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The Utility Mastery The position, not to say predicament, of the people of Valparaiso, should remind the citizens of the entire State of the fact that they have very little to say concerning their own public utilities. From Newcastle comes the plaint that the big Insull interests are threatening to destroy their little municipal lighting plant, erected for the purpose of lighting the streets. But Valparaiso has tested the whole theory of protection in the public interest by courts and utility commission and discovers than whenever public interest and private profit or ambitions clash, the public interest gets short shrift in the end. The attitude of the people of the progressive northern city, home of what was once the most widely attended institution of learning in the Nation, the educational cafeteria as it were, can be readily understood. They simply do not desire to have former Governor Goodrich own and run their telephone lines. It so happens that Mr. Goodrich seems to desire, through one of his companies, to serve that community with such a service and is far down the road toward his ambition. The former owners gave good service. They satisfied the community and the community ivas quite willing, when a sale was necessary, that the little company should be owned by the great telephone company which serves all the other cities in the Calumet district. That company wanted to purchase the company. Here entered Mr. Goodrich and his presence changed the picture. The great telephone concern of Illinois evidently did not desire to compete with Mr. Goodrich. Twice the public service commission ruled that the people of Valparaiso were right in their contention and that ownership by Goodrich was against their public interest. In theory that should have settled the matter. For the public service commission is presumed to protect the public interest. But the last Legislature passed a law under which a utility may go to a minor court when rebuked by the commission. There is where Goodrich went. It is, of course, of no moment that the court he entered is presided over by a judge whom he originally elevated to the bench when he was Governor. True, the law passed by the Legislature is declared unconstitutional by the attorney general. Under it the service commission has no chance to defend its decision. The attorney general does not appear as a lawyer for the public interest. And this judge says that Goodrich may own the telephone company of Valparaiso, even though he, the judge, believes it against public interest to have him control it. The situation seems impossible. Only a Chinaman is presumed to have no chance. But the people of Valparaiso know differently. Professional Reform Even those who believe most strongly in the prohibition and dry laws must be somewhat disturbed by two recent incidents in connection with the enforcement of law. The expenditure of $65,000 by the Government to send dry agents and their wives into New York night clubs to buy champagne at S4O a bottle, suggests that public sentiment for the law must-be at a rather low ebb when such desperate measures are necessary to get evidence. But back home in Indiana occurs another incident which reveals the interest of the professional reformers. The attorneys for the Anti-Saloon League have filed petitions in this county for the abatement of four places as nuisances. That might seem to be a righeous act and one prompted alone by zeal to close the places. But the facts indicate a different situation. All the evidence against these places was obtained by the police and the Federal agents. The owners are under arrest. The League did not gather the evidence or have anything to do with the prosecution of crime. All the facts are in the hands of Federal and local prosecutors. This county has a prosecutor who has rigidly enforced the dry law' and whose friendship and close contact with the League is well known. No one, not even the League would dare t; suggest that under any circumstances word i Prosecutor Remy fail to go to any length t enforce and uphold the law. All that was necessary for the League to do, if it wished merely to close these places, was to telephone or write to Air. Remy and suggest that abatements should follow. They would have followed. The Federal courts are also open to such abatement process and it is not likely that District Attorney Ward would have refused request from Dr. Shumaker for such action. The entrance of the League attorneys, then,

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can be explained only on the basis of some other reason. That reason is found in the law which Shumaker secured from the Stephenson-bossed Legislature under which private attorneys who prosecute such abatement suits receive fees of SIOO in each case. When the prosecutions are made by the regular prosecutor this fee goes into the public treasury. Prosecution for profit has always been abhorrent. It is abhorrent, even when indulged in by professional dry reformers. More than that, the filing of such suits in this county by the attorneys for Shumaker is direct reflection upon Prosecutor Remy. It suggests that he has been negligent or that he acquiesces in'the participation for profit by these agents of the League. The New Bedford Strike The strike of 27,000 textile workers in New Bedford, Mass., singularly peaceful during the sixteen weeks it has been in progress, has taken on a serious aspect. The militia has been called in, the riot act read, some hundreds of pickets arrested, and numbers of them sentenced to terms in prison ranging from two to six months. There has been little actual violence, but the presence of soldiers and thousands of demonstrators in the streets creates a situation that well may cause concern. For many weeks the strike proceeded in an almost good-natured manner. The mill-owners, early in July, opened the doors of their plants and invited the strikers to return. Few went, and there were no disorders. The present situation apparently developed as a result of mass demonstrations by the strikers. The business men of the city, who have suffered along with the strikers, seem originally to have been sympathetic to their position. Lately, whether rightly or wrongly, we do not pretend to say, they have demanded action against what they have termed the “outside agitators.” The issue in the strike is a 10 per cent cut In wages proposed by the employers. Mills can not operate profitably if present wages are paid, the owners insist. The workers, already getting low wages, counter with an equally tenable argument that they cannot live decently if their wages are cut. Arbitration, heretofore tried without success, again is to be attempted. It is to be hoped that the workers can settle their own differences and get together with their employers in an attempt to work out an adjustment before there is an explosion that might have dissatrous results. And in a possible settlement, employers would do veil to remember that the payment of starvation wages never put any sick industry on its feet. “America First” We believe in America First, especially in the world of sport and at the Olympic games; but wo confess to a feeling that an occasional reversal is not a bad thing. Uncle Sam has not had it all his own way at Amsterdam. Nothing wrong about that. America cannot expect' to win all the time. Both international good will and the cause of athletics will be benefited by a general distribution of honors. A clean sweep by the United States would j constitute a full meal for national pride, but might produce indigestion. General Nobile was hissed in Norway. That reminds us that a young man named Columbus was hooted once in one of those towns over there.

.David Dietz on Science

Medicine, Civilization

No. 119

A LENGTHY argument might easily be precipitated over the question of what has contributed most to the development of modem civilization. The weather being too warm for lengthy arguments, we shall avoid any positive pronouncement on the question. But undoubtedly there are many who would nominate the progress of medical science for the post of honor. Modern civilization owes much to medical science. The cities of the middle ages were periodically swept by terrible plagues. Living as we do in the twentieth century, we have no appreciation of the horror of a Black Plague when

the carts rattled up and down the streets all night carrying the dead to the burying places. Medical s c ience has eradicated such plagues. The expectation of life has been increased by medical science. Fewer women die in childbirth than did once upon a time.

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The infant has a better chance of living. He has a better chance today of escaping the diseases of childhood. He has a better chance of reaching the prime of life with a strong, healthy body. One by one, diseases which were regarded as ncurable are bowing to medical science. Insulin has conqueied diabetes. Liver diet is conquering pernicious anemia. It is true that many diseases remain which still affle medical science. But they are being studied in finely equipped laboratories in all parts of the world by men who are devoting their entire lives to the task. At the Rockefeller Institute in New York, at the Western Reserve Medical School, at the Johns Hopkins Medical School, at other schools and institutes and laboratories in all th- important cities of the world, the battle against disease and sickness is being waged. The discovery of insulin was the result of a long, patient investigation which took the time and energy of trained investigators year after year. Similar investigations now in process will eventually yield their results. Wfflen they do, new victories will be checked up to the t of medical science.

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M. E. TRACY SAYS: “Concrete Highrvays and the Automobile Will Do More ir Ten Years Not Only to Make Mexico Prosperous, but to Create a Better Understanding Betiueen the Mexican and American People, Than Statesmanship Could in 100.”

WITH 23.000,000 automobiles and 400,000 miles of hard surfaced highways, American vacations will be spent on wheels. Though pleasure is the object, we demand price as the yard stick. How many are vacationing on wheels, and how much will they spend? That Is what George F. Babbitt would know, before he Is ready to give the thing his indorsement. Having made its traffic count and computations the American Automobile Association reports as follows: 44,000,000 people have or will mount the flivver, scattering at least $3,000,000,000 as they roll along, and visiting not only all parts of the United States, but Canada and Mexico. Realizing what there is in it, Canada and Mexico have let down the customs barriers. One now can sojourn three months in either country without paying duty on his car, camp or equipment. a a tt Pleasure to Progress Mexico reacts to the agreeable task of entertaining American tourists with a great road building' program, which is just one more ex- ! ample of how progress grows out! of pleasure. lack of good roads more than .hing else has held Mexico back. For years, her leading statesmen, capitalists and educators have tried to make the people understand this, but purely economic arguments have failed. It took the automobile, with prospects of road house, all night cabin and hot dog'joint to create the proper enthusiasm, which is something that gives us no license to smile, for we, too, recognized the value of good roads until 1 joy riding compelled us. a an Roads Are Peace-Makers ! It was not the farmer, or the j merchant who started the highway construction program that has made this country famius. It was old John Public, with his family car. Concrete highways and the automobile will do more In ten years not only to make Mexico prosperous. but to create a better understanding between the Mexican and American people, than statesmanship could in 100. Ignorance is responsible for most, of the trouble and misunderstanding, and we are more at fault than the Mexicans because we have less excuse. So long as we do not visit Mexico and see conditions for ourselves, we will accept the movie and the melodrama as interpreting them correctly. The movie and the melodrama, like all forms of commercialized entertainment, are forced | to indulge local prejudices. That | makes it difficult, if not impossible, for them to tell the truth about other people and countries. The average American thinks of Mexico as he has seen it portrayed on stage and screen; thinks of wide hats, bowie knives, bandits and snakeskin belts. His ignorance of what Mexico has to 'ffer in an historical, artistic and cultural way is little short of appalling. a a tt Something to See With good roads stretching from the border down through Mexico, the average American would soon learn about the wonderful Spanish architecture; about the Maya and Toltec civilizations; about the handmade pottery of Guadalajara and the pyramids at Teotihuacan, not to mention the modern refinements and engineering progress, of which he has little conception. Whether from the standpoint of antiquity or from that of individuality, Mexico has real wonders to offer the tourist. She has pyramids and temples which compare favorably with those of ancient Egypt, and excavations which rival those of Pompeii and Nineveh. She has also an artistic temperament which has produced music, painting, sculpture and ceramics that will stand comparison with those of any other country. These are some of the things which fiction ignores, but which joy riding would force upon the traveler’s attention. a a u Mexico Meets Crisis Mexico has not received from us the sympathy and confidence which she deserves, and which we would be glad to give, but for our lack of knowledge. It is curious that we should know so little about Mexico, and it is even more curious that we should be so content in it. The prevailing impression is that Mexico contains little worth our attention. Events of the last few days should warn us how erroneous 1 such an impression is. As Ambassador Morrow pointed out in his address before the American Chamber of Commerce at Mexico City Wednesday, “that calmness ] and steadiness which the Mexican i rulers and people have shown in their hour of trial may well be practiced by us.” When President-Elect Obregon was shot down, we confidentially looked for wholesale murder, if not revolution. Asa matter of record, the Mexican people have shown a poise of which any nation might be proud.

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Knowing, How to Sit Aids Good Posture

3Y DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hvgeia, the Health Magazine. EXTENSIVE studies have been and are being made of the posture of the human body under various conditions. Through long continued bad posture, particularly in the growing j child, the skeleton of the body may | be so deformed that serious results j will follow in adult life. A great portion of our time is spent in the sitting position and at I least one-third of it lying down. The posture of the body under all of this circumstances is important. Various muscles and points are involved in any position that the body may assume. The experts who have studied the subject have analyzed the posture from the anatomical point of view. They realize that the manner in i which one stands or sits has to do with the position of the organs of j the interior of the body and with the way in which they function. An habitual depression of the chest cavity makes impossible deep j breathing; interference with ventilation of the lungs makes them susceptible to various diseases. Downward and inward pressure on the abdomen interferes with the action of the stomach and intestines, j Cramping of the chest and abdo-! men throws an extra load on the functions of the heart. Habitual bad nosture results in I curving of the spine with inability of j the back to function properly in I work. Furthermore, our views of beau- j ty are definitely related to certain conceptions of posture. The things , that we admire are those associated with correct posture; namely, uprightness, ievel-headed, chesty, well-balanced and poise. The things that we dislike are associated with bad posture, slouchy, narrow chest, stooped, shuffling, shambling. A man who stands and sits correctly is said to have backbone. The weak and incompetent are called spineless. Occasionally bad habits of posture become a national fad, as in the case of the debutante slouch, i the use of the bustle, and the j straight front. These things are, however, unex- ; plainable, except as mental aberrations, and sooner or later humanity returns to a proper conception of physical condition. Since much of the life of the child is spent in school, educational in-

Bridge Play Made Easy BY W. W. WENTWORTH

(Abbreviations: A —ace: It —king; Q—queen: J—jack: X— anv card lower than 10.) WHEN drawing trumps you should not as a rule indulge in ducking. To do so might unnecessarily permit opponents to ruff with the result that your entire ducking campaign would collapse and your opponents might make tricks that otherwise could never have been made by them. Asa rule, draw the outstanding trumps and postpone the ducking. Used to best advantage when one of the hands is weak in re-entries, ducking may, however, be advisable when you do hold a re-entry as in the illustration which follows: Hummy holding spades—s 4 3: hearts—A 2; diamonds—A K 7 6 5 4; clubs—3 2. Declarer, spades— AJ 2; hearts—Q J 10; diamonds—3; clubs—K Q 765 4. The only way in which declarer may possibly make game is to establish the diamond suit. This may be accomplished by ducking the first time that suit is played. As soon as declarer gets the lead he should play heart Queen and overtake with heart Ace in the dummy. Then he plays diamond Ace and diamond King in turn with the likelihood that all of the missing diamonds will drop, enabling him to win tricks with his three remaining cards in that suit with the probability of going game. (Copyright. 1928. by the Ready Reference Publishing Company)

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stitutions are giving more and more attention to proper sitting and to lessons in posture during tne school hours. A properly designed seat is not too high or too deep, it has no* elevation at the rear of the seat to slide the body forward and the back is fitted comfortably to the natural curves of the spinal column, A child who sits correctly in a proper seat is able to put its feet

(Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette) Decision appears to have been taken by Dr. E. S. Shumaker and his counsel, together with friends in the Indiana Anti-Saloon League to appeal his case to the Supreme Court of the United States. We trust there may be no withdrawal from this decision. We should like to see the merits of that case determined by the highest court in the land. There has been an element of doubt in the minds of Dr. Shumaker and his advisors that the Supreme Court of the Nation would receive the case and determine it. For that misgiving there is some ground for reason. Yet the appeal to that court is worth trying for and it is hoped it may be undertaken. The United States Supreme Court refused jurisdiction in the case of George R. Dale, publisher of a newspaper in Muncie, who was penalized for contempt by the new notorious Judge Clarence W. Dearth, presiding over the Circuit Court of Delaware County. The position taken by Judge Dearth was that, while the things charged by Dale and held to be in contempt might be true, the truth was no defense. Dale was fined and sentenced to the State Penal Farm. He appealed to the Indiana Supreme Court and that tribunal affirmed the judgment of Judge Dearth. Dale then sought to carry his

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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—l have noted with much concern the news items carried by the daily papers relative to placing the police department on a 12-hour daily shift or to what is known as the two-platform system. Asa citizen and taxpayer, I feel that the 12-hour day for the police force will place a black mark gainst tthe name of Indianapolis and also will cause a gross injustice to our faithful police officers—there are none better, no matter what’city you would like to name. Traveling as I do, in United States and Canada, I have found no more honest, efficient hard-working lot of policemen then we have in our own city. Common horse sense, to say the least, teaches us that we can not get efficiency out of our police force by compelling the men to be on duty for twelve hours a day, and if an arrest is made by the officer on duty, this officer has to lose an additional two to five hours, or until the case is disposed of. These are facts that the people of Indianapolis should know. The Board of Safety should be familiar with the difficulties of the police department without adding to them by burdening the force with longer hours. . They should, instead, find ways and means of adding more men to the department and place the police officers on the three-platoon system basis, the eight-hour This system is in vogue in some of the most progressive cities of our Nation. It is not an experiment, but a successful system. I fully agree with the police chief in his insistence that more men be added to his department. Our “penny wise’’ policy is costing the citizens of Indianapolis plenty. With the additional force we greatly can reduce the present crime wave and at the same time humanize the conditions of our policemen. ...i.iijia

i squarely on the floor without slumpj ing: there is no tendency to slide ' forward on the seat when the child relaxes. The shoulders tend to hang outward and back, and there is no inclination of the body to topple forward. If a seat is properly built, it is : merely necessary for the child to [ sit well back in the seat to be asi sured of good posture.

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case up on a question of constitional rights, but the Federal Supreme Court declined to take the case and Dale finally had to go to the penal farm, though he was paroled by Governor Jackson the same day he entered that institution as a convict. The principle upon which Dale made his fight remains, therefore, undetermined beyond the Supreme Court of Indiana. The Dale and the Shumaker cases do not have entire correspondence. Dale made no pretense that he had not stated the things charged in derogation of Judge Dearth or that they did not and were not intended to be harsh criticisms. He did contend that the things stated were true and offered to prove that they were true. Dr. Shumaker’s defense is that the things he stated in criticism of the Indiana Supreme Court were never meant to be offensive and that he had nothing farther from his purpose than that his criticisms should be taken as holding that tribunal in contem.pt. Dale, in short, charged that Judge Dearth’s judicial conduct had been venal and scandalous and offered the proof of it. Dr. Shumaker asserts that his criticisms were proper, rational and constructive, such criticisms as are wholly within the rights of any citizen to entertain and publish.

No civic public servant is more faithful in maintenance of law and order and the protection of our homes against marauders then our police officers. The three-platoon system is the logical thing to have, if we want to get the most out of our police force. We cannot expect efficiency until the municipality recognizes the rights of the officers. They are giving to us wonderful service under the present system, but there is room for improvement on our part. Let the citizenry speak up and be counted. Let’s give the policemen what rightfully is theirs. JAMES C. SHANESSY.

Has the capital of Australia been changed? On May 9, 1927, the capital was removed from Melbourne to anew city called Canberra. Which is correct, a “rule ’ or a “ruler,” meaning an instrument to measure length? Both are correct. By whom w—a Australia first setvied? How Eld Great Britain obtain possession of it? Great Britain obtained possession of Australia by exploration and settlement. The first civilized settlement was in Botany Bay in 1788 by 1,030 persons, mostly convicts. What is the highest altitude in North America? Mount McKinley in Alaska with an elevation -of 20,300 feet. How are chalk crayons made? In general, chalk is a soft white or grayish white or yellowish compact limestone. The exact composition of the various kinds of chalk (blackboard crayon) is a trade secret. They are largely made of chalk of the kind described above. Pastels are la mixture of chalk and

Questions and Answers

AUG. 3, 1928

KEEPING UP With THE NEWS

BY LtFDWELL DENNY WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—Soma American officials are looking for the joker in the new British-French compromise naval agreement. Does it mean a virtual alliance of those two European powers? Does it lead to scrapping the Washington naval treaty for a League of Nations pact? Until much more study Is given to this latest European move, the State Government announcement that it is ready to renew the disarmament discussions at Geneva i. not to be taken very seriously. By this announcement, which commits the United States to nothing, but which is interpreted “in a big way” by most of the press, the department is gaining time to pursue careful investigations. Some diplomatic and naval officials here believe the European powers are getting ready to kill the Washington naval limitation treaty at the 1931 revision conference, and to hand over future naval agreements to the League of Nations. To consent to such tactics, the United States would have to change completely its basic post-war foreign policy. This is the reason Washington officials are handling the BritishFrench understanding with gloves, and why they refuse to discuss for publication its implications. THE British note to the State Department, describing the tentative London-Paris agreement, is not at all clear. The note, which London has not yet agreed to make public, is said to state that France, in effect, has given up her oemand that naval tonnage be considered for limitation in one total unit, and has accepted the Washington treaty principle of considering each class of ships separately. It is understood that the agreement, to satisfy France’s desire for submarines, distinguishes between large or so-called offensive submarines and smaller undersea craft, which presumably would be unlimited. Such arrangement between Britain and France would be, in effect, an informal military alliance, under which the large French army and its smaller nation sattelites would dominate Europe on land and the British navy would continue to dominate the seas. To be effective in the long run such agreement would have to be hooked up at least indirectly to the League of Nations, and its "security” and war-making powers. Where does the United States come into this plan? The answer has been in the there is no sign of any change of policy so far—that the United States quite definitely and deliberately stays out. a a a THE American arms policy Is based upon three fundamental premises, which have been stated repeatedly by Secretaries Hughes and Kellogg and by the American resentatives on the league of Nations preparatory arms commission. These are: 1. That arms limitation can not be achieved by one world treaty fitting the needs of all nations, but is to be attained by so-called regional agreements among groups of nations. 2. That limitation of land armaments is distinctly a European problem involving problems of “security,” which the European nations alone are capable of settling. That land disarmament does not apply to the United States and the Western Hemisphere, because the United States considers its army and the armies of other American nations already are reduced to the lowest passible point compatible with their “police functions” and nonaggressive purposes. That the small nonnaval States of the League of Nations shall -ot be permitted in a general arms conference to fix the size of American and other navies. Behind this United States arms policy, of course, is the conviction which played such a large part in the enate deviate on membership in the League of Nations that the Geneva body can be controlled by Great Britain and France through their informal smaller European -"tions. It is considered significant here that. r '”awing the Geneva Coolidge naval conference, in which France refused to participate and which Britain “broke up” in the face of the American-Japanese unity of program, Britain and France now have come together.

Daily Thoughts

Be not wise in your own conceits.—Romans 12:16. a a t> NATURE has somr'imes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man's own making, ‘.ddlson.

coloring matter worked into a paste with gum water. The vegetable colors used are tumeric, litmus, saffron and sap green, but should in every case be free from acid as the latter reacts on chalk. Red chalk is made from ochery clay, one containing much iron cxide. What is the meaning of the nam* Shirley? It is an English ,lacn name fr-m Sheer-lea, a meadow where sheep are sheared.

This Date in U. S. History

August 3 1492—Columbus sailed from Palos, Spain. 1692—A Massachusetts court condemned six witches to death. 1777—Continental Congress accepted Count Pulaski’s services. 1780—Benedict Arnold put in command at West Point. 1907—Standard Oil Company fined $29,240,000 by Federal Judge Landis at Chicago.