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The Notary Grab In this city The Time* has given, during the last week, free notary service to more than 6,000 men and women who are forced to obtain a license to drive automobiles. The official agency for the secretary of state in *his city has i sued a statement saying ’ that the notary business, as far as it is concerned. has been rather bad, inasmuch as it collected quarters from only a few hundreds. The truth is that The Times, protesting against the provisions of the law under which there was an apparent design to use the notary fee to build a political machine, has defeated any such purpose in Marion county. For not only has The Times given such service but other institutions, including a great department store and an automobile agency, joined in this movement to save the people unnecessary expense. Outside the city and onp or two others where other newspapers have joined in the movement, the notary grab is in full swing. Protests come to The Times from hundreds of citizens in small towns asking for some way to avoid thi* involuntary tribute to the political agencies which have been established to replace public officials in the distribution of licenses. The outstanding fact remains that in all counties in which the two automobile clubs do not operate, the designated agencies are in the hands of politicians whose friendliness is increased by their special privilege to issue licenses. The law. on its face, was designed to make it as difficult as possible to obtain a license except by paying a notary fee to the designated agencies. It was evidently written to make it as easy as possible for any person with a quarter for a license and a quarter for the privileged notaries to obtain a license. One provision alone is proof that such was the purpose. If the license is presetted in person the certificate of a notary is sufficient. If sent by mail or through any other person the indorsement of a freeholder is necessary. That provision is, of course, arbitrary and petty tyranny for no other purpose than to force the collection of notary fees in these 9 agencies. The law provides severe penalties for misuse of a notary seal. It is a felony to make a false certification. It is perjury on the part of any person to make a false affidavit. Yet in this one instance the law discredits every notary in the state and demands additional formalities. annoying ones, except when these special notaries are patronized. The Times will continue to give free notary service. It hopes that all notaries in the state will demand application blanks and give their neighbors this service. There are so many taxes now for automobiles as to cause revolt. That extra quarter for favored friends is beyond reason and endurance. If you have a neighbor who does not read The Times, tell him that he is welcome to come to this office and secure the service. Do not pay good money for bad politics. Mr. Lowman's Attack on the Newspapers Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lowman. in charge of prohibition enforcement, has made two significant assertions in connection with the killing of Henry Virkkula near International Fails, Minn., by Customs Patrolman Emmet J. "White. Reports made to him. Lowman said in a formal statemeur. indicate that White lias “a perfect defense” and that “newspaper accounts of the affair have been highly colored, to put it mildly.” The nature of White's defense, no doubt, will appear when the preliminary hearing is held. Lowman's department apparently is seeking to delay this hearing as long as possible. In the meantime, the only defense that is suggested is that he was too young and inexperienced to be trusted with a shotgun. As to the charge that newspaper accounts of the affair have been highly colored, the best answer to this, likewise, will have to come from the sworn testimony at the official hearings. Pending the official hearings, however, the Scripps-Howard newspapers have made their own check on the accuracy of the news accounts that have appeared in most Amerian newspapers. Following Lowman s assertion, the editor of the st. Paul News (.not a ScrippsHoward newspaper) was asked to send a careful, responsible investigator to International Falls to examine int-o the accuracy of the news being sent from that city. The St. editor selected his own city editor for the task. The latter's first report appears on Page 3 of The Times today. We commend it to the attention of every reader. i ape-man. captured near Mexico City the other day, keeps shouting "Wah Oo VVah!” Probably it’s merely some baseball tan reverted to type.

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Government by Prejudice The senate did a bad day’s business when it refused to repeal the national origins basis of the immigration law. The unworkable system will go into effect July 1. This action has been taken in violation of President Hoover's campaign pledge, and in defiance of his special plea to congress. The Republican old guard, which dominates the committee under Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, refused to report out of the Hoover repeal amendment. When the issue was brought to the floor, the senate fused to report out the Hoover repeal amendment, bill to a vote. Under the 1924 immigration law, the quotats were to be reapportioned for foreign countries on the basis of national origins in the American population. But that provision had to be postponed repeatedly because the cabinet commission designated was unable to ascertain the national origins quotas accurately. It was on the basis of his technical experience as head of that commission while secretary of commerce that Hoover concluded that any scientific apportionment on the national origins principles was impossible. Therefore, as a presidential candidate, he committed himself to its repeal. And since becoming President he has done all in his power to make good his pledge. But apparently the pressure of so-called “hundred per cent” organizations and certain minority groups expecting to profit by the change was too much for the senate politicians. Strangely enough, the national origins system will not achieve what its sponsors desired. They hoped to decrease immigration from southern and eastern Europe, and incidentally to increase so-called Nordic immigration. But, as it works out, the change actually will increase the Italian quota 50 per cent and the Greek quota 207 per cent. And it will boost the British figures, it will cut Germany 49 per cent, Scandinavian countries 64 per cent and the Irish free state 37 per cent. Perhaps the worst effect of the change is to revive racial animosities in this country. There is small prospect now of preventing initiation of the new quotas on July 1. But it is assumed that the impracticability of the system, the known inaccuracy of the quota figures, and the President’s pledge will force reconsideration by the regular session of congress next winter. Another Chance “If only I had my life to live over!’’ is a wish often expressed. Perhaps you have your life to live over. Many a life, misspent or frittered away, has been redeemed in old age by one noble act; one courageous choice of the higher over the lower course. Mankind generally believes that death does not end life. If life is continuous, a man is as much at the starting point at 30, or 40, or 70, as in childhood. However that may be, life is best lived if we think of “every day as a fresh beginning.’’ Loaves and Fishes Quite as miraculous as the multiplication of the loaves and fishes by Jesus is the modern system of quantity production, which yields an endless stream of necessities and luxuries, more than enough to supply all mankind. But if the flow is not to cease, we must not forget to do as Jesus c'id: He fed “the multitude.” Only if we make widespread distribution of these goods always possible by constantly lowering prices and increasing wages can we continue the miracle. Senator Hefin got no response when he dared any Democrat in the United States Senate to declare he would support A1 Smith for President in 1932. All those senators are supporting themselves for President right now.

—David Dietz on Science —— Two Thunderstorms No. 384

it METEOROLOGISTS classify thunderstorms into l\l two types. The casual observer of summer weather may be aware that there are two types of storms. At least, he probably has noted that there is a difference in the effects of thunderstorms. Sometimes, after a storm, all nature seems refreshed. The air is cooler, the breezes fresher, everyone feels relieved at the passing of the hot spell which preceded the storm. At other times, however, the air is as sultry and

“windshift line” thunderstorm, marks the change to; cooler and drier weather. The local thunderstorm usually occurs in the late afternoon or early evening, when the day’s heat has reached its extreme. ' They are the result of the overheating of the surface air when the atmosphere is comparatively quiet. These storms usually come from a westerly direction. but they are occasionally likfely to move in any direction. The windshift line thunderstorm usually is more severe. Frequently there is a whole series of them, stretching a hundred miles or more across the country. As their name indicates, they occur where the cool air from the north or west meets th hot sultry air ox the area suffering with the hot spell. The area afflicted with the hot spell is in a "low,” an area of low atmospheric pressure. The cool air is brought in by a "high'’ or tyigh pressure area moving in from the west. The cool air wedges in under the hot air. The hot air is lifted up to a height where it expands and cools. Its excessive moisture condenses, forming the huge towering cumulus clouds or “thunder-heads.” ; Wind Squalls of considerable violence and even hail frequently accompany this type of storm. Unlike the local thunderstorm, this type is likely to occur at any hour of the day or night. The cooling which follows the windshift line thunderstorm is due to the cold air brought in by the “high.”

M.E. Tracy SAYS:

Ycuth Is Out to Win, to Be First, to Show the Way. It Is Easier to Borroiv Than Pay. PORTLAND, Me.. June 17.—It’s the same old story with regard 1 to Ray Keech. Sooner or later, there is a hole in the track, a bad steering knuckle, or a blowout. But the lure of the game is too I much to resist. Ten years ago Ray Keech was a truck driver. That was too slow. Besides, it held little promise of fame or fortune. If he had realized what the end would be, or how soon it would come, the chances are he would have stayed with his truck. He did not realize it. Youth never does. Youth sees only thet bright side of the picture, in which lies its strength, its glory and its usefulness. tt tt tt Youth Shows the Way WHETHER it is by foot, or horseback, or in the cockpit of an airplane, youth is out to win, to be first, to show the way. Ninety per cent of its effort is wasted, but that is true of 90 per cent of all effort. Invention finds its background in a sea of crazy notions, and but for idle curiosity there would be few discoveries. Speed is not desirable for its own sake, yet who would slow up when there is a chance to go west. Not youth assuredly. The fact that some chap can drive an automobile 500 miles in five hours means little, but the nerve it symbolizes means everything. U tt tt Nations Pay Debts Eleven nations pay the United States $80,000,000 as the semiannual installment on their war debts, with England putting up fivesixths of the money. The performance will be repeated twice a year for the next sixty-two years, if agreements that have been signed are kept. The debts were contracted in about as many weeks. That shows how much easier it is to borrow than to pay, also how much war leaves behind, even after peace has been made. ' tt tt a Abolishing the Sabbath RUSSIAN mills and manufacturers will run 360 days a year, if a recently launched plan is carried out. Workers, however, will remain on the job only five and a half days out of seven. The significance of such a step is that it obliterates the Christian Sabbath. Some of the workers will take their rest Saturday afternoon and Sunday, but just as many will take it Sunday afternoon and Monday, Monday afternoon and Tuesday, and so on throughout the week. You can obliterate the Sabbath, but you can not obliterate the rest period. tt tt a Clear Congress Weather ONE week ago we were in some doubt as to whether the farm bill would be passed this summer. The senate was standing firm for “debentures” and the house was standing firm in its refusal to vote on “debenture,” while President Hoover threatened to veto the bill unless “debentures” were eliminated. Even the wisest of prophets could net tell whether congress was headed for a filibuster, or adjournment because of a hopeless deadlock. Now the weather is clear again. The most amazing thing about politics is the difference between what may happen, what can happen and what does happen. tt tt tt Ocean Air Stowaway THE farm bill was passed just in time to clear the front page for young Schreiber who tucked himself away in the Yellow Bird’s tail and got a free passage across the ocean. A relative says that his presence on the plane was winked at. il not encouraged by the pilot because of the way he helped the latter to get married. The pilot's wife says that such an idea is preposterous. The pilot says that Schreiber’s extra weight prevented the plane from reaching Paris. The family lawyer says that Schreiber must not sign any contracts until they have been submitted for approval, j Asked to vote on the question, a gathering of 100 newsboys in Boston say that young Schreiber is no | hero. All of which leaves the reader at ! liberty to draw his own conclusions.

oppressive after the storm as it was before. This difference in the effect of thunderstorms is the result of the fact that there are two types. The one known as the local or “heat” thunderstorm usually leaves the weather as oppressive after the storm as it was before the storm. The other, known as the

IF the future may be measured by the past, the next eight years will give the world fantastic events almost beyond the power of human visualization. —M. H. Aylesworth, president National Broadcasting Company. a s a The technique of modern civilization. the mechanics of the new age, furnish the opportunities lor leisure and the uses of leisure, and of released power to make or mar a world.—Dr. Albert B. Storms, president Baldwin-Wallace college. e tt tt 9- • Modern business is not primarily a matter of rights. It is a spatter of sen-ice. It is a matter of filling human needs, and of great absorbing passion on the part of the business man to that particular end.— Beniamin A. Javits (Forbes Magazine.) tt a tt Nothing worth while has been attained or ever will be attained without hard, persistent labor. Devotion to work, willingness to work, and perseverance in work are ab-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. '-j-'HE estimates of the geologists to the effect that mankind has been in this world some hundred thousands of years have always seemed to the public somewhat humorous. Those who are fundamentalists insist that the biblical account records the actual status of affairs. Os course, there is good evidence to the effect that man as we now know him has been in the world many thousands of years beyond the biblical accounts and that the evidence regarding prehistoric man fully justifies the claims of the anthropologists and ethnologists. In a recent consideration of the man of the future, Professor Ales Hrdlicka predicts a human being

CALVIN COOLIDGE is quoted as saying that he regards business as a belter racket than writing. Os course he didn’t say it in quite those words. Concerning the vocation of letters, Mr. Coolidge told the reporters: "I don't like it. Oh, I don’t find it so difficult to sit down and write about something I know very well, such as my own life, but a career of writing—” , _ Just what the dash indicates I don’t profess to know. The news story which I saw cut the ex-Presi-dent off like that. Now, Mr. Coolidge is far too methodical a man to leave a sentence hanging in the air. Can it be that he referred in some profane or objectionable manner to a career of writing? Asa matter of fact, someone of the reporters should have given Mr. Coolidge the perfectly obvious advice which is indicated ih Lis case. He says in effect that he finds it easy to write about himself, but that he is somewhat stumped by the idea of dealing with other subjects Generally speaking, things that are easy also are enjoyable. This may not be so in the case of Calvin Coolidge. as in New England there is a disposition to regard all pleasant pursuits as necessarily sinful. tt tt tt Got a Kick NEVERTHELESS, I choose to assume that Mr. Coolidge got a [distinct kick out of the autobiographical material which he did for the

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Man of Future to Be Taller

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solutely necessary.—Cardinal O'Connell. tt tt tt No one can dispute the fact that an aiarming disregard fer law exists among the American people. A certain amount of lawlessness always has existed even in self government countries.—George W. Wickersliam, chairman of President Hoover's law-enforcemeent committee.

Daily Thought

A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. —Proverbs 25:11. 808 ON a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.— Wendell Phillips. When did Jack Johnson win the world’s heavyweight boxing championship. He won it from Tommy Burns, on a decision in fourteen rounds at Sydney, Australia, Dec. 26, 1908.

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100,000 years from now who will differ greatly from the type of man we know today. In the first place, there is a continuing tendency to the disappearance of the hair from the surface of the body; next, the modern sophisticated food and' the conditions of civilization tend to throw less burden on the digestive tract, so that it seems reasonable to predict that mankind in the future will lose entirely his appendix which now gives him a considerable amount of trouble; that he will have a much shorter intestine than the thirty feet which now becomes subject to colitis, stasis, obstructions and numerous other disturbances, because of its innumerable curves and kinks; that he probably will be a taller human being than we now have, because ultraviolet rays, exercise and outdoor life stimulate the growth of the long bones.

Cosmopolitan. People in general spoke well of it. He had a good press. Very possibly total strangers approached the cub author to inquire, “Aren’t you Calvin Coolidge?” I read your stuff every day.” No doubt they added, “Of* course I don’t always agree with you.” I venture to say that Coolidge, the journalist, stirred up a warmer response from the American people than did Coolidge, the national executive. Why should he quit now when he has a taste of fame, favor and two dollars a word? It is not essential that he should look for another situation. Mi\ Coolidge is somewhat naive in explaining that he can not go on in the writing racket, because he finds no subject easy but himself. Did he never, in the isolation of his great house in Washington, hear of the profession of column conducting? Certain. members of the craft have done nothing but write about themselves for thirty years and why not Mr. Coolidge? His opinions on brunets, perch, sex education and the show at Guinan’s should be at least as interesting as those of Heywcod Broun, to pick out a name at random. tt tt tt Never Been Bared Even yet there are a vast number of crannies in me Coolidge brain which have nevei ~een bared to the public. Never, to the best of my knowledge, has he expressed an opinion on the acting of John Gilbert. the beer in Holbcken, or the Whalen traffic rules. It seems to me that Calvin Cooldige is almost ideally equipped to be a New York columnist. He has a bov. a dog and a fishing rod, and that alone should be enough to supply him with material for the first few months. And of course there always is the chance of picking up a few contributors. Mr. Coolidge might be able to get Mr. Mellon to write him a letter. But if I may be so bold as o advise I would sugest to Coolidge, the columnist, that he refrain for the most part from politics. He will find that a piece on his favorite kind of pie will create more | comment than his views upon the tariff. I Nor would it be wise for Calvin Coolidge to set up as a paragrapher. ! He will find that this line is already I being handled by experts. The short i essay which begins at the top and j stops somewhere down toward the 1 bottom is a far easier task. Above all things, be personal, Mr. ; Coolidge. You will get letters with | someone of your column inclosed ! and all “Is” ringed round in red or blue, but don’t pay any attention to | them. A "aim, I beg of you, in the face of notes inquiring, “Do they really pay you money for writing rot like this?”

On the other hand, there is no reason to believe that he will develop into a giant similar to the gigantic types recorded in such legends as “Jack and , the Beanstalk.” One of the pleasures of science is the possibility of philosophizing as to the trend of the human body in relationship to the growth of human knowledge. These things seem to the average man to be of but little concern to him personally. Nevertheless, there already is evidence to indicate that j the girls entering colleges today average two inches more in height than did those entering colleges twenty years ago, and seve~ pounds more in weight. If this much progress could be achieved in a period of twenty years, j the possibilities for the future do not j seem so far away.

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.

Fishing AS to pieces about fishing, it might be well to warn you that one of the local men just has about worn out his fraction of the pub- i lie with columns on this self-same theme. Unless you catch a fish of columnar size, I would recommend that you throw him back. There isn’t much demand for pieces about horned toads, either. But anything you happen to know about night clubs or bootleggers is always good stuff. As yet there is one flaw in Mr. Coolidge’s equipment for the job as New York column conductor. He does not belong to any poker club. But that can be easily arranged. I happen to know a group which would be glad to include Mr. Coolidge. And their enthusiasm for his company would be based on any mercenary motives. Indeed, there is every reason to believe that Calvin Coolidge would be a great money player. He has almost the ideal countenance to make four clubs and a diamond seem much better. To be sure, it might be a good idea for the new member to kibitz for a few sessions, and in that case I would add in all friendliness a word of caution to Calvin Coolidge. It would be simply, “Don't talk too much, you old chatterbox.” (Copyright, 1929, bv The Times'

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REASON Ey Frederick Landis

A Survey Shows Prosperity Is Greater Than Ever Before, Which Will Be Ecu's to Several Million Farmers. THE statement of Paul McNutt, national commander of the American Legion, that more than one-half of our casualties have been due to failure to prepare, in every war in which this nation has participated from the American Revolution down to date, should lock the lips of every honest pacifist who opposes preparedness, particularly when you remember that every one of those wars, with the exception of the Mexican war, was forced upon us. a tt tt Mabel Gilman Corey’s willingness to pay $200,000 for one European prince appears to be unspeakably foolish when you think that she could buy a whole minor league baseball team with half the money. tt a tt The raiding of these dog race tracks in Chicago by State's Attorney Swanson, who charged that the races were crooked, proves that it is mighty hard for a self-respecting dog to maintain his character when associating with some members of the human family. tt tt tt TO detail the marines to kill the snakes around the President's fishing camp in Virginia is hardly in keeping with a grateful recollection of the fine record they made in the World war. This work should have been assigned to the lame ducks who expect presidential appointments. We don't take any stock in this report that Mr Coolidge will spend the summer in Wisconsin, unless he is allowed mileage when he attends the meetings of the board of directors of this New York insurance company. tt tt a A survey ordered by the president provides that prosperity is greater than ever before, which should be a great blessing to several million farmers, who are laboring under the misimpression that they have mortgages in the bank. tt tt a What a wonderful plea, based on the subject of heredity, Clarence Darrow would have made in the Loeb-Leopold trial, had Loeb's mother been found guilty of smuggling before that trial, instead of a few days ago. a tt a HERE'S an instance of horrible discrimination in law enforcement —a poor woman in Arkansas, the mother of sixteen children, is sent up for a year for selling liquor, while the rich women who smuggle, also a penitentiary offense, are let go by paying a fine. a a a And here’s an instance of the inconsistency of capital—it Is always talking about communists and undesirables in our midst, yet the United States Chamber of Commerce is to fight the bill to restrict immigration from Mexico.

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BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL June 17 ON July 17, 1775, the first severe battle of the American Revolution was fought on Breed's' Hill and Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Mass., between about 3,000 British troops under General Howe and about 1,500 Americans under Colonel William Prescott. The night of the sixteenth Prescott was sent to fortify Bunker Hill, the possession of which would compel evacuation of Boston by the British; but he threw up an earthwork on Breed's hill instead, and there awaited the British attack. At 3 a, m., June 17, the British charged up the hill, but were driven back with great loss. A second charge also was repulsed. When the British advanced again at 4:30, however, the Americans’ powder was spent and Prescott's men were dislodged and forced from the field. The British losses in killed, missing and wounded were 1,054, including ninety-five officers. The American toll was 450. General Warren was among those killed on the American side. Set on fire by British shells during the engagement, Charlestown was burned to the ground. Despite the fact that Howe obtained a strategic point w’hich enabled him to retain his hold on Boston, the battle was considered morally a victory for the Americans, in that it demonstrated their fighting capacity and greatly increased the spirit of resistance throughout the country.