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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
Tincture of Dreams

Little more than a shadowy hope
as yet, this dream of international
peace through orderly adjustment;
little more than an ideal which ap-
pealS to sentiment, but with power
in it just the same.
When you come to think of it,
most great movements have been
born Of the same intangible sub
stance-vision, illuSionment, faith.
Who could guess what the Magma
Charta meant when it was written.
or the Declaration of INDEPENDENCE,
or the Four Gospels? When have
We made a great step in advance
that was not preceded by dreams for
men to Scorn? When have we ex-
panded our horizons through dis
covery, or exploration. that men Gid
not laugh and sncer? When have
we been free from the skeptics,
cynics adm reactionaries?
We must be practical and clear
fcaded, but we cannot afford to for
get that Imam progress is measur-
ably tincture of dreams, and that
men have been able to reach higher
levels only by believing that they
could.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
The Treaty Fight

The Kellogg peace treaty has won the first big
senate battle lv1t final victory still is in doubt
Yesterdays temporary victory consisted in block
ing motion to sIdetrack the treaty and in forcing the
fight into the op en- The first battle, however has
been expensive 1t has consumed eighteen Gays, leaV-
ing only three days fore the senate holiday recess tor
ratifvng the pact as Americas Christmas gift to the
world.
Past delay and the possibility OF defeat is due
chiefly to Senator Borah and certain of his associates
who pledged action and then turned around and
agreed with opponents To shunt off the pact in favor
of the cruiser building program.
Nothing but such tactics by friends in charge Of
the treaty could have kept it off thte sen ate Hoor Tor
these eighteen days Borah himself admits there are
not more than senator's now opposed to unquaIl-
fed ratification Only four-Moses, Reed of Missouri,
MCLEAN Bavard-,are active, in addition to the big
navy group
Was there ever such a puny opposition on
ma ior issue? Was there ever such sorry spectacle
of collapsed majority leadership?
Consider that this is an American treaty, with
American dignity and reliability in the balance
abroad Consider that President Coolidge formally has
not only urged prompt action, but personally has
pleaded with the obstructionistS. Consider that the
press is almost unanimously for it.
Consider that the American people, as represented
in the scrpps-Howard popular poll, more than
that the senate itsef-by the Presidents count, by
Borah's count, by Scripps- Howard counts over
whemingly for it,
By the measure of that tremendous treaty support,
so great is the failure of Borah and his aids to per-
nit it's easy fuldllment.
Fortunately at the last minute yesterday there
was senate revolt Friends of the treaty. angered by
Borahs acquiescertce to committee delay and dunn
founded by his holding the pact in his pocket Tor
twenty four hours after the committee had sent 1t
to the floor finally rebeed when he admitted deal
to prevent treaty debate before Christmas
When the cruiser bill then was slipped forward
+o take the rightfu place of thel treaty, Senators
Norris and King started revolt such as the senate
has not seen in many day. The obstrNctonists and
cruiser crew frantically for cover and shut OIL
debate by putting the senate into secret executive
session.
But today at least the fight has been forced into
the open. Norris, King and others will direct the
treaty offensive For the first time there will be
senate vote in which the evasive the noncomnittal
and foes of the pact must stand up and be counted
before the ewes of their constituents and of the world
The first test vote will determine whether the
treaty is to be sdetracked If that vote is won then
the treaty still must fight through the minority ILL.,
buster in time for ratification vote by Saturday
The time is short. But the American government
the American people, and majority of the senate,
already have made up their minds. Delay threatens
notification and defeat
"C4et the peace pact out of the senate by Christ
mas!"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
Was II a Iie2

Such stuff does not sound much
like what we told the boys When
we called them to the colors eleven
years ago, and more particularly
what We told their mothers.
1t was "a war to end war;" we
proclaimed, and whether we meant
it, or not, millions believed we did.
Nothing reconciled the men and
women of this country to make ali
the necessary sacrifices like the
thought that they were doing some
thing to help humanity. Nothing
stirred them like the conviction
that they were fighting for a safer,
saner world.
They may not have cared what
other people thought, but they GER
tainly thought Of what other peo-
pie needed, and it helped nightly
to wash down the cornbread, sell
liberty bonds and make death IN
the trenches, or on q barbwire en-
tanglement seem worth while.
Now We are informed that it was
just another nightmare in the
struggle for existence, that the
world is about as bad as it was
before and that we can not afford
to be less suspicious or well armed
The $4,000 dead in France viii
be glad to hear this revised version
of their country's attitude. So Will
their mothers, wives and sisters. SO,
too, will the 100000 blind, crippled.
shell-shocked veterans who survive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
A FEW THINGS
q n
LAW ENFORCEMENT
q ~
OUGHT TO HAVE

law will not be enforced until the
men and women who really believe
in prohibition volunteer to take
charge of that enforcement, from
the highest to the very lowest STA
ton.
Unless they are willing to make
this sacrifice, the Volstead desert
will be more distinguished for its
cases than for its burning sands.
So instead Of seeking to secure
more severe penalties, the dry lead
ers should try to call to the side
of prohibition a public sentiment
that will make law enforcement
possible and when they get this
they should insi7t that the law BE-
enforced against the rich as well
as the poor.
And they should ask for a COM
mander-in-ch who is dry.
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The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution but
on request will nc. be published Lett
tiers not exceeding 200 words win receive
preference.
Editor Times; The influence of
public opinion is unlimited and the
press as a molder thereof has no
competitor Dog clubs, their activi-
ties and shows, are only superfici-
ally appreciated by the public,
Why? Because the press of the day
either has not been cooperating or
those interested in dogs have been
negligent in furnishing the news.
This club believes that the last
mentioned reason is predominant
The cooperation of your paper
was solicited in connection with the
staging Of a recent show by this
club The reproduction Of the fol-
lowing extract of a report read in
the last open meeting of the club
expresses clearly the action taken
by your paper and the attitude Of
the club thereon.
Arranged with The Indianapolis
Times to have a reporter present
during the show. The result was
the best story ever published in To-
cal papers regarding a dog show.
1t would seem appropriate for the
secretary to write letter Of COM
mendation to The Times for its
much-needed cooperation. The
other papers were furnished with
results of the show, but, according
to advices received, they were not
published. In view of the foregoing
facts, it appears that The Times is
entitled to the active support Of all
members Of this club"
We sincerely hope that relations
between The Times and the dog
people in Indiana may be strength
ened, for, in consequence, the pub
lie will acquire a better understand
ing Of our efforts and our product
and The Times will be- enhancing
the ambition of all newspapers
getting and giving all the news"
CHARLES A. SHUMARD,
Assistant Secretary.
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This Date i'm
Il. s. History

December 20
1686-Sir Edmund Andres arrived
in Boston aboard fifty-tone
gun ship to assume governor
ship of colonies.
1776-Third Continental congress
convened in Baltimore, John
Hancock presiding.
1792-Kentucky adopted the state
motto, Omitted we stand, di-
vided we fall"
1860-South Carolina seeded from
the union.
1880-Broadway, New York, first
electrically lighted.
1916-President Wilson issued peace
proposals to belligerents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia the
Health Magazine.
nURING the 1918 epidemic
II studies were made of the uss
Of vaccines and serums in the con-
troll CT influenza, but apparently
none of the substances developed
was sufficiently potent to warrant
recommendation as a routine meas
ure in prevention.
The psychologists have made
numerous studies in an endeavor to
find out just how this disease is
passed from one person to another.
The conclusion is that the dis
ease probably is spread by cough
ing, sneezing or splitting, but, that
in occasional cases it may be trans
mitted through direct contact by
the hands or by sleeping contact.
The effects of crowding and close
association on the spread Of inflU-
enza are, therefore, of the greatest
Importance, and lead to the warning
in times of epidemic to remain away
from crowds.
The prevention of contact with
other infected human beings is the
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~ ~
By
Frederick
lands

In addition to the dishonesty of
the thing, prohibition has suffered
because those who brought it forth,
abandoned it.
They secured the adoption of the
eighteenth amendment, then ad-
journed.
They called themselves crusaders,
but they quit.
They left this great experiment
on the doorstep of the twentieth
century, then ran for their lives
Il
Those crusaders should see their
mission through, for this VolStead
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
Blast Hits
Boasts of
Fair Sex
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON
IRON the great city of Manhat-
IL tan comes a letter signed by n
gentleman with a distinctly Irish
name, bearing these loud and angry
blasts:
who in the name Of high
heaven are you, anyway, to bran
dish a big stick before the eyes of
the male and announce, with the
greatest Solemnity, the arrival OF
the hour of mans precipitation intu
the hopeless mediocrity by woman's
luminous genius? Who are you TO
proclaim in great stentorian tones
woman's sudden and bewildering
assumption of dominant role il
the affairs of the world?
Let us see wherein her Assem-
dancy lies. 1t is to be found in her
excessively abbreviated skirts, which
render her responsibility a serious
matter for debate. Perhaps the lip
stick and the none too carefully
concealed flask might be a better
reason, or maybe her legs give her
the dominance which you hail with
such vociferations Of applause.
mo, Mrs. Ferguson, astute man
has not yet acknowledged his capit-
ulation to greater feminine intel
lectual attainments, nor is he ready
to acknowledge the authorship Of
such an agglomeration Of nom
sensical phrases, or clever and elab-
crate conglomerations as have APP
peared under your writing name in
the city's most ably conducted eve
ming newspaper"
After all that, do you suppose I
had best just keep a discreet
silence? I am almost afraid to in
sist that I am only a frail weak
female, one Of the sex who voted
for Mr.. Hoover.
It's a funny thing about some of
these astute men. They do not seem
able to see anything to the twen-
tieth century woman except her
short skirts. And in spite of the
fact that they believe themselves to
be the pink of perfection, they al
most have Spasms whenever they
find women trying to emultae them.
And how unjust they are! Isn't
it natural for us to attempt to climb
to those intellectual heights upon
which they stand, blowing smoke
rings and consuming cocktails?
Human nature, of whatever sex, is
never content. We strive ever to
reach perfection.
1t seems somehow cruel for men
to say that we must not dream of
that happy day when we can feel
our sex as wise and great as they
now are. No matter to what high
eminence they attain in the future,
weak womanhood ever will crawl
feebly after them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
Reason

THE papers say the drys at
Il Washington survey the bottle
streWn present and adopt more
severe punishment as the key to the
kickless millennium.
If congress agrees and increases
the VCistead laws penalties. 1t
merely will do little advertising,
a little sky writing, for booze cannot
be ended that way.
If the Volstead law can not rally
enough moral support and enough
honest officers to enforce 1T now,
making it more severe will only
make it absurd.
We have had ten years Of prohi-
bition business, ten years Of sham
and pretended enforcement, and 1t
is time to dry dock the dry ark,
scrape the barnacles from its hulk,
and drive the rats and grafters from
it's decks.
We never will get law enforce
ment till we get sincerity; we never
will have one camel to the block,
much less one to the fireside, until
we end the frauds and hypocrisies
which swarm all over our alleged
yearning to Danish Mr.. Barleycorn
to st. Helena.
The most hilarious jest of the en-
tire extravaganza is the persistent
ly made and never denied charge
that Secretary Mellon, prohibition
officer in chief, has booze in his
Washington cellar.
If this be true, then every little
man has right to have home brew
in his cellar; if this be true, instead
of increasing Volsteadian penalties,
congress should distribute stills in
place of garden seeds; if this be
true, we should not set aside day
to pray for dry enforcement, we
should set aside a week to laugh!
II n
Then there is this other noxious
weed in the bouquet Of our desire
for nationwide law enforcement
after a decade of brazen dis
elimination, it finally has dawned
on the rank and file of Uncle Sans
nieces and nephews that the hot
blasts of official wrath which devour
the impecunious consumer of home
hooch turn to loving zephyrs when
they come in contact with the gold
plated imbiber of imported Scotch.
It
If this government could. by some
miracle, acquire sufficient intestinal
fortitude to crash the palace gates
and, finding proof of guilt. should
hang 2 hundred famous swillers to
the Volstead clothes line until their
hips rained jeweled TASKS, we have
no doubt the common run of people
would find sufficient intoxication in
such a ravishing eXemplification of
the square deal they would support
the dry law ever after, with all their
hearts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
who invented radio?

who invented radio?
No one invented radio. The the
DRY of radio was known long be-
fore anybody was able to apply it
to practice. Numerous inventors
were trying to devise apparatus that
would make the theory work. For
this reason several different prac-
tical systems of wireless telegraph
appeared at about the same time.
Marconi had the good fortune to be
the first, but he distanced his near
est competitors by only short
time. Instead it was only by acct
dent that, electrical communication
by wire was perfected before cleo
trica1 communication without wires,
for both are implied in the preced-
ing electrical knowledge, and in
ventors were busy in both fields for
many years before anybody in eth
er group succeeded.
How old is Suzanne Lenglen, the
tennis star?
Twenty-seVen years.
What facial muscles arc used
when one smiles?
In smiling, which is probably
genetically a feeble successor of the
laugh, the corners of the mouth are
drawn upward and backward, and
the cheeks are raised by the con-
struction of the great zygomatic
muscles, the upper lip is slightly
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
The World Commands

People are pretty decent as a
whole, the penitentiary and insane
asylum notwithstanding, and they
are about as decent on one side of
the Atlantic as on the other.
More than that, what they think
counts, whether one cares or not,
especially when they get to think
ing in large masses.
Bolivia and Paraguay would be
at war today but for what other
people think. 1t was not wholly
of their own volition that they
agreed to mediate. The pressure
Of outside opinion had much to do
with it. That pressure was felt
from all directions-from Europe.
from North America and from the
surrounding countries
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
No. 23S

NO new fields of discovery await the 20o-inch tele
- scope which the California Institute of Technol-
ogy plans to place upon mountain top on the Pacific
coast? This question has fired the imagination of
many astronomers.
Of course no one can answer it, Only completion
of the telescope will tell the story
1t is interesting to speculate upon the way in
which mans knowledge of the universe has grown
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20

with the growth
Of telescopes.
F i r S t men
thought that the
earth was the
center of the
whole universe.
T h e n t h e y
learned that our
earth was just
one of the eight
planets revolving
around the sun.
N e x t t h e Y
found out that
our sun was just
one of 100000
DOC stars in Our
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
W. e.
TRACY
SAYS:
people Are Pretty De-
cent as q Whole and Then
Are About as Decent on
One Side of the Atlantic
as on the Other"

THE National Security League
4 held great meeting in New
York Tuesday night, a. regular old
eagle scream, if the radio and news
papers are to be believed.
President Coolidge, and especially
President-Elect Hoover should have
been there to hear it. They would
have learned things to make them
shiver.
Some one, it seems, just about
has scuttled the good old ship of
state, and the frequent mention of
Charles E. Hughes left a distinct
impression that several of those
present identified him as the chief
Cu Drit.
The campaign for disarmament,
one gathers, is nothing but deep,
dark plot Matched by European
shoppers on the one hand, and
American pacifists on the other, to
cripple the United States.
The Washington conference, which
resulted in the naval limits ton
NAS0Sy5 wac J4SbOiiCQ do u COllSD4-
racy between Great Britain and
Japan to play upon the personal
vanity of Hughes" and thus use
him as dupe to deprive the
United States of its rights and
safety in the Pacific,
Rear Admiral Plunkett, retired.
said that We should build not only
fifteen cruisers, but many times ff-
teen.
Referring to Communist meet
ing that took place in New York
several years ago while large part
OF the navy was in port, Mrs. Will
hamS Cummings Story declared that
free speech is carried to a degree
that is appalling"
Henry A. Wise Wood capped the
climax by asking: why worry about
what the people on the other side
think about us? What the hell do
we care what they think?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20

You can get an answer to any answer
writing to Frederick M. Kerby. question
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Questions and AnSzQ'erS

raised; tn eupper and lower eyelids
are somewhat Appropriated by the
contraction of the Orbicular mus
cles; and the eyes are frightened
in consequence of their greater
tenseness, which results from these
muscular contractions or from the
increased blood pressure within the
eyeball.
When and by whom was the Boy
Scout movement in England and
the United States started?
In both countries the organiza-
ton was launched about 1902. Lieu
enant- General Sir Robert S. S.
Baden-Powell was responsible for
the development in England. In the
United States Daniel Carter Beard,
organizer of the "Sons of Daniel
Boone" and Ernest Thompson Sc
ton, who created the "Woodcraft
Indians" had much to do with the
early success of the movement.
Their ideas, in conjunction with
those of Sir Robert, formed the
basis for the Boy Scouts of Ameri-
ca, which was incorporated under
the laws of the District Of Column
bia, Feb. 8, 1910
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
Daily Thought

For the grave cannot praise
thee, death cannot celebrate thee:
they that go down into the pit
cannot hope for thy truth.-Isaiah
38:IS.
WE buy love; forgctfulncss
w grows over it like grass; that
is thing we weep for, not the
ad-Alexande Smith.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20

down in New York swallowed ten razor
blades the other day. Another sacrifice to science
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20

Did you ever hear of successful restaurant
proprietor writing book play? Yet they have
wonderful imaginations
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20

Vaccines and isolation in combating
flu epidemic are discussed in this
treatise by DR.. Fishbein. the third of g
series OF four articles on influenza
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
What are Magyars?

The race that inhabits Hungary.
They appeared in Europe in 1874 and
are believed TO be of Turanian blood
and probably are descendants OF
the ancient Scythians.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20

David Dietz on Science
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20
BY DIR. MORRIS FTSHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-20

What is ambergris?
A waxy concretion formed in the
intestines of the sperm whale. 1t
is found sometimes in the whale,
but chiefly OH the surface of those
seas inhabited by whales or cast
upon the shore in masses sometimes
weighing more than 200 pounds.
What is the salary of the Cover
nor of a state?
Salaries of Governors vary from
$4,000 In New Hampshire, South
Dakota and Vermont to $4,000 per
year in Pennsylvania. -D.-.-.-
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Times Readers
Voice Vie70S

The name and address OF the author
must accompany every contribution but
on request Will net be published Lett
preference.
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NAMES rs INTERNES
Indiana Tops List for City
Hospital in 1928.29.

DR.. Herman G. Morgan, city
health board secretary, today an
nounced appointment of twenty-six
internes who will serve during 1928
20 at city hospital. Twenty are In
diana University School of Medi-
cine graduates. Appointments are
effective July l. Those from Indi-
annapolis:
Bruce Kenneth Wiseman, William Pear
son, John T. Emharot. Isadore j; Kwitny,
Lester B. Rhamy, Andrew E. Soudah, Paul
K. Cullen. OF Indiana University.
Others named:
Carl H. Cunningham, Loogootee; Wemple
Dodds Logansport; N. Cort Davidson.
louisville; Robert F. Harris, NobleSville
Roy E. Shanks. Lawrenceburg: William d.
Mackey, Valparaiso; Gerald M. Kemp.
Jasper; NJ. s. Mount, NobleSyille; Reuben
o. zierer, Batesville; Kenneth G. Smith
Harry B. Thomas. Bloomington; Ralph H;
Colorado Springs. Colo. Colorado Univer
sity: Otis Wilson Of Aurora. University
of Wisconsin; Clayton Bishop Hathaway
Of Auburn. Wittenberg College. Ray B.
Robertson of Ewing, Purdue University
Davis 3. King of Anderson. University Of
Notre Dame, and Joseph H. Price OF Rob
inson, Ill, Oklahoma University.
A League of Nations wireless sta
ton is to be erected at Geneva.