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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06
Rockets Next
TOO bad that Pangbol

w D0u tI1dC FangDOrn and
L Herndon had to quit. Their
whirl with glory would have been
brief, however, even if they had
succeeded in beating the Post Gatty
record.
The next great feat will be a
nonstop, refueIing flight around
the world, and it is not SO far
away.
Compared to such a stunt, time
cutting is of small consequence.
When aviators have girdled the
globe in three or four days, as they
soon will, We'll have to turn to rock
cts and the moon.
Life is getting pretty fast for
those of us who were born in pre-
alrplane, or even FREDERICKSBURG
days.
It's relief, if not an adventure,
to take an hour off with some his
torlan, or excavating expedition,
and learn about people who were
not bothered with any such din and
chatter as plaques us.
Somehow, those people who lived
loved, fought and died in uuieter
days seem awfully human.
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absolutely the first rank which holds
by the doctrine of survival.
In all of us there is the spirit of
chance; the desire to gamble. And
at the very least it can be said that
the field Of speculation is open. The
books have not been closed.
Some may feel that personal i'm
mortality is a long shot. And, even
so, I think it is by far the more
exciting and glamorous bet.
There is another sort of hides
tructibility as well as that which
governs the continuance of matter.
Nothing that a man says or does,
whether it be significant or not, is
lost in the intricate complexity of
life itself.
l mean, that even the most fugi-
tive existence in some way alters
the totality of being. A rock thrown
into a lake sets ripples going. And
though they seem to wane as they
approach a distant shore, it must be
en1phatically so that the impulse is
an eternal one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06
LiVia Unearthed
THEY have inst found q

THEY have just found new
L statue OF Livia at Pompeii. She
was the wife of Augustus, YOU re-
member, not only living with him
IN happy, dignif1ed wedlock for f1ftv
years, but marrying him after his
soldiers had chased her through a
forest all one dreadful night and
after her husband had been com
PEELED to get a divorce.
What an age that was, with Rome
struggling for freedom only to be
enslaved; with its shallow, cruel
Antony, who had become a hero:
its noble Brutus, who was a com
plete failure; its furious FuIvia, who
thought she could promote decencv
by being indecent; it's Augustus, 50
wild in youth and moderate in age,
and its Livia, first empress of Rome,
who made a better Job of it than
any of her successors.
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Views of Times Readers

Editor Times-I have read your
editorials and voice Of the people
and enjoyed them over a period of
years. hope you see TT to let me
explain my views to the readers of
your paper.
I believe the Chamber of Com
merce is trying to force down wages
and believe I can prove what I say.
The chamber has forced labor down
to 81 a day, as shown in a local
paper on July IA, 1881, and now
wants to take education away from
little children and grown-ups, as
shown in daily papers.
They say it has to be done for
economy. 1t has TO be done so that
they may feather their own nests.
mailed a suggested ordinance to
Daniel B. Suten, ''the mouthpiece
of the Chamber of Commerce" that
would end the panic in Indianapolis
forever and would raise wages and
prices and it would increase our
population by about 100000 people
and put all our citizens who can not
pay their taxes and who are now
walking the streets hungry and
starving, to work at good wages.
Before state my ordinance I
will explain that many Of our citi-
zens who are unemployed have gone
to nearby cities for employment and
have been refused jobs because of
nonresidence.
just last week a local factory laid
off sixteen men at noon. Several
of them went to Newcastle and An
derson and were refused jobs be-
cause they did not live there, but
were told if they lived there they
could go to work.
But in Indianapolis the same
business men who hold membership
in the Chamber Of Commerce en-
courage out-of-toWn people to come
to this city in the morning and
work all day, and go back in the
evening to their country farms or
homes as far as Greenfield, Craw-
louisville and so on. All these peo-
pie spend here is their time, and
take more than s2,500,000 out of In
dianapolis a week in wages.
I suggested to Mr. Suten that the
Chamber Of Commerce and the
Manufacturers Association go to
the Indianapolis city council and
i demand an ordinance that would
make Indianapolis prosperous city
and Let the people all over the coun-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06
Results, Not Rules

THERE comes a time when
/ nothing but the result counts,
regardless of what happens to the
book of rules.
You don't hear much criticism of
President Hoover for cutting the
red tape, to get government work
under way more rapidly.
Under ordinary conditions, that
red tape looked harmless, if not
necessary. At all events, politicians
and lawmakers have not only put
in a lot of hard work weaving it.
but have spent a lot of time telling
US how good it was.
It doesn't seem so good, or essen
tlal IN the face of an emergency.
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Worth a Gamble

A GAIN there is the potentiality
N that psychic research may
bridge the gap. At the moment I
must admit that I myself never
have been impressed by any phe-
nomena to be observed at seances
and such like activities.
Still, in the annals of the expert
mentors little has been found
which is difficult of explanation.
And of course, it is not necessary
to find whole flood Of evidence.
If so much as one authentic COM
munication ever is duly noted, that
would be enough.
It seems to me somewhat careless
to scof at the work of men like
Oliver Lodge. 1t can be said that he
has an emotional, even a senti-
mental, concern in the matter. But
after all here is a scientiflc mind OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06
Machines and Spades

THEN there is that fourth and
l. last treasure room of the Turk
lSh sultanate which has just been
opened to the public, with its Jewel
lncruSted slippers once worn by the
Princess Fatima, its big pumpkin
turban once worn by Mohammed II,
conqueror of Constantinople, and its
collection Of gems and gewgaws said
to be worth $100000,000.
II men with machines are open
Ing up the future, men with spades
are opening up the past, and if the
prophet has a clover patch of
romance in which to wallow, so has
the historian.
Give them all a chance. The
horizon is not a one-way street.
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SCIENCE
by DAV1p DIETZ

Science E e . ect G d to Add
Greatly to Mans Happiness
In the Future.
THE world. many authorities be-
l. lieve. is nearing a great era Of
scientific humaniSm, an era which
holds greater promise for man than
any previous period in the history
Of mankind.
It will be an era, these authori-
ties believe. in which science will
be used to its utmost to bring man
kind the greatest measure of hap
piness.
The movement of scientific hui
manism must not be confused with
the recent so-called hunanist
movement, which was really a sort
of literary humanism. The literary
humanists. as DR.. E. NJ. East Of
Harvard has pointed out, sought to
relegate science to a subordinate
position.
The scientific humanists, of whom
DR., East is one, pin their faith for
the future upon science, But while
they realize that the slogan of the
research laboratory always must be
science for sciences sake. they see
the need Of applying science in the
world upon the basis Of science for
mans sake.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06

How much was expended by the
federal government for pensions and
national defense in the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1890?
Expenditures for military pen
slons, annuities, compensation,
homes and hospitals for war veter-
ans and life insurance claims
amounted to $685., 275, 34e 10, and ex-
penditures for national defense were
SOL, 625,951.93.
What is the difference between
Swiss and Schweitzer cheese?
Schweitzer Is the German word
for Swiss.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06
Don't Be a DeSerter

MOREOVER, if we can abolish
80 the specter of time, then we
have already within our grasp an
immortality.
The thing which happened a
thousand years ago, from a lofty
grandstand seat, still is in being.
You merely need perspective in or
der to see the parade as a whole.
And since we have marched Shout
der to shoulder from the beginning of
tlme-whenever that vast would
seem to be not only the part of GAL
lantry, but of wisdom, to throw back
the shoulders, hold the head high
and keep on plunging forward be-
hind the music of the distant drums.
(CopYrigilt. 1881 BY The TinAs1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06

ACGASA NAdSdIluSs
THE cereals are primarily energy
= foods. They provide a high
caloric intake, but need to be sup
plemented by milk and by other
foods in order to serve the needs of
the living organism.
The cereals constitute the main
portions of the diets of most of the
people in the world. They usually
are dlgeStible, although certain
heavy breads, such as pumpernickel,
are digested with difficulty.
Rice is one of the cereals which
constitutes tremendous portion of
the diets of human beings. A certain
disease known as beriberi is due to
the fact that the rice has been
polished.
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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 disbursement
with the editorial attitude of
this oaDer,-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06
HEALTH SERVICE
Energy Is Provided by Cereal Foods

This Is the eighth of a series Of
twenty-six timely articles by DR.. Morris
Fishbein on Food Truths and Follies,"
dealing with such much discussed but
minis, minerals, digestion and balanced
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06

Mussolini calls on the women of
Italy to bear children, that Fascism
may be sure of an adequate supply
OF men. That is contrary to the
best social technique, the modern
idea running to birth control, rather
than large families.
Still, if Italy has a population Of
100000 half a century hence,
while France has one of only
50,oOo,O0o, and there is war between
them, will Mussolini be honored or
discredited2
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Daily Thought

If the wicked restore the pledge,
give again that he had robbed,
walk in the statutes of life, with
out committing iniquity; he shall
surely live, he shall not die
Ezekiel 33:15.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06

That lake, however vast, will al
ways feel something of the splash
created by the tiniest of pebbles.
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Speeders
next winter.

We have made automobiles safer and have built
safer streets and highways We have enacted reguIa
tons and laws designed to make driving SAFE Still
automobile accidents continue to take their terrible
toll Last year $4,000 persons lost their lives and
million more were injured in smash-ups
The chief reason, according to Sidney j. Williams
OF the National Safety Council is human se1shness
We can cope with dumb drivers and lack of skill and
see that drivers in good physical trim But the
reckless and careless driver is harder to handle
1--WE go out in our cars or on foot-but mostly in
our cars-thnking too much about ourselves and not
enough about the other fellow; thinking too much
about our pleasure, or about hurrying to keep
date-or something just showing of like small boy
with toy says Williams.
He adds that after laws and education and public
opinion have done their BEST the rest is up to the
private driver. We stop accidents if we want to
IF we are willing to practice on the highways the
same courtesy we show in our homes and Offices
II there were anything in name authors OF
anonymous books attacking regulations probably
would use it.
Freckles, says a doctor, protect the skin from
The suns rays And also the lotion manufacturer
from bankruptcy.
A tourist in France can be led to water but you
not make him drink.
Maybe they call it peanut politics because every
thing connected with it is in the bag
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Pity and forbearance should char
acterize all acts Of justice.-Frank-
lin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06

tourist in France can be led to water, but you
can not make him drink.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06

Maybe they call it peanut politics because every
thing connected with it is in the bag.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06

Freckles, says a doctor, protect the skin iron
The suns rays And also the lotion manufacture
from bankruptcy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06

Governor Murray of Oklahoma
makes good his threat to shut down
oil wells, issuing a 3,000-word order
and calling out the national guard
to enforce obedience. That is con-
trary to the best legal technique.
Indeed, it is unprecedented.
Who ever heard Of a Governor
taking such high-handed methods
with private business? But if cal
falfa Bill' succeeds in getting the
boys dollar a barrel for their
Crude" or even rs cents, will thsS
turn around and inpeach him?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06

II there were anything in a name authors OF
anonymous books attacking regulations probably
would use it,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor. Journal of the American Medics
Association and of Hygeia the
Health Magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-06
NJ. E. Tracy
-

Experience Is a Great Teach
err, but Never So Great as
When Derived From Meet
ing Unexpected Situations.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-An IL
L year-old Georgia lad cuts off
his finger after being bitten by a
water moccasin. That is contrary
to the best medical technique, but
if he gets well, who will find fault?
Better lose finger than take
chances with death from snake bite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09

IA N old Mexican woman had map Of the
location of some ancient church ruins
that had been handed down in her family for
generations. She became very friendly with an
American, told hiR her story and convinced
him it was true. This resulted in his making
the search
He followed her instructions on the map and
found it to be accurate. After a good deal Of
work he unearthed 10 chests Of iron filled with
gold coin. Some of the coins were octagonal,
some hexagonal and round with dates running
back two or three hundred years. There were
also good many bars Of gold and silver bullion.
The treasure came to about $750000
After the strike the treasure hunter was
met by railroad oficial who verified the facts.
The incident Is matter of record and can be
looked up and verified by anybody interested.
It shows that there really is buried treasure
and that now or then lucky strike unearths
some"
and how did you ever get into this fasci-
mating game of locating buried treasure and
hidden wealth." / one day asked La Liberte
as we were sitting and smoking in Camp Sans
Souci Lodge at Bradford, N. H
In my workshop La Liberte had been showing
me the most amazing data, maps, charts and
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plans Of locations rich beyond the dreams Of
avarice. Fired by this information, which con-
f1rmed much that had learned, announced
that would join La Liberte in his search for
the buried treasures and lost lodges.
But there in the lodge gazed upon the
records Of hardship, danger. death and hidden
gold
And then he told me one Of his cases." which
In itself would make q story to beat fiction. It
seems that In the Summer Of 1924 La Liberte
was making preparations to 60 after q very
rich placer-gold deposit of the Island Of
Tiburon in the Gulf Of California.
THIS deposit was found in 1919 by three
prospectors who had been fired on by the
Tiburon Seri Indians tribe with blond hair
and blue eyes, not long ago known to have been
cannibalS. This tribe live in the sand dunes
on the island, their only clothing being q
breech-clout girded about their loins. Some
scientists claim they are descended from party
of Norsemen who many centuries ago drifteS to
Tiburon.
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| IE also located an iron chest deep-buried in
] ] the coral Of the reef, and it's still there,
when we can get around to going after it with
proper equipment.
The coins were dated 1888 and sold in
the United States for 40 cents apiece-which
was q most appalling sacrifice. But we didn't
have much time to bargain or dicker, you bet!
Then there was our six-wheelbarrow strike
on another part OF the same island. One OF
our organization whom will call Bill Jameson
ito conceal his identity, unearthed this by
accident about two years ago when a big tree
on top of a hiIlock blew down in heavy wind
storm. The roots tipping up. disclosed cavity
down into which he clambered.
He found a cave in the top of the hillock,
one side of this cave having been walled up
with masonry. His radio detector buzzed very
encouragingly over the cave floor of detritus
and bat-guano. Jameson went back to the
town of Las Palou1itas for help by another of
our gang and for tools, He already imagined
we we're all nlillionaires. But alas, no!
What happened was that when the two fell
lows got back to the hillock next day govern
ment officials were in charge Some way or
other they'd got wind of it. They put laborers
right to work and kept our boys away
We had the pleasure Of knowing that the
government took out six wheelbarrpw loads of
church plate and ornaments, all of which were
spirited away and never heard of again. don't
suppose wen ever quite recover from the shock
of that near-success and that most sickening
loss OF treasure we'd almost had our hands on.
And then. speaking Of authentic cases, this
letter from La Liberte gives 3 genuine one. 1t
reads. in part:
Here is one absolutely know to be authentic.
. treasure found in 1925 at Torres Junction, .
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Two of the prospectors were killed
Indians and the third one. named Johns
shot through the shoulder and abdomen.
great suffering johnson reached San
Calf, bringing with him 81. 200 In gold 1
and his two dead companions had WASH
on Tfburon In few days.
At the time that this placer gold depo'
brought to La Liberties attention Johns,
living in Missoula, Mont. He and two asS
induced johnson to join them in rell
this deposit and sent him money to meet
but unfortunately johnson died on the I
this Tiburon prospect was lost. The del
stin there on Tiburon, but the secret
location Is gone.
However, something Of immense valu}
Of all this despite Johnson's DEATH" La
explained. For while we were waltz
johnson one of my associates told me
thrilling story. It seems that. young N
had been working on the same oil-drillind
with him and this Mexican had given my
the dope on an enormous treasure id
Sonora. Mexico. got verv much intere|
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~ GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND

small station and apparently very ancient
place about 3 0miles from Hermosilla, Sonora,
Mexico. The Los Angeles papers gave quite an
account of 1t at the time.
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NARROWING ADVENTURES OF

M. Eugene Randolph La Liberte,
MiningEnginee and Treasure
Seeker Extraordinary, Braved
Hunger, hirst, Hardships and
Death in His Many Searches for
Hidden Millions, but He Is
Ready TOGO Again ANY Time.
Firm in His Belief That the
NextT rip He axes Will Really
Bring Him to Wealth Beyond
All Calculation.
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AOU may perhaps meet him walking
down Broadway, or in the sub
" way or on the EEL this unassuming,
quiet-spoken man who today holds
secrets Of fabulous value.
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secrets Of fabulous value.
In his appearance there is nothing
to suggest that his career has been fun OF
adventures so thrilling as TO make best seiler
of wild episodes pale by comparison. Yet when
vo1 come 10 know him and to hear his story, IT
holds you spellbound.
Romance is dead? Not yet! 1t lives, 1t stiH
exists In this extraordinary man and his arnaz-
ing knowledge, memory, plans.
His name is Eugene Rudolph La Liberte. and
from prairie mountain, butte and mesa from
canyon and arroyo, from lands where LIE oiten
hangs by q single hair.
La Iiberte spends his time hunting for buried
treasure-one of the most exciting and oc-
casionally dangerous games any man can Try.
I have gone for buried treasure myself on
number Of occasions and can testify to the
excitement. Also can testify that real strikes
are not infrequently made. Not all OF the
buried treasure is imaginary.
At one island IN the Caribbean Sea that
group Of us visited about q year ago ! came
very near being thrown into the harbor to the
sharks by q mob of 200 infuriated Negroes.
And another time when one Of Our prospects
yielded 1900 pieces Of eight" the coins had
to be smuggled out and quietly disposed OF.
Otherwise results might have been far too lively.
The pieces of eight came from the wreck OF
an old Spanish galleon, the Don Carlos IL. on
the southeast coast of a Caribbean island that
still remain nameless. This wreck lay on a
dangerous reef, with a most tremendous surf
breaking over it, but by dint Of patience and
daring my friend Jim Hamilton (only that isn't
his name) raked up the coins.
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other features Of O fun-making nature
Commencement exercises viii be held
the night Of June II. The program
will be as follows:
Professional. Washington-Lee Or
| chestra; invocation, the Rev. Isaac
Steenson; salutatory, Rial Rose; q
chorus, an address by Mai. Z. w. Cush-
ing Of the board of education, presenta-
ton Of awards. address by DR.. Sidney
B. Hall, State superintendent of public
| instruction; awarding Of diplomas by
Supt. Kemp, valedictory by Miss BETSY
Cannon, a hymn and benediction by
the Rev. Mr.. Steenson.
Examinations Are Set.
Examinations will be held June IL
IS and Is, school closing at noon
June IT.
Principal Vanderslice announces hon.
or students as follows:
Miss Betsy Cannon, first; Rial Rose
second. and Joseph StrobaI, third
Lamont johnson has passed the neces-
sary examinations for entry into An
napolis and will go there Immediately
upon his graduation here.
This years graduating class, which
is the first to complete the full six
year term, ranks high In scholarship
and in the type Of work completed,
Vanderslice declared.
Vanderslice was scheduled to deliver
the commencement exercises at the