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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-25
Capital CaperS
BY GEORGE ABEL

COMBINES a chance observation means a
y great deal in diplomatic career.
The Ambassador of France and Nine. de
Laboulaye entertained the other day at a vast
luncheon in the embassy. White wines Sparkled.
French pastries enticed the appetite. Wit and
repartee flew merrily.
Gracious Nine. van Haersfna de With wife
Of the recently arrived minister of Netherlands,
sat beside the hostess. She commented pleas
antly upon the party.
Whereupon Nine de Laboulaye turned to her
and remarked:
MY dear everybody is out of town
positively no one left in Washington. 80 we
just dragged IN lot of people from the high
ways and the byWayS
Several diplomats who had been dragged in
from the highways and byways" overheard the
remark, showed their resentment by leaving i'm
mediately after luncheon. The little incident
has caused a stir in diplomatic society.
CECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL
- has acquired enough sheepskins this month
to make himself a sheepskin coat He has re-
ceived no less than five honorary degrees-and
could have more if he wanted them.
Only on one of these occasions did Mr.. Hull
make a speech That was at William and Mary.
He pointed out that four secretaries of state
had been students at this college-JeferSon,
Randolph, Marshall and Monroe
Warning graduates that a students career
should not end with graduation, he said:
of course, a diploma does not mean that
education is completed. 1t rather means that
education has just begun"
The last few days foreign complications have
kept Secretary Hull too busy to write or make
speeches. He has been forced merely to accept
each degree with a bow and depart silently on
the fastest train
NOTE-Hulls first LID was awarded by the
low of 1her1o nd oh
anon. Tenn. from which he was graduated He
is LAWYER nv prOseSSiOn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-25

Al Capone failed again to get out of Atlanta
penitentiary on a writ of habeas corpus. Now,
if he had used a wooden pistol.
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NOTE-HulIs first LID. was awarded by thu
law department of Cumberland university, Leb
anon. Tenn, from which he was graduated HI
is a lawyer by profession
Evening star., 1934-06-14

Toxic for a tremendous episode, as to
the eventual effects of which recent
Sino-Japanese history leaves little
room for doubt. Happily. neither
China nor Japan has to face that
dread contingency, for on wednesday
Consul Kuramota was discovered, a
little the worse for wear due to his
weird wanderings in rural parts, but
otherwise unharmed. Evidently the
victim of a deranged mind. he told
the Chinese police that he was dis
couraged by his failure to achieve
promotion and had decided to commit
suicide by starvation. He was found
sitting in a graveyard beside an
ancient tomb of the Ming dynasty.
waiting for the wolves" unkempt,
hungry and disinterested in the vast
his government had
made to avenge his fancied fate and
a new Chinese outrage on japanese
honor.
So, more or less, all's well that ends
we'll. Japan is deprived of a pretext
for taking a terrible vengeance on
hapless and helpless China. The rest
of the world is spared another affair
that might have had international
of immeasurable magni-
tude. AS for the unfortunate Kura-
mota, who is to be sent back to Japan
for observation, somebody perhaps
may nominate him for the Nobel
peace prize. In contriving to turn up
alive, unscathed except by his volun-
tary action, he has, beyond the
shadow of a doubt, averted develop
ments that could easily have un-
chained the dogs of war again In
turbulent Asia.
Evening star., 1934-06-14

time. To illustrate the point, the case
of John Doe may be cited. He was
retiring after thirty-five years Of serv-
Ice in a Federal department. and his
wife brought the story to the city
room of The star. A reporter listened
to the recital Of the long career. Mrs.
Doe told how John never missed a
day on account Of illness and never
was late" And at the end of the con-
versation the visitor offered photo
graph-a az by 81 glossy print. Il
thought this would be better than q
cabinet picture" she explained, be
cause it shows him with our two
grandsons in the backyard, and even
if it was taken three or four years ago,
it really is like John as people know
him-smiling like that. you see."
Once only the rich could have
family portraits. Today photography
has been democratized. The inventive
genius of George Eastman and others
has put cameras within everybody's
reach. The result Is o circumstance
to be happy about.
Evening star., 1934-06-14
Settlements of War Debts
By Conference Predicted

made q mistake In passing the John
son bill"
The problem" according to the
Newark Evening News, must Be
treated a . colossal economic trans
action, involving transfers, tariffs,
taxes and monetary questions. 1t will
take time. To the British argument
that the collection of money from Its
debtors would bring Europe into COM
plete disorder" the wichita Eagle
makes the reply: The British have
done what no other nation today has
done-balanced tina budget. A few
more straws, A. in debt payment,
might break the eameps back" As
to the future, the Worcester Gazette
states: America win wait for Eng
land to come forward with q new
offer, and England will wait for word
from Washington that an offer IL
likely to be accepted"
The argument that American money
saved the allies from destruction is
put forward by the Nashville Tennes-
sean, while the Butte, Mont, Standard
declares that "the harm surrounding
the failure to meet these obligations
has been torn away" Charges Of re-
pudiation are made by the Pittsburgh
Post t-dazetts and the Santa Menica
(Calif) Evening Outlook. The Colum-
bus Evening Dispatch argues: IF the
President will forego his request for
additional powers with which to bar
gain for . few million dollars of In
tangible foreign trade. and hold Eu-
rope to strict accountability for the
billions it is trying to dodge payment,
but could pay II it would, and still
carry on easily far more foreign trade
than exists at present, he will stand
the best chance for collection Of the
debts"
Evening star., 1934-06-14
The Flag. .

There is little that is distinctly
novel or new to be said about THE
Star Spangled Banner" most beau
tiful of national flags. But SO
long as the Republic endures the
old values which it represents will
be worthy of repetition and reasser-
ton.
The world has not yet been per-
mitted to forget that the standard Of
the American Union was first raised
to symbolic an equitable concept of
the purposes and functions of gov
ernment. 1t was conceived in revolu-
ton against tyranny, baptised in the
blood of heroes and proclaimed to
mankind as sign of federated free
dom and fellowship. 1t betokened an
adventurous experiment, but its spon-
sors were rational and cautious lead
ers. wise in their philosophy of dis
ciplined liberty. brave in their religion
of trust in righteous God.
And the ideals which it was de-
signed to witness for have not faded.
A hundred and twenty millions carry
in their hearts a deep and lasting de-
votion to the principles summarized
by Abraham Lincoln in the phrase,
Government of the people, by the
people, for the people" To far
greater degree than any individual
completely realizes, the civilization Of
the western half of the earth has been
nodded in consonance with that ele-
mental precept, supported as it is by
the faith, the courage and the love OF
a multitude united to one single end.
Tides of trouble may sweep over
the land, foreign notions of radical
change may be advocated as expedi-
ents for the relief of temporary dim
culties, foolish innovations may be
attempted, partisan dissensions mo-
mentarily may rage, but no traitor
hand ever unpunished will touch so
much as the fringe of the American
Flag. 1t waves today as it waved
when George Washington released its
blended harmony of red, white and
blue to the untrammeled winds Of
heaven. and it will continue so to
wave for centuries yet to come.
In itself it may be only a yard Of
silk and a little thread" but it stands
for fundamental things. for things
that cannot die, for things that do
not alter. Seeing it against the sky,
the humblest spirit smiles with hap
piness and pride, the merest child is
stirred and uplifted. Its presence
signifies a covenant which every
American should understand and
appreciate now, in this present age,
as perhaps never before.
Evening star., 1934-06-14
Tragi- Comedy in Asia.

Recollection of the event that was
one of the main causes of the jap
snese invasion of Manchuria in
l931-the murder of a Toxic staff
captain by Chinese troops-will suf-
flee to convince the outside world that
another incident" has just been
averted that might have precipitated
q conflict of even further-reaching
consequences than the conquest of
Manchuria.
Several days ago japanese vice
consul at Nanking, named Kuramota,
mysteriously disappeared. The jap
anese government, scenting political
plot, made imperious demands upon
the Nanking authorities to produce
Kuramota, under penalty of imme-
diate and drastic reprisals. Elaborate
Japanese military and naval meas
ures were forthwith instituted to back
up the formal diplomatic protest. A
cruiser flagship was ordered to join
q gunboat and destroyer already at
Marking and japanese marines made
ready to take charge of the search
for the missing official, in case the
Chinese police did not prosecute 1t
with becoming energy. Meantime the
Japanese press, lashed into a patriotic
frenzy. dwelt ominously on the
grave international aspects of the
case, comparing its seriousness not
only with the circumstances that
brought on the Manchurian crisis, but
with the murder of japanese dip
lomat during the Boxer uprising in
1900.
In every way the stage was set at
Evening star., 1934-06-14
Russia's Cotton Prospects.

Prom the Savannah Morning News.
Cotton farmers Of the South may
reap millions In foreign sales as .
result Of O greatly curtailed crop in
Russia's great Central Asian realm,
according to Joseph II. Baird, . Mos
COW correspondent, who says reports
from Tashkent forecast one Of the
worst cotton crops In years. A dis
patch from Warrington says that.
while Russia faces o short cotton
crop, the condition Of the Amer
lean crop so far this year Is con-
sidered extraordinarily favorable. The
weather Bureau In its weekly crop
report Thursday said cool weather
and heavy. rains retarded cotton some
last week, but before that there were
several unusually good weeks. This
years cotton crop In the United
States IL limited by law to 10000. 900
bales. ..- .--i
The report from Moscow says late
termination Of seeds, combined with
delay In wedding and cultivation. was
blamed for the poor crop prospects.
However, Ia q drastic effort to reccup
losses the Central Asian Bureau of
the ConnalInist party issued q decree
demanding prompt replanting Of
ruined areas. The present erisis Is
blamed on slow planting and fail
ure Of Russian farmers to follow
through" promptly In wedding and
cultivation.
The Soviet authorities plan to send
out an army Of agricultural experts
to all districts where the vital cotton
crop has beer damaged and to naobil-
ize the gcvernment-controlled collee-
tive farms for additional work on
the cotton felds.
Evening star., 1934-06-14
Camera Time.

Camera time has come again. The
amateur photographer is abroad in
the land. His professional brother has
been active all through the less con-
genial seasons of Autumn and Winter,
chronicling in pictures the news events
OF the Nation and the Capital, but
with the return of Spring and the
promise of Summer an expansion of
interest in 'tsnapshooting" occurs, and
not all the Photographic apparatus
one sees is in the hands of those who
earn their bread that way. Men and
women, boys and girls who practice
the Photographic art as an avocation
or hobby are responding to the invita-
tion of the weather, and what the
camera shops call the rush period" is
in full swing.
For example, hundreds of people
are starting on their annual vacations.
A large majority Of them are equipped
with cameras. There Is at least one
box" in each family group. Next
December or February the products of
the holiday enterprise will be exhibited
to friends with appropriate commen-
taries, like: This is Junior at Niagara
Falls" or THAT is Sister with the
bears at Yellowstone.
But stay-at-home folk also indulge
their Photographic inclinations. A
busy executive officer in a Government
bureau uses his camera to record the
fleeing beauty Of the roses in his
garden; proud and happy mother
makes a few amateur portraits of
daughter in her commencement dress,
and an appreciative son snaps q BEAM
ing father seated at the wheel of q
new car.
Something elemental and good Is
represented in the motives of camera
Evening star., 1934-06-14

A stream of air, instead of water
coming from underneath, instead oi
from above-such Is the shower bath
of the fishes.
Such, in brief, is aeration as prac-
ticed in the tanks of home aquarium
enthusiasts.
It is a curious thing that, although
most fish fans" use some form oi
artificial aeration, practically nothing
has been written about 1t.
One will search the various aquatic
magazines in vain for treatise or
the subject.
The strictly amateur keeper Of gold
fishes Gas distinguished from the So
called "tropicals'9 INDUCES In aera-
ton, after a fashion, by constantly
changing the water.
This is pretty tough on the animals
even though they be as hardy rs gold
fishes; 1t is an impossible procedure
with the smaller tropical fishes
Wherefore air is introduced at the
bottom of the tank through bit OF
porous stone, which breaks 1t up into
millions of fine bubbles.
y y
The antics of the various fishes as
they greet their impromptu shower
vary with the species.
Some keep as far away from the
stream of air as possible.
Others tend to swim near, in an In
vestigatory fashion. but will never
swim through the bubbles.
Still others make a game and sport
out of the affair, swimming repeatedly
into the upward rush of tiny air bub-
bles, which look for all the world as
If they were made Of water them
selves.
Two fishes which love this sport are
the Zebra fish, in popular nomencla-
ture, and the Pearl Danio.
These are among the swifteSt SWIM
mers in the home aquarium. SO it is
but natural that they should try out
their skill in running this novel type
of aquatic rapids.
These little fellows have a glancing
sort Of movement, most readily seer
at feeding time, when they prope
themselves to the surface with real
poetry of motion.
Just as these movements in the
seizing of food are graceful, above
the average of fishes, all of which are
graceful in their natural element, SC
the swimming of these two species
through the artificial stream Of all
is done with o certain zest and zip
beyond most aquarium inmates.
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II the stream of air is being intro
duced into a community aquarium
inhabited by many different kinds OF
fishes the Zebras and Pearls, as they
are called, will chase each other time
after time from one end Of the tank
to the other, never once missing the
fun of going through the bubbles.
AS these are little fellows, mostly
between an inch and two inches long
the force of the air pressure will force
them upward as they 60 through the
stream
They do not seem to mind this
motion, but rather rejoice in it. just
as a surf bather does in the upward
swing Of large breaker.
Guppies also like to swim through
the bubbles, although the pressure
should not be so great for them. The
amount of force behind the stream
no matter how applied. should bt
adjusted to the fishes. their size and
habits, and not just left to whirl away
at top speed. irrespective of the crea-
lures involved.
The female Guppy swirns through
the air stream steadily. without much
ado, but the male rather struts as he
goes through. The female swims
straight ahead. on an even keel, as
it we're, but the male Guppy elevates
his head considerably and faunts
Evening star., 1934-06-14
Checks and Balances.

Government by checks and bal
ances was established in the United
States by the trainers of the Con-
stitution. It has worked we'll The
legislative branch is a check upon
the executive, the executive is a
check upon the legislative and the
judiciary is check upon both. Only
through amendment of the Consti-
tuition. itself a difficult process. re-
quiring the assent of two-thirds OF
the Congress and three-fourths of the
States, can the system be changed.
In some cases amendments have been
adopted speedily, in emergencies and
in stress of public opinion. Usually
they have come about slowly. with
protracted discussion. Meanwhile
public opinion has been aroused spas
medically on this and that subject,
only to subside after deliberation and
debate, and the system has been pre-
served in its essence and its funda-
mental integrity.
Just now there is much talk about
a revolution" a radical change of
the system of Government, de-
parture from the principle of dele
gated authority given by the people
at elections held frequently, bien-
nially for all Representatives in Con-
gress and for third of the Senate
and quadrennially for the Executive.
Fears have been aroused lest under
the aegis of the new deal, in the
stress of social and economic need,
this departure may be effected
through legislation and executive
action meeting the approval Of a
complacent judiciary. But the checks
and balances inherent in the con-
stitutional system continue to con-
stitute the safeguard Of the Nation
against such a departure.
There may be in process drift.
within the law, away from some of
the established concepts of govern
ment. but that it can carry far, to the
point of definite change in system,
toward fascism or sovietism, is not to
be feared, in defiance of the will OF
the people. An election will take
place next November in which these
tendencies, if they exist, will be put
to test, and meanwhile public express
sions of opinion and views by advo-
Gates and critics of the processes now
under way are furnishing information
for the guidance Of the voters.
The other day one of the fore
most advocates of the new deal when
questioned by a Senate committee
considering his nomination to higher
Office, disclaimed any thought con-
trary to the established system Of
government. He placed himself on
record in opposition to communism.
Shortly thereafter one Of the men,
bers of the review board named to
survey and report upon the N. r. A.
resigned and in a public statement
scored the trend toward fascism in
words that might have been taken
from one of the foundation documents
of the soviet system in Russia.
There can be no revolution in this
country toward fascism or communism
without the initiative and the man
date of the people at the polls.
Evening star., 1934-06-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
ny HRKDERic J. RAsKlN.

q. Il thsrs q post once STATEN in
the new Pest Once DEPARTMENT
Building In Washington, d. Or
p. r.
A. The BENJAMIN Franklin Pest
once station was opened for brsi-
ness on June /. 1t has been supplied
with the nnsst and most modern
equipment.
@. what ID the name Of the college
In the South which has q course In
marine zoology and underssa iaboEa-
tories?-K. w.
A. The University Of Miami has Q
department. Of marine zoology.
q. Are animals. other than the
skunk. equipped with On offensive
odor7-B. r.
A. The mink and the weasel emit
. powerful and offensive odor when
In danger. -
@. why is your Information Bu-
reau located In Washington, d. C.2-
N. T.
A. Warrington Is ths worlds great
est center Of all kinds Of knowledge.
Libraries, Laboratories, association
headquarters, governmental activities
are here gathered In O city occupying
an area Of only 10 square nniles.
Contact with sources Of al kinds Of
information 10 quickly made. Send
your questions to this newspapers In
formation Bureau, Frederic ]. Has.
kin, Director. Warrington. d. C., In
closing coin or stamp for return post
age.
@. How much money has been
spent for new exhibitions at the Cen
tury OF Progress?-M. T. o.
A. It In estimated that % 500 900
has been spent for new construction
and for exhibit and concession space.
This does not include money spent
for remodeling and repairing.
@. Are horses Of D particular kind
required for the mounted police force
in New York City?-W. A
A. A police horse must be gelding.
q dark bay with black name and tail,
not less than lsh and not more than
161z hands high. He must be be-
tween four and seven years Of age
and, IL satisfactory. may be used until
he Is II. A period Of training Is
given the animals which lasts IL
weeks. The horse is taught to walk.
trot, canter and jump over obstacles,
after which he is taken out to become
accustomed to city noises and be pre-
pared to meet trafnc emergencies.
q. Where was the first Protestant
sermon preached?-P. II.
A. In the Observation-Disclosures at
Frankfort on Main IN 1874.
q. What Is the largest island In the
Mediterranean Sea?-A. d.
A. Sicily L. the largest, with an area
Of $3.50 square miles. Sardinia Ia
next, with an area OF e,4s3 square
miles. Cyprus, Corsica and Crete are
next with areas between 5000 and
$500 square miles.
q. How many sheep are there In
the world7-H. X.
"A. The worlds sheep population ia
more than SOC. 900 900.
@. Please describe Russias els.-
10000 hotel which IL being con-
structed.-G. d.
A. The new hotel, which viii be
one Of the finest in Europe, Is In
Leningrad on the banks Of the Neva
River. II stands on q specially con-
structed granite quay opposite the
old Summer palace Of the Cars and
across the river from the Fortress Of
Peter and Paul. The building, which
Ia three-fourths done. was designed
by Eugene Loewensohn and !. I.