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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-10

Mr. Clyde A.wa1b, Chairman
Republican state CoTnc1tte
Lagrange, Indiana.
Evening star., 1927-10-23

Island has taken It's place among the
tales Of heroism and tragedy at sea-
Attempts to fix the blame after &C.
cidents and catastrophes, the blame
based on the carelessness or negli.
gence Of responsible persons. is a
necessary and proper procedure. But
it is traditional that such attempts
are almost always futile. The element
of deliberate misjudgment is removed
at the outset. There remains only the
chance that something which should
have been done was not done. that
some precaution laid down in pre-
ventfve regulations was disregarded.
that by past actions he who was re-
sponsible had demonstrated his incom.
petence. And all Of these are hard to
prove, and no such proof is infallible.
Had the City of Rome been making
O fraction Of a knot less speed; had
the S.51 been making a fraction of
knot more headway; had the City OF
Rome veered her course ever so
slightly, or had the S-51 changed hers
q point, the two ships would have
passed in the night with plenty OF
room to spare. But somehow the
strings Of fate were tied. Both ships
kept their rendezvous-and how Is
man to Judge who was to blame?
Evening star., 1927-10-23
Good for Her!

Every now and then some one does
something that brings to the lips Of
the average person the exclamation.
Good for her!' or "Good for him."
Mrs. Harry M. Gerhard. Chicago
mother, is the latest person to fall
within this category. Looking over
robbery suspects at the police station,
this "mild.mannered young woman"
as the Associated Press dispatch de-
scribed her. identified her man by
knocking him out for the count Of
ten.
That's the man." she said, after
her left uppercut to the thugs jaw,
followed by right smash to the same
place. "He's the one who choked me.
tore rings from my fingers and tried
to shoot my six-year.old son yester.
day."
No doubt the police officials pres
ent. while officially frowning upon the
Chicago mothers rather unusual
Identification" secretly got a great
"kick" out OF the method.
Probably if more crooks were han
died in such a manner there would
be fewer crooks. Certainly there
is still left in the human breast a
feeling that, even IL the old law OF
ian eye for an eye" Is no longer in
good standing. there is still much to
be said for personal chastisement
properly administered.
Evening star., 1927-10-23
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN. D. D., IL. d.
Bishop of Washington

because we come to them with quiet.
ness and repose that alone renders us
capable of dealing with them. In the
great emergencies of life we inevi-
tably turn to these people who have
these gifts of which we speak. The
noisy propagandist or the overzealous
purveyor of entertainment and amuse-
ment has no place when the crisis
arises. The beacon lights of history"
are ever and always those outstanding
men and women who, towering far
above their lesser fellows, are able
when the storm breaks TO CONTROL to
direct and to lead. .
The supremesr example Of repose
recorded in the annals of human his
tory Is that of Jesus, Himself. Out Of
a ministry that consumed but three
brief years we read that He gave
large portions Of His time to the quiet
and peace afforded Him In desert and
wayside places. He came to the
great crisis in His life equipped and
reinforced, ready to meet any issue,
because he had spent long periods in
the silences. Standing before his &C.
cusers. we read that HE answered
them not word" On another occa-
sion He said to His disciples, II have
meat to eat that We know not Of"
w TlIIo IL Is HOC IufndHiy pOSSlDl0 IOk
us to reach to the height of His SUBJ,
lime example. nevertheless we may
come to a greater fullness and rich.
ness Of life through well defined and
practiced habits Of reflection. The re-
ligion that sustains us in the hurly.
burly of life grows out of periods of
quiet and repose. We are~so accus-
toned to hear that oft-repeated phrase,
step tvelyv' that somehow we seem
to be unresponsive to that still more
important admonition, Think deep.
ly!' There Is a strength that comes
to us not through excess Of action so
much as through contemplation, quiet
and repose. Whether It be the quiet
of the deep woods, or the silence of
some vast cathedral with It's uplifted
arches, or tho place of retreat within
the sanctuary of our home, wherever
and whatever the place may be. 1t Is
indispensable to one and all of us that
we have and use such a place, and
that we make Of it a sanctuary where
In quiet communing we may come
face to face with the deeper realities
of life and gather strength wherewith
to meet its sterner issues. A fine ad.
monition to every one Of us must be,
BE still and know that / am God"
1t Is literally true, 'In quietness and
in confidence shall be your strength"
Evening star., 1927-10-23
ECONOMY AND TAX REDUCTION
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

is no surer approach to the solution
of this difficult problem than by the
reduction OF rates to O. moderate level.
while tax reductions are always
acceptable to taxpayers, yet revenues
must be sufficient to support the
Government on a reasonable basis.
During the fiscal year ending June
80, 1927. the Federal Government not
only paid expenses, including the
sinking fund Of more than $333 900 900
for the retirement Of the national
debt, but there was a huge surplus
of more than $685., 1000, 900. Analysis
the reduction Of the corporate income
tax to 10 per cent. with the repeal
of the Federal estate tax and the
abolition Of the war excise taxes on
particular businesses, could all be &C.
complished without interfering with
the normal fiscal operations OF the
Government"
Should Absorb the Surplus.
Tax reduction now should proceed
to a point that will substantially abb
sorb any potential Treasury surplus.
1t Is argued by the business interests.
Surpluses as large as those realized
in recent years mean that more
money is being taken from the tax
payer than is needed to meet the
current expenses OF the Government
and, while the peculiar uncertainties
Of the recent past may be held to
have justified a wide margin Of safety
in estimates, no such justification
now exists.
A large surplus is too much of a
temptation to Congress, according to
the proponents of tax reduction,
while on the other hand q very po-
tential restraining influence either on
the Legislature or the administration
is the knowledge that there 10 no
surplus and that heavy expenditures
will mean either an increase in taxa.
tion or an actual deficit to be covered
by the issuing Of additional Govern.
ment obligations. A sound fiscal pol
icy demands that tax rates be so re.
duced that there are no unnecessary
amounts collected by the Government.
the taxpayers being consistently al.
lowed to absorb potential surpluses."
Thus the issue appears Joined be-
tween two radically different policies.
Business interests would wipe out the
Treasury surplus and reduce reye.
nues, and rely on that to check any
congressional or administrative ex-
travagances.
President Coolidge would not re-
duce taxes until Congress has prac-
ticed the rigid economy that will JUS
tify and make safe O reduction in
revenues.
Evening star., 1927-10-23
Careless Hunters.

Hunters persist in being careless.
The other day man somewhere shot
another in the night as the latter
sat on a log, smoking cigarette. The
FIRE, the hunter declared, he mistook
for a wildcats eye. One-eyed bob
cats, however. are not common.
Two 17-year-old boys at Rochester
were walking along on opposite sides
Of a hedge when a pheasant went up.
One boy fred. killing the other in
stantly. II the other lad had flred.
probably he. too, might have COM
mitted involuntary granddaughter.
A local taxicab driver, hunting
hawks in nearby Virginia. rested the
muzzle of his gun on his right foot,
whereupon the weapon was fred, TAX
ing off four toes.
These accidents seem SO needless
that at first blush there is wonder
that they should have occurred. until
it is remembered that similar ones
happened last year and the year be-
IOIG, anu tuS yCdh bVAoAO tAtaSs s~AAN
that in all probability such unpremedi-
tated shootings will continue to occur
SO long as men are careless.
Every gunner knows that he should
carry his gun with the muzzle down.
but self preservation ought to cau-
tion him against placing the muzzle
against his own foot. Every
hunter knows that he should not fire
point blank into a hedge, just as he
knows that most wildcats have two
eyes.
As long as human beings. however,
are human beings--and there seems
to be long likelihood for that-prob-
ably they will continue to make
these rather drastic mistakes. Per-
haps printed statement Of caution,
given to each hunter with his
license. might tend to make hunters
as class bit more careful.
Evening star., 1927-10-23
Congress Committees
To Start Fiscal Work
BY HARDEN COLFAx.

With the joint congressional com.
mittee on internal revenue taxation
and subcommittee on the ways and
means committee scheduled to begin
sessions Monday. rumblings Of the
session Of Congress soon
will develop into definite roar.
The taxpayer well may view these
preparations with mixed emotions,
for while several of the committees
meeting in advance of Congress will
consider receipts Of public funds.
others will consider expenditures.
Tax reduction and simplification and
customs revision will not occupy the
spotlight without some degree of COM
petition from the outgo twins, appro.
priations and authorizations.
1t is the income situation that will
get the jump on expenditures in the
hearings, however. The joint con-
gressiona1 committee Is slated to begin
consideration Of O report on simplifica.
ton Of the revenue laws Monday, fol-
lowing work by its advisory experts
during the long recess. Then the
report will be submitted to the ways
ana means committee, which Is Scneo'
uled to meet October 81 for 10 days
Of public hearings on tax rates and
administrative provisions.
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The House appropriations will begin
it's labors November is. the chairman
already having given fair notice that
he will resist increased expenditures
excepting for causes whose merits are
demonstrated conclusively.
The flood control committee Of the
House has been called for November
z. to determine a new policy Of pro-
tecting lands menaced by water and
start work on bill to authorize ex-
penditures to make q new policy
effective.
1t is not expected that the joint
committee on internal revenue taxa.
ton will be- able to complete all Of its
work in time to submit a full report
to the ways and means committee by
October 81, but worried taxpayers
may find some consolation In the fact
that Its members appear confident
suggestions will be submitted which,
if adopted. will simplify to some
degree at least a. few Of the intricities
of the revenue law.
Out OF the hearings beginning Mon
day before the ways and means sub
Evening star., 1927-10-23

the can came. His last words were
a spirited II want TO see this through" :"
as though it were another battle. AZ
he stumbled and fell the grandson Of
his old commander-in-chief of all the
Union armies caught him in his arms.
Four colonels carried him to the am.
bulance. He never recovered con.
sciousness, and his spirit passed amid
rolling hills, green pastures and Au.
tumn.tinted trees. Who will say that
he is not now undeserving Of the title
Happy Warrior?
Evening star., 1927-10-23

Text: "In Quietness and In con-
fdence shall be yonr strength.

Text: "Im Quietness and IN con-
fdence shall be your strength.
Quietness is not merely freedom
from noise. 1t Is freedom from un.
necessary show, display, anxiety ana
excitement. Shakespeare speaks Of
"a peace above all earthly dignities.
still and quiet conscience" While the
appeal for quietness. which issues III
repose, is hardly a popular one In our
keneration, nevertheless nothing 10
more urgently important In the pres
ent hour than this very thing. That
it is indispensable to national perma-
nence and that it is Immediately re-
lated to all social, Industrial and po.
litical security is clearly evident. We
Of America do not excel In this par
ticular. A noisy, showy and ostenta-
tious social habit is too common
among us.
Our children are being brought up
in an atmosphere today that Is so full
of excitement, so full OF movement. so
lacking in anything like repose, that
1t is little wonder that we find the tend
encies on the part of our youth. at
times, to extremes and excesses.
Every hour Of the day must be occu-
pied, and, indeed, every hour OF the
night. There Is no time for reflection,
no time for the consideration of the
deeper things Of life. Even In the
studies of the classroom there is a
marked tendency to overcrowding and
q lack of sufficient training In those
fundamental things of knowledge that
alone make for ripeness of mind and
efficiency of service. 1t would be in
finitely profitable IL somehow a period
could be provided in each days work
in the classroom wherein the students
would be required to sit in silence, un.
occupied, free from all study, simply
and solely for the purpose of thinking
more seriously upon that In which
they are engaged. It might be that
under such discipline and introspec-
tion, especially where the mind was
directed and trained by a competent
leader, such a period would prove
more satisfying and ultimately more
profitable than any other period of
the day. What applies to the youth
obviously applies to those of mature
years. 1t is perfectly safe to say that
no man or woman comes to any large
degree of efficient service In life whose
habits are noisy and boisterous. The
great concerns in which we engage
from time to time are made effective
Evening star., 1927-10-23
Sixty-Four Years After.

Ceremonies held here q few days
ago in connection with the dedication
Of the memorial to Gen. Meade, out.
standing hero Of the battle Of Gettys.
burg, were saddened by the occur.
renee OF what has been described an
"the latest casualty Of the battle" An
eighty.two-year.old veteran Of that ii.
tanic struggle accepted an invitation
to deliver a brief talk on his recollec-
tions of those terrible three days. Be.
fore he had finished he was stricken
with apoplexy and died the same night
in the hospital Of the Washington
Soldiers Home.
Veteran Spayd, for that was his
name, was but eighteen when he stood
sentry duty the night before the battle
and next day fought under Meade.
The struggle took place In his own
native State, Pennsylvania. In his old
blue Civil War forage cap he wore a
squirrel tail when he stepped before
the microphone and started the little
speech on which he had worked fever.
ishly for weeks. That showed that
he had been a member OF the famous
Keystone State brigade known az the
"Bucktails." Men, and boys. who wore
that adornment considered themselves
Just a little better soldiers than the
ordinary volunteers. Whether they
were right or not IL doubtful. but Il
did them no harm.
At first thought the tragic interrupt
ton of his speech and the ensuing
passing were sorrowful. Later the
thought occurs that it was happy
death, not only for him but for old
time comrades who were at bott
places with him, In 1863 and in 1927
spayd was dressed as when he wen'
to glorious war. He was living ove'
his personal part In one Of the decisive
military engagements Of history whei
Evening star., 1927-10-23
The Hand Of Fate.

A Judge and a Jury have written
s.finis' and another tragedy of the sea
is written and ended. A trial in a
Boston Federal Court has resulted in
.acquittal for Capt. John III. Dehl.
who commanded the steamer City OF
Rome when 1t rammed the U. s. sub
marine S-51 off Block Island in the
Fall of 1925. and the presiding Judge
concurred in the verdict Of the jury
and added that the cause Of the &C.
cident was defective lights on the sub
marine. Capt. Diehl was indicted on
two counts, one alleging failure to
stand by for q reasonable length Of
time after the accident and the other
OF misconduct and negligence in oper.
ating his vessel. The jury cleared
him Of both these charges.
Thirty.three brave lives were lost
when the S-sl went down. And as Is
usual in such cases there were charges
end counter charges Of who was right
and who was wrong; tremendous
uproar to find the guilty party and
heap upon him the blame which IN
some manner would assuage the griet
and horror over what seemed to bs
such a grave, unnecessary loss o
life. Capt. Diehl and his seamanshiT
were thoroughly investigated by the
United States Steamboat Inspection
Service and his masters license wal
withdrawn for two years. He was In
dicted and now he has been tried and
acquitted. There will be no resent
ment over his acquittal. for the hea
of passion kindled by the shock o
the accident has cooled and the stor,
Of what happened that night Off Blocl
Evening star., 1927-10-23
This and That

Ones love for cats is put to the test
when the household pet develops q
case Of feas.
The family that buckles to and rids
both the cat and the home Of the un
wanted insects, or whatever feas are
has proved its right to be called "cat
fancier."
OF course, there IL a certain amount
Of self-defense in the procedure, 80
that our statement perhaps should be
amended in this wise: That the house.
holder who obliterates the fieas, and
at the same time retains his affection
for the cat, Is the real friend of cats.
One gets some idea of the plaques
with fieas. The average housewife is
slow about admitting that her home
has fieas." but surely there is no dis
grace in it.
Fleas are q part OF life, as every
good cat knows: And every dog, too,
for that matter. And as almost every
owner of dog or cat knows. Some
particularly tough persons escape be-
ing bit, but ordinarily the human
members suffer as much as the four.
legged ones.
The flea that bites people. dogs and
cats Is one and the same flea, accord
ing to our best information. In the
United States it Is not the so.called
human flea" OF Europe, but what Ii
called the true "dog-and.cat flea"
leave a dog or cat Is very much exag'
gerated. Fleas will hop for blocks
to jump upon some persons-and
every one knows how fieas love to
hop
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Mark Twain, in his "Tom Sawyer
Abroad" has some Of his brilliant
persifiage about the hopping prowess
Of the flea that ought to be read by
every dog or cat owner.
1t would give him a new respect for
the fea. Besides, tom Sawyer
Abroad" is better story in some re.
spects than either tom Sawyer" or
'.Huckleberry Finn" In our opinion. &.
A flea, after all, is clean-appearing
critter. although. no doubt, its pores
are encountered with all sorts of germs
and filth in actually: in fact. we have
spread by them.
To the household engaged in the
annual flea hunt, however, the agile
flea has aspects of interest, il one can
forget his bites" long enough to con-
slider the troublemonger.
In the first place, he is exceedingly
hard to catch, which fact ought to in
spire respect for him among an ath.
letic people.
An attempt to nip him between an
extended thumb and forefinger more
likely than not sees him nimbly leap
away.
It is lucky for mankind that the
flea Is easily drowned, and that cer-
tain chemical compounds, known as
insecticides, possess the power to put
him out Of business.
In personally catching fieas, one
seizes the offender between the afore.
mentioned thumb and finger, and dips
the whole into q glass Of water, where.
upon the flea is left entangied help.
lessly In the fluid.
In conveying him to the tumbler II
is necessary to keep q very secure
grip upon him, as he will hop away
at the least relaxation Of vigilance.
In washing the dog or cat, It is
best to begin with lather Of fiea
soap at the neck, and chase the ieas
toward the tail, whence the advapc.
Ing tide Of lather sweeps them away
maybe.
In spraying the house, particular
attention should be given to rugs,
especially if most Of the bites are re-
ceived by the human inhabitants on
the legs.
These few hints on heas in the
Evening star., 1927-10-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.
Realization.

Realization.
I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls,
Where ushers were polite.
/ heard the distant carriage calls
Resounding through the night.
I dreamt I looked on fairyland
From a luxurious seat;
And all the world was Simply Grand
With elegance complete.
I went upon my joyous way,
Where pictures were on view.
Two bits were all ] had to pay
To make my dream come true.
Evening star., 1927-10-23

committee on customs procedure and
personnel will come suggestions for
changes in the administrative sections
of the tariff law which would affect
revenues at the ports as well as prov
ing highly important to the employees
of the customs service.
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For instance, the Treasury Depart.
ment requires that certain admins
trative provisions OF the tarin act be
revised to conform to modern conoi'
tions, court decisions and other fac.
tors influencing change. Some Of these
provisions are ancient and cannot be
enforced Congress usually devotes
it's time in debating tariff bills to
questions of rates of duty and then
rushes through the highly important
administrative sections with little
consideration, taking most OF them
bodily from prior acts.
The drawback provision, by which
80 per cent Of the duty paid on an
importation shall be refunded IL 1t Is
re-exported after having been proc
essed or manufactured in this coun-
try. costs around $4,000 year OF
funds deposited in the Treasury and Is
the subject of wide controversy. Gus.
toms officials desire that this be tight
ened as to close ioopholes whereby
the section may be used as means
Of getting rid Of unstable merchan'
disc.
The country of origin marking pro-
vision, whereby every article import
ed must bear the name of the country
whence 1t comes originally unless to
so mark It would injure the merchan'
dise, will be discussed. Greater discre'
ton is desired by the Treasury to
avoid absurdities. 1t is probable also
that the suggestion will be made that
the penalty for failure to mark should
be reduced below the present figure
Of 10 per cent Of the regular duty.
Importers probably will have con.
siderable to say about these ana the
other similar subjects which are on
the Treasury's program.
The same subcommittee probably
will consider-and in its first hear.
ings-pleas for revision of the salary
and classification schedules Of the
customs service.
What the full ways and means COM
mittee will determine as to the ex'
tent, both as to money and direction,
that tax reduction should take re-
mains to be determined. Definite es-
Inmates from the Treasury will be
presented soon, and then the battle
will be carried into the open on the
basis of these calculations and the
figures OF the Budget Bureau as to
ANTICIPATED expenditures.
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