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New Britain herald., 1930-10-13
ConStitutionaity Questioned in Two Gases Of Men Jailed for
 Selling Small Amounts
ATTORNEYS CLAIMED COURT
 ILLEGALLY SET STANDARDS
Trial Justice Cannot Determine Meaning of Phases Such As Gas ual Violations,' "Habitual Sales"
 and "Attempts to Commercialize Violations" Defense Counsel Said Unwilling to Hear Test Actions.

Unwilling to Hear Test Actions.
 Washington, Oct. 13 P) The supreme court today refused to pass on the constitutionality of the Jones law providing heavy maximum pen alties for prohibition violations.
 The validity of the law was chal- lenged by Hugh McElvogue and William J. Brown, who had been convicted of violating the dry laws at St. Joseph, Mo.
 Both Convicted Recently
 The men were charged in the in dictment with selling small quan- tity of whiskey. McElvogue was sen- fenced to the penitentiary for one year and one month, and Brown. who was also convicted of maintain ing nuisance under the prohibition law. was sent to the penitentiary for four years and fined S250.
  ed under the Jones law. In both cases the constitutionality of the law was challenged as an illegal delega- ton of legislative power. The men contended the trial judge had un- lawfully taken upon himself to de- eide the meaning of phrases in the Jones law, such as what, in his dis cretion, constituted casual or slight violations" ''habitual sales" and what were attempts to commercial ize violations of the law
 Claim Powers Too Broad
 It was insisted that the delegation to the trial judge of authority to classify the offense and to determine the punishment was in violation of the federal constitution which re- quired that congress should classify offenses and prescribe the punish ment.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-13
OFFICIALS CANCEL
 SECOND RACE FOR
 L|P70N'S TROPHY
Make Decision Hour and Half After Start When Boats Make
 Poor Sailing Time
RIVALS COVER LESS THAN
 FIFTH OF DISTANCE TODAY

Eight Miles of Route When Wind
 Starts to Fail Making It Nec-
 essary to Postpone Classic for
 Schooners Being Run at Glou-
 CeSter.
 Gloucester, Mass, Oct. IS R}-- The second race for the Lipton trophy was called off today an hour and half after the start when it became apparent that the schooners had little chance of sailing the course within the time limit. At that time, the rivals, the Bluenose and Thebaud had covered eight miles or slightly less than a fifth of the course and the breeze was failing.
 On Nearly Even Terms
 The schooners were racing on nearly even terms when the com- mittee signalled them to return to port. Bluenose, having headed Thebaud for the first time since the series opened, led Thebaud at the six mile mark by half minute. The first two miles of the second leg were sailed with the schooners bow to bow and so close the crews tossed apples back and forth and ex- changed words of banter which car ried far over the water. It was | Bluenose's most serious bid for rulership of the north Atlantic dsh- ing bank since the series opened and her chances of victory today were much improved. The second race will be sailed tomorrow, weather permitting.
 Flat Calm At A. M.
 The crews preparing for the start. found fiat calm with breeze making up from the westward at o'clock this morning.
 Shortly after o'clock the race was postponed 30 minutes on the continued absence of breeze.
 The breeze had not strengthened sufficiently at 9:30 and the commit tee signalled another half hour postponement delaying the start at least until Il o'clock. Officers on the C. G. destroyer 'ConynghAm. press and committee boat, placed the velocity of the breeze at miles an hour.
 Both schooners reached the start | ing line at II o'clock. Bluenose beat out the harbor under her own canvas, but Thebaud took 6 line from a tug part of the way. Cap tain Angus and Captain Ben came alongside for instructions and then went jogging about the committee boat.
 / In the light air it was evident the 1 Gloucester boat found herself better off than Bluenose. AS the rival schooners met their crews lined the rail and exchanged cheers that could be heard miles across the water.
 At 10:30 the committee signalled course No. 2, making the first leg a beat reach out to sea. The wind seemed to be failing.
 Captain Ben had the better of it at the start. He gained the weather berth for Thebaud and put her across IS seconds ahead of the Blue nose. The Gloucester boat also had much more way on her and almost Immediately opened up lead of about six boat lengths
 Woman on Committee Boat A young woman, Miss Jean Elwell of Gloucester, was discovered aboard the Conyngham. She came aboard clad in mems attire and uncertain ly puffing a pipe. It was too late to do anything about it so she re- mained aboard. The only woman in mans domain.
 Captain Angus got Bluenose go- ing at 11:S0. He was pressing the Continued on Page Two)
New Britain herald., 1930-10-13
And-JeWish RoWdyism Turns Opening of Reich Into Reign
 Of Disorder
FEW REICHSTAG ADJ0URNS
 AFTER ONE HOUR SESSION
l.tremists Almost Go Iinto Fistic Encounters Directly Under Speak CTS Table When Fascists Enragc Communists by Failure 70 Support Their Moion-Jeers Greet Party Leaders Attending Session.

Berlin, Oct. 13 (P-Troops of fas- list rioters, stormil1g through down. own Berlin, smashing shop win lows and firing pistols into the air. turned the opening of Germany's aew Reichstag today into a wild reign of anti-Jewish rowdyism.
 The violence of the fascists and rioting of communists in the shad- ow of the parliament building, at the edge of the famous Tiergarten' .axed police efforts and threw the proceedings of the Reichstag itself .nto relative obscurity.
 Smash Auto Windows
 On the Potsdamerplatz the riot ITS who wore no uniforms and were dentifable only by their shouts of Hail Hitler" smashed the windows of the Palast cafe as well as those of limousines parked outside 1t.
 The rioters numbered about 300 and added a wild west touch to their activities by firing their pistols in the air.
 The Reichstag itself convened at o'clock and after a session Of a little more than an hour, adjourned till Wednesday.
 With the mention of adjourn ment the communists raised a storm, insisting that a session be held tomorrow for a vote of no con- tidence in the Bruening cabinet, for a vote on stoppage of Young pay ments and for revocation of the or der outlawing the Red Front com munist organization.
 Blow Police Whistles
 The fascists joined in, blowing po- lice whistles and drowning all yer bal arguments.
 The communist motion failed of support, although fascists approved the Young plan reference by shout ing:
 Quite right"
 Both sections of extremists almost went into fstic encounters directly under the speakers table. as the communists were enraged by the fascist failure to support their mo- ton.
 All were induced to take their seats before casualties occurred and shortly afterward the body adjourn ed until 3 o'clock Wednesday after noon.
 Aged Member Presides
 The brief session today was pre- sided over by the venerable Centrist Herold whose S2 years entitled him as the oldest member. to that honor. The members of the cabinet, headed by Chancellor Bruening, took their places not on the ministerial benches, but on the floor with their respective parties.
 When the white bearded Herold read his pedigree and requested any one older than himself to come for ward, the communists called out: There's where the fascists missed their chance"
 The communists continued, with numerous ironical Interruptions, to try to retard the business program, but the fascists remained quiet. They became demonstrative only when one of their number was nominated as one of four temporary secre- taries. As he took his seat next to the chairman he gave the fascist salute to his comrades, in which
 Continued on Page Two)
New Britain herald., 1930-10-13
City Officials Believe No Legal Objections Will Bar Emer-
 Sency Project
SPECIAL TAX WILL BE SPREAD OVER FIVE YEARS
Necessity Created Because $105,O00 Note Issue Was Not Approved By Lawyers-$1OO,OOO to Be Trans ferred to Street Fund and $50, 900 to Public Welfare Department Finance Board Meets Wednesday

tuldIlCS bOdTu MeetS NeulltSudS
 Although the firm of Boston law yers who found a flaw in the legal ity of the recent issue of $105, 900 street fund notes, thereby prevent ing the city from borrowing money for use to carry on street department operations, decline to say definitely that the iproposed alternative plan of borrowing s150,00O and paying 1t back out of taxes spread over a five year period is satisfactory, Mayor Quigley today announced that the board of finance and taxation will hold a special meeting at noon We'd nesday to recommend to the con- mon council that the new plan be carried out
 The Boston lawyers, according to the mayor, have notified the city that they would not pass on the plan one way or another, but Corpora tion Counsel J. H. kirkham, Mayor Quigley and other city officials con- versant with city finances are of the encountered with it. Corporation Counsel Kirkham informed the may or that it is legal to spread the tax over the five year period and other assurances have been received, the mayor said, that the city can borrow the money under this arrangement for paying it back.
 Special Tax For Five Years
 Mayor Quigley said there will be special meeting of the common council prior to the regular meet ing Wednesday night to receive the recommendation of the board of finance and taxation. and if the ap- proval of the council is forthcoming steps will be taken immediately to borrow the money. The plan is to levy special tax each year for five years, thus raising s30,0o0 annual ly, rather than to levy tax of one mill and one-half fon next years grand list alone to raise s150,00O u a single year. s.-Y--
 The objection of the Boston law yers to the S105,00O issue was that the act of 1921 of the general as- semly specified that the city's net grand list must be the basis for es- tinating the indebtedness and there fore the debt limit fixed by law would be exceeded by the issue. Other acts of the general assembly permitted the use of the gross grand list in estimating the limit of indebt- edness.
 To Supply Two Departments
 The $150,00O which it is proposed to borrow will be divided between the street department and the pub lie welfare department, Mayor Quig- ley said, $100,000 for the former and $50,000 for the latter. There is an urgent need for money in the street department, where the aver age weekly payroll is between S6000 and $7000 and there is also charge for materials against it. At the pre:5- ent rate of expenditures in the street department, the money on hand will be entirely spent in approximately three weeks.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-13
Brazilian Revolutionists Enter
 Coastal City of Florianopolis

Do Sul where the rebels headquar- ters are located.
 As long as the city was in the hands of the federals, the rebel forces have been kept separated with consequent diminution of their ability to concentrate against Sac Paulo where the government is still in control.
 Battle For State
 Montevideo, Uruguay, Oct. IS P) "A battle for the state of Sao Paulo, richest prize of southern Brazil, appeared today to be in it's initial stages, with both insurgent and federal armies claiming victory in scattering advance guard con- tacts.
 General Miguel Costa, rebel com mander, reported that troops of his right had crossed the border of Sac Paulo and taken the towns of (Continued on Page TMol
New Britain herald., 1930-10-13

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-14
Keystone Corruption

In devoting attention to the campaign fund snar
In Illinois, the senate primary investigation commit
tee should not forget about the probably sit
uation in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, by its unen-
viabe record has earned a sort of priority in such
probes
And in addition to its earlier record, Pennsyl-
vania merits special observation during this pri-
mary because of the extreme charges made by the
candidates
According to Clifford Pinchot, who is running for the
glbernatoria nomination again. there have been so
600 fake registrations in the Pittsburgh area, and
100000 in Philadelphia. until about $4,000 dis
carded recently.
Grundy socalled king of the lobbyists, who is try
ing to succeed himself senator a higher tariff
ticket has made charges against Aterbury national
committeeman. And Grundy's opponent Secretary of
Labor James j Davis, has made sweeping charges on
the other side
Therefore, surprised when Chairman
Nye of the senate committee announced that he
would go to Pennsylvania before the primary to in
vestigate Now it seems that he has changed his
mind
The time to gather evidence all this alleged
corruption is during the primary battle. Should not
Nye and his associates get busy in Pennsylvania before
the trail grows cold If So there is time to lose.
The primary is next Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-14
Claiming the Baby

Almost exactly $50 years ago new baby was pre-
scented &C society in the form of the prison sys
tenn. The mother the Society of Friends and the
maternity hospital was the Quaker colonies of West
Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Prior to this time, convicS had been punished by
Topping off ears noses and hands, by brutal whppings
by stocks pillory and ducklng STOOL and by fines. NO
cody was confined in jaiS prisons for punishment
The Friends took their Christianity seriously. They
scarcely could believe that their Master would ap-
prove the bloody doings of judges sheriffs and
noggers So they proposed to substitute Imprisonment;
at hard labor.
This would punish the criminal, through taking
him away from social life and would reform him by
giving him an opportunity to contemplate the I'M
happy results of his misconduct
1t was not until the opening of the nineteenth
century that the prison system adopted uni
versallv by the United States and the civilized
tries of Europe.
But the baby never grew up. 1t has suffered from
arrested Developments of institutional cretin-
ISM After century of life, the system is just what
it was in 1880. The Eastern penitentiary at Phila-
delpha is we'll administered today prisons go. But
it is no more humanely or inteHgenty in 1880
than it was when it opened its doors in 1929
The Friends are becoming alarmed Justly the
sad estate of their infant propose heroic treat
ment-admin straton of ganduar extract in the form
of thorough overhau.ing of prison discipline. The
annual meeting of the Society of Friends in New YORK
City complains that:
Every one of us has been aroused by the tragic
outbreaks in prisons this last and desires to
nave some change in our system We know that a
great deal of the trouble has been due to over
crowded conditions the small of money allot-
ted for food, and the poor parole system.
The Friends not only have definite duty to bring
up their child Their excellent record for sound sense
humanitarian devotion and persistence in their pro-
grams offer some prospect that they actually may get
the youngster to walking on it's own legs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-14
HonYer'S New Proposal

1t is not clear from President Hoover's speech to
The United States Chamber of Commerce recently
Just what he expects to achieve by his newest
commission proposal, that has not been accomplished
by the two previous official commissions on business
conditions in which he had hand. We refer to the
Hoover unemployment commission of 1922 and the
commission on recent economic changes which re-
ported last year.
But whatever the President hopes to gain by his
proposed commission presumably no report will result
for year or so.
Meanwhile, it seems to us very important that the
President make some use of the brilliant report on
recent economic changes and that he support in
congress the Wagner bills making effective the long
neglected recommendations of the 1922 Hoover un-
employment commission
For after ALL if there is any virtue in this method,
it must be not in the delays caused by such commits
sions but in the concrete result produced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-14

sent it from the Volstead heaven
which prompted the good Bishop
Cannon to buy Lehigh Valley rail-
road stock on a slim margin?
I think it might have been in
teresting if Senator Blaine had
asked the mullah to explain just
what the word of God" meant to
him.
1 rather think that this tribal
deity of the drys might be described
as standing fully an inch and half
taller than Mcbride himself, a
Republican, Of course, probably a
Kansan, and certainly a lobbyist.
Prohibition theology is simple
enough. The test is faith. Works
are of no moment. The fact that
the eighteenth amendment has
ripped asunder liberty can be moth
ing to a man who feels that he acts
under any divine guidance. Argu-
ments are nothing. Proof is moth
ing. The will of the majority is
even less.
The voice of the people hardly can
be the voice of God to a man who
carries around with him in his own
vest pocket a docile deity content to
sanction every word and deed of the
earthly leader with little rubber
stamp bearing the divine o. x
Allah.
copyright. 1880. by The Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-14
REASON By FE EzRBEs

TINE passing of Deadwood Dick means little to
L kids of this age, but it will be learned with re-
greet by the bald heads who used to read the for
hidden classics of the wild frontier up in the old
hay NOV.
Those were riotous days in the west; Indian up
risngs were imminent; stage and cattle bandits were
everywhere and lynchingS we're to that time what
bridge whist is to ours only the ion-heared accepted
the post of sheriff. and the frontersman was only
half dressed without his hardware
OEADWOOD DICK, Pawnee Bill, Buffalo Bill WILD
~ Bill ana Captain Jack Crawford were among
those whose exploits charmed the youthful mind
while the James boys eXerted that magic spell re-
served for outlaws
He can see those old yellow backs now, with their
blooS and thunder covers the hero riding foam
mo steed gun in each hand and frequently one in
his teeth.
We call them novels and the price was only half
a dime.
Every nelghborhood had its revolving library, the
kids trading their novels when read, and needed
only nickel to belong to the cultured circle.
Diligent readers kept informed as to the volumes
of other kids and "irsts and seconds we're reserved
While one would hardly recommend those novels
to the young, their characters were superior to al
Who ply the art Oh standardized crime in our day
or the weSternerS took a long chance and they hac
10 alliance With crooked politicians.
They iron desperadoes who dehed the world
NEADWOOD DICK perhaps the only frontier
- hero. born abroad, he first seeing the light If
England il 1S45 and coming to this country when II
years old
He left illinois as a young man. making the long
overland journey &c the Black Hills with party Of
proSpectors IN response to the gold fever.
Deadwood Dick stood for the ~old west" the wes
which ured endless caravans of covered wagons
baking Kansas the west which to give North
America its grandest thrill
One thing. however, must have caused Deadwooc
Dick to regard his life as utter failure-he dice
with his boots OF.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-14

THIS earliest civilization was the
i product of little-known race,
DR.. Speiser said, claiming that it
could be established beyond doubt
that it was not the work of any Of
the Well-known ancient races, such
as the Sumerian, Semitic, or Indo-
European.
DR.. Speiser also said that it could
be proved that Mesopotamia was in
habited by this same race, which he
calls the Elamite, prior to the COM
ing of the Sumerians.
1T thus becomes evident that
prior to the arrival Of the Sum-
erians, and before the appearance of
the Semites, Mesopotamia and the
hill country to the east were in
habited by single racial stock,
which in historic times energies in
several important subdivisions" he
continued.
I'VE thus have arrived at the re-
markable and rather unexpected
conclusion that the large section Of
the Near East, which extends from
the Mediterranean coast far into
the highlands of Persia, and which
includes such important districts as
Palestine, Syria and Mesopotamia,
originally was occupied by single
ethnic group which employed re-
lated languages and whose cultural
life was identical in many impor-
tant details.
Radically, the speakers of these
languages are looked upon essen
italy as members of the division Of
the human race known as the AL
pine stock" IT,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-14
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

that in Europe, especially in Ger
many, suffering is considered to be
difficult speech and stammering in
correct speech.
III this country, suffering is as
ISOLATED with the reduplication Of
sound and stammering with hest
tation in speech.
The basis of this disorder is in
most instances in the temperament
and emotional instability. STAN.
merers are likely to be hypersensi-
tive, easily excited, sometimes
melancholy, overanxious and suSpi-
ciouS.
Absent mindedness is not infre-
quent among sufferers and the
psychological study is likely to be
far more important than the study
of their physical condition.
Nevertheless, it is important in
proper treatment of this disorder to
find out everything that may be
wrong physically, mentally and vo-
cally.
Sometimes the removal of large
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-14
Knowing RIGHT From Wrong

Shall our courts be notions OF the thlrteentn
or she twentieth century? This is the question in
volved in the legal of insanity in our criminal
courts The legal issue in such is whether the
defendant can tell right from wrong.
The picture was well outlined in the case Of
Anthony Motelito who recently murdered principal
keeper Beckwith at Auburn prison. According to the
press reports:
THE defense called only one witness, DR.. Frank l.
Heacox He testified that Motelito on the prison
records was cassed mentally as with the in
teigence of child of II. DR. Heacox however testi-
fed that he regarded Motelito and said he
knew right from wrong
This raises the crucial question Of just what is
right and wrong and how derive our notions OF
right ano wrong. The lega theory comes down from
the Middle Ages This nold> that there is some abso-
lutte and abstract right wrong which We may all
recognize irrespective of birth and of life experience
There is one right Tor moron and genius. rich and
DOOR, black and white. missionary and criminal. The
sane mar recognizes this ABSOLUTE right day night
The man who can not do so is insane.
Does such a view coincioe with either sense or
science2
Our theories of right ana wrong are built up by our
life experiences Imagine Kansas Methodist taking
the same view of The right wrong of drinking as
an ex-bartender in New York City. Picture cowboy
and q Greenwich II. age poet entertaining the
notions as to the ethics o. horse stealing Compare
Cardinal Hayes and Margaret Ranger on birth control
Most absurd Of all is the notion that the habtual
and wrong as the law-abidng citizen The criminal