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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
Hoover and Smith
: has put forth its best mani.

Each party has put forth its best man.
Herbert Hoover or Alfred E. Smith will be the next
President.
The real Significance Of the two nominations is that
the rank and file of the American people have won
a double -barreled victory against the professional
politicians and the factionalists
Hoover held the enmity of predatory financial in
terests in the East and powerful professional pot-
clans in the Middle West
Opposing Smith were intangible and mighty forces
of primal hate and lurking dread Sef-seeking lead
ers, by making DOGGY out of the Pope of Rome,
sought to those fears and preudices to prevent
Smiths nomination They were joined by the fanati-
cal drys who commended that the critical opinions of
candidate on the prohibition law constituted dis
qualification for Office.
Smiths nomination is the peoples indication Of
the constitutional provisions which guarantee the
right to worship and to think as you please.
Hoover is now responsible for his party. Let him
reclaim it for decency. Smith is responsible for
his party. Let him cleanse it-and, in the doing, let
him remember that Tammany's stencil fouls the same
air as the Ohio gang.
Last January this and other Scripps- Howard
newspapers expressed the editorial opinion that Hoover
among the Republicans and Smith among the Demo-
Gratis were the strongest and best candidates.
AS independent newspapers we felt it our duty to
work in both vineyards, and to use our influence to
the end that, no matter what happened in Novem-
Der, the country would be well served after inaugu
ration day.
We naturally are gratihed by the Houston result,
as we were by the Kansas City result.
At the time of original expression in behalf Of
Hoover for the Republican nomination and Smith
for the Democratic we said believed Hoover would
make better President than Smith
We think that his knowledge both of national and
international problems is greater than Smiths; that
his training as an engineer and economist is better
equipment than is the training of Smith Governor
of New York.
Such questions the development of hydro-electric
power, flood control of the Mississippi imperialism,
international debts and all the other worldwide is
sues that contain with them the greatest problem Of
all-the problem of or peace
But an independent newspaper is not party or
gan. In supporting Hoover we will not align our
selves as the enemy traducer Of the good and able
man who is his opponent.
We want to see Hoover in the White House. But,
excepting Hoover we would rather Alfred E. Smith
there than any man since Woodrow Wilson.
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One Who Believes

kindly man leaning heavily upon two strong
walking canes made his way to the platform at the
Democratic national convention.
He laid aside his canes and by the same movement
Invested himself of all other outward evidence Of his
invalidism.
He started to speak in slow, distinct tone with
only an occasional emphasis of a word.
He did not try to sway his audience or to lift his
listeners from their seats
He sought no wild moments Of enthusiasm through
the tricks of the skilled orator
He did not play upon the more tender emotions
of those who following his words nor did he try
to move them to tears hysteria.
Here was man with something to say; something
he believed in sincerely; something he wanted every
one else to believe
Because he was sincere and because he spoke as he
did, this man commanded not only the interest, but
the respectful attention, of his audience.
The speaker was Franklin D. Roosevelt. His SUBJ
iect Governor AL Smith. His message, that Smith is
great and good man.
His desire, that others know Smith as he knows
him His hope, that Smith will be the next President
of the United States
Roosevets speech was not great address, as ora
tory is measured in the United States Senate or on
lecture platform. He may have felt disappointed
that the handclappings were infrequent.
But Roosevelt's speech was good speech, because
it emphasized the huanness of Smith and his ability
to make and keep friends
Smith, the Catholic, and Smith, the wet, faded
from the minds of many and was replaced with a
vision of Smith, the man.
It is the man that makes Smith the presidential
nominee of the Democratic party today. ~
1t is friends like Franklin D. Roosevelt who believe
in him so implicitly who have made Smith four times
Governor of New York and are pushing him to the
very threshold of the White House.
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P oisoned Opinion

Let no one suppose that $4,000 was all the
money spent by utilities of this State IN the
last two or three years to control legislation.
That was the sum admitted by the mana
ger of an organization which was formed for
the purpose of creating public sentiment to per-
nit the insults and the others to get what they
wished from legislators, Governors and utility
commissioners,
The investigation at Washington exposes
the utilities in the role Of prisoners Of public
opinion, rather than creators Of fair sentiment.
The methods of the group were not those OF
men who plead,or urge an honest cause. They
hid their identity and appealed by false pre-
lenses
The expense accounts of this utility group
shows that they paid speakers, one Of whom
is now a candidate for very high Office to go
before luncheon clubs and give sage counsel,
all favorable to the utility attitude
The members of the clubs, of course, had no
idea that the speaker had the money of the
utilities in his pocket. They supposed he was
just an earnest citizen arguing for conservative
treatment of public question.
These expenditures also show that the
group got into the public schools, that its ar
guments were carried home by children, that
teachers fell for their bait.
More Infamous is the fact that highly
trained experts were introduced, by the same
false pretenses, into the State University and
there got at the youth of the land with propa-
ganda paid for by these special interests.
The group is exposed as putting poison
into the we'll from which the public is supposed
to drink information.
Of course, the real corruption of the utili-
ties costs much more. In every legislative SEES
sion they have battery Of high priced lawyers
and fxers The small sum paid to professors
and speakers would seem even smaller if con-
trasted with the fees Of just one of these men.
The people get hint, now and then.
There is that story that does not die Of the
$4,000 paid in one campaign. And in every
campaign these interests pay usually to both
parties.
Of course, the money comes out of the peck
cts of the gas and telephone and electric light
and street railway patrons They are taxed to
foot the bills.
Hereafter if you happen to hear some one
pleading for ''fair' treatment for the utilities,
it might be well to inquire how much he gets
paid, secretly, for his services.
The secrecy exposes the morals and methods
Of the utility group. Honest men do not mask
their arguments or hire secret defenders
Perhaps the people, after while, will learn
to protect themselves:
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projection of the earths axis describes imaginary
circle in the sky. This is made clear by the accom-
panying illustration
The shift of the earths axis is SO slow, however,
that it takes it $4,000 years to describe the entire
circle.
Modern astronomical measurements are delicate
enough to detect this shift and to enable to make
predictions to what stars will be the pole stars of
the future.
And in addition, historical records of the past
agree with what present-day calculations say must
have been the pole stars of past centuries
About 1900 years ago, the brightest star in the
constellation of Draco the Dragon, the star known
as Alpha Draconis held the distinction of being the
pole star
With the passage of time, the honor shifted to the
brightest star of the constellation Of the Little Bear
the star we call Polars.
Polaris will keep the honor for about 5000 more
years 1t will then pass in succession to number of
stars in the nearby consultations of Cepheus and
Cygnus.
In about $500 years to come Alpha Cephei the
brightest star in the constellation OF Cepheus will be
the pole star. few thousand years later, Alpha
Cygni the brightest star in cygnus, will hold the
the honor.
In $4,000 years from now, the familiar bright star
Vega, will be the pole star.
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SAYS:

THE monkey grows shockingly
Il prominent in human affairs.
First, Mr.. Darwin suggests that he
might be our grandpa, several thou
sand times removed, and then DR..
Serge Voronoff comes forward with
the idea that we may be able to
live longer by stealing his glands.
Gloomy Dean" Inge Of England,
who seldom passes up an oppor-
tunity to "view with alarm" thinks
that this latter proposition is moth
ing less than defiance of the divine
pain.
In a sermon at Westminster Alb
hey he took occasion to attack Dr.
Serge Voronoff's theory of rejuve-
nation by this method.
81 regret" said the Dean. that
there is being honored and ap-
plauded in Great Britain a for
eigner whose theories are revolving
to all pure minded men and wom-
en-. It is diSgraceful."
When asked later if it was Dr.
Voronoff he had in mind, the dean
not only admitted it was but said,
"It is monstrous that this man who
claims to be able to extend life by
interassociation Of apes and humans
should be listened to. Where is
our sense of holiness?"
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Bridge Play
Made Easy
BY w. w. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; liking; O.
queen; Jack; X-any card lower
than 100
IMAGINE that the dealer has bic
4 one club. You are the second
player. What would you bid hold
ing each of the hands which fol-
low? The explanation in each in
stance accompanies the illustration
Spades x x; hearts K x x x x;
diamonds A x x; clubs x x x
Bid one heart. The hand contains
one and one-half quick tricks prop
erly distributed, one-half quick
trick being in the five card suit
Some experts will not bid on less
than K 10 x x x, especially OIL
a clear score.
Spades x x; hearts K x x;
diamonds A j x x x; clubs j x x
Pass. The hand does not contain
approximately one and one-hall
quick tricks.
Spades "A ] 10 x x; hearts x X
x; diamonds x x; clubs x x K
Bid one spade. The hand contains
one and one-half quick tricks in the
five-card suit.
Spades K x x; hears A @ x K
x; diamonds x x; clubs x x K
Bid one heart. A @, although
valued as only one and one-half
quick tricks, is really worth shade
more.
Spades x x x; hearts @ j x x
x; diamonds x x x; clubs A x
Bid one heart. The hand contains
one and one-half tricks properly
distributed. Some experts would
not bid on less than @ j 10 x x
especially on a clear score.
Spades @ 10 x x x; hearts X;
diamonds K j 10 x; clubs K x K
Pass. When the five-card suit
does not contain one-half quicb
trick the balance of hand should
contain two quick tricks to justify
defensive bid.
Spades A x x x x; hearts g
x; diamonds K x x; clubs x x
Pass. One and one-half tricks
missing. The length does not COM
pensate for the missing quick trick
requirement.
Spades j x x; hearts @ 10 x;
diamonds @ j 10; clubs A j x
Bid no trump. The total hand is
as good as an original no trump
with three suits stopped. 1t also
contains two stops in clubs.
! Copyright, 1923. by the Ready Reference
Publishing Company
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
international Familiarity

DR.. John r. Mott general secretary of the Y M.
c. A. national council, told meeting Of New York
business men the other day that as nations are being
brought closer together by improved transportation
and communication they are reacting on each other
with increasing vrlence" and are thereby drifting
gradually closer toward war
That is rather surprising. We used to assume that
bringing the nations closer together would make them
more neighborly: every advance in transportation
and communication such as the airplane and the
radio has been hailed as force that would make for
world peace But DR.. Mott doesn't see it that way.
Maybe it's only natural that it should work out
that way, at that. Individuals often remain more
friendly if they don't see each other too often it's
usually easier to be friends with man living block
awav than with the next-door neighbor. Perhaps It's
the same with nations.
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Desires to Live

OF far more intimate nature.
though just as hard to answer, is
the question of whether people are
so tremendously anxious to live
longer, especially when they have
reached an advanced age.
When recently interviewed on the
subject. ten out of thirteen English
centenarians said that they would
not.
Aged New Workers, according to
a recent survey by the New York
World, are more optimistic, possibly
because of the difference between
New York and London, as one Of
them explained.
Apparently, there is no more
unanimity with regard to long life
than with regard to most other
things. Those who are young, we'll
and strong feel quite sure that they
want it. Those who have passed the
meridian are still unfavorably i'm
pressed, but not so sure. Those who
stand amid deepening shadows with
their vitality Slapped and their
friends gone, seem generally content
to pass on with the procession.
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DEFECTS of the eyes are third
- among physical defects found
in school children. Most of the
cases are the results of errors in
the construction of the eye, result
ing either in near-sightedness, far
sightedness, or astigmatism.
Some of the defects are due to
weaknesses OF the eye muscles or
represent the results of scars Left
by previous infection.
Obviously the child who is handi-
capped with bad vision suffers more
greatly than any other in its school
work. Only recently have tests be-
gun to be made uniformly of schoo!
children with a view to giving all Of
them an equal chance at education
Our laws say that every child
shall have an equal chance at all
education, but unless it is physically
fit, particularly so far as concerns
its vision and hearing, its chance is
not the same as that of the child
who is normal physically.
A survey made by a committee
representing the National Educa-
tional Association, the American
Medical Association and the Ma
tional Society for the Prevention of
Blindness indicates that IL per cent
represents the amount of detective
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-29
Cry for Health

The cry is not for years, but for
health, strength and eternal youth.
If one could remain 80, it would be
different, but one can not.
Monkey glands or no monkey
glands, the clock goes right on
ticking, with old faces giving place
to new ones and the readjustment
to changed conditions becoming
harder and harder.
: Restoration of youth would be in
complete without the restoration Of
those scenes and associates which
made youth what it was, and that,
of course, is out of the question.
AS a teacher Of philosophy re-
Gently remarked, cts brevity is not
the worst aspect of human life"
The average mind has stood about
all it can when it has tuned itself
to the innovations and bereave-
ments of 80 or 80 years.
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Priests lest Plan

DR.. Voronoff, who was in Paris al
the time, promptly took issue with
the Gloomy Dean"
"As a matter of fact" said Dr.
Voronoff, there must be sixty-three
priests now saying prayers for me
for what I have been able to
accomplish in deferring old age
and stimulating the brain"
Dean Inge is not only far behind
the times" Dr. Voronoff added, "but
is in opposition to the beneficial
actions Of science, which permit
the prolonging of the life of man.
and thus the performance of more
good works"
He also said that he had found
Catholic priests much more sympa
thetic than doctors toward thu
transportation of glands and bet
ter acquainted with the relation
ship Of glands to the human
organism, especially the brain.
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Coolidge. Roman Emperor

French historian Jacques Bainvie, is consider
ably perturbed by his perusa of the message President
Coolidge sent to Herbert Hoover after the latters
nomination for the presidency.
1t demonstrates he says, that the United States is
drunk with wealth and power. The message, he adds,
mas the tone of a Roman emperor and not of Pres
ident of a republic.
That would be quite distressing if it were true 1t
is hard to just how this country acts as II 1t were
drunk with power though.
We may have made mistakes in our foreign deal
ings during the last decade but if it only be-
case we were dealing with various peoples who,
caught in Jam of their own making, trying to
move heaven and earth to escape the consequences
And any one who can compare Calvin Coolidge
With Roman emperor just naturally has good
imagination
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People Pay
Bills for
Candidates
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON
WYE have to pay their salaries
wv while they are in Office, OF
course, but it seems hardly fair that
the hard-pressed taxpayer should
foot the bill for campaign expenses
for Senators and congressman
However, that we partially do so
is evidenced by the franking privi~
lege records.
Presidential candidates have used
this privilege to the extent that
three of them have distributed more
than two million copies Of speeches,
Senator Hefln of Alabama, great
Truth Champion, has had a print
ing bill Of a little less than ten
thousand, nearly the total of his
annual salary as Senator. Most OF
these were his burning remarks
against AL Smith and the Catholic
church. He has been carrying on
this work with your money.
II Il
TOR long time the common folks
L have thought the ranking
privilege was oVerworked.
Consider, please, the government
postman, carrying an added burden
of thousands Of franked letters in
the campaign years, his back bowed
down under literally a million
pounds Of speeches, a weight of elo-
quence that nobody listened to and
that nobody will read.
Consider also that this public
servant earns a small salary and has
two weeks annual vacation. And
that he must do all this extra work
without any more pay for politicians
who get almost ten times as much
for far less labor and who have
three months vacation with pay to
get themselves back into office.
II II
THERE'S sense to the frank if IL
4 Is used in the interest of the
taxpayer. Or even if used as a g,SSa
cious privilege accorded to states
men who make our laws and who
when it was first instituted received
far less salary than they now get.
But surely Uncle Sam did not i'm
tend that the people should foot the
bill for a candidates campaign ex-
pense. That would be adding in~
suit to injury.
And the most pitiful thing about
this matter is that in spite of all
the labor of preparing them, the
expense of printing and the trouble
of transportation, probably not one
half Of one per cent of these
speeches are ever read.
The average man filings into his
waste basket anything in his mail
under a frank. Experience has
taught him what to expect if he
opens it.
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Questions and AnS7Ue1cS

You can get an answer to any answer
able question Of fact or information by
Editor, The Indianapolis Times, Wash
ington Bureau, 1922 New York Ave,
samps foa T Re- Me 9ain an Sfns sga
advice cannot be given. nor can ex-
tended research be made; All other
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters are confidential You are
free service as often as you please.
EDITOR.
What is the derivation of the
name Ogg? Does it come from the
Biblical name Cog" King of
BaShan?
1t is derived from the Anglo
Saxon "oga" meaning terror" It
is supposed to be a short form Of
SOME longer name, as ocgwealt, and
refers to some great warrior who in
spired terror in others. 1t has no
connection with the Biblical Og,
King Of Bashan.
When was the American Legion
organized? What is its present
membership?
The Legion was organized at st.
Louis, Mo-, May 8 to 10, 1919. The
last report gives the membership as
713,998.
How can mahogany finish be
put on an outside door that has
been painted white?
First remove the paint with a
good paint remover. Then wash the
surface with benzine or denatured
alcohol, according to the brand of
remover employed and allow to
stand until thoroughly dry. Then
smooth the surface with fine sand
paper and afterwards stain with
mahogany stain.
What military units were in the
National Army in the World War?
BY Act of June 3, 1916, Congress
enacted that the Army of the
United States should consist of the
regular Army, the volunteer Army,
the officers Reserve Corps, the en-
listed Reserve Corps, the National
Guard while in the service Of the
United States and such other land
forces as are now or may hereafter
be authorized by law" These forces,
including all drafted men, composed
the National Army.
Are SlOvaks and SlOvenes the
same?
A Slovak is one of a Slav people
in northwestern Hungary and parts
of Moravia and Bohemia. Slovenes
are Slavonic people of Styria,
Carinthia, Carniola and the Muir
region of Hungary.
What does dead reckoning
mean?
1t is term to indicate the ap-
proximate determination of the po-
sition of a vessel or airplane, by TAX
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Eye Defects Are Costly To Youth

methods of examination, the sta
tistics are not uniform and cannot
be compared as to various sections
of the country. The percentage
varied from to 16 in States anG
from l to % per cent in reports
from cities.
We have in this country about
24,000,000 school children. The big
problem of today still remains the
determination of those who require
help so far as relates to eyesight
and the provision of the proper
assistance.
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| ing into consideration the following
factors: The known starting point.
the compass direction, the average
speed, the duration of time and the
factors that modify direction and
speed by reason of head, cross or fol-
lowing winds; taking these various
facts and estimates, the reckoner
estimates as nearly as may be what
his resulting position on or over the
earth may be at the end of a certain
elapsed time.
How did Rim Tin-Tin get into
pictures? Is he making a new pic
ture now?
-Tin-Tin, the dog motion pic
| ture star, was born in the advance
zone of the A. E. F. in France in
1918, and was named after one of the
lucky dolls" of the war. Lee Dun
can, who adopted him, later brought
him to the United States and trained
him so successfully that his film ca
reer has been brilliant. He entered
motion pictures in 1928 and has APP
peared in Tracked in the Snow
Country" THE Clash of the
Wolves" "The Night Cry" Hills of
Kentucky" Jaws Of Steel" DOG of
the Regiment" "a Race for Life"
and other films. His next picture
will be 1.-The Land of the Silver Fox"
in which Leila Hyams and Carol
Nye also appear.
Where can one obtain complete
list of all the diplomatic and con-
suIar officers of the United States?
There is a Government puhlica-
ton entitled Foreign Service Of the
United States, Diplomatic and Con-
sular Service" that contains COM
plete list of all the members Of the
diplomatic service and their foreign
addresses. The price is is cents and
it can be obtained from the Super
intendent of Documents, Govern
ment Printing Office, Washington,
D. G.
What is the value Of a Scent
ultramarine postage stamp of 1869?
II uncancelled 1T is listed at Sl.5O;
if cancelled, 6 cents.
What is meant by a "mottIed
painted surface?"
A surface that is marked by spots
of different color or shades of color.
Can you give me the name of
good book on the place occupied by
women in industry i'll primitive
times?
"Woman's Share in Primitive In
dustry," by o. T. Mason published
in 1900.
| How old is Ramon Novarro, the
motion picture star?
] He is % years old.