Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 13 March 1931 — Page 2

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THE POST-DEMOCRAT

%. B«Mocratlc weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Mnnete, Delaware County and the 8th Congressional District. The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County.

Jtetered as aeoond class matter January 15, 1181, at the Postofllce St Mancie, Indians, under the Act of March 8, 1879.

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228 North Elm ftWeet—Telephone 2540 CHARLES H. DALE, Publisher. Geo. R. Dale, Editor.

Muncie, Indiana, Friday, March 13, 1931.

“The One Bright Spot” The Press objects to the late lamented legislature as a whole, but rises to remark that “the one bright spot” in the general assembly was the record of the three Republican members from Delaware county, adding that it had not checked up on their votes on various measures, but assumed that such paragons as these could not possibly go wrong. Since all three of them voted wrong on pracitcally every test it is assumed that the Press does not measure the value of a legislator by his attitude on public questions, but rather by the manner in which he parts his hair or the brand of cigarettes he smokes. Next week the Post-Democrat will attempt to give the votes of Friedley, Cromer and Trent on all matters of importance and here’s hoping, somewhat doubtfully, that something may be said in their favor. As for Senator Friedley, elected as a progressive, independent Republican, opposed bitterly in his campaign by the Billy Williams machine, it can be said that he turned out to be a four-flusher, a turncoat and a fawning synophant kneeling in sublime obedience at the feet of the wealthy and mighty and turning a deaf ear to the wishes of the masses. < He voted against the primary. He voted against old age pensions. He voted against a corporation tax. He voted against the Moorhead holding company bill which would have reduced the rates .on light, heat, gas, water and telephone service. He voted as the wealthy corporations ordered him to vote. / He voted in every instance against the interests of the people who elected him. The only difference between Friedley and the bell hops at the Claypool hotel, where lobbyists of the special interests gave him his orders, was that the Bell Hops wore uniforms and took ten cent

tips.

When Friedly walked down the state house steps on the morning of March 10th, he kikssed

goodbye to public life.

1 Bill On the Job When the sudden flurry of snow covered the city early in the week Bill Daniels, street commissioner, was the busiest chap in seven states and had a force of men engaged in removing the snowy blanket from the streets. Motor equipment of the city barns was pressed into service and in addition the manager of the Muncie International Company sent three Internationals over to Bill to use in speeding up the work of snow removal. "Volunteering the use of the trio of Internationals by the local manager was highly appreciated by the city administration and it was this added equipment which permitted faster work

and quicker results.

Mayor Dale takes this occasion to extend appreciation to the Muncie International company for the most helpful use of the motor trucks. Indiana Railroads Helps Old ties removed from the abandoned interurban lines were given to the city by the Indiana Railroads and during the past two weeks 175 loads of wood were delivered to needy persons by the city street department. These old ties were cut up in stove lengths and were certainly greatly appreciated by the needy families in Muncie and distribution of the ties will continue as long as they last. The administration appreciates very much the interest of the Indiana Railroads in giving the ties to the needy families.

Thanks Big Four

Mayor Dale has received a letter from T. J. Hayes, superintendent of the Big Four Railroad, expressing appreciation in tihe manner in which the police and fire department handled the situation following the wreck on Walnut street. “I wish to express our appreciation for the very prompt and efficient service rendered by your fire department and your police department in handling the situation at Walnut street where one of our freight trains collided with traction car on

Thursday, March 5.

“They were on the job in a few minutes after the accident occurred and handled the situation very

creditably.”

Lucas Charged By Nye. The report of the Senatorial Campaign Fund Committee, of which Senator Nye (Rep., N. D.) is chairman, declares that Robert H. Lucas, Executive Director of the Republican National Committee, “is chargeable with a. direct violation of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, under section 314,

paragraph (b),” conviction of which carries a penalty of not more than $10,000 fine, and imprisonment of not more than two years, in failing to report his expenditures in opposition to Senator Norris (Rep., Neb.) in the last campaign. The details are thus set forth in the report as published in the Congressional Record: “The final episode in the plans to defeat Senator Norris was the secret expenditure of some $4,000 by Robert H. Lucas, Executive Director of the Republican National Committee, in connection with the circulation of scurrilous literature in Nebraska and other states. Mr. Lucas testified that these expenditures, which were sought to be concealed by the employment of a fictitious name, were his own, although the record of the banks show that funds of the Republican National Committee were pledged as security for the loan used in the payment of the printing bill. The total expenditures of Lucas for such literature . . . amounted to $4,237.27, of which $752.52 was allocated to the antiNorris campaign.” The report also says that Samuel R. McKelvie, member of the Federal Farm Board and former Republican Governor of Nebraska, and Charles A. McCloud, Republican National Committeeman from that state, apparently had violated the Nebraska election laws by contributing in excess of the $1,000 legal limit to the primary campaign of Senator Norris’s Republican opponent. The Broken Bow grocer of the same name as the Nebraska Senator whose petition as a candidate was knocked out by the court, and Victor Seymour, former attache of the Republican National Committee, have been indicted on the charge of perjury for testimony before the Nye Committee in its investigation of this case. The report of the Nye committee was signed by Chairman Nye and Senator Dale of Vermont, the Republican members, and by Senators Wagner of New York and Dill of Washington, the Democratic members. Senators Patterson, the Republican member from Missouri, did not sign the report, saying he did not agree with it in its entirety. No Republican Senator arose to debate the report or defend the Republican official accused.

Muscle Shoals Echo

In its comments upon the President’s veto of the Muscle Shoals bill, the Baltimore Sun takes exceptions to some phases of Mr. Hoover’s logic and makes reservations concerning his figures as to the financial aspect. “It must be conceded even by Mr. Hoover’s most ardent admirers that he has a very peculiar mind,” says the Sun. The paper quotes from the veto message as follows: I hesitate to contemplate the future of our institutions, of our government and of our country if the preoccupation of its officials is to be no longer the promotion of justice and equal opportunity, but is to be devoted to barter in th'e market. It is not liberalism, it

is degeneration.

“And yet the man who penned those passionate words,” the Sun continues, “is reported by his physicians to be sleeping well and in good health, although there is constantly before him the spectacle of the Federal Board of his own design and creation, which is embarked with his blessing upon colossal ‘barter in the markets.’ And barter of a type whose successful negotiation certainly calls for quite as high a type of business skill as that involved in the power industry. In the face of that record of devotion to the great principle that the government shall not compete with private enterprise, the President’s uncommonly oratorical flight on this subject must be dismissed by most thoughtful people as a piece of special pleading.” Nor is the Sun impressed by the figures presented by the President. It says: “On Mr. Hoover’s detailed figures on the financial aspects of the proposed Muscle Shoals legislation one must reserve judgment. If the President proves no sounder on these figures than he has been on many others—for example, his statistics when he defended the signing of the Smoot-Hawley tariff law—a reasonable reserve will have been abundantly warranted.”

CHEMISTS WILL DISPLAY WORK

Exhibit Will Show Advances in Use of Coal Mined in U. S.

Indianapolis, March 12.—(UP) — The progress of the science of chemistry in delving into the Intimate mechanism of combustion by making use of all the new tools of the age will be outlined at the 81st meeting of the American Chemical Society at Indianapolis, March 30 to Apirl 3, according to Dr. G. St. J. Perott, of the U. S. bureau of mines, chairman of the gas and fuel division of the society. Gaseous and solid fuels, “The prime moving forces of present day civilization,’’ constantly are performing greater service to industry, the home, and the auto, and as a result a vast amount of data, which will enable the engineer to burn fuels with increased efficiency, is being aecumulatced by the chemist. Dr. Perott said. “High speed photography has shown the habits of gaseous flames and the manner in which a particle of pulverized coal burns,” Dr. Perott said. “The temperature of flames, speed of propagation and radiation emitted have been meas*

ured.

“Many research chemists are at work on the many phases of coal utilization. Through their efforts we are learning more about the chemical constitution of coal. The day of proximate analysis is passing. Chemists now are developing a ‘rational’ analysis, which separates coal into typical groups

chemical compounds.

‘Chemists have devoted much study to the carbonization of coal, the production of coke best suited for metallugical purposes with th? maximum yield of by-products. “The chemist is showing how t<j utilize the low-rank fuels, either by carbonization or by drying under controlled conditions so that

slacking is prevented.

Coal is transformed into liquid fuel by hydrogenation under pressure. Water gas. made from coal or coke aud steam, is transformed into methyl alcohol or hydrocarbons suitable for motor fuel by passing it over a catalyist. From natural gas, the chemist makes carbon black, benzol, formaldehyde and

other valuable products.

“From petroleum refinery gases, the chemist makes a host of organic chemicals which are used as anti-freeze materials, solvents, in secticides, fumigants and refriger-

ants.”

Research chemists and industrialists from all parts of the country, including government and uni versity scientists, will attend the meeting.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1931.

By Talburt

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENT OF ZONING ORDINANCE

President Hoover vetoe sthe Muscle Shoals bill and one or two 1928 campaign speeches.—George Rothwell Brown.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Delaware County, State of Indiana, will up to the hour of 10:00 a. m. on Saturday, March 28, 1931, at the Auditor’s office of said County* re ceive bids for the construction of a sewer from city sewer to County Garage and for installation of plumbing in County Garage located on Centennial Avenue East of Wal-

nut Street.

Bidders to furnish bond in sum

of $500,000.

Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Plans and specifications on file in Auditor’s office. Done this 13th day of March,

1931.

W. MAX SHAFER, Auditor Delaware County, Indiana.

March 13-20.

The first and second sessions of the Seventy-first Congress, just expired, appropriated $5,071,711,693—the first Five-Billion-Dollar Peace-time Congress in history. The third session of the same ongress appropriated $5,178,107,522, making a total of $10,249,819,215—the first Ten-Bil-lion-Dollar Peace-time Congress in history. This is nearly one-fourth as much as the war-peak appropriations of 191-

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WOLF AND DEER BATTLE

Oconto. Wis.—(UP)—A battle between a wolf and a deer in which the latter met death was staged in the back yard of Roland McDowell, farmer near here. McDowell was aroused from sleep aud witnessed the fight from a bedroom window. The farm is located in an improved

and well settled area.

o 1 HEAVY LIVESTOCK LOSSES

Greencastle. Ind.—(UP)—Reports of several township trustees of Putnam county show that losses of livestock killed by dogs in a single year was $16,800. * o - - A clergyman hack from Russia says wicked villagers are shooting children, instead of crushing them under cars in our superior way.

Notice is hereby given to the citizens of Muncie, Indiana, that public hearing on an amendment to the zoning ordinance, which h now pending before the Common Council of the City of Muncie, Id diana, will be held in the city council chamber in the City HaL at 7:30 p. m., on the 6th day of April, 1931, at which time and place any objections to such amendment or change will be heard. The proposed amendment oi change to be made is as follows: To amend, supplement and change the present zoning ordinance oi said City of Muncie, Indiana, so at transfer to the residential dis trict, so that any buildings and structures hereinafter placed or above described real estate shal be built and constructed for residential purposes only and in com pliance with ordinances now in force regulating such constructioi within residential district, the fol lowing described property, in said City of Muncie, Indiana, to-wit: Lot Number Eleven (11) in Block Number Six (6) in H. C Martin's Addition an Addition to the City of Muncie, Indiana, also Lot Number Four (4) iu Block Number Twenty (20) in Eastern Indiana University Addition an Addition to the City of Muncie, Indiana. Said proposed ordinance for such amendment or change of said present zoning ordinance has been referred to the City Plan Commission of said City of Muncie, and has been considered, and said City Plan Commission has made its report disapproving the same; Information concerning such proposed amendment or change is now on file in the office of said City Plan Commission, for public examina-

tion.

Said hearing will be continued from time to time as may he found necessary, In witness whereof I have, hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Muncie, Indiana. (SEAL) LINTON RIDGEWAY City Clerk, and Clerk of the Common Council of the City of Mancie, this 12th day of March, 1931. o—^ SPECIALIZED IN TWINS

FINDS REMEDY FOR PARALYSIS

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Young British Doctor Develops Serum for In-

fantile Malady.

London^(Up) - A discovery

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NEVADA IS LAST

BOOTLEGGING IN

FRONTIER STATE COAL OPERATION

Has Most Liberal Laws Trained Miners Carry on

and Least Crime in

United States.

Reno—< UP)—Nevada

very

lailed by' ptemiheut phj'siciausjPToud of being known as “the last

frontier state” in the Union and

int contributlons .in years toward- the state legislature is consider-

he battle wi^li infantile paralysis,: s one of the romances of the med

ical world.

Nine yebrs ago Edward Weston ent time,

lurst was- hn obscure studettt-'ih me of fbe Ifarge hospitals here, Ye spent long hours preparing limself to; compete for a schola r;hip in the Lister Institute of Preventative' Medicine and won it. There he devoted himself to reiearch work In hopes of discoverng j,he serum to prevent infantile taralyals, a task that had baffled nedical men for years. He was tided by : Dr, -'James Collier, one >f the foremost authorities in the

vorld on this disease/

in less ' than a year, Dr. Hurst, low in his early thirties, submit-

ing legislation ’ that would even make the laws of the state more liberal than they are at the pres-

Nevadans .are- probably the leastregulated persons in tUe "country, Reno considers itself one of the most wide-open cili.es, and officials .claim it has less crime than any city four tipies ite size. The state prison is one of the smallest in the nation and the state’s crime

problem is nil.

Gambling is illegal, but has been practiced openly with full knowledge of officials and citizens- until a district attorney in. an eastern Nevada city, Ely, swooped down

lave “conclusively proved by exleriments with a horse and monceys that the horses bipod invar-

he disease.” PHHHPVP#!

Collier said the . young doctor irst- inoculated • mbiikeys giving .hem- the disease and then took rom a horse into which he had in eeted the' virus, two, quarts

ilood. ‘ .

“The serum, when injeetpd iiitp he infected mohkeysj, drove away

he disease,” he said. '

It is estimated that a healthy torse could give two, quarts of ilood a fortnight without any suf

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... ..... upon the city and closed every

ed results which . Collier claims gunibling

_ casino. City officials an-

nounced' his action cost Ely ap-

proximately $i'0,000 per year. { The legislature is now consider-

ably proves protection against ^ wh^ ^ffid Sp

Work in Pennsylvania

Fields.

Shaumkiu, Pa# - (UP)—Anthracite producing companies are faced with competition in their own product usually regarded as a monopoly, from “bootleggers.” The competition, still on a small scale, is reported to be presented by men trained in the mines of the companies and using the companies’ coal deposits as their source of supply, a form of “hi-jacking” as it is known in the more extensive bootlegging industry. These coal “bootleggers" select active or abandoned mine drifts lying closely to the surface, or entirely exposed by stripping operations for their activities, accord-

ing to industrial police.

Organized in the manner of the more legitimate mining gaug and equipped with apparatus and tools for efficient mining, these individual miners can produce many tons of anthracite, some of which is sold to trucksters who transport it to communities within 150 miles radius of the coal fields, some of which is for use in their own

i?e gambling, make a gambling homes, aud the remainder of which

Frank E. Bering to Receive Pen Used By Governor Adams

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South,• Rem# March .12.—(UP)— The pen usedj: by Gov. Adams, of Colorado, to ' sign . a' ' v state-'wide

inanddtopvU old* age > pension btlj, wiir’ be sent to Frank -E. Tiering, Youth Bend.v-who for , years, as a •epresentatiVe pf,.' the b' Praternpi 1 Order of Eagles,.' has - worked ' for such a law in Indiana., :. ' After signing . the ’ bill and giv‘ng flie peri 'to. aVnktiqnarl: officei* of

debt; legal, imposing licenses upon operators to keep out fly-by-might-ers and dishonest gambling men. Gambling, and felonies recogGt nized as crimes in any language, • are the only activities prohibited

by law.

Justice is swift and sure in Nevada. More often than not, if a person is arrested for a crime, he is arraigned, brought before the court, convicted by a jury, sentenced by the judge, aud sent on his way to the state penitentiary all in one daj\ There is only one stoip-and-go traffic signal in the entire ■; state'. There is no enforced speed limit to travel oil the open highway. The state highway patrol consists of one man most of the time. Cities have their restricted rediight districts. There is no such thing as a motor vehicle operator’s license. There is no state prohibi

;Ubn ; law.

is sold tb neighbors and friends. At Kulpmont, near here, recently a raid on a small mine operated on these lines netted a gang of 15 men, all skilled miners. They were arraigned oh trespassing charges in an effort to discourage their “bootlegging” efforts. The industry had its roots in the demand for anthracite during the 1925-26 suspension and at that time was not so vigorously attacked because of the scarcity of fuel and the necessity of a supply in many

sections.

Idle mine workers at Ceutralia, where the colliery has not operated for almost two years, have entered the industry on a legitimate scale, paying a royalty on each ton they mine on the property of small operators and distributing the coal in their own section.

The- legislature is also-consider-1 Kldlliipcdl IVIaIII MftS

ing bills which will make divorce easier than, it is now arid simplify-

ing court procedure.

Nearly 25,000 Ask

Odd Experience

Edison, Neb.— (UP)—A cow owned by George Shaffer has produced four sets of twins. She has raised nine calves in the past seven years, according to her owifer.

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Correct this sentence:>‘T wouldn’t starve myself to keep slender.” said the woman,'“even if I wasn’t married.’ * • ■> You can tell the winter resort districts. They are the ones that are kicking about the winter. Clothes make the man. If you look a little shabby, there’s no

danger of being —

ganster.

For Veterans Loans collection; Gov. Adams saitl: *

‘Old men arid 'wbmeh who' liaye

lived IS^.: years in** C.plqrad<5< arid, who, through no'fault Of their ow.n, find themselves in ,, destitute clfr jumstances r -in'v their .detfiiniihg years, . should receive more humane’ treatment than- they now . are re" reiving. . It-gives me great pleasare to sign this’ bill 1 arid congratulate the Fraternal Order qf Eagles

for its splendid work.”

An...blif age ’ pension, ibill passed by the’ 1931. General-' AsspiriblV- of Indiana,. a4so bashed by the Eagles» was vetoed; by Gov. -H."G.lLeslie:

' -.Indianapolis, ' March 13.—UP— Nearly 25,000 World war veterans have applied for loans in Indiana on the recently adopted provision allowing them 50 per cent on their adjusted compensation certificates, J. H: Ale, regional director of the Veterans’ Bureau, announced. Checks are being mailed out at the rate of . 700 . daily, and nearly $650,000.has been sent to'veterans,

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Terre Haute, Ind., March 13.— UP-—Ramsey Johnson had an unusual experience with a “kidnaper” hut failed to mention it to police when they informed him they had found his car, overturned, on a road near Paris, 111. Johnson' told police he was kidnaped while driving in Terre Haute Tuesday aud was forced to drive toward Paris. As he drove, he said, his kidnaper scattered a white powder in the closed car,

making him dizzy.

The wreck followed and Johnson walked back home, abandoning the almost new automobile. He neglected to mention whether his kidnaper was injured in the wreck and what had become of him.

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Most crooks fail. You see, a man who has brains enough to be a successful crook has too much

sense to try it.