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Cleaning House Some mouths ago there was a very general demand that there be a “house cleaning'’ in Indiana politics. There were protestations of repentance on the part of those who had confessed seduction by the forces of intolerance, bigotory and graft and a pledge that there would be an entirely ‘‘nw deft.*.” The Republican party was put into a receivership for this purpose after its former chairman had been indicted in the Federal Court and the Governor was blythclv on his way to a court to establish the principle that the statute of limitations is the final safeguard of human liberty. Now the nominations are closed and once more the same old faces and the same old forces are plotting to divide the decent and to retain control of the government and operate it for the benefit of the same old crowd. Boss Coffin, either in person or acting through a puppet, is fighting to control the city and county. Candidates are trading and trafficking for his favor. That should be a warning to voters. In the State it is sljill worse. Once again Senator Watson, who has had friendly relations with every official who brought disgrace to this State, whose chief sponsor two years ago is now under indictment in the Federal Courts, is to be made the “issue."' There is no one who does not know that at any time he desired, Watson could have stopped the whole conspiracy that brought shame to Indiana. There was never a time in the past few years that have humiliated Indiana that Watson could not have checked the raid upon the people and upon decency. Two years ago he had his secret deal with Senator Arthur Robinson, who branded himself when he declared in the Senate that “birds of a feather flock together.” The birds in the Robinson flock are well known. He flocked with Stephenson to the extent that Stephenson sent a pearl necklace as a token of gratitude and high esteem. He flocked with Ora Davies, former State treasurer, who acted as his campaign manager two years ago. Davies is now awaiting trial for taking commissions on State funds from banks. He flocked with Coffin and boasted that Coffin was his friend, even after Coffin was indicted on the charge of conspiring to offer a bribe to Governor McCray. He now flocks with George Foland, collector of customs, who acts as his advisory chairman, of whom more later. He flocked with Jackson, who appointed him, the same Jackson who made a record as Governor by pleading the statute of limitation as a bar to conviction for offering the bribe to McCray. And the Indianapolis newspapers which joined The Times months back in the fight for decency, after The Times had exposed the graft and corruption are now finding the capture of the Republican delegates for Watson sufficient excuse for permitting Coffin and Robinson and others of like character to again retain office. In the race for governorship there is even less evidence of a desire to clean house. There are ten candidates. There is one who should receive the indorsement unanimously if there were sincerity in the demand for a new deal. That candidate is Tom Adams. In the other nine, there are but two who would not be wholly acceptable to the old gangsters and the*bld conspirators. That is the discouraging picture. It is a picture which is being painted by politicians. The hope is that there will be enough men and women in the Republican party who are tired of bigotry, tired of shame and corruption, tired of the old gang tactics, tired of the misrule of the bosses, who will see to it that Arthur Robinson does not go back to the Senate and that the candidate for Governor is not an “undercover kid” for the same old gang. The Threatened Heritage The letter of Mrs. Helen Tufts Bailie, bearing the title, “Our Threatened Heritage,” and directed to the membership of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is intended obviously to save that organization from a misguided leadership. That is something foe members of the D. A. R. can and should light out among themselves at their April J. 9 conference in Washington. But the outcome of that dispute within the D. A. R. isn’t so vitally important to the rest of us. as it is that we should know those forces and those interests that are behind the D. A. R. controversy. Mrs. Bailie’s letter reveals those interests, and by so doing serves a really great purpose. Her document invites public attention to the insidious propaganda being spread throughout the country by interests much more sinister than the D. A. R. ever could become under any leadership. The chief propagandist himself, Fred R. Marvin, is revealed as the chief agent influencing that faction of the D. A. .R. which is attacked by Mrs. Bailie. Marvin is shown to have been an ardent defender of Doheny and Fall, lauded by him as great patriots. There is further significance in the fact that the propagandists revealed by Mrs. Bailie have been en-

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gaged in denouncing members of both Houses of Congress who have favored Government action as to Muscle Shoals and Boulder Dam, child labor legislation. and other liberal public policies. “Using” the D. A. R., Fred R. Marvin and his crowd of professional patrioteers have attempted to blacken the reputations of eminent public men, progressive clergymen, idealistic authors and publicists and humanitarians generally. The D. A. R. has been duped and it is refreshing to see the uprising within the membership of that organization that is symbolized by the Helen Tufts Bailie appeal. If Mrs. Bailie’s effort to save the D. A. R. from the folly of its duped leaders only serves the purpose of bringing about an exposure of those back of this character blackening propaganda, it will be well worth while, no matter whether the D. A. R. opens its eyes or remains blind. It is fitting that the protest within the D. A. R. should be led by a woman whose name so typifies the true spirit of the American Revolution. Her ancester, Anne Adams-Tufts, nursed the wounded during the battle of Bunker Hill. The husband of Anne Adams-Tufts was one of the early volunteers in the Revolutionary War. and his son helped to fortify Dorchester Heights, driving his oxen thither with muffled feet in the dead of night. t Where Fess Stands Recent selection of Senator Fess of Ohio as keynoter for the Republican national convention has thrown some of the political speculators and prognosticators off their balance. It is being assumed that because Senator Fess was supporting the candidacy of his colleague from Ohio, the late Senator Willis, he was hostile to Secretary Hoover. The assumption is based on rather a flimsy foundation. It is true, first of all. that Senator Fess is a thick-and-thin supporter of President Coolidge, and a pioneer in the "Draft Coolidge” movement in his party. It is true also that he went along with the Ohio support of Senator Willis as Ohio’s favorite son, and is one of the Willis candidates for delegate-at-large from Ohio. But the inference that because of that he Is hostile to Hoover won’t hold water. While as temporary chairman of the Republican national convention he must be neutral and not use his position as temporary chairman to take sides, still there is no ground for lining him up with the favorite son coalition of political bosses against Hoover and for a midnight bedroom selection. It probably will appear in due time that the real friends and supporters of Coolidge are not at all hostile to Hoover, once they are convinced that Coolidge won’t be drafted. It probably will appear, also, that with Coolidge out of it, Senator Fess will be found with Hoover rather than with the combine that aims first to defeat Hoover and ultimately ; to pick a dark horse like Dawes. While honestly with Willis so long as he was in the race as Ohio’s favorite son, Fess could be depended upon to go along with him, but there is nothing to indicate that he would line up with the Ohio bosses, j The Thrill of Baseball Golf has been growing rapidly in populartiy in America, and it is a great game. Yet the advent of the new baseball season convinces us once more nothing will ever take the place of baseball. t Probably it’s better for a man to get out and play , himself than to sit in a grandstand and watch someone else play. Yet, to our mind, there’s nothing quite j like settling back in a seat, as the sunlight slants over a neat green field, opening a bag of peanuts, listening to the long-drawn chant “batterieees for todaaaay’s game—” and waiting for the first ball to be thrown. Golf is a lot of fun. But baseball —well, there’s nothing quite like it.

.David Dietz on Science

An Explosive Mixture

No. 19

DR. PAUL HEYL, famed scientist of the U. S. Bureau of Standards, has compared the origin of Schroedinger wave mechanics, the newest scientific theory about the nature of matter, to the sort of experiments which beginners in chemistry classes like to try. Students like to see what will happen if they make a random mixture from the array of chemicals in the

laboratory. This practice is one to be discouraged. Altho usually nothing happens, it somet im es is dangerous. But in the field of theory, it seems to have proved not only safe but productive as well. Dr. Heyl writes in the Scientific Monthly: “The first suggestion of it is

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due to Louis De Broklie. It appears as though De Broglie on looking over the array of new concepts produced by the twentieth century, had become curious to see what would happen if one mixed them, much as the beginner in chemistry ventures with more or less trepidation to mix the contents of several bottles. “So De Broglie seems to have asked himself, ‘What if we apply the theory of relativity to the quantum theory or the inertia of energy? “He tried the experiment. The smoke arising from the reaction obscured his vision for some time, but when it cleared away he saw that which he and Schroedinger after him have elaborated into the theory of wave mechanics.” Readers yesterday in this department made the acquaintance of the four chief theories which have been developed in science since 1900. We shall see that De Broglie made use of all four in his daring experimentation. First, he mixed the quantum theory with the theory of the equivalence of mass energy, or as Heyl classes it, the inertia of energy. He applied the result to the Bohr theory of the atom. In order to do that he had to call the Einstein theory to his aid. It looked at first as though De Broglie was clearing up certain difficulties in the Bohr theory and strengthening that theory. But after awhile the situation became worse th%n ever. Then Schroedinger entered the scene. He cleared the situation by heroic action. He cured the headaches of the Bohr theory by cutting the theory’s head off. And so today many scientists think that Schroedinger wave mechanics have replaced the Bohr theory. Let us next see the meaning of wave mechanics.

FRANK G. MORRISON. Business Manager.

MONDAY. APRIL 9, 1928.

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(Abbreviations: A—ace: K—king; Q—mieen; J—jack; X—any card lower than 10.) 1. On what three occasions should you count your losing and your winning tricks? 2. Holding K Q J X X, how many outside quick tricks do you need to bid the suit initially? 3. When holding A K blank, what do you lead first? The Answers 1. When bidding; before doubling;, when dummy is exposed. 2. One-half. 3. A.

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Leonardo da Vinci Born in Italy

OF the misbegotten changelings who call themselves men and prate intolerably over dinner-tables,” said Robert Louis Stevenson. “I never saw one who seemed worthy to inspire love—no. nor read of any, except Leonardo da Vinci, and perhaps Goethe in his youth.” “The World,” said Taine. “perhaps offers no other example of a genius so universal, so creative, so incapable of self-contentment, so athirst for the infiinte, so naturally refined, so far in advance of his and of subsequent ages.” * Chamberlain, also with a “perhaps,” calls Leonardo "the greatest creative genius that ever lived.” “I have no notion of a truly great man,” wrote Carlyle, “that could not be all sorts of men.” Well. Leonardo satisfied the definition. He was eminent and original as musician, painter, sculptor, etcher, architect.

(Bv Thomas 11. Adams, in the Vincennes Com mercial) The newspaper fraternity in Indiana has a duty before ir this year to perform that is the rarest and most certain newspaper duty ever imposed on the piofession. That duty consists of a central attack on the bi-partisan “system” that this newspaper has been fighting for two or more years, so as to clarify Indiana's bad political system and get started anew on anew track for paity responsibility. if there ever is to be responsibility. Because the writer oi this article is a candidate is not an argument for the press to follow, so much, as to notice the condition of tiie times. As far as my race is concerned, there is a landslide in sight that will bump every thief and crook in the head so hard that there will be no recovery, and that don't mean maybe. But the text of this article and the duty of newspapers of Indiana involved, and the problem forced on the profession at this hour is the most paramount issue ever before sensed by a great and powerful tribunal. If journalism is anything- if it

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THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION

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anatomist, physiologist, physicist, inventor, engineer, chemist, astronomer, geogolist, zoologist, botanist, geographer, mathematician, philosopher. | And no mere contributor of amateur or dilettante: in nearly all these field she was practically supreme in his day; so that his age believed him to be in league with supernatural powers. it a tt SAYS Clutton-Brock: “He is the nearest that any man has ever come to Aristotle's Supreme Being." What more could be said of a genius, than that he resembles a great philosopher's conception of the Deity? And now, having made a god of Leonardo, let us make a man of him, and try to see him against the vibrant background of his time. He was born at Castello da Vinci i near Florence, in 1452. He was the

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means anything—if newspapers are responsible or good for any community protection at all, they are right now at bat waiting lor a square snot. Indiana is in woeful position. In Chicago they l ave government by attempted assassinations. In Indiana we have government by statute of limitations. The one takes a life of some poor daring wretch—the other wrecks the whole fundamental base oi the government—destroys law and order and confiscates the liberties of mankind. That's the difference. We have the Piiarisees standing about howling and criticising, but they are losing something. No wonder they howl. Their playgrounds have been invaded. Their scheme to steal has been thwarted. Newspapers everywhere are appealed to to pursue a higher and better standard of journalism. Newspaper character is at stake! Newspaper honor and initiative and influence is really on trial in Indiana. If we cannot defend our newspaper character, community life crumbles and weakens and decays. Richmond Palladium With the abolition oi the absent voters ballots, one form of irregularity in the elections in Indiana will come to an end. The use of absent voters’ ballots had become one of the scandals of election time. Candidates vied with each other to see that the names of absent voters were attached to forms so that they could obtain their support in the election. < Designed to serve a good pur-

Uncle Sam s Adventures The old gentleman in the striped trousers, star-spangled coat and stovepipe hat has had a long and interesting career. Our Washington Bureau has a packet of fourteen printed bulletins covering many phases of United States history that will prove of value not only to any school boy or girl, but to grown-ups, too. These are the bulletins included in the packet: 1. American Wars. 2. Congress—How It Operates. 3. History of the Constitution of the United States. 4. History of the United States Flag. 5. The Judicial System of the United States. 6. Outline of American History. 7. History of the United States Postal Service. 8. The President, His Office and Duties. 9. The President’s Cabinet and What It Docs. 10. Biographies of the President of the United States. 11. Presidential Elections since 1789. 12. Facts About the States of the Union. 13. The World War, Part I. 14. The World War, Part 11. CLIP COUPON HERE Uncle Sam Editor, Washington Bureau, Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York Ave., Washington, D. C.: I want „he packet of fourteen bulletins of the United States and enclose herewith forty-five cents in loose, uncancelled United States postage stamps or coin to cover postage and handling costs. Name St. end No City State I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times.

natural Piero Antonio da Vinci, a notary to the Forentine Signory (or council), and a man whose optimism may be judged from the fact that in addition to marrying four times he had leisure for an affair with a peasant girl, Catalina, who became the mother of Leonardo. When his first wife died. Ser Piero took Leonardo into his home, and brought him up with every educational opportunity. The first picture we have of the boy shows him as an apprentice in the studio of the great painter and sculptor Verrocchio. Vasari tells how the old master permitted his pupil to paint one of the angels in a picture of the Baptism of Christ, and wishes, in despair, to abandon his own career as an artist when he saw the perfection of the young student's work. (Copyright, 1928. bv Will Durant) (To Be Continued)

pose, namely, to assist persons who were ill or out of the State on business, the law had been debased to the point where candidates made a wild scramble to get this form of ballots into the ballot box. Wayne County was no exception to this practice. In lact, Wayne and Henry Counties had a notorious record in the State. The Legislature acted wisely in abolishing the law. Its good points had been overshadowed by practices that bordered on oeing downright corrupt.

ENDOW SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YANK INGENUITY Offer Free Study At Tech School On Unique Basis. Hit Stir in i Ser rice WORCESTER, Mass., April 9. Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received from Henry J. Fuller, ’95, a liberally endowed scholarship for award to the boy who in grammar school and high school has exhibited the greatest amount of “Yankee ingenuity.” But the particular ability specified is not one of the qualities listed in the conventional examinations and school grades. So the college officers are now seeking a suitable definition of “Yankee ingenuity” and a standard by which this trat may be measured in selecting the most suitable candidate for the scholarship.

.APRIL’ 0, 1928

, M. E. , TRACY SAYS: “Governments Are Assuming a part in the Sphere of Barter and Sale That Individuals Once Played.”

Undismayed by England’s failure to fix the price of rubber, Cuba will attempt to fix the price of sugar. The basic idea is to raise the price by curtailing production. Cuban sugar growers, issisted by the government, have obtained an agreement of co-operation which involves half the world’s crop. As in the case of rubber, Dutch interests refused to have anything to do with the sugar pool. tt tt ft Business-World Politics What England tried to do with rubber and what Cuba is trying to do with sugar furnishes a vivid illustration of how big business is weaving itself into international politics. Rubber and sugar are comparatively new commodities. Their consumption is a matter of discovery, education and inventiveness. If the world could be taught to consume such vast quantities of rubber in seventy-five years, and such vast quantities of sugar in 500. why couldn’t it be taught to adjust the supply to the demand? That is what economists and statemen are asking themselves, and what promises to become an outstanding international problem. tt a tt Regulated Production Having schooled us to trade on an international scale, and to the effects of advertising on consumption. business will now attempt to train us in the development of instrumentalities for the regulation of production. Profit calls for curtailment in a glutted nrarket with the same insistent voi.ee that it calls for expansion in the face of an unsatisfied demand. tt a Supply and Demand Mass production, organized commerce and areas of exchange which go far beyond national boundaries bring us face to /.ace with anew order of things. Time was when no* one conceived it possible to touch the law of supply and demand beyond the family table or the work shop. It was taken for granted that nature would adjust the relationship between production and consumption, and that arbitrary interference, even though it might be possible, was bound to result in more harm than good. tt a tt Nothing Balks Ambition Nothing balks the ambition of this age. Inspired by the success we have enjoyed in discovering and introducing new commodities, wo embark on the idea of regulating their production in such a way as will enable them to virtually tax other people. Governments are contemplating the possibility of levying tribute on each other by manipulating markets over which natural advantage appears to give them control. 4 In this respect, governments are assuming a part in the sphere of barter and sale that individuals once played. England trying to fix the price of rubber, and Cuba trying to fix the price of sugar play the same role that the baker, butcher and candlestick maker did 200 years ago. The question thus raised is profoundly significant because it shows that nations are taking the place once occupied by small private interests in trade and must be subordinated to some higher authority in the same way. it a tt Maritime Trade One cannot think of foreign trade without recalling the merchant marine. Development of a first-class merchant marine ranks with flood control and farm relief as among the most important problems confronting this country. For the sake of prosperity, we must send goods abroad, and for the sake of safety, we ought to send most of them in our own ships. The merchant marine is intimately more connected with national defense than any other peaceful activity. Without it, we hardly could hope to create an adequate navy or free our foreign trade from unjust discrimination. a tt a Our Rotting Ships Quarrelling as to whether the Government or private interests should control the merchant marine has served no purpose so distinctly during the past few years to to retard progress. While politicians and theorists have argued, our ships have rotted, our yards have been shut down, and our rightful share of ocean commerce has gone to other people. With both the Government and private interests doing all they could to develope a merchant marine there would still be room for improvement. That, at any rate, seems to be the way the House Committee feels about it. tt tt tt Using American Vessels In drafting a substitute for the Jones bill, which leans heavily toward Government operation, the House Committee has endeavored to reach a compromise that would enable both public and private interests to co-operate. Leaving the United States Shipping Board free to go on with its task, this bill increases the loan fund which private ship buliders can borrow by $100,000,000 and the amount they can borrow from twothirds to three-fourths the value of ships. It provides for long-time mail contracts, though not to exceed ten years, with a sliding scale of rates that rises in response to the speed and size r-f ships. Not so important, perhaps, but worthwhile because of the spirit it implies, the bill stipulates that officials shall travel in American ships when going abroad.