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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
Does the Reform Count7

TWO murders drew Scareheads in
l. New York papers Tuesday aft
ernoon.
One had to do with the killing of
prominent physician by supposed
ly former employees, who were sore
at being discharged.
The other, though equally simple
and equally brutal, involved prob
lens which merit more than pass
ing thought.
Six years ago a taxicab driver of
Hampstead, Long Island, was found
shot to death. Suspicion fastened
on a man named Philip Knox
Knapp, who deserted the army air
corps at about the same time.
Detectives have been hunting
Knapp ever since. They found him
Monday night in West Orange, N.
j., where he had been living nor
NAL, quiet life for five years under
the name of Phillips.
When a man is sentenced to pris-
on, he is allowed so much time off
for good behavior. Should he be
allowed any time of for good be-
havior before he IS caught?
We pretend that one function of
the prison is to reform offenders,
but what about those who have
shown disposition and an ability
to reform without going to prison?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03

treated as such. Land is opportu-
nifty, raw material, and has no value
until population needs it for use.
We profess to believe that to the
producer should belong the product.
Populations by their presence and
their combined activities, creating
demand for it's use, give to land
all its value. DO they get it?
j. P. EDWARDS.
Editor Times-Liberty is a fine
word, and liberty itself is fine if
conducted according to the Golden
Rule. The word liberty does not
mean unbridled license to do as we
please, regardless of the welfare of
others, yet the word liberty ever is
on the tongue of the laWless and is
emitted vehemently against anv
and all restrictive measures.
AS long as human nature is as II
is, restrictive laws will be neces-
sary to curb the acts of those who
destroy the peace and welfare of
themselves and their felIow-men.
In a recent issue, Mrs. G, r. Da-
Wis says that she does not agree
with me ito repeal all laws" I
did not say that I favored the re-
peal OF all laws. The great argu-
ment Of those who oppose the eight
eenth amendment is that it is unen-
torceable; it should be repealed.
According to that logic, I said that
all laws should be repealed, because
none of the laws are completely en-
torceable. There are laws against
murder, theft, swindling, blackmaiI,
rape, etc. Yet each and every one
OF them is violated every day.
These violations of law affect the
moral, social, economic and phys
zeal welfare Of all the people. The
incorporate use of alcoholic bev-
erageS is a curse to the home, So
c1ety and the government. It's an
evil that afflicts us all, drinkers or
nondrinkers.
We should stand by the amend
ment, work, pray for its success and,
at the same time, strive TO rear our
children right.
No prohibition law VIII be sue
cess unless it has the aid Of the
home, the school and the church,
and the influence should begin at
home, early in the life Of children.
SOL NJ. CLICK.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
The Mercury Arc

NEW facts which we learned
~ about the mercury act" DR..
Whitney continued, made it's .ap-
plication as an alternating current
rectif1er much more successful than
as a luminous source.
These devices have been used for
years to supply direct current to the
more modern flame arc lamp cir
cults, but their greatest recent con-
tribution lies in electric railway
work, and they now are taking act
i've part in identification Of rail-
ways here and abroad.
Thus we found nature a leader
easy TO follow and difficult to drive.
We usually wanted what she gave
for our seeking, but we seldom could
get exactly what we thought we
wanted at the time. We wanted
light. She gave us rectiflers."
DR.. Whitney also told of research
upon the so-called brushes used to
conduct electricity from the moving
coils Of electric generators and into
the moving coils of electric motors.
"At present the most common
railway motor brush has at least
four kinds Of carbon in it, he said,
"and it has first been fired for a
week in carefully controlled cleo
trio furnace which rises in tenn
perature only about 4 degrees an
hour; then it is fired in an ordinary
porcelain kiln at the highest avail
able temperature for another week,
and then is given days Excess
Sively high temperature in an cleo
trio furnace.
"This turns IT in part into a kind
of graphite.n
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03

proteins, or else that the person
contains i IFS blood some sub
stance when, combining with the
protein sets up the condition of
sensitivity.
There are all sorts of symptoms
of sensitivity, some of the most
common manifestations being sick
headache, abdominal pain, vomiting,
diarrhea, and also such eruptionS as
hives, eczema, determinations of the
bronchial tubes, asthma, canker
sores in the mouth, and other dis
turbanceS.
These conditions are not, of
course, in any way related to food
poisoning, which is due to infesta-
ton of food by germs or by poison
Gus substances.
Among the first substances to
Which some people were found to be
especially sensitive was egg.
Today it has been shown that
practically all foods, except water
and sugar, may in some individuals
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
Views of Times Readers

Editor Times-In discussions of
economics, much is said about a
conflict between capital and labor.
That there is a conflict need not
be denied, but is it necessary, is
it rational? Are they not partners,
both engaged in the same business,
the production of wealth? Their
fighting each other is like regi-
mentS Of the same army fighting
among themselves instead of unit
ing and fighting their common
enemy.
Let us see. Wealth is what we
all want. Labor and capital are
engaged in producing it, each
helpful to the other. Since their
interests are identical, they would
be more efficient if they worked
in harmony, but they do not al
ways do so. Each blames the other,
when, oftentimes, neither is to
blame, although both do have a
real grievance. What is it?
In the production of wealth,
there are three elements-land,
labor and capital. Land, econom-
ically defined, is the entire material
universe, and includes, of course,
not only the surface Of the earth,
which we are prone to think of
when the term is used, but every
thing nature has placed on or in
it from surface to center, the
natural lakes, rivers, forests, oceans,
yes, and the atmosphere and sun
light, everything furnished free to
mankind by the Creator, or nature,
If you prefer.
Labor, the active human factor,
applied to land, produces the things
we use or consume, that is, wealth.
When labor has produced more
wealth than is required for imne-
date use or consumption, it is set
aside to be used to assist labor in
producing more wealth. This is
called capital.
1t generally Is used in the form
of tools, buildings, machinery or
other conveniences, by means Of
which labor is able to produce
wealth more easily, more rapidly
and usually of better quality.
Then, since capital is a creature
Of labor, a child Of labor, and beau
tifully adapted to be valuable as
sistant to labor in the production
Of wealth. allies in common cause,
why they quarrel? Would it not be
wisdom in both labor and capital to
wake up and look elsewhere for the
cause Of the troubles of both?
Isn't it worth thinking over?
Many Of our best thinkers already
know where the trouble lies, and
many more are beginning to sus-
pect the same thing. Land is not
wealth or capital although now
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
Crime Still in Spotlight

CPEAKING of law, what a STU
~ pendous part it plays in the
news, compared with the part it
plays in the lives of average people.
Outside of being arrested for
parking in the wrong place or doing
jury duty now and then, the aver
age citizen has slight contact with
the law, yet it is responsible for
more eight-column scare heads
than any other institution.
Were it not for good, juicy
murder every SO often, our front
pages would take on strange ap-
pearance, not to mention the hold
ups, embellishments and divorce
scandals.
It is quite true that newspapers
do not run so strongly to crime as
they did twenty-five or thirty years
ago, but it still is a very important
source of copy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
TT SEEMS TO ME BY HEEyy 922S

INSTEAD of sending mayors to
= France, it might be good idea
to recruit the next goodwill dele
cation from the Hudson Busters.
That would assure a better exhibit
ton of manners on the part of the
visitors.
Now that our fighting municipal
executives are heading south, I am
reminded of a conundrum: What is
the difference between Borotra and
any one of the visiting mayors sit
ting on beach in the Rivera under
the sun?
The answer goes like this:
Borotra is a bounding Basque-and
almost any one of the American
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
BY DIR. MORRIS FISRBETN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.

TOR years it has been known that
4 people could be sensitive to
foods. Recently medicine has been
paying more attention to the sub
ject and now has various theories
as to why such sensitivities occur.
The particular element in foods
which causes sensitivity is the pro-
tein. 1t is understood that the main
elements of foods are proteins, car
bohydrates, fats, and minteral salts.
The views are that the absorption
of food occurs SO quickly. that the
proteinS get into the blood without
having time to be changed cheni-
cally as in the normal person; that
the digestive juices are changed in
some manner so that they are not
able to transform the proteins as in
the normal person; that the per-
son contains in his body certain
substances which interfere with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
SCIENCE
Sometimes a Scientist Starts
to Search for One Thina
and Finds Another.
BY DAVID DIETZ-


FORTUNE has been called
4 tickle lady, but it is doubtful if
she is half so tickle as scientific re-
search. Research, to change the
figure Of speech with sudden alb
ruptneSs, is at once a business. a
game, mystery, and on rare occa-
Sions miracle.
Sometimes a great result, under
the very noses Of all scientists, goes
undiscovered until chance reveals
1t. Such was Roentgen's discovery
that a Crookes' tube gave off X
rays.
After Roentgen announced his
discovery, scientists in all parts of
the world who had been working
with Crookes' tubes, found that they
had been giving off x-rays all the
time.
Sometimes years Of research are
needed to make a discovery. Some
times years Of research end in fall
ure. Sometimes a scientist starts
out to find one thing and discov-
ers another.
DR.. William R. Whitney. vice
president and director of the Re-
search laboratory of the General
Electric Company, recently told
some Of the vagaries Of scientific
research, in an address upon the
occasion of the presentation of the
Franklin medal to him by the
Franklin institute Of Philadelphia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
REASON BY FREDERICK 2a2EnGS

HE horrible miscarriage of justice in the Kirk
ano case is one OF those things which enables one
70 Understand why the late Chief Justice Taft de-
ciared that our administration of criminal Justice is
disgrace to civilization.
A scientist tells us that mans jaw is becoming
much shorter, but we wish to inform him in return
that as result Of wearing spectacles with hooks on
them, mans ears are standing out more than ever
before. - 0'eA
In fact our ears rapidly are becoming the outstand
ing feature OF American life.
A YOUNG lady from the u S. A. overf1ows with
ecstasy in describing her thrill when she was re-
Gently presented at the British court
II the continental soldiers who starved at Valley
Forge could have foreseen her JOY doubtless thew
would nave felt amply repaid for all their sufferings
This trouble which he Is having with the vatican
may put crimp in Mussolini's majestic march to-
ward power
Ior the sake OF world peace let us hope SO.
Indianians are watching with solicitude the illness
OF David Starr Jordan, president emeritus of Stanford
university one Of the many great college presidents
Indiana has given to the world.
INDIANA university is the Oldest state university
west Of the Alleghenies and it would be the great
est Of them, in years past we had been able to pay
our teachers enough to hold them instead of Develop
ing them for other states.
Speaking Of Dr. Jordan reminds us of the story
OF the fresh student who rushed into Jordans office
when he was the head of Indiana university and ad-
dressed him as Mr. Prexy"
Jordan replied by saying: Don't be so informal;
just call me Dave"
THE other night burglar hid behind tree in
Il front of home and watched as the family came
out to take ride.
He saw the foxy father place the key in the mail
box and after the family chariot rolled round the
corner the burglar got it. entered the house and
helped himself.
One of the great propositions Of American life is
that every family puts the key either under the rug
or IN the mail box and solemny believes that 1t is
fooling everybody else in the land.
What this country needs is new place to keep
the key.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
Safer Than TYRANNY

1T goes without saying that free
A dom of the, press involves the
possibility of abuses. What character
of freedom does not?
But, as chief Justice Hughes
pointed out, such abuses are less
dangerous than those which go with
censorship and tyranny.
In its decision the supreme court
upholds that kind of journalism and
that kind of patriotism for which
our forefathers fought.
The law which it annulled was
irreconcilable with free government.
1t was the kind of law which goes
with Fascism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03

known to al that the theatrical
profession is suffering acute hard
ship at the present moment.
Thousands of capable entertainers
have no jobs Or even prospect of
an engagement. 1t is a pity that
the curtain should not go up and
use be made Of this talent which is
lying idle.A
I am thinking in terms of CO.
operative enterprise. Cooperative
experiments have been known along
Broadway, but generally under the
worst possible conditions.
When a play has been produced
and scored a palpable failure, the
members of the cast on occasion
have grouped together in an effort
to keep the piece alive. Obviously,
this is not a fair test of what can
be done under joint management.
Copyright. 1881. by The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
Questions and
Answers

What company owns the steam
ships President Hoover and Presi-
dent Coolidge, and where are the
general offices?
Both are owned by the Dollar
Steamship Lines. with general off,
ces in the Robert Dollar building,
San Francisco, Cal.
What city is called the Queen OF
the Adriatic?"
Venice, Italy, bordering on the
Adriatic.
What Is the nationality and
meaning of the name Lasher?
1t Is a German family name.
meaning loud or noisy.
How old is Paul Whiteman7
He was born in Denver, Col. in
1891.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
Press Freedom Upheld

MEANWHILE, liberalism, So
1V2 called, appears to be faring
much better at the hands of the
supreme court than in some other
places.
The decision knocking out Min
nesota'S press gag" law represents
a triumph not only for honest
journalism. but for constitutional
government.
The issue was whether a state
could curtail freedom of the press
on general principles, could stop the
publication of newspapers and
magazines on the ground that they
were malicious, scandalous and de-
famatory," and could stifle criti-
cism of public officials on that
ground.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
Pinchot Stands Out

NF all those who might lead the
~ liberal Republican element,
Pinchot of Pennsylvania is, perhaps,
the best bet.
When it comes to prohibition, he
is as dry as President Hoover, and
when it comes to power he is as
radical as Senator Norris.
That he could get the nomination
is very doubtful, but that he would
make things interesting is certain.
Whatever the Republican party
might suffer as a. consequence Of
his entering the race, it would prob
ably do the country some good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
Puzzle for Society

1T commonly is supposed that no
Il one but a natural born criminal
commits murder and that muir
dererS should be locked up, if not
executed, on general principles, no
matter how, long it takes to run
them down.
Further than that, it is supposed
that they ought to be punished for
the sake of example; that society
can not survive without furnishing
them.
One can not help specializing
whether society would be worse off
if this man Knapp never had been
found
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BELGIAN LABOR NOTE
June 3

June 3
NN June 3, 1917, an official
" memorandum presented to the
United States government by M. de
Cartier, the Belgian minister at
Washington, was made public.
1t summarized the facts of Ger
man rule in Belgian and explained
the enforced idleneSs of Belgian
working men.
The memorandum said in part:
"The depressed condition of Bel
gian industry is not a case of &C
cident caused by the force of ex-
traneous circumstances unconnected
with the action of the German au-
thorities: these authorities are, on
the contrary, personally responsible.
"Since the occupation of Bel
GUM the German authorities g.
have put into effect the plan
worked out in August, 1914, at
Berlin, by DIR. w. Rathenau, for
the systematic exploitation of all
the economic resources of occupied
countries to the profit of the war
organization Of the empire"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03

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 paper.-The Editor.
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mayors sitting on a beach under the
sun is a basklng bounder.
Actors and BOOtStraDS

A CTORS, authors, and artists are
4 A energetic and imaginative when
it comes to helping others. The
actor in particular is beset by bene-
fits throughout the entire theatrical
season.
Some of the better-known stars
devote practically every Sunday to
running from one theater to an
other. I believe Eddie Cantor holds
the record for the running benefit
broad jump with a mark of seven
appearances in a single evening.
But actors are not so smart, as a
rule, in helping themselves and fell
low members of their craft. It is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03

A material made from old paper
and like substances ground to a
pulp with mike Of lime or lime wa
ter, to which gum devtrin or starch
is added. The pulp is pressed into
form, coated with linseed oil. baked
at a high temperature and, var
nished. 1t is sometimes mixed with
clay or chalk.
Who wrote Screen Pastures?
Marc Connolly.
What color eyes has Viola Dana?
Green.
Where is Yale university?
New Haven, Conn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03

Why all this interest of a sudden in balloon
aScensonS when our pitchers go up in the air almost
every day?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03

Chicago school boy wrote short story on 1872
1eet OF ticker tape. But unfortunately his teacher
didn't take any stock in it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-03
Daily Thought

A mans pride shall bring him
low.-Proverbs 1928.
An avenging God closely follows
the naughty Seneca.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
OIL IMPORT CURB
IS GIVEN IMPETUS.
Mid Continent and Venezue-
Ian Crude Shows Wide Diff
ference in Cost.

BY the Associated Press.
The move for legislation to limit oil
imports was given impetus yesterday
by a tariff commission report showing
a wide difference in the cost of crude
oil delivered at Atlantic seaboard re-
flneries from Venezuela and mid-con-
tinent fields.
Almost simultaneously with the an
nouncement of the report, the Senate
Republican Steering Committee gave
privileged status to the Capper limita-
ton measure.
The report showed a difference of
$1l9 a barrel in the cost of mid-con-
tinent and Venezuelan crude oil deliv-
cred at seaboard ref1neries, the latter
being 70 cents and the domestic $1.98.
The report, however, said the domes-
tic oil was of a superior quality, having
a higher gravity and gasoline content
and therefore the articles being COM
pared were not similar.
Declares Tariff Justified.
Despite this contention, Senator
Thomas. Democrat, Oklahoma, author
of the tariff act amendment directing
the cost investigation, said the report
proved the independent oil producers
demand for a tariff of at least 81 bar
rel. was justified.
The Oklahoman said he held no hope
Tor a tar1H at this session. DuC he eA-
pressed confidence that action would be
taken before adjournment on the bill
of Senator Capper, Republican, Kansas.
This would limit crude oil importation
to 10000, 900 barrels annually for the
next three years
It is likely the Capper measure will
reach the floor this week.
The tariff commissions report was
based on average costs of production
for 1927, 1928 and 1929 in Oklahoma,
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and New
Mexico, and the average cost in the
Maracaibo Basin of Venezuela for 1929,
the last year for which costs were
available there.
Prices Are Compared.
The three-year weighted average
price paid for domestic crude was S2.O6
as against $110 for the foreign. The
1929 prices were $203 for domestic and
S102 for foreign.
The value of products obtained from
a barrel of domestic oil in 1929 was
S2.97 as against $1.l5 for Venezuelan,
the report said, adding:
1.-The average expense per oarrel lot
refining is much higher in the case OF
the domestic than the Venezuelan.
Thomas said the report showed a
tariff of even 81 barrel would not
give temporary relief, as South Ameri-
can countries could ship in, pay the
tariff and yet undersen American pro-
ducers."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

he is a stakeholder, were open for the
inspection of officials at any time.
Senator Schall then took out of his
remarks in the Record all reference to
MIR Hurley and the brokerage firm.
Receivers for the mortgage concern
10 days ago announced that the first
mortgage on the Shoreham Building
had been released. At that time Secre-
tary Hurley declared that the Shore
ham corporation had paid of the mort
gage to Swartzell. Rheem & Hensey and
had taken the precaution to have the
title guaranteed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
JEWS PLAN FESTIVAL
Rabbis and other Leaders Invited
to Services Next Sunday.

RabbiS of Washington and other
prominent Jewish leaders have been in
vited to participate in Siyum Hashass
festivities under the auspices of the Ada
Israel Congregation at the Synagogue
auditorium next Sunday afternoon. An
elaborate program of instrumental
music and vocal numbers has been ar
ranged for the occasion.
3. Grossberg, head of the Talmudic
Circle. will lead the commencement ex-
ercises marking the completion of 10
years study of the Talmud.