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The Washington times., 1934-07-19

Amid the musty tones of the
Senate Library, jaunty Jim Pres
ton, librarian, blows a bit of
dust off some rare document
and prepares for a trip to Eu-
rope.
Heralded as a voyage which
will give Jim an opportunity to
study the methods used by the
ancientS in preserving valuable
records, the trip will be paid for
out Of Mr.. PreStOn's pocket.
Although Jim hopes to learn
ways to save the Government
papers and books, the taxpayers
won't contribute. And why
should they?
Preston is one of those rare
individuals who delights in dig
ging through old documents, and
on his European trip may con-
duct his research back to the
Adam and Eve era. So it's really
a vacation for him.
Now, in his library at the Sen
ate, Jim is making careful prep
arations. AS he will go to Lon
don, he is engaged in learning
the manners of an English gen.
tleman.
He has acquired an English
accent, leaves the "h' off mis-
words, even dropping the letter
from his favorite expression so
it is pronounced "ell."
Mrs. Preston is suffering as
Jim prepares for his trip. Every
afternoon she is required to get
him a pot of tea.
Instead of speaking of gold or
silver values in the coin of the
realm, Jim makes strange utter
&nces about "tuppence," "shil-
lings" and crowns" He is re-
ported to have dropped his Gus
tomary American yeah" when
answering in the affirmative and
retorts "Oh aye!"
Thus far he hasn't adopted a
mOnacle, but his Capitol friends
are fearful that he may wear a
glass on his return. And they
are wondering, in view of Jim's
preparations, if he will return
wearing the knee breeches of
the Court and demand that he
be known as Lord jim"
With all this discussion of
college professors in the air,
Senator William Gibbs McAdoo
tells of a time when two of them
claShed over the inscription on
the city post office, which causes
considerable comment mong
visitors.
DR.. Charles w. Eliot, of Har-
ward, had been paid by the su-
pervising architect to write the
words which were to be in
Scribed. DR.. Eliot wrote of the
mail:
Carrier of News and .KnOwl-
edge, Instrument of Trade and
Commerce, Promoter of Mutual
Acquaintance Among Men and
Nations and Hence of Peace
and Good Will. Carrier of
The Washington times., 1934-07-19

NAAAA4S OAAS 0NNSA4 JNSSA0 Va
Theodore Roosevelt,s presidency
the most serious conflict be-
tween wage-earners and wage
payers which put in jeopardy
the public safety was the Penn
Sylvania coal strike of 1902.
AS the general strike which
now grips San Francisco and
adjacent communities threat
ems a food famine, so the Penn
sylvania coal strike Of 1902
threatened a fuel famine not
only for the people of Pennsyl-
vania but for the people OF
many other States dependent
upon the anthracite coal mines
of the Keystone State for their
fuel.
All his biographers agree that
the settlement of the coal strike
thirty.two years ago this
autumn was due to the inter-
vention Of President Roosevelt.
They also agree that his settle
ment of this strike was a Serv-
ice to the Nation which franks
in history as one of the most
patriotic and beneficent of his
career"
In the spring of 1902, one
hundred and fifty thousand
miners in the anthracite coal
region went on strike. This
started a conflict which was
waged with increasing bitter
ness through the summer and
early autumn of that year.
There were many acts of vio-
lence,. of which the non-union
miners employed by the opera
tors to take the place of the
strikers were the victims.
Miners Strike
The governor of Pennsylvania
appeared unable or unwilling
to discharge his responsibility
for the maintenance Of law and
order and for the protection Of
life and property. He was ex'
ceedingly slow in responding to
appeals from the coal region for
protection. AS matters grew
worse. he was finally prevailed
upon to send about 1000
guardsmen into the mine fields,
but this force proved altogether
too small to perform its mis-
sion.
After rioting in which some
20 persons were killed and 40
injured and a great deal of
valuable property was destroyed,
the rising tide of criticism in
Pennsylvania was reinforced by
public alarm that spread to
other States. Neither criticism
at home nor alarm elsewhere
stirred the governor into effec-
tive action.
Even after it was obvious
that the State forces were in
sufficient to protect "life or
property in the Strike-Stricken
area, the Governor persisted in
his refusal to request the Fed
eral Government to come to the
aid of his State. Meantime, ap-
prehenSion grew in other parts
of the country as the approach
of winter brought with it the
threat OF a coal famine.
The governor of MaSSa-
chusetts, the mayors of New
York and other large cities then
informed President Roosevelt
The Washington times., 1934-07-19

LII LLAC U4 OAA4AAS Bull VI nAA ACc1A-
ian summer, a short, rocklike
man with extraordinarily bril-
liant black eyes, threshes out
the first sheaves of golden wheat
from soil which hasn't been use
fully used for more than twenty
centuries. Quite seriously he ac-
cepts his pay-18 cents-and
then goes back to Rome, to
larger affairs, while thousands
roar with applause.
The king in Kipling's poem
didn't finish his temple, but:
"He carved on every timber, he
cut on every stone: After me
cometh a builder; tell him, I,
too, have known"
Two thousand years rolled by,
and now the builder has come,
Benito Mussolini resets "the
quoins and the ashlars" of the
old Romans, fashions anew the
temples and the marts, drains
SWamps. builds canals and rears
a new Italy after centuries of
ignominy and Sloth. "Avanti!"
A Leader
The barre l-chested black
smiths son-Il Duce Of the
thyroidic eye-with an angle of
vision which includes a long
march of the centuries-goads
his people out of decadence, into
the surge of life, whipping men
and machines into high adven-
ture; into the conquest of
disease, dirt, idleness and FAM
inc; into the resurgence of a
great national destiny.
He is a Roman. Through the
dark ages, innate racial powers
slept. They have come to life in
this extraordinary man. Recent
talks with friends returning
from italy have turned my at
tention sharply from Mussolini
the demagogue and rabble-
rouSer, to MusSolini the builder.
Italy is clean. While the
punctuality Of trains has now
become a tiresome cliche, the
fact is that Mussolini has de-
veloped the Swiftest, cleaneSt,
most comfortable and cheapest
train service on the continent.
Beggers no longer be-devil
visitors, statues are scrubbed.
All the great plazas, galleries,
churches and temples are clean
and orderly, and Michelangelo's
great David looks down from
his hill on a new and shining
Firenza.
This recital, no doubt, would
raise q gleam of contempt in
II Duce's insulting eye. It's
just a little job of preliminary
se-cleaning. His vast re-
building works, his great agrar-
ian enterprises, his reorganiZa-
ton of the economic life of the
country-here is the summons
for his young Roman legionS,
and here is MuSsolini's high
endeavor.
Through the centuries. Italy's
occasional attention to the
Pontine marshes was just like
picking sore. For a thousand
years they were going to do
something about it. In the
country which desperately need
ed land, sixty thousand acres
were allowed to sink into bogs
and swampS, to become a foul
wallow of rotting vegetation,
breeding mosquitoes and ma
laria. menacing the health of
the country.
Various reclamation plans
were developed, but never car
ried through, among them the
The Washington times., 1934-07-19
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

cepts a woman's change Of
cooks or a mans change of ad-
dress.
Every man claims that he
likes a girl with plenty of good,
hard common-sense; but when
he meets that sort, he has
a chilly feeling that she may be
using it to size him up with-and
promptly looks around for a
dumb-bell.
When a modern bachelor
steps up to the altar and actu-
ally signs away his freedom it
shows remarkable strength Of
character-on the part of the
girl.
Nothing gives you such a
warm glow around the heart as
to meet a young couple and dis
cover that even being MARRIED
to each other hasn't managed
to rub all the glamour off their
love.
Copyright. 1884. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-07-19
WISE WORDS

Every man meets his Water.
loo at last.-Phillips.
A schoolboy's take, the won
der of an hour!
A boys will is the winds
will.
Words that weep, and tears
that speak.
There can be no great smoke
arise but there must be some
fire.
Crime is not punished as an
offenSe against God, but as
prejudicial to society.-Froude.
The shortest answer is doing.
The wine in the bottles does
not quench thirst.
Be ignorance thy choice
where knowledge leads to woe.
-Beattie.
Circumstances alter cases.
Halliburton.
The Washington times., 1934-07-19
The Human Side of the News
II Duce Is Proving Himself Roman Builder
By Edluin C.. Hill

plan OF Pope Plus vi, IN 1777.
Napoleon was intent on a Her.
culean drainage scheme, but
Destiny whispered and called
him aside" With his ruler
ship of Italy assured, one of
Mussolini's first blows was
struck at this ancient cesspool.
His mandate, the Bonifica In
tegrale set aside .$565, ,000, 900
for the work. The best engi-
neering talent of the realm was
summoned. The II Duce said:
Gentlemen, 1 want the Pom
tine marshes drained and made
into fertile land. Here is the
money. You will find a way"
Woods and rotting under
brush were cleared; drainage
and irrigation canals were built;
pumping and power stations
were erected; concrete road
ways were laid out and town.
sites located. Within thirteen
months, the clean, busy, little
town of Littoria had risen on
the side of one of the most
fetid mud-holes. And that was
on spot which for ages had
been marked "deserta" on the
maps.
BY the end of next year,
about $4,000 persons will have
been installed on the reclaimed
land, getting their living from
it. Malaria has been baniShed
from the region.
In Italy a few years ago,
attended a political meeting, a
debate between two candidates
for the senate. One made a
long and eloquent address, the
burden of which was his
promise to dredge the Tiber
down to the sea if he were
elected. His opponent, when
his turn came, said nothing,
but beckoned to four men in
the wings. They came on the
stage carrying a huge tablet
with a large inscription deeply
chiSelled on it. It was the
promise of one Rovario, candi-
date for the senate in the. reign
of one of the late Caesars,
promising to drege the Tiber if
he were elected. Our candidate,
using a pointer, read the in
scription, bowed low and
walked off amid cheers and
laughter.
Nation Skeptical
So I knew then that Italy
was cynically aware of how her
old and great aspirations has
been sluiced off into the Pom
tine marshes? But they
shrugged their shoulders and
let it go at that. And then
out of the long darkness came
MusSolini. This is no Apologize
Imperators.
Personally, I like our Ameri-
can brand of Government first
rate, and FaSciSm may be what
it may-but aside from this,
the more recent picture of Mus
Solini, the builder, reveals one
of the most extraordinary
human figures of modern ages.
Again, he is a Roman. The
word denotes the life force at
it's zenith. 1t "ebbed and sank
and saddened" in those dark
centuries. 1t rises again To-
days front pages give us no
clue as to what is hidden in
that long life stream. Imme-
diate heredity and environment
do not tell the full story Of
a MuSsolini.
The Washington times., 1934-07-19
Pennsylvania Coal Strike
Aroused Teddy's Ire
Bu James T. Williams, Jr.

O11lC1a11y, WL1dC Oh course AIS
already knew, that the coming
winter would be one of suffering
for many millions of people un"
less the shipment of coal from
Pennsylvania could be quickly
resumed.
This was the situation which
President Roosevelt faced when
ON october /, 1902, he deter
mined that Federal intervention
in defense Of the public safety
for a large part of the country
was essential.
Mr.. Roosevelt sent an invita-.
ton to the coal operators and
representatives of the striking
miners to come to Washington
for a conference on october 3.
This conference was held in the
temporary White House on La
Fayette Square, where the Presi-
dent was then residing, the
White House being then as now
closed for repair.
Patriotic Appeal
Mr.. Roosevelt in the brief
statement with which he opened
the conference said:
81 discl0in any right or duty
to intervene in this WGy upon
legal grounds or upon any Of
ficial relation that I bear to
the situation; but the urgency
and the terrible nature of the
catastrophe impending OVer a
large portion Of our people in
the shape of a vinter fuel
famine impel me after much
GnxiOui thought to believe that
my duty requires me to use
GUhGteUeT influence I personally
can to bring an end to a situq-
tiOn that has become literally
intOlsrGbIe.
with all the eornestness
there is in me ask that there
be an immediate resumption Of
operations in the coal mines
in some such Wdy as WiN,
Without a days unnecessGry de-
lay, meet the crying needs Of
the people"
Mr.. Roosevelt did not invite
any discussion at that time of
the respective claims of the op.
posing sides. Instead, he ap-
pealed directly to their "pa.
triotism, to the spirit that sinks
erSonal consideration and
makes individual sacrifices for
the general good"
The operators were at first
opposed to arbitration. They
showed their resentment at
what they seemed to regard as
unwarranted interference by
Mr.. Roosevelt. Then the Presi.
dent sent Mr.. Root to New York
and, following a days confer
ence with Mr.. j. P. Morgan, an
agreement was drawn up to
arbitrate the strike by commits
sioners to be appointed by the
President.
The operators and the miners
finally signed this agreement
with some minor notifications.
The coal strike was settled and
another victory for the Admin
istration of Theodore Roosevelt
became a part Of history.
Copyright, 1894, The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1934-07-19

seems to have to do such a lot
of experimenting in order to de-
eide WHICH one.
Nothing spoils a mans men,
ory so quickly as the habit of
making large and glittering
promises to a woman.
Divorce is no longer a mark
of social distinction. One
merely accepts these changes Of
matrimonial partners, as one &C.
The Washington times., 1934-07-19
Reading the Heart-line

ASNNSAAAS NAAO 4ANGAA V-AAAAC
This is the treacherous time
of the year, when the Zine of
least resistance" is the heart
line.
Before marriage, a man seems
to think that a girls clothes
simply grow on her. After mar
riage, he is surprised and ag-
grieved when she doesn't go
right on producing them in the
same inexpensive way.
It thrills a girl to watch the
screen heroine being bullied by
the ruthless, he-man lover; but
she doesn't realize how tire
some it becomes after a few
years, to have to supply all the
courtesy and tenderness around
the house or to leap to duty
like a fireman every time he
gives an order.
To keep a man interested in
your kisses, always let the sup
ply be a little less than the
demand. Wheat and cotton
aren't the only things in this
country which have suffered
from over production.
The average normal woman is
capable of only one real love in
a lifetime; but nowadays she
The Washington times., 1934-07-19
New Deal Goes WOrdy
Meet "Sanitize" and "Ultracodex'

The New Deal is making New Language
Proceeding from the stage of NRA and its alphabet
cal progeny Washington has reached the
stage 'Santize" " for example putting sanity and
sanitation in business Utracodex to exceed Code
Authority.
The Washington times., 1934-07-19

WASHINGTON TINES PHbshed the at 1871
GsoEs
. ek,
Evening star., 1934-03-18
MARINE RESERVE
I CHANGES0RDERED
Lieut.. Col. J. ]. StaIey, Head
of 9th Brigade, Issues
Orders.

Lieut.. Col. ], J. Staley, commanding
the 9Th Marine Reserve Brigade, in
orders yesterday, announced the fol-
lowing changes:
Capt. Russell I. Whyte, relieved
from duty as brigade commissary off,
Ger and assigned to duty as COM
manding officer of brigade special
troops.
First Lieut.. Ralph S. Nagle, as
signed to duty as brigade commisasry
officer.
First Lieut.. John P. Collins relieved
from additional duty as commanding
officer Of Company E. goth Regiment,
and Second Lieut.. George A. Brace
assigned to duty as commanding off,
Ger, Company E, goth Regiment.
Second Lieut.. John w. Sanderson
transferred to the Eastern Reserve
Area
Moved to Eastern Area.
Sergt. Maj. Harold D. johnson and
First Sergt. Samuel Weinfleld were
transferred from the brigade to the
Eastern Reserve Area.
Gunnery Sergt. George H. Harper
transferred from brigade headquar-
tiers to company in the rifle range de-
tachment.
Pvt. Harry w. Winters, former Ma
rine Corps athlete and prominent as
a boxer in the 4th Regiment Marines
at Shanghai, re-enlisted in Company
B, I'd Battalion.
Pvt. John H. Rodgers, also an ex-
Marine, re-enlisted in Company B.
Pvt. John w. Mullican, jr., enlisted
in the Motor Transport Company.
Pvt. James H. Benner enlisted in
Company F, I'd Battalion. Pvts.
Theodore P. Dorsey, Robert M Faunt-
leroy, George M. Fleming and John E.
Salmon enlisted in Headquarters Com
pany, 1st Battalion, for assignment in
the new unit being formed at Bladens-
burg, Md.
First Sergt. Rollie v. Essex was dis
charged with excellent character due
to expiration of enlistment.
Applications Received.
Applications for enlistment are now
being received at the headquarters
OF the brigade as follows: On Mon
day evenings for brigade headquar-
tiers units and for the field medical
detachment. On Sunday mornings
for the brigade band. On Tuesday
evenings for the 1st Battalion. On
Wednesday evenings for the I'd Bat
talon. On Friday evenings for the
Sd Battalion.
The camp date for 1884 has been
definitely announced. The brigade
Will go to camp on August 5 and after
few days preparation at Quantico
Will engage in a practical hike under
Held conditions, quartering in pup
tents, etc, over a route to be an
nounced later.
Evening star., 1934-03-18
Gen. Miles Camp Veterans
Name Three to Committee
Trio VIII Serve on C. A. R. Memorial Group
New Member Admitted at Session
Held Last Week.

- EN-. NELSON A. MILES
4 Camp of the Spanish War
Veterans met at Pythian
~ Temple with Comdr. Frank
lin Slade presiding. Appli-
cations for membership were received
from Edward A. Sutton, Company I,
28th U. s. Vol. Infantry; william o.
Siebold, Company H, 65th New York
Infantry, and Michael Foley, Com
pany A, 18th U. S. Infantry. Com
rade Sutton was admitted to mem
bership. The others will be ad-
mitted later.
Comdr. Slade announced the ap-
pointments of Adjutant P. E. Sho-
mette, Past Comdr. Nelson B. Dur
fee and Elvin M. Luskey to serve on
the G. A. r. Memorial Committee
during 1884. The camp was pre-
sented with three hardtacks issued to
George w. Patterson, jr.; Fred Stew
art and George Holroyd, who were
members of Company L, 1st District
of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, and
were found to be in a very good state
of preservation. The next regular
meeting will be held on Friday eve
ming.
Col. James S. Petit Camp met
Tuesday evening. Comdr. William
C. Copley presided. Department
Comdr Charles A. Strobel and men,
bers of his staff made an official visit
and inspection.
Department Secretary Edna r.
Summerfield announced the annual
card party and dance under the aus
pices of the auxiliaries April IL at
2400 Sixteenth street. An invitation
was received from Col. James S. Petit
Auxiliary inviting the comrades to
the meeting, March 26, when Depart
ment President M. Gertrude Keyes
and her officers will officially visit the
meeting.
Comdr. Copley appointed Comrades
Lucas, Moxley and Edward Smith to
serve on the G. A R. Memorial Com
and Chief of Staff McWilliams spoke.
Comdr. Strobel reported that the an
nual banquet will be held in May
at the Mayflower Hotel.
Comdr. Strobel announced an invi-
tation was received from Department
Chaplain La Roche to attend the
services at his church at Suitland,
Nd. on Mothers day at 8 pm.
Those desiring to attend these serv-
ices should meet at 921 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast at 1880 pm.
The 7th birthday anniversary was
celebrated at the meeting of Gen.
Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary Friday eve
ming. The meeting was called to Or
Evening star., 1934-03-18
Citizens Training Courses
Procurement Drive Opens
Infantry and Signal Corps Work Instruction
to Be Given Again to Fort
Meade Groups.

Maj. William z. Brougher, who viii
discuss the five-paragraph field order
and the battalion IN defense. Maj.
Brougher will devote special atten-
ton TO machine guns and howttser
weapons. Mai. 8. lie Roy Irwin will
speak on artillery support In defense.
Infantry officers Of the District win
meet at headquarters next Tuesday
evening under Maj. Brougher and
Maj. Irwin. The same subjects will
be discussed by these two officers at
this meeting.
Maj. Irwin will conduct the Field
Artillery conference at headquarters
next Wednesday evening. He viii
conduct q map maneuver and will
discuss an illustrated problem in IRE
direction.
The following officers Of the Dis.
trict and vinicity will be continued on
active duty with the Civilian Con-
servation Corps for another dx-month
period, which will terminate Septem-
ber IS: Capt. James r. Arnold, Capt.
Richard c. Drum Hunt, Capt. Robert
A Joyner, Capt. Clinton j. Muncie,
Capt. Harry E. Thomas, Capt Leroy
H. Barnard, Capt. Samuel M. Butler,
Second Lieut.. Carl ]. Ackerman,
Second Lieut.. Howard e. Hassler,
Second Lieut.. John H. Stokes and
Second Lieut.. Macon G. williams.
District Reserve officers have been
assigned to duty as follows: First
Lieut.. Guy T. Bolton and Second
Leuts. Harry <. Baker and Stanley
G. Slavens, to the 32oth Infantry;
Second Lieuts. Joseph w. Marshall
and Gibbs w. Sheriff., to the 315th
Field Artillery; First Lieut.. George o.
Riggs, relieved from the 313th Field
Artillery; Second Lieut.. Bryan Coe,
relieved from 1313th Service Unit.
The following enlisted reservists Of
the District and vicinity have been as.
signed to the 32Oth Infantry: Pvt.
John B. Brady and Pvt, Thomas L.
VIC 1LToH
Evening star., 1934-03-18
Daughters of Isabella.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCLE
met at the Washington Club
house March II, with Mrs. Frank NJ
Wall, regent, presiding. A series of
small card parties have been planned,
the first being held at the home of
Mrs. H. s. Newman, and the second
will be held at the home Of Mrs John
F. Sullivan, 2447 Thirty-ninth street,
March 26. Mrs. Bella J. Howe will
hold her card party at the shoreham
Hotel, and the committee will meet
With hs1 fog dnal axYanssmsnts.
Evening star., 1934-03-18
National Union
THE nine councils of the Distri

THE nine councils of the District OF
Columbia greeted National Presi-
dent Henry G. Smale Of Chicago on
March IA In Pythian Temple. The
semi-annual class ceremonial was
largely attended. The exemplifica-
ton Of the ritual was conducted by
the degree team Of United Council
and a number of new candidates we're
initiated. Senator Harrison and a
delegation of National Union mem
bers from Baltimore were present.
Potomac Council will meet in Pythian
Temple tomorrow evening. President
F. A. Davidson requests large at
tendance.
Central Council will meet Monday
evening at 935 G place.
State, War and Navy Council will
meet Tuesday evening in room 721,
Colorado Building.
Congressional Council will meet IN
Columbia Typographical Union Tenn.
pie Wednesday evening.