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Evening star., 1934-04-14
Diliinger.

John Dillinger, a ruthless. savage
criminal. becomes a fascinating figure
as he passes from one exploit to an
other. Every few days comes an ac-
count of some daring deed of attack
and escape without harm. At Warsaw,
Indiana, he literally held up a Jail in
hunt for bullet proof vests and
weapons, and but for the mischance
that the key was not in the door of
room where he made his search he
would probably have been caught. He
Is plainly man of extraordinary
ingenuity as well as daring. He
doubtless realizes that sooner or later
ne will get caught He is being sought
by hundreds of policemen and other
agents of the Law in a hunt covering
several States. Perhaps some of the
deeds that are attributed to him are
not his, but those of men who resemble
him or who are mistaken for him in
the excitement OF encounter. However
this recent series of adventures in
crime are probably his own. Unless
he fees the country he has no other
recourse than to live by violence. At
any rate. he is making a record as
Americas worst bad man" of the
present generation. The chances are
that ne will never go to trial for his
crimes. for he will probably not be
taken alive. and the hope Is that no
pursuit.
Evening star., 1934-04-14
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Member OF the Associated Press.
Pan American Da Y.

This Is Pan American day, so named
because on this date, April IA, 1890, the
first information conference of Amer
icsn States assembled in Washington.
with James G. Blaine. Secretary Of
State. as chairman. 1t passed a resohl-
ton creating a commercial bureau Of
American Republics. an organization
which later developed into the Pan
American Union. Now the Pan Amer
ican Union is an invaluable factor in
promoting understanding and cooper
alton between the republics of the
Western Hemisphere just as this day
Is dedicated TO the ideal of friendly
understanding between all the peoples
Of the Americas. The day is marked
by an exchange of greetings between
the executives of the twenty-one re-
publics constituting the great family
of the New World.
When the first conference met in
this city forty-tour years sgo there
were many problems of m'sunder-
standing ord misdirection ard mis-
government to be solved in the great
area compasse6 ny the nations Iep-
resented. Not ~ OF those problems
nave peen solved, but great advances
have oeen made toward their solution.
Communication between the countries
has been improved, travel has been
promoted to effect better acouaiu-
lance, trade has been stimulated. In
the course of these forty-four wears
much history has been written. some
OF 1t in terms of conflict. Even now
there is strife in two sections of the
Southern continent. stubborn differ
ences regarding territory that resist
the endesvors of sincere friends of the
states at issue to mediate snd effect
peaceful settlements. However, the
spirit of 1890, the spirit of Pan
American understanding and progress,
should and doubtless will prevail to
the end Of pacific adjustment.
The American people are proud of
the accomplishment of this entente
of the American states through their
initiative and development, and today
they pause in their activities to survey
the great field of Pan American civih-
zation, in which they hope to see con-
stantly evolved a true, stable and ever
advancing culture.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

royal ken and the hunt is on. Wher-
ever the word of his disappearance
reaches there will be interest IN his
adventure, or misfortune, and hope
that he will be found. There Is an
other dog in British history that was
known TO millions beyond the British
realm by name If not by sight. That
was Caesar, a favorite pet of Edward
VII, grandfather of the present Prince
Of Wales. He deeply grieved for his
master at the Kings death and was
led in the funeral procession behino
the bier by a groom. There was sor-
row and sympathy for Caesar then
as there is a universal wish now that
Jaggs will soon be restored to his
royal friend and owner.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Some support. but quite as much
opposition, is given by newspaper
commentators to the Norris-Lea bill
proposing a constitutional amendment
to elect future Presidents Oh the basis
of percentage of popular vote. The
major objections offered are that such
a change in the political system would
unduly favor those States with small
popula tions and that it would be an
other blow to the States as sovereign
parts OF the Federal Union.
Whatever the merit of proportional
representation in municipal elections,
and whatever applica bility in theory
It NAV have to national elections"
saws the Cincinnati Times-Star, the
vital objection to it is that in prac-
tice it would mean disproportionate
representation for group OF states
with comparatively small populations,
at the expense of all the rest. Repuo-
Iicans have been quick to point TINS
out, for it is they who would suner
A similar position is taken by the
Reno Evening Gazette, which points
out that according to members OF
the Republican party such system
of electoral college voting would give
an important advantage to the Demo-
cratic party, inaSmuch as the States In
the South. which are always heavily
Democratic, would elect almost solid
Democratic delegations to the elec-
,xrkHl Iva be - n ArVN
and Western States. where the party
vote is closer, mixed delegations would
be chosen"
The South" thinks the Indianap-
oils Star, lis already greatly favored
in the apportionment of electoral
votes. 1t would be a gross imposition
on the North to add the handicap the
Norris proposal involves" The Co.
lumbus Dispatch. on the other hand,
is inclined to the view that Demo-
cratic gains in such Republican States
as Pennsylvsnis and Illinois would be
OFFSET by Republican inroads into the
solid" South. and predicts that the
total effect" would be "far-reaching.
with the honors about equally divided
between the parties"
Certainly. as this amendment is
studied" states the Rock Island Ar
gus. 1T creates the impression of fair
ness. Every party-every candidate
would be credited with q proper pro.
portion OF the electoral vote In every
State. The result would reflect more
accurately than is possible now the
desires Of the people" The Cleve-
land News likewise is convinced that
in approving the new method as
Evening star., 1934-04-14
Arguments for and Against
Changing Electoral College

providing a better means Of expressing
the popular will, President Roosevelt
probably speaks for the majority OF
Americans. though the fathers of the
Republic designed the bloc system and
abided by it,"
Probably this system will be re-
vised some time" comedies the Mil
waukee Sentinel 1T can be improved.
But introducing the complexities Of
the proportional plan may not appeal
TO the popular thought, which. 1t
seems, leans TO simpliflcation rather
than more intricate processes"
1t seems to the Chattanooga Times
that whatever the possible advantage
to be gained from the amendment, II
would be purchased at the expense Of
further lessening the importance of the
States as political entities" and the
Yakima Morning Herald holds that
the Norris amendment would force
the State as an autonomous unit of the
American federation farther into the
background, and would destroy some OF
its remaining prestige as a self-con-
tsined governing entity"
For years." recalls the Schenectady
Gazette, there has been contention
between the advocates of the direct
election of Presidents, and those favor
ing continuance OF the present plan.
The suggestion now under considera-
ton is modification Of each, and NAV
prove to be the compromise that will
become necessary when each side be-
comes too insistent on having its way"
The Danville Ull) Commercial-NeWS
also regards the bill as a compromise.
and argues that the plan proposes
substantial remedy for q real defect in
our method of choosing the President
and Vice President; yet keeps within
bounds of political practicability by
soothing the small States" The Bur-
lington Hswk-Eye Gazette, however.
doubts whether such q change will he
beneficial. observing that taking them
by and large, we've had pretty good
men as Presidents and the country
has done fairly well under this system"
An advantage seen by the Topeka
Daily Capital is that "the amendment
would reduce the importance of doubt
full States and preclude the possi-
bility OF election of candidates receiv-
ing q minority of the popular vote. and
less than an opposing candidate, which
has sometimes happened" but the New
York Sun holds that it is necessary to
60 some distance back in the history
Of the United States TO find a true
minority President. So far as the last
two presidential elections are con-
cerned says the Sun. the proportional
division OF the electoral vote would
have given to each of the defeated
candidates a greater amount of moral
satisfaction, without making any
change in the outcome"
Evening star., 1934-04-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

and to be able to see quite as well rs
any one what Is meant in what Ia
said.
Life ought to be. more than 1t Us.
with the intelligent person, a calling
of ones own attention to ones own in
tellectual faults.
These are, In q sense, vastly moe
important than the faults commonly
dwelt on, superficial and outward
manifestations mostly.
Many q man who prides himself on
his fairness nevertheless Is vastly un-
fair when 1t comes to himself, and
especially to his reactions to Ques-
tions, both public and private.
He tends to get into q rut, so that
self which seems to have been set
up and ordained to do just that many
years ago.
This Is a well known phenomenon in
politics. Sometimes it seems that the
more deeply one feels, the less intelli-
gence he uses. Or perhaps the deep
feeling is merely mask to hide the
lack of thought. Which Is it?
y
A start in a good direction, for many
persons, Is to begin to learn some
hesitation in jumping at conclusions.
It Is even good to learn to beware
q FIRST thought because 1t Is first
thought.
Even the conceited man. who thor
oughly trusts his own conclusions, at
times may hesitate mostly because the
idea comes too easily.
Even he will realize that 1t is not
possible always to be correct. because
the facts cannot be known SO COM
pletely in the same time
Facts nave q way Of demanding
that they be faced by all save men OF
III will. The man Of intellectual good
will must and does face the facts,
whether in little or big matters.
He cannot get away from the facts.
nor has he any particular desire to;
sometimes he achieves the same
thing, though. by arriving at q con-
clusion without waiting for them.
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Especially should one beware when
any form OF intellectual anger df any
anger can be intellectually enters into
the case.
The very fact of ire ought to warn
us, because anger seldom waits for
facts. nor wants facts. 1t is so much
easier to be mad without EN-!
Become angry. without looking all
around the subject, find out later, to
your chasrin, that there was some ex-
tenusting circumstances which made
q fool out OF you, not out Of this other
Only righteous anger Is to be ex-
cuseo in a rational being
But who is to judge which anger is
righteous and which not?
Surely not the man in his stride.
He is TOO angry for that. He must
wait until he coois Off
The man given to anger should view
his own conclusions suspiciously II
they are made upon the spur of the
moment.
That famous spur of the moment"
is q very poor place to jump to con-
clusion, one may conclude. after many
years of doing just exactly that thing
1t is here, as elsewhere, case Of
do as / say, not as do
No one sees the faults OF others
quite so well as he who sees his own
even If he finds their correction ex-
tremely dif11cuh. Sometimes he gives
up hope for himself, but he still hopes
for others, that they may be able 10
do what he has not altogether been
able TO succeed in.
Evening star., 1934-04-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Huma ne Fishermen.
once went a-fishins-the weather
All faithful and kind were the friends
gathered there.
And Just as line was sent out with
swish
Came the radio notice, BE kind to
the fish,"
AS gentler ideals we earnestly seek
We call for a BE Kind to Animals"
week.
And the cook shed a tear as he heated
the dish
While the radio whispered. BE kind
TO the fish,
The party was merry that gathered
at last,
With not a regret for the day that
was past.
We thought. with our sympathies still
in good shape,
OF the numerous fish who had made
their escape
Evening star., 1934-04-14
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Eultor OF Inc star:
Spring at last Is really here and all
its sweet mystery and lovliness again
wakens our hearts and Quickens our
pulses Imagination scars and follows
the night of the robin the advance
chorister of ell the feathered choir
into air, vibrant with his mellow note.
We are stirred by the question OF the
universe 10 which there is no reply,
and the wonder OF creation underlies
all fragrant murmurings OF bird and
blossom.
An added proof OF Springs advent
was my meeting Gentle Annie" as /
came down the other morning. She
was on her way to school carrying her
big pile of books pressed tight to her
brown jacket. The scarlet feather in
her hat looked almost too gay for the
troubled little face beneath, where o
tiny furrow was plainly visible be-
tween her blue eyes. made, 1 am sure.
by the brain twisting geometricsl
problems in prospect. She looked so
earnest so anxious that felt impelled
to stop and Say-"Don't be too con-
scientious Gentle Annie Don't you
see tHAb IL S opEnk: DOn YOU ALOW
that before you can get your hearts
fill OF dandelions and yiolets they are
gone? Don't you know that this bird
symphony is for you? That all nature
is q riot OF happiness? That you will
never again be sixteen? Forget the
geometry and Latin, look up, breathe
in the deliciousness about you"
Had yielded to the impulse 1 might
have been requested by an unsympa-
thetic school board to withdraw my
seditious advice or walk down another
street where by no possible chance
could / meet anything so attractive
as Gentle Annie" A little farther
on I passed one of her school mates.
swinging her books with careless in
difference by a strap. Her compan-
ion was q boy at whom she was cast
ing fiirtatious glances and TO whom
she said-I heard it distinctly
hadn't ought, but perhaps teacher will
leave me 60"
Again here my duty pointed plainly
to vehemently sdmoniSh, to tell her Of
the remorse. the regret the years would
Evening star., 1934-04-14
Byrd's Novelty.
ON the Fort worth star-TeIerrsm.

From the Fort worth star-TeIesrsm.
Admiral Byrd will spend seven
months studying the Antarctic weather
from within q shack buried beneath
the snow. Anyhow. that is something
nobody else has ever done. Flag pole
ntters had fairly good weather stui5
opportunities,
Evening star., 1934-04-14

ator. He calls himself the "Kingfrog."
Through old mems memories We have
q picture OF Louisiana before the
Civil War. to contrast with the vivid
picture of the present, which Is the
background Of the novel The char
acterisation and conversation are
realistic and the story moves ahead
with no dearth Of episode. The i'm
preston received Is that Louisiana is
no longer . lotus land of ease and
dreams, II 1t ever was. outside 20
nance.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

So much that Is startling is men,
toned by Representative Sirovich with
reference to suspected designs by
Japan on Alaska that 1t may be hard
to decide whether he is speaking as
q poet and ramatist.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

In exercising the authority of a So
called Gear of the Movies" Will
Hays has had public esteem. 1t is
the almost unanimous opinion that
some which have been called oues-
tionable might, without him, have
been even worse.
Evening star., 1934-04-14
One Puzzle After Another.

The problems come; the problems 60
A new ones always ready.
An answer still we seek to know
With courage ever steady.
And when one crossword puzzles done
We do not call a brother
To linger and enjoy the fun.
We merely grab another.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Discussion continues ss to whether
1t is the function of a college to formu-
late knowledge already available or to
create new and original intellectual
impulses for future colleges TO formu-
late
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Political doctors are happy to re-
port that there may be many cases of
unwsrrsnted In designating as scarlet
fever.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

There are moments when the dis
cussion of current affairs approaches
a point where it might seem desirs BILE
to call in Clarence Dsrrow and put
the psychops biologists at work.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Secretary 1ckes refused funds for
the amusement park company of
which DIR. Writ was president. 1t has
been for many years the duty of the
Secretary Of the Interior to study with
close discrimination transactions in
which real estate might be involved
on either q small or a colossal scale
Evening star., 1934-04-14
Getting Them Young.

From the Nashville Tennessean.
Col. oscar Winthrop Hoop, Tulsa,
Okla. college professor, has been
elected police commissioner on q plat
form of kiss no babies" There Is
little doubt that he got the baby vote
sntirA
Evening star., 1934-04-14
The Historic Prerogative.
From the Pasadena Post.

From the Pasadena Post.
One OF Secretary Perkins subordi-
mates resigned In a hotly- worded note.
only to be informed by the lady that
he had been fired month before. So
once more the woman had the last
word.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

1t Is frankly hoped that little
pa tience will ena BILE Peru and Colom-
bis 10 settle their disputes without en-
tangling the Leaf que of Nations.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Why Jump to conclusions so quickly ?
Templeton Jones put this question
to himself and to the world the other
In the bus.
A fellow passenger, In getting OF,
pulled the bell cord much too long,
Jones thought.
Instead Of the necessary ring, the
fellow literally hung onto 1t. as Jones
viewed it.
When q second passenger did the
same thing, Templeton Jones felt Ike
calling out, Let 60 Of it,"
A little later our hero got OF him
self.
Merely touching the cord. he was
surprised to hear the buszer give Q
very prolonged ring.
There was something the matter
with the cord, not with the passen-
gers.
1t Is often so.
The something the matter" devel-
ops in ways unexpected, ways unseen
The question remains, Why Jump?
Such conclusions are often wrong
based on totally incorrect interpreta :
tions.
Yet this leaping to conclusion,
upon totally insufficient observation
or evidence, is a basic habit of man.
kind.
All one has to do Is observe q
group of persons in conversation.
The thing is repeated time and
time again, first by one, then by an
other.
II one speaker misuSes a word. OF
pronounces it incorrectly, practically
every one there feels that constric-
ton of spirit which arises when some
one else Is detected in being wrong.
Practically no one gives the fellow
credit for knowing as much as he
does. No one feels that the man
weighed what he was going to say,
and said 1t deliberately, supposing
that the others would give him credit
for knowing a thing or Two as well
as themselves.
The point is. not that the man
makes a mistake, or that the others
feel sure he did. but that they one
and all leap 10 that conclusion in
stsntly, without hesitation.
~
1t would seem that almost eyery
one has observed enough of humanity
by this time, both through experience
and reading (which is just another
sort of experience. to enable him
to feel rather aclltely that SDaD ilfdp
ments are hazardous.
Yet every one goes right ahead
leaping at conclusions, most often
based upon nothing more than
irritable nerves personal likes and
dislikes including a turn toward
misanthropy.
The missnthrope. OF hster OF man.
kind, is more prevalent than is some
times suspected.
The word. like most words, is a bit
TOO hard and fast
There are degrees of misanthropy
ranging all the way from the pure
article. seldom met, fortunately, to the
cynical person who invariably sees
the worst points of humanity.
To apply the word ''hster" to the
latter Is rather strong, but one must
let it stand. because words are that
way. One cannot, either in writing OF
conversation forever be modifying
what is said. The notifications make
one lose all sense of proportion. Here
TOO, one must give other people credit
for . thought or two; they must be
thought to have a little intelligence
Evening star., 1934-04-14

"Dar is two kinds O. people," said
Uncle Eben, dat can be depended on
to keep smilin'; dem dat is mighty
wise an dem dat don't know nufiin'
Evening star., 1934-04-14
Taking Care of Josh,

DO you intend to send your boy
Josh to college?"
Il do" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. It'll cost something, but edu-
Gators are running everything. So
for Josh's sake we're saving up some
thing for a brainy day"
Evening star., 1934-04-14

"Revenges persist through the CEN
turies," said Hi Ho, the sage of China
town. "A triumph Is In many historic
instances only a suspension of hos
tilities."
Evening star., 1934-04-14
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Learning New Tricks.
l would not be q Communist
For anything on earth.
I'd never be added to the list
OF those who would assert
That they are out to give q show
Where actors roar and rave
II 1 we're one would not know
Just how I should behave.
Evening star., 1934-04-14

Jud Tunkins says he can't feel sure
whether Dillinger is hiding out or
merely travelling incognito.
Evening star., 1934-04-14
Sumciency.

Are you afraid Of foreign entanele-
ments?"
Not bit," answered Senator
Sorghum. Il don't see any use of
botherins to import any Homemade
entanglements are good enough for
me-"
Evening star., 1934-04-14

uneOucaCeO pOy anu lkHOuSn lne
possession Of get-shead qualities rose
to- be its leading manufacturer and
6nancier: sometimes 1t follow. the
search of Julians for long delayed
freedom, the gentle pursuit Of John
Milburn, aud the difficulties of Naomi
with Jim. It Is all told without effort
for dramatic effect, with the quiet
whimsicality familiar to the readers
Of Alice Brown, whose style Is Sug-
gestiye of that Of Sarah Orne Jewett,
Rose Terry Cooke and Mary wilkins
Freeman
CINNAMON SEED. BY Hamilton
Basso. New York: Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons.
Born in New Orleans. Hamilton
Bssso has a deep appreciation OF its
romantic past. He put something OF
this into his biography of "Beaure-
gard: the Great Creole" whom he
considers to have received q cold
shoulder from most historians. In
Cinnamon Seed" he tells Of Decker
Blackheath, grandson OF an old Louis
lana plantation owner, who has been
left an orphan and brought up by
relatives on the plantation and in
New Orleans. Decker thinks Louisiana
stasnant and leaves it for q wider
world, but finds himself subtly drawn
back to its cane fields, the levees
along the muddy river and the leis-
urely social life of town and coun-
try. Rivaling Decker in interest Is
the hamboyant politician. Harry
Brand. grandson Of q plantation over
seer, who has pounded his way
through obstacles until he has won
success rs = lawyer. BY the arts of
demagoeic appeal he has secured
enough votes to make him Governor
Of the state, then United States Sen