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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
Witches Still With us

NUT in Michigan they have just
~ convicted one woman for kill
ing another whom she believed was
witch.
That shows some improvement,
since it was considered not only
permissible, but necessary, to kill
witches a few generations back.
Still, the superstition persists, and
willie We no longer hunt them, we
arc obliged to protect witches be-
cause of it.
Down in Louisiana they are CIV
ing a young lady the third degree,
forcing her to stand beside the open
grave where the body Of her muir
dered lover was discovered, tossing
his old slipper into her lap, and fir
ing questions at her, in an attempt
to discover what she knows.
Maybe she knows nothing, but
they are not sure, which shows what
little progress we have made in faith
oming the secrets of a wilfully
locked mind.
Not what he eats. drinks accumu-
lates, or discovers, but man himself
is the big riddle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
Times Readers Voice ViezUS

Editor Times-Will you kindly
permit me a little space in your
paper for few comments on some
assertions in regard to old-age pen
sions that now are being circulated?
It would seem that friends of the
poorhouse system are trying to de-
lay the progress of the old-age
pension by reviving some of the old,
wornout stories that have been
proved by actual facts and eXpe-
rience, absolutely false and ground
less.
But friends Of the old-age pension
movement, led by that great human
itarian organization, the Fraternal
Order of Eagles, are marching
steadily on to ultimate victory. But
they are being advised to wait on
the survey of the situation in New
York. a pretext used so often to de-
lay action.
Official surveys have been made
In many of our states, Indiana in
cluded, and they all agree that the
poorhouse is absolutely unfit for
human habitation. Then the charge
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
SCIENCE
The Sun, NoaDoddyS, Is Being.
Photographed More often
Than q Hollywood Movie
Star.
BY DAVID DIETZ'
IRWIN S. CoBB's famous smile

IRWIN S. COBB'S famous smile
l. no more privacy than goldfish
will apply aptly to the sun when
the latest plan of Mt. Wilson OBJ
servatory is put into effect.
At the present time the sun Is
more photographed than Holly
wood movie star. Not clear day
goes by but that several photographs
of the sun are made at the Mt. VIII
son observatory.
These are made with the great
tower telescope built specially for
the study Of the sun under the d.
rection Of DR.. George Ellery Hale,
now honorary director Of the OBJ
servatory.
BY using the attachment which
he also invented, the spectro-helio-
graph, photos are obtained showing
the actual structure Of the suns
outer layers.
Similar photos are also made on
every clear day at several other OBJ
servatories equipped with tower
telescopes, particularly at Meudon,
France, and Kodaikanal, India.
Thus astronomers have a complete
record of the appearance of the sun
OIL every day of the year.
But the new plan Of the Mt. Will
son experts will make it possible
to keep the sun under direct obser-
vation by astronomers right around
the clock for the whole twenty-four
hours.
DR.. Hale'S newest device, the spec
Kaleidoscope, makes it possible for
the astronomer to see by direct VII
sion the features of the suns sur
face which previously only could be
photographed.
Seven OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES now are
being constructed in the machine
shop of the observatory. When COM
pleted, they will be sent to seven
observatories in widely separated
parts of the earth,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19

school superintendent and lawyer
for the prosecution:
Q-I ask you if you believe there
is any Supreme Being?
A-You will have to explain what
you mean by Supreme Being.
Q-I mean the Supreme Being
who Furnishes you for wrongdoine
and rewards you for virtues.
Al don't believe that.
Let me emphasize the fact that
Mrs. Miller'S testimony is i'm
peached in North Carolina court
not. because she is an atheist, but
because she does not happen to
believe in the precise sort of God
worshiped by Judge Barnhil and
Prosecutor Newell.
An old, dead low passed in 1777
was revived in order to inflame the
prejudiecs of a jury almost wholly
fundamentals in faith.
This ancient state statute re-
duires a witness to believe in "di-
vine punishment after DEATH" if he
is to be permitted to testify.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
vTHE disposition of the American

ILL AAOEOOAVAOA& VA SAAN ~AAAAN@ $1,000
l. press to concede that the Cas-
tonia trial would not be another
Sacco-Vanzetti case was much too
hasty. Judge Barnhill Of North
Carolina has proved himself fit to
lace the shoes of Massachusetts
Webster Thayer and to wear them,
too.
The southern jurist not only has
allowed the prosecution to cross
examine witness on her religious
beliefs in order to create prejudice
in the minds of the jury, but he
has stated that her failure to &C
cept fundamentals theology is
enough to impeach her credibility
as a witness.
"If I believed that life ends with
death and that there is no punish
ment after death, I would be less
apt to tell the truth" said Judge
Barnhill from the bench.
What has become of the frequent
~ repeated assertion that America
is the land of religious liberty?
Evidently this is generally con-
strued to mean that each individual
is free to be a Catholic, a Baptist,
or a Presbyterian, as he sees fit.
But it is nonsense to talk of re-
ligious liberty unless that liberty in
cludes the privilege of accepting as
much or as little as you please of
Christian dogma.
Or none at all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
Market Was There

XXTE can not afford to isolate that
w fortified house on the New
Jersey coast, or the radio station,
machine guns, tear gas bombs, speed
boats and six mother ships, from
the background.
Nobody would have conceived the
idea of taking such pains without
ready market.
Nobody would have thought of
risking life and fortune to land ten
thousand cases OF liquor each week,
unless there had been reasonably
good prospects of selling one hun
dred thousand.
When you come to size it all up,
our most ambitious efforts, whether
for good or evil, bark back to the
little things We want, believe, or
hate.
The great hospital merely reflects
what we have tried to do in scien-
tif1c, organized way to help some
poor devil who Is Ill.
The court and the prison Stand
for similar efforts to protect some
poor devil who otherwise might be
robbed or slain.
The gang, racket and smuggling
syndicate merely are magnifled
forms of personal resentment, lu-
macy or greed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
Justice Denied

IN other words: North Carolina de-
l. MES justice to all save those who
believe in hell fire.
Under this statute, many of the
greatest leaders of world thought
could not testify in the proceedings
now current in Charlotte. H. c..
Wells, although one of the most elo-
ouent champions of modern relig-
ious thought, would find his credi-
biiity impeached in North Carolina.
Shaw, of course, could not have
passed muster, nor could Lincoln.
Washington's word would have been
doubtful.
Our highest judicial officer, Chief
Justice Taft of the United States
supreme court, almost certainly
would be barred. I have no pri-
vate word concerning the exact
faith of Justice Taft, but he is a
Unitarian.
This denomination does not re-
uuire adherence to any set creed,
but universally its clergy has
preached against the existence Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19

is brought that pensions would
create thriftlessness.
There will always be thriftless
apd careless people, but the public
will have to care for them; then
why should good, honest people who.
unfortunate through sickness, non
employment, ETC., be punished? But
the facts are as proved in countries
that have several years Of expe-
Renee with the pension system that
the knowledge Of being cared for
properly in old age, if it becomes
necessary. has a tendency to create
thrift. For proof of this read the
report of the Bankers Association
Of Sweden.
True, the adjustment Of the
poorhouse, which is sure TO follow in
the wake Of old-age pensions. would
do away with many high salaried
Offices, but the taxpayer would be
winner in this and thousands of
unfortunates would end their days
in comfort and happiness that only
their own homes can give.
j. PIERCE CUMMINGS.
1901 Kenwood avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
Questions and
AnS7Ue7.S
what IS the definition of bacteria?

What Is the definition Of bacteria?
Minute organisms, consisting Of
cells or an aggregate of cells.
What breed of dog Is the easiest
to teach tricks?
One authority says that all dogs
can be taught tricks, but some
breeds have a special aptitude in
that direction. At the head OF the
list of trick dogs is the poodle,
which takes to the performance as
If it were second nature, and IS the
main reliance of all showmen. New
foundlands, st. Bernards and Great
Danes learn easily and collies and
spaniels are also very intelligent.
Terriers are apt pupils and among
the toy dogs the black and tan and
the schipperke are highly spoken OF.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
TEMPTED to Lie

MFRS. MILLER, a very valuable
lVE and vital witness for the ac-
cused workers, must have been
tempted to lie. One Of the defen-
dants on trial for manslaughter is
her husband. She could easily have
said, Eyes, I believe in a supreme
being who metes out rewards and
punishments."
In other words, by lying she could
have made herself acceptable, as a
truthful witness. But she said, Il
don't believe that" and added,
when I take an oath it has a bind
ing effect on me, and my conscience
will cause me to tell the truth"
Copyright 1929. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
SpeCtaCIeS
photographer using the spec

TINE photographer using the spec
Il tropheliograph, DR.. Hale points
out, can not see what he Is photo
graphing. He merely exposes the
plate. He does not know what he
has caught" until the plate is de-
veloped.
"As a result, he almost invariably
fails to catch the successive phases
of short-lived phenomena that often
afford marvellous Spectacles to the
visual observer at the spectrohelio-
scope. who can pick out at glance
the most interesting and most &C
tive regions" DR.. Hale says.
Thus I have repeatedly seen with
the spectrohenoscope the swift flow
toward sunspots Of masses Of hy-'
drogen larger than the earth"
This same sort Of phenomena, DR..
Hale says, was adequately recorded
by a series of photographs only once
in twenty years Of such work.
DR.. Hale points out that since the
spectroheIoscope enables the OBJ
server to see the actual motion and
flow of gaseous masses upon the sun,
it gives him an entirely new appre-
citation of what is going on in the
sun.
DR.. Hale also points out that a
more intensive study Of the sun will
improve the astronomers knowl-
edge Of the stars.
It now is agreed among astrono-
mers that the stars are in general
like our own sun. Some Of course
are larger and some smaller, some
hotter and some cooler.
Additional knowledge Of what is
going on in the sun, therefore, will
enable astronomers to unravel many
mysteries concerning the stars which
now are troubling them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
1T SEEMS TO ME By HT BRoGS

any hell and the doctrine that vir-
tue is a species of bargaining where
by the individual gives devotion to
COD in exchange for some very def
mite and tangible reward Of eter-
nifty.
Even in the Evangelist churches
there are many Christians who re-
fuse to accept the notion that good
ness is no more than a long pull
commitment for salvation,
It is a wrong thing to trump up
a dead law which would stigmatize
many of our greatest Americans as
potential liars. It is also a foolish
thing. Consider the practical work
irgs of the ruling handed down by
Judge Barnhill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
SeCtarian

THERE have been other cases in
I which legal discrimination was
practiced against avowed atheists.
This always has seemed to me a
monstrous perversion Of the funda-
mental spirit Of the American Con-
stitution.
But Judge Barnhill went even
further. The test which he set
would exclude a very large proper
ton of sincere Christian worshipers
in this land today.
Here is brief transcript of the
examination of Mrs. Edith Saunders
Miller, witness for the defense, at
the hands of Jake Newell, Sunday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
NJ. E. Tracy
Slowly We Are Forced to the
Conclusion That There Is
No Single Source Of TrO1-
bic and No Single Remedy
for Human us.

TINE news takes on sour note,
Il with pleasant conservation as to
peace and prosperity giving place to
reports of theft, murder, and rum
running.
Not a bad thing, perhaps, since
it reminds US that in spite of orr
inventions, discoveries, organizing,
and uplifting, the caveman hang
over sail plays part in the show.
Disappointing as it may be to turn
from the idealism of a Macdonald
to the sordid details of sex homi-
eide, we might as well admit that
each represents q phase of human
nature, and that We can not hope to
make Roadway without recognizing
this fact.
Where eight column headlines
thrilled us with the story of big
minds working to reform the world
a few days ago, we now are greeted
with eight column headlines regard
ing hooch syndicate.
In one sense, it looks like descend
ing from the sublime to the ridi-
culous, but that state of things
which we call order hinges quite as
distinctly on law enforcement at
home as on peace abroad, while law
enforcement swirls around the in
dividuals conception of what is
right, or wrong.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
Daily Thought

For my mouth shall speak
truth; and wickedpess Is an abb
Omination to my hps.-Proverbs
81.
=
If an offense come out OF the
truth, better is it that the ofense
come, than the truth to be con-
cealed.-St. jerome.
What Is the boiling point Of water
at sea Level?
One hundred degrees Centigrade,
pr 212 degrees Fahrenheit
In which Shakespearean play b
his description If the seven ages Of
man?
"As You Like tt"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those tf
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's, and are pre-
sented without regard to Their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Ct
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19

Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
Ut generally is agreed by those
l. who accept the idea of evolution
that man, who walks on two feet,
is developed from a type of animal
that walked on four. DR.. L. Schwartz
of the United States public health
service emphasizes the fact that the
human being has not yet become
fully adapted to the upright posture.
AS a consequence, strain on vari-
Gus portions Of the anatomy results
in such disturbances as flat feet,
backache, round shoulders, narrow
chest, dropping of the internal Or
gars, fatigue and similar disturb
anceS.
In recent issue of Hygeia, DR..
Armitage Whitman asks how may
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medica
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-20
HAVANA ID GREET
 CARNIVAL CROWDS
Cuban City Makes Bid for
 Winter Tourist Trade

Havana. Sept 2o R-Unprece- dented carnival and Mardi-Gras eel ehrations planned for the winter season, coupled with increased travel service by steamship com panies and the I.atin-Amorican Olympic games. are expected 10 bring more than 100oo0 visitors 10 this city during her three months of season this winter.
 a- Ta,le, Real Interest
 Havana, which has heretofore Considered its winter visiting list a bit casually. IS this year casting aside its former phlogmafic drive for win ter tourists and is giving a personal Invitation to the world to visit her shores.
 g' The Cuban national tourist com mission, created hy special act of congress several years ago, has out lined it's program for rhe winter months. starting in December. An Appropriation of $l20,Uu0 will be spent iii assuring consummation of entertainment plans which will be under the direct supervision of 1)r. Manuel De La Cruz q federal sena- tor and his manager, F.. A. Ferrcs. so Cuba's famous winter carnival and Nardi Gras this year will surpasa anything ever attempted. Plans are already completed for a galaxy of International beauty; American beauties ao come here as guests Of the Cuban government end 10 act as honor escorts to Miss Cuba.
 Opens in January
 ss. The carnival will open in January and close in February and upon its 'feels will come the Latin-Amorican Olympic games. From the middle of March until Apriu ,, athletes and followers Of sports from 50 nations will pour into Havana, there will be races, golf, polo, yachting
 In recognition of the coming traf- fc demands the Cunard line has an nounced an extra liner for Cuban travel. The Ward line plans 10 in crease it's customary winter service. Other steamship companies are mak- ing similar arrangements. Eighty eX- cursnon parties from various parts Of the United Sites will touch Cuban Shores during the three months of winter season.
 +.r Club EnlargcS Course
 DC Besides the specially prepared program of entertainments by the Cuban government there will be the enlarged and renovated American Hockey club where strings of Amer ica'c fastest ponies will run thelr daily courses; the Casino Nacional, known as the Monte Carlo of Amer ica and the recently completed mil lion dollar bathing beach: all open ing in December.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-20
Joint Patent Granted To StOrer and Moore
By GEORGE II. MANNING

sa' By tiEbRtIF II. MANNIN' sa Washington Bureau, \. B. HeraldN Y Washington. D. C" Sept. 20 - Bernard J. Storer of New Britain and Wallace F. Moore of Meriden have been granted a joint patent by the L. s. patent office on their invention of holdback device and door closer. it was announced here today.
 The inventors assigned their rights in the invention 10 the American Hardware corporation of New Britain. The patent was D. piled for in July, 1927.
 The invention is described iN technical language as a door closer. stop shoulder a pawl for engaging said stop shoulder to hold the door open, sprirg-prcsaeI l support from which said pawl IS pivotally suspended and which is 'dapted to yield so as 10 permit said ravl to he forced over sail stop shoulder when an abnormal closing force is applied 10 the doo", the end of said pawl being pro- Nidcd with n recess and said stop shoulder being suitably formed so that while the pa"l is heinz forcei over said stop shoulder the wall of said recess is maintained in ahW- ting engagement with th" stop Shoulder SO as to caUs" the aNis of tho pawl 10 be slowly lowered as it passes said stop shoulder"
New Britain herald., 1929-09-20
SPENT$15O()TRY ING ID GET WE'LL
Then Kellogg's ALL-BRAN Brought Relief

~- This startling letter from an ex- Service man will interest everyone who suffers from constipation; ~- T was discharged after the World War with heart trouble and bad stomach. I had saved about $500. Since than I've spent that sum and 10, mere on factoring and operations and medicines. ! always was bothered with constipation.
 .s'"1 told my wife to get some kind of light breakfast food and I would try it. She came home with small package Of Kclloge's ALL-BRAE. I ate 1t for breakfast, lunch and dinner, about a common tea-saucer fall with milk at each meal. have been doing this for about raoa.h. have stepped talk ing dope tmedicinesl, I vo.l, to l4 houra have . good appetite. And now an rain- Ing flesh and believe I an getting wsll"- GEORGE C. C'CoNNELL. Barker, \. Y.
 Cleanse your system Of cons.ipa- tion's poisons. Thousands have re- gained their old-timc vigor and vim, stopped constipation forever, by eating Kellogg's ALL-BRAN.
 Eat two tablespoonfuls daily in chronic cases, with every meal. Relief is guaranteed. ALL-BRAN is 100Go bran. 100ro efective-doc- tors recommend it. Pcady-to-serve with milk or cream. Use in cooking. See the recipes on the package. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. Sold by all grocers. Served in lead ing hotels and restaurauts-dining cars,
New Britain herald., 1929-09-20

ss Some woodpcckvrS store mp acorn7 fin hollow trees. In the winter when worms are unavailable. they break opon the nuts, which have dovcl- oped worms inside them during the interval of storage
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-01-24

'I'm not practicing law now but 1 left
my name on the door to help the boys
along" He always referred to his
junior partners as "the boys" al
though they were then quite well
grown in physical stature as well as
in legal lore.
Robinsin Rules
Lee Out of Order.
1t is not surprising that Attorney
General Robinson has found that the
Brooke Lee procedure in his projected
investigation of the State Roads Com
mission is not in accord with the con-
stitution. Mr.. Robinson holds that
committees of the two houses of the
Legislature must act in concert or as
a joint committee. Which sounds all
right. Then it appears that the COM
mittees should lie of equal member
ship. This should squeeze the Speaker
off for 1 cannot see that he ever be-
longed on it.
1t is peculiar that the Democrats
overlooked the irregularity of the
b coke Lee proceeding and the ac-
ton to set the matter straight had to
be taken by Republican Senator, Mr.
Levin.
But maybe it's all right now. We've
only been fooling with this road in
vestigation for a year. And scientists
say that human life has been pro-
longed.
Richie and Bichy Engage
In Veracity Contest
The public may note with some in
terest that development of the bat
tie between the factions of Baltimore
Democracy is a veracity contest be-
tween the Governor and Chares
Bichy, the latter being the man
against whom the Billy Curran-Wet
Blanket forces have directed most OF
their fire. 1t relates to call on the
Governor made by Mr.. Bichy on Tues.
day. The Governor seems to have
given it out to his favorite journal
that Bichy first sought the interview
with the intention of negotiating a
surrender to the Curran-Joe Rant
people now marshalled by Green
mount Avenue Joe Kelly. Mr.. Bichy
did not like the published report anc
gave it denial that seems to have
made the Governor a bit hot in the
collar, although he did not go to the
extent of declaring himself cut uI
about it.
Anyway, peace between factions
was not negotiated, even though the
Governor saw Bichy and Bichy saw