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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
Concerning the Indians

The Institute for Government Research has de-
veoped plenty of facts to show that conditions among
the Indians are far from what they should be.
The senate Indian investigating committee is de-
veloping even more sensational testimony to prove
that Uncle Sam is poor guardian.
In response to all the criticism that is being made
Indian Commissioner Burke issues long statements
eulogizng his administration and his friends assert
that the senate inquiry is only another attempt to get
his job.
Secretary of Interior West, shortly after he took
office announced that he would devote himself par
ticularly to the Indian situation. Now he has been
summoned before the senate committee to answer
charges that Indian funds in New Mexico are being
wasted under his administration.
1t is too early to pass judgment on either West
or Commissioner Burke. But it is time all the facts
were brought to light With all this smoke about the
treatment of the Indians, there must be some fire.
Which is smoke and which is fire is for congress to
determine if it gives this subject the serious atten
ton it deserves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
7,OOO-MiIe Highway

ROLITICAL prejudice, whether
Il born of tradition, or conceived
in theory, leads men into useless
conflict. Progress, as illustrated by
those achievements which mean
good for all, unites them.
Nothing has done more to bring
the world together, to establish mu-
tual understanding and a commu-
nifty of interest than transportation.
President Elect Hoover hits the
nail on the head when he conceives
an international highway stretch
ing from Canada to Cape Horn as
the strongest bond that could be
forged among the peoples OF the
western hemisphere.
Travel, mountaineering and
first-hand knowledge of each others
affairs, problems, hopes and ideals
can do vastly more than statecraft
to make people understand that
they are pretty much alike, that
the real task is to overcome their
own limitations, and that in nine
cases out of ten they only waste
time in quarreling among them
selves.
With a 7,000-nile highway run
ming down the backbone of the
American continent, we soon would
learn that there are a lot of decent
folks south of the Rio Grande, and
they would learn that the United
States means something besides a
shadow of Imperialism on the north
ern horizon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
Stewards Golden Folly

COvERNOR PARKS of Alaska
" Just arrived in washington for
his annual conference with the sec
rotary of the interior, paints a vivid
picture of the progress of that ter
ritory which was described as Sc
wards folly" sixty years ago.
Last year, Governor Parks toured
Alaska by plane, covering $500
miles in seven days. If he had
made the journey by dog sled, as
used to be necessary, it would have
taken one year.
Alaska not only has airmail and
passenger service, but twenty-five
radio stations. 1t is now adding
wood pulp to its industries. Its
reindeer herds have been increased
until it ships 100000 pounds OF
meat to this country each year.
Alaska has paid for itself many
times in the gold taken from its
mines. It can pay for itself many
times more in coal, fish, timber ana
other known resources.
We bought Alaska, not because we
wanted it. but to recompense Russia
for letting her battle fleet show its
teeth in order to scare other ma
tons from interfering with our az
fairs too much during the Civil war.
but it represented a good bargain
| lust the same.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
- HEALTH SERVICE
accident Toll Is Craze Warning

toll paid by the workers of the
United States each year, as a re-
suit of carelessness on the part of
other workers, inefficient and in
sufficiently inspected machinery and
similar causes.
The accidental group moreover
does not include the terrific loss
resulting from infection due to
carelessness in treatment of small
wounds.
During the year ended June 80,
1928, there were 81, 448 cases of in
juries of the hands and fingers
among workers in New York suffi-
GENTLY serious to demand compen-
sation by the employers.
In such instances the establish
ment of proper first-aid measures,
including thorough cleansing and
the prompt use Of some safe anti
septic solution will greatly lower the
incidence of infection and shorten
the duration of the disability.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
NJ. E.
TRACY
SAYS:
SAYS:
Nothing Has Done More
to Bring the World To-
gether Than Transporta-
tion."
CAMUEL ROSOFF, a New York

CAMUEL ROSOFF, New York
- subway contractor, came to this
country from Russia ttirty-seven
years ago. He was only II at the
time.
Because his widowed mother
needed help, he lost no time in get
ting work as a newSboy.
Later he became candy butch
err on railroad trains.
After that he went into business
for himself as an eXcavator and
house wrecker, dealing in sand and
gravel, extending his trade, keeping
his eye open for opportunities and
finally emerging as the executor OF
large and difficult projects.
Rosoff's career is not exceptional,
but it seems approaching a most
poetic climax, having decided that
Moscow needs a subway and water
works, the Soviet government has
sent delegation to this country,
with power to negotiate for the
work, and RoSoff is the foremost
man in Iine-Rosof, a child of the
old regime, a poor emigrant who
came to this country for the chance
it offered, a man who has achieved
success under the capitalist system.
Like art, the ability to do things
can lift men above political preju-
dice. If it could not, human prog
ress would be in a bad way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
Paper Milk Bottles

DROGRESS is compounded on
L little as well as big things. Tues
day saw paper milk bottles make
their appearance in New York.
Paper milk bottles may not sound
very important compared to a Pan
American highway, or a new sub
way system for Moscow, but they
have their place.
A glass milk bottle costs cents,
and those who ought to know say
that its average life is four trips.
A paper milk bottle costs three
quarters of cent. 1t has been est1-
mated that American consumers lose
SIS 900, 900 year through the break
age of glass milk bottles. The estl-
mate does not include punctured
tires.
The paper milk bottle can be
Theoretically sealed. This not only
insures a greater degree Of purity,
but increases the power of preser-
walton. According to one writer,
milk has been kept sweet in a paper
bottle for five weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
Reason
IF Mr.. Hoover is tired of travel,

IF MIR. Hoover is tired of travel,
Il we will help him out and make
that trip to the West Indies.
Violet seas, flying fish, silken
zephyrs, fleece Lined climate, Ian
guild hours, emerald shores, creamy
surf and sands of brown, painted
cities, curious yesterdays, tales OF
pirates. natives and their superStl-
tions, showers and sunlight play
ing tag, Incidence that is an ART
rainbow days with no tomorrow
velvet peace detached from tur-
MOL. orange groves of green and
gold. mountain plains and water
falls. nature smiling through her
flowers, sunsets of bewilderlng
beauty, moonlight flooding all with
glory, diamond stars that glisten IN
the coronet of night.
Those three rum runners who
we're rescued after being adrlft
eleven days in Lake Erie suffered
greatly from hunger and the cold,
but worst of all must have been the
mental anguish, incident to being
surrounded by all that water.
II Il
The President has just sent a
message of congratulation to the
president of Haiti on the anniver-
sary of his country's independence.
Mr.. Coolidge has displayed a mas
terful grasp of anniversaries, I'M
eoualed in our White House annals,
and he should round out his career
by taking charge of all the liollday
greetings of the United States.
II II
Canada has signed a treaty to
increase the flow of water at Nj
agara Falls, but she hesitates TO
SIGN a treaty to decrease the flow OF
booze into our beloved land.
we read that Mrs. Shirley Bas-
kin gave birth to child while in a
Chicago taxi, and if she 5ot tied
I'D in the kind of traffic We've en-
countered the child will be ready TO
start school when she gets home.
y r.
The government is going to have
another trial to set aside another
oil lease and this means that ex-
Secretary Fall will have another
terrible relapse.
n a
These newspaper articles to the
effect that Al Smith is rich, that he
wears a silk hat and contemplates
residing on a fashionable avenue
may be only McAdoo propaganda.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
WE'LL HELP HOOVER
WATER CAUSES AGONY
SPILLING THE GRAVY

TITO the cynic who doubts that the
i world is getting better we
tender the glad assurance contained
in the report that the radio car
ries four times as much jazz as edu-
cational matter.
= y Il
Tex Rickard was the greatest fight
promoter ever known, staging COM
bats in great arenas before multi
tudes for princely fortunes, whereas
fighters such as John L. Sullivan
evaded officers to fight before few
for a championship belt and Moth
ing more.
The world would be- better off
without prize fights; they are far
below bull fights in every way, but
Richard was the king of fists and
according to the standards of his
business, he was a thoroughbred.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09

presents SOrI OF is sur
rounded by the white matter.
The gray matter is made up of the nerve cells and
the synapses. The synapses it will be remembered,
the joints junction where cells joined
together.
The white matter consists of nerve fiberS.
The proportion of white to gray increases gradually
from the lower to the upper end of the cord
There are swellings the spinal cord at the points
where the from the limb join it, These swell
ngs consist largely of gray matter that is nerve cells
These cells govern reflex actions of the limbs
These are reflex actions which do not pass to the
brain.
The stimulus is carried by one nerve to the spinal
cord There it is transferred to motor nerve which
carries the impulse to the muscle and automatically
causes the reflex action.
Thirty-one pairs of nerves join the spinal cord
The spinal cord in addition to including centerS
which control certain reflex movements also includes
centers which control the blood pressure the seat
glands. certain reactions like buseing. and SO on
Other impulses which enter the spinal cord are
carried to the brain.
The accompanying illustration shows the path of
a nerve current from the sensory end organ in the
skin to the spinal cord and then to the sensory level
in the brain The entire spinal cord is not shown but
merely two cross sections Of 1t at different heights
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09

with permanent total disability for
which three-fourthS of a million
dollars was paid, and there were
1901 cases with permanent partial
disability for which more than thlr-
teen million dollars was paid.
Almost g. per cent of deaths we're
due to falls, vehicles and to hosting
and conveying devices.
The greater number of the fifty
two cases of permanent total dis
ability we're paralysis and loss OF
the use of the eyes. Here again
falls were primarily responsible;
with the handling of objects and
explosions as second and third in
the list.
So far as permanent partial dis
ability is concerned, handling of OBJ
iects is responsible for % per cent
of all the cases, with such second
airy causes as machinery, falls and
vehicles.
Few people appreciate the vast
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09

The Bidding opens with
one spade. West bids two clubs.
North bids two spades and all pass.
Deciding the Play-West leads
king of clubs. How should Declarer
plan to play to make game?
The ErrOr-Declarer, after cap
turing the first trick with ace of
clubs, draws trump, playing ace of
spades, king of spades and queen
of spades in succession and all OPP
ponents' trumps are exhausted. De-
clarer now plays in succession queen
of hearts, ace of hearts and ace of
diamonds and makes his contract
but not game.
The Correct Method Eleven
tricks may be made. Declarer cap
lures the fist trick with axe of
clubs. The best opportunity to
frame is to attempt to etablish the
heart suit Immediately. Declarer
accordingly plays seven OF hearts
and illnesses queen of hearts, fol-
lowed by playing the ace Of hearts,
then leading small heart and ruf-
fing it in closed hand.
Thereafter opponents trumps are
exhausted and Deciarer re-enters
the dummy by playing to the ace
Of diamonds. After that the re-
naming small hearts win tricks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
Vii bout Strings

Die-hard enemies # the Kellogg peace pact in the
enste are in bad wa y They have reported to every
known legislative dew ce to defeat, delay and nulify
the treaty. But the arge senate majority, supported
by overwhe Inning publ opinion is too much for them
Now that the de hards, led by Moses and Jim
Reed see there is NO chance to obtain their reserva-
,ons in the form CT an "interpretative" resolutior
they are trying to s those reservations through the
hack door in new gu lse That is the significance of
their innocent-looBng' scheme for an explanatory"
committee report, which would be communicated by
the secretary of state with the treaty text to the
other sgnatories.
For some inexplicab le reason Borah is reported to
have accented such compromise agreement, at least
in mart. Why Borah, the committee chairman and
nominal leader Of the pro-treaty forces should be
moved TO accent any compromise is not clear Borah
has the assured vote of the necessary two-thirds OF
the senate Why should he traffic with the small
minority?
This question apparently must go unanswered, just
ss the earlier questions to why Borah permitted
three weeks delay in committee and why he left it to
Norris and King to force the treaty to the floor
Fortunately other friends of the treaty than Borah
have spiked the latest compromise. Secretary KEEL
ogg also is reported to have refused to agree to any
sort of senate rider even in the form OF an expana-
tory committee report.
All this backing and filling by the opposition has
not Iessened but strengthened the public determine
ton for unqualified ratification.
The treaty is short and clear. 1t joins this gov
eminent with ffty-nine others in renouncing war as
national policy does not in letter or in spirit COM
NIT this nation to any act of force 1t does not affect
the lf-defense right of this nation
All of which has been stated officially by the proper
persons the secretary of state for the benefit of the
few here and abroad who want to read into the treaty
something which is not in it.
The treaty viii be ratified without strings if Borah
and certain others will keep the fight in the open.
where the die-hards finally will finish themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
Introducing a New Gar

Americans will recall the late war to make the
world save for democracy and to protect the rights
of Serbs and other small nations to self-determna-
ton Thanks to the victory of allied and American
armies the new Jugo-Sav nation o. Serbs, CroatS
and sovenes was established a democratic con-
stitutional kingdom.
King Alexander by midnight coup has abolished
the constitution, parliament and other democratic
institutions He has established unlimited despot-
ISM Thus the South slavs. Saved from the milder
despotism CT the Germanic powers which seemed SO
terrible in 1914 now fall under absolute dictator
ship
Meanwhile many Americans who helped fight for
freedom of Jugo-Slavs under Alexander have reacted
so strongly under the shattered illusions of postwar
Europe that they smile cynically over Alexanders
despotism. whats the use?" they say, I'VE are
through with Europe anyway"
This bitter attitude engendered by the peace
treaties and European developments of the last dec
ade giving the lie to Americas aims, is under
standable.
But, unfortunately it doesn't get us very far. The
United States with its financial penetration and eco
nomic commitments, is deeper in Europe than ever.
We have no CHOICE can't let go. We will have to
worry along with the dscouragingly zgzag course of
democratic progress in Europe, just plod along
with lesser discouragements here at home.
Perhaps this Alexander caZarism is not to be
taken too seriously. Dictators have way of de-
stroying themselves; the people can not be sup
pressed forever. The Croats, even without their
murdered leader Raditch already have demonstrated
their ability to defy domination by Serb politicians.
They can do as well against Alexander if necessary.
Curiously Alexander chose to become absolute
czSr Ct the South Slavs the day of death in exile
of the woud-be car OF the North Savs, Grand Duke
Nicholas of Russia Nicholas was chief of the Rus
XKyOrfJ
using Serbia as tool Nicholas died without job,
and his czarist cousin whom he wanted to follow had
even worse luck.
However the car business may look from the in
side to Alexander mere outsiders are apt to remem-
Der what happened in Russia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
To Preserve Niagara

1t is encouraging to read that Canada and the
United States have reached agreement for the con-
strucon of remedial works to prevent the destruction
of Niagara Falls great natural beauty.
At certain points the falls have been eroding the
rocks so fast that the entire contour of the cataract
threatened to change. Goat Island, in midstream,
was in danger of being left high and dry, with the
American falls disappearing altogether.
Now submerged weirs and jetties are to be built
above the falls to defect the flow of water that
the falls can be perpetuated they are now. 1t
is good news for citizens of both nations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
Dissent From Ohio
TINE Rev. Louis G. Hoeck of tn

TINE Rev. Louis G. Hoeck of the
Il Church of the New Jerusalem
in Cincinnati has taken up the
question in sermon which he has
sent to me. He said:
MIR. Broun says: In the last
twenty years the church have had
little to do with progressive move
ments in this country. Prohibition
is almost the lone achievement of
evangelical Christianity. The great
est value of organized Christianity
has been in the matter of world
IF were promoting some cause
which seemed to me right and true
would rather have the help of an
able editor than of a dozen preach
ers. Granted that the clergymen do
their best, still it isn't good enough.
The power of the pulpit is complete
ly overShadowed by the power Of
the press.
This criticism of the church
would be justified if the function
of the church were identical with
the function of the neWSpaper-to
promote the progressive move
ments' in the world. 1t ought to be
quite clear, however, that whenever
any church champions any given
reform it ceases to be a church and
becomes reform club
"The church has different work
to me than to advocate Socialism or
pacihsm or single tax or any other
cause that any man or body of men
believe to be for the good of the
nation.
"The Lord Jesus Christ said, My
kingdom is not of this world 1t is
not the function of the church to
advocate the method but the spirit
back of the reform. If the manner
or spirit is right or is made right
the best reforms will soon follow
and will also be sustained"
Naturally I cannot agree with this
at all. If reform is chuckle-heade
I am not going to be particularly
impressed with the fact that the
people behind it have the best in
tentions in the world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09

OF course, a freak distribution of
the cards may upset this plan and
the outstanding hearts may not be
distributed three and three, but
when the Declarer plays the COM
bined hands in this manner, the law
of average probabilities-what usu-
ally happens in his favor.
A suit may often be established
by rufflng on the third round and
the experiment is usually worth
while, especially if it is the only
way of making game. Care must
be exercised to accomplish this coup
before opponents remove the neces-
sary re-entry card.
The PrincipIe-When you hold
one re-entry in dummy and an es-
tabIishable suit, strive to establish
the suit before the re-entry is re-
moved if there is a reasonable
probability of making game thereby.
downright, 1929. Ready Reference Pub
fishing Company
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
I I I
SEEMS
TOME
BY HAYWOOD
BROUN

TT was not possible for me to find
4 agreement with recent conten-
ton in this column. expressed
the opinion that American news
papers are more effective in the pro-
motion of good works than are the
preachers. Several preachers didn't
agree. Also few others, I still
think I'm right, but perhaps it
would be fair as convenient to print
some paragraphs from the other
side.
us it permissible" writes one, ito
ask a somewhat embarrassing ques-
ton? I rise to inquire whether you
know the first thing about the ac-
tivism of Eucken, the theism of Bal
four, the pansychism of Ward, the
religious pragmatism of James?"
And to this I must answer, mot
thing" But is it necessary TO
know all that before one has the
privilege of specializing upon the
nature of God?
The Rev. Harry L. Hadley, rector
of st. Stephens church in Newark,
N. j., writes:
IF, as you say, the newspaper is
more effective instrumentality for
progress and for righteousness than
the church, upon what definite re-
suits do you base your conclusion?
Is the present world as influenced
by the press better world than
the world of yesterday as influenced
to a certain extent by the pulpit?
Is it better world in the sense that
there is a noticeable improvement
in moral and ethical standards and
a more general desire to practice the
golden rule?
Furthermore, let not the news
writer believe for one minute that
everybody attends to his advice Or
accepts his conclusions. The
columnist obtains a wider hearing
than the pulpiteer, but it is open to
question whether his advice is so
generally followed. Many can point
to some experience in the churchill
do not necessarily mean an emo
tional eXperience-as the event
which marked a turning point in
their lives, but have yet to hear a
single sinner who has been re-
deemed by reading TT Seems to Me-
or by the philosophical conclusions
Of any other columniSt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-09
Advantage of Discovery

A LASKA is shining example OF
N what cold and neglected terri
tory can be worth. We ought to re-
member that in connection with
our various polar expeditions: ought
not be content with the glory OF
finding them, while other people
come afterward and take possession.
If we had taken advantage OF dis
covery the way other people do, we
would not only control vast areas
in the Arctic circle, but scores Of
islands in the Pacific, and that, too,
without doing injustice to a single
human being.
1t is not imperialistic to take I'M
occupied land and make use Of it by
right of discovery. 1t is shiftless
and improvident, however, not to
do SO.
The problem Of national defense
would be less difficult for us to
solve than it is today if we had
claimed and retained those lands
and islands which our sailors, adj
venturers and explorers have found,
and which we could have claimed
and retained without giving offense
to any people