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The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01
IT SEEMS TO ME By HBE%39D BFoSS

There was, of course, one great
Republican who managed to achieve
political success in spite of the fact
that some of his jokes were not for
mixed company. But he ran be-
fore the days of suffrage.
Emulation is difficult. If Cool
idge hears or invents any anecdotes
having to do with farmers wife
and a travelling salesman I urge
him to confine the telling to such
occasions on which he is whooping
it up with the newspaper boys. Sto-
rieS like that are calculated to lose
him votes
Politics, like the theater, is a
jealous and an enticing mistress.
The officeholder returns to his
own platform. Not forever can the
former selectmen sit upon the side
lines chirplng from time to time:
Hold 'em, Hoover
He, too, will itch to raise a right
hand against the evening sky and
shout: Fellow voters of North
ampton. if elected I promise you
that
1t doesn't matter what he prom
ises. The simple slogan of Get hot
with Calvin Coolidge!" should sweep
him back to power.
He can shed the mantle of the
professional humorist without great
difficulty. At such times as he
wants to say something excruciat-
ing let him just think of the pres
ent tariff and grow sour gisaged
upon the instant.
Anyhow, who says that there is
no room for anything funny in poll
tics? Isn't the noble experiment
still with us?
And so I welcome a comrade in
quest of his youth.
Copyright. 1890, BY The Times)
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01
Plain Meddling

XXTHAT was conceived as a nee
w essary and noble measure Of
defense has degenerated into an
excuse for unnecessary and ignoble
meddling.
The Monroe doctrine not only has
become a source of irritating differ
ences in the new world, but serves
no purpose more distinctly than to
dissuade it from such close CO.
operation with the old world as the
present situation calls for.
Every time we are asked to sign
a pact or join an organization de-
signed to promote general peace,
somebody trots out the Monroe Doc
trine as an argument for opposition
or reservations.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01

institution Of usury or interest lies
the key that will unlock the door
to all true progress. The future
philosopher who brings about a So
cial reconstruction and opens our
eyes to the dawn Of a new day, the
or the brotherhood of
man and the fatherhood of God,
will weave his fabric out of a ma
terial in which the warp and woof
never have been desecrated by the
iniquitous, pernicious, and soul
destroying poison of usury or inter
est. Please rectity this mistake and
oblige. WILLIAM MARSHALL.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01
Theory Is Exploded

WTHEN the Monroe Doctrine was
w formulated, most people re-
garded the Atlantic ocean not only
as a formidable barrier, but as
dividing the world into two distinct
parts. -
AS a matter of fact, the doctrine
was predicated on the theory that.
since America had no right to
meddle in European affairs. Europe
had no right to meddle in American
affairs.
One has only to recall the Great
war to realize what has happened
to that theory.
With $4,000 doughboys buried in
France, it seems rather absurd to
persist in the illusion that the old
world and the new have nothing in
common, and that the United
States has a natural right to play
the role Of Lord Defender of the
western hemisphere, on the ground
that it can and will keep its nose
out of a European row.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01
NJ. E. Tracy
We Should Not Be Surprised
That Latin Amen ca Finds
the Monroe Doctrine Dis
tasteful and Humiliating.
SAYS:

A S a nation We live in the world
n more distinctly than in the
western hemisphere. Our trade
with Europe is more extensive than
our trade with Latin America: our
travel to and from Europe is greater
and our relations are more inti-
mate.
This is due to natural conditions,
as we'll as to the effect Of modern
progress.
AS a general proposition, Euro-
pean nations are closer to us than
those Of Latin-America. Besides,
they have larger populations and
greater wealth, consume more on
the one hand and have more to sell
on the other.
All of which makes the Monros
doctrine seem rather out of place.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01
Not Bad for Beginnar

T TRUST Coolidge will have the
4 hardihood to stand the gaff. It
seems to me not unreasonable that
a parsonage who was once the First
Gentleman of the Land should have
his fling at trying to be the twenty
fifth wit. Remember the Marne!"
is not bad at all-not for q begni-
ner.
I've heard worse than that pulled
in the late hours at the Thanatop-
sis Club. Above all, Coolidge's little
jest has in 1t no shade of irnpropri-
ETY.. It's just good, clean fun.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

ID L In. NIORhAS + EAOGADE1N
Editor, Journal of the American Medical
Association, and of Hygeia, the Health
Magazine.
IT might seem from all the dis
l. cussion and disturbance that has
taken place in recent years on the
subject of overweight that all prob
lens Of overweight have been set
tied fully by the investigators Of
medical science.
There are, however, many un-
solved problems which disturb the
physiologist as well as the clinician.
1t has been argued that over
weight is merely the result of bad
physiologic bookkeeping; in other
words, that overweight practically
always is due to overeating and that
it practically always can be con-
troIled by proper diet. The major
ity of medical opinion is against
that point of view.
Obesity or overweight is usually
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01

What is the significance Of the
three balls used on pawnbrokers'
signs?
They were originally the coat OF
arms Of the Medici family, the
earliest and most important money
lenders Of Lombardy. The three
balls were first used in England by
the agent Of that family, and after
ward were copied by others. They
represent three gilded pills, and
were used by the Medici family in
allusion to the profession of medi-
cine, in which the family was emf
nent and from which they derived
their name.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01
That Old Sun DodgerI

LIS chance viii come again, but
L L want to warn him about what
the electorate and the daily papers
will say when next he enters the po-
itical arena.
He will have to face the charge
that he is, after all, comic column
ist and that it is his business to get
out daily entertaining screed and
leave more -nomentous things to the
serious-n1ihded, who neither joke
nor spin.
The rumOr viii gain currency that
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01
Coolidge, Comic Muse

DUT it is beginning. And once
- the move has been made, mo-
mentum gathers swiftly. Within
month predict that Calvin Coo
lidge will be remembering paired
IriShmen and repeating Ford jokes.
Even an ex-President can't get a
daily piece forever out of the United
States Constitution and the Ten
commandments. The air grows rari-
fled when any one flies constantly
for platitude.
Mark you, I'm not blaming Coo
lidge in the least. Even to a Sc
rious writer like myself days come
when the temptation to try gag
good or bad-becomes irresistible.
Calvin Coolidge is, among other
things, human. Naturally, it pleases
him when cronies say: "That was a
fast one you pulled in your column
today, Cal"
Decorous appreciation for noble
sentiments expressed is we'll enough,
but every newspaper man needs at
times more heady stuff. He Graves
the swift exhilaration that comes
from the laughter Of the crowd.
Yet for this wine Of stimulation
he must pay the price. hope Coo
lidge is embarking upon the career
of funny man with both eyes
open. Between us there is so much
in common that I hope he will un-
derstand that all advice I may give
is of the most friendly nature.
Both of us are attempting the diff
f1cult stunt of trying to combine
campaigning and columns.
1t. is true that Coolidge is po-
litically obscure at the moment. He
didn't get any nomination this
year. Better luck next time, Cal.
And I am sure there will be a
next time.
Though the memory of voters is
short, some few of us still remem-
Der that Calvin Coolidge gave an
excellent account of himself as a
selectman in Northampton.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01
YYhere is Monte Cristo9

Where is Monte Cristo?
1t is small, rocky island, 2,10O
feet in altitude, lying about forty
miles of the west coast of italy,
and twenty-eight miles south Of
Elba. 1t has been the private hunt
ing ground of the king Of Italy
since 1900. It was purchased by
him for a retreat.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01

from the beauty specialist convention in Chicago
comes The news that the average family spends 500
year on cosmetics and beauty treatments Money
"el invested when you consider those who use them
often feel they look like million dollars
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01
Daily Thought

For in much wisdom is much
grief; and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth Sorrow
EccleSEzStes 1:I8.
He is oft the wiseth man who is
not wise at all.-Wordsworth.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01
Creative

TT is this third school which is
L attracting the younger creative
American architects and leading to
development of a new true style,
according to DR.. Meeks.
cit is the work of this latter type
of designer which makes an imme-
diate and extraordinary appeal"
he says.
"Those who follow the work of
our architectural students of today
know well the influence of this
latter school of new design. Under
its banner more and more of our
better student designers are en-
rolling.
"And an interesting and impor-
tant element in this movement is
the encouragement they are receiv-
ing from the profession.
"The duty that faces architects
and critics is not to try and stamp
out such logical return to funda-
mental principles Of design, which
after all developed and produced
the best characteristic work of the
best periods respectively of the past.
but to try to understand and direct
it,"
Among the leaders of the new
school, Dean Meeks classes George
Howe. Ralph Walker, Raymond
Hood, Holabird and Root in this
country, the younger group in
Paris, Ostberg in Sweden and Saar-
inen, formerly of Finland.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01

CALVIN COOLIDGE has begun
~ to go the way of all columnists.
He has started ito wisecrack. I knew
it had to happen eventually, but it
has come much sooner than ex-
pected
I felt he could continue for
another month or so with little
pieces pointing out that the sun
rises in the East and that un-
employment is caused by people be-
ing out of work.
His first venture into the comic
field is mild enough. Coolidge did
no more than write, in a column ex-
planning that Frenchmen live in
France, "They remembered the
Marne."
This punning reference to our
famous Spanish-American war
slogan might not definitely eStab-
lish the fact Coolidge is out to ride
with the hounds who bay and bay
and bay. I'm not saying he has be-
come a snappy paragrapher over
night. Such things take time.
Walter Winchcll wasn't made in a
day.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01

1t is only when they are behind putter that some
men feel free to mutter.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01

A RCHITECTS today are faced
n with the choice of three paths,
each leading to a different possible
school of design, DR.. Meeks says.
"a certain proportion Of contem-
porary architects individually and
deliberately have chosen from the
catalog of the past single style IN
which to work." he says.
"These may be classed as the one
style school. Richardson and his
neo-Romanesque is an outstanding
example. Choosing one style to
work in develops experts, but it has
led to inappropriate design.
''In directly contrary manner has
grown up the second of the modern
schools, which perhaps may be
called the all styles school, COM
posed of architects designing to Or
der in any and all styles.
The Eclectics are perhaps the
geratest of the modern groups in
numbers if not in performance.
Think of the same man being so
lacking in conviction as to be ready,
to design at command a Gothic,
Jacobean, Louis XVI, or Colonial
structure!
And in the third place we have
the school of designers composed of
independent thinkers, who are tired
of what they consider the inappro-
priatenesses of the first group, and
of the nunberless mediocrities of
a true contemporaneous style ex-
preston, and are convinced that
modern work should reflect modern
life, modern times, and modern ma
terialS and construction"
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01

Thank you" said the chiropractor, I'm feeling
spine"
The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-01

\ must be wonderful to live out in Los Angeles
where one can receive spiritual consolation from
Alne Mcpherson, who is alleged to have engaged in
one-round bout with her mother breaking her nose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
ROBINSON
TO SUCCEED EDGE
Indiana Senator Is Slated
for Foreign Relations
Committee Place.

Senator Arthur r. Robinson of Indiana
is slated to I'LL the vacancy in the
Senate foreign relations committee
caused by the resignation of Walter
Edge Of New Jersey, now Ambassador
to France. 1t was reported today.
The Indiana Senator belongs to the
anti-World Court group in the Senate.
He was one of II who voted against
American adherence to the Court in
1926. His appointment to the foreign
relations committee may encourage the
anti-Court group and is not likely to
meet with the approval of those who
favor American adherence to the Court
under the So-called Root formula.
The question of adherence to the
court Is to come before the Senate
again at time which the President
considers opportune, it has been ex-
planned.
Senator Goff of West Virginia is to
have the Edge place on the Senate
finance committee under the rule of
seniority, it is understood. The pro-
greSSives have been demanding that
this place go to Senator La Toilette
of Wisconsin. There will be another
vacancy in the finance committee,
however, caused by the resignation Of
Senator Sackett, who is to go to Ger
many as Ambassador. That place may
go to Senator La Toilette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
MOTHER AND -FOUR
ARE STRICKEN Ill
BY HOLIDAY FOOD
Health Officers Probe Sub
stances Eaten by Mrs. Ker-
nahan and Children.
HUSBAND, METHODIST
MINISTER, ABSENT
Neighbors Discover Condition of
Family in Apartment at
S01 Butternut Street.

District health officials were called
upon this afternoon to investigate a
new case of holiday food poisoning,
when a report was received that Mrs.
A. Earl Kernahan, Sol Butternut street,
and her four children, ranging in age
from Is to 4 years, are i'll as result of
something they ate New Year day or
yesterday.
Two District health officers took SAM
pies of food in the Kernahan apart
ment and analyses are being made Of
them at the Health Department labora-
tory.
Mrs. Kernahan is the wife of Meth
odiSt minister, who is on evangelistic
duty. He is reported to be personal
friend of former President and Mrs.
Coolidge.
DIR. Kernahan Absent.
The whole family, except DR.. Kerna-
han. became i'll about midnight last
night. DR.. Kernahan left Washington
yesterday morning on evapgelisttc work,
saying that he did not feel particularly
well. The family has not heard from
him.
According to Mrs. William S. Neff,
resident manager of the apartment. who
has been attending the mother and her
four children, no doctor has been called,
although directly across the hall from
the Kernahan apartment lives Lawrence
A. Matterness, an inferno at Walter
Reed Hospital. Mrs Matternes said he
was unaware that the family was sick.
william Spencer, IS years old, son Of a
neighbor in the same apartment, was
the first to discover the Illness OF Mrs.
Kernahan and her children.
Pupil Calls Father.
He arrived at the Kernahan apart
ment shortly before school time this
morning to take Mildred Kernahan, IL
years old, to school, and was told of her
illness. He Immediately went back to
his home, in the same apartment house,
and brought over his father, who is also
a Methodist minister, who visited the
Kernahans and called for the Health
Department to make an investigation.
The children are Earl, jr., Is; Gaylal,
4: Mildred, IL, and Susanna, 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
PRISONER TELLS
MURDER DETAILS
Minnesota Letter Says Hollywood
Slayer Prefers Hanging
to Worry.

BY the Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Calf, January s.
Details of the alleged murder of a
young woman near Hollywood were
barred yesterday in letter to District
Attorney Neil McAllister from ]. H.
Steele, inmate of the Minnesota State
prison at Saltwater.
Steel, who asserted he was wanted
here for theft of an automobile, claim
ed he murdered a young woman on
December 3. 1927, and he would
rather be hanged than worried to
death"
The letter said he purchased an au-
tomobile in Fresno. using a bad check,
and started for Los Angeles with a
woman friend.
"A murder took place between Bak-
ersfleld and Hollywood" the letter said,
land the body of the murdered woman
/ placed at a lonely place just seven
blocks from Hollywood.
IF the woman Is found you will find
that her body is wrapped in fashionable
clothing. The right pocket of her silk
coat will contain small coin purse OF
brocaded satin and on the inside will
be a silver monogram with a letter D,
and q photograph of a woman about so
or IS years of age"
A copy of the letter viii be forward
ed to Buron Pitts, Los Angeles district
attorney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
MINOR R0BBERIES NOTED
BY POLICE Department
Andrew Thomas Reports Theft of
STA While He slept-Pocket-
book Snatched; Motor Stolen.

Several minor robberies, including the
loss of STA by Andrew Thomas, 1899
Seventh street. were reported to the
police yesterday. Thomas said the
money was taken from his pocket while
he slept In his home
Mrs. Laura v. Mclean, 319 D street
northeast, reported that young white
man Snatched her pocketbook contain
ing 81 as she was about to enter her
home about $50 o'clock in the after
noon. The thief boarded an automobile
and drove away.
Loss of a motor valued at 5000 was
taken from q boat house near Benning
Bridge was reported by James e. Scott.
1248 Ninth street. James p. Beach, 419
Eighteenth street southeast, reported his
store had been entered by burglars since
December 81. The store Is located at
1906 L street. A quantity of cigarettes
and candy was missing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
WATSON REFUTES
QUITTING RUMOR
Republican Leaders Statements
Regarding Employment Were
Misconstrued.

Senator James z. Watson of Indiana.
Republican leader Of the Senate, came
back to Washington today and denied
fatty that he bad any intention Of re-
firing from the Senate before 1882,
when he must come up for reelection,
or that he had said he would not be
o candidate to succeed himself.
While Senator Watson was in the
Middle West during the Christmas re-
cess a report was widely published to
the effect he would not run for the
Senate again, but would retire from the
Upper House upon the expiration of his
present term. He said today that what
he had said was: "I will not retire
from the Senate before March 4, 1888"
the date of the expiration of his term
This, he said, had been interpreted to
mean that he would not be a candidate
for reelection in 1882.
While Senator Watson did not an
nounce today his candidacy for the
Senate in 1882. it Is understood that he
will be a candidate when the time rolls
around for him to cast his hat in the
ring. For several months there have
been rumors that he would retire from
the Senate before long to accept en-
ployment with some big industrial con-
Germ. He was denying these reports
when he said in Indiana recently he
would not retire from the Senate be-
fore the close of his present term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
AUTO TAG BUYERS
GET READY FOR 1880
1900 Applicants Served First Sale
Day-Yesterday's Receipts Reach
Total of $44,400S2.

The lines that formed at the District
Building automobile tag sale today were
considerably smaller than those yester-
day and appeared to be moving some
what faster.
The first days rush accounted for
the sale OF about 1900 tags. The num-
Der of tags which had been sold in De-
cember and for which the price was
credited yesterday brought the amount
paid up to $16,205. The tags which
were sold in December were those for
commercial vehicles only.
4. The collector of taxes took in $44,-
400.82 in automobile taxes and tag fees
yesterday. OF this, $l6,205 was for tags
tax.
The figures today will be much lower.
since there will no accumulation Of De-
cember money to be put on the books.
The total taken by the tax collectors
office yesterday from all sources was
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
DISTRICT HEADS
FAVOR LOANS BILL
Bowman Measure Makes
8 IL Per Cent Interest
Per Month Legal.

The District Commissioners today
sent to Congress strong Endorsement
of the Bowman bill to regulate small
loans in the District. Under the terms
of the bill it would be possible for those
desiring to set up in business for max
ing loans up to $500 to collect 31a per
cent interest per month on secured or
unsecured notes. This is the same rate
of interest that prevails in Maryland
Virginia and % other States.
Experience has shown" the report
said, that the present small loan law
in the District is ineffective. This is
largely due to the fact that the rate OF
interest which is permitted hereunder
is so small as to prohibit persons from
operating pursuant to its terms. This
is best evidenced by the fact that not
one license has been taken out under
this law since it came into existence
Persons and organizations which have
made an exhaustive study in the field Of
small loans unanimously conclude that
the rate therein prescribed Is such as
to make it impracticable for any organ
ization to survive under its strict letter.
"Philanthropic associations and or
plantations which have gone into the
field with a view to remedying the
evil existing and with a view to oper-
ating on a minimum cost basis and
with only a slight profit. have found
that they cannot successfully operate
without charging 212 per cent per
month. In addition to this, in the ad-
joining States of Virginia and Mary
land there are small loan laws which
permit organizations to charge 81 per
cent per month, hence another reason
is presented making it infeasible for
concerns to operate in this Jurisdiction
under the act of 1913 The result is
that loan sharks have sprung up in
the field and function without regula-
ton, and IN such manner as to get per-
sons who are caused by this or that
necessity TO borrow into such financial
entanglements as never to be able to
free themselves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03
COL. VILLAIN BAIRD
DIES AT AGE OF rs
Retired Cavalry ohicer Served in
Indian Wars and World
War

Lieut.. Col. William Baird, 70 years
old, United States Army, retired, died
at his home in the WeStmoreland
Apartments today after a short illness.
Col. Baird, a cavalry officer, was a
veteran of Indian wars. He was re-
tired in 1897, but was recalled to ac-
tive duty in the World War and served
during a part of that conflict. He was
graduated from the United States Mill
tary Academy in 1875
He had been q resident of this city
for the past Is years, and was active
in several organizations. These includ-
ed the Society of Colonial Wars, the
Sons of the American Revolution, the
Loyal Legion, the Society of Indian
Wars and the Army and Navy Clue.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Minnie D. Baird; son, Maj. John A.
Baird Of the Chemical Warfare Service.
stationed In this city, and a daughter,
Mrs. w. w. Hicks, wife of Mai. Hicks,
stationed at Fort Totten, N. Y.