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Work for Workless More important than any other subject with which the special session may or can deal is the necessity of providing, when possible, work for the workless men of this state. The necessity for rigid economy in government is admitted. The tax burden is too heavy. It can not be paid. If the government machine is operated on the present scale of costs, it will break down in many counties before December. One of the reasons for economy is the enormous cost of charity, so-called, for those who are unable to find work. Very few of the workless want charity. They accept it as the last resort, a choice between charity on the one side or crime or hunger on the other. They want work. They are entitled to work. The state has a fund of many millions which now provides but little work, and then only at slave wages. That fund is under the direction of the highway commission. At the present time few, if any, of the roads which are being built are needed. They will be needed less and less as the use of automobiles dwindles under the lessened incomes of those still at work. There could be a vacation of highway building for the next two years without any real loss to the public. But there are streets in every city of the state which need repair and which can not be repaired because of lack of funds. There are in these cities many men who would welcome the chance to work for their living instead of taking food in bitterness from a township trustee. These highway funds, spent under city administrations for repair work, would lift the burden of taxation, give jobs to needy men and provide, indirectly, a market for the products of farms, not possible now under the hunger rations of charity. There should be no hesitation on the part of any legislator to giving justice to the cities and work for the workless. The cities have paid the major portion of the gasoline tax and of the license fees Which go into the funds. The record of the highway commission has been such as to warrant the belief that its services could be dispensed with and no great loss suffered. The cities, for the most part, have a much more admirable record for efficiency and economy and results. But the bfg object is work for the workless. The twenty million dollar highway fund might save a lot of trouble next winter, if disbursed now among the cities for actual work instead of being turned over to contractors who practice peonage.

Owen Young Leadership It Is not unfair to say that while no decisive social advantage can be traced to the holding company, it is the parent of the more conspicuous economic evils and weaknesses of our day. It is doubtful if the stock market crash of 1929 or the present depression would have occurred but for the disastrous influence of high finance as handled through the great holding companies. They issue the greater part of purely speculative iecurities. They put water into the stocks and the public pays dearly for this water in increased service posts, lower wages, and the like. We are suffering today primarily from the rape bf sound industry by speculative high finance, and the holding company has been the chief Instrument Os high finance. Whatever Owen D. Young’s reputation as a lawyer, Internationalist, publicist, and benefactor of his native village, he actually owes his wealth and power, .with all resulting publicity and repute, to his achievements as an eminent figure in contemporary high finance. Specifically, he rose along with the General Electric Company and associated holding companies ;which he helped to ci*eate. As an Industrial leader, he is to be judged, not by his work on the Young plan or by his discourses on politics and sociology or by the beautification of his home town, but by his activities in the General Electric Company, the Radio Corporation of America, and the like. The nature of his work here well has been summarized by William Floyd, who knows his Wall Street from the Inside as a great real estate operator before be retired: “Owen D. Young presented to Gerard Swope, in behalf of the National Institute of Social Sciences, a gold medal for his plan to organize each Industry voluntarily, free from anti-trust law restraint, In order to co-ordinate production and consumption. “Messrs. Young and Swope voluntarily organized the General Electric Company to prevent the public from knowing the immense profits made. The New York Stock Exchange record shows the following distribution of dividends in addition to the 8 per cent's year: 1902, 66 2-3 per cent stock dividend; 1912, 30 per cent stock dividend: 1917, 2 per cent stock dividend: 1918-21, 4 per cent stock, dividend: 3922-23, 5 per cent in special stock: 1924, 5 per cent In special stock and one share of Electric Bond and Share Company stock; 1925, 5 per cent in special Stock; 1926, four shares of no-par stock for each SIOO phare; 1927, one share special stock; 1928, $5 on each share; 1929, $6 a share; 1930, four shares of new no-par stock for each share of old no-par stock. “By this process SIOO,OOO invested in General Electric in 1901 became worth $1,033,000 in 1929 and the annual income jumped from $9,000 to $60,500 a year. This may be an underestimate of the ability of Messrs. Young and Swope, for they also received special dividends on the Electric Bond and Share Company stock and may have acquired their original General Electric stock at Ipss than par. “Naturally, they received salaries for this profitable adventure and regular cash dividends upon their gtock as It accumulated. If they had not manipulated so cleverly, the public would have known that

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they were receiving in 1929 dividends on their investment of 60 per cent a year, which would not have won them gold medals. The stock dividends were exempt from income taxes. "At the present low price of sl3 a share, the original investment of SIOO,OOO now is worth $420,000, and at the low dividend rate of $1 a share the income is $40,000. "Had it not been for stock manipulation, General Electric now could pay Mr. Young's famous ‘cultural wage’ and more than 6 per cent on its actual capital.” Flight of the Stork Scientists, analyzing the census figures, paint a gloomy picture of the white man's future on this planet. Dr. Kuczynski of Brookings institution concludes that "the populations of western and northern Europe, North America, and Australia combined no longer reproduce themselves.” Or. Spengler of the University of Arizona declares that "only in the agricultural white nations, among Asiatic people, and in Egypt do we find a high birth rate.” In industrial countries the birth rate has been cut in two within the last half century. In the United States, it is predicted, birth control, urbanization, and other causes conspire to slow down the birth rate to a point that in three decades will make our population begin to decline. Already the white populations of Masachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and Pacific coast states and the Negro population in sixteen northern states and in all the cities are on the wane. The 2.500,000 new babies this country would require each year to keep its numbers stationary, Dr. Spengler believes, will be fewer than 2,000,000 in a few decades. The danger lies not only in our own dwindling race, but in the increased populations in nations more poorly endowed than ours in natural resources. Japan, for instance, produces 900,000 new babies each year in excess of deaths. And, as Dr. Ross says, the real enemy of the dove of peace may not be the eagle, but the stork. What to do? Dr. Spengler urges a system of wages for parents. Since children no longer are profitable in an urban civilization, the state must make them so. His suggestion of a $5,000 subsidy for each child sounds a bit fantastic. We believe the situation will improve with better economic conditions. If we can absorb the 10,000,000 jobless, provide steady work, and security for all, evolve wholesome homes and profitable farms, we probably will not need to worry about more babies. In the meantime,* let us give attention to the 2,500,000 that the stork now brings every year. The Ritchie Budget Mighty few states these days can boast, of ability to sell their bonds at a premium. One of the states that can is Maryland, which this week sold $1,000,000 worth of bridge bonds at a premium of $4.79. In fact, a state issue has not been sold at a discount in Maryland in years. Wise financing that leaves a healthy surplus and a debt of only 1 per cent of the state's taxable wealth is partly responsible. Chiefly, however, the executive budget plan of Governor Ritchie is given credit. Under this plan, the Governor calls the heads of his departments together before each biennial, legislative session. Estimates are prepared and revenues provided for. When the executive budget reaches the general assembly, that body may not tamper with it, except to eliminate items or revise downward. It may not raise appropriations without at the same time providing new revenues to meet the added costs. Governor Ritchie urged a similar executive budget for the federal government at the Chicago convention. He says it would do away with unbalanced budgets and the evil of deficiency appropriations. The plan has great merit. It also has dangers. Under it a President or Governor becomes a budget czar. In the hands of a wise executive, the power would not be abused. In the hands of an unwise executive, humane, regulatory, and protective functions could be starved out of existence. In any case, Maryland certainly point* the way toward balanced budget*. Many wonder at the huge number of people just aching for a chance to step into some congressman's shoes. Maybe that's the only prospect they have of getting a pair.

Just Every Day Sense BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

“XJ EITHER the threat of death, nor its infliction, i y| ever has halted the march of moral progress. Nor has the fear of death been able to impress anew order of living for which the people were not prepared by education and culture.” These are not the words of a theorist. They were written by a man who has spent his life in management of prisons and prisoners. Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing prison probably is moved by prejudices like the rest of us, but certainly his opinions on penology are far more valuable than those of the average citizen, because he has studied the subject. In his splendid book, "Twenty Thousands Years in Sing Sing,” which every noisy patriot should read, he points out the fallacy of capital punishment and cruelty as a deterrent to crime. The entire history of prison reform proves his contention. In England, when men were hanged for petty theft, people believed that no man's property would be safe if the gallows were abolished. Although today nearly every Russian moujik wears a beard, Czar Peter put to death 8.000 men in trying to abolish beards. The past should teach us that the fear of death never has stopped and never will stop crime. • * * BUT upon this opinion, which often is called sob sister stuff, Warden Lawes 4 does not hang his arguments. He points out that Sentiment plays too great a part in all judicial processes where life is at stake and that there is no justice in the death sentence unless every murderer pays for his crime with his life. Now, we all know that most of the crimes in this land never are punished at all. and that hundreds of murderers aren't even sent to prison. I also am heartily in accord with Mr. Lawes’ contention that if we as a people do kill in the name of the state, we should, like the ancient Britishers, have the intestinal fortitude to look on at the proceedings in a public spectacle. Instead, we get our vicarious shudders and thrills from the newspapers. If we think the law is good, we should be brave enough to see it enforced. And we never are. Gangs are not obliterated by killing gangsters. Always there are new one* to take the place of those who are dead. Crime can be wiped out only by destroying the roots of its causes. •b

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M: E. Tracy Says:

Seasons of Violence Contribute Much to Art and Literature; This Gang Rule Era May Be Inspiration to Writers of Future. NEW YORK, July 14.—Art and literature owe much to seasons of violence. Out of the Trojan war came Homer's epics. Napoleon has been made the hero, or villain, of more than 6.000 books. Religious wars in France, struggles for the British throne, outbreaks of piracy, and similar upheavals all have given rise to a wealth of song and painting. Such being the case, we Americans have every right to look for a real renaissance. The period through which we are, and have been, passing is one of unprecedented discontent and cruelty. For more than a decade, organized crime not only has defied the law, but established an unofficial despotism over the underworld.Blackmail, kidnaping, and murder have been put on a business basis. Hundreds of killings have occurred in broad daylight, with never so much as an arrest. A wellfinanced and ruthlessly governed element has grown up in our midst, which is ready to burn a house, strangle a woman, or steal a child for pay. Tins element represents a definite political power. There are wards and sections where no candidate can hope for election without its help. There are judges and prosecutors who stand in awe of its power. Its strength and mercilessness are so well recognized that countless citizens rather would perjure themselves on the witness stand than risk its displeasure. tt # tt Works With Authority YOU hardly can pick up a paper these days without finding some bit of bloody evidenoe as to the terrorism which has grown up among us. By no stretch of the imagination can it be mistaken for the normal strain of lawlessness. It is too methodical, too precise, too calculating. It gets away with far too much for any one to suppose it lacks workable contact with the sources of authority. It operates too effectively for doubt as to its system of discipline. The inability of our regularly constituted officials to catch and punish gangsters stands out in grim contrast to the ease with which the lords of gangdom can "rub out” their disobedient subordinates, or each other. The situation can not last, of course. Self-respecting people can not, and will not, endure it for very long. Signs already have appeared which indicate a turning of the tide. Meanwhile, we have mixed a crimson broth that ought to make a good romance for the future. tt tt tt Pussyfooted Too Long SOME day our novelists, playwrights and poets will be turning to this chaotic period in American life as a source of inspiration. Some day it will be spread on the screen and written into music. Not, however, until it has been brought to an end and laid aside for unhurried inspection. The problem of dealing wtih it still is much too pressing for introspective analysis. Hard-boiled men must restore order before it is safe, or comfortable, for philosophers to sit on the porch and dream, particularly if their dreaming concerns those who have become expert in the use of sub-machine guns. We need quiet to prepare the way for culture in these United States—quiet such as only confidence in the government and respect for the law can guarantee. The invisible rule of thugand racketeeer which prevails today makes the necessary peace of mind impossible. We have a task to perform before we can hope to become refined and artistic—a task which calls for language that the conscienceless crew of gangland can understand. The cop who shot "Fats” McCarty spoke it. All the country needs is about half a million more like him and the right kind of public sentiment to back them up. We have pussyfooted long over this problem, just as we have pussyfooted too long over several others.

People’s Voice

Editor Times—An article in your paper sets forth the fact that exservice men are drawing from the government more than a million dollars a year for disabilities that are not service connected and were received since their discharge from the service. Os course it is not right for these veterans to receive or expect money from a tax-ridden public, but they do. and an insight in veterans’ affairs wil show that everything to their interest except the full payment of the bonus has met with successful legislation, WHY? .Taxpayers should wake up and realize that veterans cost them more than a billion two hundred million dollars a year and the sad part of it is that the ones who actually were overseas and in the combat and there received injuries are not the ones being benefited by this enormous expenditure. The writer knows of several examples of unjust compensations granted by the veterans’ bureau and paid from the taxpayers’ pocket and I will venture to say that almost every one knows of at least one of these cases. Men now on the pay roll of the United States at a living and steady salary, men who were not out of the United States during the war, and men who are able to work every day are drawing from sl2 to nearly SIOO a month compensation in addition to their salaries. No wonder this country is on the rocks and, as a writer stated some time ago, that within ten years the veterans would bankrupt the country and I believe he was not far wrong. Wake up. taxpayers, and demand abolition of the compensation law and a strict revision of the pension law. We should and are willing to take care of the boys who went over th-3 and were injured—but for the country's sake cut off these parasites who are taking what the deserving should have. MILO. How many more women than men reside in the United States? There are 62,137,080 males and 00,637,966 females.

Illustrating the Congressional Record

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Warning Given of Childbirth Perils

This is the third of lour articles by Dr. Fishbein on maternal mortality. The fourth will appear In Friday's Times. BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hvavia. the Health Magazine. IN addition to the complications that arise from infection, serious results occur in childbirth due to other causes. Sometimes the kidneys are unable to bear up under the extra strain and albumin appears in the excretions. The sudden appearance of albumin under such circumstances is a warning sign which never must be neglected. It apparently has been established that the convulsions which

IT SEEMS TO ME BY H BROUN >D

THE League for Independent Political Action, which met in Cleveland to form a third party, blundered badly in drawing its platform. It tried to pass by prohibition while going at full speed and to greet the problem with no more than an indecisive wave of the hand. Said the liberals, in convention assembled: “While on democratic principles we recognize the right of the people to vote on the abolition or modification of the eighteenth amendment, we condemn the Republican and Democratic parties for subordinating urgent economic issues to the liquor question.” This is not only a snobbish plank, but a thoroughly dishonest one, and voters have every right to be justly suspicious of a party which will cheat upon an issue, even .if it happens to be less than paramount. * * We All Know That THE public’s response to the league’s recognition of “the right of the people” ought to be “Thank you for nothing.” Professor Dewey’s crowd merely is saying that the Constitution provides a method by which that document or its amendments may be altered. Now, nobody, whatever his political or economic views, can deny that. So why say it? Indeed, the league has not even had the candor to paint the complete picture of constitutional requirements. The people, as distinguished from their representatives in congress, have no right under our organic law to vote on abolition or modification of any amendment. The privilege is accorded to them only after the congress has voted by a two-thirds majority to resubmit. If the league thinks that congress should take that action it ought to say so in as few and simple words as possible. As the plank stands, it Is even more devious than that adopted by the Republicans, for it promises the people a right without indicating the manner in which they are to obtain it. Many people have tried to minimize the prohibition issue by pretending that it is merely a liquor question. It cuts much deeper than that. As Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler truly said, it has become a fundamental problem of government.

Just Like Mother Did! Remember that dee-licious smell in the old kitchen when you came in and found mother “putting up” those jams, marmalades, pieserves, conserves—or whatever it was that was cooking on the old wood stove? Oh, boy, and how, good they tasted when mother got down a jar of them for Sunday supper! Are you “putting up” some preserves or jams now when fruits of all kinds are plentiful and cheap? Our Washington bureau has a bulletin ready for you containing scores of fine recipes and full directions for jams, marmalades and preserved "fruits of all kinds. If you want it, fill out the coupon below and mail as directed. CLIP COUPON HERE Dept. 188, Washington Bureau, THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES, 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin PRESERVING FRUITS, and enclose herewith five cents in coin, or loose, uncaiceiled U. S. Postage stamps, to cover return postage and handling costs: NAME STREET AND NUMBER CITY STATE I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times (Code No.)

sometimes occur, due to intoxication, and which are called eclampsia or toxemia, can be prevented by careful supervision, including especially examination of the excretions and estimation of the blood pressure. Moreover, treatment given immediately, including special diets, rest and other care, may overcome the condition entirely. It has been shown that certain infectious diseases developing during the period of childbirth, such as influenza, scarlet fever, typhoid fever and undulant fever, are far more serious than under ordinary conditions. They may lead not only to the death of the child, but also of the mother. In case of epidemics, special care must always be taken to

In the first place, the agitation for relief raises the very vital problem of the whole mechanism provided for constitutional change. That mechanism as it stands, is archaic, cumbersome and thoroughly undemocratic. The drys in congress already are sabotaging against the people’s right to vote, and I have no doubt that even when that fight has been won, a, little group of wilful and arid states will attempt to thwart the clearly expressed decision of the majority. An*d out of this great good may come; for unless we are willing to go on forever under the tyranny of a dead hand, we will meet squarely the problem of providing ourselves with a Constitution far more flexible than the present Instrument. For years which are far too many we have been checked and balanced out of every fight to found anew social order. * m Government Ownership IT seems to me highly illogical for 'the league to favor “social control” of various industries and pass by the excellent opportunity of having the government take over the vast liquor traffic, now privately administered. I should think that even the most feeble advocate of government ownership would be willing to trust the federal authorities rather than Capone and his associates. As for the criticism of the two major parties in regard to the prohibition issue, I for once must defend the Republicans and Democrats. The single sign of life and self-expression to be found in the Hoover gathering was the spirited revolt against the President's dictatorship in the matter of prohibition. Mr. Hoover would have been delighted to run upon as broad a straddle as that proposed by Professor Dewey's league. He had not the slightest desire to stress “the liquor question.” He hoped the matter never would come up. But for once even Republicans were moved to say, “Are we men or delegates?” and in the ensuing fight a grudging compromise was forced out of the great white engineer in Washington. And later, in the same city of Chicago, the Democrats came closest to

protect women anticipating childbirth against infection. Tuberculosis is a disease which is controlled by proper diet, outdoor air and similar measures. The added strain of childbirth may light up tuberculosis and cause it to develop a virulent form, leading to death. The woman with heart disease which is compensated properly, that is the heart’s action is sufficient for the ordinary purposes of life, may undergo the process of childbirth satisfactorily if given special care and attention. However, failure to receive such special care and attention throughout the entire period may lead to dangerous illness or death. Next—lnternal complications.

Ideal* and opinion* expressed in this column are those of one of America's most interesting writers and are presented without retard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

' being a truly representative body in handling this same prohibition question. Political strategy seemed to favor the adoption of a namby pamby plank, just a shade more moist than that favored by the Republicans. That was the original intention of the sub-committee on resolutions, but when the full group got together an extraordinary thing happened. For once a gathering of politicians began to -function honestly and frankly. When the plank came out, everybody was surprised, including those who sponsored it. They didn't know that they could be as honest as all that. They had really said what they actually thought and they had done what the great mass of the American public wanted them to do. Democrats at Their Best THERE are other features of the Democratic platform which are by no means admirable, but the party need not apologize to Professor Dewey or anybody else for its prohibition plank. For once the voice of the people was not only; heard, but heeded. When Professor Dewey and his associates are older and wiser in the understanding of the masses, they will learn that conventions do not make issues. That, at least, is the sovereign right of the voters. Any academician has the right to say, "But they ought not to be particularly concerned with prohibition at a time like this.” But the blunt i and truthful answer to that is. ‘‘They are.” And not even a professor will get very far in trying to high hat the will—or. if you like, the whim—of the people. iCoovright. 1932. bv The Time*)

Questions and Answers

What does “Maru” mean as applied to Japanese shipping? The word means "circle,” but as applied to ships the meaning is obscure] even to the Japanese themselves. When used as a prefix, it means "full,” "complete” or "all,' but it is used as a suffix to the names of ships. According to Japanese tradition, its use in connection with ships’ names dates back to the eighteenth century, when Japanese nobleman called a pleasure boat a maru. Some Japanese scholars understand the w-ord, as applied to ships, to mean "in a state of motion” or “moving.” Many Japanese seamen take it to mean "good luck, ’’because it signifies a circle, indicating that the ship will sail safely back home. From what is the music played in the motion picture “Street Scene” taken? It was specially composed for the picture by Alfred Newman. How long and how wide is the Indianapolis speedway, on which the Memorial day auto races are held? What is the surface? It is 2' 2 miles long and 60 feet wide at the turns. The first 50 feet es the turns are banked 8 feet 3 inches, and the last 10 feet are banked 11 feet 10 inches. The short and long straightaways are level, and the surface is brick. What is favrille glass? Glass that is marked by rich colors.

-JULY 14, 1932

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ-: —

Family of Frogs That Is Learning to Fly Is Discovered in Mexican Forest. i A FAMILY of frogs that is "learning to fly.” is described by Dr. Remington Kellogg of the United States national museum in a report to the Smithsonian institution. Dr. Kellogg brings the family forward as a living exhibit of evolution going on under our eyes. Scientists in general agree to the doctrine that evolution is a fact. But there is great disagreement over the details and particularly over the mechanism of evolution. While most scientists accept the idea of evolution, they no longer accept Darwin's explanation of the mechanism of evolution. They believe that there are more forces at work than the "struggle for existence” and the “survival of the fittest," postulated by Darwin. , A study of the family of frogs pointed out by Dr. Kellogg may throw much light on the subject, for. in his opinion, here is a striking example of evolution at work as a race struggles to shake itself free of one environment and conquer another. The frogs in question are the tree frogs of the Mexican tropical forests. Some of these burrow. Others have become tree frogs. Some are good jumpers and apparently learning to fly. The fact that different members of the family • appear to have reached different stages of evolution is w-hat makes their study so interesting and so important. n n tt A Strange Family DR. KELLOGG reports that the ends of the fingers and toes of these frogs are provided with adhesive discs which enable them to obtain firm holds on relatively smooth surfaces. The discs are employed mainly for climbing trees and for clinging i to foliage and limbs when jumping. He says that the most peculiar member of the family is a marsupial i frog, alj of whose young are sheltered in a common pouch on the back of the female. Some of the family lay their eggs in nests of froth attached to leaves, he says. The eggs of one species are laid in the leaves of a parasitic ! plant that grows on the tropical trees. Another species lays its eggs upon ! the upper surfaces of leaves, overhanging the waters. The tadpoles, 1 as they hatch from the eggs, drop into the water, where they live until | they undergo the metamorphosis by • which they become frogs. I The most interesting member of the family is the one which appears jto b e learning to fly. It has elon- ! gated hind legs, well adapted for | jumping and has been known to | leap and alight without injury from a height of 140 feet. Apparently, it hides in the daytime, being active only at night. When handled, it exudes a sticky and disagreeable fluid which coagulates instantly. It has a strong, unpleasant odor which sets up an itching in the nostrils. Dr. Kellogg describes experiments in which this frog was dropped from the top of a high water tower. u a a Glided to Ground THIS frog, when dropped from the water tower, did not fall vertically, as one might have expected. It immediately spread out its limbs and sailed down slowly at an angle, landing uninjured about ninety feet away from the base of the tower. It took more than seven seconds to reach the ground. Apparently it overcame the acceleration of gravity by utilizing the resistance of its spread-out-body and limbs to the air. After a fall of twelve feet, there was no further acceleration. Dr. Kellogg reports that when one of these frogs was thrown into the air. it always managed by a violent struggle to get into a balanced position which It could maintain. apparently without effort, until it had glided to the ground. He also found that these frogs had the ability to change their general coloring so that they blended with their surroundings. One particular species is so adept at matching its surroundings that a naturalist may hunt for weeks before he is lucky enough to spot one, even though they exist around him in large numbers. Another of the family is known as the banana frog, because it is found most frequently upon the upper side of the banana leaf. It is an elusive creature, able to change its color through a considerable range. Hans Gadow, the German naturalist. reports finding a shallow pool of rain water in which there were more than 25,000 tree frogs. The noise they made, he says, was a roar like that of steam escaping from many engines, mingled with the sharp and piercing scream of saws.”

M TODAY £<3 IS THE- ve WORLD WAR * anniversaryIfofr °rx)£)e

QUENTIN ROOSEVELT SLAIN July 14 ON July 14, 1918, Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, ex-President of the United States! was shot down and killed in an air battle back of the German lines in the Chateau-Thierry sector. British troops south of Ypres made a substantial advance in a day of hard fighting. Austrian attacks on Italian positions in northern Italy were repulsed with heavy losses. Allied successes continued in the Balkans, French forces sweeping back the Austrian troops opposite them and British inflicting another defeat on the, Bulgarians. Daily Thoughts Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. —Proverbs 19:1. He is not poor who has the use of ordinary things—Horace.