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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26
ANAA AOOA Lands

'uERES something that's not calculated to make
you bend double when you bow to the goddess
of liberty.
Howard E. White, Princeton graduate lawyer
and man of social prominence, is paroled from
Sing Sing after serving year for stealing 100000
from his clients
Had he been an ignorant man, d fod carrier and
OF no social prominence with the four hundred and
had he stolen just five dollars the chances are that
he would have stayed in Sing Sing for some time
to come.
And still some wonder why common folks do not
worship constituted authority
XXTHEN you young and listen to Fourth of July
w speeches and nhale the fragrance of the propo-
stion that all men are equal before the law you
think republican form Of government is the last
word in human justice, but you go down through
the years and see the hideous face of influence at
every turn. you have your doubts.
We are not quite ready to trade off the establish
ment we have, but the fact does remain that mon
archieS along with their defects and abuses do have
one great advantage and it is that the majesty of
authority is accepted by high and low and respect
for law is Unborn.
And for their crimes the high suffer far more than
in so-called popular government
Mot so long ago, for instance, very prominent
l member of the British parliament violated the
law and he was sent to prison so swiftly that the
wind blew through his whiskers.
Yet here where we boast of the equality of men
before the law exSecretary Fall still plays horse with
the U. S. A. years and years after his Indictment.
day or ago the supreme court of Illinois grant,
ed new trial to Baby Face Doody," notorious killer
Of Chicago, who was captured and convicted after
very great effort on the part of the authorities
If the machine doesn't break down In one place it
does in another.
A ND right here In Indiana our supreme court tv,ca
\ saved from the chair confessed killer Of a M
Hceman.
Finally he was tried and given sentence for man.
slaughter and no doubt after two or three years he
viii be let out.
Some day these chickens wiz come home to roost In
America.
You and may not be here TO serve on the recep-
sion committee. but the chickens win coma just the
same.
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Questions and
Answers

What is the address of Irving
Berlin?
1907 Broadway, New York.
How may sex be distinguished in
a pigeon?
The following differences are ap-
parent: Males are usually larger
than females, coarser in appear
ance, and noiSier. They are gen.
orally on the nest during the day
time, and the females during the
night. Males are more pugnacious
and may be seen driving their mate;
to the nest. The male breast bona
Is longer than the females. If yoU
Sieze a bird by the beak and legs
and draw them apart, the female
throws its tail up and the male
hangs it close to the body.
Who holds the world record fol
deep-sea diving?
William Beebe and Otis Barton. II
steel ball with fused quartz win.
dows descended to a depth Of I,42C
feet of Nonesuch Island, Bermuda
Their object was to study marine
life. This record was made IL
June, 1880.
What is the name Of the sigma.
ture music played by the Coca CcIs
radio orchestra?
1t has no title and was composed
especially for the program b.
Leonard JOY, leader Of the orches.
ira
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26
Capone Takes Spotlight

CENATOR DAVIS of PennSyl-
~ vania appears before the senate
lobby committee to deny that he
ever took anything from anybody
IN connection with the sugar tariff.
His action is all the more sur
priSing because no one can be found
to accuse him Of doing SO.
Equally unexpected and Spectacu-
lar was the voluntary appearance of
"Scarface" Al Capone before a fed
eral court in Chicago to answer a
two-year-old contempt charge and
his arrest by Chicago police as he
was leaving the courtroom.
No doubt, Mr.. Capone regarded
the morning of his triumph in re-
nominating big Bill" Thompson as
an suspicious moment in which to
clean things up, but better men
than he have made mistakes, and
who knows?
AT all events, the generalissimo
OF ChIcago'S racket now must prove
that he is not public enemy
within the strictest meaning of the
word, and though he apparently has
been indicated by the Republican
party, the city at large remains to
be heard from.
If Chicago does not 60 Demo-
cratic this trip. repudiating not only
the Thompson regime, but the
gangs that are back of it, outsiders
VIII be pardoned for suspecting that
the town really enjoys its bad repute
and that their sympathy has been
wasted.
But James Hamilton Lewis won.
and there is hope.
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MiIkweed Butterfly

XXTITHIN the last few years,
w Clark has made extensive OBJ
servations Of butterflies in the gen.
eral region of Washington and the
District of Columbia.
THE milkweed butterfly normally
is not very common In this region,
six or eight, perhaps as many as a
dozen, but seldom more, being seen
in a large field at the end of the
season.
ut was unusually scarce in the
dry summer Of 1880. On Sept. Is
in the extensive meadows west of
Cabin John only four or five were
to be found.
ION Sept. 16 there was a heavy
shower in the afternoon. On Sept.
II, these butterflies had increased
enormously in numbers, and those
present in the meadows were with
out exception quite fresh; further
more, by far the greater part OF
those captured were males.
A visit on the following day
showed this insect to be still more
numerous, out-numbering all the
other kinds of butterflies combined.
while of those captured a slight ma
jority were females.
"On Sept. 1.-THE day of their
first appearance il large numbers
the individual butterflies were more
or less evenly distributed over the
fields, feeding everywhere on the
goldenrod and also on the few and
widely scattered thistles.
"On the next day conditions we're
about the same, but sometimes as
many as four or five would be seen
on a single thistle.
"On the succeeding day it was no.
ticed that the butterflies had to a
certain extent become gregarious.
They no longer were distributed
evenly over the field but were to
be found In more or less widely
separated areas, when, for instance.
from half dozen to dozen would
be feeding on the goldenrod In a
space ten or fifteen feet square"
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an unframed or inexperienced en-
ploye attempt to remove any for
eign body from the eye.
2. Immediately after an accident,
the eye may be bathed with suita-
BILE mild aseptic solutions, prefer
ably a weak solution of boric acid
made with Sterilized water.
3. The eye should be covered with
a sterile Dandage moistened with
this solution.
4. The person whose eye is in
volved should be sent Immediately
to the physician, who is in charge
of such cases.
If the factory or workshop does
not have a first aid department,
arrangements should be made with
some nearby hospital or medical
institution to give prompt attention
to such cases. This will mean the
avoidance of a great deal of I'M
necessary blindness and further
more a much shorter period of dis
ability than otherwise is the case.
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ZZf-ENS~
[1IF3|9'[MY!$S$SfYI

VICTOR HUGO'S BIRTH
February rs

February rs
NN Feb. rs, 1902, Victor Hugo,
" the greatest French poet Of his
century, distinguished dramatist,
novelist, essayist and politician,
was, born at Besancon, France.
AS a child he was taken in the
train of his father, a French gen.
eral, through southern France and
finally Spain, where his education
was begun at Mobiles college, Ma
dtid.
Hugo married a cousin in 1922.
-Four years later his tragedy,
Cromwell" established him the
leader Of the romantic movement
in literature. With the success Of
his "Ruy Bias" the French acad-
envy admitted Hugo to its member
ship.
To distract himself from the grief
occasioned by the drowning Of his
daughter, Hugo plunged into poll
tics. Created peer in l845, he sat
in the constituent assembly Of
France.
When he was banished from the
country by Louis Napoleon. Hugo
went to Brussels and London,
where he began his LES Miser-
ables," perhaps KS greatest work,
he died In Paris at the age Of g.
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One Direction

nU1IERFbI InBIdIlOAAo A6AOAS
D involve more than a portion,
and very often only a small portion
of the individuals in any given
region, Clark says.
so far as the individuals are
concerned, the migrations are in
one direction only, and so far as
the species Is concerned, there sell
dom is any definite indication OF
return movement" he continues.
There also are other differences
between migrations of birds and so
called migrations Of butterflies, but
there also are some curious CORE
spondences.
"TheS problem Of the so-called
migrations of butterflies is q very
complex one, involving a great
number Of diverse factors.
I'm some butterflies, migration is
a regularly recurrent, usually an
nual, phenomenon, while in others
it takes place only occasionally. In
some 1t is more or less characters
tic Of certain forms within species,
but never occurs in alternate forms.
''It is probable that many butter
flies not usually so regarded are in
reality migratory, travelling always
as independent individuals and
chiefly at night.
Most migratory movements
among the butterflies seem to be
traceable to three causes-flrst, the
natural propensity Of a gregariouS
species to wander; second, the in
ability Of the males Of certain Spe-
cieS to live together If their number
in given area exceeds a more or
less definite maximum, and third,
destruction Of the food plant, or
some other adverse circumstance
affecting more or less extensive
region
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26

same passion to ascertain the
breeding and the past performances
of sodium chloride which he has for
looking up the record of Sun Beau?
However, I have no intention of
slandering the excellent horses
which run hereaboutS. I wish, for
instance, to extend my fluctuations
to AL Jolson.
When I noticed that horse of
his named Concord was entered
made a sentimental bet upon the
nag of the great comedian. And
I must say for Jolson's horse that
it is most consistent colt-ninth
to start, ninth at the half, ninth in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26
SCIENCE
~ DAVID DEFY.

Butterflies Emulate Birds and
Make Migrations, Biologist
Finds.
BUTTERFLY migrations, resem-
% bling In some particulars the
vibrations OF birds, take place, &C
cordinQ to DR.. Austin H. Clark
distinguished biologist Of the Smith
sonian Institution Of Washington.
Great multitudes Of butterflies,
fIying steadily onward In definite
direction after the fashion Of the
flocks of birds which pass south In
autumn and return in spring, often
have been reported" he says. IN
deed. in many regions these mass
movements of the butterflies are so
very striking that no one can fan 70
notice them"
Clark calls attention 70 the fact
that there are important differences
between the migrations OF birds and
those of butterflies.
Bird migrations are typicany
movements of a very definite nature
from the breeding grounds to an
other region more or less remote
and back again, usually by the same
path" he says.
I'm the case Of birds, the round
trip Is completed several or many
times in the life Of each Of the
individuals, and the movement usu-
ally involves all individuals Of Spe-
cies in a given breeding area"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26

and downtrodden, with treacherous
intrigues, despotic tyranny and the
most diabolical horrors, and revive
again the divine right of kings to
rule, the Identical things that
brought about the birth of America.
In other words, 1t is tantamount
to saying he thinks it would have
been better had America never
been born. Perhaps in his ssrvility
to the powers that be, If he dared,
he would say that free America
ought to commit suicide and re-
turn to the old regime of rule By
divine right.
WILLIAM MARSHALL SR..
1401 Hoyt avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26

INVEST OF THE HUDSON.-Al-
wv though the columns of the
last few days may have suggested
that the conductor of this strip was
absent upon an idling trip in search
Of recreation, that is not the case.
I am attending to parental duty
and supervising my son through a
school vacation.
BY now I have begun to wonder
whether Aqua Caliente is precisely
the place for an impressionable lad
of IL. He runs the risk of gaining
the suspicion that his father is an
inveterate gambler.
Fortunately the rules forbid all
minors from entering the Casino,
but am afraid that Haywood
Broun is skeptical at such times as
I tell him that I am going to wan
der out to take hot sulphur bath
for purposes of reduction.
If I had truly spent all these
hours under steam and massage
there would be little left of me. But,
for that matter, roulette takes a lot
out of you.
How much did you lose?" asked
the slightly younger Broun the last
time I spoke of healing waters and
ventured out. About 65," I said,
and am afraid that even a minor
would catch the slip and realize
that it couldn't have been in pounds
Of fatty tissue.
No, not even in my case, but there
IS more about which I must worry
than the mere matter of setting a
bad example. There is no age limit
at the race track, and the Broun
heir is having his first encounter
with the sport OF kings. Worst of
all, he is winning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26
A Lesson

EOR all I know, he may believe
Il that picking winners is likely
and suitable profession. Although
it's true I've gambled here, I've done
my very best to make my own par
ticipation in a vice point out a
moral lesson.
With that end in view have
endeavored sedulously to select
losers, and I have succeeded very
prettily.
The plan was simple. It was
my notion that if I lost my shirt
here in a few days the lad would
get a first-hand laboratory demon
Stration of the evils of gambling
and would become convinced that
1t Is a snare and a delusion.
But even in a sinister situation
some facts Of good may yet be
found. I am delighted to find my
self the father of a Studious son.
His school reports have been good,
but I doubt that he ever went after
his mathematics or his Latin with
the same zest with which he digs
into the dope sheet.
Over past performances he burns
the midnight oil, and when we reach
the track the following day he can
name not only the father and
mother Of every horse, but the
grandsire as well.
He knows the leading jockeys and
whether the track was fast or slow
the last time out.
= n
An Experiment
IN the beginning I tried to keep
L the dope sheet out Of Woodie's
hands and, failing that. I now am
intent on pointing out to him that
this is his first experiment in scien-
tific research.
I am hoping that his present
course of training in obtaining and
correlating all the known facts on
q particular problem may come In
time to help him In his chemistry
and physics.
Why shouldn't 8 lad haEa che
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It's Honor

VOU know just where you stand
Il every minute. But before re-
turning to New York I want to try g
little scientific research of my own
In Tia Juana stands a bar which
featured drink called pisco punch
which is said to be compounded out
Of Peruvian brandy. And above the
bar there hangs a blatant and Of
fensive sign which proclaims: mot
more than three pisco punches to
any one customer" The legend is
that even two will toss patron for
ten-yard loss.
I'm going down now to order four
They can't dare me in that way, and
if these are the last words from me,
please remember that did it all for
science and the honor of Manhat-
tan.
Copyright. 1881. BY The T1nes)
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The "Chinee Crew"

New complaints from officials Of the Mexican
embassy a. to treatment Of Mexican workers in the
Alaska salmon canneries recall sensational expose
Of this amazing Chinese contract system" pub
uslled several years ago by scripps-Howard news
papers
Disguised as q salmon hand. RerOTssrN Max Stern
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association ana of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.

Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association ana of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
4 MONG all the industries in
IA which workmen are exposed to
eye accidents, the metallurgic in
dustrieS stand well at the head.
The figure for these industries
varies between Is and 35 per cent,
according to Professor De Laper-
some, president Of the International
Association for the Prevention Of
Blindness, and the figure is even
higher if related industries, such as
railway, motor. and airplane works,
are included.
The nature of the accident usu-
ally is a foreign body in the eye,
such as a piece Of metal, or pene-
trating wound, such as is caused
when some flying particle penetrates
the tissue.
A penetrating wound is always
serious, causing blindness in the eye
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26

ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those Of
one of Americas most inter.
esting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this Uaper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26

shipped out Of San Francisco on the old Emily Whit
ney, Of the notorious hell ships" Of the Pacific
coast salmon canning feet.
For thirty-three days he lived In the sinking
fo'castle of this old windjammer. For month he
worked in one Of the worst Of the Alaskan salmon
canneries. Then he escaped from his Chinese boss
and told the story.
What he found still exists The old feet Of wind
TANNERS has been replaced largely by steam vessels
and the sentence of misery has been cut down But
that strange anachronsm the Chinese contract sys-
tenn. persists.
hangover from the California mining days this
is when Chinese did the rough work for the miners
it has no conceivable place in modern world Yet
thousands Of men each year hire out to Chinese
bosses, paid miserable wages worked long hours
encouraged to spend their wages with Chinese and
white outhtters, gamblers and other exploiters
system Of fines agreed to in the contract further
cuts down the net earnings for the fve-month sea-
son. Often the salmon worker returns actually II,
debt to the Chinese contractor after shaving a whole
season.
The remedy is simple. Abolish the Chinese con-
tract system by having the company hire all their
hands directly Big improvements have been made
by the salmon companies in housing and in trans
portation
The fishermen possibly because they have strong
skilled labor still is hired under system that belongs
to past generation
II the companies refuse to modernize their labor
system, they should be forced to do so by law The
"Chinee crew" is disgrace to American industry
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Daily Thought

Blessed Is the man that endur-
eth teInptatiOn.-James liz.
When man resisteth sin on hui
man motives only, he will not hold
out long.--Bishop Wilson.
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Act to Curb PIRACY

THE same outfit that supplies Fl.
l. Worth with gas also supplies
it to some 20 other cities and towns
in this section, at least seventy-five
of which can be described as i'm
portant.
Each and every one Of these cities
and towns has been stirred up by
Ft. Worth'S action, and it looks as
though a large portion of them
would pursue the same tactics.
There is plenty of gas and there
are plenty Of pipeline companies
willing to furnish it at reasonable
wholesale rate, provided they can he
assured the communities are in
earnest.
Meanwhile, a bill has ben in
PRODUCED at Austin to investigate the
entire public utility situation, with a
view to creating a form of statewide
regulation that would prevent a
holding company from overcharging
town or city by arbitrarily hiking
the price at the gate outside its
limits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26

On which finger should class rings
be worn?
Either on the little or the third
finger. 1t is a matter Of personal
taste.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26

head lamp has been invited for pedestrian. Now
when they voiate traffic rule they'll surely be &C
cuSed Of being lighted up
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Silver Is said to be at its lowest value in years This
seems to be the right time to refine those clouds
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professor asks why 1t is good times always ap-
proach when womens skirts grow shorter Well in the
old times it meant more hustle and hustle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26

professor in Ohio university says potatoes NAV
yet provide rubber. When the time arrives they'll
probably be called inner tubers.
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IT SEEMS TO ME BY H BESSS

the stretch and ninth at the finish.
When you bet on a horse like that
there is no occasion for worry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-26

All writer's who have had manuscripts rejected will
envy the position OF Erich Remarque, author of "Al
Quiet on the western Front" With twenty one pub
fishers after his next book he must reject twenty of
them.
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group Of physicians gave an annual art exhibit
ton in New York recently Did the adn1iring spec
tators open their mouths instinctvey and say "Ah?"
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1t won't be long now before the first symptoms Of
love sickness will begin to show you know, those
dizzy" spells.
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The United States exported more than 27,oOo 0OC
artificial teeth last year. No wonder We are repre-
sented so falsely abroad.
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Andy Mellon loathe to part with the cash voted
for certain appropriations, might Of course prevail
upon congress to observe Thrift week
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Lets hope thereu be no hard feelings" as tn
wary patient said to the chiropractor
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AL Capone Is insulted because General Smedle
Butler said he ought to be deported. Now maybe A
expects an apology from the government.
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A physicians art exhibit is not to be taken toe
lightly Some Of the medcos probably are famed 70,
their iodine paintings.
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Hot-headed members of the Austrian parliament
threw ink pots at each other. The country well may
regard this as blot on its legislative history.
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MussoIini and Stimson

seRTe1S-HowAkl
The Washington times., 1931-03-20
ROhWer Appointed
To Entomology Post

s. A. Rohwer, assistant chief of
the plant quarantine and control
administration, United States De
partment of Agriculture, has been
appointed to the office Of assist
ant chief of the Bureau of Ento-
mology. the post recently made
vacant by the resignation Of John
E. Graf.
Mr.. Rohwer has been connected
with the Bureau of Entomology
since 1900