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Don’t Pay Events are proving that whatever purpose the Legislature had in mind in forcing every operator of an automobile to get a driver’s license, those who have been named to distribute them believe that it was designed to give them notary fees. From various section 1 - of the state come complaint that some agencies refuse to accept any application unless the notary fee is paid to them. That, is high-handed, of course, illegal. But is illustrates the attitude. The law is framed to force as many as possible into the ■ ffices of those named by the secretary of si .'' . Every inconvenience is thrown in the way of those who object to paying good money for bad politics. In many counties the Hoosier Auto Club, which has been most active in legislative lobbies for higher gas taxes has the privilege. ' In some counties this club gets free office rent. It is apparently fast becoming a part of the government itself, except that it is beyond the reach of the people. In other counties the privilege has been handed to political workers, many of them county Republican chairmen. ving free service to all who call at its office. There should be similar offers all over the state. The time has come to teach all political puppies to quit sucking eggs. A Victim of Intolerance Write it not, that Edward Fogarty, humanitarian, rebuilder or broken lives, died by his own hand. List him. rather, with the victims of that wave of intolerance, bigotry and hate which translated itself into political power and shamed, even as it ruled. The fine record of Fogarty as warden of the. penitentiary won for him the respect and confidence of all good citizens. His success in reclaiming and rebuilding the flotsam of humanity which was cast into his care brought him the admiration of the nation, and especially of those who make a scientific study of the care of offenders. He had served under Governors of both parties and knew no partisanship in his faithfulness to his trust. His work, and especially the Michigan City institution, had become his life. When political hates had been aroused and needed to be appeased. Fogarty was forced to leave the work he loved, the institution into which he had buiided his personality. That intolerance to a most tolerant man, ingratitude to one who gave smile for smile, should bring brooding depressions and darkness to the mind is most understandable. The state will mourn the tragic passing of this kindly man, and it may well repent the hour when it permitted a wave of hate, intolerance and bigotry to blot out reason and sanity from its public life. Farm Relief Confusion The senate has voted for the second time In favor of the export debenture system of farm relief. The influence of the administration, although exerted to the utmost, was not strong enough to block the coalition of Democrats and western Republicans. The vote of the senate by no means assures that the debenture plan finally will become operative, however. The proposal originated in the senate, and house leaders steadfastly have refused even to let the lower chamber consider it. There is no reason to believe that house leaders will recede from their position, even though they are subjected to pressure from farm belt representatives. And if congress finally should incorporate the debenture proposal in the farm relief bill, a presidential veto remains a probability. The effect of the senate vote is to return the farm bill to conference, with the debenture proposal attached. It is impossible to predict the outcome of the deadlock between the houses. There has been illfeeling. engendered by the action of the house leaders in keeping the debenture proposal entirely off the floor, thus enabling house members to dodge a vote on the issue. If these leaders should accede to the demand for such vote, it is possible that much of the senate's bitterness might be removed. The senate feels now that it is being tricked by the house. The senate's refusal to follow administration leadership is actuated by still other motives. Politics and a desire to embarrass the President no doubt figure in Democratic strategy. But there is the honest desire to do something which will help the farmer immediately. The benefits of the farm relief bill without the debenture can not be realized for a long time to come. Meantime, the farm situation is going from bad to worse. The house has passed a tariff bill which does not give the farmers what they want, but which does confer added privileges on industry. Republicans like Senators Borah. Johnson and Brookhart argue that the party would be doing nothing more than redeem its campaign pledges if it adopted the export bcuflty. It will be unfortunate if the present situation results in the failure of farm legislation. Relief is needed, and something can be done in improving credit facilities and marketing and distribution, in the handling of surpluses, in the organization of farmers, in the curtailment of production, and in other ways. There has been much talk in the senate of attaching the debenture plan to the tariff bill. Pernaps the solution lies in doing just that. Another Hero Coming Home A hero is coming home on the liner Aquitania next Friday—a hero who merits his city's, his state's, his country's most enthusiastic acclaim. He has flown no ocean: he has swum no channel, nor won an Olympic championship. But he has won a greater victory. He has fought and triumphed over international discord, international hatred and distrust. By brilliant mind, sincere heart, and tenacious spirit, he has brought peace and understanding to the suspicious, war-torn nations of Europe. He is Owen D. Young, the man who by nearly four

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months of unremitting labor as chairman of the com- . mittee of international reparations experts finally triumphed over every kind of reverse and brought all nations to a dramatic agreement in Paris six days ago. For the first time since the hopeful signing of the armistice, on Nov. 11, 1918, he has made European peace a reality. People thought the war was over with the signing of the armistice. But the war was not over. Only the guns were stilled. Again the world thought the war was ended when the three German envoys, humble and humbled, signed the treaty of Versailles. But the war still was not over; there was yet no satisfactory basis of peace. Again the world thought all was settled with adoption of the Dawes plan. The world was wrong again. Conditions in Europe became so intolerable that anew conference was convened in Paris last Feb. 11. Owen D. Young was made chairman, and upon him was thrust the responsibility of solving the irksome financial problem, left by the war. of putting Europe on a real basis of trust and understanding. Young's task, even in terms of physical stamina, was more taxing and wearying than any trans-At-lantic flight or athletic contest, And if Byrd, Lindbergh and Chamberlin met terrific tests of the spirit in the stormy blackness above an ocean in night-time, Young met like tests in the conference rooms in Paris. By his geniality, his diplomacy and his financial genius, he smoothed out, one after the other, these threats of disruption, and finally, last week, when Belgium seemed on the point of wrecking the results of a prodigious four-month striving, he swung the whole conference to warm accord. He is coming home now. He is on the ocean, and he means, no doubt to slip back quietly into the direction of the large corporate interests which he abandoned four months ago, to serve his country abroad as Benjamin Franklin did. and as John Jay did, 150 years ago. It would seem fitting if his city surprised him and turned his quiet home coming into a municipal reception. It would seem fitting if the city of which he is so honored a citizen opened its arms to him and its heart and bore him in triumph as it has borne its other heroes on the bosom of gala pageantry up Broadway to the aldermanic chamber and there crowned him with the laurels of the greatest of human achievements—the achievement of peace and good will on earth, “I Believe It to Be Worcester” The city of Worcester, Mass., has nearly 200.000 inhabitants. The price of light and power and the quality of service of the company distributing it is one of the most important things in the lives of those 200.000 people. Archibald R. Graustein, president of the International Paper and Power Company, was testifying before the Federal Trade commission in the investigation of that company’s purchase of newspapers and newspaper stock. The text of his testimony lies before us. We read: "Q. When you say ‘you,’ you mean the New England Power Association, which is the International Paper and Power Company?'’ “A. Yes, that in turn means the New England Power Association. And the New England Power Association, as I said, controls the distributing territory in most of Rhode Island. In Massachusetts it has Lowell, Lawrence, Webster, Southbridge, and Quincy. I have an impression that I am omitting one there. And it is, I believe it to be, Worcester.” Is it good for a single power interest to obtain such vast holdings that its directing head can not remember whether he controls a necessity of a city of nearly 200,000 people? A runaway team in Evanston. 111., stopped at a red traffic light. And yet people say that man is a superior animal.

David Dietz on Science

Sailors Watch Rainbow

No. 380

THE sight of the rainbow always has attracted the attention of mankind. There are many weather proverbs about them. One which is true, goes as follows: “Rainbow in the morning, sailors take warning, Rainbow at night, sailor's delight." Two facts must be kept in mind to see why this proverb is true. One is that the changes in weather usually set in from the west. The other is that the

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to the sun shining from the west upon raining clouds in the east. This means that the shower is already east of the observe’- and can be counted on to move still farther away. A similar proverb substitutes the word “thunder” for “rainbow.” This proverb is also pretty generally true. A thunder-shower early in the morning usually indicates the presence of a large quantity of warm humid air and therefore may mark the beginning of a period of showery weather. A late afternoon storm, however, usually indicates that it took the maximum air movements of the whole day to produce it and hence is a sign that the atmosphere is pretty dry and general rain improbable. Frequently shortly after sunrise or before sunset, when the sun is obscured by clouds, lines of alternate light and shade seem to radiate from beneath the clouds to th- earth. These are known technically as “crepuscular rays.” They are caused by the sunlight making its way through spaces or holes in the bunched clouds. Many proverbs refer to this phenomenon as “the sun drawing water." This, of course, is not the case. But >t is obvious that the rays can not b° seen unless there are already fairly dense clouds in the sky. Consequently, stormy weather may often follow the presence of these rays. The rule is not absolute, however. and no storm will follow the phenomenon. >' .x T __

M.E. Tracy SAYS:

Bootlegging Apparently h One Trade in Which Woman Has Yet to Wit Her Spurs. IT makes little difference to any ol us whether the prince of Wale: | is engaged, but he is a prince and | though this world has been savec ! for democracy, we are all interestec | in him as such. Every time he looks in the direc- ! tion of a woman, public curiosity | calls for rumors. The latest woman happens to be the Swedish princess, Ingrid. u a a Optimistic Democrats THE Democratic dinner to Mr Shouse came off on schedule | with John J. Raskob not only pres- | ent, but informing the boys that he i proposed to continue as national i chairman. | Party leaders describe it as a suel cessful get-together affair, ever | though one-half of the southern Democratic senators failed to show | up. You can always depend on Demo- ; crats to be optimistic. nun Venezuelan Revolt TOO much significance is not tc be attached to the Venezuelan | revolution. It Is merely one of those | outbreaks which generally occur ; whenever a Latin dictatorship ceases. President Gomez resigned last | month after holding the country in | an iron grip for several years. This | resignation appears to have been accepted by more than one political | faction as a signal that the lid is off. Three or four hundred would-be ! revolutionists, thinking that the ! time was ripe to grab the govern- | ment, but lacking arms and ammuj nitron, raided the Curacao capital of the Dutch West Indies, carrying off the governor and the chief of police as hostages, and seizing an American ship in which to make their get-away. It was a bold, if not original, step, but probably will not accomplish very much. The Dutch already have dispatched a torpedo boat to the scene with a cruiser in readiness to follow, while our own state department is prepared to act if occasion requires. a a a Monument to Hoover THE corner stone of the new Department of Commerce building at Washington has been laid. This structure has been described not only as the world’s largest office building, but as a monument to the public service of Herbert Hoover. It was undertaken as a part of the $363,000,000 program inaugurated by ex-President Coolidge, $115,000,000 of which will be expended for buildings at Washington, while $248,000,000 will go for buildings in various parts of the country. This program marks the first real effort to place the construction of government buildings on a definite and business-like basis, the product of a careful survey and designed to cover ten years, it spoiled the old pork barrel game. a a a The Detroit Booze Leak WHILE the government is able to adopt a fairly coherent plan for its construction work, it still is floundering with regard to prohibition. Just now it is struggling with the problem of stopping the leak at Detroit, which, according to official estimates, is responsible for at least 85 per cent of the liquor coming into the United States from Canada. A great force of dry agents will be mobilized in the Detroit area, we are told, while the administration seriously is considering sending marines to the section if the dry agents fail. a a u Women Bootleggers WHILE bootlegging seems to enjoy the same prosperity which blesses other great national industries, women do not appear to make the headway in it with which fiction has credited them.* , Women are good helpers, it is said, but play only miner parts. Thir far no woman has been convicted in bringing in large cargoes, heading large bootleg rings, or engaging in big-time stuff. Bootlegging apparently, is one trade in which woman has yet to win her spurs. s a a Growing Air Mai! May. iike most recent months, finds the air mail steadily growing. “ The average daily schedule went up to more than 36.000 miles, with nearly 19.000 pounds by way of cargo. There were few failure to arrive on time and few accidents. Air mail pilots are doing much more than stunt fliers to create publice confidence in aviation, and they ought to be given credit for it.

sun is in the east in the morning, but in the west at night. If a rainbow is seen in the morning, it is due to the sun shining from east upon raining clouds in the west. Since the west is the direction from which showers arrive. a shower may be expected within a few hours. But if a rainbow is seen in the late afternoon, it is due

<n t JR greatest lack in science toKJ day is that of serious, critical, judicial reviews, edited by experts, which would present advances in the sciences named to the average practitioner in words and forms he could understand. —T. Swan Harding (Forum). a a B We are all gangsters, whether we be members of the Rotary Club or Church Sewing Society.—William Lewis Butcher, member of the New York crime commission. BBS I look for the greatest pennant race that the American League has known for years. It shaped up that way in my estimation at the beginning of the season and, well—see the way the first five teams are hanging together now.—Roger Peckinpaugh, manager Cleveland Indians. ana Canada has done more in helping the enforcement of prohibition in

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Avocado Tastes Good, Is Healthful

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Halth Magazine. THE name avocado is not nearly so well known to Americans as is the term alligator pear, which is merely another term for this fruit, also called the calavo. The last term is a contraction of the words California avocado and refers particularly to the product now grown in this country, and an exceptional specimen of the product. Alvocados or alligator pears vary in size from five ounces to two pounds. The color is yellowish green, but varies from purple to black. The one seed is large and the skin varies vAth the variety. The dietitian. Lulu E. Graves, has described in the health magazine, Hygeia, not only the development of this fruit and its history, but also its special qualities in the diet and a number of recipes which help to

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THEY tell me a fish does not feel the hook or suffer any pain because he is cold-blooded. But they who said this were not fish. I am afraid their blood is warmer than the angler imagines, and that they very much want to live. Still, I’ve yet to get a fish on my conscience this summer and by now I am coming around to a belief there is far more malicious mischief among dumb beasts than generally is supposed. I suspect the fish have fun out of their trick of biting into my bait and riding to the surface, only to dismount at the instant I think I've got one landed, and I’ll bet they boast about it and pretend I am seven feet long and weigh 200 pounds. “I nearly had the big sucker.” the fish will say. “but he just got away.” Snakes have a mean sense of humor. I discovered that yesterday during a long snake hunt up and down Hale lake. Approaching Diana's Cove. I observed a black snake sitting precisely in the middle of the rock used by the swimmers. He was sunning himself and he observed my approach with complete disdain. He never batted an eyelid. tt tt tt St, Patrick’s Choice I HAVE no prejudice against snakes. St. Patrick should have compromised and let them stay in Ireland during good behavior. That is. if they wanted to stay. I hear there are two versions of the story. To me the old serpent of the garden was not a devil but a benefactor oi mankin’d. Man is betfar* frw ’Hovino’ tTciHpH nff Elripn for

the United States than the government of the United States has been able to do. The present demands made on the Canadian government is nothing but a confesssion of weakness on the part of the United States and an example of the complete failure of prohibition—Fiorello La Guardia, congressman from New York. S S B Although there are no more farmers in the United States now than In 1900, the same number today, as shown by the index of agricultural productivity, have an ouput 47 per cent larger than at the beginning of the century.—William O. Scroggs (Outlook and Independent!. Alexandria Seeks Kiwanis, ALEXANDRIA. Ind.. June 12. Plans for the organization of a Kiwanis Club here will be completed at a meeting to be held Thursday night at which members of the Elwood and Fairmount Kiwanis Clubs will be honored guests.

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make it even more palatable than it is. The American diet now is so full of luxuries that new preparations constantly are being offered to stimulate jaded appetites. The avocado has a low carbohydrate content, 4.6 per cent, so that it is a valuable constituent for diabetic diets. It is higher in fat than most fruit, only the olive containing any considerable amount of oil. The fat of the avocado varies from 8 to 31 per cent. One of the advantages of the oil is the fact that it carries a, good deal of the fat soluble vitamin A, which is of importance in building resistance against disease. It has also been shown that the alligator pear contains a good deal of vitamin B. indeed, one authority insisting that one avocado has as much vitamin B as six cakes of yeast. Besides, it ranks higher in minerals than apples, oranges, lemons, peaches and strawberries. The en-

the bright red diploma which he took from the tree of knowledge. So I waited and gave the black snake opportunity to depart in peace. “We will be wanting this rock now,” I said . When that did no good, I served a more violent notice of eviction on the snake. In a loud voice* I said “scat.” He merely blinked and held his ground. That could not be allowed. Other bathers much more narrow-minded than the liberal with whom he was dealing would be along any minute. So I took a poke at him with an oar. I telegraphed the blow. It was not destined to land. Some bathers wouldn't even like to have a dead snake on their swimming rock. Besides snakes still persist in wriggling until sunset, in complete defiance of daylight saving. With a slow scorn he slid off the rock and stuck his tongue out and then something of the old Adam rose up in me and I slashed at him. As the blow swished in his direction the snake dived under water i and I hit nothing. I guess I said to myself: “That old snake will take a hint and get wise to the fact he shouldn’t come around to this swimming rock, where he is not wanted.” Refuses to Take Hint I WAS mistaken. Hardly thirty seconds had elapsed before the snake rose to the surface and started back toward the rock, using a snappy overhand stroke. It wasn’t funny any more, and I slugged at him and splashed ! water all over my new suit. Again ' he sidestepped, and a thrilling chase j across the lake began. Now. understand I am not blam- ! ing the snake for getting out of the j way of the oar when it was swung j at him in anger, but escape was only j one of his motives. He also was bent on provocation. The nature of the chase made it necessary for me to kneel in the prow of the boat and use the oar as a paddle. The boat didn't winter very well, and in addition to me it contained a foot of water. The snake could have taken a lead of a couple of lengths at the very beginning and made the race a procession. Instead he jockeyed with me and led me on. When I hit up the stroke he let out a few more coils and went a little faster. And always he remained within an oar's length. BBS A Fight for Life BY now my hunting blood was up and I wanted him. But it j was hard to make the car serve as a battle ax and paddle. The boat didn’t pace very well between j strokes. There wasn't enough j weight in the waist. Still, I did my best and swung and j swung, like Babe Ruth going after

ergy value is high as compared with other fruits. The avocado is, therefore, not only an exceedingly palatable fruit, but a valuable addition to the diet. Miss Graves points out that the American who tries anew fruit always begins by seasoning with sugar or condiments and later eats the fruit in the natural state. That was the story of the grapefruit and the banana. Today the connoisseur in avocada eating cuts she fruit lengthwise, removes the seed and arranges the halves on a salad plate, garnishing it with lettuce leaves. Then he eats the fruit like cantaloupe or apple, but if he is less experienced he is likely to add a dash of lemon or lime juice or some highly seasoned dressing. The avocado may also be combined with cucumbers, tomatoes or sandwich fillings, or it may be molded with all sorts of fruits and vegetables in gelatin.

By HEYWOOD BROUN

a slow curve. Each time I lunged the snake went itno a fadaway below the surface of the lake, and then he would come up closer than ever just to madden me. Twice we crossed the lake and twice we came back, and in all that time I never got even so much as a foul tip. It seemed to me the snake had enjoyed himself enough for one afternoon, and I refused to play any more. My defeat was not exactly what you could call complete. At least, I wouldn’t call it that. I claim a moral victory. One point at least was established. The snake finally did get the idea he was not welcome on the swimming rock in Diana’s Cove. He consented to sun himself on another ledge five yards away. And. by the way, has anybody noticed as the days grow longer, the columns get much shorter? (Cop'-rlKht. 1929. by The Times)

Daily Thought

Which of you, by taking thought, can add one cubit to his stature? —St. Matthew 6:27. B B B THOUGHT can never be compared with action, but when it awakens in us the image of truth. —Mme. de Stael. Tax Hearing Set. Pv Tim*-* Svrrinl MARION, Ind., June 12.— The state tax board has fixed Monday. June 17. as the time for hearing remonstrators to the Mittank and Ballinger road, an improved highway connecting Upland and Gas City.

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.JUNE 12.1329

REASON Ey Frederick Landis

When the Strategic Time Comes , Germany Will Demand the Return of Her Colonies, and She Will Get The m. EVER since the armistice, the statesmen of Europe have argued about who started the war, but since Germany just has dictated the terms of the debt settlement at Paris, the issue now before the house is. “Who won that war?” And the end is not yet, for when the strategic time comes. Germany will demand the return of her colonies, and she will get them. Just put this down in your little red book. a a a Let us hope the Hall-Mills case will not be reopened as a-result of this convict's statement, for this country twice has been drenched in this vat of sex depravity ana ti?~c shouuld be sufficient. The worst pestilence in America is the publication of rottenness! a a a Twice Henry Ford has been compelled to fall back on his credit, the first time being when Wall street tried to break him and the other time being a few days ago when he had to borrow two cents to buy an Edison postage stamp. BBS As John Bull looks over Ramsay MacDonald and his other new Labor leaders and finds them wearing cutaway coats and plug hats, he has no fears that they will do anything very radical while in charge of his business. B B B IF, as reported, every gallon of liquor in Canada is under the strictest control of the government, then the importation of countless gallons of it into the United States must be with government consent. tt B B Did you notice that the eruption of Vesuvius ceased when Mussolini started to make his last speech? B B B The arrest of those bootleggers and the smashing of those beer kegs at the Republican celebration up at Ripon. Wis.. comes as a terrible shock to all of us who were brought up to believe that all Republicans were holy and all Democrats were booze fighters. B B B The most heroic act of modern times is that of Attorney-General Ogden of Indiana, who holds that each woman, applying for an automobile license, must tell her exact age. This ruling is particularly irritating, coming as it does, just as the fashion shop and the beauty parlor had commanded Father Time to keep off the grass. tt tt tt SINCE his doctors have told him that he will die within a year. Dr. Davis, president of the Chicago Theological seminary probably will vindicate their prophecy by passing away. The doctor who is on to his job can warn his patient, yet let him have one inch of ground for hope, thus easing him out of the world, if not actually prolonging his life. b b a Those statesmen at Washington who refuse to pass legislation to give needed hospitals for disabled World war veterans should be remembered by all ex-service men in the next election. Tt is more important to take this country's defenders out of the jails where they now are, for waftt of hospitals, than it is t give the cement people a higher tariff.

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NEW YORK CITY June 12 ON June 10, 1665. New York City was incorporated. A year before it had passed from Dutch control—under the name. New Amsterdam—to the English. Under the original charter, which went into effect 264 years ago today, the mayor and aldermen were to be appointed by the Governor of the province. It was many years before the municipal officers were elected. New York City offers an interesting study of early efforts in this country 'toward efficient management of city affairs. As early ps 1657, while the city was still under Dutch rule, a local tax was levied to purchase fire ladders, hooks and buckets. It was one of the earliest instances of taxation for local improvements in America. A year later, in 1658. the first street paving in the modern manner was laid. It. too, was paid for by assessing abutting property, after a plan to let each lot owner along the street do his own work was rejected. In 1673 the province of New York oassed again into Dutch hands, but England regained it the following year and held it until the American Revolution.