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Evening star., 1925-04-05

Where does inconsistency In gov"
ernment begin and end? 1t seems to
begin everywhere, and apparently
has no end.
This thought was germinated in
ernment officials anent the convfc-
tion and fning of Tex Rickard
and Jap" Muma and the others in
connection with the distribution and
showing of the fight films of the
famous Carpentier-Dem bout at
BoyIe's Thirty Acres some four years
ago.
The fact of the matter is that to
all fntents and purposes the Govern
ment was a partner, a participating
partner, in virtually the whole fight
transaction The Government sent
expert accountants to Jersey City to
help count the mammoth gate" that
was taken in and to bring back TO
Washington the Governments share
Of the Jack" amounting to 100000
or more. The Government not ONLY
recognized" the hght, but was giad
to profit from 1t by collecting tax
on all admissions.
Similarly. when the fight films
were illegally transported and placed
on exhibition in the different States
OF the country, the Government COL
lected it's little 10 per cent of every
dollar taken in at the moving picture
places where the film was shown to
the public. or course. it Is argued
that the actual showing of the pic
lures In the several States was not
illegal-the transportation of the
films was the criminal act. Yet how
could the pictures have been shown
outside Of New Jersey and how could
the Government have collected its tax
money on these outside exhibitions
except for the intervening criminal
act?
1t Is small wonder that the Federal
judge at Trenton said he felt himself
in something of a quandary when it
came time to pass sentence upon the
convicted picture men. With the final
profit of something like $4,000 to the
Government in fines, however, the en-
tire arpentier-Dempsey participat-
ing pool may be said to be closed.
But this is not the only incon-
sistency of the Government. The
Government is always hot after the
bootleggers to make them pay their
income tax, to make them enrich the
Golfers of Uncle Sam on the profits
they have gained from their unlaw
ful and immoral undertakings.
There have been cases where in
come tax collectors have told the
Illicit sellers of liquors that II they
would come clean" on their tax re-
turns and payments the Income Tax
Bureau would volunteer no informa-
tion to the criminal branch OF the
Government which might result in
fNor ArfS No 80 frnr
prose as a bootIegger ever has
been offered, but the rum purveyors
have been led to understand that the
Governments right hand would not
be told what the Governments left
hand was doing. Naturally it would
Evening star., 1925-04-05
Hamstringing the Court.

No. one is going to quarrel with
Senator Borah for wanting a codifica-
ton of international law. But when
he says that without such a code Of
law the World Court will be no court
at all he is going a good deal farther
than the average thinking American
is willing to follow him. Had the
Borah argument been devised specif.
ically for the purpose OF hamstrin ging
the court it could not have been more
artfully designed for that purpose. 1t
has the appearance of plausibility. un-
til one digs beneath the surface and
nncovers the sophistry this plausibil
ity conceals.
How long does Senator Borah think
the world would have to wait for a
court OF international Justice il il
waited until all the nations had sub
scribed to a code of interna tional law?
The Senator claims credit for having
inspired the Washington conference
for the limitation of naval ornaments.
and acclaimed, along with the rest of
conference. Yet the treaties written in
washington more than three wears
ago still await ratification by some of
the signatory powers And in view of
the fact that so simple compact as
the Isle of Pines treaty waited 21
years for ratification by the United
States Senate, it might be INQUIRED of
the Senator how long he thinks it
would take so nations to agree upon
code of law under which they would
be willing to submit all their conflict
ing interests to the adjudication of an
international court.
As a matter of fact, the question of
whether world court can or cannot
function without a codified body of
law is not at issue. Such a court al
yeady has been established and is func.
tioning. The only question before the
Congress and the American people is
whether the United States shall ad.
here to the protocol establishing that
court. The court right now is doing
the very thing Senator Borah wants
done. BY its decisions 1t is building up
body of recognized international law.
The net result Of our failure to join
the court is that this body Of law is
being built up without our having any
voice in the building.
/ would be splendid thing if the
nations of the world could be as
sembled in a great conference and
brought to agree upon a code of inter
national law, and Senator Bora h
might well render a distinguished
service by agitating for such a con-
ference. But when he contends that
without such a code the court cannot
function it recalls the story of the
prisoner who was told by his lawyer
that they could not lock him up for
the offense with which he was
charged. Maybe they can't" the
prisoner responded, but I'm locked
up, just the same"
Evening star., 1925-04-05
Newly Rich Are Blamed i,
For Toxic Crime Wave

A crime wave" has inundated
Japan. There was a time when one
was considered safer by far on the
streets Of Toxic at night than in any
other city In the world. Those days
have gone and Toxic newspapers have
been loudly lamenting their passing.
Furthermore, 1t is pointed out that
crime probably will increase because
there 10 more and more unemploy-
ment. and less and less respect for
law. Among the influences toward
lawlessness is the class known as
'.narikin," or newly rich. Members Of
this class openly disregard the laws
and express their contempt for the
police.
Among crimes which .have become
prevalent In that of highway robbery,
the bandits usually extracting their
victims pockstbeoks BY threatening
than with . aluA
Evening star., 1925-04-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,

Pand0ra'S BOZ.
Are we not "boneheads" one and all?
Is not each human skull
A box on which at times we call
For impulse gay or dun?
Within Pandora's casket lay
A wondrous brooding brain
From which there hastened, day by
day,
The sprites Of fear or pain.
But when Pandora truth would tell
Men scoffed and turned aside;
And even to this day we dwell
In unbelieving pride.
And so we persevere in glee
Through warnings, great and small;
Pandora's boxes still We see
AS "boneheads" one and all.
Evening star., 1925-04-05

The usual literary courtesy has been
extended to Gerald Chapman Of dis
cussing him as a highly polished fig.
ure Of romance. The remark, IAN the
worlds a stage was made when the
courtroom did not receive as much Of
the spotlight as it now comma nds.
Evening star., 1925-04-05

The new traffic director calls atten-
ton to the fact that prohibition can
and will be enforced so far as motor
drivers are concerned. And every lit
tie helps.
Evening star., 1925-04-05

Peru and Chile are in advance of
the base ball season in their efforts to
have the colossal and most delicate
Evening star., 1925-04-05

Mussolini has had his differences
with group Of Italian Senators. HUI.
man nature is much the same the
world over.
Evening star., 1925-04-05
No Chance for Mapping.

From the Boston Transcript
If Vice President Dawes makes a
speaking tour with the Senate rules
as his topic 1t Is reasonable TO as
sumo that nobody In his audience
will take . nap.
Evening star., 1925-04-05
Had Fun Enough.

Had Fun Enough.
DO you ever take any interest in
cross word puzzles?"
No" answered Senator Sorghum.
When I've been through a filibuster-
ing session I've had ell the exercise
I want in putting words together 80
that they won't mean anything in par.
ticular.'
Evening star., 1925-04-05
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Evening star., 1925-04-05
ProcraStination.

When sad reminders hfther float
In orderly financial ways
You wish that you had made your note
For ninety and not sixty days.
Evening star., 1925-04-05

Jud Tunkins says knowledge Is no
good to its possessor when it's the kind
that gets him xossipin' instead O.
tendin' to his business.
Evening star., 1925-04-05
Adlniring Interest.

Admiring Interest.
Who Is your favorite author?",
DO you want the candid, unsenti.
mental truth?' asked Miss Cayenne.
Certainly"
Il don't know his name. He's the
ad writer for one Of our leading de.
partment stores"
Evening star., 1925-04-05
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Evening star., 1925-04-05

April.
It's only the same old story
We welcome from year to year;
The promise Of Maytime glory
In the sunshine Of April cheer.
It's only the same old hoping
That carries us to the end;
It's only the same old cropping
With smiles where the teardrops
blend.
art can't improve on nature" said
Uncle Eben. When you comes right
down to de facts dar ain nufYin' dat
looks mo- uninvitin' dan q highne red
Easter egg. =
Evening star., 1925-04-05

1t was soon adopted by the City
Of Washington. by the Presidsnts
and by Congress. It gave its hrst
open-air concert In August. 1900. 1t
WAS the only band of a public nature
Evening star., 1925-04-05
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Spelling
source OF
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01
Convict Labor Law
Has Rigid Penalty

Columbus, O.-Drastic penalties are
prescribed for those who violate the
state convict labor law, according to
an amendment supported by the
Ohio State Federation of Labor and
adopted by the recent session OF the
legislature. The new provision reads:
"Whoever violates any pro-
visions of this act shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, shall be fined
not less than twenty-five nor
more than fifty dollars for the
first offense and not less than
fifty dollars nor more than two
hundred dollars for each subse-
quent offense."
Ohio has the state use plan for the
employment of inmates of penal and
reformatory institutions, with the
provision that prison goods shipped
in from other states shall be plainly
labeled or branded Convict made"
The old law instructed the commits
sioner of labor to report violations OF
the statute to the attorney general,
whose function was to institute the
proper legal proceedings to compel
compliance with the law"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01

New Home of the
Chicago Carpenters

Chicago-The Carpenters District
Council of Chicago will move into its
new 100000 home, 1918 East Erie
street, some time in May.
The ground occupied by the build
ing originally cost the Carpenters
District Council $4,000, or $1,000 a
front foot. The lot was recently ap--
praised at 100000. The total cost of
the ground and building will be $780,
900 in round figures.
When the carpenters move into
their new home they can feel that
they actually own the property, as it
will be fully paid for with the excep-
ton of a probable outstanding debt
of from $4,000 to $4,000. Each of
the $1,000 union carpenters in the
Chicago district assessed himself $40
for the building fund.
The building will have three stories
and basement and an auditorium with
seating capacity of 600. A part of
the space on the ground floor will be
rented for business purposes.
There also has been some talk OF
the Carpenters opening a labor bank
in their new building, but any plans
looking to this end are only of a ten
tative character at this time.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01
LABOR UNITY
A PLAN TO SECURE WORLD
ORGANIZATION
International Consolidation by Con-
tinents Is Recommended by Indus
trial General Secretary

on-International labor organ
ization by continents is recommended
as a new plan for world unity in an
article in the Labor Magazine by G.
T. Cramp, industrial general secretary
to the National Union of Railwaymen
and fraternal delegate to the British
Trade Union Congress to the 1925
convention of the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
Cramp maintains that in all cases
where there is international competi-
ton for markets, the workers in the
competing countries must not be al
lowed to black-leg each other by ac-
cepting lower standards of living. To
accomplish this an effective interna-
tional organization is necessary. The
International Federation of Trade
Unions aims to be a world wide or
ganization, but it's membership is
largely European. Hence there is a
real necessity for an organization that
will meet the difficulty.
II suggest that the British move
ment should consider the possibility
of international organization by con-
tinents," says Cramp, in outlining his
pla. "If Europe, America, Asia, Aus
tralasia, and Africa would each create
a trade union center of it's own, hav-
ing, in turn, relationship, l believe
that mutual understanding would
speedily develop. 1t might be that
one center would not be sufficient in
vast territories, and that America, for
instance, might need two centers, one
for the North and the other for the
South. In this way international re-
lationship would be better balanced,
because it would be founded upon a
genuine international basis, instead
of so-called world congresses, which
up to now have given an overwhelm-
ing preponderance to a single contin-
ent, namely, Europe, which it is obvi-
GUS places American representatives
in an inferior position"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01
TEMPORARY PUBLIC OPINION
MEANS ''RULE OF THE MOB"

Boston-A contempt for public
opinion expressed in elections as the
determining factor in the government
of the United States was voiced by
Vice President Charles G. Dawes in
an address at the celebration of the
150th anniversary of the battle of
Concord and Lexington.
According to Dawes it would men
ace American institutions if "tem-
porary phase of public opinion"-that
is to say, an opinion expressed in a
popular election-should determine
government policy. Such rule would
be "rule of the mob"
To prevent this "rule of the mob"
the Vice President explained, the pa
triots who framed the constitution
provided number of Cheeks" Un-
der this system of "checks," before it
becomes a law demand made by
public opinion must be approved by
the House of Representatives elected
for two years, the Senate elected for
six years, the President elected for
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01
"PRIVATE SAVINGS QUICKLY
TRANSMITTED INTO CAPITAL y

tice has been to uphold manufactur-
ers' combinations to maintain prices
despite reduced production costs. This
is about the only way that watered
stock usually called common stock)
Is placed on a dividend basis.
It may also be pointed out that
hundreds of millions of dollars of the
"people's savings" have within the
last few months been loaned by the
banks to brokers to finance the orgy
of speculation which, in the language
of the New York Annalist, drove Sc
curity prices "above the level indicat-
ed by a rational estimate of earn
ings probabilities" and maintained
them for a number of months at
Clearly excessive" figures.
AS an aftermath of this conspiracy
financed by the peoples savings, the
friends of the people in Wall Street
pulled away the artificial props and
knocked security prices down to a
point where they bought them back
for two billion dollars less than the
figures at which they were unloaded
on the Savers"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01

four years, and the Supreme Court
appointed for life.
The House of Representative can
"check" the Senate by vetoing SEN
ate bill. The Senate can "check" the
House by vetoing a House bill. The
President can "check" both Houses
with his veto. The Congress can
"check" the President by passing a
measure over the Presidential veto.
And the Supreme Court can "check"
the entire outfit-the people, Congress
and the President-by the exercise Of
its usurped veto power.
When temporary public opinion"
manifested in popular election sue
ceeds in driving it's way over all
these "checks," including the "check"
of a Supreme Court enjoying life
tenure and not subject to election, it
may be regarded as "sound judgment"
rather than a Temporary public
opinion"
So reasons the Vice President of the
United States.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01
A Clean Joint for
the Hot Dog Men
Especial to The Leader)


Columbus, o. = Barbecue sand
wiches, those delectable roadside
lunches that are becoming popular
over Ohio, are to receive their share
of attention from the Division of
Foods and Diaries of the Ohio De-
partment of Agriculture during the
coming months. Since barbecue
stands are naturally located on the
n-traveled highways and as they
are rapidly increasing in number, it
is important that the food be dis
pensed in the most sanitary manner.
The cooking unit of this apparatus
consists of an open CRATE filled with
coke or charcoal that will afford an
even temperature. The article to be
roasted is placed on spit near the
fire and rotated so that the heat is
uniformly applied. A pan to catch
the juices of hte meat is placed under
the spit and basting is carried on
throughout the cooking period.
From this description, it is appar-
ent that contamination from dust or
insects is a simple matter and par
ticularly so when the cooking unit is
by the side of a well-traveled road.
The Division of Foods and Diaries is
beginning a statewide survey of
barbecues and will demand that they
be of closed construction and so erect
ed that the public receives a safe ar
ticle of consumption. Sanitary con-
ditions must be exacted here as in
the case of any other eating place.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01
HERE THEY ARE
BOUQUETS AND BRICKBATS
ARE DISTRIBUTED
COmmendatiOn and Criticism Handed
Out PrOmiscuously as Deemed
Just by Our Hired Man
GOOD SLEUTHs IN NEWARK


[ You can talk about your Sherlock
Holmes and DR.. Watson, but we have
men on the police force right here in
Newark who take a back seat for no
one. Among them are Virg Dush and
Curt Berry, whose reputation for
solving difficult crime problems is
state wide.
One of the jobs which brought
them into the spotlight was locating
and recovering quantity OF buried
Jewels near Mt. Vernon some time
ago. This was accomplished by sue
cessfully solving the mystery of a
veritable pirates map taken from a
couple of crooks, which enabled them
to find and unearth the loot.
And just last week these same two
located and recovered number OF
automobile tires and inner tubes stol-
en- from a Newark dealer way back
last January. For some time they
have been following up clues in this
case, and when the time was ripe
they sprung the trap, recovered the
goods and arrested and secured the
conviction of the guilty parties.
Officers Berry and Dush are the
right men in the right place and are
entitled to credit for the manner in
which they perform their arduous
duties.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01

Washington-"In our modern So
ciety, public and private savings are
quickly transmitted into capital avail
able for production" declared Presl-
dent Coolidge in his radio address on
the opening of the Women's World
Fair in Chicago. "The increased pro-
duction makes goods more plentiful,
and therefore cheaper, and at the low
er price level peopl can afford to
consume more" continued the Presi-
dent.
To. destroy competition despite in
creased production costs, manufac-
turers early resorted to combinations
and trusts.
Congress passed the Sherman Anti
Trust Law to compel competition by
outlawing all combinations to control
it.
Then the Supreme Court vetoed the
Sherman Act by decree which de-
clared that reasonable" combinations
would not be considered as violations
of the Anti Trust Law.
Since then the universal court prac-
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01
United States Steel
Makes Big Profits

New York-Big business continu-
ally points to the modest" dividends
paid by many corporations as an an
swer to the frequent charge of ex-
cessive.
The Wall Street Journal uncovers
the hypocrisy of the most dividend
claim by calling attention to the dis
position of the net profits of the
United States Steel Corporation dur
ing the last "a years.
The corporation learned" S2,027,-
1864 net for stock, but only paid
out in preferred and common divi-
dends $1,176,473,7 1853. What became
of the difference amounting to over
$800,000,000? The corporation "plow-
ed it back" into it's plants, which
means that az per cent Of the net
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01
Dry Cops Getting
Shake-up in Ohio
Especial to The Leaderl

Columbus, O.-The federal prohibi-
ton enforcement officers of Ohio are
undergoing at the present time the
greatest shake-up since their work
started several years ago. The ap-
pointment of Judge E. l.. Porterfield,
di director in Ohio, o. was the signal for a
number of old time employees to
show more real interest in their work,
and while this has been evident rec
emily, it is said to come too late for
the officers to continue in their jobs.
There is every indication that the
Volstead law is going to be enforced
in the future to a far greater extent
than in recent months. Bootleggars
openly soliciting orders have not been
uncommon in Columbus and other
cities, and the men have been getting
away with their brazen violations of
the law.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01

profits was used to enlarge the busi-
ness.
When this "plowing back" began,
the common stock was not worth
much, but with the earning capacity
of the corporations plants increased
by the "plowing back" process, United
States Steel common mounted way
above par, and the interests which
own it have cleared up millions of
dollars.
Declaring modest dividends and
plowing large portions of earnings
back into plnat equipment is one Of
capitals clever devices to conceal
profits and disarm public opinion.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-05-01
WHY Is THIS THIS?

Since the gasoline tax became ef-
fective in Ohio the Standard Oil fill
ing stations in Newark have refused
to sell gas to anyone who wanted it
put into a container, although they
still deign to pump it into the tank
of your auto. Why this ruling has
been made or what it is expected to
accomplish is not known. 1t will no
doubt fail to increase their general
business to any noticeable extent.