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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
Sacco and vanzetti Again

At the moment when efforts are being made
to get justice for Mooney and Billings, and when an
excellent talke of the Dreyfus case is being shown
to the American public it is timely to have the case
of 5acco and Vanzett set before us in highly impress
sive fashion.
The fact that these men dead and past earthly
justice puts in danger of forgetting this blot upon
American criminal Jurisprudence. For couple of
years the anniversary of their execution COM
memorated through dgnihed and effective protest by
eminent Americans, but this annual gesture
seems to have quoted down to mild local proportions.
Nothing which has happened since the Lowell COM
nttee report is of such significance the long,
full able and dspassionate review of the in the
book by Osmond K Fraenkel which Mr.. Knopf just
has published in his valuable series American
Trials"
Fraenkel is a reputable member of the New York
bar and his volume is model of historical fairness
and analytical keenness This presentation of the
relevant facts in the is not likely to be surpassed
or superseded
Here We have the well established facts about the
case: ID the hysteria of the days of the Palmer
raids; co the total absence of any criminal record
on the part of the two accused men; CD the introduce
ton of the most irrelevant material by District Attor
ney Katzmann to infame the Jury against foreign
radicals: a. the inadequacy of Mr. Moore in man
aging tl defense 50 Judge Ihagers notorious bias
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
A President Embarrassed Man Killed

man ran out the back door of a grocery store
He was carrying gunny sack with nineteen pints OF
liquor He ran into the of dry agents. They
not anxious to arrest him. But what else could they
do; he ran into them. They did not want to arrest
him because he was the brother-in-aw of President
Hoover. One OF the agents even advised him to give
false name to protect himself and the President.
All of that happened in Santa Monica, Cal. The
country is excited about it. Friends of Hoover are
spreading the story that this trameup by
Hoover enemies to embarrass the President.
We see nothing unusual exciting about this
Since perhaps half or more of the American popula
ton drink liquor and occasionally carry it about there
is about an even chance that not only the brotherin
law but sundry other relatives of the President and
others violate the prohibition laws The President in
his inaugural address referred persons of that type
as otherwise law-abiding citizens"
1t is no disgrace to drink or carry iquor-at least
it is not considered wrong by many of the "best ct
zens" and oficias-so we fail to see why this episode
should embarrass the President his brother-inaw.
Certainly the federal dry agents usually take partcu
lar care not to arrest the best citizens, officials
relatives of officials.
We are reservng our indignation for another case
which has caused less embarrassment in White
House circles
Another federal dry agent entered small restaur
ant in Englewood, Colo. He found of the best
known and best liked boys of the village, Milford
Smith, in possession of three ounces of wine.
The dry agent Henry Dierks dubbed the boys
head with his gun. The boys skull fractured
The boys fancee begged that he be taken to doctor
The agent refused and carried him off to the Denver
jail Seven hours later, the boy close to DEATH
the turnkey called doctor. Soon after the boy deo
The state attorney filed murder charges against
the federal agent and the town council branded the
killing as IAN unwarranted and ruthless Staying"
But the federal government usual is defending
the case of the slayer And the federal government
is expected usual to demand transfer of the case
to federal court where it can protect its lawess
agent easily.
Considering that Milford Smith killed for
three ounces Of liquor and that other citizens with
liquor at all have been killed by dry agents. perhaps
the Presidents brother-in-aw should consider him
self lucky to get off with mere for nineteen
pints
Is it not the relatives of the dead boy rather than
the relatives of the Presidents -in-aw who
IN need of public sympathy victims of lawless
law?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON
TNHE average housewife never values her tin

TINE average housewife never values her time in
4 terms of money.
The cease1ess activities of clubs society groups,
and church organizations to raise funds is IN
point. The members will think nothing of giving
entire days to project, but the thought of con-
tributing a dollar will throw them into panic
Investigate for instance, the methods of certain
feminine groups who work in cities towns for
carpet for the church repairs the roof or a
kitchen range for the parsonage They will prove a
pathetic commentary upon a womans estimate of her
time and labor.
There inevitably will be many preliminary COM
>mittee meetings and then will the supper the
bazaar, the pageant, the bridge party. The
women will scurry about. They will cook and carry
chairs and set up tables and wash dishes rehearSe
for hours. and sew costumes and make prizes.
In the end, they may collect the required sum or
they may not according to how dutifuly their families
turn out.
THEY consider that they are doing noble work
4 And. measured by their efforts and their inten-
TONS they But looking at these activities from
the point of view of good sense, they lack reason
What for example, is the sense in a woman work
ing several hours to prepare public meal which her
husband will buy for S. instead of giving the 50 out
right 20 begin with?
The really sad thing about this is that the hus-
bands seem unconcerned such wasted energy
The men themselves no more would work like that
than they would stroll down Main street in their
underwear Tut 10 them domestic tasks never have
been thought Of in terms of money.
Thus, when father makes a contribution. he uses
cash vlaile mother generally works ilcrs ort. And
this speaks volumes on the rewards OF home making
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
Impeaching Judge Lynch

report by group of southerners. organized as
the southern commission the study of lynchng re-
veas that out Of the twenty-one victims of lynchng
in 1880 two we're certainly" innocent and eleven
others were possibly" so.
The report also found that fewer than one-fourth
of the ynching victims in the last forty years have
been accused of assaults upon white women: that
ynchings are most frequent against Negroes and in
sparsey settled regions; that there is direct rel-
tlonshp between lynchng danger and low educational
and economic standards of the community; that
claims that ynchngs necessary because the courts
fail to- convict are "fallacious"
interesting is the commissions denunciations of
legal lynchlngs" These are hasty trials or those
conducted under pressure of popular passion These
toredoomed convictions" told, are often the
result of bargain struck between local officials and
mob leaders, the former promising conviction in re-
turn for promise of mob withdrawal
One might add that legal lynchngS are cited as
common American mapractices in the Wickersham
commission report on legal lawessness. The Sacco-
Vanzett and Mooney Billings trials prove that such
legal lynchingS not confined to the south
The picture is not all dark. While there we're
twice as many lynchings last year the in 1929
the rate has decreased from 225 in 1892 to an average
of seventeen annually during the last six years
The fact that this commission is composed of
prominent southerners, and that religious bodies
newspapers and educators are aroused is encouraging
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
M. E. Tracy
SAYS.
SAYS !:

European Nations Might
Just as We'll Begin Clean
ing House, and We Might
Just as Well Prepare to
Pay Our Share of the Fid-
dler's Bill.
NEW YORK. Nov. IL. = The
l Manchurian muddle, with all
its alarming possibilities, appears
to center around that good old
practice of colonization, exploita-
ton, peaceful penetration, and
other curious methods by which
white folks have sought to save
and civilize a benighted world dur
ing the last 400 years.
Do you know that more than
6O0,O00G00 people, or more than
one-third of all those on earth, now
are dwelling under some form of
colonial governments government
that was set up by outsiders, that
is maintained by outsiders and that
fails to reflect the wishes, or desires
Of the governed, except as outsiders
permit?
Do you know that there are nine
times as many people in English
colonies as in England, and one and
one half as many people in French
colonies as in France?
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valuables and do not appear until
the investigation.
Yet the Photographic industry in
New York remains in it's infancy.
Havana has developed the art with
a persistence and passion not known
elsewhere. Here, at least, lenses are
somewhat reserved for the great, the
near-great, and those who happen
to sit at the feet of the fortunate in
public assemblies.
Cuba knows no such class diStinc-
ton. Even the least noteworthy of
us can be focused, shot and printed
a score of times on any sunny after
noon in Havana.
myself, total stranger to the
inhabitants, was asked to smile upon
numerous occasions. The motive, of
course, was mercenary and scarcely
Shrewd. I cannot understand why
anybody should believe that would
want to buy a picture of myself in
a bathing suit. I do not think that
even the most artistic reproductions
Of my personality fully clad and
well slicked up are museum pieces.
Copyright 1881 BY The Tinesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
Rheumatism Impartial to Children

result of his studies, that there
is not an increased tendency in
Nordic children to acute rheu-
matism or chorea; in fact, he finds
that growing rcins are more likely
to be found in childrean of the
darker types than in the Nordic
types.
Various Investigators have tried to
find the exact cause of growing
pains. One series of observers be-
lieves that the growing pains are
due to the development of acidosis
in children of lively type who use
up their body sugar when called on
for extra energy.
On the other hand, there is also
some evidence that the Nordic type
of child is much less excitable,
nervous, or irritable than the dark
er races, and is slower to react to
growing pains or pains of similar
character than are the darker chill
dren.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
TT STEMS tn MI nv HAYWOOD
L OZG1V4O 4 ~ 1V11 d BROUN

VT was my assignment this week to
Il interview for a magazine a mo-
ton picture star who shall be name
less. And when the conversation had
ended the inevitable photographs
were taken. This ordeal convinces
me of the fact that those of us who
are not in public life have certain
advantages denied to the famous
film folks.
For instance, when all the many
snapshots had been taken, it be-
came necessary for us to pose all
over again, since the star discovered
that I inadvertently had left my
package of cigarettes on the small
table which stood between us.
The star in question does not
smoke. And it would be bad policy
if her followers we're to get the idea
that she practiced such a vice in
secret. Moreover, she had no desire
to lend her well-known name to the
accidental advertising of any brand
whatsoever.
This encouraged me. We of the
unlighted class, who live without
benefit of Kleigs, do not have to
bother very much whether we are
kissable or not. We are not even
compelled to be nonchalant or sat-
iSfied unless we care to.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
And Now for Action

TINE fact that most great gov
l. ernments have signed on the
dotted line is good as far as it goes,
but it doesn't go very far. Most
CT the treaties, pacts and agreements
are academic, binding us TO an
ideal, rather than definite obliga-
ton.
Wait until the League of Nations
asks for armed support in some
case, as it surely will, if it endures,
or until the Kellogg pact brings us
face to face with war, or a back
down, which is equally inevitable.
You know how easy it is to or
ganize a club, especially if the dues
are light, or to get a petition signed,
if it doesn't cost anything. Well,
that spirit goes right up the line.
It's human and affects every hu-
man activity, no matter how high
and mighty.
We've been organizing the club
and getting the petition signed with
respect to the peace movement. Now
we are beginning to realize what it's
all about.
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START WAR BREAD"
November IL

ON Nov. 70. 1917, President
~ Wilson issued a proclamation
putting the baking industry under
license and starting the making
OF war bread
Steps were taken by the food
administration to organize ma
chinery for the enforcement of all
regulations.
All bakeries consuming ten bar
felS Of flour or more a month were
brought under these regulations
and were requested to apply for
information so that they might
adjust their plants to the use of
standard weights and formula for
war bread"
The war bread" was made of
unmixed wheat -four, skinned
milk, and less sugar and lard.
President Wilson's procIana-
ton also covered the baking of
cake, crackers, biscuits, pastries.
Bakers were informed that vio-
lation Of the provisions of their
licenses would be punishable by
a fine Of $1,000 or two years in
prison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
A NickeTS Difference

4 LSO was not greatly disturbed
"A when 1 discovered that every
shot had been taken from my bad
side. AS things stand, the difference
between that any my better profile
is hardly worth a second of anxiety.
Then, too, there was the question as
to whether the current gown made
the star look stouter than would be
either just or polite.
That moved me to inquire whether
the camera man could wait long
enough for me to rush home and
get suit in which 1 might appear
thin. However, that was merely a
quip, for there is no such cloth this
side of that weaved on the looms of
Hans Christian Andersen's tailor,
who fashioned a magical suit for an
emperor.
I have often wondered what be-
comes of the vast number of photo
graphs taken each day and evening
by the busy camera men of various
publications. 1t has been my expe-
rience that never banquet goes by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
Views of Times Readers

Editor TimeS-It may be true the
community fund does some good,
but not to the extent of the million
dollars its drive calls for.
If all the money contributed to
the community fund were used to
help the unemployed, it would be
mighty fine, but it can not be. It is
impossible, as so many agencies par
ticipate. They get their share, re-
CARELESS.
A number of these absolutely do
not need this kind Of support.
The Y. M. C. A. and the Y. w.
c. A. and all their branches are
supported by the individual. They
charge enough for membership and
branches of education to keep them
going. I know, for I went to school
there.
The Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
boys clubs and girls clubs are
things of individual interest, and
mean nothing to the unemployed.
The women's clubs are the same.
There are labor agencies, if they
need to find work. Unless a woman
is single, her place is in the home
If a home is kept up right, her hus-
band should be working, and not
her. If she is keeping a home, or
working, she has no time for clubs.
Now we have Catholic organiza-
tionS and churches. These are all
supported by the Ceatholic people Of
indianapolis. The Catholic people
are very liberal to their cause.
The Indiana Indorsers of Photo
plays mean nothing to the working
man. 1t is true that photoplayS
should be previewed, but there are
people who gladly would give their
time to this cause. A group Of lead
ing citizens Of good, clean, moral
character could be assigned to this
duty.
There are few agencies listed
with the Community Fund which
really need the support of the peo-
pie, such as old age homes, places
where children are cared for, and
Wheeler City Mission. These places
really do their part toward helping
the unfortunate.
SIDNEY RUSSELL.
Editor Times-In April, 1917.
France appealed to the U. S. A. for
help. The u. S. A. Immediately re-
sponded to her call, and modified
all her red blooded sons and daugh-
ters.
Thousands upon thousands Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
HEALTH SERVICE.

the ones most likely to be attacked.
Obviously this includes all of the
children there are, and indicates
something is wrong with the whole
idea.
The first type of child is the
Nordic, the second is the Iberian
or Mediterranean child, and red
haired and freckled children can
be found in every type or race of
people.
1t occurred to DR.. ]. c. Hawksley
to investigate scientifically the
value of these ideas. Almost 1000
children in two different institutions
were classified first on an anthro-
biological basis.
They were studied as to the in
cidence of rheumatism and chorea,
and as to the incidence of other dis
eases. A special investigation was
made as to the occurrence of grow
ing pains.
DR.. HawkSley is convinced, as a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
Let's Face the Music

XXTHILE we are discussing Man
w churia, why not word about
India, or the Philippines, or the
Dutch East Indies, or a dozen other
places where big, civilized business
finds excellent profit through coolie
labor?
We might just as we'll face the
music, since we are going to dance
to it if this movement for peace,
low tariffs, and better markets
through mass uplift means any
thing.
If European nations, particularly
France and England, are so we'll
sold on the right of self determina-
ton as they said they were when
formulating the treaty of Versailles,
to might just as we'll begin clean
ng house, and we might just as well
begin getting ready to pay our share
Of the fiddler's bill.
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TINE United States has not been
4 particularly offensive when it
comes to conquest and colonization,
though she still retains the Phil
ippines, which were bought from
Spain, without so much as 'by your
leave" from the people most con-
cerned, and though a third of her
territory was taken from Mexico,
without too great travail of the
spirit.
The practice should be stopped,
Of course, for the sake of peace, if
not justice, but wouldn't it look a
little better if certain Christian gov
ernments were to hberate their
colonies, or, at least, grant them
autonomy, before laying down too
many rules for the less enlightened
brethren?
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men and women answered their
countrys call. Many never re-
turned. They are modified, hastily
trained, eventually sent to New
York. Here some of them babe
their last farewell to the good old
U. S. A.
In France and England they
we're greeted royalty. A great army
of Americans, in the cause of hui
mainly. The one thought in their
minds, was to win.
1t wasn't long before they faced
the fields of battle. Shells, bayonetS,
mud and water. Some dead, some
dying. Others weak from exhaus-
ton. On and on they trudged for
ward. Some we're buried as they
were, where they had fallen. In
some places, one would kneel be-
side his buddy, only see his last
breath leave, with faint goodbye.
Some were buried in Flanders Field
after the battle.
At last came the Armistice.
Sweet peace at last. Those who
were left rejoiced, with the thought
that all was over. None of us ever
will know the joys and greetings
they received in France and Eng
land. At last they were ready to be
reunited with their loved ones.
What a relief it must have been,
for them to once more view the
Statue of Liberty, as they neared
New York.
Can you still remember the arch
on Meridian street, at the south en-
trance to Monument Circle? Do
you remember when the boys and
girls came marching through the
arch, how, with great enthusiasm,
the band struck the tune, Back
Home Again in Indiana" How those
boys and girls braced up and
smiled.
Although it has been thirteen
years since that day when peace
encircled the world. Can you not
look back to the day, when your
loved ones returned, and thank the
Great Master Of us all, that you can
once more embrace the ones you
love. Isn't it something to be
thankful for?
Then let us all pay tribute to
those who never returned. Armistice
day. Nov. II. 1881 May God bless
those fallen heroes. May their
apirit live on and on in our mem
DRY.
FREDERICK OMER RUSHER.
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Science Center Grows


THE solar furnace is to be
4 mounted on top of the Astro-
physical Laboratory of the Califor-
ma Institute of Technology. That
building already is nearing COM
pletion upon the institutes campus
in Pasadena.
Another feature of the laboratory
will be spectroheliograph, a device
which makes it possible to study
the activity of the suns atmosphere.
The mirror system of the spectre
Photograph will be located upon the
buildings roof. The image of the
sun will be brought to a focus on
the ground floor of the building
while Spectroscope for analyzing
its light will be mounted in a well
some fifty feet below the building.
The AStrophysical Laboratory has
been erected to work in conjunction
with the 200-inch telescope which
soon is to be erected upon some
nearby mountain-top.
When this telescope goes I'D.
Pasadena will boast of the worlds
greatest cooperative astronomical
organization-the 2OO-inch tele-
scope, the 100-inch telescope on
Mt. Wilson, few miles from Pasa-
dena, and the Pasadena laboratories
of both the Mt. Wilson Observatory
and the California Institute of
Technology.
Pasadena, already one of the
greatest scientific centers of the
world, will become its astronomical
headquarters.
DR.. George Ellery Hale, honorary
director of the Mt. Wilson Observa-
tory, is chairman of the observatory
council of the California Institute
of Technology. The council is com
posed of members of both organiza-
tons, thus insuring the closest CO.
operation between the two.
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Huge Sun Burning Glass.
Noto Being Built at Pasa-
dend, WI Develop Heat
Equal to That of Solar
Monarch.
TEMPERATURES higher than
l. those ever before realized unon
the earth viii be obtained. it is he
lieved, with a solar furnace ,oyy
under construction for use In the
new astrophysical laboratory of the
California Institute of Technology
The solar furnace, it is expected
will realize temperatures equal 10
those upon the surface of the s,,,
temperatures of 10000 deorees
Fahrenheit, temperatures at which
no chemical compounds can eyist
and at which all chemical elements
become gaseous.
The new device designed bv ~
J. A. Anderson and Russell Porter is
merely a gigantic extension NJ tbo
old burning glass" of childhood
days. ioOu
Probably every reader. at son,e
time OF his schooldays. was tbo
proud possessor of a burning glass :
a convex lens which would concen-
trate sunlight into a little spot licht
Sumclently hot to scorch paper.
Inc solar furnace consists of
steel frame which turns bv cIock~
work so as to catch the sunIioht
al all times. Mounted on the frame
are nineteen lenses each two feet il,
diameter. The sunlight concen-
trated by these lenses is concen-
trated further by a system of mir
rors so that it is all reduced to a
little spot about the size of ones lit
tie finoernaiI