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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18

II knoxville, Tenn.-This city is
HIN the midst of a discussion
which seems worth mentioning be-
cause of the light it throws on a
common problem.
Col. F.. w. Albert, engineer in
charge of the water department was
summarily dismissed by Public Ser
vice Director Mynatt last Friday
with Lack of cooperation" as the
reason. Many citizens do not re-
gard this as sufficient. Monday,
the Knoxville Technical Society,
composed of architects, engineers
and allied professions, went on re-
cord as opposed to Colonel Albert's
dismissal.
AS w. j. Savage, president of the
society, expressed it, sit does not
seem to us, as a body, of business
like manner. Even if the charges
made bby Mrs. Mynatt were true,
they were too trivial to justify the
action that was taken. Knoxville
cannot aord to lose the services
of such a man."
Colonel Albert not only represent
ed Knoxville in the construction OF
it's splendid water plant, but has
operated that plant for the last sew
eral years with entire satisfaction
to the city. The issue thus raised
is whether one official should
jeopardize public interest by dismis-
sing another because he has it with
in his power to do so, or, to put it
in another way, whether politics
should be considered as more i'm
portant than experiences in the man
agement of a water department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Experts Essential

Inventions, machinery and or
ganized production have forced us
to lay such methods aside. We no
longer consider it practical or pos
sible to accomplish results by the
mere passing of an act entitled
an act.
The engineer, doctor, the archi-
tect, the educator and other eX-
perts have come to be regarded as
essential to a well-governed city.
A large proportion of the money
for municipal work must go through
their hands to be wisely spent and
the operation of some of the most
important branches must be under
their direction to be successful.
The idea of merely telling citizens
what they should do has ceased to
be effective. The modern method is
to establish special departments for
doing it and put more faith in eX-
pert knowledge than in political
byplay
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18

TIME greatest objection to Du-
l. rants offer of $1,000 for the best
plan from a school child for the ell
forcement of the prohibition law, is
that it will make the parents Of the
contestants work too hard.
4 n Il
The net result of the recent pad
locking of New York night clubs is
that it has enabled Texas Guinan
to go into motion pictures.
II
The Department Of Agriculture
announces an enormous increase in
the consumption Of peanuts.
But the strong prejudice in the
United States against cannibalisi2l
will save many Of them.
q Il
The fact that Nicholas Murray
Butler has come out for Hoover
arouses the suspicion that the ma
tional Republican committee sent
him case of gin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18

What form of government has
Russia?
The government is made up of
soviets Cor councils) in which only
workers and peasants have a voice.
1t is Familiarity known as the die
tatorship of the proletariat." The
executive cabinet is the council of
peoples commissars.
Where can one apply for posi-
ton as harvest hand in Texas?
To the United States Employment
ONCE at either FIT. Worth or ANA
rillo, Texas.
How is the depth of the sea
measured?
The latest method is by echoes.
An electric oscillator at the surface
of the water transmits a sound to
the bottom Of the ocean. An APP
paratus on board ship picks up the
sound of the echo as it returns from
the bottom Of the sea and third
instrument records the time inter-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every constitution. but
on request will not be published. Let
ters not exceeding 200 words will receive
preference.
Editor Times-I want to COM
mend the articles on the gangs
and the "rackets," also on gov
eminent control and prohibition. +"
I am glad there is one paper in
which I can get information on
these subjects, as crime resulting
from them seems to be submerging
cur nation.
THOUGHTFUL READER,
Liberty, Ind.
Editor Times-Mr. Tom Adams
surely thinks all the people in In
diana are very forgetful. He speaks
about a school bill being pigeon
holed by Speaker Leslie.
Now, Mr.. Adams, was not that
Carney's Oleo bill that was lost2
Mr.. Adams surely has not forgot
ten Mr.. Leslie is the same Leslie
who was speaker when the Re
publican members met in the Co.
lunbia Club and voted to a man
not to have an investigation OF
Stephensonism through the Legis-
lature.
Mr.. Adams, you would better look
up the records and see what you
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Government Changes

Such an issue reminds US Of how
distinctly the functions of municipal
government have changed during
the last two or three generations.
In the beginning, municipal govern
ment was looked upon as almost
wholly a matter of politics, an in
stitution to be developed and oper-
ated by ordinance and statute.
With the coming Of paved streets,
public transportation, waterworks,
sewerage and similar activities, mu-
nicipal government has come to be
regarded as an enterprise where spe-
cial training is the all important
factor.
We used to develop our streets
by passing regulations.
The first ordinance enacted by the
town of Cambridge, Mass, was that
no citizen should allow tree to
lie across the road for more than
seven days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Hoover's Newark Address

AS the formula for increasing profits, raise wages,
shorten hours, cut prices.
Imagine such doctrine being expounded by
presidential nominee a third of a century ago.
That Herbert Hoover now deals with that doctrine,
not as a theory but as admitted and workable fact
is striking proof that single generation has Travelled
a long, long way from the time when pail full of
cold dinner all the Republican party needed
TO offer to win election.
There is more of a gap than is told by the cal
endar between the Mckinley and ours And seri-
GUS though some of our economic worries are today
bad though conditions be in COAL textiles and agric-
ture the Nation as a whole is much better of that
memory can not fully grasp the comparison
Hoover does not attempt to credit the Republican
party with all the advances that have been made I'M
der the new economic philosophy In fact, he does
what political speakers usually don't do He actually
goes out of his way to grant bulk of the credit to
science invention and intelligent effort Of employers
and employees.
But throughout the address we are conscious that
Hoover is on familiar ground ground that he loves
to tread.
And insofar as Government has played part in
developing the new economic philosophy, Herbert
Hoover has been the greatest single contributing
force greater than any political party or any other
Eight years ago. having finished the war work
that had brought him world fame Hoover was named
to a cabinet post by the old guard that then was
going into power. The old guard didn't like Hoover
and at the same time did not dare to ignore him.
Accordingly, it derived little satisfaction from
the idea of shelving the of doubtful party regu-
larity in what was VIGOROUSLY the least impressive OF
the cabinet chambers.
At an old desk, in a rented building, Hoover weSss
to work. and during those eight years he made the
secretaryship of commerce the most useful of all
cabinet departments.
Quietly but diligently, in cooperative rather than
bureaucratic spirit he applied himself to the job OF
increasing efficiency in industry Believing personally
that high wages bring prosperity and low wages bring
hard times he set about to assist industry in finding
out that the solution of its profit problem did not lie
in cutting wages but rather to be found in elmi-
nation of waste the speeding up production and the
consequent lowering of production costs
Furthermore he believed that to have general
prosperity the pay to the individual worker must be
great enough and mis- hours of labor short enough that
he might buy the things he produces and have leisure
in which to use them
Such terms as simplihcation and Standardization
began to take their places in the vocabulary of bust
ness Not thrilling terms in the human interest Sense
nothing that gossips would chew on which
whispering campaigns would thrive-but terms never
tho less that began to favoraby affect millions Of
pocketbooks throughout the Nation.
And SO t is that at Newark we see Herbert Hoover,
now the presidential nominee. advancing in larger
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18

TINE poker player who deals off
Il the bottom is thrown out; the
prize fighter who fouls his opponent
loses the match; the craps shooter
who uses loaded dice is blacklisted,
but in politics one may lie, steal,
cheat. plot, SANDER and poison
and it is all regular"
We are not going to get very far
with decent government until poll
tics is lifted to the dignity of the
poker party, the prize fight and the
craps game!
President Coolidge does not flash
like Minister BRAND of France, but
the latter's lamentable rupture of
Franco German harmony proves
that a level head is more valuable
in government than all the hills and
valleys of temperament.
=
We hope Queen Marie of Rumania
marries this rich American; that
is, if she comes over here and hangs
up her crown.
She is a fine woman, the least
handicapped by royal birth of any
body across the water, and the re-
cent furor she created in our midst
proves that she would go big i'll
politics.
But what we really want her to
do is to come here and establish a
court, satisfy Americas craving for
royalty and enable ladies with cob
webs in their attics to be pre-
sented" without going clear to Lon
don.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
POLITICS AND POKER
4 n
WELCOME, QUEEN MARI
THEIR SELF-STARTERS

THERE'S been no particular de-
Il mand for all these automobile
magnates to rush into the political
headlines, but you can't expect
them to remain in obscurity when
they are surrounded completely by
self-stl rters
A Delaware farmer raised a melon
which weighed flfty-three and one
half pounds. It's almost as big as
the Secretary Of the Treasury.
n
What in the world has become Of
Mrs. Glen Shaver? We have not
heard anything from her for six
weeks. And we haven't heard from
Glen, but then we didn't expect to.
TINE fact that we have a few
L giants in public life is proved
by those members Of the board Of
public welfare at Washington1 who
refused to take any action in the
case of that 3-year-old child who
smoked several cigars every day,
saying the child appeared to be
healthy.
~UBA has abolished the bond
~ she used to compel tourists to
deposit. A thirst is all they need
now in order to get in.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
NNE Of the first effects Of the
W craze for reduction in weight
which swept over the world follow
ing the great war was the elimina-
ton Of breakfast as a regular meal.
People found that a glass Of Or
ange juice or fruit Of some sort
would start off the day for the adult
satisfactorily, particularly if COM
bined with the stimulation of black
coffee.
Many mothers in the more pros
porous class of society accustomed
to sleep late eat a late breakfast
and eliminate luncheon. Unfortu-
nately these adult habits are likely
to reflect themselves on the care
of the children.
The child walking a considerable
distance to school and engaged for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Rule bY Science

Much as we hate to admit it, gov
eminent is becoming a science, it
is becoming a science for precisely
the same reason that medicine has
become a science.
The things we expect towns and
cities to do for the public good leave
no other choice in the matter.
The unframed, inexperienced man
is no longer fit to Greet many
branches of government.
The service Of those who have
been educated in a particular way
has become mandatory.
In the old days we could pick most
any citizen to do most any kind of
a job because one citizen knew quite
as much about it as another, but
that is no longer true. Public bust
ness, like private business. has passed
beyond the reach of ordinary trair-
ing and ability. This being so, it
follows that when cities find a coed
man for some particular place, it
should be their object to keep him
Government and particularly MT
nicipal government has ranged into
activities where the old fashioned
conception of politics does not st.
where we cannot afford to jeopar-
die public interest by allowing the
game to be played without restraint
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Times Readers Voice Viez0S

had to say then about Mr.. Leslie.
1t is indeed a surprise, Mr..
Adams, to the decent people of the
Republican party to think that you
are going to support men whom
you showed to be so closely con-
nected to Stephenson that some
Of their wives received presents
from him.
Again we are made to say that
politics make strange bed fellows.
A REPUBLICAN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18

purpose began
to be developed
not long after.
The first man
to introduce the
experim entail
m e t hod into
medicine W a S
William Harvey
who made the
monumental dis
covery of tn e
circulation of
the blood by
that method.
The first man
to introduce sci
eptifr in ctr1y-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
NO. 1853

CCIENTIFIC instruments came to the aid of medi-
~ cal progress in about the year 1900 AS result,
the advance OF the science was accelerated.
The seventeenth century is important for the de-
velopment Of scientific apparatus in every field The
telescope had been invented in about 1890 and the
compound microscope about 1903.
Scientific experimentation with apparatus specially
~~-0-~S---- fOr %I,o
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
This Date in
u. S. History

September IL
1492-Columbu and crew were en-
couraged by the appearance
of many birds.
1777-Continental Congress adj
journed to Lancaster, Pa,
because of the approach Of
the British to Philadelphia.
l893-Cornerstone of capitol az
Washington laid by George
Washington.
1862-Lee recrossed the Potomac in
to Virginia,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Questions and AnSzOerS

val required for the sound to go
to the bottom of the ocean and The
echo to return. Half Of the interval
multiplied by the velocity Of sound
per second gives the depth Of the
ocean at that point.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18

A record breaking number of tourists comes back
to America with every ship. And record-breakng
number report there was very little new to see."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
way the ideas that already have proved SO effective in
his eight years as cabinet officer.

way the Ideas That already have proved SO eecve IN
his eight years as a cabinet officer
In certain portions of the address, Hoover lapses
into the conventional jargon of politics In por
ton, referring to the total unemployment of last
winter 100000, believe his figures do not jibe
with those most generally accepted.
But insofar as the document deals with unemploy-
ment and methods of its cure, the rights of labor
Government cooperation by voluntary action, dis
tinct from Government interference by law; immi-
grafton restriction companion piece of protec-
tive tariff of depression, and the relation of
invention to prosperity the speech will live treat
Use on liberal and forward-locking economics long
after the end of the political campaign that brought
it forth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Daily Thoughts

Render therefore to all theiI
dues.-ROmanS 1887.
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A TEN Err conscience is q
IA stronger obligation than a
prison. q
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18

This is the third Of a series Of twelve
articles on the health of the school,
child. Tomorrow: The School Lunch
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18

Chang Tsung Chang has gone to the battlefront,
leaving his twenty-eght wives. Well and why not!
nnuia nintu nm Sniannn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
Reign of instruments

David Dietz on Science ---
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
SONG
SUBJECT OF
WMAL PLAY

Reasonably good reception. but
more interference between over
IaDpjng frequencies than usual.
was noted i'm the air lanes last
evening. There was fading here,
and there and considerable cOde
ANNOYANCE, Baltimore and wash
ington stations suffered from
each form of trouble, WKC show.
ing a decided tendency to face OUT
at times.
An average Thursday is promised
for loud speaker addicts this after
noon and evening-with only sucn
excitement as the regular attalrs
de mike will produce. There was
this morning at 1880, e. new pro
gram introduced to the WMAL
clientele in the form OF the flrst
of a series of talks on contract
bridge by Mrs. Granville Fortesque.
During the noon ana carry aIter-
noon hours WRC will be silent, so
that the engineers may make some
changes in equipment that, it Is
promised, will make WRC programs
clearer and better for listeners. This
will not interfere with the sending
of the u. S. Army Band concert
program to WIZ, however, and its
distribution through WIZ and its
affiliations to @the remainder of the
continent.
There will be community chest
talk by Elwood Street from WRC
at o'clock followed by concert
from Sidney,s Mayflower Orchestra.
The regular features of Thursday
will then be heard-the Song Shop
~ o. ETnAxyn,.itn. oh Q.Q0s CnihnrtSnUC
at 8; Swanee River opus at $3.50
and Halsey-Stuart at 10.
In the WMAL schedule the best
prospect for entertainment seems
to be a Schubert program that will
happen about 10 o'clock. The idea
of the program is to show how
Schubert composed some of his
most equisite songs and the
dramatic episode of how Shake
speare's "Hark. Hark the Lark!
formed the basis of one of these
songs will be the basis of a
dramatic and musical presentation.
In the Sonora hour at 3 o'clock
various orchestral groups viii be
assisted by Helen Croy, eontralto,
and Allan Jones, tenor. The Army
Band will play a WMAL program
at p. m.
An interesting affair will be given
at the Pythian Temple this evening
under the auspices of WJSV and
the direction of Chick Godfrey. the
Singing Leatherneck." A group
of the stars that have been popular
in WJSV broadcasts will present
concert in person with a program
built like broadcast including an.
nouncements by the regular WJSV
announcer and all the trimmings.
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
Groups
TO.MEET 7 HERE

DIR. George r. Miller, of New
York, national president. announced
today that the fourteenth and
twenty-first annual meetings, re.
spectively, of the National Equal
Rights League and the Negro Race
Congress of America will meet here
January ] to 8 at the Mt. Carmel
Baptist Church, Third and Streets
northwest.
Through the Rev. William H..
Jernagin. pastor of the above
church. Secretaries Neill and Mon
roe Trotter. the league invites every
national and local racial organiza-
ton. including churches. to send
delegates to this convention that the
race in a national sense may devise
methods by which emancipation may
be fully realized &c years after its
inception.
The league urges that in every
place completion of emancipation"
celebration be held on New Year
Day or Sunday.
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
DEAD TIRED?

How sad. SalIow complexion,
coated tongue, poor appetite. bad
breath, pimp1y skin and always
tired. What's wrong? You are
poisoned The bowels are clogged
and liver inactive. Take this famous
prescription used constantly in place
Of caIomel by men and women for
20 years-Dr. Edwards Olive Tab
lets, They are harmless yet very
effective. A compound of vegetable
Ingredients and olive oil. They act
easily upon the bowels, free the
system of poison caused by faulty
elimination and tone up liver.
\ Be beautiful. Have rosy cheeks, clear
eyes and youthful energy that make a
success of life. Take DIR. Edwards
Olive Tablets nightly. Know them by
their olive color. 15c. 30c and s0c.
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
CIVIC GROUP TO MEET

The Montgomery County Civic
Federation will meet Monday eve
ming at o'clock at the Cabin John
Glen Echo School.
The Washington times., 1928-12-06
BEST PROSPECTS

1880 a. m.-COntract bridge les
sons. by Mrs. Granville FOrtesGuc---
WMAL l476).
1880 to 6:3O-station WRC will
be silent.
6:20 .. m.-Virginia JudRe-WOL
(229).
1890 o. MI. s. Army Band
WMAL (476).
CHAIN PROGRAMS
w,shinGton-WJZ. etc.
Hour. New 1Ork-WEAF. VITO.
WAR, WCSH WEEI.
500 D. m.-Forhan's Song Shop.
New York-WEAF; WKG; VITO.
WSki WSAi. WTA5: %TAE' WYNN. WTAM. MoW. WMS.
WDAF. KOA.
S:3O-HOOVer SentIneIs. New York
WEAF. WRC. WEEI. WTAM,
WI. MIn. WGX; CIV WcAk; kv6U wv. VISA WsAk'
MIA MHAs. WSM WSM. wMc. new; VW;sB. WnHf WpHf.
WCCO. WGN. Champion sparkers
WBAL. WHAM. WLW. KWK.
KYW. WREN. KDKA.
9:OO y. m.--SeiberlinK Singers.
WT!c, WAR: WTAG; WCsI.
WWJ. WSAI. KsD. WOW. WDAT.
KVOO. WFAA. KRPC. WOAI.
KOA. WTMJ. WCCO. WHAS.
WSM. WE. WMSi X1Mo "sRi RHS' WIT; M,,SG%!: SG2;
MqilS,a"'7KDHI MEam. KSkX. KwK. MSK W@%n; Son"rS
HOur--COIumbIa prOgTam-WMAI.,
WOR. WABC. WFAN. WNAC.
WEAN. WFBI.. WKBW. WAS.
WADC. WKRC: WBBM. WGHP.
WOWO. KNOX. WSPD. KMBC
$3.50 y. Maxwell House Hour.
New York-WiZ WIZ. WBZN.
WBAL. WHAM KDKA. WLW.
WJR. WTMJ. KYW. KSD. ~WRHM,
voc. WHO: WDAF. KNOO.
WRAP. KPRC. WHAS. WSM.
VINO. WsR; WIT. WOW. WAX.
1890 %. m.--HaIsey Stuart Hour
New YOrk-WEAF. WRC. WEEI.
WTIC. WAR. WGN. <WTAG'
WCSH. WEI: WGY. WCAE WV.
WTMJ KSD. WHRM. WOW
WAS. wMc. wSB' WET. wDIr'' wI'
KOA. WSAI. Schubert's Big Mo-
ment. Columbia DrOgram-WMAL
etc.
1890 u. m.-The Merrvmakers.
Columbian prOgram-WMAE. etc.
1900 y. m.--tiTy LOmba rdO and
his Royal Canadians, Columbia
DrOgPam-WMAI.. etc.
DANCE Music
1900 n. m.-rbe MaryIsnders.
Baifimore-WBAI. (2R3).
1918 y. m.-VirEinla Serenaders
---WJSv t205).
1889 n. m.-Aster Orchestra--
WRC $3.50
.II:0o y m.-M:WiIIIams' Or
Evening star., 1928-06-19
SPRINCTIME
ny ID. c. PEATTIE.

God bless the whole fiowery, fruity
genus said John Muir. prince Of ad.
venturing naturalists of our country
when he spoke of the hlackberries and
raspberries, the dewberries, the cloud
berries and Salmon berries.
At a friends house, at dinner the
other day, I saw blackberry blossoms
in bowl on the table looking almost
as beautiful as Cherokee roses. Be-
cause the blackberry is common
roadside bush is no reason to despise
it. no excuse for failing to know its
beauty when it is seen. For gay in
nocence and grace, there is nothing
comelier.
There is no way. I think. to tell
blackberrieS from raSpberries when in
flower which shows how closely kin
they are, And there are other, rareI
members Of this botanical group called
Rubus that are neither blackberries nor
raSpbcrries. If you see a blackberry
creeping along the ground. then it is
probably dewberry, and very large
and juicy are its fruits. The noblest
member of this lovely tribe I ever saw
is the purple-1iowering raspberry. which
has flowers as large as single roses, ano
of a rose-purple color never seen ir
any rose.
Indeed this whole gay clan is close
kin to the rose. In their prickly stems
and compound leaves and in the struc.
ture of their flowers they can scarcely
be told from roses, and country
neighbor of mine swears he knows oi
a blackberry rose, natural hybrid
But when l ask him whether his mar
velous discovery bears n blackberry oil
a roSe-hip, he changes the subject!