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Respect for Courts Thos* who believe that thero is no longer rß speet for courts should have been at the dog tracks last night and remarked upon the unusual respect which "as diown ‘or an injumlon issued late in the day by Judge James Leathers. The respect w-as as remarkable as the in.unction was interesting, and the injunction \vas only less remarkable than the plea on which it was issued. Under the injunction the sheriff and chief of police were restrained for a few days from interfering with the “enterprises - ’ at the track where nightly the dogs race and. thanks to the injunction, men could put their money in . n velopes, it to paid employes and, if the -log Which they favored won the race, receive hack a profit on their investment. The peace officers obeyed the injunction with a meticulousness that should go far to assure the. faith of citizens who believe that there is no longer any respect for courts. So did the prosecutor of the count} who fathered evidence of what be frankly announced was gambling and violation of the law. The sheriff, who was on the ground, also believed that what he saw was gambling. And so the people had the remarkable demonstration of crime, or what the officials believe to be crime, being openly committed m full view of the chief law enforcement officers of the county, repeated and committed again, and their hands tied by an order from a judge. This should g° far to assure citizens that the courts will always be respected and obeyed. The plea on which the injunction was issued is a remarkable document. It asserts that the promoters did not intend to tolerate trickery and that no ore will “involuntary” lose money. Aside from that, and adding a touch of sanctitv to the plea, was the solemn assurance that the promoters would under no circumstances permit any violation of the prohibition laws. . . Therefore, in substance, the petition urged that the sheriff and the police chief should be restrained from interfering with what might, appear to them to be gambling on the result of the fjeetness of the dogs. To the lay mind, there would have been at least a warning in the plea that the chief and sheriff intended to stop something that they believed to be criminal. To the mind not trained in law. there would have been something suggestive in the plea that the law be handcuffed for the reason that th.ev did not propose to permit drinking. Perhaps we have reached the stage where a solemn promise to obey the prohibition law should give some privilege to violate any other law. And perhaps not. There is something more fundamental in this episode than the mere question of whether men and women shall be permitted to gamble, on doe races. For there is no mistake about what happened under the eyes ol the sheriff and the" prosecutor. Mere juggling with names does not change the fact that the persons who walked up to the windows and slipped their dollars through the wickets believed that they were gambling and certainly went through all the forms of gambling. The real question is whether it is possible for any judge to hendcuff the sheriff and chief of police when they believe that the law is to violated and outraged. That opens new vistas, if it can be done. Gunmen might find injunctions convenient. So might bandits and robbers It is inconceivable that any judge, under anv circumstances, would issue an injunction to prevent officers of the law from stopping crime. Undoubtedly Judge Leathers would resent most firmy any suggestion that he intended to do mi h a thing. He would very probably c-riti-officers who interpreted any order he issued as restraining them from doing their duty. Asa practical matter, the promoters of dog i-ar-ing must have discovered that all they need s thirty days of unrestrained liberty to gamble* • t , , na ke huge profits for themselves and banknpt any city in which they operate. Everybody should be happy. The promoters have their brokers in action. The dogs bark. The people invest and profit or lose—mostly lose. The sheriff and police chief atch from the side lines, still believing that what they see is gambling. But there is respect for courts, grave and ieep respect, so grave and so deep that no officer of the law will prevent what he believes *o be a crime happening before his own eyes. Trusts and Trusts "We are confrontea in this ytar of 1929 with a possible menace which may call forth anew declaration of independence. The huge mergers and consolidations which are going on today are challenging in their power the very government itself." Thus spoke Governor Franklin Roosevelt of New

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York in his Fourth of July oration in Tammany Hall. And the crowd cheered "the next President.” Every thinking citizen will agree with the Governor that the effect of supercorporations on our daily lives and on our government is one of the most serious problems confronting the nation. We can not, however, agree with the idea that the ever-larger consolidation of financial ard industrial units is in itself a menace to be fought. Any notion that these mergers essentially are the result of ihe lust of big business men to dominate the country commerdlall.v and politically misses the significance of this movement. The magnates’ grab for more power is not the fundamental problem. What we are faced with is not so much the designs of a few rich men as with a vast economic world movement which sweeps us and them along in its course. The day of cut-throat competition by small companies is done. That system was not overthrown by reformers. It collapsed of its own inefficiency. It was wasteful. It could not survive. The "trust.” in some instances, could produce and distribute goods better and cheaper. That is the fact—and whether we like it or not does not change the economic law. But. of course, there is a second fact. The trust, besides producing for less, can—through monopoly control—sell for more. It can rob the public. Hence the trust-busting crusades and anti-trust laws of the Theodore Roosevelt administration. That did not bring the expected millennium. For political laws have a way of failing to accomplish their purpose when they try to command the waves of the sea or to make an economic river flow uphill. The anti-trust law’s still are on the statute books, the court dissolution order is still in effect—but Standard Oil in its present multi-headed form is much richer and larger and stronger today than when the government "busted” it. The same is true of other trusts. Whether we welcome this new T flock of mergers or not will have little effect on the inevitable economic attraction of small units into larger units. W’hich is the chief characteristic and chief efficiency of the mass production machine age. But w’e should welcome this movement. For concentration of economic power is like electrical energy or public opinion, or any other world force. It is a thing to be harnessed and used. It can kill, or it can give life. It can destroy, or it can build. The direction of that power is what counts. And that is the job of the people, and through them of their government. That is what government is tor —to direct physical, social and economic forces for the greatest good of the greatest number. We can not "bust” trusts. We should not if we could. But we must regulate them. We can. The people and their government are stronger than these magnates. These magnates must bow to public regulation if they misuse this great trust power. It is up to them. Otherwise, the government in self-defense eventually will take over their trusts. A New York artist says the people in Tibet have pictures of President Hoover all over the place, and look upon him as a god. They ought to see a picture of Charley Dawes. We were handed some of the new smaller currency the other day. Thank goodness, our clothes won't be quite so baggy now. A woman was denied a boxing license in Hollywood. And we thought everything was fair out there. One of these days some big business man is going to get his name into the papers by saying he won i success by following the advice he got at commencement exercises.

———David Dietz on Science , Molecules of Starch No. 401

\N ascending order of chemical complexity is to be found in the organic compounds which comprise the living cell. The simplest, already described in detail. are the carbohydrates. Os the carbohydrates, the simplest one is the sugar ■mown as glucose. Other sugars, more complex, represent chemical combinations of molecules of glucose.

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It takes 200 molecules of glucose to make a molecule of starch. Even more complicated (han starch molecules are the molecules of cellulose. If one keeps in mind the process of photosynthesis, one se*s how exceedingly wise and clever nature is. There are just three constituents to carbohydrates, no matter how complex they are. The three are carton. hydrogen and oxygen. Carbon and oxygen are present in the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide. Hydrogen and oxygen >re present in the soil in the form of water. The plant absorbs the carbon dioxide of the atmosphere through pores in its leaves. It absorbs water from the soil through its roots. The green leaf of the plant is a chemical factory in which by the aid of the energy of sunlight, the piant .’ombines the carbon dioxide and water into glucose and then recombines the glucose molecules into the more complex ones of other sugars, starches and cellulose. Chemists do not as yet know as much about the process as they would like to know. The leaf gets its ■olor from a green substance known as chlorophyll. It is this subs*ance which is responsible for photosynthesis. The chlorophyll acts as a catalyst. Chemsts call certain substances catalysts. They promote or make possible chemical reactions without apparently mtering into them. j The reaction*, however, are possible in their ibsence.

M. E. Tracy SAYS:

The War Played As Many Pranks With Human Sentiments As With the Map. TY AMSAY MacDONALD thinks he -*•- may visit America this year. Whether moved by suggestion, or because "great minds run in the I same channel.” Mustapha Kemal : Pasha thinks the same thing. The kick of such a prospect lies j in its novelty. I Nothing of the kind ever occurred ; before. The privilege of entertaining eith- , er of these distinguished gentlemen 1 would be sufficient to make any year glorious. The privilege of entertaining both of them at once, is well nigh appalling. non Times Are Changing ■p EMEMBERING that Lindbergh's welcome required some 1.800 tons of torn up paper. New York should begin to save its telephone books, calendars, direct by mail advertising and other available material. Mayor Walker should also see if the same grand stand will not do for both receptions. America can not afford to be caught unprepared. It must be admitted that, the world is shrivelling, that social, religious and racial barriers, as well as those of a physical character, are fading away. Time was, when a British premier would not consent to wipe his feet on the United States, and when the United States would have mobbed him had he tried it. Time was. when the head of the Turkish government was regarded as an object fit only for hate and detestation, a s tt Pranks of War THE war, it seems, played as many pranks with human sentiments as with the mao. Very few of us think as we did fifteen years ago about the various races and nations. In spots there is the same old hangover of prejudice and animosity, but generally speaking, men have acquired newer and broader | ideas of their common interest, and j it has grown much harder to keep alive those fires of antagonism on which imperialism feeds. tt tt a Spirit of Reform Ramsay macdonald and Mustapha Kemal Pasha both are products of the war. The former has risen to preeminence despite the sneers and suspicions of his countrymen. The latter has risen to power on the ashes of a supposedly crushed empire. Both embody the spirit of reform. Both have fought the reactionray elements of their respective countries. tt tt tt Stand for Ideals IT is a curious circumstance that these two men, both of whom were lukewarm toward the war, should be standing for the only ideals which justified it—freedom, progress, peace. A dozen years ago. Ramsay MacDonald was regarded with distrust, if not contempt, by many Englishmen. A golf club dropped him from its roster on the ground that his "public utterances with regard to the great war have led to resignations and to grave dissatisfaction among its members, and that his conduct is such as to endanger the character and interest of the club.” A dozen years ago. Mutapha Kemal Pasha was emerging as a leader of revolt, a smasher of idols, a destroyer of traditions. tt a u Reconstruction OUT of this turmoil which Lloyd George so aptly described as “the agony of nations.” have come many strange episodes and figures. 1 Revolution broke out with peace, j dictatorship flourished in a "world j saved for democracy,” mass tyranny mounted the throne of kings, the old order crumbled, experienced leaders were put aside, new faces and new forces made their appearance. Mostly the work of reconstruction has been carried on by men who played little part in the conflict. Russia brought forth a Lenin, and Italy a Mussolini. First Dawes, and then Young took up the reparations problem. All of which proves nothing so< distinctly as that peace and readjustment call for a different kind of leadership than war. tt a a Peace and Learn AMONG those thrust into places of prominence and responsibility. none has played a better or more constructive part than Ramsey MacDonald and Mustapha Kemal Pasha. The mere fact that they contemplate visiting America shows their understanding of present day conditions and present day problems. Neither would come for pur- j poses of pleasure or display. The one seeks to promote peace, while the other seeks to learn. That each should select the United States the one nation best suited to satisfy his aspirations is about the highest tribute which would be paid to American ideals' and how they influence the rest of the world.

If the process of dehydration, by which hydro gen and oxygen is driven out of the | sugar molecules to form water and as a result of which the sugar molecules unite into more complex mole cu 1 es. is conti n ued long e n o ugh starches begin to form. The molecules of starch are exceedingly complex.

\Daily Thought

Ye stand upon yur sword, re work abomination, and ye defile every ene bis nelgheur's wife: and shall ye possess the land?— Eiekiel 33:26. B B B ‘ THE disposition to do a bad deed is the most terrible punishment j of the deed U dees.—Chari** Midiway,

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a series of articles discussing tennis as a hot -weather recreation from a doctor’s viewpoint. tt B tt BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magarine. epHE game of tennis was once played by gentlemen attired in spic and span costumes who sought primarily for grace and ease of movement and who were quite willing to spend the afternoon knocking the balls gently over the net to ladies attired in long flowing skirts of some heavy white material and with white shirtwaists and stiff collars. Those days have gone forever. No longer can the little boy in a high falsetto voice shriek derisively "30 love” as he passes the place devoted to tills sport.

A CORRESPONDENT wants me to comment upon some advice i by Abbe Dlmnet in his book, "The Art of Thinking.” Tire wise priest ' is concerned with the amount ol , time which every l man squanders upon trifles. He would have this I wastage checked through taking thought and making schedules. ‘‘ls there no time you can reclaim?” writes the good cleric in his book. “Not from your work, not from your exercise, not from your family or friends, but from pleasure that really does not give you much pleasure: from empty talk at the club, from inferior plays, from doubtfully enjoyable week-ends or not very profitable trips? Can you steel yourself against the temptation to give pleasure to people whose laziness needs no assistance? Do you discriminate between kindness and weakness, never refusing to do a good turn, but always refusing to be a dupe? Are you an absolute slave to the telephone? “Do you know how to gather up the fragments of time lest they perish? Do you realiz the value of minutes?” sat 'No,' and Again 'No' IF Father Dimnet is speaking to me. I must answer “no” to every one of his questions, and I am prepared to defend some of my negatives. In the first place, I must admit a fundamental schism. The abbe seems addicted to the theory that life should be planned in advance. I think that an existence modeled upon schedule must generally be dull and unprofitable. I am aware that John D. Rockefeller arises always before 8 and has a certain time 'set for golf and lunch * and breakfast. He has accumulated vast wealth and lived to a ripe age, but I am not convinced that his career should be called successful. Moreover. many things which suit Mr. Rockefeller might not do at all for you and me. Consider just a single specific point in Father Dimnet’s inquiry. He wants to know if it is not possible to reclaim a certain amount of time by absenting oneself from inferior plays. But how. I desire to know, is the individual to know whether a play is worthy or not until he has seen it? The critics, to be sure, may give him some assistance. but even the best of ihem are liable to error, and surely Abbe Dimnet would not advise each one of us t* form his opinions solely upon the say-so of some hired hand. man There Is No Telling The same thing holds true for week-ends. No man knows what a trip will bring until he's tried it. Guests are deservedly unpopular if they say upon receipt of the invitation. “Are you sure you can make it worth my while if I come down to your house?” Men who hoard money are deseverfdly warned ai misers, and there should be some unpleasant

A Fine Way to Start a Neighborhood Feud

Tennis Taxes Nerves and Muscles

it Seems to me

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The tennis courts are occupied by athletes capable of meeting on an equal basis those in any other sport and the woman tennis player shows a speed and intensity of action far beyond that of the average player of baseball or golf. More than any other game, tennis calls for quick reaction, lightning-like motion, perfect muscle control. Championship games, lasting an entire afternoon, put a demand on the system that can be responded to only with the finest type of training. Thus five sets of championship tennis demand a husbanding of physical resources similar to that required of the runner in a marathon race. The demand on the nervous system is constant and numerous cases of nerve exhaustion after a tournament have been reported.

By HEYWOOD BROUN

j term for all who are overcareful of their time. Indeed. I think that from a purely selfish point of view they are shortsighted. Happiness comes up as unexpectedly as thunder showers. Again and again I ! have started for some party where | all the prospects of a good time were bright and cheerful, only to have it prove a dud. And other evenings which seemed to offer nothing have gone off with a bang. Even the most dreadful bore may brighten under the proper auspices and prove a mine of entertainment. The idlers, of whom the cleric speaks severly, may have concealed within themselves some fascinating whim or hobby. Every man and every woman in the world has at least one good story or experience to relate, if only warmth and strict attention can be applied in proper quantities. It seems to me silly, and mean-spirited as well, to pigeonhole acquaintances under any label such as "stimulating” or "sterile.” Mons Dimnet himself might profitably have

Quotations of Notables

THE statesman who knows his history' knows that a law that I arouses persistent defiance from a | substantial minority of intelligent j people is. from the point of view lof securing results, a bad lav. 7 . Ida M. Torbeli. (Liberty.) a an The person who inherits a good mentality has nothing to be elated over. It is not to his credit that he has the brains. His responsibility comes in using this gift to its fullest extent. —Donald A. Laird. 'Hygeia Magazine.) a a a The trouble with the younger generation is not their morals but their mental stagnation, and for this the older generation is to blame. The whole country has bowed down before the efficiency expert and his mass production. Thought is syndicated. George H. Michener. I (Plain Talk.) a a a ' What may be called "social materialism" is growing vigorously, and during the next ten years it will become increasingly a problem for those who care about individual liberty.—Ramsay MacDonald. a e a Law. among nations as well as individuals, is merely a reflection of life. Each great change is followed inevitably by a modification of the law.—John B. Whitton. (Current History.) a a a Moreover, the moral law still sits enthroned in the newspaper office. Everything is either good or bad, right or wrong in the daily news. Any one admitted to the front page must be either a hero or a villain.— Julia N. Budlong. ‘The Nation.) a a a The critics of capitalist industry 7 have hardly sn the intricacy of the mechanisri! they condemn, nor

In addition to the physical and mental capabilities required for playing championship tennis, there seems to exist also a special talent in this direction, so that only the occasional student can reach the heights. Just as there are a few violin virtuosos and innumerable scrapers of fiddles, so also are there just a few masters of tehnis and hundreds of thousands of people who play the game in order to be in the open air and to get some exercise. Tennis has achieved enormous popularity since the World war, althought not so great as that of golf. Regardless of this popularity, however, the number of tennis geniuses has not increased signficantly. As the great Tilden grows old there does not appear to be a tremendous number of students of the game able to step into his shces.

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

spent some little time with wasters and learned t© appreciate the philosophy which animates and justifies a deal of idling. n n Shoot It Ali MOREOVER, when he begins to speak of weakness as opposed to kindness I think he treads on ground where it is very difficult to be dogmatic. Avery large proportion of kindness may be classed as weak under strict standards of examination. And yet I must confess I have small fondness for the man who turns a beggar away, saying: "If I gave him a nickel he would only use it to get drunk.” Os course, it’s weak to cater to deficiencies, in others, and yet it seems to me that- any such departure from stern scrutiny is blessed. Surely every one of us has need of something more than absolute and unfaltering justice from our comrades. • Copyright. 15!). by Th? Tim'?!

tried to realize the positive skill, (.he judgment, the power of choice, exercised by the men who keep it going.—Edna Lonigan. <The New Republic.) t: tt a If politics is a dirty business, it ought not to be. and it would not be if it were not for dirty men.—John W. Davis. ana So long as America remains aloof from the League of Nations the complete organization of Europe is difficult, almost impossible—Ramsay MacDonald. BURNED BY ALCOHOL Cigaret Ignites fJquer. Ne?ro Sralrh His Feet. Claude Haynes. Nearo. 713 Eenatavenue, today was cooling a nair o' the hottest feet, in town. Fridav night he dropc't a bottle of denatured alcohol on the pavement, and a cigaret fell info he pool about, his feet. Two motorpolicemen chased him several blocks ro quench the fire that clung to his trouser-legs. Haynes, not badly burned, refused to go to a hospital. SCOUTS STREET CLOSING Engineer Explains Track Elevation Program to Club. Lester E. Ratcliff, engineer for the Indianapolis Union Railway Company. speaking before the Exchange Club Friday at the Lincoln denied the possibility of the Belt railroad’s closing several streets in South Indianapolis when tracks are elevated. “Bluff road will not be closed." Ratcliff stated. “There will be a b*jdge over the road or the road run ipto South Meridian street.”

JILT 6, 1929

REASON

By Frederick Landis It Might Help ( hunch Attendance in This Country if the Government Would, Padlock All of Them for Sir Months. SECRETARY of State Sfimson had his old parrot brought all the way from the Philippines, which is a pretty good indication that Stims on is a member of the human race. But he must, take care that the parrot doesn't hear Mr. Hoover when he dscusses Mr. Borah and Mr. Brookhart. a a tt Since the state of Ohio has failed in its effort to buy the birthplace of Thomas a. Edison, it might take tire money and buy the old home of former President McKinley at Canton. It has been turned into the back en<j of a hospital and should be rescued. o a b It. would make a good impression in this country if England should scrap her military bases in her islands near our shores, but it would br- better still if we could trade the Philippines to England for said islands. But then the inhabitants of the English possessions would never consent to that. a s a It would impress the average landlubber that the search for these Spanish fliers must have been very deficient if they could float within one hundred miles of the Azores for more than a week unobserved. t: a a Former Kaiser Wilhelm is said to scorn the German republic’s willingross for him to return, but then the scorn of a fellow who is do' n 1 and out hasn't very much horse power. a tt a The water was drawn out of Woodlands Lake in New York formerly owned by J. p. Morgan, but it would not have been done if Morgan owned it now. No water is ' '" drained out of anything Mor- < gan owns. ' a tt tt THE churches of Mexico have been crowded ever since the ban on religious services was lifted by President Gil. It might help church attendance in the United States if the government should padlock all of them for six months. tt a a Since Berlin is frantic with joy, because her heavyweight fighter, Schmeling. defeated the Spaniard! think what she would have done had Schmeling whipped Carpentier, the former French champion. tt tt n Thousands of people were looking on and the player was tired from a grueling contest. He had to put that ball into the cup ten feet away or lose his crown. He calmly surveyed the situation and then made the shot. Mr. Jones did this because he • kept, his head, which is the secret of winning whether it is a golf game, a political debate, a business deal or anything else. n a a Edith Mason, the prima donna, sues for divorce from Giorgia Polacco after being married for ten years, which is the matrimonial endurance record for grand opera.

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HUSS BURNED AT STAKE July 6 ON July 6. 1415. John Huss. Bohemian religious reformer, war. burned at the stake for heresv. Huss. a CathoUc priest, became j interested in the writings of the English theologian. Wiclif. which he read eagerly and obtained per- . mission to lecture on them in the : University of Prague. Wiclif had not escaped the charge of heresy and Huss was forbidden to discuss forty-five of his theses, derived mostly from Wiclif. Huss stirred the hierarchy, priests and the rnonkr. by an- , nouncing in imitation of Wiclif. ♦> corruption of th° church. In 14!0. Huss and his followers were e;:- . communicated. In 1411. Pope John XXIII prr- ! claimed a crusade against King ] Ladisles of Naples and promised ts indulgences to volunteers. Huss gave out universal debate on indulgences which widened the breach j between himself and clergy. In 1414. obedient, to a summons. Huss went to a general council meeting at Constance. He was ar-, rested and accused as a heretic, with thirty-nine charges being filed against him. His books were burned and on July 1 his attempt to come to an understanding with the prosecutors failed and he was burned at the stake for heresy. The death of Huss caused sorrow and indignation throughout Bohemia and led to the so-called Hussite war. , y WATER COMPANY CUT 1 Tax Board Slk-t. pan gm-Ti Firms Assessment. State tax ecmmisisoners Friday sliced 000 c.fr their original u> sessment of the Indianapolis Water Company, on th grounds that it ' was out of line with other utility valuations and the company would suffer unduly from the Marion county tax increases. The new valuation, made by the board, is 314.875.000. The countyboard of review valuation adds an additional 51.272.000. making the 1930 total on which taxes will be paid $16,147,900. an increase of $400,000 over the 1923 ass*rsmen(. IDENTIFICATION SOUGHTJ 1 Police today are trying to identify a young man, about 28, who fell unconscious at Illinois and Washington streets. Friday night. He waa taken to city hospital, where Ha condition is reported serious. Physicians said he had been drinking