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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
Dignity of Labor

IRON many rostrums orators
Il soon will be informing the null
titudes tht labor is not commod-
ity. Here in the land of freedom
we set human lives above the dollar
sign. But exceptions to the rule
creep in.
I have beside me mimeographed
announcement from New York
employment agency. 1t is headed:
1.-THE most beautiful sale of the year
begins today. Never before has such
wonderful bargains been offered"
And beneath this runs the follow
ing explanatory paragraph Due to
business depression we have in our
files for delivery hundreds of thor
oughly competent workers who must
be placed at once. Their former
values have been disregarded as il
is essential they SELF themselves.
Below come details such as:
"Bookkeepers (male). Full charge
and assistants. Many with knowl-
edge Of stenogTaphy and tipping
Formerly $20-$50. Now $15-s35.
Secretaries and stenographers-
experienced or beginners. Compe-
tent, neat. The best sellers during
prosperity. Were s18-$45. Nov
$13-$30.'
The agencies also boasts "typists
finest selection in town. Accurtae
and rapid. Well worth $15-$28s Nov
1929" Furthermore the customer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
Ear Out of Date

IN this connection, why do we de-
l. pend on such an antiquated and
manifeStly inefficient institution as
the census when it comes to ques-
tons and problems which change
every day in the week?
What would happen to a depart
ment store if it took account of
stock only once in ten years, or to
a bank if it did not balance its
books any oftener?
After long and bitter experience,
business has decided that the only
way to be sure of reliable informa-
ton is to keep it constantly up to
date.
The Clearing House Association
closes its books every night, but the
great American republic counts
noses only once in a decade, which
would be all right if we didn't take
the result as proving much of any
thing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
SCIENCE
Belief In st. BrandGn's Island
and the Lost Atlantis Nay
Haze an Original Basis In
Fact.
by DAVID DIETZ-

ID OCULAR Atlantic crossings by
h dirigibles are predicted for the
near future as the result of the
Graf Zeppelin's latest journey over
the ocean waves. Speeding across
the Atlantic has become habit
with the Graf.
The Atlantic, once vast region
Of mystery, truly has become just
a big pond. Man goes over it, on it
or-as the Deutschland did in war
days--beneath it.
It is hard to think that only a
few centuries ago men stood in awe
upon the European shores of the
Atlantic with no idea Of what lay
on the other side.
The ocean was thought to be full
of sea -serpents, waiting to swallow
up tiny sailing ships. Maps of the
period dotted the Atlantic with
islands which since have been
shown to be Pigments of the
imagination.
The most famous of these legen-
Diary islands were st. Brandan's
island, Antillia or the Isle of the
Seven Cities, and Atlantis. In fact,
the fame of Atlantis has not yet
died out and periodically some
trusting soul sets out to find it.
Diving expeditions occasionally
are organized on the assumption
that the island has sunk beneath
the waves. The theory is that
marvellous treasures of gold and
jewels lie in its water-covered ruined
cities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
The Job Problem

CECRETARY LAMONT gives out
~ unemployment figures for 1855
counties and Seventy-f1ve cities
which he says are typical and rep
resent one-fourth of the country.
According to these figures, only
$4,000 people were out of work.
If they are accepted as indicating
conditions throughout the country.
We have only 100000 people out of
work.
In view of what has been said on
the subject, that seems incredible.
Last winter it was commonly adj
mitted that at least 10000 were
out of work, while some authorities
placed the number as high as
100000.
Either there has been greater
improvement in the situation than
is generally believed, or the census
missed fire.
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E7d0AEF B1TE4eI
IAMNlVGR$ARY|
A ROYAL ASSASSINATION
June %.

June 20.
ON June %, 1914, Archdukn
~ Francis Ferdinand, heir ap-
parent to the Austrian throne,
and his wife, the countess of
Hohenberg, were asSasSinated at
Serajevo, Bosnia. This event was
the precipitating cause of the
World war.
Ferdinand had left Vienna June
% to attend the military maneuv-
ers ct Bosnia, as commander in
chief of the Austro-H Hungarian
armies. On Sunday, June %, ac-
companied by his wife, he paid a
visit to Serajevo. the seat of the
provincial administration, and, as
the couple entered the town, they
narrowly escaped being killed by
a bomb thrown at their carriage
by a youth.
Later in the day. while they
we're riding back from g. recep-
ton at the town hall, they were
murdered by an assassin.
THE crime" as one writer ex-
pressed it, was evidently the exc
cution of a political conspiracy. It
was assumed to be an act Of re-
venge for the annexation Of Bosnia
and Herzegovina by Austria Hun
gary, step which Francis Ferdi-
nand had heartily advocated.
The findings of the criminal in
vestigation in Serajevo pointed to
the powerful Pan-Serbian society
as the instigator of the crime. and
implicated persons in high places
in Serbia"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
Going Going Gone

Al NJ COuAO, L A41OW CLAdO DdOAOd1AJ
~ the country is sound. Maybe
the competentS well worth SIS will
not forever be compelled to sell
themselves for $12. They had no
hand in the matter of the condi-
tionS which brought about such a
bargain sale"
The manager of the employment
office undoubtedly put the quotation
marks around SALE" because of tact
and delicacy of feeling. But even
as it stands, there is too much sug-
gestion of the old slave market
around the proceedings.
How much am I bid for this ex-
perienced secretary female? Twelve
dollars in her last place; do I hear
$l5?"
But though the white-collar work.
er is not to be blamed for the ex-
istence of such conditions, just now
he will be at fault if they persist.
Two remedies lie ready to his hand.
He NATURALLY I mean she as welD
can organize.
I've been told that many a
white collar worker has been reluc-
tant to do this. They feel that it
is beneath the dignity of workers to
join a labor union. Not dignified,
hey? 1.-THE best sellers during the
prosperity were $18-$45. Now $13-
$50"
It is just nonsense to say that
government which proved able to
organize effectively for war can't
organize for peace. Unemployment
is crisis and test of our capacity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
IT SEEMS TO ME By HR RTN12S

DEOPLE who resent some of the
l. plumbers of censorship are
sometimes willing to concede that
it isn't censorship itself which out
RACES them, but stupidity. I'm
against censorship itself. 1t never
is or has been anything but stu
pidity.
For instance, I've heard much
praise of the English system. In
London the manuscript must be
submitted before a play can receive
license and again and again 1
have been told that the official in
charge was cultivated, discriminate
ing, and altogether a delightful
fellow.
It makes little difference how
good man may have beeen before
he got the job. Make him censor
and he will act like a censor. That
is, he will become arbitrary and
asinine.
News has just been cabled here
that "The Green Pastures" will not
be allowed in England. The censor
holds that it is blasphemous. In
other words, the most deeply rever-
entail religious play written in many
years is held to be offensive to the
Lord.
The Lord may not walk the stage
in the guise of natural man. That
privilege is reserved for jazz bands
and adagio dancers.
1 think we would all do well to
make up our minds that the only
thing to do with censorship is to
scrap it entirely. 1t just isn't pros
sible to get any such thing as a wise
censor. No intelligent man or wom-
an would take such a silly post.
The whole theory is built on the
monstrous fallacy that any one per-
son or group of persons is compe-
tent to decide what is good and
what is bad for everybody else.
Censorship represents the attempt
to reduce the vast, swirling and
complex field and drama and litera-
ture to a table d'hote.
You can't have grapes, you can't
have wild cherries. For you and me
it's prunes or nothing. Who says
so? The censor. You see, as it
happens, he likes prunes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
Times Readers
Voice ViezgS

Editor, Times: May have a word
in regard to the mother of the rain
baby" I have great sympathy for
her, knowing as I do, that she is
product of conditions and evil
environments forced upon her by
society. Although she is 81 years
Of age, she never has had a chance
until now.
Some have been so harsh as to
place her below the brute which
they say does not forsake it's young.
Such persons have few things to
learn about the lower animals.
Having been raised on a farm, 1 beg
leave to differ with them. I have
seen mother hogs that would eat
their entire litter of pigs, regardless
of squealing protests.
Sally did not try to eat her baby,
but was trying to save 1t from the
jaws of an evil system of society
that feeds upon its young. The
$4,000 donated by the unknown
woman was not given as a reward
for Sally's motherleSs act as is in
timated, an act which we all de-
plore-but for the purpose of lift
ing her from the nire and starting
her on the road to real womanhood,
something that prison bars never
can do. And to my mind, the donor
performed a great Christian act.
want to relate an incident which
happened several years ago. In the
city of Terre Haute, a poor girl of
Sally's type was arrested. brought
into court, tried and sentenced 20
prison. Many insisted she be pun
ished, and the stones few thick ane
fast. Her sad plight was brought to
the attention of the late Eugene v.
Debbs. The heart of that great
humanitarian was moved with SYM
pathy for her.
He went to the court and offered
to give her a home and support.
His request was granted, and in the
presence of the court, he made an
eloquent appeal to the people Of
the community to respect the girl
and help her to live right. She did
so and became an honorable citizen,
loved and respected. The last I
knew of her she was still living with
the widow, Mrs. Debs. I would like
to ask, are there any Of Sally Breed
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FIVE QUESTIONS A DxNe
ON FAMILIAR PASSAGES


/. Finish the sentence: Where
your treasure is -
2. What other name has the pass
over?
3. How large was the boys lunch
with which Jesus fed 5000 persons?
4. What is the origin of the
phrase. Clothed, and in his right
mind?"
5. What question follows Can the
Ethiopian change his skin?"
Answers to Yesterdays Queries
l. Johr, the Baptist, to the sol
diers; Mark 3:14.
2. Nebuchadnezzar; Daniel 4:30.
8. Psalms 119.
4. For Gideon. as a sign that he
had been talking with an angel;
Judges 6:1T-24.
5. God and Mammon; Matthew
6:24.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
M. E. Tracy
The Wickershdm Commits
sion Has Accomplished
Nothing of Value.

A LBERT SCHRAAfM and two as
L a sociates were caught smuggling
10000 tons of booze into Germany.
Maybe they were inspired to under
take such venture by reading
about Chicago, but let that pass.
They certainly would have thought
twice had they read the German
law which provides a penalty of
100 times the normal tax, plus a
good-sized sum for examples sake.
Having drawn fine of $1,000 900,
they are sadder, if not wiser, boot
leggers.
Whether such fines would have a
Christening effect in this country.
tney would help to pay the expense
OF prohibition enforcement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of HyReia, the
Health Magazine.

II VERYBODY knows that certain
- workers in almost every large
plant are labeled by their fellow
employees as eccentric, queer guys, -
disturbers, nisfltS, grouches, gos-
sips, and as being mean, unsociable,
or otherwise peculiar.
The labels represent a recognition
of the fact that the difference be-
tween what is considered normal
and abnormal among human be-
ings, is relatively slight, and covers
wide range of personality and
mental equipment.
In one plant in which an investi-
cation was made by a psychiatrist,
who is a specialist dealing with
abnormal minds, it was found that
a certain department had the great
est turnover of labor of any de-
partment in the building. This
high percentage of termination was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

It can not be handled except
through governmental agencies.
Kind words by official spokesman
are not enough.
I think the average American
can survive months on end without
receiving a single official announce
ment. He would trade one ton of
them for decent job.
Copyright. 1890, by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
Stenhen G.. Porter

Stephen G. Porter of Pennsylvania, who died yes
terday in Pittsburgh. had won international repu
tation &c statesman He wiz be missed in the United
states house of representatives where he served so
long
He probably did more than any other American
ofncial in his day TO throw the power and influence
Of our government into leadership for international
regulation and control of the drug traffic That he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter-
eSting writers and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

loves accusers and condenners who
would not really admit that it was
far better for this Terre Haute girl
to be taken into this respectable
home than to be sent to prison?
I am in my sixty-third year.
have twenty-eight grandchildren.
AS I look into their future, I can
seen nine chances for them to be-
come criminals where they have one
to go straight. If the thing ever
should occur, I hope some person
unknown or otherwise, without blow
ing philanthropic trumpet, will
come to their rescue.
w. B. SCHREIBER,
622 Lexington ave-, Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
Daily Thought

Keep the Sabbath day to sane
tify it, as the Lord thy God hath
commanded thee. = Deuteronomy
SIP.
On Sunday heavens gates stand
open George Herbert.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

Michael, ex-boy king of Rumania, soon will join
the army corporal To be sure, he has lost some
authority but prospects good he'll be made top
sergeant some day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

1t is only fair to orators who plan to regale
Admiral Byrd with warm toasts of welcome in the
future that he just has been presented a sword by
the state of Virginia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

Most unpopular of ali Swiss movements is the
substitution of hot coffee for brandy in the revvng
of lost Alpine climbers. Perhaps this another tariff
reprsal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

is advised, Phone me daily if you
are interested in these unusual
buys"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

Who started the custom of hand
shaking?
The custom has descended from
primitive man. When savages first
began to learn that friendship was
possible they extended the bare
right hand, the weapon hand, as a
symbol or sign of peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
Voyage

MARINER seeks to find the basis
1V1 of fact which gave rise to the
story of the good abbots adven-
lures.
Stripped of it's fanciful and
mythical elements, it purports to be
the record Of a voyage to some re-
mote island in the Atlantic having
delightful climate" he writes.
quite possible the story may
have as basis an actual voyage to
some pleasant island of the Canary
or Madeira group. Undoubtedly,
too, this story of an island out in
the western sea, blessed with all
good things, harks back to the
mythical Islands of the Blessed of
the ancients-lands Of the hearts
desire, where life is free from the
common cares and ills.
Attempts have been made to
connect the story of ST. Brandons
island with pre- Columbian voyages
to America Certain legends and
Sagas appear to point to Irish voy-
ages to Iceland and to a large coun-
try to the westward, some time be-
fore the eleventh century.
On the basis of these legends the
story of st Brandan's island is taken
as embodying the record of some
such voyage. But these attempts
to connect st. Brandan's island with
America are far from convincing.
1.-THE stories of Antillia, or the
Isle of the Seven Cities, have much
in common with those of st. Bran
dams island. They go back to the
eighth century, when the Moors de-
scended on Spain and overran the
Iberian peninsula, and tell of the
fight of Christian refugees, who,
under the leadership of seven bish-
ops, set out on a voyage westward
and reached the Island of Antilla.
Here model community of seven
cities, each under the rule of
bishop, is established.
1T appears on maps as late as
the latter decade of the sixteenth
century, but after this time it dis
appears"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

With the report that Shakespeare's sonnets may
be filmed chances seem bright we shall yet hear some
good English in the talkies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

Bringing familiar exhortation up to date Glide
Kelley, glide!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28
ST. Brandan
Modern science, while dismiss

1V1 ing the idea that these islands
ever existed, is inclined to view the
legends as having an original basis
in fact.
DR.. H. A. Mariner discusses the
subject in his excellent book, THE
Sea- recently published by D. APP
pleton g. Co.
1.-THE stories of st. Brandan's is
land relate to the marvellous adven-
lures of the Irish abbot, st. Bran
dan, who lived in the sixth century.
He is represented in these stories as
undertaking voyage by sea during
which he discovers various islands
and sees wondrouS things.
"On one island there were a great
number of white sheep bigger than
oxen. Another island begins to
move when a fire is built on it and
turns out to be an enormous fish.
zone of the islands which st.
Brandan visits. he finds, possessed
of mild and delightful climate and
fruitful sofia veritable land of
promise blessed with an abundance
of all good things. To this island
the name of ST. Brandan has been
attached.
ION the maps of the thirteenth
and following centuries ST. Bran
dams island is Shown in various 10
cations. Prior to the discovery of
America it is generally placed in the
vicinity of the CanarieS or the Ma
deiras. Later it is located farther
west and SO is represented on map
dating as late as the latter half of
the sixteenth century"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

The millionaire New York broker who used to give
away 500 tips and is broke probably is cursng
the hard times and wishing for return of prosperity
Todays smile AS effective as an antitrust law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-28

IT'S rank nonsense to say Dwight Morrow's victory
4 means national drift away from prohibition,
for New Jersey is the wettest state in the country
The umbrella is her state emblem, you know
The Washington times., 1930-11-01
RENT A PIANO

S2B viii rent . piano. from % fof 81 e.
entire year Place one In YouI home 0
day Homer Z. Kit Co. 1880 q et u -"
The Washington times., 1930-11-01

so-DAY GUARANTEE.
The Washington times., 1930-11-01

WATERFRONT PROPERTY sO.A
LOTS and bungaI0Ws- The choice Of va.
terfront prop Herald Haroor Nat 262l
HOUSES AND ESTATES FOR
SAILED. Z. 81
BAY ST. s. E.. 1923. two squares south
8 rooms. front and rear porchee. all inn
provements. Reduced to S6.700, $3.50
cash. $50 per month. See Mr.. Nswiin.
1011 9th st. N W. NATL 3007
The Washington times., 1930-11-01
| Business Opportunities go

DELICATEsSEN store, 1928 7th st. n w.
excellent location; reas. North 0669.
GROCERY STORE FOR SALE
Good location sacrifice. goth Z Sts: NV.
LUNCH ROOM FOR SALE
Cheap for cash, 500 7th st. S.W. Met. 8S47.
TAILORING and Cleaning Business fully
equipped Estab. 20 years: rent or sell
retiring 2132 Pa. Ave N. W. West OILY
The Washington times., 1930-11-01
CLEARANCE SALE.
2525 Sherman Ave. N. w.
Adams 6OOO.

CLEARANCE SALE.
LaSalle Sport Touring. equal to new
car; Q years in dead storage -: .9S9S
Buick '27 Coupe rumb. seat, new tires S.S S.SS
Buick Master Sedan ,...:. S00
Nash '26 Coupe, special 8, perfect S4e S1e
Peerless az Sedan :1ooac' ..d 5ass
2 Chrysler ROadsters. S19O ana 3Ess
Packard Sedan, 5-passengef. ..... LIE
Buick Coach, 1926 ............''. 5-e 5--e
Buick 7-passenger Sedan - sC
Buick ROadsters, master 8 $40 10 1S0
Peerless Roadster. rumble seat 12C ~
W;..tn,s a sCSen .. $50
CnitHa WlneSn CoI,I. 145
GEy Sniysi1r 80 20 S""P0 146
Narm0n 5-passenger Sedan. .,......' 1SSee
WHY'S Knight '25 Sedan tSS22
Buick Master 8 Coupes (2) .$7S ana 6GH GS
LocOmobile Junior 8. :. az az
Locsmobile. good for wreck waGon'' H SS
Chevrolet Roadster. pickup BODY p
Hudson 1925 BrouEham. ............ rS rS
JORDAN hoanster 70
Paige sport Roadster .........''.''' az
Ford Model 4. 1929 motor. perfect. sS sS
Chevrolet Coaches. 1925 I2l Eacnc aS1c 20
ROB'T HERSON'S AUTO E1ChANTNE Il ~
100 Fla Ave, NE. 4 953-5Q Ela. Ave: Nv
The Washington times., 1930-11-01

Ford 1880 Phaeton.
vA,. csr ouIv has n few hundred milee
m Il and can't be told from brand new;
II is less than 80 days old. A oeautful
two-tone duco paint job. Your opportunity
to save 500. See it today.
HILL & TIBBITTS,
3O1 14rH ST.. Sd FLOOR.
The Washington times., 1930-11-01
Stanley yH.Horner, Inc.

DODGE '2s SENIOR SEDAN
This car has good tires. motor has been
thorouKhly checked and put IN Al eonM::
buy-$405.
SEMMES MOTOR CO.,
1925 14TH ST. POTOMAC ora.
The Washington times., 1930-11-01

Dick Murphy, Inc.
sO4 H ST. n. 3.
1724 KALORAMA RD. n. ":
Graham-Paige 1923 Sedan.
This car IL in perfect condition IN Sar. svsry
mi You can't afford to overlook TINS ons
81 this price- 1896. g.
SEMMES MOTOR CO.,
,Kos 11TE sT POTOMAC o772.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-02-06

Abe Abrahamson Is recovering from
a severe attack of the flu.
Little Aleda Djyernes, who was OPP
Grated on last week for appndicitis is
improving SO rapidly that on Sunday
she was taken from the hospital TO
the home of a relative in Seattle.
Or. Coutts has purchased fine new
Dodge car through the Met Gro
garage.
Mrs. w. F. Jensen spent Thursday
with her sister, Mrs. Anna McCrary.
More Honors for Albert Hotchkin, Jr
Albert Hotchkin, Jr., student at the
College of Puget Sound in Tacoma
will continue as editor of The Trail
the college weekly, for the spring Sc
mester. Hotchkin has proved sue
cessful editor and has won additional
mention in literary fields as he has
had several of his works published. He
is very active In student affairs; is
chief judiciary Of the student coun-
sci and is affiliated with Delta Kappa
Phi fraternity.