Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 170, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 December 1928 — Page 9

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CITY LEADERS ATTACK LAW BAN ONBIRTH Doctor and Judge Doubt Justice of Control, Order by Court. WOMEN SEE FAIRNESS Young Couples Should Be Educated in Problems of Life, They Say. Medical and legal authorities of Indianapolis today voiced doubt of the wisdom of imposing three years of birth control upon Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kourim by Judge Harrison Ewing of Cleveland, 0., Tuesday. The couple faced the judge seeking a divorce. Evidence showed they were married in 1923, when Kourim was 22, his wife 17. They have three children. “It is a shame they were not given lessons in birth control when their first child was born,” remarked Judge Ewing, in imposing the control sentence. While those interested in the scientific aspect of the problem differed with the judge, at least two Indianapolis club women approved the action, with reservations. City People Give Opinions FRANK J. LAHR, Juvenile Judge —As far as I have been able to learn, there is no science of birth control. I have heard people talk about it, but there seems to be no formula. Books tell you to see a doctor, and the doctor will tell yon there is no rule or definite plan to be followed. I do not see how a court can impose such a sentence on any one. It is a mighty delicate thing for a court to tell people they can not have children. I don’t believe any Indiana court ever thought of such a thing. Sometimes we have to tell people we think they have enough children when it is evident that more children will place the families and the children in more severe straits. Again, I say it is a delicate sub-ject-far too delicate for courts to be Issuing orders. DR. FREDERICK E. JACKSON, City Health Board President—l think a man is unwise to get married on a $24 a week salary at the age of 22. One can’t do that in this age. It mgiht be all right after Hoover comes back from South America and we have prosperity. Such a sentence can not be enforced. Can’t Be Controlled "If they are married they will and have a right to do as they please. If they are not married, they’ll do as they please anyhow. You can’t handle such things that way. “It is true that there is no 100 per cent method. Some European countries are using a plan which is fairly satisfactory. I think it is illegal openly to teach birth control in this country. Several persons have been prohibited from speaking on the subject.” DR. HERMAN G. MORGAN, City Health Officer—l do not know as to the legality of such sentence. But personally I think the time is not far distant when birth control will be more widely advicated than at present.”

MRS. WILLIAH H. LEWIS, Vicechairman Department of the American Home, Woman’s Department Club, 2427 N. Talbot Avenue—Yes, I believe it was the right thing to do. They should not have been allowed to get married in the first place, when they were so young, in view of the fact that the boy was not earning much and that neither had a high school education or any preparation for marriage. Is Against Divorce "But since they are married, it would not be right for 'hem to be divorced and thus throw those children out of a home into the world. When they wer-j before the court at the time the first child was a year old, I believe the court or some one competent appointed by the court should have given them lessons in birth control. I believe all young people should have thorough understanding of such problems before they are married.” M&S. WILLIAM C. BORCHERDING, Chairman of the Department of the American Home, Woman’s Department Club, 5265 Washington Boulevard Considering the case from all angles, I believe the judge was right in not granting a divorce. He kept the home together for the sake of the children. It is hard to say if he was right in dictating birth control to them, but I do think they should have been thoroughhly educated in this phase of life. “There should be more education along this line. I feel sorry for the girl. In most cases when a divorce occurs it falls to the wife to care for the children, so I am glad he did not grant a divorce. I am sorry there are not more Christian homes with good, mothers, so that children would not have experiences such as this.” The Rev. F. A. Hayward, executive secretary, Federated Baptist Churches of Indianapolis—" The judge technically was right in this particular case. We constantly are faced with social service cases here in Indianapolis which convinces us that if someone only would teach some of these people some of the things they ought to know, at the proper time, they would be saved lots of trouble. “Os course, I do not want to be understood as always favoring birth control. Each case has its own peculiar solution, but it seems to me that in this case the judge did what should have been done.

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Birth Control Ordered

Nation-wide comment has been Wjß aroused by the ruling of Judge Harrison W. Ewing of Cleveland, W m "/'SFfeU*. directing Mr. and Mrs. Otto .■ , 4 L Kourim of that city to practice { $ 't % #7,; birth control for three years. THfe £|L J| Wis Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Den- \ m :|t|7 ver acknowledged that a prece- ,Jel* dent was being set by the order / *?%%s** i Jja. recognizing the legality of birth / " i control, but he disagreed with ( ' Judge Ewing, holding that no j Jp® court has the right to Impose I birth control on a couple. ' / affigra The Kourims, parents of three children, had come before Judge Ewing seeking a divorce. Kourim and the children, left to right, Bertha, 4: Otto, 1, and Edward, 2, are pictured here.

Nation-wide comment has been aroused by the ruling of Judge Harrison W. Ewing of Cleveland, directing Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kourim of that city to practice birth control for three years. Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver acknowledged that a precedent was being set by the order recognizing the legality of birth control, but he disagreed with Judge Ewing, holding that no court has the right to impose birth control on a couple. The Kourims, parents of three children, had come before Judge Ewing seeking a divorce. Kourim and the children, left to right, Bertha, 4; Otto, 1, and Edward, 2, are pictured here.

WILLEBRANDT TOJFACE QUIZ Secret Prison Probe Will Be Investigated. Bn Times Special WASHINGTON. Dec- 6.—Attorney General John G. Sargent and Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt will be asked soon about sending department of justice agents to Atlanta prison to investigate conditions, without informing Warden John Snook. Representative John G. Cooper of Ohio, said today he will call a meeting of the "■'ecial house prison committee next week to fix a date for herrings at which they will be questioned. Sargent recently advised wardens of all federal prisons that from time to time agents rriay be committed secretly to their institutions. “In one respect the policy is not a good one. because* much of the info - "on which the agents obtain is from prisoners whose testimony can not be relied upon, but I will not make up my mind on what to recommend until the hearings have been concluded,” Cooper said.

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Just a Jumble of Phrases —Life

BY ARCH STEINEI, WORDS! Mediums for songs of love, despondent notes scarred with dashes of hopelessness, of “I’m going to end it all —I—can’t —go;” harsh verbs and nouns humming a hate hymn. All words. The criminal municipal courts are word castles. A man is accused on words; he answers the charges with words; h 8 ’is convicted on words. Words jumpbled like animal crackers; "Judge, he hit me, but he’s a good man. He struck me twice. Yes. I still love him.” Take Minor Swinefield, 42. of 121% North Alabama street. He said but one word the other evening while walking north on East street, but it caused his arrest, and—a a a a a a Four letters of the alphabet, one word, cost Swinefield $lO. Arresting officers testified that Swinefield had been drinking. They say he yelled at a man "here.” while walking on the street.

“It was a case of mistaken identity. I thought I knew him—thought he was going to try to sell me a truck,” defended Swinefield. “Ten dollars, I’ll suspend the costs,” pronounced John S. Smith, judge pro tern. One word and it cost $2.50 a letter. a a a LIFE got as cracked up as a disj carded whisky bottle for Charles C. Dowell, 62, of 1718 Lockwood, so Tuesday night, without a word, he slashed his wife, Mrs. Susan Dowell, 44, with a pocket knife on the right side of the neck. “I never said a word to him, either," testified Mrs. Dowell when her husband was arraigned before Judge Smith on a charge of assault with intent to kill. “We’ve lived together twentyeight years. He never got drunk before, but the last three weeks he’s started. See—see—you can see where he cut me, judge, on this side. He’s left-handed,” she explained as she ran her heavy-veined

DO YOU LET BOSS PLAY LOVER ROLE?

A question of doubt as soft as sr'oke arose in Ashtoreth’s mind. “Should she allow her boss to make love to her?” “No—no,” her inner self warned. But Hollis Hart was a bachelor, and he had more millions than Ashtoreth had singe- and toes. She decided just what she would do—but what she finally did is part of the thrilling story of "Orchid, The Story of a Modem Moon Goddess,” which starts Friday in The Indianapolis Times. Was she right? “Should a stenographer allow her boss to make love to her?” What do YOU think of the ques-

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CO-EDS VICTORS AT STOCK SHOW Men Are Given Lesson in N Judging Beefsteak. Bn United, Press CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—Three University of Nebraska co-eds have demonstrated conclusively that women know more about picking out beefsteaks than do men. The trio—Miss Louise Genung, Miss Marjory Thompson, and Miss Winnie Powell—won the intercollegiate meat judging contest over eight teams of men at the International Livestock exposition. The Nebraska university meat judges made 2,312 points of a possible 2,700 in this little known sport. Besides the award of the exposition, the young women won a $250 scholarship for their university and the second leg of the silver trophy that goes to the winning team. A third victory will put the trophy in permanent possession of the school. The men teams from state agricultural colleges finished in this order: Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, lowa, South Dakota, Missouri, and Oklahoma and Pennsylvania tied for seventh place.

fingers across the fresh mark of the cut. “The only thing that saved my life was I butted him—butted him down. No—l didn’t smack him,” she amended unasked. A lot of words, crying out the probable end of twenty-eight years of married life. Unmoved, Dowell awaited the judge’s permission to talk, then: “I own up to it. But I didn’t mean to kill hei.” “I’ll hold you to the grand jury and set your bond at $1,000,” ordered Judge Smith. a a a Words and lives, jumbled, like animal crackers. $700,000 Will Trial Opens MARION, Ind., Dec. 6.—Trial of the $700,000 John Prior will case opened in Grant circuit court here today before Judge Frank OSwitzer of Wabash. Twenty-four witnesses have been called for the hearing.

tion? The Times will PAY for your views. You don’t have to be a stenographer to enter the contest, neither do you have to be in love with your boss. Just write a letter of less than 200 words to the Orchid Girl at The Indianapolis Times before midnight Saturday and you may share in the SSO cash prizes. For the best answer to the question we will pay sls. For the next best, $lO. And then there are three $5 prizes and ten $1 prizes. Plenty of prizes for all to share and to spend on Christmas [ resents.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURS- \Y, DEC. 6, 1928

ASK STATE TO MAKE BEACON OF MONUMENT New Lighting System for City’s Showplace to Require $10,500. PUSH PLAN FOR YEARS Civic Clubs Help Move for Proper Illumination of Centerpiece. Efforts to complete the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument new lighting system before July 4 will be made by Colonel Oran Perry, Monument superintendent. Perry has asked the state budget committee for an appropriation of $10,500 to rebuild the four candelabra at the corners of the water basins, where iron supports have rusted to such extent that they are in danger of collapsing. “We plan to install a system of illumination that will make the | Monument stand out as prominently by night as by day,” Colonel Perry declared. “This work must be done in the spring and summer time, so it is important that the funds be made available on the passage of the bill by the coming legislature, as it is our desire that the work be completed by July 4,” he said. Plans Are Ready Colonel Perry already has complete plans and specifications designed by an electrical engineer and will be ready to start work as quickly as the legislature makes the appropriation. Th emovement for prdfcer illumination of he monument was started several years ago and has had the support of the Federation of Civic Clubs. Chamber of Commerce and other organizations. The Civil war memorial in thr downtown oval is the show place o’ Indianapolis, known throughout thf world, and deserves he lighting fa cilities to properly “set it off,” civic leaders pointed out. The Monument board of control asked the budget committee for $25,500 for maintenance expenses $12,500 for personal service and $12,000 for operating costs. A. B. Crampton, chairman; T. B. Springer, and Dan A. Smith composed the board. Pay Increase Asked Increase of $lO a month for each employe, all Civil war veterans, was asked of the general assembly. “Ever since dedication of the monument, the emDloyes have been soldiers of the Civil war who have served every day of the year at wages much less than similar employes of state institutions, and were enable to live because their wages were supplemented by pensions from the federal government,” Colonel Perry stated. “There is no reason their pay should not be increased, for the figures the last nine years show that while the average annual cost has been $16,933, the annual receipts for admission have been $14,628, making the cost to the state the trivial sum of $2,300.”

PRISON PROBE REPORT READING FOR HEARING Sargent and Mrs. Willebrandt to Appear Before House Committee. lip United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Representative Cooper (Rep., O.) today planned a series of hearings before the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce on prison conditions in the nited States. Cooper said a sub-committee is ready to report its findings of a survey of all federal prisons in the United States recently completed. Attorney-General Sargent and Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant United States attorney-gen-eral in charge of federal prisons, will be called before the committee, he said. “We will go into reports that under cover agents of the justice department were sent to Atlanta penitentiary to make a secret investigation there and also into reports concerning Warden Snooks,” he said. ERROR DELAYS TRIAL Deputy Instead of Prosecutor Signed Murder Plot Charge. B,y Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 6.—Because an indictment charging conspiracy to murder against Mrs. Bernice Dienes was signed by Deputy Prosecutor Paul Jackson instead of Prosecutor Sam P. Schwartz, it was dismissed in superior court here. Mrs. Dienes, with James Gall, who was a roomer at her home, and Alex Kovach, are alleged to have plotted to slay her husband, Andrew Dienes, for $2,000 insurance. Kovach turned informer before the alleged plot was carried out. Prosecutor Schwartz announces his intention of refiling the case and seeking an early trial date. LEG ATTRACTS BULLETS Ft. Wayne Man Wounded Twice in Same Limb Since June. B,p Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 6.—For the second time in six months Grover Witzigreuter, 42, is suffering from a bullet wound in his right leg. The latest wound resulted from accidental discharge of a revolver. The first was suffered in June when j Witizgreuter was shot by band’(s attempting to rob the safe of a 1 packing company which employs him as a night watchman.

A TORCH DOWN THE AGES

Reb Samuel’s Dreams Span Centuries

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BY BEN STERN DOWN the pathway of centuries they march—they who gave all. that liberty of conscience and freedom of thought should be the guiding light of civilization. Gleams of irridescent brilliance —like that of the unconquerable soul—etching themselves over walls and bringing forth strange

PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDS PERU ‘GOOD-BY’

Fireworks Display Ends Visit; Bolivians Will Meet Hoover. BY THOMAS L. STOKES, I’nited Press Staff Correspondent ABOARD THE U. S. S. MARYLAND, Dec. 6. President-Elect Herbert Hoover bade farewell to Peru—the second of the South American countries to be visited on his Latin-American tour —at 2 a. m. today. All of the ships In the Callao harbor were lighted brilliantly and a fireworks display was held on the shore when the party arrived from Lima, the capital, eight miles distant. The party boarded the Maryland

WOMAN RECLUSE IS BRUTALLY KILLED

Bn United Press TOWANDA, Pa., Dec. 6.—Surrounded by a pile of her clothing, which had been torn to shreds, the nude body of Mrs. Samuel Jones, 63. was found in her home near here. The aged woman, a recluse, had been beaten to death sometime Wednesday, it was believed. The woman’s head was battered severely and the rest of the body bore scars and deep bruises. Revenge was seen as a possible motive as police started an intensive search today for Arthur Uieonard. Leonard recently was released from Huntington (Pa.) reformatory after serving a term for stealing chickens from Mrs. Jones. The body was found when the suspicion of neighbors was aroused because Mrs. Jones’ automobile had been abandoned in the middle of a road leading to her home. Practially the entire house had been wrecked. Every piece of furniture in the bedroom where the body was found, and every ornament had been destroyed. Three of the other rooms in the house carried evidence of the desperate battle the woman had waged for her life—blood stains were found on the floors, walls and furniture in these rooms. Mrs. Jones, who lived alone, generally is believed to have secreted a great amount of money in the house. She was suspicious of banks.

color effects on the mantle—cause Reb Samuel to give his memories full play. And, as if manufactured from the miraculous cruse of oil which, the book of Maccabees records, gave forth a brilliant light for eight days, although of the oil there was but a little—the candles in the Menorah, the seven candlesticks, symbolic of fai s h.

at 1 a. m. and witnessed the farewell ceremonies from the bridge and decks. The next stop of the Maryland will be made at Antofagasta, Chile, where a mission representing the Bolivian government will take lunch aboard the vessel and confer with Hoover. Due to limits of time on his tour, the American President-elect was unable to accept the Bolivian government’s invitation to visit La Paz, the capital, but felt that even a brief conference with government officials would be helpful. The President-elect has virtually decided to eliminate Mexico in the itinerary of his present tour and probably will go direct to Florida from Havana, Cuba. He may visit Mexico in February.

Since the death of her husband year ego, Mrs. Jones has done the work of a man. She has cared for the entire 200-acre farm which was bequeathed to her by her husband. tenaUtos, alcohol AND GARAGE BURNED Fire Causes $30,000 Loss at Gaston Wednesday night. Bit Times Special GASTON, Ind., Dec. 6.—The Lawson Motor Company garage is in ruins today as the result of a $30,000 fire Wednesday night, whicr. also destroyed ten automobiles, 500 gallons of denatured alcohol, a stock of tires and accessories. A siren used to summon the town’s volunteer firemen was located on the garage roof and because ox the flames could not be used. Fire Chief Audrey Dildine happened to notice the flames and brought the town’s truck to the scene alone. Firemen were sent from Muncie to a?-* -"-r being advised that the fire threatened the entire business district. Historical Society to Meet Bn United ttr ss GREENSBURG, Ind., Dec. 6. The annual meeting of the Decatur County Historical Society will be held here Monday evening. Richard Lieber, director of the stale conservation department will be the principal speaker. Ed Hancock is society president.

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burned with an almost supernatural flame. Tomorrow, Friday, is the eve of Chanukah, the Feast of Lights, when Jews throughout the world call to mind the five sons of Mattathias, who, led by their elder brother, Judas Maccabeus, conquered an almost unconquerable host and redeemed the faith for the people. Reb Samuel, whose beard Is white, Is lost in contemplation as the gleams from the Menorah dance over snow-white napery and burnished silver. Every one knows Rem Samuel. The "Reb” is the Hebrew courtesy title of “Sir.” No charity, be it Jew or Gentile, ever has appealed to him in vain. For fifty years he has lived in Indianapolis. Here his children were born and reared and here are his friends. ana A QUAINT philosopher, endowed with the patriarchal air, he is the incarnation of the benevolent student-merchant who has carried the faith of Israel down the ages. He, as all of his faith do, has just reread the story of the Maccabees, in preparation for the forthcoming celebration which continues for eight days. On each of those days he will light a candle, until the final ever will find all eight alight. The Maccabees, he mused. Almost single-handed they led the revolt against Antiochus, King of Syria and ruler of Palestine, who in the year 168 B. C. E., issued a series of decrees forbidding the Jews to observe the religion of their fathers. And on the twenty-fifth day of Kislev, in the year 165 B. C. E., the Maccabeen armies, under Judas, the Hammer, took Jerusalem and rededicated the desecrated temple. And tomorrow, Dec. 7, is the anniversary of the twenty-fifth day of Kislev. “It it always the small armies fighting in a mighty cause who win,” mused Reb Samuel, as his lips moved in silent prayer. a a a ALWAYS they had fought on the side of the oppressed—his people. Through the middle ages they kept the faith in the face of wellnigh unconquerable difficulties. Then came anew land—a land of liberty. And side by side with their neighbors they fought. There was Major Franks, an aid to Washington when an infant republic was born out of the travail of war. Thousands served in the union armies during the Civil war—to' free a subject people. His thoughts turned to his first born, who died under Cuban skies. And the World war—two other sons had gone, one to fight against their blood cousins in Germany. With almost oriental fatalism Reb Samuel thought: “Who was I to stay their going—theii country called and they went. “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh. . “Shmai Yisroel, Adonal, Elohenu, Adonai Echod. “Hqftr O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.”

FLU WAVE ON RISE; 15,000 CASESJOUND Number Doubled in Week; Near Epidemic Height Across Nation. SPREADS INTO SOUTH Frisco Center of Coast Outbreak; Indiana Is Affected. By Science Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. The amount of influenza in the country has doubled during the last week and the hight point of the outbreak is not yet in sight. Total number of cases reported to the United States public health service by wire from state health officers is well over 15,000 for the week ending Dec. 1. Total reported cases for the week before were 8,433. Officials of the health service are concerned and have warned physicians and health officers everywhere as the epidemic promises to spread widely over the country. Just how far it will spread can not be predicted, because of limited knowledge of the disease. It is hoped the present outbreak will not reach the proportions of that year’s epidemic. Epidemic Is Feared The fact that this outbreak is occurring out of season and that the death rate is low are indications that it may be the beginning of another preat epidemic. In California, 8,213 cases were reported for the week ended Dec. 1, which is nearly twice the number reported for the preceding week. Montana has had a spectacular rise. From 421 cases for the preceding week, the figures jumned to 3,372 for the week just ended. Other western states also report high figures. Utah reported 258 cases, Arizona 300 and Oregon 396. The center of the western outbreak was San Francisco. South Carolina has been another epidemic center, with 2,718 cases reported during the past week, an increase of a thousand cases over the week before. South Is Affected The disease has spread into other southern states, Georgia reporting 344 cases and Alabama 198 for the week ended Dec. 1. Indiana reported 261 cases, which indicates that the middle west has also been invaded. The best known means of escaping the disease are to avoid contact with influenza patients, to avoid crowds, and to keep up one's general health and resistance. Simple nourishing food, plenty of fresh air and sunshine, and plenty of rest will help build up resistance. ENTOMOLOGISTS OPEN MEETING OF SCIENTISTS Indiana Academy Member Convene at Bloomington. Bn Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. Dec- 6.—A meeting of entomologists of Indiana, this morning at Indiana University. opened the three-day program of the forty-fourth annual convention of the Indiana Academy of Science. The academy executive committee will hold its annual meeting at 7:30 this evening. The principal day of the meeting will be Friday. The program will open with registration of visiting delegates to be followed by a general academy session. President W. L. Bryan of Indiana university, will welcome the scientists. Memorial services will be held for members of the academy who during the last year. Sectional meetings in botany, chemistry r-id bacteriology, ger-raphy and geology, physics and mathematics, and zoology will be heldA dinner will be served Friday evening at which Dr. W. M. Blanchard of De Pauw University, will preside. Dr. E. G. Mahin, University of Notre Dame, retiring academy president, will speak following the dinner. The scientists will visit stone mills and quarries and other points of interests near Bloomington, Saturday morning. COWBOY DREAMS END South Bend Boy Who Ran Away Now Satisfied at Home. Bp Times Special SOUTH BEND. Ind., Dec. 6. Clemen Dinkowski, 12, is back at his home here, contented to stay, after starting for the west, where he hoped to become a cowboy. He reached a point six miles west of La Porte.on his westward journey, when the driver of a truck from whom he begged a ride decided he was carrying a runaway and turned him over to La Porte police. Seated before a hot supper, the boy announced his ambition to be a cowboy was dead. He was returned to his home here by an older brother. UNION LEADER RESIGNS District 11 Miners President to Be* come Operators’ Employe. Bn Times Special TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Dec. Harvey Cartwright, president of District 11, United Mine Workers of America, has resigned to become labor commissioner for the Indiana Bituminous Operators Association. Neither Cartwright. William Mitch. District 11 secretary, nor Homer Talley, head of the operators association, will confirm the resignation report, but do not deny it. Cartwright has been a district official eight years. His term g president does not expire until April 1 next. He has been a coal miner twenty-seven years.