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Evening star., 1934-06-05
MITCHELL QU|zzED
ABOUTPR|CEF|X|NG
Trade Commission Seeks
Data on Cities Service
Gas Line Deal.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Trade Commission yesterday
questioned Charles z. Mitchell, former
chairman Of the National City Co.,
in an attempt to learn whether Cities
Service Co. had tried to divide
markets or fix prices with the help of
one or more other companies.
Mitchell was unable to say whether
Cities Service actually entered any
such agreements with Columbia Gas
& Electric Co. of Ohio in connection
With new pipe line which Columbia
was helping to construct.
Protested Pipe Line Loan.
Robert E. Healy. commission counsel,
asked Mitchell about an exchange of
kilograms between Mitchell and Henry
l.. Doherty, Cities Service head, in
which Doherty protested a 10000 900
loan which National City was making
to Frank Parish to build the pipe line.
In these kilograms, both Doherty
and Mitchell referred to previous
understandings" and solutions" for
the purpose of composing difficulties
expected to arise with the construc-
tion Of the new pipe line. Despite
Evening star., 1934-06-05

contract for $24l, ,874 for the laying
of sheet asphalt pavements at vari-
GUS locations; Corson & Gruman Co.,
contract for $131,l7s for laying cement
concrete Toadways and alleys at mis-
cellaneoas locations; Warren F. Breni-
zer Co., a contract for $50. 1875 for vari-
Gus grading and paving jobs; MCGUIRE
g. Rolfe, Inc, contract for $116,142
for laying curbs, cutters and asphaltic
surface on number Of streets, and
Highway Engineering g. Construc-
ton Co, contract for $57,960 for
scheduled street repair work.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
DAVIS TO PREPARE
FOR NAVY PARLEY
viii Talk to British and
Japanese ENJOYS at
London.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Preparing for the 1895 General
Naval Conference, the United States
yesterday designated Norman H. Davis,
American Ambassador at large, to
carry on preliminary bilateral conver-
sations with British and Japanese en-
voys in London Immediately after
June Is.
Davis and Robert w. Bingham,
American Ambassador at London, will
be assisted in the conversations by
Admiral Richard H. Leigh, as naval
adviser, and Comdr Theodore Wilkin-
son, as technical adviser. Both naval
experts have assisted Davis during
sessions of the Disarmament Confer
ence.
Davis to Go Next Week.
In announcing Davis and Bingham
would carry on discussions concern
ing the time. place and agenda for
next years conference. the Undersec-
retary of State, William Phillips, said
Davis probably would go to London
next week. Davis is chief American
delegate to the General Disarmament
Conference in Geneva. and is eX-
Evening star., 1934-06-05
UNION TO HEAR JOHNSON

Ladies' Garment Workers Will
Hold Convention Friday.
speak in Chicago Friday before the
annual convention of the Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers
Union.
This will be his first sjor address
before a union group in some time,
and the speech probably will be d.
rected at the general situation of
strikes and labor unrest.
johnson will be accompanied to
Chicago by Edward F. McGrady, As
siStant Secretary of Labor.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
$597,28O IN STREET
CONTRACTS ARE LET
District Commissioners Make
Awards for Variety of
Improvements.

Contracts for variety of District
street improvements having a total
cost of $597 .280 were awarded today
by the District Commissioners.
MCGUIRE q Rolfe. Inc, was awarded
Evening star., 1934-06-05

two years ago, were sentenced yester-
day to prison terms ranging from 5 to
Is years. The sentences ended the
trial of the second group of Com
munists arrested after the disorders
of 1892
Evening star., 1934-06-05

Attach a Refer No-Moth to the
Dashboard Of your closet. It
will destroy as well as prevent
moths for one full year. 1t
contains 1907 full strength.
pure cedar oil: the odor is
pleasant and will not cling to
your clothes. Refills CSC.
Palais Royal-Fifth Floor.
Evening star., 1934-06-05
Dohertys petition, Mitchell made the

Doherty's petition. Mitchell made the
loan.
Columbia Gas, late in 1890, decided
to buy an interest in Parishs COM
pany, the Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line
Co. The latter was constructing the
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.,
which Doherty charged would de-
moralize the market. Panhandle
Eastern needed the loan to build the
pipe line and was enabled to get it
with Columbias help.
Says He Was Incensed.
Mitchell denied the new pipe line
would demoralize the market and tes-
titled Doherty didn't know what he
was talking about" in making the
charges.
Mitchell agreed with Healy that the
new pipe line would bring large guam
titles of gas into a new area and would
tend to reduce the prices of gas be-
ing sold by existing companies. Do
herty had characterized the pro-
spective price competition as an assault
on existing utilities.
The Washington times., 1934-05-01

May is the month which
really opens the election sea-
son of 1884. Six States hold
their primaries this month-for
Representatives in Congress and
several for United States Sen
ator, for Governor and for
lesser offices.
In every one of these States
the cost of elections is far in
excess of what it ought to be.
And the same will be true of
the other AZ States which will
hold their primaries between
the end of May and the au-
tumn-all to nominate candl-
dates to be voted in the No
vember elections.
Wasted Money
An informing study of the
cost of elections has just been
published by the Brookings In
stitution. 1t appears under the
title of Election AdminiStra-
ton in the United States" i"
and is the work of DR.. Joseph
P. Harris, professor of politi-
cal science in the University OF
Washington. Concerning the
amount of money wasted an
nually by our political bosses
in the conduct of elections this
authority finds:
1.-THE annual cost of holding
elections throughout the coun-
try could and should be re-
duced from an estimated forty
million dollars to ten million
dollars, or from an average cost
per vote cast of one dollar to
Is cents.
with satisfactory methods
there is no good reason why
the cost could not be further
reduced, but Is cents is an at
tainable end. If the cost ex-
ceeds this amount, the laws
regulating the elections, the
personnel, and the administra-
tive procedures should be
altered to make it possible"
A standard of Is cents per
vote is, of course, too high for
smaller cities and rural commu-
mites. DR.. Harris finds that
many such communities finance
their election machinery at a
lower cost.
For the largest cities he re.
ports that "a higher cost than
Is cents per vote should be
looked upon as excessive and a
cost exceeding so cents per vote
should be regarded as grossly
excessive"
To cut down the cost of elec-
tionS to a reasonable rate there
must be a thorough revision Of
existing election laws in many
The Washington times., 1934-05-01
Excessive Election Costs
Should Be Curtailed
Bu James T. Williams, JT.

States. Ohio is a State which
offers a typical example Of the
unnecessarily high cost of cleo
tions under the laws now oper-
ating there. For 1880 the per
capita cost of elections in Ohio,
on the basis of total population,
was AZ cents, when it ought 70
have been Is cents or less.
while the cost per vote cast
in Ohio is probably higher than
that for the country DR. Har-
ris tells you in his interesting
book on the subject, "the num-
ber of elections per year in that
State is undoubtedly smaller
than for the country as
whole. Many communities have
an average of three elections
per year instead of two, and
very few States have fewer than
an average of two elections
annually.
Wide Variation
There is great variation be.
tween the cost of elections IN
the larger cities of the coun-
try. In New York city the
average cost of an election per
vote cast over a four year
period was $1.36. In Chicago
it was only a cent less. In
Boston it was 86 cents. In
Detroit 70 cents. In Baltimore
it was the same as New York,
$1.36. In Cleveland (Cuyahogs
county, the cost went up to
$1.45 and in the Capital city OF
Ohio, Columbus (Franklin
county, the election cost per
vote cast was $2.13. San Fran
cisco spent in election costs
SLAP per vote cast, while Omaha
was spending for the same pur-
pose 81 cents and Milwaukee Sc
cents.
The politicians are largely t'
blame for the excessive cos
of elections. These average
we'll over 81 per vote cast when
they ought not TO average CH6'
IS cents per vote cast. 80
thirds of the total cost Of
elections in the majority OF
cities is the payment Of per"
sonnel.
BY divorcing the election ad-
ministration from the control
of pork barrel politicians, by
the consolidation and reduction
of county units of government
and by the shortening of the
State and local ballots, the
general cost of government can
be reduced by millions of dol
lars and other millions now
squandered by politicians can
be expended for public schools
and other needed public
agencies.
Copyright 1884. The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1934-05-01
KILLING TIME

A tantalizing item appeared
in the news columns a few weeks
ago. It stated that an organiza-
ton called the Leisure League
Of America had listed 100 ways
of killing spare time, aside from
plain frittering. Then it didn't
say what they were.
It didn't even say what plain
frittering" was. How can you
tell when you're frittering? A
Senate chamber full Of busy
statesmen can do a lot more
frittering than a man with his
feet on a rail and a straw in his
mouth. I can fritter away an
hour, and then have to lie down
and rest. Just because you're
moving is no sign you aren't
frittering.
But what about these TOO
other ways to kill spare time?
The Leisure League of America
says it is going to get out
pamphlets about them, out
where are they? One of them
is announced as Hooked Rugs"
which, I suppose, means that
you can hook rugs in your spare
time. Personally, I'd rather trit-
ter than hook rugs, and I'm
sure the rugs would rather I
did, too.
In case I don't hear from
The Washington times., 1934-05-01
By Robert Benchley

gether to make a chain hun
dreds and hundreds of feet long.
The longer the chain the less
leisure time you have to kill.
footing an automobile horn
in a stalled car.
Upsetting bookcases and then
putting the books back again,
with each book opened at page
q.
Upsetting the bookcase again
and putting the books back in,
this time opened at page As.
Running just as fast as you
can to the end of the room
and back.
Making tiny tinfoil balls (one-
eighth of an inch in diameter)
and swapping them at everyone
you see who is over 80. (You
will have to make a lot of in
quirieS in this one, as a lot Of
people don't look their age).
Rowing a rowboat without
using the oar-lockS.
Fishing without bait.
Walking up and down the
aisles of a train scanning each
passengers face and asking him,
in a whisper, if he can tell you
the lucky number.
Getting into an old sleigh
stored in the top Of a barn and
The Washington times., 1934-05-01
Modern Schools, Buildings

MUNCA" OCAVOASS DuAANAASS
The harbor which stands on
a promontory is as up-to-date
as harbor can be. Much
produce is loaded and unloaded
on the granite quays. The
Peninsula of Skatudden di-
vides the harbor into two parts.
The city edges the harbor in
almost a semicircle and near
the harbor are the large open
air fruit and fish markets.
Senate Square and the Es-
planade are two particularly
imposing thoroughfares. The
university, which fronts on the
square, is a beautiful building
and it's student body of over
5000 includes many women.
For the Fins are very keen on
education and their school syS-
tenn is a thorough and COM
prehenSive one. Fine buildings,
many of them designed by
some remarkably brilliant mod
ern architects, challenge SUI
premacy with any buildings
anywhere that are done in the
modern manner. The railroad
depot, a severe mass in an
immense square, is a splendid
example Of modern architecture
and is symbolic of this north.
ern republic that has so much
to offer.
The Washington times., 1934-05-01
District Delegates
programs are wide.
Stop the Laughter

Stop the Laughter
Regulation by law Of the election Of delegates to the national
party conventions the District of Columbia essential
those delegates continue to be what they have
often been in the pasta JOKE.
The District represented at both the Republican and
Democratic conventions by delegations which handcked
Those delegations represent the members of the
specve parties in the District than cat represents mouse
Often these cartoon delegations have done little at the
conventions than disgrace the National Capital making truly
ughable whatever preensons may make claim for
vote here
There pending in the House and Senate bills which would
regulate and govern the selection of these delegations.
proposed the bills leave the selection purely party mat
ter BUT THEY DO PRESCRIBE METHODS WHEREBY THE
RANK AND FILE OF BOTH THE PARTIES WOULD BE
ABLE TO SELECT THOSE WHO PRETEND TO REPRE-
SENT THEM AT THE CONVENTIONS.
As long these delegations 60 to the conventions and
claim seats representatives Of the parties in the District they
should be the chosen delegates of those parties.
Congress would be performing worthwhile service it
gave these bills serious and favorable consideration AT THE
PRESENT SESSION.
The Washington times., 1934-05-01
The Human Side of the News
By Edwin C.. Hill
Live on Live Volcano-American Wild Horses

A few miles of land and
water, not to say oceans and
continents, lie between the viii
1age of Larderello, in the hills
Of Tuscany, and the village of
'Niaufou, which is on the coral
island of that same name in
the southwestern Pacific. And
yet, they are two places in the
world with one rare diStinc-
tion in common. It is that
they are built on living volca-
nos which, any day or any hour
may blow either or both off the
face Of the earth.
However, familiarity has bred
. healthy contempt in Larder-
clio and Niaufou. The Italians,
for their part. are making the
volcano work for them in a
most practical way. Bella Italia
is notably lacking in coal, and
the Tuscans, with an ingenuity
that is commendable, have har-
messed the steam from numer-
Gus jets of old Larderello.
South Sea Paradise
The Polynesians Of Niaufou
have, on the other hand, no
need for turbines or horse
power. They live there, the
1900 Of them, because they like
It, or because there is no place
else to go. The few white resi-
dents are either in the service
Of his Majesty. George V of
England, or are traders.
The island is really one of
those South Sea paradiseS which
fiction has thrived on. It lies,
Isolated and alone, between
the Fiji Island and Samoa.
Vessels don't stop there because
there is no beach or landing
place. just cliffs and crags. Ar
rival and departures, few and
far between, are by basket into
native canoes.
The wild horses of our Far
West are probably an unsolved
mystery. The horse did not ex-
1St in the New World before the
arrival of the Spanish conquista-
.dores and their cavalry in the
sixteenth, century.
At first, the natives believed
horse and rider to be one, a
monster like the centaur of the
ancient Greeks. They offered
the horses meat and bread for
food, and although they soon
realized their mistake. then con-
, tlnued to believe that the horses
ate men on the battlefields and
T1eighed when they wanted
their prey. More or less the
same ideas prevailed on the
Northern American continent.
The Washington times., 1934-05-01
ONCE OVERS

Cynicism Is Sometimes q Virtue
When you find people who
have little faith in others there
must be a reason.
Perhaps they have been dis.
appointed so many times that
they have lost their childlike
faith and have become more or
less cynical:
Cynicism does not neces-
Sarily denote an hypercritical
unhappy person.
The happiness of a person
may be greatly increased by
realizing life is as it is, and
by looking a little deeper than
surface action.
All persons are human; none
are perfect.
But if one. must guard q
treasure while suspecting no
man, there must be a guard
against those who would steal
the treasure.
This does not indicate a SuS.
picious nature nor does it indi-
cate a mean, a suSpecting dis
position.
Without this safeguarding
spirit which some call cynicism.
it would be unsafe to send a
young person out into the world
to earn his or her living.
You should be taught to ap-
praise but not put too much
confidence in humanity.
(Copyright. 1894. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.A
The Washington times., 1934-05-01
}eWu7e of Red HeTTingS on the Closed Bank TTui

Regardless of the bank depostors relief bill intro
duced in the House by Representative Henry B.
Steagall of Alabama, the only means by which
bers of the House may be ASSURED of vote on such
legislation by signing without delay the petition for
the vote on the Mcleod pay-off bill
The parliamentary situation regarding payoff legis-
lation has become complicated result of Rep
resentatve Steagals action-in fact, members in
sist that that was the purpose of the action.
BUT THE COMPLICATIONS WHICH HAVE
ARISEN WOULD BE UNIMPORTANT IF MEM
BERs OF THE HOUSE WOULD BEAR IN MIND
THE FACT THAT WHEN 145 OF THEM HAVE
SIGNED THE MCLEOD BILL PETITION THERE
rs A VIRTUAL GUARANTEE THAT VOTE
WILL BE TAKEN ON MAY H.
The difference between the Steagall and Mcleod
programs are wide.
The Washington times., 1934-05-01

Representative steagalls program is embodied in
an amendment to the Federal Deposit Insurance law
It would provide for liberal policy in handling
closed banks than that which exists in the present law
Insofar it liberalizes the present law it is mark
of progress and if introduced sincerely and pushed to
enactment, would be tremendous improvement.
But Mr. steagals proposal is apt to encounter much
difficulty before it is enacted
OF course Representative McLeods complete pay
off bill has already encountered that difficulty
TT NOW HAS THE DEFINITE PROSPECT OF
REACHING VOTE.
NEITHER MR.. STEAGALLS BILL NOR ANY OF
THE OTHER HALFWAY MEASURES WHICH
LOWED TO PREVENT THAT VOTE
The Washington times., 1934-05-01

you can into a board and then
pulling them out.
Counting your fingers, omit
ting every second one.
BY this time, maybe. the Lei
sure League Of America will have
issued it's pamphlets and you
can get down to work.
Articles by Robert Behchley
appear each Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday.
(Copyright. 1894. King Features
Syndicate, 1ne.1
The Washington times., 1934-05-01

It is not pleasant to question the motives of mem
bers of the House, but in considering the situation it
cannot be overlooked that none of the members who
have introduced halfway pay-off proposals has ever
stood up and made fight for his program.
It cannot be overlooked that most of the trouble into
which the Mcleod bill has has been caused by the
Banking and Currency Committee of which Mr..
Steagall is chairman.
We hope that Mr.. steagall will make vigorous
fight to obtain enactment of his proposal.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME THOSE WHO SIN
CERELY WISH TO BENEFIT THE DEPOsITORs
OF THE CLOSED BANKS WILL INSIST UPON
PUSHING THE MCLEOD BILL.
AND THE WAY TO PUSH THAT BILL IS FOR
MEMBERS TO SIGN THE PETITION FOR DIS
CHARGE NOW ON THE SPEAKERS DESK.
The Washington times., 1934-05-01

just had to hook a rug!
Here is a tentative list, which
will need going over and revi-
sion after have talked to the
authorities. There are certain
additional things that I would
like to do, but 1 am not quite
sure what the city ordinances
are on the subject.
Stringing wire paper-clips to-
The Washington times., 1934-05-01

When Cortez was compelled to
flee from Mexico, he left behind
about so horses and mares.
Abandoned by the natives to
their own fate, the animals
soon reverted to their primitive
wild condition.
Fifty years later, there were
not so but a few thousand wild
horses scattered in groups over
the Mexican prairies. Because
of their great number they at.
tracted the attention Of the no
mad tribes of the region. The
Indians began by capturing a
few and tanning them.
When the first American set.
tiers penetrated the West, they
found rather ugly animals with
big heads, many of them piebald
and wall-eyed, and with other
typical marks of horse degener.
acy. Since then, however, the
stock has improved greatly,
thanks to the crossings with the
beautiful Anglo-Norman half.
breeds, imported by the settlers
and stolen by the Indians, which
mingled with the wild horses.
All of the wild horses now liv.
ing on the American continent
are descendants of domestic
breeds and there is not much Of
the real wild horse in them.
The Washington times., 1934-05-01
Interesting Survival

AS IN the past, these horses,
when left alone, assemble in
groups of about 80 under the
leadership of a ferocious stallion,
which soon does away with all
rivals. BY instinct these herds
repair to the districts that are
best suited to meet their needs
and remain there as long as the
pasturageS yield the necessary
food.
The American wild horse is
really a docile and good-natured
creature. Even with the prairie
Indians, the wild horse proves
a docile and obedient animal,
because the Indians diSdain the
rough methods of their more civ
ilized neighborS.
When not illtreated, the do
meSticated wild horse has quite
well-developed senses. It's sight
is weak, as is that of any horse,
but in return smell and hearing
are superior to those of the do
meStic horse. Its memory is ex-
cellent and some of these horses
have been known to find a road
upon which they had walked
once, after an absence of several
years.
Copyright. 1884, King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-05-01


u d. C.
= j. EttSpNtrck. managing editor
Milford chronicle., 1934-08-03
HARRINGTON
All Clubs In Parade, Win Prizes

All Clubs In Parade, Win Prizes
With over thirty clubs throughout
the state represented in the All
Club parade last Friday, the young
sters made a very fine showing. The
parade formed at the Quality Poul-
try Farm on the north side Of the
Fair grounds, and then proceeded
to the front of the grandstand. A
group picture was taken and then
their club songs were sung. An
nOuncement of prize winners in the
ticket selling contest was made with
the following results: First prize,
a trip to the Worlds Fair at Chi
cago, awarded to Hazel Hamilton
of Harrington; second prize. trip
to the Fair, Herbert Cain, of Har-
rington. The announcement was
made that he was not going, that
he had to stay home and take care
Of his calf. Third prize. Robert
Creadick, FELTON,; fourth prize,
Charlotte White, Bridgeville; fifth
prize, Steve BOehm, Lewes. Wood
enhawk Club of Sussex County was
judged the best club and was award
ed a cash prize of $500. Long dis
tance prize went to Corner Ketch
Club of New Castle County. Wood
side Club of Kent County showed the
most pep" and best spirit. The
Cardinal Club of Houston had the
largest representation in line. Four
other silver trophies were awarded.
The following clubs participated
in the parade which preceded the
racing of the afternoon: New Cas-
tie County. Glasgow Club, Marshall
ton Club. Corner Ketc1 Club, Hoe
kessin Club, 3-In-I All Club. Mil
ford Cross Roads, Ogietown Club,
st. Georges Club, MiddletCwn Club,
and Yorklyn Club. Kent County:
Club, Smyrna; Mill
wood Dairy Club. Cardinal Club.
Houston: Canterbury Club. Oak
Grove Club. Viola Club. Wild Cats.
Camden; Betsy Ross Club, Rising
Sun; Millwood Ever-Ready, Wood
side Club, Westville Club. Midway.
Tomahawk Club. Sussex County:
Club. Bridgeville Club. !
Greenwood Senior Club. Greenwood |
Canning Club, Seaford Club. Milford |
Club, Lewes Senior Club and Lewes
Sewing Club.
The first quarterly conference of
he NJ. p. Church was held on Mon
lay evening and decided to grant
he pastor two weeks vacation at
his convenience. Preliminary plans
we're made for the Fall revival SER
vices. Rev. H. l.. Schlincke will
lead committee to arrange for
'ome shrubbery for the church yard.