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Our Public Schools More evidence accumulates each day that the so-called public school system is no longer under the control of the people, but is operated for the private benefit of a manufacturer of heating and ventilating devices. The influence of this manufacturer on the local school board is undisputed and complete. That same influence extends to the Stats and that the political manipulations of which he is a past master now extend to bureaus of various kinds becomes more than apparent. When the State board of accounts, whose activities from time to time have been somewhat suspicious, undertakes to exercise the duties of the board of health and the result is to give a monopoly to this politician, it is time that the people took measures to protect their school system. The public school system is too important to be handled in the interest of any enterprising gentleman who has his eye on private contracts. That same influence is understood to be responsible for some very doubtful changes in the teaching staff and organization of the local schools. Perhaps the people will be wise enough in the fall election to get a Legislature which will properly protect the publiij school system from private control. At least it is to be hoped that there will be elected a Governor whose appointees do not hold basement conferences with schemers and do not distort the functions of their offices into means of oppression. Patriotic and Pickpockets How often it happens! Observe a man who makes a business of patriotism and you see a man who needs watching for other reasons. In Chicago, the Circuit Court has just decreed that Mayor Big Bill Thompson and some of his political associates must pay back to the city $1,732,279. One million seven hundred thirty-two thousand dollars, says the court, has been stolen from the put lie treasury by Chicago's super-patriot and his friends. It appears to have been a fairly simple sort of graft. Chicago had voted $28,000,000 for public improvements. Experts were employed to value land to be taken for new streets and to estimate damages resulting from the improvements. Enormous fees were paid to these experts. In due time, a large share of the fees found their way back to the personal and political pockets of the mayor and his friends. “The essential facts are clearly established,” said the court. “The Thompson group, in its quest for control of city, county and State offices, required vast sums to maintain its organization and for campaign purposes. To meet these expenses ... a plan was conceived and carried out,. through which nearly $3,000,000, constituting trust funds of the city, was paid to five experts, who contributed large portions of their fees to help defray these political obligations. “More than $2,500,000 was paid to real estate and building experts illegally.” “Thompson and Harding (county treasurer), by their answers, deny the charges of conspiracy,” said the court, “but no evidence was offered to support their denials.” Sooner or later the average citizen is going to learn that real patriots are little different from himself. Z T e wouldn’t march blatting about the streets proclaiming himself a hundred per cent American. He wouldn’t engage himself in a long-distance, one-sided vocal war with the King of England. He wouldn’t talk about his patriotism at all. It is something too deep and too close to his heart to talk about. He couldn’t utter the words; they would sound too vain and pretentious. He’d feel guilty of false behavior. Yet, all too often, he allows himself to be fooled by the empty pretender who does not have any such sense of decency. He allows himself to forget that if the Big Bill Thompsons were patriots they wouldn’t be talking about it, they’d be trying to live it—by keeping their hands off the public money. The Bloody Balkans Once more a double assassination in the Balkans is causing diplomatic Europe to tremble in its boots. In open session, on the floor of the national assembly at Belgrade, capital of Jugo-Slavia, Deputy Ratchitch of the government group, shot and killed two members of the opposition, including Paul Raditch, nephew of Stefan Raditch, noted leader of the powerful Croatian party. Stefan, himself, was badly wounded, as were three others. Everybody remembers what happened after the Austrian archduke and his wife were assassinated in the little Serbian town of Sarajevo in 1914. Europe now is wondering what may come of this affair, for it is far from being the strictly domestic episode it would seem to be on the surface. In the first place, relations between Italy and Jugoslavia have been, and still are, extremely strained. Next month their friendship pact expires and while Dictator Mussolini impatiently awaits ratification by Belgrade of the Nettuno convention, a substitute favorable to Italy, but unpopular in Jugo-Slavia, antiItalian riots in Belgrade and elsewhere have been rue down only at the point of the bayonet. The double shooting at Belgrade comes as a climax to the bitter wrangle between the government advocating the convention and the opposition. The tragedy thus assumes grave international significance. Secondly, the affair may serve to split Jugo-Slavia hopelessly into two bitterly hostile factions. Jugoslavia’s real name 1s the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. That is to say, it is a kingdom made up of peoples of widely varying culture and traditions. Particularly the Serbs and the Croats have not gotten along well together and the breach has been widening steadily cfawo the World War. Now comes this aggravation.Already there has been talk of a dictatorship under

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King Alexander as the only means to deal with a desperately tangled situation. All Jugo-Slavians fear Mussolini. They have stood by and watched him make a virtual protectorate of Albania, their neighbor. They have watched him take over Albanian finances and provide Italian officers and arms for the Albanian army. They have seen Italian army engineers build strategic highways from Albanian ports, on the Adriatic, to the Jugo-Slav frontier, and they have watched Italy strengthen her hold on Flume, the Croatian port, and established bases at the head of the valley of the Varoaiy dominating the whole southern end of the Balkan peninsula. These and similar moves, they say, can have but one object and that is to invade their country. But if Italian feeling runs high elsewhere in Jugo-Slavia, in Croatia, which barders on Fiume, Trieste and the Adriatic, it amounts to a deadly hatred. And the killing of the two Croatians over the Italian question will not improve Croatia’s relations with Belgrade nor add to Jugo-Slavia’s love for Italy. King Alexander, therefore, who wants peace at home and abroad, faces a nasty situation. He finds his position menaced from two directions at once. “I don’t mind for my life,” the Crotian leader Daditch cried out to the king who visited him at the hospital, “but I must live for my country. She must not become the vassal of Italy, which will happen if the Nettuno convention is ratified.” Well, the shooting probably dooms the convention. But what will Mussolini say? In the Duce’s thunder lies the biggest danger. Face Abroad Down in Buenos Aires, says a special cable to Scripps-Howard newspapers, Ambassador Bliss has had io give up the house loaned him by generous Argentine friends and live in a hotel. Well, what of it? is the first thought which comes to mind. A lot of people are giving up palatial houses voluntarily and taking to hotels to live. But there is another side to Ambassador Bliss’ predicament. • A question of “face,” as it is called in the Orient, or prestige as the Occident expresses it, is involved. And not so much for Mr. Bliss as for Uncle Sam. Latin Americans, as we have had occasion to remark many times in the recent past, are unusually susceptible to the little things of life. They are quick to be hurt and quick to be pleased. In South America there are what are known as the ABC powers. They are Argentina, Brazil and Chile. In Brazil and Chile the United States owns palatial buildings where its business is carried on. In Argentina we borrow or rent such quarters as we are able to find and, when none is to be found, our business is conducted in hotel rooms. So the Argentines appear to be hurt. We’ve honored Chile and Brazil, but we’ve slighted Argentina—or so many influential citizens of that fine republic seem to feel. But there is still another side to the question of adequate embassies abroad, particularly in Latin America and in the Orient, where “face” counts for so much. It is the practical dollars and cents side. Embassies abroad are show windows. They offer a sample of the nation they represent. Foreigners have a way of. sizing up a whble country by the kind of embassy it maintains among them. Where Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Spain and the rest have imposing buildings of their own, and the United States is represented by a rented shack off in some side street, we suffer in the inevitable comparisons. Our prestige is lowered and prestige counts for more than we sometimes think when it comes to doing business. Finally there is the question of expense. It would be cheaper in the long run for the taxpayers of this country to own their own offices in foreign capitals than to rent them. For under such circumstances rents always come high. ' Ambassador Bliss doubtless will be quite as comfortable, personally, in his hotel voo mas in a veritable palace owned by the Government. But Uncle Sam loses caste in a region where caste means much. A couplf of weeks after a man is nominated as candidate for the presidency, he is notified of the honor. You’d think he’d almost find it out for himself in that time.

David Dietz on Science - Pocketbook Must Decide No. 83

A READER inquires about the equipment needed for amateur star-gazing. This is a question to which no very definite answer can be given. Obviously, the possession of a fine telescope makes thq study of the stars more interesting. But it is not necessary. Perhaps the best answer would be to say that each person ought to have the equipment which his pocketbook will allow him to have. But again, let me repeat that no special equipment is needed. A willingness to go out into the open and study the stars is all that is needed. One can become acquainted with the constellations without the aid of any sort of telescope. In fact, it is a good idea to start without a telescope because one’s use of a telescope is handicapped without a thorough nowledge of the constellations. Later on, the interested amateur can invest in a book of star maps. Then still later, a pair of opera glasses or prism binoculars can be obtained. It is surprising how much detail can be discovered with the aid of a fairly good pair of opera glasses. Prism binoculars will work wonders. Then still later, if the enthusiast wants to go at astronomy in earnest a telescope can be obtained. Here the pocketbook must be the referee. Small telescopes with which serious observing can be done start at about S7O. Prices go up from theffc depending upon how fine an equipment is desired. If one has SI,OOO to invest, he can find equipment at that price. It is not wise, however, to get too large a telescope unless one has the place for a permanent mounting. A portable telescope should be light enough to be carried about easily. Many amateurs today are building their own telescopes. There are several books to be found in any library telling how to build a fairly large telescope. No one, however, should attempt to build a telescope unless he possesses some mechanical skill and has enough spare time for the task. Grinding a mirror for a reflecting telescope is exacting and rather slow. But it is highly interesting work and is recommended to anyone with a “mechanical bent.”

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. TRACY SAYS: “Some of the Weather Wise Look for Governor Smith’s Opponents to Get Together, hut Doubt Whether They Can Muster the Necessary 367 Delegates to Prevent His Nomination.”

HOUSTON, Texas, June 21.—For a city that had no idea it would entertain a national convention six months ago, Houston is doing nobly, and for a party that has not been South in sixty years, the Democrats are proving themselves adaptable. Not only has the great convention hall been finished, but several hotels have been rushed to completion in record time. Though it seemed impossible last January, Houston is apparently prepared not only to make the crowd comfortable, but to show it some unique hospitality. Committees have been organized to entertain delegations from the various States; noonday luncheon clubs have taken over the city auditorium, where they will act as hosts to visitors, and the municipal airport has been stocked with a large supply of planes. One can fly up and take a look at the 'town for a dollar, circle around it for a five or go where he likes for from 35 to 60 cents a mile. a a tt Southern Hospitality Visitors are learning to take the shady side of the street and not to jaywalk, which shows how easy it is for politicians to catch on to local customs. Clothiers are doing a splendid business in the sale ft tfalm beach suits, white hot dog artists, barbecued meat mongers and soft drink dispensers have located themselves at strategic points, which shows how easy It is for local talent to catch on to the needs of national convention. If theft walks hand-in-hand with hospitality, it is only to remind us that the United States is about the same on one side of the MasonDixon line as on the other. There is a South, to be sure, a North, an East and a West, but it is curious how quickly the average man can find himself at home in any section or how easily he can get what he wants if he has the price. nan Farm, Dry Chatter Except for the introduction of different names, the political chatter sounds about the same here as it did at Kansas City two weeks ago. Once more there is a leading candidate, faced by a leaderless opposition; once more there is speculation as to what the platform will say about prohibition, and once more possibility of getting the farmers vote makes pity for the farmers plight. But for the prejudice on which it feeds, the opposition to Governor Smith would be identical with that which Herbert Hoover faced. It lacks organization, has failed to develop anything resembling leadership, and is obliged to fall back on the “favorite son” game. A fanatical devotion to Volsteadism, however, and a religious bias make it harder to break down. These furnish a comman cause, and where there is a common cause, there is always the possibility of ‘ coalition. Some of the weather-wise with whom I have talked look for Governor Smith’s opponents to get together, but doubt whether they can muster the necessary 367 delegates to prevent his nomination. tt tt tt Fight on Wet Issue Every second man you meet not only has an opinion, but in three cases out of four a different opinion from everyone else. If it’s not about politics, it’s about the lynching, over which Houston is still stewing, and if it is not about the lynching, it’s about the weather. Prohibitionists find it very difficult to talk at any length without showing bitterness. Instead of accepting Governor Smith’s lead as justifying a moderate attitude, they insist that is calls for a more rigidly dry plank than ever. it tt tt Three Polls Possible It is generally conceded that Governor Smith will poll from 600 to 650 votes on the first ballot, and that he will pick up the majority of Ohio delegates on the second or third. Beyond that, it Is a matter of guess work and speculation, with everyone predicting what he wishes to happen. If Smith can be stopped, after acquiring such an impressive lead, it will be without precedent. No convention has eve: turned down a candidate under similar circumstances. it a tt Voice of Voters. This is a late hour for the apostles of Volsteadism and intolerance to take up the cudgel. Having had their opportunity to corral delegates, and having failed, they should accept the result in the spirit of sportsmanship. Governor Smith has not been put over on them by pressure, or adroit methods. His v support has neither been bought nor coerced and his popularity has not been manufactured. It is simply a case of the people reacting to a man who has not only made a unique record in public office, but has overcome great handicaps. One of those handicaps is being used as an argument against him. He might be all right, his opponents say, but not with Tammany Hall. Asa matter of record. Governor Smith not only rose above the influences and traditions of Tammany Hall, but in so doing, made Tammany Hall more decent than it ever was at any time in its history.

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE _ Scwwy Caused by Lack Os Vitamin

BY DR. MORRIS FISIIBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Ilygeia, the Health Marazine. YEARS ago it was common for men on shipboard and in prisons to suffer extensively with scurvy. In that disease there is emaciation, bleeding from the gums, the development of blood spots on the limbs, weakness, and other symptoms serious enough to produce death in some cases. It was found early that the feeding of fresh vegetables to persons suffering with this condition resulted in prompt recovery. Modern knowledge indicates that the disease is with the lack of a specific substance, vitamin C, from the diet, and that the provision of this vitamin through the use of orange juice, tomato juice, or any fruit juices will bring about prompt recovery. In order to prevent scurvy It Is now customary to provide every infant with orange juice or other fruit juices early in life, and to continue such feeding until the child grows up. Because the average diet of Americans is likely to contain a good deal of vitamin C under ordinary circumstances, it has not been customary for physicians even to suspect the existence of this disease in patients seen in the routine of practice.

Bridge Play Made Easy BY W. W. WENTWORTH *

(Abbreviations: A—ace; K—king; Q—queen; J—jack; X—any card lower than 10.) Today are given illustrations In the art of pre-emptive bidding. When to pre-empt and when not to do so is shown by the explanations following each sample hand. Spades—X; hearts—A QJ X X XXX; diamonds—XX; clubs— X X. This hand is weak in every suit except hearts. A bid of three hearts may not shut out bidding. Bid four hearts. Spades—A KQJX XX; hearts —X X; diamonds—none; clubs—A J X X. This hand does not contain any support for a heart' bid. Bid three spades to discourage partner or opponents from bidding, ate with normal support from partner game will be made. Spades—A KQIO XX; hearts— X; diamonds—none; clubs—A Q X X X t This hand is weak in hearts and diamonds. It contains strength in clubs. Bid one spade. In all probability the bid will not be bought at one spade and you may be driven to three or four spades and then doubled by opponents. Encourage this double, as in all probability you will make four spades on this hand. Spades—X; hearts—A KQ J X XX; diamonds—Q XXX; clubs —A. This hand contains no support for a spade bid. A bid of three hearts will not shut out bidding. Bid four hearts. Spades—A Q X; hearts—A J X X; diamonds—A XX; clubs—A X X. This hand contains one hundred aces. It contains support for a spade or heart bid. Bid one no trump. Spades—X; hearts—X X; diamonds —A K Q; clubs—A K Q J XXX. This hand is weak in spades and hearts. Shut out all bidding. Bid five clubs. Spades—A K Q 10 X X; hearts —K QX; diamonds—K; clubs—X X X. This hand is too strong to pre-empt. It contains support for a heart bid. Bid one spade. Spades—K QJIOXX XX X; hearts—X; diamonds—X X; clubs— X. This hand does not contain two quick tricks. It is too strong, however, to pass, as it contains eight sure tricks. A bid of one spade would guarantee partner two quick tricks, and in order not to deceive partner, bid four spades, immediately shutting out all bidding. This freak hand should not, however, encourage you to vary the rule of making an opening bid on two or more quick tricks. (Copyright, 1928, by the Ready Reference Publishing Cos.)

A Local News Reel

*Dr. George C. Shattuck, who has investigated the records of the Boston City Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital, finds that the first case of scurvy seen in the latter hospital in an adult was in 1891 and that the first case seen in an infant was in 1905. Altogether, ninety-five cases of scurvy are recorded in the records of the two institutions over a period of many years. It is Dr. Shattuck’s belief that the sophistication of our modern diet, the use of preserved and ready-to-serve articles of food, and the de-

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You can get an answer to any answerable question of fact or information by writing to Frederick M. Kerby, Question Editor. The Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave., Washington. D. C., enclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical and legal advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be made. AH other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential. You are cordinaily invited to make use of this free service as often as you please. EDITOR. In what country and when did chickens originate Up to about 1500 B. C. the only fowls in the world were jungle denizens in India and Burmah. The crowing of jungle cocks is noted by Glasfurd in his admirable accounts of tiger shooting as the invariable preliminary of dawn in the Indian jungle. Probably poultry was first domesticated in Burmah. It got to China according to the records, about 1100 B. C. It reached Greece via Persia before the time of Socrates. When and where was petroleum first discovered? Petroleum was used on the walls of Babylon and Nineveh about 2,000 B. C. and seepages of crude oil have been drawn on and used by the people of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China for untold ages. For many centuries petroleum was obtained from hand-dug wells and pits. The modem method of cable tool drilling, now commonly used in the oil fields, is believed to have originated with the Chinese centuries ago. Should a divorced woman use her former husband’s name or her maiden name? Emily Post, etiquet authority, says that a woman who has divorced her husband retains the legal as well as the social right to use her husband’s full name. Usually she prefers to call herself “Mrs. Green Smith,” Green having been her maiden name. What countries are included in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? Soviet Russia proper, the Ukraine, White Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Uzbekistan. Has silk culture ever been tried in the United States? It had its conception in Virginia in 1622 and has been attempted in

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velopnjent of dietary fads, with emphasis on peculiar fads, are likely to bring about an increase of scurvy, particularly among the poor. He reports several cases which occurred recently under his observation—one, an infant whose mother omitted orange juice from the diet when the child was 9 months of age; another, a woman, who had been attempting to support under difficult conditions, and who had subsisted on a meager diet without any fresh fruits; another, a woman with indigestion, who had not been able to eat well for several years.

many other states since with varying results. On the whole it has not been successful. Who played the part of Fagin Ir the motion picture “Oliver Twist?” Lon Chaney. Should cheese be taken from the service plate with the fingers or with a fork? Hard cheeses afe lifted from the service plate with the fingers. Soft cheeses are taken with a cheese knife. What is alluvium? A deposit of mingled sand and clay (mud) or of alternating layers of sand and clay, of river origin. Has the Kiwanis Club or the Rotary Club the largest membership? According to the 1927 World Almanac the total membership of the Kiwanis Club Is 100,000 and of the Rotary Club 120,500. Who was Attila? King of the Huns who succeded to the kingship in A. D. 434. He reigned until 453 A. D. How wide are the Straits of Dover? From twenty to twenty-seven miles. Who made the first practical dou-ble-barreled breech-loading shotgun? A French gunsmith, Casimir Le Faucheux, in 1836. When and why was Danzig made a free city? It was established on Nov. 15, 1920, under the treaty of Versailles (Article 102) to create a port for Poland. What state leads in the production of tobacco? North Carolina le din 1926? Where and what is the solar plexus? It is the largest sympathetic plexus or network of nerves in the body and is found behind the stcmach and in front of the pillars of the diaphraghm. What is the meaning of the name Ludwig? It is German and means '*gloriou3 fight.”

JUNE 22, 1928

Times Readers Voice Views

The name and address of the author must accompany every contribution, but on request will not be published. Letters not exceeding 200 words will recelv* preference. Editor Times—My mind is made up. I will vote for A1 Smith. In my mind he is the greatest statesman and political leader of the day. Alter debating fnq question with myself for some weeks, I’ve decided to cast my lot with Smith, especially since the Republicans have nominated Hoover. To lpy mind Smith is Hoover’s superior in every conceivable way. Hoover first came into public prominence under the administration of that great patriot, Woodrow Wilson, and I am convinced that Wilson would turn over in his grave if he knew that Hoover was now being supported by such men as Vare, Dawes, Mellon, Hayes and Goodrich. Things have come to a pretty pass when the Republican party has to reach over into the ranks of the Democrats and select one of their erring members as the G. O. P. standard bearer. I cannot understand how Th Indianapolis Times, a supposed liberal newspaper, can support th Republican candidate, especially if he is opposed by that great advocate of liberty and freedom—Ai Smith. Smith is a “live-and-let-live* l Democrat of the old school. Contrasting with Coolidge, Hoover, Watson, Norris and Heflin, he believes in individual freedom of expression, no less when we disagree than when we agree. His action in giving police protection to Heflin’s wild speeches is one of the grandest gestures of the day. Heflin expected to start a riot an 4 then blame it on Tammany Halt. Instead of doing this he added to the ever-increasing sentiment for Smith and just about assured his nomination and election. Smith is a builder instead of a destroyer. There is no room in his makeup for petty bigotry. He leaves the reforming of the people to those whose mind is no broader than their heads. Although a total abstainer, he does not believe that drinking beer and wine will send you to Hell. He is a supporter of State rights against the tyranny of the Federal Government. In a nutshell, he is “The Democratic party's best and only bet.” The fact that Smith is a Catholic will do him no harm. America, despite such organizations as the K. K. K. and men like Heflin, is too liberal and too broad-minded to discriminate against a man on purely religious grounds. As stated above, if Smith is nominated, I will vote for him and work for his election with every ounce of my 200 pounds. If he is not nominated, I will fold my tent and silently steal away. Who but Hoover?—SMlTH. A. J. BENTON. 909 Ft. Wayne Ave., Indianapolis. Editor, Times—lt seems to me to be an exhibition of crass stupidity on the part of the Anti-Saloon League and the amalgamated drys of the country to be prating continually about the impossibility of the election of Governor Al Smith to the presidency, if it is a fact that he is as unpopular, with the people as they say he is. Common sense teaches the average man that if Governor Smith can not be elected, the plan of the Anti-Saloon League would be to encourage his nomination at Houston, to have him badly beaten and thus put an end to the attempts of the liberals to elect a man "who does not agree with the drys about prohibition, the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead law. Naturally, it is impossible to believe these drys are so intensely interested in the, welfare of the Democratic party that they do not want to see the party sacrificed and party success jeopardized by the nomination of a man like Governor Smitn. It has been proved over and over again that the Anti-Saloon League has no regard whatever for any party that does not do its bidding. Then, if Governor Sr iith should be nominated they can all vote the Republican ticket without the least compunction of conscience and if in the majority, as they so boldly profess to be, there wil be no question about his defeat. The plan, therefore, should be to encourage his nomination instead of eternally fighting it, as they have been. I think the fact that the AntiSaloon League has fought the nomination of Governor Smith so bitterly betrays just the opposite feeling and belief. They fear that he will be elected, but will not admit it. And I really think that this kind of opposition to Governor Smith has been largely responsible for the tremendous success he has achieved in getting delegates in dry States as well as wet. The Democrats can see clearly that the Anti-Saloon League and its followers are very much exercised over the situation. They fear that the nomination cf the New York Governor may result in his election and therefore be the beginning of the overthrow of this whole prohibition mess which has kept the country in a perpetual uproar for almost a decade and will continue to bring that confusion as long as this un-American policy is pursued. EJDWIN C. BROWN. Indianapolis.

This Date in U. S. History

June 22. 1775—Colonial Congress voted to i3* sue $2,000,000 in currency. 1869 Georgia Supreme Court upheld the right of Negroes as hold public office. 1870— Congress provided for the or* ganization of the Department of Justice. 1912—President Taft and Vice President Sherman renominated at Chicago. Who was Frederic Douglass? A prominent anti-slavery agitator and journalist. Public offices which he held were marshal of the District of Columbia, recorder of deeds in the District of Columbia and American minister to Haiti.