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The Washington times., 1929-07-05
SEE FIREWORKS
FROM ABOVE

While thousands Of persons on
the ground belowo them fought for
vantage points from which to see
better the fireworks display on the
Monument Grounds, six Army
pilots and observers flew 5,OOe feet
above Washington and saw every
thing within radius OF many
miles.
The men were In three Curtiss'
Falcon planes of the Army Air
Corps. They were led by Capt,
Harold M. McClelland and the other
two pilots were Lieut.. Newton Long
fellow and Lieut.. c. w. Sullivan.
They took off from BolliIg Field
ct S:35 o'clock, flew In formation
over the Washington Monument
and then broke their formation TO
fly Independently over the crowds
The searchlights held them In their
glare throughout the flight They
saw all the display on the Monu'
ment Grounds and the displays for
hidden by Major Henry g. Pratt,
Superintendent OF Police, staged
throughout the city.
The Washington times., 1929-07-05
French Girl 10 Years
In FamilY's Pig Pen

LIE MANS, July Q.N.S). - A
pig.pen is cheaper than an asylum,
thought the parents of young Marie
Louise Nouet, who had lost her
mind, so they shut her up In one
and told her to keep quiet.
she stayed there 10 years, wear
ing no clothing and eating only
scraps her mother consented to
bring her. The police happened
along recently and now Marie.LOuise
is in the parlor and her mother in
prison.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10

guage does not always make for
Concord.
1t seems to me, for instance, that
the late st. John ErVine could have
done much more to promote a love
of the mother country if he had
written all his newspaper essays in
German.
1t may be that some native preju-
dices remain in spite of many ges-
lures of internationalisnl 1t pains
me not at all to speak angrily at
all our leaders from Herbert Hoo
YER up and down.
And yet when the visiting Eng
lishman begins to say, "the trouble
with you Americans is"-a curious
gIandular process occurs within my
organism. Ny neck gets red. At
times I have had to use terrific will
power to avoid that most reprehen-
Sible of slogans IF you don't like it
here, why don't you go back where
you came from?"
Not for q minute do 1 subscribe
to MY country right or wrong. ."
But it does make some difference
lust who is to render judgment.
fCouvrfrht 1929 for The Tines
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
Politics in Schools

In theory the schools are not in politics
The method Of election Of the commissioners
was supposed to lift them from the low levels
Of partisan sentiments The people tried, as
best they could to keep the education Of the
young away from the Greeds Of the machine.
As matter Of fact, the schools seem to be
in the worst sort Of politics, with two factions
contestiug for the honor Of doing the worst
things. rather than the best things. The two
groups are rather successful in this effort. With
each shifting Of forces among the unstable
members Of the board, the conditions grow
worse instead of better.
The shameful and disgraceful actions of the
board, .ioaked with secrecy and taken with
supreme contempt for the people, are not sur
prsing.
Such things always happen when the people
forget to look out for their own interests and
are led astray by passions prejudices and hates
The school board is the product Of the klan,
elected by the hooded order in It's hour of
power chosen for its servihty to hates and
passions and masked leaders rather than for
integrity or intelligence.
When such d board is put in charge Of the
public schools, the surprise is that education
is tolerated and that black magic has not been
introduced as the chief topic of study.
The people apparently must suffer. 50 must
the children.
1t IS rather pity that the sins of inditfcr-
ence on the part Of the fathers and mothers
in the matter of civic duty at elections must be
visited upon the children in the shape of
schools dominated and conducted for political
and partisan ends.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
HEALTH SUPERSTIT1ONS- 17
Daily Apple Won't Keep Doctor Away

! the skin which may be entirely &C
cidental.
Whenever there is spot Of les
sened resistance to disease brought
about by injury of the tissue, germs
that already are on the skin may
take hold and set up a disturbance.
The boil forms due to the fact
that the germs destroy these tissues
and produce matter. The tissue
then attempts to wall off the infec-
ton by setting up a barrier.
The matter is held in the walled
off area under pressure and when
the boil comes to a head it can be
opened and the germs and matter
may be released.
However, far from serving to
purify the blood, the boil serves
as a focus from which the blood
itself may pick up germs and carry
them to other places.
1t is also possible through hand
ling the boil badly to burst it in
such way that the matter will
spread over the adjacent skin and
other boils will form in the neigh
| borhood.
For this reason it is absolutely
important to open boil under what
surgeons call aseptic precautions
antiseptic substances must be used
to kill the germs and to protect the
neighboring skin.
1t is also we'll not to open the boil
until it has been walled off, as this
will prevent the material from
spreading under the skin to the
neighboring tissues.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
Be a Good Sport

NOU can think of many scoun-
L drel who has made himself pop
ular by being a good sport. Such was
Jesse James, Robin Hood and Rob
Roy. and such was that erstWhile
prince of bandits, Miatovich, killed
in Yugoslavia the other day.
An Austrian soldier, he deserted
in 1917, and gradually was joined by
diScontented comrades, until he had
a band of fifteen or twenty thou
sand.
This by-night organization
lived in the woods, robbed rich peo-
pie. protected the poor and terror
lied the surrounding region
generally. Locally its leader became
known as the modern Robin Hood.
At one time Miatovich and his fol-
lowers dominated large section of
Yugoslavia.
They could not survive the resto-
ration Of peace and order, however,
and gradually disappeared.
Miatovich became taxicab driver,
and was finally murdered by a
young mechanic for political reasons,
it is charged.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10


dish of mercury shown in the accompanying
diagram.
The mercury in the tube drops down to a height of
about thirty inches.
The reason that the mercury does not run out OF
the tube entirely because the downward pressure of
air on the open surface of the dish balances the
weight of the column of mercury in the tube.
Our barometer is ready for use All that is
necessary rs to put sort of scale alongside OF the
column OF mercury. For when the air pressure be-
comes greater it will push harder on the dish OF
mercury and cause the column in the tube to rise.
When the air pressure becomes less, the mercury
column will fall
The simplest sort of scale would be ordinary
yardstick We could then the pressure OF the
air in terms of inches of mercury.
scale of inches is used in meteorology
In all other scientific work. the metric system is
used and pressure is read in nillmeters. Since the
volume of gas changes with the pressure under
which it exists, it is necessary in many scientific ex
periments to make a barometer reading and then
correct gas volumes accordingly.
For this reason scientists have agreed upon what
they call standard pressure. This standard is equal
to the average reading OF the barometer.
Expressed in inches, it is 1922 inches. In the
metric system it is 760 milmeters.
While the mercury barometer is the most exact its
is not to be recommended to the amateur meteoro
logist. The so-called aneroid barometer is much
simpler.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10

tie, of is yet won, for the principal thing
decided by the highest court that the traction
company had business taking the into federal
court. The matter is thrown back into the hands Of
the state transit commission where according to the
supreme court, it still properly belongs
The high courts action is important to the people
Of all the country 1t is clear rebuke to the district
federal court, which allowed itself to be used by the
traction company in effort to escape from the
authority Of the state transit commission
The lower federal courts in recent years have shown
too great willingness to intervene in public utility
of local character Ingenious attorneys always
find methods of presenting local utility issues to
the federal courts when defeated fearing defeat in
the state courts.
Too many federal judges have been prone to
courage this practice.
Perhaps the rebuke administered in this case will
not so unnoticed by such judges.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10

THE basic idea of the plan
L. formulated by Owen D. Young
and his associates for settlement Of
the reparations question is an inter-
national ban with directors to be
named by the various banks Of issue
concerned.
The banks of issue concerned in
clude the Bank of France, the Bank
of England, Reichsbank and other
European institutions.
1t generally is believed that the
Federal Reserve Bank of the United
States would be included, though
this government always has con-
tended that the reparations queS-
ton was purely an old world affair.
If the Federal Reserve Bank should
comply and name a director of the
proposed international bank, the
American policy Of splendid isola-
ton" would be reversed.
If the Federal Reserve Bank should
not comply, the international bank
would be in control of European di-
rectors, with London, instead of New
Nork, occupying dominant
position.
The issue thus raised promises to
become more serious than many
have realized.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10

Apples contain much less Vitamin
A than spinach, egg yolk, or butter,
but about the same amount as
orange juice and about one-thlrd as
much as milk.
The apple contains as much vita
min B as carrots, bananas and to-
matoes, but much less than peas and
cabbage. 1t takes about five times
as many apples to supply an equiva-
lent amount Of vitamin G as is con-
tanned in orange, lemon or tomato.
On the other hand, the amounts
of vitamin in the apple are, as has
been said, considerable in amount
and it has the additional qualities
Of providing sugar, considerable CAL
cium, phosphorus and iron.
1t is not safe to say that an apple
a day will keep the doctor away, but
it is a good constituent of an aver
age diet.
There is also common saying
that if one breaks out with boilS
or pimples, the meanness is COM
Ing out.
This is sometimes modified to the
belief that the appearance Of the
boils on the surface are an indica-
ton that the blood is purifying itself
from within. Both conceptions are
about as preposterous as any of the
other superstitions that aff1ict man
kind.
Boils are due to germs. The
germs get into the skin either by
way of the blood or through an
abrasion or cut on the surface of
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
BY DIR. MORRIS F1sHBEIN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, and
Health Magazine.
THE old saying is that an apple
l. a day keeps the doctor away.
The saying is like great many
other health hints, based on just
enough truth to make the conten-
ton easy to believe, but without any
actual scientific foundation.
The apple is an excellent fruit,
one of the most healthful contri-
buttons to the diet that could be
mentioned. There are numerous
varieties; probably the earliest that
was known is the crabapple Of Eu-
rope and western Asia.
Today there are thousands of
varieties grown in this country and
the annual crop in North America
exceeds 100,000,00O barrels.
A good, ripe apple, we'll cheWed,
is digested in about 80 minutes.
Big chunks of green apple, Swal-
lowed without chewing, increase
rather than decrease the doctors
practice.
Everybody knows about apple
sauce and its qualities for aiding
motion of the inteStineS. A good,
medium sized apple provides about
96 calories, of which 1873 per cent
are due to the carbohydrates or
sugar, SIS per cent to the fat, and %
,oo,. +O tJ0a
Apples contain a considerable
amount of vitamin G and also some
VitaminS A and B.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
Dawes to London?

Former Vice-PreSdent Dawes has been chosen
by President Hoover for the post of ambassador to
Great Britain according to apparently reliable reports.
If this is true, We only can repeat the regret we
expressed month ago when his name first was men
toned in connection with that appointment.
Dawes record was such that Hoover did not want
him for campaign running mate, when the Dawes
for-P President movement collapsed the OF the
Kansas City convention and large financial interests
attempted the alternative of obtaining second place
on the ticket for him.
There are even better reasons in judgment,
why Dawes is an unwise choice for the court of ST.
James
Anglo-American relations are strained. There is
growing conflict trade markets, credits, raw ma
tcrals freedom of The seas, and navies World peace
depends in large upon achieving Anglo
American understanding and cooperation, and upon
mitigating these conflicts
Our ambassador in London should be great in
patience, tolerance and self-control
Hell n Maria" Dawes is not eminent for those
qualities.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
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THE TITANIC SAILS
April 10

| CEVENTEEN years ago today a
~ giant ocean liner, bound for
New York, pulled slowly away from
her Southampton pier, The Titanic,
largest vessel constructed up to that
| time, was starting on her maiden
voyage.
Myriad bright handkerchief5
waved from the decks TO the crowds
that had come TO bid the ship God
speed on its first sailing. A blale
Of martial music rolled back from
the upper deck of the ship. Flag
rippled gaily in the breeze.
Four days later the vessel sank
of the Grand Banks of NeWfound-
land. An Iceberg's knife-like edge, '
says the official report, "cut through
her bottom like can-opener."
Passengers and crew aboard the
1ll-fated ship numbered 2,34O. OF
these, 1885 we're lost, including
scores of notable5 The tragedy was
the greatest in the history Of mod
ern ocean traffic. The Lusitania
disaster claimed but 200.
The iceberg was rammed at 1t:40
p. m, Sunday, April IA, 1912. The
vessel went down Monday morning
at 2;27, before aid could reach her.
The 7O5 survivors we're rescued by
the Carpathia after they had taken
to llfeboats.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
Rebuko to LAWYERS

THE supreme court of the United
l. States is to be congratulated
for rebuking lawyers who abuse
their privileges.
In reversing the verdict of rail-
road damage case, it not only rep
rimanded counsel for the plaintiff
for appealing to prejudice, but
counsel on both sides for failing to
familiarize themselves with ques-
tionS of legal points at issue.
It is gratifying to know that the
highest court in the land still Wis
ualizes the law as made for clients,
not for lawyers.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
Bombs in Parliament

1.-TWO communists, dissatisfied
Il with the trend of legislation in
the Indian parliament, break up the
session with bombs. One minister
and four members are injured.
Smoke, bits of broken furniture and
fragments of metal create an ut
terable confusion.
Members of parliament and spec
tatorS grope their way to safety,
too choked and too scared to realize
what has really happened.
As a matter Of fact, not very much
has happened.
Terrifying as bombs may be, they
are terrifying enough to overthrow
the British government.
Communists who think they are
will merely get into useless trouble.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
What About Mrs, Camp

IF the I'm Alone case proves that
L we should not enter the world
court as Senator Johnson of
California suggests, the Gam case
proves that we should.
This case appears too big for our
state department, as we'll as the
foreign diplomatic corps.
1t is rumored that Vice President
Curtis will refuse social engage
ments unless his sister is allowed
the same social rank that he enjoys
Senator Hef1in declares that un-
less this is permitted, he will in
troduce a resolution and have con-
gresS pass the necessary laws.
Obviously, something has to be
done. Just as obviously, no one in
Washington seems able to do it.
What better proof could one ask
as to the need of a world court?
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
Pirate in Hero Role

FORTY Volga pirates just have
L been tried by a Russian court.
The trial resulted in ten death sem
tences, five of which have been COM
muted to life Imprisonment.
The ringleader, who confessed TO
twelve murders and thirty-seven
robberies, seems likely to escape exc
cution
He not only impressed the court,
but made himself a popular hero,
by his frank, if brutal statements,
by quoting Scripture and by his
obvious attachment to beautiful
woman who shared in his career of
crime.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
/ i OIL1V1O L ~ 1VIL BROUN

NNE or two clients tell me that
~ L seemed little cross in a re-
cent column while answering the
charge, you're always against
everything American"
Another says that the defense
would have been more logical if it
had included a list of things at
home about which I could be en-
thusiastiC. I am more ready to
confess lack of logic than loss of
temper. That wasn't being mad. I
can get lots more mad than that.
But as for appropriation l think
it would furnish good exercise.
Right at the start l might make a
list of Americans whom I do admire.
Some of the names which come to
me are Al Smith, Nfencken, Marga-
ret Ganger, Babe Ruth, Villa Ca
ther, Jack Dempsey, John Haynes
Holmes, Ring Lardner, DR.. Fosdick,
Will Rogers, Sinclair Lewis, Upton
Sinclair, Clarence Darrow, Paul
Robson, Finley Peter Dunno,
George Ade, Irving Berlin, Eliza
beth Gurley Flynn, and Harry FL
ner Barnes.
OF course, I can think of more
But that should be enough with
which to start. It covers sufficient
territory.
Possibly objection might be made
that there is not much presidential
timber in the list submitted. 1t
seems to me that at least three of
my choices would be admirably
equipped for the Office.
I refer of course to Al Smith as
one and Rogers and Mencken are
also distinctly eligible. Rogers
probably would not get my vote,
since he is to militaristic.
Mencken, although extremely ig-
norant about women. is in my opin-
ion the most intelligent man I know
and would make the best President.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10

simplest I or m
the barometer is
merely a lon 6
glass tube dip
ping into a SIN al
well or dish of
m er ury. The
tube is about 36
inches long and
usually a b GU t
one-f ourth or
one-half of an
inch in diameter.
One end of the
tube is closed.
The tube is
then filed with
mercury and in
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
Windjan1nning Attorneys

Ut will be remembered that the
Z supreme court of the United
States rebuked counsel in the New
York subway fare case.
The briefs submitted we're too
verbose and contained eXtraneous
material.
Such briefs do not represent care
ful thinking, or honest work, though
clients are sometimes fooled into
thinking they do.
Clarity and condensation call for
more labor than Windjamming.
Joseph Pulitzer was accustomed to
apologize for too long letters of in
struction by saying, I'm sorry, but
l haven time to be brief
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those OF
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's, and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this paper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
-- David Dietz on Science --
HO70 Barometer Works
David Dietz on S
No. 3ah

TI7HE most important observation mace at weather
bureau stations that of the air pressure. These
observations, when made simultaneously in all parts
of the nation make it possible to establish the oca
Air pressure is measured by the barometer. In its
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
And a Few Others

OF COURSE, there are plenty of
~ other people like. Most of the
columnists are deserving Of adrnira-
ton but if I said that I liked H. L.
Phillips, or F. P. A. Hope, Helling
or Winchell then they might think
of it as a bid to mention me in
kindly terms.
But Don Marquis isn't running a
column any more. so can list him.
The basis of any mans affection
for his own land must depend large
ly on familiar faces, places and a
few rivers or mountains. The Hud-
son, so l hear, is less lordly than
the Amazon and not so romantic as
the Rhine. But it's been around
here a long time. I like it.
The Rhine, as a matter of fact,
let me down. In school We learned
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10
MY City 'TiS of Thee

WY OILJ 10 " NV
CANDIDLY my American loyalty
~ is rather more a love Of Man
haitian than a love of the United
States
America is pretty big. No irdi-
vidual can put his arm around it.
Moreover its variation in people
and places is enormous. The COM
munity which rolled up hundreds
of thousands of votes for Al Smith
may we'll be more appealing to me
than the city which used to elect
Big Bill Thompson for mayor.
New York and Chicago are SO diff
ferent in all they stand for that
it is hard to love both at the same
time. I'd call that blgamy.
In speeches orators are fond OF
saying that there is no north or
south, but, of course, that's oratory.
There is. Underneath local differ
ences there may be a common strain
which binds us all together. va
This emotion is not exactly over
whelming in my case. I fear me
that T am a, victim of the hereSy
first propounded in Bugs Baer, who
laid down the axiom that when you
get out of New York you're in
Bridgeport.
And yet if all the citizens Of Man
haitian should gather on a gloomy
morning and hand me some oyster
shell of Punishment 1 would not
even then become a resident OF
Paris, Venice, or even London.
No adoption can be wholly sue
cessful in default Of an accurate
knowledge of the language. In Paris
I pined and was homesick because
I could not get afternoon papers
with the box scores OF the baseball
games. Nor is there any fun in
baWling at taxi drivers when they
fail to understand you.
n =
They're a Funny Race
| COMETIMES I have my doubts as
- to whether the Paris drivers
even comprehend their own tongue
or else why should they have gaped
at me in amusement when I gave
some such simple address as the
Hotel Continental ST Vous Plat"
And it is not an idle jest to main
tain that there are forms Of English
speech quite difficult for the YAM
lkee ear. Much Of conmonalty re-
mains and xss this, kinshia af Ian
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10

What were the names OF the
three male stars in The Big Pa
rade?"
John Gilbert, Karl Dane and Tom
OBrien.
The Indianapolis times., 1929-04-10

LoYe is only a disease like whoopng cough or
measles, says Professor Pierre Vachet of Paris The
professor might have gone further and told alimony
was the doctor bill,