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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
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VOU will observe that those European nations
l. which emphatic in their demands that
we cancel their debts are now equally emphatic in
refusing to dsarm.
If they as eager to escape war as they were
to escape pay day, navieS would vanish from the
world.
After our fellows come home from this London
conference they might try to get the American tree
butchers to diSarm.
Already these demons abroad with axes and
saws; trees are being topped" great limbs being am
putated, their stark bleeding sumpS abbing the land
Scape.
The prohibition debate between Senator Brookhart
and Representative La Guardia did not draw a great
audience at Cleveland possibly due to the that
there were 10000 other debates raging in the
city at the same time.
CINCE Chicago found herself in financial hole dur
- ing Mayor Thompsons second administration, as
well as during the present one, 1t would seem to be
about time to change his designation from Big Bill
the Builder to Big Bill the Digger.
That aviation has pushed the ironclad out of the
picture is further shown by the fact that while
the nations talk about limiting their navies, the
United States and Great Britain announce that their
aviation branches must be made speedy and
more powerful.
Chief Justice Taft resigns and Mr. Hughes is ap-
pointed to succeed him and then Mr. Hughes son re-
signs solicitor general after which Mr. Taft's son
is proposed to succeed Mr.. Hughes son. whereupon
Mr.. Hughes son is proposed as candidate for Gov
ernor of New York so he may take the place that
Mr. Hughes used to have.
The program not be carried out without the
assistance Of good, level-headed traffic cop.
CONGRESS may adopt 1.-THE Star-Spangled Ban
~ ner" as our national anthem. but the cities will
continue to sing I'VE Won't Go Home Till Morning"
President Hoover didn't appoint Justice Harlan
F. Stone TO be chief justice. but he did invite him
10 60 along this fishing trip and he probably re-
fleets that this is the highest compliment one gentle
pay another
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is sick, due TO overwork
during spiritualstic campaign in Sweden.
He probably strained himself moving tables
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
Early Treatment Necessary in Cancer

who is concerned the opprobrium
associated with unethical practice
in modern medicine.
Hence the men attempting to
study cancer, if they would be eth
ical, are compelled to surround their
laboratories with all the guards
usually associated with diplomatic
service. Obviously this does much
to impede progress and to hinder
research.
The most that can be promised
today to any one with cancer is
some relief and a longer life if he
will seek medical attention early
and if he will avail himself of what
can be accomplished by early dag
noSis. adequate surgery and proper
use of radium and the X-ray.
Cancer pasteS, internal remedies
and all sorts Of injections must still
be considered as highly expert
mental and not offering thus far
nearly such high percentage of
relief and cure as the methods
mentioned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
Big Wind

F you take certain point in the
4 sky in the constellation Hercules,
wel1-known constellation not far
from the familiar Big Dipper," you
have the point away from which the
whole universe seems to be NOV
ing 1t is as though this great
ether wind blew into the universe
from this direction
1t acts exactly like wind, says
DR.. Stromberg, for the large stars
are moving the slowest, while the
little stars move the fastest. The
speed ranges from twelve miles q
second up to about tWenty-four
miles a second
But the star clusters show q
far greater speed. Their speed is
about $50 miles a second, while the
far distant spirals show a speed Of
about 400 miles a second.
Imagine a ship on the water. It
represents our universe. People
walking about on deck are the stars.
The clusters and spiral nebulae are
represented by gulls flying over
head.
Now. If a strong wind blows from
the prov to the stern, the people
soon will be crowded back to the
stern, while the gulls will be left
far behind the ship.
aust that sort Of thing now Is
going on in our universe, so 1t
seems"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
Even the Ponds

'ATOR need the activities of the
IL agents be confined to those
natural processes which have their
inception in the time Of burgeoning.
Who knows but that some seq
ment Of the country's many little
lakes finally may come to swim
atop lemon juice and gin?
In such event, it would be less
than efficient not to paddock the
ponds.
Nor do I think that any patriotic
American girl is doing her complete
best for the Constitution if she an
kles down an aisle in orange bios
SONS.
But enforcement, as many have
pointed out, should get to the
source. One culprit still defies the
dictates Of the senate. Surely this
gross offender should not be al
lowed to plead immunity on &C.
count Of her sex.
Other female violators, far less
fragrant, have felt the lash of the
law. say indict her, fine her, give
her an everlasting sentence. Never
can prohibition be perfected until
this brazen hussy has been clamped
down in our deepest dungeon.
Gravely has she sinned in the
past, and through ali her days she
will continue. Her name is Mother
Nature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
Cleaning Up Politics

The Republican primaries this year VIII settle the
question of whether the majority Of the voters OF ta
party believe in Boss Coffin and really want his lead
ership or have been denied a voice in party affairs
through various forms Of intrigue and trickery.
This year the elections will not be directed by the
criminal lawyer who during the Coffin rule has been
on guard election times, naming the clerks ana
Judges often those who stand in fear Of jails and
prisons.
The new Republican chairman, Martin Hugg, mas
named as the Republican election commissioner man
who headed the fight against Coffin two years ago.
That would suggest that the primaries will be in the
hands of the enemies of Cofinism.
Those who want to get rid Of Coffnism now have
a magnificent opportunity to demonstrate their
power They have declared that Coffin did not really
represent the will Of the party and that he maintained
his place by tricks and prostitution Of office.
All that any citizen can ask is fair and square
vote and a fair count. That now seems assured. The
battle should be conclusive.
Good government is never given to the people.
They have to work for and protect it. The best that
can be offered is chance for those who belong to
different parties to see that tickets represent the wish
Of the majority No one can ask for more.
1t is just possible that when the votes counted
it will be discovered that Coffin did really represent
the moral and political views OF a majority of his
party.
At any rate. those who have contended that he
misrepresened his party that he stood for prac
tees and principles which we're repugnant its
science will now have the chance to test their
claims It would be tragic if it were discovered that
they have been mistaken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
Runs to RituaIiSn1
4 USTICE has run to ritualism.

JUSTICE has run to ritualiSm.
J We have an elaborate system;
SO elaborate indeed, that we spend
far more time keeping it creased
and polished than in contemplate
ing the results.
In important cases, we not only
try those accused, but the whole
system, to see if there is any flaw
in 1t, or Speck of dust on it.
More often than not, when a case
is reversed, it is because of some
thing wrong with the law, rather
than the facts.
We persist in the illusion that
criminals are different from the rest
Of us, that they always think
crooked, while we always think
straight, but John Bunyan said.
when passing a gibbet on which a
man was weiting to be hanged. but
for the grace Of God, there stands
John Bunyan."
/ He was an optinist at that, since
the kind of grace in which he be-
lieved had sent more than one poor
devil to the gallowS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

that the most that can be said for
the treatment is that it is interesting
in regard to what it reveals con-
corning the nature Of cancer, but
that it is far from anything re-
sembling a specific method Of treat
ing cancer leading to cure or even
to alienation.
Obviously before the medical pro-
fesSion can control cancer. it must
know a great deal more about the
life of the cancer cell from its be-
ginning to the death Of the patient.
Throughout the world in numer-
Gus laboratories experiments are be-
ing carried on to find out these
facts.
In the meantime, because more
people are living longer than they
used to and because cancer is essen
TALLY a disease of advanced age.
more people are dying of cancer and
the search for a cancer cure be-
comes frantic.
Announcement of a cancer cure
that fails brings on the physician
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
Daily Thought

Watch we and pray, lest We en-
ter into temptation. The spirit
truly is ready, but the flesh is
weak.-St. Mark 14:38.
The devil temptS us not; it's we
tempt him, reckoning his skill with
opportunity.-George Eliot.
Who is chairman of the finance
committee of the United States sem
ate?
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah.
What is the whip in the United
States senate and house of repre-
sentatives?
The principal work of the whip
is to round up the members of his
political party to vote on bills.
What is the seating capacity of
the Yankee stadium in New York ?
Eighty thousand.
Does a cable, across the ocean,
touch bottom at all points?
Sufficient slack cable is laid out to
insure that IL will follow the contour
of the ocean bed. and lie on the bot
tom at ali points. a careful survey
Of the route is mace TO avoid any
poss bil ty that the cable will be sus-
pended across chaSns as the weight
would sooner or later cause a sup-
ture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
Three Busy Men

The secretary of is a busy man The army
and all the rivers and bays and bridges in the
try under his care. He has no time to give to the
federal power commission, though he is member
Of it.
The secretary of interior is busy He too,
is a member of the federal power commission, though
he must be responsible all the public lands in the
United States all the parks the Indians, the PEN
sionerS, and many other things.
The secretary OF agriculture is the third member
Of the commission but first he must deal with the
numerous ills which beset the farmer. He has little
time left over from that chore.
That is why the President and congress and the
power commission itself are all agreed that new
sort of federal power commission must be organized
The senate interstate commerce committee will
start work this week plan for creating per-
manent full-time commission It is apparent that
men should be in charge who can devote all their
attention to the fast multiplying problems concerned
with power Under the present system the secre-
tary and other employees of the commission must
carry most of the responsibilities.
There are fundamental issues waiting determine
ton by the power commission.
What sort of items should the accounting depart
ment permit in company construction StatementsP
Should suits be brought against companies refusing
to open their books? What should be done about
the F1athead power sites? Should the commission
undertake regulatory functions?
All these matters in the end bear directly upon
the pocketbook of the taxpayer and the electric rate
payer
Careful and expert decisions should be made
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
Government Gunner

Again the federal government has won in its fight
TO prevent state courts from trying liquor killing
cases. which it transfers into federal courts where
can defend successfully the culpritS
From the day that Emmett j. White, United States
customs patroman charged with the murder of
Henry virkkula near Little Fork. Mimi, last June
snatched into the haven of a federal court it
assumed that he would be acquitted. On Sat-
urday he acquitted
If White could not be convicted, 1t is difficult to
see how any prohibition agent be brought to
justice for the killing of innocent citizens.
SuperncIay. then, this great victory the gov
in its defense of enforcement terroriss but
only superfcially. For clearly this lawlessness by
law officials and their defense by the federal govern
ment, is largely responsible for the growing public
reaction against prohibition.
It would be difficult to imagine case which better
establishes the guilt of federal agent than the virk
kula killing. The victim driving home on a coun-
try road. With him were his wife and children. He
vas violating law. There liquor in his car.
Not even the government questions these facts.
Suddenly out Of the darkness came a voey of
shots. 1t was the agent White, shooting with riot
gun. Virkkua. according to his wife beside him, was
in the act of stopping the car, when he Struck
by bullet and the car rolled over into the ditch
The agent was indicted in a state court on
charge of second degree murder. But when the gov
The judge would not permit that charge. The jury
instructed that its only choices acquittal
hird degree murder or second degree manslaughter
The governments defense of the agent was that
White shot at the with riot gun, without mean
ing to hurt any one. Indeed the government called
the killing an accident"
SO the gunplay OF these prohibition agents
tinues to jeopardze the lives OF innocent citizens
Two federal prohibition agents just have wounded
a 25-year-old woman nurse at the Veterans hos
pital at Knoxville Ia. The agents automobile
bumped into car in which the girl was riding
whereupon the agents began shooting. The question
Of liquor not involved
Saturday United States coast guardsmen on Long
Island used machine gun to fire at East Hampton
beach. which was crowded with innocent citizens
The same evening in the same region coast guards
men fired upon two innocent automobile parties
agithout warning.
Doubtless the usual investigations will be ordered
y Washington. and administration officials again
I'm bring out snose iAmiaf aiiD regulations against
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17

XXTE like to think that the
w great and costly parapher-
MALTA we have provided insures
some precision, especially in cap
ital cases-like to believe that the
long -drawn-Out quizzing of wit
neSseS, learned arguments of coun-
sci, and carefully prepared charges
OF judges would guarantee a GER
tain degree of assurance.
But all too frequently we find
that there is some lone juror who
says the last word, some common,
ordinary man, who, for one reason
or another, not only disagrees with
his eleven colleagues, but possesses
the power to bend them to his will.
If that juror happens to be in
diligently honest, all right, but if
he happens to be only stubborn, or
dominated by some peculiar twist
Of mind, all wrong.
Eleven to one the jury stood for
convicting all six, and then decided
to acquit three.
IL CIldt can happen al the END,
one wonders if all the qui2zing,
arguing and instructing is necessary
in between.
Sometimes 1t seems we might do
just as well to let the story be told
in a plain, simple way and cut out
all this highfalutin' business which,
much as it may impress the ma
jority of jurors, appears to have
little influence with the few who
really count.
In other words. if we're going to
have jury system, and allow
twelve good men and true" to have
the final say so, why compel them
to founder through such a smoke
screen of verbiage and technique?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17

While the still wriegiing tail attracts
the attention Of the purSuer. Many
other lizards do the same thing. and
a spike or short and imperfect tail
grows in the place of the one lost
This curious reptile Is rarely seen. as
it lives under decaying vegetation
and leaves, or in the soil, but is
sometimes turned up by Che pillow.
What is meant by macrOcosm and
microcoSm?
The macrocosm is the great uni
verse, outside of man. The micro
coSm is the little universe inside
of man and commonly means man
himself as contrasted with the ex-
ternal world.
What is the pay of a United
States marine on enIisting? Must
he be citizen of the United State?
His pay upon enlisting is S21 per
month. Only native born or natu-
rallied citizens of the United States
can Join.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
Questions and AnSzUers

Row many Presidents of lie
United States have had Their psc-
lures ON United States postage
stamps?
Portraits of the following Presi-
dents of the United States have
been used from time to time on
United States postage stamps:
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln,
Taylor, Garfield, Grant, Madison,
William Henry Harrison, Monroe,
Mckinley, Harding, Hayes, Cleve-
land and Wilson.
Tell me something about the glass
or ioinved snake?
This creature is not snake at all,
but legless lizard. 1t is often said
that a stroke of stick will cause
the body Of this reptile to diSjoint
the pieces wriggling off in every
direction and coming together again
If the head part is not captured or
destroyed. The explanation of this
curious belief lies in the ability OF
this lizard to drop its tail, an act
that sometimes enables it to escape
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
PROHIBITION CORNERSTONE

DROHIBITION COMMISSIONERS
l. DORIAN, according to the pa
pers, is eIated over the indictment
of a corn sugar and a yeast concern
on charges Of supplying raw mate
rial to bootleggers.
"He hinted," says the news dis
patch, that in the future, steps will
be taken to declare the manufactur-
ers of bottles, caps, extracts, arti-
cles used for still, malt, hops and
sugar equally Illegal"
Doran ought to have busy year
ahead Of him. AS an expert chem
iSt, he must know That practically
everything that grows can be en-
ployed for processes Of fermenta-
ton.
Even from the loWly potato peel
ings, whisky can be manufactured.
And the apple, the plum and the
cherry can be equally guilty with
the grape.
When spring comes round this
year, one can imagine agents Turk
ing in each orchard and lectllring
the fruit against seduction into
cider. Young cherries will be warned
about potential penalties for such
berries as bounce after maturity.
And even the innocent and
blooming peach, symbol of youthful
freshness, may find itself most po-
tent brandy if it doesn't watch out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
M. E. Tracy
Justice Has Run to RitudliSm;
We Spend Far More Time
Polishing and GreaSing the
System Than IN Contenl-
plating It's Results.
SAYS:

OF the six men tried for murder
W in connection with the prison
riot at Auburn, N. Y, three are
convicted and three acquitted.
Of the three convicted, one
mutters curses, one wits, and one
takes it with show of bravado
which may DE sham or the real
thing.
AS the grim tragedy comes to an
end, a lawyer for the defense con-
graduates the prosecuting attorney
please don't" says the latter, as
he glances toward the weeping
father of one of the convicted men
Nothing unique in any Of these
incidents, or a dozen more that
might be mentioned; yet who
doesn't like to read them?
At one time, the jury stood eleven
to one for conviction of all six OF
the prisoners, and the most
fascinating part of that is what
went on in the jury room to change
such lineup into a verdict of ac-
quittal for three.
If that one man had not stood
firm, the electric chair would be
claiming three more victims.
A narrow speak for those whose
lives were at stake, but one which
frequently occurs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
Law Makes Criminals

A S a matter of record, more men
IA have been put to death for do
ing something their neighbors didn't
like than for doing something that
was naturally wrong, or injurious.
We have made lots of criminals
by law, criminals who would have
been regarded as decent, respectable
and upright but for some regulation
designed to establish an idea, be-
lief or prejudice.
Right here in America more peo-
pie are being arrested for violating
a law which did not exist fifty years
ago than for anything else, and
for doing something which no one
regarded as crime until the pro-
hibition movement gained strength
enough to impose its will on the
country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
GaIaxieS

Ut will be recalled that our own
l. galaxy is a watch-shaped or
lens-shaped structure about 10000
light years across. That is, 1t is so
large that it takes light that many
years to go across it. The speed Of
light is $4,000 miles a second.
In our galaxy are stars of all
sorts, ranging from very large stars
which astronomers call giant stars
such as Antares with a diameter of
100000 miles, down to dwarf
stars which are about half the size
of our sun.
Then on the outer boundaries of
our galaxy are the so-called star
clusters. These are formations of
stars in globular shapes, the stars
becoming more and more dense to-
ward the center of the cluster. FIRE.
quently there are $4,000 stars in
such a cluster.
Finally, at immense distances be-
yond our galaxy, distances ranging
up to 80,000000 light years, are the
so-called spiral nebulae, which are
themselves great galaXies of stars
like our own, but, in general
smaller.
Now in our own galaxy the vari-
Gus types Of stars are all mixed to-
gether and each star has an indi-
vidual motion and direction of its
own.
But, as DR.. Stromberg points out
you can compare each class of stars
to a swarm of bees. Every bee, at a
given moment, is moving in diff
ferent direction with a different
speed, but the whole swarm at the
same time is progressing with a
definite average speed in definite
average direction.
Or. Stromberg set out to see if
each class of stars similarly did not
possess a definite average velocity in
a definite direction.
He made the amazing discovery
that each class did not have an
average velocity, that these veloc-
tiles progressed in an orderly Sc
quence, and, most amazing of all,
that the direction of motion was the
same for all classes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-17
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MOLIERE'S DEATH
Feb. II

NN Feb. II, 1873, Moliere, the
" greatest dramatist, and per-
haps the greatest writer of France,
died at Paris.
Moliere, who was born Jean
Baptiste Poquelin, studied at a
Jesuit college and then worked as
tradesman Cor his father. firing of
this, he joined troupe of players
which for twelve years acted in the
provinces.
In these years of wandering he
acquired not only a broad ex-
perience in stagecraft, but also q
keen insight into human nature.
When he returned to Paris in
1858 his plays attracted the at
tention of Louis XIV, who later
adopted Moliere's troupe as his own.
In his presentation Of plays
satirizing cultured society of France,
Moliere inaugurated new era in
comedy. He also ridiculed with
good humor the bourgeois in1.tators
of Partisan ariStocrats and thus did
much to expose hypocrisy.
On the day OF his death, Moliere
acted in one Of his plays. During
it's performance he was seized with
a CONFUSION which he covered with
a forced laugh. He was carried
home and died q few hours Later.