Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 174, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1928 — Page 4

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Must Not End On the first of the year, Arthur Gilliom will retire from the office of attorney general. There will be still pending important matters started in the name of the people of this state. These cases are before the courts and the manner in which the defendants have conducted their causes suggests a hope that when he retires from office, there will be a different attitude on the part of his successor or a relaxation of watchfulness which will make things easier for those whom Gilliom has brought before the tribunals. One of these cases, and the more important, is the effort to take away the charter of the Ku-Klux Klan in this state on the grounds that it is against public interest. Gilliom has been zealous in the gathering of evidence and the taking of depositions. Every effort thus far to have th ecase dismissed on technical grounds has failed. The case is now at the point where a court can pass upon the evidence and the facts. At the last moment, the case is removed from this county on the ground that the klan could not get a fair verdict in this city, which it once ruled with an iron hand and where the political masters were a part of its organization. That suggests that the organization has either lost its influence or that the purpose is to delay the case while Gilliom is in office. The other important question raised by Gilliom is the sentence of Dr. Shumaker and the power of a Governor to pardon in contempt cases. That is one matter that should be settled. It is bigger than Shumaker and his particular case. It is important to know the limits of power of every official. If the Governor has power to pardon, timid editors will be servile to Governors and bold against judges. If the Governor has no such power, the press will probably court the bench with bouquets on all occasions. These cases, in the public interest, should be settled. The new attorney general will undoubtedly press them. But he might be reminded by citizens interested in good government that the matters are important. How About the Rest of Us? When discussing the tariff —and it appears that the tariff is to be discussed freely during the coming six months —it would be a breath of fresh air in a sultry theater if someone would rise and say: “Well, now suppose we look at this matter from the standpoint of ’the consumer. We have heard from the all-desiring manufacturer. We have been told about Lazarus, who wants Dives to have plenty ot bread, so that he may have a few more crumbs. But how about the rest of the world? “Not everybody owns a factory. Not everybody is a sturdy American laboring man. A lot of us are just plain people. We work at what we may and spend our incomes for what we may get. What good does it do us to be told that the duty on woolen blankets from England has been raised so high no more can be imported? We would rather have a good, genuine British woolen blanket than an American shoddy or cotton one, with a flag stamped in the corner. “Or what good does it do us to be told that fine sheer cotton fabric clothing from Paris has been stopped by a raise in the tariff wall, when the only American substitute at the same price is stuff you could strain cats through? To what purpose exclude beautiful glassware from Mexico and make us get ugly stuff of American make at double the price? “And so on for gloves, cosmetics, furs, jams, biscuits and a thousand daily needs and wants. Is the American producer such an incompetent that he cannot compete? Is he such a helpless thing that he has to be subsidized before he can pay a living wage to his help? “Are all industries ‘infant’ industries, and will they be the same at the end of the next hundred years? Is the tariff not now admitted to be a tax on the consumer in the special interest of the manufacturer? “Is anybody subsidizing the bookkeeping industry? Or the shopkeeping industry? Or the general distribution industry? Why do the rich have to be helped while the poor are left to hobble? “America Is the richest nation in the world. Is she too poor to be a market for struggling Europe? Why this eternal rhythm that it is the consumer who must PAY, PAY, PAY?” We say we should like to hear someone to such effect. But we don’t expect it. * Senate Obstruction Mars Conference President Coolidge’s address of welcome to the Pan-American arbitration conference is marred by two unexpected developments over which he has no control. One is the sudden danger of war between Bolivia and Paraguay. The other is the threat of a United States senate minority to defeat or nullify ratification of the Kellogg anti-war treaty with fiftyeight nations, by delay, log-rolling and reservations What a travesty on the arbitration efforts of the American government and of twenty other governments of this hemisphere, is the attempt of a handful of senators to kill the Kellogg treaty with a socalled Monroe Doctrine reservation! What a desecration of the Monroe doctrine—a declaration for the peace and protection of Latin America—that it now should be used to prevent co-operation for peace between the United States and Latin America! That Is the reason all the governments 'Of the world but five have adhered to the Kellogg pact, ana that those five are Latin American governments made suspicious of our intentions by just such senate misuse of the Monroe doctrine. How can President-elect Hoover’s good will tour of Latin America be a success if the senate gives the lie to the United States government’s pledge “to renounce war as an instrument of national policy' without reservations? How can this Pan-American arbitration conference amount to anything, unless the senate quickly removes the blight of threatened treaty nullification? President Coolidge yesterday said to the PanAmerican conference: "The importance and significance of your work is enhanced by the recent movement for the renunciation of war as a principle of national policy, which

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by necessary implication involves recourse to the orderly process leading up to arbitration . . . “We must not only maintain the traditional policy established by the founders of our republics, but we must also carry the procedure of conciliation and arbitration to anew and higher sphere.” As the President’s address implies, the renunciation of war treaty has become an integral part of American foreign policy, which will be undermined at this conference and at others if the senate ignores the overwhelming popular mandate for speedy ratification. “Get the peace pact out of the senate by Christmas!” Two Crazy Mfen ‘Cut out the crazy stuff,” wired the editor of a Cincinnati paper when a correspondent in North Carolina began sending him an authentic account of the first mechanical flight, that by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, in the second week of December, 1903. This week the country is celebrating the twentyfifth anniversary of that epochal event, and doing great honor to Orville Wright, the survivor of the brother inventors. It was the story for which the world had waited four thousand years. It was the real story, of which all others were imitations. It was a bigger story than the invention of radio, the telegram, the steam engine. It was bound to be revolutionizing. It was bound to force world peace or make war the culminating disaster of civilization. But the Cincinnati editor refused to pay telegraph tolls on it, and the editor of a Toledo paper refused to send a man to Dayton to see the first flights there. A Military Patrol That the state police in the future are to be put on a military basis, is the statement of the new secretary of state, who has command of that organization. That is interesting, although not as interesting as the explanation that the police will no longer take orders from county chairmen and leading politicians but work under the official in whom the law lodges authority and power. If the police have been taking such orders in the past, it would explain some perplexing conditions which have existed. The state police have thus fax been little more than a “noble experiir. ent.” The rum-running gangs, misnamed, as they bring pure alcohol and no rum, seem to have had little trouble in the past. The recovery of stolen automobiles seems to have operated in a rather peculiar manner. Just why the lists of those from whon cars were recovered were not made public property is one of the unexplained incidents of the past few months. It has also been noted that the policemen were very busy during the campaigns on matters that were political and had nothing to do with the protection of property or the pursuit of criminals. If the new secretary of state has an idea that a policeman should really pursue criminals and prevent crimes, his judgment is good if he starts by alienating the affections of the force for the county chairmen of political parties who ire always naturally more eager to capture votes than to jail crooks. 11 we are to have a state police force, supported by state taxes, the least that is to be expected is that it will be a police force and not a set of messenger boyr for politicians. In Memphis a girl was arrested for trying to kiss a man. Something has to be done to protect the world’s future fathers. About the year 2928 artificial men may be created in chemical laboratories, says a dispatch. Say, the woods are full of ’em right now.

- David Dietz on Science - Lick Builds Telescope No. 230

'TT'HE Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton, California, A was founded by James Lick, an eccentric and wealthy Californian, who had settled on the Pacific coast just prior to the famous gold rush days of 1849. Many stories are told about him. In his youth he fell in love with the daughter of a wealthy miller. Lick then was extremely poor. The wealthy miller -refused to sanction the match. Lick resolved to build a mill some day which would put the father to shame. He kept his vow, years

build the most powerful telescope in the world. In 1874, he appointed trustees, to whom he turned over his entire fortune of $3,000,000 to carry on certain philanthropies and to build the proposed telescope. These trustees finally decided to build a huge refractor with a lens thirty-six inches in diameter. Lord Rosee had built larger reflectors in Great Britain, but it was felt that a thirty-six-inch refractor would prove a more powerful instrument of research than the Rosee reflectors. A glass disk for the lens was obtained from the Mantois works in France and given to Alvan Clark & Sons of Cambridgge, Mass., to grind and polish. At that time, this firm was the most skillful in the field. Bids were taken for the dome, the mounting, the actual tube of the telescope and the driving clock. The finest designs were submitted by the Warner & Swasey Company of Cleveland and the contract was given to them. The Warner & Swasey Company had been founded by two young men, Ambrose Swasey and W. R. Warner, who came to Cleveland from New England and opened a machine shop. They had both been apprentices in New England and had decided to go “west” and try their fortune. Many novel features were introduced into the building of this telescope. Among them was a rising floor, so that the observer could work comfortably with all accessoi'ies close at hand, no matter what the position of the telescope tube. The telescope was put into operation in 1888. Unfortunately, Llfck died some years before this date. His body was buried beneath the pier of the great telescope. *

M. E. TRACY SAYS: “America Gave a Billion for Religion Last Year, Which Proves We Still Are a Religious People.”

President Coolidge call- * * ing on the Pan-American conference to provide for arbitration and with Herbert Hoover visiting Latin-American countries to promote good will, talk of war between Bolivia and Paraguay comes as a distinct shock. Why should these two little land-locked countries want to stir up such a mess at such a time? Where is there urgent need for land that they must go to war over a hunk of wilderness that neither has been able to explore, much less to settle? The Grand Chaco will not only remain where it is, but be just as fertile and just as good for people to occupy, no matter what flag is set up in It. With not more than four or five people to the square mile in either country, it seems as though Bolivia and Paraguay might be able to postpone the quarrel, if not forget it. The difficulty is that when people want to fight they generally can find plenty of excuses. a * tt Seeths With Patriotism Regardless of who started the present commotion, news dispatches indicate that Bolivia is far more anxious for war than Paraguay. The latter, we are informed, remains comparatively calm, while the formes seeths with patriotism. The difference in their size may explain this. Nothiftg stimulates the fighting mood like prospects of easy triumph. Bolivia is three times as big as Paraguay and contains more than twice as many people. The Boliviar standing army numbers more than 7,000 men, while that of Paraguay hardly exceeds 1,000. Bolivia has an unorganized reserve o' 230,000 while Paraguay has one of only 100,000. Under such circumstances, who can blame Paraguay for bc-'ng willing to arbitrate? The people of Bolivia shout that it is better to die for freedom than live in slavery, which sounds fine, except that it is hard to see how Paraguay threatens to play the part of Simon Legree. tt m n Our Navy Is Safe 12ven if this battle boil comes to a head, we are left one consolation. It cannot reach the sea. because neither Bolivia nor Paraguay has a navy, which means that American ships will not be sunk and we will not be dragged into it. But let us not take it too seriously. If there are to be “wars and rumors of wars,” until the end of time, as we are informed by Holy Writ, we can depend on the rumors outnumbering the wars by about ten to one. To suppose that talk makes war is to ignore human experience. In spite of their isolation and illiteracy. who can doubt that the urge to peace has penetrated Bolivia and Paraguay? Let us forget that we live in an age which is resplendent not only with the birth of new ideas, but with their rapid adoption. It was only twenty-five years ago that the Wrights destroyed the almost universal belief that human beings never could fly. That represented a terrific revolution in human thought, yet who regards it is a revolution now? Today, such “a reign of law” as Wilson predicted still seems far away. The thought, however, has been born, and is having its effect everywhere. tt st it Still a Religious People The American people gave somewhat more than $2,000,000,000 to charity last year. About half of it went for religious purposes. That speaks volumes. We are still a religious people. Neither is our religion such a hollow sham as cynics would make it apear. Putting it on the cold-blooded basis that “money talks,” the faith of the fathers still speaks with a resounding voice. Even in this land of wealth and prosperity, a billion dollars is not to be dismissed lightly, especially when it is given without thought of immediate return. What is quite as significant, the other billion given for organized charity, foreign relief, health work, education and art, can be traced largely to religious impulses. Though our generosity may take channels which seem distinct from those of a purely religious nature, it originates largely in the standards and ideals that have come to us through religious teaching, and however we may disagree with the dogmatic form of that teaching, we are forced to admit that it is responsible for most of our good impulses. tt tt tt Give Us Ideal But for the ideals which we derive from the four gospels, we would not be conceiving such ventures as a League of Nations, a world court, or the Kellogg pact. It is not illogical to associate the Kellogg pact with the Christmas spirit. “Peace on earth,” and “good will toward men," have found practical expression in this latest move to develop a conception of international justice. Outlawing was is the basic idea of such a conception. Until we formally have declared war wrong, we have no ground for demanding a different method of adjusting national disputes. The significance of the Kellogg pact lies in the fact that it puts the civilized world on record; that it sweeps aside the belief in force and clears the ground for anew and better way. It does all this, moreover, without imposing radical changes or distasteful obligations; depending on leadership, rather than coercion to gain its objective.

later, building a mill which cost $200,000 with an interior finished in beautiful highly polished hard wood. The mill, which was located at San Jose, became one of the curiosities of the state until It burned down. As he advanced in life, Lick devoted himself to many p h ila n t h r opies. Finally the idea occurred to him to

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

This is the first of an informative and valuable series of three articles on Industrial Poisons. NEXT: ARSENIC AND MERCURY. BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hvceia, the Health Magazine. BEFORE the Fifth International Congress for Industrial Accidents and Occupations, held recently In Budapest, Sir Thomas Oliver, one of the most widely known authorities on industrial diseases, considered the influence of industrial poisons on the different bodily organs. One of the most serious of industrial poisons is lead, toward which human beings react in different ways. Much depends on the speed with which the lead is absorbed in the body; the age of the paitent is important, since young persons are more likely to be affected by lead than older ones; women also seem to be more seriously affected by lead than are men.

KING GEORGE has shown that he has a wonderful constitution by being able to survive all the medical specialists who have been camping on the edge of the royal couch, and the chances are he would have been up and about the throne before this, if he had had one good country doctor. Both Garfield and M’Kinley were over-doctored. tt 11 a A fellow should never take himself much less his ashes, too seriously and while it was a delicate compliment to the Soviet government for Paxton Hibben, author and diplomat, to have his remains sent to Russia, it will not be long until the czars or something along the line of the old order will return to power and when this time comes the remains of Lenin and his followers will be scattered to the four winds. tt tt There are few parallels to the voluntary resignation of Senator T. Coleman Dupont of Delaware, whose term does not expire until March 4, 1931. Despite bad health most men would have held on until the grim reaper cut the cord, for a seat in the United States senate is the most attractive furniture in this country. tt tt s With thousands of capable men i.' the country, it is hard to understand why the President had to appoint Roy West, associated with thu Insull interests, as secretary of the interior, a position having vast influence in matters in which Insull is vitally concerned. It does not look good. In fact, it reminds one of the malodorous days of Fall. tt a tt it is up to the house of repre sentatives to pass a reapportion ment bill in harmony with the next, census, the house having defied the mandate to do so in harmory with the census of 1920. Still, people wonder why little people violate law. If this South Dakota girl and Michigan boy who won the prize as the healthiest pair in the national contest wish to keep fit they will have to exercise more than the rest of us Since the automobile came, walking has become a lost art and legs are useful only for hosiery demonstrations. Walking still is done on golf courses, but in a .little while small machines will carry the players from shot to shot.

. Shall This Be Permitted?

Lead One of Worst Industrial Poisons

Reason

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

In one case a healthy girl, 13 years of age, died from the effects of the lead on her brain after work • ing in a white lead factory for six weeljs. The more delicately organized the tissue of the body, the less resistance to poisons, hence alcohol and lead affect the nerve centers of the brain earlieer than the other tissues of the body. Among the earliest tissues affected by lead poisoning also are the blood and the blood-forming organs. In most cases under the condi - tions of industry, the worker receive? small doses of lead day after day, so that symptoms of poisoning may not arise for several years. However, because of the effects of the lead on the blood, the possibility of lead poisoning may be determined by examining the blood long before the obvious symptoms develop. It is the general opinion that workers in the lead industry in the

By Frederick LANDIS

'T'HIS Chicago woman who says A her mate is a church angel, but a house devil, tells an old, old story; in fact, fireside manners will not be brought up to par until television machines are installed In every home and everybody’s conduct is broadcast to the world.

BY FABYAN MATHEY Clubs are trumps, and South ha? the lead. North and South must win three of the four tricks against a perfect defense.

6— Non* H-K-7-J o—None • C—lo NORTH S —None . S—K-10 H—Q-5-4 w H—lo-8 o—None j 2 o—None C—i fr—None SOUTH s—None H—J-9-J , o—None C->* 44

LAY out the cards on a table, as shown in the diagram, and study the situation. See if you can find a method of play that will net North and South three tricks. The solution is printed herewith.

The Solution

THIS puzzle, not unlike that of the day before, involves what is called “throwing the lead.” But here the purpose in doing so is somewhat different. In the preceding puzzle, the opponents were forced to lead a suit which both North and South lacked. Here they must lead from their own strength to greater strength. The trump is opened, East dis-

course of time develop changes in their blood vessels and are likely to have high blood pressure. Their death rate from brain hemorrhage is larger than that of workers in other occupations. The constant absorption of the lead also affects the kidneys, and these changes may be responsible for tjie changes in the blood vessels. A single dose of lead iseldom gives rise to symptoms, but if small quantities are repeatedly passed into the body, chronic changes develop. After death lead can be' found in the liver, the kidneys, the brain and the bones. It is because of the danger of small doses taken in repeatedly over long periods of time that modern industries in which lead is employed arrange for frequent examinations of all workers so that the dangers may be offset before permanent changes take place in the body.

ONE COUNTRY DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR *IvEMAINS * * m 1 THOSE HOUSE DEVILS

VISCOUNT CECIL told England she was being brought to financial ruin by terrific expenditures for naval armament and he could have told her that it is monumental insanity, for since the kaiser’s fall, no navy threatens England. Cecil could have told his country also that aviation has shoved the steel-clad whales of yesterday into the discard. tt tt Everybody tries to rob the government, the latest effort being that of land owners whose property is needed for flood relief projects. Human nature is wonderful, but keep your hand on your pocketbook when it comes into your neighborhood.

carding a spade. West, of course, must return a heart, South covering whatever East plays. South now returns the higher of his two remaining hearts, and West is the victim of the ensuing finesse. Don’t be afraid to let your opponents lead now and then. The waiting game is sometimes the best game. You’ll find that it will frequently bring you additional tricks. (Copyright, 1928. by NEA Service, Inc.)

This Date in U. S. History

Dec. 11 1777—Washington’s army went into winter quarters at Valley Forge. 1816—Indiana admitted to the Union. 1861— Fire caused $5,000,000 damage to Charleston, S. C. 1862 Federals defeated on the Blackwater river in Virginia.

' Daily Thought

No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.—St. Luke 16 :13. tt tt tt A GREAT fortune is a great slavery.—Seneca.

DEC. 11,1928

You Should Do as I Say, Not as I Do

BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON “T AIN’T wantin’ Seraphine to do I as I do. I wants her to do as I say,” remarks Julia Peterkin’s entrancing Scarlet Sister Mary. Doesn’t that sum up, in a nutshell, the attitude of the average parent? Although we know ourselves to be far from perfect, we expect nothing short of perfection from our children. We can give them the most excellent advice while, like Sister Mary, we are a little short on example. The ordinary parent allows himself to become so completely detached from the interests of his boys and girls that, by and by, they feel that he is a stranger to them. These staid and stodgy fathers, fqr example. One hardly can believe that they once have been involved in college scrapes, that some of them were the small town bad boys or the prototypes of our present drug store sheiks. Yet practically all of them have lurid pasts, while many others are making crimson their present. To hear them hold forth, however, one would imagine that they had spent their youth sprouting wings. Happily, this sort of thing seldom gets over with the boys. When father says he never was guilty of such misdemeanors, the adolescent realizes that this is merely one of Dad’s little eccentricities and that he is prone to exaggeration. And when mother tells her young daughter that she never allowed a boy to kiss her, daughter knows very well that mother’s memory is failing her. It is a tragic thing that we can’t look upon our children as regular human beings, and treat them as such. Yet frantic mothers constantly are worried about what modernity is going to do to their daughters: They forget the dangers they once avoided successfully and the pitfalls they escaped by a hair’s breadth. The wide gulf that sometimes separates maturity from youth has been dug by self-satisfied men and women who have forgotten the thrill of being young. And again, just why should any of us imagine that we are fit to be the parents of paragons?

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