Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 121, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1924 — Page 8

FORGET SOLDIERS IN TWO YEARS By ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE

This is the ninth of a series of ten articles dealnier with the outstanding events in the life of Senator La Kollette in the last twelve years. During the past six years the world has witnessed the enactment in America of a tragedy as old as history, as old, indeed, as human nature. It is the tragedy of a nation’s ingratitude. I am writing this at a time when I am a candidate for what popularly is termed the highest office within the gift of the people. Perhaps it is a poor time, politically thinking, to talk of national ingratitude: but. while I am as appreciative as any man can he cf such honors as th ? people may confer upon me, I am not seeking the presidency as an honor for myself, but as an opportunity for service. And I feel that I would render a real service if I could bring home to the people the fact that a great wrong has been committed against our soldiers in th 9 late war, and could arouse the voters to insist on righting that wrong. I speak of our failure to pay, as far as it can he paid, our debt to those of our sons whom we drafted to fight in the World War. Find a friend who can tell you the story of the years that followed the Civil War. He'll tell you of the enthusiasm with which the war’s heroes were welcomed home, especially the fir.-; of those returning. He’ll telj you how. by degrees, this fervor grew less; how. In time, the blue of the uniforms faded, the brass of the buttons tarnished, and how the lessening gratitude of the republic seemed to keep pace with fading of the cloth and the tarnishing of the buttons. Two Years Twenty years it took for this normal, if unpleasant, human reaction to begin, following the Civil War. in the war only recently ended, it required just two years! The war ended, officially, so fax as America was concerned, with the signing of the treaty with Germany Aug. 25, 1921. President Harding's remarkable visit to the Senate to urge that the soldiers’ compensation bill be not passed occurred five Weeks earlier. So, officially, the President expressed his belief in the nation’s ingratitude belore the war—officially—had ended. Actually, of course, the fighting ceased Nov. 11. 1918. And within less than two years of that date the House of Representatives had taken !?► first vote on a compensation bill, passing it 269 to 92. Ninety-two members of Congress put themselves on record as early as that against the meager amounts it was proposed to give the soldiers to recompense them for their losses. After the House had passed the bill it was too late for the Senate to act in that session. In the following session the Senate Finance Committee completed its consideration of the bill only a few days, before the 4th of March, 1921. adjournment. Too late to be voted on. An extra session of Congress having been called, the bill again was introduced on the first day. It reached consideration in the Senate Finance Committee June 2. This committee struck out provisions for land aid, which always had been a feature of soldier compensation following Amercan wars. (George Washington, Marquis de La Fayette and Abralam Lincoln took the greater part of heir compensation in land. Lincoln eceived only land for his service In 'he Black Hawk War. and he received it only, of course, after he lad asked for it.) Harding Opposed f Despite the feebleness of the aid Extended by the bill to the soldiers, Harding, as related, asked the Sen--te not to pass it, saying—or. the irgent representations of Secretary Mellon—that the country could not i lord it. The bill was sent back Ito Senator Penrose’s committee, where it died in due course. Representatives of the soldiers took up their weary struggle again In the session which convened Dec. 5. 1921. The Ways and Means Committee of the House began new hearing on the measure and Feb. 22, 1922, Secretary Mellon appeared to express his opposition. The Ways and Means Committee —land relief already being out — took out the cash payment feature of the bill, except In cases where the cash payment was not to exceed SSO. Not to relate the long detail of the (ill’s ardventures in the two Houses, finally was passed by the Senate ept. 15. 1922, and was sent to the t'hite House. President Harding vetoed it. In his veto he submitted a treasury' statement that there would be a deficit of $650,000,000 that year. The year ended with a surplus of 5310.000.000. A difference of almost 51, 000. 000.000 between prediction and fact, but the debt to the soldiers had again been dodged. Voting 25S to 54 the House overrode the President’s veto. The Senate, however, with twenty-four members not voting, failed to give the necessary two-thirds majority. The vote was 44 for and 28 against overriding the veto. It was the following December before efforts could be renewed. The bill was introduced, hearings once more were held by the Ways and Means Committee of the House and a bill finally brought foijh which still further whittled away the compensation for which the soldiers asked. It provided cash for those who were to receive SSO or less and a small amount of insurance for the others. Vocational training, land and home aid features were all eliminated. The House passed this bill. The Senate Finance Committee held some more hearings on it and reported it out. The Senate passed it, April 23 of the present year, vote was 67 to 17. So this bill, a frail, sickly, emaciatled veteran of six years’ struggle ( with Congress, finally emerged from Ithe capitol and limped up to the [white .House ! t -oolidge Uses Veto I President Coolidge vetoed it. He Jelled it u bonus—which God knows not: !t was not even just eomjitlon or anything like just com‘Ron for the service rendered— said the country could not t 0 Fay the bill* was on Mav 15. May 17 "the

House by a vote of 313 to 78 passed the bill again over the veto. May 19 the Senate by a vote of 59 to 26 did the same. ' Every effort imaginable was made to have the Senate sustain the President. Seven doubtful Senators were entertained the morning of the vote at breakfast by the President, according to the newspapers, but of these only four voted as he desired—Keyes, New Hampshire: McKinley, Illinois; Phipps, Colorado: Sterling, South Dakota. In the Senate an attempt was made to obtain delay in order that further pressure might be brought. Telegrams from chambers of commerce, banks, big industrial concerns and similar interests poured in upon the Senate by the thousands urging that the veto be upheld. But the Senate did its duty, or the pale shadow of its duty as represented by the bill, which finally passed. This question of compensation was not entirely an after-the-war question. It arose more than once during the war. In the summer of 1917 the Senate recessed one day in order that the members might go down to Pennsylvania avenue to see the first contingent of America's drafted men leaving for France. I was not among those who went. Instead I sat alone at the capitol and prepared a bill - that would increase the pay of the boys in foreign service SSO a month. I had in mind the hardships inflicted ih many eases on those they left behind and the unwisdom and unfairness of sending them ’nto battle with this worry on their minds. I proposed that this additional pay should be obtained by a special tax on Incomes exceeding $25,000 a year. For obvious reasons I doubted the success of such a measure bearing my name. Therefore I submitted it to Senator Hardwick of Georgia., and he, agreeing with me, accepted the authorship. It took the form of an amendment to the war revenue bill then before the Senate. It received five votes. Senator Hardwick and the other four of us were bitterly abused for “attempting |to spread dissatisfaction in the Army.” And all we were atetmpting to do was to make the pay of our soldiers approximate the pay of the Canadian soldiers. Fight Not Over Fight for justice for the soldiers has not ended. The bill passed over President Coolidge’s veto —the socalled “tombstone bill”—is not the best we shall do to discharge that debt. In the platform adopted by the voters themselves in the Wisconsin State primary election in April this year and promptly thrown out by the Republican national convention. was the following plank: “We favor adjusted compensation for the veterans of the late war, not as charity, but as a matter of right, and we demand that the money necessary to meet this obligation of the Government be raised hv taxes laid upon wealth .In proportion to ability to pay, and declare our opposition to the sales tax or any other device to shift this obligation onto the backs of the poor in higher prices and increased cost of living. |We do not regard the payment at T he end of a long period of a small insurance as provided by the law rei cently passed as in any just sense a discharge of the Nation’s obligations j to the veterans.” I have lived to see many a Wis- : '-onsin proposal thrown out of a Rej publican national convention and ; later become the law of the land. I [ expect to see legislation In line with that plank enarted by the Congress of the Fnited States. 'Copyright, 1924. NEA Service, Inc.) The tenth article by Senator I.a Follette will appear in The Indianapolis Times Monday.

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TyjjLLIAM SUTHERLAND, farmer near Seymour, was walking through his woods with a gun over his shoulder. Felt the barrel “twitch” and looked around and saw a squirrel perched on It. Sutherland had meat for supper. Three baby bandits—from 6 to 9 broke the plate glass window of the Bubenzer store at Washington and stole candies, nuts, cigars, cigarettes, tobacco and a bicycle. Purdue will dedirate Its new Ross-Ade bowl Nov. 22 at the annual game with Indiana. The Logansport Legion band made such a hit at the national convention at St. Paul that it has been made' the official State band for the Legion in Indiana. Lebanon Is making plans to celebrate the opening of the new cement road to Indianapolis Oct. 1. A IV English sparrow as bait caught one of the largest ■ Mississippi catfish on record at Lafayette. Herbert Cheeseman and Virgil Mills baited the line. A little girl ran across the road in front of a team of mules driven by William Boling of Brownstown. The mules ran away and Boling received two broken ribs. Thomas Wright, accompanied by Dr. C. F. Kercheval of Greensburg, is visiting in Indianapolis. Wright, according to reports, is suffering from "auto fever.” Rejoicing at Lafayette. Voting machines can be used if nine tickets are put in the field. Ert wasn’t any free act for J. W. Beavens when he witnessed an attraction at the Bluffton fair. Someone lifted $3.50 from his pockets. Parents of Mrs. Donald Smith, formerly Miss Dorothy Smith of Winamac, are threatening to annul the marriage of their daughter. Dorothy is only 14. William A. McClellan, former city judge at Muncie, went to court with anew hat of “campus gray” shade to try a case. The case wasn't tried, •he hat was. Even the judge tried it on.^

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Rubert Foran. newspaper correspondent. accompanies the Theodore Roosevelt expedition in\p Africa in 1009. They arrive at Mombassa, the “gateway to British East Africa.” anti then go by train to the first camp on the game-crowded Kapiti Plains. With Colonel Roosevelt are his son. Kermit, and three scientifflc members of liis staff—Major Edgar A. Meartis, Edmund Heller and J. Allen Loriug. Afeir a successful shooting trip in the Sotik country, the expedition camps for more hunting at a farm called Saigai-Sai They go next to Naivasha. then to Nairobi during race week, and then return to Naivasha. Foran acts as secretary to Colonel Roosevelt one morning, and answers many of the unusual letters addressed to the expresident. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY A HEN we had disposed of the yy heavy mail letters, he started to dictate to me one of the chapters of his book. 1 did not know shorthand and so took his dictation straight down on my little typewriter. He dictated quite slowly, walking about the room as he did so. We got along fairly well. The announcement that lunch was ready brought this interesting morning to an end. CHAPTER XVI Off to tlie Elephant Country The rain did not cease all day, and Roosevelt decided not to go shooting that afternoon. There were only a few more specimens that were wanted here, mostly birds, and they could wait until it was fine weather. So we sat round the luncheon table in the hotel dining room and exchanged stories about hunting and other things connected with the country. Next day was fine and the sun was shining, and it did not rain during the remainder of our brief stay at Naivasha. Every morning after that first wet day Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit rode off on a shooting trip. One day Roosevelt brought back with him a great prize, which greatly delighted the heart of Mearns. He had had the great good fortune to discover and kill a fine specimen of the rarest of all African birds, the Jabiru. Its scientific name js Ethiophiorhyncus Senegalensis. That is whit Mearns said it was—and his identification is beyond all question. On another occasion Mearnsv Loring, Kermit and myseif took Colonel

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Roosevelt out to try his luck by moonlight with the wily spring-haas and the African fox. At first he was somewhat nonplussed by the un accustomed nature of the sport, but he was soon hard at work and was most successful. He achieved bettor results, before the evening’s sport ended, than any one else had accomplished. He told me that he was highly amused by the novel expe rience. At last, the day of departure for the elenhant country dawned. The huge caravan started off, with much sinking. Ht gave me the impression of a huge, winding ' snake as it crept away in single file over the brown veldt toward Nyerl. Colonel Roosevelt, Kermit, Heller, Cunninghame and Tarlton rode off on the trail of the porters after they had lunched at the Rift Valley Hotel. Their first camp was to be a spot some few miles away from the Njoro River. Colonel Roosevelt killed his first bull elephant near Kenya. I knew how keen he had been to get a complete group of these elephants for the museum, and how anxious he had been to kill them in a cooler climate so that Heller could have a better chance of saving the com plete skins and in good condition. Although elephants are much bigger and have larger tusks in Uganda, yet the difficulties of preserving the skins in that country are enormous, owing to the terrific heat, Colonel Roosevelt, therefore, had been most anxious to secure his group in the less torrid climate of East Africa. To skin an elephant takes, at the lowest estimate, three whole days—no matter how proficient the skinners may be; and from this it may readily be understood that Heller and Cunninghame had no light task to perform. While Cunninghame was helping Heller to save this first elephant skin, Colonel Roosevelt went oif toward Mweru for a hunt, while Ker mit and Leslie Tarlton hunted toward the northern Guaso Nyiro country. As usual, they were phe nomenally successful. Colonel Robsevelt killed his second bull elephant near Mweru and Kermit killed five more lions and three bus

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faio In the northern Guaso Nyero. After this great fortune they returned to the government Born a at Mweru, and then Kermit went off to bunt elephants. Colonel Roosevelt remained at Mweru while his second elephant bull was being skinned. When Heller and Cunninghame had accomplished this task. Colonel Roosevelt rode *into the northern Guaso Nyiro, where Kermit had enjoyed such good sport. Here Colonel Roosevelt killed two more ele-

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phants, while Kermit killed one elephant and a very good rhinoceros. After killing his elephant, Kermit, accompanied by Leslie Tarlton, started off a hunt toward Lake Hannington and Lake Baringo. CHAPTER XVII Roosevelt and the Discovery of the North Pole “Foran, Nairobi. Cable Roosevelt’s statement on Cook’s discovering the North Pole. Melstone.” This Associated Press cable was placed in my hand one morning early in September in the Norfolk Hotel at Nairobi. Immediately I sent a. telegram to Colonel Roosevelt at Nyeri, in the hope that it would reach him there and bring forth a statement for publication on this momentous event. While I was waiting for a reply to this, and a few days after the receipt of the first cable from Mr. Melville Stone, I was given another cable

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from him in New York. This read: “Foran, Nairobi. Peary also announces reached North Pole. Inform Roosevelt and endeavor to get his comment. Melstone.” This cable I also telegraphed to Colonel Roosevelt at Nyeri, and awaited his answer to both of them. A few days later I received a further cable from New York, which read as follows: ‘‘Foran, Nairobi.

Forward the following message to Roosevelt. Quote. Your farewell was a royal mascot, the. Pole is ours. Peary.” Again I telegraphed Colonel Roosevelt at Nyeri; and so far had not received from him any answer to my two earlier messages. There was nothing to do but wait and be patient. It was quite possible that he was out of touch with the telegraph offices. After some days of patient waiting, I received a letter written in pencil from one of his camps in reply to my three telegrams. This letter was written before Kermit went off from Mweru for Lake Hannington and Lake Baringo, and Roosevelt for the Guaso Nyiro. The letter read On Safari, Sept. 12, ’9. Dear Foran: The three cables are at hand; I answer by letter, because I can't get to Mweru for a couple of days any-

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how; and moreover I can explan better than by a mere cable. If the news about Peary's having gotten to the North Pole Is unquestionably authentic, and not otherwise, publish the following for me: "I rejoice over Captain Peary’s great achievement. Too much credit cannot he given him —he has performed one of the great feats of the age, and all his countrymen should join in doing him honor.” As for the other two cables, I cannot make head or tail out of them. Who is Dr. Cook? What has he discovered? Why is he going to Copenhagen? How does it concern me, anyhow? Since I last wrote you I have killed two more elephants and Kermit has killed one also and a rhinoceros. Soon Kermit and I separate, he going toward Lake Hannington, and I across to the Guano Nyero. Will you tell this to Ward, and the dfteuter people? Good luck! Faithfully yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. (Continued in Our Next Issue) Celebration at Elkliart Bu United Press ELKHART, Ind„ Sept. 27.—A parade two miles long featured the centennial celebration exercises here Friday. Floats in the parade depicted the development of Elkhart County from the time of the earliest settlers. New System of Fat Reduction Here is anew way for all fat people to reduce. Anew way to rid yourself easily and quickly of the burdensome fat which makes you miserable. Why should you let yourself go, resigning yourself to being' fat. when by using Marmola Prescription Tablets you can become slender again ? Thousands of men and women each year regain healthy, slender figures this way. You. too. can take off your excess flesh in this same pleasant manner. No need for violent exercises or starvation diets. Just take one small Marmola Prescription Tablet after each meal and before going to bed. In a very short time your flabby flesh will begin to disappear and soon you will become the proud possessor of a slender, shapely figure. You will never be admired as long as you are fat—for fat people are always being made fun of. But don t let that worry you any. more. One of the foremost physicians of his time dis■overed the Marmola Prescription for fat reduction and he also conceived the idea of putting it up in the convenient tablet form All you have to do is to go to your druggist and get a box Or if you prefer, send the price—one dollar—to Ihe Marmola Company, General Motors Building, Detroit. Mich., and a box will be sent to you postpaid. Start taking these pleasant little tablets now—you will always be glad that you ddbided to try them. Many of your friends have used them successfully.—Advertisement.

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EVANGELIST IS ARRESTED Charged With Deserting Family of Seven at Clarion. Bu United Press MARION, Ind., Sept. 27. Charged with abandoning his wife and six children here, George Rhodes, self-styled evangelist, is under arrest in Texas, according to word received today by local authorities. Rhodes, it is said, told his wife that family worries interfered with his evangelistic work. Church Dedication Bu United Press DANVILLE, In*.. Sept. 27.—An all-day service will be held at Velleville, south of here, to dedicate the new Methodist Church Sunday. WEAKNESS WAS OVERCOME Mrs. Oswald Benefited by Taking Lydia E. Pink- - ham’s Vegetable Compound. “I took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It keeps me in perfect health and ' ||||||l!HH]|l||| l amon my feet getting meals and ,:housework until Mi an hour before the Hi -“”***• cfc W baby is born. A jl friend told me to *** lj take it and I have p| . |jj used ten pottles It ' I omntend the Veg Compound wnenever I can. Just yesterday a friend was telling me how miserable she felt, and I said: “If you start taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s you will feet fine.’ Now she is taking it.” — Mrs. P. J. Oswald, Jr., 406 West ! Ogden St., Girardville, Pa. Mrs. Nicola Paluzzi Says Mishawaka, Ind.—“l took Lydia E. Pinkhum’s Vegetable Compopnd 'for weakness. I was weak and tired out all the time and it helped me. When I had inward inflammation I tried Lydia E. Pinkham’s Sanati/e Wash and it helped me at once.”— Mrs. Nicola Paluzzi, 41* E. Broadway, Misha4W4ka, Ind.—Advertisement.