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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Chicago's Dictatorship

Chicago politicians have captulateo' ana asIeeu W
accept the help of the citizens rescue comittee leu
by silas H. strawn. The city and county treasures
are empty. millions are owed in salaries to muncl-
pal employees tax anticipation warrants can not De
sold and the situation steadily grows worse.
Thus we have the spectacle of Americas second
city virtually ruled by dictatorship, or oigarchy
Of wealthy taxpayers.
These rich men are said to have s5OoOOOOO which
they are prepared to advance for public expenditures
but they will not turn the money over to the spend
thrift politicians who are responsible for the plight
in which the city finds itself.
They will retain control over the money and VIII
supply it only for purposes they deem necessary An
executive committee of fifteen will make decisions
The government of Mayor Big Bill Thompson is in
effect superseded by this group. Big Bill himself OPP
posed it. but the city council yielded
Breakdown of Chicago's government and inabl-
itv Of the authorities to suppress lawessness consti
tute an important chapter in the history Of popular
rule It will be interesting to see if voters can eX-
tricate themselves from the difficulties in which they
have become involved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
That Presidential Hair Shirt

II the President goes a-fshing to Florida he will
have TO wear at least one of those hair-shirts to
which he recently referred His prohibition troubles
can not be left at home. We wish they could
Hoover or any other man could be a better Presi-
dent if he could rest from this growing problem or H.
indeed he could unload it altogether. Meanwhile,
the load gets heavier and the shirt hairier
Along has come group of otherwise regular Re
nubicans calling for formation of new political party
to fight prohibition. The Republican party already
is so split into factionseast west industriaists
versus agrarians high tarifiss low old guard
versus young guard versus progressves, wild ackases
and sons thercof-that the widening breach between
vets and drys is most disturbing the party man
ayers AS head and leader of the party, the Presi-
den hardly can be insensble to these troubles.
one OF the painful aspects of the latest suggestion
of new prohibition party is that the Republic
an advocates suddenly have become blind to the
long sacred party lines that they actually CO.
operating with prominent Democrats to achieve their
end.
For the moment, however, the threat Of a new
party probably is a much less serious worry to the
Republican managers than is the coming election
Job of squaring the circle in the dry west and the
wet east. All the extreme prohibition measures in
itiated by the administration, which are popular
with the Anti-Saloon League and which may be ex-
pected to get for Republican senators and
congressman in certain western sections next fall.
may kill the Republican election chances in the moist
eastern states
Take the case OF Hoover's friend and senate ap-
pointee Dwight Morrow. in New Jersey. Morrow is
In Q tight place He is In bad way, or rather the
administration is in bad way, If he bolts the Hoo
yw program and comes out for modification.
q. Hut be Is In vorss way IL he doesn't The DEM
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

HARVARD has made an official
L L defense of its action in sum-
marily discharging a group Of vet
eran scrubwomen, and 1t seems to
me a feeble and evasive document.
call attention to the fact that
Arthur L. Endicott, the university's
controller, says in his report:
when we took over the operation
of the library building, it was
necessary to make a good many
changes in the personnel OF the
force, so that we did not think it
advisable to replace the women with
men Immediately. We did, however,
take steps to tighten their work and
shorten their hours"
Now, this sounds very generous
and noble-hearted until one sud-
denly remembers that Harvard's
cleaning women were paid by the
hour, 35 cents for every sixty min
utes of toll.
Accordingly, it can hardly be
rated as a favor if Harvard said to
Mrs. Donahue, or any one of the
others, Thereafter, you are to work
only five hours a day instead of
seven
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Georgia Slips Back

Lynchings once common throughout the south.
have been decreasing steadily in number during re-
cent years Not more than ten twelve persons met
violent death at the hands of MODS in the last year
whereas Just before the turn of the century victims
we're counted by the score.
The latest lynching in Georgia therefore will
come as a shock TO those who had hoped that this
most horrible OF all forms of murder was passing.
That is particularly true because there has not been
lynching in that state within three years in spite
Of the racial feeling that sometimes develops
The victim of a mob Of 500 at Ocila, Ga, was
Negro accused of attacking and killing 14-year-od
white girl. The sheriff, refusing to surrender his
prisoner was handled roughly by the mob The Negro
was taken outside the town, beaten and mutilated,
and his body burned pyre of logs. If Geographic
accounts are correct, the mob exhibited unusual
berbarity.
According to the sheriff the Negro had confessed
to the crime There is small doubt that If law had
been permitted to take its he would have been
punished to the limit without delay
After Georgias last lynching, seventeen men were
indicted and sixteen sent to prison. 1t is to be
hoped the authorities will display equal zeal in the
present instance thereby serving notice that rule OF
lynch law is not to be resumed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Won t Junior Eat?Alnke Food Tempting

Spoon-feeding is form Of
stuffing. The child does not eat well
because he is spoon-fed and he is
spoon-fed because he does not eat
well. This process can go on almOSs
forever
The tired child is not hungry and
the child can be exhausted just as
much by nagging and driving as By
too much play. Children are indi-
viduals and should be handled indi-
vidually.
When this is done, the child is
likely to eat all the things that
it should and without a great deal
of difficulty.
One of the most vicious habits is
feeding between meals a child that
refuses to take its food at meal
time. 1t soon learns to look for the
between meal delicacies and to
avoid the staples that come at
regular hours.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Pay Reduced

TT may look we'll on paper, but the
l. practical result Of such policy
was that Mrs. Donahue received
precisely 10 cents less each day, a
reduction which she could not well
afford to harbor.
THANK you for nothing" she
might well have said, and, Don't
do me no faVors until the price of
bread and meat comes down a good
deal lower"
Nor do I understand the pride
which Mr.. Endicott seems to take
in the fact that Harvard's scrub
women quite possibly eked out ex-
istence by being employed in other
gainful occupations.
He says, These women were en-
gagged by the hour, and their en-
ployment has been a few hours a
day, from three to four hours early
in the morning, and I believe all
Of them had other employment for
the rest of the day, so that they
have not been wholly dependent
upon their work at the university
for their livelihood"
1t seems to me that this is as
much as to say, "Of course, We do
not pay A. Lawrence Lowell living
wage, but fortunately Hazard does
not demand his complete time, and
so he is getting along nicely enough
by doing few hot songs every night
in a Boston cabaret"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

callous in his attitude toward vet
Grams within the Office.
Indeed, I was interested to learn
that morning paper which had
been mildly critical of LoWells
course, did not come into court with
hands which I should deem en-
tirely clean.
During the same week III which
this local paper ventured to express
an editorial tut! Tut" member
of the reportorial staff was dis
charged upon three days notice aft
er forty-nine years Of continuous
service.
And when he called upon the pub
lisner to protest such a sudden dis
nlissaI, after so long a period in har-
ness. he was informed: eve are
very sorry, Mr.. r., but if you looked
at your notice you observed that we
took this action because Of necessity.
1--WE have found it imperative to
pare our staff down to the bone, and
dispense with all those whose labOrs
seem to us not vitality efficient"
Again, I do not call upon the
gods of mercy and of justice, but I
do insist that within period OF
forty-nine years paper or a pump
factory ought to be able to make up
its mind whether it's Mr.. r. con-
tributes to the welfare Of the con-
Germ.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

ture and enjoy it, and the child is
likely to be just as sensitive.
DR.. Stafford is inclined to be-
lieve that the child under years
of age should not be permitted to
eat with the rest of the family, for
the simple reason that the converse
ton of the parents will divert the
child's attention from the food.
Furthermore, the child finds him
self the center of attraction and
enjoys it so much that the food be-
comes a secondary matter.
If the father or any of the older
brothers or sisters refuse to eat any
portion of their food the baby is
quite willing to copy the perform
ance.
Doctor Stafford mentions particu-
larry the fact that it is exceptional
to see a child eat we'll who has
been spoon-fed by nurse or
mother after the second-year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
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ANNIVERSARY
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WAR WITH TRROLI
Feb. 6.

ON Feb. 6, 1904, the war between
~ the United States and Tripoli
opened with the arrival of an Aneri-
can squadron in the Mediterranean.
The squadron was sent at the
order of President Jefferson after
the pasha Of Tripoli declared war
against the United States because
we had not promptly met his de-
mands for nnoney-a tribute he was
in the habit of receiving each year
to keep him from Selling American
vessels.
Under the direction Of Com
modore Preble, the small American
fleet gained brilliant triumph over
the Barbary pirates.
Up to this time the Mohammedan
states Of Tripon and Tunis, Algers
and Morocco, long had made a BUSH
ness Of piracy. Their cruisers
swarmed upon the Mediterranean
and the Atlantic and robbed mer-
chant ships. Oftentimes distin-
guished captiveS were held for ran
som and other we're sold as slaves.
With the cessation Of hostilities
in the Tripoli, the pasfa speedily
dropped his demands and begged
for peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
The Railroad Mans Problems

The problems that changed conditions in
American life have raised up for the vexation of the
railroad executive graphically set forth by some
figures in the current issue of Golden Book magazine
The cleaning Pullman car, for instance is no
longer the great money maker for the railroads. For
every dollar it the owly freight six.
Furthermore, the day coach has fallen evil
days In 1921 day coach passengers contributed
S795 100000 the railroads; in 1923 they paid only
$454 100000. Automobiles and higher living stand
ards are directly responsible
The railroad men have met the issue by increas-
ing their efficiency. In 1922 the average freight
train had thirty-eight cars; today it has fortyeght.
In 1922 the average moved twenty-three miles
a day; now it moves thirty-one miles.
II you think that all of this hasn't given the
railroad men furrowed brows and gray hairs you
might ask the next railroad man you meet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Problems

TNHE situation Of the proposed
4 buildings Of The laboratory on
the outskirts Of Santa Fe will place .
it in an unusual position to be-T
come clearing house for the study
of the early history of mankind in
America.
Santa Fe is in the center Of the
cliff-dwelling area and near the
largest Pueblo Indian villages.
There are many fascinating prob
lens in connection with the his
tory Of the American Indian. '
Most authorities now agree that
the Indian entered America by way
Of Alaska from Asia. Authorities
90 not think that there was any
great sudden migration, but that
the population merely overhowed~
from Asia into Alaska, families
making the journey across Boring
Straits.
It is believed that the immi-
grants slowly made their way into
the interior Of the continent fol-
lowing the coast and the rivers. In
this way it is thought that the In
dian finally made his way down TO
the southwest and into Mexico and
Central America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
When the Road Is Icy

Icy roads put extra responsibility the
shoulders Of every motorist and nowhere is this re-
sponsblity heavier than in the neighborhood of rail-
road crossings.
In Indiana recently motoriSt approached grade
crossing very carefully. An automatic signal was
heralding the approach of a train. The driver put
on his brakes But there slight incline leading
down to the tracks and the road was very ICY His
car slid down the hill and went the track just in
time to get hit by express ran-and the motorst,
for all that he had driving carefully lost his
life.
Ordinary care isn't enough when the roads are
paved with ice-especally when you come to grade
crossing The drivers vigilance needs to be triped
under such circumstances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Just Exercise

T AM also interested in the uni
Il yersity's official conception of
four hours scrubbing as a sort of
a daily dozen, suitable to loosen the
joints OF an old lady, and pep her
up to sally forth into a COMPETE
tive world in search of a career.
I thoroughly agree with my So
cialistic friends who argue that such
matters should not be left to the
generosity or the common sense Of
the individual employer.
If Harvard university shows it
self heartless In dealing with the
human equation, 1t is likely that the
average manufacturer of bed springs
or breakfast food may be equally
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Questions
and AnSzOers

What were the ten leading COM
mOdities exported and imported by
the United States in 1928?
The ten leading exports were:
Cotton, manufactured; petroleum
and products; automobiles, parts,
etc.; machinery; wheat, including
flour; packing house products; iron
and steel mill products; copper; to-
bacco, manufactured cotton
manufactures. The ten leading i'm
ports were raw silk, coffee; crude
rubber; sugar, cane; paper and
manufactures; hides and skins; pc
troleum and products; furs and
manufactures: paper base stocks;
copper. including ores and manu-
features.
What is the theme song the mo-
ton picture 1.-THE River?
4 Found Happiness When I
Found YOU"
What does manaSQuam mean?
It is an Indian word meaning
point or top ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

81 DAVID DIETZ-
Floods and Erosion Wipe out
Valuable CIe1CS to Early
History Of American m
dams in Southwest.

TINE study OF the ancient history
l. of the American indian has be-
come a race against time Thou
sands Of sites of ancient habitations
in the southwest gradually are be-
ing wiped out by nature and man.
Floods and processes of erosion
the action of winds and rain-are
gradually blotting out these records
of Americas first inhabitants. In
many places the march of civiliza-
ton has had the same effect.
The first problem being attacked
in the new program of the Labora-
tory of Anthropology at Santa Fe,
N. M, is to record as many of these
sites as possible while it is yet pos
sible to do So
The new program Of the labora-
tory includes the erection Of a great
institution at Santa Fe. The first of
ten buildings has been made pos
sible by a gift Of 100000 from John
D. Rockefeller Jr.
The trustees OF the laboratory
have just announced additional gifts
totaling S155000 to further the work.
These include $4,000, which is The
income from a 100000 fund set up
by Rockefeller to finance the lab
oratory during its first five years; a
gift Of 100000 from the Rockefeller
Foundation to establish resident
scholarships for research workers..
and S12,500 from Bronson NJ. Cut
ting, United States senator from
New Mexico.
Cuttings gift was Immediately
matched by one OF similar size from
Rockefeller, who had agreed to
match all contributions up to a total
of $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Boundaries

EHE trustees OF The laboratory
a also announced that Secretary
OF the Interior Wilbur has approved
the appointment Of Jesse l.. Nus
baum as acting director of the lab
oratory.
Nusbaum is director of Mesa
Verde National park in Colorado.
He has a distinguished career as an
archeologist, having been archeolo-
glst Of the Museum of the America /
Indian, New York.
Nearly three hundred of the an
clent Indian sites have been sam
pied and recorded in an area rough
ly estimated at seventy-fivc miles
square about the city of Santa Fee
says H. P. Mera, staff archaeologist
Of the laboratory.
Much work remains to be done,
however. The boundaries of the
cultural areas may extend over hun.
dreds Of miles to where they over
lap the boundaries of other areas.
The collection of material and
the recording Of the thousands of
remaining uncharted sites must 20
on as rapidly as possible, for there
is grave danger that many may moi
be reached in time.
Every group of houses market
by the characteristic trash bean
and low mounds holds a clew to is
place in the development If I've
history of the southwest.
Erosion, due to natural forces.
vandalism by the pot hunter aid
other incidents occasioned by he
settlement Of a new country hive
destroyed and are continuing to de-
Stroy many evidences Of pre- History
that can i'll be spared.
ut will be ore Of the aims ofthe
laboratory, in a race against time.
10 record as many as possibli Of
these habitations before they are
finally leveled by the pillow to the
advancing homesteader or torn from
the banks of flooded gullies."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Daily Thought

Whereupon the princes Of Israel
and the king humbled themselves;
and they said, the Lord is righte-
Ous.-II Chronicles 1876.
Humility is eldest born Of Virtue,
and claims the birthright at the
throne of heaven.-Arthur Murphy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia4 the
Health Magazine,

A Ill experts in child training and
IA child care emphasize repeatedly
the Importance of getting the food
to the child and getting the child to
eat it.
The child is in many ways merely
a small adult. ANY foodstuff, as is
pointed out by Henry E. Stafford,
may be rendered unpalatable and
distasteful by improper cooking and
serving.
He describes particularly vege-
tables cook in large quantities Of
water then pureed into an unrecog-
nizable mass and served with an
Overlooking of watery mashed po-
tatoes and a soft-boiled egg
stirred in.
No adult would eat such a mix
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's and arc pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this Daper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Problem Complicated

TINE Haitian problem is not so
H. simple as some idealistS would
have us believe.
In the first place, the United
States did not intervene of its own
motion, or because of a desire to
run things.
Intervention practically was forced
by France after President Sam had
been murdered in the French lega-
ton.
Intervention necessarily has re-
suited In certain political restric-
tons, but, at the same time, it has
led to economic benefits Of vital i'm
portance to the Haitian people.
President Hoover states the case
fairly when he says that we could
not withdraw Immediately without
causing disastrous dislocation of
Haiti's political and economic ma
chinery, but that. since we must
withdraw eventually, we should be-
gin thorough study Of the situa-
ton with that end in view.
One might add that we should
begin to study the situation as it
affects Latin-American affairs in
general, and that the time has come
for this government to formulate
policy, not for particular cases or
countries, but to satisfy the needs
of the western hemisphere.
1t is quite true that the United
States is peculiarly interested in the
Caribbean, but it is also true that
Caribbean nations are identified
racially and religiously with South
America, and that our attitude to-
ward them will be taken to indi-
cate our attitude toward that con-
tinent in general.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

How old is Douglas Fairbanks Jr.?
In what picture did he make his first
screen appearance?
He was % In December, and his
first screen appearance was IN
stephen Steps OUT s
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

The man next door has a dog he calls Grover.
Asked for the reason for this variant of Rover, he
told it wasn't variant at all, but the dog named
after Grover Whelan New York's greeter police COM
missioner, because he greets every enthusiast
tcaly."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

ocrats have carried New Jersey with g. wet before,
and probably do it again. unless the Republicans
rob them of the prohibition issue.
SO it goes. The issue which the politicians of both
parties thought could be sdetracked is becoming the
biggest issue of all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

lighthouse is offered for sale in an ad in British
newspaper Somebody ought to pick it up teach it to
box and match the thing with Primo Camera.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06
Honorable Way

IF, at the end of thirty years, the
Il executive decides that that Mr..
R. is not a specifically useful person,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

The Eskimo fish hooks for money, are tolc
Say aren't those fellows relation to the Scotch
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

The art of conversation is dying out, says a
magazine writer He ought to go and look up
somebody who has just had operation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

teacher says it is not easy to learn to play the
SaXophone, which confirms our fears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

The mayor of Philadelphia complains the dearth
of night clubs in that city where the people could
find innocent amusement" The trouble is that peo-
pie won't pay that kind of price for innocent amuse
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-06

A woman lecturer in New York talked for two
hours without referring to her notes. says news dis
patch The newsy part of that is that she did it in
public