Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 150, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1928 — Page 4

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SCRIP PS - HOW A.RD

The Ludlow Reception All citizens are invited to journey to the Claypool Wednesday night and attend a reception for Louis Ludlow, the congressman-elect from Indianapolis. There has been a nation-wide rejoicing over his victory. Telegrams and letters have come from the great and the near-great of the land, welcoming him to the field of legislation. Indianapolis steps forward in the role of anew daughter of the Pharaohs, discovering anew Moses in the bullrushes of the political marshes which have given off in the past rather dangerous and malodorous stenches. The election of Ludlow is important, not only because of his own eminent fitness for the place, but as a warning to the machine politicians that the people of this city have determined to run their own affairs in the future. Updike was a symbol, rather than a personality. He was no worse, and probably some better, than most of those who came into power under bargains with the goblins. It so happened that he drew the center of attention and lived in a community with an awakened conscience. The election of Ludlow should teach, if they can be taught, these forces that it is no longer safe to manhandle this city and community. It should warn, most of all, that it will be dangerous to attempt to destroy the city manager law in the legislature this winter and that it will be much better to help those who wish to strentgen the law and make it even more workable. It should be the signal to the decent Republicans who have chafed under the unwholesome conditions to step to the front and take command of a party that has too long had a Coffin as its boss and symbol. By all means attend the Ludlow reception. It may be the occasion of an even greater city revival. ✓ The President and Peace President Coolidge's plea in his Armistice day address for more cruisers is coupled with an apparent realization of the fact that excessive armaments do not make for peace. This is important. “No good thing ever came out of war that better could not have been secured by reason and conscience,’’ says the President. . . . “The eternal questions before the nations are how to prevent war and how to defend themselves if it comes. “There are those who see no answer except military preparation. But this remedy never has proved sufficient. We do not know of any nation which ever has been able to provide arms enough always to be at peace. .Fifteen years ago the most thoroughly equipped people of Europe were Germany and France. We saw what happened.” Thus the President repudiates the fallacy that a nation can make itself secure by arming itself so heavily that no other nation will dare to engage it in war. Mr. Coolidge would appear to contradict himself when he adds, “If the European countries had neglected their defenses, it is probable that war would have come much sooner.” But he says further that experience seems to demonstrate that a country which makes “reasonable preparations for defense’ is less likely to be attacked or to have its rights violated. He speaks of the desirability of “adequate national defense.” And while providing “adequate national defense,” the President would continue efforts toward limitation of armaments and would support other measures designed to lessen likelihood of war. He realizes and wants other nations to recognize that military competition will increase rather than diminish probability of war. Whatever may be said for the rest of the President’s address, we believe he correctly voices the feelings- of America in tnis respect. America wants peace and wants to reduce armaments, and the history of recent years abundantly attests this fact.

Louis D. Brandeis Louis D. Brandeis became 72 years old today. It is a pleasure to report that another year seems to have left him as young as he ever was, and to predict the continued appearance of his admirable judicial opinions—most of them dissenting from the majority —for many more years to come. There still is the warm human compassion in his clear eyes, still the fleeting twinkle of humor, still the earnest, searching inquiry that he brought to the bench of the United States supreme court twelve years ago. One doesn’t know just how the grave gentlemen of the highest court proceed about the business of giving final determination to our laws. But one can imagine Justice Brandeis first reasoning quietly, forcefully, logically with his fellow members from the ground of simple human justice. One can see him graciously accepting defeat and then going apart from the others to put his views into written words, words of a minority opinion that is likely to be accepted law twenty or thirty years from now—but not now. Fighting the battle of the common man as a justice of the supreme court, Brandeis has been a frequent loser. Fighting the same battle as an unrobed warrior of human rights, Brandeis was a constant victor. As “the people’s lawyer” he seldom met defeat. The reason is found in the change of battlefield, not in the warrior. A Chance to Shudder Those persons who shudder whenever a proposal is made which savors even faintly of “government in business” will get small comfort out of the annual report of the Governor of the Panama Canal zone, just issued. The canal has had a total net revenue of nearly a hundred million dollars above all expenses during its fourteen years of operation. Net revenue for the year exceeded twenty millions, and business is growing. In addition, various auxiliary services the government was obliged to undertake have yielded a profit of some six million dollars. The light plant, which sells current to the government at 1% cents and to the public at 4 cents, made $244,000 last year. The commissary made $455,000 as against $320,000 the year previous. The Panama Canal railroad, run by a corporation, all stock of which is government-owned, made $1,659,000, and the Panama Railroad Steamship Company made SIOI,OOO last year, and would have made $580,000 S it had charged the government the rates it charged others, -i—. y i.

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After Twenty Years The giant power trust refuses to be investigated. It has thrown up a bulwark of lawyers and their briefs, and from behind it thumbs its nose at congress and the public. Seven or eight years from now, surviving newspaper readers may read that the United States Supreme court has handed down a decision in the case brought by the .Federal Trade commission to compel the Electric Bond and Share Company of New York to answer questions as to how its hand gets in and out of the public’s pocket. But what is going to happen in those seven intervening years? And what good does it do to know what method was used after the money is gone? We wonder if the public—or any small section of it—remembers that great victory over trusts won during the first Roosevelt term by Attorney General Philander Knox? It was known as the Northern Securities case. It involved a combination of the two principal northwest railroads, wiping out competition between them. The attorney general fought the combination and obtained a court mandate forbidding the Northern Securities Company taking the ownership of the two railroad corporations by means of a holding corporation. It is true that a bond issue still merged the basic ownership of the railroads, and effectually checked any vigorous competition between the two carriers. But the decision was for the government—and the people. And there were loud cheers for the victory. Questioned as to what value the decision would have in preventing future trust building, Attorney General Knox replied: “It will have great value. It settles finally the question whether combinations can be brought about by holding companies. It decides that they can not. That will help to keep down combinations in restraint of trade.” That was twenty years ago. Today the electric power business is controlled by holding company after holding company, one piled upon another, until it is a great spider web of holding companies. And nobody seems to have ever heard of the law as interpreted by the United States Supreme court, or of its exposition by Philander Knox. Hoover’s English Habit Says the Washington correspondent of the London Times: “Hoover is completely and unmistakably American. For him the American way, whether it be political, social, or religious, is better than any other way and in its essence different and superior ... To call him an ‘internationalist,’ as some of his stupid opponents have called him, is to misunderstand him completely, unless that word is distorted to mean a belief that the universe could with advantage be remade after the American model.” There must be something in that election yarn about Hoover having acquired English characteristics after all. At a recent exposition in Mexico a dress so flimsy that it can be drawn through a finger ring was exhibited. Judging from the way the flappers are gowning themselves lately, it won’t be news until a dress is exhibited that can be pulled through the eye of a needle. 1 “If actors must think about what they are going to say, they can’t give full attention to their per'foimance,” says Clara Bow. Thanks, Clara, that confirms our suspicions. Mayors of Bournemouth and Christchurch, England, recently argued over the question of whether it was cruel to cut flowers. Maybe some of these days they’ll give us some light on the value of painting the lily.

David Dietz on Science

Germ of Tuberculosis No. 206 :

TODAY the whole world knows that tuberculosis is a germ disease, caused by a microbe or bacillus. It was Robert Koch, the country doctor, whose microbe hunting carried him from an obscure village to an important post in Berlin. The record of Koch’s discovery of the bacillus is one of the world’s great stories of heroism.

No soldier going over the top in a hail of machine bullets faced death in *any greater degree than did Koch. Working with a cage full of rattle snakes would have been safe and easy, compared to the dangers which Koch ran, when near the end of his magnificent resea r ch, he worked with

Uv'A /g’j Ml S CULTURE CONTAINING TUBERCLE j Bacilli , magnified iooo times.!

test-tubes filled with millions of the deadly germ of tuberculosis. Koch began his research by making microscopic examinations of the lungs of men and women who had died of tuberculosis. He dissected the diseased tissues from these lungs. After days of this dangerous work, he finally found a bacillus, a far smaller bacillus than any one had previously discovered. They were tiny little rod-like things, bent and curved, and far less than a 15-1000 of*an inch in length. Koch was certain that he had found the germ of tuberculosis. But a personal conviction, however strong, does not constitute valid scientific proof. Koch had to do two things to establish his case. He had to grow pure strains of the microbe and prove it caused tuberculosis. He had no luck at first, however, in growing his microbes. They would not thrive on the sort of solution in which ordinary microbes grew. Apparently, the microbe grew only in the tissue of living creatures. That gave Koch an idea. He went to the slaughterhouse and obtained the blood of animals. From this he made a sort of gelatine—his experience with the potato had taught him that solid material had to be used to get a pure strain of a microbe. After many trying experiments—each one of which meant risking his life—Koch obtained pure strains of the microbe. On March 24, 1882, Koch read a paper at the meeting of the Physiological Society in Berlin. Soon the whole world rang with the name of Koch. For in that paper he told his learned colleagues of his discovery of the tubercle bacillus, the microbe svhich causes tuberculosis. ...... _.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. TRACY SAYS: “Hoover Is Doing Something Wise in Deciding to Visit Latin America

MORE jury tampering, if Robert Caldwell may be believed. It look as though we were unable to get through an oil case without such scullduggery. One wonders whether it is oil, or custom: whether we are being entertained by a unique experience, or whether someone is more alert than usual. Just how much jury tampering is there, anyway? When millionaires go to court, is it the general practice to try the case on its merits, or to take such precautions as a plentiful supply of money makes possible? Average people are not unmindful of the advantage which rich clients enjoy because of their ability to hire the ablest lawyers. Have they a still greater advantage in the ability to fix juries, and if so, who helps them do it? tt tt tt Hoover's Mov£ Is Wise Herbert Hoover is better than his word. He made no promises as to what he would do if elected. A week, however, is sufficient to find him doing something worth while. More than that, it finds him doing something original. During the recent campaign, no one suggested the wisdom or desirability of the President-elect making a trip through Latin-Amer-ica, yet what could be more effective in helping to solve one of our greatest problems? For reasons which it is unnecessary to discuss at this time. LatinAmerica represents a very sore spot on our horizon—a sore spot due to lack of understanding, rather than to any specific event. The most obvious remedy is to develop a greater degree of cordiality, to establish a more intimate relationship, to take some positive measure to dispel suspicion and distrust. When the President-elect comes to them personally and makes use of the earliest possible occasion to pay them a visit, passing up the rest of the world to do so, the Latin-Americans will not find it difficult to believe that his attitude toward them is one of sincere friendship. a tt a Plans to Visit Canal Mr. Hoover will visit not only the countries of Latin America on his trip, but the Banama canal. The Panama canal is the greatest single enterprise ever undertaken by the United States. Being an engineer, Mr. Hoover will find it interesting from a professional standpoint. Being President-elect, he will find the problem of its operation, upkeep and defense worthy of attention. The Panama canal cost $390,000,000. For bookkeeping purposes, $115,000,000 of this have been set aside as a military investment, while the remaining $275,0 I 'o,ooo have been set aside as a commercial investment. With the commercial investment rated at $275,000,000. the canal has paid somewhat less than 3 per cent during the fourteen years it has been in operation. That is one reason advanced by General Meriwether L. Walker for opposing any reduction in tolls. Another reason is that reduction in tolls would benefit foreign as well as domestic ships. Still another reason is ihat it would constitute unfair discrimination against transcontnental railroads. a a a Coolidge Tells World President Coolidge made most excellent use of Armistice day. Nothing could be more appropriate to the occasion than his frank straightforward statement. The victory which this day is designed to commemorate not only has been disgraced, but stultified in large measure by a resumption of that very kind of double dealing between nations which led to the war. The lip music in favor of peace and disarmament has screened a regrettable amount of chicanery. In more than one instance, the very moves which pretended to serve the cause of international good will were but disguised attempts to obtain an advantage. Statesmanship still needs to learn the wisdom of sincerity. President Coolidge is for adequate defense. He is for it, not only as reasonable under ordinary circumstances, but as a proposition to which the United States has been driven by other countries. It is only common sense to realize that this government cannot permit itself to be maneuvred into an unnecessry weak position by those who would presume on its idealism and who would yield to its desires only far enough to create a false impression.

n U, S, Eyes Are Open President Coolidge’s plain statement puts this country in the right light. We Americans may be idealists, but we are not fools. To Europeans, it may seem as though some of our objectives are impractical. They should put this down to the difference in background and tradition, as President Coolidge suggests, and not to lack of intelligence. Even the average citizen of this country is not unaware of what has been going on. He understands perfectly well what his country tried to achieve as a participant in the World war. The United States is and always has been ready to meet other nations half way in all honest endeavors to eleminate conflict. Not only that, but she has gone farther than any nation on earth to prove it. One needs only glance at the map as it was remade by the treaty of Versailles to appreciate the difference between American policy and that of the allies. A large part of Africa changed hands, as well as a great many islands in the Pacific, but this country received and asked no share in the spoils. When it came to the Washington arms conference, this country agreed to do a better scrapping job of her navy than any nation concerned, and kept the agreement,

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Diet, Hygiene Factors in Good Teeth

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the Ameriran Medical Association and of Hvffeia, the Health Magazine. NO matter how beautiful a person may be, an open mouth revealing decayed or stained teeth with discolored and badly formed gums will ruin the effect of the facial appearance. Os late so much has been written on the care of the teeth that every one should know that a badly chosen diet during infancy and childhood will lead to defective and decaying teeth. The healthfulness and appearance of the gums is greatly dependent on the cleanliness of the teeth and on factors of irritation. Because of poor teeth structure or deficient cleaning, food may remain between the teeth. This food acts as an irritatiing substance and also as a point at which bacteria may grow and develop toxic materials

Reason

HOOVER is up against one very serious handicap and it is that the people will expect too much of his administration, more in fact than any human being can deliver. Blessed is he of whom little is exoected, for his works shall be magnified. a a a Adventures in political ecstasy are always perilous. Back in 1908 Mr. William H. Taft was elected President and we looked for great things, for Mr. Taft had enjoyed the experience which was presumed tq make him a chauffeur de luuxe of the national machine, yet he did nothing but strip gears for four long years. All signs fail in politics as in dry weather, so do not strain your eyes, looking for the millenium. a a a The winner's proclamation that he is relying entirely on divine guidance is just about what we expect from our newly elected chief magistrates, and Mr. Smith would have told us practically the same thing. Candidates usually rely on the Lord after they are elected, but they rely on the precinict committeeman until the fight is won. a a a At a public sale in Missouri, a coon dog sold for $76, which was more than any of the cows brought, but thd cows may reflect that their humiliation does not approach that of American school teachers, to hundred of whom make less with their brains in a whole year than Jack Dempsey makes with his fists In one hour.

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BY FABYAN MATHEY Diamonds are trumps and South has the lead. North and South must win all seven tricks, against a perfect defense. S—K H—K-J-6-4-2 o—9 C—None NORTH | l' , ... S—s-2 S—7-3 . . h—Q-lCf-H—9-7-3 m 6 * 0-0 * 2oJ M Ho SOUTH S-6> H —A-5 O—A C—A-8 19 IAY out the cards on a table, as 4 shown in the diagram, and study the situation. See if you can find a method of play that will give North and South all seven tricks. The solution is printed elsewhere on this pag& £ (

Forbidden Fruit

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

which act further to cause inflammation and suppuration.” After teeth are fully erupted, they do not grow in length or breadth, and they are not likely to change their positions unless changes occur through the removal of teeth or through extensive decay. If a molar tooth is lost, the teeth on either side of it will begin to tip toward each other, eventually practically closing the space between them. When these two teeth move, other teeth next to them will also begin to tip. so that finally extensive spices will occur between the teeth. If either a lower or an upper molar is lost, the one opposite it will have no tooth to strike and will continue to elongate until it becomes loose and Is finally lost. A similar condition occurs not infrequently in other parts of the mouth when the teeth are lost.

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By Frederick LANDIS

IT'S a strange thing everybody didn’t have sense enough to invest all they had in stocks just before the election, for this victory was written on the sky where all but the blind could read it and stocks were sure to rise, just as they did after Coolidge was elected. But there are mitigating circumstances in our own failure to Invest. a a a Alanson B. Houghton! resigned as our ambassador to Great Britain to run for the United States senate from New York, but now that Senator Royal Copeland has cleaned Mr. Houghton, Mr. Coolidge sends him back to London feeling the continued harmony of the universe demands such action. a a a The truth is that our next President would not need many ambassadors to foreign countries, his personal acquaintanceship with the governments of the world enabling him to call most of them by their first names. a a' a Two more big Chicago banks plan a merger; everybody in everything is merging, and nobody is splitting up, except the married people.

The Solution

THIS probably appeared easy at first glance. But the chances are there was a little difficulty in trying to avoid the loss of a spade or a heart trick. South leads the ace of clubs and North discards the king of spades. South then leads the six of spades, which West covers and North trumps. North next leads a small heart, which South wins with the ace. Now South leads the ace of trumps, and then the eight of clubs, which squeezes East. If East discards a heart, the rest of the tricks are won by North. If East discards a spade, South wins a spade trick and North a heart trick. If, on the second lead, West plays the three of spades instead of the seven, North discards a heart. South again leads a spade, which North trumps. North then leads his king of hearts and follows with a small heart, which South wins with the ace of diamonds, and gets the flnwi trick with bis ace of clubs,

Whan a sufficient number of teeth are lost and are not replaced by artificial teeth, extra work and strain is put upon those that remain, so that they may wear more | rapidly or as a result of movement become loose. It is impossible to assign any single cause for receding gums. Expert dentists list the accumulation of tartar at the place where the teeth join the gums, poorly finished fillings or inlays and rough edges on teeth or artificial dentistry as contributing factors. A diet which does not keep the human tissue in a proper state of nutrition, a diet deficient in important vitamins, will also result in the appearance of receding gums. If such a condition becomes apparent, attention should be paid not only to the teeth themselves j but to the whole question of diet | and hygiene.

THEY EXPECT TOO MUCH WHEN ALL SIGNS FAIL EVERYBODY IS MERGING

THE earnestness with which the members of Mr. Coolidge’s cabinet congratulated Hoover sounds like they would all be willing to strain a point and hold their present jobs, should he insist on it. a a a As Jim Reed contemplate the political shimmy danced by the state of Missouri last Tuesday, he probably writes long letters of felicitation to himself over his voluntary retirement. Had Jim been trapped by the landslide of his ancient foe, his suffering would have been far greater than that of all the Sicilians, trapped by the eruption of Mt. Etna. a a a The people of Hawaii sent the following message to the Presidentelect: “Ke alyoha o Hawaii I ka Peresidena no na makaiki he ewalu!’ Hoover should reply to this only after consulting the best minds of the country: its certainly no time to act hurriedly.

Times Readers Voice Views

Tho name and address of the author must accompany every contribution but on reauest will not be published. Letters not exceeding 200 words wIU receive preference. Editor Times—Mr. Williams in his letter printed in your issue of Nov. 9, is all wet. The trouble was not with the selection of the Democratic leaders, but with the members of the party. If he will study carefully the popular vote and the result of the gubernatorial and senatorial contests in several of the states he will find that the Democrats and not the Republicans defeated Alfred E. Smith. He received more Republican votes than any other Democratic candidate, even the late Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Where in these United States could the Democratic leaders have fbund a leader with the public service record of A1 Smith? The collection he proposes should be taken up not to educate the leaders, but the illiterate Democrats in whose brain the poisonous fangs of the bigots found such a fertile field. I admit that Al’s expression of his views on prohibition were untimely as he might have known by so doing he was threatening the very existence of upward of six million bootleggers. Naturally, they would not support a man who threatened to break up their playhouse. I do not think it will be necessary for Mr. Williams to desert the party, as after the affront that the majority of decent Democrats have received there will not be much party left. We still have intelligence enough to resent an insult. "We asked for bread and they gave us a stone.’! u. H. MULHALL.

NOV. 13,1928

KEEPING UP With THE NEWS

BY LUDWELL DENNY (Copyright, Scripps-Howard Newspapers. 1928* TTTASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Nothing can stop the cruiser building program now—not even the Kellogg peace pact. This is the Washington lowdown, following President Coolidge’s Armistice day address. The big navy group is pleased, and the peace societies are worried. Both sides recognize that the Coolidge statement of the world situation regarding armament and peace practically assures passage of the construction bill, which comes before the senate next month. That bill, which passed the house last session, provides for fifteen new cruisers and one air-craft carrier. Navy advocates are so pleased with the foundation laid by the President that they are wandering whether they dare revert to the original seventy-one-ship program presented to congress by Secretary of Navy Wilbur last spring. At that time, peace societies were successful in starting the most powerful barrage of protests from the country which White House and congressional officials ever had seen. Asa result, the navy department w r as willing to compromise on a sixteen-ship bill in the house, apparently feeling fortunate in salvaging anything from the protest barrage. Peace organizations continued to press their initial advantage and, aided by the usual last-minute rush of legislative business, were able to postpone senate consideration of the compromise naval bill. a a YY7TTH the signature of the Kellogg pact, by which this government joins with most of the nations of the world in renouncing | war “as an instrument of national | policy,” navy officials feared and i peace organizations believed that | treaty could be used to kill the com- : promise naval bill In the senate. American peace societies were ! given another weapon against the j senate bill, when the British government, partly in response to agita- ! tion of British peace organizations, postponed its plan for building two new cruisers. President Coolidge apparently had i sided against the navy department and with the peace societies, on the ground that more naval expenditures would jeopardize the administration economy program and also injure chances of a successful arms limitation conference. But it now is clear that Coolidge has flopped back on the big navy side as a result of the so-called “secret” Anglo-French military and naval “alliance.” The curtness of the recent state department note rejecting the Anglo-French proposals to limit American type large cruisers without limiting types used by Britain and France, new is butressed by the frank language of the President’s Armistice day address. tt a a THE attitude of the Washington government, which is believed to be shared by President-elect Hoover, is that it has given Greac Britain repeated opportunities to limit cruisers on an equality basis, and on the basis of Britain’s repeated refusal to grant such parity the United States now will build as rapidly as possible to reach or possibly exceed British strength. Discussing the disparity between the two navies, the President said: “When their (British) present legislation is carried out they would have sixty-eight cruisers. When ours is carried out, we would have forty. It is obvious that, eliminating all competition, world standards of defense require us to have more cruisers.”

To the argument that anew naval building program violates the whole spirit and purpose of the Kellogg outlawry of war treaty, the big navy advocates will repeat the Coolidge dictum that the treaty leaves the questions of defense and disarmament “practically where they were.” Tire first test of strength between the navy and peace forces, when the senate meets, will be over position. The navy will try to get action on the construction bill before the Kellogg pact is presented for ratification. Opponents of naval increase will try to get action first on the treaty, and then use such ratification as an argument against the cruiser bill.

This Date in U. S. History

November 13 1775—Massachusetts authorized private armed vessels. 1953—Birthday of John Drew, actor. IB6o—South Carolina legislature called convention to consider secession. 1912—President Taft announced Panama Canal toll rates.

Daily Thought

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.—ll Cor. 13:8. tt * THE greatest friend of truth Is time; her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion is humility.—Colton. When a stream runs through a man’s land, can the owner prosecute a person if he wades up the stream or walks along its banks setting traps? Under the above conditions, owner can prosecute on grounds of trespassing. However, circumstances sometimes alter the legal status of such cases, and we v r ould suggest that you communicate with your county prosecutor. • ... What is the age of A1 Jolson, the famous jazz singer? What is his address? A1 Jolson was born in D. C., May 26, 1886. Address, The Lambs, 130 West Forty-fourth street^ New York,