Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 73, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 August 1923 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times EARLE E. MARTIN, Editor-In-Chief ROY W. HOWARD, President. ALBERT W. BUHRMAN. Editor! O. F. JOHNSON, Business Mgr. Member of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers * • • Client of the United Press, United News, United Financial and NEA Service and member of the Scripps Newspaper Alliance. • * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos.. 25-29 S. Meridian Street, Indianapolis. * * * Subscription Rates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere —Twelve Cent 6 a Week. • * • PHONE—MAIN 3500.

SPECIAL SESSION AGAIN -7-JGAIN there is talk of a special session of the Legislature. A This time it is to fix up the “blue sky” law. The Legislature in its last session had an opportunity to strengthen the law and failed to do it. Too much politics. Now many innocent investors are suffering because of the Assembly’s short-sighted policy. Whether a session should be called is for Governor McCray to decide. At first glance it would seem there should be no great objection. There have been special sessions in recent years for almost every other purpose under the sun. McCray himself called one after he found he could not extricate himself from the tangle surrounding the sale of the reformatory. That Indiana needs a stronger securities law is now generally agreed. With this law there should be efficient enforcement. Os course, it is always possible a special session would be disastrous to the administration and expensive to the public. If such a session is called now undoubtedly there will be a movement for relief for the farmers. If this should get under way the Assembly probably would last the remainder of the summer. It is a hard problem. WANTED—GOOD BOOKKEEPER xyTjHAT is the matter in the offices of the county auditor and W the county commissioners? There seems to be a constant turmoil over finances. Money is appropriated, but it doesn’t reach the place for which it was intended, and a court is called on to straighten out the tangle. Now it is said a firm of attorneys was allowed $l5O on each of two claims by the commissioners and the amount later changed by someone to SIOO. It appears a good, efficient bookkeeper is needed.

WHEN A PRESIDENT NEEDS A FRIEND GIIVE a thought to the Herculean task confronting Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth President of the United States. Some folks speak of him as “born under a lucky star,” but to those who know, he is in a situation where a fellow needs a friend. The new President takes up the biggest job in the world, unfinished, where death removed his predecessor. Hard days are ahead for him, no matter what he does, no matter which way he turns. The man he succeeds was the keystone of a powerful political structure, and big and strong though he was, the weight of it broke him down. President Coolidge can follow one of two courses. He can attempt to carry out the policies of Mr. Harding, or he can evolve his own policies. If he undertakes to carry on the Harding ideas, he will be damned by that half of the party which opposes them. If he originates his own platform, he will be accused of bad faith toward his departed chief. Consider some of the outstanding problems he must solve. There is- the world court idea, backbone of the Harding foreign affairs policy. Twice, just before his death, Mr. Harding pleaded for American entrance into that court as a step in the direction of permanent peace. ' Can President Coolidge refuse to continue this plea? Apparently not, yet his indorsement of the world court will mean that he must withstand, before he is fairly established in his new work, the attacks of Senator Johnson, Chairman Adams of the Republican national committee, and others in power in his own party. . , , .. . Just before his death, Mr. Harding made a plea for conservation. Yet, when the new President espouses this cause, if he does, he will find men right in his Cabinet who are opposed to it. President Coolidge faces a condition of insurgency and discontent in the farming districts such as few of his predecessors have been called upon to meet. He has before him a railroad situation, a coal question, and many more. Whichever way he turns, he will meet few friends, and make many enemies. To add to his troubles, the new President will find himself on the battle-field of one of the bittest political fights for party control ever known in American history. “Born under a lucky star?”

GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES SHE news columns of The Times tell from time to time of golden wedding anniversaries in Indianapolis. We wonder whether fifty years from now there will be as many golden weddings to report as now. Fifty years hence they may be unique events. This paper in July, 1973, may say: “In a time when many were marrying hastily this happy couple considered most carefully before taking this step. They consulted their parents when the counsel of parents frequently was held of little account. They lived frugally in the beginning of their married life, never aping the extravagances of the time, so that they avoided one of the chief causes of marital unhappiness. So, going theiF-way contentedly, they have arrived at length at their fiftieth milestone when, looking back, they see the wrecks of many unhappy marriages.” BANK DEPOSITS GROW AYBE some things are not so black as they are painted. iXil The report of the State bank department for the last six months shows deposits increased more than $31,000,000. Most of the banks and trust companies under State eupervision are in rural districts. have been hearing a lot about low wheat prices and everv one agrees the prices are too low. But the money is coming from somewhere. Maybe it was deposited by high salaried hired men. THE road to Noblesville is reported to be open. We won’t believe it until we see it. ’' MAY OR SHANK already has made a big cut in the proposed crrt'y budget. Let’s hope he keeps it up. ___ • • • THE promise to stop all interburban cars at Sherman Drive to prevent accidents is another step in the right direction. FRIENDS of Robert J. Aley, president of Butler University, are boosting him for Governor. Dr. Aley should take warning from what happened to his predecessor, Tom Carr Howe, when he sought office.

HUGHES IS GROOMED FOR RACE Eastern Republicans Look With Favor on Secretary of State, By JOHN CARSON, Timet Staff Corretpondent ASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—Enter \)y Charles Evans Hughes. The unfortunate death of President Warren G. Harding has become an opportunity for Secretary of State Hughes to step to the front In the next Republican battle over the presidency. Hughes mourns Harding's death ar.d is sincerely saddened by it. He had not only become one of the Uresldent'B official family and one whose judgment was respected by bis chief but a very close personal attachment developed between him and the President. Could he have dictated events, Hughes would have gjadly retired to obscurity if the President had been permitted to live, but with the President gone, Hughes is forced into the political spotlight. Important Development In many respects this is the most important political development which results from Mr. Harding's death. Hughes had become merely a figure In the official life here. Mr. Harding was assured of the renomination and Hughes, as one of his official family, not only indorsed the renomination willingly, but he had to. regardless of any circumstance. That meant that Hughes would be retired for six more years as a presidential candidate, and six years hence Hughes might easily be too* old for consideration. The only possible opposition to Harding would have had to develop with the insurgents. Therein, Senator Hiram Johnson had an opportunity to enter the race. Therein also was the opportunity of former Senator Kenyon of lowa, and even of Senator Borah of Idaho. But Hughes was not an Insurgent, not a possibility, and because of that Hughes had Just drifted into a path he was forced to follow. His name was hardly given secondary consideration. Secretary of Commerce Hoover was in like position, only a little more so, for the next presidential battle. President Coolidge may be a candidate for the nomination, but he has no chance for success. Coolidge has been a tremendous disappointment here. He has left absolutely no Impression on hls party or on the country. The prediction is that under close observation he will become less and less of a political possibility. Favored In East Eastern Republicans—the old guard leaders —will look with favor on a man like Hughes. They have been criticising Mr. Harding In the last few months. They have been crying out here for “a strong man'* and yet insisting that Mr. Harding had to be renominated. Hughes will fit their prescription. - Hiram Johpson, of course, is In the race today as he has .been. Kenyon may be forced into it and become the most formidable figure because he will have the support of all the middle western Republicans. Johnson will have far western support, some support from eastern States and much support from the controlled Republican delegations from the south. Hughes will have Jthe old guard backing and upon that he must build. Within a few weeks there will be much talk about Charles Evans Hughes.

Science

A lumberman In northern Michigan was in great trouble because the usual freshet didn't come In hls river last spring and there was not enough lively water to carry off his winter cuttings of logs. He called in an engineer, who solved the problem. The river was about 100 feet wide. Out from each bank the engineer built rough dams of the cut timber, one log piled on another horizontally to a height of fifteen feet. A six-foot passageway was left open between the two arms of the dam. The obstruction, while not total, backed the water up to a considerable depth above the dam and as its outlet was constricted to a space of only six feet wide, instead of the former 100 feet, it went through with a rush, carrying the logs with it. Observations Edison says the Invention of the phonograph was an accident, and that explains everything. "What will become of our young people?" asks a perturbed Ohio editor. Easy. They’ll get married, have children, grow old and worry about the young people of the day, just as we did and are doing. John D. raised his ante when he got back to his childhood home in Moravia, the other day. He gave several dimes to children there. Watch your gasoline tank!

Heard in Smoking Room

I YOUNG man kissed his girl good-by too long in the aisle L. outside the smoking room of the Pullman and, when he Jumped from the moving train, pretty near dashed his brains out against the side of the depot. Said a drummer from Erie to the fellows in the smoker: "Reminds me of Pat O’Hoot, a big good-natured but rather thick-headed section hand working out of Sandusky on the Lake Shore line. The section gang was already at work on a big job, about a mile down the track, when, one morning, Pat arrived at the depot. A train was just beginning to move out and Pat boarded the rear end of It, thinking to drop off when the job where the gang was at work was reached. Now, when the Twentieth Century Limited has had about five rods’ start she is sure

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

SIMS I 1 1 Says LIAR i.s a man who says ho J. likes to work in August. A pessimist is a man who has to work in August. • * • An optimist is a man who doesn’t have to work in August. * * * A cynic is a man who thinks ke will have, to work every August. • • * A grouch is a man who has had to work every August. • • • Good luck consists of having a job In an ice house during August. • • • A dude is a man who wears a stiff collar in August. • • * The height of ignorance is keeping your coat on during August. • • * A success is a man who can take a vacation during August. • • • Getting away from the boss cures insomnia in August * • • What could be worse than being anywhere about noon in August? • * • A glutton for punishment is a man who works overtime in August. • * • A cheerful Idiot is a man who works unnecessarily in August. • • • The wild waves are wild because they are crazy with the heat • • • Prohibition in England is just marking time, while in America it is just treading water. • • • Never marry an ex-Kaiser. His wife rides a bicycle.

Indiana Sunshine

People in Connersville believe in themselves. There is a woman's organization known as the Antl-Can't Club. They entertain and hold regular meetings. Hooslers are recognizing the value of Indiana as a summer playground. According to statistics from hotel and resort owners, more people have gone for outings at northern lakes this year than any other previous year. Mbre than 225 children and about twenty-five mothers attended a picnic recently given by the Salvation Army for the poor kiddies of Elwood. Politicians will undoubtedly envy the unusual success of a cabbage grown In Elwood to "run to head." It Is of normal size but shows thirteen distinct heads. Nearly a divorce a day was the record in Allen County last year. The court granted 314 divorces; 233 decrees went to wives and 81 to husbands. Green apples must be unusually good at Columbus this year. A local doctor announced hundreds of Colum bus and Bartholomew County persons are suffering from the "abdominal grip" commonly known as the stomach ache.

Family Fun

A Rite. Hank Stebhlns kept a sporting goods shop just below the place where he lived, and among other eommodi ties sold fishing rods. In the line of advertising he had a rod displayed outside, with a papier-mache fish dangling at the end of It. In the small hours one morning a barrage of pebbles was thrown at his window and when he had climbed out of bed, he discovered a man swaying a trifle unsteadily and beckoning to him. "What’s the matter?” demanded Stebblns. “Sh-h-h!” cautioned the stranger. “Don’t make any noise, but get dressed right,away and come down. This is Important." Considerably worried, the store keeper scrambled into his clothes and descended. "I Just wanted to tell you." announced the other In a loud whisper, “to pull In your line quick. You’ve got a bite.”—American Legion Weekly. One for Mother-in Law The following is said to be the classic mother-in-law yarn' "Arrah, you’re lookin’ very sad,” said Pat O’Hoolihan, addressing h:s friend Denis the other day. “Oi feel sad!” responded Denis: “O’ve lost my mother-in-law. I tell you it’s hard to lose your mother-in-law!” "Hard!” exclaimed Pat; "b'gorrah, it’s almost impossible!”—Argonaut. Father as to Mother’s Mouth. "I went to the dentist’s this afternoon and he made me keep my mouth open for a whole hour. It nearly killed me." "Well, it ( might have been worse. If he’d made you keep It shut for half that time, It would have killed you without a doubt.” —Boston Transcript.

going some, and in fifteen seconds Pat saw he’d have to jump or go through to Cleveland, maybe Chicago. With coat and dinner pall in one hand and crowbar and shovel grasped by 'the other, Pat Jumped straight out. Pat's tools, coat and diner pail flew In four different directions. Pat hit the earth with his feet and then with his head forty times and never stopped turning end for end till he landed, standing up, in the midst of the section gang, torn, dirty and almost' blind. “ ‘Well,’ said the foreman, ‘where did you get off?’ " ’Whisper,’ said Pat, spitting out most of the sand that packed his mouth. ‘Yez go back three hundrid moiles and note the new sand doons, canyons and scarred tilegraph poles In the Lake Shore right-of-way. Be gorra, I got off all along there!’ ”

SCOTCHMEN EAT OFTEN AND HEAVY Seven Meals Besides ‘Snack’ Is Order of Day, Raper Says, By JOHN tV- RAPER NYWHERE in Scotland—Another new one to me. The whiter wears the regulation wing collar, white tie and bard-boiled white shirt. "Os what is the bosom of that shint made?” “That’s paper, sir," and he grinned. "They’re much cheapet than laundering, sir. I buy them by the gross from a London house and sell them to the other waiters for a small profit. When they become slightly soiled they can be cleaned with an eraser. When they are too soiled to be cleaned, mother uses them in starting the fire. Scotch thrift, eh?” and he chuckled. * * • I have heard of two hotels in Scotland that have running water In the rooms. The manager of a hotel in Galashiels, a town of about 18,000, discussed with several guests the question of hot water in the rooms, and he told of a hotel that tried it and abandoned it. Everybody conceded. he said, that running water In the rooms was not sanitary. The rule in nearly all hotels is not to serve water at the table unless it Is called for. In only one hotel at which I have stayed has it been given, due to so many Americans being guests. By the way. you are a "visitor." not a guest, in Scotch hotels. Toast is invariably served cold. Coffee is not served at a table d'hote dinner in many hotels. You generally have to ask for bread. At some meals in some places you get a napkin at dinner but at no other time. You pay 2 and 4 cents for it. price varying according to the place. Napkins in Scotland are laundered like a linen collar and feel like a piece of cardboard.

Many Meals I believe, having studied the problem carefully, that I now kn >w how many "eats" a Scot has in a day. He can have breakfast, luncheon, dinner and supper as In America. In addition he can have three teas—plain tea, afternoon tea and high tea. Plain tea. as I understand it. is Just tea to drink. Afternoon tea is with cakes. High tea Is a meal not quite so elaborate as a luncheon. "A fork and knife affair," explained a Scot (I have heard nobody say "knife and fork.") "Something more substantial than afternoon tea. enough food and of a character to call for fork and knife." In addition to the "eats" named you can get "snacks.” Many restau rants have on their windows the word "snacks.” A bun sandwich is In many places a "cheese, ham or beef roll.” Calls to Chambermaid You always find a down comfortable on your bed. The chambermaid always comes to the room early in the evening and turns down the counterpane, folding It carefully to prevet it becoming mussed. The upper sheet la always extremely long. In one hotel, when turned back the end reached almost to the foot of the bed. Your calls for the morning must always be given to the chambermaid. She knocks at the door and when you answer sings out. “Hot water,” which Is in a metal container shaped like an American sprinkling can. You soon learn that "hot waater" In Scotland means “hot water,” not likewarm nor near hot. NEXT—You sometimes kick about your American newspaper. Read next about the Scotch kind, as Raper finds it. A Thought Consider the ravens; for they neither storehouse nor baxn; and God feedeth them; how much more are ye better sow nor reap; which neither have than the fowls?—Luke 12:24. • • • |rp HOUSANDS of men breathe, j move and live; pass off the ' stage of life and are heard of no more. Why? They did not a particle of good In the world.—Chalmers. I Animal Facts Because Master Red Fox occasionally grabs off a chicken should not mark him for Indiscriminate slaughter. He is usually worth every hen he steals because he's the consumer of great numbers of rats, mice, rabbits, Insects and other destructive vermin of your farmer’s field, wood and barn lot. He's crop insurance policy and the . premium is that occasional chicken. Red foxes mate up for life and often occupy the same home for years. Tender is the only word to use for their care of their children, which come seven to nine in a litter. Only one domestic animal oVer here when C. Columbus found us. the dog. Scores of game farms in Ufiited States now where crop Is 10,000 pheasants a year. Price, $3 to $5 per pair. Health Officer Todd, Tarrytown, N. Y.. rules that the rooster has as much right to crow’ in early morning as complainants have to sleep. With New York Central locomotives roaring through Tarrytown village all night, why kick on the rooster, anyway? Alaska grazing areas will support at least four million reindeer. United States biological survey bulletin says 1,200 reindeer planted in Alaska in 1902 have Increased to 200,000; during same time another 100,000 were killed for food.

Left-oven - Com When you have cooked more roasting ears than the family could eat, remove the grains from the left-over cobs and spread out In a thin layer to dry in a warm dry oven. When thoroughly dry store in a cool, dry place and use for soups, fritters, or for any purpose you would use fresh or canned com.

QUESTIONS Ask— The Times ANSWER S You can ret an answer to any question of fact or information by writing; to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 N Y. Avenue. Washing 1 - ton. D C . Inclosing 3 cents In stamps. Medical, tegai, love and marriage advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken, or papers speeches, etc., be prepared. Unsigned letters cannot be answered, but ail letters are confidential, and receive personal replies.—Editor. On what day of the week did Aug. 27, 1905, fall? Monday. Is there much nourishment in skim milk? A quart of skim milk, even separator skim milk, contains about a third of a cupful of solid food, which Is nearly all there is in the same quantity of whole milk, except the butter fat. Who was Phillis Flieatley? An American negro slave girl, born In Africa, educated by her owner. John Wheatley, of Boston, and author of several volumes of poems. Should a young man attach a letter to flowers he Is sending to a young, lady? No. His visiting card IS all that is necessary’ or proper. Is it correct for a wife to speak of her husband as Mr.? No. A woman never speaks of her husband as "Mr.," except to inferiors. When speaking to her friends, she may call him "my husband," or by his first name. What are the functions of the electoral college? Electoral college Is the name given the presidential electors of the prates when ’'convened for the purpose of casting their votes for President and Vice President. The term came Into use shout the year 1821, but was first officially used in the law of January. 1845, You know, of course, that strictly speaking there Is no popular vote for President; the people vote for electors pledged to cast their electoral votes for the party candidate. Who were the most famous kings of England? Alfred the Great. William the Conquejror, Richard the Lion Hearted, Henry the Eighth and John (both the latter were famous because infamous, but the Magna Charta was signed in the reign of the latter, and the reformation Inaugurated In the reign of Henry VIII.) The fate of Charles I has set him apart in history. The American Revolution brought George VIII into prominence, and the World War will make the reign of George V memorable. How, when and who first discovered rubber?! The first record of India rubber occurs In accounts of Columbus’ second voyage to America, where it Is related ho found the Inhabitants of Haiti amusing themselves with rubber balls. In a book published In Madrid In 1615, Juan de Torquemada mentions the tree which yields rubber in Mexico and describes methods of collecting the gum, and states that it Is made Into The Spaniards used it for" waxing their canvas cloaks to make them resist water Charles Goodyear is the father of the modern rubber industry. Peculiarity There are pretty well authenticated reports to the effect that Soviet Russia is fitting out an expedition to seize Wrangel Island. Uncle Sam claims it, the British swear it is theirs and maybe Russia will grab it. As an island Wrangel isn’t worth 30 cents. Asa roost for war aviators flying over the top of the world it may, at some distant day, be very Important. Thus three big nations are looking far, far head, with war in mind. A three-cornered row over advantages in a big fight to come! That Surplus Uncle Sam’s budget experts explain how came that surprising $3.000,000 surplus of June 30. 1923. The receipts were, in round numbers, $760,000.000 more than estimated and the expenditures $360,000,000 less. , To put it in other words: They took $760,000,000 more out of us than they thought they could and spent $360,000,000 less of our money than they thought they would. Cheer up! Congress won't let that surplus hurt us any.

His Heritage

A Trifle Bv BERTON BRALEY Twas just a silly little song That rippled happily along, A song where “true” and “eyes of blue” Were obviously rhymed with “You;” A song in which “the skies above” Were made to chime with ‘‘dove’’ and “love,” And herein, with ingenuous art, The singer sang his simple heart. 'Twas just a silly little song, But here and there amid the throng Youth looked at youth with warming eyes, And found new beauty in the skies, And sensed in music and in words The joyousness of mating birds; And old men, tenderly beguiled. Remembered, sighed —and gently smiled. 'Twas just a silly little song, And yet it bound men with a thong Os pure enchantment, for it beat With melody and rhythm sweet. The sort of “simple little thing” That anyone at all could sing. And people hummed the silly air And found life brighter and more fair! The silly words, the simple tune, Were, true enough, forgotten soon, For that’s the fate of little lays Whose charm upon our fancy pays. A song like that, must quickly flit. But oh, I wish I’d written it, And heard some voices in the throng Singing my silly little song! (Copyright, 1922, NEA Service, Inc.)

From the Referee’s Tower

By ALBERT APPLE J Wheat The world's wheat crop this year will be 214,000,000 bushels more than In 1322, according to the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome. The gains are made in Europe, Asia. Africa and Australia. The crop in North America, which includes our country and Canada, will be practically the same as a year ago. Yet our wheat prices tumble. Which illustrates how we are influenced by world conditions. An United States of the World is rapidly being created in economics—the system of supplying our material wants. 7 Per Cent Cheap wheat will ruin many farmers, but not the general farming industry. The Breeders' Gazette, agricultural weekly, points out that “less 7 per cent of the value of farm crops and livestock last year was represented by the American wheat crop. That percentage had seldom been higher than 7." The one-crop farmer takes an awful chance. Many years were required to teach the South the wisdom of diversified crops. But the South is well on its way toward learning its lesson. Caught A prosperous man of standing is arrested in Newton. N. C. Thirtytwo years ago he escaped from the State penitentiary, where he was doing ten years for robbery. Now he goes back to finish his term. It must be a bitter pill to sw r allolw, after so many years of freedom. Escaped convicts are not always captured. But in a general way Emerson's law of compensation holds good and eventually we have to pay the piper—even after thirty-tw’o years. The scales at times do not seem to balance, because what Is joy to one may be punishment to another. We never know how badly we are off, or how well, unless we have contrast in our existence, for comparison. 52^000 Do you really realize how gigantlo our country is? In the United States are 52,000 communities large enough to have postoffices. The marvel is, that the postman make as few mistakes as they do. It is almost beyond imagination, to picture 52,000 communities. And in each, the majority of the inhabitants probably think that theirs is the best community in the world. We are a great deal like the ants, though not as prolific. Also, it is debatable which of the two. ant3 or men, have the superior civilization.

MONDAY, AUG. 6, 1923

What Editors Are Saying

Do It Now (Lebanon Reporter) The notices of tax levies are being published, and ail the people are given advice as to what they will be expected to pay for taxes within the next year, and now Is the time for the taxpayers to give heed to what is in store for them. It has been the custom, for years, fer bodies of taxpayers to meet ir. solemn conclave, after the tax levies have been made, and then try to solve the taxation problem, and reduce the amounts to be paid. The only way to reduce taxation is to reduce levies and to decide, before hand, what expenses will be made and what savings can be recommended. Gloomy (Bluffton Banner) If the present price of corn will Just hold until the new crop comes on. Middle West farmers may have something to fill the coal bin with, after all. Ninety cents per bushel In Chicago now, but Just wait until the new stuff comes In. ‘Blue Sky’ (Ft. Wayne News-SentlneD If the Indiana State Legislature is to be convened in special session to enact a blue sky law, the proposed bill should be prepared by experts, it should be drawn so as to be operative on all organizations now offering stock 1" the State, and when once drafted, passed without being subjected to the tinkering of a flock of misguided men who know nothing of the tricks ar.d artifices of the blue sky promoters. If Indiana Is to have another blue sky law this one should be one that will chase all confidence men out of the State. 'Tom’ (Bloomington Star) Thomas R. Marshall has aepeared again on the front page of newspapers, something unusual for a retired Vice President. In Washington Citv ho was asked if he would enter the race for President and he replied positively In the negative. If he took such a step the people would likely “view with alarm” hls candidacy. Our "Tom” has found the good 5-cent cigar he was looking for, and has settled down in private iife in peace and contentment. -I- -I- -IHi Johnson (Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette) Hiram Johnson has seemingly talked himself off the stage by hls peculiarly offensive and conceited talk at the carefully drummed up dinner in New York. Not only did he offensively insult the President and attack Hughes and Hoover, but he disgusted all the real progressives in hls party who looked for something indicative ot a progressive idea on domestic issues—and failed to find it. This demagogue has always highly recommended himself. He likes himself. Above all he admires himself. Because he is physically built on the lines of a swaggerer and because he bellows like a bull a certain Impression is made on people of subnormal intelligence. Because such ar. Impression is made on these, others who not subnormal, but hypocritical, look upon him as the bonny boy for pulling the chestnuts of the interests out of the fire. According to Ambassador Harvey this false alarm of the western coast told him that If he should be nominated he would “win in a landslide.” As we have said he always highly recommends himself. Study his picture and you will understand. His attack on Hughes and Hoover and the President, coming from a Republican Senator, was too personal to be in any than wretched taeta. It suggests the soap box. Being a political strong-arm man, he believes, in the efficacy of rough house methods. And it does make an impression on the subnormal. * Flag Foreign ships are capturing American trade. In April, latest month for which figures have been compiled, only thirty-one per cent of our total foreign trade was carried in American ships, against forty-three per cent in the entire year 1920. This summarizes the merchant marine situation, to date. Propoaganda doesn’t always get the desired results.