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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
Electrocution Before Conviction

The function OF the police Is to appreherd Grim
nals, not to ascertain their guilt Still the police al
most everywhere proceed to try the case In a pre-
lminary manner through the third degree"
1t is in wide use and many officials defend 1t. Re-
Gently it has been urged in justification that the third
degree must be used as substitute for the courts
in depressing crime. Justice in the courtroom having
broken down. the only way Of intidating criminals Is
to beat them up in police headquarters.
Most ingenious and cruel methods employed by
police in administering the third degree Electric de-
vices, such charged mat and the like long have
been popular But the most novel and dramatic meth
cd of administering electric shock in connection
with this process just has been uncovered in Helena
Ark
Here it proved that for some years the police
had been using electric chair in which to torture
accused prisoners, in the hope OF extracting con-
fesson of guilt Not of running their victim into
the chair at the other end of the judicial process the
police decided to be of administering mild shocks
at the outset
Judge Davenport wisely ordered destruction of the
chair and declared that prisoners to be mobbed
before the trial. there little need Of holding court
With the admitted defects of American police
system it goes without saying that the police need all
their time and efforts to reform and improve their
own methods of catching criminals.
The courts may be as bad the police aege, but
this is not the responsibility problem of the police
They will do well to devote themselves to the mote
of ineciency and corruption which protrudes
spicuousIy from their eye.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

should serve to lower the number
of deaths greatly. Wherever such
methods have been put into effect,
the rates have responded promptly
One of the most important points
is education of the public in the
hygiene of maternity and infancy.
Chicago lowered it's infant mortality
rate greatly by undertaking a def
mite campaign Of education of
mothers as to the proper care of the
infant month by month from the
day of its birth.
The emphasis placed on breast
feeding and on a sufficient amount
of sunlight and fresh air results in
an appreciate effect on the infant
mortality rate.
Other factors of Importance in
clude special attention of physicians
as TO new methods in the care Of
babies and more proper supervision
of the mother previous to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
Big Business

The antitrust suits begun by the United States
government against the Fox and Warner and motion
picture interests will be regarded as an indication of
the attitude of the new administration toward the
tendency of business to consolidate into larger and
larger units.
Action against Warner Brothers Pictures Inc, is
based on that companys acquisition of control of
First National Pictures, Inc. The merger of Loews
Inc with the Fox interests is the basis for the
other suit.
The government sets forth that the Fox interests
control 40 per OF the total motion picture pro-
duction in addition to operating large proportion
of the best and largest rst-run movie houses of the
country. Warner interests control 25 per cent of
production and operate large number of theaters,
the government says.
The government seeks to have the stock purchases
by which the mergers were affected set aside and to
have the defendants ordered to strip themselves of
their holdings
Attorney General Mitchell, in recent speech be-
fore the Bar Association at Memphis announced that
he would not follow the policy of his predecessor in
permitting proposed mergers to be submitted to the
department of justice for scrutiny and approval even
though such approval did not grant freedom from
future prosecutions.
He said that the antitrust laws as they stood
would be enforced. since there had been no change
in them by congress. The suits just filed are the
first application of the policy he outlined.
Whether the department will proceed against other
gigantic mergers recently effected not be told
1t is inconcevable. however. that shall witness
trust-bustng crsades like those of the Roosevelt era
that the department will fail to take into account
changed conditions and recent economic trends.
The day of cut-throat competition by large num-
bers of small business units is ended. 1t
economic and waseful and unsuted to the mass pro-
duction and distribution which is the characteristic
OF modern industry 1t would be useless for the gov
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
REASON By Ff nAsDas
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU displayed good sense
VI when be avoided q state funeral


~ when he avoided state funeral.
Nothing is SO futile, vain, vulgar as to call
out the drum majors the sentine1s the brigadier-
generals the bass drums, the clankns sabers, the
spurs the and the other hoopla when we hand
WORKOUT brother back to mother nature
But We do not agree with Clenenceau's conviction
that death an endless sleep for while nobody knows
anything about it, it is just cheap and lot more
beneficial to think there's good time coming after
this worlds work is done.
Certainly it helps millions bear burdens which
otherwise would break their backs.
OF course Cemenceau's opinion is worth no more
than the opinion of the umbrella member for in the
presence of the Infinite, all men nlidgetS.
The truth is that the hourly enfoldng majeSties of
the universe argue immortality more than all else,
and as for miracles the evolution OF the human mind
from that of savage to that of Edison is greater
miracle than any recorded in the Scriptures.
TT may be that Clemenceaus bitter viewpoint was
due in part to the fact that he fought hard all his
life and met mans ngratitude and later the ngrati
tude of France, after saving her life.
Or it may have been his life, since mental atti-
tude depends much lvers.
The funny thing about it Is that if death is OBJ
hvion why did Clemenceau insist that he be buried
standing up.
Why did he care what position they put him in9
A New Jersey Judge decides that married woman
may smoke cigaretS though her mate opposes it.
This means that she may inhale, draw the smoke
clear down her toes then shoot out through her
distended nostrils like devastating dragon
Beautiful ladyi
british dress refornerS advocate change in
- mans attire, substituting blouse for the coat
and shorts for trousers the shorts coming above the
knee, with rolled stockings below and stretch of
shaggy shank between.
If this becomes our American outfit favor
the greatest nberaty in the construction of the game
laws
Those of us who have been broke all of our lives
can not be expected to weep unduly because some
gentlemen who never have met the wolf before are
eaping into the river because they lost their wad in
the stock market.
Miss Bertha Clevenger of Detroit sues John H Cas-
tie, millionaire real estate man. for $4,000 for breach
of promise.
The collapse Of the market didn't effect the quota
tons on broken hearts.
Senator Francis E. Warren, who served in the up
per chamber for thlrtyseyen years longer than any
other man in our history, a marvellous parade of
history making events and had he kept diary, 1t
would be classic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
A Needed Inquiry

Necessity for senatorial investigation Of the
federal power commission is becoming increasingly
apparent The senate interstate commerce commit
tee should exercise its authority to make such inquiry
While the commission never has functioned salts
factory for complaint has increased in recent
months 1t is not the fault of the commission ITSELF
it seems but OF those employed to carry out its work
Dissension exists, reports of distinctly power
company flavor are issued and there Is every reason
to believe thorough airing of what is going may
be useful.
If the commission Is entitled to clean bill o.
health all the better. If not let's find out what Is
wrong, and correct it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
Simple Rules Cut Infant Mortality

child's birth and during the birth
process.
Among recent efforts, special at
tention is being given to the pre-
vention of colds and lung infections
among infants by education Of
parents in the control of communi-
cable diseases.
An older person with a cough or
cold should remain away from an
infant, since such infection is more
serious for a child than for a grown
up person.
The child should sleep alone and
the ventilation and temperature of
the room in which the child sleeps
must be watched.
Rules for the proper care of in
fants are essentially simple, but
they demand a good deal Of detail
and attention in their observance.
When the rules are followed, the
results are found to be more than
worth the effort.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
Those Polar Lands

THE United States, We are in
Il formed, is not prepared to enter
into any dispute with Great Britain
at this time concerning the title to
polar regions in the south.
The reasons given remind one OF
the dying deacon who asked a
neighbours forgiveness, but qualified
his request with the remark eff /
get we'll, this don't count"
The United States is not admit
ting Great Britain's claim, or waiv-
ing her own, but merely is postpon-
ing events until a more convenient
season.
First, 1t Is feared that such dis
pute might imperil the forthcom-
ing naval pow WOW, and second, 1t
is argued that the value of the po-
lar regions has not been proved.
Il
In other words, your Uncle Sam
uel is waiting to see whether he
can get what he wants out of the
naval conference, and whether the
polar regions are worth quarreling
over.
They are, even though we may
not realize it right now.
There is too little land in this
world for any one to regard 1900, 900
square miles as worthless.
Even if the climate may be such
as to make it unfit for agriculture,
there are sure to be mineral de-
posts beneath the surface, and who
knows what science could do with
the climate?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
NJ. E. Tracy
Russia Appears to Haze
Everything Her Way IN
This Var Along the Man
churidn Border.
SAYS:

MO one can quarrel with the mo-
J. v tives which have led other ma
tons TO discuss the possibility of
helping Russia and China settle
their row.
AS Japan points out, however,
there are considerations which sug-
gest that Russia and China can get
along better by themselves.
Russis, for instance, is not a
member of the League of Nations,
while the United States has not
recognized Russia.
Under such circumstances it would
be rather embarrassing for either
the League of Nations or the United
States to undertake running the
show.
There Is little need to waste time
arguing that point, since Chinese
resistance virtually has collapsed,
and since it takes two to make a
war.
Russia appears to have everything
her own way with Mukden ready to
concede whatever may be necessary
to open negotiations.
Marking, far enough away from
the trouble to feel comfortable,
would like to pursue a sitter policy,
but that might lead to independent
action on The part of Manchuria,
which, in turn, might lead to a gen.
eral smash-up.
To save Manchuria for the Chi
nese republic, Marking is forced to
accept the Manchurian view.
Manchuria wants peace, because
she has seen enough to realize what
would happen II the Russians were
to move in dead earnest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
Spinach Eater

A ND yet I would hate to be the
IA father of a docile spinach
eater. Such conformity argues a
fabbinesS of spirit. Children who
take healthful foods with gratitude
will grow up to be stand-pat Re
publicans, fundamentalists and
militaristS.
There is such a thing as being
too quick to snap into line at the
work of command.
Looking about this land of lib
erty I see all too many Of us who
enjoyed our spinach in the forma-
tive years. We liked it, or pretended
to, because some one in authority
informed us that such was our
bounden duty.
Naturally with such a start we
became men and women who could
be regimented in politics, religion
and everything else. AS soon as
anybody said, Nov all together"
we all obeyed without questioning.
And so I say one thousand times
NO!
Let the rising generation retain
its WOODY WILLIE, the Sheep
and Cuthoert, the Cat and Jack and
Jill and the rest of the crew who
lived out of time and space and
discipline.
Grip your little son with a
Furnishing half-nelson and ram the
invaluable vitaminS down his tiny
throat but leave his flaming and
rebellious spirit quite alone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
F or Harvard

CTANDING up in the seat, 1t is
~ my intention to shout at the
top of my voice, I'D die for dear
old Harvard"
Thereupon. Of course, I will drink
some portion of the gin. Just
enough to indicate that the Vol
stead law has been f1outed publicly
will be sufficient.
Upon the instant the attending
officers will be compelled to do their
duty. One squad should be de-
tailed to stop Booth and inform him
that he must cease running imme-
diately, as the stadium has become
a public nuisance and a touchdown
clearly would render him liable to
arrest on the charge of contempt
for the paddock law.
Prison is all that I can expect for
my pains, but when the Judge asks
me if have anything to say before
beginning my life sentence, I will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
On the Man

IRON Ralph S. Bauer, mayor of
IL Lynn, Mass, there comes an
edict which is fraught with posi-
bilities for loyal Harvard men. The
mayor ordered fifty policemen to
the field where Lynn and English
High will meet at football.
He has instructed these officers to
stop the game the instant they de-
tect any drinking by the rooters
in the stands.
The possible application of this
principal is obvious. Up to this time
the best that spectator could do
for his side was to offer moral sup
port. He could cry, Hold EN-" or
1--WE want a touchdown"
But there always has been a good
deal of question as to whether this
actually helped or impeded the prog
reSs Of the ball.
Now even the most meager non
combatant can do his bit for the
Crimson when next the big game is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30

played in Massachusetts. I am as
Stunning that the mayor of Cam
bridge may be moved to follow the
lead of Lynn.
This year little Able Booth all
but got away for a touchdown on
the kickoff. Only a loose reef in
his jersey enabled pursuing Har-
ward man to bring him down.
1t never can happen again. Not
if I'm in the stadium. My plan is
simple. AS long as Harvard seems
to be winning or holding its own
intend to bear in mind the fact that
prohibition is the law of the land.
But just let Booth get free and
tear toward the goal line and I
shall on the instant, rise and pro-
duce from my pocket a FURNISHED
flask filled with illegal gin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
Poor AgentSl

of us probably have been
I'VE insensitiye to the heartbreak
which is part of the life of every
prohibition agent. John E. Wright,
deputy administrator for Cleveland,
draws an appealing picture Of these
faithful ones who must be blasted
for the sins of the people.
Drinking liquor is running the
health Of the dry agent" he de-
clared.
"AS much as my men dislike to
violate the spirit of the prohibition
law by drinking liquor themselves"
he continued, they are forced to do
so in complying with their duties"
Wright explained that the job of
getting evidence usually is given to
the new men on the force. They
come into the department and
some relish the job of going out to
do some drinking in behalf of the
United States. But in six months
time We have to take them off the
evidence-getting work"
Copyright. 1929. BY The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
PLAYS Sucker Role

MOT that we want to quarrel
~ with ENGLAND, or that we need
to, but that it seems shiftleSs and
improvident to throw away vast
possessions that could be had by
right of discovery and without doing
injustice to any people.
When it comes to throwing away
possessions that could be had by
right of discovery, and without do
ing injustice, the United States has
PLAYED a stellar role.
This country should be In pos
session of hundreds of islands in the
Pacific ocean, found and charted
by the shippers of its clipper ships
in the Roaring FortieS.
Instead. it permitted its claims to
lapse. with the notion that it was
exemplifying high ideals, when it
was only discovering prizes for
other nations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
Mysterious Annendapes


Jacques Worth, famed creator Of longer lines In
women's gowns. is man, and such views womens
legs He is not against them. But he would have
them disappear slightly.
Speaking of his idea about the desirabity of the
longer skirt for evening wear he says:
Even if dresses are longer, there is no attempt
to hide the legs. They made TO appear like mys-
ferrous appendages. We do not hide the limbs We
dissmulate them. We conceal them. But hint
of them always remains"
And, he might have added always will.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
S2ZZEN%SS
l51T|t1e6
ANNIVERSARY
1@tH
REVOLUTION ENDS
November 80

nNE hundred forty-seven years
~ ago today, on Nov 80, 1882,
the preliminary treaty of peace,
ending the war between the United
States and Great Britain, was
signed by Adams, Franklin, Jay and
Laurens in Paris.
Despite an agreement between
the colonies and France that neither
would make peace separately, the
preliminary treaty was signed only
by Great Britain and the United
States.
The final Treaty of Paris grant
ing the United States complete in
dependence was not signed, how
ever, until Sept. 3 of the following
year.
Today also is the anniversary of
the birthday of Samuel Langhorne
Clemens Mark Twain, who was
born Nov. 80, 1885.
And on Nov. 80, 1899, William
Penn. founder of the Quakers in
America. reached his American
province, now the state of Penn
sylvania-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
When the State Buys


Possibly some state official, although
which one to select seems trifie perplexng
since five of them are members OF the print
ing board, should show some interest in the
peculiar bids and the awards Of contracts for
state printing.
If not interested in these bids presented
bv firms from different parts Of the state,
perhaps the Governor or his board OF ac-
counts. may be interested in the price paid
for printing the drivers licenses.
Something is wrong somewhere. And it
seems to be very wrong.
The license law, with its notary fee plum
as it's chief excuse for existence, provided
that the secretary of state should collect %
cents from every person who drives or wants
to drive an automobile. That % cents was
placed at his disposal to spend in preparing
the necessary blanks, paying expenses of adj
ministration and in enforcing the law. He
was made the custodian Of the fund.
The first purchase, of course was that of
the licenses to be issued to the drivers.
No competition, apparently, on this pur-
chase was offered and thus far no firm has
appeared to show that it was given chance
to do the work.
SO the price, as far as information is OBJ
tainabe, paid was either $40 or $11 thou
sand for two millions of these bits of paper.
The firm which got the work was located at
Lafayette.
Evidently the printers of indianapolis and
elsewhere were considered too incompetent
to be given a chance at the rather large
order. A $4,000 order-or was it $4,000
is not insignificant to printing firms no mat
ter how large.
Perhaps the price seemed fair. 1t evil
IDENTIFY did seem fair to Secretary of State
Otto Fiheld, who was charged with the dis
bursal of the quarters which you paid for the
5privilege of driving a car in Indiana.
But prices change quickly. When the
Z bids for printing were opened two days ago
the same firm which collected the $40 or $11
a thousand offered to print the same license
blanks for 10 cents thousand.
1t might appear that the firm was either
very greedy when it had no competition or
: very generous at Thanksgiving time.
The explanation is worse than the facts.
1t is stated that the firm put in this very low
bid because the state will use no more of the
license blanks during the period of the con-
tract and that it was inserted as an excuse
+, for charging higher prices on supplies which
will be needed
But that explanation does not explain the
vast difference between the price paid last
summer and the prices asked by the guleless
firms which believed the state intended to
buy more of these blanks when it asked
them for prices.
, These firms offered the same blanks at
prices ranging anywhere from 95 cents to
$1.65 thousand.
Take your pencil and figure the difference
in cost to the state between these prices and
the SO or $11 thousand which was paid
from the license fund.
1t may be true that those who have these
matters in charge are just dumb. Let's be
charitable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
Climate Would Be Upset

NUR substitute for water must
~ also play an important role in
meteorology, just as water does now.
Fortunately, water vapor is lighter
than air. Consequently when water
evaporates, it rises in the air, event.
ually reaching levels which are
colder than the ground. At these
levels, it condenses back into drop
lets of water, forming clouds.
Unless our water substitute
formed a vapor lighter than air,
there would be no clouds and no
rain. This would mean a complete
upset of climate.
There is a difficulty here which is
greater than the layman would sup
pose. For most liquids which have
a high boiling point form vapors
heavier than air. The boiling point
OF those which form such light
vapors is so low that they normally
exist as vapors and not liquids.
If water as a liquid possessed the
same physical constitution, or if it
existed as liquid in the same state
OF molecular aggregation as it does
as vapor, its boiling point would
be around 212 degrees below zero
instead of 2l2 degrees above zero as
1t happens to be-" Boyd says.
The density of water also Is i'm
portant. Were it less dense, boats
could not remain afloat upon the
seas.
Another important function of
water is that it dissolves air. If this
were not the case, fish could not
exist in it.
When water freezes, the ice is
lighter than water anil hence floats
upon the top of rivers and lakes.
Nearly all liquids contract as they
freeze and become heavier.
If water behaved like most liquids.
streams and lakes would in a few
years be turned into solid masses
Of ice and new glacial ages started.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-30
Russia Too Powerful

DACK of the confused situation
- is such a reign of diplomatic
intrigue as most people considered
impossible after the world had been
saved for democracy"
To put 1t briefly, the Marking
government is largely a monument
to the success of anti-Soviet prop
uganda in China, and feels not only
that it must do all it can to balk
Russia, but that it can depend Oh
the support of western nations ev-
cry time it does.
However, Manchuria may feel
toward Russia as an academic
proposition, it has been through
enough to know the danger Of
showing too much open defiance
The last three months have been
demonstrated to Manchuria in a
most vivid way what Russia could
do, and what the Ranking govern
ment could not.
With Soviet troops crossing the
border at will. with Chinese troops
falling back in the face of superior
numbers; with Marking too busy
saving itself from revolution to lend
effective aid; with western nations
bordering what they could do WITH
out getting into hot water, and con-
sequently, doing nothing, the Man
churian government has decided to
accept the inevitable.
Who wouldn't, under the cir
cunStances?