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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24

seventy-seven Dukhobors in British Columbia were
sentenced three years in the penentiary each for
running around in thei rbrthday suits. Gosh, isn't
Hollywood glad it isn't in Canada.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24

II you ever doubt that It's the same old United
States with the worlds greatest supply Of mate
rial. Just 60 to a vaudeville show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24

GENERAL persons have taken me
- severely to task for attacking
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The contention runs that. this COL
umn has accused him on numerous
occasions Of being vague, but that
the charge Of vagueness was full of
vagueness.
I have tried to point out that I
am not among those who assail him
because he speaks of "the forgotten
man." I think somebody ought to
remember that individual. But I do
not think his estate is much i'm
proved simply because a candidate
sends him postcard inscribed,
Wish you we're here"
AS yet have not heard what it
is that Franklin Roosevelt intends to
do for the forgotten man" except
to wave his hand from out the win
dow and say, Good growing
weather"
In current papers I find some ex-
tracts from a speech which the
Governor made in Warm Springs,
Ga. He took occasion to refer once
more to the forgotten man" and
also mentioned his little boy, the
forgotten child"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24

The Australian premier who resigned his post by
wireless telephone may have given kings good
tip without knowing it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Questions and
Answers

Where are the largest veins Of coal
in the United States?
Probably in Wyoming. At Gill;
lette, in the northeastern part Of the
state, there is vein about ninety
six feet thick, and in Lincoln county.
in the western part Of the state,
there is vein ninety-four feet
thick
What is the origin and meaning
of Bolsheviki?
Literally it means "the greater"
Bolsheviki is derived from the Rus
sian 'bolshinstvo," which means
the majority" The word is spe-
officially applied to a branch Of the
Socialist Democratic party that be-
came dominant in Russia. during
the revolution Of March, 1917.
Is the white fox Of Canada the
same as the Siberian Arctic fox?
The white fox Of Canada is silky
haired and inclined to a creamy
color. The Siberian Arctic fox is
white and more woolly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24

That historian who said the Chinese were the most
peaceful people would have a hard time convincing
the Japanese marines who were at Shanghai
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Says:

More Than Merely Tidtng
Things Over Until a Favor
able Break Comes.
BOSTON, May 24.-The house
ID votes down a tax on beer, the
senate adds brick to already over
built tariff wall and the President
comes out against federal bono
issues for public work. or relief.
Thus are bootleggers spared, big
business protected, and the DEM
ocrats answered.
Were we mistaken in supposing
that the nation faced an emergency,
or that those in authority realize
it?
The back Of the depression can
not be broken by any single govern
ment undertaking. says President
Hoover. Neither could the back Of
the World war, but that did not
prevent the government from raising
$4,000, O00, 900, taking over the rail-
roads, drafting 100000 men, and
doing many other things.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24

tionabe methods IN their efforts 70 lend ts caplal
at home and abroad.
Il believe we are at the threshold Of funda-
mental change in popular economic thought; that
in the future we going to think less about the
producer and more about the constructive can not
endure for long unless we bring about wiser more
equitable distribution Of the national income"
Nothing today is more obvious than that the pic
ture Of millions during the boom years invested in
production for which there is market is vivid
TO every one who makes the slightest pretense to
study Of the situation.
If sufficient part Of those millions had been dis
tributed in wages with which the consumer could
have bought we would have had fewer factories and
more customers, and we might have attained the
balance between consumption and production es-
sental to healthy economic life.
Travel the length and breadth Of the nation and
ask what is the most fundamental Of the reasons for
our present predicament, and you will get from at
least 80 per cent Of the men and women who do any
thinking all on the subject the same diagnosis that
Governor Roosevelt gave.
But we expect from presidential candidate not
only diagnosis, but remedy. It is therefore with
disappointment that baf1ed public finds at the end
of trail OF well-chosen words only this generaza-
ton:
1.-THE country needs and, unless I mistake its
temper the country demands bold persistent expert
and try It, If it fails admit it frankly and try another
But, above all, try something"
Very little. if any nourishment in that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-24
Know Somebody Who Does

MO one" continued the Gov
IN ernor, wants government to
assume more functions, but it is
clear that government in this ma
ton can not let its people starve
Government in the United States
must not allow its men, women and
children to suffer excessive priva-
ton"
But in this paragraph 1t seems
to me that Franklin D. Roosevelt
has stated two theories which are
mutually exclusive. He has ex-
pressed, on the one hand, a belief
in the familiar conservative conten-
ton that Washington must never
interfere with rugged individual
ism" But then he goes on to say
that government can not let its
people starve."
If the federal government Is
going to undertake to feed the
Evening star., 1932-10-09

phiIal1y, they may have attained peace
of mind; sociologically, they may have
solved the problem of the gaugster.
DR.. Humphreys is certain, however,
that whatever their advancement e the
degree Of eivi1ization in which they are
living, they will be unable to influence
changes in climate They will no
doubt try" he says. Have we not, in
our own futile way, endeavored to make
rain?"
No. the people Of that unhappy Pc
Rod will not be able to rid themselves
of ariditY. They will be as helpless as
their ancestors through the ages have
always been in the face of climatic
changes. Pefhaps they will be angry
at this mockery of their power and
strength One wonders if they will make
good pioneers, and if the least win re-
main least in the new land to which
they 60, and the greatest, greatest.
Consideration of the problems of sew
eral thousand years hence is fascinating,
in its way, but it leads to heights that
are a little dizzy. Far down below are
the small creatures of the present-day
WO4A0 <a4A041es t44CLAoCASCo kA4Cy 04C 01s-
cuSsing something-probably the weather
ard it is remembered suddenly that
the purpose of interrupting the chief
meteorological physicist of the Weather
Bureau in his busy day was to get in
formation that might be interesting to
them about the coming Winter
How cold a Winter will Washington
have this year?" The questioner was
ashamed of it's simplicity.
But the surprising answer restored its
Self-esteem.
Your guess on that" said Dr. Humph-
reys, "is as good as mine or any other
PERSONS"
There were no heights now, and the
people looked larger. When you have
been told what the climate was like
10000 years ago, and what it will be like
thousands Of years in the future, you
feel you have a right to expect definite
prophesies for the next few months.
RUT DR.. Humphreys believes in being
honest as to the shortcomings Of
his profession. whatever we may hope
Evening star., 1932-10-09

ultimately to accomplish In seasonal
forecasting," he says, ut IS beyond the
pale of present day scientific mstesr-
oloy"
He seems genuinely 20 regret the fact
that this is true. No one realizes better
than he the advantage it would be to
factory owners, food dealers, farmers,
forest rangers, and-wel1, shoppers, to
know in advance the kind of weather
that Is to come upon them. There are
various agencies that make a business
Of long range forecasting. Of course. and
DR. Humphreys makes no criticism OF
them. He merely states that the Weather
Bureau will not enter the field until it
can base its forecasts on scientific prin-
ciples.
This much he does state: That the
coming Winter will not be radically dif-
ferent from those of the past several
hundred years, and that it will not be
exactly like any one Of them. He ridi-
cules the report that has been going the
rounds to the effect that Washington's
abncrmany mild Winter Of 1931-32 and
the series of slightly warmer-than-aver-
age Winters that preceded it, are in
dicative of change toward perma-
nently higher temperature.
The climate Of the United States is
not changing" he says. II mean, of
course, not perceptibly so. The receding
ice indicates that there is trend toward
what will eventually be warmer eli
mate, but the change Is too gradual to
be noted There will be fluctuations Of
warm and cold years in the future, Just
as there have been in the past.
washington was unusually warm last
Winter, but some sections Of the coun-
try-such as the West Coast, for exam
ple-were below normal That is the
way it always is. One part Of the coun-
try gets a mild Winter at the expense
of another part. But the following year
there is always the chance that condi-
tions may be reversed. There is a Ger
tain amount Of cold air to be distributed
somewhere and the distributor doesn't
always stick to formula.
"Au of US number among our ae-
quaintanceS Washingtonians who are
sure the climate is not now as it used
Evening star., 1932-10-09

for the reason that it implies regu1
larity and rhythm which the weather
is far from possessing. The last 10 year,
or so seem to have fallen in warn
cycle, if you Ike the word, and the com
ing season may be part Of it, unless tn
temptation to go on a cold spree prove
more inviting.
However that may be, differences il
temperature at any time are too sligh
of the fixity Of pxesent-day climate, o
to give credenee to grandfather's claim
regarding "old-fashioned" Winters
It all seems little trivial-especiallJ
if you consider the ice ages, and tn
real climatic changes that have takeI
place in the distant past, and will tax
place in the distant future. If you lister
to Dr.. Humphreys very long, that is ex
actly what you are most likely to con
slider. He returns to the heights, as h@
resumes his favorite subject, and Id
draws his listener with him. 1t is dis !
concerting to discover that aridity ID
the middle latftudes may not be tn J
WOISC VI JUL OCSCCAOdIlto WOeS.
There is no reason for US to assume
that the ice ages are all in the past,
says Dr.. Humphreys. They have oc] |
CURED from early, probably from th4
earliest, geological ages, and presumably
will continue to recur irregularly in thu
future. It may be that glaciation will
begin again soon after the ice Sheet
existing IN the polar regions today ard
melted. The most destructive glacial pei
Rod Of all time may be yet to come.
mo one has been able to determine
the causes Of the ice ages. We know
that the sun Is not absolutely constant
We know that dusty regions by the thou
sands exist in spaee-that land eleva1
tionS change, and that ocean circulation
varies. Some day a meteorologist will
make the great discovery. But the pres1
ent theories Of solar variation, eccen1
tricity and carbon dioxide are not
Far down below, a small creature ia
asking another if it is cold enough fol
him, and if it is likely to rain. Thd
reply is not heard, however, for tho
figures are shrinking rapidly, and ard
soon out of sight and sound.
Evening star., 1932-10-09
The Flea Circus had

their names. It read: T1ght-rope act,
SGatchem; high jump act, Leaping Lena;
somersault act, Lively Joe; trapeze act, Flying
Eaglet; sword throwing act, Stable; stand
ing broad jump, Active Alex, and cowboy
lasso act, Dead-Eye Pete.
with this information stin In my hand I
called in my wife, and few Of my trusted
employees, and explained the situation. To my
great surprise, my wife, wen as my en-
ployes. fen in with the thing at once. "A
capital idea.' exclaimed my wife, enthusiastic
ally, think what it will mean to our guests
to be entertained by professional flea circus!
"Of course, that cinched the plan, and it
was decided that I should meet the train and
take them direct from the mail car, IN order
to avoid the Possibility Of the circus being
held up in the post Office over Sunday.
Il wasn't able to locate the mail clerk at
once" continued tn flea circus owner, when
I arrived at the station, and after few anx-
Evening star., 1932-10-09

a carnival. The letter explained that, owing
to . slump In the carnival business, It was
suspending operation, and my debtor was
sending his Flea Circus to me In lieu Of cash
for payment Of the debt. Rather an odd
wy to settle IN obligation, wasn't it?"
told HIM thet Il WIZ tn nEst time in my
life had ever heard Of payin' . debt With
heas, and started to scratch while he settled
hsseN to give me tn rest Of his story.
"WeIl the offer had TO be accepted Of
COURSE" he sed since the Ees Circus was
already IN the mail and would arrive, accord
ing to the letter, the next day, which was
Saturday My debtor, whose name, incidentally,
was Hopewen, stated that he had packed the
troupe very carefully, and had placed suff-
cient food at their disposal to last the journey.
He also inclosed lengthy set Of directions
on the care and handling Of trained neas,
together with a chart indicating how to fden-
tify the actors, and beside this chart he placed
Evening star., 1932-10-09

TO BE- They speak Of 'old-fashioneG
Winters, with long continued deep SHOWS
and thick ice, such, they assure US, as
used to be the rule, but are now un-
hoWn. Yet these 'old-fashioned' Win
tiers we're just the same as the new.
Though no two Winters are alike in de-
tail, there has been no persistent eli
matte change which could be noted with
in the memory Of the city's oldest resi-
dent-nor will there be within the LIE
time Of his children or hts children's
children"
As exhibit A in the debunking of the
~ old-time Winters Of which We hear,
he offers the records Of the Weather B1-
reau for the last 81 years. A study Of
these records reveals that, since the es-
tablishment Of the bureau in 1871, the
average Winter temperature in Wash
ington (using Winter in its popular
sense Of the months December, January
and February has been 35.4. The great
majority Of years have come between
the limits Of 81 and 38 In only three
Winters has the average temperature
fallen below 80, and in only four has
it reached 40 or above. The year 10000
averaged 2S.3; 1so4-e5, %, and 1s17-1s,
296. The warm years were 1880,
with an average of AIS; 1883 90, with
an average of 44.3; 1928, with an aver
age Of 40, and 1882, with an average
of 446
It will be seen that the mildest Winter
of all was that of 1931-32 Perhaps it
will be followed by another mild year,
and perhaps it will not. OF the three
other notably mild Winters On record,
one was followed by a year more than
five degrees below normal, and the other
two by years only slightly above normal
This much may be said in favor of
the prospect for a 1932-33 season that
will not be too cold: There has been no
Winter as much as four degrees below
normal in Washington since 1880, and
the winters since that time have, for
the most part, been little above aver
age. When the weather chooses to do
so, it does run in what some meteor
ologists call cycles-though that IS a
term to which DIR. Humphreys objects,
Evening star., 1932-10-09

ious moments, made some inquiries reeardine
his whereabouts. saw . man duck into
baggage car, minus bis shirt, scratching vio1
fentfy, and as no one else appeared to be in
cha-ge I followed him. Upon entering the
car, found myself IN the mids. of the entire
train crew. who were franticalfy discardine
garments and scratching for dear life
I am expecting Flea Circus on this t-ain
admitted, cautiously, "and I want to find
the mail clerk
A Flea Circus roared husky who looked
like he might be the fireman Brother, you've
found 1t right between my shoulder blades
One OF them things has been loopin' tn loop
up and down my backbone for the last Sd
miles
Yeah, here's his brother, too said a chap
that didn't have ON anything but conductor
cap. This baby has been tight-rope walkin1 /
me ever since we left Jacksonville Did D
understand you to say that these were trained
f1eas?
This remark made me Just little angry,
sed the circus owner, because of the insoIent.
look the fellow gave me, and -etorted in al
loud voice, Il didn't quiver any, mister. And
more than that, these feas have entertained
the King and Queen of England They're|
valuable
I backed out Of the car with this remark
because after ALL one bully picked up a car
hammer and looked like he might use it. D
~e~o
remark: Wen, If you call this entertainment
You can hand my ticket to his royal highness.
And if these babies are valuable you'd better
git EN- out Of here before we use their hides
for snokin' iackets.'
We'll. it took the best part Of an hour to
get the troupe safely out of the hands of
those rufnans, and after hearing a great deal|
Of language. which I won't repeat, I finally|
recaptured the entire circus and continued on|
my way to the hotel It was late when ar
rived and, finding every one in bed except the|
night clerk, instructed him to put the troup-|
ers in the ofnce, and I retired to my room.
"THE oiftmore. as explained at the be-
ginning, was a hotel of the very FIRST
class, serving q sophisticated conservative
clientele and rarely, If ever, did guests ring
for service during the night. Imagine my
surprise when the night clerk called me at
O'Clock with the information that the Prince|
Of P1lsen was throwing furniture in what ap-
peared to be . state of madness. No sooner
had reached the room of the distinguished
Prince than my wife discovered that Commo-|
Continued on Ninth Page
Evening star., 1932-10-09

. WUz in town yesterday, tryin to borrow
SOS frum banker thet wuz gittn loan
of this here Reconstructin' Finance Co.,
to pay my taxes, and while I wuZ waitin
in line to see this feller my wife sug-
gested thet we go down to the carnival
and see the Flea Circus, and come back later
and talk to the banker. Well, didn't have
any particular interest in heas. havin' been
raised in a neighborhood where they wuz more
or less common. but Mandy had been stayin'
pretty close to home lately so I told her I'd 60.
Well, sir jest as soon as I seen the owner
Of thet Flea Circus, I told Mandy thet here
wuZ a man with story. He wuz standin'
off to one side when We came in, so I walked
over and thought I'd find out something about
the flea business.
"Fleas are peculiar animals" he sed, MOTTO
ing my interest in his layout. Ever have
any experience with them? Trained Ones I
mean" he added.
I told him thet I had met up with some
feas thet put on some pretty good acrobatic
stunts but I couldn't swear whether they wuz
trained or not. Does your 1eas ever git loose
and run away" asked him.
1 knew when saw a tear roll off his purple
cheek thet I had hit mighty sensitive spot,
and when he turned his watery eyes on me
and sat down, bit off a fresh chew, and got
ready to listen to his story.
They got away twice." he begun, when I
first got them They wrecked my home"
You don't mean thet fleas did thing
like thet," I answered, with surprised look,
and saw thet he wuZ sobbin' bitterly.
Yes, It's true he went On, after he had
pulled himself together. you see, I didn't
grow up in the flea business, although my
people always had an attraction for them. I
wuz forced into the business against my will.
formerly owned the famous Gilmore Hotel,
in Palm Center, Fla. Ever been to Palm
Cente-?"
I told him thet had never been to Floridy,
but thet Mandy had cousin thet had the
water rights to a lot down there.
IN /EII, Palm Center is the gathering place
w Of the very elect" he went on, "and
the Giltmore was the Winter playground for
the cream Of guests who had plenty Of money,
and knew that the Gilmore would supply
what they wanted in entertainment. great
place. If do say It. Along in January, right
at the height Of the season, when the Gilt
more was filed to capacity with the most dis
tingnshed guests we'd ever entertained, in
cluding Mrs. Sturdavant Gish, Prince Pilsen
Commodore Salter and Gen. Debility, I re-
ceived letter from a man who was IN my
debt to the extent Of some $500, and who
~, at the time. running . Flea Circus With
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-20
Stock Market Went Down Steadily Tn
 Trading Of To-day
But Game Battle Was Made Late in the Day and the
 Losses Were Much Reduced Before the Close

three points with the United Stafef Steel Corporation issues leading the list downward. These losses subso- quently were reduced.
 The market made several af- tempts to resist the downward trend but 1t was not until shortly before the close. that selling lifted enough to allow prices to rally. The late upturn lacked as much spirit as did the decline of the first four hours.
 Dealings were exceedingly dull and uninteresting through the en- tire five hour trading period and market observers attached little significance to the price move ments. Aside from special liqui- dation in the United States Steel issues and a few specialties like Loew's, Inc, selling largely rep resented unloading by traders dis couraged with the reluctance of the market to resume it's recent rally.
 Outside news was of little spec {. ulative importance and much of to-day's buying and selling was done by a small group of profess sional floor traders anxious to scalp one-eighth point profits here and there.
 Selling in United States Steel common and preferred, however apparently was of an important nature. The common was more than 2 points lower at one time at 26ss and the preferred showed a similar loss at 55M. Both prices were within striking distance of the low levels of 21H and 51k, respectively. established earlier in the year.
 Movements in other markets were as unconvincing as those on the stock exchange. Industrial and railroad. bonds were soft, while United States government issues were higher.
 :. Cotton held in a narrow range and wheat closed fractionally low CT despite a late rally. At Liver- pool, wheat touched new record low.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-20
COLLIDE,
 OCCUPANT INJURED

in the name of the Naugatuck chapter of the Red Cross. Miss Owens of Naugatuck was badly shaken up in the crash and was taken to her home, after receiving medical treatment here. The two machines involved in he crash were damaged.
 Walter Murray of 93 Beere street, New Haven, was the driver of an automobile which collided to-day with a fire standard at the corner of Washington and High land avenues. About $50 damages resulted to the standard. No alarm was registered by the impact as usually results in such mishaps.
 Clarence Cody, 10, of 33 Chaun- cey street was taken to St Mary's hospital this afternoon and given treatment for a number of lacera- tions about the legs and body. The youngster was hit by machine driven by Michael Fenn of 130 Concord street. The lad is not be- fieved to be seriously hurt.