Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 53, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 July 1928 — Page 4

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Too Brazen No real friend of Herbert Hoover will be either misled or beguiled by the brazenness of the plea made by Governor Jackson that it is necessary to elect the Republican State ticket in Indiana to “uphold Hoover.” Much as he must be humiliated and chagrined by the fact that his name is being used by the Jacksons and Robinsons and the Updikes to cloak their ghastly and rather hideous political faces, Hoover, of course, cannot openly repudiate them. They claim to be his friends. But a plea from a Jackson or a Robinson or an Updike for Hoover is as ludicrous as would be a plea for the election of A1 Smith by Hiram Wesley Evans, the head of the Ku-Klux Klan. The truth is that there is nothing in common between the campaign of Hoover and the Indiana Republican nominees and sponsors except the party label. The candidacy of Mr. Hoover rests upon his reputation and record for honesty, integrity, efficiency and high moral standards. He did not rise to power and eminence by trading with hate and prejudice. He never consorted with goblins in the dark, nor did he plead the statute of limitations to keep his liberty after he had been exposed in an effort to bribe a Governor. His name does not come from Black Boxes nor is it written in the history of secret shames. Mr. Hoover as President will need no aid from those who are trying to make the people forget the gifts of pearl necklaces, the written contracts to deliver the postmastership of cities, the servility to the hateful purveyor of greater hates. Asa real friend of Mr. Hoover, his supporter for the presidency when these others were maligning and libeling him, when these politicians were going back to the gutters of politics to defeat him, The Times protests against so brazen a use of his fine name to cloak crimes and sins. The best service that can be rendered to Mr. Hoover will be to turn over to the United States an Indiana redeemed from its shame and rid of the forces and influences which have disgraced it. When Mr. Hoover becomes President he should not be handicapped by a Republican administration in any State.which is the legitimate heir to the statute of limitations as a defense to crime. When he begins to function as President, he should have his mind free from any humiliating thought that his own party and his magnificent influence helped back into power any man who participated in the political orgies of Stephensonism. When Governor Jackson, Senator Robinson and Congressman Updike begin to plead for themselves in the name of Hoover, the brazenaess is beyond the limits of decency and too monstrous to be permitted. A Useful Undertaking Johns Hopkins University announces establishment of an institute for the study of law which will devote itself not to turning out more battalions of smart young lawyers, but to the momentous task of determining how the law is serving as an instrument for human welfare. That is decidedly good news. For generations the principal aim of the law schools of this country has been to teach students how to work the law. An essential part of legal training, the almost exclusive devotion to it by most of the law schools, has resulted in neglect of the most important question of how the law works. Now Johns Hopkins, noted for its educational pioneering, is setting about the task of answering that question, and devising ways by which the day to day performance of the legal machinery of the land better can serve the general public welfare. The new institute, it is announced, will not concern itself with the training of lawyers, in the accepted sense of the world, but will devote its resources to “the study of the economic and social effects of the law; the clarification and simplification of law; the training of jurists and codifiers; and the guidance of writers of text books and thinkers upon the human effects of law.” In announcing establishment of the institute, already manned by a small but distinguished staff, acting President Ames of Johns Hopkins says he thinks it “as important a, step forward for the law as any ever taken in this country.” ' The future performance of the institute, of course, will provide the full test of that statement, but the conception of such establishment and the launching of it under- very auspicious circumstances is a fine public service. The Flyers in Germany Captain Herman Koehl and Baron von Huenefeld got a chilly reception the other day when they visited Vienna. It seems that shortly before going to Vienna the two ocean flyers went to Doom and paid a visit to the former German kaiser, Wilhelm. And Vienna is completely and everlastingly soured on Wilhelm. So this visit made a lot of the Viennese sour on Koehl and Von Huenefeld, also. > That’s rather unfortunate, from the flyers’ standpoint. But it’s interesting, in that it shows just how the one-time “all highest" is regarded in the former capital of the dual monarchy which he led into war IB 1014. Austria didn't get much out of the war; and i Austria, apparently, remembers who was responsible.

Federal Franchises In Illinois, as in other States, an official body was created by legislation to regulate public utilities. It is called the Illinois Commerce Commission. It has been charged at one time and another with favoring the public utilities in the matter of fixing rates, controlling competition and other things. Anyhow, it hasn't been charged with persecuting the utilities. But whether its conduct has been good or bad, it was a State authority, established by law. Recently the Chicago elevated lines sought to increase fares. The city of Chicago opposed the increase before the Illinois Commerce Commission and the increase asked was refused. Then the elevated lines went into the United States court and procured an injunction restraining the State body from interfering with the increase the company sought to establish. The excuse given for the injunction was that the property of the company was being confiscated in violation of the fourteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution. What the Federal court did, in effect, was to fix street railway rates on the Chicago elevated lines. If the temporary injunction is made permanent, the Chicago elevated lines will be operating practically, under a franchise granted by the Federal courts, in defiance of the authority of the city of Chicago and the State of Illinois. There has been much criticism of the United States Supreme Court for writings into laws meanings never intended by Congress in passing them, and for actually changing laws by interpreting themIf now the Federal courts are to use the fourteenth amendment to set aside the authority of States and municipalities in the matter of relations with public utilities operating under State or municipal franchises, we are well on our way toward Federal regulation of State and municipal affairs. Where are we going to draw the line? \ Our Roads Lead Fifteen years ago the roads of Europe were vastly superior to the roads of America. Now the situation is reversed, according to a speaker before the recent convention of the Society of Automotive Engineers at Quebec. European roads were, in many cases, ruined by the war. Since then the financial difficulties in which the various governments have been involved have prevented the proper maintenance and repair of the highways. In this country, on the other hand, tremendous strides have been made. The growing popularity of the automobile made good roads imperative. Fifteen years ago a man could drive 500 miles without traveling a tenth of that distance on pavement. Now, in most parts of the country, the reverse is true. Money spent on highways is money well spent. The country has learned that lesson at last. Put Good Meals First What makes a summer resort attractive? When you go over the vacation folders trying to pick one out, what are the deciding factors? The American Summer Resort magazine recently decided to find out. It sent a questionnaire to hundreds of resort owners and operators, asking them to say what their experience had shown them to be the most important features of their establishments. The answers are interesting. The item of good meals led all the rest. Next in order came natural surroundings, followed by cleanliness. Trailing were miscellaneous amusements, golf courses, fishing and transportation facilities. Last of all came luxurious furnishings. That’s interesting, especially the part about meals. A vacation isn’t a vacation if the vacationist doesn’t feel that his stomach Is being treated in the style to which it is accusomed. The turtle of the Galapagos Islands lives to 300 or 400 years old because he doesn’t think, says a scientist. We’re beginning to think some people are lying about their ages.

_ David Dietz on Science

Serpent Tempted Eve - No. 109

SNAKES always have had some peculiar fascination for mankind. The serpent played an important part in the early history of man, according to an existing literature. In the first drama enacted upon earth according to the Bible, the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden,

suaded Eve to eat the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. We know that the constellation was known to the Chaldeans in the earliest days of their history. It is probable that at that time the dragon was imagined to have wings and that the stars which later were formed into the Great and Little Bears, formed the dragon’s wings. Many Biblical students think that Draco is referred to in the Book of Job, when it says: “By his spirit He hath garnished the heavens; “His hand hath formed the crooked serpent.” There are a number of legends connected with this constellation in Greek mythology. According to one, the gods had to battle with a group of great giants for the control of the earth. The giants were aided by a great serpent. But the goddess Minerva snatched up the serpent before it had time to uncoil and join the battle, and threw it into the sky. There it is, still coiled up, forming the constellation Draco. According to another legend, Draco represents the dragon killed by Hercules. Hercules was the son of the god Jupiter and the princess Alcmene. Juno, the wife of Jupiter, naturally hated Hercules and drove him insane. In his madness, he killed his own children. The goddess Minerva restored his senses, but Juno decreed that he must carry out many tasks to atone for slaying his children. Os course, she hoped that he would be killed. But he performed them successfully. They are known in mythology as the labors of Hercules. Among them was the slaying of the dragon who guarded the golden apples of Hesperides.

M. E. TRACY SAYS: “If Science Could Learn How to Reduce Cancer Through Studying Infected Criminals and Give Them a Chance to Recover and Regain Their Freedom, It Might Not Be an Unfair Exchange.”

TALK of Aaron Saenz as provisional President throws anew light on Mexican progress. He represents a different kind of leadership than we are accustomed to think of in connection with the revolutionary movement. Aaron Saenz is one man who did not come up through the army, or earn his popularity on the battlefield. His background training and family could be described as conservative. He was brought up as a Presbyterian, educated as a lawyer and had made more than a local reputation for himself entering politics. His brother, Moses, holds a professorship in the University of Mexico and has written books in German and English, as well as in Spanish. tt tt tt Mourn for EHen Terry Ellen Terry, who died Saturday, requested her relatives and friends not to make her departure a matter of tears. They did what they could to fulfill her wishes, coming gaily dressed to the little cottage where she lay, and striving to keep up - cheerful conversation. No use! The laws of human nature cannot be repealed. Suppressed grief is as much of a pretense as is the sloppy kind. Death means sorrow to some, no matter how heroically they try to smile, and nothing to others, no matter how loudly they mourn. Those who remember Dame Terry merely as a great actress will make considerable talk, but not enough to miss the next well-advertised show Those who knew her as mother, intimate friend or sweet old neighbor will recognize the parting for what it is. a a a Vessels Defeat Elements Admiral Bristol’s flagship, the Pittsburgh, barely escaped a water spout in the mouth of the Yangtse last Saturday. The whirling column, we are informed, was fifty yards in diameter at the base, but expanded to three times that size before it reached the clouds. Traveling directly toward the Pittsburgh, it caught a Japanese cargo ship, which it spun around like a paper boat and dismasted. The Pittsburgh avoided it by altering its course, something old sailing ships could not always do. The water spout is one phenomenon that no longer holds the terror it once did. a o tt Use Criminals in Tests If the Cuban Congress agrees, Cuban criminals doomed to death will be offered the alternative of allowing themselves to be inoculated with cancer germs and submitting to medical observations for a period of twelve years, at the end of which time they will be freed if they survive. Most anyone would rather take chances even with cancer than to be strangled tomorrow morning. Besides, doctors have to experiment with human beings in order to learn how to treat them effectively. It is a beautiful theory to suppose that we can learn how to treat human ills by studying mice, rats and guinea pigs, but it does not work. In the final analysis, human beings have to be dealt with, and thousands of them have died to give science the information it now possesses. Cancer is assuming tragic proportions as a fatal disease. It has been said that one out of every ten people in this country is doomed to die from it. If science could learn how to reduce cancer, much less to cure it, through studying infected criminals, and if the criminals were given.a few more years to live, and, perhaps, the chance to recover and regain their freedom, it might not be an unfair exchange. a a a World Neighbors Whether from Mexico, England, China or Cuba, we have not only learned to get the news quickly, but to read it with a fair degree of sympathy and intelligence. That is one reason why John Henry Mears and C. B. D. Collyer were able to circle the world in less than twenty-four days. Without denying them the credit which they deserve, it is only fair to say that this feat was made possible by those inventions, changes and customs which have taught widely separated peoples to accommodate themselves to the common ways of civilization. If these boys had not received quick and intelligent cooperation all along tl e line, they could never have made the record they did. Humanity has learned something besides how to step on the gas since Drake sailed round the world. If Drake had dropped down in anyone of half a dozen places where Collyer and Mears landed, the chances are that he never would have lived to tell the tale. Asa matter of record, it was to get away from the Spaniards whom he had plundered that inspired him to keep going westward. With a ship full of stolen goods he decided that it was safer to cross the Pacific and take a chance of reaching England that way than it was to go back around the Horn and run the risk of falling afoul the Spanish fleet which had been mobilized to capture him. What is yodeling? A peculiar manner of singing obtained by using the falsetto voice in harmonic progressions, with sudden and unexpected changes to notes of the chest register. It is practiced chiefly among the Tyrolese and Swiss.

the serpent was one ol the chief characters. Therefore, it is not surprising that the ancients imagined a winged serpent or dragon in the sky. According to many authorities, Draco or the constellation of the dragon is supposed to represent the serpent which per-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyxela. the Health Magazine. FLEAS are more disturbing in the summer than in the winter. Nothing is so annoying as a flea that gets on the skin and moves about, biting as it goes. Os course, the immediate result of the flea bite is itching, with a small spot of inflammation. The Bureau of Entomology, that part of the Government which deals exclusively with insect pests, has just issued a report on how to eliminate fleas from the premises. They breed in greatest numbers on soil or in dust containing vegetable and animal matter. Moisture must be present, but the breeding place is* usually one protected from the rain, weather and sun. The usual breeding places are under buildings and porches. For this reason, it is suggested by F. C. Bishopp that chickens and animals be kept, if possible, from going into such places by appropriate fencing and screening. The area in which fleas breed can be protected and the fleas destroyed by spraying with creosote oil. The ground in which the immature fleas develop is to be covered with salt and thoroughly wet down. When fleas get into the house, they are probably brought there by pet animals, hence the fleas must be removed from the pet animals and the animals temporarily barred from the premises. The application of gasoline to the floors after the rugs have been removed, and thorough scrubbing with soap and water will get rid of the fleas. The fleas can be removed from the animals by washing with a creosote solution or with a coal oil emulsion. The bureau points out that the skin of cats is more tender than that of dogs and that solutions for cats must be weaker than that for dogs. The chief disease carried by fleas is the plague. Fortunately plague has been eliminated from the United States so that flea bites are not dangerous, but nevertheless extremely uncomfortable. There are hundreds of varieties of fleas bothering men and animals —the human flea, dog flea, cat flea, rat flea, chicken flea, and sticktight flea. To relieve the bites, physicians usually prescribe weak solutions of

(Abbrevlations: A—ace: K—kin*: Q—aueen: J—jack: X—any ears lower than 10.) IN the manipulation of the cards, the finesse is one of the most useful “working tools.” It is a maneuver which assists in winning a trick for you with a card lower than one which is still out against you. It also helps to establish a suit, that is, to give you complete control of it so that you may win a trick with every card in that suit. An illustration of the finesse in a situation frequently encountered may be described as follows: West holds the king and four of hearts; dummy, the ace, queen; East holds none and the Declarer holds the two and three of hearts. The only way in which the Declarer can win two tricks in hearts is to lead a small card from his hand to the ace-queen. If West holds the king, both the ace and queen will win tricks. If West plays the four, the Declarer plays the queen; if West plays the king, the Declarer covers with the ace in the dummy and the queen is then sure to win a trick. If East holds the king, the declarer will lose the queen and the finesse will fail. This, however, does not lessen the value of the maneuver. There is a chance of making a trick with the queen and he takes that chance! Should he play from the dummy, he would be sure to lose a trick regardless of whether East or West held the king. This finesse gives the Declarer his only chance of winning two tricks in the suit. (Copyright. 1928, by the Ready Reference Publishing Company)

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menthol or camphor mixed with some appropriate lotion. Bishopp points out that the greatest distance a flea can Jump horizontally is about thirteen inches and about half this distance vertically. Hence it is possible to prevent

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—ln reply t"' Policeman E. Stoddard’s article in the Voice Views, he certainly hit the nail on the head in regard to the judges. The police are ordered to go out and clean up our city of crime, gamoling and all such things that make it unsafe for the people of Indianapolis to live in safety and peace. Tell me hbw on earth can the police do it alone, wnen tne policemen, one after the other, bring prisoners before the judges to be tried and convicted, but finally the judge finds a way to release them, or gives them small fines with days suspended, to go out and do the same thing over again. It makes the policemen feel, “what’s the use?” The police will do their part if the court and judges will do theirs. I make a motion that larger fines and more days would help the police clean up Indianapolis and make it safer for all and protect the police also. A LIFE LONG RESIDENT AND LOVER OF THE TIMES. Editor Times: In an article pubHarris criticises the Indianapolis Times under the heading of “Times Readers Voice Views,’’ ?Jis. C. L Harris criticizes the Indianapolis city council and the Indianapolis police force for their method of enforcing the new pedestrian ordinance. She states that the policemen

Questions and Answers

I am buying a house on contract. Recently a sewer was put in and although the assessment was very high, I was Informed at the Barrett law office that if I did not sign immediately the amount was due at once.. Others refused and their assessments were cut down about onethird. How do I go about getting this reduced? You can obtain a lawyer and file suit for reduction in the assessment. Unless you are a plaintiff in the suit recently decided, you are not entitled to the reduction. Call at the Barrett law office for the information or write the address of your property to The Times. Under what circumstances and by whom was the phrase “They shall not pass” spoken during the World War? In 1916 when the German Crown Prince was sent with a large army against Verdun the French high command decided, that at that stage cf the war France could not under any circumstances afford to lose Verdun. Marshal Petain in response to the orders to hold it spoke the immortal words: “Ne passeront pas”—they shall not pass How long after planting should apple trees begin to bear? Asa general rule six or eight years. Certain varieties such as Yellow Transparent and Wigener may bear earlier while others such as Northern Spy and Yellow' Newtown bear later. Individual trees of the same variety vary somewhat in this respect. What is the largest freight locomotive in the United States? The Union Pacific Railroad has the largest. It is 102 feet 6% inches long; 16 feet tall and 11 feet 2 inches wide, having three cylinders and twelve drivers and can pull 125 freight cars at passenger train speed. It can make fifty miles per hour with a train of this size. Is there an American owned rubber plantation in Liberia? On Oct. 14, 1925, it was announced that the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company had leased from the Liberian government 1,000,000 acres of land for an elaborate rubber planta - tion and planned to produce ultimately 250,000 tons a year. Experimental cultivation of 1,500 acre;;

them from gaining access to a bed by placing sticky fly paper thirteen inches wide on the floor around the bed. It is better, however, to avoid the necessity for this measure by getting rid of the fleas in their breeding places.

should be out catching the bandits, gamblers and other criminals operating in Indianapolis. She also states that the working people are opposed to the new ordinance. I do not know by what authority she speaks for the working people. Ninety per cent of the people 1 have spoken to in regard to this new ordinance feel that it is a good thing. Any traffic law that will save life and limb is a good law. As to the police department catching criminals, if Mrs. Harris will look up the records of departments of other cities of the size of Indianapolis, she would find that the Indianapolis police department has a splendid record and one of the best in the United States. As to courtesy and efficiency, I do not believe that Mrs. Harris could name another city in the United States of the size of Indianapolis where the police department show more courtesy to the citizens and to the visitors in the city. If Mrs Harris will be courteous to the poloce, I am sure that she will receive kind courtesy in return. I am not a relative of any officer or in any way connected with the police department—just a citizen giving credit where credit is due. And as the department could not very well take up the issue with Mrs. Harris, I believe it is up to the citizens to do so who feel that the police are doing their duty. J. B. WILLARD. 308 W. Thirty-First St.

has been successful, and 20,000 acres are now under cultivation. Why does the cream always rise to the top in a bottle of milk? Cream is lighter than milk, milk containing 3 per cent butter fat weighs 8.62 pounds per gallon; 4 per cent butter fat 8.61 pounds per gallon, and 5 per cent butter fat 8.60 pounds per gallon, while 40 per cent whipping cream weighs 8.33 pounds per gallon. What is the population of New York? The 1926 estimated population is 5,924,000.

EMERGENCY FIRST AID Auto Drivers Should Know First Aid

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Eli Science Service Driving all day, hurrying to make the next town before nightfall, you fail to see the car coming up the side road until too late. After the crash you find yourself uninjured, but the other fellow wasn’t so lucky. Motor laws of most States require that you stop and give first aid. Os course you want to help the man, but what should you do first? Before you can decide that you must find out how badly he is hurt. Is he unconscious? Has he broken any bones? Is he badly cut or bruised? The chief thing to do is to make the man as comfortable as possible and then take him to the nearest doctor, unless you have someone to send for a doctor. Broken bones should be put In temporary splints, profuse bleeding must be checked, wounds should be protected from further infection. Further treatment should be left to the doctor. More than 80,000 people are killed in this country each year by traffic accidents, drowning, burns, falls, etc., and over two million more are seriously injured in the same way. Obviously the vacationist and motorist needs to know methods for giving first aid and the correct equipment to have handy i’or use in such emergencies.

.JULY 23, 1928

KEEPING UP With THE NEWS

WASHINGTON, July 23.—How to square its anti-war treaty and its naval expansion program? This is the problem of the United States Government which the Stata Department is facing in Washington and which President Coolidge will discuss with Secretary of the Navy Wilbur in the Wisconsin woods today. This question has been barbed by the “indiscretions" of Sir JoynsonHicks, British home secretary, in blurting out that Uncle Sam is offering the world a renunciation-of-war pact with one hand and bigger navy plans with the other hand. President Coolidge at Brule is represented by his spokesman as approving both the Kellogg treaty and the Wilbur cruiser project. The administration is in the difficult position in a campaign year of having to advertise its anti-war treaty as something more real than a mere gesture, and at the same time must create enough public fear of the danger of war to insure support for its “adequate preparedness" program. Logically this problem of reconciling the two apparent contradictions is easy. Because the Kellogg mu.'.lateral treaty soon to be signed leaves the nations legally as free to go to war as they ever were. Hence the argument of the Navy Department that the treaty should not in any way effect its building program. But the administration is finding that the American public is not “logical” about the treaty. There has been so much talk of it as an “outlawry-of-war” treaty, and so much official emphasis of its value in “renouncing war as an instrument of national policy,” that the public is beginning to accept it as something which actually changes international relations—if not to the extent of justifying immediate disarmament, at least in making unnecessary an increase in armaments. r T''HIS is the argument of various church and peace organizations, planning to inject this question into the political campaign and into the next Congress. There is a similar movement in England, demanding that the governments show its "good faith” in this renunciation of war pact by the tangible and immediate act of limiting naval expenditures. Though these movements at home and abroad are embarrassing the American administration, and sending it to search for anew reconciliation and justification of its alleged “dual and contradictory foreign policy,” nevertheless there is no indication of any change in the bigger navy plan. Secretary Wilbur at Brule today will talk with the President regarding the navy department budget estimates which will be submitted next month, and concerning legislation for more ships and men. The administration’s plan can be examined in the announcement by Senator Hale of Maine, chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee, that every effort will be made to push through the cruiser bill as son as Congress meets in December. Hale worked in close cooperation with Wilbur and the White House, and is the chief administration naval spokesman and strategist at the capitol. Hale urged the Senate to pass the bill already enacted by the House, providing construction during the next three years of fifteen additional cruisers and one aircraft at an initial estimated cost of $274,000,000. , a a a T TERE is the administration's logic, as voiced by Hale: “The argument is often made that if we do not build ships other countries will not. The reverse has proved to be the case. While we practically have stood still, ihe other naval stations have all gone ahead with big programs of modern construction. “In my opinion, in no other way than by showing the other nations in no uncertain way that we will not allow them to outbuild us can we force them to give up their race for competitive armament. “We have proved once in the Washington conference that we can force a cutting down of armament if we have a force that they cannot hope to equal. We can do it again if we will show definitely that however much they may build we do not intend to allow ourselves to be outdistanced. But by shilly-shalling along and letting our navy drop behind we cease to be a factor in the situation.” After reference to the failure of the Coolidge naval conference at Geneva, in which the United States tried unsuccessfully to get Great Britain to grant equality between the two nations in cruiser and auxiliary strength, Hale says: “By every precept in history w* could arrogate to ourselves the right to the control of the seas for the protection of our vast possessions and our expanding commerce. But we do not see fit to do so. “All that we desire is a navy equal to that of any other power in the world, that will give security to our country and protection to our citizens and our interests at home and abroad.” The United States navy general board has informed the President that our “minimum” cruiser requirement is forty-three, fleet twen-ty-six, destroyer flagships two, focal points nine, convoy six. But the proposed fifteen new ships would bring our total of “modern” cruiser up to only thirty-three.

This Date in U. S. History

July 23 1664—The king’s commissioners arrived in Boston. 1864—Laying of second Atlantic cable begun. 1866— Congress voted to admit Nebraska as a State. 1885—Gen. U. S. Grant, eighteenth President, died.