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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-14
RECALL LIFE
WILD SPENDING
Old Fashioned Safe of Coal
Oil Johnny Steel Now
in Museum
SPENT $4,000 ONE NIGHT

Franklin, Pa.-The old-faShioned
safe which once held the fortunes
of Goal Oil Johnny" Steele, color
full spendthrift of the western Penn
sylvania oil boom days, is to be
placed in the Drake Memorial mu-
scum near Titusville.
Pierce and Newton Myers, the
safes present owners, announced
that 1t would be sent to the mu-
scum, where other relics and me
mentoes of the mad boom era have
been gathered.
Henry Ford sought the safe
year ago for his museum in Dear
born, but the Meyers brothers pre-
fer to keep it in the oil lands where
Goal Oil Johnny" rose to fame and
fortune overnight-and fell just as
suddenly.
Luck Rode With Johnny.
Johnny was the widest of a mad
era. Oil, a slippery sesame to riches
was pouring from the ground in
what seemed an endless stream.
And luck rode with Goal Oil
Johnny" From a driller. he rose,
well by well. to wealthy operator
Every hole he sunk spouted dollars.
Pithole grew from a muddy cross
roads to roaring oil town, Its
banks. dance halls. and saloons
filled with bearded. booted oil men
who talked in thousands.
Johnny. his luck riding high. was
the widest spender Of the oil coun-
try.
He bought fine teams of horses,
drove from one town to another
and at least a dozen times he gave
them to the boy who held them
while he had drink or finished
business deal He then would buy
another team for his trip home.
Legend tells of him going to one Of
the boom towns only to find every
hotel room taken.
what d'you want for the place."
he asked the owner.
The hotel man named a figure
twice even the boom-day value.
Buys Hotel for Night.
Johnny yanked a roll of bills
from his pocket. bought the hotel.
and walked to the nearest room.
Unceremoniously he opened the
door. aroused the sleeping occupant
and said: Listen. I'm the new own
er Of this place and | want to sleep.
Move over or get out"
The tired oil man blinked, recog
nized his visitor and growled:
Johnny. you're ID fool Crawl
In. but take Off your boots"
The next day Johnny, refreshed
by a long sleep. arose. put on his
boots, and gave the hotel back to
its owner
When he travelled by train 1t was
a special train more often than not
Not only in Pithole, but In Titus
vile. Franklin. or Oil City was he
known as the oil country's greatest
spender, but for brief time he
flared on Broadway as free spend
er as New York knew In the days
when spending was spending.
II was there that he was reputed
to have spent $4,000 In single
evening.
It couldn't last The oil boom
died slowly and Johnny's fortune
went away with final rush.
He died ten years ago, the rail-
road station agent In small Med
Western town and without a cent
Of the millions he made during the
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-14
CENTREvILLE BB1
Resolution Adopt @ Id ~ y
Appeal to Judge lh@'

Members of the Nhn
met last week IN TIE II
former State Senator "
to endorse Judge Th'a Il
ing for the chief la'E
Second Judicial Circuit
luton adopted, it Wa =.
would take the form :
to Judge Heating to
candidacy, coupled Will
and hearty endOrsen', |.
able jurist in the even !.
to enter the race tor n
to be vacated by laF y n
Chief Judge william u
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-14
Delmarva Fir sn'' \

Lower Delaware ~ .. |
looking forward y y y l
nual convention q =, A
Firemen's Assoc lS'l y "a
be held at LeWes .,' \ 1
May 9. The as ~ b
posed of vOlun e. . "A
ments Of DelaWa H. 4 \
the Eastern Snol :, M
and Accomac ~ ~ nj
counties in ViFs ~, = n
ship numbers SCENTS 4
tails Of the con M 4
been completed IS.
plans are under ~
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-14
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths,
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF MARCH II, 1884

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
ton.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-14
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Evening star., 1934-08-05

Getting the high up on
the progressing Federal
triangle and adjacent areas.
From the Commerce De
partment at the triangle
base extends the three unit
Interstate Commerce Com
mission, Government Audi
torium and Labor Depart
ment Building, connecting
with the X-shape Post
Office Department. Be
yond are the Internal Rev
enue, Justice and Archives
Buildings. In right fore
ground is a sector OF the
new Mall development.
showing new roads and
landscaping.
Fairchild Aerial Survey
Evening star., 1934-08-05
HEART OF THE
NATIONS CAPITAL

A new air view, unusual
in scope and detail, looking
west and centered on the
axis of the Capitol. the
Washington Monument
and the Lincoln Memorial.
In the foreground. at the
right of the Library of
Congress, is the new Su-
prene Court Building.
Flanking the Capitol are
the Senate Office Building
(right) and the House
Office Buildings. Standing
out clearly in the right
background is the triangle
of new Federal buildings.
shown in detail in the ac-
companying view.
FairchlId Aerial Survey
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14
FEDERAL FUNDS POURED INTO
RESERVOIRS OF CREDIT

The Federal Government has
poured more than $7,000,000,O0O
into the depleted credit reservoirs of
the nation to save both business and
individuals from the threatened
shortage, Mr.. Donald r. Richberg,
secretary of the Executive Council,
reported to President Roosevelt in
the fourth chapter of the admins
tration version of new-deal accom-
plishments.
He found that the RFC alone had
loaned a total of $5,S53,000, 200 and
the Home Owners Loan Corporation
$1,299,445,000 The latter loans,
he claimed, had ended real estate
panic and saved the homes of 4S2,-
600 families from foreclosure.
RICE total loans now reach 3d.
$50, 100000, according to the Rich
berg report. Of this 11.5 per cent
went to government agencies and
1877 per cent for relief purposes
The balance of $4,379, 100000 went
for the most part into replenishing
national credit resources; $780,
900 of this has been authorized as
direct loans to industry; $231,O0O,-
900 has been authorized on self
liquidating projects. Agriculture
credit has been aided to the extent
of $1,645, 100000.
Regarding the security of bank de-
posts, he also directs attention to
the work of the RFC in strengthen
ing banks. The corporation, he says,
plans to complete the capital recon-
struction program for state banks at
the earliest possible date. Some 40
disbursements remain to be made,
amounting to $33,780,000. These
are dependent on raising $9,974,0OO
of local capital.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE
MOTORIsT?

Reports indicate that 1894 is see
ing more men, women and children
killed in automobile accidents than
in any previous year. Figures sup
piled by the National Bureau of Cas-
ualty and Surety Underwriters show
that for the first six months of this
year about 20 per cent more people
were killed than in 1888, and the
worst driving months are yet to
come-Septembe October and NO
yember. In 1888, nearly $1,000
persons were killed. If you add 20
per cent to this number it will
amount to $4,000, with more than
1000, 900 persons injured. The &C.
onomic loss will jump into the bill
lions.
What is the matter? 1t is not
possible that the drivers of the coun-
try have ceased to think. They
would not admit that they are will
ing to wipe out or cripple the popu-
lation of a large city every year.
Yet. they do so, and seemingly they
don't care.
There must be some kind of new
germ in the air which infects us all.
Perhaps it is the speed bug. In any
event, it compels us all to- dash
somewhere or nowhere in our cars
day ir night for no pressing reason.
Then we come back to the same
place in the same hurry. If man,
woman or little child gets in the
way, it is just too bad. If another
car, or bus, or tree, or stone wall is
in the way, that is just a tough
break.
Our authorities have been liberal
in the matter of driving rules and
regulations. On the whole, drivers
are legally allowed plenty of speed
at all times. But this liberality
does not extend to the point where
the authorities are willing to have
an army of people killed every year
The motorists of America should re-
alize that the time will come when
| the authorities-repr OF
themselves and their neighbors-
will pass stricter regulations and en-
force more stringent penalties. II
people will not exercise care for
themselves, society as whole must
exercise it for them. There appears
to be no other way out
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14
THE UNEMPLOYMENT STU
ALTON

The ranks of the unemployed
again are filing rapidly.
Jobs, instead of increasing in
number, are decreasing. Jobless,
instead of finding more and more
work, are finding less and less.
That is the story read into pres
ent statistics. 1t is told by the Ma
tional Industrial Conference Board
with it's report that 675,0O0 men lost
their work in July.
Likewise, it is told by the report
of the American Federation of Labor
which showed $4,000 jobs lost in
June and a preliminary estimate of
more than 100000 additional jobs
lost in July.
Compared with October, 1898,
when the peak of the MIRA drive
was reached, there now are estimat-
ed to be nearly 100000 more jobless.
The United States News
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14
ENCEPALOMEYLI OF HORSES
AND MULES

Experience with the outbreak o.
Encephalomeylitis of horses and
mules, which occur during the late
summer and fall of last year thru
the counties of Southern Maryland
and the Southern part of the East
ern Shore, seem to point to mosqui-
toes and possibly other insects as an
agency in the spread of the disease.
General protective measures against
this disease this year should include
the use of fly sprays and other
Leans of keeping insects away, and
keeping the animals out of low ly-
ing pastures and in darkned stables
during the time that mosquitoes
and other insects are most active
The disease manifests itself in the
form of sudden dizziness, stumbling
gait, loss of appetite, resting against
the side of the stall, barn or fence
and very rapid general decline and
death. All animals should be close
ly watched for any change from
normal behavior. At the first sign
the local veterinarian should be
called, since a serum has been put
on the market this year which is
made for use in this disease. The
disease should also be reported to
the Live Stock Sanitary Service, or
to one of it's agents or to the County
Agricultural Agent. Tetanus Anti
toxin and such other products made
for use in other diseases have no
value in Encephalomyelitis.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14
81, 775, 900, 900 GOVERNMENT RE-
FINANCING PLAN

Weeks of conferences among
Treasury officials, Reserve Bank
governors, commercial bankers and
the White House eliminated Sunday
in Treasury announcement of what
V as se...rally rsglrred in the cap. lal
as a wholly orthodox program for
the refinancing of 81, $1,000 of
Government paper which natures
within the next five weeks
The refinancing operation, one of
the largest in the Roosevelt Admin
istration, will be exclusively mat
ter of exchange, with notes and
bonds being offered for the $780,
900, 900 of Fourth Liberty Bonds
called for October Is. and two-year
notes offered for. Treasury certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness in the amount
of S524,748,500 which mature Sep
TENDER Is,
Two types Of securities are offered
to holders of the $1,25O, 200 of
IA per cent Fourth Liberty Bonds
which have been called in. The
holder may tale lis choice of four
year notes, dated September Is and
bearing Q " per cent interest, or 8
IA per cent bonds maturing in ten
or twelve.
In either case the Treasury will
make interest adjustment so that all
holders of the called Liberties will
receive interest on them in full until
October Is. AS further induce
ment to conversion of the Liberties
the Treasury also will pay interest
on the securities given in exchange
from September Is forward.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14
SAFETY COUNCIL TO GET FACTS
ON DRUNKEN DRIVING

An intensive study to find the facts
about drunken driving and it's rela-
ton to the increasingly serious safe
ty problem is being planned by the
National Safety Council. The study
will be launched at the 23rd annual
safety congress at Cleveland in Octo-
Der, when several programs are to be
devoted to this subject.
Following up the Cleveland meet
ing the council plans "a comprehen-
sive study in which it will endeavor
to find out the exact extent of drunk
en- driving and how much of it might
be concealed in police reports under
other designations. It is also plan
ming to sponsor studies Of depend
able tests of drunkenness for law en-
1orcement agencies to use in the So
hutton of accidents.
W. H. Cameron, managing direc-
tor of the Council, states that the
throughout the country the estimates
of the proportion of accidents due to
drinking varies greatly, and that the
highest which has come to his at
tention is the report of the Berkeley,
Calf. police, that 2S per cent of all
accidents have factor of drink i'm
volved in them.
However, the council pointed out
at this time, that the increasing acci-
dents, should be new warning to
the general public that drinking cam
not be safely mixed with either driv-
ing or walking in modern traffic, and
should inform law enforcement agen-
Giles that here is a new phase in their
ever present enforcement problems. !"
NJ
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14
TEN TON TOMATO CLUB con-
TEST

Mroe than two hundred farmers
are competing in the 1894 Ten Ton
Tomato Club Contest, which is held
each year under the auspices of the
University of Maryland Extension
Service in cooperation with the Tri-
State Packers Association, accord
ing to Thomas D. Holder, specialist
in canning crops for the Extension
Service. While practically all of
the leading canning crops counties
of the state are represented in the
contest, Talbot, Dorchester and Har-
ford counties are leading the rest.
The Ten Ton Tomato Club was
started in 1928 and has for its OBJ
ject the production of higher yields
OF canning tomatoes, with a CORES
ponding reduction in total acreage.
The contest is open to any Maryland
farmer who produces two or more
acres of tomatoes each year for can
ming purposes.
All growers having ten or more
tons to the acre receive certificates
Of membership and the three highest
are awarded gold watches,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14
THE CASE OF CIVILIZATION
AGAINST HITLERISM

In March of this year the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress held memoir
ial meeting on the anniversary of
Hitler's advent to power. The
Case of Civilization Against Hitler
ism was the theme of the meeting in
which twenty-three leaders of Amer
lean life participated. Among those
who took part were cambridge Col
by, former Secretary of State; AL
fred e. Smith, former Governor of
New York; Matthew Vol, Vice
President of the American Fedora
ton of Labor; Fiorello H. Laguard-
ia, Mayor of New York City; Arthur
r. Brown, Secretary Emeritus for
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions; Michael Williams, Presi-
dent of Calvert Associates and Edi-
tor of The Commonweal; Arthur
Garfield Hayes; Samuel Seabury;
John Hayes Holmes, Minister of the
Community Church of New York;
Stephen S. Wise, Honorary President
of the American Jewish Congress;
DR.. Lewellys F., Barker, Professor
Emeritus of Medicine at the Johns
Hopkins University; Willard E. Tyd-
ings, Senator from Maryland.
We have received copy of the
booklet 1.-The Case of Civilization
Against Hitlerism," which is COM
pilation of the addresses made at
the memorial meeting. The arraign-
ment of Hitler and HitlerIsm is Sc
we're. Senator Tydings presented
1.-THE Case of American Opinion" in
this indictment of oppression, injus-
tice and brutality which have been
running rampant through Germany.
DIR. Barker presented "The Case of
the Physicians in this trial Of Hit
lerism, in which the world is CON
fronted with an abnormal emotional
massmovement that reminds one of
the Dark Ages"
The Case of Civilization Against
Hitlerism booklet is published by
Robert o. Ballou. New York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14

Winners in 1888 were: John H.
Price, Jr., Hartford county, with an
average of 1890 tons of tomatoes to
the acre; Edward R. l. Smith, Balti-
more county, with an average of
1898 tons ii the acre; and Karl C..
Ascherfeld, Hartford county, with an
average of 11.68 tons to the acre.
Announcement of winners and
presentation of awards and certifi-
Gates will be made at, the annual
meeting of the Tri-State Packers
Association in Baltimore this fall.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14
ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER


To Marylanders who are suscepti-
BILE to fall colds, DR.. R. H. Riley, Di-
rector of the State Department Of
Health, gives this advice:
Dress according to the weather
Have coat ready for the cool days,
and don't feel that you are coddling
yourself when you put it on. If you
have not already done so, get your
blankets out of your cedar chests
and begin using them.
"Avoid sudden chilling. If your
work or your pleasure takes you out
in all sorts of weather, protect your
self against chilling by dressing ac-
cordingly If you are caught I'M
prepared in shower and get wet,
change to dry clothes and shoes as
soon as you can.
"The quickest way to get rid of
cold is to go to bed and stay there
following your doctors advice-un-
til your doctor says it is safe for you
to get up. Send for your doctor at
the beginning of the attack. Don't
wait until you are completely knock
ed out to get his advice. You will
save time and strength by giving
in promptly BY intelligently fol-
lowing your doctors direction, you
can help to ward off the after effects
which so often follow neglected
colds-pneumonia among them.
"As a means of preventing colds,
grippe, influenza, or whatever you
chooes to call the ailment that is
usually prevalent at this season, keep
yourself as fit as possible. Get
plenty of sleep, Don't overdo. Eat
at regular times, and nourishing
food Don't overeat Drink plenty
of water. Take some exercise out
of doors every day.
Colds are spread from person to
person through the discharges from
the nose and throat. Dodge the
spray VI Tic oHCSLCi. IL yOu nave q
cold, or your neighbor has one, fol-
low the Chinese custom of shaking
hands with yourself.
use soap and water generously
Wash the hands thoroughly and Of
ten, and always before eating.
Have your own towel and drink
ing cup and don't swap pencils and
things of that sort with others.
'Be as considerate of your neigh
Dor as you would like him to be of
[you Don't broadcast your germs.
Cover your mouth with your hand
kerchief when you cough or sneeze.
1t is a good thing to use soft paper
handkerchiefs or cheesecloth when
you have a cold, and to burn or 9TH
erwise dispose of them, after using,
| to prevent passing your germs on to
other people.
More time is lost from work and
school through colds and the Hines
ses to which they open the way than
from any other single cause. There
fore, don't treat a cold lightly. See
your doctor-and see him prompt
ly."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14
THE PEACE GARDEN
BY Lucy Meacham Thruston

BY Lucy Meacham Thruston
The Peace Garden which was
much to the fore in newspaper col
umns two years ago dropped out of
sight or out of current print for a
while Those who wished to follow
what was being done on the 5000
acre tract donated by the State of N
Dakota and the province of Manitoba
and dedicated to commemorate the
long existing peace which has reign
ed inviolable between neighbors for
more than 100 years" found it diff
ficult to do so from any source what
soever But the National Associa-
tion of gardeners meeting in August
on Long Island brought an import
ant word concerning progress in this
garden. Three hundred men are
now at work there. The plan is to
leave a large part of the area in it's
natural state. The rest is to be de-
veloped by expert gardeners. A fea-
ture of the garden is to be a Peace
Tower built on the highest point.
General Smedley D. Butler says in
an article in the September Forum
that war is the worst of all racEets:
"Out of war few people make huge
fortunes. Nations acquire addi-
tional territory (Which is promptly
exploited by the few for their own
benefit, and the general public
shoulders the bill-a bill that rend-
ers horrible accounting of newly
placed gravestones, mangled bodies,
shattered minds, broken hearts and
homes, economic instability, and
back-breaking taxation of the many
for generations and generations
During the t,,ird week in June
another sort of conference was held
in Switzerland, states Pictorial Mag
azine for September. 1T was not
a disarmament conference. 1t was
an armament conference. And it
was held in the utmost secrecy
among representatives of the Ameri-
can munitions manufacturers, the
Vickers Armstrong group of Eng
land, and the Schenider-C rusot inter-
ests of France.
The purpose of the conference
was to determine means of combat
ing peace doctrines and determining
how to sell more munitions. Not
word was published in any newspa-
per about this conference. Probab-
" no American newspaper was
aware Of It. Most Significant
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14
The University of Maryland Ex-

The University of Maryland Ex-
tension Service announces a new
pocket size circular on Growing
and Housing Pullets" by Wade H.
Rice, poultry specialist, The publ
cation takes up such important sub
jects as exercise, feed, range, hous-
ing, shelter, water supply, and GULL
ing, and contains number of illus
trations. The circular may be had
by writing the Extension Service at
College Park and asking for a copy
of circular 108.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14

Approximately 100000 pounds
of milk are skinned for sale as but
terfat on aMryland farms each year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14

Wearing clothes gracefully is an
art, but it can be taught.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14

You may lead fool to talk, but
you cant make him think,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-14

Most of the high-hatting ia done
without saying q w9CA
The Nome nugget., 1934-08-03

case this Summons is published, or within forty t40) days after dale of it's service upon personally. ana answer the complaint of the above named plaintiff on file in the said Court and in the above-entttled action.
 The said plaintiff in said action demands the following relief: The adjudication of the amount due him and the foreclosure of eets tain Laborer's Lien which was filed against twelve mining claims owned by defendants, or in Which they claim an interest, andg which said mining claims are situated on Ronanza Creek, on the right fork of Bonanza Creek, on the left limit of Bonanza Creek on the Ungalik River, and the bench claims on the left limit of tf Ungalik River, in the St. Michael Recording Precinct, Territory of Alaska, Second Division, and upon the buildings and improvements on said adjoining contiguous min ScSSScOcoGSSSSSSSSSSSS
The Nome nugget., 1934-08-03
LOCAL NEWS

The NJ s. Trader. owned by Ira M. Rank of the Unites States Mer- cantile Company. left Nome this morning on her annual trip to the Arctic, going as far as Demarea- ion Point Other stops will be Herschel Island and Point Barrow
 In the past few years there has been shortage of provisions On the Arctic coast. and the Trad CT has been able to relieve the want. She is small boat and can therfore visit many of the more remote places which the M. s. Patterson, the only other trad- CT which makes the Arctic run. cannot stop. The Trader is ns- ually gone about six weeks on this trip.