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The Washington times., 1931-02-12
senate BLOCKS.
TRAFFIC BILL

An effort to obtain Senate
action upon the District traffic
bill was blocked in the Senate
this afternoon.
Senator George CD of Georgia,
who on Tuesday night objected
to consideration of the bill, an
nounced that he withdrew his OBJ
lection and was willing to have
the bill considered today.
Senator Reed Smoot CRD of
Utah, who is in charge of the
conference report on the Interior
appropriation bill, however, OBJ
jected to including a local traffic
bill in the midst of the debate on
the report and the bill was not
considered.
The Washington times., 1931-02-12
'Homely Abe Lincoln
Handsome at Times,
Said Secretary

NEW YORK, Feb. IL QN.S0.
Abraham Lincoln, by tradition
a homely man, was in fact
very handsome at times" ac-
cording to Miss Helen Nicolay,
author and daughter Of Lin
coins private secretary, John
G.. Nicolay.
In an address here last night
Miss Nicolay said her father
told her that Lincoln was hand
some especially when engaged
in a debate. She said:
"When debating, Lincoln
threw his head back and
seemed as though illumined by
lamp within, my father used
to tell me-"
The Washington times., 1931-02-12
D. C. Church Chorus
To Be Presented Here

Jesus, the Very Thought of
Thee" a four-part choral number,
composed by Miss Maud Sewell,
organist and choir director of the
Church of the New Jerusalem,
will be presented February % at
the Willard ballroom.
The composition will be pre-
sented by the A Capella Chorus
of Washington under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Ruby Smith Stahl,
choir director of the First Con-
gregational Church. The chorus
is composed of go voices.
The Washington times., 1931-02-12
Officers Are Relieved
At Arn1y War College

Having completed their course
of instruction at the Army War
College, eight officers today were
relieved from duty as students at
the college to take effect June 30
when they will be assigned to
duty with the War Department
General Staff.
The officers are Lieut.. Col.
Lloyd B. Magruder, Coast Artil-
lery; Majors Henry B. Cheadle,
Infantry; Leon R. Cole, and
Charles D. DAILY, Field Artillery;
Carl H. Seals, Infantry; Cuthbert
B. Stearns and John C. F. Tillson,
jr., Cavalry, and Claude B. T'hum-
mel, Ordnance Department.
The Washington times., 1931-02-12
CITIZENS WAN 7
RIGHT To FISH

FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. 12.-Citi-
zens of Fairfax county who make
thier living by fishing in the
creeks and tributaries Of the Po-
tomac River will meet tonight in
the /. o. o. F.. Hall at Accotink,
to protest against the recent rul-
ing of the State Game Commis-
sion abolishing commercial fishing
in these waters.
The ruling, which abolished
fishing with nets in Virginia
waters from Holland Point to
Washington, was adopted to pro-
tect the large number of game
fish which have inhabited these
creeks but which, according to the
commission, are dying out.
Fish For Sport
Residents here brand this ac-
ton as a discrimination against
the masses in behalf of few
wealthy persons who have homes
situated in these communities and
fish purely for sport.
On the other hand, these citi-
zens point out, there are hundreds
of families here that depend en-
tirely upon commercial fishing for
their livelihood. Adjustment of
this means of supporting their
families will cause far more suf-
fering, they say, than has been
caused here by the drought:
Edmund H. Allen, president of
the Fairfax Chamber of Com
merce, will preside at the meeting,
while Judge William Snowden, Of
Alexandria, member of the game
commission, will be one of the
speakers.
The Washington times., 1931-02-12
HAS BIG SEASON

RED BLUFF, Calf. Feb. IL,
G.N.S.)-The Mill Creek salmon
hatchery near here has just cons
pleted one of its most sue cessful
egg.taking seasons. Although the
hatchery has normal capacity
of about 100000, eggs, more
than 100000 eggs were taken
to be developed into finge1lings.
The Washington times., 1931-02-12

"PINCHED" FOR "CUTTING" ANCIENT SUNDAY
has no scruples about working Sunday, quietly
Joseph Oldfeld came along and nabbed him. Although
the fine for conviction is only SIS, Mr.. Ballenger, in
censed the arrest will fight the to the end
He says this law is archaic, hodover from the Pur
tanica days when people put in stocks for "run
The Washington times., 1931-02-12
Fire Damages
Md. Restaurant

BLADENSBURG, Md, Feb. IL.
Fire partially destroyed the White
Pig restaurant here early yester'
day, damaging approximately
$1,000 worth of goods and sup
plies. The lunchroom is owned
by S. w. Dayberry, of 81 Ran
dolph Pl. N. w., Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-02-12
PLANK INJURIES MAN

ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 12-Eli De-
Zediel, 1924 South Carolina Ave.
S. E., is in Alexandria Hospital,
suffering from injuries to his
back received yesterday when a
piece of lumber fell while he was
working at the Fruit Growers
Express Plant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
The Chaos in Coal

John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers is
quite right when he says something must be done
TO stabilize the coal industry. Whether or not his
plan for accomplishing this by government regula-
ton the wisest plan possible is rather more diff
cult of determination. The government will not
and in our judgment, should not-step in until pri
yate industry has refused to itself from chaos
The coal industry has been discussed at some
length in the hearings before the La Toilette senate
committee It has been suggested among other
things that coal operators should spend their time
devsing ways to increase the demand for coal, that
they should endeavor to find a method of making
coal furnaces as easy to operate oil gas fur
naces for instance.
But to solve the problems of the industry on the
basis of increasing production involves rapid destruc-
ton of an essential national which is def
nitely limited. This would seem to be foolish
wasteful destruction of oil reserve.
Under the Lewis plan, conservation of coal might
be accomplished to limited extent On the other
hand, government regulation often has resulted in
generous return to the regulated industry, guar
enteed by the government, but necessitating high
prices to the consumer. Government regulation so
far has found way to keep the valuation on which
return is based to a reasonable level
1t may be that the peculiar problems of the coal
Industry can be solved only by complete government
control To achieve properly limited production and
assure profits to coal operators without at the
time making the price of essential commodity ex-
cesSve would require great skill the part of the
government regulating commission.
And vet as Lewis says and as conditions in Ken
lucky in West Virginia in Pennsylvania cry out,
something must be done. The winter should not be
allowed to pass without serious study of this prob
lem by the congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
= Call That Session

When the state chairman Of both political parties
60 to the trouble of sounding out sentiment the
matter OF special session, it is fair presumption
that the people as whole demand relief that can
only come from legislation.
The farmers have made their demands again and
again only to be met with refusal by the Governor,
who, evidently has small liking for legislatures.
His attitude be understood. special session
might be inquisitive than the regular gathering
OF politicians
to demand change of laws that will prevent agr-
culture from being reduced to serfdom and the in
diyidual farmer from extinction make life hard for
the independent merchant and harder for the
wage worker
AS far the farmer is concerned, unfair tax
burdens become confscaton and all too many farms
are becoming the property Of money lenders.
The only way this state act to relieve any
class of citizens either the dispossessed farmer or
the jobless worker, is through the legislature.
In times that demand action, the legislature should
be in session to meet emergencies and emergencies al
ready exist
The legislature must very soon revise the tax
system to equalize burdens and place them on the
shoulders of those able to pay. 1t should do some
thing constructive in the matter of unemployment.
The state might we'll join in asking the Governor
to follow the example of states like Wisconsin where
real concern is being shown for the common good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05

Indicating that another fight will be made in
congress for federal anti-lynching law, the Ma
tional Equal Rights League has called upon Presi-
dent Hoover for his aid.
Both the Republican party and the President have
spoken on this issue The Republican party pledged
itself to an anti-lynching law ito exterminate this
hdeous crime" President Hoover has said: Every
decent citizen must condemn the lynching evil as
an undermining of the very essence of both justice
and democracy"
Yet neither acts. The Dyer bill, imposing fed
eral penalties upon counties which wink at lynch
angs has got nowhere under three Republican ad-
ministrations.
While the government hestates, public opinion
moves all too slowly to stamp out this American
harbarism. Last year there were twenty-one lynch
ings as compared with 225 in 1892 The truth about
the cowardly injustice of these lawess episodes also
comes out A group of southern investigators re-
Gently found that less than one-fourth of all lynch
ing victims the last forty even were accused
of assaults upon white women. They found that of
last years lynching toll two were innocent, eleven
were possibly"
The problem is acute. There were twice as many
'lynchngs last year as in 1929
President Hoover has said: Platform pledges
must not be empty gestures"
One test of Republican issues will be on this is
sue And what about the Democrats9
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
A Hoover Achievement

The annual report of Charles j. Rhodes, United
States commissioner of Indian affairs and his as
sistant, j. Henry scattergood, is hopeful.
In this report are signs of progress toward the
humanization of the Indian bureau and the freeing
the remnant of the 225OO0 Indian wards after 100
years of bureaucratic tyranny.
Beginning at the foundation, the new admins
tration seems to have tackled the educational svs-
tenn with real vigor. 1t has abandoned three worse
than useless boarding schools in Oklahoma. Cali
tornia and Arizona, improved supervision of the
rest and cooperated with states to meet the needs
OF Indian scholars in public schools
Health and sanitation also appear to have been
improved greatly through the enlargement of hos
pltalS field nurse personnel and better statistics.
Through agricultural extension work Indians are
made better farmers
But it most be admitted only start has been
mace Inc boarding school evil should be abated en-
trely and a decent school system substituted The
0Wlng-Johnson bill should be passed to permit the
states to administer relief health and education
The great and Illegal $43,OOOO00 reimbursable debt
should be scaled down The system under which
more than 100000 Indians have become disnoz-
SesSed and made into near paupers should be aban
doned and adequate relief provided for its victims
10 protect the Indian culture, measure should be
passed permitting the incorporation Of Indian Tihos
and giving these tribes better protection in the fed
eral courts
The ideal Of the new Indian bureau is to work
itself out of job in twenty-five years through the
eventual weaving of the Indians from government
ao This can not be done except by educating then,
IN seH-reliance. And it can not be done Of tho
cost of Indian culture
The new regime at least has turned Americas
face toward this better goal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
VOTE WAR ON AUSTRIA
December =

.nN Dec. 5, 1917, the house COM
" mittee on foreign affairs vo. i
unanimously that a state of war
existed between the United States
and Austria-H Hungary dating from
noon this day.
A Vienna cable quoted Emperor
Charles as saying in an address tn
an Austro-German delegation that
the dual monarchy was ready at
any time to conclude peace that
would guarantee the integrity of
the monarchy.
An official communication of the
Bolshevist government announced
That preliminary ten-day armis-
tlce had been agreed to.
General Dukhonin was killed nv
being thrown from train.
The British steamer Apapa was
sunk, and eighty passengers and the
crew persisted. A German torpedo
sank the ship.
Fighting resumed on the entire
Macedonian front from the Struma
to the mouth of the Vajusa. Several
Bulgarian patrols were captured by
the French.
The German auxiliary cruiser
Botnia was reported blown up in
collision with a German mine off
the island of Amagar.
Teutons forced the Italians from
strong positions between Mounts
Tondarecar and Badenecche.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
The Wrong Emphasis

Only thirteen years old, and a suicide. An In
diana boy had failed to make place on football
team. Life seemed worthless. He ended it,
The fact that this tragedy occurred in the city
which is the home of the largest state university
indicates that school authorities from highest to
lowest, should pay attention to the emphasis
placed upon college and school athletics.
No boy has ever yet in this state ended his life
because he failed to make the glee club the debating
team or first rank in scholarship
When all the honors and adulaton go to the
heroes of the gridron, thoughtful persons may we'll
stop and ask whether schools are being operated fog
football or football for the schools.
That athletics form very proper part of school
life must be admitted but the primary purpose of ath-
letics should be the cultivation of healthy bodies.
Outside of the gate receipts, just what is the pur
pose of competitive athletics? Is the advertisement
worth while? Should youth be attracted by football
glamor or a desire for education?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
HEALTH
Examinations Essential to Health

of mothers who were seen in one
surgical clinic reported that they
had assesses of the breast because
they had not been taught how to
take care of the breast properly
while nursing their infants.
Today the number of mothers
with the condition is less than S
per cent, and among those who are
educated it is less than l per
cent.
Mothers should know that in
juries and chronic irritations Incl
dent to birth of a child, no matter
how trivial, should be attended to
promptly.
Immediately after the birth of tie
child the mother should have suffi-
Gent care to bring her tissues back
to as nearly normal a condition as
is possible.
Much of the cancer affecting
women concerns the tissues involved
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
Disaster Ahead

TT is to be acknowledged that
l. President Hoover has been COM
PEELED to grapple with distressing
emergency, for which he was in no.
wise to blame, and that he has done
some very good work in advising
with the leaders of private enter
prise and in suggesting financial
improvements.
His ideas with regard to home
building and the credit corporation
which was clearly born of his guild
ance represent constructive work.
Meanwhile, and regardless of how
business may have been helped, the
government is drifting toward an
economic morasS. If something is
not done to balance the budget, and
keep it balanced very soon. we shall
md ourselves facing state of af-
talrs similar to that which upset the
British applicant last summer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05

in birth. These tissues are as easily
accessive to the physician as is the
skin.
If the woman is disturbed by an
unsightly birthmark or mole on her
face, she Immediately gives it at
tention, because it is so easily visi-
BILE and accessible. We should not
neglect conditions which are not
visible, but which are far more dan
gerouS to life.
Most people avoid medical atten-
ton until they are suffering with
some condition that brings about
discomfort and pain
The early stages Of cancer are not
as uncomfortable as common cold
and certainly not as painful as
acute indigestion.
1t would be far better for the
health and life Of mankind if can
Ger would manifest itself in such
an obvious manner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
NJ. E. Tracy
SAYS:

Orr Government Is Drifting
ToWGrd an Economic No
rass. Sooner or Later We
Are Going to Hare to Pay
Up.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-President
= Hoover is reported as inclined
to let Democrats take the lead in
shaping revenue program which
is the biggest problem before this
country right now. The federal
deficit was nearly $1,000, 100000 last
year, and promises to be twice that
much this year.
The question is not whether taxes
should be increased, but how.
Politicians invariably assume that
increased taxes are unpopular and
that the party which can be held
responsible for them is sure to
suffer.
Not pausing to argue the non
sense Of such twaddle, most of us
had hoped that President Hoover
would rise above it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
Discussion of Growth

q FEATURE of the New Orleans
"a meetings will be a number of
Symposiums at which the same
question will be discussed from va
rious angles by a number of speak
erS.
One such symposium is to be held
upon the subject of Growth
Speakers will include DR.. Boas,
president of the association; DR..
Richard E. Scammon, DR.. Harry
Bakwin and other well-known au-
thorities. =
Both the growth of individuals
and the growth of population will
be discussed.
DIE. B. Wilson of Harvard uniz
versity will speak on mathematical
phases of growth analysis. -
Another symposium will discuss
the ancient Maya Indian civiliza-
ton of Central America. Papers
will be presented on the subjects Of
Astronomy of the Mayas" and
Racial Antecedents-and LINGUISTIC
Problems Of the Mayas."
Diseases caused by parasites will
be the subject of a symposium ad.
dressed by biologists and medical
men. y
Another feature of the meeting
will be the awarding of the $1,000
prize which is given each year for
the best paper presented at the
meeting.
This prize was won last year by
M. A. Tuve, L. r. Hafstad and o.
Dahl OF the Carnegie Institution of
Washington for a paper on the pro-
duction Of high potential currents
by means of vacuum tubes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
People, Voice

Editor TimeS-If Senators Watson
and Robinson never again do an
other thing for the people of In
dianapolis, they surely deserve great
credit for their recommendation of
the displacement Of Robert H. Bry-
son as postmaster Of this city. and
the placing of Leslie D. Clancy in
the Office.
The presidential rule is explicit
on this proposition and they stern
ly fulfilled their interpretations of
duty as laid down by the Wilson
presidential decree, which, in part,
says:
When vacancy shall occur in
the position of any postmaster of
any Office of the first, second or
third class, as result Of death, re-
moval, or on accommodation of the
first assistant postmaster general,
with approval of the postmaster
general, to the effect that the eff
cheney or practical needs of the
service requires that change shall
be made, ETC."
The senators recognized their in
trinsic functions as representatives
from Indiana, as it would have been
difficult for them to have agreed
upon a better qualified or more eff
Gent man for the job, and we GER
tainly needed a change.
CHARLES G.. KEISER.
Editor Times-Why do our
guardians of our public streets show
favoritism when it comes to a de-
cision as to which Improperly
parked car should be towed in?
Well, Officer Schmidt was order
ing the tow-in police car to back
up to a brand new Auburn bearing
license number 1899. but after close
inspection of the title it seems as
though the car belonged to a friend
of one of our Wall street" jewellers.
so he commanded the tow car to
move on and actually stood guard
over the Auburn until the owner
strolled out, got into the car. and
drove away.
Let's promote him to captain or
something.
Give 'em the heat. Times.
POOR PUBLIC.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
Questions and
Answers

How many pOStmaSters are there
in the United States and its possess
Sions?
The total number is 48,739 of
whom 179 are in Alaska, eighty
eight in Porto Rico, one in Guam,
and five in the Virgin islands.
How many federal and state peni-
tentiarieS are there in the United
States?
Ninety-six.
What is the total number of coun-
ties in the United States?
There are 5000, not including the
independent cities of Baltimore
Md, and twenty independent cities
in Virginia, each with the status of
a county.
What does the aeronauticaI term
air pocket mean?
A localized condition of the at
moSphere, due to varying and ir-
regular air currents, lesSening the
upward reaction against the plane
causing it to drop suddenly, as il
into a hole. 1t is supposed to be
due either to a descending current
into which the aviator runs, or to
an overtaking current travelling
faster than the aviator's speed.
Who invented the universal Ian
guage known as RO?
1t was invented in 1904 by the
Rev. P. Foster. A monthly sheet
called Roia in that language is pub
hshed at Waverly, w. Va.
How much electricity does the s.v-
erage electric iron consume?
IS kilowaatS peer hour.
About $50 watts or approximately
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

ME Llveright publishing Company has issued a
4 bulk volume called "Womans Coming of Age
Many notable writers have contributed and the femi
nine It's present Psychology, its past degradations and
It's future hopes are analysed and discussed.
Inc introduction, which is especially fine contains
this thought-provoking sentence:
she tthe new woman) realizes that morality in
the past has been made by for the subordination
of woman"
After one penetrates the crust of sentimentality
that obScureS for the sight of hidden truth on this
subject there is no doubt that man always has sci
the moral standards of his age And he has set them
with absolute fXity for his women
1t is as If he had built high barbed-wire fence
to corral the ladies of his house but had taken
to leave few strands loose in his own masculine in
closure, so that he might slip away occasionally.
TT is somewhat startling, too as you study the story
Il of women, to realize that the only way by which
the intellectual one in past ages could attain any
real freedom of thought or action was by becoming
a prostitute There's man-made morality for YOU!
Yet from the golden age of Pericles down through
many centuries, men kept their women strictly
secluded and in complete Subordinaton, while they
enjoyed both the physical and mental stimulus from
the smarter and more lively sort who were barred
from society.
Nine. de Maintenon, the mistress of Louis XIV
of France, had powerful and brilliant mind, but tc
display or even exercise it she was obliged to sell heI
chastity to the king majority of loose ladies o.
the past have not only been ambitious but far above
the intelee tual level of their timess
Man has many sins to answer Tor, but the most
heinous Is hs use OF morality cudgel to dull
ans wits.