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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
Another Year

The new year starts with problem more vexing
than any other which this nation has been called to
solve.
That problem is giving the millions of men now
out of work the chance to their own living and
to earn support for their families
When American sovereignty was challenged in the
World war; the answer to protect that sovereignty
by all the resources of the nation.
When secession threatened the integrity of the
nation and the decision was between compulsory
solidarity or dissolution, the clashing forces we're
separated by geographical lines and the conflict that
followed was between localities
The problem of unemployment offers no such clear
line of demarcation between the job holders and the
jobless.
All that is clear is that this country is rich in
natural resources rich in mechanical equipment rich
IN man power and that for some reason the men the
machine, the material, are not being permitted to
junction for the production of the things that support
life and make it more comfortable
1t is the boast of the 1881 that suffering be-
cause of unemployment reduced to a minimum
and that distress found relief through the conribu
tons of those in comfortable circumstances Those
who had jobs gave generously. But the giving has
only aevated the pain 1t did not reach the disease
Inc hnal answer to unemployment is work. That
is the answer which this year must find
In finding that solution. it may be necessary to
change our methods of thinking and some of our
methods of business. 1t may be necessary 10 let
imagination find new wants to be filled by those
whose demand today is the chance to do something
and not to live in ideness or on charity
The financial brains that developed plans for
carrying on great wars, that built skyscrapers and
railroads and great factories should be able to solve
the financial details of the greater plan for restoring
TO social usage the labor of seven eight millions of
men and women whose products are needed and can
be useful.
Two years ago the Eagles lodge put the problem
In the challenge 1T is the inaienabe right of every
American citizen to work and to work at saving
wage
Today, aside from the fundamental Justice of the
rlgnt OF those who inhabt the globe to live ndepend-
entity aside from the traditional boast of the right to
hfe liberty and the pursuit of happiness the great
truth is dawnng that it is improbable to have nm
employment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
for USING an American flag in the parade OF miners

Ior using an American flag IN the parade OF miners
from Evarts to Disney, early in the disturbances
He carried an American flag in his hand, but the
red flag of the l. w. w. was in his heart Before
Saturday night you will know what am saying will
materialize' he said, in Pinevile or Harlan there
will be celebration of reds and property will have no
value than human life is regarded there now. 4"
The editorial then commented:
The organization to which Jones belonged is af-
fliated with the American Federation of Labor.
Scores of members of sister organizations live in
Knoxville. Indeed, our mayor John O'Connor, IS a
union man. But whether not Jones had radical
inclinations is beside the point
This fact is important There is no fair-minded
who has followed the Jones trial who can help
wondering in his own mind whether the Harlan coun-
ty labor leader convicted and sentenced to life
imprisonment for murder or for being labor leader
so long courts permit themselves to be a
stage for the TRADES of political and social prejudice
they will not obtain the full confidence of those who
believe in minded justice Perhaps the supreme
court of Kentucky will upset this verdict If it does
not, the fight for fairer trial or for Jones free
dom will go until it is won or he dies in the
penitentiary."
The News-Sentnel does not intend to surrender
its right freely to report and comment upon judicial
procedure in Jude Prewtts court or any other court
To do would be surrendering right of the people
to free, fearless press
Judge Prewitt notified Moutoux of the contempt
citation hastily when he arrived in the courtroom
yesterday After nights thought he held that there
was no contempt by Moutoux and dismissed his
charge against the reporter very properly.
The News-Sentnel now has two representatives at
the trial in Mt. Sterling and 1t will give complete
news reports of the happenings there It will con-
tinue to comment editorialy in accordance with the
ol1t oncfo
States.
In this case, as in any other the principle of the
freedom of the press is and will be a chief concern
of the News-Sentinel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

"A NEW YORK gentleman wants to know whether
believe my statements Well I generally
DO, at least until the day after tomorrow when am
likely to change my mind
This particular query raised because of line
which appeared here previously It went like this
cash."
And I'll stick to that remark The Manhattan
male mallgner may think that the ladies OF easv vr-
tue get all the breaks in life. He is entitled to that
opinion
But my contention is that the wife still is sitting
pretty BY listening too long to such pesSimistic
prophecies his by going too often to the oVies
she may fall into the usual mental error and hv off
at tangent, thus spelling the marital works
But II she keeps her head and holds fast to her
original design Of being fair mate in all kinds of
weather. she'll eventually find herself the life inSur-
ance beneficiary.
TN nine cases out of ten provided the husband lives
long enough, and she's good scout she'll also dis
cover that she has become the object of an affection
that much more dependable than the transient pas
SonS OF youth or the fbberty jibberty affairs that
often pass for love.
sometimes our wSecracking babies, who seem to
put matters on the men with the utmost ease are not
so successful as appearances advertise The trouble
is that we can't the. individual because of the
crowds.
But Just keep your eye long enough on one hus-
oano' one WIFE, and one god-digger. and you'll see
what l mean. The interloper may appear to hold
an the tricks in the game but by skillful fnessng
the wife can always win the rubber. For the decen-
cies do pay.
And they pay especially we'll when there is so
much lndecency to which We may contrast their
splendor and their value Or perhaps life is lust a
game of poker
1t that's true you may be sure it's the married
woman who has an ace in the hole
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
Throwing Away Money

Throwing Away Money
committee on Capitol Hill hears that people are
starving,
From the White House issues denuncation of the
dole"
To senators and representatives and to members
Of the press galleries distributed elaborate book
published at the government printing office, on Con
servation in the Department of the Interior"
Written by Secretary Wilbur in collaboration with
the press agent of his department the illustrated vol
ume (Which may be purchased for SD undoubtedly is
interesting.
But its usefulness is highly questionable When
there other and vastly cheaper ways of pubIiciz
ing conservation work of the departmental it must
be pubicized-the printing of this book and it's free
distribution in Washington is a glarng example of
wasting federal funds
Vice President Curtis says
Since I have been in congress have advocated
the cutting out of Implications in departments and the
printing of useless and extravagant government pub
lcations thousands of which issued every year,
and get further than the document rooms of con-
gress."
The fine, 252-page book from the interior de-
partment certainly in this category as does the
equally elaborate Muscle Shoals volume price 81 65)
just published by the Hoover commission.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
I ahlet Found

DR. HERZFELD found that the
IL slab, which was the corner
stone of one of the palaces, con-
tanned beautiful cuneiform writing
in Old Persian, left there by xerxes.
conquerer of the ancient Greeks.
ovre 2,400 years ago.
The inscription is written in Old
Persian, the language which the
Greeks heard at the battles of
Marathon and Salamis; but DR..
Herzfeld notices that there are
grammatical errors suggesting that
the language was already declining
toward the new Persian of later
times.
The stone is the first foundation
deposit as yet found at Persepolis.
The building containing it is one of
the smallest in the entire great
group of palaces.
DR.. Breasted expects that the vast
buildings of the ancient city will
yield many more such stones as the
work of the expedition proceeds.
The Chicago party is working un-
der the first scientific concession
ever granted to an American or
ganization.
The first building uncovered by
the expedition proved to contain
magnificent royal halls, behind
which were found six apartments.
Identical in plan and evidently the
harem palace. 1t was decided to re-
store this building and to equip it
as the living and working quar-
tiers of the expedition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01

How long was the steamship Ii
tanic?
1t was 882 feet 9 inches.
Who is Susan Lenox?
The principal character in a novel
by David Graham Phillips.
Can a former British subject, and
naturalized American citizen, re-
nounce his citizenship and become
a British subject again?
The United States recognizes the
inherent right of American citizens
to expatriate themselves, except in
time of war.
Is it possible to feel pain in a
limb that has been amputated?
Not actually, but the power of
suggestion or habits of thought.
sometimes cause a delusion of pain
in the amputated limb.
How many widows of ex-Presi-
dents of the United States are now
living?
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison, Mrs. T. j. Pres
ton, the former Frances Folsom
Cleveland; Mrs. William Howard
Taft, and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Why is seventy three" used at
the close of some radio programs?
II is the code for "beSt regards"
Where was Lady Nancy Astor OF
England born?
At Mirador, Greenwood, Va.
How old is Mahatma Gandhi?
Sixty-one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
A Shift of CAPTAINS

Changes in the leadership of political parties are
important to the public only if those changes also
mean change in policy, purpose or controlling in
fuence
The Republican party in this state has new
whether this indicates any proposal to reform the
party merely to make it useful to forces which
have found it the convenient instrument for their
private purposes.
In the past the chairman Of that party has never
been able 10 rank much higher than captain in the
c. p army. The orders carle from sbsye, generally
from those who we're not in the Imelight
The party, as whole, has been generally amenable
to suggestion from the utility interests of the state.
1t stood for Big Business. 1t could be depended
upon to protect those who contributed to its Golfers
against any progressive measures in legislatures or
any progressive action by its succession of governors
1t is possible, of course but not probable, that
Senator Watson whose political fortunes most at
stake has decided that the chances for would
be improved by changing the record on the phono-
graph so that occasionally there would come a
whisper that represented the farmer the small home
owner, the worker.
More probably he believed that there was need Of
some one who would be more completely trusted by
thesame old forces carry through their plans and
not be moved by any clamor of distressed groups.
The test of the chairman will come when he
gives advice to the Governor elected by the party he
leads the question of extra session of the
legislature demanded by farmers and workers
Certainly he can not hope to obtain public con-
fdence by silence this rather important question
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
Calculates Year

THE early Babylonian astrono-
l. mers carried on their work with
a high degree of skill, DR.. Breasted
points out.
About 500 B. G. the Chaldean as
tronomer, Naburimannu, calculated
the annual movements of the sun
and moon with an error of less than
ten seconds for the entire year" he
says.
"A little more than a century later
the Chaldean astronomer. Kidinnu,
reduced the error in years revolu-
ton to a second, and one of his
measurements even exceeds in &C
curacy the figures long in practical
use by modern astronomers.
Those two remarkable Babylo-
mans, Nabruimannu and Kidinnu,
who first revealed to man a majestic
system of the celestial world and
thus became the founders of astro-
nomical science, were an imperish-
able scientific and intellectual bond
between the early east and civilized
Europe"
Expeditions sent out by the
Oriental institute are continually
unearthing new links between the
past and the present.
On the very day that DR.. Breasted
and officials of the University of
Chicago were dedicating the recent
ly completed Oriental institute. a
cablegram was received from DR..
Ernst Herzfeld, field director of the
Institutes Persian expedition. 1t
announced the discovery of an in
scribed marble slab in the palace of
the great Persian emperor, Xerxes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01

ENATORS and representative in
~ congress forever are rising to
their hind legs and hollering about
entangling alliances. While they
are on the matter, I wish some one
of the peoples servants would take
up a problem which both perplexes
and grieves me. 1 refer to the pow
er and the perquisites extended to
Benito Mussolini by American Of
flcialdom.
He has but to crook a finger or
raise an eyebrow when anything
within our borders happens to dis
please him and straightway some
body is called upon the carpet and
sent to prison.
You probably have heard of Or
lando Spartaco, who received a
sentence of two years for raising a
commotion during visit of Grandi
to Philadelphia. And yet, doubt
if you are familiar with the precise
facts, since it was generally and err
roneously reported that the young
anti-Fascist had leaped upon the
running board of Grandi's car.
I have before me q transcript of
the case as it was conducted before
a jury and Judge Harry S. McDevitt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
Man of Energy
TXTHATEVER NAV be Said of

WHATEVER may be said of his
w other traits, Shi Hwang I'll
was man of indomitable will and
energy.
When he decided to build the
Great Wall, he organized such vast
numbers of men and drove the
work with such ruthless abandon
that hundreds of laborers literally
were buried beneath the enormous
piles of dirt and stone.
The Great Wall is from 20 to 30
feet high, from Is to IS feet thick
at its base, and IL feet wide on top.
with 40-foot towers at intervals of
about 200 yards.
AS originally built by Shi Hwang
Ii, it was 1900 miles long, but was
heightened by 300 miles during the
sixteenth century. 1t practically
was completed within four years.
The Great Wall does not include
Manchuria, which became a part of
China within recent times, not
through conquest or annexation.
but by the fact that it's own rulers
assembled the Chinese throne.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
i OLL4V1O l. ~ 1N4A d BROUN

thority that Benito Mussolini is not
dictator among us. If the Snoot
of King George can be punched in
absento in Chicago, there is no rea-
son why Mussolini should not be
razzed in Philadelphia.
And in particular 1 wish to have
this fact called to the attention of
Doak, the deporter. William Nuckles
Doak he was inappropriately chris
tened. N. D. Doak, OF Nuckles Down
Doak, would have been so much
more fitting.
He seems to be under the impress
sion that dislike of Mussolini is a
sort of sedition which makes a man
liable to be sent back whence he
came.
All I can say is get the transpor-
tation ready. I don't like MusSolini
even If that means that 1 must live
in Brooklyn.
(Copyright 1881. bv The Times,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Babylonian Astronomical
Records Kept Longer Than
Those on File at Observd-
tory IN Greenl0ich, Scien-
fist Says.
THE supreme achievement of SCI
L ence in the Orient was Baby
lonian astronomy. That is the opin-
ion of DR.. James Henry Breasted,
director OF the Oriental Institute of
the University of Chicago.
The institute. recently housed in
a new building made possible large
ly by Rockefeller funds, is the larg-
est archaeological institution in the
world.
1t is the headquarters for srchec-
logical expeditions in many parts
of the near east.
DR.. Breasted calls the institute
"a laboratory devoted to the study
of man."
Through his studies and expedi-
tions in the near east, DR.. Breasted
expects to fill in the missing chap
ters of mankind's early history.
AS far back as the twenty-third
century B. c., the Babylonian as
tronomerS observed an eclipse of
the moon, and gradually it became
customary to make more frequent
observations. until in TAT B. c., in
the reign of the Babylonian king,
NabonasSar, the series of observa-
tons became continuous and a rec
ord of them was carefully kept on
file" says DR.. Breasted.
This file furnished the first long
series of astronomical observations
ever made by man, and it is an ex-
traordinary fact that modern as
tronomers have not yet been able
TO accumulate a series equally long.
The Babylonian series continued for
over 800 years, While the longest
known series of modern observa-
tons, that at Greenwich, has now
been going on about 181 years"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01

meeting, l heard speaker declare
that Michael Collins sold out for
British gold.
Collins had been killed only the
day before, and to me he seemed a
heroic figure in Irish history. Ac-
cordingly I Kissed. That was, if you
like, an Indictment to riot, only I
happened to be the riot. 1t was the
biggest black eye 1 ever have re-
ceived.
Personally 1 have no enthusiasm
for organized jeering sections, but
I hold that the spontaneous right of
raspberry should be denied to no
one in America.
Far from being sentenced to Jail
for two years, Orlando Spartaco
should have been protected in his
privilege of shouting the equivalent
for ITO He'll With Mussolini.'
I think it is about time that
somebody informed all those in au-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
LOckjaW Easier Prevented Than Cured

infection with the germ of ~tetanus
exists.
From four days to three weeks
after the germs are deposited in the
tissues they develop the poisons
that produce the symptoms. =
These symptoms include, of
course, not only the spaSm of the
jaws, which is called lockjaw, but
also the nerve irritations, convuI-
sions and toxemia that are char
acteriStic.
The person who has the disease
is not himself infectious to other
people, except when wounds which
they have come in contact with the
discharges from his wounds.
One of the most common causes
of lockjaw is the Fourth of July
injury, in connection with which
clothing and soil are blown into the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01

skin and tissue by explosions of fire.
arms and fireworks.
When a person is wounded under
circumstances that involve soiling
of the wound, all of the foreign
material should be removed as early
as possible from the wound.
It then should be thoroughly
cleaned and disinfected with the ap-
plication of suitable antiseptic sub
stances.
Immediately thereafter one or
preferably two injections of 1000
units of tetanus antitoxin should be
administered by the physician. be-
cause the value of the antitoxin
in the presence of this condition
has been we'll established. 1t is far
easier to prevent tetanuS than to
cure it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
Made Over China

CHI HWANG TT, who built the
- Great Wall, was a revolutionist
of the first water, with all those
weaknesses and peculiarities which
go with his kind.
He is described by native histori-
ans as having pointed nose, slit
eyes, pigeon breast, wolf voice and
tiger heart, as cringing, graceless,
cruel, and subject to caprice.
He died at so, after a reign of
thirty seven years, during which he
completely altered the political, So
cial and moral structure of China.
He lined the empire with roads and
canals, encouraged agriculture, end
ed feudalism, burned most of the
so-called classics, executed thousands
of so-called scholars, and sought to
replace an effete culture with an
appetite for material achievement.
AS a fitting climax to his career,
he constructed the Great Wall to
keep marauders out and project a
land which he visualized as the
earth's garden spot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-01
Divides Two Epochs


A S william Edward Cell says,
N "The Great Wall of China
separates two epochs, two lands, two
races"
Instead of standing for those
easy-going, conservative character
istics which most people associate
with China. it represented what
might be described as a modernistic
revolt.
Shi Hwang I'll was distinguished
by love of luxury. He erected
magnificent palaces, cast huge
statues in gold and bronze, sur
rounded himself with artists and
entertainers, conbed the empire for
beautiful women, and committed
the objectionable sin of making an
ostentatiouS display of his power
and resources.
The scholars and savants of his
time, trained to believe in simplicity
by the ancient classics, took him
roundly to task for such vulgarity.
That led to violent reaction on
his part, not only against the critics,
but against the source of their in
spiration.
Savants who disagreed with his
conduct were decapitated by the
hundred or buried alive. In many
cases, their families were extermi-
mated. And to make sure of doing
thorough job, the irate emperor
pulled down the libraries, destroyed
the books, and closed the schools in
which they had been trained.
Then he had a soldier invent a
new system of writing and a new
scheme of education whereby he
thought the Chinese people would
learn to love and to believe in the
more practical aspects of life.