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and yesterday Burke was whlsked Il
that State in an armored motor car
heavily guarded to prevent either rescuI
or Staying in revenge.
The award Of this criminal to Michi-
gan assures that IL he is convicted there
Of the murder charged against him he
win not suffer the death penalty, Michi-
gAn's severest punishment for any form
Of crime being Imprisonment for life.
Had he been turned over to Illinois for
the Chicago murders and convicted he
would have gone to the execution cham
Der. 1t is barely possible that this
difference in the laws Of the states was
a factor in inducing Governor Caulf1eld
to send him to Michigan.
II it were possible to do so, It might
be advantageous to send Burke around
on a circuit, for trial in each Of the
States which claimed his person; unless
he should, perhaps upon conviction in
Michigan, confess to the crimes charged
against him. A full statement Of his
guilt would solve some mysteries. He
does not appear to be the type of
criminal who weakens and confesses so
that unless he is brought to trial for the
long string of offenses now laid against
him these cases may never be definitely
cleared.
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Australia's Financial Crisis

II there were any doubts in peoples
minds about the wGrld-Wideness Of eco
nonic depression. current events In
Part Of the globe. many thousands Of
miles away. would disproYe them. The
bond markets Of London and New York
we're shocked at the end Of last week
by news from New South Wales, the
wealth Of Australia 1t vas to the ef-
feet that the long threatened repudia-
ton Of debts had eliminated in a oeclar-
ton by Premier Lang that New South
Wales does not intend TO pay the inter-
est due April / on British loans The
bitterness Of the pill, as a London dis
patch to The Sunday Star narrates,
was aggravated by a concurrent deci-
sion to pay the interest on dollar bor-
rcvings from America.
Domestic Australian politics has
helped TO complicate financial condi-
tions. which have been desperate
throughout the commonwealth for two
years moderate Labor government,
headed by Prime Minister Scullin, rules
over federal affairs at Canberra but an
extremist Labor party is in power in
the state of New South Wales. The
head of the latters government, it is
suggested, has not shrunk from leopard
izing Australian credit throughout the
world. If only by doing so he can un-
oermine the prestige Of the SculIin ma
t.c.,al ministry.
Commonwealth spokesman in Lon
don, outraged by Premier Lans's &C
ton. declare it will force a showdown
in a federal election. purge the Labor
party Of radicalism and re-establish
Australias prestige as respecter OF
its financial obligations. The Com
monwealth Bank Is ready TO save the
situation and meet New South Wales
Incest c5-gons In Great ---...s---.., III.
gaakf But Premier LAne's Ssent
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Urban Grade Crossings.

Statistics gathered by the American
Railway Association demonstrate a re-
/ duction Of nineteen per cent in the
number Of fatalities at grade crossing;
in this country from 1929 to 1880. This
is some comfort to those who are fear
full lest the development of the motor
car may lead to the overtaking of the
birth rate by the death rate in America
But the comfort is only in slight degree
for while the accidents at grade cross
ings have lessened in number and cost
illness, the other highway fatalities have
increased by four per cent.
Vast sums Of money have been spent
in making the railroad crossings safe,
by raising or by lowering the highways.
The railroads have been required to in
stall safeguards at places where such
level crossings cannot practically or
without heavy expense be eliminated.
Pressure is constantly exerted upon
them to 60 further and further In these
improvements and checks against tn.
folly Of drivers. States are spending
large sums likewise in caring for their
shares Of the works Of prevention. still
many death traps" remain, open cross
ings, unguarded places, intersections
where the view Of the tracks Is blocked
by trees or structures, crossings raised
above the highway level sufficiently to
cause the Sailing Of cars--all sorts of
conditions making for the trapping Of
road users. The slogan, stop, look and
listen" must continue to be sounded
throughout the land to keep the peril
Of the grade crossing in the minds Of
the motorists.
But while the evil Of the railroad grade
crossing has been lessened, at heavy
cost, the streets Of the cities have become
mazss Of motor grade crossings that are
daily taking q CHASTITY toll Of life, in
consequence Of the recklessness and the
incompetence of drivers. This morning
a case occurred in this city TO illustrate
the fact that not all the danger lies out
in the suburbs where the roads and the
tracks coincide. A motorist tried to
speed his machine In front OF two street
cars that were approaching from oppo-
site directions at q busy corner. He
failed TO clear, the street cars nipped
him between them and all three We
hicles were badly damaged, the motor
car being reduced to shapeless wreck
age and the street cars derailed. BY
miracle nobody was hurt. Had this
occurred at a grade crossing outside Of
the city there would have been a great
wonderment and q renewal of the de-
mand-perfectly righteous and justin
able-that all grade crossings be forth
with abolished.
1t is impossible to reduce grade cross
lngs in town. 1t should, however, be
possible by elimination to remove from
traffic those who are incompetent to
drive.
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which appears to be requisite, Is with
held. He is determined that his coun-
try shall be branded a defaulter.
Doubtless Threadneedle Street, per-
haps with the aid of Wall Street, now
that the governor of the Bank of Eng
land, Mr.. Montagu Norman, is on
Manhattan Island, will find ways and
means of graphing with the Australian
crisis. British money invested In COM
monwealth securities runs into tens Of
millions of pounds sterling. The mere
specter of reputation down under"
is terrifying and disturbing. Aus
traliAn securities in London tumbled
heavily on the disquieting reports from
New South Wales. The commonwealth
is rich in resources, but Labor govern
ment there reveals no more ability to
come to grips with economic dislo-
cation than the Macdonald regime has
done in the Mother Country.
Australia, continent of slightly
larger land area than the United
States, is as undeveloped as this coun-
try was seventy-five years ago. Like
we did then, the Australians sorely
need foreign capital for exploitation
of their virgin soil, forests, water power
and other national potentialities. Com
mon sense will teach the Labor poll
ticians, along with the rest Of the
country, that reputation Of bonded in
debtedness is the surest way Of fright
ening world capital out Of and away
from Australia.
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! change on Secretary Melons 10-year
tenure of office in the Treasury Depart
ment. In a radio talk on veterans leg
islation, the doctor statesman remarked
that it could be said of Uncle Andy
that three Presidents Of the United
States have served under Mellon" That
is certainly true, Copeland argued, as
far as ex-service men are concerned,
"for Mr.. Mellon has dictated the bonus
policies Of Harding, Coolidge and Hoo
yer in succession"
Most of the members Of Congress who
are lingering on in Washington, a
month after the close of the session,
are remaining until June, in order to
let their children finish the term in
the Washington public schools. One of
the House members thus succumbing to
the Capitals Springtime lure is Repre-
sentative Simmons, Republican, of Ne
braska, whose specially is counting the
pennies which Congress allots to the
disfranchised District of Columbia.
There must be something in ances-
try. after all, even among dogs. A son
of President Hoover's New York bench
show champion Gordon setter, Ingle-
mere Gillette, has Just duplicated the
paternal trick by winning the annual
blue ribbon In his class at the same
exhibition.
4 X
Now that Washington's one big pub
lie meeting hall. the privately owned
Auditorium, may have to be RACED to
make room for the new War and Navy
Department Building, why can't some
thing be done to carry out the long
projected George Washington Memorial
Hall project? Years ago Congress
handed over to the organization formed
to erect such building a magnificent
plot Of land just south of Pennsylvania
avenue. A corner stone was laid, but
since then the enterprise has consisted
of yawning hole in the ground. The
condition of the land grant was that
the money for the building should be
raised by popular subscription. Mrs.
Henry F. Dimock. Washington society
leader, has carried on, single-handed,
campaign to find the funds, but they
have not been forthcoming. If Mr..
Mellon, Mr. Ford or some other citizen
who combines wealth with patriotism
were to put up the $l0,000,000 required,
no finer monument to his fame is i'm
aginable. The Capital of the richest
country in the world is in sore need of
such structure as the George Wash
ington Memorial is planned to be.
(Copyright, 1919
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Burke Awarded to Michigan

Fred Burke, the most wanted man in
of Missouri to the State of Michigan
end transported 10 the latter for trial
for murder From the moment of his
capture in a little Missouri hamlet
Claims for this desperate began to pour
in upon the authorities Of that State
Within the first dozen hours no less
than eight had expressed willingness,
even an anxiety, each to take him over
for trial for some atrocious crime COM
mitted there. Before the matter was
settled by decision by the Governor of
Missouri in favor Of Michigan no less
than eighteen jurisdictions had found
records Of odenses believed to have been
committed by Burke.
This remarkable situation developed
into veritable hearing before the Gov
ernor Of most Of the cases against Burke.
Evidence was sketched or indicated by
representatives Of the rival claimants
fer the person OF the fugitive Finally
the Governor decided that Michigan
had seemingly the strongest case against
Burke, on the charge of the murder
of a policeman at the City of st. Jo-
seph, and signed the extradition in
favor OF that commonwealth. Chicago
urged strenuously that 1t be given the
privilege OF trying Burke for the So
called St. Valentine day murders, con-
a - - 4
dence against him than has been dis
cic-ed or Indicated. The award 70
Michigan was made Notwithstanding
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tainly beats carrying grudges around
for lifetime"
"As a real fighter, Sinclair Lewis Is
flop" according to the kansas City
Star. 1--WE are disappointed in Theo-
dore Dresser, too. He should have made
Lewis fight or given him lot more
punishment. He certainly had SUM-
Gent provocation. Lewis nursed and
| frequently uttered his grievance against
the author of An American Tragedy
and finally brought it out in company
with Dresser present. The provocation,
the resentment and the setting were
Just right for a real show. But Lewis
f1unked and Dresser. stopped too soon.
The country will not forgive either for
not making it an encounter to a finish
"a rough and bloody finish, after the
manner Of the movies. The world has
been better to both than they deserve,
and here was chance to give the world
little satisfaction. And it was passed
UP. Lewis was a downright gutter,
considering. Here is a man who lacks
both the personal detachment and the
good nature Of the real satirist, but
has hit right and left, indulging in
prejudice, resentment and even hatred,
attacking ruthlessly even those who
have no means of defense Yet when
he is repeatedly struck in the face he
should have proved himself a spiritual
and physical hero. He has. richly
earned, and in due time should be given,
a nice BOBBY prize to hang up with his
Nobel trophy"
1.-THE laying on Of hands takes the
romance out of such affairs" thinks
the Dallas Journal while the Milwaukee
Sentinel feels that Mr.. Lewis must
nave rasped the sensibilities of every
person high enough in the scale of eyo-
luton to feel that jostling a woman In
a revolving door is an unpretty thing
to do" The Columbia Is. ,C.) State
looks upon the incident as more
amusing than anything else either has
done in long time" and expresses
regret that peacemakers interposed,"
with the belief that there is plenty of
comeback in red-haired Sinclair"
The Little Rock Arkansas Democrat
onerS the criticism of the encounter:
" 1t was an outrageous, scandalous af-
1alr, ragged Lewis. Rash and unwar-
ranted insults were rewarded with two
slapS upon the face said Dresser in
his best literary style. Now, the only
thing that puzzles us Is why Lewis re-
sented Dreiser's borrowing a few thou
sand words from Mrs Lewis book, as
Stunning that he did. What are three or
tot Itdousanu WORDS between literary
1rlenos? PoSseSSor of a perfectly mag
nif1cent superfluity of words that he is.
Dresser could have paid them back with
heavy interest at any time the demand
was made. Forty thousand words taken
from his An American Tragedy
wouldn't have been missed by the read
ers. In fact, the deletion would have
pleased them immensely. And why did
Dresser act as he did? Does he not
know that his cultured followers dis
approve Of vulgar f1sticuffs' among lit
erary grenadiers? contemporary Of
ferS another angle of the discussion.
Stealing 5000 words from any woman
is, we should say, like filching pennies
from Uncle Andrew Mellon And
there's something in that, we would
say"
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

1 Now arrive, on favored winds, morn
ings made for walking.
| Along winding roads and down every
| street, air redolent with the mystic
something Of the season, invites to post
| breakfast strolls.
The best time for the average person
| to get in this brief walk Is on going
| to work, preferably before catching Q
public conveyance to ones place Of en-
ployment.
Fortunate is he IL he lives at some
| distance from bus or car line. He Is
to be congratulated, particularly If his
| work calls for his arrival some time
before the mass Of the populace gets to
moving downward.
There can be little gainsaying that
there is something peculiarly grateful in
the air of early morning, especially after
the sun is up.
The scientific explanation we leave to
others; what remains Is for the happi-
ness of every early morning stroller.
* X X
This walk should be happy mixture
of the stroll and the walk, fast enough
to compensate for the chill of the morn
ing, at this season. and slow enough
for the pedestrian to see both the old
and the new along his way.
A homely pleasure, this, one which
one thinks, as he recalls all those thou
sands of human beings, springing out
of bed, late for work every morning.
They rush through their additions,
cram down their breakfasts in hurry,
dash madly across the street for car or
bus, arrive Just as the bell Is ringing.
They are out OF breath all the time, too
hurried and Hurried to be interested in
a necessary daily chore, yet one which
may give much pleasure.
X x
The freshness of the morning air is
always thing to marvel at.
It is as dustlesS air as a great city
ever knows. Not only have there been
few cars for hours, now, but the dew
Of morning has put fine natural blan-
ket over everything, preventing dust
particles from arising.
In addition, there is more of that vital
something which formerly used to be
called "oZone," word now largely gone
out Of style.
We no longer speak Of ozone, but we
seem to smell it in the fresh air of
post-breakfast hours, as 1t impingeS
gratefully against our lungs.
x * * X
The walker takes long breaths.
A slight vapor still curls from his
nose as he breathes, but the Winter
chill is gone, there is none OF that
sharp unpleasantnesS which formerly
made him wish the distance less.
Now he is glad that it is every foot
of it. For this is that sort Of morning,
that glorious Spring morning, than
which no day in the entire year has a
more perfect one to offer to a human
being.
Aurora, goddess Of dawn, still comes
to mortals. this morning, as all morn
ings, bringing her sweet gifts to dis
corning beings.
It is not an amazing thing to con-.
template, this perfect morning, after all
the millions of other perfect mornings
this old world has known
In the midst OF storm and stress,
floods and visitations, have come these
perfect mornings to world eager to
receive them.
y y
Such q morning Is a gift, and fool
ish is he who is so occupied with more
material thoughts that he cannot re-
ceive 1t.
Here, on the open road, the windows
Of sleepers are yet flung high. The
walker feels slight superiority, that
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he is up and doing, with q heart for
any fate.
He notes with supreme interest that
here a white picket gate has arisen
since he went by yesterday
1t is perfect this gate, just the thing
rows of hedge. 1t is q craftSmanlike
job, but, better than that, 1t completes
picture.
His thanks 60 out TO the owner Of
| the house, and to the carpenter, for
their cooperation in completing one Of
his morning pictures
Now that the gate is up, and swing
| ing there on It's hinges, he sees that it
was necessary to the picture. Now he
will have another interest in the morn
| ing walk, in looking for and appreciate
| ing the work Of the painter.
One morning, he knows, will see a
printing coat, and several mornings later
second coat. Perhaps there will be a
third. The whittier the gate, the greater
the gain.
At the corner of the winding road, If
he Is a methodical person, the pedes-
trian will meet the same gentleman
each and every morning.
This gentleman carries his hat in his
hand. He Is not young man, but he
carries his hat in his hand just the
same.
His gray hair waves in the morning
wind. Surely he is brave gentleman,
to defy the wind at his age. But he is
hale and rudy, there is sparkle in
his eye, and his step is elastic. He
will receive no harm from walking in
this air with his hat of to the world.
Along here another one Of the walk
.v.g1 E.s
bushes in his hemlock hedge This.
too. is a matter of great interest to the
walker. His interests are wide. He
knows not the master of this place, sit
ting snugly behind its hemlock hedge,
but he knows his touch in the replace
ment Of the dying hemlocks.
1t was one of the coolest days of
the Winter when the new ones were
set out. Their holes were dug deep
and wide. and, snow setting in after
they were dug, were covered with
boards for a few days.
At last the hemlocks were put in.
1t is a pleasure for the pedestrian to
note that they are doing very we'll,
and blend nicely with their elders.
A hemlock hedge Is nice and-expen-
sive Its evergreen character gives it
a prestige which few other hedging
materials possess.
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Our pedestrian, being of a demo-
cratic turn of mind, has a large and
extensive acquaintance among the
cooks and chauffeurs of the community.
He is we'll known in the kitchens and
garages, he has no doubt, even If he
never penetrates to the drawing rooms
of these mansions.
On the road he has other COM
panions. The squirrels are the chief
of these. He looks every morning for
one particular old fellow with a
scrawny tail. It seems that squirrels
have little appreciation of human
speech.
These squirrels. much to the pedes-
TRANS dismay, do not know that he
is kindly as well as democratic. His
call to them is invariably answered by
wild scurrying up trees.
Occasionally a rabbit scuttles across
the road, a mere streak of brown and
white, pursued by two small dogs with
ears laid back, rabbit-hungry yelps
issuing from their mouths. What anna
teurs these dogs are! They will never
catch these or any other rabbits, and
the pedestrian is glad.
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Base ball promotes q love Of true
leadership and an admiration Of honest
discipline. When the late ban" John
son interested himself in the game base
ball was regarded by many thoughtful
persons as a rather rough sport which
youth might enjoy, but which wiser
years ought to outgrow. Thanks largely
to the influence of Byron Bancroft
Johnson, it became typical of the
highest coordination of which sport is
capable and a conspicuous expression of
the true American spirit of fair play.
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Presidential Polls.

The first poll on the presidential
race Of 1882 has made its appearance
Joseph Isidor Straus, merchant anc
Democrat Of New York City, sent Z
qu-stionnaire to the delegates and al
ternates to the Democratic Nationa
Convention of 1928, seeking to learr
their preference for the Democratic
presidential nomination. A tabulatlor
Of the answers shows Gov. Franklin d
Roosevelt of New York far in the lead
No effort was made to canvass the SEN
timent Of the delegates from New York
state, and the poll therefore, does not
include expression of opinion from the
home state Of Gov. Roosevelt.
Approximately 1000 men and women
were queried as to their choice for the
presidential nomination. OF this num-
Der, 942 replied, some of them failing to
give their preference. But Of the 844
who did vote" majority favored Gov.
Roosevelt. He stood first with 47s votes
and second to him was former Gov AL
fred E. Smith, the Democratic nominee
in 1928, with 125. owen D. Young, also
Of New York, stood third with 70 votes
and Gov. Richie of Maryland fourth
with 80, and fifth was Senator Robinson
of Arkansas, Democratic leader of the
Senate, with 80. The rest Of the vote
was divided among Is other possible
candidates, most Of them "favorite
sons"
The delegates to the 1928 Demo-
cratic National Convention are not go
ing to pick the Democratic candidate
for President in 1882. That is job
which will be performed by the con-
vention which meets next year. It Is
reasonable, however, TO expect that a
considerable number of the delegates
70 the convention Of 1928 viii be dele
gates In the convention next year
Furthermore the replies received by
Mr.. Straus give impetus to the already
we'll grown boom for the nomination
Of Gov. Roosevelt. 1t has been said by
leading Democratic politicians from
many sections Of the country that Gov.
Roosevelt today is "out in front" in the
race for the Democratic nomination.
The Straus poll confirms this.
Much has been written about the
mistake Of being out In front in such
race . long time in advance of the
National Convention which actually
selects the nominee. This is the merest
twaddle. II a candidate has real
strength. the sooner he comes into the
lead the better on he is. He must be
able to maintain the pace he sets, of
course, If he is TO win. But the day of
successful dark horse" candidates for
the presidential nomination seems fad
ing. In 1923 the Hoover candidacy
went TO the front early and Mr.. Hoover
was nominated on the first ballot in
the Republican National Convention.
Gov. Smith Of New York for many
months before the convention was far
out in front of the rest OF the candi-
dates, and in the Democratic National
Convention he. too, was nominated on
the first ballot.
Mr.. Straus has turred the attention
Of the country TO the presidential poll
At intervals from now until the election
itSelf is held in November next year
other polls viii follow, seeking at first
to show the trend for the presidential
nominations and later TO determine by
these straw votes who is TO win the
coveted prize. the office Of Chief Magis-
trste.