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The Washington times., 1932-09-19

That's absurd" you say.
"Often I do things I don't
want to do. Often I am
tempted and yet resist the
temptation"
But do you really resist the
temptation, or do you do the
thing you secretly desire to do?
And, being what you are,
could you have done anything
else?
That leads on to another
even more exasperating prob
lem:
is THERE SUCH A THING
AS A FREE WILL?
Have we the power to choose
between good and evil. or must
we do what we're shaped to do?
A disturbing question, isn't it?
It disturbed those four young
men. Two of them said that
we only did that which we
wanted to do. Two of them de-
MED that and said we had to
struggle between good and evil
and deserved a lot of credit
when we chose the finer things.
On With the Battle!
Then the fight was on. Pres
emily all four of these young
men were very, very angry.
You'll be angry, too, if you
start to discuss that question.
Human beings have been get
ting angry over such questions
since the world began. But that
is how and why the human
brain has grown.
Our brains grow by asking
questions; by thinking about
everything in life. even the sim
plest things; by taking nothing
for granted; by doubling and
questioning and rebelling and
battling to find the truth.
Go on; try to answer that
question! See how hard it is to
answer! Get mad about it!
Discover how little you really
know about yourself or anyone
else You'll be surprised! And
you'll be Inundated.
BUT SURPRISE AND HU-
INITIATION ARE THE RE.
GINNING OF WISDOM.
Copyright. 1882. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1932-09-19
BlackhaWk'S Revenge
Complete, If Late

hundred years ago Indian chief Backhawk was
crushed in battle at Prairie Du Sac, Wis.
New York was then city with many aspects of village.
Washington was struggling country town.
Chicago Fort Dearborn.
Farther west civilization had hardly marched, and it
Blackhawks ambition that no farther
Blackhawk Of course defeated in that hardly
attained the dignity of skirmish
He would have been forgotten long ago except remark
able coincidence.
Engaged in the operations against him men who
later were to reach high places in American history
One was Zachary Taylor Ben amin Harrison Abra
ham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
The first three you know became Presidents United
States and the last the president of the confederacy
The combination of four future Presidents was too much for
Blackhawk but he would have ample revenge paeace
if he were living today
Most of them would herfuy give the entire country back
to the Indians years business picked upand the
Indians wouldn't take it.
The Washington times., 1932-09-19
Three-Minute Journeys
By Temple Manning
Austria's Beautiful Lake District = evel

ever glimpsed. The liLtle s|tsa
chalets everywhere fit u altn
this veritable fairyland. OF al
the lakes, the zellersee has he
come the best known, most
likeably because it is oN the
main line from Bavaria 10
Vienna.
At any rate it has casinos.
bathing houses and smart no
tells, but even these amenities
cannot obscure it's beauty.
Apart from the CHI n OF laEes
in the Salzkammt rgut, The
great attraction is of course the
salt mines that give tne dis
trict it's name, which translated
into English is Sat Grown
Lands. Almost a mill on pounds
of salt annually is taken from
the mines in the Salt Noun,
tain near Hallstatt. Go through
the workings with a. engineet
and you will be amazed Ct the
romance that center around
ordinary salt. Great reposito-
ries are cut into the interior OF
the mountain; and 5aeag are
filled with fresh water which
after a couple of N onths be-
comes brine.
A twenty-mile COno ut draws
off this brine waite q the
evaporating plant. where the
water is condensed anu The salt
residue collected.
The Washington times., 1932-09-19

to transfer responsibility
for the tragic plight of
Americans to Europe.
Happily, the millions are
not unmindful of the heavy
contributions the Admins
tration has made to human
misery. The public has
reached a very definite con-
clusion regarding the part
the Hoover and Coolidge ad-
ministrations played in the
fatal initiation of the mar
ket bubble. 1t knows Mr.,
Hoover heavy responsi-
bility for a tariff which has
robbed us of our foreign
markets and destroyed our
foreign trade. There are
100000 men who are job
less today on that account,
1t knows that the Admins
tration s prOscrastination in
dealing with the human
problem of the unemployed
has been tragic in its eff
fects. And it reads with in
terest these presidential
words:
"Our task is to acquaint
every man and woman in
the country with the facts
and issues which confront
the nation.
The embarrassment of the
Administration is that the
people are so familiar with
the "facts and issues" that
with Mr.. Hoover s organiza-
tion in control Of most of
the agencies of publicity
they cannot be deceived.
Thoroughly frig h tened
now, Mr.. Hoover sounds the
keynote of despair in his
recourse to the old plan of
trying to persuade the peo-
pie that a departure from
the ticker-tape statesman
ship we have had would be
an abandonment of Sound
principles of government, "
The Washington times., 1932-09-19

Austria s Beautiful Lake D1Strlct
Even if Austria hasn't
CoastIine and has lost the port
of Trieste, she still has the love
liest lake regions to be found
anywhere.
One can start the trip of ex-
ploration from Lake Constance,
or Innsbruck or Salzburg, but
whatever direction is taken the
result will be glorious ViStaS,
with snow-topped mountains
mirrored in the liquid waters of
jewel-like lakes; with flowers
blooming in sequestered valleys
and pine forests stretching in
every direction. Bregenz, the
Austrian port on Lake Con-
stance. is a good starting point
and a. side-trip may be made to
Friedrichshafen, the home of
the Zeppelins.
A little beyond lnnSorucK IN
the Austrian Tyrol, is lovely
AchenSee. with water of such
an intense blue that one cannot
believe it is real. On the shores
of the Archensee is the most ex-
quiSite little town of Pertisau
and all around are grim noun
aims with snowy hoods.
Everywhere are flowers of bril-.
liant hue. different from any
thing that most travellers have,
The Washington times., 1932-09-19

OS~S~~S
up a college career, renounces
the girl he loves and devotes
himself to the support of his
fatherless brothers and sisters.
What's the answer?
Is he a saint, or is he simply
doing the things he wants to
do?
Did he bravely conquer a
temptation to be selfish, or did
he secretly PREFER that grim
sacrifice to joyous self develop
ment?
Then does he. or doesn't he,
deserve any credit for his gem
erous deeds?
Another example:
A town is suddenly gripped
by deadly epidemic. A doc
tor leaves his home and loved
ones, isolates himself in the
danger zone, laborS there night
and day, until he, too, is
stricken down.
Hero or Selfish One?
Is he a hero, or is he simply
following out the law of his
own nature?
In other words, is he actu-
ally being SELFISH?
Are we always selfish--aS
selfish in our GOOD DEEDS
as in our BAD DEEDS?
DO WE ALWAYS DO THE
THINGS WE WANT TO DO?
The Washington times., 1932-09-19
Reaction to
Hoover Speech

Even more surprising, how
ever, is the revulsion in
Maine against the Eighteenth
Amendment and the Volstead
act. The two Democrats,
running on the Democratic
platform, ran as "wets"
and the defeated Republi-
cans, running on the Hoover
platform, forced upon the
Republican convention by
Ogden Mills at the behest Of
Herbert Hoover, ran as
"drys." Even Mr.. Hoover's
jaborious and stumbling at
tempt to confuse the people
rs to his position in his ac-
ceptance speech has had no
effect. His acceptance speech
came too soon after his
vigorous fight in the con-
yention against an honest
straight repeal plank. Maine
has had enough.
1t cannot be said that the
Administration let Maine 90
by default. 1t sent its
heaviest artillery into the
fight. Scarcely any of the
national Democratic leaders
Of the first order partici-
pated in the campaign; but
the Administration sent
members of the Cabinet, and
Ogden Mills closed the con-
test with a speech that gilt
tered with blunders.
Thus the CONSERVATION in
the Administration camp.
It's leaders frankly have con-
ceded their chagrin. Even
Nh Hoover has given vent
10 lis pain He writes a
message to his national chair
man in which again he seeks
The Washington times., 1932-09-19
Laborer and
Farmer Unite

The impressive thing about
the vote is that the heavy
drift away from the Admin
istration and its record of
ineptitude and t.:agic fail
ure is found in both in
dustrial and agricultural Sec
tions. The laborer and the
farmer have marched all
one way. This should not
be surprising, since both
have been the victims of
discrimination. The jobless
in the industrial centers,
some of whom have had
their citizenship taken away
by a Republican board of
registration because of their
misfortune, voted for a
change. The farmers in
Maine have been victims of
the same discrimination as
those in Iowa, and they have
followed their common
sense in adding two more
of Moses "sons of the wild
jackass friends of the
farmers-to the House.
These are the forgotten men
as far as. this and the two
preceding Administrations
have been concerned.
Maine voted against the
ticker-tape craftsmanship in
Washington.
The Washington times., 1932-09-19
Their IncIinatiOnS


In nearly every working
group there are those who seem
to hold themselves aloof, so far
as social matters are concerned,
with their fellows.
Sometimes it is misjudged as
a high,hat attitude and some.
times it's really that.
More often the real cause is
that the one who does not mix
readily with the group is really
not interested in the things
that the group enjoy.
He or she would not be at
tracted by their amusements
we're they INDUCED in by any
other crowd in which they
were asked to assist, socially.
Others have demands upon
their time that make it un.
wise to accept any other invita-
t1ons but those they feel i'm
nelled to accept.
The Washington times., 1932-09-19
What Price FanaticiSm?
Gandhi's Suicide Plan Is Outgrown

There old saying that better be live donkey
than dead lion.
In the of Mahama Gandh, worshped by all native
India the saying might be altered to 1T is better be live
leader than dead fanatic"
It is strange philosophy this which figures that it
achieve purpose better by dying than by living.
There nothing in it, there have been religious
political fanatics who died the martyrs DEATH by their
hand through their wills before.
But it outgrown theory which the mind of intel
lgent Mr.. Gandhi should abhor
If carried through his suicide may raise him idol
the eyes of his people
But to the of the world will reveal him as mere
fanatic-and not as intelligent a had believed.
The Washington times., 1932-09-19

TT is not remarkable that
! the magnitude Of the Dem
ocratic sweep in Maine should
have shocked Administration
leaders out of their accus-
toned complacency. How
ever, it is surprising that in
their pain they should so
far forget political strategy
as publicly to admit their
state of mind. 1t is not
merely that the people there
have chosen a Democrat for
governor. That might have
implied a mere dissatisfac.
ton with the management
of State affairs. But when
the people find three Re-
publicans in Congress stand
ing foursquare for the
Hoover policies and retire
two Of them, to send Demo
Gratis opposed to the
Hoover policies, there is no
escaping the national sig
nificance Of the vote. A
fortnight ago, 100 per cent
of the congressional repre-
sentation Of Maine was Ad-
ministration; today but 33
per cent. Should this pro-
portion of change carry on
throughout the country, the
Democratic majority in the
next House will be over
whelming-too heavy, in
fact.
The Washington times., 1932-09-19
Stocks Rose, But
Purely Artificially

No administration in his
tory has ever trampled upon
more sound principles of
government" than his. That
is the reason that we are
where we are today. 1t was
Mr.. Hoover who said, four
years ago at Elizabethtown,
Tenn, that there is a di-
rect connection between the
economic conditions of a
people and the policies Of
government in operation.
We know what the economic
condition of the people is
today and whose. policies
have been in operation.
Perhaps Mr.. Hoover cry
of despair in his message to
Mr.. Sanders means that the
attempt to deceive the people
into believing that the mar
ket reflects a return to pros
perity is to be abandoned.
A desperate effort has been
m d e, artificially, and
through man pulatiOn, 10
force the stock market up,
and when this began to work
in july and stocks that are
not paying dividends, of in
dustries having no profits,
began to rise, the ballyhoo
began. "Th h e crisis is
pass.e d." exclaimed Mr..
Hoover only the other day.
That did not mean that
Jobless men were finding
jobs; that farmers were max
ing money; that merchants
were increasing sales; that
foreign markets lost through
the stupidity of Administra-
tion politics were being
opened to our products. 1t
merely meant that some
stocks had been forced up
a bit. There was nothing in
business conditions to explain,
And the result is that last
week there came slump to
pre-July prices.
The market is no barom-
eter of economic conditions,
not when it is in the hands
OF manipulators with their
eye on the election.
That job was begun too
soon; it should have been
postponed until a week or
10 days before the election.
When the average man of
ordinary intelligence notes
that railroads are making
less money than ever before,
and are forced to ask an
other cut in wages, he is
not much impressed with the
upward shoot of railroad
stock.
The Washington times., 1932-09-19

A man is always more inter
ested to see a show, when
there's a long queue in front
of the box-office, and more
anxious to date a girl, when
there's a long waiting-list ahead
of him.
That tottering old turtle in
the New York Zoo whose mate
is 220 years his junior, is prob
ably the only living male who
has ever found a girl who was
young enough for him.
A woman has reached the
age of discretion when her
weight, her diet and her "symp-
toms" absorb and excite her
more than the thought of any
man kiss.
A man used to feel that it
was only chivalrous to tell
girl that he loved her, before
trying to kiss her. But, now
The Washington times., 1932-09-19

Crashed into
this column.
asking for an
umpire.
Want t h e
job?
Here's the
problem:
DO w E
O N LY DO
THETHINGS
WE w A N T
TO DO?"
For example:
A y ou n G
m a n sacri-
fices his own
uA11fh niuoc
The Washington times., 1932-09-19
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland.
By T. E. Powers

adays, he feels that it is only
prudent, to assure her, that he
DOESN'T love her, before "con-
senting" to kiss her.
This is the time of year for
a girl to remind herself that
there are three things which
can never be successfully
warmed over-cold waffles,
cold baked potato and a cooled
summer infatuatlon.
A wise woman never listens
seriously to what a man says
before the first drink when
he's on his guard-or after
the fourth drink, when he's
irresponsible.
A modern woman may en-
joy single blessedness and
freedom from the ties-that-
bind; but, somehow, there's a
heartwarming glow of salts
The Washington times., 1932-09-19

faction in being able to look
upon man and say "A poor
thing-but mine OWN"
To cure a budding romance
or revive a dying love, there
is nothing so effective as a
little absent treatment"
Copyright, 1892, King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1932-09-19
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

Do We Only Do the Things We
Want to Do?
-Four young men started to
debate.
Ended in a riot.
The Washington times., 1932-09-19
Mr.. HOOver'S Frantic
And Futile Message
Blu Claude G.. BOWers

Author Party Battles of the Jackson Period Struggle
For Democracy in America" Jefferson and Hamilton"
"The Tragic Era" and other important works.
The Washington times., 1932-09-19
Counting the Summers
Catch"

In a summer love-affair. the
bis thrill is the nibble at the
Evening star., 1932-05-27
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR REPAIRS CHECK
Committee Ready to Direct
Survey of Needed Property
improvements.

Plans for survey to reveal the need
for wide range of needed property i'm
provementS in the District have been
completed by the local Property I'M
provement and Business Cooperation
Committee. the local organization Of
business and civic leaders who are pro-
noting home and other property reno
walton. for the benefit of the owner,
business and the city generally.
Qualified men familiar with construc-
ton matters are to be sent out immedi-
ately to start what is contemplated to
be a city-wide survey of needed re-
modelling. refinishing and general i'm
provement of properties.
The workers will be equipped with
detailed QUESTIONABLE, which the
committee hopes every property owner
will assist in completing. The ques-
tionnaire will reveal the condition Of
the structure, equipment and decora-
tions of all forms Of property, from
exterior and interior walls to the heat
ing plant. roof and basement.
When it is impossible for the can
vasserS to complete the survey, a copy
of the questionnaire will be left with
the property owner or occupant, together
with a self addressed postage paid en-
yelope.
The committee announces that a
number of business houses in the Dis
trict already have reported that busi-
ness in May has shown marked i'm
provement over the preceding month
and in many cases an improvement over
the same period OF 1881.
Arrangements are being made by the
committee with the Ludingtcn Lines to
carry out the award promised the school
pupils winning the window dressing
competition held this week. The East
ern High School team will make an air
trip to Port Newark shortly after Me
mortal day. Plans are to take the teams
Ct Central and Armstrong High Schools,
second and third place winners, at the
same time.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
DENTIST-PHYSICIAN
COOPERATION URGED
Dr.. Boyd Gardner Addresses Capi.
tai Clinic Club at
Banquet.

Dentists are not shouldering the full
burden of their responsibility in the
field of preventive medicine, DR.. Boyd
Gardner. director of the dental division
of the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Mimi,
told members of the Capital Clinic Club
at banquet at the Arlington Hotel
last night.
DR.. Gardner said there is notable
lack of cooperation between dentists
and physicians in determining causes OF
diseased teeth.
He estimated that only about so per
cent of the dentists use X-rays.
Doctors who participated in the dis
cussion last night were DR.. R. L. Kielte,
Dr. E. G. Everhard of Frederick, Md {;
DR.. D. F. Lynch. DR.. H. w. Krogh, DR..
w. G.. Ogus, DR.. Fenton Bradford, DR..
P. j. Marshall, Dr.. H. R. Delaney. DR..
60 w Solbach. DR.. Samuel Bogdonon,
DR.. A. b Crane and Sherman l. Davis.
director of the Washington Nutritional
Research Foundation.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
PRISONER GETS 210 DAYS
ON TWO DRY LAW COUNTS
Defendant Convicted by Jury Fol-
lowing Raid Without
Warrant.

Found guilty of two prohibition law
violations which were placed against
him following warrantless raid on his
home two weeks ago. Charles r. War
ren colored, 90. 1900 block Of Eleventh
street. today was sentenced to pay fines
totaling $500 or serve 2l0 days in jail.
Warren was convicted by jury sew
eral days ago of possession of liquor and
possession of articles designed for the
manufacture Of liquor He was SEN
fenced by Judge John P. Mcmahon.
Evening star., 1932-05-27

(ThtS is the last OF series OF etoht
articles describing national political
conventions and campaigns OF the
past
The Middle West, chief battle-ground
Of the Democratic Republican wars, Is
expected to be the setting again for
some of the fiercest fighting for presi-
dental votes.
Congressional and gubernatorial vic
tories of 1880 and 1881 in normally
Republican strongholds have spurred
Democratic hopes Of obtaining large
blocks of electoral votes in an agri-
cultural-industrial empire whose cit
liens are struggling against fallen COM
modify prices or unemployment.
To turn back this tide" manifest
in by-elections which often have been
a precursor Of change in national ad-
ministrations Republican strategsts
are counted upon to throw powerful
forces into those Western States where
Democratic threat runs strongest.
Democrats Make Gains.
Democratic triumphs, the most con-
spicuous since 1912, when the bull
moose movement split the Republican
ranks have been registered in Indiana,
Illinois, Kansas. Ohio and Michigan.
Republican insurgency, headed by SEN
ators from Nebraska Wisconsin, Min
nesota and Iowa, presages significant
campaign developments in those States.
But all politicians look for stiff
fight everywhere.
Leaders Of a third party movement
probably would look just as they did
in 1912 to Middle Western States for
their greatest support.
Roosevelt's bolt in 1912 successfully
split the party to the benefit Of Wood
row Wilson. But La Follette's attempt
to do the same thing in 1924 failed to
stop Coolidge. If there are to be
insurgent moves their course is vague
at present.
New York. traditionally pivotal
State because of its huge electoral vote,
Of course, is seen as a crucial sector in
the 1882 battle lines. So Is MaSSa-
chusetts. which went for Smith in 1923.
New Jersey. Rhode Island and Con-
necticut also are rated as close contest
States.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
Picking the Presidents
When Hoover Won Over Smith-Bitter
Fights Are Promised This Year.

getter of Mark Hanna's, the prosperity
pledge.
Neither convention in 1928 was ex-
citing. Hoover and Smith were NOM
mated with virtually no opposition.
But the Happy Warrior" was unable
to win from Hoover despite . valiant
fight.
This year the Republicans almost
certainly will choose Hoover imme-
diately. AS for the Democrats the
betting odds are pretty wide.
Evening star., 1932-05-27

$50,O00 of Gum to Argentina.
Nearly $4,000 worth of American
chewing gum was taken into Argentina
in 1881.
Evening star., 1932-05-27

Stars Likened to Dust
As an illustration Of how stars are
scattered through space. Sir James
Jeans says that If only three grains Of
DUST we're in a room it would be far
more crowded than space Is with stars.
Evening star., 1932-05-27
Prosperity Pledge Wins Votes.

The liquor, religious and Tammany
issues" brought detection in the
Democratic party in 1923. when its
standard bearer was Alfred E. Smith
wet. But rated above all these as a
factor in the Hooverled Republican
landslide was that old reliable vote
Evening star., 1932-05-27

fThis is the last OF a series OF eight
articles describing national political
conventions and campaigns OF the
past
Evening star., 1932-05-27

A durable, serviceable jug. Keeps
liquids hot or eold-just what you
will need for that Memorial Dsy trip
as well as that camping vacation.
Evening star., 1932-12-09
BISHOP is ATTACKED
ON DRY LAW STAND
Baptist Minister Assails Episcopal
Leader for Calling Amend.
ment Failure.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, December
9-Dr. Robert M Green, pastor of the
University Baptist Church, in an ad-
dress here criticized Bishop Harry
Moore of the Episcopal Church after
quoting him as saying that prohibition
has failed.
Speaking at a meeting of the Abe
marie County Institute Of Temperance
Workers. Dr. Green combined his criti-
ciem of the bishop with denunciation
of certain Virginia Democratic leaders
whom he termed dirty politicians who
have been with the vets all the time"
Bishop Moore. who saws prohibition
has been a failure. should be on the
same platform with Darrow." he assert
ed. He should strip himself of his
clerical uniform and be ashamed ever
egain to stand in Christian pulpit.
Rather. he should put on white apron
and become the champion of BAR
tenders
Asserting that the only time certain
Virginia politicians had sided with pro-
hibition was when they thought their
constituency wa- dry" DR.. Green said
the trouble with us drys is that we
have been too namov- -pamby. too afraid
of attacking the wet element. afraid of
lot Of Virginia ex-politicians and
present-dav politicians from an ex-Gov-
r-nor and Senators right down the
line"
Are ex-Gov. Byrd and Carter Glass
the only men i'm the Old Dominion with
any intelligence" he asked. The
trouble is," he continued. that we 60
out like lot of sheep and help to per-
petuate their reign"