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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
Half a Seat

Assuming that jim Davis prove his right by
fair election to his seat senator from Pennsylvania
that does not explain the senates rush Tuesday in
seating him. What the hurry? Why did the
senate act before all the evidence was in?
The senate had asked its committee to investi-
gate campaign expenditures The committee was
ready to report various campaigns including that
of Davis But at the last minute and previously
unreported Davis campaign expenditures
covered So the committee took the only course
possible of asking for brief delay to consider the
new evidence.
That the senate insisted seating, Davis at once
and deliberately ignoring the evidence is so
astounding that it will require a great deal of
explaining
Does it mean that the senate majority does not
care how a member is elected or how much money
he spendsP Does it mean that the senate has re-
versed the policy on which it excluded of Penn
sylvania and Smith of Illinois for excessive expen-
ditures2
The Ware -Beidleman ticket spent $7S0O00 and
Ware was refused his seat, though he argued that
most of the money was used for Beidleman. The
Davs-Brown ticket spent S628,000 according to the
first reports OF the committee and now the basis
of new evidence committee members estimate the
total at more than S1OOOO0O"
What was the pressure upon the Republican old
guard and Democratic powwow under Leader Joe
Robinson which resulted in the senate's unexpected
and unexplained winking at a charge of Million
dollar election?
The senate probably has not heard the last OF this.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
Absurd Things Happen

Attempt of European politicians to laugh of the
Moscow conspiracy trial are rather unsuccessful
According to the prominent Russian engineers who
have confessed to their part in the alleged plo-and
who probably will be executed test OF the sincerity
of their conference.-the counter-revoutionary plan
for overthrow Of the Soviet government was Matched
va group of powerful Europeans, including Foreign
Minister BRAND and ex-Premier Poincare OF France,
and the British oil king Sir Henri Deterding.
But the French and the British, with an easy shfug
of the shoulders say all this is too absurd for belief
and that the obvious origin of the plot story is Moscow
propaganda for home consumption.
We agree that the idea of military intervention by
Russian counter reVoutonists backed by allied gov
ernments and oil magnates is too absurd for belief
That is what we thought when the allied governments
all oil magnates guilty Of precisely this stupidity
in supporting the revolutionary interVenrons
by General Wrangel and others after the World war
We would like to think that the allied politicians
and industriasts have learned from experience and
no longer are directly or indirectly plotting war
against Russia But in view of their past record, the
intelligent public will study the evidence coming out
in the Moscow trial before rediculing the charges
So far it seems pretty clear that there was an
extensive plot for intervention backed by foreigners
and that the poter inside Russia believed that those
cooperating from Paris and London we're the prom
inent politicians and ndustrailists named.
That, however, is a long way from proving that
the Russian conspirators were accurate in their den
LITIGATION of their outside aids
The notorious czarst groups in Paris and other
European capitals, which live anti-Sovet plots,
naturally would try to make their coconspirators in
Russia believe they had the backing of the Poincares
and Deterdings even though the latter had ceased
supporting such apparently hopeless tasks as over
throw of the Soviet government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
REASON BY FR 4aS11S

A FUNNY thing has occurred in a court in Chi
N cago which is not surprising, since almost all
things that occur in Chicago courts are perfectly
SiGe splitting.
But this thing we refer to was more funny; it was
grotesQue.
There's d judge up there by the name of John H
Lyle and recently he has earned a lot of fame by
running mis- court on a common sense basis
There's no swifter nor surer way for American
judge to become famous than by acting perfectly
normal human being.
Lyle has been doing this to the utter astonish-
and dsrnay of awbreakers, their high powered
lawyers and the professional bondsmen to say moth
ing of the swarm of corrupt political coolies which
have made Chicagos attempted administration OF
criminal justice the dark reproach of the country.
THIS judge has been giving those accused of crime
l. their constitutional right to an immediate trial
he has been handing them this constitutional right
when the defendants did not relish it at ALL
He has been trying them at once when they
wanted to put it off for several years
The specific act for which Lyle has been called
to account was this:
was brought up for trial and he asked
for change of venue but when the formal applica-
ton therefor was not produced Lyle set the for
trial and the tried and the defendant con-
victed in thirty minutes.
NOR this and other acts of common sense Lyle has
Il been ordered to explain to judges of larger of
fetal caiher why it is that he does not proceed
cording to the hocus pocus methods which have made
the American courthouse the refuge of the criminal
and the asylum of the outlaw.
If every criminal judge in America were to proceed
Lyle has proceeded our criminal problem soon would
vanish into thin air and the mushy- headed maudlin
MatteS who are in favor of serving marshmallows and
cake to criminals would lose their grand pastime for
the criminals would disappear.
Simpification of criminal procedure IS in the hands
Of the courts
Let them do Lyle has done and then let the
superior judges sustain their action and organized
crime would hunt its hole and pull the hole in after it,
Other countries have fewer crimes than this large
~ because their judges hand the law breaker his load
without any delay whatever.
Instead OF Gems Ire, Lyle is entitled to the cheers
of all decent peoplL.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Mother Needs Rest During Nursing

baby must keep herself in good
physical condition and eat the
proper food. To keep herself in
good physical condition, she must
have plenty of sleep and some eXer-
else in the open air.
Most authorities on the care OF
infants advise discontinuance of
the midnight feeding after the
first few weeks. They recommend
that the mother rest for at least
one hour every afternoon, and
that she relax and rest for a while
after each nursing.
1t is recognized that worry and
mental strain may affect the guam
tity and nature of the secretion
of milk. If the mother has not
sufficient milk, the baby will be
hungry and fretful
The mother will, therefore, get
little rest and, as a result, the sup
ply of milk will not increase. In
such cases, the addition of suitable
artificial feeding may bring about
improvement in both the mother
and the child.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
That's Why It's Rotten

THAT is why Mooney and Bill
l. ings remain in prison, though
many a murderer is walking the
streets.
That is why fence" can regard
his business as legitimate, though
the thieves that built it for him
rot behind bars. That is why some
of our political leaders, wink at
graft, though you couldn't get them
to take a dollar of it for them
selves.
That is why we can't reach an
AL Capone, though we can send the
mother of eight children away for
life for selling as little as a pint OF
gin four different times.
That is why so many witnesses
fear the gang more than they fear
the law, and why they protect crime
by silence or perjury.
That is why We adopt so many
statutes which we have no inten-
ton of enforcing, why we have be-
come a nation of liars and hypo-
critics. not only with regard to pro-
hibition, but with regard to many
other things, notably divorce.
The law has ceased to express our
conceptions of right and wrong. 1t
has become system. a ritual, a
machine, which operates as though
it formed no part of public opinion,
mr. the nIlblic conscience, and as
though it owed nothing to society,
except self-preservation from a
strictly technical standpoint.
AS the play has it, I'VE used to
call them courts of justice; now
we call them courts of law"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
IT SEEMS TO ME BY H EES25S

Cutting idly by the radio the
y other night. twirling the dials, I
happened upon an hour devoted to
celebrating the methods Of a famous
tree surgery house. And, inevitably,
the period was introduced by rem
dition of Joyce Kilmer's well-known
poem.
wouldn't be the one to evaluate
Kil1ner's precise position in the
world of poetry, but Trees" Gf I
have the name right is one of the
most annoying pieces of verse with
in my knowledge. The other one is
Kipling's "If," with third place re-
served for Henley's "Invictus,"
Trees" maddens me, because it
contains the most insincere line
ever written by mortal man. Surely
the Kilmer tongue must have been
not far from the Kilmer cheek when
he wrote, Poems are made by fools
like me-"
mean that Joyce Kilmer must
have felt as he was writing his
poem, This is pretty good stuff. -
1t did turn out to be his most pop
ular poem, but, good or bad, sue
cessful or unsuccessful, the motivat-
ing force in any kind of compost
ton is the feeling that, on the
whole, you are somewhat superior
person, with information or fire.
works worth showing to the assem-
bled community.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
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CONRAD's BIRTH

0N Dec. 6, 1857, Joseph Conrad,
" famous English novelist, was
born in Ukraine of Polish family
named KorZeniowski.
His father was Polish revolu-
zionist. Upon his death, Joseph,
then 10, made his way to Marseilles,
where he entered the French mer-
chant marine. For two years he
served in the Mediterranean and on
the South American coast.
Though he learned to speak and
write French with fluency in youth,
he knew hardly a word OF English
when he came to Lowestoft, Eng
land, and qualified as able seaman
on a coasting vessel.
Four years later he had become
master in the British merchant
service and a British subject. His
subsequent travels to many parts
of the world gave him the material
with which he wrote his great works
on seafaring life.
Conrad said that his first English
reading was in newspaper and. as
he wrote to a friend, my first
acquaintance by the ear with it was
In the speech of fishermen and
sailors of the east coast.
But in 1880 I had mastered the
language sufficiently to pass the first
examination for officers in the mer-
chant service.
But mastered is not the right
word; should have said, acquired.
I've never opened an English gram
mar in my life" Conrad died Aug.
3, 1924.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06

1t also has been recognized that
one of the chief factors for caus-
ing good flow of milk is stimula-
ton to the breast that comes from
complete emptying by the infant.
Thus methods have been devel-
oped both by massage and by the
use of artificial devices to empty
the breast in case the infant does
not do so.
Such regular emptying stimulates
production of milk. DR.. w. McKim
Marriott cites cases in which wet
nurses have been known to produce
more than a gallon of milk a day.
The size of the breast and ap-
parently the fact that the mother
is either thin or fat does not seem
to be of great Importance in rela-
tionship to the amount of milk that
the mother may produce.
1t is not possible to state in ad-
vance that any woman will or will
not be able to nurse her baby A
careful study of this ability after
the infant is born is the one sure
method of determining this fact.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06

Of the barrel for half an hour. They
may be so impregnated with acteous
substances that it is practically i'm
possible TO render them fit for the
storage of any other substance.
Who played the parts of the three
brothers. in. the. motion. picture
Beau Geste"? :.
Ronald CoInan, Neil Hamilton
and Ralph Forbes.
Is there state church now in
Germany?
The present constitution of the
German republic provides fos. entire
liberty of religious conscience and
there is no state church.
Is Il feel bad" or 81 feel badly"
the correct expression?
I feel bad" is correct.
What is the name of the musical
selection played as the introduce
ton to the motion picture "Ro-
mance?r
"Leibestrum" Cdream of love- by
List. The number was originally
written for a piano selection with
out words. and has since been ar
ranged with word&
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
About MeteorjteS

ID BOARDING the isotopes in
IN meteorites, Professor Hevesy
says, THE two nickels of atomic
weights So and go are present in
exactly the same ratio in iron
meteorites as in terrestrial nickel.
THE silicon of the stone meteor
ties contains the three isotopes Of
atomic weights %, 90 and 30 in ex-
actly the same ratio as does terres-
trial silicon.
There can be no doubt that the
material of the earth separated
from the suns mass and the cooling
of the gaseous material led to So
lidification and formation of min
erals"
Meteorites are the larger metecrs,
or shooting stars" which are not
completely consumed by their fric-
ton with the atmosphere, and so
fall to earth.
A shooting star" is. of course, no
star at all, but a small bit of ma
terial. often no larger than a grain
of sand, moving through the open
space of the solar system.
When such a bit of material en-
ters the earth's atmosphere friction
heats it white hot and it melts,
leaving trail of fire across the sky.
A particularly large one, how
ever, is not consumed completely,
and so a piece falls to earth.
A study of these meteorites, as
they are called, reveal three types.
One is chiefly iron, the other chiefly
heavy rock known as peridotite,
and the third is a combination OF
the two just described.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
Child of the Sun

A CCORDING to the modern the
L n DRY first proposed by Moulton
and Chamberlin of the University of
Chicago. our earth developed from
material hurled out of the sun.
Our earth was born from our
sum- says Professor Hevesy. THE
sun, while in the giant-star stage, is
supposed to have been broken up by
tidal actions induced by a passing
star several times more massive
than itself.
Originally formed in the gaseous
state, the earth passed to the LIQUID
state through loss Of heat by radia-
ton from its surface, and later into
the solid state.
When did the earth's crust solid
ify? How many years then elapsed
before life began to develop?
These questions are of interest
for both physical and biological
sciences.
Astronomy teaches that the va
riouS members of the solar system
have originated from the same ma
terial.
This conclusion is supported by
the chemical analysis of meteorites,
which not only contain the same
elements in approximately the same
proportions as in the material of
the earth, but also show them in
the same iSotropic combination.
The discovery of isotopes is one of
the more recent developments Of
chemistry. 1t has been shown that
many chemical elements really exist
in two or more forms which are
alike in every respect except the
weight of their atoms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
People S Voice

Editor Times-I read in The
Times few days ago that the
Fraternal Order of Eagles has pre-
pared an old age pension bill for
presentation to the 1881 session of
the Indiana legislature.
Let us hope that the lawmakers
Of the state will pass this measure
speedily. A state which boasts of
its splendid schools and roads Ger
tainly should be able to afford more
just and humane treatment of it's
poor old men and women than any
poorhouse can give them. Time
and again read of the deplorable
conditions in such institutions, and
right in this state, too.
The 1881 session VIII, of course,
have the usual large number of
bills, but I say that none merits
speedier passage than the one
which will provide decent. normal
lives for they're guilty only of being
HENRY DILGER,
old and poor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
Here Are Some PuSSlers and Their Anszcers

pea and eggplant. The tomato is
both a fruit and vegetable. though
for table use and in the garden and
market it ranks as a vegetable only.
The same is true of cucumbers. The
pumpkin and squash, which are
botanically fruits, are classed as
vegetables. while the melon which
is of the same family. is termed a
fruit in common usage. Water
melons are classed as vegetables by
the department of agriculture.
Name the plenip0tentiarieS who
signed the treaty of peace of Ports
mouth between Russia and Japan?
Russia, Sergius White and Baron
Roman Rosen; Japan. Baron Ko-
mura Iutaro and Takahira Kogoro.
What is the value of the Nor
wegian ore and crown in American
money?
The ore is worth So.o025. and the
crown is worth So26S.
Is there a way to remove the
odor and taste of vinegar from old
vinegar barrels?
Fill the barrels with hilf of lime
an diet it stand for several months
the nrinses out well with plenty OF
warm waSxr. and steam the inside
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
NJ. E. Tracy
SAYS:

By and Large, Lawyers Are
Fine People, but Their Pro
fession Makes for an I'M
moral Attitude.
4 N Iowa farmer admits that the
L n divorce his former wife recently
obtained was not all it should be
according to law. He really snapped
her with his best friend" for seven
hogs, a dozen chickens and one
dog.
By way of explanation, he says
that though he had grown tired of
her, he couldn't bear the idea of
turning her out to shift for herself.
His "best friend" being a bachelor,
it occurred to him that the two
might see a mutual advantage in
uniting.
Finding them agreeable after the
scheme had been duly presented, he
allowed his wife to get G. divorce
in exchange for the livestock above
mentioned.
1t sounds pretty raw. but when
you get right down to brass tacks,
is it essentially different from the
average suit over "alienated affec-
ton" except that lawyers were not
permitted to get away with the bulk
of the profit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06

When was the Guggenhein
Foundation for the advancement Of
aeronauticS established, and what
was its purpose? Des it still func-
ton?
The Daniel Guggenheim Fund for
the Promotion of Aeronautics was
formed in January, 1926. with deeds
of gift from Daniel Guggenheim
totaling S2.500.000. of which both
interest and principal were TO be
expended. Grants we're given 10
colleges and various aeronautical
companies were aided. The fund
was discontinued Dec. 81, 1929, when
it was felt that aviation had adj
vanced to the point where it no
longer needed the subsidy Of such
a fund.
What are the botanical definitions
Of vegetables and fruit? Is the
watermelon vegetable or fruit?
A vegetable. in the popular sense.
is any part of an heEbaceous plant
commonly used for culinary puT-
poses. It may consist Of the root.
beet and turnip; stem, asparagus.
celery, rhuharb. tuber or under
ground stem. potato: foliage. cab
hage and spinach. or that which is
hotanically the fruit, tomato, bean,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06

North Woods. The more I see of
people, the better 1 like trees"
And from that moment I set down
the handsome young heavyweight
as a phony.
1t is reasonable enough that
everybody should have his pet tree,
but a passion for an entire forest
seems to me excessive. After you've
seen a hundred oaks you've prac-
tically seen them all.
lCopyright. 1890. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06

people. 1t is one of the counts
which I hold against Gene Tunney.
I met him at luncheon shortly
after he had won the heavyweight
championship. I tried to draw him
out and get some expression of the
elation which I supposed he would
feel at being current hero and
idol.
In particular I wanted to know
if he didn't get a kick out Of being
recognized by taxi drivers. This al
ways has seemed to me one of the
most exciting forms of tribute.
One of the proudest moments of
my life occurred just two nights ago
when a driver who hitherto was a
stranger to me turned from the
wheel and said, Haywood, caught
you on the radio last night, and
you were all right"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
SCIENCE
by DAVID DlETZ,

Ages of Stars and Earth Are
Cause of Profound Study
by Scientists.
THE age of civilization, the age
Il Of the earth, and the age of
the stars are three of the most in
teresting questions being attacked
by modern science.
Once upon a time. in the not very
distant past, the general opinion
was that there was little difference
among the three. 1t was thought
that man made his appearance very
quickly after the creation of heaven
and earth. y The age of the whole
universe was put at about 5000
years.
Gradually, the opinion grew that
mankind had existed for thousands
Of years before he developed civil
ization. Then after the antiquity
of mankind was established, it fur
Their was demonstrated that the
earth was millions of years older
than man.
And now, within the last thirty
years, particularly within the last
ten, the conviction has grown
stronger and stronger that the stars
are far older than the earth, that
their age is to be measured in
trillionS Of years.
Thus the creation of the cosmos
out of chaos has been pushed back
from 5000 years to at least 15,0O0,-
000000,000 years.
Professor George Won Hevesy of
the University of Freiburg, now a
visiting lecturer at Cornell uni
versity, says, IF the age of a human
being is represented by one second,
then the age of the human race is
represented by six hours, the age of
the earth by one year and the age
of the stars by 5000 years"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06
By DIR. MORRIs FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
TT is recognized that the mother
4 with active tuberculosis should
not nurse her baby and that the
mother with severe chronic diseases,
such as inflammation of the kid
neys, heart disease, or cancer should
not be called on to undertake this
task.
1t usually is customary to discon-
tlnue nursing at a time when the
breast is infected.
In case the child develops von1it-
ing or collie, or fails to gain in
weight, it is not necessary for the
mother to discontinue nursing.
In such case she much fi7d out
from her physician whether she is
feeding the baby often enough or
too often, whether or not she is
herself eating a proper diet, and
whether or not it is desirable for
the baby to have additional food.
The woman who is nursing a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-06

What was the optional clause
adopted by the British government
with regard to entry into the world
court?
The clause was inserted in the
statute of the world court provid-
ing that nation may also declare
that it accepts the jurisdiction Of
the court as compulsory ipSo facto,
and without special agreement, in
any legal dispute in the first four
of the five classes OF disputes in
which the court was given compul-
sorry jurisdiction by the advisory
committee.