Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 75, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 August 1928 — Page 6

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With What Argument? When a State candidate, the most rej spectable and respected on the Republican ticket, calmly announces that if the November election were to be held today, the State would go for Hoover and the Republican ticket be defeated, the public may be sure that the revolt against Jacksonism and the reign of disgrace is deep seated and widespread. Candidates do not prophesy their own defeat unless they are sure of it and seek some desperate remedy. It is the oxygen hour. If the voters of the State have the conscience and intelligence which the politicians fear they may possess in spite of tie triumphs of hooded hate in the past, the fears of these candidates today will become more and more of a certainty as the campaign progresses. That the Vote of the State will be for Mr. Hoover can be easily understood. In addition to the fact that the State is normally and traditionally Republican, there is the added factor this year of a candidate who will peal to very many independent voters, especially women who admired his contribution to the cause of humanity and who have learned to regard him as entirely different from the mine run of candidates for office. The fear of the politicians who captured the Republican ticket lies in the same discriminating sense of values which leads to the popularity of Hoover. They know that Leslie and Hoover do not belong on the same ticket and that the greatest insult that could be offered to Hoover would be to use his reputation and good name as an excuse for dragging back into power the forces and influences which disgraced this State. Every reason which any voter, regular or independent, has for voting for Hoover on the ground of character, attainment and ideals should prompt a vote for Frank Dailey. What argument will the supporters of Leslie give to the voter who has now decided to vote for Hoover, a Republican, for president and Dailey, a Democrat for Governor, to change his attitude ? Will they hark back to the convention and give the source of Leslie’s nomination as a reason? Will they dare to reveal the subtle and sinister deals that were responsible for the selection of a man whom the Republicans very definitely said they did not wish and who ran far down on the list of candidates ? Will they explain why it happened, when the convention definitely turned from Schortemeier, who led in the primary, the delegates overlooked Fred Landis and Thomas Adams, whose combined vote was larger than that of both Leslie and Sehortemeier? Just what reason has any decent citizen who wants to see Indiana back in the United States for voting for any one but Dailey? The Fish Do Not Matter A great many men who go fishing every summer would have a hard time explaining just why they do it. It isn’t for the fish, exactly; some of the finest moments in a fisherman’s career come on afternoons when his hook goes utterly unmolested. Except among the most hardened devotees, the success of a fishing trip depends in no way on the size of the catch. Herbert Hoover, who took to the California trout streams to get in shape for the presidential campaign, has found the words to explain it. Fishing, according to Mr. Hoover, is more an escape from a jazz-mad world than any positive enjoyment of angling in itself. Indeed, he believes that as many as seven-eighths of the men who go fishing go to get away from something rather than to get at the fish. It is the only occupation, he says, in which the average busy man can be alone and not be criticised or suspected. Probably there is a lot to that explanation. The city dweller these days finds life a pretty complex affair. One doesn’t have to be a candidate for the presidency to learn that solitude and privacy can be almost unattainable. Modern life is restless, founded on never-ceasing movement. From the time a man gets up in the morning until he goes to bed at night there is no escaping it. He hurries through his breakfast, races for a trolley or speeds off in his auto to get to the office or shop, works all day at top speed, snatches twenty minutes for lunch, hurries home in the evening—and gets, nowhere, any moments in which he can relax, commune with himself or take stock of his place in the general scheme of things. It is from that sort of thing that fishing offers a relief. And, obviously, this relief does not in the least depend on the size of the fisherman’s catch. The mere atmosphere of the fishing country, with silent woods, lonely streams, quiet dawns and lazy afternoons when the sunlight comes down in wavering patches through rustling leaves to rippled water, is a tonic and a relief. Getting the fish is only a minor part of a man’s business there. The real thing is solitude and freedom. A man can rediscover his own personality and build up barriers against the ceaseless assaults of modern city life. It was remarked, a long time ago, that one must not try to live by bread alone. Too many of us are trying to do it these days. The fisherman knows the remedy. The luckless trout or bass is only an excuse. The real job at hand is idleness and meditation. Governor A1 Smith has started a gambling battle with Saratoga county officials. He just up and knocked the Saratoga chips off their shoulders.

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Foreign View of Hoover Additional light on what the world thinks of Herbert Hoover is furnished in a survey of the foreign press in the living age, made by William R. Willcox, a former chairman of the Republican national committee. Willcox reaches the conclusion that public opinion generally favors Hoover. He quotes L’lndependance Beige as saying that “If Herbert Hoover is elected President, there will be in the White House a strong personality whose action may include some surprises.” Le Temps of Paris said Hoover is “an example of the American realist and organizer, with profound knowledge of the world’s needs and a very definite feeling of the economic solidarity of all nations.” Le Matin of Paris similarly praises him. The Frankfurter Zeitung finds Hoover “a man of superior qualities” and demonstrated ability. “Hoover has proved his worth,” comments the Neue Freie Presse of Vienna. The Journal De Geneve finds cause for gratification that a man who knows Europe and understands her needs may enter the White House. We are inclined to doubt the view of Willcox that the opinion of Europe may have an appreciable effect on the election here. Nevertheless it speaks well for Hoover that he enjoys the respect and confidence of our former allies and enemies alike. Judicial Arrogance Some women are just as bad as some men when they get on the Judicial bench and experience an exaggerated sense of their importance. There’s Judge Mi's. Belle D. Russell, for example, sitting as a judge In New London, Conn. A woman witness appeared in court wearing masculine attire. Judge Mrs. Belle D. Russell ordered her to leave, and when the witness replied that she couldn’t leave because she was a witness, the female Judge came right back at her: “Yes, you can,” said the learned judgess. “Go home and put on some other clothes. You can’t testify in that rig.” Now what would the judgess do If the witness went home, but didn’t change her clothes? The judgess couldn't go to her home and change the lady’s clothes herself. She couldn’t make the lady change them if the lady had any spunk and refused to obey orders. And the question arises, what business is it of a judge, male or female, what clothes a witness wears so long as they cover her? And why do human beings when they become judges assume the right to bawl people out in the courtroom? Is it because they are cowards and know they have people at their mercy and can soak them for contempt of court if they sass back? Likely Sites for Toll Bridges American Automobile Association officials said today that many members of Congress were growing alarmed at the practice of private individuds in obtaining a congressional franchise for a bridge and then selling it for a large profit, or else overcapitalizing a bridge company and charging exorbitant tolls to pay interest and principal. “There are few if any instances where private toll bridges are desirable or sound as a public policy,” the roads bureau has reported to Congress. “The public can build cheaper and borrow the necessary capital on more advantageous terms than can priva te interests.” These interests hope for eventual abolition of toll bridges. Meanwhile, they are seeking to have inserted in all private bridge bills clauses prohibiting sale or transfer of the franchise by the original guarantee, and also providing for Federal supervision of interstate bridges and State supervision of intrastate bridges. There was much excitement when the first cable of the new Ambassador Bridge, connecting Detroit and Ontario, was set in place. Folks Just can’t get over it —until it’s finished.

David Dietz on Science

Bible Medical Laws

'No. 131

MANY medical laws are to be found in the Old Testament. These, according to Sir William Osier, show both Egyptian and Babylonian influences. These laws are attributed to Moses. Most Biblical students, however, are of the opinion that they are the work of writers who lived much later than Moses. As we know today, the Bible as we have it is a compilation of a great many documents which onginated at differ-

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tion for personal cleanliness. Many of the laws refer to epidemics. The isolation of lepers and of others with contagious disease is ordered. There are many laws regulating the diet and forbidding certain types of food as “unclean.” There are also lav/s covering the subject of baths, clothing and housing. Divination, popular with the Babylonians, apparently was not widespread among the Hebrews. There are some few mentions in the Old Testament, however. The visit of the elders of Balak to Balaam is one of them. Another example is the story of Joseph and the way in which ;he foretold the future from dreams. The belief in witches, however, seems to have been particularly strong. Stringent laws against the practice of witchcraft are to be found. The belief in enchantments naturally accompanied the belief in witches. The ancient belief of the Egyptians and the Babylonians that disease was caused by evil spiirts persisted among the Hebrews to a great extent. The case here is very much as it was among the Egyptians and the Babylonians. Sound practices, as good as could be expected considering the knowledge of the day, are found side by side with irrational ones frequently based on superstitious notions. TThe idea that disease resulted from possession of the sick person by an evil demon is also to be found in the New Testament. The New Testament, however, contains only one reference to devination, and only one to astrology.

M. E. TRACY SAYS: “The Idea That We Can Get an Accurate Referendum on Prohibition, or Any Other Particular Issue, by Voting for Candidates Is Absurd

T IKE that in Missouri, the vote in Ohio proves one thing, people are not voting exclusively on the wet and dry Issue. There is too obvious an irregularity in the returns for doubt on this point. In Ohio, the same Democratic party which nominated an avowed dry for Governor nominated an avowed wet for Senator. What explanation is there, except that thousands of voters refused to be swayed by their opinions with regard to prohibition? The idea that we can get an accurate referendum on prohibition, or any other particular issue, by voting for candidates is absurd. In the first place, there are other questions to be considered, and in the second, there are the candidates themselves. Even fanatical wets and drys have sense enough not to vote for a weak candidate simply because he agrees with them on that one point. Drys May Back Al The notion that Governor Smith's election would mean very much with regard to modification is just one more delightful illusionment fathered by wishes. Asa matter of common sense, Governor Smith has no show at all unless he carries the South, and the South is dry. Every southern State he wins will join his standard through a compromise by which dry Senators and Representatives are indorsed as perfectly good Democrats. The more States he wins in that section of the country the more dry Democrats he will have to block modification. u a a Jury Acquits Thief You can not think of prohibition, without thinking of Bootleggers and those who patronize them furnish the real problem, not only that, but they furnish many other problems. A thief was acquitted in Brooklyn Wednesday on the ground that it was no crime to rob bootleggers. As one of the jurors explained after the verdict had been rendered, “in this case the complaint was made by a lot of bootleggers who don’t care how they get their money as long as they get it. The defendent was as much entitled to it as they were.” The point is that the bootleggers had not been convicted, but were adjudged such on the word of the attorney defending the thief. The basic principle of our judicial system Is the assumption that every man is innocent, until proved guilty. More often than not, however, men not on trial are convicted by a jury in order to acquit those who are on trial. In case after case the character of murdered persons has been shredded in order to lay a predicate for turning murderers free. That is not due process of law. No jury has a right to say bootleggers are bootleggers unless they are on trial, or have been convicted. No jury has the right to acquit men of crimes because it “believes” that their victims were just as bad. Such practice is opposed to the essential principles of justice. a a a Launch Two Ships Wednesday saw the Europa launched at Hamburg with United State Ambassador Shurman standing at her bow and reverently wishing that “good fortune may always attend her and that she may, for years to come, aid in uniting our two peoples more closely together in the bonds of mutually profitable commerce, good understanding and fellowship.” Thursday saw a sister ship launched at Bremen, with President Von Hindenburg expressing similar hopes. Thus within twenty-four hours, Germany adds not only 92,000 tons to her merchant fleet, but a couple of the most magnificent ocean liners ever constructed. Each of these liners is 938 feet in length, has accommodations for more than 2,000 passengers and is equipped with the most modern safety devices. a tt Germany Comes Back Ten years ago Germany was supposed to have been crushed as a maritime nation. Her best ships were taken over by the victorious Allies and distributed among them The fleet she had loft was a mere shadow of its former glory. Her comeback is one of the most remarkable aspects of reconstruction. Working upward almost from the bottom, she gained sixth place among the nations in 1927, and now she has arrived at fourth, being only outranked by England, the United States and Japan. During the first six months of this year she has launched more ships and laid more keels than any other country except England, and if she keeps up her present building program, it will be only a few more years before she holds second place. a a a U. S, Joy-Riding While Germany and England build ships, not only promoting international trade, but gaining control of it, we build automobiles. According to the Department of Commerce, our 262 plants turned out 3,300,000 vehicles last year, of which more than 2,800,000 were pleasure cars. When it comes to jazz and joyriding, no nation can compete with the United States. We are proving our prosperity beyond the shadow of a doubt, but are we paying attention to those activities by which it was brought into being and without which it can not continue?

ent times during the history of Palestine. According t o Neuburger, a well-known student of medical history, tl# medical laws of the Old Testament were, “in view of the conditions of the climate, surpr is in g 1 y rational.” The laws are many. They give detailed instruc-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Mygeia, the Health Magazine. THE number of strange notions regarding the hair is infinite. One of them has to do with the idea that the pouring and rubbing of tonics of one sort or another upon the scalp will influence greatly the growth and texture of the hair. Experienced investigators are inclined to L. lieve that the loss of hair is associated in most instances with heredity, and that in (he absence of hereditary factors, the quality of the hair is a reflection to a considerable extent of the circulation of the scalp and the nature of the blood coming to it. Hence, competent advisers suggest improvement of the circulation by suitable massage and manipulation of the scalp and the employment of general hygiene for Improving the quality of the blood. The hair should be washed as often as is necessary for cleanliness. If the scalp is excessively dry, oil may be added in the form of vaseline or olive oil. There is a strange notion to the effect that repeated shaving makes the hair coarse or will make it grow more rapidly, hence persons are frequently seen in the summer months with the scalp completely shaved. The notion is wholly a notion. There is not the slightest evidence to substantiate this belief. The average man today shaves himself with facility and cleanliness. Barber shops vary as to their hygiene and cleanliness. Troublesome skin diseases are occasionally contracted in instances in which damp towels or dirty shaving brushes have carried infection.

(Abbreviations: A—ace; K—king; Q—queen; J—Jack; X—any card lower than 10.) WHEN your partner has not bid and the contract has been won with a declaration of a suit, your problem of opening the play is much more difficult than if the bid were no trump. Then you should choose the suit to be opened in the following preferential manner: PAR LEAD. The most desirable of all openings is the lead of a suit containing top honors in most perfect sequence as A K Q J, A K Q, A K J, A K 10, A K, A K X, K Q J, K Q 10. The King is led from all of these holdings excepting A K, in which combination the Aceis led and followed by the King, This is information to your partner that you hold no more of that suit. BIG DRIVER. Second in preference of opening suits is the lead of a suit head by Q J, as Q J 10 9, Q J 10, Q J 9 X. The Queen may drive out dummy's King and if your partner holds the Ace, the result of the play is the establishing of your remaining cards in that suit. LITTLE DRIVER. Third in preference of opening suits is the lead of a suit headed by J 10, as J 10 9 8, J 10 8 X. The Jack may drive out dummy’s Queen and if your partner holds the King, the result of the play is the establishing of your remaining cards in that suit. ROYAL LEAD. The lead from KQXXorKQXorKQis about as acceptable as the previous class. (Copyright. 1923. by the Ready Reference Publishing Company)

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The News Reaches Mosquitoville

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Care of Hair Center of Mistaken Notions

Bridge Play Made Easy BY W. W. WENTWORTH

This Date in U. S. History

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

There is no evidence that curling of the hair on pins or paper is injurious to it. Some question has arisen to the effects of the steaming and drying processes associated with the development of permanent waves. Some authorities insist that this process makes the hair unusually dry and brittle, and tends eventually to destroy its luster.

Times Readers Voice Views

The name and address of the author must accompany ever ycontributlon, but on requect will not be published. Letters not exceeding 200 words will receive preference. Editor Times—Here’s lesson No. 1 on the Governor: Q —Who is the man with the dignified air? A—The Governor. Q —What does the Governor do? A—He klux to the geese. „ Q —Why does he klux? A—So there will be more eggs. Q —What kind of eggs? A—Bad eggs. Q—Why bad eggs? A—Bad eggs make good politicians. Q —What do good politicians do? A—Break other bad eggs. Q—Why do they break bad eggs? A—lt’s better than breaking rock. Q —Where does the Governor go when he leaves the State? A—To a state of solitude. S. R. T. Editor Times—l have been a constant reader of your paper and have at all times admitted your activities in promoting and furthering various movements toward building and stimulating public interest in the progress and political welfare of our ciiy and State. However, I find it quite difficult to understand just why you have lowered your Ideals to the extreme point of sponsoring and encouraging such an absurdly ridiculous stunt as pole standing in this city. At this particular time, at least, you might have spared the citizens from this disgusting episode, as well as our police department, already overworked from the criminal activities and ordinary traffic work which is “plenty worrisome” at best. Judging from the appearances of the first evening of this undesirable advertising stunt, Chief Worley will have to detail a precious number of valuable officers to handle traffic and preserve life at downtown corners. On top of that, the downtown worker trying to drive home to his family will have to be contented to fret and cuss his way home and then if he should pick up a Times be thrown into a frenzy by pictures and reading matter on the “art of pole standing” plastered all over the front page. I may be narrow minded on the subject in question. If so, perhaps, a lengthy editorial on the “artistic and beneficial qualities of pole standing” may enlighten me and encourage me along with many other people uneducated along this line to smile away our disgust and continue to read your paper. THOMAS E. HALSEY, 947 N. Illinois St. Editor Times—About the year 1877 I was standing talking with a ooy cnuiii, between 9 and 10 p. m., when he suddenly exclaimed: "Look at that light!" I looked toward the west and it appeared that the whole country was aflame, like a terrible prairie fire bearing down upon us. In a second or two a huge meteor appeared in the northwest, travelling northeast. It was in Ripley County at the time. I learned afterward that it passd just south of Chicago. I would judge from the angle and distance from which we saw it that it was at last 100 miles from the earth. Some years later, I read an account of this meteor in a work by Sir Robert Ball. His observations were taken from Crawfordsville, Ind. He stated that when the meteor was over central Illinois it burst, and that fifteen minutes later a report was heard like distant thunder, all of which I observed. The ground trembled. My folks at home, being in I bed, heard the windows rattle, but were ignorant

On the other hand, promoters of the devices for developing permanent waves claim just the opposite. That these questions of beauty in relation to hair are entirely psychological is easily apparent when one considers, as pointed out by Dr. J. F. Williams that Negroes use a preparation to take out the kink and white women spend fortunes to put it in.

of the cause till I arrived and informed them. After the explosion a dozen or more fragments could be seen. They appeared as large as barrels and continued on in the same general direction, except they slowly widened apart as they went on, and disappeared behind a cloud in the northeast. The whole display lasted probably not more than five seconds. Sir Robert stated that this meteor first was seen over Kansas. My opinion is that it had no intention of taking up its permanent residence on the earth. It perhaps would have taken a field as large as Indiana in which to make a successful landing. If one of our adventurous citizens could have caught one of those fragments and held on, he now would be roaming among the starry heavens several light years away from this world. I have been reading David Dietz’ articles and being interested in science would be glad if a meteorologist would Inform us if it is possible for a meteor, in the rare atmosphere 100 miles from the earth, to generate enough friction to heat it to the point of explosion? Might it not be that meteors bring with them an explosive substance unknown among the earth’s elements, which ignites upon the slightest contact with oxygen? PETER E. GRIMES, 4934 Broadway.

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Daily Thoughts

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings.—Proverbs 22:29. a a a WHY has no religion this command before all others; thou shalt work?—Auerbach.

.'AUG. 17 1928

KEEPING UP With THE NEWS

BY LUDWELL DENNY UNIVERSITY, Va., Aug. 17.—For two weeks the Institute of Public Affairs at Jefferson’s University has been trying to ignore the campaign religious controversy, but now it has burst all over the place. A Protestant preacher started the fireworks suddenly in a dull forum on commercialization of the press, and things have been popping ever since. “Every intelligent person knows that religion already is a campaign factor, perhaps the principal factor, in the discussion of the people throughout the country,” said the Rev. Albert C. Dieffenbach, editor of the Boston Christian Register, to the accompaniment of cheers and hisses. “The Catholic Church never in all its history has relented by a syllable its absolute claims to primacy over the State. It has been said that Governor Smith has dismissed the religious question by his reply to Charles C. Marshall in the Atlantic Monthly of May, 1927. But why do not editors tell their readers that Governor Smith’s reply has no force, so far as the church is concerned, since he is a mere layman with no standing whatever except as an obedient child of all the doctrines of the church. tt tt tt “r-pHE bill of rights says what any A decent man believes, that the Roman Catholic and every other believer shall have full rights In the conduct of worship. “But it is because many Americans believe the Roman Catholio system would prohibit the free exercise of religion by other faiths than its own, according to the avowed Catholic doctrine, that they have made up their minds to take no chances, not so much with Mr. Smith as with the hierarchy of which he is a member. “When the Catholic church pleads for religious liberty it means liberty for itself to maintain its dogma of religious authority, not only in the church but in the State. "As for that Protestant influence called fundamentalism, I am just as intrepidly opposed to it as anyone. But I can see the curse both of Protestant fundamentalism and the curse of the potential Roman Catholic rule in this country. The most terrible thing that has happened in this country.” (Cheers). RED in the face Dr. John H. Latane, Johns Hopkins University, ridiculed this fear of the, Catholic church and this opposition to Smith. He attacked what he called the Protestant parson’s attempted domination of the country. “The Jesuits in their palmiest days never had a firmer grip on the Government of any country than the leaders of Protestant churches have had in this country during the last eight years. (Loud shouts of approval.) “Your own Virginia delegates to 1 the Houston convention were afraid to vote for Smith because of fear of that element. “Vice President Marshall said when the prohibition amendment was passed in the Senate, not twenty Senators were in favor of it, but they were afraid of the political parsons. “You know what happened to the Jesuits (abroad) as a result of their activities political: Well, the political parsons in this country also are riding for a fall, for Americans are not going to submit very long to ecclesiastical domination. “On one side are the fundamentalists, the Ku-Klux Klan and the political parsons, carrying with them a great many good, sincere Christian people, and on the other side are the forces of liberalism. If the political parsons carry the South against Smith it will mean the triumph of political bigotry, hypocrisy and cant, and the intellectual and spiritual development of the South will be set back many years.” (Prolonged applause.) a a u JOHN S. BRYAN, editor Chicago Journal and Richmond News Leader: “In France, after the government got through with the Catholio church it ate out of the government’s hand. In Italy, Mussolini told the Catholic church where to get off, and it got off. The Catholic church practically is an impotent thing in America. “With 60,000,000 people in this country who belong to no church at all, what can 18,000,000 Catholics do? But what can happen to this country is, that fear—the deadliest thing on earth—can get hold of it. I expect to vote for Smith to show that I am big enough to beat anything that comes down the street. “In regard to Smith’s election a man who is bound by the United States Constitution and the laws of this country we have nothing to fear from him.” Dr. T. H. Reed, University of Michigan: “No responsible Republican, much less Mr. Hoover, can be blamed for the unwisdom and intolerance of other persons who seek to project the religious issue into this campaign.” Dr. A. R. Hatton, Northwestern University: “I have never voted for or against a man because he was a Protestant or a Catholic. But so long as it remains the established dogma of the Catholic church thafl the S*ate is subordinate to the church and the church officials you cannot blame certain people for * being suspicious of the 'election of a Catholic as President. To take that position is no religious intolerance. If there was a similar declaration in the discipline of the Methodist church we would be suspicious of electing a Methodist.” a a st WILLIS J. ABBOTT, editor Christian Science Monitor: “Some of us support Hoover because we think he is a better man for the place, and oppose Smith because he Is wet and a Tammany product, and * I hope we will not be charged with taking that position because of religious prejudice.” Whatever the merits cf the controversy the audience and member* of the Institute clearly are more interested in this than in all the other issues discussed here.