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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-02
Toll Is Terrific
ATINETY-S SEVEN thousand peo-
L y pie were killed in this country

AIINETY-SEVEN thousand peo-
L y pie were killed in this country
by accidents last year.
Automobiles accounted for $1,000,
which seems appalling, until one
learns that $4,000 died at their
homes, and that 10000 more died
on the highways from other causes
than the motor car.
Industrial accidents accounted for
10000, while railroads, airplanes and
miscellaneous accidents are charge
able with only $500.
1t goes without saying that quite
few of the $1,000 killed by acct
dent would have died anyway, but
making allowance for that, we pay
dreadful price for speed, power
and mass production.
The juggernaut of human prog
resS is exacting a blood sacrifice
which seems out of proportion with
sound intelligence.
The massacre in Palestine which
resulted in the loss of 200 lives sent
thrill of horror throughout the
civilized world, yet that did not
represent one days toll in America
We were very angry when the
Vestris went down with the loss of
liz persons, but if the day were an
average one in this country, nearly
three times that. number were killed
through accident
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-02
Better Enforcement

The proposal to centralize prohibition enforcement
in the department of justice again is to the fore Pres
dent Hoover has named John McNab San Francisco
lawyer 20 study the administration of the dry laws
and recommend changes McNab will cooperate with
the treasury and justice departments and the PreSi
dents law enforcement commission,
Some months ago the President recommended that
a joint committee from congress and the admnistra-
tive departments make such study Congress ignored
the request and the President is proceeding on
his own Congress must, of course, approve any
changes that made.
Now prohibition enforcement is under the treas
ury in charge of an assistant secretary who also d
reefs the customs service and coast guard There also
is bureau of prohibition under direction of COM
missioner who has immediate supervision of federal
dry agents
Prosecution of offenders, once they appre-
hended, is carried on by the department OF justice
through its district attorneys.
Presumably the Presidents idea is to put the whole
enforcement machinery in the hands of the justice
department with the exception of the coast guard and
customs whose enforcement work IS not their chief
duty.
The suggested change appeals to common sense.
The reason the treasury originally charged with
enforcement that the internal revenue bureau
always had administered the federal liquor laws. But
since the matter of federal taxes no longer is in
volved there particular why the treasury
should be called upon to enforce this one law The
duty of the department Of justice to that federal
laws are obeyed and to prosecute violstors.
A consolidation of enforcement and prosecution
should make for greater efficiency and should expedite
the trials OF offenders 1t should also make for econ
omy in that it will no longer be necessary to main
tain two separate government establishments engaged
in similar work
President Hoover hopes to suggest the change to
congress in December. This is wise, for whatever
his law enforcement commission able to accomplish,
it unlikely that results will be shown for long time
to II the government intends to make the sin
effort to enforce prohibition which drys say
has been done the sooner is undertaken the better
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-02
Not Bad-Just Desperate

In the Los Angeles police station an 1S-year-old
girl is being held to await trial on a charge of
robbery.
She admits that she helped two young gunner
stage three holdups And she tells questjoners I'm
not bad-I was just desperate"
Her story might interest you
Only 10, this girl was mother with a small baby
to support Her husband had deserted her. She
lost her job as waitress in a restaurant
She tried to find work and failed. We don't know
just how hard she tried of course or how long Per-
haps it was her own fault that she got fred per-
haps she wasn't very good worker; don't know.
Anyhow, she was out of work and out of money
and she had 14-month-old baby to look after. Sc
as she says-"I got desperate"
She says:
IT was at the end of my rope I had to do some
thing for Johnny"
So when couple of young poolroom TOUCHES she
knew asked her to join them in series of filling
station and drug store holdups she agreed Now
she's in jail Just what is happening to Johnny is
not recorded
Now this girls story isn't especially out of the
ordinary. Indeed, it is because her story has been
duplicated so many, many times that it's worth
noticing Think, for minute, of that remark
I'm not bad-I was just desperate"
How many, many crimes that remark would ex-
themselves at last in prison cell with all prospects
for decent life wrecked, may not have said pre-
csely the same thing!
We're not talking now about the crimes of big
city gangsters. Those another matter. We're
thinking of this 18-year-od mother in Los Angeles;
little scalawag, if you wish, careless little hussy
a girl who isn't fit to be mother-but, after ALL a
girl who obviously little bit sinned against
than SHINING.
I'm not bad--I was just desperate" Who's to
blame in an affair like that, anyway? The one who
got desperate and lost sight of the standards of law
and of conscience-or you and I?
Aren't we little bit to blame, in this case and
in every like it2 Isn't all of society pretty much
responsible whenever of its members gets driven
to such tight spot that crime seems the only
solution? Haven't learned, by this time, that we
are after all, our brothers-and sisters'-keepers?
Not bad; just desperate. remark like that is an
indictment of the whole nation. All of us share in the
responsibility.
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87do al Is 1TjteHI
| ANNIVERSARY
8E2
ANDRE HANGED AS SPY

ANDRE HANGED AS SPY
Oct. p
I'm Oct. 2, 1870, John Andre, an
" English soldier in the American
revolution, was hanged as a spy.
During the negotiations between
Sir Henry Clinton and General
Arnold in 1780, for the betrayal into
the hands Of the British of West
Point, Andre acted as the conf1den-
tial agent of General Clinton.
To perfect plans for the plot,
Andre, under the assumed name of
John Anderson, met Arnold in secret
and made the necessary arrange
ments.
During their interview aboard the
British sloop-of-war Vulture, the
vessel was forced down the Hudson
river by American gunflre and
Andre, armed with a pass from
Arnold and disguised as a civilian,
started on horseback for New York,
carrying concealed in his boots sew
eral discriminating papers in Arm
ODDS handwriting.
Near Tarrytown, almost within
sight Of the British lines, he was
captured by three Americans who
found the documents and, refusing
all brides, handed their prisoner over
to their superior officer.
A military court convicted Andre
as spy and he was hanged at Tap
PAN n. z, Oct. z. -
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IRON the questions thus far put
L to him, one gathers that the
senate subcommittee is interested
in nothing so much as taking Will
liam B. Shearer apart.
No detail of his career appears
uninportant enough to escape the
probe.
Was he arrested at such and such
a time, did he take 100 pounds
sterling on such and such an oc-
cssion, and so on, ad inf1nitum.
No, he never was arrested-not for
bootlegging, at least, and as for the
730 pounds, it grew out Of a misun-
Outstanding over the commissions
incident to betting on a horse race.
Entertaining, perhaps, but what
has all this to do with big navy
propaganda?
Several shipping men already
have admitted overestimating Mr.
Shearer's Importance.
The senate committee does
not need to-
For no reason in the world, it is
converting this adventurer into a
Gargantuan figure.
If it keeps on, his personality will
come to overshadow the inquiry, and
people will forget what it's object
was.
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The Life Story of DR.. Hugo Eckener

Doctor" he shouted. "I must
have two motors at once. The ship
is sinking"
The commanders face grew
ashen.
CLINGING precariously to metal
" braces and bits of wire over
the ocean, bracing himself with
sturdy shoulders and knees as he
leaned far out to catch futtering
bits of canvas and tie them in was
Knut Eckener, the pride of his in
ner soul, Knut, his boy.
The commander had tried to steel
his mind to the fact that Knut was
there, to think only of his ship. To
hold his place at ali in the storm,
with the ship swinging like a free
balloon, was no risk that any father
would willingly see his boy take.
If that steel grip ever slipped from
the wet and slippery metal to which
he chung as he worked, no power
on earth could save him.
To start up the motors was to in
crease the danger many fold. The
likelihood was that he and the
others would be brushed off like
flies. For the first time in the sixty
vigorous years of his life, Hugo
Eckener looked old.
1t seemed like hours as he de-
bated, visualiZed. AS a matter of
fact, the delay was like that be-
tween the two ticks of watch.
Duty comes first. He braced his
shoulders, Strengthened up, looked
Flemming Squarely in the eye.
very WELL" he said quietly, start
your. motors"
Idling propellers quickened into
action. TWO motors roared back de-
f1ance to the storm. The ship be-
gan to move forward, began slowly
to mount to safer attitudes.
DR.. Eckener climbed silently into
the body Of the ship, walked slowly
aft. The boy, guessing what had
happened as the motor started, grit
ted his teeth, took a fresh grip of a
slippery duralumin girder, worked
desperately on.
Il
II NUT ECKENER was winning
IN his spurs that day.
Half an hour later Hugo Eckener
returned to the control car, spoke
briefly to Commander Rosendahl
Of the American navy.
Release your ships from stand
ing by" he said quietly. "We1l not
need them. The work is in hand"
The tension that hung over Lake
hurst station relaxed. Men hurried
out to send off wireless messages
Of good cheer, congratulation, en-
enlargement. The fight in the storm
had caught at the heartstrings of
the nation.
1t was reflected in other nations
across the seas, in Germany, in
France, in England, in Italy, wher-
ever men live who honor courage
and resourcefulr1ess.
Tomorrow: The globe encircIing
flight.
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j, S, Leads
PROFESSOR CRANE has GO

PROFESSOR CRANE has gath
L cred some interesting statistics
concerning the publications dealing
with the subject of chemistry.
Though Germany was the worlds
stronghold of chemistry before the
war, it is third in the list of pub
locations today.
The United States leads the list
with 404 journals and magazines de-
voted to chemistry published in this
country.
The British Empire is second with
226.
Germany, as noted, is third. hav-
ing 291 publications. France is
fourth with 1919, while Italy is fifth
with 80. -
There is a falling off in the list
at this point. Japan is sixth with
1fty-eight while Russia is seventh
with forty-two.
Holland has 20 chemical journal
Austria has 20, Sweden 20, Belgiu
10, Norway IA, Switzerland IL,
gentine II, China 10, Denmark
CzechoSlovakia 8, Rumania 8 4
Poland Z. II.
The other nations of the vet
have a total of AZ publicationsgo
Professor Crane also has a spf
mary of the nature of the publ
tions which his staff watches.
1t is particularly interesting
not that though Chemical Abstracts
is published for chemists, he finds
it advisable to keep tab on many
journals devoted to biology, medf1f
cine, physics and agriculture. 81
This is because many of the chief
problems in these fields are chemi-
cal problems.
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BY HUGH ALLEN

:, thick and strong. 1t takes the
weather, protects the interior from
+ snow and rain and gales. The cover
of the gas cell, however, is more
delicate. It's only task is to hold
the lifting gas. If it we're to be
ripped as now threatened, thou
sands of cubic feet of hydrogen
would rush forth, reducing the lift
ing capacity of the ship, necessitat-
ing the immediate release of tons
Of ballast.
Get some covering to keep the
wind away from the gas cell,
shouted Beuhrle. Get fabric, get
anything you can. Take the blankets
off the beds if necessary, but pro-
tect the cell. Knut and Ladwick
climb out and tied some of those
ends in.
Out on the slippery framework
the men crawled. Beneath them
was a sheer drop of thousand feet
to the ocean raging below.
BY now driving rain was beat
ing into their faces, half binding
them. Out and out they crawled.
Wet strips of fabric dashed their
faces, were snatched out of reach
as they caught at them, were
wrenched from their grasp as they
tried to lash them to the metal
frame.
They tapped the loose ends to the
metal and the tape, wet, pulled out.
They dashed them with ropes,
hooked them in wire, only to have
the fabric tear loose from its faSten-
ings. Again and again, they had a
sheet secured, only to have the wind
snatch it free again.
The angry Atlantic seemed to be
getting closer to them, yawning be-
low, inviting a misstep. The rain
grew worse. The ship with its en-
gines idling was being blown with
the gale at high speed.
TIME ships commander had re-
l. turned to his control car. Every
thing was being done that should be
done. He knew the damage could be
corrected sufficiently at least to per-
nit the ship to continue through at
reduced speed. He had ample fuel.
The storm would not last always
So he reasoned things out. But, as
a precaution for the safety of the
passengers, DR.. Eckener ordered that
the American navy department be
notified and that naval vessels be
asked to stand by.
Captain Flemming was watching
his altimeter anxiously. The ship
had been flying at 1900 feet when
the accident was reported. Since
then, under driving force of wind
and rain on it's back, it was slowly
settling. It was less than a ships
length now above the Atlantic, still
churned by the storm. (Airships
have landed on smooth seas before
and taken off again like flying boats.
But this was rough sea-
The ship had settled to an eleva-
ton of 500 feet.
Flemming went to the COM
mander.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-02
Army

A RESERVE army Ol SpSCldlloIS
IA scattered through the United
States aids the Office force publish
Chemical Abstracts.
Professor Crane or one of his as
sistants assigns important papers to
members Of this reserve army for
abstracting.
Forty-five associate editors pass
on the abstracts before they go into
the magazine.
The publication of Chemical ABB
stracts is so important to the prog
-ess of chemistry because Of the
nature of scientific research. 2
Great discoveries today seldom arei
sudden. They represent the culnnl-
nation of years of research.
A scientist in Germany makes a
small discovery. 1t has puzzling
features which interest other scien-
fists.
Soon there will be men in half a
dozen countries working on the same
problem. 1t seems as though the
problem is at a standstill, when,
perhaps, an aQdltlonal discovery 10
made by an Englishman.
The next contribution may come
from an Italian or Frenchman or
an American.
And so it goes. until suddenly
some one takes a step which is OF
major Importance to the world. The
world applauds this last mans dist
covery. But his discovery would
have been impossible but for all the
work which went before.
That is why the dissemination or
scientific information is so i'm
portant.
Chemical progress is swifter today
because of such publications as
Chemical Abstracts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-02
Foresight Is Logical

vi VISIT 10 GOStOQl
NOTHING proves the scientific
~ character of the present age
like the accuracy with which, men
can forecast important events.
In the old days, when progress
was largely a matter of trial by
combat, whether as measured by
two cavemen fighting over woman,
or two kings quarrelling over a
throne, it required an astrologer to
cast horoscopes, and if the astrologer
failed to pick the winner, that was
his hard luck.
Since logic has become a factor
in the advance of human affairs,
it is possible for men of average in
telligence to foreSee what will
happen along certain lines.
In 1878, Elkanan Watson pre-
dicted that within a century and a
half this republic would contain
one hundred million people.
In 1886, an anonymous writer in
st. Louis paper prophesied the
coming OF alrplaneS, photophoneS,
and the formation of a League of
Nations" which he called by that
very name.
There was no mysticism in either
forecast, any more than there was
in those of Jules Verne.
Ever since scientific thought be-
came the driving force in human
advancement, men of intelligence
have been able to take present day
achievements, subject them to the
law of probability, and foresee what
would occur, with great precision.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-02
SCIENCE
Teamwork is Responsible for
Great Discoveries Made IN
the Field of Chemistry. !.
By DAVID DIETZ-

MO better example of the growth
L Y Of science can be found than
the difficulties which present them
selves to the scientist who tries to
keep abreast of the developments in
his own field.
A century ago a scientist could be
an authority in half-dozen fields
Of science. Today he has his hands
full keeping track of what goes on
in one corner of the world Of
science.
The American Chemical Society
attempts to meet this difficulty for
its members by publishing
monthly journal known as Chem
ical Abstracts.
This consists Of compilation of
brief summaries or digests of ar
ticles dealing with the subject Of
chemistry.
Professor E. J. Crane, editor of
Chemical Abstracts, reports that his
staff of "abstractors'' now are keepf
ing tab on 1890 publications, and
that in spite of that, continuously
runs across publications which 1t
has neglected.
Experience has shown there al
ways is another publication to be
found in Japan or Russia or some
other distant country" Professor
Crane says.
The aim of Chemical Abstracts is
to cover the entire world of chem
istry.
The chemist frequently finds all
the information he needs in the di-
gest in Chemical Abstracts. If he
doesn't, he can then refer to the
original article from which the di-
oeet maS made
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-02
Wasteful Economy

Modern industry has no greater foe than the
executive who has short-sighted ideas about economy
This is the conclusion reached by Charles F.
bbott executive director of the American Institute
@; Steel Construction. ii speech before the National
Industrial Advertisers Association at Cincinnati
lndustrialists said Mr.. Abbott, must realize that
tue economy often lies in spending money freely.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-02

while the waste is that caused by tight listed
and penurious policy.
I'VE must lift up entire industry toward a
higher average in tools, methods and business prn-
cipes" he said 1--WE willing to spend money to
accomplish it-a great deal of money, individually
and collectively. That is courageous and creative
spending. the craftsmanship of consumption, and
genuine progress
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-02
Daily Thought

He that rebuketh a man after
wards shall find more favor than
he that hattereth with the tongue.
PROV. 2S:23.
3
Though f1attery blossoms like
friendship, yet there is vast diff
ference in the fruit.-SocrateS.
Who holds the official worlds
record for the running broad jump?
De Hart Hubbard, with a mark of
Is feet 107s inches, made June Is,
1925.
What is the meaning of the name
Kenneth?
It is Gaelic in origin and means
leader. .-.-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-02

They always attempt to keep the plot of a new
play secret until the opening night. And they often
keep it a secret afterwards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-02

1t is generally believed that when a man gets
married he sacrifices so per cent of his liberty What
liberty?
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SAYS

The Issue IN the Shearer
Navy Probe is Deceit and
1t Hits the Shipbuilding
Companies.
Evening star., 1929-11-30
SOHO IS REGA|N|NG
SOME OF ITS GLORY
Once Fashionable London
Square Has Been
RediScovered.

LONDON, November 80 (N.A.NA)-
Soho, once so fashionable, but for many
years now nearly forgotten backwater
given up to foreign eating houses,
tourists In search of romance and large
numbers of the poorer members of the
French and Italian colonies in London,
shows signs of regaining some of It's
lost prestige
At any rate, 1t has been rediscovered
as valuable building site, and, in Addi-
ton to the new dance clubs, restaurants
and shops that have sprung up In the
district, the huge ziegfeld Follies
Theater is now nearing completion.
In Soho Square, that historic and Old
World patch in London, q new and
ultra modern restaurant has been con-
Structed in the house where De Quincy
lived and worked more than q hundred
years ago. Soho Square originally was
called Kings SquS re. in memory Of the
Duke of Monmouth, Charles lis natural
son. who was defeated at Sedgemoor In
1885 and afterward executed.
If De Quincy could see his old rat
infested house today he would never
recognize it. The architect who has
turned it into a super restaurant Is q
man of ideas. He believes that decora-
ton influences appetite. For instance,
II you want to create in q man taste
for precious" cooking you have only to
place him in the appropriate surround
ings and the thing is done.
Copyright, 1929 by North American News
paper AllianceD
Evening star., 1929-11-30
new THEATER OPENS
DOORS TO LONDON
Tunnel Trench" War Play With
Cast Of Men Only, to Be
First Production.

LONDON (NAN.A.).-Another new
theater has opened in London. This
is the Duchess Theater. Catherine
street near Drury Lane, and its first
production is to be another war play,
Tunnel Trench" by Hubert Grifith,
dramatic critic.
The theater has white easement
windowed front, set OF with antique
gilt. and Is designed for an audience
of 500.
Arthur Gibbons. to whom the thea
ter belongs. says he has tried to create
the atmosphere of country house. so
far as comfort and beauty are con-
cerned. though both on the stage and
of every device will be Of the latest
style.
Copyright, 1929. by North American News
paper AllianceD
Evening star., 1929-11-30
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are hereby warned to exhibit the Sams. Tith
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Evening star., 1929-11-30
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FELDMAN. Attorneys.
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se99ESaaoNERS SsRNo5ND qR TE5 DISETSESS e
?6. 1929. ORDERED. That the following
amendment made by the Director Of Trafic
Traffc and adopted and promulgtsd by the
Commissioners of the District OF Columbia
be and the same is hereby adopted snd
PROMULGATED by the Commissioners Of the
District OF Columbia:-Article XII. Section
Wisconsin Avenue. strike out the first para
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