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Profit From Misfortune The county needs a detention home to house the mischievous and unfortunate boys, who find themselves in ne*>d of other than parental care. Grand juries have called attention to the fact that present housing quarters are not merely inadequate, but unwholesome, insanitary and possibly dangerous. It would seem that, such an appeal would excite nothing but a warm ambition to find the most desirable place and then provide a building that would assist in the social effort to transform misguided youthful exuberance into the proper channels of usefulness. A somewhat different picture is presented by the manner in which negotiations for a site are being conducted. There is a strong suspicion that machine government overlooks no bets and that profits from misfortune are quite as desirable as any other form of perquisites. Sudden shifts on the county council, the presence of political workers at meetings, jockeying of sorts, suggests that there is some other purpose in mind than that of semiring the best site at the lowest eost. It might seem unreasonable that any advice sought should include recommendations from the judge who presides over the destinies of the wards to he housed and the social workers who understand the problem. The henchmen of Coffin run true to form in this as in every other transaction. They never learn. They may, perhaps, understand that their tenure of power is brief and that the dynasty is rapidly approaching its end. That only would account for the apparent neglect of the real problem. Meanwhile the people are obtaining new evidence of the costliness of machine and boss government. Two Prohibition Methods The government now is beginning its campaign to “sell'’ prohibition to the country. At the National Educational Association convention, the chief of the “educational” division of the federal prohibition bureau will appeal for law enforcement. That is well enough. As long as the law is the law, the officials from whom we have exacted an oath to enforce ail laws must do their duty. And obviously in the case of prohibition the chief difficulty comes from what the President has called that large group of otherwise law-abiding citizens. Os course the mere fact that there is need to “sell” a nine-year-old law to the public reveals that the law and the government merely are on the defensive. As every business man knows, it almost is impossible to “put over” a product which has been on the market a long time and failed to win general popularity. About the only ruse business men have developed for such a failure is to disguise the product with a new name. Fortunately or unfortunately, according to one’s point of view, prohibition under any other name would remain the same thing. We wish that the federal government would spend a tithe of the money and effort on enforcing other laws—say. those pertaining to constitutional civil liberties—that it is spending to work up enthusiasm for prohibition. Perhaps, however, it is just as well that the “fair trial” for prohibition be speeded along as fast as possible. with "sales talk” and all the rest. Then if it is demonstrated that no amount of propaganda can stop the public swing away from prohibition, the law should be modified without further alibis from the professional drys. There apparently is nothing in the President's program to mitigate the right, which the President himself has emphasized in this connection, of citizens who prefer temperance to prohibition to work for repeal or modification of the law. The same can not be said for such dry organizations as the Anti-Saloon League, which is trying to get the country to observe June 30 as a so-called “Support the President day.” The nature of this new “day” can not be judged in advance. But so far the Anti-Saloon League has tried to make belief in prohibition a test of patriotism and loyalty. Such attempts at puritanical terrorism partly are responsible for the popular reaction against prohibition. Such methods not only are a perversion of the President’s announced plan, and subversive of free representative government. Os more importance.. such tactics will not work. No minority group is strong enough to bluff the American people out of their constitutional right to approve or disapprove of any law and to agitate for repeal of unenforceable laws. The drys have had their day of agitating, and they got what they wanted. Now* the day of agitating for modification is ooming. Neglecting War Victims Thousands of mentally ill veterans needing hospital attention can not be cared for by the government because its facilities are inadequate. This we learn from a report of the American Legion. Government hospitals lack beds. State hospitals •re overflowing. Patients are said to be sleeping on floors, and in some instances confined to jails. Conditions in Illinois are cited as typical. There •re 2,951 mentally 111 veterans in the state, of whom 1,193 are without hospital care. Overcrowded state hospitals care for 907 which can not get into federal hospitals. This news will come as a shock to most of us. We had thought that the veterans’ bureau, with its expenditure of half a billion dollars a year, was able %operlv to care lor any veteran needing attention and •tiaularly those unfortunates whose minds weak-

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ened under the stress of the war. Congress we are sure has intended to be liberal. It seems, however, that the number of neuropsychiatric patients has been increasing largely and that expanding hospital facilities have not kept pace. There now are nearly 14,000 of this class, comprising 50 per cent of all those in hospitals. The number will increase, year by year, until 1947, it is figured. Congress, a year ago, appropriated $15,000,000 for additional hospital facilities, and the money is being spent. Expansions are being made in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York. Illinois and elsewhere. But more is needed, according to the Legion. The house in the session ended last March 4, approved an appropriation of $11,430,000 for hospital construction largely to care for the neuropsychiatrics. The measure was allowed to die in the senate. Surely here is an obligation in the discharge of which the government can not afford to be niggardly. There is room for argument over numerous veterans’ bureau expenditures and policies, but there can be no argument over the necessity for caring for the mentally ill. If congres is to err in this connection it should on the side of over-liberality. Cutting Both Ways Many anti-labor injunctions have been granted in this country in strike disputes, some of them so rigid they virtually prohibited strikers from doing anything beyond breathing. Some such injunctions have broken strikes. That was their purpose. In every instance the injunction was granted technically to protect property rights of the employer, the only ground upon which such injunctions could be granted. This theory in itself has been carried far. In one famous case picketing of a restaurant was forbidden because it might injure the prospective profits of the restaurant owner. But in the hands of a fair judge, the “protection of property” theory cuts both ways, and the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks just has found a way to use the two-edged sword. The clerks wanted to negotiate with the Southern Pacific lines in Texas for a wage increase. The railroad refused to deal with them, and tried to deal with its own company unions. Federal Judge J. C. Hutchinson Jr., in Houston, held this was a violation of the railway mediation act, which stipulates that neither side must influence the selection of arbitrators for the other, and granted an injunction against it. The railroad lawyers, after catching their breath, went to a federal court of appeals, and pleaded that the clerks, having no property at stake, couldn't be given an injunction. That appeals court has just sustained the injunction and has held that wages of workingmen, or prospective wages, certainly are a property right which can be protected by injunction. This is refreshing. While apparently only railroad workers can now get advantage of it—having the protection of the mediation act—there is a bill before the senate which would give such protection, and the right of injunction, to all workers. It is the Norris bill defining the use of labor injunctions. It, too, stipulates that each side in a labor dispute may have the unqualified right to choose its own negotiators, as the mediation' act does for the railroad men. Perhaps that is why some organizations have shown themselves so hostile to the Norris bill—it would give labor equal right with employers, and kill or cripple the “company union” idea generally as the railroad decisions would seem to kill it for the railroads. Vacation reflection: The business of resting up is one of the most tiresome we can think of. Congress put skeletons on the tariff free list, but then nearly every family closet already has one.

—David Dietz on Science

Test for Thunderstorms

-No. 391

A SIMPLE experiment which is included usually in the average high school course in physics makes an excellent test for thunderstorms. The experiment is known as the “dewpoint experiment.” It is an experiment to find the dewpoint, which, as readers of this series now know, is the temperature at which the moisture in the air condenses out into water vapor. Since the ability of the air to hold moisture drops as the temperature drops, the dewpoint at any given instant is an

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lukewarm water and a piece of ice. The laboratory tvpe of thermometer which has the scale etched directly on the glass is the best type, though others can be used. Place the water in the cup, then add the ice and begin to stir the mixture with the thermometer. As the ice melts, the temperature of the mixture begins to fall. This cools the cup and the air immediately around the cup. In time, the air around the cup will become cooled to the point where the moisture in it will condense and form drops of water on the outside of the cup. The experimenter must do two things while stirring the mixture. He must watch the thermometer as the mercury drops and he must watch the outside of the cup for signs of moisture. Success of the experiment depends upon noting the thermometer reading at the exact second the drops of moisture appear. This is the dewpoint. Professor Brooks of Clark university gives the following rules for using .this experiment as a thunderstorm test: Perform the experiment in the morning. If the dewpoint is about 65 degrees. Fahrenheit, and the sun is hot, there is a strong probability that a local thunderstorm may occur before nightfall. On the other hand, if the dewpoint is relatively low. 60 degrees Fahrenheit or below, it is very unlikely that there will be a thunderstorm. It must be remembered, however, that like all other weather tests, this one is merely a good indicator. It is not mfallibl4

Aviation Depends on Public Confidence; Stunt Flying Has Done a Lot to Hold Aviation Back. ANOTHER grand scouring of the sea for lost aviators; another i day or so of worldwide worry! The Spanish fliers may be found before this appears; on the other hand, they may never be found. It is an even bet, and that, better ; than anything else, reveals the stunt ! in its true light. By no stretch of the imagination can trans-oceanic flying be regarded as a pioneering adventure. The risk, and the risk alone, gives it a kick. one Harm in Stunt Flying Meanwhile, the progress of aviation depends on public confidence. Nine-tenths of the people are waiting to be sold. Tragedies can not help, and they should be avoided rather than invited. Stunt flying has done a lot to hold aviation back. People who have never tried it, rib themselves up to take a flight only to get discouraged by the death of some daredevil who sold his life for a moment in the spotlight. n a a One Wise Mother WHAT would you do if you had a 17-year-o!d son and he were to come home some fine evening telling you how he had run down and killed a man while driving a stolen auto ? That is the problem Mrs. John J. Donnolly of Elizabeth, N. J., faced last Sunday night. There will be many to disagree with the way she solved it, but there will be none to deny her respect. “Son,” she said, after listening to the amazing tale and weeping a bit, “we’ll have to tell the police.” They did, smashing a mother’s dream, forcing a boy to take medicine he might have escaped and refusing to give themselves the benefit of a silent lie. Say what you will, but if this country had more such mothers it would have fewer criminals. # # Law and Honesty THE law can prosecute and punish, but it can do very little to preserve the all important sense of common honesty. Too many times the law must compound a felony in order to function successfully. There is Anthony Paladino, member of the famous Whittemore gang and little better than the others, sentenced to only six months as a reward for turning state’s evidence. More than that, he will serve the sentence on Welfare island, instead of at Sing Sing, because it is feared that old pals now confined in the latter prison might kill him. But the irony of it all consists in the fact that though sentenced to only six months, he had been held in jail more than three years, a a a Sandino’s Twilight THOUGH headlines fade, the plot continues to unfold. Neither man nor incident can hold the front page for very long. What readers want is the climax. Two years ago, Sandino had his fling with the spot light as leader of the Nicaraguan revolution. The news that he and five companions are leaving Guatemala for Mexico, where they will live in exile, gets scant attention. The chances are that he will find more happiness as a quiet citizen of Yucatan, than he did as standard bearer of revolt, but he will get no such publicity. tt tt St ‘Bargain Counter’ Princes DECLARING that “there is an advantage in dogs over men,” because “they at least are faithful,” and that “American men make the ideal husbands, though they lack the polish of many Europeans,” Mrs. Corey admtis that her romance with Prince Don Luis of Bourbon “is finished.” “We have loved each other for twenty years or more,” she says, “and it is hard to be broken off, but it is impossible to turn the sacrament of marriage into a bargain counter.’ It is, indeed, but the time to recognize the possibility is before, not afterwards. a a a Legalized Polygamy ADDRESSING the triennial conference of the Evangelical synod of Missouri, Dean H. O. Fritz of Concordia seminary says that open and legalized polygamy is preferable to “the current moral trend.” Brigham Young used to say the same thing. He failed to convince people, and so will Dean Fritz. Men may argue that open and legalized polygamy is preferable to “the current moral trend,” but women simply will not stand for it.

indication of the amount of moisture in the air. A high dewpoint indicates considerable moisture, a low r dewpoint indi* cates little moisture. The apparatus required for the experiment includes a tin cup or other small metal dish with a smooth, highly polished exterior, a the r - mometer,. some

Daily Thought

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.—Deut. 32:7. a a a REMEMBER this: They that will not be counseled can not be helped. If you do not hear Reason, she will rap your knuckles. —Franklin. Boy Wins Damage Suit Bv Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., June 25. Damages of $1,356.07 were awarded Vernon K. Elmore, 8, son of Urban Elmore, Greencastle. in a suit against Harry Crawford, taxicab operator, for injuries received in a collision here Feb. 14. A further claim of $383.83 w r as allowed for damages to Elmore's automobile. The damages will be met by a protective insurance poUqy.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy SAYS:

Avoid Over-Eating in Eiot Weather

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygela. the Health Magazine. WHEN summer comes it brings with it problems of health that are distinct from those pertaining throughout the rest of the year. The summer sunlight kills germs that may persist in the moisture of winter, fall and spring. The summer humidity and high temperature cause reactions in the human body which are sometimes a serious burden to the tissues. High temperature alone is not unhealthful, but a high humidity and a failure to appreciate the special needs associated with a high temperature may result disastrously. Because of the warm weather, water and food tend to spoil more rapidly in summer than in winter. Because of the excess strain on the body, overeating may bring serious complaints. The heat makes special demands in relationship to the clothing. In large cities, one need not disturb himself greatly about the purity of the water, since the city takes the

IT SEEMS TO ME

UTOPIA, I suppose, will be social- , istic, and it may be that the writing man directly will be responsible to the state. In such a land and such a day there might be regulations for the improvement of fiction. Just to be ready for the millennium I have prepared some. First of the iron-clad ordinances ! will be the provision: “No novel under any circumstances shall exceed 50,000 words in length, and 40,000 is much better. “Any writer who exceeds this limitation publicly shall be reprimanded. “If he offends again he shall be forced to eat the excess pages in the market place at high noon. “Anybody who writes a novel in two volumes shall be shot at once, even though he may have no previous criminal record. “No writer will be permitted to read the works of any contemporary.” This may seem harsh, but consider the situation in America today where all the young authors may be divided into two groups consisting of those who want to write like H. L. Mencken and those who want to write like Ring Lardner. Our native literature assuredly suffers from inbreeding. a a a No Peter Rabbits BUT to get back to Utopia again—the third rule will read: “There shall be no story written, in which horses, dogs, deer, elephants or any other animals talk to each other. Nobody shall write about collies even if they don’t talk. Essayists may not do cute things about cats. “For a period of six months (6 mos.) nobedy shall use Harlem as the background of a story about dance halls and flats and high jinks in general. ‘The author who employs dialect of any sort, including the Scandinavian, shall be punishable by a penalty of five years In jail and a SIO,OOO fine. “The same penalty shall apply to any fictioneer who brings out a tale in which some crippled child spreads sunshine to every neighbor in the tenement. “These penalties shall be doubled in the case of stories about slums which make more than the most casual and passing reference to defects of plumbing and ventilation. “Not more than six books may be written in any one month about the island of Haiti. “No books whatsoever may be written about what is wrong with India. This also applies to the Philippines and the island of Guam. “Zane Grey shall not be permitted to write about anything. “For a period of ninety-nine years

‘A Perfect Defense’

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

responsibility for proper sanitation. In some country districts, and particularly in summer camps, the water supply must be v/atched carefully. The easiest method of being certain about drinking water is to boil it. In order to sterilize water thoroughly, it must be boiled for twenty minutes. It is then cooled, proper13'' covered and thereafter should be placed in bottles and sealed. Obviously, the water should not be contaminated before it is drunk. In exceedingly hot weather it is not safe to overeat. The best breakfast in hot weather is simply fruit, toast and coffee, if the person is accustomed to coffee; if not, he can have milk, water or any other safe beverage. The luncheon and the dinner in hot weather should be somewhat lighter than are commonly eaten in the cold weather. Much of the energy of the food taken into the body goes to produce heat. In the summer this heat is not required. The clothing in hot weather should be as thin as is convenient and modest in the community in

By HEY WOOD BROUN

the authors of Utopia will take a recess from Freudian novels. a a a Not in the Library “TN detective stories the murder 1 may occur anyw'here except in the library and on and after this date an ivory paper knife will not be accepted by the government inspectors as a suitable weapon. “One month's imprisonment shall be the penalty for the author of the mystery story who eventually reveals that the murder was committed by the man who tells the story to the chief of police, or that the murdered character was actually a suicide. “Novels about farmers and the difficulty they have with their crops, and mortgages and daughters shall be allowed only if the whole business can be boiled down to one thousand words or less. But this does not include stories about the raising of tobacco. “People who are quaint or arch or whimsical more than twice on any one page shall be assigned to the street cleaning department.

Quotations of Notables

T HAVE no sympathy whatever with this wholesale decrying of the tendencies of youth. The young people are not everything that is great and grand and good; neither are they the last word in mental depravity. They are mixed like the rest of us.”—Dr. Charles Reynolds Brown, dean emeritus of Yale Divinity school. a a a Prosperity is necessary for a country and so is partiatism, but neither is sufficient to make a country really great unless it also has a heart and soul.”—Lady Astor. a a a Yes; if all of a mother sacrifices to sorrow, sin and pain could be changed into the melodies of her sweetest joy, a symphony would fill the swy.—Senator Goff, West Virginia. a a a No man is happy if his home appears to be something of a neuter genter.”—Ramsay MacDonald. a a a Intelligence and personality are of little value without health. We rather prefer men we employ to have a healthy interest in some sport.—W. C. Bowen, personnel director I. T. and T. Company. (Forbe3 Magazine). a a a After many years of contention we have at last made a construc-

which one happens to reside. Porous material permits the passage of air to the body and the evaporation of water from the surface of the body. In tropical countries thin woolen material is considered best for underwear, except that it is likely to shrink greatly unless washed with care. Modern mixtures of cotton and wool, or of silk and wool have special advantages. When clothing becomes damp, it becomes a better conductor of heat and the risk of remaining in damp clothing may be just as great in summer as in winter. Many people suffer with eyestrain in the summer because of the inability to stand the glare of the sun. For such people dark glasses may be advisable. It should be remembered that a person may be quite comfortable during the day but may be chilled at night when lying quietly and the question of proper covering at night should always be borne in mind, particularly by the mother who is responsible for the care of children in hot weather.

Ideals and oplnic.xs 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.

The ‘True Story’ “ A NYBODY who ‘tells all’ about high society, finance or conditions in the underworld shall have his permit revoked. “Biographies of Washington, Lincoln and Jackson shall be limited to six for each in every twelve months. “Any professional coming to the government printing plant with a book entitled ‘How to Play Golf’ shall be rapped over the knuckles with a niblick. Something heavier shall be applied to authors of ‘Howto Play Contract Bridge.’ “Anybody may write ‘Fifty Years in the Theater,’ or ‘Fifty Years in a Sewer’ or in fact fifty years in anything whatsoever. “Puns and misspelling will not be accepted in any title. “All descriptive writing shall be very short. “Character analysis must be even briefer. “Footnotes are abolished. “There will be no more prefaces.” (Copyright, 1929, by The Times)

tive start at agricultural relife with the most important measure ever passed by congress in aid of a single industry.—President Hoover. a a a Facts are our scarcest raw material. —Owen D. Young, reparations expert for United States Commission.

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REASON 1 Ey Frederick Landis- —

If the Berlin Heavyweight Qualifies and Dempsey Returns to the Ring, He Will Get Into a War with Germany After All. THE United States senate adopted a resolution, declaring that under the Mellon-Berenger agreement, this country cancels the French debt of more than four billions of dollars and that the payments to be made by France over a period of sixty-two years amount only to annual interest payments of 2.17 per cent on the original debt. a a a The senate should have added to this resolution the recommendation that the United States discard the eagle as a national emblem and adopt the jackass. And the senate should have served notice on the world that inasmuch as we have been buncoed by every nation whose life we saved we will never again cross the Atlantic to get into any European dog fight! a a a About the only people who will favor letting Trotski come into the United States will be those New York newspaper men who loaned him money when he was a New York reporter. a a a The statement of Tom Heflin's son that he got drunk while a student at the University of Alabama disposes of Tom’s claim that his enemies took advantage of the youth and filled him with alcohol. a a a THE escape of these forty convicts from the Texas prison almost equals the daily exodus when Ma Ferguson was serving as Governor. a a a If this Berlin heavyweight qualifies and Jack Dempsey returns to the ring, he will get into a war with Germany after all. tt a tt You have only to look at the picture of Lindy and his bride to realize that he had to stoop to conquer. a a tt A1 Smith probably was able to control his grief when the papers published the fact that his chief opponent in Dixie, Bishop James Cannon Jr., had been dabbling in the stock market. a tt a Since this stowaway, Arthur Schreiber, announced on leaving France that he was returning to the United States to go into vaudeville. New York City will not be likely to extend herself in giving him a reception when he arrives. a a a IF President Hoover is wise he will have Premier Ramsay MacDonald make his trip to the United States during the recess of congress, so the White House entertaining can be done while Curtis is out of town and the Longworths are in Europe. tt tt tt The cool weather in New England is ascribed to winds which blow down from ice bergs, but a lot of it is due to the fact that Mr. Coolidge is in Northampton, Mass. a a a Fritz Kreisler, the violinist, has just been made a doctor of laws, which is as if Chief Justice Taft should be made a doctor of music. This statement * that the chances are 1,800 to 1 that you will not crash in an airplane will not reassure the timid. The chances are 120,000,000 to 1 that you will not be elected President, yet any number of college graduates are convinced that they are that one.

Times Readers Voice Views

Editor Times: Mere words cannot adequately express my deep appreciation of your beautiful tribute in Saturday’s Times to Ed Fogarty. In honoring a great character whose life service never can die, you have sermonized in burning words the unspoken thoughts of countless men and w-omen who have been sanctified by his friendship. Many were privileged to be associated with him in public service. The care and custody of many others were his responsibility. Sorrowing lives touched his life and took heart again. Ail these and more came under the Christ-like spell of this great hearted servant of humanity. All know and realize that Ed Fogarty loved and served his fellow-man—even unto martyrdom. Again, please know of my personal and grateful appreciation. ADAH E. BUSH. Chicken Thieves Busy Bit Timei Special STILESVILLE, Ind., June 25. Between seventy-five and one hundred White Wyandotte chickens were stolen from farm of Treesman Parker, south of here.

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