Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 55, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1928 — Page 6

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Why a Sheriff? Recent events in this eounty raise the question as to, whether there is really need of a sheriff, at least as far as the suppression of crime and the protection of property by that office is concerned. The very effective drive of the local police against crime and the source of crimge will be futile unless there is a similar drive upon places and conditions which exist, apparently unmolested, on the outskirts. lioad houses, so-called barbecue stands, dance halls and other resorts which might correctly advertise themselves with a picture of a white mule have sprung into existence in such numbers as to suggest that those who formerly operated dives inside the cities understand the trend of trade. Os course, there are many of these places which are respectable. Not all of them cater to this outlaw trade and traffic. But it is a matter of common knowledge that the other kind is far more numerous. In the late crime wave, the larger number of holdups and jobs of auto*banditry occurred outside the city limits and it is quite probable that those who participated got their last jolts of booze which sent them out with guns from some of these places which are not molested. The present sheriff advertised that he has but three deputies with which to cope with crime and criminals. The conspicuous lack of any effort to run down the perpetrators of the largest crime, that of the holdup of the Broadmoor Club was at least suggestive to those who were seeking soft spots for crime. Stamping out dives and joints inside the city will- help, of course. But as long as similar places can operate safely outside the threemile limit there will be crime. It is true that the sheriff has the grave responsibility of running the Coffin machine in this county and that may take time and effort. But he should have time enough to make an effort to discover just what his three —or is it thirty—deputies are doing to help out in the general drive for a clean community and a safe county. ' * Not all the dives are in tenement districts. Municipal Gas In the complexity of politics and various issues on which men may differ, there is one matter so important to this city that some public body should see that it is not overlooked. The contract with the local gas company is soon to expire and some legislation may be needed from the Legislature in order that the city may take advantage of its rights and opportunity. The company was formed under conditions which intended and provided that the plant and its facilities would or could become the property of all the city, with fuel furnished at cost and private profit eliminated. The business has become very profitable, but there is no reason to believe that the owners are not ready and willing to comply with the terms of the franchise or contract, under which the city may take it over and operate it for the public. With the establishment of the commission form of government and the elimination of partisan politics from city affairs, the city will escape the usual danger to publicly owned enterprises which arises from the fear that they would be operated for political advantage. The administration of Mayor Slack and the present city council is fixing a standard for public service which will not be relaxel under the new commission. The people are getting an object lesson, by comparison, between a city government under a political machine and a city government which has no political ambitions or private pledges. A study of the gas question and the possibilities for public ownership is imperative. Some public organization or a group of public organizations might well give it immediate thought. Our Foreign Loans The Commerce Department announces that for the first half of this year approximately $840,000,000 in new foreign capital issues were offered for sale in this country. The total for April, May and June was the greatest in the history of this country. What is the significance of this tremendous export of American capital? ' Matthew Woll, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, believes that through these loans foreigners are piling up debts they can not pay, and that, as a result, American capital will come to dominate many industries which compete with those in this country. He sees grave danger to the high standard of living of Workmen in this country in having American capitalists control competitive industries abroad, and would like to see the export of capital checked. The Wall Street Journal argues, however, that if these loans were not made, much of our present volume of exports could not be financed, and many American workingmen would be thrown out of jobs. It is necessary, the financial Journal asserts, tc lend foreigners money so that they can buy our products and keep us busy. Reduced to its simplest terms—say, lending your next door neighbor money right along so that he can hire you to work for him —such a proposition sounds

a little fantastic, but it probably reflects some truth about the effects of foreign loans over a short period. These two views are typical of the wide range of conflicting opinion about the significance of our enormbus exports of capital. To some it seems extremely unfortunate that an undeveloped country such as ours, in need*of capital improvement and with a large number of idle workers, should be pouring forth its treasure in more or less risky foreign loans, offering an attractive rate of interest. Others regard our foreign loans as giving promise of improvement in world-wide economic conditions, essential to the future prosperity of this country. Somewhere, in this great array of conflicting opinions, there must be elements of truth which, patched together, would shed badly needed light on an increasingly important national and international question. We would welcome a guide to them. The Newsboy, a Merchant It always has been more or less an American tradition that the newsboy is a poor, fatherless young chap who supports a widowed mother and, probably, a sister or two by the pennies he makes selling papers. Now comes tne Census Department to announce that very few newsboys are in this class. Most of them come from good homes, it says, and are not driven to selling papers by hard necessity. It is a good thing for us to recognize this. The newsboy is an ambitious young business man, putting in his spare time wisely and profitably. He is learning early in life things about the world of business that most young men do not learn until they reach'their majority. Selling papers is an , excellent training school. It is not by accident that so many of our prominent business and professional men earned their first pennies in that way. Don’t pity the newsboy who sells you your paper. Admire him, rather, as an energetic, capable young American who ' as ambition. Glorifying the Mail Clerk The mail clerk never has been a very romantic figure. Times are changing, however, and modern science is about to pitch the gray-uniformed clerk into a position of color and picturesqueness. The Postoffice Department announces that it shortly will establish anew airway postal service, in which clerks will fly in planes and sort the mail en route, just as is done now on railways. Large new planes, providing space for clerks and sorting rooms, are now being prepared, and it is expected some will be placed in operation on portions of the transcontinental route. Many postal clerks have already applied for transfer to this new branch of the service. This is an interesting development. The mail clerk is about to become one of those glamorous beings the rest of us envy. Refrigerated Flats “Twenty degrees cooler inside,” read the signs outside some of our movie palaces, these torrid days. Due to some sort of efficient refrigerating process, we find that the sign hasn’t lied, and for two hours we sit in comfort in an atmosphere of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and watch a story unfold itself on the silver screen before our eyes. How long will it be before some enterprising apartment house builder will give us not only self-icing refrigeiators, but a guaranteed 70-degree temperature, summer and winter for our homes? Prizes are being offered in Germany for the best program of noise abatement. Why don’t they try taking their beer through straws?

David Dietz on Science Test Your Star Gazing No. 11l

FIVE constellations have been surveyed so far in this department. These five are frequently called the circumpolar constellations because they all lie close to the celestial North Pole. Because of their closeness to the pole, they are visible every night in the year. In this they differ from the other constellations which are only to be seen during certain seasons of the year, being below

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tion of the five with relation to each other. You will have no difficulty in finding the Great Dipper in the sky. The dipper, you will remember, is the basis of the constellation of the Great Bear. Next trace a line from the pointers in the Great Dipper to Polaris, the north star. Polaris is the tip of the handle of the Little Dipper, or the tip of the tail of the Little Bear as tha constellation is sometimes called. Continue the line from the pointers to Polaris about an equal distance beyond Polaris- It will bring you close to the “W” of five stars which form the basis of the constellation of Cassiopeia. Cassiopeia, you will recall, was the unhappy queen whom Father Neptune, god of the ocean, hurled into the sky because she would not stop bragging of her oeauty. Between Polaris and Cassiopeia, you will find the five stars which form a little house with a high peaked roof. These five form the constellation of Cepheus. King Cepheus was the husband of Cassiopeia. He was a globe-trotter and a hero, accompanying Jason in his search for the golden fleece. Finally, trace the wandering path of Draco, the dragon. The tip of his tail is between the pointers and Polaris, lying just a little above the line which joins them. v Draco coils up around the bowl of the Little Dipper and then swings back away from Cepheus, ending in a diamond-shaped formation of four stars. These four form the head of the dragon. If you can identify the five constellations just outlined, you are on the road to becoming an excellent amateur astronomer.

M. E. TRACY SAYS: ‘The Timidity of Our Captains of Industry, So Called, Is Sickening When Compared to the Bravery of the Few Young Men Who Have Demonstrated What Coidd Be Done in Aviation

WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE, America’s best known country editor, pauses long enough in New York on his way to Europe to point out that “the American people is interested in something besides politics.” Maybe the wish fathers he thought. The recent verbal round Mr. White had with Governor Smith hardly turned out in such a way as to make him crave more political excitement. Putting that aside, he not only has a right to his opinion, but his opinion may be worth considering. He would give politics a “low 13,” he says in an index score to popular interest, while he would give baseball a “mark of 40.” The report that four girls at the Kansas State Normal School went without stockings, he explains caused more of a sensation among the readers of his paper than any political item appearing the same day, but what does that prove? If Kansas is still in a mood tC get excited over four bare-legged girls, does it follow that other parts of the country are? u a a Europe Takes Lead Politics is not the only thing of importance in which we take too little interest. The idea of watching, listening and bench-warming while somebody else entertains us has come to play a dangerously serious part in our existence. Nothing could be finer than the tribute we paid Lindbergh and other fliers, nothing could be worse than tko way we have failed to take advantage of the trails they have blazed. Other people see the practical possibilities of aviation. We are still enthralled by its romantic and adventurous side. Strange as it may seem, this country, renowned for its mechanical genius, commercial shrewdness and ability to organize, is permitting Europe to take the lead in putting aviation on the map. u n a U, S, Loves the Circus Last Saturday twenty-two public service airplanes landed at Le Bourget field, Paris, with 112 passengers and six tons of freight, while twenty airplanes departed with 10 passengers and five tons of freight, making a total clearance of forty-two planes, 282 passengers and eleven tons of freight. There is not an airport in the United States that can touch that record. There is not an air transport corporation in the United States that can compare "with the Lufthansa of Germany, either as to present equipment or preparations for the future. The Lufthansa has not only perfected a hookup vhich covers Germany and adjoin.ng countries, but has contracted With the Dornier Company to build a fleet of gigantic airplanes for trans-oceanic travel. We are making a tragic mistake in supposing that stunts represent the most worthwhile, or even the most interesting side of this new science. If it does not mean something similar to what the railroad meant 100 years ago, or what the automobile meant thirty years ago, it means nothing. If it is to be confined to the circus realm, we are wasting a lot of time and money. If, on the other hand, it represents anew and in> proved method of transportation as the engineers and capitalists of Europe think, we are missing a wonderful opportunity. tt tt a Leaders Are Timid Our failure to take hold of aviation in a commercial and industrial way stands out in sharp contrast not only to the attitude of other people, but to our own traditions. For the last century, we have picked up every new device which promised improvement, regardless of whether it was of our own invention or not. We have done more with the railroad, the telegraph, the telephone, the automobile, radio and the printing press, not to mention a hundred and one other innovations, than any other people. With some of them, we have done more than all the rest of the world put together. One wonders if America is losing her pep, her willingness to bet on human ingenuity, her ability to appraise innovations. What is the matter with our billion dollar corporations, our laboratories, our huge manufacturing establishments, that none of them has ventured forth in this new field? The timidity of our captains oi industry, so called, Is sickening when compared to the bravery of the few young men who have demonstrated what could be done.

the horizon at night during the other seasons. Go outdoors tonight and see if you can find the. five circumpolar constellations without difficulty. You must know them before you can hope to get acquainted with the summer constellations. The accompanying map shows the posi-

Falling Down on Job We have cheered ourselves hoarse by the million, we have torn up telephone books, city directories and Bibles by the thousand tons, we have set four-inch headlines by the mile and have expressed our admiration in acres of printed; we have ration in acres of printed slush; we have written songs, made movies and talked for hours over the radio; we • are ready, to 'kdmit that our Lindberghs, Chamberlins, Byrds and Amelia Earharts are immortal, and it would be easy enough to raise cash with which to provide them with monuments and medals, but when it comes to taking up the work where they left off, to bettingmoney on the venture they risked their lives to‘prove practical, to organizing for the commercial exploitation of an enterprise they have demonstrated as feasible, we are falling down on the job.

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BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyxeia, ths Health Magazine. IT long has been known that a certain amount of iron is necessary to the human body. Its chief function seems to be in relationship to the carrying of oxygen by the blood. The average man needs about one-quarter grain of this substance a day to keep the body supplied fully. Not only the iron in the red blood cells, but also that in the other cells of the body has certain functions. Asa result of this recently acquired knowledge relative to the way In which iron is used in the body, promoters of all sorts •©! food substances and patent preparations are forcing them on the public, with claims for the iron content. The average person might really believe thai. all of us were suffering with a shortage of iron in our bodies. However, a good average diet usually contains about enough iron to supply the body's needs. Some of the special diets arranged for weight reduction or for other purposes are distinctly short in this element, and on such diets a person might actually suffer with iron shortage. '• Arranged in order with reference to the amount of iron that they contain, the richest substance is parsley and the smallest lemon juice. The dried seeds and roots, the green, leafy vegetables, the dried

(Abbreviations: A—ace: K—kin*: Q—queen: J—Jack: X—any card lower than 10.) YOUR partner declares a c:ub. Immediately it is incumbent upon you to interpret your partner's bid. What inferences are you to draw therefrom? Ask yourself, “Why did my partner choose a minor suit? Why not a major suit? Why not ano trump?” Your partner has conveyed to you both positive and .negative information. You have been informed that your partner has a sound club bid but does not possess either a sound major or sound no trump bid. Your partner has also delivered this message to you—-“ Partner, please cooperate with me by furnishing me with any information that may improve the bid; a major declaration or a no trump declaration would be most welcome if sound.” To make game in a minor suit requires a total of eleven tricks, in a major only ten tricks and in a no trump only nine. It therefore is obligatory after your partner has made a minor declaration, if your hand contains over one quick trick (preferably about one and one-half for beginners) properly distributed in the other suits, to furnish such information as will better or improve the bid. This may be accomplished by bidding another suit or a no trump. If your hand contains more than one quick trick, you should furnish information by bidding in the following order; 1. A major suit as strong as a defensive bid. 2. No trump if two of the suits other than the one bid are stopped. 3. The other minor if it is'as good as a defensive bid. You should always be on the qui vive to change your partners’s minor bid even if you possess only the minimum of support for a bettering bid. (Copyright, 1928. by the Ready Reference Publishing Cos.)

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.—2 Tim. 4:7. #OO THERE can be no faith so feeble that Christ does not respond to it.—Alexander Maclaren,

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since the juice contains less than is proportional to the weight of the whole fruit. Salt water fish contain more iron than fresh water fish, and fish with dark colored meat contain more iron than those with light colored meat. ' The dark meat of poultry is also higher in iron content than is the light meat.

With Other Editors

(Gary Post-Tribune) The appointment of John J. Raskob as chairman of the Democratic national committee astounded the country. Owen Young and M;lvin Taylor had been discussed for the position and the appointment of neither would have been especially startling although either might be sgfid to represent big business. But both might also be said to belong to the old order. They are not the sons of immigrants and they fit into things just as our leaders of the past have fit. But Raskob is the son of an immigrant like A1 Smith. He is also a Catholic like Smith. His rise in business has been meteoric, a worthy parallel of Smith’s astonishing career in politics. ' Mark Sullivan recently in the Pcst-Tribune gave the best summation of this situation we have yet seen and if one wants to really get an idea of the forces now moving In our politics he should read this article. The impression one gets in talking to people at random is that the popular election issues will be religion and prohibition, but Sullivan suggests the deeper significance may be the city against the country or more specifically the newer immigrants versus the Puritan. That is a crude way to put the thing but the essence of the situation is just that. And as a result a great,*tieal of heat can be looked for in the campaign. Civilians go up and down but never does the civilization in control go down without a struggle. Asa result we may expect a vast deal of real viewing with alarm until November. New forces have been forcing the paths of politics since the war and now we are at the cross roads. . With the election of Hoover we shall continue the orderly development of our Government under influences not dissimilar to those of the past, despite the fact that our civilization is already being influenced in a striking degree by our newer immigrants. With the election of Smith would come a sharp break with the past, a break that no one could predict would not be bene-

Times Readers Voice Views

Editor Times: It seems as if those Republican editors who have been meeting here and there in several Indiana cities during the last week are not at all particular as to whom they associate with. Men deliberately snubbed at the Republican State convention were taken into full fellowship and allowed to make keynote speeches, so to speak. It was rather amusing and at the same time no doubt embarrassing though, to “eat crow” right in public. Harry Leslie said at the time of the Kansas City convention that Hoover could not carry Indiana, but now is proclaiming him as the farmers’ best friend. I think that the November election is going to demonstrate that Hoover can carry Indiana, but Leslie and Bush can not. No fewer than 100,0)0 of us who supported Hoover in the May primary are going to see that Leslie and Bush come empty handed from the polls. That puerile act of Bush at Kansas City—yelling for Hoover and waving a British flag—is an unforgivable offense. We are going to resent it by casting our votes for Dailey and Drake. E. P. McCASLIN, 5901 Dewey Avo,

fruits, the nuts, the cereals, and poultry are in that order rich in iron. Many foods vary greatly in their iron content, depending on the soil in which they are raised or other factors. For instance, a recent investigation by W. H. Peterson indicates that the iron clings to the solid matter of oranges and tomatoes.

ficieal but one that many view with positive alarm. We do not fear Smith; in fact, we have a lot of admiration for his courage and honesty; nevertheless, we are sufficiently oldfashioned .to prefer the orderly development of Government we think Hoover will give and the type of leadership that seems more in keeping with the America we have come to know.

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You can get an answer to anv answerable question of fact or Information bv writing to Frederick M. Kerby. Question Editor. The Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C.. enc osing 2 cents In stamps for reply. Medical and legal advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be made. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned reque ts ci-nnot be answered. All letters are confidential. You are cordlnally Invited to make use of this free service as often as vou please. EDITOR. What was the direct cause and result of the opium war between China and England? The opium traffic between India and China had grown to gigantic proportions and had become a source of wealth to the British merchants and of revenue to the Indian government. The Chinese government, having become alive to the evils of the growing use of the narcotic, resisted the importation of the drug. That brought about the opium war which England forced upon China. China was defeated and had to acquiesce in continuance of the traffic. She also lost to Great Britain the island and port of Hong-Kong and had to open the treaty ports to foreign trade. What is rhodium? A whitish-gray metallic element of the platinum group, whose salts are, for the most part, rose-colored; used only in alloys, especially With steel. Has the Supreme Court ruled on the right to seize and confiscate an automobile carrying liquor? On Nov. 22, 1926, the United States Supreme Court ruled that any automobile carrying liquor on which tax had not been paid could be seized and forfeited to the Government even if the owner was innocent of wrongful intent. To what church did President Wilson and his wife belong? Woodrow Wilson was an elder in the Presbyterian Church and the son of a Presbyterian minister. His first wife was a Presbyterian, his second wife an Episcopalian. What is the toll for ships passing through the Suez Canal? It is 7.25 gold francs per net vessel ton for ships carrying passengers and cargo and 4.75 gold francs for vessels In ballast without passengers or cargo. By whom and when was the song “Darling Nellie Gray” composed? By B. R. Hanby of Kentucky in 1856 v How many banks are there In the United States, its territories and possessions? At the close of business June 30, 1926, there were 28,146 banks of all classes in the United States, Alaska and insular possessions reporting to the United States comptroller of the currency. What is the Forty-ninth State in the United States? There is no forty-ninth State. There was a business man’s agitation in St. Lotais, Mo., recently to maie that city the forty-ninth State, but nothing came p| it,

_JULY 25, 1928

KEEPING UP With THE NEWS

BY LUDWELL DENNY WASHINGTON, July 25.—“50 far as international affairs go the mairt difference between them is that Mr. Hoover’s long contact with foreign peoples has given him a rich experience, definite convictions, and some rather hard and fast prejudices, whereas, Governor Smith would come to the office without definite convictions, without fixed preduices, and with a proven capacity to learn.” This is Walter Lippman, editorial writer on the independent Democratic New York World, broadcasting on the “Voters’ Service” program of the"ftational League of Women Voters.” “We do not shirk our responsibilities as a world power, but we still maintain our right to define what those responsibilities are and to decide under what circumstances we shall use our power and resources.” This is Ogden L. Mills, assistant Secretary of the Treasury and a Hoover manager in the pre-conven-tion campaign, broadcasting on the same "Voters’ Service” program. Mills outlined for the voters what he called “a Republican foreign policy of achievement,” as the best argument for keeping the Republican party in office. Lippman, in making what he called a non-partisan speech, took the position that there was no essential difference between the foreign planks of the two parties and that the real choice therefore was between the men, Smith and Hoover. u a a npHE two speakers put different emphasis on the Hoover foreign policy. Mills used Hoover’s work in extending American foreign trade as one crowning achievement of the Republicans. “Finally, the Administration has lost no opportunity to advance American trade by every legiitimate means in our power; and not only has the foreign service been used for this purpose, but a special organization of commercial attaches has been built up as part of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce of the Department of Commerce, which, under the direction of Secretary Hoover,‘has been of great benefit to American business men,” said Mills. But this foreign aggressiveness of Hoover’s apparently impresses Lippman as potentially dangerous. He referred indirectly to what the English have called Hoover’s anti-Brit-ish propaganda in the Anglo-Ameri-can dispute over rubber production restrictions and price-fixing. “Judging by the attitude Mr. Hoover is known to have taken on certain questions in the last eight years, it is fair to say that he is a believer in using the financial and political power of the United States in a somewhat assertive way to push American interests,” said Lippman. “Those who want an administration that will have a great deal to say about American interests and American rights abroad, and will not hesitate to explain to foreigners how they ought to behave, will find a Hoover administration to their liking, t “Governor Smith is likely to take a different course. He is likely to assume that American business is quite cabale, on the whole, of raking care of. itself without too much advice from Washington, and he is likely to feel more strongly than Mr. Hoover that it is not useful to get into too many arguments with too many foreign governments." Lippman cited neither words ncr acts of Smith to support his opinion that Smith’s foreign policy would be cne of “minding your ov:i business.” tt tt n HOOVER as President would run the State Department probably from the White House as Wilson did. while Smith, like Cooljdge air 1 Hughes, probably would I'look for someone, say, Owen D. Young, who is fully able In his own right, to handle the foreign affairs of thii country," according to Lippman. In stressing that both platforms are vague regarding foreign policv, he said, “as far as the substanv goes. Secretary Hoover could be running on the Democratic platform and Governor Smith on the Republican.” Mills, in listing Republican “achievements,” described the proposed Kellogg multilateral "antiwar” treaty as one "which shall be worldwide in Its application and shall renonunce without qualification war as an instrument of national policy.” He did not mention the treaty qualifications, excluding all so-called defensive war and all war measures under the League of Nations covenant and Locarno security pace, nor did he refer to Kellogg’s failure to Invite participation of Russia. Without mentioning the United States Marine occupation r* Nicaragua and Haiti, Mills said "we do , not wish to be forced ever to intervene in the affairs of other nations.” The Dawes plan “has proved a complete success” and the administration’s Mexican policy near so, ho thinks. “In Mexico, due in part to the efforts of Ambassador Morrow, a business man of outstanding ability, disputed questions are in fair way to being settled, and better relations exist between the two countries than in many a year,” Mills said.

This Date in U. S. History

—July 25 1684—Virginia became a royal province. 1722—New England declared war against the Indians. 1805—Lewis and Clarke reached the forks of the Missouri River. 1866—Wyoming organized as a territory 1912—U. S. Marines in Cuba ordered home.