Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 255, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1929 — Page 4

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A Necessary Law Even if it may contain some provisions which could be bettered, the registration law for which the League of Women Voters is strenuously demanding the Governor’s signature should be signed without hesitation. An honest election is the fundamental basis of any system of democratic or representative government. The incidents of the last election, in which no registration of voters was required, fully demonstrated that this state did not have an . honest election. The vote in Lake county was more than suspicious. It reeked with positive indications of wholesale frauds and ballot box stuffing. 0 Indeed, it is more than significant that local officials of Lake county have gone to the of denying any aid to federal officials in an inquiry into that election, placing themselves in a position of rebellion against not only the government but against honesty and decency. The machine in this state exists because it is able to manipulate the elections and primaries. The stub pencil has been the real ruler. It is also true that the fictitious voter and the repeater is rapidly becoming more powerful than the real citizen. The women who presented this law and who forced its passage over the protest of the bosses have no political aims. They belong to all parties. They are not the ordinary workers in political headquarters who expect to get jobs for themselves, for their husbands or relatives, or who work for pay. This league, nation wide, has demonstrated its freedom from selfish purposes. It is intent on preserving for women the rights of suffrage. It demands tha . the vote, so recently obtained, is not taken away from women by fraud and dishonesty. It is intent on preventing the disfranchisement of women—or of men —by crookedness. The suggestion of the Governor that the women clean up the politics in Marion county was not needed. The women will do that, in time. They have shown every indication of taking over that job and of doing it well. But they cann*t succeed in this county or in Lake or in any other of the places where fraud has existed unless there be laws to protect against frauds. The league told only the plain truth when it said that the Governor has it within his power to decide whether the state shall be ruled honestly or by fraud.

Hoover Saves Oil President Hoover’s decision to withdraw government oil lands from sale or lease, except where such ; disposition is mandatory by law, is wise from the standpoint of conservation and of national defense. No one familiar with the facts can doubt that mad waste characterizes the exploitation of America’s precious oil resources. A key member of the federal oil conservation board for several years, Hoover knows those facts. His policy apparently is the result of long study of the problem. The United States has only about 15 per cent of the world’s petroleum reserves. But up to five years ago we had produced 62 per cent of the world’s output, and since that time we have produced around 70 per cent. Therefore, complete exhaustion of American supplies is definitely in sight—some say in five years, some in fifteen years. Even if we are to run short of oil in twenty-five years the situatiofi is serious. For oil is a major essential of industry in peace time and of the army and navy in war time. “The allies floated to victory on a wave of oil," said Lord Curzon. “Oil is as necessary as blood in the battles of tomorrow,” according to Clemenceau. “It is even probable that the supremacy of nations may be determined by possession of available petroleum and its products,” says Coolidge. To the extent that the United States becomes dependent on foreign oil resources, most of which already are owned or controlled by foreign governments and by foreign companies connected with foreign governments, the United States will lose its freedom in both war and peace.

And the greater the oil shortage at home, the more incentive there will be for that oil diplomacy and imperialism which so often has poisoned our relations with Great Britain with the smaller nations of the Near East, Latin-America and Mexico. Two criticisms are aimed at Hoover’s policy. One is that discontinuance of the sale and leasing of government reserves will not materially check the present over-production and waste, because only about one-tenth of present production is from government) land and perhaps less than half of that can be stopped by Hoover. This is in effect a valid criticism of private industry which controls most production and which hitherto has failed to conserve resources; but it is no criticism of Hoover that he unhappily finds the government with so few resources left to conserve. Senator Walsh of Montana, famous Teapot Dome prosecutor, objects that the Hoover policy will benefit the large oil companies and states where they operate, by shutting out little independents and wildcatters whose prouuction on government lands has supplied the competition to keep down prices for the consumers. JgraH' Hgg We share fully Walsh's concern for the consumer and his fear of price-fixing by the so-called trusts, but it strikes us that overproduction and waste of a nonreplaceable natural resource is too expensive a method of guaranteeing temporary low prices. A more helpful criticism of the Hoover policy is not that it goes too far, bift rather that it does not go far enough- It is to be assumed that the President is considering supplementary action. For instance, if of irregularities in leases and contracts in the Salt creek (Wyoming) field are substantiated, part of that rich government area also may be withdrawn and conserved. Finally, Hoover faces the necessity of persuading private interests which dominate production to get together legally for elimination of waste, even if the anti-trust laws have to be amended to permit this and at the same time protect the people from monopoly.* Unless private industry puts an end to the chaos which seriously threatens the future prosperity and safety of the nation, soon fir late the government will be driven to declare a national emergency in oil and under such extraordinary powers enforce conserva-

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A Low Level Whatever other resolutions should be made by the citizens of Indianapolis, the most imperative is that the next school election will provide a new 7 governing body which will not duplicate the disgraceful quarrels, rows and bickerings that now occur. It might even be decided that the chief concern of the schools shall be the education of children instead of taking care of a political contractor. Certainly public confidence receives a jolt when factional changes within the board follow the giving of jobs to relatives of its members. The interests of the children should not depend on whether the soil of one member or the son-in-law of another gets a job in the school garare. That the control of schools is placed in such hands and could’reach so low a level suggests that perhaps the public school system is a failure. It hardly seems possible that after nearly a century of free schools it would be possible for any community to place them in the hands of those who would juggle with their interests on so paltry a basis.

New York Points the Way • The city of New York is preparing to spend $107,000,000 for construction of necessary bridges and tunnels without increasing taxes or adding to the bonded indebtedness of the city. Bonds will be issued against the projects. Tolls will pay interest on the bonds and eventually retire them, leaving the works in possession of the public for free use. The port of New York authority, which is a public organization representing New York and New Jersey, previously had arranged for construction of four bridges at a cost of $100,000,000. The famous Holland vehicular tunnel was built by the public at a cost of $48,000,000 and will be paid for by tolls. States and municipalities finding similar developments difficult because of high taxes and heavy bonded indebtedness will be interested in New York’s solution of her problem. In particular, it may point the way to elimination of the toll bridge evil, about which there has been so much discussion of late. The number of such bridges erected on public highways throughout the country in recent years has been increasing rapidly. Congress last session considered legislation to eliminate them, but took no action on it. It did, however, approve construction of a large ‘number of new toll bridges. These toll bridges, which pay promoters large profits, constitute a barrier to traffic and a perpetual tax on the public for the use of what should be public facilities. How much better it is for the public itself to borrow money at a low rate of interest, do its own building, let profits pay off the investment, and finally have free thoroughfares.

Coolidge Writes Well Calvin Coolidge, now listed as a magazine writer instead of a President, displays, in his first article for the Cosmopolitan an ability to use simple, vivid language in a way that many more experienced writers might envy. Telling of the death of his son Calvin, the former President writes: “When he went the power and the glory of the presidency went with him.” Whole pages of skillful writing could not have told us as much as that brief sente ace. It presents the whole picture of heartache, loss and desolation. Aspiring writers might do well to study the unadorned, powerful style of Calvin Coolidge, magazine writer. George Washington was a poor flute player, says a Harvard professor. In this day of “stark criticism,” you’ll have to admit that’s a pretty nice thing to say. A University of Chicago student is going to Borneo to study savage life. Why doesn’t someone tell him about Chicago’s loop district? Michigan is to choose a state bird in April. If you have been in Detroit recently you probably won’t be able to understand it if the bird designated isn’t the Old Crow.

. David Dietz on Science ■ Einstein’s Field Theory XT “ 303-

The DEVELOPMENT of Maxwell’s theory of the electromagnetic nature of light upset the scheme of the universe which had been formulated by New ton. Professor Einstein points out that this fact generally escaped the attention of the scientific world. According to Newton, space provided only a sort of environment in which the events of the physical universe took part. It did not play any actual part in physical occurrences. The gravitational attraction between two objects was a property of those objects. Space had nothing to do with it. But when Maxwell advaned his electromagnetic theory and Hertz confirmed it with his brilliant experiments, space played anew role. Physicists patched up the crack between Newton’s theories and Maxwell’s theories by inventing a hypothetical medium called the ether. Empty space was said to be filled with this intangible but elastic medium called the ether of space. When an electric current flowed through a wire, a magnetic field was established around the wire. In other words, something happened to the space or the ether of space around the wire. Hertz showed that electromagnetic waves, that is electrical and magnetic fields or strains could be developed in space and sent through space. Light, according to Maxwell, is just such a field which breaks loose from its source and travels through SHEC6t Einstein uses the word “field theory” to describe all the theories from Maxwell to his own which deal with the nature of electromagnetic fields. His newest theory is an attempt to show that there is a gravitational field in space which fundamentally is the same as the electromagnetic field in that the behavior of both fields can be developed from certain fundamental assumptions as to the nature of space. Einstein admitsr however that his new theory does not clear up the difficulties which lie in the quantum theory, the theory which holds that energy exists in the form of separate particles and not in the form of waves. Einstein has developed all his theories, the special theory of relativity, the general theory of relativity and his new field theory by starting with Maxwell’s theory of the electromagnetic field. We now are ready to trace the development of these theories. We will see next how he arrived at the special theory of relativity.

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M. E. TRACY SAYS: “We Have Reached a Point in Our Manufacture of Law Where Legislatures Should Use the Ax \When in Doubt.”

HOUSTON, Tex., March 14.—8. H. Cram of Detroit predicts the production of 4,500,000 autos and trucks this year, which sounds good to Texas. Texas is one of the three big oil states, producirg not only one-sixth of the world’s supply, but three times as much as Mexico. There is where a gcod deal of the money comes from for all the new towns, skyscrapers and colleges. Texas university has acquired an endowment fund of $12,000,000 through oil royalties, and the half hasn’t been found, much less told, yet. Incidentally, a well on the university land has been carried to a depth of 8,000 feet which comes near being a record, and which opens up prospects that may change the whole oil situation. Asa matter of fact, we don’t know very much about the actual amount of oil available, despite all the surveying and surmising. About the only thing we do know is that it is limited and irreplacable. a a Slowing Up the Parade AMERICA now is producing about 70 per cent of the world’s oil supply. Worse still, it is producing more than it can market efficiently. That the oil industry is in a state of over-production, and that this bodes not good for the industry itself, or the country at large, is admitted by every one familiar with the situation. The idea that something should be done by way of conservation has become very popular. In theory, such an idea is sound. In practice, it can be made to scive undesirable ends. The Texas legislature, which adjourns Friday, killed an oil conservation bill because of a general feeling that it would accomplish nothing so distinctly as to kill off small, independent producers. By and large, the Texas legislature killed quite a few bills, which is something more to be thankful for. We are in no worse fix with regard to the overproduction of oil than we are with regard to law. When the Hoover commission on law enforcement and its problem gets going, that is one phase of the situation it should not ignore. The multiplicity of laws, as well as their picayunish, meddlesome characher, has some bearing on the manifest failure of enforcement. Neither is prohibition the only example. One only has to read the speed regulations of any state, city or town and then watch the autos go by to get a vivid idea of the prevalence of violation and the reasons for it. We are attempting to slow up the whole parade in order to prevent a few reckless drivers from being reckless. The parade simply won’t stand for it.

Speed and Prohibition SPEED prohibition, censorship and everything else designed to make folks safe, sane and moral by statue, goes back to the theory of personal purification through mass regulation. That theory is opposed to our traditions, ideals and conceptions of liberty. It leaves out the factor of individual responsibility, makes no distinction between those who want to do right and those who want to do wrong, and imposes the bulk of the punishment on innocent people. What is the sense in building autos that will make eighty miles an hour, and good, smooth roads for them to run on, and then say they shall not be driven more than 15, 20 or 35, even though the way is clear? What is the sense in subjecting careful, conscientious drivers to the same kind of regulations as the careless, don’t-give-a-damn variety? There is a good deal to this problem of law enforcement besides court procedure and police inefficiency. a n Good Use for. Ax WITH regard to law, as with regard to so many other things, we have thought too much about quantity and too little about quality, have prided ourselves on volume, yielded to the pressure of salesmanship and measured success by the size of the heap. When I was in Ohio some eight weeks ago, the legislature had 156 bills before it. though only twentyfour hours old. In California a month later, the legislature was wrestling with nearly 2,000 bills, though only half through. The Texas legislature- is to be commended for passing less than 300 bills, most of them local in character, or of no consequence. It deserves special commendation for killing the anti-evolution bill. The bill by which ice dealers would have come under the head of public utilities and the oil conservation bill. We have reached a point in our manufacture of law where legislatures should use the ax when in doubt. The public can better afford to pay them for doing nothing than for adding to the clutter and confusion.

Daily Thought

And they spake unto him saying, If thou bt kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thv servants forever. —2 Chron. 10:7. THE drying up of a single tear has more of fame than shedding seas of gore.—Byron.

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Reason

PAUL McNUTT, national commander of the American Legion, is going over the country making some fine speeches against the divided loyalty of foreign-born Americans, but our politicians are more to blame for this than anybody else. In the last campaign, as in all previous ones, the prejudices of great groups of foreign voters were appealed to. If our politicians would stop pouring ice water into the melting pot we would soon have a nation instead of an international zoological garden. tt a a If these two Knoxville doctors were intoxicated when they performed a fatal operation on a boy, then the Tennessee medical colleges should give their guinea pigs a day off and subject the inebriated medicos to vivisection. ana As Mr. Coolidge sits in his old Northampton la# office and writes articles for a dollar a word, he doubtless thinks how different it is from the old days, when he turned a discriminating ear toward approaching footsteps to determine which creditor was calling to pay his respects.

Causes and Treatment of Halitosis

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of HyEeia the Health Masazine. THE advertising of mouth washes has made the word halitosis significant to every one.. The presence of foul breath is an indication of diseases of the mouth, of the stomach, of the lungs, of the nose and throat, or of some other tissues adjacent to the mouth cavity. Halitosis is not a disease with a single cause, but is a symptom resulting from many possible causes. The first step in the control of halitosis is detection of the cause. Among the most frequent causes of halitosis is decay of the teeth. This can be determined only by regular dental inspection. Lick of cleanliness of the teeth will cai.f i a mild degree of halitosis. , Infections and pus pockets around the teeth will cause nrtch more severe halitosis. Someti .nes the odor does not come from any disease affecting the teeth, tut is due to infection in the tonsils. The little crypts or pockets in

“ t aoAyrip THie^ t\m WHITNEY’S INVENTION March 14 ONE hundred thirty-five years ago today, March 14, 1794, Eli Whitney obtained a patent on the cotton gin and laid the foundation for the Civil war. No single factor in our history has had a greater effect upon the political and economic life of the nation than the invention of this mechanical means to separate the seed from cotton fibre. Before its invention, from eight to ten hours’ work was required to clean a pound of cotton. Since one field hand cquld produce about 2,500 pounds in a good season, it took twenty-five slaves working IGO days to get his output ready for market Hence no cotton was exported before the introduction of Whitney's gin. The year after, however," 1.500,000 pounds were exported and the year following about 5,250,000 pounds. The south soon found cotton growing to be its most important industry. Slaves became increasingly in demand to grow it and thus began differences between the north and south which resulted in the Civil war. . .

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ANOTHER restriction was removed from the expanding glory of the Republic when that school board in Ohio not only refused to reprimand a teacher for spending her time, showing the pupils how to dance the Charleston, but after her demonstration of the art, recommended it as indispensible to juvenile culture. a a a With the opening of the baseball season and the springtime charm of Washington, our statesmen will find an extra session far from disagreeable, and then they will also be far away from postoffice candidates. a tt a Since Dr. Boone, the President’s physician, has called for suggestions in the matter of providing suitable exercise for Mr. Hoover, who does not like to walk, permit us to suggest that he runs very well.

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

the tonsils become filled with infectious matter, even with decaying particles of food; this material given off a definite odor with each breath. It is possible for a physician to squeeze out these crypts and then to clean the surface with antiseptic solutions. Gargles are sometimes effective in washing off the surface, but many people do not know how to gargle correctly. Furthermore, such measures are only temporary. If the tonsils are severely infected, and if there is a very bad odor from an infected throat, surgical removal of the tonsils is necessary to a cure. Infections in the nose with crusting and particularly in the spaces'

Questions and Answers

You can get an answer to any answerable Question of fact or ‘.nformation by writing to Frederick M. Kerby. Question Editor The Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau, 1322 New York avenue. Washington. D. C. inclosing 2 cents In stamps for reply. Medical and legal advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be made. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned reauests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential. You are cordially Invited to make use ol this service. How did the banana get its name? Early inhabitants of the east believed that the banana'plant was the source of good and evil and that the serpent which tempted Eve hid in a bunch of the fruit. Undoubtedly this legend influenced the early classifiers who designated two species of the plant as musa paradisiaca (fruit of paradise) and musa sapientum (fruit of knowledge). The common name banana was adopted from th~ language of an African Congo tribe and first came into use during the sixteenth century. Prior to that time the fruit was called apple of paradise and Adam’s fig. The term plantain was given to a fruit which, while it is closely related to the banana, is edible only after being cooked. What caused the death of the boxers Harry Greb, Tiger Flowers and Pancho Villa? Harry Greb died in a hospital in Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 22, 1926, following an operation for the removal of fractured bones in his nose caused by an automobile accident. Theodore (Tiger) Flowers died in a private hospital in New York, Nov. 16,1927, while undergoing an operation for removal of a growth over his right eye. Pancho Villa died in a hospital in San Francisco July 14, 1925, while undergoing an operation for an infection of the throat that developed from an infected tooth.

AND THEN CAME RUTH POURING ICE WATER NO MORE CREDITORS

PRESIDENT HOOVER should follow the advice of his friends and cut out the daily noon receptions which were started by the late President Harding, for they are more of a drain on the executive’s vitality than the real business of his office. To know that you have to shake hands with 200 people every day when the clock strikes 12 constitutes a mortgage on a President’s peace of mind, also his health. a a a Ruth Bryan Owen carried off the “speaking honors at the recent reception given to the women of congress in New York City and she will likely be the outstanding representative of her sex in Washington. And there’s a reason. a a a , Numerous fliers have come very close to crashing against the dome of the Capitol at Washington, but it will probably not be lighted until there is a casualty, after which the proper authorities will conduct an “investigation.” a a a Very likely by this time President Hoover suspects that all who came to march in his inaugural parade stayed to apply for a public office.

behind the nose are the most prominent causes of foul breath. The diagnosis and treatment of such a condition is a problem for a specialist. Anyone can, however, with cleansing solutions, clear cut deposits of secretions, and crus.ts after these things are formed. Simple solutions, such as a teaspoonful of common salt in a glass of warm water, is satisfactory for most purposes. Occasionally small amounts of boric acid or other mild antiseptics may be added. It is important to know that washing of the nose and cavity behind is a delicate matter and that serious results may follow the forcing of infectious matter into the tubes which lead from the nasal cavity to the ear.

What is the value of a United States S3 gold piece dated 1878? From $3.25 to $5. 1 What element is contained in both water and air? Water and air alike contain oxygen. Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and air contains nitrogen, oxygen and argon. What is the address of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.? Oyster Bay, N. Y. What is the record attendance at a baseball game? The. largest number of persons to witness a baseball game was 72,000 at the opening game of the 1927 season at the Yankee Stadium, New York, April 12, 1927. What is wind? Air in motion resulting from atmospheric pressure by which air is forced to move from a place of high barometric pressure to a place of lower pressure. What proportion of prominent persons in the United States are college graduates? Gut of 24,278 persons whose biographies appear in Who’s Who in America, 14,055 were college graduates: 3,022 attended college, but did not graduate: 2,756 finished high school: 1(680 had a common school education only: 1,814 gave no education data, and 388 were self-edu-cated or privately educated. Where in the Bible is the verse "Call upon me end I will answer thee and show thee great and mighty things which thou knoweth not?” Jeremiah, chapter 33, verse 2.

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IT SEEMS TOME a m By HEYWOOD BROUN

JUSTICE JOSEPH MORSJHAUSER of the New York supreme court has a very simple remedy for what he calls the “divorce evil.” He would abolish all divorce. In the same way it would be possible to do away with auto accidents by abolishing autos. Nor would any drown if all of us remained on shore. Asa matter of fact. I think that the phrase "divorce evil” is inaccurate. You must go back of that. Divorce is not the disease, but the form of treatment. Essentially what we are called upon to deal with is the “marriage evil.” 8 tt tt Benefit to Children JUSTICE MORSCHAUSER says, “More persons who now seek and get divorces could compose their differences and live together to the end of their lives with resultant benefit to their children and to society if they knew the law would not grant to them divorces, but only separations.” People who are forced to live together will naturally do so, but I am not at al sure that coercion is a good means by which to achieve reconciliation. Moreover, I am curious to know just how children are ever benefited by being brought up in an atmosphere of rancor. Indeed, if there is to be compulsion I am much more in 'favor of compulsory divorce than compulsory marriage. A paternalistic state might say with certain logic to a couple here and there, “You two are ordered to quit this continual bickering and get a divorce. This order is issued for the sake of your children and the good of the state." a a a Without Hostages AND, of course, Justice Morschauser leaves out the weakest link in his position by seeming to assume that all married people are parents. What about childless marriages? Has the state any possible reason to insist upon the preservation of such unions as exist without children and without peace or happiness? I think not. If Mr. A and Mrs. A are in a constant brawl, it is to the advantage of the community that they should divorce each other before the situation becomes complicated by the advent of any children. I know there Is a popular belief that unhappy marriages sometimes take a turn for the better when a child is born. I have seen the plays and motion pictures in which a tot comes down the stairs to say, “Muvver, why don’t you led daddy up? He seems to be all cut.” Behind Digits IT is the custom of preachers and publicists to look at any increase in the divorce rate as an indication of decline in civilization. This seems to me an over-simplification of a complex problem. No investigation of marriage or divorce is at all scientific if it deal.with straight statistics. There was a lower frequency of divorce in America fifty years ago, but the research man ought to clamber back behind these figures. The important question is whether the married people of that day were better off. Does the higher percentage of enduring relationships mean that married people were happier or that men and women, particular women, were once content to pocket greater quantities of pride? I am in no position to be dogmatic about the matter, but there seems reason to suppose that the state of marriage is on a higher level than in the days of our grandmothers. It is easier for a woman to make a living in 1929 than it was in 1879. It is fair to point out that few primitive peoples have ever suffered much from the divorce evil. In communities where the man is lord and master the wife naturally abides with him even when she would be away. A lower rate of divorce may mean a higher rate of suicide. tt a a

Feminism Threatens DIVORCE, even the free use of it, indicates to a great extent a growth in civilization. Feminism threatens marriage in the sense that it makes it less stable. When each party to the contract retains his or her right to definite individuality the chances of happiness are much increased. Also the chances of disagreement. One of the fundamental facts in freedom is the right to disagree. Moreover, I think it is a mistake to look upon every marriage which ends in divorce as a failure. Only gross materialists can be content with such a theory. Idealism demands a higher standard of human value. It is quite possible for two people to be rapturously happy for a year, or ten years, and then drift into a state in which their relationship falls to a lower level. And these two are not foes, but rather friends of marriage if they say, "This isn’t good enough any more. Let’s end it.’* nun Pleasing Judge DIVORCE is not necessarily an ugly thing. The courts and legislatures have made it that. In many states, New York for instance, the law demands bitterness from litigants. Indeed, the New York law places such emphasis upon infidelity that it offers a reward for Immorality, It will grant no relief unless the husband or the wife sins. And In many cases neither of them wants to sin. They merely wanta divorce. Why should they be unfaithful merely to please the judge? And like many another statute, our local divorce law is a great breeder of hypocrisy. If the applicants refuse to sin, they may get by with the semblance of misconduct. But there must be a pretense. The law simply will not accept the fact that a man and woman may want to say, "Good-by and good luck.** (Copyright, 1939, for Tfc* Ttme*>