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The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-23
DEPENDS on CONGRESS

What Governor Smith promises
with respect to farm relief, power
and especially prohibition, involves
his ability to influence Congress,
particularly the Democratic side of
it.
In this connection, it is impossible
to dissociate the man from the can
didate, or the candidate from the
party background.
To realize what this acceptance
implies, or how definitely it can be
relied on, one must read into it the
present condition of the Democratic
party and the curious chain of
events which did so much to make
Governor Smith the Democratic
nominee. Ku Kluxism, the 1924 con-
vention, virtual elimination of all
the leaders associated with Wood
row Wilson, and the comeback of
Tammany.
The Democratic situation contains
more than was ever put into it by
formal address, or than can ever be
taken out of it by them.
Behind Governor Smith. there is
hodge-podge of conflicting emo
tionS, confused ideals and dissenting
whispers. He has thus far failed
not only to coordinate the party but
to impress his views on it.
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Makes Usual Promises

An acceptance speech is much
like a party platform. Both CEN
ter around pledges. When it comes
to legislation the platform deserves
rather more confidence. A party
can speak with some assurance for
the legislative, as well as the eX-
ecutive branch of the Government.
A presidential candidate can speak
only for the latter.
Directly or indirectly, Governor
Smith makes quite a few promises.
Mostly, their fulhllment depends on
Congress as he himself candidly
admits. The one important promise
which he could personally redeem,
and for the redemption of which
he could justly be held responsible,
is for more effective enforcement of
the dry laws.
So far as modification is con-
cerned. he can only recommend It,
but so far as suppressing the boot
logger and closing up the speakeasy
are concerned, he has definitely
pledged himself to do better job
than the Republicans.
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mttee meets to elect successor to the late George
W. Morris, State chairman 1t has been made public
that influences which control the committee, under
the leadership of National Committeeman Charles D
HilleS intend to make H. Edmund Machold the sue
cessor to Morris.
In other words HlleS and his last ditchers of the
preconvention campaign against Hoover propose to
pass over William H. Hall, who was leader of the
Hoover forces in New York and is the logical candi-
date for State leadership now, and to elect Machod in
his stead. Why?
Machold is known from one end of New York to
the other the chief representative and agent of the
power trust. To make him State chairman means that
the Republican organization takes up in behalf of
the power interests the gage of battle thrown down
last night by Smith.
It means setting up shining target for Smith to
shoot at. And AL can shoot.
1t is not too late to prevent this blunder The stu-
alton is important enough to warrant Hoover himself
stepping in.
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Aided by Tannmany

Governor Smith is in the position
of skipper undertaking the COM
mand of a much larger ship, on
which half the crew is planning to
mutiny.
One can admit that he has made
splendid Governor of New York
and still see breakers ahead.
AS chief executive of New York,
and especially as head of the Demo-
cratic party in New York. Governor
Smith has enjoyed the backing of
such well-disciplined and smoothly
running political machine as no
President of the United States ever
had. or can expect.
Whether Tammany Hall has ever
influenced Governor Smith against
his will and convictions, which !
doubt. it has enabled him to ac-
complish many things that would
have been impossible without its as
sistance
In New York Tammany' Hall
means more than half of any battle
for the average Democratic Gov
ernor. In the Nation at large, and
for Democratic President, it means
rather less than nothing.
If Governor Smith should go to
Washington he would find himself
not only without the backing of an
efficient political organization, but
at the head of a party split forty
ways for Sunday. This, to my mind
constitutes his chief weakness.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-23

it is largely legendary figure that the Socrates
whom we know is not the Socrates of life, but the
Socrates of the Greek dramatists.
But whether this be or not-and the chances are
that it is-the figure of Socrates has been a great
one in the history of philosophy.
The same thing is to be said of the figure of Hip
socrates.
1t is geenrally accepted that Hippocrates born
in 46O B. c.. the island of Cos. He belonged to
family of physician priests of the Asklepian temples
He Travelled extensively, finally returning to Cos
7here he became the most renowned physician of
lis day.
AS is the case with many early figures of note a
great body of writing is attributed to Hppocrates
Modern scholars have decided that considerable por-
ton of it is apochryphal.
The position of Hippocrates in the world of medi-
cine is great
Sir William Osler voiced the opinion of the pro-
fesson when he said What Socrates did for phloso-
ply, Hippocrates did for medicine"
Continuing, Osler writes: "Empircism, experience
The collection of facts the evidence of the senses
'voidance of philosophical speculations the dis
ingushing features of Hippocratic medicine
"One of the most striking contributions OF Hip.
ocrates the recognition that diseases only part
of the process of nature There is nothing divine
sacred about them
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IT WAS a typical Smith speech-

TT WAS a typical Smith speech
l. AFrank, and easy to understand.
After reading, or listening to it, one
felt quite at home not only with
great national problems, but with
the Governor himself. That is his
strong point. He can talk to people
right down where they live. What is
more, he can enthuse them with the
notion that it would be no offense
to slap him on the back and call
him cal"
1t was a corking speech, even if
the rain did interrupt it, ten times
as long as that delivered by Grover
Cleveland on a similar occasion
forty-four years ago, and heard by
10000 times as many people.
1t not only covered lots of ground,
but covered it well. find myself in
agreement with many of the views
it expressed. No man in America
could have made out a better case
under the circumstances, but
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Bridge Play
Made Easy
BY w. W. WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; K-king; O.
queen; Jack: X-any card lower
than IO.)
TT usually is advisable to lead
Il singleton if your partner has bid
that suit. However, as blind open
ing lead without information from
your partner, it is a play of doubt
full character. Tempting especially
to the novice, IL is not favored by
the probabilities-the likelihood is
that the declarer or the dummy
holds the high cards in that suit.
The singleton is usually ear
marked" and is ca silly recc~--:zed
by experienced players. The warn
ing signal is clear, so that the de-
clarer Immediately draws trumps
and dislodges all of yours. AS a
result, your blind singleton lead not
only proves to be a failure in it.
self, but probably helps to establish
that suit for the declarer.
At times, the lead of a singleton
is an advantageous play. Knowing
when not to lead a singleton guides
you in the proper course.
The greater the number of trumps
in your hand, the greater the neces-
sity of playing from your longest
and strongest suit, regardless of the
singleton. The effect of this pro-
oedure is to weaken the declarer;s
strong hand and drive out his
trumps.
Remember that there is nothing
more exasperating to the declarer
than seeing the trumpS in his
strong hand vanishing. When you
hold four trumps, do not, as a rule.
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The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-23

are those of low pitch and breathy.
The voices easiest heard are those
of high pitch and directed forward
with full use of the tongue and lips.
However, obtrusive use or overuse
of the tongue and lips is distinctly
obnoxious.
1t is the tendency Of many people
when talking to those who are deaf
to raise the pitch of the voice un-
duly, to eXaggerate the movements
Of the mouth and tongue, to gesture
unnecessarily, in fact even to shout.
All this is unnecessary. In case
Of moderate deafness, the person
can usually hear if the speaker will
merely talk distinctly and articu-
late well.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

sound to go into the head spaces
where it will get tone.
Also. that portion of the air
which passes through the mouth
must be directed against the teeth
rather than against the soft palate,
which will deaden the sound.
1t is unlikely that any good singer
can learn singing from diagrams
explaining how the voice is pro-
duced or from studying the anatomy
Of the throat.
After singing has been learned by
special instruction and practice, a
study of these matters may aid
enunciation, articulation and even
improved sound.
The most difficult voices to hear
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b YDR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.


Health Magazine.
THE differences between speak
i ing and singing are both OBJ
jective and subjective.
Singing is usually rapid and over
tapping. The voice ranges over two
octaves at least.
Speaking is slower, the sing-Song
tone is avoided, so that not even one
octave is concerned. The pitch in
singing is sustained, but in speak
ing the pitch varies.
In order to produce sound, breath
is pumped from the lungs and is
set in vibration by the vocal cords
when it passes them. These waves
may issue either as speech or as
song, depending on the manner in
which they are controlled.
When the air passes out of the
throat between the vocal cords,
part of it goes up into the space
back of the nose and into the
cavities around the nose, called the
sinuses. These cavities are rCso-
nators and their proper use in sing
ing is called head resonance.
The lower stream of the air
passes to the palate and mouth and
gives to singing a palatal resonance.
Head resonance is not utilized for
speech.
DR.. John GlaSsburg points out
that a knowledge of the rudiments
of singing is beneficial to the pub
lie speaker, but speaking for the
singer should be an unconscious
process.
Once a speaker thinks Of his ar
ticulation he is apt to throw the
voice back, stiffen the tongue, con-
tract the throat, strain the vocal
cords and produce husky or dead
sound.
Many operate singers have at
tempted to analyze the manner in
which they produce the voice.
They realize that they must prac-
tice breath control and manipula-
ton of all of the parts of the head
and throat that are concerned both
in speech and in tone production.
Miss Eva Turner, the famous
singer, recently published in Eng
land her analysis of how she sings
She wrote that one must shut the
vocal cords, but that lley must not
be tight and that care must be
taken not to direct the sound issuing
from the throat to the palate, but
to permit the air that carries the
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hair and hazel eyes. She has ap-
peared in Stella Dallas, the Reck-
less Lady, Just Suppose, the Road
to Mandalay, The Music Master.
Padlocked. God Gave Me Twenty
Cents, The Whirlwind of Youth
Publicity Madness, The Irresistible
Lover and the Sharpshooters. Her
salary is said to be 100000 a year.
What is the real name of Bob
Custer, the movie star? '0
Raymond A. Glenn.
Where can one address Babe
Ruth?
Care of the American League
Baseball Club of New York, Inc, 226
w. Forty Second ST., New York.
In the German system of meas
urement how many feet are there in
a mile?
ne United States mile is equal TO
$3.50 feet. Germany has the metric
system of weight and measures in
which a kilometer is the unit of
length corresponding to our mile,
One mile is equal to 1910 ktlo-
meters. 4
Is milk richer toward the end Of
the milking than at the first?
Yes. 1t contains more cream.
What American journalist at
tempted to cross the Atlantic in a
dirigible and what happened to
him?
Walter Wellman, Washington COR
respondent for the Chicago Times
Herald. and Melvin Vaniman set
out from Atlantic City. N. j., in
October. 1910, to across the ocean
in the rigid dirigible America" Not
having machinery or appliances
that enabled them to direct their
route the best they hoped for was
to land somewhere in Europe They
came TO grief and we're picked up
about 1000 miles off Cape Hatteras.
The crew was rescued, but the dirigi-
BILE was abandoned and sank,
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This Date i'm
u. S. History

August %
1500-Bobadilla, enemy of Colum-
bus, arrived at Haiti, arrested
Columbus and soon after took
him to Spain in chains.
1693-First printing done in New
York-a Governors procla-
nation. to
1775-King George III proclaimed
the existence of open rebel
lion in America. rf~
18l8-First steamboat on Lake Erie
started from Buffalo.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-23
The Socrates of Medicine
No. 1876

WE come now, in this brief survey of the history
w of medicine to the name of Hippocrates Few
stand out SC prominently in the early history
of civilization.
The influence OF Hippocrats is one which is still
making itself felt in the world today.
Unfortunately we do not know much we
should like to know about the life of this great Greek
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-23
Hoover Should Step In

Last night Governor Smith threw down the gage
Of battle to the power trust He took fat-tooted
3tand for Government ownership of water power
1t the source.
His declaration was in complete harmony with his
vigorous fight since be has beer Governor to for
the benefit OF the people the water power the State
Tomorrow the New York Republican State COM
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-23

physician. The
only contempo-
rary mention of
him is to be
found in the
wTitin gs of
Plato.
1t may be in
deed that the
case of Hippoc-
rates is some
what like that
of S ocra t e S.
Havelock Ellis
and many other
eminent scholO~s
assure us that
t h e figure of
Socrates as we
have come to
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-23

How much inheritance tax would
have to be paid by a child inherit
ing $4,000?
If the child is under 10 years of
age, there is an exemption of $4,000.
If over 10. exemption of $4,000 is
allowed, and a tax of l per cent
must be paid on the balance of
$4,000. However, expenses of ad-
ministration, funeral expenses, ETC.,
may be deducted from the estate be-
fore paying the tax.
What is the value of a United
States dime dated 1858?
10 to Is cents.
Are alligator teeth valuable?
They are fine ivory and are valued
fo- ornaments. They are worth
about So a pound.
Can policeman in civilian
clothes make legal arrest for "a
traffic violation?
No. The 1927 Legislature passed
law that policemen in making ar
rests for traffic violation must wear
distinctive badge and uniform.
Is it proper English to say "'Elec-
tricity is reciprocal" or This is re-
ciprOcal current" in speaking of
alternating current?
The latter phrase is correct.
How old is Lois Moran and what
are some of the principal pictures
in which she has appeared? De-
scribe her.
She was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.
March l. 1909, is feet IL inches
tall, weighs, LOT pounds, has blonde
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-23

'UndercOOeY'
Tactics Heb
Parties Win
I'D 9TH major parties are charged

DOTH major parties are charged
I'D with sharp and often corrupt
political practices in a newly pub
lished book written by Frank r.
Kent, political writer Of the Balti-
more Sun.
Kent has written other books on
politics, among them a history of
the Democratic party. His new one
is entitled Political Behavior"
Among the accusations levelled at
both parties are the use of the un-
official and secret poison squads" to
spread vicious gossip about opposing
candidates, utter disregard of the
corrupt practices acts and the se-~
cret use of many thousands of dol
lars never accounted for.
poison Squad" tactics have
played a large though incalculable
part in recent elections, Kent says.
They are particularly effective in
the slum districts of large cities, he
adds.
"The local machine leader in big
city has a motley gang Of takers
and glad-handers. They are sent
for, supplied with money, and given
the dope which is usually of par
ticular vicious kind varied according
to the social. racial and religious
affiliations of the voters" he writes.
Stories to inflame every organized
minority and every race or sect are
invented and spread"
II NHESE whispering campaigns are
Il often a definite part of the pro-
gram Of both parties, and are not
something that happen accidentally.
Kent says, whether candidates
countenance or are aware of them.
Kent calls the corrupt practice
acts "a farce and a fake, evaded and
violated in almost every campaign
from President down. In every pres
idential campaign there is in each
party a man other than the treas
urer and the chairman, close to the
candidate, who knows the game, to
whom personal contributions never
advertised nor accounted for can
| be made"
Money is not used in direct brib-
cry Of voters, but is used in hiring
watchers" at $40 a head, he says.
All these workers have to do is to
deliver their own relatives, averag-
| ing at least ten in number A hun
dred dollars spent in this way can
account for 100 votes, he said, which
is enough to swing the average
precinct.
n a n
HERBERT HOOVERS failure to
i i achieve the Republican NOM
ination in 1920 despite great per-
sonal popularity, shows how little
public sentiment really counts, Kent
adds. He said Hoover in 1928, went
boldly after key organization lead
ers in the different States and
went over with a bang"
His chapter on the woman voter
is headed don't worry about the
women" Women have changed
nothing in politics, he adds. He
characterizes elderly wealthy men
who want public Office and are will
ing to contribute largely to party
funds, as "fat cats" and says the
politicians are always glad to see
them coming. Secretary Mellon
and Senator Du Pont of Delaware
are two of this class, Kent says.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-23
Daily Thoughts

Have we not all one father?
Hath not one God created us?
Why do we deal treacheroussly
every man against his brother,
by prOfaning the covenant of our
fathers?-Malachi 2:1O.
u n
INFINITE is the help man can
i yield to man.-Carlyle.
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Editor TimeS--I see in your pa
per today that the downtown traffic
plan is to continue and probably
be extended.
like the prediction of Capt. Les
ter Jones of the traffic department
that some day Indianapolis will
have either overhead or under
ground passages in the downtown
district. Let those in authority get
right behind this movement at once
and have these passages put in. (
am willing to pay my share of the
additional taxes necessary for this
improvement.
The present traffic arrangement
not only is a very poor system, but
extremely embarrassing. blushed
for shame a few nights ago when
a traffic policeman made two ladies
walk back to the sidewalk and miss
their street car when they were al
ready N the safety zone ready to
get on.
indianapolis people don't want
this 5 and 10 cent style of super
vision when it is absolutely un-
necessary. At the rate we are 60
ing it won't be long until we will
have to ask a policeman if we NAV
take a drink of water.
If the board of safety makes
blunders and does not know enough
to correct them, then we should
have these underground passages "a
soon as possible to relieve the board
of any undue mental strain trying
to think up something worse.
If YOU don't agree with me that
the present traffic system is a farce
watch the corner jams during State
Fair week. TIMES READER.
Editor Times - Among the
many questions confronting the
people at this time there is one of
very great Importance to the cit
izens of indianapolis which does
not seem to be receiving the con-
sideration to which it is entitled.
This is the matter of securing real
service in our police and fire de-
partments.
All will agree that efficiency and
not political favoritism should be
recognized in these departments, if
we are to secure good men and good
service from these men. This 49,
cially is true of the poliOe depart
ment.
PoliticS: ravoritism leads officers
20 protect law violators, who have
considerable political influence.
This has been a great weakness of
our enforcement of the prohibition
laws.
In practically every city where
law violations are f1agrant it will be
found that policemen are not doing
their duty on account of fear of
political favoritiSm.
The policeman has to have a job
the same as others and when he
learns that to push cases against
men high up in politics means his
job, it is but human nature for
him to pass by such law violations
unnoticed.
In practically all departments of
industry and commerce men are
employed and promoted in regards
to their ability to do the work
which is assigned to them. Any
other industrial or commercial pol
icy would mean the degradation OF
the firm that adopted it. If this
rule works successfully in business,
why not in the affairs of our city?
Policemen should be assigned to
work for which they are most cap
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-23

The Roy Chapman Andrews expedition brought
back tools used in the Cobb desert 100000 years ago
and remains of highly developed stone age culture.
No mention made in the dispatch however, about
any home brew recipes
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-23
An Independent Campaign

Whatever else one may say Of it, this years presi-
Dental campaign gives promise of being the most
independent in the history of American politics. Never
were the ties of party the individual less binding
Never was there such freedom from the influence of
heredity, association and environment. Never was
there less of the restraint of the dead hand.
And before the independence of news
papers more real. Even party organs are fairer in
their news columns and disposed to confine
their partisan endeayor to the narrow limits of the
editorial page.
Most newspapers are printing the news and giving
their readers opportunity to form their own judg-
ment even if it be at variance with that of the
editor.
The world do move
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Times Readers Voice VezcS

The name and address Of the author
must accompany every constitution. but
ten ers 5o Zoo Pc wdPTs w receive
preference.
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We hardly can wait until Senator Joe Robinson
has accepted the nominaton-so we can get back
to the other kind of bedtime stories.
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SINGING Voice Has Its TechniCaISeCYetS

This is the last of a series Of three
articles on the processes and functions
of the human voice.
The Indianapolis times., 1928-08-23

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Dietz on Science
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