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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
The Electric Empire

There is much il the latest report Of the commit
tee on coal and power on which to ponder.
The committee just has completed study of the
concentration Of control in the power industry.
It found the following things to be true
Five power companies control 81 per cent of the
production of the country
Eighteen companies with their subsidiaries, control
So per cent of the industry Many of these inter
connected financially.
Through holding companies the power industry is
bringing other industries under its control rapidly.
Through holding companies Also organizations with
financial power able to dominate other companies
in the group to an extent out of all proportion to their
investment.
In one instance, an investment of $1000000 holds
voting control over total investments of $370000000
by means of the holding company device.
Power company groups now control leading gas
companies their only possible competitors in the light
ing field and large number of street railways, their
largest single customers.
They hold a large amount of control also in the
following industries: Oil, COAL aluminium parts of the
electro chemical and fertilizer industries, paper and
lumber companies newspapers and radio.
The committee finds the argument that mergers
and combinations mean lower rates has not been justi
fed.
Taken altogether, this is startling picture
1t is the picture of empire in the making greater
than any empire ever before conceived.
It is difficult to foresee what this will to the
future if left to develop unchecked. That it will have
a profound effect upon industry peace, civilization,
the personal lives Of each of us, is inevitable.
It is a problem, therefore, which concerns each of
US and with which will do well to concern ourselves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
It Must Be the Air

TT stands to reason the human
L lung is sensitive and not well
adapted to any sudden shock. In
certain friendly resorts hereabouts
one may sit for hours and never
breathe cubic inch Of atmosphere
with which he is not familiar.
He takes the same air in again and
again. 1t is pleasantly free from all
harmful properties by dint of usage.
And the lungs get used to it.
One can almost imagine them
saying, why, here is Fred again"
as some weu-remembered segment
Of the air is inhaled.
The country air is raw and green.
1t hasn't been aged in the wood a
sufficiently long time. Oxygen has
its yintages as well as, alcohol.
Nineteen-thirteen, which as I re-
member was the year of the comet,
was particularly successful atmos-
pherically and I know a couple of
places in town where it is still pos
sible to get the 1913 air. Your coun-
try air possesses no bouquet to ap-
proach it.
Undoubtedly it is possible for man
to imagine he loves the country,
that he is native beyond belief if
he has any notion that his feeling
is reciprocated.
If the woods and fields are friends
Of man why do they spread sharp
rocks about and vicious ivy, not to
speak of singing insects.
AS a truthful person I can not
deny it is pleasant to slip into the
ivy waters Of Hale lake when the
wind is not too free. But after all,
it has no tiles to tread upon, no
heating system and there is not
steam room anywhere about the
premises.
I have yet to see the lake, ocean
or gulf which offered anything that
may not be found in a good SWIM
ming pool.
OF course, if you care about get
ting your feet cut on jagged rocks
and suddenly plunging into some ice
water freshet, then the lake is
yours. I am not the owner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
L l. OAA4N1O l. ~ 1V1A BROUN

a WEEK END in the country is
IA too nice for the New Yorker,
because it provides him with a
moral lesson. If he did not stray
occasionally into the CONNECTICUT
wildernesShe might never appreciate
the cool and comfortable city and
his easy and pleasant job.
In most cases the strain of the
visit to nature is not excessive, as
by Wednesday or Thursday at the
latest the townsnan will be back to
normal and most of his cuts we'll on
the mend. There may still be a
trace of the poison ivy.
The truth as I see it is that man
never was intended for what is
called natural life. The caVenlan
who lived that way does not seem
to have been much to boast of.
I am willing to be lenient about
his table manners and his morals,
but such bones as he was kind
enough to leave reveal him as a
scrawny individual. ANY reasonably
husky city chap could lick a couple
of cavemen before breakfast every
day in the week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
Clubs and ALL
RATHER imagine our aborigina

n RATHER imagine our aboriginal
1 ancestors shifted a good deal.
The poor fellow had neither steam
heat nor a handkerchief. He lived
a good deal on raw fruit and roots
and other noxious uncooked diet.
Every medical man knows the di-
gestive tract is far too long and
complicated; blame that on the
caveman, who would eat grass in
stead Of f1let nignon.
The path of mans progress to-
ward health, wisdom and happiness
is a constant record of gradual di-
vorce from nature. Now that arti-
fetal sunlight has been invented,
man is almost justified in advertis-
ing Dame Nature has left his bed
and board and he won't be response
bic for her any more.
The country offers very little
which may not be had more ad-
vantageously within five minutes Of
Forty-second street. 1t does look
pretty on a sunny afternoon, but the
same may be said for Washington
square in the moonlight.
Not to be unfair about it, I must
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13

bergs still are drifting down from Labrador and
Greenland.
Warm air from the interior of the country rises
drifts away at the upper levels to settle perhaps
over the cold water of the lakes Fudson bay and the
Labrador current. Still warmer air is drawn in from
Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Stream. The east ex-
periences hot wave.~
Then the cool air from the north and northeast
creepS in under and the warm humid air; there
are general thunderstorms and the hot wave IS
broken.
ut is the forecasterS job to tell when all this is
going to happen, matter OF great interest TO the
farmer the ice man, and the summer vacationlst.
The behavior of the weather is different IN many
respects in the summer than in the winter.
It will be remembered by readers OF this series that
weather changes due to the passage OF lows and
"highs-low pressure and high pressure areas,
across the country.
In the summer the pressure contrast between
highs" and lows is not great as it is in the
winter
In winter. the northeast gale frequently sweeps up
the length Of the Atlantic coast bringing rain and
snow.
The summer northeaster is localized disturbance.
It is likely to last much longer, however. Sometimes
it will hang on for three or four days
It is usually due to the stalliny of slow of the
New England coast coincident with the presence Of
high pressure area over the Labrador current. The
cold air pours down from the high" into the low "
causing the formation Of clouds and then rain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
Quotations of NOtabIeS

Beyond a doubt the time is not
far distant when every one may fly.
We shall be able to buy seat and
fly anywhere. But I doubt that we
ever shall see the airplane rival the
automobile as a privately operated
vehicle.-Igor Sikorsky, airplane de-
signer.
z =
I can not see that, as a general
rule, American universities or col
leges leave the slightest cultural i'm
press upon those who attend them.
Once out in the world, the ideals
and interests Of most of the uni
versity men are identical with those
of any "go-getter. James Truslow
Adams. (Forum.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
SNUG Medical Men

TTOW the surgeons did it, would
Il 4 make a good story if told in
plain, understandable language.
1t won't be told that way, how
ever, for the medical profession still
is committed to sixteenth century
SmugnesS.
DR.. William H. Robey, clinical pro-
lessor of medicine at Harvard uni
versity, thinks the medical profess
sion ought to address itself more di-
rectly to the public. He is right.
1t ought to 60 this not only for the
public's good, out for it's own self
respect.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
Nose Worth $4,000

AEME. BLANCHE CAVITTE OF
I'VE Oklahoma City gets her nose
insured for $4,000. 1t sounds queer,
until you know the background.
Few people think of their noses
as of any great consequence. That
is because they neglect them. The
bloodhound proves that can be done
with the nose.
Burbank could blindfold himself,
creep through a bed of flowers and
detect not only the various kind,
but the various degrees of purity by
using his nose.
INNS. Cavitte has used her nose
to become an expert on perfumes.
She got it insured for the same rea-
son that pianists and violinists get
their fingers insured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13

ONE year ago Senator Borah
~ stood by the Republican con
vention at Kansas City for denounc -
ing the McNary- Haugen bill, prais =
ing President Coolidge who had We
toed it and calling for nominatio l
of Herbert Hoover, who was known
to be against it.
Today that same Senator Borah
is championing a measure equally
offensive to that same Herbert Hoo
yer. The Democratic party always
has professed to be against sub
sides, but large majority of
Democratic senators combine with
inSurgent Republicans in behalf Of
the debenture scheme.
Worrying a Republican admins
tration appeals to these senators as
more important than remaining true
to their party traditions, not to say
serving the public.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13

IF there were mistakes made in
l. the past, let us not spend time
debating them.-Mayor Walker OF
New York City.
The technical and professional
schools train for specific tasks. The
liberal college views human efforts
as a whole and strives to unity it.
Dr.. Alexander Meiklejohn.
<
We stand today torn between two
worlds. Our bodies labor in the city
factory or office; our hearts are
still in the dear old life Of the vii
lage COMMUNICATIONS Herman Bell
Jr. Current History.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
BY DIR. MORRIS FTsHBEIN,
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, the
Health MAGAZINE.

Health Magazine.
TINE summer time brings swim
l. ming as one of the most inter-
esting, healthful and natural
sports known to man. Strangely,
at least Is per cent of men and
boys past u years og age do not
know how to swim, and are there
by deprived Of the pleasure to be
derived from a vacation at the
lake or the beach, or in some fine
indoor swimming pool.
In a consideration Of the ad-
vantages of swimming, written
for Hygeia, DR.. Claude P. Fordyce
points out that swimming hits the
weakest points in the average Sc
dentarian, his lungs and abdo-
men, and results in an even de-
velopnlent of every muscle in the
body without undue strain of any
particular one.
Swimming provides the proper ex-
ercise to take off weight, and the
necessary deep breathing provides
stimulation for the heart and the
lungs. When one swins where there
are waves, the buffeting acts as a
stimulating massage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
Good Little Chicago

CHICAGO is growing good with
~ a vengeance. Three dog racing
tracks were not only raided last
Tuesday, but the show frankie"
and Johnnie" was banned as Gin
decent"
Most people who have seen the
show thought there wasn't enough
in it to be indecent, but you can de-
pend on Chicago going all the way
when she starts anything.
Having put on the greatest eXhi-
bition of gang warfare ever staged
in America, she is now headed for
a purity drive.
All Of which merely proves the
law Of reaction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
Miss Universe

A N Austrian girl wins the bath
IA ing beauty show at Galveston,
Tex, over thirty-four American and
nine foreign competitors.
One would think that the glory
of such a triumph could be salts
fed by calling her Miss World,"
however, appears to have been con-
sidered too modest by those in
charge, wherefore, she is dubbed
Miss Universe"
Not having been invited to attend,
the inhabitants Of Mars, Jupiter, We
nus and other plants have a just
right to protest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
Students Strike

A S if Mexico had not troubles
IN enough, the students Of the
National university stage strike.
They wanted the rector discharged
because he instituted monthly in
stead of term examinations.
On Tuesday, two thousand Of
them took physical control of the
institution, capturing several of the
officials, whom they held as hostages,
and raising the red flag. With rare
good sense, the police have not in
terfered
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
Gets a New Jaw

WHATEVER the late war may
w have accomplished, it did a
great deal to develop surgical skill.
Major James Gillies of the Can
adam expeditionary force had his
lower jaw shot away just before the
armistice was signed.
There was nothing left below the
upper lip"
After performing forty-four opera
tions surgeons have replaced the
jaw, the necessary flesh to inclose
it, and the necessary skin to cover
the flesh
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
Matter Of Sleep

DUT the severest strain which the
ID country imposes on the city
dweller is in the matter of sleep.
No section of New York sets up
such din. We nave the riveting
machine, hut the country has the
woodpecker, the wtipnporwill and
the katy-did, and after ALL there is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writers, and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or DISAGREEMENT
with the editorial attitude of
this aper.-The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13

admit canned peas taste better in
the country than in the city. The
air may account for this.
Yet, I feel that country air should
never be taken in small quantities.
1t isn't like our New York air at all
Here in town I never am sick. In
the country I can pick up cold
without half trying.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13

at Clark university
points out, Fair
and som e W h a I
warmer" becomes a
good forecast.
But the pleasant
routine of fair days
gradually growing
warmer is frequent
ly rudely in t e r
rLpted.
The sun has
some competition,
writes PROBES so l
Brooks. The Great
Lakes still are al
most icy cold.
Ice foes and ice
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13

IF it were not farm relief, it would
l. be something else. How could
a senator Or a representative per-
form as a candidate without being
able to remind the people" what
he had done, or had tried to do, that
was different.
Nine-tenths Of this f"ord singing
which goes merrily on at Washing
ton is for no other purpose than to
prepare campaign material.
When it comes to pinch, de
bentures" will do as well as any
thing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
Dietz on Science
Hot Spells, Storms
No. 38I

TTOT spells and thunderstorms the chief I'M
L pleasant items on the weathernan's schedule as
June approaches After July. it also is necessary to
keep eye for the West Indian hurricanes along
The eastern coasts
AS June approaches, the weather begins to warm
w and as DR.. c. F. Brooks professor Of meteorology
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
REASON
Rv Frederick Landis

Pay As You Go or Don't Go;
the Credit System Is the
Boil WeeUu, the Corn
Borer Of Human Conduct.
WE hope Premier Macdonald
w does visit President Hoover,
if for no other reason than to show
the American people that a Labor
prime minister has no horns.
It is anomalous that this republic,
which smashed all political prece-
dents $50 years ago, should have be-
come the most conservative land on
earth.
We are so hopelessly reactionary
| that We call a statesman a radical
if he merely insists that wealth
should obey the Ten Command
ments.
And it is a good sign for Mac
Donald to come to discuss future
peace with our President. for war
will end only when the masses of the
people in all countries get on to the
game Of the militant politicians and
end it.
You may have leagues for peace
and treaties against war, but we
never will get results until the
people themselves outlaw mass muir
der.
We wish these Swedish filters sue
cess in their next effort to fly the
Atlantic, but We are glad whenever
another failure OF this kind argues
that transatlantic flying is far
away
There's national safety in an At
lantic which swallows fliers.
DR. DAVID KINLEY. president
- of the University of Illinois.
urged the graduates to spend SEN
sibly, which means never to buy
thing unless you have the money to
pay for it.
The credit system is the boil
Weevil, the corn-bOrer, the cootie
and the bedbug Of human conduct.
Pay as you go. or don't go!
Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, who died
at Pittsburgh, is entitled to a front
seat in paradise, not only on ac-
count of her many philanthropies,
but on account of the suffering
loaded upon her by her son, Harry
K. ThaW.
The death of this student fier
who pulled the wrong lever and
crashed suggests the great hazard
inevitably resulting from putting
your life in the hands of one man.
It's not only the motor and the
wings that are important. for if the
pilot should faint, or have a fit, or
become indisposed, or make a mis-
take, its good night for all.
Il II
FUST because Cadet Bruce Rind-
81 laub of West Point received
the Pershing saber for being the
highest ranking cadet corps officer,
he will not necessarily be a greater
army officer than his classmates.
Phil Sheridan got through west
Point by the skin Of His teeth, yet
when it came to actual warfare, he
was cyclone.
Grant once said Sheridan was the
greatest general in the Union army.
II
The marvel of the period is the
unfailing ability of the beauty con-
test to bring forth a constant ava
lanche of cIock-stoppers.
Every second, somewhere in the
United States, a beauty contest is
going on. after which the public is
RECALLED with row of phizzes, as
destitute Of beauty as a. parrot is Of
originality.
You can walk down the streets
Of any country town and find aces
Of pulchritude who could knock the
socks off any Of the beauty cham
pions, if the beauty champions only
wore them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
M. E. Tracy

Nine-Tenths of This Word
Singing at Washington Is
for No Other Purpose Than
to Prepare Campaign Ma
teriGL.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13
Daily Thought

But /, as deaf man, heard not;
and I was as dumb man that
openeth not his m0uth.-Psalms
1914.
= # Il
~ YE GODS! What thick en-
" circling darkness blinds the
minds of men!-Ovid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13

In the last two months President Hoover cut down
the amount of presidential handshaking by half
You'll have to hand it to him for that.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-13

lDR. DAVID KINLEY, president
- of the University of Illinois.
urged the graduates to spend SEN
sibly, which means never to buy a
thing unless you have the money to
pay for it.
The credit system is the boil
weevil, the corn-borer, the cootie
and the bedbug Of human conduct.
Pay as you go. or don't gol
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-09
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BELFAST FINISH SAVES TITLE

BELFAST FINISH SAVES TITLE
Babe Herman mad the feather
weight championship of the world
all wrapped up and ready for de-
livery after 10 Of Is rounds Of his
title engagement with Kid Kaplan
at Waterbury, Conn, in August,
1927.
Flashing an attack of jabs to the
head and body. varied with occa-
Sional hooks, the California battler
ran up a big margin Of points.
Perhaps he fought himself out
trying for a finishing punch. In
the eleventh his jabS lost their
speed and his direction was a bit
out Of line.
Kaplan, seeing his opponent slow
up, slipped into high for the first
time during the fight. He carried
the round, came back strong and
took the twelfth and thirteenth.
Now it was the coast boy, the chal-
lenger, who was on defense.
The fourteenth also went to the
champion, and apparently the
title hung in the balance in the
final round. And what a round it
was! Spurred by desperation, Kap-
Ian forced the issue, but Herman
called on his last ounce Of strength
to meet him toe to toe.
With the bell the fans shouted
for Referee Jack Sheehan to lift
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-09
4 HIGH TEAMS
LEFT IN RACE
Athens, Cisco, Denton And
Estelline Fight For
State Title

COLLEGE STATION, Mar. O.
P)-A quartet of determined teams
in the Interscholastic league bas-
ketball tournament are ready TODAY
to fight for the Schoolboy champ
ionship. Ten other teams were
eliminated yesterday.
The great Athens quintet, winner
OF the 1927 title, faced the Big
Dam Loboes Of Cisco for the
championship Of the upper bracket.
Athens was the favorite.
Denton, r%unner-up In 1927, en-
countered the plucky dribblers
from Estelline. clark horse" Of the
meet, for honors in the lower
bracket. Winners will tangle at 8
o'clock tonight for the title.
In q~uarter-final games last night
Estelline defeated San Jacinto of
Houston, 81 to 80: Athens over
whelmed Knippa. SO to II: Denton
v~anquished Corsicana, IS to "a, and
Cisco eliminated Denison, 80 to 26.
The Estelline quintet has been
the surprise package of the tourna-
ment. Unheralded, almost unno-
ticed when the meet started, the
youngsters from the Panhandle
sprang into the limelight by elm
mating Bryan and San Jacinto,
two Of the favored teams.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-09
SENATE FACES
BUSY SESSION
Three Important Spec i a
Orders Up; Parr Bill
Among Group

AUSTIN, March 9.-LP)-With
three special orders on the calendar
the senate today faced what prom
ised to be an unusually busy Sat-
urday.
The Parr bill providing for an
elective highway commission OF
nine members instead Of the. pres
ent appointive group of three was
set for special order.
The house bill cutting the auto
mobile registration fees also had
special order priority. The commit
tee changed the house slash from
so per cent to 20 per cent but a
determined effort was expected to
be made to restore the house pro-
vision.
Unless Senator Thomas 3. Love
Of Dallas should make an eleventh
hour attempt to call some bill out
of its regular order search and
seizure legislation went by the
boards yesterday.
BY a vote of II to 8 the senate
killed the Graves house bill, the
only measure on the subject which
it had considered. The senate had
sent non-search and seizure legis-
lation to the house.
The free conference committee re-
port recommending the essentials Of
the governors bill on prison con-
~centration was adopted last night.
Opponents Of the bill prolonged
action on adoption of the report but
they were, as usual, in the minority
when the vote was taken.
A bill forcing the state highway
commission to obtain the consent
OF the county commissioners court
before re-routing q state highway
away from a town of 200 or more
people was passed.