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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
UNWARRANTED DELAY

A FTER state and defense attorneys at De-
L troit had used up three days in a futile
effort to choose a jury for the trial of Will
liam Schweitzer, who is accused of having
murdered Howard Carter Dickinson, New York
attorney Judge John A. Boyne peremptorily
ordered the lawyers to get busy and get
jury or let the court select one.
Americans who have been irritated by the
exaspersting web of technicalities which sur
rounds the choosing Of a jury in a criminal
case will applaud this action heartily.
The English somehow manage to pick
jury for even the most sensational murder
trial in half an hour or so. 1t is very hard
to see why We can not do as we'll If more
judges would adopt the hard-boiled attitude
displayed by Judge Boyne we might be able
to better our record considerably.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
THE LAST LONG MILE

MEN who slogged the long roads Of France
4VA in 1918, and even those who pounded
the native variety under army pack, will
get a kick out of the announcement that the
First Army, moving to New York's Pine Camp
for maneuvers, will be carried in taxcabs
Lack of regular truck transport facilities has
made it necessary Maj-Gen. Dennis Nolan
says.
Well, the first Battle of the Marine was won
by the Paris taxicabs, which were modified to
carry GaIlienis men out and throw them into
the breach in the German lines so near to
Paris Maybe Gen. Nolan has something like
this in mind. The American taxi will do a
better job than the wheezy antiques which
moved Gallieni's men, though that job was
good enough.
But the boys who sang "The Last Long
Mile" at Plattsburg in 1917 and in hundreds
of other camps later, will be inclined to re-
call, and to parody:
"Its not the hike on the hard turnpike
That wears away your smile!
For it's far, far sweeter
To watch a clicking meter
On that last long mile!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
HOME SALES PROBLEM

TTHEY were discussing ne housing problem
l. why more private builders haven't built
new homes during the last few years, thus
improving housing conditions and bringing
jobs back to long-unemployed building crafts
men.
All the old considerations were thrashed
out. the high cost of building materials and
labor. low wages, high cost of lots and fnanc-
ing charges and all the rest of it.
Then very astute editor broke into the
conversation. L think the biggest factor in
housing is not houses at all, but the auto
mobile" he said.
He argued that man with an average SAL
airy below $500 a year could not afford pay
ments on both house and an automobile.
And that today this average man, unable to
have both. prefers the auto TO the house.
The manner in which automobile sales of
1885 have stood up all year long at the highest
point in several years gives strength to this
idea.
1t would seem that men re-employed and
men beginning to get out Of the red1 have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
TEDDY ROOSEVELT LED
THE BATTLE, HE SAYS

BY f. T. Talbot
In a recent article in the Message
Center by ore E. B. ChenoWeth, he
claims Col. Theodore Roosevelt did
not lead the Rough Riders at San
Juan Hill, but was away enjoying
a dinner and came up after the
fight was won by a Negro regiment.
The official recordS-Statemen
Of war correspondents present, the
drawings and pictures of artists on
the scene and accounts of eye wit
neses diSprove these claims.
The attack on the outer defences
of Santiago, Cuba, on July l, 1898,
was made by two entire divisions.
The Rough Riders (diSmounted)
were a part of the Cavalry Division
(dismounted) which among other
regular Cavalry regiments also in
cluded two regular Negro Cavalry
regiments.
The Rough Riders were the first
to reach the crest of Kettle Hill
some 200 or 500 yards to the right
of San Juan Hill and Col. Teddy
Roosevelt, the only mounted man in
the outfit, reached the Spanish
trenches at about the same time
that some of his own troopers came
up, quickly followed by members of
the 9th U. S. Cavalry (Negro).
The only dinner Teddy had that
July l, 1898, was found in the Span
ish officers mess they quickly left
in the old sugar mill on Kettle Hill
and only after darkness was he able
to eat it.
This writer served in one of the
regiments of the Infantry Division
in this affair and went into the &C
ton on the left of the San Juan Hill
blockhouse a few minutes after the
Cavalry Division, assisted by some
infantry regiments, field pieces and
Calling guns had secured Kettle
Hill and San Juan Hill on the right.
During several years service in the
regular army after the Spanish
American War, I have contacted
men who served in almost every
regiment that went into action at
Santiago and in barrack room or
camp never was a word uttered that
would discredit the Rough Riders or
their Commander.
In the fighting on the San Juan
Hill, the Cavalry Division lost 375
killed and wounded of whom SO
were Rough Riders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
LUST FOR SENSATION

ONCE more in Peoria, Ill-America has
~ been shamed by the spectacle of morbid,
sensation-mad crowds storming a courthouse
where the trial for a particularly revolving
murder was being held.
1t is reported that would be spectators, bat
Ting for seats in the courtroom, tore doors
from their hinges, broke windows and created
open street riots before police could control
them.
The ugly picture is not new. East and
West North and South have contributed such
demonstrations. Women as we'll as men are
guilty. Court trials involving the brutal and
grewsome, or dealing with darby distorted
minds, invariably bring out this scavenger
public.
Deplorable as the facts back of such trials
are, the spectacle of men and women strug-
Cling to see the principals. relishing depraved
details of testimony, displaying souvenirs, is
even more alarming. Why do they so? How
is it that men and women who ordinarily con-
duct themselves with decent self-respect can
stoop to such debasement?
The fact that they do. that such demon
STATIONS continue to take place, is a warning.
1t is the feveriSh eruption, indicating deeper
lying more sinister ills. Society must remedy
these ills or expect more serious outbreaks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
NATION WEEPS FOR
NO REASON AT ALL
Isl the rnknown Citizen

By the Unknown Citizen
America seems to be bashful
boy among the nations. Russia is
proud and powerful with her Stain.
Germany had nerve enough to back
her Hitler. Italy is able to muster
the sinews Of war behind her Mus
Solini
We have fooled away nearly three
years of our allotted time on the
stage of the world under the delu-
sion that we are paupers. 1t might
not be amiss to center our minds
upon our natural wealth. We have
allowed a group of discounted bank
ers to occupy the attention of the
public with a series of cheap vaude-
vile tricks called planning with the
aid of the alphabet.
The other nations have some i'm
portant deficit in their picture,
either of raw materials or general
level of intelligence. Because a few
bankers got into deep water the
fest of US have been weeping and
wailing as if our hearts would
break. PrudishnesS and unwilling
ness to take losses like grown-ups
has been the attitude of mind the
cheap type of politicians have played
on long enough.
A little apple-Sauce Of hurnor Will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
SOnnetS of a
Sojourner
BY BERTRAM DAY

BY BERTRAM DAY
The Bay of Naples holds historic
charms:
No other place excels its match
less shores,
Soft kissing waves are folded in its
arms
While East and west pass
through its open doors.
Behind the Bay is carved on Vergils
tomb,
And now on Naples sunny
slope I rest"
The Great Aeneid was his choicest
bloom,
OF Italy the poet sang his best.
And farther still beyond this
crescent bay
Vesuvius is seen with torch OF
fire,
Pompen lies beneath its molten
clay
A city lost, whose ruins all adj
mire.
Enhancing is this view seen
from the sea
As one sails en- its waves TO blue
Capri
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
r0holy disapprove of 1Ohat you sag and Viu
defend to the death your right to sag t.-Voltaire.

of the breakdown, which is not a
temporary matter, but a permanent
condition until Congress acts with
intelligence and decision on the
basic issue of eliminating credit
money as medium of exchange,
and giving the people an adequate
volume of constitutional currency
created by Congress instead Of by
privately owned banks.
Credit money, privately created.
becomes a cancer on the economic
body, slowly but surely sapping the
life of industry.
The government itself is the only
authorized source for the creation
of money or its substitute, credit.
Until Congress meets its respon-
sibiiity on this basic cause of this
economic collapse, we are paying a
high price for the national congress
sional puppet show. None of the
things Congress has done to re-
lieve the suffering, due to this arti-
flcially created depression, will make
the slightenest difference, for the
fundamental cause Of it remains
untouched.
Credit money is a tax on indus
try. levied by those who create it;
taxing is a legislative function
which Congress can not delegate,
and if used by Congress as it is by
banks it would eliminate all other
taxes necessary to operate the
functions of local and the national
government.
The relief work program will solve
nothing, it is only temporary shot
in the arm. After that credit money
is spent we will be worse off than
we are now.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
SHERIFF RAY REALLY
ON THE JOB, HE SAYS
BY a Times Reader

By Times Reader
am a stanch believer that the
OK that draws the cart should have
the fodder. Likewise. when a pub
lie official does a duty he should
be appreciated by the people. I
have been a taxpayer and voter
of Marion County for more than
20 years. This is my first time land
I speak with shame) that have
entered my voice in this or any
other newspaper in Marion County.
The newspaper should be highly
honored for granting this space for
you and me as readers and think
We should use this constructively.
had an occasion to visit our
county Jail Wednesday and was
exceedingly glad to see that part
of our county government so effec-
lively and efficiently operated. 1
tell you that fellow otto Ray is
on the job, and when l say Job, !"
I mean right out in front in the
jail proper. Too, he has an office
in the Courthouse and it is con-
Quoted with efficient help. However,
different from former sheriffs. Mr..
Ray prefers to have his headquar-
tiers in the jail and God knows there
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
LABOR RELATIONS

A labor relations grow more complicated,
there is greater need for men who I'M
derstand them. In fact. Edward F. McGrady.
assistant secretary of labor, believes that the
job of conducting labor relations must become
a profession, and vital one to the industrial
peace of the future.
Employers are realizing this more and more.
Almost every great factory has experts con-
stantly studying its labor relations problems.
and discovering new means of administering
industrial justice.
New methods are being tried in efforts to
solve some OF the ever-recurring problems.
One Of these is the annual wage" in seasonal
industries.
Building and automobiles are typical of
industries where the hourly wages are generally
satisfactory. but in which man may work
50 few hours during the year that his annual
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
SATURDAY. AUG. 10. 1895.
WELCOME, AL WILLIAMS

ITO Col. III Williams, who arrives here this
afteFnoon to take part in The Indian
apohs Times Air Show at Municipal Airport
tomorrow, this newspaper says: Welcome"
Al Williams Navy f1ier. hero to thousands
Of American boys, will see today and tomor
row a typical American city, healthy, happy
and anxious to progress.
Col. Williams will see in Indianapolis the
home OF more than $500 Junior Avators boys
whose hopes for the future are pinned to
aviation and in whose honor The Times is
presenting its free air carnival tomorrow
afternoon.
There won't be a dull moment at Munic-
ipaI Airport tomorrow afternoon and We want
everybody who has an interest in flying and
fliers to be there.
It's your showroom start to finish.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
By Rep. Carl E. NJ. Woodland

BY Rep. Carl E. NJ. Woodland
Permit me to use your columns
to give your readers my answer to
demand of many of our state
politicians. No less than a dozen
members of the last session Of the
Legislature and Republican state
leaders have demanded that Gov.
Paul v. McNutt call a special
session of the Legislature imme-
diately. All of them give as their
excuse for calling a special session,
and bUrdening the taxpayers with
the cost Of the session if called,
the fact that the tax laws of In
diana need immediate revision.
AS a member of the state Legis-
lature I wish to voice my opposi-
ton to the calling of a special
session of the state Legislature.
Members of the tax study commit
tee visited most Of the surround
ing states after the close of the
regular session, and reported that
Indiana was q bed of roses COM
pared to other states. Most of the
states visited were burdened with
huge debts that will take years
and perhaps generations to pay.
In some states school teachers be-
ing paid from month to month
and the residents of these states
do not know when their children
will be deprived of an education
Republican advocates of the
special session take great pleasure
in demanding an end to the gross
income tax law and substituting
in its place a sales tax. A friend
of mine visiting recently in Ohio
sent me letter from which I am
going to quote:
For Gods sake, Carl, whatever
you do never vote for a sales tax
like they have here in Ohio. The
people here feel that the sales tax
is more or less of a curse put up
on them, the reasons for this feel
ing is because every time they
make a purchase no matter how
small the clerk tacks on the extra
pennies and hands the customer
the little stamps. Every one have
met here hate the sight of the
darned things"
This letter is typical o. the feel
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
Scores Special Session Demand

ing of the citizens of the states
which have a sales tax.
The gross income tax of Indi-
ana is paid by those that can
afford it.
1t is an honor to be a citizen of
Indiana when we realize that our
state is one of the three states out
of the 48 where no school term
has been shortened and where
every school teachers salary has
been guaranteed. There is 10
fear here in Indiana that your
children will ever be denied the
education to which they are en-
titled.
The schools are open, the bud
get is balanced and still we are
not bothered with those pesky
stamps every time we make a
purchase.
There is between an eight or
nine million dollar surplus in our
state treasury which will enable
us to take part in any Federal
program without additional taxes
or sessions of the Legislature
costing thousands Of dollars) so
why under the sun should we en-
danger this enviable and excellent
position of our state by calling
a session of the Legislature now.
Personal observations, which are
borne out by facts, and inveStiga-
tions prove that nearly every one
asking for this special session has
a rather selfish end in mind. Sew
eral of these soap box orators de-
sire to be a candidate for Gov
ernor and believe that they could
advance their cause if turned
loose in the Legislature.
The Republicans naturally want
to see the Democratic admins
tration lose its prestige, because
they know that as long as Indiana
is in the fine position it is today
the voters will think twice before
turning them out, therefore mini
MIXING Republican hopes for the
next campaign.
Congratulations to you Gov.
McNutt both for your courage in
ignoring these pleas for a special
session and for the first business
like administration the state Of
Indiana has had in many and
many a year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
So They Say

I only undertake to fight on my
own soil. fight only a defensive
political war. I never invade for
eign territory-United States Sem
ator Huey Long.
1t is too late to go back to condi-
lions before the AAA. We must
hold on to the progress that has
been made until we can evolve a
long time plan.-William M. Jar
dine. former Secretary of Agricul-
ture.
I am out of politics-Former
United States Senator Reed Smoot
Of Utah.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10

is where he is most needed. What
a splendid force of assistants he has
not many in number, but thor
ough in service and what a differ
ence in appearance in the old place
so clean and businesS-like.
Keep it up, Mr.. Ray, I know the
people of Marien County will ap-
preciate YOU.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10

show the pennileSs and rich that
we might have nerve enough to take
a good look at ourselves and our
country in spite Of the sobsisters of
professional reliefers. Why don't
We give the professional walters a
modern weeping wall to congregate
before? Then, the most Of us can
take up the song Of life and 60 on
again chasing the bubbles of our
dreams. They look better than the
crocodile tears taste.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
The Message Center

Times readers arc tnUfted 10 cypress
their rieios IN these columns. Make your
letters short. so all can hdUe a chance.
Limit them to ESQ toords or less. Your
letter must DO signed. but names toiH
be 4oithheld at request Of the letter
ssYftor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
RELIEF WORK PROGRAM
ONLY TEMPORARY RELIEF

BY Socrates
Your editorial on Rhode Islands
Warning" was extremely interest
ing.
1t proceeds on the assumption
that what Congress has attempted
to do is amply adequate to bring
economic life into full blossom.
Congress is only going around in
circles, putting adhesive tape on
the open sores of our economic sys-
tenn, totally obiiyious to the cause
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10

Former Secretary of War Patrick Hurley
says he has no influence with single con-
gresham Not that he would mind having the
good old days back again!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10

A Republican elected in Rhode Islandl
Good thing, or we might have forgotten what
a Republican really was.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
Daily Thought

For bodily exercise prohteth lit
tie: but godliness is profitable unto
all things; having promise Of the
life that now is, and of that which
is to come.-Timothy 4:8.
is the architectural
Il l. plan upon which God buildeth
up his living temple.-C. H. Spur
geon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10

A Michigan doctor has found a way to lower
blood pressure by surgical operation. slip of
the scalpel and the pressure can be lowered to
zero.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10

Mussolni's bite may be no worse than his
bark. but he certainly has the League of Ma
tons up tree.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-10
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-29
ALIEN INVASION
OF u. S. MARKETS
lOmnha KeYnoterl

Climbing over a tariff wall of 10
cents a pound, 22,393,000 pounds of
foreign-made butter came into the
American maTket-cOmpared to 763,-
OG0 pounds the year before.
Climbing over a tariff of cents a
pound, 5.O3S,OO0 pounds of fresh veal
and beef came into the American
market, compared to 276,000 pounds
the year before.
Climbing over a tariff of 21s cents
a pound 100000 pounds of fresh
pork came into the home market.
compared to 25S,OOO pounds the year
before.
Climbing over a tariff of 3A cents
a. pound, I,S9S,OO pounds of hams
and bacon came into the American
market.
Climbing over tariff of 25 cents
a bushel, 2O,427, 900 bushels of corn
from foreign farms have been sold
under your very noses.
Over a tariff wall of AZ cents
bushel, 14,O52, 900 bushels of wheat
from foreign farms took the place of
wheat you plOwed under.
A tariff wall of 20 cents a bushel
was not enough to keep out foreign
grown barley-11,0 100000 bushels got
by. -.
And there climbed over a tariff
wall of 3 cents a pound 1884, 600
pounds of cotton seed oil.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-29
AAA Too Dumb To Learn
CBoIse. Idnho. statesmanl


Old Dame Nature, who has been
trying with varying degrees of sue
cess to act as a teacher to humanity
ever since the dawn of history,
writes another lesson with a huge
scrawling handwriting for AAA Off
cials and potato growers to read
The old dame has written similar
lessons On the blackboard a number
of times within the past few years.
but so far the lesson has not been
learned.
Just a short time ago we were be-
moaning the utter Generalization OF
the potato market and public SER
wants, at the insistent demand of
their constituents, were scurrying
Eere and there in an effort to have
the government 10 something about
it. 1t was the old story of Over-pro-
duction. Too many potatoes. And
then King Winter jumped down upon
us with both feeG, several weeks be-
fore he was supposed to show his
face A large share Of the crop was
still in the ground. Over night the
surplus was reduced to a shortage.
as a natural consequence prices
zoomed.
Circumstances were different, out
IN principle the same thing happen
ed in the case Of hogs. There were
too many hogs. Millions of little pigs
" ere killed. A drought came along.
Prices leaped beyond the reach OF
he average housewife and with
straight face the govern
nent says that next year we must
Increase hog production by 80 per
cent. Dame Nature has pretty ef-
.ective ways of reducing crops her
self and no end Of trouble is bound
% result when q group of college
professors try to improve on her
methods.