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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
Not a Home for Cats and Dogs

The nation turns with hope to the reconstruction
corporation Within few days this two billion dol
lar machine for fabrication of credit will be working
and wisely operated, it should succeed.
The difference between wisdom and unwsdom will
be spelled in that word-ubrication
Stripped OF all its technicaities, the purpose of
the reconstruction corporation is to do the thing
that the banks of the country have not been doing
namely extend credit where credit should be ex-
tended, but has been denied.
To be clear, in our view of the possibilities con-
tanned in the reconstruction corporation it is neces-
sary to understand why credit that should be ex-
tended has been denied. The reason is the bankers
recent abnormal effort lquidty and that reason
in turn runs back to the boom and the mistakes the
banker made during the boom.
For example, bank that took on certain amount
of now detaulted South American bonds and other
foreign and domestic cats and dogs when the storm
hit when that collateral went bad, and when the
era bank failures set in the bank with such COL
lateral its hands, naturally applied the first law
of man-self- representation.
To prepare itself to meet the possible demands OF
its depoSitors, it put full steam ahead for lqudity
To become liquid, it couldn't use the bad collateral
The cats and dogs wouldn't help Therefore, the
bank turned to the only other source from which
liquidty could be secured-its solvent customers.
1t began calling their loans and thereby was Gre
ated the OF credit restriction that this
generation ever has seen.
1t should be borne constantly in mind that the
key to the whole trouble was that sin OF the past
for which the present is being made to pay The just
are forced to suffer for the OF the unjust.
Now comes the government with its reconstruc-
ton corporation to do job that the bankers through
their lack Of vision and OF wisdom failed to do The
purpose is to superimpose on the banking structure
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
OF Man River

AS you read of the break of levees the inundatioN
OF third of million acres, and the peril Of the new
Mississippi rampage to the lives of hundreds, think
also OF the cause and cure Of floods.
When the Pilgrims landed, America was one gi-
gantic forest as far west as the great plains The
year round, because the winter and spring rains
were held back by forest carpets Old Man River rolled
blue and peacefully his way to the sea-
Unfortunately the first white Americans were not
forest-mnded. In their eagerness for farms they
cleared logged, and burned their way into the wilder
ness. Later to make quick profits, self-made timber
barons invaded the forests for masts, houses and
Grand Rapids furniture.
AS forests disappeared, floods appeared The blue
waters yellowed with silt Whole farms were carried
southwark in solution and deposited on the delta
To losses in vanished timber were added billions in
eroded soil, bleached areas flood damage and costly
levee works.
How far we have gone in the ruin of our greatest
asset the land and its forest wealth. is seen by the
fact that in 300 years seven-eghths of the virgin
forest has been destroyed, 175OOO0O acres of good
farm land has been ruined by outlying, more than
100000 have been abandoned by private own
and reverted to public ownership
In the last decade alone, $4,000 900 acres an area
bigger than North Dakota or Missouri have gone out
of use, and 100000 Americans have left the land
In no other nation is depletion OF soil resources
taking place rapidly in the United States" says
DR. o. E. Baker department of agriculture economist
Wise conservatonists know that the ultimate rem
edy for floods lies not in levees and by-passes but
in forests. We must restore, by big and national
epanting program the natural reservoirs for food
waters.
And what better time to begin such program
than now, as a measure of unemployment relief?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22

Pure Air Is Important Health Factor
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

differ in the amount of industrial
smoke that is present in the air.
Furthermore, considerable amounts
Of smoke in the air interfere with
the passage of sunlight, which is
known to have a definite effect in
promoting health and in limiting
the development of bacterial organ
iSnS.
Observations made in several
great industrial centers have shown
that the amount of sunlight re-
ceived in the center of the town is
80 per cent less than that received
at the edge of town.
Observations made in Manchester,
England, revealed that As per cent
less sunlight was secured in the
center of the city than at a spot
ten miles away.
OF particular interest is the ques-
ton of ventilation in places where
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
IT SEEMS TO ME BY HE EYSYS

casual interest in the problem of
unemployment. In a time of war al
most no ministers at all refrained
from draping themselves in the flag
and squirting on their parishioners
to hate the hun.
Brotherhood has had practically
no hint of a helping hand from
the pulpits of America. Instead
warlike declarations have Numbered
forth as to the necessity of calling
out the army and the navy to en-
force the eighteenth amendment.
Preachers seem to glory in the
fact that our jails are filled to the
bursting point and that legislation
has created new criminal classes
never known before. In AL the
churches of the land the cry goes
up for savage punishment.
Some wearerS of the cloth have
even joined that savage mob which
cries for foggings and other cruel
and unusual puniShments to make
good that freedom of the intellect
and conscience manifested by
Bishop James Cannon Jr.
Among certain groups propa-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
Relics Sought
DUBLISHED descriptions of the

DUBLISHED descriptions of the.
4 Indians who met Columbus, acz
cording to Krieger, afford little clew
to their identity.
Forehead reformation was a prac-
tice among most of the tribes in
the West Indies and this, he says.
would account for the fine, high
foreheads" spoken of in these de-
scriptions.
Krieger is engaged in, linking up,
wherever it is possible to do so, the
West Indian culture pattern with
those of North and South America.
One of his most extensive studies,
that of primitive West Indian pot
terry design, has just been issued as
a bulletin of the Smithsonian In
stitution.
This also contains a record of
some of his findings during the
three winters he already has passed
in the West Enthusiastically San
to Domingo and Haiti.
One of the most notable findings
is of primitive engineering compar-
able to that Of the Mississippi VAL
ley Mound Builders in the noun
famous interior of Santo Domingo.
Superficial examination of these
mounds, Krieger says, might lead
to the conclusion that here was an
outpost of the Mound Builders.
But while the North American
Indians reared their structures as
memorials to the dead, the West
Indian Arawaks apparently were
concerned only with the pleasures
Of the living.
The mounds contain no human
burials and the only artifacts found
are parts of tools discarded by
workmen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
Dry Logic

The logic Of the drys who so violently oppose a
referendum on prohibition Is difficult to grasp.
ut is an effort to short-circut the regular consti
tutona process for amending the Constitution" they
say.
"It would be destructive Of and repugnant to, not
only the letter. but the spirit of the Constitution"
1.-THE theory that vote to resubmit the eighteenth
amendment may be a neutral vote is false and can
not be sustained on the contrary it is attempt to
evade congressional duty to surrender constitu-
tonal prerogative, and to shift responsibility"
"Those asking for resubmisson have not advo-
Gated any definite plan for control of the liquor
traffic"
prohibition was adopted after all other methods
had been tried and failed"
under our present financial crisis we need all our
energies work out plan for the return Of prosper
ity. 1t is poor time for congress to advocate
submission Of the question that would arouse intense
antagonsm among the people
It is true that the machinery for resubmtting the
prohibition question to vote of the people may have
to be set up through passage of a constitutional
amendment
But, is this reason for denying that referendum?
Is or is not this government "of the people by
the people and for the people?"
We recommend for serious reading to the vehement
dys the second paragraph of the Declaration Of In
dependence, which it will be recalled preceded the
drafting OF the Constitution:
We hold these truths to be self-evident:
That all men are created equal that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain inalien-
able rights; that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness. That to secure
these rights governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed; that whenever any form
of government becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to
abolish it, and to institute new government,
laying its foundations on such principles and
organizing its powers in such FORM as to them
shall seem most likely to effect their safety and
happiness
Examined one by one the arguments against
national referendum fall to the ground and scatter as
leaves in the wind as completely as did Deets Pick
etts argument that Finland voted five to one for re-
peal because Of economic pressure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
BILL FOR WAR CABINET
Jan, %

.ON Jan. %, 1918, Senator Cham
" berlain introduced in congress
a bill providing for war cabinet.
This bill received the vigorous op-
position of President Wilson.
Russian delegates to the Brest-
LitovSk conference decided on Jan.
"a as the date to refuse Germany's
peace terms. These terms, calling
for cession Of Courland and the
Baltic provinces to Germany, met
with the delegates disapproval.
The drive started up the Pave
by the French on Jan. 20 was high
ly successful. This date found the
Austriaps pushed back to yield the
whole salient, enabling the French
to push their defense line north
from Monte Monfenera to the shell
ter of the Caleina Torrent and
Monte Spinoncia, closing the east
ern gateway to the river.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
Debating the Alimony Racket

Not few students of the social and economic
aspects OF the almony problem will approve the action
OF Supreme Court Justice Salvatore A. Cotio in
freeing members Of the Bronx Alimony Jail Club.
The judge observed that he could not see that any
good social purpose was being served by keeping the
men in prison:
Motions for Furnishing defendants for contempt
for arrears in aimony cases have become a serious
sociological problem in these trying times of epres-
slon While fully appreciate that courts are limited
to Interpretation of laws applicable to the case never
theess the courts should take into consideration the
exgencies of the times the ability of the defendants
to obtain work and also what useful purpose will be
served by incarceration"
This is good so far it goes. But this abuse de-
serves general legislative action 1t should not be left
to sporadic rulings by of our more sensible and
open-minded judges
There is grave doubt whether all women are en-
titled to such generous aimony settlements as they
now receive in many cases. Particularly is this true
OF the many alimony racketeers among the fair SEX
In the case of devoted woman who is deserted
with children after years of labor and soicitude by
husband who suddenly has become infatuated with a
chorus girl the situation is different Doubtless she
deserves all the monetary solace which the traffic
will bear
Yet even in the most worthy cases. falling the
urtive deficient spouse will achieve little Stringent
laws in regard to attaching the husbands earnings
will accomplish all that is possible in the matter of
financial payment.
failing only kills the goose which might lay the
golden egg of aimony. The jail sentence for an1ony
default is hangover from the old days of mprison.
men for debt 1t should be sent to the limbo without
hesitation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
Landing Place Mystery

u RIEGER hopes also to solve am
~ other old question, namely, the
exact landing place of Columbus.
The island where Columbus land
ed apparently was quite thickly pop
ulated. 1t is possible that some re-
mains of the culture, by which the
people can be identified, still can
be located.
There is some uncertainty as to
which island was the actual scene
of Columbus landing. The present
island of San Waiting is
land on English maps-appears to
have the best claim to this honor,
but the landing may have taken
place on the larger Cat island, a
few miles to the northwest, accord
ing to the Smithsonian experts.
This was called San Salvador on
old maps. In order to have landed
here, Columbus must have sailed
within sight of Waiting island.
Krieger will visit both places.
Because Columbus remained only
short time at his first landing it
is very improbable that anything
can be found which will make it
possible to settle the question.
Last winter Krieger was able to
identify partially the place on the
northern coast of Haiti where one of
the discoverer's ships was wrecked.
Following his investigation of the
two possible landing places of Co
lumbus this winter, Krieger plans
to go to central Cuba.
Practically no archaeological work
has been done in this part of the
republic, though the eastern end of
Cuba was archeologically explored
for the Heye museum by M. r. Har-
rington.
The only effort to identify the
Indians first seen by Columbus, in
the light of modern anthropological
knowledge, was made in 1912 by
Theodore De BODY of the Heye
Foundation of the American In
dian, New York.
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many people are assembled, as, for
instance. in music halls, lecture
rooms and motion picture theaters.
1t is not safe to rely, for fresh air,
in places which must be kept dark
ened, on entrances, exits and more
permanent openings Usually per-
manent air inlets are rare in such
places and it is not possible to flush
the air thoroughly between per-
foTmances.
1t therefore is necessary to supply
mechanical ventilation, using ex-
tractor fans which draw out the air
constantly and perhaps agitator
fans to stir up the air in dead cor
nerS, beneath balconies and in SINH
lar places.
If possible, means should be de-
veloped for completely flushing the
air of the house through open win
dowS between performances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22

THE Anti-Saloon League in con-
Il vention assembled has de-
clared that Bishop James Cannon
Jr., is "a champion of freedom Of
conscience and intellect"
Competition being so fierce, I do
not know whether the good bishop
is entitled to the free conscience
championship, but his procedure in
the matter of handling campaign
funds certainly entities him to a
high rating in this group.
AS to his title as king of the
freedom of intellect division, I am
much less certain If he won that
tournament it must have been in
heavy fog and on very Soggy
greens. The details of his victory
never were fully reported, and the
score, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, was never duly attested.
Prohibition has blinded many
among the Volstead violators, but
it has taken its toll among the drys
as well. Surely it is strange that
an organization founded upon re-
ligious lines openly should espouse
practices which are at the very
least devious and dangerous. There
is not single factor in the snide
corruption of the franchise brought
about by machine politics which has
not been duplicated by the Anti
Saloon League and its agents.
It is up to the courts to decide
whether Bishop Cannon is legally
an offender, but few will question
that he has established presidents
which are far from helpful in es-
tablishing a frank record of the
source of political sinews.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
People Voice

Editor Times-I have written the
following letter to President Her
bert Hoover:
May add a voice to the thou
sands Of American citizens who ap-
preciate the wisdom and courage
you are expressing in our economic
crisis?
Realizing that any suggestion
for the betterment of present con-
ditions would have your hearts ap-
proval, may present the follow
ing for Your consideration?
Il have been in the employment
business in Indianapolis for thirty
eight years, interviewing men and
women from all parts of the world.
Il lately have been confronted
with this problem-that in eight
cases out of ten the laborer is out
of work because he has been re-
placed by machinery which requires
fewer workmen.
Might it not be a step in the
right direction if factories all over
the country would set aside the ma
chinery, which does the work ordi-
narily done by five or more men,
for given period-say five years
and put these men to work?
This would allow thousands Of
workmen to earn a livelihood and,
at the same time, create a demand
for the factories products, thus
equalizing supply and demand.
IF this suggestion has any help
full points, I am sure you will give
it your attention as4d thought"
I have received the following re-
ply from Lawrence Richey, secre-
tary to the President:
''This is to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your letter. It will be
brought to the attention of the
President. Your expression of COM
mendation will, you may be sure,
be most gratifying to him"
MRS. o. B. HOUGH.
443 North Illinois street.
Editor Tirnes-Fewer people at
tend ball games. than ever before,
with every one getting salary cuts
but have you heard anything about
tickets on ball games coming down ?
If they put pre-war prices on the
ball games, they might have a
crowd. The working man can't af-
ford to 60 now. They cut the ball
players pay. so they should cut
admission prices. SOME FAN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
TriviaIity on TOP

nNE of these girls laughs and the
~ other weeps as a proceeding
which neither understands moves
heavily forward to determine their
fate.
AT the outset, they informed the
court that they would not par
ticipate" in the trial, unless they
were furnished chairs.
The chairs were brought-a minor
triumph for the girls; a minor con-
cession by the court-making every
one feel little happier.
Strange, is it not, how trivialities
can dominate the mind when it is
supposed to be struggling with
matters of gravest Importance?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ'

4
Smithsonian Scientist VIZ
Trace Columbus TrGip
Seeking Identity of Indians
Who Greeted Him to New
World.
THE trail of Christopher Colun-
L bus In the western hemisphere
viii be retraced by an expert from
the Smithsonian institution in an
attempt to solve a mystery that is
centuries old. 1t is the puzzle of
who were the naked, painted In
dams, with fine, high forehesdS,"
who greeted Columbus when he
stepped on the soil of the new
world.
Herbert w. Krieger, curator of
ethnology of the institution, is leav-
ing this week on an expedition to
the seldom visited San Salvador
and Cat Islands in the Bahamas in
an effort to solve this puzzle.
Krieger is an expert in the arche-
ology of the West Indies.
Columbus was given a friendly
greeting by the Indians, following
their first shock. He took several
of them with him as interpreters
when he sailed away and, lured by
their stories of gold to the south
ward, skirted the northern coast Of
Cuba westward until he reached n
point where his new friends no
longer understood the language of
the people.
The implication, Krieger says, is
that these Indians were Arawsks or
members of the general Arawak
stock. The Cuban coast peoples
whose tongue they evidently under
stood are known to have been Ara
walks.
On the other hand, according to
Krieger, it is entirely possible that
they we're an unrelated people, pos
sibly closely connected with the
Florida Indians, and that Arawak
was a sort of trading language
understood all over this part of the
West Indies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-22
Questions and
Answers
What words are most frequently
used in the English language?

what words are most frequently
used in the English language?
The fifteen most important words
according to Prof. Brigham, a
Princeton psychologist, are: in, and,
that, a, the, to, with, be, of, as, all,
at, not, for, and on. These words
comprise more than Is per cent of
all the words used in the average
modern book.
What happens to the chalk in
the chalk mark on a blackboard
when the marks are erased?
Most of the chalk rubs off on the
eraser A small amount remains
Smeared on the board, and particles
are sifted into the air during the
rubbing.
What is the plural of noise?
Noises.
How many French Canadians are
in the Canadian parliament?
There are sixty-five in the house
Of commons and twenty-four in the
senate.
Where are the Ieper colonies in
the Philippines and in the United
States?
In the Philippines the colony is
at Culion and the one in the United
States is at Carrville, La.
How many school teachers are
there in the United States?
752.055.
How many daily newspapers are
there in the United States?
Approximately 1000.
When did Thomas Nelson Page
die?
Nov. l, 1922.
Who Is the governor Of Ohio?
George White.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
CTUDENTS of public health are
~ placing increasing emphasis on
the Importance of pure air in rela-
tionship to health. When ever
crowds of human being assemble
there exists the increasing posi-
bility of transmission of the germs
that cause respiratory diseases.
There is furthermore the fact
that these germs are more likely to
seize on mucous membranes that
are below par than on a healthy
mucous membrane.
Finally, air that is too dry, that
is full of dust or otherwise insult
able, is likely to bring about a low
cred resistance of the mucous mem
braneS of the breathing tract.
Various cities of our country
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ganda is rife to stife organized
religion and all its communicates.
1 have no patience with the point
OF view or the tactics of these
militants. UNCONVENTIONAL religion
begins to fall of its own weight.
The plain fact is that today we
nave church which is almost the
last place in the world where any,
body nationally could go to seek
that everlasting mercy which was
brought to earth by Christ, the
founder.
Copyright, 1882. by The Times
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Daily Thought

But God said unto me, Thou shalt
not build an house for my name, be-
cause thou hast been a man of war,
and hast shed blood Chronicles
1873.
There never was good war or a
bad ace.-Benjanin Franklin.
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Wealth IrritateS
XXTHAT is more natural than fc
Wv %I,io,yoe - ra.I. ...l.Y-

XXTHAT is more natural than for
w thieves to seek necklaces,
brooches, bracelets and other costly
gewgaws at a time like this?
Whether they are in need,
whether they would be Robin Hoods,
or whether they are merely crooks,
the background is such as to lend
them encouragement
Wealth, particularly when put on
display in the form of bodily deco
ration, has become little less than
an irritant to diseased, or distraught
minds.
Those who have collected a large
amount of precious stones should
have sense enough to keep them
out Of sight until this agony is over.
Their presence, even in wall safes
represents too much of a tempta-
ton.