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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03

CCIENTISTS are all steamed up
- about the Peiping man. If they
want to cater to the headline writ
ers, they ought to call him Tom.
If you have read the news dis
patches from China, you know that
Tom is not a man at all, but only
a skull. And this is undoubtedly
the most valuable skull in the world.
To be sure, Toms present
eminence is a proof of the profits to
be made by investors for the long
Pull. Fe lived about the beginning
of the Ice Age. and you can set your
own notch for whatever million
years that implies.
Already man was on the make.
Peiping Tom is by no means miss
ing link. DR.. Roy Chapman An
drews says: "At that remote period
the Peiping man had advanced far
along the road of human develop
ment."
DR.. Andrews identifies him as the
t,-.<se & an cro -Gtral So
which 49,. he'd e5me 100000
years ago. The value of this relic
lies in the fact that the skull is
intact and not a mere fragment,
like some of the other bits OF bone
around which controversy has ragged.
1.-THE swelling in the forehead
promises interesting results" Sug-
gests DR.. Andrews. ALREADY the
Peiping man had begun to think"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
Times Readers Voice Vices

determined, after NATIONWIDE sur
vev. that each inmate costs the
state an average of $334.64 a year.
Compare these figures with the cost
of pensions in Montana. where every
poorhouse has been closed, taken
from official reports Of the state
auditor:
In 1924, s15174 was the average
cost per capita; in 1925, $172.l6; in
1925, Sl79 Sc; in 1927, $166.52. and in
1928, s165.73.
With poorhouse care averaging
1894 for each person, do these old
age pension figures bespeak extraya-
gance?
Montana passes an old-age pen
sion bill, prepared and supported by
the Fraternal Order of Eagles, as
have nine other states that COR
roborate the economy of old-age
pensions.
Nr. Taxpayer, don't be afraid OF
the old-age pension bill. 1t pro-
tects you.
w. c. STAHLHUTH,
l53 West Pratt street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
Parole Publicity

The plea of the managers OF the peniCeh-
tiary that no publicity be given to the re-
lease of prisoners on parole under the indie
terminate sentence act has much to COM
mend it.
Fxcept in unusual cases where there is
great public interest and exceptional circum-
stances of release, The Times has never be-
lieyed that the public interest was served
by such publications.
The whole theory of parole is that those
who are released have been built up morally
to the point where they can become useful
members of society.
Unfortunately the disgrace Of prison
follows the released man to his new job. IN
thinking scorn makes his return to society
difficult. He pays financial penalty and is
under constant surveillance and suspicion
that too often breaks down any resolution ne
may have made and any resistance he may
have built against temptation.
Weak men become repeaters. Society is
given the new burden of prosecution for
more crimes 1t is robbed of the services
of another citizen.
Unfortunately LueIG nave DCCh SNe@AhU~1S
in most states in the exercise of the parole
and pardon power. Political influence is often
exerted. Sometimes liberty is purchased for
those who have gang affiliations. Secrecy
always aids such misuse of the parole power.
But until there is evidence of such mis-
use of power by the prison board the re-
quest that no publicity be given to paroles IS
reasonable, humane and social.
Some day, when crime commissions go
beyond inquiries into treatment of prisoners
and recommend something more than bigger
and better jalS as p cure the whole problem
will oe handled much more scientifically.
1t is probable that the criminal will one
day be treated as are patients in hospitals.
Crime has in it certain of the elements of
disease. Its origin can very often be traced
to conditions which cause epidemics.
Crime, for example, is easily terminated
in an atmosphere of poverty. Its waves
come in times of financial distress and
stringency Violators of r.- are most often
those who need physical as we'll as moral
rehabilitation.
Paroled prisoners are, to a great degree,
convalescents. Any steps that will remove
any of the obstacles to complete restoration
to society are to be welcomed. The lack of
advertising is at least worth a thorough
trial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
Doomed to failure

I'D USSIA will use soldiers on the
IN farm, we are informed. which
smackS of strength and efficiency,
until one remembers what happened
to the Roman Emperor Probus, who
tried it 1000 years ago.
Probus was an idealist, too. He
not only thought it wrong for
soldiers to remain idle, but visioned
day when universal peace would
make 1t necessary for them to do
useful work
He not only preached his theories,
but practiced them, employing his
army to drain swamps, plant vine
yards, and erect buildings.
One hot day, the army decided it
was time to quit. so it threw down
its picks and spades, picked up its
swords, and assaSsinated Probus.
The fact that it repented and
built him a monument a little while
afterward does not mean much.
AS Gibson says, "If the duties
of the soldier are necessarily
aggravated by the labcrs of the
peasant, he will at least sink under
the intolerable burden or shake it
with indignation, which is some
thing Russian authorities would do
well to think about.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
TerrNriStS Convicted

There is a limit police terror against workers.
even in the company-rued towns Of Pennsylvania
That is the significance of the little noted but i'm
portant Barcoski case
The jury Saturday found two coal and iron police
men, Walter Lyster and Frank Watts, guilty of in
voluntary manslaughter. They beat to death John
BarcoSki, q miner, last year. Later they were
acquitted on a murder charge
Hitherto the company police have been above the
law Their idea Of the Constitution was TO shoot
loes through it. They could beat women, ride down
children. shoot men. and get away with it.
Lyster and Watts do not deserve the full odium
OF the BarcoSki killing. The whole system of coal
and iron police stands convicted There possible
excuse or defense for the employment of State-com-
uissioned officers by private corporations.
Police so commissioned are not loyal to the state
nd to the law. but TO the corporations which pay
hem and which often defy the Law.
Such police taught not 10 preserve the peace
put 70 hate the class against which their employers
are ssTayed-
ina last session Of the Pennsylvania general as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
The Middlemen's Armistice

Organized business, represented by the United
States Chamber of Commerce, has decided not to
oppose the administration Of the agricultural market
ing act by the federal farm board until there is
"ore definite evidence of its actual effects private
enterprise than at present is available
Thus apparently to have an aTmiStice in
the in.pient war between private dealers and middle
men and the govelnment-fostered cO-operatiIeS
Julius H Barnes grain dealer chairman of Hoover's
prosperity conference, and leader in the chamber
and his associates will wait and how the policies
of the board affect them.
Organized business will extend sympathetic aid"
to the farm board.
organized business believes that In this spirit it
can withhold at present criticism which might be
ttude Of helpfuness without surendering any of its
sturdy conviction to the rights of private enter
prise" says an announcement of the chamber
1t is to be hoped this attitude will develop into
permanent peace.
1t is inevitable however, that putting agriculture
more nearly on an economic parity with business and
industry will affect private enterprise Basic idea
the relief project is to put control of market
ing, distribution and. to certain extent prices, in
the hands of the producers.
II the farm relief program succeeds there will be
a decided economic REIMBURSEMENT Spectators,
nsddIemen and others will be crowded out. The fact
might well be admitted.
Organized business meantime will do well to
slider the advantages it will gain if the prosperity
level of forty or fifty million persons directly indi
rectly dependent on the soil is raised.
The theory is the same that which applies to
paying good wages to stimulate purchasing power
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
HEALTH SERVICE.

three normal people who we're given
baths of temperatures of approx
mately 109 degrees F.
Just as soon as the person gets
in the bath, there is a significant
rise of the pulse rate long before
there is rise in the body tempera-
ture.
Associated with this there are
rapid breathing and an excessive
amount of elimination of carbon
dioxide gas from the lungs, so that
the body tends to become more al
kaline.
There is a prompt fall Of appro;d-
mately ten millimeters Of mercury
in the blood pressure, after which
there is perhaps a slight rise.
Due to the heat, there is ten
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
Wink al Violations

1T is safe to say that outside of q
IL few rural districts, there is not a
100 per cent dry community in these
United States.
Worse still, there are very few
large communities in which viola
ton of the prohibition law is not
tolerated officially.
The policy of winking at more
or less open saloons to kill off the
blind pigs and speakeasies is becom-
ing widespread, especially in large
industrial centers.
In other words, we gradually are
drifting back to the license system,
withT1t the revenue.
What is far worse. We are drift
ing back to the license system
without that honesty of purpose
which is as essential to national as
to individual character.
Both vets and drys are processing
beliefs and advocating measures,
not from sincere belief, but in the
hope of attaining ends by sub
terfuge which they know can not
be attained in a straightforward
Way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
Pools
nHHE fundamental difficulty with

ME fundamental difficulty with
J. oil is that it occurs in pools,
says DIR. Reed. If one owner starts
drawing from the pool, all the 9TH
ers have to begin doing the same,
lest he take their share of the oil
along with his own. The resulting
scramble to ~et the most floods the
market with crude oil
Many methods Of bringing this
under control have been suggested,
many of them in conflict with the
Sherman law"
DR.. Read expressed the opinion
that the Sherman law is "antiquat-
ed" and badly adapted to modern
business conditions"
He points out, however, that q
plan has been evolved for operating
a pool as unit which does not con-
flict with the Sherman law.
1.-THE gas in the oil is what forces
it out of the sand and through tho
WE'LL" he says. If the gas pressure
On a field is lost the oil will also
be lost. The waste OF gas in rock
lessly drilled oil fields thus has
caused much loss of oil.
California has passed a measure.
known as the Lyons act, which, if
inteliigently enforced, will conserve
the gas energy and encourage CO.
operative agreements that will re-
suit in greater ultimate oil recoy-
cry.
THE Presidents action in an
nouncing thas it hereafter would De
the pll cy Of the government 20
hold lack it's mineral lands from
development so long as there eX
listed overproduction from privately
owned areas has done much to helD
the situation"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
Thoughts

A ND here is the catch which
IA leaves even the best OF sc1en-
tiflc investigation a little dim and
dusty. The great men in the mu-
seums may arrive at some accepted
decision as to the age of Tom and
of the geological condition OF the
world in which he lived.
But there are as yet no lnstru-
ments BY which it may be deter
mined just what it was which this
remote relative of ours thought
when he did begin to think.
1t seems to me that this would
be far more interesting than any
speculation as to the nature OF his
law. Nor can there be solution IN
measurements of the brain capacity.
Cubic content is pretty poor
yardstick when it comes to COM
putting the stuff of which intelh-
gence is made.
Still, it is safe to assume that
Peiping Tom did not bother his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
Warm Bath Changes Body Functions

cency to construction of the arteries
and small blood vessels within the
body, with dilatation Of the capil-
larry blood vessels near the surface.
Apparently lying in the hot bath
tends to diminish the output of the
heart per beat. When the person
cools down after having had hot
bath, there is usually a prompt re-
turn to all of the normal conditions.
More and more scientific phySi-
clans are beginning to pay atten-
ton to the physical factors asso-
ciated with the treatment Of dis
case.
Light, heat. water, the outdoor ali,
and all the surroundings of man can
be used to advantage to control his
functions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
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nc 6ANt letTitIett
ANNIVERSARY
.s'S2 21.:..s5
GREELEY'S BIRTH
February 3

February 5
0N Feb. 8, 1911, Horace Greeley,
~ eminent American journalist,
was born at Amherst, N. H.
His parents poor, Greeley went
to work at, Il on small Vermont
newspaper, where he remained five
years, until it failed. Unable to find
employment, he went to New York
and founded there, in January, 1888,
the Morning Post, the first popular
priced paper in New York.
1t failed in three weeks. Declining
the invitation of James Gordon
Bennett to form a partnership in
starting the Herald, Greeley estab-
lished the New Yorker, a weekly.
While this venture operated at a
loss, it gave its editor much promi-
hence and enabled him to publish
successfully the Tribune.
Greeley gained considerable fame
through his Jealous propaganda
against slavery, and he was con-
sidered the chief agent in strength
ening anti-slavery sentiment in the
north.
Although he declared before the
Civil war that secession should be
allowed if the people of the south
so voted, he gave his entire support
to the Union as soon as the Civil
war began.
Aside from q brief term In con-
gress, Greeley's political activities
were never successful. Soon after
his defeat In his presidential race
against Grant, Greeley, suffering
from overstrain and insomnia, died
Nov. 90, 1872.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
He 7 ried

TIE only knew what he saw In the
L l. skies. The sun went down and
darkness came, and if that ball
bobbed up again it was not unrea-
sonable to think that it had bounced
against some convenient cliff, and
fortunately appeared again for his
survival.
mi SO he died hundreds OF
dee -.s / -.. t.,e clt. EYcry y'reE-
ty-four h-uIs u.nished him with
Christmas and Easter.
hope the Peiping man left lit
tie Toms to carry on his line. 1t
would be a great pity to finish with
the age of ice and never know the
spirited and raucous possibilities of
our modern age of brass.
7 rather think that the blood Of
the Peiping man still flows upon
the earth.
He might be amused to know that
for his pains as a pioneer thinker,
great multitudes have been reared
up who will not take third light
from the same match.
I hope that none of the horn
trimmed lads who pick up that old
Chinese brain pan will treat it with
anything but respect. He didn't
know much, did Tom, but there is
that swelling in the forehead. He
was in there trying.
I wonder what he did think then.
In fact, I wonder what he thinks
now.
Copyright. 1890 BY The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
Would Mean Mutiny

A RDENT drys have suggested
L 4 that We might use the army to
@nforce prohibition, and SO we
might. but with corruption, or even
mutiny more likely to crown the
venture than success.
The men in our army were citi-
zenS before they were soldiers, and
remain human in spite of all the
mechanical discipline to which they
have been subjected.
In the end, they would regard
prohibition in the same light as our
civil authorities. and we would have
accomplished little but to spoil one
more splendid organization for the
sake of a "noble experiment"
e -
Congressman Fort of New Jersey,
though claiming to be a friend of
prohibition, says that it is legal to
drink home brew.
Congressman Uhlbach, also of
New Jersey, though claiming to be
a foe of prohibition. says it is not
-~~l to drink home brew.
' % 81 i vc - = L 9crc-
dc: v'hi.n co-7iJ~os the ts1Lc.
Generally speaking, the vets want
rigid enforcement because they be-
lieve it would kill prohibition, while
drys are content with half hearted
measures for precisely the same
reason.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
Wells

MERE also nave been great ad-
4 vances in technology in the oil
industry, Dr. Read states.
Engineers now are talking con-
fidentlv Of drilling wells 10000 feet
deep" re says. They have already
passed 5000 feet.
mot only does it require study to
make wells so deep at anything less
than prohibitive cost, but also to
drill them straight, since crooked
hole near the edge of a lease may
end under neighbors property,
Much progress also Is being made
in improving the refining Of oil, the
new pipe stills being a great i'm
p~3Tement over the cruder old type.
Cracking which yields much
higher proportions Of gasoline, the
needed product, is making much
progress and the De Florez, neE
vapor phase process, attracts n.Lch
attention.
"a new chemical process that
yields pure cheap aluminium chic
rice will have much effect on the
oil industry, as it makes improved
refining processes possible.
Goal is our principal mineral in
dustry and. like oil, it suffers from
overproduction The last year has
been characterized by low prices, the
closing of smaller mines, and the
consolidation of small units into
larger ones.
"In Kentucky, for example, last
years production was one-third
larger than four years previously.
while the number of mines in oper-
alton was one-f1fth less"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03

Editor TimeS-The assertion so
often used to deceive the public is
that old-age pensions are more
costly than the poorhouse system.
This is done to frighten the tax
payer.
Under the poorhouse system, the
United States bureau of statistics
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBETN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygela, the
Health MagaE.ne.

ONCE the time when man dis
- covered fire and began to use
it to modify his existence, it has
been recognized that the hot bath
has certain definite effects on the
human body.
Throughout the world, hot springs
are used for medical treatment and
with q, clear understanding Of the
fact that tA-v do modify the phy-
s;OloQic functions.
With a view to finding how hot
baths affect the normal human be-
ing, DR.. Godfrey Holmes of Eng
land made some observations on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
TT SEEMS TO ME By HT sFoUE

have outgrown. For instance, back
in Toms day. a man probably got
a great kick out of watching the
sun sneak up above the hills. Each
time that happened, he set the in
cident down as a luck break for
him.
Lacking almanacs, he had no
notion of the fact that this particu-
lar business had been giong on for
some time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
Daily Thought

l make a decree, that In every
dominion of my kingdom men
tremble and fear before the God
of Daniel; for he is the living
God, and steadfast forever, and
his kingdom that which shall not
be destroyed, and his dominion
hat which shall be even unto the
end.-DanieI 6:26.
Fear Of passion which hath the
greatest power over us, and by
which God and His laws take the
surest hold of us.-Tillotson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of A-71erica's most inter
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this raner.=Thc Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03

VXTHAT Senator Grundy said
w about President Hoover in
1928 is not particularly important.
Neither is the way Texas or Florida
Democrats voted.
If there Is anything we can af-
ford to forget quicker than an
other, it is the boil-over of parti-
san politics.
Outside of mules and moochers,
few people can claim a consistent
record, either in their talk, or at
the polls.
Besides, what does freedom of
speech or conscience amount to if
man can't change his mind?
The past Is worth studying be-
cause of what we can learn from it.,
and not because Of the way we can
use it to embarrraSs or huniliate
folks.
Most every one has a skeleton in
his, or her, closet.
In the same way most every one
has something worth while.
1t profits nobody to dig merely for
The dirt.
We have too much Of that kind
of thing, not only in congress and
in politics, but at home and in the
neighborhood.
The ideal attitude toward past
incidents is one of impartiality, but
if that is impossible, it should at
least favor those which have re-
suited in good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03

VINO is the oldest regular pitcher
in the major baseball leagues?
Jack Quinn, pitcher Of the Phila-
delphia Athletics. He was born
July 5, 1885.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
Machine-Gun Diplomacy

Withdrawal of the American military occupation
from Haiti is desired by the senate. This seems cear
from the senate debate in which leaders of both par
ties denounced adventure in militarism and i'm
perialisn.
Quite properly the senate refused to take RESPONSE
biity for President Hoovers requested investigating
commission which many fear may turn out to be
only an instrument of delay and of whitewash, as
other Haitian commissions have been.
In voting appropriation and leaving the entire
matter Of investigation in the hands of the Presi-
dent The senate has put the responsibility squarely
where it belongs.
The White House under Wilson, Harding and Cool
idge dragged us into that violation of Haitian free
dom and sovereignty. 1t now is up to the White
House to get us out
AS the whole show has been run by the American
marines and state department. whose reports are
open to the President and who subject to his di
recon, the necessity fer another commission is not
clear. Nevertheless. any method which will end the
occupation is welcome and if Hoover is not willing to
act without the support of commission, the sooner
one is appointed and gets to work the better.
But when the commissions job is finished all 1t
do is to PUNK the problem back into HooverS
lap He is the only with authority to order the
marines home and to reform state department policy
Meanwhile, the Haitian victims Of American sub
jugation apparently must continue to live under
machine guns, without free speech free press free
assembly free elections
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
SAYS:

1t Profits Nobody to Dig
Merely for the Dirt; We
HoUe So Much of That NoaC
in Politics and IN the
Neigh60rhOod.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03

Parrot fever isn't so serious in this country but
what 1t could be Think of the awful results if
a plague of squirrel fever should break out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03

Some successful men take advantage not only OF
their own opportunities, but of everybody else's.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03

Some people can make a dollar go long way, and
others keep it from going at ALL