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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
Deryish Dance

LIVERY dry leader in the coun-
- try began to whirl about in
dervish fashion uttering little yips
of Joy.
In the home of Mrs. Boole the
Sarsaparilla flowed like water. Not
a single editorial commentator con-
Strued the message as meaning any,
thing but that here at last all pos
sible doubt and speculation as to
Hoover's attitude had ended.
This time he had revealed him
self not only as a dry but as a
thirty-Second degree dry, which
carries with it the privilege of re-
ferring to Mrs. Boole as Ella.
But once again, after very short
delay, it turned out that Herbert
Clark Hoover had been misunder-
stood.
It seems that the Presidents
mind is still open. At least that is
what "a friend of the President"
and other spokesman say. Still
open!
Just the same, I wouldn't advise
any camel to abandon its tradi-
tional practice of trying to pass
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30

1T might be we'll some day to
l. have a President capable of
writing and speaking the English
language with sufficient clarity for
everybody's comprehension.
His mo- would mean precisely
that, and what he did oppose and
what he favored would be known to
all.
AS things stand now, we have first
the official statement and after that
the explanation of a spokesman"
saying that every never" should be
read to mean well, hardly ever"
and that enforce the law" must be
construed as something said just
after Hoover had whirled about
three times and faced toward
Kansas.
Really, It's getting hard to see
the President because of the heavy
foliage OF footnotes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
M. E. Tracy
If General Butler Had Picked
out Stain or Sdndino as a.
Target There Would Be
Less Communion.
SAYS.
Less CommotioR.

CTOCKTON, cal, Jan. 3o-Gen.
- Butler shouldn't have said it,
Of course.
No one should say anything
which isn't true, even to the ex-
tent Of repetition.
Mussolini mad a perfect right to
Squawk, while Secretary Stim5on
had little choice but to play tele-
phone operator and whisper, "Ex-
cuse it please
To give the show substance,
Secretary of Navy Adams must
order a court-martial and tell Gen.
Butler to consider himself arrested.
Such stage stuff is called for by
international etiquet. It is sup
posed to constitute one Of the most
dependable methods of preserving
peace-rnuch more dependable than
world court, or Kellogg pact,
according to some of our greatest
patriots.
Still, there are exceptions. If
General Butler only had picked out
Stain or SANDING as a target for
his verbal barrage, there probably
would be less commotion.
But this man Mussolini--well,
every one seems overly anxious to
keep him in good humor, for he Is
one of those chaps who might kick
the panels out Of your front door
if he to0lr the notion
Congressman Fish has the right
idea. We should stick to the reds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
A Spokesman
TNHAT seemed plain enough. Blu

THAT seemed plain enough. But
4 there arose in the land a
spokesman who called the news
paper men into conference and ex-
planned that, after all, the amend
ment does not define the word '.in-
toxicating" and that Hoover's state-
ment did not bar him from support
ing the sale of wines or beer Of low
alcoholic content.
This seemed an interesting point
and reporters went to the candidate
to get q Eyes" or ''no'' on how he
stood in regard to any new congress
sional definition OF the word lin
toxicating."
Hoover had nothing to say and in
the south and middle west the ANTI
saloon League whooped It up for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American Medical
Association and OF HyEeia. the Health
MAGAZINE.


ONE of the most serious disOr-
Oders affecting the human eye
is a disease called glaucoma. Thus,
Fassett Edwards, writing to Hygeia,
points csss that it causes Is per cent
of the total blindness in this coun-
try and about one-half the blindness
in adults.
The disease commences insid-
iously, with slight pains in the eye,
perhaps with a little blurring of the
sight and, in general, trouble with
the vision. The patient begins to
see circles about lights and to note
colors about lights seen against a
dark background.
He may visit a half dozen spec
tacle filters and men who have no
special knowledge of disorders of the
eye, who will try to fit him with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
Questions and
Answers

How many men were engaged on
both sides in the Battle Of Water
loo? How many were lost and
captured?
Napoleon had $4,000 men and the
Allies under Wellington had $4,000.
The Allies lost $1,000 killed and
wounded, and the Prussians lost
1000. The French army lost from
$4,000 to $4,000 killed and wounded,
estimates differing because of the
large number of assertions following
the fall of the empire. French
prisoners taken numbered 1000 to
10000.
Where was the first Roman settle
ment in France?
The Romans first settled in Lyons,
France, in 43 B. c., when L.
Manutius Plancus, a lieutenant of
Caesar, founded a Roman colony on
Fourviere Hill, which soon became
the chief colony Of Gaul.
Is it correct to say ''you all" when
referring to everybody present?
The expression is colloquial and
inelegant. When addressing num-
Der of persons the expression should
be "an of you"
She was completed by Sven,
Hunter and Wiggam Richardson,
Ltd, at Newcastle, England, in 1907,
and started her maiden voyage from
Liverpool to New York, Nov. 16,
1907.
Where are the Falls Of Mime
haha?
In small glen about five miles
south Of Minneapolis, Mimi, within
a park belonging to that city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
Too Much Holy Stuff

MOT only with regard to pro-
IN hibition, but with regard to
most other problems, about all we
require is men who will say what
they think and not what they
think somebody else wants them to
say, even if it isn't so good; who
will refuse to vote for laws they
do not intend to obey, and quit
arguing that while they can get
along without being regulated, other
people can't.
The holier-than-thou complex
seems to have obtained a strangle-
hold on our psychology, and that
is not meant as applying only to
fundamentalists, or the Anti-S Saloon
League.
No matter what occurs, some re-
former is sure to come forward with
a remedy at law primarily designed
to make other people safe, clean, or
harmless, as the case may be.
We even are preSuning to guar
antee permanent prosperity by sub
sidizing this class, protecting that,
or uplifting some other, In many
instances against their will.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HR RE64S

through the eye of a needle and
attempt instead to escape from the
head of Herbert Hoover.
Copyright. 1891, BY The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30

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 papef.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
Daily Thought

He that hastenth to be rich has
an evil eye, and considereth not
that poverty shall come upon
hifn.-PrOverbs 28:22.
The heart contracts as the pocket
expands.-Bovee
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30


What language is spoken by the
people in the Union of South Africa?
Both English and Dutch are the
Official languages, and the latter in
cludeS Africans which is the local
dialect spoken by the majority Of
the natives.
Where is the city Of Brisbane?
On the southeast coast of Queens
land, Australia.
How old is Marie DressIer, the
actress?
Who's Who in America" gives her
birth date as Nov. 8, 1873.
What was the population Of Chi
cago in 1850?
29,963.
When did Benjamin GreenIeaf
live, and when was the last edition
Of his arithmetic published?
He lived from 1853 to 1864. The
last edition Of his arithmetic was
in 1853.
What is the value of United States
25-cent paper money, issue of 1874,
with bust Of Washington OF Walker?
It is valued at 80 cents.
What Is the address Of Upton Sim
clair?
Pasadena, Cal.
what Is the area Of AEricag
approximately II 800. 900 square
niles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
Source of Energy

'DR. MEES believes that present
~ studies Of the energy of the
stars eventually may lead to new
sources of energy here on earth.
THE advance in our knowledge
Of the structure of matter has been
OF greatest value in connection with
the light which it has thrown upon
the production of energy by the. sun
and stars" he says.
"It generally is held now that the
source of the energy of the stars is
the matter which they contain and
that, either because of the form of
that matter or because of the con-
ditions in which it exists in the in
terror Of the stars, 1t is being trans
formed into radiation.
"This means that the sun actu-
ally is radiating its own substance
out into space and is losing weight
at the rate of 100000 tons sec
ond.
This prodigious amount, however,
is reducing the weight of the sun
by only / per cent In q hundred
billion years. This has direct rela-
ton to the future life of man, since
it opens up vistas of new sources of
power. az
"At the present time, engineering,
which deals with the production
and application of power, is utiliz-
ing the science of a hundred years
ago.
'Most of our power comes from
the burning of coal, the utilization
Of which in steam engines was re-
lated to the physics of the seven
tenth and eighteenth centuries.
'1she electrical engineer is utiliz-
ing the discoveries of Faraday and
his fellow physicists of the early
nineteenth century, and so far the
discoveries Of physics which CORE
spond to what has been termed the
new era, the era of atomic ply
sics,' have found very little utiliza-
ton by the engineer.
'"The airplane and the automo-
bile depend upon the gas engine,
and the general principles Of the
gas engine were well understood
fifty years ago"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
The White House

DO you call it White Do you
which President Officially" the White having
that engraved stationery? you
the White built it how
has9 How people have lived in it? many
babies have been born there? How have died
weddings celebrated
the White House? How servants
it? its paid the government and
private When gas
put the House. electric
replae replaced heating
the executive offices built
many interesting first citizen
republic will the bulletin prepared bv
washington the COUPON
below send it.
CLIP
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1922 New York avenue Washington D.
want copy WHITE HOUSE and inclose here
with uncanced United States postage stamps
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
FrankneSS Refreshing

nUT here in California, people
" don't feel so close to Mussolini,
which may account for their lack of
excitement over his woes. on the
other hand, they are rather well
acquainted with General Butler and
find It possible to overlook some of
his shortcomings because of his re-
freshing frankness.
They recall that speech he made
in Oakland three years ago, in
which he said, 'the Volstead act is
the silliest piece of class legislation
that ever has been passed." and
they still regard it as superior to
the Wickersham report.
The frank man is bound to put
his foot in it every SO often. Only
trained diplomats, or natural-born
hypocrites can play safe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30

Maybe the linotyper knew what he was up to
when he spelled it "The Iickersham committee"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
A Racket for the Rich

DROHIBITION has become a rich
Il mans racket, which would not
be so bad If the rich men who sup.
port it we're not demoraizing the
entire law enforcement machine.
The revenue produced by bootleg
ging not only has supplied organ
lied vice with such treasure chest
as 1t never dreamed of, but has en-
tered every phase of political adj
ministration in this country, maxi
ing criminals out of some of the
highest officials and heroes out of
some OF the lowest thugs.
General Butler named the thing
for what it was, and it took the
same kind of foolhardy frankness
as got him into trouble with Mus
Solini.
No matter how embarrassing he
may have made things for the state
department, or what measures the
navy department may deem it nee
essary to take for the sake of dis
cipline, Butler deserves credit for
preserving certain qualities of char
acter which never were needed more
in America than they are right now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30

When an artist resists temptation it is easy for
him to say "That's where draw the line"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30

Congress Is reported to be studying way to make
paper money last longer It's a funny thing, but most
of us have been working on the same problem for
some time now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30
He Tells I'm

ENERAL BUTLER appears to
VI be one of those simple souls
who tries to be honest, tries to prac-
tice what he breaches, expects to be
taken at his word, and assumes that
It is safe to take other people at
theirs.
That's how he came to be in for a
piece of cheap back-fence gossip
with regard to Mussolini.
Also, that's how he came to be-
lieve he could do something toward
enforcing the VoIstead act and
allowed himself to be made the goat
in Philadelphia.
81 thought it was written for
everybody" he said in his famous
Oakland speech on the Volstead act,
"but I found that it wasn't. There
is plenty to supply the demand for
vice and corruption in the upper
crust, but the poor man is left with
nothing"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30

In a football match in England recently nine play
erS were named Jones' 1t is said spectators had a
hard time keeping up with them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30

Women, says beauty expert, will become bald if
they continue to bob their hair Is the permanent
wave temporary, after all?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30

Still waters run deep, but occasionally the proh-
bition officers find their source
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30

What IS the area Of AIKica7
approximately 1880 900 square
niles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30

What Is the address Of Upton Sin
clair?
Pasadena, Cal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30

Motto of the conservative investor: Gentlemen
prefer bonds"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-30

mud into which It is slipping under his adminstra-
ton The future Of this great and useful organization
must not be risked for the purposes of politics.
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
POSTAL LEASE SCANDAL

For the past session of Con- 9ress, Senator Blaine of Wiscon- sin, has been prodding the Post Office Department, declaring leases for buildings had been made at exorbitant figures and that the Government was paving $16,000,OOO a year for postal leases and that probably 60 per cent of this sum is unwarranted.
 Judge Stone, Circuit Court ot Appeals, St. Louis, recently de- clared that the rental of $120,- 900 a year paid by the govern nent for building lease in St
 Paul, Minn, was Outrageous" He further confirmed confiSca- lion of the building by the gov ernment under condemnation proceedings. This building the value of which was appraised a+
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
BONUS FOR THE BOSSES

Eugene Grace, president of Bethlehem Steel Corporation re : "eives a salary of $12,000 a year. His bonus check has averaged a year since 1918. a t year, a depression year, he rc ceived $1,015,591. George w Hill, president of the American To- eacco Company received $2,22l,- : poo in salary and bonus for last year. These two corporations p4v their labor at lower wages thc ? most of the industrial concern in the United States. StocknOld- ITS have gone to court, challerG ing the right of the companies
 9 give such enormous bonuses 70 the presidents. It is harl; for he average person to appreciat ; what services one man car :'iI ' 70 a corporation to make n ex- oenditure Of S2,231,Oo0 in ore year worth while.
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
AT LAST

Nal s. Daugherty, brother of former Attorney General, Harry M. Daugherty, is in prison-pay- ing the penalty for having loot ed his own bank. The bank
 which played such an important part in the Ohio Gangs" loot ing of the government during Inc Harding administration. The bank through which booze per inits flowed, permits for tight pictures, alien property swindles
 frauds that robbed crippled des- titute, blind and other eX-Ser- vice men; which diG not stop even at murdering one of it's own henchmen, Jess Smith, reputedly a suicide; which stole every thing it could move from Wash jngton; the bank which was the clearing house for every crooked move of the men entrusted with the affairs of the country. The bank lived by footing and it died by being footed and it's looter, he man whose fingers were mix cd in with every crooked deal which cost the government hun dreds of millions of dollars now pays a part of the penalty and will remember that "the way of the transgressor is hard"
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
WANT A SLAVE :?

Under the Situation Wanted" column, of a newspaper in Rush vile, Ind, is the following ad- vertisement: "Wanted-A mas ter. White, able-bodied man, willing to work, will sell himself into slavery for his keep. I have got to eat. State price" Here's Your chance to get something for a price, and cheap in the bargain. For shame, that any man shall offer to sell himself into slavery in these United States, the land of the free, the home of the brave, and country of liberty and justice for all. It is unbelievable. In Russia this man can at least work to eat
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03

conditions responsible will be discussed at a congress to be held in Amsterdam, Holland, next August. Worldwide unem- ployment begins with local un- employment. Find the solution locally and the other units or sections will solve themselves. Tn Alaska, industry employing local labor will take care of it's own. But if it employs foreign labor, it still has it's local problem. The cruX of the whole problem is stated by Frank A Vanderlip as follows: Capital kept too much and labor did not have enough to buy it's share of things" Civ en sufficient to buy ordinary ne- cessities of life, including educa : lion and pleasure, labor places in circulation sufficient to stabi- lize industry. The more labor earns, the more he is able to spend and as his wants increase production of necessity must in
 :reace. Why go to Amsterdam to find out the cause of unemploy- ment.
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
PRIMARY LAW

If any effort be made to change the primary voting law 1t should be to strengthen it. IL is very true that dishonest poli-
 ticians in Alaska have urged and advised party members to vote in the primary elections of the opposite party in order that only machine candidates shall be nominated. And it does not take many elections to point out the verity of this statement.
 If any effort is made to change that law it should be made stronger by compelling the voter to register before the election i:nd to enter the primary in the party for which he registered. To enter the election of an opposing party after registering in anoth- er is not just exactly honest in other words, past elections have not been honest elections. And those politicians who have been yelling "sanctity of the ballot" and purify the ballot" have been the greatest offenders.
 By all means-change the primary law BUT do not 90 back to any semblence of the old con vention system. A system whele- by Shackleford through his tools and puppets bought and sold proxies as you would buy cattle By all means-change the pri- mary law so that a few men behind closed doors of their favorite hotel in Juneau, drink .ng fine Canadian goods" and Smoking big black cigars. shall not name candidates for both and Democratic parties while a gullible public believes that TT is naming the men who shall serve the people in public office.
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
DELIVER US FROM EVIL

Ibid" as of December 4, 1928 said: "The next few years should bring the greatest boom in the history of the country and with out precedent in it's wide and general distribution of prosperi- ty. Some minor readjustments are needed, but there is no chance of 9 repetition of 1920-21 and 19O7."
 If what this country has gone through the past year is "some minor readjustments" to bring us a Wide and general distribu- tion of prosperity" Lord deliver us from the major adjustments.
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
POPULATION OF ALASKA

According to government sta istics the population of Alacka
 n 1880 was 33,426. in 1880, it was 59,278, an increase of approXi-
 mately 25,O00 or an average in
 crease of 500 per year. Of the to- tai population in 1880, it could De safely assumed that less than 5000 were of the white race.
 The division of racial propAr-
 ion in Alaska is declared to be 26,000 Indians and 23,000 white people which is in fact a de- crease in total white population from other years.
 It is well, always, to remember that the Indian population re- mains in Alaska and does nc migrate to and from the state" following labor markets. That the cause of the lack of increase in Alaska's population is due to the fact that labor cannot f1nd outlet for it's energy with any hope for reward. There must be 9 reason for this and it is well that every Alaskan give serious thought to the reasons for this failure of Alaska to grow in pop ulation while other sections Of the country are showing heavy increases.
The Alaskan., 1931-04-03
POVERTY AND PLENTY,
 TO BE SUBJECT OF STUDY

Worldwide unemployment ane