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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25
Thank You

The Indianapolis Times today
extends its sincere thanks and
best wishes TO those who aided
in making this years Clothe-
a-Child campaign the most
successful ever staged.
The Times wants to thank
the thousands who laid their
dimes in the now famous Mile
Of Dimes and to those scores Of
others who clothed children.
Drinks Express Company is
thanked for the aid in guard
ing the Mile of Dimes and for
the use of one of the armored
trucks Saturday night to trans
port the money.
The Times also appreciates
the services of Chief Mike Nor
rissey and members of his de-
partment and the fifteen men
who volunteered their services
TO make change and supervise
the laying Of the dimes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25

By United Press
WAsHINGToN, Dec. 25.-Presi-
w dent Roosevelt today spent
the happieSt of Christmases" with
his family at the White House.
After issuing a proclamation Civ
ing fun civil rights to about 1000
persons convicted of wartime espi-
onage. lighting a great Christmas
tree near the Washington monu-
ment and broadcasting a Christmas
greeting TO the nation last night,
Mr.. Roosevelt devoted today to his
family.
Christmas trees twinkled at the
White House windows. Gifts were
piled high for the President, Mrs.
Roosevelt, and the several other
members of his family who came to
Washington for the holidays.
"Sistier and "Buzzie" Dali went
to bed excitedly last night, intent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25

paid the penalty that the law i'm
posed upon them.
Accordingly, I have issued a
Christmas proclamation extending
full pardon to all persons who
we're convicted Of such wartime of
lenses, and who have complied with
the sentence imposed on them. The
effect Of this proclamation is to re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25

Paris-Nancy express said their train
had slowed down in. compliance
with a warning signal.
Suddenly the heavy Malley-type
locomotive of the Strasbourg express
shot out of the darkness in the rear
and plowed Thorough the eleven
wooden coaches of the Paris-Nancy
train.
The impace was so terrific that
debris was scattered a distance of
100 yards on either side of the
tracks. BY miracle. both engineer
and fireman of the Strasbourg ex-
press escaped unhurt.
Only a few of the passengers in
the last two cars of the Nancy train
lived to tell of the catastrophe.
Farmers ran to the scene with
lanterns.
Throughout Saturday night and
yesterday and until long after dark
ness fell again on the scene last
night the work of removing bodies
from demolished wooden coaches
continued.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25

store to such persons their full civil
rights"
A RED HEADED police n
L a slammed shut the door of
President Roosevelt's limousine yes
terday.
Thanks" said the President, "and
q merry Christmas to you"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25
WEALTHY IMPORTER OF
FRENCH WINES Is DEAD
Henri MOquin, SO, Formerly Owned
New York Restaurants.
By United Press

By Untted Press
WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Dec. 25.-
An illness brought on by old age
caused the death yesterday of Henri
Moquin, 90, noted importer of
French wines and former New York
restaurant owner.
"A native of Switzerland, Mr.. Mo-
quin came to the United States as
a young man and made fortune
operating three restaurants and i'm
porting wines.
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Men
Lightened by hope, cheered by
charity and thankful for bounte-
GUS gift of unemployment, Indi-
annapolis turned from memories OF
want and sorrow to enjoyment OF
a time honored observance.
Homes which for months had
been STEPPED in despair, glowed
today in cheer provided by more
fortunate neigbhors who aided
newspapers. social agencies and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25
INSTITUTIONAL
SHIFTS LIKELY
TO Be URGED
County Detention Home and
Infirmary Are Targets
of Criticism.
TWO REPORTS AWAITED
Grand Jury and Board of
Charities Expected to
Ask Changes.
BY JAMES A CARVIE
Times STAFF Writer

recommendations for sweeping
changes in county institutions are
expected to be made public soon by
two investigating bodies, according
to persistent rumors circulating in
the courthouse.
The final report of the present
grand jury, which ends its term the
second week in January, is expected
to contain detailed analysis of the
problems of charitable institutions
maintained by the county.
Centering on abolition Of the de-
tention home and removal of its
function to the board of childrens
guardians home in Irvington, the
annual report of the board of char
tiles and corrections also will urge
changes in county institutions, it is
believed
1t is pointed out that the deten-
ton home at 225 East Michigan
street, originally intended only for
overnight housing of dehnquents,
lost children and court wards. is Gu
plcating the function of the Guar
dams home at 5751 University ave
nue..
Space Is Available
Ample space and other facilities
are available at the Guardians
home for handling temporary detene
tons, while much of the expense
of the detention home could be elm
mated. The 1884 county budget
appropriated $9,247 for the deten-
ton home and $62,O55 for the Guar
dians' home.
The Negro Orphans home, 1856
East Twenty fifth street, for which
$33206 was appropriated, also is
expected to receive attention from
both the grand jury and the board
Housing conditions at the county
infirmary, which in late years adj
mittedly have been inadequate to
meet demands, will be revived as
subject for recommendation it is ex-
pectsd. together with Q move to
provide additional medicas Ne for
the insane and mentally incom-
petent
On numerous occasions, criminal
and civil judges in the county have
commented openly in court on the
pressing need for suitable facilities
for detectives.
Judge Has No Alternative
In cases of law violations, where
the defendant patiently is mentally
weak, judges have no alternative ex-
cept to commit the prisoner to a
penal institution which is not in
tended to care for such cases.
Administration Of county institu-
lions probably will be commended in
the reports, it is said, with the crit
icism being directed at general con-
ditions beyond the control of gov
erning officials.
Work on the report of the board
of charities and corrections may be
delayed by a change in the person.
mel. George D. Thornton has re-
signed and will be replaced Jan. l
by James Marlowe, 3017 Carrollton
avenue, according to Circuit Judge
Earl r. Cox.
Other board members are Jacket
Joseph, park board president: Mrs.
Eff1e Remington, Mrs. David Ross,
Mrs. Emma Lou Williams and the
Rev. William F. Keefe.
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benevolent organizations in pro-
viding the requisites of Christmas
celebration, food, clothing and
gifts.
CHURCHES throughout the
~ city threw wide their doors
yesterday and this morning, with
many also planning Christmas
night services.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25

All Clothe-a-Child records were
shattered into bits. Twice as many
children were given the right to say
Merry Christmas" in 1888 of
Clothes -Child as in 1892, 1881 or
1890.
MILE OF DIMES, the sidewalk
Santa of Clothe-a-Child, gave
$3,2O755 to Clothe-a Child for to-
tai of 1854 children dressed out of
citys change pocket.
FOUR HUNDRED and FORTY
TWO children were dressed by in
dividual donors, or clothed on money
sent to The Times by mail and mes
Senger.
The Parade of City
Hundreds took children out Of
homes deep in poverty and jobless-
ness and wiped out cold, disease,
shame, by changing rags into rich,
warm clothing.
In the parade of the TEN THOU
SAND DOLLARS into stores were
men and women bOwlerS, operators
from the Lincoln office Of the In
diana Bell Telephone Company, no.
siery makers at Real Silk Mills, Pur-
oil company employees, clerks from
the William H. Block Company and
other department stores, railroad
men, men from the bright lights,
women who gave no names.
And leading them were childrenl
Boys with coal-soot faces looked in
windows at sheepskin coats. Girls,
sunk by flour-sack underwear, got
out a smile at being shown trim,
clean undertakings.
Then Came Mile of Dimes
Then ten days ago MILE OF
DIMES joined hands with the indi-
vidual donors to aid the parade to
happiness and warmth for boys and
girls of needy homes.
Thousands passed MILE OF
DIMES in front Of the L. S. Ayres
and S. S. Kresge stores.
Thousands gave of change from
their lunch money, carefare saved
by cumming ride home, tips from
serving tables, and carrying luggage.
Thousands knelt on a sidewalk to
give to Clothe-a- Child just as other
thousands knelt in department stores
tied new shoe laces on Clothe-a-
Child boys and girls, or carried
bundles CT clothing in one hand
while grasping to them with the
other hand their" boy or girl.
Meanwhile the Spending
And Saturday night as late in
dividual donors to Clothe-a Child
rushed into swinging doors Of stores.
a patrol of police, a truck loaned
through the courtesy of Drinks Ex-
press Company, backed up to Mile
of Dimes to collect the sidewalk
cash register Of Clothe-a-Child.
With just fashioned dust-pans,
like mother uses, the Mile of Dimes
was swept into buckets. 1t was
escorted to The Times Office and
counted.
But long before that count was
made children in lanes of longing
in the city we're proudly showing
their new garb to other children.
In fact as the dimes were being
counted shoppers for The Times
were busy spending the last dimes
laid reverently at the feet Of child
by a city.
A Real Merry Christmas
And as Clothe-a -Child said its
MERRY CHRISTMAS to a city and
city's unfortunates. so too did
other organizations with baskets,
toys and warmth in dress and fuel.
Clothe-a -Child would like to take
every donor by the hand and say
those simple seasonal words that oft
have been said.
But it is not necessary. Children's
hands, grimy sometimes, have
reached hours and days ago to say
those simple words of thanks and
love
MERRY CHRISTMAS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25
SANTA PLEASES BOY
ON FIRST u. S. STOP
Minnesota Child, 4, Receives Long
Awaited Fishing Net.

By United Press
PENASSE, MINI, Dec. 25-Santa
Claus, in his first stop in the United
States at the northernmost tip of
Minnesota, left a much-wished for
fishing net for Leslie Derbyshire,
4-year-old son of a fisherman. A
carved wooden Indian papoose and
candies and oranges filled Leslie's
stocking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25
70 ARRESTED IN CITY
ON DRINKING CHARGES
Seven of Group Also Accused of
Drunken Driving.

Combined celebration of repeal
and Christmas resulted in seventy
man and three women today facing
intoXication charges. The arrests
covered the period from Saturday
morning to this morning. Seven of
the group were charged also with
driving while intoxicated.
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Coat Stolen From Auto

Ralph Bratcher. 2113 South Della
ware street, reported to police last
night that thieves broke into his
car and stole child's coat valued
at So.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25
GUN MISHAP is FATAL
Former Resident Is Killed by Acct
dental Discharge.

Injuries sustained when his re-
volver was discharged accidentally
yesterday proved fatal to Fred J.
Lewis, 81, Princeton, former Ind
annapolis resident. Mr.. Lewis moved
to Princeton about a year ago from
indianapolis. He was cleaning the
weapon when it was discharged, the
shot striking him in the abdomen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25
$4,000 SPENT TO
CL0THE SOC NEEDY
CHILDREN IN CITY
Annual Times Campaign Skaters All Pre-
vious Records as Hundreds Strive to
Bring Christmas Happiness.
MILE OF DIMES YIELDS $3,2O7
442 Youngsters Are Dressed by Individual
Donors and 1854 Given Warm Apparel
by Now Famous Sidewalk Santa

MERRY CHRISTMAS
Simple words oft said, but never meaning more than
this Christmas 1888 in thousands of homes in Indianapolis
And here's
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS spent clothing needy
school children of Indianapolis in the annual CotheaChd
of The Indianapolis Times.
EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIX children clothed by
thousands of of dollars and Dimes shopping time and
goodness of heart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25
Nearly 200 Are Killed in
French Railroad Tragedy
Collision of Express Train Brings Death to 1871; Injuries
Suffered by 800 Passengers.


LAGNY greatest railway
history upon
Christmas
President Albert Lebrn planned during the day visit the
railway which 200 persisted 300 injured
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rs KILLED IN AERIAL
BOMBING AT F00cH0W

Eight Marking Government Planes
in Raid, Is Report.
By United Press
LONDON, Dec. 25.-A dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph from
Hongkong said that twenty-six per-
sons were killed when eight air
planes OF the Marking government
bombed Foochow this afternoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-25
It's Christmas Day
Spirit of Season Pervades City Homes and Spread
ing of Cheer Makes 1t a Real Old-Time Holiday

THOUGH the of yesteryears missing Christmas
Indianapolis that again bowed its head
Yuletde benedon Peace EarthGood VIII
Evening star., 1933-12-05
Lynchings an Outburst
Of Primal Nordic Urge
To the Editor of The Star.

TO the Editor OF The Star
Recent outbursts Of lynching over
the stretch of the country indicate some
common weakness resulting from some
common cause. From the tendency of
people of abundant vitality and some
what sluggish temperament to explode
into. violent hostility, we find one cause
In human nature, and Cooley says,
there Is also a great deal of old
fashioned personal hatred in remote
and quiet places, and probably among
All classes who do not feel much the
stress OF civilization
Contrary to the accepted Idea that
such action as is involved in a lynch
in in reality shows desperation, unreason-
lhg llAt And an outburst Of hostility
long directed against the victim. prob
spoken 1t is also an accompanirnent
OF too much democracy, and was the
reason why representative government
was set up by the leaders after the
Revolution
James Madison says in the Federalist:
With q common passion easily felt in
q democracy. there is nothing to check
the Inducements to sacrifice the weaker
party, or an obnoxious Individual.
Nes ~ 40 IiidI utIllOCIacleS nave ever
been spectacles of turbulence and con-
Jention; have ever been found incom-
patible with personal security, or the
rights OF property"
The late Martin F. Morris. in his
History of Our Law" says: ITO the
barbarfans from whom we have de-
scended we owe nothing but our de-
scent. We do not owe them even the
spirit of liberty with which we have
often most enormously been accredited
Their liberty was lawlessness: It was
the liberty of the nomad True liberty
is freedom regulated by law. The bar
DarlanS OF North Europe sought 10 per.
petuate their lawlessness and to stran-
gle civilization by the institution of
the feudal system, but civilization was
saved by the inceSsant efforts of Chris
tianity and the Roman law"
II would appear then. that We are
witnessing an outburst of that primal
urge of the Nordics, so pronounced in
germany, and spreading by imitation
ana class consciousness of weakness in
people who adopt an ancient form of
conduct when faced by a situation
which seems to challenge their idea of
their superiority
CHARLES M. THOMAS.
Evening star., 1933-12-05
Tn the Editnr of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
am troubled lot these days; I
don't know how much dollar Is.
Couple of weeks ago thought had she
financial situation solved, but today I
CAM for the life Of me see why ]
thought was right two weeks ago.
my being All MIXED up because I read
II fVHJ @JI
find we have two or three kinds
second, the commodity dollar.
Third, the stratosphere dollar advo-
Gated by Senator Thomas, ETC., etc, etc.
The professor dollar is the gold-baSis
dollar or maybe it's the cold-storage
dollar as we cannot use it or go to jail
If we do use 1t.
The professor dollar and the COM
modify dollar were both born about
March.
The professor figured that II we paid
the gold miner more each day for an
ounce Of gold it would raise the price
of farm products. Well, 1t didn't do
that, but 1t did help the miner; the old
price Of gold was $20.67 an ounce, now
it's 1886 an ounce. ! don't know why
the professor kept raising the price Of
gold, there was no one else In this
country bidding against him. Anyway
the farm products did not 60 up so the
professor bought all Of the gold In this
country and some in Europe. Farm
dollar and Uncle Sans bond dollars
went down: then one Sunday evening
Evening star., 1933-12-05
! Potomac AriIs...

In a letter written to the chairman
OF the Board OF Trade Committee on
Bridges, Charges Moore, chairman Of
the Commission Of Fine Arts, reviews
the bridge needs Of the District IN q
manner to indicate that important
changes and additions to the water
crossing facilities Of the Capital are In
the way of reasonably early execution.
The most striking suggestion made by
the head Of the commission is that
the present Highway Bridge, successor
to the historic old Long Bridge, which
is characterized as Obsolete as to both
capacity and appearance" should be
replaced. That is . possibility which
has been entertained for q long time,
especially since the construction Of the
Key and the Memorial Bridges, farther
upstream. with which tho Highway
Bridge Is in conspicuous contrast.
Chairman Moore suggests that studies
Evening star., 1933-12-05
Professor, Commodity and Stratosphere
Dollars Have Citizen in Confused State

the President held vesper services at
the White House; all of the remaining
members OF the Brain Trust attended.
The President opened the meeting by
inouirirT what the 'en was wrong with
the professor dollar, All in attendance
turned and locked AZ Conrade Warren,
s's a ehapeer out Of a one Of his SooSs: he
had never reaa . story out Of this
particular book at vesper services be-
ATTENDANCE exclaimed. ~amen.' and the
was bought. Just like nothing happened.
The gold bought for the professor
dollar Is carefully locked up in Uncle
Sans vaults and salted down for some
future use, as 1t Is now not permitted
to circulate. guess I am just dumb
because I can't see what good q cold
Is one smart thing about buying gold
for the professor dollar, that Is. Uncle
sssd s pay yno tfr ahe fe1a recourse ae %
gold for the professor dollar be paid for
by the r. +. C. debentures, because
under the new securities act the menu
bers Of the r. r. c. are personally
liable. So AFTER Congress repeals the
r. =. @. law and the members 20 to
Greece, Uncle Sam can say to the
holders Of the debentures, II am sorry,
Mr.. Miner, but ] did not issue these
debentures. that was done by some
fellows that had office room, here, but
I put thenf out and they all left town" :"
Mr.. Miner, lingering his six shooter,
Evening star., 1933-12-05

for both . new highway bridge ana Z
new railroad bridge shouid be made,
with the possibility OF the shift Of the
latter To another site farther down the
river, or = tunnel under the Potomac.
When the Potomac mats were filled in
course Of the reclamation Of the Potomac
and a park was created out of the naorass
that had become pestilential nuisance
to the Capital, the presence Of the old
Long Bridge was accepted an essen
tial link which, having been located in
that position for many years, must be
endured. 1t proved, however, to be a
menace to the security Of the city. act
ing as veritable dam across the river
and causing foundations. Finally, after
complicated negotiations with the rail-
way companies that maintained this
structure, solution Of the problem
was found in the construction of two
bridges, one for highway use and the
other for the rail lines. They were Of
q type then considered satisfactory.
They have now, .as Chairman Moore
says in his letter. become obsolete, the
Highway Bridge lacking in capacity
Furthermore, the railroad bridge in
wolves the maintenance of a high en-
bankment 'bisecting the park and ma
terially lessenins It's attractiveness.
The contrast between these two bridges
and those upstream is striking. The
Capitals bridge equipment will never
be satisfactory as long as they remain.
Greater capacity is needed in the High
way Bridge to accommodate the travel
across the river at this point, the
volume Of which is constantly in
creasing.
A definite study of the matter should
be undertaken now to the end Of the
earliest possible conclusion as to the
best plans for remedying this condition.
Whether the railroad crossing OF the
river is effected by tunnel at approxi-
nately the present point, or by bridge
or perhaps a tunnel lower down the
stream below the mouth of the Ana
costa, is an engineering question in
which, of course, the transportation
lines will have a material interest. A
tunnel is not an impractical project.
1t would obviate the necessity of an
other above-surface crossing and would
probably facilitate train movements.
That. however, is not the Immediately
important question, which relates to the
replacement of the Highway Bridge
with masonry structure in keeping
with the others of recent construction
upstream.
These matters should be taken in
hand now, regardless OF the financial
situation. II a definite practical plan
can be adopted and agreed upon by all
interests execution will the more speed
lily follow when financial conditions are
again normal and the large expendi-
lures necessary for these works can be
guaranteed.
Evening star., 1933-12-05
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

but rarely accorded in the past even
to those of the greatest wealth and
highest station.
In the unavoidable and deplorable
absence Of Signor Mussolini on grave
duties of state and administration,
Signor Starace, chief secretary of the
Fascist party, distributed. in behalf of
II Duce, however, all the benevolences
of that beloved celebrity and bestowed
also the premier's fluctuations and
benediction, both generally and sever.
ally. insofar as 1t was humanity possible.
The decorations were superb Rich
curtains OF velvet adorned the entrance
to the church, and sumptuous tapestry
of artistic design and workmanship
carpeted the passage from the street,
IN which the bridal procession had COM
pleted their march through the capital.
Beneath canopies of orange blossoms
and other flowers they proceeded be-
fore the high altar where the canon of
the cathedral and other eminent princes
Of the church were awaiting them, to
the strains of the majestic organ, and
the wonderful melody OF Gounods
'Crescite ct Multiplicamini!" C"Increase
and Multiply!'')
The whole spectacle, in its splendor,
beauty and significance was never to
be forgotten, and one which truly will
be for all Of Italy the inspiration for
holier and happier endeavors.
kx
Mexico Has Large
Reserve OF Gold.
ELL UNIVERSAL, Mexico, D. F.
More than 1s tons of gold are now on
deposit In the Bank of Mexico. This
vast reserve of the pure metal is con-
fdentially believed to be more than
equal to any contingency. At any rate
there ID more value Of this precious
yellow substance, In coin, billets and
dust now lying in the vaults of the
Banco de Mexico than there is in paper
currency and other obligations OUT
standing against it. This is certainly
. most delightful and novel state of
affairs, and should restore Immediately
unbounded faith In the Mexican peso,
provided there is no error In the figures
Of the government financiers which
exhibit 50 favorable 4 balance. From
now ON the Mexican peso should retain
q hxed valuation at par, or better, and
re-establish the credit of the republic
In all other lands.