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On Probation and Off Secretary of State Otto Fifield has placed the author of the bone dry law on probation. It is presumed that if Wright does not again lend his name to blue sky vendors who once used it to persuade bootleggers to buy stocks even more worthless than their own wares, the dry crusader will remain upon the public pay roll. That action may not be important as lai as Wright is concerned. It is the tip-off on Fifield. The blue sky law is presumed to protect investors. The people might properl} expect to have those in cnarge of it sophisticated enough not to be caught by the wiles of scoundrels who prey upon the public. The purpose of the law is to act as the big brother for foolish people. To have the department in charge of those who put forward as an excuse for their assistance to fakirs a statement that they were imposed upon will give the public little confidence in the department as a protective agency. To lend the name of any official of that department to a stock-selling scheme, legitimate or illegitimate, is about as gross a misuse of the powers of that office as can fie imagined. . The secretary of state shows little interest beyond the possible effect on his own political future and permits the episode to pass unnoticed, except for a private reprimand, indicates that he has the Lake county viewpoint of public office to an incurable degree. The incident shouldv serve as another warning to those who write tickets for the Republican party that next year is hardly s-the time to carry excess baggage on trial nights. The bone dry author is on probation. But his chief seems to have about exhausted public patience and may not be accorded such leniency.

A Carload of Soup Donations and gifts to meet great public crises and prevent human suffering in times of disaster and distress are expected. The Red Gross is built upon the fundamental sympathy of human beings for each other. The cry of the anguished when forces of Nature strip men of safeguards and protection and leave them helpless and homeless never goes unanswered. But there is something worth more than casual notice in the fact that among the early answers to the Red Cross appeal for aid for flood sufferers was a ddhation of a carload of soup by the Columbia Conserve Company of this city. It would be worth notice were it only because it was practical and may save human life and certainly will prevent great suffering. It is more significant when the fact is added that this company is owned, in common, by the 144 workers who make and distribute its product and that the retail value of the donation would amount to more than S3O for each of these workers. Business men in general have been somewhat skeptical of the experiment that is being conducted in this plant. Somehow’ it does not fit with the preconceived ideas of profit and safety and the old fear of robbing men of incentive by taking away hope of personal gain. Those trained in the usual schools of economics are more than skeptical of a concern that endeavors to fix wages on the basis of needs rather than efficiency. Nor can most of us understand a business enterprise which has no Individual owners and no bosses, no super genius who demands large returns for ability in finance or in management. The skeptics may be right. But somehow when a crisis occurs in which there is great suffering, such as the present flood or the hungry Christmas at Bicknell a year ago, this company seems to have soup for the needy and to be ready to give it freely and without price. Far be it to make comparisons between gifts. But it may be worth remembering that had that donation of soup from these-144 workers been bought from a grocery counter, the cost would have been $4,800. The total gifts to the Red Cross up 4o date from the rest of the state are about $6,000. Write your own comment, or dismiss the thing as too socialistic to be worth while.

Naval Limitation vs. Reduction Now that the London naval conference actually is getting down to work, the public should be prepared for the ebb and flow of hopes and reports which indicate failure one day and success the next This should not produce a reaction of discouragement or cynicism. The bigger the problem the harder the negotiations. The conference Is away to a good start. The opening addresses were short on oratory and long on sober statement. The uncritical optimism which initiates so many international conferences and crashes in failure at the end was lacking. The mood at London, rather, is to leave the boasting until after it is earned bv achievement, and to be content in the beginning with expression of sincere intentions. That sincerity can not be doubted. It is based on two facts. None of the governments can balance its budget if there is to be a naval building race—though we could stand the financial strain much easier than any of the others. And none of the governments can afford to face the public resentment at home if it returns without an agreement. While the delegations are to be congratulated for their honest confession of the great differences to be orweome. and while the peoples at home thus are warned of long and trying negotiations ahead, it will

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their eyes on the one test bj’ which this conference will be Judged. No amount of technicalities or alibis should be permitted to obscure that crux issue. That issue is naval reduction—within the parity already conceded to us In formal statements of the British government. The issue Is not mere limitation, or a brief building holiday on a basis of the status quo. Such postponement of the issue could have been achieved with greater speed and much less friction by a simple exchange of diplomatic notes. If that is all the conference achieves, it will be a failure. President Hoover has stated repeatedly since entering the White House that the American government ard people demand reduction. We regret that Secetary Stlmson in his opening address at London did not emphasize this test issue as the President has done. In that opening session it remained for the Italian and the Japanese to insist on the distinction between mere limitation and actual reduction. Just as the high mark of the preconference negotiations was the Hoover pledge that armaments ran not be cut too low to suit the United States, so the high point in the inaugural session of the conference was the Japanese declaration that she is ready to go “the limit in naval disarmament.” Limitation is not enough. Itiere must be reduction. What Will Dr. Doran Do? Walter*Grundt may die from the bullet of a customs guard. During a brief return of consciousness in a Detroit hospital, where he was carried by a passerby, Grundt said he was getting out of a rowboat when a uniformed federal officer stepped up and shot him without warning. He denied that he was a bootlegger, and the police said they had no record of him as such, Os course, the fact that a prohibition enforcement agent shoots without warning an unarmed citizen—if that is what investigation proves Grundt to have been —long has since ceased to be unusual news. But to keep the record straight, we respectfully remind James M. Doran, federal prohibition commissioner. of his official announcement of six days ago. To quiet the rising public protest against lawlessness by law officers, Doran sought publicity for a government document entitled “training of enforcement personnel upon their duties and limitations under the law,” which contained official instructions to such agents. The definite regulation regarding use of firearms was as follows: “While it is not intended that an officer should remain impassive and jeopardize his own life or the life of an associate when danger threatens, it is intended that extreme caution and cool deliberation should control his actions. The officer should remember that he will be held strictly liable and personally responsible for the fatal result of any use of firearms by him.” What does Doran or the administration intend to do about the agent who shot Grundt? No Snoopers Need Apply The department of justice has straightened up from the keyhole and is looking the world squarely in the eyes these days. It no longer is going to play the degrading role of snooper. It will not tap telephone wires, even if the supreme court has given it a legal right to do so, and it will not disguise its men as prisoners and send them to spy in federal penitentiaries. Instead, under orders of Attorney General William D. Mitchell, the principles of decency are to be applied to the business of law enforcement. The new order ectaolished by Mitchell should be widely felt. His example will, perhaps, be followed by other law enforcement agencies of the government. It will hel.c to restore flagging confidence in the entire structure. There is no way for governments—or individuals—to win respect except by deserving it. A song composer recently was sent to prison for ix months. Take the words bars, keys and flats and see what you can do with that one.

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“■pvON'T vote for me or against me because I am JL/ a woman!" shouts Ruth Hanna McCormick to her Illinois audiences, as she campaigns against Deneen for the Republican senatorial nomination, a quality of bluntness which suggests her late lather, Senator Mark Hanna of Ohio, If she proves as effective on the stump as her father did, Deneen will return to the practice of law in Chicago. a a a Mark Hanna had a sense of humor in addition to his sledgehammer nature. Long a sufferer lrom indigestion, he used to look over the lunch card with many regrets, then order something he did not want. One day in the senate restaurant he looked at a steaming dinner on the plate of a friend, then glanced toward Senator Pettigrew whom he bitterly disliked and then he said: "I wish I could eat that dinner and make Pettigrew digest it. - ’ Representative Longworth of Cincinnati is the speaker of the national house of representatives, but Representative La Guardia of New York City does practically all speaking. earn PRINCESS MARIE JOSE of Belgium, new the wife of Prince Humbert of Italy, has a ten-foot train to her nightgown. If she is inclined to be sleepless how she will thrash that around in her rolling and tossing. earn It's with a pang of regret one reads that old St. John's church in Richmond. Va., where Patrick Henry made his "Liberty or Death” speech may be closed on account of the hre hazard to the famous old building. Some way should be found to save it and keep it open to the public. When Patrick Hinry started to make that speech he was an obscure country lawyer, but when he finished it he was world famous. a a a A MAN in Chicago has been sent to the psychopathic hospital for observation because he tried to reshape his 14-vear-old daughter’s head by maL.ng her wear a heavy leather helmet. If the head needed to be reshapened, the gentleman started about fourteen years too late. The time to do such a thing is when the child arrives and thereafter and the way to do It is to turn its head from side to side on the pillow. a a a No matter how he may want to forget it, everywhere former Governor Smith goes somebody greets him with a grind crr?,n playing "The Sidewalks of New York.” That's a horrible fate.

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We Can Create, a# Well as Punish. Crime by Statute, and Much of This Depends on the Kind of Lares We Pass. CALLING for “a reign of law," George W. Wickersham, chairman of President Hoover's law enforcement commission, says that prohibition is not the most important part of the problem confronting that body. “Its real and fundamental purpose,” he explains, "is to bring forth, if it is possible, deep-seated and positive reforms which will decrease criminality in the United States and secure greater respect for law.” n u u Whatever else may be said of prohibition, it has made an untold number of law-abiding citizens accessories to crime, if not actual criminals, in the eyes of the law. Overnight, a common habit became the source of ofiense. In this connection, it is Just as well to remember that we can create. as well as punish, crime by statute, and that the kind of laws we pass have a great deal to do with increase or decrease of criminality. a u * Prohibition to Fore NOT only that, but the kind of laws we pass have a great deal to do with the prevalence of respect or disrespect toward law in general. In other words, taking Wickersham’s word for it, that the law enforcement commission was created to decrease criminality on the one hand, and increase respect for law on the other, how can prohibition be regarded otherwise than as constituting a rnost important part of its task? Certainly, this law has placed more people in the light of offenders, has caused more arrests, has created more resentment, and has led to a greater degree of disrespect than anything the federal; government has done since its crea- ; tion. ana Not that the law was, or could be, 100 per cent efficient without the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act, but they have multiplied its difficulties, complicated its procedure, and added to its burdens in an immeasurable way. In certain sections of this country it has become wellnigh impossible to get convictions without an ironclad case for the prosecution. You can call it rebellion, as some fanatics do, or harp on, the sacredness of the Constitution, as others prefer, but the* fact remains that in no respect has our judicial system so completely broken down as in the enforcement of prohibition. a a a Waste Vividiy Shown THE waste and impotence which prohibition involves vividly is illustrated by the case of William Powers, Negro, who went on trial before Judge Bondy in the New York federal court Wednesday. Practically the entire day was spent in selecting a jury. Out oi sixty talesmen summonded, thirty- j five were rejected, largely because j of opposition to dry laws. “No, I like to drink too much my- ; self, said one, when asked if he j would convict a person for their j violation. “No, there is no moral turpitude ; involved,” said another. “I am opposed to the Volstead act and more than that to the Jones j law,” said another. a a a Eventually, a jury seemingly qualified to render a fair verdict between the defendant and the law was impaneled, and the case went to trial. Alter the evidence and argument had been heard, this jury acquitted Powers in less than ten minutes. “This man has been in jail seventeen days,” commented Judge Bondy, “and is found not guilty. Who is going to give him back those seventeen days;” By the same token, who is going to give the government back its wasted time and expense, or the public its loss of respect? a a a It's Still Folly ONE can admit that prohibition is “a noble experiment,” and still see the folly of trying to bring it about by force. One can admit that we all would be better off if alcohol and its byproducts were expurgated from the scheme of things, and still appreciate the utter impossibility of expurgating it. One can admit that the Const!- j tution of the United States should 1 be respected, no matter what it • contains, and realize the futility of j such dictum, when it contains I something that is contrary to the , sentiment of even a large minority, j One can admit the desirability of j obedience to all law, and still recognize that obedience can't be had unless people regard it as is j in keeping with common sense.

Daily Thought

O Lord, how manifold are Thy works! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; the earth is full of the riches.—Psalm 104:24. ana The God. O men, seems to me to be really wise: and by His oracle to mean this, that the wisdom of the world is foolishness and of none effect. —Plato. What is yeast? A growth, consisting of minute cells of ascomycetous fungus that collect together, forming a yellow, frothy, viscous substance that, in contact with saccharine liquids, develops or increases by germination, producing alcoholic fermentation bymeans of enzyms.

What has become of the United States battleship North Dakota? It was replaced by the U. S. S. West Virginia, Dec. 1, 1923. The North Dakota wax rendered incapable of further warlike sendee May 29, 1924. and transferred to unclasped, as a mobile target.

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Undulant Fever Is Virulent Malady

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyifcia, the Health Magazine. IN a survey of the increased incidence of undulant fever, the condition now’ quite definitely associated with contagious abortion in cattle, the British ministry of health has become convinced that the disease actually is increasing in extent and that this is largely due to the spread of the disease among the cattle. Contagious abortion occurs in goats, cattle, sheep, swine, mules, horses, dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats and mice, and cases have been found in even chickens and ducks. It is apparently the disease as it occurs in cattle, however, w’hich primarily is x-elated to undulant fever in man. In cattle, the condition may not produce symptoms sufficient to affect the animal’s general health, al-

Here Are Some Puzzlers and Their Answers

What is the present value of the two and four mark Zeppelin stamp of 1928? The tw’o mark, ultramarine, Zeppelin. German stamp of 1928, is catalogued uncancelled at $1: and the four mark, black, brown stamp is catalogued at $2 uncancelled. No catalogued price is given for these stamps cancelled. Is the solicitor general of the United States a cabinet officer? What are his duties? The officer is not a cabinet position. The solicitor general is the chief legal officer of the United States under the attorney general. Ke has charge of all cases in which the United States is a party before the supreme court, preparing briefs and making arguments in person, wit hthe approval of the attorney general. He also prepares legal opinions for the President and heads

j Times Readers Voice Views

Editor Times—l noticed in last Thursday’s Times that you asked officials of our city just what they thought about the eighteeinu amendment, and I noticed that they gave you the answer. Why not ask che laboring class of people just what they think of it? We think, in fact we know, it has been a failure from. the very beginning, onlyten years ago. We hope it has not long to go. The rich can get a drink when they want it, and good stuff, too. But a poor man. if he can get it at all. has to pay 50 or 60 cents for a drink, and may not live until he gets home. This is what we call "taxation without representation.” Remember the Boston tea party. Is it right for the rich class to be able to get it? Is it right for our senators and congressmen to get it? Then it is right for the poor man to get it. Why, the poor man can't get a good quality, even though his or his loved one's life depends on it. The anti-saloon people used to say that the government pays out to convict criminals ®l6 to every’ SI they received. But now they paymillions and no revenue. No saloons, but more jails, pens and crazyhouses than ever before. Full ones, too. TWO READERS AND TAXPAYERS. Editor The Times—l agree with the old-fashioned mother. The girls and women have taken the place of the men, at least these places not filled by girLs are filled by men from other towns, such as Franklin. Greenwood. Beech Grove and other places. They spend their money In those towns and the men and taxpayers of this city are walking the streets looking for work. A TIMEiS READER.

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though it does prevent the normal birth of the calf. It is the general opinion that cattle infect each other through eating food w’hich has been contaminated by litter in the cow sheds or by eating grass in the meadows contaminated by the products of disease. The germs also are to be found in the milk of an infected cow. Sometimes a cow, which otherwise is quite healthful, but w’hich has become infected with this disease, will secrete milk containing the germs. Apparently the human being becomes infected not only through drinking milk taken from a cow which has had the disease of contagious abortion, but also from handling infected cattle alive or dead. Sometimes farmers send to the slaughter house cows which have

of departments; he directs law officers throughout the country in the performance of their duties; and he may be directed by the attorney general to appear in behalf of the United States in any federal or state court. What is the best way to exterminate bedbugs? The most efficient remedy is to fumigate the house with hydrocyanic acid gas. This penetrates every crevice and has immediate effect. It should only be used by an expert. The fumes of sulphur also are effective as a means of destroying the insect. Corrosive sublimate is also of great value and oil of turpentine may be used. Is it true that first year men are not permitted to play on the varsity football team of the United States military academy? Why was Cagle permitted to play four years? First year men (plebes) are no* permitted to play on the varsity football team of the academy. Cagle, however, is playing his fourth year on the army team, because he entered the academy before the rule was established. Is the coast line of the United States longer than that of the British Isles? The general coast line of the United States is approximately 4,883 statute miles long. The total general coast line of the British Isles is approximatetly 7,100 miles; England and Wales, 1.800 miles; Ireland, 3,000 miles, and Scotland, 2,300 miles. Us Howard university at Washington supported by the federal government? What is its enrollment and who is the president? Howard university, a nonsectarian university supported part by endowment and in part by the United States government. There are 2,268 students, practically all Negroes, of whom 1,700 are in the undergraduate

Hearts and Flowers "His Highness. Sir Cupid, is pleased to invite Your presence at eight on St. Valentine's night." Our Washington Bureau has ready for you a copy of its bull tin on VALENTINE PARTIES, containing many suggestions for invitations, decorations, games and refreshments for a Valentine party. If you are planning such a party you will w-ant a copy of this bulletin. Fill cut the coupon below and send for it. CLIP COUPON HERE VALENTINE PARTY EDITOR, Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis Times. 1322 New York avenue. Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin VALENTINE PARTIES, and inclose herewith 5 cents in coin, or loose, uncanceled United States postage stamps to cover postage and handling costs: NAME STREET AND NUMBER CITY STATE I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times 'Code No.)

become sterile as the result of infection. It is the opinion of the celebrated authority. Dr. Theobald Smith, that the existence of the disease in the United St. es in recent times is due to the infection of cattle with a strain acquired originally from cattle in the middle west. Years ago the famous French physician. Dr. Charles Nicolle, said that Mediterranean fever (malta fever or undulant fever), is in the course of evolution and is tending to become chronic. “It is a malady which, on account of its manifestations and its clironicity, will become one of the commonest and most stubborn diseases.” We continually must remember that diseases change exactly as do man and animals. Apparently the prophecy of Nicolle is being realized.

colleges. Mordecai W, Johnson is president. Is the day getting longer? The United States naval observatory says the length of the day is believed to be increasnig at the rate of something like a thousandth of a second per century. What was the population of the United States in 1860? 31,443,321. What is the theme song of the motion pictuie, “The Duke Steps Out’? “Crossroads.” Did the United States flag ever have ten stripes? Was the number of stripes increased at any time to fifteen? The United States flag never liad ten stripes. Originally it had thirteen stars and thirteen stripes and a star and stripe were added for each new state until there were fifteen or each. It was then found that the addition of a stripe for each state spoiled the appearance of the flag, and the design was reduced to thirteen stripes, and a star was added for each new state. Ts cold a form of energy like heat and sound? Sound, light and heat are forms of energy. Cold is a condition, or sensation, caused by the loss of heat, Which will fall faster in a vacuum, a coin or a feather? Both will fall at the same speed, because there is no air resistance and gravity acts on both alike. Where are the largest and smallest frogs found? The largest species of frogs are natvies of Africa and weigh about ten pounds. The smallest species is found in Cuba, and is so small that it equals three grains of wheat in weight.

.JAN. 24, 1930

SCIENCE —By DAVID DIETZ —

"Painting With Light'* Is Innovation Whirh Map Revolutionize Interior Deeorating. ANEW phase of illuminating engineering, interior decorating and art was inaugurated recently with the opening of the new ballroom in the St George hotel in Brooklyn. N. Y. A group of scientists. engineers and decorators attended the demonstration at the invitation of the Illuminating Engineering Society. The ballroom, one of the largest in the country, has 9.500 feet of floor space. The ceiling is 29 feet 6 inches high. The room has no windows and no visible lighting fixture. The entire room, walls and ceiling, is painted a flat white. The new lighting system, deviled by the National Lamp Works of the General Electric Company, has been christened “colorama,” or “painting with light.” The ballroom can be made a cool light green for luncheon, white ar.d amber for an afternoon bridge, or deep rose for an evening banquet. Any other color of the rainbow, or any combination of colors, for that matter, can be furnished upon a moment’s notice to suit the committee on arrangements. If a color scheme, which charge* ever five minutes, is wanted, that can be furnished as easily. ft ts P Patterns THE lighting scheme Is made possible by the use of thousands of electric lights concealed around the walls in a series of coves and flutes. These lamps range from fifty-watt to 1.000-watt lamps. The lamps are equipped with color filters of red, green and blue. Despite the fact that only three colors are used, it is possible through a control of the intensity of the various colors to produce thousands of shades of gray, orange, yellow, purple and cerise as well as the pastel shades of red, blue, green, yellow and purple. By dimming one set of lights and gradually turning on another set, it is possible to make one shade gradually fade into another. The lights so are arranged that patterns of various colors can be thrown upon the walls. A huge control board contains more than 500 control buttons. These, however, are operated automatically when desired, so that a constant shifting or fading of one pattern into another can be obtained. The installation cost 5150.000. The The engineers in charge, however, point to the fact that the ballroom does not have any decorations on the wails and does not have any of the familiar sorts of lighting fixtures. They say that this resulted in a saving of at least $150,000, if not more. Asa result, they are of the opinion that the new lighting method can claim the virture of economy as well as beauty and originality. an a History IT is interesting to note how slow the world of art has been to take advantage of the mobility and the fluidity of electric lighting. The first, electric lights merely were attached to gas fixtures already in place. Later, houses were equipped with combination electric and gas fixtures, so that the householder could fall back upon the gag if the new-fangled electric lights went out, Gradually, trust was placed in the electric light, but the fixture continued to occupy its old place, dangling from the ceiling in the center of the room. A few more years and electric lighting broke away frern the influence of gas lighting, but only to recede still farther into the past. It became the vogue to imitate kerosene lamps and candlesticks. It is only within the last few years that decorators have turned boldly to the designing of electric light fixtures based solely on the possibilities of the medium without regard for the past. Perhaps the use of flood-lighting in theaters and also outdoors for the flood-lighting of skyscrapers and public monuments, has had much to do with recent developments in interior decorating. It is interesting to speculate what house lighting may become once decorators get up enough courage to pioneer.

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UNION ARSENAL SEIZED Jan. 24 ON Jan. 24, 1861, the state of Georgia authorized the seizure of the federal arsenal at Augusta and also Forts Pulaski and Jackson This action, following closely that state’s vote for secession, was one of the important events which foreshadowed the Civil war. Coincident with this belligerent gesture on the part of the Georgians came the seizure of important federal properties in other southern states. The federal arsenals at Charleston, S. C.; Mobile, Ala., and Baton Rouge, La., all heavily garrisoned, were among the principal Union possessions to fall into the clutches of the Secessionists. So it came to pass that before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated, the southern states had captured i most of the thirty defensive forti- ' fications in their territory. The forts, with 3.000 guns they were estimated to contain, represented a $20,000,000 seizure. This date in history also commemorates the ordering of the battleship Maine to Cuba, after public feeling in the United States was aroused by | the terrible state of suffering in Cuba resulting from Spanish methods of dealing with the insurrec- ■ tion there. Where are the Unknown Soldier* of England and Frarre buried. In Westminister Abbey. T/cndon. "’Tvrlanl and in Arc de Tfiomphe, l aris, France.