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A Suggested Survey Tb*' new presidential crime commission might find a survey of Lake county elections rK>t altogether w ithout significance or illumination in the question of why crime seems to increase. Especially interesting should he an inquiry either by that body of or Congress, as to the activities or lack of them, on the part of federal agents. And of even more curiosity misrht be the present, vacation of one Oliver Loomis, now district attorney but formerly the private secretary to Senator Arthur Robinson. Grave charges have been made by reputable citizens. They include the importation of trucks loaded with colored voters from the crime section °f f hicago at a tune when it appeared that the voters of Lake county had decided to throw off the burden of the graft machine which rules it and that the revolt might great enough to reverse tlm verdict in the state on very high offices. Every form of known corruption and irregularity has been charged. In addition there has been collected and turned over to the proper authorities documentary evidence which cannot be ignored. Can not. be ignored.’ The fact remains that it has been ignored. There bas been a singular apathy on the part of federal agents of the department ot justice. That suggests interference front high sources. There conics now the travesty of a grand jury from which the district attorney, charged by law with the enforcement of law, absents himself with no greater excuse than that he chose this particular time to take his summer vacation. It may be remarked that there arc a hundred thousand or more residents of South Bend, engaged in quite as arduous tasks as is the district attorney, who do not find it necessary to run from salubrious climate of that city during th balmy days of dune. They either remain there, advertising the desirability of that city as a summer resort. or wait until their tasks are finished—>ay. at the adjournment of court. This Lake county fraud case hits at the very foundation of government. It may illustrate a eery close connection bet wren crime and government. Whenever the ballot is corrupted, all government fails. When fraud, bribery, imported voters can overthrow the will of the voters, there is no redress save a very drastic one. If the evidence so far unearthed has any foundation it indicates that vast sums of money were spent to control the elections of Lake county, and. through that county, of the state itself. There are whispered intimations that, very important men had a hand in this conspiracy. There are more than whispers that the tide turned late m the afternoon after the importa tions began. There i> the undeniable fact that the vote in Lake county was many more thousands than any estimate previous to the election and many more thousands than can be explained either by school census, postal addresses, utility service or any other known standard of measurement for cities. Here is something that is fundamental. Congress should make a casual inquiry into the extraordinary vacation of District Attorney Loomis. If his health is such that he cannot handle this important business, he should have the aid of a stronger character and more ability than is furnished by his own as assistants. If his health was not in immediate peril, his vacation at this time should force an immediate resignation. A Lost Opportunity What a chance was lost to the political machine in charge of the distribution of drivers’ licenses. The bureau compels every applicant to state whether or no? he has been convicted of a felony. If :ie has been convicted it is evidence, presumably, of carelessness. Logically, those who have pleaded the statute of limitations and escaped conviction are our safest drivers. The politicians might have held public services at which some of its most shining lights could be properly decorated in the name of ‘safety first ” had the law been logical. A parade led by Boss Coffin and former Governor Ed Jackson to get their licenses would have assured the sure that hereafter the road* -*hi be **ie. Perhaps the next legislature will cure this defect. By All Means. Mr. MacDonald That is an inspired idea. Premier MacDonald's plan to cross the Atlantic personally to talk with President Hoover about better Anglo-American understanding. It means two things. It means that the new labor premier is not willing to disguise the serious friction between ’he two governments behind a lot of hands-aeross-the-sea oratory. And it means, in addition to recognizing officially the growing conflict, that Mac-

Donald is racer to 20 more than half way to wipe it out. There is, no better way to get together than to get together. The mere fact tha* MacDonald dropped his London duties to cross the ocean and talk out this major problem of peace with Hoover would do more in itself mr Anglo-American friendship than ai! the conferences and diplomatic notes of the last three year,-. A friendly meeting of Mar Donald and Hoover ran rot solve the problem. This naval armament race, this friction o\cr raw materials and foreign markets, this old dispute over freedom of the seas, constitute an intermeshed and confused question - Inch can not be settled easily or simply. But this many-sidc'd conflict can be mitigated. The bombast, the hysteria, the super-nationalism, the jingoism, the armament threat can be taken out of the conflict. The danger that misunderstandings will lead to worse can be removed. An effective friendship agreement can be approached, preparatory to a later formal conference and treaty. And no one ran do that better than these two men of peace. MacDonald and Hoover. Their spirit is right. They have the confidence of their people. Py a q means let them get together. The sooner the better. How Much Longer? L T nder the peaceful night sky of Minnesota, Henry Yirkula was driving home with his wife and children. Suddenly from somewhere out of the dark came a command to stop. It might bp bandits. The father didn't know. Doubtless he thought of his children. Anyway, he would stop the car. That was his last thought. For before, he could jam nn the brakes, the bullets came crashing through the car—and Henry Virkula fell forward, dead. The car rolled on into the ditch at the side of the road, j The officers —yes, they were dry agents, not bandits I - pulled the sobbing mother and frightened children ! out of the car. Then they searched. No liquor was ; found. It was a mistake. They thought it might be a rumrunning car. It wasn't. The husband and father was dead. Too bad. They were sorry. And that's that. There was the similar killing on the Buffalo road recently. Then a mother was slain by dry agents in Illinois. Last, month the victim was a boy in Washington. Then down in Virginia, they killed a college student—and found no liquor in the ear. Now it, is in Minnesota. Next week it will be somewhere else. And so it goes. Ail in the name of proliiibtion enforcement. And all the while the President is declaring that prohibition is to be enforced, “not by dramatic displays and violent attacks, in order to make headlines, not by violating the law tiself through misuse of the j law in its enforcement,” All the while the treasury department and coast guard are issuing orders against the use of guns except in self-defense or extreme emergencies. Still this thing go**? on. And with every killing by on agents the puhlic loses more respect for law and for law enforcement. If the federal government cannot control its own lawless agents, what Chance, is there of its winning the co-operation and respect of the public? How much longer? “ Selectivity ” Radio manufacturers boast of the selectivity of their sets. But radio requires not only a selective s pt t but a selective listener. The listener who spends the entire evening at the radio is like the person ttho 20CS to a movie every night, play's the phonograph all day. or reads every item in the newspaper; he has lost his sense of proportion. Much more pleasure and profit is to be had from this marvel of science if the listener will select one or two good programs and leave the set silent the rest of the day. —David Dietz on Science —— Can't Change Weather No. 3*9 1 WEATHER proverbs which attempt to connect phases of the moon with the weather are all wrong. A good proverb to remember in this connection goes as follows:

“The moon and the weather May change together. But change in the moon Won't change the weather.” This proverb is quite correct, Any which ascribe weather changes to the moon are wrong. The moon goes through phases regularly, month after month. Weather is continuously changing, from

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weather are related all go back to the time when mankind had no clear idea of the heavenly bodies. They date back to the time when the heavenly bodies were thought to be quite small and quite far away. It is obvious that the weather all over the, world is not the same. Consequently, since the moon shines down on the* entire darkened hemisphere equally, it could not cause one kind of weather in one country and a different sort in the next. The moon causes the tides. But this is a mass action due to the gravitational pull of the moon on the whcue earth. The moon causes fn the land as well as in the oceans. But the oceans, being liquid, show the effect of the tidal pull. The land gives so little under the tidal pull of the moon that it is only with delicate scientific instruments that the effect can be discovered. It is easy to sec why the moon was blamed for weather changes. Early man naturally was impressed by the moon. In almost every pagan religion, the moon is identified with some god or goddess. Early man did not understand natural causes. Consequently, he looked for some deity to put the blame on. Today we do not know as much about, the weather as we would like to. But we know enough to realize that the moon has nothing to do with it.

M. E. Tracy SAYS: The Tragedy of It Is That We Would Sever Behold q Thau's Mother Without a Thau-. rjAHERE is relentless logic in the Jl march of events. An international bank grows out oi international strife. An American youth rises to fame in the bull ring. The Republican party, supposedly pledsed to enforcement, prepares to celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary 7 with a drinking bout and gets caught in a prohibition raid. tt tt a Who Pays foi War? I FIFTEEN years ago, civilization set out to discover which government had developed the most proficient, murder machine. The idea was preposterous, of course, but it became an obsession ere the end. When the end came, civilization set out to make defeated governments pay the fiddler. The whole performance was contrary to the essence of civilization, but no one would admit it. Now \ve see the logic in the march of events. The nations are forced to cooperate. whether they like it or not. They can not save themselves, without saving the poor debtor. e tt tt Yank Bull Fighter AS a people, we are against bullfighting. We continuously have condemned it as a. degrading sport, pointed its brutalizing influence and taught otu 7 children to avoid it. Now, we hear the voice of ironic fate speaking to us through the cheers of a. Seville crowd, as Sydney Franklin, a Brooklyn boy, displays his skill in killing bulls.

Cradle of G. 0, P. WHETHER Ripon (Wis.) was the cradle of the G. O. P., what it did last. Saturday is enough to make it immortal. Meanwhile, several other places claim the distinction. The record would be clearer had not most of them waited to see whether the party was going to be successful. Time was when none of them was quite sure that it, cared for the honor, when the Republican party was looked upon as a radical and dangerous institution and when it was hard to get enough voters out to hold a convention. a tt n Large—and Respectable THE experience of Hannibal Hamlin, who was Vice-Presi-dent under Lincoln, illustrates the point. He once called a Republican county convention, but when the time came for business, he and a man named Smith were the only ones present, “We will proceed to organize,” said Hamlin. “I, acting as chairman, and you as secretary." Then they adopted a platform and nominated candidates, after which Hamlin ordered Smith to draw up the minutes of the meeting. Smith found some difficulty in doing this, whereupon Hamlin proceeded to dictate, “write.” he ordered “with a large and respectable body of citizens assembled.” “But.” protested Smith, “how can we honestly say that when only two of us are present?” “You are large.” replied Hamlin, “and I am respectable.” tt tt tt 'Thaw's Mother Dies' “ r pHAW'S mother dies." is the I way one headline writer puts it. and perhaps no greater compliment could bo paid her. Out of the hell through which she has passed, there developed a constancy of purpose, a determination to save her son at any cost, a willingness to forget and forgive, such as challenges the respect of all redblooded men. The. tragedy of it is that we would never behold a Thaw's mother without a Thaw. n a a Clemenceau's Grave ONCE more Clemenceau has his grave cleaned. It has been prepared for him these many years. It stays open all the while and is filled with an accumulation of rubbish during the winter. It lies beneath trees which the Old Tiger helped to plant when he was a boy. Each June finds him standing at its brink, ordering workmen to remove the leaves and loosen up the dirt at the bottom so “that when I lie there it will be soft,” Just, some more of that relentless logic in the march of events. No one appreciates the value of a quiet spot in which to rest better than a great man who has lived long and worked hard.

fair to cloudy and back to fair. It is obvious that frequently there will be a coincidence and a storm will come at the time of new moon, or first quarter. But storm records show that they are just, as freque n t at full moon or last quarter or any time in between. Ideas that the moon and the

ORGANS of government always compete for power and authority. Formerly the house of representatives was the most influential organ. Today the struggle is between the executive and the senate.—Senator David Walsh of Massachusetts. tt a a Bea snob, marry the boss" daughter instead of his stenographer, dress, speak and act like a gentleman. and you'll be surprised at the amount of “murder” you can get away with.—Professor R. E. Rogers. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The chief failure in the Mexican system has been in the matter of local government. The people frequently regard the local officials as unfairly chosen, which results in a nation-wide political inertia.— Plutarco Elias Calles. former president of Mexico. a tt a There is only one man in England today who could lead the people on anew crusade and make

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RY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeta, the Helth Mazarine. WHEN Charlotte Corday discontinued the existence of Marat while he was seated defenseless in the tub. one of the most interesting fatalities in the records of mortality was added to the list. Recently Dr. Guy Hinsdale has assembled from various sources records of similar accidents occurring in bathtubs and the list is a striking revelation of human carelessness. Some years ago a woman in Chicago left her twin babies in the tub while she w 7 ent. to talk to a peddler at the door. When she returned she found both babies drowned. Dr. Hinsdale calls 'mention to the following classification of accidents during bathing: Falls on slippery places in the

ALL quiet on the Western . Front,” is woven from materials with which the. reader must by now be quite familiar. The description of the detachment caught under the barrage in a cemetery is more vivid and brutal than anything I know in other war books. There is throughout a fierceness and freedom of expression which may be unusual. The tumult about delections ii\ the book must have been raised by those who are unfamiliar with the volume by Erich Maria Remarque, for it stands as quite the most outspoken piece of writing now available to the public. But even after ail this has been emphasized, the fact, remains that many another commentator and observer has gone over the same ground as that trodden by the young German. The old notion that war was a tounament of roses can hardly remain in the mind of anyone who has eyes to see or ears to hear. Nevertheless there is a distinctly startling quality in "All Quiet on the Western Front." It fills a gap and discharges a very necessary obligation. With this book the American public may manage to learn that war is the same in all the armies. tt a tt Including the Teuton IwOR some curious reason the delusion has persisted that it was somehow different with the Germans. There still remain old gentlemen who shake their heads dolefully and deplore the fact that peace came in 1918. It is there notion that insufficient blood was shed because the allied armies never bayoneted their way to Berlin. Indeed, it has been said by the loose-lipped that the Germans never actually knew that they were in a fight. Os course, in truth. Germany will be blasted and ruined by the great war in precisely the same way as every other contender. There is damage deeper than any destruction which may be laid upon bricks

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them follow him—that is the prince of Wales, who is outside politics and compelled to keep silent,—Sir Philip Gibbs. British newspaper writer. e tt tt “We can't have a 100 per cent republic if less than 50 per cent of the citizens register and vote.— Congresswoman Ruth Bryan Owen. BBS This nation should never consider any revision looking to a reduction of loans so long as the debtor countries maintain their burdensome standing armies.—Senator Fess of Ohio. Two Appropriations Asked By Timtt Six'rittl CRAWFORDS VTLLE. June 11Two special appropriations, one to assure Montgomery county of a fair this fall and the other to supply funds to complete the tuberculin test of cattle in the county, will be asked of county council at a special meeting to be held soon. The amount asked by the fair association is 5i.400 while $2,500 is needed to complete the T. B. tests.

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bathroom: falls on getting in or out of the tub. Faintness or vertigo in getting in or out of the tub. Epileptic convulsions occurring while in the bath. Fainting attack from heart .disease. Brain hemorrhage or apoplexy. Drowning in the tub. Scalding in the tub. Scalding in mistake for a cold shower. Burns from steam in the Turkish bath. Death front electric shock while in the batli through short circuit from heating lamps or vibrators. Death from escaping gas from the bathroom heater. Death from plunges in water that is too cold while one is overheated. When baths are given for medical purposes the patient needs much

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and mortar. Or even blood and bones. In his brief introductory note the author has written: “This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all Wi adventure. for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. Tt, will try simply to tell of a generation of men who. even though they may have escaped the shells, were destroyed by the war.” it a tt Souls Sacrificed T> EMARQUE makes good in IV promise. The reader must, comprehend that the German and the American friend and for-, all sacrifice their souls under the spiritual indignity of war. Back in the old native days there was talk of atrocities and charges were hurled back and forth between contenders. That, was very silly. By now we know that war itself is the great atrocity and that there is absolutely no limit to the b.Vitality which flourishes in it under each and every flag. There is neither explanation nor redress. The wrongs of war are too deep-grained and horrible. Worst of all is the fact that the very men who went into hell came back incapable of giving effective counsel to the world against any repetition of the folly. In many lands many of the loudest shouters for preparedness and the nice preservation of national honor are the very people who ex-

A STEP TOWARD LIBERTY June II

ONE of the most important events j .in the history of our republic occurred on this, date in 1776, for! then' congress appointed the com- j mission which framed the Declara- j ! tion of Independence. Two commissions, in fact, were appointed on this date, one to prepare a declaration and the other to frame a plan of confederation, l On the committee which drew up , the declaration were Jefferson, Franklin. John Adams. Roger Sher--1 man and R. R. Livingston. They j reported to congress on June 28, 1776. but action was delayed for i several days. When the declaration finally came up for consideration it was passed unanimously on July 4, 1776, by the delegates of twelve colonies. New York's delegates could not vote on the declaration, because they had not yet been authorized to support the movement for independence. Thomas Jefferson is credited with having written the Declaration of Independence almost in its entirety. ! At least, in the form in which it j was submitted to congress and adopted. AH the committee members doubtlessly contributed their share to the ideas incorporated in the docu- j ment.

more supervision than when baths are taken for ordinary cleansing. A person with a weak heart is much more likely to have a fainting attack or heart failure. The sudden application of heat or motion may raise the blood pressure in the aged with hardened, weakened arteries and produce brain hemorrhage. Most of the electrical vibrators, heating devices, and similar electric accessories used in the bathroom are not insulated in such a way as to protect them fully against contact with water which may conduct the full strength of the current, into the body and thus produce death. It is dangerous to touch an electric bulb, socket, or even a push button or an electric heater while standing in the bathtub or in contact with it.

Idrals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America's most interesting writers, and are presented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

perienced the full burden of the last conflict. Something inside these men has snapped. To the sick man, health may seem merely another symptom, and the soldier of scarred soul thinks peace merely an interlude. an a Walking Dead Men Drumfire has set, up in his veins inescapable rhythm, and like so many dervishes these men will join again in the mad whirl because an all-pervading defeatism as to life itself has been established in their minds. It may be hard to turn a living, breathing person into a sort of Mr, Televox. but it is quite impossible to return a personal soul to a body after a divorce has been accomplished. Discipline works many miracles, but the command “as you were" can never be obeyed. Remarque speaks of authority and the older generation and then he writes: “While they taught that duty to one's country is the greatest thing, we already knew that death throes are stronger. “But for all that we were no mutineers. no deserters, no cowards—they were very free with all these expressions. We loved our country as much as they, we went courageously into every action: but also distinguished thq false from the true; we had suddenly learned to see. “And we saw that there was nothing of their world left. We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.” It seemed to me that is one of the most effective paragraphs of pacifist, propaganda to be found in "All Quiet on the Western Front.” (Copyright. 1929, by The Timest Summer College Term Opens Bv 'l inn * Nitrcial MARION. Ind.. June 11.—The summer term of Marion college opened today with practice teaching. chemistry, music and art courses being offered. Several hundred students are expected to register. President A. Jones stated today.

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REASON By Frederick Landis The Victims of the World IVor Will Continue to Suffer, but thy Millionaires Hatched by It Will Continue to Enjoy Perfect Health. $ THE New York News seems to have dedicated its life to the noble purpose of panning Lindbergh. A little while ago it jumped all over him because he splashed mud on some hero worshippers while making an airplane landing and now it blisters him because he got. married and went on a honeymoon without giving the News the full details in advance. > > We should say that if is to his credit that he regarded his wedding as a matter of personal interest, rather than a thing of world-wide concern, and when we read of news hounds prowling about the Lindbergh boat in all kinds of craft, we feel that there are times when even a newspaper should mind its own businr s. v o Wars may end, but their casualties continue. Russell Gordon Smith, brilliant instructor at Columbia university, ends his life because his health was wrecked as a result of being gassed during the World war. The victims of that horrible tragedy will continue to suffer, but the millionaires hatched by it. will continue to enjoy perfect health! tt n tt UNDER, American law, one's property goes to the state in which he lived, if he leaves no will and no heirs, but, Mussolini has made the unprecedented request that the estate of an Italian who died in New York without will or heirs be sent to Rome. The New York courts will tell Mussolini where to head in. tt n * It, is good news that; President Hoover will sail down the Ohio river from Pittsburgh to Cairo next. fall, and it is to be hoped that sometime our people who now go wild over the Rhine will learn to realize the greater beauties of the Ohio. First-class passenger boats ought to develop the business. tt tt We never think of Americans, galavanting off to Europe for scenery, without thinking of the old family horse, standing knee deep in blue grass, but breaking his neck to reach through the fence to get a jimson weed on the other side. Americans, surrounded by the greatest scenery in the world, pass it up to cross the ocean to see the inferior. * tt tt

WE send our i hanks to those members of the Canadian parliament who said that. Canada's refusal to stop the smuggling of liquor into the United States is a “dirty, lowdown, nefarious business, condoned. if not actually conducted, by the government. Aif of which hits the nail squarely on the head. it John H. Bankhead of Alabama is soing to run against Tom Heflin for the senate and if the Republicans of Alabama have any sense and any gratitude they will rally behind Heflin. tt n n This eastern professor who told the graduates to be snobs didn't, expert. them to follow his advice: he only wanted to get his name in the papers. ana Postmaster-General Brown has had a kitchenette fixed up in his office and will cook his own meals, but the report that he will take in washing has not been verified. Daily Thought And when thou art spoilrd, what wilt thou do? Though thou dottiest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair: thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.—Jeremiah 4:31. n tt tt THE ruins of a house may he repaired: why can not those of the lace? —La Fontaine. TWO DOCTORS TO FLY Evansville Physicians Plan To Use Planes in Speedy Calls. L’.u 7 /ini * Six rial EVANSVILLE. Tnd.. June 11 Evansville is to have two flying physician,; in the very near future. Dr. C. W Yeck and Dr. George H. Espenlaub. seeing real sport and a practical value in the ownership of airplanes, are negotiating for the purchase of two of the latest type ships. Each will fly his own plane, and are soon to take their first solo flights in a local school. They likewise expect to use their planes in official capacities in “hurry up” calls to various parts of the county and state.