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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
No Tll-Considered Acts

If there be one important consideration in the
taking over of the gas company by the CITY, it should
be that no Ill considered act on the part OF the city
furnish squeamish court with chance to turn that
property over to private and greedy interests.
The situation is very plain plain that only
courts with their traditional penchant for protecting
vested interests" and private property could by
u1ischance misunderstood.
Some twenty-ttree years ago a group Of public
spirited men under the leadership of the late Alfred
Potts outlined plan whereby the city would have
gas supply, the investors would have high return
on their money for twenty-five years, receive their
money back and then the city, as municipality then
own the property and the plant and operate it for
the benefit of all the people.
The franchise or contract, was drawn at time
when the utility interests at present. tried to col
leot dividends watered stocks.
This contract was different. 1t had for its pur-
pose not only an immediate supply of gas for citizens
but eventual municipal ownership
It was drawn to that end and very clearly drawn.
The method of taking the plant was described
in some detail but it fitted into the scheme OF
city government as it then existed.
City officials the trustees of the company and its
directors united in the opinion that the city is
entitled to the plant.
But the city government and the state laws have
been changed since the contract was drawn.
That there will be fight before the city gets what
belongs to it is ver> certain. Even if there were no
holders of stock O. tifcates who have been drawing
10 per cent interes their investment, to go into
court to try to Keep property to which the city, just
by growing has added many millions to its value there
would stir be protest.
The utility interests everywhere are fighting any
advance of public ownership They fear the spread OF
any such method of obtaining common necessities.
Just how much they opposed may be judged
from the revelations at Washington OF the vast propa-
ganda system supported by them in trying to tell the
citizen that he is incapable Of managing such pro-
jects.
That fight is coming. 1t sure to come when
millions are hung up prize There will be shrewd
lawyers who will hunt for legal loopholes.
One false step and the whole purpose OF the men
who planned for public ownership might be thwarted
and the city denied its rights
No step should be taken until the attorneys Tor the
city are sure that they not furnishing chance
for these private interests to find some tenabe posi-
ton in courts, which in the past have never been
overfriendly to public ownership.
The city owns that plant. 1t must get it. The real
friends of city ownership will demand that every step
be taken with caution and certainty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

organizations to special sessions OF congress- an
opposition to which Hoover is not insenstive So
there was plenty of and temptation to avoid
special session next spring.
But there factor, which seemed unim-
portant to certain politicians though it bulked large
to Hoover. He had promised the farmers during the
campaign to give them legislative relief if not in
the regular winter session. then in special session.
When it clear that adequate action was not
possible by the present congress- the only honorable
act seemed to be to prepare for extra session.
That is reported to be Hoover's decision.
The Republican party has forgotten its campaign
pledges too often in the past How refreshing to find
Presdent-elect who remembers!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
Habitual Criminal Laws

v IKE many other states, Ohio has
H an habitual crimina. law up
for consideration, though with GER
tain changes which promise to i'm
prove it. Dry as Ohio may be, it
lacks the hardihood to make four
pints of hooch the basis of life i'm
prisonment. as is the case in Michi-
gan.
The bill which has been prepared
in OHIO enumerates the offenses
that can be counted in designating
any person an habitual criminal
after four convictions The sale of
liquor is not among them.
Meanwhile. an habituaI criminal
law. no matter what it includes, or
leaves out, can not mean very much
until it operates on a nationwide
basis. What terrors can it hold for
the criminal who drifts, as most
criminals do?
Four convictions In different
states must mean the same thing
as they do in one state if they are
to moan anything at oil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
Beating the Weather

1T is showing as I write. 1t has
Il been showing most of the day.
There are five or six inches on the
level, and the storm promises to
continue. Who cares? Who thinks
of anything but business as usual.
Mark Twain said that people talk
lot about the weather, but never
DO anything about it. Maybe so,
but they do a lot because of it..
Trying to beat it has taught them
much that they know. Most crea-
ture comforts are designed for that
one purpose. All of which wildly is
Illustrated by the ease with which
we get along in spite of such storm
as Is now blanketing Toledo and the
surrounding country.
One hundred years ago, or even
fifty. such a storm would have
meant serious dislocation to BUSH
ness, especially those branches of
it which depend on transpo1 tation.
Worse than that, it would have
meant discomfort to those who were
obliged to carry on.
1t was in the midst OF just such
weather that John M. Pr Jtison was
inaugurated Governor of Ohio
twenty-three years ago, catching a
cold which caused his. death six
months later, and which permitted
him to be in his Office only six
days.
Governor Cooper. who was inau-
gurated Monday. faces far less risk,
which is just one more illustration
of how we have learned to beat the
weather.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
loo Many Laws

COvERNOR COOPER promises
W to recommend few laws. That
is fine. We need nothing in this
country SO much as let-up in the
production of law. The volume of
it is the reason why we are having
so much difficulty with enforce
ment. The volume of it has become
so big that the average official can
not read it, much less enforce it.
Governor Cooper promises a re-
lentlesS war on crime, not only the
new, picayunish, manufactured
variety which has come to account
for the vast majority of arrests and
prosecutions, but plain, old-fash-
Toned, everyday crime. That, too,
is fine.
One reason why we are getting
such a dose of murder, thuggery
and racketeering is because we have
required our officials to pay so
much attention to left turns, hip
pocket TASKS and slot machines
that they have little time left for
serious offenses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
Better Than Nothing

Mot for a moment do think
In of the Kellogg treaty as per-
feet in it's provisions. 1t is not near
ly drastic enough in outlawil1g war.
The fact that defensive conflicts are
not covered in its stipulations seems
to me a grave flaw.
But between the Kellogg pact and
nothing at all I am all for the
treaty. Even though it moves only
half an inch in the right direction,
we should tfke that tottering foot
step. Every peace treaty can mean
great deal more than its formal
letter. The Kellogg agreement has
become a symbol. The United States,
is called upon to answer the very
simple question Are you for peace
or WARP"
1t is inevitable that the world
should interpret us in this manner.
We have done very little to bind
up the hurts and gaping wounds
left by the great war. Our attitude
has been-let the dead bury the
living.
Whenever machinery for making
peace has been suggested we have
ruined it's mechanism by throwing
in the sand of reservations and
turned back to the talk of more
cruisers and newer and more deadly
gases.
There is no way Of getting around
the fact that Europe hates us. Let's
otostop to argue whether its suspi-
cions are all well-founded. And we
need not stop at Europe. In spite of
Hoover's goodwill tour we are not
exactly loved in the lands south Of
the equator.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
David Dietz on Science
Man Projects His Senses
No. $50

NUR knowledge of the external world is the re-
" suit of things going inside ourselves But
proecg sensations back into the outside world
One result of that has been philosophical argument
about the nature of reality which has been going
with no signs of let-up for 5000 years.
But we are concerned at present only with the
simpler facts of physiology.
A good example of the way in which senses
work is that of eyes.
We see a distant object. What has really hap
pened is that light waves vibration in space electro
magnetic waves on the ether-if there is ether
have reached our eyes. These vibrations cause
ro-chemica currents to flow in the optic
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
Now Is the lime

r SAID little while ago that the
Il Evangelical Christian churches
had done little to promote the prog
ress of peace, although the funda-
mental character Of their faith
should bend them into this direc-
ton. Many replied and called the
charge unfair.
was told that tn eLeague of Ma
tions, the world court, the Kellogg
treaty and all other instrumental
ties for international accord had re-
ceiyed generous support from the
preachers. This may be so, but
something more fervent than a gen.
erous interest is needed at the mo-
ment and pastors could give it.
There's no denying that, because
we all witnessed the vast amount
of commotion which they were able
to create when they believed that
Smith planned to take cocktails
with him to the White House and
also cardinals.
In some of the southern cities
huge prayer meetings were held
every day to rouse the coIgregd-
tons to vote for Hoover, and the eff
fectiveness- of these drives was evil
dent.
Seldom do 1 find myself on the
same side with the preachers, and
it is irritating to discover that when
we are leagued together my clerical
friends do so much less than when
we are in opposition. Right now
there is no excuse for it. Prohibi-
ton may be an excellent and a
cody thing, but it is certainly not
imbedded in the fundamental struc-
ture of Christian belief, as is the
cause of peace.
If there is any such thing as true
Christian fervor in this country,
why don't I hear the sound OF
halleluiah? If this is not fight
between God and mammon, my eyes
are not what they used to be.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
A PECK OF THISTLES
q g
NO REASON FOR IT
WALKING ON HANDS

TIME world is about fed up on
l. Mary Landon Baker, rich Chi
cago girl, who comes to bat every
month or so with another broken
engagement, and we wish some
husky matrimonial cowboy would
lasso Mary, haul her down the aisle,
and compel her to inhale the orange
blossoms.
II Il
Since Mr.. Hoover promised the
farmers he would call special ses-
sion for farm relief, and since it
can not be obtained without an extra
session, you wouldn't think it would
be necessary for him to talk to all
the garden seed distributors in
Washington before making up his
mind to call the extra session.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
Keeping Appearances

DERHAPS every suspicion
Il breathed against us is actually
fantastic. No matter. ! maintain
that it is up to us, not only to be
friendly to the rest of the world,
but to seem friendly.
If the other nations fear and dis
trust us. as once they feared the
German empire, then we have erred
in some way, even if it is only pick
ing the wrong sort of press agents.
If we throw down the Kellogg
treaties now. the world will be con-
firmed IN its opinion that we intend
to let the rest Of mankind stew In
all such boiling juices as do not di-
rectly menace our own hide.
But there are senators in Wash
ington too deaf to hear the rumble
of any distant drum. Upon these
men we must creep UP and cup our
hands In order TO shout directly
into ears so peculiarly constituted
that nothing registers except the
mighty crash when some partisan
pin drops.
You and I can do something.
Each one can write or telegraph 10
the senators from his own state and
say, we must have that treaty"
II is monstrous that Jim Reed
should raise a skinny hand and de-
clare, "It shall not pass" Millions
Of voters have walked UP and
down his spine in the past and can
do it again.
Copyright. 1879. Tor The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
Reason
r Unless he desires to feed the

II Unless he desires to feed the
~ Democratic donkey a peck of
thistles, Al Smith will not assert his
party leadership when he speaks
over nationwide radio hookup
Wednesday night, and we believe he
Is too fond of animals to do any,
think like that.
The only thing for a party to do
when it is out of power is to let its
leaders keep still and let nature take
its course.
The United States senate was
foolish to pass that bill to give a
$4,000 annual pension to the widow
of the late Vice President Marshall
and the house should kill the prop
osition.
1t establishes a maudlin and a
snobbish precedent, for there is no
reason why politicians or their
widows should be pensioned.
If we are to pension widows, let
us pension those who are penniless
and have families to support.
A burglar in Utah walked on his
hands to keep the authorities from
tracking him, but his acrobatic per-
Torrance isn't in it with that which
justice gives in every criminal case
when she jumps through hoops and
skins the cat at the command Of the
technical criminal lawyer.
Representative Hamilton Fish's
proposal to let the people of the
country vote before we enter upon
an aggressive war sounds good, but
it won't work because every country
that has ever fought has claimed
that it was fighting defensive war
and with organized propaganda any
country can make lunatics out of
its people in six weeks.
It u
AS soon as the Kellogg treaty,
outlawing war is disposed of, steps
should be taken to induce our prize
fighters to abstain from physical
combat, for the anxiety attending
the assault and battery industry is
too serious, the fate of the nation
now trembling in the balance as we
await Jack Dempseys decision as to
whether he shall once more knock
somebody fiat for a million dollars.
The Ohio prison authorities were
unfeeling to deny this executed
mans request for a jazz band at
his funeral, for since our entire
criminal procedure in a jazz propo-
sition, nothing could have been APP
propriate.
Mr.. C'TooIe of Chicago, sued for
divorce by Mrs. O'Toole, claims
she borrowed baby for the pur-
pose of increasing alimony allow
ance.
It may not be hers, but If she
keeps 1t q week, it will sink its
HOOKS into her and she'll adopt 1t,
DAILY THOUGHT
After this opened Job his mouth
and cursed his day.--JOb S:1.
"a
4 CUEsE is like a cloud--it
~ .sAczor Roilav
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

Editor Journal of the American MedicaI
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
TEN or Is per cent of all people
Il respond to the eating of GER
tain food substances with consti-
tutional reactions.
The foods to which they are Sensi-
tive may be such wholesome articles
of diet as milk, eggs, or cereals, or
such appetizing luxuries as straw
berries and Shellf1sh.
A baby sensitive to egg can be
made severely sick by feeding him
an amount of egg too small to be
weighed on chemical scale.
A person sensitive to honey may
be severely i'll not only by eating
honey as such, but by eating it
when it forms merely a portion of
the f1avoring in cake or some con-
lection.
Much more serious is sensitivity
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

1neSe currents en-
ter the brain.
The thing we
call Isl g hit" is
really something
going on in the
nerve. But our
brains are so or
ganized that we
are not aware that
sight is something
going on inside
our own brains.
We project our
sensation Of OBJ
iects back to where
the objects really
are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

CRIMINAL business, ought to pick
~ up all over the United States
since Grover Whalen, head of the
New York police force, has put all
those gangsters into circulation.
This is the way cities have ham
cled their undersirables for CEN
tury-make them leave town! In
other words, hand them to the next
town.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15
This Date in
u. S. History

Jan. is
1693-French and Indian troops left
Montreal to invade New York.
1730-New York City was granted
new royal charter.
1777-Vermont declared her inde-
pendence Of New York and
Massachusetts,.
16S1-First locomotive built in
America appeared
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

20o-inch telescope is to be built on Mt. Wilson.
Maybe they are trying to help Tex Rickard to ind
new champion who will draw million dollar gate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

In the Pacific there is species of shark which
eats only the brains of its victims That's one hazard
removed for bathers from Hollywood
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

South tDeclarer)-
A. 943
y A Q874
O K @
= 52
The Bidding-South opens with
one heart. West passes. North
passes. East bids one spade. South
and West pass. North bids two
hearts and all pass.
Deciding the Play-WeSt leads the
s of spades. How should Declarer
plan to play to make gamer
The Error-The first trick is TAX
en- with the ace of spades in the
Dummy. The 3 of hearts is then
led and taken with the queen OF
hearts. Declarer now leads the 4
Of hearts and takes with the king
Of hearts in the Dummy. Trumps
are played again, the ace of hearts
taking the trick.
Declarer must now waste either
the king or queen of diamonds on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

the ace of diamonds in the Dummy
or he is completely blocked. OPP
ponents must obtain the lead and
game. is prevented.
The. Correct Method Declarer
takes the first trick with the ace of
spades and then plays two rounds
Of trumps winning in closed hand
with the ace of hearts and queen
Of hearts. Further trump play is
now postponed.
King of diamonds and queen of
diamonds are played and then
trump play is continued. The ace of
diamonds and jack of diamonds
then being won in Dummy, game is
assured
The PrincipIe-n necessary, post
pone complete tramp play to pre-
vent blocking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

as an q
opinions exc
pressed in this
colu N n are
those Of one
Of Americas
most Interest,"
ing writers
and are pre-
scented with
out regard TO
their agree
ment with the
editorial atti-
tude Of this
pa per.
The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15


VIII an alien who entered the
United States Illegally and who has
been ordered deported, be allowed
to stay in this country If he con-
sents to join the United States
army?
No. The army does not recruit
deportable aliens.
Did Colleen Moore have a double
in the part of Bernice Summers in
the picture, Naughty B. Nice?
Colleen Moore plays the part all
through the picture.
What Is the difference between
"prussian blue" and queen blue?
Prussian blue is rich, dark blue
and queen blue is a medium light
blue.
What is the best selling book in
the United States?
The Bible holds the record from
year to year. During 1925 the
American Bible Society alone sold
or distributed 9.214.423 copies OF the
Scriptures.
Was Clara Morris the real name
Of the actress?
Her origilesI name was Morrison.
She married Frederick @. Harriott
in 1874. He died in 1914.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

4 CUEsE is like a cIoud--it
II ;sasses Bailey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

copyright, 1929. Ready Reference Pub
fishing Co..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-15

DAILY THOUGHT
After this opened Job his mouth
and cursed his day.--J0b 3:1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-04

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The kind of robe men like to strut around
the house in on Sunday morning. Has
three pockets for his cigarettes. matches and
whatnot. There is a shawl collar to protect
his neck.
Palais Royat-Man Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-04

Meet the Automatic T Bile
Lighter-press a button and it
lights. A wonderful gift or
bridge prize. Violet, rose, blue,
green, brown and black. APP
pealing little things.
PALAIS ROYAL-Main Floor
The Alaska fisherman., 1929-03-15
ENACT COMPENSATION LAW


 North Caroline has taken it's place among the states that have enacted workmen's com- pensation laws. The State Fed eration of Labor led the fight. The measure is a cOmprOmiSe and provides a maximum of SIS a week and a minimum of S7. with $500 ss the total award for death or ,ermanent injury. An injured worker may have medical and hospital care. which may be extended by the commission.
The Alaska fisherman., 1929-03-15
Brethern All

A teacher was giving his class a lecture on charity.
 Willie" he said, "if I saw boy beating a donkey, and stop ped him from doing so, what virtue would I be showing?"
 Willie (promptly): "Brotherly love-"
The Alaska fisherman., 1929-03-15
(FrOm Wrangell Sentinel

al than the heavier traps us
 ed by the big companies in the
 exposed areas This regula-
 tion means that the owners
 of hammer-head traps must
 either go out of business or
 spend thousands of dollars in
 having their traps altered.
 We respectfully petition that the regulations above mention ed be changed, unless there are reasons of which we have no knowledge why these two regu- latiOns should have been made.
 Editors Wrangell gave very vote to the supporters of the O'Malley system. They would do we'll if they voted for their own interests instead of otherwise and then passing re- solutions of protest. The only cure for the intolerable situa- tion in which Wrangell has fallen is the election of men who will vote against every for eign influence that keeps Alas ka enslaved).
The Alaska fisherman., 1929-03-15
POLITICAL DYNAMlrC

The earlier ua5e for the cleo tion (September) would make certain that all returns coud be gathered promptly, for it would come before freeze-up and be fore boats stopped running in Boring Sea, the Arctic Ocean and the interior rivers"
 The September date for cleo tions means the voting of Seat tie residents in Alaska. Wash ingtOn residents who have no use for Alaska other than as a place to make money which they invest or spend on pleas ures and homes in the States.
 Such a law would permit Se- attle residents to maintain two voting places-Washington and Alaska. Present requirement. is wise One-reSidence in the Territory one year. The hcange proposed by the "fulP territor- ial proponents would make it so foreign residents could vote in Alaska and control political ly in all Territorial affairs with out having to keep up affairs in the territory during the se- were months of winter. This is the scheme of the plunderbund and rapers of the resources of the Territory.
 AS to election returns coming in earlier, what difference does it make so long as the returns are all in before the end of Jan uary?-Peterseburg ALASKAN,