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The Washington times., 1934-02-12
Street Car Complaints
Company Must Act

The widespread dissatisfaction with local street and bus
service which is being voiced by citizens DEMANDS
SPEEDY AND EFFECTIVE ACTION BY THE CAPITAL
TRANSIT COMPANY.
Undoubtedly the company realizes this and fact is already
taking to meet the situation caused by the tremendous in
in the number Of its riders.
The complaints properly the conditions which give
rise the complaints most unfortunate coming this
particular time.
The newly formed merged company which took general
operation Of the lines only about two months ago. started
operations with the sincere best wishes Of the public that it
would be able to improve upon conditions which existed under
the competing system.
Immediately after starting operations the company made
successful bid for passengers by adopting the weekly
system long advocated by The Washington Times
The introduction Of that system brought the company
must have to operate succesua large increased number
Of passengers
BUT JUDGING FROM THE COMPLAINTS OF ND1-
vIDUALs AND ORGANIZATIONS, THE COMPANY WAS
NOT IN A CONDITION TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW
PASSENGERS
Unless the company able to meet the increased
demand greatly to be feared that will sacrifice the gains
which it has already made in public esteem.
We the exercise of patience the patrons
AND UPON THE COMPANY WE URGE ACTION
The Washington times., 1934-02-12
Reducing Taxes
The Districts Problem


Representations have been made to the District comm
Ioners by two members Of the House that the ctys ex
penses cut they will assist in bringing about reduction
Of local taxes
The members will find that the citizens Of the District
ARE soL1DLY BEHIND THEM WHEN IT COMES TO
REDUCING TAXES
Just as in every community in the world the people here
do not like to pay any than they compelled
BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF REDUCING THE TAX
BURDENS OF wAsHINGToNIANs Is NOT DEPENDENT
UPON THE CURTAILMENT OF GOVERNMENTAL SER
VICES AND ACTIVITIES.
IT Is DEPENDENT ALMOST ENTIRELY UPON AN
EQUITABLE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM OF FISCAL
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL
GOVERNMENTS.
The present fiscal relationship and the relationship which
has existed the past several years. IS NOT BASED ON
JUSTICE OR FAIRNESS.
The proportion which the Federal Government is paying
Of the expenses of the Government Of its National Capital
based any scientific study Of the various elements in
voved is not based upon desire OF congress TO do ne
WISE AND PROPER THING IN BUILDING UP THE SEAT
OF GOVERNMENT
IT IT IS BASED UPON ANYTHING THE PRESENT
PROPORTION IS BASED UPON DESIRE TO PENALIzE
THOSE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE
ESTABLISHED THEIR HOMES AND THEIR INTERESTS
IN THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
Why they should be punished to explain
II the Federal constantly reduces its proper
ton Of the c expenses the only hope for tax reduction
lies in the elimination curtaimen Of local governmental
activities
If the Federal Government to do its full duty toward
the District determined by every unbiased and unpreu
diced study which has been made the heavy tax burden
Of which the congressman themselves complain could be re-
duced without further harm to the local governments func
tions
Those functions in recent years have been severely ham
pered through reduction Of appropriations
The most notable example Of this hampering found in
the public school system IN WHICH DIsGRACEFUL OVER
CROWDING is the dominant feature
It is highly doubtful if the city should stand for any
in buds
not stand for further handicappng Of the school system
In these premises the proper thing for Congress to do is to
survey the fiscal relations problem.
Congress will bring the Federal share to reasonable
point and put it definite basis the District Commissioners
will be able to plan their budget ntegenty AND TO PLAN
IT IN SUCH WAY THAT THE vER-BURDENED TAX
PAYER WILL BE GIVEN SOME RELIEF.
The Washington times., 1934-02-12
The Human Side of the News
When Lincoln Faced Hopeless Future
herein the U. 8. A."
By Edwin C.. Hill

The Gentleman from Illinois
sat alone in his room in Mr..
Sprigg's boarding house. Out
side, the chill wind blew
through the streets of the
shambling city which he had
heard described as being like
Jerusalem the day that it was
sacked by Titus"
Downstairs in the parlor his
fellow-boarders were debating
the affairs of state and drink
ing their toddys. Around the
corner his ath let tic young
cronies were knocking over the
pins in the alleys.
But the solitary man kept to
the seclusion of the four bare
walls. He was in the mood
neither for the nicetles Of par
lor conversation nor for the
coarse quips of the bowling
alleys.
Failure
He rested his smooth-shaven
chin in his large, bony, cal
loused hands and stared into
space. He had come to 40
and to failure. 1t was bitter
to realize it. He tried not to
believe it. But there were the
letters from back home-from
his ambitious. petulant wife
and from his loyal and trusted
law partner.
They told him that his po-
litical fortunes were ended tor-
ever. And deep down in his
heart he knew it TO be so. No
one to blame but himself!
How his mind, which could
ponder on Self-destruction. must
have been tortured by self re-
elimination! He had counted
himself shrewd. a master poll
tician. And not without rea-
son.
Against odds and circum-
stances which few men had
ever been asked to face, he
had fought his way to the
heights. At 80 he was the sole
member of his party elected to
Congress from his State. The
world was his oyster, nothing
but green pastures lay ahead.
The Washington times., 1934-02-12

city and greed. In just such
bitter sentences we, too, have
challenged the old laws.
WHAT GOOD DOES TT
DO" this man cries, ITO
WORK YOUR HEAD OFF,
TRYING TO BE HONEST
WHEN EVERYONE ELSE IS
OUT TO GRAB ALL THEY
CAN? ANY WAY THEY CAN?
Why turn down a chance to
get yours when everybody else
is taking every chance that
comes their way? You don't
get any credit for it if you do.
You just come out with less
than the other fellow has, and
get called a fool for doing it.
eff I don't take advantage Of
other people, they'll take ad-
vantage of me, and call me an
easy mark I used to believe in
working hard myself, and turn
ing down too much change if
it happened to be handed me.
I used to refuse to take slightly
shady 'rake-offs' in business.
But since I've had more expert
ence with people, I've changed
my ideas. SINCE EVERY
BODY'S DOING 1T, I'm CO.
ING TO GRAB FOR WHAT I
CAN GET, TOO.
Business men, right and left,
are 'skinning' folks. So are poll
ticians. But does the world look
down on them for it? 1t does
not. It says, admiringly. Look!
There's John Doe! He has mil
ion!' And then it proceeds to
kow-tow to the said John Doe,
and hand him few extra slabs
Of cake.
"So-what's the use? What's
the practical value of all this
'idealistic' stuff that's being
handed out so freely? Why
should I be honest, when nobody
else is?
Does it pay to be square? It
certainly does! It's the only
thing that does pay, And even
If it were true that nobody else
is honest" it still would pay.
But it isn't true. There are
millions Of honest peopls-peo-
The Washington times., 1934-02-12

i'll of the dead" And romantic
love and sentiment have been
dead Theoretically for so long.
that 1t seems like mutilating
tombstones to denounce them.
Mr.. Robinson's most bitter
grievance against romantic
love''-or any sort of love with
a touch Of star-dust or illusion
about it's that it is merely
IAN escape from reality"
Good Heavens! Are we to
have NO escape from REAL
ITY, MUST we concentrate on
bills and banks and sex and
housekeeping and budgets for
twenty-four hours a day with
out SurceaSe?
If everything which Is an "es-
cape from reality IS foolish or
dangerous and must be dis
carded, why on earth did we
struggle and yowl for REPEAL?
What is wine, what is liquor, but
an escape from reality?
Why do artists paint beautiful
pictures, which carry us for a
few moments, to some lovely
Land Of Never Was except to
give us a momentary escape
from reality?
What is good music, that
makes us dream and grow young
and almost sentimental, but an
escape from reality??
What is Santa Claus Cor who
is Santa claus? Childhood'S
The Washington times., 1934-02-12

Then the sudden and pre-
cipitous fall! He had committed
the cardinal sin Of politics-had
allowed himself to be caught
and marked on the wrong side
of the fence. He had opposed
the war in a bungling, partisan
way; had let himself out on a
limb and had seen the trunk
sawed from under him. The
Democrats had carried hlS
Congressional district and had
even won the State for Cass.
Such was the immediate past.
What of the immediate future7
Twenty days remained in the
life of the Thirtieth Congress.
Like a condemned man he
would live out those three short
weeks, and for him there would
be no reprieve. The Fourth OF
March would come, he would
pack his carpetbag and take his
FAREWELL long farewell, to all
that greatness which had been
but a mirage.
If only his party would g1Ye
him an obscure commissioner
ship, or the governorship Of q
remote territory, he would be
content. But no, there was no
cote empty for this lame duck.
Immortality
The city was Washington
the night was February II,
1849-the man was the Repre-
sentative in Congress from the
Seventh Illinois District. Forty,
and defeat! Fifty-two, and
President of the United Statesl
Forty, and nothing ahead ex'
cept riding the circuit on old
Buck, arguing petty cases be-
fore petty juries! Fffty-four-
and the disillusioned politicianl
F'ifty-six-and the statesman.
giving to his world and the
worlds to come the Second
Inaugural!
Forty, and a failure! Fifty
six-and they wrote his epitsph
in these five words: He be-
longs to the Ages"
Copyright. 1894, King Features
eyndieatSs 1ns-A }
The Washington times., 1934-02-12

pie who play fair In spite OF
every temptation and handicap.
If that were not so-if there had
not been, since the beginning.
that dream of decency in our
muddled hearts-the race would
have ceased long since, for we
would all have cut each others
throatS.
But regardless Of that - re-
gardlesS of how the other fel-
low does or doesn't act-an hon.
est life DOES PAY, even though
it often shows a loss in the
bank balance. For we do not
live by our bank balances.
WE LIVE BY OUR SPIRIT
UAL BALANCES.
No, that isn't a religious talk
-"idealsitic stuff" It's plain
fact, as simple and real as an
engineering estimate, or a chem
ical formula.
WE DO NOT LIVE WITH
THINGS. WE DO NOT LIVE
WITH PEOPLE. WE DO NOT
EVEN LIVE IN THIS WORLD
WHICH OUR SENSES CON-
TACT. WE ACTUALLY LIVE
INSIDE OURSELVES - WITH
OUR OWN THOUGHTS AND
FEELINGS, OUR OWN PRIDE
OR SHAME, COURAGE OR
TERROR. LOVE OR HATE,
HOPE OR DESPAIR.
Our own thoughts and feel.
ings. These are the only things
we really feel, the only things
that can warm or chill us, hurt
or help us. And that isn't true
only of wise men or good men:
it's true of all of us, regardless
Of our position or program.
WE ALL EALLY LIVE IN
SIDE OURSELVES, WITH NO
COMPANION SAVE OUR
THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
AND NOTHING AND NO ONE
CAN MAKE THAT INNER LIFE
BEARABLE IF THE THINGS
WE PUT INTO 1T ARE UGLY
AND ACCOUNTABLE.
Why doesn't dishonesty pay,
even if it does pad the bank
balance; even if all our asSo-
ciates are dishonest? That's
why. Because we can't live
with our profits or pals. We
must live with our feelings
about them.
And, no matter how low we
are, we all have one feeling
about dishonesty-WE KNOW
IT'S ROTTEN AND IF WE'RE
DISHONEST WE MAY RIDE
IN LIMOUSINES, WE MAY
EAT FROM GOLD PLATE
AND PARTY WITH BILLION
AIRES, BUT WE LIVE
REALLY LIVE WITH THE
SENSE OF OUR OWN ROT
TENNESS. ''.'
And why does honesty pay.
even though it may leave us
poor and lonely? For exactly
the same reason. We live
with our feelings-and honesty
is a swell feeling! IT'S THE
ONLY FEELING THAT IS
FIT TO LIVE WITH!
Copyright, 1884, King Features
SyndieAtOs 1nN.N
The Washington times., 1934-02-12

It" a valid
e x C us for
being a heel?
S t r a nge
q u e S t i ons?
NO; natural
and tragically
common ones.
And the man
W no asks
t h e m today
will only echo
doubts tn a t
have come to
you and me
as we faced
this m a d
worlds Cru-
The Washington times., 1934-02-12
Now, More Kidnapings
And That 100000 Bremen Ransom Will Be
. Responsible for Them

And That 9zOU,UOU BfeInef Ransom VIII Be
= Responsible for Them
We glad that Edward G. Bremen the st. Paul banker
has been freed by his kidnapers.
We sympathize with his father, Adolph Bremer as we
sympathze with the kinfok of anyone who falls into kid
napers' hands
But also beg to point out that the payment two
dred thousand dollars Of in this will lead
vastly dnapngs and perhaps the greatest setback
the law has received to date in its the snatchers
When such tremendous be made from crime
criminals will be encouraged to try to make them.
The result Of this will therefore another epidemic
kidnapping attempts widening of the vicious kidnapping
circle which increases its scope with every dollar of
that is paid.
Only until the payment Of ransom declared felony and
visited with drastic penalties kidnapping be controlled
Other countries have found that out. We have not.
sounds harsh granted But is the only way in which
the American people can safeguard American homes.
The Washington times., 1934-02-12
Debts and Travel
French and American

French and American
While politicians little nothing collect the debts
by foreign nations the American people express BY
their action their protest against dishonest debtors
Foreign travel by Americans fell off more than thirty per
during year Just ended France in particular was
affected Tourists in France dropped to
from $3.50 100000
Lafayette we re herein the U. s. A.
The Washington times., 1934-02-12
WORDS OF WISE MEN

Never ask a man a favor un.
til he has had his dinner
Punch.
Better be the head of dog
than the tail of a lion.
Some are born to lift and
some to lean.
The Slanderer kills a thous-
and times, the assassin kills
but once.
The Washington times., 1934-02-12
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland
Why Not "Escape?"

why Not 'Escape?"
Every now and then some
young writer rises to excoriate
romantic love-" and to sing
paeans to what Henry Morton
Robinson calls This Brave
New Love-"
This seems rather like throw
ing stones at a skeleton. There
is an old saying, "Never speak
The Washington times., 1934-02-12

most beautiful myth and most
thrilling escape from reality?
Must We kill him off?
Must we do away with Mother
Goose and Alice in Wonderland
and Peter Pan and Gri1nm's
fairy tales so that our children
may never escape from reality?
Must we burn all our poetry
books and our mystery stories
and most Of our classics? Must
we discard Homer and Milton
and Shakespeare-for the sake
Of reality?"
'This Brave New Love" may
be all that Mr.. Robinson claims
but it has a way of ending in
Reno, nine times out of ten,
which leaves a rather bad taste
in the mouth.
Nobody yearns to go back to
the Sickly sentimentality Of
pressed flowers, paper valen-
tines, broken hearts and the
exaggerated emotion of Grand
fathers day. But surely there
is a happy medium between
that pretty bunk and this ultra
modern and rather blatant
showdown. Just as there is q
happy medium between a fussy,
overstuffed Victorian room and
the cold-steel effects of mod
erniStic furniture.
Couldn't we just sprinkle a
little star-dust on this plain
hunk of poundcake, called
modern love" or brave new
g <s;>"'/
GA@%>.
&49SA T&1O
.4 ,M!~%S
love''-to make it seem more
like a wedding-cake and less
like a bomb or a fire-alarm?
Is REALITY so beautiful
and enticing these days that we
must stick to it? AS for me-
show me the "ESCAPE!"
Copyright, 1884. King Features
Syndicate, lnc.)
Articles By Helen Ro1UlGnd ap-
pear each Monday, Wednesday
and Friday.
The Washington times., 1934-02-12

A wise man keeps on good
terms with his wife, his con-
science and his stomach.
There is more self-love than
love in jealousy.-La Rochefou-
cauld.
Never remember the good
turn you do; never forget the
good turn done you.
To listen - to compliment.
The Washington times., 1934-02-12

TB MAsENaToM T1Es RubShsd day the '
J.
The Washington times., 1934-02-12
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

Does 1t Pay to Be Square in q
Crooked World?
Is there any use in being
honest when all the worlds on
the make? And is, or isn't, the
fact that "everybody's doing
The Washington times., 1934-02-12

What is Santa Claus Cor who
is Santa claus? Childhood'S
The Washington times., 1934-02-12

What is good music, that
makes us dream and grow young
and almost sentimental, but an
escape from reality??
The Washington times., 1934-02-12

To listen 10. 10 compliment.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-05-17

into decay; 1t smells neglected. It
isn't nice place for you to live. even
with capable servants to care for you"
II had thought of that Indeed, it's
one Of the reasons I have to leave
Eden Valley. Got to engage an archi-
tect to draw plans for a new house,
new barns, four-car garage. kennels.
and such. Got to engage a smart gar
dener to put in a nice lawn around
the new house and plant flowers. Got
to grade new graveled road from
the main Eden Valley highway to the
ranch house and plant a border Of
trees. And wish you'd sort of super
intend the Job while I'm away. And
when the house is finished I'd be
obliged to you If you'd run down to
San Francisco and buy the furnishings
for it."
. "Oh, I'll be so glad to. Nate, you're
giving me an interest in life. A wom-
ans interest. I'm kept pretty busy
operating the Circle K. but it isn't my
Job and"
+ She sighed ecstatically. So he was
coming back, after all. He needed her
and he hadn't scrupled to tell her so.
That night, when he departed for
the Bar 81. the girl walked with him
to the gate. A full moon rode the sky
above them, and Eden Valley was filled
with the silvery light. 1t was a night
for love, and Nate Tichenor. who had
never felt his heart beat high in any
thrilled to the core of his being at
sight Of Lorry Kershaw leaning over
the gate. He had a sudden mad i'm
pulse to place his hand under her
adorable chin, tilt her face upward
and kiss her on the lips.
For the strangest of all reasons he
refrained. He had been reared in
Eden Valley; he was old-fashioned, the
victim of an iron code of morals and
social procedure. Her father hadn't
been dead long enoughI So he COM
promised and said, with an effort pa
ternally patronizing: "Good night,
Lorry dear. I've had delightful eve
Ming"
But his burning eyes betrayed him.
The girl smiled up at him wistfully.
Thanks to you. I'm happy for the
first time since Owen went away" she
said.
At his gate he stood for a little
while, gazing over the hills toward For
lorn Valley. Coyotes I" he growled.
mot one of you. except Doc Donald
son. would come to her fathers funeral
and Doc couldn't. And not one Of
you came to my mothers funeral,
either. She was an angel and Rance
wasn't less than man, If he did
pump Uncle Taylor off Well. one
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-05-17
THE STORY

CHAPTER L--Robin Kershaw. de-
scendant of q pioneering family. rode
with Fremont to California. made half
= million In the gold fields and sought
With his bride. who had walked be-
elde covered wagon in the 40 trek.
kershaw rode into northeastern CALI
Tor ranching and cattle raising. His
pride christened IL Eden Valley. Be-
low Eden Valley, which they intend
plan TO build their home. is q less
valuable tract which Kershaws wife
ehristens Foriorn Valley.
CHAPTER 1.-THE Kershaws PROS
per; R Re- Ksrshay secures the most
BILE impends when Joel Hensley. . Tex
an. and A. beiligerent and obstinate q
pan AZ Robin Kershaw. settles in the
blood over fences and water for irrt-
cation. The men "nght IL out In
smoke Kershaw kills Hensley and
swearing vengeance.
CHAPTER IIL-By 1917, Rance Kerr
shaw, his son Owen, and daughter Lor-
~ are all that remaing OF one clan.
The Hensiey side 'n oven Eled In
the World war. Nate Tichenor returns
after an absence of nine years. He
tsh ss L 6sd In q her Sss Sar s d'
CHAPTER Iv.-siIas Babson. from
the Middle West, unscrupulous and
gragping. controls the Forlorn Valley
settlement through his bank. He
the irrigation and hydro-electric pos
abilities Of Eden Valley. He FIRST aims
g secure the heavily encumbered lands
Bahson finds surveyors already on Eden
The banker proposes to play Nate
against Lorry. assuming that they are
carrying on the old feud. in this way
getting control of the key lands nec-
essary to the project
CHAPTER v.-Nate, however, has no
Intention Of carrying on the feud. For
lorE Valley buzzes with the news that
the two survivors Of the Eden Valley
saga OF bloodshed have buried the
Ratchet. Nate tells Lorry that he and
Owen Kershaw, Lorry's brother. met
In France just before owen was killed.
They became buddies. and Nate prom
tsed that II he survived owen he would
look after Lorry as brother might
DO.
CHAPTER vI-Lorry informs Nate
that she intends to run the ranch. He
volunteers financial aid. Babson, deter
mined to secure Lorry's lake-site and
Mates dam-site makes legal applica-
ton for the ALLEGATION Of flood waters
to the Forlorn Valley irrigation dis
trict, which he organizes. He figures
that through condemnation proceedings
he can secure the coveted lands. With
money advanced by Nate, Lorry clears
MP her Indebtedness to Babscn.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-05-17

day you'll come asking me for favor,
and when you do. by CAD, I'll remem.
Der and charge accordingly. Coyotes :"
Silas Babson rose next morning, sans
headache, and with a very definite
realization that he had many busy
days before him. He drove over to
Gold Run first, to interrogate the coun-
ty recorder, from whom he ascertained
that deed to a quarter-section in
Eden Valley from Nate Tichenor to
the Mountain Valley Power company
and another deed for four thousand
acres, from Lorraine Kershaw to the
same company. had just been sent over
by the First National bank to be re-
corded.
Well, he had been thwarted by this
interloping power corporation, Just as
he had feared would be the case. Well,
no matter. The Mountain Valley Pow
er company could not thwart him in
his plan to secure from the Depart
ment of the Interior permission to
erect a diversion dam In the Handle
and dig a canal from Eden Valley
creek down beyond the western but.
tress of Forlorn Valley. They might
have influence. but not with the con.
gresham and senator whose constitu-
ency included Forlorn Valley.
Ito be continued.)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-05-17
Historic Memories of
Little Iron Wolverine

The National Geographic Magazine
says:
At Erie, Penn, new ribs are beiD,
fitted to bit of the original keel ~
the Niagara. Perry's vice fagsbin
but also interesting is the little YES
sci Wolverine, now anchored in Mis-.
cry bay near the Perry monument
The Wolverine was the first iron
hulled ship on the Great Lakes. II
was forged in Pittsburgh and trans.
ported in pieces through the wilder.
ness to Erie. Scoffers expected her
to sink. She did stick on the WAYS
until all the distinguished guests had
gone home. Then she launched her.
self during the night!
Flying the Stars and Stripes. she
dethroned King Strang, of Beaver is.
land, and helped Canada crush the
four-regiment Fenian raid. TODAY
she Is the oldest remaining proof
that an iron-hulled vessel will float
a man-of-war granddaddy of all those
iron-hulled ships which carry the
commerce of the lakes.