Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 20 December 1929 — Page 2
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1929.
THE POST-DEMOCRAT 4 Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Mancie, Delaware County ancTthe 8th Congressional District. The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County.
Entered as second class matter January 16. 1921, at the Poatofflce at Muncie, Indiana, under the Act of March 1,4879.
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Muncie, Indiana, Friday, December 20, 1920.
What’s the Law Between Friends? Section 167 of the “Towns and Cities” act, pass~ed by the Indiana legislature in 1905, and now in ‘force, should prove mighty good reading for those -.members of the police and fire departments who took such an active part in the recent municipal selection: * “It shall be unlawful for such commissioner of 'public safety, or any person appointed by them or by their predecessors, or holding any position on >ueh fire and police fores, or to solicit any person r to vote at any election for any candidate, or to challenge any voter, or in any manner attempt to influence any elector at such election.” * * * Any person ‘ violating any of the provisions of this section shall * be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, to which •.may be added imprisonment in the county jail not - exceeding six months.” The Post-Democrat is publishing this law just at this time as a gentle reminder to the sob sisters of Muncie whose fear that the police and fire depart-‘-ments may be dragged into politics did not materialize until their own party was defeated at the polls. The schools, the fire department, the police department, and every other department in the city, were all dragged into polities to defeat the democratic candidate for mayor. Thousands of people of Muncie could tell of their own knowledge how the police and firemen violated the criminal law quoted , above. And while they were violating the law there was no complaint from the sob sisters and the newspapers that are now pleading for the new mayor to be big and generous, and above all to forget politics when it comes to dealing with policemen and firemen.
era! policies the boys are a warm hearted bunch and will do their part, as will John Hampton, who is friendly with common people, and sympathizes with their troubles. Don Burton, manager of WLBC broadcasting station, has been using the radio with some success in the matter of securing supplies and money for the needy, but he finds the need of cooperation and general organization is impera-
tive.
Conferring with the editor of the Post-Democrat in the matter, Mr. Burton offers free use of his broadcasting station in connection with the present activities of this newspaper and with the incoming administration after its estab-
lishment in office.
One man wrote the Post-Democrat suggesting the use of the radio, with the editor at the “mike” broadcasting ap-
peals to the public. He stated that he would “start the ball; sneeze gives away two rolling” with a substantial check. i runaway Chicago boys ’Another man, the head of a large concern handling milk ; ,, lnd ~^T~ 17 / A watch . products phoned to the Post-Democrat that as a beginner he ! man ^ard someone sneeze in a would be willing to donate 150 pounds of butter. j warehouse truck and he sent for Oth-ffS wrote and phoned in that they would be willing the police. They found two small to cooperate in every way possible. We believe that with' lunawuy boys ’ 1° alltl 12 ’ ludins
Body of Man Dangles from
Rafters After Explosion
Kenosha, Wis., 17. —Two explosions in the Wisconsin Oxygen and Hydrogen company's plant killed one man, wrecked the structure and endangered
*he lives of ten others.
A seared body, believed to be that of Joseph Robsel, night watchman, was found dangling from the rafters of the wrecked
building.
Officials believe that one or more small containers of gas had
exploded.
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Gary .they said and had rolled into the tarpauli uto sleep.
POST ACTIVITIES PUBLISHED
Philadelphia, Pa.—Activities of
Philadelphia American Legion posts in the last year are set forth in an attractive forty-page year book recently published by the Philadelphia County Council. Adjutant Her-
bert O. Madara is the editor.
SENT BOMB TO STUDY EFFECT OF EXPLOSIVE
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the truck. They gave their names as Mike Komosa, 10, South
and Pete Kozowski,
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 17.—Attendants at the psychopathic hospital said Sunday Francis Cadwell, 26-year-old eccentric inventor, who confessed mailing a bomb to, his friend, Clark Scott, at Townsend, Tenn., had become morose and despondent. j The young man was taken to the, hospital for observation after post! .... office inspectors could learn no mo-j 12, live for mailing the bomb. Cadwell|
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no trouble this winter in taking care of its own. J Chicago, - Very naturally just at this time the enegries of the] south Chicago. They had just j explained he .siau-ply wished tostudy editor of^his newspapei^are being directed along lines 1 lint, 1 i;i pihmI a ride from Chicago jto effects^_the_exploh]on. ^^— render it impossible for him.to do more than use such agen-\W '
cies as he has at his command, both now and after he be-i** comes mayor of Muncie, to further this cause of relief of i"
the needy.
He knows that the situation is critical and that the de-1 mand for immediate action is urgent. Are there any pco- i pie in Muncie who have the time and the inclination, who will get on the firing line at once and devote their entire time for awhile, at least, to the task of getting an organization together that will map out some definite program? Lei's do th^ for those helpless little children who may | be cold and hungry and sekI at the time of year when glad-; ness should reign. There cajifbe no peace on earth or no good will to men. and Christmastide will be a hollow mockery if those who are able to give with old charity from those in need of the bare j necessities of life. ✓
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If I Were Editor of the Star Hand It To Shafer. John C. Shafer, editor of the Star, who resides in Chicago, was paid $92,000 graft money out of the Teapot Dome jackpot. One of the witnesses at the senate inquiry, said Shafer asked for $200,000. Asked why he was not given the two hundred grand, the witness replied, “Oh, we always give Shafer about half what he asks for.” If I were editor of the Star I’d get nil that was coming or know the reason why. P. 1). Q,, Muncie, lnd.
That Wasn’t News
If I were editor of the Star, and carried a daily department headed “If I Were Mayor,’'’ I would publish the contribution of one man whose story did not appear because he said in it that if he was mayor the first thing he would do would be to tell the Star to keep its damn nose out of his business. Q. D. P., Muncie, lnd.
Humiliating! Muncie, Tuesday night had a clear demonstration of | the danger that lies in the election of men to public office 1 who can be compelled, in the final analysis, to forget their j dutjfcto the public and allow their official conduct to be regulated by some one who holds a club over them. The vct<>^n the repeal of the sewer ordinance did not | reflect th^ real sentiment of all those who voted. If the i club had not been used the ordinance would not have passed, j It was a spectacle humiliating to those who noted the ! distrsa* of those of the council who voted under duress and it was a thousand times more humiliating to those who vot- ■ ed against their sentiments, just because some one, “higher j up,” had compelled them to stifle their conscience and make ^ public spectacles of themselves. i .There were many members of the incoming council present in the audience in the council chamber Tuesday night. What they saw and heard on that occasion should i be a lesson from which they may profit immensely. For the next four years a great responsibility will rest | upon the new council. Many efforts will be made to swerve i them from the path of duty. Temptations undreamed of ; now, will be placed in their paths. Selfish interests wilt always be at hand to take then 1 up on the mountain ai«, offer them the universe. It wifi take courage |id stamina for those who are tempted to look the tempter straight in the eye and tell him to go to hell but that’s the kind of mettle that is needed in public life. The ultimate rewards to those who stand steadfast in the face of temptation and threats are infinitely greater than the price of treachery which destroys self respect and renders the victim the object of scorn and ridicule. And you can't get away with it without being caught!
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A Real Mayor If I were editor of the Star I would run for mayor some time and get myself elected so I could play some of them tunes on my victrola telling people what to do when they got to be mayor and hire myself out on the side as a / insanitay commission to tell folks how to build a sewer and 1 wouldn't say a word about the way republicans do when they are mayor and would run down to Washington once a week to see how Hoover was getting along with his work and say hello to Jim Watson and keep things going thataway at both ends of the line and get myself a job selling furniture on the road so I would be out of town when some feller started a crap game and if anybody asked me I wouldn’t know what was going on, being away most of the time. D. P. Q., Muncie, lnd.
He’d Tell ’Em, By Heck If I were editor of the Star I’d tell Frank Ball how to make fruit jars and have him impeached if he didn’t allow a committee of good citizens named by Billy Williams to pick out all his foremen for him. Pd write all of Rev. Daugherty’s sermons for him, preach ’em for him and take up the collection. Things would be different around here if I was editor of the Star. If I was him I’d call an indignation meeting and pass resolutions against the democrats for electing a mayor and have him impeached and put in jail for being elected and give the job to somebody that knows something instead of a feller that has to be told what to do by the Star’s “If 1 Were Mayor” club, with the accent on the if. P. Q. D., Muncie, Indiana.
Care for the Needy
The suggestion of the Post-Democrat last week that something should be done here to relieve the wants of families whose wage earners have been thrown out of work, has
met with considerable favorable response.
The usual charitable agencies are taxed to their utmost capacity but of course, due to the unusual industrial depression. unemployment is so general here that a great many
worthy cases are not reached.
From the tone of letters, telephone calls and personal interviews, touching on the Efist-Democrat’s plea for help for those who need help, we believe some plan could be work-
ed out that would be feasible.
After January 6 the city hall wifi be a relief station for those needing help and the police department and other city agencies will be active in seeking out needy*eases and dis-
tributing food and other necessities.
We have no doubt that in the interim Mayor Hampton and his departments will be equally active in relieving distress. Policemen are proverbially generous and no matter what might be said of the present department as to its gen- up ’
A Most Absurd Proposal
In one of the most logical oi' all prohibition proposal;::,
and in another wayjfiie most absurd, congress now is considering the idea of making the buyer of liquor as guilty Ire-
fore the law as the manufacturer and sellers. From the standpoint of logic, indeed, it might seem that
the buyer should be punished and not the manufacturer and seller. The prohibition amendment’s purpose is to make
people stop drinking.
It is intended to reform the individual. Those responsible for the amendment consider drinking a vice, an im moral practice; they consider it also harmful to the indi-
vidual’s health.
These reformers do not consider business a vice, or an immoral practice; certainly not harmful to health. Nor do they look on the manufacturing industry, per se, as some-
thing to be suppressed.
\et when they started out to make us be good by sla tide, it was at the industrious manufacturers and the keen, alert business men that they aimed their laws. (Nobody ! will deny that the distillers areyindustrious nor that the!
bootleggers are keen and alert).
They went hot and heavy after these men, not even ! stopping to inquire whether they drank the stuff they made j and sold; not giving a thought to whither they were harm- i
ed or helped by their profitable enterprise.
There was no logic in it. It was absurd. It still is '
absurd.
And yet the one thing more absurd that the prohibitionists might have done would have been to do the logical thing. That is, to punish the buyer—the man they really desire to reach. For there are so many millions of buyers in this fair i country today that undertaking to punish them all-arid | surely the prohibitionists wouldn’t punish some of them, * while allowing the others to escape—would require that half i the population spend its whole time catching and jailing the other half. Our guess is that congress, after due thought, will stick to the present absurdity instead of undertaking the new and incalculable absurdities that would follow the proposal to punish the buyer.
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I Sixty Men Are Entombed One Mile Below Surface
(Coutiuued from Page One) sent voters”; it told how the county highway department and deputy assessors played politics and
scored the system.
For four years, at least, the police and fire departments will be used exclusively to police the city and put out tires, not to play politics for political bosses who care nothing for law observance and who thj|iik more of marrying the redlight precinct than they do of saving the city from being burned
- McAlester, Okla., Dec. 17.— Sixty miners are reported to be entombed in the Old Town coal mine, north of here, as a result of an explosion. The men are reported to be entombed about 5,000 feet below the surface in a slope mine. Under the leadership of Hugh Rice owner and superintendent, a group of rescue workers dug to the 24 foot slope in an effort to establish commuincation with them. It is said there is no indication when the men can be reached.
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