is $1,000 and some much
less. But. whatever the cost. it was
could never have paid the Govern
ment back for such expensive homes.
All that it really means is that the
| homestead division found it could not
| be done that way. There were other
similar experimental mistakes at Ar
thurdale, but they were less enter
tanning. They have been marked off
on the Government ledger to valuable
experience. No one would have given
| them a second thought here except for
the peans of premature praise which
were lavished on Arthurdale by overly
enthusiastic persons outside the ad-
ministration.
The homestead planners believe
| they have their Arthurdale laboratory
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FLIGHT OF PICCARDS
SLATED FOR SEPT. 8
Scientist and Wife to Study Cos
mic Rays in Hop From Ford
Airport, Detroit.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT. August 20.-Prof and
Mrs. Jean Picard of Wilmington,
Del, today announced definite plans
for stratosphere flight starting from
Ford Airport September 3, or as soon
thereafter as weather conditions
permit.
Prof. and Mrs. Picard began their
training for the fight here last
Spring. Mrs. Picard, mother of three
sons, will pilot the balloon, having
passed her flight tests in June to
qualify for a Federation Aeronautique
Internationale license.
The flight. during which Prof. Pic
card will study the cosmic rays. will
mark the first attempt of a woman
to enter the stratosphere.
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than were cast in November. Some
observers see this as failure OF
the German voters to respond to the
appeals of NaZi orators during the
past few days that larger affrma-
tive vote be cast. so the world might
know the nation is solidly behind
Hitler.
Yes" votes placed 500 per cent
of the total, as against 95 per cent
in the plebiscite of nine months ago.
The public cast total Of 43.529, ITO
votes. according to preliminary final
figures, or approximately IS per cent
Of the whole 45,202,667 registered,
qualified voters.
Regardless of how the balloting may
be interpreted abroad, the results
have been accepted by Nazis as fun
evidence Of their strength.
Today has been set aside as a
day Of victory" with Nad flags un-
furled throughout the third Reich In
celebration OF the new conquest. y
In Berlin, thousands stood for hours
in rain in front of the chancellory
hoping for a glance of Hitler. Women
in Summer dresses were drenched but
still cheered for Der Fuehrer" long
after midnight.
The vote showed a distinct loss OF
Hitler support In certain provinces
and major voting districts. Hamburg
voting district showed a shary drop,
compared to the November balloting.
Instead Of 736, ,404 "yes" votes turned
out then. there were only $50, ,8T2
votes Of approval, or It's per cent for
the district, o former Communist
stronghold.
Fewer Yes Votes Cast.
East Prussia, which Is dominated
by the large land holding interests,
rolled up q 97.1 per cent affirmative
vote but cast less approval ballots
than 1t did in 1893. The Oppeln
voting district which is strongly Cath
olic, provided 1926 affirmative votes,
as against 835,459 in the November
ballotipg, the percentage dropping
from 95.5 to 90.8.
The province Of Pomerania, a home
Of small farmers. polled 1,1e5 ,259 votes
nf approval, compared to 1,l7S,403 for
last November. =
In the Berlin district, 224,558 per-
sons voted against Hitler, while 1885,
334 voted for him. Ballots Of 32,235
persons we're declared void.
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surgeon. Street will transmit this
recommendation to the Commission
ers with his approval today.
So far as full-time dentist is con-
cerned, District authorities are agreed
that one should be provided. AS q
matter of fact, Street explained, the
estimates for the last three years
have contained an item for the salary
of a dentist, but the item has been
dropped regularity during budget con-
siderations. The request is being re-
peated, Street disclosed. in the 1886
estimate, which now is being pre-
pared.
There Is little sympathy with the
prisoners demand for a uniform
wage" At present the prisoners are
allowed 5, 10 and Is cents a day,
according to the type of work they
do. The lowest scale is allowed
ordinary day laborers, while the Sec
ond and third rates are those given
to men performing technical and
highly specialized work.
Street said neither he nor any other
official was aware Of any insanitary
conditions at Lorton. Street or Paul
Kirby, assistant director Of public
welfare, visit the institution at least
once q month and both are con-
vinced that conditions are sanitary.
Street said that all the dormitories
at present do not have showers, but
that bathing facilities are available
to every prisoner at Lorton.
Steward Held Satisfactory.
The present chief steward is VIII
liam J. Devers. who has had his posi-
ton since August IS, 1888. Devers
has been employed at Lorton since
1929 and Street said today his services
have been quite satisfactory.
District authorities are convinced
that the present trouble at Lorton is
being caused by approximately 200
prisoners convicted of serious offences,
and who, they say, never should have
been incarcerated at Lorton. This
type Of prisoner, Kirby explained, has
been sent to Lorton for the last three
years due to crowding of Federal peni-
tentiaries to which they ordinarily
would be assigned There is no wall
at Lorton and District authorities say
that this fact itself encourages trou-
ble-making among serious offenders.
A wall has been started but the
work now is stopped with the 20-foot
brick barricade only one-third COM
pleted. Efforts are being made at
present to get public works funds to
complete this structure, Street said.
Eight convicted prisoners now are
being held at the District Jail because
the Capitals penal authorities regard
them as "too dangerous" for Lorton.
The corporation counsel today is
rushing a petition to the Department
of Justice for the assignment of these
men to Federal penitentaries.
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PUBLIC IS WARNED
OF FOOD GOUGING
BY DR.. FRED C. HOWE

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and city retail prices does not seem"
to have been increased more than
enough to cover increased wages and
processing taxes.
This is the first time in the history
of our Government when there has
been an agency directly interested
In the consumer as though he was
separate from the producer DR.
Howe said
We are going to give consumers
every possible help in judging the
fairness of price changes We are
going to do everything we can to
develop intelligent buyer skepticism
and tell the housewife how to feed
her family well on ow-priced. but
nutritious foods We are inviting
food merchants of Washington to tell
us their side OF food problems as they
may develop"
The first defense against profiteer-
ing is the consumer who demands
to be shown why he should be charg-
ed more for some product We want
every consumer who is not sat SIZED
with the explanations he is given for
price increases to write to us about
them"
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CAPONE SPIRITED
TO COAST PRISON
Among az Atlanta Prisoners
Being Secretly Transferred
to AIcatraz Fortress.

/. BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, August 20.-Al
Capone, Americas public enemy No.
long before the world had ever
heard of John Dillinger, Is on his
way to a new prison home.
He is being transferred. with great
secrecy, from Atlanta Penitentiary
to the new Alcatraz Prison in San
Francisco Bay-the prison Federal
authorities call "impregnable.
With AZ other prisoners. Capone
was whisked out of the penitentiary
in Atlanta in the early hours Of Sum-
day. Guarded by picked squad
of Federal agents carrying automatic
shotguns. the prisoners we're placed
in two specially built. screened and
barred railroad cars and started on
their way to Alcatraz-the island
prison fortress designed for convicts
considered too dangerous to be kept
in ordinary prisons.
News Hawks Spy Him.
Although Federal authorities main
tanned tightlipped silence about
reports the former Chicago gang
leader was being sent to the Pacific
Coast prison, his presence in the group
was established by newspaper men
when the convict cars arrived here.
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MINE BLAST ALARMS

CANTON, H., August 20 R.-
Guards were rushed TO all Fulton
County mines today after a dynamite
blast had wrecked the fan house at
the National mine of the Dorthle Min
ing Co. at Middlegrove
Onicials said they feared further
trouble. The mine employs more than
200 members of the United Mine
Workers Union, which long has been
engaged In litigation with the Pro-
gressive Miners Union.
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JEWISH LEADERS MEET
100 Delegates Present at Geneva

100 Delegates Present at Geneva
for World Conference.
GENEVA, August 20 tR.-One hun
dred delegates assembled today for the
opening of the world conference OF
Jewish leaders tonight. The delegates
represented 40 Jewish organizations in
"a countries.
The delegates from the United
States include Rabbi Stephen 8. Wise
of New York; Rabbi J. L. Goldberg,
New York; Mrs. G. A. Holman, Bos-
ton; Prof. M. H. Kallen. New York
DR.. S. Margoshes, New York. and DR..
N. Ratnoff, New York.
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News Hawks Spy Him.

work completed now. They nave found
out how to do the job. They have a
limit of $4,000 on cost of houses, and
are confident they can work within it.
To Ask More Money.
Unquestionably. they will request
more money at the coming session of
Congress to supplement the $50,00O,-
900 appropriated thus far
The administration politiciarls Were
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What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Nosegay for Blunder in
Homestead Job Goes
to Howe.
BY PAUL MALLON.

bI RAUL mALLON.
HERE has been a lot of whis-
pered speculation about who
picked those Summer COLLAPSE
Il BILE houses for the cold and
blustery subsistence home
stead project at Arthurdale. w Va.
Some people suspected Mrs. Roose-
velt because 1t Is her pet project
Others noted a recent quiet change
in personnel at the subsistence home
stead division here and blamed the
departing officials. Such suspicious
are all wrong.
The nosegay for that job goes to
Col. Louis Hope, the Presidents
rioht-hdnd man.
Howe is the greatest kidder of the
administration. He can take it as
we'll as give it, and he is taking it
now. especially from the boss, who
is something of a kidder himself at
times.
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Pope Receives U. S. Cha plain.

CASTEL GANDOLFO. Italy. August
20 lPl.-Pope Plus today received the
Re, Father L. Cults T.ernan. United
States Army chaplain of the Philip
pine Islands.
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HITLER POPULARITY
BELIEVED ON WANE
BY VOTE OBSERVERS

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ALASKAN FLYERS
LAND AT BOILING
ON SCHEDULE TIME

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Evening star., 1934-04-15
CAFE OWNER ARRESTED

Samuel w. Russell, 81, was arrested
yesterday after police found 21s bar
rels of black bass in his sea food
establishment at 11o8 Maryland ave-
nue. southwest.
Headquarters detectives, led by
Sergt. Guy Rhone, raided the place
after an agent of the Bureau of Fish
cries reported he had purchased some
of the illegal fish there. The fish
were confiscated.
Taken to police headquarters, Russell
said the fish were delivered to his
establishment yesterday morning by a
truck driver whom he did not know.
He declared he did not know the fish
were black bass until just about the
time the officers arrived. He was re-
leased on $100 bond.
Sale of black bass has been pro-
hibited in the District for several
years.
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guests.
This original script, written and
corrected in Mr.. Clemens patient and
clear handwriting, for nearly Is years
formed part Of the library of
Nicholas F. Brady, New York utilities
magnate anG collector Of art and let
ters. He formerly lived across the
street from Mark Twain's home, on
the southeast corner Of Fifth avenue
and Ninth street. Through the win
dow Mr.. Brady used to see the au-
thor writing and smoking in bed. He
knew Mr.. Clemens slightly, it was
said, and tom Sawyer" had been
one of his favorite books since boy
hood. In later years he determined
to obtain the original manuscript and
when it became available, about Is
years ago, Mr.. Brady succeeded in
purchasing it. Today the manuscript
is insured for $4,000.
Received From Husband.
Mrs. Brady received the script as
gift from her husband. For years
she has been interested in Jesuit edu-
cation and out of her long friendship
Evening star., 1934-04-15
PROPOSAL CURTAILS
IRISH CONSTITUTION
Bill to Abolish Senate Eliminates
16 Articles-Adoption Seen
as Inevitable.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, April 1.-THE constitu-
ton of the Irish Free State will be
flattened down considerably II Presi-
dent Eamonn de Valera's bill to abolish
the Senate, the text of which was
made public tonight, becomes q law.
Under the measure, which already
has had a technical first reading In
Parliament, l6 articles Of the consti-
tuition dealing with elections to the
Senate, its powers, procedure and the
like will disappear from the docu-
ment.
If the bill passes and the Senate
itself dies, the position will be that
acts approved by the Dali Eireann
will become law Immediately. De
Valera holds a majority in the Dali.
The Senate will undoubtedly hold
UP the project. A measure to limit
powers Of the second house to delay
bills to three months instead of 18
months, as at present. however, will
go into force at the end of this year.
The Senate abolition bill, therefore,
can become law In March, 1885, de-
spite Senate action. The upper cham
Der will then automatically vanish.
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with pr. Nevils presented the manu-
script to Georgetown. Arrangements
will be made by the university officials
to show the volume to the public on
certain occasions. It will be care
fully guarded as one Of its most
priced possessions.
To turn the nearly 1000 pages of
ruled paper covered by a clear script,
with its changes and interlineations,
is to catch q glimpse of the white
flame Of genius, literature in the
making. Significant changes, "cut"
paragraphs and pages-all these are
Of decided interest to the legion of
Mark Twain readers. Much would
have been lost If the typewriter and
not the pen had been the medium for
this great book of boyhood.
THE Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
were set down upon common ruled
paper Of note pad size. Every sheet
Is now framed in a border of fine
heavy stock which preserves it from
wrinkling and the wear of inspec-
ton and permits both sides to be
seen. 1t Is rarely, however, that
Mark Twain wrote on the back of q
sheet.
Bound In Red Cover.
specially made red morocco case
OF dictionary proportions holds the
nearly 1000 pages.
The first page is Mark Twain's
letter transmitting the manuscript to
his publisher with his dedication.
Then follow the preface and easy
flowing text of the story in the
authors admirable handwriting. Only
toward what was apparently the end
Of hard days work does it flag and
sprawl slightly. 1t was penned at an
average of so pages a day. The
manuscript would be hailed in any
newspaper Office as "clean COPY"
There are not a great many correc-
tions, and these are usually to put
a bit more punch" in boyish phrases,
situations and Toms easy flow of
sass" Apparently Mark Twain's mar
rative and phraseoIogy was we'll
shaped in his mind before he put pen
to paper.
In chapter 1, where Aunt Polly Is
searching for Tom, her soliloquy
Where can that boy be, wonder?"
Is changed to Whats gone with that
boy, I wonder?" Small changes,
these, but giving far richer flavor
to that homely Missouri speech of the
dear old lady, drawn from the
authors mother.
Original Crossed Out.
out the details of Toms showing off
on his first meeting with Becky-how
he managed his broomstick horse
and-but the original is we'll worth
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And what's more, this new car is
Hupmobile of thrilling new Aero
dynamic design in either big 4-door
Sedan or smart Coupe. Built with
absolutely no compromise. None Of
the usual "skimping" so often found
when costs must be kept down.
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rescuing verbatim: "Tom made his
horse cavort and kick up and tear
around furiously. wondering the
while If she was admiring his military
panoply and his fearless bearing-or
better still, II she were being terrified.
And presently, still pretending not
to know she was by, he sailed forth
out into the street and attacked q
COW and put her to flight, observing
that he wasn't afraid of MIL
There are among the changes one
Of an interesting nature. William
Dean Howells. the publisher, wrote
the author advising that Huck Finn's
swearing be toned down, according
to Albert Bigelow Paine, Mr.. Glenn
ems biographer. The author, Mr..
Paine says, had slyly skipped the
swearing when he read the manu-
script to Mrs. Clemens and that on
Mr.. Howell's advice he changed
Huck's reform lament: They comb
me all to hell" to "They comb me all
to thunder" An inspection of the
original manuscript shows, however,
that while Mark Twain did cross out
hell" he wrote it in again right
above.
Completed In 1875.
Mark Twain completed "Tom Saw
YER in 1875 and took the script to
Boston to show to his publisher. How
ellis called it the best boy story he
had ever read The publication was
delayed. however, and finally Moncure
D. Conway, in this country on a visit
took the manuscript to London and
arranged for copyright and publica-
tion by the firm of Chatto & Winders.
Here publication was by the American
Publishing Co. in 1876.
This year Is Tom Sawyer's" 58th
birthday, and, young as he always will
be to his host Of admirers and future
admirers, he has come to Washington
to stay.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
D0DSON SEEKS RELEASE
Second Attempt to Free Liquor
Law Violator Is Made.

A second attempt to obtain release
OF George Dodson. convicted prohibi-
ton law violator, through habeaS
corpus proceedings was begun in Dis
trict Supreme Court yesterday.
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue re-
fused to grant the first writ on the
grounds it had not been shown that
the local courts had Jurisdiction over
the District Reformatory at Lorton,
Va, since it was in another State
Dodson subsequently was brought from
Lorton to the District Jail and the
present petition is directed against the
superintendent of that institution.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
Plan Card Party and Dance.

The Stenographers, Typists. Book
keepers and Assistants Union, No.
1l773, an affiliate Of the American
Federation Of Labor, will hold q card
party and dance Thursday night at
the Willard Hotel. Miss Cecilia M.
Craven is chairman of the committee
in charge Of arrangements.
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Gift Announced.

DR.. Coleman Nevils, S. j., president
of the university. announced the gift
Of the manuscript as surprise fea-
ture of the Founders day exercises
last night, soon after he had con-
ferred an honorary degree of doctor
of laws upon Mrs. Brady. 1t was
placed on exhibit in the parlors of
the College of Arts and Sciences
where it excited the interest and
curiosity of distinguished group of
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Exempted From Taxes.

All construction begun after August
I, 1888, and completed before Decem-
ber 81, 1885, in Chile will be exempt
from regular taxes until 1945.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

crankshaft statically and dynam-
ically balanced, with nine integral
counterweights and vibration
damper, new shear-type rubber
floating engine mountings.
Bodie5 -. All steel for strength
and safety, wide doors, adjust
able front seat, form-6eting cush-
ions, luxurious upholstery, arm
rests, fully adjustable sun visor.
Cha55t5 Rigid X-member
frame, extra-smooth knife-edge
type clutch, steeldraulic brakes,
thermostatic shock absorbers,
needle-bearing universal joints,
powerful, smooth-action steering
gear. Five wheels, either wire or
steel.
Chat5i5 Tor5ional STABILIZE, ..
Exclusive to Hupmobile ties
front end and body together in
one unit-eliminates "shimmy"
and road weave"
Vsntilation -. Scientific, draft
less, built-in-operates automat-
ically at a single extra turn of
the window crank.
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Original Crossed Out.
For some reason the author crossed
out the details of Toms showing off
on his first meeting with Becky-how
he managed his broomstick horse
and-but the original is well worth
Evening star., 1934-04-15
Influenza Study Pushed.

Experiments on ferrets have opened
up promising new line Of attack
on Influenza" the Medical Research
Council Of Great Britain reports.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
,"OM AwYER," beloved
character of fiction, has
taken up a permanent
L abode in the archives of
GeOrgetOWn University.

The gift of Mark Twain'S original
script of his famous epic of boyhood,
presented to Georgetown by Mrs.
Genevieve Garvin Brady of New
York, brings to Washington one of
Americas most priced manuscripts.
1t is Samuel Clemens first draft of
his best-loved piece Of fiction, with
his letter of transmission to his pub
Usher.