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Not a Martyr Misguided followers of Dr. Shumaker, head of the Anti-Saloon League, are attempting to pose him in a martyr role and denounce the decision of the Supreme Court which sends him to jail for contempt as a persecution. Most significantly, these same ardent admirers approve the decision in so far as it failed to increase the sentence of Shumaker, even though the decision did find him guilty of attempting to use the influence of United States Senators and the chairman of the Republican committee to open a back door to that court and give him liberty in return for his political influence. The Times did not believe that the court should hayp sentenced Shumaker for his first report. That was the original case and was based on the charge that his false cpmments on decisions of the court, made in a political campaign, for political purposes, amounted to a contempt of court. The Times did not believe that the contempt method was the proper method of protecting the public or the courts and did seriously interfere with the right of free speech. Unfortunately neither the friends or attorneys for Shumaker raised t this question. They defended him as a superpower who could do no wrong and raised the old cry of persecution in the name of prohibition. The second charge against Shumaker was more serious and it is on this charge that Shumaker is now found guilty but given no greater penalty. The charge was that two years ago, when his contempt case was pending, Shumaker pulled political strings to obtain his freedom. The facts were quite plain. It is certain that the two United States Senators talked the matter over in Washington. It is also certain that on a summer evening during the 1926 campaign, Shumaker went to the home of Arthur Robinson and that Robinson then called Watson on the telephone in order that Shumaker might make his personal appeal for aid. There is, as the court decision points out, some variation between the statements of Watson and Shumaker, with Henry Lane Wilson confirming the Watson story and Senator Robinson doing nothing to confirm the statement of Shumaker. If there could be any dangerous practice in this State or in any State it is that of using secret influence upon the highest court of the land. No thinking person, reading the correspondence between Shumaker and Senator Watson would reach any conclusion other than that Shumaker had tried to do, directly or indirectly, this monstrous thing. His reported threat that he would throw the influence of one of the great church organizations against “the ticket” unless he got something—a speedy decision or an acquittal, and there is little difference—introduced a new and sinister note into government. It is unfortunate that the court did n&t make clear and decisive its condemnation of this phase of the Shumaker activities. The martyr role does not fit. No man or group should be able to whisper to justices with a threat of political punishment. It is even more unfortunate that the court did not see tit to pursue its inquiry into the actions of Senator Robinson and make plain his part in the transaction. Why was he the telephone girl for the dry leader? “Public Regulation” Radio listeners Thursday evening heard a nice voice, with the merest tinge of an English accent. It was the voice of Samuel Insull of Chicago, who had been introduced to them as “probably the biggest figure in the history of American utilities, with the exception of Thomas A. Edison,” whose secretary Insull once was. Insull’s subject was “Public Utilities as Field for Investment," but he told a lot more than that. His hearers heard that as a result of our American policy of encouragement of individual enterprise, our utilities serve more people at less cost than anywhere else in the world. Public regulation, they heard, operates to prevent wild-catting or the issuance of watered stock. The utiUties have 5,000,000 direct investors, and banks and insurance companies have large holdings of utility stocks, they heard, so that practically everyone who has a bank account or holds an insurance policy is interested in the welfare of the utilities. Insull didn’t mention his personal investments in senatorial candidacies, or the extravagant and underground propaganda (paid for by the ultimate consumer and not the utility stockholders) which has been revealed by the Federal Trade Commission. It was a good talk—a better talk and a much more extended talk than one would think necessary to induce investments in utility stocks and bonds. Q_ Can it be that it was really the start of the utilities’ defense against recent and forthcoming revelations by the Federal Trade Commission, which almost has completed its propaganda survey and is ratting out to find whether wildcatting and issuance of watered stock are actually part of the complicated financial setup of the utility industry? John D. Rockefeller said the other day that his first business transaction, the sale of a turkey, started him on the road to financial success. In that way, it seems, he started piling -up the chicken feed.

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Hiding Behind Hoover Republican editors and politicians who were most vigorous a few months ago in denouncing Herbert Hoover as un-American and a foe of the farmer are now, quite naturally, trying to get aboard the band wagon and to hide their own deficiencies with protests of party feality. Neither the people nor Mr. Hoover will be greatly fooled as to either motives or men. The truth is that there is no more affinity between Hoover and the Jackson-Leslie Robinson type of politician than there is between A1 Smith and the Democrat who believes that any amendment to the Volstead act is as profane as an amendment to the laws of Moses. The one hope of the old gang which put Jackson and Robinson into office and made the statute of limitations famous as the final defense of liberty is that the people will become so enthusiastic for Hoover that they will vote for anything that bears the Republican label. The effrontery of the editors in making Jackson, pleader of the statute of limitations, one of its chief speakers, should warn the voters of this State as to the real conditicvn. Leslie is the heir to the forces that gave the State so Jackson and permitted Stepheiisonism to flower and rot and stink. There are two distinct campaigns State. One of them is national and should be confined to national matters. The other is the ersade of Indiana to free itself and redeem itself. That can be done by following the leadership of Frank Dailey, not as a Democrat, but as the exponent of honesty in government and the foe of corruption in politics. The Wholesome Thrill Sitting in a modern home, surrounded with the comforts and conveniences available to the cavedwellers of our cities, those who live soft lives may wonder why men risk their lives in polar expeditions, whether by water or by air. Many can’t see that anything worth while is gained by such adventures. Some think they are foolish and without purpose. But If nothing more were accomplished than to have the soft ones read newspaper stories of the battles of strong men with the elements, with all their attendant suffering, and of the heroism of those other rugged men who gladly risk their own lives to save the, lives of others, that alone would justify all the sacrifice. We get a picture of elemental human nature at its best. And whether those engaged in the struggle happen to be Italians, Russians, Swedes, Americans, Norwegians, or something else, we forget all the differences of nationalistic opinion, we forget the little prejudices of race, religion and other trivialities and think of them only as brave men. But after the thrill of the excitement has passed, after we sink back into our own little life, we begin all over again to scratch out one another’s eyes because we don’t think and believe alike in politics, religion and other things that are mere differences ofopinion, after all. But it is worth while to have the thrill that comes from reading of the heroic deeds of real men. New York’s new hotels have corkscrews on the bathroom doors. A movement is reported on foot to have free lunch establishments on the dressing tables.

David Dietz on Science ■■ ■ ——■ Dragon Was Revered No. 108

THE star Thurban is the most interesting star in the constellation of Draco This star, as shown department yesterday, is the third star from the tip in the diagram of the constellation printed in this of the dragon’s tail. Giansar is the star at the tip of the tail. Then tomes a fourth magnitude star known to astronomers

have declined in brightness for it is now a fourth magnitude star, while Eltanin in the dragon’s head is the hightest star, being a second magnitude star. Thuban was a very important star to the ancients. At one time it was the north or pole star. That was about 2700 B. C. It lost that honor as a result of the wabbling of the earth on its axis. Today Polaris has it, but in time the honor will pass on to other stars. Just as the whole sky now appears to revolve around Polaris, in 2700 B. C. it appeared to revolve around Thuban. For this reason, the Chinese called it “Yu Choo,” which means the “right-hand pivot.” The ancient Chaldeans called it “The Life of Heaven,” “The Judge of Heaven,” and "The Favorable Judge.” The Great Pyramid of Cheops at Ghizeh was so built that from a small chamber cut in the solid rock below the pyramid Thuban could be viewed night and day through the central passage of the pyramid in the days when it was the pole star. The passage is four feet wide, three and one-half feet high and 380 feet long. It is not improbable that 1,000 years before Moses led the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, the light of Thuban Shone in the eyes of the priestastroonmers of Egypt as they gathered in this mysterious chamber below the base of the Great Pyramid and gazed up through the long central passage. The star Eltanin was also regarded with religious veenration by the ancient Egyptians. They called it Isis after their chief goddess. The ancient temple of Denderah was built so that the light of this star could be seen from the altar. The temple at Karrtak was similarly built so that Eltanin could be viewed from the altar through a row of columns 1,500 feet long.

M. E. TRACY SAYS: “What This Country Needs Is Men of Mettle, Men Who Won’t Yield a Jot Once They Have Made Up Their Mmds; Men Who Not Only Have the Courage of Their Convictions, hut * That Kind of Courage Which Will Not Swerve an lota.”

ACTIONS speak louder than words. Having denounced William S. Vare and Frank L. Smith, the leaders of both parties will now proceed to emulate them. The lid is off, with no limit on subscriptions, and a prospective campaign cost which should make Mark Hanna turn over in his grave. From $8,000,000 to $10,000,000, experts figure, with a possibility of doubling, or even trebling that amount. Thus we discover what all the uproar over slush funds accomplished. The real service Senator Reed appears to have renedered, is in showing the boys how Vare and Smith did it. There is the usual slush about “clean money,” of course, and about the necessity of accenting no subscriptions were the donor or the amount could be “rightfully questioned,” but who will pay any attention to such time-honored twaddle? a a a Suicide Theory Grows A body battered beyond recognition, with both feet broken, the left shoulder fractured and a great hole in the abdomen, was found in the English Channel. Relatives identified it as that of the Belgium banker. Alfred Loewenstein, who disappeared from an airplane some two weeks ago. Assuming that they are right, one angle of the mystery has been solved, but in such a way as to develop another. Loewenstein was supposed to have been sitting by a table and reading a book just before he vanished, the inference being that he was dressed. The body picked up in the channel had nothing on, except a pair of silk socks and a wrist watch. Nqw the question is, where and how did Mr. Loewenstein undress? The argument that he stepped out of the wrong door by accident, fell 4,000 feet, struck the water, sustained such injuries as the condition of his body proves, and then undressed himself seems rather absurd. , The only alternative, however, is that he took off his clothes before leaving the airplane and threw them away first, because there is no evidence that they were found by his companions. That alternative makes the theory of suicide almost inevitable. a a a Tunney Firm to Fly Gene Tunney shows the right kind of spirit for a pugilist and a Shakespearian scholar. He refuses to be disturbed by Tex Richard's importunities, or threats of an injunction. With the same calm determination, he refuses to be scared just because one airplane crashed. No matter what he owes the public, or his opponent, he is going to make the trip from his training camp to the arena in the speediest and most up-to-date vehicle that can be had. He will make one concession, and that is to take an amphibian, instead of a land plane. For one, I wish he had not yielded even by that much. What this country needs is men of mettle, men who won’t yield a jot once they have made up their minds, men who not only have the courage of their convictions but that kind of courage which will not swerve an iota. Tunney should have stuck not only to the airplane, but to the kind that had to take off where Winston hit a tree, should have demonstrated his stamina by an entire disregard of what everybody thought. HUB Battle Over Salad Just because the farmers failed to revolt at the Republican convention is no reason why Kansas City should live without an argument when politics flivver, it is always possible to get into a row over food, as 25,000,000 American husbands can testify. Kansas City has not only proved its resourcefulness but its logic in turning to chicken salad as an issue. It might have overlooked the idea if 325 employes of local hospitals had not suddenly become patients, but let that pass. History contains no ifs. The 325 employes ate chicken salad, became sick, yelled for the doctor and the doctor not only named the salad as responsible, but issued a pronouncement against its use in summer. Now Kansas City has plenty to talk about, with the medical profession ranged on one side and the chefs on the other. What is even more promising, the dispute may presently reach Na-tion-wide proportions. u u u Forget Major Ills We are a great people. We can always find something to talk about, even if it is not so important. Whether the practice is educational, it has the merit of keeping our thoughts from serious matters. If the people of Spain could only have gotten into an argument over chicken salad they might not have considered it so necessary to go on with the inquisition, and if the people of Salem had been blessed with an opportunity to discuuss the .stupendous question of whether a prize fighter should come to the ring in an airplane they might have gotten along without the witchcraft upheaval. Quarreling over little things has its advantages. One of them is the prevention of quarreling over big things. Chicken salad is a much safer Subject for debate than the first chapter of Genesis, and, perhaps, quite as profitable. i . i

by the Greek letter Kappa. Thurban is next. Thurban is Arabic for “the dragon.” The Arabs gave this .same name to the entire constellation. Authorities believe from this fact that the star was once the brightest star in the constellation. If that is so, Thuban must

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of ilvxeia, the Health Maxailne. THE American Heart Association tion has developed statistics indicating the relationship of occupation to diseases of the heart. Os eleven occupations in New York City, butchers had the highest per cent of death from heart disease, with 33.6 per cent. Tailors, cigarmakers and shoemakers were next, each with more than 25 per cent, which is the average for all occupations. Clerical workers and painters had the lowest percentage of deaths of any workers examined. Miners suffer severely with heart disease, tin and copper miners being offected more frequently than coal miners. It was found on investigation that textile workers in every branch of industry are subject to heart disease. This includes cotton card and frame tenters, cotton stripers and grinders, and workers in wool and worsteds as well. The clothing industry does not show such a poor condition, although tailors and shoe operatives have high rates. Hat formers have even higher rates than boot workers. These rates are still further exceeded by metal grinders. Among the professional occupations lawyers have the highest rate,

(Abbreviations: A—ce; K—klnx; Q—queen; J—jack: X—any card lower than 10.) . . , At times difficulty is experienced in determining whether to bid a no trump or a suit. The best distribution of cards for a no trump is 4—3—3—3. We have determined that if the hand contains a blank suit, a singleton or a worthless doubleton, it is inadvisable to bid a no trump. A major suit (spades or hearts) always should be given preference to a no trump when holding a sound bid in the major suit. A no trump should be given preference to a minor suit. In the light of the foregoing, let us examine the following illustrations with a view of determining whether to bid a suit or a no trump: Spades—X X X; hearts—A K X X; diamonds—X X X. Only two suits are stopped. Bid one heart. Spades—K J X; hearts—A X X; diamonds—K QX; clubs—X X X X. Three suits stopped. Count 20 points. Bid one no trump. Spades—A K J X; hearts—A X X X; diamonds —K Q X X; clubs—K. Three suits stopped. Count 31 points. Singleton in clubs. Bid one spade. Spades—A K J 10 X; hearts— A K J 10; diamonds—AK X; clubs —none. Three suits stopped. Count 37 points. Blank in clubs. Bid one spade. Spades—X X X; hearts—A Q X; diamonds —A K; clubs, A K Q X X. Three suits stopped. Strong club suit. Count 35 points. Bid one no trump instead of minor suit. Spades—A K J -10 XX; hearts —A Q J; diamonds—A; clubs—A XX. All suits stopped. On accour#; of singleton A, give preference to major suit (with 80 honors). Bid one spade. In bridge, the word “never” is taboo. The proper expression to be used is “hardly ever.” The exception to the rule that to bid a no trump only when you have three suits stopped is found in the hands containing four quick tricks massed in two suits, but offering no sound suit bid. (Copyright. 1928. by the Ready Reference Publishing Company)

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musicians next and music teachers next. Tuberculosis is no longer the leading cause of death among the industrial workers, since deaths from heart disease now are greater.

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 receive preference. Editor Times —We note an editorial in your newspaper taking us to task for making what you call “unwise assumptions” without evidence to back them up. You take particular exception to our statement that "the general public attitude is one of indifference and intolerance, more settled and more apathetic than at any time since the war,” and to our statement that there have been fewer dismissals of college teachers, “because the authorities have learned how to handle such issues without arousing controversy.” We never make general statements without evidence, and we have not done so in this case. Our assertion that the public attitude is one of indifference and intolerance is borne out by the replies of scores of our correspondents from all over the country, and by the fact that it has been impossible to get any action to repeal a single one of the measures of repression adopted during and since the war. Except for a small number of newspapers the Scripps-Howard press conspicuous among them—there is very little protest at invasions of civil liberty. Our statement regarding the dismissal of college teachers is based upon a dozen specific cases within the last year, all involving the failure to reappoint teachers of pronounced liberal or radical views. Professors and instructors themselves tell us that this is the changed policy to avoid open issues. We’ll be more hopeful for civil liberty just as soon as the facts warrant. We’d like nothing better than to see conditions so good they’ll put us out of business. 1 ROGER N. BALDWIN, Director American Civil Liberties Union. Times Editor—Our Chief of Police, Mr. Worley, and his squad certainly do deserve praise for their good work in ridding us of at least two criminals. But in the past ,we cannot blame our policemen altogether for not getting as many bandits as they could have gotten, due to the fact that they had been instructed to shoot only in emergency cases. May I ask, do any of our tender-hearted bandits tell a policeman to “beat it” before they shoot? So why should our protectors be a target for some “lowdown,” who doesn’t even respect human life. Our bandits of today have more encouragement and grow bolder since they know that our policemen, as far as having the go-getting authority is concerned, can’t do anything with them before they pick off one of our men. Our whole police force knows where every one of these criminals is and should be given the authority to make a cleanup in general and put them where they belong, not for six months or a year, but to stay, because after parole they come back and do the same thing over. So give the police credit for what they do and authority to do more and we soon will clean up this tough element. TIMES READER. Editor Times: In your issue of July 10 was published an article pertaining to chiggers, the prevailing pest in the country at this time of the year. This article is all very good as far as it goes, but please permit me to add a few lines. Your article states, “When human beings go into places where chiggers are prevalent, the bureau reccommends dusting the skin with sulphur powder.” The efficacy of sulphur powder as a preventive against chiggers long has been well known to some of the blackberry pickers of Brown County A number of years ago this matter was mentioned in the presence of

Since heart disease represents in most instances the results of infections with insufficient or incorrect care in early life, the way to prevention is clear.

Dr. A. W. Brayton and the certainty of sulphurs effect was vouched for by the doctor. He said, however, that it was not necessary to use the pure flour sulphur; that Its constant use in an undiluted state might lead to what he termed the “sulphur itch.” He said that the thing to do was to empty out from one-fourth to onethird of the contents of a can of cheap talcum; then replace this discarded amount of talcum with flour sulphur. Since that time I always have had one or more cans of sulphuretted talcum at hand .n the country It is not at all unpleasant to use and surely will do the business so the chiggers. Dust it oved the legs and arms in the morning or before going out into the brush; dust a bit into the stockings or socks. Try it. Every automobile should be provided with a can of sulphuretted talcum. F. A. HETHERINGTON.

Mr. Fixit Has Sewer Lid Silenced

Let Mr. Fixit, The Times' representative at city hall, present your troubles to city officials. Write Mr. Fixit at The Times'. Names and addresses which must be given will not be published. Silencing of a noisy sewer lid in 200 block S. Rural St. was accomplished today through the aid of Mr. Fixit. Dear Fixit: There is a loose sewer lid in front of our house that ratties every time a machine runs over it. Will you please see what can be done for this as it is very annoying all the time. E. B. Street Commissioner Charles A. Grossart promised Fixit to attend to your complaint. Relief was promised today on the following complaints presented to Truly Nolan, ash and garbage collection superintendent: Montcalm St. north of Eighteenth St.; residences on Hoel'gen St. east of Madison Ave and alley between Trowbridge and Temple Ave. from Southeastern to Graydon St. How do the number of births compare with the number of deaths in the United States? In the year 1925 there were 1,878,800 births and 1,030,518 deaths.

.JULY 21, 1928

KEEPING UP With THE NEWS

BY LUDWELL DENNY WASHINGTON, July 21.—With the multi-lateral "anti-war” treaty negotiations completed and Mexico apparently peaceful fol’ovvjng assassination of President- Elect Obregon, the State Department was confronted today with the Chinese problem. Immediate revision of the socalled unequal treaties with China, involving United States recognition of the new Nationalist government, was demanded today by Representative Stephen G. Porter, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Though the State department and President Coolidge are pledged to treaty revision and are friendly to the new government, they are moving more slowly than Porter and a congressional group desire. Porter emphasized that the last session of Congress had passed his resolution calling for treaty revision and renunciation of special extraterritorial and jurisdictional rights under which American troops and courts are maintained in Chinese territory. “It is clear that recent events in China have mode it easier for China to meet the requirements of the proposal embodied in this resolution; namely, that, for the purpose of revising the present treaties, China should present to the American Government duly accredited agents authorized to speak for the people of China,” he said. “It seems to rne that it is now desirable that the American Government should formally invite the Chinese people to appoint agents to negotiate with us and draft new treaties which, while preserving ail proper American interests, will satisfy those desires of the Chinese people which they have a legitimate right to entertain. “Such prompt action taken by our Government, independently, and in advance of possible similar action by the other powers, will increase the prestige of the American Government in the eyes of the Chinese, and give further evidence of the true friendship of America for the Chinese people, who under tremendous difficulties are seeking to establish upon a firm and unitary basis a democratic system of government. a a a WHILE Porter was making his appeal in Washington for treaty revision, the Chinese Nationalist government at Nanking formally was notifying the Japanese that the similar “unequal” ChineseJapanese treaty had lapsed. Therefore. said the Nationalist note, Japanese in China are henceforth under native jurisdiction. At the same time were reports of renewed fighting between Nationalist and Japanese troops at Tsinanfu, where alleged mistreatment of Japanese officials last spring led to Japanese military occupation of that districts and its important railroad. With friction occurring again between Japanese and Chinese, there are reports that the Chinese provinces of Manchuria, north of the great wall, which are dominated by Japan, are preparing to recognize the Nationalist government. It is indicated that the Manchurians are ready to end the war started by their late dictator, Chang TsoLin, who was driven out of Pekin by the victorious southern Nationalist armies. B B B IN addition to recurrence of the Chinese-Japanese conflict, old disputes are breaking out on the Danube, in the Balkans, and on the Nile. The League of Nations today was considering a formal threat by Premier Bethlen of Hungary that his country will withdraw from the Geneva organization if it persists in side-tracking the HungarianRumanian land dispute. Hungary will use this break in an effort to throw over the Trianon peace treaty under which much of her territory was divided between Rumania and the new states of Czecho-Slovakia and Jugoslavia, if the League refuses to carry out the treaty provision for a hearing on the land conflict, Bethlen intimated. Strained relations between Bulgaria and Jugoslavia have resulted from civil war and border raids in Macedonia. The frontier has been closed and censorship imposed. tt tt tt FURTHER south popular government in Egypt has been ended, and Great Britain, ruling through British officials and a “puppet” native king, is all powerful again. The experiment in limited autonomy is over for an indefinite period. The king yesterday suspended the native parliament for three years, or longer if desired.