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The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
Carried to Extreme

WAsH1NGToN,,s dictum that nat
w entangling alliances were to
be avoided at all cost was carried
to the farthest possible extreme.
Jeffersons dictum that the least
possible government was the best
found expression in nothing SO Wv
idly as the American foreign policy.
Isolation, especially from a diplo-
matte standpoint, became the great
objective.
The people of this country be
came obsessed with the idea that by
refusing to acquire colonies they
could dwell apart from the world
Other nations were permitted to
claim islands which our sea captains
had discovered. We were content
to explore and chart islands in the
polar regions for ether flags to fly
over later on.
The excuse for this most peculiar
course was that it enabled us to
keep out of trouble, serve humanity
and develop new basic of foreign
relations.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
Questions and
AnSzOerS

You can get an answer TO any answer
able question Of fact or information BY
writing TO Frederick III. KerpY Question
Editor The Inditalnsspolis Tines 1ass sa;is WASH
Washington. D o. tnelosinR cents IN
stamps for reply Medical and legal
advice cannot be given. nor can sx-
tended research &c mage; sle,sohal Aa rs5iy 9alsl
unsigned requests cannot be answered
All letters are confidential You are
cordially Invited N make use Of TINS
service.
What is the address of Maxfield
Parish, the artist?
Windsor, VT.
Who is the leading man in the
picture "SmiIin' Through"
Harrison Ford.
How much postage does 1t take to
send a card to Canada?
One cent.
which is faster, the eye or the
hand?
The hand is very much faster. 1t
takes nearly a twentieth OF Sec
ond for the eye TO receive an i'm
preston and focus upon it. Hence
the hand nave move so rapidly as e
appear only a blur to the eye
Sleight-of-hand performers MAXI
good use Of this fact.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
World Court Feelers

une stats DEPARTMENTS move to reopen negotla-
+;ors regarding American adherence to the Woro
oo,,t indicates that the administrators poncy mas
econ,e AT once more idealistc and more reasVic' Ii
foveshadows Hoover's policy It should produce re-
suits.
Tbree wears have passed since the senate by large
,s decided on conditional American adherence. Two
Years and half have passed since court members ac-
cented four of the senate reservations ana 'nVoeo
negotiations regarding the remaining reserVauon
The state department in reply to that invitation
and the President in his gruf Kansas City speech
took the position that there was nothing 10 nego-
tiae that it was UP to the other powers IN handing
the isnuted senate reservation to take it or leave IT,
From purely legalistic point of view the Coonoge
nolcv was enabIe because under our constitution ne
executive has no authority to modify or to interpret
senate reservations.
r,t dnlonaacy can not succeed on legalistlc SUD-
tarf,,ees The only way to reconcile differences be-
tpaen nations is to talk it out. Now the Coolidge
sdnnstration recognizes belatedy that it is the Jon
of the American executive to negotiate concerning
ihe world court dispute not to the end OF usurping
senate urerogatives but to carry out the senate
mandate and if that is impossible, to ascertain ana
renort back to the senate possible compromise.
The kellogg note IS useful in preparing public
nninion at home for follow-up moves by the Hoover
administration, and in creating proper foreign at
rnosnhere for unoffcial negotiations, which Elhu
Root win undertake early in March at Geneva.
DESPITE the partial responsibility OF Wsshington
for two wears and half OF deadlock N would be IN
fair and inaccurate to absolye European sSTynments
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
Fellowship in Prayer

conflicting traits is pertinent to this
geries of meditations. The clew here
as elsewhere is in the sense of Gods
presence and authority. If I seek
first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness, then all things else
will take care of themselves.
PRAYER Lord my God, Thou
only sovereign of my life, through
all the temptations and trials,
through the storm and stress Of my
life enable me to see Thee who art
Invisible that the things which are
visible may neither allure nor af-
fright me. Amen.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
THE COMMON PEOPLE
ARE GOOD ENOUGH
TO VOTE DIRECTLY

ana's feet to reaction while all her
sister states march toward progress; !;
if you would strangle the peoples
growing interest in their own gov
ernment; if you would be true Black
Shirts and false Americans-go on
drive through this legislature your
repudiation of popular rule; take In
diana's political destiny from the
firesides Of her people and put it in
the boss's dirty, slippery hand!
II u
If the legislature would serve In
diana, let it strengthen this primary
Jaw, so the voters may have a first
and second choice, so the people
may rule.
If common people are good enough
to pay taxes directly and fight for
the flag directly they are good
enough to vote directly for party
nominees.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
Senator BOrah

a ND l wish that somebody would
IA speak to Senator Borah. There
is no more tragic figure in our pub
lie life than this lost leader OF
American liberalism.
am not contending that to be
dry is stand-pat, while wetness is
necessarily a mark of progressivisnn
but it is monstrous that BoraI
should be willing to abandon every
time -honored tradition of American
liberty TO clear the road for Vol
steadism.
There is q heady quality in dry
ness which makes men gibber. Thus
we find Borah, the avowed disciple
Of democracy, shouting out a plea
for bigger prisons, harsher laws,
longer sentences and more crini-
inals.
"I believe in free speech" shouted
Senator Borah, "but when a man
breaches a doctrine against his
government he ought to take the re-
sponsibility Of violating free speech" T"
This is the old dodge which was
tfltQ Jul uPIAl Us 0AA AAtE lA@S HctA .
Advocates Of espionage and sedition
acts said that they had no inten-
tion of doing away with the con-
stitutional guarantees of free
speech.
OF course not. A man could say
what he liked. They merely insisted
that he must go to jail If he chose
to espouse a minority opinion.
1 wish it were possible to appeal
from Borah sober to Borah drunk.
Surely no senator save one In a
swindel Of abstinence could seriously
suggest that even the most strained
construction of the Constitution is
a crime meritinl five years in jail.
II Borah actually believes this we
may expect another flood of anna
teur spies waiting TO pounee upon
and imprison the luckless persons
who dare so much as 10 whisper,
II wish ! had a drink.
lcops9isht. 1879. for The Tines)
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
Reason

CHOULD some foreign power
- come to steal our political
rights, we would meet that power at
the border. Yet a few homegrown
Mussolinis seek to perpetrate this
very outrage by mutilating the pri-
mary law; by driving through this
legislature a bill to take from the
men and women of Indiana their
right to vote directly for their
party's nominees for President,
United States senator and Cover
nor.
Our .f-made Mussolinis say the
platform had this ak in it, but if you
know anything of criminology, you
know how state platforms are
plotted.
FIRST the tricksters have the con-
vention. delegates agree to refer all
platform amendments to the plat
form committee without debate,
then the delegates can not change
the nlatfor1n when it is presented;
thev can not rise and protest they
must take it all or reject it all.
Thus manipulators make monkeys
out of delegates! :.
Such a platform is a fraud, WIN
no more binding force than the
Joker in lightning rod sWindle!
No legislative candidate told the
people he would disfranchise them.
No that was concealed.
No legislator was elected "on"
platform to do this thing; every
Legislator was elected by Hoover,
ablv assisted by Smith, and the re-
suit would have been the same had
the state platform declared for pigs
feet-and nothing else.
Nothing could have defeated
Republican last November, but
public parade of this Fascist plat
form pledge to disfranchise plain
men and women!
Our Mussolinis hate the primary
because they can not control all the
people in a primary election, but
they can control delegates in a state
convention.
Four hundred thousand men and
women voted in last years primary
-four times as many as ever par
ticipated in nominations before the
primary law was enacted-and
while the patriot halls increased in
terest as the vindication Of free
government and the best assurance
of its pepetuity, our Black Shirts
hate this increased interest because
it will put them out of business!
one hundred flfty-three years
after the declaration of indepen-
dence is rather late for our die
tators to present the proposition
that plain people are not capable
to select their party's nominees and
that such nominees should be Sc
lected for the people by delegates
Of superior virtue and intelligence.
That royal rot was shot to pieces
at yorktown!
Our Black Shirts should take to
Italy. the land Of their alteration,
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the

Health Magazine.
a LARGE insurance company
1 n with more than 100000
policy holders keeps accurate rec
ords of the causes of death because
only by such records can the COM
pany definitely provide for the fu-
ture. 1t just has announced re-
ports for 1928, which contain sew
eral factors of great significance in
relation to public health.
The figures indicate that the ex
pectancy of life among wage earn
erS was, in 1928, 56.42 at birth,
whereas in 1911 and 1912 it was
1853 years.
The life expectancy of the in
dustrial population has gained
979 years during the sxteen-year
period, as contrasted with the gain
of only SOC years for the general
population.
No doubt, this is reflection to a
considerable extent of the increased
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22

forth from the sun.
SpeculationS con-
corning the origin
of the earth have
always held the at
tention of mankind.
The writer of the
Book of Genesis at
tackled the problem
in the opening sem
tence of that book.
I'm the beginning, "
he wrote, God Gre
ated the h e a ven
and the earth"
But the develop
ment of astronomy
= ~ Y,,o4 &aA
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
Engagement and News

NoW that was silly as well as
L rude. The question was
entirely proper. , If a reporter
asked, "Just what did you say when
you proposed to Miss Morrow" of
course the colonel would have every
right to resent it.
When the press representative
pointed out that the public had a
keen interest in Colonel Lindberghs
engagement to Miss Morrow he
spoke an obvious truth,
The aviator must realize that he
is public figure and that news
paper men can not possibly avoid
touching upon topics which might
be considered wholly personal in
the life of more obscure indi-
vidual.
Naturally, no one expects the colo
mel to take reporters into his conf
dence and relate the details of his
courtship step by step On the other
hand, the date and the place of his
marriage are both matters of legiti-
mate news interest.
The colonel is under no obiga-
ton to satisfy even a legitimate
news interest. He would be we'll
within his rights in replying, I'm
sorry, but I don't want to say any
thing about that"
He might even omit the I'm sor-
ry" if pressed for time, but he is
behaving like a naughty schoolboy
when he takes the attitude that
reasonable inquiries are insults to be
brushed aside by lordly silence.
Nor is this the first time that
Lindbergh has availed himself Of
this same technique. Several months
ago he attempted to send reporter
of the New York World to Coventry
because the newspaper man dared
to inquire, Colonel, are you to re-
ceive compensation for your fights
under the auspices of the Guggen-
helm Foundation?" That, too, seems
to me an entirely proper inquiry.
I am aware that anybody who
undertakes tc ehide the colonel will
find himself deluged under a food
Of disapproving letters from angry
readers. But even so, journalism
is an even older profession than
aviation and just as honorable.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
What Have We Gained?

NKTE tried to keep out of the
wv World war, though shouting
that the allies were right; tried
to contribute nothing but moral
support at profit; and were so
blind to the drift of events as to be
thanking God" we had succeeded,
only six months before we were
engulfed.
Thus far we. have kept out of the
League of Nations, though we were
first to shout that such a league
was necessary, to force the idea on
other people, to applaud it as the
one and only product of victory
which could make all the slaughter
worth while
But what have we gained that we
would have lost by taking seat at
the council table? What problem
have we avoided? From what
obligation have we freed ourselves?
We have joined the World court
with reservations, as though reser-
vations would count for much in
the long rur5, as though they served
any nobler purpose than cheap
way of saving our face.
We have pretended that the rep
arations problem was no concern OF
ours, but have been represented by
observers, unofficial experts, OF
something of the sort at all the con-
ferences concerning it. as though
that amounted to more than a thin
quibble.
No one can review what we have
preached compared to what we
are practicing without realizing that
one of our greatest needs Is a bet
ter understanding of what foreign
relations means.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
- -
By
Frederick
Lands

their cynical contempt for the
masses of their countrymen, and
they should lay at the feet of II
Duce their plans to make plain men
and women "know their place!"
Their imperial scorn would be
most becoming in the land of their
beloved Mussolini but it is most
hideous in the land of Abraham
Lincoln!
One parting word to our new
Fascista, if you would nail Indi-
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
Topic for the Week
LENT AND MY WORK"

Memory Verse for Friday
"For he endured, as seeing him
who is invisible" (HebrewS 1l:2D.
(Read: Hebrews 1923 to BOD
MEDITATION Now praise we
famous men. I may not forget that
this is Washington's birthday. 1T
appears that Washington was
thrifty and prosperous man OF busi-
ness. He took care of the property
which he inherited and sought to
increase it by all honorable means.
At the same time the lack of self
seeking the sheer unselfishness OF
his patriotism are an example OF
public men and to those in private
life as well. This combination OF
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
I Z
SEEMS

BY HEYWOOD
BROUN

COMEBODY should speak sharply
~ to Colonel Charles Lindbergh, for
he has fallen into a rude and un-
reasonable habit in his dealings
with reporters.
Even a young god should have in
him sufficient earthiness to respect
good manners. There is an ancient
legend, I believe, that invigoration
comes to those who occasionally
touch as much as one toe to cour-
tesy.
I quote from a recent news story
in the New York Times which says,
Colonel Lindbergh affably an
swered every question till his inter-
viewers sought details of his forth
coming marriage to Miss Anne Mors
row.
"Then he almost broke up the
conference. Declining to take notice
Of the questions, Colonel Lindbergh
rose from his chair and said, Are
there any more questions?'
1--WE are sorry, colonel, but thai
is the one thing people are inter-
ested il1,' his questioner replied.
Colonel Lindbergh repeated HIS
question and was about to go when
he was asked about the plans OF
the Transcontinental Air Transport
Company"
1t is important to know, of course,
just what question the newspaper
men asked which caused the colonel
to elevate his chin and ignore ths
presence of his guest.
have made inquiries and find
that representative of the United
Press said to the aviator, 1--WE are
sorry to intrdue upon your privacy,
but is there anything you would
care to say about your engage
ment?"
This mild query caused the col-
onel to look frigidly over the re-
porter's shoulder and to behave as if
some fearful breach of etiquet had
been committed. His silence was
intended as stinging rebuke to a
man whom he treated as If he had
violated every canon of decency.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
Nation Is Awakened

TAN1E trade, inspiring us to seek
~ supplies and markets all over
the globe; came wealth, inducing US
to establish branch houses, create
industries in other lands and make
loans; and finally came the World
war, dragging us overseaes, lining up
our boys on a foreign battle front
and leaving many of them to sleep
the last long sleep in France in
spite of all We had preached and
dreamed
1t is shock. 1t presumes little
less than revolution in our atti-
tude and ideals We suddenly have
been brought face to face with the
stubborn fact that we can not live
alone, can not ignore world affairs,
can not prevent ourselves from play
ing the part and shouldering the
burden which goes with the great
est nation on earth.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
This Date i'm
IT, S. History

February 22
1732-George Washington born.
1856-First railroad in California
opened.
1862-Jefferson Davis inaugurated
under permanent confederate
constitution.
1872-Prohibitionists held their first
national convention at Co
lun1bus, 0.
18oo-John Jacob Astor Sr. died.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
American Art
court at all.

Art in America is looking up. We are thinking at
the moment, of Deems Taylor, whose opera, 1.-THE
Kings Henchman is being revived by the Metropoli-
tan in New York.
Two years ago Iaylcr was commissioned by the
Metropolitan to do second opera. He has been
working on it ever since. Now he announces he has
scrapped it, He viewed his handiwork critically and
did not find it good. He is starting all again
a new work
And all the labor and love put into that discarded
opera for two years has gone for nothing-that is,
for nothing but the discipline and conservation of
artist big enough to be his own severest critic.
OF such discipline and conservation is art made.
Inspiration is not commodity. But 1t is rarely
welded to patience and the capacity to drudge for
perfections sake in Mchelangelo, a Shakespeare,
a Beethoven, or even Rodin.
About seven years ago two able biographies were
published, one by an Englishman and the other by
an American. Both were best sellers. The publishers
demanded more The American Succumbed and has
been turning out almost one a year, He has been
doing good-potboiling. The Englishman worked for
years, writing and rewriting. At last he gave
us elizabeth and Essex" strachey is an artist
The smart comment to make on American artists,
we are told is that they have European inferiority
complex. They copy European models it seems We
have not found Rather the contemporary product
here has freshness and genuineness which many
foreign things lack.
Too many American novelists have inspiration and
ideas no end-but they can't write. So with most
other American artists who haven't time to sweat and
pray and wait until they master their medium.
But few like Taylor are SO intent on becoming
good craftsmen the genius of great art may be added
unto them In their patient labor.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
Earth Once Part of Sun
No. 2S6

NUR earth and ali that is within it or on 1.-THE
W green trees, the flowers, the animals and even
our own bodies-came from the outer regions OF the
sun They were all, once upon time, white-hot
gases in that blazing whirling globe of fire that we
call the
This is the belief of scientists today. They believe
that our earth had its beginnings in material hurled
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22

A headline In the Chicago Daily Tribune says
"Chicago Gets More Police" Evidently some of the
police have been growing careless
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22

The army can't get It's dress uniforms because
Of shortage In the supply Of gold braid. At last
legitimate reason for disposing of few admirals!
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22
Daily Thought

Beware of false prophets which
come to you in sleeps clothing,
but inwardly they are ravening
woIves.--St. Matthew 7:15.
0H, that deceit should steal such
~ gentle shapes, and with a vir-
tuous wizard hide foul guilel--
Shakespeare.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22

A headline In the Seattle Star intrigues and
puzzles: more Winter, Says Summers"
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22

Id as an 4
opinions ex-
pressed in this
column arr
those OF one
Of Am eriea's
most interest
ing writer
and are pre-
scented with
out regard to
th cir aEYee-
ment with the
ndiforiaf atti-
tude OF shis
paper.
The Editor.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22

our Black Shirts should take to
Italy. the land Of their alteration.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-02-22

i. David Dietz on science
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
FIGHT
UASHES

At New York-Jimmy McLarnin
won decision over Ray Wl'ier' en-.
cago OO; Sammy Dorfman, New
York lightweight. outpointed Doml-
nick Petrine, Of New York QO|:
sammy Tisch, New York feather
weight. won decision over Jackie
Rogers Pittsburgh C6l; Joey Lagray
New York welterweight, knocked
out Freddie Polo, of Newark
n. J. C0.
At Syracuse, n. Y.-Maxie Rosen-
bloom, New York light-heaVyWelght,
defeated Cuban Bobby Brown QO.
At Boston-Kid Chocolate, Cuban
stopped Johnny
Yacca. of Boston (9); Jack McNey,
New York, kayoed Arthur Flynn, OF
Lawrence. Mass. (S); Ernie Schaaf'
Boston heavyweight, won decision
over Al Friedman, Boston '1OG Al
Delsado, New York, outpointed
Johnny de Marco. Philadelphia az.
At New Orleans-Jack Britton,
former welterweight champion, out
pointed Farmer Joe Cooper, OF
Terre Haute, Ind: .QO).
At Milwaukee - Herman Perlick,
of Kalamazoo Mich, awarded news
paper verdict over Solly Seaman.
New York lightweight G): Harry
Perlick, Herman'S twin brother. de-
tea ted Irwin Berndt, of Milwau-
kee C9.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23

PaImO Stock Farm and those
in Mrs. w. j. POtter's barn
will leave New Orleans tOmor-
row for Bowie.
Joe Sciaccaluga and Charlie Graf
fagnini will send their strings to
the Prince Georges county course
at the same time. The trainer of
Mrs. M. Woolf sends her stable to
Bowie on next Monday from Craw
Fish Town.
Tia Juana has extended it's pres
ent race meeting to March 81. while
keeney Park, in Florida. will close
it's gates on March 80. Folks here
.abouts are marking time, for they
know they will witness some keen
contests when Bowie swings into
action on April 2.
June l is the date selected for
the $25 900 Fairmount Derby to be
run at Colinsville, III. 1t will be
run over the mile and one-quarter
route. The event was first run in
1925, with Haste the winner. Buddy
Bauer won in 1927 and Misstep a
year ago.
Trainer o. l.. Briggs is now on
his way to Pimlico from Tia Juana
with Grier of Spain, Oh Say, Mill
son, Our Sally Ann and Marie
Blanche II, belonging to Henry
Dattner,
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Klein and Kiernan,
Ex-CentraL Stars,
Work Out Here

Two former Central High athletic
stars, Phil Klein and Kiernan, both
now attending Mercersburg Aca.
denny, are among those track ath-
letes working out daily in the Cen.
tral Stadium under the watchful eye
of Bill Foley, veteran coach.
Both klien and kie~nan are
home for the Easter holidays and
welcomed the opportunity to work
out under the guidance of their
former mentor, who has been a
father to Central athletes for 10
these many years. Klien was an
all-a~ound' track and football star
and Kiernan hurdler while attend
ing the Central institution.
Klien and Herman will enter
Yale next fall after concluding their
course at Mercershurg in June.
Roth are looked upon aS heavy
scorers on the academy track team.
The Washington times., 1929-03-23
Canadian Netman Wins
South Atlantic Title

AUGUSTA, Ga, March 2S.-The
singles crown in the South Atlantic
States tennis championship was
won today by Marcel Rainville, the
Canadian champion. He defeated
Jack Mooney, of Atlanta. 4-6, 6-2,
6-3, 6-4, in the final match.
Miss Eleanor Cottman. Baltimore,
and Mrs. Harrison Smith. Philadel-
phia, won the women's doubles
championship by defeating Mrs. De-
Forest Candee and Mrs. Stokes Wea-
yer. both of New York, "a, SIS.