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The Washington times., 1929-05-04
L'AllegrO Players Give
"Kempy" Play Tonight

L'Allegro Players of All Souls
Unitarian Church will offer their
spring presentation tonight at S:15
o'clock in Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and
Harvard SITS. n. w.
"Kempy," by ]. c. and Elliott
Nugent, has been chosen by Direc.
tor Miss Ina Halves. and the cast
will include Elsie Ward, J. C.t1Gil'
bert. Olive Hartly, Helen Wheeler
Dorothy j. kemball. Richard
Greenman. William Waldenmaier
and Gerard Cover.
L'Allegro Club Orchestra. con
Quoted by G. F. Laughlin. will pro-
vide the musical arrangement.
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
3NI3H3N1
NEWS SECTION
Stanley MacNider
Returns to Old Home

LURAY. Va, May 4.-Lured to
the old scenes of his childhood and
early manhood, Stanley MacNider.
formerly. of Marksville district, after
whom the town of Stanley, this
county, is named, has returned and
will probably make his permanent
summer residence in this county.
MacNider, now leader in the
financial and industrial world, came
to Page in early childhood with his
father, who was president of fur
mace and land company which he
named for his little son.
Furnace AMI ore operations later
gave birth to the town which was
named after the little MacNider.
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
GENERAL
NEWS SEcTION
Finds Tortoise Bearing
Inscription: "W.J.W.
1891" On Shell

STAUNTON, Va, May 40. L.
Shaw, Augusta county man, has
found a box tortoise, better known
as dry-land terrapin, with
"W. J. w. 1891" carved upon its
under shell.
1t is supposed that the initials
were carved by W. J. Wilson, a
resident in 1891 Of the section
of the county where the tortoise
was found.
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
Va. High School Gets
SIS for Highway Fund

: BALLSTON, Va, May A.
Through the mite boxeE in the
several class rooms at the Wash
ington-Lee High School SIS was
collected during the month of April.
according to a statement by s, p
Vanderslice. principal. yesterday.
The State has added s25 to the
fund and 100 books for the school
library have been ordered.
The Washington times., 1929-05-04
Linthicum Heights Club
Will Dance Tonight

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, May 4.
The annual spring dance of the
Junior Country Club will be held
at the town hall tonight,
The chaperones will be. Mrs. H.
J. Holland and Mrs. l.. L. invalid.
Next Saturday at O .. m. the
Arundel Chapter, No. 80. Order OF
the Eastern Star, win hold q dance
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
CriticiSing Judges

The attempt by Justice Percy O'Connor of San
Jose, Cal to ial Editor Hyland Baggery of The Los
Gatos Matthew'S on criminal libel charge has
failed. The charge dismissed on motion of Santa
Clara county's prosecutor, and the cause of free
press thereby indicated.
Baggerly criticised Judge O'Connor when the lat
ter dismissed charges of driving when intoxicated
and possessing liquor and then imposed $50 fine,
remitting sentence, daughter of wealthy and
influential San Jose banker. He also recalled that
the judge was in the habit of being "hard-boiled"
with liquor violators of the less aff1uent type and
intimated that it a plain Of w-towing -
"As a newspaper man, believe it my duty to call
the publics attention to what I conceived gross
miscarriage of justice" said Baggery And SO it was
When editors can be muzzled by contempt pro-
ceedingS, or slenced by threats Of criminal libel
when judges conceive themselves as above criticism
when they may hale men into court for expressing
honest opinion, then it's time for people to take
stock of their liberties.
In contrast to Judge O'Connor's attack upon
Baggerly is another California jurst Judge Franklin
Griffin who left the bench to assail from the plat
form an injustice wrought in his own court thirteen
years ago, the Mooney frame-up perfdy. BY such
fortnight sef-crticsm rather than by stopping the
mouth of criticism does the law gain respect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
The GastOnia Trial

sixteen Young people are to go on trial today in
Charlotte N c. charged with the murder of the police
chief of Gastonia N. c. growing out of the textile
strike in which strikers were victims of the lawless-
ness and violence of officials.
Indication that the trial will be fair one has
been given by the action of Judge M. V. Barnhlll
in granting the change of venue which brought the
trial to Charlotte from Gastona.
The latter community, its feeling reused to fever
pitch against the Observation-Disclosures who had
tried to organize the mill people against the cotton mill
owners who run CASTOR county like feudel barons-
was no place for the murder trial
The Greensboro News, which can not be accused
of undue friendlness to the strikers remarked that
Ciastona was in the mood to "try dozen or more
1nalcontents for murder and condemn them for what
they think of God, marriage and the Negro
North Carolina so far has come through a try1nS
situation with credit due to Governor Max Gardner,
who appointed Judge Barnh to try the cases. and to
the latter's strict sense of justice
It might be added that the communist organiza-
tons which backed the strike have not helped For in
stance few minutes before Judge Barnhill granted
the change of venue. he was handed cartoon from
a communist newspaper which portrayed him as
fat ogre with blood dripping hands
The less agitation OF this sort, the better it will be
both for those accused and for the they repre-
sent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
Police Say

nF course, there is an explana-
" ton for the severity of the
police. They will tell you that if a
material witness in such a case we're
liberated he might be killed or tam
pered with by friends of the escaped
killers.
And it is fair to admit that this
is not fantastic. Even so, it would
seem reasonable for a community to
differentiate in it's treatment Of
friend and foe, accused criminal
and witness.
1t is not impossible that you or I,
engaged in some wholly innocent
activity, might happen along upon
the commission Of a crime.
And if our offense was merely that
we saw the murderer in the act of
shooting his victim, we would be
liable to an indeterminate stay in
prison under prison conditions. And
if We broke under the strain, so
much the worse for us. The state
would reward us for this sacrifice by
a payment of 81 day.
And all this, I think, may very
well explain that rather familiar
phrase, "A reluctant witness"
Copyright. 1929, by The Tinesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
In
1T SEEMS TO ME By H RBoTS 81: 81:

THERE is much public lamenta-
4 ton over the fact that many
criminals in America escape con-
viction. And many drastic and COM
plicated remedies have been sug-
gested.
But in this community at least
one very simple reform has been
neglected. The plain truth of the
matter is that our clumsy system
makes the lot of witness very little
less onerous than that of the person
accused of the crime.
Few are willing to come forward
eagerly and testify for the state in
any criminal case, because they are
handled as enemies instead of allies.
Let me describe a specific case in
which friend Of mine is concerned.
Come six or seven weeks ago a young
Italian-American named Tommy
Morello was present in a cabaret
called the Hotsy Totsy when two
men we're murdered Morello was
a violin player employed in the
place.
There was not the slightest sug-
gestion that he was implicated in
the crime in any way, but it was
believed that he had been in a
position to see the shooting. He was
then, according to the district at
torney's Office and police depart
ment, man who could be useful in
furthering the ends Of justice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
In Industry

The record of manufactured weather" as an asset
to the nations industries is already impressive
one. Every industry which found variable weather
conditions troublesome factor is finding relief by
the new methods of control.
1.-THE printer and photographer turning to air
conditioning equipment to remedy tickle conditions
in their effect upon eather-Senstve paper gelatin
rollers and inks DR.. Lindsay says.
1.-THE ancient industry of -four milling likewise is
becoming moderrized Air conditioning has entered
this field to cleanse the air coming in contact with
the stocks in the flour mill, to maintain the moisture
content in the stocks which proves most suitable for
efficient and economical milling, and to maintain a
final moisture content in the products such that the
miller will not suffer from the invisible loss Of
evaporation.
"Non-shatterable glass for automobiles is becon-
ing standard equipment. The Elimination of sheets
of glass with celuoid the process by which this glass
is made, is accomplished effectively and efficiently
only under most favorable atmospheric conditions.
These now are being maintained by air condition.
ing in some of the most important factories produc
ing this material"
Dr. Lindsay points out that air conditioning is also
being used in lacquer plants to facilitate the drying
OF coatngS OF lacquer in cigar plants to prevent the
tobacco from drying out. and in shoe factories to
prevent changes in the leather.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
Few Refrigerators Found Dangerous

; Methyl chloride gas when inhaled
tends to accumulate in the body
as long as the exposure persists.
The gas is heavier than air and
unless the windows are close to the
floor, window ventilation will not
aid elimination of the gas near the
floor.
The gas has been believed for
years to be relatively harmless. Tt
has no odor and is not likely to be
detected unless chemical tests are
used to discover its presence.
Since the matter has been called
to general attention, arrangements
are being made to mix irritating and
odorous gases with methyl chloride
in order that leak may be de-
tected promptly.
In the meantime, early treatment
of metllyl chloride poisoning con-
sists in the use of limitations of
oxygen and 5 per cent carbon diox-
ide to overcome the effects of the
gas.
Bicarbonate of soda is given to
overcome the acidosis that is pro-
duced and the symptoms are treated
according to their nature. After
asphyxiation, weak heart stimulants
are used.
The diet is soft and the patient
must be kept absolutely quiet until
the condition improves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
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BOSTON STAMP ACT RIOT

BOSTON STAMP ACT RIOT
Aug. rs
IN Aug. 26, i765, the stamp act
~ riot took place in Boston, The
stamp act provided for the pay
nent by British subjects in America
to the English eXchequer, of speci-
fed sums, in consideration for the
common transactions Of business.
Soon after passage Of the act by
the British government, Boston
church bells were tolled and flags
on the shipping put at half mast
Meanwhile the Massachusetts legis-
lature issued a circular letter to all
colonies calling for a special con-
gress to frame way to resist the
stamp act.
Numerous outbreaks occurred and
on Aug. 26 a mob sacked the man
sion of Chief Justice Hutchinson.
threw the plate into the street and
destroyed his valuable library which
he had been thirty years collecting
and which contained many manu-
scripts, the loss of which was ire
parable.
The mob's violence fell in the
wrong place, as usual, for Hutch
inson had done his best to prevent
passage Of the act.
In most of the colonies the stamp
officers we're compelled to resign
their posts. Boxes Of stamps arriv-
ing by ship we're burned and thrown
into the sea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
Air Cooled in Home
BY DAVID DIETZ
scripps-Howard Science Editor

TINE day is not distant when homes will be cooled
l. in summer just they are now heated
in winter, according to a research report made by
Dr. D. G. Lindsay Of Newark, N j., for the American
Chemical Society.
DR.. Lindsay predicts that before long, the air in
homes will be washed, cooled and dehumidfed-it's
not so much the heat as the humidity, you know
in the summer time
The air will be kept at a proper temperature,
humidity and state of cleanliness the year around at
no greater monthly cost than the present one Of
running the furnace.
"Air conditioning" as it is known scientifically, is
already commonplace in motion picture theaters.
1t also is being used in many industries, resulting
in many cases in better product and a speeding up
of production.
Human efficiency also is being improved by the
use Of air conditioning. The usual hot weather ef-
feet on tempers is missing in the plants where the
air is kept at the right temperature, Dr. Lindsay
reports.
ut is easy to see that people who physically
comfortable are likely to be happy and efficient
in their work. he says.
He also believes that sickness will be reduced con-
siderably through this scientific control of indoor
weather.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
That Strong Parental Arm

An Indiana Judge before whom appeared two
small boys charged with the theft Of $lS from a
filling station, waxed eloquent on the decay of par
entail discipline Said he:
What you boys need is more rigid discipline at
home If you were my boys I'd get flfteen-foot elm
pole and I'd wear it off clear to the handle both
Of you
This judicial dictum, doubtless, will strike popu-
lar chord Yet it occurs to that the Judge is bit
confused. Proper home discipline does not by any
manner of means, go hand in hand with corporal
punishment.
All that any man has to go on in this connection
is his own memory. And We can recall many boy
hood playnates who were extremely well-behaved,
but who were not padded from one years end to
another; and We also remember that the worst boy
in our town was lad who was whipped soundly for
the slightest infractions of the parental code.
1t takes more than a strong right arm to make
a good father 1t is about time to stop insisting that
all our ills would be solved if more children were
only fogged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
No Windows

A house properly equipped for air conditioning
would not require windows which could be opened.
The windows functions merely would be to admit
light and permit view of the outdoors Rooms
without windows would be just as comfortable as
rooms with windows.
Air for the home would be drawn in by suction
fan. It then would pass through chamber where it
would be cleansed of dust particles by sprays Of
water.
Next in winter, it would pass through a furnace
to be warmed. In summer, it would pass through
refrigerator unit to be cooled.
The householder would have to give no attention
at all to the plant thermometer would control the
temperature Another Instruments Microscope
which measures the amount Of moisture in the air,
would control the humidity.
The science Of weather control is entirely a.
twentieth century product. The first attempt at it
was made in 1902 by young engineer named Willis
H Carrier.
He undertook to design method for controlling
humidity in a lthographers plant.
His work pointed the way to the present systems
used in theaters and factories
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26

This is not true of sulphur dioX-
ide, which is used in most household
refrigerators, and no cases of poi
soning from refrigerators thus
equipped have been reported.
AS soon as one comes in contact
with it, the eyes and throat i'm
Imediately become irritated and the
person generally can escape to the
open air before harm is done.
Also in all the cases reported at
Chicago, the refrigerators asso-
ciated with multiple unit systems
that is to say with a large ma
chine in the basement and a re-
frigerator in the apartment-were
involved. None of the individual
unit machines, having machine
and a refrigerator for the individ-
-ual apartment, was involved.
In multiple unit systems, in
which there is from 100 to 200
pounds of gas under pressure of
approximately 100 pounds, a leak
in the piping in any one unit may
allow the escape Of sufficient methyl
chloride in a single apartment to
cause death.
In two cases the windows of the
apartment we're open and still there
was not sufficient ventilation to pro-
tect the people from poisoning and
death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
Holy Land Riots

tn mix politics and religion is to destroy peace.
II nrevented settlement of the Irish problem for
many years. 1t prevents unifcation OF India. Less
than year ago it injected elements OF hatred ana
bigotry into our own presidential campaign which
we're disgrace and a menace TO American lnsti-
buttons
Today that mixture of religion with politics has
preciptated virtual civil war in Palestine
In Palestine the present conflict is between Mos
lem and Jew In India it is between MoSem and
Hindu In Ireland and this country it was between
Catholic and Protestant Christians.
But whatever the country or whatever the religion
or sect the madness which forces men to interfere
with the religion of their fellows is the same. And
ALWAYS that religious madness seeks political club
to intlre those who worship God under different
name or in different manner.
IN the Palestine conflict, it appears from dis
lance that the Arabs are chiefly to blame and that
the Jews are the victims. But blame is not easy to
weigh in any such dispute much less in one so distant
and confused as this one, is the placing OF re-
sponsbility for past conflict very important
The problem is to prevent repetition of these riots
and murders.
If the British government is to re-estabish peace
and maintain peace in the future, it will have to act
much more firmly than in the past The British ad-
ninistraton in the past has been unwilling appar-
emily to offend the Arabs politically
If the British can not maintain order in Palestine
and protect the Jewish minority the British should
get out of that country, which they were so eager
to take over as a mandate.
The fact that the waing WALL remnant OF SOLO
mons temple and the Mosque of Omar are ad1acent
slyi,es has in the past and will in the future
age violence between certain types of fanatcal Jews
and fanatical Moslems. The problem is somewhat
for that 1OSt n
who go TO that wall to pray and lament are old men
and women who have neither the desire nor strength
to start trouble.
British authorities not be expected to recon-
Gle centuries religious disputes But so long as
Great Britain governs Palestine the rest OF the world
will expect her to proec-by force if necessary-the
right of Jew and Moslem to worship each at his own
shrine without interference from fanatics of the
opposing sect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
The Kids Pncketknife

Nothing, it seems, is too small to have escaped
the eye OF the senate and house committees which
framed the pending tariff bill
Take, for instance, the cheap little pocketEnives
which boys buy-little boys who have only dime
or Is cents TO spend
knife costing cents to make abroad now carries
duty of 2ls cents or So per cent. That would seem
about enough for pocketknife makers to levy on the
boys of the country.
But the house committee boosted the rate to 81
cents and the senate finance committee to 81 cents
or 1888 per cent.
Likewise Accent knives were boosted. They now
carry tariff tax of cents piece, or 175 per cent
But the senate committee hosted it to cents 225
per cent.
Higher priced knives we're not disturbed. so that
knife costing Is cents TO make abroad carries duty
of only 3Ilk cents. about 125 per cent and So
cent knife carries only so cents, or 100 per cent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
Back Of the Chain Gang

CEVEN years ago Robert Burns
- was convicted of robbery in At
lanta, Ga. He says he was driven
to it by hunger. But let that pass.
The fact is that he obtained only
$685..
He was sentenced to from six to
ten years on the chain gang.
After a few months, he made his
escape and went to Chicago where
he became a publisher, and where
he was discovered early last spring.
He was taken back to Georgia, of
course, and recommitted to the
chain gang, after which, he appealed.
for executive clemency on the
ground that he had led an exemplary
life since his escape.
He might have succeeded but for
his estranged wife who informed the
police of his whereabouts in the first
place and who came to Atlanta for
the express purpose of blocking his
pardon, or parole.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
Time to Protest

1t is not always easy to draw the line between
the rights of the individual and the rights of the
community, and those rights often conflict.
If our daughters, wives and grandmothers want to
lpsticks we assume that is their business But if
they use poisoned lipsticks, what then?
We vote for interference.
An investigation by the New York department of
health has revealed that nine brands of pstick Sc
lected at random contained posons or other ngredi-
ents highly injurious to the skin
The men of this country simply not going to
stand for that sort of thing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
Harsh Penalties

XXTE do not catch such large
w percentage of criminals in this
country; that is one reason why we
treat those rough whom we do
catch. We have an idea that if we
treat them bad enough we can scare
the others.
One hears a great deal about the
lettering effect of long sentences,
but the English theory is that GER
tainty counts for more than severity,
and that as long as the criminal
thinks he has good chance of es-
Gaping, he can not be frightened by
the fact that harsh penalties have
been inflicted on a few of his tribe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
Mems FaithS and War

THERE is trouble in Jerusalem
< over the wailing wall, and air.
planes rush British troops from
Egypt to quell it.
One wonders which is the greater
marvel.
If Jews want to lament at the
shrine of their fathers, it obviously
is their right.
By the same token if Arabs pre-
fer Allah, Mecca and Mohammed,
it is their right.
But even so, why can't they let
each other alone?
Why are not men content to pur-
sue their own peculiar faith?
Why will they persist in trying
to impose it on their fellows?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-26
EnCOurd cement

TITO encourage him toward doing
Il his bit to further the cause of
law and order he was put in jail
and placed under $4,000 bail, since
that was the amount which he could
not possibly raise.
Almost two months have gone by,
and the innocent bystander still is
in Jail under precisely the same rig
orous conditions imposed on crirni-
mails awaiting trial for serious trans
gressicns.
In fact, Tommy Morello, the ma
terial witness, is somewhat worse of
than if he had committed crime.
If charge lay against him there
would at least be some definite
limit upon his detention before he
had his day in court. For the ma
terial witness there is no such
mercy.
Two men wanted for the Hotsy
Totsy murder have been indicted,
but, unfortunately, neither has been
apprehended. 1t may be that at
some future time an arrest will be
made.
In the meantime Morello's hope
for freedom rests upon the chance
that the New York police department
will prove itself efficient enough to
catch the men it wants.
The innocent bystander is with
out any positive assurance that he
may not have to spend the rest Of
his life in jail if the police fail to
effect capture.
The indeterminate nature Of this
confinement naturally is harassing
and particularly SO IN the case Of 3