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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
Turn Luesse Loose

On Wednesday night group of jobless men, who
are trying hard to think themselves into Communism
will demand the release of Theodore Luesse from the
state penal farm.
There should be necessity for the meeting, I'M
less there be desire the part of the authorities to
create situation of martyrdom for man who would
otherwise be Of little power.
Luesse is young. He preached Communism upon
the street corners and made himself obnoxious to the
police Finally, he protested against the eviction of
family from shack and his conduct was interpreted
as interference with the law.
For that act he was sentenced to long term in
the penal farm and fined $500.
He has served the term imposed by the court but
now he has money to pay the fine.
What it boils down to is that Luesse now is in Jail
for debt-a debt to the state of Indiana of doubtful
appeal to the supreme court.
The sentence would not have been imposed had
Luesse not proclaimed himself Communist, so that
he is serving for the label he put upon himself or at
the most for his opinions.
Had Luesse been rich he would be at liberty If
he had rich friends who would pay his fine he would
be out of jail, probably would have been there
at all.
To keep him in jail for lack of money to pay his
fine is as stupid the doctrines he preached, and
implies an ignorance deep as his own of social
movements.
In prison he makes converts than he could
possibly gain by any street evangelism if at liberty.
Some of the conservative friends of the Governor
should point out to him that keeping men Jail for
lack Of money to pay fines, especially men who are
there for unpopular opinions is not good policy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
The Utilities Win

Today and every day, the local electric and water
companies celebrate their victory over any attempted
regulation by maintaining their rates.
Months ago the city administration and the South
Side Civic Clubs asked the public service commission
for relief
They pointed out that the cost of all other COM
modties had been Debated by the depression that
labor is suffering cuts in wages and in many cases
total loss of income, that the prices of all COM
modtes had fallen, but that the cost of water and
electricity remains thessame.
AS a matter of fact the rates were too high for
prosperous days, being fixed upon fictitious valuations
and increased through tricks of the holding com
panies
Commissioner Cuthbertson once said that it
would cost lot of money to reappraise the properties
Of these companies and suggested that the people who
had appealed for justice attempt to settle the mat
ter with officials of these companies.
The officials have taken the arrogant and brazen
attitude that they will maintain their rates and fight
in all the courts to retain their pounds, or rather
their tons, Of flesh.
No action has been taken. In the meantime the
commission has reduced electric rates in the city
of Marion by 20 per cent. The rates in that city
were approximately 90 per cent lower than those in
Indianapolis before this slash was made. The cut
there was made without an appraisal
The local concerns seem to be immune. No action
is taken. The people pay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE =
Mental Conflicts Cause Suffering

the child who shutters should be
studied from both points of view,
so that every effort may be made
for correction.
One of the significant factors in
suffering is the unmistable evil
dence that the sufferer is putting
forth extensive effort in attempts
at restoration to normal speech.
Obviously anything that will re-
duce this effort is likely to help
in relieving the situation.
Of particular interest in rela-
tionship to suffering is the ques-
ton of left-handedness and right
handedness. A study was made in
England of a child who suffered
and who came from a family of
Sufferers. Four living members
of family of nine persons were
found to be sufferers.
In one case a boy lived during
his first seven years almost en-
tirely with a sister, who was
firmly convinced that her own
left-handedness was normal and
that attempts of her brother at
right were reprehen-
sible.
When the boy was sent to school
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
The Nations Business

Convinced, after years of study, that "the Mooney
affair" longer is local California ISSUE Repre-
sentative La Guardia of New York. with the same
courage that him a citation for bravery as
flying major in the World war; has promised to press
his house resolution of last week urging Governor
Rolph to remove the menace of this case Ito Amer
lean law and order by issuing a pardon to Tom
Mooney
His resolution is backed by second one by Rep
resentative Sirovch of New York calling the case
"a foul blot upon the administration of justice in
America"
Some hair splitters in congress may argue this
affair to be CALIFORNIA; own dirty linen. 1t no
longer is merely that. Justiceloving folk the world
over have waited fifteen years for that state to send
its scandal to the cleaner. Three cowardly Cover
nors have failed TO act.
When, in 1918, the Oxman vilainy was disclosed
and was causing the soldiers and workers of the allies
to wonder how such betrayal of justice squared with
American protestations of equality and democracy,
President Wilson intervencd and saved Mooney from
the galiows.
Hts mediation commissioners reported that people
all over the world we're beginning to believe that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

TN her recent book, THE Art of Being Woman"
Il Olga Knopf, wen-known psychologist, says: "Given
a fair chance, woman is spiritual an
gelic than a man."
particularly like the first four words of that SEN
tence. They contain volumes of meaning.
For, with minimum of common sense at our
disposal, we can see that the reason why the old
fashioned woman angelic and pure was because
she had opportunity to be otherwise. She may
have had great possibilities for evil but there was
chance to develop them, except in cheap, domestic
way
The sooner we get rid of the thought that women
created by nature with flair for perfection, the
sooner both sexes will get somewhere in their eff
forts toward decency.
Men have permitted themselves to grow morally
weak because they cherished the fallacy that
good by instinct, whereas they can attain that
state only by superhuman effort. AS we see, this
gives them perennial excuse for being naughty and
also furnishes them with caSt-iron conviction about
how women should behave
A HUSBAND, for instance, also viii make great
self model of his Sex but he takes it as mere
matter of that his wife does not take occa-
sional Strolls down the primrose path.
Now am convinced that the morals of the
younger generation going to be better than
First, they discarding this romantic illusion of
feminine holiness Second, they will build upon the
basis OF justice and common sense.
Boys growing up today will know that girls are
subject 70 the same temptations that accost them.
Therefore, they will be more lenent with feminine
misdemeanorS.
Life is hard enough for woman without expect
ing her to be an angel on earth
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
Foolish Snobbery
XXTE can't seem to get into on

WE can't seem to get into our
w heads that, back of the revo-
luton and radicalism in Russia,
there is burning desire to have
all the comforts and advantages of
civilized life, and that Commu-
nism'S chief strength lies in the
fact that it promises that.
Communist, or not, Russia dreams
of the day when she will be like
the United States as far as COM
forts are concerned, when she will
be driving autos over good roads,
when every home will have a bath
room and every plant will be the
last word in. efficiency.
Instead of approaching this high
est of all compliments, we have
turned up our noses. Instead of
understanding what the buying so
much of our machinery and the
hiring of so many of our experts
really meant, we have preferred to
be Mortified by pamphlets and
street-corner gatherings.
Instead of encouraging a nation
which is honestly and successfully
trying to lift itself out of the squa-
Tor and ignorance of medievalism,
we have taken offense at the form
of government it adopted, through
that was contrary to our time-hon-
ored principles and traditions.
Our policy toward Russia has been
timid, unintelligent and SnobbiSh.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15

at 7, he had been changed from a
natural right-handed writer to a
left-handed writer.
When he wrote in school, the
school authorities were rigid in their
opposition to his left-handed writ
ing, and within short time he
acquired the habit of writing with
his right hand at home, and he
also began to Stutter.
He apparently submitted without
resistance to being changed by his
sister from right-handed writer
to a left-handed writer, but he
strongly resented being returned by
the school authorities to right
handed writer.
In connection with this resist
ance, he began to stutter and the
suffering continued.
Other observers have emphasized
the relationship between natural
left-handedness and opposition to
the left-handedness by right-hand-
ed members of the family. Such a
case emphasizes equally the signifi-
canoe of emotions in the establish
ment of suffering.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
Parade Held
THE new Chicago parking !

THE new Chicago parking lot
a was put into operation with
considerable hurrah. A parade
headed by the city commissioner of
public works was held. City Off
Gals, Westinghouse engineers and
various automobile executives took
part.
Here are some facts about the
parking machines furnished by the
Westinghouse engineers:
Each machine is los feet high
and occupies ground space Of 16
by "a feet
The structure is bolted together
so that the machine can be moved
to another location if necessary.
Each machine has space for
twenty-four cars. The two ma
chimes have forty-eight parking
spaces.
The machines weigh $4,000
pounds each, sixty-siX tons net. Two
machines weigh 1872 tons net.
The chain moves at the rate of
100 feet per minute. When cross
ing over at each end, the cradle is
accelerated to 200 feet minute by
means of the arms which support
the cradle.
An automobile is delivered in one
minute average time.
The machine delivers cars the
nearest way.
When called the car automati-
cally selects the shortest route to
the driveway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
Car Is Safe

A CCORDING to H. D. James.
L n consulting engineer of the
Westinghouse Electric and Man
ufacturing Company, who has de-
veloped the unique idea, the park
ing machine has many applications.
The most vital of these is related
directly to the modern trend toward
vertical expansion in areas where
concentration of business and pop
ulat1on has placed inf1exible limits
on further horizontal or lateral
growth.
Every element of personal danger
has been anticipated and elm
mated, according to James.
The mcahine can operate only
when the door is closed and the
door can not be closed while any
one is inside the Enclosure. These
details are under positive electric
control.
Another advantage of the ma
chine is that the automobile is not
handled by an attendant or any
one other than the owner.
~AAOAAOASAl ol1lCG IL occupies 1IS own
cage 1t can not be scraped or
bumped by another car and no one
has access to it except in the pres
ence of the owner.
This prevents any unauthorized
person from tampering with the or
or removing any property or &C
cesSories from it.
Summarizing the different phases
OF his subject, James saws: eve
have directed the first application
OF parking machines toward the re-
lief of the traffic problem because
we believe that is one of the most
critical situations confronting the
American public today.
I'VE are convinced that we have
developed something that will 90 a.
long way toward solving that
problem and solving it economically.
I'VE believe further that the idea
has unlimited possibilities in MANY
other lines of human activity and
that it will perform an important
function in the evolution of vertical
expansion"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.

TIME child who stammers and
Il shutters may be concerned
so seriously by it's disability as to
become melancholic or even to
contemplate suicide.
The reports of patients who
stutter emphasize again and again
the fact that mental conflicts of
one type or another frequently are
the basis for the difficulty.
There are certainly 100000 or
more Sufferers in the United
States, and the attention given to
the subject is well worthwhile.
If suffering is essentially an
emotional problem, the large por-
ton of the study should be made
from that point of view. Of
course, parents should consult a
physician as soon as suffering
becomes a habit.
Many observers are convinced,
however, that actual organic
changes in the tissues of the nerv-
GUS system may be involved in
some cases. Apparently, therefore,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15

What does the surname Gallery
mean?
1t is an Irish family name mean
ing gray.
What is the plural of the word
data?
Data is the plural of datum.
What is the maximum amount
individuals are allowed to carry on
deposit in United States postal saw
ings banks?
$4,000.
What is blackstrap?
In the United States the term is
used for a mixture of spirituous
liquor, generally rum or whisky, with
molasses and vinegar.
What is the significance of the
expression, "Once in blue moon?
1t means very seldom.
Describe lyric tenor.
He is one whose voice has soft,
grooming quality, full of emotion
and pathos, especially adapted for
singing love songs.
In what motion pictures have the
four Marx brothers appeared?
The Cocoanuts," animal Crack
ers" and Monkey Shines"
Is a person born in Alaska eIigi-
BILE to be President of the United
States?
Yes.
Are residents of the District of
Columbia citizens of the United
States?
| Yes.
When was A. Harry Moore Gov
ernor of New Jersey?
From 1926 to 1929.
Is "times" in two times one is
two a verb or noun?
It is a verb denoting measure
ment.
How many American officers, en-
listed men and nurses were killed or
died Of disease or other causes in
| the World war?
1922.
! Who played the role of the coach
in the movie, THE Spirit of Notre
Dame?"
j. Farrell Macdonald.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
lUXurieS Next

WHATEVER we may think of
w her political system, Russia
is a Sounder and more progressive
business institution than she ever
was.
Her people are not only at work,
but they are at work with modern
methods and machinery.
The notion that they will impov-
erish the rest of the world by dump
ing is as silly as was the notion that
they couldn't produce.
The Russian people are going to
buy, as we'll as sell.
When they have acquired enough
efficiency to provide themselves with
necessities, they will demand lux
uries, just like the rest of us, and
no system on earth can stop them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
VERNON CASTLE KILLED


ON Feb. Is, 1918, Captain Vernon
~ Castle. famous dancer and a
newly trained f1ier, was killed when
his plane crashed near Fl. Worth.
Tex.
With his wife, the then Irene
Castle, Captain Castle had been in
ternationally famous for his dane
ing, and went into the air corps at
the outbreak of the war.
President Wilson placed an en-
barge on all cargo space to insure
transport of troops and war mate
rial.
American gunners aided French
troops in a raid III the Champagne
sector between Tahure and Butte
de MesniI.
Trotzky formally declared Rus
sia's withdrawal from the war.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15

~the terrible and sacred instruments of criminal jus
tice were consciously unconsciously made use of
against labor by its enemies"
However strange unexpected it may be-" they
wrote "the just disposition of the Mooney case thus
affects influences far beyond the confines of Cali
fornia The feeling of disquietude aroused by the
case must be needed, for, if unchecked, it impars
the faith that democracy protects the lowliest
and even the unworthy against false accusations"
Now, fourteen years later, the Wickersham COM
missions experts find the Mooney case an issue that
spreads beyond the borders of broad California.
This Mooney affair is the nations business, and
the longer California delays in righting it, the more
Of national business it will become.
Congress need not hesitate to act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
Questions and Answers

Did ROckne play in the picture,
spirit of Notre Dame? Was his
voice in the picture at any time?
The picture, Spirit of Notre
Dame" was not started until after
the tragic death of Knute Rockne,
and was intended as a memorial to
him.
Has the Soviet government of
Russia any official representative
accredited to the United States?
No.
If an alien with first United States
citizenship papers should visit his
native land, could he be drafted for
military service there?
AS he is not yet an American citi-
zen he could be treated like any
other citizen of his native country.
What disposition is made of de-
poSits in the postal savings system
after the death of depOsitors? =.
The account becomes part of
the estate and is paid to the legal
heirs according to the laws of the
state in which the estate is pro-
bated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
Paving for It

QUITE a few American firms
" have done business with Rus
STA in spite of non-recognition.
Making allowance for the OBJ
stacleS thrown in their path, they
appear to have done quite well.
The same thing can be said of
Russia.
In other words, our attitude has
accomplished very little, except to
make things more difficult for
everybody concerned.
Tt is the first time that we have
permitted political narrowness to
interfere with good business judg-
ment since this republic was found
ed, and we are paying for it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
TIT SEEMS TO MD -, HAYWOOD
l. O1A1V1O Il ~ 1V1L b1 BROUN

CARTOONISTS, letter writer's,
" and editorial commentators are
disposed today to hold up China as
a horrible example to discourage
pacifstS and foes of preparedness.
1t is held that the Celestial king
dom is in a bad way because it
failed to bristle with guns and fight
ing men.
But I wonder what these propa-
gandists think is going on in Shang-
hal at this very minute. If China
we're truly without military re-
sources, the commandment would
have ceased long ago. Indeed, the
great surprise in the present Situa-
ton is the tenacity of the defending
troops.
AS matter of fact, China is far
from unprotected. The country has
been a prize customer for arms
statesmen for the last twenty years.
I think it quite possible that there
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
II Was Only Borrowed


TT is true that an unresisting
Il China had territory Topped away
from it by marauding nations, both
ancient and modern. But loss of
territory hardly scratched the con-
tinuity of Chinese civilization. The
invaders had their little day and
finally were swallowed up, since the
conquerors became as Chinese as
the conquered. Even the assertive
Nordic tends to go native if he is
long resident in the east.
Once I saw it happen. When l
went to Shanghai, twenty years ago,
I struck up a friendship on the
boat with Yale man named Young.
He was a salesman for one of the
big machine gun companies. After
I got to know him well, he told me
that the name really should be
Yung and that his father had been
Chinese.
But his entire background was
that of New England preparatory
schools, Hold EN- Yalel" and good
old Billy Phelps. His father had
died when he was a child, and
Young knew not word of Chinese
or anything of its customs. He
thought of China as a more or less
comical country.
He purposed to sell as many ma
chine guns as he could for as high
a price as possible and then go
home to marry the girl in Hartford
to whom he was engaged. He
showed me her picture and said she
was the daughter of the Episcopal
rector.
There was a revolution on in
China at the time, and whenever
we talked about it my friend Young
always said, ooh, those Chinese!"
In Shanghai we were both en-
gagged in our concerns for about two
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
Big, but Maybe Clumsy

TITO be sure, China is handicapped
4 in its use of weapons because
of lack of unity. To many Chi
nese the attack on Shanghai is
purely a local issue. To them it is
about as important as an earth
quake in East Africa.
But it is by no means a pas
sion for peace which has kept
China from cohesion. On the con-
trary, war itself has cut through
the land like a jigsaw, leaving be-
hind it Self-centered communities
and isolationists. If internal squab-
bleS are to count, China is the most
belligereut of nations.
And it seems to me that the
moral of all this points to the con-
clusion that the estate of the re-
public would be far less parlous but
for a departure from the ancient
way. Pacifist China was twice as
powerful as militant one.
Chine knew centuries of tran
quillity, during which the trade Of
soldering was obscure and despised.
Contact with the Occident has in
spired new faith in force. Some of
the younger generals can rattle a
saber as Justify as any of our own
brass hats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
No Personal Guilt
I DEFENDED myself bv arc

T DEFENDED myself by arguing
Il that I personally never had
grabbed treaty port or taken part
in an opium war. But I could not
get him to lower the forefinger of
accusation. I asked him how ma
chine guns were going, and he re-
piled vaguely.
On Saturday went up the river
and was gone for month. When
I came back to my hotel, there
was a note for me. He said that he
had resigned his job and thrown
in his lot with Sun Yat-Sen. He
was not going back to America.
Years later I read in an Amer
lean newspaper that a Chinese
graduate of Yale named Yung had
been executed for revolutionary &C
tivities. The man with whom I'd
talked of Coy and Philbin, 1.-THE
Red Mill" and college beer nights
had returned to the tomb of his an
ceStorS.
And have faith to believe that
there still is vitality in the anciert
way ana That the true defenders of
China are not SO much the Coura-
geous coolies in the trenches. but
the scholars and the wise men of
the towns and villages who can
remember that others came in other
centuries and that old man China
has continued to go rolling along.
(Copyright. 1892 BY The Timesl
Has the Cape-tO-CairO railway
completed?
No.
What are the dimensions of the
dirigible Akron?
1t is 785 feet long and 1855 feet
high.
What is the address of George
Bernard Shaw?
No. Whitehall Court, London.
S. w. 1, England.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
A STUPID Course

NNE only has to glance through
~ the list of foreign securities
bought by Americans during the last
few years to realize that we could
have loaned Russia several hundred
million dollars without hurting our
selves.
We not only would stand as good
a chance of getting the money back,
but would have laid the foundation
for a large and growing trade.
Our course. toward Russia has
been stupid from the beginning,
which is no more than should have
been expected, since it was founded
on temper.