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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

DOOR Ruth Judd got pretty bad break. The peo-
pie of the United States were far more concerned
about egaized wholesale murder in the far east than
they could be about any individual crime Hence the
trial took up but small space in the newspapers and
it looks if she will go to the gallows without the
usual ballyhoo
With none of her own sex on the jury, we have
the rare spectacle of twelve good men and true'
pronouncing the death sentence on personable
young woman. We are coming along, it seems.
A good many individuals feel that this is indeed
a step forward. Women" they saw twill get their
just deserts. Criminals viii find that they can not
escape justice"
1 wonder. The workings of the sane mind are
indeed strange. Mrs. Judds crime was peculiarly
repusive one. SO Will the state of Arizona's be when
it leaves her body dangling at the end of a rope So
was that of the civilized Ango-Saxon at the end of
1917, when his orgy of murder was over.
TOR the righteous peoples of the earth dress up
L their homicides with pretty names: Justice
hate and destruction that goes on Ruth Judds deed
is but one small pebble upon very wide and blood
stained beach.
In a short time she will have been forgotten, but
society unheeding will go creating new criminals
over and over and over.
It's booteggers will sell poisoned GIN its strong will
prey upon its weak its injustices will flourish its
greed will grow its demagogs will lie and its tyrants
still strive to crush human liberty.
We will continue to put bayonets into the hands
Of our boys and tell them they must 60 forth and
MAIN and destroy other boys against whom they
have no grudge.
The state win go right on dealing death to the
individual who has dealt death. And thus we shall
be no better than the criminal whom we slay.
Until to that two wrongs never can
make a right we shall have crime and murders and
hatred and bitterness and social acs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
GenteeI Mobs

It is the duty Of the well-born to maintain cviliza
tons standards.
But down in southeastern Kentucky the other
night the Bluegrass Bashaws of Bell and Harlan
counties turned themselves into night-riding mob
In state where chivary is traditional these leading
ctizens-doctors business men, officers of the law
lawyers and one newspaper editor-are charged with
kidnapping a group Of New York writer's at midnight
and carrying them in autos to the state line at Cum
berland Gap.
There it is alleged two of the New Workers, Waldo
Frank and Allen Taub, were brutally beaten on the
head. Their crime, it seems was bringing food into
the region for striking miners families
This is not the first outrage reported from these
terror-ridden counties. Strikers and their synpa-
thizers have been intinidated by law officers and
company guards.
To be called Communist there subjects one to
the working of the Kentucky criminal syndicalisn
law, said to Guido all such laws in It's sweeping denial
Of fundamental rights.
The United States senate has been appealed to-
and an investigation may be ordered With both law
and the tradition Of fair play apparently lacking
there seems to be no other way
After ALL the soft coal regions Of Kentucky are
part of the United States
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
Two Simple Souls

Candidates of the common people is the way
Speaker Garner of the house of representatives and
Governor Murray are described by friends who want
to make them President.
These Democrats Happy Jack" of Texas and
alfalfa Bill9 of Oklahoma are touted frank
of the west
1t is curious therefore, to find that Garner and
Murray are virtually the only two Democrats in the
race who are not frank about their views on that
most controversial of issues. prohibition
Alfalfa Bill" in his recent tub humping declara
ton Of platform, forgot to mention the subject of
prohibition. And Happy Jack" has refused to
answer the question of Texan admirer as to
whether he is wet or dry.
1t is possible that these two simple Democratic
souls are trying to repeat the trick which Hoover
played so successfully in the last campaign when
he ran as a wet to vets and as dry to drys?
1t was a good trick so good indeed that it now is
so widely known that the public is not apt to be
taken in by it again
II Garner and Murray intend to straddle on pro-
hibition, they should find trick which already has
not been exposed.
Apparently AL Smith, who just has declared for
the referendum-state home rule plan in place Of his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
Gray Haired League

commentary upon the callous American atti-
tude toward old folks is the formation in Miami OF
the Gray-Haired League" This organization of old
folks proposed to eradicate determinations in indus
try against people above middle age: educate its
members to keep fit; encourage among young people
"a higher respect for old age; seek national pro-
tective legislation
If the Gray-Haired League is wise, it will con-
centrate at once on enactment of the Dill Connery
bill for federal aid to old-age pension states This
is an immediate relief measure that could be passed
at this congress if public opinion were aroused suf-
fcientIy.
We are learning lessons in valor and fortitude
from our friends the Chinese. We we'll might emu
late them in another of their national virtues-ven-
Grafton for the elders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
Gandhi's Secret

Mahatma Gandhi's recent plea to his followers to
get rid OF manknds two greatest fears-the fear of
death and the fear of the loss of material possessions
helps to explain how it is that this wizened little
man can possess such tremendous amount of power.
mo power on EARTH" says Gandhi "can subdue
man who has shed these two fears"
When you stop to think about it, it is easy to see
that he is right If you have not the slightest quams
about losing everything that you possess nothing that
any one can do to you frighten you; and when
man who is in that fortunate position puts himself
at the head of a great movement, it will prove an
uncommonly hard task to stop him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29

Judge Sedbury Has JeopGr-
died His Probe of Tam
many Hall bg Dragging the
Investigation Into National
Politics.
NEW YORK, Feb. 29.-Rightly
IN or wrongly, most people con-
strue Judge Seabury's speech as a
bid for the Democratic presidential
nomination. That is what makes it
SO unfortunate, so inopportune and
so likely to spoil an otherwise prom
Using effort to clean up politics in
New York City.
1t was no time TO drag local
investigation into national politics,
particularly in such way as would
give the chief prosecutor an ap-
pearance of trying to capitalize it.
Tile investigation never had but
one chance of success. That chance
lay in keeping it on such a high
level as would remove the handicap
of suspicion and distrust which
always arises when partisan pref
udice, or personal ambition appears
to be the dominant motive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE =
HEALTH SERVICE
Rest, Not Exercise, Relieves Fatigue

The fatigue that occurs in indus
try involves usually very little of
physical fatigue, but a great deal
of mental fatigue. Emotional fac
tors play a large part in fatigue.
Machine work, specialization of
jobs, and increased speed in indus
try have brought about fatigue due
to monotony. When monotony be-
comes intense, exhaustion of the
nervous system is likely.
The time to take exercise is after
rest. Therefore, the business man,
the white-collared worker, or the
industrial worker who has felt the
strain of his days activities should
precede any exercise at the end of
that day by Is to 80 minutes Of rest.
He then will take his exercise,
following it with warm shower
bath and have another fairly long
rest period before getting up for
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reason for discounting Shanghai
news the fact of censorship, and
there is none in that international
settlement.
Looking From the Heights
COMETIMES I wonder whether
~ there is such a thing as the fly
ing mind. 1t may be that aviation
creates a new set of human values.
Certainly all the bitter books about
war have been written by the in
fantrymen from the trenches.
I have never heard a bomber con-
fess any great concern after the
event as to where his roc's eggs
landed. You see, he didn't aim at
men and houses, but hurled his bolts
instead at ant hills.
Will Rogers in pursuit of his IA
vorite hobby has had of recent years
mostly a birdseye view Of this world
we live in. And so it might be well
to appoint a reception committee to
wait upon him when he comes down
to earth.
And think the spokesman of the
committee should walk across the
field and tap this homespun man
upon the shoulder and tell him, 'Mr.
Rogers, it really isn't funny any
more"
Copyright. 1892 by The TimeH
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
Questions and
Answers

How cold was it and how deep
was the snow during the month of
March, 1906? What day of the
month was the biggest snow?
The coolest temperature for the
month was above on March II.
The biggest snowfall for "a hours
was on March 10 and 10, 0vhen
12.1 inches fell during the 24-hour
period. Since there was IS inches
of snow on the ground at the time
it started showing, this made total
Of 14.6 inches.
Who took the place Of Knute
ROckne as football coach at the
University of NOtre Dame?
HEARTILY Hunk) Anderson.
How old is Billie Burke, the ac-
tress?
Forty-six.
What was the maiden name of
the first wife of Woodrow Wilson
and when were they married, and
when did she die?
She was Ellen Arson OF Savan-
nah, Ga, and they were married
June "a, 1885. Mrs. Wilson died at
the White House, Aug. IA, 1914.
What is the calorie value of a
piece of butter, one inch square and
One-fourth inch thick?
100 calories.
What were the largest gate re-
ceipts for a prize fight?
The record was $2,658,660, at the
Dempsey Tunney fight at Chicago,
Sept. %, 1927.
Is Justice Holmes of the United
States supreme court related to
Oliver Wendell Holmes, the poet?
He is son of the poet.
What is the derivation and mean
ing of the name Flavy?
1t is from the Latin flavious and
means yellow.
What proportion of the total pop
ulatiOn of the United States is of
the Negro race?
Out of total 1880 census popuIa-
tion of 122,775,046, those of the
Negro race numbered 1881. las.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
Too Much ZeaI2
ONE finds it hard to believe tina

NNE finds it hard to believe that
" man of Judge Seabury's poise
and caliber would go out of his way
in the midst of an unfinished task
to take such a hopeless flyer in
politics.
It is far pleasanter to suppose
that he has been misunderstood;
that his attack on Tammany hall
was due to an excess of zeal, and
that his inferential criticism Of
Governor Roosevelt was uninten-
tional.
Considering the good work he has
done and the foundation he has
laid for worth while reform in
New York City, it is unthinkable
that he would spoil it all by the
injection of personal ambition at
this time.
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Embarrassing
MYTH presidential campaign in
WV rornSroent and with the narnn.

MYTH presidential campaign in
w prospect and with the Demo-
cratic party moving heaven and
earth to take advantage of an I'M
usually favorable situation, the dam
ger of making a grand assault on
Tammany hall, especially before the
investigation had been completed,
was obvious.
Such a move could only embarrass
Governor Roosevelt and suggest a
drive for party solidarity by leaders
of all factions.
The idea that Judge Seabury had
accomplished enough to warrant his
stepping out as a candidate for the
presidential nomination was not
taken seriously, except by those who
interpreted it as unfriendly propa-
ganda designed to discredit him.
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the evening program, or before go
ing to dinner and then to bed.
This advice to rest is not neces-
Sarily to indicate that one should
give up his activity.
The best life is a useful one. DR..
G. E. A. Winslow refers to the adj
vice given by Nietzsche to live
dangerously"
Life is to be used, not boarded"
says Winslow, "but neither should
it be wasted through unintelIi-
gence."
One physician, asked by a patient
how to live long, said, Get a slight
chronic disease and take good care
of it,"
In all our activities, health must
be uppermost in OUR minds, because
without health there can be no
happiness.
Next: Diet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
No Perfect Vacuum

DR. MACMILLAN holds that these
- is no such thing as a perfect
vacuum in the universe, and that
the apparently empty areas, how
ever small, are filed with the un-
known subelectronic systems.
The energy from the outer gall
axies "leaks" into these lower sys-
TENS, and within the lower sys-
TENS synthese and other operations
are occurring, which may account
for the building of atoms-with
their admirably balanced protons
and electrons-and might even &C
count for the production of cosnic
rays, as rippleS given off when the
subelectronc material is boosted
to the atomic level.
1t is within this fine structure
of space" that the building process
which insures the universe of con-
tinental rebirth is going on, DR.,
Macmillan suggests.
Here energy is tranformed into
matter, matter accumulateS around
stars and other cores, which grow
by accretion over a period Of mil
lions Of billions Of years. at length
reaching such proportions that in
ternal pressure results into a break
down into radiant energy-and the
cycle goes on.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
Suh-EleCtrnnic Systems

.DR. MACMILLAN believes that
~ the electron, to date considered
the smallest unit in existence, is in
itself complex organization.
He believes that the light emitted
by the sun and stars and distant
nebulae consists of particles, or
quanta, as they are sometimes
called.
He believes further that as light
speeds toward the earth, some of
the particles or quanta in the
stream fall behind and are trapped
into the units which in time will
join together to form electrons. He
calls these hypothetical units the
"Subelectronic systems"
"On the basis of an energy leak
age Supposition, and the observed
shift of the spectral lines, a light
quantum loses per cent of its
energy in 17,6O0,O00 years." he says.
1T requires 1,210,0OO,OOO years for
half its energy to escape.
IF you picture a quantum of light
as consisting of a flock of 100 birds
flying toward our EARTH" DR.. Mac
MILAN says in explaining this state
ment, then one would fall-pre-
Sumably into the subelectronic sys-
tems-every 17,6OO,OOO years.
This would not be noticeable in
the light coming from stars in our
own galaxy, but the scale of the
outer galaxieS is so tremendous that
it does account for the observed loss
Of energy.
Under such hypothesis it be-
comes unnecessary to regard the
universe as expanding, much less
exploding.
This not only answers the ques-
ton, What becomes of the energies
which the stars are pouring forth
so lavishly?' but also it's antithesis,
What is the origin of the amazing
quantities of energy locked up
within the atom? When energy is
locked up it is an atom, when it is
free it is radiant energy as we
know it"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
NOnDartiSan Probe
THE investigation of New York

THE investigation of New York
l. City affairs was authorized by
a Republican legislature and ap-
proved by a Democratic governor.
The suspicious start which that
gave it was increased by the Selec-
ton of Judge Samuel Seabury as
chief counsel.
The fact that Judge Seabury was
a Democrat was accepted generally
as a guarantee that the investiga-
ton would not be run by and for
Republicans.
Every one recognized that Tam
many Hall would be brought under
fire, but hoped that the investiga-
ton would confine itself to individ-
ual offenders and let the voters at
tend to the larger issue at the next
local election.
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BOISterS Criticism
DARTISAN prejudice is the great

DART1SAN prejudice is the great
l. weakness of every investigation
in this country.
Whenever a probe begins, it is
taken for granted that one party is
out to get the other, and that poll
tics can be depended on to play a
superior part to justice.
In this respect, the New York
investigation enjoyed singularly
happy send-off.
Tammany leaders have said that
it was the same old thing, that the
Republicans we're out to make po-
litical capital, that Governor Roose-
velt's hand had been forced, and
that Judge Seabury's real concern
was to make name for himself,
but they have found few sympa-
thiZers.
Judge Seabury has put plausi-
bility into their argument. It is
most unfortunate.
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ.

Space AbSorbs Suns Energy
and Turns 1t Back Into
Elections, Belief of AS
trOnOmer.
CPACE is pictured as sort of
~ cosmic factory which absorbs the
energy radiated by the sun and
stars and in time turns this energy
back into the electrons of matter,
in the newest scientific theory.
The theory is advanced by DR..
William D. Macmillan, professor Of
mathematical astronomy at the
University of Chicago.
DR.. Macmillan disagrees with the
proponents of the theory of rela-
tivity, who believe that the universe
is expanding. The notion of an ex-
panding or exploding universe is
based upon observation of the dis
tant nebulae.
The spectrum lines of these nebu-
lac show a shift toward the red,
which is interpreted by many as
tronomers as meaning that the neb-
ulae are receding from us at i'm
mensely high rates of speed.
DR.. Macmillan rejects this expla-
nation and prefers to believe that
the apparent shift is caused by abb
sorption of the light from the
nebulae by space.
DR.. MacMillan'S position in one
respect resembles that of DR.. R. A.
Millikan. DR.. Millikan disagrees
with Jeans and Eddington and
other followers of relatively, who
say that the universe gradually is
running down. He sees in the
cosmic rays evidence that the uni
verse is a going concern"
DR.. Macmillan also believes that
the universe perpetually is regener-
ated by the Transformation in space
of spent radiation back into the
electrons of matter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-29
GERMAN ATTACK FAILS
Feb. %

ON Feb. %, 1918, German
~ surprise attack on positions
near Dixmude, held by Belgian
troops, was repulsed.
The German attack was made in
force and was beaten back only
after heavy fighting.
Heavy German raids in various
sectors of the western front were
generally regarded by allied observ-
erS as forerunners of the long
promised March offensive.
The chief purpose of these raids
was to discover how strongly the
varied allied positions were held.
and at the same time to keen secret
the actual spot chosen for the great
offensive.
New stories of Turkish attacks on
defenseless Armenian cities were
told in Europe, following the COL
lapse Of the Russian army. which
had conquered much Of that terri
tory.
The German army in Russia com.
tinued to advance as peace nepo-
tiations between the two nations
rapidly approached a climax.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
TIME hardest advice to make peo-
4 pie follow in times of economic
stress is the advice to rest.
The trend Of modern life is to-
ward speeding up to a greater men
tai strain and almost ceaseless &C
tivity. AS result, the life expec-
fancy Of man over 40 is less than
it was twenty-five years ago.
Many a business man feels that
the proper procedure for relieving
his restlessness is exercise in the
form of handball, squash, calls
themes, or golf. When one is tired,
relief will not come through physi-
cal exercise, but through rest.
The chief value of exercise is to
provide stimulation to the activities
of the body, not to relieve tagged
mind.
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The Cult of Being Simple

DUT being naive is with Rogers a
- cult rather than condition,
for he has seen the plains of Man
churia and watched the huddled
misery of Chinese cities. 1t should
not be hard for him to make a
mental picture of what happens
when a small bomb falls from the
air into the streets of Chapel.
He has seen the feet-bound wom-
en- and observed their slow and
Swaying walk, and so he has some
idea of the potential spectacle when
they totter for their lives out of
the range Of the guns. A sort of
panic in slow motion. And not,
should think, particularly funny.
Will Rogers in his role of Main
Street commentator saw some of
the earlier phases of the war. but
the material inspired him to few
of his happiest contributions. He
has been more screamingly funny
in dealing with other matters.
There is minor virtue called
good taste which might have re-
strained Rogers from intimating
that his professional associates in
the far east could be set down as
liars when the pressure of conflict
came upon the task of news gath
ering. Reporters, as well as actors,
value certain adages and ideals.
The gifted amateur in the news
paper field should not be expected
to know them all, but it might be
well for him to tread a little eau
tiously. Will Rogers may pass the
terseness test, but he has flunked
in accuracy. He advances as one
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CERTAIN admirable qualities can
~ constitute nuisance and even
a danger if pressed beyond the
breaking point. Mr.. A. A. Milne,
for instance has managed to expand
whimsicality into a pain in the
neck, and Will Rogers seems to be
bent upon doing a similar disservice
for naivete.
Among the most gifted of stage
performers, Mr.. Rogers has carried
with him into journalism the
atrical precept which betrayS him
on occasion into gross and unseem-
ly error.
When he takes his pen in hand
Mr.. Rogers often seems animated
by the adage 1.-THE show must go
on" And so he clowns and capers,
even down among the dead men
and across the face of war.
Life he says in his quaint home
spun way, is just bowl of chest
nuts, and neither blood nor agony
is rejected as grist for the Rogers
mill. It is true that Nero f1ddled,
but he did not syndicate his tunes.
Il
The Cud of Contentnnent
THE quality of being homespun
L can be strained, and there are
mornings upon which could wish
that Will would pull up his galluses
and quit chewing so blatantly the
cud of contentment. He urges us not
to take very much to heart the
travail in Shanghai, for it is his
opinion that the writer's have to
kinder exaggerate it all to keep it
readable" He thinks they "are put
ting it on pretty thick"
The death of a coolie or Of a
thousand is nothing much to the
amiable Oklahoman who passes by.
Laugh, cowboyI Laugh!
TN addition to the arny's casual
ties, General Tsai estimated that
$500 Chinese civilians, including
many women and children, have
been killed by bullets, bombs, shrap-
mel, and fires"
But, as viii Rogers says, maybe
they kinder eXaggerate." Perhaps
it was no more than $500.
Something of imagination is