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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
An Interesting Experiment


Muscle Shoals City, little municipality within a
short distance of the Governments hydroelectric de-
Velopment has renewed its request to the War De-
partment that it be permitted to buy some Of the cleo
trcity generated 1t is indicated that the request will
be granted.
The city proposes to buy the current on the same
terms as the Alabama Power Company and distribute
1t to citizens. The Government will be paid rea-
sonable price for the current wholesale but citizens
will be required to pay only fraction of the cost
charged by private companies.
Originally it was proposed to give any home all
the electricity it could for fiat price of dollar
month, and it is presumed this idea will be followed
There is ample current available for this purpose
for during 1927 the Alabama Power Company used
only So per cent of the amount generated
Other Alabama cities will do we'll to follow the
example of Muscle Shoals City, for their own interest
From national standpoint, valuable experiment
will be offered. 1t will be shown how much the dis
trbutionpof electricity really COSTS and how much of
the citizens monthly electric bill is reasonable profit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
Pekin and Uncle Sam

With the fall of the Chang Tso-Lin dictatorship
and the natonasts' rise to power in China, grave
responsibility devolves the United States
vast new nation, bigger than the United States
and with 4Oo0o0000 people, is a-borning. About its
cradle are grouped powerful influences which gladly
would strange it in its infancy Others would stunt
its growth if they could to keep it docile and weak
Almost alone among the great powers, the United
States sincerely desires a strong, united China For
almost alone-we hasten to add lest we be accused of
assuming hoier- than-thou attitude in the matter
have nothing to lose and much to gain by help
ing her to be strong.
If China is partitoned, we lose everything for
would not accept an inch of Chinese territory. But
if China grows we will profit directly her purchasing
power increases.
Put it on this lowest of bases, if you will, but
Chnas best interests are our best interests AS
as possible, then should recognize the new national
list regime without, at the time, eaping before
look.
In recent years Washington has not been at all
squeamish in recognizing Pekin governments Whether
they fought their way power bought their way,
tricked their way in once in, Washington in COM
mon with the other foreign nations, quickly has ex
tended recognition.
The reason tor this as given at Washington was
that was convenient if not necessary, to keep COM
munications with China open, and recognition OF the
various Pekho governments afforded the means. With
which reason Few observers will bubble
But, at the time, having recently swallowed
many camel now is hardly the time to begin strain
ing at a gnar
The nationalist, of course, not supermen.
They are not going to usher in the millennium All
the wrongs in China will not suddenly be rghted.
Plenty of trouble, undoubtedly, is still ahead
Fundamentally, however the nationalist movement
now under way is the most wholesome fact that I'M
happy country has seen in a thousand years or more
and the United States should and must do everything
it possibly can to keep the spark alive If it does not
do So no other great power will
Likely there will be civil wars. Factions
doubtless will battle faction. Regrettable acts may
be committed by extremists, for it takes all kinds OF
people to make a naton-even nation like ours.
But such things humanity are to be expected when
400 900 backward people fight their way out OF
darkness into light and so the foundation Of our
China policy should be patience
Prompt recognition would help immensely
through increasing the prestige of those who have
now brought all China, nominally at least, under
their sway-the first time any government has done
that since the fall of the monarchy seventeen years
ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
Utilities on Texts

Propaganda has become a distinct
menace to education, especially for
an economic standpoint. We have
freed ourselves from an influence
in a political and religious way. only
to find it assuming new Importance
in a business way. The same thing
that causes corporate wealth to be-
come a problem of legislation causes
it to attempt the moulding of pub
lie opinion, and since public opinion
is made in the schoolroom to a large
extent, there is where it strikes first.
Disclosures of the power investi-
cation illustrates a state of affairs
which is more general than most
people suspect. Many OF our text
books on Government, politics and
economies have been written by
those who represent either some
particular interest, or theories which
serve that interest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
Bridge Play
Made Easy
BY W. w. WENTWORTH

authorizations: A--acs; K-Aingi G.
than iOj
XTOUR partner has bid a no
trump. Second hand has passed
There is no contest and the score
is clear. What should you, as tnlrd
hand, do?
Should you pass or bid a suit
Why and when should you show
your strength or your weakness b.
a suit bid? Should you show any
thing.
Many an. argument at the bridge
table has followed take-out. When
should you take out? To answer
what procedure to follow is at times
battling.
There is no unaninnity of opinions
thereon among advanced players
and even the experts differ. What
then. is the average player to do?
Bear in mind that the principal
aim of bidding is to make game.
Every initial bid is made with this
object in view. To accomplish the
result, however. is not always pos
sible.
After the declerer has made an
initial no trump bid you must eX-
anime your hand for the purposo
of ascertaining whether game cal.
more readily be made at no trump
or in your major suit, or whether
it is more desirable to play the
combined hands in your minor suit
Your partner by bidding a no
trump has merely said to you, II
would like to play this hand in a
no trump
If, however, you have sufficient
strength in a major suit, making
game may be easeir in the major
than in the no trump; therefore I
want you to declare your major.
If your hand offers no assistance
for my trump and game at no
trump and game at no trump does
not appear probable, it may be adj
visable for you to show me your
weakness by declaring your minor
suit"
In taking out, you always must
bear in mind that game can mora
readily be made by playing tho
hand in a major suit declaration
than in a no TRUMP or a minor suit
Copyright, 1923. by the Ready Reference
Publishing Company
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
The Public's Water Power

theoretically, the public interest in water power
sites is adequately protected by the Federal water
power commission.
Actually, this is not So
The law provides that the commission may issue
licenses for the development of power sites under
ffty-year lease. At the end of that time the Gov
eminent may gain the site by reimbursng the pri-
vate operators Tor what they have spent.
However, the commission has been obliged tenn
porariy to suspend the issuance of water power
licenses because it is far behind in its work c. O.
Merrill executive secretary estimates that with double
its present personnel the commission could catch up
in five years.
The commission must investigate applications and
check on the amount of money spent in development
If the Government is to know what investment has
been made at expiration of the license, and if there
is to be any adequate check on rates. 1t has been
impossible for the commission to carry out this part
of the instructions of Congress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
Wheat Profits Lost

Meanwhile, Russia is reported to
be buying wheat wherever she can
get it.
That should mean prosperity for
the American farmer and it would
if the Spectator did not stand be-
tween him and the market.
The farmers trouble is not due
so much to the low prices he has
had to accept, as to the high ones
he has never been allowed to re-
ceive.
When his products are down, he
is permitted to sell them the best
he can, but when they are up, he
is surrounded by a hoard of brokers
reaping the profit in handling his
grain.
If the farmer needs one thing
more than another, it is a market
ing system by which he can get
bigger share of what the consumer
NAYS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
With Other Editors

ticeable only in those minor char
acteristics that show in the tilted
brown derby and the ever-present
rakish cigar.
When he is tackling affairs of
New York Smith knows his stuff
and he makes few mistakes.
Doubtless this is partly due to his
ability to surround himself with
first rate men and women with
whom he confers and to whose
judgment he must often defer.
Smith is a wet. Indeed, it is
charged that it is simply because
he is a wet that he has been
nominated. We do not believe that
charge. Smith is much more than
q wet. He is a sound thinker in
governmental affairs and further
he is one of the most progressive
and liberal Of all our public men.
Free press, free assemblage, free
speech, all the fundamental prin-
ciples Of democratic government
are assured in New York as long
as AL Smith is governor.
Always whenever there has
been a collision between precedent
and progress he has taken his
stand with progress. Never has he
sold out the people he serves for
political advantage.
We have no doubt that Smith
would make a record as President
that would be eminently satisfac-
tory to the country.
From him the country has abb
solutely nothing to fear. Though a
wet we believe he would support
the Constitution and the laws as
as anyone else.
That is our opinion of Smith.
Such a man with such a record
deserves fair and decent treat
'ment. But despite all the fine rec
ord of the man this newspaper
cannot support him for President.
And the reason is Herbert Hoover.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
Money Is Plentiful

Speaking of prosperity, call money
went to 10 per cent in New York
Monday, which was the highest rate
demanded in eight years. 1t looked
as though the wild trading in stocks
would be stopped, and it probably
would if call money had not dropped
to per cent by Tuesday afternoon.
No matter how much unemploy-
ment there may be, there is more
cash than some people know what
to do with, and no matter how
many loans the banks close out,
there was enough capital anxious to
take advantage of the high rate to
more than offset the shrinkage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05

the brightest star in the constellation.
Kochalb, the star at the end of the bowl, easily
found because of its bright ruby color, becomes Beta
The star Immediately below Kochab is the third
brightest and therefore called Gamma.
The accompanying Illustration, which gives both
the Arabic names as we'll the modern designations
will help you locate the various stars.
The star next to Poaris in the handle Of the dpper
is the fourth brightest 1t is known therefore as
Delta It's Arabic name is Yildun.
The star next to it is fifth in brightness. There
fore it is known as Epsilon.
The next star, which forms the juncture of the
handle and the bowl of the dipper is sixth in bright
ness and as a result called Zeta, while the star i'm
ediately below it is least bright of all the stars in the
dipper and therefore called Eta.
The four stars in the bowl of the dipper form con-
venient chart for comparing stellar magntudes. This
is because Beta is second magnitude star, Gamma
third magnitude one, zeta fourth magnitude one
and Eta fifth.
star in the heavens fairly well by comparing with
these four
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
by DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
THE first scientific consideration
Il of the value of residence at the
seaside in relation to health was
written by an Englishman named
Richard Russell.
Since that time many others have
studied the relationships of the sea
to health and nowadays in many
places in the world advantages are
taken of such natural conditions.
It might be we'll to emphasize
that. as with every other r1ethod,
the wrong use Of sea bathing may
be harmful.
Some time ago, Or. Philip Marvel
pointed out that children are in
jured by prolonged exposure to cold
water. that they are likely to become
overfatigued due to the enjoyment
of the seaside conditions, and that
few bathing resorts have adequate
provisions for children.
On the other hand. the air, the
sunlight, the change Of habits the
salt water, the breeze, the changes
in the diet, and many other factors
associated with residence at the sea-
side may be of the greatest value
in stimulating healthful reaction
in the human body.
Exposure to radiation has already
been proved to he of the greatest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
Resisting Propaganda

With the thermometer a. 80 in
the shade, it is hard to visualize the
condition Of men marconed on ar
ice foe, yet that is what modern
life calls for.
For the first time in history, men
are compelled to take quick account
of far away conditions and distant
problems if they would use the
agencies that human ingenuity has
placed at their command to good
advantage.
If this implies one thing mora
than another, it is that the basis
Of education must be altered.
Traditions, especially of a local
chara 1ter, can no longer play the
part they once did, and propaganda
must be aesisted with renewed
vigor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
Contribute to Schools

1t is only fair to say that from
a technical standpoint the business
interests of this country can make
valuable contributions to our text
Books. Experts in such a concern
as the General Electric Company
are much better qualified to write
on recent electrical DEVELOPMENTS
than are most college professors.
But that is not the same thing
as attempting to influence the
child's mind with regard to political
policies, and the National Educa-
tionsl Association is right in tax
ing a vigorous stand against propa-
ganda of political nature.
AS a. matter of common sense.
the problem of transmitting the
scientific and TECHNICAL knowledge
which we possess is big enough
without introducing politics. If our
schools we're to teach only those
things that are known, and that are
beyond dispute, they would be un-
able to do a complete job. Every
moment they waste over a policy, a
doctrine or a theory that admits
of doubt prevents some child from
learning facts which he will need
in later life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
Anderson HeraId)

(Anderson Herald)
The Democratic ticket has been
provided properly for the voters
at the election in November. Gov
ernor AL Smith of New York and
Senator Joseph Robinson of Geor-
gia are the standard bearers.
Governor Smith is a man Of
delightful personality and pos
sessed of a magnetism remarkably
cor pelling.
We're it all a matter of person
a ty, this business Of being Presi-
d Mt, the people of the Nation
would not lose on either of the
candidates Of the two great par
ties.
Both are delightful gentlemen
and either would be a choice
member of any group of friends,
but being President Of the United
States Of America is something
more than a matter of charm
ing personality.
It is a business of being an eX-
ecutive for the greatest people on
earth, protecting their integrity
and protecting their we'll being in
all things.
Governor Smiths known atti-
tude upon the prohibition ques-
ton Immediately sets him in a
position that is not in harmony
with those who wish the Eight
eenth Amendment interpreted lit
orally and enforced to the letter,
and that is exactly what the great
bulk of thinking American people
do want.
Governor Smith Is running on
a dry platform as a compromise
with the dry people in his own
party, but his own conviction is
against prohibition.
Where the head and the heart
are at variance, the heart usually
triumphs, and prohibition would
be surely jeopardized if he we're
to win in the election this No
vember.
The people of America want
prohibition, and they know that
Herbert Hoover is the candidate
who will give it to them as Presi-
dent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05

value in preventing ricketts,, and
there is reason for believing it has
some relationship to building re-
sistance against disease.
The cold at the seaside seems to
work differently than that in the
mountains.
Leonard Hill. the eminent physi-
olcgist. found that the reactions
that 60 on in the body can be
stimulated by exposure and by
bathing in the salt water of the
sea.
add to this the cooling action of
the winds and the stimulating eff
fees of alternately heating and
cooling the body, and plenty of rea-
son is established for the beneficial
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Benefits of SeaShOre analysed

effects that have been in general
noted to follow residence at the
seaside.
These factors apply, of course, in
the main TO those who are in
healthful condition. People with
temperatures below normal must
battle in the sea with caution.
Prolonged sea baths cause a slow
ing of the pulse and lowering Of
the body temperature.
People with infections in the nose
and throat, with rheumatism or
govt, and with other diseases in
which cold and damp are known to
be unfavorable must indulge in sea
bathing and in residence at seaside
re:ortS with caution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
0VerShadoW Cities

BUSINESS has passed from the
hands Of individuals. 1t is now an
organized affair. The 412,000 cor
porations which have been chartered
in this country probably represent
80 or 95 per cent of the wealth pro-
ducing power.
Some of those corporations, such
as the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company, General Mo-
tors and two or three of the larger
railroads, represent a large aggre-
cation Of money and a greater mass
of people than most of our cities.
There are comparatively few cities
in this country valued at billion
dollars, or containing more than
100000 workers.
The Ford company, which has
only three stockholders and more
than 100000 employees, is actually
larger, whether measured by money
or men, than many American cities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05

TINE Glorious Fourth has come
L and gone with its fireworks,
wild parties, scared dogs and auto
accidents.
Once more we have demonstrated
not only our patriotism, but the
amount Of cash we can spare.
Whether we celebrated independ-
ence as we should, we certainly
celebrated the prosperity we enjoy,
and whether that prosperity is as
great as some politicians would have
us believe. it is great enough for
most everybody to have a good time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05

IerS OF Cne creek
alphabet, call in G
the brightest star
Alpha, the frs t,
letter Of the al
phabet, the next
the second letter,
b ri g h t est Beta,
and so on. Ac-
cordin g to this
S y S t e m, Polaris,
the north star,
becomes Alpha in
the constellat 10 n
Of the Little Dip
per or Little Bear
as it is sometimes
called, since it is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
David Diets on Science :
Greek Letters and Stars
No. "a

Modern astronomers more prosaic than the an
1V1 cient Greeks and Arabs give the stars letters
and numbers instead of names
Perhaps it is unfair to say that they are more pro-
sale, for it has been my finding that the astronomers
Of today fully alive to the beauty and poetry of
the heavens But exact science, such as astronomy
now is, for an exact Technology
Accordingly, astronomers have adopted the system
of naming the stars in each constellation after the let
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
This Date i'm
u. S. History

July 5
1777-Anericans abandoned TT. I'll
conderoga.
1664-Federal troops drove Confed-
crates from jackson, Miss.
1864-Lincoln declared Kentucky
under martial law.
,1900-Democratic national conven-
ton nominated Bryan and
Stevenson.
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What was the total attendance
at the Dempsey Tunney prize fight
in September, 1927?
The total paid admissions we're
1875. In addition 25,732 were ad =
mitted on passes, which made a
total attendance of 144,468.
How many railway mail clerks
are there in the United States postal
service?
approximately 21,OOO.
How did the custom of April
Tools day originate?
There is a tradition among the
Jews that the custom arose from the
fact that Noah sent out the dove
from the Ark on the first of the
month corresponding to our April,
before the waters had abated. TIC
perpetuate the msmory of the great
deliverance of Noah and his family,
it was customary on this ami
versary to punish persons who had
forgotten the remarkable circum-
stances connected with the date by
sending them on some foolish
GRAND, similar to that on which the
Patriarch sent the luckless bird from
the windows Of the Ark.