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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-03
Crowded Prisons

Tbs riot in the federal prison at LeavenTortn was
the act of desperate men. They we're unarmed and
had small hose g escape. They opposed guards who
had rifles. machine guns and bombs. Near by was
garrison Of federal troops
The prisoners took the risk of death and the GER
tainty Of solitary confinement the loss of privileges
sind Of time of for good behavior.
They must have been desperate Why? One
story is that they did not like the Mexican rice fire.
quenty fed them, another is that heat-crazed drug
addicts forened trouble: another that the riots in
two New York prisons acted as suggestion.
more convincing reason than any Of these is
found in the report Of Warden White to the depart
ment Of Justice Leavenworth prison is orercrowded
dsgracefuI'y It WAS built to accommodate 1000 men
It now herds $40.
The real re2son." SAYS Warden White. is the
overcrowded condition without any work 70 do with
the addition of extremely hot weather"
Supporting the warden the superintendent Of
United states prisons says:
1t has been impossible under the present law to
provide work sufficient to take up the attention Of the
majority CT the men 1 know that YOU and the mem
ters Of congress realize the gravity Of the situation
and appreciate the Importance OF securing adequate
financial tac,.ng fer relieving the congestion. and
legislation 70 permit extension OF prison industries"
feCes1i PRISON PopuldIlOn Has DScLl i4IOL0eSAls Ol
several years At the rate Of 10 per cent year Yet
facilities for handling this increase have not been
provided a congressional committee having studied
tie suaton last session obtained authorization for
two narcotic farms each TO have 1000 acres and to
house 1000 inmates. No money was appropriated for
The undertaking. however.
These farms should be established They will
Isve some Of the congestion Existing prisons should
be enlarged or new ones built.
It is not necessary to coddle prisoners But they
should be treated like human beings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-03
Renouncing War

Tomorrow. in the presence Of diplomats repre-
ssnting most of the sgnatory governments President
Hoover formally will proclaim the kellogg peace pact
IN effect among forty-nine nations. This is the pact
designed to outlaw war Those nations signing it re
nounce war as an instrument OF national policy
Two of the signatories are Russia and China. These
two nations now are brisng each other across the
Manchuran border but in response to reminders from
France and the United States. each has assured the
world that it is not forgetting its signature to the
Kellogg pact.
At the same time Moscow dispatch tells that
Russia has rejected an offer OF TO mediate the
Chinese Russian dispute. There be no negotia-
tons with China says the Russian government, until
China has restored Russia's rights in the Chinese
Eastern railway sez,d less than two weeks by the
Chinese government.
And in Peipng manifesto Of President Chang
Kai Shek is published Il talks of "RuSSias arrogant
attitude" and the Red imperialism"
On the surface It might that the two belger-
ent countries propose to proceed to var regardless OF
all treaties But We doubt that they will And We be-
Ieve thai the very existence Of the kellogg pact not
vet formally proclaimed will contribute much toward
cooling their war fever As swiftly the war clouds
have gathered almost swiftly have the peace moves
OF the Outstanding nations followed
In world where anybodys war quickly becomes
sverybody's war some Of asserting the worlds
common interest long has been necessary. The kellogg
agreement among nations furnishes this and it
already is being used We believe it will be used to
Satisfactory purpose. We believe Americans have
cause for pride in tomorTow's ceremonies at the
White House.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-03

For the adult who wants to learn
about foods there are g half dozen
books available that provide the
necessary information. However,
most people will not even look in a
book or make the slightest effort to
acquire the necessary information.
For them it is necessary to supply
a standard list by which they can
regulate their conduct and their
appetites.
Suppose one wished to take 1900
Galleries in a day. 1t could be &C
complished and all the body needs
guaranteed by the following ar
rangement:
Breakfast-One half orange
eggs. l thin piece dry toast, coffee
sweetened with saccharin and
tablespoons Of thin cream, and /
small cube of butter.
Lunch--A slice of lean meat. peas
or string beans to the amount of
two tablespoons, z head lettuce
with a little French dressing.
Dinner-Clear bouillon, 2 slices
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same fashion

manufactures carbohydrates from the carbon doxde,
could not go
But the leakage of water through the walls OF the
mesophyn cells means loss of water through evap-
Grafton or Transportation.
The water the cell walls evaporates. filling the
spaces between the cells with water vapor. When
the pores sonlaa Of the exterior of the leaf are
open. this water vapor escapes into the open air.
The loss Of water is characteristic of animals as
we'll as plants.
The moisture or vapor which is exhaled with the
breath is which has evaporated from the lungs.
The skin also gives of water in the form OF per-
spiraton.
The amount of water which is given of by plant
through Transportation is very large
It has been calculated that plant will trans
pire four or FIVE gallons of water in its lifetime while
such plants as the sunower give of an even greater
volume
The water transpired by field of wheat during a
summer would be the equal to the amount Of water
needed to cover the field TO depth OF five inches
1t has been calculated that for every pound OF solid
matter in the part of plants above ground about 800
pounds of transpired during the process of
growth.
From this it will be seen why an abundant supply
of water is essential in the growing Of crops
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-03


There goes another illusion. We never expected
to the day when the great Aimee Mcpherson
would slip.
She had breezed through so many adversites
it seemed that she must go putting it over come
what might
Not that many in this day of education could be
found to accept her primitive and rather terrible
brand Of theology. But that wasn't the point There
we're plenty who could be moved by her voice. her
appearance her emotion and her apparent sincerity
But business is falling OF
That at least is the inference from two news dis
patches One states that she is entering evangeli-
cal partnership with Billy Sunday Well, Billy has
not been packing EN- in for fifteen years or more
His competitors call him has-been.
second dispatch from Denver states: "At an
evangestic meeting at the municipal auditorium she
asked those who would contribute 81 to her cam
paign against Satan to stand up few persons
arose. Mrs. McPhersons band then struck UP
The Star Spanged Banner The auditorium arose
en- masse" This is called putting fast one
on the devil
Certainly the provocation is great when the once
successful Aimee can not get 81 out of those who
come to her. But isn't it possible that from
such collection tactics, the converts may get the
notion that the devil is not the only one having a
fast one put over on him?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-03

lean meat, spinach or carrots, Z
head lettuce with French dressing,
z orange, tea sweetened with
saccaharin, L of cup of milk, a
slice of thin bread toast and small
cube of butter.
In the diet that has been given
almost innumerable substitutions
may be made for the sake Of va
riety. One half grapefruit may be
substituted for the orange. One egg
may be substituted for the meat. Gu
cumbers, asparagus, radishes,
turnips, cabbage, spinach, water
cress may be used as vegetables or
several may be taken at one time
to make up about four ounces Of
vegetables cooked, or as a salad.
Occasionally berries or tomato
may be substituted for the orange Or
the grapefruit. The Galleries will
average about twelve hundred to
fourteen hundred per day and on
that diet the person will lose about
two pounds per week if he keeps up
his daily work, provided there is
nothing constitutionally wrong with
him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-03
That Edison Examination

Thousands Of boys over the country dreamed and
worked to get into the Edison technical scholarship
competition Finally forty-nine we're chosen by the
states and District Of Columbia. They went to West
Orange y. j. to take the examination.
They had prepared for technical examination
for scholarship in a technical school They had
right to expect technical QUESTIONABLE and tech
nical experts as judges.
Instead they got a character examination. Also
they we're forced to answer questions concerning
rstahaphys.cs economics and international affairs
which neither they nor the Judges we're competent to
answer.
When 90 you consider lie pernissible?"
Not even Jesus would dogmatize on that.
Are Mr.. Edison Mr.. Ford, Mr.. Eastman and the
rest Of The examining board willing to sit in judg-
ulent? Or vas this just trick question?
In either case the boys who went there for an
examination in science and objective facts we're
tricked.
Which one Of the following would YOU be willing
70 sacrifice for the sake Of being successful? Happi-
ness comfort reputation pride. honor, health, money
love" An easy question, TO be sure, for any prlg'
though hardly one you would put to anyone but
prlg
Is the present relation Of capital to labor reason
sblv fair2" We wonder just how the capitalists
the board Of Judges marked the boys who answered
Il has taken the world long while to progress
from that benighted age when youths personal
opinions on questions Of religion, philosophy and
politics we're made test Of entrance to an educational
institution or test for an academic scholarship.
We regret exceedingly that Mr.. Edison, great
genus-as an inventor-and man Of good intentions,
should have given the influence Of his name to
project so lacking in good taste and in educational
integrity
On more than one occasion Mr.. Edison and Mr..
Of feId IN
pontifcate on religious and historical subjects of
which they we're ignorant In so far as this latest
quesuonnare-read so widely by the hero-worshippng
youth Of the landencourages such confusion between
objective facts and subjective opinions its influence
IS most harmful
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Times Readers
Voice Vices

Editor The Times-Having A lust
and honest complaint, I beseeHn
you to publish this for the benefit OF
the public. This evening July 3C>
I boarded an East Michigan street
car. west bound, at Michigan and
La Sale street, and paid cents,
cuonting the transfer.
AS usual I did not notice the date
punched on the transfer, but it
showed July 81 instead Of 30.
I boarded an East Washington GER
at Washington and East Michigan
streets and was rudely put off at
Dawson by the conductor
Why should 7 or any other pas
senger suffer for the error OF the
street car company's employer Is
it just?
I will swear before any court I
had but one transfer In my pos
session when I got on the East
Washington car.
The transfer I gave the con-
ductor may have been good and was
switched as though I gave it TO him.
I ma man past 66, and never
gave any offense TO any one, espe-
ciaIly in violating the law or COM
planning Of any corporation.
Hoping for better service and
courtesies from the street car COM
pany. 5. W. HARSHMAN'
S. South Tuxedo street.
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TIT CETNTC I'M MI D. HAYWOOD
l. OGG4N1O l. ~ WILL ~ BROUN

matter Of fact Spectator in an army
of Missionaries. 1t is my invariable
custom to say, coldly, Show me a
statement of the earnings" I am in
no position to be sentimental about
what a stock used to be or even
what it can become in ten years
time.
Unlike to poets and prophets who
throng each brokerage office, I want
my Eldorado here and now. Not for
me the Bendixes and Radios. My
ear is tuned to the clink of the more
important earnings, sloshing around
in the Golfers of United States Steel.
Unfortunately, 1 have one grave
weakness as a market manipulation.
Judgment. patience, discretion, ruth
lessness-all these I possess in high
degree. The only flaw in my equip
ment is the fact that I haven't any
money.
What a pity it is that such huge
sums should be in the control of
wholly impractical men, while I
must remain an odd lot trader.
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Bit Between Teeth

FINDER such circumstances, any
" candidate nominated by the
Republican party in a regular way
was foredoomed not only by the
normal Democratic majority against
him, but by the attitude Of his own
crowd.
1t would have been a repetition Of
the old performance this year, If
La Guardia had not taken the bit
in his teeth and run away with the
nomination.
The bosses not only were out to
put up a perfectly orthodox candl-
date. but to let him be trimmed in
perfectly orthodox way.
They are sore and disappointed
because they we're unable to do 1t,
afraid that by some fortuitous cir
cumstance La Guardia may be elect
ed and spoil the pretty game.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-03
Walker Tough Foe

TN facing James Jacob Walker,
L who is running for a second term,
and Tammany Hall, with its finely
developed political organization,
Congressman La Guardia will find
himself confronted by different
foe, than the SNUG, Indifferent,
tricky crowd that he has beaten,
and he will have to sing a far diff
ferent tune than prevailed in the
unofficial Republican convention to
get anywhere.
The agreeable thought that
Mayor Walker can be defeated by
being made fun of as a wisecracker
is absurd.
Because a man is nin1ble on his
mental feet, because he can crack
Jokes with the best Of them, because
ne can adapt himself to any form
of entertainment, it does not follow
that he is lazy, crooked, or neglect
full of the public's business.
What is more important, it does
not follow, that the public thinks so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-03
Just Like Eliza

IF I want to buy anything I have
Il to. sell something. After the
manner of unfortunate Eliza, for
ward progress in my case can be at
tanned only by quitting one cake of
ice to reach another. And if any
single cake in the whole lot proves
unsound, 6 is curtains for Eliza and
for me.
Please don't think I suffer from
any lack Of confidence as I place
my whole weight upon United States
Steel. I read our report card and
found it excellent. We got A in
arithmetic, A in history and B plus
in geography.
I don't know about department
yet. That remains TO be seen.
Still. everybody tells me that steel
ought to be selling at $50. I have no
objection. I wonder what is hold
ing us up?
fcoovriebt. 1929 for The Times
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XXTELL, it certainly feels good TO
w be back with United States
Steel again. The old place looks
exactly the same. although they
have introduced some Improvements
here and there. BY now the slight
disagreement which separated us at
1881, has been entirely forgotten.
At least I bear no i'll will, and l
expect an equal generosity on the
part of the steel corporation.
In fact, it's rather up to it TO
kill the fatted calf for a prodigal
stakeholder who has been feeding on
such husks as Great Northern Ore
and Standard Brands.
However, I think it might be q
good idea for them to number both
the fat kind and The investors. so
that no mistakes will be made when
the slaughter takes place.
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COLUMBUS LEAVES SPAIN

COLUMBUS LEAVES SPAIN
Aug. 3, 1892
ON Aug. 3, 1892, Christopher Co.
~ lumbus sailed from Palos,
Spain, on his memorable voyage
with the three tiny vessels-the
Santa Maria, the Pinta and the
Nina.
Provisioned for a year and with
ninety mariners aboard, the fleet
proceeded to the Canay Islands,
where the rig Of the Pinta was
altered. Repairs were completed
and the expedition left the Canary
Islands Sept 6.
From the parallel of about 80 N.
nearly to the equator there is zone
Of perpetual Winds-namely, the
northeast trade winds-always NOV
ing in the same direction. so that
the ships Of Columbus we're steadily
carried to their destination by a law
of nature.
Day after day passed and the crew
became nutinous, but on Oct. II,
about 10 p. M, Columbus saw light.
At 2 o'clock the next morning. land
was distinctly seen. The island,
called by Columbus San Salvador,
has now been ascertained to be
Waiting Island, one of the Bahamas.
After discovering several smaller
islands, the feet came in sight Of
Cuba, Oct q. Crossing the chan
mel between Cuba and Haiti they
anchored in the harbor Of st.
Nicholas Mole Dec. 4.
The Santa Maria was wrecked
shortly after and it was necessary
to leave a small colony on the island
when Columbus began the return
voyage on Jan. z. 14sl
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A Lone Eight

TTAVING won the nomination
l. il alone, it remains for Congress
man La Guardia to fight the
campaign alone
The Livingstons, Koenigs and
other regulars are about as anxious
to see him win the election as they
we're to see him get the nomination.
Circumstances have made him a
figure Of splendid isolation, In that
lies his one hope.
1t is not particularly bright
hope. but it is the only one that a
Republican candidate for mayor Of
New York City could afford to bet
on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-03
They Like Jimmy

TT is to be conceded that Mayor
il Walker has made national rep
utation for himself as a Wit, has
spent considerable time receiving
distinguished guests. has stayed out
rather late at night and slept rather
late in the morning and has refused
to take his job 50 seriously that he
could not be agreeable and accom-
modating.
1t is to be conceded. also, that, in
spite of all the scolding by sober
minded editorial writer's and the
sarcastic remarks Of those who
would prove themselves equally
clever, New York rather likes it's
breezy, hail-fellow-vell-met chief
executive. and that the candidate
who beats him will have to find and
prove some bigger fault.
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in the lower classes. That's one Of
the reasons 1 sold Standard Brands.
I had owned the stock for almost
a week. and I was afraid that the
wolves Of Wall Street might mis-
take me for a widow or an orphan
rather than big operator.
However. there is plenty Of room
for more business acunen in the
stock market. The secret of my
success consists Of the application
Of hard common sense in a field of
activity, where all is romancing and
sentimentality.
The Wall Street of today is de-
voted to the proposition that two
birds in the bush yielding 1 per
cent on your money are worth a
nice s per cent bird right in the
hand. Wall Street calls this dis
counting the future" but it is really
form of day dreaming.
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Second Fiddle
THE Republican party Of Ne

THE Republican party Of New
4 York City has been content to
play second fiddle to Tanmany hall.
Indeed. it has furnished the back
ground for Tammany Hall, the sur
face of SNUG responsibility under
laid with trickery and intrigue
which was essential to the smoother
and successful operation of Tam
many Hall.
The Republican party of New
York City has been content to do
no more than a little shadow box
ing every four years in exchange for
certain privileges with regard to
state and federal patronage.
AS far as municipal politics are
concerned, it has seen eye to eye
with the bosses Of Tammany Hall
and deliberately has connived at its
own defeat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-03
Honest STAGE Setting

r A GUARDIA has done the peo-
IL pie of New York a service by
smashing the system which had
made a mockery of the party he
represents, and by giving them a
chance to vote in an election that
will not have been settled before
hand by agreement.
That, at least, furnishes an hon
est stage setting, and recreates the
illusionment that the greater city
is going through something more
than a mere fornality when 1t holds
municipal election.
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Transportation.
The cells in the
interior Of the leaf,
the mesophyll cells,
c o n ii n uously are
giving up W a t e r,
This vets the walls
of the cells a n d
makes it possible
for the carbon di-
oxide Of the atnos-
phi e re to enter
them.
If it we're not for
this fact, photosyn-
thesis. the process
by which the plant
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Not Investor

HOWEVER. it would hardly be
l. Il fair to call me an investor.
When you call me that smile. In
vestment is for capitalists. We of
the working class must speculate.
What earthly good can I derive
from depositing some hard earned
hundred dollars with an organiza-
ton which will return me $106 at
the end Of year? Sterner and
more daring chances are best for us
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-03
The Cycle Of Water
No. 425

DLANTS can not grow without water. They abb
L sorb :he water through their roots and the water
penetrates the entire plant
But the plant also gives up water we'll as abb
serbs it.
If a wet cloth is hung wash line it begins to
dry. This is due to evaporation The water in the
cloth is changed to water vapor and absorbed into
the air.
Plants lose water through evaporation in much the
same fashion The process is known technically as
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TT is mistake to say Congressman
l. La Guardia received the Re-
publican nomination for the mayor
atty of New York.
He did not. He took it-going out
single handed, fighting the organi-
cation to a standstill, hopping UP
the floor with it, and thumbing his
nose at it in the end.
His triumph is significant, not
only because it shows what a nervy
dissenter can do, but because it
reveals the rotten condition exist
ing within his own party.
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Are clocks made with the hours
numbered from one to twenty four ?
Such clocks are common on the
continent OF Europe.
How can a chamois jacket be
washed?
Wash in warm suds to which
household ammonia has been added
about l teaspoon 10 a quart of
water. Do not rinse TOO much.
Stretch it TO shape while it is damp.
Did Germany lose all her colonial
possessions as the result of the
World war?
Yes.
What Is the population of the
world and of the United States?
The population of the world is
estimated at l,so6 100000. The 1923
estimated population Of the United
States is 12o,013,0o0
What is the average daily birth
rate in the United States?
Taking the latest birth and death
figures and dividing them by 365
shows an average of so65 births a
day and 1895 deaths.
What is the origin and meaning
of the name Blanca?
1t is Italian from the Teutoric,
meaning white.