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The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
A Halfway Haitian Policy

When one people has oppressed another the least
1t can do is to repair the damage. We believe Amer
leans are ashamed Of our fifteen years of military
subjugaton of defenseless though sovereign nation
and want to withdraw from the role of bully and
invade.
If that be true, then Americans will be disap-
pointed at the compromise report and recommended
tions Just issued by the Presidents special commits
sion and approved by him. The commission recon-
lnendations in their equivocaton, in regretable
contrast to the courageous action of the commission
while Haiti arranging for a nonpartisan tempo
rary government to succeed the marine puppet Borno
pending popular elections.
Perhaps 1t was too much to expect adequate re-
form recommendations from an administration COM
mission, for after all this is of adminstra-
ton investigating itself Such being the situation
there is the usual attempt at face-saving
But the commission does not whtewash condi-
tions much as the high American In Hai' and
WASHINGTON responsible for those conditions
Stating that the United States obtained control
OF the governmental agencies with view to assist
ing in re-estabishment of stable government" the
report admits that the American occupation has
failed to prepare Haiti for restoration of sef-govern-
nent-the only excuse used by Washington to justify
continuance OF the occupation all these years. The
report says:
.sThe people of Haiti since dissolution of the ma
tional assembly by President Dartignave C9l8) have
had no popularity elected representative in control of
their government The American occupation has ac
cepted-if not encouraged-this state of affairs.
The acts and attitude of the American treaty
officials gave your commission the impression that
they had been based upon the assumption that the
occupation would ,ontinues SSefnitely The commits
sion was disappointed : md that preparation for
-O
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
Mosquitoes
TIME ships arrived at Disko b

TINE ships arrived at DiSko bay
Il on July 4. The weather was
the sort we think of as spring. The
ice was beginning to melt. Early
spring flowers were making their
appearance.
Because of their steam power, the
Alert and the Discovery were able to
crash their way through ice-filled
channels which would have been
utterly impossible tt sailing vessels.
Mares, who had had experience
before this in Arctic waters, rammed
the two ships through the small ice
foes. AS the ships proceeded far
ther north, however, greater care
was needed.
BY Aug. "a the ships had reached
Bessel bay and it was decided to
spend the winter there. The Dis
covery stopped at a small bay which
was cristened Discovery bay, while
the Alert, taking the Eskimo dogs
with it, pushed farther north.
The Alert continued until it
reached, on the last day of August,
the edge of the grinding field Of
pack ice which marked the edge of
the Polar sea.
The Alert then was at latitude 81
degrees IA minutes, farther north
than any explorer had penetrated
up to that time.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
Same Old Clay

OUTSIDE few details, AVE
" know very we'll what the cen
sus is going to show-more people,
more money in the bank, more
automobiles, more movies, more OF
many other things which 20 to make
up material progress.
Apart from that, it will show that
we poor mortalS are made OF tne
same old clay.
An enumeration taken by the
Romans in rs A. D. and one TAKEN
in Massachusetts, in 1925 showed
practically the same percentage Oh
men and women over 80.
The University of Pennsylvania
museum expedition has made Two
interesting f1nds-one, the mummy
Of a woman, with all her JeWelry
and ornaments, buried more than
1000 years ago; the other a ma
gician, who ate launches OF beet
and drank jugs of beer at the age
of 110.
We think of Egypt as a mass OF
queer, dead glories, but it had been
a going concern for 5000 years
when Alexander arrived.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
Even Low-VOltage Current Can Kill

soon thereafter passes into un-
consciousness and death.
In the delayed cases, which are
rather rare, the symptoms do not
come on for some hours or even for
days after the persons has had a
shock.
When the bodies are examined
after death, the conditions found
vary according to the health of the
person before the shock was sus-
tained and according to the nature
of the shock.
In some instances death occurs
from suffocation due to stopping of
the respiration; in others, the brain
and the lungs are found full Of
fluid.
In many instances death seems to
be due to sudden contraction of the
heart without ability to relax and
to continue the circulation of the
blood through the body.
In view of the fact that almost
any type of voltage may be danger
Gus under certain conditions, it is
desirable that dangerous places be
fenced off and that routine inspec-
ton be made of all wire and elec-
trio apparatus, to prevent possible
contacts.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
Why Soft Pedal
UNEMPLOYMENT ha

UNEMPLOYMENT has been
~ mentioned from time to time
in this column and there have been
those among my friends who drew
me aside to say, Don't you think
that maybe it would be a good idea
to soft-pedal that stuff"
When I asked why, they ex-
planned, Well, things are beginning
to get better and pretty soon they'll
be much better. It's useful to be
optimistic. Look on the bright side
of things. Talk on the bright side
of things. That helps to make them
brighter"
I can't agree with that. It may
be that the period of depression al
ready has begun to abate and it
would be my guess in any case that
revival waits around the corner.
If I thought that we were in the
slough of dependency and sched-
uled for an indefinite stay, I pos
sibly might chime in with the soft,
pedal school. There is not much
point in stressing difficulties which
can't be avoided. I was never a fell
low to complain much about the
rain,
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
NOrthWard

OBSERVATIONS showed that
~ the ship had reached the point
where Robson channel enters the
Polar sea. The ship was anchored
at Cape Sheridan and on midnight
of Sept. 4 the long Arctic night set
tied down upon the ship.
Mares built snow houses on the
mainland and scientific instruments
were set up to make astronomical
and meteorological observations. On
Nov. 13, however, it became so cold
that the mercury in the thermom-
eter froze.
Many of the dogs died, but the
men managed to keep healthy, only
one of the party being on the sick
list. The men kept in excellent
spirits, even organizing a theatrical
company which they called the
Royal Arctic. The Royal Arctic
gave concerts every Thursday.
With the arrival of spring, Mares
divided his men into two parties and
sent them on expeditions with the
dog sleds. One was to explore the
coast and Grants Land. The other,
under Commander Markham and
Lieutenant Parr, was to try for the
north pole.
The polar party started out on
April II. They found the travelling
over the rugged and jagged masses
of ice extremely difficult and slow.
On May IL, members of the party
were exhausted and beginning to
show signs of scurvy. Consequently
the leaders decided it was necessary
to turn back. The expedition had
then reached latitude SO degrees 20
minutes and 26 seconds, the farthest
north to date and distance Of 3o9
miles from the north pole.
The party celebrated its exploit by
opening a jug of whisky and passing
around cigars. But on the return
journey the men grew weaker and
weaker. One died. Finally it was
necessary to halt.
Lieutenant Parr went on alone,
finally reaching the ship and sum-
moning relief party.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01

The Census WI Shoao Great
GroaOth IN United States,
but 1t Also VII ShOaU That
We Still Are Made of the
Same Old Clay.
SAYS:

A PRIL ! finds new civil war
IA under way in China, child mar
riage outlawed in India and 100000
men and women starting out to
count noses in this country.
Our fifteenth decennial cerSuS
will cost more than it took to run
the government during Washing
tons administration, which is due
not only to the increase of popula-
ton, but to the fact that Uncle
Sam has grown inquisitive.
In the old days, people only an
swered present" when the census
taker came around, but now they
must tell where papa and mama
were born, how many chickens they
raised, and whether there is radio
set in the house. Which reminds
us Of a story.
Old Nancy lived in an Arkansas
creek bottom, which limited her
horizon for more than one reason.
In due course of time, the census
taker made his appearance.
She knew her name, but that was
about all.
When asked whether she was
native born, she replied, ''I dunno"
She made the same reply when
asked If she were married, how
many children she had, whether
she was a widow, whether she
owned her place, and so on.
Finally the census taker wanted
to know If she ever had heard OF
the United States, but cnly to get,
"I dunno" as the answer.
"Well, did you hear OF God" ne
queried.
"seems like I have" said old
Nancy. "were his other name
damn2"
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
We're Not So Old

WYE think of the United States
w as not only great, but old.
It has been III existence only 100
years, which isn't much in the life
of nations.
The Japanese government can
count twenty-six centuries to its
credit; France has been France Tor
1000 years, and Mussolini is ruling
city that has been in existence
$500.
Still. we shall read the results OF
the census as proving that we have
come to stay, that this nation is
bound to be enduring, because it
has grown SO big and that civiliza-
ton at last has become immortal.
It has been mems weakness to
regard the future as revealed by
what is, rather than by what has
been.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
Growth Is Marvellous

T~HE last 400 years has seen
L. North America evolve from a
wilderness into a highly populated
ana highly developed land.
In Washington's time, this coun-
try consisted of a string of colonies
along the Atlantic coast, containing
3,OO0,O 900 people, and devoted large
ly to agriculture.
Now it stretches from the At
lantic to the Pacific and contains
not only more than 120,O0O,0O0 in
habitants, but three of the ten
largest cities on earth.
Making due allowance for the
part played by natural resources
ingenuity and the normal birth rate
it is only fair to say that lmm1-
grafton has contributed a great deal
to its growth,
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
Imagination Lacking

DUT our present problem of jobs
- and the jobless is by no means
hopeless. Something can be done
and done this very second.
In the back room of the speak
easy where I get most of my eco
nomic dope, I sit and listen while
wise men argue whether America
is suffering from overproduction or
underproduction and whether these
are possibly exactly the same thing.
Such problems I leave to the econ
omistS. It is my feeling that the
country is suffering from state of
Observation-Disclosures. Or may
be it Is merely lack Of imagina-
ton. Nobody could look at a bread
line without wanting to do some
thing about it.
The employer who fires an old
and trusted employe at the first
sign Of business letup probably never
has stopped to figure out just what
this particular jobless man Is going
to do with himself.
And it is up to all Of us to stop
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ :
Steamships Enabled E1plor-I
ers to Make Great Progress
in BraUing Perils of Frozen
North.
THE application of steam to ships

THE application Of steam to ships
L proved a tremendous aid td
Arctic exploration. When Sir john
Franklin, in 1845, headed for tho
Arctic on the ill-fated expedition
which cost the lives Of his enttrd
company as well as his own, ne had
two sailing vessels.
When Sir George Mares started
for the Arctic on May 90, 1875, his
two ships were steamships. With
the exception of search parties sent
after Franklin, this was Great Brit
aims first Arctic expedition since
that of Franklin.
The difference which steam power
made in Arctic exploration can be
seen from the fact that whereas 1t
took Franklin six weeks to reach
the drift ice, Mares was within the
region of perpetual ice in the same
time.
Disaster overlook Franklin's ex-
pedition after three years of hard
ship in the Arctic. The men we're
forced to abandon their ships and
start out upon journey on foot
which none ever finished.
Mares, after eighteen months, was
back home, having in the interval
attained a point farther north than
any man had previously reached.
Mares set sail with two steam
ships, the Alert and the Discovery.
A third, the Valorous, loaded with
provisions, accompanied the expedi-
ton as far as Disko bay, halfway
up the western coast of Greenland.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

Health Magazine.
ONCE the electric chair has be-
- come the established method of
capital punishment, new knowledge
is available regarding the manner
in which electric shock produces
death.
Most people believe that low ten
sions of from 10 to 100 volts are
not fatal, while high tension cur
rents cause certain death.
DR.. H. Edenhofer has, however.
recorded a number of deaths from
as low as 46 or so volts and also has
records in which current of $4,000
volts did not kill.
Much depends, of course, on fac
tors in addition to the amounts of
voltage that are received. The re-
siStance of the skin to the electric
current plays large part.
If the skin is quite dry, the re-
sistance may be as high as $4,000
or even a million ohms. If, how
ever, the hands and feet are per-
spring, the resistance is reduced to
a few thousand otns.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01

fact that they may be entirely con-
ventional and ordinary in private
life. AT the very least they must be
wild, reckless, romantic and i'm
provident.
Another popular fallacy Is that
after half season in Romeo and
Juliet" the lady. either must love
the gentleman madly, or hate him
with an equally violent passion. In
difference seems to be by far more
common and to be maintained with
out great effort.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01

and to think. Out of thinking good
will must surely come and there is
not a single economic program in
the whole range of the theorists
which can possibly work without it.
Let's all pass our plates and ask
for a second helping of fellowship.
Copyright. 1890. by The Timesl
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
Daily Thought

An evil life is one of death.-Ovid.
Happy are thy men, happy are
these thy servants, which stand
continually before thee and that
hear thy wisdom.-I Kings 1913.
II q
Without strong affection, and
humanity of heart, and gratitude
to that Being whose code is mercy,
and whose great attribute is benev-
olence to all things that breathe,
How does the United States rank
in aviation?
First in air mail only. England,
France and Germany lead in COM
mercial aviation.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01

Ideals and opinions expressed
IN this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude OF
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01
IT Shouldn't Take Long

Citizens doubtless will be surprised to read today
that the senate is beginning to debate Muscle Shoals
Muscle Shoals? Wasn't that the big power issue that
tied up congressional sessions for years. and finally
carried in favor Of government operation? Quite So
1t is rather astounding that this fight has to be
made all over again, but citizens will recall on sec
ond thought that Calvin Coolidge, who somewhat
friendly to the power trust, nulled congress action
by the simple expeoient of putting the bill in his
pocket and leaving it there
So the Norris bill is up again. There shouldn't be
much trouble about passage this time. It is no longer
a case of George Norris fighting alone. The issue
now has been debated through and through and the
congressional majority has been convinced that turn
ing the Muscle Shoals government plants over to
private corporations would amount to robbing the
people.
sary. The bill could be repassed automatically and
sent up to Hoover for signature at onceexcept for
one new development And that new development
should swell the Norris bill vote until it is virtually
unanimous just as it should make impossible another
presidential Veto
For, thanks to the Caraway investigating commit
tee, congress and the country trace the
tracks of the power trust lobby in its long effort to
grab from congress the peoples property at Muscle
Shoals And none other than Chairman Huston OF
the Republican national committee who played the
stock market on margin with Muscle Shoals lobby
funds has been revealed as the head of that Amer
lean Cyanamid- Union Carbide lobby.
"The lobby investigating committee already has
passed the Norris BILL" is the way the Senate
wits put It,
We should hope so.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01

If you should hear strange dissonance in that
talkie made of the Stock Exchange you will know,
of course, it merely market crash.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01

When prohibition the naval parley and Rudy
Valee cease to be news, we predict an unemployment
wave will strike the columnistS.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01

survey in Chicago reveals that gangsters are
better pistol shots than policemen In the end, how
ever the gangsters are the bigger shots.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01

Primo Carnero gigantic Italian pugilist denied re-
Gently he would marry the London girl to whom he
was reported engaged. The ring had something to
do with it, no doubt
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01

grass in Canada is said to absorb noise. The frs
thing thinks of is its application in Congress.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-01

Copyright. 1890. by The Times)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-22
DR.. FRANK GAINES
MADE ". 81. HEAD
Succeeds Dr.. H. |. Smith.
Was President of Wake
Forest, N. c., School,.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, February 22.-Dr.
Frank P. Gaines, president of Wake
Forest College in North Carolina. was
yesterday elected president of Washing
ton and Lee University, Lexington. va.
to succeed DR.. Henry Louis Smith
retired. DR.. Smith was elected presi-
dent emeritus.
DR.. Gaines came to Wake Forest
recently after long period of service
as a professor at Furman University in
Greenville, S. G. He is a graduate of
the University of Richmond and is
brother of Dr.. r. E. Gaines, a professor
at Richmond.
Board Lauds Gaines.
1.-THE decision was reached after full
and mature elaboration and the board
feels that the university will be most
fortunate in securing the services of DIR
Gaines" an official statement from the
board of trustees said. His Scholastic
achievements, his executive experience.
his demonstrated ability and his high
standing in the educational world give
every assurance of a successful and pro-
gressive administration of the affairs of
the university"
The trustees meeting yesterday repre-.
sented many sections of the country, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-22

and it was unanimously passed bv the
House. When 1t reached the Senate it
was referred to committee for study.
The resolution calls for a commission
of five members, three to be appointed
from the House and two from the SEN
ate, who, together with the Industrial
Commission, Department of Labor and
Industry and Department of insurance
and Banking, shall make a thorough
study OF this question, looking toward
the creation Of State insurance fund
for the workmen's compensation act
and 10 report on same at the next
General Assembly"
In the first part of the resolution
Reid states that relations existing he
tween employer and employee in Vir-
g1nia nave always been of cordial CO.
operation, put That the awards under
the Virginia act are among the lowest
of the "A States in which similar acts
are in effect and the insurance rates
among the highest.
EmplOye Would Benefit.
The employers, Reid said. are annar-
emily satisfied to pay the present rates
if they are not made higher. so if If is
possible to make the insurance cheaner
the employe will benefit by the differ
ence.
West Virginia, Reid declared. hoe
much lower rate and much higher
awards than Virginia tnrong.I ,.Sa
State insurance fund. He added that
high rates are IAN embargo against re-
lief, for the employer is unable to nav
much more than he is now paying for
the insurance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-22
DAVIS SUGGESTS BYRD
TRY FOR PRESIDENCY
Former Democratic Nominee Makes
Proposal Before Virginia
Senate.

. SSoA ~oAAccpouOGnb OF Inc star.
RICHMOND, Va, February 22-Ac-
companied by John w. Davis. Demo-
cratic nominee for President in 1924
w. A. McCorkle, former Governor of
West Virginia, appeared before the Vir-
ginia State Senate Yesterday and sus-
gested that former Gov. Harry F. Byrd
be named as candidate for President.
Without calling Gov. Byrd's name,
McCorkle said, during the last few
years you have had a governor who has
put Virginia on the nap in a material
way. I hope that before long Virginia
viii once more have the distinction of
being the mother of President"
The two distinguished visitors were
presented to the Senate by Senator
Saxon w. Holt, president pro tempore.
During the 10-minute recess that was
ordered, Mr.. Davis asked to see how
the voting machine worked.
THAT is interesting to a resident of
New York." he said, where we have
no machines in politics at ALL
Before the House, Mr.. Davis warned
against over regulation of personal
liberty. stating that he would like to
write over every legislative door Jeffer-
sons old motto: THE world is gov
erned too much. Let the man alone"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-22
BIG POOL RAISED
TO REOPEN BANK
March 10 Set as Tentative
Date Southern Maryland
Trust win Open.


SEAT PLEASANT, Md, February %.
Uniting in vigorous effort to raise
the 100000 pool needed to reopen the
Southern Maryland Trust Co., stock
holders of the institution succeeded in
having that amount subscribed at a
largely attended mass meeting in Com
munity Hall last night.
AS result it was announced today
that March 10 had been set as the
tentative date for the reopening, al
though every effort will be made to coll
1ect the money subscribed and get au-
thority from the Circuit Court to open
the bank sooner if possible.
Announcement was also made that
IN raising the 100000 the stock owned
by former F. H. Smith Co. officials con-
nected with the ls.nk had been pooled
and absorbed locally, so that they have
no further connection with the insti-
with few exceptions all the stock of
the trust company is now owned in
Prince Georges County.
While it is matter upon which the
stockholders will have to vote, it APP
peared to be the general opinion at the
meeting that A. Q. Ollie, for the past
80 years manager of the Union Stock
Yards at Benning, D. c., who has lived
in Prince Georges County, managed a
large farm near Mariboro ana is well
acquainted locally, would be chosen
president of the institution.
At the outset of the meeting Frank
Hill of Marlboro, reporting for the
stockholders pool committee formed at
q mass meeting two weeks ago, declared
about 65 per cent of the amount re-
quired had been raised since, and it was
the problem of the meeting to raise the
remaining IS per cent. This was
accomplished in about two hours, many
of the stockholders making their sub
Gcriptions in cash
In addition to Hill. speakers at the
meeting included L. S. Perkins, George
n. Wells, former Prince Georges County
commissioner, who presided, and Allen
MacCullen, secretary and general man
ager of the company.
In spite of the fact that today is a
legal holiday and banks throughout
Maryland are closed MacCullen plans to
visit Baltimore to see George W. Page,
bank commissioner, and receiver for
the institution, to Immediately inaugl-
rate arrangements for the reopening.
The banks of the trust company at
Seat Pleasant and Upper Marlboro have
been closed since December Is. Samuel
J. Henry, former president of the F.
H. Smith Co., was president Of the in
stitution until a few days before it
went In the hands of the receiver be-
cause of frozen assets.