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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
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TRACY
SAYS:
"Some Day We Shall
Learn That One Glass of
Crime Car Not Be
Stopped By Winking at
Another"
SAYS:
os ANGELES. Cal. Feb. 16

II OS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 10
~ Bent on checking crime, the
lower house Of congress passes the
alien deportation bill, though not
without a great stew as to whether
b~ootleggers should be included.
The issue finally is compromised
by including those sentenced to at
least a year in prison on one OF
more occasions.
Considering the loud and lengthy
argument, this ought to be regarded
as a great victory for someone.
Considering the fact that only a
few b~ootleggers are arrested, much
less sentenced for a year, it is not.
Most bootleggers are spared not
only for the sake of thirsty mil
lions, but for the graft there is in
1t. Which explains the trouble in
Chicago.
Some day We shall learn that one
class of crime can not be stopped
by winking at another, that it is
not entirely a safe practice to let
peace officers say what laws they
will enforce and what they won't.
While we might stop some of the
thuggery by amending the Con-
stitution of the United States, it
looks like too quick and complete
a surrender to the elements of vice.
We or dry, majority of folks pre-
fer n or two nor attempts to
clean up the Chicago mess before
sending out a white fac.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
The Call to Arms

The triumph Of George V. Coffin in the Re
publican city convention was expected. The
rules of that party were made to permit the
Collins to ride rough shod over the voters OF the
party. They were made to permit bosses to
dictate, no matter how great or how righteous
the protest.
The event is important only as it should be
a danger signal 10 every decent citizen to get
on guard in the forthcoming city manager
election and see that the same machine does
not control that new government.
C~offinism ana the city manager govern
ment are irreconcilable foes. The plans of the
boss and the safeguard of this new system do
not contact. He much prefers to rule the city
in the old way. But he desires to control I'M
der any circumstances.
The henchmen Of Coffin and his political
alliances are fighting now in the legislature to
so change the law as to rob it Of much of the
efficiency and decency which have come to
other cities.
1t is significant that the major fight on the
present law is against amendments which
would insure honest elections.
The Coffin men are fighting against the safe
guards which would, to some degree, protect
the integrity Of the ballot.
That brands the machine and Coffin.
1t means, of course, that the machine fears
an honest count of votes at elections.
Coffin has won. He has survived an attack
by the forces Of the Governor which did not
hesitate to brand him as an undesirable Re
publican.
His power is state wide, because a state
committee preferred Coffin to Leslie when it
came to. a question Of mere honest party con-
troll.
That the same power will try, if it does
not succeed in killing the city manager law in
the legislature, to control it is inevitable.
There should be an immediate calling to the
colors of the forces which triumphantly adopt
ed the city manager form of government. The
struggle now becomes a war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
NickIe'S Worth of Death

TINE Doheny home, costing more
i than $1,000, 900, had been COM
pleted only six months, the land
scaping barely had been perfected,
the son had hardly adjusted him
self to the new and magnificent
house, as well as the management
of his fathers great estate, while
the father recently had retired to
spend his few remaining years in
ease.
Such was the situation which a
nickeTs worth OF powder brought
to smash, a nickel's worth of powder
and a brain running in reverse.
Nearby are the great studios of
Hollywood, where such tragedies
are staged in make believe for pub
lie entertainment.
Who has not sensed a queer,
british thrill at seeing them on
the screen, a thrill that seemed
perfectly safe because of the I'M
reality of it all. YET who will deny
the tricks a thrill like that might
play with a brain on fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
Poverty Battling

a NY examination of the neediest
Il cases in a large city will reveal
the fact that in many instances the
family in question has fallen tnto
difficulty because it has more chill
dren than it can support.
A favorite answer to this arglJ-
ment IS that the state should bend
its efforts toward abolishing poverty.
rather than aiding in the dissemina-
ton OF contraceptive information.
This 1 find a little sophistical. The
abolition of poverty is stiIIa some
little distance around the corner in
spite OF earnest effort.
There remains the religious obiec-
ton and 1 have no wish to mini
mize it. According to the teachings
Of the Catholic church, and in a.
lesser degree some of the other de-
nominations, any sort of contracep-
ton is evil in the sight Of God.
No matter how sound the theo-
logical arguments of the clergy, they
should have no weight with secular
officials. After all, there is a Ger
tain divergence in purpose between
a government and a church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
II
SEEMS
TOME
BY W
BROUN

livery year there comes before
II the legislature of the state of
New York a bill in favor of birth
control. Invariably it is a mild
measure, which does no more than
provide that duly authorized physi-
clans may at their discretion give
contraceptive information to mar
ried patients.
1t is hard to see why such a till
should not pass or at least COM
mand a vote, but the regular prac-
tice is to kill it in committee. The
politicians fear any such legislation
or even discussion, because of the
religious issue.
Sooner or later we should come
to the decision that a proper separa-
ton of church and state involves
the conception of marriage as pri-
marily a secular affair.
1t would be m%onStrous, naturally,
for any government to forbid the
church wedding of those who regard
marriage as a sacrament, but this
ceremony should be extra-legal ike
baptism and confirmation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
Civil Marriage

r THINK that the state would be
n perfectly logical in making a
civil ceremony obligatory. In prac-
tice this might be a matter of small
moment, but since no church func-
tioning in this country has a right
to annul a marriage or to divorce
a couple, it is hard to see why the
church service should have any
legal standing.
And the insfstence upon the civil
ceremony ought to have a useful
symbolic value. Marriage is a sacra-
ment, or not, according to your con-
science and beliefs, but 1t is GER
tainly a civil contract. q
Generally speaking, there is a
feeling that couples who bring no
new citizens into the world are do
ing some diSService to the commu-
nifty. This notion had some validity
in pioneer days.
The father and mother Of a large
family would still deserve praise as
patriots, If the United States were
about to engage in a campaign of
conquest. Kaisers needing man
power do well to send autograph
photographs to little mothers of
fourteen sons, but it has always
puzzled me as to just why the presi-
dent Of a peaceful republic should
go out Of his way to praise the
progenitors of broods unusually
large.
Within a year some gentleman
from North Carolina, who was the
father of 20 or 80, as I remember.
was honored by being allowed to
listen in on a debate about the in
come tax. His wife was home hay
ing another baby.
1t was not quite clear to me 1ust
what he had done for his country
No New Yorker who travels daily
on the subway can feel that a
dln1nution of national birth
rate would be altogether catas-
trophic.
Even from the point Of view of
the militariSt, a large birth rate is
not necessarily admirable, for an
accompanying high death rate is
almost inevitable.
The United States. although the
most prosperous country in tbe
world, still has against its records
an infant mortality much higher
IMAM that existing in a number of
less progressive nations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18

blessing of work is inherent in the
quality of life. 1t is what we are
here for. And its regards, whatever
form they may take, n the witness
of achievement, the assurance that
we have attained to some of life's
values. So I will go cheerfully to
my work, expecting that there I
shall find the service for which I
was made and SO the way to happi-
ness and enduring rewards.
PRAYER: Creator and Governor
of the world, whose unfinished work
goes on forever, give me to e in
my humble tasks a service rendered
to Thee. Exalt and rejoice me with
the sense that in diligence and
faithfulness I am become a Co
worker with Thee. Amen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
The Cause of Murder

NOR years we have centered our
4 thoughts on murder as the
climax of drama, building our great
est plays, poems, novels and seen
arios around it, clarifying it, though
Internationally perhaps. ennobling
it for the weakminded, though
without meaning to do so, and CIV
ing it such an exaggerated place in
the spotlight as more than offset
the pedantic moralizing.
Thirty years ago the moralists
were blaming Nick Carter and his
kind for the increase of crime. Just
now they are blaming prohibition,
or the movies.
Achilles killing Hector only to be
killed himself; Hamlet and Laertes
fighting their useless, though NOR
tai duel; Madam LaFarge counting
heads as they fell from the guillo-
tine; LEICESTER setting the trap for
Amy Robeshart; Drawing a Ia
Dumas; murderer a Ia Poe-just to
mention a few of the incidents that
fortified the tradition and de
veloped the resultant complex not
only IN authors but audiences
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
WE ALL LIKE EDISON
THE PRINCE HAS QUIT
q - .
THEY'VE ALWAYS LIED

TT appears that Mayor Jimmie
4 Walter will be re-nominated if
he wants to be, and nothing is
more natural, since Walker could
not possibly represent the spirit of
the metropolis any better were he
to be made to order.
He has much more ability than
some think, mistaking his wit for
superficiality, which is not the prop
er thing to do.
A man may flash frequently, yet
be rich in wisdom, contrary to the
popular notion that n must be
gloomy as a tomb and twice as
silent, to be safe"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
Church for Churchmen.

r WOULD urge upon no sincere
i believer that he avail himself of
any privilege which his church de
MES, ever though the state permits
the act in question.
To put it in simple and rather
trite terms, the Catholic church has
no need to ask for legislation TO
make the observance of Lent uni
versal. The discipline of the church
and the fidelity of its followers is
amply sufficient to establish and
preserve all rules in the matter.
which it finds necessary and right
to promulgate for its own peoples.
I do not see why the Catholic
church can not take the same atti-
tude toward birth control.
I will admit that I have read
many articles upon this question by
clergymen who founded their cases
upon secular grounds. A priest has
every right and duty to oppose a
change upon the ground of public
policy.
And yet I have never been able
to get away from the feeling that
behind and back of all clerical ar
guments lay the theological corner
stone.
This has been the stumbling
block. It should not be. The priest
is c~onSecrated to the will Of God.
but the legislator must respect the
voice of the people.
It may be the same thing. but
the popular will is more easily iden-
tilted in certain instances.
fcopyrlsht. 1929 for The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
This Date i'm
It. S. History

February Is
1518-Hernando Cortes sailed from
Cuba to begin conquest of
Mexico.
1951-President Fillmore issued a
proclamation demanding the
recapture Of a fugitive slave
whose escape in Boston was
made with the help of whites.
1861-Jeferson Davis inaugurated
president of the Southern
Co~nfederacy.
1S62-First congress Of the perma-
nent Confederate government
convened at Richmond. Va.
1o65-General Robert z. Lee took
command Of combined Con-
federate forces.
19l8-Eighteenth (prohibition)
amendment promulgated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
Reason

XXTHEN Thomas A. Edison cele-
w brated his eighty-second
birthday, nobody in the United
States was embittered by his long
life or his prosperity, but on the
contrary everybody wished him more
of both.
All of which disposes of the
charge that people hate wealth be-
cause it is wealth.
When men give the public dollar
for dollar as Edison and Ford have
done there is no hatred, but when
wealth is the result of piracy, 1t is
hated and should be hated.
1t is a problem in every state to
handle prison-made products so
they will not compete with prod
ucts of the outside, but think what
a problem it would be if we had to
keep out of such competition the
products of all thsoe who ought to
be in the penitentiary!
II Il n
If the prince of Wales has given
up hunting and horse racing it is
likely due to his having seen one
of his close friends killed by being
thrown from the saddle.
One demonstration of a hazard
is more eloquent than a million
verbal warnings.
Senator Capper's proposition to
have us stop all trade with any ma
ton that violates the Kellogg treaty
by going to war finds q great in
dorsement abroad.
If such a proposal were sub
scribed to and observed by all ma
lions signing the Kellogg treaty it
would put the god of war in a
straitjacket.
Louis Morgen, millionaire barber
| of New York, on retiring told his
employees that in order to succeed
| they must be able to talk intelli-
gently with their customers.
He should have told them always
to agree with the customers. Tor the
BARRIERS chair should be a refuge,
! not only from creditors, but from
controversy.
81 = 2
To this Oklahoma statesman who
introduced a bill in the legislature
to stop whispering campaigns, we
send the greeting, 1T can't be
done!"
We've always had such campaigns
with us and always will have until
human nature becomes perfect and
then Wen have no campaigns and
no governments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18

quently a group
of faculae will be
seen at. a point
on the suns sur
face where a few
days later a sun
spot will break
out.
Sun-Spots seem
to exercise some
influence upon
our earth. When
they are unusual
~ active or large,
the earth expert
ences the great
est dis plays of
the aurora BORE
oIiC ~ nor+horr
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18

Health Magazine.
ONE of the most fascinating
" fields for study in relationship
to modern medicine is the question
Of inheritance.
Certainly human beings are tend
ing to become more and more hair
less. Feet are becoming smaller
and toes more and more useless.
Meanwhile Investigators all over
the world are studying the mech
anisms by which changes occur. 1t
is, known, for instance, that the Chi
nese binding of the foot does not
result in girls being born with mu-
tilated feet.
Investigators in laboratories have
cut the tails off one generation of
rats after another, but the new
born rats continue to have long
tails.
Nevertheless some investigators
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
Daily Thought
And he said unto them. why n

And he said unto them. Why ere
We so fearful? how l. it that ye
have no faith?-St. Marx $40.
NOTHING is so rash as fear; and
IN the counsels Of pusillanimity
very rarely put off. whilst they are
always sure to aggravate. the evils
kGka whtcA kaAY you'd 6y.-gwka
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
Sun-Spots Affect Aurora
No. 282

A N important and interesting feature of the suns
N structure revealed by the spectroscope, are the
faculae or "little torches" These are patches on the
suns surface or photosphere which are brighter than
the surrounding material
There is some connection between them and sun
spots because generally they occur near spots and fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18

In the Catalina Island channel
swim did the contestants swim to
or from the mainland?
They started from Catalina Island
ard swza foT tbs mainland
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
A Senator's Estate

Oscar Underwood, the late senator from Alabama,
left an estate of approximately $4,000 when he died
recently, letters of administration filed at Birmingham,
Ala, revealed.
Once again it is proved thai the size of a mans es-
tate bears no relation whatever to the extent of his
services to the public. Senator Underwood, for many
years, was one of the south's most valuable citizens.
Not only his own state-indeed. not only the south as
a whole-but the entire nation is better for his having
lived and worked.
we he leaves an estate of only $4,000 large
what a man of Senator Underwoods talents could
have acquired if he had worked for himself and not
for the nation.
Some of our public servants, to be sure, are over
paid grossly. But the good ones get far less than they
deserve.
From Einsteins theory: "Oblique i equals Gothic
A superscript sigma" 1t sounds like a coed trying
to keep her frat pins straight.
The manufacture of paper out of c~ornstalks has
been accomplished. Well, the farmer can make
money now-on paper, anyway.
Grover Whalen, New York's new police head, has
ordered a crusade against jaywalkers. Now just let
some gangster try to cross against the red light!
A Boston high school boy reports the theft of a
$3.50 raccoon coat. What's wrong with that storyP
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
Topic for the Week
LENT N MY WORK"

Memory Verse for Monday
six days shalt thou labor, and do
all thy work" Exodus 20:9). Read:
Romans 1919 to 49,
MEDITATION: Today 1 must
be about my work. I may return
to it eagerly because I love it, but
whether I love it or not, 1 must
work. We are all agreed that work
is a blessing as well as a duty. The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18

Toral, the murderer of President
Elect Obregon of Mexico, had loo. 0O0
people watch his funeral process
sion, which constitutes a successful
career according to the communists
-cross-eyed conception of things.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
Questions and
AnSzOeTS

You can get an answer TO n answer
able question Of fact OF information by
writing to FREDERICK M KERRY Q1eSuqn
ington Bureau, 1922 New YoTs avenue
Washington. D. g. Enclosing 2 cents IN
STAMPS fol reply Medical ana 'egaI
tended research be made, All otneL
questions will receive a personal reply
AZ letters are confidential. You, are
cordially invited tn make use OF TINS
service.
What is the Indian population Of
the United States?
In 1926 it was 349,964.
Are Austria and Hungary now
separate countries? What forms Of
government have they?
Austria and Hungary n separate
and independent countries The
former is a republic and the latter
a monarchy, now under regency
The republic of Austria was pro-
claimed Nov. II. 1913.
What is the unit of currency in
Jugo- SIayia?
The dinar.
Is United States currency legal
tender in Cuba?
Yes.
What is the Nicene creede9 :.
The confession Of faith in the
church adopted at the Occumenical
Council OF Constantinople in 38l
A. D., so-called because it was based
on the doc5rinal decisions Of ths
Council al Nicezae il rs a a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18

Who Is the owner Of the fdse
Hour stock farm and racing stable?
Colonel E. r. Bradley Is the
owner. His address Is Lexington.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18

Grover Whalen, New Yorks new police head, ha
ordered a crusade against jaywalkers. Now just lie
some gangster try to cross against the red light!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18

ideas = . d
opinions ga
pressed In this
column are
those OF one
Of A eriea's
most interest
ing writerS
and arc pre-
scented with
out regard 20
their agree
ment with the
editorial atH-
tude Of this
paper.
The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18

A Boston high school boy reports the theft Of a
$45O, raccoon coat, What's wrong with that storyP
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18

A WALTON is making a great
"A many changes in everyday
life. the last one being that the sale
of airplanes on the installment
plan calls for new mortgage blanks,
the old blanks for the Lizzie not
being entirely satisfactory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18

The manufacture of paper out of cornstalks has
been accomplished. Well, the farmer can make
money now-on paper, anyway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18

David Dietz on Science
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-18
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medica
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health MAGAZINE.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-21
Miller Given His Freedom

Thomas w. Miller was granted his freedom on pa
role by former Attorney General John Garribaldi
Sargent was succeeded in office by William D. Nit
chell, a Minnesota democrat.
Miller was alien property custodian by appoint
ment of Warren G. Harding. He was continued in
office by Calvin Coolidge. He was convicted of con-
spring to deraud the government in the handling of
German property during the World war. He was
sentenced to serve 18 months in the Atlanta peniten-
tiary and fined $4,000.
Harry M. Daugherty was sent to trial with Miller
Miller was convicted but the jury could not agree as
to Daughertys guilt and the former attorney general
was turned loose.
Sargent reversed himself. He refused to parole
Miller. This a few months ago. He changed his
mind on the last day Of his term of office.
Fall enjoys his liberty; Doheney enjoys his lib
erty; Sinclair enjoys his liberty. Not one of the loot
ers Of the naval oil reserves have been made to pay
the penalty.
Yes, this is a nation where one law for all is the
boast of the sons and daughters of constitutional lib
erty and democratic government.