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The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Crime Waves

There are no such things as crime waves.
The increase in crime can be as accurately pre-
dicted in any city as the agricultural depart
ment can foretell the probable total of the
year S wheat crop.
When certain conditions obtain, there will
be crime Sometimes, something intervenes
But not often.
Whenever open gambling is tolerated in any
city, the people who do not gamble can expect
to be held up and robbed and employers can
count on tills being tapped.
1t may also be said truthfully that
wherever there is open gambling in any city,
there is always graft of some sort or another.
Some boss in the background gets his
"cut" If this pull is strong enough, it is not
always necessary to pay the men supposed to
enforce the law. But usually the price of pro-
lection is cold cash.
Whenever the lower and meaner forms of
gambling are tolerated, the crop Of petty thiev-
cry BY boysis about ready for the harvest.
Slot machines may seem to be simple little
devices and quite innocent. When they ap-
pear in wholesale numbers in any city, the fac
tory for crime is working.
Policy was once the old game of exploiting
the poor and driving the weak to crime
Today its successor is the baseball pool, the
"bank clearing" lottery, all mere schemes to
rob the weak and the youthful.
OF course, the big craps game produces the
bold holdup. The hootlegger, protected IN
his own field, who loses his profits on the roll
of the dice is quite likely to take gun and
hold up, for instance, country club.
Whenever these conditions are tolerated,
two things can be put down as certain.
In the background is boss who knows the
ropes and knows how to buy or compel pro-
lection.
The other certain thing is that there will
be many hold ups, many robberies, few muir
ders-and nobody caught.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Students lake Lead

Comparatively few Cinnamon
have seen the outside world or
comprehend the gulf that separates
their people from the achievements
of western civilization, but they
make up in noise what they lack in
numbers.
Students coming home from
America and Europe, though not
representing one-tenth of per cent
of the population, have so wrought
on the souls of their fellow men as
to create a terrific disturbance.
The bulk of the people do not
understand what the uproar is all
about, but they have heard enough
to suspect not only that the condi-
tions amid which they live are
wrong, but that other people have
learned how to remedy such condi-
tions and that what China needs is
to do likewise.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Fought for SeCIuSion

What China has been and how
long she has trod her weary way is
grimly illustrated by the fact that
in some sections a third Of the land
is taken up by graves.
Great as the living population
may be, it is outnumbered by the
dead fifty to one.
No wonder that ancestor worship
has come to play conspicuous part
in China's life. No wonder her
people have learned to take a
fatalistic view of human destiny. NO
wonder they have grown stolid and
indifference toward what we call
progress.
For 5000 years the Chinese have
lived, loved, bred and died amid the
same scenes, walling off outsiders as
best they could and refusing to
venture beyond the known horizon
themselves.
How could they help absorbing
the idea that existence is dreary
and monotonous and that life holds
little opportunity for romance and
achievement?
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Seek Right to Think

The question of what China has
been is of less moment than the
question of what she will be.
This mass of people, constituting
one Of the most fertile areas on
earth. has been awakened in spite
of itself, has been made to feel the
urge of modern life.
The clash now going on within
it is not for political, but for in
tellectual emancipation.
What China fights for is the right
to think, the right to be part OF
the twentieth century world, the
right to grow intellectually.
The issue is whether the coolie
shall go on trotting his futile way
for a cent an hour, eating rice and
parroting the analects OF ContuciuS,
or shall have an opportunity 10
work and think for himself.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Once Led World

Chinas plight proves nothing so
wildly as that human beings can
not live unto themselves, that if
they would progress they must gam
BILE with change and innovation.
China had a good start on the
rest Of the world. Her people were
li7ing on a civilized plain while our
own ancestors still walked amid the
shadows of barbarism.
The point is that our ancestors
walked forward in comparatively
straight direction, while the people
Of China walked in circles. That
and that alone, explains the differ
ence between them today.
The fly travels farther in an or
binary room than a bee does gath
ering honey, but never gets any
where or accomplishes anything.
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tance from it will rise the horizon just the sun
does, move across the sky and set in the west.
But the fact that the earth is moving around the
makes the stellar motions little more compli-
Gated
If you will observe the position of the Great Dip
per tonight at certain hour and then watch for it
to reach the same position again tomorrow night you
will find it reaches the position four minutes
earlier
In other words it takes the stars four minutes less
to make the apparent circle of the sky than it does
the sun. Consequently the stars are four minutes
fast every night
AS result, if you observed the Great Dipper every
night for year at exactly the hour each night
you would find that the dipper had made complete
circle OF the sky in that time
In the spring the Great Dipper is above the north
star in the early evening.
In the summer it is to the left of the north star
at the same hour In the autumn it is below it and
in the winter to the right OF it.
The Great Dipper being close to the north star is
above the horizon at night in every of the
year.
But we shall see later some of the constela-
tons at distance from the north star can only be
seen during certain of the year That is be-
cause they above the horizon at night only dur
ing those seasons
In the other seasons they above the horizon
only in the daytime and therefore, visible to u.s.
You will find it easier to learn and identify the
consultations and to star maps you keep these
motions Of the stars in mind.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

tenn there are not only cases Of
idiocy and varying degrees of feeble
mindedness, but also all sorts of dis
turbances Of body activities which
depend on integrity of the brain
structure for their continued per-
formance.
The conditions that have been
described are true nervous diseases,
but differ from the average persons
conception of what he calls "nerv-
ousness." The person with neu-
rasthenia or nervous weakness is
likely to be depressed most of the
time and to complain a great deal
about it.
He seems to have lost most of his
interest in life, has frequent head
aches and digestive disturbances,
does not sleep well, cares little about
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Nervousness Sometimes Called Disease

work and sometimes even less about
play, prefers not to exert himself,
and gets irritable on Slight provoca-
ton.
Experts are agreed that there is
such a thing as hereditary predis-
position to nervousness. Under
average conditions of life most peo-
pie bear up fairly well. Those with
the weaker nervous constitutions go
to pieces under the stress.
Sometimes disease coming on
during life serves to weaken the
structure of the nervous system to
such an extent that disease is more
likely to develop.
other factors of Importance in
clude fatigue, faults of education
and environment early in life and,
last of all. worry.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Bridge Play
Made Easy
BY w. W. WENTWORTH

(Abbrey ations; A-ao.; K-kingj G.
queen; J--iack; A-any card lower
than 10)
TTERE is an additional set of
H sample hands, with explana-
tions of the proper opening bids:
Spades K J x
Hearts A x x x K
Diamonds K x
Clubs K x
Hand contains support for both
majors If you bid one heart you
may discourage a better declara-
ton. All suits are stopped. Bid
no trump for further information.
2-Spades K J x
Hearts K @ x
Diamonds x K K
Clubs A K @ j
Bid no trump instead of club as
you have support for either major
take out and on an average, game
can be more readily made at no
trump or in major. Game is more
important than honor score.
3-Spades J x <
Hearts A x x
Diamonds K @
Clubs A K x x x
Three suits are stopped. A no
trump is most advisable as it
might encourage a major declara-
ton that will insure game,
4-Spades K K x
Heart A j x < x
Diamonds @ x
Clubs K X Y
Bid one heart. To bid one no
trump would be a denial of a major
suit holding.
5-Spades x K
Hearts K @ 10
Diamonds A JX
Clubs A K @ x x
A doubleton of less value than
@ x, if the hand is not otherwise
strong, is a weak spot in a hand
and should discourage a no-trump.
In third or fourth position the
danger of a worthless doubleton is
diminished, and need be no bar to
no trump bid if the hand other
wise contains the requirements.
The hand contains a worthless
doubleton, but otherwise is very
strong. 1t does not contain a sound
major bid In view Of the strength
of the hand the worthless doubleton
should not discourage a no trump.
Bid one no trump as the only
worth while declaration.
6-Spades x x
Hearts x x
Diamonds A K x K x
Clubs A K x K
Hand contains two worthless
doubletons. A no trump bid may
encourage a major take out and
you have no support for major
bid. Bid one diamond.
7-Spades A K J x
Hearts A K x x
Diamonds x
Clubs A j x K
The singleton bars a no trump.
Sharp would bid one
club to encourage opponents to bid
so that exereme penalties might be
collected. One spade is a sound
bid.
Copyright 1928. by the Ready Reference
Publishing Company
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
BoIStered Frontiers

China was great 1000 years ago,
and not only great but progressive.
The Mongols, Tartars and Turks
rolled westward, pushing other races
before them and compelling human
ity to abandon its old ways and Gus
toms for the sake Of self-preserva-
ton, but the Chinese stayed where
they were, seeking to protect their
frontiers against invasion and bet
ting on splendid isolation" to pre-
serve them.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Ft. WAYNE Journal Gazette


A verdict returned by a trial
Jury in the Criminal Court of Ma
rion County at indianapolis finds
Earl .Iiinck guilty of having
forged the name Of William Rog-
ers to an affidavit in which Rog-
ers purported to repudiate testl-
mony he had given before the
Reed Committee Of the Senate.
That testimony was, in brief, to
the effect that Rogers had seen
in the possession of Senator
James E. Watson a card signed
by Hiram w. Evans, imperial
wizard of the Ku-Klux Klan,
which was Senator Watson's
passport to all Klan klaverns
whatsoever and anywhere.
The inference, of course, is that
Senator Watson was a member OF
the Ku-Klux Klan. Seator Watson
has more than one desnied that
he was.
If Klinck forged an affidavit,
as it was charged he did and as
he has been adjudged guilty OF
doing, he committed grave
crime and he belongs in the peni-
tentiary.
The evidence against him must
have been quite conclusive, for
the jury deliberated but ten min
utes in reaching agreement as to
his guilt.
But the case against Klinck
must be regarded as a minor as
pect of the affair. 1t may be
reasonably questioned that Klinck
had any interest of his own in
the matter one way or the other.
Whether Senator Watson car
ried the imperial wizaGd'S pass
port as the open sesame to all
klaverns of the Ku-KluX Klan
scarcely could have been of i'm
portance to him. Back Of this
forgery was a plot, it is said, to
frame Thomas H. Adams, editor
Of the Vincennes Commercial, and
Boyd Gurley, editor of the IN
dianapolis Times, for prison.
Editors Adams and Gurley we're
most diligent and aggressive in
uncovering the Klux-Republican
political situation and its attend
ant corruption, crimes and scam
dal.
Earl Klinck was one of D. G.
Stephenson's lieutenants, buddies
and bodygUards. He had been
indicted jointly with Stephenson
for the murder of Madge Ober-
holtzer, crime for which Ste
phenson is now doing life sem
tence, but of which Klinck was
exonerated.
1t was through Stephenson that
Tom Adams obtained the clues to
the evidence which has caused
this tremendous unheaval in In
diana and resulted in startling ex-
posure of several personages from
the Governor of the State down
and has involved one United
States Senator seriously and an
other more or less.
Klinck did not instigate the plot
against Adams and Gurley, if
there was such a plot-and that is
not greatly to be doubted-nor
would his personal interest carry
him to the length of heinous
crime to discredit the testimony
relating to Senator Watson's Klan
passport.
There would appear to be a
good deal back of this Klinck af-
fair and Klinck knows what it is.
He might turn a good stroke in
his own behalf and perform a
public service by telling what he
knows. Much has been learned of
the big program of corruption and
crime in Indiana politics and
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN


Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hvgeia, the
Health Magazine
TINE human brain is undoubtedly
i one of the most complicated
and intricate constructions Of which
scientists have any knowledge.
Fortunately most of us are born
with this structure IN fairly good
working order and capable of de-
velopment.
Some children are born without
any mentality aG all. Others have
portions of the brain that fail to
develop. Still others have degenera-
tive diseases that attack the tissues
of the nervous system and gradually
bring about deterioration.
AS aTesult Of these actual changes
in the makeup of the nervous sys-
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
XXTHAT do you know abou

XXTHAT do you know about
w China? What does anyone
know about China? To go a step
farther, what does even a Chinaman
know about China?
Here is an area once and half
as large as that of the United
States, with rich level lowlands
made by the wash of rivers which
come down from the greatest
mountain system on earth.
Here is an empire not only older
than any in existence, but older
than Rome itself.
Here are 4oO,O0O,O00 people not
belonging to one race or speaking a
common language.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
This Date i'm
Z. S. History

June 10
l778-Benedict Arnold placed in
command of American army
at Philadelphia.
1862-CongresS passed an act pro-
hibiting slavery in territories.
l853-West Virginia admitted to tha
Union.
l855-Statue Of Liberty received for
New York harbor from Francs.
l912-Roosevelt forces at Republi-
can national convention firss
threatened to bolt,
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19

had all gone to their death, and fifth had been
rescued from the sea in the nick of time.
From the takeof at Trepassey bay to Bristol chan
mel, where the Lady Lindys seaplane down, is
about 21OO miles Time 81 hourS-a remarkable per-
formance for a plane equipped with heavy pontoons
Miss Earhart has earned the worlds acclaim.
1t was bound to come, of course, the day when a
girl would fly the Atlantic. The surprising thing is
that it has been so long delayed, Women are up
to everything these days Where they not actually
leading, they treading fast on the heels of the
sex once fatuously called the stronger.
Men will have to look to their laurelS land
and and in the air. For, to paraphrase Kipling
the female of the species soon may outdo the male.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19

north star. This
apparent motion
is like that of
the sun, which
appears to rise
in the east and
set in the west.
G o ms t ella
tions like t h e
Gre at Dipper,
which are close
to the north star
will describe a
complete circle
about it in the
night.
Stars at a
20 urS e OF a
considerable dis
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
With Other Editors

government, but the entire truth
has not been learned.
Klinck ought to be procured to
relate his tale, il there be any
way to persuade him.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Dome of Sky ReUOIUeS
No. 80

TINE motions of the stars will seem little COM
plicated at first to the amateur sar-gazer but the
complications easily understood They grow out of
the fact that the earth turning on its axis and at
the same time revolving around the SUM-
The result of the earth's rotation is to make the
stars describe circle from east to west about the
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Daily Thought

1t is more blessed to give than
TO receive.-Acts 20:35.
n
LIE gives twice who gives quick
IL ly.-Syrus.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19

writing to Frederick M. Kerby. Question
Edtto5 Editor The Indiiagngapois Times Wash
Washington. D. G.. enclosing two cents in
advice, cannot be. given. nor can ex-
questions will receive a personal reply.
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters letter, are CONFIDENTIAL. You are
free service as often as you please.
Has II ever been proven that
there is life on any of the planets?
Probably Uranus and Neptune are
too hot for life. Mercury, there IS
reason to believe, turns on its axis
in the same period it revolves
around the sun, therefore always
presents the same face to the sun
and is boiling hot on one side and
icy cold on the other. Venus, it is
believed, like Mercury, is boiling hot
on one side and cold on the other
There is no life on Jupiter as it
appears red hot. Saturn, too, is too
hot for water to settle on its sur
face. The only planet on which
there seems some possibility Of life
is Mars. All astronomers, however,
do not agree about this.
Is it possible to die of joy" or
"die of sOrrOw?"
Any great emotion, causing sud
den excitement to a person with a
weak heart or organic heart trou-
BILE may result in death. Great griet
has sometimes preyed upon the
mind until the afflicted ones ply
sical condition has become so weak
ened that death resulted.
Is the popular song "Let Me Gail
You Sweetheart" of very recent
composition?
1t was composed and published
by Leo Friedman, author of a num-
Der of popular songs which came
out during the years 1904 and 1905
About two years ago the song was
revived, and played as a waltz By
many dance orchestras.
When was Helen OF Troy born?
According to classic myth, the
heroine Of Homer's Illiad, was born
in Sparta in the early part of the
eleventh century B. G.
Where is Nicaragua?
In Central America; bounded BY
Honduras on the north and Costa
Rica on the south, the Atlantic
ocean on the east and the Pacific
ocean on the west.
Where is the setting of Homer D.
Martins painting Harp Of the
Winds?"
The Seine River in France.
What is the meaning of the name
Kenneth?
1t is Celtic and means a leader
or commander.
Is it proper TO say "It Is five
minutes to g. or five minutes of
6 o'clock?
Either is correct, but "of" is more
commonly used.
Where Is the headquarters of the
American Civil Liberties Union?
100 Fifth Ave, New York.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
The Female of the Species
when greater perils men environ,
Then women show front of iron
AID cartla in their manner they


Do bold things in quiet way"
For the first time, ever, a girl has flown over an
ocean.
Miss Amelia Earhart quiet, unassuming young
lady from Boston, did it-from Newfoundland to the
British isles With her were Lieut.. Wilmer Stultz,
co-pilot, and Lou Gordon, mechanic.
Through fog and hail and wind and rain she and
stlts piloted their trimotored monopane Friendship
across the Atlantic undaunted by the fact that four
other women who had tried ocean gying before her,
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19

An heiress was married to a street car conductor
the other day in Chicago. Probably she was over
come by gratitude at actually finding room at the
front of the car
The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-19
Questions and
AnSzOerS

You can get an answer to any answer
able question of fact or information by
writing to Frederick M. Kerby. Question
ington Bureau, 1922 New York Ave,
Washington. D. c.. enclosing two cents in
stamps for reply. Medical and legal
advice cannot be given. nor can ex-
questions will receive a personal reply
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters are confidential You are
cordially invited to make use Of this
EDITOR
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David Dietz on Science
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-10
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Furnished ~ Valley Abstract tn
Cameron County

NAfA#N
Joe and Nruls Lcal Niliarcal "a
ri. VI. Wcdcgartner and S. s. Dodds
loi n, block 3T, city M San Rcnitn,
Etn. rtr.
Iohn NJ. Mitchell. trustee. ~ All
Parker Securities Co.. block 10.
Orange Grove Park subdivision. con
tanning i0 acres, S1. GOO.
Valley Developments. inc. t0 Err-
res ana Ada A. Hofer. north y acres
~ The west 10 acres, block -. sur
sev m, Wilson Tract subdivision
Clyde VI. Eca Irv and wife, Myrtle
F Rrariry, to NJ. I'll Eurk. iot n,
block 70. Ec7slcys additions ~ city AZ
Harlingcn. $40, ctc.
T.. T.. Fitch 20 ". s.. Liddcll. lots
n. r, Y. in. nj. i2. block n. Fitch ad-
ditinn " getty M Harrington. sf. rtr.
Edward Hays ~ I. VI. ricryon lot
- block -. third addition 10 San
Berito. $40, etc.
The American Land IN. M Tcyas 20
Arthur -. Beck. north m acres w the
south 1880 acres. block 2. survey 1873.
Stuart Place subdivision. $1,000.
Hidalgo County
hence Cnrn M al WY NcHlarn Sec.
Co.. lot ". block y. Wcslacn. $4,000.
American 60. ~ n. y. kirean. part
lot 4, block lii. West tract. $40, etc.
John II. shay tn ". r. Ezell, r.
uv. south \ acres m north lh acres MI
Trt i5-ti. Wet addition. rln, rtr-
Geo. n. Kurr. A. r.. ~. Barron. lot
7. .. 2. T. :. A. IS. ~. block J, Ia
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-10
U.S.. ENTRY IN
WORLDCOURT
NOT SPEEDED
Decision on Reserva-
lions Delayed BY
Action of Council OF
Nations League

LUCIANO. Switzerland, Der. To-
Fr-The council ~ tho League of
Nations viii do nothing at it's pres
cnt session tn expedite American
adhesion IN the World Court W.
classify ne the problem II advisory
opinions. BY unanimous vote Of IT.
"A members the council today post
ponce. Srtinn nn "A resolution which
recommended that a study be made
as % whether advisory opinions
nigh. be requested by a simple ma
jority vote III tho council.
There was no discussion IN the
csolution which had been sent "
The council hy tho assembly n the
league.
The existing practice " the coun-
XIII is 70 insist IN unanimity but NJ
league statute requires this. SHOULD
unanimity become a legal rule. ~
would be easy 20 accept the r~eserva-
tons made BIZ the United Slater
that the court. without the consent
~ the United States. must grant No
advisory opinions in which the Unit
Cd states has or claims an interest.
The World Court has again come
into international limelight because
Of newspaper reports that Presiden,
Coolidge contemplate reopeninr ne
gotiations for American entrance.
The council accepted a resolution
introduced M Nittoric Sri8Iojs ~
Italy that the action Of the Assem-
bly, leaves 20 the council the moment
A. which the suggested study az All.
vrrrrncirr of opinion On the subject
should r. undertaken. The re-oiu-
ton added that the members will
naturally desire 10 give the matter
iull consideration which N requires
bit that M vaS believed fhas etrh
member should study the question
individually and exchange views At
an early session Of the council"
FIRST official srt or the council
vas IN register the success az the
league in inducing Rumania and
Hungary 70 begin dirert n~eEotistlons
Tor the settlement Of the dispu.s
concerning landed estates taken over
from HungarianS Nv T~ransvlvaria
when Transylyania became = part ~
kumauia. This dispute has gore or
tor years. Representatives Of the
countries concerned announced that
conversations would soon begin and
". BRAND expressed an earnest hor-
hat thcv would be successful.
Tho council adjourned ~ meet ~
1880 Al r.. tomorrow.