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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15

Section l. That Subsection 8 of
Section $500, MaSon's Minnesota Stat
utes, 1927, be and the same hereby is
amended so as to read as follows:
CD To take fish or fish eggs. or to
authorize such taking from any of the
public waters Of this State in any
manner during the open or closed
season for the purpose of stocking
other waters herein. and may sell such
fish as are necessarily killed in taking
fish eggs, and may sell suckers, red
horse, or mullets, taken in connection
with such spawning. the proceeds of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15

given by Big hearted joe" as he styled
himself in his testimony:
Assistant Deputy Sheriff Flaherty, an
ex-salocnkeeper, had for many years
run Q restaurant" But nine or ten
months ago he gave the place to an
invalid brother. The deposits In bank
that aroused the so unjust suspicion of
the inquisition were checks cashed in the
place, the checks of honest working
men, and Assistant Deputy Sheriff Fla
herty deposited them in his own bank
because his invalid brother has no bank
account.
That is all. That is the simple fact
that Big hearted Joe" was unable to
state to the finger-shaking and ques-
ton believing assistant counsel at the
private hearing because his sensitive
spirit was wounded by his rough treat
ment. Now that 1t is explained, he
asks that the terrifying assistant coun-
sci be reprimsnded for his harshness.
The invalid brother" takes his place
with the wonder box" Of Sheriff Farley
and the thirty-four dependent relatives
of Mr.. McQuade. Doubtless some more
fascinating economic exhibits will be
brought forth before Judge Seabury and
his finger-shaking assistants get through
their researches
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
Tyrannizing Tammany.

This inquisition into the private az
fairs of Tammany officials in New York
conducted by a legislative committee is
going to lengths that must arouse the
indignation of all fair-minded Amer
leans. Questions are being asked OF
office holders regarding their bank &C
counts that are positively insulting in
their implications. Methods of inquiry
are being pursued that are tyrannical in
their rudeness. One witness has just
been subjected to veritable third de-
gree of questioning. An assistant coun-
sci for the committee actually shook his
finger in the witness face and beloved
the same question at him three times
in succession. Against this treatment
complaint has been made and protest
has been entered to effect a modilica-
ton Of the inquisitorial practices. The
victim of this savage treatment, Jo-
seph Flaherty. who holds the post Of an
assistant deputy sheriff, was SO upset by
this ferocious onset that 1t was not
until he came under the milder treat
ment of Judge Seabury, the chief coun-
sci for the committee, that he could eX-
plain how in some four months of Of
flee holding he has been able 10 deposit
about $4,000 in bank on a salary OF
SO. 700 q year. This was the perfectly
lucid and reasonable account finally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
The Louisiana Puzzle.

Louisiana's political situation. with
two Governors, two Lieutenant Cover
nors and, as 1t might be expressed, one
and a half United States Senators, Is
further complicated by the advent Of
another Governor. Yesterday private
citizen named Aldrich of Shreveport
took the oath of Office as Governor Of
the State. He was never a candidate
for the Office, never received votes for
it, but offers his services and swears
faithfully on the ground that the po-
Sition Is vacant and "all good lawyers
know that any one may take possession
Of and retain abandoned property" This
is Mr.. Aldrich;s reasoning: If what DR..
Cyr, who was elected Lieutenant Cover
nor claims Is true, that Huey Long va
Gated the office of Governor when he
was elected to the Senate, that office
him. On that hypothesis DR.. Cyr erred
in continuing to serve as Lieutenant
Governor and lost his title to that Of
fice Therefore he, DIR. Cyr, had no
right to take the govefnorship tardily
because he had forfeited his claim to
succession. Consequently in the absence
Of both Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor the highest office in the State is
abandoned property" and may be
taken by the first claimant.
This fantastic proposition will prob
ably have no support in the law. Gov.
Long ridicules it, DR.. Cyr regards 1t as
a trick on the part OF Long to make
his own assumption of the governor
ship appear absurd. Meanwhile, Gov.
Long sits in the executive oflces as
chief of the State, and his orders are
obeyed by the State Militia and his war
rants are recognized by the State treas
ury. Alvin King, President pro tenn.
of the Senate, has taken the oath of
ONCE as Lieutenant Governor. in re-
placement Of DR.. Cyr. SO the score
now stands: Three Governors, two Lieu
tenant Governors, maybe, and one and
a half United States Senators. What
the reckoning will be . little later Is
lust one of those things that must await
definition by events.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15

a police regulation promulgated by the
Commissioners. But the regulation
only touches maximum rates and no
operator, as far as the records go 70
show, has ever charged the maximum
rate. The Public Utilities Commission.
some time ago, sought to have the
Commissioners broaden their authority
over rates by requiring that every cab
be metered, accomplishing this through
the form of another police regulation.
This the Commissioners declined to do.
The Public Utilities Commission also
attempted to make rule stick requir-
ing that taxicab operators give salts
factory evidence of financial response
bility, furnish bond or cover their LA
bility to passengers through insurance.
The rule was Immediately contested in
the courts and tie commission was de-
feat:d. There have also been attempts
at the District Building to have the
taxicab operators agree among them
selves as to zones, rates, etc. That at
tempt has also been futile.
There should be in Washington
cheap and efficient and accessible taxi
cab transportation. 1t is foolish to rebel
against the mere number Of taxicabs.
for the number of cabs that can be OPP
Grated at profit is governed by a far
more drastic law than any legislature
can frame. And 1t will be unwise, in
the public interest, to seek to destroy
the competition that brings down cab
fares Or to establish taxicab monopoly.
But the taxicab business should be
regulated in so far as the stardardiZa
ton Of rates, the establishment OF fare
zones. the specification of equipment
and the financial responsibility of OPP
orators are concerned. And toward this
desirable form of regulation the COM
mission will begin to move on Monday
by whatever routes it believes best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
DO you know any "sometime-y peo-

DO you know any "sometime-y peo-
We are indebted for this phrase to
an intelligent colored woman who does
the family wash.
"Sometime-y people?" we asked.
Sometimes they smile at you and
sometimes they don't"
Obi"
Here was q universal matter, indeed
In every walk Of life there are some
timey people. Sometimes they smile
at you and sometimes they do not.
Sometimes they speak and sometimes
they do not.
Not upon you, but upon them, de-
ponds the cordially Of their greeting,
If any.
II they are feeling glad, you get the
reflex of It,
If they are sad, you bear the brunt
of it.
They belong to that certain slice Of
the populace which sees no necessity:
!. For being polite.
2. For covering their emotions.
The standards Of everyday courtesy,
on which many human beings were
brought up, although in humble cir
cumstances, play no large part In their
lives.
They are "sometimey." you see, and
think about courtesy only when 1t
pleases them to do so.
Sometimes.
Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes
I'm blue" went the old popular song.
Such people are not schooled in hid
ing their emotions, but wear their heart
on their sleeve, open to the gaze OF the
world.
And IL the world chooses to criticize
them for it, so much the worse for the
weary old world, which is always snarl-
ing about some thing or other.
This type Of person Is emotionally
without reticence. He is not at all in
terested in what you think of him, be-
cause he has a very ill-concealed con-
tempt for your opinion.
This may offend one. at first. Few
persons really like to understand that
another human being puts little store
in their likes and dislikes.
Most men and women are so con-
stituted mentally, that they set rath-
er high value on their personal opin-
ions, which constitute their likes and
6islikeS.
They tend to wear q little chip on
their shoulders, although some manage
to conceal it much better than others.
A few never wear it at all. but take life
as it comes, and are amazed that any
one should be interested in them ut all.
X
Just how large a part, then, does the
so-called inferiority complex play In
the recognition, by ordinary, average,
everyday folk, of the "sometimey" at
titude in others?
If one were not a bit sensitive on the
score, of course. he would never recog-
nize that another has greeted him
cheerfully one time, severely or not at
all upon another.
Even II ne did he would not care q
rap. one way or the other
One must possess a certain amount
of what was once called 1.-The milk OF
human kindness" to care whether 9TH
err people greet him nicely and treat
him courteously at all times.
1t may be laid down as an axiom that
those sensitive to such Sights are in
clined to look upon the world through
rosy glasses. and to resent the attempt
by any one else to make them look
through plain ones.
There Is no more optimistic attitude
in the world than this of our gentle
man looking through these rose-tinted
glasses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
Walsh Sees Federal
Price Regulation
From the Hartford DailyTimes.

From the Hartford DailyTimes.
Senator Walsh of Montana remarks
that if the Sherman antitrust law is
to be modified in the interest of bust
ness sterilization" he believes Federal
regulation of prices will be advisable,
and in the present mood Of Congress
inevitable. The Senator raises a point
which is likely to become large issue
before antitrust legislation, enacted
after a long struggle, is modified to
permit easier merging of corporations
and the elimination of competition.
The consumer is helpless in the face
of monopoly. Federal laws have been
passed to keep competition alive SO
that prices might reflect the operation
of the law of supply and demand. In
this freedom of competition there IS
likely to be considerable waste, dupli-i
cation, miSdirected effort and piling
up of SURPRISES due to lack of unified
planning. But it must be evident that
any system which will control a whole
industry is by that very fact in posi-
ton to determine prices, perhaps to the
disadvantage Of the consumer.
It will be recalled that in Gerard
Swope's recent plan for unifying indus
tries through trade associations there,
was provision made for semi-Govern-,
ment regulation. Much more thought
needs to be given to the latter aspect;
of the situation before there is any
likelihood that Congress will be ready
to modify the Sherman antitrust law.
BY judicial interpretations this Fed
eral statute has already been greatly
reduced in its scope and some of its
sharpest teeth have been extracted.
The country abounds in voters who will
not permit further weakening of the
legal curbs on monopolies unless there
is sufficient regulation of them in an
other FORM Senator Walsh is prob
ably speaking. for a large section of
the Nation in stressing the fundamental
nature of this problem. II competi-
ton is not to be permitted to regu-
late prices, then laws must take its
place, 3 transition which is both COM,
pley and as yet insuniciently UNDER
stood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
Eulogy of Nation Reflects
Dwig ht Morrow's Humanity

states that he "exemplified in an emf
efficiency which American conditions
and American democracy have q way
of developing" His rank as a statesman
Is recognized by the Charlotte News.
the st. Louis Times, the Texarkana
Gazette, the Davenport Democrat, the
youngstown Vindicator, the Morgan
town Dominion-News, the Dallas Jour-
nal and the Savannah Morning News.
at Is to the credit of New Jersey"
in the opinion of the Jersey City
Journal. that when man Of Dwight
w. MorroW'S caliber was brought by
the logic Of events to the political
stage last year his own party, and then
the State at large, hailed the new
conner with general acclaim and made
him feel that he had come into
sphere of usefulness where the people,
regardless of party lines. were welcom-
ing the advent of new leadership.
creditably than he did when, in those
November days of 1929. operating at
the Trenton end of the long distance
telephone wire that ran into the Amer
lean embassy in Mexico, he had q large
part in drafting Morrow for the United
States senatorship."
"A fine American, a man of presi-
Dental stature passes" asserts the New
York Sun. 1T is a bitter thought
that he should go at a time when so
much was expected of him. The most
veXing of national questions was to
have an expcunder. The statesman
ship OF the East. poor these many
years, was to be enriched by the voice
of one whose grasp of business was
complete and whose knowledge Of in
ternational affairs was second to none.
The comforting thought is that Dwight
Whitney Morrow lived a more COM
plete life in his So years than most
men live in 70, and that he left q
lasting and inspiring record, full Of
courage and wisdom and kindness"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
Trying to Regulate Taxicabs.

The Public Utilities Commission on
Monday will begin public hearings de-
signed to suggest something that should
be done about the taxicab situation. The
hearings are called as result Of COM
plant by the Merchant 81 Manufac-
turers Association which demanded.
briefly, that order be brought out of
the existing chaos. The Public Utilities
Commission may or may not have a
plan. 1t could accomplish something,
however, by making a conclusive test
of it's authority over taxicabs and SUBJ
hitting the results to Congress with
the request for whatever legislation is
necessary.
With some 5000 taxicabs in the Dis
trict under hundreds OF independent
operators, with authority over them
divided between the Commissioners and
the Public Utilities Commission, with no
acceptable definition of fare zones and
no agreed-upon scale of rates, with no
financial responsibility demanded on
the part Of operators and with no great
emphasis placed upon required stand
ards Of equipment, the taxicab situation
in Washington has steadily grown from
bad to worse Into this mess the Public
Utilities Commission must plunge on
Monday with the chief question-con-
corning its power to regulate taxicabs-
yet to be answered.
The public utilities act gives the
commission authority to regulate COM
mon carriers. In the beginning there
may have been no great disagreement
over what constituted common carrier
But the issue has provided juicy meat
for legal jaws. The commission will
undertake its public hearing and its
later attempted regulation with the
knowledge that whatever order it issues
will Immediately be taken into court by
one or more CT the taxicab operators.
Xaxictb rates are at present fixed by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. What money standard was adopt.
ed when the United States was formeda
| q. z. D.
A. In 1885 silver was adopted and de-
fined. In 1892 two units were adopted,
silver and gold. with the ratio Of IS to l.
Q. Why are nails designated for size
as 6-penny nails or s-penny nails?-
A. H. D.
A. They have become arbitrary a.
standards of size The expression orig
mated In the fifteenth century, when
the terms designated the price Of naik
per hundred.
Q. When is Indian day7-C. A. d
A. In some States September IS y
celebrated as Indian day in honor Of
the Indians.
@. a.
A. In the plural it means districts
adjacent or lying near-outskirts. In
the singular In English history 1t re-
ferred to the land on the edge Of
crown forest. especially II once part Of
owners.
Q. How many books on Shakespeare
are there in the Folger collection which
is to be housed In the memorial build
ing in Washington, D. CO. r.
A. The library Of the collection con-
tains more than $4,000 volumes. In
Guiding So copies Of Shakespeare's first
folios 1929, the Gwynn volume Of nine
plays in the original quarto reprint
u619).
J. F. B. "n"' was 'n' opium war;
A. It was q war between China and
Great Britain in 1910 resulting from the
attempt OF China to stop the opium i'm
portation from India.
Q. What country is called the cock
pit Of Europe?-M. NJ.
A. Belgium. 1t has been the site OF
more European battles than any other
country.
Q. How many people have crossed
the ocean by air this year?-C. r.
A. More than $50 persons. OF these
nearly 200 have crossed In the Graf
Zeppelin.
@. Is there any case in which the
unanimous vote Of an organization may
be set aside?-C. w.
A. When o vote has been cast which
violates the laws Of the Nation or of
the State or the organizations consti-
tuition and bylaws 1t Is null and void
although every member votes for it.
@. What was the Battle Of Golden
Hill?-M w.
A. The Battle Of Golden Hill Is
ranked by some writers as the first con-
flict Of the war Of the American Revo-
luton. This took place on January 10,
nearly seven weeks before the Boston
massacre. The British soldiers killed
one citizen and wounded three after
the soldiers had destroyed liberty pole
set up by the Sons of Liberty.
Q. Why was Won Richtofen called
the Red knight Of Germany2-B. H.
A. Because his airplane was painted
red.
Q. How many Negroes have been
made doctors Of philosophy?-M. N.
A Fifty-three Negroes had received
the degree between 1876 and the end Of
1880. This is the highest earned de-
gree conferred by educational institu-
tons.
Q. Why does Ekaterinburg no longer
appear on Russian mapS?-P. M.
A. This town where the royal family
was assassinated is now called Sverd-
loySk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
His Back to the Wall.

II it be true that Englishmen love
fighter-eyen if he happens to be a
Scotsman-the contest Ramsay Mac
Donald is waging for reelection to
Parliament must extort the admiration
Of every man in John Bulls island. The
premier of the National government
chose to run for his old House of Com
declared hostility of his former Labor
supporters. Mr.. Macdonald could have
found a safe seat in half dozen other
constituencies, the British system not
requiring that a candidate for Parlia-
ment be a resident of the district for
which he stands. Labor's repudiated
chieftain preferred to fight it out on
the line along which he has hitherto
battled and won and take his chances
with the rank and file of the men and
women who reposed faith in him many
times before
The British conduct what Americans
would call short and snappy" par
liamentary campaign. 1t will be over in
the prime minister to desert Londcn at
one of the most critical hours in mod
ern British history, in order that he
may ask from the huStings for the sup
port Of his own people. When Mr..
Macdonald talks to the grim Northern
ers OF the Seaman Harbor country he
is, OF course, addressing far wider au-
oience than Is encompassed within its
narrow borders. He is speaking to the
whole nation and, In particular. to the
Labor party, when he appeals to the
patriotism CT his one-time loyal politi-
cal associates and not only to the Brit
ish nation, but to the whole English
speaking world. for sympathy with
Mr.. MacDonald's cause is widespread
throughout even our own country
The premier Is using homespun Ian
guage that seems irresistible. He is re-
calling that he and his late wife were
in q very practical sense the parents of
the modern Labor party. They spent
freely of their own time, substance and
fortune in launching it. In those
days" said Mr.. Macdonald. I'VE had to
pay for the postage Of the Labor party.
We bought out of our own pockets-my
wife and 1.-The very note paper upon
which Labor's work was done. You
borrowed our coal seuttles to sit upon
at Labor meetings at our home. Now
you criticize the men, who exercised
their will power and conscience in
time of national crisis
1t will be interesting to watch Sea-
ham Harbor's reaction to this straight
m-the-shoulder stuff. The Briton's
vaunted sense of fair play is on trial.
Il haven't changed single iota Of my
principles" Macdonald said at another
of his meetings, adding: But have
mind and conscience of my own, and I
will not be a slave to the party eau
Gus I have no qualms of conscience
for the steps took in forming the
National government. I should do 1t
again, again and again"
The Sage of Lcssiemouth was hurting
these shafts on his siXty-flfth birth
day, last Monday. my active life is
not for long" he remarked plaintively.
II can see the end Of my work" A
young heckler suggested that MacDon-
aid should retire and shift his burdens
to more youthful shoulders. Perhaps
you'd be willing to take over the job"
the premier fired back.
1t will be sorry day for Britain If it
votes on october 81 to take Ramsay
Macdonald from the Job
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Welcome. Marshal Petain!

There were due of the Virginia capeS
today two splendid French cruisers, the
Duquesne and the Suffern. bearing to
these shores Henri Petain, Marshal OF
France, the savior of Verdun," as his
countrymen, in imperishable gratitude,
have christened the great soldier who
thundered at the Germans: You shall
not pass"
Marshal Petain comes to tie United
France at the Yorktown celebrations,
which are to be climaxed en- october
10 with picturesque ceremonies COM
memorating the 150th anniversary of
Americas decisive battle of the
Revolution. With Petain Is dele
CATION Of distinguished French civil
ians, descendants of De Grasse,
Rochambeau, Lafayette and the i'm
memorial galaxy of other admirals
and generals who shared with Gen.
Yorktown. 1t is fitting they should be
welcomed in the name Of the American
people by the General OF the Armies,
John j. Pershing, who was a comrade
in arms OF Marshal Petain in France
thirteen years ago.
The Yorktown festivities will usher
in an October destined to be historic
in Franco American annals. They will
no sooner be over than Pierre Laval,
prime minister of France, will become.
as Secretary Stimson has just pro-
claimed, the Nations guest" The
juxtaposition of the visits of Marshal
Petain end Premier Laval, especially
the sacred memories which Yorktown
conjures up, will serve to remind US
afresh that France in very genuine
sense was the godmother of American
independence.
That is not to say that the Con-
tinental cause would never have
triumphed but for the ring which
French cooperation by land and sea
permitted Gen. Washington to throw
around the hapless CORVALLIS. The
Revolutionary Army was hard pressed
in 1881, but 1t was not defeated. Yet
JHcIc ID lO TOOiIl 1OI IAlS SCHltIIIa u
a doubt that it was the timely aid Of
Admiral de Grasses great feet, plus
the French land forces, which, accord
ing to many accounts, considerably
outnumbered the troops at Washing
tons disposal that enabled the final
blows to be struck and MADE Corn
wallis surrender inevitable.
The American people recall these
facts in pious gratitude, as they cor
daily welcome the hero Of Verdun to the
soil and waters Of the Old Dominion.
He announced his purpose. before leav-
ing Paris, to utilize his sojourn in the
United States to clear up American
misapprehensions regarding France and
French purposes in the world. If the
French month" which sets in today, as
the first scenes in the Yorktown Sesqui-
centennial are enacted, accomplishes the
object Marshal Petain cherishes, the
world cannot help but be a happier
and saner place to live in. Conditions
being what they are, the burden OF
bringing that about rests mainly upon
the broad shoulders Of France and the
United States.