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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Vote for Ellis

The Times has carried the burden Of unpopuarity
at periods for daring to say that prohibition has been
failure.
1t believes that in these perilous times the repeal
Of the eighteenth amendment would furnish the most
practical-and, important-the most psyche
logical impetus to the return Of prosperity.
One-haf Of this county will vote next Tuesday
on nominees for congress in the Eleventh district
In all probability, the Democratic nominee will be
elected in November If that prediction is true this
city should send pussyfooter to congress- no man
who blatantly processes his wetness a disguise to
other hidden Affiliations.
In all probability the Republican nominee from
that district will be dry and probably selection
Of Cofinism. The present congressman is candidate
for denomination. He is also listed dry. His
record otherwise has been good.
What The Times suggests is that the people who
vote in the Democratic primary take out little in
stirance against Cofhnism.
Judge Willis Ellis of Anderson is candidate for
the Democratic nomination. lifetime reputation of
integrity is his platform.
The courage of age is his recommendation.
He tells you plainly that he is the wettest of the
vets. That suggests nothing Of compromise The
job means nothing to him. The purpose means
everything
If the voters are wise, they will vote for Ellis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

IF it were possible for me to help with the evolu-
Il ton OF new woman-and such being is sure to
come out of the depression just as one did out of the
warI would like to take out thirds of her sensi-
tivenesS
About the strongest quality in feminine nature is
that preoccupaton with the image of self which
seems to brood forever in the average womans con-
sciouSneSS.
II is almost impossible, for instance to carrv on a
conversation that includes the expression of opinion
without having women feel that there must be per-
sonal meaning in each remark. This feeling is more
marked of course if you happen to disagree with them
If you can't vote for her favorite candidate for dog
catcher, the housewife type is nearly always certain
to take this as personal affront She seems utterly
unable to herself from the exact center of the
political, the social the moral field
4 T a So-caled discussion group not long since
N somebody suggested that members should study
the qualifications of the various Democratic candi-
dates for the presidency And CONSERVATION moved
among the ladies, like wind in wheat
Il think it best" chrped the president sweetly
that we leave politics and religion entirely out of
our club discussions"
Her idea, as you can readily see, was that some
good Republican dame might become offended or hurt
at the bare idea that any her friends could be in
terested in an opposing candidate So much for prog
gress and politicsi
AS Tor religion, from the manner in which we taboo
all intelligent talk upon this subject you well might
believe that convictions fraiI weather
the slightest opposition
It is not only ludcrous, but pathetic, for women
to assume this attitude of false senstveness Can't we
agree TO disagree and remain ladies9
Or are our manners weak that We fear return
to primitive hair cawings if we should speak our
minds to another? n,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28

to estimate the justice of Moneys conviction Nine
out Of ten Of those living have signed petition for
MONEYS pardon. Acknowledgement U. S. Webb Of
California petitioned the supreme court for a new
trial.
Duncan Matheson, captain of detectives in San
Francisco and the in charge of the investigation
Of the explosion, urged executive clemency for
Mooney. His plea was backed up by Charles Golf,
police captain in San Francisco.
1t has been asserted by official California that the
Mooney stands or falls with that against Billings.
James Brennan, who prosecuted Billings, recon-
mended pardon for Mooney and Billings as far back
as 1926.
Supreme Court Justice William H. Langdon said
of the Billings Il know there has been failure
of proof to such extent that there even
the semblance Of against him"
The final conclusion on the Rolph dud must be-:
California, there she stands-and howl"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE =
HEALTH
Measles Constitutes Real Danger

This rate Of fatality gradually
diminishes from / year onward, SO
that at years the chance is thirty
times greater, and between 2 and 3
years of age nine times greater than
the chance of dying if measles is
contracted at 10 years of age.
When measles appears in a
community, parents should be
warned of the danger and told to
be exceedingly careful about hav-
ing their children come in contact
with those with the disease.
1t is important. of course, that
every case be reported at once to
the health department by the physi-
clan, so that proper measures may
be taken. Tt is only through con-
slant and accurate reporting of dis
ease that prevention is possible.
1t is important that every child
with measles be kept in a separate
room and isolated from contact with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28

all other children until the disease
has passed and there no longer is
any danger of injecting another
child.
All parents must be warned
promptly to guard their children
against contracting measles, by
keeping them from contact with
children who have the disease or
from the brothers or sisters of the
child who has the disease.
If child years of age or I'M
der develops fever, vomiting, run
ming of the nose and the typical
measles eruption, it should be put
to bed Immediately, physician
should be called at once and the
child should be kept strictly isolated
until the diagnosis is made certain
that the condition is not measles,
or until the child has recovered fully
from its illness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
SCIENCE
Thousands Die When Earth
BY DAVID DIETZ-

Thousands Die When Earth
Lets Loose" in Terrific Vol
cdnic Eruptions.
A SHOWER Of ashes and a good
L n scare were furnished to South
American cities by the recent vol
canic eruptions in the Andes. The
incident serves to recall some Of
the major disasters caused by vol
canic eruptions.
The two most violent eruptions in
recent times were those of Kraka-
toa, volcanic island in Sunda
strait, near Java, on Aug. IS. 1883,
and that Of Mt. Pelee on Marti-
nique island, in the West Indies, on
May 8, 1902.
The volcano of Krakatoa had
been quiet for 200 years. On Aug.
rs, 1883, there was a tremendous
explosion, which blew off the whole
top Of the island. About thirteen
cubic miles of rock and an addi-
tional cubic mile of fine dust were
blown into the air.
The noise was heard $50 miles
away and the dust spread through
out the atmosphere Of the entire
earth.
The explosion caused ocean
waves more than one hundred feet
high than inundated the lowlands
of Java and Sumatra, drowning
more than thirty thousand people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Change for Better2

THERE are more footloose voters
l. in this country than there
have been for many years, voters
who would just as leave scratch a
ticket as not, who have discarded
the brass collar for good.
Other things being equal, most of
them would oppose the Hoover ad-
ministration next fall, but other
things have got to be equal.
These voters are not out to buy
pigs in a bag. They want to know
what a change implies before they
make it, They changed the lower
house of congress eighteen months
ago. 1t has been in session nearly
five months. They still have to be
convinced that the change did them
any good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Pillar of Rock

THE noise made by the explosion
\ of st. Pierre was heard 300
miles away in Venezuela.
1t was estimated that material
was hurled out of the volcano dur
ing the eruption at the rate of
100000 cubic feet a minute.
Toward the end of the eruption.
a solid pillar of rock 800 feet high
was pushed up out of the neck of
The volcano as cork might be
pushed out of the neck of a bottle.
Professor j. w. Gregory expressed
the opinion that this great mass
of rock may have acted as a plug
IN the top of the volcano, causing
the steam and gases to gather be-
meath it until their explosive force
broke through the southern slope
Of the volcano, discharging their
fury directly at the unfortunate
town of st. Pierre.
DR.. Gregory points out that the
disaster on Martinique island was
preceded by a terrific earthquake
on April II and 10, just a week be-
fore the eruption.
The earthquake occurred in
Guatemala and destroyed the city
Of Quezaltenango.
On May z, there was an eruption
of Sulphur mountain on the nearby
island OF st. Vincent. DR.. Gregory
believes that the earthquake. the
Sulphur mountain eruption, and the
Mt. Pelee cataclysm were all events
in a related chain.
His theory is that a sinking of
the earth's crust in the West In
dian area set up the stresses and
strains in the earth's crust which
resulted in the three events.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Questions and
Answers
What is the "open door poIicy?'

What is the "Open door pOlicy?'
open door" is a term used in
international politics, to designate
the principle of equal treatment, in
trade with oriental countries, for all
trading nations, as opposed to the
policy of effective monopoly in
favor of one nation. The phrase
came into popular use in the last
decade of the nineteenth century,
when various European nations were
seeking to establish spheres of in
f1uence" in China.
What is blue coal?
Tt is ordinary coal which is
stained blue by spraying, and is the
trade mark of one of the coal COM
panies.
Does Canada have consuIs in the
United States?
No, but Canadian consular affairs
are administered by the British con-
Sulates.
Who played the more important
female roles in "Song o. My Heart"
with John Mccormack?
Alice Joyce and Maureen OSul-
Ivan.
Are there more millionaireS in the
United States now than in 1914?
In 1914 it was estimated that
there were approximately $500 mil
lionaires in the United States. This
number increased to about $500 in
1915, and 10000 in 1910, and about
II, 800 in 1927. The income tax re-
turns for 1880 showed 6,152 individ-
uals whose income was 100000 or
more compared with 14,70l in 1929.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Terrific Explosion

MT. PELEE gave some warning
A'A before its gigantic eruption.
There were small eruptions in 1862
and 1851, but they had not caused
any great anxiety.
On April IS, 1902, vent near the
top of the peak began to emit steam.
and dust. However, this caused no
great alarm, and plans were made
in st. Pierre, capital of the French
colony on Mar Unique, to organize
an excursion to the volcanoes top on
Sunday. May 8.
But at 7:50 a. m. on that Sunday
morning, the giant cataclysm oc-
Cured.
With terrific explosion, a great
vent opened up in the southern
slope of the volcano. A great cloud
of steam and volcanic dust at
temperature Of about 1000 degrees
Fahrenheit issued forth and swept
down upon the town of st. Pierre.
Every inhabitant of the town but
two-a number estimated at about
30,000-were killed. The two who
escaped death were prisoners in a
deep dungeon in the town Jail.
The terrific explosion also sunk all
the ships in the harbor but one.
This ship, the Roddam, was farther
from the shore than the others,
Nevertheless, the swell which fol-
lowed the explosion, broke its anchor
chain.
The Roddam made its way to the
neighboring island of st. Lucia.
bringing the first news of the dis
aster.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Truth Should Be Enough

NN the other hand, see no rea-
~ son why radicals or any one
should stir up antagonisms over
wholly f1ctional issues. We need not
be concerned with Franklin Roose-
velt at the moment, for that old
conservative Republican war horse,
Senator Watson of Indiana, has
been guilty of a perfect example of
demagogy.
"I have" he stated last week, "a
solemn conviction that the inter-
national bankers through their
brokers have tried to smash the
market and hold up the recovery
of American business, to force cam
collation. of war debts"
A statement of this sort may be
received in some quarters as in
dicating that Jim Watson is a
friend of the common people. Sen
ator Watson would be pleased to
have his solemn conviction" so in
terpreted.
The trouble is that his remarks
are even more stupid than solemn.
The international bankers own
among other things railroad stocks
and bonds, United States Steel and
Bethlehem and General Motors. 1
do not think that our leading finan-
ciers ano industrialists have shown
much wisdom for the last decade,
but they are not quite silly enough
to ruin or all but ruin their own
companies just to annoy Senator
Watson and please foreign debtors.
In other words, no matter what a
politicians point of view may be,
he Is not likely to help anybody in
particular, rich or poor, by talking
sheer nonsense. And I will go just
that far and no farther in the drive
against demagogs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28

article mentioned above, written by
you?
Imagine my bewilderment, there
fore, when I read your column and
saw that you had nothing but
praise for AL Smiths Jefferson day
address. A demagogic attitude
of class against class seems a much
healthier attitude than our former
system of giving the wealthy all the
breaks"
AS a matter of fact, made no
mention of AL Smiths f1areup about
demagogs, since it seems to me
that the word is much too loose in
it's conn0tations. do not think
that Smith meant to call Roosevelt
to account for any generalized SYM
pathy with the forgotten man"
but merely was critical of certain
statements made by the Governor
of New York concerning the recon-
struction finance corporation-re-
marks which were not well founded
in fact
It is not a reproach, believe,
for any man to become the leader
of "the mob" That is the natural,
honorable, and inevitable aspiration
of every radical and some liberals.
The mob deserves leadership, needs
leadership, and will in time get
leadership.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Says

--------- Days
Democrats Have Been Alto
gether Too Sure of Victory
Neat Fall for Their OtCn
Good. There Is q Plethora
of Candidates, bat No Pro-
gram.
NEW YORK, April 2s.-Massa-
chusetts Democrats appear to have
done more than give Smith a fine
send-off and Roosevelt decided
setback. They appear to have
stayed at home in surprisingly large
numbers.
According to all reports, the cam
paign was hot. With Democratic
enthusiasm and confidence running
high, this should have produced a
large vote.
In 1923 nearly 300 900 Massachu-
sets citizens voted for the Demo-
cratic presidential candidate. Tues
day, but little more than 100000
participated in the Democratic prl-
mary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Failures Not Enough

TINE Hoover administration has
Il made many mistakes, but that
is not enough to insure Democratic
victory. Besides, Democratic
house of representatives is providing
it with alibis for some.
When the people elected a DEM
ocratic house of representatives,
they expected something more help
full than efforts to twist legislation
for campaign purposes.
The emergency we face is not
political, but economic. 1t has
vastly more to do with how people
live than the way they vote.
The majority of people cares very
little whether a remedy is of Dem
ocratic, or Republican origin, pro-
.yided it works.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
1T SEEMS TO ME BY H BRoTS

gram. Big employers buy their
labor, just as they buy their raw
material, in the cheapest possible
market.
This does not mean that the indi-
vidual employer is rogue or a
rascal. But as long as production
is for profit, every executive must
make the cost of manufacture one
of his prime considerations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
OYerconfident

EOR some time I have felt that
L the Democratic trend was los
ing strength, and not without OBJ
vious cause.
Democrats have been altogether
too sure of victory next fall for
their own good. Considering the
party safe, they have not done
what they should to clothe it with
constructive purpose.
The quarreling has been over
spoils, not principles. There is a
plethora of candidates, but no pro-
gram.
The main planks of the platform
to be adopted by the Democratic
national convention should have
been worked out and agreed on long
ere this. AS it is, no one knows
what they will include, nor how
thew will read
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

4 T this season, measles usually is
IA epidemic in several parts of the
United States.
Authorities in the New York state
department of health feel that eff
forts should be concentrated not in
futile attempts to stamp out the
disease entirely, but on means to
prevent fatalities from the disease
during the first five years of life.
Seventy-five per cent of all deaths
from measles occur in children I'M
der years of age, and 80 per cent
in children under years of age. In
fact, if child contracts measles
before it is 1 year old, the chance
Of dying is fifty times greater than
an attack of measles in a child be-
tween and fifteen years of age.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Leadership First

d OOSEVELTS boom is sagging
N because he has not displayed
sufficient courage, or originality, to
intrigue the popular fancy. The
Democratic trend is weakening for
precisely the same reason.
The people of this country are
looking for leadership, not so much
in a personal sense as in that of
program. They want somebody, or
some group, to think out a COM
prehensive scheme of reconstruction
and stay with it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Plan Is Lacking

HEE-HAW, we're coming back, .
IL seems a grimly appropriate
slogan for the Democratic party
in its present frame of mind.
The prevailing attitude is mega
tive, just as it has been since
Woodrow Wilson died.
Whether with regard to Muscle
Shoals, the world court, or recog-
milton of Russia, Democrats lack
anything like a coherent, purposful
plan. Their strategy includes little
more than one scheme after an
other to make the Hoover admins
tration suggest measures and then
mutilate them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
GERMANS TAKE vOORMEZEELE
April 20


ON April %, 1913, German troops
~ took Voormezeele and Hill 80
after two days of bloody fighting
British troops were forced back all
along the Lys front in severe &C
tons.
The battle was preceded by ter
rifle bombardment of British posi-
tons by an overwhelming number
Of German heavy guns.
During the days of fighting, Locre
changed hands five times. finally
falling to the Germans.
A counter attack launched by
British reserves succeeded in re-
gaining some of the ground lost
near Voormezeele, where the hand
to-hand fighting continued.
British troops in Mesopotamia
continued their advance, following
their victory Of the previous day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Daily Thought

There is no new thing under
the sun.-EeclesiaStes 1:9.
Only an inventor knows how to
borrow, and every man is or should
be an inyentor.-Enerson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28

THERE are indications that the
l. word "demagog" is going to be
hurled about quite frequently in the
months which will crowd upon us
before the next election. 1t might
be a good idea to fix up just what
we want the word to mean.
My dictionary gives quite a di-
versity of definitions. Thus find
that a demagog may be IAN orator
or leader who seeks to influence the
people by pandering to their preju-
dices and passions"
Now it seems to me that very
high type of statesman might fall
under the reproach of the word If
used in that sense. At least I can
conceive of magnificent work being
done by a candidate who devoted
himself to reminding millions that
they we're hungry and that they
ought to do something about it. 1
don't know whether you could call
that demagogic or not, but would
be for it under any label.
Next, I find IAN unprincipled
politician" and after that, "a leader
of the mob" with the original
meaning being identified an "one
who made orations after the man
ner of Cicero and Demosthenes."
Accordingly the word "demagog'
might be either a reproach or a
compliment, according to the man
ner in which it was employed.
Complaint From a Client
MY own interest in the usage
1Y1 lies in a complaint which
comes from a client. About a
week ago. she writes, ct read an
article of yours which appealed to
me in a special way. I refer to the
one in which you set forth your
arguments on why the wealthy
should be taxed heavily and why
it would be we'll to cut down the
exorbitant rewards of successful
captains of industry.
"A few days later Al Smith made
a speech in which he scored poll
ticians for rousing demagogic at
titude of class against class. He
mentioned no names, but his words
generally were construed as an at
tack on Franklin Roosevelt. Had
he not specified politicians, might
it not be considered that his re-
marks were directed against the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28

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 paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
Even Among Conservatives

ID UT demagogy may pc us
ID covered in the statements of
politicians who make no pretense
to being other than standpat and
conservative. Radicals insist that
there is such thing as a class
struggle, though they may differ
profoundly in it's extent, violence
and composition.
Republicans and Democrats deny
any such status in America and de-
clare that every man can fight his
way to the top and so on. A IA
vorite phrase of American political
and industrial leaders is that old
one about labor is not a commod-
ity." Even trades unions sometimes
hail such declarations as a new
declaration of freedom.
But 1 can not understand what
point there is in making a state
ment if it is wholly unsupported by
existing facts or potential pro-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28

Germany will pay no more reparations its foreign
minister says. What does he mean by more?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28

Y. M. c. A. worker from South America says
the people there think of the United States as ma
ton of gangsters. Well, what do the people here
think?
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