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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
Pay as We Ride

IF prosperity has made the auto
L. possible, the auto has helped to
increase prosperity. We pay as we
ride, in more than one Sense-pay
that other people may ride.
To a measurable extent. we are
becoming nation of nomads, but
with system and discipline that
nomades never knew.
Whether for the $400 f1ivver or
the $4,000 dreadnaught on wheels,
it is an open road, but not without
traffic lights and motorcycle cops.
The lights are impartial.
It Is growing mighty common for
reporters to find wanted witnesses
or criminals whom the authorities
appear unable to locate.
For nine days, to let them tell 1t,
New York police have been on a
grand but unsuccessful hunt for Mr.
Terranova, though newspaper men
found no difficulty in getting inter-
views from him within twenty-four
hours after he had been accused OF
staging a fake holdup.
Now we discover eye Scribe" dig
ging up Cts Hefner, key witness in
the William Desmond Taylor myS-
terry, and getting full account of
what he l'noWs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
The Crime Problem

Aside from the personal satisfaction that
nav have come to Judge Collins in beng
honored by dinner on the twentieth ami
versarv of his service as judge OF the crlrn-
inal court. the occasion had a real value IN
arousin0 an interest in the problem OF crime
and the futiGty of harsh methods in prevent
ing law violations.
II is significant that the addresses OF
those who paid tribute to the judge did not
emphasize the number of men and women ne
had sent to prison, but did boast OF the num-
hers he had shown mercy and restored TO
society through system of probation.
The crime problem is becoming acute IN
every state, and especially in Indiana. Inc
state is spending quarter of million OF
dollars to enlarge the penitentiary at Mich
ipan City. 1t will spend half million more IN
the next three years if it houses the popula-
ton that is increasing faster than in any
other spot in the state.
This fact is it's own commentary on the
hopes of those who believed ten years ago,
that all prisons, were soon to be turned INTO
hospitals or orphanages and all jails become
useless.
1t is notable that every speaker at the
Collins dinner, and they came from the ranks
of those who are in close contact with the
handling of criminals, emphasized the failure
of present prison methods to either prevent
crime or to reform the hayward.
It is worth something if the public
thought can be centered upon this one fact.
Brutality, force and harshness have been
tried through the centuries and have failed.
The last legislature, acting under the
pressure of the banking interests OF the
state. went still farther in the direction OF
harshness when they fixed longer and sterner
sentences for robberies. The law, in some
cases. gives courts and judges little latitude
in fixing penalties. And the crimes increase.
probation system, and more than that,
a social service that prevents unemployment,
that takes an interest in the welfare of the
unfortunate and the underprivileged boy
and girl before they become criminals, might
be worth trying. Other plans have failed.
incidentally, it may be worth while to
remember that the state of Indiana is still
holding behind bars girl of very tender age
who forged check for So in order to eat
AS long as that girl remains in felon
cell, Indiana can hardly point with any pride
to its humanity or its intelligence in handling
crime and criminals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

disguised by the failure of some of
these preparations, begins the use
of enemas, which are gradually
more and more irritating.
The committee advises that definite
measures be taken to break up these
habits and it points out that a con-
siderable amount of time and trou-
BILE will be required for the pur-
pose.
It is usually customary to ad-
wise the taking of mineral oil and
prunes as mild aids during the re-
construction process.
A suitable diet includes orange
juice, stewed prunes or figs at
breakfast and also such substances
as oatmeal, whole wheat cereals and
Scotch oak cakes.
The luncheon should include
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07

NNE of the recent plays arrived
W on Broadway should be called
to your attention because it is built
around an interesting idea. And it
may need a word Of approval, for
to some its title will be shade for
boding. 1t is called, Death Takes
a Holiday"
This happens to be a good title,
for it describes precisely what hap
pens in the comedy which Walter
Ferris has adapted from the Italian
of Alberto Cassella.
Death desires to know more about
human beings, and so he comes as a
guest to house party. While he
is there. not even leaf falls from
tree. This is his holiday, and dur
ing it no thing or creature may die.
Philip Merivale gives an excel
lent performance in the title role.
The playwright's notion is that
death is a gentleman and that there
Is no reason why anybody should
be afraid to meet so charming a
fellow.
The young heroine, brilliantly
played by Rose Hobart, does fall in
love with the stranger from the far
country, but the rest are frankly
terrified in his presence.
One can not quite blame them, for
Death in the Cassella play makes
his first entrance and his last exit
the traditional long black coat. Al
though his intentions are excellent,
he is not pictured as exactly jolly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
Another Mystery

MFR. HEFNER told his story to
1V1 the Governor and parole board
of California more than three years
ago.
For one reason or another they
decided not to act on it, and, fol-
one reason Or another, they per-
mitted Mr.. Hefner to slip out OF
sight.
The mystery of who murdered
Taylor thus is more than matched
by the mystery of why the key
witness and his story were allowed
to go "unwept, unhonored and I'M
sung"
In the TerranCT2 case we hear
about artichokes being bought and
sold in large quantities.
In the Taylor case we hear about
dope being handled on a similar
wholesale basis.
And these are but two OF a grow
ing number of cases in which fall
ure of the law appears to be COIN
cident with size of the bank roll.
One dislikes to think that justice
is succumbing to the influence of
wealth, that rich men can get away
with what poor men can't, and that
prosperity has developed frame of
mind which can see something JUS
tifiable in the theft of a million dol
lars, while the theft of a loaf of
bread is unforgiveable.
If Rothstein had been a back al
ley craps shooter; if the Hall-Mills
case had involved ditch diggers; if
Elwell had been a grocery clerk; If
Doheny and Sinclair had been fill
ing station operators; if Terranova
had been a push cart peddler; If
William Desmond Taylor had been a
porter and killed by shop girl
would the law have found it easier?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
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ANNIVERSARY
.A5Ss2ft5
PRESIDENT FILLMORE
January T.

NEILLARD FILLMORE, thir-
1V1 teenth President of the United
States, was born on Jan. 7, 1900, in
Cayuga county, New York.
Although he had little opportunity
for education as a youth, Fillmore
undertook the study of law, and
was admitted to the bar in 1928.
His practice of the profession, chief
ly at Buffalo, continued for twenty
four years.
Fillmore's political life began in
1928 with his being elected to The
state legislature as an Mason.
He served three terms and then
was elected to congress in 1882 as
Wing.
In 1848 Fillmore was elected Vice
President on the ticket with Zach
airy Taylor. Upon the Presidents
death Fillmore succeeded him. TIE
change in administration was
marked by the early passage of the
compromise measures.
He died March 8, 1874.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
Child IabOrers

You can take your factories; We will keep our
children That is the of Governor Roosevelt OF
New York to the cry that northern industries are NOV
ing south to get cheap child labor.
If child slavery is the price of prosperity, then
poverty would be the badge of honor for any state
But it is not. There is more than humanitaranism
to the laws against child labor.
The nation, which rears its children In the sweat
shop and mill is breeding race OF weaklings wAich
will destroy it. And system of industrial slavery
of any type ever has produced enduring prosperity
or survived Very long in open competition.
Cheap labor is expensive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
Good Diet Will Regulate Bowels

vegetables, whole wheat bread. figs,
stewed or raw, buttermilk and
similar substances.
The dinner should consist of at
least two green vegetables and fruit
as dessert in addition TO the other
courses. It is also we'll to eat some
fruit before going to bed.
One of the important factors is
the establishment of proper muscle
tone and there are suitable exercises
for strengthening the abdominal
muscles.
These include lying on the back
and raising the feet over. the head
slowly and lowering them slowly,
also lying on the back and assuming
a sitting posture slowly and lower
ing the body slowly without the aid
of the arms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07

Sorrow is neutrality-suspicious..
Was Boston the only American
port where tea was dumped over
board from English ships before the
Revolutionary war?
Cargoes Of tea we're sent to Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, New York and
Charleston, S. c. The people of New
York and Philadelphia sent the
ships back to London The inhabi-
tants of Charleston unloaded the tea
and stored it in damp cellars, where
it soon spoiled. At Boston it was
dumped into the harbor.
How many species of animals are
there?
More than 100000. the number in
each class of the animal kingdom
being as follows: 1000 mammals,
30 900 birds. $500 reptiles, 1000 am
phibians, $4,000 fish, $4,000 molusks,
500, 900 insects. besides a host of
lower invertebrates.
Is Argentina a member of the
League of Nations?
No.
How far is the moon from the
earth?
The moons distance from the
earth IS 238,840 miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
It Isn't So

CONGE of my interest in the piece
y at the Ethel Barrymore theater
arose from the fact that a long
time ago I attempted a one-act
play on the same general theme.
Mine was called, Death Sayeth
1t Isn't &c." and there arose a pic"
ture of round little man with a
checkered vest. 1t is his feeling that
his function in life has been much
maligned.
He blames it largely on the illus
traitors and cartooniSts. who always
have insisted on giving death a
dreadful mien.
The scene is a hospital room. A
sick man is in bed. A nurse putters
about for a minute or so, arrang-
ing whatever it is that nurses ar
range, and then goes out. Suddenly
a strange thing happens. The door
does not open. nor any window, but
there is unquestionably another
man in the room. He Immediately
pulls I'D the blinds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
SCIENCE
Biggest Problem Erer Tdc-
kled By Man Faced by
Astronomers and Matbe-
mdticidnS.
By DAVID DIETZ'

A GROUP of the worlds most
N skillful astronomers, using the
lOO-inch telescope at Mt. Wilson,
Cal. the largest telescope in exist
ence. and a group of the worlds
most famous mathematlcianS at the
California Institute of Technology,
are working together to solve the
biggest problem ever tackled by
man.
Certainly, it is the biggest prob
lem from the viewpoint OF the
amount of territory covered, for it
is the problem OF the structure OF
the universe.
At present, there are two con-
ficting theories about the nature OF
the universe. One is Einstein'S,
growing out Of that scientists ia
nous theory of relatively. The
other has been proposed by De
Sitter of Holland.
Both theories upset the simple
views of the layman for both m
troduce the idea Of curved space,
an idea-so I have been assured by
several eminent scientists-which
can not be visualized no matter how
hard you try.
Curved space can be grasped by
comparison. In ordinary affairs,
laying out a garden for example, we
treat the surface of the earth as
though it were fiat surface in two
dimensions.
But when we come to make map
of the world, we discover that what
we thought was a fiat surface is
really curved into the third dimen-
sion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
NJ. E. Tracy
The Automobile Industry
Stands for the Ideals and
A Achievements of q Great
Civilization.
SAYS:

THE thirtieth annual automobile
Il show opens in New York with
300 new cars put on display by
forty-six manufacturers.
One finds it hard to believe that
not an automobile was in existence
forty years ago. and that this pre-
dominant industry has grown up
within less than two generations.
1t justly may be described as the
greatest monument we yet have
erected to modern progress and
prosperity.
Different from the Pyramids of
Egypt, or the Acropolis at Athens,
it still stands for the ideals and
achievements of a great civilization.
Will 1t go as it came, or does it
mark the dawn of a new conception
Of value?
Last year, they tell us, 10000, 900
automobiles were driven to the tune
of 100000 900 miles in this coun-
try. On the one hand, that shows
vast amount of money gone for
Joy riding; on the other, it shows
vast amount of work and wages.
1t takes many men to fabricate
20,000,000 automobiles, much less to
keep them in repair and supply the
necessary fuel.
One need only ride along the
average road flanked with garages,
filling stations, all-night cabins,
Pullman dining rooms, and access
sorry shops to realize what the au-
tonobile has done to create en-
ployment.
One need call on only three or
four neighbors of a summers eve
ming to discover what it has done
to change the mode of life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
Questions and AnS7Ue1cs

it will also eat eggs. 1t is a skillful
climber, but feeds Chiefly on the
ground, and usually breeds In a
cleft in the rocks. There are gen.
erallv two young at birth. In dis
position the panda Is gentle and can
easily be tanned.
Who played the part of Uncle
Steve in Gold Diggers Of Broad
way?"
Conway Tearle.
What is the boiling point of wa
ter at gen level?
Fahrenheit, 212 degrees, or CEN
tigrade, 100 degrees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
Size

TINE chief difference between the
Il Einstein and De Sitter theories
of the universe lies IT the amount of
curvature. The curvature is larger
according to Einstein than it is ac-
cording to De Sitter.
The Einstein universe, as a conse-
quence, is much smaller than the
De Sitter universe. According to
E.nstein. or telescopes reveal a
considerable portion of the universe
to us. According to De Sitter, we
see only very small portion.
The journey around the curve Of
space until one gets back to his
starting point is very much longer
according to De Sitter than it is ac~
cording to Einstein.
The Mt. Wilson observatory Ia
working to collect data which may
lead to a decision between the two
theories. DR.. Edwin P. Hubble, DR..
Francis G. Pease and DR.. Milton
Humason are making the observa-
tons.
Our 100-inch telescope is the
only one IN existence powerful
enough to make the necessary
measurements of distant spiral
nebulae," Dr.. Walter S. Adams, di-
rector Of the observatory, said here
at the annual exhibition of the Car
negie Institution of Washington.
The observatory is a subsidiary orr
ganization of the institution.
Our chief interest in the matter
is to collect the data, a job which
no one else can do at the present.
We are not dealing with the
mathematical Interpretation OF the
data. There is only dozen or so
men in the world with sufficient
mathematical training to do that.
Fortunately, two Of them are in
Pasadena at the California Institute
of Technology They are DR.. Rich
ard c. Tolman and Professor Ep-
stein"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
Round Trip

I'm other words. the curvature OF
J. the earth's surface is something
that does not concern us when we
are dealing with our own back yard
but does concern us when We deal
with the earth as whole.
This is because the curvature of
the earth is very slight in compariA
son to its size.
In just the same fashion, astrono-
merS have come to the conclusion
that space has a curvature-a curv-
allure into the fourth dimension, If
you want to call it that-which does
not concern us particularly when
we are measuring the distance OF
stars within our own galaxy or
Milky Way.
But when the astronomer turns to
the spiral nebulae, great collections
Of stars at immense distances from
our own Milky Way, he begins to
find certain conditions which can
be explained satisfactorily only by
assuming a curvature of space.
It will be remembered that the
Einstein theory first came into
prominence in 1919, when measure
ment of photographs taken at an
eclipse Of the sun showed that light
rays from stars were bent or shifted
out of their position when they
passed the sun.
This is ascribed to a bend or bulge
in space in the neighborhood of the
sun. However. this is merely local
curvature like the bulge caused on
the earth's surface by mountain.
The present research is to find the
slight but systematic curvature Of
all space. Such curvature means
that if you Travelled a sufficient
number of trillions of miles in any
given direction. you would find
yourself back where you had started.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
TT SEEMS TO ME By HF RRo0S

room is almost rose color now. 1t
might be from the sunset.
The fat man gently pushes the
head of the sick man back on the
pillow. Leaning over, he whispers
in his ear, and the sick man roars
with laughter.
AS his laughter Slackens little,
the fat man says, I'll see you in
the press box" And then, before
you know 1t, he's gone.
The sick man gives one more
chuckle and is silent
A nurse calls, Doctor! Doctor"
A curtain at window sways a
little.
(Convrirh+ loan by The Tin1psl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
The Last Laugh
THE sick man wants 10

THE sick man wants 10 know
Il what the joke is, but Death
tells him that he will have to walt
a while. There is some discussion
of golf, baseball and the theater III
the fat mans country before they
get to less cheerful subjects, but
even then Death explains:
st hate funerals. I never go to
them any more. They make me
mad. You know they say, oh
Death, where is thy sting?' Just
as if they had a pretty good bunch
that I had one around me some
where"
The light softens a little. The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
BY DR.. MORRIS FTSHBEIN.
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

I'm a consideration Of normal phys
L. iology and the advice that is to be
given to a patient following peridiC
examination, a distinguished COM
mittee of physicians has given spe-
cial attention to the frequency with
which the cathartic and enema
habits are found among American
people.
Instead of attempting ITO control
the activities of the ntestines by
suitable diets and the establish
ment of good habits, the person
tries drugs, moving on from strong
er to stronger PREPARATIONS and then,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
What is a panda?

A curious carnivore, apparently
allied to the raccoon, and confined
to the southeastern Himalayas,
where it occurs at heights of from
1000 to 10000 feet. It is about the
size of a large cat, and is sometimes
called "bear- cat" The fur is chief
" of bright red color, the face. be-
ing marked with white. and the long
thick tail ringed with pale red and
yellow. The head is broad and
rounded, the ears large. The feet
have large claws and furred soles-
The animal seems to subsist almost
entirely on vegetable food. though
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
It's 7 rue

"T'M not fooling you" the visitor
4 explains. I'm Death, all right
I always come in the light. Be q
good fellow and believe me. You'll
see I'm right later on. I wouldn't
fool anybody. It's mean"
"Mean!" says the sick man, laugh
ing out loud. whats meaner than
Death? You're open and above
board. Deaths sneak. You've got
a nice face. Yes, you've got a
mighty nice face. You'd stop to
help bum in the street, or a kid
that was crying"
At that point the fat man is very
agitated and distressed, as he re-
plies, "Oh, please, don't say that.
It isn't true. I'm kind-that's my
business. When things get too rot
ten. Tn the only one that can help.
They've got to have me. You
should near Unem sometimes before
I come. I'm the one that takes them
off the battlefelds and out of slums.
at whisper a joke in their ears,
and we go away, laughing. We al
ways go away laughing. Everybody
sees my joke, it's so good"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07

Ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are tEose 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, 1930-01-07

The man in the gaudy vest sur
veys the sunshine with great salts
faction, but stray beam awakenS
the sick man, who wants to know
who his visitor is. The fat man
says cheerfully and in a matter-of-
fact tone, I'm Death"
But the sick man won't believe it.
There is nothing trying about the
visitor. He doesn't look In the least
like he is pictured. why don't you
rattle when you walk?" the sick
man wants to know, which horrifieS
Death, not little.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07

But recognize that he is of the sickest show
men in generation, and it is always rather tragic
to artist flop
The times are out of joint for Shearer's kind.
None could pull the old secret-document and war
menace hokum any better than he but the crowds
longer fall for that line.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-07
Daily Thought

Sorrow is better than laughter:
for by the sadness of the counte-
nance the heart is made better
Ecclesiastes 7:3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28

Continued From First Page)
orgy of crime and corruption, favor the
repeal of the eighteenth amendment
and the Volstead act and the restora-
ton to each State of the authority to
deal with the liquor problem in accord
ance with the mandate of its citizens"
Pending the repeal of the prohibition
law, redefining by Congress of the
word Intoxicating" used in the eight
zenith amendment. so as to permit each
State constitutionally to exercise juris-
diction within its own borders and the
simultaneous enactment of a law pro-
hibitmg the return of the saloon was
asked
AS demonstration of Massachusetts
sentiment, the Democratic plank called
Tor repeal Of the State prohibition law.
saying that such repeal viii certainly
not result in any greater lawlessness
than exists today"
Other planks said the Democratic
party regretted the present high rates
for automobile insurance and recon-
mended searching investigation; con-
demned the recently enacted tariff law,
demanded repeal of the national origins
clause" of the immigration act Of 1924.
and demanded action to bring our ju-
dicial machinery into line with the best
modern practice"
Joseph B. Ely OF westnlld Is the
Democratic candidate for Governor.