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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23

BY Edgar A. Perkins ST..
In his address to the Republican
editors at their meeting at Wa
vase late in August Senator
Arthur Robinson stressed the
point that the voters in Novem-
Der would be called on to choose
between two sets of principles and
not merely to decide between can
didates wanting office.
To his credit it can be said that
Senator Robinson, since he &C
lively began his quest for re-elec-
ton, has not followed the pussy
footing tactics of some of his
party brethren, but he has been
out in the open denouncing the
Roosevelt policies. deriding the
brain trust and viewing with alarm
that destruction which is await
ing us.
Although the senator proposes
no particular remedy for what
even he admits are ailments call
ing for correction, he leaves no
doubt that he will, if returned to
the senate, oppose the New Deal
program.
The issue is thus joined as be-
tween the senator and his oppo-
nent Sherman Minton. The latter
unequivocally says that if he is
elected he will support the Presi-
dent in his program. AS the pro-
gram of the President is fairly
well understood, this makes it
possible for the voter in Indiana
to make his choice with fair
chance that his views will be re-
flected by his representative in
the United States senate.
So any one opposed to the New
Deal may vote for Senator Robin
son, and any one favorable there
to may vote for Mr.. Minton with
the assurance that no mistake will
be made insofar as registering
ones view is concerned.
The only fly in this ointment is
that those voting for Senator Rob-
inson will know only that they
are against what is, but are not
informed as to what is to take the
place of that which We have.
ContrariWise, Mr.. Minton is
pledged to the support Of the
Roosevelt policies, among which of
especial interest to labor is pro-
tecting labor in its right freely
to organize, to be free of the men
ace Of yellow dog contracts, to
initiate some plan Of unemploy-
ment insurance, to foster old age
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23
So They Say

I don't believe that any higher
academic honor possibly can come
to any Harvard graduate than to
be made an alumnus Of Yale
President Roosevelt.
Labor unions must learn to give
and take. There is absolutely no
excuse for racketeering -Assistant
U. S. Attorney General Joseph 3.
Keenan,.
We don't mind twins and triplets,
but when it comes to quii.uplets,
we can not see any honor IL that
James Gaureaux. uncle Of Ca
madam quintuplets.
1t is the New Deal, castor OF or
the firing squad. Let the steel trust
put this in its pipe and smoke it.
Harry Elmer Barnes, economist.
It's rather TO bad that the legiti-
mate stage has disappointed
audiences so often-Pauline Fred
erick, actress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23
BELIEVES FEDERAL AGENTS
SUFFER FROM EGOTISM
By Tom Ward.

BY Tom Ward.
Something should be done about
suppressing the bright young men
who are hired by the department Of
justice to do sleuthing. These agents
demonstrate an undemocratic prin-
ciple-faulty distribution of the ego
What with changing frontiers Of
society and more equal distribution
OF wealth, it is a scurrilous trick
for the federal agents to be hogging
a major share of egotism; probably
the agents themselves are not to
blame.
They have been reading the news
papers and discovering how they
should act. This seems to be an era
now when any young man who has
hooked himself a gold ID J." badge
IS regarded through q blur Of glory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23
THE AIR RACE

ONCE the Lindbergh days Of 1927, We have
- been too troubled by other things. and our
aviation appetites have become too faded. for
us to have more than a one-day thrill out of
our flights and our fiers.
And so it Is with this great London-Aus-
tralia air race. whose leaders have Just finished
in such record-breaking time. Today We are
thrilled. tomorrow we will be forgetting about
it. and next week we won't even know the
names Of the winners. But the implications
OF this performance will stay with US. for this
race was truly a significant one. Here are the
reasons:
l. Adventure-The man whose blood doesn't
tingle over the spectacle Of two men and a
machine leaving London one morning. and
flying madly over 1900 miles Of mountains.
deserts and sea TO the other side of the world
In two and half days. is an old fuzzy-wuzzy
indeed.
:. Speed-Today's racing planes become to-
norrows passenger transports. Trite. but true.
The bullet-like, fragile and hard-to-handle
De Haviland Comet OF the winners will be
succeeded in a year or two by large, stable
passenger planes carrying ordinary travellers
over the same route at the same speed. And
this leads directly into the third significant
point in this race:
3. ProgreSs-The workaday passenger plane
that won second place almost beat the racer
that won first place. The Arnerican-built
Douglas transport (used regularly on our own
airlines) came so close on the heels Of the
racer that you might say the racers design
port. And, in effect. that was true. The pas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23
DOUBTS WORTH OF
MODERNIZING PLAN

BY J. W. Hughes.
I saw a picture in The Times Of
Thursday, Oct. 10. in regard to the
governments home moderEizing
program. Every one is talking about
hard winter and worrying about
what will become of them believe
that the money that is being spent
to move an old shack TO the lawn
of the federal building and expert
menting with it would buy many a
basket of food for the poor.
I also see a large signboard on the
lawn, which looks like a sign in
front Of a building for rent 1t looks
like the Democrats are wanting TO
rent the postoffice TO swell their
pocketbooks. because they know this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23
Capital Capers
BY GEORGE ABEL

CENATOR TOM CONNALLY of Texas, blithe
~ and debonair, arrived in town from Istan-
bull formerly Constantinople), where he was a
delegate to the Inter-P Parliamentary Union
Wearing his Windsor tie at jaunty angle.
the Sprightly Texas legislator smoothed. his
ponaded hair and told tales of his trip through
Europe
What did you see in Turkey?" asked friends.
We'll, I saw the former Sutan's seraglio,' -
twinkled Senator Connally. 1T was once a
haren, but isn't any more"
The vision of Windsor-tied Senator Connally
stepping through the Sultan's Seraglio excited
the interest of auditors. They piled the traveller
with further questions.
Did you bring back any fezes?" inquired one.
The fez" Connally patiently explained SIS
through III Turkey. Turks now wear straw hats.
But I brought back a>dagger."-
He searched for the dirk, but it had been
temporarily miSlaid.
Connally and his fellow traveller Senator Joe
Robinson, were in Paris when King Alexander
was shot in Marseille. AS matter of fact, Con-
nally nearly CHANGED to be in the Mediterranean
port on the fatal day. Northern Italy the two
nous number Of tourists in that part of the
world as proof Of its growing popularity.
NIVACIOUS Larry Richey. ex-secretary to
former President Hoover, is again glimpsed
about town, as serene and buoyant ever.
Dressed in gray tweeds, Larry yesterday
lunched with ex-Representative Tilson, former
Republican whip of the House. discussed Cali
fornia, politics, the autumn weather and gov
ornamental policies.
Larry visited his old boss at Palo Alto this
summer. He found the Chief Larry's invari-
able expression for Herbert Hoover) cheerful
ana healthy.
CENATOR WILLARD TYDINGS of Maryland,
- erstwhile Beau Brunmel" of Washingtons
eligible senator's is deserving society more and
more for politicS-although prediction is heard
that ne will again grace Capital salons this
winter.
Tonight the eloquent Willard heads list Of
speakers at a big political rally in the Seaside
Park ballroom at Chesapeake Beach. Following
the meeting, twenty piece orchestra will play
for dancing.
Millards friends are wondering whether his
speech or bis dancing viii be better. OF late. he
has scarcely appeared on dance floor but has
been busily writing political treatises. In the
meantime. art connoisseurs are regretting that
Tydings. dressed in a purple smock, no longer
paints hunting dogs and nudes.
What about your painting. Millard?" queried
friend.
'I have time to paint only political pictures
smiled Afilard.
Clearly. the race lies between politics and
society.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23

will be their last chance for a long
time to get all the taxpayers money.
You know the Republicans didn't
do such bad job of running this
country as the Democrats try to
make the public believe
In the 152 years of this country's
existence, the Democrats have ruled
it for only eighteen years. I don't
believe this country has been run
so poorly in the past. and if the Re
publicans get the cooperation of
the people, the same as President
Roosevelt has, I believe it won't take
them many years to straighten out
what the Democrats have tangled
in the past eighteen months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23
Autumn Light
BY POLLY LOIS NORTON

b1 FULLY LUIS NORTON
Night has hung her silver lantern
high,
Sent her scent-no other odor ike
On evening breezes over the silent
earth;
Dressed herself in golden spangled
light
With sunset hem and misty frosty
veil,
And now she waits-beauty- decked
for her prince,
And wonders why he comes not,
until the dawn.
Poor autumn night. so calm, SC
beautiful,
Waiting SO YEARLY for that longed
for happiness,
You can but find the cold, hard
hearted winter.
Have you not heard that springs
the time for loye2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23

When making public appearances
these men preen themselves, pull
down their soft hats and try to look
very mysterious and brusque as Is
the traditional manner described for
sleuths by spirit-minded Arthur
Conan Doyle and Edgar Wallace.
There seems to be no doubt that
the federal men are more astute
than local flatfeet and state troop
ers, but after all. is that sdenoting
so much?
While they were engaged in the
so-called manhunt for the late John
Dillinger, the federal agents did not
show so much Of the smartness with
which they are supposed to be en-
lowed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23
NAMES BIG FOUR" OF
DEMOCRATIC PARTY

By Joseph A. Parsons.
Why not give readers the other
side Of the question on the New
Deal in practice?
Coffinism-how the poor Demo-
cratic party does impress that name
upon the shuddering listeners. Poor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23
PAROLE PUBLICITY

CONDEMNATION OF pardons and paroles is
growing since the discovery that the al
legged kidnaper OF Mrs. Berry v. Ston has
criminal record. Granted the frequent misuse
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23

The federal government has bought mil
lion acres OF WORKOUT land, but you won't
find real estate man objecting to govern
ment interference in business
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23
The Message Center

(14mes readers are tnUtted to cypress
their vtetos in these columns. MGke your
letters short. so alt car hare chance.
limit them TO ESQ tooyds or IesS.J
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23
Daily Thought

Train up child in the way he
should go. and where he is old he
viii not depart from it.-Proyerbs,
1916.
THE scenes Of childhood are the
l. memories Of future years.. o.
ChouleS.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
Hitler's New Power Stirs
Fear for Cermany's Future

latest performance nothing except a
belated effort to court foreign friend
ship with soft words" The Atlanta
Constitution voices the view: THE
world is not likely to be hoodwinked
by Chancellor President Hitler's dec
laration that If it rests with Ger
many, war will not come again Such
statement does not carry conviction
when considered in connection with
Hitler's demands for an increase in
the German regular army, nor with
his continued development of millions
of Black Shirt troopers into disci-
plined force that could overnight be
converted into effective fighting units.
Neither is it impressive in the light
of the subversive and antagonistic ac-
tivities Of the Nazi government in its
relation with other European nations"
''It seems incredible, like a fairy
tale" says the Providence. Bulletin,
that an emperor's scepter can again
be won in this day and age. 1t seems
an anachronism that will be roughly
destroyed by the first onrush of cruel
reality. It seems as absurd as knights
in armor dodging automobiles on the
streets of Berlin or full-panoplied
chargers rushing through the coun-
tryside carrying the emperor's mes
sage to his mobiles in East Prussia.
Yet there was Napoleon. The sin
that the Corsican must be held re-
sponsible for is bedeviling mems
thoughts with vision Of power! Civil
ization cannot forgive Napoleon for
his imitators."
Evening star., 1934-08-15
Exploring Vesuvius.

Science has been interested in
Mount Vesuvius for hundreds of
years. Indeed, it has been one of the
major concerns of scientific thinkers
since the dawn of history And it is
wholly natural that it should be so.
Such a problem as the volcano pre-
sents is challenge TO human intelli-
gence. Only when the mystery of the
elemental causes of the great cones
activity has been solved will the devo-
tees of organized common sense"
pass on to some less intriguing sub
ject. Just now a company of geogra-
pliers. geologists and geodeticists from
the University of Padua are at work
on the crater's rim, and their enter
prise is being watched by a large
public.
The fateful cone rises approx
mately one thousand eight hundred
feet above a plain which itself is two
thousand three hundred feet above
the sea. With a basal circumference
of thirty miles, it has a diameter about
half mile at It's truncated apex
From century to century its appear
ance has changed. AS late as 1888 its
top was an uneven plain; visitors to-
day find it hollow cup, with an
interior surface sloping down five hun
dred feet to a vortex where periodic
ally it is possible to see red"-the
Evening star., 1934-08-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


Collectors.
Some folks collect pictures with
constant delight,
While some collect books with great
pleasure.
A few collect coins as q pastime
polite
Though they mustn't hide gold in
their treasure.
But the one I should call most per-
sistent of all
His vigilance never relaxes-
Works Winter and Springtime and
Summer and Fall.
He's busy collecting the taxes.
The public is sometimes permitted
to see
A great scientific collection
OF butterflies, beetles or other things,
free
To all who desire such inspection
But the man that we find with
industrious mind,
Whose power still constantly wakes,
Is one who pursues an old plan well
well designed
And keeps on collecting the taxes
Evening star., 1934-08-15
Dan Beard as Mark
Twain's Illustrator
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
1t will be remembered that Mr..
Daniel C. Beard. Familiarity known as
Dan Beard, cartoonist and national
Scout commissioner, recently cele-
brated his 84th birthday anniver-
sary. At that time he was asked
if, when he illustrated Mark Twain's
Yankee at King Arthur's Court"
which exemplified in no uncertain way
the philosophy of Henry George, this
was done with full approval of Mr..
Clemens. Dan Boards reply was as
follows: when 1 finished my illus
trations of the Yankee at King Ar
thurs Court Mark Twain wrote me
letter in which he said: How fortu-
nate was in finding you. There are
hundreds of artists who could illus
trate any other book Of mine, but
only one could illustrate this one.
What lucky day it was when
went netting for lightning bugs and
caught a meteor That he was not
unaware Of the significance of my pic
lures is evident from a remark he
made: 7 wrote a book about King
Arthur's Court and Dan Beard made
Of 1t Single Tax Tract"
1t Is unnecessary to state that those
famous illustrations gave great JOY
to the hearts of the followers of Henry
George at the time the book was
published and that this satisfaction
continues unto the present day.
HENRY WARE ALLEN.
Wichita, Kans.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
Changing the Referendum Date.

The object of the referendum in
Takoma Park next month is to deter
mine the sentiment of that community
on the granting of beer and hard-Iquor
licenses within the community. A
full, fair expression of such sentiment
will be obtained only when every quail
fed voter casts his ballot. The lead
ers in the effort of Takoma citizens to
prevent issue of licenses in that area
contend that on the date originally
set for the referendum, September S,
a number of citizens will be out of
town, and the Commissioners have
granted their petition to delay the
vote one week.
BY agreeing to the change the Com
missioners have again indicated their
willingness to be absolutely fair in
the matter. The original date was not
chosen for any significant reason, and
nothing is lost by changing it If the
Takoma citizens believe better rep
resentation at the polls will be gained
through the change.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
But the Fee System Remains.

In October of 1888 the Town Coun-
Gil of Mount Rainier enacted an
ordinance regarding compensation of
the police justice and the town officer
ing errant motorists. 1t was provided
that the justice and the policeman
would be paid for each trial, regard
less of whether the defendant was
convicted. There had been a pie
viously existing ordinance, under
which the justice was paid only on
conviction of the defendant At least,
it was supposed that there had been
such an ordinance, but when it came
to looking it up in black and white
it could not be found on the town
records. The justice, however, had
been collecting his fee only when
there was a conviction.
The decision of the Circuit Court
at Marlboro yesterday in test case
brought, with the assistance of the
American Automobile Association
long an active foe of the traffic
trap at Mount Rainier, was that an
ordinance under which the judge re-
ceived compensation for his Justice
dispensing duties only in case of a
conviction "arouses in the mind of the
average man a definite sense of un-
fairness" The collateral posted under
this old ordinance was ordered re-
turned.
That is something. But 1t is to be
remembered that the fee systematic
root of most of the complaints-re-
mains in Mount Rainier, and in many
other Incorporated towns and counties
of Maryland. It is an inherently
vicious system. When the compensa-
tion of law and judicial officers de-
pends upon the number Of cases
brought into court it is hard to be-
lieve that the delicate scales of justice
will function. 1t is to be hoped that
the citizens of Mount Rainier will
proceed to a more thorough overhaul
ing of their municipal ordinances. and
abolish once and for all a fee system
that will be under continued criticism
and attack as long as it exists.
Mount Rainier has won reputation
as the site of a generally condemned
traffic trap" The fee system of COM
pensating the arresting and judicial
officers has contributed to this repu-
tation.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
guides phrase for perception of the
living flame of the turbulent bowels Of
the ominous peak.

guides phrase for perception of the
living flame of the turbulent bowels Of
the ominous peak.
Before So AID, Strabo declares,
Vesuvius wore gown of fertile
meadows. But its serenity was de-
ceptive. Eruptions began in 70, and
a terrific outburst came in 70, the
latter destroying Herculaneum and
Pompeii. Quiescence followed until
203, when again the mountain poured
out fire and smoke and molten lava
over the beautiful Campanian land
scape. Further trouble of the same
dreadful kind was chronicled in 472,
512, 685, 993, 1896, 1O49, 1139 and
1881, the last cataclysm of this SOM
Der list costing eighteen thousand
human lives. The annals of 1766,
1779, 1894, 1922, 1872. 1906 and 1929
also record eruptions more or less
intense. But search for a rule of
periodicity in the dates has yielded
nothing convincing. An observatory,
established on one of the ridges in
1874, is a center of ceaseless study of
the ebb and flow of the volcanoes
energy, yet no principle or law of
tempo thus far has been discovered.
Modern investigators actually know
little more than the Elder Pliny, who
gave his life in quest of the truth
in the disturbance of 10 AID.
1t may be that the men now en-
gagged with the problem will be for
tunate. Perhaps they will bring back
data which will make possible scien-
tific anticipation of the destructive
earthquakes which so frequently
shake the Italian peninsula Their
enterprise thus may have fruits of
distinctive practical value.
Evening star., 1934-08-15

ing there an article which he had
prepared months earlier was pub
, lished, and its theme happened to be
mildly controversial. One single
reader was offended, and his anger
took the form of a scurrilous and
abusive series of post cards directed
to the author at his temporary ad-
dress. Before many days these mes
sages were the talk of the little
town. Their text might as well have
been communicated directly and in
dividually to every inhabitant The
mischief of tongues" of which the
Bible speaks did its wicked work. In
the end the victim had to leave. And
to this day his name is anathema in
that community. A poisoned pen"
has made him notorious.
But the anonymous letter writer
does not invaribly enjoy. success.
More often his screeds are dropped
into a convenient wastebasket un-
read The fact that he has not had
courage to sign his name and to give
his address brands him a coward,
and no self-respecting person can be
expected to have any patience with
such weakling. Even just griev-
ance is passed over, if it is presented
irresponsibly.
However, it is fair to concede that
poisoned pen" letters sometimes are
very cleverly composed. There is a
variety of malice which comes skill
fully wrapped in cunning. For ex-
ample, there is the trickster, who,
having access to several different va
rieties of typewriters, employs them
all and thereby gives the impression
of being quite a crowd and not merely
one single critic. And there are like
wise the frauds who 60 to the trouble
of writing in disguised" longhand,
turning out numerous communications
which may or may not be compared
by the recipient.
The White House secretariat is IA
miliar with the nuisance; most Gov
ernment departments have crank let
ter" files; any man or woman whose
name is familiar to the public is apt
to be annoyed. Probably, nothing
much can be done in the circum-
stances. The laws are definite enough,
but few trouble to have recourse to
them. The average reaction is one
Of contempt, and perhaps that is pun
ishment enough for mean and skulk-
ing rogues.
Evening star., 1934-08-15
~Yoisoned Pens"

Doubtless every officer of the Gov.
srnment and every responsible busi-
ness or professional man has had ex-
perience with the wielders of what
have been aptly called poisoned
pens" Psychologists say that there
Is type of mental disability or dis
ease which manifests itself in the
impulse to write anonymous letters.
On occasion the communication Is
Intended as a compliment, and actors
and musicians include such missives
In their fan mail. But more fire.
quently the concealed correspondent
has a peeve, a grudge. hatred to
crafty, and the postal system gives
him opportunity to strike without
obvious danger to himself.
Some years ago an American writer
OF ability and prominence retired to
tiny hamlet in the hills Of New
England to recuperate from an ex-
hausting illness. While he was rest