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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
JobIeSS Are Patient

I HAVE seen a great many peorle
l. looking for work on this trip,
great many who had worn out
their last pair of shoes in search
of it. I have seen their blue, cold
faces as they stood in line wait
ing for a handout; I have seen
them gather by the thousand in an
swer to some advertisement calling
for ten. And I have seen them
peddling apples, oranges, needles
and innumerable other trinkets be-
cause they could not think of any
thing else to do. And those few
had mighty poor audiences.
The patience displayed by our
millions of jobless is the one really
inspiring and reassuring aspect OF
this whole affair. Not that we
should trade on it, but that VIC
at least can appreciate it.
To predict general rioting and
violence, after what we have seen
strikes me as nothing short Of an
insult.
It would not be surprising if some
raw spots developed before we gel
through, but that is not the point
The point is that as a whole, I'M
employment, suffering and pow
erty have been borne in 4 manner
which warrants no alarm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
Wickersham and Mooney-BiIlings

Following newspaper reports that the Wickersham
law observance ands enforcement commission is in
vestigating the Mooney Billings case, the commission
has made what appears at first glance to be denial
According TO the commissions official announce
ment 1T is beyond the province of this commission
10 investigate individual cases with view to max
ing recommendations TO their disposition particu
arly in state courts for the reason, among Others
that the commission has power to examine wit
neSses or redeterrnine facts
This announcement is typical of the long list of
antiquities perpetrated by the Wickersham commits
sion prohibition and other matters since its origin
The facts are these-although the public in read
ing in good faith the commission announcement would
set a completely erroneous impression
For months the Scrpps-Howard newspapers
pointed out that of the official tasks OF the COM
mission was to report conditions of legal law
lessness in the United States; that the commission
Nas trying to ignore the Mooney Billings cash and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
Cycle Within Cycle

NNE possibility of existing con-
~ ditions appears to be worrying
people everywhere more than all
others. ran against it in Roanoke,
Birmingham, Knoxville and New
Orleans, while no less than three
individuals called attention to it
the first day was in Houston.
Tt seems that some highly re-
spected writer, though 1 can't recall
who right now, has developed the
theory that depression isn't only
Fthe result of a cycle, but contains
a cycle within itself-f1rst, the
slump in business, then the slump
in wages, and then the rioting.
You can go back to 1907, 1898 and
1873, and prove the point, but only
by assuming that attitude of bust
ness and employees remains the
same, which I do not believe to be
the case.
Indeed, this particular depression
strikes me as involving a radical
change in attitude, especially on
the part of business men. In pre-
vious instances, their first thought
was to save themselves by firing
every employe they could do with
out, and cutting wages to the bone.
In this instance, the great majority
of them have done everything pos
sible to avoid such course.
For one, I think that not only
labor leaders, but the rank and file,
Il
llgent way, and that there is little
to indicate violence except the pres
ence OF professional agitators who
seem to be having harder time of
it than usual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
Situation Not So Bad

XXTEEN you say too much oil,
w too much cotton, too much
natural gas, and too much of most
everything, except ready market,
you have covered the worst fea-
lures of the local economic situa-
ton. And when you say too many
critters from "up north" seeking
warmth, if not work, you have
touched the worst phase of unem-
pigment.
The movement to reduce cotton
acreage is receiving a deal of lip
support, but even it's most ardent
advocates don't pretend to know
how far it will get.
Texas farmers are go per cent
tenant, which means that they lack
the wherewithal, if not the inclina-
ton, to make radical changes. The
movement to curtail oil production
has been in effect quite a while.
Whatever it may have done for con-
servation, it seems to have done far
more in putting little operators out
of business and in creating better
American market for Royal Dutch
Shell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
Questions and
Answers

What is the caloric content of
peanut butter? Does 1t contain
much fat? What vitamins does it
contain?
Ordinary peanut butter contains
81 per cent water, 1913 per cent
protein, 46.5 per cent fat, Ill per
cent carbohydrates and per cent
ash. It's food value per pound is
2,741 calories. 1t is a source of
vitamin A, a good source of vitamin
B and does not appear to be a
source of vitamin G.
Was "NIoby Dick" ever given un-
der any other title on the screen?
Did Lon Clancy star in version of
the story?
''Moby Dick" which recently was
produced on the audible screen with
John Barrymore in the leading role,
was presented as a silent film in
1926 under the title The Sea Beast,
with John Barrymore as the star.
Lon CLANCY did not appear in either
version.
How many trips did former Presi-
dent Wilson make to France during
the peace conference after the
World war;
TWO.
VIII mercury act as magnet for
geld?
There is no magnet for gold. Mer-
curry will amalganate with gold,
but it is non-magnetic.
Are the upper and lower jaws of
humans both capable Of moving?
The upper jaw is stationary and
only the lower jaw moves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
1T SEEMS TO ME BY HF BE0gS

IT IS easy to overestimate the
l. effect of the decision by Judge
Clark of New Jersey. The point on
which he declared the eighteenth
amendment invalid is technical. TO
lay mind it is hard to understand
just what issue is involved upon
which the supreme court has not
passed already.
In all probability the drys are
correct in maintaining that the New
Jersey Interpretation will be set
aside. Any other action would
make the high court seem more
than a little foolish.
Year after year it has proceeded
to twist and tear established rights
in a series of opinions designed to
build up Volsteadism. Not even the
supreme court has seemed wise
Or gallant body in the face of pro-
hibition pressure.
And with few exceptions the court
is not composed OF men who are
mentally flexible. That is the reason
why they were made justices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
SAYS:

The Patience Displayed By
Millions of Our Jobless Is
the Only Really Inspiring
Aspect of the Whole Affair.
HOUSTON. Tex. Dec. 2S.-No
i Il bank failures in the Houston
territory thus far, or sensational
business disasters, but just a grad
ual slowing down, incident to gen
eral conditions. Nor would the
slowing down be so apparent If some
Of the big boys were not eternally
reminding one another Of what they
haven't done, or didn't make, be-
cause of the Wall Street crash.
Houston has less to warrant an
outbreak of the blues than any town
we have visited since leaving New
York, but that old psychology stuff
is right on the job.
Every time a bank goes to the wall
in Arkansas, or a real estate firm
blows up Florida, some Of the To-
cal leaders throw another fit and
put an extra lock on their safety
deposit boxes, in which respect the
situation j. little different from
what it is everywhere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
The Public Pays

Instead of wasting more time in dis
cussing the very evident flaws in the insult
plan of ownership of the street railway lines,
city officials should direct their attention to
the drafting of necessary laws for public
ownership and operation.
The public pays the bills. Under the In
sull plan the people will be charged very high
for service and have no chance of sharing
any profits.
Under public ownership the city would be
free from one Of its burdens and have half
chance to take its place in the sun.
The present proposal is outrageous in its
provisions and deserves little consideration.
The high valuation on WORKOUT lines and
cars, the high rate of profit on investment,
the complete surrender to private monopoly
for all time make the proposal impossible.
Those who purchased the present secur-
tiles are merely holding out tin cup to the
public in the hope that they can get back at
least part of what they have lost. through
private operation and management of the
lines.
The people may be in mood to help those
who made unwise investments, but they
ought not be mortgaged forever to the In
sull interests in order to do this graceful
act of benevolence. Payment of the sums de-
Inanded for the bankrupt lines can be re-
garded as nothing else but benevoence.
f Measures should be drafted at once to
permit this city to own and operate the lines
and to purchase them either at the receiver
ship or by condemnation proceedings.
g With such a weapon in their hands, the
people would not be at the mercy of those
who have assumed rather arrogant at
titude.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
SERVICE
Protect Child From Strychnine Pills

Parents must remember that the
child can not differentiate between
candy and pills coated with sugar
or sweet chocolate.
DR.. Altman feels that the use and
sale of substances containing strych-
nine should be much better con-
trolled than it Is today, that there
should be adequate warning to the
purchaser concerning the poisonous
nature of such pills when taken in
any quantity, and, because of the
fact that strychnine poisoning is
most common in children under
years of age, that it is desirable
that pills and tablets containing
this substance be not coated with
candy or chocolate.
Both nux vomica and strychnine
have an extremely bitter taste and
it is unlikely that child would eat
them if they were not disguised in
the manner mentioned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
KindIier Age

WoULDN'T it be a great and a
w fine thing to open the doors
Of prisons and liberate the men
and women, the girls and boys who
are suffering under the savage pen
alties assigned by grim judges
backed by tyrannical statute?
In fact, the invalidating of the
eighteenth amendment might be the
first step in the creation of new
spirit of fellowship. 1t is upon pro-
hibition that the whole structure
of suspicion, hate, and wholesale
graft has been reared. 81
1t may be, as many say, that
prosperity Immediately would be ac-
tolerated. I have no doubt that
certain industries would squirt.
inst think of the rush orders
which would come to every lock
smith to rip of padlocks and also
the cumbersome protective devices
which clutter up the doors where
one knocks thrice and says, ooh
you know me"
Ships with golden freight would
race for our ports across the broad
Atlantic. The mayor well might
greet at the city hall the captain
of the first craft TO enter New York
harbor publicly bearing the, first
real champagne in many years.
But I would not be there. Yov
would find me at the pier, gazing
into the mist and waiting for the
beer boats,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
- Il n NnN DIV FREDERICK
ANA<A AoOA Lands

DRESIDENT HOOVER has shown ON several &C.
l. casions that he has not the gift of diplomacy in
his dealings with the congress and he has provoked
some of the assaults which have been waged against
him by the sages on Capitol Hill.
But recent savage assault was unjustif1ed.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi held him up to
ridicule because fool friend of the President sought
Which thing the President states he told the foolish
adnirer not to do.
Harrison should have learned the truth about it
before he turned loose his guns
Every man who had gone through the political
experience senator has encountered knows that the
one thing public servant prays for is to be de-
livered from his misguided followers.
TT was not fair to hold Mr.. Hoover responsible but
1t seems to go with the position of President. All
our chief executives have had their quarrels with the
senate the house OF representatives usually being
offensive, because it has been voiceless.
Not to 60 into ancient history we may review the
tcmpcSts since the Civil war
Had Lincoln lived, he would have had one grand
succession OF riots with congress his reconsruc
ton program, the same experience johnson later
perienced
GRANT had an endless fight and was not on speak
\b ing terms with some of the leaders of his own
party in the senate and so did Garfield Cleveland,
Harrison, Roosevelt. Taft and wilson
Mckinley and Coolidge were sufficiently diplomatic
to- escape the fury Of their associates.
OF all the men who have filed the presidential
chair. Mr. Hoover is least fitted for the rough and
tumble of the game and doubtless he often wishes he
were rid Of it all. In fact many have believed he
woulG not be candidate for reelection due to the
endless pickering of the thing.
But if his opponents seek to remove him from the
frac fS hrir1a an
nature for one to stick when the fighting begins and
10 hold to post which gladly would reinquish
could one do so without the stigms Of running away
from battle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
Views of Times Readers

Editor Times-There has been, for
some time, discussion Of the traffic
situation in our metropolis. After
travelling extensively through some
Of our nations larger cities, in the
east, have the following suggestions
as to our own traffic prolem.
Let me suggest that we are in
need of more silent policemen, that
is, our electrical "Stop and Go"
signs. The sign at East and Wash
ington should be retained, Alabama
and Washington also, skip Delaware
and place a new sign at Penn
sylvania, skip Meridian and place
signs at Illinois, Kentucky, and
Washington. Then skip Capitol and
retain sign at Senate avenue.
The skipping of squares also would
apply to our north and south bound
streets. The signs should start at
South street at the intersection of
Delaware, Pennsylvania, Meridian,
Illinois, also with signs at Kentucky
and Capitol.
This arrangement would allow
traffic to move two squares, anyway,
before stopping, although you could
regulate them to be on the "go" for
four, six or eight squares. This also
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
HEALTH SERVICE

vornica, and the child died four
hours after eating some of them,
due to strychnine poisoning.
In the second case, a boy 4 years
old found a bottle containing some
laxative tablets. Each tablet con-
tanned one-sixtieth of a grain of
strychnine. The bottle of a grain OF
child had emptied contained about
ninety tablets.
The child died of strychnine
poisoning five hours after taking
the medicine, regardless of all Of the
attempts of the physicians to con-
troll the case.
In addition to reporting the cases
that are mentioned, Doctor Altman
collects from the records of New
York state a considerable number
Of cases due to the taking of rat
poisons, I've, fireworks and similar
substances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
Universe Makers

1T will be noticed that the choice
Il of scientific figures for the
church includes number of those
whom George Bernard Shaw, at a
recent dinner in lonor of Einstein.
characterized as universe makers" "
The action of the church is given
added interest by the recent pub
LEGATION of an article by Einstein on
Religion and Science" which drew
lively comment from both church~
men and laymen.
1t seems to this writer that DR..
Fosdick's church does well To
recognize that inspiration is not
limited to those who write upon
theological subjects.
It seems reasonable to think OF
Pasteur, making the fundamental
discovery for combating of con-
tagiouS diseases, or of a Lister, maxi
ing possible antiseptic surgery, as
being just as much inspired as the
author Of piece of religious writ
ing.
Likewise, it is undoubtedly true
that such men as Euclid and Newton
not only have influenced the de-
velopment of science, but have il-
fiuenced philosophical and religious
thought as well.
Many writer's, such as Havelock
Ellis for example, believe that the
theories of Einstein will have as
powerful effect upon the philosophy
of the future as they will have upon
the science of the future.
1t always has seemed to me that
the scientist is engaged primarily
in the search for truth and that no
occupation can be more reverent
than that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23

that any report which ignored this test case would
be a farce
In October the Scripps- Howard newspapers
addressed letter to President Hoover asking that
he personally intervene in the Mooney Billings case
as President Wilson had done, and that he lin addi-
ton remind the Wickersham commission of its duty
to report the case. That letter was referred by
the President to the attorney general who in turn
referred it to the commission.
Despite the unwillingness of certain members of
the commission to take up the matter Judge Kenyon,
chairman Of the subcommittee on legal lawlessness,
started investigation, which is being carried
on in California.
The commissions announcement Of Monday is
misleading. because it denies by ndirecton that an
investigation is being made 1t also is misleading,
because it sets up straw man. and proceeds to
knock it down. That is the commission says it has
no power to make recommendations to states for
disposition of individual cases. Of course it hasn't:
no one said it had such power. No has proposed
that the commission intervene directly or that it
order the release of the men, or anything like that
The only thing that has been proposed-and the
only thing the commission can dds to make non
partisan accurate report of the disgracefu facts in
this case which has become national and interna-
tonal symbol of legal lawlessness.
Since the Kenyon investigation ALREADY is under
Way-thanks to outside pressure-we fail to see the
truth or the purpose in the commissions announce
ment of Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
Up to Date

1T IS obvious to every observer
l. that not even the house, the
senate and the chief executive rep
resent the present will of the people
in regard to prohibition.
1t will take at least another two
years to square legislative and exec
utive thought with popular opinion.
All of which means that judicial re-
lief hardly can be gained for an
other half century. The supreme
court always has Jagged at least
that far behind each liberal move
ment.
And yet. even if nothing tangible
comes of it, this was a famous vic
tory. There no longer can be any
doubt of the turning of the tide.
If only the incubus could be
dropped in ONE such quick and
simple manner I think we might
see an impromptu national celebra-
ton second only to the first Ameri-
can day in fervor and good spirit.
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RUSHS BIRTH
December %

ON Dec. %, 1745, Benjamin Rush,
" an American physician and
patriot, was born at Philadelphia.
He was graduated from Princeton
and received his medical education
in Europe. He taught chemistry in
the Philadelphia college, which now
is the medical department Of the
University of Pennsylvania. Elected
a member of the Continental con-
gress, Rush was signer Of the
Declaration of independence.
After he returned from service as
surgeon in the revolution, he found
ed the Philadelphia dispensary and
helped found Dickinson college.
Rush was prominent in public as
we'll as in professional life. He
took part in 1870, in the formation
OF the new state Constitution and
was a member of the Pennsylvania
convention for ratification Of the
federal Constitution.
OF his considerable writings, his
essays on the diseases and vices of
the Indians are thought most val
liable. because they contribute new
and important information to our
knowledge of the american aborig-
ines.
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DROFESSOR. AIRFRT EINSTEIN

- NfNN' w Wv - etteS~tftS vi
Great Rockefeller Church
PROFESSOR ALBERT EINSTEIN
l. of Germany, the famous orig@
inator of the theory of relatively,
is now in this country. and is the
only living scientist whose likeness
has been carved over the DOORWAY
OF the new Rockefeller" church in
New York.
The church, the Riverside church
on One Hundred and Twenty second
street. is being built at cost of
S4,J00,0OO The largest contributor
to the project is John d. Rocke-
Teller Jr. The Rev. DR.. Harry
Emerson Fosdick, famous liberal
preacher. is its spiritual leader.
A large number of figures of
angels, Biblical characters, saints
and famous historical figures are
carved in rings over the doorway.
The second ring carries the carved
likenesses of fourteen great figures
in the world OF science. The sci-
entists and the dates Of their lives
follow:
Hippocrates, 46O-3S7 e. c.: Euclid,
about 300 B. C.; Archimedes. 287-
212 B. c.; Hipparchus, l60-125 B.
c.; Pare, 1517-1590; Calico, 1854
1912; Kepler. 1571-1630: Newton,
1642-1727; Dalton, 1766-1S44: Fara-
day. 179l-18e7: Darwin, 1909 l882s
Pasteur. 1s22-1s95; Lister, 1S27-1912,
and Albert EinStein, born 1879.
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barreled treasures of amber.
And, naturally, there would be a
parade. Al Smith would be selected
by reclamation as first marshal.
Clarence True Wilson would walk
behind his chariot in chains.
Beside the vehicle ofoAl I should
like ITO see Henry L. Mencken riding
aStride a. coal-black charger and
blowing kisses as we'll as foam to
the cheering multitude.
And somewhere near the head Of
the procession a place must be re-
served for La Guardia, bearing
upon his back goatskin containing
honest Chianti.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23

throw not ticker-tape, but hip
TASKS, now rendered quite unneces-
Sary.
The bands are blaring forth
Brown October Ale" Drink to Me
Only With Thine Eyes" and I'm
der the Annheuser Busch" Clarence
Darrow will come on from Chicago
to join the celebration at our chief
seaport.
In fact, 1 would not be surprised
to find him canceling a debate on
"IS Life Worth Living?" to make it.
lConvright 1890 by The Timesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine,

Magazine.
.nF all of the unnecessary deaths
~ of children, those due to the
taking of tablets containing large
amounts Of Strychnine, the tablets
having been placed in easy access
to the child, are perhaps the most
unnecessary.
In a recent issue of the Journal
of the American Medical Association
DR.. John Altman describes two
cases of death due to this cause.
A girl years old ate some ca
thartic tablets covered with candy
that had been prescribed for her
grandfather, and which had been
left in an open drawer in table.
The cathartic tablets contained
one-half grain of extract Of nux
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23
Among the MarCherS

A ND shoulder to shoulder with
L "a him marches Ritchie, delegate
from the great Free State Of Mary
land. These posts of honor would be
dangerous as well as glorious, for
from the windows of high Office
buildings the liberated serfs would
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-23

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.