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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
Reducing Fire Losses

In 1927 fires cost the American people $478'OOOOoO
In property loss Business bears about IS per cent OF
the total annual waste. 1t is appalling burden
Intelligent communities therefore will take heed OF
the presidential proclamation designating the seventh
day period beginning Oct Fire Prevention Week
The calendar has become infested with weeks" OF
one kind and another since the war, but safety first
and fire prevention campaigns of education are not to
be classed among the movement sof trivial artificial
origin
They have direct bearing upon the physical and
economic welfare of the people and should enlist the
support of private and public enterprise
The peak of fire waste was reached in 1926 with
total loss of $3.50 100000 Since then it has declined
appreciably and it is believed that 1928 will show
record even better than that of 1927
1t is at least logical well comforting to at
tribute some of this improvement to the Nationwide
campaign of education being carried on by fire I'M
dewriters organizations civic bodies national bureaus
and individual localities.
The answer to it all is that fire is preventabe The
unavoidable accident is always with U.s. but nation
which lays an annual burnt offering of half billion
dollars upon the altar of careessness is guilty of Grim
maI negligence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
Why the Brown Derby?

There is a delightful breeziness about Al Smith
that has a strong appeal His buoyancy his quick
w.t. his rugged herman voice. the postiveness of his
personality, all make charming combination-when
he is at his best.
But his breeziness sometimes goes bit too far.
The brown derby for example There is touch OF
buoonery about that which would better be left out
One who has risen to the Importance of being a
presidential nominee is in no need of monkey-on-a-
stick, hand organ. an accordion, or brown derby
to make his presence felt BY just heing the pres
Dental nominee he is certain to catch the public eye
as he goes hither and thither and to gain the pubcs
attention.
Dignity is no sign of mental strength, and we do
not put high appraisal on dignity as such.
But somehow or other, when it comes to consid-
ering a President we can all stand just dash Of
dignity
So why the brown derby?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
Mind Poisoning

Probably every candidate for President from
washington down 10 1923 has been the innocent VIC
tim of whispered scandal So we are not meeting
with something new in American politics when we
hear OF whispering campaign against both candi-
dates this year.
What influence it will have on either Hoover or
Smith nobody knows In our judgment the effect on
the chances of either candidate for election however
IS not so important the effect on the character
Of the American people themselves
We would regard with horror the wholesale poison
ing OF the bodies of The people of any one community
and we ought to regard with greater horror the
wholesale poisoning of the minds and souls of mil
lions OF men, women and children.
Certainly it is just criminal morally to poison the
mind as it is to poison the body; that just what
the whispering Scandal-monger does whether it Is
done during a political campaign or at any other
time.
To whisper scandal about your neghbor poisons
the mind of whoever listens to the scandal The most
vicious member of any community is one who will
spread scandalous gossip which tends to destroy
somebody's character.
And it is evil in It's nastiest form to sneak
around whispering vicious charges against two men,
one of whom certainly will be the next President of
the United States
It there be any reason why either of the leading
candidates is not fit for the presidency 1t is egt-
mate to make the charges openly that their truth
or fasty may be tested in the light of day. and there
may be full opportunity for defense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
Sense Of Values

There is neither vice nor virtue in
mechanical power. The same kind
of skill is required in a Steeplejack
as in a second-story worker. The
radio can bring us jazz or classical
music. The hign-powered automo-
bile can carry a sheriff or a Grim
inal. The printed page can inspire
us with ideals, or depraved thoughts.
A 19-year-old japanese in Homo
lulu reads how Leopold and Loeb
murdered little Bobby Frank and
how Edward Hickman kidnapped and
killed Marian Parker. He is sore
at bank because it has called on
his father for some overdue rent.
The idea Of hurting somebody ap-
pealS to him.
Though bright enough to lead his
class in high school, his education
failed to impress him with the
futuility of that idea. Eight or ten
years of modern training have left
him with little sense of value. Like
many another, he comes out with
the notion that if you have learned
to be clever, you have learned it ALL,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25

TF any one man in America is sat-
4 isfied with his lot, it should be
Senator Borah.
The outstanding figure of our
political life, the only man in that
life who suggests the days of Web
ster, Clay and Calhoun, the idol of
State which permits him to be in
dependent, the leader of a party
which follows him on his own terms,
the possessor of a rugged dignity
which stands out like Gibraltar, he
is a national asset.
Ha
In the midst o. all this religious
Juror, ladies and gentlemen, take
your hats off to the Salvation Army.
1t attends strictly to it's own bust
ness; it fights nobody but the
devil!
n
When Senator Curtis said to that
Iowa heckler: you are too damned
dumb to understand" and the crowd
cheered, it proved not only that the
masses can grasp profound utter
ance, but that a campaign pitched
on high plane strikes the popular
heart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
Reason

TOR the first time this Republic
Il is scared by the hot iron of re-
ligious strife and all over this fair
land Brothers in Christianity are
splitting venom at each other with
deadly precision which arouses the
envy of rattlesnakes and brings I'M
bounded satisfaction to infidels.
Distant heather, now in the
process of being saved by our mis-
sionaries, should tell those mission
aries: "Just put our souls in moth
balls and hurry home and save your
own folks!"
A nation pays two penalties for
such a debauch of passion, the first
being that the national life is strewn
with long ranking sores and the sec
ond being that intolerance is the OPP
portunity of the political crook.
Men of character refuse to have
hydrophobia to get public Office and
so mental and moral midgets put on
the robes of the mighty.
Indiana owes ell her shame TO
coolies carried to power in the
whiskers of prejudicel
q
City newspapers continue to certi-
fly to our national snobDery by
magnifying the fact that this mil
lionaire is for Hoover and that mil
lionaire is for Smith.
The gold-plated heavyweghts are
no more important than farmers or
bricklayers, but there is this differ
ence-this is the first time many OF
the millionaires have known there
is a national campaign going on.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25

fences are some of the main sources
of accidents to school children.
In New York, from March l to
Dec. 81, 1928, $50 children were
killed and 2O,794 injured from these
causes.
1t is obviously of the greatest i'm
portance for parents to work with
their children in accident preven-
ton.
When a man 100 years Of age was
asked for an explanation as to his
long life, he pointed out that dur
ing the first seventy--five years
there we're no automobiles and that
during the last twenty-five years,
because of his age. he had been
compelled to stay indoors.
When the parents of the present
generation were growing up there
were few such dangers as exist
today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25

Why bother to look at it under lens?
But LeeuWenhoek as De Kruif so apty phrases it,
was like puppy who runs around poking his nose
nto everything in sight So under the lens went the
rop of water
Then the great discovery made!
For the drop of water was more than drop Of
5ater.
1t was an inhabited universe
Thousands of tiny creatures we're swimming and
sporting around in the drop of water.
Until that day, all men had been certain that the
heese mite the smallest creature in existence.
But now Leeuwenhoek had opened up world,
world which was invisible to the unaided eye.
Here were creatures thousands of times smaller
IAN the cheese mite.
For many days he carried on experiments studying
ropS of water collected from many different places
Then he sat down and wrote long letter to his
interested audience, the great gentlemen who COM
posed the Royal Society of London
But even the Royal Society contained skeptcs and
the information in the Dutch janitor's letter too
much for them.
letter was sent to Leeuwenhoek asking him to
give more details and to explain just how he made
his microscopes
Leeuwenhoek replied at great length but he would
not tell how he built his microscopes. However as we
shall see, he made it possible for the Royal Society
to verify his discovery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
EutiIitY of Crime

Sore at a bank, familiar with the
Hickamn case and pretty smart in
his own opinion, Utaka Fukunaga
planned to kidnap and kill a 10
year-old boy, with the same nom
chalance that you and / would write
a letter of protest. The enormity OF
the ofense seems not TO have regis
tered on his mind, while the futility
of it, even if he succeeded, seems to
have been beyond his understand
ing.
Now, of course, with angry MODS
bowling outside the Jail and with
the mills of the law beginning to
grind, he realizes his folly. Now he
comprehends the unutterable stu
pidity of his carefully laid scheme.
Now he can give a dozen perfect
good reasons why he should net
have done such a thing. They arc
no different than they we're before.
If he had received symmetrical
training, he would have understood
them clearly.
Nothing is written SO emphatically
across the page of human exper-
fence as the folly of such deeds as
he committed Nothing should be so
emphatically expressed on the minds
of children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
One Constructive Work

Whether the demand on the part of one church
group for the replacement of the chief of police is
justified or not depends, of course on what would
happen if some other man was placed on the
job.
This city has had many chiefs of its police de-
partments. For the most part these others directed
affairs with an eye on the wishes of political bosses,
who protected crime and who profted from law VIOLA
tion either financially the way of political power
at the polls
For the first time at least in years, there is no
suggestion that the police department is being
directed with any idea of political advantage
To curb crime successfully there must be CO.
ordination of effort among all agencies of the law
and especially the so-called petty courts which try
offenders must be sympathetic with law and order,
When known offenders are able to secure liberty
through bonds whose validity questionable little is
accomplished by wholesale arrests.
When offenders are turned loose on fimsy tech
nicalities they do not fear arrest
There is one very constructive work that can be
accomplished by the ministers, if they care to I'M
dertake it, that would strike at the factory which
turns out criminals.
All over this city there are slot machines which
entice the nickels of children.
They have been seized again and again by Off
loose but from time to time injunctions against raids
have been issued.
One judge went to the extent of declaring that
policeman who had obtained evidence of the illegal
practices in a pool room had right to be in the
place because it was held to be private business
and the machine was restored for lack of a search
warrant, although the policeman had all the evil
dence necessary to establish the crime.
canvass in every neighborhood and personal
appeal to the men who the business places in
which these machines operate all legal and respect
able to forego the rather rich profits from teaching
youth to gamble and later to steal, might be most
helpful.
Grand juries State and Federal, are investigating
crime. If any official has tolerated or condoned
crime he should not be discharged. He should be
prosecuted to the limit.
In the meantime, the ministers might go on
persuasive crusade to wipe out source of crime
which the officers seem to be unable, because OF pc
culiar conditions of courts to eradicate
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
Conscience Training

Conscience, the experts tell us, is
a matter Of education. If that is
true, why not teach it?
Law represents our conception of
what is right and wrong. How we
make law, how we enforce it, and
how we obey it, goes back to that
conception, yet it plays but a small
aprt in our educational system.
Justice, we say, is the primary
need of government, yet who would
guess it from what is taught in
schools?
Who would guess that justice
meant much outside the courtroom
or the police station, much less
that it was rooted in the thoughts
and aspirations of individuals, and
that how a child learned to regard
it during the first dozen years of
his life went long ways in de-
termining on which side of the
ledger his name would appear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Health of School ChiId1en-NO. Q

Street cars travelled more slowly
and there were no automobiles, air
planes had not been heard of, and
the bicycle was ridden slowly b.
gentlemen and ladies attired in
sufficient clothing to make fast rid
ing impossible.
The child learns its habits large
ly by imitation of adults. The
habits formed in childhood persist
into adult age. Many of the men
and women who are the parents Of
today still engage in unsafe habits
carried over from the period when
they were young and when ordi-
nary life was without some Of the
dangers of the present.
Public safety is now being taught
in most of the good schools of this
country. School teachers cannot,
however. accomplish much without
the aid of home training.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
Exposing MiSdeedS

Those who complain that the
cause of crime is its gloriflcation
through publicity ought to pay more
attention to the ways in which this
could and should be offset.
It would be foolish. even if it were
possible to suppress the reports of
crime. Enforced ignorance of what
is going on never did and never
will accomplish good results.
There is no hope of correcting the
misdeeds of men by hiding them
where they receive too much public
ity in any one respect they do not
receive enough in another. What
ever harm may be done by glaring
headlines tell of theft and murder
is more than matched by the failure
to acquaint our children with the
basic principles of justice and a
fundamental conception of right
and wrong.
Science is receded by art; the art
OF law is ethics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
Must Direct Ability

Relatively speaking, the problem is
no different than it ever was. The
caveman could use his club to kill
a neighbor, or to provide food and
protection for his family.
No matter how great, or how little,
our ability may be, it requires direc-
ton.
Character has always determined
whether people employed their pow
ers for good or evil, and always will.
The multiplication of machines
merely affords men an opportunity
for enlarged expression. What they
express depends on more intangible
qualities. Those who play with dy-
Mantle must be more careful than
those who play with sand.
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avid Dietz on Science
World of the MUiSible
No. 164

ME first man TO see microbe Antony Leeu-
Il wenhoek, the Dutch janitor who succeeded in
prior to his day. Leeuwenhoek was born in 1882.
That is why he has been called the first of the
lnicrobe hunters"
The story of how Leeuwenhoek discovered the
existence of the microbes is a fascinating one.
He had the habit of looking at everything he could
think of under his microscope The sting of bee, the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
rIR OIIVER LODGE voices the

CIR OLIVER LODGE voices the
~ thought that misdirected inge-
nuity may destroy civilization.
Drawing gloomy conclusions from
the late war, he says that mans
ability to construct ingenious de-
vices has outstripped the desire to
use those devices for helpful ends.
1.-THE facility for widespread COM
munication," he declares, sis use
less if we have nothing worth while
to say. The facility for locomotion
adds nothing to human intelligence
if it is a mere scampering over
ground.
THE progress in arts and sciences
depends ultimately on the cultiva-
ton of the powers latent in hui
manity-not on multiplication Of
machines. Unless old virtues con-
tinue to be cultivated, civilization
will fall to ruin"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
Questions and AnSzge7cS

peared on the American stage with
bobbed hair. That was during the
World War. It was not until after
1921, however, that bobbed hair was
generally adopted by the public.
What hospital is used as a train
ing school for Army nurses?
Water Reed Hospital, Washington.
What is the average depth of the
Atlantic Ocean?
About twon and one half miles.
Did Tommy Gibbons engage in
any battles after his bout with
Jack Dempsey in 1923?
He fought about a dozen battles
after that fight. The last one was
with Gene Tunney, June 5, 1925,
when he was knocked out in the
twelfth round.
Who was CalIistO
In classic mythology she is pictur-
ed as an Arcadian nymph, daughter
of Lycaon, and the favorite COM
panion of Artemis Diana) until
zeus cast lustful eyes upon her
and deceived her by assuming the
guise of ArtemiS.
Who was the author of the photo
play "ROOkieS?"
Byron Morgan.
What state has two capitals?
At present no state has more than
one capital. Until 1900 the legisla-
ture of Rhode Island met in New
port to canvass the vote and ad-
journed to Providence in January
to transact business. Now all ses-
sions are held in Providence and
that is the only capital of the state
How many miles 1t it by rail
from New York to San Francisco?
$3.50.
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BRIDGE ME
ANOTHER
copyright. 1928. by The Ready Ret
erence Publishing COMPANY
BY W W WENTWORTH

Authorizations: A-ace; Killings, @
queen; Jacks X-any card lever
than lO)
In the playing of your hand the
distribution Of the cards is a
most important factor and you
must always be on guard to as
certain it. An illustration thereof
follows:
Dummy-Hearts, K 9 6 S 2.
East-None.
Declarer-A 10 4.
WeSt-Q j 8 Z; leads T..
Applying the rule of eleven, de-
clarer Immediately notes that east
is blank of hearts. He must i'm
mediately determine what card to
play from dummy. Playing small
from dummy, he covers with the
heart Ave in his own hand.
On the next round declarer plays
the heart 10 and by ducking per-
mits west to win the trick.
When the declarer is again on
the lead he plays the heart and
illnesses the 9 if necessary.
BY bringing into play three
working tools"-the rule Of eleven,
duck and f1neSse-he wins five
tricks in hearts.
The number of illustrations of
various plays could be multiplied
until they became voluminous.
BY applying at every turn the
working tools" that have been
analysed in these chapters you will
be guided by sound principles
rather than rote.
Playing frequently will enable
you to appreciate their inherent
value at the psychological moment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25

IT'S enough to knock all the war
l. gods front teeth out to have the
great country Of Siam ratify the
Kellogg treaty, outlawing war!
Mrs. Josephine Hiltwein of Chi
cago has just been granted her third
divorce since 1922, from Edward
Hiltwein.
Josie would better be careful or
this man will become a habit with
her.
The Chinese nation is much
peeved because the League OF Ma
tons has not given it a seat in the
council.
If the league cannot put China
in the council, the least it can do
is to put her in the laundry.
Every patriot vii, rejoice that this
strike in the Mai , land penitentiary
is over, for it was very serious.
The convicts had turned off their
radios and absolutely refused to
listen to grand opera!
n
Commander Macmillan, just home
from the arctic, has made eleven
trips to the icy roof of the world
and goes back next June to stay two
years.
He would make an ideal matri-
monial mate for the modern society
woman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25

scales of a fish,
a hair from his
o W n h e a d
everything h e
spied--went un-
der the lens of
his microscope.
And so one
day, he put a
drop of rain
water under the
lens.
Now W h a t
probably would
never have &C.
cured to most
people. A drop
of water was a
drop of water
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
81 DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor Journal Of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
A DECLINE in the number Of in
IA juries and deaths of children
of elementary school age, from to
16 years, gradually has taken place
in all cities with the introduction
of complete plans Of safety instruc-
ton.
Hardly an accident occurs to the
child that is not preventaable with
proper caution.
The crossing of streets at other
places than suitable crossings, the
playing of games in the roadway,
running off the sidewalk into the
street, stealing rides on automo-
biles and wagons, roller skating,
coasting and bicycle riding care
lessly, jumping on or off street cars
in motion, climbing trees, poles and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-25
This Date i'm
u. S. History

September rs
t513ZBalboa discovered the Pacific
ocean.
1775-Ethan Allen failed in an at
tempt to take Montreal and
was made pr joner.
1865-Alabama state convention an
nulled ordinance of secession
and abolished slavery.
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Daily Thoughts

For thou shalt heap Goals Of d,
fire upon his head.-PrOv. 25:22.
LIE who praises everybody praises
/ lnobodys-JohnSon.
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EDITOR.
Who was Hugo Bettauer?
He was the author of the novel.
The City Without Jews" Born in
1877, he was assassinated in March,
1925, in Vienna by Otto Rothstock,
dentist, who was political ia
Eetic.
When did 1.-THE Dark Day" &C.
cur?
The appellation is used generally
to denote May 10, 1870, when a re-
markable and unexplained darkness
extended over all New England.
Darkness came on between 10 and II
a. m. and continued until midnight,
growing gradually denSer and denser
until IL at night. Candles and
lamps we're lighted for the people
to see to dine and to perform work
about houses These became requi-
site before noon. The darkness is
usually explained as being due to
forest fires.
Is service in the regular army
counted in computing the length of
service in the classified civil serv-
ice of the Government under the re-
Jirement act?
Yes.
Who started the fashion of bObbed
hair for women in the United
States?
Irene Castle is credited with hav-
ing started the vogue here. She was
one Of the first women who ap-