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Bank CIearingS
INDIANAPOLIS STATEMENT

Sept. .
Clearings ..................$ 81, 654, 900 90
Debts ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5,576, 900 90
CHICAGO STATEMENT
Sept. g.
SlSdIlnRS '''..'.s........... 500, IUU, UUU CU
Balances ..,................. 4,400, 10000
TREASURY STATEMENT
Net balance for Sept. s.. .$1o1. 500, $50 81
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FIT WAYNE Sept. s.-Hogs, 10 to 15c
iey 7s 1s SS-na lbs lbs $40 10000 lbs
$500: 2oo-225 lbs $500 5 22Ss2So l lbs
S6l5: 30O-350 lbs. Sc: roughs. s4.25; stays.
S275: calves $3.50; lambs. Sc so.
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Chicago Grain Range
Sept. -

By Times Special
CHICAGO. Sept. 9.-Carlots: Wheat
$50; corn. 1866 oats. 100: rye. 4. and bar.
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Winners Named in Six
Sheep Glasses at Fair

With an overlooking sheep barn,
some late arrivals at the state
fair have been housed in the swine
barn.
Awards in the six divisions, given
in rnaking order, are:
MERINO
Evening star., 1931-06-22
Sweepstakes and Frauds.

Enormous winnings from the various
sweepstakes" based upon horse races
have stimulated the avarice of millions
Of people in all parts of the world.
Tales Of laborers and others Of small
incomes made suddenly rich by held
ing lucky tickets in this or that inter-
national lottery have spread far to make
it possible to sell chances" on any
thing that runs on four feet, whether
in Ireland, or England, or India. And
in consequence fake sweepstakes" en-
terprises are springing up, with pros
pect OF large winnings before they are
detected and suppressed. One of these
has just been overtaken in Boston. A
huge swindle was in the course of being
floated, which would perhaps have
earned for the operatives no less than
$2,500,000 a week from now until next
September. A raid on a suite of luxuri-
ously appointed Offices in Boston yielded
ample evidence of the projected fraud.
This scheme purported to be an Irish
Government race lottery for hospital
charities, such as that based upon the
British Derby. Elaborately engraved
plates had been prepared, to give the
enterprise the appearance of an official
operation. But inquiry elected the fact
that the Dublin government has no
such plan and countenances no such
scheme. The whole thing was fraud.
Unfortunately the operatives had al
ready started work, distributing and
selling large number Of tickets in New
England cities and in New York. The
police are now looking for the chief Of
the fake, who has disappeared, and are
broadcaSting the worthless character of
the tickets that have gone out to buyers.
This disclosure should put all on their
guard against race lotteries" Imita-
tors of the Boston crook are likely to
be setting up in business here and there
through this country. There is no
trouble about selling tickets in scheme
that suggests enormous returns for the
small sums asked. There Is only very
slight chance of winning in the genu-
inc sweepstakes" so huge is the num-
Der of tickets issued and sold. But
there is no chance whatever of winning
anything in the fake scheme. To buy
a ticket now in any kind of sweep
stakes is tantamolnt to betting at heavy
odds that the game is straight and that
there is in fact a contest.
Evening star., 1931-06-22
Cuam's Return to Oblivion
Predicted as Status Shifts

stronger defenses of land, sea and air
are needed in Guam than are now pro-
vided - defenses, incidentally, that
would be forbidden by the naval treatys
of 1922. In the circumstances, the ad-
ministration cannot be criticized for
demilitarizing Guam. If it cannot be
defended in war there is no sense in
msint;i ining it as naval base"
'The Navy Department should con-
tinue to supervise Guam. which has
prospered under its direction" advises
history and position of the island and
its surrounding group: Guam long has
been a junction for cables from Homo
lulu, Manila and Yokohama, and its
powerful radio station is operated by
the Navy. 1t is protected by the naval
base at Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu.
and the Navy's well equipped station
at Cavite, miles from Manila. Cavite
is 1927 statute miles southwest and
Pearl Harbor is $3.50 miles northeast.
Guam is the largest of the Marianas.
That group was wholly Spanish until
the United States captured Guam.
Soon after the island was ceded, Spain
sold to Germany the rest of the ar
chipelago, together with the Carolines
and the Palaus. In 1914 Japan seized
all German possessions in the North
mandate from the League of Nations.
They cannot be fortified and are open
to all nations trade on equal terms"
X X X
"The proposal to strip Guam of its
naval trimmings is interesting" says the
Kalamazoo Gazette, "as part of the
long discussed plan for unifying the
administration of our countryS overseas
dependencies, which are now divided as
to control among the War Department,
the Navy Department and the Depart
ment of the Interior" That paper COM
mendS this as step toward efficiency
and economy" The Charleston (W. Va)
Daily Mail offers the comment on these
possessions: when we annexed them,
we annexed trouble. Then began our
abandonment of isolation. We became
a world power, or at least we made the
be~inning of what the World War later
extended. The problems this country
then assumed continue and will con-
tinue. But we have had enough Of
Jingoism. Perhaps, even, little too
much"
apart from its value as a naval and
cable station" as viewed by the Detroit
Free Press, Guam is of little use to the
United States. The trade We enjoy with
1t amounts to only about $450, 900 a year,
all told. The island is inhabited by some
$4,000 Chamorros, a gentle and not un-
Intelligent people. A year or so ago they
let it be known that they would like to
become American citizens. Congress has
not yet humored this wish. With the re-
moval of the naval station from Guam
the island is likely to fade even more
remotely into the quiet spaces or our
national consciousness. The fact that it
belongs to the United States will be re-
rad f1xy t,xyr oFF
telegraphers. The insistent need of
economy in Washington and changes in
naval strategy are thus greasing the
ways for one of the most beautiful is
lands in the Pacific to slip gently back
into the oblivion from which the for
tunes of the Spanish-Americcn War
temporarily rescued it."
Evening star., 1931-06-22

Just as Guam was practically un-
known to the average American when
the Navy was ordered to seize the is
land in the course of the Spanish
American War, so its return to the
status of a sleepy Pacific island is pre-
dicted as the Navy Department carries
out the administration plan of aban-
doning its base there. It's importance as
a station in the national defense is af-
fected by the provisions of the WASH
ington arms treaty as well as by the
development of the airplane as naval
weapon and the strategic position OF
the Hawaiian Islands as an aerial base.
"The decision of the President and
his advisers" in the opinion OF the
Louisville Courier-Journal, may indi-
cate a change in the Hoover policy in
the Pacific not unlike that in the
Caribbean. Abandonment of Guam as
a naval base may be a step toward
withdrawal similar to the withdrawal
in Nicaragua and Haiti. But with
drawal from Guam suggests with
drawal from the Philippines and
there has been considerable agitation Of
late for our cutting loose from these
islands, not as matter of right ard
duty, but because CT economic reasons" !"
The Baltimore Sun, however, holds that
''the real demilitarization' of Guam
came at the time of the Washing ton
Conference for the Limitation of Arna-
ments, in 1921, when. in order to induce
Japan to accept the 5-5-3 ratio for
capital ships, the United States agreed
not to fortify any naval bases west c.
the Hawaiian Islands. And that 'denil-
itarization' was of potentialities, not of
actual armament, for Guam had nos
been developed and equipped"
Views on naval strategy have altered
considerably since a generation ago,
when this island was regarded as one
Of the strategic keys to the North
Pacific Ocean," says the st. Paul Dis
patch, pointing out that diplomacy
has tremendously reduced its military
value" and concluding tnas "as long as
the Washington treaty stands, the naval
base at Guam might just as well be
dropped" The Hartford Courant states
that "aS a coaling station in peace time,
and In war fought entirely in the
Philippines, Guam still has its value,
extent it is useless in its present state
and its discard by the Navy in the in
terest Of economy seems wise"
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"The Importance of the little isolated
naval base established there" accord
ing to the Buffalo Evening News, has
lessened with the years. Guam now is
held to be of no strategic value. AS
Capt Dudley w. Knox, retired Navy
officer, points out, the development of
aviation has substantially altered naval
strategy Bases of this kind formerly
of service to harbor ships in case of
war now may be made valueless because
they are open to attack from the air.
Capt. Knox further remarks that much
Evening star., 1931-06-22

large, in q Statewide contest. This
pleaSes most of the Republicans as well
as the Democrats.
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Ohio Democrats are talking more and
more of Newton D. Baker as the Buck
eye States candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination next year. The
former Secretary of War in the Wilson
administration is saying nothing. Mr..
Baker will have lot of support from
old Wilson Democrats If he gets into
the race, and likely would have strong
following in the Ohio delegation to the
national convention.
n \ n 4
President woodrow Wilson, while the
World War was still on, made the re-
mark that Il there was to be peace, real
peace, in the world, there should be
peace without victory" There was
lot Of scoffng az the remark In those
days, particularly by those who wished
to rub Germany'S neSe IN tAs SiE5 after
the war should be over Hinisight IS
always easier than looking ahead But
Mr.. Wilson, 1t appears, had greater
foresight than q lot of his critics.
What's happening in the world Just now
Is the proof qf his @aadosR
Evening star., 1931-06-22

er when the corresponding musical key
Is depressed.
@. Does the National Bureau Of
Standards issue a periodical or other
publications describing its scientific
work for free distribution?-A. NJ. r.
A. The Commercial Standards Month
ly is published by the Bureau of Stand
ards, but q regular subscription rate of
81 year is charged. The magazine IS
devoted to reports of standardizing
work, especially important to business,
carried on by the bureau in co-opera-
ton with other branches of the Gov
ernment and with private interests.
The bureau also publishes special re-
ports on results of experiments, which
are available at nominal prices.
@. What is the name of the device
used in testing the alcoholic content OF
beer?-O. T. P.
A. 1t is the ebulliometer.
@. Is there an American organization
opposing censorship?-H. D.
A. The National Council on Freedom
from Censorship. 100 Fifth avenue, New
York, recently was organized by the
American Civil Liberties Union. Its
members include authors, playwr1ghts,
clergymen and publishers. 1t actively
opposes Federal and State censorship
Of motion pictures, periodicals, the
radio, books, plays and any interference
with constitutional guarantees of free
speech and press.
@. Who is the waving girl Of Ty-
bee"?-K. M.
A. The waving girl is Miss Florence
Martus, for half century known to
coastwise mariners and travellers. Liv-
ing on Elba Island at the mouth of
the Tybee River, she invariably waved
to every passing ship. Her brother,
George w. Martus, has been keeper OF
the light since 1887 and she has lived
with him since that time. There is a
romantic legend built up around her
faithfulness to the effect that, many
years ago a sweetheart was lost at sea
and that she has waved to every incom-
ing ship since in the hope that the lost
man might be aboard and expecting
to see signal from her. Mr.. Martus,
the keeper of the light, is retiring and
moving to Savannah and she Is about
to abandon her long vigil.
@. Is John Lawson stoddard, the
lecturer, still living?-M. @.
A. He died on June 5, 1881.
Q. What is Constance Benefits SAL
ary?-S. M.
A. Thirty thousand dollars q week.
@. Do many people visit the Plan
etarium in Chicago?-R. P.
A. Since its opening May, 1880, the
Adler Planetarium has been visited by
quarters of million people.
@. Where is the Kellogg Bird Sane
tuary?-G. o.
A. 1t is at Wintergreen Lake, near
Battle Creek, Mich.
@. What newspaper In the United
States first printed financial news?
A. On June 10, 1885, the New York
Herald, edited by James Gordon Ben
nett, printed an article on the state
of the money market which gained wide
attention. Despite considerable opposi-
ton, this became permanent feature.
This paper was the first to publish the
stock lists and daily financial review.
@. Will the Cheyenne Frontier Days
Celebration include a parade?-B. T.
A. This is one of the outstanding
events Among its features are Gen.
Dodges surveying party, the original
Cheyenne-Deadwood stage coach. floats
portraying branding and the Vigilantes.
Evening star., 1931-06-22
Financial Optimism.

Evidence that the depressed condition
OF European countries is factor in the
depression Of business in this country
Is afforded by the reactions in the stock
market which have on successive days
followed the public statements Of the
President regarding international debts.
On Saturday, In direct consequence it
Is believed, of the first statement made
the day before to the effect that some
thing would be done toward the relief of
Europe, the stock market advanced
appreciably, with strong buying ten
dency. Today, following the announce
moratorium of year, the market again
advanced and the buying tone became
even stronger, with the "short interests"
scurrying for cover. News Of the same
condition came from London and
Berlin and Tokyo.
1t is an axiom of the market" that
good news is always discounted. That
is to say, tidings that make for advances
in stock prices have their effect before
the fact. Not often does bad news work
the other way. The fundamental tone
of the "Strect" Is normally optimistic.
This present good news" had no pre-
lininary circulation in the form of
rumor. The Friday statement caught
the market unawares. If the current
sentiment regarding the future was pes
simistic the Saturday uprising Of quo
tations would probably have discounted
the statement of Saturday night. The
Street" had all CT Sunday in which to
consider the effect. This mornings
positive upward reaction suggests quite
clearly that it is generally felt that the
best is yet to come, that this present
improvement is but preliminary to a
revival of trade and a restoration Of
business to a normal basis.
That this may be the case is the fer
vent prayer CT ALL Whether C: not the
American depression-which s,-rted
from the collapse of an over-extended
speculative markets in large measure
due to the world depression, it is cer-
tainly deepened by it and recovery from
it is certain to be retarded by contin-
uation Of the present European condi-
Evening star., 1931-06-22
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles E. TRAcEWELL.

faced with the task Of getting them out
Of the home grounds.
There are few plants which look
worse in a lawn. Many smaller weeds
will pass unnoticed in the grass. Some
of them blend nicely with the finest
leaved grasses.
The sprawling character of the
dandelion, however, makes 1t con-
spicuous plant in the lawn. and one
which invariably offends the house,
holder who strives for good grass.
y + Il X
Let us say here that a perfect lawn
should not be the goal OF the horticui-
turally ambitious.
Such grass is more trouble than it is
worth. Only the beginning gardener
will worry his head and heart because
his lawn is not such carpet of green"
as is described in English gardening
books.
There are such lawns. and they are
beautiful. and much to be desired. but
they are almost as impossible of
achievement by most householderS as
million dollars year competence.
Either would be highly desirable. but
few pine and waste away because Of the
lack. There are so many factors max
ing for poor lawns. especially in or near
his heart on perfect grass.
If he desires good grass, that Is en-
tirely another matter. One Of the first
requisites along this medium plane Of
desire IS to rid the grass OF dandelionS
as quickly and as completely as pos
Sible.
Here the ingenuity Of the individual
has full scope. Some pin their hopes on
weeders, trick devices with knives and
springs and wires and such, which, in
serted in the ground. are supposed to
pull up the weed without harming the
graSs. Often they bring UP a quantity
OF earth.
Others go in for the old strong-arm
method of dragging 'en1 out by the
roots, catch-as-catch-can willy-nilly
and so on. 1t is a good way. If you
can be sure of getting all the tap root
which of course is exactly what you
cannot be sure of, and If you do not
mind digging hole in the lawn the
size Of an old-faShioned dinner plate
Plates as we'll as homes are growing
smaller, by the way. Some OF the new
est dinner sets have dishes scarcely
bigger than old-time breakfast plates
Perhaps the vogue for a reducing diet
may account for it.
Salads, however, VIII bring back the
big plate. If one subsists on salads, and
the like, small quantities will not do
Most people nowadays have discovered
for themselves that bushel of salad
even with oil, does not stick to the
ribs. as the homely saying has 1t, more
than an hour.
A couple of gallons of salad, eaten
with a crunching noise. will not stay
with one a tenth Of the time a fair
portion of beefsteak will.
X X x
Dandelion greens are liked by many
and perhaps furnish as good a way to
get rid of this weed as any.
II one gathers them just to throw
away. be sure that they are thrown
completely away, else their seeds will
blow back on the lawn.
Remember that for persistence few
created things equal this plant The
fourth determined growth period-from
the same plant, or new seeds now in
progress.
Those who have overcome them Sc
I far must take new heart. and persist
in pulling off their leaves and putting
in fresh grass seed.
Put bonemeal over the seed. Dande-
lions do not like it, it diScourages them,
and encouragement Is what they need
Evening star., 1931-06-22

About two months ago we wrote here
in praise of the dandelion.
Today, with the fourth crop coming
on, we find It difficult, If not impos-
sible, to work up a similar enthusiasm.
The trouble with the dandelion Is
that it is too vigorousl
Here is pretty little flower with all
the stamina of a true weed, and then
the persistency of the Devil himself.
We do not take back a word Of our
laudation of weeds, which are interest
ing, enterprising, fine looking speci-
mems of the floral family.
When 1t comes to the dandelion,
however, we are at present in a mood
to wonder If our previous enthusiasm
was not bit previous, indeed.
X X X
"All you have to do" we said, loftily,
as we recall, 'is to pull of the leaves,
and then put in grass seed"
The theory is that the grass viii
kill out the dandelions.
And the theory Is correct.
The only difficulty lies in the sheer
stubborn persistency of the small weeds
with their sprawling leaf systems.
The gardener may pull on leaves
and put in grass seed, as we have done,
for three successive growths Of dandies,
only to find himself faced with another
upcropping at this time.
"Even this must pass away" ran
the legend on the ring Of an ancient
Perhaps we may recall it in con-
Lection with the dandelions.
And as we write feathery bit of
substance comes floating through the
open window, seven floors up, and
lights on the blotter Of the desk.
Those who believe that truth Is
stranger than fiction will be pleased
to know that this is puff OF dandelion
Seedl
No doubt 1t has blown clear across
the District of Columbia from nearby
Maryland, to remind us that the dande-
lion is a mighty plant and not easily
Well. who would want to subdue it
anyway? Not us! We stick to our
guns: it Is an interesting, pretty little
thing: the only trouble with it Is that
it is determined to grow somewhere or
other.
Most people think the whole dande-
lion family has taken it into its COM
posite head to grow on their own lawns.
Conditions must be Just right for
them on the average lawn.
Perhaps their growth shows a lack OF
soil fertility. They do say that weeds
will not grow so well in earth which Is
full of plant nutriment.
More complaints of dandelions In
lawns have come to this desk this year
than ever before. Evidently the mild
Spring and fairly copious rains COM
bined to give the weeds a fine start.
A factor in their growth is the in
difference of many persons to them.
They do not start work on them early
enough, with the results that millions
of seeds are blown to the winds on
gossamer airplanes.
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II all those interested in good lawns
and who is not?-would combine to
fight them at the proper time. they
could be largely eliminated from any
given section of the city.
That they could be completely wiped
out is scarcely possible. Few would
want them to be. With the Towering
trees and shrubs, the crocus and the
early tulips, they are among the first
bright flowers to show in the home
landscape.
For that reason they will continue to
be loved, not only by the children,
whom they invariably fascinate, but also
by their elders, who may or may not be
Evening star., 1931-06-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Arithmetical Era.
The classics now are not desired
In education'S realm.
It's mathematics that's admired.
In those who take the helm
To guide the world upon its way
AS perils gather thick.
An intellect depends, they say,
Upon arithmetic.
A man to measurements inclined,
AS fame he strives to reach,
May oft reduce his breadth of mind
To aid his length of speech.
And out among the stars in space
Our woy with care we pick,
Not by the aid of heavenly grace,
But by arithmetic.
Evening star., 1931-06-22

tions. Therefore IL is that those who
deal in securities are quick to discount
the prospect of betterment abroad by
setting forward the price standards in
the market. just so long as the feeling
prevails that better times win result,
here and abroad, from the rescue Of the
European debtor nations from their
present sorry plight optimism will pre-
vail, and optimism means a rising
market.
Evening star., 1931-06-22

The Washington base ball team long
ago lived down whatever opprobrium
attached to the nickname Senators !"
Out-of-town writers and fans always
use the term. While the title ma
tionals"" is an honorable one, and one
commemorative of long-ago glories, it
is none the less confusing. If the play
'ers continue to perform as they have
been doing, they can be called Rep
resentatives" for all any WaShingto-
mans care.
Evening star., 1931-06-22

ready to burst upon the gaze Of On af-
frighted universe. Nor will the Presi-
dents hint that the United States links
up limitation of land ornaments with
this economic gesture be lost upon a
Europe giving so ruinously of its sub
stance to maintain the weapons Of fear.
Evening star., 1931-06-22

Secretary and DR.. Ray Lyman Will
bur, president Of Leland Stanford Uni
versity and just granted an extension of
his leave of absence, is enjoying, not
a "sabbatical year." but "sabbatical
administration"
Evening star., 1931-06-22

Gen. Gomez consents" again to head
the government of Venezuela. And it is
not unlikely, unless all past dope is
wrong. that later he may have to con-
sent" to removing himself.
Evening star., 1931-06-22

They are not only having apple bios
som festivals and cherry, cotton. rose
and goodness knows what not sort, but
now comes a rhododendron festival.
There are some girls who would even be
eligible for queen of cactus festival.
Evening star., 1931-06-22

The story is yet to appear about the
young lady who, forced to disembark
from a speed boat, was compelled to
swim back.