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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
Think for Yourself

This nation has never had more important cam
pagn than the one now in progress. On its results
may we'll depend the whole trend of the future, not
only of this country, but of the world.
For that reason it is especially important that
every citizen think for himself this year and refuse to
take his politics from labels.
This is the year for selfish thinking. Every one
should try to determine just what is best for him
self in the way of government
The man without job will try to discover what
government is most likely to produce conditions that
will give him work.
The man whose job is still safe is more than in
terested in conditions that will permit him to keep
his job The man with a business or a home will want
to see how he keep property from confscation
or his business from bankruptcy.
For that reason, whenever it is possible to hear
candidate for the presidency, matter what ticket
party he represents voters should welcome the OPP
portunity to help them make up their minds
On Tuesday evening, Norman Thomas, the cam
didate for President the Socialist ticket, will speak
at Cadle tabernacle. He has spoken in this city be-
fore as paid lecturer, and many people have paid
money to listen. SO just chance to get something
for nothing, he should appeal.
Not many are likely to agree with his theories or
his remedies. But no one doubts his sincerity or his
ability If you fear socialism, listening may help you
to fortify your conservatism. You may discover why
you will not want to vote for him.
But in this country, the only hope is in an cleo
torate that will carefully examine and test any policy
or program that is offered. This country, can never
be afraid of ideas if it is to continue. Progress and
stability only come from an informed and in
tellgent citizenship.
So it may be worth while to listen to Thomas just
as it is always worth while to listen to President
Hoover candidate Roosevelt when they talk the
radio.
This is the year to listen, think and then vote.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
When to PLAY Politics

little healthy publicity, in which this newspaper
shared is responsible for reinstatement of postal
clerk at Gary Ind fired for opposing President Hoo
yer's bonus policy.
Among the charges which resulted in his dismissal
was the following:
ct also is charged that you introduced bonus
resolution at meeting of the American Legion,
Crown Point Ind contrary to the expressed wishes of
the President who considers such legislation harmful
to the country at this time"
When this case was revealed by the press, the
President had the original order reversed The Gary
clerk is to be restored.
On the surface, this is victory for the civil rights
of civil employees But the official explanations show
that very disquieting conditions exist
The civil service commission, to protect the civil
service from the spos system and exploitation by po-
cal parties has made certain rules against partisan
political activity of civil servants.
1t appears now. however, that these rules are so
vague as to invite the evil they designed pre-
vent. Under these hay rules partisan political adj
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
Still a Lower Level

A ND even so would not consigr
"A to the lowest place of punish
ment those who do no more than
deplore, without having the wisdom
Of courage to suggest remedy
They have done more than those
who passed by On the other side
and pretended that nothing was
amisS in the best of all possible
worlds.
1t is held by Hurley and his as
sociateS that those who make poll
tics out of human misery" are also
"capitalizing discomfort" If the
phrase means anything at all, il
suggests that somebody offers him
self to the voters On the ground that
they have grievances which he
undertakes to remove.
His offer may be shallow and
shabby enough in any analysis, but
must insist that this is the fun
damental pattern Of all politics in
any democracy.
When Mr.. Justice Hughes ran
against the last Democratic incum-
bent, he did not go on the hastings
in 1916 to declare that everything
in the Wilson administration was
above criticism and that he would
duplicate the policies of his OPP
ponent.
Naturally he appealed to discon-
tent and misery, too, and asserted
that if he were in office things
would be a great deal better. And SC
it will be with Pat Hurley, when at
some distant date he rises up before
the electorate as the champion OF
the people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
Origin of Legend
A WARMER seeks to ind the h

MARINER seeks to find the basis
1V1 of fact which gave rise to the
story of the good abbot's adven-
lures.
Stripped of its fanciful and
mythical elements, it purports to be
the record of a voyage to some re-
mote island in the Atlantic having
delightful climate" he writes.
Quite possibly the story may
have as basis an actual voyage to
some pleasant island of the Canary
or Madeira group. Undoubtedly, too,
this story of an island out in the
western sea, blessed with all good
things, harkS back to the mythical
Islands of the Blessed of the an
cientS-lands IF the hearts desire,
where life is free from the common
cares and ills.
Attempts have been made to
connect the story Of st. Brandan's
island with pre-Colum5ian voyages
to America.
Certain legends and Sagas appear
to point to Irish voyages to Iceland
and to large -ountry to the west
ward, some time before the eleventh
century.
"On the basis of these legends, the
story of st. Brandans island is
taken as embodying the record of
some such voyage But these at
tempts to connect st. Brandan's is
land with America are far from
convincing.
The stories of Antilla, or the Isle
of the Seven Cities, have much in
common with those Of st. Brandans
island. They go back to the eighth
century, when the Moors descended
on Spain and overran the Iberian
peninsula, and tell of +'.e flight of
Christian refu9ees who, under the
leadership of seven biz hops, set out
on a voyage westward and reached
the Island of Antilla.
Here a model community of
seven cities, each under the rule of
bishop, is established.
ut appears on maps as late as the
latter decade of the sixteenth CEN
fury, but efter this time it disap-
pears"
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1T SEEMS TO ME BY HF FT022%

ventitious prosperity four years ago.
AS I understand it, one may swing
the full dinner pail under the nose
of the voter as much as he chooses.
But as soon as the receptacle
gives forth a hollow sound to the
auscultator, then any man who prizes
the cover loose to peer within be-
comes a demagog.
Indeed, Hurley would have us go
to the entire length of pretending
that the Republican administration
is dead and that, therefore, we must
not any one of us speak i'll of it.
But I challenge the august repre-
sentative of the war department to
name any period in the history of
the world when human misery was
not proper subject OF political
concern.
He may if he chooses-and I will
turn the pages for him-assail those
who say, Isn't it awful?" and yet
make no specific suggestion as to
way out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
Questions and
Answers

What dates are included in the
terms Middle Ages and Dark Ages?
The Middle Ages comprises the
period lying between the fall of
Rome, 476 A. D., and the discovery
of America by Columbus in 1892.
This period is subdivided into the
Dark Age and the Age of Revival.
The Dark Age included the years
between the fall of Rome and the
opening of the eleventh century.
The Age of Revival begins with the
opening of the eleventh century and
ends with the discovery of America.
What countries comprise the
British commonwealth of nations?
The United Kingdom, consisting
of Great Britain and northern Ire
land, the Irish Free State, the Do
minion of Canada, the Dominion
of Newfoundland, the common
wealth of Australia, the Dominion
of New Zealand and the union of
South Africa.
Is salad made from shredded cab
bage, called coal slaw" or ".cole
Slaw?
Either is correct.
Did any Indians serve with the
United States army in the World
war?
Approximately 1900.
What is the real name of the
Barrymore family of actors?
Blythe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
LEGISLATION Is Wrong
THE walker case is rooted in un

THE Walker case is rooted in I'M
Il intelligent legislation. Whether
the former mayor is guilty, or inno-
cent, as charged, the method pro-
vided for his removal is out of tune
with the fundamental principles of
justice.
Whether Governor Roosevelt has
acted wisely, the power granted him
is contrary to sound conceptions of
home rule and local Self-govern-
ment.
Justice Staley put his finger on
the weakness of the whole Set-up
when he said that in case like this
the governor of New York was not
ansWerable to the courts, but only to
his own conscience and the public.
One can believe that Walker has
been incompetent, or even crooked,
and still see the danger of permit
ting the office to be vacated on the
mere say-so of a governor.
We must not lose sight of the pos
Sibility of having a bad governor re-
move a good mayor, as well as a
good governor remove a bad mayor.
AS long as that possibility exists,
any proceeding instituted to remove
a mayor or other official will be
open to the charge Of political ex-
pediency.
Not only New York, but all other
states, as well as the nation itself,
need the establishment Of Como bind
of agency to handle cases of NAL
feasance in office which will be
above reproach.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
Good Business, Not Sentiment

That arms reduction is not a sentimental, but
rather a business, issue is recognized by the New
York Trust Company. The August issue of the Index
its intelligent monthly organ leads off with an article
on "The Burden of Armaments: A Major Obstacle
to Recovery"
1t is interesting to learn that between 1913 and
1929 the population of the United States increased
80 per cent: national wealth, "a per cent; the
national income lat per cent; and our armament
expenditures, 166 per cent.
The United States, accustomed to regard itself
as most pacific nation, will spend 70OO 900 more
on its army and navy in this year of government
economy than 'mlitaristic" Germany in the year
before the World War.
Our army costs us more than that of France, our
navy more than that of Great Britain. And, as
President Hoover pointed out last year. Y per cent
of total federal expenditures attributable to
costs Of wars past and wars to come.
The world although it has close to 25, 100000 I'M
employed and much better for its money, still
is spending some $5,OOOOOOOOO year in preparation
for another nightmare of destruction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
Just Every Day Sense
By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

TWO established opinions often have puzzled
sess that the of lack and why do people who
like dogs in the house feel morally superior to those
who prefer theirs outdoors, who keep at all?
I aware that these questions will mark me in
the minds of many readers gnoranus even
a sort of degenerate, but, feeling drawer than usual
today, venture to intrude them into a discussion
of more vital topics.
For the pious arrogance of the who likes
fishing is exceeded only by that of the man who
likes dogs. Both individuals attribute to themselves
some special virtue because of these preferences.
The man in my house solennly assures me that
the former marks the real gentleman and that all
Gods noblemen have tenderness for CANNES.
A ND it is true that the public who not get
n his picture printed with fishing rod in his
hand or a dog gamboling by his side is dub, or
does not have a good press agent.
When President of the United States hooks a
trout, or attempts to do So the general feeling
his subjects at the and that after the event. his
truth in this idea?
And is it a fact established by science that the
person who loves dog is more sensitive and hui
name than the who loves a cat? We often have
gathered as much from various sources
The inference is that the man who shows marked
canine favoritism always will play fair with his bust
associates, will mistreat his wife or other
interiors, and will be good to his children.
Having long been Doubling Thomas about this
idea am IN the market for authentic information.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
M. E. Tracy
Saws


Timmy Walker Has Put on O.
Stunt That May Wreck the
Democratic Party IN This
Campaign.
NEW LONDON, Conn, Sept. g.
IN Mayor Walkers resignation is
typical of the mana seemingly
brilliant move until one begins to
analyze it. The playboy has put on
a stunt which well may wreck the
Democratic party in this campaign,
Tammany hall included.
He doesn't even realize it. Kind
people will excuse him, on the
ground that recent experiences have
made him rather hysterical.
How can Walker run for re-elec-
ton without continuing his abuse
of Governor Roosevelt? How can
Tammany support him without bolt
ing the national ticket?
If Walker loses, Tammany will be
sunk. If he wins and Governor
Roosevelt loses, Tammany will be
held responsible for the Democratic
party's defeat. If both he and Gov
ernor Roosevelt win, Tammany will
be exposed to the wrath of a ma
tional administration which it
knitted.
Walker has risked all this in an
effort to hold the spotlight. His
strategy is both obvious and shall
low. Those who fall in with it are
going to pay heavy price.
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DAT HURLEY, who must have
L been a favorite firm the be-
ginning, seems to have won the
silver loving cup offered for the
silliest speech of the campaign.
If it turns out that nobody else
actually is offering a loving cup,
then I will. But I want it. distinct
ly understood that my commitment
is but a single trophy.
I don't want Secretary Hurley
coming around after election day
demanding the couple of dozen con-
ISOLATION prizes to which he undoubt-
edly will be entitled.
Without waiting to hear from the
outlying and missing districts, I
hereby award the title to Mr.. Hur-
ley for that speech in which he
accused Governor Roosevelt of try
ing "to make politics out of human
misery"
The true and sound criticism of
Franklin D. Roosevelt lies in the
assertion that he neither has said
nor done a sufficient tenth about
human misery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
HEALTH SERVICE
Twins May Be Greatly Dissinilar

Quite recently, DR.. J. Sanders
of Holland had an opportunity to
examine two sets of identical trip
lets.
AS a result of his study, he finds
that the same rules follow for iden-
tical triplets as for identical twins.
Indeed, the pictures of these trip
let's show that they are almost ex-
actly the same, and in all their
measurements they differ but a
fraction of centimeter in most
instances.
Indeed, certain dents and i'm
prints on the body, including the
f1ngerprintS, were so similar that
only specially trained person could
tell the difference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE =

form of the face and head, of the
ear, the hands and the body are
almost exactly the same in iden-
teal twins but they are rarely, if
ever, the same in dissimilar twins.
More recently, attention is being
given to the way in which the men
tai makeup varies. Illnesses and
abnormalities, as for example can
Ger and insanity and various special
traits, such as f1ngerprints and
blood groups, are the same in iden-
teal, but differ in dissimilar twins.
1t has been found, for instance,
that twins may die of a tumor in
exactly the same organ in each case
at the same age, although this, of
course, is not exceedingly frequent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-F'ew people desired
the government to grant the ex-
soldiers demand for little cash to
tide him over the rough road Of I'M
employment and hunger. OF course
the weakness of his cause was that
he simply waited too long to ask
for his share of the war gravy.
His old buddies in the American
Legion who condemn his efforts
have been busy ever since they got
out of the army, and now are sitting
in a nice fat political job or have
managed to get theirs by the pen
sion swindle sheet, because of a bad
cold or sore feet which they con-
tracted while they we're catching
seventy-five millimeter shells and
throwing them lack into the Ger
man lines.
Fourteen years is simply too long
for a hero to wait to ask for his
back pay. The poor farmer has for
gotten his $3.50 wheat, the NUM-
lions manufactures, the railroads
and the poor bankers, all have for
gotten their bonuses and profiteer-
ing.
SO the hungry bonus marchers
stood little chance to collect enough
cash to buy a few meal tickets from
a government who just has Squand-
cred billions in a great war jam
boree. All this is sufficient rea-
son for the American Legion to be
proud of its participation in favor of
costly war memorials, and opposed
to hungry bonus marchers' methods.
For the Legion to take up the cry
that its ex-buddieS were Commun-
lists is too silly to be taken serious
ly, and causes one to hold his nose
when the Legion claims to be the
voice of the ex-service man. If the
members of the bonus army had
demanded assistance for all in need,
then there would be some excuse to
accuse them Of being radical.
AS it was, they were interested in
their bonus only, and were as gentle
as only homeless and hungry men
can be till Hoover's stalking horse,
Pat Hurley, turned the dogs of war
loose with tear bombs and orders to
evcit the bonus buns out Of Wash
ington.
For a citizen to realize that he
was tricked into engaging in thirty
billion dollar war fiaSco is enough
establishment to occur in any one
life, but for a patriot to be treated
as a nuisance by the government he
so ably defended. and denied the
justice Of the need for the cash TO
buy q meal ticket by his ex-buddies,
the American Legion will provoke
the sympathy, if not the cash, of
many citizens. ~
PAUL 3. SALLEE.
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like very much to have a rule es-
tablished whereby any mention OF
jobIessness was regarded as I'M
Sportsmanlike.
But, then, if Mr.. Hoover has his
complete way in the matter it
would be considered as "capitaliz-
ing discomfort" and making poll
tics out of human misery" merely to
mention that this no longer is 1928
Copyright. 1882. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
10000 GERMANS TAKEN


ON Sept. 3, 1918, British troops
~ continued their offensive in
Picardy, pushing ahead to Baralle,
eight miles from Cambria.
A dozen villages were taken In the
drive, which took place on a front
of more than twenty miles. Their
maximum gain for the day was
more than six miles.
During the day more than 10000
Germans were taken prisoners and
fifty guns were captured.
Other German detachments re-
treated hastily to the Canal du
Nord, where they made a deter
mined stand
1t was announced that Japanese
cavalry had occupied Imam, in ST.
IBERIA.
Rumors from Russia said that
the Soviet government had declared
war on China because Of partIci-
patton Of Chinese soldiers in the
movement in northern Manchuria.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
He Nav Mean Well

7 DO not personally believe that
l. Franklin D. Roosevelt has offered
any program in regard to unem-
ployment much better than Mr..
Hoover's callous watchful waiting.
But I have no doubt that the DEM
ocratic nominee sincerely believes
that he has more to offer than his
Republican adversary in this re-
spect.
And in any case I do not think 1t
reasonable to challenge his right to
mention the facts and the issue
which rests upon them.
Of course. Herbert Hoover would
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03

TWINS are of two kinds, iden-
l. tical and dissimiIar According
to several Investigators, identical
twins always have the same hair
color, and usually the same eye
color, skin color and distribution
of hair on the body.
They differ slightly in location of
freckles, appearance of blood in the
skin, development of pimpleS and
appearance of tongue and teeth.
On the other hand, dissimilar
twins are likely to differ greatly
in these factors. Sometimes the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03

member of the salmon family, and
usually is converted by the In
dams of the northwest into
candle.
A strip of bark is passed through
the fish as a wick, and the ex-
IRENE oiliness of the body keeps
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
Provision Is MnnStr0llS


IT stands to reason that if a mayor
4 of New York deserves to be
removed from office, he deserves to
be made ineligible for reelection
during a long period, if not for life.
The monstrosity of a provision
which permits the chief executive
OF the greatest city on earth to be
thrown out of office for misconduct
and then become a candidate for
reelection within two or three
weeks, is self-evident.
Desirable as removal Of incompe-
tent or corrupt municipal officials
by state authority may be, it should
be surrounded with every possible
safeguard. If not, it easily might
lead to organization of such a
political machine as would put Tam
many in the shade
Mayor Walkers resignation has
been described as bringing the case
to unsatisfactory end, which it
clearly does. But let's not get too
excited over that point, because,
under existing conditions, there was
no hope of bringing it to any other
kind Of end.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
Using the Heavy Gloves


CECRETARY HURLEY seems to
- be proceeding upon the theory
that any issue which is disturbing
Immediately should be taken out Of
politics. Many Republicans and
others have asserted that prohibit
ton has no place in politics, and
we, all know the heroic efforts car
ried on by President Hoover to
make the tariff and all its schedules
nonpartisan.
And relief and banking and the
fate of the farmer and Mr.. Hoover'S
fits of panic also are not to be men
toned politically, under the new
schedule of ofice-holding immunity.
It is only fair, I think, to remind
Mr.. Secretary Hurley that his chief
certainly did not hesitate to make
political capital out Of wholly adj
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03
St, Brandan'S Adventures

wi ing the idea that these islands
ever existed, is inclined to view the
legends as having an original basis
in fact.
DR.. H. A. Mariner discusses the
subject in his excellent book, The
Sea-" published by D. Appleton &
Co.
The stories of st. Brandan's is
land relate to the marvellous adven-
lures of the Irish abbot, st. Bran
don, who lived in the sixth century.
He is represented in these stories
as undertaking a voyage by sea,
during which he discovers various
islands and sees wonderous sights.
"On one island there were a great
number of white sheep bigger than
oxen. Another island begins to
move when fire is built on it and
it turns out to be an enormous fish.
"One of the islands which st.
Brandon visits he finds possessed of
mild and delightful climate and
fruitful sofia veritable Land of
Promise, blessed with an abundance
of all good things. To this island
the name of st. Brandan has been
attached.
ION the maps of the thirteenth
and following centuries, st. Bran
dams island is shown in various To-
cations. Prior to the discovery of
America it generally is placed in the
vicinity of the Canaries or the Ma
deiraS.
Later it is located farther west
and is so represented on a map
dating as late as the latter half of
the sixteenth century"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-03

ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
eSting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this Daner.-The Editor.