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Oil for the Machine j Jke people of the state will receive an chief lesson ;n machine and political covernent between now and the first day of July. On that date, every person who drives an atomobilf must be equipped with a license, ,Mied front the < ffice of the secretary of state, , ailable at all times for the inspection of Uieemen, sheriffs and other officers. | If there were an examination of drivers tfore licenses were issued, there might be Inie point to *he suggestion that this will zo Jr to reduce the number of accidents. ■I But under the law, every one who swears tat he has not committed a felony, is not sind or crippled, can get one by application. | Just how indefensible is the law is sugysted by the fact that an effort is being made a sell the law to the farmers of the state by declaring that if will enable the state police .* stop all the raids on apple orchards and ;Hon patches, under some far fetched theory nat, fear of losing an auto license will be iiich more effective than fear of going to jail pr such raids. The idea is bunk, of course. The state charges 25 cents for its licenses 'id the law provides that the fees shall be bent in the purchase of durable containers, jerk hire,- printing and other expenses and, if my money is left, it is to be spent in enforc•;g the law. That will permit, or should per!it, the hiring of a large army of inspectors. The license fee, it is estimated, will run far pove five hundred thousand dollars. Every ome must contribute a quarter for every ember of the family who drives the family ar. The. estimate that there are at least two .illions of men and women and youths who Hve cars at some time in Indiana is probably Jw. I But the mean part of the law is the faH • at for every quarter contributed to the state . r such a license there will be another quarter •Ileeted hv some agency picked out bv the cretary of state to deliver the license. These agencies arc of two sorts. One of them the automobile club, political in its nature .id working always with the office of the Icretary of state. And it is a matter of his>ry that the secretary of state, whoever he is, alwavs a candidate for the nomination for .overnor. That quarter will be collected under the uise of a notary fee. as each application must s; attested. The other agencies are the political work’s in counties where the automobile club has |> bureaus. 1 These politicians will be given a license to blleet from their neighbors and friends. The collections by these agencies, it is esmated. will be another half million of dollars ihich will cro to the pockets of those who ean hen afford to gic much time to working '-’ltics. A)ne of these official agencies is given to a lonian who is high in the official list of the republican party. The estimate of her share rtween now and July is above $6,000. which is Airly good wages for one month's work. 1 The law has been drafted for the purpose forcing every one into these official agencies. Unless licenses arc oblained from them, and *|iy one desires to go to a notary public of his kn neighborhood, it is necessary to carry with bn a land owner to certify to his application. I Those who are caught in this jam this year lould remember that three lienee there Jill be another grab of the kind. Tha], till be just in advance of an election. I you pay out this extra quarter for Tur license, perhaps you can get some satisjetion from the fact that you are helping to |jl the machine. An Editorial by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Being his dissent, as a justice of the United States . .ipreme court, from the decision that Madame Fosika uhwimmer is not eligible for citizenship in the. United utes.l The applicant seems to be a woman of superior laracter and intelligence, obviously more than ordiirily desirable as a citizen of the United States. It is ;reed that she is qualified for citizenship except so s| ,r as the views set forth in a statement of facts Eiay show that the applicant is not attached to the inciples of the Constitution of the United States and well disposed to the good order and happiness of same, and except in so far as the same may show hat she cannot take the oath of allegiance without | mental reservation.” | The views referred to are an extreme opinion in Ivor of pacifism and a statement that she would not ?ar arms to defend the Constitution. So far as the adequacy of her oath is concerned. I ardly can show how that is affected by the statelent. Inasmuch as she is a woman over 50 years of ;e, and would not be allowed to bear arms if she anted to. And as to the opinion, the whole examinaon of the applicant shows that she holds none of le now-dreaded creeds, but thoroughly believes in •ganized government and prefers that of the United tates to any other in the world. Surely it cannot show lack of attachment to the nnciples of the Constitution that she thinks it can : improved. I suppose that most intelligent people link that it might be. Her particular improvement looking to the abolion of war seems to me not materially different in its earing on this case from a wish to establish cabinet

government as in England, or a single house, or one term of seven years for the President. To touch a more burning question, only a judge mad with partisanship would exclude because the appiicant thought that the eighteenth amendment should be repealed. Os course the fear is that if a war came the applicant would exert activities such as were dealt with in Schenck V. United States, 249 U. S. 47. But that seems to me unfounded. Her position and motives are wholly different from those of Schenck. She is an optimist and states in strong and. I do not doubt, sincere, words her belief that war will disappear and that the impending destiny of mankind is to unite in peaceful leagues. I do not share that optimism nor do I think that a philosophic view of the world would regard war as absurd. But most people who have known it regard it with horror, as a last resort, and even if not yet ready for cosmopolitan efforts, would welcome any practicable combinations that would increase the power on the side of peace. The notion that the applicant's optimistic anticipations would make her a worse citizen is answered sufficiently by her examination, which seems to me a better argument for her admission than any that I ran offer. Some of her answers might excite popular prejudice, but if there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us, but freedom for the thought that we hate. I think that we should adhere to that principle with regard to admission into, as well as to life within, this country. And recurring to the opinion that bars this applicant's way, I would suggest that the Quakers have done their share to make the country what it is; that many citizens agree with the applicant's belief, and that I had not supposed hitherto that we regretted our inability to expel them because they believe more than some of us do in the teachings of the Sermon of the Mount.

Pocket Vetoes The question whether a President can pocket veto a bill by failii r to act upon it after an interim adjournment of congress at last has been settled, removing a doubt that has existed since the beginning of the republic. The supreme court has ruled that the President automatically vetoes a bill after any session of congress adjourns if he fails to sign it. In removing this doubt, the supreme court has done the country a service, regardless of whether the judgment is liked universally. The Indian case in which the decision was rendered was of minor importance. The major effect is upon Muscle Shoxls legislation. The court ruling indirectly kills the Norris bill providing government operation of Muscle Shoals, which President Coolidge failed to sign last year. The Norris bill should be reintroduced and readopted. And They Were Married And the” were married. There is nothing more that Americans can give Lindbergh now, for we already had given him our hearts. The wedcung gut of the nation can be only its pride in him, told over as it has been told so many times before in these last two years. But, as things of the heart, never grow old. perhaps the hero and h;s bride will treasure this gift of the nation all the more. So may they live happily ever alter. Where there’s a will there’s a court contest. David Dietz on Science Billow Clouds Wave-Like —No. 366 —— THE general reader may feel that if he remembers the ten types of clouds in the official classification of the International Meteorological committee that he is doing well. There are a few additional special cloud forms, however, which it is well to know Besides these forms are so striking in appearance hat there is no difficulty in recognizing them. Dr. W. J. Humphreys, professor of meteorological

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called windrow clouds and wave clouds, occur in nearly equally spaced parallel bands generally with intervening strips of clear sky. “The billow cloud most frequently, perhaps, is only a special form of the more general alto-cumulus. It also is a common form, rather as ripples, however, of the cirro-cumulus. On rare occasions it likewise occurs at low levels where it might be called a type of strato-cumulus.” The reader will recall that in the official classification of clouds that the word “cumulus,” figured in the name of four. These going from the one which occurs at highest altitude to the one at lowest, are the cirro-cumulus, the alto-cumulus, the strato-cumulus and the cumulus. The key to these four words is in ‘he meaning of “cumulus.” The word comes from the Latin and means ‘ heap.” These are clouds, therefore, which are bunched or heaped up. The four are not only distinguishable because of their altitudes but also by their size. The cirro-cumu-lus are small rounded masses, making the familiar "mackerel sky.” The alto-cumulus are larger rounded masses, partially shaded. The strato-cumulus are large lumpy masses or rolls of dull gray clouds, frequently covering the whole sky. The cumulus clouds are the huge cauliflower clouds. Color also helps to distinguish clouds. The cirro- • cumulus clouds are white, the alto-cumulus, white or gray, and the strato-cumulus. dull gray. Any of these take the form of a billow cloud. The cumulus is so huge that there is no danger of confusing it with any of the other three. The billow cloud usually gives the sky an appearance which makes the observer think of waves on the lake or ocean. As a result, it easily and quickly is recognized.

M. E. Tracy SAYS: What a Person Gets Out of Memorial Day Depends Largely on the Viewpoint of That Person. TX/'HETHER Memorial day repreVV sents a greater influence for peace or war is a perfectly good question to argue. Like most good questions to argue, no one can answer it. What a person gets out of Memorial day depends largely on that person. If a man wants to die gloriously, he derives one kind of inspiration through paying tribute to dead soldiers; if he prefers to live in peace, he derives another. a st a Force Still Necessary BECAUSE we have arrived at a point where we can visualize national existence without force, it does not follow that force has not ! been necessary in the past, or that it may not be necessary again. Neither does it follow that men I who resorted to force always had a I choice in the matter, or always were mistaken. No one can review 7 history, even | in recent times, without realizing that a good deal oi fighting was es--1 sential to clear the way for progress, and that though some of it might have been avoided in the light of present day intelligence, there i was no such intelligence available at the time. | Considering what occurred only | fifteen years ago, with millions drawn into battle against their will, and with the best- quality of states- j manship unable to save them from I j the pain and sacrifice of it, we are . becoming pretty optimistic when we | imagine that the day has arrived for us to ignore the example of these who paid what they supposed was their obligation to society and j its ideals with their lives.

Like Horse Trading TF you ever have traded horses, you -i- know what the experts are going through at Paris. It is the same old game, though on a larger scale. Human nature simply revolts at the idea of taking less than it thinks it can get, or paying more. Whenever the door is open for compromise, no one can tell how long the dickering will last or where it will end. That is one reason why modern business has settled down to the idea of one price transactions with no argument. Dr. Schacht is shadow boxing, of course, but he may spill the beans for all that. More than one man has put up his fists in the spirit of bluff only to get knocked down. Each side pretends that it has said its last word on reparations, but the other thinks it has not, so the maneuvering goes on. If the boys aren't careful, some one will get too excited and go too far. Bluff in Washington TO all intents anl purposes the house and the senate are playing a similar game of bluff and counterbluff over farm relief at Washington. The senate is for debenture; the house is against it, Borah, speaking for the former, and Tilson, speaking for the latter, declare they will stay all summer if necessary. If it is necessary, and if they do, the farmers will be out of luck for another year, which won’t add anything to the present administration’s popularity in the mid-west. Prosperity Stays MEANWHILE, general prosperity, as evidenced by automobiles, telephones, radio sets and other modern conveniences, seems to continue. Americans now own and operate five of every six motor cars in the world. They also have 18,500,000 telephones, an increase of nearly 30 per cent in five years. These telephones require sixty-four million miles of of wire, enough to go round the world 2,600 times. Whether the people of this country live in as commodious homes as their fathers and grandfathers did, they have many more luxuries and labor-saving devices. What is equally significant, they have more than any other people on earth. nan Crime Keeps Pace The mystifying part of it is that crime, delinquency, and lawlessness seem to keep pace with other | phases of progress. We keep telling ourselves not | only that poverty is diminishing, but that the less there is of it, the less trouble we shall have. Something is wrong either with the fact or the theory. Either we are not so well off as we suppose, or material well-being is not a guarantee of good order. Daily Thought There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.— Proverbs 12:18. an tt A SINGLE little word can strike him dead. —Luther. Commencement to Be June 11 B, 1/ Tim** Special ST. MARY -OF - THE - WOODS, Ind.. May 28. The eighty-eighth annual commencement of St. Mary-of-the-Woods college will be held Tuesday morning, June 11. Degrees and honors will be conferred by the Rt. Rev. Joseph Chartrand. bishop of Indianapolis, and the commencei ment speaker will be Henry A. Lapi Pin. Buffalo. N. Y. The college is operated by the Sisters of Provii dence. Mule Injures Child E,u Timet Special GUERNSEY. Ind.. May 28.—A 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy . Wilson, kicked in the face by a mule, suffered a cut from forehead to I chin and several bones broken, in- ! eluding those supporting the roof of the mouth.

physics of the : United States weather bureau, lists eight special ; cloud lorms. They are the billow clouds, the lenticular cloud, the crest cloud, the riffle cloud, j the banner cloud, the tonitro-cirrus, the mammato-cu-mulus and the, tornado or funnel cloud. "Billow clouds," ! writes Dr. Hum- i phreys, "also 1

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Thinking of Making a Break for It

Time and Money Needed to Be Doctor

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Mcdicel Association and of Hy*cia, the Health Magazine. THE time spent by a young man in securing a medical education today is longer than that- spent in preparation for any other profession. Not only must he spend from $5,000 to $7,500 in the securing of his medical education, but he must spend in addition the money required for at least two years of college work previous to the medical education. When he graduates, he serves an interneship in a hospital. Should lie desire to specialize, he must then serve an apprenticeship with a specialist for some two to five years, during which his income in exceedingly small. The man who enters medicine with the hope of making quick and large financial returns is sure to be disappointed, although he probably can secure a minimum living income from the time he begins to practice. Today much wider opportunities are available in medicine than was formerly the case. Physicians enter the field of public health, they secure positions in medical research

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Novelists who deal in plots concerning love are much inclined to make the reader take a lot for granted. The women in Maurice Bedel’s ne m boox called “Molinoff, or the Count in the Kitchen,” forever are swooning whenever the young Russian enters a room. And I must protest that the author has been somewhat vague about the fellow’s charm. He does no move vividly across the printed page. In all, I found in "Molinoff'’ a disappointment, for it is no such merry tale as “Jerome, or the Latitude of Love,” which I would be inclined to number among the best ligh't novels of recent years. I have committed myself to enthusiastic approval of "Scarlet Sister Mary,” the current Pulitzer choice, and that book has its moments of levity. Yet clearly it is not designed for sheer entertainment. The reading public does not withhold its favor from the Harry Leon Wilsons, the Wodehouses and the lighter w r orks of Elmer Davis, but critics are inclined to be a little grudging in their praise of any story which aims to be rollicking and nothing more. an tt The Light Brigade THE same may be said about “light verse.” Indeed, there seems almost to be a confusion concerning the adjective. "Light” is taken as a synonym for “easy.” Any practitioner in verse or fiction knows the falsity of such a conception. And in the theater the mechanics of farce are rather more difficult than those of any other form. It is not unknown for an apprentice to make an excellent showing with his first play, provided it concerns a somber subject. On the other hand. I go with grave forebodings when it is announced that some newcomer is making his bow with a light comedy. Tragedy may carry the listener along in spite of crudities in the telling. Only the expert can keep the fragile play from failure. And so I assert that there should be more olive wreaths for the men who give us humorous conceits in book form. I have never heard any well-known critic mention Harry Leon Wilson in the same breath with Theodore Dreiser, and yet Wilson can write rings around the creatoi of "An American Tragedy.” n tt u Aii Jokes Aside some reason unknown to me X 1 no humorous author is ever willing to let his reputation rest wholly upon the lighter forms ts literature. There is an imaginary obligation to turn serious. This itch to make the public weep, or at the very least.

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they become teachers in colleges and universities, they become medical officers in the army, navy or public health service. Some of them accept full-time salaried positions with large industrial concerns. Many of them go into general practice. Fifty years ago practically all physicians, following graduation, went into general practice. With the increase in medical technic and medical science, more and ' more physicians have become specialists. In 1925. there were 15.000 specialists listed in the directory of the American Medical Association; in 1928. the number had increased to 19.000. Os all graduates in medicine in 1915, about 30 per cent specialized immediately, whereas In 1920 about 51 per cent took up immediate training in some special form of medical practice. The earnings of a general prac- j titioner in a small community are said to vary from $2 000 to $5,000 a year. The net returns of some individuals are, of course, considerably greater. The earnings of a successful specialist, five to ten years ater com-

[ turn grim-visaged, led Mark Twain into some of his most unhappy efforts. He seemed, himself, to take no such pride in "Huckleberry Finn" as he did in his pedestrian life of Joan of Arc. And the extremely bitter books which he left to be published after his death are wholly secondrate. In our own day, Lardner and Don Stewart have both heard the call to I be a little more Hamletish on occasion. Neither of these men has failed at straight-out serious fiction. Even so, I think their best chance for survival rests in lighter efforts. As far as I can remember, neither Wodehouse nor Harry Leon Wilson has ever yielded to the urge for sackcloth. For this they should be honored. They have not been stampeded by the stupid query, “Why don’t you do something serious?”

Quotations of Notables

WOMEN who have sought public office have employed methods exasperatingly womanish and calculated to breed in men distrust of the woman who dabbles in public affairs. —Eudora Ramsay Richardson, pioneer feminist and suffragist (North American Review.) a a a Workmen frequently suffer bodily fatigue out of all proportion to the amount of physical labor performed in a given period of time, simply because delicate muscles of the eye are kept under constant tension in holding the eye adjusted for long, heavy loads of close work. —Dr. B. Franklin Royer, medical director of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness. a a a Industry stands for quantity—art for quality.—Ernest Bloch, musician and composer. a a a Conventions are customs more practiced than preached; morals are ! customs more preached than practiced—Dr. Will Durant, author. a a a American womanhood stands out among all the rest for looks, charm, j intelligence and courage.—Edna St j Vincent Millay, poetess. a a a Humanity can adjust itself to almost any circumstances. —Thomas 1 Edison. a a a Ail the athletic committees and boards of athletic control, all the coaches, stadia and playing fields of cur country would represent but so much wasted effort and investment, but so much frustrated faith, unless their use brings home to the bcart of Amwiraa i'outh ase-

piecing his training, are approximately SB,OOO to $30,000 a year, some men, of course, earning incomes even larger than this. Salaried positions in laboratory hospitals and various government services average from $1,500 to $5,000 a year, while a few commissioners of health earn from SB,OOO to SIO,OOO per year. The young man in medicine spends approximately SB,OOO on his education and loses the income w r hich he might have made during a period of eight years, which would be approximately $12,000 at a minimum. If at the age of 18, the young man were to put $20,000 in the bank, he would have at the age of 50 almost enough income to live comfortably thereafter without hard work. The young man who takes up a career in medicine must do so with the aim of rendering great service, with a view to sleepless nights, exhausting days and intensive study. He must do so because he rather i would rare for sick and injured people than follow any other calling and because he is willing to give his time and energy, often without pay, to suffering humanity. / NEXT: Changes in medical prac- ! tice.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America's most interesting writers, and are presented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

Boundaries and Satire IF' this review' seems to dart off from its starting point, which was the new book "Molinoff,” I can justify the digressions only by saying that it seems to me somewhat a gray performance. The humor is largely built around a satire of the modern royalist party in France and this reader must admit that it is a theme which interests him very little. Satire, except in its broadest phases, loses zest whenever it crosses a border line. In this sense tragic themes are safer for the man who aims at international reputation. Euripides will outlast Aritophanes though he may well be the lesser figure. However, there is no safety in betting on the choices of posterity. Up till now the world has treasured most the men who pointed out the bitterness of life. "Lear” has a wider appeal than "The Taming of the Shrew.” (Copyright. 1929. by The Times)

old gospel of a high and generous chivalry in sport.—Dr. Charles W. Kennedy, chairman of the Princeton university board of control. # * the middle of 1930 there will be 10,000 privately owned planes operating in this country, and 100,OCO in three years.—William B. Stout, president of the Stout Air Lines Inc.

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REASON Ey Frederick Landis As Most of the 100,000 Census Takers Will he Political Workers, It Is Safe to Say That the Count Will Be. Cos mplete. FOR Kentucky to have spnt this 6-year-old boy to prison for fifteen years for killing his 8-year-old playmate with a shotgun would have been barbarism, rivaling that of the Incas, who slaughtered the young as a peace offering to the sun god. We long have agonized because the Hindoos married off their 12-year-old girls, and if a 12-year-old is too young to send to matrimony in India, surely a 6-year-old is too young to send to prison in the United States. a a a Rear Admiral Sima is a little hard on his country when he says that, like other nations, it will get what it wants by power or the. threat of power. Uncle Sam is not ferocious enough even to insist on the payment of the war debts. a a a American influence in Mexico is demonstrated forcibly by this 6t,nke of students in her national university because the number of examinations was increased. a a a Russia is going into the mass production of automobiles, but it is sale to say she never will degrade red by using it for a tail light. a a a DR. CLARENCE TRUE WILSON declares himself satisfied with the result of his prohibition debates with Clarence Darrow, but as Danrow has not announced his satisfaction, we infer that the gate receipts were not up to expectations. a a a As most of these 100,000 census takers will be political workers, it is safe to say that the count will be complete. a a a Senator La Follette was right in saying that if anybody is to blame, it is the senator who revealed the secret session vote to the newspaper man, not the newspaper man who published what the senator told him. That the people have not a right to know how any senator voted on anything is strange doctrine in a free country. tt tt tt The senate will not accept La Follette’s challenge to expel him because he insists that a senator has a right to tell what occurs in secret sessions, since Wisconsin would reelect him, as any other state would re-elect a senator on the same issue, and such a vindication might start a movement which would pry open the senate's doors. a a a A LARGE portion of the motion picture customers indorse the action of the Hollywood stars in selecting Mary Pickford as their favorite. In addition to being a great player. she is said to have rare common sense and excellent business judgment. a a e It seems a little hard for the President’s son not to get to graduate when he has made the necessary grades in all courses, but lacks a few hours’ work as a result of going to South America with his father, but it is refreshing to find its rules affect all pupils alike.

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CANTIGNY May 28

ELEVEN years ago today the first real American attack of the World war was launched against Cantigny, the “little French village on a hill.” According to more recent histones of the war, it was an attack that hardly could fail. Officials —French and American—were most anxious for the Yanks to be successful in their first drive, chiefly because of the moral effect it would have upon the Allied troops. Every precaution, therefore, was taken to assure a victory. The village was not in itself important to the Allied cause. It was merely one of a number that had fallen under the German tidal wave of March and April, 1918. Allied preparations were made so far in advance that only the heroism of two unknown First division privates prevented the Germans from expecting the attack and possibly repulsing it. The two were taken prisoner during a German raid twenty-four hours before the attack was scheduled to start and although they knew the American plans, they remained silent under the cross-ex-amining of the German intelligence.