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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19

OUR MEDIEVAL PRISONS

CHECKING conditions are revealed in North
- Carolina prisons following the story Of two
Negro convicts tortured in shsokles until it was
necessary 10 amputste their feet. A legislative
investigation shows that convicts are underfed,
beaten and brutalized for minor infractions Of
rules Some are forced 70 stand upright for
eight or 10 hours CAV on cold floors, their
ankles bound in irons. their arms shackled
20 bars The committee nov is searching for
graves 81 alleged victims. said to have suffered
death at the hands OF prison guards.
such sadistic practices are not confined TO
North Carolina. They are all too common in
Americas schools for crime. It's city and coun-
O. tails warehouses. chain gangs reforma-
tories and penitentiaries. Although denounced
by every intelligent criminologist, extreme
punishment continues to be the rule in most
institutions.
Nearly four years ago the Wickersham COM
mission found the whole American penal plant
gigantic failure. Each year through the
1000 penal institutions of the country there
passes procession OF nearly 100000 persons.
The great bulk Of them come out unregenerate
and dehumanized. Politics. favoritism, over
oroWding, idleness. disease. poor food. poor
medical care. poor ventilation, and torture
have left their stamp upon them.
Mounting crime statistics prove the failure
Of the old but Undiscarded methods. Prison
cruelty does not pay. 1t makes men into pub
lie enemies. inspires prison riots, degrades
whole prison populations.
Instead OF cOwing one man" said the
Wickersham commission, "repreSsive rules and
fortunes have aroused a hundred to greater
hatred and discomfort"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19
READER VIEWS BROUN AS
PHONEY SILK-STOCKING'
" William Murphy.

By William Murphy.
The roaring caption appearing in
one of your articles in the views of
the people, signed by "a Reader
and asserting that the Ku-Klux
Khan had better get busy was shot,
no doubt, at Father Coughlin, the
only man with any outstanding
ability in the country who is devot-
ing his talents to the welfare of the
people as a whole and not for the
favored few as is generally the case.
How any man or woman could
bring up such an issue at time
when the country is in such a tur-
MOL and against such man who
has done more to unite the people
of all religious beliefs than any
other man or body of men in his
tory is hard to associate with reason
unless he or she is still imbued with
that old spirit OF hatred and bunk
which marked that short but heated
era just short time back.
Those Siamese twins, Broun, the
Park-av Socialist, and Pegler, the
Waldorf Astoria cake-eater, both
high moguls Of ponderous bombast
and SNUG hypocrisy, also had their
innings with the Father. The former
made the statement that the priest
was tiresome and boring. Well COM
ing from Mr.. Broun that assertion
was something.
Anybody who reads that column
he cutters the newspapers up with
will certainly have to compliment
Mr.. Broun on his unadulterated gall
and his astonishing nerve. And to
think that he receives good money
for it, this phoney silk-stocking
savior of the working people.
This beefy individual is certainly
a fine example Of dual nature.
For years he shed copious tears over
the plight of the humble proletariat
and preached the doctrine of So
cialism with great zeal and fervor.
Since he has been mingling with the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19
THE OLD ERA PASSES

XXTHEN Kipling wrote that the east is east
w and the west is west, and never the
twain shall meet, it may have been true as
gospel But it doesn't seem to be true today,
and proof of the matter is to be found in a
little news story recently printed concerning
I1-year-old King AMANDA of Siam.
The young king he's been schooled in Eu-
rope for one thing. md has conceived boyish
passion for fire engines One of his first acts,
he says, will be 20 see to it that Siam has a
firSt-class fire department.
Then he announced that his favorite picture
books are Three Little Pigs" Felix the Cat"
and Mickey Mouse"
The ancient and mysterious east must have
changed beyond measure, when the reigning
monarch of Siam goes in for fire engines and
Walt Disney
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19

creased beyond the necessary bur-
den we all must carry, in order to
pay bonus to any healthy vet
eran.
In spite of the organized lobby
ing for the bonus, there appears
to be few members of Congress
who have courage enough to con-
slider such a bill on its merits and
are opposing this gift of $2,000,-
100000 to 3 per cent of the pop
pulation.
I can not urge too strongly that
your paper publish prominently
the votes of members of Congress
from this state and district on
veteran legislation in general and
the bonus in particular, as there
is an increasing number of voters
here mad elsewhere who are but
waiting the next election to re-
ward those members of Congress
who have had the backbone to
fight the unjustified and ruinous
initiation prescribed by the Pat
man bonus bill and the additional
taxes implied by the Legion bonus
bill.
Let me again urge that you let
us know how our Congressman
vote.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

THE Bruno Hauptmann defense fund now
contains enough money TO relieve the state
Of New Jersey OF the JOB Of financing Haupt-
manns appeals.
On the same dsy that this announcement
was made, il was also announced that Mrs.
Hsuptmsnn and committee would make
tour Of the Middle West 10 solicit more con-
trlbutions.
This being a free country. the right to So
Hcit funds Of this kind is inalienable--as is
the right OF any citizen TO contribute. But
It Is a little bit hard to figure out just why
under the shining sun any one should feel
moved 10 shell out in this case.
The principal reason. apparently, is a wide
spread feeling that a man sentenced to die
on purely circumStantisl evidence has not had
quite a square deal
This theory is worth examining Boiled
down. II can mean nothing less than that a
conviction is Shaky unless 1t be bolStered by
direct eyewitness testimony as to the major
facts at issue. And that is equivalent TO saying
that unless a murderer IS thoughtful enough
to commit his crime in the presence OF wit
neSses. It is impossible TO punish him.
As matter OF fact, the testimony OF eye
witnesses IS frequently the most Shaky and
unreliable kind OF testimony there is.
Consider fer a moment the two criminal
cases Of the postwar era in which the great
est number OF people became sDnvinced that
men had been wrongfully convicted-the
sacco-vanzetti case and the Billings
case.
whethsr sacco and Vsnzetu were muir
derers or innocent men. il IS an indiSputable
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19
I l aOholy disappro6e of a0hat you sag and 1Ou
defend to the death your right to sag it-VoLtaire

seem to be able to find out what
it will pay yet, but if it's necessary
l can work cheap.
Don't know but what I'll get Tom
Quinn to put in word for me- too,
as he seems to know everybody and
he's awful nice. 1 went in his place
and he says, Hello, kid, what in
the hell do you want?" Just like
he had known me all his life, and
you know he never saw me before.
Lee Emr Gilman sent me to Tom be-
cause Lee said he was Republican
and didn't have any pull. I sorta
like 70 meet all these fellows. They
are so human and just send you
from one to another and all of EN-
want 20 help me.
Went out last mite to mite club
with some fellows and had a good
time. I didn't want to go, because
I could not buy much, as my purse
is getting low, but they didn't mind
and insisted on me going. One of
the fellows got a little tight and he
made lots of friends and he got me
a dance. Gosh. I enjoyed it, but
the floor was awful slick, much nicer
than our country dance halls.
III be writing you just as long
as / stay up here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19
FINDS HUNT FOR POLITICAL
JOB is COMPLEX PROBLEM
RY Uncle Hiram.

BY Uncle Hiram.
While I'm waiting for my job I
notice several other fellows hanging
round the Statehouse and I still
think I will get it, as I am sup
posed to be on the preferred list,
but I've done made up my mind if
something should happen don't,
I'm not going to get sore, I'll still
be a Democrat.
saw Mr. Fry, the big beer boss
who sells licenses and stamps and
who has all these inspectors who
will work for him, and as I came
from his district and he is district
chairman, it don't hurt none, al
though he said l did not do much
in the last election and I'll admit
I didn't, cause had a job then,
but he treated me pretty good and
I'm goin' to see DR.. McHale. He
seems to be powerful. and then I'm
told to see Mr.. 30 Elder first and
he will talk to McHale for me. BY
gosh, this inspector business leeps
you busy and it's funny but I don't
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19
CRITICS OF PRESIDENT
URGED TO BE PATIENT
BY Jimmy Cafouros.

By Jimmy Cafouros.
There is always time for refec-
ton. And it always behooves men
of action to take time out to think
a bit and consider.
There also is a psychological and
critical time for action. But the
men who act most wisely and most
unerringly and most confidently,
are the men who have reflected.
Sometime, some of the potential
maIcontents and backbiters and
calamity howlers of this great land
should reflect
A nation so great and fraught
with such great possibilities and
nation which is surging to the
zenith of its power, which has been
blessed with giant hearts and giant
intellects in its darkest hours will
not so easily, as the wonderful and
simple Lincoln put tit, Perish from
the earth"
There is man in this land who
is about halfway through his task.
When uniformed ladies and gen.
tIemen and inflated college kids,
and others of this ilk, call him a
bore, and tiresome, and SANDER him,
it is the most damnable type of
anarchy. He is not a tyrant. Or
a despot. But benevolent, smil-
ing, trying, simple man with a
great heart and a hackbreaking
task.
There was once another man,
giant in simplicity, who when he
was halfway through his task was
bitten at, and snitten at, and wor-
ried and nagged. And only after
he was gone did the nation realize
what he had done.
In 1862 and early in 1863 the ma
ton had little faith in this rough
gem of a man. But in 1865 he had
completed the major part Of his
task. The end crowns the work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19
Capital Capers
by GEORGE ABEL.

CHAMPAGNE and Turkish sweetmeats dipped
~ in honey and altar of roses added flavor
to the reception given by the Ambassador OF
Turkey and Nine Munir.
The huge embassy, which once the man
sion of bottle-top king beamed with lights and
flowers Nine. Munir, in a black gown trimmed
with cloth of gold, received her guests in the
large drawing room on the second floor
Most of the diplomatic corps on hand,
eagerly nibbling sandwiches stuffed with cheese
and water-creSs and pouring out punch or
champagne. The little bar in the Marble Room
was jammed with thirsty customers-although
good Mohammedans took only casual sips of
water.
TURKISH and Bulgarian armies may glare
l. threateningly at each other across Balkan
frontiers, but harmony prevails between Bulgar
and Turk in Washington.
Hospitable Ambassador Munir Bey cordially
shook hands with Bulgaria'S Charge dAfaires,
M Petroff Tchomakof, as he arrived at the
party with his handsome English wife
Delighted, delighted" he murmured, bowling
politely.
M Petrof, enchanted with Turkish honey
cakes and orange punch, remained until late
hour discussing the Greek revolution He feels
it was pretty much of flop.
DIPLOMATS have no hesitancy in letting one
- know when colleagues are Stealing their
stuff" as the saying goes
Last week. Persian Minister Djalal pointed
out that the caviar served by the Russians at
their party for Efrem Zimbalist wasn't Russian
at all, but Persian,
Yesterday at the Turkish party, Minister
Confederation of Costa Rica took a couple
of swallows of coffee, Smacked his lips and said:
This isn't Turkish coffee. It's Costa Rican
coffee prepared in the Turkish way"
Some one assured him it was really Turkish
coffee, but Envoy Gonzalez remained uncon-
WINGED.
He repeated to friends:
mo! No! That is not Turkish coffee 1t
comes from Costa Rica, I'm sure, but it's pre-
pared in the Turkish way"
IRON New York to attend the reception came
Il Orhan Halid Erol Bey, Turkish Consul in
Manhattan
A symphony in brown-brown tie, suit, shoes
and handkerchief-he chatted with the Chilean
Consul from Baltimore. Mr.. Sigren, laughingly
assured ouestioners he is no relation to Leon
Enrol, noted comedian
Both conSuls found much to talk about Chile,
Turkey, music (Which they both love-, New York
theaters, Huey Long, Balkan upris1ngs and
Washington.
Monsieur Saint, the French attache (whose
lovely blond wife is Chilean, enthused about
Chile.
Yours is beautiful country" he said to
Consul Sigren Il visited it last year..
Il like Baltimore, too" said Consul Sigren.
Eyes . but come to New York." said Consul
Orhan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19

So let it be with the benevolent
leader F. D. r..
Do we want rampant, careening
socialism? Or militant socialism?
Or type of FaScism? DO we want
the fair fields and sunny pastures
and fine parts of this land, with
their historical and psychologist as
sociations, wrecked and torn by
revolution?
Then, for Gods sake, can't we be
little more patient and have more
faith in President Roosevelt? He is
trying to preserve the nation as a
capitalistic nation. Our whole course
of history has been as capitalistic
nation. The systems are sick, the
methods need repairing, but the
nation is very much alive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19

social elite. however, his tune has
taken a right about face.
Brother Pegler was honest enough
to admit that since the Johnson
Long Coughlin fight has gotten I'M
der way these pseudo feature writ
ers and columniSts vii not have to
stay up and burn midnight oil test
ing their very ordinary mental
capabilities to the breaking point
Stewing up another pot of hash and
decompoSed bunk for the public to
absorb.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19
To A Child
BY POLLY LOIS NORTON

If I could find a wishing gate,
Could spy the nights first star,
And had Aladdin's lamp to rub,
All magic rugs and rings there
are;
If I should see a load Of hay,
Count fields of horses white,
This one thing would wish ana
pray,
That you would like the poems |
write
I'd say, 20 star, o wishlng-gate,
o genii I've set free,
Help me to speak so crystal clear,
Sword sharp. exquisitely.
Each child know will understand
The thought would convey,
And hold. soft huttering IN his hand
Pure beauty for a day"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19
The Message Center

(Times readers are iHUited to eTpreSs
their piet0s in these columns. Make your
letters short, SO all can have chance.
Limit them 10 ESQ 10OrdS or less. Your
letter must be signed, but names 10tH
be 1otthheId at request Of the letter
tcl ,ter.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19
So They Say

What is there so holy and sacred
about the Bolshevik regime in Mex
leo that we can fill the air with pro-
tests about the prosecutions in Ger
many, but can not get even a hear
ing for those who have been perse-
cuted in Mexico? -Archbishop
Michael j. Curley of Baltimore.
Belief in the supernatural has him
dered the progress of man.-Dr.
Charles Francis Potter, humanist
leader.
1t is necessary to destroy the en-
envy without pity or mercy, and to
pay no attention to the signs and
means of professional humanitar-
ians.-Maxim Gorky, Russian au-
thor.
He's a big man referring to Babe
Ruth, but he has just one heart,
and he gets absolutely no rest I'M
less I watch him. Mrs. Babe Ruth.
The Republican party has no
more desire for recruits from the
left wing Of the Democratic party
than it has for those coming
through the Liberty League.-Pat-
rick J. Hurley. former Secretary of
War.
am without rudder, anchor or
compass. I don't know what is the
matter-William Allen White, fam
GUS editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19

New York is investigating its Central Park
Casino, which charges 40 cents for a cup of
coffee. The move is believed to be sponsored
by buns who find it difficult to make Accent
touches.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19

Maybe not for a century, but some day,
some one will successfully high jump feet 2
inches, California athlete prophesies. Wish
we'd have measured ours the other day, when
that auto honked behind us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19
Daily Thought

So King Solomon exceeded all
the kings of the earth for riches and
wisdom.-I Kings, 1923.
THE wealth Of man is the num-
Il Der of things which he loves
and blesses, which he is loved and
blessed by.-Carlyle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19

Gen. Hugh Johnson warns the United
States against any policy which would have
the slightest chance of involving us in a war
in the Orient" So don't complain if your
shirts came back buttonless from the laundry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19

A number Of people who favor that share
the-weslth" plan wonder also if there isn't
some way the police can clamp down on those
street beggarsl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-19

If the job gets too arduous, let's hope those
New York board of education men investgat-
ing why boys play hockey get chance now
and then to knock of for a round of golf.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08

Experiments by zoologists show that some species of bats can go for months without eating.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
MUNN TRAINING
 WILL E TAKING
 HIS HONEYMOON

MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Aug. B. Clarence Mum, Albright colleges s new football coach and athletic di- rector, will be in condition when he takes over his new duties at Reading, Pa, September l.
 The former Minnesota l-Ameri- ca guard has spent most of the summer in the Crane Lake region of the northern Minnesota Cana dian border forest land.
 With his bride of a month, Mum has been roughing it, canoeing, DOT tagging, packing over forest trails and keeping in the same sort Of physical condition that brought him fame as player.
 Mum t;ns t'.s bee.l at 219 pounds, two pounds heavier than he was the day he reported for practice in 1881, his all-America year. With all his weight he can do hand stands and perform other gym nastic feats.
 If he's as conscientious about his coaching as he was about his play irg Mum will be a big success. He put in something like 150 hours on his bunting alone the summer be- fore he became all-America.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08

A fountain pen, buried in 1908 when a ranchcr's yard near Santa |Rcsa, Calf. was first tefraced, was Fcund tc be in excellent working
 condition when recently uficousred.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08

Game authorities say there are 73 distinct species of hawks in the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
MEMORIAL FOR PIONEERS OF
 ALASKA URGED
Eiler Hansen Sees Immedr late Need for Erecting Permanent Monument
ccatinued from Page One)

if my plan entailed the raising of funds by popular subscription. This is not the case. There is now in the hands of the Board of Trustees of the Pioneers Home a sum of money bequeathed to the Pioneers, as follows:
 A bequest by John North, $3,- l0826. bequest by Mayme Shell Anderson, $1,227ll; a bequest by David McVay, $1.51767; total, s5,- 853.04.
 The Board of Trustees has in formed me that it IS willing to turn this sum of money over to prop erly authorized committee for the purpose of erecting a permanent Memorial to the Pioneers of Alas ka.
 Other Requests Probable
 If the project is started now with this sum of money as nu- cleus there can be no doubt that as time goes on other residents of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08

Japanese scholars credit Ku Teh- fang of Shangtung, China, with being a descendant in the 77Gn gen. .sration of Confucius and believe there is possibility there may be
 one other direct descendant living.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS HERE
 IN RED Fl. PLANE AN
Wiley Post and Will Rog-
 CTS Make Nonstop Flight from Seattle, Wash.
(Continueo from rage Ono

 but put one on shortly after.
 Rogers stepped from the plane in b gray suit and top coat. He was hot chewing gum and was shivering
 Tt was warm up there where |Wiley was, next to the motor, but ii |was cold back where I was riding, laid Rogers.
 Weather Fine Rogers said the weather was fine for over half of the flight, that he had not noticed the cold until the blanc flew over Ketchikan and rain |was encountered during only the last half hour of the flight before teaching Juneau.
 Post said the new plane behaved beautifully on the flight north. Flying over Ketchikan, Rogers said he remarked to Post: That |seems like a fine place"
 "Yes, but I know better place, replied Post.
 Wiley undoubtedly knew his |Governor," said Rogers.
 The two visitors, after shaking hands and being interrogated by cores on the float, including Ju- neau PAA Manager A. B. Hayes |was escorted up the gangway and lEaken through the tfrong in ca1 driven by PAA Airport Manager Gene Meyring to the Gastineau Ho- |,el, then to the Radio office where Rogers filed his daily release to |newspapers, addressing it to the headquarters in New York City.
 Back to the hotel again went the Folr where a further crowd greeted he two men.
 Have Fish Dinner
 Later in the afternoon Wiley and Rogers and their PAA friends, went 10 the Governors House where they emained for a stag dinner with IGov. John w. Troy.
 Rogers remarked shortly after the dinner was served: T announced in Seattle we might stop at Ketchikan |hnd enjoy fish dinner. Well, I |enjoyed it in Juneau instead"
 Later in the evening Post and Wiley made talks over KINY sta- jon on The Empires program and returned to the hotel for the night.
 Bo-utiful Ship The low-wing Lockheed Orion 1lane flown by Post is a beautiful hip. It is red striped with silver, and the silvery appearance of the 3-bladed propeller and pontoons |,cmbined with graceful lines con- tribute to it's attractive appearance. It is equipped with $50 horse bower H-Waso motor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08

The California Racing Connie sion barred from race tracks under its Iurisdtction Frank Hudson (above), former chief Inspector tor the board. for his "unwarrantsd attack" onthe officials. His charges nf irregularities were denied before a legislative committee. (AssocIat- cd Press Photo)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
BUILDING IS
 ON INCREASE
 ALONG COAST

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Aug. B. More men went to work in the Pacific Coast building industry in July and orders for materials pick ed up.
 The coasts ten largest cities is- sued permits more than five and one-half million dollars worth of building, more than double the work started in July last year. July had a 13 per cent increase over June's building operations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-08
PROTECT YOUR ROSES FROM PLANT LICE

Don't let your lovely roses be |peiled by Nee when it is so easy and cheap-to protect them all |aa3orl. Simply sprinkle the bushes with |3u-hach and you can know your
 ;es will be safe. Money back If you don't agree that Bu-hach is he Lest protection against insect pests you have ever tried.