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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-04-13

On June 8, a sale will be held
In Baltimore at which the rail-
road, which has been in receiver
ship for four years, will be sold
to the highest bidder. Some
body may purchase it and keep
it going. Then again, somebody
may buy it just to dismantle 1t.
Wood Burners
The w. B. & A., although by
that name it has only existed
since 1908, is next to the Oldest
railroad in the country. 1t is
antedated only by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, which began
operation about IL years before.
AS long ago as 1888, the An
napolis and Elkridge Railway
was chartered. In 1910, it started
operation, carrying passengers to
and from Annapolis and Elk
ridge. Its coaches were drawn
by the "woodburners," crude
steam engines of the early rail
way transportation days which
were constantly fed with huge
pieces of wood.
This same line is still used by
the w. B. g. A., although in the
past q years, electrified trains
make the trip in less than one
third the time required by the
old "woodburners."
About 20 years after 1t began
operation, the Annapolis & Elk
ridge line became the Annapolis,
Baltimore & washington. AS
such it was a part of some Of the
most stirring events of the Civil
War.
Civil War Days
President Abraham Lincoln's
government thought something
radically different ought to be
done after its Seventh Mass
achusetts Regiment was stoned
by Baltimore Confederates during
its march through the city from
the Philadelphia, Baltimore &
Wilmington line to the B. & o.
So when troops were sent down
to these parts to protect the Ma
tional Capitol from the oncomlng
Confederate Army, it was decided
that the safest thing to do was
to bring the men down the Chesa-
peake Bay to Annapolis, where
they would board the old An
napolis, Baltimore & washington
railroad and then proceed to the
protection of Washington.
AS it happened there was plenty
Of trouble at Annapolis. The
Confederates there tore down the
engine of the train and tore up
the tracks. But the Union Army
wasn't to be daunted. There were
railroad men in the ranks. They
repaired the engine and relaid the
track. The troops came through
and Washington was saved.
Then in 1907, the Annapolis,
Baltimore & Washington was
bought by a Cleveland syndicate,
which electrified the whole line.
During the stirring days Of the
World War, the w. B. & A. again
played a prominent role. George
T. Bishop, organizer and then
president of the newly electrified
line, bought a tract of land of 40
square miles, which he turned
over to the Government to be
used as a training camp. That
was Camp Meade.
Thirty Thousand Daily
Young men who were about to
give their lives for their country
were brought to the camp over
the w. B. & A. from all over this
part of the country. In those days,
passengers numbered as many as
10000 a day.
In the w. B. & A. terminals
here, in Annapolis and in Balti-
more, there were pathetic leave
takings as husbands, sons, broth
erS and sweetheartS boarded the
trains for the camp, and as they
left the trains for ships that took
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Five Million More

The District Commissioners are expected to submit to
khe Bureau of the Budget some time this week estimates
calling for an increase in local appropriations Of about
five million dollars for the coming fiscal year.
IF the District Commissioners haOe decided that they
must spend this it tUould be interesting they
found.
Presumably the Commissioners will request an increase
In the Federal share of the local expenses.
But they in with the rest of citizens, have
been requesting that increase for years and THE IN
CREASE HAS NOT BEEN MADE.
Suppose the Congress should approve the increased
expenditures now recommended by the Commissioners
but should refuse to increase the Federal appropriation
which is necessary to meet those expenditures
It would then become necessary in order to carry out
the provisions of the appropriation BILL to INCREASE
LOCAL TAXES.
That thought apparently, is not repelant to the
Commissioners it is to the taxpayers of the city
TO PILE UP NEW OR ADDITIONAL TAXES ON
THE LOCAL CITIZENS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
YEARS WOULD BE TO PLACE AN INTOLERABLE
BURDEN UPON A COMMUNITY WHICH IS TRYING
WITH CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS, TO OVERCOME
THE EFFECTS OF THE NATIONWIDE DEPRES-
SION.
Already one new tax has been provided for the coming
years-the pay roll tax to meet the unemployment in
Surance law.
That in itself is going to be heavy and going to
give local employers quite headache.
budget for the coming fiscal Ohch WOuLd neces
state further taxes WOuld simply add to the economic
ills of the city.
BEFORE THE COMMISSIONERS INSIST UPON A
BUDGET ENLARGED BY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO INFORM THE RESI-
DENTS OF THE CITY THAT THAT INCREASE IN
EXPENDITURES CAN BE MET WITHOUT FURTHER
TAX INCREASES.
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Hard to Believe
By James T. Williams, T.

} have had a very different con-
ception of the obligations Of an
American citizen from that
which the radicals who are ped
ding the propaganda Of Sedi-
ton and treason in American
schools and colleges seem to
have. It was the theory Of Mr..
Lincoln that under the Ameri.
can system of government the
greater the opportunity enjoyed
by a citizen the greater was his
obligation as a citizen.
It was upon this theory that
President Lincoln supported the
legislation to give training with
the Colors for the Common De-
fense to those American youth
who we're granted the privilege
of attending institutions of
higher learning supported by
taxation.
It was his belief that Ameri-
can youth, thus privileged, would
gladly respond to the call Of
their Government not only to
defend it when attacked, but to
train for its defense that they
might defend it more effectively
when the attack came.
It was upon the same theory
that subsequent Congresses, fol
lowing the leadership Of Presi-
dent Lincoln, have extended this
system to other schools and col
leges North, East, South and
West.
A Radical coalition now claims
to have enlisted the aid Of the
Y. M. C. A. and the Y. w. c.
A. to destroy this system of
training, according to the putrid
propaganda which these coali-
tionistS are now n d l n 6
through the United States mails.
SUBSCRIBERS RIGHT
If the responsible officials
of the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. w.
". "A. 11dV0 1Co44y CA4AAoVOA 4AA q
national intrigue to destroy the
Reserve Officers Training Corps
by inducing American school
and college students to turn a
deaf ear to the call of the Flag
and to deSpise the Uniform Of
their country, the subscribers to
the support of these organiza-
tions ought to be the first to
hear of it.
In the light Of such an au-
thorized announcement these
subscribers can then decide
whether they wish to help to
peddle the propaganda of trea'
son and sedition through Ameri-
can schools and colleges under
the pretense that they are
spreading religion" among the
American youth.
Copyright, 1898. The Washington
! TimeS).
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Hundreds of thousands Of
loyal American citizens who
give of their savings every
year to support the Young
Mems Christian Association
and the Young Women's Chris
tian sociation will be
shocked to hear of the sapping
expedition against the Com
mon Defense in which these
national organizations are al
legged now to be engaged.
Most of the subscribers to
the support Of the Y. M. c. A.
and the Y. w. C. A. little
dreamed that their money
would ever be used by these
organizations to induce Ameri-
can youth to sign or encourage
others to sign the so-called
"Slacker's oath"
This is the oath to desert the
Government in the hour of its
peril, to lynch the Constitution
of the United States and to re-
fuse to train in peace or to act
in war for the defense Of the
Government of which the Con-
Stitution is the cornerstone.
1t is hard to believe that this
sapping expedition to under
mine the loyalty Of American
youth commands the support Of
all the responsible officials Of
either the Young Mems Chris
tian Association or Young
Women's Christian Association.
Both of these organizations
have been heartily Endorsed in
the past by Presidents Of the
United States, governors Of
States and mayors Of cities and
towns.
SINISTER OBJECTIVE
OF course these Endorsements
would never have been given
had the indorsers believed that
the Y. M. C. A. or the Y. w.
c. A. would ever permit the IA
cilities of either to be utilized
by the agents of alien intrigue
or by their domestic tools and
dupes to turn against the Gov
eminent the privileged few
among American youth enjoy
ing the advantages of a higher
education at schools or colleges
which are tax supported or tax
exempted by the Government.
Yet this appears to be the
sinister objective Of the cam
paign to destroy the Reserve
Officers Training Corps and
the system of training with the
Colors, which was established by
Abraham Lincoln, and has been
continued by subsequent Presi-
dents under authority granted
by Congress.
President Lincoln appears to
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The National Symphony

As the National Symphony Orchestra prepares to open its
fifth the people of Washington have come to have
greater appreciation of the work which this organization is
doing.
The series of recently given by the Orches
IRA attracted of thousands who heretofore had had
little knowledge of the National Capital pos
sessed in the orchestra fine musical organization
THE ORCHESTRA HAS BEEN ABLE TO RETAIN ALL
OF ITS OLD FRIENDS AND, BY REASON OF THE IRE
MENDOUsLY POPULAR oPEN-AIR CONCERTS HAS
ADDED THOUSANDS OF NEW ONES
This is as it should be.
Dr. Hans Kinder director of the orchestra has bulded
o sound organization upon sound foundation.
The members of the orchestra hdUe giUen freely Of
their time, their efforts and their talent in order that
WashingtOns symphony might achieve the posi-
ton it nouU has in the musical uUorld.
Kinder would be the first to acknowledge that the
cess of the orchestra attributable the personal sacrifices
which his made during the long lean years Of the organ
ization's infancy
Dr. Kinder and his deserve and this winter will
ceive the patronage to which their talents ene them
Washington Times wishes them happy successful
season.
The Washington times., 1935-10-16

"YOur state senator DlcklnsOh
ment in the press of recent date
is of interest to me. 1 note your
suggestion that will have diff
ficultieS at home. AS a matter
of fact, such is not the case
within my own party Organiza-
tiOn. There seems to be har.
mOny all along the line, and I
expect to be renOminated with
out serious difficulty.
"It seems to me that in view
Of this fact, it is unwarranted
to have it continually suggested
that / am without friends in my
own State.
'Tf there is any difficulty in
Iowa, it is a question Of whether
or not the Republican Party, as
the anti-New Deal Party, can
defeat the Democratic Party
with their many millions Of dol
lars for distribution.
"This is the only difficulty
facing the voters of Iowa this
year. We Will nave a narmOnl-
GUS Republican ticket and will
make a keen drive for Republi-
can success"
The majority of politicians
agree 1Dith Mr.. Dickinson that
one of the UitaI issues of the
neat campaign 1Oil be tDhether
the Republicans can make in
roads into the territory secured
By Democratic expenditures,
and they do not limit the State
Where this situation eriSts to
IoD1.
Announcement by RepreSen-
tative Raymond j. Cannon, of
Wisconsin that he will run for
the Senate and compete against
Senator Ryan Duffey recalls
the time spent in Washington
by the young member of the
House.
One of his first bits Of pub
licity came when he acted as
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Listen World!
By Elsie Robinson

ment child. what can making
good" possibly mean but max
ing money? Lots Of money-aS
rapidly and ruthleSsly as pos
sible. Then why, repeat, should
we be surprised when that child
puts our preaching into prac-
tice at his or her first oppor-
tunity?
Or the girls. We're Mortified
when a girl "goes wrong" But
attend any movie house for
one month and try to imagine
yourself into the mind of 12-
year-old Bessie, creeping away
from the cluttered sordineSs of
some modern apartment. to
dream of Prince Charming.
What does the modern film
give to that young dream?
Who lives in those glamorouS
penthouSes, those enchanting
villas-and how do they con-
trive to live there? And how
does it all add up for shabby
little Bess?
SPIRITUALLY BLIND
And the story of Jesus-a
child growing up and never
knowing of His friendliness-
how brave He was-how kind
to little children. Never know
ing Him!-even the thought Of
it fills me with a sense of loss.
Not religious at all. But a ter
rible lack, like never having had
a friend-or a dog. Or never
seeing the mountains-or the
sea! Yet there are thousands
of youngsters like that. It's
getting so that it's odd to find
one who does know Him!
All these amazing new de-
partmentS of education all
those floods and floods of sci
entific information-but never
a word, in all the day, of that
lovely, mysterious world of the
spirit which lies like a shining
sheath around the small, dark
kernel of our materialiSm.
Then we wonder why they're
little baroarianS-theSe babies
of ours-charming, intelligent
but spiritually blind, deaf and
dumb!
Isn't there something we can
dove older ones? Get to-
gether, somehow-lay aside our
intolerance and suspicion, re-
membering only the small ones
Graded in those tender arms,
and the stern voice crying
down the years - "WHOSO-
EVER SHALL OFFEND ONE
OF THESE LITTLE ONES.
1T IS Err FOR HIM
THAT A MILESTONE WE'RE
HANGED ABOUT HIS NECK
AND HE WE'RE CAST INTO
THE SEA"
Copyright, 1898. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-10-16

for eight hours and had reached
it's fiercest intensity when the
snow began.
Kuda Bux stepped forward, a
thin, young man with the brown
skin of the Indian and wearing
a black flowing robe peculiar to
his country. His feet were bare.
With a glance to the doctors
and scientists who looked on,
he stepped into the frey pit.
Step by step, with no semblence
of haste, he walked the length
of the first trench. And in the
same manner he negotiated the
second.
The doctors rushed to ex.
anime his feet. They were not
burned. In fact, a piece of
plaster, which a doctor had
placed on the sole Of the right
foot, was not even scorched. The
temperature of the feet was the
same as it had been before Bux
stepped on the Goals.
The experiment continued.
Bux told the witnesses that he
had had no consciousness Of
the heat while walking through
the fire, although he had felt
it in common with the others
when he was standing alongside
of the trenches.
PICTURES MADE
Two English medical students
volunteered to attempt the act
of the Indian. They took just
one step and leaped with
severely burned feet. Thus a
group of Skeptics was converted.
Pictures were made, and if the
words and testimony of the wit
nesses do not suffice, the
scoffer may see for himself that
by some hook or crook these
mysterious brethren of ours
from the mysterious East can
play with fire and not get
burned.
The woods Of India are full
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endless, bitter controversy. But
it's appalling that youngsters
should be allowed to grow from
infancy to maturity without
some sort of daily contact with
the things Of the spirit-Some
daily glimpse of those shining
visions which have lifted men
above the beasts.
Things weren't any better a
generation ago, as far as the
schools went. But the whole
atmosphere of life was differ
ent. There was a sort of social
conscience then-a general atti-
tude about honesty and courage,
purity and tenderness, that no
child could escape. AS if good
ness were a going business in
which everyone was a partner.
It wasn't confined to the mice"
people or the mice" places. It
was everywhere. You couldn't
any more dodge that side Of life
than you could dodge the air or
the rain.
DIVERSIONS.
OF course, most o: us went to
Sunday school, too. Sunday
school took the place of all sorts
of modern diversionS-movies
and automobiling. 1t was our
social as well as Cur religious
center. But I doubt if, in the
long run. it was any more in
strumental in civilizing us
youngsters than the general
social attitude.
I'm always amazed when
read these explosive denuncia-
tionS of youthful criminals.
What else can we expect? We've
trained them since they were
babies, to function in a purely
materialistic world. We've ad-
vocated Shrewdness, power -
eulogized men and women who
made good" And, to the SIM
pie mind Of the average tene-
The Washington times., 1935-10-16
Children Have Rights

Some adults may think otherwise, but children DO have
rights.
list of them drawn up for the New York State Con-
gress of Parent and Teachers at Buffalo includes:
The right to health.
The right to a happy home
The right to Gdequate proper schooling.
The right to be recognized the greatest response
biIity of any community
The right to a childhood properly divided among
study wOrk and play.
Give those RIGHTS children and have fear for the
men and women of tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1935-10-16
The Greatest Show On Earth
By John SnMre, T.

attorney for one Of his col
leagues who became involved in
several disputes.
In the last session, Cannon's
name was affiliated with an &C
cident involving a hit-and-run
driver. Cannon was appre-
hended, but released.
He explained that he and a
companion had been across the
District line in Maryland drink
ing good Wisconsin beer"
He endeared himself in the
hearts of State Department Of
ticiGls Dhen he introduced a
bill to abolish the posts OF all
ambassadors and ministers.
He called our foreign officers
"errand boys for the State De
partment" and suggested that
we recall them.
Senator Duffy has been a
rather quiet member Of the Sen
ate voting according to the de-
sires of the man in the White
House on most occasions.
Although housewives and res
t1urnnt oWnerS condemn in
creased prices Dhich they con-
tend are brought about BY our
agricultural policy, there is one
place in Washington Dhere
many items of the table may
be purchased at fairly reason
able rates.
1t is in the Department Of
Agriculture.
Actually store in the depart
ment Of Secretary Henry A.
Wallace, the establishment sells
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son of Algona,
Iowa, and as
pirant for the
R e pu b lican
Pre- S idential
n o m i nation
of 1886, might
have difficult
ty vim in G
h / S o W n
State.
The silver
haired Sena-
tor has a con-
flicting view
W h ich h e
writes:
The Washington times., 1935-10-16
Words of Wise Men

Doing easily what others find
difficult is talent; doing what
is impossible for talent Is
geniuS.-Amiel.
A very great part Of the mis-
chiefs that vex this world arises
from Words.-Edmund Burke.
Misfortunes tell us what for
tune is.-ThomaS Fuller.
For there Is none misfortune
cannot reach.-Sopho
The Washington times., 1935-10-16
The Human Side of the News By Edwin C. Hill

600 fakirs, more than 100000
are takers.
Many of them are sincere and
the doers Of good deeds. These
last have schooled themselves
in Self-mastery and to a devel-
opment of the mind which is
The Washington times., 1935-10-16

seems to me
dreadful that
our children
should gro W
UP W i t h o ut
any spiritual
instruction.
Nj n d you,
I'm not say
ing religious
in S truction." /"
For it's plain
that any ef-
fort to pro-
de S uc h
courses in our
public schools
would s ar /
The Washington times., 1935-10-16

Of holy men, known to the Hin
dus as "SadhuS" and to the
Mohammedans as "fakirs." This
last word is from the Arabic,
meaning poor, and it is pro
nounced "fekeer." A traveller
will tell you that Of the 5000.
The Washington times., 1935-10-16

Philosophy triumphs easily
over misfortunes past and to
come, but present misfortuneS
triumph over philosophy.-LA
Rochefoucauld.
Misfortunes come on wings
and depart on foot.-H. G.
Bohn.
Who hath not served cannot
command.-Jol1n Flor1o.
The Washington times., 1935-10-16

has been functioning for sew
eral years.
In the basement Of the De.
partment of Agriculture pur.
chaSers will find a stock of prod
uctS they can be assured were
produced under the best cOndi-
tiOnS by the Government itself
at rates not to be considered
exOrbitant.
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often beyond explanation to the
minds of the West.
happened to be in Paris a
few years back when a young
Egyptian fakir, DR.. Tahra Bey,
had the whole Continent talk
ing. He was a man Of 80, with
luminous black eyes and a
silky beard. They said that he
had practiced medicine, and he
went about in flowing white
robes and turbaned head, giving
private sc ances.
saw him stab himself a
dozen times without blood flow
ing. saw him place himself
on a bed of knives and also,
another man, a Hindu who
claimed not to be a fakir, do
the same thing.
saw him buried alive in a
box filled with sand for 20 min
utes and then emerge fresh as
daisy. And then I followed
his amsuing affair with a doc
tor. The medical man suggested
that since Tahra could stab
himself and apply a torch to
his body without being cut or
burned, that he should submit
to a simple operation.
QUITE COMMON
The doctors idea was that If
someone else did the cutting
Tahra might not be able to stop
the bleeding and might also feel
some pain. Tahra said no, then
reconsidered, but by that time
the doctor had decided not to
operate.
Getting back to fire-walking,
this is quite common among the
Tamils, natives of the Malayan
Peninsula. It is a form of pen
ance undertaken during hys-
terical ceremony. The English
writer, G. Bilainkin, tells of wit
Messing such an exhibition out
side of Penang. There, the
trench, filled with hot Goals,
was IL yards long. He wrote in
The Spectator:
eve were all struck by the
SuddenneSs of the first fire
walker. He was a bareheaded
priest, wearing a yellow cloth
around the body. The priest
balanced a large Orn m n t
about two feet high upon his
head.
Like the young man in Lon
don, he walked slowly and sill
emily without betraying an emo
ton. He stepped out and
walked unaided to the temple.
From his face there was little
to tell that he had undergone
an ordeal from which only few
in a million whites would not
shrink.
"The few others who followed
showed no such fOrtitude, and
of the 10 white women who had
come to be spectators, only one
was watching-the others had
turned to look the other way"
Copyright. 1898. by King Features
Syndicate, Lnc.)
The Washington times., 1935-10-16

cheeSe, DutNr
and bacon, as
well as other
commodities.
Most of the
/ t e m S dis
la We d for
sale are pro-
duced on the
experimental
farms of the
department..
The sales
agency, how
ever, is not
the id e q Of
t he present
raninOA hNt
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which were IL
feet long and
six feet wide.
Nine tons Of
W o o d and
charcoal had
been thrown
i n t o t h e
trenches, 2 0
gallonS Of
k e r o S e n e
poured on the
W o o d and
t h e n t h e
rc h had
been applied.
The fire had
Aaa- Ia,,,s,n;~~
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OLD FAVORITES

The Shepherdess-AIice MeyneU
She walks-the lady of my delight
shepherdess of sheep.
Her flocks thoughts. She keeps them white;
She guards them from the steep.
She feeds them on the fragrant height,
And folds them in for sleep.
She roams maternal hills and bright,
Dark valleys safe and deep.
Into that tender breast at night
The chastest stars may peep.
She waks-the lady of my delight
shepherdess of sheep.
She holds her little thoughts in sight,
Though gay they run and leap.
She is circumspect and right;
She has her soul to keep
She waks-the lady of my delight
shepherdess of sheep.
TReoders nvted to send to the editor their sugges
hons of old favortes among the poems for reprnting
this spGcel
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Immune to Fire

A bright fire, producing a heat
of 300 degrees Fahrenheit,
burned in the two trenches,
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Not so long ago it was sug-
gested herein that Senator
Lester ]. Dickinson, favorite
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Where Shall They Learn7
I don't know what we can do
about it, nor even what we
ought to do about it, but it