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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-25
WASHINGTON HEADLINERS
Once Tree-ChOpper, Smell Guides G. o. P In The House
By ALEXANDER r. GEORGE
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WASHINGTON, April 25.-A
republican wheelhorse of the "sol-
id citizen" type champions the
cause of the minority and tits a
lusty lance for constitutional
government" in the house of rep
resentatives.
Bertrand Hollis Smell, leader of
the G. o. P. forces on the house
side of the capitol battle front,
hewed his way to that position by
dint of efficient service and ca
pacity for party leadership in
committees, caucuses and on the
floor much in the manner he
carved out career of business
success from a lOgging-camp start
in northern New York before en-
tering politics. He is SO years old
and has been a house member for
Is years.
One of the comparatively few
business men in congress. most
members being lawyers, he has
natural tendency to approach
matters political and economic
from the standpoint of the bust
ness man. He is a stout believer
in order. organization and finan-
cial stability in industry and gov
eminent.
Modest And Conservative
Modest and conservative in
manner, Smell has a pronounced
distaste for the spectacular. He
scorns personal dramatization or
"heart throb" appeal to the voters
and has scoffed at attempts of
friends to cast him in the role Of
a political hero.
As a youth. he worked hard
cutting down trees in the forests,
and he still works hard.
He comes to his office in the
capitol early in the morning and
often stays until Z O'Clock Mt
night. Newspapers and the Con
gressional Record have crowded
out modern history books on his
reading list.
Many persons have noticed his
resemblance to President McKin-
ley. He dresses Immediately but
conservatively. favoring dark
business suits relieved by an edg-
ing of white waistcoat.
Seldom Sarcastic
On the floor of the house. he
sits chewing an unlighted cigar
and lingering his glasses as he
closely follows developments in
debate. In speech he is direct and
forceful, but seldom sarcastic or
cutting.
In the fall he takes a two-week
hunting trip with friends to his
beautiful Camp Kildare in the
heart of the Adirondacks. SO iSo-
lated is this camp that the last
few miles of the journey must be
on foot. He likes fishing
and golf, but has little time for
either.
He and Mrs. Smell live in an
apartment on Sixteenth street.
They have wide acquaintance
in official and social Washington
but Smell is not an ardent social
tie. 44e
When congress is not i'm Session
he is at his business office in
Potsdam. n. y, nearly every day.
His business interests include pa
per pulp manufacturing and cheese
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-25
EXCEEDS EXPECTATION

OMAHA. Neh.-MrS. Helen
Faust of this city who made: her
own burial cap and gown 81 years
age. when she was s.. recently
observed her lOtst birthday.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-25

Key West, Florida, has the
most eQuable weather in the
country; with an average
range of only IA Fahrenheit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-14
HOOsier State
BY LOREN PHILLIPS

Here's to the land Of the gay wild
rose,
The land where the luscious paw
paw grows,
Where the cardinal chirps from the
woodland bough
And poets are found behind the
plow.
Here's to the land where the syca-
mores sigh
And the larks sing gaily as they
fly;
Where the waters of the stored
Wabash flow
And the goldenrod shames the sun
sets glow
Here's to the land where the whip
poorwill croons;
The land Of lakes and Of great,
white dunes,
Of purple hills and Of painted
trees
The land where corn tassels dance
IN the breeze.
Here's to the land of the tried and
true,
Where folks will greet you with
"howdy do"
Nor ask you whence you came, nor
why,
Here's to the land where the syca-
mores sigh.
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WHAT WOULD YOU
DO IN THIS CASE?
BY Joseph L. watt

BY Joseph L. Watt
1 have noticed several cOmmuni-
cations in your paper on the mi
raculous escape Of Dillinger from
the wooden gun, Indiana bastile.
The authors have repeatedly ribbed
the guards who we're stationed near
the cell of the Big Bad Man, par
ticularly Bunk, in letting Dillinger
gain freedom with the use of a
wooden pistol.
Now let me ask a question Of
these self-styled brave men who
have beeen doing so much criticising
what would you do if a man OF
Dillinger's repute prodded a gun
into your back and told you to open
the cell door or to hand over the
keys? You would obey without a
moments hesitation, wouldn't you?
There is not one of us who wouldn't
Life is too dear to deliberately dis
obey an order with death staring us
in the face.
Probably you Il haven'D never
have been in just such a predica-
ment as this guard was at Crown
Point. Then who are you to offer
any criticism as to what should have
been done and what you would have
done? I am not trying to make a
hero out of Dillinger, but I do
think lot more Of him than I do
Of some Of these bankers and other
high and trusted officials who have
absconded with the puolic's money.
Nine times out of ten that money
belonged to people who had their
lfe's savings in that institution At
least Dillinger robs the rich man.
and not the poor man.
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ANTI.LABOR COURTS

livery day or so we are reminded that the
Il problems of labor injunctions are not
solved when the federal snti-injunction act
was passed
State courts still are issuing injunctions
forbidding labor to picket and in other ways
to carry on collective bargaining fights in spite
of the decision of the federal government that
these practices should not be interfered with
as long as they are peacefully carried on.
In Miami the other day state Judge is
sued an injunction prohibiting workers from
picketing firm which had just lost its blue
eagle. This was done in spite Of the fact that
the labor organization involved had declared
its intention Of using legal, peaceful and dig
nified means of encouraging and rewarding
those who comply with the national recovery
act and of calling attention to those who vio-
late it.
In passing the federal anti-iniunction act
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G. o. P. CHARGED WITH
DILLINGER DINNER

BY c. s. G.
Leave it to the c.. o. P. to pull
the fast ones.
Nothing in these sad days has
added more to the festiveness of
Hoosier life than the festival of
Saturn" (as one man called IT'D held
recently at an indianapolis hotel
under the more romantic title Of a
"DiIlinger Dinner" given by Repub-
lican editors Of the state during
their editorial meeting, and probably
engineered by the politicians.
1t will stand out in years to come
as the most ludibrious occasion ever
seen in the state.
A "DilHnger Dinnerl" Complete
even to the wooden guns and Dill
Inger himself represented by an i'm
personator. Republican editors in
the years to come can tell their
great grandchildren of the "Dillinger
Dinner" they attended in Indian
apolis; of the skylarking, the "quips
and cranks"; of how one editor
would stick wooden gun in the
back of another editorialist and
make him do things for the amuse-
ment of the others. Boy, wasn't
that cricket!
A Dillinger Dinner, honoring an
outlaw even as he was being hunted.
A breathless public is anXiously
awaiting further eyewitness de-
scriptions Of this gambade. Brother
Dillinger will go down in history as
the only thug, bank bandit, muir
derer and fugitive ever honored by
editors Yeah, it was the real thing
and the master of the revel ought
to be proud of it, Who wouldn't
like to be a diner at a "Dillinger
Dinner?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-14

D OGER TOUHY, the big bad man from
Chicago who broke down and blubbered
like school boy when he finally went to
prison, really is pretty smart sort of lad.
So, at any rate, say the psychiatrists who
examined the gangster and his henchmen
when they were received at the Illinois state
penitentiary to begin serving their sentences
Touhy, they reported. is of high adult in
telligence-although his companions Gus
schaefer and Albert Kator, were more Of the
dumb bell type.
This report on Touhy is rather enlighten-
ing. 1t helps to explode the old notion that
criminals are men of inferior mentality.
They aren't-not all of them, at any rate.
They become criminals, usually, because Of
an emotional twist, not because their minds
are cracked.
Realizing this fact will help us to evolve
an efficient program for meeting our crime
problem.
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LOW RATES. MORE PROFITS

COON there will oe no bogeys left. Another
~ the phantom fear that electric utility
companies will be destroyed if the Roosevelt
administration has its way with them-has
commissioner.
Mr. Manly SAYS that if power companies
will reduce rates 10 approximately the level
fixed by the Tennessee valley authority they
viii make more money than they Rave ever
made before. And he has facts and figures
to back up his assertion. The thing has been
tried in Washington. D. c., and has worked.
Ten years ago the Potomac Electric Power
Company entered INTO contract with the
District Of Columbia public service commits
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-14
CHANGING THE PICTURE

. REPRESENTATIVE JAMES w WADS-
~ WORTH Of New York. we read in the
dispatches from Washington. has challenged
the Roosevelt administration Wadsworth is
said to be a candidate for the Republican
nomination for President and that makes the
basis of his challenge interesting It was is
sued during a discussion Of the cotton control
bill. The bill. said Wadsworth, is only an
other step toward change in the whole pic
ture of American life social economic and
political"
Wadsworth is against the change. Viewed
as a purely personal matter, it is a little hard
to blame him. The picture of American life,
social, economic and political as Wadsworth
has known it, has been a pleasant one.
Socially-well. the Wadsworths belong
Not merely by birth and education, but by the
natural charm and easy affability so often
found in those who have all they can ask of
life. jim Wadsworth is a gentleman and
genial fellow people like him. And for back
ground there is the great Wadsworth estate
in the Genesee valley, loveler than anything
most Americans have known, save in ro-
mantle novels jim naturally wouldn't want
to change the social picture.
Economically, the Wadsworths are well
fixed. meaning to say they are very, very
wealthy. No doubt like others of his class,
he hasn't enjoyed the uncertainties of the last
few years but he would resist any change
whereby ne would cease to be very, very
wealthy.
Politically. the Wadsworth tradition is that
any one blessed with wealth and social posi-
ton not only is equipped for political leader
ship. but owes it as duty to assume such
leadership In England. where his type is
more numerous. he would be a member Of
what they used to call the ruling class,
jim never has Shirked this self-imposed
obligation to rule either in the lovely little
valley of the Genesee or in the wider field of
American affairs. If the millions who live be-
vond the confines of his feudal estate should
reveal desire to become his grateful subjects,
he would not shirk the duties that 60 with
overlordshp
And the chief of his duties. as he would
see it. would be to prevent any change in the
whole picture of American life. social, eco
nomic and political"
Unfortunately for jim. there are other
points of view other citizens who see the
whole picture differently. Socially, eco
nomicaly and politically it is an utterly diff
ferent picture. There must be nearly mil
ION of these for every jim Wadsworth and
each one of them has vote. They see the
picture so differently that they are determined
to change 1.-THE whole picture of American
life. social. economic and political.
They will be grateful to Jim for his public
assurance that the thing he fears and they
desire is actually coming to pass
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sion agreeing to reduce rates each year by an
amount representing one-half Of its surplus
earnings over and above IL per cent on an
agreed valuation Of its property.
At the time shis contract was made the
power company was charging 10 cents kilo-
watt hour. In the irst year under the new
plan it cut its rates to ~ cents a kilowatt
hour II expected. Of course, that there would
be no further cuts, for the company's board of
directors could not conceive that there would
be any profit at all The second year. much less
a surplus. following IS per cent cut in rates.
To their great surprise there was surplus.
Rates we're cut again. The year following
there was surplus and another rate cut. The
process has been repeated each year until rates
are now down. to 39 cents for the first fifty
kilowatt hours. 33 cents for the next fifty kilo-
watt hours, and 2 cents for the next one hun
dred kowatt hours.
And how about he financial condition Of
the company
Mr.. Manly reports that in 1924 the COM
pany earned % times its bond interest In
1882, after eight rate reductions, it earned
twelve times its bond interest. At the same
time its earnings IN common stock increased
from s2583 in 1924 to $500 in 1882
1t would seem as if one small twenty-five
watt lamp ought to illuminate this problem
sufficiently for even the directors of utility
companies to see that proilt7 and not ruin lie
in the course the Roosevelt administration has
mapped out for them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-14
EX-CWA WORKER PROTESTS
INABILITY TO GET AID

BY You and 1
am a regular reader of your
paper and would like for some one
to tell me why, as a CWA worker,
can not get relief from the trus-
tee.
1 was one of those on the Pleas
ant Run boulevard who was laid off
because that project was finished.
As I only drew a small check. in
sufficient to carry me over until I
could find something else to do.
which I did not get, I went to the
trustees and filed an application
Tor relief. I have not received anv.
l applied again Friday, and was
told to make out another applica-
ton. Now, when we were all let
of, I should think Mr.. Sallee would
have seen to it that we were pro-
yided with baskets, and not left in
the cold, as the park board has
done.
And, again, what help is the gov
eminent giving. as It stated IL
would? That is something again
to find out. All CWA workers we're
to be helped I'm from Missouri.
I've been in this city and state five
years.
Let's know your opinion of it.
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WEDNEsDAY. MARCH 4. -
DILLINGER HERO WORSHIP

7 NE most appalling outcome Of the Dill
niger escape from the Crown Point Jail
is not the alleged political situation which has
made jails in the state unsafe but the attitude
with which some citizens regard the escapades
Of the gangster
In a recent poll of the students of Short
ridge high school twenty-seven out Of 143
students said that Dilinger is entitled to his
freedom because he exhibited so much clever
ness in escaping from prison. Five others said
he should be looked upon as a hero.
In Hollywood the movie producers. ever
alert for box office attraction, have decided
to make a moving picture based on the life of
the bandit and murderer. Many otherwise
straight-thinking citizens in indianapolis
cherish a secret hope that Dillinger will Outwit
the police
This attitude represents a twisted and non
social viewpoint Citizens must realize that
the reign of gangsters of the terror mob" type
can only result in ultimate chaos to the state
and nation.
Ask the state police officers and the local
newspaper men who went to Tucson about
Dillnger and his gang. They will tell you that
there is nothing gIamorous about the con-
victs. They will tell you that in fair fight
Dillinger and his men would be shown lacking
in real courage. Witness their arrests by the
Tucson police. Did the gangsters offer any
serious resistance or put up even the SEM
blanCe of a fight?
Too many cheap crooks like Jack Diamond
former New York lord of the underworld"
Dillinger Capone and their counterparts in
all sections of the country have been glorifed
The school children Of indianapolis must
be made to realize that these gangsters are
sordid figures with no rights to heroic statures.
The newspapers are not to blame for the
glamour which surrounds the gangsters. Their
escapades are necessarily a matter of news
but it should be the duty of parents and school
teachers to discourage any adulation of such
cheap villains among the younger generation
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ested very much in the banking
business for the past few years, it
seems that no one has offered any
solution which would seem logical
or equal to the occasion which has
been accepted as an enigma.
In the minds of many people
Dillingers banking business has not
been much more corrupt than the
methods of some of our largest
bankers. For this reason why not
give some thought and COnsidera-
ton to the beginning of his career.
There is no man who should be
condemned beyond his inheritance,
his society and his environment. II
what I have heard is true, Dillinger
was talked into pleading guilty at
his first offense, and was given a
more severe sentence than the per-
son who was equally guilty in the
crime and who did not plead guilty
Dillinger took the rap. thereby be-
ing much better than the accom-
plice who was not honest enough
to plead guilty. That was his be-
ginning. We all accept the fact that
Dillinger violated the law, accord
ing to newspaper articles and EVIL
dence presented.
A few years ago there was bad
man in the west. His name was
Jesse James and he was associated
with his brother. Frank, and a group
Of desperadoes who we're bank rob-
bers and considered "the worst.
There was a reward offered and
Jesse James was shot in the back
I don't know that the reward eyer
was paid, but in my opinion it
should not have, been, for one Of
James own henchman shot him.
Jesse James brother, Frank, was
given a conditional pardon and
proved to be a good citizen there
after.
I would suggest giving John Dill
niger a conditional pardon that he
go straight. 1t seems to me that
man Of his genius and in the
right kind Of environment, and If
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given the opportunity Of going
straight might make a good citizen
that Indiana might be proud Of
some day. We taxpayers have paid
thousands Of dollars in chasing
Dilhnger over the country. Probably
my share would not amount to
more than IS or 20 cents, but what
has been accomplished; what would
have been accomplished even though
we had convicted and electrocuted
Dillinger? However, he is now out
and free and no one knows how
many lives it may cost before he is
caught again and brought to what
some people call 'justice."
If he could break from one Of our
best jails with wooden gun what
can we expect in the future, trying
to arrest him with his henchmen
and machine guns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-14

BY Times Reader
In your paper Of March there
was story headed Radical
Changes in City Transportation
System Is Proposed by Street Car
Company"
1t looks to me like the south
side again is going to get what
it always gets when it comes to
doing anything in the city.
The main reason the Madison
avenue bus route has not been a
success from a financial stand
point is because they selected a
route that is already served by
two, the Smith bus line and the
Meridian street line, for more
than one-third the length Of the
route, and under such circum-
stances it never could be a sue
cess.
Second, when this line was first
put on they had a fairly good
schedule, about every ten minutes
during the morning and evening
rush, but when one bus became
delayed for one reason or another,
the late bus would be turned some
place along the line regardless of
the fact that certain people might
be depending on that particular
bus to get to work on time, this
was almost a daily occurance and
on numerous occasions I called
the company and complained Of
this practice making me late for
work.
Such business policies of this
only could result in one thing,
drive the public to other means
of transportation, then instead Of
trying to better the service, they
pulled off a bus, and naturally
when you cripple your service
more people pulled away, and then
the service was pulled down to
three buses an hour and they
could only expect one result from
such service.
AS I understand the article in
your paper, the company proposes
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I pensions to balance the budget. but
1t seems to me more money is being
spent on things of smaller concern
than there is money coming in.
If the President can't pay the
bonus, why can't he give us a break
and cut the interest of the half
already drawn, so that we'll have
some coming in 1915?
II there are any bills to be paid,
Mr.. Roosevelt cuts the soldiers to
pay it. His campaign speeches were
that he would pay the bonus as soon
as the budget is balanced What be-
came of the money that was set
aside to pay these certificates in
1915? What if the budget never
does balance where will we get the
money they gave US?
If the President, or any other
man, had faced the guns as we
heroes or slaves, which ever this
administration may address us. did,
then things would be great for the
soldier.
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South Side Service

to discontinue this line entirely.
Can it expect the public to pat
ronize it with such service as
that?
What should be done now since
the street railway company now
wants to make changes in their
present routes and if The Indian
apOlis Times will back up the
people as they used to do it can
be put over, is this
The South East street line should
be extended to run on to the
present terminus Of the Garfield
line which is a straight route from
the city to the park.
For the Garfield line, buses
should be substituted for the
street cars now operated and come
out the same route they now
come, i. e. South on Meridian to
Georgia, west on Georgia to ILL
nois, south on Illinois to South,
east on South to Delaware, south
on Delaware Madison avenue to
Southern avenue, east on South
ern to Allen, south on Allen to
Troy, the present terminus of the
Madison avenue bus route.
This would do away with the
duplication of service on Union
and Meridian street and give
real service on Delaware street
and Madison avenue and if a real
service was maintained, this line
would pay.
The south side of Garfield park
during the summer months is the
main part of the park and with
such route serving it and prop
erly advertised to educate and en-
tighten the public Of their service
to Garfield park would draw
them much business.
viii you use your good paper
to help the people Of the south
side? We deserve good service as
much as any other part Of the
city
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-14
HERE'S A MAN WHO
NEEDS A JOB
Bx CIintnn II. Billet

BY Clinton H. Billet
Will you kindly give space to this
appeal from a disabled veteran, who
is in need Of employment. I am
30, willing to work at anything in
exchange for board and room and
have experience in the following
lines: General Office, grocery man
agement, commercial and railway
telegraphy. Some experience in
restaurant and various sorts of
manual labor.
must find employment at once
Thanks a lot for printing this.