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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05

But barbarous as John Knox
undoubtedly was in many partic-
ulars, he nevertheless served to
give the Scotchmen the character
they have today. He was far
more decisively on the side Of the
comman man than Luther.
More than any other reformer
Of his day, he believed that the
church and the schoolhouse went
hand in hand, and many Of his
ideas which seemed wild at the
time, had a rather striking full
flllment century or two later.
His vigOr was so overwhelming
that he transformed one of the
most miserably mismanaged cOun-
tries of Europe into one which
eventually became one Of the most
law-abiding and orderly. But
Knox also unleashed other forces,
as witness Froude, the historian,
who credits him with response
bility for the Adam Smiths with
their political economies, and
steam engines, and railroads, and
philosophical institutions and all
the other blessed and unblessed
fruits of liberty"
UNDOUBTEDLY, the Scotch
~ are better critics, scientists
and economists than they would
have been without Knox. Proba-
bly, they are better statesmen and
business men, but equally proba-
bly, they are poorer in all that
goes to make for appreciation of
the beautiful and enjoyment of a
rich and abundant life. Unfortu-
nately, many Of the Scotch gained
from Knox a facility in denuncia-
tory prophecy which makes them
somewhat uncomfortable as rela-
tives and neighbors.
The one thing which stands out
in the Reformation period is the
extreme seriousness with which
both the Catholics and Prot
estants took their religion. The
great reformers genuinely thought
they were fighting the priests of
Baal and did not hesitate to make
plans which resulted in the spill
ing of more blood by far than the
slaughterings of Elijah and Elisha
when they so enthusiastically
sought to destroy the prophets of
Baal.
Personally, I can not help but
think that the Baal religion of the
commercial centers of Palestine
served an excellent purpose in
forcing the great prophets to de-
fine their ideas about fundamen-
tai human and divine issues much
more clearly than would otherwise
have been the case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05
FIRST LADY HOST TO
RAILROADER'S FAMILY,
FULFILLING PROPHECY
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON. April 5.-Her-
man w. Fechner went back to his
conductoring on a communication
train running into New York to-
day, certain that a prophet can
achieve honor in his own country.
Years ago Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt rode regularly on Mr..
Fechner's train. AS he punched
her ticket one day, he said:
Some day you'll be riding the
other way on my train. You'll be
mistress of the governors man
sion at Albany. More than that,
I'll predict you'll be the First
Lady of the land"
We'll, Herman" Mrs. Roosevelt
replied, IF I ever am, you must
come to Washington and see me
and bring your family"
So Mr.. Fechner, Mrs. Fechner
and their daughters, Elsie, IA, AM
Lulu, IL, had tea at the White
House Tuesday afternoon, accept
ing an invitation Mrs. Roosevelt
sent to their home in Ossining,
N. Y.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05

finny tribe by terming the fisher
men nuiSanceS.
A number of the residents ap-
pealed to the park board to take
some action to prevent the fol-
lovers of Izaac Walton from try
ing their luck along the stream.
If the park board will post the
signs, Police Chief Mike MorriSsey
has promised to see that the fish
ermen do not Wespass on the prop
erty adjoining the creek.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05

II like manner, it was a splen-
did thing that the Catholic church
of the sixteenth century was an
exceedingly powerful institution.
With all its luxury and superficial
decay, it was still held together by
the Aristotelian logic of the
school men and the conviction on
the part of millions of sincere
people that this logic proved be-
yond all doubt the validity of
papal authority as the only repre-
sentative of God here on earth.
ITO battle entrenched authority
Il Of this sort the reformers ra-
tionalized their inner certainty of
righteousness by erecting a for
midable logic based on the infalli-
bility of the Bible. The battle of
the prophets resulted in visions of
profoundly moving character
having to do with the eventual
triumph Of the Lord of Peace. The
battle of the reformers brought no
such vision, but it did result in the
generation of tremendous mate
rial power which expressed itself
first in the creation of democratic
institutions and secondly in sci
ence and the production of great
capitaliStic wealth.
This, in my opinion, was nee
essary step toward the attainment
of the vision of the prophets. We
are now ready for another step;
the impetus of the reformers of
the sixteenth century has failed
us. The century of progress has
turned to. ashes in our mouths. Is
it possible that the world is finally
ready for the realization of the
teachings Of Jesus, the apprecia-
ton of the sermon on the mount,
the bringing of the kingdom of
heaven to earth?
AS is the case with thousands
of others, 1 have had the feeling
for some years of the possibility of
great spiritual changes in the
United States which would not
only be of lasting significance to
this country, but to the whole
world as we'll. But like every
one else, I find it exceedingly diff
ficult to embody these feelings in
definite words.
Last week, with this idea run
ming strongly in my subconscious
mind, I happened to be in the
department of state and asked for
the pamphlet describing the great
seal of the United States. You
are all familiar with the diverse
side of the great seal, with the
American eagle grasping in its
left claw thirteen arrows, in it's
right claw an olive branch with
thirteen leaves, on its breast
shield with thirteen bars and
above the eagle thirteen stars sur
mounted by the inscription. "E
PluribuS Unum." The idea of
unity in diversity has truly run
through our national life pro-
phetic thread.
Copyright, 1884, Round Table Press, Inc.
distributed by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
Tomorrow: Is the Great Seal
pronbofio 0f Crook DoaooC
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05
NEGRO SENTENCED
IN ASSAULT CASE
CWA Worker Attempts to
Attack Woman, II.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
NEWCASTLE, Ind, April S.
ConfesSing an attempted criminal
assault on a 72-year-old woman.
John Taylor, 38, Negro CWA worker.
was sentenced to f1ve-t -twenty-one
years in the state prison by Judge
John E. Morris, in Henry circuit
court late yesterday.
Taylor has been held in the state
reformatory at Pendleton since his
arrest two weeks ago to avert pos
Sible mob violence.
The attack occurred while he was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05

Copyright, 1884, Round Table Press, Inc
distributed by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
Tomorrow: Is the Great Seal
Prophetic of Great Peace?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05
AAA Head Speaks

~ tHitCd Press
SYRACUSE, N. Y, April 5.-Evi-
dence OF recovery now is clear
Throughout the nation" Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administrator
Chester G. Davis told state extern
sion workers and representatives of
farm organizations today.
"A1 available evidence" he de-
clared, shows that a general recov-
cry is taking place and that agricul-
tural improvement has been an i'm
portant factor in nation wide re-
vival Of industry and trade"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05

For bright new signs that pro-
claim mo Fishing Allowed" may
sprinkle the banks Of the stream,
which will take the sinkers out of
the water and leave the spooners
on the shore.
Under the star-lit skies, young
SWANS have been known to NUT
ter threatening remarks about Fall
Creek fishermen being pests.
However, it is the residents Of
the North Side that have taken
action against the pursuers of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05
Sets Plane AItitnde Mark

BOSTON, April 5.-A new air
plane altitude record for New Eng
land-22,600 feet-was established
today by Lieutenant Arthur F.. Mere
weather, U. S. A., in a Massachu.
sets Institute of Technology high
altitude weather plane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05
By
Henry A..
Wallace
CRAFTSMANSHIP
and RELIGION
The Tenth Of a series about the Greco
of nelC and greater America.
SECRETARY of
AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER K
The Great Spiritual Adventure of Our Age


from the land and the penalty
Catholic and when she
fearful
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05
Employment at Peak

Z CLEVELAND, April 5.-Employ-
ment and production are, now at
the highest peak they have been
since President Roosevelt's recovery
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05
Hoosier Dies From Heat

HoOsier Dies From Heat
By United Press
PETERSBURG, Ind, April s.
With the temperature at 80 degrees
above zero, Jerd Showalter, IS, be-
came the first heat victim of the
year in Indiana when he dropped
dead yesterday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-05
Love Conquers All
Even Doughty Fishermen Must Give Way to
Ardent SWANS Along Fall Greek.

XXTA nights find lovers undstubed along the concrete
w wall unsought in the
n
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
.JE VS. OBSERVE
ROSH HOSHANA

With solemn services in syna-
gogues throughout the city, more
than 10000 Jews were observing
Rosh Hoshana here today.
Ushered in at sundown yester-
day, the feast day, which begins
the Jewish year 5,695, will con-
tinue until dusk tomorrow. In
explaining the significance of the
day to his congregation at the
Adas Israel Synagogue Rabbi Solo
mon Metz urged that more atten-
ton be paid the spiritual things of
life.
The root of all trouble and con-
fusion, he said, is the tendency Of
man to rely on the external things
of life and not on the spiritual. He
said:
"On this holiday, which ushers
in the 10 days of penitence
known as ASSereth Yemay
Teshuva, the ShOfar, or rituals
tic rams horn, is sounded before
the open ark of the law.
"The central theme Of the an.
cient liturgy is that the destiny
of the race and the fate Of crea-
ton hinges upon mans spiritual
regeneration"
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
SOLDIER FOUND
DEAD IN RIVER

A nude body believed to be that
of Cpl. John H. Joyce, 28-year-old
Fort Myer soldier, missing since
last Wednesday, was found float
ing in the Potomac shortly be-
fore noon today.
The body was found on the
Virginia side, a short distance
west of Key Bridge, by Bert Nix,
of Rosslyn, fisherman. Harbor
police took it to the District
morgue for definite Identification.
Search was first directed toward
the river when the soldiers car
and clothing were found near
Mackaye's boathouse Saturday.
Fellow soldiers knew Of no motive
for suicide, but police dragged the
Potomac Saturday night and yes
terday.
Corporal Joyce left the fort
Wednesday night, saying that he
was going on a fishing trip cup
the river" his comrades said.
They have had no word of MIN
since.
Corporal Joyce, whose home is
in Philadelphia, has a brother,
william Joyce, living in Claren-
don, Va, and is married.
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
Ken Murray
Says:

The Stock and Exchange
Commission plans to issue q
new set Of rules for Wall Street.
Now, all they need to make it a
success is a new set Of SpecuIa-
tors.
One of the most important
regulations is one preventing
manipulatOrs from Short sell
ing. And while they're about
it, they had better get after
Hollywood They've sure been
selling some terrible ones,
lately.
Stock activities show that the
public is beginning to get in the
market again. Well, such be-
ing the case, brokers should
have no trouble getting to sleep
these hot nights. They can
count sheep"
BUT REMEMBER
Many . man who starts out
Is a stOckhOlder ends up as .
stakeholder.
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
WIN
PAY BOOST

Labor scored another victory
today with the announcement
here that the majority of con-
tractors have agreed to an in
crease of Is cents per hour for
laborers.
Larry Kelly, business agent for
the laborers, served notice on the
contractors who refused to COM
ply with the demands that labor
ers would not return to work
after today unless the increase
in wages is given. He was sup
ported by John Locher, secretary
of the Washington Building
Trades Council.
The hourly wage for laborers
on buildings now under con-
struction is As cents. The new
scale will be go cents. Since
most of the construction work
here is being done with PWA
funds, the laborers will work a
miXimum of 80 hours a week.
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
z DIARIES BACK
CHEAP MILK
FOR NEEDY
Seal Gets Offer of Aid From
Local Distributors; Awaits
More Replies

Letters approving Of and assur-
ing cooperation in the proposed
plan of the District Government
to purchase cheap milk for dis
tribution to relief clients were
received from two pocal distribu-
tors today by Elwood Seal, assist
ant corporation counsel, who is
projecting the plan for the Com
misSionerS.
The letters came in response to
an inquiry by the assistant cor
poration counsel as to whether
the local dairies would be willing
to lend their services in the
plan. It was proposed that the
District Government buy up the
surplus milk in this area for a
price which would give the farm
ers a little more than cost Of
production-more than they re-
ceive for the surplus now.
The dairies would be asked
then to paSteurize, bottle, and
service the distribution of the
milk at nominal figure, so that
the product would not cost the
District more than about 80 cents
gallon, compared to about A
which it now must pay for each
gallon of milk it buys for the
needy.
Mr.. Seal said today that as
soon as replies are received from
the other local distributors stat
ing whether or not they will CO.
operate, he will call them all to
meeting and decide the pro-
cedure for having the distributors
handle the milk-whether the
business shall be allocated on
the basis of bids or in another
manner.
Before this is done, however, he
said, he will confer with agents
of the farmers to determine how
much surplus is available. This
meeting will be held sometime
this week, he said.
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
8 THUGS HELD
IN ROBBER|ES

Three colored men, suspected as
participants in a series OF holdups
in Southwest Washington over
the weekend, are being held by
police today while fourth mem,
ber of the gang is being sought.
The three men, identified by
victims of holdups late yesterday,
gave their names as Leonard
Brown, 18, 300 block of H st.
S. w.; William wallace. 20, 800
block G st. S. w., and Raymond
SwinSdon, 18, 600 block of Third
st. S. w.
Lionel w. Elms, of the 900 block
of Ives st. N. w., victim of a
holdup at Fourth and d Streets
Southwest, and Thomas Mahoney,
5000 block Seventeenth St. N. w.,
who was held up near Fourth and
F Street Southwest identified the
trio, police said.
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
CRACKUP
TIP IS BEST

A tip on the crackup of new
Navy plane at Indian Head, Md,
in which two Navy men, Lieut..
Comdr. A. M. Pride and j. P. Wal
drop, aviation machiniSt, were in
jured, captured first prize last
week in The washington Times
newstip contest.
The second prize was awarded
for informa ton that George G..
Fitton, of the 1900 block Quincy
st. N. w., a real estate collector,
had been held up and ROBBED of
$500 in an apartment house at
Eleventh and R SITS. N. w.
Other awards were made for tips
that a tiny pellet of radium valued
at $4,000 was thrown away acci-
dentally with some trash and later
recovered at Gallinger Hospital;
the elaborate float of the Herndon
(VaO Volunteer Fire Department
was stolen after participating in
the Alexandria Labor Day parade; !;
a taxi and truck collided at the
south end of the Highway Bridge,
and an inebriated man obliged the
police department by calling a pa
troll wagon for himself and finally
landed in the Fifth precinct sta
ton house,
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
Rev. Farnham Quits
PastOrate to Teach

On the tenth anniversary of his
call to be pastor of the Cleveland
Park Congregational Church, the
Rev. George L. Farnham rendered
his resignation.
Brother George" as his congre-
cation called him, explained to
Wilbur L. Gray, chairman of the
board of trustees, that he wished to
devote his entire time to his
school, known as the John Mason
Country School for Boys, at Old
Mystic, Conn.,, which he estab-
lished several years ago.
Profoundly believing that char
acter building in youth is funda-
mental element of Christian citi-
zenship, and that rural environ
ment is most conducive to this
end, the minister several years ago
began his school as a camp while
The Washington times., 1934-09-10

he was pastor of the church at
Old Mystic. He has carried the
work on since he came TO Wash
ington.
The departing pastor is the son
of a pioneer clergyman in the
Congregational Church. He re-
ceived his theological training at
Yale University.
He has been prominent in the
Congregational Club and the
Ministerial Association, and has
the distinction of being one of
the outstanding pulpit orators of
the country. He taught public
speaking at George Washington
University and the American
Banking Institute. He was chap
lain of the Reciprocity Club, is a
member of the Masonic order and
the OptimiSt Club.
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
Burro Will Star
In Community
Fantasy

Midget, a pint size burro
owned by John Heide, formerly
with the District mounted police,
will play a stellar role in "The
Forty Thieves" to be presented
Wednesday and Thursday by
the Washington Community
Players at the National Sylvan
Theater.
The diminutive burro is to
appear in the first and third
episodes of the fantasy, with
John Lloyd Sikken as Ali Baba.
The play will be staged in the
Central High School auditorium
if the weather is bad.
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
SUIT To BLOCK
VOTE ON LIQUOR
IS REJECTED
Commissioners Hold Money
Spent in Wet-Dry Fight
Too Small to Notice

District Commissioner today
answered a petition for an injunc-
ton against the Takoma Park
wet and dry referendum by fil-
ing a lengthy paper in the su-
preme Court Of the District Of
Columbia stating that the only
amount of money involved was
$55 spent out of relief money; and
that the whole matter was too
small for the court to bother
with.
The injunction was sought by
four residents of Takoma Park
who have asked for beer licenses,
and who have charged that the
District of Columbia has no right
to stage an election Or even ref
erendum.
The District Commissioners re-
piled today that the proposed ref
erendum was merely for advisory
purposes and that If anyone had
been wrongfully denied q permit
he may seek redress in the courts.
It was also stated that the work
of listing the names of voters in
Takoma had been PWA project
and that the money was paid out
to people on the relief rolls; and
that if they had not received
the $55 dollars against which the
complaint is made that they would
have received the same amount
from relief money for some other
month. It was also pointed out
that the money was spent at the
direction of George E. Allen in his
capacity as State Relief Admins
traitor and not as Commissioner of
the District.
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
JURY HEARS CASES

Eleven cases of felonious assault,
grand larceny and one murder
case will be presented to a special
grand jury tomorrow in the cor
poration court of Alexandria
before Judge William P. Woolls.
The jury includes Taylor Burke,
C. w. King, Joseph Newell, w. A..
Royster and Morris Belts.
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
Police Seeking
MOtOrbOat Thief

Oyster "navies" and police pa
trolls in the Potomac River and
Chesapeake Bay today are on the
lookout for pirate" who late
yesterday stole a 22-foot motor
launch anchored at the foot OF
First Street Southwest.
Percy E. Budlong, of the 1900
block Gallatin st. N. w., owner of
the boat which he calls the Silver
Cloud, reported the theft. The
boat, he said, is valued at 5000.
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
River Excursion
Planned Tonight

The Junior Board of Commerce
last moonlight excursion of the
year will leave the Wilson Line
wharf tonight at 8:45. Proceeds
Of tonight's trip will go, to the
Presidents Cup Regatta Associa-
ton fund to help defray expenses
of this years races.
Entertainment for the evening
will center around Lou Berman
and his band, Eddie Perkins, Fox
Theater singing usher, and Marie
Fowler, diminutive radio singer.
In addition, the Presidents $4,000
gold cup and other racing trophies
will be on display.
The Washington times., 1934-09-10
HANNA To FIGHT
REROUT|NG
PLANS
Capital Transit Head Offers
Surprise Request to Buy
18th Street Bus Line
By EARL GOODWIN

A surprise move by President
j. H. Hanna, of the Capital Tran
sit Company, at the very outset
Of the Public Utility Commission
hearing on, street car rerouting
today, indicated that the street
car interests intend to dominate
the situation as far as possible:
and do not intend to yield an
inch to the plans of the various
experts in street car traffic.
The surprise from President
Hanna was the request for per-
mission to buy the majority stock
OF the Washington Transit Com
pany, Sixteenth Street Bus Line
for $843 900, and the suggestion
that all questions of changed
routings be deferred until the
commission has acted on the re-
quest.
Roberts Objects
Immediately Peoples C ounsel
William Roberts objected. He said:
II see no reason why we
should help establish a nuisance
value for the Washington Rapid
Transit Company. Your request
would put the Public Utilities
Commission in the position of
not being able to do anything
about the service and the routes
until after the commission had
approved the value of the w.
r. T."
George P. Hoover, attorney for
the Washington Rapid Transit
Company answered Mr.. Roberts.
He said:
1--WE don't ask for any nui-
sance value; what we want is a
fair market value"
Use Great Caution
The Public Utilities Commission
has been watching for this request
for a long time. Members of the
commission today expressed them.
selves with great caution when
asked for newspaper comment,
Briefly, however, it may be said
they suspect the price is too high;
but they would be agreeable to a
unification of the bus lines with
the Capital Transit Company sys-
tenn.
That the Public Utilities Com.
mission will. delay the rerouting
hearing or anything connected
with the traffic question is doubt
full.
The Sixteenth Street Bus Line
was bought from Leon Arnold in
1925 by the North American Com.
pany for $4,000. Later Harley
P. Wilson, a director of the North
American Company bought con-
troll and is the owner of record
now: it is from him that Mr..
Hanna would buy the control of
the Sixteenth Street line.
The North American Company
now owns about half of the stock
of the merged street car com.
panies. The general situation is
one which the PUG will watch
carefully before attempting a re-
ply to President Hanna's request
today.