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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
NJ. E. Tracy
Haze Come to q Pretty
Pass When the Second City
IN America Must Adopt the
Way of HoodlumiSm to
QueU It's GGmgsters.

CPEAKING of civil liberty, the
- Chicago police department will
organize a hoodlum squad to haraSs
and arrest twenty eight citizens
whom it designates not only as
"gangsters," but public enemies"
Appealing as such method may be-
because of its probable effective
ness, it still puts strained inter-
probation on that principle of law
by which people are presumed inno-
cent until they have been proved
guilty.
Also, it seems to ignore the con-
stitutional provision that no person
shall be deprived of life, liberty or
property, without due process of
law"
If Scarface Al Capone, George
Bugs Moran and the other twenty
six are guilty of conduct which JUS
titles their being named as public
enemies, why haven't they been ap-
pretended and brought to book in a
proper way?
Things have come to a pretty pass,
when the second city in America
openly and officially admits that the
only way it can cope with a hand
full of obstreperous individuals is by
adopting the ways of hoodlumism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
REASON By Ff kzRbfs

IF you tamsh for publicity say something so rash it
l. WOULD give gooseesh to the Wild Man from
Borneo, and publicity will be yours.
And So the Rev. Peter Ainslie of Baltimore de-
clareS there more reason for being chaplain in
the army or navy than for being chaplain in
SpeakeaSy.
If there be any virtue in spiritual consolation those
who perform civilizations perouS duties need it more
and deserve it more than those who sit down to eat
civilizations fruits in safety.
Ansles words may apply to armies, formed to
plumber and Cypress, but it happens that all the
armies which have escorted Old Glory to the field of
battle with the possible exception of the army which
fought The Mexican war; have fought for liberty and
the preservation of the country
CURELY this anointed one does not mean to say
~ that the Ragged ContinentalS who froze to death
at Valley Forge were engaged in business as low as
that of the bartender in blind tiger, and if he does
he should have the decency to get out Of the land for
which these martyrs died.
We trust this gentle soul does not to class
with racketeerS those mountaineerS from Kentucky
and Tennessee who stood with Andrew jackson at
New Orleans fighting to finish what the Revolution
airy had left undone, for those men with their
squirrel rifles did more for human progress than
Airsie could do, should he spout ten billion years
CERTAINLY this pious spirit does not class as rum
~ gangsters those who fought to lift the clutch Of
Spain from starving Cuba for not only made Cuba
free and fed her, gave her bath, chased out the
yellow fever and pledged her protection forever.
That's more Golden Rule business than Ainslie
ever will do if he lives longer than Methuselah
And sincerely hope that Ainslie in his pure
white robes may find it possible not to class with COM
bootleggers the thousands who died IN the great
World
In his perfection devoutly trust that he may be
able find suggestion of service worthy OF his
which American Gold Star mothers now make their
solemn pilgrimage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
A Tree-Planting Program

Tn 1892 the nation will celebrate the 2OOth ami
,,.or, If the birth of George Washington Natural
/, tho celebration will take lot of forms; one OIL
+ hest that we have heard of thus far is the pro-
vocal of the American Tree Association, which hopes
70 see 100000 memorial planted in the United
states between now and Feb. %, 1882.
The American Tree Association has fought valiant
" for many years to get the American public to I'M
derstand the Importance of reforestation measures,
The bicentennial program it just has announced
should give this cause great impetus. Charles
rathrop Pack president of the association has TINS
to say of it:
George Washington woodsnan ana Tree
PLANTER His diary contains repeated references 70 '
value of trees and their care Great programs are pc
mo nut under way by the bcentennial committee
1a,, +eo n1antne is a thing the individual can do.
,r,,s no ran have a real part il the celebration"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
Cameras

BECAUSE of the difficulty of cal
I'D culating the exact path of the
eclipse, the Croker expedition Of
the University of California plans
to set up a number of astronomical
cameras.
One will be set up at q point
which the astronomers calculate is
in the center of the eclipse path.
Another will he placed about third
of a mile to the north of it and a
third about third Of mile to the
south of it.
In this way, It is hoped that If
there is any considerable error in
the calculations, either the camera
to the north or the south will be In
the path of totality.
In addition, it is planned to send
an observer up into the air with q
fourth camera. This is to take care
of the possibility of cloudy weather.
An eclipse expedition always faces
the danger of having all its elab-
crate preparations ruined by clouds.
This has happened to expeditions
which Travelled thousands of miles
to observe an eclipse.
The observer in the plane vii
make an attempt to get above The
clouds in the event that the weathel
is not clear. OF course, 1t is no
possible to do as good work from
moving plane as can be done witt
instruments firmly mounted on tn
ground.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
The Wrong System

One Of the results OF the present turmoil at meet
ngs of the board of prison trustees should be the
re-establshment of a parole and pardon board not
composed of trustees.
4 separate board composed of men whose chief
interest is the reformation of prisoners and the res
toraton to society of those who demonstrate fitness to
return to it should established by the next legis-
lature.
From the time the pardon and parole power was
given to prison trustees conditions in the prisons have
deteriorated. That is easily understandable The
prison trustees presumably chosen for their bust
and ability to conduct the institutions In
an economical manner. They are intent, presum-
ably on the output of prison factories which bring
revenue. They are intent on discipline They nat
urally incline to harsAress
The change made to take care of the one
noted prisoner of the state during the Jackson regime
The old pardon board abolished because there was
a suspicion that at least one of its members might
be favorably inclined to him.
The result has been far from pleasant. The con-
ditions at the Michigan City prison are far from per-
fect. The Governor dvulgeS that serious outbreak
was narrowly avoided months ago and that the over
crowded condition at present makes for unrest
A pardon and parole board should be Just that
1t is designed primarily to correct injustices in SEN
fences when techncalties prevent appeal 1t is de-
signed also to protect society by applying the ineter
inmate sentence law in which releases pris-
oners who show reformation and who can be trusted
to return to their homes and productive industry
That the verdics of the present trustees are faulty
at times is the opinion Of than judges and prose-
cutors who the target of criticism by the
board
In one case considered this week, committee of
lawyers from Anderson. after reading the evidence
declared that the conviction for murder had been
brought about by the influence of the Khan in the
days of its power. One board member declared that
if the evidence proved anything it was manslaughter
Yet the is serving life sentence
pardon board should be one OF the first
acts of the next legislature. The time to prevent
such disasters have occurred in other prisons is
before they happen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Use of Toilet Water May Stain Skin

sunlight while bathing, and that i'll
every instance the patients had put
on eau de cologne just before ex-
posing the skin to the sunlight.
In the cases which the newer
investigators describe, the results
occurred when any perfume had
been applied by daubing the stopper
of the perfume bottle, according to
modern feminine custom, on the
ears, the neck and under the arms.
They saw brown discoloration of
the skin in five cases in which wom-
en- had put perfume on the skin
and had gone out Immediately to
play golf or to sit in the sunlight.
To prove that the use of the per
tune had been responsible, they
made tests by applying drops of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
Enjoys Quiet Life

TOHN HENRY SCHOENHARDT
y of New Orleans has taught in
the same school f1fty-one years, and
still finds joy in it.
God has been good to me-" he
says. 1.-THE even tenor of my life
has been undisturbed. OF all my
six children and many grandchil-
dren, not one has died. There has
been nothing spectacular in my
career"
Such careers are rare, and people
who can regard them as pleasant,
or profitable, are rarer still.
But-and this is of some irnpor-
lance from a philosophical stand
point-when you find man or
woman who has done one thing
well for half a century, without
souring on the present, you find the
secret Of human stability.
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pc fume and were able to produce
til fermentation in each case.
It is not quite certain just what
causes the peculiar reaction. 1t
would appeal to be a combination
Of circumstances involving the sun
light, some substance in the perfume
and something in the body of the
person concerned, since perfumes
and sunlight are widely used, where
as only an occasional person be-
comes pigmented.
The observation shows, as has
been pointed out previously, that the
skin is a delicate indicator of the
special nature of the human being
that it covers 1t reacts to unusual
conditions within and without the
body.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
Times Readers Voice Viez0S

Editor Tines-You always have
shown you had plenty of nerve to
expose any kind of fraud that came
to your attention.
The country is faced with the
greatest question it ever had.
Shall chain store systems keep up
their unfair advertisements, and I'M
fair business methods, or will some
paper that has the nerve come to
the front and expose the facts? w.
K. Henderson of Shreveport is doing
wonderful work. He has proved
there were short packages sold and
short weight given. But even If
these charges were not true, the
chain stores still would be a
menace.
How long would you hold your job
if The Times, the News, and the
Star were merged. Some one would
have to go, and it might be you.
The trouble with the country to-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
Peep Into Past

KKTHILE Holland builds a dixie
w to reclaim a thousand square
miles of land from the sea, Egypt
builds a great dam at Assuan to
cover a thousand square miles with
water. and farming is the object
in each case.
The land that Egypt will sub
merge has been lived on by men for
untold generations, wherefore scien-
lists want ore last look at it before
it disappears.
An expedition, headed by two Eng
fish and three native savants, is
busily at work with pick and spade
among the old cemeteries where
people entombed their dead 5000
year ago.
Some will regard this as a waste
of time and money, but our ability
to make profitable use of the pres
ent and provide for a better future
depends largely on our knowledge
of the past.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
A Dav of Miracles

That Senator Arthur Robinson Is shocked
nav not be news But when the people OF
Indiana learn that Arthur is shocked be-
cause some wicked wet" talked Of prohibit
ton to A supreme court Judge, that IS news
and real news.
1t would be bigger and more interesting
news to discover just when the conscience
of the senator became so keen as to detect
improperly in attempting to get INTO the
back doors of supreme courts and to swerve
their opinions and judgments by the whls-
per of power.
The people have not forgotten the testl-
roonv in a most famous case in this state
when the head of the Anti-Saloon League
was in danger, grave danger, of being sent
to Jail for contempt
Il remembers the letters and the EVIL
donce of Senator James Watson to the effect
that Robinson had approached him at Wash
inoton. told him of the danger, and asked
HIM what could be done to soften the Judg-
ment of the court and save DR.. Shumaker
from Jail
The case had been argued. The issues
were closed. There remained nothing but
the verdict. and at that time Robinson went
r. the quileless Watson with the proposal
that. as senators, they try to do something
to change verdict which Robinson feared
The people remember also that Watson
testified that ne fell for the temptation and
sen+ many letters to the state which ne
honed would have the effect that Robinson
desired. Later Watson said that the letters
did not 90 to the Judges, but to the personal
friends of Arthur Gilliom, then attorney
oonara! in the hope that these friends would
induce the legal officer of the state from
departing from what he had hitherto sup
posed to be his plain duty.
Then there was the latter episode thaC
,s embalmed in the records Of the supreme
court when Robinson from his own home,
called Watson on the telephone and paved the
wav for the same plea of use OF political
influence upon judges in this case.
Well. a man can't be wrong all his life
perhaps Robinson has made progress lie
IS certainly right now when he deplores
nolitical Interference with courts. And who
shall say that when Arthur is shocked by
even the suspicion of such an effort, the days
of miracles are over?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
Tragedy for Whom?

Three hundred twenty-one prisoners at the Co
hnbus state penitentary are dead at the last count
One hundred fifty others likely to die from their
burns and injuries TO their internal organs from fire
and smoke This is proclaimed the worst prison
calamity in history. The nation is appalled,.
We naturally regret the holocaust. 1t was ter
r;hle scene of horror and anguish But we congratu-
= the departed and their friends and relatives
We are sorry for the 45OO survivors. They would
have heen better off if they also had persisted
We are not recommending cremation as the deSr-
able technique for solving the American prison PROB
lem Yet We can not find it in our hearts to regret
that some 900 convcts are at the end of their earthly
misery They endured few minutes of intense terror
and suffering Now they are at rest forever
If they mad survived. 90 per cent or more would
with brief intervals of freedom have roted in prison
until death overlook them.
The death of 500 prisoners, even by the terrible
route of tire and suocation is no tragedy compared
10 the state of the nearly 100000 men, women and
children VINO are enduring living death IN our
prisons reformatores reform schools houses OF cor
rection and jails
THESE unfortunate and misguided human beings
are confined like animals in steel cages. All their
natural forms OF life expression blocked or cur
tailed. Normal sex lie is wholly shut of. They live
in stencil and filth They nhabN vermin-infested
cells Two and three persons are often crowded INTO
cells TOO small for decent habitation by one
At Columbus $500 men were herded IN quarters
built to house 900. They eat insufficient, poorly
cooked inferior and often rotter worrny food They
are brutay treated by prison guards and exploited
by the convict favortes of the prison authorities
This treatment makes most of the convicts worse.
They become more competent and embittered GRIM
mails as a result of their confinement They are
turned out under conditions which make their return
to prison almost inevitable
1t is no wonder that DR.. Glueck found that 80 per
cent of those discharged from the Concord reforma
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
Your Known Views

1T will be said by the Communists
L that Foster, Minor and the
others were sent to Jail less for
what they did or said on the day
of the great commotion, than for
what they thought both before and
after that event.
Nor can the supporting evidence
for this contention be lightly
brushed aside. Foster and Minor
made the usual sort of speeches just
before sentence was pronounced.
They attacked "capitalistic" justice,
and so forth. And at this point
Justice McInerney did thing which
was not~q quite bright.
The agitators were trying to tempt
him into a foolish move and they
succeeded. When the Communists
declared that the judges had their
minds made up even before the trial
was held, the dignitary on the
bench pounded his gavel and ex-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25

claimed, Il won't sit here and let
anybody insult me and say that
had made up my mind before the
trial.
"In view of your known views and
statements, you're getting more
justice here than you would any
where else in the world"
This was an exceedingly injudi-
cious admission. 1t must lend aid
and comfort to the propaganda Of
those who will say that capitals
tic" society wanted to put these Red
leaders away because of their known
activities in PROSECUTING for the
Communistic state.
It seems to me that the views OF
Minor and Foster were well beyond
the range of Justice McInerney's
concern.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
ET7d oAH Is fTI4el
IANNlQElR$ARY|
.{E91S3
MARCONPS BIRTH
AnriI 25

f~J
ON April 25, 1874, Guglielmo Mar
" conf, an Italian electrical en-
gineer famed as the inventor of the
wireless telegraph, was born of an
Italian father and an Irish mother
at Bologna, Italy.
His attention first was drawn to
electricity at the age of 10, when he
read that Heinrich Hertz, German
physicist, had discovered electrical
waves which were capable Of pass
ing through any substance and Of
following an undertaking course
without need Of a wire or other
conductor.
Foreseeing from this the posi-
bility of sending messages without
wires, young Marconi began expert
ments in his garden until he de-
veloped an apparatus for wireless
biography.
He offered his discovery to the
Italian government, but it was re-
fused. He then wrote to Sir VIII
liam Preece, chief of the British
Postal Telegraph Service, and was
invited to London.
After successfully establishing his
service between England and France
and equipping some Of the large
liners with his apparatus, Marconi
came to the United States in 1899.
Two years later he succeeded in
establishing a wireless Geographic
communication across the Atlantic
ocean.
When Italy entered the World
war, Marconi was placed in charge
of his governments wireless service.
In 1909 he was awarded the Nobel
prize for physics with Ferdinand
Braun.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25

day is chain systems. One man is
doing what ten did before.
They cry volume of buying helps
them to sell for less, but when you
have volume of business you also
have volume of expense.
1t is true you get a few hundred
dollars a week advertising from
them, but what is that, compared
with the peoples rights and free
dom?
I believe you have the nerve to
expose this menace as it now stands.
Hoping to see some articles in your
paper on this question.
M. F. STAFFORD.
1928 West Thirty first street.
What is the home address of Ra-
mon Navorro?
1t is 1865 West Twenty-second
street, Los Angeles. Cal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
No Drinking With Ford

THE Ford Motor Car Company
4 will discharge any employee
who is caught drinking, or who re-
ports for work with the aroma of
forbidden joy attaching to his per-
son, which is the Chicago doctrine
privately administered.
The idea of law enforcement
through extra-legal m thods,
whether adopted by community
or a commercial enterprise, is not
particularly new.
People have resorted to it, for
one reason or another, ever since
the conception of social order came
into being.
Sometimes 1t is born of a des-
perate situation, as the Chicago
authorities probably would argue,
and sometimes of moral conviction,
as would seem to be the case with
the Ford company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25

would be given to any leader of such
a crowd, even if he did defy the
police?
Again Commissioner Whalen has
shown decided partially in giving a
permit to war veterans to meet in
Union Square on May day, as this
is the time and placed reserved by
tradition for radicals.
Moreover, the ex-soldiers purpose
to carry guns and sheathed bayonets.
There is all kinds of trouble latent
in such a demonstration, and the
City of New York ought to have pre-
cisely the same rule for soldiers as
for revolutionary radicals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
Precision

NREAT precision and accuracy are
VI needed, for many reasons. Most
Of the observations can be made
only during the period of totally.
and this is rarely more than a min
ute and a half long. Frequently it
is less than a minute.
In addition, some of the most inn
portant observations must be made
in the second preceding totality and
in the second Immediately follow
ing it. The tripping of the trigger
of an astronomical camera q second
too soon or too late would spoil the
photo.
AS a result, the astronomers must
handle the Photographic plates with
the dispatch of the gun crew han
ding shells. A damned photo
graphic plate is as disastrous to the
purposes of the expedition as a
damned shell in a big gun to the
outcome Of a battle.
The eclipse Of April % will be
particularly difficult for astronomers
to deal with. This is because the
period of totality is extremely brief,
less than two seconds. In some
places it will be only los.
A second difficulty is caused by
the fact that the eclipse track is
extremely narrow. The path within
which the eclipse will be total is less
than mile wide This is very I'M
usual. Frequently the track is as
much as 100 miles wide. The maxi
mum width which is possible for an
eclipse track is 167 miles.
Since it is extremely difficult TO
calculate the track within very ex-
act limits, astronomers can not be
certain of setting up their instru-
ments within the path of totality
in the case of the coming eclipse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-25
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

astronomers uC6 uoh W
Exceedingly Great Diff
Guilty IN Dissertations Of
Sun Eclipse.
TOR the layman. the eclipse Of the
! sun on April %, will be beau
tiful ana spectacular event. For
the astronomer, it will be, in add
ton, a moment of extremely i'm
portant and difficult work.
1t is not unusual for a member OF
an astronomical expedition. which
has Travelled thousands of miles &c
observe an eclipse Of the sun, MOI
to see the eclipse at all.
This will be because he has beer
assigned some particular duty such
as reading the scale of some meas
uring instrument or calling off the
oCSOAlSAo rum d CllIOIOIueLeI. AS
result, he will focus his entire at
tention upon the instrument in
question.
Prior to an eclipse, the astron-
omers viii spend weeks setting up
their instruments. Then each man
is assigned a special duty.
One man is to take the cap on a
Photographic telescope. Another
man is to expose the Photographic
plate. A third man is to operate a
Spectroscope and SO on.
Before the eclipse occurs, many
practice drills are held. AS a re-
suit, the members of the expedition
are as well trained as the members
Of a gun crew on a battleship.
When the eclipse actually comes.
the astronomers are as ready for 1t
as a gun crew going into battle.
Each man knows his station and
mis- duty.