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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
Church on a Neck

A FTER all. church rests large
N ~ on that little neck. Had it
not been for Anne. England might
still remain a Catholic country. AL
though Luther's revolt Was wholly
independent and found the sternest
sort of opposition in the heart of
Henry. the king S lust for divorce
contributed to the general slacken-
ing of the pope's temporal power.
And though no particular defender
of the professionalism which has pro-
duced our own Anti-Saloon league
and such manifestations, I still be-
lieve that it was good to waken
reformation in a church grown
much too powerful.
AS a small Episcopalian, I was
much embarrassed by the fact that
my church seemed built upon a
kindly amour. And it disturbed me
still more to read for the first time
Katherine of Aragon's last letter to
the king.
1t is an extraordinary, eloquent
document rising to a heart-rending
note in that last piteous cry, Lastly
make this VOW. that mine eyes &C.
sire you above all things. Farewell
But there was mettle also, in little
Anne the commoner She knew
what she wanted and got it. too, even
though brave men died ard cardinals
were thwarted.
Whether her passion was q wrong
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23

HAPPY is the biographer who
Il L. deals with lives which are UNI
complicated. Francis Hackett has
been under the necessity Of serving
in the double duty Of historian and
biographer as we'll 1t will not be
feasible to write to Henry VII and
leave out all mention of his back
ground and the worlds affairs
which motiyated most Of his &C
tions.
Hacket, of course. can not be
blamed for the fact that the stream
Of European history in Henry's time
was fretted vastly with croSs-cur-
rents.
But I do accuse him of being
overconscientious The earlier por-
tions of his book seem to me dull
and difficult There is so much
background that even as large and
colorful a king as Henry VII is all
but lost in the first 100 pages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23

clouds. In fact too much attention to the clouds
might be disastrous for the bumpers and tenders of
his auto.
But the weather is worth knowing To a close
observer. no two days are exactly alike Slight
differences in the clouds the wind velocity the clear
ness OF the atmosphere, and on give nature new
aspect each day
The world becomes more beautiful and interesting
once we really learn to observe the weather
The velocity of the wind can be Judged with fair
accuracy by observing its effect on objects.
christina Rosetti, the poetess, wrote:
Who hath seen the wind?
Neither you nor I.
But when the trees bow down their heads
The wind is passing by.
Dr. Charles F. Brooks of Clark university gives the
Following rules for judging the wind:
In a clam, smoke rises vertically
When the wind is less than three miles an hour
smoke drifts with the wind. but weather vanes are
unaffected
slight breeze has velocity of about five miles an
hour Such breeze can be felt on the face and
causes leaves to rustic
one OF ten miles hour keeps leaves and small
t"lgs IN constant motion and extends a light flag
One OF hfteen miles hour raises dust and moves
small branches. This is a moderate breeze
a strong breeze, from twenty-five to thirty miles
an hour sets large branches in motion and makes il
olfncult TO carry an open umbrella
WIND OF more than thirty-five miles an hour
makes walking difficult. When the wind passes forty
miles an hour, twigs broken from trees
Fifty miles an hour constitutes gale, while higher
winds are encountered in violent storms and hurri-
canes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
Comment Gil Hoover Address

Editorial comment on President Hoover's address in
New YORK yesterday included the following:
rcEW YORK TIMES-The President was accurate
and Justified IN maintaining that the prevalence
Of crime il this country is national disgrace and
a cause for deep national concern. His speech is
bound to quicken and direct American thought and
sentiment on tlis vital matter.
NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE-His speech will
go to hearn every agency that has been laboring
toward reform of our judicial system in respect to
the punishment of crime. The general logic and the
broad appeal of the speech are unassailabe i. We
cannot agree however that the eighteenth amendment
has played only insignificant role in the present
growth OF laylessness.
NEW YORK WORLD-It has been our own be-
lief that il Mr. Hoover wished TO deal with that Spe-
cihc part of the problem which is relatively and
which has followed in the wake OF unsuccessful at
tempt enforce prohibition he best could achieve his
purpose by instituting separate and special nvesti
cation into the breakdown of the law and the best
means either OF enforcing it or amending it. This
opinion still hold.
SAN FRANCISCO CHRoNICLE-There is little if
anything in Mr. Hoover's speech that has not been
said before many times.
PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC LEDGER-1t is not too
much to say. indeed, that the widespread criminal
lOI safety Vi 4ue property
has created great national emergency.
BALTIMORE SUNNI. Hoover will lind dissent
in quarter to the general tenor of his appeal He
will find, however. grave doubt to whether a mill
tant public sentiment for law observance can be
aroused when almost the whole attention of the
government is concentrated efforts TO make one
particular law effective and when he tries ignore
the fact that this law counter to the habits
morals and sentiment of so large proportion of the
American people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE.

the bacteria which develop in the
tonsils make them a source OF in
lection to the rest Of the body, as
we'll as a menace in themselves to
the condition Of the throat.
The fact that the tonsils have
been removed safely in hundreds of
thousands if not millions of cases
should be sufficient evidence to in
dictate the absolute lack of basis for
many Of the notions that have been
mentioned.
Many famous orators have found
relief from sore Threats and new
clarity of speech when enlarged and
infected tonsiIs have been removed.
Many famous singers have been
enabled to develop more power
through the removal of infected
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
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THE ELECTRIC LIGHT
April %

April 70
TODAY may properly be Ccle-
Il brated as the birthday Of Amer
lean night life. Whether the term
be used to include an evening spent
in an isolated farm house or in a
metropolitan night club.
For exactly fifty years ago on
April %. 1879. Thomas AIra Edison
vas granted a patent on The in
candescent l&mp-an invention
which changed the aftcr-sundoWn
map of the world in less than tTen-
ty years.
The basic principles underlying
Edison's invention we're known to
science long before Edison c1lpcr--
mented with them.
His fame rests on the fact that he
oyercane enormous difficulties to
make a. practical public utility OF
what had been merely a scientific
toy.
Contrary 10 popular belief Ed
sons achievement did not c0n&e,
merely OF placing d few magic wire,
in a bottle and Theoretically seal
ing them with a threaded cap
It included devising q practice!
III. nod of supplying energy TO his
lamp. or in other words, originating
powerhouses.
The Pearl street powerhouSe in
New York, put in operation in 1882.
was the first Of the great central
station systems Of today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
Resources DESTROYED

INSTRUCTION of life and limb
IL is not the only, or perhaps, the
most alarming feature of mechani-
cal progress.
AS DR.. Benjamin Miller, head Of
the geology department of Lehigh
university, points out, it gradually
is eXhausting many of our natural
and irreplaceable resources. During
the last twenty-five years, he says,
we have exhausted more of the
worlds natural resources than dur
ing the previous 100000.
Most people console themselves
with the thought that, no matter
what, or how much we destroy, ge-
Mus will find a substitute.
When the gasoline has gone, they
say, and probably before, some one
will have discovered a better and
cheaper fuel, while water power will
supply us with electricity when the
coal has disappeared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
Direct to God

TITO be sure, there was no lack OF
Il devoted courage on either side
during the great conflict about the
divorce from Catherine. There were
those who steadfastly refused to
yield to the will Of Henry and went
to bloody death. But these were
priests and theologians, buoyed up
by a faith in a power greater than
that of the king
When Anne came to her downfall,
after brief interlude of triumph,
she had no such constituted author
ity to lean upon. She no longer
commanded the favor of the church
in which she had been reared.
1t was necessary for her to 90
more or less directly to God when
she prayed in her captivity. And
every mans hand was against her.
And if in such circumstances she
could still hold her head high and
have her little joke, I think her By
no means too slight q person to be
the mother of Elizabeth and the
founder of the Church OF England.
Copyright. 1929, foT The Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
FIapper'S Grandma

THAT there was virtue in the
4 Boleyn line is evident, for from
this union came the good Queen
Bess In the Hackett book of Hen
ny she seems also the authentic
great great -grandmother of the girl
known to us as the fapper. And,
like Anne, this descendant is gravely
underestimate and maligned.
Anne and her daughters are
judged too much by outward APP
pearances. "The hour of noon came
and went. She has gained one
more day As evening drew on she
prayed at times, and then she chat
ted freely, saying she would easily
be nicknamed Anne Sanstete. And
at this joke at her own lack Of
head she laughed.
Her laughter was no longer hyS-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
TOnsil Removal Stirs False Beliefs

tonsils ard their voices have not
been altered in the slightest man
ner in quality.
The notions as to the relationship
of the tonsils to the provocative
power are utterly without basis as
demonstrated by millions OF chill
dren of persons whose tonslls have
been removed.
No doubt, this belief has to do
with the fact that one of the in
fectious diseases - mumps - some
times has, as a secondary complica-
ton. serious Inflammation of the
glands that are concerned in pro-
creation. The ignorant by analogy
attach similar relationship to the
tOnSilS,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
The Water Power Myth

THE illusionment with regard to
Il water power is not only wide
spread, but typical of the prevailing
attitude.
Where the idea originated is a
mystery.
AS a matter of plain arithmetic,
there is not nearly enough water
power in this country to supply pres
ent day needs if every ounce were
developed, yet ignorance goes SUBJ
timely believing that there will be
enough to light all the cities, rdu all
the factories and do all the cooking
when the country has doubled in
size.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
French Protect Health

z Unable to reach an agreement
W with British health authorities,
France takes measures to protect
herself against possible introduction
Of smallpox
Henceforth, any person travelling
from England to France via the
channel ports will have to show a
certificate Of vaccination within
eight days, submit to a medical ex-
animation or carry a sanitary pass
port to be presented to the medical
authorities of each French city they
visit for a fortnight.
Such a regulation is of startling
Importance to those 10000 Amer
leans now in England and ready to
sail for France.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
The Machine Threat

Boss Coffin and his political machine has
fled candidates for mayor and threatens to
hold primary under the assumption that the
supreme court may decide, when it does decide,
the question, that the city manager form Of
government is unconstitutional
The machine does not intend to hold pri-
marie, The machine is at present in such
malodorou, condition that it never will court
any appeal to public opinion.
What it really hopes for is the chance to
dictate tickets without consulting any one ex-
cept its own masters and the evil influence
which it represents
Unfortunately the supreme court has APP
parently found the problem of the legality OF
the city manager form of government so in
tricatc that it has been unable to speedily
solve it. A decision at this time would clarity
the situation and permit the citizens who hope
for municipal ownership Of public Offices to 60
about the task Of getting it,
1t is most unfortunate that this inability to
reach a speedy decision permits the politicians
TO SANDER the court and to whisper of secret
doors to judicial chambers, to suggest that the
decision may be written with view to politi-
cal results, to libel the Judges by the covert
hints that they viii finally determine the mai
ter because of influences that have been i'm
prcssve ON other departments Of the govern
mont.
But that should not blind the citizen, who
hopes for free indianapolis and for the gov
eminent which tic people ndorscd and chose
by vote Of SIX TO one TO the threat of the
machine.
The bosses are working on the theory. or
perhaps the hope, that the city manager law
viii be held invalid. They are planning, in
that event, TO select ticket without primary
and without any resort to the voters. The
laws seem to fit IN with this plan In the Re
publican party should the city manager law
be destroyed by juoicial decision, Coffin would
have the power to select the candidates.
Control of d city government, in the hands
of vicious vcnal and greedy men is powerful
aud profitable business. No ono knows this
better than those WHO have found it profitable
in the past
Control mean, the giving Of privileges to
the criminal and the vicious. 1t means the pad
ding Of contracts, 1t means the lax inspec-
lion of public work 1t means graft in every
direction.
Bosssm exist, on foundation Of graft.
This city has suffered from it in the past. The
people knew this when they voted for the city
manager form which will drive partisan poll
tics out Of city affairs and open the way to
business administration in public Office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
Quotations of NotabIeS

my scheme for extending our air
resources is based so largely on the
children When they grow up aero
planes will be more common than
motor cars, and fear of the air will
have been banished."-Sir Alan
Gotham, British flyer
My pet peeye is to be obliged to
listen to a man soloist sing Kiss
Me Again The Rev Edgar De-
Witt Jones. Detroit.
Il absolutely will not shoot or
my mouth about my new job -
Colonel Henry L. Stimson, secretary
of state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
Faith in Providence

WE laugh at that implicit faith
w in providence which char
acterized the barbaric and semi
barbaric world. but it was no more
preposterous than is our faith in
human ability to overcome every
description of extravaganza and
waste.
The sublime complacency with
which we tolerate the destructive
ness of mechanical devices, whether
as measured By corpSes and cripples,
or by the exhaustion of natural re-
sources, is one of the most astound-
ing aspects Of present day
psychology.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23

IT HAVE hardly spoken Of indie
L pendence since I came back
from the United States. This is be-
cause I don't believe in fighting
when we have no one to fight with y
President Quezon of the senate,
Philippine Islands.
Nov that war has become a mat
ter of industries, we are the best
prepared nation in the world. This
brings us a frightful responsibility
to do straight thinking on the sub
iect."-Ma ior-General John F.
Organ, United States of America,
retired: former commander Twen-
ty-seventh division, A. E. F.
"I believe that Intoxicating liquor
sold as a beverage causes more in
Jury than war, pestilence or FAM
inc. Albert c. Saunders. premier
of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
THE Great Lakes and. st. Law
renee river extend the generous
hand of invitation to us. They fairly
beseech us to cooperate in execut-
ing the most trivial works that will
convert them into a new Mediter-
ranean for the newer continent. =
James w. Good, secretary Of war.
Happiness is a. by-product OF
self -fulfllment, which is the most
important thing in the world. Ar
mold Bennett, British author.
st is flying to which we must
look to stir in the youth Of today
the old pioneer spirit. That is why
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23

to his office, gets
little idea of the
actual state of the
weather.
He knows. of
course, whether it
is raining or not.
But it is doubtful
if he has any
lie ar notion of
the wind velocity.
1t is pretty GER
tain that he hard =
ly ever notices the
clouds. He is too
busy watching the
traffic signals on
his way to the of
fee To lOnE Of tho
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
.R. LEON HORNET, French

DR. LEON HORNET, French
" biologist, has discovered a
| serum which he claims can be used
as a substitute for blood.
The serum, says Dr.. Normet, has
worked well not only in animals, but
in human beings.
Two hundred cases in which a
severe loss Of blood occurred have
been treated with satisfactory re-
suits.
Until the serum was discovered.
there was no way to replace lost
blood, except by transfusing it from
one person to another, which in
wolves a double risk, and which is
often prohibitive because of the ex-
pense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia, the
Health Magazine.
GONE people believe that reno
y val of the tonsils will interfere
with speech, spoil the singing voice,
or ruin the provocative power.
The strange ideas that have de-
yeloped relative to the danger OF
removal of tonsils are, no doubt, die
to the fact that the exact func-
tons Of the tonsilS we're not known
for many years and the imagination
was therefore permitted to run riot
concerning them.
The tonsils represent the remains
Of lymphoid structures associated
with the destruction of bacteria.
Under modern conditions Of lie,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23

full one is not to be set down with
accuracy this side Of paradise. But
at least it was no mean and petty
thing. Anne queened it with the
best of them and did not whinlper
when she laid fair head on the
block to make AMENDS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23

Ideals and opinions expressed
III this column are those of
one of Americas most inter
esting writer's. and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude OF
this per.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
StruggIe 10 AId Humanity

Struggle to Aid Humanity
THESE are but three examples of
i how science is working to better
the lot of humanity. If they told the
whole story we could afford to re-
gard science as an untainted bless
ing
The point is. however, that while
some branches Of science operate to
spare people. others produce instru-
mentalities for their destruction.
What is the use in curing people
of tuberculosis and then kill them
with automobiles?
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: David Dietz on Science
Hoo to Judge Wind
No. 1856

THE person who acquires the habit of actually
noticing the weather will find it a subject of con-
siderable interest Most people living in cities not
know the weather in the way that the farmer
knows it.
The average business who dashes from his
house his closed car and then again from the car
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
Woman Scientist Scores

woman Scientist Scores
DR. FLORENCE R. sABIN, only
~ woman member of the Ma
tional Academy of Science, has dis
covered q fatty" acid which pro-
ruceS a reaction similar to that of
tuberculosis when injected into ami
mails, and which may be the source
Of its origin and spread.
Scientists have long suspected
that some substance in the cell was
responsible for the inception and
development Of the tuberculosis bug,
and have believed that if this sub
stance were identified, an effective
remedy for the disease could be
found.
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SAYS:

The Sublime CoUplacency
With Which We Tolerate the
Destruction of Mechanical
Devices Is One of the Most
Astounding Aspects of Pres
ent-Day Psychology.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23

In the picture. Weary River"
was the singing done by Richard
Barthelrness or substitute"
A national magazine states that
a double was used for the singing
part.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-23
Daily Though

Better is a poor and wise child
than an old and foolish king, who
will no more be admonished.-
Eccl. Alb.
TIE who can take advice is sorne-
L i times superior to him who can
give it.-Von Knebel.
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terical and she had returned to the
quips so natural to her disposition.