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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
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TNGLAND'S break with Russia over the arrest
II and approaching trial of six British subjects
raises the question of how far one government
has right to interfere with the laws of another
This question has confused international re-
lations since time immemorlal.
STRONGER states always have assumed more or
less right to impose their will on weaker states
regarding the administration of justice as 1t
affected their citizens or property interests.
For years it has been the practice OF Euro
pean governments to set up their own courts IN
China and insist that cases involving their cltl-
zens should be tried by these courts. They were
able to do this, Of course because emma couIo
not help herself.
The same thing is true of about every situa-
ton where extraterritoriaI rights have been de-
manded, or where attempts have been made to
supersede domestic tribunals.
Since it hardly is conceivable that the British
government thinks it can frighten Russia into
backing down by the threat of an embargo, the
probability is that Prime Minister Macdonald
and his cabinet have larger purpose in mind
THE only alternative to such conclusion is
l. that they have made stupid and unneces-
Sary bunder.
In this connection, it is we'll to remember
that the Anglo-Russian trade agreement is about
to expire and that over the arrest OF
British subjects would furnish convenient eX-
cuSe Tor failure 10 renew IL.
At the same time, the ostenslble object is to
force Russia to treat British subjects in differ
ent way than is customary under her laws and
methods of court procedure.
II goes without saying that Russian laws and
court procedure are very different from those
which obtain in England or most western coun-
tries. Primarily, they are designed to safeguard
and uphold the existing order, which is utterly
at variance with the republican theory of justice.
This represents an irreconcIable cleavage be-
tween the two systems, and one which seems
likely to cause an endless amount of trouble.
ID USSIANS invariably assume that trials in
N other countries, especially if Communists
are concerned have definite political Signif1-
canoe. In their minds, the creed always is more
important than the offense.
Indeed, they do not regard offenses as par
ticularly important unless associated with a po-
litical creed.
The crime of these British subjects who have
been arrested and are being held for trial con-
sists in their alleged opposition to the Russian
regime, rather than in the charge of injuring
any one.
The problem that England faces is not
whether such attitude is correct according to
English law, but whether any outside govern
ment can do much about it, or has the right
if it could.
In other words, can governments do more to
promote a better understanding by interfering
with each others laws or by letting each other
alone?
Should citizens be encouraged to look to their
home government for protection when they &c
to another country, or should they be taught te
abide by tbs laws OF that country2
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
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point where it can be available to
the man who needs it and who
wants it.
The difference between the two
makes of beer can be recognized
readily Two quarts of home
brew, which in most cases is not
properly aged, produces stupidity
and its depressing after results
are by this time familiar to every
one who has become an habitual
home brew drinker.
To my mind quite a bit of the
physical depression that has man
ifeSted itself in our people has
been due to that one thing
drinking of beer that was not
wholesome.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12

Q-Of what country is Willem-
stadt the capital?
A-Curacao, an island in The
Dutch West Indies.
Q-What is the value of a
United States large copper cent
dated 1855?
A-One to twenty cents.
Q-What does factitive mean in
grammar?
A-The construction in which a
verb takes, besides its object, a
noun or adjective expressing
modification of the object that
the action of the verb produces,
as in the sentences: ''It makes me
giddy," and che called me a vii
lain" The noun denoting the
modified object is called facti-
tive object.
Q-What ages were included in
the draft registrations during the
World war?
A-The first registrations, June
5, 1917, covered the ages from q
to 81; the second, June 5, 1918,
and Aug. "a, 1918. included those
who had become 81 years old since
the first registration. The third,
Sept. IL, 1918, extended the age
limits downward to IS and up
ward to As.
Estate the number of en-
ployees in the United States vet
Grams bureau and the aggregate
amount of their pay.
A-On June 80, 1882, there were
36,818 employees, in and out of
Washington, and the annual pay
roll was SCI ,291, 1867.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
Heard Worse Ones

IRON the start of this column I
Il have been trying to work around
to Mr.. Jack Doyle. They call him
the Sage of Broadway. He is about
the last Of the old White Way
guard. 1t occurred to me that Mr..
Doyle might have a good story in
his gizzard-One of those things
about "how booze died and how it
came back as I saw it."
But I was whipped right off.
found Mr.. Doyle cooling wistfully to
a canary bird. My greatest
pal" he murmured. Well. I
mean after all, romance is one thing
and Mayor O'Brien is another.
LET me tell you the funniest
drinking story that ever was told"
urged Mr.. Doyle, showing a dab of
faded caviar to his greatest pal.
you know Bob Vernon? (Au I
know about Vernon is that he mar
ried Mae Murray, a swell-Iooking
actress) Well, Bob used to like to
drink, and he got pretty sick. The
doctors put him on strict diet.
Above all things, no drinks.
Prohibition night came around.
Bob read the terrible news. He had
a male nurse. Call the doc and see
if can have glass of wine The
doc said no. Call the doc and see
if I can have glass Of ale The
doc said no. Call the doc and see
if can have a glass Of beer The
doc said no.
80 he said no, did hep fumed
Vernon. Well, to hell with him.
Give me an alcohol rub and I'll call
it a night"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
Sore Throat Spread by Infected Milk

symptoms of numerous other dis
orders of an infectious character.
The fact that there are numerous
other cases in the community at the
same time helps to indicate the cpl
demic character Of the disease.
In most instances, investigation
by the health department will serve
to indicate that practically all The
cases occur on the route Of one dis
tributor of milk.
The study then is made to find
which of the employees concerned
is himself infected. An examination
is also made of the herds Of COWS to
determine whether any Of the ami
mails have infected udders.
Not infrequently epidemic sore
throat is mistaken for influenza.
One epidemic has been described
in which the condition was traced
to infected ice cream rather than
infected milk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
Silence Best
BY EVE STANTON

BY EVE STANTON
Tread softly, shadow; here by the
silent water
Under the dust of days a dream
lies sleeping.
Oh, many the weeds across its
grave, my daughter,
Wherein it slumbers, worn with
quiet weeping.
And never the mortal word Will
break its slumber,
And never the mortal step will mar
its rest,
And the still days go quiet, with
out number,
Tread softly, shadow, silence e
the best.
Never the drift of snow nor beat
Of shower
Unveils the face of sorrow TO
the air,
Never the human hand or certain
hour
Uncover beauty. tremulous and fair.
Tread softly, shadow. Out of the
dust of sorrow
Come the waking flowers, discreet
ly blended,
Say not a quiet word, today, to-
morrow,
Lest a dead dream be walked, and
q spell ended.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12

DOCKS about feminine psyche
ID logy are likely to be filed with
a good deal Of blather. But DR.. NJ.
Esther Harding in THE Way Of All
Women" has some excellent things
to say about marriage and its signi-
fcance. Here, for instance, is an
opinion with which I wholly agree:
IF a woman marries without
taking the obligations Of marriage
seriously, it follows that she does
not take any relationship seriously
She does not take herself seriously
at all. And such an attitude is the
beginning OF the disintegration OF
society"
In view of existing conditions, I
fail to see how we can deny the
truth of this statement. When men
and women lose their regard for
the permanence Of marriage, other
solid foundations sink beneath their
feet.
They lose also their ability to be
loyal in other human relationships.
They forget their duty TO parents
and children. They soon will learn
to betray their friends, and to fail
their highest obligations. They will
deceive themselves in the most fun
damental realities Of life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
TINE most serious form of sore

TINE most serious form of sore
Il throat - after diphtheria - is
called epidemic septic sore throat.
This is spread by infected milk.
When the milk supply is pasteur-
lied properly, virulent organisms
are destroyed. If, however, there is
any carelessness whatever in the
process of pasteuIization, the germs
causing septic sore throat may get
by, and infect considerable num-
bers Of people.
This germ is a streptococcus. 1t
is found on the udders of the in
fected COWS and infectS all the milk
that comes from the infected COW.
Sometimes the udder Of the COW
may not be infected, but the mixer
may have a sore throat.
The milk that has become in
fected then is mixed with the gen.
eral milk supply, and any one TAX
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
BY DIR. NORRIS FIsHBEIN
Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

ing part in the consumption Of the
infected milk supply is likely to de-
velop septic sore throat.
Mixers invariably should wash
their hands thoroughly before milk
ing COWS, and it will do neither the
milk nor the mixer any harm if the
hands Of the mixer are washed fire.
quently during the whole milking
process.
This will protect not only the milk
consumer, but also the COW.
Infections Of this type in the
throat may spread gradually
through the blood, involving the
rest of the body. Septic sore throat
usually begins with fever, chills
and a rapid pulse.
These, however, are equally the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12

TINE lead story in the Herald
4 that day dealt with the death
of booze on Broadway. 1t was
dramatic aIlegory built around a
mythical Characteristic fifth horse
man of the neutrality-suspicious.,
Of course. A preSent-day research
worker would find it without news,
facts or information, but reporter
would embrace it with ecstasy.
Only an understanding city editor
and a sympathetic copy reader
could have contriveo to bring the
story Of the fifth horseman to print.
I do not say it was particularly
well written story, but it was de-
ightfully geared to the public mood,
the ism 't-that-s0-tem was perfect,
and there was just enough emotional
show.
The hotels, the cafes and the res
taurants made grim mockery Of the
eighteenth amendment that night.
Baskets were wheeled out in the
middle of dining rooms, profanely
symbolizing the mortal illness.
Physically it was just another
New Years celebration. Only those
who realized the Importance Of
constitutional amendment Sensed
what a vast change in the social
life of America doomed ahead. There
we're many rash bets along Broad
way that the law wouldn't last a
month.
The liquor interests or some in
terests closely allied thereto sent
the distinguished Elihu Root, pay
ing him a fee Of 100000. to argue
the matter Of personal liberty be-
fore the supreme court, and it is
a matter Of record that Mr. Root
did not get as far as the cracked
ice and mineral water, to say moth
ing of the aspirin tablets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
Makes 'Em1 Stupid

BY NJ. 1. Wright.
Prohibition has been declared
a failure by some of the best
minds of the country, but how has
it reacted on those who came to
that conclusion many months or
years ago-the men who manufac-
tured their own beer that con-
tanned very nigh percentage of
sugar alcohol?
To those people the modification
of the Volstead act should work
wonders. That home brew is de-
moralizing will be borne out by
the home brewers when the price
of real brew comes down to a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
TARIFF WAR

TARIFFS are a form of warfare. The
- peace of Versailles brought an end to
the war of the trenches, but it was the signal
for the outbreak of an economic war no less
bitter, no less expensive.
Our tariff of 1890 launched major Of
fensive. 1t has been defended and sometimes
with certain plausibility, but the weight Of
evidence is too strong; we stand convicted Of
aggression
before it was passed. Colby objective studies
indicate that it was directly responsible for
one-third of the billion dollar drop in foreign
trade which occurred from October, 1880, to
October, 1881.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12

Times readers are inUited to cypress
their Uiet0s in these columns. Make Oour
letters short, so all can haze a chance.
Limit them to ESQ 4oords or IessJ
By Disguised.
Prohibition is the curse of the
American people. Billions of dol
lars have been spent with no result.
Drinking has been on the increase
from day to day, with the younger
generation holding the spotlight.
Thousands of people have lost
their bodies, minds, and souls, from
the effects of the bootleggers' poi
sonous liquors. Yet many narrow
minded "temperance"leaders come
out and emphatically state that we
must preserve the sanctity of this
nation"
No intelligent citizen, if he will
be honest with himself, can deny
that the eighteenth amendment has
been other than an absolute failure.
1t has been a failure since the Gay
it was misplaced in the Constitu-
ton and it will continue to be as
long as it remains there.
This law has benefited but two
classes, the bootlegger and the fed
eral officer. For these two it has
been a paradise, a golden harvest,
which they have been reaping for a
good many years. The bootlegger,
with his poison, organized racketeer-
ing, and big business, has become q
potent figure.
Through his graft and the public's
sheer ignorance, he has risen until
he has become Independently rich.
The federal officer is paid a good
salary to waste his time and the
peoples money. He protects the
big shot by arresting the SIS a week
bootlegger who is unemployed and
is trying to make a meager sum to
feed his starving family. This man
is convicted and given a severe pen
atty, while the big bootlegger, more
powerful than ever, stands by I'M
molested.
By Times Reader
Two Anderson youths recently
showed their innocence by their in
ability to tell the difference between
80 beer and its weaker brother,
near beer.
Shortly after beer had been de-
clared legal, these prospective beer
drinkers appeared at a local pool
room and asked for beer. The clerk,
thinking they wanted near beer,
gave it to them.
They downed their drinks with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
It Seems
to Me
BY JOE WILLIAMS
Batting for Heywood Brouu)

NEW YORK, April 12.-Thirteen
~ years ago a black chapter in
the history Of American liberty was
written-a law was enacted pro-
hibiting you and me the privilege
of slipping a slightly Intoxicating
beverage.
What happened on Bro dway
that night?
From all accounts it was the most
hilarious night in a long stretch Of
years. No one seemed to believe
that. such a preposterouS thing
could really materialize. PrOhibi-
ton in America-why it was Just
a spectacular gesture on the part
OF a lot of small town crackpots!
On midnight of Friday. Jan. 16.
the law went into effect. It was
showing in New York. There was
a mean wind and a biting tenn
parature. There were not many
people on the streets. The carnival
spirit. so easily pumped up in the
metropolis, was missing.
Indoors it was different. There
were special dOings at Shanley's,
Jacks, Churchlll's MaxIm's. Healv's.
Roseland, the Golden Glades and
the Cafe DIES Beaux Arts. The New
York Herald just had been sold to
Frank MunSey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
About James BEGAN

nNE man on Broadway saw the
~ handwriting on the baToom
floor. He was James 3. Regain,
probably the most inventive hotel
man America has ever known. The
night prohibition became effective
he closed his hotel-the Knicker-
bocker-in the Times Square dis
trict. The next day he held an auc-
ton sale. His contemporaries
laughed at him-but not for long.
Not even the perceptive Regain
could foresee what was coming
gang rule, machine gun dictators,
Washington Cd. O. conspiracies, an
uninterrupted flow Of untaxed booze,
speakeasies-all attuned to an
obbligato of governmental ridicule
and Scorn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
So They Say

We are suffering today from
fear and panic because we observe
merely the surface indications Of
our daily troubles rather than the
healthy readjustments that are
taking place-Clark H. Minor,
president international General
Electric Company.
The chief aim Of all government
is to preserve the freedom of the
citizen.-John w. Davis, Demo-
cratic candidate for President in
1924.
This has been a terrible day. I
haven't had a single fght.-Sena-
tor James Couzens of Michigan.
Unemployment spurs intelli-
gence.-Premier Mussolini Of Italy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12

Hiram Percy Maxim the inventor, says he
believes there are people on Mars and that
they are much smarter than those on this
earth. Wonder if they've solved the liquor
problem yet?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12

Baseball magnates are hoping that what
ever people use to put beer in this summer il
won't be pitchers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12

mind your own business" was the legend
of one of the early coins in this country, dated
1887. Now we haven't any chance to mind it.
We can't even find it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

1T is womans common failing now
l. to take love too seriously and
marriage too casually. She would
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12

Anyway there's one set of people still living
on the fat of the land-the Eskimos. They
eat blubber.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-12
Questions and Answers

Q-What is the name of the po-
1itical units of the Irish Free
State?
At has twenty-seven admin
istrative counties and four county
bOroughs.
Q-Is Jean Harlow a natural
platinum blonde?
Ayes.
GLOW long after the release OF
the talking picture THE Unholy
Three" did Lon CLANCY die?
A-One month and thirteen days.
great guSto and relish and one was
heard explaining to the other as
they left, boy, this sure has near
beer backed off the map"
BY Wondering
I have, in common with thou
sands of other Indianapolis resi-
dents, sampled several brands of
the new beer. Some of it seems to
be good and some not so good.
What I am wondering is why we
do not have some of the old-time
brands that were favorites in pre-
prohibition days. I refer to An
heuser- Busch's Budweiser, Pabst
and Schlitz. I have not been able
to find any of them on sale.
Is there some political tangle that
keeps these beers off the Indiana
market? I have heard rumors that
outside breweries will not send their
product into this state, because of
the political beer setup and it seems
that there is something wrong here.
What is it?
Evening star., 1933-12-31

a few here and there. They have been
replaced with cattle that command a
better price as beef. Mrs Kellenberger,
however. still clings to her Swiss cattle
for making her cheese, which her hus-
band calls 100 per cent Swiss cheese,
made by a 100 per cent Swiss woman,
from 100 per cent Swiss milk"
The people of the community are
tremendously interested in the admin
istration's plan to put in a subsistence
homestead project in the same county as
Helvetia. at Mill Creek. about 10 miles
from Elkins. They predict great sue
cess for this sort of community, but the
inhabitants, they say, must be pre-
pared to work hard if they are to get
anything from the soil.
They speak lovingly of the poor land
from which they have taken their iv-
ing for years. 1t has kept them and
they have done their best by it, farming
it with care and keeping it fertilized.
And they all admit to state of we'll
being despite the activities of smooth
bond salesman from Philadelphia who
several years ago sold members OF the
community about $4,000 worth of
bonds which proved worthless after
paying a high interest rate for a couple
of wears.
Evening star., 1933-12-31
BISHOP FREEMAN
TO ADDRESS SERVICE
New Year Will Be Marked at
Cathedral Tomorrow at
4 PM.

A special service in commemoration
of the New Year will be held tomorrow
at o'clock in the Great Choir OF
Washington Cathedral Right Rev
James E. Freeman, Bishop of Wash
ington, will be the speaker.
The program of sacred music to be
rendered by the choir Of men and boys,
directed by Edgar Priest, Cathedral or
ganist. includes: Come, Let Us Anew,
a traditional Yorkshire carol, arranged
by Mr.. Priests father. the late Charles
Priest: offertory anthem, Ring Out,
Wild Bells from Tennyson's poem In
Memoriam." set to music by Percy E.
Fletcher: 20 God. Our Help in Ages
Past" 20 God of Bethel" from the
Scottish Psalter. and 20 Thou Whose
Feet Have Climbed Life's Hill.' from
Days Psalter. Also two carols Tine
Virgin and Child" by Frank c. Butcher,
and Breathe, Breathe Ger a World
of Woe. Spirit of Love" by Mary Brad
ford Whiting and H. A. Chambers.
Bishop Freeman will discuss The
outlook for Religion in 1884" over the
coast-to-coast network of the Colum-
bia Broadcasting System, local Station
WJSV, at 12:45 tomorrow.