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The Beast Feeds at Last For more than a quarter of a century Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver fought, courageously, often alone, unwaveringly, against the forces of corruption. lie exposed dishonest elections and privileged plunderers. He exposed those who stole from the people through the use of political power. lie named the men who from the barricades of wealth, profited by the overthrow of honesty in public life. He fought these evils because he understood the forces in society which turn boys and girls into criminals and incorrigibles. It was not sufficient for him to write into the laws some of the humanity of Christ. He struck at the causes behind the forces which made boys and girls bad. When he went upon the bench, he found children in chains and in cells with older criminals. Then he founded his famous juvenile court. He wrote the laws for thirtyeight other states. These courts are his monument. He was the most loved and the most hated man of his city. The fathers and the mothers in the districts where privileges were few and temptations many, loved him. The crooked politicians and the corrupt privileged interests which fattened upon crooked politics hated him with a venom unparalleled in this country. Every means was used to destroy him. He withstood temptation. He was proof against blackmail. He did not yield to either flattery or bribes or threats. Years ago he rocked the nation with his book, “The Beast and the Jungle,” in which he laid bare the infamies of his enemies. When that book was published, one of the tools of the system, his courage aroused by drink, tried to kill him. His friends guarded him. Lindsey smiled at such dangers and went on. For years the people stood between Lindsey and his enemies. All their trickery and intrigue failed. He was elected again and again. But the practical politicians did fill other offices in the state. The tools of the system which he fought were placed in power. The Beast, which had hungered for the blood of this man, grew hungry for its final meal. It wanted Lindsey. Now it has got him. He has been disbarred from the practice of law. That will mean nothing, perhaps, to the man whose clients would be too poor to pay and w r ho has given, through the years, the most of his earnings to the unfortunates who came before his court, to the education of the boys and girls who would otherwise have been denied a chance and perhaps been given over to the ministrations of penal institutions to be educated in crime instead of usefulness. But it does mean something to the nation and to decency. It is not a cheerful prospect for any young man or young woman, who may be inspired to devote their lives to popular causes. Perhaps there may be other Lindseys, fired with zeal for righteousness and love of their fellows. Perhaps there will always be those who are ready to fight the dragons. |They may not be dismayed. I The Beast feeds at last. It has sucked the [flood of Lindsey, to whom countless thousands of boys and girls in this nation owe w.he\r chance in life. And with his blood [dripping from its fangs, it crawls back to its jungle to gloat, but not to sleep. The Situation in Haiti The country will share the opinion of Secretary Stimson that the situation in Haiti is ‘‘distressing,” it is particularly so in view of President Hoover’s announcement in his annual message that he intended to send a commission to Haiti in an endeavor to formulate a definite policy on our occupation, presumably with the idea of ending it as we have promised. The President was loathe to send the additional marines and the cruiser requested by Commissoner Russell, but under the circumstances it is difficult to see how he could have avoided doing so. The disorders In recent days bear out the assertions that there Is widespread dissatisfaction throughout the republic with the administration of President Bomo, whose political control is upheld by American bayonets. The trouble started with a student strike and spread throughout the country. The situation became so menacing that reinforcements for the 700 marines on the island were considered imperative. Already five Haitians have been killed in a brush with a marine patroL It is clear that something deeper than a small reduction in a scholarship appropriation is influencing the Haitian people. The rule of President Bomo is oppressive, it is charged, and the fear has been prevalent that he would attempt to extend what amounts to a dictatorship. His recent announcement that he would retire after eight years in office at the expiration of his term in May of next year, on which our state department congratulated him, did not completely allay this fear. Haitian leaders assert Bomo at no time has been elected legally, and that the continued suppression of elections and other constitutional processes in which Americans have connived has been tyrannical Mid unwarranted. / fed true that Haiti has gained materially dJrnag

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the fourteen years its affairs have been under American controL Sanitation and public health have been improved vastly. Roads, schools and public buildings, have been built. The budget has been balanced and a surplus accumulated and the currency stabilized. Haitians admit this, but have a natural desire to have their own country for themselves, which Americans should have little difficulty in understanding. They fought for their freedom and want it. When Americans occupied the island, it was stated officially that we had no other object than to insure the republic’s independence, and would remain only so long as would be necessary for this purpose. We still are there, and the treaty under which we are operating does not end until 1936. There is nothing to indicate that we purpose to get out. Small wonder the Haitians are restive. Congress will do well to accede to the President's request for an appropriation of $50,000 for his contemplated commission. Obviously there is great need for a study having as its object the formulation of a program for restoration to civil government in the island and the withdrawal of our forces as soon as possible. Whatever may be said of the marine administration, it has concentrated on the job in hand, without worrying much about leaving or general policies, which after all are not its problems. In passing, Secretary Stimson and the President deserve commendation for their reluctance to employ force and their intention to take congress and the public fully into their confidence.

Prohibition Statistics All men presumably are equal before the law. It would seem, however, from reading the report of Prohibition Commissioner Doran that our principal law—prohibition—is not applied with equal force to all men. For instance, persons convicted in the Carolinas and Virginia in federal courts received average sentences of ninety-nine days and fines of $49. But in Georgia and part of Florida the average sentence was only thirty-four days and $35. In Maine the average was seventy-two days and $l3O, while in neighboring New Hampshire the average was twenty-two days and $256. In Connecticut it was only six days and $274. The offender in southern Ohio got 122 days and $134 on the average, while in nearby northern Illinois the average was twenty-four days and $213. There seems to be a wide divergence of opinion among our proscutors and judges on the seriousness of violating the liquor laws. Doran’s report also reveals that the liquor traffic apparently is flourishing In some of the bone dry states of the south. Florida during the last fiscal year had 2,421 federal arrests; Georgia, 2,508; Kentucky, 3,963; Tennessee, 2,533, and Texas, 3.487. Illinois, containing wet Chicago, had only 3,352. Michigan, containing Detroit, which Doran during the year described as the "funnel” through which Canadian liquor entered this country, had only 2,360. Help for the Indians The best kind of help that the government can give the Indians is provided in the interior department appropriation bill now before the house—increased funds to carry out policies of the new administration. The Indian bureau is given $19,786,129, which is $3,112,913 more than ever allotted before. The increase will give Indian Commissioner Rhoads and his assistants an opportunity to carry out the policies of health, education, and employment that have been advocated.

REASON By FR LANDIS K

INASMUCH as we persistently have refused to recognize the Russian government, it was a mistake for President Hoover to serve notice on Russia that she might lose the respect of the rest of the world if she made war 6'n China, after having ratified the Kellogg treaty and thereby promised to abstain from war. b tt a That message should have been handed to Russia by some nation which recognized her, for Russia very promptly said to President Hoover in effect, “Your government has refused to recognize me; you say I am not fit to loin the family of nations; I never have had your respect, therefore, I could not possibly lose it, and since you brand me as a world outlaw', it is rank hypocrisy for you to say you fear that I may hurt myself.” BUB And how China might reply to Mr. Hoover's warning that she may lose her standing with the rest of the world if she continues to fight the Russians. She very naturally might say that inasmuch as the rest of the world has robbed her. plundered her, made her a vassal for centuries, she does not fear the loss of its respect any more than a guinea pig might fear the loss of the respect of those about to innoculate it with tuberculosis germs. B tt B THIS report that Senator Moses of New Hampshire may be selected as ambassador to Mexico to succeed Morrow must have originated with some rare humorist, for if Moses should proceed to Mexico and start to harmonize things as he did with the western senators, we would be massing troops along the Rio Grande before six weeks. B B B These slighting remarks made by Major Gran of Norway, who went with Scott to the south pole, regarding Commander Byrd’s flight over the southern * terminal, simply express the indignation of one who tramped for months to gain a certain objective when lie learns that another gained the same objective in a few hours. But Gran's willingness to endure months of hardship was more than equaled by Byrd's willingness to take a great chance. BUB AS Mussolini contemplates the elaborate preparations being made in Rome for the marriage of Crown Prince Humbert of Italy and Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, he must smile as he thinks that the four kings who will attend the ceremony will be outranked by one Duce. BBS If Dwight Morrow beats Frelinghuysen and goes to the senate from New Jersey, he will find a wide market there for all oi his gifts of diplomacy, the antagonism now rampant on the Republican side rivaling anything to be found in Mexico. MBS Morrow’ probably would aspire to the fame which the late Senator Murray Crane achieved as a peacemaker. That silent Massachusetts statesman rendered invaluable service to his party as a shock absorber and mediator. Had Crane been in the last session of the senate, it is very likely that the break between the east and jwest would have been avoided for Crane could have told the eastern interests to keep hands off the tariff and thqy would hav# followed Us advice.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy SAYS:

What Right Has the Senate to Say It Will Bar Colonel Grundy of Pennsylvania? A LL that now remains between the United States and the world court is approval by the senate. Let us hope that the senate will see its way clear to place the United States in line with the obvious drift of human progress. A world court of some kind is the only means by which we can translate our desires for peace into action. A world court., without the United States, would be incomplete. It is no exaggeration to say that of all nations the United States is probably the most important in the promotion of peaceful activities. Certainly these activities, as Secretary of State Stimson points out, come nearer to embodying our principles and ideals than those of any other nation, while the policy we have pursued toward conquest and exploitation has done much to visualize their practical possibilities. n n u Threat for Grundy IF reports from Pennsylvania are to be credited. Governor Fisher will name Colonel Grundy to the seriate- and if a story in the New York World is rieht. Colonel Grundy will get a cold welcome and perhaps have the door slammed In his face. Take it any way you like, Pennsylvania does not seem to have gained very much. Asa matter of fact, there wasn’t any chance for Pennsylvania to gain, since the Vare crowd spent far less money and was guilty of far less corruption than the crowd it defeated.

Making allowance for all that, what right has the senate to bar, or even threaten to bar, Colonel Grundy? Os course, he wrote the Republican tariff plank last year and then collected a million dollars to see that the Republican £>arty won< And not only that, but he had the effrontery to tell the senate committee all about it, and spit in the face of the w T est, by way of good measure. To sum it all up, Colonel Grundy has made himself peculiarly offensive not only to those political leaders who disagree with his ideas, but to everybody in general. Still, what right has the senate to exclude him, or even to suggest such a thing? a b b Senate Hasn't the Right IT is one thing to kick a senator out after he has been elected and has been proved guilty of misconduct in connection with his election, but it is quite another to proscribe a man beforehand. If that is to become the general practice, we might as well dispense with the obviously superfluous custom of electing, or appointing, senators, and let the senate decide who is acceptable when a vacancy occurs. B B B Testifying before the interstate commerce commission with regard to control of rhdio and telegraph facilities, Owen D. Young said: “From the standpoint of national interest, a monopoly, either regulated or controlled by the government, is a necessity.” That calls to mind the declaration of former President Roosevelt that we w’ere headed for regulated monopoly, or state socialism. Indeed, most of those w r ho have given the subject serious thought seem to believe that modern development leaves no choice but centralized authority of some kind. The doctrine of competition, by which our fathers set such store, appears to be going the way of all flesh. If it does, what’s to become of that thing we call liberty? tt B tt What Is Liberty? THE trouble with out fathers w’as that they visutlized liberty as a political by-product, giving little heed to the economic side of the problem. It goes without saying that government and laws have a profound bearing on liberty, but no more profound, perhaps, than poverty and disease. What men have been unable to do because they lacked the means has deprived them of liberty quite as much as w r hat they have been unable to do because of political restraint. Liberty has been a sort of compromise between what the individual would like to do by himself, and what he could not do without organization. B B B Nfow T comes the question of W’hether the organization should become a part of the government, or function independently as a private enterprise. In either case, w r e are obliged to surrender some of our liberty for the sake of system and discipline. Theoretically, direct government control offers the advantage of giving every one a voice. Practically, private control under government regulation is easier to change, or even defy.

Daily Thought

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Diabetes Among Children on Decrease

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN, Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. WHENEVER public health authorities want to evaluate any new method for the control of a disease they study the death rates over a period of years previous to and after the introduction of the measure concerned. Thus Dr. Walter W. Lee of the Indiana state board of health assembled the figures for deaths from diabetes in Indiana and in Massachusetts for the years from 1900 to 1927. The specific method of treatment known as insulin was first introduced in 1922 and it has a certain effect on the disease. About 1910 the modern dietary treatment of the disease was established and this also has had a definite effect in lowering the diabetes mortality rates. During the war there was a re-

IT SEEMS TO ME By BROUN

THE New Republic raises an important point in its discussion of the attitude of the Christian Science church toward Edwin Franden Oakin’s book. “Mrs. Eddy: The Biography of a Virginial Mind.” Craig F. Thompson, the author of the magazine article, calls his piece “The Christian Science Censorship,” and charges that the members of this denomination are attempting to stop the sale of the book. Since the book seems unfair and inaccurate to Christian Scientists, they have every right to use all legitimate means to discourage its circulation. This church has a very well-or-ganized publicity department, which is quick to correct any mis-state-ment appearing in newspapers or periodicals. Such activity seems to me entirely legitimate. But Thompson charges that scientists have done much more than this in the case of the Mrs. Eddy biography. He offers evidence to show that, in many communities, booksellers have been told by persons purporting to represent the church, “If you sell the Dakin book in your store, the people in our congregations will boycott your shop entirely.” tt B B Dangerous NOW this is a weapon which should not be used, for if it were used generally by all organized groups, we soon would have an end of free speech, as far as the book businesss is concerned. The issue, of course, has nothing to do with the creed of the Christian Science church. Still I must pause to explain thdt whatever the merits or mistakes of the book, it is a considerate piece of work by a man who gives no indication of being out to air a prejudice. The book is not a tract for Christian Science, but it is by no means an attack on the church or its founders. Indeed, as a lay reader I must testify that I came away from the biography with a profound respect for a woman, who was established in the pages of the life as a significant leader In world thought. Christian Science propagandists

Questions and Answers

Is the metric system legal or compulsory in the United States? The law making the metric system legal in the United States was passed in 1866. Its use is not compulsory, as in many countries. The metric system is now in general use by most of the scientific bureaus of the government and its employment is gradually being extended, in electrical. chemical and pharmaceutical measurements. How did the Culiinan diamond get its name? From the chairman of the Premier (Transvaal) Diamond Mining Company in whose mines It was discovered in January, 1805.

Stretching It a Bit!

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duction in diabetes deaths w’hich the experts associate with the diminished consumption of sugar, and after the war there was a rise which is associated with the rise in sugar consumption. The diabetic Is unable to metabolize or digest sugar properly and the taking of extra sugar throws a burden on his incapacitated tissues which 'they are unable to bear. These facts seem significant, but it has been certainly established that sugar consumption is an important factor in the mortality from diabetes. Among the interesting observations of the statisticians is the fact that the rates for males in Massachusetts exceeded the rates for females in 1890, but the ratio was reversed after ten years. The rates for both sexes increased rapidly until 1915 when the rates for males became more or less stationary, and now show a tendency to decrease while the rates for

charge with all sincerity that the author erred in not submitting his manuscript to the mother church to be checked up. They say that because of this failure many inaccuracies have crept into this book on the life of Mrs. Eddy. But it seems to me that the requirement advanced by the scientists is much too rigid. No research scholar intent upon a biography wants his book to get into the dreary field in which his work may be identified as an “official life” of somebody or other. I can think of no first-class piece of literature which has been done under such auspices. B B B More Light THE Christian Science church has ample opportunity to contravert Dakin without recourse to threats against booksellers. The columns of the newspapers always have been freely open to the members of this church. Indeed, at the moment the excellent device has been adopted of circulating an official life of Mrs. Eddy. If this is, the better book, it will outlive and’repair any damage done by the other. But the remedy for any sort of inaccuracy is always more light and not less. It is not even good tactics to martyrize a book. I have made a partial checkup on the charges put forward by Craig Thompson in his New Republic article. That is, I have talked to the editor of Scribner’s magazine, a gentleman in whose honesty I have complete faith. But if it can be proved that he and Thompson are mistaken, I shall be very glad to back down. In the meantime, I have no desire to seem ultra-concilatory. I am reminded of an incident in the life of Charles Butterworth, come-

Times Readers Voice Views'

Editor Times—ln the light of your editorial on “A Sacred Statute,” it is not difficult to see why the prohibition bureau asks for an appropriaton of $50,000 to be used for ‘‘collection and dissemination of information.” They have discovered that the status of the prohibition statute differs from that of the criminal laws mentioned in your editorial. Nobody defends murder, theft, arson, etc. They have probably “singled out this particular law” because “this particular law has been singled out” for attack. Repeal, modification, or nullification have been urged. Public sentiment is not unanimous in its favor, as is the case of the laws mentioned. If the government is to succeed in adequately enforcing this new national policy and make the “experiment” a success, it must create sentiment in its favor by some such propaganda as is proposed. See? L. E. MURRAY. 5645 Julias avesufr

females are still tending to increase. Os particular importance is the fact that the death rates of children for diabetes have been dropping steadily since 1915. There was a time when diabetes in a child was considered an incurable and fatal disease. Now the use of proper diets and of insulin not only permits an extensive prolongation of life, but the eviednee seems to indicate that in some instances children recover sufficiently to live practically a normal existence. The person who dies of diabetes does not always die of the disease itself. Not infrequently there are incidental complications such as gangrene or infections which cause death promptly. Moreover, diabetes may complicate such diseases as tuberculosis, cancer or diseases of the stomach and intestines and make the difference between death and the possibility of recovery.

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.

dian of “Sweet Adeline.” Toward the close of a run in which the star had treated him badly, he undertook to remonstrate. “I think,” began Butterworth, with great dignity, “that your conduct has been unethical and unprofessional.” It was not enough. “And,” he added, fumbling about for the mot juste, “and lousy.” (Copyright, 1929. for The Times)

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MISSISSIPPI JOINS UNION December 10

ON Dec. 10, 1817, the state of Mississippi was admitted to the Union. The most notable features of Mississippi's first Constitution were the high property qualifications for holding office, the short tenures of office, and the large appointing power of the Governor and legislature By the treaties of 1330 and 1832, with the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, who inhabited the northern part of the state, the lands occupied by those tribes were incorporated into the state, subjected to its jurisdiction, and thrown open to settlement by the whites. Mississippi adopted anew Constitution in 1832 abolishing property qualifications for office-holding and requiring that all officers, both state and county, should be chosen by the people. Other Constitutions were adopted in 1868 and again in 1890, chiefly as the result of strife concerning Negro suffrage.

The Right Thing to Do Good manners and good form are not affectations to be despised as something “put on.” There are reasons for the forms of etiquet that have become part of the equipment of cultured people. Failure to do the “right thing” at the right moment shows a lack of good breeding, of consideration for others, that is inexcusable In this day and age. Our Washington bureau has a packet of eight of its authoritative and informative bulletins, covering etiquet for every occasion, that it will send to any reader. The titles are: 1. Social Etiquet 5. Etiquet of Weddings 2. The Etiquet of Travel 6. Origins of Etiquet 3. Dinner Etiquet 7. Etiquet for Children 4. Etiquet of Dress 8. Personality and Charm II you want this packet, fill out the coupon below and mail m directed. CLIP COUPON HERE ETIQUET EDITOR, Washington bureau, The Indianapolis Times. 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C. I want the packet of eight bulletins on ETICUET, enclose herewith 25 cents in coin, or loose, uncancelled United States postage stamps to cover postage and handling costa. NAME STREET AND NUMBER CITY STATE I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. (Code No.)

DEC. 10, 1920

SCIENCE

By DAVID DIETZ

Site Sought by Science for $12,000,000 Telescope Where Cloudiness Is at Minimum. ONE of the chief problems facing the California Institute oi Technology is to find a place for Its $12,000,000 telescope. The money for the telescope has been furnished by the international education board, a John D. Rockefeller Jr. foundation. A group of eminent astronomers and engineers, under the direction of John A. Anderson, executive officer of the institute's observatory council, now is at work designing the giant telescope. The General Electric laboratory at West Lynn, Mass., under direction of Dr. Elihu Thomson, is carrying on experiments which it is hoped will lead to the production of a thirty-ton disc of fused quartz from which the great 200-inch mirror can be ground. But meanwhile, the institute has to find a site for the telescope. This problem is one of immense importance. A powerful microscope can be carried around from one laboratory to another. It will work equally well in any well-lighted laboratory. But a telescope has to be put In one place and left there. As every’ one knows, in looking at a star, the observer must gaze through the atmosphere. Obviously, when the sky is clouded, the telescope is out of commission for all practical purposes. Since $12,000,000 represents quite a large investment, it is essential to place the telescope where a minimum of cloudy nights will be encountered. n n a Tremor Disk CLOUDS, however, do not constitute the sole difficulty confronting the astronomer. The astronomer also must contend with the turbulence or motion of the atmosphere. “We must observe the stars from the depths of a turbulent atmosphere. which not only scatters and absorbs much of the light that reaches its upper levels, but so Irregularly refracts the portion transmitted that the rays falling on the various parts of a large lens or mirror are rarely or never combined into a sharply defined and perfectly steady image,” says Dr. George Ellery Hale, chairman of the observatory council and honorary director of the Mt. Wilson obsevatory. “To understand the conditions required for the best results, we must think of the appearance of the telescopic image of a star. Obviously, no clouds should be in the way, and out site, therefore, should be one where storms are few. “Under a magnifying power of, say, 500 diameters, the star image instead of being a very minute and perfectly steady point usually is enlarged and in a state of motion. “The enlarged image oscilates very rapidly in all directions and also undergoes slower oscillations of about a second of arc in a period of approximately a minute of time. As these take place in all directions, the resultant image is merely circular in form and has been w’ell named by Newall a ‘tremor disk’.”

Mt, Wilson Dr. HALE, points out that there are many reasons why the smallest possible tremor disks are desired. First of all, the larger the disk, the more the light is spread and the fainter the resultant image. It is possible, therefore, to record exceedingly faint stars if the disks are small. If the disks are large, these stars are lost. It is also possible to measure the exact position of stars more easily if the tremor disk is small. Very close double stars, for example, might fuse together if the disks are Structural details of nebulae are also better observed when the amount of tremor Is low. When the Carnegie Institution built the Mt. Wilson observatory, it first sent a number of skilled observers to various mountain sites. These observers made records night after night. Then after a comparison of these observational records, Mt. Wilson was chosen for the site. This same process is now being followed by the observatory council. The sites being studied are chiefly in the neighborhood of Mt. Wilson, which is near Pasadena. These sites are recommended not only by the excellent results which have been obtained at Mt. Wilson, but by the desire to have the new telescope reasonably close to both the Mt. Wilson observatory and to the California Institute of Technology. which is in Pasadena. Is Detroit larger in area than Toledo? Detroit, has an area of 139 square miles; Toledo, an area of forty square miles.