Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 180, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 December 1927 — Page 4

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It Is Unanimous Now As confidently predicted by The Times from time to time, Governor Ed Jackson is most happy over the court precedure which finally reaches the stage where he will have a trial upon the facts. This assurance comes from the Governor in his statement to the public concerning the rulings which fix a tentative date for his trial. The Times has always asserted that the Governor should be the one citizen who ought to rejoice in a public hearing and has from time to time suggested that if that hearing did not occur in a court, where the issues could be safely trusted, it should be held before a legislative tribunal. The public also will rejoice with the Governor over this most happy conclusion and will be glad if there be no more delays and that he be given the speedy trial which is guaranteed to him under the constitution. The Governor’s attitude in this matter is given in this public statement to the people: Heretofore, the proceedings before the court have been directed wholly to a determination of the sufficiency of the accusation to justify a trial. Now, the time is at hand when those who have seen fit to make these charges must submit the basis for their accusations to the scrutiny of a court in which the defense will have equal opportunity to lay facts before a jury. Contrary to the misrepresentations, wilful and otherwise, which have been so freely made, this opportunity is very welcome to me.

It is quite certain that the Governor would hot wish that any inference be drawn that up to this time there has been any effort on the part of those representing the pebple to delay, defer or prevent a trial upon the facts. That would be as unfair an attempt to prejudice public opinion as would any declaration, from any source that the Governor had tried to prevent such a hearing, whereas the motions of his attorneys can only be construed as a very proper legal effort to see that all the safeguards for the innocent, guaranteed by the laws and the Constitution had been observed. Every one now seems agreed. It is definitely determined that the charges have been properly drawn by properly constituted officers of the law and that the offense is charged with legal definiteness. Any attempt, either on the part of the Governor and his friends or those who have been instrumental in bringing these charges to influence in any way the verdict of courts or jury would constitute a most improper attack not only upon the Governor but on tht entire theory of law and justice. The Governor may be assured that his confidence in the sense of fair play of the people of Indiana is not misplaced. They, also, only want the facts. The Governor wants them made public. At last there is a unanimity of opinion that assures impartial justice.

The Way to Elect Presidents Why not elect the next President in the manner provided by the Constitution, namely, by the electoral college? “The present system of electing a president is crude, archaic and incapable of accurately reflecting the will of the voters,” says Representative Clarence P. Lea, Democrat, of California. And he proposes to introduce a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college. Mr. Lea is correct in his statement as to the archaic and unrepresentative nature of our presidential election method. But one reason it is so is because the electoral college has, already, in practice been abolished. The election of president has been taken over by volunteer political organizations, which in fact have no constitutional standing and never were foreseen by the makers of the Constitution. The legal and constitutional way of choosing a President is thus described by the Constitution: “Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress. * “The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be the same day throughout the United States.” State Legislatures have set up election machinery for the “choosing” (not appointing) of electors, and the time for choosing electors has been fixed as “the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year.” Also it has been provided by Federal statute that the electors in each State “meet and give in their votes on the second Monday in January next following their appointment, at such place in each State as the Legislature may direct.” Through years of political controversy a practice has grown up of sending to the electoral college instructed electors—that is, electors instructed to vote for some proclaimed candidate. It is quite possible, however, to choose electors, who might be left free to cast their votes for whatever candidate might seem In the end to be the best under the ciircumstances. The State of Wisconsin, for example, might send a delegation of electors to the electoral college free to cast their votes for George Norris, Josephus Daniels, A1 Smith or Jane Addams as their hnal judgment might direct. Such a delegation would at least count for that number of votes in the final selection, whereas under the present practice the State will not affect the result as between either a Republican or a Democratic candidate. The suggestion of Representative Lea is a good one, if it leads to an examination of the present Impossible political machinery. Also the threat of a few uninstructed delegations to the electoral college might bring a glimmering of reason to the leaders of the so-called two-party system.

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Canada, the U. S. A. and England We have with us in the national capital this week Viscount Willingdon, Canadian governor general, King George’s viceroy and, in a manner of speaking, king of Canada. Which is a pleasure, for somehow, no matter what the not-so-big Bill Thompson of Chicago thinks about it, Americans have a great weakness for their British kin, particularly when they approach us from our weakest side, Canada. We hope the viscount and his lady enjoy the stay amongst us as much as we enjoy having them. • The case of Canada and the United States is the strangest in the world. Everywhere else frontiers bristle with bayonets and frown with the muzzles of high-powered howitzers. Portresses dot the landscapes and great navies patrol the coasts lest one good neighbor slneak up on the other suddenly during the darkest hour of some particularly dark night. Not so ourselves and Canada. For more than 100 years we have lived side by side in perfect peace and security. Some sixty years of that time Canada has been a self-governing dominion,, to all intents and purposes on her own. Yet not a hair of her fair head has been harmed. And why? Because she was powerful? Her population is about one-twentieth of ours. Last year her total national defense budget, aymy, navy and air force, amounted to $13,400,421. She had 3,368 officers and men In her army. Seventy officers and 446 men in her navy and 468 men, all ranks, in her air force. And we with a navy supposed to be the equal of any on earth and forty times greater personnel—a national defense which costs us approximately $650,000,000 a year to maintain. No, there has been no trouble between the United States and Canada for two very good reasons: The United States is not looking for trouble and, Canada seconds the motion. Now all this is old stuff to Canadians and Americans. We publish these lines on the oif chance that some Englishmen or Britishers other thon those living in the north might see them. In England nowadays they are seeing ghosts—or pretending to see them, which is almost as bad —in the shape of an Anglo-American rivalry. To any fair-minded person Canada offers constant and visible proof that the United States is not out to ‘gobble the world, liominate the seas, outdo anybody’s navy or destroy anybody’s trade. ‘We’ve got the men We can get the ships And we’ve got the money, too . . .” But the American people, with all their wealth and power, wish to live and let live without a thought of crushing anybody anywhere. If the distinguished governor general of Canada could make his people at home—in the British isles, not in Canada, for they have found that out for themselves ever so long ago, realize this he might contribute mightily to that English speaking understanding without which this old world of ours is in for some bad times.

Judge Not by the Appearance One of the sayings that have Decome quite popular of late is to the effect that the flapper, though fair to look upon, is really quite dumb. The modern youth of the feminine variety has come to be regarded as a person who probably has to go through “that foolish stage” where her mind turns to wild garments, a rouged face, lipsticked mouth and all that. Sometimes this is true, sometimes not. An Arkansas City flapper of the high school type showed the other day that even a girl who uses rouge and lipstick can think quickly and act in a crisis. A 6-year-old boy fell into a lake near the town. The flapper was the only witness. She saw some men at a distance and shouted to them, but they did not hear. Stripping off her coat, she plunged in and managed to bring the boy to shore. Now, what to do with an unconscious boy, whose lungs are filled with water? The girl knew. Without help from anyone, she applied the first aid knowledge of which she had read casually in the newspapers. She pumped the young man’s lungs dry and kept pumping until he breathed again. To all appearances this little lady was one of those modern, pretty but dumb, sweet but unintelligent flappers whose thoughts are concerned mainly with discoloring their faces and marcelling their hair. Sometimes the appearance doesn’t mean a thing.

The Singing Salesmen Blue Monday has been chased from the earth and its environs forever. You need never be blue of a Monday any more. A New York automobile sales company has started the Blue Monday right off the boards. “Every Monday, bright and early,” says the manager of the company, “we all get together (meaning some thirty salesmen) and one of the boys who has some glee club experience, leads us while we sing some of the old songs. We have an orchestra, with a violin, three saxophones, a piano, a banjo and traps. For twenty minutes we just let ourselves go and have a good time, which is possible even in an office.” Sweetness and light! But it should be carried further. The salesman should carry along a saxophone when he goes to meet a prospect. The man who didn’t own an automobile, if serenaded of a Monday morning with a saxophone solo, probably would buy several automobiles. We would like one ourselves, if only to run over the salesman with the tuba. While a prospect is debating with himself over piston displacements and spare tires, twang the banjo, James, and he will buy until it hurts. When trying to get a man to turn in his old model for one of the new roadsters, sing “The Old Oaken Bucket.” He’ll like it. Singing is fine. But we’d hate to drop in on one of the Blue Monday auto salesmen’s song tests with a machine gun. There are nearly a million idle men in the United States. Not counting college students. The pen may be mighty, but it’s mighty hard to land some people in it. Perhaps President Coolidge actually derived a thrill from having all the transoceanic; fliers in to lunch, but It’s a good bet that the idea was Mrs. Coolidge’s.

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M. E. TRACY ' SAYS: “The Senate Will Give Smith and Vare Short Shrift, Not So Much for the Sake of High Moral Convictions, but Because a Presidential Campaign Is Coming.”

The week opened with a storm at sea and Congress assembling under a trumped-up truce which deceives no one. Weather, politics and crime combined to furnish plenty of interesting news. In one column you read how sailors were dragged ashore above roaring breakers in a breeches Vr.ioy; in another how Sinclair assumes full responsibility for hi ing detectives to watch the jury considering his case, but claims it was not contempt of court; in still another how discussion of the Smith and Vare cases was postponed twenty-four hours in order to spare President Coolidge embarrasment, and in still another how Mr. and Mrs. E. Halde-man-Julius have decided to leave Girard, Kan., because the neighbors have become unfriendly. 0 0 0 Unnecessary Trouble It will strike the average reader that Mr. and Mrs. HaldemanJulius have stirred up a lot of unnecessary trouble. First, they consented to a companionate marriage for their daughter, which was all right. Then they gave it widespread publicity, which was not so all right. Then Mr. Haldeman-Julius announced that the daughter was bom six years before their marriage and that he was Josephine’s father; that she had been adopted by Mr. Haldeman-Julius and that he would not stand for any r**li reflection on her birth or moi-lier. All of which is now admitted. Meanwhile, Mr. Haldeman-Ju-lius says that he claimed Josephine as a natural child in order to protect her, but most people will And it hard to see where the idea of protection comes in. 000 Spying on Juries This is a world of curious notions when it fcomes to backing up new theories. You turn from the ardent enthusiasm of Mr. an<J Mrs. Haldeman-Julius in behalf of companionate marriage to Hary F. Sinclair, the oil magnate, who calmly admits employing detectives to shadow a jury which was trying him for conspiracy to defraud the United States, and who claims he cannot see anything wrong In such a practice. He did it, he says to prevent irregularities, which can only mean that he placed greater faith in William J. Burns than in his country. 9 0 0

Out —Mr. Smith, Mr. Vare Then there is William S. Vare, who paid a couple of millions for the senatorial nomination and Frank L. Smith, who accepted contributions from public utility magnates, while he was a member of the public utilities commission, each of whom is prepared to inform the Senate that they fail to see anything wrong in such conduct. The Senate will give them short shrift not so much for the sake of high moral convictions, but because a presidential campaign Is pending and neither party cares to ass'ime the responsibility of indorsing political high-binders. It is fortunate for public decency that the Pennsylvania and Illinois primaries were debauched last year. A year earlier, or a year later, Smith and Vare might have gotten away with it. tt tt S.ome Still Are Heroes One turns from such episodes to the heroic behavior of our coast guardsmen with relief. In the midst of such rottenness and corruption it is consoling to know that we still have men who are willing to risk their lives not for the sake of the pay there is in it, but just because it is part of the Job. There is not as much bravery in what Harry S. Sinclair did, or what William J. Bums did, or what William S. Vare did or what Frank L. Smith did as there is in the little finger of any member of those life saving crews who launched their boats Sunday night and did what they could to save the poor devils drowning in the surf. •tun Race Deterioration After all, its the grapple with elemental nature, the struggle for existence, the fight for self-preser-vation that develops real character. When you get above that, when you go where big boys brawl for millions and where politicians scrap for high places, you find a higher technique perhaps, but you miss a lot by way of common honesty. The greatest problem we face is how to live in ease and luxurv without growing soft and crooked. tt tt u Vices of Opulence This country is suffering from the vices which go with opulence. It is charitable in a money sense, but it is not charitable in the sense of self-denial and self-sacri-fice. Wives and husbands are learning how to give up less and less for the sake of permanent marriages. Not only that, but they are learning how to live in childlessness for the sake of physical pleasure. Much of our crime is attributable to this changed attitude. One hopes that human intelligence will some day overcome the obvious handicaps of prosperity.

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(Anderson Herald) (Republican) The statute of limitations as a law, may save Mr- Jackson from a trial in the -courts of Indiana but it cannot save him from his trial in the court of public opinion. It is a case of “The people versus Edward Jackson,” and the people are the court, judge, and the jury, and the witnesses, and they will be inexorable in the final verdict. The people have given much to this man. He has asked for favor that carried with it public moneys, and the favor has been given. Rarely has he been without a place of some kind in the gift of the people for the past quarter of a century. He has owed an ever growing debt to the people of Indiana —a debt that could only be paid in fair and generous and efficient service, the service of a servant of the whole people. And then he asked to serve as Governor of Indiana, Governor of all the people, to represent them as their ambassador at the high places of the nation, to direct the destiny of their commonwealth with dignity and with honor at all times; to be an impartial governor for all the people—always. And this favor also was given him. NOW he owes to his constituents his own vindication. If the law relieves him of the necessity for a trial he should himself demand his day in court that he may prove to the' people that he has not betrayed them.

(Muncie Press) (Republican) Let us say, in order to have a basis of argument, that the liquor traffic in any form, except where it pertains to the use of alcohol for medicinal, sacramental and industrial purposes, is ?wong, just as our National and State laws say it is; then is not the user of any form of alcohol for beverage purposes just as guilty, morally, as the one who sells it? It is apparent that if nobody bought liquor, nobody would sell it and the bootlegging business and all forms of unlawful traffic in intoxicants would cease automatically for lack of market. Well, then, why should not all those who believe in prohibition be perfectly honest with themselves and with everybody else, by

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insisting that the penalties for consuming liquor be the same as for selling it? Why, in popular opinion, is the seller a goat and the drinker a rather bright chap? Immediately it will be argued that if it were possible to detect ail violations of proposed laws against drinking, perhaps 75 per cent of the adult population at some time or other would be under arrest. Also it will be said that such laws as here suggested could not be enforced because for every seller of liquor there must be many consumers, and it would be manifestly impossible to enforce statutes against the mere consumer. Which does not in the least alter the inescapable fact that if the seller of liquor is guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony, then so is the consumer, morally, just as guilty. Liquor sauce for the goose really oughtn’t to be wormwood for the gander. And what are you going to do about it? The first prize for the best solution of this problem is a pair of red tissue paper boots. (BluCrton Banner) (Democratic) Governor Jackson, George Coffin and Robert I. Marsh were defeated in that Marion County court yesterday, and when the Judge said they must stand trial, they at once sought other and further means to evade it. The three are accused of attempting to bribe Ex-Governor McCray and maintain they are innocent. If so, why do they fight so infernally hard to keep from a public trial where the public may judge as to their guilt or innocence. The method pursued by the Governor

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She is a rich and rare land; Oh! she's a fresh and fair land, She is a dear and rare land— This native land of mine. I No men than hers are braver— Her women’s heart ne’er waver; I’d freely die to save her, j And think my lot divine. —Thomas Osborne Dvi: Lines from “My Land.”

and | his pals simply places them guilty in the minds of the people, and if they ever hope to change that feeling, which is almost universal, they must go before the judge and jury and prove themselves innocent. Imagine a Governor of a great State that has the charges piled up against him that are placed against Ed Jackson and then have him use every trick of the law to keep from going to trial, and have the people think him innocent! Won’t work, Governor. (Elk iart Truth) (Republican) If he is innocent, as the whole State hopes he is, Governor Jackson should welcome the opportunity to stand trial and show that he is not guilty of the charge of conspiracy to bribe former Governor McCray, and so should the other defendants, George V. Coffin and Robert I. Marsh. The action of Special Judge Montgomery in overruling the motion to quash the indictment leaves the way open for the defendants to refute charges that have been made in considerable detail. \ In an ordinary criminal case, a defendant is not much blamed for taking advantage of his legal rights to cite the statute of limitations or some other technical reason why he should escape trial. But this case has to do with the Governor of a great State that has already severely suffered on account of scandal, and he is under the serious charge of conspiracy to bribe a former Governor. For the sake of the people of this State as well as himself and his associates, the Governor should be glad to present whatever evidence he has to show that the grand jury has wrongfully accused him.

in captivity they may be fed small game and mice or any raw meat. In case raw meat is fed, they must have some small bones as well. Was James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, born in the United States? He was born of Welsh parents in Tredegar, South Wales. Oct. 27, 1873, and came to the United States in 1881. What Is the difference between soccer and football? The chief difference is that .'''"'rer is played with a round ball, k.Jsed exclusively, being kept on che ground practically all the time, while football is played with an oval ball and is carried by the players. Do all the players of the world series in baseball share In the receipts of all games of the series? Only in receipts from the first four games played. What position has Ty Cobb played In baseball? According to the record of Ty Cobb as given in the Baseball Magazine’s publication, “Who’s Who in Baseball,” he played first base in 1918 as well as the outfield, but for all other years he played in the outfield exclusively. What is the address of the producer of the musical comedy, “Honeymoon Lane”? A. L. Erlanger is the producer. His address is 214 W. Forty-Second St., New York.

What is the rank of a prior in a monastery? He is a monastic superior ranking next below an abbot. How large is Lake Superior? It has a coast line of 1,500 miles its extreme length from east to west is 412 miles and its extreme breadth is 167 miles. How can I get the address of an enlisted man in the Navy? From the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. Where was Leon Errol, the movie actor born? Sydney, New South Wales. Was there such a coin as a Bull Moose nickel issued by the United States mint in 1913? No. How old is Mary Pickford? 34 years.

.DEC. 6, 1927

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Thu name and ftddr©sS Os tfa© SUtho? must accompany every contribution, but on request will not be Polished. Letters not exceeding 200 words will receiva prelerence. To the Editor: „ . We wish to thank our police department through your paper for their quick work in handling tne street dog situation at Seventeenth and Ashland Ave. We want them to know how much we appreciate them for their kindness. With work like this Indianapolis will soon be cleaned up and Will be a place we will be glad to call our home town. We thank you. TIMES SUBSCRIBERS. To the Editor: I read in The Times a day or two ago of a James D. Crooks, a salesman, who volunteers to act as executioner sos Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray. The man who thus volunteers is in my opinion just as much a coldblooded murderer as the two he would like to kill, if not more so, and that goes for the. warden or sheriff who throws the switch or pulls the trap, too. I am opposed to capital punishment because I would not take ft human life legally or otherwise except in self-defense and I have no right to hire someone to do a deed that I am not willing to do myself. It would be bad ethics and worse sportsmanship. I have many other reasons, but the one given, it seems to me, ought to be sufficient for any honest person. L. L. HOPKINS. To the Editor: Capital punishment to my theory of thinking is a disgrace to civilization. Is it a • civilized act to murder a human being by execution? Is it an act of civilization to hang a person as they did Gerald Chapman? Is it an honor to boast about ft scientific hanging machine that they used to send his soul writhing to eternity? Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray should pay the penalty for their crimes but not by murdering them In the electric chair. Our God commands us not to kill. Ruth Snyder, Judd Gray, George Remus, Willis Beach and others are all fighting to avoid execution- What shall their fate be? The electric chair or life imprisonment? The eyes of the world is on the fate of these people. I think by imposing a life sentence on conviction that it would have a great tendency to prove to the world that we do not believe in doing the very thing that the law says not to do. Let us bear in mind the commandment of our Creator “Thou shalt not kill!”, whether it be the order of a court or the act of a culprit. Murder is murder. A READER. To the Editor:

I feel it to be obligatory, in defense of the accounting profession, as a whole, to voice the sentiment of this office, in view of the alleged irregularities of the J. F. Wild Bank and Elevator Realty Cos., a subsidiary, as just published by the press. It is indeed unfortunate, that these things occur, and doubly so when it is at the expense and discomfort of the community ana those who can least afford such a catastrophe, and who are inexperienced in business affairs. . is not the purpose of this letter or the desire of the writer to censure anyone, but it is quite apparent that mistakes do happen, where the best intentions predominate, in all lines of professional effort, and are denounced by the public as gross carelessness or trickery. It, therefore, behooves the accountant, working either as an examiner or in private practice, to guard against such occurrences. How the asset, and profit and loss or surplus accounts of these institutions could be juggled for four or five years to cover up apparent defalcations can not help but be criticised by all those who read these statements in the press, and while these irregularities eventually came to light, why is it necessary for these institutions to go into insolvency before a detection can be made? Are our laws not strict enough or are they not enforced? Ts it any wonder opponents of Canital have so much to say to the detriment of our good state and country? It is impossible, of course, for the accountant to indict his client; but it is his duty as a public servant to so state the facts in the balance sheet that any irregularities may be detected before they cause disaster. If the fundamental theory of accounting is applied in the simplest kind of audit, it is imperative tnat all changes in the surplus accounts be examined, also the contents of the minute book, to ascertain if any transaction has taken place which would effect the financial condition of the firm under audit, and li so, the auditor’s certificate qualiflea to set out the facts. If the management demands an unqualified balance sheet it should be the auditor’s duty to refuse to certify it' unless the true financial position of the firm is stated. It, therefore, behooves the public, and the press, to insist that regular periodic audit of these Institutions be made by a reputable accounting firm.

Believing you, and the institution you represent, to be nonparisan and to support only that which is for the betterment of our good city and State, and believing the incident referred to demands the courage of accountants to defend their invaluable relation to th* public, I have written this letter-, and you may use it as you c# fit. O. A. TIFFANY. Who is the mother and grandmother of the present Queen of Spain? Her mother was Princess Beatrice of England, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, who was her grandmother. Her father, the > Prince of Battenberg, was a son of Prince Alexander of Hess by a morganatic marriage with the Countess von Hauke. A