Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 105, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 September 1928 — Page 6

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Smith and Intolerance! Governor Smith last night in Oklahoma City made his long anticipated speech on religious intolerance. He indicated it would be his last word on this subject in this campaign. It is to be hoped that he adheres to this decision. For, regretfully it must be said, there is reason to fear that his approach to the question last night was one likely, if carried much farther, to make the religious issue a greater rather than a smaller factor in the campaign than it already is. Every true American resents the manifestations oi religious bigotry that thus far have appeared. Bigotry and persecution are despicable at any time. They are most despicable when they foul the religion they profess to serve. Intolerance has constituted a constant threat to American democracy. It can not be stamped out by force. It can not be eradicated by law. It can not be ended by appeals to decency and fair play. It dies only with the ?iow birth of national education and enlightenment. This is our American task. Smith, without question, has suffered from persecution of the bigots. It was not to be expected that he would suffer in silence. Smith said those who raise the Tammany charge against him are only drawing a herring across the trail to disguise their religious prejudices. That is not true. In addition to the bigots, who are in a minority, are those sincerely opposing him on account of Tammany. We do not believe Smith could have made such a sweeping charge unless-he himself had become embittered and intolerant for the moment. Such intolerance on his part is understandable. But that does not justify it. Smith scores on one point. He properly blames the Republican leaders for not repudiating the action of Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt in appealing to a Methodist conference of ministers in Ohio to swing their co-religionists to Hoover. She should be repudiated, and without further delay. His attempted indictment of the national managers of Hoover’s campaign, smacking itself of intolerance, will not be taken seriously. As for Smith, his success in his own State has been due, in part at least, to the fact that he has there fought intolerance with tolerance. He will find that his best weapon in the national field as well. But the speech of Smith may well serve in Indiana to call attention to forces and influences which are attempting to ride into power under the Hoover qonfidence and issues and which are very openly attempting to use this religious bigotry to accomplish their aims. The office from which the campaign of Leslie is being managed is new the haven for the old lieutenants of Stephenson and the satellites of Bo§sert and Evans. Grand dragons and goblins and the former organizers for the Old Man are given jobs and pay from the people’s taxes to further the interests of Leslie. The boasted revival of the Klan at reduced rates of admission comes from the political managers of the Leslie and Robinson campaign. In this county Boss Coffin again forms his organization around the legions of prejudice and religious hatred which gave him power. The people of this State know well the cost of religious bigotry and hatreds. They can trace the shame of Indiana to this appeal. They remember that the “greatest political organization” admitted, through its woman leader, that it lived and thrived through “poison squads’ of whispering women. There is every evidence that the poison* squads are working again and are working, not for the purpose of defeating Smith, but in the hope that fear of him and his religion may make decent Republicans hesitate to scratch a ticket. The campaign of hate in this State is well understood. It is -not intended to help Hoover, who needs no help. 4 t It is intended to capture State offices.

Organized Banditry While police departments are trying to cope with a bandit system imported from the Old World, Uncle Sam might help some by dealing himself a hand in the • game. If our immigration laws haven’t teeth enough in them to bite the Mafia, Cammorro and blackhanders out of our system, Congress might as well get busy on a big dental job. Through centuries a system of organized banditry, blackmail and murder grew up in certain parts of Italy. It’s victims were so terrorized that they were afraid to testify against the murderers. Crime became an organized business, taking in practically all social classes. But Mussolini put a cleanup man on the job, gave him a free hand, and he cleaned up. The bandit business no longer exists. Along with the respectable foreign element that came to America there came a sprinkling cf the bandftry. It has been at work for many years. Today it Is organized business in some of our large cities. Prohibition gave it an opportunity to get rich and to develop into big business dimensions. In Chicago it has preyed upon business, blackmail is organized, bandit kings sit on their beer keg thrones, send out their thugs with their pineapples and stink bombs, their sawed-off shotguns and their deadly machine guns to intimidate small business men and fore them to pay tribute. The alternative is a bombed place of business r. residence, or possibly a murdered business man. Organized blackmail, organized murder, funeral; for bandits that outshine those of royalty, elaborate banquets to bandit kings that are attended by may ors, judges and other American public officials, utte. contempt for law, all these are results of an alliance between rotten politics and crime and the opportune ties that have followed in the wake of prohibition. There is no bigger job for Government to tackle than the job of cleaning up this imported banditry and orgy of crime, this rule of the criminal underworld through its power in politics. A sobbing woman, according to dispatches, held up a poker game in New York the other night and got away with $2,000 That’s new; still, manjn, and many a poker player has beeit relieved of all his winnings after the game by a sobbing woman—and she didn’t need a pistol to do it, either.

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Comments On Smith’s Speech That part of the speech of Governor Alfred E. Smith at Omaha dealing with the McNary-Haugen farm ielief bill received a great deal of comment in corn belt and western papers generally. Certain papers believe the declaration on the bill will harm Smith more than it helps him, while others declared their support for the Governor even more firmly. / \ ’ Generally, the comment could be classified in three divisions, as was to be expected. Some papers indorsed and praised Governor Smith’s agricultural pronouncement, some approved his “frankness and courage,” while others objected that his address was “an appeal for votes and shed no light on the question of farm economics.” Some comments follow: Minneapolis Journal—Governor Smith gave a fine example of wit, satire and oratory. When he was through, what light had he shed on the complex question of farm economics? St. Paul Daily News—The Democratic candidate gained ground by his Omaha speech. He is likely so lose ground, however, when the intelligent farmers find opportunities to compare some of his statements with those he made in the East. Nebraska Daily 15 tar, Lincoln Governor Smith’s reputation, record, and character led the audience to expect something definite from him on-the predominant issue of the campaign. The Omaha audience was not disappointed. The Democratic nominee for President committed himself definitely by recognizing the principles of the McNary-Haugen bill. Tribune, Fremont, Neb.--With his record of never having carried $n agricultural county in any election in New York State, Governor Smith is about as graceful as an elephant in his present assumed role as the savior of agriculture. / Milwaukee Journal—ls Smith continues speaking out in plain every-day language as he did in Omaha, Hoover Is likely to be smoked out into such discussion of real issues as his adherents feel he Is capable of. The country should be tired of the kind of campaigning party managers have manipulated in recent years—this thing of putting candidates on pedestals and decorating them with tinsel. Des Moines Tribune—He was both frank and adroit, outspoken and shrewd. The Governor committed himself flatly to the western view of caring for the farm surpluses thtft periodically glut the farm market. The weakest part of his speech was when he talked about the Jeffersonian doctrine of State’s rights in the matter of liquor control. Post-Dispatch, St. Louis—ls the new campaigner lacks something in dignity, he gains in the impression of frankness and square dealing and the ability to deal with great public questions in an entertaining way. Illinois State Register, Springfield Smith is determined to make this a bright and bunkless campaign, with none of the pain of campaigning. Jovial, •arefree, and unafraid, he had a great time with his Omaha audience and they with him. His pronouncement on the McNary-Haugen bill put his opponents on the defensive. Kansas City. Post—The Governor’s speech was an unequivocal bid for the support of lowa and other Midwestern States that sent McNary-Haugen advocates to Congress. , Des Moines Register—Governor Smith committed himself and his party to a long program at Omaha. And if the Republican leaders are not as wise as he is, we shall have a wholly new dividing line in our national politics, which in the end will be a disastrous line for the Republicans. N

riatrrH Dietz on Science ■ ■■■ I Furthered Every Science No. 1(U —— THE story of the development of the microscope is one of the most important chapters in the History of science for practically every science has gained by the development of that instrument. The physicist, the chemist, the biologist, the geologist, the physiologist, the pathologist—to name only a few—would be unable to go on with their work tor day if they did

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day consist of two or more lenses placed close together in small metal holders. This is done so that one lens will correct the optical defects of another and give a high magnification without introducing distortion or discoloration. The compound microscope consists of a system of lenses in which one lens or combination of lenses acts as‘the objective. This objective forms a magnified image of the object under view. Another lens or combination of lenses forms thd eye-piece. This eyepiece magnifies the image which the objective forms. The compound microscope, therefore, will give a ugh magnification such as cannot be obtained with a simple microscope. The development of the compound microscope, however, was slow. It took time "to learn how to correct for the many defects which vere introduced with high magnification. Asa result, the most important early work was one with the simple microscope. Simple microscopes or magnifying glasses were * ;ed during the Middle Ages. Jewelers, particularly, ade use ot them in carving fine pieces of jewelry. Lenses also came into use in spectacles during he Middle Ages. The first compound .microscope was milt in about 1590 by a Dutch spectacle ifiaker/ 'acharias Jannsen of Middleburg, Holland. It was a very crude affair, however, nearly six feet in length. The lenses were supported in ornamental bronze holders. carved to represent dolphins. They were mounted on a long ebony boartjl. Scientific work was out of the question with such n instrument. Antony Von Leeuwenhoek, the “first of the mirobe hunters,” made use of the simple microscope. He constructed 247 of them during his lifetime. His method was to let a small drop of molten glass fall into the hole in a plate of brass. When the molten glass solidified it formed a tiny lens.

M. E. TRACY SAYS: “The Best Opinion I Can Get Is That Hoover Is More Likely to Carry Tennessee Than Smith.”

Tenn., Sept. 21. -**- Herbert Hoover is in for a public quizzing when he comes to Elizabethton Oct. 6, if the Knox County Women's Democratic Club has its way. The idea grew out of an address delivered by Mrs. L. D. Tyson, to the organization on Thursday. “Smith has been heckled, and has had questions' hurled at him,” she said, “and I think the same questions should be put up to Hoover” After the meeting, Mrs. James M. Trimble, chairman of the chib, said that a committee would be appointed to formulate the questions and present them. Meanwhile, Senator Tyson is trying to get Governor Smith to make a short talk in Knoxville when he comes South. There is no hope of a meeting In this city because it lacks an auditorium of sufficient size, but the Senator thinks that it would do no harm for Governor Smith to pause and shake hands with his many admirers.

Swing to Hoover There is far less political excitement here thao one would expect. For four days, I have been trying to get a line on the situation but with poor success. No one seems to know what Is taking place. While there is said to be plenty of interest under the surface it fails to manifest itself in conversation. I have talked with hundreds of people and liste’.ed to the talk of hundreds more in restaurants, hotel lobbies and other places. Only one has approached the subject of politics voluntarily. As for the “whispering campaign,” it has not materialized thus far. People tell me that there Is a definite deflection of Democrats to Hoover, especially women. When | it comes to the percentage, they admit that one guess is as good as another. ' The best opinion I can get is that eastern Tennessee will roll up an unusually large Republican vote, and that, as things now stand, Hoover is more likely to carry the State than Smith. m m m Cove Creek Dam Say what you will, but interest in politics is overshadowed by that in local development. The peoples in this section are particularly interested in Water power and more particularly stiy in the Cove Creek dam. I went to (Jove Creek Thursday, stood beside the Clinch River and tried to imagine how the canyon would lok if a concrete wall 225 feet high had been thrown across it, with a lake not only filling the principal gorge for seventy-five or eighty miles, but flowing back into the lon, narrow ravines on either side and convertting the hills Into capes, peninsulas and inlands. Some things are beyond imagination. The Cove Creek dam iA one. You have to go to mathematics and blueprints to get an idea of what it means. As to the idea of this beautiful landscape being transformed into a source of energy that would light great cities, heat homes and supply power for hundreds cf factories, it is incomprehensible unless translated through figures.

Recreation Lake Cove Creek is one of the greatest single power projects ever conceived. Its real importance, however, lies in its regulating effect on the lower Tennessee. It would increase the capacity of each of the 130 dam sites on streams below it, Including Muscle Shoals. Asa commercial asse, It is worth ten Teapot Domes. Asa guarantee of improved living conditions, it is of incalculable value. Outside of the 2,000,000 horse power the Cove Creek Dam \yould generate!, and outside of the even greater amount it would enable other dams to generate, it would create one of the most beautiful mountain lakes in America, not only making work for'people, but affording them a wonderful opportunity for recreation. an a Favors jJ, S, Control Small wonder that the people of east Tennessee are thrilled with the possibilities of Cove Creek and allied power projects that they visualize development of the Tennessee basin as the biggest thing in sight. Small wonder that their thoughts are riveted to the undertaking, even though a national campaign is in progress, and that their interest is centered on its completion. They have passed the stage of dreaming dreams. Their visions are based on the report of Government engineers. They are building, not on vague hopes, but on expert calculations. Other things being equal, they prefer that Uncle Sam would do the work. What they want most, however, Is for the work to start. Like most other people, they feel that the United States Government should retain control of the power sites at least. Beyond that, their opinion is divided. Many favor Government construction of the dams and reservoirs, and some want Government operation. Others would be satisfied with leases containing regulatory provisions. My own opinion is that vast and well-organized as our power interests have become, they are still inadequate to handle such a stupendous enterprise, that the Government should not only establish permanent control of the power sites but should construct the initial dams at least. There Is too much at stake to trust any other course Nothing should be spared to shake these gigantic projects safe, and nothing should be snared to protect the people who will be dependent on them from the tyrannies of monopoly.

not have their high- powered microscopes. Micro scopes are divided into two types, the simple microscope and the compound microscope. Any lens or magnifying glass constitutes a simple microscope. More elaborate forms of simple microscopes in use to-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

THE one hundred forty-first birthday of our Federal Constitution was very generally, yet very informally observed by the people. One large cluster of them celebrated the happy event by seeking to nullify the Eighteenth Amendment by wet legislation and another large cluster celebrated by seeking to nullify Article Six, which provides that “No religious test shall ever be required as a, qualification to office or public trust under the United States.” a a a It is interesting to note that those who complain of the proposed nullification of the Eighteenth Amendment, propose to nullify. Article Six, while those who complain of the proposed nullification ftf Article Six, propose to nullify the Eighteenth Amendment. In other words, we have as many nulliflers in the United tSates at the present moment as we have English sparrows and wood-peckers combined! *

(Abbreviations: A—ace: K—king: Q—queen; J—jack: X—any card lower than 10.) THE 'expert always plays a card with a definite purpose in view whereas the novice often plays without a specific plan and without anticipating the possible result. The different result brought about by careful calculation in preference to hit or miss methods is illustrated in the play of the following hands, the declaration being no trump. Dummy—Spades A 4 3; hearts 9 8 2; diamonds A Q 9 8 5; clubs J. 4 3. : EastDeclarer—Spades K 9 5; hearts K 7 6; diamonds K 7 6 4; clubs A 6 5. Wqst—Leads hearts 3. As soon as the dummy is exposed, the declarer plans his campaign. His aim is to make game. He must take With the King of hearts on the first round or he will lose that card. He now observes that he is sure of making the following additional tricks; two in spades, one in clubs and possibly five in diamonds. Added to his heart trick, this would insure game. If the declarer leads the King of diamonds he endangers the possibility of making/game 'ecause if east or west holds diamonds J 10 32, the Jack of diamonds must win a trick! The proper way to play is to lead a small diamond from the declarer’s hand and take it with the Queen of diamonds in she dummy. Then the declarer ’ 'ows whether the distribution of the cards is normal or abnormal. Having retained an honor higher than the Jack of/ diamonds in each hand, he may play either way as necessary to prevent opponents from making the Jack of diamonds good There is nothing uncanny about this method. All that is required is a serious determination on your part to reason out the play rather than trust to “pot chance.”

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Health of School Children — No. 6

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyzela, the Health Magazine. PROPER arrangement of the schoolroom is one of the most important factors in relation to the care of the eyes. The window area should be at least one square foot for every five square feet of floor space. High buildings near the school may obstruct the entrance of sunlight. Seats should be arranged so that light falls on the desk from behind and the left. This will prevent light from being thrown directyl on. the child’s face or directly reflected into the face.

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The light coming from the left also prevents any shadow that may be cast by the hand or arm on the writing paper for right-handed children. The wall# of the schoolroom should not be a glaring white, but are best painted a light bluff color. Blackboards nowadays are made a dull black finish so that light is not reflected from the blackboard into the eyes. The school books nowadays are properly planned with large type and with proper spacing so that eyestrain is not likely to come from the use of modern textbooks. Glazed paper is avoided.

By Frederick LANDIS

THE real Santa Claus is going to Porto Rico, the Santa Claus of the nations. He’s not going with reindeer, but with ships, and those ships are not piled with toys and candies, but with food and medicines. This Santa Claus comes not only at Christmas, but all the year round —whenever disaster smites the human race anywhere on earth. He’s our own Uncle Sam! a a a We never question the wisdom of Hhe guarantee of free speech quite so much as when we read in the papers that the Rev. Mr. Straton again has challenged A1 Smith to a joint debate. a a a John Coolidge’s going into private business reminds us that the sons of Presidents seldom care for politics. We’ve had only two presidential dynasties, the Adamses and the too Harrisons. Many of our Presidents had no boys and the boys of the rest saw much of the grief. Robert T. Lincoln passed up many opportunities to capitalize his father’s glory.

Questions and Answers

How many stenographers and typist are there in the United States? According to the last census there were 615,154. What are the physical requirements for enlistment in the United States Marine^? An applicant must be not less than five feet four inches, nor more than six feet two inches in height; weigh not less than 128 pounds nor more f han 240 pounds and be not Times Readers Voice 'Views The name and address ot the author must accompany every contribution but on request will not be published. Letters not exceeding 200 words will receive preference. Editor Times—As a traveling man whose territory covers all Indiana, I have opportunity of hearing the sentiment o f the voters in the State concerning the State ticket. Everywhere I find the people strong for Frank C. Dailey, and a great number of ipy customers who are Republicans have told me they are going to vote for Daily. I am a Republican, but will vote the Democratic ticket straight Nov. 6. In my home town of Evansville the sentiment, as everywhere else, is for Dailey. If every voter has the welfare of Indiana at heart, then let him forget past party jbligatlons, and vote like many, many more are going to do for Dailey. JOSEPH ELKINS, Evansville, Ind.

It is, of course, of the greatest importance that the eyes of the child be examined by a competent oculist at fairly frequent intervals. If the child does not see well, the teacher may believe that it is stupid. Innumerable instances are recorded in which children began to learn well promptly following examination of the eyes and the prescribing of proper glasses. It is unnecessary in the care of the eyes to provide anything in the way of drops or special washes. The normal eye Is a self-regulating mechanism which is injured only by disease or by its anatomical defects.

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IF these American teachers, now on trial at Constantinople, broke the laws of Turkey by teaching Christianity, they should be deported, Just as aliens who break our laws should be given the freedom of the Atlantic Ocean. a a a It now appears that these Chicago politicians, charged with violating the election laws, are to get a change of venue—just another long delay. , “Monkey, monkey—bottle of beer, how many monkeys have we here?” Usually one to a courthouse under our horrible criminal proceedure. a a a Greece is going to tax all her bachelors. There will be a lot more fruit stands In the United States of America. a a a A German scientist is breeding yellow rats and blue monkeys. It might improve international relations to exchange freaks, Germany sending us some rats and monkeys and the United States sending Germany some Hoover Democrats and Smith Republicans. a a a • France now proposes that the United States shall cancel part of the French debt in return for the removal ot French soldiers from Germany. % If there had been a buck-passing contest during the Olympic games, France would have won the blue ribbon from the rest of the world, hands down!

less than 18 nor more than 40 to enlist as a private. If under 21, he must have consent of his parents. On what railroad Is the Moffat tunnel? The Moffat tunnel is on the Denver and Salt Lake railroad. At 8 p. m.. Friday, Feb. 18, 1927, President Coolidge pressed a key in the White House to explode a charge that removed the last barrier between the east and west headings of the bore. What do Mexican hairless dogs look like? They are like shaved blacii and tan terriers, but lack the keen eye of that dog. They are mostly of a blue or brownish color, entirely devoid of hair except a few straggling single ones here and there on the body and tail and sometimes a small tuft on the head. The skin as a rule, Is wrinkled and general harsh to the touch. Did Wallace or Noah Beery play in “The Lost World"? Wallace Beery. What Is the value of a United States large copper cent dated 1843? From one to 20 cents. Who said “God reigns and the government at Washington still lives”? General Garfield in an address at a mass' meeting in front of the Merchant’s Exchange, New York, April 15, 1865, following the assassination of President Lincoln. What was the date of the formal opening of the Brooklyn Bridge? May 24, 1883.

SEPT. 21,1928

KEEPING UP With THE NEWS

BY LUDWELL DENNY VKTASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—An- ’ ' other European drive for cancellation of war debts is around the corner, and the administration here is getting ready to head it off., Europe could not possibly have found a worse time, so far as the United States Government is concerned, for starting the old argument over again. For this being campaign fear and every lican official of importance is determined to shun any talk to the United States Treasury of reducing the debts of European countries. With A1 Smith campaigning effectively in the revolting farm belt of the Middle West, the farm issue has been pulled out of the background where it has rested for the last three months and made a potential election danger for the Republicans. There is a direct connection between this farm campaign situation and war debts. Every major farm relief proposal now under cussion would involve in the loiuf run large expeditures by the Federal Government. The farmer* therefore are opposed to any policy of forgiving the European governments their debts, which would leave the United States Treasury less able in the future to give farm aid. Moreover the farmers still ar® very angry over the post-war deflation, which was carried out allegedly at their expense. To their way of thinking any further lifting by this Government of the cost; of the war from the shoulders of Europe would mean in effect putting it on the back of American farmers. a a a THIS may or may not be an adequate economic theory, but it 1* the way a vast number of voters in, the Middle West feel about it. Reduction or virtual cancellation of war debts is injected into international debate no was a round-about result of European internal politics, and the necessity of the German government to strive for French evacuation of the Rhineland and for fixation of the total amount of reparations. All of this is complicated by the recent Franco-British military and naval agreement—or what its enemies call an alliance. That agreement, in addition to cutting under the entire American naval policy and type of cruiser limitation, is understood tp involve British support for French conscription and virtual military hegemony of Europe. This arouses sharp German resentment because any Franco-Brit-ish “alliance” would seem to destroy tfhe Locarno security pacts under which Britain was to act as a kind of neutral policeman, going to the aid of France or of Germany in case either were the aggressor against the other. It also stimulated the great German desire to get all foreign troops out of her territory. A German government which fails to make headway in that direction will soon fail. a a t> FURTHER complicating the situation is Germany’s desire and acute need for a revision of the Dawes plan and fixation of a definite total of the amount of reparation which she must pay the allies. Here enters the war debt question. For France insist* on linking all these issues together in such a way that the United States is the key to settlement. France, that is, will not withdraw from the Rhineland unless she Is paid to do so, and unless she is assured of continuing to get large scale reparation payments from Germany. The only way In which France can get more cash out of reparations now is through so-called commercialization of the German railroad bonds. And the only way to sell those bonds, amounting to about $4,000,000,000, is to float most of them on the New York market. This means in effect that Americans, through purchase of paper, would pay cash to Germany to pay the allies. Moreover,, France is not willing to fix the total which Germany pays her in reparations until the United States reduces further the debt amount France pays the United States. For this reason France has never ratified the Franco-American debt funding agreement. The Washington Government refuses now, as it has always done, to recognize that reparations and American debts are interdependent. Nevertheless, most economists -fcfc sist tfiat the United States will have to swallow the ' bitter dose of debt cancellation in the end. The result of such action would be to increase the war burdeen of the American taxpayer to permit more rapid political and economic recovery of Europe. Also by canceling French and other allied bonds held by the United States Government, the value of French and allied bonds held by private American banks* and citizens would be enhanced. This Date in U. S. History 1 isept. 21 1780—Benedict Arnold met Major Andre and completed plans for the surrender of West Point. 1863—General Bragg began the siege of Chattanooga. 1912—United States wireless station at Arlington completed. Daily Thoughts r, - For a living dog is better than a dead Hop.—Eccl. a a a THEY who are most weary of life, and yet are most unwilling to die, are such who have lived to no purpose—who rather breathed than lived—Lopd Clarendon. * <