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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

NUT Of at least a dozen reviews
~ of John D., a portrait in oils, ;"
not a single critic has failed to en-
ploy the adjective, Journalistic" 1t
seems to me that this is done be-
cause the author, John K Winkler,
was for many years a newspaper re-
porter.
just why there should be such
patronizing attitude conveyed in
Journalistic" I don't profess to I'M
derstand. 1t is used almost as a
synonym for "sketchy," "ephemeral"
or even insufficient"
But while it is true that words set
down on newsprint hardly are likely
to endure, some of the we'll remen1-
bered great were distinctly journal
istic in their touch and manner.
John Addison was in effect the
rst columnist in the English Ian
guage, with Steele as substitute. De-
foe would rest comfortably today
upon any WeIl-regulated front page.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
Economic Aspects

DERHAPS it may be said justly
Il enough in John D." the detail
about the creation Of the great cor
poration and it's activities is just a
little thin. The author has been
more interested in the man than in
the machine which he created. And
here is sound reason for shifting the
emphasis.
After all, Ida Tarbell said what
was practically the final word about
the giant combination in her His
tory of Standard Oil" 1t seems to
NE that the average reader will feel
amply satisfied with John K. Win
kler's birdseye economic survey.
The book furnishes rather more
than it promises 1t gives the story
Of a dynasty and we follow the clan
from Doc Rockefeller, the itinerant
quack, to young John D., third, and
undergraduate at Princeton. This
fact story supports the truth of
much that has been done in fiction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
b, S, and World Peace

DREMIER MACDONALD, we are
l. Informed, will talk about the
world court as we'll as disarmament.
when he visits President Hoover.
He should. The two go together.
1t is folly to suppose that one
method of settling national disputes
can be abandoned without another
to take its place.
Disarmament and the elimination
Of war are impossible, unless a
system of orderly justice is estab-
lished.
Though having done. a great deal
to promote the elimination of war,
this government hurts both by re-
fusing to join the world court.
The reservations on which this
government insists and especially
the fifth reservation puts it in a
position of saying to other govern
ments, claw may be all right for you
but the United States is above it in
certain respects"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
COUNTERFEIT CHARGE

Lafayette Man Arrested With Coin
Molds in Possession.
BIZ Times Special
CROWN POINT, Ind, July g. -
Ralph Lair, Lafayette automobile
mechanic, is a prisoner in the Lake
county Jail here awaiting trial in
federal court on a charge Of coun-
terfeiting money.
Marshall Miner. United States
deputy marshal, who arrested Lair,
said he possessed a large stock of
coin molds. He was indicted on
charges of making spurious SO gold
pieces and quarters. Lair asserts
he is innocent and that molds in his
possession we're used in making au-
tomobile parts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

the tennis player must eat a con-
siderable amount Of. food to pro-
vide sufficient energy to take care
of the needs of his sport.
In selecting his diet, he naturally
will take food that will provide en-
ergy and at the same time not in
terfere seriously with digestion.
Such foods include milk, eggs,
meats, cereals and plenty OF va
riety of vegetables.
The tennis player simply can not
overdo the use of tobacco or of cof-
fee, and he must watch carefully
the effects of heat upon his nervous
system and upon his body gen.
orally.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

THIS motor vehicle lew which
Il makes you take out a license
and feed Is cents into the political
kitty for notarial Acknowledgement
IS perfectly grand.
It may not make the highway anv
safer for normal people. but it does
add so much to the general infor-
nation on file
Heretofore we never knew all
about a fellow unless he ran for
ONCE, but now 1t is all different.
Here's few Of the things they
ask you:
Are you quadruped?
DO you trace your ancestry back
to the mound builders?
Are your eyes blue or CLASP
Do you wear spats?
Have you coW-uck?
Do you like prunes?
Why have you never been adj
judged feeble minded?
Do you think Raskob ought to re-
sign?
Have you ingrowing toe nails7
Do you keep a goat?
What are your relations with vo,ir
mother in-law?
Do you think bustles will ever
| come back?e
Do you make it at home, or who
is your boot-legger?
Have you worn underwear since
buying a car?
Do YOU think COOLIDGE will r1,r, II,
1882?
DO you take your eggs straight IN
or turned over?
Have you had your tonsils re-
moved?
DO you read the congressional
record?
Have you hob-nailed liver?
What is the year, month, week.
day, hour, minute, and second of
your birth?
Why have you kept this a secret?
Do you have coolies?
Why do you think Gene Tunney
paid the Fogarty lady $4,000?
Do you go bathing or have you
poor eye sight?
Have you ever tried raw onions
with baked potatoes?
Are you fond Of knees?
What did you mortgage to buy
your car?
How much does the township trus-
tee help you to buy your gas?
Do you think Bacon wrote Shakes
speare?
Have you warts?
Are you kind to dumb animals?
Were you ever arrested for kick
ing child in the face?
Do you ever go in on deuces7
Have you tape worm?
Do you sing bass?
Are you living with your first wife
and if so, why?
DO you like frogs legs stewed or
fried?
Do you roll the bones?
Where do you think Mrs. Gam
ought to sit?
Are you glad Dawes didn't wear
short pants?
Did you ever file the statute Of
limitations?
Was your grandfather lynched for
horse stealing?
Did you believe in hell before you
! filed this application?
Have you been sworn?
Now what do you think OF graft?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
Overexercise Grave Danger in Tennis

One of the earliest symptoms OF
overexercise in tennis, as in any
other sport, is the appearance of al
bumin in the excretions from the
kidneys. This happens not infre-
quently in the case Of the person
who has taken insufficient fluid, or
in the person who goes into the
sport without sufficient preliminary
preparation.
To guard against Development of
this serious condition, it is advisable
to have fairly frequent examinations
of the excretions. These will indi-
cate whether the kidney is able to
undergo the strain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
Good Shows in Church

THE Rev. George w. Truett, pas
Il tor of the First Baptist church
Dallas, Tex, shows what a minister
can do by minding his own bust
ness.
During thirty-two years of steady.
common sense work, he has in
creased the membership of his
church from TOO to $500. He does
not play politics, nor preach on the
latest sex novel, but proceeds on the
theory that intelligent people only
can be attracted by an appeal to
their intelligence.
What Mr.. Truett ought to do next
IS to start a school for those minis
tiers who have the mistaken idea
that religion is doomed unless it
puts on a good show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

practitioners in the language for
it is our privilege to capture and
to hold all that fine thrill which
comes out of timeliness. There is
an author in our town who backslid
from newspaper work into the
magazines.
Some years went by and one of
his frankest friends said: Dick
(Which wasn't his name at
alb, your magazine stuff never has
been anything as good as the sto-
rieS you wrote for the newspaper.
What's the matter with your"
Il guess" said the retired reporter,
I've always missed that one small
word yesterday"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
Low Necks for Men

There a day when a woman, who had left
her corset and petticoat at home walked into mems
barber shop for the first time and said: Give me a
haircut" No one knows when or where, or what
woman did what woman never had done before but
that unknown soldier in skrts-short skirts-sarted
a revolution which has given women the comfort in
dress they enjoy today.
Some hot day man is going to come to his Office
in gym shirt and light trousers and transact bust
ness in that costume. That will be the start of an
other revolution.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
Pastors and Golf

THE Rev. c. Emerson Miller, pas
l. tor of the South Avenue Chris
ton church, Springfield, Mo, ad-
vances his Sunday sermon to 7 a. m.
IN order that golfers may attend
without interfering with tie game.
The Rev. w. P. Mansfield, pastor
OF st. Paul's Methodist church same
city, berates golfers on the ground
that they keep caddies away from
Sunday school.
Both gentlemen accomplish moth
ing so distinctly as to make the
church ridiculous.
No one respects a panderer, or
pays much attention to a chronic
scold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
IN the course of a tennis tourna-
l. ment or continuous playing, one
OF the most important demands is
for sufficient rest and sleep to keep
the tennis player in good condition.
If he is playing daily, he will re-
quire at least nine and one-half to
ten hours of sleep. The demands
on the nervous system interfere
greatly with appetite. Nevertheless
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
Still Thrifty

1T is the contention of the fiction
4 GERS that something of the iron
always goes out of the family line.
So it would seem to be with the
Rockefellers. Thrift is still with
them, but the almost maniacal &C
quisitiveness of the great John D.
has departed from his progeny. Of
John D. Jr., Winkler writes:
For years the most expensive car
in the fannily's possession was a
Dodge-the little machine looked
strangely out of place beside the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
A Life Which Is Lively

T AM not contending that young
l. Mr.. Winkler has written for all
time in his book about Rockefeller.
He has made an excellent job of his
subject and the effect is in no way
marred by the fact that everything
in the book is treated as if it were
as fresh as the current weeks best
murder.
Indeed, members of the craft need
not give the sidewalk to any other
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
PopuIa ton Shows Speed
PU Tim es Special

FW 7 JNIt6 DUtLIUE
GARY, Ind. July 9.-Lake county
population is increasing faster than
any other political unit in the Chi
cago metropolitan area, according to
estimates compiled by the Chicago
Association of Commerce. A gain
Of 6,100 in the past six months is
credited to the increased activities
in the steel industry Of Gary, Ham,
mond and East Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

1t Is Folly 70 Suppose That
One Method Of Settling
National Disputes Can Be
Abandoned Without An
OTHER to Take It's Place.
SAYS

DORTLAND, MAINE-In spite of
l. all it has done to merit esteem
and appreciation, the Republican
party still runs a poor second to
Homer.
While seven cities would like to be
known as his birthplace, only three
clamor for that distinction in con-
nection with the G. o. P.
Ripon, Wis, and Jackson, Mich.
already have tried to clinch their
claim by staging a celebration.
1t now remains for Strong, Maine,
to come forward with its bit of bal
derdash.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

is too hardheaded; he has no illu-
sions.-Viconte Alain De Peche,
French poet.
No one can be liberal in every
thing, as every individual has GER
tain things which he considers be-
yond argument.-Father John A.
Ryan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
Oh, Wedding Bells

a T Ripon, a dry raid lent to the
IA ceremonies.
Prof1ting by this experience. Jack
son was careful to observe the eight
zenith amendment and the Volstead
act, by appearance at least.
There seems nothing left for
Strong, except to stage q, syn1bolical
wedding between the Republican,
party and the w. c. T. U.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers, and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this papeP.-Tbe Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

4AlH give groups.
They are, carbo-
h y dra s, fats,
proteins, mineral
salts and water.
The water is very
abundant, ranging
from IS to 81 per
cent Of the total
weight of the pro-
toplaSm.
From the phys
/ C a l standpoint,
protoplasm is a
colloidal mixture.
To the unaided
eye, protoplasm
appears as a sort
of Ql1la..lilrn mo-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
Quotations of NOtabIeS

TINE greatest drawback to flying
l. in England is the lack of land
ing grounds. The establishment of
sufficient of these will give a great
impetus to f1ying-Sir Alan Cob
ham.
The purpose Of higher education
is not to reform young men or to
amuse them, or to make them tech
nicians in any field. 1t is to teach
them to think, to think straight if
possible, but to think always for
themselves.-Robert M. Hutchins,
president. University of Chicago.
The best work in the world is that
not done for money, nor necessity,
but for fun-The Rev. Harry En-
erson Fosdick.
It is practically useless to enter
tain at dinner IN hollywood because
the movie stars are more interested
in retaining their figures than in
eating.
The bearing of responsibility in
maturity is much easier if one has
grown gradually into it and has had
the execution of smaller response
bilities than if the burdens are sud-
denly dropped on inexperienced
shoulders.-Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
But if the newspapers are gen.
erous with criticism. the youth of
the race are prodigal. Especially
is this true OF college youth, who
60 beyond questioning the church
and its ministry.-Eugene Gordon.
plain Talk
To fall in love, a man must have
illusions. A young man has illu-
sions; a man over so has illusions.
In between he is too busy with
other things for falling in love; he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
Potato Blight Found
av Times Special

PV Times SDcctdt
MARION, Ind, July 9.-Potato
blight, one of the rarest plant dis
eases, has been discovered near
Marion, according to County Agent
M. d. Butler. Watermelons are also
being affected by the blight which
is caused by excessive rain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
Daily Thought

And he said to David, Thou art
more righteous than I: for thou
hast rewarded me good, whereas I
have rewarded thee evil Sam
uel 24:17.
NEVER does the human soul ap-
~ pear so strong as when it fore
goes revenge, and dafes to forgive
an injury.-E. H. Chaplin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
Bank Buys Road Bonds

AEo4Ih TNJ INUdu DUlIus
PN Times Special
GREENCASTLE, Ind, July 9. -
The First National bank of Green
castle has purchased the Virley
Greenlee road bonds for 5000 and
the Andrew Trester issue for s7.12o.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
David Dietz on Scie11C
Nature of C0II0ids
No. M2

THE physical nature of protoplasm the elemental
stuff out of which the cells of all living organ
isns are composed, is quite important its chem
ical composition
AS have already seen, it is chemically mixture
of a great many substances which may be classified
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

An editorial writer says anybody can play good
golf for little while. That's encouraging to the
10000 golfers in the United States who have been
trying for twenty years more to shoot under 10o
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

Once upon a time there was a girl who neve
caught summer cold. She didn't have to wear fur
all summer, either.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

Schneider, the trans Atlantic flight stowaway has
received several proposals of marriage The ladies
nowadays are seeking handy husband who can be
put away almost any old place
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

Partisan dramatst wrote play in odd moments
On cafe. Well, there's no better place to have odd
moments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

Among the great pieces of fiction found in almos
every language is the about having little extra
work to do at the Office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
BY DR.. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

This is the third in a series of articles
in which tennis as a summer sport is
discussed from the medical viewpoint.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

Now that the smaller currency is being put into
use, your cigar coupons-you may have to give
one of EN- to a taxi driver on a dark night
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09

Europe must be nice place to live. If you owe
anybody anything all you have to do is call con-
ference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-09
REASON
BY Frederick Lands

This NeW Drivers License
LaW Does Add Much to the
General Information on
File.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-17
COPS CONTINUE
12-HOUR SHIFTS
Order All Suspects Held in
Crime Wave War.

With four men under arrest today
on vagrancy charges for question
ing, Police Chief Claude M. Worley
today ordered the twelve-hour po-
lice shifts continued until further
orders, and declared every suspect
must be brought in for questioning
until the citys latest crime wave is
checked.
Four filling station holdupS with
in two hours Monday night occa-
stoned the "doubling-up" Of police
shifts Tuesday morning.
Sergeant Michael Morrisseys
squad Tuesday afternoon picked up
Clarence Pierce, 18, Of 2040 Luther
street; Lester Adam, 81, of 2422 Eng
lish avenue, and Ralph Bickel, 81,
Of SIS Fletcher avenue, when each
gave several addresses 10 police.
Earl Domeland, 26. 3l6 North
Delaware street, was held by police
for investigation, after Sergeant
Charles Hodges arrested him in his
apartment.
Jesse Willoughby, 30, Of 2l3 Han
son avenue, was held on vagrancy
chargs today after several small
boys LED police 10 a cache Of wire
automobile wheels in high weeds
near White river on West Washing
ton street. and said they saw Will
loughby place them there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-17
Law Change Unnecessary
BY CECIL OWEN
nited Press Stan CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, July 17.-Federal
prohibition officials expressed them
selves today as agreeing in sub
stance with the plea of Chairman
George w. Wickersham of the ma
tional law enforcement commission
for greater responsibility by the
states in enforcement of dry laws.
Modification of the Volstead act
to define functions of the state and
federal governments vas held un-
necessary in some quarters. Con-
current enforcement provisions Of
the national prohibition laws we're
said by Assistant Treasury Secretary
Seymour LoWman to contain ample
authority for state action.
It has long been the view of the
treasury, Prohibition Commissioner
James M. Doran pointed out, that
states should play a more important
role in enforcement OF the proIi-
bition law.
Before house subcommittee last
winter Mr.. Doran asserted it would
cost $300.000,O00 annually if the fed
eral government we're to take over
the job of policing the nation to pre-
vent prohibition violations.
DryS generally refused to COM
ment on the Wickersham letter.
Vets we're unanimous in commend
alton.
Senator James Watson. G. o. P.
floor leader, declared "the only
answer is that the Volstead law
will not be modified and the eight
eenth amendment will not be modi-
fed or repealed" :"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-17
PRISON KILLING
TO Be PROBED
State Penitentiary Deputy
Quits in Race War.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
MICHIGAN CITY. Ind. July IL
The Indiana state prison board OF
trustees at their meeting here July 81
will investigate conditions resulting
from the killing of Harry Stepp. 81.
Louisville, KY prison inmate, July 4
by Edward Spann, Indianapol
Negro, another prisoner.
Henry F. Kratzer has resigned as
assistant deputy warden after diff
culties arising from the killing.
Reports are current that Kratzer
would still be holding his position
had not the killing occurred. Spann.
who is to face first degree murder
charges here in October, was Krat-
zer's runner.
A -for-all fight between
whites and blacks, with heavy Gus
pidors as the ammunition, followed
the murder.
Responsibility for what happened,
it was understood. was placed upon
the shoulders OF Kratzer.
Since the death Of Stepp, lighter
cuspidors have been put in use.
For more than five years Kratzer
was employed al the prison, having
been deputy warden for two years.
HIS father, the late Frank II. Krat-
ger, was supervisor OF the Indiana
hospital for the criminal insane
here several years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-17
WARSHIP Sinks;
~ ARE DEAD
All but One Member of
Transport Grew Killed.

BB Hjte3 Press
SANTIAGO, Chile, July II. -
Forty-two members of a crew of
forty three we're believed today to
have lost their lives in a sea dis
aster off the Chilean coastal city of
San Antonio, where the Chilean ma
val transport Abtao sank in q vio-
lent storm.
Official information still was lack
ing today, other than that one of
the midshipmen had been rescued
by the steamer Imperial, which
rushed to the rescue at the receipt
Of SOS calls from the distressed
Abtao.
When the Imperial arrived at the
position given by the transport,
about thirty miles off San Antonio,
it found but one man alive, drifting
in an open boat. It also found sew
eral floating bodies and the storm
torn bridges Of the wrecked vessel.
Two other vessels were rushed to
the rescue, the Flora and the Ant
arctic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-17
WICKERSHAM PLAN HIT
BY VOLSTEAD AS SCHEME
TO LICENSE BOOZE SALE
Father of Dry Act Is
Against Proposal to Di-
vide Authority.
BY United PrCSS

By United Press
ST. PAUL, MINI, July 17-Sug-
gestions of George W. Wickersham
before the Governors conference
Tuesday to strengthen enforcement
Of the prohibition laws you'd prac-
tically license liquor sales in certain
sections, Andrew J. Volstead.
father OF the dry act. said today.
TO deprive the federal govern
ment of jurisdiction over prosecu-
ton Of Speakeas1es would cut off a
source Of information that now re-
suits in detection Of illegal manu-
facture, importation and transporta-
ton OF liquor" Volstead said.
This suggestion Of dividing re-
spolsibility for law enforcement
can not appeal to any one who has
had much practical experience"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-17
WILD TRADING
BOOSTS WHEAT
Crop Shortage Report
Brings 7-Cent Jump.

By United Press
CHICAGO. July 17.-Prospects of
a world shortage of wheat before
the harvesting of the 1880 crop, as
the Canadian spring planting faded
away under the highest tenn
peratures recorded in the long
drought over the prairie provinces,
swept the future deliveries to new
levels near the close of a Wild trad
ing session here.
Late estimates from the north
western wheat country were in
dicating a shortage of more than
400 100000 bushels in the North
American spring crop.
At the close, wheat was selling
from 77s to 85z cents above Tues
days levels on the board of trade,
the July for $1.447s, the September
from $1.485s to $149A and the De-
cember for $1.549s.