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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBETN
Editor Journal OF the American Medica
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.

Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
TINE study of handwriting always
a has had a particular appeal
for both scientist and laYman.
Handwriting is individual, and it
long has been the belief of some
people that it is possible to read
character from the peculiar strokes
that human beings make in convey
ing their views on paper with pen
and ink or pencil.
The attempt to read character
from handwriting is so ineXact a
method as to have little, if any, sci
entif1c value.
It is perhaps just as ineXact a sci
ence as the attempt to read charac-
ter from the features or from per-
sonaI appearance generally.
There are so many exceptions TO
the standards to be taken into. con-
sideration that even expert obServ-
ers find that the methods fail by
the exception alone.
The apotheosis Of folly in con-
nection with diagnosis from hand
writing was the attempt of Albert
Abrams, founder Of the electronic
methods, to diagnose the diseases
from which famous persons in the
past may have suffered by placing
their signatures in his complicated
machine.
Of quite a different order are the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

three mile territorial TO onehour sailing distance
about twelve niles apply only to search and seizure
within the extended zone; or does it also give the
right of hot pursuit" within the extended zone?
Under international law culprit ship, If hailed
within the three-ne zone, be pursued all the way
across the ocean and sunk provided the chase is con-
tnuous The treaty does not expressly extend that
right within the enlarged zone, so Canada CONTENDS
that the rum runner should not have been pursued
and sunk 200 miles from shore. The United States
argues for an implicit Interpretation of the treaty
granting the right Of hot pursuit beginning inside the
one-hour zone.
Can the chase of the I'm Alone, which was inter
rupted and participated in by two cutters, be inter-
preted as continuous hot pursuit." The United
States says yes Canada says no, because the cutter
which orinalIy challenged the rum runner not
the same cutter that sank her
Oh the face of it and the letter of the treaty,
Canada appears to have much stronger case than
the United States. Rather than let this questionable
dispute poison British American and Canadian
American friendship tire United States we'll might
cept the Canadian position.
But fortunately the negotiations have been on such
a mutually friendly basis that the case now can be
submitted to arbitration as provided by the treaty
That method not only will settle the I'm Alone case
1t also should clarity the disputed treaty and prevent
future MISUNDERSTANDING
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
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BATTLE OF LEXINGTON

ApTt ~
On April 10, ITS, the American
~ revolution began with the bat
tie of Lexington. Thanks to the
ride Of Paul Revere the night be-
fore, the colonial minutemen we're
prepared for the coming of the Brit
ish troops.
The battle, fought on the village
common, ended with the retreat Of
the British toward Concord.
Fighting began before O'Clock
in the morning, after night Of
terror. Women and children.
aroused by rumbIing drums and
ringing bells, fled to isolated farms,
so with the coming of dawn-and
the British--Lexington practically
was deserted, except for determined
men vino knew that war could not
be avoided any longer.
A check made by the committee
of safety on this same day revealed
that there we're only twelve field
pieces in the entire state Of Massa-
chusetts Weak arms. indeed, with
which to challenge the British gov
eminent!
But there had been collected 21,~
SAG firearms. 17,441 pounds Of pow
der, 22,191 pounds Of ball, 10000
bayonets and other comparatively
large stores of arms and provisions.
This is interesting because IL
proves that the colonies had re-
garded for some time their fight for
freedom as inevitable
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
Education Not All

GONE things can be measured by
- yardsticks. Others can not. We
are almost as much in the dark
about what is required to guarantee
success as what makes a good book
or a good opera.
The presumption is that educa-
ton is an all-important factor, but
many of our most successful men
rose without it.
Samuel B. Rosoff. the New York
subway contractor who will sail for
Europe in a few days with the idea
of getting 00,0o00,0oO for job in
Moscow. was peeling potatoes at the
age OF -.
SostheneS Behn. head Of the I.
T. & T.. began his career as a gro
Gerry clerk
Edison started as a newsboy. The
Wright brothers were in the bicycle
business and Henry Ford was a
poor mechanic thirty years ago.
Careless With Figures
WEN with regard to things that
IL actually can be counted. We get
careless.
1t is said. for instance, that there
are 10000 speakeasieS in New York.
Indeed. some people have said that
there are 10000.
That sounds all right until one
learns that there are only 10000 re-
tail stores on Manhattan island.
Among those 10000 retail stores
there are only about 1900 grocerys.
What is equally surprising, there
are about the same number of smoke
shops. as they are called.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
Amarillo Says Mo-

WHAT is literature and what is
w art has been open to argu-
ment since the dawn Of conscious
ness.
No doubt Mary Garden thought
she was bringing art to Amarillo
in the performance of That's but
Amarillo disagreed.
In fact. Amarillo disagrees to such
extent that the sixteen guarantors
who promised to make good the
$12.500 which the performance cost
have refused to pay the $500 def
cit. on the ground that the opera
was cut and that it was staged in
a hurried and Indifferent manner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

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 pa per.-Tbe Editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
Barometer Aids Study
No. 232

TINE amateur weather student will find his enjoy
ment in the subject greatly increased if he owns
a barometer. The mercury barometer such as is used
in the United States weather bureau stations. is a
complicated and unwieIdy device in the hands of the
layrnan and is not to be recommended.
Aneroid barometers. however are Inexpensive and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
Daily Though

A talebearer revealeth secrets;
but he that is of a faithful spirit
concealeth the matter.-Proverbs
11:13.
EIRE and sword are but slow en-
l. gines of destruction in compari-
son with the babbler. Steele.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

easy to use. A
fairly good one
can be obtained
for SIS, though
better models can
be had at prices
ranging up to $50.
T h c acc ON =
panying diagram
shows an aneroid
barometer. 1t has
a circular case
with a graduated
dial at the front.
A pointer moving
a cross the dial
registers the air
pressure.
Thi TYNE Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
Part Of Civilization
ME Russians CAN afford 10

ILL AGbGoAhAlo No4A ANU " w JC
l. brutally frank. They have
wrecked their former social and po-
litical system Of government, which
permits them to build from the
ground up.
The rest Of the world has to stay
with its customs and conventions to
a large extent 1t can consider only
piecemeal modification.
Armament has been woven so
definitely into its national and in
ternational structure as to make
limitation impossible, except bit by
bit.
The game Of war and all that goes
with it has been made an inherent
part Of civilization not only by
statesmen, diplomats and politicians,
but by the work of millions of school
teachers. Its basis is much more
distinctly an attitude of mind than
a collection of instruments.
To Suplant it with reign of
law means nothing less than
revolution means either a violent
upheaval or orderly readjustment
over a long period of years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
Medical Problems

DUT all this is beyond the scope
ID OF the clinic Surely a doctor
has the right to demand the privi-
lege of keeping his patient from
serious illness. Medicine Is nothing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

A couple of cattlemen drove sixty Mexican rebels
into corral and shut the gate. Instead Of sending
arms and ammunition to the Mexican government,
why not send em a couple of Texas cowboys?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
Her Sacrifice

MARGARET SANGER has served
IVA her country am her commu-
nifty very well. 1t VI that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

Some of the critics questioning the authenticity
of Joan LoweIls story of the sea, 1.-THE Cradle of
the Deep" They don't think it holds water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
Talk and More Talk

u USSIA still contends that the
IN way to disarm is to disarm.
The rest Of the world prefers to
thing that the way to disarm is to
talk about it,
Russia proposes a so per cent re-
duction for everybody and asks the
preparatory disarmament commits
sion to vote for it,
The commission does not want to
vote. The proposition is ''unaccept-
able" whatever that may mean.
So we shall go on talking about
limiting the number of this kind of
ship, reducing the caliber of this
kind of gun, and restricting the use
of some other kind of bullet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
SAYS:

The Game Of War Has Been
Made an Inherent Part Of
Civilization By Millions Of
School Teachers as Well as
BIZ Statesmen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

Z EON TROTSKI, former war
II lord of Russia, but now exiled
in Turkey, complains that no Euro
pean government will accord him
asylum.
The complaint is just, but Trotski
should remember that the govern
ment for which he did most set the
example.
If Soviet Russia had not barred
him as an undesirable the chances
are that he could go where he liked.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

=
In Monday Was Wash Day:
NolC 1t Has Become Morque
Day.
OVEN though the rising waters
L of Lake Michigan, now three
and half feet higher than usual.
may be due to sun spots. they prob
ably will be sufficient to knock the
spots off those who oppose Chica-
COS diversion of enough lake water
to float her sewage into the Illinois
canal.
One hears so much Of Canadas
perfect success in handling the
| liquor question, it comes as a great
shock to learn that the speaker of
the house of commons of the Ca
madam parliament has felt it nee
essary to issue orders. forbidding
messengers to carry liquor to mem
berS.
Former Governor Lowden states
| that during their talk, Mussolini
displayed a keen knowledge of the
agriculture situation in all coun4
tries, but as they were together
only ten minutes, Mussolini must
have talked very rapidly.
Before the coming Of the automo-
bile and the airplane, Monday used
to be wash day" but now it is
morgue day.
A QUESTIONNAIRE answered by
IA 500 ministers shows that only
AZ per cent of them believe in hell.
all of which is very discouraging
to the fellow who is conscious Of
his own rectitude and desires to see
appropriate disposition made of his
enemies.
Chance is the king of politics.
Al Smith, for whom Tammanv
would have performed any trick.
had he been elected. now is humbly
waiting to be granted an audience
by Mayor Walker. now politically
supreme, but who would be fighting
for his political life had not the
United States supreme court hand
ed down decision saving the S.
cent fare.
n
An Iowa tornado carried a fell
lows check $50 miles.
A good many checks won't 90
that far without the assistance Of
a tornado.
/ STNHE department of commerce
Il issues a statement that avia-
ton is no longer an experiment in
the United States.
1t is a sure thing: five Of orr ev-
pert fiiers were killed last Sunday.
n
Trotski is entitled to almost any,
thing he gets, but he has a right To
feel bitter over Germany's refusal
10 let him in, for he and Lenin went
/ TO Russia, at Germany's suggestion.
/ upset the government and took
Russia out Of the war as The ally of
! France.
II
Two hundred thousand autono-
piles are stolen in the United States
every year, but we don't notice it
because they are not taken out cf
/ circulation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

A QUEsTIONNAIRE answered by
"a 500 ministers shows that only
AZ per cent of them believe in hell.
all Of which is very discouraging
to the fellow who is conscious of
his own rectitude and desires to see
appropriate disposition made of his
enemies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
REASON
BY Frederick Lands

By Frederick lands -
Before the Automobile Came
In Monday Was Wash Day;
NoU 1t Has Become Morgue
Day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

Before the coming Of the automo-
bile and the airplane, Monday used
to be wash day" but now it is
morgue day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

90 David DietZ on Science,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

Former Governor LoWden states
that during their talk, Mussolini
displayed a keen knowledge of the
agriculture situation in all coun4
tries, but as they were together
only ten minutes, Mussolini must
have talked very rapidly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

OVEN though the rising waters
Il of Lake Michigan, now three
and half feet higher than usual.
may be due to sun spots, they prob
ably will be sufficient to knock the
spots off those who oppose Chica-
COS diversion of enough lake water
to float her sewage into the Illinois
canal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

One hears so much Of Canadas
perfect success in handling the
liquor question, it comes as a great
shock to learn that the speaker of
the house of commons. OF the Ca
madam parliament has felt it nee
essary to issue orders. forbidding
messengers to carry liquor to mem
bers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19

An Iowa tornado carried a fell
lows check $50 miles.
A good many checks won't 60
that far without the assistance Of
a tornado
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24

hind Me" or some other tune most
sacred to him.
After all these years. Ackley
again rides the old trail from
Brownsville to the north, seeking
endorsement of his plan for a me-
mortal to those old trail blazers
who made the country what it is
today. He has with him letters
from many United States senators
and congressman, and several from
state officials in both Texas and
Oklahoma. Chambers of commerce
along the proposed route OF the
highway all endorse his proposal
and have promised support.
The road as Ackley visions 1t
would begin at Brownsville and
thence would run north through
BeeVille, San Antonio, Austin,
Waco, Hillsboro, Fort Worth Wich-
tia Falls, Vernon CTexaS), Man
gum, Elk City, Fort Supply, Wood
ward (Oklahoma), Dodge City,
Fort Hays, Kansas; Ogalala, Neb.,
and Bismarck, S. ID.
Ackley now is at Donna, where
he spent the winter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
America of COS Is
Preserved In Club

PALM BEACH, Fla, March 90
(PD-Bradley's, known the world
yer as he Monte Carlo Of Palm
Beach, is INTELLECTUALLY a relic of
the period of lavender and old lace.
Other institutions and clubs in
the resort city, housed in buildings
with minarets and barred windows,
may bring back memories Of Old
Spain DR. the county jail, but Brad
ley's with its tower and cupola is
simon-pure America.
To those who believe that the
cuspidor has joined the limbo Of
forgotten things, that it has passed
along with waxen flowers and
gilded shovels, the shining array
in Bradley's foyer would prove a
revelation. They are g~listening
examples of the "art" of the late
Victorian era.
The exterior of Bradley'S is that
Of a nice, honey sort of house. In
front there is a % Of pink gera-
NUNS, interspersed with other
old-fashioned flowers. The foyer
is carpeted in green velvet, soft and
deep. The walls and ceiling are in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
WORLD MERGER
In OIL DENIED
New York Meet to Seek to
Stop, Waste, Standard
Oil Chief Says

NEW YORK, March 23.-(P)-W.
c. Teagle, president of the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey. said to-
day that the sole purpose of dis
cuSSionS among petroleum leaders Of
the western hemisphere concerning
restriction Of production is to limit
waste through uneconomic produc-
ton.
His statement followed the London
Daily Mails declaration that the
worlds oil kings" expected to make
arrangements at the annual meet
ing of the American Petroleum In
Stitute here next week to enable
them TO control the output and price
Of gasoline throughout the world.
The object of the conference"
said the Mail, lis to establish in
fact If not IN name a world Oil
truSt."
The London paper said that this
scheme had been made possible by
a recently concluded agreement
with the Russians at Moscow which
eliminated competition of cheaply
marketed oil from the ~confiscated
oil fields of Russia.
Teagle said that it was reported
to a general committee representing
producing companies which met In
Houston. Tex, on March IS that
production in the United States for
1923 was more than ample for the
consuming needs of 1929 and in all
likelihood sufficient for the require
mentS of several years to come.
1T would be disastrous" he said.
ito the public's interest TO allow
over-production to increase as in
the past few years"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
STONE BURIED
BESIDE GREAT
Simple Ceremony Marks
Last Rites For Head of
News Agency
{ BY the Associated Press

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The
| ashes of a plain American citizen,
Melville Elijah Stone, who asked
of life no higher destiny than that,
were committed today to the Spe-
cial, rock hewn sanctuary set aside
for Americas great dead beneath
the towering bulk Of the Washing
ton cathedral.
Stone had sought no such en-
! tombment for himself. In life as the
fullneSS of years came on him, the
restful quiet of a little church yard
among the changeless hills of New
England had called to him. There
he had prepared for his last long
sleep.
Yet in death the fame he never
claimed sought him out. ReVerent
ceremonial, and honors such as
only those may know who have
walked i'll leadership among their
fellows at home and abroad, were
lavished on him.
Two great Americans he knew as
friends of life, Woodrow Wilson
and George Dewey, already have
been laid TO rest in that crypt, deep
in the quiet breast of Mount St.
Adams, where the newcomer came
today. And because his name, like
theirs, had BEEN entwined down
the decades that have gone with
the vital fabric of America in peace
and war, the president and vice
president of the United States, cab
met officers. highest judges, Sor-
rowing comrades OF the fallen chef
tain, and the ambassadors and peo-
pies around the world were gathered
to pay tribute to his memory.
A distinguished group assembled
about the urn on its purple draped
catafalque in the shadoWy beauty
of Bethlehem chapel where Bishop
Freeman pronounced the simple RI
tual OF the entombment service.
The slender, bowed figure of the
only living child Of the dead man,
a daughter who has given her life
in service to an invalid mother,
alone represented the broken circle
Of the immediate family. Both sons
had gone before their father.
The entombment itself was pri-
vate. After the catfalque holding
the urn had been borne away to
another chamber with stately re-
c%essional, President and Mrs. Hoo
yer and all the dignitaries depart
ed. Only the black-clad daughter
and the few closest friends and
associates Of the dead man wit
messed the final rites as his ashes
were set in the crypt beneath.
And after all the high officials.
old comrades, friends and the rest
had gone, she remained to say the
last farewell to a great man who to
her was just father.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
Operators of Home
Refute Testimony
Girls Given Liquor

SAN ANTONIO. March 23.-CP)-
Attacking testimony that girls in
the home of the Volunteers OF
America, SAN Antonio charitable
organization, had been given whis-
key to drink and beaten with a raw
hide on occasions, Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Hopkins, in charge Of the
home. brought many witnesses be-
fore district court here today.
The testified in the second day
Of a hearing on the petition of Dis
trict Lamar Seeligson, acting as a
private citizen, that the custody Of
ten children be taken from Mr.. and
Mrs. Hopkins because Of alleeed
immoral surroundings of the
home.
The veracity of the three girls,
former inmates Of the home who
testified that Mr.. and Mrs. Small
had given them whiskey at an Aus
tin tourist camp, was attacked by
attorneys for the respondents with
the testimony Of Mrs. Mary Vorden-
baum, also a former inmate and
A. B. Paisley, owner of the tourist
camp.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
veteran COWbOv In
brownsville Seeks
10 Mark Old Trail

An old-time Texas COWBOY. ex-
hibiting that never-say-die spirit
with which he used to battle the
elements in rounding up the herd
on lonely prairies of the Lone Star
state, has come to Brownsville
again, seeking aid in his nation
VICE appeal to have a national
highway from Brownsville to Bis
marck. 8. d., designated ss the
Longhorn Cowboy Chisholm Trail.
T. P. Ackley soon will be 70 years
ola. He drove the first blooded
snorthorn cattle into the Panhan-
ole OF the state and into New Mex
leo. He remembers we'll those days
Wnen night brought to an end a
long weary drive, when the saddle
was used for a pillow and coyotes
lulled us to sleep with their wild
mournful howl"
awakened during the night, they
heard only the shuffling sound
made by restless cattle or the
pialntive note of the cowboy on
guard singing THE Girl I Left Be
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
CIVIL WAR In
CHINESE STATE
Wuhan Armies And Central
Government Armies In
Fight Near Hwangmei

SHANGHAI, China, March "a
(Sunday)-P)-The breach within
Chinese revolutionary forces grow
ing out Of the Human coup d'etat in
February had reached the stage OF
civil war today.
The Nationalist government made
formal denial, but 1t otherwise was
reported reliably that Wuhan armies
and central government forces had
opened hostilities on the Hupeh-
AnhWei border in the vicinity Of
Hwangmei.
The new crisis came as the re-
suit Of Markings efforts to make It's
authority real throughout the pro-
vinces and to force various war lords
to recognize the central government.
Marking interpretS the Human coup,
in which HankoW and Canton lead
ers ousted Marking officials, as a
refusal by the Wuhan leaders to re-
cognize Marking.
The armies Of President Chang
Kai-Shek are upholding Marking
while Wuhan forces are supporting
the contention of Hankow that the
central government is not authoriz-
ed to dominate provincial affairs.