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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
The Airport

That prices of property needed for public uses
suddenly rise when the need is apparent perhaps to
be expected We have not yet reached the stage OF
public conscience where the citizen really feels that
public need is greater than private right or gain.
In the search for an airport for this city, officials
and public committees reach decision that prices
of some available sites are much too high
1t is quite probable that in another decade no
price would be considered too high for an airport that
gave easy access to the business center of the city,
BY that time the value of air transportation will
have been so demonstrated that every city will de-
mand this sort Of convenience.
The one outstanding fact in the situation is that
no city of the size and Importance of indianapolis can
afford to daily and delay in the matter OF getting on
the air maps.
Big business, which never starts until it is very
sure is now behind aviation. 1t recognizes that travel
by airplane is safe and that this country speeded to
a pace never before reached will demand this sort OF
service.
No person, with the price, will take ten hours OF
life for a trip that can be made in four
Just as the use of automobiles brought about the
vast network of paved roads through the country the
airplane will bring airports to cities.
In the spring transcontinental lines will be opened
This city is strategcay located logical center 1t
should be the cross roads on connecting lines
1t can not be such center unless facilities Tor
planes are provided and provided quickly. 1t would
be too bad city lost its opportunities through
delay.
On the surface it is a simple business matter
an airport near to of the city, at decent
fair price but an airport quick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
Reason

MIR. HOOVER'S plan to have a
4VA simple inaugural will please
everybody in the country except the
people of the District of Columbia,
to whom such ceremonies are the
high spots in life, Washingtonians
looking forward to March as we
Of the wide open spaces look for
ward to the county fair or the old
settlers picnic.
The most elaborate inaugural Of
recent years was Roosevelt's in 1904,
and the outstanding feature of that
colorful pageant was the delegation
of cowboys, Teddy's old neighbors
from Dakota, who brought their
horses and equipment.
There was a constant roar of ap-
plause as the plainsmen rode along
Pennsylvania avenue and when they
passed the reviewing stand, the
President called them by their first
names.
After the acquittal Of Doheny,
Sinclair and Stewart, the govern
ment should cease its efforts to eX-
tradite Blackmer, the fugitive oil
man now in Paris.
Regardless of the evidence, Black
mer would be acquitted, if placed on
trial, and his return would profit no
one but his lawyer.
While holding up a Pennsylvania
bank, three robbers kidnapped the
township assessor, who tried to give
the alarm.
But all of those who would like
to kidnap the assessor are not
necessarily bank robbers.
II Is estimated that the delay
caused by New York City's traffic
! costs one million dollars a day, and
this does not take into consideration
the high blood pressure Of taxi pas
sengers, caused by sitting and con-
templating the back end of a truck,
while the meter clicks merrily on.
n II
The fact that 1000 people have
applied to the civil service commits
sion to take the examination for
appointment as prohibition agents
is very eloquent tribute to the
"possibilities" of this peculiar branch
of the public service.
n u
The fact that all the spectators
about the future activities of Mr..
Coolidge and Mr.. Smith have
broken forth afresh gives us this
rare idea-why not have them go
into partnership?
1t doesn't matter much what
their line would be in anything from
auto parts to stocks and bonds, that
sign, Coolidge and Smith," would
draw the trade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
The Governments Defeat

The government finally has abandoned its efforts
to collect $30OOOO0o additional taxes from former
stockholders of the Ford Motor Company, prominent
among whom is Senator Couzens OF Michigan. Asser-
tions that the suit was unwarranted would seem to
be borne out by the fact that the government was
defeated both in the federal courts and before the
board of tax appeals.
Taxes had been levied and collected and appar-
emily the case was closed in 1922.
Five years later the government suddenly moved
to collect the additional sums, contending that Sen
ator Couzeps was obligated $1O,OoOO0o Couzens
and Secretary Mellon were at the moment engaged
in heated controversy over conduct of the bureau
of internal revnue Couzens charging that it ad-
mustered badly and that favortism was shown GER
tain large taxpayers
When the tax suit filed, charges were made
on the senate floor that Mellon was seeking to punish
his critic.
The outcome of the treasury's effort should as
taxpayers that the government will find it diff
cult to cast overheard settlements made approved
by its own agents, after the lapse of years.
81 Al loci fJ,oi
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
Automobile Titles

Certainly if there is any lesson to be learned from
the prosecution of those who dealt in stolen automo-
hiles it should be the necessity of such revision,
either in law or in administration, of the method OF
issuing certificates of titles to automobiles.
The astounding feature of the recent matter which
occupied the courts and public attention was the ap
parent ease with which certificate of title could be
obtained in Indiana for an automobile stolen in
other state.
1t should be very easy to protect the owners of
automobiles through the title department 1t should
also very easy to protect prospective purchasers
Of automobiles against imposition.
certificate of title from the state of Indiana
should be exactly what it purports to bea guaran-
tee that the man who has that certificate has right
and title to the machine.
Apparently it has been quite possible for profess
SIGNALS to steal car in Ohio Illinois some other
state and obtain within very few hours title in
Indiana.
Every automobile should carry it's history from the
day it leaves the factory until it goes to the junk
yard If there is to be any protection for either owners
or purchasers.
That would work no hardship upon the vendors OF
machines 1t would help to protect the public in
more ways than one.
That of course, is the intent of the present law.
That it has failed IS lamentably true.
Some change is needed. 1t may be in the word
ing of the law, or 1t may be in the men and women
to whom are intrusted the task of caring for this
very important state department
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
TEDDY'S OLD FRIENDS
LET BLACKMER ALONE
KIDNAP THE ASSESSOR

TINE only strange thing about Mr..
l. Hoover's plan to prevent wide
spread unemployment by the con-
strucrion of public works is that it
was not put into effect fifty years
ago, it having been advocated fully
that long.
r
The fact that Thomas Fortune
Ryan, just dead, was worth five
hundred million dollars doesn't
mean that he got any more out of
life than you or I.
The man who has a family, all of
them we'll and bright, who can give
them what they need and build air
castles about what they may be
and keep a respectable distance
ahead of the wolf-he's got all the
millionaires on earth backed off the
boards!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
.AMOMOStDeadly Weapon, Hgm1SShO70

bed or chair may result in breaking
one or more bones. At such an adj
vanced age broken bones do not
heal easily.
During the World war the total
deaths of American soldiers were
120,o5O. From Jan. l, 1919, to Dec.
81, 1926, automobiles killed 1907
persons in the United States.
The number Of persons injured in
the same period was approximately
three and a half millions.
More than one-fourth Of all those
killed or injured were children I'M
der Is years of age. Certainly un-
der the circumstances the automo-
bile may be classed as the most
deadly weapon in the human ar
nlament.
All the money that has been spent
for automobile accident prevention
has been money we'll spent.
Only concerted action against
carelessnesS and by strict enforce
ment of the laws relative to motor
ing can some inroad be made
against this terrible mortality.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
New Mexico

That definite day of reckoning"
about which Woodrow Wilson spoke
so dramatically fourteen years ago,
approaches, but it promises to be
much calmer. than most people i'm
agined. There is hardly a cloud on
the horizon, much less the sugges-
ton of a storm The big stick
idea has faded completely out of the
picture. Most of the talk seems
worse than useless now that we have
had time to forget it. Huerta is
dead, Carran2a Is dead, Villa Is dead,
The "s5 per cent submerged" that
interested Wilson has obtained its
day in court. Out of revolution,
led by gamblers and horse thieves,
as some said, has come a new
political order in Mexico.
Every one now Is in a mood 10
sit down quietly at table and talk
sense. The whole performance shows
us how futile quarreling can be,
and how easily level-headed meli
can clear up situation if given a
chance.
Mexico is prepared not only to
recognize her obligations, but to fin
ance them on a sound and work
able basis.
Borrowing a page from European
experience her creditors are willing
to recognize that ability to pay
must be recognized as an important
factor. out of the chaos and con-
fusion that has reigned since Diaz
fell, comes a simple plan of liquida-
tion-$12,500 for the first year, g
little more for the next and a little
more still for the next, until at the
end of five years, the annual pay
ment amounts to $40,0O0,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

Every time a hundred shares of
stock are bought or sold on Wall
Street, the state of New York gets
81. This means that a 100000
share day produces 100000 in reve-
nue., while a 100000 share day pro-
duces only 100000.
You can see for yourself what an
effect the recent market has had,
and why New York taxpayers regard
it as a. blessing. They even hope
that it may eliminate the state in
come tax, which is now in force.
Last year the Stock Exchange
paid the state something more than
$20,000,000. This year experts figure
that it may pay as much as
$35 100000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

rates have shown a steady increase
from rate Of 81 per 100000 popu-
lation in 1914 to a rate of 1877 for
each 100000 of population in 1927.
Drownirgs, while of Importance,
are not nearly so frequent as au-
tomobile accidents and occur large
ly in May, June, July and August.
Actually three-fourths Of all deaths
from drowning occur in these four
months.
The majority of deaths from &C
cidental falls occur during the
months of December and January,
the period Of freezing and greatest
darkness.
The five principal types of acct
dental deaths as recorded for a pc
riod Of fourteen years during which
there were $4,000 deaths in all
We're: Accidental falls, $40; auto
mobile accidents, 2,Ol8; railroad ac-
cidents, 1879; accidental drownings,
1914; accidental burns, 1859.
Approximately So per cent of all
deaths from accidental falls occur
in persons from 70 to SO years of
age. At that age a Slight misstep,
tripping over a rug, a fall from a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

Admiral Sheer dies. He is the
man who commanded the German
feet at the battle of Jutland. He
also is the man who wanted the
German fleet to attack England in
October, 1918.
Ten years ago the news Of his
death would have resulted in little
but expressions of relief throughout
the allied world. Today, the British
admiralty accepts it as calling for
official coincidence. Earl Beatty,
who fought Admiral Sheer, writes a
letter in praise of his courage and
tactical skill.
. Such is the effect of a decade even
on the most profound and wide
spread human emotion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

tain indehnable things such as good
will and money and credits. Cap
italism contrasts with socialism,
which declares that the land and
natural resources as we'll as the
tools Of production, which constitute
capital, should belong to the public,
and that the profits of industry
should be distributed exclusively to
the producers, instead of being dis
tributed between the producers and
the private owners of capital.
What is the address of the head
quarters of the Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company?
$50 Bay ST., Jersey City, N. j.
Is William Farnum still playing on
the screen? What was his last pic
ture?
He has retired from the screen.
His last picture was THE Man
Who Fights Alone" He has been
paying on the stage in various
cities in 1.-THE Buccaneer."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

ace, East and West will win two
tricks.
The cross-ruff is one of the best
weapons in bridge. 1t should be
used only with care, but if this is
done many additional tricks will
result.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
The Solution

This problem is quite easy, but
Il catchy. What perhaps first
appeared to you to be the correct
lead-Aa trump-will not work. A
cross-ruff is necessary.
South leads a diamond, and
North trumps with the three. North
now leads his king of spades, and
South trumps. Then North's ace
of trumps takes the last trick.
But if trump is opened,
South's queen winning the trick,
South must then lead diamond
and North must trump with the
ace, East's six Of trumps taking the
final trick. And if North overtakes
the opening trump lead with the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
Storms Batter Europe

For four days European waters
have been whipped by high and
variable winds. Sailors returning to
port describe the condition as the
worst within their memory.
The Carinthia, which reached
Liverpool Monday, picked up no
less than sixteen SOS signals. All
OF them were cancelled, however, be-
fore she had time to change her
course. The Cedric, which made
port little earlier, also picked up
several signals of distress.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
By
Frederick
lands

THESE physicians at thej med
4 fcal meeting at Rochester,
Mimi. who just have declared that
certain bodily pains forecast
changes in the weather, have ar
rived by slow freight, for the rest Of
us have known it for years.
Almost all Of US have had grand
fathers who "feIt changes in their
bones"
They had bones for all kinds of
changes; in fact, they were fully
equipped weather bureaus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

institution. This
observatory pos
sesses the present
largest telescope
in the world, the
100-inch reflector.
The plans are
highly interesting
for many reasons:
First: They are
the high point to
date in the story
Of mans attempt
to fathom the
mysteries of the
u n i V e T S e. Man,
living OH this tiny
earth, has reached
l:Tfsz -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
What makes the stars twinkle?

The apparent twinkling of stars is
due to the interference of light
rays reaching us from them which,
in passing through the earth's at
mosphere, encounter and are inter-
fered with by particles of floating
dust and other substances in the
earth's atmosphere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
Exploring the Heavens
No. 219

DLANS for telescope twice large as the largest
L in existence have been announced by the
Carnegie Institute of Technology. The general edu-
cation board, which administers many Rockefeller
funds, is financing the project.
The project is being carried in cooperation
with the Mt. Wilson observatory of the Carnegie
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Association and Of Hygela, the
Health Magazine.
TN Kansas in 1927, according to
L the records Of the secretary Of
the state board of health, only four
diseases, namely, heart disease, can
Ger. brain hemorrhage and Bright's
disease, caused more deaths than
were caused by accident.
In fact, for a period Of ten years
deaths from accidental causes con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
This Date i'm
Il. s. History

November 2S
1858-Washington Irving, American
novelist, died.
.1876-Two legislatures organized
In South Carolina.
1899 Boston, Mass, suffered a
f$5,O00,OO0 fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
Daily Thought

Ephraim is Joined to idols; let
him alOne.-HOsea All.
y
TINE idol is the measure of the
u Worshiper.-LowelI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
QuestiOn-When do the first
teeth appear?

Answer-The average time
of the appearance of the lower
central front teeth is from six
to nine months. Sometimes
they appear even later. Wide
variations are common.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

stitute almost 6 per cent of the total.
A large part of this mortality has,
Of course, been due to the automo-
bile. Automobile accident death
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
Questions and AnSN'erS

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

why does one get out of breath
when he runs?
Because the amount of energy
required for this exertion puts an
extra strain on the heart which
must pump additional blood; this in
turn requires that the lungs supply
additional amounts of oxygen,
thereby making it necessary to take
more air into the lungs, and when
the capacity for doing this work ap-
proaches its maximum, one gets the
feeling of being out of breath; one
can not supply air fast enough to
meet the requirements of oxygen
which the blood needs to supply the
muscles which are furnishing the
energy for running.
What is capitalism?
1t is theory of economics that
declares that it is for the best in
terests of the community that the
massed accumulations of privately
owned capital should be the basis
for all production. Capital repre-
sents all forms of wealth, whether
land. timber and mineral resources,
water power as we'll as all forms of
machinery, merchandise and GER
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

Several rolling pin throwing contests have been
staged this fall How do they manage to get all the
husbands to pose?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

Charming Pollock, playwright says theater audi
ences these days CHECK their brains with their hats.
And of course, Mr.. Pollock some just check their
hats,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
Simplicity

Nothing is more becoming in democratic govern
ment than simplicity. The elaborate social machinery
of monarchcal courts doesn't fit into the American
scheme.
The pomp and ceremony attending some presl-
Dental nauguratons, including big parade of army
and navy with some admixture of civilian organ1za-
TONS followed by hifalutin inaugural ball, were
merely hangover from European custom.
So it is a relief to have President-elect Hoover
taboo all the fuss and feathers demanded by Wash
ington social circles and declare for inaugural cere-
monies at least as simple those of Wilson, Harding
and Coolidge and even simpler if possible.
The military display is neither necessary nor be-
fitting nation that boasts of its peaceloving pur-
poSes even though the President be commander-in-
chief of the army and navy And the inaugural ball
is undemocratic if not actually silly because it neces-
sarily must be invitatonal and exclusive.
Let the grand danes of Washington find some
other occasion for display of their gorgeous gowns
and glttering jewels.
While the nabobs who move with their wealth
and social ambitions to Washington will be dsap-
pointed over HooVer'S Quaker simplicity the people
generally will like it first rate Doubtless they Will
hope indication of EIoover's love of
simplicity that there will be of it, and
that his energy may be conserved for the more serious
work ahead of him as the nations chief executive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

7 AY out the cards on table,
IL as shown in the diagram, and
study the situation. See if you can
find method of play that will net
North and South all of the tricks.
The solution is printed herewith.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

The experts who predicted the electoral vote SO
well now are taking the task of picking Presi-
dent Hoovers cabinet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28
RRID6kI;3ARtRu[

Clubs are trumps and South has
the lead. North and South must
win all of the three tricks, against
a perfect defense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

Has anybody noticed how little Johnny comes right
home from school these evenings and asks if there
isn't something he can do to help mother?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

Gold has been discovered in one of the greens
of the Sierra Country club at Grass Valley CAL Aha
the buffers hand again!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

An Iowa man found Strawberries on his vines the
other day and picked them in blizzard. This Re-
publican prosperity?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

Maybe one of the reasons AL Smith lost was that
the Scotch baked at his liberal program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-28

Strange things are happening in this presidential
year Yesterday we saw the headline, Eggs Rally
After Break"
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: David Dietz on scienc
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