Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 22 March 1935 — Page 4

FrTDAW MARCS 22, 1935.

THE POST-DEMOCRAT

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m Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats Muncie, Delaware County and the 16th Congressional District The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County.

Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Postoffice m-r Muncie, Indiana, under Act of March 3, 1879.

ence formerly was in the ownership of a drug store The other Demo- j morning the police of Newark grabbed the bundles of Post- excellent beginning for the Easter j Sausage dressing.

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Muncie, Indiana, Friday, March 15, 1935.

How Long Will It Last? Another adventure to strict enforcement of Muncie’s traffic regulations has begun. Every new administration has its good intentions to facilitate the hampered traffic system in Muncie, which is generally caused by the narrowed streets, only, to have them discouraged by a wave of unpopularity caused by violation arrests. The average motorist cusses everybody in general when he or she has driven a mile to the downtown district to do some shopping and is forced to drive four or five miles about town looking for a parking area because downtown employes have monopolized such space during the entire day. The same motorist sees ‘Ted” when blockaded by a ’’double parker” or squeezed into congested traffic by one who insists on leaving his auto parked in a restricted zone usually stalling a convenient corner turn. The majority of these motorists highly resent such practices and conditions, yet, it is a common fact that they will do the same things themselves and when they are either reprimanded for such occasions or arrested for the violation, they become the foremost “town crier” and start to curse the city administration. Piirthermore, the proverbial “ticketfixer”, who enjoys to emphasize his political influence to aid a friend escape the penalty for a traffic violation, is ever present to demoralize police activity. Warnings are generally just so many words to a public and not until it becomes a financial cost or other disturbance do traffic violators realize their own mistakes, and then, they join the army of those who believe that laws should only be made for the other fellow. Oftentimes, enforcement officers are made the “goats” because of the lack of cooperation by municipal courts who are political minded. These obstacles soon become so great that traffic regulation is short lived and interest is lost until the advent of another administration. . Cfriei; of Police Massev has. announced .that jt. traffic court has been established to meet each Wednesday afternoon which will dispose of cases involving charges for traffic violation. Special patrolmen and motorcycle police have been detailed to enforce the two-hour parking limit within the downtown business district, the elimination of double parking, the forbidding of any parking on downtown streets after two o’clock in the morning, and the restriction of parking in zones such as directly in front of fire plugs, hotels and theatres, and on both sides of main thoroughfares such as Jackson street* 1 Arrests have already been made beginning last Wednesday and it-will be-interesting to note how long such enforcement will continue in spite of the proclamation issued by the police department that such violations will be permanently prosecuted. So far it has been very noticeable to any observer, how more convenient it is to find downtown parking for the shoppers since the streets are becoming now rid of the all day parkers. It is hoped, however, that every citizen will cooperate with his or her feelings dlong with the other fellow and assist the program for better traffic in Muncie. Also, it is trusted that the administration will not permit a ‘tow-in racket’ for garages which tends to lead to greater unpopularity than arrests and fines for violations. Such a practice to “profiteer” will kill the movement quickly.

cratic member besides Fry is Russell J. Ryan, of Indianapolis, former judge of Marion County Superior Court. The qualifications of these commissioners should Jpe sufficient guarantee to the public that the laws will be administered fairly and impartially. Their work no doubt will be such that the liquor control problem will never return as a po-

litical issue to baffle the public.

Time Will Tell

Rounding Off the Corners Wilbur Sutton, in a recent issue of the Muncie Press, comments as follows: “Motorists will always remember the Dale Administration kindly for having rounded off sidewalks at important crossings. Many collisions probably have been prevented thereby.” Thanks, Wilbur, but there were other corners “rounded off” in addition to those mentioned, as for instance: the plan to construct a trickling filter system of sewage purification was “rounded off” for a modern method of sewage treatment, and while this was being done there was also “rounded off” the estimated cost of the sewer $680,000. Then the “Contractors Trust presented a bill for $60,000 for street and alley intersection certifications, illegally issued, and this also was “rounded off.” Prior to the Dale administration the “Contractors Trust had standardized prices, and received $2.44 per square yard for concrete, and $1.88 per square yard for asphalt paving, but when the Dale administration had “rounded off” the corners, the prices paid for this same character of work was, $1.48 and $1.20 per square yard, respectively. Which means that where a street is 27 feet in width, the cost was $2.88 per lineal foot for concrete, and $2.04 per lineal foot less for asphalt paving, than was paid the “Contractors Trust” for the same’character of work, prior 4o the inauguration of the “Dale rounding off,” program.

Time will be the best judge of the true worth of legislation just enacted by the Democratic majorities of the Seventy-ninth general assembly and not partisan objectors. Time and again through the recent legislative sessions this voice or that for the G.O.P. minority was raised in dramatic protest. In generalities they labeled various actions “unconstitutional,” “fraud,” “usurption” and “dictation.” Many precious hours and much space in the record was taken up by these “holy’’ partisan objections. Now that the session is ended, these G.O.P. leaders have had their last fling at their game of political sophistry. Viewing the whole picture left behind by the Seveiity-ninth General Assembly, everyone must admit that both the Democratic majorities and the Republican minorities played their parts exactly as was to have been expected. Both stood fast to their separate political belief. The strife and debate that was between them was the natural product of their divergent views as to how laws for better government should be written. The Democratic will prevailed throughout, exactly as voters decreed on November 6, 1934 that it should prevail. So, now, if there is to be any post-mortum held, let it come from dispassionate citizens and those who have had time in which to see how the newly advanced

Democratic program is working but.

Citizens have found after two years that acts of the 1933 legislature have worked almost without exception to improve the conditions under which Indiana people live and are governed. And that fact is true, even though at the time, partisans lamented the methods and products of that first legislative session of the Hoosier New Deal. Every Democrat is confident that acts of the 1935 General Assembly soon will come to be regarded as highly as those of the 1933 session. In years to come, Indiana citizens regardless of political affiliations will recall this era as one in which state government was courageously advanced by bold strides from the horse-and-buggy age to the new day for Social Security in America. They can say Indiana kept well abreast of President Roosevelt’s national recovery program; that it kept attuned

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them, the proper klan method of showing its disapproval of

all critics of that noble cult.

It was my good fortune three years ago to meet and converse with Jim Bine, the editor of that great progressive British newspaper, the Manchester Guardian. “Mister Mayor,” said Bine, “I followed your great fight for the liberty of the American press a few years ago and somehow or other we must be stringing along together.” The Guardian opposed the Boer war and my papers were burned on the streets of Manchester for refusing to conform with the British idea of patriotic murder of a numerically weak op-

ponent.”

“That makes it fifty-fifty,” I laughed. “My papers were burned on the streets of Newark, Ohio, by ku klux pa-, trioteers.” Incidentally, it may be mentioned, that the courts of Newark justified the police, although it was shown that officers even assaulted newsboys and put one man in jail for buying a copy of the Post-Democrat. It has always been my belief, that the Ohio kluxers considered the advent of an Indiana newspaper in their midst as an alien invasion, engineered by the Pope. If I had been burned up in Newark, along with my newspapers, the pure and undefiled Nordics could have called it the end of a per-

fect day.

The famed sun dance of the Seminole Indians is going on at Palm Beach this week and Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes is here to look over the remnants of that once powerful tribe of American aborigines. We drove to Bethesda Park last nig^t, where the Indians are camping. It was late and the Indians were all bedded down for the night. “Where are all the Indians,” in inquired of an officer, “All asleep,” he replied, “do you want to wake ’em up?” Me wake up a flock of Indians!- Not I and especially SeminOles. I remember too well how Ben Clem used to recite “The Seminole Defiance” when I was a boy at school. Dr. William Edward Biederwolf, noted cleric and pastor of the fashionable Presbyterian Poinciana chaptel in Palm Beach, no doubt remembers, and shudders when he remembers those dramatic and blood curdling recitals, for Ben and Ed and I were all in the same class in school. And in this

fruit dessert. In the menu suggested below any lamb may (be used instead of the leg and the mehu may be added to or taken from to make the dinnet more elaborate or simpler, as one wishes. ,.r, Easter Dinner Menu Fruit eup Leg of lamb New potatoes with Parsley but-

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Glazed carrots Pineapple sherbet Cheese wafers Current mint sauce New Peas Hearts of lettuce salad Ice cream • ; Strawberry sauce 'Coffee Mints .- a --- •* • tfi In place of ..the leg of lamb, the. cushion style shoulder roast shown in the picture will fit nicely into this menu as will any of the other lamb roasts, the recipes for which are given below. Cushion Style Lamb Shoulder With Sausage Dressing Have the bones removed from a shoulder of lamb and the roast sewed, leaving one side open for putting in the dressing. Wipe with a damp cloth, rub inside and out with salt, pepper and garlic, if desired, and pack lightly with the

ties. Time will tell the voters how to judge the record, cratic party is content to let the record speak for itself.

The Demo-

connection it is interesting to relate what Palm Beach news-

to progress. Premature criticisms voiced at this hour are nothing more | p apers say that there will be a pow-WOW between the secrethan the fundamental differences between the two major political par- j tary of interior and the Seminole Chiefs this week and

that the hundred-year warfare between the Seminoles and the United States of America may be happily terminated by

the signing up of a treaty of peace.

There are only about 200 Seminoles left but for a pro-

tracted refusal to accept the dominating rule of a rather successful republic of one hundred and thirty million people, they have but one equal of record—the Southern Colonel who refused to surrender at the close of the Civil War, and so

lived arid died, unreconstructed and unsubdued. But to come back to Dr. Biederwolf. In our happy school

days at Monticello, Indiana, he was a dominating force. He excelled in study, oratory, and athletics. He was a born leader. We all loved him for he was a kindly bellwether and boy-like. We gave him a nickname—“Biddy.” A boy without a nickname isn’t much. The celebrated Bishop Fisher, born in Muncie, was known by his schoolmates as “Frig” Fisher.

Biederwolf graduated at Wabash college, took a course

at Princeton, where he played on the varsity ’eleven, went to Heidelberg and finished his ecclesiactical study at McCormick Seminary. I heard him Sunday at his church. Standing room was at a premium. The music of tU: pipe organ seemed drab and untuneful as lompared with the melody of that remarkable voice. The force, logic, and occasional bursts of irrepressible humor reminded me of the old days at school when “Billy” could outtalk us, outbox us, run faster, jump farther and stay under water longer than any

other boy.

He was a regimental chaplain in the Spanish-American war and not only looked after the spiritual welfare of the soldiery but put on the “mitts” against all-comers and he was too tough for all aspirants. There was no one in the army jtbat could lick him. 7 I saw a wrestling match last night and a gentleman with cauliflower, ears, who rejoiced in the title of “The One Man Gang” whipped his opponent and two referees. “Biddy” is

just like that. He is a “One Man Gang.”

“Thou Shalt Not Kill” Last year the American people established one unenviable record. More people were killed and injured in automobile accidents than ever

before.

The Travelers Insurance Company has analyzed the record in a graphic, illustrated booklet entitled “Thou Shalt Not Kill.” It shows that the fatality total was around 36,000—and the injury total near the million mark. It is a fact that automobile registrations increased last year, as compared with 1933—but they increased but 6 per cent, as did gasoline consumption, while the death record soared 16 per cent. The main reason for that ghastly record is excessive speed. Speed is not only responsible for the bulk of accidents—it also tends to make the consequences of each accident more serious. A heavy foot on the accelerator is the best friend that the Dark Angel has. Last year, automobiles struck 337,000 pedestrians—and 16,000 died. There were 381,000 accidents in which two cars collided—resulting in the death of 8,500 people. Four thousand were killed as the result of cars striking fixed objects—and 1,100 perished in accidents involving cars and trains—a type of accident which is almost invariably the fault of the motorist. Drivers who speed in improper places, who drive on the wrong side of the road, who usurp the right-of-way, who pass on hills and curves, who fail to give proper signals and who are otherwire reckness, menace the life, health and property of every American citizen. Are we’to continue to permit such drivers to make a shambles of the public streets and highways?

Sausage Dressing

1-4 pound hulk sausage 2 tablespoons grated onion. 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 1 cup bread crumbs

Salt and pepper Stock or water

Fry the sausage with the onion and parsley, stirring constantly until the meat is cooked enough so it separates into particles. Add the crumbs and seasoning and enough liquid to make a moist dressing. While hot, pack into the lamb shoulder. Sew or skewer the opening. Place on a rack in an open pan and set in a slow oven (300 degrees F.). Cook until done, allowing about 35 minutes to the

pound of meat.

Currant Mint Sauce, Break up a glass of jelly with a fork, but do not beat it. Add about 2 tablespoons of finely chopped mint leaves and a little grated orange

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COWBOY 0 COFFEE Members of a rodeo performing in Madison Square Garden com plained that they could not find any. real “cowboy coffee” in New York City. Wishing to be accommodating a Broadway restaurant owner asked them for the recipe for “cowboy coffee.” This is the recipe they turned over to him: Add 1 pound of coffee to 2 gallons of water. Boil 2 hours. Then drop a horseshoe into the pot. If it sinks the coffee ain’t done.

Boulder Dam W. P. H. From Boulder Dam comes the report, that flocks of “chislers” who have been attracted to the dam site by reason of the dam foundation to such an extent, the dam structure is in danger of collapsing. It looks as though it was time the dam “chislers” should be taught, that they can’t do any dam monkeying with the dam property, controlled by the dam administrator, and if it is necessary to erect a penitentiary adjoining the dam work in order that they fnay be incarcerated, let it be done at once, so that the dam structure and the dam equipment will not be destroyed. Let us not tolerate this dam destruction, which has cost us millions and millions of dollars, and show to the world that we are able and competent to handle our own dam business, without the aid of a lot of dam “chislers.” Its just too dam bad.

The New Liquor Commission Every pledge made by the Democratic party in the 1934 campaign that it would remove administration of liquor control laws'from politics, that it would cut prices to the consumer, regulate places and hours of sale and attempt to promote respect for law, protect persons and property and foster true temperance among the people has been discharged by the legislature. Governor McNutt has now named the bipartisan commission to administer the law in the exact manner prescribed by the voters. He has decreed that the rohdhouse contributing to the delinquencies of minors shall be abolished. The governor’s selection of commissioners to administer the liquor control law have been wisely made. Two are former court judges. Another is an experienced druggist and former mayor. Paul P. Fry, the fourth commissioner, has been excise director the past two years and has had the experience of regulation under most trying circumstane<** --©avid-As- Meyer,-of Greensburg, one Republican member,-was justice on the Indiana Supreme court for 20 years. Henry Quigley, of Kokomo, the other Republican member, was five years mayor of Kokomo and formerly was clerk of Howard county. His business experi-

Lake Worth r Fa., March 19th—It was with genuine sorrow that I learned here of the death of “Bob” Barnes at Muncie. “Bob” and I staged a great political battle in 1929. He was the Republican nominee for mayor and I was chosen by the Democrats. • He was my friend before that election, we remained personal friends throughout that stirring campaign, we were friends after the election and up to the moment of his death, regardless of his defeat. It was correctly stated by a local newspaper that I did not attack Mr. Barnes, but spoke kindly of him while that bitter contest was waging, but, it was rather unkindly inferred that I was not a gentleman, principally, I gather, because the battlefield selected for me by the Republican machine didn’t look good, so I picked out the dueling ground and fought in my own style, which was rude, unethical, and, I assume, un gentlemanly from the editorial viewpoint. I know “Bob” Barnes should have beaten me “on form” for he was a better man in every way, but the whole story is condensed in the explanation of the local newspaper, which closed its rather remarkable rehash of that former city election contest by suggesting “that there is no use, at this late day, of bringing to life the reasons which animated the voters in voting as they did in 1929.” In justice to my dear departed friend, “Bob” Barnes, I am not holding back. A bunch of political Indians, who wanted to beat me, and really didn’t care much for “Bob’s” feetings hired a bunch of liars at five dollars a day to go from house to house and whisper the most abominable things imaginable about my personal life. And the local paper says I dealt in “personalities.” I wish that two conferences between the two candidates, once, just on the eve of that election and the other the day after, could be made public, but there are things too sacred to put in type. This I will say, though, that “Bob” Barnes did not believe the slanders his foolish friends spread throughout Muncie, and our friendship was more firmly cemented when I assured him that I did not hold him responsible in the slightest degree for the whispering campaign that really caused my election and his defeat. And in my own defense, will say that the campaign did abound in “personalities,” but I was not the one who was guilty of the filth and neither was “Bob.” Everything that has been said and written about the good qualities of “Bob” Barnes since his demise, is true. He was a good citizen and the fact that he was not embittered at my success at the polls is a precious memory that I will cherish as long as I live. The sudden political storm which has broken over the head of Governor Davey, of Ohio, because of his feud with Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins, is somewhat interesting to me because of the fact that the warrant for Hopkins’ arrest, on a criminal libel charge, was issued at Newark, O. When the klan racket was going good twelve years ago, two thousand copies of the Post-Democrat were sold on the streets of Newark every Saturday. The klan was in complete domination then in Newark. The Post-Democrat had a Newark correspondent who told about it. One Saturday

SCONES FROM BONNY SCOTLAND America ia the land of hot breads, but in one or two instances we have gone across the water for our inspiration. To bonny Scotland we owe our recipe for scones. This particular recipe for scones, however, might be called ScotchAmerican, for we make it with cake flour, twenty-seven times finer than ordinary flour, which helps to make Lemon-Cream Scones so ready to “melt in the mouth.” Lemon Cream Scones 2 cups sifted cake flour. 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder. 1-2 teaspoon sMt. 2 teaspoons sugar. 4 teaspoons butter or other shortening. 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind. 2 eggs. 1-3. cup light cream. 3 ’ tablespoons sugar. 1-2 teaspoon grated lemon rind. Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, salt, and sugar, and sift again. Cut in shortening and lemon rind. Reserve about 1-2 of one egg white for glaze. Beat remaining eggs well and add cream: add to flour mixture, and stir carefully until all flour is dampened. Then stir vigorously until mixture forms a soft dough and follows spoon around bowl. Turn out on slightly floured board and knead 30 seconds. Roll 1-2 inch thick and cut in triangles. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Brush tops lightly with reserved egg white, slightly beaten; sprin-

kle with mixture of sugar and grated lemon rind. Bake in hot oven (450 degrees F.^) 12 minutes, or until browned. Makes 18 small scones. (Orange rind may be submitted for lemon rind in this recipe.) EASY JOB FOR COOK Nowadays there’s no need for spicy desserts to be a chore. Housewives used to chop and shave pounds of fruit peel and beef, apples, rasins and citron for mince pies and puddings. Here is a modern recipe for a delicious pudding, made at a minimum of time and labor. Spicy Peach Pie 1 (9 oz.) package dry mince meat. 1 1-2 cups peach juice and water. 1 cup fresh or canned sliced peaches, drained. 1-4 cup iemon juice. Pie crust. Break mince meat into pieces. Add peach juice. Place over heat and stir until all lumps are thoroughly broken up. Bring to brisk boil; continue boiling for one minute. Allow to cool. Line a 9-inch pieplate with pastry and fill with mince meat mixture. Place drained sliced peaches over top; sprinkle lemon juice over top. Place upper crust on filled lower one and press edges firmly together. Trim off surplus pastry. Bake 35 minutes in a hot oven (400 degrees F.) NOTE: One cup peaches is sufficient for this recipe; however, 2 cups may be used, making a large pie, serving eight. The 1 lb. 14 oz. can furnishes 2 cups fruit.

Crown Roast of Lamb Leg o’ lamb and bonnet new, two Easter traditions. But leg o’ lamb is not the only roast suitable for this Sunday which’ stands out above all other Sundays of the year. You can have as much fun selecting your lamb roast as you do your Easter hat—and there are almost as many styles from which to choose. “Be your family large or small, be your budget rigid or elastic, be the dinner stately or simple, there is a lamb roast, to meet your need,” says Inez S. Wilson, home economist. Spring vegetables rally valiantly to the cause when planning your Easter menu around lamb; they seem to have a special affinity for this delicately flavored meat. Fruits, as an appetizer, make an

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