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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
The Mooney Case Revives

The Mooney case will not down Next month
Tom Moneys volunteer counsel Frank P Walsh OF
New York, will go again to California and there confer
with the states new Governor to urge a pardon
hearing.
hearse, labor's grim feature of Governor Rolph's
inauguration parade-and upon which is placarded:
California Justice Is Dead-is on its way eastward
advertising the shame of the Golden state to the
cities en- route
The Wickersham subcommittee in its forthcom-
ing report on legal lawlessness, is including the
Mooney Billings trials among many instances of the
laws anarchy.
play called Precedent" based on the Mooney
BILLINGS trials is drawing crowds to the theater of
the Provincetown players in New York and soon will
be put on the road to tell this amazing story
And now the is revived by one of Americas
old conservative magazines. Harper's has for its
leading article an expose of "Our American Drevfus
Case" by Lillian Synes California writer, thor
oughly familiar with the facts and background
That Mooney and Billings are being held in prison
long after every shred of evidence against them has
collapsed because of politics, prjudice and tidity
mas been the unacceptable conclusion of every one who
has made an impartial investigation of their cases
writes Miss Symes
The Dreyfus case had its belated happy ending
after twelve years After fifteen years nothing short
OF violent awakening of the states dormant sense
OF social indignation save us from the disgrace
OF having these men die in prison-and from having
some future generations shudder at CALIFORNIA; cal
lous indifference and stupidity"
1t might be remarked that California may be in
different but hardly stupid Soon it's boosters
will realize that this nationwide barrage is hurting
their state more than droughts earthquakes floods
or frosts.
Governor Sunny Jim" Rolph who knows the diff
ference between good and bad publicity, can halt
these assaults on the state he leads and loves by
ing these martyrs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25

, in any of the other vitanins because
she is unable to take the foods that
have been mentioned, the physician
may be able to prescribe concen-
trates of vitamin A and of vitamin
B, which are now available.
Vitanlin @ is best had in fresh
fruits, particularly citrus fruits.
The prospective mother does not
need any extra salt. What she gets
through usual seasoning Of food Is
probably sufficient.
1t is important, of course, that the
food taken in be digested and as
simulated properly. 1t is not neces-
sary to eat any food that upsetS
the digestion or that causes a feel
ing of nausea.
The essential substances are to be
found in a wide variety of foods
and choice should be made among
those that seem to meet the condi-
tons best.
Because there is a tendency to
putting on weight, due to the lack
Of exercise, oVereating should be
avoided. The average woman should
not gain more than twenty pounds
during the entire period.
There is no evidence that srnok-
ing in moderation is harmful to the
mother or to the child Excessive
use of alcohol or tobacco may be
harmful to both.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
REASON BY FRE 1}Ea4s

a RECENT article from Washington tells that
n Fresioent Hoover is the hardest worker who
ever sat IN the presidential chair and it says he can
stop In the midst of dictation to a stenographer
answer phone CALL then resume the dctation where
he left it.
This presents quality which is the KEY to sue
cess ana we should say the chief reason WHY some
men, apparently brighter than their fellows are
far more successful and this quality is the gift OF
concentration.
1t is ticket which entities one to travel far.
Il MERE used to be man OF marvellous concentra-
a ton IN Washington named Ainsworth R. Spot
lord. the librarian OF congress
he read more books than any other man who ever
lived and he remembered them
Once upon time we saw him reading hook IN
washington street and such was his concentra-
uon he read many times rapidly as the aver
age man.
His eyes seemed to march down the page and as
he turned one after another he seemed to be gancng
casually at the contents but he wasn't doing any such
thing. ~ ~
He got ID ALL and he saIted it down.
MANY instances have been related, showing his
NA memory to have been almost miraculous.
FOR instance, one day there was hot debate in
the house Of representatives when Thomas B. Reed
was Speaker
A44C representative WHO was speaking addressed
himself to question of parliamentary law and he
cited a decision of the British house of commons.
made over century before
This worried Reed and he called a messenger and
sent him. hurryng out Of the house to the congress
sional library.
IN few minutes the messenger returned, carrying
4 an old sheep skin volume and Reed opened it to
a page which had been marked. He glanced at it
and then broad smile spread over his face for he
master of the situation
He said: The gentlemans citation OF the de-
cision in the British house Of commons over cen
tury ago would be compelling had the house of COM
mons not reversed that decision the following year
and then Reed read the last decision.
Reed was hailed a marvel, tut he promptly
said The credit is not mine 1t belongs to SpofTord
He knew Of the later decision and he was able to
find 1t for me without delay"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Mans Most Noble Pursuit in 1880

The father Of his country is reputed to have said
that agriculture is the most noble pursuit of man
Were he to return in 1881 he would ind much to
sadden him. This noble profession of tillng the soil
has fallen upon unlucky days.
The federal council of churches recently has
turned in general assessment of rural life in Amer
lea for the year 1880 It's conclusions are essentially
the following:
1. The industry is inarticulate; it has few in
formed and respected spokesmen farm news is little
appreciated by the big city daiies and when it is
reported by them the news often is Inaccurate con-
FUSED. and contradictory.
? Farm prices are declining in alarming fashion
In 1880 agricultural production IS per cent lower
than the average for the previous decade Yet farm
prices were Is per cent lower than they were for
1929, in spite of curtailed production
3. Farm wages are at the lowest level since 1918
Moreover the supply of farm labor runs So per cent
the demand against II per cent over the de-
mand last year.
4. The rural population is declining markedly in
proportion to the urban While smaller rural popu-
ation may lessen competition and lower production
thus improving the industry the decline indicates I'M
healthy and dscouraging conditions in the industry
as whole.
5. Efficient agriculture depends upon the intro
duction Of mass production methods But this is
R@~N~~N@-'e
greatly increased unemployment among agricultural
laborerS
6. Medical care, due to the fading away OF the
country doctor, has become almost desperate prob
lem in rural areas. It is very difficult to get prompt
attention In emergencies, to get highly competent
medical care at prices which farmers can stand
z The rural church supplies competent COM
munty leadership Intellectually. socially or econom
ically.
8 Rural schools have improved very notably in
the last generation, but still lag far behind city
schools.
2 On top Of all these generally Ascourasins con
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BALFOUR'S DECLARATION
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April Is
ON April Is, 1917. Arthur j. Bal
~ four, foreign minister and for
mer premier Of England, made his
first important official declaration
at Washington.
He had come to this country as
head of a British commission to
convey his governments greetings
on the occasion of our entrance into
the war.
In his talk to newspaper CORE
spondents, in which he stated that
the entente powers did not seek a
formal alliance with the United
States, Balfour said in part:
Il am told that there are some
doubling critics who seem to think
that the object of the mission
to this country is to inveigle the
United States out of its traditional
policy, and to entangle it in formal
alliances with European powers. I
can not imagine any rurnor with
less foundation.
Our confidence in the assistance
which we are going to get from
this community is not based upon
such shallow considerations as
those which arise out of formal
treaties.
mo treaty could increase the
undoubted confidence with which
we look to the United States, which,
having come into the war, is going
to see the war through"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Great Pyramids

TINE building of the Great Pyra-
l. mid was one of the great feats
of antiquity. 1t took many decades
to assemble its huge bulk.
Professor Leith tells us that a cer~
tain mine in the Lake Superior res
gion yields bulk Of iron ore every
two weeks equal in volume to the
Great Pyramid.
Minerals now constitute about
two-thirds Of the railway tonnage
Of the United States and about a
quarter of all ocean-borne traffic,
he adds.
Professor Leita looks forward to a
continued increase, for many years
to come at any rate, in the demand
for minerals.
He sees certain influences, how
ever, which will tend to retard the
demand for raw materials to a cer--
tain extent. One is the develop
ment of better methods for reclain-
ing scrap" Another is the de-
velopment Of new alloys which will
result in stronger materials, thus de-
creasing the amount needed for spe-
cif1c purposes. A third is the devel-
opment Of more efficient methods Of
working ores, thus decreasing the
waste.
At present, the tendency is to ex-
plot the regions where the great
est concentrations of ore are to be
found. Economies of production for
other regions to compete very we'll
with them.
OF course, this is the sort Of situa-
ton which may be changed in the
future.
Iron ore is a good example of the
present situation. Deposits are to
be found in almost every nation on
the globe.
Yet tllree-fourths of the worlds
supply is drawn from a few sources.
the Lake Superior region and Ala
bama, northeastern France and
Luxembourg, and certain districts in
England, Sweden and northern
Spain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
CAUGHT Off Guard

MOST Of our present day trou-
1V1 bIes are rooted in the failure
to realize what was just around the
corner.
Not only the outbreak, but the
end, of the World war caught us
completely off guard. So did the
prosperity which Immediately fol-
lowed, as we'll as other changes and
innovations.
We should have known that con-
sumption in certain lines was
steamed up beyond all reason five
years ago, THAI our foreign trade
was disproportionate to the buying
power Of an impoverished world,
that our urban population was in
creaSing too fast for social and
economic health, and that there
was little but wind or water back
Of certain mushroom enterprises.
The most startling aspect of the
depression in which we find our
selves is that so few saw it COM
ing, and could not believe that it
was the genuine article, even after
it arrived.
As a matter Of record, there prob
ably never was a twenty-year period
in all human history when so many
big things occurred that so few
people foresaw, or understood, as
the last twenty years.
A review of what has happened
since 1911, not only with regard to
empires and mass movements, but
with regard to activities of COM
mon, everyday life, leaves one stag
gered at the difference between
what We poor humans expected and
what we got.
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they shake their heads in naive but
sincere bewilderment. Jimmy
didn't cause unemployment" they
say, and that seems to them suf1-
cient answer.
Not one of them ever has i'm
agined a government with a con-
Germ for the friendless and the dis
inherited. 1t satifies us if walt
can pass three nights in month at
the municipal lodging house.
That was the clearly enunciated
rule when I was there last October.
And If you came from out of town
you could get one nights shelter out
of thirty Some of the months have
thirty-one days.
But this doesn't touch me-" says
the average citizen, forgetting that
from cocktail through fillet of sole
and down to the cream in his coffee
he pays a price because racketeeers
must live.
And if all these things are way
beyond the means, he is not missed.
They get him on more important
beverage, and he chips in his mite
for graft in milk.
Why, bless your muddled head
Marty McCue, never thought or
said that Tammany Hall takes from
the rich to give to the poor.
Copyright. 1881. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Ladies' Of CHARITY

DUT then somebody shouted from
D the house that newspaper
man from the Herald Tribune
wanted to see me. It was my no
ton that he had come to look over
the spring crop of early Brouns.
But instead he greeted me with,
Marty McCue called you ma
licious liar at the communion break
fast of the Ladies of Charity for
saying Tammany takes from the
rich to give to the poor"
And" he added provocatively,
"all the Ladies Of Charity ap-
plauded wildly.
That put me at disadvantage,
for had missed church and failed
to put myself into an adequate
spirit of forgiveness and loving
kindness.
I looked over Mr.. McCue's re-
marks and said: Il don't see any
point in answering"
Don't be like that" said the
gentleman from the Herald Tribune.
And then he added, with subtle fiat
terry: You're a newspaper man
yourself. You've got to make a
statement"
Naturally that moved me. I've
written thousands Of pieces for the
paper. but this was my first op-
portunity to make a statement"
Even after years Of experience it
is exciting to have your name in
the paper. Mine has been In, but
always with that telltale "by" in
front Of it to indicate that I put it
there myself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
Steel Production

TUST as the production of iron
- ore is largely restricted to GER
tain favorable regions, so the manu-
facture of steel similarly is concen-
trated in regions where coal sup
plies are available and markets are
not too distant.
Ninety per cent Of the worlds
steel-making is concentrated in
three regions, Professor Leith says.
They are the United States, for the
most part the cities along the lower
Great Lakes; northeastern England,
and the Ruhr, northeastern France,
and adjacent territories.
Professor Leith holds to the
opinion that it never will be possible
for any other part of the world to
compete with these three regions
in the production Of steel.
He not only believes that no other
region has as favorable an environ
ment, but he believes that even if
favorable conditions were found, it
would be impossible to overcome the
start which these three regions al
ready have.
How favorable the United States
position is with regard to minerals
can be CLEANED from these statistics:
Eastern Pennsylvania produces 95
per cent Of the worlds supply Of
anthracite coal.
The United States possesses about
one-half Of the worlds estimated
coal reserves.
In the last five years, the United
States has produced SO per cent Of
the worlds supply of petroleum.
The United States produces about
So per cent of the worlds annual
supply Of copper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
SCIENCE
A Nations Mineral Reserves
May Prone More Important
Than It's Agriculture in the
Future.
by DAVID DIETZ.
THE way IN which the Machine

THE way in which the Machine
4 Age is increasing the conSump-
ton Of mineral supplies Is an i'm
portant fact in world history.
1t means that in large part the
dominant role which agriculture
played in the past may be assumed
by mining in the future.
A nations mineral reserves may
prove more important than its agri-
cultural resources.
Some interesting facts about the
increased demand for minerals are
pointed out by Professor c. K. Leith
OF the University Of Wisconsin in
World Minerals and World Poll
tics" (Whittlesey House,. He tells;
That the world output of pig iron.
copper, and mineral fuels has in
creased hundred-fold in the last
100 years.
That more mineral resources have
been mined and consumed in the
last 100 years than in all previous
history.
That the United States has mined
and consumed more mineral re-
sources in the last twenty years
than in its previous history
That the world production Of Ger
tain essential minerals is doubling
every ten years.
That the gold production of the
last twenty years is greater than
that of the previous 400.
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Mystery Grows
THE expansion Of horizons has

THE expansion Of horizons has
4 more than matched the accu-
mutation of human knowledge.
Instead of clarifying the firma-
ment, telescopes only have made it
more of a mystery.
Speaking acquaintance with the
atom leaves us no nearer infinity.
In spite Of all the hair splitting
and rowing through space, the rim
of things seems as far away as ever,
if not a little farther.
This is true not only Of the cos
mos, even the world, but of those
problems which surround each in
dividual life.
1t is harder for the young man.
or young woman, to decide on q
career, yet an early decision and q
plan of carrying it out is more eS-
sential to success.
Looking ahead has become the
all-important thing, not only fol
responsible leaders, but for every
body.
That's why we have life insurance
why we hear so much about cycles
and seasonal demands, and why hall
the news centers around what is
going to happen.
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Still a World of Dreams

1T is popular notion that our in
i ability to look ahead is due to
the effect of scientific progress;
that we suddenly have come into a
new world and that human nature
itself has been uprooted.
The cry on every hand is that
we must make over our ideas to fit
a machine age. Which, I think, is
the chief source of difficulty. We
are paying too much attention to
machines and not enough to men.
Notwithstanding all the con-
crete and steel, this still is world
of dreams and wishes.
The great commissions through
which it passed may have been a
little more severe because of the
engines and instruments pro-
duced by science, but they origi-
mated in forces Of a more intangible
character.
No one can ignore those forces
and guess what's ahead, with any
degree of accuracy.
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Questions and
Answers
what is the definition of eternity?

What is the definition of eternity?
Infinite duration or infinite
existence; independent Of time;
having neither beginning nor end,
past nor future.
Of what are locomotive wheels
made?
Chilled iron or steel
When did Villas raid on Column
bus, n. NJ, occur?
March s, 1918.
Is it possible for a human body
to petrify If preserved as mummy?
Yes.
How many 2-cent stamps are used
in the United States in a year?
In the last fiscal year 12,554,-
666. $50 2-cent stamps we're used.
What is Farina's, who plays in
the "Our Gang comedies, real
name?
Allen Clayton Hoskins.
What kind Of a government has
Hungary? Who is the ruling SOW
ereign?
Hungary is a monarchy, with q
vacant throne, the functions of the
monarch being exercised by a re-
gent. The present regent is Admiral
Nicholas Won Horthy de Nagybanya.
Who is the author of the saying
a fool and his money soon part?"
Tusser in Good Husbandry," said
"A fool and his money be soon at
debate" George Buchanan. tutor
to James VI Of Scotland said "A
fool and his money are soon
parted" to courtier. after winning
a bet to which could make the
coarsex verse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25

The Most Startling Aspect OF
the Depression Is That So
Fen SdaO 1t Coming.
.SAYS

NEW YORK, April 25.-A man
4 walking along the road
doesn't have to worry about what's
ahead. He has ample time to adj
just himself to any change, no mat
ter how unexpected.
Even if he runs smash into an
obstruction while he is looking
somewhere else, the collision will
not be serious.
1t is different with a man driving
an automobile at sixty or even
thirty miles an hour. He must keep
his eyes open. A sharp curve, end
Of the pavement, or even a nail
may mean ruin.
That's typical of life. We never
needed to look ahead with such
SlertneSs as we do today. The
guessing, specializing, and propae-
sying one hears on every hand rep
resents more than childish efforts
to satisfy idle curiosity
Civilization is travelling fast in
high-powered vehicles. It's very
safety depends on the ability Of
those at the wheel to foresee and
forestall accidents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25

NEARTY M'CUE was quite a
1V1 lightweight. Even before he
entered politics. And so 7 was dis
turbed to learn that he was threat
ening to call me a liar to my face
and that I was supposed to react
with fury.
The circumstances were all wrong.
1t was a beautiful Sabbath on the
Connecticut farm, and I just had
completed two landscapes and
caught eight bullheads.
I was at peace with the world
and had begun to think, Why not
drop the subject Of corruption for
a while and write about spring in
the country?"
For instance, I had in mind a
column about the first plunge in
Hale lake and the snake which en-
ticed me in. Watching him paddle
past the big rocks, I decided that if
he could stand the chill water so
could I, and I jumped in just be-
hind him.
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BY DR.. MORRIS FISHREIN.


Editor, Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
.THE building materials for the
l. prospective child can be had
through the body of the mother
Therefore, the mother must provide
in her diet the food substances nee
essary to build the child, and at the
same time to maintain her own
body in a fair state of health.
If the growing child does not Sc
cure the nutrition that it needs
through the food taken by the
mother, it will take these materials
from the body of the mother.
Thus it is that the women who
are undergoing the process of child
birth sometimes are undernourished.
For this reason also the old epigram,
For every child a tooth!"
If the mother eats properly, she
is not likely to have trouble with
her teeth nor is she likely herself
to become undernourisIled.
The proper diet contains proteins,
carbohydrates, fats, mineral salts
and vitanins During the period
when a woman is expected to I'M
dergo childbirth, she needs extra
amounts of minerals and vitamins.
AS has been emphasized repeat
edly in these columns, the foods
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can Effective Poorbo,ea,,

On the theory that President is expected to
speak the truth, Hoover should not be blamed too
narshly for accepting the hospitality OF the Virgin
Islands and then promptly calling them an effective
poorhouse" They are that
But the President can be blamed and will be
blamed both in the islands and in this country for
telling only half the truth
Ha should have added:
We made them an effective poorhouse We
bought them without their consent. We then de-
Stroyed virtually their only means of lvehood--the
rum industry and shipping industry-by forcing pro-
hibition on them without their consent We then
subjected them to naval rule So naturally they
now are an effective poorhouse"
In the name of justice and in the name of self
government why doesn't President Hoover insist that
congress remove the prohibition load from their backs
and let them make living again?