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The Washington times., 1928-12-08
Youth Put on Probation
For Theft of 81 in Store

Believing that the best defense is
a good counter-attack, Jack Rosen-
berg, employed in A store in the 400
block OF First Street Northeast. yes
terday attempted to turn the tables
on his emplo"er. Sail Boiek. who
accused him of stealing A dollar.
In the hearing before Judge Ralph
Given In Police Court. the youth
charged that Borek tried TO settle"
with his family befo the prosecu-
tion. first for 800. then SIS, and
finally $25.
He was convicted despite the
counter charges and Judge Given
sentenced him to $25 fine or 25 days
and placed him on probation.
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
BANKER DENIES
CONTROL Of
BUSINESS
Rv MERRYLE s. RUKEYSER
Copyright, 1928, by Universal
Serviee)

NEW YORK. Dec. S-The ad-
visibility of investment caplt9i
and consumer financing InIousn
finance companies has retdAcu "a
hold of banks on ordinary pus4
ness enterprises.
II domination by the banks ever
existed it has been dlsappearlns
in recent years. Banks appeaIsu
to dominate the situation II Ihe
postwar deflation OF l9zo-zl pe-
cause they had to step lnto
unfavorable business situations To-
try to protect loans.
Calls Control Myth
Speaking for the banking fra
ternity. Joseph r. kraus. execu-
tive manager of the Union Trust
Company. of. Cleveland, disclaimed
anv ambition on the part of
bankers to control the policies OF
business enterprises. He contends
that most of the talk OF banker
control is mythical
Perhaps the most fruitful source
of criticism of banks, Mr.. kraus
points out in the Nations Busl-
ness. lis the situation arising from
their measures to protect their
loans. Out of these measures
grows most of the comment tnat
the banks squeeze business 10
death in order to get control. As
A matter of fact. bank Is reaiiy
interested in having a company
prosperous. That ought to De oD-
vious. Banks prosper in a com
munity of prosperous commerce.
A bank actuated solely by SELF
interest and having no considera.
ton for public interests Woulo
seek to promote community pros
perity.
pleasant thing for the banker
to have upon his hands 1t Is
10 avoid having them on MS
hands that the banker is IN
terested in management.
Bankers usually get into the
management of company only
when the previous management
has been unsuccessful, and then
only as a temporary measure.
'.The farseeing banker is. not
interested in telling mana cement
how TO operate its business, he
has too many worries OF his own
10 want the additional RESPONSE
bility OF telling the manager OF
a wooden mill or of an iron
foundry how to ruin his estab-
,:sliment. Even if the banker had
the time, he would lack the
specialized knowledge.
THE banker can make sugges-
tinos as to broad policies, espe-
ciaIly financial policies.
The ablest Of the present day
commercial bankers are seeking to
develop as advisors to business.
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
Wife Awarded Alimony
And Custody of Children

Mrs. Mary G. McTWiggln, 40UU
block Fifth st. N. W.. who sued her
husband, Thomas L. McTwiggin,
1000 block Sixth st. N. W., for
limited divorce, was awarded a final
decree by Justice Jennings Bailey in
Equity Court yesterday.
McTwiggin, under the terms OF
The decree, must also pay his wife s
counsel fees and alimony at the
rate of $50 month. Mrs. Nc
Twiggin is awarded custody OF the
two infant children. Attorney r.
B. Dickey appeared for her.
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
Coolidge Gives Sailor
Medal for HerOism

WIIIlam Russell Huber, ma
cnlnlst mate, first class, United
STATES Navy, was the recipient
looaY at the hands of President
Coolidge of the Congressional
medal OF Honor awarded TO him
Tor an act of outstanding heroism.
AFTER boiler explosion on the
u. S. S. Bruce June IL Huber
rescued shipmates and then sue
ceeded in closing off the steam
pipes at the danger of his own
life. Huber was badly burned.
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
56 Dunbar High Pupils
Win Scholastic HOnOrS

The names OF Sc students appear
on the honor roll at Dunbar High
School, which was announced yes
terday by the principal, Walter L.
Smith.
To earn such high scholastic
honors the pupils must attain a
grade of e. in at least four major.
subjects, and no less than good in
a fifth subject.
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
Song Recital Is Given
To Benefit Church Fund

A large and appreciatiye audience
heard James Edward Lee In a
song recital last night at the Tur-
ner Memorial Church, Fifth and
p Sts. n. w. The program was
given for the benefit of the build
ing fund to Lincoln Memorial
Church.
Assisting Lee were John Jamer-
son. violinist, and the Boys and
Girls Chorus.
The Washington times., 1928-12-08
a, u. CITIZENS TO MEET

The December meeting OF the
American University Park Citizens
Association will be keld Tuesday
night in Hurst Hail. American Uni
versity, Massachusetts, and Ne
braska Avenues Northwest, at s
o'clock. The proposition to change
the meeting night of the association
will he discussed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
Full Details Needed

Thus far only the propaganda agencies OF ma
tional and regional associations of power companies
have been investigated and these only partially.
Propaganda activities Of large operating and hold
ing companies have not yet been touched by the in
Vestigation at all.
While the able investigation conducted by the Fed
eral Trade Commission thus far has clearly disclosed
the broad outlines of the propaganda methods used
by power interests, there is great deal to be said
in favor of having hearings continued on this phase
of the power question until every relevant fact has
been dragged into the light
Referring to the power propaganda disclosures
made by the commission thus far Senator Walsh of
Montana recently said
1.-The portentious movement of which the commits
sion through its hearings gives reliable information
is a new development in American life 1t may have
had its prototypes, but nothing approaching it in
magnitude, in perfection of organization, in the
means commanded for influencing public opinion for
private gain is known to history probably TO
that OF any other country"
That statement forcibly suggests the desirability
of getting every possible bit of information about the
in the country.
The very novelty of the propaganda layout of the
power interests, well its enormous force, would
justify the commission in sticking the job OF in
vesdgation until every phase of it has been covered
in detail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
A Relic of TRAGEDY

1t was rather grim clew that was washed up
the coast of Iceland the other day.
lone airplane wheel after drifting nobody knows
how long, bobbed UP and found by fishermen.
The wheel bore the of the London factory that
made it, and factory officials say it is just like the
wheels carried by the 6S-year-old Princess Ann Of
Lowenstein- Werthem when she tried to fly the
Atlantic.
Nothing has ever been seen heard of the prin-
cess since she hoped off year ago. But the APP
pearance Of that lone wheel, drifting miles to the
northward tells all we need to know. If you will let
your imagination play for a moment you can picture
the whole tragic story.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07

door. His mother, prior to her marriage, had been
hospital superintendent.
Paracelsus received his first medical training from
his father AT IT, he entered the University of Basel
where he drfed from medicine into what then passed
for chemistry.
But he became disguised with the vain efforts of
the day to turn mercury into gold and to discover the
philosophers stone with its secret of eternal youth
He left the university to take post in the Tirol
mines
1t was here that the foundations of his character
were laid
The mines represented reality
Here vain search after will o. the wisps, no
searching of ancient texts for what had said
five centuries before.
The mines presented real problems. In the earth
ores which contained precious metals.
The first task to get the out of the ground.
The next to get the precious metals out of the
The mines were a school in which Paracesus
learned to trust observation and experiment instead Of
the philosophical arguments OF dead scholars
Accidents to the miners were not infrequent and
ParacelsuS had opportunity to practice medicine.
Here he began to put into effect the lesson that the
mines had taught him He began to put more trust in
what his eyes taught him than in what some ancient
Greek authority had said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
How to Check Crime

Many reasons have been adj
vanced as to why we lead the world
in murder, theft, thuggery and
other criminal activities. One is
lack of coordination in our law
enforcing machinery.
Conflict of authority between the
Federal Government, the State and
political subdivisions has come to
serve no purpose so distinctly as to
handicap the administration of JUS
tice.
The criminal operates and or
ganizes without regard to political
boundaries. That is one reason why
he gets along so we'll.
The Chicago gang does not worry
about national, State of municipal
rights when it enters Philadelphia
or hooks up with Detroit and
Cleveland. The crook or confidence
man does not have to stop when
he comes to a State line
Officers of the law are permitted
to move with no such freedom. They
are handicapped with all kinds of
limitations and restrictions. More
often than not one group interferes
with another. We not only have
several classes of law officers, but
many of them are under local con-
troll. The police force and sheriff's
department, though created for the
same purpose. feel little interest in
each other The same thing is true
with regard to the police forces Of
various cities.
Our battle against crime is char
acterized by lack of unity and con-
certed effort.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07

TINE word from Prussia is that
L the military mustache has gone
out of fashion.
One of the greatest responsible
ties the Kaiser had was that OF
commander in chief Of all the mus
taches which were upside down.
n
The way these European nations
are demanding reservations, they
must think Secretary Kellogg's
document is a sleeping car diagram,
instead of a treaty, outlawing war
n
A Chicago scientist has unearthed
the famous stables Of King Solomon
at Armageddon, Palestine. There
will be a filling station there be-
fore long.
If John Coolidge is going to get
married, it won't take her very long
to decide whether he becomes a
bookkeeper or joins that musical re-
Vue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
Our Provincial Globe

1t is only when measured by
primitive conditions that human
progress seems remarkable.
Compared to what the cavemen
knew, we know great deal. Com
pared to what remains to learn, we
know very little.
We can keep fresh meat and
vegetables from one year to anoth-
er, can talk with each other over
long distances, can travel faster
than any animal, can broadcast po-
litical hooey over the radio, and fly
We have not succeeded in estab-
fishing communication with the
nearest planet, much less CONNER
cial intercourse. Our exchange of
ideas and commodities remains
purely domestic affair. We do
not know yet whether the man in
the moon is alive or dead.
We have counted millions of
stars, but that is about all. We are
unable to say as yet whether a sin
gle one of them resembles this
earth, except in form.
Our achievements thus far have
been limited to the production of a
few creature comforts and a few
speculations as to what may be,
might be, should be or could be.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07

XNTHATEVER feelings one might
w have for Mrs. Knapp, former
Secretary of the State of New York.
Just sent up for thirty days for lift
ing $4,000 from the public treasury,
they are lost in the pity one has fo~
the Judge who thought 1t necessary
to explain why he sent her up at all
If it had been the case Of a scrub
woman who had stolen a coat, well
you understand.
II
Every day. somewhere in America
some influential defendant throws
a kiss 10 the Goddess of Justice
whereupon she puts down her
scales. powders her nose and waves
him up on top of the courthouse
and then the two of them dance the
Black Bottom on the merits Of the
case.
And yet jurists affect to wonder
why plain people do not have more
respect for courtsl
Possibly former Secretary Charles
E. Hughes is returning from Europe
earlier than was expected not in or
der to campaign for Mr.. Hoover but
to avoid being utterly eclipsed as
distinguished American abroad by
the rising tide of homage with
which Europe greets Mr.. Gene Tun-
new.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

organ particularly requires opportu-
nifty to recuperate after fatigue.
Every living thing requires rest
because activity uses up certain ma
terials. Injuries demand rest for
repair. If the skin over the knuckle
is broken, the knuckle must be held
still so that the tissues may prop
erly recover.
tuberculosis is a disease that
burns up body tissues. Hence pro-
longed rest is necessary for repair.
The time given to rest varies with
each person and the patient with
tuberculosis must be studied as an
individual in order to determine
just how much and what kinds of
rest he should have.
DR.. Brown insists that when high
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
Another Goat

The mayor of New York has Or
dered Police Commissioner Warren
to make a survey with regard to
speakeasies, arrests for drunkenness
and difficulties encountered in in
forcing the prohibition law. Why
not include gamblers, fences, thieves
and undetected murderers?
Twenty-Five years ago, the saloon
was blamed for must human ills.
Fourteen years ago that role was
forced on Germany. Now that we
have another goat, we are just as
Lappy as though we had not made
these two mistakes. To hear the
chatter you would suppose that if
we repealed the Volstead act we
would have nothing else to do ex-
cept to sit down with golden harps
and sing.
This is just another patent medi-
cine advertising campaign, just an
other ballyhoo to sell the idea on
the ground that it will bring the
millennium.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
(Copyright. 1928 BY The Ready Ref
erence Publishing Companv)
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; K-king;
o-queen; Jack; X-Any card lower
than 100
THE purpose of covering an hon
or with an honor is to estab-
lish trick in your own hand or
that held by your partner.
When you have nothing to gain by
covering, hold up your honor. Bear
in mind the probabilities of the STU
alton and be guided accordingly.
This point is clarified by the fol-
lowing illustration:
Dummy holds spades A j 10 8;
declarer leads spades @. West holds
spades K 8 4 3.
Should west cover Immediately
with the king of spades? If he did
so. the dealer would win every spade
so, the declarer would win every
spade trick in the dummy. West has
everything to gain if he does not
cover.
If the declarer illnesses the queen
of spades, he must take the next
spade trick in the dummy and it
is probable that he will eventually
be compelled to lead up the king Of
spades.
When to cover an honor with an
honor and when not to do so is
further exemplif1ed in the illustra-
ton which follows:
Dummy holds hearts A K 8; de-
clarer leads the heart j. West holds
Q42.
The 10 of hearts is neither in
vests hand nor in dummy. Pos
sibly east holds it.
The declarer obviously plans to
finesse the Jack of hearts. West
should cover and play the Queen Of
heartsl This will establish partners
possible 10 of hearts,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
PITY THE POOR JUDGE
MUSTACHES ARE DOWN
4 =
TWO TAILS THAT TALK

A S Gen. Smedley Butler, over
N in China, recalls how the Phila-
delphia politicians stopped his law
and order crusade the minute he
started to close the high-toned clubs,
he must smile at this Philadelphia
mayors edict that all law violations
must cease Immediately.
n
The Governor of Georgia is doc
tor and student of phrenology,
and determines the guilt or limo
cence of those who appeal for Glenn
ency by feeling their domeS Of
thought and scanning their coun-
tenances.
1t won't do, for there are many
beggars who look like cathedrals
and many captains of industry who
resemble Chinese laundries.
=
If the Republicans are wise, they
will not send any northern speakers
down into Dixie, but will let the
members of the family fight it out.
In past campaigns nothing ever
brought the Republicans into line
quite so effectively as the southern
statesmen who came north to speak
There's one thing strange about
this campaign-the heads of the
tickets are silent, but the tails are
talking all the time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
Rest A Big Factor in Tuberculosis

fever is present, the patient should
not be allowed to move either hand
or foot, writing must be forbidden
and even reading greatly curtailed
if it is permitted at all.
Visitors are excluded, all excite
ment avoided and laxative nurses
particularly kept away from the pa
tent.
Rest in such cases means not
only absolute physical rest, but also
complete mental rest.
The length of time the patient
remains in bed depends entirely on
his condition and the speed of his
recovery. This must be determined
by the physician in each case,
Next: Food for the TuberculOus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07

This is the first OF a series of three
articles on tuberculosis.
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American
Medical Association and of Hy-
geia, the Health Magazine.
TINE treatment of tuberculosis as
Il emphasized BY DR.. Lawrason
Brown, is based ca four fundamen-
tai factors-rest, good food fresh
air and educati n.
Rest is considered today as of
the greatest Importance, whereas
formerly the greatest emphasis was
placed on food and fresh air.
Most patients begin to protest
against too much rest, arguing that
the organs will not function with
out exercise. However, a diseased
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
Visit Frankfort

Inc CIVIC organizations Of Indianapolis
could do lot worse than make pilcriNace
to the city of Frankfort before the summer
season closes. For that little community has
an institution which should interest this citv
Visitors would be struck with very re-
markable swimming pool, just completed.
other cities have swimming pools, of course.
some OF them are much larger, but none are
inner or more complete in their equipment. But
this is not just swimming pool 1t is lesson
III municipal economy.
The swimming pool did not come from
taxation The citizens are not loaded down
with bonded debt on which to pay interest for
all time
This pool was erected and paid for out of
one years profits from an electric plant which
the people own and operate.
1t is that feature of the pool which should
interest this city in view of it's own opportunity
and perhaps duty to take over in 1890 the plant
of the gas company under the terms of the
agreement under which it was formed.
There is a great deal of propaganda in this
country against municipal ownership of util-
tiles. The people are told they do not know
enough to operate gas electric or water
plant They are told that politics always ruins
the operation
Frankfort has different story. 1t built it's
own electric plant about five years ago. It has
paid off the original cost and now has the prob
lem OF spending each year the profits from it's
operation instead of digging up deficits.
Al 70
cent swimming pool which has just been COM
pleted.
The rates for electricity are less than in
neighborhing cities served by the insult inter
ests which are seeking to secure a monopoly in
the State.
The rates, as matter Of fact, are so much
less that other neighboring cities are trying to
buy service from the municipal plant at
Frankfort.
The people Of this city ought to be able to do
with gas plant what Frankfort has done with
its electric plant. There is no question Of the
profits from the sale of gas
And, Of course, there should be no difficulty
at all about the people being able to take over
the gas plant
When that company formed some very
high-minded men of vision dedicated it to pub
lie ownership and provided the method by
which the people should obtain it.
They set the interest rate on the money they
invested and publicly pledged their honor as
citizens that when they had received the in
terest and their original investment they would
turn the plant to the city.
1t is unthnkable that any of the men who
so dedicated themselves to public interest
would now, by resort to courts or technicalities,
attempt to prevent a consumation of the bar.
gain.
Perhaps this city may some day reap divi-
dends, as Frankfort does, from its utilities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
HothouSe MortaIS

That Lake Ontario contest was
not swimming race, but freezing
match, and every one of the 1893
entrants lost. Here is vivid illus
tration of how weak we mortals are.
Just little change in temperature,
and we become paralyzed. Condi-
tions must be favorable not only
for us to do our best, but to live.
We cannot stand much cold, with
out a fire or a fur coat, and we
cannot stand much heat, without an
ice box.
Beyond the atmosphere, they say
the temperature is down to absolute
freezing. That is one reason we
have been unable to go up more
than eight or nine miles in a bal
loon or airplane. There are regions
on the earth where we could not
live, except for the devics which
civilization has made available.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
Deeper Than Thirst

AS I have often said in this
column, believe that modification
is desirable, but I do not believe
that it would put an end to lawless-
ness.
The kind of lawIessness from
which we are suffering goes deeper
than thirst. 1t may have received
considerable encouragement through
the agencies that have been de-
veloped to satisfy thirst. Boot
Logging especially as it has been or
ganized for transportation and dis
tributing purposes certainly fur
niSheS the criminal new back
ground as we'll as new ideas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
Lesson of the Mines
No. l49

ME Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries writes
4 Sir William Osler, did three things in medicine
shattered authority laid the foundation accurate
knowledge of the structure of the human body and
demonstrated how its functions should be studied in
diligently.
The first figure find in this age of revolt is that
of Paracesus.
In his day. he called an ignorant vagabond. HIS
actual contributions to medicine are almost none Ke
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
were two Robert Inger-

THERE were two Robert Inger-
l. soils. They were no relation.
Robert H. who died last Tuesday,
proved that intelligence could make
a dollar watch tick. Robert G.,
who died twenty-nine years ago,
tried ITO prove that no intelligence
was required to make the universe
tick. Both men were brainy. One
believed in materialism, but pursued
an intellectual career. The other
believed in God, but devoted his
talents to material production.
Just one more of those paradoxes
which make human nature so hard
to understand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07

Is important Tor
the spirit which
he brought into
medicine.
His real name
was Theophrastus
Bombast Won Ho-
henheim. Paracel-
suS seems to have
been an epithet of
his own choosing.
He was born
n e ar Einsiedeln,
Germany, in about
1870. His father
Was a physician
who had a hard
time keeping the
wolf from the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
This Date i'm
u. S. History

Sept. Z
Commissioners of the New
England confederacy held
their first meeting; John
Winthrop, president.
1891-American warships were sent
to Hawaii to protect American
interests.
1S92-John Greenleaf Whittier, poet,
died.