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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
A Voice Rims Out.

TINE voice rings out the Harvard voice Wlcn speaks
Il the peoples language and which is becoming
as familiar to the American ever the teeth OF
that other Roosevelt were to the American eye. IL
cangs so that in spots you hear it through the
doors and referring the advance copy, you reckon
this might be about the point where he said, we
have been shocked by many notorious examples of in
ures done citizens by persons groups who have
been living off their neighbors by the use Of methods
either unethical criminal
Well and how did you like the Presidents speech,
Al Wiggin, late of the Chase National bank? And
whom do you think he have in mind, Mr.. Wiggfn?
In the newspaper business always like to find out
what our leading citizens think of the Presidents
speeches. Mi. Wiggin.
q am speaking" the copy read the voice con-
popped, "of those individuals who have evaded the
spirit and purpose of laws of those high Off
Gals of banks corporations which have grown rich
at the expense Of their stockholders or the public,
whose operations have injured the values Of the farm
ers' crops and the savings Of the poor"
He didn't get around TO saying anything about
those great leaders the noble profession of the law
who devised those evasions of the spirit and purpose
of the tax laws but he said sufficient for day And
just in those individuals might not understand
fully his meaning he linked them up in the next para
graph with bandits and kidnapers
Mr.. Roosevelt laying it the line.
The voice stopped and Little Seve grabbed his hat.
Il got to get this guy back to the White House.
Little Stevie said.
What about him? Is he standing up all right with
the crowd on the White House run?"
oh we'll" said Little Stevie. mo kidding, he is
a swell guy.
Syndicate. Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

won Zenger's acquittal on the libel
charges, and the stone
of freedom of expression in Amer
lea was laid soundIy.
With establishment of the new
government, and adoption of the
present Constitution, mighty stones
we're added to this structure. The
Constitution itself contained no
provision on freedom of expression.
But almost the first act of the
first congress was to submit ten
amendments to the people.
THE first Of these contained an
Il unforgettable charter, of liberty:
Congress shall make no law re-
specting an establishment of re-
ligion, or prohibiting the free exer-
else thereof; or abridging the free
dom of speech or of the press: or
the right OF the people peaceably
to assemble and to petition the
government for a redress of griev-
anceS."
Apparently as plain and simple
as language can be, this amend
ment has been subject to court
wrangling ever since it's adoption.
In fact, the government had been
little more than established before
a series Of laws was passed whief.
threatened to topple the structure
of freedom of expression that had
been erected
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

been gained by reason and human
ity over error and oppression"
The first man to be jailed under
the sedition act was Matthew Lyon,
who attacked President Adams as
grasping for power and adulation,
referred to the bullying speech of
the President" and wondered that
congress answer had not been to
send Adams to the madhouse."
Lyon got four months in jail for
that Friends rose to his aid,
especially Anthony Haswell, editor
of the Vermont Gazette, who
blasted away at Lyons sentence.
For that, Haswell got two months.
Next came DR.. Thomas Cooper of
the Pennsylvania Gazette, who bit
terly criticised Adams, and was ar
rested.
TITS trial was held before Justice
l. Il Chase, who said that eff a man
attempts to destroy the confidence
of the people in their officers, he
effectually saps the foundation of
government" Mark you, this re-
CARELESS of whether those officers
we're worthy of confidence or not.
So Cooper was put away for six
months and fined $500.
But to this same Justice Chase,
himself a Revolutionary war vet
eran and an undoubted patriot in
his way, also fell the trial of James
Calender.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
The Theatrical World
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN

announced that the Indiana next
week goes into split week"
policy.
The Indiana Sunday will feature
Paul MUM in The World Changes
for four days, then opening on
Thursday with Joan Blondell, Glen
Ga Farrell, Guy Kibbee and Ruth
Donnelly in Havana Widows" for
three days.
The Circle and Indiana will use
the product of Paramount, Warner
Brothers, First National, Radio
and Columbia.
Through contracts that have just
been signed" Mr.. Halperin states,
"the Indiana can hand-pick its pro-
grams from an available supply of
about 200 productions. The Indiana
will need under the new policy a
total of 104 pictures a year"
Among the attractions to be
shown soon are Easy to Love, with
Adolphe Menjou and Genevieve
Tobin; Six of a Kind" with. Burns
and Allen, Charlie Rugg1es, Mary
Boland, w. G. Fields, and Alison
Skipworth; Miss Fayne's Baby Is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

Last year 902 red danger lights
were stolen from the streets Of
indianapolis. No logical reasons
could be advanced as to the posi-
BILE use by individuals for red
danger lights and lanterns. How
ever. in a year that saw the re-
peal of the eighteenth amend
ment, it was easier to account for
the fact that sixty-two red danger
signs at street ends were smashed
by automobiles.
1t was a boom year for the
complaint department. A total Of
2 ,204 individuals complained of the
sewers. 445 complained of side
walks and I'll persons growled
about holes in the street.
Tact and diSplomacy were used,
however. and most of the COM
plainantS forgot their grievances
when city officials promised to do
their part to remedy the CON-
plants.
One of the major steps taken by
the street department, as far as
motorists were concerned, was to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

patch 22,500 holes in the street,
thereby soothing the tempers of
countless citizens, but failing to
alleviate the slack in the tire re-
pair and auto springs business.
No report was made last year of
any one stealing sidewalks. The
city, however, did lay 49. SAC square
feet of concrete walks with 1929
linear feet of curb being con-
structed. There were $50 miles of
sewers opened during the year,
despite the fact that less home
brew was poured down the drain.
Inevitably, it is the taxpayer
who pays and pays. But this
year, the cost of improvements did
not weigh heavily upon his purse.
Sewer Improvements amounted to
only Is cents per capita for the
year, the unpaved street division
cost was % cents per capita. the
paved street division took only 80
cents from each individual and
street cleaning cost but 80 cents
per capita.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
DrdUn By Edmund H. Gunder

Calender had paid his respects
to President Adams in no uncertain
terms, saying that his administra-
ton had been "a tempest of ma
lignant passions" that Adams was
"professed ariStocrat," and scath-
ingly referring to the Presidents
speech to congress in the words,
This hoary-headed incendiary
bawls, then, To arms!"
CHASE, who later was i'm
~ peached, conducted the trial
in so overbearing a manner that
Calender did not have a chance,
and got nine months in Jail and a
5000 fine. And 5000 was big money
in those days.
With the downing Of the Federal
lists, and the coming of the Jeffer-
son administration, jefferson par
doned practically all those i'm
prisoned under the sedition laws,
and RENTED with interest many of
the fines paid, giving his opinion
that the laws were unconstitutional.
He added, Our liberty depends
on the freedom of the press and
that can not be limited without be-
ing lost"
NEXT: The last $50 years has
been a running fight on what peO-
pie should be allowed to print.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Nothing to Say on That

DLEASE don't ask about that The ship didn't
Il go to Havana, and so anything I gave out would
have to be in the strictest confidence Not for the
record but just matter Of background don't mind
saying that Sloppy Joe's always was exaggerated.
vastly prefer Dirty Dicks at Nassau, but don't quote
me that
No I'll have to bar questions that subject too
You see spent an entire morning and an afternoon
at Port au Prince, and have signed contract to dc
a book about the native customs of the island Yes
I will be called Black something other I'm think
ing of BLACK to Black"
Some comment on the machine age? Well, can't
agree with those who say That he's wrecked it
pletely. He still has Jimmy FOXX This won't be the
first time Connie has built from the ground up. Of
don't expect to The Athletics win the pen
nant, but they will be there whereabouts.
Roosevelt will be renominated the first ballot
and will carry every state except Vermont His Re
publican opponent will be Major Fiorello La Guardia
mayor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
REGISTER FIRST SCOUT
Troop So Gains New TenderfOot to
Start 1884.

Robert NJ Passwaiter, II, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. PassWaiter, 1906
South State avenue, was registered
yesterday with the Central Indiana
Scout Council as the first tender
foot scout of the new year.
Young Passwaiter will join Troop
SIS which, thus, for the third success
sive year, achieves the distinction Of
registering the first scout Of the
new year in indianapolis.
The rev scout celebrated his
twelfth birthday Monday at the
same time, reaching the minimum
eligibility age for Boy Scouts OF
America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Defending the American Girl

THE American girl is not frivolous at heart. She
Il merely seems until you get to know her. The
scent beer is decided Improvement and your repeal
is working very swell Why stand up to bar when
you can save somebody bring it around to you? Yes
] expect the house to remain Democratic in 1884 We
have a saying like that down in Port Prince. II
runs, "As mangoes goes the Haitian
No, I would rank them Walt Whitman, Edna
Milay and Carl Sandburg.
My answer that would be decidedly Mae West
do not anticipate a return to the gold standard
The Last Roundup" is the finest American ballad
The American girl is not too thin.
Tt very hot in Jamaica, and never missed
single meal What's that you say? I'm just off the
boat. Very good indeed Mark Twain remains oul
greatest American humOriSt.
do not think that regular passenger planes will bt
flying across the Atlantic for another twenty years
The American gTl has heart of gold. Yes gentle
men. you quote me on that
Copyright.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

Stolen" with Dorothea Week and
Alice Brady, and THE House on
Fifty-sixth Street." with Kay Fran
els, Gene Raymond and Ricardo
Cortez.
Mr. Halperin states that no
change in the scale of admission
prices is contemplated
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
CHURCH WILL ELECT
MEMBERS OF BOARD
University Park Christians to Hold
Annual Meeting.

Annual meeting will be held by
members of University Park Chris
tan church, following a basket sup
per at the church at $50 tomorrow
night New members Of the church
board will be elected.
Principal speakers at the session
will be A. A. Honeywell, president of
the board, and the Rev. j. H. Ills
ley, former pastor Of the Broad
Ripple Christian church, who has
accepted a call to the University
Park church. Reports will be given
by various church officials.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
BY WILLIS THORNTON
Times SpeeiaI Writer


DEORE there was any United
ID States Of America, the Amer
lean desire for freedom Of express
sion was making itself felt.
Fifty years before the Declara-
ton Of Independence, one Justice
Morris had dared defy the kings
governor in New York by de-
cision against him. The governor,
Cosby, fired Morris from the bench.
But Morris had spirit He i'm
mediately ran for the provincial as
sembly
The election was held in East
chester, a hamlet only fifteen miles
north of what now is Grand Cen
trail station in New York. Governor
Cosby offered a stuffed shirt candi-
date in opposition.
Fifty horsemen rode into the
town square at midnight and
watched from dawn to see that no
funny business was attempted by
Cosby.
Three hundred voters with ban
ners marched to the green later in
the day and defeated an attempt by
Cosby to force a vote by choice.
MYTH them, and among them,
w was one Peter Zenger, report
er. zenger watched and noted the
disqualification of thirty eight
QuakerS, men of known and visible
estates" because they refused to
take oath.
He watched all the efforts to rig
the election by Tammany methods,
and he saw the triumph of Morris.
Then he went back to New York
ard wrote his story for his paper
the Gazette. This paper, indebted
to Cosby and conservative in tone
refused to print it.
Zenger went right ahead. Within
a week he had enlisted support for
a new paper, the New York Weekly
Journal. And it printed Zenger's
account of the election.
An admirably accurate and force
full account it was, too, making up
in good reporting what it lacked
in spelling and typography.
zenger followed this us with a
series of rousing attacks on Cover
nor Cosby's tyranny and in
efficiency.
TN short time Zenger found him
d self in jail, on a warrant charg-
ing libel, and with excessive bail
demanded, which he could not fur
nish.
For nine months Zenger paced his
cell, at times giving instructions
through the hole of the door" tc
his wife and servants for carrying
on his paper, which was being print
ed by volunteers.
When his time for trial finally
came, there arose to defend zenger
the famous lawyer, Andrew Ham
ilton (no relation to Alexander)
In a brilliant speech Hamilton
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
PWA PLANS WAY TO
END LAKE POLLUTION
Sewage Plants Favored, but Bond
Limits Prove Obstacle.

Elimination of2Sewage pollution in
Lake Michiga1tthrough construction
OF disposal plants was discussed
yesterday by the Indiana advisory
committee of the public works ad-
ministration.
Proposals have been received from
cities in northern Indiana that the
project be undertaken as part of
the PWA program. Otto P. Deluse,
advisory board chairman, said he
understood however, that most. of
the cities involved would be unable
TO issue bonds to serve as collateral
for the loans because of low bonding
limitations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Plenty of Cameras

ME photographers were over across the in
Il the gallery with moving picture machines and
sound apparatus up tripods and hand-boxes for
the newspaper shots They Squnt through their sights
and tinker with their gear and out in the corridor
of the gallery there is great cluster of trunks and
electric cables and spare camera parts and stock.
The gallery aiSles clear, but the crowd is gang
ing up in the DOORS stretching for peekS at Mr. Roose
welt and perhaps at some of the senator's They
have dragged out swivel chairs from of the offices
and standing up them three four to chair,
lurchng and grabbing at the air and the door-rames
the chairs start to spin.
An old Civil veteran with one of those warm,
comfortable patronage doOr-tending jobs sitting out
side his door, few feet removed from the crowd,
leans to another and says, You ct yet?"
NO the other old soldier says Il amt eating till
night nowadays. What's keepin him? Ought to bin
here now
There is cracke of applause, like wagon crush
ing crate the door of the gallery opens into
the pressroom and a head pokes through and says
Its only the senate coming in"
The preSsroom is boX-car string of four long mar
row white rooms and very different from any other
pressroom. There of those old familiar hall
of shame newspaper headlines pasted the walls
wherein typographical errors make unintended mean
ngs such adorn the walls of other pressrooms.
But up on the piCture-line around and around all
the rooms there old photographs and paintings,
of the latter in huge gilt frames of persons gen.
orally unknown, but presumed to have been journalists
of Importance in their time. Some of them have
great tangles of whiskers and Little Seve, the A. Ps
White House man, reckons that they couldn't have
been reporters, anyway, with those whiskers. More
likely publishers.
That's Pulitzer there with whskers," Little stevie
says. Il recognize him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
INSPECTION SET FOR
ROYAL ARCH GROUPS
Joint Session of Oriental and
Prather Chapter Arranged.

Oriental chapter and Prather
chapter. Royal Arch Masons, will
hold a joint inspection of the mark
and past master degrees Saturday
night in the Prather Masonic tenn
pie, Forty-second street and College
avenue. The event will be preceded
by a dinner at $50.
Herbert T. Graham, Elkhart.
grand lecturer, will be inspecting
officer. Stanley G. Myers, grand
high priest, also will attend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Mr.. Munsey Missing

TNHERE seems to be portrait of the late Mr..
l. Munsey in the pressroOms. This would be UNDER
Standable. Mr. Munsey always was scrappng new
papers and UNFOLDING in large, frightened batches
There are about two hundred seats in the gallery
and no Standees today the overflow hangs around
il the catching distant sounds the doors to
the chamber pop open.
There comes big cracke as four or five men pop
in through each door and go tearing down the room
to say he's in He's in and the statesmen and the
galleries are beating their hands together and standing
up some of them yelling like old grads at football
game. He's in and a strange clanking sound comes
up out of the hole Congressman Rainey fogs his
marble block with his wooden hammer asking for
order.
Congressman Raney is invisible from this angle
but he is Illinois farmer with big birds nest OF
white hair who always a black flowing tie like
the bunting they hang fTe-barns when some one
dies. The senators, all you can see of them, are
strangely informal for senators because they do state
that senators always used to dress Up for occasions OF
this kind whereas today they just they were
couldn't see whether the President dressed or
not but he isn't very dressy as rule.
Again the doors break open and almost carry away
as the boys pungng up out of the press section
to holler Let co. That the release the Presi-
dents message They let it go and the confusion and
excitement not great as l would have expected
under the circumstances, out the farther the news
goes the more catter and commotion it will cause.
They will be holering flash and throwing switches
in the pressrOoms all the country and the papers
will start coming up Of the cellars telling the citi
zens how Mr. Roosevelt stood up there before the
statesmen the hill in Washington and gave the
crooked bankers hell
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
SCHOOL FUNDS SHARE
IN STATE INCOME TAX
January Payments Due Before 3Oth
of Month.

Indianapolis school city will re-
ceive 1929 ,43268 and other Marion
county school units S74,773.76 from
the S4,089, 243.27 distribution of
school funds from state gross in
come tax, which began at the state
house today.
Teacher payment Of S204.36 forms
the distribution basis.
January payments of the tax must
be. made before Jan. 3d. Much of
these collections will go to furnish
money for the state government
over and above its lucent levy. it
was estimated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
LAMP BULBS TARGET OF
AIR RIFLE MARKSMEN
Youths Must Pay Damages and
Seek Other Ranges.

A youthful air rife marksman.
who confessed to shooting out apart
ment lights, at 536 Sutherland
avenue last night, tearfulIy promised
policemen he would pay for the
damages. He named several &C
complies, who promised faithfully
to limit their sharpshooting to the
wide open spaces.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Indiana and Circle Theaters to
Get New Deal in Movie Features

A new deal for the Indiana and
Circle theaters gives these two
houses the productions of five of
the eight leading Hollywood pro-
ducerS.
This announcement was made
today by I. M. Halperin, general
manager of the theaters, when he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04


them. When they do get it back.
if they ever do. they hardly will
recognize it as the same govern
ment. 1t isn't.
The trouble with the word die
tator is that it suggests a wild
eyed nut in lion tanners uniform
or Boy Scout suit, with a bang
of hair dipping over his eyes who
puts in a certain amount of time
practicing glares before his mirror
every cay. This one wears a bust
ness suit and as you stand along
the street when he goes by nobody
is going to jab you in the trousers
with bayonet or tap you over the
head with a blackjack if you do
not wish to cheer.
In fact, if you should be Of a
mind TO blow him a Bronx cheer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
In CitV TheaterS

Will Rogers in "Nfr. Skitch" at the
Apollo, Flying Down to Rio" at the
Circle, Dinner at Eight" at the
Palace, Sitting Pretty at the In
diana, Partisan Parade" on the
stage and by Candlehght" on the
screen at the Lyric. and burlesque
at the Mutual and Colonial
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Fair Enough
By
Westbrook PeqIer

ME citizens crowded close around the old gray Cap
itol building and in the chamber of The house Of
representatives to hear the dictator. Mr.. Roosevelt
speak his piece on the state of the Union.
suppose you could call him the dictator, because
congress- pretty badly scared at the time turned the
government to him last spring and the states
men haven't summoned enough courage yet, or conf
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Card Party Is Saturday

Frank T. Strayer post and aux
Hilary No. l405, Veterans of For
eign Wars. will hold at card party
Saturday night at the headquarters
OF the post, 125 West Market street
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Ii Seems TO Ne
By
Haywood Broun

lust about the time this is printed I should be
y coming up the bay and looking at the tall buildings
of your marvellous city.
Probably the steamer will be docking very early in
in the morning. Liners a rule seem to be addicted
to this bad habit. And so / would not want any ship
reporter to turn out Of bed in order to get the
necessary interview with me Upon my return I have
decided instead to give out my impressions Of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

mat WOULD be Your privilege and If some policeman
should happen to jail you up for disreSpect the die
tator himself, undoubtedly would unja you as soon
as he heard about it. This smiles at the citizens
along the street and gives them the wave Hello.
Hello there. How'S tricks.
They have been waiting quite while for him to
show up There about 1000 in the house including
the statesmen down in the we'll some of whom have
brought their children and a small gallery of fans
There is big light hanging the WELL throwing
a bright beam on the place where the President is
going to stand but from up in the press section you
have to imagine the picture because the press gallery
overhangs the chamber
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
WAR VETERANS OF '98
TO INSTALL OFFICERS
Ceremonies to Be Held Tomorrow
at Fl. Friendly.

]. G. MARCUS will be installed as
commander of Harold c. Megrew
camp, No. l, United Spanish War
Veterans, and Mrs. Emma Sears as
president of auxiliary No. 8, at "a
joint installation Of officers, for 1884,
which will be held at tomorrow
night in Fit. Friendly, 512 North ILL
nOiS street