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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09

TN Boston the authorities have
l. come across an ancient law
which sets curious penalty against
gambling. This statute dates back
to 1740, but the courts of Massa-
chusetts have decided that Stiffness
and weight Of years are not enough
to render an ordinance invalid.
The judges hardly could have de-
cided otherwise, for, of late, much
propaganda has been set out by our
national leaders Contending that if
a single provision of any code is
neglected, our whole structure of
constitutional liberties will come
down upon our head. In these quar-
tiers, cit is the law" is deemed Suf-
f1cient answer to the query, what
sense is there in this?"
After 100 years, some research
man has found that the great and
general court of Massachusetts al
most two centuries ago decreed that
the winner of more than SIS in a
card game shall, upon conviction,
forfeit double his winnings.
And this quaint legal conceit has
been invoked against a poor I'M
fortunate poker player, living in the
city of Boston. He took away no
less than $3.50 from a game and
probably precned himself upon his
luck and skill. Just who it was who
furnished the information is not
mentioned in the news story which
I saw.
Two courts have passed upon the
case and both hold that the statute
passed in 1740 still is binding, no
matter what changes may have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
Automobile

TINE nearest approach to the at
l. tempt now going on at city
planning in New York was the I'M
dertaking of Chicago in 1907, the
plan worked out by Burnham. But
as DuffuS points out, there were
vast differences.
Chicago" he writes, "had to plan
for less than 200 square miles, as
against our regional 5,528. She had
one political unit to deal with, in
stead of hundreds scattered
through portions of three states.
Moreover, though it is little
hard to realize it, the great city or
urban region of 1880 is thing far
different from that of 1907. The
automobile has changed almost
every urban problem.
I'm 1907 there we're registered in
the United States exactly $4,000
motor vehicles. For every such We
hicle in use then, there now are
approximately 200. This has not
merely increased traffic congestion
Ill Clby obLCCIOs ~ d4OO LIDO oRA Cav
the influence of the city over
wider area.
Measured by ease and quickness
OF transportation, and by the eco
nomic and recreational relations
which quick and easy transportation
encourages, The 5,5z6 square miles of
the New York region are far more
a unit than was Manhattan Island
a century ago.
The late Charles D. Norton,
father" of the New York regional
plan, was guided by more than
desire to make New York beauti-
full, DuffuS tells.
Norton realized, Duffus continues,
that in the arrangement of a city
beauty was not simply something
that one looked att was some
thing that worked.
ut does not do much good to i'm
pose beautiful buildings upon a city
which is ill-arra1ged, congested and
inefficient. We do not benefit very
much by spots of beauty in a sea
of uglinesS and tawdriness.
I'm short, the loy eliness Of mod
ern city, if it is to have any, must
be more than skin Deep"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
New Medical knowledge Is Aired

made in many ways, but principally
through surgery, through the use of
radium and the X-ray. BY these
methods improvement has been
brought about in a vast number of
cases, so that it now is possible to
promise clinical cure of 40 per cent
of cases seen early, as compared
with 10 per cent of cases in which
such a promise might be made forty
years ago.
Clinical cure means that a patient
who has been treated properly is
living and without complications at
least five years after the cancer has
been removed.
Not only may pernicious anemia
be treated by extract of liver, but
also by extract of the hogs stomach.
which stimulates the formation Of
the red blood cells.
Special emphasis was placed on
the fact that human beings must
be treated as a whole and not as
isolated organs or tissues, and that
when medicine and surgery work
coincidentally they can accomplish
many things for the benefit Of man
kind.
In addition to the points here
mentioned, almost 100 papers we're
read dealing with exceedingly tech
nical conditions in which the pub
lies interest can be only casual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
Setback

NEW YORK'S new pyramid like
In skyscrapers, built on the So
called setback principle, are now the
talk of the world. Many authori-
ties consider these buildings the
most beautiful ever built in a mod
ern city.
But as Duffus says, they were the
result of "a very practical city or
dinance requiring builders to set
back their upper stories to let in a
certain amount of sunlight. Health,
not beauty, was the primary object
Of the ordinance"
"In planning our region, there
FORE" says Duffus, 1--WE shall go
back to the beginning and decide
what We can do to make it more
livable.
1--WE have an abundance of land
of different qualities-some high,
some low, some fiat, some uneven
in surface, some near the water,
some distant from it, some on nat
ural lines of communication, some
apart from them.
I'VE must see if we can put any
of this land to better use than that
to which it now is devoted, and
what are likely to be the best uses
as the citys population and the re-
gion's population increases. Some
of it will be found best adapted to
manufacture, some to retail or
wholesale selling, some to residences,
some to parks, some to large private
estates.
1--WE must consider carefully the
relation of these uses to one another
and try to avoid the unnecessary
carrying and hauling which are the
greatest causes of congestion in the
streets and on the transportation
systems.
Then we must see if we can i'm
prove and add to our streets, high
ways, railways of all kinds, and
finally even our airways. so that we
can have ourselves and our goods
carried from "a to place most
-1fortably, with the least possible
friction, in the shortest possible
space of time"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBETN.

d. DIV NVORh1S ClOIADGA4NS
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
TINE scientific sessions of the
Il American Medical Association
held recently brought to light some
extremely interesting facts concern
ing new knowledge in medicine. 1t
was revealed hat the product called
atophan or cinchophen is sold I'M
restrictedly under various names
and sometimes bought by people
without medical advice.
Some of the preparations are
toxic and produce serious changes
in the liver. The drug is a power
full one and should be used only
under medical control.
The problem of heart disease
continues to be one of the most i'm
portant before the medical profess
sion, causing twice as many deaths,
as shown by the mortality rates, as
the next most frequent cause.
Many of the cases are associated
with general systemic diseases, such
as hardening of the arteries, dia-
betes and kidney disease. The chief
conditions leading to heart disease
are high blood pressure, rheumatic
fever and syphilis.
Certainly the last condition can
be adequately treated according to
modern knowledge and much may
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09

fornia to those in Ohio and Pennsylvania today.
opposed the silly state department bans on SAX
latvala Count Karoly and Alexandra Kollantai. 1t
won victory in the Of Karolyi 1t organized
and financed the Scopes trial in 1925, which put a
crimp in the efforts to egsate science out of public
schools and colleges.
1t won the victory in the fight against compul-
sorry Bible reading in South Dakota 1t fought to the
end against the execution of Sacco and Vanzett 1t
organized the defense of Mary Ware bennett and
pushed the case until victory won appeal to
the higher federal court. 1t has kept up the fight
against the slavery of the coal and iron police in
Pennsylvania.
1t secured the release Of the political prisoners
convicted for expressing their opinions during the
World war and has waged an unsuccessful fight to
get their citizenship restored During the last year
it has sought to obtain sembance Of fair deal
for the textile workers in Gastona, Marion and
Elizabethton 1t headed the defense Of the accused
workers and endeavored to secure the conviction of
the murderers of strikers
To prove its devotion to liberty rather than class,
it may be pointed out that the union has defended
the civil rights of the Ku-Klux Khan, the Catholic
church, Fascists and Czarst Russians.
For what there is left of the Bill of Rights in 1880
we owe much to the American Civil Liberties Union
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
REASON By Ff EASBis

DRESIDENT HOOVER was up against it the other
day when he spoke at the unwilling of James
Buchanans monument for he had to say something
complimentary about his vaciating predecessor, but
few will agree with his declaration that Buchanan
earned the gratitude of his country.
He sat in the presidential chair from ST until 81
and during all that time permitted treason to put
its feet upon the mantlepiece while secession spies
around his chair like rats and he threw one
single club at them in four long years.
And after the rebellion was in full swing and the
government at Washington on fire and the roof
about fall in, Buchanan addressed that farewell mes
that while no state had right to secede the gov
eminent had power to bring it back if it did secede
IIAD jackson, Lincoln. Cleveland or Roosevelt been
Il President in Buchanan's time, any of the sturdy
four would have hit secession where Nellie wore
the beads and the war might have been avoided.
It was necessary to blindfold the south and kick
into that rebellion, for Virginia voted against Sc
cesSion at first and the sentiment in Georgia against
diSunion great, Alexander Stephens and Ben Hill
making gallant struggle against their states going
out.
And down in Alabama those who lived in the
northern end of the state opposed bitterly to
leaving the old Union that they sent word to the
cesSonists of the southern end that if they came
them with their doctrine they would meet them with
rifles.
TIP until Fl. Sumter was fired upon there was a
- probability that the whole thing would collapse,
for Senator Wigfan of Texas rushed to the confed-
crate capitol and declared that unless blood was
sprnkled in the faces Of the southern people they
would be back in the Union in sixty days.
During that precious time Buchanan backed and
started. censurng first side and then the other.
Had there been in the White House man of iron
and man of sturdy common sense. the story might
have been different
1t is a striking coincidence that while Buchanan
member of the Lancaster tPa) bar, the most
vacilating tool of secession another member of that
same bar. Thad Stevens. was secesson's most unre-
lenting foe.
Naturally bitter Stevens was made more so by
the fact that Lees army burned his iron foundry at
chambeTshurg,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
Industry in Saddle

MEANWHILE, George Bernard
IV1 Shaw, who has been voted the
brainiest man in England, says that
industry gradually is taking COM
mand of human affairs, and that
the place once occupied by states
men is being pre-empted by leaders
of commerce and finance.
No one can observe the drift of
events without inspecting that he is
right.
The existing political system is
essentially national.
Patriotism, as defined by the
traditions of war and conflict, is its
chief stock in trade. 1t is the by
product of an imperialistic era.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
BRAND Starts Something

HOW can nations cooperate if
i 4 they continue to make faces
at each other across fortified from
tiers?
How can they pool interests or
act for the common good if they
persist in barricading themselves
against each other with tariff
walls?
Or, getting right down to brass
tacks, how can they hope to dwell
in peace if they go on preparing
for war?
A United States of Europe means
the end of diplomatic intrigue and
aimed rivalry, or it means nothing.
BRAND either has provided a lit
tie whoopee for the greater glori-
f1catjon of France, or he has START
ca a revolution in European poll
ticS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
TT SEEMS TO ME By HF FFo{S

is good. I saw you slip three aces
up your sleeve. Take the pot, you
rogue, before I drill you full Of
holes"
And another curious but, inevi-
table situation will come up on &C
count of the anti-winner statute.
The clock in the Old North church
has struck IL, which was the hour
agreed upon for quitting, and yet
one of the players eyes his fellows
Grossly and insists upon continual
ton. Gust one more round"
you're fine bunch of pikers, !"
he cries. Get me $500 winner and
then insist upon stopping. Why?
won't you play another half an
hour, and give fellow a chance to
get himself a loSer?"
copyright. 1880. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
Disarmament First

HOWEVER the machine age may
IL have mistreated art, it GER
tainly has done we'll by discussion.
You can start an argument about
anything, anywhere, and at any
time. If you don't, someone else
will.
The news fairly groans with pro-
vocative suggestions.
Mrs. Edison advises women to quit
careering and Go something to
rescue the home.
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde
says the farmers have no way out
but to stop over production.
Mussolini tells BRAND shat dis
armament is the first requisite of
United States of Europe, and it is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
Socrates Is Needed

A THENS is brought into the dis
L n cussion by the proposal of GER
tain American legionnaires Of Greek
descent to erect a sixteen-story sky
scraper.
One crowd declares that the
worlds cradle of art is no place for
such an abomination.
Another crowd is equally sure
that Athens needs nothing so y.iuch
as skyscraper to prove that it
still is the worlds cradle of art.
Too bad old Socrates is not alive
to get them all by the ears with
his punchful quizzing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
Questions and
AnSzOeTS

What is the area and population
of Korea?
It has an area of 1921 square
miles and a population Of 19,103,9 900.
Is the former kaiser Of Germany
a Mason?
Yes.
Who said, "Our country! In her
intercourse with foreign nations
may she always be right, but right
or wrong, our country?
It is attributed to Stephen De-
catur.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
No Flag Rules

TINE existing industrial system
l. labors under no such restraint.
1t cannot survive on local or
provincial concepts. Whether will
lingly or not, it must be interna~
tional.
Neither it's raw materials nor its
markets are controlled by any flag.
When brought to bay by tariff
boosts, it merely establishes branch
houses; when barred out as alien, it
organizes subsidiary corporations,
and when threatened by government
control of certain commodities, it
calls on science to find or produce a
new supply.
England thought she had a
stranglehold on rubber until Harvey
Firestone bought up half of Liberia,
Ford established a plantation in
Brazil, and Edison began to expert
ment with goldenrod.
If we should undertake to cram
a surplus of wheat down the worlds
throat at too high price, the world
only would look elsewhere.
How much is the public debt of
the United States?
The total gross public debt June
an 1000 Amounted I. 1881 008 484.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
Punishment


TINE Puritan tinge of this law
l. is quite evident. Obviously the
statute was aimed less at the sin
of gambling that at the pleasure OF
winning.
No punishment is established for
those who draw two inside straights,
three-card fiushes and other COM
binations which make it very Ger
tain that they will not be victors at
the end of the evening.
Only upon skill and Judgment
has penalty been placed.
Repeal undoubtedly will be diff
cult, for even now there is that
within the ordinance which may
endear it to the many. For in
stance, it is a piece of legislation
designed to discourage the Lenzes
and the WhiteheadS, and feed the
ego of the folk who can not tell
whether the proper bid is grand
slam IN spades or one diamond.
Though contract bridge had not
been devised in 1740 is no reason
why the ancient law should not ap-
ply to it as we'll as poker.
It is not likely, then, that duff
fers at the game lightly will sur
render the advantage which the
law confers upon them. Not that
the rule provides for the excess tax
being paid over to the losers. The
fines inflicted, I assume, will serve
to alleviate the condition OF the
poor and destitute.
Even though the easy marks
profit only indirectly by the ar
rangement, spiritual satisfaction
will flow their way whenever they
see an opponent complete a fragrant
finesse or take a large pot down
with audacity and two small pair.
Treason
TN spite of the harshnesS OF the
l. legislation, do not expect to see
Massachusetts turn away at once
from games Of chance and go in
universally for parchesi. Poker, in
particular, is a game which fosters
gallantry and I hope to see the
stalwarts Of the pastime continue as
before.
AS a matter of fact, expect to
bring the matter up at the next ses-
sion of the ThanatopsiS Inside
Straight and Pleasure Club.
shall suggest that we owe it to
the fair name of poker to make still
another test of the statute and play
next time under arc lights in the
middle of Boston Common.
And I hope that at some time
during the game it vii be my privi-
lege to throw down hand and cry:
-Four aces-if that be treason make
the most Of it"
Or, with steel cold voice I pur-
pose to call out to the dealer SO that
all about me hear, Give me a small
club to complete this flush or give
me death"
Some painful scenes may be en-
acted when men of feeble character
yield to this new temptation. Lean
well imagine luckless eight with
a pair of sevens exelaiu, You lie.
you sharper when you say my hand
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
NJ. E. Tracy
SAYS:

MusSolini Tells BRAND That
Disarmament Is the First
Requisite of a United
States Of Europe, and 1t Is.
WHY all the rumpus over art?
w Have we been suffering from
stif1ed culture complex, or did we
get tired of talking about hooch,
the tariff and peace treaties?
Professor Boring seems to have
started the debate with his call for
a school of fine arts in New York.
He had to prove that it was need
ed, of course, and how could he
do that without implying that this
was backward age in the more
refined aspects of civilization?
Paderewski, who won fame and
fortune under the old order, says
Boring is right.
George Gershwin and Raymond
Hood, who have won fame and for
tune under the new order, say he
is wrong.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those OF
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this uaper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09

An Ohio girl arrested in alleged badger game"
in which wealthy retired men were victmized says
she's reforner, not gold digger. In other words
she's just in love with her job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
DAILY THOUGHT

There is nothing better for a
man, than that he should eat and
drink, and that he should make
his soul enjoy good in his Iabour.
This also / saw, that it was from
the hand Of God.-Ecclesiastes
2:24.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09

What was the date of the battle
OF Jutland?
May 81, 1916.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09

Is there a prison In the Statue Of
LIberty7
No.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09

Labor is the law OF happiness
Abel Stevens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-09
What is the nationality and
meaning of the name Lola?

It is a Spanish girls name, de-
rived from the Teutonic and means
man"
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taken place in the temper of the
times.
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May 81, 1916
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GEsTE"

The famous novel of this name gave many a thrill to the many millions of people who real 1t. It IS one of those stories containing every element that arouses intense interest.
 There are three Ges5e brttaefs whose adventures in the French Foreign Legion form the base of this powerful drama.
 Ronald Colman was given the part of Beau" Geste, the cleverest one of the three boys. He gives a finished performance that has add- ed largely to his fame. There have been very few plays that could come anywhere near this one in quality of supporting cast. One of the reasons for this Is that the play is not very dramatic production requiring tht skill of finished act ors. Critics turnout the states have been unanimous in praise of this play, ran l {. it tiff brst of its kind for the year.
 { The Liberty announces a slight advance in admission for this fea- < ture
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PILGRIMS HUME IS
 OFFERED FOR $G,750

LONDON, Feb, 3, (P)-An auc- tioneer is offering for sale at Brox- bourne the authentic home of one of the Pilgrim Fathers
 The price is S6,75O- Fireplace oak beams and other characteristic features of the eightroom home are said to be just as they were when the 17th century owner nov ed his household furnishings to
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KILLED IN CRASH

SACRAMENTO, Feb, 5, (A1 Robert Rodness, 26, a lineman em- Dloyeed by the Sacramento North crn Railroad, was killed and Fred Mosher. member cf 9 branch line, was slightly injured when a gaso- line section car crashed into a freight train on the San Francisco Sacramento Short Line trestle.
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Grace Oleson, Seldovia young lady who arrived the other day On the s. s. Starr, left today for Anchorage to enter the gov- ernment hospital for an oper- tion.
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DIsCOyERER OUTBOUND

John Edleman and Ed Woge were passengers on the M S Discoyerer which this morning left for seldovia Capt. Berger ex- nects to return to Seward in about 10 days.
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According to word received to- day the s. s. Panama will reach port tonight at 9 o'clock from the south.
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Roy Neville, one of the head- men Of the railroad crane crew, returned to Anchorage today af- ter a brief visit here with his folks