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A Real Anniversary This city has many anniversaries which it celebrates in pride and thankfulness, the birthdays of those who served the nation and humanity well, of soldiers and of statesmen who won glory and gratitude, of poets who wrote songs that, are immortal, authors whose messages remain for the ages. Today is a different sort of an anniversary. It is the birthday anniversary of an idea which became an impulse; an impulse that became a great movement. On the evening of Feb. 7, 1904, the English opera house was crowded. Those who assembled belonged to the lodge ol Eagles. The speaker was a young professor from Notre Dame, notable chiefly as being the first Protestant to hold such a position in that university. Otto De Luse had found him at South Bend and been impressed by his oratorical charm. He did not suspect that the event was to make history. It was on that night that Frank E. Hering, in a burst of oratory, traced all the goodness of men to mother love, all the advancement of civilization to the sacrifices of motherhood, all the hopes of the future to the influence of mothers. He urged that in every Eagles lodge one day be set aside each year in which men would remember their mothers and in that memory, lift themselves from sordid thought to higher planes of action. The idea caught and held attention. It was an appeal to something fundamental. It tapped the wells of all inspiration. So it happened that in many Eagles lodges long before Mother’s day became a national institution, programs each year were held to honor the mothers of men. The idea that found expression in the English theater had become a movement. When, a few years ago, the American War Mothers became interested in tracing the origin of this national anniversary, they searched the records. Others claimed recognition to this honor. But the \\ ar Mothers, one of the few bodies chartered by congress, decided that Frank E. Bering was the real “father of Mother’s day.” Last fall they sent a committee to his home in South Bend to pin upon his breast their medal of honor, awarded to but three others, all from military life. His is the only award to a civilian. An idea once started, does not die. It grows. Out of it, almost as a coiollary, came the national crusade by the Eagles for old age pensions, a crusade that has resulted in such laws in several states and seems fated to become a law, sooner or later, in all states. Without Mother’s day, and the sentiment ti brings to the surface in men’s hearts, the old age pension movement might never have appeared. From that same Mother’s day, there can be predicted other movements that will seek to soften the burden of sacrifice, that will remove the menace of heartbreak and woe, that will rob motherhood of much of its sorrow and leave it only its glory. It is well to remember anniversaries, especially of imperishable ideas. It is also well for Indianapolis to remember, in pride, that with her other contributions to progress and civilization, it furnished the birthplace for a great idea from which has come better things for all. Will Wv Welsh Again? While aU eyes are o* the London naval conference, •o far as international .iff airs are concerned, an issue Is being decided, without publicity, in Washington which may be even a greater test of American good faith than naval reduction. That issue is ratification of the Pan-American arbitration treaty. After a year's delay the treaty is not even out of the foreign relations committee. There, efforts are being made to make it worthless by the familiar device of nullifying amendments and reservations. The heart of the treaty is its compulsory feature. Reservations proposed by a group of die-hards, led by Senator Swanson of Virginia, are of three kinds: One reservation would change the arbitration court of five justices to give it a non-Pan-American character. The opposition senators are not willing that four Latin-Americans sit with one citizen of the United States. They want to cut down the number of Latin-American judges by bringing in European judges. They don’t trust the Latin-Americans. which is rather a strange attitude with which to approach the problem of peaceful relations with our neighbors, to say nothing of the special insult to Latin-Americans involved in such an amendment. And what an absurd light such an amendment would throw on the Monroe doctrine, which the same senators so often try to use to the selfish aggrandizement of the United States! The theory of the Monroe doctrine is the protection of the western hemisphere against the European wiles of an earlier day. The new theory of the senate treaty opponents seems to be that the poor little United States must rely upon Europeans to protect ua against threatened Injustices from the Latin-American countries. Merely to state such an absurd proposition is sufficient answer. A second and more important amendment would prevent any dispute from going to arbitration, until the senate had given its specific consent in such case.

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This is the idea of Senator Walsh of Montana and others. It is not new. It has been used by the senate for many decades to destroy arbitration treaties. Obviously, the sole purpose and gain from any international treaty is that the signatory nations commit themselves to something in advance, to something that will regularize relations and preserve peace. To give the senate power to pass upon the merits of each dispute as it arises, in the heat of nationalistic feeling and partisan pressure, would almost invariably prevent any arbitration. The third proposed amendment, offer*! by Swanson, is the worst. It provides that obligatory arbitration “shall not apply to treaties and conventions antedating the ratification of the said treaty nor to acts, occurrences or situations which had their origin prior to such ratification.” Since all “situations,’’ which can arise in the future, have “had their origin” prior to 1930 or can be so interpreted, the United States could use this reservation to prevent arbitration of any dispute, anywhere, any time. It not only would protect us from embarrassment in our habit of violating Haitian and Nicaraguan sovereignity, but would let us extend our marine rule all over South America without arbitral check or hindrance. The United States has the worst arbitration record of any civilized nation. Our record is especially bad in this hemisphere because we killed the Central American court when we lost a case. The senate opponents are correct In believing that Latin Americans do not trust our good faith. But the remedy is not to prove again that we are untrustworthy by making a bitter joke of this arbitration treaty signed in good faith by the United States and nineteen other American republics. The remedy is to ratify that treaty in good faith. Ortiz Rubio Escapes Americans join with President Hoover In congratulating Ortiz Rubio in escaping assassination two hours after his inauguration as president of Mexico. There Is a fundamental feeling of friendship in this country for Mexico. It existed to stay the hands of the Coolidge administration when intervention was planned. It exists today, no less alive now r that the Washington government happily reflects that attitude of co-operation toward the southern neighbor. More than anything else, the American government and people now desire peace for Mexico, They welcomed the peaceful transition from the Calles-Gil to the Ortiz Rubio administration, and the continuity of constructive policy which that implied. That explains the sincere consternation in Washington, and elsewhere in this country, over the first dispatches of the attempted assassination in Mexico City. It explains the great relief when later news brought assurance that the president had been wounded only slightly. Doubtless Ortiz Rubio’s humane wisdom can be trusted to prevent the kind of mistaken patriotic excesses and retaliation which sometimes shake a country frightened by one demented terrorist. A newspaper man must be prepared for any emergency, says a magazine writer. Even for the selfmade man to admit that it was pure luck that he won success. Free Turkish baths are offered by a New York concern. You can get the same effect, however, in a football argument. Bagpipes are really of French origin, says an historian. You can’t blame the Scotch for everything.

REASON

PRESIDENT HOOVER, is entitled to the thanks* of the country for declining a special disoensation by the Virginia legislature which would entitle him to fish when others can not. People will have no respect for laws, so long as the mighty are exempted from their provisions and it is great to have the President declare for the oldfashioned idea of the equality of all men before the law. a a a Einstein, the noted scientist, advises the youth of today how to choose a career. The best general advice that can be given in this matter is for youth to think it over deliberately, then select a business and stay with it. Most of us go through life, blown from one thing to another by the winds of chance and most of us, looking backward, see that the past is a zigzag trail. a a o IT isn't much of a shock to have this witness before Caraway’s senatorial investigating committee introduce a New York booking agent’s circular, showing that thirteen senators and half a dozen representatives are available for speeches, inasmuch as statesmen long have been accustomed to sell thousands of cubic feet of hot air. There’s nothing dishonest about this but we would say that Caraway was a little high to ask S3OO for an evening’s joy. ana Cuba Is now letting French champaigne come In duty free and looks forward to a record-breaking business with American tourists. Certainly we have done our duty toward that little republic, our army having made her free and our prohibition law having made her prosperous. a a a The high tide of impudence has been reached by Chicago politicians, who, after draining the city treasury, object to the desires of the citizens to supervise the expenditure of the emergency fund which they have raised to pull Chicago through her financial crisis. Chicago should profit from her own agony and Cincinnati's great improvement under a city manager, and adopt that form of government. a a a TH-rIT was a pathetic note sounded by Marion Simatri, World war hero of Boston, who, after tramping the streets for days, vainly seeking employment. offered to trade his distinguished service cross for something to eat. Tliis country owes its heroes a chance to make a living, but thousands of them have learned that gratitude ended wuth the war. a a a Attorney-General Mitchell is eternally right in saying that no man who does not believe in prohibition, or who drinks liquor, shall be intrusted with the enforcement of the prohibition law. It is the greatest step yet taken tow r ard wiping out hypocrisy in dry law enforcement and all who hate hypocrites, be they wet or dry. should applaud the attomey-generaL a a a The National Association of Merchant Tailors tells the land that the proper attire for morning consists of white spats, striped trousers, white vest, cutaway coat, high collar with wings and plug hat. This is going to make a lot of us stay in the house.

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M. E. Tracy SAYS:

People of Chicago Now Are Paying the Fiddler and They Have No One to Thank hut Themselves. THE Philadelphia board of education rejects the idea of releasing children from school one hour each week for religious instruction. That is as it should be. Children have plenty of time for such instruction, outside of school, and school suffers from plenty of outside interference, without this added distraction. Why should we pass laws compelling children to attend school, raise money to provide the necessary equipment and then excuse them for any purpose while the plant is running? Besides, the principle of separation of church and state is of some importance. We hardly could hope to maintain it if the schools were to become mobilizing cantonments for various sects and denominations. M tt tt Another misguided youth sets out to save his country by shooting the head of its government. Thanks to his poor marksmanship, Ortiz Rubio still lives. Doubtless, he Imagines that is the only reason why he failed. If he stopped to think, he would know better, but if he were that kind, he would not have done it. If he were that kind, he would have remembered that the young man who killed Obregon accomplished nothing, except to get himself executed. m n n It's More Important BUT why waste time moralizing about Mexico, with Chicago on our hands? Chicago stands forth as the world’s most shining example of the impotence of assassination. Not that murder is without demoralizing effect, but that those who believe that nations, or even communities can be terrorized by it are the most mistaken people in the world. Asa matter of fact, Chicago will find it much easier to live down the gang killings than the insolvency brought on by an incompetent administration. • m tt Chicago has continued to flourish, in spite of the beer war, the machine guns, and the apparent breakdown of law enforcement. Few people stayed away from the town on that account, and fewer still moved away. But this inability to pay municipal employes, especially school teachers; this desperate effort to hock tax warrants; this admission of a floating debt which could not be wiped out in three years, even if all the taxes were used for that purpose, is likely to have a more discouraging effect. a m tt On Their Heads ONE can not help recalling how nonchalantly the people of Chicago elected Big Bill Thompson, because they found his ribald speeches and particularly his cage of white rats amusing, or what a great hit he made with them when he started out to “Americanize” the schools. Neither can onp escape the conclusion that if they had paid a little more attention to the business end of politics, and a little less to the nonsense, they would be better off today. What a hilarious time they had reading those school histories with, an eye to “pro-British propaganda,” and ousting an efficient superintendent for no reason in the world, except rotten politics. Now they’re paying the fiddler, and they have no one to thank for the privilege but themselves. * tt n Democracy is a wonderful insti- : tution, provided people stay with j it. Otherwise, it is no better, than : the worst form of government. What does the right to vote amount to, unless it is exercised intelligently, or the right of free speech? The trouble with most of us is that we put too much faith in system, but no system ever was invented. or ever will be, that works without continuous effort. Not That Way THE assassin who thinks he can revolutionize society with a gun, the citizen of a republic who thinks his country is safe because he has the right to vote, and the statesman who thinks he can bring about universal peace by negotiating a treaty, are the victims of superstition. Things, especially big things, simply are not done that way. First, it is necessary to create the right kind of an attitude, not on the part of a few individuals, but of the public as a whole. The kind of governments In which we believe, the kind of reforms we would like to see, the opinions we entertain with regard to morality, economics and international relations, are measurably the product of age-old instruction. The present-day world was made not only in the homes, school rooms and churches of a hundred generations, but on street corners, at the back of neighborhood groceries and everywhere else that people gathered for discussion. What is more important, the future world will be made the same way. What cities of the United States have populations of 1,000,000 or more? New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland and Los Angeles. If a man entered the United States twenty-two years ago and has lived in this country continuously and unmolested since his entry is he still subject to deportation? No. Where In the Bible Is the quotation. “Cast thy bread upon the waters for thou shalt find it after many days?” Ecclesiastes 11 :L

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Violet Ray Cures Still in Doubt

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN, Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hysreia, the Health Magazine. AGAIN and again claims are made in advertising and in other ways that radiation w T ith carbon arcs and quartz mercury vapor lamps benefits the general condition and helps the human being resist infection. Within the past few years, scientific investigators have been making more and more experiments in an endeavor definitely to establish or disprove this claim. The experiments thus far made on animals have not been such as to convince the observers that ultraviolet radiation is useful as a general agent of treatment in infec-

IT SEEMS TO ME

ICAN not share In the general enthusiasm over the appointment of Charles Evan Hughes as chief justice of the supreme court. President Hoover is not a liberal, and it would be asking too much to expect him to choose someone who might be counted upon to strengthen the eloquent dissents of Holmes and Brandeis and Stone. But even from the standpoint of conservative opinion, the appointment is unfortunate. Hughes did a radical thing -when he resigned from the supreme bench to run for President. He was hai ily criticised at the time by those who felt that there should be something of monasticism about our highest court. It seemed to me legitimate for Hughes to quit, but I think it is a mistake to put him back again. u tt tt Amusing THE situation grows a little comic. Is the supreme court to be a sort of revolving door? How many legs does the court have to win before it gets permanent possession of Hughes? Rather more serious is the position of Hughes in respect to public utilities. I do not believe that a lawyer should refuse all cases except those in whicn his personal convictions are enlisted. It was quite possible to make a good argument in favor of an increased fare for the subway. As it happened, that drawn up by Hughes was not good enough. But, good or bad, the position of counsel for the I. R. T. enlists an individual against the public interests. If a rehearing of any phase of that case comes before the court, I assume that Hughes will not sit. Still, his status as chief justice can not fail to exert a subtle influence over the deliberations of his associates. s m * New Play POSSIBLY this protest will be met with the familiar complaint, “Oh, you’re against everything.” I’m not. I’m distinctly for Donald Ogden Stewart’s new play, called “Rebound.” This is the best light comedy written by anybody hereabouts in ten or twenty years. And it’s not so light, either. The fairly general failure of the dramatic critics to recognize the qualities of “Rebound,” reflects our national incompetence to understand the meaning of the word “light.” “It is taken to be a synonym for “easy.” Phrases such as “light verse,” “light comedy,” and “light essays” are used as terms of re* proach. One might think that we were a nation of weight-lifters. Most curious of all is the objection to Stewart's play voiced by Arthur Ruhl of the Herald-Tribune. “The essence of Stewart’s special brand of sophisticated humor is that his Jokes do not carry labels or signs pointing in their direction. “Thus, for example, last evening, when Miss Williams was saying

tious diseases, and they are not at all convinced that it is capable of increasing the natural resistance to disease in normal people. Such controlled experiments as have been conducted on human beings indicate that radiation treatment did not have any definite effect in reducing the incidence of coughs and colds. Apparently the chief effect of the radiation was to aid growth of the body, and particularly to prevent rickets. It has been thought that the use of the light on wounds would aid their healing and a good deal of work has been done in this direction. A recent review of the available evidence by Dr. E. M. Clausen points

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goodby to the young man with whom she was more or less in love, and who was about to leave for Paris, she suddenly lapsed into the theatrical clinches of the routine South Sea Island maiden, saying goodby to her handsome, white sailor—this sort of thing when done as Miss Williams and others do it, can be very funny. But it means that the spectator is always watching his step.” tt a m Shakespeare BUT this device which perturbed Ruhl so much is neither essentially sophisticated nor the exclusive property of Stewart. Dr. Freud has identified it and supplied the label of “defensive mechanism.” Os course, it’s much older than that. Is it so soon forgotten that Mercutio used his last dying gasp to utter an indifferent pun? And I assure Ruhl that it is neither funny in intent nor effect to one who watches warily. Beyond the borders of New York, where the newspaper reviewers are slower than our local pundits by possibly a split second, it was said that the first two acts of “Rebound” were amusing enough, but that the last act turned serious, which was

-TCOAyhMTH'eH AMil

DICKENS’ BIRTH Feb. 7 ON Feb. 7, 1812, Charles Dickens. English novelist, was born at Landport, England. The Dickens family was so poor that the father was jailed for a debt, and the family went to live with him in prison. By a fortunate legacy received soon after the incarceration, Charles was enabled to attend private schools. His education, however, was not a thorough one, and he gained most of his learning by home reading and by contact with life itself. After a period of reporting in the courts and in the house of commons Dickens began in the Monthly Magazine a series of essays and tales, collected and published in 1836 under the title “Sketches by Boz.” The success of this venture encouraged Dickens to write further. Some cf his most famous works are: “Oliver Twist,” “Nicholas Nickleby,” “Tale of Two Cities,” “A Christmas Carol,” “Pickwick Papers,” "Great Expectations,” and “David Copperfield.” In “Oliver Twist,” Dickens exposed the workhouses and city conditions which led children of the poor into crime. “In Nicholas Nickleby,” the author aimed at the wrongs and cruelties inflicted by cheap schoolmasters on their pupils. Both these books are among the first of the social novels in modern literature.

out that the claims for specific curative effect of radiation on wounds can not be regarded as proved, but that, the good results reported can not be disregarded. It must be remembered that our knowledge of methods of producing ultra-violet rays artificially is quite recent and that the scientific work as to its value for various conditions must be repeated on a large scale over many years before a certain answer can be given as to just how important artificial radiation may be for the improvement of human health and life. The questions of dosage have not been absolutely established. There are all sorts of apparatus on the market and one must keep in mind the value of different types of apparatus in evaluating the results.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most interesting writers and are presented without rerard to their azreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

an offense against the rule that the dramatist must not suddenly change the mood. Asa matter of fact, Stewart brings his comedy to the edge of tragedy about as abruptly as a glacier. For years I have been hoping to see a play in which two, characters sat down and were forced to talk of indifferent subjects, while all the time one of them was impelled inside to scream or cry out because of some internal foment. And it is most poignant when she does not cry out. tt tt H Haunting STEWART has written such a scene. It has a haunting nightmare quality. Moreover, the scene enlists an excellent performance by Hope Williams and a superb one on the part of Walter Walker. A girl is waiting for a telephone call from the man she loves, and he does not call. She has to sit and wait, and talk of water pitchers. Even though there are no labels, I can assure the critics that it isn’t funny. But I was surprised by the performance of Robert Williams in the last act. You can sprint up and down Broadway and see nothing as emotionally punishing as this young actor’s big scene. I am speaking of Stewart’s “light comedy.” I remember the excitement and the hat-tossing some years ago, when “Beyond the Horizon,” Eugene G'Neill’s first long play, struck Broadway. “Rebound” Is also a first play, and more sensitive and moving than “Beyond the Horizon.” Why critics! (Copyright. 1930. by The Times)

Daily Thought

Trust not in lying words.—Jeremiah 7:4. a tt a Liars are the cause of all the sins and crimes in the world.—Epictetus

Times Readers Voice Views

Editor Times—l would like to say a few things for a cleaner and better city. We should have a free dumping grounds for tin cans, glass, ashes, old auto parts and other things, not counting garbage. As I understand it, if a man has a load of trash to dispose of he has to pay to dump it in one of our city dumps. Some, rather than pay, dump it along the highways, which doesn’t look very attractive coming Into the city. I can show you lots of such trash, even along Kessler boulevard. Then the fruit dealers have a negligent way of getting rid of their banana stocks. They hook the old stocks on the back of their truck, and as they ride along they become unfastened and are scattered all over the city. We have an ordinance that says all weeds must be cut on vacant

FEB. 7, 1930

SCIENCE By DAVID DIETZ

Science Gets Sorely Needed Funds to Wage War on Cancer; $210,000 Is Donated. NEW ammunition in the war against the dread disease of cancer has been furnished in an anonymous gift of $210,000 to the cancer research fund of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. Receipts of the gift was announced by Dr. Josialt H. Pennlman, provost of the university. Equipment of anew cancer clinic is planned as a result. Because of the strange nature of cancer, medical authorities have felt that the disease could be attacked successfully only through a joint offensive, representing the forces of physics and chemistry as well as biology and medicine. This is because a cancer, as nearly as now can be ascertained, sents an abnormal condition in which cells of the body begin to grow wild and without restraint. At the same time, certain important changes begin to take place in the cells themselves. “It has been realized for some time that progress in cancer research work depends upon association of the physician, the biologist, and the chemist and upon the close co-operation of related clinics and laboratories," Dr. Penniman said in announcing the gift. “Today, as a result of the generous support which lias just been given us, we have been placed in a position to carry on the cancer research work along these broad cooperative lines to an extent which heretofore was impossible.” * a tt Clinic PLANS for research work in association with the Bartol Research Foundation of the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, one of the great physical research institutions of the nation, are being worked out, Dr. Penniman announced. Research work is also to be carried out in association with the American Oncological hospital of Philadelphia. This hospital is devoted exclusively to the treatment, of tumors and cancers. (Oncology is the technical name for the study of tumors.) “Plans are being developed for the equipment of anew clinic for modern diagnosis and treatment of tumors in the American Oncological hospital, and Dr. George M. Dorrance, professor of maxillo-facial surgery in the school of dentistry of the university, has been appointed chief of the clinic,” Dr. Penniman said. “Dr. Dorrance Is assembling a group of specialists of the highest type to serve on the clinic staff, and the American Oncological hospital will be developed gradually into an anti-cancer center of the most complete character. “Central laboratories of the Cancer Research Fund have been established and here a complete tissue culture department is under the direction of Dr. Charles E. McClung of the University of Pennsylvania, and Professor David H. Tennet of Bryn Mawr college. "Professor J. P. M. Volgeller of the University of Leyden. Holland, and Dr. Raymond Wilhelm Institute of Biology of Berlin, also have been added to the staff of the tissue culture department. "It. is planned to add eight other research workers to this department.” tt tt tt Research DR. PENNIMAN also states that the central laboratories have an experimental animal cancer department under the direction of Dr. Shigemitsu Itami, who has had ten years' experience at the Crocker Cancer Institute of New York and four years with the British Empire cancer campaign of London. “Research work in radiation and other physical aspects of cancer is being carried on in the central laboratories in collaboration with the Bartol Institute,” Dr. Penniman continued. “For this purpose, the Cancer Research Fund is maintaining two physicists, two chemists and a scientific secretary. “At the Philadelphia General Hospital, the Cancer Research Fund has had for some time a research laboratory for the study of the biochemistry of the blood before and after radiation of patients. “This laboratory works in conjunction with the cancer clinic of the Philadelphia General Hospital and has a staff of three chemists, one immunologist, one physician and one voluntary worker. “In addition to maintaining the laboratories which I have mentioned, the Cancer Research Fund has made a number of grants for investigation to be carried on by research workers in collaboration with the work of the fund.” The Cancer Research Fund is controlled by an executive committee consisting of Professor Ellice McDonald of the Graduate Medical School, Dr. George H. Meeker, dean of the school, and Professor W. F. G. Swann, director of the Barto! Research Foundation. Dr. McDonald is director of the cancer research carried on by the fund.

lots. Maybe that does not mean in our part of the city, east of the polo grounds to Keystone avenue and north to Fifty-second street. Another thing, we certainly have more than our share of stray dogs, which no one claims or pays taxed one. And last, but needed most, why can’t we And a way to relieve a congested condition, to get rid of the wholesale fruit and vegetable warehouses on Delaware street, Just south of Washington? The warehouses seem to be kept clean enough, but the big trucks that unload and load block the streets. P. S. THOMAS. 4450 Baltimore avenue. What is the address of the philatelic agency of the United States postoffice? United States Philatelic Agency, Postofflce Department, Washington.