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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13

But in the jungle fastness Kraski moved dog
gedly along the TRAIL rife over his shoulder
and heavy automatic pistol grasped in his
right hand His ears strained for the first sounds
of pursuit or other danger Alone in the mys-
FERROUS jungle he was experiencing a nightmare
Of terror. With every mile he Travelled the value
of the diamonds became less and less to him.
Once Histah the snake, swinging from low
hung branch. barred bis way, yet he did not
dare to fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
1t Belongs to the PennIe

From any angle 1t is considered, the report of
the Hoover Muscle Shoals commission is only the
opinion of nine appointed by the President and
the Governors of Tennessee and Alabama
1t contained no more than was expected. 1t was
blueprint of President Hoover's known ideas of
what should be done with this great power plant
1T favored lease of the shoals to private
poration Indeed it hardly could have favored any
thing else since one member of the commission adj
mitted they went to the White House "for orders"
But only congress dispose of Muscle Shoals
Twice before it has insisted the federal govern
ment operating the power plants there. Twice con-
gress was thwarted, once by President Coolidge and
by President Hoover.
This will not deter congress from acting again.
and in favor again, we believe of government
operation.
President Hoover was given excellent topper
tunity to lease the fertilizer manufacturing plants
at Muscle Shoals under the bill the last congress
passed. But he vetoed it. Now, however, his COM
mission makes suggestion very similar. If congress
plan was wrong why is his commissions plan in this
regard right?
Under the bill Hoover vetoed, the people who
paid for Muscle Shoals would have been able to pur
chase some of the surplus power manufactured there
Under the Hoover commission plan, the chances of
the people getting any of this power nil.
Congress, we believe, will accord the Hoover report
but casual consideration and will insist again.
that Muscle Shoals, belonging to the people and the
government, must be retained for them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

wide latitude" opinion It would be far safer to
be wide" matters of literary criticism or classical
scholarship than on subjects pertaining to contem-
porary economic controversies
Yet it is precisely in the latter field that we most
need courageous and fortnight statements by such
experts college professors held to be- Quarrels
Shakespeare Aeschylus are not likely to be of
any considerable aid in "salvaging civilization"
Certainly, nothing less than complete lattude"-
within the limits Of the laws governing obscenity pro-
family, insanity and feeble mindedness-must be
guaranteed at all times to college professors in the
classroom. Otherwise. they can not function as
emancipated inteecs and decisive leaders of student
opinion.
The question of expression Of PROFESSIONAL opinion
outside the classroom brings out another defect in
the attitude of the trustees There here no asSur-
snce whatever that professor may not be snapped
up and summarily dismissed for unconventional
articles or lectures on public utilities, Russia, India,
reparations, Manchuria, the British elections, Mr.
Hoover and the like Nfiller's speech on India was
given during leave of absence
The sensible procedure in regard to the extra
mural expressions of professors would seem to be
about follows: Cd When professor speaks or
writes for the non-college audience, he should be
under no limitations beyond legal penalties and
siderations of elementary good taste-and we should
avoid identifying the latter with mere convention
atty; CD the professor never should speak in the
of the institution unless officially requested to
do
The investigating committee closes with ringing
challenge to the university administration:
Until the president and board definitely can as
the faculty that all university procedures and
policies, including decisions of the board ITSELF
legitimate topics for orderly discussion and criticism
by the faculty, it is idle to assert that freedom
speech prevails at Ohio State university"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Free Speech in Colleges

The Committee of the American Association of
University Professors has investigated and reported
on the case Of Professor Herbert A. Miller, distn-
gushed socioogist of Ohio State university Summariy
dismissed last spring His discharge was announced
as being on the ground of a speech sympathetic with
Indian independence at Bombay
There is no doubt that DR.. Miller made the speech.
1t may have had something to do with his dismissal
1t has been charged that the British diplomatic
agencies and secret service got the Of the trustees
and administration.
But it also well established that the main
reason for his discharge his opposition to COM
pulsory military training for male students Of the
university.
The investigating committee looked into the stand
of the trustees it related to freedom of speech for
professors. The best they could obtain state
ment that: members of the faculty have enjoyed
and now enjoy, wide latitude in expressing their opn-
ions in the classroom"
The committee rightly comments that: NO
faculty would consider this adequate recognition
of freedom of speech"
In the first place. the trustees and administration
reserve the right to pass Just what constitutes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
New War "PrOfits"

Very soon, members of the cabinet and congress
will report what they find may be done to pro-
mote peace by removing profit from war, but their
report will not mention the fact that Japan is buy
ing stocks of cotton in the United States and
shipping them across the Pacific.
Something like four million bales Of cotton have
been purchased by Japan within the last few months
a decided increase normal buying. Germany
bought similar quantities of cotton in this country
in the early part of 1914 Cotton is of the basic
ingredients of high explosives.
Already southern farmers storing half the
cotton gnned in expectation Of higher prices Other
industries soon may find themselves busy the
strength of oriental orders, unless Japan is salts
fed to stop the war; that she has created puppet
governments to rule Manchuria for her.
All of which means what? Better times for a
little, perhaps, but at what price
No prohteerng here-just legitimate business
which will help our suffering unemployed? But every
thinking knows that, if Japan smash the
peace machinery today Europe can do so next. That
would mean another World war Food for the
employed today-shrapnel tomorrow. prosperous
nation for a little whe-and then possibilities we
dare not face
1t is not enough to study and control the rela-
ton of private profit of after has begun:
Unless we hypocrites must when say
profit and war when other nations offer to buy
from us the sinews of war.
Instead of calling its task complete the war
policies commission should start its work again. and
this time, start at the beginning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
When Youngsters Drive

One of the most disturbing traffic accidents of
the season is that recently recorded in Kansas City
where an auto driven by 14-yearod boy knocked
down and killed pedestrian at street intersection
No youngster of IA, of course, or of an age any
where near H. should ever be permitted to drive an
automobile any public street. In this case to be
sure the lad is said to have been driving without his
parents consent; but that fact only adds to the
weight of the object lesson.
Parents must not only keep their children out of
the drivers seat They must to it, very rgidly
that the ruling is obeyed. When child of that age
does drive, and gets involved in accident the
major part of the responsibility rests on his father
and mother.
Keeping child-driverS off the streets is primarily
their job, not the police departments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Admit the Mistake

A sure sign of bigness is willingness to admit
mistake Yet such willingness is one of the rarest of
human traits.
II is inconcevable that President Hoover now re-
CARDS the Hawley- Smoot tariff anything else than
a mistake.
Evidence of that fact has mounted constantly since
the bill signed.
Reprisals from abroad flight of American in
dustry and American capital to foreign lands de-
creased exports increased Representatives have been
the result
AS one critic sums it up "the Hawley- Smoot tariff
mas substituted the hostility of foreign countries for
previous friendship has resulted in realiatoy action
and markets closed to our commerce in all parts of
the land has driven huge of capital into foreign
fields where within foreign tariff walls, American
capitalists escape the retalatory and other tariff
barriers and employ foreign labor in place of pre-
viously- paid American labor"
one in this nation is in better position to see
and to realize the blighng results than is President
Hoover His experience alone secretary of COM
mental weaknesses of the thing which he, in time
of great political pressure signed and which const
tutes the great mistake of the Hoover administration
That mistake can be remedied and remedied quick
1y. A repeal of the Hawley-Smoot bill would be
inevitable If recommended by the President to con-
gress That would throw the tariff back to where it
before the bill enacted. And the weight that
America has been carrying since the bill was signed
would be removed from the heavily burdened Shout
ders of the American people.
Will President Hoover have the bigness that Is
necessary to admit mistake?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-Recently I filed an
application with well-known en-
ployment bureau in indianapolis
and it seemed to me when I entered
it's offices that it was more like a
detention ward than place to help
one find employment The formal
ity which the girl at the informa-
ton desk shows person who is
willing to pay for his or her posi-
ton, if procured by the agency, Is
more than depressing.
After a few high-faluting gestures
which are unnecessary and mean
nothing, especially when coming
from some one no better than your
self, except that she is luckier in
having job, she gives you a book
put out by this agency for a price
and tells you to wait for a personal
interview with the head Of said
firm.
Along with this book is leafiet
which explains its contents and also
a clause which reads, IF the appli-
cant shows the willingness to buy
and read the book, the agency will
use more efforts in procuring the
position you are applying for" After
waiting for an hour, you get your
personal" interview with the head
Of the agency, and he also gives you
this impression, and even goes so
far as to ask you whether you
couldn't dig up the price.
Upon your response in the mega
tive, you get cool, ''Well, we might
find you something, but it will take
some time. Well let you know"
I want to say here that this book
is graft in its highest form and the
sooner the public gets wise to the
fact, the better of they will be. How
can a fellow with a wife and a kid
get job if these bureaus are going
to use these fraudulent practices so
openly. Please publish this in your
Voice of the People," so some other
poor devils like myself can profit
by it, B. Q. 3.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Vets May Deadlock
THE people are mohilizing for

THE people are mobilizing for a
l. presidential election, and it
looks as though they we're in a mood
to forget, or ignore lot of things
for the sake of partisan advantage
In spite Of all the loud talk, it
looks as though they might even
forget, or ignore prohibition not
only because of a greater interest
in economic problems, but because
each party Is curiously deadlocked.
One hears more wet talk from the
Democratic side, but when it comes
to counting noses, the Democratic
party appears to contain the larger
percentage of dryS. Conversely, one
hears more dry talk on the Repub-
lican, though the party appears to
contain a larger percentage of vets.
Since each party is out to get
every vote in sight, or suspected of
being in sight, the chances are that
both will put on show of phe-
nomenal straddling.
Certainly, neither party will go
out of its way to offend any large
and recognizable bloc of voters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Tannmany TeStifieS

KXTHILE Morgan and Grand
w thus were being shielded,
Judge George w. Olvany, former
leader of Tammany Hall, carefully
was explaining to the Seabury
probers that while his firm might
have collected some large fees for
appearing before the board of
standards, it was quite legitimate
business, and while he might have
given advice to certain New York
officials, they were perfectly free to
take it, or leave it.
The word has gone out that
Judge Olvany has made $4,000, 900
during the last few years. The Sea-
bury probers would like to know
just how and why. Even if they
find out, they won't have much
more on Olyany than they already
have on Horse Doctor Doyle who
made a similar amount by prac-
ticing before the board of stand
ards, though he was not lawyer,
much less judge, or the leader of
Tammany hall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Just Every Day Sense

BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

DAY after day the pioneers pass One of the last
- to go was Colonel Zach Mulhal long a spectacu-
lar figure in the Middle West
He lived to ripe age and had seen many dynas-
ties come and CO. He had witnessed the ardor kndled
by multtudes of reforms die again. consumed by their
own violence.
Up and down the world he Travelled through eighty
three years, cattle puncher circus rider, Wild West
snowman country gentleman military leader, in his
fine high boots and his tall hat. He loved rearing
steeds, the tramplng of herds and the smell Of
dust in the circus ring.
But with all the captrap that filled many of his
days with the fanfare of trurnpetS that attended
his comngs and his gongs and with all the notice he
attained from presidents and kings, Zach Mulhau
lived with one wife all of his life.
LIE was great Snowman. He also was good hus-
4 band. And, by all Odds the most beautiful side
OF his manysded character his affection for the
woman whom he married in 1876, long ago that
TO most OF us it seems unbeevably remote.
After she died some months past he suddenly be-
came an old man. bowed down by profound despair
Since that day life had for him no more reason for
enduring.
And so he too, died, one of the grand old men OF
the West, whose is surrounded by many legends
who helped to build an empire and to fashion the
civilization that today is most typically American.
Nobody save those who lived in her immediate Vi
cinity knew very much about Mrs. MuhaIl. But II
seems to me that her husband by losing all interest
IN and relinqushing life after she went out of it.
has written for her fine obituary.
True husband and wife they were, and rarely
lovely In an age when marriage has ceased to be
sacred or enduring
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
1T SEEMS TO ME BY HE EE94iS

MATURE, according to DR.. Mer-
IN riam, undertook years ago to
develop the perfect fighter. And
nature, as usual, got its wish. This
killer of the dark ages was the
-toothed tiger. And, according
to the doctors speech before the
National Academy of Science, the
prehistoric heavyweight champion
was quite a menace to all other
jungle beasts.
He was not much bigger than the
tiger which we know or at least
have heard of. But he carried teeth
a foot long, and they had serrated
borders. Nothing alive could stand
against him.
There were, to be sure, larger ami
mails roaming about, but they pos
sesSed neither the speed, the trueu-
lence nor the armament of Tom the
Terrible.
And so it might be supposed that
here in the year 1881 the saber-
toothed tiger would bestride the
world. In all logic we ought to have
one presiding at city hall, another
in the White house and an entire
senate chamber full of long-toothed
legislators.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Meeting an Anthropoid
ONCE I attended another festival

ONCE I attended another festival
" at which a young monkey was
allowed to roam about and leap
upon the lap or laps of visitors.
From this vantage point he dipped
one hand into my cocktail to test it.
And after that I can not say that
the concoction tasted quite the
same.
I seemed a little FESTIVE while he
chartered on my knee. And the
young lady who owned him tried to
reassure me by remarking that he
wouldn't bite if sat perfectly still.
1t was not hint to inspire COM
posture.
1 said hastily that I would much
prefer not to be bitten. 1 remarked
that the king of Greece, according
to the headlines, had died from Just
such catastrophe.
But" she answered, 'the king of
Greece wouldn't have been poisoned
by that monkey bite under ordinary
circumstances. He happened to be
drinking man."
And after that, naturally, all my
fears evaporated.
Copyright. 1881, by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
| Take HearSay Evidence

A s a matter of fact, I have no
IN f1rst-hand familiarity with the
beasts of the jungle, and my Curl
osity is not SO great that I would
establish contacts beyond those
which can be made in our motion
picture theaters.
1t seems to me an excellent thing
that the average tripper to Africa
now takes with him motion pic
ture camera instead of a rifle. I
have grown more than a little tired
of seeing the Sunday newspaper
pictures of Mrs. Martin Johnson
perched upon some trophy of the
chase.
One is almost led to believe that
the young lady becomes cushion
conscious" save at such times as she
sits upon the head Of dead lion.
Yet, though I am not much in
spired by the sight Of dead animals,
I do not get an altogether pleasant
thrill from meeting the wilder kind
face to face. A few afternoons ago
I went to a tea party, and right
beside the bar there lay tiger cub.
Yes, it was a tiger cub. Several
other people at the party saw him
just as plainly as I did.
There was a disposition on the
part of the ladies to pat his head
and lift him up on top Of the table.
Not, may add, the table where ]
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Bakers Anti-War Plan

Newton D. Bakers speech at Boston urging pass
age by congress of the Capper resolution calls at
tention to of the simplest and most promising
anti-war measures yet proposed.
The Capper resolution would bind the United
States not to be market for finances industrial
goods, farm products or munitions for any nation
which went to war in violation of previous agree
ment to arbitrate international troubles.
Its advantages are obvious. Many nations would
be reluctant to enter if they knew that Amer
lean markets and banking houses would be closed
to them. Furthermore If war did get started there
would be much less chance for the United States to
get involved through commercial and financial ties
with one of the combatants.
Mr.. Baker believes that adoption of such policy
by the United States would prevent large-scae wars
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21

Illness Causes Much School Absence
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

from school. Headache and diges-
tive disorders are second and third,
respectively.
However, the total number of days
lost from school, if taken as a
standard, indicates that influenza
and grip predominant, and sore
throat, measles and mumps are
more serious as causes of absence.
1t is interesting to realize that
head lice are important causes
Of trouble during the age levels
from 6 to IS, and disappear al
most to zero after Is years of
age, whereas the rate for boils is
practically zero in the younger
ages and increases steadily in the
higher ages
Accidents as a cause of absence
from school are much greater, in
deed almost twice as great,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
TWo-PartY VieWpoint

THIS is tough year for probing
Il local Democratic organizations.
People are interested in national
affairs, where finding runs the
other way. The Tammany boys owe
lot to the crowd in power at
Washington, though no one expects
them to admit 1t. Blunders COM
n1itted by officials at the national
capital have done a lot to make
people Indifferent, or forgiving to-
ward those committed by Demo-
cratic officials in New York City
and some other places.
AS long as we have a two-party
system in this country, we are 60
ing to be guided by a two-party
viewpoint and we are going to let
the bigger issues determine it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Don't Worry

HEALTH, according to DR.. Glen
II dening, falls upon the just
and the unjust, like mercy, with
about an equal distinction"
AS regards rules for health, he
says, "The first, I think, is to ac-
cept the philosophy I just have di-
vulged. Don't burden yourself with
too many duties connected with
your health, nor too many rules of
hygiene.
THE idea has been broadcast in
our day by all sorts of publicists
that adults are very delicate. Really
they are surprisingly tough.
About the only things you can't
do to them safely is to let them go
for any considerable period of time
without fresh food, and to pur
germs under the skin or in any Of
the absorptive cavities of the body.
"They have acquired their i'm
munity from many of the infec-
tiouS diseases. You can take an
adult into places which would be
reeking with danger to a child.
you can hurl them under autos.
and drop them from moderately
high buildings with far more i'm
2unity that you could a photograph
or a kitchen clock. Bones heal up.
clocks do not"
DR.. Clendening's advice to the in
diyidual is to get a doctor of your
own" family physician who suits
you and understands you and can
deal with you as an individual.
Consult him when you think Won
need advice or when you have q
pain or an ache.
The rest of the time quit worrying
about your health. Eat what you
like, says DR.. Clendening.
If you do not like exercise he
says, 'its neglect will not seriously
harm you. Reducing your weight
will not save your life and Is a
darn hard job anyway.
Finally, you do not need to hang
round a doctor or hospital all the
time to keep your health"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-21
Bomb Plot FizzIes
NTHILE Grandi was being i

WTHILE Grandi was being in
" sured safe conduct for two
hours by 10 per cent of New York's
police force, fifty detectives and a
couple of armored cars patrolled
the financial district where the
great house of Morgan stands.
Some one had received a tip, it
seems, that another bomb plot was
in the Matching, and the last fright
full experience suggested that no
chances be taken.
Again nothing of a serious nature
occurred, but everybody believes it
might have, and everybody is glad
to know that the police were not
to be caught off guard.