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Don’t Be Drugged There is a very real danger that apathy, indifference or a sense of helplessness may permit Coffinism to keep control of the public schools. The happy condition of bossism is one in which good citizens are too disgusted to vote. That relieves the boss of the necessity of trickery and fraud. It keeps down the overhead. When the supreme court knocked out the city manager law', the first natural reaction on the part of those who had hoped for relief from machine rule was that the fight against bossism is hopeless. Very many believed that all effort is useless. There came the inevitable question of “what’s the use?” It is just that feeling which Coffiuism cultivates and encourages. It is aided in the city campaign by the fact that the two candidates for mayor are matched in personal character and integrity. Coffin knew better than the business men who pleaded with him that he must name a candidate this year whose personal background was beyond attack. Otherwise he would have picked a different candidate. But there is one very real issue. The rescue of the public schools from Coffin is an important matter. It is a task which must be done, unless ignorance is to be enthroned and the school system dedicated to further enslavement. The citizens committee has named a list of candidates pledged to reforms in the schools and a return to business methods that can be defended before the state tax board. They are pledged to a policy that will not bankrupt the funds for the sake of a ventilator worker. They are pledged to save the teachers from political dictation. Don't be drugged, either by a sense of security or a feeling of hopelessness. The schools are important—too important to be left in the hands of Coffin. A Real Contribution The people of the state owe a debt to the League of Women Voters for bringing, at this time, outstanding authorities on the theory of government to discuss the problems of permanent progress in democracy. These women show an unquenchable optimism when thev turn from disappointing rebuffs to a study of methods by which the government may be brought closer to the people. One of the problems is that of anew constitution. The last legislature provided for a ballot upon this question and two years hence the people will pass upon the question. The women of this league, realizing the futility of depending upon personalities that change with the hour are devoting themselves to principles. They believe that the writing of a new constitution may help in putting those principles into operation. It may be discovered that the real problem is to write back into anew constitution what the founders of the government believed they had placed in the original document. It may be discovered that the twisting of meanings by the supreme court during the long years of test and tribulation has made the present document something entirely different than the bulwark of liberties for which it was designed. One of the other problems is that of city government. The experiences have been distressing. There U a demand for home rule in which the people of each community may design a government best fitted their needs and the legislature will no longer act as guardian or slave driver for each city. The big point, of course, is that the women of the league are planning not for a campaign but for the future. They attack the problem from anew angle. They ask for real answers, not sedatives. If there is need of anew constitution, they will know why it is needed. If there is need of home rule for cities, they will have the reason. Os course, every one knows the reason for a very speedy amendment to the supreme court which interprets the constitution. The meetings start tomorrow at the Columbia Club.

A Crime to Drink? Senator Sheppard of Texas, author of the prohibition amendment to the Constitution, has introduced n bill in congress which would make the purchaser of liquor equally liable with the seller. He has the support of the Anti-Saloon League. The measure will be considered at the regular session in December. Logically, there is no reason why Sheppard’s bill should not be enacted. Liquor is contraband. If the person who knowingly receives stolen goods is punishable. why not the person who purchases a product outlawed by the Constitution? Or if a person receiving smuggled goods can be thrown in jail, wh\ not the man who buys a drink? Nevertheless, it is not surprising to find sentiment amors the drys divided on the wisdom of this new and drasr.c proposal. Senator Norris of Nebraska, chairman of the Judiciary committee, for instance, pointed out that in 95 per cent of the prohibition prosecutions the testimony of the purchaser must be relied upon to convict the seller. Senator Caraway of Arkansas thinks there is already enough legislation on the subject. Senator Sheppard said, now that prohibition, ‘’has proved itself,” his suggestion is a natural “forward step." We do not know how the Texas senator knows that prohibition has proved itself. There are abundant reasons to believe that the contrary is true. It is a matter of common knowledge that hquor is plentiful and many believe—with statistics to support their belief—that there has not been any appreciable reduction in the consumption of liquor. President Hoover not so long ago spoke of it as an ‘ exp?r mrm.” Tfcat such a law as Sheppard preposed would aid in wiping cut the liquor traffic is doubtful. It would make theoretical criminals of thousands upon thou-

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sands of persons who patronize speakeasies and bootleggers, and would add to the unpopularity of a law already so unpopular that its enforcement is next to impossible. History teaches that imposition of extreme penalties never has been an effective deterrent to crime. If every American who buys a drink were brought to trial, what would our already overburdened courts do? The question of making the purchaser of liquor criminally liable was considered when the original Volstead act was passed. The zealots of that day thought such a provision would be unenforceable and highly unpopular. Accordingly .t was omitted. There seems to be smali reason for including it now, unless we wish to abandon our national hypocrisy and see this experiment through to its logical conclusion. r

Lo, the Poor Lobbyist It rs going to be a hard winter for lobbyists. At first they were not much frightened by the talk of senatorial investigation That talk was old stuff; it never got anywhere. Anyway, if there was to be an inquiry, the old guard control would see that it was conducted in seemly fashion and stopped before the white vests of the big boys got spattered. But something slipped. Indeed, the whole side of the senate fell out. What with that man Shearer and his armament employers fighting over propaganda pay, and the Grundy tariff bill growing bigger and bigger, the public got an eye full of the lobbying mysteries usually reserved for insiders. After that there w r as no holding the Democrats and Progressives. The old Caraway resolution was plucked out of the w'aste-basket. By that time there had been so much written about the Shearers and the Grundys, that the best back-slapping senator could not explain a pro-lobby vote to the folk back home—so the investigation was carried unanimously. Right there a fatal mistake was made by the old guard. That resolution went —of all places—to George Norris, chairman of the judiciary committee, to pick the committee of inquiry. Norris is a queer sort of senator, who is just as ant to turn up fighting on the Democratic side or by himself as on the Republican side. You never can tell what he may do—except, that he will take the people’s side. When they let George do it, he did his worst—or best, according to whether you are looking from the outside or the inside of the lobby. He chose as a committee two Democrats, Caraway and Tom Walsh of Teapot Dome probe fame, and two insurgents, Borah and Blaine; to which he added, by way of contrast, a lone old guard representative, Robinson of Indiana. Caraway and Blaine can ask enough embarrassing questions to make the average lobbyist reach for smelling salts, and Borah and Walsh can handle the slickers. When the snorting Shearer and the smooth Schwab , did their tricks, the other senate committee got so dizzy watching the pea—“now you see it, now you don’t”—that the hand sometimes was quicker than the eye. But these gentry and their kind will have to move fast to get by the committee Norris has appointed.

REASON By F S K

WE SINCERELY hope that Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio recovers from his illness, for he is a great statesman, one who measures up to the highest traditions of the upper chamber. A student all his life, he knows more about government than does any other man in public life. b b tt He received a wonderfull vote of confidence when he was a member of the national house of representatives. In violation of a pledge given him, snap judgment was taken and a measure adopted to build the Cleveland postoffice of material to which Burton was opposed. Learning of the trick, Burton hurried to the floor of the house, and when the chair ruled against him, he appealed from the decision and the house sustained him appeal, a thing rarely accomplished. tt B B THE victorious oratory of Burton on the abc, e occasion reminds us of another representative who by brilliant oratorical strategy made the house of representatives change its mind. This man was John Allen of Mississippi, famous thirty years ago as “Private John.” He received this title from an incident in his campaign for the congressional nomination in Mississippi. a b b He opposed an ex-Confederate general, who in their joint debate referred to his military service and dwelt long on his former rank. When Allen replied he granted all his opponent had claimed, then referred to his own service as a private in the Confederate army. Then he said: “AH of you who were generals, vote for my opponent and all of you who were privates vote for John Allen,” and needless to say Allen w r on. tt B B Allen had a wonderful gift of humor and when he took the floor the members always came in from the cloak rooms and the galleries filled. His great oratorical triumph came when the seat of the late Edward Carmack of Tennessee was contested. The house committee decided against Carmack and the house was expected to sustain the committee and unseat the fiery Tennesseean. a a a C'ARMAC thought his case was hopeless and devoted his speech entirely to a bitter arraignment of the committee and the house for the action which he felt sure it was going to take against him and when he sat down he killed his last chance. Then Private John Allen arose to make the last speech for Carmack. tt B tt He started with some humorous tale to get the attention of the house and wash away the bitter results of Carmack's speech. With the superb showmanship of an artist he went on. winning the interest, then the sympathy of the house and finally he closed with an appeal for fair play which was irresistible. The bouse was carried by his speech and Carmack was given bis seat. B tt B One day some friends saw Private John Allen walking up Pennsylvania avenue, the picture of despair, and one of them accosted him and asked the cause of the depression. Very sadly Allen informed his .friends that the previous night he had lost SIO,OOO at poker. “Ten thousand dollars!” exclaimed his friend. "Yes.” rejoined Allen, “and the worst of it is that five dollars of it was cash.”

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M. E. Tracy SAYS: Dry as They May Be, the American People Are in No Mood to Yield the Privilege of Buying from Bootleggers. SENATOR MORRIS SHEPPARD of Texas, commonly called “father of the eighteenth amendment,” introduces a bill to make “purchasers” liable to prosecution under the prohibition law. He says that such a provision was left out of the eighteenth amendment because of the belief that the latter would have failed had it been included. No doubt it would, and by the same token, his proposed bill probably will fail. Dry as they may be, the American people still are in no mood to | yield the privilege of “buying,” and ready as they may be to prosecute bootleggers, they still cherish the right to patronize them. an* Ours is not the only government which undertakes to regulate personal conduct. If you can’t drink in America, you can’t kiss in China. A young couple just has been arrested and fined at Hankow for violating the statute against public osculation. Such a rule sounds dreadfully modern and sanitary, but as a matter of fact it prevailed in Rome 2,000 years ago, and a noble senator was brought to book for kissing his wife. u u n Always Has Scandal A YOUNG playwright pauses to observe that noise makes New York an excellent place in which to do creative thinking, which may explain where the politicians get all their scandal. They certainly are spreading it thick and fast, and the absence of facts to back it up leaves no other conclusion than that it is the product of original thought. Not that New York ever suffered for lack of scandal, even in its quietest days, but that the present campaign sets a record for future generations to shoot at. a a a There are those who believe that the opposition to Tammany has overreached itself: that it has said so much and proved so little as to leave the public in a hopelessly skeptical mood. Whether there is warrant for all the charges, they have come too fast, and cover too much territory and have been sustained by too little evidence to make a serious impression. Further than that, they have completely so sidetracked worth-while issues as to shrivel the whole performance, until it sounds like a back alley scrap over a garbage can. ana Need Anti-Noise Crusade THE greatest city in the world ought to furnish more worthwhile subjects for discussion, and those who aspire to run it ought to have intelligence enough to discuss them. But noise, perhaps, has developed too great a passion for creative thinking. If so, we certainly need an antinoise crusade. a a a One could be surer that noise was the seat of trouble, if politicians were not addicted to the same habit everywhere, and if most every campaign did not run to seed with personal slander. The politicians of this country have called each other crooks so long and so vociferously that the public is beginning to believe them. Nothing has done more to destroy the average citizen’s confidence in government. Whether in the village, the state, or even the nation itself, our political campaigns serve no purpose so distinctly as to prove that all sets of candidates and all parties are unfit.

Hunt for a Target WHEN it comes to practical politicians, we make little effort to study problems, talk about principles, or debate issues. Our first thought is to pick out some poor devil on whom we can pin something, and make him the target. Before we get through with the job, few escape without being spattered. Still, we wonder why young people shy at politics and xvhy public interest is so hard to arouse. tt B tt After listening to the political chatter, it is refreshing to read the will of Thomas Mitten, in which he bequeathes the bulk of his fortune, estimated at $10,000,000, to a foundation for promoting better relations between capital and labor. His conception of the problem is not to stir up trouble, but iron out the wrinkles, through co-operative action. He not only preaches this gospel, but applied it. What is even more impressive, he did this with the full realization that he could not hope to live long enough to see its general adopion. and dispose of his fortune in such way that ottfers might carry on the work.

Daily Thought

Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.—l Timothy 5:20. a b a The act is that sin is the most unmanly thing in God’s world. You never were made for sin and selfishness. You were made for love and obedience. —J. G. Holland. In diplomacy what is the meaning of the term doyen? The oldest member of a diplomatic corps in any capital, in point of service; in other words, the dean. From what chemical is tear gas made? Brombenzyl cyanide. What is the name of a South African buffalo that begin with the letter N. Niare.

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BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. ACTUALLY all hair is superfluous for civilized man. It is generally considered to be a vestige of the time when man roamed about without clothing and required hair for protection against wind, winter and sunlight. In the present state of human development, it is customary to have a certain amount of hair on various portions of the body, but not every person has the same amount of hair on all, of the portions. Thus, man has a growth of hair on cheeks, chin, and upper lip, and a considerable amount of this is

IT SEEMS TO ME By BROUN

THIS being the day devoted by custom to reviewing books it had been my intention to say something warm and pleasant about the autobiography of A1 Smith entitled “Up to Now ” But just at the moment that the heat of composition seized me I found the publishers had set a deadline on it of Oct. 6. This leaves me without a book, for it is not customary for this critic to carry a spare around in his mind. Lacking a close knowledge of anything current in the literary field, I will switch to another phase of art and discuss cooking. A Spanish gentleman just has stepped forward to complain that the cuisine of his native land is not so good in spite of its reputation. Questions of taste are not easy to argue, but it seems to me that the Don makes out a bad case in bringing nothing against the stew pots

Times Readers Voice Views

Editor Times: What a mess of affairs we have! What’s the matter with our good citizenry of this No Mean City? Are we in a dream? We certainly are not in the dark, for we have had the light of day for the last twenty months. The writer, who has been a resident of this city for the last forty years, and a lifelong Republican, also an ardent supporter of the city manager form of government since the first 1,000 signers for same, is just regaining his bearings after the, no doubt, fair and impartial decision of the courts relative to the said form of government. And since it is necessary to continue along the lines of our present form of city government, I rise to the point of question. Why an expense of thousands of thousands of dollars for an election, or trading of horses? Or, should I say, an election for a mayor, etc? The writer is no lawyer, and in good faith seeks enlightenment on the following: Was our present mayor and seven members of the common council duly elected to office or were they appointed? Remember, the writer has no personal gains or desires in view. And let me say now that while I was opposed bitterly to the manner in which the seven members of cur council were chosen, at this time the writer tips his hat to the most capable common council that we ever have had. And as for Mayor L. Ert Slack, kindly permit me to say, as I see it. If anybody of repute had or have anything off color on' him they would have trotted it out, and in turn, the press have carried it to the four winds. The question is not, do we want L Ert Slack to continue as our very efficient mayor, but can he legally do so? And is it his Wish to do so? The writer would be glad to have an authoritative reply, and would ask. why go back to Horse Trader's alley. West Pearl street, and run the ’ong shot, and most likely pick a wind-broken horse? Wake up. J. ED BURK. 2033 Hoyt avenue.

sometimes taken as a sign of virility, for the simple reason that women have little or none on the face. Women with a considerable amount of hair on the upper lip, cheeks, chin or chest, get sufficient commiseration to worry them into psycho-asthenia over the presence of the extraordinary hirsuty. It is generally believed by scientific men that the glandular condition of the body and heredity primarily are responsible for the extra hair. It has been stated that the use of cold cream, vaseline or ointments will stimulate the growth of the hair, but there seems to be not the slightest scientific evidence to support such claim.

of his native land save the fact that garlic is too frequently introduced. a a Spinach NEXT to spinach, garlic is the most unjustly condemned member of all the vegetable kingdom. It is rather common for people to speak ill of parsnips, but these bitter weeds deserve all they get. Garlic quite another matter. It should be used more frequently in all quarters of the globe. As things stand its virtues are chiefly known to Italians, the Argentines and the Greeks. A silly superstition has kept garlic out of its rightful kingdom. Somehow the impression prevails that one might as well be always a bridesmaid and never a bride as to devour this succulent shoot. That’s a lie and there is ample tradition to prove it. Indeed, the ill repute of garlic rests almost entirely upon the easy and'eonvenient jokes of the men who make the comic strips. Surely it is ignorant to assume that garlic apd romance are incompatible. The land of Italy, chiefly famous for this sweet fruit, managed to produce Romeo and Juliet, Paolo and Francesca. Garlic never

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YALE RECEIVES CHARTER Oct 9. ON Oct. 9, 1701, Yale university, then known as the Collegiate School of Connecticut, received its charter from the colonial assembly and formally was opened at Saybrook. For sixty years before the opening of the new school, the people of Connecticut had been sending their seas to Harvard. In 1701, ten of the principal ministers of the colony, all but one of whom were graduates of Harvard, formally founded a collegiate institution by Ihp gift of books for a library and were granted a charter, making the ministers and their successors trustees of the school. The trustees elected one of their own number, Abraham Pierson, of Kiliingsworth, rector of the school, and. to obtain the support of the towns on the Connecticut river, voted to establish it at Saybrook, “as the most convenient town for the present.” In 1716, in the face of much dissatisfaction, the school w’as removed to New Haven and permanently located there. A wooden building was erected where Osborn hall now stands, and was formally opened at commencement in 1718, when the name of Yale college was adopted in honor of Elihu Yale, w ? ho had made large gifts to the school.* What is the meaning of the name Gilchrist? It means “servant of Christ.” “Gilles” is a Scotch name for servant.

Removal of the hair is a constant problem. The hair can be removed by shaving, the hair can be pulled out, it may be removed by chemical depilatories, it may be bleached with hydrogen peroxide, finally it may be removed by the use of the X-ray or the electric needle. The electric needle removes hair permanently, but the method is difficult and it is not possible to remove more than a few hairs at a time. Removal of the hair by the use of the X-ray is not permanent and repeated use may sometimes cause the hardening of the skin and even has been related to the development of cancer.

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

served to keep these devoted ones apart. Many times I have dined in the Italian - American restaurants of New York where the ingratiating tuber seems to creep into everything from oysters to ice cream. At such times, according to legends, every member of the party normally would be barred from gainful jobs, marriage and membership in golf clubs. But I have never noticed any strangers pass by on the other side as we ambled through the pleasant night air of Broadway. Indeed I know a girl who lived consistently upon Italian cookery and yet grew up to marry a millionaire with whom she has lived happily ever since. Her best friends could tell her nothing, even if they would. tt tt B Onions AS it is with garlic so, too, onions are traduced. It is quite possible for an individual to eat them fried and still sacrifice nothing of his popularity. There are tragic possibilities in the current campaigns to promote personal esthetics. Maybe you have seen the advertisements of the gentleman who could get around most any course in 76, and yet failed ever to be elected a member of a golf club. According to the paid propaganda he was excluded for neglecting to use the proper sort of mouth wash. What is membership in even the best of golf clubs compared to a thick steak smothered to death in onions? (Copyright, 1929. by The Times)

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SCIENCE By DAVID DIETZ —

Great Work in Scientific Research Being Accomplished by the Carnegie Institution . ATOP Mt. Wilson is a group of the worlds greatest astronomers studying the heavens through the world's largest telescope. Somewhere on the Pacific is the nonmagnetic yacht, the Carnegie, aboard which another group of scientists is studying the magnetic currents of the earth and the electricity of the atmosphere. Upon the Arizona desert, a group of biologists is studying the problem of how plants manufacture food out of the carbon dioxide of the air with the aid of sunlight. In Central America, a group of archaeologists is uncovering buried cities ot the lost civilization of the Maya Indians. These four represent but four activities of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, world leader in many fields of scientific research. The institution now is celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of its entry into science. For although the institution was founded in 1902, it did not begin its research work until 1904. In 1902. it was a dream in the minds of Andrew Carnegie and his scientific advisers. Today it is wrestling secrets from the universe, maintaining the great obsenatory on Mt. Wilson, the geographical and terrestrial magnetism laboratories in Washfngton, the desert laboratory in Tucson, Ariz., the famous Cold Spring Harbor biological laboratory of Long Island, and a number of others. a a a Millions THE Carnegie Institution of Washington was founded by Andrew Carnegie on Jan. 28. 1902, with an endowment of registered bonds having a par value of $10,000,000. The Mt. Wilson observatory for astronomical research, the work in terrestial magnetism and the work in experimental biology were begun in 1904. In 1907. Carnegie added $2,000,000 more to the endowment and in 1911 he made a third gift, an additional $10,000,000, bringing the total endowment to its p 'esent figure of $22,000,000. The income from the $22,000,000 has enabled the institution to equip its fine laboratories and turn groups of expert scientists to work upon important problems. The policy of the institution, as outlined by its president, the distinguished scientist and philosopher, Dr. John C. Merriam, is three-fold. First, it is interested in largescale research problems which require the collaboration of several investigators, special equipment and continuous efforts over long period* of years. Secondly, it is interested in furthering the individual researches of competent workers in important fields. Thirdly, it is interested in publishing the results of scientific research, for it feels that scientific discoveries must be disseminated so that all may profit by them. a a a Progress THE importance of such work as that done by the Carnegie institution, recently was summed up by John J. Carty, vice-president of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company and one of tho trustees of the institution. “To solve the problem of the human personality we must push forward the advances of pure science !n all directions without exception,” he said. “This is the great mission of the Carnegie institution, which It Is carrying out with the highest distinction. "The pure scientist in whatever field he may be working is an explorer who constantly is extending our knowledge of the realities of our environment. The applied scientist is providing agencies so that w® may adjust ourselves to these realities. “By the aid of that unified knowledge which should be the aim of philosophy, education must expound the principles by which the individual shall make this adjustment. “We must encourage and utilize the work of the chemist and tha physicist, which often is conducted without any conscious regard to the human problem. “Even the astronomers are contributing towards the solution of the problem of the human personality. “Hiiman progress need no longer be left solely to chance. By the aid of science it can be brought under our conscious control.”