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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-29
TRIMS LEWIS,
CONVENTION IS TOLD

"We hear from the coal miners attending
convention chairman of the Saturday
the Workers Communs Party nominating announced But Jim
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-29
Especial to the Daily Worker)

Especial TO the Daily Worker
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, May 28-Despte of
Murdoch Be strike leaders, heading
of
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Up to the H. of r.

Decision on the Boulder Dam project no. rests
with the House of Representatives, where it belongs
rather than with the small and autocratic rules COM
mittee.
1t is well for representative government that the
verdict is to be rendered by all the Representatives
instead of a few
But it is yet to be determined whom the Repre-
sentatives represent.
Some of them will speak for the power industry
This great organzao in recent years has been mold
ing the minds of school children to its point of view
Congressman are adults and presumably less easy
mold But the attempt being made, nevertheless
There has come to be just great issue in the
Muscle Shoals and Boulder Dam fights. This is the
effort of the power interests to prevent the Federal
Government from transactng its business
The Government has an investment at Muscle
Shoals from which it can derive great profit by fur
ther development.
1t isfaced with the necessity of controlling Colo
RADIO River floods either at dead loss or by means
of a sef-supporting project
Neither development will interfere with legitimate
business. Both bills should be passed
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example the amount which the needle points away
from the true north is slowly getting greater from
year to year.
For these reasons an intensive study of the earths
magnetic field was undertaken by the department
of terrestrial magnetism of the Carnegie Institution
of Washington. This led to the building in 1909
of a magnetic ship, the Carnegie, for charting
variations of the compass. This ship has made six
long cruises of the Of the world The seventh
began May l.
During one cruise the Carnegie made complete
tour of the antarctic ice fields. That cruise ex-
tremey hazardous, but no more so than many of the
hazards which the Carnegie has successfully met.
The department of terrestrial magnetism has also
sent out many land expeditions to make accurate
studies of the earths magnetic field. This has been
done in order that worldwide charts could be pre-
pared.
These expeditions have visited every corner of the
world. Among the more notable ones was complete
crossing of the Sahara from Algeria to Nigeria; a
caravan trip from Pekin to TuTkkeStan and across
the Hialayas to India the crossing of Central Aus
traa; the crossing of equatorial Africa; and exped
lions to Central and South America and to Asia
Minor and Persia.
Adventure is still alive! These expeditions have
proved it. The old explorers who sought mythical
kingdoms, gold mines and fountains Of youth are
gone. But these modern knights of science sarry
in their place to the benefit OF the whole word.~V
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18
$4,000 Friendship

While all men want money, it Is
refreshing to learn that some are
willing to part with a good deal for
no other reason than Friendships
sake.
William F. Kenny, who, accord
ing to George Van Nance, gave
$4,000 to the Smith campaign and
loaned the committee $4,000, says
there was no loan involved; that he
not only gave the entire $4,000 but
stands ready to give to the limit of
Instability; that there are no strings
to it, and that Smith can have what
he wants.
William Todd, the shipbuilder;
Herbert Lehman, capitalist, and
James J. Riordan, president of the
New York County Trust Company,
expressed similar feelings with re-
gard to what they have already
contributed to the Smith campaign
and what they would contribute if
necessary.
Such generosity is delightful, but,
like everything else, generosity can
be carried too far.
BY itself, friendship, especially the
kind that dates from childhood and
lasts through thick and thin, is the
most beautiful relation in life, but
it ceases to be by itself when mixed
in politics or business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18
The Human Riddle

The mind, whether animal or
Imam, is the hardest riddle yet
tackled by man.
Though responsible for science, it
dehes science, and though able to
define and classify other things, it
is still unable to define and clas-
sify itself.
There is an obvious difference
between instinct and reason, but
where does one end and the other
begin?
In the same way there is an OBJ
vious difference between mechanical
an imaginative processes, but who
can say which is which?
An adding machines not a book
keeper. though it can be made to
compute a column of figures with
equal accuracy; neither does a
trained flea bear much intellectual
resemblance to the man who trained
it, though it can jump farther in
proportion to its size.
Adding machines and trained
fleas are wonderful only because
they prove what men can do, and
because they can be translated into
money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18
China. and War OutlaWrY

There was nothing at all surprising about the
unanimous backing the British House of Lords voted
the Kellogg plan to outlaw war,
The only astonishing thing about London's atti-
tude in the matter is why the Baldwin government
does not literally jump at the chance to sign on the
dotted line.
Just as at washington in 1922 when he scrapped
lot of fine batleships and the other nations present
scrapped comparatively nothing, under the proposed
kellogg treaty would scrap two major policies
the Monroe doctrine and the open dorwhereas it is
difficult t see where any of the other powers would
scrap anything of benefit to us.
Take what is now happening in China for exam
pie Under the Kellogg scheme to outlaw war; Japan
might swallow not only the province of Shantung
and Manchuria but all North China in the bargain
and we would be pledged in advance to do nothing
beyond offering a paper or verbal protest. Which,
under the circumstances, would be worth exactly
nothing
Europe and Japan long have envisaged the parii-
ton of China Under the kellogg treaty they could
proceed with it, knowing when they started that the
United States, the one great power which has con-
sistently opposed partition had its hands tied and
could do nothing. The open door in China safely
could be banged shut in our faces.
Similarly, any of the twenty republics of Latin
America could be reconquered and reannexed by the
great powers Of Europe-or by Japan-and we would
be equally helpless. The Monroe doctrine no longer
would mean anything.
True, as Secretary kellogg says, parties to
the treaty still would be free to fight in sefdefense
And he explains, each nation would be sole judge of
when a war in self-defense became necessary.
We might decide, therefore, that the violation of
the Monroe doctrine the open door constituted,
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a national menace and so begin war of sef-defense
but in what way would that differ from the present
system-or the past
Did not Germany and Austria plead self-defense
in 1914 just as loudly did England and France
We a-e living in practical world and it will take
a practical plan to make it behave Outlawing war
will do little good if strong and selfish nation knows
in advance that nothing will happen to it if it goes
to to get what it wants.
The most important part of crime outlawry is a
bang-up enforcement branch to make law-breakng
Improbable
Until the world hits upon some such practical
scheme that China will be safer even with things
they are and the little Latin American republics
will be safer than they would be under the Kellogg
plan as it stands
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18
Exploiting the Public

Though content with a fiat earth.
the people of Zion City do not want
to be fiat broke, and while Wilbur
Glenn Votiva is touring the world
to prove the former, they are ask
ing the court to preserve them from
the latter. According to their idea,
it is just as bad to mix religion as
friendship with business.
They declare that John Alexander
Dowie, who founded their sect and
city, intended that the church and
all its property should be used for
religious purposes, but that MIR
Votiva, and his associates are TAX
ing the property and transferring
it for personal gain.
This is just another case Of peo-
pie allowing themselves to be led
around by the nose in moment
of ardor only to find that they have
been fooled and exploited.
Zion City goes the way of Brook
Farm, the Shakers, the House of
David and all similar communities
Communism, or even near COM
munism may sound we'll in theory
but no group of people has been
able to practice it for more than
four or five generations,
The prophet and politician can
afford to preach communism be-
cause the duties and privileges of
leadership not only relieve them
from the sacrifices it involves, but
enable them to live on the fat of
the land.
Measured by human experience,
communism is just another method
of persuading a<lot of foolish peo-
pie to pool their property for the
benefit of slick artists.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18
Andy Gump in Person

Herr Kreiger wants million dol
lars for his formula and David A..
Hoag Of Canandaigua, N. Y, wants
similar sum. because. as he al
leges, he is the original Andy
Gump."
He had an operation on his Jaw.
he says, just before Sydney Smith
started the Andy Gump series in
The Chicago Tribune, and the facial
result gave the cartoonist his idea
He also says that Uncle BIN" is
a replica of a relative and that
Min" and Chester" are taken from
other members of the Hoag family.
Even if all this is admitted, why
should Mr.. Hoag want a million
dollars? There are some folks who
would give their shirts to be known
as the original Andy Gump, and who
would consider it good advertising,
if not real tribute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18

A LONDON professor claims to
IA have trained a flea to answer
questions by tapping on its head
with its legs-one tap for yes" and
two taps for no" Such an achieve
ment proves the professors ability
rather than the flea's.
Georgia Strickland Gates, profess
sor of psychology at Barnard Col
lege, after making a thorough study
of cats, says they can learn, but
cannot reason.
Herr Samuel Kreiger, a genius
from overseas, astonishes the
mathematical high lights of Co
lumbia University not only by null
tiplying and dividing stupendous
sums, but by finding logs and anti
logs in a matter of seconds.
He says he does it by formula
which he has come here to sell for
$1,000
His proposition would be more In
teresting from a commercial stand
point if another wizard had not in
vented a mechanical device which
performs similar stunts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION -
Bruno GiUeS Philosophy to World
CIVILIZATION
Written for Tke Wines bn WiN Durant

as a prison that restricts his
liberty. a viscious substance that
clogs his wings, a chain that
letters his hands. q log that holds
fast his feet or veil that clouds
his sight.
Wherefore if we shall follow the
true morality and The right path,
we shall be magnanimous dis
pisers of those thi which childish
thinkers esteem, and shall become
truly greater than the gods which
the blind crowd adores, because
we shall become true contem-
pIators Of history, which is written
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in ourselves, and true executors of
the divine laws, which are hidden
in the center Of our hearts.
1t is good philosophy, confused as
if made in the chaos of travel, but
containing many seeds that will
sprout to fruition in Spinoza and
Hegel. 1t bears the sign of its time
upon it, and speaks perhaps too
scornfully of the body whose growth
and harmony and fullfilment are
the essence Of man; it is a medieval
vestige, and mirrors the struggle of
Bruno to master the flesh.
ITO Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18
Questions and AnS1Oe1:S

breweries, distilleries, sawmills and
oil mills
What is the depth of the Atlantic
Ocean?
The depth of the main body of
the Atlantic Ocean varies between
10000 and 1900 feet; $4,000 may
be considered the average depth.
Who was the first American to
fight in the World War?
On the day that Great Britain
declared war on Germany, c.. 6.
Jarrett later captain in the British
army, sailed from New York. He
enlisted and on Aug. IS, 1914, was
actually in the trenches. He spent
the four years of the war on the
western front.
On what day of the week did
June 6, 1912, fall?
Thursday.
To what organization or official
should go for information as to
the reliability of a business con-
Germ?
The Better Business Bureau OF
the city in which the concern is
located will be able to help you in
such matters.
What is the difference between
the meaning Of effect" and "af-
fect?"
Effect" means accomplish. "Af-
feet" means to influence.
Who played the part of Rev. Mr..
Dimmesdale in the picture THE
Scarlet letter."
Lars Hanson, a Swedish actor.
What is whey?
The thin sweet watery part of
milk after separation from the curd.
To whom is the phrase Honesty
is the best policy" attributed?
Cervantes in Don Quixote."
Should the bill and claws Of a
parrot be clipped?
The bill and claws occasionally
become too long, although they will
not if conditions permit plenty of
climbing and gnawing On wood. Tn
case trimming becomes necessary
nail clipper may be used.
What was the first attempt Of the
Federal government to Iegislate in
behalf of labor?
The act Of 1916 creating a COM
mission on a standard work day for
railroad employees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18

EDITOR.
Who was st. Valentine and why
do we celebrate his day?
Valentine was the name of sew
eral saints and martyrs. Accord
ing to the Acta Sanctorum, Feb.
IA is observed as the day of seven
of them and the veneration of the
head of the eighth These martyrs
had lived in various parts of the
world-France, Belgium, Spain, At
rica-but the two greatest were a
priest at Rome and a bishop in
Umbria. both Of whom lived in the
third century The legends which
have been preserved in regard TO
them have little historical value. st.
Valentines day is more famous,
however, as a lovers festival; this
has no connection with the saints,
but is perhaps the survival of an
old festival, of a. similar nature, in
the Roman Lupercalia. 1t was OBJ
served particularly in England, but
TO certain extent upon the con-
tinent, too; mention of it is found
as early as Chaucer. The custom
was to place the names of young
men and women in a box, and draw
them out in pairs on st. Valentine
eve. Those whose names were drawn
together had to exchange presents
and be Neach others valentine
throughout the ensuing year. Later
only the men made presents.
Whysis it colder at the South pole
than at the North Pole?
Although very little data exists
on actual temperatures in the north
and south polar regions, it is known
that the temperature at the South
Pole in general is lower than that
at the North Pole. because the South
Pole consists of a high land mass,
whereas the North Pole is at sea
level.
What are the chief exports and
industries of the city of Riga, Lat
via?
The chief exports are fax, hemp,
butter, eggs, timber, grain, hides,
skins, oil cake and linseeed. IN
dustries include machine works,
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u q 1 y NoA AoOAOAA'
In addition there
is a seasonal vari-
alton, the needle
huctuating with
the time Of year.
And on top of
that, there is a
slow change TAX
ing place in the
condition of the
earth's magnetic
field, so that a
steady change in
the behavior of
the compass nee
die Is slowly TAX
ing place every
where. In the
TTT7itoCl States for
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tIVe AZ Clty ndIi' pIeSenk your troubles
Times. Names and addresses which
must be given will not be published.
Identification of tract of park.
land on st. Paul ST., north of
English avenue, was promised Mr..
FiXit today by Chief Park Board
Clerk Charles Meyers.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: The park board
has a plot of ground on st. Paul
street north of English avenue, do
mated to the park board for a park.
The street cleaning department is
using it for dumping ground. Will
be obliged if you can stop it and
have it cleaned up.
CLEAN CITY.
Chief Clerk Meyers said an eff
fort would be made to clean up
the tract and prevent dumping in
the future.
Dear Mr.. Fixit: The upper end
of Nordyke avenue was graded from
Bridge street to York street but they
never graded the lower end from
York street to Stock street and it
is in bad condition.
What can you do about it?
TAXPAYER.
Street Commissioner Charles A.
Grossart reports the work com
pleted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18
Dayid Diet on Science
Adventure Is Still Alice
No. SO

------------------N NO. %
TINE NAVIGATOR'S task would be difficult enough
Il if the compass needle merely varied its exact
direction from place to another It does this OF
course, because the north magnetic pole does not
coincide with the North Pole, but is 1000 miles
from it.
But in addition the needle swings from side to side
during the course of day. This is known as the
dot ofiOn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18
Another Mine Injunction

Judge c. S Turnbaugh has issued an injunction
at Cambridge, Ohio which, dispatches indicate is a
plain denial of the right of citizens peaceably to as
sembe, as guaranteed by the Constitution.
Any gathering of miners in public place, accord
ing to the injunction will be regarded as peaceable
by the court.
There has been trouble at the mines of the Morris
Coal Company. A demonstration by union sympa-
thizers at mine Thursday night resulted in the
arres tot sixteen men, who we're held to the grand
jury a charge of rioting
Also, union miners are said to have congregated
along road traversed by nonunon workers, and the
injunction is believed to be aimed partly at this
The arrest of the sixteen seems to have been
perfectly regular If they disturbed the peace the law
against this was invoked and they were arrested and
taken before a magistrate. A grand jury will hear
the charges against them, and if they are indicted
they will have the right to trial by jury.
1t is quite another matter to deny citizens the
right of assembly, and pre-udge them from the bench
by saying that whatever their purpose it will not
be regarded as peaceable. There is no warrant tor
such procedure in law, equity or common justice
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You can get an answer to any answer
able question of fact OF information by
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All letters are confidential. You are
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EDITOR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18

If Hoover and Smith are nominated the drys won't
have much chance with food candidate opposed
to wet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18

Bathing alone does not make good health" says
DR.. Bundesen, Chicagos former health commissioner
Well Chicago has gone pretty far.
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Daily Thought

All flesh is grass.-Isaiah 6O:6.
MO one should be called happy
IN before his funeral.-Ovid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18
Mr.. Fixit
ArrGNges Identification of
Park.

Let Mr.. Fixit. The Times representa-
tive at city. hall. present your troubles
Times. Names and addresses which
must be given will not be published.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-18

On what day of the week did
June 6. 1912, fall?
Thursday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
Third OLA A
Group Lifts
Baseball Lid
InternationaI'S Hopes Glow
as 1863 Game Schedule
Gets Under Way.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, April 13-The 1925
pennant race was to open in the In
ternational League today with pros
poets for the most successful season
in history. The league belongs to
the Glass AA group, the other men,
bers being the American Associa-
ton and Pacific Coast circuit.
President John Toole predicted
one of the closest races in years and
as many as six teams have high
hopes of finishing in front at the
end of the 168-game schedule. The
opening day schedule was:
Toronto at Newark.
Rochester at Jersey City.
Montreal at Reading.
Buffalo at Baltimore.
Minus the services of their man
ager, j, Walter johnson, the Newark
Bears were to entertain the strong
Toronto club. Al MaumaX was to
hurl for Newark and Jess Doyle for
Toronto. George Mcbride will man
age Newark until Johnson has re-
covered from his illness.
Montreal was to make its re-entry
into the league against the improved
Reading team. Boo Shawkey, who
was with the New York Yankees last
season, was to pitch the opening
game for Montreal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
Hall Expected to Show Fine Form
in Exhibitions Here This Week
BaIkne Billiards Credited for Developing Fine Style of
Young st. Louis Star Who Meets Hoppe.

st. Louis star, is expected to show
Thursday and Friday at Harry
Coolers parlor in exhibition matches
with Willie Hoppe
Halls style was reformed by
Charley Peterson, noted fancy shot
maker and instructor, whe / he saw
that the st. Louis youngster never
would become a great player unless
he softened his stroke.
Peterson, trying to overcome the
defect, put Hall at the 1872 game,
where soft shooting was necessary.
The improvement was tremendous
and Hall quickly won some minor
amateur three-rail titles and moved
up into the professional class. In
two years he has become one of
Hopes greatest rivals.
Much Of Hopes success at three
cushions likewise is credited to the
fine stroke he built up while he was
balkline champion of the world for
many years. Hoppe and Hall will
play four flfty-point matches at
Coolers in the two days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
Dempsey, Kearns
Trial Postponed

By United Press
NEW YORK, April 18-Opening
of the trial of Jack Kearns' suit
against Jack Dempsey was post
poned until p. m. Thursday when
the case was called in Judge John
G. Knox's federal courtroom here
today.
Judge Knox granted the post
ponement because of the death of
Mrs. George N. Curtiss, Jr., wife of
the assistant counsel for Kearns.
Kearns appeared in court, accom-
panied by Mickey Walker, middle
weight champion. Dempsey was not
present, having been informed by
his counsel the case would not
begin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-18
What Was That?

OMAHA, Neb., April 18.-The
sixth annual convention Of the
Izaak Walton League is expected to
uncover some of the worlds great
est fish liars. A contest has been
arranged, open to the world, to dis
cover the best fish stories.
Roy Swanson and Charles Kellar
of the Nebraska chapter have come
forward with the story of the cat
fish they landed in the Mississippi
a short time ago, which caused the
stream to drop five inches.
Its nonsense for the Government
to spend huge sums of money on
flood prevention work" Kellar said.
"All that is needed is to turn Roy
and me loose and take off the catch
limit in the lower Mississippi. Well
keep the water safely within the
leVeeS."