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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Government BY Guns

Trapping and killing of two men who turned
bandit and came to sudden end OF short career
in crime brings congratulations to the policemen who
fought it out with desperate men.
1t is always matter of satisfaction when police
men who are called upon to defend society get the
better of such contests with the forces of disorder
It is always matter of supreme dsmay and
trepidation when policemen killed by the enemies
of society and escape undecided. This city has two
very recent instances of this kind in which the muir
der of officers of the law seemed to have been planned
deliberate and malicious, that have not been solved
and the killers whatever their purposes and motives
are still at large.
But the very desperateness with which men, ap-
parently new to crime fight with police suggests that
we are rapidly coming to a government by guns in
this country unless something is done to check i'm
pulses of men who work one day and become outlaws
the next.
There is of course, some underlying cause which
produces crime, just there causes which pro-
duce decent and orderly citizens.
In the recent case, the men knew where money
was had certain day to cash checks, prepared
to steal it and kill if necessary and were stopped in
their crime only because some man who knew of the
plans informed the police ana they we're able to be
on hand and prevent the conSummation of the plans
If this tip had not been had, the men would prob
ably have succeeded, perhaps after killing the citizen
IL ne protested against pelng CnuS renewed OF MS
wealth.
Why will men take these deliberate chances in Or
der to get money?
The one reason is that they do it because they be-
lieve that they can do it safely and escape punish
ment.
The prosecution of crime is not the and GER
tain matter that it is in Canada or Britain.
No man commits crime with any idea that he
will suffer for that crime.
His first chance in safety lies in shooting his way
to liberty if he is detected if his victim puts up
any resistance.
If he escapes, he has chance to elude arrest.
If arrested, his chances with the courts would be
underwritten the basis of statistics at about
chance in three of being convicted.
If he has been successful enough to get large
amount of money he depend on good lawyers. If
he belongs to the newly organized groups of criminal
gangs there is lawyer always ready to defend him
employed in advance
If he is convicted there is the chance of delay
under an appeal by which he can elude the law for
months and times years
Shooting it out is not the best protection of life
and property. 1t would be better if the legal machin
cry so changed that sure and swift punishment
would follow every capture of criminal and that
there is some increase in the number Of captures in
proportion to the crimes.
Certain punishment is the only deterrent. Long
sentences alone accomplish little.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
A Great Newsnaner

Newspapers in all parts Of the country just now are
giving up their own editorial space to exto the merits
of the ftieth anniversary edition of the st. Louis
PoSt-Dspatch And truly it is remarkable edition
In its 200 pages there appear contributions by leaders
of thought in all parts of the world, not merely
casual congratulatory messages from the great and
near-great, but studied expressions of their views
on matters of national and international import In
bound form it would make compendium of world
opinion worth in the best of libraries. lor4g
cry it is from the little sheet founded by the late
Joseph Pulitzer the Mississippi river metropolis half
a century ago.
But to this unusual and splendid special edi-
tion of the Post-Dispatch is somehow much less i'm
presSive than the day by day issue of that
newspaper. Given the money and the ambition to
do so, any paper should be able stated occasions
produce big and notable special edition.
1t takes more, however to furnish each day of the
week a newspaper of the character and caliber of
the ST. Louis Post-DiSpatch. Not only does it
trive to be exponent of the best thought and most
dsinterested purpose in its wide middle western
territory but it does the same for the country at
large and for the world
Not many newspapers far removed from the
national political capital succeed does the Post
Dispatch in impressng their views the national
government; not many, so far from the coasts
make their voices heard in foreign lands.
real tribute it is to the men who have made
and still making this st. Louis newspaper to
that despite bigger though younger brother-the
New York Worldclose to the seats of the mighty the
Post-Dispatch still receives daily recognition for an
identity all its
1t is / great newspaper in the full meaning of the
much miSused term
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Human Efficiency Reduced by Noises

These differ entirely from the
rhythmical noises of the uniform
hum of traffic on a distant bust
ness street.
The ordinary citizen needs a
certain amount of undisturbed sleep.
Hence it was determined that any
noise from II p. m. to a. M, which
is capable of being prevented or
lessened, ought to be included in the
classification of unneccccary noise.
The needs of the healthful in
dividual are emphasized in the case
of sickness. People who are nervous
or who suffer from insomnia may be
driven almost to the point of dis
traction by irritating and useless
noises at night.
In its consideration of the subject,
the British Medical Association
classified among preventable noises
the following:
Inefficiently silenced motor We
hicleS.
Warning instruments carried on
motor vehicles; particularly strident
horns, klaXons and electric hooters.
Barking dogs.
Cries and bells Of street vendors.
Careless handling of milk cans.
Noises on railways.
1t suggests control by law of some
of these noises and education of the
public in the control of noise.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10

scope in the world All three telescopes are refetors
Both obServatorieS have marvellous collection of
auxiliary instruments such tower solar telescopes
pectroscopes interfermoters and
The Lick observatory Mt Hamilton has Splen-
lid equipment, including the famous 36-inch re-
ractor.
AS a result of this fine equipment, the Pacific coast
become the supreme court in astronomy.
Almost all problems which can be settled by OBJ
ervatona methods eventually find their way to these
bServatoreS of the Pacific coast
The position of the Pacific coast as a supreme
curt will be strengthened when the new 20O-inch
eescope is built.
This will be located mountain peak along the
coast The California Institute of Technology will be
in charge of the telescope funds for which being
provided ythe international education board.
This institute, which is at Pasadena, has carried
much cooperative work with the Mt Wilson observa-
tory This cooperation sto continue for Dr. George
Ellery Halle, honorary director of the Mt. Wilson
observatory, is chairman of the institutes committee
the new telescope.
The committee has consulted among others, Am
brose Swasey of Cleveland. The Warner & Swasey
Co. of Cleveland has built many telescopes including
the 36inch refractor at the Lick Observatory, the
72-inch reflector at the Dominion observatory and
other telescopes in other parts of the world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Another Fool Judge


Whether birth control is right or wrong has moth
ing to do with the right wrong of that Cleveland
judge who went outside the law and his authority to
impose birth control married couple seeking di
vorce
The judge had right to grant refuse to grant
the decree Of divorce but his authority ended there
That isn't where he stopped, however. He said to
the helpless victims standing before him:
81 shall not allow you to impose any children
upon yourselves and society. impose on you three
years of birth control Three children in three years
should not be allowed"
Three children may be too many in three years
but that is of the judges private judicial Off
cal business. He had no right to impose birth
control on that or any other married couple for three
years. than he had to impose it for ten years for
He had exactly as much right to order them to
have baby every year he had to order them to
have none.
What punishment shall be inflicted for crime
misdemeanor is fixed by law within minimum and
maximum limits. When judge has fixed the pun
ishment in his discretion defined by law that's the
end Of his authority to punish
But some Judges not satisfied with the author
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
LET THE MIGHTY GO
APPLE SAUCE AND ART
=
KEEPING HIS SHIRT ON

LTOLBEIN'S small portrait of
L L King Edward w has been sold
to a new Yorker for $250,000, but if
it had been a better picture by a
struggling young artist, it would
hardly have sold for the price of a
breakfast.
Apple sauce goes with art, even
better than with pork chops.
One evening some art critics went
to the home of a gentleman, who
first covering the artists name, in
vited their attention to two of his
landscapes. They gazed with grow
ing admiration and aScribed them
to certain giants of the brush and
we're speeches. when they read the
artists name, for they had known
him and he had lived and died I'M
acclaimed.
Some day some drum major of the
procession of appreciation will dis
cover" this artist and he will take
his place among the tardily crowned
in the hall of fame and financial
heavy weights will pay dearly for
his wares.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Santa on the Exchange

Stocks took slump Saturday. Elk
perts figure that five or six billion
dollars were wiped out. Who know
but what the Christmas spirit had
some part in It?
1t takes money to shop, whether
early or late. A good many people
must have discovered that though
they had made a lot buying stock,
they could not get it without sellini;
the stock. There we're expectations
to be meta fur coat for the wife
or Sweetie; remembrances for moth
er, or dad; toys for the kids; some
thing on the side for faithful en-
ployes; more on the side to make a
social impression; and those ads in
the paper
Who will deny that good old st
Nick may have had some part in
starting the raid, or that knowledge
OF what the season called for by
way of gifts, compliments and
brides had something to do with the
resultant crash?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
9RLl6EkZ;24RGNNt

Your opponents re-entry must be
taken out before he can establish
his long suit.
South leads his five of spades,
which West takes with the ace.
South wins the return of a dia-
mond, and has little difficulty in
taking a trick each in hearts and
spades.
The only satisfactory opening
lead is the low spade. If heart
had ben opened, East would have
won with the ace.
A diamond would have then been
returned, and with Vests ace of
spades for re-entry, North and
South would have been held to two
tricks.
If the king Of spades had been
opened-an obviously bad lead
East would have won a heart trick
and two spade tricks. Had the ace
of diamonds been. opened North and
South would have won that trick
alone.
Choose your leads with an eye to
the future. 1t helps.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Fines to Help the Poor

The Christmas spirit has become
a wonderful institution. It has
taught all of us how to do more or
less collecting. No so illogical either,
when you come to think of it. How
can one give unless he gets?
Comes the city of Detroit with
g. most unique device. Traffic fines
for two days will be donated to the
Christmas fund. An able expert
ment if Santa Claus does not be-
come too hard in his enthusiasm. If
he does, Detroit motorists may Won
der where their share of the Yule-
tide complex comes in.
There is an element of danger in
mixing the administration of justice
with charity collections. What the
spirit of giving gains may be more
than offset by what the spirit of
fair play loses. Besides, why pick
on the motorists?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
- -
By
Frederick
lands

A S Canada holds immune from
L n continued extradition her
thirty booze manufacturers, indicted
for conspiring to smuggle liquor into
the United States, and as she fondly'
dreams of future profits, growing
out Of the continued violation of our
law, we wonder if she ever recalls
how she looked to us to save her
from the kaiser back in the days
when Germany was all but supreme.
Lady Aston ran a great risk of in
furiating John Bull when she wore
that red dress in the British House
of Commons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
NJ. E.
TRACY
SAYS:
although Revolutionary IN
Purpose, the Kellogg
Pact Does Not Set Up a
Revolutionary SyStem."
SAYS:
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE receive.

A hO6iO1OEN COOL1OIE receives
L more than 1000 messages in
dorsing the Kellogg pact. They come
from all classes Of people and repre-
sent all shades of opinion. No move
to eliminate war has attracted wider
or more favorable interest. Even
Mussolini describes it as sublime. y
The strength of the Kellogg pact
lies in its simplicity. Ordinary folks
not only can understand it, but,
what is even more important, can
see the possibility of putting it into
operation without disrupting the
present order.
Though revolutionary in purpose,
the Kellogg pact does not set up a
revolutionary system. There is no
super government in the picture, no
surrender of national sovereignty, no
commitment whereby a country is
bound against its will. The basic
idea is voluntary cooperation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
PILOT ThiCkenS'

When Arnold Rothstein was shot
some weeks ago, it was generally
believed that one more gambler, al
belt a prominent one, had merely
gotten his"
Quite a bit of racy information
was broadcast concerning a poker
game which took place back in Sep
TENDER, and in which Rothstein was
said to have lost 100000 or more,
though he got away with all the
cash in sight by giving verbal
I. o. US.
The impression has prevailed that
Rothstein refused to pay when the
winners came to collect, and that
one of them either killed him, or
hired some professional to do so.
That impression may be sound,
but Rothstein, it appears, was in
terested in more games than poker.
Examination of his private papers
put federal authorities on the track
Of dope-selling outfit and already
has led to the arrest of two men
and two women, as we'll as the cap
ture of 100000 worth of drugs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Reason

NUR newspapers should not
~ high-hat France for refusing
to let us extradite Blackmer, oil flu
gitive, for while the refusal was
based on one of those judicial
sleight- of hand performances which
harm society more than a thousand
crimes, it was no more abhorrent
to fundamental right than our own
acquittal of Sinclair, Doheny and
Stewart, Blackmer's loving pals.
n
In view Of our demonstrated in
ability to stand against a powerful
offender equipped with batteries Of
eighteen-inch legal guns, it is poor
strategy to persist in farcical en-
beavers to enforce the idea that all
men are equal before our laws.
The net result of such repeated
failures is bad, the Pickering re-
sentiment of the people fading into
a sense of helplessness.
n Il
The only way to challenge the in
solent presumption that the mighty
can do no wrong is to concede it
for awhile.
Let public prosecutors refuse to
proceed against powerful offenders
and tell the people that it is use
less, that punishment for crime is
only for the little.
If this formal confession of the
impotence of American society were
made a dozen times it would rattle
the dry bones of the Democracy
and there might be heard the rum
bling of a social volcano which
would bring judges and juries to
their senses!
If Allan Ryan ever wears that set
of white pearl studs and reflects
that they are all his multi-million-
aire father left him, it will be very
hard for him to keep his shirt on.
Il n
Judge Sullivan of Chicago very
properly rebuked jury which &C
quilted a man charged with muir
der, against whom there was strong
circumstantial evidence, and who
did not take the witness stand.
Any man. accused of any crime
who does not deny his guilt should
get the limit
4
Congress has been in session
whole week, yet Tom Hef1in has not
saved the country!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Perfectly Consistent

French critics profess to see
President Coolidge's advocacy of
the Kellogg pact and appeal for
fifteen cruisers as inconsistent.
That is not surprising. French
critics appear determined to see
something wrong, or inconsistent,
with all our foreign policy, no mat
ter what form it takes.
In their opinion we seek what is
unjust when we ask for naval par
ity with Great Britain. Great
Britain has more possessions to
guard, they point out, more coasts
to patrol and more seas to cover,
wherefore, she ought to have big
ger fleet.
The point is, of course, that she
would have bigger fleet, even on
the basis of naval PARITY, because
OF her merchant marine.
According to one authority, Great
Britain has 1900 merchant ships
of 5000 tons or more, while we
have only 235. Those ships, OF
most OF them at least, easily could
be converted into naval auxiliaries
Besides that, they afford a splendid
training school for sailors.
To make the case clearer. let us
suppose that Great Britain and the
United States had navieS of the
same size, that they went to wal
and that both naVies were wined
out. Under such circumstances
Great Britain would have 1,20C
merchant ships left while we would
have left less than one-ffth of that
number, with trained sailors in
about the same proportion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Prohibition,
in Eyes of
Congress

ID REPRESENTATIVE LOUIS G.
IN CRAMTON, Michigan - The
federal obligation Gin prohibition
enforcement) primarily is to take
care of those things of federal ma
ture. For instance, to stop snug
Cling on the borders, and we have
done that pretty we'll on the oceans
through the increase of the coast
guard also, to stop the unlaw-
full division of alcohol issued undeY
permits for use in industry.
Representative Ralph F. Lozier,
Missouri-The time has come for
the national government to dis
charge the responsibility which it
assumed when the American people
committed to it the enforcement of
the eighteenth amendment Of the
constitution.
That law never has had a fair
trial. It's pretended enforcement has
never been in friendly hands. It's
pretended enforcement has been so
half-hearted, sporadic, inSincere,
and inefficient that prohibition has
in reality not had a fair trial in
the United States,
Il
Representative Adolph j. SABBATH,
Illinois-NoW, 1 have Travelled quite
a bit, and I know that there is no
enforcement of the prohibition laws
in the small towns, in the villages
through the country In any place
I would stop, whether it would be
in my own state or in the state OF
Michigan or any state in the west
or south, I could obtain all the
beverages and all the drinks pos
sibly could wish for.
During these visits I made in
uuiries as to enforcement, and in
variably I would be informed that
the prohibition law is being looked
upon as a joke. Yes, here and there
we hear about indictments.
Il n
Representative Loring M. Black,
Jr., New York-Let us look the facts
in the face. 1t is quite evident on
this prohibition question that we
have reached stalemate. The
drys won't stop hoping and the vets
won't stop drinking.
The United States is spending
about $3O00O,000 a year to please
the drys and to make liquor more
expensive for the vets. This money
is of little effect in enforcement
and amounts to an indirect sub
sidy to bootleggers.
Doctor Doran testified that for
federal enforcement we should
need $300,000,000 year and fed
eral police courts. suggest to the
drys that they back him up on this,
unless they would be called multi
flcationists.
Representative Fiorello H. La
Guardia, New York-Now, cham
pion of the drys, here is an oppor-
tunity to stand up and be counted
or else forever refrain from taking
a drink. If you are going to be for
enforcement, stand up and vote
Tor the necessary funds to employ
the men required to stop the flood
of liquor coming over the borders,
from the Pacific coast, from the
Atlantic coast, and send prohibition
agents into such regions as the
gentleman from Missouri says eX-
lists in his state, where there are
only four counties that have prohi-
bition agents, and send an army
into the city of Detroit the ma
TONS funnel, where millions Of gall
Ions pour in from across the border.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
The Solution

7 IKE the puzzle of the preced-
IL ing day, this also deals with
entries. In this case, however, de-
fensive rather than offensive bridge
is involved.
There is only one purpose here,
but it is a veg necessary purpose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10

Where did the custom of leaving
calling cards originate?
In the latter part of the seven
tenth century the visiting card, Z )
now known. came into existence.
Artists of the eighteenth century
devoted themselves . to designing
elaborate visiting cards. Ornate
cards were common but in less
elaborate form, until the close of
the nineteenth century. Today
ornate cards are considered exceed
ingly poor taste.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10

great telescopes be
found to match
the marvellous in
struments of the
Pacific coast.
The Mt. Wilson
observatory h a S
the 100-inch and
the 60-inch tele-
scopes, the largest
and the third larg-
est in the world.
The Dominion AS
trophySical observ-
atory in Canada
has the inch
telescope, the Sec
Ond largest tele-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10

ity given them by law; they step beyond that and
add something that has legality and may be moth
ing but the emotions or crude thinking of fool sitting
on the bench as judge
Some day we will find way to curb the tyran-
nical conduct of urstS to think that Judges
like ancient kings can do no wrong and that their
judgment or even their whim or caprice is the law be-
they happen to be judges
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
Crime-More Crime

One vice generally leads to an
other. Where you find card
sharp, you usually find other kinds
of crookedneSs. The same thing is
true of graft, even that mild variety
of graft which politicians call
honest"
When you find a police force
winking at several thousand speak
easieS, you can be pretty sure that
it is winking at something else.
The same convenient inattention
to business on the part of law en-
forcement officers which permits
such games as that in which Roth
stein sat to go unnoticed can be de-
pended on to make life easier for
bootleggers, dope peddlers and even
worse offenders in the end.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10

QuestiOn-ShOuld a wound
caused by a dog bite be cauter-
lied?
Answer-Cauterization of
dog bite with Tuning nitric
acid is sometimes used to kill
the virus, but should not be
depended on to prevent rabies.
In every case the Pasteur
treatment should be used, par
ticularly if an investigation
of the dogs head reveals rabies
in the animal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10
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