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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Mr.. Capone Pays-A Little

In its majesty the law has sentenced Mr. Alphonse
Capone of Chicago to six months in Jail for contempt
of court-and Immediately liberated him on $4,000
bail
Subject to correction, we venture the opinion that
the scarfaced one can afford to pay that $4,000 We
arrive at this opinion by the following logic
Mr. Capone's income from his bootleg and vice
syndicate reliably is estimated at 100000 week
Making allowance for the large number of Chicago
police reported his pay roll, apparently he will
not be embarrassed by the extraction OF this $4,000
even though this additional charge upon his in
come was unexpected and unbudgeted.
Again, subject to correction, venture the opin-
ion that nothing in this legal punishment" of Mr..
Capone is apt to njure his business.
To be sure, Mr.. Capone has suffered inconvenience
in dragging himself away from his Florida estates
to Chicago in the midst of disagreeable weather. But
as this business magnate himself remarked in his
mild manner: "These are hard times"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
HEALTH SERVICE :

ever hopeful bald-headed public is
sold with the claim that It produces
a growth Of hair by the production
Of infra-red.
There are also various caps on the
market sold at extravagant prices
for this purpose. These caps pro-
duce nothing but heat, and are not
half as efficient as would be an
electric toaster with the head held
about an inch from the toaster.
There are innulnerable devices
with great bulbs at the tops of re-
Electors which also fail to transmit
enough ultraviolet rays to have
any effect, and indeed which fail
even in emitting sufficient heat to
be of value.
Somehow hope springs eternal in
the breast of the bald and thou
sands Of failures fail to destroy it.
Men who are cool-headed, both
physically in general and mentally
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
The Veto Habit

With congress promptly passing the veterans loan
Dill over his Veto the President is reported ready to
veto the Muscle Shoals bill and the Wagner employ
ment exchange bill.
Certainly Hoover is courageous in these matters.
But is he wise? We don't think If his veto policy
we're in line with his campaign pledges, his action
would be understandable. But it is not.
He refused to veto the higher tariff bill, which
violated his pledges and prolonged the business de-
preston"
Now he plans to veto the Muscle Shoals and Wag-
ner employment exchange measures, to which he was
pledged.
All in all, Hoover seems to be getting fixed IN
veto habit as inconsistent as it is dangerous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28

in matters of business. become as
trusting as a virgin lamb in the
presence of promises of new tech
MICS for the restoration of their
pristine beauty.
Thus far the only actual methods
known for improving the growth of
the hair involve improvement of
circulation in the scalp by suitable
massage; proper cleanliness, brought
about by washing once each week;
the use of oil when the hair is too
dry, and an ancestry which has had
profuse and luXuriant hirsutage.
Apparently the possession of a
fine head Of hair by ones father,
mother, and all of the grandparents
on both sides of the family for sew
eral generations back is the best
possible insurance that the person
in pursuit of hair for himself and
his progeny will have what he
wants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Methods a Secret

THE museum at Utrecht contains
i a microscope built by Leuwen-
hook which magnif1ed go times.
There are other microscopes which
he made in the museum in Holland.
It is thought, however, that there
may be more of his microscopes in
existence. During his life, he con-
tinued to make microscopes one
after the other.
He steadfastly refused to sell any
of them. He would not even let any
one handle them. Stubbornly he
kept his methods secret, refusing
to reveal them and also declining to
explain why he constructed so
many microscopes.
At his death, however, he willed
twenty-six of his microscopes to the
Royal society in London.
These were carried to London by
Martin Folkes, a president of the
society. According to DR.. Stein,
t h microscopes subsequently
"nlysteriously disappeared"
Records indicate that their mag
nitying power ranged from 40 to 100
diameters.
Henry Baker, who lived from 1892
to 1774, and who was an authority
upon the subject of the microscope,
had the twenty-six microscopes in
keeping for three years. He ap-
parently hit on the secret of why
Leeuwenhoek built so MANY
microscopes. Baker writes:
"All the parts of these microscopes
are Of silver, and fashioned by MIR.
Leeuwenhoek's own hand. and the
glasses, which are excellent. were all
ground and set by himself, each in
strument being devoted to one or
Two objects only, and could be ap-
piled. to nothing else.
This method induced him TO
max: a microscope with a glass
adapted to almost every object, till
ne mad got some hundreds of them"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
IT SEEMS TO ME Bx HE Eyg22e

INVEST OF THE HUDsoN-1 am
w heading back home and am
willing to make q deal which will
render it unnecessary for any brass
band to meet me at the station.
The arrangement is simple and also
very necessary.
The band is waived because for
a week or ten days it will be i'm
possible for me to profess the full
confidence which ! used to have in
Manhattan against all the world.
Although no Nellie Bly, in getting
about from point to point, it was
possible for me to compare memo
ries Of Paris, Pieping, Venice and
London with our own West Fifty
eighth street.
And always it seemed to me that
New York was by many lengths the
falrest and the finest. Now, I'm
not so sure.
There actually exist spots in the
Arizona desert which are more
fetching to the eye than Riverside
drive. Southern California has
mountains meriting q trial against
our Palisades.
Back in the days before 1 took to
touring 1 expressed the belief that
no sound is quite as pleasant as
that of the milk wagons big horses
changing on our streets about 5
o'clock of frosty morning.
New, I'm trying to match that in
my mind with the pleasant tinkle of
silver dollars when the man SAYS,
Seven, and moSes tower thirty
five coins high in my direction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ.

/ D LA III LIZ L.
Scientists Expected to Start
Search for Microscopes
Made By Famous Dutch
InUentor.
A WORLDWIDE search to find
"A some of the missing micro
scopes OF Antony Leeuwenhok, the
first microbe hunter, probably will
result from the fact that the ter
centenary Of his birth will be cele-
brated next year.
Leeuwenhoek, the discoverer of
bacteria, was born in Delft, Holland,
on Oct. "a, 1882.
Leeuwenhoek constructed all his
own microscopes, grinding the lenses
| himself from fine rock crystal. His
microscopes were Of the type known
today as the simple microscope.
This type contains only one lens
and in reality is merely very fine
nlagnifying glass.
The microscopes which Leeuwen-
hook made were finer than any in
existence at the time.
THE essentials in which his mi
croscopes surpassed all others were
in his knowledge Of grinding, polish
ing and mounting the lenses. so
that no one could compete with
him." writes DR.. John Bethune
Stein of New York university in
the Scientific monthly. official pub
LEGATION of the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of
| Science.
His microscopes we're mechan-
ically rough and were made es-
pecially for the examination of one.
two or three objects.
Most of his lenses had a quarter
inch focus and were mounted be-
tween two thin plates either Of
copper or silver bronze or silver or
gold.
THE magnifying power of his
microscopes varied apparently be-
tween 40 and go diameters."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28

liquors for medicinal and sacra-
mental purposes.
Did Admiral Byrd bring his air.
planes back from the South Pole
expedition?
They were abandoned because he
lacked the time to pack them, as
it was feared that the expedition
would be frozen in for another long
winter if there was any delay. Only
the things that could be moved
easily were taken. The planes were
left to be brought back later by
Norwegian whalers.
Whal was the longest forward
pass made in football?
The longest of which we find
record, was seventy yards, thrown
by Harold P. Muller to Howard w.
Stephens, California VS.. Ohio State
in 1920.
Is 1t possible for anything to be
without either beginning or end?
A circle has no beginning and no
end. Neither has a sphere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Questions and Answers

Is more money spent on golf
equipment in the United states an
nuaIIy than on baseball equip
ment? What are the comparative
figures for golf balls, baseballs and
footballs?
According to figures recently pub
lished by the Census bureau, golf
equipment manufactured in 1929
was valued at s17,908, 75S, wholesale,
while the total output of all base
BALL goods was $5,793,632. The to-
tai number Of golf balls sold was
10 $40 64, against 8y657,316 baseballs,
264, 407 footballs, 1859 basketballS
and 1928, 072 tennis balls.
What is contained in Title IT. of
the National Prohibition Act?
It defines the word liquor" or
intoxicating liquor" and estab-
fishes the machinery for enforce
ment of the Eighteenth amendment
by providing penalties for the manu-
facture, sale, transportation, i'm
portation, and expectation Of these
beverages. It also sets up the per-
NIT system for the distribution Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Nip and Tuck

One Of the most Illuminating and authoritative
discussions of the evolution of contemporary crim-
nal methods is contained in the March issue Of Scb
ner's magazine. It is contributed by an "ex-crimi-
mar and deals with the probable effect of prohibition
repeal upon the volume Of crime in the United States
Perhaps the most interesting section in the arti-
Gle is the unfolding of the evolution of present day
methods OF daylight bank robbery This indicates
the futility Of the common notion that crime can
be frustrated and ended through defeating any one
particular method or type of criminal behavior
From 1865 to 1885 the stickup man reigned su-
preme in lifting the bank roll Jesse James. the
Younger brothers. and other gangs carried reign
Of terror into trains, stage coaches and gambling
halls. But the eighties ended this sort of thing.
Straight shooting and hard riding vigilantes drove
the bandits to cover
The increased settlement of the west made it
ever harder for these outlaws to hide themselves.
From 1885 to 1914 there not one daylight bank
robbery in the United States. Between 1914 and
1928, no less than 1921 were reported.
For thirty years the specialists in pilfering bank
rolls turned to safe-cracking This proved a battle
in science and invention 1t was nip and tuck be-
tween robber and safety engineer. The old key safe
was sent to oblivion by skeleton keys. Then came the
combination with the lock the front OF the safe
This was quickly solved with drills and powder
AhS4A CiIS COILOLLd lOu JOCK was put on the back
of the safe This simply required longer drills So
the banks adopted chilled steel SAFE too hard for
drills The bank robbers then waylaid one of the
bank employees who knew the safe combination This
brought the time lock. The robbers retaliated with
the use of ntroglycerin. The banks came back with
the screw-door safe, but the robbers invented the
torch.
Finally, the banks introduced time-locking
screw-door torch proof safe, and the days of safe
cracking were over for good and all.
The only way to get the bank roll then was to
take up daylight robbery. AS the author of the
article expresses it:
If can't take these banks at night we
swore, well take them in broad daylight! Neither
prohibition nor the played any part in the re-
sumption of daylight banditry, regardless of what
anybody says. 1t was, I have shown nothing
more nor less TIL underworld evolution! The
criminal foiled in line Of crimnality instinctvey
turns to another"
The obvious lesson is that we can not hope to
end crime simply by making important type of
crime impossible obsolete. We must tackle the
broad problem of getting rid of criminals of all
types and of the causes of crime in general
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Over the Border
DUT there is something to be

DUT there is something to be
ID learned on the Mexican side of
the border, even in largely Ameri-
canized resort like Caliente.
Here and in Tia Juana one gets
a chance to study the gambling urge
as it hits mankind from proletarian
to captains of finance.
Tt seems to me that a welI-nigh
universal instinct, ranking only a
little after love and hunger. The
liquor craving is mild beside it. Who
wouldn't leave a highball to play a
lucky number?
A the Foreign Club, in Tia Juana,
there is room where the players
can bet down to 10 cents upon a
whirl Of the Wheel Here the play
ers are wholly Mexican.
The noisiest gamblers are Ameri-
can women of so or more hailing
from Maine, Iowa or Kansas, And
quite a few are here.
1t isn't that they complain SO
much about losing, but they will in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Placed on Sale

nR. STEIN writes that in add
- ton to the one microscope in
Utrecht and. the three in Leyden
ne knows of only one other museum
10 possess one of the Leeuwenhoek
microscopes, namely the museum at
Gouda.
He adds, however. that he has A
letter stating that F. A. Haaxrnan.
a resident Of The Hague, possesses
a number Of them.
There is considerable question as
TO whether some Of the rest Of them
may not be in Holland.
In 1747, twenty-four years after
LeeuWenhoek's death, his micro
scopes were placed on sale. DR..
Stein writes: THE cataIog for the
sale was printed in Latin and Dutch
by the city printer of Delft, Rainier
Boitet. The following is a transla-
ton Of an excerpt from this catalo9.
1.-THE catalog of the far famed
microscopes made with much
trouble and expense during many
years by the deceased Van Leu
wenhoek. and left by him, who dur
ing his noble life was member Of
the Royal Society Of England, viii
be sold on Monday, May 29, 1747,
in the city Of Delft, in the guild
chamber Of st. Luke, in the morn
ing from 10 to IL and in the after
noon from 2:30 to s."
DR.. Stein continues, THE micro
scopes listed are three gold, lat sill
yer, five silver and copper, and BIS
copper"
Haaxman writes, ut appears that
all these microscopes remained in
Holland, Judging from the names Of
the buyers.
The name of Dirk Haaxman ap-
pears very often on the list of pur-
chasers. 1t is surprising there are
not more Of these microscopes in
my family"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Just Once


THAT, Of course, is a rare occur
Il renee. Didn't I say I was
heading for home? Yet, even if
the wheel were much more kind. I
would not go native and settle down
In desert shack, Hollywood studio
or beside the glorious patio Of Aqua
Caliente.
There is work of missionary ma
ture to be done. A great light has
struck me suddenly. New York isn't
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
axe a Number

.nF course, suggestions are some
~ times helpful. Many people adj
wise noting down the last digit on
the bill for dinner, and 1 have
known wonders to be worked with a
hat check.
But that was my tough luck. It
looked like 9, and not until I lost
the last chip did I discover that it
had been 6 all the time.
Looking back on it all, it seems
to me that 6 was turning up almost
every other time.
Mostly the play is not in chips.
but in silver dollars. That's an ad-
vantage. After one brief winning
streak, I had SO much metal about
me that a strong man could hardly
have lifted me from the floor.
Even a level-headed individual is
apt to get decisions of grandeur by
the time twenty-five silver dollars
are rattling in his pocket.
Copyright. 1881. by The Tines
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everything. I am prepared to ad-
NIT it.
But that doesn't mean that we
have to take any back talk from
Chicago or Kansas City.
II I am a candidate for public
oce on the Socialist ticket in any
year to come, am afraid it may
be used against me that I spent the
better part Of a week at Aqua
Caliente playing roulette and the
races. The only defense can be that
it was fun.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28

the waves Of Havana hsrbor the fateful evening
Of Feb IS, 1893
Spain thus remains classic warning to states
men and cultural leaders of policies which should
be avoided If one wishes economic prosperity intel
lectual progress and political prestige
Henry Thomas Buckle brought out this fact with
convincing thoroughness and unrivaed clarity in his
famous chapter on the Spanish intellect in his History
Of Civilization.
No other state forciby illustrates the fatal re-
suits Of trying to inprison the human mind in an
iron cage of antique superstitions. No nation is
better proof Of the fact that no social or cultural
progress can be expected when the intellectual life
of nation is sealed up Theoretically by the hand OF
the reactionary theologian.
Greatness must consist not only in temporary
grandeur, but also in adaptation to new stages OF
civilization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28

.ONE Of the most amusing sights
" in the current scene is the pic
ture Of a bald-headed man in bar
Der shop receiving treatment from
a bald-headed barber who waves an
incandescent lamp, colored purple,
solemnly around the head Of the
contributor because the latter is
convinced that ultraviolet light will
cause the growth of hair.
There is not the slightest scien-
tiflc evidence to indicate that ultra
violet light actually will bring about
such a desideratum, and there is
plenty of evidence to indicate that
a blue colored incandescent lamp
produces few, if any, ultra-v'olet
rays.
One of the devices sold to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
oil Situation Serious

THE failure of congress to do
Il anything regarding oil, as well
as some sharp differences Of opinion
within the industry itself, has gone
far to precipitate what already was
a serious situation.
For two years, the oil industry
has been floundering along on a
proration basis.
Proration has nothing to do with
gasoline, or any other manufactured
product.
What it means is that well own
er can dispose Of only a certain per-
centage.
The refiners have gone right along
with their normal production, but
back in the field, where the small
fry, wildcatters, and independent
operators still play a part, produc-
ton has been curtailed Arbitrarily
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28

ideals and opinions expressed
In this column are those OF
one of Americas most inter.
esting writers and are pre-.
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this Daper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28

Sist on explaining just what i'm.
pulse it was which induced them tc
put so cents on No. %.
That is seldom interesting. In
fact, it is distinctly boring to any,
body who has lost all on 7.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28

Spain must find it difficult to recognize the college
students striking against the government They veal
no coonskin coats there
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28

The judgment may be compared
to a clock or watch, where the most
ordinary machine is sufficient to tell
the hours; but the most elaborate
alone can point out the minutes
and seconds, and distinguish the
smallest differences Of time.-Fon-
tenelle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28

Strangely enough the wet bloc in congress has
nothing to do with the drought relief fund.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28

jury in Massachusetts, trying bootleg CASE
is reported TO have drunk all the evidence Thirstine
for the truth, that's what.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28

Statistcians advance the information that there is
divorce in Chicago every hour. d. Evidently mar
riage is anything but breeze in the Windy city
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28

Many a attribute his start in life to the
alarm clock
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
Daily Thought

Thou art weighed in the bal
ances, and art found wanting
Daniel 5:27.
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SAYS

Uncle Sam Shows Al Capone
He Still Has Some Po10er
and Some Courage, EUen
If He Can't Stop the Beer
Racket.
TORT WORTH, Tex, Feb. %
l. Mr.. Capone gets six months in
jail for contempt Of court. Whether
he deserved as much on the par
ticular charge, he certainly deserved
no less on general principle. No man
in America has shown more con-
sistent contempt for court during
the last ten years.
1t appears to have been a case of
overconf1dence on Mr.. Capone's
part.
Last Tuesday, he more than
divided honors with big Bill"
Thompson when the Republican
party of Chiacgo endorsed gang
rule.
The next day he walked nonctal-
antly into federal court, as much as
to say, now do it if you dare"
Judge Wilkerson dared, which ap-
pears to have surprised Mr.. Capone
quite as much as it did some other
people.
Uncle Sam still has some power and
some courage, even if he can't stop
the beer racket, and a crooked
thinker is pretty sure to trip over
small things, no matter how smart
he may be with regard to big ones.
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Where Do We Get It2

4 CCORDING to a government
IA bureau, it now is possible to
buy a years food for a family of five
for $780, What bothers several mil
lion families is how to get the $3.50.
But we'll let that pass.
Food certainly has gone down, but
some other things have not.
The price at which you can get
good meals in the average hotel cof-
fee shop is astonishing. The price
you still have to pay for rooms is
even more astonishing.
For some inscrutable reason, about
everything the farmer deals in can
be bought for less, but when the
farmer goes to town, it's a different
story.
The racket has something to do
with this difference and some men
who think MIR. Capone a terrible
fellow are behind the racket.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
HEALTH SERVICE
Ultra Violet Light Won't Grow Hair

BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
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Both in Bad Shane

II IGHT now it looks as though
N both parties might enter the
next presidential campaign badly
demoralized.
While prohibition looms as the
biggest rock in front of the Demo-
cratic ship, it is not the only one.
To a measurable extent, the
Democratic party is suffering from
the same sectional, economic and
industrial riffs as plague the Re
publican party.
Business, as we call it, has come
to be a driving force in politics.
But business does not mean the
same thing in one part of the coun-
try that it does in others.
In New England, oil means a fill
ing station, with the price of gaso-
line as all-important, while out
here it means a we'll, with the price
Of "crude" as all-important.
Three states - Oklahoma, Cali
fornia and Texas-are producing
much more Crude" right now than
the other forty-f1ve can consume,
we're it the other way round, con-
gress might have done something.