Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-15
LIVE TOPICS
OF COUNTRY
AND TOWN

Traffic in fictitious passports along
ne atlantic sea coast IS DeileVed 70
ssxe enabled Leo koretZ, Fugitive
ut,o.ooo Chicago swindler, TO seek
stn0e IN Germany, according TO the
- OF government officials wR9
nave been trying TO locate his elding
lei ,sermany's care Of her own wlli
,ronan1v result in a complete faii-
.ss no apprenend koTetz, and secure
s's aenortation to the United States
= case ne Is found in that country.
a.e noted case of a Stacker seeking
+singe an Germany during the war
ano me failure OF American autbori-
les 10 procure his return to TINS
eonntry Is an indication of the sent-
ment of German authorities.
Though the word has keea strictly
u,thheId from court proceedings IN
ne Leopold-Loeb trial it is becoming
Increasingly evident that both mur-
aerers OF the Franks boy are insane,
or at least so mentally and morally
diseased as to be irresponsible. ;,
Judge Caverly has adroitly ruled
out ali reference to insanity, for to do
otherwise would require that the
case be reopened and a jury OF
Twelve men chosen to determine the
sanity of the two youths.
II found insane they will not DC
less guilty of the crime, and will no
doubt be punished. If the motives
baek of the Franks murder are even
tually defined it will not bring the
murdered boy back to life. Diseased
minds, however, prove a mitigating
Circumstance in favor Of a modined
form of punishment for the murder
ers.
Judging from a wide expression OF
goods-box philosophy the alienists
who have examined Loeb and Leo
pold may as well have remained al
home. We obtain the impression from
the average conversation that aiien-
lists who head the greatest institu-
tions for the study Of defective men-
tality in the land are know notn-
ings." .,
This is an indication of the esteem
in which we hold scientific opinion.
II is. however, mere talk. If we were
inclined to act as we talk we would
close our universities, medical schools
and all specialized institutions. 1t Is,
perhaps, to our credit that we tax
much and do little.
Henry Ford's petitiou filed last
Saturday will permit him to run LOT
United States senator. 1t was not
exactly Ford's petition but q docu-
ment filed by his friends. Whether
Ford will run has not been an
nounced. So far he has preferred to
remain at the head of a vast concern
dedicated to the end of procuring
recreation for commen people. 1t is
to be hoped that he will remain a
business man and not become too inti.
mately involved in the deliberations of
Congress.
Press reports indicate that the
Ford boom was started recently with
out his consent or knowledge, yet his
name will go on the ballots unless ne
enters an objection.
If Henry Ford accepts the offer of
the United States senatorship 1t will
be because he is chosen by the Cool
idge Republicans in order to defeat
Senator Couzens who refuses to back
the national G. o. P. ticket, accord
ing to an opinion expressed by the
Illinois Miner which goes on to state
that Ford is in perfect sympathy with
President Coolidge ever since the
latter declared that he favored giving
Muscle Shoals to the flivver king.
Mr.. Ford's latest idea is that future
wars will be made impossible by one
nation arming itself with invincible
strength. Mr.. Ford is not historian,
or he would remember the situation
created in Europe during the last
generation when "a balance of power"
was organized to prevent war.
Russia, England and France pre-
pared to balance the union of Ger
many, Austria and Italy. The result
was that in 1914 all European ma
tons were prepared for war.
For America to arm with invinci-
BILE strength would be only signal
for other nations to organize for pro-
lection against the American govern
ment
A world alliance for peace is the
Dnl! posslDie melHou Oh StopPiHB wa:
Whether such an alliance is practical
or possible is a question for states
men of all nations to answer.
John w. Davis was notified last
Monday of his nomination for the
presidency on the Democratic ticket.
Presumably he knew nothing OF the
transaction before the formal notifica-
ton ceremony. He may have slept
through the greater part OF the
Democratic convention, and under
such circumstances Of course would
Observation-Disclosures
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+ NOMINATION OF OFFICERS !.
The nomination of officers OF IL
: the Illinois State Federation OF
=. qhn, will taEa r,Iana IN affIlIat- sls