Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1932, Page 6

A—6 TAX TROUBLES RK | CAPECOD VLLACE Mashpee Owes $29,000 Loans and Seeks Annexa- tion as Solution. Special Dispatch to The Star. MASHPEE, Mass., May 25 (N.AN.A) — Arithmetic and politics have turned askew the future of this venerable In- dian town on the Cape until no one now knows what will become of it. It is an embarrassment to the common- wealth, & tribulation to itself, and, un- kindest of all, unwanted by its rich neighbors. In the old Town Hall recently Ed- mund A. Amos, town clerk, rose frem his place on one of the hard-pine benches and walked to the front of the room. He leaned against the platform and looked at the three gentlemen from Boston—the district attorney, the State secretary and the State auditor, Who are the commission studying the town’s intricate affairs “I know you gentlemen think,” he said, “that there is no one here capable of governing the town.” Most of Mashpee's 361 voters were before them. They were zealously try- ing to save the isolated. woody. bleak | little town that has been the home of | their ancestors since Richard Bourre | ry. persuaded the Plimouth | in 1660 to set aside a tract of land on the “South Sea” for the Pray- ing Indians Voters Fill Benches. ! The voters filled the bare benches, | Justered around the stove in the rear leaned against the green walls of | o ted tin. A crowd of somber voung men rested against the rail of | the small gallery and watched the keen featured Amos plead for them. Prederic W. Cook. secretary of State. impressive in a cutaway coat. reminded his audience tactfully that it was the commission's desire to preserve and pro- tect Mashpee. = “We can't tell from the figures.” he said, “hew deep the ruts are from which vou wiR have to pull yourselves. Or Whether you have strength enough. In reply to an optimistic speech from Howard Prye, chairman of Selectmen, Theodore N. Waddell, State auditor. gently called general attention to the fact that Mashpee owes more than $20.000 in tax loans; that it has no apparent means of meeting the obliga- %ions; that it collected only 40 per cent of its taxes last year, and that its trouble seems to be largely in its in- ability to force the collection of taxes. Furthermore, the outstanding tem- porary loans exceed the taxes to be Tollected, and its series of loans fall due ¢ weekly until August 1. A former rer of the town is under indict-| Two bonding companies have been sued. And back taxes vet to be collected aggregate a large sum town meeting n’:‘é\ofim decided that it would be bet- pes to retain its individ " Barnstable is of the same opin- jon. Sandwich is willing to assume & small contiguous portion. Guards Individuality. of Mashpee, however, is rabldly not to let cwri;éh;( sm‘ll:l ey eave its ancient borders. 3 };o?nrl\srmus of its individuality, and is fiercely anxious to keep it M¢re than one of its citizens hint that there has been political corruption enough to sug- Most. anxious Cyrus Ed- | X , said, "and“ 1] related. 8o there are all sorts rels and jealousics. 1t's & family ong stretc] of woods x‘a.rgimi‘r,se proud of their traditions. | - still bear characteristics of the n dition tells of later settle- ments of discharged Hessian solciers and escaped Southern slaves In Mashpee Village itself life centers around the entry of Mrs. Flora Amos house, which is the post office; the Baptist Chapel across the way. the yel- v use. and at the foot of the | s general store nephew of the late! who owned the hotel of Oakley was a guide to the} shpee streams and woods in s. when President Cleveland, 1. the actor, and Gov. Rus- | here. e remembers, he says. when Gov Russell sat by the fire in the Attaquin Hotel and lit his pipe with a $10 ill President Cleveland, he remarked, was not a good conversationalist When he was chatting in his store before the town hearing a boy came in id that he wanted five gallons of for his car. Oakley tcld him ke the pump handle {from the front | and help himself. The boy re- d said that he wanted a quart He was told to take what he the 1 Attaquin, wt me. He Recalls Champagne Days. e storekeeper is not interested par- | ticularly in politics. He likes most to think about the old times, when people came down from the city with baskets full of champagne bottles, and business Wwas not so pressing that it prevented them from enjoying themselves. In those days the wealthy and great peo- ple were “more common and ordinary.” “I was born on a feather bed during the last vear of the Civil War,” he said, “and it was in the merry month of June. Since then I've been guide to presidents, governors, judges, lawyers, ad| nd thieves. And my religion in e vears has been to trust people ey trust me. If I see that they trust me, then they'd better watch Tl gladly ~“im them Lowell, e mother of Mr 11 who's president of Harvard, gave me @ dime once. She was driving up to her gate, and 1 ran to open it. Three other kids were with me. Mrs. Lowell ed me over and gave me the dime. { told me to give 2 cents to each of Jittle boys with me. keep 2 cents for myself and give her the 2 cents change. The Lowells were a very wealthy ss even when I was a boy. They ere nice and common and ordinary- like. “So were the Coolidges. They used to dive by in their carriages and throw handful of coins at us. ‘Oh, you can't imagine what the old days were lie! When people used to come down frcm the city in tally-hos for the week end thev used to bring hampagne with them o last a North ce. Inc American The first repertory theater to be established in the East End of London has just been opened with Patrick Hamiiton's “Rope.” WHILE THEY LAST PLANTS From An Overstocked Grower Sc each 90 Cents a Dozen Regular $1.50 Value Petuni Marigolds Zinnias Begonias Corn Flower Verbenia Passion Flower FLOWER MART 1618 H St. N.\W. 1528 Conn Ave. ME. 8893 NO. 8272, Coleus Sage Asters the other day |f§ HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, WEDNLESDAY 9, MAY Plans Tokio Flight SFATTLE TO BE STARTING POINT. permission to land in Japan on his proposed flight from Seattle to Tokio. | He is shown in the cockpit of his plane, Lone Star, after his arrival in THE Japanese government has granted Nat C. Browne, American fiyer, | Seattle to prepare for the flight attempt. NEW MUSIBAL |UEA them to believe a State organization can ; | of concerts each seasan, visiting _the | | of the Btate. While dramatic effect of light and coloring | the goal of 30,000 members is yet far | against this background of planes and | Omaha, Nebr. who is known as the | TRIED INCAROLINA Move Launched for State! Symphony Orchestra Gets | 0ff to Good Start. | By the Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C., May 25.—Now comes North Carolina with an adventure in a State symphony orchestra. It is designed to be the first organ- ization of its kind ever attempted in this ountry and has successfully passed the first steps. The Nerth Carolina Symphony So- ciety was born of a pian to pull the State out of the financial doldrums and to restore confidence in business and industry. The purpose of the Symphony So-! ciety s to administer to the cultural needs of the State and a g-al of 30.000 members has been set. Each member will be asked to contribute $1 or more to the organization. Response to the movement has been almost spontaneous in all sections of the State and a try-cut concert has been successfully given, with 52 musi- cians participating. Stringfield Conducts. | Lamar Stringfield of the University lof North Carolina music department was delegated by the society to assemble musicians for a trial concert. From all sections he brought musicians and after four rehearsals a concert was given that drew praise from the critics and pro- longed applause from the audience. Stringfleld was chosen {n conduct the orchestra. Musie clubs throughout ti.- tate have indorsed the plan and success of the demonstration concert has given im- petus to the mevement for a permanent orchestral organizaticn of symphonic quality. Time will be required to perfect a| ermanent, organization, but the Chapel | ill concert has shown, leaders declare, what they wanted to know. Talent is avai'able, interest has been aroused and the idea is no longer a dream. State-wide Symphony New Idea. Stringfleld. winner of a Pulitzer prize in 1928 for his compcsition, “From Southern Mountains,” may be chosen to lead the State orchestra. He has organized several orchestras, often in- cluding high school students, that have presented many difficult symphonic works The idea of a State-wide symphony is new, the leaders pcint out, but th success of such organizations in cities. such as Boston and Philadelphia, leads VIGNONE menus are the talk of those who have dined here and who con- tinue to patronize—and bring their friends to—our delight- ful mezzanine dining room. DINNER = 73¢ SUNDAYS =31 (Sunday 12 Noon in 8:10 P.M.) SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY CANDY TREAT FPamous Avignone Bon Bons and Assorfed Chocolates For Your Week-End Party or Trip $1.00 Lb. 1777 Columbia Rd. Col. 0333 AUERATE s bR The Home of Rom,“ CRACK SHOT is the disease-carryirg Rids T e .!"‘.’.‘.‘:.J::_“::35¢ ‘leen the home free of et & can now. ROACH DEATH jves relief by soothing 1 ","“ = :n ¢cadening :I:un. Contains no cpiates- Won't upset stomac! Being liquid, it acts quicker J powders. than pills or Sold ot drugstores in singls ‘dose, or 10¢, 30c, 60c sizes. —A. P. Photo. be_perfected. The orchestra would present & series of principal centers frcm being reached, these in charge of the movement are going ahead with plans. Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt is prest. dent of the society and Felix A. Gris- sette secretary. FIND UNDERGROUND GOD IN BIBLICAL EXCAVATIONS Altar and Chalice Discovered in Ruins at Sodom and Gomorrah. ROME (#).—An underground god was one of those worshiped by the BUILDING PROGRESS New Materials and Designs to Reflect Modernity at Chicago. Special Dispatch to The CHICAGO, May 25 (N.AN.A).—Dan- iel Hudson Burnham, director of works of the World's Fair, was a 6-year-old Bvanston schoclboy at the time his father, the famous architect, who died in 1912, was director of the building of this beautiful White City, Chicago's World's Fair of 1893. ‘That was 40 years ago. and those four decades have seen many changes, some amounting to revolutions, in the industrial, eccnomic and architectural life of the country. Bear that in mind while listening to the younger Burnham talking about the Century of Progress Exposition, in which he holds an executive position identical with that held by the elder Burnham, contrasting the architecture Midlm 1893 and 1933 exposition. He it “The theme of a Century of Progress is the advancement of mankind in the last hundred years. In such a scheme the architecture should be an expres- sfon of that progress. It would be in- congruous to house exhibits showing Greek temple of the age of Pericles or a Roman villa of the time of Hadrian. the mocern age. Naturalness Sought. “The architecture of the 1933 World's | Fair is trying to express a healthy nat- uralness, an honest reflection of the actual function of the building. Planes tecture, instead of a parade of plaster, ornamentation and decoration. The | surfaces will be new and inspiring. “Moreover, the spectacle of crowds of | Chicago; Clyde Pangborn, Wenatchee, |stay that way for ¢ people moving at varying levels on | Wash., who flew around the world last rarytoo busy )\,w;rkm‘g“rfltn ILT: “own sal- | | ramps and terraces will add an effec- tive pattern to the decorative scheme. “It must be borne in mind that a | Century of Progress is building exposi- | tion structures for a temporary pur- | pose and not for permanence. We are | building for 150 days—{rom June 1, | 1933, to November 1, 1933. When the | expasition is over these buildings must | be salvaged. They are being built with this idea in mind. “The exposition is making use of fac- tory-mace parts to a large extent in { the various buildings. Wall materials | for instance, are pre-fabricated in | shops, cut into standard shapes and | sizes and shipped to the fair grounds. UTILIZED FOR FAIR 2 man's progress in the past century in a | The architecture must be in tune with | walls of the Hall of 8cience are of ply- wood, & veneer of five thicknesses. “Just as the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 gave the architects of that era an opportunity to express themselves in the classical style, so the 1933 World's ves architects of y an op- portunity to test out and develop mod- . Whether the 1933. fair will the architecture of the next generation as did the fair of 1893 time alone will tell.” by per Alliance, S SCIENTISTS STUDY “STRETCH” OF MOON Information Sought on Movement of Crust of the Earth. ern ideas. the North American Inc) POSTHUMIA, Italy (&) —Scientists are beginning a series of elaborate re- searchés here in an effort to learn whether the moon ‘“stretches” moun- tains on the earth. A German scientist, Prof. E. Schwey- dar of the Prussian Geodetic Institute of Potsdam, recently announced that lupar influence produces a ‘“terrestrial tide” on the earth, much as the ocean tides ebb and floy The effect, he said, is evident only on the crust. Mountains are pushed higher, while others gradually disap- pear. A delicate mechanical device has been installed in the great Tartaro cave near here at a depth of 400 feet and will be left there for five years. It will be studied daily to keep science up to | date with its registrations of the plastic deformation or terrestrial tide. FIVE FLY 10,000 HOURS | Report Made on U. 8. Transport Pilots for 1931. Of a total of nearly 7000 licensed transport pilots in the United States and surfaces characterize this archi- | only five have flown more than 10,000 | Probably | hours. The five inciude E. Hamilton Lee, | dean of airmail pilots: James H. Knight, year with Hugh Herndon; Ralph F. | Thomas, Akron, Ohio, and Edwin K. Jaquith, New York | " A study of the fiving by transport pilots in 1931, made by the aeronautics branch of the Commerce Department, | showed that they spent a combined | total of 1,558,515 hours in the afr. | Cannibals Sell Girls. | SYDNEY, Australia (¥ — Reports from the Solomon Islands tell tribes there are selling girls to tradc | with $40 as the top price. The crav back is that the girls come from ca bal tribes and are regarded as danger people of Sodom and Gomorrah, Jesult | They are applied to the steel frames | ous companions. archeologists of the Pontifical Biblical Institute believe, following excavations on the site of what they regard as prob- with clips or screws. | New Materials Found. | “We are using some new building A drunkard can also be a gentieman but not as long as he is drunk, was th ably that of the two Biblical citles de- | marerials and making new uses of old Tuling of Judge Rildan in Manla. P. I stroved by fire and brimstone. They found an altar with a chalice imbedded in its under side, upside down. | This altar, they said, may have been materials. The outside walls of the | administration bulldings are of asbestos cement board, hitherto used principally for insulation purposes. The walls of recently. dedicated to a god living underground. | the Travel and Transport Building are | He may have been a good god of the earth, producing crops, they said, or a god of evil, living in infernal regions in the center of the earth. HEADS BROTHERHOOD T. P. Hickman of Washington Is Elected by Lutheran Synod. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. LANSDOWNE. Md.. May 25.—Thomas P. Hickman cf Washington was elected president of the Men's Brotherhood at the one hundredth annual convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland here . Other officers chosen were: Virgil W. Doub, Middletown, Md.. vice president: A. M. Cocper, Washington, secretary: Adam Snyder, Baltimore, treasurer, and Merwyn C. Fuss. Taneytown, member of the Executive Committee. | made of sections of sheet metal, clipped | or welded to the steel frame. ‘ “The electrical group utilizes standard gypsum board for its walls, with a coat- ing of metallic paint. 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