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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-08
EDITORS CUSTER

Civil Liberties Union Will Demand
Damages for Columbia Student.
By United Press
NEW YORK, April s.-Raymond
L. Wise. attorney for the American
Civil Liberties Union, has an
nounced that, acting in behalf Of
Reed Harris, expelled editor Of the
Columbia Spectator, he would file
suit against Columbia university.
Wise said the amount would be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-08
DRY CHIEFS COMING
FOR STATE FARLEY
Woodcock Among Speakers
for Anti Saloon
Meeting,

Addresses by Colonel Amos w. w.
woodcock, federal prohibition d.
rector; DR.. j. M. Doran, federal in
dustrial alcohol commissioner, and
F. Scott Mcbride, national Anti
Saloon League superintendent, will
feature the statewide temperance
conference April 10 and 10.
The convention, to be held at the
Roberts Park M. E. church, win be
under auspices Of the Indiana Anti
Saloon League.
Preceding the two-day conven-
ton, annual field day of the league
will be held Sunday, April II, in
Marion county churches.
Officials Are Coming
1t was announced by L. E. York,
Indiana league superintendent, that
a number Of federal officials will be
present.
These include Prohibition Admin
istrators Malachi L. Harvey and e.
C. Yellowly; Attorney r. @. Minton,
Chicago; District Attorneys Oliver
M. LOOMS, South Bend, and George
r. Jeffrey, indianapolis; j. w. Nor
rill, deputy prohibition administra-
tor for southern Indiana, and
Major Howard Long, deputy admin
istrator for northern Indiana.
With the convention being hel~
only a short time before the May
primary, qualification of candidates
probably will be discussed in gen.
ersl, York said, but wet and dry
leanings of individual candidates
will not be considered.
Speakers Are Listed
Among speakers at the meeting
will be Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stanley,
state w. G. r. U. president; Mrs.
Edwin N. Canine, state federated
clubs president; S. P. Mcknight,
Ohio league superintendent; the
Rev. Will J. Foster, Ohio league
field secretary, and Edgar H. Evans,
Acme-Evans Company president.
Others will include DR.. Ernest H.
Cherrington, World League Against
Alcohol secretary; DR.. James M.
Grain, Disciples of Christ temper
ance and social welfare general
secretary; G. T. Tevebaugh, state
Y. M. C. A. secretary; DR.. E. T. AL
bertson, Indiana State Council
of Religious Education secretary;
Bishop H. H. Fout, Indiana league
president; DR.. David M. Edwards,
former Earlham college president,
and Mrs. Amy G. Bruce, Indianap-
oils Y. w. C. A. executive secretary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-08
STEEP UTILITY
RATES BLAMED
. ON U. S. COURTS
Commissioner Howell Ellis
Sees Federal Menace to
State Control.
BY DANIEL VI. KIDNEY
Times stan Writer

GREENCAsTLE, Ind, April g.
Blame for high utility rates were
laid directly at the door Of the fed
eral courts, which we're scored for
their government by Injunction"
IN an address by Howell Ellis. pub
II rervice commissioner, here Thurs
day night.
Ellis spoke at De Paw univer-
sity at an open forum attended by
students and citizens of Greencastle.
The talk took on particular signifi-
cane, because of a local movement
TO purchase the water service for the
city.
Singing rebuke was delivered by
Ellis to the federal courts, which he
Charged with multiplying state utility
control.
Sees State Control Passing
"A pernicious practice of fiouting
authority of the state and it's Judi
riary has been built up by the utili-
ties and federal courts by invoking
the fourteenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States,
and claiming conhscation of utility
property by reason of rate orders
made by the state regulatory COM
nnisson," Ellis declared.
This menace TO public regulation
end public control of public utilI-
ties, If not curbed, will destroy every
vestige Of authority which Indiana.
or any other state. may attempt to
exercise in control and regulation
Of public utilities.
Defends State Courts
Il believe that such judicial re-
view should be made by the courts
OF the state of Indiana, under pro-
visions Of the appeal section of the
public service commission act which
provides for the widest and fullest
right OF appeal by any aggrieved
person to our state courts"
Ellis pointed out that appeal to
federal courts take the form of in
junction proceedings brought under
hAC SOAAAloCdJlOu ClduSe, WHICH can
not be resorted to by rate payers,
but only by the utilities.
Claims Valuations Boosted
Citing long line of Indiana conf
mission decisions which have been
checkmated by federal courts, Ellis
presented a tabulation showing an
unbroken line Of greatly increased
valuations from these injunction
proceedings.
The recent exception was the
Martinsville case in which a three
judge U. S. court upheld the COM
mission order, but the matter is on
appeal to the United Statse supreme
court, he pointed out.
After voicing high praise for
Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell of
indianapolis, Ellis scored other
Judges who come to Indiana, rails
ing utility rates and do not have
to face the people afterwards"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-08
574-KARAT DIAMOND
Is ALMOST PERFECT

Brazilian PrOspectOr'S Find Proves
One of Most Valuable in World.
BIZ United Press
. RIO DE JANEIRO, April 8-The
574-karat diamond found by a poor
Brazilian prospector near Diaman-
tino recently was reported today to
be pure white and almost perfect"
it one of the most valuable
in the world.
Reports received here from the
diamond fields said Charles Her
mann, a geologist. had examined
the stone and pronounced it of rare
value. The diamond was found on
land belonging to a resident of
.Bello Horizonite.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-08

thought it would be all right If I
got just one room
Il objected. but then he said he
wouldn't think any less of me, so
I stayed there"
After Geiger's counsel concludes
final arguments today, the case will
go to the jury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-08

Even in the days of ancient Rome
there were surgeons who special
lied in removing catarscts from hui
man eyes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-08
Hlgh roll Reported in Floods

b Untted Press
BUCHAREST. Rumania, April 8.
Heavy loss of, life was reported
today in floods in Bessarabia and
Transylvania where thousands of
persons were homeless and extern
sive property ruined.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-08
U. S. BACKS STILLS
Supervision Venture of JObIess in
Distilling Wintergreen Oil.

Distilling Wintergreen Oil.
By United Press
HARRISBURG, Pa, April g.
Unemployed in the Pennsylvania
mountain regions are operating
stills, under the supervision and
sanction of the state department
of forests and waters.
No moonshiners these, but dis
tillers of wintergreen oil, a valued
commodity.
According to the Forestry De-
partment, man can pick about
seventy-f1ve pounds of wintergreen
a day. The stems and leaves are
placed in still one-third filled
with water. Two hundred pounds
of wintergreen are used in each dis
tillexon and the process produces
about one and one-half pounds of
oil in six hours.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-08
Tables Turned
Movies Going to Children
Now as Film Folks
Adopt Them.

By United Press
HOLLYWOOD, April s.-The
- movies are going to children
these days instead Of the other
way round. The actors and act
resses are adopting them.
Slim Summerville, the beanpole
comic, and his wife are the latest.
They have adopted 2-months-
old boy, and christened him Ell
lott George.
The Neil Hamiltons now are
thoroughly experienced with
Group and collie. A year ago they
adopted Patricia Louise, a baby
girl.
Constance Bennett now is
mamma" to Dennis Armonstrong,
3-year-old orphan boy.
The Wallace Berrys have
adopted 2-year-old Carol Ann
Priester, and are rearing the
baby's two brothers, George, 9,
and William, 4.
Even in the DAYS of ancient Rome
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-08

"in the neighborhood of 100000"
and that the action would start
next Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-22
The Lakes Are Saved

Kiilarney's lakes are safe for all time. Through the generosity of citizen of the United States they will be preserved for all time in a national park belonging to the Irish Free State The offer to create huge national park around the lakes was : first made last July. It is now being acted upon by the Irish Free State government, various legal difficulties having cropped forth in the interim to make immediate &C., eeptance impossible But the lakes are as- sured of perpetual care and they will still be sung of by bard and minstrel as of yore.
 William Bowers Bourne, Californian. is the donor of this immense tract of land and water to the Irish government. He ac- quired the estates surrounding the lakes with the express purpose of forming large park and having the government maintain them as such. A daughter of his once lived near the Killarney lakes and upon her death the father set out to create lasting memorial in nature in all its bounty. No choicer spot could have been selected for this purpose.
 Only person who has seen the lakes of Killarney can fittingly describe their beauty. And even then it requires the soul of an artistic do them justice. They are one of the show spots of Ireland. perhaps even the entire world. They are rich with the historical lure that is over all Ireland. Probably more songs and poems have been written about the lakes. their surrounding hills, and the people who lived in their neighborhood than any one spot in all the world. Legendary as well as historical fact runs hand in hand in the telling.
 Bourne is noted for his philanthropy in this direction. As head of an immense water company in California he at one time aided in the development of chain of lakes near San Francisco that still attracts tourists from near and far. He heard in 1930 that the landed estates of tlae Kenmares whose ancestral home has always been on the shores of Killarney's lakes were to be auctioned off. His interest flared and he speedily acquired the 10000 odd acres. That the people of Ireland as well as those of Irish descent in this country and all other countries will long revere the name of Will liam Bowers Bourne is to be expected
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-22
When The Pound Drops


 Great Britain gets word that she is ex- pected to meet her debt payment at Wash ington as usual on December IS. and the British pound drops to record low. A large part of world finance is based on Brit ish currency, so that Canadian dollars and the currencies of many other countries fall in unison.
 We read then immediately, in American newspapers such headlines on the market page as Wheat Follows Slump of Pound. When foreign money weakens. the foreign CTS are less able to buy our goods, and our own domestic prices sink.
 Really, these war debt problems are far less simple than they look. The more they are studied, the more intricate they seem. Their solution is not job for the man on the street or the man on the farm. for the high school debater or for the politician in- terested only in what he thinks will be the popular thing to do. It is job for disinter- ested economic experts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-22

cost of Sf.50O for the fourteen deaths of representatives in the fiscal year ending last June 90. We can't expect governmental economics along other lines when such as the above can happen.
 And that's merely one way in which public money is expended foolishly. Yes. fooIishly. for the majority of us believe that is the correct term. Some sound ideas would be appreciated along the lines of gov. ernment operation reduction. It can be effected in more ways than one. Unfor- tunately the general public doesn't learn of these needless expenditures until they have been made. They're then dropped but new CT way of spending the taxpayers money is found. It happens in Washington, in you. state capital. and in your little old home town. Some day we'll. reduce government to basic principles and eliminate reckless handl- ing of public moneys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-22

It is too bad that the death of John Adam Kayan of New York city came al time when his particular talents might have been employed to good purpose. John Kayan was former president of the Master Brewers Association of America aud one of the best known brew masters in this eoun- try. Although born in Germany and trained in the mastery of German brews he speedily advanced his noble profession to the first rank. American beer was not the palatable beverage that many people grew up to ike when Kayan came here in 1888. He exper- imented in various cities where his employ ment took him and improved the products of various breweries. He was with the Lemp Brewers in St Louis and the Pabst people in Milwaukee before coming to New York to make the Koehler people famous for their 'Fidelio'. With beer looming on the horizon his death was certainly un- timely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-22
Legislative Expenses

The cost of our American government is enormous. In fact 1t is one of our worst extravagances. We pay willingly and too often gladly for services which we in- frequently don't receive and for which we don't care one whit. If we ever could shake down our various governments as we do furnace. the resulting pile of ashes represent ing over expenditures would engulf us. From the federal down to the tinlest politl- cal subdivision government there is in- creasing evidence of too great an anxiety to spend the taxpayers money for something from which he will derive no benefit and for which he issues no authorization.
 Raymond Clapper of the United Press has done an immense amount of work in exposing sources of needless expenditure of federal funds. It was Mir Clapper who per- haps paved the way for the defeat of any number of representatives in Congress last November by his articles on nepotism, a high-sounding term. but meaning simply favoritism towards relatives by bestowing upon them patronage. Through his disclos- urss it was shown that any number of rep resentatives in Congress were paying salaries to blood relatives and in-laws although these employees might not even be actually in Washington. There are concrete ex- zmples in the present lame-duck session that the weight of the Clapper revelations was heavy. They won't return to the 73rd Congress.
 Now MT Clapper is engaged in the gentle pastime of unearthing the congressional fun eral racket. as it is called. With all due respect to departed members of this present Congress and those that have gone before it. we say that the founders of this nation never intended that their obsequies should be an occasion for a congressional junket trip. But that is just about what any such sad occasion produces today. The boys in the House of Representatives no doubt want too do their best for their departed brethren. They do unto them what they hope will be done for themselves when they also depart this mortal coil
 The funeral of the late Nicholas Long worth resulted in a $12,000 travelling ex- pense bill that Congress through the House of Representatives will approve and order the Treasury to pay. There are various legislators in Washington who admit that this is carrying the burying of dead mem befs bit too far There was an average
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-22

Post graduate courses in high schools were never so popular as they are today Blame it on the depression. What high school youngster cares to face the cruel world in these days of few jobs and low pay when he or she can perhaps continue another year in the less arduous task of completing spe- cial studies. The situation is especially acute in New Britain where a petition was recently signed by ll8 students requesting the re- turn of the post graduate courses that the school board some time ago dropped on the grounds of economy. To show that the school department may not profit by drop ping the extra-curricular courses the students made the claim that many of their number were deliberately flunking courses so that they would have to repeat their year in at least one study before being given degree. Years ago students used to funk studies so that they could continue their athletic careers, but scholastic rules today prevent any such occurrence. As for deliberate flunking to avoid work it's natural for young people to dread entering the business world at this particular moment But the plunge has to be made some time. Better now perhaps than later. It certainly IS poor beginning for any boy or girl to sacrifice his or her talents for another year of schooling that may make no difference whatsoever in his or her future life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-22
THURSDAY, DECEMBER P, 1882
Congress Keeps a Promise

In passing the Collier bill to .egalize and tax beer of B. per cent content the House of Representatives has kept promise that it has been making rather fatuously ever since it convened carly this month. It marks the first sign of retrogression in our national legislative body from the bold and unfortunate step it took in December, 1917. when the 18th Amendment was proposed to the several states for ratification and ultl- mately adopted. However, it is not the end of the noble experiment" That continues in force The effect of the Collier bill, if approved by both the Senate and President Hoover, is slight modification of the Vol stead Act.
 The saving feature of Wednesdays vote in the House was the fact that the wet bloc was able to carry the proposed measure through without one change being made in it once it had been reported from committee The House spent the greater part of the day turning down one amendment after another So the Collier bill goes to the Senate today as fresh and unadulterated as it was when 1t left the desk of its author Its fate at the hands of our distinguished members of the upper house remains quandry, just as much so as 1t does once it enters the White House portals for presidential approval. Of the two we think it stands better chance from Mir Hoover.
 The Senate is just now much concerned over an outright repeal bill of its own man. ufacture Undaunted by the failure of the Garner repeal measure on the first day of the present session the Senate believes that one produced after bit more deberation may prove effective. That remains to be seen. However. repeal is the only way out of the prohibition muddle. Modification. such as tln bill passed by the House would produce. is merely sop We wonder if even the proposed legalized beer of 3.2 per cent con tent will prove the income producer that it ic claimed to be. We still recall wildly the way Ontario and neighboring Michigan gsseted -four -point-four' beer back in 1925. Today Ontario's beer is about 9 Of 10 per cent alcoholic content. And it is being sold and drunk, as well as other liquors.
 The new beer law would go into effect thirty days after presidential signature is obtained and providing the courts do not hold it unconstitutional. It provides for S1.000 license from brewers S25 from wholesalers, and $40 from retailers. Almost any store can sell beer providing there are no contrary laws in the state or community. A tax of s per barrel of not more than } 1 gallons is levied on the manufacturer. The varieties specifically mentioned by the terms of the bill are beer, lager beer. ale. porter, and other similarly fermented liquor" There won't be beer for Christmas. but per- haps there will be St Valentines Day, Lin- eoln's Birthday, or even Washington's Birth- day. Hoch! Gesundheit! Prositl Salute! A yotre sante!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-22
Our Daily Washington Letter
Drys Cocksure
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

as the big leader but so many church denominations are repre- scented in the Association of Or- ganizations Supporting the 18th amendment that no strictly denom- ination man can hold the support of them all.
 Thus leadership of the cause probably will rest with the lead erless Anti-Saloon league, which undertakes to represent all de- nominations.
 Many drys regard the Rev F. Scott Mcbride, general superin- tendent and legislative superin- tendent of the league, as merely an undistinguished country preacf1- CT who has failed in the emer- gency.
 Bishop James Cannon, once the outstanding dry leader, now finds his influence strictly confined to his own Methodist Church South. Other dry leaders, who used to resent his Arrogance" regard him as a handicap. They say he has made many costly mistakes, political and otherwise.
 The ablest, brainest man among the organized drys here ap- peared to be Edward E. Dunford, the, leagues general counsel, who used to work for Wayne B. Wheeler. Dunford will stick to the legal phase without seeking more conspicuous leadership, but if the repeal amendment gets tied up in a constitutional knot, as many drys predict, he is likely to be the man chiefly responsible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-22
THE CAROL SINGERS
(New Haven Journal courier)

N2NCW IAdVCn
 The Christmas tradition is one of the finest in Christian nations; and the Christmas carol is one of its loveliest manifestations. Tho giving of gifts, the exchanging of cards, the expression of physical generosity can be curtailed by eco- homie defiation: but depression can not decrease, may even increase by a revival of communal effort and sympathy, participation in carol ing. There is no tax yet on air. there is no copyright on the tradi- tional melodies and poems, singing is still the most universal art, the Christmas spirit still moves strong on the wings of song.
 Carols will be heard in every corner and cranny of New Haven. Sixty groups or more. we read, have aideary announced intentions of carrying the Christmas promise of peace, of sympathy. of goodwill, to every section of the city. Every institution, every family shut-in and unable to participate or to list en at community sings will have It's serenade. The Christmas message, by song at least, will search out the ultimate recesses of New Haven.
 Toswrite of Christmas carols de- mands a lyric typewriter. q supply of superlatives, a flow of sincere praise. To attempt to tether their beauty and strong appeal with ink upon paper is to attempt the im- possible. They must reach the. ear from a group of willing voices. They expess faith in it's simplest, |, most direct terms.
 In his introduction to the "Ox. ford Book of 16th Century Verse 10. K. Chalmers writes that "the long tradition of medieval poetry ends with burst of sweetness Tn the religious carols But note should be added that the carols of are continuing tradi- ton that, each year brings new examples, that the modern agc pro- duces it's versions as did the l6th century. We in America should De proud that one of the loveiiest or them all, sung now throughout the. world. was written by a Boston minister. Many of the caroiing croups who will move about New Haven will sing his hymn; 70 Little Town If Bethlehem."