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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1932-12-16

Holding that never again is the
amount of work available in the
United States likely to exceed the
capacity of American citizens and
residents, the secretary urged immi-
grafton laws to absolutely bar the
entry of unattached immigrants"
seeking work.
The report deals also with the de-
portation of revolutionary aliens, of
whom the record breaking total of
1926 were deported during the year.
In 1880 one child in every IL be-
tween the ages of Ia and 15 was gain
fully employed, the total having been
431, ,790. In the same year 235,328
under Ia were employed, while 1885,
900 aged Z to Is were not in school.
"The above facts" the secretary
declared, constitute deplorable con-
ditions in any civilized country, and
particularly our own," and he urged
universal support" of the work of
the Children's Bureau in "the RENE
dying Of such conditions, growing out
of poverty, ignorance and distorted
social system"
During the year the conciliation
service dealt with 759 disputes di-
rectly involving 243,890 workers.
Evening star., 1932-03-10
trolls the government OF Greater New

trolls the government Of Greater New
York.
Yesterday as the acquitted former
sheriff was leaving the court room he
was asked If he intended to take any
action in connection with his recent
removal from office. He replied: Il
don't know yet, but there will be plenty
Of action" Just what ne meant is not
altogether clear. Inasmuch as he was
fired from his job on quite another
count than that Of taking interest be-
longing to litigants, OF which he now
stands acquitted because he did it On
advice of counsel without justification
in law, it is hard TO see how he can
effectively appeal his case. Another
man has been named 10 the sheriff S
office. There is no course from the
Governors decision. Will the action
which the ex-sheriff threatens take
the form of political reprisal? The
Governor is the leading candidate for
the Democratic nomination for the
presidency. Tammany is an important
factor in nomination and election. Does
Mr.. Farley speak for it now?
Evening star., 1932-03-10
Shedding Precautions.

The "pickings" were rather slim for
Shedding after Washington's brief biz
zard of Sunday, but both grown-ups and
youngsters made the best of their oppcr-
tunities and received the cooperation
of the Police Department by shutting
off streets on which automobile traffic
would be a menace to those enjoying
the fun. This cooperation on the part
of the police has increased year by year,
has saved many lives and is source
Of qualification to the residents Of the
community.
Casting at best is dangerous sport.
To realize this needs no more than a
backward glance to few weeks ago at
the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid,
where four Of the most famous and
skillful tobogganers IN the world, run
ming on an especially constructed track,
with curbs banked to mathematical
precision to insure safety for the sled
ders, were gravely injured. These men
were no tyros at the game. They were
experienced and mature bobbers, who
were defeated by the treacherousness Of
the unyieldirg ice.
1t is obvious, then, that the dangers
are many times multiplied when coast
ing is attempted on unpatrolled streets
in the city. where there is no well de-
fined track and where the inexperi-
enced are in the majority. The people
Of this community have paid dearly in
the past for permitting their children
or themselves to indulge in shedding
when the proper safeguards have not
been thrown around them. Many
streets were ordered closed for this
brief furry of Winter weather. The
same sort Of prompt action and Coop
Grafton should be given II another spell
Of shedding weather should be the lot
of Washingtonians.
Evening star., 1932-03-10

Of sulphur. The lluminant Is passed
over grids containing trays Of iron
oxide. Sulphurous compounds collect
on the walls OF the chamber and are
cleaned out once a month. So far as
the accounts Of the happening 60 no
method was devised for a complete
clearance of the chamber Of pockets of
gas. The workers used picks to loosen
the accumulations. 1t is believed that
a pick struck hard surface and caused
a spark, which ignited the gas that re-
mained in the chamber. One theory is
that spontaneous combustion occurred
At any rate, the chamber held enough
gas to cause a terrific blast and a burst
Of flame. The virtually imprisoned men
had practically no chance to escape
Only one Of them, seeing a wisp Of
smoke. clambered out just in time to
save his life.
The operation was Of nature to be
recognized as dangerous. The result is
clear evidence that somebody blundered
in the matter Of providing safeguards
That is the course in many Industrial
works, lack of safeguards persisting
until disaster occurs. Then the lesson
is learned, at the cost Of many lives
Safety engineering has been advanced
to a scientific degree and the wonder is
that 1t was not applied at the Camden
plant. AS the gas cleansing process re-
quires regular clearing Of the chamber
there should be duplicates, permitting
safe work in one after a thorough
Kidding of all combustible elements.
While nobody may be held accountable
for the loss Of life in this instance, the
blast should teach the leSson-which
should have been learned in advance
by a study Of the conditions-to send
men into the purifying tank only after
a thorough ventilation to insure against
the possibility of combustion.
Evening star., 1932-03-10
Mr.. Farley's Interest.

Former Sheriff Thomas Farley OF
New York County, who was recently
dismissed from that ofice by Gov
Roosevelt at the instance OF the Legis-
lative Investigating Committee in
quiring into Greater New York affairs
was yesterday acquitted on a charge OF
second-degree larceny for appropriatine
interest on funds OF litigants held BY
him in escrow. The court held that nc
criminal intent had been shown and
that the accused had been guided in
the taking of the interest by the advice
Of counsel. He expressed the belief
however, that this advice was not in
accordance with the law and that II
any Of the litigants were to bring civil
action for the recovery OF the interest
money the decision would be against
the former sheriff.
Here Is an anomaly. The practice of
which the former sheriff was accused
had prevailed in that ONCE for a lone
time. Nobody had previously though,
to ask regarding its rightfulness. Per.
haps nobody knew or realized that the
| usufruct Of the impounded cash wa.
being taken as an official peruuisite
Yet clearly 1t did not belong in law o,
by other tnan a self-established custom
Of the sheriffs to anybody but the own.
ers OF the principal funds themselves
1t was Just one Of those odds and end.
that 60 to make Office holding under
Tammany q Joy forever-until dis.
covered and exposed.
There Is no conflict between the &C.
quittal Of the former sheriff on the
interest-taking charge and his dismissal
by the Governor. He was removed
from his office because he would not
| explain the source of his savings
largely in excess Of his salary and other
known legitimate income The Gov
ernor held that an elected oficeholder
must prove himself innocent of fraud
! and graft when charged with such Of
lenses. That hypothesis gravely shocked
tn TemmApG sEgaaisatin. which can.
Evening star., 1932-03-10
l1igghligghts on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

to send them to her husband in re-
venge. Finally he consented to return
them to her, one by one, on condition
that she send him each month 5000
francs (about $130). The lady con-
sented to this arrangement, and the
remittances continued for more than
three years when, wearied Of the i'm
position, she decided to tell her hus-
band all about it. He Immediately
lodged a complaint. The police found
in the home Of the swindler letter
which he was just on the point Of mail
ing to the lady, and which established
his culpability Latour has been ar
rested and imprisoned.
* X
Fares Will Be Cut
on Rhine Steamships.
Deutsche Verkehrsblaetter, Berlin
Prices for travel on Rhine steamships
will be lowered for the coming season,
which will begin March 25. The rates
for ordinary steamers will be 4.8 pfen-
nigs (about one cent? kilometer. On
the faster boats the rates Will be two
pfennigs higher. Round-tr1p tickets
will be sold for two-thirds OF the full
rate going and returning. Parties COM
prising Is or more persons will be
granted rebate of 20 per cent on the
full rates, unless the group numbers
more than 200, in which case an allow
ance Of 80 per cent will be made. Chill
dren accompanied by adults Will be car
ried for half fare.
Evening star., 1932-03-10
End the Interstate BUS Nuisance.

Washingtonians are strongly behind
the effort of the Public Utilities Com
mission to clear the streets in the con-
gested section of the large interstate
busses which are making mocSery out
Of the traffic regulations and the rights
of the private motor car owner on the
public thoroughfares. April l has been
set as deadline by the commits
sion for the removal of the curb
terminals in downtown Washington, but
so far the various companies have
appeared extremely hesitant in notifying
the commission of their plans to comply
with the order Some of them have
answered letters from the Public Utilities
body but in most cases the replies have
answered at all, and the commission is
now engaged in sending out reminders
to the delinquents.
The bus situation in Washington,
from the viewpoint Of the welfare of
the ma jority, Is intolerable. New ter
minals," which consist of appropriation
Of public street space sufficient to ac-
commodate one or more Of these large
vehicles, have sprung up like mush-
rooms. Each one robs the private owner
Of motor car Of his right to the use
Of public space. Not only that, but
bus operators seem to ignore entirely
the traffic regulations pertaining to
parking between street car loading plat
forms and the curb, and parking in
front Of fire hydrants or on crosswalks
for pedestrians. 1t needs but short
stroll through the downtown section to
observe fagrant violations of this
nature. Running in traffic the oper-
ators apparently think little of the
rights of others. The theory seems to
be that every motorist carries a route
book Of each bus line in his pocket and
that he should know that left-hand
turn Is to be made at a certain inter-
section. Accordingly, the bus driver
feels 1t unnecessary to give any turning
signal and in some cases does not even
think he is called upon to start the turn
from the proper lane of traffic.
Washington should have a well
equipped union bus terminal located out
of the congested section of the city and
the busses should be barred altogether
from running through heavy downtown
traffic. This. Of course, applies only to
interstate companies. Washington has
enough bus lines of its own to take care
OF, which blend with the traffic stream
by keeping in motion, stopping only to
take on and discharge passengers, with
out permitting almost dead" street
storage Of countless interstate vehicles
The union terminal will come, but not
until the Public Utilities Commission
makes 1t plain to the companies that it
Is through pickering with them and
means to enforce its edicts. In that
effort 1t has the support OF a united
community.
Evening star., 1932-03-10
Danger Is Scented
In World Police Plan

From the st. Joseph Gazette.
No doubt Senator Borah is right in
his sharp statement that no consider
able number of governments will favor
the proposal of France at the Geneva
conference to create an international
police force for the preservation OF
world peace. No other major power has
ever shown any approval OF the baslc
idea of the plan.
Conditions being what they are, an
international police force would result
in an organization which inevitably
would be manipulated for special in
terests, the same as any other interna-
tional machinery now In existence.
Statesmen really desirous Of permanent
peace waste their time designing such
machinery. What is wanted Is COM
plete recasting of the ideas and emo
tions behind the world antagonisms that
now make peace a will-o' -the-wlSp.
When that Is accomplished 1t Will be
easy to create the necessary organiza-
ton If, indeed, any is needed
II you grant certain qualifications to
the international mind" such as dis
interestedness. wisdom, an infallible
formula for defining aggression and a
otIOllb lcclulk VI WOllU COHllluliIys AA
the place Of intense nationalism, France s
scheme appears sound. But, keeping
the realities in mind. one sees the pro-
posal as being at best nothing more
than an oblique restatement of Frances
well known ideas on national security.
These ideas are reminiscent of Pax
Romano.
There Is good reason for believing,
however, that France did not propose
the creation Of an international police
force entirely in good faith. The pro-
posal has many of the earmarks of
political action designed to convince the
home folks that their leaders are pro-
ducing what would be great stuff II only
foreigners could understand. At any
rate, 1t Is hardly conceivable that the
tough-minded French politicians have
any hope Of selling the scheme to the
world.
Evening star., 1932-03-10

Can a man who has not read books
for 10 years suddenly go back to them
with any satisfaction?
This is the question which has been
asked us and our reply is in the affirm
ative. but with this reservation. that 1t
will be difficult.
Only difficult things, some hold, are
worth while While there is something
in that. it is not universally true. Often
one falls into the greatest happiness
without aiming at it or deserving 1t.
In the matter of going back to the
good habit of reading books-an en-
tirely different thing. in one important
way, from reading magazines and news
papers-the difficulty comes in re-es-
tablishing the habit.
For reading is habit, whatever form
it may take.
Man is not by nature a reading
animal.
He is a doing creature.
He makes not only poems and books,
but houses, roads, radio sets, suits of
clothes, sugar and thousand thou
sand things besides.
The writing Of books, in a large
sense, is the making of books. Our
word for poet" comes from the Greek
word meaning maker"
X x X
The reading Of books may be said
to be a special habit. set up because
man is distinctly eye-minded. From
being eye-minded he goes on to being
mind minded.
That is, he comes in time-everv in
dividual comes in time-to build up for
himself a special sense, which may be
called the reading sense.
1t begins early, at the age when the
r;,I1 L.
enough TO enjoy reading AS in most
human satisfaction, else the student
turns into a youngster who longs to
leave school and does so at the first
opportunity.
To be a reader is not as easy as 1t
looks. 1t demands aptitude at first and
then application. If this studious bent
comes naturally. as We say, so much
the better for the individual
Boys who turn into genuine readers
what we like to call real readers
early become collectors of books. The
instinct of the collector is as surely
theirs as If they went in" for stamps,
or medals, old coins, birds nests, or
whatnot
Nor is it at all necessary that they
collect for the sake of rarity or the
ike QOal1Cy. Inc term 'cOllectOr' has
come to mean, unfortunately, a man
who collects rare books.
Now there are just as many book
collectors who love all books-even
brand new ones!-as there are those
who would not give you a cent for any
but first edition.
There are many more such book
lovers. as a matter Of fact. To them the
reading. not the book, is the important
thing. although they. too. prize books
as things and would be happy to pos
sess as many rare items as possible.
X X
Readers build themselves up as read
erS.
They help create the interest which
the book begins.
Without the eager inquiring mind of
childhood, Prescott's Conquest Of Mex
leo" would remain merely four stuffy
volumes in the library
With that mind behind it, this quar-
tet of old books is a vital force in the
world today.
The reader, any reader, brings him
self to his books and puts himself into
them, as much as the books come to
Evening star., 1932-03-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

him and nut something Of themselves
and of their writers-into him.
Reading is a mutual process, beyond
+ir,e and snace. The small boy who
came into the world after the World
war NAV 90 back to the days OF Julius
Caesar as easily as turning the pages
of Seutonius.
The difficulty occurs during the pc
riod when a young man begins to get
himself settled in the economic world
Before he starts on his own" he
finds himself merely accepting a great
deal which later he will see must be
the result of his own efforts If ever
he is to have the like again. We speak
of course, for the average young man
1t Is right here that reading boys
divide sharply into two classes, those
who keep books around them at al
times, no matter how small their earn
ings, and those who drop books out
of their lives as unessential.
The young men Of the first class
know that books are as vitality neces-
sary in their lives as the very food they
eat.
The men Of the second class. with
crude realism, know that something to
eat must take precedence OF something
to read Man never reads so we'll as
when he has a well filled stomach
1t is the ancient law.
x X X
But since reading is an acquired
characteristic. he who drops 1t during
the time when he is establishing him
self, as the phrase goes. in the eco
nomic world in which human beings
live and breathe and eat will find that
it cannot be taken up again as easily
as he might think
The mind has gone rusty in one par
ticular. The one characteristic which
distinguishes the reading of books from
the reading of magazines and news
papers is that of persistence. But
there are perSistences and persistences!
The man who has refused to make good
books a part of his life for certain
number Of years, say 10 years, as In
the case of the man mentioned, will
find that the persistence which has
stood him in good stead in the chase
after the elusive chow long ago 1t
seems since 1t was called the al
mightyD dollar is not the same sort
Of persistence which Is necessary In
reading a good book.
A mind which possesses enough ma
tive shrewdness to collect dollars often
is not necessarily the sort Of mind which
can cope with the intricacies Of in
volved thought. working back on itself
in an attempt to elucidate itself to it
self and thence to the reader.
A book is a specialized working out
of thoughts of such length that the
mind of the reader must be more con-
tinuously on the stretch. II this con-
centration on this specialized work
does not seem pleasant and interest
ing to him. he probably will not in
dulge in it at all. And it is right here
that the man who has not read books
for a definite period Of years finds
himself at sea. He may lecture him.
self because of his failure to be inter-
ested, he may wonder why he no long
er finds a good book high spot of
his day or night. but he may feel sure
Of one thing. and that Is that in so
far as reading books is concerned he
has lost his old-time persistence along
good trail, the pathway Of the
printed word, which runs back to the
beginning of history. One may get
back on the road, if he loses it, but it
takes work. And the outcome Is not
sure,
Evening star., 1932-03-10
Fourteen Dead-Nobody to Blame

Yesteday at Camden, N. j., gas
purifying tank in which nineteen men
were at work engaged in cleaning out
the refuse after a months operation
caught fire and an explosion resulted,
killing fourteen and injuring four others
severely. One of the men escaped un-
harmed. The local coroner, after an
inquiry into the disaster, gave the opin-
Ion that the accident was an ''unfortu-
nate affair for which no one can be
held responsible" and that he would
hold no inquest unless the public prose-
vutor demanded 1t. A further inyesti-
cation will be conducted.
This accident Is not. however, to be
regarded as unavoidable. The fact that
such thing had never happened before
Is not to be considered as warranting
such a conclusion. The conditions were
such as to have caused an explosion at
any time, and only good fortune pre-
vented an earlier catastrophe. The
chaEaber was designed for the final
Enenns 6 taa 10 e sn0Autx
Evening star., 1932-03-10
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Mark.
Every baby, every year.
Leads parents to remark,
BE happy and grow strong, my dear
Some day you'll make your mark"
Each baby grows into a world
OF problems most perplexed.
Conflicting banners are unfurled
And all mankind Is vexed.
We're asking what is right or wrong.
Our steps confused we trace
Upon this earth and stray along
Into the realms of space.
He says in sorrowing complete:
IT labor with a will.
The tasks I am required to meet
Go far beyond my skill.
And as my brains begin to ache
They lead me in the dark.
The only mark that can make
Is another question mark"
Evening star., 1932-03-10
Centennial Recalls
Writings of Alger

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
OF the thousands of persons who were
reminded that the Tooth anniversary of
the birth Of Horatio Alger, jr., occurred
lew days ago probably not more than
handful felt a genuine thrill of rem
lniscent affection. Nearly every man of
4O or older read the Alger books in his
youth, but somehow the Alger books
were not the sort to inspire cherished
recollections. They were eminently re-
spectacle, every one of them taught a
moral lesson, they all received parental
approval; but when it comes to the
thrills OF boyhood reading, not the
whole output of Horatio Alger, jr., can
come up with one paper backed volume
OF the Diamond Dick" school.
Alger was one of the first of a school
OF writer's who turned out millions of
words for "the young" He was a
preacher before he was a writer. But
ms time as well as his inclinations d.
rected the course Of his moral plati-
tudes. He was neither a stylist nor n
master of plot. Many boy of 30 wears
ago soon discovered that all of Aiger's
BOOKS told the same story of a boot
DiacK or neWsboy who rose by sheer
streneth OF character and moral virtue
10 marriage with the bankers daueh-
~ w SACo1 wealth., YET
Alger wrote and sold 1I9 books built
around this one plot.
Alger, however, was not the onlv au-
thor to use that plot. Oliver Optic nut
u INTO some 100 volumes for BOYS. and
they. too, sold well But before either
Alger or Optic retired a new type of
boys book was coming into vogue. It
was the adventure tale, full of heroics.
rounded out with moral righteousness.
out OF more sturdy nature. 1t was, in
way. q compromise between the books
OF Alger and the forbidden dime
novels" about hair-raising feats of
frontier heroes. Probably the finest
towering Of this type of book came with
the G. A. Henty stories, most of them
IN foreign settings, but all with an au-
thenticity Of adventure and Character
that made Alger and Optic seem like
pretty tame stuff. Small wonder that
Alger waned under such competition.
Now, however, Alger has achieved a
new status. His books are coming TO be
regarded as Americana. His first edi-
tions are collectors items. and prices
Tor them are climbing He seems, in
this centennial year, destined for a sort
OF fame. But that fame will be the
Tame OF curiosity, not Of classic.
Evening star., 1932-03-10

on the other hand, refers to rumors
that Hitler is not radical enough to
suit the group that has surrounded
him." and that "he is now a pawn in
their hands, rather than a leader of
the Fascist movement in that country"
Seeing significance in the fact that
Won Hindenburg entered the contest
as non-partisan, at the request Of
many organizations throughout the
land" the San Antonio Express COM
mentS on Hitler: He was born In
Austria and served in the German
army during the Great War. His ad-
herents mainly are drawn from the
'white-collar' elements, small farmers
and university students. Hitler inces-
sanity denounces the Communists as
mighty dangerous to Germany, vet he
often aids them indirectly by attacks
upon the Bruening government, that is
thoroughly bourgeois
Evening star., 1932-03-10

1t was only natural to put immediate
confidence in anything that Mayor Cur
ley said about the return of the Lind
bergh baby, owing partly to Boston S
established reputation as city Of
superior information. All the public
desires is that his first statement will
prove to be the correct one.