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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
Round and Round We Go

Like dogs chasing their tails we pursue the ques-
ton of prohibition enforcement. This latest fury OF
the politicians and propagandists over enforcement
failure is nothing new 1t has afflicted the country
periodically ever since Volsteadsm became law,
Now, as in the past the arguments are over the
mechanics of forcing obedience to the law rather
than over the validity of the law itself. Senator
Borah and the Anti-Saloon League bitterly de-
nounce the breakdown of government enforcement
machinery They blame officials They are hunting
goats.
How easy and how familiar is this pastme Think
of the long line of prohibition GEARS" who have
and gone in Washington. Each hand picked by the
drys each pledged to work the miracle of enforce
ment each in turn meeting the same fate-polticaly
beheaded to satisfy the drys. who must put the re-
sponsbility for prohibition failure some one any
one anything except on the law itself.
With this recurring demand for new enforcement
officers comes the pressure for hard-boiled
methods Hence the periodic orgies of prohibition
killings We are IN another now. Over this week
end five were slain and four others shot.
Still more officers still appropriations, still
more killings and enforcement continues as much
failure as ever And still laws of the fve-and-
ten and rfe-for-a-p:nt variety. Round and round
We CO. getting nowhere.
Even the President, who started out with his eyes
ahead is being drawn into this endless circling. At
his inaugural he that the failure Of prohibition
was due to the great body of otherwise lawabiding
citizens who did not obey that law-not criminals
but sincere citizens.
Those millions of citizens possibly might be per-
suaded but they can be driven by force and ter
arorisrn to respect law which violates their sense
of Justice And yet after ten months in Office the
Hoover administration is using the same old dis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
HEALTH SERVICE

drugs are developed in new COM
biations which intensity greatly
their effects. Bislnuth, long known
to chemistry, now is adapted in
various combinations for the spe-
cif1c treatment of the major vene-
real disease.
Barbituric acid, powerful seda-
tive drug, now is available in doz-
ems of preparations of varied eff
cheney.
Diphtheria toxin used for the
Schick test and for the prevention
of diphtheria is modified in various
ways so that it may be injected
with practically no reaction.
All sorts of bacterial preparations
are now available which are used to
great advantage in both prevention
ard treatment of infectious disease.
Each year hundreds of new prep
arations are introduced. thoroughly
tested by the medical profession, and
each year the permanent gain is
considerable.
One of the most interesting adj
vances in medical care has been the
development of the hospitals and
similar institutions for the care of
the sick.
In such great centers it is possible
to apply all of the advanced tech
MICS and laboratory methods fN
diagnosis that have been mentioned
and to give adequate nursing care
and physical treatment. These
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
One Resolution

Whatever resolutions are taken tonight
by individuals, to be kept, delayed or broken,
may not be of much consequence.
Those who forswear bad habits will
probably go back to their evil ways and die
early.
Those who pledge themselves to better
ways will either fail because of lack of cour-
age or succeed Those who do succeed would
never have needed pledge.
There is one thing to which every one,
the victim of bad habits or the seeker for
greater service, can pledge themselves as
citizen.
That is to vote for new Constitution for
the state to replace the one which is out
grown by time desecrated by judicial inter-
pretations and forgotten by all officials in
so far as it protects the rights of the indI-
vidual against the Entertainments of organ
lied graft, greed and politics.
Whatever else may come from the new
Constitution, there are two things that are
important.
The first is judiciary that is removed
from politics. 1t is monstrous to elect
judges on party tickets 1t is an invitation
to injustice to make the aspirants for the
bench water boys for the bosses.
The second is a short ballot that will make
self government possible. Under present
conditions the voter has no chance to choose
between candidates for Office. He is in luck
if he selects his candidate for Governor. He
is too busy making living to carefully weigh
the qualifications of candidates for lesser
offices.
A short ballot and uonpolitical judiciary
will go far to restore government to the
people.
There is chance next year. 1t comes
through the vote for a constitutional con-
ventiOn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
Gentlemen

r HAVE in mind particular piece
Il of conduct which is not conduc-
tive to good fellowship under the
condition of modern housing. At
some period in history it became the
custom for a gentleman to riSe to
MS feet when lady entered the
room. I don'ts know why.
Presumably it was mark OF re-
spect, but even in ancient days I
can't understand why it was not
possible to respect lady from a
sitting posture. One may sit during
a sermon in church and feel the
greatest respect for both the preach
er and his theme.
Still, you may argue that whether
logical or not it was a pretty sight
to watch the cavaliers spring to
their feet as the lady came down the
stairs and went through the long
corridor to the great hall Of the
castle.
But we have no winding stair
ways now nor any great halls ex-
cept the few devoted to the use Of
fraternals orders and concert sing
erS.
Yesterday I went to a tea party
and had the misfortune to sit be-
side a man intent upon politeness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
Personal

TT may seem as if my bitterness
Z rested on something more than a
wish for civic betterment. Perhaps
you suspect that there would be
less rancor if I did not have some
particular private ak to grind.
You are quite right. Getting to
my feet to signalize the approach OF
a lady requires rather more effort
from me than the average individ-
ual. It is really a considerable Jour-
ney from my sitting stance to an
erect posture.
Although the figures have not
yet been checked, have computed
hastily an interesting fact which
should justify me in remaining
seated even though Marie Of Ru-
mania herself should come into the
fiat.
My figures seem to say that each
time I leap, or even lumber to my
feet, enough foot pounds of energy
are consumed to raise the Eiffel
Tower three eighths of an inch. Of
course, nobody in particular wants
the EiffeI Tower raised in this man
ner. am but speaking in symbols.
Had I followed the example of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
Age

THE age Of these fossils is esti
l. mated from the geological STRAIT
of rock layers in which they were
found. Most authorities agree thaa
the Java man is the older. Theis
age is thought to be in the neigh-l
borhood of 100000 years.
Some authorities place them a.
the start of the last geologic age
the so-called Pleistocene, sometimes
called the Quaternary or glacial age
Other authorities would assign
them to the age just preceding the
glacial age, the so-called Phocene
or Tertiary age.
The Java man is known to scien-
fists as the Pithecantllropus, while
the Piltdown man is called the
Eoanthropus. These names are from
the Greek. Pithecanthropus means
man." Eoanthropus m a
dawn man"
Dr.. osborne approves of the lat
ter name, but disproves Of the
former.
"Eoanthropus," says DR.. Osborne
had a brain so distinctively human
that the best anatomical authority
places it close to the lower types OF
the existing human brain"
Pithecanthropus, Dr.. Osborne IN
sists, was not an ape-man but a true
dawn man" He bases his opinion
on a, study Of the brain capacity Of
the skull made by DR.. Frederick
Tilney.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31

things ma increased greatly the
cost of M cal care.
The NUMBER of hospitals in this
country has increased from less than
1000 in 1890 to more than 5000 in
the current year. The number of
nurses graduating annually has been
increased from less than 500 in 1890
to 100000 this year.
The physical therapy and X-ray
departments in hospitals have in
creased by IS per cent in the last
ten years. Hence more people are
being given the opportunity to re-
ceive scientific medical care under
the most advanced conditions.
The great problem of the present
is to develop some method whereby
people will realize that at least two
million people are seriously Ill every
day in the United States and that
human beings will be wise If they
anticipate the sicknesses that are
inevitable and save sufficient funds
to insure the best medical and hos
pital care when sickness comes.
When the appendix becomes in
fected, when tuberculosis strikes,
when the gallbladder becomes
blocked by stones, or when one suf-
fers a serious and mutilating acct
dent, the sum of 5000 or $500 to in
sure the best possible medical care
is far more important than the pos
session of an asthmatic motor car or
shr!eking radio 1855 days year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31

1T is generally agreed that con-
l. facts between individuals should
be marked, on the surface at least,
by kindness. To this end we have
invented forms and rituals which we
call good manners.
Unfortunately, there is DISPOSE
ton to confuse the outward mani
festation and the inner spiritual
grace.
People are called rude when they
fail in some trihing bit OF hocus-
pocus, even though they may be ami
mated by the most palpable friend
illness.
Now in an age where change is
all about us there is no good reason
why good manners should not be
exposed to examination and remod-
eled to suit existing conditions.
Something which may have been
courteous century ago can very
well be a complete nuisance at the
present moment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
Hats Onl
THE first and most immediate RI

TINE first and most immediate re-
4 form should be the complete
abolition of the practice of barring
the head in Office building elevators.
In justice to the good sense Of the
community, 1t must be admitted
that the majority of men already
have outgrown this folly. Here and
there a few persist. They are mud
dle-headed.
According to ancient ritual, one
does not wear his hat in the house
unless the Building happens to be a
mans club in which case he should.
But the elevator in an Office build
ing is no part of a house.
1t is merely an extension Of the
sidewalk down which you walked on
your way to work. It would be just
as sensible to come down Park ave-
nue. hat in hand as to snatch off
your derby in the elevator of the
Grand Central building. Upon this
I am adamant.
The young lady in the corner Of
the car benefits in no way If take
my hat off. With the advance of
the years, find the top Of my head
a little sensitive to sudden changes
in temperature.
BY permitting the archaic rite,
I may catch a severe cold. I am
sure the young lady in the corner of
the car would not wish that.
Why should she? She doesn't
know me from Adam?
1Cnnvright 1929 by The T1mesl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
What Next? We Ask

XKTHERE peculiar customs and
w traditions once constituted
the biggest factor in life, we now
are dealing with universals.
Materialistic as science may be, it
knows no distinction of race, ma
tionality or creed
Science not only discovers, but
distributes, its benefits without
prejudice.
To that extent, at least, it. en-
bodies in idealiSm broader than any
previously conceived by the human
mind, and to that extent it is vi
sualizing the human race as one
family more effectively.
People are travelling more than
they ever did, but with less eXpec-
tation of being shocked or surprised.
When in quest of shock or sur
prise they look to the calendar
rather than to the compass.
Millions may be planning to go to
this place or that place next year,
but it Is this year to which they
look for their real thrills.
What will 1880 bring by way Of
business, they want to know, by way
of war and revolution, by way Of
prison riots or prison reform, by way
of spectacular scientific experiment?
In 1929 we began to talk across
the ocean from ship to shore; to
flirt with television; to extend air
mail and passenger service to South
America; to contemplate the posi-
bilities of IAN United States of En-
rope"
What shall we be doing this time
next year that we are not doing
Y,oro
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31

L0lLOr Journal OF the american meulCds
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
0NE Of the features of modern
W medical advancement in the
discovery of new apparatus for use
in diagnosis and treatment Of dis
ease.
It would seem that man has gone
as far as he can possibly go with
the senses that he has and that it
is necessary to prolong or project
these senses by the use of such in
struments as the microscope, stetho-
scope, laryngoscope, electrocardio-
graph, audiometer and similar de-
vices.
When these electrical instruments,
capable of simplifying sights or
sounds tremendously and even of
increasing the sense of touch, are
used, new facts are learned.
In the treatment of disease, heat,
light, water and similar physical
forces are amplif1ed greatly or used
in new forms to considerable advan-
tage.
In the field of chemistry the old
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
When was the Iroquois theater

When was the Iroquois theater
in Chicago destroyed by fire?
The fire occurred Dec. 80, 1903,
during a performance Of Mr.. Blue
beard"
What is the value of a Stone
mountain half dollar dated 1925?
1t is worth only its face value.
Who was the author Of the
Marquis of Queensberry rules in
boxing?
These rules were framed by the
Marquis of Queensberry and Arthur
Chambers, who fought for the
lightweight championship in 1872.
The Marquis of Queensberry was
a great lover of boxing and in 1865
decided that fighting under London
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
Questions and AnSzUe1.s

prize ring rules was rather brutal.
With the assistance Of Chambers
the marquis drafted the rules,
which with revisions from time TO
time) have been almost universally
recognized for more than half a
century. The object of the Queens
berry rules was to eliminate all I'M
necessary brutality, which often
occurred In fights under London
prize ring rules and to give men Of
science q chance.
What Is the nationality and
meaning Of the name Irma? Should
1t be spelled with an II" or "E"?
The name Irma or Erma Is of
Moorish irigin and means innocent
or pure It may be spelled either
way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
Myth

"T AM glad to be the first to be-
l. friend the dawn man and to
remove from his reputation the bar
sinister of ape descent" DR.. o.
born has written.
1.-THE myth of ape ancestry lin
gers on the stage, in the movies
in certain anti-naturalistic litera-
ture, in caricature of our pedigree
even in certain scientific parlance
but the ape ancestry hypothesis Is
entirely out of date and it's place Il
taken by the recent demonstration
that we are descended from dawn
men and not from ape men,
1.-THE crucial point in this dem
onstration is the application o.
modern intelligence tests to thf
TriniI man of Java through the exI
pert observations of my Columbia
colleagues, Professor J. Howard Me-
Gregor, anatomist, and Professor
Frederick Tilney, psychiatrist.
1.-THE Trinil man is a dawn mar
and not an ape-man. He Walket.
erect, ne CnOugNJ as man, he prop
ably spoke as a man. although hi
vocabulary was limited.
But in the dawn man was the
potency of modern civilization. 4
welcome gift from anthropology II
humanity is this Punishment of tn
myth and boyle Of our ape ances
try"
Needless to say there is no COM
plete agreement with DR.. Osborn
among anthropologists. Some thin
that he has been too enthusiastic III
his estimates of the intelligence o
these early creatures.
However, DR.. Osborn's long record
Of important accomplishments len
considerable weight to his opinion,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
Crowded

THIS. you understand, was
i New York apartment. Even
after the ice box had been removed
from the living room to the back
hall and the bed folded into the
wall it hardly was still quite the
stadium for cat swinging.
There were six other people on
the sofa assigned to me. One of
them was the polite young man
Yvette, who gave the party. is the
soul of hospitality and had invited
almost all her beaux. You well may
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
IT SEEMS TO ME By HE BRo9S

polite young man at Yvette's party,
a couple of promising painters
would have been f1attened and
crushed against the apartment wall.
Charlie received no more than a
painful injury when the agressively
conventional young man stepped
upon his hand in an effort to be po-
lite.
Fortunately, no wild impulse to
courtesy moved me up from the sofa
or Charlie would be from now on a
left-handed illustrator.
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imagine that the place was packed
to the ceiling.
Late Corners sat upon the floor
The arm of every chair supported
two girls, or three if they happened
to be little ones, and yet the polite
young man insisted on leaping TO
his feet whenever the door bell rang
and one or more ladies entered the
room by means Of mass play OF
tackle.
Twice the sudden movement OF
the paragon upset me. Three times
he spilled my drink. He trod upon
the hand of Charlie, who sat on the
floor just in front of us. In fact, he
made everybody uncomfortable and
congested traffic. He was an un-
mitigated pest and all in the name
Of politeness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
SCIENCE
Many Vie10s Concerning N
and What HIS Ancesto
We're Like Are Voiced
Scientists.
BY DAVID DIETZ-
THE appearance Of man upt

THE appearance Of man upt2
Il earth is still one OF the us
solved problems of modern science
There are many views concerning
what early man and his ancestors
were like.
One school Of scientists believe
that mans immediate ancestor was
essentially ape-like. Another, headed
by President Henry Fairfield Osborn
of the American Museum Of Eatural
History of New York City, diSagreesi
with this view.
DR.. Osborn believes that the I'M
mediate ancestor of present-day
man was a creature very much like
him. He has christened this
ancestor "the dawn man."
DR.. Osborn, retiring president Of
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, spoke at
the opening session of that or
ganigation's annual meeting in Desi
Moines. His subject was 1.-THE Com
ing of Tertiary Man" DR.. ROBBERS
A. Millikan, this years president of
the association, presided. +
The discussion Of early man wa
based almost entirely upon tw
finds" the so-calIed "Java man.
and the so-called "Piltdown man.
The remains OF the Java ma
found at Trinil, Java, consist of pa
of a. skull, two fnoIar teeth and
thigh bone. The remains of IL
PiltdoWn man.. found at Piltdows
Sussex, England, consist of n
fragments of skull, jawbone W
two teeth and a pair of nan
bones.
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JEFFERSON RESIGNS
Dec, 81

Dec, 81
ON Dec. 81, 1893. Thomas JET
" son resigned as secretary
state because he opposed neutrs
as between France and Engl
then at war.
The followers of jefferson ID
that the United States was BOT
by gratitude and treaty to aid
French republic; and his opponeI
argued that motives of self-presI
walton were stronger than the oh
cation owed for help during
Revolution.
Today also Is the anniversary
the signing by President Lincolr2
the act admitting West Virginia
the Union. on Dec. 81, 1852.
On Dec. 81, 1866, income taa~
5 per cent on earned incomes o.
$500 yielded sol ,071,932.
And on Dec 81, 1905. England CO
tinued to search American ships q
impress the crews.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
Medical Science Has New Weapons

This is the last of six articles in which
DR.. Morris Fishbein, editor Of the Jour
nal of the American Medical Associa-
ton, and the nations foremost author
ity on health subjects, reviews the &C
complishments of medical science dur
ing the year 1929.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31

How many wires would a bundI
of wires twenty-four inches
diameter contain if each wa
1-1,000 of an inch in diameter
If each wire was six feet long hoI
many feet of wire would there be
the bundle?
The bundle would contain 48,Ok
wires having a total length of 2S}
900 feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writers and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude Of
this naner.=The Editor.
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NJ. E. Tracy
What Shall We Be Doing
Meat Year By This Time
That We Are Not Doing
NoW?
SAYS:

WEARS lose their significance
i with the march of progress.
Enough occurs now to make each
one OF them memorable. That, more
than anything else, shows how the
human race has grown.
Though 1929 hardly could be re-
garded as an outstanding year, it
gave birth to a half dozen events,
each one of which would have done
credit to century in the Middle
Ages.
For one thing, it saw peace estab-
lished between the italian crown
and the pope.
For another it saw a dirigible
circle the globe.
For another it saw Commander
Byrd fly over the south pole.
For still another it saw the Kellogg
pact ratified.
What would the Egyptians have
thought Of such year or the Greeks
in their palmiest days, or the people
Of Charlemagne's time?
One can not guess, of course, but
probably enough to form new reli-
gion Or develop q new variety of art.
They certainly would have given it
place among the most outstanding
years of history.
To us, however, it is just another
tWelve-m month, even though it did
behold Russia and China making
faces at each other, and then MAX
ing up by telegraph, while New
York radio fans listened to Euro
pean music.
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Voices Heard Round World

ME year comes to a close with
Il voices heard round the world,
and ~ith man-made projects de-
signed to include the entire race
Five great governments presently
will meet to see what can be done
about reducing naval arn2ments,
where no government was able to
build and man a dozen good ships
500 years ago.
An Indian congress contenlplates
issuing declaration of in
dependence modelled on that of our
forefathers, where there was no
conception of collective action, much
less for the formation of an in
dependent state, zoo years ago.
One can not review the last twelve
months, or speculate on what is just
around the corner, without being
staggered at the rapidity with which
horizons are expanding.
1t seems as though each Jan.
found us living in a wholly different
atmosphere. "a.
Changes. discoveries, and projects,
any one of which would have been
enough to beWilder Our grand
fathers, now come trooping down
the highway in droves.
Where the greatest thrill in life
once consisted Of going somewhere,
it now consists of looking ahead.
That variety for which each
human being longs has ceased to be
matter Of place.
But as local differences disappear,
those marked by the clock become
greater.
There is a wider gulf between the
way the world lives today and the
way it lived three centuries ago than
there is between the way people of
Alaska and those of Australia live.