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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Heredity Is Cited as Character Influence

Similar studies of congenital deaf
ness and deaf-mutism show that
these are also Unbeatable in this
way.
The investigators who have stud
led heredity in relation to feeble
mindedness find that the great mass
of this type of mental defect is due
to bad heredity.
If a feeble-minded child comes
from parents both of whom are
congenitally feeble-minded or who
both have q great deal of feeble
mindedness in their ancestry, that
child is likely to have a double dose
Of the factor for feeble mindedness.
If a person comes from parents
one of whom is entirely normal and
one feeble-minded with many fee
ble-minded ancestors, it is probable
according to Downing, that such a
person will pass for normal, since
feeble-mindedness is what the
Mendelian laws of inheritance class
ify as a recessiVe character.
If, however, such a person married
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05

flask No microbes could be found in the gravy.
But Needham, meanwhile had gone to Paris and
made the acquaintance of Count Button who liked
his theory. So Button thought up an explanation
to confuse Spalanzani
He said that the gravy and the various soups of
almonds. seeds and on which Needham used, con-
tanned a force He christened this the vegetatlve
force 1t was this which brought the microbes
into existence.
Button said that the reason Spallanzani got mi
crobe because he boiled his gravies and soups SO
long that he killed the vegetative force.
Soon everybody the continent of Europe was
talking about vgetative force and spallanzani was
furious
So he started some new experiments. Button had
said heat killed the vegetatve force. Accordingly, he
boiled soups for several hours in contact with the air
According to Button this should have killed the vege
tative force.
But at the end of several days, the microscope
showed the soups to be swarming with microbes.
Spallanzan had won the battle He had definitely
shown that it contact with the air which let the
microbes get in. All the talk about vegetative force
nonsense.
Spallanzani became more famous than ever. Fred
erick the Great wrote personal letters to him and
made him a member of the Berlin Academy. Other
scientific organizations throughout Europe conferred
honors upon him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05

CENATOR BROOKHART Of Iowa
- states that Mr.. Hoover asked
him to go to President Coolidge and
urge him to sign the McNary- Haul
gen bill.
Inasmuch as Hoover openly OPP
posed that measure, one is forced
to conclude that Brookhart has been
listening to some of the fairies that
Conan Doyle says are all around us.
r.
Patrick Hanley of Middletown, N.
Y, just has been arrested the sixty
seventh time for violating the liquor
law.
Pat is one gentleman who has the
courage of his convictions.
During his wedding ceremony,
Prince Chichibu of Japan told the
sun goddess, the imperial deity of
the imperial house, just what was
going on.
The princes word goes farther
than that of anybody else we've
heard Of.
We cannot understand why Smith
should speak about prohibition at
Milwaukee, for it is no longer an
issue there; it is ancient history.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
The Common Sense of It

Asking embarrassing questions of candidate is an
old trick The purpose is, of course to get the cand
date in trouble; for embarrassing questions asked
only by unfriendly critics
1t is easy to ask Hoover if he approves of Fall,
DENLY Daugherty Forbes, Sinclair and Miller; or to
ask him if he stands on the whole record of the Re-
publican party during the last seven and half years
Anybody who knows anything of Hoovers record
knows there is nothing in either his private or public
career that would create the slightest suspicion that
he is other than clean and honest But he is running
on the Republican ticket the nominee of the Re
publican party
He knows that there are sheep and goats in all
parties honest men and political crooks But he isn't
going to attack his own party during presidential
campaign any more than Smith is going to attack
Tammany. 1t isn't common sense.
BY no stretch of the imagination can Hoover be
charged with any part in what happened during the
Harding administration even though he was mem
Der of the cabinet. He minded his own business and
made the Department OF Commerce one of the most
important in the Government and there was no
crookedness there.
When Governor Smith encountered any sort OF
crookedness in the state government he handled 1t like
an honest Governor but he hasn't spent his time in
yestgating into what Tammany might be pulling off
in the government of New York City. He left that to
the city government.
In these two situations you find your political
parallel.
And that is why in the public mind the corruption
charges offset each other Tammany negates the Ohio
gang-and vice versa
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05

one of complete feeble-minded an
cestry, one-haf of the children
would probably be feeble-minded
and one-half normal.
In the days before the Civil War
a young man, to whom Goddard,
who described the case, gave the
name Martin Kallikak, had children
by feeble-minded girl.
Four hundred and Gig descend
ants of this mating we're traced and
all of them were found to be below
normal intelligence.
Later this man married a good
Quaker girl; 496 Of the descendants
of this marriage have been traced
and all Of them found normal men
tally.
The case described is the famous
Halifax case, which is mentioned in
every modern discussion of heredity
in human affairs. 1t is instructive
as to the dangers of mating when
some of the family have hereditary
forms Of mental disturbance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
Questions and AnSz0erS

rison; William A. Graham under
Willard Fillmore; James G. Dobbin
under Franklin Pierce; and 10
sephus Daniels under Woodrow Will
son.
What language is spoken in
Brazil?
Portuguese.
Did Georges Clemenceau, former
Premier of France, ever make q
speaking tour in the United States
Yes, in November and December
1922. He came here in an unof.
fetal capacity.
Does France have a state relig-
ion?
There is no state religion. Phe
population is predomiuantly Roman,
Catholic. The Protestant popula-
ton is about one million.
How old is the King of Italy?
Vittorio Emanuele III, reignne
King OF Italy, was porn NOV. IL
1869.
What is the name of the cxecu-
toner of Ruth Snyder and judo
Gray?
Robert Elliott.
What is the worlds record for thu
fifty-yard run for women?
Six seconds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
Reason

THIS is the 74th birthday ami
4 versary of the late William G.
Gorgas, formerly surgeon general of
the United States Army.
His fame does not rest on lives
lost in battle, but on lives saved
from yellow fever, and this is why
twenty-four American republics
honor his memory.
He was a great doctor and a
hemisphere was his patient.
It n
Sent to Cuba to rid it of the yell
low plague, he proved that plague
was caused by a mosquito and with
kerosene, petroleum and enforced
cleanliness he exterminated it, his
discovery serving not only Cuba, but
all the tropics, as well as our south
ern States, which until then had
suffered from the imported scourge
But for Gorgas, the Panama
Canal could not have been con-
Structed
The French tried to do it, but
80 per cent of their men died from
yellow fever and malaria, but Cor
gas made the isthmus a health re-
sort; the work was done and the
oceans came together.
He died in 1920, but he will be re-
membered as a benefactor of man
kind.
II
The only objection to the cam
paign picture of Hoover and Curtis
is that the likeness of the candidate
for President is much smaller than
that of the candidate for Vice
President.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
BIRTHDAY OF GORGAS
q
LISTENING TO FAIRIES
AMERICA LOST THE WAR

DOSSIBLY the most dignified
L campaign now being waged
by any candidate for Office is that
of Anton Cermak, wet candidate for
the United States Senate in I'LL
nois. who is distributing bottle
openers to the people.
Tell this to the gentleman who
wonders why we have crime.
n
Ambassador Houghton, just nom
mated for the United States Senate
in New York, has unique claim
to fame.
When the American Legion went
to the Paris convention, then Wis
tied London, Houghton amazed
everybody by saying at the banquet
that he hoped the Americans would
not do anything to disgrace their
country.
Premier Poincaire of France de-
clareS that France cannot cut down
her reparation charge against Ger
many until we make a correspond
ing cut in the debt which France
owes us.
In other words, after saving the
life of France, we are to pay part
of the German debt.
It begins to look as if Uncle Sam
had lost that war.
n
If there is one man in America,
really devoted to his art, it is Nor
man Thomas, who is speaking all
over the United States as the So
cialist candidate for president.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
arty Responsibility


Now comes the usual plea from the news
paper organ of the Republican machine to elect
a straight Republican ticket and get "party
responsibility"
The argument is made that if Frank Daley
were elected Governor he would have Repub-
Hcan Legislature which would do nothing at all
that he desired and that he would be helpless.
Scanned closely, this argument should be
construed as a confession that the Republican
machine in this State will never, even under
stress of executive appeal and public opinion
take any of the steps for decency and dignity
which Daley would demand.
The Times has a better opinion of the rank
and file of the Republican membership than has
this spokesman for its organization.
It has a better opinion of the intent and pur-
noses of the members of the Legislature sent
here from counties and districts which are not
under the fell influence of Boss Coffin and the
other leaders who are linked with him.
It does not 60 to the length of its latest APP
peal which would ask the voter that every he
publican candidate for the Legislature be de-
feated in order to make the cleanup program
Of Daley effective.
If there be such thing as party RESPONSE
bility, then the Republican party in this State
has much to answer for. AS matter OF fact 1t
is because there has been no responsibility by
the machine to the voters of the Republican
party. that it's name has been disgraced
If the party has been responsible, then it has
forfeited it's right to any sort of continuance
of power.
For that would make it responsible for the
horse trade of jackson and the sale OF The
Senator to D. c. Stephenson for the unusual
price of $4,000.
That would make it responsible for the
jackson plea of the statute of limitations after
evidence had proved, some believed conclusive
". that he had tried to bride Warren T. McCray
in order to control the prosecutorship OF this
county.
That would make it responsible for the writ
ten contract which Congressman Updike made
with D. G. Stephenson.
That would make it responsible for the
stealthy attempt in the Federal Court to indlct
the eQltOr Oh lulS u6WSPdPCL olAA AA'O-NN
Adams by means of forged affidavit, whose
purveyor is now under felony sentence for his
participation.
That would make it responsible, and there
is ground for this, for the suppression OF an
investigation of corruption, largely through the
efforts of Harry Leslie
That would make it responsible for the
taking of commissions deposits of State
funds by former treasurers
That would make it responsible for political
infamies which came to this city through
Duvall and Coffin.
The plea, of course, is the last resort of
desperate cause. The signs of the times point
to very earnest desire of thousands of Re-
publcans to join the crusade of Frank Daley
for decency and dignity and common honesty
in his State.
If the Republican organization proposes to
give bond for Leslie who will give bond FOR
the organization?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05

Cne gravy TO
start with and
that more had
fallen in dur
ing the several
d a y S t h a t
Needham lie t
the G r a v y
stand.
To prove his
point, he heat
ed gravy for an
hour in a seal
ed flask and
then let the
flask stand for
Severay d a Y S.
At the end of
that time, he
broke open the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
BY DIR, MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygei2, the
Health Magazine.


Association and of Hygei2, the
Health Magazine.
COMETIMES a family is found in
- which one or more of the fam
lily have five fingers instead Of four
Sometimes a person is discovered
with two joints instead of three on
the fingers, and a thumb with one
joint instead of two.
Investigation reveals that these
characteristics run in families.
Cataract is a disease of the eye
in which a part that is usually
transparent becomes cloudy and
opaque so that the person cannot
see.
In a study of hereditary blind
ness made by Clarence Loeb in 1909
he found So per cent of 1912 chill
dren in 3O4 families subject to he
reditary blindness from cataract, a
number that corresponds to the per-
centage expected when normal peo-
pie marry those with a hereditary
defect
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
David Dietz on Science -----
VegetatiUe Force Myth
No. 173

CtPALLANZANI believed that his beautiful expert
, ments had proved that microbes must have par
entS But Needham the British experimener, was not
so easily silenced
Needham had heated mutton gravy and then let it
stand for several days. When he examined drops of it
under microscope, they swarmed with bacteria. He
from the gravy.
Spallanzani believed that few microbes we're in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
This Date i'm
T. S. History
October 5

October 5
1502-Columbus discovered Costa
Rica.
1787-Congress recalled the Ameri.
can minister, John Adams,
from London.
183O-American ports reopened TO
British trade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
Daily Thoughts

Let your lOins be girded about
and your lights burning.-Luke
12:35.
CTRENGTH alone Knows conflict;
~ weakness is below even defeat
and is born yanquished.-Mme
Swetchine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05

mechanical man as a street car motorman IS
being Experimental with in Cleveland. 1t looks
feasible Many street riders for years have 9een
the most mechanical of people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05

Al Smith is picking up statesmanlike ways rapidly.
There's more discussion about his statement on farm
relief than there was even over President 'Coodges
do not choose"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
Is the Stromboli volcano active?

10 blc SbEOmDOll volcano aCtfVey
1t is an active volcano on the is
land of the same name, one Of the
group of the Limpari islands, north
Of Sicily. Stromboli has been unin-
terruptedly emitting hot stones and
clouds of steam from the basin of
molten lava since the earliest period
Of history. The lava in its crater
rises and falls with a slow rythmical
movement. At every rise, the surface
swells in great blisters, which burst,
and clouds of steam rush out carry
ing hundreds Of glowing fragments
of lava, often to the height of 1900
feet. For centuries its glare at night
has served as beacon for mariners.
Stromboi is almost in a straight
line between Vesuvius and Etna and
is supposed to be one on the same
geological fault, but there is no evil
dence of any subterranean connec-
ton between them. Even during the
the most violent eruptions of We
suvius, Stromboli has continued its
normal eruptions. 1t was in violent
eruption in 1907, 1912, 1915 and 1915.
and caused widespread destruct
What is the meaning of the Z
Ferguson?
1t is Scotch-Irish, meaniI
OF very young man." fera
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05

Charles Schwab says mo one can help being opti-
mistic in this world of change" OF course, Charley,
If you've got enough of it,
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able question OF fact, or ,intormation by
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How are lavender leaves dried so
as not to lose their OdOr?
Lavender may be dried with little
loss of the essential oil. Spread the
leaves over a fine mesh screen or
very thin cloth, so that you can stir
them frequently, to prevent mold
ing Keep them in well ventilated
room but do not put them in the
sun or allow them any direct light.
Who is the president of the New
York Central Railroad Company?
P. E. Crowley.
Does an American citizen need a
passport to travel in Mexico?
Not unless he is going by way of
a third country. A certificate of
identity in lieu of a passport is
sufficient for direct travel in
Mexico.
Is collective bargaining and CO.
operative marketing the same?
Collective bargaining is employed
by associations o. employees, not
Evening star., 1928-06-07
CHICAGO NOW SURE
OF SPORTS PALACE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June IA Chicago Mad
ison Square Garden, rivaling Tex
Richards New York sporting palace
by that name, today appeared GER
tainty
For two years Paddy Harmon, pro-
moter of SiX-day bicycle races. has
dreamed Of the day when he could an
nounce definitely that Chicago would
have a suitable arena for indoor sports.
Yesterday the secretary of state grant,
ed charters to the Chicago Stadium
Corporation and the Chicago Club.
Plans call for the erection of ST.
0000. 12-story arena on the West
Side, which will have a seating capac-
ity of 10000 The project Is backed by
Mai. Frederic Mclaughlin, owner OF
the BlackhaWk Hockey Club, and preSl-
dent Of the Arlington Jockey Club; John
J. Mitchell jr., son Of the late banker,
and La Sale street financiers.
With Maj. Mclaughlin interested IN
the venture 1t was probable the Black
hawks would play III the new building.
Harmon plans to have the building
completed in time for the opening OF the
Fall six-day bicycle race season. The
arena also may be used for other ath-
letic events and for conventions or
meetings requiring large floor space
and seating capacity, 1t was said.
Evening star., 1928-06-07

threat Is Albers Of Denver University
who has done :09.7. Hester OF Michi-
gan is the only other entry VINO has
run the century in :097 this year. His
best time was made in trial heat,
with track conditions good.
The 220yard dash will find 10 men,
who have done better than % seconds.
racing the tape. Foster, the Washing
ton state College dash star, and Barnes,
negro runner Of Oberlin, have turned
IN the best times Of the season, 81 fiat
However, to the track followers Of the
Middle West, Simpson OF Ohio State
looks Ike standout. He tied the Big
Ten record Of PIP at Evanston in the
trlai heats and won the finals in :2l4
without being pushed. Snider Of Ala
Dama Polytechnic Institute and Bracy
OF Rice Institute are the two Southern
.ers who have been burning up the
tracks. Snider's best time is PA and
Bracy's :21.6. Rowe OF Brigham Young
University of Salt Lake City is a :2l.4
entry, while several others are only
tenth or tWo-tenths of a second slower
Evening star., 1928-06-07
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

NEW YORK. June lit is difficult
Ia believe that sporting motives dc
tate0 the arrangement which West
Point has lust made 10 meet stanford
universities foot ball team in this Clty
on December ! next.
Reason for the doubt lies in the
schedule Of games which the Army Will
have to play this Fail. Southern Meth
odist comes TO the Plains on October
6, and the Texans will be pie for no
team this year Harvard and Yale are
PLAYED in order on October 20 and
october 81. respectively. Notre Dame
is PLAYED on November 10 Nebraska on
November - and Stanford on Decem-
Der !.
Above are the high-lieht games,
Other meetings against Boston Univer-
sitv. Providence College, Depauw and
Carleton may produce one or more
games of unexpected rlgor.
Youthful flesh and blood are endur-
ing and qualified 10 resist strain but
there is always q point beyond which
young men should not be asked to go
with any expectation that they will be
able TO give their best or anything ap-
proximating their normal capabilities.
Or. granting that the physical wear
and tear can be withstood what about
nervous energy, playing morale and
other valuable competitive elements that
mark the athlete or bands Of athletes
when they are at their peak?
So far as money is concerned the Army
already had q list Of games which were
sure TO pay a rich return and So while
the proceeds of the Army-Stanford
game in this city viii be large, the
writer does not for moment believe
the athletic authorities at West Point
would ask their boys to give beyond their
capacity simply because Of the desire
for more money.
II any one should smile over theory
which some one might devise TO the
effect that the situation is not without
political connotations. developed in
Washington. let it be recalled that anna
Evening star., 1928-06-07
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
" OSTON, June 7.-~An athletic
marvel has been performed on
Harold Cutbill once known as
- the flying parson" and one OF
the fastest milers that ever
stepped on an American track.
Several months ago Cutbill, who re-
tired from amateur competition seven
wears ago when charges of professional
ism were brought against him, reported
to Jack Ryder, member of the Olympic
coaching staff. and said he was deter
mined to stage n comeback and make
the Olympic team, since the charges
we're long ago diSproyed.
Cutbill then weighed $50 pounds. His
body was soft and his muscles flabby,
lust as those of a country clergyman
generally are. During the long lay-oH
Cutbill had been devoting himself to
his ministerial duties in small rural
parish at Boxford. Mass.
Ryder was amazed but he knew the
gritty churchman and prescribed
course of training Day after day and
week after week Cutbill kept pounding
around the Boston College track. Dur
ing the early stages of his training his
times would shame high school fresh
man miller, but gradually the parson
rounded into form.
Today he is running the mile we'll
under 4:20 and Ryder claims he will
be at Ais in the Olympic tryoutS.
Ryder has seen all types of athletes
during his long coaching career, but
never one like Cutbill.
IF any other man in the world
attempted the same Job" Ryder said,
Il would say il was humanity impossible,
but not for Cutbill. He is the most
determined athlete that ever stepped on
a track His comeback is nothing short
of a miracle"
Another interesting comeback effort
is being made by Gourdin, the former
Harvard broad jumper Six years ago
he amazed the athletic world by leaping
IS feet in an oxford Cambridge-Ha
vard-Yale meet at the stadium. This
record was later broken by Bob Legen-
Dire. former Georgetown star. and DE
Hart Hubbard, present holder OF the
broad Jump record.
Gourdin was q member OF the Olym-
pic team four years ago and he hopes
to make the American team again this
year He has been working hard in
preparation for the Eastern tryouts and
has been clearing "a feet consistently.